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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-10
Hurry for those
Reduced Shirt Waists,

ion can still find choice picking In that
splendid lot Of high-clnss Shirt Waists
we've resi,Itei- Superb qualities Of lawn
ciininbray- 'liInity-linen and sateen-have
dtta,habie collars-and the sleeves are very
popular this year These are last wears
shirt waists. but tie styles are almost
idrntiraly the same are being worn
this year. You couldn't pick 'em from
lot of this years creations unless YOU We're
an expert. And just think of the big
savings sl.25 to 81 Shirt Waists going at
SOC. to 81 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-10

The adult scalp-shoul be thoroughly washed Or
casionaily to remove the oily particies then apply
Hsl's Hair Remover to give the hair a natural
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Rotation Of Crops.

What is often spoken Of as worn out
land is land that has been run a long
time to one crop so that its capacity for
producing that particular crop is seri-
ously impaired, says Kansas Farmer.
In broader sense the land is not worn
out, for If turned over to the production
of crops of different character it read
lily manifests its old-time productive
ness. This creates the demand for crop
rotation, and the man who fails to recog-
nize this demand fails at the most vital
point in crop culture. There eau be no
doubt that every farmer in the coun-
try is continually suffering loss Of pro-
duction by reasen of its owners falling
short in coming up to this most rigid of
natures requirements. This law is alb
solute in its operation, and the farmer
is necessarily loser to the extent to
which he goes 10 infringing upon it.
But in order the more effectuslly to en-
force her dictum in such matters nature
has placed other obstacles in the way of
hose who ignorantly or wilfully ignore
Ter laws. Thus, for instance, the farmer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Pigs and Their Care.

To prevent disease among your hogs
quarantine all newly bought pigs or
hogs, until you know them to be free
from disease.
A hog in the torment of itching with
outyI THE pleasure of scratching seems
very uncomfortable. Set up post for
him to rub upon.
All grain fed to hogs should be per-
fectly sound. Heated or moldy corn
will cause intestinal worms and bring
on attacks of diarrhea.
Keeping swine around the home and
farm buildings, as you would house
dogs, is like trying to make farm hands
of tramps; they become unmitigated
nuisances, of no use to themselves nor
to anyone else.
Slop for hog feed at night should be
prepared in the morning, and that for
the morning feed should he prepared a,
night. 1t will become softened by be-
ing kept, and the temperature of the
feed will generally be better.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03

Feeding New Corn.

Much of the corn this year vii! be
soft 1t will be what farmers call new
corn until freezing dries out its surplus
moisture. Yet the hogs have to be fat
tened for slaughtering in December or
January, and there will have to be a
good deal of it fed out without drying
to COWS and other stock. american
CMtivator has the following to say on
The subject of feeding corn:
Probably the COW can get more good
out of soft corn than any other farm an
imal. She will bring it up and remasti-
cate it, insuring partial digestion if she
has not had an overlooking of corn, for
it must be remembered that all corn is
hard to digest, and whom it is full of
moisture it is more so than ever.
Grind the corn, even if into coarse
bits, and it is made much more easy to
digest. When fattening hogs are fed
fine corn meal, some Of it will 60 through
them undigested, but when new corn is
fed to stock the part that fails to digest
is much greater. 1t is very hard to
grind new. The moisture in it makes
the grain stick to the grinding appa-
ratus. But if some well dried oats,
corn or barley are mixed with the corn
not yet dried out it will grind much
better. When it is desired to grind
corn on the cob, the trouble is that the
cob breaks into large pieces, instead Of
being ground as it should But if whole
grain Of any kind is mixed with the ears
so as to fill the vacant spaces the cob
will grind perfectly. For feeding cows
and other horned cattle there is an ad-
vantage in grinding corn in the ear,
The ground cob makes the nutriment
less concentrated and it. digests better.
As new soft corn is usually fed to
hogs, great part of its nutrition is
wasted. 1t is so much harder to digest
than the same corn after it has dried,
that it is much better to feed sound corn
if it can be had and reserve the soft
corn until it dries out by freezing. There
is great shrinkage during this drying
out process, but there is more fatteniug
quality in the smaller quantity than
there is in the larger.
Germ is almost universally fed while
it is full of the juices Of the stalk and
cob. If the feeding Of the crop were
spread out during the whole winter, in
stead of being confined to fall and one
Of the winter months, the gain from
feeding it would be far greater than it
is. Much of the larger part of this sea,
sons corn crop will be fed to hogs. cat
tie and sheep between now and next
January or February at furthest. 1t is
done to hurry up the fattening, but ow-
ing to the indigestibility of new corn
much of it is wasted. The pork and
beef thus made are neither so palatable
nor SO healthy rs the same would be if
hogs and cattle were fed from their ear
liest period sufficient to keep them in
thrifty and growing condition. ltis the
common practice of wasting new corn
during the fall and winter months that
makes this impossible A small amount
of grain given while animals are at grass
in summer will produce far more flesh
and of better quality than much larger
quantity fed as wastefully as new corn
usually is.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Insanity in Horses.

