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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-14

W ohC VI euO wiz
of the decedent. / shall, in front of JOHN
J HINER'S STORE. AT MCDOWELL
VA, on
Saturday. November 18th. 1902,
at IL A. M.
offer for sale publicly, two valuable
farms. lyingfn the Bull Pasture Valley,
Highland county.
One farm lies about p miles south east
of Mcdowell, and is known as the Moy-
er's farm, and contains about $50 acres.
This farm is we'll adapted to grazing or
farming, or both. 1t is well watered, has
splendid meadows, and large body of
excellent timber. 1t has upon it a very
good dwelling and Outbuildings, barn,
orchard, and is a desirable home.
The other farm lies about miles north
east of Mcdowell. is known as the old
Hook plantation" and contains about
275 acres This farm is one of the we'll
known Bull Pasture Mountain grazing
farms; is well watered, has sufficient tim
Der, dwelling, barn. and the necessary
Outbuildings.
Both of these farms are located in good
communities, are convenient to churches,
schools, mills, stores, ETC., and it is sell
dom that two such desirable Highland
farms are offered for SALE
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-14
Executors Sale
Of
Valuable Real Estate,

AS executor of John NJ. Hook, decd.
and pursuant to the provisions OF the will
of the decedent. shall, in front of JOHN
J HINER'S STORE. AT MCDOWELL
VA, on
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

7. j. Van Matre: George McKerrow
says that his experience has taught
him that an entire corn ration soon
damages the organs of digestion, and
the main secret of good feeding is to
get the animal, when intended for the
market, to eat and assimilate all the
food possible. This can only be done
by feeding a proper amount OF bal-
anced ration, for, If we feed too much
carbohydrates. we not only lose part
of the food, but overload the organs
with useless work.
AS a food for young pigs we have
found mixed ration of SO per cent
middlings, rs per cent corn meal, 10
per cent bran AMI 10 per cent oilmeal.
wet up to a creamy consistency and
fed three times daily in such quanti-
ties as they will eat up clean and at
the same time appear to be satisfied.
gives us the best results. In addition
to this a few whole oats on a clean
plank floor and a few roots in their
season, make valuable adjuncts. AS
they grow older we increase the corn
meal, until at five to seven months old
80 per cent corn, % per cent middlings,
Is per cent bran, and 10 per cent oil
meal form their rations Believing
that a hogs stomach needs fbrous
food as a division, we aim to give
them pasture in summer and roots in
winter. You may question the profit
in using some of these foods and 2sk,
Why do you feed bran. clover, roots.
etc. ?" Because, first, they act as a
divisor for the more concentrated
foods and allow the gastric juices a
better chance OF penetrating the whole
mass; and, second, they are all nitrog-
enous foods.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

According to a Chinese legend says
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
there lived in Canton 200 years be-
fore Christ an artist named Linn Kao-
Poung, who won an immortal reputa-
ton owing to the fact that he was able
to fashion out of a bean pod boat,
complete with rudder, sails mast and
all other necessary appurtenances.
Moreover, on the exterior of the boat
were engraved various maxims by Con-
fucius. For this masterpiece, it is said,
the Emperor Tsi-Fou paid him 1000
taels.
In these days pretty baskets are
made out of hazlenuts and chestnuts,
and heads of peacocks and parrots are
deftly fashioned from the stones of
apricots. IL is with orange peel, how
ever, that the most attractive, though
not the most durable, work can be
done.
With a few skillful incisions of the
penknife, the eye, nose and lips of a
man or woman can be cut out of such
peel, and by placing a suitable cap on
top the oddity of the countenance is
remarkably increased. Furthermore,
much fun may be obtained by placing
this head on a handkerchief which
rests on tumbler; for, if one of the
four corners of the handkerchief be
then gently pulled, the head will wag
most comically to one side, and as it
has ne neck the effect produced is most
ludicrous.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
WORKED Fos SO CENTS A WEEK.
JHmA- oliver OF Chilled Flow Fnno Is
Now worth sI5,OOO,OOO.

