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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-10

CHICAGO--Another wife murder trial Is set
to begin today in the criminal court Chris
tian Merry and James Smith are accused Of
having killed Mrs Pauline Merry the wife OF
Christian Merry Both men will plead not
guilty.
PARASITIC trial of Count Esterhazy by
court martial, upon charges or having been
implicated In the betrayal OF French military
secrets, for which crime Captain Dreyfus Is
now serving life sentence of imprisonment
is announced to begin today.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-10

Ex-Governor Charles Foster, who was
secretary Of the TREASURY under Harrison,
arrived in the city tonight. He has been
considered as a compromise candidate for
senate. and by some considered as UNI
frioadly TO Hanna, but he soon declared
himself for the senator under the existing
circumstances and was In conference with
the senator soon after his arrival.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
Cheap Hoghouses Best.

The elaborate designs for hoghouses
which used to be quite generally pub
lished in farm papers are out Of date
now. 1t is not best to keep large herd
of hogs together at any time. It is far
better that each breeding SOW have q
house by herself where she can rear her
young, not only out of sight, but ont Of
hearing of other hogs. These small hog.
houses should be made cheap enough
and firm enough so that, if desired,
they can be removed and set in another
place In this way few movable hog
houses, each with a SOW and litter of
pigs, may be made to fertilize the whole
orchard instead Of keeping all the ma
nure in the immediate vicinity Of the
hogpen, if the policy Of making large
building and keeping many hogs in it
is adopted. American Cultivator.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
HamlIn's System.

Q. J. Hamlin has long believed in the
wisdom of placing his best bred and
most promising fillies to breeding, and
he has yearly consigned some Of his
greatest young mares to the breeding
ranks. Some Of those mares have been
placed in training after raisinga couple
Of foals, and have raced very success
fully, Emily, 2:11, being an example.
From now ON it is quite likely that
nearly all the fillies raised at Village
Farm will, after being broken and par
TALLY developed in a speed way, be bred
before they are fitted for racing. One
Of the fastest young mares Geers had in
his stable last winter was The Abbess,
sister to The Abbot, 9:11H, but in ac-
cordance with his policy in this respect
Mr.. Hamlin had her sent back to the
farm this spring to be mated with Rex
Americus After raising foal The Alb
bess will be placed in training, and will
then be raced to her limit before being
returned to the brood mare ranks. This
manner Of treating young mares Ger"
tainly insures their reaching their full
powers without sustaining any Of the
injuries which baby campaigners are SO
liable to receive, and it is quite likely
to be adopted by other breeders when
they come to look for the reasons Of the
Village Farms success in producing
great race horses. Horse World.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
skimmRlk For Pigs,

A writer in a western farm paper de-
olares that the large proportion of wa
ter which skimmilk contains makes it
Of too little value to be worth carrying
home from the creamery or separator
after it's butter fats have been extract
ed. This is not the experience Of east
ern farmers, who find that skimmilk
when combined with grain feed makes
the very best ration both for growing
and fattening hogs. 1t is easy to see
why skimmilk should be good for grow
ing pigs, as what nutriment il contains
is mainly its casein, which is another
name for albumen and one of the best
foods to make growth and muscle. But
fattening hogs are also equally benefited
by having some skimmilk with their
grain food. No animal can digest ra-
tion that Is wholly carbonaceous Ma
ture demands the material for making
muscle and bone. Appetite fails If
they are not furnished. Yet years ago
we remember hearing of hogs which
had been fattened until they were so
weak that they could not stand up and
had to have what food they ate brought
to them. Such hogs would not eat
much, as they got no exercise and made
small gains in weight, and that not of
healthy pork. If good skimmilk with
some wheat middlings in it had been
fed to such hogs, they would have gain
ed in weight much faster, and the hogs
would have had the material for bone
making so as to keep them on their feet
until ready for killing time.--Amer-
ican Cultivator.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
Rate OF Growth.

