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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
THE MODERN FARMER.
He Must he n Scientific Man in Order
to Keep Pace with Progress
sive Competitors.

More skill is required to properly
manage farm than in any other occu-
patton, as farming includes many diff
ferent branches of business, and, while
some are more skillful as breeders,
others are more successful in growing
special crops. Gardening includes the
forcing process, while fruit growing
requires a knowledge of insects and
varieties. In fact, there is no limit to
the farmers usefulness, and the farmer
who becomes an expert in any partic
ular line follows scientific methods just
as surely as he who studies and OBJ
serves in some other direction. If the
farmer succeeds by the adoption of
the surest and most profitable systems
he should be all the more willing to
theorize and endeavor to further i'm
prove his practice. Farming at the
present day is rapidly drifting to that
point at which the farmer must be a
specialist and give his attention to
some particular line. The dairyman
who has devoted the greater portion of
his time to the improvement of breeds
and the production of superior milk,
butter and cheese would probably not
succeed should he venture into the
forcing of vegetables in winter, while
the florist would no doubt make fail
ure with field crops. These facts dem
onstrate that there is always something
to learn and that, as the improvements
occur in mechanics, the farmer is more
or less affected by the changes in eco
nomic conditions and must adapt his
operations accordingly. He must be a
scientific farmer in order to keep pace
with his competitors in the march of
progress.-Troy On. " Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
PIG-PEN POINTERS.

After a pig attains rs pounds it Ii
ready to lay on a pound or more flesh
per day, if well fed.
Wheat middlings is one of our best
pig foods, and fed in connection with
skim milk will make excellent growth.
The male pigs when not altered
should be separated from the rest when
about three months old.
Have the fall pigs come as early as
possible so that they can get start
before cold weather sets in.
1t is often necessary to draw the milk
from the udder if it becomes distended
This may be done by hand, or the sow
returned to the litter for a few minutes,
If this is not done it may cost you the
udder of a choice SOW.
All grains and foods of rich nature
must be withheld from the dam until
the milk flow has been checked. 1t is
always best TO let her depend on pas.
ture and water alone for food. If given
good pasture she will soon regain her
lost flesh and need no extra food.
Wean the pigs at about eight to ten
weeks old. If left Laler the heavy milk.
ing dam will become pulled down, and
perhaps her growth and development
seriously checked, if young. There is
danger of a sow's constitution and
physical vitality being impaired by
such treatment. - Colman's Rural
World.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
COLOR BEARER AT SHILOH.
Five Times wounded ana Left for
Dead on the Field, ButIs
StiII Alive.

Extract from the advanced sheets
of "War "reminiscences" by Justice
Jarvis Blume, formerly of the Second
Kentucky volunteer infantry.)
After the terrible battle (of Shiloh)
was over and the bloody results esti-
mated, one of those who were miss
ing was the color sergeant of the bri-
gade, George BerZ, of the First Ken
lucky regiment. He was a tall, splen-
didly built young man, with resolute
countenance, piercing dark eyes-a
magnificent specimen of physical man
hood. He was a German by birth. The
tall form of Sergt. Berz was at all times
a picturesque figure on the march, in
the camp, or amid the smoke of battle;
and by reason of his prominence as the
color r-bearer, he was, of course, a con-
spicuous object in the center of the
line.
In about the first onslaught by the
confederates on our lines George Berz
fell wounded, as has since been ascer-
tanned, in five places. A portion of his
right foot was shot away; he was
wounded in the right wrist; he was
shot entirely through the left breast
just above the heart Qiterally pierced
through and through, and shot in the
calf of the leg. With these frightful
wounds upon his person he fell and in
the confusion of battle was. as it was
reported at the time, left for dead on
the field.
His conduct at all times prior to this
hn+ ,1,ro nd n tha
face of danger, and it was common talk
among the leaders of the division who
referred proudly to the heroic gal
lantry of the color sergeant.
/ shared the belief with many in my
regiment that he never survived the
battle of Shiloh, and, strange as it may
seem, for over two years thereafter
ward after muster out and 2S subse-
uuent years, | never knew that George
Berz had survived the battle and was
in the land of the living. But such
was the fact. This I learned by very
curious accidental conversation as late
as the year 1890. About this time, while
casually conversing with a gentleman
in Chicago, several persons standing
about and listening to us, I was asked
if I had been in the service. ! replied:
"Why. yes, I was all through the
war" When asked what regiment /
belonged to, replied "The Second
Kentucky volunteer infantry, of Gen.
Nelson's division" With a manifest
show of excitement this man said:
MY God, is that SO? The Second
Kentucky infantry? Why, l belonged
to the First Kentucky and was with
you at Shiloh"
looked him over increduously, and,
like flash of lightning, it came to my
mind that the speaker was George Bcrz,
whom 1 had known for a number of
years in Chicago as a prominent poll
tician and at that time the postmas-
ter of West Chicago with whom | came
almost within daily contact for a num-
Der of years. was the identical person
and none other than the heroic color
sergeant whom | certainly believed we
had left dead on the battle field. 1t is
needless to say that we had an ami
mated conversation on the subject, and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

