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Teachers Examination.

The teachers Institaie for this
county convened here on Monday
morning. The examiners we're Coan-
ty Supesinle ldeat. james Il. shy
der, Profs G. " Keesecker and c.
p G. Rinker. About forty five
persons were enrolled to pass the
examination.
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MYERS.

The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Myers, died on last Friday
night, at the home OF its parents, on
TuSearora, and was buried on Sum
day afternoon. The services we're
held at the house at two o'clock, and
iaterment was made 10 Green Hill
Cemetery. S.
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BRATHEwAIT.

Miss Nora Brathewait, young
lady of the vicinity of Gerardstown,
died of consumption after q long,
lingering illness on Saturday morn
ing at 8 O'Clock. The funeral took
place at Stones Chapel on Sunday
at / o'clock, Rev. B. P. S. Busey
officiating.
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Genuine BARGAINS ia every
thing in the line | keep. When Issy
bargains / mean it. Come and see.
". L. JONES, Jeweler.
Read fr0m tAe .re snaea ,oIunae
And nd lend 2 n ,lyne q poet '

The beauty OF tiny voice.
Which you cannot do when you
suffer with Cough or Cold. Rid
yourself of the discomfort by buying
bottle Of Pan Tina, the best remdey
fol- Hoarseness and Influenza. Pan
Tina eosts25 cents at L.G .Matthaei's
Drug Store.
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Grand Band Concert at Mont Alto Park.

The musical event OF the season at
Mont Alto Park, will take place Fri.
day, August 10Th. The Martins
burg City Band will give two con-
certs as per the program given be-
low. Prof. F. Luscomb has again
been engaged as conductor of the
band, and ii ia recognized as being
one Of the best in this section.
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LOCAL NEWS.
If you desire a clean home

If you desire a clean home
paper giving you all the news,
general and LEGAL, worth print
lag, you must take the INDIE.
PENDENT. It's patrons are the
tbriltiest and most intelligent
people in the communities
where It circulates. Subscrip-
ticu $3.50 in advance. Trial
subscription 10 cents per month
to January l, 1899. Try it.
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DEATHS.
SKIPPER.

Charlts. the infant son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. B. III. Shipper, died at their
home at TomaAaes On Monday. The
funeral took place on Tuesday at
nine O'Clock, Rev. E. r. Reyburn
officiating.
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Antietam Cement for sale l7y
j. IL. MILLER & SONS.

Adamant and Cslolnsa Plsats-.
IS me as used on new Courthouse
for sale by J. Il. MILLER 4 Sens.
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For Rent.

The store room, stable and other
buildings now occupied by A.
Kogleschatz & Son, on East Martin
street, Torrent.
Apply to
l8.tf. j. n. THATCHER.
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GILBERT.

Sarah Merriman, infant daughter
of MIR. and Mrs. a. M. Gilbert, died
at their home on Burke street, on
Saturday morning, aged l3 months.
The funeral took place on Monday
afternoon, at 4 o clock, Rev. Henry
Thomas conducted the services. Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert have the sympathy
of the community in their affection.
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Like Golden Sunshine
OUR PRICES FALL.
Their Golden Rays Shed
DOLLARS FOR YOU ALI.

Our fine stock OF Summer Clothing
sold True everyday brings lis satisfied blyefs bat while
things going FAST they say
must De Sold tits no idle takno advertising catch
our would merchants doing people
the days OF their life and still business
Buyers have had enough of claprap Advertising They viii
stand It, The entire stock must &nG the prices going
you take them away Dr. Lucas Kearnysye, Jefferson Co.,
W. was well pleased with hot weather suit that bought
Two instead of one He only sample what Others
all day long.
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H 49, tt- title country town
~ ae.c p YVES born and bred,
honest IO.Gs. i 5 simple ways,
B.uetIC h.esa. A. on my head.
Bar drarcat ofiae joys it knows,
Ills there l wear my old, old clothes.
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The Cumberland Valley railroad
has posted notices warning wheel
men not to ride on right of way Of
the road.
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Capt. VIM. Sherrard died on last
Saturday morning at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. G. w. Boyer,
aged 80 years. Mr.. Sherrard was
we'll known in this community, hav-l
ing lived for many years. in the
neignborhood OF Gerardstown. He
served through the Mexican War as
sergeant of Company II, First Regi-
ment of Virginia. When the Civil
War broke out be joined the Confed.
crate army,as captain of the Old Do
minion Grays, and served through
the entire war. He leaves widow,
four sons, one of whom is with the
U. S. army at Santiago, and two
daughters to survive him. The fun
eral took place from the home of
Mr.. Boyer on Monday morning, at
nine O'Clock. The services were
conducted by DR.. F. M. Woods, of
this city. The pallbearers were
Messrs. John E. Boyd, Robert Bry-
arly, Edward Britton, George W.
North, Major John Cunningham and
W. t Noll, all old ex-Confederates.
1nterment was made in the GENE
terry at Gerardstown, W. 81. Wilen,
funeral director.
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ROCKWELL.

