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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
PAILROAD 7IME-T ABLE0
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD SIS-
TEN.
Anthracite Coal Used Exclusively lnsur-
ing Clnanliness and COMlfOrt.
N EFF EVT NUN. 10, 1880.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON.

ing Cleanliness and Comfort.
IN EFFECT NOV. 10, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON.
For Philadelphia ana New YORK via u
& II. r. r. at Gas, 7.45 a, m, 12.0j, l.2O S33
CBlack Diamond EXpress) and ll3O p. m
For Pittston and Wilkes Barre via. -
l.. e. W r. r., 600, sos, ll.2O a. m, Loo
$40, GOO and S.47 p. m.
For White Haven, Hazleton, PottsVllle
and principal points in the coal regions
via d. & II. r. r.. G.45 a. m, l2.V5 and AL
p. m.
For Bethlehem, Easton. Reading, Har-
risburg and principal intermediate sta
uons via D. & II. +. r., 6l5, lao a. m,
100 30 S.33 G2.ack Diamond EXpress)'
AL and ll.3O p. IN.
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmlra,
Ithaca, Geneva and principal intermedtate
stations via D.. l.. & w. r. r., 600, S.cS,
o,23' m, 1920 and $40 p, m.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara
rails, Chicago and all points west via d.
II. r; r., 745 a, M. 1906, S.S3 (Black D!a-
mond EXpress), $50 and ll.3O p. IN.
,Pnllman parlor and sleeping or LehiSh
valley chair cars on all trains between
Wilkes-Barre and New York, Philadel-
phla, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge.
ROLLIN H. WILBUR, Gen Supt.
SIAS. S. LEE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Phila,
A. w. NONNEMACHER, Asst. Gen
Pass. Agt. South Bethlehem, Pa.
Scranton Office. 800 Lackawanna avenue.
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CONDITIONS OF THE FINANCES OF
LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
ASSETS.
Cash in County Treas
ury Jan. L. 1897, County
Fund .............,......S 81, ,652 60
Cash in County Treas
ury Jan. 4, 1897. Bridge
Fund ....,,..,.,......,.. 1892 &C
Cash in County Treas
ury Jan. 4, 1897, Sink
ing Fund ............... 10 900 90
Court House Building. 200 900 90
Furniture and Fixtures
in Court House ....,.. 80 900 90
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Paid Burial expenses OF deceased
Soldiers, as per Act Of Assem-
bly,, approved 12th Nav. lSS5.$ 81
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Paid Assessors for making re-
turns of births and deaths, as
provided by law .................S G.
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Interest coupons paid. .,...
Transfer to tax on loans. .
County Institute .......
City lnstitu tc. .........
County and bridges, war.
rants paid Nos. l to 453O
inclusive. Series Q....
Township fund, warrants
Nos. i3 to 10 inclusive, =.
Redemption fund. ........
Tax on loans. ............
Charles II. Schadt, re
payment of loan by
County Commissioners. &.
Con. Schroeder, through
Sd National bank on
warrant OF County
Commissioners ..........
Treasurer's Commission. u.
Balance............ .,......
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,

Trains Leave Wilkes-Barre as Follows
7.3O a. M, week days, for Sunbury,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Bati.
more, Washington. and for Pitts
burg and the West.
Io.I5 a. M, week days, for Hazleton,
Pottsville, Reading, Norristown,
and Philadelphia; and for SUM-
bury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Pitts.
burg and the West.
3.l5 p. M, Sundays only, for Sun
bury, Harrisburg. Philadelphi a,
and Pittsburg and the West.
600 p. M. week days, for Hazleton
and Pottsvlle.
J. r. WOOD, Gen1 Pass. Agent
J. Is. HUTCHINSON, General Manager.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-27

Court House Grounds =. l75,OOO 90
County Prison ............ 130 900 90
Furniture in County
Prison .............,..... VUO 90
Due from Collectors (Es-
timated) ................ AZ, 900 90
--sG99, ,955 20
LIABILITIES.
Az per cent. Refunding Bonds,
the issue of Dec. l, 1884 ........ .Sl20 600 90
Assets in Excess of Liability. $5l9 955 26
Assessed Valuation for the Year
IS91 .......,.,..',..,..,..',,,, ,sZ9,SI465l w
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All trains run daily except sunday.
T. signifies that trains stop on signal for pas.
Sengers.
Hecure rates via ontario & Western before
purchasing tickets and save money Day Rbl
Night Express TO the West.
DC. Anderson, Gen. Pass Agt.
Il. Fitcroft. DIV. Pass, Agt Scranton. Pa
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
YARDS AND PARKS.
Description of an Economical sum.
mer Run for Poultry.

