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The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

Searly for small repairs, which, if the
farmer only haei few tools and a suit
able place in which to work, could
often be saved. Indeed, workshop on
the farm is a necessity-an essential
part of the farm machinery-and in
case convenient spot is at hand the
general farmer can do nothing better
than erect building similar to the
one shown in the accompanying illus
tration.
AS can be seen, it is located against
bank. This affords basement which
for housing poultry and swine in win
ter is not easily, as far as warmth goes,
to be surpassed. The second floor is
for storing various agricultural tools
and implements, from the hand to the
wheel rake, and from the ordinary
sickle to the moving machine and
reaper, while one corner-preferably
on the sunny side-is partitioned off
into workshop. Being equipped with
o work bench and heating apparatus,
the farmer herein can pass many a
stormy day, no matter what the sea-
son of the year is, constructing berry
and vegetable crates, mending harness
or doing whatever tinkering work is
required on the farm or in the house.
An extensive set of tools is not re-
quired. Simply few of the most prac-
ticable ones Will suffice, such as yari
GUS sized augers and bits, handsaws,
square and scratch avis and good
wise, 80 that saw filing and the like can
be done. Paint and varnish should also
be in stock, for then, not to mention
any article which has been made, the
harrows. plows. cultivators, and, in
fact, all agricultural implements from
which the pain. has worn off may on
coming in in autumn or at any other
time be brushed over, and SO prevent
the iron from rusting. Furthermore,
there should be kept shoemaker's
outfit Gt can be bought cheap to-day,
for this comes handy in mending har-
ness and SO on, MS well as boots and
shoes. Best of all, however, the work
andtools being confined by themselves,
there is no dirt about the house or
other buildings while the tools, if not
carried away, are always in their
place. The truth is. combining two
buildings thus into one serves two
highly desirable purposes-there is
only one roof called for to cover both
and for the animals housed upon the
lower floor exceptionally warm quar-
ters are provided.-Frederick o. Sib-
ley, in N. Y. Tribune.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
Confederate Blockade Runners.

At the outset steamers, and even
sailing vessels were used for this trade;
but as the stringency of the blockade
increased, steamers better fitted for
the work were employed, and finally a
class especially adapted to the service
was built in England. They were long,
low, lightly constructed iron steamers
of light draft, with powerful motive
power, either screw or feathered pad
dle-wheels, with no spars, and were
painted lead-color. The captain of a
successful blockade-runner needed to
be thorough seaman and skillful
navigator His work required bold
ness, decision in emergencies, and the
faculty of commanding and inspiring
the confidence of his crew. There were
captains who ran in and out a great
number of times. Capt. John Wilkin-
son made 81 successful runs inside of
~ months, and not In fast steamer.
That absence of these qualities would
invite loss was made apparent in q
great number of instances, when the
steamers were almost thrown away by
bad landfalls, or by the captain or
crew whiting ut the first sight Of
cruiser or the sound of gun. The Pc
cuniary stake was large;. and the
blockade-running offered . certain
amount of excitement and adventure
that drew into its service some distin-
guished foreign naval officers, who,
under their own or assumed names,
made the most successful command
ers. = Col. John Taylor Wood, in Cen
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rhENN;;lh
[SleAzEk'[|'lllEaEM2
AN INVENTIVE GENIUS.
His Clever Appliance for the Con-
y~nience of soldiers In
Camp and Battle.

Just at this time, when the people
of the United States are especially in
terested in all subjects relating to the
arming and equipment of troops, 1t is
worth while to recall that the first of
our modern American humorists made
his reputation by some very pertinent
suggestions to the secretary of war
regarding the value of the military
hook"
Jefferson Davis was secretary Of
war during President Franklin Pierce's
administrat ton. He had won laurels
in the Mexican war as colonel of the
Mississippi rifles. He was great
stickler for military discipline, and di-
rected everything in person like COM
mander-in-chief from grand review
to the purchase of shoe blacking.
He changed the uniforms and equip
ments several times. thus causing
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
New Mother.in.Law story.

