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The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Flavor of rlilk.

Every farmer and dairyman knows
something about how quickly milk will
take up and retain the favors with which
it comes in contact. II milk is set near
vegetables such as onions or cabbage 1t
soon absOrbs their flavor. Recent ex-
periments seem to show that milk while
in the cows udder will take up impuri-
ties as well as after 1t has been milked
from the cow. This being so, cows
should not be allowed to stand in filthy,
sinking mud and water, nor to wallOw
around in yard filed with manure, nor
TO stand in a filthy stable. The sur
roundings of milch cows should be kept
perfectly clean and free from strong
odors Of every kind. Even the food
which a COW eats reflects its flavor in
her milk and the peculiar flavor of tur-
nips or onions is quickly detected in the
milk or butter that Is made from it.
Tainted milk or butter will not keep so
well as that which is kept clean and free
from foreign flavo~s. In order to get
from foreign flavors In order to get
the best results from milk or butter great
care must be used to keep 1t perfectly
clean and entirely away from all OBJ
nOXiOus flavors and odors.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Care OF Bees.

The condition Of the hives should be in
vestigated closely at this season mainly
for the purpose Of ascertaining what sup
plies the bees have for raising brood,
for when this work begins the available
food is used up very rapidly. Unless the
supply is exceedingly abundant feeding
should be done, for it will stimulate the
bees to greater activity. It is also at this
season Of the year when the bees are IN
the greatest danger of starvation. The
food should be of surplus honey or Of
sugar and water made into a syrup and
should be given until the flowers will
supply the required food. Feed in the
hive above the brood and never at the
entrance of the hive.
II the queens have disappeared during
the winter or are not properly fertiliEed
new queens will be necessary at once.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Farm Hedges.

In most localities in eastern Kansas
hedges are easily grown and are bene-
ncial around some portion Of the farm.
For marking boundary lines between
farms and where stock is kept in ad-
joining fields or for roadside lines the
Usage orange Is undoubtedly preferable
to anything else It grows rapidly and
succeeds on any soil not entirely sterile.
It Is sufficiently compact for the purpose
named though inclined to be open near
the ground, so that 1t would not turn
chickens and pigs. Along roadsides 1t
should be kept trimmed to about four feet
high, but for line fences and windbreaks
It may be left to grow its natural height,
and 1t will grow large enough to make
fence posts which are valuable for their
lasting qualities.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Shropshire BODDy

and fish, butter, cream and milk and va
rious kinds of pickles are often treated
with chemicals to prevent their decaying
or to give them the desired color. Sail
cyliC acid, bisulphite Of lime and bOraCic
acid are said to be used for this purpose
and the effect upon the users of goods so
treated cannot be otherwise than harm
full. We often read Of people being
poisoned from eating canned goods, es-
pecially meats and fish, and frequently
the poisoning is fatal In such cases
probably too much of the chemical prepa-
ration had been used, or coming in
contact with the tin had formed harm
full and dangerous poison. Most strin-
gent laws ought to be enacted and en-
forced in every State against all such
poisonous methods of treating foods. II
articles for food cannot be preserved
without filling them with dangerous
drugs, then they should not be preserved
at all. But they can be preserved with
out the use of poisonous drugs and pub
lie food inspectors should see that it is
done.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Mich Cows.

For the COW about to Calve heating food
like corn meal, rye and barley is not de-
sirable. Wheat bran, oil meal and clover
hay make a ration which will keep the
animal in good condition and carry her
through the calvlng period in good shape.
Place the COW in a dry, warm and clean
box stall or stable where she will not be
worried by the other animals, and have
her cared for by some person who is
quiet and gentle. The drinking water
should have the chill removed, and
hot bran mash should be fed for few
days both before and after calving. Keep
close watch of the udder, and should 1t
be swollen or inAamed bathe with hot
water and wipe dry, milking II the udder
is badly swollen and rubbing gently with
vaseline II any disposition to cake is
observed. Do not allow the animal to be
worried or excited, and both she and the
calf will be better the Quieter they are
kept.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20

no one will question its value as food
for stock, 1t is nuisance unless II can
be confined to single field, but 1t spreads
at such an alarming rate and when once
started 1t is so hard TO eradicate that
most farmers are afraid OF 1t. For pas
turing, Bermuda grass Is quite as de-
sirable, while COW peas are even better
than Johnson grass for the silO. II a
fair amount of corn Is made into silage
to feed with the COW peas, ration for
dairy COWS may be had which is pretty
nearly a perfect one. Many dealers are
this year advocating the use Of Johnson
grass through their catalogues, hence
this word of caution.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Proper Preparation OF Chickens for
Market.

