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Evening star., 1900-08-11

been recorded within the past few years
For instance. the market price for wheat
durihS the summer of 1850 has represented
an advance Of l3 per cent over the prices
pa!d Tor the same commodity half a de-
cade ago, and comparisons of the o,fota-
tions Tor corn. oats. rye and barley show
increases of from 70 to 10 per cent More
over the increasing dependency of E,,,rona
upon America for breadstuffs would seem
to promise permanency for these or better
prices.
Advantage0uS Conditions
But while the farmer has been reaping a
golden harvest in the sale of his products
he has been compelled to lay out increased
sums Tor farm equipment. There are now
many farms where the harvesting macbi-
merry alone has cost over $1,000 and II is
an unprogressive agricultural establishment
where the mechanical help does not rep
resent an investment of 81 900 to s.. 600 II
Is claimed by some that this era of big en-
terprlses in the farming world is going 10
drlve the man of moderate means out of
business but 1t Is as yet too early to de-
| termine in what degree this pessimisttc
prediction is justified
FOR all that the farmer of modera te
means will in this new era be able to oper-
ane ale ms property more economically than
ever before. after his first outlay for ma
chinery has been made. To what an ex.
tent he may dispense with hired labor NAV
De imagined when II Is stated that there
are are now on the market combined pulveriz-
ing harrows. clod crushers and Jewelers..
which in one operation crush. cut. lift'
turn. smooth and level the soil; autorna tic
planters which open the soil, drop In the
seed. cover II and mark the next row. all
with one operation and finally mowers,
reapers and binders. each of which do the
work of from ten to thirty men.
III advantageous conditions count for
ausht the farmers should be enabled 10
dispose of their 1900 crops more satfsfac G.
I toriiy than ever. before. Rural te,ephone
systems and rural free delivery are keen
ing them well informed as to price condi-
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me 'r"Hker-tAfter Poc's Craven,
Written for The Evening Star by William r Sc .r.
You have heard about Bill Bryan who four v.,rs
ago tryin
To convert us 10 free silver as ,bin,, ,, .,,,
Travelled over all this nation stopr,rd bis cor a,
every station
Where with great deberation from The platform
he wound roar
Free silver will save this naton''-from tb.
platform he would roar,
Only this and nothing more
All! distinctly remember twas election aav. No
vember.
And each separate dying ember wrought it, .bos,
upon tn. floor.
Eagerly he wished the morrow: yaiuv he had sn,bt
to borrow
From returns surcease OF sorrow, sorrow cause
there wasn't more,
Sorrow cause friend Mckinley got six hun
dred thousand
1t was this that made him sore
But or people felt elated. at Mckinley elevated
Cause their votes had operated for protection to
restore.
Then responsive was the nation, mills began their
preparation
And comm.aced their operation turned out nrod
ucts as of yore:
Workmen, full Of Jubilation, We're employed as of
yOre
Only there We're thousands more.
Everything began to brighten; nothing could our
people frighten.
They ready cen to fighting, when the Span
iaris brought war;
And none bru'er ever battled than ''our boys" who
'.ratted,'
Whether deck, foot or sadded, killed oplonepts
Even little children prattled bout the way we
paid the score.
We fac issues. .othing more.
Ninet. six there depression. BRYAN made n
great impression
By the way he gave expression to free silver
'twoud restore
10 the people he: tn and vigor, give them work,
with wages bigger,
And the woSkmen, very eager to get this ~ no,h
Ing more,
| Hoping wages would be bigger than they ever
earned before,
| Voted Bryan, tu be sure.
But Mckinley was elected. and poor Bryan was re-
jecteu,
And things happened as expected. but far greater
tnan before.
Exceeding all expectation everywhere rcjuvenation
business booming Jubilation more than ever
! known before:
Business booming! YOU fairly ask
for more?
Think Of that and nothing more.
i Now that eyerybody's working, there must not be
| any shirkinx
| From your duty. Dangers lurking in tho BRYAN.
| istic lore.
We must not be calmly sitting, while his agents,
fitting
Everywhere, their venom splitting I'VE must
| down Mckinley, sure"
Over all this land they're fitting bowling Down
Mckinley sure"
VIII the do itf NsvsrmosS.
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The Tieing of Shocstriugs.

