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The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
ABOUT FALL PIGS.
Some Hints as to How They Should be
Cared For.

The first few days of q pigs life we
feed the dam light slop of warm skim
milk, dish water and wheat bran; keep
the youngsters in clean, dry nest out
of the sun, for the hot sun is disas-
trous to young pigs.
We gradually change the bran in the
slop to wheat middlings, and when the
pigs are week old let them have the
run of the yard if the weather is pleas
ant. From now ON they need plenty
of exercise to avoid against thumps.
A run in an orchard is good place for
SOW and pigs, as it furnishes food to
keep the SOW healthy and exercise for
pigs. If the nights are cool keep the
door closed to the pen. Avoid ex-
treme temperature, sour swill and
damp pens, and you will not be trou-
bled with scours.
If the SOW is a good millier. the pigs,
should be plump and fat at two weeks
old.
When about three weeks old we COM
mence to feed the pigs little warm
milk separate from the SOW, to which
handful of middlings are added; the
middlings are increased and the pigs
weaned at from six to eight weeks old.
If either has to be confined to close
pen, let it be the sow by all means.
Give the pigs the run of the orchard or
pasture at weaving time and feed lib.
orally of milk and middlings and they
will continue to grow. They should
have access to Il good, dry, warm nest
at all times-cold and dampness are
death to pigs. s.-Cor. Blooded Stock.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

-Lancelot onglocks-"Poets are
born, not made" Maud Sharper
know. I wasn't blaming you."-rit-
Bits.
Books and Books.-"I'm anxious tn,
meet Mr.. Hobbey; they say he talks
Just like a book" "Yes, he does-iust
like blank ok."-Detroit Free Press.
-Teacher-"What is the difference
between a fixed star and any other
starr" Pupil-"It depends good deal
upon the advance agent" t."-Boston
Transcript.
An Endless Niew.-Raggs-"AlL
this talk about the world coming to an
end is rank nonsense" Jaggs-"Why is
it?" Raggs-"How can anything round
come to an end, I'd like to know ?"-Chi-
cago News.
-Wonderful!-B. o. Hemian-"It's
wonderful how they can serve dinner
with bottle of wine for so cents, isn't
II 2" Friend (who has been invited to-
dine)-"Not so wonderful as to thinl.
that some people can eat it!"-Puck.
"A Dangerous Blunder-"No man
can know everything" said the high
minded youth. Between you and me-"
replied Senator Sorghum, that's a fact
But there's no excuse for mans max
ing the mistake of owning up to it,
Washington Star.
Always Ahead of Time.-Smith-
"Your friend Wheeler is crank on
punctuality, isn't hep" Brown-'I
should say he is. Why, he even carries
his watch in the rear pocket of his
trousers, just to prevent his ever being
behind time" Chicago News.
She Made It All Right.-"Laura, you
made dreadful break to that Mr.. Plim-
soil. Here you've been letting people
understand that you are only 20, and yet
you actually told him you remembered
the Philadelphia centennial in 1876
"Oh, | made that all right, mamma"
"How?" 81 told him had a phenomen-
ally old memory."-Cleveland Plain
| Dealer.
An American who had left his ma
tive country to travel in Europe, with
the maxim "When in Rome do as the
/ Romans do" we'll in mind, found himself
in Marseilles. He wanted some ice
cream and went to restaurant and or
dered it. "What flavor will you have?"
asked the waiter The American hesi-
tated a moment end then remembered
j his maxim. "0h, garlic, suppose" he
/ answered. Troy Times.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
ORIGIN OF LACE.
Invented by European Woman as
Lnte as the Fifteenth Century.


