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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09
Agriculture.

The trades growing out of agricul-
ture are of immense financial i'm
portance, and no better than farm
bred timber can be had to supply
their ranks. A boy familiar with
domestic and farm animals makes
the successful butcher and stock
trader. To dairyman's son the art
lof handling and treating milkf in
manufacture ought to be an easy
acquisition. "a.
In the State of Michigan alone 1T
is estimated that because of smut
the annual loss to the grain crop
amounts to one million dollars.
The station of that State contends
that this loss could be almost
wholly prevented by the Jansen
method of soaking grain for 10 min
utes in water at from 100 to 40 de-
grees before planting. This would
cause a great saving if pursued
throughout the whole country.
The work done by agricultural
newspapers, farmers institutes and
meetings for the discussion of topics
relating to husbandry is intellectually
great. Through no other means has
it been possible to so quickly, cheap
ly and effectually disseminate infor-
nation or excite interest among a
large number of farmers
Have two shares to each pillow
and you will then have to neither
stop work in order to go to the
blacksmith nor have to continue
using dull tool. Extra expensei
You will save more than the cost of
the extra share every season. q
Although land may be used mere
ly for pasture, do not let it go un
drained. Drained land will keep {
thicker soil and grow better grass
and more of it than that which has
not been drained. Wet, heavy lane
makes rank growth of grass, which
is scant in nutritive qualities.
Wood ashes should be carefully
preserved during the winter, anC
kept from teaching. Every farmer
pile of ashes, mixed with an eqGa
bulk of bone meal, AID applied a
the rate of 500 pounds to the acre
would make at least an acre or tw,
eXcellently enriched for corn.
There are plenty of farmers-gocC
men, too, socially and morally-Twh,
are so loose in their business .rela
UlOIlS anu ldTUl management, Una
they are always generation benin,
the times. On the other hand
young husbandmen have started Il
life with nothing but ambition an
determination, and made a fortune
Farming requires brains and a con
slant use of them.
1t twill pay any farmer to rea
about his business, for no matte
how experienced he may be, ther
are many things he will never lear
from his own ventures. Especial
in such work as dairying is readin
beneficial, because there are S
many problems to work which RI
quire scientific attachments, an
which many farmers can hear {
only through constant reading.
In whatever sphere of life on
may be, the value of an education
priceless. If the man is tilling tn
soil for a living and an incom,
learning will raise him better crop
and enable him to sell at bette
prices than if he had to depend upo
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09
Stock.

In majority of cases, however
good may be the clover patch which
the farmer has for his hogs, it will
pay to buy supply of ship stuff to
feed with it. This for the sake of
variety and for the good of the pas
ture.
When the full value of sweet food
for pigs is appreciated more care
will be given to the swill barrel.
Our past notions about swine are
greatly changed. While there may
be nourishment in most things they
will eat, there is a helpful and
wasteful way in which to feed
| them. r E
We can certainly reduce the cost
of pork by reducing the time in
which we grow it. A 200 pound pig,
we'll marked with lean, is demanded.
This can be got ready in six months,
often, and where butter dairy is
run on the farm a considera BILE
greater weight can be procured.
Each year this country is becom-
ing more and more a consumer of
mutton. The sheep kept are of the
English breeds, which have been
reared for more than century upon
D. turnips and mangolds during the
winter, and if we are to maintain
the health. of these sheep. and keep
up their breeding .propensities, we
, must to some extent follow the Eng
lish methods of feeding.
; Arrange the teams with view OF
equalizing the strength of the horses
| as much as possible. A weak horse
: may be soon ruined if compelled tC
= work against one which is mucl
| stronger, or one which'is shirk.
| England is said to feed but II
bushels Of grain to her mutton sheep
while we in America feed AZ bush
/ els. They make business of rails
S ing sufficient root crops, while W,
Y think it too much trouble. England
S has the reputation of making tn,
= finest mutton in the world, and he
= tlocks produce the largest year,.
a lamb crops of any Nation on tn
globe. ..
,. Sheep will suffer for long tim
+ from exposure to a single rain storm
q The wool and skin sometimes re
/? es are bred. Not only is the woo
L luJuTeu, DuJ IulpuIt lndJJ6I IL dL
sorbed through the skin to the detri
= ment of the mutton. Cleanliness /
l. as essential as shelter and food.
a AS long as men wear clothes an
Is eat meat sheep will be in demand
Is and it is no insignificant fact ths
d mutton grows yearly in favor anon
h meats, and this is especially true {
the vast populations of Australi
v and the United States; in fact, tn
d backbone of farming is the breedin
s and rearing of sheep.
al A token that sheep can be mad
1t to pay better than anything else,
e, the fact, even in these times of agr
70 culture depression, British as we
as colonial farmers have increase
d their ,fiocks by millions during til
10 last l0years.
a. Many of the abandoned farms
at Maine have been bought up in r,
ID cent years and stocked with shee'
d, and the result is proving that muC
In of New England may be made prof
I'd able and the soil improved by stoC
e. growing if her yeomanry becomes
n community of shepherds There
no reason whatever why tho
Id Northern hills may. not become
er delightful land of beautiful pas
re ures. ...s..
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09
Joke on a SchOOlma'am.

