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The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Abont Doctorinc Fowls.


 While it undoubtedly is unprofitable to doctor very sick fowls, it is advisable to treat slight cases, or rather diseases in the first stage. Such ailments like colds, sore head, lameness from cramps or rheumatism, etc, can be easily treat ed, and it is advisable to do so, but when these troubles turn into roup, cholera, liver troubles, and other con- tagious diseases, then it is far better to kill the patient. It must not be for gotten that poultry and eggs are food for us, and diseased poultry and eggs are as dangerous as diseased beef or pork would be. We firmly believe that when a fowl once contracts con- tagiouS disease the taint can never be eradicated from the system, and we will not eat such meat, no matter how apparently cured the fowls may be. Neither will we eat eggs laid by hens that have had contagious dis ease. Yet in this particular. how care less are Colman's Rural World.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Making a Wagon Box.

The first thing to do is to fit the bot-
 tom boards. Cut them a few inches
 longer than the box is to be when fin
 ished, and saw off the ends after whole
 is put together. Do not try to econO-
 mize by using less than six good side
 straps, or going without rods. for the
 box will soon become so loose and rick
 ety as to be a constant annOvanca
 Eastwood, according to the Western
 PlOWman, is the best material. all things considered, for wagon boxes. It is tough. light, and if kept dry. very durable. Elm does very we'll for bot tom boards, if the right kind of elm Is selected, there being a great differ ence in the timber going under the name or white or water elm We have in some of our forests, quite common, tree which is called chestnut elm, but not generally distinguished from the common water elm, so very similar is 1t in appearance. The wood of this tree very much resembles that of the chestnut. It is firm in grain and will not warp more than basswood. Beach is sometimes used for wagon boxes. It is durabl but too heavy to recOm- mend. Pine makes a light, nice box, but is more expensive in some localities than most other lumber, and not as durable s baSswood on account of its heinz so easily bruised and clipped World
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

In Kentucky even lynching is done in so courteous a manner that the subject is left nothing to desire. For instance, the vigilance party at Owensboro did not violate the sanctity of Christmas day by their act, but considerably waited till 2:3O next day before ad- dressing themselves to the disagreea- ble but necessary task. Even then great consideration was shown for the religious needs of the prisoner. The re- port says that he was given ample time to pray" But when he had fin ished his petition the lyncherS proceed ed resOlutely and he was strangled to death. Even during the operation of choking the alleged murderer to death no disturbance occurred. The dispatch states that ''the lynching was the most quiet and orderly, perhaps, ever con- ducted in the State, and few persons save those having business on the pub lie square at the time knew anything of it." Here again we see that delicate Kentucky consideration TOT the feel ings of others Instead of whooping and bowling about and awakening those who did not take part in the ceremonies the participants conducted themselves in "a quiet and orderly" manner, thus setting an admirable ex- ample for others.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

Senator Davis, of Minnesota. says that the country has never experienced such hard times as in 1857. "Money was not only scarce, but there was no money in circulatiOn-nOne to be had anywhere. Along the Chippewa, Black. Mississippi, and other rivers sawlogs were legal tender. In fact, everything that possessed any sort of value passed as token money. Up in Northern Wis consin copper was mined, and copper cents were minted and issued by pri- yate individuals. The general store Keepers issued their own scrip, and it passed for money many a time. We had every kind of token money except wampum. We didn't get quite that far back to the primitive method and me dium of exchange"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

A Boston woman who las lately TO turned from England brought with her among other curiositieS collected dur- ing a long residence abroad. a niece of fancy work which was purchased at T fashionable charity bazar in London It is knitted shawl about half a vard square. and its color is pink. The ev- ecution is indifferent, the usefulness or the beauty of this article is not annar- ent, yet the present poSSessor yalueS if beyond price. It is the handiwork of the Queen of England, and sent by her to the baZar, where it was rallied for. This royal handmade shawl has q guaranteed historette attached. and though not signed by the Lord Cham berlain or the Prime Minister. there is a real Countess, not to mention the original owner, to swear to the genu- 1neneSS of the document going with the article.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

