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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

The Ienaha New Era trips forth prety as you please
in new dress In his greengto the public, O. M Gibbs
the New Eas publisher that takes six days in the
week to publish good paper The appearance of the New
Era is evidence that publisher gives every day that is
coming to it.
Robert Burns says that MAN was made mourn" but
Man made 10 work"~Terrel 'fmes-star.
You will not deny, however that those who properly
worked have more or less OF a coming to them.
Lewis of The Houston Post has set himself up
er That's what the monkey did that undertook to climb the
gotten that the simian is supposed still be guessinsa-
Now We didn't know that that shoe was going to fit YOU
or we wouldn't have done it.
The modern maiden who says she swims
She hangs few clothes on her shapey limbs,
And she doesn't go the water.
When she hangs few clothes her shapely limbs
She is a darling daughter.
she's prettier out of the water.
Aye she hangeth her clothes her issome limbs
And sayeth away from the water
Nor hideth her curves in the briny deep
But really the maiden odghter
i Richard Harding DAVIS would only tell what he thinks
casion for inyestsation.-Daas Times-Herald
Richard in story in last months Scribner that
he favors Sampson Thus the credit
longs to Schley
Two in Houston claim to have discovered or invent
ed simple device by which fuel oil right the earth
be used cooking stoves pint OF oil being sufficient
cook meal The device can be used on any size stove #
cent barrel OF crude petroleum will do all the cooking
large family for two il that be joyful to
the tired housewife She will have chop
any onger-Tyler Democrat Reporter.
1t would, however be good plan for her to learn to play
harp before she tackles it,
Paris accidentally got her dress tangled up
IN rotary electric fan and she Immediately taken with
bad case OF the screams he dress had be sacri-
hced but the woman out nhurMidlothian Argus
News.
We presume that she lost time in seeking redress
Have you picture of the historian Maclay? II
looks just you would expect toAransas Pass Beacon
Mol Does he really his through his bonnet?
Chicago doctor has advertised 400 corpses at S.
apiece, he IS writing book and make kineto-
scope pictures OF the way operations ought to he performed
Chcagot-El Paso Herald.
He ought to be able to buy Roosevelt he's dead one
Please girls il you love us don't say you have "lae
when that you have engagement hopelessy
bad form.-Vinton (l.a.) Herald.
And it's just about If you were to say YOU
had "prune"
When Adam first saw Eve he no doubt kicked himself for
having forgotten his kodak-see Lott Clarion
Or his shirt waist, perhaps.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21

To obtain the perfume from any favorite flower = W.
bic with little trouble, if has an abundance Q, a0S
The blossoms should be picked without stem ana u,Y
into jar half full of olive almond oil AFTER sau'
that until the day they should be put into
and squeezed dry the bottle of oil Then ifesA ~
should be added and the operation repeated unll ~
quired strength is obtained The oil then 10 pc m',
with equal quantity of pure recti6ed spirits ls
be shaken every day for three weeks when may DC
off and bottled for use
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
10 PAGES TODAY.
To Travelling Texans.

The Post will be found the following places
New Oreans-- Charles Hotel news stand T. f. Cess
1903 ST. Charles and H. j. Hole Commercial
New York City-Brentano's. Union square
Washington, ID. C--Metropolan hotel, and Washington
News Exchange
Buffalo N. Y.-Bunalo Circulation Bureau
St. Louis Mo--Plantcrs MOTEL and Union station.
Los Angeles Cal.--Ohver Harris 100 South Spring
Denver Colo.--The Stationery company and Hamilton &
Kendrick 700 Seventeenth street
Omaha, Neb-Mergerth Stationery company, 1903 Far
nam
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
Railway ImprOyemer,
phiIadeInhia Innnirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer
man before taking long ride on train , when
and say soodoy to his family with the most ms Will
when ,6S "a, IN soss early days did not run . am
interesting eorpses Today when we read 60 be most
down stses nGSI breaking hurting paT ran going
are injured and these slightly we feel tba, s only few
where else '" Tram than almost anv
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
h pEAcH sHORTCAKE.

