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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-02

Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup
For children taething,~ softens the gums. reduces infann.
nation. allays pain, cures wind colo. Is cents a bottle
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-02

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ysicians,
r III m a be-
came some
what better,
but was soon
as bad as ever.
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was cured bV
DR.. Williams
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-02

JOHN ANDREW JACKSON THURMAN.
ing corporation. He declared he had,
vowed never to get within eyesight of
a railway and protested vigorously
when forced by the authorities to make
the journey to Shasta's county seat.
thurman was not %favorably impressed
by the awe-inspiring spectacle of the
locomotive. He has gone back to the,
primeval forest to end his days.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-02

l. Alexandria possesses the largest artif
al harbor in the world.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-07-02

The Easter egg is seldom as fresh
as It Is painted.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath has recently compiled some in
teresting data showing the number of
people in each State who are wholly
excluded from the benefits of the de.
livery systems, both rural and urban
and we quote from the last report of
this official the following figures: Ala
bama, LAOS, 266; Arkansas, 1,069,-
42S; California, 1904; Colorado,
261, 1856; Connecticut, 362, ,149; Della
ware, 107,062; Florida, $50, ,939;
Georgia, 1924, 919; Idaho, $50, ,O0O;
Illinois, 2,348, 1913; Indiana, I'LL
572; Iowa, 1884, ,204; Kansas, 1,217,-
047; Kentucky, l ,561, 1913; Louisiana,
654, ,091; Maine, sos, ,639; Maryland,
569,307; Massachusetts,, 750,S75;
Michigan, 1,4S1, 100; Minnesota, 902, :
BIT; Mississippi, 1,242, 924; Missouri,
1912, 739; Montana, 2S,912; Ne
braska, 793,971; New Hampshire,
259. .8S3; New Jersey, CAT, ,504; New
York, 2,229,1 ia; North Carolina, 9O6, =
7O1; North Dakota, 172,O76; Ohio,
1887, 1874; Oregon, 261, 1877; Pennsyl-
vania, 3,092, ,030; Rhode Island, 166,-
27O; South Carolina, 1,O72, 234; South
Dakota, 207,1 Tennessee, 1,562,-
296; Texas, l, 1,99S, OF; Utah, 148, 173;
Vermont, 273, ,4S1; Virginia, 1,416,-
449; Washington, 242, 625; West vir-
ginia, 713, ,121; Wisconsin, 1886, 543,
and Wyoming, 40, ,7O7.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

I persuaded the others that / was
not the man to take the money to
Clark, for l knew that he would be
sensitive about it. So we sent ALL
man. He can talk to anybody like a
father. He has q smile that melts
the most provoking customer. He
smiled at his little boy when he was
giving him castor oil, and the little
fellow thought it was maple syrup
SO Murchison says.
When Altman came in next morn
ing, we all knew by the way he rolled
his great eyes at us that something
had happened.
whats the matter?" said Murchi-
son. Wouldn't he take it?"
"Oh, yes," said Altman, gently,
che took it. After talked with him
few minutes he laid his head down
on my shoulder and cried, and clung
to me like child and said, God
bless all the boys His wife, she
thinks we are band of angels in
here. I hope she will never find out
the truth about us"
well" shifted Murchison, "what
is it, them"
Altman looked stealthily toward the
office. "When / was some distance
from the house." he whispered, "I
happened to look back, and I saw Mr..
Edwin Dale ringing the bell at
Clark's cottage"
Nonsense" said Murchison.
"You're getting blind" And they
were having a very pretty dispute
about it as left them to attend to a
! customer.
About six weeks afterward my car
was delayed by q BLOCKADE" and
was late. AS I entered our depart
ment l was astonished to see Clark
standing in his old place behind the
counter. He was just holding up an
elegant piece of goods, after his old
manner, preparatory to making a sale.
Altman caught my attention, and by
few graceful gestures caused me to
understand that he had Murchison
under his feet, where he was tramp
ling him to jelly.
Before 1 had chance to speak to
Mr.. Clark, Mr.. Edwin Dale came into
the room and looked eagerly around.
He came up to the counter and the
two men stood face to face for a mo-
ment. Then they clasped hands
across the counter. Youths Compan-
ion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

