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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16
A Novice BalIoonist.

The veteran balloonist, Prof. Chas.
Wolcott, has been again engaged by the
Fair Management to superintend the
ascensions scheduled to take place at
this Falls Sherbrooke Fair Septem Der
4th. to tn.
This years balloon ascension will pre-.
sent novel feature, inasmuch as one Of
Sherbrook's young ladies will then make
her debut as an aeronaut and sailup and
away from mother earth for her first
parachute leap. This will be the first in
stance OF Sherbrooke's Fair being chosen
as the occasion OF balloonist's first
exploit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16
Tn Cherry Time.

A Cherry Tart. Make light open
crust in pie plate and bake; then fill
with the cherries, seeded and stewed
with sugar quite thick. Cover with a
meringue and lightly brown this.
Cherry Salad. Put in small glass
tumblers first layer of banana slices,
cut across, then chopped orange slices,
then either fresh cherries stoned with
quill or the conserved cherries Pour
pver all a spoonful of lemon juice. Set
In cold place until you serve, which
should be soon, as the banana darkens
after being cut. Table Talk.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16

1t was critic who uprose on the first
night of the late Charles Reade's
drama, Its Never Too Late to Mend"
at the Princess theater, London, in
1865, and vehemently protested against
the flogging business in the Jail scene
as being inhuman and untrue to life.
However, it was true to life, and the
discussion that ensued tended to crowd
the theater for many months.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16
Nobody Missed 1t.

Hicks-Barry made a bet that every
person who came by his fence would
touch it and he won.
Wicks-Nonsense How did 1t hay
pen?
Hicks-He merely stuck up the sign
paint" and, of course everybody con-
sidered himself called upon to feel of
the. fence.-Boston Transcript.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16

THE PICK OF LATEST SLEEVES.
picted is just the pick of those latest to
hand. The ones for evening wear speak
for themselves, but it may be we'll to
explain that the long day sleeve to the
left expresses itself especially we'll in
foulard, wolfe or soft satin, and the
guipure, which cloth B8 fore part of
the arm, is usually lett transparent.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16
WEST BARNET.

There will be an entertainment at Vii
lage hall Tuesday evening, August %,
under the auspices Of the Ladies Aid So
ciety. See bills.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16
RYEdATE.

Blue Mountain Grange will give a
poverty social and entertainment at the
Town hall, Wednesday evening, August
%. All are cordially invited.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16

On sleeves frequently falls the burden
Of success in gown. AS though to bal
ance their diminished girth these are
now made the vantage ground of much
intricate elaboration. The group de-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-16

amending gloves use fine cotton thread
instead OF silk, which is apt to cut the
kid.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
Pneumonla In Fowls.

- H
Synonyms.-Lung fever, winter few
er.
Definition. = An acute. infectious
croupous Inflammation Of the air cells
Of the lungs.
Causes.-It is an ~infective disease
caused by its own special germ, which
needs only certain conditions to devel-
OPP. These conditions are exposure to
cold and damp, sudden changes, in
weather, coddling fowls. confining
them closely for fear that they will
get cold; in fact, anything that rem
ders fowl tender. All these things
make the bird an easy prey to the
pneumonia germ. Brooder chicks too
closely confined in warm brooders are
very liable to pneumonia. DR.. San
born fathers the opinion that the open
Acknowledgment plan Of housing
will do more to prevent pneumonia
than medicine will to cure It; and
he will md many who have had ex-
perience With poultry diseases agree
with him
symptoms--Brsathins very labored;
Ssysryy sxlptrAtiOn snds II . EruAttng
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29

sound. Fowl shows no disposition to
move, and seem to give all its ener-
giles to an effort to breathe. Birds
position peculiar to the disease, usu-
ally is half -squatting, ha~lf-standing
position. with wings dropped and held
away from the body, neck stretched,
moath open, and painting for breath.
IT. ear is held close to the chest a
cracking noise not unlike the sound
of crumpling parchment will be heard.
Treatment.-Remove the bird to
warm quarters where the tempera-
ture will not go below, nor much above,
65 degrees F. If the atmosphere can
be kept moist with steam, SO much the
better. Give every three hours one
tenth Of a five grain antikamnia pow
der. The powder may be made into
a pill with bread crumbs. In the drink
ing water use ten drops tincture OF
bryonia in eight ounces Of water. II
the bird will not drink, give a tea
spoonful Of this every few hours in a
little raw egg and milk. Feed moth
ing but egg and milk until breathing
becomes easier. No solid food for at
least forty-eight hours. AS fowl re-
covers, gradually harden it to cooler
temperature, and do not return it to
the flock until it is strong and able to
stand temperature of the poultry house
Bird will need some tonic while con:
valescing; as before mentioned, there
is nothing better than compound syr-
up of hypophosphites for this purpose
DIR. Woods in Farm Poultry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
WOVEN MEN.
rrof. Buchuer Finds Many More Fe.
male Centenarians Than Males. (.