A good joke on a schoolma' am
comes from Cumberland Gap, and is
told by the Middlesborough News
A lady teacher told one of the boys
to name all the presidents, and
when he replied he couldn't the
teacher said: when | was as old
as you | could name all the presi-
dents in their order" The boy re-
piled: "There was only few pres
idents them
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09
Silent in n Hen.COOn.

Papa, is Mrs. Bigelow very
poor?"
mo, Cedric; Mrs. BigelOw is well
off. Don't you know what nice
house she has?n
But she sleeps in the hen-coop,
papa
why, Cedric!"
"She said she did"
"What do you mean?"
Don't you remember when she
was here to dinner night before last
she excused herself, and said she
went to bed with the chickens?"-
Harper's Round Table.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

A young orchard should receive
as careful and thorough culture as
would be given crop of corn; in
fact, crop of corn, regularly hoed,
may be grown between the rows for
the first two or three years to ad-
vantage. This will pay the expense
of the culture of the whole.
A practical fruit grower will never
be heard to boast that his trees need
propping up. Do not let tree over
bear should too much fruit set, as it
is most injurious. 1t is unwise to
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09
MELANGE.

Nonsense aud News, Odds and Ends,
Wise and Otherwise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

Men look for signs of spring out
doors; women look for them in dry
goods stores.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

Opportunity makes short calls.
When one is out it leaves a card and
move on.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

Tommy, who was Joan of Arc?''
asked the teacher. "Noah's wife, =
said Tommy, who is considered
great at guessing.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

II knew these fenanshul trubbles
would break out agin if Bryant
wusn't elected" said Uncle Josh
Kansas.
Whats the matter nOw?"
Matter! I'll be COLL swizzle eff
the banks all along the ss'sippi
hain't Dustin right an left!"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

Herr Oil-Haf you heard dot dog
of mine ate a tage measure undt
died?
Herr Kut-I suppose he died Ply
inches, NIGHT var?
Herr Oil-Aber nit; he vent oudt
in der alley und die py de yard.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

When the sun goes below the
horizon it is not set; the heavens
glow full hour after it's departure.
And when great and good man
the sky of this world is Summons
long after he is out of sight Such
man cannot die out of this world.
When he goes he leaves behind
much of himself. Being dead, he
speaks.-W. H. Beecher.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-09

A Connecticut legislator has won
fame by declaring in recent speech
that eagles get their teeth into
everything they can lay their hands
on" He should be sent. to the Kan
sas legislature Immediately.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Tho Church Maid.

The up-to-dats churches now employ
a church maid. One who enters a sane
tuary in New York nowadays may sec
a slender figure In a plain black gown
with cape and apron moving around
among the pews. She il. perhaps. dust
ing the hymnals, arranging the cas-
socks or putting notices In the racks.
She will, however. come forward, an
swer your questions. direct you to the
sexton, tell you the minister's hours or
advise you to whom you should apply
for other Information than she may be-
able to give. 1t is a part Of her duty
to remain respectfully near visitors. for
strangers have been known to lift"
anything that strikes their fancy and
walk OF with it. The maid also cares
for the minister's study and gives to
the edifce many touches Of which the
1anitor is incapable. The church maid
has her hands full.-Pittsburg Dis
match.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Tne Bicycle.

