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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
SEEDING OATS.
Using Them as a Nurse CrOp-A Prac-
tice of the Middle West.

Using Them as n Nurse CrOp-A Prac-
tice of the Middle West.
The best farmers in localities where
oats are grown for feed and fer market
believe that the ground should be plow-
ed to a depth of four inches, seed sown
at the rate of ~ to 8 bushels per acre
and the field narrowed until sure that
the grain is covered and the ground is
pulverized and we'll compact. The field
should not be worked until sufficiently
dry. The temptation is very strong to
go on while yet wet, and as a result
much damage is done to the mechanical
condition Of the soil, especially on soils
that do not contain much vegetable
matter and ''bake' easily.
Sow as early in spring as practicable
that is, the sooner this work is out
of the way the better-but it must be
remembered that after the oats, are on
the ground and are sprouting Or just
about to sprout the germ is very easily
killed by cold weather, and consequent
~ it is better to wait until all danger
of freezing is over. If the soil is very
light and open. it may be we'll to roll
the ground and follow the roller with a
slant toothed harrow, which will form
a dust mulch and prevent excessive
evaporation. This, however. is not
often necessary.
If it is thought best to SOW grass or
clover seed with oats, use a very light
seeding of oats, say a bushel or ~
bushels per acre, and a heavy seeding Of
grass and clover seed. Many people OBJ
ject to using oats as a nurse crop for
grasses and clover, claiming that the
heavy LEAKAGE of cats will smother out
the grass plants. This, however, is not
true if the seeding of oats is light, and
it is the experience of many of u best
farmers that during the dry season no
method is so effective in securing a
catch of grass as seeding with co.'s. It
is much better than seeding with rye or
with any other winter grain, as the
seed can be narrowed in and the soil
c~ompacted, thus placing the roots Of
the grass Or clover an inch or so below
the surface, where they will not be killed
by spring or early summer drought. In
a field Of winter grain the oats are al
most on top, and a slight drought any
time during the first of the year will
cause them to perish.
In many localities, particularly in
the newer sections of the country and
to a considerable extent over the middle
west, it is the practice to have the oat
crop follow corn. The cornstalks are
removed and the oats seeded on top of
the ground and then plowed under with
cultivator or disk harrow or some
such shallow going implement. The har-
row follows and levels the ground. Dur
ing wet seasons this does very we'll, but
when the weather is dry, as has been
the case frequently during the last ten
years, the shallow layer of loose ground
by the c%ultivator is not sufficient
to prevent evaporation, and consequent
~ there is great injury from drought.
Many a farmer has lost his entire crop
Of oats because of his failure to spend a
day or two more on his seed bed. This
covering with a c%ultivator is not to be
says Orange Judd Farm
in presenting the foregoing in re-
gard to the of seeding oats.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
One Thing and Another.

Iowa seed corn is reported as every
poor and exchanges are advising the
farmers to test their seed. The Des
Moines Register believes that the fer.
Utility of Iowa corn has been greatly in
jured by the late planting and gather.
ing mania that has obtained with farm
ers during recent years, and that the
only way to restore the full fertility of
corn is to return to early planting and
early gathering, which is natures plan.
Rather more than half our foreign
trade in barley just now consists of
California and Oregon grain. Most Of
that from the western and central states
going abroad clears from New York,
with small quantities from Boston, says
Orange Judd Farmer.
It is claimed that experiments at the
State College of Minnesota demonstrate
that fax can be successfully grown in
the state and that it is not so hard on
the fertility of the soil as it is general
ly considered.
In pursuance of the field work of the
department of agriculture, Messrs.
Means and Gardner will investigate the
Pecos valley, New Mexico, one of the
newer regions being brought under ir-
rigation, endeavoring to determine the
danger from alkali and how planters
may avoid the troubles that have come
to older districts in connection with ir-
rigation. They will also give attention
to the problems of overirrigation and
accumulation of seepage water in Utah.
Among seed sent to the west this year
by the department of agriculture is said
to be that Of a famous muskmelon from
A~fghanistan, which is greatly superior
even to the fine melons raised in the
west, growing to a weight of 20 or 80
pounds. Some droughtproof grass from
the steppes of Russia is also mentioned
among finds for the west.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
An All Around Calamity.