Whether there are not some horses
that are actually insane is a subject
upon which opinions differ. On this
question an English writer says: have
little doubt but that in many cases where
the horse shows sudden, unaccountable
fits of i'll temper, vice or other demon
STATIONS of strange conduct, that the
cause is due to cerebral Affection
Horses may become temporarily insane
from certain forms of disease, such as,
among others, the Development of q
tumor on the brain Fits of uaaccount-
able vice may occasionally be the result
of organic changes in the brain matter,
as in man, and not to normal mental
disposition. was recently told Of
young foal which sometimes was subject
to demonstrations of strange conduct,
accom- panied at intervals by what ap-
peared fits or commissions. He was
found to be suffering from water on the
brain, otherwise hydrocephalus. He
was operated upon surgically with a
view to his relief. but even after he was
broken in and became "made horse"
he never afterwards was trustworthy
either under the saddle or in harness,
consequently the owner parted with
him. Singular to relate, both bis dam
and grahddam were queer animals, and
at various times were subject to stranSe
periodical alterations of conduct. In
the case Of the foal mentioned, there
is little doubt that be was the victim of
hereditary brain disease, productive of
temporary insanity. Such cases, l be-
lieve, are more frequent than is gener-
ally supposed. Horses are not always
responsible for their actions.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Caring for Seed Corn.

Probably no better place for the braids
of corn saved in the ear for next spring
seeding can be found than to hang them
beside the chimney, where the heat from
the stove or fireplace will protect them
from freezing until fully dry. About as
good place as this, and some think bet
ter, is in the smokehouse where the
hams and bacon are cured. But in either
case the braids should be visited often
to see that nothing gets at them The
squirrel is the worst enemy of sweet
corn, because he only digs out the chit
or germ of the very soundest and best
corn He will leave an entire corn cob
full of corn, more or less damp, and
feast on that which has been thoroughly
dried for sesd. The germ Of sound
dry corn has favor much like nut,
and it is very nutritious.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
BoS'0S VARrrrr SroRr

CHINA Department
Toilet Sets, Dinner Sets, Tea Sets,
Fancy Bric-a-B rac Ornaments, and Cut
Glass. Every piece worth at least dou-
BILE the price asked.
CUTLERY DEPARTMENT
Wade Il Butcher Razors, 75c. Rodgers,
Wostenholm, Wade & Butcher, Krusi-
us Bros, Grifon Razors, csc. "Hero"
Hair Clippers, Csc.
STATIONERY DEPARTMENT.
Everything in this line, and at prices
that defy competition.
Fishing Tackle.
A splendid assortment of Rods, Reels
Hooks, Bait Buckets, and everything
in that line at lowest rates.
Toilet Requisites.
Embracing the finest brands of Soaps.
Powders. Extracts. Shoe Polish. Toilet
Paper, &c, at popular prices.
Our Toy Department
Is kept up all the year round, and Won
will be sure to find the novelties as thew
come out
A call at this establishment will save
you money-every time.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Scorched Grain for Hens.

