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REUNIONS.

Meetings and Other Matters Pertaining to
Various Organizations.
MASSACHUSETTS.
The 11th Mass. Light Battery held its 34th
ANIMAL Reunion at the Quincy House. in Boston,
Jan 4. Several letters from absent members were
read by the Secretary. These officers were
elected for the ensuing yesr: Pres, Walter A.
Wentworth; V.-P's., w. b. Lottredge aud w. F.
Hall Sec. J. A. Plimpton; Treas, G. J. Rob
erts.
Luther W. Bixby, Secretary. 2S17 Washing
ton street, Boston: Reunion 43d Mass. at Ameri.
can House. Boston, Feb. %.
NEW YORK.
Comrade Bernard League. Ohio Soldiers and
Sailors Home Erie Co.. O., wishes to know
when and where the next annual Reunion Of
10th n. Y. will be held.
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1t is often jokingiy said by parents when
their children's faces are pimpled, 1T is the
badness breaking out" That is just what
it is-blood badness. But that is not the
proper outlet for such impurities. DIR.
PETERS BLOOD VITALIZER will work them
off IN natures channels. It has reputa-
ton extending over one hundred years as .
blood-cleansing remedy. Full particulars
by mail. Address DR.. P. Fahrney, 112-114
S. Hoyne Ave-, Chicago, III.
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Michigan Ladies of the GAR.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In looking
over your paper i see no mention of the Ladies
of the GAR. of Michigan. We now have
seven Circles in the State, and have State
Department that will meet this year in Cass
City. On account of the strength of the Relief
Corps. it has been hard getting Circles started.
We are gaining ground slowly but surely.
This Order has come to stay, and We expect ia
is great future for the Ladies OF the GAR
] send greetings TO the sisters Of Nebraska and
wish them Godspeed in the noble work
ELLEN NJ. ALPIE, President, Dewitt Circle, 4
Csss City Mich.
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SONS OF VETERANS.
News from Various DiVisions---Elec'
ton Of Officers. etc.
SAMUEL H. JACOBSON.

Sketch Of Washington Brother Who Is
Working for tho Recognition OF the sons
of Veterans.
Brother Samuel II. Jacobson. Past Captain
of Fremont Camp. 33. Division Of Mary land,
located at Washington, d. G., is advocating
closer union between the Sons of Veterans and
the Grand Army of tho Republic. His letter
published in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE some
weeks ago has attracted much attention among
members of both Orders, and brought forth
many favorable responses.
Capt. jacobson came to Washington in 1879.
his home having previously been in the grand
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society of the Burnside Expeditlon

The 35th Anniversary Reunion of the capture
of Roanoke Island by the Burnside Expedi-
ton" under command of Gen. A. E. Burnside,
will be celebrated at the Hotel Manhattan, New
York City. Monday evening, Feb. 8. The So
ciety of the Roanoke Associates includes every
comrade who took part in the Burnside Ex.
petition" Members of the Ninth Corps are
also invited. Louis l. Robbins. 65 Cotton Elk.
change. New York City, is Secretary of the
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New jersey Ladies', Aid society.

Ladies' Aid Society g. Division of New Jer.
sey, located at Paterson. has chosen these off.
GERS: Pres, Miss Theresa A. Mcbride: v. p.
Miss Jennie n. Mcbride. Trustees, Miss Ada
Hines, Mrs. Mary A. Hyatt and Miss Fannie
Magill. Chap, Mrs. Celeste NJ. Senior; Treas.
Miss Ella Burns; Sec. Miss Ada Hines; Guide.
Miss Mary Donaldson; /. G., Miss Mary Kith.
cart; o. g. Miss Mary Hartman; Judge. Advo-
cate George w. Poilitt
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Maj. Lsavitt Camp. of North Turner, de-,
recently called q meeting of wives, sisters and
mothers of Sons Of Veterans for the purpose of
organizing an L. A. s. Tho following officers
we're chosen: Pres. Mrs. o. I. Pratt; v. p,
Mrs. G. l. Michel Chap. Miss Eta Conant;
Sec., Mrs. II. g. Harlow: Treas, Miss Alice
Conant; Guide, Mrs. J. c. Stsrbird I. g., Mrs.
II. w. S. Colman; o. G.. Mrs. II. ]. Mason
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Naval veterana

Essex Association, OF Salem, Mass, has elect.
ed these officers: Commodore, William Swasey
Sec, Austin Quinby; Surg, Frank Williams
Boatswaip, James Wilkins.
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walton Command, U.y.U.