filling for layer cake can be made Ion' e Wipes
duced to pulp every cupfu mixed with cupu ,,rtoss
cream and with powdered sugar according ina i's
the fruit Peach shortcake is one OF the ~ IA swe
shortcake list The fruit should be sieeu se
with powdered sugar and used for ihe 81 sterwaie
served with it, the whole combination beng ERE not .
70 resign the fact that the peaches On
hrst place perfect warrant thei, "a sly ~"
table simple fruit Perhaps il is neeas'N
better the fruit the better the shorteake-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21

from American prototypes. The American lingo is out
for spells just is the English lingo and there is
difference in their respective conceptions Of patriotism
which to both is nothing but convenient sentiment to
be aroused cloak for operations 1.ctated by greed
and coyetousness
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
A Blow at the Press.

Kansas CIV Worldl
Mrs Allen the efthanded reliot the late Pierre M
lard promises to unbend her dignity sufficiently TO aeeeo,
million dollars from the proud and naughty T. Sufer T
bunch II is now quite eertan that the Lorards will net
pay for obituary poetry about papa. M
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
A VEGETAKIAN BANQUET.

magazine devoted to vegetariansm gave ,4s
other day for banquet apparently more to snow me- g
tarians have banquets than to win converts % - e
for who, used to good square meals, would banqus
viands
crooot % Cream Of ro@ @ii~ss soup Sailed Almonds
Macaron with Cheese
Innsf
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
-ettuce and Tomato odie~
49, A.eorted Cakes
Asparagus on Toast Feas II O'-

Ices Assorted Lakts
Cheese WATERS Coffee ~, ii
The housekeeper in vegetarian family declares Nod
often put to it to find things with which TO feed na
and she goes almost literally from door 10 doo' ss,os
her neghbors Have you any new recipes y, NV sppy
nuts :" AS for the housekeepers who use mea. s.na
look with astonishment on her who can pfoFiuN oats
to satisfy four grown without using s'eaN' tou,al
One advantage the mother of the 10. for fol
as they would be if she served meat. for the best ' u
by far the largest item in the table expenses q
household
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21

DR. CALLING claims to have invented a plow that will
piow thirty acres OF ground day. To make really eff
ectye he win have invent new hired man to operate il
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-21
MAKE YOUR OWN PERFUMERY.

bons faced the uppel
over the frill.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

II IL the duty of every farmer to
exterminate the weeds on the roads
along his farm. Some of the most
troublesome weeds have travelled from
one end of the country to the other
along highways. Every farmer should
make It his business to see that no
weeds go to seed on the highway ad-
Joining his farm. The Canada thistle
is travelling all over the country, at
no mean rate of speed, and as long as
farmers will not keep 1t down along
the highways there is no use of doing
so on other parts of the farm; and the
same may be said of many other of the
vegetable pests.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

many, France and England-which
have standardiZlng bureaus-for these
corrections.
1t will be difficult 10 realize the
amount Of care which will be taken
with these standards installed in the
new bureau. To properly shelter them
from the many disturbing influences
which have little effect upon ordinary
instruments the new building will cost
a half as much again as would usual
structure of the same size. Professor
s. w. Stratton is the new director Of
the bureau. The laboratory, as the
main building will he known, will be
situated In an open space SO large that
no other building can be erected within
a quarter of mile of it. 1t will be
far enough from the city to be out of
reach of the vibrations caused by cleo
trio cars and heavy wagons. Many of
the walls will be double, to prevent
penetration Of hot or cold air aud con-
sequent fluctuatlon Of interior temper
ature.
Compressed air and vacuum pipes
will extend throughout the building.
as viii several systems of electric
wires. There will be double windows
capable Of flooding the rooms with
light. also light-proof shutters max
Ing them absolutely dark. There win
be fre-proof vaults for the storing of
the standards, A separate building.
. thousand yards or more away. will
install the engines, dynamos and other
heavy machinery essential to the work.
A. . whole. the institution viii be a
modern tkmple Of science. of which
ths countt may be Justly proud.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
Tirtieth Anniversary of Bioomer Costume

