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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-22

A MANS house, under the best of all
laws, is his castle, and no one, without
the owners consent, can enter it, except
at the peril of his life, unless ne be
authorized to do so by warrant issued
by the proper legal authority. There
fore, no matter what sort of gambling,
or how much Of it, may nave been 60
ing on in Nelson's house, at Jackson
City, the armed and drunken negro
deputies and constables who raided 1T
night before last, without warrant,
aud solely for spite, only received the
treatment that might have been ex'
pected, and Nelson is no more to blame
for what he did than if his house had
ben the most reputable in the county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-22
F. Velutina.

The ideal cotton velvet. Perfect wes'F' X
pile, superior in every way to 10" p'l',' IL.
velvet. sixty.six staple and evening i'''
black and white. al,
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The advocate., 1896-06-17
Making Butter.

The farmer that is isolated from
markets and is obliged to barter his
butter at the store for and 10 cents
pound will never get wealthy, and the
best thing he can do is to join with his
neighbors and try to induce someone
to put in creamery. The cow worth
from $50 to $75 and given $50 worth of
feed in year, if judiciously handled,
one dairyman says, near a good mar
ket, will make profit for her owner.
She should produce 5000 pounds of 4
to AZ per cent. milk, which, sold to a
creamery at the average price of 80
cents hundred, would return $48 to
1854 q year. Besides, there would be
the Skim-milk, the calf and the ma
nure. Twenty dollars to 1926 is consid-
cred a good profit on cow after pay
ing for feed and labor, saying nothing
sbout the by.products. The COW that
produces 300 pounds of butter q year
will do so at q cost of 10 cents a pound,
if she is we'll managed. The average
cost, however, is about l2 cents q
pound, based on the price of feeds
from year to year. The cow that pro-
duces only 200 pounds year would do
SO at a cost of Is cents a pound, and
the $50 pounds year cow at cost Of
20 cents, taking 1t for granted that the
feed is the same in either case. The
solution Of this question is, maximum
quantity at minimum cost, OF, in other
words, make the cow produce the
greatest amount possible at the least
possible expense. e.-FarmerS' Voice (Chi-
cGgO).
The advocate., 1896-06-17

eft the animal to which 1t was fed.
Scientific tests have been made from
time to time and some of the proper
ties attributed to timothy have been
found to exist only in imagination.
at has been found by those who
have made q business of raising tim
othy hay and handling it, that the
proper time to harvest it, In order to
obtain the best prices, is when the
grass Is In bloom. When the hay be-
comes cured the bloom dries and crum-
bles, and becomes a fine powder which
Is very injurious to horses particularly,
and large majority Of horsemen claim
that this is the cause of hesVeR in
horses. BY taking the trouble to OBJ
serve, the reader will find that there
is seldom if ever a case of heaves
among horses which are fed on prairie
hay, while it is always prevalent among
horses which are fed exclusively on
timothy hay.
"LiVerymen who have used both
timothy and prairie hay extensively
agree that horses were able to keep In
better condition, stand harder driving,
and last longer when fed prairie hay
thar when fed on timothy hay. 1t is
also a fact that practical horsemen
owning fine horses give prairie hay the
preference, although price is no object
with them.
1.-THE last year has been q wonderful
one for the prairie hay Of the West.
On account Of the short crop Of tim
othy In the East = great deal Of prairie
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Live Up to Your Privilege.

