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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23

the edge of the day, Nom Katrine ana
Voudoo appear on the street, the old
woman usually to take her seat on the
curbing, while the dog begins his daily
task of cotton-gathering Noudoo's
energy in this unwonted occupation is
something marvellous, so the warehouse
men say, and it certainly is amusing to
see the little fellow lodging in and out
among the bales under the very feet of
the porters, snatching a wad of cotton
and darting with it to Nom Katrine,
who stores it away snugly in her big
sack, which she usually takes home
full every evening.
Some of the porters think Noudoo is
4 nuisance, he is such persistent
picker, but, as they believe Nom Katrine
to be witch and the dog participant
in her black art, they are afraid to drive
him away, and so the two have become
regular institutions of the trade.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
PERSONAL AND IMPERSoNAL.

The largest annual pension is $685.
600, paid by Great Britain to the duke
of Richmond. 1t is a perpetuity from
tina time of Charles II.
The woman. tennis champion of
New Zealand has but one hand, and that
is the left one; but she can serve a ball
that is exceedingly difficult to return.
Surprise is expressed in England
that the estate of the late archbishop of
Canterbury is only $4,000 His salary,
which he had enjoyed for several years,
was $4,000.
The car of Russia is very fond of
a pipe. Like President Faure, of France,
the emperor is never so happy as when
smoking a briarwood, which he in
finitely prefers to the cigarettes that
he usually smokes in public.
Herman Melville, whose stories of
the south seas, "Typhee'' and "Omoo,"
are being republished, was a sailor
when he was quite young. Then he set
tied down in Massachusetts, married
daughter of a chief justice and began
his literary life most prosperously.
"A writer in the Saturday Review de-
scribes Andrew Lang as this master
of apt, entertaining allusion, knowl-
edge, extensive reading, chopped fine,
perhaps, but certainly not digested, a
kind of lawyers knowledge of literary
precedent. And nothing further, save
only more knowledge and still more
knowledge"
Jane Barlow, the writer of Irish
tales, is described by one who has seen
her in her home near Dublin as tall
and slight, with a shy, girlish look and
a manner most charmingly unaffected.
She has auburn hair, blue eyes and
fair skin, and at times her face lights
up with a merry look and she gives you
one of those flashes of humor which re-
call the sayings of the happy-go-luclly
peasants of Lisconnel."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23

draws it's food and drink, and, as you
viii see from the picture, it is as thrifty
and strong as if it enjoyed its life on the
barren rocks.
Now the question is, how did that
pine getup on the knoll where it stands
If it sprouted there, how did it know,
SO 10 speak, that there was water at the
bottom of the ravine As feet away, and
how did it live long enough to send it's
root down to the soil? If it really did
this wonderful thing, tree must have
almost as much intelligence as an ami,
NAL.
There is another supposition. Might
it not have grown in the valley and then
by some strange process been pushed
up by its root to the top of the ledge ?
But whoever heard of a. tree doing such
thing as that? Certainly no we'll
educated and conservative-minded tree
would think of such thing. If il
started in the valley it would keep on
growing there and not go to the expense
of running long root to the top of the
hill.
The people who live at Lusk have dis.
cnssed the matter a good deal, but il
was not until recently that they discoy,
cred the real reason for the strange ap.
pearance of the tree. \ botanist came
along and twas all as plain as daylight
to him.
why" he said; that ledge was once
covered with thick layer of good soil
At that time, probably a good many
years ago, the tree started. Then the
winds and the water began to wash tn,
soil away, and the root had to go deeper
and deeper down the ravine in ordeI
to get food. And at last it has reached
the great length of As feet, and it ma,
grow even longer if the soil continue,
to wash away,"-Chicago Record.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
How an Elephant Sleeps.

