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The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
Farm Notes.

Lean the tree at planting towards the direction of prevailing winds.
 Bees need special care in early sprinc if profitable returns are secured.
 Syrup made of granulated sugar is the best and cheapest feed that can be given to bees.
 A nearly eight-fold increase in the exports of oats Is noted the past nine months compared w th year ago, the figures being respectively 26,000,000 and 9,5O0,Oo0 bushels.
 A cross between The Brown Leghorn and Buff Cochin is an ezcelient egg producer and an ideal table fowl. Eggs will be had the yosr round md the hens make exceIIent mothers.
 lust before fruit blossoms open is the time to spray thoroughly to destroy bud moth, cigar and pistol case bear CTS. These three insects do their most destructive work before blossoms open.
 To make granting wax, melt together and pour into 9 pal Of cold water resin four parts by weight, beeswax two parts and tallow one part. Then grease the hands and pull the wax until 1t is nearly white.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
The Knowing Gamecock

We all remember the story of the Athenian artist who painted cherries so naturally that even the birds were deceived and came to peck at them. A modern incident illustrates in a some what similar manner the power of pie tOriRl art to deceive, ard at the same time seems to show good deal of req soning intelligence in at least one mem Der of the feathered tribe. Mr. Scott Leighton, the Boston artist, tells the story of pet gamecOck which he kept i'll his studio. Having at one time to paint the portrait of large-sized game-cock for a patron. the pet suffer ed great deal from the dOmineerng spirit of the larger bird, and got so that he never could see him without flying into a rage. After the picture was completed and the feathered mod. el had been removed, the canvas ~e- mained in the studio, standing on tEe floor,
 One day the little gamecOck was pick ing has way about the studio, when he suddenly caught sight of the counter felt presentment of his former enemy. With a scream of rage he gave one leap, and, flying at the picture, struck his spurs into 1t again and again. The next time that he was given an Oppor- tunity, he repeated the attack, and il became the almost daily amusement of the artist and his friends to witness these imprOmptu cOck-fights between q live bird and dummy,
 At last one day the little fellow, rest. ing moment after an unusually spir, ited attack, happened to cock his head on one side so as to get a look behind the picture. For an instant he was dumfounded. He looked In front eCd saw his old enemy, as large as life; an other glance behind, and he was more than ever puzzled. He then deliberate ly walked behind and around the pie ture several times, carefully surveying it, and with a spiteful f1irt, and with an air of disgust that would have dCne credit to human being, marched away and hid himself.
 Never after that could he be Dersuad ed to attack the picture. or. indeed. to pay the slightest attention to it. He had penetrated the sham, and would have no more of it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
THE TALKING STARLING.
a-usiuS Antics and Speech of (
 Clever Little Bird.

"A Clever Little Bird.
 The talking starling, says a writer in the London Spectator, is a clever and
 amusing bird, and Is easily reared and
 taught We secured a nestling eight cen months ago, before any feathers had begun to grow, and brought him
 up by hand. He naturally grew up perfectly tame and so much attached to us that when, by accident, he flew away after being with us only a few
 weeks. and spent whole night out in
 London. he returned to his home the next morning and hOpped into his cage
 with evident satisfaction. This he did a second time, but on that occasion re. turned with less dignity, as we saw him overbalance when sitting on q chimney at the top of the high man. sions in Victoria street in which we live, and he fell down to the bottom of the house, reappearing in a gentle mans office the next morning the veri- est little sweep, but quite unabashed. After he had changed his immature plumage for the brighter adult plu- mage, in his first autumn he began to talk, repeating his own name with vari- atiOns-" 'Bobbie,' 'Bodkin,' or 'Bobbi. kin then picking up the terms of endearment and admiration which were applied to him, but without any effort on our part to teach him, till at last he cried all day long, Dear lit- ffu Do old 'Bobbie,'" in the most bewitching way. After awhile he learned nothing fresh till he moulted last autumn, since when he has added considerably to his vocabulary. During that process his head was bare, and we used to say to him in derision: You old crow" which he readily picked up, but altered 1t to Dear old crow" and called as clearly as human being, Pretty Bobby I love you, such sweet little 'Bobbie,' kissie poor Bobkin,'" transposing the words frequently, but curiously enough putting them together so as to make sense. As I write he is chattering this beside me and barking like dog be- tween whiles. He comes out of his cage when he likes, and when we have the patience to endure his prying and inquisitive ways. He sits on ones shoulder, creeps down ones arm till he at last perches on the hand and pecks at pen or needle, as the case may be, rendering work or writing impOssi- ble. He has apparently ceased again to learn fresh words, and seems more occupied with his spring plumage, though he still chatters all day long, and we shall look with interest after his next moult for further additions to his conversational powers.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
Muskme1ons by the Acre.

