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The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Vegetables Should Be Worked When
the Leaves Are Dry-Directions for
Dressing Root Crops-See that Your
Barns Are Insured.
Hints for the Garden.

Work the vegetables when the leaves
are dry. This is especially necessary
for beans and peas. If worked when
the leaves are wet, it will produce rust
and injure the crop at least one-third
its yield.
Root Crops.-Beets, parsnips and car
rots should be dressed out with the
wheel or hand hoe as soon as the plants
have made the fourth leaf. The ground
should not be dug up, but only scraped
up-just enough to cut all the weeds
away from the plants. The hoes should
be ground sharp. With a good steel
hoe the young weeds can be cut close
up to the plants very rapidly. This
work should be done before the weeds
have become deeply rooted.
Onions.-When the onion bulbs COM
mence to swell take a scythe and cut
the tops off about one-third. The cut
ting of the tops will throw the strength
into the roots. After the third work
ing, draw the earth away from the
bulbs, leaving the onions fully ex-
posed.
Bunch Beans and Late Peas.-These
should be sown every two weeks. Plow
the ground deeply and harrow it finely;
run the rows out at least six inches
deep and scatter about half an inch of
fine hotbed manure or barnyard scrap
ings in the bottom of the furrow. If
the ground should be dry, water the
furrow well then SOW the seed and
cover in at once.
Asparagus.-The asparagus shoots
should be allowed to grow after the
month of May. If the bed is cut over
too often it weakens the roots mate
rally, and if the season should be a
dry one these weakened roots will die
out
Rhubarb.-The young rhubarb roots
require clean and frequent cultivation.
If the leaves turn yellow it is a sign
that the soil is poor. Spread around
each root peck of fine manure, and
with the maddox dig it in.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
A woman that marries for a home
pays big rent.

A woman that marries for a home
pays big rent.
The devil probably told Eve that ap-
pies were good for the complexion.
When the women begin to smoke to-
bacco the men can all use sachet pow.
der.
The woman that prays hardest for
her husband doesn't tell him she's do
ing so.
1t Is always a mystery to a woman
why her husband doesn't seem to pity
old bachelors more.
The average girl would rather be
caught in swimming than to be seen
with a gingham apron on.
Life is like a nutmeg grater-you
have to rub up against the rough side
of it to accomplish anything.
When a girl rides bicycle she never
thinks her own skirt blows up as much
as the others she sees.
The first thing some men will do
when they get to heaven will be to hunt
around for one of the old patriarchs so
they can tell him all the new stories
they know.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

In spite of the very large and pow
erful naval force of Great Britain that
country Is constantly seeking to in
crease it by one means or another.
Just now these efforts are taking the
form of an agitation for an adequate
reserve of trained seamen, and in the
discussion of the project the fact has
come out that France has much larger
number of seamen than England. En-
gland, according to an authority, has a
naval peace footing this year of no.
900 men, while last year France had
$4,000. 1t also appears that England
has had trouble to maintain her quota
of sailors even in times of peace and
would, of course, have still more diff
Guilty if war should come. This has
caused no small alarm in a nation
whose policy and position make it abso-
lutely necessary to maintain a navy at
all times superior to that of any other
on earth. Efforts to make a showing
of reserve seamen have proved failures,
and more than one speed trial of new
gunboats has had to be postponed for
lack of an adequate crew. The English
know that the next war in which they
engage may place the life of the nation
at stake, and, as always, the bulwark
will be the navy. If this cannot be de-
pended on the end may easily be
guessed.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Dairy Dots
TX with dry hands

Milk with dry hands.
Put the milk into cans as soon as pos.
sible.
Remove the cream before the milk is
sour.
Always strain milk as soon as posi-
BILE after milking.
Harsh treatment of the COW lessons
the quantity Of milk.
Keep no more cows than can be fed
and handled profitably.
Good blood lies at the bottom, for a
good foundation is not all.
A cow in a poor condition is sure to
give poor, thin, inferior milk.
The deeper the milk is set, the less
airing the cream gets while arising.
The market calls for a fresh-made,
sweet-favored butter, and will have it..
When butter is gathered in the cream
in granular form it is never overwork-
ed.
A large udder does not always indi-
cate the amount Of milk a COW will
give.
When the cows have been long in
milk, the churning becomes more diff
cult.
Working out buttermilk and working
in salt is where the overworking is
done.
A really fat heifer is apt to divert in-
to flesh food intended for the produc
ton of milk.
The whole of the cream should be
we'll stirred every time that fresh
cream is added.
A temperature between 60 and 70 de-
grees is best in churning, and the
cream should be skinned off.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Insure Your Barns.