Description of an Economical sum-
mer Run for Poultry.
Where fowls are kept in confinement
II will be found best TO provide outdoor
runs or yards tor them during the sum-
mer months. Give them free access to
these yards whenever the weather will
permit. The most economical form,
everything considered, for a poultry
yard is one much longer than wide.
Two rods wide and eight rods long is
sufficient for 50 fowls. Whenever a
poultry plant of considerable size is
to be established. it will be found most
economical 10 arrange the yards side
by side, with one end at the poultry
house. The fences which inclose these
yards may be made of poultry netting
or pickets. and should be at least seven
feet high. In either case it is best to
have board at the bottom, for some
times it will be desirable to give quite
young chickens the run of these yards.
Ii the poultry yards are constructed as
described, there IS sufficient room for
row of fruit trees down the center
VI ehS yoA os anu sun iCdNC TOOuu
for horse cultivation on either side,
either with one or two horses.
These yards are to be kept thorough
ly cultivated. If thought best, grain
may be sown before cultivation to fur
nish part of the green food for the
fowls. Of all fruit&rees, probably there
are none that are more suitable for the
poultry yard than the plum. The drop
pings of the fowls will manure the
trees, and the fowls as insect destroyers
perform a great Office in protecting
plums from the curculfo. After the
trees are once well established, crop
of plums should be secured nearly every
year. These, too. will require no extra
cultivation. The plum trees perform
valuable service in providing shade for
the fowls. Where trees are not avail
able. sunflowers may be used for this
purpose with a considerable degree of
satisfaction. However, some protec-
ton must be given the plants until they
are well established. and even then
many plants will be destroyed unless
the fowls have an abundance of green
food all the time.-Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
PORTABLE PIG Sly.

Join NJ. Jamison, l noticed several
potable pig houses which he loaded on
sleCs and movedwhere herun his swine.
stole his idea, and think improved
on It By erecting the sty on sled run
nero ready to hitch team to and haul
abot.
Teillustration shows the idea, which
is simple. The runners are two by eight
incIs, and eight feet long. The roof
is nde from 12-foot boards cut in
half The width is six feet from out to
out. There are two cross ties, one at
eachnd of sled, with two uprights for
door'wo by four inches; all parts well
nailetogether. One of these houses is
an eellent shelter for brood sows, as
they ldom lie on their young, owing
to thridged roof.
TIL afford excellent shelter, are
warndry, and will hold half dozen
2oO-pnd pigs. When they get foul
team i'll move it in a few minutes to-
Gle spot, and the accumulations
undenath and around it's last loca-
ton n be hauled away.
By means the farmer should raise
enoug pork to supply his own needs
in me and lard and to consume waste
whicbther animals will not eat
George. Scott, in Ohio Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
ORSES DECREASING.

Coos, d nimals VIII Be Hard to Get
a Few Years Hence.
The large majority of farmers who
own horses seem to be quite anxious 10
get rid of them, even at low prices.
Where the farm is mortgaged, and the
horses can be spared better than any
thing else on the farm, this Is all right,
as it is better to lose the horse than the
home; but where it is not, we regard it
as very unwise and foolish, says the
kentucky Stock Farm. In country
like ours, where one extreme follows
another, 1t Is not wise to float with the
current or follow the herd. From 1880
to 1890 we bred entirely too many
horses of all classes, and as a natural
consequence we are now suffering a
period of low prices. Our next predica-
ment, If all signs do not fail, will be a
great scarcity of horses. We base this
opinion upon the fact that everybody
is selling and that very few are breed
ing. We do not believe there are more
than ten per cent. of the horses being
bred in the United Safes to-day that
there were six years ago. This can
not possibly help but produce great
shortage, and this shortage in supply
can have but one effe,t-namely, to in
crease the price. AS t takes five years
to produce four-year-old colt, and as
the time cannot be abridged by any
possible means, and a. the breeding be-
gan to fall off quite materially in 1893,
four years ago, the slortage is bound
to begin to manifest iself inside of the
next two years. Theoroduce of mares
bred this season will not be four years
old, or ready for mgket, before 1902,
and between this aGd that time
we predict that then viii be much
greater shortage of brses of all kinds
than has been seen inthis country for
manV wears.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
Experiments with Potatoes.

