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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-12-05
u, poper Trade.

Boston, Nov. 80 "A meeting IA is to Be I "a
representatives of the paper Of dscusssaD, M
here hsss a anS other dGr tine matters
trade.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-12-05

New York, Nov. 28.-Henry naI who 10
of the Louisville Courier-Jou1,t,s In Eurups
been spending several ii,o "a the Amen
reached this city today on oo"
Line steamer st. Paul.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-12-05
Cattle Dying Of Starvation.

Goldendale, Wash, Nov. 28.-Cattle re-
ported dying In the east end of the county
from starvation and cold. Sheep being fed
the winter supply Of hay.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
A North Carolina Hen Store.

Speaking about chickens, q farmer said
the other day:
81 don't want to boast, but do think
we have got the knowingest hens in the
world. / have flock all black. 1t is a
theory of mine that black hens lay better
than these Of any other color. One day
[ found hen in my flock with few
white feathers in her tail. I called the
hired man and told him to catch and kill
her. You can't rely on the laying cap
abilities of a hen with white feathers I
said.
'The hen gave me sOrrowful look,
but did not say word. Next morning
the bird man told me that he could not
find her. A month or two later opened
a pile of potatoes I had stored in the
cellar, and found big hollow space in
the center OF them. There was bunch
of black feathers in the place with three
white ones standing up in defiant sort
of way. Behind the feathers were sixty
six eggs. recognized at once that it
was the work Of the missing hen. The
sensitive creature had slowed herself
away and worn herself out laying eggs
to prove that the theory was mistaken
one.-Gree nsboro Daily Record.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
Sassafras Oil Knocks Them,

Yes, sir, oil of sassafras will kill lice
on old and young chickens and il you
think it worth publishing [ will give
your readers some more of my experience
with the oil.
All who are raising chickens know
that the greatest trouble with young
chicks is the largest gray head louise,
which kills more chicks than any disease
they are afflicted with.
have been a reader OF the Poultry
Keeper for some years, and have the
greatest confidence in the paper, and
have derived great benef rom the read
ing OF it, but I cannot aglee with some
of it's readers who are advocating the
use OF lard to kill lice on little chicks, as
I have killed about as many with the
lard as ] saved from the lice. For little
chicks the sassafras oil beats any patent
medicine yet invented. After finding
that the use of the oil in the food would
kill the pests on grown chickens [ tried
il on chicks. Whenever [ set len I
gave her every third day ten drops of oil
in little bran or meal until she is
through sitting. AS soon as the chicks
are two days old, gave the hen and the
chicks a fourth of teaspoonful twice
week. | have at present sixty-two
chickens five weeks old and they are the
finest looking lot ever had. 1 prefer
sassafras oil over everything I have eyer
tried for lice for the following reasons:
First. it is no trouble at all to use it, as
it is given in the food. Second, there is
no danger of killing any chicks with It,
Thirdly, there is no handling OF chicks
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
Lice on Young Chickens.

When small chickens droop without
any apparent cause. lice may always be
suspected, and you should give relief at
once by applying solution of Scotch
snuff and few drops If carbolic acid
moistened with little grease, and tax
ing up every chicken in turn, pat some
with the tip of the finger on the poll,
back of the neck, under the wings and
here and there abont the body. Treat
the mother hen in the same manner,
but using it more freely with her. The
cooping ground and sleeping box should
also be we'll sprinkled with carbolic dis
injecting powder and there will be littel
further trouble. [ would also recommend
for chicks that are lousy the following
Mix few drops of carbolic acid with
powdered sulphur, mixing or rubbing
we'll together and no more of the acid
than will mix up dry with the sulphur.
Give them few dustings with this and
you will not see any more lice for some
time, while the chicks recover as if by
magic.
I also find it a good plan to sprinkle
the house all ov inside with water in
which little carbolic acid has been d.
luted, for it purifies the premises as we'll
as destroys insect life.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
Scrap Book Items.

