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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14
caves An the Fall.

With calves as with all young
and growing stock it is an item to
feed and care for them in such man.
ner as will maintain a steady growth
at small cost. While with heifer
calves intended for dairy COWS it is
not SO necessary to push the growth
as much as with those intended for
beef, yet steady growth should be
maintained with all if the. best re-
suits are expected.
1t is easy to stunt young calves
after they are weaned and before
they are well accustomed to eating
dry feed. Subsequent good feed and
care may in measure eradicate the
effects, yet it will be an exceptional
care when in the end as good an
animal is raised from astunted calf
as from one whose growth has been
uninterrupted.
Calves should always be allowed
to run out every day that the wealth
er will permit, but they should have
warm, dry quarters for cold and
stormy days, and they should be
we'll fed in order to keep them in a
good thrifty condition. 1t is best
to commence feeding in good season,
giving a light ration at first and
gradually increasing it as they need,
1t is far more economical to feed
well now and keep thrifty than to
stunt the feed and allow them to
run down with the expectation Of
feeding up later. While it will re-
quire rather more feed to keep the
calves thrifty than simply to keep
them alive, yet the better growth
secured will more than make up
for the increased cost.
By providing good shelter the
cost of feeding may be lessened, as
less, especially of grain, will be need
ed to maintain a good growth than
when they are allowed to remain
exposed to the cold or storms.
By cutting the hay or straw and
feeding wheat bran and corn and
cob meal there will not only be less
waste in feeding, but the stock can
be kept thriftier with less feed.
1t is always an item to feed a
variety Feed and water regularly
determining the quantity of the ra-
ton largely by their condition. Sup
ply sufficient bedding to keep the
calves comfortable.
Good managers and feed throughs
should be provided, in order that
the waste in feeding will be as small
as possible.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14
w. z. r. DEAL,
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OFFICE:
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This Is Your Opportunity.

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On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
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(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
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ELY BROTHERS,
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Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, 1T is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed. p
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14

Bees, when confined in their
hives for some time will make an
effort to fly on a day when it begins
to warm up even if deep snow is
on the ground. This should be
prevented, if possible, by shading
the hives in Winter.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14
Notes for Beekeepers.
Paint the hives once every tv

Paint the hives once every two
years.
Set the bee hives close to the
ground.
Take good care of all of the
empty combs.
The best packing for a chaff
hive is good wheat chat.
Late in the fall is good time
to paint the roofs of hives.
Never have hives in building
for wintering unless it is frostproof
and dark.
CHAT cushions are preferable
to loose chaff in packing bees in
chaff hives.
Heavy canvas or duck is a
good covering to put over the frames
in the hives.
Be careful now to put the brood
combs back in the same places they
were before taking them out.
After cold weather sets in
strip cannot be fed to bees to an
advantage, and candy must be pro-
vided.
Bees should always have an
alighting board of some kind, espec-
tally if the entrance is high off the
ground.
-Windbreaks on the north and
west sides of the apiary of whatever
kind they may be will be found
beneficial
During the winter if bees are
kept in thin hives, unprotected, the
moisture from them will freeze on
the hives.
Italian bees will be found more
pacific and less irritable than COM
mon bees and are less liable to be
destroyed by moths.
New honey should not be offered
for sale until cold days come, when,
if properly cared for, it will reach
its last stage of ripening.
If bees are wintered out of doors
in their hives it is better to keep
them shaded and allow the sun to
strike them only on day that is
warm enough for them to fly.
While section boxes for comb
honey are of different sizes general
ly the best seller is the one-pound
box, and this size has found the
most favor among bee keepers.
The frames of comb that gen.
orally contains pure honey are most
ly found in the outside combs and
the combs containing pollen are
found in the center or near the
brood nest.
1t is a good plan to spread saw
dust or coal ashes in front of the
hives at least for an alighting place
for the bees during time of flight
4
in Winter. This plan will save num-
bers of bees at the right time.
Great care should be exercised,
when taking comb honey from the
hives, to drive the bees from it at
once and get the honey away from
them as soon as possible so as not to
allow them to destroy the cappings.
Hives should not be set fiat on
the ground, but should be raised
about two inches so that the air can
circulate between the ground and
the hive. The bottoms will soon
rot out if the hives are left on the
damp ground.
If bees have become somewhat
afflicted by long confinement it is
almost impossible to keep them
quiet on warm sunshiny days. But
if they are healthy it is compare
lively easy to control them by shad-
ing the entrance.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14
FOR THE FARMER.