Where hens arc fed large amounts of
corn newly husked, and not thoroughly
dried, their digestive apparatus becomes
disordered. This is often remedied by
beating the corn to the point of scorch-
ing. Hens will eat this scorched corn
quite readily, and they will be better for
it. But partly burned oats, where the
bulls are burned off and only the black
ened grains are left, are even better
than scorched corn This is really the
best way to feed oats to hens. The
bulls make the food more bulky than is
best for them, as their crops are limited,
and the light. chaffy grain does not give
sufficient nutrition for the best egg pro-
duction AMERICA Cultiuator.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Facts for Farmers.

Undertaking permits the air and
warmth to penetrate to the roots of
plants.
Always use su ficient bedding in the
stables to absorb and save all of the
liquid manure.
When farmer buys thing that he
cen produce as cheaply, he is running
opposition to himself.
Common red clover and orchard grass
do well together, because they ripen at
about the same time.
Make, save and apply all of the ma
nure possible. 1t is the poorest Of ocon-
omy to allow manure to 60 to waste on
the farm and try commercial fertilizers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
Fighting Hog Lice.

We have within the last few days re-
ceived numerous complaints from farm
ers that their hogs, and especially pigs,
we're unusually lousy this year. A good
many farmers have wondered what was
the matter that the pigs became I'M
thrifty, and some of the pigs, and &C.
casionally an older one, have died ap-
pareutly from no other cause. An ex
animation shows that the unthrifty ones
are lousy beyond expression. and if any
of our readers have pigs of this kind
and will examine them, they will very
likely discover the same condition to
exist; plenty of lice on the unthrifty,
com paratively few on the thrifty
The hog louise is one of the largest
species of lice known to infect domestic
animals, full grown individuals, accord
ing to Prof. Osborn, sometimes meas
uring a quarter Of an inch or more in
length, all gray colored with the margin
of the head and most of the abdomen
black. The eggs are light yellow, or
dusky whitish. in color, and taper slight
" to the point of attachment. They
are attached usually near the base of
the hairs
The best ranedy we have ever heard
of for small pigs is to dip them in a to-
bacco dip Some farmers prefer kero-
seue oil and water in the proportion of
one to four, pick the pigs up and dip
them in it up to the ears. A second
dipping few days afterwards may be
necessary to get rid of the nits at the
time of the first dipping Another
method is to mix kerosene and lard and
apply it to the older hogs. and especial
ly to the parts behind the ears inside
the thighs, aud wherever else the YER
min can harbor. A probable reason
why they are SO plentiful this year is on
account of the wetness of the season,
which prevents hogs from getting to
fine dust.
Dust, ashes and powdered charcoal
applied to the neck and back Of the an
imal will generally do the business In
one way or another the farmer should
take action at once to free his herd from
these pests. There is no good that can
possibly come from harboring lot of
vermin like this 90 the hogs Corn is
cheap, but it is entirely too dear to feed
lot of lice. II is barely possible that
some cases supposed to be cholera in
little pigs is nothing but lice, the lice
reducing the thrift Of the animal and
making it prey to whatever diseases
may come along that have outward
symptoms that may be mistaken for the
genuine cholera -Raral World
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
who runs his fields long to corn invites

who runs his fields long to corn invites
serious trouble with the corn root louise !;
the chinch bug suggests that the farmer
had better put corn where the small
grain was before. The cut worm is an
evil of the same sort, and so we might
mention score of such warnings to the
farmer which say, you can 60 thus far
but no farther. Many Of the weed pests
are to be classed in the same list. If
the farmer will keep them in a state of
subjugation so that crop raising is profit
able he must continually change his
crops from one Geld to another. 1t
would seem a simple lesson to learn, but
q host Of farmers fail to act upon it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03

The avidity with which laying hens
will eat crushed eggs shells shows how
necessary they are in the hens economy
for egg production. There is no better
way to supply lime required for egg
shells than this. The shells in the giz
card also act as grit. enabling it to
digest food The only care in feeding
is to crush the shell thoroughly, so that
its likeness to the egg may not be seen
Where egg shells are thrown out with
out boing crushed, the fowls soon learn
the habit of picking at the shells on
eggs. and from this they quickly be-
come egg-eaters, habit which, when
once formed. is never forgotten -Da-
kota Field and Farm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
The Outlet OF Drains.