A Cleveland man who went east to spend
his vacation brought home with him what he
thinks is a new mother-in-law story. Moth
er-in-law stories are drug on the market,
but this one seems to pe little less Jruggy
than usual. A man and his wife went TO
Europe and the mans mother-in-law went
along. Up to this point there is no novelty
in the story. On the voyage the mother-in-
law fell il and died OF course she had to be \,
was made, but instead of an iron weight to
sink the body they used big bag of coal. In
commenting on the arrangements afterward
the bereaved son-in-law, who suffered bad
ly, said: always knew where m-m-m-
mother-in-law was g-going, but b-b-blame me
if | s-s-supposed she'd have to carry her own
f.f-fuel." l."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
GEESE ARE STUPID
Accoraiss to an Ola OldPoultrynaa They
Can't Stand . Rainstorn
when Thirxty.

"Geese are peculiar" said an old
poultry salesman in Manhattan mar
ket. "Put them out in rainstorm
when they have good thirst on and
they sre liable to die. About ten years
ago was engaged by firm to go out
through the west and buy live geese
and chickens. bought ten car loads,
put them in crates and started last.
The geese were in the crates nearest
the door Of the open car-that's the
regular way to ship them-and on top
of them were piled the chicken crates.
eve got about ten miles from st. Jo-
seph, No., when the load on one of the
cars sagged. and the whole pile of
crates was spilled on the side of the
track. In piling the crates on gain
the geese were placed on top. knew
= was taking chances, because rain
storm meant death to the geese, but
there didn't seem to be any storm in
sight, and l thought we could make
ST. Joseph and shift the load there.
The train had only gone short dis
tance when storm came up SO sud
denly that the rain was falling almost
a. soon as the clouds were noticed.
The geese had been without water for
some hours, and the moment they felt
the rain they were stretching their
necks through the openings between
the Stats and holding their bills open
to catch the drops. Well, I got an old
coat and laid it over as many of the
crates as It would cover. SO as to save
as many as possible. Then l got a
switch and tried to force the others to
keep their heads. inside the crates.
They didn't mind the switch very
much, and had to give each one four
or five good hits before it would pull in
its head. and when started on new
head the old one would pop up again.
When we got into ST. Joseph it was
still raining, and every goose in the
top crates with the exception of those
under the coat was dead. Whether
they died from drinking too much or
from drinking while their necks were
IN an unnatural position l do not
know. but every man who has handled
live geese knows that a thirsty goose
in q rainstorm in crate is as good as
dead. I've never told of this peculiar
ity about geese without being doubted.
but you just ask any poultryman II it
isn't true."-N. Y. Sun.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

10 order Lieut.. Derby tried by court
martial at once. President Pierce
and the other secretaries (who en-
lowed the witty lieutenant's letter
and illustrations) finally convinced
Secretary Davis that he would only
be laughed at, 20 the audacious lieu
tenant was let alone.
Afterward this letter and other ar
ticles were collected into book, the
humor of which is still fresh. The
name John Phoenix" is no longer
familiar to the general reading pub
lie, but 1t is doubtless true that he fur
nished inspiration to Mark Twain, Pc
troleum V. Nasty, Josh Billings, Bill
Nye and other typical American jok-
ers who came after him.. Chicago
Daily Record.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
pem.n . for Fat !. M h..

Prof. Henry says, in Feeds and Feed
ing, the demand for well-fattened
lambs steadily increases, the tender,
juicy meat finding favor among Amer
leans. Not only do prices for fat
lambs rule high as compared with ma
ture sheep and farm animals general
ly. but there are other advantages in
favor Of feeding OF lambs before they
reach maturity. A given weight Of
feed goes further with the lambs than
mature sheep; the money invested is
sooner returned, and there is less risk
from death and accident. Thus, every
thing tends toward hurrying lambs to
market as rapidly as they can be fat
tened and as early as they can be dis
posed of to secure the highest price.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

much growing among army officers.
After one Of these changes he received
an official letter from Lieut.. Derby
("John Phoenix'), who was then sta
toned at San Diego, CAL. in which,
after commencing the rare military
genius shown in the new changes by
the war department, he went on to
suggest the adoption in the army Of
new accouterment of great value and
marvellous utility.
This was an iron plate to be strongly
united on the rear of the soldiers
trousers, with stout iron hook pro-
jecting. illustrations showed the
many uses to which it could be put.
Soldiers could carry their effects on
the hook on the march; at the camp
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
COOP FOR FEEDING CHICKENS.

