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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
MRS. PET JOUsERT,

One Of the Most Popular and Resolute
Women in the Transvaal.
We are told almost by all writer's on
South African affairs that the women
Of the Transvaal are as resOlute in the
prosecution Of the war against the Brit
ish as ere their husbands and sons
Women have taken part in some of the
fighting and in the more Hongenial
work of nursing the sick and wounded
they are acting a noble and a promin-
ent part.
In their courage and devotion to thoa1
country they are but following the "a.
ample Of Mrs. Piet JOubert, wife Of the
recently deceased chief
of the Boer forces. She is q type Of
woman that is looked up to in the South
African republic. During the campaign
of 1881. when her husband indicted the
def. At at Majuba Hill upon Sir George
COlley. she was by his side and It 10
claimed that 1t was by her advice that
the Beers scaled the mountain height
and won the victory which gave them
independence. In the numerous Kaffir
wars she was present in camp with her
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
Useful Hints.

In buying white linen for drawn
work the round thread linen is prefera-
BILE to that having fiat threads, as tne
round threads are more easily drawn
One Of the best uses to which one can
put the crochet laces Of linen and cot
ton thread that many women are 50
fond of making is to edge linen ped
spread. The linen imported Tor these
spreads is two yards wide and very
close and firm. The spreads are either
embroidered in an all over pattern,
powdered with some design. or decor
ated with a wide border done in colored
linen threads
To warm over gems and rolls dip them
In cold water for an instant Drop them
into a paper bag. twist the top together
to exclude the air. put them into hot
oven for five or ten minutes.
Do not put a carpet on dining-ro)m
floor It holds dust and grease. and is
impossible to keep clean and sweet. A
bare floor with a rug under the table Is
the most sensible and fashionable Gus
tom.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
USES OF VARIOUS PRoJEoTILE&.


The Purposes u the DiHsreat Kinds Of
Shell Used In War.
The nature and manufacture Of the
hrojectilss used by artillery in South
Africa II naturally . subject Of consid-
erable interest at the present time. The
larger part Of the ammunition Of the
British forces 10 being manufactured
at the Woolwich arsenal The picture
shows the character Of the shell turned
out.
With the introduction of rihing to
large ordnance. the projectile. hitherto
round. became. Of necessity. elongated.
with the addition Of studs fixed upon
1t to take" the rining This system
was found % wasteful, a. regards the
wear Of the gun, besides leading to loss
OF power from windage, that the intro
duction Of the copper driving band or
gas-check followed as an inventive
matter Of course.
Under the regime Of the muzzle-load-
ing gun, this was impossible, but the
advent Of the breech-loader permitted
the use Of a projectile larger in parts
than the bore of the gun. To put It
tersely, the breech chamber can be
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

it driven up by the herdsmen. He then
casually selects the animal he wants
and puts bullet through Its brain with
the utmost nicely.
When he goes out after game he l..
even more skillful in bringing down
food for his larder. He can pick of
with the utmost unconcern a deer ut a
thousand yards and while going full
gallop on horseback. Although the
younger generation Of Beers are not
perhaps, such expert marksmen as
their fathers. the present war In South
Africa has shown that their shooting Is
by no means to be despised.
We have noticed In time Of peril that
the man who believes his soul 10 saved
gets al scared as one whose soul isn't
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

If all the dressmakers known TO ex-
ist in America worked "a hours OF each
day for a whole year without stopping
for sleep or meals, they would still De
able to make only one dress apiece for
less than seven-eighths of the women
in America.
The news from Lick observatory
that the North star. 255 900 900 miles
away rom US. has been found to be
not one star, but three-ewinging
around in great orbits like the moon.
earth and SUMS another remarkable
result Of the application Of photo-spec-
troscopy to the telescope study Of the
heavens.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

husband, sharing all the dangers and
privations Of active campaigning and
soothing with her tender care the
wounded and the sick. Her advice is
said to have been on many occasions a
distinct advantage to the Beers. With
the present campaign, up to the time of
her husbands death. she was prom
lnently connected.
Mrs. Joubert is a resOlute woman and
devoutly religious. Next to Mrs. Kruger
she Is the most popular and respected
woman in the Transvaal,
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Tho Oldese Peneioner.