The difference between a mans bow and
a womans at the top of russet half-shoe
is the simplest thing in the world But it
means the difference between loosening and
dangling and staying as it was made.
After years of failure, women have final
ly learned this important secret.
Men knew II all the time, but chose TO
keep it to themselves for the fear of re-
pairing the damage.
This is it. In tying your shoe. make the
first loop of the bow with the end that is
over II.
A man does this at all times. He ties his
neckties by the same rule which he applies
to his shoes. 1t is the explanation OF his
neat and symmetrical bows.
Try it. II is method which you will not
want to follow out in your millinery and
some of your neck ribbons and sashes that
you want to look pretty and smart.
But in the case of shoestrings IL is a
blessed bit Of knowledge.
Evening star., 1900-08-11

sterling. In order to appreciate the small
ness OF the national income for q country
with China 8 vast population and resources
one should bear in mind that the revenue
OF the united kingdom for 1899 amounted
TO almost four times as much.
Dishonesty and Extertion
An account of Chfna's finances is a sorry
story of dishonesty and extortIon. II would
be impossible to state what fraction this
meager revenue represents of the sums
actually collected by the officials. but there
is no doubt whatever that the greater part
or Chinese taxation goes TO swell the pri-
Nate fortunes Of the mandarns. For this
state OF affairs the system is as much To
blame as the individual. Credit should also
De given to the officials for the fact that
percentage of their illegal exactions GOES
IN 10 the expenses of the local adminisfra-
ton The parsimony of the central govern
ment has been TO blame In the first in
stance. The salaries and allowances award
ed TO the provincial officials being totally
INADEQUATE. the latter are left to make up
the deficiency as best they can A few gen
erations of this absurd and impolitic sys-
tenn nave sufficed to turn the whole Chinese
administrative body into a seething mass
OF canker and corruption. and TO this alone
may be ascribed the fact that th. govern
ment OF China is not one OF the richest
in the world
Evening star., 1900-08-11
MISSISSIPPI PEARLS.
Eager Search for Them in the Upper
Waters of the River

Eager search for Them in the Upper
waters of the River
Clinton uowa) Correspondence Chicago Record
The nearl craze bas s+ruox tho ,,n,,., Nj,
s;seinnt ,;,,o, ,o,,,,.u,. .., -
'''7'ppi ii'ei 'ouiitiS soou anu haro' ana
pearl hunters are on the river in great
numbers. and besides these, who make
pearl hunting a business. every clam die-
e.r &c , ,o.rI h,,nta, pa,,.,, ry
So - -" pea 'iuli'ei' earns are not at all
uncommon, but fine ones and really valua-
Bile finds are decidedly scarce Hence the
attraction and the va,ue of tho n..r,s u,ho
hos, nearIs h,,,a hoa,, f,,,,,, -,
pea.iS nav oeeh ioulo Ill tlle vicinity
OF Prairie du Chen, Wis, but the buyers
and pearl spectators nearly all live In this,
vicinity and II is here tbev And tbe;r hoe,
,.
IND, I,.A Ae,
The black shells contain the finest pearls.
They are found lust inside the hinge of the
live shell. and NAV he or anv size from, tho
,,;... -, - 'i' ''N> - oH- 'i'.
100 grains and of any shape from the per-
fectly oval or round to the slug an inch in
length. Slugs are much more common than
the oval or round pearl. They usually nave
an oval head and then slope to a sharp
point. The short pieces are of every shape
and size. Buyers pay from 10 cents to 81
an ounce for the slugs. They are used in
making fancy stick pins and for hair orna-
mentS.
But it is the perfectly round pearl of fair
size that makes a genuine sensation in n
clam diggers' camp when one is found.
There is then all sorts of speculation as to
the value and only a most expert buyer
Knows what can be realized for them.
What is known as the Allen pearl at
Prairie du CHEN has attracted unusuaI at
tention If weighed 100 grains and is said
to he the iarrast narfect raari evar found
in tba Niss.ssinni river II was recently
nnrcbasad nv WiI1iano NJ Moore of "a.
mancba a ,1i1Iaee faw miles down tho
rirar wb.t he ,aid is nossihl, ,,nt ex-
aotI,, lrnr.n tantian,,p ubn &c oIosaIy
assnciatad With Nr Nnora says he nsid
s2 ona for II IL bas i,Ist rati,rraS frono
Nv, york whare he ro3rke+ad naarIs cost
inp him over 81 nsl He sold the Allan
naarl and II is said he received "a OOo for
Il Mr. Moore has lived all his life on the
river and has learned a good deal ahout
nearls He horroued money two vaars apo
With which 70 naka his srSt nnrcbasa
since that time he has clear over 81 no0
according To renorts of nersons who claim
70 know somethine of his affairs Howes
Rrothers of This citv and several other
nersons are evtensive huvers and n is
tween this city and the Minnesota state
line nets the finders more than $40 600 a
year
The clam diggers are rushing for the up
per river beds, most of them congregating
in the vicinity Of Prairie du Chen, where
there is bed more than ten miles long.
IT is on TINS pea mat the hne pearls are
found in considerable numbers. The rush
cltement. Inc houseboats nave been towed
up the river and hundreds nave shipped
their tents and gone up on the boats. More
than 1000 are now camped along the river
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
COW STALL