Have you ever thought how the ele-
plant sleeps-whether he lies down or
stands up? \ naturalist tells the Out
look that in captivity the elephants al
ways stand up when they sleep, but
when in the jungle, their own land and
home, they lie down. The reason given
for the difference between the elephant
in captivity and freedom is that the ele-
phant never acquires complete conf
dence in his keepers, and always longs
for liberty.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
CANINE COTTON PICKER.
Nom Katrine's Useful Little BIack-spd
Tan Terrier,

Among the many almost decrepit old
women who earn a rather precarious
livelihood by picking up and reseIlinp
the waste cotton that falls from the
bales about the streets and warehouses
is one well known who goes by the
whimical cogomen Of Nom Katrine,
says a New Orleans correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times.
Nom Katrine is little bit of a wiz,
ened negress, almost too old to walk and
quite too blind to see, but she owns an
unfailing source of revenue in the shape
of little black-and-tan terrier, You,
doc by name, that is as expert a cotton.
picker as one would wish to see. Every
morning blythe time the sun has warmed
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
TIE Daily tiqht
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY %. 1897.
WYOMING PUZZLE TREE.
1t Stands on a Knoll OF Granite, with \
Soil Around 1t.

Soil Around 1t.
Some botanists recently discovered a
real puzzle of tree out in Wyoming.
1t is situated on what is known as the
sand hills, about u miles north of the
town of LuSk.
The tree, which is a stunted pine.
stands ON bleak knoll of solid granite
rock. having no soil anywhere around
it. At first glance one would think that
d tree under such circumstances would
die. But this tree has a huge root run
ming out over the ledge and down a lit
tie hill, at the bottom of which it dis
appears in the sand, covering distance
of over A. feet on the surface of the
ground. Through this root the tree
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
The Blind Made to See.

Mrs. Phoebe j. Clymer, of San Fran
cisco, who has been totally blind for
Sc years, last week recovered her sight
Her family believes that this was a
divine dispcnsation granted to them in
response to constant prayers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
Home for Tramps.

A benevolent man at Charles City, Ia,
has established "home" for tramps,
where they may rest and eat. Such q
home will please them. They have no
wood to chop, no stock to feed. and no
one to support;
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
Mine Burns Twelve Years.

A coal mine at New Stairsyille, o., was
set afre by strikers 10 years ago, and
was afterwards abandoned. 1t is still
burning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-23
MARDI GRAs-NEw oRLEANS.LA.

MARDI GRAS-NEW ORIIEANS.LA'
Account of the above, the /. x. G..
\. r. r. will have on sale round trip
excursion tickets at half rate. Call on
agent for particulars. d. ]. Price,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Palestine, Texas. II TT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
Cleanliness i'm the Dairy.

Life, it has been said, is made up of
little things, and it can be said that
dairying is made up the same way-in
/ fact any business is made up of little
! things and details and if these are not
properly attended TO failure results,
writes F. w. Moseley in the Nebraska
Farmer.
One of the most important details of
| dairying is cleanliness. This should be
observed from the milking of the COWS
TO the packing of the product-butter
especially.
The daily cleaning of dairy utensils
is one of the important factors in pro-
noting cleanliness. All the milk in or
on a dairy utensil should first be rinsed
off with water far below the scalding
point before any water up to that point
is used. If scalding water is used at
the start the milk is cooked and then
it is almost impossible to remove it
from the article-especially the creases
or seams. if any there be.
If scalding water is used on a milk
Strainer of fine meshes before the milk
has been rinsed with water of a lower
temperature the strainer will be about
! as good as ruined, and the same will
result if the milk is allowed to dry in.
Therefore if the user is not ready to
rinse off the milk as soon as through
using let the strainer be put under
water anu ltll illtIe iii II Cdu Dc
properly cleaned.
The cans of portable creameries
should be kept scrupulously clean. This
can be easily accomplished if attended
to every time they are emptied and the
rules above mentioned observed.
The. water and ice tank of portable
creamery should be carefully looked
after In the first place care should be
taken to thoroughly rinse off all the
sawdust that may stick to the ice be-
fore the latter is placed in the tank.
Next, be sure when straining the milk
not to spill any of it into the water
But if any gets into it then change the
water at especially during warm
weather.
Every dairyman should have a dairy
room or house and it should be located
where no foul odors would be likely to
reach it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
Developing Good Seed.

