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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-04-09

Townshend, April s,
The silver star., 1897-08-05

ner. His soil Is only fairly good, such
a. may be found on almost any quar-
ter-section Of average farm land-stifI
clay subsoll. surface rather a heavy
clay loan. originally covered with q
heavy growth Of Oak and Maple; q
strong soil but not easy to manage. He
uses manure from the city stables
freely. but not excessively. twenty to
twenty-five loads per acre once In
three years. For these many years,
more than three-fourths of all his
planting has been six rows Of Crescent
to three rows Of Wilson, and his faith
today is stronger in these than any
other; still he tries most Of the newer
kinds. Perhaps the most noticeable
points OF his management are:
LIST, early and careful planting on
thoroughly prepared ground.
"a, frequent, almost constant, culti-
walton. Light. fine-toothed cultivators
are run after every rain, and about
every seven days whether Il rains or
not, with very frequent hoeing and
wedding. until new runners cover the
row space; later, the runners are
clipped to line by a cultivator with
an axle and two revolving discs in
front. All weeds die young.
Sd. his treatment of pickers. He en-
ploys only those Of such age and re-
sponsibility as he can trust with a six
teen quart case to pick and NIL, with
the bottom course of as good quality
and as well filled as the top. Every
family represented by these pickers re-
ceives two quarts of berries each day
for their own use. In addition to their
regular pay. He Is never troubled with
strikes.
4th, he secures top" prices and
quick sales by filling every box heap
ing full. Nearly all his sales are to
one commission house and 1t is very
common In early morning to see i've
or ten retail grocer wagons standing
before that store waiting for his team
to arrive. Half of his load, or more.
does not reach the sidewalk, but goes
directly to those wagons. He Is an
noyed by other growers and dealers
gathering his empty crates and re-
hlling them. 30 much SO that he now
does not stencil them. All these
things are easy. Let us each try them
one season. Perhaps we shall like
them. Mr.. Won Baumbach Is planning
to keep debit and credit the coming
season and. as far as practicable, a
comparative tally with some Of the
later kinds. the result Of which he will
give US at the close of the season.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

Careful parents who arc planning 70 eeaA
their daughters TO the city for study, wf1N
them 70 30 placed in surroundings as nearly
like home % poss BILE. In this respect the New
with its admirably equipped Home Depart
ment. meets . widely felt need and ofiers On
absolutely safe and delightful home life for
young women students Of music. Add to this
the curriculum Of co rises loAving nothing uu.
don- to secure broad and musIctanly training
and 1t 10 easy to sc why parents prefer this
school 10 any other. and particularly 70 those
which mako no provision for pleasant and shsi
tered dormitory lifo.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

A deposit OF most remarkable mud
discovered In Indiana, has of recent
years been attracting widespread at
tent !. It Is located ut the Indiana
Mineral Springs. Warren county, and
has been formed by the action of the
water from the famous Magno-Lithia
springs. Through countless ages the
foliage Of magnificent oaks on the hill
side has annually fallen into q basin,
and has been reduced by nature into
pure black earth unmixed with roots,
stones or sand. The water from the
big spring for thousands of years has
been soaking this deposit and saturat-
ing 1t with mineral salts. until now
there 10 layer of medicated mud
about two acres In extent and from
ten to twenty feet In thickness.
The strange medicinal value Of this
peculiar, black, porous substance was
accidentally discovered by an old SOL
dier, Sam Story, who had brought
rheumatism home from the war and
suffered with 1t for years. He was at
tempting to dig a drainage ditch
through the mud deposit, and after in
dulging In this useless experiment for
q week or more. gave up the idea, but
meanwhile had been cured of his rheu-
matisn.
The fame Of the mud began to spread
and AFFLICTED congregated at the Springs
from everywhere. The method of u.s.
ing the mud was at first very primi-
tive. the patient merely sitting down
In the deposit where aature had laid
1t. But since then improvements have
been made. beautiful hotel erected,
and the mud bath developed into q
luxurious experience The accompany
Ing cut shows how it's done.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Scrub Cow soph .try.