Poultry should not be fed for twenty
four hours before killing. A full crop
not only Injuries the appearance Of the
dressed bird, but is liable to sour, and
low prices are the result. Poultry should
be killed by bleeding in the mouth or
by opening the veins in the neck, then
hang by the feet until they are properly
bled. The crop and intestines should
not be removed, and the feet and head
should be left on.
Either manner Of dresslng-by scald
ing or dry picking-will do, as those dry
picked sell best to shippers and scalded
best to the home trade. For scalding
chickens have the water as near boiling
point as possible without boiling. Hold
by the head and legs, which should be
picked dry before scalding; then inn
merse and lift up and down three times.
II the head is immersed it turns the
color Of the comb and gives the eyes a
shrunken appearance which leads buy
ers to think the fowl has been sick.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Two Good Apples.

Sutton Beauty and York Imperial are
two good market apples which are re-
ceiving a great deal Of attention just
now, and which may appear to be new
or unknown to a great many, although
neither one is of recent introduction.
The last edition of Downing's Fruits and
Fruit Trees of America describes both.
1t says that the former originated at
Sutton, Mass, and it is described as an
upright, thrifty grower, and very pro-
ductive; fruit very good; season No
vember to February. York Imperial is
thought to have originated in York
county, Pennsylvania, and is described
as productive, good to very good; season
November to February. Many good COM
mercial growers in New York State and
elsewhere think 1t highly probable that
Sutton Beauty will take rank in the very
limited list of profitable, late-keeping,
red, commercial apples. York Imperial
seems to be especially adapted to the CEN
trail and south central States, where it
is already bearing on commercial scale.
In spite Of its somewhat lop-sided form,
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Washing Fruit Trees.

II the trunks OF orchard trees and es-
pecially young trees show signs OF the
work OF insects or are covered with a
fungous growth they should be cleansed.
The best wash for the purpose Is a strong
soapsuds and 1t Is easily applied with
stiff broom.
The trunk Of the tree should be washed
thoroughly downward, applying the wash
also to the larger branches within reach.
This will kill bOrers and borers' eggs,
which are apt to be concealed near the
surface of the ground. This washing OF
tree trunks may not be necessary, but the
work Is quickly and inexpensively do1e
and will do no harm. II there Is the
slightest suspicion Of disease or insects
be on the safe side and apply this wash
freely.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Breed or the ttOrns.

There are two ways that will in a few
years rid the country of cattle with
horns. First, as the calves are dropped,
dehorn with caustic before the calf Is ten
days old, or with the knife between that
age and thirty days. The second method
is to breed from pure-bred polled bulls
only. But few OF the first cross will
have horns. The second cross disposes
of the horn question for all time We
talk about humanity In connection with
this subject. II we are honest In our
views we will as speedily as possible re-
move the necessity OF using either caus-
tic or the knife, and in the meantime
allow no horns to ever appear on calf.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20

The feathers and pin-feathers should
then be removed Immediately, very care
fully and without breaking the skin.
They are then pumped" by dipping ten
seconds into water nearly boiling hot
and then put Immediately into cold wa
ter, where they should remain until the
animal heat is entirely removed, after
which they should be hung in a cool
place.
To properly dry pick poultry the work
should be done before the bodies get cold
and while still bleeding. Dry picking is
much more easily done while the bodies
are warm. The work should be done
very carefully that the skin may not be
torn or broken.-Farmers' Call.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Growing Mixed Grains.