A gentleman invited some friends to
dinner, and as the colored servant en-
tered the room he accidentally dropped
a platter which held a turkey.
"My friends" said the gentleman
in a most impressive tone, "never in
my life have I witnessed an event so
fraught with disaster to the various ma
tions of the globe. In this calamity we
see the downfall of Turkey, the upset
ting Of Greece, the destruction of China
and the humiliation of Africa"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
1T Was Supremacy Funny,

"Haw. haw, haw," laughed the Eng
lishman. Funniest joke I ever heard"
"What is it p asked the American.
"Why, a man got up one morning
and couldn't find his alarm clock, so he
asked his wife what had become of it,
and she said it had disappeared at 6
O'clock
81 don't see anything so very funny
about that"
"Don't you? Why-why-neisher do
l now. Thought it was awful funny
when I heard it too. l.. Oh, yes, now
I know. She said it went off at 6
O'Clock. Haw, haw, hawV'-Chicago
Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02

nc WOE AAAMNs "uA v" us
She is a clever woman, a past master
in the art of strategy. So agree all who
rode down town on the street car the
ether morning.
She got on a south bound Clark street
limits train at Belden avenue. Every
had a mar or woman suspended from
it. She looked about hesitatingly for
an instant, but every man was wonder
fully interested in his paper. Then she
took hold of a strap almost in front of
a young man, Il very young man, who
was blushing guilty as he pretended
to read.
While the young man blushed and
the woman thus hung her handkerchief
futtered, accidentally by all appear
ances, to the floor. The young man
looked up just then and saw the white
bit of cambria. The feeling of chivalry
which he evidently was trying to stifie
would not be stifed longer.
He arose and stopped for the hand
kerchief. This was the woman's oppor-
tunity. While his back was turned she
gently slipped into his seat. When he
turned about and saw what had oc-
Cured, he almost collapsed. But the
woman did not. She took her handker-
chief out of his hand. smiling inno-
Gently.
"Thank you" she said sweetly.
"You are very kind. Chicago Jour
nal,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
TRICK OF
A Ruse by Which KiplinE Piquei
His Readers Curiosity.

A Ruse by Which Kipling Piqued
His Readers Curiosity.
"When I first began to read Kip
ling said 4 New Orleans admirer,
''my curiosity was immensely piqued
by the scraps of verse with which he
usually headed his early stories. They
were all credited to poems I had never
heard of in my life and were just such
salient, striking fragments as would
naturally whet ones appetite for the
remainder. For over a year I tried hard
to locate those mysterious poems and
enlisted half a dozen book dealers in
the search. At last one of them wrote
me that I was wasting time and that
the alleged quotations were merely Mr..
Kipling's little joke.
Sin other words, he manufactured
'em to order and stuck them at the top
of his tales for the sake of the odor Of
erudition they lent to the production. I
was mad for awhile, but when I cooled
off I had a good big laugh. OF course
you know Scott used to do the same
thing, and so, for that matter, did Edgar
Allan Poe. Poe was really the worst
quotation fakir of the lot.
"He would write wise sounding de-
tached sentences and credit them to
imaginary German philosophers with
long, outlandish and impressive names.
However, I don't know why the thing
should be punishable. The business
of a writer of fiction is to create an il
fusion, and as long as he does it I for
one am not particular what means he
employs to contribute to the end.'-
New Orleans Times Democrat
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
Manure For Early Potatoes,

1t is hardly possible to make land too
rich where the early crop of potatoes is
to be planted. The rich soil insures
early growth of the plants and that
they will come up with thick, vigorous
stalks, which is the unfailing sign of a
good crop. Too much manure will cause
rot in potatoes late in the season, but
with early potatoes the crop is generally
harvested before it has time to either
mature or rot. Generally the early po-
tato crop may be got off in time to plant
cabbage for a late crop, and there will
be richer soil for the cabbage roots than
there was while the potatoes were grow
ing, says The American Cultivator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02

SQUASHES.

The Way a Canada Farmer Grows
These and Large Melons Also.
The squashes here pictured, with the
grower, William Warnock of Ontario,
Canada, standing behind them on the rail
of the wagon, the rail being eight inches
high, weighed 3SS15, 355H and 344
pounds each, according to Mr.. War
nock's description sent, together with
the photograph of these colossal speci-
mems, to The Country Gentleman. In
that paper Mr.. Warnock further tells
the system by which he grows not only
squashes, but the largest watermelons
and citrons in his part of the country:
"My land is made in good condition,
being heavily MANFRED every year. It
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
MAMMOTH SQUASHEs.