Exactly half century has passed
since Mrs. Bloomer immortalized her.
self by suggesting that skirts be dis
carded in favor of n more rational
style of dress, and now some of her
warm admirers in England and Ger
many are saying that this notable
event in modern history ought to be
commemorated in some fitting mah-
ner With the object of interesting the
public, they are telling all they know
about this remarkable woman, and
have published a portrait of her. the
original of which appeared in The Lily,
n monthly magazine, which was edi.
ted by Mrs. Bloomer.
1t was early in 1851 that the number
of the magazine containing the por-
trait appeared, and Mrs. Bloomer, who
was then living ut Seneca Falls, n. Y,
was at once recognized as the cham
pion OF movement in favor of dress
reform. The portrait of herself in her
singular costume, of course, did much
to bring her into public notice, and,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
Market squab Raising for women.

There is no good reason why women
should not engage in raising squads
for market. They succeed with poul-
try and the work Is not near as hard
producing squads as chickens, or
broilers. The most Objectionable part
of the business would be killing the
squads and cleaning out the pens.
This, however, Is not as hard as the
same work in the poultry business.
Besides feeding her stock she has
one day in the week for killing day,
which is Tuesday. II Is not hard
task to kill six dozen and hang them
in the cellar TO cool until the next
day, when they are ready to ship.
A woman can easily care for 400
pairs of pigeons and the net income
should be at least $40O If they were
kept in we'll arranged buildings It
would require not more than one hour
morning and evening to feed and water
the flock. If the building used for the
purpose was heated above the freezing
point in winter and water piped to
each pen a great many more birds
could be cared for in the same time
and with less labor. A continuous
building with an aisle or walk at the
back of the pens is the best style so
that 1t would not be necessary to go
through the pens in feeding and caring
for the birds.--E. f. Barry, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
A Good Compost Heap.

On my seed farm | make great deal
of waste vegetable matter. such as buck
wheat straw, rye straw too much brok-
en- up in threshing by machinery to
be marketable for bedding. and a
large quantity Of the mixture of forest
leaves and meadow hay that after two
seasons of use as covering for 10000
or 10000 seed cabbages has become too
fine and broken for future use. These,
If left in heaps. in the course of few
years, become, at the bottom, the
blackest of humus, the rye straw being
by far the slowest to decompose.
At the close of the planting season
of 1899, having two or three carloads
of stable manure and about half ton
muriate of potash to spare, / concluded
to utilize more or less of the waste by
making a compost heap in the cellar
of one of the stables. II was made
with manure as foundation, then a
layer of the half-rotten, strawy ma
the fertilizing elements, care being
taken to place the most strawy ma
terial nearest the bottom of the heap.
About half way up | dumped in and
spread evenly some four cords of half
rotten corn cobs. With alternating
layers we built up the heap to the
depth Of about five feet.
This was in early summer. 1t was
left untouched until planting time
next spring, when on testing 1t found
that every substance had fully rotted
and the whole mass was in fine state
of communion; ever the corn cobs
had entirely disappeared, and thus
added their 25 percent of potash to the
heap.
used this compost on freshly
broken up sod, giving it fair dressing
for a corn crop. | planted ii with
Longfellow. and had the most wonder
full results in growth of stalk ever
known in my experience as a corn
grower; by actual measurement many
of these were nine and one-half feet
in height. with the ears so high up
that a man of average height could
walk under many of them without
touching them with his hat. The crop
contained larger proportion of long
well-filled ears than any can recall
in long life devoted to farming oper-
ations.
The compost utilized not only mucn
waste vegetable matter, but the nitrate
of soda and muriate of potash. fer
tilizers which all who have kept them
over a season are aware, dampen and
waste more or less in the process OF
keeping.-J. j. II. Gregory, In The
Country Gentleman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

The bureau will alsS establish q
standard electric cell, medsuring stand.
ard volts; indeed. electric standards Of
many kinds. Although applications Of
electricity represent rapidly growing
business with investments Of $1,000.
100000. there are In this country no
facilities for testing meters and other
instruments used In electric measure.
ments.
A standard thermometer will he an.
other OF the many Instruments to be
stored In this bureau. with this will
be compared for correction the mill.
ions of thermometers used by physi.
clans and surgeons, by scientific labor
atories and the great Industrial estab-
lishments.
For long time Uncle Sam has had
an office of weights and measures for
giving out, mostly to its scientists.
standards of weights, measures and
capacities which have been adopted
for convenience, but not by law. 1t
has always been a part of the coast
and geodetic survey. but isnow merged
into the new bureau of standards.
What is practically our standard for
measuring length at the present time
Is to be found here. This Is known as
the standard meter" bar of metal.
kept in three or four cases for Its pro.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
Farming That Trend. to Failure.