ture of dairy work many years of study
and practical demonstration in our
own barn. After using many devices
and reconstructing them to do away
with impeTfections, our plan for "the
perfect cow stall" resolved itself into
the plan illustrated. Ihave seen a large
number of stalls, but none that has 50
many good points as this eHe. Thou
sands Of them are in use all over the
country, and wherever put in after the
plan herein described, have proven to
be mor than satisfactory. The floor
may be made Of wood or cement. Mine
is laid with oak with joints broken as
laid, allowing a drop Of two inches in
the 6h feet. On the platform two
three by three ~sCantling are laid rum
ming the full length Of the stable. Upon
this a board or floor 1s inches wide is
put down with fange board facing COW
seven inches wide. A two by four post
five feet high is toe-naiIed in one corner
of the Manager, to which both partition
boards and the fence in front of the
COW are nailed, The partition is four
feet high and 3k Wide from outer edge
of the two posts, but it is only one foot
high in the managers past the.hve feet
post, so that any large roughage can
be distributed The opening for both
feed and roughage is IS inches. The
grain, ensilage or any cut feed escapes
readily into the 1s-inch manger, but
hay cannot, but rests against the fence
and is eaten thrOuphit-
Many. find the annex of a feed bin in
front an easy means Of distributing
feed to COWS. The ditch is made wa
terproof and 16 inches wide, nine inches
deep next to platform andlseven inches
by walk. The latter may be made any
width or depth to suit the builder. The
distance from the ditch to the fence
facing COW depends upon the size of the
cow to occupy. The 6h feet is the right
length for a 1,OOO-pound cow, with less
or more accordingly. The fencing can
be placed as far toward the COW as her
size demands, 50 that she may be fenced
back to her ditch, insuring perfect
cleanliness and at the same time have
perfect and absolute freedom with her
head, not having to move backward
or forward to lie down or rise. Ar
engagements for watering with pans
bolted on sides OF partitions can be
readily attached.-G. E. Scott to Ohio
Dairymen's Association.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
FOR MALARIA,
CH-LS and fever.
The Best Prescription Is Groves
Taste1ess Chill Tonic.
Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle
So That the People May Know Just
What They Are Taking.

Imitators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The
Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives
the malari" out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-called "Taste-
less" chill tonics are limitations. An analysis
of other chill tonics shows that Groves is
superior to all others in every respect. You are
experimenting when you take Grove's-its
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Pay. Price, SOC,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
E$s3ATgA@.
Y5
PERFECT COW STALL.
ohio Dairyman Says the one Herr
Described Has More Advan-
taseG Than Any other.

Sanitation has become a perfect me-
cessity in every dairy barn where q
good, ~frst-Olass article Of milk, butter
or cheese is to be produced The science
Of bacterial influence has laid down
laws that when violatedleave a certain
positive loss in the wake. Every stable
should at least be cleaned and busted
with some absorbent once each day,
and twice would not hurt. busting
whenever liquids have accumulated
and stand. The stalls should be forced
free from an accumulation of dust and
hne straw by being placed in the ditch
IS an absorbent, thereby readily find
ing it's way into the compost heap,
away from the stable. Managers should
also be kept free from any accumula-
tion Of uneaten food, either roughage
or grains.
The matter Of providing stalls is so
important that we have given this fea-
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81 AS@GNa
gI8l4Il8 8
o.
GREEK ROYAL FAMILY.
zts MembeFs Are, Wtthout EKoeptfoh.
Good-Loeking ana Live ToEeth-
eR IN Perfeet Harmony.


