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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
FIRST. CLASS BUTTER.

Not half the people that might pro.
duce June quality OF butter in
winter, are doing SO. For successful
winter butter making, it is necessary
to have good milk, proper dairy
apartment In which to eliminate the
cream and preserve its quality, and
the application Of modern uniform
rules of butter manufacture to the
making process. Only the few try to
produce butter above the average
grade. The majority are indifferent,
or partially 60.
Never for moment imagine that
dairying will pay if one milk pail will
hold The yield of three COWS at single
sitting. Find out whether such a
condition is due to poor breed, lack
of feed, or both. Having located the
cause of the trouble, it may take a
year or several of them to make q
dairy yield the amount of milk that it
ought to. When this point is reached
it is possible an entirely different set
of COWS has been secured and quite
probable that radically different
system of feeding then adopted. In
the meantime, remember that the bane
Of average winter butter is the ruin of
it's flavor by stable odors. By keeping
the atmosphere of the winter stable
pure and sweet, not only are bad
odors banished. but the health of the
stock is assured as well.g
Concerning the necessary surround
ings at the farm house for the manu-
lacture of winter butter, much will
depend on circumstances. Right
principles must govern in all cases,
however. An equable temperature in
the dairy room; scrupulous cleanli-
ness; the use of pure soluble salt !;
reliance on the thermometer, and u
strict adherence to modern butter
making methods, should be the guides
rigidly followed. Sterling winter
butter can thus be produced in an i'm.
provised dairy room. Remember. the
maker is always sure to gain by at
tempting to improve in butter MAX
ing, just as success follows improve.
ments in other undertakings. --Ameri-
can Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

No bird can fly backward without
turning. The dragon fly can accom-
plish this feat, however, and outstrip
any swallow.
Within the last fifty years the rate
of speed of ocean steamers has trebled
and the usual horse power increased
from 700 to 10000.
The difficulty of registering the tenn
perature of the bottom of the ocean is
due to the fact that at great depth
the thermometers are crushed by the
pressure.
In new French method thin nickel
tubes are made by deposlting nickel
e!ectrolytically on a matrix of fusible
metal, then melting out the latter by
immersion in bath of boili ng oil.
1t has been recently established
that the fusel, etc, in raw spirits can
be removed by the introduction OF a
current of pure oxygen The flavor
of the spirit is not only improved, but
its physiological action is much amelio-
rated.
A new bottle is blown with solid
neck, the opening bein 6 in the bottom
of the bottle, through which it can be
filled, but from which no liquid can be
drawn, it being necessary to break the
neck to remove the contents of the
bottle.
The nearest approach of Mars to the
sun is 129, 100000 miles; his mean
distance, 14l, 800, 900; his greatest
distance, 154, 100000. Our mean
distance from the sun is about ninety
three million miles. The nearest ap.
proach of the two planets to each
other is 80, 100000 miles.
The electric furnace is now being
used at Charlottenburg, Germany,
for the production of ammonia and
nitrides. The nitrlde result from
exposing oxygen compounds of such
elements rs silicon, boron, magnesium,
titanium and vanadium to the heat OF
high tension current, in the presence
of free nitrogen and carbon. Treat
ment of the nitrides with steam gives
ammonia and an oxide from which O
nitrids may be reformed as before.
The Walrand. Legenisel steel process.
which has been adapted by quite a
number of European firms and by one
American establishment, is said to
differ from the ordinary Bessemer
process in the addition of ferro silicon
to the metal in the converter at the
time of flame drop. and by an after
blow burning the silicon to solid
Stag instead of carbon to gas. As
the melted metal is usually fluid, it is
especially suitable for steel castings,
which are made solid and true to
pattern.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
An Army on Paper.

The British a-my looks we'll on
paper, says the London Court Jour-
nal. According to the latest return,
our army at home and abroad musters
the very respectable total of 221 900,
exclusive of the Reserves. OF this
number nearly LOG, 900 are at home,
about 76, 200 in India, 1000 in Egypt,
the remainder being distributed over
the Mediterranean garrisons and the
colonies. At home, in round NUNS
bers, there are $4,000 troops in Ire-
land, 1000 in Scotland and 10000 in
England and Wales. The Bengal COM
mand has the greatest share of the
10000 men in India. This district
takes up $4,000; the Punjaub, 80, 900;
Madras and Burma, $4,000; Bombay,
10000, the remainder being on passs
age. In South Africa there are about
5000 men. The gsrrisons at Gibraltar
and Malta absorb over $4,000 men,
the West Indies about 5000. the West
African colonies, 1000; Hong Kong,
nearly 5000; the Straits Settlements,
1900; Ceylon rather more; Mauritius,
1000; Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1900;
Bermuda, 1900; Cyprus, $50, and st.
Helena, 800.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

