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The Van Buren press., 1897-11-27
HERE AND THERE.


Burn up the leaves that fall in the
door yard, or throw them in the barn.
yard. Don't Einter-protect insects.
Put all the implements away in
good shape for next seasons wo..l.
Make AL needed repairs. including re-
painting II necessary. 1t adds life to
the implement
Let there be no Stacking in effort
until every acre upon the farm ig put
upon paying basis There IS usually
way 10 do 1t If we but hunt il out.
The best way to treat weeds is to
put cover on the land to prevent
them from getting a foOthold. and
no;hing IS better for this than a good
sod. Few weeds can grow IN a good
grass sod.
When livestock ge, cut TO grazing
in the spring most Of their ailments
disappear a. By magic. The reason
IS that grass Is = balanced ration Of l.
self and the usual dry feed Of winter
5 not
Inc eOnsuU ptiOu Of mutton 10 The
United States j. Increasing At the rate
Of atsut IS per cent per year Itnos
takes from =. .e91.p9o 10 IG. 90. co sheep
and lambs 4 gear iOssPply the An=ri-
can demzzd-
Were eEery farmer 70 select bv
hznd = lev canes Of seed wheat.
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observe tae -eslsit We are surs the ex-
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The Van Buren press., 1897-11-27
SWEET POTATOES.
How to Keep the ruesr. During wlntOr

How to Keep the rubers During wintor
Farmers near good markets. who
have suitable soil for sweet potatoes,
can usually make good money by stor-
ing some sweets for the winter trade.
There is no great trick about keep
ing them through the winter when
one has sufficient quantity. 4 limited
amount is difficult to keep, as the
moisture must be absorbed bv some
artificial means. and the temperature
must be so regulated that little mois-
ture forms during changes in the out
side weather. But with large guam
tity conditions are different. The first
thing sought after storing is a high
heat and then there is profuse sweat
ing and evaporation OF the moisture
The place of storage should be warm,
dry and well ventilated. Some
house cellars are all right for the
purpose. but the storing is
not al right for the people liv.
ing in the house. unless the cell
ing is eemented and there is no inside
door opening into the dwelling. The
moisture and odor are certainly most
unhealthy. Barn cellars are much
more desirable. The eellar-room
should be nearly filled with the pota-
toes, SO that the heat from the latter
may control the temperature. If the
room is too large, division may be
made by double plank wall with saw
dust between. The potatoes should be
gathered in boxes with the least posi-.
BILE bruising, and drawn direct from
the field to the cellar, where they
should be stored in bins having a ca
pacity of 100 bushels The bins are
made with a single thickness of
boards, and serve to prevent needless
bruising in storing and removing The
potatoes, and afford some ventilation
from the floor to the top of the bins.
The potatoes should be stored about
five feet deep. Within a few
days after filling the cellarC the
heat in the potatoes rises TO .
high point, and the sweating is so pro.
fuse that water runs on the ceiling and
walls, and the novice begins to fear
that the potatoes are ruined. But il
1t this heat that saves the crop. 10 Sc
cure it, it is often best 10 cover the tops
of the bins with carpets for few days.
After the high temperature is secured,
remove the covering at once and venti.
late as we'll as possible. Within few
weeks the temperature subsidies, and
then the chief point is to maintain an
even temperature above fifty degrees.
The potatoes will provide this them
selves until the weather gets very cold.
Then cover with forest leaves or other
such material. Do not let outside air
into the cellar during middle of day in
winter to warm up the potatoes, as
this will MAKE more sweat and rot.
Heat with lamps if weather is exces-
sively cold. Cor. Farm and Firesice.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

