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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24
LOST HER pERoU1s1TE.

There are people who make a
boast of their timidity, and Mrs. Sta
pleton is among the number.
''I was born so," she announced
with plaintive pride to comparative
stranger one day. II inherit it from
nv mother. She was afraid of all
most all animals. She never travel
ed, and she was in absolute terror OF
thunder showers and of high winds
and of hail storms"
"Dear me p said the listener, try
ing to be properly sympathetic.
"How little enjoyment she must
have had y
"She was just like me in tempera-
ment," said the timid one pensively.
"She didn't mind her suferings SO
much if they were only understood,
and she didn't conceal them.
"Now, am in abject fear of
spiders, and do you know at place
I visited one summer great spider
was crawling up my shirt, and one OF
nv friends took it off and flung it
away without saying one word to me.
If l hadn't happened to turn quickly
I should never have known there
had been a spider near me As |
told her when I recovered from my
Mysteries, l should have thought she
would have known better, as she
was we'll aware that spiders make
me faint. But I think she'll never
do such thing again p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24
Catherine appears to have solved

Catherine appears to have solved
two important problems in social econ
omy: first, how to make run-out
farm pay a handsome profit; and, sec
ond, how to utilize and make happy
a class of homeless and forlorn old
women who seem to have no place in
the world. With their wages in
their pockets, and the prospect OF
home and companionship ahead, it IS
quite remarkable how those old wo-
men have cheered up.
OF course there were many expen-
ses for the first two years. The house
and outbuildings had to be repaired !;
and it was not until this present
autumn-three years from the time
she came home-that Catherine saw
her way clear to pay off the mortgage
and free the old place from its twenty
years of bondage.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24
GRUMBLING HUSBANDS.

The publication by London news
paper Of scores of letters on "Grum-
bling Husbands" draws out scores of
other letters on "Nagging Wives" I"
The husband who sulks or swears at
the breakfast-table, the wife who
overcooks the mutton and undercooks
the potatoes, the woman who is ex-
travagant and silly, and the man
who is stingy and exacting, fill the
printed columns with their unlovely
faces but no one seems much the
happier for the discussion.
The truth lies deeper than any
single experience is likely to drive.
But good cooking on the part of the
wife and cheerful paying of bills on
the part of the husband, economy
and generosity each in its place, tact
in the training of children, success
in earning good income, and
thousand circumstances likes these
will not insure domestic happiness.
Even Love, the magician, cannot do
that, although he promises blithely
to do So.
Skill in the art of living is the es-
sential for a happy home-and it
must be possessed by both husband
and wife, even though in varying
amounts. 1t is exactly like skill in
playing the piano or running COM
n1icated machine-to be acquired by
practice, and to be preserved by prac-
tice.
An irritable word, unregretted, or
a glum silence is an offense against
the art. Unsel6shness is the very
root of it. Courtesy is its fair bios
som. The woman who has skill in
the art of living would as soon think
of turning a drove of swine loose in
her dainty home as of letting out
there black herd of reproaches and
examinations. The husband would
bring thieves and outlaws under his
roof as soon as ault-fndings and ex-
actions.
In any large view of life these
flaws in its most intimate relations take
on their true hideousness. Neither
a cooking school nor a college course
can cure the disease of which they
are the symptoms. That can be cur
ed only by heart-stirring realization
of that divine order by which tides
and stars and systems move in their
appointed course, and by which dis
cords and contention meet their ap-
pointed end of misery and wreck.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24

"J1MMY's got great scheme to
get out o. school these nice days."
"How does he work it ?" He goes
out an washes his face at recess an
the teacher thinks he's sick an sends
him home"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24


Suggested by the Proposed New Building, to be
Erected at Cost Of $500, 900, for the
Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Of Baltimore.
BY EDWIN HIGGINS.
An open door,
A helping hand,
Forever more
Here, would stand,
A beacon light,
A sheltering arm,
In storm or night
To save from harm;
In token of the Loving Hand
Pierced for all of every land;
The pierced hand is Mercy's spring;
It's crimson stream doth pardon bring.
Here / would stand
A helping hand;
Forever more
An open door,
voice of song
Mid citys thrOng;
radiant light
To lead Alright;
Neer to grow dim
Lead up to Him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24