A correspondent in the Rural New
Yorker makes a plea for what he
calls the scrub COW by reason OF the
fact that she is better mill for the
consumption Of roughage. and as at the
present prices of butter 1t does not pay
to feed grain. This sounds very nice,
and doubtless there are many who sup
pose that 1t Is true; but such reason
Ing is at the most somewhat super
ficial. In the first place what is
"roughage?" Webster does not recog-
nize the word, 30 we may assume that
1t means the hay and coarse folders
on the farm. Now in the frst place,
we admit that a native COW may turn
more Of mouldy or weedy hay into but
ter than will a thoroughbred that has
for gerenations been used to good feed.
But II any man will deliberately pursue
that line Of dairy farming that calls
for the raising of weedy hay. and the
improper curing Of good hay. then we
may say Ephraim is welded to his
idols. let him alone. We all sometimes
raise weedy hay. and at times get some
Of 1t improperly cured. but do not let
US deliberately plan for such work. And
even admitting that every year we must
get some Of our hay caught in too many
rains there is no COW on earth, be she
scrub or thoroughbred, that will make
the best butter out Of poor feed. Let
us see as to feeding grain or hay: A
ton Of timothy hay and ton. Of bran
contain a. follows. in each 100 pounds:
Protein. C-kydrates. Fat.
Timothy hay :. 80 43.9 1.2
Bran .......... 1875 49.l 40
And while the bran contains four
times as much protein or milk-makinx
food. twice as much fat and slightly
more carbohydrates ~ the hay. yet the
price Of the two IL nearly the same.
Does this look a. II It did not pay to
feed grain to cows? This ID an ex-
treme case to be sure. a. timothy il
the highest priced hay we have. yet
II IL often the case that food nutrients
may be purchased cheaper In the. form
Of grain than In hay or coarse fodder.
The fact Of the matter II that the low
er the price Of butter the more need Of
the best COW. and the best feed where
with TO feed her.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
The Lag At swing bridge.

The sanitary trustees Of Chicago will
across the drainage. cnnal at Thirty first
street and Campbell avenue. Ita total
length will be 400 feet five inches, and Its
width will be 120 feet. The height Of tho
center columns will be slxty-eIght feet; head
way under the trusses for trains. twenty one
feet, and depth OF water In the channel
twenty.four feet. The bridge will be- OF
steel, weighing I.oOO.OOO pounds, II Will be be
pounds. The totni cost is estimated mt
300. 1000. including the machinery. Three
railways will use the structure. crossing on
eight tracks. The turn-tnble will have a
diameter Of eighty feet. and the bridge will
be swung In one minute. probably by cleo.
tric power.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

After all. Nature Is the greatest Of
all chemists. and seems here to have
prepared in a gigantic receptacle an
enormous mass Of medicine for poultic-
ing sore humanity. When all else had
failed, Natures treatment. the Magno-
Mud cure. as 1t Is now called, has In.
hundreds Of cases brought back health
and happiness.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Use a ntlrnsss

vise n's yon vii II excItc nud wcaken ts III.
happiest results follow the use Of Hostel
ter's ttomach Bitters to overcome renal In.
activity. Avoid the unmedicnted. fery
stimulants Of commerce. The kidneys have
a delicate membrane. casily irritatcd. and
upon this the action Of such cxcitnnts 10
lion. rheumatism, neuralgia and biliOusneAs
succumb to the corrective influence Of the
nittcr0
The silver star., 1897-08-05
slo.so TO BUFFALO An. xErI

0lo.So TO BUFFALO An. xErURN
Via Michigan Central. THE Niagara
Falls Route" fror, Chicago. god CO.
ing August 21-23. A rare opportunity
to 90 East at very low rates over "A
First-class Line for First-clsss Trav-
el" Reserve your sleeping car accom-
modations early by writing to L. D.
Heusner. Gen'l Western Pass'r Ag't.
11s Adams Street. Chicago.
e10.50 to Buffalo and return
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Seeking Aolace.

SWELL" said the Spanish general, aH he
received the news of his recall. "lt's n great
misfortune, but It might be worse"
81 had Just started In on the most cab-
orate pacifcation hnye attempted. and I'm
glad the news came before 1 completed It..
II would be dOubiy hard to bc left with q lot
Of rejected manuscript on my hands,
Washington Star.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Pressed for Time.

Cumso-rlllsbury. the chess player. eats
but one meal day.
! Cawker-That's all right. 1t takes all the
rest Of the day for him to make q move
New York World,
The silver star., 1897-08-05

The railway between Cape Town and Bull
awayo, which will be completed about the
end Of October, will shorten the time be-
tween the two points from 2GO to So hours,
and Will place the capital Of Matabeleland
well within three weeks of England.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Had /. Fellow reel.oe.