An Ohio farmer in The Stockman
gives the weight Of a litter of seven
Poland China pigs when dropped Jan.
30 as 80 pounds When month old,
they weighed lO5 pounds. At the end
Of another month they weighed 1879
pounds, and when 3 months old, still
running with the SOW, but having food
beside her milk, they weighed 8S7
pounds, having gained 81 pounds each.
This is good gain, but we think not
an unusual one for thrifty pigs well
cared for and we'll fed. But very few
farmers or breeders take the trouble to
weigh their animals when growing to
ascertain the rate Of growth. If it was
done Oftener, the farmers would be wiser
for it, and perhaps more ambitious to
make good record, and therefore would
feed more literally.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17

bodied Lincoln and Romney Marsh
breeds, and the intermediate downlands
have their types, as represented in the
Southdown, the Oxford Down and the
Hampshire Down. These types are
largely the result Of environment. The
natural conditions Of the country have
produced type Of sheep that are adapt
ed to their surroundings, and the at
tempt to supplant them with any other
type Of sheep would be a mistake. So
will it be on the ranges some day. Mon
tana ranges will have their type Of
sheep and Oregon ranges will have
theirs, and SO Of the other range coun.
tries. The attempt to reduce these types
to uniformity would be mistake, and
the sooner that those types are fixed the
better for the sheep industry.
The Scotch black faced sheep is at
tracting considerable attention among
American stockmen in the mountain
districts. The character Of the breed is
shown in the accompanying illustration
of a ram owned by Charles Howatson
Of Glenbuok, Scotland, which was
awarded the championship prize at the
recent exhibition Of the Highland and
Agricultural society at Glasgow. This
breed Of sheep is remarkably rugged
and able to endure the exposure and pri-
vations incident to mountain life. The
natural qualities Of these sheep are such
as fit them for places where no other
sheep would thrive.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17

prices an Increase m careless handling
Is seen In the condition many farmers
send their wool to market. See that the
sheep are tagged early, before getting
ON the fields Of fresh grass We
would like to see the practice Of wash
ing generally abandoned, yet il wash
ing is attempted either wash we'll or
don't wash at all. Choose day when
the water is flush and the wool is sof-
tened by warm spring shower. Then
the grass and dirt will come out more
easily. Washing in cool weather and in
cold, hard water should be avoided, as
1t does not clean the wool and colors
and Injuries the appearance Of the
fleece. Higher prices are likely to pre-
vail than flock owners have enjoyed for
some years, and with them will come
more careful scrutiny Of the condition
by the buyer and the casting into the
lot OF discount wool more of those
heeces that are off condition. National
StoCkman.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
From Actual Experience.
aIIhu Most Useful and Most Noble Employment Of Man."

hundredtn part or Cue valuation placed
by her owner; that not one of his an
Cestors, SO far as proved, had even at
tracted the attention Of buyers looking
for serviceable carriage or road horses.
In short, the tabulation spoke Of moth
ing that would recommend the stallion,
his ancestors or probable descendants to
the kindly consideration Of critical
public who insist upon buying horse
and not tabulated pedigree with some.
thing in the shape Of a horse attached. !"
National Stockman.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
Canterbury Bells.

Canterbury bells make such a bril-.
liant display at this season that some
preparation should now be made with
view to having supply Of plants next
year. These plants are biennials, varie-
ties Of Campanula medium, and the
seeds should be sown in July, wintering
the plants in a cold frame where the
climate is rigorous. The cup and saucer
forms are perhaps the most snowy, and
the flowers come white, pink, purple,
blue and striped, with the white and
pink as the most effective. Aplantation
Of the various Colors in mixture is de-
cidedly attractive. The plants bloom
but once, and provision should therefore
be made to replace them, especially as
they are not in any sense decorative,
when they cease to bloom. Gardening.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
OveTfeeding Roses.

