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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

Try it with piece of white paper;
if too hot the paper will blackcn or
blaze up. If it becomes light brown,
it is just right for pastry; if it becomes
n dark yellow it is just right for bread
and the heavier kinds of cake; if light
yellow, the oven is ready for sponge
cake or the lighter kinds of dessert.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
CORNER FOR REST AND READING.

GUNNER F'OR REST AND READING.
venient in o library, and could hardly
be had without some combination OF
this sort. The top of the bookcase
should be IL inches wide. This gives
plenty of top space, and also chance
to have drawers that are quite COM
modious. The wood used for this COM
bination should be of quartered oak
for top drawer fronts and end panels
no wood is richer-while for the rest Of
the work unquartereG oak can be used,
though of course the furnishing of the
room, if already furnished, may re-
quire another kind of wood. Oak, how
ever, appears particularly well adapted
for library use.c-Country Gentleman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
Hang Up Your Gowns.

/ A good habit to get into is that of
banging up ones gowns when they are
taken off. They win look new much
longer il they are not left to repose
indefinitely on the most convenient
chair. -A----
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
"ALL WORKED OUT"
An Instructive Lesson in the Death ROI
Of Our Great Men.
DR.. Greene's Nervura a Protection Against
Premature Death. Value of Vigorous
Nerves and Pure Blood.

In the death of great and gifted
men and women, who have filled
the public mind and who are held
in tender and fearful remem-
brances, how many have gone be-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
To Polish brass Kettles.

To polish brass kettles or anything
brass that is very much furnished, first
rub it with a solution of oxalic acid and
then dry and polish it with rotten stone
toC very fine emery dust.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

81 crave but One Minute" said the
public speaker in husky voice; and then
he took a dose of One Minute Cough
Cure, and proceeded with his oratory.
One Minute Cough Cure is unequalled for
throat and lung troubles. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

He--What do you think of our new
cook, dear?"
She-She's just lovely; why, she
doesn't even want the piano moved to
her room.-Up-to-date.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

Ward is engaged to Mamie Eccles."
"Why, he has only known her week."
"True. But he invited her TO go to
the theater last evening, and she didn't
keep him waiting" City Chat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
DeWitt's Witch Hazel SalVe
Cures Piles, ScaIds. Burns.

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys anC
bowels. Meyer sicken, weaken or grippe
10 cents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

"A OOHi announcement ReVerfe.
There's memory that fingers Through the
turmoil of the day:
The vision of an earnest face that will not
fade away;
Superior, yet winsome, with dimple and
:. curl
There was music in the essay of the grad
uation girl.
All. none will mourn, though you forget
the deep, impressive lore,
The knowledge that you've gathered till 1t
makes a mighty store:
Wen smile, cen though you fail to right
the methods of this age,
If you'll but remain the angel that you
looked upon the stage.
washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

"a medical journal says there are
from 10000 to 10000 germs in an ordi-
nary oyster"
singular! That's from 10000 to s0,-
600 more than there are in a church fair
oyster steW."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

What is your Hrofcssion?"
81 write-roen.s, novels, romanccs.
plays. etc."
Aud what do you live on?"-Flie-
geHdH Blaetter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

He-I dreamed 1 had $50 in my
pocket.
She-Well?
Il woke up, and there was nothing
in it."-Yonl(crs Statesman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
The Three Ages of Man.

lie swore that for true love he'd marry
In a cottage he'd much rather tarry,
With his love IN his side,
Than take for lG; bride
A girl who had millions to carry.
He was twenty.
II.
Years passed; he was thirty and single:
In society's gay whirl he'd mingle.
He had loved half score;
He was loving once more.
A lass? No. Her coins golden jingle
He was thirty.
III.
bachelor still, the old sinner
Met a maiden and tried hard to win her;
Not because she was fair,
Or had money to spare,
But-because she could order a dinner.
He was forty.
What to Eat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

the nerves and purify and enrich
the blood when both become
weakened, and to prevent, if taken
in time, such relapse of physical
force. He succeeded to such an
extent that DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood andnerveremedy has gained
a worldwide reputation through
its wonderful cures and the bene-
fits it has conferred on the thou
sands who have used it. In his
study of this subject he has also
become the leading authority on
blood and nervous ailments, and
so is sought as physician by peo-
pie everywhere. He charges no
fee for his opinion, and can con-
sequently be consulted, free OF
(@ charge, by letter or
VA in Derson
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

DeWitt's Little Early RiserS,
The famous llttle pills.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

TIRED MOTHERS find help
IN Hoods Sarsaparilla, which gives
them pure blood, good appetite and
new and needed STRENGTH.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
VERSE OF THE WEEK.
The Bachelor.