A. ]. Walton Command. 46, of Bay City.
Mich, has chosen these officers for 1897: Col,
II. c. Green; Lieut.-Col., j. p. Day; Maj. 8.
Mastsn; Chap. Joseph Stone; Surg. J. c. Not
tinesam; O. d., N. Dawson; Adj't, w. H. II.
Plat; @. H., S. c. Smith; o. G., II. Russell
Sentinel, J. p. Chase.
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nDon't Tobacco-Spit or smoke Your Lat
Away"

Away"
Name of the little book just received tells
about Notebac the wonderful, harmless. eco.
nomical cure for chewing, smoking cgaret, or
snuff habit. You run no physical or financial
risk. for Nets5ac is absolutely guaranteed =
cure or money refunded. Your druggists got
IL or will get IL. Write for the book-mailod
free. TIE STERLING REMEDY Co., Box 3 In
diana Mineral SPRING. Ind Agents wanted,
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and s. OF v. $lO6.10.
Department Inspector Millie Shufelt highly
compliments Corps Z, small in numbers ont
great in good works. Corps 8. Canton, OF
which she is President, have organized Sew
ing Society for sociability, besides working for
the poor. plan she commends to other Corps;
Owing to the absence Of the President OF
Corps AZ. Chamberlain, Senior Vice. President
Matte Krahn has discharged the duties Of the
Office most of the year, and is greatly COM
mended by Inez N. Owen. Corps Correspond
emit. Corps A rejoiccs in the proceeds OF q sue
cessful fair, and is planning for an active new
year in patriotism and relief.
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Massachusetts,.

John Bagley, jr., Co. B, 29th Me-, Lowell,
Mass, enlisted at Is, and served two years
and seven months. He fayors pension al
So month, with one cent day for every
day over 80.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

building, and though it is regarded as
more or less on probation the utmost
confidence in its success is expressed.
The work has attracted much attention
among friends of good roads all over
the country.
The brick road came by way of evolu-
ton. When hard bodybuilding began
in the township four years ago it was
decided to eXpend the money on hand in
an experimental way. Monmouth
township has long been a sufferer from
bad roads. In winter the town had
often been completely blockaded by
mud too deep for wagons. Even with
in the town itself the streets were so
poor that at times the "bus" lines were
obliged to suspend business and bag
gage. Mail and baggage were carried
to the railroad station on wheelbar
rows. The first road was completed
during the summer of 1892. Two others
were laid during the two years follow
ing. All were of broken stone, laid
with increasing excellence as expert
ence pointed out the weak points of the
first constructions. This year it was
determined to try the wearing qualities
of brick in place of broken stone. The
manner in which the roadway was laid
IS described as follows in the Monmouth
Daily Review:
The ground was prepared for it by
grading and being allowed to stand for
two months. 1t was treated to an oc
casional scraping so that it would pack
evenly, and when the contractors were
ready to lay brick it was as hard and
even as floor.
The first thing was setting the curb
ing. This was made of 2X6 inch oak
plank, set seven feet apart. and held
by oak stakes Is inches long, and put
down every four feet. Inside this was
put a five-inch bed of sand. This was
evened up and the single course of No.
i paving brick was put down. They
were set on edge, and make a fine road
bed. Outside the curb two feet of the
crushed rock was laid, graded up to
make an easy approach. This makes
road IL feet wide. The earth on each
side was graded and worked, making
it all 40 feet wide and affording tracks
on each side for use in dry weather.
The average cost of the stone roads
has been 20 cents per foot. The brick
road cost $500 for 5000 feet, or about
80 cents a running foot.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
PoRIARLE MANAGERS.