prof. Buchuer Finds Many More Fee
male Centenarians Than Males. !.
It is TRANCE, but true. that the most
delicate child often outlives his strong
er brother or sister. Many instances
are on record of the survival Of those
who seemed destined to die early. tits
said of Voltaire, who lived to be eighty.
four years old, that he was so delicate
at birth he could not be baptized for
several months. Sir Isaac Newton, the
doctors said, would not live a week,
but he celebrated his eighty-fifth birth
day. Frontenelic lived to be 100, al
though he was so frail at birth that
the priest had to go to his home to bap-
tie him.
Even more interesting than this is
the statement by Prof. Buchner that IL
is possible for a woman to preserve her
youthful beauty even to her old age, or,
in some instances, to regain it. The
Marquise of Mirabeau died at eighty
six with all the marks of youth in her
face. Margaret Verdun, at siXty-fiye,
smOothed out the wrinkles, her hair
grew again and her third set of teeth
appeared. Cases Of this third denti-
ton are not rare.
The professor still gives further hope
for the fair sex in the announcement
that women live longer than men. A
French woman, Marie Prioux, who
died in 1888, was said to be 15S years
old. Statistics of the various coun-
tries on this point are remarkable, In
Germany only Alb Of 1000 males reach
the age Of ifty-five, while more than
500 Of 1000 females reach that age. In
the United States there are 1858 fe-
male to 1898 male cen%tenarians. In
France, Of ten centenarians, seven
were women and only three men. In
the rest Of Europe, of twenty-seven
centenarians, sixteen We're women.
The oldest person now living is held
to be Annie Armstrong, who is III
years old, and lives in a little town in
County Clare, Ireland.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
New Jeraey MIX.

Secretary Franklin Dye, of the New
Jersey State Board of Agriculture,
thinks that the farmers of New Jer-
sey are giving too much attention to
the production of milk for the New
York market, says the Rural New
Yorker. This, he says, was once a
profitable work, but prices of milk in
the large cities have fallen too low. He
thinks the competition in the cities has
brought down the wholesale price in
the markets to about what the farmer
should be paid. The wholesaler has
not borne the loss, but has thrown
it back on the farmer. The price of
cows has gone up, while the cost of
breeding them has not fallen in pro-
portion to the decrease of the price of
milk. Mr.. Dye thinks that, in many
parts Of New Jersey, sheep would be
more profitable than mich cows, and
II the price of wheat remain where it
is. that grain would pay better on
many dairy farms. Mr.. Dye advocates
the formation Of producers and con-
sumers' leagues, near cities. The city
members should be served by the
country members with the products of
the farm at a fair profit to the farmer;
the city members should sell the farm
ers what they need. Mr.. Dye says
there are 10000 farms in New Jersey.
valued at $3.50, O00, 900; the machinery
and tools Of these farms are worth not
less than $156, 900, 900. and there are
over 100. 900 voters in New Jersey en-
gagged in farming as a business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
New Blasting Powder.

Australia has produced cricketers
and scullers, and frozen meat and
Irish M. Prs, and now it has produced
a new explosive, the name whereof is
kallenite. The advantages of the in
vention are claimed to be numerous,
and it is worthy Of note that it has
obtained the approval Of the govern
ment, Of Victoria, and mining man
ayers assert that after blasting with
it men a go back to work in the
faces more quickly than after using
any other explosive. It contains no
non-explosfve material, whereas No. I
dynamite contains Is per cent, gelig-
mite 4 per cent and blasting gelatine 2
per cent The government chemist
calculates that a. posssssasaA ave or,8stx
times the strength Of No. 1 dynamite.
Moreover, It can be manufactured at a
very low cost. Its absorbent material
basis Is composed Of eucalyptus and
ti-tree leaves, which are almost as
common in Australia as blades of q
are in England. The remaining in
gradients are, Of cours, as yet q trade
secret. A most successful experiment
was carried out. quite recently in sgd
ney. The minister for works and
others who observed the experiment
carried out from q safe distance, were
all well impressed with the power Of
kallenite, which is claimed to be an
entirely Australian composition. It is
stated that when the government tests
are complete, IL the new material is
finally pronounced to be as excellent
as itSnow bids fair to be, a manufac-
tory for its production and export will,
be established in sydney.-L0ndon
Mail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
dow Successful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Farm-A Few
Hints ~ to tho Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Sell Milk or Cream7

