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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-04
Electric Power from Waterfalls.

Electric power derived from the water falls of Tivoli. which constitute one of the most famous gems of Ital- ian scenery, is now transmitted about fifteen miles across the Campagna to illuminate Rome and to drive the tramcars, whose presence in the streets of the Eternal City is so striking a reminder of the universality of mod. ern practical science
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-04
 Canada's Forests.

Canada has forest area estimated at 1,250,000 square miles, or 800, ,000,- 900 acres, the largest forest area. so far as the wood commerce is con- #cerned. of any country in the world. It's forest production is sS5,ooo,ooO an- nually.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-04
 She Was Too Young.

Charles Barneysgraff, 21, and Mary Schemiski, IT, both of Cincinnati, wanted to be married in Covington yesterday. but Deputy County Clerk Bud MeQuerney refused to grant a li- cense unless the girl could induce her mother to cross the river and give her consent,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-04
An Inrre,.cnInr rnn,.

For soldiers use in excavating the earth to form Notifications a new in- trenehing tool is formed of metallic blade designed to be attached to the cap as a visor when on the march, with a short handle on the blade, by which to scoop outsth earth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-01-04
Migl,tiest of Strea ms

The latest estimate of the quantity of warm water flowing northward through the Atlantic in the form of the Gulf Stream makes it many times as great as all the water discharged into the oceans by all the streams and riv- CTS of the earth.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Hnnd1inr Corn shocks.

The report Of the Kansas State BO3r1
OF Agriculture says where hand labor
IS plenty the standard price for cutting
corn by hand Is cents per shock, four
teen by fourteen hills square. without
board, or 50 cents per acre. as there are
sixteen shocks of this size per acre.
Corn should always be cut on bright,
CLEAR days, or on such n day as is coed
to cure hay in. Two men should work
together, and the shocks should be
started on a jack, which is made by put
ting two legs. vell braced together,
near one end of l0-foor scantling, and
having an auger hole near the upper
end for broom handle. AS soon as
four armfuls are set up against the jack
the shock should be loosely tried with
a stalk aud the jack removed. As soon
as the shocks have thoroughly cured,
say two weeks after cutting, those that
are to be stored in the barn should be
baled under COCO pounds pressure and
tied up with a wire common hay baling
wire, one wire will tie mp two shocks,
and those that are t. be fed from the
I Did can be pulled up tight with rope
and pulley and tied with binding twine;;
the tNtne should be saturated with coal
oil TO prevent mice and insects from
destroying it Eminent professors have
agreed that It only takes one and a half
inches of rainfall to wash all traces of
digest lie matter out Of a shock of al
falfa. and corn shocks are also affected.
but NOS to 80 great q degree. They have
also agreed that well-cured corn fodder,
put under good roof without having
had any rain on it. is In every respect
just the same as ensilage, except the
water content, and 1t is only necessary
60 cut il and add water to secure food
Identical 20 eusilage without the cost
of a So. with its short life. and also
without the 20 to p per cent waste that
mold causes in the corners Of the siIo.
Prairie Farmer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

Many of the precious stones now
owned by Queen Victoria formerly be-
longed to Indian princes The famous
koh-i-Noor came into her possession on
the annexation Of the Punjab in 1S49.
One of the rarest gems in Queen Vie
toria's collection is green diamond of
marvellous beauty. 1t has never been
set. She owns three crowns. The most
artistic one. which was made over
forty years ago, is of gold, literally COY.
cred with diamonds. II is composed of
2,6T3 white diamonds and 523 rubies.
besides many smaller stones. Before
this crown was made the Queen wore
a gold band studded with precious
stones. This band is to be seen in most
of her earlier portraits. The great
crown, which rests in the Tower. is
over 100 years old.
The Queen is sentimentally attached
to pearls, as is the German Empress
who has fine specimens in her jewel
cases; but as she did not wear them
enough they lost tleir color. and had to
be immersed in sec water for several
months before they regained their beau.
ty. This process is not cften resorted
TO, but it was entirely successful in this
case
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
There Are some Drawbacks.