The evil of large laboring popula-
tion which passes back and forth from
Europe to this country and which
flows in and out of Canada has become
most serious, maintains the New York
News. This remigration began thirty
years ago in the Scotch building
trades, whose members by the hundred
worked in New York in the summer
and in Scotland in the winter. 1t ex.
tended to other trades and other coun.
tries. A very large number of per.
sons, numbering at least 100000,
move back and forth across the Allan.
tic, earning our high wages and enjoy
ing European cheap living. At De-
troit and other points on our Canadian
border the same practice exists in
daily remigration. The new immigra.
ton law will put stop to this and it
will greatly improve the intelligence
OF our immigrant population.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

his hand closed upon the revolver in
his belt.
Without making reply, strove to
disengage myself from the arms of the
woman who was now hysterically Sob
bing on my breast. Before was able
to free myself, however, his weapon
was levelled at my head. l Inow per-
ceived that any attempt to offer resist.
ance would be futile. Resigning my
self to the inevitable, therefore, 1
placed my arms around the repentant
girl, and, looking her would-be de-
ceiver fairly in the face, awaited my
fate.
For several moments we remained
thus, and saw the eyes and brow of
the Englishman grow gradually darker
and darker.
"Take it, then," he hissed.
My brain reeled, sickening sensa.
tion of despair pervaded my body, and
my limbs trembled beneath me.
There was a loud report, but no
flame burst forth from the pistol bar
rel that had threatened me. MoPher-
reeled in his saddle and his horse took
fright. With snort of alarm the
pony plunged madly forward and
made off, dragging It's rider beside it
on the ground
Dazed and bewildered, I marked its
flight, and as ! looked saw a woman
standing few PAGES distant. She, too,
gazed for few moments after the
disappearing steed; then she threw
her arm across her face and staggered
toward pony that was standing near.
This she mounted with difficulty, and
before L had recovered from my be-
wilderment she was gone.
L assisted Mildred to the house, and
then went in search of Nettie, her
maid. Her room was empty, nor did
L ever see or hear of her again.
On the following day the body of
George Mcpherson was found on the
shore of small lake about two miles
away. 1t was buried without cere-
mony few hours later near the spot
where 1T was discovered.
This is the extent OF my knowledge
of the unfortunate man whom you
have sought. was told by Mildred,
who is now my wife, that he repre-
sented himself as being the heir to a
valuable English estate. We seldom
speak of him now, and my wife knows
little more of his antecedents than 1
do. Regretting that it has fallen to
me to communicate to you the melan-
choly particulars herein set forth, l
remain, respectfully yours,
RICHARD HARcoURT, M. d.
New York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
MANAGING SHEEP MANURE.

The best way to manage with sheep
in winter is to keep them at night in a
dry and storm-proof enclosure, bed
ding them we'll to begin with, and each
day spreading little straw over that
which has become wet or soiled. The
thorough tramping which this manure
pile will get will prevent it from heat
ing, SO long as the weather is cold.
But as it receives all the liquid as we'll
as solid excrement of the sheep, this
manure is very rich, and will heat
rapidly as soon as it is forked up and
thrown into heaps. It is usually got
out of doors for this. as the manure
needs all the rain that will fall upon
it. The pile should be turned over at
least once, 30 as to put the outside of
the heap inside, and vice versa. 1t
will then be considerably reduced in
bulk, and it's strawy material will be
decomposed into mould. Such ma.
nure will be better for any kind of
crop than the piled-up horse and COW
manure that has been decomposing
half the winter, and has in its centre
lost much of its value by fire fanging.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
CARING FOR CREAM.

Milk may be set for cream in various
kinds of vessels and under different
conditions. The poore st method is to
pantry shelves or in cellar. Milk
thus set is exposed to greater air
contact than when set otherwise, and
so is more liable to be affected by
injurious odors, by diseases trans.
mitted through the atmosphere, and
by heat and cold. Milk so set will
oftentimes rapidly sour, or in very
cold weather may freeze. If it sours
badly in summer, when skinned,
curds will be likely to get in the cream
and remain more or less in the butter
after churning, forming white spots,
thereby seriously injuring the quality
of the butter. Or if the milk or cream
freezes, an inferior grade of butter
will be made from 1t.
If cream is to be, secured by setting
milk, the best plan will be to set the
milk in round tin cans, about eight
cen inches deep and eight inches in
diameter. If the can is placed in ice
water or cold spring water, to the
height of the milk in the can, the con-
ditions for cream separation will be
greatly improved, especially if inside
refrigerator or dreamer. This
method helps keep the milk at q uni
form temperature. and enables the
cream to rise to best advantage. Such
cans as these, open at the top, are
commonly known as Shotgun" cans,
and may be bought of dairy. supply
houses, or caI be made by any good
timer.
These deep cans are skinned in ono
OF two ways, either by conical skim
ner from the surface, or by means of
a faucet or valve at the bottom of the
can, where the skim milk is drawn of.
In experiments at the Indiana station.
In comparing these two methods OF
skimming. where the milk was skinned
from above there was an average loss
about twice as great as in that
skinned by drawing off from below.
During fifteen days in February the
average loss from surface skimming
was "a per cent, while that SKINNED
from below showed q loss of but 1T
per cent.
it is important that milk should be
set only in tin vessels OF good quality.
The cheap tin sold on five and ten
cent counters is SO thin a wash that 1t
is readily corroded by the under
metal, which gives ruinous flavor to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