"N#Ee#@ Ho'
is a gravelly formation, with about 16
inches Of clay loan on top. A 800
pound squash can be grown on any part
Of it by the following method of cult
walton: For each hill I intend to plant,
about the 1st Of April I take two good
wheelbarrow loads of hen and
mix with four barrows of good soil tax
en- from some other part of the lot. This
is mixed a second time the middle of
April. The list of May I add four bar
rows of we'll rotted n and mix
thoroughly; then, about the 18th of
May, make the hills and plant. dig out
aspace Z feet in diameter and IA inches
deep, fill in my compost mixing and
with it some Of the best earth which
was thrown out. When finished, the
hill will be about ten feet in diameter
and six inches higher in the center than
the surrounding level. Then plant the
seed. Hills want to be about 30 feet
apart. Work the ground we'll until the
plants commence to run. When about
three feet long, I mulch chy1gfeund all
owe for 20 feet in diameter around each
hill with horse manure three inches
deep and stake the vines down with
sticks to keep the wind from rolling
them about, so that they may root at
every joint. It is of great advantage to
keep the vine from fruiting as long as
possible, by pruning all fruit bloom off
until about the last week in July. This
will give time enough to mature a 800
pound squash by the list of October, for
there must be a big vine to produce a
big squash"
Mr.. Warnock practices fertilizing a
few of the first blooms that come, and
when the first perfect specimens have
Get we'll he cuts off all other fruit and
blossoms and nips the end off vines that
show bloom. He uses liquid manure
twice a week while great growth of
squash is going on, and lie particularly
careful to give plenty of water.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
A STRONG ~WHIFFLETREE.

which is bent to a ring in the middle
Of it's length may be brought over them
and there fastened with large staples,
work which any blacksmith can do, and
the ends of the rod then bent to hooke.
In this way the strongest kind of a
whif1etree is obtainable, the wood hold
ing the iron in proper form. Best of all,
doubletrees or eveners car thus be
made. The figure shows the construc-
ton.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02

Fair haired people are said to be be-
coming less numerous than formerly.
The ancient Jews were a fair haired
race now they are. with few exceptions.
dark. So it is, in a lesser degree. with
the Irish, among whom $50 years ago a
dark haired person was almost IN
known,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
Had That Right.

"I'm going to sing at the mothers
meeting tomorrow"
II shouldn't think they would allow
a little girl only 6 years old to attend a
mothers meeting"
"Well, l guess I have a right to go if
| want to. Ma makes me take care of
the baby nearly all the time. "-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
ANCHOR FOR AN END POST.

a by 4 will dog is 8 feet lc1g. A rod of
iron three-quarters thick (B) is put
through the bottom of post (C), passing
through brace (A) 8 feet from post.
Put a stone (D) for brace GAY to rest
on. Have q thread cut on end Of rod
(B) and q nut at E to tighten the
brace. There is no cheaper brace. and
it can't give. It looks nice and is the
cheapest brace ! know Of.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
The Ruling Spirit.

MI. Hiland-Poor Skribbles kept up
to the very last the fiction that he was
q man of letters.
Mr.. Halket-How so?
Mr.. Hiland-In his will be appointed
a literary executor. -Pittsburg Chron-
icle-T Telegraph.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
How to Make a Whfmetree,

Durable whifdetrees never come
amiss, and the kind pictured herewith
a be made at small expense, accord
ing to an Ohio Farmer correspondent.
All that is needed is a piece of hard
wood of proper shape, grooved at the
ends so that the piece of round iron
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02

The average life of a theater is %
years. From 1851 to 1867, inclusive, 1877
theaters were burned down, and ID ev-
cry year since has been about the aver
age.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02
An EverIastfnx Anchor

For an everlasting anchor to the end
post in a wire fence the following was
originally presented by a correspondent
IN the Ohio Farmer: The post should
be 81 feet in the ground. The brace A
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-06-02

It's a long life, but devotion to the true interests and
prosperity of the American people has won for it new
friends as the years rolled by and the original mem
bers of it's family passed to their reward, and these ad-
mirers are loyal and steadfast today, with faith in it's
teachings and confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and fresides. AS a natural con
sequence it enjoys in it's old age all the vitality and
vigor of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the ex
periences of over half a century. 1t has lived on it's
merits, and on the cordial support of progressive
Americans. 1t is
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
Honest and True State
ment