Upland rice is one of the best feeds
known for poultry. The roughness of
the sheath seems to stimulate the diges-
tive organs OF poultry in a peculiarly
healthful manner. l find that my
chickens go through the straw thor.
oughly scratching for the rice, even
where horses and hogs have used it tor
bedding-this after most of the rice has
been threshed off,
If any OF the young chicks appear
droopy, don't Jump at the conclusion
that they have the pip" the "gapes,"
Cholera" etc., but take them up and
examine them carefully, and you will
find that "bugs'' are the trouble, and
nine tenths Of the diseases that trouble
poultry originate solely from lice. 1t
should be remembered that it is much
easier to keep lice away than to drive
them away. Don't let your chicken
coops remain in the same place more
than three days before moving them to
new ground.
Proper Transplanting.-Any one trans
planting a tree should remember that
the small roots are of more importance
to the trees than the large ones for it is
by the rootlets that the tree is supplied
with food and moisture. And when the
tree is replanted a suitable place should
be made for it by cultivating, and when
the roots, large and small. have been
spread out the soil should be pressed
carefully but firmly about them so that
they may have quick opportunity to
resume their useful functions of absorp-
ton. My own practice in removing
trees from a woodland, writes John
Gilmore Speed, is to take with each tree
quantity of the soil in which the tree
was found growing and repant the tree
in this, SO that so fal as possible, it will
continue in it's native envionmen. |
have found this plan to be generally sue
cessful.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
The Cause of Small Eggs.

The steady improvement in the grade
OF poultry kept by farmers has resulted
in the increased size OF eggs. This
difference is SO marked that the eggs
produced in the north always command
in the market q higher price than those
from the south, where the improved
breeds have been more slowly introduced.
In that section the undersize of poultry
and eggs is doubtless due chiefly to the
lack OF new blood. The debilItating
effect of the heat is sometimes given as
the explanation, but the true one is
rather the lack OF care and proper breed
ing. the indirect result OF the climate
which, by permitting the birds to forage
all the year round. relieves the owner of
much trouble, but at the same time
checks his interest in their best develop
ment.-Farmers' Voice.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Once good start of small fruits is
secured it is easy to grow an abundant
supply.
Pear trees are inclined to grow toe
close to the center and need careful
trimming.
See that the center of the arple
tree is kept trimmed out, and that all
dead limbs are cut off.
Plum and cherry trees need LIZZIE
pruning, the latter the least of any
variety of fruit.
With the grape a few strong, Wig
Orous canes will bear better and yield
more fruit than large number of weak
ones.
Trees will make growth of leaves
and wood on a tGin soil, but they re-
quire mineral manures to perfect good
fruit.
implements used in the orchard
should be those that will thoroughly
stir the surface and mellow the soil.
"A safe rule in fruit growing is to
grow few varieties and give such care
as is necessary to grow them we'll.
Thorough surface cultivation will
prevent the growth of red raspberry
suckers between the rows. Begin it
before they get too good start.
Arrange so that the newly planted
orchards can be cultivated as thor
oughly as the corn and potatoes. Then
mulch before the hot, dry weather sets
in.
I'm using paris green for spraying,
care must be taken not to make the
solution too strong; there is danger of
burning the foliage.
1t is important to see that the soil
is made firm around the stems of new
ly-set trees. Otherwise hard winds
will loosen the roots and often blow
the trees over.
In order to destroy the weeds easily
in the garden cultivation must be COM
menced as soon as they get fairly
above ground, and then be repeated as
often as a new crop starts up.
"A small and frequently trans
planted tree grows more readily than
one never disturbed. Each time the
roots are disturbed there is a tendency
to form fresh fbrous roots at once.
1t is better to cut away the dead
wood from trees, even if the tree is
disfgured. than to allow it to remain.
This is especially true of the peach,
which thrives best with severe cutting
back.
One of the best implements with
which to begin cultivation in the gar
den is a sharp steel rake, or a rake at
tachment to a garden cultivator. If
rightly used either of these will de-
stroy the weeds and fine the surface
ST. Louis Republic.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01

one by one, as in lard and other cures.
Your suggestion of using oil in the kero-
sene emulsion is excellent. tried it as
soon as found it would kill lice and it
is excellent to put in the whitewash used
for tine hen houses.-Cor. Poultry
Keeper.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01

WN HALDEMAN. resident of the great Louis
Vile Courier .OurjI says:
DIR. WINTERsMITH Sir. l waive rule have
observed for many years, the value of your rem.
edy prompting me to say it cured two cases OF
ehills in my family after many other remedies
had failed. / do not hesitate to express my be
lief that your Chill Cure is valuable specific,
and performs all that you promise for 1t.
Very respectfully, WIN. HALDEMAM.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01
POULTRY DEPARTMENT..

