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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
Points on Flowing.

1t is not good to pillow our field the
same way every year; if we plow our
field north and south this year, the
next year it should be plowed east and
west; but if this cannot be done and we
have to pillow the same way as before,
then turn the furrow back. The reason
for this is that in all our work of plow-
ing, narrowing and cultivating we
should thoroughly mix our soil, like Il
mason mixes his lime and sand; then
it will unite and get stronger. 1t is
not good to pillow around field, as it
is damage to the horses and soil. In
all our work we should make it as easy
for our horses as we can. In blowing
around field the horses are always in
hard pull; but if we can make a
headland on each end, then the horses
can turn around easier and their
shoulders can cool off little. We are
spelling the soil when we are turning
the horses on the fresh plowed ground,
for this reason: The horses will pack
the soil too hard when it is in that
condition, and it also makes the surface
very uneven and unhandy to plant and
cultivate. All work should be done at
the right time.
We should always try to pillow
straight burrows, not too wide furrow,
and in that way we pillow all of our
soil. Ii we don't raise better crop on
such blowing, we are more contented;
and most anybody likes to see a neat
job.
We should not leave any unplowed
corners where weeds and grass grow,
for where we don't plant we cannot
harvest. We can pillow whole field
and do a good and neat job without
turning our horses and tools on our
neighbors' land: by that we keep the
friendship OF our neighbors, which i,
worth a good deal in time of need
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26

bic TO have balanced ration as nearly
as can be. Quotations were gwen
from the Wisconsin bulletin OF 100
feeding rations, showing how some so
called successful feeders combined
dairy cattle foods. Mr.. Goodrich has
found production Of two pounds OF
coarse food to one OF concentrated as
most satisfactory. Succulent foods
are important. OF Woll's 100 feeders,
65 fed ensilage and two roots. II we
cannot have green grass, should feed
ether ensilage or roots. Has paid Mr..
Goodrich to feed little bran OF corn
meal in summer. His COWS produced
so pounds more of butter per animal
the summer when fed grain than did
the summer before when no grain was
fed. His grain cost s. and Sl3 was
derived from the butter, showing a
good balance in favor Of the grain.
Don't feed every COW alike. Mr..
Goodrich's standard feed is 80 pounds
silage, five pounds clover hay, five
pounds corn slower, eight pounds wheat
bran and two pounds cotton seed meal.
Tighten up on feed of some cows and
increase on Others. If she gives more
milk by more feeding, increase.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
The pentlst.. Opportunity.

81 was particularly busy on last
Tuesday" said the dentist. my office
was crowded all day, and one of the
last patients to be attended to was o
big. fat, middle aged German woman.
She had been waiting for nearly three
hours, but ct last it was her turn. and
she moved UP to the chair with all the
airy grace of steam roller. Apparent
ly the crowd in the Office had impressed
her deeply, for the first thing she said
was
Doctor. you vas doing goot bees
ness.
Eyes said, i keep pretty busy
My. but you must be maiging a
big lot of money! Say, doctor, vas you
a single man?'
"This was getting rather interesting,
but the question was fired point blank
at short range, and / felt that had to
answer, SO l admitted that such was
the case. By this time she had hoisted
herself into the chair. and she gave me
look that-well, you remember the
picture entitled The Amorous Hippo
potamus?'
Say. doctor, she said, 'und ! vas o
single woman. New York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
A Profitable Animal.

The hog grows cheapest on the pas
ture and beside the fields that grow
his grains. He is most profitable as a
subordinate department, because he
cannot consume the coarse folders of
the farm. He furnishes the best mar
ket in which to sell the by-products of
the mill and dairy. He assimilates
more of the most concentrated feed
stuffs than any other animal of the
farm. Quickersreturns come from him
than from horses, cattle or sheep. He
pays the rents in European countries,
lifts the mortgages in the northern
states, and in conjunction with the COW
he will redeem the worn-out cotton and
tobacco fields OF the South.
Avoid permanent residences for the
hog; move him about so that his en-
vironments may be clean and uncon-
taminated by germs that develop rapidly
where they have suitable media. Avoid
close breeding, as it intensities predis-
position to disease. Select your breed
ing stock from good mixers, as this il
the best indication OF fecundity.-Prof
Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
Red Cross Modus vivendi.