One of the largest nuggets of pure gold of which record has been made that was ever found in either North or South America is, says the New York Sun, now in the office of Carter, Hawley & Co.,, William street and EX- change place. It was found on a placer mine in Dutch Guiana, on the north coast of South America. in No vemOer last. It is in the shape of an irregular honeycombed triangular plate that Is about ten inches long on the base line, by six and a half inches high to the apex and an inch and half thick It weighs 1a.64 pounds troy. and seems to be pure enough to sell for soc an ounce, or $S,753.60 for the whole mass
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

figures and hentrackS. Walking up
 and down the floor, he would dictate
 to me slowly in that cracked Rip Van Wrinkle voice of his and 1 could follow
 him easily on the typewriter.
 "One day when we met as usual for work he seemed to have prepared more elaborate notes than usual and in- stead of walking about the room he sat down, quite a distance away from me, and began to dictate the chapter treating of his closing Australian eX- perienceS. There was pathetic quiv- CT in his voice as he spoke of the many happy days he had spent in that far away land, among comparative stran- gers, and added that he hoped his book would come to them as a sort of hand clasp between friends who would nev- CT meet again in this life.
 Tt was very affecting. My eyes grew misty and 1 had to stop writing Suddenly 1 felt a kindly hand on my head and MT. Jefferson's voice said. That's what l wanted. Cry all YOU want to, my girl. 1 cried myself last night when l wrote that, but I was afraid no one else would. I guess if will do.'"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

A bright young Chicago man has
 written an entertaining book of South
 American travel which wins praise
 from more people than his friends,
 but even the author must smile to read
 in a Chicago Sunday newspaper the
 following finale to a review of his book:
 How much do any of us know of South America? How many of us ever heard that Venezuela meant originally Little Venice, and was so named by Euro pean? Young Mr. Morris deserves the thanks of a public either too busy to in- form itself about its own hemi-demi- sphere or too indifferent" If the ele- vator. boy or mailing clerk who wrote this enthusiastic review ever went to school he would have known that Ven, ezuela, Little Venice, is popularly SUD- posed to have been so named by Flu ropean and not by an Australian bush man or an inhabitant of Mars, as the naive statement of the reviewer might indicate. He would also know that the average American citizen is tolerably we'll acquainted with the history and geography of South America, and can distinguish between Simon and Patsy. Bolivar. The reviewer should send to Washington and get the handboOks of the bureau of American republics. Then when the elevator shift is chang ed he can read up on a heap of things he is seemingly unaware of.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

Hale, the victorious cyclist, not only
 broke the wheeling record, but the diet ary score also. On the first day his con sumption of food by wight was 3415 pounds, on the second 59 pounds, and the total weight in six days was 16215 pounds. This goes beyond the perform ance of the Zulu Kaffir, who makes nothing of consuming fifteen or twenty pounds of baked elephants foot at a sitting, but who follows up his feast with fast of considerable dura ton, not trying to live the pace for a week together, as Hale succeeded in doing without apparently incurring any in- jury.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

merchant is crushed the price of coffee and sugar will be raised and the trust will make good its loss and will take a million or so in addition as payment for the trouble this impudent fellow gave it. There is entirely too much imper- tinent criticism and rebellion against these monOp0lieS. The independent business men and the people generally need to be taught their place. IL is earnestly hoped that the monopolies will be even more severe in the future. Put the screws on hard. The break will come the sooner!
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Keeping Apples in Pits

