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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-02-13
MINES AND MINERALS

a. D. Witzol. who was In Ei raso
iaat week with a carload % rich silver
ore, returned 90 Santa Rita. Grant
county. we'll satisfied with lhr rcaalt8
of bis trip
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Fought With Bear in Street.

Assistant Postmaster E. r. Dobbins
of Holidaysburg, Pa, tells an almost
incredible story of his being attacked
on Allegheny street by ferocious
wild bear, but his clothing bears mute
evidence to the truthfulness of his
tale. Mr.. Dobbins was on his way to
the office at o'clock to prepare the
mails for the early train when the
animal suddenly approached him on it's
hind legs, placing its paws on his
breast and pushing him to the ground.
He managed by fierce struggle to
free himself from the animals en-
brace and regain his feet. He then
drew revolver and fired several
shots, the animal retreating. Mr.. Dob
bins heavy raincoat and trousers were
torn in several places by the paws of
the Infatuated beast
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Small Orchards.

There are locations where 1T is more
profitable to grow general farm crops
than to engage in fruit growing, and
under such circumstances the size of
the orchard may well be limited to the
supply Of fruit needed for family use.
If, however. fruit is grown for COM
mercial purposes, it is a mistake to
have small orchard. Under modern
methods of care the expense attend
ing small orchard is much greater in
proportion to the number of trees than
for a large orchard Of course. the
intelligent man will investigate mar
ket conditions before setting large or
Chards, and will know pretty we'll
what may be expected from his soil,
but when these things are we'll under
stood and seem favorable. then the
profitable orchard will be the large
one. Once set then the care must be
all required or the large orchard will
be a, greater loss than the small one
would have been.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
The Bulk That Won't Come OF.

She frankly confessed to the young
man who poses the patrons of fash
ionabIe photograph gallery uptown
that she was too stout, and that she
did not want that discouraging fact
apparent in her photographs. She
asked him t., devise some side posi-
ton so that &ef hips, in three-Quar-
ter length, should appear about half
their actual size. He promised but
when he got his head under the cloth
and peered through the lens the task
did not seem so easy as he had ex-
pected.
"You have too many skirts on, mad
ame," he said. Better take them Off.
One will do. There is no danger of
your taking cold here"
She flushed
81 have only one skirt o." she an
swered. Go on with your work"
But what's all that around here"
persisted the photographer, making q
wide sweep with his hands around
and below the hips. Whats all
that?"
That's me, young man." snapped
the woman. that's what that is. Just
me. And II you can tell me any way
to take that off l just wish you'd do
it. If not, go on and get your photo
graph before make up my mind to
go somewhere else.-New York Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
White Black Bird Is Shot,

A genuine albino black bird has Just
been shot near Catterick Bridge, York
shire, England Scientific ornithologists
have clearly enough explained the ply
Biological nature of albinism in birds,
but it is still a mystery what originates
these physiological conditions, and
also why it is that very dark plumaged
birds, such as blackbirds, rocks, etc..
are more liable to albinism, pure or
partial, than any others. 1t is strange,
for instance, that white robins are
rare, and it is notable that the last
found in this country was obtained in
Yorkshire (Sedbergh district). Last
summer perfectly white sand martin
was seen by hundreds in the Bentham
YORKSHIRE district, and three or four
in other parts of the north or England.
House martins, also barn swallows,
are liable to assume albinism, and
many records are preserved in York
shire. AS for pied" blackbirds, rocks
and such like, they are as common as
the proverbial blackberries, whereas
in the whole of England there are prob
ably not more than two records of al
bino woodcocks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
PLANTING an Orchard.

