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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

AS they are six inches beyond the
ends Of the box, it makes protection
from the weather, besides leaving
space for circulation, while to make
this of value to the interior square
must be sawed from the top of the box
before the roof is put on, as this top
floor has been left whole. This makes
the ventilation good without danger
of leaks. and the roof is now added.
Returning to the unboarded space
in front we nail strip four inches
wide down the center and tack fine
wire netting, Z, over one side. A
second trip is put over the first to
cover the edge of the netting, and to
leave room for groove for the sliding
door, G, on the other side. This may
be either of wood or a skeleton frame
made and covered with netting. A
groove must be made in the box for
the other side of the slide. Nearly
ali the boxes come with well-stayed
corners, so this is not difficult.
Paint the outside, roof and all, to
prevent the cracks from spreading.
Or the roof may be covered with roof
ing paper or cheaper still with tarred
paper, which will last season or two.
These boxes vary somewhat in size,
but they will hold from fifteen to
twenty-five chickens till they are
pretty well grown, and as they are
strong and well built they will last
many years.-American Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
To Prevent Swarminc.

When the apiary is located out oi
the sight of residence there is al
ways NOR or less danger of the bees
swarming and going away unseen by
the owner, and for this reason the
apiary should be located in as plain
sight of dwelling as possible, SO that
when the bees swarm they may be
readily seen. This has always been
a troublesome matter with the bee
keeper, and different methods have
been used to prevent this loss. The
method now adopted by extensive
apiarists is clipping the wings of the
queens. This always prevents swarms
from flying away, as the swarm will
not leave unless the queen accom-
pany it, but this does not relieve all
the trouble in connection with swarm
ing by any means, for it will not pre-
vent the swarms from issuing from
the hive. The swarm simply comes
out of the hive in its natural way, but
as the queen does not take wing with
them they will, on missing her, return
to the hive. The trouble with this
method is that the queen thus issuing
from the hive frequently becomes
lost, or if she is fortunate enough to
get back to the hive, everything being
in the same condition as before, they
will repeat the swarming, and may
keep it up daily, and the result is the
queen generally becomes lost. In
this case the bees will not again at
tempt to issue until the young queens
begin to hatch out in the hive, when
they will again swarm, and as the
young queens are not clipped they. of
course, fly with the swarm, and the
colony is in the same condition as it
would be if the first queen had not
been clipped. 1t certainly is not in
as good condition, for the old queen
was an important factor.
much prefer to prevent swarming
by keeping the queen cells cut out of
the hive. If this is done regularly
the colony will not swarm or at least
the exception to this rule is SO small
that it is not worth considering.
Once week will answer to examine
for queen cells, although they may be
looked after more frequently, and all
queen cells hunted up and removed.
1t is also very important when col
onies become very strong that they be
accommodated with plenty of surplus
store room. This Of itself will go a
long way in the prevention of swarm
ing. If we have but one colony, and
wish to increase the number of col
onies, and at the same time do not
want them to swarm, we can divide
the colony, and this will prevent
swarming. "a. H. Duff, in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
Farm md Garden Notes.

Corn is good for hens, but should
be used with judgment.
Clover hay is one of the best things
for balancing the rations.
In some German experiments to test
the desirability of large, small and
medium tubers for seed, it was shown
that large tubers gave decidedly the
best yield.
Good butter can only be made from
good milk, and good milk can only be
had from healthy COWS kept in we'll.
ventilated, clean stables and given
wholesome food.
it has been pretty clearly shown
that stockmen can prevent loss from
cornstalk disease by feeding grain
ration and not allowing animals to live
on cornstalks alone.
Sheep are inveterate lickers of salt,
and it is conducive to their general
health. Next to grass, there is hard
ly anything more essential. 1t is
cheap; put it where they can have it
at will.
Separate the layers from the others.
You cannot keep old hens, pullets, fat
hens and lean hens together any more
than you can keep dry cows, heifers
not yet in milk, and fresh cows to-
gether, for they do not require the
same food.
Raspberry roots grown by Professor
E. s. Goff, of Wisconsin experiment
station, extended horizontally dis
tance of four feet from the main stem
and vertically frequently more than
five feet. The main roots, however,
are quite near the surface, which
points TO the desirability Of giving this
/ cre2 shallow cultivation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

The maxim that time is money
could not receive a more pertinent il
lustration than in the proposition to
build tunnel between England and
Ireland at cost OF $50, 900, 600. The
tendency toward public ownership of
methods OF transit is also shown in
the proposition that the English gov
ernment shall be the constructor
Such tunnel would materially lessen
the time of carriage between New York
and London and is expected to make
an important port of Galway. If ever
racial distrust permit the construction
of a tunnel beneath the English
Channel, the Continent will be
brought appreciably nearer in time of
travel to the United States. The ad-
vent of the twentieth century is her
aided by promised wonders that may
knit the hemispheres together in new
and closer bonds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
extracting the cream from it as high
is necessary to boil water.