Before the harvest is gathered, see
that you have placed a reasonable in
surance on the barn, out-buildings con-
nected with the barn and on the hay
barracks in the fields. Have the amount
of insurance specified and written out
in the policy on each building insured;
then have the stock insured, the wag-
ons, carriages and farm tools; and then
the hay, grain and provender. The
rate of insurance is 45 cents per 500
in good stock company, and in a mu-
tual company much lower. There
should be no delay in this matter, nor
should there be any mistake made in
placing the insurance upon the right
buildings. With the best of care the
barn may be burnt down by accident
and without an insurance the labor of
years is lost in few hours. A yearly
insurance should be had.-The Ameri-
can.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Potatoes for ExnOrt.

A correspondent writes from Paris
that potato culture is liable to receive
a new impetus since the plan of selling
them peeled, sliced and dried, like GER
tain fruits, seems to be the taste of the
export market. The drying of the po-
tatoes can follow the period of the
desiccation of fruits. The method OBJ
viates decay and termination OF the
tuber, and, occupying a less volume,
transport will be cheaper and less diff
cult. The potatoes are peeled by ma
chinery. next carefully washed, sliced
in rounds, and left for twenty minutes
in a strong solution of kitchen salt. The
brine produces firmness in the slices,
and prevents their changing color, thus
securing what sulphur does for fruits.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Not Worth a Rush."

When calling anything mot worth a
straw" one means to imply that it is
worthless. The older saying was. mot
worth a rush." and this brings out the
origin of the phrase. In the days be-
fore carpets it was the custom to strew
the floor with rushes. When guests Of
rank were entertained fresh rushes
were spread for them; but folk of lower
degree had to be content with rushes
that had already been used, while still
humber persons had none. as not even
being worth a rush."
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Left to Chance.

The Count de NJ lived in a state
of single and independent blessedness.
He was yet young, very rich, and was
surrounded by everything which could
give enjoyment to life-except wife.
He had often thought of marrying, but
had always declared off before the knot
was tied.
Once, however, he found himself
nearly caught. A young lady, the
daughter of one of his friends, pleased
him-her fortune pleased him, not less,
perhaps, than her person and accom-
plishments, and there were very many
reasons to Justify the union.
The Count, who had so frequently
made the first step toward matrimony,
but as frequently drew back, had not
yet decided on the course he should
adopt in this case; he had promised the
friends of the lady repeatedly, but had
made no outward sign of performance.
His future mother-in-law, knowing
his weakness, demanded whether he
would or would not marry her daugh-
ter, and requested an immediate reply.
ton returned with more force than
ever-he trembled at the consequences.
To give up his cherished habits of
bachelorhood was almost impossible.
He resolved to appeal to chance, and
wrote two letters-in one he accepted
the hand of the lady, in the other, re-
fused it. He then put them into his
hat, and called the servant.
"Take one of these letters" he said,
"and carry it to the chateau Of"
(Which letter, sir?"
(Which you please"
The servant selected a letter, and the
Count burned the other without open
ing it.
A century seemed to elapse between
the moment of the mans departure and
that of his return The Count was al
most beside himself with nervous ex-
element, not knowing what was to be
his fate. Finally, however, the domes-
tic returned He had carried the letter
of acceptance, and Count de M Is
now the happiest benedict in France.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Thin the Fruit Early,

Where thinning Of fruit is known to
be necessary, the earlier the work is
done the better 1t is very important
to have the sap all turned to the fruit
that is intended to be left to make a
crop. Fruits that are likely to fall
early, and thus thin themselves, may
be left till this self thinning has been
partly accomplished. But when three
and sometimes four buds for clusters
of grapes are seen on young shoot, it
is always safe to thin them to two. The
fruit will be finer and better.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Lost for l.OOO Years.