For sOillng purposes mixture Of
wheat, barley and oats gives profitable
results. Cut 1t just before the blossoms
appear. II a succession Is sown the
product may be had for use when pas
turage is apt to be short.
The same mixture can be sown to adj
vantage for the grain, which is particu-
larly useful for fattening animals. The
proportion of the mixture sown should
depend somewhat on what grain grows
best on the land you have, but usually Of
the three bushels required for an acre,
two parts each Of wheat and barley and
one of oats would be about the proper
proportion in making the mixture. Sow
early in the spring, taking care that the
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Fruit as Medicine.

Why for ages have people eaten apple
sauce with their roast goose and sucking
pig? Simply because the acids and pep
tones in the fruit assist in digesting the
fats so abundant in this kind of food.
For the same reason at the end Of
heavy dinner we eat our cooked fruits,
and when we want their digestive ac-
tion even more developed we take them
after dinner in their natural uncooked
state as desert. In the past ages in
stinct has taught men to do this; to-
day science tells them why they did it.
and this same science tells us that fruit
should be eaten as an aid to digestion
of other foods much more than It is now.
Cultivated fruits, such as apples, pears,
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20

II weak colony is among the lot 1t Is
often practicable to combine 1t with a
strong one, but II this is not practicable
new queens should be obtained. When
raising brood, bees consume consider
able water and drinking fountains should
be supplied and kept filed with clean
pure water.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
johnson Grass.

Because of the large yield per acre
and its excellence as food for stock, con-
siderable Johnson grass (Sorghum hala-
pense) is grown in the grass regions of
the Southwest by farmers who do not
understand the habit Of the grass. While
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20

it finds ready sale at good prices on ac-
count Of hts good color and quality This
variety has been called JOhnsOn's Fine
Winter, but that name is being rapidly
and fortunately Fgotten.-COuntry Gen
tleman.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20

soil is we'll pulverized and that the seed
is covered well. Harvest when the grain
is we'll ripened, thresh and grind the
grains together. Young stock, particu
larly, fare well on this ration, which is a
we'll balanced one.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-20
Food Dragging.

Much Of the food that is put up in tin
cans or glass jars and sold in the mar
kets as canned goods is treated with
some chemical preparation to aid in pre-
serving 1t. Fruits and vegetables, meats
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
SEla's Last Article,

In The Windsor Magazine Mrs. Sala
relates an incident about the last maya
zine article ever written by the late
George Augustus Sala. "AsIre-entered
his study that afternoon, she writes,
she gave me over the three slips Of q
closely written MS. On fiimsy foreign
note paper and said: Take them, dear
est. am SO tired I don t think l shall
ever write another magazine article.
Put the sheets in your dispatch box and
finish them for me. When l am dead,
you will perhaps want bread, and then
you can sell Bedrooms Oh Wheels. y
Sure enough, it was just as he go sadly
prophesied, for often since cruel death
came between us have wanted for the
common necessaries of life during many
weeks and months of WEAKNESS and i'll
health"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
IN NEW Works. EARLY DAYS.
The Bowery Was the Resort of Wealth,
Beauty and Fashion.

Beauty and Fashion.
ga pleasant picture occurs to me Of
a summer progress Of the family Of
Governor Stuyvesant to and from the
meeting house, for divine worship i'll
the fort near the Battery, New York, y
writes Mrs. Burton Harrison in The
Ladies' Home Journal, describing
"When Fashion Graced the Bowery. y
SIN brave coach, drawn by shining
horses is ensconced the governor him
self, whose long, laced coat half hides
his wooden leg banded with silver. He
wears carefully curled peruke and
holds his hat upon his knee, in order to
court the cool sea breeze that fans his.
rugged visage. His lady, sitting in state
beside him, is, in their staid and phleg-
matte community, accounted brilliant
parsonage; her gowns came out from
her native Paris, and her silken hood is
worn over frizzled and powdered hair;
her embroidered hose and high heeled
shoes, her rings, bracelets and lockets
with the gorgeously bound book Of de-
votions Suspended by a golden chain to
her waistband, may be depended upon
as models Of the very latest modes
Mrs Bayard, the widowed sister of the
governor, occupies seat in the coach
facing them.
"After service in the bare colonial
church-where the dominie's sermon,
however eloquent, was always brought
to an end By three raps from the clerk
stick at the moment when the sands of
the hourglass mad announced that the
preachers limit Of time had been reach
ed-the Stuyvesant party passes out be-
tween rows Of respectful gazers.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
Seed Potatoes
AND
Gre SS iced J

