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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

Mr. Drake. of Texas. The sensa-
tional troubles in the Republican party of
Texas at present are typical of the history
OF aepubicanism in that State-the big
gest Democratic State in the Union. The
Texas Republicans have no fixed principles.
as the old Southern Republicans of the car
pet-bag type have no liked residences. In
Texas the Republicans. who are In a noisy
off-colored. and ridiculous minority. have
tried every sort OF fusion for years to no
effect In 1892. when there was a split in
the Texas Democratic ranks. they allied
themselves with the followers of George
Clar the bolter. and deprived the indie
pendent movement of whatever respecta-
bHity it had at the start. In 1895 the negro
voters. who constitute the bulk If the party
in Texas. were traded into an alliance with
the POpuiists. who were running the moi
some Jerome Kirby for Governor, and the
Populists. who didn't like the association,
repudiated the deal, which was merely in
tended TO give Mckinley a large enough
vote to show that his candidacy was known
in Texas. and voted for Bryan, whose ma
jority in the State was more than zoo 600.
The Hon. Eddie" Green, son of Mistress
Hett.. of Wall Street. and who is PLAYING
railroad president and statesman in Texas
at the same time, is the author and man
ager OF these opera bouffe alliances Ed
die" Is distinctly the 'softest thing the
Texas Republicans have ever had. His
pocket is the deepest, ald the leg-pulling
doesn't seem to hurt him. At least he has
not yet cried out in pain. He is now offer
ing the support OF the Texas Republicans
to any boiling Democrat who will run
against Governor Sayers, whose renomina-
ton for a second term is assured. In GER
-.
similar alliances are being worked UP by
Eddie" The Republicans of the Eleventh
district. which is represented by Mr. Kle-
berg. lately met. had their usual quarrel.
and parted into two warning factions. In
the Twelfth district a carpet Dagger named
DRAKE is the Republican nominee against
Mr. Slayden. In 1891 Drake came to Wash
ington as an applicant for the Office of
United States Marshal for me Northern
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

them at every turn A great number Of small
tradesmeE, especially green grocers and coal
merchants, add TO their income by selling in
tOXicanJs Servants and others can thus obtain
drink without frequenrug the bars wine
shops they would be ashamed 10 enter. Chem
lists. too are capital offenders. They have taken
advantage Of the vogue acquired by certain
much advertised strengthening wines -'quin-
QuinaS TO push the sale OF similar products OF
their own manufacture Dr. Jacguet affirms that
they often persuade their customers 10 take one
Of these concocCOns which are merely strongly
alcoholized wines sweeJened and with an ad-
mixture of kola, in the place Of prescriptions
ordered by q doctor.
But the craze tor appetizers IS more deadly
still Il has spread 10 all classes of society
while the drinks swallowed under this pretext
-absinthe. Verm3u-h and the various '-bitters"
are the most perniCiOus forms Of alcohol in
existence The Increase in the consumption Of
absinrhe the most deIeLeTi0us Of all these poi
sons, among tha working classes IS appalling
Many w0rkmen have now reached the pitch of
drinking absinthe with their meals. well as
taking il when they get up in the morning and
before luncheon and dinner Dr.. Jacquet is Of
opinion that the habituaI taking OF absnthe
is responsible for much of the morbid irrira biliy
displayed by Frenchmen al the present day.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
From The Memphis scimitar.