The most expensive book that was
ever published in the world is the oil =.
cial history of the Civil War, which is
now issued by the Government of the
United States at a cost up to date of
$2,334,32S. OF this amount S1,1Sl.-
291 has been paid for printing and
binding. The remainder was ex.
pended for salaries, rent, stationery,
and other contingent and miscellane-
GUS expenses, and for the purchase of
records from private individuals. 1t
will require at least three years longer
and an appropriation of perhaps $500, q.
900 to complete the work, SO that the
total cost will undoubtedly reach
100000 1t will consist of 112
volumes, including an index and an
atlas, which contains 17S plates and
maps, illustrating the important bat.
ties of the war, campaigns, loutes of
march, plans OF forts and photographs
of interesting scenes, places, and per.
sons Most of these pictures are taken
from photographs made by the late NJ.
b. Brady of Washington. Several
years ago the Government purchased
his stock of negatives. Each volume
will, therefore, cost an average of
about $26, 1856, which probably exceeds
the cost of any book of the kind that
was ever issued. Copies are sent free
to public libraries, and l, 347, 900 have
been SO distributed. The atlas cost
S22. The remainder of the edition il
sold at prices ranging from fifty cents
to ninety cents per volume. But there
does not seem to be large popular
demand, for only II, l,19i copies have
been sold, for total of 800, 1874. The
books can be obtained by addressing
the Secretary OF War. The material
used IN the preparation of these his
tories is taken from both the Fedora
and Confederate archives, and il
purely Official. The reports OF com.
manders OF armies, corps, brigades.
regiments, etc, are carefully edited
and arranged so as to give consecu
tive accounts oil all engage ments, with
as little duplication and unnecessary
Ina terial rs possible.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
HELP THAT COMES Toc LATE.

'Tis w"nrisome world, this world of ours,
With its tangles small and great,
Its weeds that smother the spring flowers,
And its hapless striles with fate;
And the darkest day OF its desolate days
ssSees the help that comes too late.
An! woe for the word that is never said
Till the ear is too deaf to hear,
And woe for the lack of the fairting head
of the ringing shout oil cheer;
All! woe for the la e ard feet that trea:
In the mournful wake of the bier.
What booteth help when the heart is rdmb?
What booteth broken spar
OF love thrown out when the lips are dumb
And life's bark drifteth far,
Oh! far and fast from the alien past,
Over the moaning bar?
pitiruhthing the gift to-day
That is dross and nothing worth.
Though if it had come but yesterday,
1t had brimmed with sweet the earth
A fading rose in a delth-cold hand,
That perishel in want and dearth
Who fain would help in this world of ours,
Where sorrowful steps must fall?
Bring help in time to the waning powers
Ere the bier is spread with the pail.
Nor send reserves when the flags are furcd,
And the dead beyond your call.
For battling most in this weary world,
With its tangles small and great.
Its lonesome night and its weary days.
And its struggles forlorn with fate.
Is that bitterest grief, too deep for tears,
OF the help that comes too late.
Margaret Z. Sangster.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
A Considerate Nei lib II.

The late Joseph Willard, of Wash.
ing on, possessed some rare and pecu,
liarly lovable qualities. 1t is relatel
Of HIM that capitalist once desired
to erect an expensive building on
lot in Washington owned by Mr.. Will
lard, but the latter refused to sell the
property, saying that the Italian fruit
vender, who had been on the corner
for five or six years, did not want to
be disturbed. He also owned three
office buildings in Fourteenth street.
He had several requests from persons
who desired to rent up stairs portions.
But he always refused, saying the
presence OF people upstairs might
disturb General H. V. Boynton, the
well-known newspaper correspondent,
who had an Office below.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
REARING ANGoRA KIDS.