extracting the cream from it as high
is necessary to boil water.
Unfortunately, a great deal of dairy
butter is produced under conditions
where no particular attention is paid
to temperature, but the result benefits
nobody, as tits bought, sold and eaten
under protest, and then only by those
who are looking for "cheap butter"
A temperature in the dairy room
above sixty degrees to sixty-fve de.
grees is antagonistic to good milk,
cream or butter quality.
Above all things remember that low
temperature is to butter quality in
summer what rudder is to a ship.
Thus, You see thati is very profitable
to maintain cool dairy room.
"Will it pay me to use parchment
paper in wrapping my butter in pound
bricks, or employ any other means to
make the packages look neat?"
Yes, most assuredly it will pay, as
this is one of those cases where you
can kill two birds with one stone.
Packages OF butter thus made neat in
appearance not only please the eye of
the fastidious customer, but protect
the flavor and general quality of the
product from outside contamination.
So this process returns compound in
terest on the money invested.
'As butter maker, if 1 expend dol
lars and cents now in keeping my dairy
apparatus at high degree of ef-
ficiency, will L have as pay for it at
the end of the season greater num-
ber of dollars than L would otherwise
have possessed?"
MIST certainly you would. I know
of no greater extravaganza for do
mestic butter maker to indulge in than
to retain in commission a rusty milk
pail, an old worn-out churn, or a
broken butter worker. Buy utensils
that are necessary and up to date, but
do not indulge in fancy articles. The
dairy utensils one uses have great
influence on the quality of the stock
turned out, and quality either good or
bad decides the market value of the
butter. George e. Newell, in the
Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
New Jersey Has the Best Roads.

According to bulletin No. 95, issued
by the Department. of Agriculture,
New Jersey is building more roads
and better roads for the money thar
any other State in the Union. The
roads being built there will last and
can be kept up to a high standard at
minimum expense.
Bulletin 50 is devoted exclusively
to good roads. In it the opinion
is expressed that all the important
roads in the United States will be
macadamized or otherwise improved
within few years. The bulletin ad
vises the building of stone roads where
ever it is possible and condemns dirt
roads as much more expensive in the
end.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
Home Butter Making.

Those home butter makers who wish
to realize neat profit from their
labor for the ensuing season should
interrogate themselves somewhat as
follows:
"Why will it pay me to buy the
best brand of dairy salt obtainable
when it costs me more than a medium
grader"
Because of its perfect solubility and
freedom from foreign earthly matters.
When perfect dairy salt has been
worked into butter it dissolves wholly
and evenly, permeates the whole
product after being properly dis
tributed by the ladle. AS result a
uniformly saline favor is impaired to
every atom and the preservative quail
ties of the salt fully established
throughout the mass.
This adds both keeping qualities
and an improved flavor to the butter
so treated, results that enhance its
market value many more times over
the increased cost of the salt. A
second-class grade of salt is not
wholly soluble, and also contains
foreign earthly matter lacking in
preservative force. In eating butter
where such salt is used it is not un-
common to feel the gritty particles
under the tongue, and they. are even
perceptible to the eye in the grain OF
the butter.
"Why will it pay to use a cool dairy
room exclusively dedicated to milk
and butter, and in which nothing
foreign to the dairy shall ever find q
resting placer"
Because low temperature is ai
necessary to preserve milk and aid In
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

A little Swiss canton with socialis-
tic tendencies has lately adopted a law
of free burial, by which the state is
the chief patron and employer of the
nndertakers. Two purveyors of cof-
fins are elected in each district; all
orders are sent to one during the first
six months of the year, and to the
other during the remaining six months.
The cotfins are delivered gratuitously.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
government to lie fair, the greatest
complaint and dissatisfaction have
arisen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
A Cheap Conven ent Coop.

Tip large packing box on one side,
making the open spac, or original top
the front. Nail boards, A, across this
space half way down, letting the top
one, B, extend nearly its width above
The top edge of the box, and several
inches beyond the ends. Nail SINH
lar one, G, on the back, leaving this a
couple of inches above the top. Two
side boards, d, are now added, sawed
slanting to make smooth slope be-
tween the front and back for the roof.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

The California state board of prison
directors has adopted rule that here
nfter, when convict is found with a
deadly weapon in his possession he
shall be kept in solitary confinement
for the rest of the term, even if it be
for his natural life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

"This man is too belligerent to suit
me-" said the German emperor
thoughtfully. He's always ridicul-
ing the idea of peace and declaring
MAT war is inevitable. He is stirring
things up altogether too much"
Couldn't you get him out of the coun-
try for while?" That's good idea
I'll send him to the peace conference" ="
Washington Star
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

board in the pasture fence is taken
off and upright boards nailed to the
top and bottom boards, as shown,
mailing these upright boards upon the
side occupied by the animals, so they
cannot press them off. The feed can
then be put in boxes, or on the ground,
outside the fence, when each animal
will take an opening and eat without
quarreling with its neighbor. New
York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

The YANKEE drummers' are cap
turing large slices of the iron and
shoe trade in England, France, Ger
many and Russia. This is a sort of
reciprocity that Europe does not like.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
Feeding stock at Pasture.