A Splendid Thing Where Cattle Are Kept
In Shielded Yards.
During several winters, when out in
institute work, I have occasionally Wis
tied the farms of large cattle feeders,
and have noted their different methods
of sheltering, feeding and managing.
I have been favorably impressed
with the plan of yard with
movable managers and sheds along
the leaders for shelter and pro-
lection from rain and winds, and with
dehorned cattle land I would feed no
others) the cattle can be kept comfort
able at a far less expense than to build
barns for them, and also fed with less
labor. The plan is to build sheds at
right angles to each other, to take the
place of 4 fence on the north and west
sides of the feed lot, and on the east
side make a high board fence. The
sheds should be made 10 or IL feet wide,
and yard for 40 steers should be about
100 feet square. The sheds are for shell
ter in stormy weather, and to sleep
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FACTS FROM FLORIDA.
Poor Roads the Equivalent of a Tax of
Ten Dollars Per Acre.

Poor Roads the Equivalent of Tax of
Ten Dollars Per Acre.
CuItivating ten acres, eight miles
from the station, / buy two tons of fer
tiIizer for $40. This quantity makes
eight loads for one horse, and six hours
are required for trip. The time of
myself and horse is worth 60 cents per
load L make 500 crates of vegetables,
which require IL trips to get them to
the station, at a cost of $42.6 On hard
roads could haul my $40 worth of fer
tilizer in four trips of four hours each,
ut a cost of SLIGO. 1 could haul my 500
crates of yegeta hles in IS trips of four
hours each. at cost of $14. On the sand
roads one horse is required IL days to
ship my crop, which is a longer time
than the shipping season, hence 1 am
compelled to keep two horses during
tire year. or hire from my neighbors
during a busy time. The cost of keep
l. e the second horse may be safely esti-
mated at $25. So much of my time is
used in my trips to town that during
three months of the year I am COM
PEELED to hire an extra hand, which
costs me about S45. The foregoing
items will suffice to show that bad
roads cost ON my ten-acre crop S1O1 so,
being a tax of over $40 per acre.-Cor.
Leesburg (Fla.) Commercial.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

The COW likes a variety of food; graf
fly her as often as you can.
No butter-maker, however expert.
can make good butter out of poor
cream.
An expert says that popular taste
does not require as much salt in butter
as formerly.
Scrub" cows average not more than
100 to 125 pounds of butter per year.
Double this yield
When the creams of different cows
arc mixed together great care should be
taken to see that the whole is thorough
ly mixed and ripened.
This is the time of year when cows
teats become cracked and sore. Much
trouble may be avoided, by seeing that
the teats are thoroughly dried imme-
distely after milking. If they become
cracked, use carbolized sweet oil-Col
mans Rural World.
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ABOUT CASTOR BEANS.


Splendid Crop Raise on Light Bus
Fertile soil
The cultivation of castor DEANS does
not differ materially from that of corn
In country where the seasons ars
short the richest ground is not desir-
able as it has a tendency to make too
much stalk; therefore on good, rich
soil. where there is no fear of chincs.
bugs. il is not the most desirable crop
But upon light soil, where fertility
must be fostered, it is splendid crop
to raise, as it withstands dry weather
and is not at all disturbed by chinch
bugs After the ground has become
warm in the spring, as early as possible.
to avoid all. danger of frost, after the
beans have sprouted, plant and cuiti-
vate in hills same as corn. When the
first pods have matured, select a dry
piece of ground, 80 to 60 feet square.
according to the size of the crop, fully
exposed to the sun, and where no water
Will stand in any event Scrape il per
fectly level and bare of all grass or
weeds. Surround it with two-foot
boards, cheap muslin, or anything tn
keep beans from popping out of the
inclosure. The favorite way to cut is
to have .one-horse sled with a box
thereon as large as will slide between
the rows where the stalks are not too
high. A two-horse wagon is sometimes
used. as in gathering corn. The stems
are cut as the pods mature and are first
piled upon the yard until they have
dried and commenced to pop; they are
then spread thinly over the ground.
If there is room on the yard they may
be spread at once, where they are al
lowed to lie until they have fully
Popped. They are then scraped up
and cleaned with ordinary tanning
mill. They pop with considerable force.
and but for the Enclosure great many
would be lost When the weather is
fine they must be cut every second or
third day. When they are first piled
upon the yard rain does not injure
them. but after they have popped rain
blackens them and Injuries their SALE
Boards or tarpaulins must be at hand,
and in the event of rain they must
be swept in piles and covered, and when
the ground has dried they may be re-
spread. Ordinarily they yield from
12 to 1s bushels per acre. After y
heavy frost. while there will be good
many yet uncut, they are of little value
Very little capital. or machinery. with
constant easy work is required. and the
crop possesses numerous advantages in
many localities.-C. P. Cooper, in Prai-
rie Farmer.
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A PORTABLE MANGER.