Address all communications to Pou1tryDe
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-07-01

Why not use
Wintersmith's?
30 years. sue
cess. Tried and
true. Sells on
it's merits, and
never fails to
sure. Take no
substitute.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
ALL THE WAY FROM SCHENECTADY.
An Cp-country Joke within n Raines
Liquor Tax Raw Joke.


Up In Schenectady they are still telling al
legged funny stories of which the Rairos bill.
which Is no longer a bill. but has become n law.
Is made In some way to serve as the nucleus.
Hero is o specimen. which has been told all
through ''Dorp" from the Chenille bridge to
Mount Pleasant and to Union College.
you know Peter Burg! OF course. Well.
not long ago a salesman for q liquor dealer
went into Pete's place and said Say. Pete. I've
got a funny story for you. The other day |
wanted 10 use n carriage. so / telephoned n q
friend of mine whose first name II Bill to let
me take his. Pretty soon Bill came driving
along and | stepped up TO him and said 'Giye
me the reins. BILL" Seer reins. Ralnes. reins
Bill, Raines billy
Och, mein, but dots fooner,' replied Pete;
i tell dot shtory py de feerst man vat COON
We'll. pretty soon one of Pete's friends
came in and Pete could hardly suppress hi5 ex-
citemenJ. Quickly he burst out: oh, say,
Mr.. GreegsmAn, | got 80 a fOony shtory vat I
want to dell you. II will make you LEFT like
ennyting. De odder day ! want TO yo0ss a hoss
init n kerrltsCh, so | 60 by dc telephone unit esk
my frenH Ben FelIhOUscn Of he viii let me dock
his hOs$ init de kerritsCh. Veil. poorly soon
Ben COON along NIT lie boss mitt de kerrltsch.
Den go out by him unit ] say: 'Gif mo de lines,
pen;' .ha. ha.ha, h~n'ha-hn'-say, Why don't You
Any one who refuses, to laugh at this story
when 1t is-told IN Schenectady is at ouce ostra.
cized. self-respecting citizens shun him as
they would an enemy OF good order.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
FRANK JAMES IN 4 NEW ROLE.
II He and tho Express Company Como to
Terms He VIII he q Guard.
From the 81. Louts Globe Den

Frank James as a guard on express trains
carrying large amounts OF money or valuables
Is one OF the novelties the expres3 people are
now arranging. Negotiations have been in
progress now for several weeks. but tho prob
abilities are that they VIII DO closed up within
q few DAYS.
The effect Of James's name. in view OF bis
former prowess in robb!ng trains himself. is
what the express companies are aiming after.
They do not know, they say, that lac could stop
q determined robber any more than one of
their own messengers. but they think tho or-
binary train robber would hesitate to tackle
him. James Is willing to accept the position,
and guarantee that no train in his charge will
be robbed, except over his dead body. with one
single provision, and that is that the Express
people put mp q bond OF $50. 900. this amount
to 90 to his wido y In case of his death. The
express people are inclined % yield to this,
though there is some oppositloo. james has
been firm in standing out for it,. and will not
go on the road unless the bond is fixed up to his
and law-abiding citizen. he hns taken very
good care OF bis family. and he does not pro-
pose to commence doing anything else now.
When the negotiations were first began, he
was asked II no could shoot with both hands.
WELL" he replied. ut used TO be that l
could, ard | guess l have not forgotten how"
James has been working steadily for some
time. but has never heen able to make An exor-
bitant salary. and for that reason would be
willing TO take the risk Of this venture. As
one Of his friends says. 1T is not as much risk
as he has taken on hundreds Of occasions be-
fore. when out on one OF his raids. The oIly
difference would be that In this he would have
the law on his side."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
ORANGES BAD BoYs,