Under ordinary conditions the modern
windmill is associated with but one idea in
the minds Of the average individual,
namely, that Of pumping water. 1t is true
that the greatest number Of windmlllS are
used for that purpose alone, but when we
observe the great amount of power literally
running to waste because Of the single use
Of mill, we cannot help thinking that the
owner is not living up to his full privilege
There are host Of uses to which mill
may be put when not employed in pump
ing water. 1t would seem that when man
is purchasing windmill 1t would be well
enough to secure one of sufficient size to
meet all Of these uses; there Is the shelling
Of corn, the cutting and grinding of corn,
churning butter, saving wood, tnrning the
grindstone, etc., all Of which labor might be
performed while the mill Is not pumping
water. The accompanying illustration
brings these advantages out so prominently
that we insert it here. In this case the
mill is that made by the Perkins Windmill
Company Of Mishswaka, Ind, who also
manufacture full line Of steel and wood
house and stock tanks, pumps, etc. Those
of our readers who are interested In sny.
thing Of this kind would do well to write
the Perkins people for their catalogue. It
contains much Of value along these lines.
The advocate., 1896-06-17

soil. In spite Of excessive moisture
little of the corn shows other than a
brilliant green color, and the prospect
In the State as q whole is highly favor
able. The average condition is 80, and
fourteen counties reporting 1t as 100 or
above are as follows: Elk 108, Smith
lO4, Kingmsn lO3, Marion 1O3, Cove
1O2, CoWley 1O2, Jewell 1O2, Norton lOl,
AtchisOn 100, Ellsworth 100, Phillips
lOl, Gesry 100, Graham 100, Rocks 100.
Forty counties report average cOndi.
tlOns ranging from 80 to 80 inclusive.
Potatoes-About the same area Is re.
ported In potatoes as one year ago.
No unfaVorable conditions are men
toned except too much moisture In
some of the eastern counties, and the
presence Of potato bugs in few isO.
lated fields.
Ths sorghums - The various sOr-
ghums, including Kaffir and Jerusalem
corn and milo maize, average conil-
ti0n Of IS.
Millet and Hungsrisn-The acreage
of millet and Hungarian is indicated
as slightly less than last year.
Castor besns-The area in castor
beans is reported as Is per cent. less
than the diminished acreage of one
year ago.
Broomcorn - Broomcorn shows q
more notable decrease In acreage than
any other cropAsn estimated cut of
The advocate., 1896-06-17

hay was used, and many of those who
have heretofore used timothy hay state
that they prefer 1t, and considerable
prairie hay will be used from this time
indefinitely at equal or higher prices
than timothy hay can be had right in
the Timothy territory.
"The writer has known of few cars
of prairie hay being shipped to points
from which timothy was being shipped
at the same time, and the prairie hay
was sold at q premium of so cents to
81 TO liVerymen. These are facts which
observation will prove.
"Only q few years ago very little
prairie hay was shipped east of Kansas
City, but Chere is scarcely large town
west of the Mississippi river which
does not use it extensively, and there
is considerable territory east of the
river which has been using it for sew
eral years, and the advocates of prairie
hay are increasing every season."
The advocate., 1896-06-17

favored quality of meat. The same is
true Of the KylOe and other active
cattle of Scotland, and the Devon and
other active cattle of England. Their
flesh is better favored from their better
quality of blood, which results from
greater activity, so that the juicy, sweet
meat of active cattle generally sells at
from 2 to 4 cents per pound higher In
price than that of inactive cattle. In
poultry the same distinction holds; the
active, lively breeds, usually smslllSh
in size, supply the heslthiest and best
quality of poultry meat. The same is
true of wild fowl and deer, the best
quality of meat being obtained from
those varieties or breeds that are reg
ulsrly the most active in getting sub
sistenCe, whether on the wing, or, like
ducks and geese, in the water, or on
foot. .-FGrmers' Voice (Chie0go).
The advocate., 1896-06-17

go per cent. from the 1874, ,4S7 acres of
last year. Its condition is SO.
Flsx-The decrease in flax acreage
amounts to 10 per cent, or 23, 900 acres.
Bsrley-Barley shows an enlarged
acreage in nearly every county where
much is grown, and the general in.
crease is put at 80 per cent.
Grasses-Reports on conditions Of
grasses and cloVers mostly represent
them as excellent, giving luxurisnt
pasturage and promise of great yields
Of hay. Much Of the alfalfa has made
a most vigorous growth, and the first
crop is In the process of harvesting.
Live atock-LiVe stock is invariably
reported as healthy, except that "chol-
era" among hogs to a limited extent is
mentioned in twelve counties.
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Effect Of Air and Exercise.

