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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Il is somewhat curious as well as
instructive historical fact that less
than century ago blue grass, now re
garded as indispensable on the farm.
was treated as a pest. which all good
people were expected TO get rid OF az
soon as possible. Its great value was
wholly unknown. and ii was not till
after years of denunciation and bad
treatment that ID worked It's way TO its
present high position among the for
age plarts. We should learn from this
not TO be too hasty in rejecting any
thing that presents itself for expert
ment and consideration.-P. s. Ken
nedy, In Farmers Review.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

ally and stored for Consid-
cradle Tfme.

The advantage OF raising alfalfa In
country subjected to drouth has one
great drawback. owing to the Smelling
oil and breaking OF the leaves. IL IL II
necessary TO load from the barn into
a wagon and haul 10 the feed rack, this
double pitching is sure TO shake out
all the loose leaves and break Oft many
more. and shoulG the hay have been
little over dry. by the time 1t gets to
the cattle there Is little else but dry,
hard stems with scanty nutrition. The
cattle will not eas these and other hay
must be supplied. Fed in this way.
alfalfa Is failure, but with proper
conveniences there is little II any loss.
The illustration shows an alfalfa stor-
age barn in one of my neighbours feed
lots.
The barn is two-story structure.
but can be made any size and height
desired. according to the amount OF
hay to be stored. For filling the
barn. doors in the gables are most con-
venient, but for taking the hay out .
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

door about four feet square should be
cut in the side as high as possible.
Just inside and about two or three feet
below this opening a platform should
be built 10 aid in throwing out the hay
when the barn is nearly empty, by first
pitching it to tho platform. The feed
racks should be built ten 10 sixteen feet
from the barn. far enough SO that the
stock may have ready access to both
sides, with an inclined slide TO carry
the hay down from the door 10 the
rack. This slide can be made of any
rough lumber with no cracks between
the boards. One slide will furnish
from 90 to 30 feet OF rack with hay,
and IL more rack room Is desired other
doors and slides can be added. There
is practically no loss to the hay after
il Is moved IL fed out in this way, the
cattle picking up all the leaves that
fall inside the guard Of rack. In feed
ing horses the storage loft above the
stalls can be so arranged as 10 throw
the hay directly down into the man
ger.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

The culture of wheat exerts n great
er influence upon the commerce of the
world perhaps than all other cereals
combined. When we take into consid-
Grafton the number that are engaged
either directly indirectly in this i'm
dustry we are astonished. First. those
th,t are employed in preparing the
soil and cultivating the plant. next the
east number that are engaged In man
ufacturing the plows, the harrows, the
cultivators. the drills, the rollers, the
reapers. the threshers, the fans and
the Touring mills of our country, the
vast army that runs the trains carry
ing the wheat and -four TO market to
feed the civilized world, and we have
some conception Of the extent and inn
portance Of the industry. --Farmers'
Review.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
MEAT PRESERVATION.
New Method That Has Been DiseSv-
cred md successfully Intro
duced I'm Denmark.

Oliver X. Hughes, consul at Some
berg, Germany, tells of a new method
OF preserving meat. His report is as
follows:
"A new method Of preserving freshly
killed meats has been discovered by the
Danish zoologist, August Fjelstrup, al.
ready well known through his method
of condensing milk without the use OF
sugar. The system according to the
printed reports) has stood remark.
ably hard three months test at the
Odense (Danish) company's slaughter
houses in very satisfactory manner.
The method In itself is extremely
simple and might be of great service
for the troops in the tropics (the writ
er having had considerable experience
in trying to keep fresh meat in Cuba).
The animal 10 be used Is first shot or
stunned by a shot from a revolver,
loaded with small slugs, in the fore
head, in such n manner as not to injure
the brain. AS the animal drops sense
less an assistant cuts down over the
heart, opens a ventricle and allows all
the blood to flow out. The theory OF
this being that the decomposition of
the blood is almost entirely responsible
for the quick putrefaction OF fresh
meats. immediately thereafter a
briny solution made OF carr or fine salt,
more or less strong, according to
length OF time meat is to be kept, is i'm
jected by means of a powerful syringe
through the other ventricle into the
veins OF the body. The whole process
takes only few minutes and the beef
is ready for use and can be cut up at
once. This method has been examined
and very fayorably reported on by the
general consul at Odense and Aarhaus.
and also by many experts"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
SHEEP AND THEIR CARE.

