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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

AS 1 am often in receipt Of letters
concerning the Aylesbury Ducks, wish
to say at the beginning that they are
the champions for feathers. Experience
has taught me this. For ten years 1
have been engaged in duck breeding
and have handled nearly all varieties.
The Cayuga is a good duck, but being
black, is objected to by some. The
dark pin feathers give them bad ap-
pearance when they are prepared for
market. Yet the Cayuga takes on fat
well, and think no duck is better If
nice roast be desired. I see that Mr..
James Rankin is giving his Pekins
quite boost, as being the only ducks
that are fit for broilers, or for quick
growth when it is desired to put them
on the market at an early age, and he
says that there is no breed good enough
to cross them with. This country is
full of Mr.. Rankin's Imperial Pekins.
have had fifty or more of them my
self for a long time. But I have dis
posed of the last of them, and think
that l will never own another. l will
agree with Mr.. Rankin when he says
that there is nothing fit to cross them
on. l am sure that 1 would not like
to ruin any of my breeds by crossing
them with the Pekins. The Pekin is
all right to sell by weight when you do
get one fat, as they are of large frame
But they are slow to take on fat. But
to get the feathers fit for dress is
where the pinch comes. Every lady in
the land will tell you that the little
ers than the Pekin. When the Pek1n
feathers are ripe they are as coarse as
hen feathers, and there are about as
few of them.
On the other hand, the Aylesbury
ducks are good layers, take good care
of their young, are hardy and nearly
as large as the Pekins. Their feathers
are first-class for the purposes for
which such feathers are desired. They |
have heavy, thick coat of feathers
which ripen up evenly and which are
very easy to pick. But they are I'M
like the Pekin ducks in that they must |
have pond or pool to swim in. Show
me duck or goose that does not care
much for water and 1 will show you
q bird that has poor feathers. Now, /
do not wish to injure the business OF
Mr.. Rankin, but if the Pekin duck is
fit for anything more than to sell on
the market like fat pig do not know
what it is.
H G. HINT
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA. - and
PITCHERS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massa-
chusetts, was the originator Of PITCHERS
CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does
now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. H.
FLETCHER on every wrapper This is the
original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes OF The mothers of
America for over'thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you
have always bought" and has the signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No
one has authority from me to use my name ex-
cept The Centaur Company, Of which Chas H.
Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, NJ. d.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
Getting wild Honey.

The usual way when a bee tree has
been found is to cut it down, stupefy
the bees with smoke as well as may be,
and take their honey. This, Of course,
destroys all future haryests Of sweet
from that tree or swarm. Possibly
Daniel Johnson, an old bee hunter, OF
Dedham, Me-, has discovered better
way. The bees provided against their
tree being cut down and their stores
destroyed by selecting tree which
overhung a deep ravine. If the tree
were cut down it would fall into the,
ravine, smashing the tree and Destroy
ing the honey. So he inserted a gas
pipe from a hollow near the ground,
running it up the tree until the honey
was reached. Then he built a fire at
the foot of the tree. So soon as the
fire warmed the honey inside, it began
to run down, where it was caught in
pals. 1t nearly filed a barrel. Mr..
johnson thinks he has a permanent
hive OF bees on that tree so long as it
does not succumb to the effects of fire
at it's roots. He thinks there is enough
honey left to winter the bees, and that
next year they will go to work and fill
the empty combs. But it is very pos
sible that heat sufficient to melt honey
comb has killed the bees, and that the
barrel of honey this year is the last he
will get from that tree.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Major Lugard. the African explorer,
declares that the liquor traffic in At
RIGA is an unmitigated curse, and calls
upon the governments of England,
Germany and France to come to some
agreement which will in time effectu-
ally prohibit the importation Of
liquors
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
Training Grape Vines.