The meat of certain snimals-sheep,
cattle and pOultry-iS preferred to,
commands q higher price and is In
greater demand In the English market
than the meat of other animals. For,
the mutton Of Welsh mountain sheep,
and Of the Southdowns and CheViots,
all subsisting on short and scsnt feed,
regularly brings from g to 3 cents per
pound more than much larger and fat
ter mutton; the practical reason being
the greater value of the mutton, be-
cause the sheep supplying it are more
active, performing their excretory
breathing functions more fully and so
producing 3 pursr, healthier and better
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Prairie Hay for Feed.

c. B. Lowry of the Western Hay
Company, Kansas City, has the follow
ing to say of the future of prairie hay
In the last issue of the HaynsGksr:
"There are several advantages of
prairie hay over timothy, some Of
which we shall endesVor to explain
and mLnstrate in this article. 1t
has long been supposed and claimed
that of all dried forage timothy was
first in the qualities which would ben
The advocate., 1896-06-17
CROP REPORT.
The Kansas Board Of Agriculture Issues ItS
May Report.


The State Board Of Agriculture is,
sued June a bulletin showing the
crop conditions In Kansas az given by
correspondents for May 81, as follows:
Winter wheat The extremely high
percentage Of condition reported April
30 has been maintained In but very
few counties, the present average for
the entire State being SO. The average,
however, in eighty -four counties con-
tanning a small fraction less than IS
per cent. of the total acreage ls given
I ss 1928, while In the tWenty.One coun-
ties having the remaining acreage 1t is
3S.45. Twenty. eight counties having
an average condition of 97.46, ranging
from 80 to 1T, and containing 477,776
acres, or 14.35 per cent. of the total
acreage, according to rank, are Wash
ington 1T, Clay l02, Marshall 102,
DoDiphsn 1O1, Jewell 100, Lesvenworth
SO, Brown 81, Cove 81, Osborne 81,
Harvey So, Riley 96, Nemahs 95, Pot
tswstomie 95, Republic 95, Wsbsunsee
95SJackson 81, Chase SO, Geary SO,
Marion SO, Phillips SO, Cloud 80, Allen
81, AtChison 81, Smith 81, Douglas 80,
Norton 80, Shawnee 80, Wysndotte 80.
Thirty counties showing q condition of
IS to SO inclusive, according to rank,
are johnson 80, Lyon S8, Jefferson 81,
Mitchell 81, Bourbon 88, Wilson SO,
Decatur IS, Dickinson IS, Chautsuqus
81, Neosho "a, Mcpherson SO, Trego 83,
Ellsworth 81, Linn 81, Sheridan 81,
Crawford 80, Morris 80, Franklin 80,
Montgomery 70, Ottawa 70, Elk n,
Usage ", Rswlins u, Scott n, SedR.
wick n, Anderson IS, Logan rs, Rus.
sell Is, Graham IS, Greenwood Is. The
severe decrease In the triangular block
of counties southwest of line extend
ing from Cheyenne to Sumner is due
to high winds, unusual heat and lack
Of timely rainfall which prevailed to q
greater or less extent during the first
three weeks Of May. In the eastern
tier of four counties southwark from
the Ksw valley the chief harm is a re.
suit of too much and too frequent
rain, flooding some Of the low lands
and causing more or less rust and fall
ing down. The late cool, cloudy
weather has been against large de-
Velopment of rust and generally favor
able to wheat Here and there worms
strange to the locality have caused
dSmRge, but no widespread harm,
The month has been 80 wholly unfa-
VOrable for chinch bugs that they ere
scarcely mentioned. Harvesting is iu
progress In the extreme southern coun.
ties, and from ten to fifteen days early.
Spring wSest-The average condl-
tion Of spring wheat Is 72.
Rye-Condition 76. The averages OF
100 and above are in Clay, Jewell,
Phillips, Marshall, Allen, Cove, Ma,
rion, Norton and Washington, respec
lively.
Oats Condition $3.50. In nine coun.
ties the average range Is from 100 tl
1l9. Washington leading with the
latter.
Corn-The only material drawback
to corn prosperity generally as yet ID
ascribed to too copious rains. These
have been so heavy as to not only we'll
nf,,h a,,huoaF0a and drown ouk nlanks
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15