Six Orange boys. all under 1ftccn years Of
age. were prisoners In the Court Of Special
Sessions at Newark yesterday, and NJ many
Of their young friends assembled to SEQ what
disposition was made Of them that the place
looked like n reformatory s"hny', THO r-ls-
oners were Herbert Fllkip. lltrthas Invi,r,
Michael vacoio, Michael hcil,. James Ion,
and james Reilly. James i'u!Ii, nul i1l,.n
were indicted for s%teallnF loIi p.us ,roin a
wagon, aud when called #lol +, ana1.t t-r
the pies young Filkin plpcd out!
They wac CAKES we Collnrcu, nnd thnre
wasn't no pies In T.. plead guilty, to cakes;
snsased. bHi they wasn't pic' at all"
the other, Reilly were charged witch .wreckins
Pong Lees Laundry on March 22. The place
was closed for tho night, when these. boy end
severed ~ their companions, got ,in. They
and when the %Chlnaman opened the place In
the morning everything. was In disorder.
A clock was smashed, n lamp wns taken
blankets, a lot OF newly laundcrei clothes
were soaked in dirty water, aud the. feathers
from pillows were scattered all over the place.
sides OF the laundry. Tho boys said yestcr-
day that they were only having fun and did
not intend, any harm.
were charged with stealing 100 cigars, and
swiped the smokes.".. The pext indictment
Reilly. for wrooking a vaosnt building owned
by Albert 6 Courier OF Newark. The mis-
chief was done on March ], when the boys
There was a cafe Weighing nearly 400 pounds
on the second floor, and the boys rolled IL to
the ,i..a head . Of IN the Stair and let T. 60, completely,
more than sioO to repair the damage.
All tho boys were held in bail for trial or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
IRoy SArros,s MONUMENT.
By Popular Subscription By the
Mes or Hts Trtbe.

Erou1 fhs ST Lspts Globe Democrat
After a delay OF many months n monument
has finally been erected on the Lower Brule
Indian reservation. near Chamberlain, 8. D.,
TO the memory Of Iron Nation. for forty years
head chief Of the Lower Bruls tribe OF Sioux
Indians. This. SO far rs known. Is the fret
and only instance IN tho West where n inonu.
ment has been erected 20 the memory OF, q
pcorle Of Ills tribe. fron nation WIS. .
prominent fgure IN Sioux history FOR q period
part Of his e%,enttui career was distinctIvely a
war chief, leading his warriors In numberleA
battles against the hereditary. enemies OF the
sioux-the Pawnees, eros Ventres. Poncas,
On, one occasion. more than half a century
Into tho very heart of The, Pnwneo tel rltory, In
what is nov eastern NsbrasfEa. a Ao6 desperate
participated; The Pawnees were defeated
and thelr, lodges and belongings burned or
e eSGldrsn wsr BY ,,t the y In r + S 81 *, s Many
equaws and raised as members of the tribe.
AT present but one OF the ~captlves IS yet alive.
remain With the Lower TBrulGs for the re.
maindor of his days. On another occasion:a
Brule village during the absence OF the war.
riors and murdered two Indian women, one
OF Sa,d shn% a, being ao.s,s s ' 4 sTos of w ITGn ps MstiG Ms. as a.
sanized and set out In pursuit. OF the murder
srs; now in tqll flight for their reservation,
S"Eti' Of. ' GPo, v %sriT'%S was Spp dissove a%S o o1't the
west side of the river. about five miles away.
The Lo yer Brules had gone, into camp, and
Iron Nations pony was quietly inn1chlng
attempting to get his pony. Iron Nation,
boiling with rage and eager to reach aud
punish the slayers of his sister, started on
foot in n race which made him famous in
Sioux history as u runner. The Sioux started
poll nell toward th- enemy to cut of their re.
treat 10 the opposite side Of the river. Iron
Nation started on foot simultaneously. with
four Sioux near him, who were mounted. In
the race of live miles he outdistancod one OF
tho mounted warriors. This feat is still FREE
quently alluded to by the Sioux In their
campfire tales.
Iron Nation was always q warm friend OF
the whites. His grave, over which the monu-
ment has just been erected. Is on a stream
named by the Indians Medicine Creek. a
church which was constructed through his eff
fOrta stands neur by.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
Two Youngsters snake show.
Prom the Indianapolis Sentinel


