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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27

trusts may become things of the past
AS germcide it will prove of immense
value, as clothing may be disinfected
readily by its use. IT is said that the
molecules of oxygen are brought near
er mechanically in liquid air, hence any
carbon body ignited in close contact to
it will undergo oxydation instantly, re-
solving itself into its original gases,
with explosive energy. 1t is expected
to open up a new field in the line of safe
explosives, and is likely to be utilized as
pulverizer of refractory substances,
as by its evaporation they are made eS-
cessively brittle in low temperatures,
probably from the shrinking apart Of
their molecules.
Mr.. Tripler says that he resolved IS
years ago to devote his life to produce
ing some power to supplant steam and
electricity. After experimenting with
many different substances and agencies
he became satisfied that in liquid air
would be found the power which would
revolutionize the world. AS a motive
power, he now thinks, it is no longer a
theory but real live force which re-
quires no conditional experiments"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27

this take into consideration the fear.
full waste of the present method OF
threshing. / was at tlreshing the
other day, and while no doubt the
farmer was as careful as most Texas
farmers, and much more so than many,
to me il was waste, waste, everywhere,
and no one seemed to see it, or provide
against it. Am | mere grumbling
old simpleton? A mere paper farmer?
Well, have tramped round and built
many straw stack. / have stood be-
fore the machine in the dirtieSt and
most binding chatf and dust, have
had to manage the whole outfit, and
stop carelessness and provide for and
care for waste. Yes, | speak froun the
years of past experience, and say to
Texas farmers. gentlemen, if YOU eX-
pect to make farming n success. learn
to stop the leaks. WIN. Lumas. in
Farm and Ranch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
STOP THE FARM LEAKS.
There are Many Avenues Through Which
the Profits of the Farmer
Go to Waste.

Since writing my article-"A Stitch
In Time"-I have passed through a
representative part of the great wheat
belt of Texas, and am sorry to find
my fears, consequent on the showery
season, will be realized, and bly,
more than | had thought. / saw in
very many fields the straw of the
shocks badly weathered, injuring its
feeding properties, and while many
Texas farmer may regard this as very
trifling, | must remind him that the
feeding properly of his straw is one of
the factors of profits on his farm. Has
he that to learn yet? / am afraid he
has. Then | saw, too frequently, the
green growth on the shocks, chiefly at
the bands on the north sides of the
shocks, occasioned largely by the sun
not being able to get on the north side,
and the wet being retained, the
warmth induced growth; in this re-
spect we always set our shocks with
the ends north and south, so that the
sun would dry both sides. The cap
sheaves, designed to be roof, were
carelessly laid too fat, and therefore
caught and held the wet they were de-
signed to shed, and of necessity were
grown. do not feel it any pleasure
to draw attention to the loss occa-
stoned by this, but Texas farmer
should look to it and as far as possible
stop these ruinous leaks. The reports
give some 100000 bushels as this
years crop for the state, and one writer
says that out of this will be loss of
1000, 600 bushels by rain. Let us say
of this, is it not fearful loss to be met
by the farmer and the country? and
/ do not doubt it. The green-grown
grain will have used up its pabulum
and will be shrivelled and will blow
out of the tilresher and be lost entire
| ly, or at best will be saved as very poor
hog feed, if saved at all; the grains
starting to grow will have changed so
as to injure the quality of the sample
OF the whole crop, and so reduce the
price per bushel. viii the Texas farm
er kindly tell me how he can stand the
loss of one-sixth of his crop, and the re-
duction in price of the whole of what
he has remaining? Say in thousand
bushels be loses 1868 bushels, which
at rs cents, the present price, is SIPS
add to that the loss of five cents per
busbel for depreciation of sample on
balance Of crop. How much of this
could have been saved with proper
thought and a little care? another
lesson that the Texas farmer must
get out of the old rut of ship
shod work or ne will eventually
stick fast in the mud. Nor does
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
KILLING THE PIASA BIRD.
field Repeat the Curious In
dian Ceremony.

An unique spectacular programme
was lately carried out on the grounds
of the Piasa Bluffs, Chautauqua, by
the organization of Red Men from
Springfield. The exhibition was pan
tomimic portrayal of the old Indian
legend of the original Piasa bird, which
is supposed TO have once lived in this
region. The story told is of huge
bird so great that its wings gave the
air vibrations like the tones of thun-
der, its talons and beak and pow
erful body foamod the river, dashing
the waves against the rocky bluffs like
the modern dynamite of the American
navy--an enemy so furious and de-
structive and ready to devour that the
Indian tribes suffered the loss of many
Of it's braves. At last in council sac
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27