"A MIRROR IN PALM OF THz
GLovE.-A mirror in the palm Of
the glove il the latest novelty.
With it assistance its owner is en-
abled to be sure that her bonnet ID
on straight and also that her curls
are in perfect order. She can like.
wise ascertain If her tie is at the
most becoming angle at the proper
time.
All these things and q hundred
Of others, important from the fem
mime point of view, she can find
out on the street without attract
ing the attention of passersby, with
the aid of this simple continuance.
The inventor Of this device has
taken precaution of putting it in
the left hand glove, so that when
its owner shakes hand with q friend
it will not be observed.-N. Y.
Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15
Laughter prolong. .h. Performances,

why is the performance so long
tonight" asked a lounger in the
lobby, as he glanced at his watch
and saw that the time was l O o'clock.
Have you put in anything new?"
No, but it's warm house to-
night"
What difference does that make?
/ haven't noticed many extra en-
cores to night"
But there's more laughing to-
night. The house laughs oftener
than usual and keeps it up longer?"
Would that make much differ
ence in the length of the perform
ance?"
Anywhere from to Is minutes.
An ordinary laugh at some joke on
the stage lasts 2 CT 3 seconds.
When the house laughs for Sec
onds, it is n good, long laugh, and
10 seconds is almost the limit.
don { mean the applause to call some
one back, but the laugh sprinkled
thorugh the dialogue. A good ma
tured and cordial audience will
laugh 6 seconds at every gag.
Ten gags will prolong the show a
minute, and when you figure that
three acts are well filled with funny
lines. you will understand why the
show sometimes lasts until IL o clock
and on chilly evenings is over at
10:40 or 10:45. Chicago Record.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15

WHERE He WAs.--A visitor from
Manchester had been invited to ad-
dress the Sunday school.
81 am reminded, children" he
said, "of the career of a boy who
was once no larger than some OF
the little fellows l see before me.
He played truant when he was sent
to school. went fishing every Sun.
day, ran away from home when he
was ten years old, learned to drink,
smoke tobacco and play cards. he
went into bad company, frequented
stables and low taprooms, finally
became piek-pocket, then a forger,
and one day in I'll of drunkenness
he committed q cowardly murder.
Children" he continued impressive
ly, "where do you think that boy
is now?"
"He stands before u.s." cried the
children as with one voice. Sketch.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15

The Darlington, Wis, Journal
says edltorially of popular patent
medicine. "We know from expert
ence that Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ia
all that is claimed for it, as on two
occasions it stopped excruciating
pains and possibly saved MS from
an untimely grave. We would not
rest easy over night without it in
the house," This remedy undoub t-
eddy saves more pain and suffering
than any other medicine in the
world. Every family should keep
it in the house, for it is sure to be
needed sooner or later. For sale by
VIM. F. Greenwell & Son, Leon
ardtown; Jos. s. Matthews, Valley
Lee, and all country stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15
~ Many years ago the Whia

~ Many years ago the Wings
designated the Democrats by the
silly name of "Locofoco' but the
old party still lived on while their
opponents disintergrated and, as q
party, entirely disappeared. While
the Democratic party remains true
to the people, and closer to them
than any other party, silly names
cannot injure it, neither can the
false friends in its own ranks stab
it to death while pretending to be
better Democrats than the great
mass of the party.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15

Its strange" said the Maltese
cat, that in this life nobody seems
to get what he really needs without
difficulty"
"I've heard that before, said the
tortoise shell cat.
Yes, but I've had more cause
than usual to notice it. If wore
shoes, l wouldn't have anything
like the collection of bootjacks and
backing brushes that come now
without the asking. "-Washington
Star.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15
BLACKSMITHING.