Washington. The Department of
State is preparing for PRONUNCIATION,
jointly with the Navy Department, an
important circular announcing the
adoption of the modus vivendi during
the war with Spain of the additional
articles to the original Red Cross So
ciety which were drafted October 20,
1868, the object of which is to extend
the operations of the Red Cross, which
concerned only warfare on land, to
naval warfare.
The Government of Spain also has
announced its acceptance Of these addi-
tional articles as modus vivendi.
The effect of this joint action is to in
sure, as far as may be, the safety from
attack at the hands Of either party Of
the new hospital ship Solace, now at
Kew West,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
DEWEY'S FLEET WINS A VERY
RICH BOUNTY.
by the Destruction of tho Spanish YES
sells About s1S7 900 Is Secured for
Distribution.

New York.-A dispatch to the Times
from Washington says: Rear-Admiral
Dewey and his men will not have been
fully rewarded for the victory at Ma
Mia when they receive the thanks OF
Congress and the medals ordered to be
struck for them. Under the law they
have become entitled to a rich bounty.
Unless the numerical importance Of the
fleet of Admiral Montijo has been over
estimated and its losses overstated the
officers and men of the Asiatic squad
ron will be entitled to share among
themselves something like $l87, 900
bounty money.
According to the reports from Ma
Mia, the Spanish fleet destroyed by
the Americans consisted of ten or eleven
cruisers, gunboats and torpedo-boats,
with crews amounting in all to 1872
men. At 800 for each man of the
Spanish naval force, according to the
bounty law, the amount to be divided
among the American sailors will be
$lS7, 200. The $lS7 200 vii be dis
lTlDultu w tIiC llNtb HtNllOil fOOl
OF the Revised Statutes, relating tC
prize money. Admiral Dewey will gel
one-twentieth of the whole amount Of
bounty money awarded to his command
That will give him $4,000. Ii he has
fleet captain, or what passes for one
the latter will have share of some
thing like 1880. There will be left t.
be distributed to the vessels of the fleet
according to their pay rolls, abou
$l75, 900. This will go to seven ships
and in about the following shares
Olympia, $45, 900; Baltimore, $40, 900
Boston, $25, 900; Raleigh, $22, 900
Concord, 500, 900; Petrol, $40, 900; Nc
Culloch, $4,000,
To the commander of each singl
vessel there viii 90 one-tenth of tn
amount assigned to that vessel. Ate
the amounts mentioned have been de
Quoted, the residue will be distribute
to the lesser officers and seainen of tn
ships in proportion to their rates of pa
ON the day of the engagement. Tn
amount to each seaman, it is believed
will be in the neighborhood of $50.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26

In his address at the Indiana State
Dairy Association, Mr.. Goodrich stated
that educating an animal to become a
good dairy COW must begin with the
young calf. Muscle-forming foods
should be fed such as bran, oil meal,
skim milk, etc. Educate the calf to
eat muscle-forming foods as much as
possible. Begin to feed the calf with
skim milk and a spoonful or two of oil
meal. Then give few whole oats to
follow. Nice clover hay should be
available. Feed skim milk six months
or so. Wants animal to come in milk
at two years. Give heifer good box
stall and plenty of straw to calve in.
After calving give her warm water
not cold. Take calf away gradually,
say in two or three days. After calv.
ing, feed for awhile only little grain,
and then depend mostly on bran,
After two weeks can begin TO feed tC
! full capacity, Feed a variety, Desira
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
PLANNING TO DRIVE BERNABE
FROM CANADA.
The State Department Is Preparing to
Request Great Britain to Order HIS
Departure.