Ken Lewis, Joe Megson am Charlie
Eellow, the late winner of the Aust raj
wheel race, of Australia, contemplate
q trip to the United States in 1898.
Jimmy Michael, Eddie McDufIic and
Fred Titus will ride a series of distance
match bicycle races at Chicago next
month. The races will be for purses of
$500 each.
Chief Consul Boyle, of the Pcnnsylva.
MIA Division, l.. A. W, has recently beer
advised by Captain Chasteau. of the Fair
mount Park Guard, that, in conformity
with a request made by Mr.. Boyle, tan.
dem bicycles will hereafter be permitted
to carry two lamps. The former rule.
of the Park prohibited this, and the Chiet
COnsul's request was made because of the
desire of many tandem riders to carry
two lamps so as to be able to obey the
rules in case of an accident to one.
Chiel Consul BOyle's announcement that
proceedings will be taken against any
unauthorized person wearing the badge
or button of the League of American
Wheelmen should be warning To those
who are disposed to try to secure the ai.
vantages of membership without becom-
| ing enrolled.
1t looks now if the whreimen's de
mand for a cycle path across the Brook
| lyn Bridge will be met. President Berri
| of the bridge trustees, 9nn"unccd that if
| he bicycle organizations of New York
md Brooklyn won Id present practical
Dlan for a path he would urge its adop-
ion by the bridge trustees.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
electrical Power in Ame.,c.

John Bogart. one Of the American
engineers connected with the work of
completing the Niagara Falls electrical
power works. gives to the Pail Mai.
Gazette of London some interesting
facts in regard to electrical power in
America. The Niagara company fur
nishea an electrical horsepower Of 10
900 W it'll n opacity for 10000. and pos
sibilitfes of increasing to any extent
needed. The works cost $1,000 900. il
having been necessary to construct
tunnel 1000 feet long at n considera-
BILE depth and through solid rock. OF
the utility OF the work the fact that
Buffalo and Niagara City are supplied
at the rate Of 500 per horsepower per
annum, while in some cases nearly
500 per horsepower has been paid. is
sufficient evidence. Next to the elecfrI-
cal works e. Niagara are those at Sault
Ste. Marie, and according to Mr.. Bogar.
the greatest Of all are in construction
about sixty miles from Montreal, near
the town of Massena, N. Y. close to
the st. Lawrence River. The powor
will be obtained from a II
feet between tho
the st. LawrGnc
placid stre"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Labor Notes.

Rapid City S. OAK, has school q
mines.
Our hay crop is worth $3.50 900 900 an
nually.
A New York hat factory will move it,
business to Atlanta.
Negroes are employed in a Charleston
Is. c. shoe factory.
Ashland, Neb., is to have the largest
ice house in the world.
Three-year-old steers are selling In
Palisade, New, at $50 per head.
Not less than 200 noblemen are work.
ing in Berlin as day laborers.
New corn is selling on the streets OF
Des Arc, Ark, at 40 cents bushel.
London has followed the example OF
Paris in paying walters only In tips.
The loss suffered by business men in the
yellow fever section is estimated at S2s,-
0OO, 900.
Work has been commenced on the new
cotton mill to be established at Elizabeth
ton, Tenn.
In Santa Rosa, SonOma County, Cal,
there is n church built entirely of one
redwood tree.
Montana's gold yield this year is esti-
mated at $6,00O,O 200, an increase of $1,000
600 over 1896.
Butte, Mont. is to have a $1,000 900
power plant, in which will be 6100 horse
power water wheels.
The spinning room of the Potter Hill,
r. l., woolen mill is running until
Estimates of the total value of gold to
be produced by Black Hills mines for the
present year vary from $s,e0o,0o0 &c
s., 500 900.
One of the most curious trades extaI
is that of a man in Berlin, who gets o
living by breeding rats for vivisection
purposes.
The Massachusetts, Mills, of Iindale,
Ga, recently made a shipment of / ,000.-
600 yards of cotton sheetings to Japan and
China.
Five thousand spindles and one hundred
looms will be added to the cotton mill Of
the Victor Manufacturing Company,
Greer Depot, S. C.
The Dallas, Tex, cotton mill, which
shut down a short time for repairs, has
resumed operations, running Il, 600 spind-
les day and night.
The Crown Cotton Mills, at Dalton, Ca,
operating 10 ,O00 spindles and 256 looms on
duck will make extensive improvements,
probably doubling the present capacity.
The increase of the fruit growing industry
in Colorado has reduced the importation
of canned fruit during the last five year
from s. zoe, 200 To $1,000, ,000 annually.
Horses cannot be hired at any price in
Whitman County, Wash, where 500, 900
bushels of grain We're harvested in one
week recently. The grain was valued at
s ,O50 900.
An electric locomotive in a Canadian
coal mine shows a saving over mules OF
S252S in 200 days, and an electric pump
in the same mine shows a saving Over
steam pumps Of Sl572 in go days.
The Newport News, Va, knittin
pany has been organized, with caI
$4,000 to start up the Newport
knitting mill. Il. p. Goodwin is s.
tendent and J. NJ. Curtis is preside
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Little Ys We-Ohsng.