In laying out an orchard plant the
trees as closely as they will stand to
fruit well-say TO by 10 feet-then
take out part, later another part, till
the trees stand 40 by 40. This means
four times as many apples at the start,
then twice as many. So with peaches.
/ believe in close planting. but many
planters have not the sand to take out
the superfuous trees when the time
comes. | have some plum trees set
with peaches 9 by feet. which will
Der we'll next season
Prepare the land thoroughly, still it
all through the season. and use cover
crops, if nothing more than weeds and
grass Don't plant other crops; let
the orchard have the first and BEST
The advocacy of orchards in sod is
doing harm. On the fBidwell farm, in
the Sacramento valley, California
worked with gang plows, the yield Of
wheat is fifteen bushels an acre, Near
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
AHAo DoM. I6Ig.

ble." 1t read: "And when she held
it, he measured six measures Of bar.
ley, and laid it on her; and he went
to the city" The correction to "she
went to the city, caused the next edi.
ton to be called the "She Bible" Err.
rors in several other versions both
preceding and following the King
James Bible have also made them
celebrated. Thus, the Bug Bible
won its name because of it's render.
ing of Psalms xci, 5, "afraid of bugs
by night" which is now rendered "ter.
ror by night" The "Treacle Bible"
rendered Jeremiah, viii, %, rs there
no treacle in Gilead?" The "Rosin
Bible" was an edition of the Douai
Bible, which translated this same
line, SIS there no rosin in Gilead?"
The Brooches Bible" came by its
name because it translated Genesis
iii, Z, Making themselves breeches
out of fig leaves The place Max.
ers' Bible" printed Matthew v, 9,
BLESSED are the place makers, for
they shall be called the children OF
Cod" The wicked Bible" won it's
fame from the fact that the negative
was omitted from the Seventh Com
mandment. The printer was fined
s. 300 for the error-New York Trib.
une.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Selecting Good Layers.

An old country poultryman suggests
the following rules for selection of
good layers: There are certain indi-
vidual characteristics. one of which
is the shape of the bird. If straight
line be drawn from the back of the
head to the toes. the hen which is
likely to be a good layer will usually
have the hinder half of her body larg-
est, while a hen which may be sus-
pected of being poor layer will show
more in the front: the reason being
that a poor layer makes better table
bird and has larger. longer breast,
whilst good layer makes a poor table
bird, and has comparatively small
breast, whilst the egg organs are
more fully developed Birds which
are good layers are usually very ac-
tive. They always look healthy, and
in most cases their combs are usually
fully developed, particularly if they
belong to the long-combed varieties,
which are re-uted 70 be the best lay
ers. A hen with long comb may
usually be REGARDED as a good layer,
and If she is not there must be some
special reason for the contrary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31

The rock, which is few inches
less than fifteen feet in height, Is of
New Hampshire granite. The stripes
which appear on the back of the
toad" are Of mica, and add realism
to it. All the features to be found
on a real. live field toad are repro
duced with remarkable accuracy.
Unlike many natural freaks, the
visitor does not have to be told what
it is or look at the rock liz a certain
way to discern any likeness to toad.
Natives Of this town tell funny stories
about strangers, who, seeing the rock
for the first time, have become really
frightened at such a monstrosity out
in the field. The rock is on an eleva-
ton Of nearly two thousand feet
above the sea level and from it one
can>command an extended view of the
surrounding country.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
More Acres.

Many men have an ambition to own
more acres. This is the rock upon
which many men have been wrecked.
They have owned farms of ordinary
size on which They have succeeded.
They have ambition to buy other
farms, but In most instances the addi-
tional acreage does not give proper
tionate increase in revenue. There
is much in having little farm well
titled. There is limit to every man S
endeavor. There are men who can
make one hundred acres pay we'll who
could not make two hundred acres pay
as we'll Though l own considerable
acreage | have always envied the man
with ten acres, whose place l often
pass. 1t. is wonderful what can be
done with ten acres if highly fertilized
and kept under the highest cultivation
and we'll managed. Everything this
man planted on his ten acres seemed
to thrive amazingly. He often grows
two crops on the same ground in one
season, which is notable at the north.
He secures better prices for his prod
uct than his neighbors. He gets
double the yield per acre secured by
most farmers. His house and grounds
have a thrifty look and the owner is
happy and prosperous.-Gre Fruit
Grove. tA4
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Poultry Notes.