COOP FOR FEEDING CHICKENS.
in their yard one Of the coop runs, a
triangular frame of laths, used earlier
in the season to confine mother hens
near their coop. have dozen of
these runs. They are the length of n
lath and allow little chicks free ingress
and egress, while the mother can but
put her head through the slots. The
open end Of the run, placed against
the yard fence and dish of cracked
corn was constantly kept inside which
the larger chickens could not reach.
The little fellows quickly learned, when
hungry, to dart between the stats of
this run and eat their fill, safe from the
greed of the grown flock.
After the snow came, the run was
placed in the henhouse, the space be-
tween laths increased to allow free pas
sage of this half grown brood, and the
dish Of cracked corn constantly kept re-
plenished. 1t has proved just the right
food for this late Matched brood, but /
doubt If II would be healthy diet for
chicks coming from the shell in hot
weather.-American Agriculturist.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
THE CAMPFIRE
One of the Lingering Remem.
of = Veteran of the
Civil War.

"Men build camp fires in various
places to cook their coffee by or to
make themselves warm or for COM
pany's sake" said civil war veteran,
land any fire is likely to be more or
less gathering point, but l suppose
that the fire to which the name of
campfire properly belongs, the camp
fire of song and story, is the cooks
fire at the end of the ordinary street,
built on the ground, under pole sup
ported at the ends by crotched sticks
the camp kettles are suspended. This
was the gathering point of the COM
pany.
Men did not always stand about
the campfire, it depended upon circum-
stances and on the weather. They
met here, of course, az meal times, and
there were times when the men would
stand around the fire and smoke and
talk. And then it might be that the
men would keep their tents, playing
cards or smoking there or mending
their clothes or polishing up their ac-
coutrements. So that there were
times when the fire was quite deserted
or when, perhaps, there might be seen
there solitary figure, man who had
come to light his pipe.
"But though it might be deserted
the fire still burned. Sometimes on
cold and windy nights the wind would
blow il about and scatter it, and some
times, when it was no longer attended,
the rain would put 1t out black, but
there was usually living fire there
by day and bed Of embers by night,
and here was the soldiers hearth
stone.".N. Y. Sun.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
BREAD, POTATOES and NIL !.
He Lived on Lenten Fare.
A Dyspeptic's daily diet.

sessoued Win little salt. sud drsnk enaY
little milk: became 20 bed that . tff46
too mnch of even these caused tetgE614
.unering q TIE region. q the sleileeI
dartin1 paias back Of the eyes, atte11e1
with dissjness and partisi loss of s{ZIIE
The onix way could get relief was hySo9.
ting. fiuaffy had such severe S4fae5k
that the entifs LEFT side Of ny bc1y asle
condition. was taken 70 ny room aneoa-
scious. rhe physicians fsiisd u help ne
and none Of The many remedies took az
me any good. Al last : friend presentea
me with Z bottle Of DR.. Ayers 1ef1ApaytIlA
and before had used half Of II, could see
! decided change for the better. -
three bottles and was 70 completely CURED
that for four years have not been trcueJe4
with the old eompiaiut. but am rugged au4
hearty aud able 10 eat anything that can
too much In praise Of Dr. Ayers eersape-
riila and would not give one bottle Of 4
for 4 dozen Of any other kind -. 3.
SHIELDS, Meridian. Miss. Ssas'e
Try DR.. Ayers sarsapsrilia ~ yoa' are
dyspeptic. II you want more testimony to
the value OF the medicine. get DR., Ayef's
curebook. 1t Is sent free ON request BY
the ]. c. Aver Co., Lowell.
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WHILE WARNING HIMSELF.

fre cooking utensils could be suspend
ed from the hook and rations cooked
while the soldier warmed himself; or
It could be used as camp stool.
In battle, if patriotic zeal led the
soldier into too much danger, his Off
Ger will, rope attached to the hook
could restrain him, or haul him to the
rear il wounded.
Secretary Davis was in towering
rage after reading this communica-
tion. The cool sarcasm and audacity
of the lieutenant were exasperating.
He laid the matter before cabinet
meeting and announced his intention
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
A HANDY BUILDING.
UDper story 1. work.hop and Tool
House, the Basement . Comforts
able Winter shelter.