Many persons complain that though
their indoor roses have thrifty growth
and dark green foliage they fail to pro-
duce blossoms. A correspondent Of
American Gardening says: Very often
the trouble is from overfeeding with
heterogeneous manures--in fact this is the
most common cause. It is we'll known
that the rose is gross feeder and that
it responds quickly to applications Of
fertilizer, but it Is believed that it is
owing to an overestimate Of this fact
that most persons apply too much fer
tilizer to their roses. At all times the
greatest care should be exercised in the
application Of liquid manures A good
rule in the application Of heterogeneous
fertilizers, nitrate Of soda in particular,
is to use not more than pound to so
gallons Of water and to apply this not
oftener than once in three weeks. Older
plants growing in the benches and in
the same soil for more than two years
may toward spring be given slightly
stronger dose or what amounts to about
the same thing, an application Of the
above formula, say once in two weeks.
But it is advisable to apply sparingly
even 20 these, to make the mixture half
as strong as usual and to apply less fire.
quently, but to give the bed thorough
drenching The food then being very
dilute can be utilized at once by the
plants, which will respond very quickly.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
More HOraes with the Pedlrreea,

my only regret" " remarked breed.
or that had recently fallen by the way.
side, "is that ! did not have more horses
co begin with. Like thousands of en-.
thuMasts, l was carried away by the
extravagant sales Of certain i'll shaped
but fast trotters, by the extortionate
stud fees asked and received by owners
Of stations that today would not be-
considered worthy Of patronage, by the
fictitious valuation placed upon brood
mares and young stock and by the gem
eral air Of recklessness that pervaded
every avenue connected with the light
harness horse industry. My first pur-
chase was q stallion bred in so called
approved blood lines, but lacking in
those essential qualifications that recon-
mend the typical good selling horse Of
the present day. My stallion was long
on nonessentials and short ON essentials.
His pedigree traced to every noted sire
Of the day and to half a score of brood
mares chat occupied reserved seats at
the table established by Premier Wal.
lace and continued by his successor in
Office The artistically arranged tabula-
tion which accompanied the horse never
once mentioned the fact that his sire
was small, i'll shaped and unsound; that
his dam would not have sold at public
yendue on her personal merit Tor ONE
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
CATTLE IN NEW MEXICO.
The Ranges Now Being Stocked and tho
Owners Much Encouraged.

Owners Much Encouraged.
For short time the uncertainty Of a
condition Of war had depressing effect
upon business generally throughout the
country, but the fear of a scarcity of
ready money is fast passing away, and
business is resuming its normal oondi-
tion. More especially Is this returning
confidence noticeable In the cattle bust
ness in New Mexico. Reports from all
parts Of the territory indicate that mon
ey for the conduCt of the business Of
grazing and the raising Of stock is east
ly procured, and the day Of the prosper.
ity Of the cattle owners is again at hand
The ranges are being stocked with
cattle brought from wherever animals
can be bought, and thousands Of head
have been placed on ranges that have
been unOcoupied for several years past.
From one section Of the territory has
already come the cry Of overstocking,
but that is a condition which can be
remedied by driving on to lands still
comparatively free. The danger Of an
oversupply is very remote, and the fu-
ture of the cattleman seems exceedingly
bright.
The old days Of haphazard herding
and gathering are gone forever. The ex-
perience gained in the general smash in
the early eighties has not been forgot
ten, and improved methods forhandling
and caring for range stock have been
evolved from that wreck. Better cattle
will be raised, better business sense will
be used, and, above all, enormous losses
will be prevented by guarding against
them. One source Of loss still remains.
that Of "rustling the lawless ele-
ment that once roamed the mountains
and mesas has been almost exterminat-
cd, and those who engage in the danger
ous pastime now will find short shrifts
in the courts and long terms In the PEN
itentiary awaiting them every round up
season. The business Of "mavericking'
and burning brands, thanks to the Wig
ilance Of tho territorial cattle sanitary
board and its inspectors, is growing less
popular every day, and the time is not
far distant when the most persistent
purlOiner of hoofs and hides will give
up the occupation in disgust
The stocking Of the ranges and the
Improvement in the cattle business
mean much to New Mexico, and will
have o material effect upon the general
prosperity the coming fall The money
resulting from the sales made to feeders
will have wide circulation, and next
year will see the cattle king in all his
former glory lording it over mountain
and plain in the land Of manana. San
ia Fe New Mexican.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
The Lime Sulphur Dip.