NOW w nith 81 OtuOusNOOs
James Oliver, the largest pillow man
ufactdrer in the world and reputed to
be worth Sl5,OO0,0O0, was once a farm
ers chorc boy working for 80 cents a
week. He is n Scotchman. His faith
er was a shepherd and had no faculty
for accumulating money. The boy had
practically no schooling. Mr. Oliver
gives his mother and a Sunday school
the credit for the education he re-
ccived when n boy. At the age Of IT
no came to this country with one or
two other members OF the family. On
farm near Geneva, n. Y, he was Civ
en- work as "a chore boy by a farmer
his pay to be board and lodging and 30
cents week. At the end OF II weeks
he had saved S5 every cent of which
he had to send to his mother. who was
In need. At the age of l3 we find him
in lie Grande county Ind. aud little
later at Mishawaka, in the same state
working on his fathers farm. Shortly
afterwards his father died, and he
again found employment as chore boy
at Sc month. For four years he
worked at anything he could find, pick
Ing up what little book knowledge he
could. At the age of II he was work
ing in gristmill at Mishawaka. and
at about this time invested all he had
($75) In house and lot. agreeing to
pay for 1t $775. He says of this in
vestment: When | look back upon
| 1t | feel that to IL | owe, in a good
measure, what success have met with
during my life, for TO liquidate the debt
was forced to work hard and ecor-
omize continually" At the age of 21
he married and Invent to live in little
slab house for which he paid SIS, add
ing S11 for improvements. His wife
gathered together a number of rags,
borrowed a loom and wove a rag car
pet, which he thought was the prettiest
thing he had ever seen. He lived three
months in this little slab house-the
happiest mouths of his life, he says
Then he learned the molders trade
and accumulated a little money At
the age of 2S we find him operating a
little foundry of his own at South
Bend, Ind, where he made pows.
After a great deal of i'll luck and close
study of the plow business--for he was
trying all the time to perfect an inn
plement that could be made cheaper
and work better than any plow then
made-he finally hit upon a chilling
process, and the Oliver chilled plow,
| now known the world over, went into
| the market.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
Eish and Dog Fight.

Whlle O. young man was strolling on
the beach one day along with his mas
tiff he noticed singular disturbance
OF the water a little way from the
shore and called the dogs attention to
II. The animal took to the water and
swan out to sandbank Hardly had
he reached the spot before a big fish.
in pursuit of whiting, darted in frol t
of him. The dog chased it and caught
II and brought it to the bank. The fish
showed fight and bit the mastiff badly
about the muzzle. In the course of
the struggle the fish reached the water
and bolted. The mastiff dashed after
It, seized it and fetched it once more to
the sandbank. But the fish was still
game and went for the dog valiantly.
This time, however, the mastiff meant
1t to be ? fight to a finish, and though
the fish escaped again into the sea it
was only for few moments. 1t was
hauled back to the bank and soon kill
ed The dogs master found it to be
huge hake, seventy pounds in weight,
full of whiting.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

Because the right one generally Is
the stronger and more skilful. we are
likely to keep the other back, so tc
speak, and make it less strong and less
skilful than before.
Be more impartial with your hands
than you are naturally disposed to be.
Trust the left one with a few matters
that require strength or skill. Perhaps
without too much trouble you can be-
come ambideXtrous-so that you can
use one hand about as well as the
other. Garfield did and always held
that it was a great advantage.
II is a good idea to give the left hand
plenty to do. There are numberless
ways in which it can be given
chance.
There was once a clerk who spent
little of his spare time in learning to
write with his left hand. He soon af-
terward sustained a hurt to the right
one, so that he must have been out of
work for some weeks but for his time
ly caution.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
Developing New Grapes.