e. G. Lodeman, Department of Agrf-
culture Report: Training, on the other
hand. is almost wholly a matter of
convenience. 1t does not affect the
strength of the vine or the yaIue of
the crop in any essential particular.
The training of vine refers to the dis
posal or arrangement of the VARIOUS
parts of the vine after pruning has
taken place. The method of training
adapted determines the operator to
leave certain growths in certain posi-
lions, not because more or better fruit
Is expected, but for the reason, per-
haps, that the fruit may be harvested
with greater ease, that a laborious op-
Grafton may be wholly dispensed with,
or that there may be less danger to the
maturing crop from winds or other nat
ural agencies. The method of training
adopted by a vineyardist is largely the
result of personal preference or of ed
ucation, although soil and variety are
important factors in the selection of o
system. The health and vigor of the
vine are rarely affected by the method
In which it is trained, and although |
SOME system or training must be adopt |
ed in every vineyard. still altogether |
too much weight has been laid by most |
horticultural writers upon the peculiar
merits of the various systems, while the /
actually ruinous effects of bad pruning
have not always been sufficiently en-
phasized. A vine properly trained is
desirable. but properly pruned vine
is essential to the highest success. The
of this subject necessitates
a somewhat detailed statement of the
principles which are vitality connected
with the proper pruning of the vine.
These principles serve also as the soun-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

"After running over the statistics OF
death from drink, published in the
various countries, after attending for
some years the clinique of the great
Partisan hospitals, after consulting the
registry of cases admitted to homes,
one becomes perfectly convinced that
alcoholic poisoning is a more muder-
Gus plague. perhaps, than the great
epidemics which at different epochs
have devastated humanity. The pest,
the cholera, the yellow fever, break out
suddenly and decimate a village, a
province, a whole country, but their
passage is transitory in essence. Al
coholism takes no holiday. DR.. G.
Marty.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
Around the Farm.


Last harvest, owing to the wet wealth
-er, a certain fiat in one Of my fields
was so wet as to measurably drown the
oats which were sown upon it. There
were more or less oats, however, all
through it, and a huge crop of sour
grass and various sorts of weeds. 1
cut and stacked it. Today the stock
prefer it to bright, threshed timothy.
1 had sown the fiat to timothy and clo-
yer and wanted the land clean, which
was the chief reason for moving the
mixed oats, weeds and sour grass.
shall never despair again of getting
some good out of even a first-class
stand of weeds
The blanket Of snow has prevented
the ground from freezing to any ex
tent. Hence fence posts can be driven
with less labor than in the fall. The
cracks through the fields made by the
drouth I see are closed, and the ground
is damp foot down or more. This is
cheering, for the cracks prevented the
flow of water to the reservoirs.
In my opinion the wide-awake farm
er will keep over a few hundred bush
els OF cor at least until he Isl reason
ably sure of another sufficient crop.
Also, he will save a few tons of hay.
There has been slaughter of rab-
bits this winter beyond any other sea-
son within my knowledge. The taste
for fried bunny is on the increase
among the people. 1 am glad of it. 1t
will save blackberry gardens and young
fruit trees, for, singular as it seems,
many farmers neglect the ounce Of pre-
ventive so long in such matters that
they are compelled to use the pound of
cure. The only objection any farmer
can have to gunners hunting rabbits in
his fields is, he don't want them to kill
his quails, and he wants them to be
careful about shooting towards stock.
A neighbor had two valuable Angora
goats killed this winter by careless
gunners.
In an adjacent neighborhood I am
credibly informed that some aurt of
pest is killing off the rabbits; that
many dead ones are daily found. 1t
may be they are mistaken. T1e dead
rabbits are perhaps those wLisb have
been wounded and escaped, aud after
wards died. The neighborhood, how
ever, says no to this suggestion.
Renters seem determined not to pay
cash for land. They are willing TO
give larger share of grain than hith
erto. Some are now willing to give |
half the crop. The rule hitherto for
some years has been two-fifths in the
bushel and crib and half the hay. That
is what have rented for a number of
years past. l have made caref Il esti-
mates and find that, one year with an
other, l have done as well. and some
times better, than those who have
rented their land for cash. 1 have had
one renter seven years, and he has done
as well by his portion of the farm as
myself would have done. The great
trouble with many renters is they hog
the land over. 1t runs down under their
hands. The fences. the house, the
barn and the door-yard and orchard
ook as if very poor widow lived there
and had no help whatever. This kind
Of farming makes the owner harder in
lis demands than he would be if the
enter took little pride in keeping
he place in good condition. l have no
Use for slovenly renter.
EDWARD B. HEATON.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