to have ripple if you are to catch
trout, The accepted explanation is
that the ripple conceals the casting
line, leaving visible to the fish the flies
alone, but one has only to use ones
eyes to discover that that is no ex-
PLANTATION at all. Even in gale, if
there is no sunshine, the gut is as east
ly visible to the human eye as it would
be in a dead calm, and to what the hui
man eye can see in the water the trout
is surely not quite blind. No; trout
rise in ripple more rapidly than in a
calm simply because the wind is oxy-
genating tie water. Whose doubts
this is invited to make an experiment,
Let him put half dozen live trout into
a pail of water. Within an hour they
will be siciening; some of them will be
near death and turning on their backs,
A few quarts of water plunged yard
or two through the air into the pail
will make all the trout revive as if by
magic. The fish want oxygen just as
the fellows at the club on a sultry aft
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
HERE AND THERE.

When an animal gets off it's feed IL
is usually because the owner has beer
too generous. Do not cverfeed in your
effort to fattcn rapidly.
In England no flavor excels that OF
rape-fed mutton. Rape IL plant much
resembling the rutabaga, but which
throws all the strength of its juices in.
to the leaves, rather than into large
root
AT the close of harvest there il
much cleaning to be done in the tields
buy flock of sheep for the purpose,
and raise crop of lambs for the spring
market; then fatten and sell the sheer
aud net good 100 per cent.
Ducks are chicken cholera proof
roup proof, cape proof and hawk proof
but they die with their favorite dis
eases, spinal meningitis and paralysis.
Nevertheless ducks are handles to raise
for home use or for market.
The quick growing kinds of turnips,
sown late in the autumn, are very sue.
culent, but they do not have the nutri.
tive qualities which belong to the Ruta.
baga family, or even the white turnip,
if sown earlier.
Feeding calves or steers is more
work than feeding pigs, and requires
more stable room, but it is far les,
risky. They consume a much larger
proportion of rough and cheap feed,
and with suitable cows it costs less to
produce them.
An abundance of pure water on
the farm is essential for both the com.
fort and health of the stock, and unless
you have it you can not expect much
profit from them. 1t will pay you to
invest your first surplus earnings in
procuring it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
EFFECT OF WEATHER ON FISH.
Why Trout Rise MerriIy in the Midst
of IA Storm and snIk When the
Water Is Quiet.

II trout rise merrily in the very
midst of storm, why do they invaria-
bly, sulk when the thunder is only I'm
the air?" The explanation is simple,
but it occurred to me only the other
day, says the London Review. Trout
sulk when the storm is gathering from
the cause which makes men at the club
decline TO look at the billiard cues dur
ing the same weather. The atmosphere
lacks oxygen, and therefore all sem
tient life is languid. When the light
ming has come the sultriness is dis
PEELED; fish and men have something
more cheering than carbonic acid gas
to breathe; both are in a humor for
food or play.
The same reasoning, l think. ex-
plains why, as rule, it is necessary
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
ernoon want thunderstorm or other
stimulant.


William E. Curtis, who has been a
good deal of globe trotter, writes
from Washington to the Chicago Rec
ord: 81 observed phenomena at San
Juan, and the same al Ponce de Leon,
for which have never been able to OBJ.
tain satisfactory explanation. The
old negresses who sit around the mar
ket place and the shady street corners
selling dulces from large baskets are
habitually smoking long black cigars,
and they put the lighted ends in their
mouths. Why they DO so and how they
can endure it are mysteries that could
not be solved, but it is nevertheless a
fact and custom that is unique in
Puerto Rico"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
Why You Should Keep Hons.

/. Because you ought by their means
to convert great deal of the waste on
the farm into money, in the shape OF
chickens and eggs for the market.
Q. Because with intelligent manage
ment they ought to be all year revenue
producers, excepting, perhaps, about
two months during moulting season.
g. Because the manure from the poul.
try house will make valuable compost
for use in either vegetable garden or
orchard. The birds themselves, IL al
lowed to run in the orchard, will de.
stroy many injurious insects.
4. Because while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in GER
tain sections, poultry can be raised 70,
table use or to lay eggs, in all parts of
the country
5. Because poultry raising is an EN-
ployment in which the farmers wife
and daughter can engage and leave
him free to attend to other depart
ments.
6. Because it will bring the best re-
turns, in the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season-when the
farmer has most time on his hands.
T. Because to start poultry raising
on the farm requires little or no man.
agelnent, poultry can be made, with
little cost, valuable adjunct TO the
farm.
8. Heat is companion of nature ia
vorable to the production of eggs and
meat, and to neglect providing com
Portable quarters is to invite defeat.
o. When keeping fowls in yards
there is nothing more essential to learn
than when not to feed. To have cour.
age to withhold feed is an important
requisite in management, Fed too OF.
ten they become idle and protitless.
10. Poultry in yards would give bet
ter returns than if on q range if prop.
erlv managed, but to give small flock
the proper attention would cost much
labor. This is not counted when the
flock is kept for pleasure, but on the
farm the case is different
IL. 1t is found that when charcoal
is added to the food of fattening tur.
keys they gain more rapidly. When
crowded a portion of the food is liable
to ferment in the crop before it passes
into the gizzard. Charcoal absorbs
gases and relieves the acidity, and to
this property of the charcoal the bene.
fits are due.-Success With the Garden.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27