Ensilage is good for ewes il not fed
too beautifully.
Improbable sheep often consume as
much as profitable ones.
Keep the lamb growing as you would
any other young animal.
Sheep always seek the highest
ground when they sleep.
IL you mean to feed sheep during the
winter feed only good ones.
Do not keep sheep and hogs or sheep
aud cattle together in one yard.
Ten OF twelve feet space should be
allowed In the barn for each sheep.
Mangels, carrots and oil cake will
be good feed for sheep in winter.
If a sheep does not yield eight pounds
of wool il is not the sheep you want.
Sheep that are kept in robust health
will not likely be attacked by vermin.
Canada ships lambs and sheep into
our market and makes money after
paying the duty.
DO you think that you can throw an
unframed collie into the midst OF n
aock of sheep aud not create rum
pns. The collie knows how to manage
sheep only when he Is taught to man
age them.-Western Plowman.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
killing Canada Tbi.tI...

To kill Canada thistles, let them
come TO bud, or flower, put heavy
chain from right hand end OF double
tree TO pillow beam at where the coul-
ter Is, or should be; leave slack
enough to loop in furrow. just ahead
OF the turning furrow slice; have Q
good pillow that IL will turn the furrow.
and with steady team you will cover
thistles completely, and as they will
have used all their vitality In maturing
flowers for seed will be killed dead,
and will benefi. the land as green
Tomas. In Farmers
Voice.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

scrfpturai Sentence Before He
Cox ~ Right.

The minister had reached the critical point
In his missionary" sermon. He had fin
ished his frstlies and secondlies, and with
one neat figure would link them to an impas-
stoned appeal that would strike his congre-
cations hearts. and make their rocks flow
like water.
"If." he exclaimed. lit has truly been said
that he, who makes two glades OF brass to
grow where one
The puzzled look on the face Of deaf old
member in front pew led him to pause and
repeat:
"That he is benefactor who makes two
grades Of blass-"
Smiles throughout the house and his own
sense showed him there was something
wrong, but. with an attempt at ightneSs.
he said, airiiy:
AS meant. two braids Of glass"
The choir was now keen-eared, aud the
pastor felt as il ne had met Dewey. So he
shouted: Two blads Of grace"
Then the senior deacon had pity on him
and arose. my brethren" he spoke, our
pastor has been upset by the intensity OF has
emotions, and has trippcd on two blades OF
grass. San Francisco Examiner.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
s9t]a:I|xeg|ll;y!!Es7||l!
BRAcIuG GATE POSTS.
Clever Invention CbeerfuIIy Donated
TO HIS Brother Farmers by an
Ohio Inventor.

For years / have made the question
of wire fence and the correct brac-
ing OF posts a study. have braced a
great many posts wrongly and some
few rightly. Time has proven the
good and condemned the bad and my
final conclusion is that the only good
brace, that can be depended upon to
asst for years without the least Civ
ing way, Is that In which the posts
nre fastened by means of an iron rod
,r a wire cable to dead man" plant
ed firmly in the ground.
have never seen one that gave way
when 40 planted. The cost TO anchor
the posts in this way is the least pos
sible. and the appearance is all in it's
favor. Recently, having to construct
a gateway through a string of wire
fence, / set about the invention of
the best possible anchorage for the
posts. The place in which the gate
way occurred was one OF great diff
Guilty as the ground was simply peat
and spongy muck. Water stood in the
bottoms of the holes. However, be-
tween the posts we dug trench 3H feet
deep, as shown at ID in the illustra-
ton. In this trench we placed a stick
Of timber six inches square and 3h feet
long. The gate posts were braced by
horizontal braces, being extended to
the vertical posts (P), the distance OF
some six feet fromthe gate posts.
Now from the top of the second
posts wire was passed connecting
them, going around the posts and
back and forth twice, making four
strands. This wire was loose enough
TO pass down through narrow trenches,
under the block CD. After the wire
was In place the earth was put on the
block and very firmly tamped. We
did not put back the loose soil, but
brought clay instead. When the
trench was full the wires were twisted
into cable, bringing the posts slight
ly together at the top. The fence
wires were then stretched to their
places taking care, however, that one
was stretched on one side and alter
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
-
The War In over