"JusT before poor old Dooley died
he made his wife promise that she
would not marry again." "Poor
old chap; he always was kind to his
fellow men,"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24

SQUIRE Hamilton, one of the best
known members of the Main legal
profession many years ago, once sat
at meagerly laden board. The di-
ning-room had been newly and splen-
didly furnished, whereas the dinner
was very slender. While some OF
the guests were fattering the host on
his taste in decoration, Sqire Hamil-
ton said, "For my part, I woul drath'
er see less gliding and more carv'
ing"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24

"SAY, papa, you was tellin' Mr.:
Crummage bout a eagle on tn
wing. Which wing was it p
''You don't understand, Bobby.
It was a soaring eagle I shot"
"Did it make him sore when you
shot him, papa p
''No, no, Bobby. The eagle was
up-up in the air-enjoying a long
''Do eagles eat long flies, papa =
'Jane, why don't you put the
child to bed " ?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24

THE man who matches his socks
and his neckties isn't apt to take the
time to earn either.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-11-24

IT IS easier to apologize for self as
sertion than for neglect.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

duplicated on other farms, but It de-
ponds on the soil and the man who he;
the management of it. 1t cannot be
done by one who Is not student A
similar system may be developed on
any dairy farm that disposes Of pas
lures. Where land is cheaper and the
dairyman can afford pastures, the sys-
tenn would be radically different in
summer but not in winter. Probably
the most important single feature of
this Pennsylvania farm aside from the
systematic manner in which it is con-
Quoted is the one of handling the ma
nure. The fact that the stock is
stabbed the year round makes it pos
sible to save all the manure both
liquid and solid and apply it to the
land. Being applied daily as pro
duced. any teaching by rains, carries
the leached materials into the soil
where it is needed. The remarkable
yields of every portion Of this farm
seem to indicate that this method of
handling manure is highly satisfac-
tory.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

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A MODEL FARM
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

There is a farm in southeastern
pennsylvania which the Department
Of Agriculture considers model twen-
heth century farm. 1t consists of fif-
teen acres, thirteen of which are in
cultivation, the remaining two acres
being occupied by buildings, yard. etc.
This land came into the possession OF
the present owner-a minister OF the
Gospel-in 1881 with a mortgage OF
$1,000 upon it.
Improving the Soil.
The soil of the farm is reddish
somewhat gravelly clay. So run down
was it in 1881 that it did not support
the two cows and one horse kept upon
it. Last year it raised all the rough
age for thirty head of stock, seventeen
of which are cows in milk. 1t has
been brought up to its present remark
able state of fertility solely by the use
of stable manure applied directly from
the barn. The system of handling this
manure is such that none is lost, either
liquid or solid. No commercial fertil-
izers have ever been used and no ma
nure has been hauled from the city.
This is a practice greatly differing
from that in vogue on the majority OF
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09
A BIG EDITORIAL OFFICE.
The Department of Agriculture Pub
fishes Over Four Booklets for
Every Day in the Year.