Some Of our valued exchanges are
again publishing the old lime sulphur
formula for sheep dip and advising its
use. We do not 1t is not a satisfactory
dip to the wool manufacturer, and the
woolgrower cannot afford to neglect the
requirements of the man who furnishes
him a market. For the average man the
best plan is to buy a good dip and use
it according to directions. 1t may cost a
little more in cash, but it will save
time and trouble, and it will kill the
ticks and the scab without hurting the
sheep or the wool.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
propagation OF GOOseberries.

Gooseberries are propagated to some
extent by cuttings but generally by
layers The earth is heaped in a mound
around the bushes and the young sprouts
win strike roots. They should be
planted in rows 4 by 4, on a rich,
heavy soil, we'll cultivated and heavily
pruned. The fruit grows on buds formed
on 2-year-old wood and ON spurs and
buds Of older growth. Pruning should
be directed to cutting back the new
growth and occasionally cutting out su'
perfuous shoots. Some cultivate in low
tree form, but the shrub form is the
more natural way of growing, says the
Denver Field and Farm.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
Forage For Hogs.

1.-The Alfalfa Hog" opened up the
whole subject of forage for stock. Per
sonal experiences were given in regard
to the relative merits of alfalfa, clover,
sugar beets aud sorghum as feed. Alfal-
ia was generally favored for hay, but as
pasture ON most soils il will kill out
in short time if hogs are turned ON it.
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
BARREN LAND.
How Highland Sheep and Goats May Bo
PrOftably Utilized.

How Highland Sheep and Goats May Be
PrOntably Utilized.
There are millions Of acres of land in
the United States worthless for ordinary
agricultural purposes which might be
proftably utilized as pasture for goats
and rugged breeds Of sheep. The coun-
try traversed by the Allegheny noun.
tains is largely Of this character. West
ern stock growers are considering the
subject Of range sheep, and the opinion
was recently expressed at an important
convention that some day the different
parts Of the range country will have
types Of sheep adapted to their Condi.
tiOna In Britain the mountains have
their distinctive types, as represented
in the Black Faced Highland and the
Welsh Mountain. The valley lands have
their types as represented in the heavy
The Advocate and news., 1898-08-17
Put Your Wool In Condition.

The time will soon be here for the
flock master to prepare his clip for
market During recent years Of low
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-30
QUEER SIGNS IN CHICAGO.
Odd Announcements That Excite the
Amusement of Passersby.

Odd Announcements That Excite the
Amusement of Passersby.
There is scarcely anything more interest
ing than in large city to go along OBJ
serving and comparing the signs above
doors and windows in the business dis
tricts. Here one can find almost every
species of regularity and irregularity, says
the Chicago Times Herald. Here every
law of syntax, grammar and photography
is disregarded with the most graceful
abandon. Here some who beseech hear
ing are painfully correct, even to the least
comma and cedilla, while others are COM
pletely happy If they convey but the
thought.
A careful study of signs reveals great
deal to the inquirer. More about mer-
chants character and history can be OBJ
tanned from his mural announcements
than from all the palmistry and horoscopes
and fortune telling ever invented. Even
the date of mans entering into business
can very often be gagged by the style,
quality and material employed in his sign.
His taste and Judgment are also shown
prominently, his ideas or lack Of ideas of
propriety, his notion of the fitness of
things and his inventive genius, If he has
any.
One has no idea of the number of ways
to earn a living which exist until he PEREZ
grinates through the down town and semi-
down town districts of city like Chicago.
A great many of the signs convey very lit
tie idea to him, and others are completely
inexplicable. Some are droll, others sad,
some very grave and sensible, Others
which seem trifing and foolish. There are
places where the most astonishing things
are done and undone; there are cellars
where things are made new, and cellars
where things are made old, some men
whose names would seem TO entirely unfit
them for the business which they follow,
and others which are as equally apt.
There Is a j. Appel In the wholesale po-
tato business. There is a prominent sur
geon named DR.. Gore. There is building
and loan association run by one Shakey.
There is a repair shop which promises the
greatest promptness owned by Delay.
There is a dairy run by man named Wa
tiers, although he has the good sense not to
call the business by this name There Is a
Green detective agency. and one Block
running a comfortable, homelike family
hotel.
But perhaps one of the most amusing of
all Is sign in an out OF the way part of
the west side in large display letters
which reads: "Oldest Firm In tho Bust
ness. Adams Sons"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-30
Professional Etiquette.