Handmade lace has history far
more fascinating. Some have supposed
that it originated in Egypt, the land
that gave birth to nearly all the arts;
but search diligently as you may and
you will never discover in mummys
tomb, on sculptured or painted wall,
or in any archaeological find whatever
the pictorial or actual remains of this
poetic tissue; neither is there docu-
mentary evidence of its presence there.
Gauzes and nets, fine muslins and ex-
quisite embroideries, fringes, knotted
and plated, you may meet with fire.
quently, but this fabric without foun-
dation, this ethereal textile, named by
the Italians punto in aria (stitch in air.,
you will never chance upon. Why?
Because 1t did not exist before the fif-
teenth century; because it was invent
ed by the European woman, forming
her contribution to the Renaissance,
and was unknown to orientals, who
have even now no love for its pale per-
fection, and do not use it in their cos
tunes nor in household decoration. It's
lack OF color makes it unlovely in their
eyes.
Fanciful stories have been woven to
account for the invention OF the art,
and the honor has been claimed by both
Venice and Flanders. Yet it did not
at once spring into being in full per-
fection, but was rather an evolution
and came by degrees.
In punto tagliato (cut poinD we first
perceive cropping in this direction, for
with the piercings of white embroidery
we have lighter effect. In drawn
work (punto tirato) another step was
gained, and in reticulated grounds or
network we have a decided advance.
Upon this net the pattern was darned
in, and in France it was called laeis,
the nearest word we have to lace. After
these efforts came total emancipation
from all foundations, and the punto
in aria was an assured fact.
The first lace, it is thought, was made
with the needle (point), the pattern
being traced upon parchment or paper,
and the outlines marked by thread
caught now and then to the paper to
keep it in place. Upon this scaffolding
the slight superstructure was built, and
the method is still the same. Soon
afterward the bobbins came in as
factor, and the needle and the bobbin
remain to this day the only means en-
ployed to produce handmade lace. SO
that all of il resolves itself into the two
generic kinds-point, which is made by
the needle, and pillow, by the bobbins;
or there may be composite article
made by both.-Orlena i. Shackleford'
in Woman's Home Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
HnxN WeII He Knc~

"Are you sure you know exactly
where the nerve is, doctor?" anxiously
inquired the victim in the chair as the
dentist began to prepare the tooth for
filing.
"Oh, yes, madam" he replied. "Do
not give yourself a moments uneasi-
ness on that score"
Presently the instrument slipped and
the victim emitted q scream.
THAT was the nerve, madam" he
said.-N. Y. World.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
Pnrf of the Bluff.

"Why," she finally ventured to falter'
"do you look so sad when we are sitting
thus?"
Because" he answered, gazing ten
derly down into her troubled eyes, "a
man always looks sad when he holds Il
lovely hand"
She. was somewhat reassured, all
though she did not quite understands
Detroit Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
Raising Hogs on a Small Farm.

A great many farmers who own small
farm do not raise hogs, giving for their
reasons: I'VE do not raise enough corn
to feed them" 1t is to farmers situat-
ed in these circumstances that | wish
to direct few suggestions. There is
scarcely time in the year but pigs
that will weigh from 40 to go pounds
will sell at a good price to men who
make business of buying pigs and
feeding them. This gives the small
farmer a chance to raise the pigs and
sell them to the large farmer and
feeder. The first essential to sue
cess is to have good stock, and
the next is good care and feed
ing. Do not try to keep more
sows than can be properly cared
for, and aim to let each SOW raise two
litters a year, one litter in March and
then one in August or the very first of
September. If it can be SO arranged
let the sows have range of a clover
field. For feed there is nothing better
shan corn and oats, equal parts, ground
and soaked from one feed to the next.
When the pigs are about eight weeks
old take the SOW away from them, and
she will be ready to breed again in a
few days. The first 100 pounds of a
hog costs the least money, therefore
unless we have plenty of feed without
buying there can be more clear money
made by raising a larger number of
pigs and selling them at an earlier age.
1t is an old saying that: "The proof of
the pudding is in the eating thereof"
Try it and eport.-National Stock
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

The use Of the X rays has had
curious result in Paris. A painting, as
10 the authorship OF which there was
somedoubt, was photographed" ;" where
upon the artists name-Albert Durer-
was discovered beneath the accumulat-
ed dirt of many years, thus establish
ing the authenticity of the picture.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
She Knew.

Mr.. Justwed (chopping his egg IN
two)-My dear, don't you know the dii-
ference in cooking hard-boiled and SOFT
boiled eggs?
Mrs. Justwed-Why, certainly; hard,
boiled are cooked in hard water, ana
soft-boiled in soft water. Any greeny
OUGHT 70 know wthnt.--up-to-Date.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

Tie offspring ota bigamous marriage
contracted in Illinois. where il is void,
are held in Leonard VS.. Braswell (Ky.),
30 L. r. A. 7O7, to be entitled to inherit
lands in Kentucky where the parents
live by virtue Of the Kentucky statute
legitimating the issue Of the marriage.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
pcrhRnr They DO.

