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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11
This will increase the crop fourfo.d.
Try it.-J. r. Sanders in Tri-State
Farmer.
A Small Farm.

LdI Ills, VI dC IcdSU SllldIIcI Idl LIS C1dH
is the CUSTOM i'm localities where land
is cheap, provided better culture cor
responding with the reduction in area
is given them. The maxim, ga lit tile
farm we'll tiled" is only when taken
as whole. There is no advantage
but the reverse, if the small farm re-
ceives only the same kind of culture
that is given, in too many cases, to
the more extensive one, for it's pro-
duction per acre is NO grea ter, and the
reduction in acreage means a recuc-
tion in income. Neither cam any OBJ
lection be legitima tely taken to very
Large farms that are we'll cultiva ted
and Within the means Of the farmer to
handle. 1t may be said that the pub
Tic welfare is best promoted when ev-
cry farmer OWNS "a moderate sized
farm, and in sense this is perhaps
true, but after al, i'm it's best sense
the public welfare is best promoted
when every man composing the public
has free scope to promote his own
welfare without infringing on the
rights of others, and to have as large
farm as he can cultivate thoroughly
and we'll, and can actually own, the
investment leaving him enough work
ing capital to carry on his farming
operations to the best advantage. No
one thinks of limiting the operations
of men in other callings below the
amount of business they can do prof t.
ably and we'll, and why should it be
done in farming?
The chief objections to large farms
are that they are SO often not cult
waited as they should be, that they
are so often not really owned by the
farmer although he may be the hold
er of the legal title, and that the size
of the holding leaves the owner no
working capital to do with. Some
body, in prescribing how farms of va
rious sizes should be cropped in order
to make them profitable, suggests va
rious schemes for ten, twenty, forty
acres and upward, and when he
reaches 16O his plan is 'to sell half OF
it," This, many will think, is carry
ing the small farm idea too far, but
certainly a man who has 100 acres OF
land with mortgage attachment and
Elo working capital save what he can
borrow, is worse off than he who has
an eighty ali paid for, and "a fai1
amount of cash on hand that will pre-
vent necessity of making forced sales
and enable him to buy an. animal now
and them that he needs and that is
offered cheap. The owner of the 100 in
the case put must have some unusuaF
ly profitable use to make of his hold
ing, if his situation is as good as that
Of the OWNER of the eighty.
The little farm must really be wei
titled. The owner must devise plans
that will enable him to profitaibly put
all the labor on it that is at his com
mand. Any farm is too large if it's
owner cannot farm it more intensive-
ly than the average of the community
for be it remembered that in farmin g
averages don't pay. The average crop
oe oOrn doesn't now mon tho avara 0ea
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11

cial fertilizer can be used-a double
handful of it to each plant, but allow
ing none Of it to come in contact with
the stems or leaves.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-01-11