1t is often desired to feed grain or
some soiling crop to animals at
pasture. A convenient way to accom-
plish this without crowding on the
part of the stock, or waste of feed by
the animals setting their feet upon it,
is shown in the cut. The middle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
The Anti-Rut Agitation.

Mud is highway robbery.
o, but those motor-carriage folks
will be 'hollerin' for good roads
pretty soon.
Horses like to be we'll stalled, but
not in muddy highway.
Now is about the time of year when
mud-holes are converted into job-lots
of dust. Any in front of your house?
The horse wanted good roads, the
bicycle has tried to get good roads.
the automobile must have good roads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
* AGRICULTURAL. *


In order to get the best cream from
the milk, and the most of it, the milk
should be set as quickly as possible
after milking, and the temperature
reduced at once to prevent the forma
ton of what is known as fibrin. 1t is
with this object in view that nearly
all improved methods are put in use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

The great sources of wealth in
Canada are four, viz, fisheries, mines,
forests, and farms. The amount an
nually derived from them is, in round
figures, $40, 900, 900 from the fisheries,
$50, 900, 900 from the mines, $780,
900. 900 from the forests, and $780,
900, 900 from agriculture.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

Mrs. Leary-"I want to git some
uuinoine pills" Clerk-"Those with
coats on them, I suppose?" Mrs. Leary
mo; thin wild thor coats off,"
Clerk-"Oh, l understand. William,
bring out some Of those quinine pills
In their shirt sleeves"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

" It IL " u . y W IL .
unique an d so
pretty, as we told
each other every
hour in the day.
We had furnished
it principally with
packing boxes with
the addition of a
few such trifes as
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10

1t is estimated That there are 80, 900
pupils in the agricultural schools Of
the United States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-10
e 1858
A COTTAGE TRAGEDY.
BY ELLA RoDMAN CHURCH.

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

Senator Mgr = WahHakusu county.
IS one e th~ oraest AM most useful mem
hrs - she legislature, bat II wnu!3 appear
fronl tae sntsy-aieEn re - aToasinS IN his
g strict tHat BE iu.eu = BE present term .
be h's 'as: Appearance go Rat body. lFs
supported senator wilson against the earn
49, protest. - a large majority NJ ia con-
s'iltsa>s ana nos he 3 charged with en-
esNyo0.eg - raas state Foad bill that IS
n1t orty fxtrAvagant. bslt irnpraetcaA.e
senator N-c.e~'s Constituents D. rot seorn
sly tro Re.l p'eas@d VIII his action. and
Hs aiErsrs 70 ee independent enough 70
.Er.ogo .a.4~ criticisms
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

From al accounts. Coin Harvey Is Go
ing fairly well In his efforts TO raise funds
for the free SILVER campaign In 1850. 1t Is
aalthor!tailvesy stated that he has rsceiv-
cd pledged subscriptions anee last oeto-
Der amounting TO an average Of 500 per
day. If this rate keeps up Mr.. Harvey
VIII have over half mIkion dollars to
turn over To the campaign committee IN
the summer Of 1l.o. II may be that
portion of The funds Will be used to de-
feat expansion. In which case the sum
VIII be considerably reduced An interest
ing feature Of the report is that one Sub
script!on has been received from this state.
and the question naturally arises Who
Ia the guilty man ii Is quite likely the
solitary subscription bears tho Signature
OF Congressman ". c. Jones',
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