The quarries from which the ancients
obtained their highly priced Thessalian
or verd marble have been discovered,
and are again being worked by an En-
glish company. The quarries, which
have been lost for more than 1000
years, are in the neighborhood of La
rissa, In Thessaly, Greece The ancient
workings are very extensive, there be-
ing no fewer than ten quarries. each
producing a somewhat different de-
scription of marble, proving without a
doubt that every variety Of this mar
BILE found in the ruined palaces and
churches of Rome and ConStantinople
and likewise in all the mosques and
museums Of the world, came originally
from these quarries. In fact, the very
quarry from which the famous mono
liths of st. Sophia, Constantinople,
were obtained can be identified with
absolute certainty by the matrices
from which they We're extracted.
In modern times verd antico marble
has only been obtainable by the de-
struction of some ancient work, and it
has, naturally, commanded extraordi-
narily high prices. AS a consequence,
a number of ordinary modern greens of
Greek, French, Italian and American
origin have been described and sold as
verd antique marble. No one, how
ever, who is really acquainted with
the distinctive character of the genu-
inc material could be deceived by these
inferior marbles. Thessalian green is
easily distinguished from any other
green marble by the following charac-
teristics: 1t is ''breccia" of angular
fragments of light and dark green, with
pure statuary white, the whole being
cemented together with a brighter
green, while the snow white patches
usually have their edges tinted off
with delicate fibrous green, radiating
to the center Of the white. The ce-
menting material is also of the same
fbrOus structure. re.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

Virtue, however lovely, happy and
harmonious, is very weak. 1t includes
in itself all the power that has been
exercised to attain it, and without
which it could never have existed. II
is the habitual choice of the good over
the evil made gladly at last, but telling
of many a conflict, many a toilsome
climb before the habit was formed. 1t
is through many victories over strong
desires and passions which might have
swept us away and made us slaves
that we can win freedom to walk in
the pleasant paths Of virtue.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
a Devoted Royal Couple.

The devotion of the venerable kim
and queen of Denmark Is described
as positively touching. During th'
time of the Queens illness, which last
ed something like three months, no one
about the court was allowed to see her
save her husband lady in waiting
and the physician in ordinary. The
King was ceaSeless in his devotion.
He rarely went out, save when duty
compelled him, abandoned his custom
airy exercise, and passed hours every
day reading to his wife or playing
cards and chess with her, and telling
her what was going on in the world
outside. The long abstentiOn from his
walks and rides, his constant attend
ance upon the invalid-who, happily,
recovered in springfield rather heav-
lily on the King, and in turn affected
his health.
The Queen seldom appears in public.
Ceremonies to her, as to the Princess
Of Wales. have always been ceremonies
from which she preferred to escape
unless duty absolutely called her. or
a bright and most youthful disposition,
she likes to have gay and happy folk
about her.
Il can't bear to see long faces near
me-" she will declare.
OF their numerous grandchildren
both King and Queen are immensely
fond. and are seen walking about with
them hand in hand at Copenhagen.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Seeding Clover in Knol1s.

It Is often hard work to get clover
seeding on the dry, elevated knolls in
grain fields. Lack Of moisture is usu-
ally the cause. But the evil may be
remedied by drawing a few yards of
stable manure and spreading over the
knolls. The manure not only protects
the young clover plants, but it also
holds the moisture in the soil, by check
ing evaporation. This will soon make
them as rich as any part of the field.
1t is usually the lack of clover seeding
on such places that keeps them poor.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
New Hair and Teeth at so.

Mrs. Jacob Clitty, of Becker. Mimi.
is 80 years old. For many years she
was an invalid, confined to her bed and
almost helpless. Years ago she lost all
her teeth. and, of course, her hair was
white and scanty. The last few months
have seen a wonderful change in her.
however. She has five new teeth and
the indications are that nature intends
supplying her with an entire new set.
Her hair is coming in luxuriously and
is Jet black. Her general health is
good. so perfect, in fact, that the other
day she took a five-mile walk.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

MUSE NN
The Origin of Erin.