For more than twenty years T. v.
Munson of Texas has given his at
tention to the subject OF improving our
native grapes-collecting the best wild
and cultivated varieties, testing them
side by side. and intermingling them
by crossing and hybridizing for the
purpose OF producing new varieties Of
the best possible qualities, adapted to
different parts of the country, and to
provide the best possible resistant
stocks upon which to graft the Vini-
fera (wine grape) varieties.
His work has necessitated a careful
study of the botany Of the grape and
thorough knowledge of every native,
introduced and cultivated species and
variety. In his work with these, more
than $4,000 seedlings, mostly hybrids.
have been grown, and of this number
scarcely 100 have been considered
worthy of introduction for market.
When, however, it is remembered that
no variety with fewer berries than
Lukfata nor smaller berries than Tala-
quah nor inferior in quality to Con-
cord has been considered worthy OF
introduction. some idea will be OBJ
tained OF the rigid system of culling
and selection observed.
Mr.. Munson considers the results OBJ
tained in his experiments with native
American species most encouraging,
and the field of future development
along this line practically unlimited.
Our native species excel in many
points the Old World grapes. Some
have rare. delicious flavors, unknown
in the Vinifera varieties; others, great
size of clusters; others, very large
berries; others, small and few seed; ;
all OF great vigor and resistance to dis
ease and adaptability to our variable
climate. And our experience clearly
shows that all species can be inter
mingled at will by the intelligent hy-
bridiZer."
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

velopment Of improved strains OF corn
as would be desirable, it is hoped hat
some will avail themselves OF the Of
fer. Analyses of the same kind will
be made Of seed corn offered for sale
where desired, and the department Ia
making such analyses on It's own ac-
count also. That corn would be an
appreciably more valuable grain for
feeding, IL It we're richer In nitrogen,
there can be no reasonable doubt, aud
the farmer who will systematically set
about developing a strain OF an other
wise good variety that is richer In RI
trogen, will be a public benefactor.
and doubtless will reap an ample
financial reward. 1t Is probably need
less to state that corn that is being
thus developed should be planted at a
considerable distance from any other.
Persons desiring corn analyzed should
write the station for instructions and
terms before sending samples.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
FOOLS Cap scarecrow.

Holland farmers play trick on the
crows which keeps the thieving birds
away from their grain fields. They
make small cornucopias of stout paper,
smearing the inner side with birdlime
or some sticky substance These are
filled with a few grains of corn and
stood about the field by sticking the
points into the earth. Down comes Mr..
Crow, thinking himself in great luck
to find so much corn ready for him.
He tries to peck at it. Lo, fools cap
sticks to his head. He cannot get Il
Oft His friends are scared, too, as
they see him scrambling and stagger-
Ing about, for he cannot see which way
to go. After he tears the sticky cap
loose he vows that he will never go
near that field again. This method
or Keeping crows away is better than
shooting them. as they are at all times
very interesting birds, and the dam
age they do to the growing corn is in
significant compared to the great good
they do all through the year by des-
troying millions of injurious insects.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Good Stories Compiled for the benefit oi
Junior Readers.
Good Stories

There is a land called Lazy-ho.
Where girls and boys are free. you
know
With never cross Old aunty there.
To scold or comb out tousled hair!
There, all the clothes are soiled and
rent.
And no boy is on an errand sent
When he is busy having fun;
But every lass and laddie may
Play tag or shoot a really gun.
And have molasses every day!
In this far-distant Lazy-ho
There's no such thing as a stubbed
toel
But bon-bons grow on apple trees,
And sugar plums are thick as bees
The water is as sweet as milk
And every doll is dressed in silk!
There is no school in Lazy-ho,
Nor any "chores" that must be done
No sums to do, no corn to hoe,
But toys galore for every one!
Thomas Emmett Moore in Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
Try This Trick.

There l. a good deal of fun, but
more for the onlookers than for those
who try to do it, in the following
trick, Several persons can take part
in the game, and each must stand on
his right foot, hold his left foot behind
his back with his right hand and grasp
his right ear with his left hand. When
all the players are in this position a
newspaper or some other object which
is about six inches in height is placed
on the ground, and each player is TO
hep toward it and do his utmost to
catch it with his teeth and raise it TO
his own height. Those who succeed in
doing this are hailed as winners, while
those who do not succeed 1--we to pay
a forfeit
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
Star to Regulate watch.