An eminent physician had q valuable
cow, which became sick and seemed likely
to die. He asked an Irish servant, who
lived with him, IL he knew anybody who
followed COW doctoring. The doctors
groom said, "There's Jenny Lafferty,
who can cure any COW In the world. I"
"well, tbon, replied the doctor, 'go for
Lafferty." The cow doctor accordingly
came and treated the brute for four or five
days. and on the lapse Of due time he wait
ed on DIR. Lewis and pronounced her cured
The doctor, greatly delighted, put his
hand to bis pocketbook. well, Lafferty,
what do owe your" "Owe mel" replied
Jenny, drawing himself up with dignity
Nothing, sir. We doctors niver take
money of one another"
"My first impulse" said the doctor.
while telling the story, was TO throw his
fee after him, but on second thought the
whole affair seemed so ridiculous that
bowed him my Acknowledgements with ~
much gravity rs could assume New
York Ledger.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-30
A Famous Toymaker.

In plying their trade tho toymakers of
Austria conflne themselves to the manu-
facture of the particular articles In which
they excel. For example, one worker, an
old woman, oarves cats, dogs, wolves,
sheep, goats and elephants. She has made
these six animals her whole life long, and
she has no idea of how to cut anything
else. She makes them In two sizes, and
she turns out as nearly as possible I 200 OF
them q year.
She has no model or drawing Of any
kind to work by, but goes on steadily, I'M
erringly, using gauges Of different sizes
and shaping the animals out with an ease
and an amount of truth to nature that
would be clever IL 1t were not utterly me-
chanical. She learned from her mother
how to make these six animals, and her
mother had learned, In like manner, from
her grandmother. The old dame has
taught the art to her own granddaughter,
and so 1t will go on being transmitted for
generations.
In some houses there are families thas
carve rocking horses or dolls or other toys.
end in other houses there are families Of
cainters. In one house are a dozen girls
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-30
MONKEYS AT FOOTBALL.
They Likewise Play Cricket, but Not Ac-
cording to Rule.

Travellers in South Africa have noted
the fact that where monkeys congregate
in large numbers they also indulge in
games of certain kind. Two of these
games seem to resemble cricket and
football.
The cricket is of primitive order.
About dozen monkeys stand in cir
Gle or whatever is akin to the simian
idea of circle. Two of them advance
and stop about 10 yards apart, facing
each other. The monkey at the southern
end of the. circle has cocoanut in his
hand. He is the bowler.
The monkey at the other end does
not, as you might suppose, WELD a full
cane bat. His business is to dodge the
cocoanut which the bowler aims at his
head. The delivery Of the ball is tre-
mendously fast, full pitched and fraught
with dire results if it touches the
spot" When it does happen to touch
the spot-that is, any part of the mon
keys body-that monkey is very much
out and doesn' t even stop to dispute the
question.
Another monkey takes his place until
he too, receives his dismissal 1t was
presumed by the travellers that the game
was finished when a majority of mon
keys lay nursing their wounds under
the friendly shade of neighboring
palm.
The football is of more advanced
type. 1t is also played with cocoanut.
The game, if anything, is undoubtedly
the "socker" game and is played with
the feet. OF course there is no goal mol
any tactics to speak of, the object OF
each animal being to keep the ball tC
himself as much as possible.
Still the competition to get the bal
makes it resemble real game of foot
er," and the dexterity exhibited by
these peculiar amateurs is surprising
and wonderful.
In an evil moment some ambitious
monkey may elect to play the Rugby
game by snatohing up the ball ant
making off, but the game then develops
into war, in which life is sometimes
the prize.
No mention is made of referee but
if there is one about, like a wise anC
provident monkey, he is probably up 6
tree. Brooklyn Times.