liquid air, was placed upon a cake Ut
ice. This liquid air began to boil harder
than that which was over the fire. On
lifting the kettle from the fire sheet
OF ice was found over the bottom, thick
est where the flames had been hottest.
Dropping ice in the kettle made il boil
harder, and a few ounces of water
caused it to gurgle, spout and spit and
the lid could be held ON only with great
difficulty. AT the close of the expert
ment the kettle was inverted and
Jumps of ice were found inside, as dry
as chalk. Scientists estimated that
power enough had been generated to
run an engine. The steam" was ice
cold.
A tin lemonade shaker half filled
with liquid air was slowly revolyed in a
pan of water. The casing of ice which
Immediately formed around it cracked
with the intense cold. After repeated
dimensions an ice cup was formed,
thick enough to handle after the tin
cup had been removed. The ice cup
was partly filled with liquid air into
which Mr.. Tripler dropped lighted
cigarette. With a single puff 1t was
consumed. the ice cup remaining unin-
jured. A white-hot carbon rod was
plunged into the liquid air in the cup.
1t burned with intense brightness.
Heat came through the ice which was
not melted or cracked. A steel wire
in the cup lighted with match, burned
like fuse, the bottom of the cup be-
ing covered with pellets of steel. Dur
ing this time the ice cup had been held
on linen handkerchief, which was
found to be frozen so stiffiy that it could
be broken in the fingers. After re-
naming in the liquefied air for few
seconds an egg could be pounded into
bits as fine as -four. Raw beefsteak
yielded the same results. When taken
from the liquid it was so hard that it
rang like silver. Rubber after having
been immersed few seconds became as
friable as glass. Leather, strange to
say. was not affected by the fluid.
If into cream, sweetened and favored,
a spoonful of iquefied air be dropped
six seconds of stirring will produce ex-
cellent ice cream. A nail may be driven
into wood with bar of mercury, frozen
by having the liquid cir poured over it..
The great explosive power of the fluid
was shown by pouring teaspoonful
into a copper tube foot long. and
sealed at the bottom A closely-fitting
wooden plug was driven in the top.
Within four seconds, with loud report,
the plug shot up 200 feet above the sur
rounding buildings. Its possible use
as an explosive in war can hardly be
imagined. 1t may also be of great value
in cooling guns in action. 1t may also
be used as motive power in ships and
may be safely handled in an ordinary
engine. The vessel would be freed from
the weight of coal, and the necessity for
coaling stations would no longer exist,
In submarine boats the motor would
furnish all the air needed for breaths
ing, pure and cold, and used in en-
gines of aluminium end boilers of pa
per it may perchance solve the airship
problem. The surrounding atmosphere
would furnish all the heat needed.
When liquefied air is delivered to our
houses in cans and bottles, coal and ice
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
Climatic Conditions.

When we say that this plant or the
other plant is adapted to certain eli
mates, the idea of temperature is the
one which is usually prominent in the
mind. But this is only one of the nee
essary conditsons which come to make
up what we understand by climate.
Atmospheric moisture is an impor.
tant consideration. Some plants thrive
better where the atmosphere is con
tinually moist; while others prefer
that which is warm and dry. This is
the reason why plants from our noun
tains thrive better IN England than
they do in the lower attitudes in our
own country. The higher elevations are
usually comparatively damp, and the
moisture atmosphere of England con.
sequently helps to make up their nat
ural climatal conditions. Very often
there are other elements, which come
to make up the natural surroundings
of which we seem to be ignorant. For
instance, one would never think that
the Palmetto palm, which thrives so
well in the Caroinas, Louisiana and
the lower Mississippi regions would
not do well in California, and yet it is
said, that although many other palms
thrive as well in the temperate parts
of California as they would in theil
native homes, the Palmetto of the At.
lantic states refuses to thrive. Nee.
hans monthly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
FARMER AND PLANTER.
SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTER.
There's No Necessity for Grief over the
Condition of the Cotton Planter
of the South.