Any boy who may wish to make an
experiment can try this one-regulat-
ing his watch by a star. Select win
dow opening on the south, and giving
a view of chimney or of the side OF a
house. To the side of the windows at
tach a piece of cardboard with little
hole bored in it.
The card must be so placed that you
can see n star through that hole.
Watch the star as it approaches the
chimney or the side Of the house. and
note the exact time of its disappear
ance behind it.
Watch the same star the following
night, for the motion OF the earth will
cause it to disappear behind the chin
ney exactly three minutes fifty-six sec
onds earlier than ii did on the first
night, and that is what your watch
will show, If 1t be keeping accurate
time.
If you find, therefore. that the star
disappears at three minutes before s
O'Clock on the second night, accord
ing to your watch. you will know that
your watch has gained fifty-six seconds
in the twenty-four hours. If it disap-
pears at four minutes and flfty-six sec
onds before your watch will have lost
one minute.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

Prot ]. T. Willard, Of the Kansas
Agricultural College, says: The sta
ton is making efforts to establish Inn
proved varieties of corn, selections be-
ing based. in part, on the percentage
of nitrogen, and with as much success
as could reasonably be expected, in
view OF the almost total failures OF the
crops on account OF drought the last
two years. The ease with which corn
cross -fertilizes makes these expert
ments very difficult, especially when
any effort is made to obtain a consid-
erahle quantity OF given variety In a
state Of purity To assist farmers In
the state who wish to improve the
chersical composition OF their corn.
the chemical department has arranged
to make determinations OF the per-
csntage of nitrogen for them at cost
although on account OF the scarcity of
homegrown corn this season. the time
is not as opportune for starting the de-
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

Ants commonly are regarded Az
nuisances yet they have their uses
II you dig up nest OF common brown
ants, you will notice. by putting your
face close to the hill, a pungent odot
arising. This is the vapor of formic
acid, the principle of ant poison. Now,
formic acid has the property of max
Ing plants grow as hardly anything
else will. Therefore the mold of which
the ant nests are composed makes a
valuable dressing for the market gar
den when spread on while 1t is fresh.
Another little known benefit to be de-
rived from ants is the collection OF
their eggs for fish food. In the late
summer a good many people make a
living by gathering ant eggs In the
pine woods of Surrey and Berkshire,
Eng. and selling them to the London
Goh daalarc
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

From Farmers Review il I were
TO call at your office and found some
Illinois farmers there, when 1t was
learned that was from Northwestern
Minnesota, on the line OF the Northern
Pacific railroad. the conversation
would quite likely be about crops and
farmers chances and prospects In my
section of the country AS the Illinois
farmers raise corn with profit, they
wCIld want to9know what we are DO
ing in that line OF farming, and the
results. should tell them that dur
ing the last two years we have IN
creased our corn area more than ten
fold. and that the results have been
great satisfaction. Doth as to teeo ana
fodder for the stock, and from now ON
farmers will plant about one-hfth OF
thelrsland to corn.
Corn has been raised in this vicinity
in small patches and 1elds-eVer
since settlement, twenty-five years ago,
and showed remarkable productive
mesa, but as in all new countries where
wheat can be raised the farmers paid
their whole attention to wheat. But
now, since TWO or tnree years @so'
they wished to go more into stock and
diversified farming, they have natural
ly turned to corn and clover as the
two crops necessary in the new style
of farming.
At the Tri-States Grain Growers and
Stock Raisers convention, held at
Fargo. N. D., January 7th to 10th. in
elusive, it was not uncommon to hear
a farmer talk about his 300, 500, 1000
and 1000 acres Of corn. l, being only
a small homestead farmer, can only
talk about FIVE to seven acre fields, and
say that eighteen or twenty years ago
/ had one stalk of corn that had five
ears on it. Three of them were good
size, sound and perfect. and the other
two would be classed as nubbins.-D.
l.. Wellman, Becker County, Min=e-
sofa
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

Prof. w. A. Henry in his book on
Feeds and Feeding" says; At the
Wisconsin station the writer kept rec
ords of the birth-weight and also
weekly gains of twelve litters, num-
bering Sc pigs in all, for period OF
ten weeks. at the close of which they
were weaned. After weaving, the
records were continued with eight lit
ters. containing 81 pigs in all. for
seven weeks. The dams were pure
bred or high-grade Poland-Chinas or
Chester Whites. The results are
ahOwn below:
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