very AUX thILdiLU grow vi VI IOIldSC
though the yield of peas is not near
as great as from the former.
One characteristic of the black pea
lis it's hardihood to withstand the
Weather and remain sound for months
in the field often coming up voluntar-
lily the following spring. The most
prolific of all varieties is the Gun
KNOWN" a medium sized pea, rather
Long pod, pale red color, and resemb-
ling the old clay pea in some respects.
The Unknown generally brings a bet
ter price in market than the Whips
or Blacks. The Clay is also very pop
rllar as a commercial article and is Of
ten cut for hay. What / have said so
[ desire to impress on the minds Of the
farmers of the South the untold
merits and inestTmable benefits of the
cultivation of peas. Their proper cul-
tiva tion and use is unquestionably the
greatest benefactor to the lands of
our country as we'll as an important
factor Of our commerce. A large
PAINTER of Arkansas told the writer
that he had been feeding his mules,
thirty in number, pea hay exclusively
for two years, as a substitute for $40
timothy hay and to- his surprise his
stock were in much better conuGtion
than formerly. He had gained in
pecuniary way many hundred dollars
and had greatly improved acres of
his land by the cultivation of peas.
When to SOW. Sow amy time from
April until July; if sown broadcast al
low one-ha,f to- two bushels to the
acre; if in drills allow one-half to
three-quarter bushels per acre.
To cut for hay. Now when the first
pods ripen; take up the second day
and shock or stack if weather lis good;
if dark or cloudy Let it remain longer.
Put about one-half gallon salt to the
ton.
How to stack pea hay. First get
three or more stack poles, set secure
Iy in ground, 10 feet apart in straight
row, then make Platform 10 or II feet
wide and extending from end pole to
end pole, put on layer of pea vines
fifteen inches thick, next nail a pole
or c1eat from each pole to the next.
Them another layer of hay and more
cleats and SO on to the top of poles.
Cover with four or six inches of green
crab grass or fifteen inches wheat
straw and your hay will cure out per-
fectly. AS the hay dries out and
shrnks from the respective cross
poles, it gives yentila ton the full
length of rick. When ready to feed
always use hay knife to cut it down.
1t is economy to- bale pea hay as by
doing SO, all leaves and shattered peas
are saved.
How to save peas. Gather as soon
as majority are ripe, get good pea
thrasher and thrash them as gathered
if you wish to market them at once.
If desirable to keep them for some
time house in pod and thrash in
spring as they keep better SO and you
will have less trouble with weevils.
Do ,e,11 oh;
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

city contemporary should not hold the
fact as a club over Representative TOole's
pet measure. AS we'll may the Standard
contend that the killing of Cain by Abel
is an argument against tilling the soil, or
that the cruCifiXion of Christ is an argu-
ment against the Christian religion as to
point to the slaughter of woman suffrage
bills as an evidence of their unWOrthiness.
Man is ar Inconsistent. selfish, obdurate
perNerse animal, and though he will will
ingly take the whole earth, if properly
fenced, he wants it not without q woman
II she must be a voteless one. There is
selfishness. there is inconsistency for you,
The woman must be the servant, not the
equal of man. File upon such logic! Rep
resentative Toole must look to his laurels,
or his home paper will strip them from
his brow,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
FATAL ERROR,

Detroit Free Press: mo, I can think
OF going in there" said the young man
with a shudder, when his friend proposed
going in the cafe. It's too warm in
there, would have to unbutton my over
coat"
Got the grip?" asked the friend solicit
ously.
mo, 1 haven't the grip, it is worse than
that. See here" he cried hoarsely, i've
got to unburden myself to some one and
get q little sympathy or I'll explode! You
know that girl I've been going with? Well.
I've been trying for the past year to make
myself solid there, and l have always
been in doubt just how 1 stood in that
quarter. SO the other day when it dawn
ed upon me that I had a birthday coming,
I thought it would be a good plan to let
the girl know it and use it as a feeler to
find out how much she cared for me. [
was puzzled for some time just how to
convey the information to her, and finally
hit upon the plan of giving her small
brother a dollar to tell his sister in a
casual way that [ had a birthday coming
in the near FUTURE
And he kept the dollar and said Moth
ing about it," put in the sympathetic
friend"
Il wish he had" sighed the young man.
mo, he kept his part of the bargain and
the result was that l received from her
on my birthday a hand-painted necktie.
You never heard of such a thing? I'm
blessed if | ever did, either, but the girl
says they are all the style and bound to
be the rag The one she gave me is a
deep red with white daisies painted on it
by her own fair hand " got it on now,
having been up to her hous going into
raptures over it. I'd show it to you only
l fear the police would arrest me for Gre
ating a disturbance. SO long, I must hurry
home and get it off before | have an at
tack of nervous pr~ostration. Say, you
don't know of any able-bodied crook, do
you, that I can get to break into my room
and steal that tie?"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