And now our thoughts are all OF peace and
home. There are, too often, people to be
found who have no home, and il IL to them
these few words are addressed. II you real
ly want home you can easily get one, but
you should act at once before the relapse
from the war puts prices on the advance.
In Marinette County, Wisconsin. the very
finest farming land is 70 be had now at a
most modest figure. Excellent home mar.
kets are at hand 10 take whatever the farm.
er raises, and good prices are given These
lands are on the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway, and fun information con.
corning them will checrfully be furnished
by 9. +. Rollins, immigration Agent, l6l
La Sale Street. Chicago
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
sncce..fuI Tren,ment Cor A.thmn.

DIR. p. Harold Hayes, of Buffalo, N. Y,
sends his book on Asthma and Hay Fever
Cured TO Stay Cured free and postpaid TO
any sufferer who applies for it. DIR. Hayes
has now treated upwards Of forty thousand
cases, and quotes many cases of former suf
ferers who have stayed cured for from five
to twenty years. Names and addresses Of
investigate fully and be convinced OF the
reliability of the statements made. DR.
Hayes says that any case Of spasmodic or
bronchial Asthma not complicated with or
ganic disease Of heart, lungs or kidneys can
be radically cured.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

1t is reported that man in Indiana has
not had an hours sleep for five years. He
constantly walks about, unable TO rest, and
is now little more than skeleton. There
are thousands Of men and women who are
unable to sleep more than an hour or two a
night because Of nervousness, weakness.
dyspepsia. headache and constipation. A
letter Stomach Bitters. Alldruggists sell il.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

OF making up clothes that 60 TO pieces before
the end OF the season or fade and get limp
and sleazy after the first washing? One OF
simpsons Prints will outwear three Of the
inferior calicoes. The colors are absolutely
FAST. and any fabric bearing the name OF
William Simpson a. Sons is guaranteed OF
the highest standard of quality and finish
and will give perfect satisfaction.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

of l6l Sedg-
wick Street,
Chicago. He
is ana
by b h.,
c a m e I o
America at
the age OF
twenty, and
became an
A IN e rican
citizen. III c
was living at
Milwaukee
when the call
for volun-
teers cam
early in 1862,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
HEROES OF WAR.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
The feeling Of admiration for heroes Of
war seems TO be innate in the human heart,
and is brought TO the surface as the opportu-
nifty and object presents itself.
Among those who proved their heroism
during our Civil War was A. Schiffeneder,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

"A Homo in Texaar

is the title OF pamphlet giving full de-
on sale at Chestervile, Colorado County,
Texas. This with full particulars In regard
to cheap rates, etc, furnished free upon ap.
plcation TO Southern Texas Colonization
Company, John Linderhom, Mgr, No. ITO
Rialto Bldg, Chicago. III.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Smith-One can't always judge a mans
patriotism by his conversation.
Jones-No. suppose not.
Take Brown, for instance; would you
call him a cowardy
well, er-I nigh. IL was sure he
wouldn't fight. "-Chisago Evening News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

When the news came TO the Chickamauga
hospital Of the destruction Of Cervera's feet
one Of the nurses commenced 20 read Il aloud
He had got as far as The statement that the
Brooklyn had been hit 45 times. when fever
patient, little out OF his head, shouted:
Great Scott! Who pitched for BROOKLYN"
San Francisco Wave.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
PrepnrinE the Case.

First Lawyer-Each witness gives differ
ent account of the accident.
on the stand. the jury may think our client
met with three OF four accidents.-Puck.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
He WINS CrueI.