Considering the relationship between
the Greek royal family and the reign
ing houses of Europe it is curious that
SO little is known of them. They donot
occupy public attention as do other
royalties. King George is the f~avorite
brother of the prince Of Wales and is
one of the cleverest as well as one Of
che h-andsomest relying s~overeigns on
the continent.
Like the princess of Wales, he has the
rare combination OF fair hair and deep
blue eyes, and at the time Of ais mar
Fiage to Grand Duchess Olga of Rus
STA they were said to be not only the
handsomest royal couple, but the finest
looking man and woman in Greece, that
land Of handsome folk. Few princes
have had more romantic lives than
King George. He was the second son of
his parents, the king and queen of Dem
mark, and when offered the Greek
throne was but a boy of II. He began
to reign a couple Of months before he
was is, and four years later married,
his bride being just 16.
Tho king and queen became the par
ents of seyen children-fve sons and
two daughters; and the 5ne shadow
over their ideal married life has been
the loss of the elder princess, the name
sake and god-daughter of the princess
of Wales, who died within three years
of her marriage to one Of the Russian
grand dukes. OF the five princes, the
future king of Greece-who enjoys the
splendid title Of duke Of Sparta-was
married shortly after the death of the
late Emperor Frederick to Princess
Sophie of Russia, one of Queen Victo-
Eia's most charming and accomplished
granddaughter, who showed, during
the TTrkish-Greek war, not a little Of
her mothers remarkable intellectual
power, for she organized all the ar
engagements made for the nursing Of
English nurses whom she early asked
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
NEW FIELD FOR WOMEN.
1t Is the Stretching of Shoes and IL
Not of FIOweFy Ease for Those
Who Try 1t.

When the woman said she wanted a
pair of shoes the hollow-eyed clerk did
not ask: what size, MADAME" but
said, instead: "New or secondhand? ~
The woman ~hesitated, not quite
grasping the significance of the ques.
ton. "Why, new, of course" she said,
at length,
''The reason I asked" said the clerk,
was that we have several pairs of shoes
OF. different sizes that have been worn
a little, just enough to stretch them,
and I didn't know but that you would
Like a pair that your feet would slip
right into, and that you'd never have
any trouble with"
The woman's interest had plainly got
started by that time "Have you any
such? ~ she asked.
"A few pairs, as I have just said" re.
piled the clerk. ''They have been worn
long enough by professional shoe
stretchers to take the stiffness and new.
ness away. We are thinking of making
these stretched shoes permanent and
prominent feature Of our stock. Why,
do you know" he continued, with in
creased earnestness, "if I had a foot
that I could. expand or contract at will,
according to circumstances, I could
make a pile of money by just trying on
shoes. Anybody who has ever endured
the torment incident to stretching a
new pair of shoes would be willing to
pay so per cent. more a pair in order to
be relieved of the discomfortof getting
them set to the foot. The custom of
offering stretched shoes to patrons has
already been introduced into several
stores in town, and it certainly ought to
become very popular. Judging by pres
emit indications, it will not be long un-
til every shoe store of any p~retensions
will employ people with feet of the
standard sizes to wear new shoes for a
day or SO to break them in. 1t will GER
tainly be a good investment, for pa.
irons will buy shoes aoftener when the
horror of setting them has been re-
moved, and thus more money will ac-
crue to the dealer. Shoe stretching is
a calling that will not permit its follow
ers to tread on howery paths of ease,
butthe possibility of.buying shoes that
are comfortable from the start opens
up a view of elysium for the wearer -
IN. Y. Sun.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
GROWING DAIRY COWS.
1t Is the Foundation of Profitable
DRiryinB and Requires Much
Care and Attention.