Harcreayes-I can sympathize with those
poor Greeks
Wallace-I presume you mean sympathize
for them.
''No; mean with them. I have been there
myself. About three years ago was dubbed
by a policeman and then fined fcf resisting"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Clean the Separator.

@. B. Lawson remarks In the Produce
Review that all kinds Of separators
should bo taken apart and cleaned out: /:
the lower boxes and spindles and bali
bearings should be wiped Oh clean, and
II they have begun to get worn and
rough they should be placed with new
ones. Where the separators are run four
or i've hours every day. they should
be cleaned out every two weeks or Of
tener. BY this the boxes will never
heat, and your separators will run more
smoothly and do closer skimming. You
cannot expect to do close skimming un-
less the separators run smoothly and 1t
. high rate Of speed, and keeping the
bearings clean and we'll supplied with
oil ID the main point In running them
properly. hnd that the wide web
belts last longer than the round ropc
separator belts. ! have had the rope
belts break and give out In less than a
week; and have heard Of two rome
belts being broken In one day. The
wide web belt has run on the sspar-
ators here for the last six months, and
It looks ~ II It might last - much
longer.
BELGIAN Communicable Commune
Of Herselc. In Belgium, has 1,lB0 In
habitants and IN area Of arabic land
OF $4,000 acres. owned or rented by
0,s2S cultivators. The Commune has
1880 cows and TAG horses. DsiryinR
naturally becomes the staple farm In
dustry: then follow tho raising Of to-
bacco, beet-root for sugar, chicory.
hons, and TO . small degree the fet.
tenirg Of animsls,-Ex.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

My hair turned from raven black to
SNOWY snow white In In q single might" That's
once and stayed only fifteen minutes. When
! came out my watch had turned from gold
to silver"
The silver star., 1897-08-05
MIRACULOUS MUD.
FOUND AT THE INDIANA MIN
ERAL SPRINGS. IND.

Cures Rheumatism. Kidney. Bladder.
Blood. Skin and Nervous DIseasss-
Big Hotel Has Been Erected
and People Arc Journeying
There from All Over the
Country to Baths
In the Mud.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

Vineyard owners in Lower Steirmark, Aus
tria have succeeded In driving away hail
storms and heavy rainstorms by the stimuli.
taneous explosion Of sixty big mortars which
are scattered about u territory of two square
miles.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
doing Enst7

Then take advantage Of the low rates Of.
fered by the Union Pacific. Cheap rates 10
s. and H. Call or write for fnIi informs.. !.
tion, 0ll l7th Street, Denver, Colo,
The silver star., 1897-08-05

..Qucer. isn't itf. "whnt's guecrf', In.
ariirs,, !, tac ,s. o.hsr .I hc Might % falls" Yea"
Eyes" siIut Il doesn't fall" 'No."
"Quecr. isn't itf" And he was gone.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
p,,'l Y,b,,,, Svil ,,I Su,L, y,vr III, lv,,.

90 quit tobacco easily and forever. be mss.
neiIc. full Of life. nerve and vigor. take No
o-Bac. the wondcr.w worker. that makes
Gs.s men strssF Az tdirnxss s Or
Address s:erllng Remedy Co.. Chicago OF
New York.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

FITS Permanently fits or nervousness afte,
first days use OF DIR. kline's Great Nerve Restorer
send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
DR. n H. KLINE. Ltd 93l Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa
The silver star., 1897-08-05

"There Is an effort on foot to destroy the
Santa Claus myth" THAT'S too bad. II
1t succeeds We'll have to stand up for ouI
cheap little 1O-cent presents ourselves"
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Nov I. IN. r,m, IN t,o r..t

The Union Pacific has unprecedented low
July %, %, 20. August 1. 8. and 70. Full
Information gladly furnished on application.
Address 941 17th Street, Denver, or phone
457.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
s...s.sA ssr.-s.rr, oro-,.s.

uauabesh strawbsrry tsrowias.
J. 9. 6tickney contributes to the or
san Of the wisconsin Horticultural 0o-
ciety the following paper:
The very successful strawberry
srowing Of Mr.. VIM. Won Baumbach
has caused much inquiry - to his
methods. Being his near nsighbor and
passing his plantation almost daily. I
Am quite familiar with his methods.
ana With his consent will state . few
Of ny Impressions. I think the key
noee 70 all his success II persistent.
thorough painstaking. to DO overythius
u ssesos and in the best possible man
The silver star., 1897-08-05

Piso Cure for Consumption has saved mi
large doctor bills.-C. l.. Barker, 1928 Re
gent Square. Philadelphia. Pa. Dec. 8, 1895
The silver star., 1897-08-05