One of the biggest editorial Offices
in the Government and probably in
the country is in the Department OF
Agriculture where the Division OF
Publications edits, revises, and in
some cases returns to the authors
for rewriting an average of four bull
letins or books for every day in the
year. During the last fiscal year l.
463 new publications passed through
the editors hands, nearly 400 Of
these, however, being issued by the
Weather Bureau, which is under the
Department of Agriculture. The to-
tai number of copies of the remain
ing 1000 odd publications printed dur
ing the year was 12,000,475. Many
of these are generously illustrated,
and beside the great number OF orig
lnal photographs used, the artists Of
the Department make something over
1000 drawings a year for illustrating.
The head of this Division, or the
Editor" of the Department as he is
known, is Mr.. George William Hill,
an oldtime editor of an agricultural
paper, but he has held his present
position for many administrations.
mere nave UeGu very Luduy Idu-
ical changes said Mr.. Hill, Gin the
publications of the Department with
in the last ten years. At one time,
the Agricultural Reports and other
pamphlets and bulletins issued were
more or less technical, having the rep
utation generally throughout the coun-
try, of being written in about as dry
and undressing manner as pos
sible. The present Secretary has con-
tinually impressed upon his Chiefs Of
Divisions the desirability of short, crisp
articles and bulletins, especially in
the annual Year Books, written in a
practical and simple style, with the
result that the Publications of the
Department have come into very gen
eral favor with the farmers and are
eagerly sought after. which is evil
dent by the enormous number of re-
quests for them"
The Farmers Bulletins, descriptive
of all sorts of farm work, stock-rais-
ing, fruit-growing, etc., and of which
nearly $50 have been published, are
by all odds the most popular of the
Departments of Publications. They
are brief, written in simple style and
discuss subjects near to the heart of
the agriculturist. Many of them have
been condensed and rewritten from
the longer and more technical bulle-
tins, setting forth the results of ex-
= -
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09
Ter OF the disease or where they have

ter OF the disease or where they have
not developed sufficiently for him to
In this event he does not wish to dis
play his ignorance or what in reality
may be but an apparent lack of knowl-
edge, since at some stages it is i'm
possible to accurately diagnose case;
but a frank admission of this kind
would destroy the patients confidence
in his physician. And so at this juno
ture the dread pill" steps in, is given
to the sick person, with no apprehen-
sion of any harm resulting therefrom.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09
A NCN-PATENTABLE MEDICINE.
Universally Used by the Medical Pro-
feSSiOn.

What is the most important remedy
known to the medical profession? A
guessing contest might be established
upon this question which would doubt
less bring to the fore a great variety
of remedies, yet, as stated by a very
successful practitioner, there is one
medicine given to patients which ply
sicians find more important than any
other. Strange to say, this is the quite
universal and ineffective bread pill, /"
which, after all, is not bread, but only
so-called on account of its harmless
nature. The bread pill is sometimes
nothing more than plain sugar pei
| let, at others, where liquid prescrip-
ton is given. weak solution of sugar
and water, or a mixture of powdered
licorice or gentian, both harmless
drugs when given in the weak proper.
lions prescribed by the doctor.
OF course the principle use Of the
bread pill'' is in the case of a pa
tient, who, imagining himself ill
calls in his family physician, and the
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

silage in winter, and rye, tfn0tny ana
clover, corn or peas and oats in sum-
mer A second portion is made up Of
dry hay or fodder, which gives some
consistency to the manure. The third
portion consists of meal products, of
which three kinds are used-bran, oil
meal and gluten. Many dairymen
would be surprised to learn that every
COW on this farm has four ounces of
salt daily, mixed with her fodder, fine
table salt being invariably used ana
evenly divided among the three feeds.
There are round silos on the farm,
each ten feet in diameter and thirty
four feet high. These altogether hold
about 100 tons of silage and this guam
tity of corn silage is produced on four
acres, planted on June 22nd. Eleven
men, three teams and traction en-
CINE to run the cutter are employed in
filling the silos.
The proprietor of this farm has not
adopted any systematic rotation OF
crops, as every foot of land receives an
abundance Of manure every year or
two. There is but little trace of weeds
and those that do grow are not of the
undesirable kind. Intelligent methods
of cultivation enabled the owner last
year not only to produce all the rough
age required for thirty head Of stock
but to have left nearly 1000 pounds OF
hay, which was sold.
Handling the Manure.
The remarkable yields on this farm
are due entirely to the intelligent use
of stable manure. Most farmers waste
more than half Of the value Of the
manure produced on their farms. On
this model farm every particle Of the
plant food is utilized. The method OF
handling manure in this case can be
used only on farms on which stock Is
kept in stalls and is therefore not ap
plicable to all styles of stock-farming
Behind each row of cows is a gutter
eighteen inches wide and seven inches
deep. These cutters have no outlets
They are thoroughly cleaned daily
/ (the whole barn is disinfected twice
q week by a free use of creoline, ant
the interior is frequently white
washed). When cleaned, the gutter!
are sprinkled with ashes or dry dir
to absorb what moisture may be pres
emit. During the day a quantity o
absorbent, consisting OF leaf mold, rot
ten sod, ETC.. is placed in them. TIL
manure is lifted from the cutters Init
a cart backed up to the door and i
! then taken directly Of to the field
and spread over them. In summer ]
is applied to the land from which tn
soiling crops are removed; In white
1t is spread on the rye and grass fields
No manure is used on newly seede
grass lands.
This is the experience Of a pionee
! farmer starting In with no previou
! training, but going to work in q metl
odical manner to learn what he coul
from the experience Of others. He hs
applied principles and business met
Z DDS and has blazed q path into
4 region of great possibilities. There
+ lno doubt that his experience can
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09
KING ALFONSO'S SHOPPING.
A Paris Millinery Shop Startled by
Visit From the Spanish King.