HAVING taken possession of Black
II smith Shop recently occupied by VI. ].
Pope In Leonardtown, am prepared to
give special attention 20 horseshoeing, etc.
| can always be found at my shop and
viii do all work In my line at shortest no.
tice and n cheap as can be done in the
county. Guns and pistols also repaired,
Terms cask.
WIN. II. WHILE.
April 30-tft
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-15
Little Curious Notes.

The Gulf Of Mexico has risen one
foot since 1850.
Upward Of 1000 corpses we're
cremated in France during 1895.
Blotting paper In made of cotton
rags which have been boiled in
soda.
An average Of 10, 900 pounds Of
snails are eaten each week in Paris.
Native Christian women in China
have formed society to discour-
age the custom Of COMPRISING the
feet of children.
Ostriches are usually plucked once
every eight months. The average
yield is one pound Of feathers each.
The Emperor Of Germany stands
twenty-first in the direct line Of
succession to the British throne.
A recent pamphlet OF British
railways states that there are 391
depots and stations within the linn
its of London.
At the beginning Of tie century
Philadelphia had nearly 10000
more inhabitants than New York.
The figures we're 70,227 and co.
4ss.
Quito 10 the only city in the
world that is situated on the equa-
tor. There the sun rises aud sets
q: o o'clock the year around.
The famous "Cass County OK"
reared by C. W. Curtis of Cass
County, Iowa, had girth measure
ment OF 10 feet and IL inches and
weighed 3,79O pounds.
The bones Of Jumbo, Barnum's
famous giant elephant that was
killed at st. Thomas, Canada, q
few years ago, weighed 2,400
pounds after being thoroughly
cleaned.
The Moslem religion teaches
that there are different bells, ar
ranged one above the other, the
deepest and hottest being el-Kar-
iah, which 10 reserved for hypoc-
rites.
At the time of the taking of the
census Of 1890 there were 15,0O0,-
900 adult white male inhabitants
in the United States and 2.0O0,-
600 Negroes, Chinese, Japanese,
Indians, etc., over the age OF 81.
A gigantic pine tree recently cut
in Pennsylvania scaled S,O33 feet
Of lumber. It made II saw logs,
none less than IL feet, and some
20 feet, in length. The top end Of
the butt log was SO inches in d.
ameter.
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Sec'y and Treas. Of the Prick
Merchantile Co., Keiths-
burg, iii.

Gives an -cstiug account of the
cure OF = sC.1STe case of Rheumatism
that came directly under his personal
observation. Being in the mercantile
business he had many calls for the
Esast celebrated ''Yagers Cream
ChlcTofoTm Liniment." He saws
THE FIRST tsottle he sold was TO
rarity who came into our place of
business suffering intensely with
Rheumatic pains. ! advised him to try
bottle of the Sager's Liniment. he
thought it would be useless. said be
bad tried almost everything and could
g1t 10 lief. insisted on his trying
i:Sve Linn should cost him nothing.
bjt,ic and started home he was
InCI= &! Inn until bright and early the
next morning. when he came into our
. r. wa.aing as lively as could be
4 Il signs of suffering about him.
T. W. ! about tie Liniment, he said
!. VS. the best stuff he ever used,
=. = :. take IS for the bottle. Said
almost done UP and as
= .5.l i'-r=aftlr IS he could he applied
re 4....rst"t, End it gave him almost
install relief, before retiring he ap-
pied il oaoe more, went to bed and
slept s5nndly all night, and in the
mCrrirg bathed the parts affected
again I'D ut present felt no pain
whatever. This was about four or five
weeks a.,o. See tn party every few
days and he says he is not troubled
with Rheumatism any more"
Yaeer's li3imeDt
Large Bottles. IS cts.
Sold by all Dealers.
Take no substitutes if you want a cure.