Experiments conducted on Long Is
land by the New York station for the
purpose of comparing the relative prof
its from using 1000 pounds and 1000
pounds of commercial fertilizer per
acre on potatoes showed the smaller
quantity to be the more profitable and
that in the single application of 1000
pounds per acre, 25 per cent. more
nitrogen, 65 per cent. pore potash and
nearly five times as 1huch phosphoric
acid were added to the soil, as were
removed in two crops. This indicates
that too heavy applications of improp-
erly mixed fertilizers may result in
serious loss on Long Island and else
where.-Agricultural Epitomist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
GLOVER MAKES EGGS.
IL PROVIDES the Hens with Substance.
They Need Much.

the mems with Substances
They Need Much,
Glover is as much an egg-producinp
material as it is a producer of milk II
is rich in nitrogen and mineral mat
ter providing the hens with SUBJ
stances that are derived from it in forms
most suitable for the purpose desired
says Poultry Keeper. Lime is an es.
sential substance in the production
OF eggs, and there are some who use
oyster shells for supplying the hens
with lime, but clover contains lime in
soluble form and ready for use. The
various grains are deficient in lime.
and when the poultry receive no food
but grain, it is impossible for the hens
to lay. When the needed elements are
supplied and the hens lay regularly,
the carbonaceous matter is appropri-
ated by the egg; but if the hens do not
lay, they become fat, and will remain in
condition which brings on some dis
ease.
Clover, by displacing grain, sup
plies the hens with substances that
are lacking in grain, and also bulky
food for heating.
When the hens have the use of a
large clover field they should lay a
large number of eggs during the whole
season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
ABOUT kAFFIR CORN.
Experience Fails TO Sustain Many of
the Claims Made for IL.

the Claims Made for IL.
Some enthusiasts declare that Kaffir
corn is destined to supersede both wheat
and Indian corn in Kansas, but the
Kansas authorities and the department
of agriculture do not sustain this claim.
Katfir corn, an Egyptian millet, is a
sorghum, and as crop possesses these
advantages: The yield is larger by from
20 to so per cent. than Indian corn; it
will grow and yield crop-not large
one-on very poor soil; it is injured
much less than Indian corn by drought,
and even when withered by the hot, dry
winds of the prairies. it will recover un-
der moisture.
1t forms an excellent food for cattle
and pigs. All the experiments, of which
many have been made by scientific agri-
culturists, show that it is inferior in
fatening power to either wheat or
corn. Nevertheless, as a surer and
larger crop than corn, it promises most
important results for regions like Kan
sas and Nebraska, where scorching
winds frequently wither the corn and
destroy the crop.
AS food for man, it is nourishing,
wholesome and palatable. But the lat
est conclusions of the national depart
ment of agriculture are that its use will
probably be somewhat like that of buck
wheat-it will form an occasional
rather than a staple article of diet. In
nourishing power it stands at 81, where
bolted cornmeaI stands at 81. wheat
flour at As and oatmeal at GO.
Heretofore it has been difficult to
grind this corn fine enough for use as
human food. 1t is said that this diff
Guilty has been overcome lately. If so,
there will soon be an opportunity to
test it's food value on an extensive scale.
Farmers Voice.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.
How 1t II Shipped from Melbourne
to the English Market.

How 1t II Shipped from Melbourne
to the English Market.
There seems to be no limit to the in
genuity bestowed upon the devising of
means for accomplishing the transport
of the perishable produce of distant
chimes to the English market A new
method, described in the Australasian,
is that of packing butter in box made
of six sheets of ordinary glass, all the
edges being covered over with gummed
paper. The glass box is enveloped in a
layer of plaster of paris, quarter of
an inch thick, and this is covered with
specially prepared paper. The plaster
being bad conductor of heat, the tenn
perature inside he Theoretically sealed
receptacle remains constant, being un-
affected by external changes. The cost
Of packing is about Id. per pound. But
ter packed in the way described at Mel
bourne has been sent across the sea to
South Africa, and when the case was
opened at Kimberley, 700 miles from
Cape Town, the butter was found to be
as sound as when it left the factory in
Victoria.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
NEW ROTATION THEORY.
Its Adoption Might Improve the Con-
dition of Wentern Farmars