Smith-What's this through OF the
sen" we read about?
Jones--Oh. | guess that is what lhe
ocean greyhounds drink out of.0Chf
cnfnO News
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

In a newly designed hose nozzle two
outlet tubes are used, one to throw
full stream of water and the other
spray, with n valve TO turn the water to
either outlet.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

Sore backs ON horses are prevented
by new harness pad, which has pneu-
matte section inserted under the sol'
leather covering TO keep the pad trom
chatting,
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

Two New York men have invented
snow plow, the draft appliance OF when
is at the rear, so that the horses VIII
not pack the snow down before the
gcraper reaches IT,.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
a GREAT WASTE.

Tne Problem of UuIixing Prohtabiy the
Corn Fodder.
At the Georgia experiment station 1t
was found that where corn yielded 81
bushels to the acre the stalks. leaves
anG shucl1s weighed when dried 2,SoO
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
Patent Exttnguisher.

''Your wife seems to have a very SAN
Fuine disposition"
"Sanguine? Well, sir, she is the kind
Of woman who would expect TO put q
fire out by throwing watermelons at it,"
Detroit Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18
4 Trade Marning.

Butcher-'Ow is my daughter gettin'
on with 'er moosic, professor?
ProfessOr-Well, | am only teaching
her the scales at present.
Butcher Gndignantly)-Teachin' 'er
the scales, / don't want 'er to know
nothink about the scales. She amt
going to serve in the shop. i mean 'er
TO be a lady Teach 'er the pianner, or
I'll take 'er away from yer.-Scraps.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-18

The desire Of some men TO wobble
around in a big place rather than hll
small one accounts for many Of LIES
failures.-Chicago News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19

assured me that he had not played for
years. We were together four days. and
finally we reached the crossing of the
Denver trail, where we changed mules,
changed passengers and ate lunch Here
1 again asked my vis-a-vis, Mr.. Skeggs,
to play, and he reluctantly consented to
little game of draw while we waited for
the coach.
Il went to the conductor who gave me
$50 from my pouch, which was in his
keeping, and went out into the tall grass
with Mr.. Skeggs for that little game of
draw for which I was so anxious We
trampled down the grass, spread out our
handkerchiefs and Mr.. Skeggs drew from
his pocket a handsome new deck We
played several hands and l won them all.
l guess 1 was about $40 ahead when Mr..
Skeggs stroked his Whiskers slowly, then
arose and said I've only got a few dol
lars left, young man, and ] can't play any
more with you. You are too many for
me- 1 begged him to play just one more
hand, and he reluctantly consented to do
so. He dealt and gave me four kings and
a jack. I discarded and he gave me
queen. Then | Immediately jumped into
the game with a $50 gold piece Mr..
Skeggs thoughtfully looked over his hand,
and was about to give up, when he seem
ed to take more hopeful view of his hold
ing and put up another $40. l excitedly
covered 1t and put up my entire pile, win
nings and all. MIR. Skeggs saw me and
called me. 1 showed up my four kings
and queen and reached for that pretty
little pile, when Mr.. Skeggs calmly showed
four aces before me and said: Young
man, for once in my life 1 have held
good hand, and I'm a winner. But this
game is too uncertain for me, and | shall
never play again as long as l live
so saying, Mr.. skeggs arose, poured my
gold into his pocket and strolled toward
the coach. / also strolled. The conduc-
tor came to me and said: Lieutenant,
how much did you winT When l told him
that I had lost my entire fifty he smiled,
walked over to Skeggs then returned to
You're entirely TO fresh and want to play
poker entirely too much. That gentle
man over there is Bill Skeggs, the most
notorious gambler in this country. He
travels about over the various trails look
ing for suckers: and he generally catches
them, too ,oox ot rs see sassa
Il played no more poker on that trip.
learned that my fellow-pa passengers had
steadily refused to play poker during the
first four days because they all knew Bin
Skeggs and would not sit in a game with
him. But, as we rolled away over the
prairie toward Leavenworth, the gentle
men played poker nearly all the time, but
1 would not play with them for fear of
finding another Skeggs in their number.
One real good lesson is enough in that
country, if it is hammered into fellow
hard and deep enough"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19