From The Memphis Scimitar.
a very unique system of artesan wells is be-
ing put IN by one of the breweries at st. Louis,
said h. Z. Geith. of st. Louis. The wells may
not be exactly artesian wells but the water OBJ
tained from them is clear and sweet. and the av-
erage man knows better. These wells, in
stead OF being bored perpendicularly, are driven
at an angle which varies from one of - degrees
20 others more acute.
This may sound 10 you like a fairy tale bur
its fact, curious though il may be. UnderIy-
ing the territory around St Louis is thick layer
Of hard limestone which has proved no end Of
trouble to we'll b5rers. No good artesian water
is possible without passing through this bed Of
limestone, and 10 do this is awful job and a
costly one In order to get around this obstacle
ingenious well man up there has devised the
filter well. like the I first spoke ola well
which TO all intent and purpose is aTtesIan but
really gets its water from the Mississippi River.
AT -. Louis the sand beds in the bottom OF
the Mississippi quite deep, and this natural
feature has been utilized in a very unique man
ner From barge in the middle of the river, in
d direct line from the point where the well IS 70
be sunk. a civil engineer takes sOundIngs and
determines accurately the depth OF the sand
stratum beneath the river. He then measures
the distance from the plant where the well is 70
be TO the middle Of the river. From his meas
urements he calculates the angle necessary 10
strike the sand stratum its lowest point start
ing from the point where the We'll is desired. as
vel as the amount of tubing required for the
Well and with these figures starts the we'll dig
ger on his curious task
A core drill is started into the ground at the
proper angle and forced forward by a battery OF
hydraulic jacks. As the drill goes deeper and
deeper the core Il forced out. more tubing Is
coupled and the increasing length Of pipe IS
showed out toward and finally under the river.
When the sands are reached the water which
percnlates under pressure through them IS forced
through the tubing. 70 which a brass StraIner IS
attached TO keep out the grit and allow the free
passage of the water.
After the we'll is finished suction pump. or
air lift Is installed. and as long as the straIner
is kept in order fair water Is obtained In wells
of this type the air lift is most desirable. By
this system the water is forced out of the we'll
bv means Of a column Of compressed air which
is driven ID the bottom Of the we'll
Sometimes the well tubing becomes bent and
5fvergeE from a true angle. II the curve Is very
great the chances are the strain-r VIII not rest
in the sand at all and the water VIII not be pure
But as a general thing these horizontal WeliS
are q success
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
/ PERTINENT PoyrooN BRIDGE.
From Nature.

From Nature.
Owing to the frequent settlement ot the land
in the salt districts it has always been found q
difficult matter 10 maintain il proper order
bridges and other similar structures. To meet
this difficulty the engineer Of the Weaver NaVI-
cation. in coustruCr ting two swing bridges over
the river ac NOrthwich, has so designed these
that instead Of resting on the land the weight or
the bridges Is carried on steel poutJons floating
in the water and the bridges are therefore In4t-
pendent Of any settlement of the land so far as
their fOuuda tiOns are concerned, and they ara
s. built as be easily adjusted to any settle
rnent Of the ground AT the TWO ends These
bridges also are opened and closed by electric
power. being the first 10 be SO operated in this
country The two bridges have cost f25 ous(
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
- MI scum PICTURES.
>-nrRRT1.T-s TURNER AND MR.
y MSS SIR MARTIN ARCHER
-,5rr ADDED To THE GALLEkA.

Il ,-p1NslINS SIX
- ADDED To THE GALLERY.
.as complaints Of the curators Of
4 1n1 museums and galleries "heIs pam
snsTi'''- ..5,i-as i that 50 few pictures py
s-es AZ A--.-,.ar artists find their way INTO 1he
rssl The desirable works are le" II
- a-a carefully guarded by thelr
81 v-ber some Of them reach the mar
- arr quickly snapped up anu p'''Ne1
=. -ss-r Of American purchasers
- METROPOLITAN Museum OF All Is d Loi
I ,sr-jor to this rule. and through the KIND
fS-7 = loving and philanthropic citizens the
- - has secured many rare and Faluaoie
- Henry & Na-quand. Catherine Lorll-
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Henry Hilton
50 shift and samuel P Avery are
p - names which are carried on the
Ln'-7 .srsror-.e as donors Of valuable works
= and he list continues to grow
= tse notable recent additions 10 the
--l = Turner'S Venice which, as men
: Tre Tribune at the time, was be
- me museum by Cornelius Wander
r.. -airri-- has been hung in a con-
~ -ls-a in the gallery and viii always
80 -bz features Of the institution
,-1-r.,- recent contribution Is portrait OF
- a.~o--a- 10y Sir Martin Archer Shee,
80 Rss presented r0 the museum by John d
,----,fns. SIR Martins works are exceedingly
sn5 -he one which Nj. Crimmins secured
-. museum was wanted by others for col
-.--s IN Fl-.1e. The Poet-painter was presi-
:. ~ The Royal Academy in 1880 and his
| -sf-s v---- considered amonS the hest Of his
--~
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07