The Origin of Erin.
Wild all condescinsion I'd call your attn
To what I'd now mintion of Erin so
green;
And widout hisitation, I'll tell how that
Bekim of creation the gim and the
queen.
1t happened wan mornin' widout any
warnin'
That Vaynus was born in the beautiful
say;
An by that same token-an' sure, twas
provokin'-
Her pinions was dhroopin', and wouldn't
give play.
Thin Niptune, who knew her, in order to
WOO her,
Began to pursue her, the wicked ould
Jew!
An very nigh caught her on top O the
wather
''Philliloo"
Thin Jupiter that jaynius, looked down
and seen Vaynus,
An Niptune the haynius pursooin' her
wild,
An he roared out like thundrer IAN, sure,
twas no wonder),
Led tare him asundher for taysin his
child.
Thin, sun-star espyin' that round him
was lyin',
II
below;
Which wint out like winkin', but as it was
sinkin'
Struck Niptune, I'm thnkin', broth of
a blow.
Now, this sun-star made dry land, both
.owland and highland,
And formed that sweet island, the place
of me BIRTH
Hince, strange is the story, the Erin so
hoary,
Was sint down from glory, a heaven
upon earth.
Thin Vaynus slipped nately ON Erin so
stately,
An becase she so lately was bothered
and prest,
1t did her much bewilder, but ere it had
killed her,
Her father distilled her a drop of the
best
This glass so victorious, it made her feel
glorious
A little uproarious fear it did prove.
SO, how can We blame u.s. that Erin's so
famous
For whisky an fghtin' an murther an
love?
indianapolis News.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

how humble your sphere, without be-
ing called upon many times to decide
whether you will be true or false to
honor and duty. Duty and honor must
go hand in hand-there can be no d.
vorce between these words. You can
make your lives useful, beautiful and
noble. You can make them worthless
and contemplate.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Soaking Parsnip See1.


1t is very hard to get parsnip seed to
grow, probably because the dry, woody
covering over the germ absorbs water
very slowly. The seed needs so long
time to germinate that weed seeds
which have been soaking in the ground
all winter get the start and make it
difficult crop to care for. We have al
ways found it an advantage to soak
the seed until it was beginning to
sprout. At first it should be put in
water as hot as the hand can bear, and
so kept fifteen minutes. This will be
enough to wet through the outside COW
ering, and will thus hasten germina-
ton. When the seed is planted especial
care should be taken to compact the
soil closely around it.-Exchange.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

If an army officer in Ohio in attempt
ing suicide has shot himself without ia
tai injury, he is on par with the old.
shrewd, experienced lawyer, who
makes a will that is easily broken
when assailed in court. If surgeon
does not know his own vital parts and
a lawyer cannot draw up for himself a
legal will, how are the rest of us to
know ourselves or our business?
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

The Montana man who sent his wife
six sticks of dynamite has been given
the alternative of paying a fine OF
1900 or going to the penitentiary for
500 days. Everybody hopes he will
have a lovely time.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

The New York millionaires threaten
to move out of the State rather than to
pay their share of the taxes. The States
should have tax laws so uniform as to
prevent such a method of lodging If
these very rich men were to leave the
United States they would find many
places in which they would be required
to share the public burdens
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

The Davenport Dakota) News says:
The Fargo boys would better do their
kissing at home" Good! We advise
the Davenport boys to take a firm
stand for full protection to home indus
frio
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Ashes for Pears.

If you have a pear tree that bears
cracked fruit, scatter wood ashes all
over the surface of the ground under
the tree out about two feet beyond the
outer limbs. Then at fruit-time, note
the result If the ashes can be stirred
two or three inches into the soil, all the
better.-American Gardening
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

Chicago Record: One of the revela-
tions of modern politics lies in the fact
that the man who knows the most
about the requirements of large city
is some rural legislator who, when he
visits Chicago, believes that passenger
elevators are raised and lowered by the
invisible but potent will of God.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
luck.