Mr.. Nupop-I think / will have my whs-
ksrs shaved off.
Mrs Eupop (reproachfully) Why, John,
didn't think you could be 80 heartless. You
know how baby loves to pull them!-Up TO
Date.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
Properly Defined.

What is frmness. father?"
..'Firmness, my boy, is obstinacy in our.
selves"
And what is obstinacy"
"Obstinacy is firmness in somebody else"
Chicago Post.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
Spread OF the classic STYLE.

"How did you maLage to get such an ex.
tensiye manufacturing plant in your town.
asked the visitor.
"Well, we rooted for it," replied the ma.
Tribune.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Dropsy treated free by DR. ii. ii. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver.
tisement in another column Of this paper.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

A clause should be inserted in the mar
riage service asking the man TO promise that
he will not make II necessary for his wife
to open a boarding house.-Atchison Globe
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Sympathetic Maiden--"Why, Jimmy, you
PSGr SSy Hevs Se sOu fought oSsR gh,Gs
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

A Dose in Time Saves Nine OF Hale's
Honey Of Horehound and Tar for Coughs.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

II you loaf around store or Office great
deal, remember that You are not welcome
-Atchison Globe.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Lose a minute. and the chase Of a lifetime
will not catch it.-Ram's Horn.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

l believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
Douglass. Leroy, Mich, Oct. 20, '94.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Some mea are like race horses; their only
ambition seems 20 be a desire TO lower their
records. Record
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Lots Of men don't know enough to stop
boring when they strike oil.-Chicago Daily
News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

A horse with a locked tail must feel like
a neigh -bob.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10

Halls Catnrrh Cure
Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-09-10
Ts Curs a Cold I'm one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II il fails TO cure. 25c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-15
-
y POWERFUL SPEECH.

Rockingham, n. c., Sept. 14.-(Spe-
cial.1--Through an error it was partially
advertised that John ID. Bellamy, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress, would
speak here to-day. Every effort was
made to give notice that he would not
speak. but a large crowd assembled
The Executive committee substituted
Mr.. John ID. Shaw, Jr
Mr.. Shaw made one of the most pow
erful speeches ever heard in Richmond
county. Chairman Morrison pronounc-
ed it equal to the very best of the cam
paign. He stirred the white men to the
highest pitch of enthusiasm and deter
mination. His speech unquestionably
made votes for the white mans party
This was Mr.. Shaw's third speech III
the campaign, all of which were powerful
pleas for the dethronement of the present
miserable administration in State and
county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-15
GIVES FACTS IN MATTER
DID NOT APPROVE OF YOUNG AS
AN INSPECTOR.
FOLLOWED A TIME rH0NOREO CUSTOM
In Appointing the Inspectors. Had 10 Make up
Committee from Material Available
AT The Door of the Governor
Lies The Blame.
Raleigh. n. c.. Sept. IA.