Blaquiere, Latouche, Saumarez, D'Aultrichanp.
Romilly Noel and Faber- But these by all ac-
counts, seem to resist very well the aIlurements
of knship with the Huguenots of South Africa,
New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
ODD 4RTESI4N WELLS.
DOWN

BORED AT AN ANGLE INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Alcoholism and Crime.

The alcoholic craving accounts for
many a confirmed criminal. Doubtless
the tendency exists in a minor degree
as belonging to all hahituals, who
make it a onjary part Of their
life, teetotalers being rarely met with
in criminal walks. But there is a large
number of hopeless prisoners whose
only idea of life is drunkenness at
any cost. In such the craving makes
the criminal, and as the drink cannot
be obtained without money other
means are resorted to, such as break
ing into public houses, robbing bar
tills, stealing jugs and bottles from
children sent out on such errands,
dressing up as blind men, mutilated
beggars crawling along the pavement
and other pleasantdes so well known
to the expert. Chewing piece of soap
and thus forming {, lather to the sim.
ulation of epilepsy is a common fraud
and the profits all go to the publican
The alcoholic aspW;5 ia, however. very
difficult of oonceillment, and tie ex
perienced Observes well knows tile
pseudo-epileptic. the armless. leg c5s
cripple, and the unfortunate widow
who with five child rem (all hired) par
kdes the street fl lamentation o.!
knaa -Gentlaman's MAGAZINE
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
MuIchinq Farm Fruits.

The fruit grower must be willing
worker and to be successful he must
be a pusher and ever ready to take
time by the forelock. He must be in
advance, rather than behind with the
work. AS soon as the ground is frozen
hard enough to bear up the horses and
wagon put the mulch on the straw
berry bed. Spread evenly and thickly
enough to give good shade to the
plants. Do not undertake to cover
deep enough to prevent freezing, for
If this is done the wet SHOWS will pack
the mulch and smother the plants.
Good judgment is required here.
Straw of any kind, corn stalks. with
or without the blades, leaves, evergreen
boughs, swamp grass or any coarse
material that is free of seed will ans
wer. This mulch should be left on the
bed until all danger of freezing is over
Just before the crowns open, the mulch
should be raked off the plants to the
space between the rows. If the soil is
loamy and light the mulch may oe
parted over the plants and left that
way to prevent the earth from being
splashed upon the fruit.
OF otner lines OF Small IrulC coTn-
post is preferred to strawed mulch. as
the latter invites mice, which will
gnaw the canes and injure the plants.
The compost may be scattered broad
cast over the entire surface as the
condition of the ground demands, or be
placed around the hills. In either case
the compost should be worked into the
soil by means of a shallow cultivator
as early as the ground is in condit on
for work. When the growth becomes
experienced the work in the small gar
den will be considered more of pleas
ure than a task.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Seed Corn.