During the late Spanish-American
war a certain old colonel who had lost
an eye at the battle of Gettysburg was
very indignant because he was put
aside as physically incapacitated, when
he applied for admission to one of the
New York volunteer regiments.
Filled with wrath and chagrin the
colonel journeyed to Washington, bent
on having Il personal interview with
the president. He succeeded in gaining g
an audience, and the president, after
listening to his plea, said, kindly:
But, my good Col. j, you have
only one eye!"
Just SO, si1," was the prompt re-
jonder, "but can't you see the great
advantage of my having only one eye
When | aim my gun | shan't have to
close the other"
He fought at Santiag".-Youth's IS
ComDaniOn
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

I expressed my wonderment that / had
not before discovered and had all these
years been ignorant of the fact that he
was the identical man whom | had sup
posed to be buried in the field of Shiloh
1t seems that after the battle BerZ
was removed TO a hospita! and for many
months hovercd between life and death
and never again rejoined his regiment,
and, although wounded desperately
and somewhat crippled. he again en-
listed under another command and fol-
lowed the fortunes of the war to the
end.
To me it seems almost like dream
to have encountered him after so many
years, and ! never see him but what
1 instinctively grasp him by the hand
and wish that / were commissioner of
pensions and could adjust the claims
which he has against a government that
is all too slow in recognizing his mer-
it's. So it is: the old soldiers are scat
tered to the four winds, many wander
ers on the face of the earth; many of
them crippled, in ill-health, broken
down and prematurely old.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

While nitrogen is the fertilizing ele-
ment most easily lost from manures
and soils, it is the most expensive, cost
ing almost three times as much a pound
as potash and phosphoric acid. The
readiness with which nitrates are
washed out of the soil during heavy
rains when the ground is thawed sug-
gests that during the period of such
rains it should be covered with some
catching crop, which will feed upon
the nitrates formed and store nitrogen
in its tissues. For this purpose rye is an
excellent crop and is much used.
While it adds no nitrogen to the soil
which is not already found therein, as
crimson clover does, it is a much surer
catch than the latter, and is thorough
ly hardy. 1t forms quite root sys-
TEN during the fall, starts off early in
the spring, and by ordinary planting
time forms a heavy coat of manure to
be plowed under.-Guy +. Mitchell, in
Farm and Fireside.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
CHRONIC WEATHER KICKERS.
The LunchroOm Phi1osopher Gives
His Views on Mankind In
General.