Cheap as muskmelons are at times, they pay better than do most staple farm crops for those who are willing to give them the care which all garden crops require. To get the best prices plant as early as the land is warmed at the surface. Frequent cultivation, leaving the land as light as possible, will do much to make it warm. So will planting on a newly turned two-year- old clover sod. The very earliest mel ons are planted in a compact space, with a box 10x12 over the hill to keep off winds through the daytime and to be covered at night. Ten or more seeds are placed in each hill, which are G..ter reduced to two plants by the time the vines begin to run. One of the worst enemies of all melon plants is the white grub, the larva of the May or June bug. It will travel on the surface soil at
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The death of Max Maretzek removes from the amusement world one of its oldest and most widely known repre- sentatyes. He was born in Moravia in lS2l and came to this country in 1S4S. For thirty years he presided over the destinieS of Italian opera in the United States. Cuba and Mexico, and during the larger part of that time with bril- liant success. His period of work fell ln the very heyday of opera, and for q
 lew years Maret&ek was the fashiona- ble rage. It was due to him that this country first heard such singers as Pat u, Sontag, Albani, Nilsson. Lucca. La grange, Minnie Hauk. Di Murska, An nie Louise Cary. and others. The deceased was not only famous i'm
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
Poultry Pickjugs.

Don't have the docks of hens too large. If you have more than seventy five or eighty, they ought to be sep arated into smaller focks.
 An egg contains from 25 to ? pel cent. solid matter, nearly 14 per cent. albumen. That means that laying hens need food rich !n albuminOus matter meat, oatmeal, milk. bran, etc.
 While poultry will not thrive on neg lect, 1t is well to. remembes. that over feeding ana lack oC exercise are also fruitful sources or loss in the poultry yard.
 If we would keep up the vigor and fecundity of our locks We must infuse new blood into them. If service or profit or vigorous growth is desired. there must be q frequent change of cockerels in the 10cks.
 Weed out the docks, disposing of really old stock and the undesirable young. A few good hens, we'll cared for, will raise more chickens this sum- mer than if g great flock is crowded together in unhealthy cOops
 A Boston commission merchant says that If farmers would market all the chickens and eggs they can spare each week, they would be surprised at the regular income that they were receiv- ing, and they would ind more profit in poultry.
 A writer says that crop bound is nothing more than Indigestion, and that charcoal fed fowls rarely ever have this trouble Then prevent 1t by every now and then charring several ears of corn and allowing the hens to pick it off
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
Gvpsum on Potatoes

The broad leaves of the potato are what the crop very largely depends upon for maturing he tuber. It Is inn pOrtant that they be kept green as long as possible. The fact that gypsum or land plaster attracts moisture makes it an especially good application for the potato crop The first use of paris green to destuop the potato larva ought to be made with gypsum. By attract ing moisture from the air and thus keeping the leaves moist more of the potato beetles eggs will be de stroyed before they hatch.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
 FARM AND HOME.
Treatment of Horses Afflicted with Heaves-Pigs Should Be Fed Reeu- iar1y-Advantage of Straight Rows for Cultivated Crops-Notes.
HeaYes in Hnraes.