Sir William Vernon Harcourt is very
absent-minded. Going to a dinne on q
Monday night, he noticed the look of sur
prise on the faces of his host and hostess,
but thought no more about it, n spent
a pleasant evening. On Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday he attended dinners
at other houses with the S anne result, and
on Friday, while keeping the list of his
engagements for the week, which were
marked down in his book, he found that
the butler, who was to announce him, was
an old acquaintance-had formerly been
in his service. The man however, start
ed back and gazcd at him open-mOuthed.
whats the matter, Jorn?" asked the
statesman. Didn't you expect me to din
ner?' Yes, Sir William,' explained the
butler, "but it wasn't tonight. 1t was Fri
day of next week" Investigation of the
engagement book explained the mystery.
Each page noted a weeks engagements.
Sir William, in his haste, had turned over
two pages and had thus been keeping en-
gagements which only fell due a week lat
Pr
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

and overcoming other impediments due to
bad roads. Continuing, he adds: Lon
don seems partial to the large horseless
vehicles to replace the omnibusses. Sew
eral designs are about to be placed in use
there. They are of twenty-horse power,
and one of them will accommodate thirty
people" Horseless drays, heavy freight
ing and all movables will be handled by
this horseless agency. The beginning of
the end of horses for draft purposes IS in
augurated. The horse must go, and with
the horse breeder and jockey will
find their occupation gone.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
Democracy and Silver.

The Standard is one Of the
newspapers that have felt that
an exact statement Of the ratio
is not a vital factor in SilVer's
restoration. The ratio is a mat
ter Of law; 1t has varied slightly
IN our own currency our ratio
has also varied slightly from teh
n that has ruled in some other
countries. the worlds ex-
changes practically FIX the ra-
io-Anaconda Standard, Janu-
airy g, 1899.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

Famine follows the failure of crops as
naturally as darkness follows the with
drawal of light. Since the day the needy
Israelites were forced by hunger to, ap-
peal to the Egyptians for corn to supply
their wants, the world has witnessed
repetitions of dire disasters to a people
who failed to earn their bread in the
sweat of their brows by reason of the
refusal of Mother Earth to yield to their
e~ndeavors. This people of nine provinces
in Russia are now suffering through the
failure of their crops. But happily Rus
STA, with her 49, 25, COO, GOO Of wealth, is
in a position to deal with the situation,
and, happily, this country will not be
called upon for aid. Count Muravieff as
sures the benevolent that the imperial
government is able to take care of her
hungry people. This is good news, as
America has about all she can attend to
nearer home.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

Henri Watterson once expressed the
opinion that the democratic party was
about to ''march through q slaughter
house into an open grave The veteran
leader of the southern wins OF that party
must have cast a prophetic eye toward
Montana when he uttered that notable
prediction. The democracy of this state
has marched through the slaughter
house and precipitated itself into the
grave. The burial will take place two
years hence.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

There was a time when the people OF
Deer Lodge county desired to preserve
the integrity of it's area intact. That
was before the day of railroads and
rapid transportation. But people change
with the times, and though Silver Bow
and Granite counties have been sliced
from old Deer Lodge, some of her people
believe there is room, and plenty to spare,
for a Powell county.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
THE CUBAN SOLVED,