Apples can be kept in cellars better than above ground provided they he '-Ret-hraugfrt- contapt- vitIl-the~ soil. This is sure to injure their flavor, though 1t prevents either rotting or willing from contact with changing air. There should always be some box or barrel to enclose the apples before burying them, and they should be GOV cred deeply enough to be near the freez- ing point all winter. If the apples are sound when put in there will be little or no rot when they are taken out of their winter quarters.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OFINTERESTToFARM-
 FER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Clover Should Be Sown ThickIy in Order to Destroy the weeds-A Farm of Ten Acres Enough-Keeping Ap- pies in Pits.
The Use of Glover

tafmefS who SOW clover seed thinly. with the expectation that it will spread so as to fill the vacant spaces, make a great mistake. It will spread, but so slowly that weeds, which abound in all soil that is rich enough to produce any thing, will crowd and stunt it. On the contrary, if the seeds are close enough tilth and richness to make a clover plant each two or three Inches square of space, the clover will go very far to- ward crowding out the annual weeds, like ragweed and charlock These start very early, but their early growth is slow, and they are completely hidden under the broad leaf of clover when it gets it's third, fourth and fifth leaves. Where the clover once gets the start, it will keep it. We have seen in grain fields ill June or July good clover grOwths, and have examined under them the soil with a microscope, find ing there thousands of weeds that had germinated and put out one or two leaves. only to be Smothered down by the larger clover growth. Ii is we'll known to farmers that the second year crop of clover, if a good seeding, fills the soil so that nothing else can grow. But the first years clover crop cannot smother biennial weeds like red root, shephurd's purse and tn plantains. These start in the fall, and are ready in spring to make an earlier growth than newly sown clover can be.-American Cultivator
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Tarnt Noirr

| 8n tfttCHs
 If tree are DrUned properly whil,
 young tIe necessity of cutting off larg,
 limbs VII be avoided
 The ifs month Of milking will de
 eide the question of whether the heifeI
 should b. kept in the dairy or turned
 to the butchers block.
 Do no attempt the raising of too many varieties of apples. If for home use the! should He timed to come in al all season. bur for market too many kinds VII make a great deal of trou. ble, without yielding Correspondine degree Of benefit Let neither the ear. Iy nor the late supply consist of more than one or two varieties.
 All machinery. wagons. etc.. that arc not under shelter will he exposed to snows and rains and eousequently ren- dered almost worthless for use in the spring. t f. is cheaper o buy new tools every year then trere is an ex- cuSe fOr neglecJinE tLe tools, but it is generally the ease that the farmer who does not take care If his imple- ments has but little interest in his farm.
 Are pure breed high: This may be considered by cxaLiniuE the methods in Englaud No arm in hat country contains any but choice beef cattle, as the farmer pndeavoy to eccel in choice beef. Although the English farmers have been using gle Shorthorn breed of cattle for over 2 century, yet it is nothing unusual for a choice bull to sell for $1. .G00 They want ouly the best to be had and they ind it pays to use no Other
 Wheu looking oyer the prices quoted for any article produced on the farm. and which is he sold 1t may be no- ticed that there is quite a difference between inferior' and extra choice" grades. The difference between 3 and cents per pound is but ] cent. but it represent S2.50 on a 250-pound hog. Only the extra choice" brings inc highest price. and no farmer should sell anything that cannot e so graded.
 Good beef cattle should not weigh less thaa j,6Qo pounds each, and as it is not difficult to make erery animal in a herd weigh 2.o00 pounds. the cause O. lack of profit in cattle can be easily pointed out-iDferior stock. At the fairS many of the 'urize" steers are the result of using pure bred Short horn or Hereford bulls with common cows and pushing them with liberal feeding. Any farmer can do the same. No prize steer has ever. yet been seen that was not pure-bred or grade ami nal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
TT BROUGHT TEARS,
So Joe Jefferson -Wns Satisfied-witFr
 What He Had Written.

| So Joe Jefferson Wns Satisfied-yvf What He Had Written. A young Chicago matron tells the fol lowing characteristic story about Jos eph Jefferson:
 Several years ago." said she, "when MT. Jefferson was preparing his autO- biography he was obliged to do a great deal of the work while on tour. A publishing house with which I was con- nected at one time recommended me to him as an amanuensis who had had considerable experience in the prepar- alton of manuscript for publication and joined the actor in St. Louis.
 ''Mr. Jefferson would spend several hours every night after the play in making notes of what he wanted to say. The next afternoon he would die tate to me. Usually he would bring ill great collection of memoranda jot- ted down on envelopes and scraps of paper, and sometimes he would appear with a newspaper whose margins would be literally covered with queer
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