per cent of the atmosphere is nitro
gen. AS the supply is boundless,
we could produce unlimited fertility
of the soil if we could unite the nitro
gen of the air with the soil. This
problem is called THE Fixation of
Nitrogen" Some plants, as clover,
have this power to a limited degree.
Decaying organic matter, as ma
nures, has the same power to
higher degree. In late years, nj
trate deposits have been used as
fertilizers, and large trade In them
has sprung up. One of the chief
reasons for blowing or stirring the
soil is to admit the air into the soil
SO facilitating the Incorporation of
nitrogen. In an old road, the fer
tility is destroyed because the hard
ness of the ground prevents the air
from entering the soil.
"But no means of fertilizing soil
have yet been sufficient, and the
problem is still studied eagerly by
agricultural chemists. A recent
solution is attracting great deal of
attention just now.
Some yeaas ago, Pasteur showed
that decay of organic matter was
due to microscopic life. 1t has
since been shown that the soil of a
field is teeming with bacteria, more
than one and half millions to the
ounce of soil, sometimes. These
bacteria change the simple elements
of the soil into nitrates, SO that they
can be assimilated by the plants.
The fertility of the soil depends then
on the number of certain kinds of
bacteria in soil
''Prof. Noble of Germany has dis
covered method of propagating
these bacteria in bottles, and pre-
parations are being made in Ger
many for manufacturing the sub
stance which they call 'nitragin'-
on large scale. When this is put
into the soil under proper condit-
ions, the bacteria multiply very
rapidly, and fill the soil. 1t is esti-
mated that the cost will not exceed.
$1.25 per acre.
''It may be that this is the long
sought for boon. Nitrogen has al
ways been one of the greatest mys-
teries in chemistry. If these bac-
terial experiments prove all that is
hoped from them, the mystery will
not be diminished, and it will be
startling reminder of our depend
ence on the infinitely little micro
scoplc life around us.
The above is quoted by the paper
from which it was selected without
other credit than Science Notes."
During last September / had the
privilege of visiting the labratory
of Prof. Otto Lugger, botanist and
entomolgist at the Minnesota Ag-
ricultural Experiment Station at
st. Anthony's Park. This is not at
all chemical labratory, but one
for experimenting with just such
work as is limited at in the above
paper. Prof. Lugger is German,
and is at the head of his depart
ment, as is every other professor at
the station, there being no general
head or director since DIR. Porter
left. DIR. Lugger is in touch with
the scientists of Germany, and reads
the accounts of experiments and
discoveries and is of course well
aware that his countrymen are
'plodders," but also very thorough
scientists. In the course of our con-
versation he brought forth six
ounce vial containing a greenish,
nv-colnrad substance neither
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14

FOB WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION Elk.
y ecuted with neatness and dispatch at'the
TINES office. at prices to suit the times. Send
for estimates.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14
Mexican sheen.

The old Mexican sheep are the
direct descendants of the original
Spanish Merino brought over two
hundred years ago by Spainards to
Old Mexico. They have been bred
with scarcely any outcross, and are
a very distinctly marked breed.
They have long legs, long thin
body, not very deep; small, rather
long neck, and long, thin head,
carried. The wool is fine and thin.
To the eye they appear almost
worthless as mutton, and of still
less value for wool. Their good
points are that they are hardy, ex-
cellent travellers, will keep in good
condition on the poorest and driest
of ranges, are fairly prolific, and
can be herded in punches almost
any size. They fatten easily, though
never getting plump and fat like the
Northern sheep. When they reach
the Chicago market, if in good con-
dition, they outsell all other sheep,
for they shrink very little in dress
ing, the meat has an excellent flavor.
and the hide is so thin, firm and
soft as to command the highest
price.
Mr.. N. N. Osburn we'll known at
Woodstock, Mich, was troubled
with lame back. He was per-
suaded to use Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. 1t gave him relief in one
night. This remedy is also famous
for its cures of rheumatism. For
sale by T. ]. A. Flaws.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1896-11-14

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE TIMES.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
THE DEH0oRlTTc NOMINEES.