Some years ago, writes j. B. Martin
in the American Agriculturist, I no.
ticed tendency in the corn 1 was rails
ing TO fill out well upon the tip of the
ear. AS this characteristic is an i'm
portant one, 1 selected ears of good
size showing this tendency most
marked, for seed the following season.
The next year this characteristic had
become somewhat more fixed, some of
the ears filing over the tips, but the
ears were. still slender and pointed.
Then a model ear took shape in my
mind. which was about ten inches in
length, with Is to 20 rows and about
the same thickness at each end. the
whole to be completely covered with
grain. l kept a barrel in the wagon
while husking, into which l tossed
everything that approached my ideal
and then sorted these at the crib, saw
ing only those which came near my
model ear. Each succeeding year my
crop has shown a tendency toward inn
provement. This year. on good ground,
about one-tenth of it was thought good
enough for seed next season. The tips
of the ears are completely covered, the
depth of grain good and the ears very
heavy.
This is the kind of painstaking work
that is easily within reach of the prac
teal farmer. More of this kind of work
is needed. 1t not only results in bet
ter strains of seed of any variety of
any crop to which this kind of work is
applied, but it also has real educa-
tional influence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15

against the wall, about three feet vide
and of any desired length. The mush-
room thriveS best in an even moist
temperature of 81 degrees. and where
this can be maintained there will be
no difficulty in raising plenty of mush-
rooms. They can be grown from Oc-
tober to May indoors, and outdoors in
ridges protected by boards, during
April, May, June. September, October
and November. An out-of-doors pit or
cellar would be an excellent place to
grow this crop, but il would require
artificial heat during the winter
months. except during mild weather.
The pipes would go in first thing, of
course, say four-inch hot water pipes
around the pit. Make a flooring above
the pipes, about four inches clear, and
build the bed on this in the usual way
The best guide books on this subject
are Mushrooms; How to Grow
Them" by William Falconer. and
Mushroom Culture" by William Rob-
inson, the latter being an English work
published in this country by Rout-
ledge. Both are relia bic, but Falcon
er's work has the advantage of being
written specially for the climatic con-
ditionS of the United States.
Mushrooms have been selling within
month in the Philadelphia markets
at IS cents to 81 per quart, and more
recently around 40 and so cents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15

kind of tree. We would plant in rows
four feet apart. and the trees about
four feet apart in the rows. We would
make the two outside rows Russian
mulberry, the next of box elder, then
a row of native ash, a row of walnuts,
then ash and so on.
Cultivate for three years, by when
time the trees will entirely shade the
ground. In the course of seven or
eight years we would cut out the soft
woods and leave the ash. trimming
down the Russian mulberries from
year TO year.
This will form in three or four years
a perfect windbreak and, at the same
time, give a valuable piece OF timber
in the end. If hardy catalpa does wen
as far north, we would use this instead
of the soft maple or box elder; If not,
use these. We use the Russian null
berry for the outside rows because II
is a quick grower. of scrubby form,
does not grow too high, and forms q
very close windbreak.
We presume that this windbreak is to
be put north and west of the buildings.
The north row will drop the snow in
the grove, and the south row Will pre-
vent any snow from getting through.
The mulberry will bear fruit in two
or three years, a fruit of little value
on the table, but a preferred bird
food, and in this sense not without its
value.
For a very small amount of money a
farmer can secure trees that VIII make
him a grove that will be worth its first
cost each year after the third year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
Subsoiling and Surface Cultivation
VS.. Irrigation.