under at night, but there should be feed
boxes in which nc give salt, and where
ear corn or ground feed can be fed if
desired. The feed boxes should be at
the back part of the shed and fastened
securely three feet from the ground.
The feed lot should be located on dry
solid ground, and must be furnished
with good water troughs or tanks. and
around these there should be a foot of
broken stone and gravel, so that in the
worst weather it would not get muddy
but if in a locality where stone and
gravel cannot be had a plank floor can
take its place. The yard must not be
allowed to become mudhole, but be
kept covered with straw and the fodder
waste so as to keep the stock out of the
mud. 1t is advisable to have a lot adj
joining inclosed with secure fence in
to which the cattle can be driven if de-
sirable while putting their feed in the
boxes or managers. Most cattle are fed
shock corn, and when this is the case
they are fed in portable managers made
6 feet wide and IL or II feet long. They
must be made strong, and there should
be corner posts inches square, and one
post in the middle of each side, making
six in all. Cross pieces 2X4 of strong,
hard wood, preferably oak, should be
bolted to the posts to hold them to-
gether and support the floor of the man
gers, and the floor should be two feet
above the ground, so that the hogs that
follow the cattle can get under them to
get the waste corn. and the posts should
be 8 feet and inches high SO that the
hogs cannot jump into the managers and
to give sufficient depth to hold the fodder
corn. The waste from the fodder will
soon accumulate around these managers
SO as to keep the cattle clean. Six de-
horned steers, or often eight, will eat
from one of these managers. but 1 would
advise that one be provided for each six
steers. If it is desirable at any time to
move the managers low sled can be
placed beside it and two men can tip
the manager over on the sled and take it
where it is wanted. The managers
must be so arranged as to give plenty of
room to pass between them with the
wagon and turn the team and pass out.
The managers should stand far enough
apart SO that cattle can stand and eat
out of either side or end of any one of
them and not interfere with those at
the adjoining managers.
The value of the corn for hogs is esti-
mated by experienced cattle feeders
to be on an average half as much as it
would be if fed to the hogs direct in
stead of to the cattle, and there have
been cases where the hogs have made
unusual gains, and pork has advanced
in price during the period of feeding,
that the gain en- the hogs has paid the
entire cost of the feed. Another adj
vantage of feeding out the corn crop is
that large quantities of very rich
manure will be produced, which will in
crease the fertility of the farm. 1 met
farmers at the institutes during the last
winter who said that they had more
than doubled the productive capacity
of their farms by feeding cattle for
series of years. The illustration shows
one of the feed managers. = Waldo H.
Brown, in n. Y. Tribune.
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is cut upward sufficiently long to cross
over the crown of the branch to ha
grated, half an inch of it being bent
to be slipped under the bark on the
opposite side of the branch. This
method of grating can he applied
to trees having branches about an inch
in diameter, rather less than more.
II preparing the stock branch the one
to be operated on ought to be severed
rather close to the main branch, only
leaving about two inches. The cuts
must, of course, be made to correspond
as nearly as possible with those on the
scion; or this method can be applied to
young trees as stocks where they are
too large for splice grating. This
method of grating gives stability to
the work and the gratis are not so
liable to be blown out as in some Others
The system is much appreciated in
Shropshire by amateurs who have time
on hand for the work, and has proved
very successful. Probably many per-
sons do not practice it on account of it1
requiring more time TO prepare the
scions, and also the stocks, than older
styles, but in my opinion it only re-
Guires little practice and patience to
become expert in the work.
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HOMEMADE WATER HEATER.

square opening in the partition is tight
~ fitted galvanized iron box, the wa
ter flowing freely out into this iron box.
Under this iron box small oil stove
is placed, admission being had by
means of 4 small door in the front of the
trough. With tight cover the water
IL the trough can have the chill re-
moved very easily. 1t is especially i'm
portant to have the iron box as low
down in the trough as possible, SO that
the water at the bottom of the trough
may be warmed, as well as that at the
top. If possible, then, let the end COM
partment extend below the main body
of the trough, SO that the iron box may
open into the lower part of the trough.
AS the water is heated, it will rise, and
the colder water from the bottom will
be drawn in, to be heated in its turn
Orange Judd Farmer.
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SMALL FRUIT CULTURE.
Famous wisconsin Man Asks ''Who Should
Grow Berries?"