Die ever notice." said the lunehroom
philosopher, what a never-contented lot O.
pInheads we are! Now, it seems no time
at all since | was a-rarin' around and kickin'
like bIazes because the leaves and crocuses
didn't appear on schedule time. / believe
blamed my wife for it, ! was so dead sick
and tired OF chilly blasts and my olive green
.topcoat that | sort O held her personally
responsible for the backwardness of the
llacs and daisies and pansies. | told her
that | wanted red-hot, sizzling weather, and
lots of it-that for all / cared a ding the sun
could go on sizzling forever. Now | find
that I'm sick of the summer. / find myself
longing to hear the leaves swirling in the
bitches and to have the fire lighted in the
latrobe. find that / want to take brisk
walks in the sharp, chilly air. / find that
I'm hungry for buckwheat cakes and sau-
sage. I'm tired O beer. I'm weary of car
riding out in the country. Durn it ALL
want snow three feet high billiards of it,
and want the theaters and the hot Scotches!
And along toward the end of next February
I'll be chewing the rag, in the same old way,
about moving to some tropical country,
where | can get warmed up and be famed
by balmy zephyrs, and all that kind o bleat
We don't know what we want. We even
get sick Of seasons that we long for, much
as kids get sick of their painted Noah's
arks or tin soldiers. "-Washington Post.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
A Fable in Stocks,

Once upon a time an operator in stocks
was sold short, and ruin stared him in the
face unless the market should break In his
desperation he remembered having heard
that honesty is the best policy He tried to
dismiss the foolish thought, but in vain.
Finally, like the drowning man catching at
the straw, he resolved to try being honest.
The very next day he put his design into ex-
ecution, and he hadn't been honest more
than 10 minutes when II of the leading bulls
fell dead, they were SO surprised at him,
Hereupon the market naturally broke, and
the operator could get all the stocks he
wanted at his own figure. 1t is claimed that
some, if not all, of these bulls had taken
radishes and ham for breakfast, but that, it
IS submitted, does not destroy the moral of
this fable.-Detroit journal.
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NEBRASKA HOPPER DozER.

which is shown. This is made of stove
pipe iron, by turning the sides and
ends. This leaves long, fiat pan
about four inches deep. This is mount
ed on wooden runners as shown in the
picture. A piece of cloth is stretched
on frame at the back of the pan.
When ready for business, this pan is
partly filled with water, and a guam
tity of kerosene oil poured on top of
that. On level ground, no cross pieces
are necessary. On sloping ground the
contents should be divided as shown in
the picture, as otherwise the water
would run to one end. These hopper
dozers are made of any desired length
up to IS feet. They are hauled along
over the ground scooping up the grass
hoppers, which fly and strike the cloth,
and fall back into the pans, where the
kerosene quickly kills them. With
one of these hopper-dozers, it is easy to
collect several bushels of grasshoppers
in a day.-Rural New Yorker.
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out in front of my men to adjure them

out in front of my men to adjure them
by all they held sacred to"
Just II minute, colonel" put in the
drummer. "N"u rode out in front of
your regiment. Were you in a coupe or
on horseback"
''Sir, | was in the saddle, of course!"
hotly exclaimed the colonel.
"Oh, see. You adjured your men.
'Adjured' is little beyond me, colonel.
Doyoumean that you addressed them?"
They answered me with cheers" ;"
said the colonel, after long look of con-
tempt at the other, land then gave the
order to move forward"
"What was your object in giving that
order?" asked the drummer.
You evidently don't know much
about military matters!" exclaimed
the brave officer as he moved about un-
easily.
mo, don't, but I want to be posted.
You moved forward. Pretty soon you
struck a farmhouse-is that what you
said? Did you stop there for supper?"
Are you fool?" howled the colonel,
as he jumped out of his chair.
"Now, what's the matter with you?"
replied the drummer. IF you can't tell
us about the battle of Gettysburg with
out getting mad abost it, i for one
don't want to hear the story. just be
cool and calm. You adjured your men.
Then you went forward. Then you
struck a farmhouse Then what hap
pened? Don't get excited, colonel, but
give it to us straight
II am through, sir!" icily replied the
colonel, as he rose up.
Dear, dear me, did the battle of Get
tysburg end when you struck a farm
house,"
you are an ass, sir! Good night, gen
tlemen!" continued the colonel, as he
walked away.
Gentlemen" said the drummer, as
he broke a painful pause, II beg your
pardon if | have done anything wrong.
When | strike farmhouse | always ask
for supper, and | didn't know but what
the colonel pursued the same tactics.
Too bad-too bad! Perhaps he didn't
get thing to eat before next day! All!
few of us know how our fathers suffered
at the battle of Gettysburg. will now
go and adiure the landlord to have me
called at seven o'clock in the morning,
and move forward on grocer down
town who has promised me an order for
three barrels of ugar!'-Detroit Free
Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
THE COLONEL's STORY.
He Starts in to Tell About Gettysburg,
but the Fool Drummer
Choked Him Oh.