The Chicago Convention, after
The most stormy session ever
Known in the historyof Presiden-
tiaf Conventions, has nominated
Hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan, Of
Nebraska, for President, and Hon.
hugustas Sewell, of Maine, for
Vice President.
Mr.. Bryan has o national rep
utation as an orator, but his rum
ming mate on the ticket is an OBJ
scure man whose name was un-
known until the search light was
turned on him at Chicago The
flag under which these gentlemen
win fight will be free silver main
lyand the issues are laid down in
fine platform adopted, which is
published elsewhere.
The great men of the Democrats
icr party were overridden and
mnde to take q back seat in this
convention, and new ones who
havs never held the reigns of pow
orhave been entrusted with the
charge of running the Govern
nrent. kgreat deal Of friction has
Been engendsred by the action Of
the majority and it viii require
unusual exercise Of the best vir.
tues Of human native for harnio-
nyto be restored to the ranks Of
the party.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

Col. tFhSs. d. Boyd, who has
been in charge of the Normal Col
lege at Natchitoches, has accepted
the position of President of the
State University at Baton Rouge
in place of Col. Nicholson, re-
signed. Col. Boyd is an educator
with q reputation unexcelled in
the South, and it is generally be-
lieved that no better appointment
could be made. We trust that
the prospects of che University,
which have been niarred by the
recent disturbances, will be- very
much improved under the admin.
fstration of Col. Boyd.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

Ihave an Ice Cream Freezer that
will freezer cream instantly. The
cream is put into the freezer and
comes out instantly, smooth and
perfectly frozen. This astonishes
people and crowd will gather to
see the freezer in operation and
they will all want to try the cream.
You can sell cream as fast as it
can be made and sell freezers. to
many of them who would not buy
an old style freezer. 1t is really
a curiosity and you can sell from
SIS to So worth of cream and six
to twelve freezers every day. This
makes a good profit these hard
times and is a pleasant employ
ment. J. F. Casey & Co., 1f48
st. Charles St., st. Louis, Mo-,
will send full particulars and m
formation in regard to this new
invention on application and will
employ good statesmen on salary.
3-5 RoBr. O. ;.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
DExrH oToEN P. M B. YOUNG

This distinguished gentleman
returned recently from Central
America, where he was United
States Minister to Guatemala, and
died In New York last week.
Gen. Young was q native of
Georgia and was educated at West
Point in the same class with Gen.
T. L. Rosser, Gen. Geo. A. Custer
and Maj. Jno: Pelham and went out
in 1851 as commander of the cav
airy of Cobb's Georgia Legion.
He rose to the rank of Major Gen.
eral of Cavalry and was celebrated
for the dash and success of his
cavalry charges. He was a man
of very handsome physique and
every inch a soldier. He COM
manded the brigade for long
time in which the Adams Troop
from Natchez served. Many of
the soldiers in this section who
knew Gen. Young will drop a tear
to his memory when they hear
that he has been called to join the
comrSdes who have ''crossed over
the river. .
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
Che river.

We are glad to see that the com
mittee appointed by the Legisla-
ture to investigate the charges
against the management of the
State Penitentiary at Baton Rouge
have spoken out plainlyand clear
ly, sustaining many of the charges.
There is no field where men can
be more sorely oppressed than
when confined for punishment in
the hands of a brutal and cruel
keeper. The poor prisoner is at
his mercy and dares not open his
mouth to complain, lest he be
dashed for his daring to cry out
against his tyrants. 1t is to be
hoped that Governor Foster will
see to it that the prison disciple
there is reformed and the prison
SIS treated. huuanely
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
BEN ffELA1NA AS A NATIONAL
ORATOR