New York.-A special tn the World
from Washington says: 1t is more
than probable that within very brief
time ambassador Hay will be directed
by the State Department TO request the
British Government not to permit
Senior Polo y Bernabe to remain in Can
ada. This request will apply to the en-
tire Spanish legation and to many
other Spaniards who have been violat-
ing the neutrality laws by making Can
ada headquarters for complete spy
system throughout the United States.
When the Chief of the Secret Service
arrested Spy Downing he found plenty
of evidence that the spy was in the
employ OF the Spanish Government,
and he received his instructions from
Caranzas, naval attache of the Spanish
Legation. The Chief concluded that il
Caranzas was directing this work he
was doing so by instructions of the
Spanish Minister, and he at once noti-
fed the Post Office Department to con.
fiscate all mail matter intended for the
Spanish Minister and the members Of
the legation. This order was obeyed
at the Post Office, and the officials
seized considerable quantity of com
promising letters and documents.
1t is believed by the Administrator
that upon the proper presentation o.
all the correspondence to Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador
the latter will recommend his Govern
ment to expel from Canadian territor,
the Spanish legation and all othe
subjects of Spain known to have beer
implicated in the contemplate viola
ton of hospitality of neutral countr.
by conducting spy system.
ambassador Hay will be instructe,
by the Department of State to presen
the facts to the British Foreign Office
and this will doubtless result, the Ad
ministration believes, in breaking u
the gang of spies which infest Canada
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
Patents In England.


1t may be interesting to uotice that
the number of applications for patents
during the year 1897 was no fewer than
30,936. The applications in 1896 num-
bered in the aggregate 0,104, as CON-
pared with 25,065 in 1895. 1t must not
be supposed, however, that all these
applications lead to complete patents.
In 1896, with Its 30,194 applications,
only 1890 We're completed. the rest
being allowed to lapse after the nine
months protection. The inventions
comprise every class of manufacture
that can be imagined, but principally
engineering. Not few of the appli-
cants for patents are women of whom
there were nearly 700 in 1896, about $50
of these inventions relating to dress
London Times. i
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
COMMANDS TnE sITUATIoN.
Dewey Cables TO Washington Of Condi
tGons la the philippines

Dewey Gables TO Washington OF tondi'
tIons Ia the Philippines
Washington-Th j. an easier feel
ing in both the War and Navy circles
over Dewey's lates; report, which u
couched in the same clear language az
the first tidings Of his victory. The
Admiral says:
Cavite, via Hongkong Maintaining
strict blockade. Reason to believe that
the rebels are hemming in the city by
land, but have made no demonstration
Scarcity Of provisions in Manila. Pro
bable that the Spanish Governor will
be obliged 10 surrender soon. Can take
Manila at any moment. Climate hot
aud moist On May 18th captured
gunboat Callao attempting To run
blockade. Have plenty Of coal. One
British, one French, two German and
one Japanese vessel here observing.
Dewey.
This is considered as setting at rest
all tales Of disorder about Manila and
all reports from Madrid that the insur-
gents have looted Cayite. At the same
time il makes the War Administration
more anxious to rush forward a sutfi-
cient force to cope with both the Span
ish and insurgent forces.
The kilograms indicate that Dewey
has lost none of the prestige gained in
his memorable fight OF a few weeks ago,
and that, while he refrains from taking
the city of Manila he has it practi-
cally at his mercy. The Admiral ex-
presses the belief that the rebels are
hemming the city in by land, but the
fact that he says explicitly that they
have made no demonstration seems t.
disprove thoroughly the published re-
ports that they had already entered
Manila and had begun a career OF
bloodshed and rapine.
The best evidence Of the effective
ness of the blockade maintained by the
American Admiral and also of the work
of the insurgents in surrounding the
city is shown in the statement in the
dispatches that provisions are scarce in
the city of Manila, which seems to in
dictate to Admiral Dewey an early sur
render by the Spanish authorities.
Another published report seems also
to be refuted by the Admiral's advices,
and that il that the rebels had raided
Cavite, where the Spanish naval sta
ton was located, and where, presuma-
bly,, large supplies Of arms and ammu-
milton were kept, Ii the rebels have
been supplying themselves with arms
it must have been with the Admiral +
consent as his dispatch is originally
dated from Cavite, indicating that
he is still in possession.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
wsIcHTY MAIL CLERK.
FOOTPRINTS Worn in the Floor Where
He Stood Forty Years.