No portion of system of drainage
demands more careful consideration
than the outlet. 1t is, of course essen
tial that it should be enough lower than
any portion of the lands that are to be
drained by it to admit of sufficient fall
for the passage of wafer from the heads
Of its most distant tributaries. Yet it
must be high enough above the level of
whatever water it empties into to pre-
vent danger of its being OVerflowed and
the drainage water damned back in the
pipes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-03
R1ATTINGS TAKE a D1<
1000 Rolls. 40 Different Patterns.

Bought
TO
the next days
200 rolls of excellent China mating variety patterns 40 yards the
roll 81 81
100 pieces fine seamless China mating variety patterns and 100
fine Japanese doubledyed coywoven seamless mating
worth $40 per be per So o.
200 pieces fine white mating seamless China mating
patterns, fine inlad matngs variety
patterns, fully $l2 per roll, $685.. IS o.
Special SO fancy patterns
Cannot duplicated elsewhere under $40 per Only 81
duplicated $40 per roll for' IS
so pieces of choice Japanese Toxic mating
superb closely quality and very patterns Fully
worth $50 roll During this sale rolls 80 yd will be sold
No such mating opportunity people
gomery No this price when these sold.
NAV g.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-20
"BEINa HUMAN

In q recent magazine article, son
Being Human" Professor Woodrow
Wilson considers some Of the general
problems Of modern society with an
eye for its cheerful aspects rather than
those that are discouraging. Discon-
tent is in q great measure a useless
state of mind in the face Of our every
day duties. 10 make the most OF u
breathless, ca%re-ridden, but not wholly
fruitless modern existence is manifestly
the one practical thing to do. There
Is always left to the most storm tossed
hulk OF a human being the consolation
Of his own nature.
Professor Wilson endeavors to show
how the modern man Ignores bis own
nature-denies himself the luxury and
salvation Of "being human" "Being
human" is a phrase easily misunder.
stood as applying solely to the grati6-
cation of the senses, the giving Of q lax
rein to our Impulse Being human
in the meaning Of Professor
Wilson is a humanness OF
mind 49, the possession of a warm,
catholic responsiveness to the motives
and activities of the times in which we
live. Spscialisn, the narrow groove
Of our private ends and aims, the me-
cessity of living in the basement rather
than on the roof-top where a mans
horizon is not hat of his own four
walls, the claim Of single things Q
that of many-all this tends to make
the nineteenth century liver less human
than he should be.
"Once it was q simple enough mat
ter to be a human being" says Pro-
fessor Wilson. Now one has to make
an effort to escape being a machine en-
ire, for the complexities and CROSS
FL c.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-20

hood cast to the tore winds, Of the
marriage vows broken, Of children and
mothers left as paupers of cofins filed
before their time. HowP By the de-
mon drink. A. fond mothers tears OF
anguish ana sorrow,a good old fathers
woe and pain; a dear s~lster's blush OF
shame, or a brothers. deep grief, what
are they to the drunkardP So that he
satisfy his beastly appetite for strong
drink! Alb fathers, mothers, brothers
and sisters. II you have any such
among you, from my heart Of hearts
l vain would pity you, for a
greater calamity cannot hefell a Chris
tian family than to see one of Its loved
members a prey to strong drink. But
why have we d%runkardsP Some say 1t
is because OF the saloon and barrooms
aud consequently liquor traffic should
not be legalized. Others say it is the
result of poverty f; Of lack OF sociable
surroundings for the wage Garner; of
misfortune, i'll health, or i'll luck, etc.
Each OF these explanations, no doubt,
bears moro or less reason.
The stern fact stares us Ia the face
that the terrible drink habit Is found In
SO many forms and phases, that it is as
difficult to present a universal aus
for its existence as 1t is to offer a uni.
versal panacea for its cure or eradica-
ton. Like many another un welcome
heirloom, legaIized liquo.-selling,
comes TO us from merry England,
dating from the time Of Charles III.
| Christian men and women OF every
age since, have protested with more or
less success. To-day the noble women
OF the w. @. T. u, are battling for the
same cause that gave old ireland n
Father Matthew fifty years ago,and the
Catholic church, the Father Metthew
famous Temperance associations, that
have reclaimed thousands from strong
drink, not only in Great Britain and the
United States, but also wherever the
English tongue is spoken. Only the
other day, as it were, we beheld vast
majorities of earnest Christian Amer
leans in the great states of Maine, Iowa
and Kansas enacting through theiI
legislatures, stringent prohibltve laws,
not only against the sale, but even the
manufacture of intoxicating drink.
We know the result and how long these
laws remained effective. Now have
we no law or counsel. left us in this
matterP Yes, my dear friends, there
is the law OF q correct conscience and
of the gospel. There is the counsel OF
every good mother and father; the in
fuence of every wife, brother and
sister.
r no nnnfinued
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-20
CAPITAL CITY CHATTER.
Some Timely and Interesting Notes
Mailed "Tbe Optic" From
Santa Fe.