John MCGOWAN, Of Clay County
Florida, asserts that he II the oldest
pensioner In this country. According to
papers now ON file in Washington. he l.
121 years old. He was born In Ireland
on March Ii, 1779, and came to this
country In 1904. He enlisted in the sev-
enteenth Connecticut in 1858, when he
was q years old. The pension ofncials
are inclined to believe his statement-
New York Commercial Adveftisse.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
Amin ais Which Like Peri

Animals Which Like Perfumes
An Investigator Of the effect Of per.
fumes on animals in the London Zoo.
logical Gardens discovered that mos
Of the lions and leopards were yer:
fond Of lavender. They took q piece
Of cotton saturated with 1t and held 1:
between their paws with great delight
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
Marvellous Marksmanship.

Marvellous Marksmanship.
The accompanying Illustration is q
scene which goes to show just what an
expert sharpshooter the average Boer
still is. This scene represents the Boe
method Of killing cattle for food. Tn,
Boer does not poleax his beef. but ha
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
CHAPTER Iu.-tCintinued,

CHAPTER III.-(CintinuedJ
1t is gratifying to be able to state thar
during the whole of this evening the con-
duct of Miss Rosslyn was quite beyond
reproach. Young Duncombe was in rath-
er an eager and talkative mood-perhaps
from the consciousness that he was en-
tertaining those people; and she paid him
the most scrupulous and courteous atten-
ton. Whether he was in jest or in earn
est, she listened: and he had adopted a
kind of n't-you-think-so attitude TO-
ward her, and often her eyes smiled as
sent and approval even when she did not
speak. One could see that Queen Tita
occasionally threw a glance toward the
girl that seemed to SAVIOR of sarcasm;
but women are like that, and are not to
be needed.
Now, when we left this snug hostelry
TO return to our "Nameless Barge" the
two women led the way, and they had
their arms interlinked and were engaged
In conversation. What that CONVERSE
tion was we were not permitted to over
hear; but on reaching the boat-which
was all lighted up, by the way, and in
the darkness looked something like one
of those illumined toy churches, with col
ored windows, that Italians used to sell
in the streets-it was found that Miss
Peggy was pretending TO be very much
annoyed with her friend. She wore an
injured air. When Murdoch had got out
the gangboard and we were all in the sa-
loon again, Mrs. Threepenny- went
and took down the banjo.
Come. now. Peggy, don't be ve1ed.
When l talk to you, it's for your good.
Come along, now, and we'll have Garry
me back to old Virginny' as kind of
general goodnight"
"Oh. no." says Miss Peggy, I'm afraid
Mr.. Duncombe would think it stupid. for
no one knows the words"
Miss Peggy reaches over and takes the
instrument that is handed to her.
NO" she says, but III try an English
ballad l heard little while ago-I don't
know whether 1 can manage it with this
thing"
She struck the strings, and almost di-
rectly we recognized the prelude of one
Of the quaintest and prettiest OF the old
ballad airs. And then Miss Peggy sang:
early one morning, just as the sun was
rising,
l heard maid sing in the valley be-
low:
%, don't deceive me! Oh, never leave
mel
How could you use poor maiden so? p"
And therewithal she looked across the
table at Queen Tita, with eyes that spoke
Of injury and reproach, as clearly as the
mischief in them would allow.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

-Spectroscopic and other observe
tions show the fixed stars to be self
luminous bodies-suns to the other sye-
TENS of planets. An analysis OF tneir
light indicates the presence OF the same
Chemical elements that exist in our
own sun and earth, together with 9TH
ers unknown in our solar system.
There are As states and terrific
ries in the Union, not including our new
possessions. Utah was the last state
to be admitted into the Union. the date
of admission being January !, 1880
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30
Field and Farm.