"WeI. colonel" said the drummer, as
the group lighted their cigars after sup
per, they tell me that you were pro-
NOTED from ma jor to colonel on account
of personal bravery at Gettysburg. 1
wasn't in the war myself being toe
young, but | like to hear of it. Let's have
your story"
81 don't like to tell my own story
modestly replied the colonel.
"Oh, pshaw! just go right ahead and
give it to us. A brave man is always
modest, and we'll excuse all the rs
in your adventure"
"Well," said the colnel, as he settled
down III his chair, my command was
drawn up in an open field. There was
a battery on our right, and it struck
me"
Excuse me- interrupted the drum
mer, but do you mean an electric bat
tery?"
mo, sir!" replied the colonel, with
a great deal of emphasis.
''Oh, very well; go on, colonel. l
am interested in electricity, but if this
wasn't an electric battery, l won't ask
any questions"
"Just before we got the order to
charge" continued the colonel, Il rode
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
THE HOPPER DOZER.
en- Implement Used Successfully I'm
the West for Destroying Bush
els of Grasshoppers.

Every year we have questions about
methods for killing grasshoppers or
locusts. In the west these grasshop'
pers appear in immense numbers, and
the agricultural colleges have been
obliged to give a good deal of study to
the matter. The Nebraska experiment
station sends out bulletin dealing
with this subject. 1t appears that, by
all odds, the best implement for kill
ing these grasshoppers is the hopper
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
a Hog Thnt Is n Hog.

Frank Woodruff, who owns the deer
and Shetland pony farm south of the
village, also owns an interest, not a con-
trolling one though, in very small pig
who for downright hoggishness takes
the bakery. He consumes his allotted
share OF swiil from the trough and
while his companions HE themselves to
some shady fence corner to root and
grunt this Mr.. Pigship takes a stroll
out into the green meadows and hunts
up cow or two and washes his repast
down with several gallons of pure fresh
milk. To secure his extra fresh" he
is obliged to stand and at times walk
on his hind feet. He never gets Of
Tended at the rebuffs. of his COW friends
who occasionally interrupt his free
drink by kicking him over. Frank says
he is afraid Indigestion caused by over
indulgence will end this porller's career
-Gallatin (Mo) North Missourian.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
Once the Home of .Jcc Davis.

At Fort Gibson, in the Indian terri
tory, so miles south of Coffeyville,
stands the house that was occupied by
jeff Davis while he did garrison duty
there as lieutenant before the Mexi-
can war. He went to the old fort just
after marrying Gen. TayIor's daugh-
ter, and was there several years. The
old house has been beaten by the storms
this spring until the chimneys at the
ends have fallen.-Chicago Chronicle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
BENT OF HOG HOUSE.

varied according to the number of hogs
one may wish to keep.
Fig. 2 shows section of the middle
bents. CCC, shows spaces where corn
can be stored. Make the posts out OF
2x6 joists, doubled, putting in two cen.
ter bents only. Use 2X4 mailing girts,
Plates are formed of a 2x6 and 2xs
joist put together as shown in cut
Rafters 2x4. Sills, SxS timber.-C. H.
Hickox, in Ohio Farmer.
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ent? You told me the other day that you
are ten per cent. better than you were when
you first consulted me, and now you have
come here and want me to take 20 per cent.
off my bill.
Convalescent-But I am not here this
time for my heath.-Bcston Transcript.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

81 do wish | was the two-headed
man." said the young man who is al
ways making social blunders.
"You would only make twice as many
blunders," said his friend.
mot l. / would keep one head busy
all the time neutrality-suspicious.
oils Journa.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
Inst So.