-nvron's sword, which he wore in the
Greek revolution, is now the property
Of a Mrs. Keith, of Chicago, and hangs
in her library. She saved it from the
Chicago fire.
Sarah Baruwell Elliott, the author
Of the anonymous story Jerry" which
appeared some years ago, has begun
10 publish another magazine serial,
"The Durket sperret."
White men made their first appear
ance in Hillsboro county, Fla, 300 years
400. but the first white child born with
in its borders has just died. This was
Uncle John Hartman aged %, and
known all over the state.
Many thousands of copies of "Lu-
ellie are sold annually in this country,
and it has been asserted that no young
iadys education is completed until she
has read the book. Madelaine Lemaire
has illustrated an edition with fac
SMILES of water eolors, but as she does
not read English, and could find no
French edition of the poem, it had to be
translated for her.
During the first summer spent BY
Mrs. WiggintRiggs at Quillcote, she
agreed to give a reading in neighbor-
ing village. The authorities built
new station for her-the paint was not
yet dry when she arrived-and the vi
lage people contributed blue plush
rocker, a green rep "sofy," marble
topped table, ETC., to decorate the wait
ing-room! Verify, this is famel
Charles Lamb had horror of no.
toriety, and of being "leetured' in pub
lie places. Impertinenee or offensive
interference of any sort he could not
brook. An overbearing head of de-
partment in the East India house ap-
preached him one day, when Lamb was
busily engaged, with the Paul Pry
question: Pray, Mr.. Lamb, what are
you about?" Forty next birthday
he replied. II don't like your answer"
said the man. "Nor l your question, y
was Lambs rejoinder.-Acts and An
ecdotes of Authors.
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THE POULTRY YARD.
AIr-slacked Limo and Its Use In Dealing
with Roup


Late in the fail the poultryman be-
gins 10 have trouble with roup and
other ailments which are due to rains
and dampness, and if roup breaks out
in a flock before winter the probability
is that it will not disappear before next
summer, and one-half the fowls will
be swept away, as it is conta gious.
The great difficulty of handling aud
doctoring the fowls makes any attempt
at curing them very expensive. There
is one substance which has been found
by experiment to destroy the germs of
roup-which is air-slaeked lime. The
advantages of its use is that it is cheap
and can be easily applied without
handling the birds. 10 prepare it
let the stone-lime slake in the air,
and when it is IN a fine condition
add pint of crude carbolic acid to
bushel Of the fine lime, being careful
TO intimately mix the two substances.
Crude carbolie acid can be purchased
at cost of about fifty cents per gallon,
and is equally as good as the refined
article for the purpose. Twice q week
scatter the air-slaked lime and carbolic
acid, after mixing, over the walls,
floors. under the roots, in the nests,
and over the yards First scatter it
over the yards; spade or blow them,
and then broadcast it over the surface
again. If case of roup appears, then
al once remove the fowl and give that
yard double quantity of the mixture
of acid and lime. The object should be
to destroy the germs of the disease. In
winter use wooden trOughs. and clean
them every day, as disease Is usually
established through the drinking
water. Have a hospital, which
should be kept clean and disinfected
in the same manner. 10 which sick
birds should be removed \ pinch Of
ehlorate Of potash should Be sprinkled
down the throat OF the sick fowl twice
day, and II it does not get well in less
than a week, cut OF iis head aud burn
or bury the body. Hosuse breathing.
Jumps on the face. foul order and
cough are indicatiatious Of rOnp. q
discharge from the nostriis usually
being also noticed The Jumps on the
face, with swollen eves. accompanied
with a very foul odor 10 the breath Of
the sick bird indicates rouD in . Sc
we're form. II viii be quite saving Of
time and labor. as well as % birds, TO
use air-slaked lime even without the
aid Ot csrbolic acid. and enc can not
begin too early u the sezS0n--Fzrm
and F1resile
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SALOON MEN AND CHECKS.
Accomm odntions TO Customers That
Contribute TO Profit.

Very few people appreciate the ex-
tent TO which checks contribute to the
profits of saloon keepers. The great
majority of persons who receive small
checks for services or wages, for ma
terials furnished or goods delivered,
have no bank accounts and must have
recourse TO those who either have q
bank account or are in the way of pay
ing out checks. A saloon keeper above
all other men has his assets in ready
money, and for convenience in eashing
a check drawn by responsible person
or firm to the credit of a customer no
man is more serviceable. His receipts
are in cash, and his payments for rent,
to the cigar man, the brewer, the distil-
lery man, the dealer in SALOON fixtures,
may be made as well in checks as in
cash. Moreover, the customer who
seeks this accommodation is quite GER
tain to spend some money in the saloon,
sometimes considerable percentage of
the amount of the check. Other store
keepers may have more money than the
saloon keeper, but they have, probably,
less cash in the till, and so are reluctant
to surrender any of it for a check, un-
less the holder of the check should
make some purchases.
Again, a considerable number OF sa-
loon keepers act as the fiscal agents,
so TO speak, of those who are in receipt
of monthly salaries. A very large num-
Der of public employees are paid by the
month, and in checks-policemen, fire.
men, school janitors and employees of
the department of public works. Near
every New York police station house
and near every New York firehouse is
a saloon, the proprietor of which makes
speciality of cashing the city's checks
given in payment TO policemen or fire.
men, and like practice adds consider
able to the patronage of saloons in the
neighborhood of steamboat and steam
ship offices, and of those railroad COM
panies which have offices or shops in
New York city. Saloon men have no
greater facilities in a banking way than
other retail dealers. Many of them
maintain no bank accounts and others
who have bank accounts find il neces-
sary to keep all their available re-
sources in bank. But the collector of
the brewery, the collector of the dis
tillery, the collector of the cigar men,
call frequently, and when checks are
given to them the saloon keeper has the
use of the banking facilities of those
who employ them.-N. Y. Sun.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