Heaves is not so common a disease among horses as it was in former years. It may be described as a chronic dis ease of the breathing organs, without inflammation, characterized by a pc culiar breathing, the breath being drawn in with ease, but breathed out with difficulty, and by two distinct ef- forts. The immediate cause is the rup- ture or debility of the small cells in the lungs. so the animal canont expel the air he has drawn in without an extra and double effort. It is obvious, there fore, that the symptoms are readily de- tected.
 Authorities say that when the disease is established 1t Is incurable, though 1t can be alleviated materially. If the disease is not too intense some relief may be obtained by giving one-ha1f to one grain of arsenic in form of FOw- lers solution daily for several weeks. One authority recommends the follow ing prescription: Thirty grains each of calomel, digitalis, opium and cam phor; make into a ball and give once or twice q day" After the first week the calomel should be omitted. But more valuable than any medicine is the food and treatment of the animal. The diet should be of the best quality and small quantity. Coarse foods should be avoided. Mouldy or dusty hay or fod- der is especially injurious. Let him run on a clean, short pasture and the feed given be in a concentrated form, slight ly dampened to allay any dust. Keep bowels loose.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
straieht Rows for Hoed Crops.

So much of the work of cultivation is now done with horse power that 1t is more than ever important that all rows of hoed crops shall be as nearly on a straight line as possible. Unless this Is done it is impossible to guide the cultivator so as to avoid destroying more or less plants, beside leaving seeds that cannot be thereafter uproot- ed except with great difficulty. When weed is not killed by cultivation 1t is made all the more thrifty, for the prun- ing of the roots which cultivation gives makes new roots put forth just as it does for the crop. It is for this reason that after narrowing both ways over corn ground before the grain is up, the cultivator should be set to work be- tween the rows just so soon as the rows can be seen. This will destroy any weeds that the harrowings may have missed.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

By the narrow majority of 479 votes In a total of 32,0OO Toronto has voted % have its street cars run on Sunday for tine next three years. This odd cleo tion is held every three years, but the last two decided against the Sunday cars, and Toronto the good" has been deprived of this means of locomotion on Sundays for six years. The dissent ing churches always lead the fight against the Sunday cars, but the mer- chants and the Board of Trade became tired this year of the sabbatarianism and mustered just enough votes to kill 1t for the time being.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

Few persons hear accurately, be- cause few have been trained to do so. Yet it is one of the foundation stones of all the good to be accomplished by the teacher. It's culture should not only precede most other things, but should accompany them all. Unless the pupil is listening acutely and interestedly, of what avail are the teachers instruc- tions, be they ever so valuable in them selves? Much of the trouble of school life, many of the teachers sorest dis appointments and most depressing faik ures, come from the lack of training in looking and listening.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
A1ka1i in Western Lands.


 In an instructive pape~ recently read before a California farlaeJa' institute by Prof. E. W. Hilgard. this subject was broadly considered Id it was shown that alk8H is the result of disin- tegration of rocks and found only where rainfall is too little 70 carry 1t off in solution. The more common salts are GlaubeT's salts, common salt and sal soda. The last named occasions the principal injury by girdling plants at the surface. Tn connection with these salts are found others which are among the most valuable clements of fertility, mainly salts Of potash and lime, and found in greater proportions in arid thaD in humid lands. These salts frequently appear on the surface only after irrigation. h such cases 1t will be found that they existed below the surface and were carried in solu- tion by water used in lrTigation and left on the surface by eva apOratiOn. A remedy Is deep cultivation with thor ough pulverization of the surface in orchard cultivation to reduce evapora- tion to a minimum. )r shading the ground with such crops : alfalfa. The more important discoveries are that the Australian salt bush will thrive on strong alkaH lands and that they have also produced large yields and a fine quality of sugar beats.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

night and eat the plants just at the sur face. Wheat bran through which Paris green has been mixed and scattered around the stems of the plants will make short work of these pests. The grubs are very fond of the bran. and HI eating it will get enough goison to XII them. This method-of getting rld oi grubs will not be practicable II Ao" 10 are allowed to come nesar the pa'ch' aS they are also very fond of the Dran'~ Agricultural Exchange.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

are almost solid, the center being made of an endless coil spring, which holds the section of cork firmly. Any sec ton of cork may easily be removed and renewed. The spring acts some thing like a bracelet which removes from the wrist by stretching the spring a little. Whether this will wear as well or better than the pneumatic tire remains to be seen- It has not yet been tried, but the inventor claims every. thing for it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