He wasn't looking for an argument.
Indeed. he undertook to make remark
that would pass unchallenged and
without conditions or amendment.
Prosperity" he said casually, sis a
great blessing. is it not?
lit is, If you can keep it secret" an
swered the reasonably prosperous man.
But why should it be necessary to
keep it secretT'
Because if you are known as a pros
porous man your debtors think you are
in no pressing need of the money they
owe you. your creditors are of the opin-
ion that you should discount all obi.
cations. charitable institutions go on
the theory that you have money to give
away. and you are likely to have diff
Guilty in remaining prosperous very
long
Thus we learn how difficult it is TO
make statement that can't be chal-
lenged and at least in part disputed on
some ground or other.-Chicago Post.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
vnlne of Wet lind.

Don't worry because you have a wet
niece Of land on your farm," says J S.
'rrisg, Of Iowa. The chances are that
T. is by all odds the most valuable tract
of land OH the farm Study how 1t may
be- most economically and advantage
ously drained, aud then tao lie H. The
richest lands in Europe are the reclaim.
ed arms wrcsted from the bottom of
the North sea In Holland The redeem
ed peat bogS OF Minnesota give fields OF
iuexhaustihIe fertility, The muskrat
bogs uf iowa viii grow eighty bushels
OF corn to the acre when drained The
wet lands OF the Northwest. upon which
a settler would have starved To death in
an early day. now g. he'd aud reclaim
ed. are richer and mv,e productive thaa
those Of the historic delta Of the Nile.
Give US hogs before gravel knobs. wet
fats before limestone ridges, a black
gunlho before a light loan.
Wet lands are invariably good grass
lands Where grass viii grow stock
will thrive. aud sock meaus money fol-
the man who raises it."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
shelter in An easons.

No matter what the 5eason Of the year
may r. fowls should not be exposed,
says the Farm and Fireside II they
are strong and healthy they VIII with
stand many changes, and If wei fed
and well guarded from the elements
will pass over the critical periods with
small loss. But no one owning yaiu-
able fowls win risk their safety by ex-
posture TO the vicissitudes of the wealth
err at any season. Leg weakness comes
directly from exposure to severe cold
or continued daupness There is sell
dom any remedy that touches this
weakness when once thoroughly es- abb
lished. 1t more frequently occurs with
fowls that have not come to maturity
before the cold weather sets in. The
growth is at once retarded. the fowl
dwarfed, and the muscles and tendonS
hardened The fowl Is then q sure vic
tim for roup. Sometimes, If the wealth
err is dry and warm or the fowls are
allowed a dry. sunny cover under glass
during the day it may be conquered.
They may be fed on strong food. such
as wbs.st and animal and vegetable ma
terial- S.s@h few drops OF tincture of
iron administered to them in the drink
ing water, which should be supplied
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

ny the inspectors after the killing day
Is over. Each carcass is then given a
more thorough examination than was
possible at the time when they were
passing rapidly in front of the inspec-
tors. If it is found that the pork bears
evidence that it is impregnated with
disease to an extent that would render
its use in be least dangerous, condem-
nation is then completed. The two ends
of the wire which was passed through
the flesh by the inspector are pulled to-
gether, the loose end is Embedded in a
slot in the piece of lead attached to the
other end and with pinchers the lead is
pressed over the wire. Thus the final
sealing is completed. On the lead seal
as well as upon the yellow cards APP
pears II. s Condemnation"
All of the careasses condemned are
taken to refrigerated retaining rooms,
where they are locked mp by the United
States employees, no one else having
keys To the lock When room is filed
it is sealed as well as locked. and it is
a crime for anyone other than an in
spector to break the seals. When the
packing house is ready to dispose of the
condemned pork the seals are broken
and the doors of he retaining rooms
unlocked by the officials and. under the
eye of ~ inspector. each hog is re-
moved and pushed down through the
hole in the top of the big rendering
tank. Into this tank all kinds OF offal
must be thrown, so that the pork may
ut once he ruined for use as food. In
this tank the pork is steamed and boil
ed until is decomposed. The fat rises
to the surface and the bones aud meat
sink to the bottom. The fat skinned
from the top to he used In the manu-
facture of the cheapest kinds of soNp
and the bones aud meat are taken out
To be used in making fertilizers,
With the passing Of hogs bF the sec
| end inspector all examination for pork
/ to be consumed in the United States is
! complete. No record of the inspection
| is stamped directly upon the carcass. as
/ in the case with cattle. Cor 10 whole or
half nogS are sent out FROM the slaugh-
ter houScs. all swine being cut into
smaller pieces. The inspection brands
| are later placed on these small pieces,
directly ou the meat itself or in the
form of tags pasted upon the canvas
covers.
Pork for foreign export receives ex-
animation after passing this regular in-
! spection which Is SO elaborate and
/ thorough that il can scarcely be com
pretended by anyone who has NOT
made personal visit to the yards and
witnessed the work, From three diff
ferent parts Of the body of every hog
which, is designed for export bits OF
nesh are taken for microscopic examin-
alton. Traces OF trichinae ana other
diseased conditions which can be de
tected only through the microscope are
sought for with the utmost diligence.
Afterthe pork has satisfactorily pass
Ell all OF these microscopic tests it is
placed in casks and slowed way under
Lock and key In cold storage rooms
Here il is watched and guarded as IL j
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