"It has been said that greater calam-
tiles are inflicted on mankind by in
temperance than by the three great
historical scourges-war, pestilence
and famine. This is true for us, and it
is the measure of our discredit and dis
grace. w. E. Gladstone in the House
of Commons
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
sALzER,s GRAssEs ANp CLovERs.

Are warranted. They produce! We. are
the largest growers in America. Low
est prices. Seed Potatoes only S1.50 per
barrel. Big farm seed catalogue with
clover and grain samples worth $1,000
to get a start sent you by the John a.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse Wis, upon
receipt Of 10e and this notice. WIN.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
Tazewell county, Illinois.
Utilizing the Dandelion Harvest.


The following is from the National
Stockman and Farmer Question-We
have in this locality good deal of dan
delion that comes early in the spring
and is splendid for the bees to build up
on. But they frequently store a sur
plus from it that is not desirable hon
ey. Could l, by keeping off the surplus
arrangements, induce them to swarm
earlier, so they will fill the hive from
the dandelion, and thereby be ready to
store the surplus from white clover?
Would the swarm be likely to be as
strong as if they were allowed to store
a surplus before swarming? A. S. w.
Answer-You can do something to-
ward inducing earlier swarming by
giving the bees less room. But if they
swarm early because they're crowded
you can easily see that if they had
more room and didn't swarm they
would become stronger, and so would
throw off heavier swarms. Probably
it would be little difficult to get the
bees to swarm so early that the swarm
would fill up their brood combs with |
enough dandelion honey so the clover |
honey would all go into the sections.
But you might compass your purpose
in little different way. Give the
queen all the room she will occupy dur
ing dandelion harvest, either by put
ting a second story under the hive,
or by taking away from the hive
combs filled with dandelion honey, re-
placing them with empty combs or
frames filled with foundation. That
would give you strong colonies and
strong swarms, and when the swarms
were hived you could give them the ex-
ira combs of dandelion honey, and that
would be practically the same as if
they should swarm a little earlier and
I'LL up on dandelion honey themselves.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures viticuIture and
Horticulture.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

The older man gets, the more of TOOL
he thinks a boy is.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Impending Russian Famine.-As q
result of the short wheat crop in Rus
STA a famine is threatened in several
districts. Statistics lately issued leave
no doubt that about fourteen govern
ments will this winter suffer severely.
In the famine of 1891 twenty govern
ments were affected, including those
which suffer this year. The prelimi-
nary statistics of the harvest of 1897
show a deficiency in rye, wheat, oats
and barley of one thousand million
pools compared with the good yield OF
1894. The last two years have also
been below the average, and in addi-
ton to the hay crop other cattle foods.
as well as potatoes, give a very poor
return this year. AS the result. the
peasants must sell OF kill their cattle
and horses, leaving themselves abso-
lutely helpless. 1t is further noted that
this autumn has been so dry that in
many districts the seeds, which should
have been sown by this time, are either
not put in the ground or give small
hope of a satisfactory yield. These pre-
liminary figures are based on returns
from a thousand correspondents in all
parts of the empire.-English Ex-
change.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Seven Kentucky colonies were quaran
tined in Alabama recently, and it was
dry town, too.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18
Canada Thistles.