The coal and iron industries of the
United States have now reached a
point in their development at which
it is possible for us to obtain our raw
materials and to carry on constructive
work in which these materials play an
important part under better conditions
than those which surround these in
dustries in Great Britain, says the
Boston Herald. What is needed at
the present time is clear realization
of this fact and the proper develop
ment of the facilities required for its
utilization. Iron and steel shipbuild-
ing on the great lakes has been carried
to point that its annual output now
exceeds the shipbuilding on the en-
tire seaboard of this country. These
lake shipbuilders have shown an
aptitude which their salt water bust
ness associates have not equalled, and,
what is more, the shipbuilders at
Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland have
q command of cheap iron and steel
and cheap coal, under conditions
which make it possible for them to do
work at prices below those demanded
at our seaboard shipyards.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

A steam engine, the Oldest in the
world, built by Boulton & Watt in
1777 for the Birmingham Canal Navi-
cations, which had been working regu-
larly for 100 years at Smlthwick, in
the pumping works, has just been put
aside for more powerful engine built
for the same company by the same
firm. The old engine will be set up
again at another station as a memorial
of what can be done with good machin-
cry by careful management.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
More Pacific Annexation.

We are not the only country that is
indulging at the present time in the
pacific annexation of Pacific islands.
Recent dispatches from Sydney an
nounce that the British cruiser Mo-
hawk has annexed the Santa Cruz and
Duff groups of the Pacific islands. The
total number of islands annexed is
eighteen. These islands lie to the
east of the Solomon Islands, their po-
sition being approximately 10 degrees
south 167 degrees east. The group is
of volcanic formation and on one of
the islands is an active volcano. The
northwest monsoons, which prevail
from November to April, bring stormy
weather and rains. The Santa Cruz
group, or Queen Charlotte Islands, as
their other name is, were discovered
in 1895. There is tragedy connect
ed with this outward part tf the New
Hebrides. A quarter of century
ago Bishop Patterson was murdered
there, and four years later Commo-
dore Goodenough shared the same
fate. The group, which contains
seven principal islands, has total
area of $50 square miles. The esti-
mated population is 5000.-New York
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
mo bullet to XIII Him. y

Mr.. W. 2. Larned received another
letter from his son, William A. Larned,
the famous tennis player, who is
member of the troop of rough riders.
In tie course of his letter Larned says:
I'VE crossed small river any way we
could, and deployed into field and
charged hill held by the Spanish. A
good many were killed, among them
our Captain, whom heard say just be-
fore he was shot: There is no bullet
made that can kill me- 1t was about
five minutes after that he was shot in
the mouth and killed. Summit IN.
W Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
Farm and Garden Notes,

Serious consequences will result
from not supplying grit to confined
fiocks.
Care OF chickens means naturally
warm house in winter and plenty OF
shade in the summer.
Glover is rich in nitrogen and lime.
No poultryman can afford to stint his
focks in this feed. especially in winter.
Green bone cutters, clover cutters
and mills to crush oyster shells are in
dispensable to profitable poultry keep
ing.
By judicious rotation of crops, in
which clover enters largely, together
with liberal applications of barnyard
mannres, is the way to give the re-
quired fertility to the land.
Fowls in confinement if not kept
busy with scattered small grains OF a
yard to scratch in, will soon neglect
their foSd, especially if fed corn, and
get into the habit OF pulling feathers
from one another.
The growth OF young animal is the
main factor in the increase of its
weight, and when the food is both nj
trogenous and carbonaceous there is q
greater gain when the food is mostly
carbonacec as, as when corn alone is
used
The pumpkin contains large pro-
portion of water, but it is an excellent
addition to the ration of hogs, accord
ing to experiments made, the pump
kins being cooked in winter and fed
with shorts. The result was that the
hogs made greater gain than on any
other food
Cabbages will thrive with frequent
cultivation; in fact, they may be cul-
tivated every day with advantage. The
first cultivation should be deep, so as
to permit the ground to absorb water
from rains, after which the stirring of
the top soil for an inch or two will
answer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
Spanish Lack of "Gumption, -