declined to pass, and the loss falls ON
the stockman. But after this antemor-
tenn Inspection the animals become the
property of the packer and all losses
through ultimate condemnation of the
stock must, of course. fall upon him.
sheep which bears on It's skin plain
evidence of sheep scab.' a hog with
large, red cholera splotches on his hide,
steer with external tumors, sores or
assesses, or any animal which exhibits
the ordinary indications of illness, such
as inability to walk, etc. wiz be cut
out. The law requires that the refused
animal must be killed and turned into
soap fat and fertilizer.
The number of animals cut out at the
antemortem examination varies so
greatly that the inspectors decline to
strike an average on the number ex
eluded per day. Thousands may be
passed without one being refused. but
in the next hundred 10 per cent or more
may be con'lemned. As matter of
fact, hower %" many of the diseased
animals pass this first inspection with
out exciting the suspicion on the part
of the inspectors. for they bear no eX-
terror evidence whatever of the fact
that they are suffering from a danger
Gus illness.
Passing this first inspection success
fully. the animals are weighed and sent
to the slaughtcr-houses of the company
purchasing them. Hogs receive by far
! the most careful inspection Two in-
| spectors watch the passing of the
slaughtered hogs, while but one ex-
| amines cattle. and there is also but
| one each for sheep aud calves. The
hogs are given the stricter examination
because of their grs alter liability TO dis.
| ease and the greater danger to be found
| in the inclpient stages OF hog diseases,
and IT, of course. goes without saying
that early stages of disease in any ami
mails are eore difficult to detect than
those more advanced.
After going through the first opera
tons at the slauEhter-hOuse the hog is
strung up 10y the heels with hundreds
of others and pasSes forward In a line
that seems endless. The device to
which the animals are strung I'd is fit
ted with 4 small wheel which rolls
along a single track, Not far from tn,
Joint where the hogs are first strung
u and only few feet from the line OF
moving eafeaSscs sits the first OF the
hog inspectors. rs each hog passes u
front OF him workman with tive
| slasbeS OF a knife removes the entire
viscerd from tire already partially open
I oil Of u
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Hog ChnIera Problem.

The hog cholera problem is ever rres-
ent and 1t is not Improbable the time
VIII colue when this disease can be sue
cessfully treated or at least held within
bounds. says the Orange Judd Farmer.
The SO called new treatment for hog
cholera. that Of feeding the meat from
swine dying Of cholera 20 healthy pigs.
is the subject of the latest bulletin sent
ont by the agriculture experiment sta
ton al Purdue University, Indiana.
The claim made was that feeding this
diseased tlesh produced mild form of
the disease and pigs thus fed would
hereafter be free from cholera This
theory was advanced several years ago
and caused considerable comment Di-
rector Plumb, however, concludes the
method of treatment not entirely sue
cess. according to the testimony at his
command. 'rhe experiment station does
not indofSe tliis method OF treatment
and distinctly SO states. Hog cholera
Is contagious disease. and when once
It secures a foothold ia 4 herd. uSsally
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Blanchiug Celery.