One of the great drawbacks with
some farmers is that their outbuild-
ings are not arranged conveniently or
with amy thought Of economy. This is
something during these days Of rapid
progress and desperate competition
that will not do. Saving in little things
may often seem too trivial. we admit,
but II not carried to the point of
''penny wise and pound foolish" it is
what helps to plant the most gigantic
stones in the pyramid Of any industry.
How many turner's have sunk for
tunes in machinery of every descrip-
tion simply for the want of properly
housing and taking care of it! Then,
numerous are the dollars paid out
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
wind Won. .. u.u.l.

There was great jubilee and there would
have been feastng in Madrid had provisions
been cheaper.
Shout. stranger, shout" urged the high
born hidalgo. AN American town was com
pletely destroyed"
"Ah. by Camara's squadron?" inquired
the stranger.
"Well, the information from American
sources says it was destroyed by cyclone.
What that may be none of us know, but it
surely means ress some form Of Spanish pSwsr
World
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
NOTES FOR BEEKEEpERs.

Old comb usually thickens with use
Empty frames of comb should be well
taken care Of when not in use.
Colonies that are short of stores for
winter should be fed during Septem-
ber.
Most colonies, If rightly managed.
will build down to the bottom of Sec
tions.
If necessary to melt honey, melt it
slowly. II melted rapidly it will be
spoiled.
The best way of keeping empty
combs is to store them in boxes that are
mice proof.
By keeping bees in good, thrifty
condition at this time robbing may be
prevented.
Beeswax IL a valuable product. Every
particle Of comb should be rendered
into wax.
Buckwheat may be sown as late as
the first week In August; and will fur
nish considerable honey.
The objection to using rosin to fasten
foundations in the frames is that it
will spoil the wax later on.
1t is claimed that queen Of the cur
rent years raising 10 less inclined to
swarm than one that is older.
Small entrances at unshaded hives,
even when there is plenty Of room, will
often cause the bees to cluster out In
front.
Never leave sections in the hive when
the fiow stops, for the bees to daub with
glue. They can be put in again II there
is fresh fow.
Do not try 10 scrape sections when
it iszo hot that the propolis runs. Bet
ter have It cool enough 70 have the
propolis brittle.
There II often considerable dif-
ference In the amount Of brood In diff
ferent colonies, and consequently In
the amount Of honey left In their brood
nest ST. Louis Republic
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
Feoa for Growing Turkex.,

Young turkeys should now be far
enough advanced 20 be beyond the
danger stage, and they will thrive ad-
mirably on range. To keep them in
growing condition and induce them to
come up every evening they may be
given one meal day, which should
consist Of cooked cake, composed of
two pounds Of corn meal, one pound of
middtings, one pound Of ground oats,
one psmnd Of ground meat and half i
pound of linseed meal. They will relish
such mesa and will grow rapidly. -
Farm tlhd Firestdc.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
The Growth Of socialism.

1t is argued by deep thinkers that the
Ing s armie. Of the world, q Id in in which men are
often made to enlist against their will, and
thus become discontented with existing con-
ditions. The growth Of stronger race Of
people il due to the large sale Of Hostetter's
Stomach BAters, which is the best medicine
iSr S costiveness, dyspepsia, fever, ague and
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
CARE OF LATE BRooDs.
How to Make Them Profitable and
Push Them Rapidly to HEALTH
ful Maturity.

Last year l raised 400 chicks, but
none of them matured and grew SO rap
idly as the late Matched September
brood, and think it partly due to their
generous feeds Of cracked corn. Find
ing that these September chicks were
crowded from the feed boards when
ever the older focks were fed, placed
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
ONLY for Mu.,c.

"Have you soul for musics" she asked as
she turned from the piano.
"For music, yes" he replied, and then he
hastily changed the subject and neglected to
ask her to sing again.
But she knew You can't always fool
girl, even If she does think she has voice.
Chicago Post.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
One Of ne Keer,.r-e,. Crew.

Frederick Walden, who is now liv-
ing in little village In Michigan, is one
of the six remaining survivors of the
crew of the Kearsarge, which sank in
Alabsma.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
Tara About.