Inc question is the profit in milk at
&c per ct. or cream at zoe per qt., and
the skim-milk to be fed to calves and
pigs. To decide such. a proposition as
this, writes a contributor to Country
Gentleman, 1T is necessary to take into
consideration several things that do
no appear on the surface. With milk
at 4c per ct. we have a very plain case,
Which is simply the matter of receiving
a certain amount of a commodity. But
with the question of selling cream at
zoe per ct. and the added value of the
sklm-milk, we are confronted with
quite a complicated problem Of values.
BEFORE. n could accurately get the
number of quarts Of cream in 100
quarts of milk-which a computation
Of values demands-it would first be
necessary to know just what the per-
centage Of the cream is; CREAM" be-
ing a somewhat indefinite term. But
we can form a basis Of calculation on
the average cream put on the market,
which Is in the ratio Of one quart of
cream from six quarts of milk. The
SAA AOttA 10 VI AAA1n WOuAO 10 WOlkA 63NS
and the one quart Of cream zoe. But
to this zoe must be added the value Of
the skim-milk, which from the expert
nents of some years has been proved
10 have a value of, at the lowest figure,
VOC Del 100 pounds. This is its value
simply for feeding, that is for what it
will make in pounds of pork or growth
Of calves, and does not take into con
%slderation the manurial value. From
experiments made at various times,
the value in fertility of skim-milk has
been fixed at 81 per ton. This value
perhaps, by skillful and judieious
handling, and If the manure is used
as a component part with other fer
t~ilizers, may be increased. After sew
eral years of experience in feeding
skim-milk, the writer has found that
il used for feeding to cows, its value
is nearly double what it is If fed to
calves or pigs.
Cut aside from the comparison OF
values of milk at &c and cream at zoe
and the feeding of skim-milk, comes in
the question of cost of labor and out
fit necessary in the two plans. This is
a consideration that does not appear
in the present proposition. Here then
will be the figures from the two plans
proposed: One hundred quarts of milk
at &c per quart will amount to 81; from
tA4s, at a ratio Of one quart of cream
from six quarts of milk, we have 16 2-3
quarts of cream, which at zoe per
quart would. amount to 1888 1-3. TAX
ing this quantity of cream from the
200 lib. of milk Goo quarts or approx
imately that amount), we have 166 2-3
lib. of skim-milk, which, at 10c per hun
dred pounds, would make about TIC to
add to value of cream, which will make
$3.50 %. This is the comparison of
values, without computing the manur-
ial value Of the skim-milk, which is at
best an indefinite matter, and can be
estimated on a basis of about 68 per
cent Of its value being retained in the
weddings of animals to which it may
have been fed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
Longest Beard In the World.

Probably the longest beard in the
world is that of a metal worker in
Marseilles. The man is seventy-four
years old. When fourteen years of age
he had n beard six inches long. 1t
grew from year to year, and now his
hirsute attachment when unrolled,
reaches the respectable length of ten
feet ten inches. When the a goes
out walking he carries his beard rolled
up in a big skein under his arm. Since
he is rather small in size. measuring
but five feet three inches, his beard is
more than twice the mans height.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
Keeping Cool Under Dimcultie..

The entertainment at the church was
attended by n very large crowd and
was highly appreciated by the audi
ence. A panic was nearly created by
the back part of the floor falling in,
but the GOODNESS of Hon. Charles Jetton
prevented a stampede. In a command
ing tone, he admonished everybody to
keep their seats. as there was abso-
lutely no danger; then, grabbing his
good wife by the arm, he said: "Come
on, May, and let's get out of here, or
we'll get killed in a minute. Murray
Ledger.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
Failures In Poultry Raising.

water seeks its level" is a we'll
known law of physics. The same law
applies to all kinds of business that
are open to general competition. Prof
It's seek their level. Therefore the
poultry business has had its profits
reduced to a point where they have
become problematical, just as in every
other business the profits have been re-
duced to a point where they are prob
lematical. Were it not so there would
be a great rush into the poultry bust
ness, men preferring sure to doubtful
profits. So, in looking over the poul-
try field, we must expect to find both
successes and failures. Probably there
is no branch of farming that is more
delusive than that of poultry raising.
1t appeals to the sanguine' in tempera-
ment. 1t is very easy to figure out i'm
mense wealth from a certain procedure.
This is why SO many men have taken
their little capital and invested it in
the poultry business, only to find, at
the end of a few years, that their CAPT.
tai has vanished, and that their bust
ness has not been established on a
paying basis. A a must move eau
tiously and slowly to be safe. He must
resist the temptation to cut loose from
some other business till he has found
out for a certainty that he knows how
to manage poultry and secure the prof
its from his fowls. There are great
possibilities in the poultry business,
but they are not dead sure Of reali-
cation. Brains as we'll as money and
experience are required for success.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
An Excellent Combination.