The belief in the luck-bringing power
of the horseshoe attained its greatest
diffusion at the end of the last century
and the beginning of this. Lord Nelson
had a horseshoe nailed to the mast or
the Victory; and in 1913 seventeen
houses in one short street bad horse
shoes. of which only five remained In
1S41
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

With Gen. Miles going to war in a
$500 stateroom and Prince Nicholas
retreating from battle in an upholster-
ed carriage, it may well be said that
military science is progressing with
the progressive age.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

Later the cuttings are left to drain,
placed in the drying apparatus on hurdle
shelves, and submitted to tempera-
ture varying from 1914 degrees Fahren-
heit. They must remain longer in this
hot bath than fruit. Before using, the
slices have to be STEPPED from twelve
to fifteen hours in water when they
will become as fresh and as f1ayory as
new potatoes
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

There is in Chicago scheme to pro-
vide work-rooms for men out OF en-
ployment. No money will be given
them, but they will be paid in clothing
or whatever else they may need of the
articles made in the work-rooms. Old
clothes will be mended and old shoes
made more serviceable by cobbling.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

A Paris scientist claims that he is
able Ito demonstrate scientifically that
love is a disease" That may be true;
but a casual study of divorce court rec
ords will demonstrate that in many
cases matrimony is an antitoxin for
that disease.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

"What can be more ridiculous" asks
the Denver Post, than a pair of
checked boomers on a pair OF beam
pole legs?" Give it up. Denver seems
to have certain sources of humor which
this town does not.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

One of the yellow journals of Gotham
having scooped the other by securing
an interview with the Sultan, we shall
expect to see the other blossom out al
most any day with an interview with
several hundred of Mrs. Hamid.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

Senior Canavas is quite correct in say
Ing that Spain is not a nation of mer-
chants. Almost any merchant has
sense enough to know when he is up
against a losing bargain.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
When Peter Sang.

When Peter sang the rafters rang,
He made the great church reel;
His voice it rang a clarion c!ang,
Or like a cannon's peal.
Yes, Peter made the rafters ring
And never curbed his tongue;
Albeit Peter could not sing,
Yet Peter always sung.
All, wide did he his wild voice fling
Promiscuous and free;
Despite the fact he could not sing,
Why, all the more sang he.
With clamorous clang
And resonant bang
His thunders round he flung;
He could not sing
One single thing;
Yet Peter always sung.
The choir sang loud and all the crowd
Took up the holy strain;
But Peters bawl rose over all
Tempestuously plain.
The organ roared and madly poured
Its music flood around,
But Peter drowned it's anthem loud
In cataracts of sound.
The people hushed, the choir grew still,
Still grew the organs tone,
Then Peters voice rose loud and shrill,
For Peter sang alone.
His clamorous shout
Had drowned them out
And silenced every tongue;
He could not sing
One single thing;
Yet Peter always sung.
When Peter died the people cried,
For Peter he was good,
Although his voice produced noise
Not easily withstood.
Though many cried when Peter died
And gained his golden Tyre,
They nursed heartfelt sympathy
For heavens augmented choir.
They knew wher'er his soul might be
Loud would his accents ring,
He'd sing through all eternity
The songs he could not sing.
The heavenly choir
He'd make perspire
And heavenly arches ring;
Though he can't sing
A single thing
Forevermore he'll sing.
New York Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

1t is hardly fair to say that Prince
Constantine's military campaign has
been a complete failure. He has turned
out some first-class newspaper bull
fofins
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Correct.

Rural Teacher-What current event
of great interest can you give me this
morning?
Small Girl (eagerly)-My ma has just
made twenty tumblers of jell.-Judge.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

One of the latest feats of enterprise
on the part of the yellow journalists of
New York is the printing of a very
good portrait of Dan Stuart, the Carson
fight man, and calling it a picture of
Sir Philip Currie, the British ambas-
sador at Constantinople
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

The man who saws wood" gets there
after all. 1t is stated that the yearly
product Of the woods of this country
is 81, 200, 100000, more than twice the
value Of the output of the mines.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

1t has taken the country three years
to learn that Mr.. Havemeyer knew
what he was talking about when he
said he didn't have to talk about any
thing whatever
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28
Conceded.

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-I don't believe a
man ever stole anything but he lived
to regret it.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-You stole my
heart once, John.
'Yes."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

As soon as the workmen can get
places where they will be paid they
will go to them. The idea is European,
and, properly carried out, is likely to
result in much good.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-28

And now a California astronomer de-
clares that at least one-half of Venus
Is covered with ice. Perhaps that old
girl originally came from Boston.