How happy is the bachelor!
How free from care his life!
How much more blest he really IL
Than if he had a wife!
He has no dressmakers to pay,
No millinery bills;
And similarly he escapes
From many other ills. II
He's only called upon to buy
The food and clothes for one:
And saving thus enables him
To have a lot of fun.
The pretty girls all smile on him,
To catch him if they can.
They'd pass him by with cold neglect
Were he a married man.
Oh, yes, indeed, the bachelors
A very lucky man:
And yet he's thinking constantly:
I'll marry when l cam
-Somerville Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
I Saved My Life.

Saved Ny Life.
kept my money to insure me case;
saved my strength for length of days;
1 Stunned the sad
To keep me glad,
And won some heartless praise.
My brother persisted for my surplus bread
My feeble sister tainted by the way;
AS proud l strobe
Along the road
I'm safe" used to say.
Money has not secured me ease;
There is no joy In length of days.
Would l had fed,
Would I had led
The weak in their hard ways!
Maria A. Marshall. in N. Y Independ-
ent
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
At Eighty.

Soul Of my soul, I love thee so,
Thou art my life's fair afterglow.
Thou art the friend who sits by me
When twilight gathers silently.
Life of my life, l love thee now,
When burrows dim the aged brow;
The light that shone On youths glad sea
Has turned to gold for you and me.
Heart of my heart, adown the years.
How dear the smiles how sad the tears,
How green the graves where loved one!
sleep,
How fond the memories that we keep.
a little further, further yet,
The way leads where no suns shall set.
Beyond life's latest afterglcw:
Soul of my soul, l love thee so.
-Joannette La Flamboy. in Chica go Even
ing Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

only The following letter relates
usually of displacement of the womb which cured
by the Pnkham remedies. Surely it is convincing:
Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
cured when the doctors had given had spent
of dollars searching for cure but found little relief
began the Pnham remedies had falling and displacement
the womb THAT for could walk
also had pofuse menstruao kidney liver and stomach trouble
The doctors said my hopeless had taken only
ties of the Vegetable Compound the Blood
felt like |
my friends for they all to die Now many of my lady
friends using lydia Pinkhams Vegetable Compound through
recommendation reganng health 1t has also my
little kidney trouble. would every suffering woman
in the land Mrs Pnkham for aid EMMA PANG
BORN, Alanson, Mich
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27
DOCTORS HAD GIVEN HER UP

No look fresh and fair who suffering dspace-
ment of the womb 1t ridiculous suppose difficulty
can be cured by an artificial support like pessary.
Artificial supports make
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-08-27

hams Vegetable Com
pound. If the case is
stubborn, write to Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass,
stating freely all symp-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
Nut Grass.

What the water hyacinfh is to nav
gation the nut grass, hyperWs rotwmdus,
is to farming, for when it once becomes
establishedin field it is there forever.
as no known method of cultivation
or eradication has proven effectual.
1t is no particular hindrance to an or
ange grove except that it can assimi-
late fertilizer faster than the trees,
but when it gets into a garden spot
it is a sore trial Every precaution
possible should be taken to prevent it's
spreading, and if any one knows
of plan that will kill out the grass,
they would confer a lasting favor on
some unfortunate mortals by telling
them how to get rid of the pesky
weed. 1t can be carried from one field
to another in pillow or harrow, or
even in the WORKOUT shoe of the At
rican laborer. One of our neighbors
got good start of it by buying a lot
of chufas among which were some of
the nuts. The nut grass resembles
the chufa very much, and has that
same sweet and pleasant taste, conse-
quently one should know that no nut
grass grew around where the chufas
were produced before they buy their
seed.
No one realizes the nature of the
pest until they have had taste of it,
and when they once see their garden
spot covered, they will be as anxious
for government aid to help rid them
selves of the pest as the owners of the
boats that ply the river are to get rid
of the hyacinth. An ounce of proven
ton in this case is worth ten thousand
of cure, so it behooves our people to
shun the introduction of NUT grass.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07

is a most valuable stock food. The
Utah sugar factory supplies the pulp
of over forty thousand tons of beets
for feeding an immense herd of stock.
The farmers in the vicinity of the
factory purchase many tons of this
refuse, and use it in fattening hogs.
An extensive silo system is carried on
at the factory, and the pulp is dump
ed from cars into the waits on either
side of the switch extending to the
feeding-pens. The pulp is added to
regular rations of hay and grain, and
constitutes a perfect fattening food.
The fertilizing qualities of sugar beet
pulp add materially to its value.
Many fields are enriched by heavy
coating of pulp, and the production of
some crops is increased by blowing
under the pith of the beet. A low
grade Of molasses and fair quality
of vinegar are also some of the pro-
auctions of the sugar beet.''
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ticulture during 1897-9S. This liberal
appropriation shows that the people
of that state appreciate the import
ance of protecting and fostering the
fruit growing industry And the
Florida legislature would not appro-
pirate $500 to pay for the publication
of the proceedings of her Horticulture
al Society.
"The farmers of Kansas have set
out in the past few years 147,34O
acres of forest, Among them are H.
500 acres of black walnut, 12,486 acres
maple, 1857 acres of honey locust,
and 55,553 acres of cottonwood. The
cottonwood grows the quickest and
makes fuel for the farmer sooner than
any of the others, hence his prefer
ence for t."-Exchange. But in Flor
ida the depletion of our forest goes
steadily on and no effort is made to
stop it, which is dangerous to her hor-
ticultural interests.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
Sugar Beets.