The Wild AID stormy sceiies en-
acted in the Chicago Convention
during its sitting forcibIy recalls
the days of the convention in
Paris Just before the French Revo-
luton broke out in oil its fury. A
notable incident in the convention
was the appearance of Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina He
came on on the platform with a
Cuban flag on one lapel of his
coat and miniature pitchfofk on
the other. His notoriety as q
bold agitator and bitter assailant
Of the men and measures he does.
not approve, prepared his audi
ence for Characteristic address,
and he made one. His first utter
|anee was, 'sI come from State
that was the home of secession;
South Carolina in 1860 led the
fight in the Democratic party that
disrupted it. Disruption brought
on the war, and the war emanci-
pated the black saves. Now he
added, sweeping his arm through
the air, "we are leading the fight
TO einancipate the white slaves y
His speech was filled with the
same sort of rubbish that charac.
terized his first appearance as an
orator before that grave and dig.
Unified body, the United States
Senate, when he 80 mercilessly
and in such bad taste arraigned
the head of the Nation, as q prose
cutting officer would the worst o.
terminals. There were some re
markable speeches made but mons
were as unique as that Of :" Pitch
fork Ben. .
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

We quote Mr.. McGehee's letter
IN srtsnso on account of his being
q high authority on these subjects.
and we are glad to say that our
Police Jury has taken this matter
in hand to prevent the spreading
Of this dreadful disease among the
stock. The prosperity of Gus par
ish is based upon the stock used
in agricultural pursuits, and no
greater calamity could befall the
planters than to have Charlton and
similar diseases recurring each
year
Scientific investigation shows
beyond the slightest doubt that
what Mr.. McGehee says is true
and that the baccili are always
with us, and that under certain
conditions the disease is liable to
break out.
In Europe this disease amount
ed to plague until at last it was
mastered by means adopted by
the government, and we under
etand that incubation for char
bon and kindred disease is prac.
ticed there as vaccination il
among mankind when the country
is threatened by o small pox cpl
demic, and the Police Jury, whc
has charge of the parish affairs
should compel every man whc
owns an animal to cause it to b,
inoculated as a preventive against
Charlton. The process is cheal
and gives absolute immunity /.
the animal against the bites of al
Insects.
Mr.. Frances Shields obtained
from Pasteur himself in Pari
more than ten years ago the lymph
with directions for incubation
land on his Mace In Concordi,
parish incubation has been prac
ticed every year with perfect sue
cess. Veterinary Surgeons al
'Eagree that this is the only SAT
land sure plan to guard against til
evils of Charlton and kindre'
disease. There is no subject o
greater interest to the intelligen
Ipfanter of this country, and W
trust that there win be no troubl
in causing incubation to De prac
ticed throughout our parish. TIL
colored people who own stock ar
generally ignorant, and durin
this plague have been the creates
sufferers. and It is the duty G
their white neighbots to instruc
them about this matter, and the
win readily follow their teachin
in adopting means by whic
their mules and crops can be savet
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17


The free silver majority Of the
Chicago convention has agreed
upon the platform on which it will
make The ensuing campaign, and
il declares for the free and un-
limited coinage Of silver, at the
ratio of16 to /, plainly and I'M
equivocally, just as it should have
done, and this question is to be
made the paramount one in the
great national contest; asking that
the power TO issue notes to circu-
late as money be taken from the
national banks; against the sur
render to the holders of obliga-
tions the option reserved by law
to the government to redeem such
obligations in either gold or silver
coin; against the issue of interest
bearing bonds in time of peace.
The platform also declares for q
tariff limited to the needs of the
government economically admin
istered, but does not say that such
Limitation shall be exclusive; II
pronounces for an amendment I'd
| the Federal constitution proyid-
ing for the levy of tax on IN
comes; against the importation Of
pauper labor to compete with
American workingmen; against
the interference by Federal an.
thorities in local affairs, and es-
lpecially against Federal judges
| in violation of the laws of State:
and the rights of citizens, becom'
ling at once legislators, judges anG
executives: that no man is eligible
for q third term in the presiden
tial office, fayors the present
pension system; extending sympa
thy to Cuba in It's struggle for in
dependence; favors the changing
of the civil service rnles so as Il
afford equal opportunities to al
citizens of ascertained fitness TO
employment in the government
ment service: and concludes b.
saying:
"Confding in the Justice of on
cause and the necessity of its sue
} cess at the polls, we submit tn
, foregoing declaration of principle
and purposes to the considerat
Judgment of the American people
, We invite the support of ell citi
zens who approee them and VIII
I idesire to have them made effect
! i've through legislation for the re
! lief of the people and the restora
I ton of the cUuntry's prosperity.
{ The above is in substance til
: declaration of principles of th
8 Democracy for the campaign Q
3 1896, and our sincerest hope
!. that the party may win upon th
> platform, although we do not flu
lily subscribe to ell its ehuncil
tions.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