We are now offering for sale at low
figures Michigan Rose" and "Snow
Flake seed potatoes of the very best Sc
lection. We have tried this kind of stock
and find it makes the largest yield (of
good quality of any potatoes we have
ever used. Buy before the prieeee goes
higher. Good seed Isl, gaTce and prices
will be hiiggh. The above varieties are not
sold as an extra early sort, but recon-
mended chiefly for productiYeness, COM
bined with best quality. For extra early
we have the Triumph, 10 days earlier
than Early Rose.
Glover, Timothy, Orchard Grass, Ken
lucky Blue Grass, and Sapling Glover
seed at low prices. We make speciality
of Sapling Clover since We find from sew
years experience that it is THE
GLOVER for uplands, giving at least
one-third better yield either in pasture,
hay or to plow under.
Harness, Saddles, Leather, Leather and
Rubber Betting, Plasterers Hair, Lathes
and Shingles, always in stock.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
SIR JOHN MOORE.
The Brave Soldier Died as He Had Always
Hoped He Would.

The Brave Soldier Died as He Had Always
Hoped He Would.
Moore was dying. Baird was severely
wounded. The early winter night was
creeping over the field of battle, and
Hope, gallant soldier though he was,
judged it prudent to stay his hand.
Soult had been roughly driven back.
The transports were crowding into the
harbor. 1t was enough to have ended a
long retreat with the halo Of victory
and to have secured an undisturbed en-
barkation.
Meanwhile Moore had been carried
Into his quarters at Coruna. A much
attached servant stood with tears run
ming down his face as the dying man
was carried into the house. "My
FRIEND" said Moore, sit is nothipg!'
Then, turning to member of his staff,
Colonel Anderson, he said: Anderson,
you know have always wished to die
in this way. hope my country will do
me Justice" Only once his lips culver
ed and his voice shook as he said, "Say
to my mother" and then stopped, while
u6 SlruSBleu W AoSoiA IupOSuTo
"Stanhope," he said as his eyes fell on
his aid de-camp's face, remember me
to your sister''-the famous Hester
Stanhope, Pitts niece, to whom Moore
was engaged. Life was fast and visib1y
sinking, but he said, 81 feel myself SO
strong I fear shall be long dying"
But he was not. Death came swiftly
and almost painlessly. Wrapped in a
soldiers cloak, he was carried by the
light of torches to a grave hastily dug
in the citadel at Coruna, and far off
to the south, as the sorrowing officers
stood round the grave Of their dead
chief, could be heard from time to time
the sound of Soult's guns, yet in sullen
retreat. That scene is made immortal
in Wo1fe's noble lines:
Few and short were the prayers we said,
And we spoke not a word Of sorrow,
But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was
dead,
And we bitterly thought Of the morrow.
We thought rs we followed his narrow bed
And smoothed down his lonely pillow
That the foe and the stranger would tread o'el
his head,
And we far away on the billow.
-Cornhill Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS.