Its Adoption Might Improve the Con-
ditiOn of Western Farmers.
When the farmers of the west see
their way clear to abandon the idea of
devoting the land to corn as the prin-
cipal crop and substitute clover, sheep
and the sugar beet as the trinity neces-
sary to the redemption of the producers
from the depression resulting from low
prices for farm products progress will
be made towards better conditions.
Clover and sheep produce good mutton
while enriching the land. Sugar beets
are good for sheep and produce the best
of sugar at good profit. Let every farm
er who can and who has not already
done so make a start in this trium-
virate theory of rotation which is GER
tain of success if properly conducted,
in restoring the prosperity which is so
much wished for. There is an increas-
ing demand for good mutton, an arti-
Gle which but few farmers know how to
produce to perfection. The large profit
is only possible where the best is. pro,
duced for market. Give the people good
and desirable food products and con-
sumers will pay literally for the same.
Mutton, if properly grown, is the most
nutritious and wholesome of the meat
diets. The mutton breeds of sheep are
the most desirable and satisfactory of
the domestic animals for the farm and
can be cared for with the least labor.
The profits in sheep are also the most
assuring for the future Of any of the
other domestic animals. Devote less
lands to the cereals pd prosper
Farmers Union.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Do not let ducklings battle until well
feathered.
Do not set hens in the laying part of
the poultry house.
In order to have poultry tender and
juicy fatten it quickly.
Weight and size are important fea-
lures In market fowls.
To maintain health keep the drinking
and feeding places clean.
Better results in whitewashing will
be secured If it is applied hot.
Hens not kept with ROSTERS will lay
longer and sit less than others.
Unless the guineas are Matched under
hens they are liable to become wild and
untamable.
Geese cost but little to raise, If allowed
the liberty of good pasture, with plen-
ty Of water.
During the summer few rusty nails
or pieces of iron in the drinking wa
ter will be good for the fowls.
Sell all the early-hatched ducks as
soon asready, and keep the later Matched
for breeders and layers.-St. Louis Re-
public,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
KILLING HORN FLIES.

Methods Of Treatment Tested ut
Various Experiment Stations.
The following bulletin on this subject
is issued by the Purdue university agri-
cultural experiment station:
At this season of the year cattle are
suffering from the persistent biting of
the horn fly. This fly, which is smaller
than the house fly, congregates in
colonies about the base of the horns,
along up the back and sides, at ten
der points about the TANKS and udder,
and on the belly. This fly sucks blood
from cattle, and so irritates them as
no doubt to retard the laying on OF
flesh with beef cattle, and the produc-
ton of milk by mich cows.
Many substances have been recon-
mended to keep away the flies. The
Mississippi experiment station recon-
mends two parts cottonseed oil or fish
oil and one part pine tar. This station
applied this mixture to $50 head, at
a total cost for material of $500. Kero-
sene emulsion has also been used, spray
ing it over the cattle with knapsack
sprayer. The flies are killed by the
emulsion if it touches them. The emul-
sion may be made by mixing at the rate
of one pint of soft soap Tor one-fourth
pound of bard soap dissolved in boil
ing water) and one pint of kerosene
N IS pints of water, thoroughly whipped
and churned together.
At the Indiana experiment station,
we have tried different substances to
keep away the flies. None of these were
effective over two or three days. We
have secured satisfactory results by
using a quart of fish oil, In which was
mixed about two tablespoonful of
crude carbolic acid. Fish oil is 60 cents
per gallon in Lafayette. These liquids
are applied on the body with fiat
| paint brush about four inches wide.
Fish oil is especially disagreeable to
flies, and is probably largely used in
the special preparations sold at high
prices. There is one objection to using
any form of tar, in that it makes the
hair sticky, which accumulates dirt, and
so gives it bad appearance.
Stockmen would do well to break up
the manure in the pasture whenever
possible, as the flies deposit their eggs
in it, from which the young are devel-
oped. If the manure is gathered up
or broken to pieces within day or SO,
and if remedies to keep off the flies are
applied TO the cattle, the, insects Will
disappear only in the season.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18

Sinking of Cape Cod.

The Boston Transcript refers to the
recent indications that Cape Cod is
gradually sinking or wearing away.
few days ago workmen at the Prov
incetown pumping station found. IT
feet below the level of the surface OF
the ground and six feet below the sea
level four-il lch stratum of mold COM
posed of decaTyed leaves, fibrous matter,
and fragme4 is of tree trunks and
branches. n is would seem, to indi-
cate the land pas sunk, for fresh water
is found on Il pc cape at level about
equal to the sea level at mean tides.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS.