Any reader of The Farmers Review
that can answer the question will
oblige G. L. Having several patches of
these plants in a pasture of two hun
dred acres, we know those thistles to
be rich in sugar; cut, too, within the
spring cattle prefer them as fodder bet
ter than rank grass. We have known
field mice to climb the main stem, to
eat the seed in its capsules. Thistles
and grass growing together cut with
scythe in moving will make excellent
hay for cows, increasing their flow of
milk; that produces sweet butter The
dry spines being sharp, are very disa-
greeable to bare hands. When stacked
in large barns the saccharine matter
sweats vigorously and sometimes fires
the stacks by spontaneous combustion.
If the sod containing thistles is then
broken by blowing, planted with pota-
toes for two seasons thistles are de-
stroyed. In Great Britain many per-
sons use them for edible green's, before
cabbage comes.
RICHARD BAKER, JR.
Monument to the Potato-A curious
monument has been discovered in the
dense underground of the so-called
Brandhai. in the Upper Hartz. 1t is
granite block, about feet high, resting
on a stone pedestal, and on an iron tab /
let attached to it is the following in |
scription: Here, m the year 4747. the /
first trials were made with the cultiva- /
ton of the potato" The German peas
ant at the time did not take kindly to
the potato plant on Introduction to the
country 1t had, however. a great friend
in the king. Frederick H., who was con-
vinced of its value, but who was Obliged
to use forcible measures to get the peo-
pie of Pomerania and Silesia to plant
Tx.
Why is woman's husband less dear
to her than her husbands wife2
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Why is a man who is really good usually
looking so sad2
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Headache Quickly Cured.
Davis Anti-Headache never fails, 25c
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Ulysses S. Grant is granddaughter in
Kansas City.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

rope; in the number of suicides Russia is
ahead.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

You may lose your temper, but other
will find it,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Star Tobacco Is the leading brand of
the world, because it is the best.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Did you ever know man to kill little
bear or catch little fishl
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Guaranteed bacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. blood pure. SOC. ST. All druggists
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Do not feed freshly slaked lime to
fowls, 1t is too strong.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-03-18

Why is woman's husband less dear
to her than her husbands wife2
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-29
A. Question OF Street Noises.

New York visitors to Washington, eS-
pecially men, are apt to speak of the re-
marka bic absence of noise in this town
as compared with New York, and espe-
cially after nightfall. The main streets
of Washington, on 300 nights out of 800
seem TO a metropolitan visitor to have a
Sunday quiet To the man who is accus-
toned TO being thirsty in New York after
II O'Clock, the impossibility Of finding
even a side door open is apt to prove irri-
tating. But Washington likes it, and
there are many persons who resent IN
trusiOn upon this peacefulneSS. The or
gan-grinders, who may not play before
8 in the morning. must quit at at night.
The commissioners have licensed them,
and they must therefore play. There is
some lettcr-Writing to the local neWspa
pers by writers who object to Il recent
resolution by the commissioners, remOv-
ing the ban against criers of extras after
s o'clock At night. This relaxation of a
| rule that served mainly purpose of pre-
venting the sale of very late New York
| yellow extras, carrying displayed fakes
| printed hours before the afternoon pa
pers Of Washington had given the latest
accessible valid news, pleases only the
ncwsboys, who are to be permitted to in
wade the uptown quarters at any hour
with entire immunity from police inter
! ference. Church bells, ROSTERS, dogs, are
| TO be inhibited as creating needless
| noise or cutlery" The commissioners Will
not yet allow fish peddlers TO use tin
| horns to announce fresh rockfish, but
they employ a body of swil-gatherers
who spend more time IN blowing barbar-
| Gus blasts upon fish horns than they do
in collecting house waste. This partic-
ular form of nuisance would not be long
tolerated in New York. 1t does not seem
to occur to the rulers of the district that
nobody is more interested in getting rid
! of house waste than the people who de-
pend upon the authorities to remove it.
Bells were long ago prohibited to be used
on street cars, but the gongs of the cable
and electric cars are much noisier than
were those on the street cars formerly
used. There is a great field for reform
here III quieting the street whistler. The
town is given to whistling ito beat the
l -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-29
CANNY "PIPER OF DARGAI."
Findlater,s Entrance on the Music Hall
Stage and His Quick Exit.