ton with the Islanders. Il coEs.3ers -
te a.. preparatory 10 self-goFe-nn1ent-
to BE- sure. bat not accompanied by aay
guarantee that she SELF g1y err ussot viii
De created IL fact. the fourth s=ct'0n
appears 10 nGIiify the provision q the
third by stating tha, the United ssates
will dispose Q. the ISLANDS eventually
In the manner which may sppear to
them to De- the nzoss Advantages
II Is probable that Senator McEnery
~ az entirely in earnest in setting forth
this resolution In opposition 20 exgran-
s.on and with view To the autonomy
Of the Philippines. but the congress ional
debate haz shown that the resolution
vas hastily drawn and misses the real
objects which 81 soegat- Tie ind re
r1eras By The senate can be Interpreted
only as a fulnliment OF promise and a.
not seriously affecting the Issue OF ex-
u4nelor one say or another. Moreover.
success IL not likely 10 atfsnd the reso-
luton IN The house. as would Re neces-
sary to give force to It's declaration Of
policy.
In the one respect os erowding the en-
tire Philippine discussion little far
ther toward some permanent solution,
the approval Of the McEnery resolution
sion. foreseslng that the succeeding
congress viii be moro In accord with
the policy Of the president. VIII continue
It's strong efforts 20 secure some express
sion from the current session. bat the
vote Of Tuesday will AFFORD little key t.
the willingness or unwiiiingness OF the
senators 10 arrive AZ any practicable
compromise.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
AGREEMENTS TONIGHT.


The Post-Intslligencer's Olympia cor
respondent reports that the railroad
lobby has adopted new tactics in a.
tempting 70 coetee the house -by hold
ing up appropriation bt!s THIS move
will not prove beneficial u the Failros i
interests. but II disclosgs th. desperate
plight Ia which the lobby finds Itself
All their HOPES have bsen placed upon
the control Of the fusion senate bur 50
much light has been thrown upon theft
methods, and 80 well known are the In
diyfdnais who are striving hy corrupt
means % defeat the viii If the people,
that IL has become an easy matter TO
single Out the friends of the corpora
tions and equally easy 10 determine
which members are being laboTed with
In the hope Of securing adiet strength
for the lobby.
So bold has become the work II these
even this willing ones are afraid 20 be
seen In company with them Never be
fore have the people watched a struggle
of this character with such keen Inter-
est. Every word uttered III debate will
be weighed every vote noted Each
member OF the house and senate Is an
der close scrutiny and bold. indeed. is
he who will dare to dishonor his per
sonal and party pledges and the cx-
pressed wish OF his constituents.
Such Is the situation throughout the
state and at Olympia today No one
realizes this more fully than 10 the rail
roads and their hired lobbyists at the
state capital. This will account for the
attack upon the house.
The Pierce county delegation and the
Tacoma press are trying u deliver the
goods hartered during the senatorial
caucus. Party pledges are 10 be dsre-
Earded and the party dtstonorcd In the
Effort "a carry out nefarlous bargain
This attempt t. override the viii OF
ths people VIII no; ~ucceed There f. an
overwhelming Republican majority n
the house. of whom there ~ a sufficient
number true Go the people and the d. -
nand NJ their party platform - defeat
this last charge If the railroad br eaar
II the fusion @epAte stands FIRM ana
!ncorruptlble. the railroad sane Is end
cd and the people VIII ain
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

OF the two bis before the legislature,
the BARRIERS bill ard the horseshoer's bill
the latter Is most EleTitorious II a man
IS not = competent barber his victims SUI
fer only & few moments torture and ind
IL out the firs1-which is the only-tiIne
he has q chance at them. But with i
hogSeshoer Il Is different because only a
few horse owners know how a horse
should re shod and OF necessity Geave the
matter 10 the man who does the work.
The proper shceing OF a horse is an art
that requires skill and experience and q
man who does not understand his business
can and often does destroy the value o.
q horse by MS method, or lack o. knowl-
edge, In trimming and shoelng.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
In the rapid Developments OF modern
progress We VIII soon have no Old World
upon which 20 runinate.
Il Is now stated that trolley cars are TO
be shipped to the land Of the Pharaohs.
so that the same fate awaits the camels
of that country which has already over
taken the horses of our own Alexandria
and Cairo vii become but second editions
Of New York and Brooklyn. and the Oldest
nation on the earth viii thus become one
OF the newest
Il would b. interesting 10 ponder over
The labor which might have been saved had
Moses hut delayed his excursion into the
desert until the present time. He woui!
have found travel much more convenient
than II was in his day. and would not
require period Of forty days 10 10 what
as many minutes now makes possible
The next thing will be TO erect a sum
mer hotel on the summit Of Mount Net,o.
where the loungers can look over the
Promised Land without getting too far
away from the attractions Of seductive
Cairo.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16
The Eiiipinos vs.. Ourselves.
CoIfax Gazette.

The editor OF the Palolise Republic has
been reading Populist LteratIIre- Here
are his conclusions: We have just been
looking through the columns If d large
ly circulated periodical. and We were TN
able 20 find single line in Its pages that
would suggest a thought otherwise than
that sorrow. want. desolation, ruin,
wrongdoing and treachery. IS all that can
be found In all this broad Land Of ours.
if one-half what We read In that journal
Is true, the Philippine islands are a
paradise and the dusky F1ipinos are
angels compared with our people