Valuable Advice.-"Do vop thiu,-
that stimulants would hurt me aaa
tor?' mot if you leave them alone ;,
Detroit Free Press.
Not Able to say.-Briggs-"Wbat
kind of fellow is Willowsnap?s Griggs
II don't know. I've only seen him
when he was with his wife. PUCK
The Customer-"I think I'll tato,
some calves brains to-day The Waiter
Sorry, sir; but haven't any brains
to-day, sir."-Yonkers Statesman.
I'm the Vernacular-Pro
"And what did Priam do when he heard
that Troy was burning?o Sapient
Freshman-"He said there'll be a bot
time in the old town tonight" t."-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
Coming to the Point.-"It's utterly
absurd" exclaimed King Cheops, risin%
to put an end to the argument, ito saw
there is always room at the top ril
show you there is not." And he went
out and built the great pyramid.-Cb.
cago Tribune.
-Dickie's Plans.-sHas your clever
little boy expressed any ambition con-
cerning his mature years?' ooh, YES.
lie says that when he grows up he in
tends to be a gambler, and he is 90
ing to marry Mrs. Widdleton's red
headed cook. brooklyn Life
"A Division of Labor.-Mamma--
"Bessie, why don't you wash the dishes?
It is easier to do thing than to sit and
think about it." Bessie-"Well, man.
ma, you wash the dishes and I'll sit and
think about it."-Browning, King &
Co.'S Monthly.
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FARMER AND PLANTER.
WASTE ON THE FARM.
The Farm WIN Not Pay Unless the Leaks
Are stopped.