Many farmers owning both bottom
and upland corn fields, make the mis-
take of using the same seed on both
kinds of soils. Corn which is adapted
to the soil and moisture conditions of
the valleys will not do so we'll on the
upland as will some variety that has
By several years of cultivation and Sc
lection become adapted to the condi-
tons there. 1t is for the same reason,
says a writer in Farmers Home, that
the large Colorado potatoes that have
been grown for years under irrigation
will do so poorly when used for seed in
Kansas without the accustomed supply
of water. 1t is generally the case on
the farm that the corn from all the
fields, both upland and bottom, is
cribbed together. When the time for
seed selection comes the largest ears
are picked out irrespective of the kind
Of soil that grew them. AS the bottom
land produces the largest ears, 1t is
more than likely that the bulk of the
seed will be from the lower and moister
portions of the farm. This is the
proper seed for the lowland, but it is
not sc well adapted to the dryer and
poorer upland as is seed that has been
raised there. AS has been suggested
before, small box attached to the
side of the wagon bed into which the
desirable ears can be thrown is the
rIost practical DEVICE that can be rec
commended. BY a little judicious Sc
lection for a series of years a strain
can be established on the upland por-
ton OF any farm which will be well
adapted to that and other soils similar
to location and composition. An eight
inch ear from the upland will ordinar-
lily prove better for planting on the up
land than will a twelve-inch ear from
a draw in liver portions of the farm.
Jerseys.
Jerseys are the smallest in average
size Of the noted dairy breeds, cows
ranging from ZOO to 1000 and the bulls
from 1000 to 1900 pounds. Yet the
highest weights stated are Otter ex-
ceeded, and where effort has been made
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
One WaY TO FIGURE Il.

A good incubator of 200-egg capacity,
can be bought for $40 to $50 A good
brooder, we will say, will cost $40 more
Total, $40 for machines. Twelve hun
dred eggs, or one hundred dozen at
twenty cents per dozen equals 500.
Twenty-Five gallons of oil at twenty
cents. equals S., giving us a grand
total of s65. The natural process can
Aot be estimated in this way, for you
could not get enough broody hens to
hatch and raise the chicks at this time
OF the year. But you have raised 61S
CHICKS with the incubator and brooder
which will sell for from forty to sixty
cents each. At the lower figure you
will receive $247.2o, leaving a net profit
OF $18220, all made during a season of
the year when you have little else to
do. The poultry business for the farm
e. is surely full of great promise and
possibilities and we expect to see the
day when every farmer will consider
&n incubator and brooder indispens-
able-Poultry Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Right Amount of Exercise.

Exercise, too much or too little, has a
bearing on health, and, what appeals
to poultrymen, a relation to profits.
II the bird has to work for it's grain in
scratching material so deep that it can.
not get food enough for it's needs OF
II obliged to range too far for it's food,
1t will never do its best, either in
growth or egg yield. On the other
hand, the bird that has no work to
perform in getting its living is sluggish
and is poor layer. Leg weakness can
be avoided and strength gained by
proper exercise on the part of little
chicks. 1t is a mistake to let a hen
that has been shut in on the nest for
three weeks, drag her chicks around all
day. Much better results may be OBJ
tanned by yarding and feeding them
two thirds Of each day. The busy,
busting hen is the bird that is well and
pays a profit.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Handling for Better Prices.

Thousands Of people would be willing
to pay to 20 cents mare per dozen for
eggs if they could be assured that they
came direct from the poultry yards and
were guaranteed by reliable poultry
man to be fresh. To do this there
could be a package containing, say,
one, two, three or five dozen, each got
ten up neatly and attractively, with the
guarantee printed on it to the effect
that every egg was fresh and in case
one discovered that was not, within a
given time, dozen should be given for
every one thus found. A stale egg is
an abomination. A dressed fowl should
be packed in neat box, wrapped in
paraff1n paper, neatly labeled, and not
hung up, exposed and thrown about as
If it were of no consequence And if it
we're so packed and the name of the
poultryman printed neatly on the pack
age. don't you think that our good
wives would be eager to have them in
preference to those that are taken out
of the barrel, dirty, skinny, filthy, even
though the price might be one-half?
Everyone that you thus sold would be-
come an advertisement for you and
there would soon be an inquiry.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Bare Corn Stubble,

One objection to rotation of corn,
oats and wheat is that the corn stubble
land lies bare all winter, losing rather
than gaining in fertility. Some farmers
suggest that it might pay to sow Grim
son clover, getting the fall growth and
some winter protection for the ground.
The early breaking for oats in the
spring would make any gain from
spring growth impossible. The objec-
ton to this, as it seems to me, would
be that crimson clover is not sure of
doing much good so far north as the
southern part of this oat section. Rye
has been proposed, but 1t is question
able whether the rye would pay when
the breaking should be done very early
in spring for oats, and moreover I
should fear that the tufts Of rye would
grow in the oats. The rotation seems
to demand that the land be bare from
September to the succeeding spring.
Exchange.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
Ground Grain for Poultry.