Rr0b4Oly the youu8Crf prtvate eecrcs
tary ever entered on the record Of the
department Of state in Washington Is
little Ye We-Chong, the only son Of tbs
minister from the Land Of the Morn
ing Calm" as Corea IL fondly called by
her native born. This small boy is
only 8 years old, and last fall knew
nothing of the English language. but
after six months schooling he is be-
ginning to speak and write, and has a
greater command Of the language than
his father, who knows almost nothing
Of 1t. Unlike most Of the rising geDer-
alton, he considers 1t a great treat to
go to school, and Is quick and bright
and eager to learn. The little fellow
has adopted the American style OF
dress, and is fast picking up the ways
of young Americans, too, though many
times his manners would put theirs to
shame. He Is devoted. to his mother,
who, with his father, used very often
to accompany him to school. Like most
Corean fathers, Minister Ye Pool-Chin
is very strict, and the young secretary
stands very much in awe Of him.-Har-
pers Bazaar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
ATcHiSoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

1t is a good thing to have a man help
his wife around the house occasionally;
he gets mad at the dull knives and scis-
sors, and they are sharpened as a re-
suit.
When q new minister arrives In a
town. the experienced people do not
turn out to hear him until he has had
time to exhaust the string of anecdotes
he brought with him.
There Is q belief among romantic peo-
pie that money can buy everything but
love. This may be true. but it can buy
= substitute article that Is as good as
love, and that wears better.
An Atchison woman Is such a great
believer In Christian science that she
calls her blue glassware. which she re-
iceived as a prize with baking powder,
cut glass, and has convinced herself
that It Is cut glass.
After the proud and pretty girls in a
family get married, there is nothing
left to sustain the pride Of the family.
and the father aud mother close the
parlor and resume their familiar inter-
course with the neighbors who eat in
the kitchen.
A real pleasant time doesn't begin at
a party until some one breaks the Ice
by saying something unfavorable about
one who Is absent. The guests look for
a moment at each other as n In doubt.
then all plunge into the hol&. and good
time follows.
Speaking of chaperons. society
should issue a rule that a man must be
chaperoned, and that unless his wife
can do 1t she should have the privilege
of naming her substitute. A man who
Is chaperoned by his wife Is as safe
from temptation as If he were a 0-year-
old boy asleep In his cradle.
An Atchison man who visited in
western Kansas recently found the
family sleeping without pillow cases.
and using tin bucket for q teapot. He
expressed his surprise and was told
that the banks of that country refused
to take any more money on deposit.
and they were keeping theirs in the pill
low cases and teapot. The family were
much worried for fear that when the
corn and cattle are sold, they will have
to take of their socks and sto ckings to
hide their money in. -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Nest Bu;It o + watch snrin...