The somewhat murky political atmos-
phere which has been resting over, upon
and around Cuba for sometime past is
being rapidly cleared away. Not long AGO
General Gomez wanted $500 0 ,0C0 from
the United States to pay off the arrears
of wages due Cuban soldiers who had
been, for years, fighting for the liberty
of themselves and their island. The de-
mand was preDosterOus, and in view of
the fact that this country had lost lives
and treasure to aid the Cubans to acquire
their liberty, was eminently unjust. When
this new and unlocked for complication
arose matters assumed a somewhat sert-
Gus aspect. But, happily, all trouble is
now averted, and the ''white-winged
doves Of peace" are perching themselves
upon every Cuban shanty on the island.
The Cuban army viii disband and go to
work, and this is the way the thing was
done.
President Mckinley, seeing the neces-
sity of speedy and definite action looking
to the settlement of this Cuban problem,
sent Robert P. Porter, as special COM
missioner, to Cuba with absolute author
ity to treat with Gomez. Mr.. Porter offer.
ed the Cuban general SO, 0OO, 600 with which
to provide means for his soldiers to ee,
to their homes He accepted the proffer
not as pay for his soldiers services, bu
to enable them to return to their severa
habitations, where it is presumed the,
will go to work and, as good citizens, hell
put the island on it's feet. General Brook
will handle the money and attend to it
distribution. The Cubans will surrende
their arms to Cuban authorities, tn
Cuban army will be disbanded an,
Cuban officers will assist the American
in putting matters in proper shape t
facilitate the progress of the island to tn
point at which the people may be safel
trusted to take care of their own affairs
The outlook for Cuba is now encourag
ing. They will, of course, need some littl
attention upon the part of the Unite,
States until they can learn how to ste,
to the music of liberty and of progress
and to conduct themselves as free mer
1t was a great undertaking upon the par
of thiSc country to rescue II, 900, 900 of PEG
pie from a slavery which bound then
body and soul, to a power that sough
to employ all their energies for it's ow
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The world is amaze
at it's success. Cuba Libre' is no longe
a battle cry or a theory. 1t is a conditio
which commands the respect and ad
miration of nations.
The SimDle fact that various bills DrO
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

This is a great country we live in. 1t is
not only the freest and most progressive
nation on earth, but it is also the richest.
Mulhall, the statistician, thus figures the
wealth of the principal nations: The
United States, SS1, $50, 900, 900; Great Brit
ain. $50, 900, 900, 900: France, SAT, $50, 900, 900;
Germany $40, 260, 600, coo; Russia, s32,125,-
900. 900; Austria, s22, $50, 900, GOO; Italy, s15,-
500, 900, 900, and Spain 81, 800, 900, 900. These
computations are based upon values as
shown by real estate records, buildings,
merchandise and railways, as well as the
circulating medium in each nation. AS
will be seen the wealth of the United
States is more than seven times greater
than thai of Spain; double that of France,
equal to the combined wealth Of Russia,
Italy, Austria and Spain, and $22, 720. 000,-
600 larger than that of Great Britain.
Verify his is a great country.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

No financial legislation will be at
tempted by congress at this session OF
that body. The Fifty-sixth congress
will probably wrestle with that matter,
though the opinion is expressed by not a
few that no legislation touching. none
tary matters could be carried through
until after the next presidential cleo
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

The consent of the governed is not al
ways obtained when desired, and in
many instances it is not given when
promised. The divorce mill on the hill,
west of the Inter Mountain office, bears
evidence of the truth of this declara-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

"a relic of st. Anthony, of Padua, was
recently exposed for veneration in the
Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, in
New York City. The relic is a very small
bit of the bone of the forearm, about the
length and breath of a little finger nail,
and was obtained by the Capuchian friars
after many petitions, from the very rever-
end superior Of the Basilica in Padua,
Italy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

G. Clunies Ross, an American who OWNS
and practically rules the Keeling-CocCs
islands. near Java, is in San Francisco.
He says his possessions, though thickly
populated. have no prisons, nor ponce,
n crime is almost unknown.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

In Calcutta it is extremely difficult to
interest the foreign population in q ser
mon at any time of the day. The koh-
i-Nur remark on the curious spectacle of
seeing so per cent of the congregation at
the Calcutta cathedral at even-song
march out just before the sermon.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

Mr.. Henschel's new invention of a piano.
forte with a raised keyboard is now on
view in London. The keyboard is so rails
ed that singers and others can now, while
singing, play the piano in a standing and
upright position, thus seeing and being
seen.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

The simple fact that various bills pro-
viding for woman suffrage lave been vot-
the union is no argument against the
principle involved. Our esteemed smelter
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

The settlement of Ponc de Leon at Ca
para, near the site of Pueblo Viejo,
across San Juan bay, is now, by more
than 55 years, the first town established
within the present borders of the United
States. Historians, therefore, must give
the prestige of antiquity not to the Span
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
DYED IN THE WOOL.