To the Editor: My attention has been
attracted to lengthy and labored articles
in the Progressive Farmer and the Cau-
casian, alleging that /, as President of
the Board of Trustees of the North
Carolina Institution for the education of
the deaf, dumb and blind, appointed
the colored politician, james II. Young,
as one of the inspecting committee. 1t
is only just to the people of the State
and to myself that they should know
the WHOLE truth.
i was appointed a trustee of the In
stitution by the late lamented Governor
Thomas NJ. Holt, and was subsequent
~ re-appointed by the present incumbent,
Governor Daniel L. Russell; these APP
pOintments were made without solicit
tation on my part. and / accepted them
not as a POLITICIAN, but as citi-
zen. anxious to do what / could in an
humble way for the betterment of these
afflicted wards Of our State. / have
never sought office, and never expect to-,
and never held but one, and that is the
one referred to, but to the fatcs.
As is well known. there are seven
trustees who have the management of
the Blind Institution, as it is commonly
six other members 1t is the duty of
the President to name an inspecting
committee, of two members each
month. BY A TIME-HONORED
CUSTOM WHICH HAS BECOME AN
UNWRITTEN LAW, THESE SIX
MEMBERS ARE NAMED AND
SERVE BY TURNS. getting around
once in three months SIN the course of
human events" james II. Young's turn
came, and i, in Difference to this law,
and as an instrument of the Board
and not through any preference or par
tiality-far from that-named him to
perform this delicate trust. Had the
Board been composed of any set of men,
however unworthy or untitled, but ap-
pointed by the Governor, |, as their
agent and under the law, would have
had to make up the committee from
such material as was available.
The institution has been greatly dam
aged by bringing it into politics-by
putting men over the afflicted children
whose sole object and purpose is the
distribution of the loaves and fishes
This offense lies at the door OF only one
man in North Carolina-he who has the
constitutional power to appoint the
Board of Trustees. Had he not appoint
ed James III. Young to this important
trust, there would not now be the great
hue and cry of a negro politician in
speeding the private rooms or white wo-
men.
The scapegoat racket of the modern
day politician of saddling the innocent
with the sins of the guilty will not work
it is too thin-any man of ordinary
sense can see through it. The writer had
no more to do with the appointment of
James FL. Young as trustee or the ex-
ercise of any function as such, than he
has to do with the appointment of the
Spanish-American Peace Commission
ers. Realizing the very unfortunate
state of affairs into which the institu-
ton had fallen and of my utter inabil-
ity to remedy it, | resigned in Deem
Der last. Il. f. MONTAGUE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-15
A GREAT ENGLISH STATESMAN'S
SECRET.

The secret of a celebrated English
statesman's long life was his systematic
way of eating. Every bite of food was
chewed thirty times before swallowing.
The result was he naturally enjoyed good
health. Most men and women bolt their
food, and eat things which were never
intended to be eaten. They become cos
tive, have a bad complexion, lose flesh,
are irritable and nervous, and the first
thing they know they are played out. :"
1t is gratifying to know that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters cures stomach troubles.
1t is purely vegetable medicine that has
stood the test of many years 1t cures
cases which seem to be hopeless. Suf-
ferers from any disorder of stomach,
liver or bowels should try it.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-09-15

any man, white or black, ever spoke in
a State convention.
Such reprehensible rant may do for
such occasions as that to please. the
thoughtless and ignorant, but it imparts
no useful knowledge or information to
the people. He was so disgusting, ac-
cording to the report, that one negro
said: / was ashamed of my race, that
when it has Il chance to put man in
high position selects a man who will
make so mean a speech. George H..
White is not a suitable man 10 repre-
sent the Second district. He has done
nothing but draw his salary and never
will. but vote to create debt and tax
the people. And what good can one
negro member like White do in a House
composed of 300 white members. 1t is q
farce to talk about his doing anything
for the taxpayers but vote to increase
their taxes, which are already too OPP
pressive White is in favor of paying
all Government bonds in gold, although
il is declared expressly on the face of
each bond that it is payable III coin,
which means silver as well as gold. And
after the Senate had passed the Mat
thews-Teller resolutions by a large ma
iority, the resolutions went to the
House, asserting that fact in plain and
unequivoca terms. White would not
vote for the resolutions and would not
vote to assert that which the law and
the bond both declared to be true. He
is ever ready to vote to impose taxes on
the people, when he knows they have
got no gold to pay taxes with. Who
wants such Il man to represent them in
Congress?
Does any respectable tax paying
white man want to pay the bond-hold-
ers in better money than he has to use
himself! / think not. and yet White
says he must / thought that the hon
est and intelligent taX-paying people
wanted an honest man to represent their
interests in Congress, and not an un-
principled, staggering dImagogue Ct
much vanity and low instincts, who de-
lights in all his political speeches TO
harp on the negro, negro, negro, while
at the same time intending an insidious
and invidious disparagesment of the
white race.
The honest and discreet people do not
want braggart of bogus statesman
to represent them, whose main hobby is
to deal in the filth and slime OF low de-
bauch and disgusting charlatanry.
CURTIS ii. BROGDEN.