The museum ih Soleure, Switzerland.
recently received a birds nest made
entirely Of steel watch springs. Soleure
and II frequently happens that lots of
the tine steel sh;ivings are thrown out
with the sweepiHgs. One day a work
man noticed swallow carrying bril-
liant threads toward the nest. Upon
further Investigation Il was found that
a nest almost four inches In diameter
had been built almost entirely of steel
springs and Shavings. When the
young ones had left the nest for good
and started with the pare nts upon
their annual Southern trip, tho nest
was taken down and offered as curl.
osity to the local museum.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10

A canal Of a little more than three
miles in length IL in process OF con.
struction and when the works are
completed a total of $4,000 electrical
horsepower can be furnished. 1t seems
pity that the attention of engineers
had not sooner been directed to this
point on the st. Lawrence, as in that
case probably the vicinity of Niagara
Falls would not have been given over
to manufacturing and thus become a
great Industrial center. as 1t will In
the not distant future.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Origin OF " Tip.~

Here IL an Interesting bit Of phiiolo.
". 1t concerns the origin of the word
tip" and throws a little light on the
origin Of the custom. In old English
taverns a receptacle for small coins
was placed conspicuously, and over it
was written, ITO Insure promptness"
Whatever was dropped In the box by
guests was divided among the SER
wants. In the course Of time the abb
breyiated form, ct. I. P" was used.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
Useful Hints.

Pretty ard effective lamp shades that
can be readily changed when soiled are
made from the little japanese or Chinese
umbrellas. These can be bought for a
few cents at any of the japanese stores A
round hole is cut in the centre to fit the
globe, and the whilom umbrella Is tied
into position with piece of baby ribbon.
For blistered heel, scrape a little yell
low kitchen and laundry soap to a paste
with a very little water and apply to the
spot. Or, before starting out on a long
tramp, turn, the stockings wrong side ont
and thoroughly soap them about the heel.
This will be found an efficient preven-
tive.
Fresh meat should not be allowed to
remain rolled in paper, for the paper will
absorb the juices. Remove the paper
and lay the meat on an earthen plate.
Fat viii not burn ir it has something to
do; if it has to be left idle for few
minutes put crust of bread or a slice OF
raw potato into the kettle.
charcoal, if laid thic' co
3burn. causes thr 30, R..n. ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1897-11-10
CHAPTER IL

The chance visit of the yachtsmen en-
ercised an influence upon me. If for some
time longer my life was the same out
wardly, a great change was at work with
in me. l date it from the moment that
saw the white sails of the schooner filing
out and bearing my new friends away
away 10 other scenes, other lands, it may
be. Then it was, l think, / began to
realize the solitude and strangeness of
my lotto wonder why l should be bound
to one small neglected spot of earth, and
whether such q state of things must last
forever.
September WAS with us now. One even
ing was sitting with my father, who was
at the piano. He would play for hours
while l read and listened at Intervals
The dark, drifting skies, the sound of the
wind and sea, the pathetic music seemed
to completely overpower me. and all my
thoughts and cravings eliminated and ex-
pressed themselves in a burst of passion
ate sobs. / felt thoroughly ashamed of
my breakdown, but could not help it.
Ny father was at my side in a moment.
He put his arms round me- ">1y boy,
what is it? What is the mattprT' be
cried.
Let us go awayl Let us leave this
horrible place" sobbed. Elf We don't, !
shall die or go mad"
Wait n moment, Philip" he said. Let
us have lights, then We can talk about II
ALL"
/ soon recovered myself in a great meas
ore My bysterical sobs ceased The
;.=ht no doTbt, drove away my despon-
dency | began to .sel ashamed of my
uufburSt. even in attempting to meet his
eyes with a smile. He looked at me
gravely and sadly.
You are unhappy, Philip, l have no
r'C'.d il for some time, but l have been
selfish. and hoped it would pass away for
the present Tell me what you wish, my
boy"
Il am happy with you," l answered
because love you; but, oh, father, l am
So lonely and wretched at times"
You want TO see other faces, make
friends and companions of those of your
own age? Don't be afraid to tell me,
am not angry"
But he was sorrowful. l could see 1t,
yet | could not help repeating: Il am so
lonely" He laid his hand on my shoul-
der.
Yes, l have been wrong" he said,
dreamily. "Rothwell told me SO, and pre-
ticted this, but l fancied you were per
haps different from others-had enough OF
my blood in you to fee, a,happy away from
r..