Brownie is a crank, isn't he?
Jones-A crank? Why, if he should
ever find that he wasn't in a minority
he'd change his opinions at once!-Puck.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

John r. Mclean has offered TO defray
the cost of collecting a complete history
of Ohio for the congressional library.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
Peculiar and Pertinent,

The Methodist church in Canada is IN
ausurating a ire insurance business to
take risks only on churches n parson-
ages. The profits will go to the fund for
su~perannuated ministers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

ishtown of st. Augustine, Fla. of 1855, as
formerly, but to Caparra, founded in the
year 1909.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
FAME'S PATHWAY.

Mrs. Virginia Key, a daughter-in-law Of
Francis Scott Key, is living quietly in
Chicago at the age of IS.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

The total resources of t he Catholic UNI
versity of America, at Washington, were
shown by the treasurer's report at the last
meeting of the trustees to amount to
81 ,SO9, 1875. This sun was accumulated in
ten years.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03
IN THE NEAR FUTURE

Publisher-What in blaZes is this?
Assistant-'Sh! Don't swear! It's a
new story in the Filipino dialect.-Puck.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-03

Corner Main and Park Streets, Butte.
Under State Supervision and Jurisdiction
Interest Paid on Deposits.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-24
Climate and con.umpt,on.

am in favor of treating tuberculous
patients near their homes and in the
same or nearly the same climate as that
in which they will have to live and
work after their restoration to health.
My reasons for advocating such princi-
pies are founded on the experiences of
all modern phthisio-t therapeutics, who
have demonstrated that the hygienic
and dietetic treatment in special SAM
tariums is feasible and successful in
nearly all climates
know from personal observation
that cures of pulmonary tuberculosis
effected in our ordinary home climates,
which are on the average not considered
as especially favorable to this class of
sufferers. have been more lasting and
more assured than cures obtained in
more genial climes.
And, with all due Difference to the
opinions of others, l do not believe
there exists any climate which has a
special curative quality for any form of
pulmonary tuberculosis. Climate can
only be considered as more or less
valuable adjuvant in the treatment of
consumption. but not specific. A.
knopf, NJ. D., in North American Re-
view
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-24
"A siame.a SVEN.

One Of my neighbors was an interest.
ing creature, and evidently well pleased
with himself. He wore long finger nails,
and seeing me look at him spread out
his left hand. evidently for my admira-
ton. On the fourth finger he wore a
large Chinese ring, and all the nails
were long, particularly those of the
fourth and fifth fingers, which had
grown to length of at least an inch.
They looked like huge claws, especially
when he tried to pick up anything from
the seat. The owners of such nails re-
gard them with extreme satisfaction
and cultivate them so carefully that
they sometimes attain prodigious
length.
They are largely affected by siamese
and Chinese clerks who fancy them.
selves exquisites. They are supposed to
indicate the fact that their owners do no
manual work. Curiously enough, in so
far off place as Mexico. the same idea
exists, but there it is generally confined
to the little finger. do not know what
else he had to be proud about unless it
was his right leg, which was elaborate
~ tattooed above the knee. He was
dressed in only panung, and to cord
around his waist was attached a wallet
for his tobacco, betel nut etc. He also
carried some food wrapped in a piece of
green plantain leaf.-Gentleman's Mag
azine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-03-24
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, OF which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia, was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: 81 was in
a most dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite-gradually growing
weaker day by day. Three physicians
had given me up, fortunately, a friend
advised tryins.Electric Bt,ers;' and to
my great joy And surprise, the first bottle
made decided improvement, continu-
ed their use for three weeks, and am
now we'll man. l know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave of another
victim. "No one should fail to try them.
Only Scots, guaranteed at T. R. Shaw's
Drug Store. 5