Grass lands are supposed to recuper-
ate, and a heavy sod is desirable. but
when such lands are graZed or moved
here Is a .oss of plant food and the
soil will become poorer unless manure
3r fertilizer is applied. When grass
appears to die out ii is an indication
hat the plant food is becoming exhaust
I'd. The best plan to pursue is to keep
stock of the field and apply fertilizer,
following with a heavy application of
manure in the fall. II the grass does
lot show satisfactory effects from such
treatment pillow the field and plant to
corn the following spring.
When breeding for better cows 1t is
not expected that the herd will be
changed hurriedly. About one-haf Of
he calves will be males, and some loss
nay occur. but the. dairyman who will
stick to the work of improvement will
n a few years have herd Of cows that
will produce twice as much milk and
outter as he now receives. He will thus
gain space in the barn for more cat
lie of the same kind, as one good COW
will be doing the work of two inferior
)nes.
Those interested in flower beds should
understand that when the ground II
prepared II must be very fine not q
lump or clod to be allowed. AS the
seeds OF some kinds of flowers are very
small the only covering they should
have when planted Is to shift a little
fine dirt over them. Use only fine COM
post, as coarse or unrotton manure will
sometimes prove Injurious to both seeds
and plants.
Phosphates are excellent for turnips,
as the crop seems to thrive better where
phosphates are applied. on some soils,
than when potash or nitrates are used:
but fertilizer is more complete. and
gives better results, when all the plant
-oods are used, the preference in guam
tity being given to phosphates.
It requires more plant food and mois-
ture to produce cornstalks and straw
than for the grain. Barnyard manure
will usually supply potash and phos-
phoric acid abundantly. II applied lib
orally, but nitrogen is usually lacking.
Corn and wheat will always be benefit
ed when nitrate Of soda is applied.
Young animals may be used for breed.
ing purposes occasionally, but the rule
should be to breed only from the fe-
males that are fully matured, II i'm
provement is desired. Young mares are
often unable to supply sufficient milk.
and the same happens with young sows.
The strongest and most vigorous young
stock come from fully matured pa
rents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

Ths helm q but Q Iitlls GhlnG. yse u
ae&&ene H. esurue of ~ -
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

The meteorological department of
the government of India now has four
first-class observatories, ia general
stations and 22S0 rainfall stations, from
which regular monthly statements are
received.
Metal never rusts in the waters of
Lake Titacaca. A chain or an anchor
can be left in 1t two weeks and it will
be as clean and bright as when it came
from the foundry, which is probably
salts in the water.
The hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock. On the lower levels the
heat is so great that the men cannot
work over ten or fifteen minutes at a
time. Every known means of mitigat-
ing the heat has been tried in vain. Ice
melts before it reaches the bottom Of
the shafts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-05-30

Simple Pudding.-One pound each Of
raisins. sultanas, currants. bread
crumbs. Hour. sugar, finely chopped suet
and mixed candied peel The grated
rind Of two lemons. a pinch Of salt and
one-hah teaspoonful Of spice. Mix with
milk and water. stir thoroughly and boil
for at least eight hours. This will make
three or four puddingA
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
No. IT
SUCCESSFUL PARKING"