At Philadelphia a wagon loaded with gasoline cOllided with an electric car. The wagon was demolished and the oil flooded the street. The accident attracted the attention of a motorman of another car, who ran his ear up to the scene. Seeing. the oil running under his car, he turned on the current to get away. spark from the wheel i'm mediately ignited the gasoline fumes and instantly the street was. ablaze. Four pople were injured, one seriously,
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Ten Acres

A farm of ten acres can be made to produce all of most things a large fam fly needs, and can be run at small eX- pense To begin with, driving horse and two cows can be kept on it, at small expense, and the horse will give a world of pleasure to the family, while the cows, if so managed that one is fresh in the spring and the other in the fall, will furnish milk and cream in abun- dance, and ought in addition to furnish all the butter needed. Then a quarter of an acre of poultry yard stocked with forty or fifty hens will give eggs and chickens in abundance, and few tur- keys for Thanksgiving and the hOli days. An acre in garden and small fruit will furnish vegetables and fruits sufficient for the family wants, so that there will be constant succession from the time asparagus comes in April un- til winter sets in, and then the cellar will be stocked with canned fruits and vegetables to last through the winter. Allowing two acres of land for pasture, one for garden and truck patch, which includes small fruits. and half an acre for ornamental grounds around the house. we have six and half acres left tO cultivate
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

It is the practical aspect of civil serv- ice reform that makes 1t unassailable. Great as its benefits are to the public service, they might not be able to pro- tect it against a combined attack in Congress if the spells system were really, as 1t was once thought to be, a strong tower of defense for the pOli- tician. He has learned that it is the weakest point in his armOr. He, in self defense, is now ranged with the friends Of good government on the side of civil service reform.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
A Pacing Ostrich.

This is the ostrich which sets the pace. He Is the pioneer ostrich pacer which pulls sulky. His owner thinks pacing by ostriches is the coming sport when the horse is ultimately retired. as Is threatened by the advent of the bicy- Gle, the electric car and the horseless carriage
 This particular ostrich in his pacing act is an attraction at Elitch's Garden in Denver, and he strikes a lick which
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

The sending of cotton from the South to San Francisco for reshipment thence to China and Japan is one of the anom- allies of commerce. Cotton for the Ori- ent has hitherto been shipped entirely from New Orleans and Mobile, but the demand has increased so enormously in the last year that those ports alone can no longer supply it, and it has been found necessary to send vast quantities overland by rail to California.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
CoIoring Butter in Winter.

There is no moral wrong in colOring winter butter, provided it be made of cream that has not acquired bad odOrs from feed or from exposure. We have known farmers to color butter that was made for their own use. They claimed. and truly, that the yellow color made the butter more appetizing, though the taste was not changed. But strain of Jersey or Guersney blood will impart more color to winter butter,
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

Nearly everybody learns to do some thing nowadays. The man or woman of fashion usually plays on some musi- cal instrument or recites. The newest thing, however, is the mastering of the art of the prestidigitateur. Many of the swell men have become adopts and enfartnin fb"ir gucgt5 ys-itb t1-iclsg Of conJuring. To do this we'll quick eye, a dextrOus hand and a ready tongue are neceSSarV
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

There is no royal road to wealth, and there is no way to shoe horse except to nail on the shoe So says a black smith, and. in proof of his assertion, he states that while nearly 200 patents have issued for horseshOes and $6,000 paid into the patent office at Washing ton. not one of the inventions has ever bpetl tISed
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Straw for Fattenine stock.