\ Closely akin to the Spaniard's me.
di@val and aristocratic attitude toward
life is his curious lack OF practical
sense and mechanical skill. "The
good qualities of the Spaniards, writes
Mr.. Butler, "alike with their defects,
have an Old World flavor that renders
their possessors unfit to excel in an
inartistic, commercial, democratic and
skeptical age" Juan Valera admits
this practical awkwardness and inef1i-
cheney of the Spaniards, but exclaims,
Sublime incapacityl' and sees in it a
proof of his "mystic, ecstatic and
transcendental nature" The Span
lard, then, finds it hard to light a
kerosene lamp without breaking the
chimney, in much the same way as
Emerson made his friends uneasy
when he began to handle gun. Un-
fortunately, nature knows how to
revenge herself cruelty on those who
affect to treat her with seraphic dis
dain, or on those who, like the Span
iards, see in lack of prudence and
economy proof of aristocratic detach-
ment. Atlantic Monthly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

President Fairhead made the pleas
ing announcement at the meeting of
the Board of Trade that the hyacinths
are dying out in the st. Johns River
and tributaries, and the statement was
confirmed by Captain G. E. Garner.
Mr.. Fairhead stated that he had made
a special examination of the hyacinths
in the river and creeks, and he found
that in many places there were fully
seventy-five per cent. less than there
were last year at this time. 1t was
stated that in some of the creeks there
are no hyacinths at all. Last year it
was impossible at times for boats to
get through.
Captain Garner stated that he agreed
with what had been said in regard to
the dying out of the hyacinths. Some
people thought that it was due to salt
water, owing to the drought, but he
did not think so, as even in the driest
of weather salt water would not find
its way up the creeks, and the hya-
cinths are dying il such places, as
well rs in the river. The Captain
thought that the red spider that was
discovered year or so ago was get
ting in its good work. If it proves to
be fact that the hyacinths are really
disappearing, it will be good news to
navigation interests on the river, as
the pests have been a source of great
annoyance, and threatened at one time
to put q stop to commerce unless they
could be destroyed.-Jacks
(Fla.) Times Union.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

According to figures given by the
latest number of La Revue Franchise
de PEtranger, the total population of
Europe, by calculations made on the
latest census is $50, 900, 900, which is
a gain of 37,000,000 over that COM
puted January, 1885, Here are the
figures given in the Revue Franchise
de PEtranger: European Russia and
Finland, log, 200, 900; Germany 52,-
100000; Austro-Hungary, 43, 500, 600;
The United Kingdom, 80, ,SOO, 900;
France, SO, 800, 900; Italy, 81, 800, 900;
Spain, IS, 900, 900; Belgium, 6, 500, 900,
Turkey, in Europe, $500, 900; Rou;
mania, 5000, 900; Portugal, 5, 900, 600;
Sweden, 5000, 900; Holland, 4,900,-
900; Bulgaria, $500, 900; Switzerland,
100000; Greece, 2.400,OO0; Den
mark, 100000; Servia, 2,3OO,O0
Norway, 1900, 900. The density OF
the population according to each
square kilometer (about 0,3S6 square
miles, is thus reckoned: In Belgium,
22O; Italy, 169; Holland, 149; Eng
land, 1876; Germany, 81; Switzerland,
70; Fran ce, 70; Austria, 60; Spain, SO;
Russia, 90. While the annual in
crease of the population of Russia has
been 1.45 fer every 100 in the last ten
years, that of Germany has been LIS,
of Austro- Hungary 096, of England
OBS, of Italy 0.45, of France O.08. At
this rate of augmentation, in 100 years,
Russia would have 228, 900, 900 inhabi-
tants, Germany log, 100000, Austria
100000, England $4,000, 900, Italy
44,0OO,O0O, and France only 100000
900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
A MOTHER OE ,oS.

My gallant love goes out to-day,
With drums and bugles sounding gay;
l smile to cheer him on his way
Smile back, my heart, to mel
The flags are glittering in the light;
Is it their stars that blind my sight?
God, hold my tears until tonight
Then set their fountains freel
He takes with him the light of May;
Alasl it seems but yesterday
He was bright-haired child ut play,
With eyes that knew no fear:
Blue eyes-true eyes! | see them shine
Far down along the waving line
Now meet them bravely, eyes of minei
Good cheer, my love, good cheerl
Oh, mother-hearts that dare not Lreakl
That feel the stress, the long, long ache
The tears that burn, the eyes that wake,
For these our cherished ones
And ye, truc hearts-not called to bear
Such pain and peril for your share
Oh, lift with me the pleading prayer,
God save our gallant sonsl
Marion Couthouy Smith.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