An amusing anecdote is related in
connection with King Alfonso's recent
visit to Paris. In his leisure moments
he was fond of taking a turn in the Rue
de la Paix, which is noted for its ele-
CANT shops, and making a few pur-
chases His majesty's appearance nat
urally created a good deal of flutter,
especially among the demoiselles de
magasin, who rushed to doors and win
dows to see him go by, so when three
gentlemen stepped into certain estab-
lishment one morning and the most
youthful of the party asked to see some
hats they were politely requested, as
the most natural thing in the world, to
wait moment, as the king was in the
street, and the girls were all watching
for him. The knowing smiles which
thereupon pervaded the features of the
little party had the effect of promptly
putting the quick-witted shop girls on
the scent After announcing the great
news excitedly to the proprietor of the
establishment they clustered in ring
round King Alfonso and his compan-
ions.
This was a thousand times better
tHdH peep lltO tne StTeet, anu tHeu,
what an honor! Only to think of the
Spanish sovereign walking in such
simple fashion into their shop. And
what followed delighted them even
more The mistress of the place had
advanced, and, courtesying low, had ut
tered one of those pretty compliments
which our French friends have so
glibly at TIL tip of their tongues, when
his majesty smilingly replied: q wish
to see some hats. | want three; one
for my mother, in rather a quiet style;
one for my sister, and one for my aunt,
md please put thep all up together in
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

They cover every practical subject
and would make an exceedingly val
liable farm library. Bound together
they would form several large vol
umes prepared by the best agricul-
tural experts in the country and the
result of the widest and most extern
sive scientific farm experiments ever
made"
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09
> SELECTION of I'd tfifee Ia

The selection of 1ne three b. o0h
some time, as the young king is not ac-
customed to that sort Of work, and in
his dilemma he exclaimed: well, !
was never so puzzled in my lifep
Finally the choice was made, and with
the request that the hats should be
sent at once to the hotel, King Alfonso
took his departure, leaving the mistress
of the establishment and her young
women charmed with their experience.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

work of the Department, II cannot
believe that the farmers of the coun-
try as a whole appreciate what
splendid mine of agricultural infor-
nation exists in these farm bulletins,
which they can have for the asking.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

tematic is the work that the owner
may leave for a week without notice
to the laborers, with no interruption
to the regular routine. The feeding
of the cows, the handling of the milk,
keeping the barn clean and disposing
the manure, are all worked out under
such a system that they require little
supervision on the part of the proprie-
tor. There is no pasture on this farm
for pastures on such high-priced land
are out of the question. There is not
even a barn lot, the thirty head of
cattle remaining in the stalls the year
round. We have been taught that this
is not good practice, for it has been
supposed that milch cows need Ger
tain amount of exercise, yet it must
be considered that the Danish cows
stand in their stalls from November
to May and are staked out in the field
from May to November, and yet Den
mark ranks high in the dairy industry
and her COWS are healthy.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