When cattle, horses or sheep are fed very concentrated and uitrogenOus foods they will often show a decided liking for grain straw, which if fed on alone could not be eaten in sufficient quantities 10 sus- ain life. What this fattening stock seeks in the straw is first more of the c8rb0uaceous element of food, and secondly. some ming that will distend their sU0machs while fur nishing little nutrition. Tn this respect the dOmestic animals are W. ser than man, who, when he can get it. overloads his stomach with ,ndigestible food. and then resort to drugs instead of to more bulky fOod for reief.-Exchange
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

A coffee merchant in Brooklyn had the impudence to go into the business of sugar refining and thus become a competitor of the sugar trust. But he is about to be we'll punished. The sucar trust has bought big coffee factory and will sell the product at a price which this Brooklyn merchant cannot meet. And as soon as the Brooklyn
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
\ 1'ramn RnnSten

Chitwood, Ore, has a rooster which came there in the pilot of railroad engine, and since his arrival has be haved properly; but before his advent there had made two prolonged stops In his progress along the line of the railroad, and had run with a flock of sheep. aud then with a herd of cattIe
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

Twenty-two turkey gobblers at New Brunswick, N. l., attacked a tramp who had entered their inclosure with felonious intent, and when he got away he had no turkey, nor as much clot1es or cuticle as when he started in.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

A New York clergyman who recently conducted a Sunday morning service on BlackwelrS Island learned that there are at present fifteen college graduates wearing the stripes in that penitentiary.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

Dreadful how the bicycle is run ming oats out of the market, isn't it?'' "YeS, 1t is; but the crop of wild oats seems to be coming along about as usu, al."-Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
rrs The EIhcrta Feach.

So many varieties of fruits are intro duced with 8 great flourish only to be discarded in the course of a few years. Some kinds however. seem 70 insure permanent popularity. which $ a sign of their value The EI1erta peach is one of these. It seems rather to grow in populariJy-as the years roll by. It is cOnsidered the most desirable of all the yellow flesh peaches-Crawford's s Yellow excepted Possibly some of it's popularity comes from it's nigh color ing. It is one Of the darkest of all, in this reSpert approaching a nectarine.- Meehans Monthly.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
A New College

'Yes," said MT. Spifin, 'I never had no such chance at an education myself, but I am determined that my son Ab- ner shall have the best there is going. I shall send him to college"
 "Yale, Harvard or Princeton?
 T haven't decided yet. Whats this electoral college I see mentioned in the newspapers so "-Pittsburg Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Rritish lEheat Tmnorls.

The London Times says; The sub joined table, which gives the value of our import of wheat from various countries fer the eight months ended Aug. 31, shows that the United States has profted aDpreciably by the partial failure of the supplies usually put on the market by trs competitors:
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20
Pure Water ror TIo,.

No nor animal is more likely to suffer froDl lack of water han is the hog. This Is mainly because this stock is often fed milk or Swill. the latter usually having more or less salt in it, and both ut,eIiy unfit to take the place of water. Fatreniug hogs especially should b. given all the water they will drink, as it keeps them from becoming feverish. which iuiures the quality of their poTk
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

and so also will feeding with corn stalks. The stalks of corn are better feed for niilch cows than is timothy hay, but where stalks are the principal feed some corn or corn meal ought al- ways to go with jhem.-American Gull tivator
The St. Johns herald., 1897-02-20

bids fair to wipe out all trotting records achieved by the Maud SIS, Nancy Hankes and Alixes of the trotting turf. He has never been let out to his full speed yet. If he was he could probably give the fast mail close rub. He can both trOt and pace, and travels like the
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Raisfn- Good Cows.

RaisinE Good Cows
 think l should ask that ] mi ght give this faith t. those engaged in dairying, VIZ: That you aan raise dairy cows With the abSolgre certainty of success, and no guesswork about it-cows that will make from ten 10 twelve pounds ofbutter week and it all hinges upon the proper selection of both of the dam on one side anl the sire on me other. It Is not theIy. l have had a fine chance to rrav' and observe for the last eight years and know 0nat am talking about. T. there is anything to make me feel wild is to see a farmer keep lot of worthles cows and breed and feed COW that WI not pay for her keep.-Cow Culture.