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or ia
II g. @. o. fall 70 cure. druggists refund money
The silver star., 1897-08-05

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing syrup
For children teethinR softens the reduces inam-
nation ailays palm wind collie. IS bottle.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

..Does your daughter enjoy Bostonf'
eyes. Hhe says even the people there who
eat with their knivea can quote Emerson"
The silver star., 1897-08-05

"what, doingY' "iaaisins palms. "Doins
whstT "Raisln4 pnins- making the ten.
The silver star., 1897-08-05

"Mr. Chubbs. your little boy doesn't obey
you very we'll" mo. he has never respect
ed me since I tried to show him how to fly a
kite"
The silver star., 1897-08-05

Ne.To-fns 'os fifty Csass.
0uarAnteed toboA y .zbit cure, mnkos WeAh
men strong. blood pure. NJ. o.. All dTuveista
The silver star., 1897-08-05
Tn. E.c,u.,v. rur.,.

what an egotisticai thing that turtle IT,"
said the frog.
wrapped up In himself"
North American.
The silver star., 1897-08-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRICULTURlsTs.
ssns Up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
sion OF the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticaiture, viticulture and Flori-
culture.

HE best mixture OF
grass seeds depends
upon soil and cli-
mate and the farm
ers' needs, says
Mirror and Farmer.
More regard should
also be paid to the
su C C e 8 8 1 on of
blooming of the
different varieties
that may be sOWn,
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-05-27
Tho True Re NEEDY.

W. NJ. Repins. editor Iiski'wa. H.,
Chief, saws; I've won't keep house
without Dr.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs aud c.'Ids. Ex-
perinlented with many others, but
never got the true remedy until we
used Dr.. Kings New Discovery. No
other remedy can take its place in our
home. rs in it we have n certain and
sure cure for coughs, cnlds, whoOpiuy
cough, etc." II is idle to experiment
with other remedies, even il they are
urged on you ~ just MS good ~ Dr..
Kings New Discovery. They are not
as good. because this remedy has u
record Of cures aud bssi,les is guar
ant-sd. It never fails To satisfy.
Trial b0ltle free at d. J. Brannsu's
drug store.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-05-27

Frank H. Hin and Miss Minnie
Dngheriy were out buggy riding on
sunday, OF 20 he more exac,, they
st,rted on buggy riding. The horse.
rxssperat.d ,y the flies, grasped the
reins with is tail. Mr.. Helm il .
muscular young msu and tried to
break the tail hold; he lifted SO hard
that the uorfh .nd IT the horse was
lifted cler al the ground It was n
novel and aot unpleasant sensation tn
the horse % have his heels suspended
ia the ali, 50 kept them there ard
kept wayi1g them around until the
buggy deh was melted away aud Que
of the shafts sustained "A severe I, ac-
ture. Then lee ran AWAY, throwing
both the occupants oul. Miss Dough-
er.y was 30 budI, injured that she WAS
confined 20 her bid Yesterday. Mr..
H-fin's arm WAS hurt either by the
fall or by the mighty exercise he put
fOi III When he lifted the horse off the
ground. -Proeuix Republican,.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-05-27
Harsh Words shocked Her.

Dsnbury, May 29.-Charl",ts Pittilla
worked 10 = hat factory. Que day last
January u foreman sharply rrprovsd
her aud she fell into swoon aud re-
manned for twelve days with scarcely
any signs Of life. Then she recovered
consciousness, but was physically ex.
hxusted.
Miss Pittilla has never recovered
from the shock and is gradually vast
ing away. aud she is unable To sit up
aud takes but little n0urishm-nt. Sne
Is melancholy aud hystrrical. and
shrimks from former acquaintances.
At the mention Of the foremsn's name
she cries out aud demonstrates her
terror Of the man. Before the shock
the girl was Of cheerful disposition.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-05-27
Tho Poor Gouids.

New York, May 22.-The proceed.
iugs brought by the Gould heirs tn
have the amount Of their Inheritance
tax fixed was argued 10 the Supreme
cuurt to-day. On one hand it was
claimed the $t.0OO,000 bequeathed to
George Gould was . gift, and on the
other that it was AL Inheritance.
Decision was reserved. The Gould
estate was appraised by David Me-
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-05-27

It is estimated that the United
States produces annually about eight
0illion bushels Of p-cans.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1896-1897, 1897-05-27
rs.eh,r,, Examln.sion.