1t is never good plan to allow a
freshly-laid egg to remain in the nest
to induce laying in the same place.
A china nest egg can be cheaply pro-
cured and will last forever. A hen s
egg is liable to break and teach the
bad habit of eating eggs. Even if the
china egg should be broken, its shells
contain no lime and will not be eaten
more than so much glass. In the
heated season the china nest egg
should always be used. All the roos
ters should be killed off before this.
The eggs not being fertile, will keep
better in hot weather, and may be
sat on by the hen without spelling
them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

y
that where the chemist found plenty
of potash and phosphoric acid the
farmer found nothing for a crop. The
farmer talked and used lime and gyp-
sum with success, but in time these
failed of results, and the scientist
said fertility must be supplied; and
so costly fertilizers came into use, aud
did the work. SO long as the margin
of profit was large the farmer could
afford to use them, but now profits
are too small to use them entirely to
grow the staples, and he must use
something to unlock the stores that
are in the soil and gain for nothing
what he needs of nitrogen from the
air. At first sight it may seem going
against nature to expect any such re-
suits, but it is only quickening ma
ture, for nature in very slow way
ground down the rocks for phosphoric
acid and potash, and trapped the nj
trogen. Plants of the legume family
do this work-how we'll it sounds like
a fairy tale-for now, suffice it to say
the whole family has the power by
means of what might be called root
parasites, to fix the free nitrogen of
tho air and make it available for
plant food. The germ that does the
work is absent from some soils, but it
is easy to inoculate any soil by scatter
ing small quantity of soil from
where the plant has been successful.
Then the legumes have lcng roots
that reach below the subsoil and
utilize and bring to the surface stores
of potash and phosphoric acid that no
other plants can reach, and make
them available for other crops. Prom
inent and well known among the
legumes are cow peas and crimson
clover, each occupying a place of it's
own-cow peas for summer, crimson
clover fall, winter and spring crop
and SO makes it's growth without in
terfering with many other crops.
Sowed in corn, it does not hurt the
corn and natures in time to turn un.
der for crop of corn or anything
else. No wonder the plant took a
strong hold of American farmers
fancy 1t is said that another clover
the Egyptian-looks like crimson,
seeds immensely, but will not stand
the winter and is in every way worth
less in America. Any one, then, who
uses Egyptian when he intended to
use crimson, forthwith says crimson
clover is fraud. Many report fail
ure from seeding in dry weather.
Now, all seeds require moisture to
germinate and grow. Glover seed
loosely on top or nearly on top of the
soil may receive enough moisture to
germinate from dew, but when the
sun is high it dies. On light soils the
seed will find its way up through con-
siderable depth of earth, bat ordin-
arily it is not safe to plant deep. Sow
preferably after a rain; firm the seed
well SO as to insure connection with
the damp under-soil in which the lit
tie rootlet can find moisture for sup
port. We are firm in believing that
crimson clover and COW peas will work
wonders without the use of any fer
tilizer We have actual practice and
chemical analysis to confirm it. We
also have actual practice and expert
ence of others to show that they can
do more with aid of potash and phos-
phoric acid applied in some of the
cheaper forms. s.-Agricultural Epito-
mist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

1t is reported that in some of the
industrial schools classes in home
upholstery are formed, where young
women may learn the rudiments cs
this useful art, and then go out by the
day to carry on the work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

History will doubtless sum it up
that four-ifths of the constructive
genius of the German Empire passed
away when Bismarck died.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

The military exhibition which this
nation has been giving to the world
will not diminish European interests
in the peaceful display it will make at
Paris two years hence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
Crops For Soil Fertility,

For years it has been thoroughly
understood that almost any soil, ex-
cept that of washed sand, contained
all the elements of fertility, except
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10

Aguinaldo ought to swap his golden
whistle for Ii Hung Chang's yellow
jacket and peacock feathers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
Growing Small Fruits on the Farm