This is book by VIM. Rennie,
Esqu., for some years the successful
Farm Superintendent of the Ontario
Agricultural College Farm.
Mr.. Rennie is past master in the
line of his life work. He has put
some of his experience and knowl-
edge in this work for the benefit of
others. The work is written par
ticularly for the province of Ontario,
but it is suited, III the rotation it's
author advocates to quite an exten-
sion in United States. Western North
Carolina farmers can profit materi-
ally from a thoughtful perusual of
this book. While its course of pro-
cedUre would not fit Eastern North
Carolina conditions, knowledge of
how success is attained in Ontario
would be well worth knowing and on
many page an Eastern North Caro-
lima farmer could gather hints worth
picking up.
The chapters on farm buildings,
and live stock are brief and helpful to
those who have had little experience
in building or breeds of live stock.
The profuse illustration is helpful
as giving graphic pictures to the eye
of tiles, implements, tools, buildings,
fruits and unfamiliar breeds of live
stock.
The short, comprehensive chapter
on bookkeeping at the end should
be worth the price of the book to
many young farmer who has had
few advantages to learn accounts in
school.
The price of Successful Farming is
$3.50, and may be had from this
office. Address all orders to The
Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N @.
The good dairy COW will not fatten
easily, nor is it desirable that she
should. Her object in life is to con-
vert feed into milk, not flesh.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
A FEW FARM NOTES.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Yeu are asking farmers to write
oftener for your paper and am sure
we ought to do so, for there's no bet
ter way to educate ourselves and
build up agriculture than by ex-
change of experiences, cooperation,
letting all profit by the mistakes or
successes of Individuals And the
Progressive Farmer being published
especially for farmers and by men
that are devOting all their time to
developing agriculture, every farmer
should feel at home in your columns.
I want to put the farmer on his
guard against the wiles of the eight
ming rod man." who is now going his
rounds in the rural districts equipped
with ga reel of twisted wire ribbon,
some alleged insulators, few gilded
points and spikes, and an enormous
quantity of impudent 1oquacity.'
A leading magazine and authority,
the Electrical Review, warns it's
readers that the lightning rod as a
protector has been much over -esti-
mated, and that in the case of many
of those purchased from the agents
aforesaid its value is nearly or quite
nothing at all.
I find sheep return me more money
for time and money expended than
almost anything else I handle. 1t is
true, as has been said, that on any
small farm a flock of twenty-five to
fifty good sheep will furnish the
family with all the mutton they will
want, and the surplus and the wool
will sell for enough to pay the taxes
and buy the sugar and coffee; and,
besides this, the value of the manure
and the benefit of the sheep in de-
stroying weeds viii pay for their
keep and shearing. And yet a ma
iority of farmers prefer to get along
without sheep.
With best withes for the Progress
i've Farmer. AGRICOLA.
Northampton County, N. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
SORGHUM FOB sOILING.

A number of people all over the
country believe that there is some
kind of poisonous principle in green
sorghum that will kill COWS ; and
acting on this belief they deprive
themselves of the benefits of this
splendid crop throughout the sum-
mer months.
Cows are provided by nature with
four stomachs. The first, and by far
the largest one, is for storing the
food rapidly while eating, to be
brought back to the mouth later by
rumination for masrication Chewing
the cud) and then to the other stom-
achs for digestion.
Illumination is brought about main
ly by contraction of the walls of the
first stomach, and if a hungry COW is
given all the sorghum she will take
the first time she is fed on it in the
summer, she often eats so much that
the stomach is distended to such an
extent that the power Of contraction
is lost, so that the whole process of
rumination and digestion is stopped,
fermentation sets up Immediately,
gases are rapidly formed, and unless
prompt and heroic measures are re-
sorted to the animal dies in great
agony.
The same thing occurs very often
from eating clover, pea vines, ETC..
but oftener from sorghum because it
is ssweeter and fermentation is more
rapid.
Give only a small quantity for the
first few feeds, gradually increasing
the amount to all the animal will
take. Fed in this manner no fears
need be entertained for the result.
Sorghum in many respects is the best
soi1ing crop we have, and il is just
as well TO get the benefits from it.
Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
FROM MECKLENBURG.

Correspondence OfThe Progressive Farmer.
General Green - being we'll in
hand on my farm now, I will give a
few notes from Mecklenburg for
the benefit of Progressive Frrmer
readers.
I notice that you report a general
scarcity of farm hands. Such is
certainly the case here in Mecklen-
burg I think the labor shortage is
between twenty-five and thirty-fve
per cent. The Oat crop was poor but
wheat was never finer here. I was
much interested in the article on
The Canning Industry" and the
article and Professor Emery's COM
ments on shedding Corn" Iwould
like to hear more regarding the lat
ter subject.
I would also like to know what
forage crops can be most proftab1y
grown on the land from which we
have just cut oats or wheat. S.
Meck1enburg County, N. G.
The inquiry of our correspondent
is we'll answered by Prof Johnson
in his article on this pagc.--EDsi.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26