The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect Strengthening laxa-.
tive, cleansing the system efectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub.
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they r pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by 9 method
known to the CALIFORNIA F1a SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
FIG SYRUP co.
GAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, N. 2.
For sale by all Druggists.-Priee Soc. per bottle
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
Poultry Pasturage.

We should not lose sight Of the fact
that the hen requires pasturage as we'll
as the COW She may not want as much
of it or be so entirely dependent on it,
but it is advantageous to provide her
with it to the extent of her require
ments. A small patch of clover should
be provided If possible, or, If that is
not to be had, give her some blue
grass sod to work on. This will not
be found such an easy matter as it
may seem at first. The poultry pas
ture will have to be protected till the
plants composing it have got a good
start. If the hens are allowed access
to it as soon as the small blades start,
there will be little left Of the pasture
by midsummer. The hen is a hard
worker and she will pick of the small
blades as they appear. There is hardly
a quicker way to kill a sod than to
turn the hens on it in the early spring,
unless the area is so, extensive that it
cannot be fed down.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29

Glover for Poultry.-I never knew
Of a Ease where too much cut clover
was fed to. poultry. If it was properly
prepared, and that is to steam or boil
1t until soft and mix with ground feed:
two parts corn meal and one of bran
is the best for winter rations. In
stead Of using clear bran, I would mix
1t with equal parts of bran and mid
dlings. / believe the more clover and
whole grain, the fowls have the better,
and il anything is fed beside this, such
as table scraps, mix it with the soft
feed and clover.-Ohio Farmer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29
Corn a. Hog Feed.

There is no doubt that corn is one
of the most valuable plants in the
world, but. it has been too largely fed
to our hogs. The foreign market is
demanding Danish and Canadian ba-
con and hams, because the foreigners
declare that our hams and bacon are
too soft and oily, due to the feeding of
too large a proportion Of corn. Lately
the Danes have begun to feed Ameri-
can corn to their hogs and now the
English market is complaining that
Danish pork products are deteriorat-
ing. 1t is no use to attempt to make
people believe that hogs grown en-
tirely on corr produce as good meat
as those hogs that have a fair supply
Of clover, peas, oats and other nitrog-
enous feeds. Even our home market
discriminates quite sharply in favor Of
lean and compact meat. Yet it is diff
cult to get bacon, ham or loins that
are lean enough. g
1t is perhaps unfortunate that the
big buyers of hogs do not discrimi-
nate more sharply on the animals they
buy. The fact that a corn fattened
animal sells at the same price as an
animal fattened on other foods makes
the grower careless. But it is reason
able to suppose that this carelessness
ultimately reacts against the interests
Of the hog producer. Can we suppose
that a hundred generations Of hogs, all
fed and fattened on corn, will have the
vitality of a hundred generations fed
on heterogeneous foods? 1t has been stat
ed by horsemen that heterogeneous foods
increases the breeding powers of AMI
mails. 1t may or may not be true, but
it is easy for Vi to believe that a KIND
of food that produces a strong, vigor-
ous animal will give greater vitality
and greater breeding power than a foo4
that makes sluggish habits only pos
sible.
From what we know Of the methods
of feeders we believe that the more
advanced swine raisers have long since
taken this view of the case. We believe
that most men that make a business
of breeding sires and sows to place at
the heads of herds have abandoned
the practice of overlooking with corn.
If we do not figure on the production
of a more compact meat and a harder
fat we are pretty sure to find u for
eign market begin to slip away from US
in the same manner as the cheese
market slipped away.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29

Mere Lip Service.
Tom-After all, what are kisses good
for"
Kitty (demurely)-Their face value.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29

American Flows in siberia.-Our
plows are becoming quite popular in
Siberia. although as yet most Of the
'plows used there are manufactured in
Russia and Germany. It is only a
matter Of a decade or SO when the
Yankee subsoiler will be careering.
over the steppes Of Russia's prison
pen:-Ex..
Rapid eating IL one Of the worst evils
IN young fowls. When wet, meal II
thrown to them they gorge themselves.
ulnti. surfsiteds md then die. a
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-29

Feeding at Milking Time.-We often
hear discussion in dairy conventions
as to whether a COW should be fed
when she is being MIXED. No doubt
it is true that II she will yield her milk
readily without feed, such is the best
method to pursue. But this is a ques-
ton that does not admit always of a
categorical answer. We have known
cows who had the bad habit Of hold
ing up their milk and the only possible
way to get them to give 1t down was
to put some feed before them. The act
of feeding seemed to take the mind Of
the COW out of the stubborn mood it
was in. In such casss. = least, 1t was
q success to feed while milking
Hoard's Dairyman.