BY Professor John Townsend TO the
sufferers. Since the fall of man the
cry of suffering for help has sounded
through all ages and lands seeking
some remedy 10 alleviate their suffer
ings. Every day some new prepara-
ton is thrown upon the market; the
world is flooded with liquids; the
streets paved with pills and the eager
ness with which they are swallowed
shows the people want to be cured, but
cannot be cured. BY those remedies,
have made the cure when they could
not get relief. BY my electric, mag
netic treatment my Hoke appliances,
cure rheumatism, kidney troubles
spinal disease, paralysis, eczema, piles
seminal weakness, sterility, all de-
rangements of nervous system. These
cures I have made in this city; you
can see them. Let doctors scOn as much
as they will, but stubborn facts will
triumph still. Office, 615 King street
Hours s a. m. to p. m. Sufferers come
and be cured as hundreds have.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
pELAWARE-Mp. A. c. CAME HERE

The management OF the Delaware
College football eleven has decided to
play its next game in this city. This
game will be with the Maryland Agri-
cultural College. of Collegevllle, Md.
on Wednesday next It was originally
scheduled TO be played at Newark, The
Maryland Agricultural College team is
a strong one. having many times won
the championship from the colleges OF
Maryland. 1t has been playing good
football this season. Next Wednesday
will be the first time that the Mary
landers ever played in Delaware.
The Delaware team is recovering
from its crippled condition. All the
players injured in the Swarth-
more and Haverford games will be able
TO take their positions on Wednesday
except Wolf The latter has been doing
fine work at full-back for the past two
seasons. In a practice game last week
he injured his right knee. This injury
should have kept him out OF the game
with Haverford on Saturday last
Evans. the scrub full-back, will take
his place. Wilmington people will hav,
an opportunity to see good college foot
ball az this game. Delaware has been
putting up the best game In the history
~ the college this year
Evening journal., 1899-11-03

Way Mail from Berlin and Claiborne
$40 D. m.
From Middletown-9, 11.35 a. M;
$40, ITO p. m.
way Mail from Landenberg, (B. & o.
r. R.)-2.35 p. m.
From Marshallton, Del.-l1.30 a. m.
2.S5, 7.10 D. m.
From Landenberg, Pa. DirecD-
z. .35 D. M; ITO p. m.
From Wooddale, Del.-9 a. M; 2.35
TO D. m.
From Falkland. Ashland. Yorklyn
Hockessin, Del.--9 a. m; 2.35 D. m.
Way Nail from Reading CW. g. N. X
R.--6.35 p. m.
From Montchanin. Greenville, Gran
ogue. Guyencourt, Del; Cossart Pa
9 a. m; 6.35 p. m.
From Elsmere, Del.-11.10 a. m; 6.s'
p. m.
From Dover Direct D-4.3O, 3, 1l.S5 a
m; $40 p. m.
From all points between Peninsul;
Junction, Nd, and Cape Charles, Va
4.3O a. m; $40 p. m.
From points between Cape Charles
Va.-430 a. m; 1926 p. m.
From Newport News, Va; Norfolk
Va.-430 a. m; 3.15 p. m.
From Henry Clay, Del.-S10 a. m.
7.20 D. m.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
DIED.

CARR.-ln this city on the Both in
slant, Michael II. Carr. aged %
years.
GREENMAN-On October 81, 1899
Joseph ii. Greenman, Jr.
this city on October
q. 1899, Howard W.. son of Rebecca
and the late Reuben Garrett, in his
42d year.
HYDE.-ln Philadelphia. on October
2S, 1892 Joseph j. Hyde.
LEARY.-ln this city, on the I'd IN
stant, John Leary. in his 6Sth year.
Relatives and friends OF the family
are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral, from his late residence, Avon
dale Pa, on Monday morning at
O'Clock. Services at st. Mary's Church
West Grove, Pa.
MASSEY.-In this city. on October 81
1899, Mrs. Susan Massey, in her SSH
year.
|SEST this city, on Octo
Der 30. 1899, Christian Sesterhenn
aged "A years.
Home, Virginia, on October q, 1899
James Taylor, an old veteran soldier
Of Captain Hizar's Company, /, Firs
Delaware Infantry Volunteers; alsC
United States Marine service.
'THOMSON.--ln this city, on October
2S, 1899, Jesse G., widow OF the lat
Gavin Thomson, aged 72 years.
VALENTINE.--In this city, on Octobei
81, 1899, Mary Valentine. wife o.
Thomas Valentine, aged &C years.
VEASEY. On October 2S, 1899, n. f
B. Veasey, aged 2s years.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
DIsMANTLING THE AJAX.