Following the example Of Buffalo
Bill who continued in the circus his he
role exploits on the plains, Findlater, the
piper of the Gordon Highlanders, has
been playing in the Alhambra theater,
London, a part which he ought certainly
to have little difficulty in remembering.
The Taking Of the Plateau of Dargai'
was the name of the piece. The scene
represents the summit of the plateau upon
which savage AfridiS, all armed to the
teeth, pour deadly volleys into the prompt
er's box. Suddenly the fire ceases, and
the Afridis appear to be astOnished. In
the distance the march of the Gordon
Highlanders, played by flies and bag
pipes, is family heard. Mixed ale patrl-
otism rises to the fOaming and overlooking
point as the music increases in volume
The Afridis become terrified and begin to
waver; but they rally, and the fire Is re-
sumed more furiously than before. At
the top of the mountain in the back OF
the stage Findlater appears in flood OF
electric light. While playing his bagplpes,
he suddenly staggers and falls. Then, III
reclining posture, he resumes the tune
and continues playing while his compan-
ions advance upon the Afridis and pulver-
ize them with a few prods. Here the cur
tain falls, and Findlater is called out.
With the Victoria cross upon has breast
he appears before the fOOthghtS and re-
celyeS an ovation.
| This performance was repeated for sew
eral nights, until the military and civil
magnates became scandalized. The cross
was pinned upon Findlater's breast by the
| Queen herself, and consequently 1t was
| considered ''dreadfully shocking to find
| it figuring in a music hall under such eX-
| traOrdinary circumstances. A committee
visited Mr. Findlater and requested him
in the name of good taste and loyalty to
| discontinue his appearances in the show.
| He stoutly refused, saying that he never
| expected to win the Victoria cross, but
| having obtained it by pluck and good
| wind, he was determined to treat 1t like
| his pipes and play it for all it was worth.
| The pension which the government al
| lowed him after his discharge from the
| army on account of his wounds was bare
| ~ sufficient to keep him in bread. So he
resolved to enlist the Victoria cross in his
| own service and make it help him to be-
| come self-supporting subject.
In despair the committee left him to
move upon the manager. BY solid argu-
ments, or rather inducements, they pre-
! vailed upon him to cancel Flndlater's en-
| gagement and pay him up to its full term.
| This arrangement was perfectly satisfac-
tory to Findlater, especially as he was
getting thoroughly sick of ovations, and
they promised him a place of some sort
| in the service of her ajesty. SO Find
later has retired from the stage.-NeW
| York Sun.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-29
For Brain Workers.

Blanched almonds give the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food; no heat
or waste.
Walnuts give nerve or brain food, mus
Gle, heat and waste.
Pine kernels give heat and stay. They
serve as substitute for bread.
Green water-grapes are blood purify
ing (but of little food value); reject pips
and skins.
Blue grapes are feeding and blood puri-
flying: too rich for those who suffer
from the liver.
Tomatoes; higher nerve or brain food
and waste; no heat; they are thinning
and stimulat ting; do not swallow skins.
Juicy fruits give more or less the
higher nerve or brain, and, some few,
muscle food and waste; no heat.
Apples supply the higher nerve or
brain food; supply heat and waste, but
are not muscle-feeding. They should be
avoided by those who suffer from the
liver.
Oranges are refreshing and feeding
but are not good if the liver is out OF
| order.
Green figs are excellent food.
Dried figs contain nerve and muscle
| food heat and waste, but are bad for
| the liver.
The great majority of small fresh seed
| fruits are laxative.
All stone fruits are considered to be
| Injurious for those who suffer from the
| liver, and should be used cautiously.
Lemons and tomatoes should not be
used daily IN cold weather; they have 3
| thinning and cooling effect.
Raisins are stimulating in proportion
| TO their quality,