Although we can earn livelihood
with less hard manual labor than our
fathers of 80 or 40 years ago could, IL
we keep up with the manner of living
today, we must manage more methodi-
cally and skillfully than was required
by their simple and less luxurious man.
ner Of living. They had broad acres
Of rich, virgin soil, from which they
skinned their crops much to the i'm
poverishment of their descendants, we
think. But now we must contract, con-
centrate and intensity our labor, to in
crease the productlveness of our fields,
to do which successfully, requires
knowledge of the supplying needed
elements of productiveness. Success
full farmers are those who understand
these principles and practice them.
Those who do not know, or regaiG
them are more or less failures. There
are many ways of mismanagemen.,
which cause the rapid exhaustion or
the fertility of the farm. To manage
in such way as to produce paying
crops, and not unduly exhaust ths
soil, requires iudicious management.
Not everyone who says he Is farmer
is one. He may pursue the business
after a manner, but in point of knowl-
edge and skill, he is wanting, and, at
best, he is merely an imitator. There
are many of this class of farmers.
Most of them fail because they do not
understand or properly adopt the best
means of maintaining the fertility of
their land. They also often cultivate
more land than their force warrants
giving only Indifferent cultivation;
and as the drain upon the farm goes
on about the same whether large or
small crops are grown. and as poor
crops usually follow poor cultivation,
such farming makes a sterile farm.
Then there is the widely practiced
method of raising grass and stock to
be sold off the farm. This when rightly
conducted is very profitable, but the
practice of sowing the farm to grass,
clover and other forage crops and
stock raising, neglccting cultivation
and manuring, Is anything but profit
able. The crops are harvested and
either sold or fed to stock, and the
stock sold off the farm; and as the
prevailing idea about this sort of farm
ing is that grass and stock raising
keep up the land. little If anything Is
returned to the soil to replace the
heavy annual drain upon it, required
to produce crops and build up the ex-
pensive animal frame. Innumerable
farms are run down under this ill
managed system of farming.-J. |. B.,
in Agricultural Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

lection. This bar cost S2500, and the
metal alone in it is said to be valued
at $1,000.
The United States standard kilo-
gram, which was similarly obtained
from Paris. is a duplicate of the
worlds standard kilogram, installed
in that city. 1t is small cyclinder Of
the same metal used in the construc-
tion of the standard meter. This met
al. by the way, is an alloy Of platinum
and iridium, selected because 1t cannot
be destroyed by heat. 1t cost $1,000
Two bell Jars, one fitting over the
other, protect it from the dust. 1t is
handled only by pair of forceps with
chamols skin ends.-Philadelp Rec
ord.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
Long-Lived Trees Are Being Planted.

The division of forestry. through its
in arousing widespread interest in the
subject of tree growing on the plains
of the upper Mississippi valley. An
agent of the division has recently re-
turned from that region, and reports
that the farmers in the territory west
of the Mississippi and north of the
40th parallel of latitude are awaking
to the Importance of planting trees,
especially for economic purposes. The
planters of this section are anxious to
avoid the mistakes made during the
operation of the timber claim act. The
groves now being planned are designed
to be permanent features on the home
steads.
To that end the farmers will use a
greater proportion of long-lived, slow
growing species than formerly. The
demand for such hardy, drouth-resist-
ing species as the blackberry rreen
ash. white elm, bur oak, red red
cedar and western yellow pin (bull
pine) promises to be greatly II iicreased
during the next few years. The
greatest present difficulty with which
the prospective tree planter has to con-
tend Is the fact that commercial grow
ers of nursery stock are not supplied
with this kind Of material The nur
series still carry large quantities of the
short-lived kinds, such as boxelder,
cottonwood. maple e-and willow, but are
short on the most valuable species.
The planting Of conifers on the
prairies of the west during the past
has. not been attended with general
success This is owing to the use Of
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