farm the owner Win no
perience in farming began to read
what agricultural literature was avail
able. One of the first books secured by
him was Quincy's little treatise on the
soiling of cattle, written in 1853. Soil
ing consists in cutting and giving
green feed in summer instead of allow
ing the animals to run on pasture.
This system adopted by the farm
owner did not prove satisfactory the
first year because no other feed was
used and the cows did not do well. In
addition the manure was difficult to
handle and it was not easy to keep the
barn clean. Before the next season,
however, the new farmer had procured
Stewards book on feeding animals and
from it learned his first lesson in
balanced rations" He also learned
to feed some dry hay with the soiling
crops, thus giving the manure proper
consistency. Thenceforward the man.
agement of the constantly growing
herd of cows was simple matter and
the farm began not only to pay profit
but to increase in fertility, SO that
within seven years the entire mort
gage was paid OF.
The farm is strictly dairy farm,
the only products regularly sold being
milk and a few head of young cattle
each year. The cows are all registered
Jerseys except one or two picked up at
neighboring sales. They are not only
pure bred but well bred. Male calves,
II worthy of it, are reared for breeding
purposes, but none is ever vealed. ii
q male calf Is not fit to raise for q
breeder it is killed at birth. 1T
doesn't pay to feed SIS worth of meal
to a calf that will sell for ST." said the
owner. The young cattle sold from
this farm bring on an average $lot
apiece, and about FIVE are disposed o.
each year.
The milk is all sold at 25 cents gal
lon the year round to State institu
ton located two miles distant. Tht
milk tests high, is perfectly clean ant
free from adulteration. There Is nevel
any complaint from the buyers; on thu
other hand, this farmer is considered
a public benefactor. As soon as tn
milk is drawn 1t is placed In perfectl.
clean cans standing in cold water SOM
distance from the barn and stirre'
requently to aerate it and aid tn
cooling. The milk vessels are neve
allowed to stand around unclaimed. blu
are washed as soon as the milk is re
moved, first with cold water, then witt
boiling and finally again with coll
water. The amount Of milk produce
from the seventeen cows is nearly tn
same at all seasons and averages abou
twenty-six gallons a day. While TIL
yield Of approximately 1890 pounds
year for each Of the seventeen COW
kept Is not enormous. by any mean
1t is good. The income from the mil
produced is about $4,000 year. Tn
outlay for concentrated feeding stuff
Is SECS annually.
Economy In Farm Labor
One man and q boy do the labor {
the farm except In hay harvest an
during the cutting Of silaga So ~
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

this was made necessary by an acct
dental injury to one Of the cows. One
regular breeder is fifteen years old, but
is still vigorous and healthy, giving
milk enough to make it profitable to
retain her in the herd. Experts in the
Department Of Agriculture state that
they have never seen thriftier. better
kept lot of cows. Balanced rations are
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

GEORGE WILLIAM HILL,
Chief Of the Publication Division, Department
of Agriculture.
tins were published and distributed
last year. An active factor in the
enormous work of editing the Agri-
cultural Publications is the assistant
chief and editor of the Division, Mr..
Joseph A. Arnold, whose knowledge
Of the practical side of Agricultural
Publications is something amazing.
The storage and distribution Of this
printed matter constitutes a large
and important part of the Publication
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

the farms of this country, where the
owner seeing a dollar in sight for a
load of manure readily sells it to a
neighbor rather than apply it to his
own soil, where its value might be
three or four times as great. On the
model farm in Pennsylvania most of
the crops are fed to the stock and thus
largely returnetQ,the land in manure.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-02-09

latter. knowing his patient to be per-
fectly we'll. prescribes the dread pill "
But, probably, the most opportune OF
all times for the use Of the bread
pilr' is when the man Of science makes
a visit to a particularly Ill patient, but
whose symptoms are Of such . nature
that he II perplexed - to the charac-