Ernest W. Rockwell, son of Mrs.
Samuel Rockwell, died on Tuesday
afternoon at $50 o'clock, at his
home on Pennsylvania avenue, OF
typhoid pneumonia, aged nineteen
years and nine months. The funeral
took place on Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock, Rev. W. F. Gruver con-
Quoted the services. Interment was
made in Green Hill cemetery.
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1.8.tf
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

Body-May or may not draw full
trier.
Flavor-May be of favored and
strong on top and sides,
Salt-Hlgh, low or irregular
Package-Any kind Of package mem
toned at time Of SALE
Creamery-Butter offered under this
classification shall be such as Is made In
n creamery from the cream obtained by
either the separator system, by setting
the milk at the creamery, or the system
known as farmer separator and gathered
cream.
Imitation Creamery-Butter offered
under this classification shall be such as
Is churned by the dairyman and dis
posed of by him In unsalted, unworked
condition to the dealer or shipper, and
worked, salted, and packed by the dealer
or shipper.
Ladle-Butter offered under this clas-
sifcation shall be such as is collected
by the dealer or shipper in the various
shapes of rolls, Jumps, or whole pack
ages, salted and worked by the dealer
and shipper resalted, rewOrked and
packed.
Process Butter-Butter offered under
this classification shall be butter made
by taking original packing stock and
other butter and melting the same at
higher temperature so that the butter oil
can be drawn off, Then aerated and
amalgamated with fresh milk, cream or
skim-milk and rechurned, worked, col
ored and salted.
Dairy-Butter offered under this clas-
sifcation shall be such as is made, salted
and packed by the dairyman and offered
in It's original package.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Garden Notes.

A knapsack sprayer is valuable tool
on every fruit and vegetable farm, and
it's use will save much time and labor in
combating diseases and insects, besides
saving many crops that might otherwise
be total loss. In the potato field alone
spraying machine will pay for itself the
first season.
Crates or other packages containing
fruit that has been picked duringthe heat
of the day should be placed in cool,
moists well-ventilated place for few
hours before sending them to market.
This plan will prevent whiting to some
extent and restore the fresh appear
ance Of the fruit.
In many sections rust Is often found
on strawberry plants. This disease may
be controlled to some extent by moving
off the tops after fruiting, but it is
better practice to spray the plants with
Bordeaux mixture two or three times
after the fruiting season, at intervals
of two weeks. If one application Of the
mixture is made before the fruit sets 1t
will assist in eradicating the disease.
A light, well-drained soil is necessary
to successfully grow muskmelons. The
growth should be continuous and hand
hoeing and frequent cultivation are nee
essary. Care should also be taken in
planting sufficient seed so that three
or four strong plants may be allowed
to fruit in each hill It is also well to
plant seeds Of several kinds to insure
more perfect blossom fertilization. Jenny
Lind, Hackensack and Emerald Gem are
good sorts and grow we'll together.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Letter Wheat.

Young Joe Letter has learned severe
and costly lesson in wheat raising, and
his father has also learned a severe
and costly lesson in trying to back
big-headed son In a very foolish specu-
lation. The losses foot up $7,000,000,
which the elder Letter has to borrow
on ten years time at per cent. inter-
est to make good the shortage Of his son
in a single years plunging in the Chi
cago wheat pit He bet that much on
his Judgment as to the future price Of
wheat and lost as about all do who
stake their money on the Board Of
Trade. Letter wheat" represented a
fictitious value and 1t cost the dealers
$1,000 900 to find it out. II the same
amount had been lost In playing poker
or at Monte Carlo It would have been no
more gambling than to bet on the Board
of Trade. The Chicago Times-Herald
thus sums up the history Of the rise
and fall Of the Letter wheat deal:
First wheat bought April 2, 1897, at
70% cents
Lowest price paid for any wheat in
the DEAL 64% cents, on June 18, 1897.
Price advanced to $1.S5, May 10, 1898.
Largest interest at any one time, S5,-
10000 bushels.
Largest amount OF cash wheat owned,
14,000,000 bushels.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

an egg, and consumers Of late are quite
as particular about the flavor Of eggs
as of other things they buy. The active
Leghorn can stand much more corn than
the heavy Brahma or the medium
weight Plymouth Rock. In grain foods
all poultrymen should recognize, for
egg production, the value Of wheat, oats,
corn barley and split peas fed in a mix
ture over any Of them fed separately
It will be plainly seen that the question
of judicious feeding is one that must be
regulated to suit the requirement Of each
flock. If the best results come from a
ration that is not generally accepted by
poultrymen as the best, never mind;
stick to it until you have good reasons,
gained from your own experience, to
change it.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