The basis Of profitable dairying is q
good herd of cows that will produce
largely in proportion to the feed COM
sumed. To get cows of this kind it is
almost essential to grow them. 1t is
true that some producers Of city milk
supplies habitually buy cows to come
in fresh, and fatten them of when the
period of ~lactation has advanced so far
that they cease to be profitable, and
they then buy new COWS to take the
places of those sold for beef. This
method seems to be found profitable
by a few men, but, speaking general
~, the dairyman must grow his COWS
if he wants a herd that will pay. Good
lows are not in the market to any con-
siderable extent. They need to be
bred for and developed from calfhood
in order to be large producers. No.
man has a greater inducement to do
this kind of work right than he who
processes to keep the calf in the herd
when it becomes a cow. Dairymen
should habitually breed from their
best cows and should use bulls of a
kind suited to the end in view, and
then they should be developed by care
and feeding along such lines as will
make them large consumers of food,
and especially Of coarse forage, and
that will keep them from turning the
food consumed into fat. There is no
danger Of the dairyman ever getting
too many Of this kind OF cows. II he
does happen to grow more than he
can conveniently keep in his own herd,
he can easily find a ready market for
them in the city milkman OF as family
COWS, if he can show purchasers that
they are good produCers-Homestead
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60 come to her assistance. The duke
and duchess of Sparta, who fnhabit a
beautiful country palace near Athens,
have three cbildren-two little sons and
a daughter. In connection with this
fact, it is curious to note that, accord
ing to an old Greek prophecy, when a
George is born to royal parents re-
joicing in the names of Constantine and
Sophie, he win become the conuueror
Of the Turks and set up once more the
Greek orthodox religion in CONSTANT
nople.
OF late Prince George, the king and
queens second son, has playeda certain
part on the European stage, for to him
has been conRded the ~pacifeation of
Crete, He is a splendid-Iooking man,
just 81 years Of age, and full of energy
and vitality. He is the intimate friend
las well, Of course, as a first cousin
of the emperor of Russia, and he ac-
companied the latter during his tour
in the east; indeed, it was Prince
George who saved the future car from
being as~sassinated by Japanese fanat-
ic. He is possessed Of enormous
strength, and successfully warded off
the blow intended for the czarowitz.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
RIPENINa Nd cREAM.
valuable Hints Regarding settiRgs
Temperature and Proper TPeat-
ment Up TO Churnins.

Setting-There are many wayu Of
setting milk for cream, and the sep
arator is now taking the place Of them
all. But I still prefer pans holding
from six to eight quarts filed two
thirds full. Place them on a rack in
q good-milk room and give them the
close attention necessary to good but
ter-making. The quality Of the but
ter will excel the separator product,
while the quantity will closely APP
proach it.
Cream Roomy-FoF ten or twelve
cows, a room eight by ten built in the
coolest corner Of milkhouse; ceiled
with pine and having a plank rack at
top Of one side for ice, with tank
below for wateri must be well light
ed, yet with blinds to darken it at
will; milk rack extending length of
each side, with wide shelf or table be-
fore window for cream pals while
skimming milk. The room can be
warmed In winter by a stove in the
larger room.
Temperature.-Must We varied &C.
cording to condition Of milk. When
COWS are fresh cream can be raised
at lower temperature than after milk
ing them some time. Milk from differ
emit herds requires a different treat
ment, making it hard to give exact
rulesj go to 62 degrees in warm
weather, and In cold weather SO to 65
degrees, seems to secure the best re-
suits. Careful watching, noting re-
suits from certain temperature, will
soon give the exact degree required.
Treatment Up to Churning. - The
ear should be removed from the
milk as soon as all has risens If more
than n cream pail or crock is re-
quired to hold a c~hurning, equal guam
titles should be Skinned into each
and thoroughly stirred each time.
Cream should not stand more than
4s hourse before churning. If not
ripened enough, use a starter. If room
is kept at proper temperature, the
cream will be about right. But see
that it is warmed or cooled as needed
to about 90 degrees before churning.
A good thermometer is as necessary
in the dairy as a Churn. And let me
say Eternal vigilance is the price Of
success in the dairy, as in other bust
ness.-Mrs, G. E. Brainard, in Ohio
Farmer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-08-11
THE SWEETEST MUSIC.
e u a Soft Voices andI Is to the Heart
What Lisht ana beauty Are
to the Eye.

Kind hearts are more plentiful than
persistently kind and gentle voices, and
yet love loses much of its power when
the voice is sharp and hard
Try, therefore, most earnestly to ac-
quire the right tone in speaking, and
guard yourself carefully from falling
into careless and bad habits of voice.
Often a sharp voice shows far more
Hl-will than the heart feels, but people
do not know that the speakers bark is
worse than her bite" and they believe
her to be iu-tempered and disagree
able.
1T is so easy TO pick up a sharp and
snappish manner of speaking. Very
often it is acquired in mirth, and in the
give and take battles Of words in which
boys and girls delight. There is no
malice in their sallies, and a great deal
of fun, but meanwhile the voiceis often
acquiring a sharp and shrewish tone
which sticks through life, making it
stir up strife and m-will among its
listeners.
81 watch the tone IN which you
speak, and take care that it is gentle
and sweet. A kind voice is like music
in the homes and is to the heart what
and beauty r to the eye-N. Y.
Nail and Express.