There are hundreds of acres of land
in Florida that will grow the beet
and produce two crops year, and we
see no reason why Florida could not
produce sugar from beets as well as
from cane. 1t has become a wonder
full industry in some of the western
states, and giving profitable employ
ment to thousands. Mr.. Joel Sho-
maker in the Farm and Fireside thus
describes this industry in Utah:
''The farmers of Utah cultivate over
three thousand acres of sugar beets
every year. This acreage yields be-
tween 100000 and $4,000 tons of beefs,
which are made into sugar. The one
sugar factory produces $3.50, 900
pounds annually, all of which finds a
market within the state. This factory
furnishes employment for more than
one thousand men, women and chill
dren, engaged in growing and harvest
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Independent.

There is lesson to men in the fact
that three of the best farmers in Hi
nois are unmarried girls, and each of
the farms owned and managed by
them is very large. They are practi-
cal agriculturists; give personal at
tention to every detail of farm work,
rising up early and sometimes riding
from thirty to forty miles per day
over their farms, inspecting the work
done by their hands and giving advice
and directions. They have greatly
increased the value of their lands
since they have been in control of
them. They keep too constantly en-
ployed to spare time to growl or
grumble. In fact, their success is so
complete that they have no cause to
mplain.-Dixie Farmer.
And yet they are called the weak
er VESSEL
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
EDITORIAL CHAT.

Pineapples are to be protected by a
tariff of seven cents per cubic foot in
barrels, and 81 per 1000 in bulk.
The Los Angeles (Cal.( Daily Times
estimates our crop of oranges at a
million boxes. We would like to know
where they are. The highest estimate
we have seen by home people is 3OO,-
900 boxes and that is about third
too high.
= \
The Farm and Home says that ''four
gallons of whitewash, two quarts of
clay, two quarts of fresh cow drop
pings, three quarts of wood ashes;
mix well and apply with an old broom
to the stems and crotches of your
peach trees. This should bedone at once
as a precaution against borers. The
wash should extend below the surface
of the ground couple of inches.''
''The legislature of Idaho, at it's
last session, appropriated $1O,5OO for
the support of the State Board of Hor,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-07-07
WEDNESDAY, JULY Z, 1897.
Table of Contents.

FARM, GROVE AND GARDEN-Excit-
ed over Sugar; Camphor Trees.... az
The Chufa Crop; Remedial Value OF
Vegetables and Fruit; Terms Used in
Discussing Feeding Stuffs.... 41S
Sorghum; Baths for the Hot Weather.;
More in the Man,. :. ........ 41o
Budding Cloth; Floridas Progress;
Grow Guavas. ......... 42o
Summer Outings; Guava Wine. 42I
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT - Wants to
Learn the Business Good Tobacco; The
Tobacco Worm; Tobacco Fever; Value
of Unons Seasonable Suggestions. Az
FLORAL DEPARTMENT-Wh do you
Want? Carnatons Some Florida Wild
EDITORIAL-Editorial Chat; Nut Grass;
Sugar Beets; Independent; Gopher
Pepper and Forestry; Shade Trees. 425
HOUSEHOLD DEPT-Lamps; For the
Dove Cote; Cooling Summer Beverages 426
POULTRY DEPARTMENT - Poultry
Notes; The Egg Business; Cooling
Eggs in Incubators; Bran for Laying
Hens Peafows Summer Eggs are
Profitable; Effects of Cold on Incuba-
tors; Do Bees get Drunk?...... -. :. AT
LITERARY-Mrs Hardys Flowers. 80. 428
WITH THE JOKERS.. 80. go. ........ 43o
FLORIDIANA... .... -. ...... 431
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Gopher Trap.