Special Correspondence of The Optic.
SANTA FEE, N. M, October 18th,
1S97.-The published announcement
that Editor Sousa, Of the Socorro Star,
Spanish, Is to edit El Nueoo Mmdo,
at Albuquerque, is incorrect. Frank
De Thoma leaves Santa Fe, in a few
days, to assume charge Of EI MWndo,
he having been recently engaged for
the place by Don Jesus Garcia, the well
known Albuquerque politician. Senior
Ds Thoma is an able and brilliant
writer and a faithful student Of the
great questions OF the day. For a short
time, recently, he had charge OF the
Spanish edition Of the NeW Me1ican,
but proved quite too aggressive for that
weakling.
Hon. l.. A.. Hughes and famil are
really coming back from Denver to once
more reside In ye capital. Mr. Hughes
has leased the spacious q Iintana man.
otbuy ntCu 10 outlOuudtO ny OaC vi tIC
finest orchards in New Mexico.
Judge Francis Downs, department
commard der, q. A. r., is Sery i'll at st.
| Vincent sanitarium. His friends are
giving him every possible kindly treat
ment. Capt. Smith Simpson, the
horny-handed .'bishop" Of Taos, came
down, yesterday, specially to see him,
and his visit has been worth the atten-
ton of half a dozen sad faced doctors.
M. P. Moore (''Bud'), travelling
deputy under Collector Shannon, has
been app )inted by Collector A l.. Nor.
rison as resident deputy in Arizona
with headquarters at Phoenix. It's a
iue sit and Buds friends all send him
congratulations. Mrs. Moore, a super.
Tor woman, by the way. leaves here
Saturday night to j,in him. Judge
Morrison was very anxious to put his
son John in at Phoenix, but the
department wouldn't stand it. II
ia said here that Editor
Loomis, of the Silver City Eagle,
former chief clerk for Shannon, is MOI
to quit, but is to take Mr.. Moore's
place as travelling deputy in New
Mexico.
F E. Tumble, Of Tres Piedras, A
J. Heyer and Fred w. Rogers, Of Mil
waukee, Wis, to-day chartered the
Nav Mexico gold and copper mining
company, with a capital of ~, 500, 900
They will extensively operate proper.
ties west OF Hopewell, in Rio Arribs
county. Mr.. Rogers recently lookeo
over the ground, and upon ascertaining
that it WAS no .'ou a graut." said ht
had back OF him all the capital neees.
sary to make it a big success. TIP.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-10-20

THIS paper is told that not many
years ago a federal judge in New
Mexico reprimanded a jury severely
for bringing in a verdict of "not
guilty" In a case whore there were
stacks OF evidence as to the guilt Of the
parties. But the evidence counted for
little. The services Of an sable law
yer' were procured, and he SO dis
torted the vision Of the jurors that they
saw the accused as abused angels,
rather than cowardly sneak-thieves,
as the fellows really were. So the
guilty went free the suffering citizen
was again at the mercy of the thieves
who robbed him, and who stood ready
to cut his throat il they got a chance
but the sable lawyer" who cleared
the s%coundrels, strutted around and
Dragged OF his Importance.