endorse the affirmative of the above
topic and wish to add my testimony
to ii as a boon to the semi-arid lands,
for | practiced this in Kansas in 1879
and raised a crop of millet that was the
admiration of all who saw II, saws
William E. Gowdy in the Nebraska
Farmer. Two years later my nephew
did the same, yet it was just as Inucn
a wonder as the former crop. for no
one practiced it to my personal knowl-
edge.
From my own practice in subsoil1cg,
and nv observation of irrigation as
practiced in western Kansas, Colorado
and Utah especially. l am satisfied that
the Almighty's plan, subsoiling, is SUI
perior to irrigation, unless II De III
places where it never rains. In the
first place, by subsoiling the poorest
farmer can store the water lmme-
diately under the roots, and apply 1t In
the Almighty's own time and plan, /.
e., capillary attraction and when
needed to do the most good. 1t Will
only need to be done once in three
years and will pay him by crop OF
100 per cent over the ordinary plan OF
cultivation. Next to good blowing is
narrowing, and l am not sure but the
most important implement on any
farm is the harrow, and it is the least
appreciated
ments Use one with good fine steel
points, and many of them, and use 1t
often If anv Jumps come to the sur
face, pulverize them with a heavy
float then harrow again; do 1t thor
oughly and often. The harrow put on
a western pasture, with some brush ar
ranged SO as to brush behind II, VIII
increase the pasture to wonderful
degree. This 1 believe is resultant by
he Of
low the brush to brush in the broken
particles of manure and fine surface
soils to go in with the rain that before
went to swell the brooks and runs.
NV humble opinion is that if the Kan
Sas and Nebraska farmer would study
Gods if you please, natures plans
more, and the politicians plan, or
cure-all, less, they would all be very
much further advanced than they now
are and have very much less reason
for complaint than now.
The farmer should figure more from
average than he now does. For IN
stance. he may sell his corn for 50
cents one year and II cents another.
Now, the politician, when he is on the
stump, will constantly nag him and
make him disconnected by constantly
talking about 17-cent corn, when it is
not a fact; his average for the two
years is 26-cent corn. Suppose it was
25 cents and the next Is. the average
to talk about is 20 cents, instead of
Is cents-a very considerable differ
ence.
In conclusion Pillow deeper. say one
half 20 one inch. Harrow the ground
thoroughly, (of course subsoil once in
three years., and harrow the corn after
it is up between the rows. Harrow the
pastures every spring, and my word
for it you will not have your feelings
constantly narrowed as you do now.
You will soon be independent of the
money-loaner and will have money to
loan to yourself anJ neighbor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
..shrinkage,, OF COWS in the Cold.

The afternoon of Oct. 10 was rainy,
and it seemed quite cold for the time
of year. When milking was done in
the evening, it was still raining a little.
and it seemed too bad to turn the COWS
out into the wet and cold. But the
stable was not fixed just as 1 wanted
to have it before the COWS stayed in
all night; besides, it seemed too early
to begin to stable them, so out they
went, with the hope that It would soon
quit raining. The result was that every
COW shrank in her milk. To find how
much the shrinkage was, l have Just
added the milk yield for the three days
ending with Oct. 10 and the next three
days. The yield for the first three days.
for the IL cows. was 546% pounds; for
the next three days it was 499 pounds.
a shrinkage of 81 per cent. The 47%
pounds in three days is not all the loss,
for the cows have not get got back
to their old yield, and never will. The
spring balance, record sheet and Bah
cock test were fixed uD with the idea
of testing the cows, but the record is
aIso useful. as in this case, in noting
the effects of feed and care on the cows,
and is well worth all it costs for that
alone.-E. B. Watson in Rural New
Yorker
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
The Man and Not the Business.