In the market garden all sorts OF
schemes have to be followed to save
labor in hlauching the plant-the art Of
removing the natural bitter quality. At
times the plants are set close together
sn as to partially shade one another.
aud finally boards are set upright
against the plant in the rows. At other
rirnes albino varieties are employed that
seem blanched because they develop no
green or chlorophyllous matter in their
structure But the bitter taste remains.
To have good celery the process Of
earthing up must he continuous, II
requires very rich soil. and If plenty
Of water can he given so much the bet
ter. SAYS Mechau's Monthly
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

and intestines have been thrown before
him. Spots on the lungs, enlargement
of the lymph glands, darkened appear
ance or other glands, blackened spinal
column aud perhaps half a dozen addi-
tional points indicate TO him at once
that the hog is diseased. Every time
this inspector finds a case which he
thinks suspicious or clearly defined as
unit for food he steps forward from his
chair and slips VIE loop through the
flesh of the hog. The wire bears large
yellow card stating that the carcass Is
condemned. Also attached to the wire
is small lead seal for fastening the
two ends of the wire together.
At that moment the wire is not seal
ed, but its presence bearing the yellow
card signifies that the carcass is to be
placed to one side for further examina-
ton. For removing tris wire and card
the In ted States laws prescribe a
heavy file and imprisonment.
carcasses Examined Twice.
Further down the line of moving
porkers is the second United States In
spector. The first Inspector has neither
the time nor the opportunity for doing
more than to inspect that viscera of the
animal. The hog has not yet been split
In twain and he could not possibly see
the interior conditions of the carcass,
but before the swine have been pushed
down as far as the second inspector
each one has been chopped into halves
by the sharp cleayers in the hands of
the workmen. This official gives the
inner cavities an examination and also
carefully inspects the outer skin. Red
spots on the hide or granular tubereles
sticking to the abdominal or chest walls
are the most common evidences of dis
ease found by this If spector, The red
spots Indicate cholera and the tubercles
are evidence of tuberculosis. or con-
sumption. The Hcial goes through
the same tagging rs was referred to
above, unless the caccass was one that
had already been tagged by the first in
spector.
The yellow-carded hogs are run off on
side track and all of them kept to-
gether until after they can be visited
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

posures made at different places, so in
stantly on the move. Cattle are not
handled and showed out of the way as
quickly as hogs, so there is time enough
for one man to walk here and there and
see the skinning, the fat that is soon re-
moved after the killing, the viscera, the
exterior of the carcass, the interior, etc.
No workman dares remove any part Of
the carcass from where it was taken
out until after it has been examined by
the inspector and passed as satisfac-
tory. The vital organs and the intes-
tines may then be thrown to the differ
ent places where they properly belong
When the cattle inspector finds sus.
ptcious beef he tags 1t in the same way
as the hog inspector does a porker. and
it is run off into sidetrack, where it
is held TO await final examination. The
half beeyes which are passed as all
right are rolled on down the line to the
point where their dressing is completed
and here stands the stamper with his
rubber stamp and mixed pad ready to
atiiN purple oval stamp about three
inches long. in which are letters half
an inch high. At three different points
on the abdominal and chest walls. an
terror to the hind quarter, this official
places his stamp, the three sections
stamped being the three into which the
i.alf of the body of a beef is divided for
transportation TO the butcher.
In the cooling room, when the outside
of the beef is more thoroughly dried
the same stamp is placed on the hind
quarter, making altogether four stamps
which are placed on each half of a
beef. Besides II. s. Inspection on the
stamp there are a letter and two NUN
beers. one number being Immediately at
the side of the letter and the other be-
tween two stars which are at the be-
ginning and end of ''U. :. Inspection. !"
which curves about the oval BY these
figures and the letter on the meat the
department officials can tell if they are
oyer called on to do so what inspector
passed the meat. in what abattoir il
was Killed and the day upon which it
was Killed So. in case any dealer re-
! ceived piece Of the stamped meat and
1 claimed it was not good he could re.
( turn it to the stock yards and the gov
/ eminent officials would trace the trou-
/ bic back 10 the very beginning.
/ Inspection of the Strengthening OF AMI.
mails was established by the govern
/ ineut In 1891, aud since the year af the
founding of the great plan il hastgrowu
and dourished and spread like the ira
I ,iitional green bay tree. Constantly in
/ cveasing appropriations for its malnten-
aace ana support and Increase of sceps
4 have been made by Congress aud all the
/ hopes and expectations Of the promot-
erS of the scheme have been realized
The burden Of Inspection Is operated
under the government; department OF
agriculture.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26