The editor of the st. Louis Manufac-
turer calls our attention to an article
in it's issue of June 10, entitled: The
Cotton Growers Condition." stating,
"the writer is a southern man, and
ought TO know whereof he speaks"
and asks our cooperation in placing
the subject truthfully before the pub
lie. The editor himself with credul-
ity not according to knowledge, in
dorses the article in question, and
says:
THE picture drawn by the writer of
sodtherner. 1t is not an overweight
picture. 1t not a fantastic painting.
1t is not fairy sketch. 1t is too true
to be ignored 1t is too serious to be
sighted"
The entire article of this southern
man who ought to know whereof he
writes" is but the exaggerated vapor-
| ings of pea-green pessimist, who
seems to have bad case of jaundice.
| Hear him:
"A brave, noble and Industrious peo-
pie, persistcntly producing one of the
chief articles of the worlds need, are
standing at the door of starvation-ab-
solute starvation"
Now we will venture the assertion
that there are more people TAT the
door of starvation in the city of st.
Louis with $4,000 people than among
the total white population Of the nine
cotton states, outside of the cities.
Among white farmers not one in a
thousand can see starvation with 40
foot telescope, and even among the
improvident negroes none are in any
danger of starving. The over-produc-
ton and low price of cotton have cut
a large slice off the farmers profits,
just as the low price of wheat affected
the western farmers recently. Some of
our cotton farmers are in debt and oc-
casionally are hopelessly so; but this
is the case everywhere, and is not a
condition peculiar to the south or to
cotton growers. The remedy suggest
ed by the southern man" is good
enough as far as it goes, but cure
that will affect but one-tenth of one
per cent. of the evils that exist, should
cause no loss of sleep to obtain. Cot
ton factories, he tells us, would save to
the farmer the freight charges on his
cotton, which would be about the
price of four square meals for each bale
consumed at home. And the "armies
of hands to consume the products of
the fields sounds all right, but half a
million factory hands would increase
the population less than one-fourth of
one per cent, and wouN not be observ-
able except in the i'm. tediate vicinity
of such factories. Thv fact is the
farmers OF the south are US prosperous
as those of any other section of the
country of equal extent, and they are
in no danger of starvation. The ed
itor of the Manufacturer gives some
timely suggestions, which are more tc
the point. Southern farmers SHOULD
avoid debt and consequent interest
and exorbitant prices for what they
buy, raise everything possible for home
use, and cotton as a surplus crop. Many
are doing this, and others will fall into
line soon. In the meantime our farm
ers, and everybody else, will have
plenty to eat and to wear Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
So Glad to Get Him.

OF course they were dear friends.
Ibid he kiss you when he proposed? ?"
asked the one in pink.
moo, | believe not" answered the
one in blue.
"You were too quick for him, sup
pose" suggested the one in pink; but
really, think you made a mistake. II
is better to let the man initiate any
thing of that sort"
1t is hardly necessary to explain why
they are no longer dear friends.-Chi-
cago Post.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
Keep Tab ON the Ministers,

Every time Russian minister leaves
town his colleagues are notified of the
journey, besides the council of the en-
pire, the cabinet of the emperor, the
empires comptroller and secretary,
the sacred synod, the emperor's mill
tary secretary, the empress, the gov
ernors of Moscow, Varsovie, Kieff, etc,
ad infinitum to all appearance. When
he returns the same minute notifca-
ton performance is gone through.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27

enemy in the nprer air. And sure
enough, as though loud shouts added
to the skill of the arrow, this monster
fell, eneveloped in cloud of feathers.
The braves completely encircled him
with the circular war dance of noisy
frinmnh
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27

'See here, Lucy, how much longer
are you going to keep me waiting?"
Only ten minutes. dear. I'm almost
ready"
well, all l can say is. if I've got to
wait here ten minutes-T'n be off this
blessed moment!"--Brooklyn Life.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
AIR In LIQUID FORM.
1t Is Unquestionably the Coolest
Thing Known to Science.
Wonderful Experiments Conducted
by Charles E. TripIer. New York
Investigator, Scientist and
Capitalist.
Especial New York Letter. ]

Liquid air, which is the air we breathe
reduced to liquid form under high
pressure, is about the coolest thing
known to science. Except for faint
blush tint, becoming more pro-
nounced as the liquid evaporates, it
looks like pure water. Each cubic foot
of liquefied air represents about 74S
cubic feet of ordinary air. All heat
einally derived from the sun hav-
Ing been practically expelled during
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
NnnoIenn,s PhNsician.

The present war has brought to light
the fact that DIR. Antommarchi, who
attended Napoleon during his last i'll
ness at st. Helena, is buried at Santiago
de Cuba, where he gave his services
free to the poor for many years.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-08-27
Vaccination before Marriage.

In Sweden and Norway legal mar
riage is not allowed to be solemnized
till both parties produce certificates
attesting that they bear genuine vac
cination marks.