Cabbage is one of the best green
foods that can be grown for fowls.
Crude carbolic acid spread on the
inside of the nest is said to keep away
mites.
: Taking everything into consideration
the Plymouth Rock is the best fowl
for all round use.
Charcoal is highly recommended for
fowls. Put it where they can get it,
and they will do the rest
Cholera can be prevented by putting
ten drccs of sulohuric acid into gal
Ion Of water twice week.
An abnormally dark comb indicates
that the food is disagreeing with the
fowl. and that there is Indigestion.
Where many eggs are gathered it
should be done in the evening and at
noon. They should be ke-,t in a cool
place.
inexperienced persons set infertile
eggs because they do not test them
before setting. Hence they are disap-
pointed.
If corn, oats, sbuckwheat or any
other grain is fed, there should be a
mixture of wheat bran. as the grain
alone is too heavy. Poultry Review.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Battles Of AIphabets.

Displacement of the cuneiform sylla-
barry by George Smith Of the Cypriote
alphabet by the same scholar and of
the Hittite alphabet by Prof. Sayce
sheds light on conflict among alpha
bets. The battlefield was Asia Minor
and the competing alphabets were the
three named. All three, however. were
vanquished by the Phoenician alpha
bet. The Assyrian syllabary was
backed by physical force. The victor
les of 3argon and Assurbanipal had
made the influence of Assyrian civili-
cation felt in the islands and PENN
sulas washed by the Mediterranean.
Yet it seems never to have been in
the running at all.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Ducklinas and Their Quarters.

Damp quarters will prove fatal to
success with ducks, for although
aquatic birds are usually we'll en-
dowed with a quantity of feathers and
down, still portions of their bodies are
liable to become frostbitten, especial
ly the feet. AS long as a goose Or a
duck can keep it's feet in water it is
safe, but when the water is iced over,
and they have to rest on the ice, harm
results. A small patch of straw near
the pond will induce them to roost
thereon and so save the feet. Both
geese and ducks need generous feed
ing if they are to lay early, and of
course this is the great desideratum.
The earlier they commence to lay the
earlier they may be expected to in
coarse, and it is the early ducking that
pays. Warm quarters will be neces-
sary for inducing early laying. Some
ducks begin to lay in January and the
entire flock should be well under way
during February or March
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Better Methods.

There is ample room for improve
ment in dairying and general farm
ing. With all that has been written
and urged in favor of better breeds
and superior methods of management
the scrub cow is still the queen on the
farm and holds her position despite all
efforts to dislodge her, but she entails
. fearful loss on the farmers who de-
Iend her. With the use q breeds that
are Capable Of Producing at least
twice as much milk and butter the in
crease of the annual product of butter
alone would equal that already given
5000, 900, 000-which is much more
than would be required to purchase
every pure bred COW in the United
States. The prices obtained for choice
butter show that there is always a
brisk demand. and that the farmers
who will turn their attention to the
production Of the best in the market,
and who will also endeayOr to double
their production by the use of the
same number Of butter cows are sure
of larger profits because the expense
will be relatively much less.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Need Of Rotative Crops.

There are those who have lost faith
in commercial fertilizers. They claim
their farms are growing poorer every
day, and lay the loss of fertility to the
poor fertilizers AS matter Of fact,
few men use enough commercial fer
tilizer to make good the fertility TAX
en- from the soil, SO why should not the
farms run down? Commercial fertil-
izers are available plant food, and, as
applied, are used UP entirely by the
growing crop, which also takes more
or less of the natural fertility Of the
soil in addition. We are familiar
with the soils of the south, made poor
by the growing of the single crop, cot
ton. upon which chemical fertilizers
have been used almost exclusively. I'm
til recently we have thought that our
virgin fields of the west could stand
almost any cropping. We are learning
better and beginning tH discover the
need for change.
The farmers of the middle states
have learned the lesson the south is
beginning to learn. and which the
west, sooner or later, learn, and are
following some rotation OF crops in
which a leguminous plant occurs. so
that the nitrogen will cost little or
nothing and humus be added at the
same time. having one of the crops
something that demands tillage, so
that the stores of potash in the soil
may be unlocked. and leaving only
phosphoric acid to buy. Think over
this question of crop rotation, for you
must come to it some time. wherever
located, and the sooner the better
indianapolis News.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
A STUDY OF SHE.