Not everyone who engages in the
poultry business succeeds. 1t would be
a poor business if such was the case
Bradstreet says that so out of every 100
business men fail, AZ manage to gain
a living and three gain riches. The
qualities which make successful men
in any calling are possessed by but
few.
The Maine farmer, in commenting on
that line says that a man must have
natural gifts for preaching and ming
ling with men, in order to be a success
full preacher. A man must love me-
chanics to be more than bungler with
tools, and a man cannot hope to reaD
success as a dairyman, who does not
know the right side of COW, without
training at an agricultural college
How well that applies to the poultry
business. Unless a man is born with
patience, grit, and a love for fowls, he
never will make a success with them.
While capital plays an important part,
there is no guarantee of success with
il unless the man has a natural incli-
nation that way. There is an OLD
saying that poets are born, not made.
So we might say of poultrymen- They
must be born with the natural require
ments, and then money and experience
will do the rest.
When a man enters the work, even
though he has the capital and require
ments he must not expect to do much
the first year; he can expect a little
more the second, and keep on imDrov-
ing each year as his experience grows.
For that reason it is always best to
start small. Do your work well as you
go, and then there will be no steps
backward to make. The failures must
not be attributed to the business, for
the business is a substantial one. If
man is not fitted for the work he can
make a success of nothing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
Domestic
Economy.
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.

Sunlight is a capital sanitary agent.
and promotes health and cheerfulness.
Therefore. light should be admitted in
large Quantities into sick rooms. except
in extraordinary cases. The light. how
ever, should be softened and subdued-
not glaring.
To restore the elasticity of the seats
of cane chair. turn over the chair and
with hot water and n sponge wash the
canework so that il may be thoroughly
soaked. If the caneUork is badly soiled
use little soap. Dry in the air, and
IL will be as good as new.
A cake of magneSia and a clothes
brush are frugal womans best friends
After brushing dusty gown. and then
with the magnesia rubbing both sides of
any soiled spots. it should be hung away
for day or two. and then brushed again.
The spots viii be found to have disap-
peared
Water bottles and decanters may be
cleaned, and stains inside of them re-
moved. by shot, tea leaves or potato
Feelings. and a little water. Wine bot
ties are best cleaned with charcoal broken
charcoal left in bottles for a day or two
will effectually remove any unpleasant
odor
An easy and effective mode of venti-
lating can be arranged with a piece of
wood cut a little smaller than the width
OF the window frame and about six
inches high Insert this at the bottom
OF the frame. and shut the window bot
tom down on the wood. steady Venti-
lating process viii go on from the center
of the windows
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-15
What Can You Do Best.

Farm Journal: If you are a farmer
and if your farm does not pay, the
next question is, what business would
pay better?
Look out! Think twice before you
act.
First, you will find it hard to sell the
farm, except at a great sacrifice; and,
second, you will find it quite as hard
to find another occupation. Times are
dull. Better days may presently come,
but business is everywhere slow and
cautious a. this time.
See here? Have you nothing to sell
that would increase your receipts just
where you are? What can you do best :?
What part of your farm work is
most interesting? Answer that question
and --ou have indicated the line on
which YOU ought to concentrate your
efforts.
Is it fruit? Then sub-let half of
your farm and retain the orchard and
garden. Concentrate yourself. That is
what business men everywhere are
doing.
Is it cows? Then sub-let your or
chard, and perhaps half of your land
If your time is not broken up with the
countless details of general farming
you can keep your COWS on a surpris-
ingly small acreage. Concentrate your
self.
Is it horses? Not likely under the
present prices.
But it may be high-bred dogs. or
poultry, or pigeons. or bees, or swine.
or sheep, or skunks, or trucking, or
seed growing, or flower culture. or
winter gardening under glass-no mat
ter what. 1t depends on taste and
circumstances; on individual prefer
ence. on proximity to market, etc.
But, depend upon it. the key to the
riddle is concentration. Do what you
can do best. A division of labor is
necessary under a high civilization, it
cannot be otherwise. General farming
is played out because in each of it's
details the individual operator is I'M
derbidden by labor combined with cap
ital A thousand men growing wheat
can produce more than a thousand
times as much as one man working
alone can produce.
Think of it,
The remedy is to take one line of
work and concentrate upon it, and do
that line of work as cheaply as any
other person or combination of persons
can do it.
Do what you can do best under your
circumsta noes and surroundings. Do
not sell the farm.