The Work OF Cartier, Champlain and 9th
ers In the Great Lakes.
W. s. HARDWOOD writes in st. Nicho-
las of "The Great Lakes" Mr.. Har-
wood says:
Jacques Cartier, who shipped from
st. Malo in 1884, explored the coast Of
Newfoundland and made the circuit Of
the gulf of st. Lawrence, and he did
much else, too, for New France in open
ing up negotiations with the many tribes
Of Indians who thronged thousands
strong and friendly from all the regions
in and about Quebec and Montreal and
Ottawa and Kingston. Another mariner
of st. Malo-Francis Greve-began the
colonization Of the land. About 1870,
in France, Samuel de Champlain was
born, and when he reached the age CT
early manhood he, too, Joined in the
new world exploration in the region
above the great lakes. The kings Of
France were much interested in the
new land and did all in their power not
only to explore the region, but to colo
nize and develop it. Champaign, in
1915, made an expedition up the Ottawa
river and penetrated as far as into
Georgian bay, thus touching on the wa
tiers of Lake Huron.
In 1913 Etienne Bruls, an old inter-
prefer, came into Champlain's camp
with the news Of the discovery Of Lake
Superior. Lake Erie, with Ontario, was
probably discovered some time earlier
than this. Nicollet, in 1884, started in
q canoe from the head of Georgian bay,
slzirted the eastern and northern shores
Of Huron and at last found himself at
Sault Ste. Marie, or the falls of st.
Mary, now shortened to "Soo"-the
first white man, it is believed, to reach
this key to the noble lake beyond He
went as far as Green bay, onLake Mich
iissan, and SO the various lakes at last
came into the actual knowledge of the
explorers and were no longer myths.
But as these French explorers con-
tinued to develop new and hitherto I'M
dreamed of possibilities of empire the
English began to take deep interest in
the region-an interest little less marked
than that they were then taking in
their schemes of colonization in Vir-
ginia and Massachusetts,. Again and
again through the years that follow the
threads cross and recross, not weaving
beautiful garment Of harmony, but
tangling in wretohed snarl, a patch
work of disputes between the nations.
ENHANCEMENT followed entangle-
IL. -
last the English were masters of the
northern lake region for all time-un-
less some day we shall see the stars and
stripes floating from the heights of
Quebec.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
A BRIGHT Bird.

The cuckoo is as likely to steal its
nest as to make it, but this fact does
not take from the point of the follow
ing pun, quoted from Short Stories:
A young Englishman being asked at
dinner whether he would have some
birds nest pudding, said, turning to
his hostess, "Ah, yes. birds nest pud-
ding, and what kind of bird may
have made it?''
"Oh, it was the cook who made it, ="
was her prompt reply.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
The Dear Child.

Little Torimie-Sister Lillian likes
to have you come here.
Mr.. Simperling-Aw, indeed! How
do you know that?
Little Top,mie-Well, people always
like what makes them glad, don t they?
Mr.. Simperling-Generally. But how
do you know make her glad?
Little Tomiaie-I heard her tellin
one of the ether girls today that she
just had to laugh every time she looked
at you.-CIeveland Leader.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07

The population of Iceland i'll 1894
was 70, III. Prior to 1890 there was a
good deal Of emigration, chiefly in Win
nipeg, but there has been very little
since that year. Sixty-five per cent of
the population live by rearing sheep
and cattle and Is per cent by fishing.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07

The oldest emblem Of royalty in ex-
istence is tho iron crown of the Lom-
bards The inner strip of iron, accord
Of the nails used at the crucifxion. Its
most distinguished wearers have been
Charlemagne, Charles Y and Napoleon.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
Navics of The World.

The Army and Navy Year Book rates
the navies of the world as follows
/, Great Britain; 2, France; 3, Russia;
4, Italy; B, United States; 6, Germany;
7, Spain; s, Japan; 8, Austria; 10,
Netherlands. Under present naval con-
tracts Japan in 1899 will go to the fifth
place, crowding down the United States
and Germany one point.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07

An old Georgia darby. On being asked
If he believed the whale swallowed
Jonah, replied: "Yes, sub. Jonah didn't
have nowhars else ter go, 'kase house
rent WIZ due an de bailiffs wuz arter
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
South.

"Have you ever travelled in the
south?' asked the New Orleans man OF
The chap from Bangor, Me.
ooh, yes, indeed, said tho Maine
han 81 have been to Boston and New
York. Harper Bazaar.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07
pou,t Tobacco spit aud Smoke Your life AWAY.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
retic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Sag, the wondcrworlseT, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1898-04-07

Packages weighing up to 20 pounds
and measuring not more than five feet
cube are now transported by the French
postoffice for 81 cents to any part of
France.