Famous Wisconsin man ASKS - p" NO ShOuio
Grow Berries?"
That is the question asked by M. A.
Thayer, the famous berry raiser of
Sparta, Wis, and by him answered. as
follows:
First of all, farmers everywhere, for
family use Farmers must grow ber-
ries or do without. No one can grow
them so cheaply as he. They may be
produced ready for picking, at two
cents per quart. The farmer saves cost
of picking, packing, boxing, Grating.
freight, express and profits of growers
He gets them at first cost, fresh from
the vines, and to the extent of his own
family has the best market in the
world-a home market. He can select
the best land and location on his own
farm, and is sure of profit with half a
crop.
Farmers can never have ideal homes
without the fruit garden. 1t teaches
the lessons of intensified farming, and
results in better tillage, larger crops.
better stock and improved methods i'll
every way. Good gardens and poor
farms never keep company long.
The growing of berries for family use
is easily done. The growing of Der
RES largely, and selling them in good
IudIkeG, COHSIoSiuoIC SlAlli ttuo
q special business tact. Only those
who have good location. good market
and a taste for the business should at
tempt it. Many small farmers SO stu
nted are making a success by COM
mencing moderately and increasing
acreage from season to season as eX-
perience warrants.
Berries should be grown by owners
of all village homes, and acreage prop
erty in city and village may be prof
itably used for that purpose.
The market gardener selling his OWE
products can often make an acre or tive
of berries very profitable. They are
suitable companions for their vegetable
friends. and sell well together.
The business or professional man. al
most broken with care. may recover
health and strength in the pleasant
walk of horticulture. 1t is restful to
10th mind and body.
Many women dependent on their OWL.
efforts are securing substantial aid
from their gardens; berries and flowers
thrive best under the gentle touch of
women.
Many a bright boy may receive his
first incentive to business and earn his
first money by growing berries or veg
etables. Give them patch of ground
and encourage them in this work
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Marketin- Not Easy.

After the care of the COWS and the
making of butter have been mastered
the marketing of the produce proves a
stumbling block to 4 great many o.
our dairymen. 1t is sad, but it is true.
that the average dairyman exercises
little or no business faculty in the
marketing of his product. Too many
persons seem to think that their
parents and grandparents MIXED cows
and made butter, and took it to the
grocery store, where it was dumped
into barrel with the good, bad and
indiffeaapf.f, 1t viii be seen at once how
grocer enthusiastically small and how
and tftely innocnoas is the daily por-
lnarke this 1000 tons of mud Swallowed
-6v ION doners, and how little cause
there is for alarm in the array of figures
piled up by the scientific investigator.
who may brighten weak-minded people,
but they do not in the slightest degree
affect the ordinary man. or excite IN
| him any feeling whatever. save ind1t1
ference.--London Standard.
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS
THE FORCE OF EXAMPLE.

-Therer.. said Brown. with a shake of his
head,
1--WE painted the house and the barn and
shed,
The fence has been fixed and the lawns
been moved,
But 1 do wish the town would fix up that
road.
IT'S shame I call it, just plain and fiat.
That we have to drive over roads like that.
I'll wait no longer: I'll start to-day
And fix my part of it, anyway.
Now, Brown was one of those fellows who.
When they start thing. just rush it
through"
And a week two after. as Neighbor
Jones
Was driving home with his pair of roans.
Browns road was dry. while his own, next
door,
Was mud to the depth of a foot or more.
s.By George" said Jones. 'I'Il let Brown
That can build roads well as he
Now, Neighbor Smith, who lived below,
Saw Jones repairing his road. and SO
He fixed up his, to be Tin the game
And Neighbor Robinson did the same:
And soon every householder in town
Was trying his best to beat out Brown.
And now when the town committee meets
To talk of the roads. they call them
Streets
The moral this tale to the reader brings
Applies to roads and to other things
Reforms. like snowballs. will keep on
growing
If somebody only sets them going.
Good Roads.