Love makes home beautiful and de- llghtful: it sweetens daily life, and helps one to endure troubles. The wife who really loves her husband will not need to be told how to make him hap py. She will give him all be wants or asks for in his home, and she will find that he will repay her by preferring that home to any place on earth, and echoing the words of the dear old song that there is no place like 1t.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

presario. but he was also an excellent pianist, and a charming writer, as is shown by his "Sharps and Flats" and "Quavers and SemkQuavers, which contain the story of his long and event ful career in music. He was the last of the old school of impresarios.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

Margaret Walter, of St. Louis, is 74 years old. After living with her hus- band fifty years, continuously, she filed suit for divorce the other day. Well, Louis man.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The Duke of Marlborough, the other lay, proposed a resolution conpratu- ating the Queen upon the growth of her empire during her long reign. This doubtless includes the acquisition of British wealth through Americans who are so little Americans as to pay hand- sOmely to get any sort of titles into their families.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
snwinn aatr by Hand.

There are many farmers who find it an advantage to sw other grains with a drill, SC as t0 apply fertilizers with the seed, who yet think the Oat crop comes suIer s0wn cn a coarsely har- rOwed surface and dragged in. The reason probably Is that thus the grain is apt not to be covered so deeply as 1t Is by the dnI. The better fitting the seed bed has, the deeper the wheels sink, carrying the drill tubes and the seed grain to greater depth than is good for the grain crop.-American Gull tivator
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

TarrytOwn has begun to tax the Goulds more in proportion to their wealth. Will the Goulds now tarry in Tarrytown? Will they fit to some oth- er place, and then to some other when required to pay anything on their vast v-aaItb9
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

A New York woman who has applied For divorce giv2s as one of her req sons the charge that her husband of ate has kissed her in 'cold, matter Sf-fact manner" Perhaps she herself was responsible for that; it would be simply impossible for anyone to kiss one of our girls in that way.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The Syracuse Standard has discov- cred dentist who insists that char acter resides in the teeth" Isn't It an appalling thought that while q man is asleep his character may be soaking in glass of water on the dresser?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The Rev. Mir. Sheffield, an American missionary, may not have converted all the Chinese. but he has blessed them with an invention which entities him to any number of yellow jackets and peacock feathers. This invention is a typewriter for the Chinese language. and it will do away with the ink Dot and paint brush now necessary in Ce- lestial writing.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The new Congressmen from the West already are beginning to exert a pow erful influence on public life in Wash ingtOn. A Washington paper very feelingly refers to ''the bedeviled mys- terieS of draw poker"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
As Good as His Word.

MT. Howland-I tell you, Maria. yor are worrying over nothing. I can stor smoking any time I want to.
 Mrs. Howland-Well, then, stop now Mir. Howland-I don't want to now Cleveland Leader.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The very consciousness of having faithfully and cheerfully striven to do the work given unto us, whether it be open and active, or secret and passive, brings with it certain sense of success which compensates for apparent fail trpo
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

A Minneapolis restaurateur has uni formed his waitresses ill bloomers That's shrewd moneymaking scheme Who couldn't enjoy good square meal amid such surroundings?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

A Dakota paper says: James Cyze- whiski has renOunced allegiance to Prussia and is now a full citizen" Per haps he swallowed a section of his name
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The success of that Nashville air ship merely proves that it is simply impos- sible for the great American liar to keep ahead of American enterprise and achievement.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

salt trust has been organized in POmeroy, Ohio. Of late the monopo- lies have shown a disposition to get too fresh.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

Mrs. Langtry has secured a divorce in California, whither she went to be deserted by her husband, who remain cd quietly at home.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The fact that Anna Held has sent home $35,000 this year is a striking evidence of what foreign favorite can do in this country If she has half show
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
Raising Ducks.