Are Stolpea.
The farm can not be made To pay un.
til the items of waste are enumerated
end taken from the account book. In
the western states water is wasted in
irrigation. while in the cast fertility IS
lost because of no drainage The soil
frequently wastes away from improper
tillage or careless treatment Grain
and animal food are wasted through
feeding or stacking. Frnite waste be-
cause the trees are neglected or poor
Judgment is used in picking and pack
ing. II whatever field or building
waste is discovered. immediate steps
should be taken to check the drain aud
prevent a recurrence.
The most prolific source tf loss that
has come under my observation is the
annual destruction Of farm machinery.
IN ride of 20 miles through the grain
fields % Utah, I counted IS harvesters
and mowing-maehines left where last
used. and subjected to all the dangers
Of midwinter The same story may be
told Of some of the eastern states |
have visited. Every piece OF farm ma
ehinery represents an outlay Of cash or
note equivalent. What would a
banker think of farmer leaving the
money he had loaned him lying in q
ditch or on stump in the eorn-field all
winter? That is just what maay of
enr farmers are doing every moath in
the year-leaying money scattered
about, to be destroyed by the frosts Of
winter or the rains of summer.
Another place where waste IN no-
tieed on the farm is in the stock yard.
From my house have looked ont upon
straw stack and counted not less
than 40 dunghill chickens scratching
away at the chat in quest OF barley.
The stack had been standing for four
months, and every day during that
time the fowls dug through the snow
aud sleet 10 get into the barley ehaff.
The threshing was done by the best
machine IN our section Of the country.
but il Is 4 poor testimonial 10 any
thresherman 70 see his straw stack
covered With fowls every day for four
months. Surely, there IS an enormous
waste from the riddles aud cylinder OF
q machine thar leaves 4 green stack
matted together with roots, or shel
tered straw pile the rendezvous OF
scratching fowls. 1t IS poor economy
to grow good crop of grain, harvest
it properly an in season, and then
have all the profit wasted by worthless
threshers.
Again, notice a wastein feeding the
animals collected in the corral or feed
pens. This loss, however, is not from
giving the animals too much, but the
feeding OF too small rations at unusual
times. Stock Of all kinds should be fed
plenty and at regular hours every day.
One ton of feed. given in sufficient
quantities. and fed with regularity
daily, will prove more beneficial than
two tons of the. same food doled out
occasionally. 1t is mistake 10 feed
sparingly. especially in winter. II
horses, sheep or cattle are worth keep
ing at all, they are surely entitled to
good daily rations of wholesome food.
1t is cheaper to waste a little feed in
keeping the boxes and stalls filed than
to waste flesh by careless feeding or in
territorial starvation Shoemaker,
in Farm and Fireside
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weelSSh To detect any defects OF shape
that might be taking place. III the
feel are not growing level and SYM
metrical. they should be rendered SO
hv rasping away the horn which is not
naturally wern down. II that is neg
leeted. the animal will soon have the
fetloels joint bending over toward the
outside On no pretense whatever
should the front of the wall be inter-
fered with, fer the glazed coating OF
its surface protects the horn beneath
it. 1t should therefore be left un-
touched.
Il would be as well to disabuse peo-
piles minds of IA very ponular faIaey-
viz. that wet, soft ground, aud even
manure yards, are the best places to
keep young horses-and some would
even have the frogs aud soles
pared thin to allow the mois-
ture to penetrate more easily. No
greater mistake is made than that, for
the preservation of the heof depends
to great extent upon the soil the
animal was reared ON. The best foot
ed horses are bred on dry soils, and
that is undoubtedly the kind of ground
best adapted to the healthy growth of
horn. Young horses require plenty of
exercise. aud unless they are allowed
it, the growth OF the horn, etc. is sure
to be defective. Then the question
rises: "Nhen ought horse TO be first
shodsr The answer is when the work
required of the animal wears the horn
away faster than ii is formed or grown,
or, in other words, SO long as the horn
Of the foot can stand the wear re.
qnires, II viii not need protecting
(shoeingl. Moreover, If the young
horses are not shod 50 early, they will
not be worked SO hard. and fewer would
be ruined in their youth, as is too Otter
the case at the present time.
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Ministers as business Men.

The idea that clergymen are poor
business men is pronounced false by ex-
Postmaster-General Thomas l.. James,
now president of the Lincoln national
bank. He says: "We have among our
depositors a large number of clergy
men, and | am free to say that they are
about the'best business men that have
ever known. You ordinarily call man
who is intelligent, methodieal and
prompt a good business man. Our
ministerial depositors are more than
methodieal and prompt They are
clever and sharp, especially in the keep
ing of accounts. 10 not wish TO make
any exceptions in my general charac-
terization of elergymen as good busi-
ness men. but will say that the Roman
Catholic elergymen-those that l have
met-are remarkably able business
men They seem to be especially trained
that way. The average clergyman of
any denomination, however. can hold
his own with the average business man.
4 clergyman Of the present day cannot
AFFORD 10 be slipshod or negligent in
worldly affairs. rs."-Church Economist.
The Van Buren press., 1897-11-27
ABOUT PEOPLE

Peg zet. tie plumber who dlstin-
gr-ale1 himself 50 greatly as reseuer
at t-e Bazsr De "a Charlie FIRE, was mar
red recently IN Paris 70 Mdle yiey.
3 ssiz4si ia bis Own sphere OF life, at the
.'stFe Dane de Plsisance church. Pic
c1et Azd only asked for a ninth-elass
--arrlags- oui the clergy had prepared
~ cl-rrh a. Il for . frst-class one and
~ frnzl building could hardly contain
~ nlUefols deputsrions from Life
1sFtrg ar1 ofLsr r0cisties- Picquef re-
c-s7el g r1uLer d marriage presents
'rcz feEtD1t vhcu hs saved.
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THE HORSES FEET.
The Hoof Of the Horss Reqzlres Constant
Atssatioa-