Use large, well-buit rams.
When sheep are feeding on rape they
need salt.
NsWhen sheep are exposed to storms
\ey suffer loss.
Neep husbandry is about the easiest
purflit in agriculture.
Am to produce uniformity in your
hook. Freed carefully.
Sheep industry in the Dakotas is all
Inc time seowing in Importance.
Bean striw is highly recommended
ior sheep, ana anybody can grow beans,
and grow plenty of them.
we look for tla time when sheep hus-
oandry will assume something like its
Oh Time Importance and profitableness
IN the west.-Western Plowman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
Securing in Young Pirs.

There are several rernedies In case of
securing in young pigs, First hold up
on the feed of the dam, lor change it to
something else. ffthis eioes not stop it
take lump of alum the size of wal
nut, dissolve it in pint apf water, give
each pig teaspoonful three times a
uay. Another good remedy is to parch
wheat Hour until brown, and mix with
:. sHi ~ mix and feed in the SAND way, or
=, = .ne pigs are old enough to rat, feed
~ trough. This last is an ext eellent
remedy for scours in calves or yo lung
colts.-Rural World.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
FRESH WATER FOR CHICKS.

by quarter of an inch wide, and the
device is complete.
To use it, fill the can with water, in.
vert the saucer over it, then quickly in
vert both and set the device on the floor.
The water will remain in the inverted
can till used. The water keeps fresh
and the space around the can in the
saucer Is so small that the little chicks
cannot get in and wet themselves or
drown, as so often happens. The water
keeps clean. This is a handy device
worth great deal to poultry raisers.-
G. W. Waters, in Journal of Agricul-
ture.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
ABOUT EGG. fleming.
Three Elements WhAh Are Abso
luteIy Essential q Success.

Three Elements WhAh Are AbsO-
luteIy Essential d Success.
In these days of speialties farm
ing is much more divided than former
ly; we have fruit farming. dairy farm
ing, duck farming ami egg farming.
OF those who have attempted the pro-
duction of eggs on lar e scale few
have succeeded, The Oh II cause of
failure with thQseeSS h that at not been
successful took it with then seem
~ they had to do was to multi. tnat
small flock with which they dfE tne
~ loo or 1000 to get 100 or i, 900 t zen
h s much Profit. Multiplying the n Is
r VI mems IL the very smallest fact6
VI success in egg farming.
Inc first element in successful ar,
-'ilning is small aocl1s; the second !,
economical housing; the third, facili
to s Tor handling and cheaply caring
~ INC nocks. The focks being small
eacii one can be cared for and treated
1Io 'nougn IT was the only one on the
pace. The houses sbouId he warn
a anu convenient for the birds and the
ITi, s.I twill be much cheaper to
IN l' the range of the flocks bv their
r Uwn tree will instead of by fences or
s sSns. 10 do this. place the houses at
rnI ' intervals apart-ten or twelve
s-and have them of different col.
ea a. > ana with different SURROUNDINGS 90
ito n may may be readily distinguished bv
..oua occupants when they wish to seek
1 ona ef at nightor for laying.
.r one OF the most successful eeg farm
of Of hin IN thls country arranges the bonses
tbra, S Iens along streets, ten rods anart
f. ru ugn his farm. Half of the 12olacre
tbs IS used as hen yard one wear and
Year 1 , half cultivated. The next
nh; 1ne houses are moved over 70 The
or ora half and the hen ward nsed |
,ui,t pping purposes. The houses ars
60 = On siils which form runners an5
fbo team is used for moving them
spring. During the summer thew
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-06-18
Draught Horses ON the Road.

The strength of the draught horse en-
ables him to make good time for a short
sprint, despite the excess of weight he
carries. But unless on soft dirt roads
fast driving of draught horses should
not be attempted, because the excess
of weight makes the pounding of the
horses feet on the hard surface all the
more severe. 1t is well known that
heavy horses are quite apt to have de-
fectiee feet. This we believe to be the
cause. Kept to their appropriate pace
on the road and in the farm draught
horses will live and do good service
years after they are 20 years old. 1t is
nervous worry that shortens life, rather
than hard, muscular toll, both in horses
and in men.-Journal of Agriculture.