WORK win ne commenced at once on
the erection Of glass plant by the
Pittsburg Window Glass company on
a 13-acre tract given by the Canton
Land company Mt Washington.
Governor Stone has appointed j. w.
Carpenter. Esq, of Scranton. to sue
ceed Judge Archibald who hns been
appointed Federal Judge. The senate
approved the nomination.
The Star, Match Company decided to
build factory at Latrobe to employ
800 hands. The company win be cap
italised mt S5OO,OOO.
-Four children were poisoned near
New Castle by eating polk root, which
they mistook for parsnips, but prompt
medical attention saved lneir lives.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
WEIGHTS AND MEA sUREs USED BY THE UNITED
STATES G OVERNMENT

will give the common people better
measure of dry goods. groceries, gas
and electric light. This bureau of
standards will correct our weights
and measures, that they may all be
equally uniform. 1t will test yard
sticks, meter sticks, peck measures.
lltre measures, pound weights, kilo-
gram weights, thermometers, steam
gauges and all kinds of delicate meas
uring devices. 1t will stamp each
with a Government stamp certifying
its truthfulness or error.
A representative of each measuring
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
Have y variety OF Grasses.

Cows will fall of in yield of milk 10
the food is suddenly changed. or II
forced to drink very cold water. In
the grazing season they will some
times fall off In milk II changed from
one pasture to another. The appe-
tites Of cows differ. and they will trav-
Ell over large area in order to secure
some favorite grass. The pasture
should consequently contain u variety
OF grasses, In order that each animal
may more easily select its food.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
RockefelIer's Daily Life.

John d. Rockefeller goes through the
same routine every day at noon in re.
gard to his lunch. He enters th9 little
restaurant absent-mindedly. blakes
with a start when the waiter appAoach-
es him. hesitates over his order and
then always calls for ham sandwich
and glass Of milk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

eastern and introduced kinds that are
not. adapted to the country. There is
abundAnt evidence. however. that the
red cedar and western yellow pine
(bull pine) will thrive throughout this
section. The deslrability Of ever
green's for wind-breaks on bleak
prairie should lead owners to turn
their attention to these hardy native
species.-United States Department Of
Agriculture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24

or weighing instrument to be thus
tested and stamped will be stored in
the new bureau as "the" standard OF
that particular measure and weight,
with which all others of its class must
be compared. There will be a stand
ard yard graduated into standard feet
and inches; other standards of length.
standards Of weight, quantity, elec-
tricity, heat, light, pressure and so on,
with their subdivisions and multiples.
To-day we are dependent upon Ger
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-24
Cooking Feed for Cows and Hogs.

Seven years ago | bought feed
cooker that have used ever since for
cooking feed for hogs and scalding
feed for cows. For the hogs take six
bushels small potatoes. apples or
pumpkins. run them through root
cutter so they will cook quickly and
when they are done mix one bushol
cornmeal and one bushel bran. This
makes 100 gallons of feed. When 1t is
all mixed well together | take the feed
out of the cooker and put it in barrels
that are packed in sawdust, which keeps
the feed warm until 1t is fed up. |
feed the hogs all they will eat OF this
three times n day. Having never
weighed the hogs for test. | cannot
tell exactly how much gain there Is
from cooking the feed over feeding 1t
uncooked, but should think about one
fourth.
One bushel cobs and an armful of
old rails split up for wood will cool:
the 100 gallons feed. For cows | put
one peck barley sprouts in galvan-
lied bushed basket. heat water in the
cooker to the scalding point, fill up
the basket with water at night, and in
the morning | have a basketful OF
nice, thick, lukewarm feed / give
four quarts to each cow in milk, which
I think increases the flow Of milk at
the least one-quarter. Another ad-
vantage in cooked feed is that all the
foul seeds are destroyed so that none
goes back on the land to sprout and
grow weeds.-E. M.<Van Dyne, New
England Homestead.