CnAwFoRpSviLLE. May 17.-Frank Sexton
and Harry, Baker, aged 10 and ] 7 respectively,
decided 10 leave their school books and embark
In the circus business. and as u result both
landed In Jail.
Their resources for a menagerie were limit
cd, 50 they decided IN. make snakes their spe-
cialty, Bouncing blaoksnakes, garter snakes.
big blue racers, water snakes, moccaslns, and
rattlesnakes were piled into the don prepared.
until II was a solid mass Of squirminE reptiles.
The President OF the show Ind caught seventy
OF the biggest snakes In the collection, and In
sisted on receiving % per cent. OF the profits.
Tho others objected loudly, but to no effect, so
q deep conspiracy was laid by the opposition.
1t was determined 10 turn every snake loose,
and this was really done yesterday,
Near by lives Mrs. Charles barter, who. IL
seems, had made certain invidious remarks
relative 10 the show. II was therefore deter
mined u punish tho President AMI Mrs, bar
ter Mt the same tlmo. Box after box and can
after Cah OF reptiles we're accordingly carried
over and turned loose I'm her ynrt, Tho li-4-
ing snakes sCOoted IN every direction, They
cra"lsd under everything In tho yard. aud
there were still about a hundred that could not
MD shelter when Mrs. Barter returned home.
She fell fAinting In tho yard from fright.
Tho, neighbors telcphOned for Mayor ban
del, who arrive promptly ON the scene. Tho
Mayor At once sent for Officer BannisteT. and
the wholesale slaughter OF the reptiles began.
Mayor Banded received several bites 90 the leg.
The guilty persons who turned the snakes
loose were arrested and fined. Mrs. Barter
has pot, recovered from her frishk and u still
confined 10 her bed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
PROF.. SUMNER ON VENEZUELA.
To support tho President, He Says. els
Like Practising the Grnces OF COwboyism."

NEW HAVEN, May 2l.-Prof. w. G.. Sumner,
head OF the department Of social science and
political economy at Yale. has addressed q let
ter TO the Yale Alumni Weekly relative to a re-
cent article on the Venezuelan question. He
says:
Our public men bow to the people and
make 1t their highest virtue to utter other peo-
ple's opinions. Our newspapers run lower and
lower every year. and so much so that the best
of them are beginning to express their shame OF
themselves and each other. 1t seems to me that
the classes that stand for education should stop
and think.
II do not enter here into q discussion of the
alleged doctrine Wherever 1t has been in
voked In any forum OF men competent to dis
cuss It II las proved TO be a ridiculous and irrcl-
evant fiction. II seems to me that among men
Of scholarly pursuits It sufices TO appeal TO the
immense mischief which has been done in
church and State. The method Is utterly un-
statesmanlike and undiplonatio and IL is a
sign OF half education 10 use It.
"In all this matter there has been an uproar-
ious appeal to patriotism and 'Americanism.'
/ should like above all things to enjoy . thrill Of
patriotic pride. Ono session OF Congress that
would DO moro TO give 1t to me- than n thousand
ironclAds.
An especial appeal has been made TO sup
port the President There remains the ques-
turbing the public peace and happiness, for up
setting business, for getting the reputation for
quarrelsomeness, for practising tho Rraces OF
cowboyism2 Those who like that kind OF
thinG have enjoyed the eIh!larAtion OF q cow
boy when he terroriles q village.
ut seems to me that men OF responsibility
can look upon 1t only with mingled shame, con-
tempt and regret"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-22
aRIsWoLD's AMUSING SNAKE.
Queer Things That He Does Under the
Influence Of Hard Cider.
From the Bridgeport Morning Union.


The most intelligent and accomplished snake
whose history has yet been recorded lives on
the farm OF. Frank G%riswold, at Long Hnl.
about six mile, from this city. The snake IN
question has made It's home under the floor Of
stead for more than ten years.
=. When Mr.. Griswold was a boy-and be Is not so
very old now-in one OF his youthful excursions
through the woods and fields. he unearthed
the nest of a blacksnaks and took the eggs
home. Some of these eggs he placed under q
hen. which was patiently sitting on n nest full
Of hens and ducks eggs. He awaited the re-
suit with impatience, and In due time the old
hen was called upon to look out for II conglom-
crate brood. Of chickens, ducks, and snakes.
Teddy" Is the last OF this nondescript family.
His brothers and sisters have all departed this
life, some by way of the choppinR block AID
Others from natural causes.
freddy" lived and became a pet. He took
up his residence under the woodshed, and has
lived there ever since. In the daytime he con-
sorts with the hens, and divides the labor Of
caring for tho broods of chicks with them.
lie has inherited the trick OF calling the chicks
about him, and IL Is an amusing sight to
watch him hunting bugs and worms for q
brood Of chicks who gather round him to re-
ccive the luscious morsels. Whenever ne
feels thirsty he crawls through a hole In the
wall into the cellar and dips his nose down
through the buDRhole of the cider barrel.
sometimes he gets a little too much of the So
ductice liquid, and furnishes a free show for
MIR. Griswold and his friends. 1t is a most
amusing sight to zee - Teddy" staggering about
with q big jag on and making desperate efforts
to keep straight