He Stood Forty Years.
There has just been placed in the
Postal museum at Washington an odd
ity composed of five planks from the
flooring Of the old Baltimore postoffice.
Imprinted in the wood are the impress
sIons OF two shoes. The impressions
are as perfect as though made in plas-
ter paris. and were made by the shoes
of mail distributor who stood in the
same spot day after day for forty years,
until his feet had worn through the
boards.
The name of the man could not be
learned, as he has now left the post
office in Baltimore. He came there,
however, about forty-five years ago,
and soon afterward became mail dis
trobuter He wa scompelled by the
exigencies of the situation and ON ac-
count of the pressure for space to have
his pigeon holes ranged about him In
a semi-circular form. He was all hedg-
ed in by the desks, and so had neither
the opportunity nor the inclination to
move about much. The man weighed,
when he entered the service, about 200
pounds, and as he got no exercise while
in the office, and little outside, he in
creased in weight until 1t is said that
he tipped the beam at 300 pounds.
He soon found that by standing in a
particular spot, with his heels about
eight or ten inches apart. and his toes
turned well outward. he could throw
his mail into any of the pigeon holes de-
sired with less effort than by stepping
from side to side, and practice made
him perfect in this operation. The
planks are one inch thick, and through
one of them a hole is worn. underneath
the ball of the foot, just as though the
plank was made of Misunderstanding
ton Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
Treatment of WORKOUT Lands.

The treatment for worn-out land de-
ponds upon how the land became worn
out and an understanding of whether
it lacks nitrogen, phosphoric acid or
potash. Mr.. s. H. Todd of Ohio, dis
cussed this subject at western farm
ers' intitute, saying:
"If the land has been impoverished
by continually selling off the crops and
returning to it no vegetable matter, as
is too often the case, then the land
lacks humus to build upon and the
farmer can not expect to derive good
results from the use of a commercial
fertilizer alone, although rich in what
is essential to the land. Mr.. Todd
strongly advocates the use of CONNER
cial fertilizers, but insists on the farm
er first ascertaining what his land
needs, then applying fertilizer con-
tanning largely the properties lacking
in the land. To restore land run down
as described he recommends blowing
under vegetable matter, either grow
ing crop or matter hauled upon the
land, thus adding humus and nitrogen,
then use commercial fertilizer rich in
phosphoric acid and potash. Sow to
clover and plow this under, and by SC
doing add to the soil, not only humus
but the cheapest nitrogen at the farm
er's command. He advocates leaving
the second crop of clover on thin land
meadows as it will benefit the land
more than the few forkfuls of hay will
the stock, and in the end will add
more to the farmers bank account. In
answer to question as to whether
farmers could successfully buy the in
gradients and compound their own fer
tilizers to suit the need of their land
Prof. Plumb thought they could do so
using ground bone or bone black to ge
phosphoric acid, nitrate of soda fo
nitrogen, with potash which is fount
largely in wood ashes. Mr.. Todd in
! sisted that experience had taught hin
that it was more economical and salts
factory, and better results We're oh
tanned, when the mixing was left t.
: some one who knew how. And il
man couldn't tell pure article iron
: an adulterated one after it was com
pounded he couldn't tell the ingre
dients before. Stable manure is values
> as fertilizer on account of the nitro
! gen it contains, yet it contains but
r per cent, while nitrate of soda contain
l6 to II per cent, whichi shows thei
, relative values as nitrogen producer:
/ yet this doesn't signify that the farme
I should fail to make use of anythin
that is available to enrich his land
' Pillow thin land shallow-only as dee
! as it can be fertilized. /"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
EXPERTS TO THE FRONT.
Sympathies of the Mikado's Govern
ment Are With Uncle Sam.

Victoria (B C.).-The Japanese Gov
eminent and people are taking keen
interest in the war between the United
States and Spain. The Government
has decided to send naval and military
experts to Manila and Cuba to watch
the maneuvers OF the fleets and armies.
The interest OF the people Is reflected
in long articles appearing in Japanese
papers. All agree that the United
States will eventually come out victori-
Gus and their sympathy in every re.
spect is with America, but they express
the fear that the war may bring about
financial troubles, not for America, as a
nation, but for those trading with her,
particularly Japan. the commodities
from which country are such that the
war will have a disastrous effect upon
the demand.
The Osaka Asahi, one OF the leading
papers of Toxic, says: Spain has
failed signally to reduce the insurgents
to obedience after years OF exhausting
effort. 1t is difficult to see how they
can hope to conquer the Americans,
plus the insurgents. She may leave
Cuba to her fate and contine herself tC
bonsbardments along the United States
coasts, which are i'll protected, but
there are reasons which throw much
doubt ON her capacity to make such {
diversion -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
The Dairy Herd.