When I read the story of forty
years ago by old men who say with
great delight how they climbed the
ladder and secured homes and prop
erty, I fail to see in their advices
any encouragement for the young
men of today, for conditions are
wonderfully different now, and the
young farmer who begins at the bot
tom nowadays has greater difficulties
to surmount than the young farmer
in the SOS or SOS. Take encourage
ment from young farmers and re-
gard as good the advice from old
farmers only who urge energy, intel
igence, honesty and determination
as the all-essentials.-DeWitt G.
Wing, Des Moines, Ia.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
j. M. JOHNSON,
N. G. Experiment Station

Do you regularly receive the bull
letins issued by the experiment sta
tion of your State? If not, why so?
You can secure them without cost
by addressing a card to the director
or merely to the Agricultural Expe-
riment Station No farmer should
fail to read these valuable publica-
tiOns which are furnished him free.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26

poses, but under no conditions would
we allow cattle of any kind to Craze
on it while under three or four feet
high.
Peas, millet and sorghum are
worthy of more general cultivation
on dairy and general stock farms
throughout the South. For best re-
suits the miIlets and sorghums
should be planted by the middle of
May, but fair crops are often secured
from paintings made as late as the
middle of July. Sorghums and mil
let's are rather hard on the soil, so
they should form a part of a crop
rotation in which peas and vetches
take prominent place.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
AFTER HAY HARVEST, wBAT4

Prof. Massey Discusses Subject of Interest
to Farmers Generally.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer
The grass has had it's first cutting,
and the Observant farmer will have
to consider what is best to do to help
on the second growth. Now is the
time when your homemade acCumu-
latiOn of manure wastes faster in
the stables and barnyard than at any
other time of the year. It dries up
and frefangs worse by far than at
any other season, and no matter
whether it is kept under shelter or is
fully exposed, it will be losing value
if not cared for. The general recon-
mendatiOn is to use plaster as an alb
sorbent, and this is all right if there
is not too much dryness already in
the manure. The plaster is not going
to check the fight of the ammonia
unless it is dampened, and can bring
about chemical changes, for dry
plaster is no better than dry dust of
any kind.
The best plan is to get the manure
out on the grass stubble as fast as
made. But in many cases this is not
practicable in the busy summer time,
and the next best thing is to see that
the manure loses no more than can
be helped The best plan we have
ever tried is to mix kainit and plaster
and give every part of the manure a
good sprinkling as it is thrown out
of the stable. Then if it is to re-
main in the yard any time put it in
fiat piles and on each layer, as put
up, sprinkle more of the plaster and
kainit.
The salt in the kainit has a strong
affinity for moisture and will not
only tend to keep the manure moister
and give the plaster better chance,
but it will be adding what the manure
lacks mOst-potash. Then when that
manure is hauled out on the grass
stubble, where it should go as soon
as possible, you have a dressing that
will do far more good than ordinary
manure, for the plaster and kainit
will also have tended largely to the
retention of the ammonia in a non
volatile form. All the moving lands
should have a dressing as soon as
possible after hay harvest, and no
matter how large the accumulation
of homemade manure may be, 1T IS
seldom sufficient to go over the whole.
Then the judicious use of fertilizer
mixtures comes into play, and it will
pay you to use them.
The best dressing we have ever
used on grass lands is a mixture OF
nitrate of soda, raw bone meal and
muriate of potash. Of course, the
phosphoric acid in the bones is not
as Immediately available as that in a
dissolved superphOsphate, but 1T
comes into play much sooner than
other forms of the sO-called insoluble
phosphoric acid, as the bone meal de-
Gays rapidly, and the plants are fed
more continuously and gradually
than with the dissolved phosphate.
Then, too, the bone meal, if good
article, contains about four per cent.
of nitrogen, which is quickly avail
able. Then if we add to this some of
the Immediately available nitrate of
soda we encourage rank growth at
once.
During the growing season is the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26

Don't set a hen in the same place
where one brood has been Matched
without dismantling the nest and re-
building it out of fresh material. A
setting hen is a veritable louise fac
tory, and a nest so occupied continu-
ous1y for six weeks is likely to re-
suit in an overproduction of a product
for which the poultry man has no
T7Se