Retards growth Of bacteria.
Why do milk and cream sour less
readily in winter than in summer?
There are fewer bacteria in the air
and the temperature is lower.
Why does the ripening Of cream make
It churn more easily?
The albuminous matter Of cream is
thus rendered less tenacious.
Why does milk become sour?
Bacteria change sugar into Tactic acid.
Why should the room in which milk
is set be made perfect in its sanitary
conditions, such as good ventilation,
cleanliness Of floors, walks, etc, free
dom from bad odor without, ETC.?
To keep out undesirable bacteria, and
to keep products free from bad odors,
etc.
Why is butter worked?
To lessen the per cent. Of water and
casein.
Why does the presence Of casein In
butter injure It?
1t affords nourishment to bacteria,
which causes butter to decompose.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Watering Horses.

Horses, when working hard in hot
weather, need water every two or three
hours. The men generally take jug
of water to the field and keep it in
cool place and drink from it frequently
during a hot day. Horses suffer from
thirst as we'll as men, and small barrel
of water, wrapped and covered with old
gunny sacks to keep the water cool,
could be taken to the field and the
horses given a drink midway between
morning and noon and noon and night
that would greatly refresh them and
enable them to do their work much
easier than il left to suffer from parch-
ing thirst and suffocating dust five or
six hours at a time. This would also
prevent them from drinking so much
at noon and night to quench their thirst
that the grain they eat could not be
digested in the stomach. Horses should
never be watered or given grain when
overheated but they should be allowed
to stand for a short time until they
cool off, before being watered or fed
grain and then given water. The water
will force the food out Of the stomach
in an undigested condition.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Butter Grading.

The New York Mercantile Exchange
has established the following rules for
grading butter, which will be Of special
interest to western dairymen:
Extras-Shall be composed Of the
highest grade Of butter made in the
season when offered under the different
classlhcations and up to the following
standard:
Flavor-Must be fine, clean, sweet and
fresh, II of current make, and fine, sweet
and Clean II held.
Body-Must be good and uniform.
Salt--Mild salted.
Package-Good, uniform and clean.
Score-Shall average 95 points, or
higher.
FiTsts-Shall be grade just below
extras, and must be fine butter for the
season when made and offered under
the different classihcations and up to
the following standard
Flavor-Must be good, sweet, clean,
and fresh, II Of current make, and good,
sweet and clean, If held.
Body-Good and uniform.
Color-Reasonably uniform.
Package-Good and uniform.
Score--Shall average SS points or
higher.
Seconds-Shall be a grade below
Firsts, and must be good for the season
when offered under the different classi-
ficatlons and up to the following stan
dard:
Flavor Must be reasonably good and
sweet.
Body-If creamery, must be sound, II
ladies' or process must be 80 per cent.
solid boring.
Color-Fairly uniform.
Salt--May be high, medium or slack
salted.
Package-Good and uniform.
Score-Shall average 80 points, or
higher.
Thirds-shall be a grade below Sec
onds.
Flavor-Must be reasonably good and
may be strong on top and sides.
Body-Fair boring, II creamery, and
at least so per cent. boring full trier,
II ladies.
Color-May be irregular.
Salt-High, low or irregular.
Package Fairly uniform.
Score-Shall average rs points, or
higher.
Fourths-Shall be graded just below
Thirds, and may consist Of straight or
promiscuous lots.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

Total wheat exported and sold, 80
100000 bushels.
Largest profit on any one account, S5
cents.
cents per bushel.
Total estimated profit on May 81, $4,-
100000.
Average profit per month (up to May
81, 1S98), 1921 400
Average profit per day for fourteen
months ending May 81, 1898, $10,710.
Average profit per hour for fourteen
months ending May 81, $685. S446.
Average profit per minute for the four
teen months ending May 81, 1898, $3.50.
Collapse of the deal, June 1S, 1898,
Total net loss (estimated) June Is,
1898, $5,000,000.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Dairy Questions and Answers.