Philosophers Moraiizlng on the "Eter.
nal Feminine"
The more we study She the more
we don't understand how 1t Is that
She Is able to twist us around her
little finger whenever She feels like
1t. But She is.
For whom ts-it that in childbood's
happy days we fight with boy three
sizes larger than ourselves, and get
SO severely punished that we can't sit
up for week? Why, for She-and
She only laughs at us for our pains.
Who is it that devours all our spare
change in the shape of candies and
flowers. and calls for more and gets
them, too? She.
For whom do we 1inger at stage
doors with bequets, to purchase which
we have to endure fortnights mar
tyrdem in lieu of lunch? She.
Who is it that at the railway res
taurant deals out the soul-destroying
sandwich and the death-dealing bun?
Is She every time. If it were He we
S.ould slap him on the spot and glory
in the deed.
Who accepts our hard-earned gold
On the pretense Of being a first-class
cook, and then broils our steak in
frying-pan and boils our coffee an
hour? She.
Who is it that accepts our theater
tickets, our suppers, our boquets, and
our devotion, and then goes off and
marries another fellow? Che-and
for this we ought to forgive her a
good deal.
Who, we ask, is it that when we en-
ploy her as typist spells summer with
one IN" and February with only one
81" and yet escapes without censure?
1t is She. All. yes! 1t is She.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
AWFUL DEED OF MANIAC.
Nailed Mans Head to the Floor to
Shave Him.

Nailed Mans Head to the Floor to
Shave Him.
Ambrosio Samano Campo, a Mexi-
can mailman. killed fellow inmate
OF the San Hippolita insane asylum.
In the City Of Mexico, the other day
while protesting to shave him.
Campo induced the other man to
remove his straitjacket. When this
was accomplished he asked his com
panion to don the garment, which he
did without protest. Then, laying his
victim on the aoor, Campo proceeded
to drive . large spike through his
head into the floor. With a shoemak-
er's knife, which by some means he
mad contrived to secure, he tried to
shave his. victim, but finding the hat
ter's position inconvenient, removed
the spike and nailed the mans head
to the floor in a different manner.
This operation he repeated four times.
Inc dead man was brother of
Manuel Marion. prosecuting attorney
in the Belem Criminal court, and a
Well-known litterateur. When news
OF the tragedy was conveyed to the
lawyer he was summing up the case
In the trial of Jorge Lezama, who
was finally sentenced to death for
murder. AS the attorney asked the
terrible penalty for Lezama tears
were streaming down his cheeks.
Samano Campo, who has been in the
asylum for nine years, was a power
full man. He believed himself to be
God on earth. Once he grasped
man who refused to worship him by
the throat and struck his victims
head against the wall, fracturing the
skull. Two years ago in a fight with
another inmate, who also claimed to
be God in heaven, Campo secured a
CLUB and killed his opponent.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Waninq French Commerce.

LIE Journal. Paris, deplores the fact
that French commerce is slowly losing
it's markets, not only in the basin of
the Mediterranean, where it once was
virtually without competitors, but in
Asia and the New World. The article
ends by calling attention to the ex-
ample of the Americans, who have sug-
gested floating exposition to exhibit
their merchandise in Pacific ports !;
and states that M. Louis Olivier, sec
rotary of the Revue Genereale des
Sciences, Paris, has taken advantage
of this idea by equipping steamer as
a floating museum, which will visit the
important commercial centers of the
Levant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Fatteninu HouS.