Editor of the Florida AgricuItuYist: .
[ wish to ask favor of you. have
invented a gopher trap which is a
most remarkable success and 1 am I'M
decided yet whether [ shall have it
patented or not, on account that
don't know whether the gopher I
speak of is prevalent in this or other
countries to create demand enough
for the trap to pay me to have it pat
ented. The gopher I allude to in this
letter is a species of cooter or terrapin
and lives almost entirely upon high,
dry land (never found in water, and
very rarely found on low, moist
ground) and digs slanting hole deep
down into the ground, perhaps fifteen
or twenty feet. In this hole Or cave,
he lives the entire year except just
what time he is out in search of food.
One great peculiarly about this Great
ure is that he never comes out for
food except during the hot season Of
the year, lying dormant as it were in
his cave during the winter months.
He is also governed by the moon in
the habit of feeding. Can you give me
any informa tion concerning the prev
alence of this particular creature in
this or foreign countries? Hoping
you can give me the desired informa-
tion at once, and also that I shall
some day be able to return the favor,
l remain Yours truly,
w. H. Notes.
Francis, Fla.
We do not think it would pay to
patent the gopher trap, as we doubt il
enough of them could be sold to pay
the patent fees. The gopher is very
easily caught and they are, not very
numerous or multiply very fast, so
that he is not very serious enemy
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sugar In addition to the labor en-
ployed directly in beet culture and
sugar manufacture, not less than five
thousand tons of coal and two thou
sand tons of limerick are required.
Sugar-bags and their manufacture,
| together with many smaller necessi-
| ties, add the number of laborers en-
ployed, directly and indirectly, to al
most three thousand people. AS the
consumption of sugar in Utah aver
ages almost one hundred pounds
head, there is room in this state for
half dozen such factories as the one
in operation in order to supply the To-
cal demand.
Sugar beet culture has increased
the demand for small farms, and
made the practice Of intensive farm
ing more popular and profitable. An
properly irrigated, will easily yield
twenty-five tons Of marketable beets,
but many inexperienced farmers har-
vest less than fifteen tons to the acre.
The prices obtained run from $3.50 to
$3.50 ton, according to the amount
of saccharine matter contained in the
respective lots. Good beets contain
from twelve to fifteen per cent of
sugar sustance. The long leaves col
Iexto
bon from the heat and moisture of the
atmosphere. This is transferred to
the roots, and upon the amount of
such secretion depends the value of
the beets. The climate, soil and Gull
tivation determine whether or not any
particular section is adapted to grow
ing sugar beets, while a good-sized
factory must be the market.
''The typical sugar beet weighs
about one pound or more. An average
| weight of little less than a pound
is considered the best beet in Euro
pean countries. The tuber is long,
white root resembling the parsnip.
1t grows to a depth of several inches,
and sends out small rootlets or fibers
in search of food and moisture. A car
load of sugar beets, side tracked at
Lehi, the factory town, is quite a curl
osity to eastern tourists, who always
take few for Mormon souvenirs. The
beet is strong drouth-resisting plant,
and will grow to great depths in good
soil during dry sea sons. There are
six distinct varieties, all of which are
good for feeding purposes and add
much to the product of the dairy.
Any soil that will produce other root
crops is good for the sugar beet, but
as a general rule the better the soil,
the more productive are all crops.
''Most of the sugar beet seed plant
ed in Utah is imported every year
from Germany or France, and furnish
ed the farmers by the sugar company.
The seed is planted as early as posi-
BILE in the spring, in drills, with the
burrows about twenty inches apart.
When the plants appear above the
ground cultivation begins with small
weeding-plows. Irrigation is not COM
menced until the plants are seven
weeks old. The water is generally APP
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-17
THE COLLEGE BOYS TALE.

II Was Ingenious. and Bis Father Con-
sidered Him very Unfortunate.
The boy was home front college for
brief vacation, but he was not alone.
Several stories Of escapadcs had proceed
cd him, and they were waiting in his
fathers private Office the first time he
and the old gentleman met there.
OF course the boy could explain them
without difficulty. There never was a
boy who went to college who could not
explain anything without difnoulty,
but there is wide difference between
explaining thing and convincing q
wise old father who has seem . little
something of life himself Of Tho truth
fulness Of the explanation. Any boy
who has been at college and come home
again can testify to that.
Therefore the old gentleman looked
panied when the boy tried to tell him
that the size of the item opposite text
books" in his expense account was &C.
casioned by the fact that for some un-
accountable reason they had changed
the books in the middle Of the term,
and that in consequence it had been
necessary for him TO get complete
new set
He also looked panied, but continued
to hold his peace, when the boy explain.
ed that he was not the youth who wa
arrested for trying to kick the top Of 9
lamppost of to win bottle Of cham.
payne, and that the mistake was due en-.
tirely to the fact that the collars got
mixed up In the wash, with the result
that most disreputable young fellow
who hailed from Denver or some Other
faraway place was wearing collar
with his name on it that night. Oh
course the police gave the name on tht
collar to the reporters.
There were also few minor explana
lions Of celebrations in which wine wa,
considerably freer than water at Pro
hibition banquet, conditions imposed a
the latest examinations and trouble tina
was the outgrowth of cutting" chapel
and with each artistic story told thu
WEAKNESS of the old gentleman appeared
to increase.
what an unfortunate thing it wa
for you, he said at last with wha
seemed to be sincere regret, "that you
father was not born u blamed foolp'-
Chicago Post.