The dairy school at Geneva, N. Y,
sends out the following very suggestive
questions and answers which will be
Of interest to all who keep few or many
COWS:
Why should the udder OF the cows and
the hands of the mixer be made as
clean as possible before milking?
To keep bacteria from getting into
milk
Why should milk be removed from
stable as soon as possible after milking?
To prevent absorption OF any odors OF
the stable.
Why should milk not be put at once
after milking into closely covered cans?
Because by so doing OdOrs are re-
tanned in the milk.
Why should milk that is to be set for
cream in covered cans, or put into cans
for immediate delivery, be aerated?
To remove animal and other odors
from the milk.
Why should milk be set as soon as
possible after milking?
To stop the action OF bacteria.
Why should the temperature Of the
milk be reduced as quickly as possible
for creaming?
To prevent the formation Of fibrine
and the growth of bacteria.
Why should milk that is to be set
for cream be agitated no more than Is
necessary before setting?
Because agitation faVors the fOrma-
tion of fibrine.
Why should milk pals, pans, cans,
churns and every utensil used In the
dairy be kept most carefully cleaned?
Solely to keep out bacteria.
Why is cream ripened before churn-
ing?
To develop flavor and render churning
easier.
Why should the ripening process of
cream not be allowed to continue too
long?
To prevent development Of bacteria
that produce offensive products, such as
bitterness, and destroy aroma.
Why should thermometer be used at
every step in the process Of butter max
ing?
To be sure that the temperature is the
one desired in each stage or division Of
the work.
Why does cooling milk prevent Oh
retard souring7
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

hens or suffer from close air. A coop
for this grade of chicks which will save
all the trouble mentioned is here shown.
Any box of suitable size may be used
by placing roosts in 1t and arranging
slat door or one Of wire netting to be
closed at night. A board may be fast
ened across this door at night to keep
out storms, or a curtain may be made Of
old cloth which may be dropped down
from the inside and answer the same
purpose. Allow only the number Of
chicks in the coop that 1t will comfort
ably hold and keep it clean by the free
use Of lime and whitewash. Such coop
will be comfortable for half-grown
chicks until late in the fall, when they
will be large enough to hold their own
with the grown stock in the main house.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13

OF course the average Republican pol
itician has not heard of reduction of
insurance rates. A man who has moth
ing to insure is not likely to be con-
versant with the terms on which pro-
lection can be obtained. Most of these
politicians haven't money enough to get
to the next station without an annual
pass.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Half.drown Chicks.

Many people who raise poultry make
the mistake of confining half-grown
chicks in the coop which they first occu-
pied, or else allowing them to roost in
the large house with matured stock,
where they are generally in the way and
either crowded off the roosts by the old
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
Castor Beans.

Reports from Crawford county, Kan
sas, show that the farmers in the county
have under cultivation this year 1886
acres of castor beans. This will be o
valuable crop for them and It also adds
to the diversity Of their crops.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
FOR SALE.

sOws bred to Me Over Chief a45501 by the
a125220 by Chief Tecumseh II. a1457g; sowB not
bred; SOW pigs; boar pigs / own the grand
brood sow, Queen X l., litter sister with ]. II.
Sanders the champion Worlds Fair hog ana
others M equally as we'll bred. ! ship nothing
but flFst-class stun. Give me your order.
FRANK MCCORMACK,
MOrrOwvIlle, Kansas
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
gifts FOR SALE.

Have few Gilts good individuals Of Chi0f
know and Whats Wanted strains. GIFTS will be bred
II desired. Write quick. II hogs are not as repre-
sentcd may be returned
Pure Blood Plymouth Rock Eggs for sale
"OO '0' i'' M. r. BRADSHAW,
Washington, KRR.
The Advocate and news., 1898-07-13
BREEDERS DIRECTORY
FOR SALE CHEAP