There is no animal we can grow in
to money as quickly and easily as the
hog, given the right care and the
proper food, for this is essential in
growing hogs, if We are to get the best
results. Have good, dry, warm hous-
es for the sows while narrowing pigs,
and a good pen with feeding floor in
connection. Select good, lengthy sows
well proportioned, and with good
bone and much quality for breeding
purposes, and breed to a boar with
same good qualities Give the sows
pure, clean water three times daily,
and give them whole corn for morning
feed, little cooked oats for noon
feed, and corn and oats ground, mixed
and well soaked, at night, until pigs
are farrowed; then feed them about
the same food, except milk in place OF
water, and a larger quantity Of grain.
Have pen, away from sOWS, where
the pigs can get to it. containing a
good trough; in it place corn and rye
we'll mixed and cooked. and feed it to
them from time to time, as much as
they will clean up each time. Let the
sows wean the pigs, providing they
wean in time to breed, if not, separate
to wean. Then feed pigs little whole
corn for morning feed, and give them
milk three times a day, and give them
corn and rye and a little wheat bran
we'll mixed and cooked. twice a day,
noon and night; which will produce
for them all the bone and muscle de-
sired.-E. l.. Morris in the Epitomist.
= H. ~ D
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Joe" Chamberlain Tells Coed Story
on Green Farmer.

on Green Farmer.
Joseph Chamberlain, in one Of his
recent tariff reform speeches, told
new umbrella story Mr.. Chamberlain
wished to point out that ignorance
was to blame for much of the censure
that had been attached to his tarifl
reform scheme He said:
why, my friends, many Of my op
ponents are as ignorant of my PROPOSE
ton as was a certain farmer, many
years ago, of the umbrella.
This farmer had made a journey OF
some twenty miles on foot to a small
town. AS he was about to set off for
home again hard rain came up. and
his host loaned him an umbrella
novelty at the time-opening It him,
self so as to save his friend all possible
trouble.
"a week later the farmer took the
umbrella back. The weather was
bright and fine, but he held the instru
ment open over his head.
This contrivance,' he grumbled, is
more trouble than it's worth. There
wasn't doorway in the village
could get it through, and | had to
tether it all the week in field"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
George Washington Of Mexico.

President Diaz Of Mexico, the
George Washington Of that republic,
has reached the age of e years with
vigor only slightly impaired after his
long life of unusual activity. He will
probably remain president Of Mexico
as long as he lives, or, at any rate,
as long as he wants to. He has ex-
pressed desire to give up public life
after service of fully half a century.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
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The Farmers Pork Barrel.

The farmer who raises a few pigs
Tor his pork barrel may count the cost
and affirm that pigs do not pay, but
where a few pigs are raised they will
consume large amount of material
their use. When the pork barrel is
full the farmer is at least fortified for
the winter with meat, and in many
cases where no pigs are kept there is
a waste of material that could be util-
ized with the aid Of at least one or two
porkers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Easy Way Of Measuring Heiqhts.

Anybody who knows how to take the
altitude of the sun or a star with a sex
tant, and wishes to take that of any
distant hill, steeple, or the like, should
put tea-tray on the ground, fill it
with water, and then retire from it I'M
til the top OF the hill, steeple, or what
not is reflected in the liquid. Now
take the sextant, and make the image
of the summit coincide with its refiec-
ton in the liquid. The angle of eleva-
ton will thus, obviously, have been
me assured double Half of this will
give the measurement required.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Antiquity of False Teeth.

The manufacture and use of false
teeth are undoubtedly Of great an
tiquity. The ancient Egyptians were
no mean dentists. Jawbones Of mum
mics have been found with false teeth
in them, and some with teeth filed
with gold. The ancient Greeks also
knew how to fill teeth with gold and
how to make false teeth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Siberian Oaks.

On the state college grounds at
Ames, Ia, may be seen dozen or
more large and thrifty trees, Siberi
an oaks, grown from acorns imported
twenty-five years ago. In type they
resemble the swamp oak of the South
ern states and produce an acorn over
one inch in length.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31
Fire Lasts lond.

A fire which broke out in the coal
sheds at Gorham, N. H., last August,
and has been burning ever since, has
done large damage. 1t is estimated
that between 10000 and 10000 tons of
coal have been consumed. Much has
been removed and millions of gallons
of water used to extinguish the fire.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-31

produced herewith explains the meth
Cd at glance. Marguerite, it will be
seer, stands before a mirror slightly
shaded. The face of Faust is painted
on the drapery at the back of her
head, while the drapery is SO ar
ranged that in the rear il appears to
cover the figure of Faust.-New York
Herald.