The following is from the admirable
paper on how to succeed in the Ango.
ra industry, by G. A. Hoerle, late
Secretary American Mohair Growers
Association:
If kidding in winter, the ewes
should have good warm stable, and
their grain allowance may be some-
what increased, but on pound bran,
pound oil meal and I pound corn
meal or middlings, aud 21 to three
pounds hay per day, any eve can raise
her kid and keep fat. Ii warm
stable and the necessary food can be
provided, kidding in winter may be
considered most advantageous, but
simply shed to protect them against
rain would not be sufficient every
where. and without warm stabling
and extra feeding, kids should not
drop in Texas, and countries of SINH
lar character, before the new foliage
is beginning to appear, to enable the
eve to supply the full quantity of
milk necessary for the young kids
rapid development. As soon as the
kid has dropped, take it with its
mother to protected place, shed or
barn; drive q stake, with soft string
attached to it, into the ground, and to
the other end OF the string tie one of
the kids legs changing legs twice
day to prevent lameness). Leave the
mother with her young one, until she
offers herself to 60 out with the flock
she will come back to the kid when
the flock returns. After about two
weeks the kid may be allowed to rum
loose in the barn and pen; and as
soon as it can jump a twelve-inch
board it may go out with the flock
and help earn its own living. During
the first few weeks kids are more ten
der than lambs. but as soon as they
are strong enough to jump about, they
can be raised far more easily than the
best lamb, and the percentage of losses
is exceedingly small, even in winter
time; in fact, there need not be any,
unless caused by accident.
Should any kid or goat get chilled
by injurious exposure to cold rains,i
force half teaspoonful of whisky,
with two or three drops of ginger,
down its throat; rub its body, espe-
cially the back, with alcohol and
Spanish pepper and then put it in a
quiet place, warmly covered. Ii in
an hours time no improvement is per-
ceptible. repeat the dose. You then
may have drunken goat for a
while, but nine out OF ten times it will
be a live one, and after day or two
in as good spirits as it ever was. Kids
ought not to be weaned until they are
A! months old, unless they are un-
commonly strong, but they should be
taken away from their mothers when
five months old, especially the male
ones. Though both sexes will often
breed when six months old and earlier,l
they ought to be kept apart until they
reach the age OF at least fifteen
or sixteen months, if you want to
raise we'll developed. strong animals.E
AS rule, thoroughbreds and high
grades have only one kid and only ona
a year, but it is said that at the Cape
of Good Hope and in some regions OF
Asia Minor, twins are quite frequent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

The Secretary of State for India has
made this strong statement: "The
Government of India cannot but ac.
knowlege the great obligation under
which it is laid by the benevolent ex.
ertions made by missionaries, whose
blameless example and self-denying
labors are infusing new vigor into the
stereotyped life of the great popula.
tion placed under English rule"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

the milk if it sours in the vessel at all.
Where used for holding milk the tin
should bs of xxx grade. This is
more durable, sitter and less affected
by the acid in sour milk.
In general, persons striving to make
a fine quality of butter should have a
cabinet dreamer. In this the milk
may be kept to best advantage and
properly protected from Objectionable
odors and dirt.-Bulletin Purdue Uni
versity Experiment Station.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25
A ROMANCE OF
Two CONTINENTS,
LOST RELATIVES.

LOST RELATIVES.
Advertisements under this head will be
inserted at the rae of 81. IL line.
MCPHERSON, GEORGIA. liberal re.
warI will be paid to any person who will
furnish intormation relating to the present
whereabouts of George Mcpherson, who is
supposed to have left England in 1879 He
is believed to have gone to either Australia
or South Africa. The missing man will learn
something to his n vantage by communica-
ting with John Benton, Trafalgar Buildings.
Charing Gross. London.
MARLIN, AGNES.-One hundred pounds
will be paid for information which will len d
to the discovery of the present Whereabouts
OF Agnes NJ Irtin. The young woman, prior
to her disappearance from England in 1873
was also known by her stage name of Ina
norton Address John Benton, Trafalgar
Buildings, Charing Cross, London.-Lloyd's
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

Fourteen centenarians died in Great
Britain last year, of whom eleven were
of the gentle, talkative sex, showing
that loquacity promotes longevity,
and that however it may be with the
new woman in that country, the old
one holds her own, giving Father
Time harder tussle than he gets IN
his tussle with his own sex.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

A German naturalist has curiously
developed the "scarecrow" idea. The
dragon fly is deadly enemy of the
mosquito, and the naturalist has found
by many experiments that the dried
bodies of few dragon flies suspended
by threads around a bed keep the mos
quitoes at distance.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

Mortgages on city property in New
York State amounted to 1880 million
dollars when the last Government
census was compiled; Massachusetts
reported 445 and Illinois ia millions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-03-25

The Scientific American suggests
that on January l, 1900, new division
of the year into thirteen months be
instituted, the first twelve months to
have twenty-eight days and the new
month twenty-nine days, and thirty in
leap year, and many calculations
would be simplitied.