Forty head fancy PolandChlna fall pigs Doth sexes,
sired by Little Mo by McWkes and Beautys Chic
by Chief / know. Satisfaction or no sale.
ID. A. KRAMER, Washington, KaG.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-10
BRULEs.
Indians VIII Surrender Large Tract
Of and.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES returning from
Lower Brule agency report that the
negotiations carried on with the Sioux
there by Inspector James McLaugh-
lin, of the Indian bureau, have been
successfully concluded. By the agree.
ment reached the Indians will surren-
der in the neighborhood of six or sew
ell townships of land, this to be taken
from the western portion Of the reser-
walton. The land retained by the
Lower Brules is bounded on the east
by the Missouri river, and is traversed
by a number of creeks. That to be
surrendered and opened to white set
Element in the future is good prairie
land. 1t lies partially in the Pierre
and partially in the chamberlain land
districts, the northwestern cor,er of
1t being only a few miles from the
town OF Fort Pierre. The surrender
of the land will necessitate the re-
allotment of the Indians on that por-
ton of the lands TO be retained. The
land thus r~elinquished to the govern
ment is intended to compensate the
government for land proposed to be
purchased from the Rosebud Indians
for a portion of the Lower Brule tribe,
which has moved to the latter reserva
ton, and desires To remain there per-
manently. The negotiations with the
Lower Brules brought out a curions
fact. A total of .450 men, women and
children compose the faction which
wishes to remain on the Rosebud rs
ervation. while there are 46S men. wo-
men and children who are content TO
remain on the regular Lower Brulc
reservation. Notwithstanding the diff
ference in numbers, those DESTROYS OF
remaining on the Rosebud reservation
have a majority of eight male Indians
over the age of eighteen years, the
necessary legal qualification TO en-
title an Indian to sign a treaty with
the government. Inspector McLAugh-
lin has now gone TO the Rosebud res
eryatiOn, where he expects TO secure
the signatures of the Lower BruleS
now there, as well as strive TO secure
the consent of three-fourths of the
male adult Indians there 10 the pro-
posed permanent residence of the Low
or Brules on that reservation. The
RoSebuds, in council some weeks ago,
decided that they wanted S1.25 per
acre for the land so occupied. The del
egation from this reservation, which
recently visited Mclaughlin, will need
TO obtain the signatures OF three
fourthS of the male adult lndians
there to ratify this agreement. When
all this is done, congress viii have to
ratify the agreement.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-03-10

Latest anOtations From Grain and
Live stock Centers.

Live stock Centcrs.
st. Paul, March 8. Wheat - No. I
Northern, S1.00 1-2G1.01 IL; No. 2 do,
96 1-2G9S lie. Corn - No. 3 yellow,
2SM2S 1-2c; Nos, 81 1-2627 3-4c. Oats
No. 3 white, 2T@27 1-2c; No. 8. 90 1-2ll
26 SAC. Barley and R~ye-Sample bar
ley. 2S@36c; No. 2 rye. 46@47c; No. 3
rye, HIGHS 1-2c. Seeds-No. 1 fix.
$1.25@1.25: timothy. $l41.25: red
clover. So. 2O63.SO.
Chicago, March s. - Wheat No.
2 red, $1.O4 81; No. 3 red, 90m96c:
No. 2 spring, 96c; No. 3 spring, SS@S9c:
No. 2 hard. 93c: No. 3 hard. SS092c;
No. l Northern spring. $1.04 IA. Corn
No. 2. 20 1-4G29 lie; No. 3, % 1-4M
% Use. Oats-No. 2, 26 1926 3-4c;
No. 3. 26G26 lie.
Milwaukee,, March S.-Flour steady.
Wheat higher: No. / Northern. $1.01;
No. 2 spring, 95M96c; May. S1.02 "a.
Rye firm; No. /, soc. Barley steady:
No. 2. L1G42c; sample, 81 1-2m40 1-?c.
Minneapolis, March S.-Wheat-May
opened at 81 5-Sc and closed at 90 3-4e;
July opened at 90 lie and closed mt
% 5-Sc. On track-No. 1 hard. S1.01 1-2;
No. | Northern, 99c; No. 2 Northern,
96 Lee.
Chicago. March Z. - Hogs - Light,
S3.9od4.lU; mixed. S3.95M4.15: heavy,
S3.90d4.15; rough, S3.S5M3.95. Cattle
Beeves. S3.90M5.5 80; cows and
heifers, 81. 10d4.35: Texas steers. $3.50
@4.30; stockers and feeders. S3.40m
40. Sheep-Natiye sheep. $3.10M4.To
Westerns, $3.60M4.60 lambs, Si.25M
5.60: market steady.
Twin City Stock Yards, March s. -
Hogs, S3.90n3.95. Cattle-Bulls. S3.25:
stockers, $685.: COWS. S2.5003.25.
South st. Paul, March :. - Hogs
S3.90G3.9T 1-2. Cattle-Steers. S4M4.40;
cows, $40; Gamers. $2.25m2.50: stock
ers, S3.90G4.6J; bulls, S3G3.20; calves,
$3.50.
Sioux City, Iowa, March S.-Hogs -
81. T56i3.90. Cattle-Cows, $3.50: heif-
crs. S3.25M3.T5 bulls, S2.45m3 90:
stockers, S3.S5d4.25; feeders. S4.05;
yearlings, $4Gl4.50; calves, S4.25M5.
Sheep. S3.75@4.50.