The next step to the successful dairy
farm after the farm itself, is the selec-
tion of the dairy herd. The man who
trusts to luck in the selection and
breeding of his herd is very apt to
make failure q il and brand the bust
ness as improbable. What we need
here, rs in many other places, is to
realize the utter worthlessness of a
poor cow 1t is quite within the
truth to say that in many diaries one
third of the cows do not pay their
board, another third do not more than
pay for their keeping and make good
this loss, while only the remaining
third are real profit makers. OF all
the reckless and inexcusable things
that dairyman can be guilty OF, keep
ing no record of his individual cows,
both as to quantity and quality, is the
most inexcusable, for it involves very
little extra time, no expense, and with
out it the improvement of the dairy
herd is practical impossibility.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
ENGLAND Is FRIENDLY.
Mr.. chamberIain's Blunt Talk on
Situation Of England.
MENAcED BY A BIG COMBINATION.
British Colonial Secretary Makes
stronE appeal for Union Of the
AngIo-saxon Peoples.

London. - The Right Honorable
Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary Of State
for the Colonies, made an important
speech on public affairs at Birming-
ham. Mr.. Chamberlain, after depre-
eating the constant assertions in certain
quarters that Lord Salisbury was dis
credited" and the Government weak
and Facilitating, said:
''If foreign countries believe and act
upon those statements, they will find
themselves much mistaken, and that
courteous diplomacy and graceful con-
cessions are not incompatible with q
firm maintenance Of the country''
honor and interests. "
Then, declaring that he intended tc
make "plain statement Of the facts,
unfettered by the mysteries and re-
licences of the diplomacy Of half CEN
fury ago, which, without revealing
secret negotiations, should be under
standed of the people, Mr.. Cham
berlain said he would accept the judg'
ment Of the people ms willingly as that
of the wisest diplomatist in thu
world. Referring to the policy Of stricl
isolation that England has pursued
since the Crimean war, he remarked
that this had been perfectly justifia
ble," and added: "The time has
arrived when Great Britain may BE-
confronted by combination of powers
and our first duty, therefore, is t.
draw all parts of the empire into .
close unity, and our next to maintain
the bonds of permanent unity with oul
kinsmen across the Atlantic, loud
cheers.)
''There is powerful and generous
nation" said Mr.. Chamberlain, ''us.
ing our language, bred of our race and
having interests identical with ours.
] would go so far as to say that, terri
BILE as war may be, even war itself
would be eheaply purchased if in a
great and noble cause the Stars and
Stripes and the union jack should wave
together over an Ango-Saxon alliance. "
prolonged cheers.)
at is one of the most satisfactory
results OF Lord Salsbury's policy that
at the present time these two great
nations understand each other better
than they ever have done since over a
century ago, when they were separated
by the blunder of a British Govern
ment."
Mr.. Chamberlain proceeded to draw
a gloomy picture of the situation in
China, "where we have to count with
Russia, as in Afghanistan, except that
we do not possess an army or defen'
sive frontier in China and cannot there.
fore injure Russia without an ally,
The fate of the whole Chinese Empire
is involved and our interests are SC
enormous that no more vital question
was ever presented for decision to the
British nation and British Govern
ment. Unless the fate of China is t.
be decided without England's voice, w
must not reject the idea of an alliance
with those powers whose interests ar
similar to ours"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-26
Dragon Fly's Vitality.

The great vitality of dragon flies Is
shown, says the New York Independ-
ent, by McLachland, who, having
struck at large aeschna at rest on a
twig, the head was seen to tumble
down, while the rest of the insect flew
away in an undecided manner" for a
considerable distance. Upon picking
up the head he noticed that the insect
had been eating fly at the time. THE
mandibles continued working as II
nothing had happened, and the mas
ticated portions of the fly passed out
at the back of the head"