eyes. He was laid low with a nervous af-
Fiction, and when he was ablesto be told
of it the doctors announced to him that he
was 10 go through life in the same condi-
ton as his employer His sight was gone
and never would be restored. But Mr..
Oechsley Is a man of iron will, and the
loss Of his sight while it was terribly de-
pressing, did not floor him. Finally Mr..
Oechsley was able 10 leave his room. He
was not rich, and the illness had made a
deep hole in his store Of savings. The old
problem of keeping the wolf from the door
was to be met once more.
The old store Mr.. Oechsley knew by
heart. He was at home there, even if he
could not see, and as the days went on he
realized that all was not gone. even If his
sight was lost. He found that he could tell
as Of old the differences that lie IN ma
terials.
His hands seemed 10 have been given an
extra share Of cunning, and In measure
became his sight He practiced and grew
more expert. His whole energy was thrown
into the work he had put himself to do,
and in a short time 1t was found that as a
buyer OF goods he was almost as good as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19

not be born another time after" The
majority of answers to the question, DO
you want to grow old?" were in the mega
tive. A well-to-do little boy of years
answered: Il should not like to grow old
because l should have no strength to
work, and might die of hunger" A little
girl OF said: mo, because should have
TO work hard for my children. to feed and
clothe them" Many girls feared to be-
come ugly saying: mo. because should
be without teeth" and mo, because I
should be ugly" or gray, or stopping. A
little girl said she would like to grow old
ana have grandchildren. A boy said
Yes, so that l might go to Paradise"
Another of 10 years said: YES, because
l should have finished almost all my wish
es. When asked How would you like
TO llVe?' most of the children were very
modest, and did not give way to fancy.
many poor children wished that they
might live ION broth and bread" ION
rice, ION polenta," or said: 81 don't
want to suffer cold and hunger" A child
OF o. boy, said: II should like to live
with my father and mother" Another
poor boy of 10 said: 81 should like to live
content in my own home, because then I
am happy. Another poor orphan boy of
~ said: Il should like to have enough
to live on, and go and be with my father
ana specially my mother of whom 1 am
eiN"SS tIiHhiilS. very rev expressed a
wish to live in a class superior to their
own; but boy of said: 81 should like
to live without working and be gentle
man. Another of 8 years replied: 1T
Should like to live well dressed, and have
hat and go out walking" A little girl
OF said: II should live like a lady
and never work, and always be served. .
TO the question, How would you like to
die2'' the answers frequently alluded to
family life. A boy of 6 said: ~ should
ike to die in bed with my mother" One
of 10 answered; IT should like to die at
~ years, with my parents by my side
one boy of IL would like to die with the
hope of finding my parents and brothers
ana sisters" A boyifof Is said: II should
like to die all alone leaving no brother or
any one else on earth" There were some
small boys who wished to die on the field
of battle, and others who did not wish to
grow old because they would have to serve
in the army. Two or three wished to die
and have "a fine funeral" One or two
were more religious. II should like to die
kneelng before Cod 81 should like to
die and go with the Lord and the angels of
Paradise, with my hands crossed ON my
bren "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
LIFE AND DEATH.
Examples of ChiIdren's Curious
Ideas About Mysteries.
From the London Daily News.