Here is a convenient and economical
feed barn. Above the triangular hop
Der. which extends the length Of TIE
building, is a floor with traps, through
which feed can be placed in the hopper
and evenly distributed throughout its
length. There Is door, closed in the
cut, by means of which the hopper can
be fed from the wagon. The hopper
opens into a trough. from which the
cattle feed as the grain descends. The
projecting roof affords all the protec-
ton needed for cattle in southern lati-
tudes. For cotton seed the throat of
the hopper should be six inches wide.
with three inches between the opening
and bottom Of trough For corn or oats
a three-inch strip can be placed central
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Smaller Farms.

We believe that no small part Of our
farmers are LAND poor" not in the
sense that the term is often used, that
they have much land that does not pro-
duce enough 10 pay the taxes and in
terest on the value, though some Of
them are even that badly of, but RAINY
have much more land than they can
cultivate as it should be. and more than
they can keep up near to its proper pro-
ductive condition. They may Use most
OF it in some way, and think they get
an income from 1t, but large share of
those who really make money at farm
INK make ii upon but a small part of the
farm. A few acres of meadow near
the barns. the orchard and the garden
are profitable. For the rest, II they
solu II or rented it to some one who
would put fertilizer and labor ON 1t and
produce rs much ON one acre as is now
produced on three. it would be more
profitable To the present owner and to
the buyer or renter More small farms,
more intensive farming and closer look
Ing after the best possible results from
small acres are what we need ~Ameri-
can Cultivator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
SEEK IMPURE MEATS.
GOVERNMENT INSPECTS CATTLE
at CHICAGO YARDS.
Bcevcs, Hogs, Sheep and Calves Are
Searched for Disease Rigid Post
and Ante Norton Examination of
Each Animal by Lynx Eyed Officials.

Few people have even the least
knowledge of the great work done by
the national government IN inspecting
the killing of cattle, hogs and sheep at
the Chicago stock yards. This inspec-
tlon is being carried on ia the stock
yards Of forty -eight other cities in the
United States, but it is operated on
far greater sale in Chicago than at any
other point. Such a sharp watch for
diseased and Objectionable animals is
maintained that it is practically an i'm
possibility for unfit meat, designed for
Interstate or export shipment, to leave
the Inspected slaughter houses at the
yards. Every aniaal killed receives
two or three Inspections and when a
diseased one is found the carcass Is
guarded as carefully as box Of jew
elry until it is completely destroyed, as
far as edible purposes are concerned.
Two kinds of inspection are given
every beef, hog or sheep that goes out
of the yards as being fit to eat. These
examinations are anten "~tem and post
norton. Sometimes the afst one alone
is sufficient to bar out animals and they
never get as far as the Strengthening
pens. The antemoftem inspection, OF
course, takes place ION the hoof" and
is conducted just before the animals
are driven onto the scales to be weighed
for purchase by the packer from the
stockman- The Inspector examines
each animal as it is driven forward to-
ward the platform of the scales. Amy
animal that is evidently affected with
disease or is emaciated is ordered cut
out. The packer, of course. declines to
buy an animal which the inspector has
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
Pro.luctive wxnnaottcs.

The accompanying Illustration shows
A pen Of three Wyandotte pnllets which
laid last year AZ eggs and reared Il
chicks The food consumed cost 500.
The hens were kept in yard by them
selves ana had a run on a fenced yard
co~ered with good grass which was
Ike, short by the frequent use % 4
lawn mower as it was used as drying
ground for household linen. The fowls
were Fed on corn. and chopped waste