Il understand from careful perusal
Af history" said a young fellow with
an arid uppsU lip, shat in 1851 the
young fellows went to war, and
think it's the old mems turn to 60 this
tms.S-Denver Times.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

"Spare my child! spare my child!" cries
the mother when too late. One box of Dr..
Mofetfs TEgTHISA (IctthtnO Ptpde,s)
would have saved her darling, and costs
only Is cents
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sururi.inw Achleyemel

DR.. Moffett is daily receiving the thanks of
parents whose children have been saved by
TEETHIEA lIecthtn0 PDtpdcT1)
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

Paradoxical-"IIoww was your amateur
opera performance at was so poor that it
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

The Spaniards try to avoid engagements
but the summer girl isn't built that way
Chicngo Daily News.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

"What is luck, Uncle Jim?'
Luck? Well, it is when boy turns out
10 be as smart as his grandmother said he
was. Detroit Free Press.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

I cannot speak too highly of Pso's Cur,
for Consumption.-Mrs: Frank Mobbs, 2ll
W. 22d St., New York, Oct. %, 1894.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30
Fuller,e EartA in Ca1ifornia.

1t is reported that an apparently in
exhaustible deposit Of fuller's earth
has been discovered in San Bernardino
county, Cal.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails to cure 25c
The Holly chieftain., 1898-09-30

SAN RnANCI0Os. Oel
IsunvILl&. y. Hxw xeax. =. =.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-28
HIGH TIDE IN EXPORTS
UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH RECENT
LIZ IN THIS BUSINESS.
CereaIine Plant Capacity to Be DOu-
bIed-An Unusual Demand for
Furniture Cars.

Indianapolis, through the interstate-com-
merce enactment has lost it's prestige as
a grain center now handling but five mil
lion bushels a year against twenty-five mill
lion bushels in years prior to the laws
passage. The grain now goes through here
on through rates, instead Of coming local
to Indianapolis and then being rebilled.
The export business of this city, however,
has grown beyond precedent in the last
few years. One of the best informed freight
men here stated on Saturday that when the
manufacturers of export freights We're all
busy, it was not an uncommon thing to
ship eighty to one hundred carloads Of ex-
port freight day. Just now the Touring
mills are running but one-third their ca
pacity, and they usually ship fifteen to
twenty carloads Of flour day for export,
but the packing houses, the cerealine mills.
the hominy mills, the starch works, the
lumber dealers in hardwoods are now
heavy shippers, and the Atlas engine
works, Chandler & Taylor, Nordyke &
Marmon are shipping a considerable per
cent. of their product to foreign countries.
There is hardly small manufacturer that
does not manufacture more or less goods
for export annually.
Now there is weekly shipped for export
from the Indianapolis stock yards three
hundred to five hundred of cattle and from
the horse sale stables fifteen to twenty
carloads OF horses and much OF TINS pusl-
ness has sprung up in the last three years.
Very few of the citizens, said the railroad
official, are aware that the goods manu-.
featured at indianapolis by some OF the
smaller concerns are shipped abroad. To
place the export shipments or indianapolis
at an average of sixty cars day is not
the least exaggeration, as there are, days
when the export shipments will reach one
hundred carloads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-28

WASHINGTON, Feb 26.-With the pro-
ceedings OF the court of inquiry drawing
to a close attention is now being directed
to the form and nature of this report. The
court has the widest latitude for inquiry,
and yet certain general features will have
TO be observed under the navy regulations
governing inquiries OF this character. These
were explained to-day by Captain Lemley,
judge advocate general of the navy, and
Lieutenant l-auchheimer veteran in the
legal arm of the naval service and author
of the standard work on court of inquiry,
cOurt-martial, etc. AS a general rule, ii
was explained, q court of inquiry submits
not only the evidence taken, but also gives
its conclusions drawn from the evidence.
Under Rule 1925 when courts are required
to find facts there is TO be reported not
only a recital of evidence but also the
results and conclusions of the court from
hearing the evidence" In this respect the
findings are much more exact and con-
elusive on all issues of fact than the civil
findings of jury or an inquest. Usually
there is a precept which specifies the exact
charges on which the court is to make
finding.
In the present case. however, the precept
terms, simply directing the court TO inquire
into and report on the circumstances at
tending the wreck OF the Maine. This gives
the court wide scope in prosecuting it's in
quiry In form the report viii be in two
parts, first, the findings Of fact, and, Sec
ond the opinion Of the court. The findings
take up each material question Of fact In
YolVed and give the conclusion OF the court
upon IL. The opinion states what should he
done under each finding of fact. This opn-
ion relates 10 the nsuaI cases in which Off