From the London Daily News.
The Rivista Italiana di Filosofia con-
tains an article by DR.. MarpilIero on chill
rens ideas of life and death, describing
how he questioned a number of young
children on these subjects at an element
airy school at Rovigo, and the answers he
received. We quote some of the most Gu
rious. In answering the question, what
is life?' the boys were much more bold
than the girls. Many children, boys, de-
fined life as "A spirit that runs away as
soon as we die" A boy Of 8 years philo-
sophically observed: Life is sea of
troubles, which one may cross well, or
with great unhappiness." A boy of 10
said: Life is a thing which is never ex-
tinguished'' Another: Life is a good
work to eat wen'' Another:
/" Life is an invisible thing.
which vanishes when it likes and never
returns" a little girl of 10 said; Our
life is a fluid" small girl of poor con-
dition, aged 8, said: Life is paradise"
A very general answer was, Life is beau
tiful,' or the opposite, Life is ugly" and
most of the children who thought life the
last were of well-to-do families. To the
question, What is death?" many replied
negatively. especially the BlfIS. very
few, and these only boys, noted the phe-
nomenon of death, and one gave as an
swer: Death is a pure spirit; the blood
dries up; one neither moves nor feels
Another boy of years gave an answer
bordering on popular superstition: death
is a thing that, when / die, pulls my feet"
Another boy of s had tinge of medical
knowledge and replied: death is when
one has more than AZ degrees of fever"
Another said: death is a thing that one
never sees again, never again. To the
question, Are you afraid OF dying?"
twenty-one children, all boys, gave no re-
ply; sixty-two, of whom seven We're girls,
replied negatively; all the others, that Is
a large majority, said Yes" A little
girl of 10, of well-to-do parents, gave the
answer 81 am not at all afraid
of dying, because l am tired Of living"
All the orphans replied in the following
sense: Il am not afraid of dying, be-
cause it is thing sent by God" A boy
of y replied: II am not afraid Of dying
because / am healthy and have no dis
ease" Another: Il am not afraid. be-
cause I am strong and healthy" A lit
tie girl of II said: 81 fear death be-
cause it might come at night and pull my
feet" Another little girl said II am
afraid of death because il seems that 1t is
my mother who is dead" "A girl of II.
who had evidently been told some ghastly
stories, replied: II am afraid OF death
because 1t Is so ugly, and one day Ber-
nard went to bury a dead person and 1t
got hold of Bernard and gave him a kiss"
Another boy of said: Il am afraid Of
dying because L could not play with my
sister any more" Another weil-to-do
boy said: II am afraid Of dying because
when one is dead one cannot see the men
gathering the harvest of grapes and so
many nice things" A little boy of an
many mic things" A little boy Of six an
swcred: Il fear death because / shall
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
Miss Mamie TeIford Combs.

Miss Mamie Telford Combs, better
known as Capt. Combs is the sensation
of the hour among military people, says
the Chicago Times-Herald. The present
age is not wanting in rude chivalry, nor
in sense of the gayly dramatic. Mad
am Sans Gene lives again Amerieanized,
and is added to the personnel of state
guard regiment in Missouri in the person
of Miss Combs.
When the Fourth regiment of Missouri
National Guards was camping in Carroll
ton last summer, Miss Combs, who was
visiting her sister with a number of girls
from various states, went daily into camp
Miss Combs took such an unfeigned in
terest in military affairs that she soon
found herself on a footing of camaradarie
with all the soldiers in camp. Her fav-
oritism, which was unusual, eliminated in
a suggestion to adopt her as daughter
of the regiment" Fearful perhaps of a
complication of relationship that might en-
sue if their daughter offered to be a sis
ter, etc, the boys begged that she be
given q rank on the grounds that only a
regiment of Missouri should be accorded
a daughtership. According Col Corby ac-
cepted her as a member of his staff, she
was designated captain and upon camp
breaking up she was duly commissioned
OF course, when she returned last fall
to her home in Lexington, accounts of
the "honors thrust upon her. by Missouri
were heralded abroad. Infected with the
fever of enthusiasm Kentucky, her adopt
ed state vested her with the same title,
and now she is commissioned captain by
both states.
Capt Combs was social lion last week
in Moberly. The Fourth regiment of Mis-
souri, was camping there and she was con-
spicuously the guest of honor at AL of its
entertainments. Col Corby CALAMITY ac-
corded her the proud distinction of the
day. Capt Combs, with coquettish Sc
verify. exacted the military salute without
exception from one and all of her subal-
terms. She is a handsome woman of COM
manding appearance, and I'm her dark blue
uniform which offsets to nicely her ex-
eeptionai blonde beauty, she could not fail
TO attract attention anywhere Doubtless
Miss Combs inherits her military instincts,
as she is a granddaughter of that charac-
ter well remembered In the history of Ken
lucky, Gen Combs.
Can't Combs Is wei known in Kansas
CITY, where on more than one occasion
she has been the guest of friends and rela-
tives. She may very emphatically claim
the priority of captainshp over any other
woman in the country, notwithstanding the
fact that Miss Ely was the first to march
into public notice as captain commissioned
by Tennessee's governor as a member Of
his official staff. Missouri is Miss Mamie
Combs native state. Her family unites
the bluest blood OF Kentucky and Mis-
souri--the Gilfords and the combs. At
present Capt. Combs resides in Lexington,
Ky. Ply