From the birth % the death u the
horse. SAYS = fellow Of the Royal Col
lexe Of Veterinary surgeons the Aoof
requires attsntion. Il is Is lo le kept en-
q shealthy cooditiau- l. Is BEFORE ths h0us
Is Shod HAT ths feei are generally neg
leele and the animals srfier -c1l..iius-
iy. becanse they are E0-ls and iuua-
lnre. and the bole= and 1-l4sE rlss1zs are
sofa and cluld be easily distorted %
suit the conditions ulLer ulica tlsr
are kept The feet ~ f1als agt -r0-
inx horses should tl=r-f,Y-e have a.
teutio1 gwen ts t1sm. sll4 nez-
lest a. thai periCd of-=H ssr5 ias
seed % c01tiuECus tr--1.=- IaE
hoCfs sho1ld bs sert l-el1 y as1z
picked o1s- a. oft=1 81 r1sse ~
prevent anF fir- o. hard s-s.-1lae
oeIuS buried il 1se fssras or Ets
fest They sl0--i t= ea-a f1
.i-ls to l1s ~ er--y "a ~ s-t
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Had Him Ther.

Charlie Fewscads asked Mr.. Bond
clipper for the hand of his daughter.
one Of the richest girls in East st. Louis.
-No. sir; under no circumstances can
you have my daughter. You are spend
thrift ] can have no confidence in a
man who has no idea of the value Of
money" was the response of the indig-
nant parent MY dear sir. does not my
application for the hand of your daugh-
Ter prove exactly the eontrary?" replied
ChaFIie-N. y World.
The Van Buren press., 1897-11-27
studying Flowers. with x-Rays.

The applications of the X rays 10 inc
study of phenomena invisible withou'
their aid continually increase in num-
ber. Some OF the results are rather
curious than useful, but substantial ao-
ditions to knowledge are being made III
this way. One of the latest seientino
uses found for the rays is in revealing
the inner structure of flowers and 1ruiU
buds. In some respects this is a pe''ei s
method than dissecting for the study u
certain parts of plants.-Youth 5 OO"'
Dnnion
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An rnfortunnte Amiction.

McMurty-Poor Hooljhan. Hes 80
sharrt-sighted thot he's bound WoriN
himself L death.
O'Doolan-Phwat has bein shaii'
sighted I do wild it?
"Shure he can't see whin dthe IN ~
amt lookin'. an has I cape shovelln ''
dthe toime."-Cp-to-Da
The Van Buren press., 1897-11-27

The color known as mazarine ~
was named for Hortensia, duchess oi
Nazarin. who was a niece OF CaruilaIi ma
Mazarin. After her marriage she ~ ",
IN England, where she became a lea.
favorite in society and leader oil lSsn
ion. A certain bright shade OF plor' nH
much worn by this duchess was 80, 80,
adopted by the fashioDables ana hn0'
thereafter as mazarine blue.
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Uitramarine blue is made 1t Ii.
powdered lapis lazuli-that Is wy ',,ose
SO expensive. Ivory black ana "a
black are made from burnt i'oIs .''
bons. Chinese white i~oxide Of 1-n''
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IL Is night-a dark. stormy night-in
she midst OF the Californian sierrss.
There are gusts OF wind and rain, aud
the brawiing. noisy little river. swollen
hruad and deep with the storms, +
roaring its loudest in answer to the
wind that raves down the long. dark
.cluyou. pSst the little mining camp
There j. not a star in the sky. only a
steady red sparS in the midst Of the
blaekness. low down ar the feet Of the
pine forest litsle spark that shines
In the window Of Guy MeLeod's cabin
And Guy is sitting by the solitary
light all alone, lsauing his arms On the
pine table. with his hands clinched iu
his fair. curly hair. and poring bver the
-zst san Francisco paper which has
fcund its way. by SLOW and eircuitous
stages 10 the camp.
oucs ia aw hiie he looks Up aud listens
when ioeier gust shakes the canvas
roof and the rain patters harder out
So ~ his ewes roam rC-ld the small
sracc and the rorrh Furnishings. the
empty chair. waiting for enother oocu-
PANTS the tearSklns Oh the toor- the
buuS in the correr. and she FreneL
fthosrauh nailed above it-keF1 for
some faucied likeness. maybe. tb-
swinging shelf with its few books. ar.l
the rife against the usll-tke dim
eaudlelicht Sicksriug On these hugss-
lold sols as the neg,ccted uies gets
louEsr-
Sometiues he stares drs1Hily on for
getting az these and the din-s printed
sheet before him. while ne rrfs away a.
lis pipe and makes pirtureS ft7t have
.htiie fo a.. Psrcharce. aith mini ~