From the Farmers Review: One oil
the principal wastes on the farm is
tina neglect OF farm implements. None
Of our farmers look close after their
machinery, which has cost them SO
much money. Another great waste is
the care Of live stock in winter, both
as to shelter and feed. Frequently
farmers will feed twenty-five, thirty,
OF more head Of stock out in an open
lot. They haul out the fodder and
scatter 1t over an open lot for the cat
tie to pick up as best they can. They
do the same with hay. Another great
waste is neglect to save the dropplngs
from the cattle and get them back on
the land. All of these wastes could
be avoided II the farmer would give
Them the consideration to which they
are entitled. Altogether. probably 90
per cent OF the waste on the farm is
due to neglect and carelessness.--Mar
Whitaker, Johnson County. Illinois.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
LABOR'S PARADISE.
That's What Tourist Calls the Unitea
States,

THE United States Is paradise for
the workingman. says an American
who has just returned from five
months trip to Europe Nowhere in
the world is he paid so much for labor
as in this country. The wages here for
armers and workingmen in industrial
lines are fully 100 per cent higher than
in Europe.
1T Is true that in some respects liv-
ing is cheaper in Europe than here.
Rents are cheaper, but the real necessi-
ties of life arc higher; meat and bread
are fully SO per cent higher. The work
ing people in European countries just
drift they do not live as Americans
do. When they have meat once a week
they are satisfied.
There are plenty of labor unions in
Germany, Austria, Hungary and other
countries, but there are comparatively
few strikes. There is more labor than
demand and the people are glad to get
work at any price. Just now there Is
a noticeable industrial depression; this
is much felt in England on account OF
the war. IL is the climax of a period OF
expansion. Industrial stocks have gone
down materially, and it is felt every.
where. 1t is just the opposite of con-
diticns in this country at the present
time; our people are all prosperous
and making good wages.
Another thing which struck me
forcibly is the small salary paid to the
rank and file of the German army
More than 100000 soldiers there, am
told, get little less than cents
day, and out of this they have to pay
for their shoe blacking and few 9th
little things. In Austria they get ever
less-a little more than 2 cents a day
Comparing this scale of wages WITH
ours, 1t makes strong contrast, and i;
would seem that we are particularly
liberal"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

of them would never say die and
climb right up the ladder of success.
Talking of oysters recalls the IA Il
that a certain kind of oyster grows on
trees. 1t is not the fruit OF the tree.
but is smart enough to hang fast 20
the branches of the mangrove dipping
in the water on the shores Of the Wet
Indies. Oysters in the United States
are lazy creatures that stay stupidiy
in beds. Not so with the West Indian
that opens its young shell and grasps
the first twig which sways toward 1t
in the salt water These oysters are
likely TO be more healthy than the sea-
bottom folk. An industry which
promises rich returns is the cultiva-
ton of the oysters in the West Indies
and along the coast of Central Ameri-
ca. If these oysters are to be of any
use to the great cities farther north
some means of preserving them must
be found out, and while the boys are
considering starting a tree oyster plan
tation and growing old enough to
travel it would be well to put their
energies to the task of inventing some
system of refrigeration or preserving
the oysters alive untfl they reach the
north.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13
After Weaning (62 Pigs.)

The heaviest pig in these litters
weighed 3.6 pounds at birth and the
lightest 1.6 pounds, the average for
the lot being 2,5 pounds. During the
first week after birth the pigs made
gain of 1.9 pounds. Overlooking ir-
regularities. We may say that the pigs
made weekly gain of three pounds
per head the fifth week after birth.
four pounds the seventh week, and five
and one-half pounds the tenth week.
At the end of the seventh week after
weaning. when 119 days old, they were
gaining more than seven pounds each
weekly, or over a pound a day.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-03-13

If boys minded their own business as
well as oysters do there would be no
fights and little squabbllng among
brothers and sisters. On the other
hand II boys and girls had an keen an
eye to business as an oyste, Gas many