The second teachers quarterly OK
animation will DO hold IT the Court
house. Flagstaff. on Monday and Tues
day. June TIL and Sth, 1927.
N. G. LAYtoN.
Csssty Sursriatssdss1
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-29

One of the subcommittee of the
monetary commission now sitting in
Washington will investigate the sever
al classes of United States notes with Il
view of devising a plan for the retire
ment of the greenbacks without caus-
ing contraction or other disturbance
of the currency.
This is one of the most important
subjects that the commission will have
to deal with. 1t has engaged the atten-
ton of our best financiers for many
years past, including several secretaries
of the treasury, and it is the unanimous
opinion of those best qualified to judge
that the grecnbacks should be retired
At the time they were issued it never
entered the mind of any person that
they were to remain permanently out
standing. The fact that they were on
their face government promises to pay
was construed as meaning that they
We're to be redeemed and retired when
they had served their purpose at the
earliest convenience of the government.
This process of redemption and retire
ment began soon after the war, but it
was stopped by congress and n law was
passed that when redeemed they should
be ressued. From that time to the
present they have been q trouble breed
ing factor in our currency system, a
constant source of anxiety to every
secretary of the treasury and q dis
turbing element in business. They
should be retired.
No doubt Secretary Gage will recon-
mend this in his first annual report to
congress, and he may suggest definite
plan for accomplishing it. Between his
plan and the one the monetary commits
sion will offer congress will have no
difficulty in formulating one that will
be safe and feasible and that can be car
ried out without causing any disturb
ance in our currency system. - In
dianapolis Journal.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-29
Our Inelnstic Currency.

No government paper money system
can possess the element of elasticity
which is needed in n thoroughly sound
and sufficient national currency. I'm
der our present system currency ac-
cumulates and stagnates for the great
er part of the year in New York. At
last it is demanded to move the crops in
the west and many millions of dollars
are shipped out to western banks to be
used for this purpose. Under correct
system the western banks would be
able to increase their note issues in the
fall when there is an imperative need
for more money and would not be
forced to borrow so heavily from the
east. After the crops had been mar
keted this extra currency would flow
into the banks issuing it for redemption
in gold.
In Canada, which has an elastic cur
rency, the volume of money in circula-
tion always depends on the demand for
the use of currency for business pur,
poses. With US there is no way of meet,
ing temporary demand except by the
starting of new banks or by an act ot
congress increasing the volume o.
greenbacks. We are a pretty smar
people, but in some things we are fal
behind other nations.-Sound Money.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-29
The Monetary Commission.

The monetary commission now sit
ting at Washington is made up of prac-
tical business men who are also experts
on the currency question. These men
understand clearly the weaknesses, not
to say dangers, of our present financial
system, and can be depended upon to
formulate system more in touch with
modern civilization.
They are proceeding in the best posi-
BILE way. All of the hundreds of reform
schemes which have been presented to
them are being classified and discussed
The commission will then, after taking
into consideration all present social
financial and political conditions, de.
yelop it's own plan. Beyond question
it will give us something good-that
is if congress will permit it's plar
to become law. Cor gress, especially the
senate, is the stumbling block to none
tary reform. 1t is upon congress thai
sound money men should concentrate
their efforts.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-29

Perus chamber of deputies has re-
Gently voted to put the country upon a
gold basis.
Our minister to Hayti writes that
IIayti is considering the proposition of
consolidating her several debts into one
national debt, the. destruction of her
paper money, and the substitution of a
gold currency based upon our unit Of
value, the American dollar.
These are only small and compara-
lively unimportant countries. They,
however, are straws which show that
the wind is blowing away from silver
and toward gold. So many countries
haye changed from silver and other
kinds of cheap money to gold during
the past two years that the silverites are
attempting to ridicule this evolutionary
process by saying that the gold stand.
ard is "fad" just now.
This is one way of stating the pop
ularity of gold and the unpopularity Of
silver. The truth is that silver is beir @
dropped by all sagacious nations be-
cause it has in the last ten years fully
demonstrated its unfitness to serve as a
standard of value. 1t is too uncertain
and unstable in value.
Japan made the change from silver
to gold on the first of this month and
did it without jar or shock to her
financial or business interests. 1t is al
ways safe to change from bad TO good
money.
The United States is now the only
civilized nation of the earth that is con-
sidering the advisability OF changing
from gold to silver. How long will Il
take the remaining silverites to discuv-
er what Horace Boies has already dis
covered-that silver is dead us an issue