Experiments conducted several years
ago at the New York state station
brought out the fact that ground food
gave better results than whole grain
fed to poultry, and the reasons given
were substantially as follows: Ground
feed is quicker to impart to the body
elements of nutrition or nourishment,
being easily assimilated, and a greater
quantity was consumed than of whole
grain. 1t was found a trifle cheaper to
feed whole grain, but the better growth
porduced by ground feed more than
compensated for the cost of grinding
and was practically as cheap as whole
grain feeding. 1t is a good plan to
throw a sack or two of corn in the
wagon when going to the mill, if you
have not one of your own, and have
1t ground for the poultry; it will pay
handsomely. Have wheat cracked by
the same process and the oats ground
mixing the ration and feeding with
skim milk. If then the chickens don't
grow and fatten they are strictly no
good, and it is no fault of the ration
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
WAY TO PRESERVE CIDER.
Subnitrate Of 5ismuth and citric
Acid Will Keep it Sweet and Clear.

This years large apple crop has
made cider abundant and cheap, and
by reason of processes discovered in re-
cent years cider made early in the fall
when apples are cheapest remains pa
latable all winter With this improve
ment in the method of preserving cider
has come change of theory as to the
EMBELLISHMENTS OF the beverage.
Twenty years ago cider was denounced
as dangerous drink; ROW IL is ecom-
mended especially to persons suffering
from some stomach iii orders, n to
those Of rheumatic or equity tenden-
cy.
The French have made me ital
study of cider doubtless partly lecau
II takes the place of wine in parts
France, and the results OF such study
has led the French experts TO the con-
clusion that the presence of malic acid
and of tannin in cider makes it of grs at
hygienic value. Some dyspeptics cannot
drink it, but in some forms of intesti-
nal trouble 1t is helpful. 1t is recon-
mended especially to equity persons.
10 be wholesome, however. cider
must he in good condition, and espec-
tally 1t must not be too hard The old
method of putting up cider in a strong
and securely corked bottle, along with
three or four raisins and a tablespoon
full of sugar to a pint is still practiced
in this country, and the result is de-
lisatful beverage with all the efferves-
cence of champagne but this method
of preserving cider is expensive and
troublesome. The French have discov-
cred a cheaper method, and that is to
place in cider that is to be pr served
from hardening a small quantity of the
subnitrate of bismuth. 1t is found that
a partly consumd barrel of rapidly
hardening cider may thus be preserved
for many months. The hardening pro-
cess is not altogether arrested. but it
goes on very slowly.
The French have also discovered a
method of preserving the bright trans
parency of cider. Most cider when ex-
posed to the light becomes clouded. and
brown. This change is due to the chem
ical action of tannin and sometimes of
iron contained in the cider. Save in
appearance the beverage is none the
worse for the change, and indeed, a ci-
der that quickly turns brown is re-
garded as especially wholesome for
some persons because Of it's being rich
in tannin. To preserve the clear beauty
of cider, however, the French use crit
ic acid in quantities varying with the
natural acidity of the cider, usually
about sixty grains to the gallon. With
citric acid and subnitrate of bismuth
cider may thus be kept indefinitely not
only fine in color bat almost at a uni
form condition of fermentation.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-03-23
A First Class Apple.

Where fruit growers sell their apple
crops to men who pack the apples
themselves, as is now being done on
the western slope, there is likely to be
a disagreement as to the question,
what is first class apple. The buyers
agent is apt to throw out much fruit
which ordinarily should go into the
first grade box. Where the buyer con-
tracts for fancy fruit the seller should
beware. A fancy apple is a perfect
specimen as regards size, color, shape
and condition. The loss of a fruit stem
would warrant the fancy apple being
thrown out. 1t is well for a fruit grower
to know what these terms mean.