In raising ducks set the eggs under hens; when matched remove to a box lined with paper and kept in warm place with all the sunshine possible. When two days old put LII board pen during day time Feed bread soaked in water and pressed dry Do not give them water to swim in until three weks old Dust with Persian insect powder once a week; when four weeks old feed on corn bread soaked in sweet milk; young onion tops cut fine and mixed with their feed are healthful. After four weeks old they will thrive on almost any diet and will grow with less water to swim in than is generally supposed. Always Beep water for drinking as pure and lean as possible, changing often and putting gravel in the dish where watc is kept.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

A New York paper remarks that "the late Mir. Havemeyer's estate is less than $4,OO0,OO0." In this respect it re- sembles great many others.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

Steve Crane says that the battle of Velestino sounded like "an avalanche of thunder" That sounds like Steve Crane
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The prosperity of advice is dependent upon a thorough assurance that disin- terested goodwill and honest intention prompt ones adviser.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The Greek soldiers dress in women's skirts. Perhaps that accounts for their retiring disposition in battle.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

Chicago scores the first sunstroke of 1897. You can't beat the great Ameri- can summer resort.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

There's plenty of room at the top. Look at the baseball column of percent ages.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

When women have nothing else G do they find something to cry about.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17

The New York health officer thinks that the grip is transferred by kissing. Pshaw! Who's afraid?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
TIRE MADE OF CORK.

If It Is Success the Bays of Punc-
 ture Are Over.
 A tire invention which the inventor intends shall be a most successful ri- val to the pneumatic tires now so wide ly used is soon to be given trial. It is claimed it will not be susceptible to the small tack, glass, etc, to so disastrous an extent as the pneumatic tires are. It is made of sections of cork, which
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-17
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The Greeks call their native land "deIlas," but they fight like two-thirds of it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-14
SEA CAPTAIN SHOOTS HIMSELF.

CAPTAIN TAYLOR Or THE HOWARD. WAS TOR-
RrED OVER \ RECENT FATAL ACCIDENT.
Boston. Jan l3.-Thc steamer Howard. which eft
Boston Yesterday afternoon ior Norfolk and Bsu-
more. passed IL b. Hun. returning q, % O'Clock
his rnorning win her flag 2. nalfmzst. Ins cap
tain q the vessel. John q. Taylor committed SUI
eide la., n!gh. BY shooting himself
The Howard reached her berth a, = O'Clock
she had fifteen passengers aboard. and from ons
OF these T. Was learned that Captain Taylor mad
come from MS watch and entered n!s room. lead
ng from the cabin. and then the report Of pistol
was heard Several officers and passengers has
tened % the captain. room. and found that NJ
had sn0t himself through me head. lie died In q
teU minutes.
sri had been connected WIKI the Merchants snd
Miners Transportation Company for about Thirty
wear He leaves q wife and married daughter.
who lie IN ROHbury. Mass Eary ID" morning
u January =. when near Fort Carroll. IN The Pa
ispsc0 River. the howard ran into and sank TIE
tugOos; JOB 7. wilson. Of Richmond. Va. The
engineer 0; the Tug. James Saunders. and the
steward Charles : cbayy-ll. were GROW ned. This
accident which the first IN his experience
where loss o. lie resulted prey'd upon captain
Tzylcrs mind. The investigation had been 49,
journAc until January y. at which time u Was
ne Howard would be on hand 70 give her YER
son OF The collision. The accident Tas caused oy
a confusion OF signal.
:, had been noticed that Captain Taylor had
Appeared much worried since tn- collision The
howard was or Gay Head. In Vineyard sound.
wafcn il vas then. pat the ship about and re-
turned D Boston