The work Of dismautling the moni-
tor Ajax. recently purchased by the
Diamond State Steel Company has be-
on the boat, extending from bow to
stern, from which workmen are en-
gagged In cutting riyets and removing
all steel and old iron which extend
above the waters edge. After this
work is completed the ship will be
hauled out and her hull taken apart.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
A FEAST OF BIRDS PROMISED.


J. Chester Gibson, receiving teller at
the Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, one Of Wilmingtons most
noted sportsmen, will leave tomorrow
for an extended cunning trip to the
Carolinas. Mr.. Gibson has recently
purchased a high-priced hammerless
gun and expects to do great execution
when he reaches the grounds. Although
his superior craftsmanship is a we'll
established fact, he has been practiclng
at sparrows on the farm OF L. Scott
Townsend for the past two weeks in
contemplation OF the trip. He has
promised his friends quail by the hun
dreds and perhaps a few turkeys. He
is accompanied by Arthur S. Garrett,
anther well-known sportsman Of this
city.
They promise game dinner to ali
the newspapermen OF Wilmington on
their return Affidavits will be placed
at each plate, assuring guests that
every ounce OF the meat fell to the guns
of these sportsmen, and not toothful
was purchased.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
aERENCH MAIpv TO-NIGHT.

n lAlNAll MALI 1O~NlAil
Considered as production. that musi-
cal comedy. '"The French Maid" which
comes to the Opera House tonight, will
be found TO be one OF the most preten-
tious and complete ever shown here.
The entire equipment used in the long
runs at the Herald Square Theatre in
New York. and at the Park Theatre
in Boston will be used and the scenic
and costume accessories are OF the
most brilliant kind. The company that
viii be seen here. is in the main. the
original American one and includes
some Of the brightest lights In comedy
hurlesque, opera and ballet. The chorus
is large and effective, and has the
charms OF youth and beauty Fully
fifty people engage In the performance
the development of the story requiring
some twenty principals whose work il
aided by a large ballet and complete
chorus The piece is classified as an
English musical comedy and Is in {
eneral sense similar 10 The Runaway
Girl" "The Circus Girl" "The Bale
Girl" and "The Girl From Paris" II
the company which will be seen herr
are many well-known and popular peo
pie. including Frank B. Blair, HalleI
Moystyn, Edward Redway. Henr
laurent. Clinton Elder, Howar,
Truesdell, Cortland Auburn. e. f. Mul
kay. George Rapelli, Edith Murilla
Anna Barclay. Madeline Loarie. susi
Rockamora, Lillian De Gross AM
others
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
erHE IRISH ALDERMAN .

The farce comedy, "The Irish Alder
man." to be for the first time present.
ed here on Friday. November IL, at the
Opera House. scintilates with special
character impersonations,e ,embodyingthe
very acme of hilarious art. Such a cast
would make the tamest production go
on like a rocket. With this rattling
rousing roaring opportunity, they score
the biggest hit OF the season.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
PERSONAL.

YOU PAY HALF PRICE ONLY.-We
VIII examine your Dyes Free. and make
you any glass TO order you need for one
half the price YOU have to pay anywhere
else IN the city or any other city.
All YOU have 10 know As what other deal.
ers charge YOU and we make or sell YOU
the same article for One-half Price.
our work is guaranteed, We do al kinds
OF Hcpalring and have every thing that is
needed dn the Optical line Call and SEE
for yourselves.
PROFESSOR WE'LL.
No. 3i3 Market street
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
nHEARTS nF OAK- -n

James A. Herne's drama Of New
England life. Hearts OF Oak. will be
at the Opera House on Monday night
Mr.. Herne has been particularly sue
cessful in his painting Of New England
character, and Hearts OF Oak" has
been a most fortunate venture for this
author. In the cast are f. p. Sullivan
Nat Jones. James Horne. Thomas M
Hunter, Ida Hamilton, Eliote Ennekinl
and Marie Adair.
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
GROCERIES.

The sales of our Santora Blend
Coffee are increasing. Quality and
price is the cause of it. Thirty
cent quality at l5c.
unMcp0Iyc Seventh aud
hhMSGUm D. MARKET Streets
Evening journal., 1899-11-03
SAFE OF THE HOUSTON FARM.

The farm of the late George II. Hous-
ton. at Mount Pleasant, has been sold
by the surviving trustee, George ID.
Kelley, TO Samuel Hall, of Dover, for
$1,000 The farm contains 301 acres
of excellent land.