We understand that Messrs. 8!
T. Baird, George Montgomery, H :
P. Wells, and a number of other
gentlemen are candidates for Con.
gress to succeed Col. Boatner this
fall. We think Hon. Joseph E..
Ransdell, of East Carroll, would
be a very strong candidate and
would ably and faithfully repre-
sent the interests of the. riparian
parishes. Mr.. Ransdell has been
q successful lawyer and business
man since he first settled in East
Carroll, and has filled the Office
of District Attorney with great
ability and credit to himself, and
we feel satisfied that if the people
of the Fifth District would elect
him to Congress they could get
no better representatives. This
suggestion is made entirely With
out the knowledge of Mr.. Rams
dell, and we don't know that he
has any political aspirations, be-
ing devoted to his profession and
business.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
THE BACCTILr ARE ALWA Us
WITH Us.

we are IN receipt OF o ioCUer lrOm
Mr.. J. Burruss McGhee, of West
Fsliciana parish, who has had
great experience In the raising
and treatment of stock and ali
diseases, In which he says that
STEW weeks sgo his Jack, a very
VEfnable animal, was taken with
.. very severe case Of Charlton.
He~suddsnfy sweifed IN every leg
and emitted from che root Of
every bair on his belly and legs
Black fetit fnattAr.
he gave him ss the first dose
Ave and one-haif table spoonsful
Of nruriatic tincture 'of iron in
ens-half pint of whisky and chic
rate of potash. AZ the second
dose q table spoon full Of the
same. As the third dose, the
same as the second and washed
Fin with coperas water; found it
700 strong and applied Chiysilic
ointment dissolved in water, one
ounce to the gallon. The animal
was- alive with maggots at each
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

Mr.. B. w. Marsten, of Red
River, was a central figure for half
an hour at the Chicago Oonven-
ton last week. He awoke the
next morning and ''found himself
famous, . as every newspaper had
him in it.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
PUSH IND ENERGY

viii tell. We are a young firm, only 8
months in business and to-day our retail
trade is secord to none In this city.
The secretof our success Is close at
tention to business and prompt and close
attention to- any orders entrusted TO us
Our Stock Of STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES is complete. We make d
specially of SUGARS, RICE, LARD,
COFFEE, TEAS, FLOUR, HAMS, BA-
CON, SYRUP and all kinds Of CANNED
GOODS. We pay full market price for
Turkeys, Chickens and Eggs.
MILLER Dc RUOFF.
JIG \. COMMERCE ST., NATCHEZ
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

The following gentlemen have
been appointed by the Governor
to constitute the Fifth Louisiana
Levee Board: From East Carols:
Messrs. Jos. E. RansdelT and Jos.
Stein; from Madison: Messrs. A.
L. Coltharp and F. L. Maxwell;
from Tensas: Messrs. C. G. Cordill
and G.. G. Goldman; from Concor-
dia: Messrs. J. B. Hiserodt aud
B. B. PaEham. These are most
excellent appointments, all of the
gentlemenbeing practical business
men, eminently fitted for the pc.
sitions. We suppose that Col.
Maxwell will be reelected Presi-
dent of the Board, as. he has filled
that position very creditably in
the past.