Growing Small Fruits on the Farm.
Paper by N. j. Shepherd, read at
the meeting of the Missouri State Hor-
ticultural Society:
While it is an item to grow a sup
ply of small fruits upon the farm, it
is also an item to grow them as eco
nomically as possible. For this rea-
son it is advisable to plant in long
rows, far enough apart to be able to
cultivate the greater portion with a
horse and cultivator. On the average
farm sufficient land can easily be
given for this purpose, and next to the
garden and truck patch it can be made
the most profitable part of the farm,
when the living is taken into consid-
Grafton.
There is no advantage in crowding;
give the plants plenty of room. Straw
berries may be set three and half
feet apart. Currants and gooseber-
ries five feet. These snould be planted
near fence OF row OF trees where they
will be shaded at least part of the
time; not too near, or best results will
not be gained.
Raspberries and blackberries should
be planted five feet apart. Select q
loamy soil, measurably rich and well
drained. No kind of small fruit usu-
ally grown on the farm will thrive with
wet feet
The second year after setting
out new bed of strawberries, is the
time to set out plants to take the
place of the old ones and to secure the
most and best fruits with the least
trouble. A new bed should be set out
every other year. With raspberries
new bed should be set out the fourth
year after the fruit and one every five
years after that. 1t will be less trouble
than to attempt to keep an old bed in
good bearing condition. Currants and
gooseberries will last long time if
kept pruned, the old wood cut out and
clean cultivation given. Strawberries
should not be allowed to bear fruit the
first year. If any blossoms appear cut
them off. The object is to secure a
thrifty, vigorous growth, as this growth
largely determines next years yield of
fruit. Mulch Strawberries as soon as
the ground freezes sufficiently to bear
up wagon.
Bagasse from sorghum mill or
wheat straw makes good mulch.
Leave the mulch on until the plants
are done fruiting, when it should be
removed and thorough cultivation
given. Coal ashes make one of the
best mulches for both currants and
gooseberries, as they keep down the
weeds and keep the soil friable.
With raspberries and blackberries
good plan of management is to culti-
vate during the early part of the grow
ing season and then before hot dry
weather sets in mulch well. The OBJ
ject is to grow the most and best fruit
with the least expenditure of time and
labor, and to secure good supply for
the longest season. This can be best
done by a careful selection of varieties
adapted to the soil and locality in
which they are to be grown.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-10
Maintaining Soil Fertility.

Soil fertility can best be kept up by
keeping enough animals at all times
on the place to eat all products grown
thereon and judicious saving of the
manure. In the very fitness of things
the farm is two-fold concern, q farm
within farm if at all large. A farm
of forty or fifty acres or more must of
necessity be so constituted. The farm
within the farm will be the farm build
ings, orchards, gardens and adjacent
lots. The large fields will be the
other farm. Necessarily the orchard,
garden and truck patches will get
most of the manure made in the
stables. Then how keep up the fer
tility of the remainder? A relation
should be planned in which clover
plays conspicuous part and should
be so arranged as to admit OF pastur-
ing with both cattle and hogs. Cattle
and hogs pastured on clover and
corn fed are very prolific fertilizers.
And the beauty of it is you have not
the manure to handle. Turn off in
time for crop of seed. If there are
any poor spots do not cut. Haul a
few loads of manure and put on there.
The first year there will be response
in no uncertain manner, and as the
years go by it will become more and
more emphatic. The response will
cause plethoric state of pocketbook
most surely; try it and be convinced.
l know from actual experience that it
is so.
Cattle, clover, corn and hogs will
enrich any farm and consequently any
farmer if the proper management is
given.-A. N. Springer, in Agricultural
Epitomist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-23
"BOB" GRAVES DEAD.
Dies Suddenly While Enjoying a Hunt
 We'll Known in Arkansas.

"sBob' Graves is dead" were the solemn words that cast gloom oyer Pine Bluffians this morning. MT. Sandy" Reeves received a tele- gram from Mir E. c. Hydrick, of Du- mas, this morning, stating that Bob Graves had died suddenly at Pendle- ton, where he was visiting his broth CT and at the same time enjoying a hunt. The particulars were not stated in the message.
 Bob, as he was favorably known to the public, had been in ill health for the past six months.
 The deceased was one of the best known men in Arkansas and possess ed many friends. He had resided in this city for the past 12 years, being in the employ of Reeves Bros. for the past six years.
 A nephew, niece. Miss Willie Cross of this city) sister and halt.brother are left to mourn his loss.
 He was nearing his filth year when life took it's flight.
 To the grief-stricken relatives we extend our sympathy.