"You big dod-gasted duffer!" cried the
star centerfeder did you say I was .ut?"
Precisely" replied the umpire. "You
are just S25 out" And he carefully noted
the fine in his little book.-Philadelphia
North American
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Ono size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot
sweating, aching feet. ingrowing nails, corns
and bunions. At all Druggists and shoe
stores. 25c. Trial package FREE by mall.
Address Allen S. OlmsLed. Le Roy, n. Y.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily and Un.
excelled Dining Car Service, offers rate,
lower than via other lines. The Short Line
between Chicago, Buffalo, New York and
Boston.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels eacn day. In order To
De healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
ache. Price 25 and SOC.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31
PLAN FOR HOG HOUSE.
A Somewhat Pretentious Structure,
But One That Answers Every Pur-
pose to Perfection.

Figure is the floor plan. b is brick
arch with kettle set in for cooking feed
and heating water at killing time. A
is a cistern which is supplied with wa.
ter from the caves of the building. ID d,
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wrOnEcI,

every man." shouted the orator, ''hss
his price,"
You're darn liar" said the member
from Walypang, in an undertone. my
price is only $500, and | amt got it yi;." -
Chicago Times Herald
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

A Gifted Girl.-''IIow is your new maid
Mrs. Pique?' "Unusualiy clever; she can
tell book agent from an old friend of the
family every time. Detroit Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

doctor, friend of mine has assured me
that sucking lemons will prevent sea sick
ness. Is that true?"
eyes, provided you ST in the shade of a
tall tree while you suck the lemon. Stand
ard and Catholic Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

When girl reads of a heroine in a novel
she longs for some trouble to stir the monot-
ony of her life. so that she can show the
stuff she is made of.--Atchison Globe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

81 should think that such husband as
Mrs. Meekleigh's would drive her to despera-
ton" "Never. He's too mean. He'd make
her walk. kansas City Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

No, positively cawn't 60 wheeling any
more" said Cholly. Isn't it fashionable"
asked the vulgar person. "Naw. just pop.
ular. r.'-ludianapolis journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

The Envied Rich n-Johnny-"Papa,
what IS a plutocrat?" Papa-"A man who
has as much money as I'd like to have.'-
Puck
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Friendly omment-NIudge-"I is an
awful thing to realize you have made an
egregious ass of yourself, isn't it," Yabs-
ley-"Ain't you used to it yet?"-Indianap.
oils Journal
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Liked Him.

Jaggles-I see there's new keeper in the
menagerie, Didn't the animals like the old
one!
Judge
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Though a girl may weigh 200 pounds" &"
says the Mauayunk philosopher, "she is prob.
ably dear little fairy to some susceptible
fellow. Philadelphia Record.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Handy Missiles.-An applicant Cor
teachers certificate in Reynolds county de-
fined bric-a-Drac as something to throw at a
dog.-kansas City Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Bacon-'Whena man is in love everything
about looks different to him" Egbert-
yes; it's the same way when he knocks his
head against a gas bracket. .'-Yonkers
Statesman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

Glow 90 you pronounce the word but
terine" asked the customer. "Ihe las
syllable is silent" stiffly replied the trades
man.-What to Eat
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

After six years suffering | was cured by
Piso's Cure.-Mary Thomson, 29a Ohio Ave.
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, '94.
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bins for meal and mddlings. f, drive
way. c c c, pens. Il T T, troughs
The dimensions of the building are "a
feet wide by 40 feet in length, IL feet
in height. However the length may be
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-08-31

1t is funny what small respect married
people sometimes have for each others judg.
ment when you remember that each is sup
posed to have picked out perfect mate
Boston Transcript.