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Allyn. T. J., lone, Or. Horses Mi on left
shoulder; oat tie name on left, hip, nnder hit en
right ear, and upper bit on the left; range, Mor
row county.
niiimiiuiiKi n'l"Di Willi IHU IIII-
dor it on left shoulder of hornea; cattle same
on jn mp.
Allison. O. I).. Kicht Mile. Or -Curtfe hrnr.ri
O Don left hip and horww aauie brand on right
snoumer. jiunge, iMini nine.
Adkins, J. J., Heppner, Or. Homes, JA con
nerted on loft Uwnt; cattle, same on lefthiu.
Itarthotntnew, A. i., Alpine, Or. Hoi-hhh
branded f I, un either shouluor. Kange in M
row oountv
Uleakman. (loo., Hard man, Or.HoroH, a flag
oiiieit snoujaer; came hhiuh on right siiouidttr
liiinnliitfii-, J. VV., Hardtiian, Or, Cuttle brand
ed li ou leu nip and thigh; epnt m eaeti ear.
Hrenner, reler, HooHelmrry Oregon Homes
hiunded i if ou lull Hiiouider. t;at.tlu mime on
riuht Hide.
Hurko, M HI C, Long Creek, Or On cattle,
MAY connected on left hip, ciopolf left ear, un-
Murium orou ou rigni. JiornBB, same unum on
letft Hhouluur. Kmige in (Jmut and Morrow
comity,
Hrosman, Jerry, Lnim, Or. Homes branded 7
on right ehoulder; cattle H on the left side.
Ijeft ear half crop nd right ear upper slope.
Harton, Win., Heppner, Or. -J I owes, J Bon
right thigh; oattlo. same on right hip; split in
each ear.
lirown. lea, liexingUm, Or, Horses IH on the
right stitle; cattle name on right hip; range, Mor
row county,
Hrown, J. C, Heppner, Or. Horses, oirole
0 with dot in net teron left hip; cat tle, same.
Brown, W. J., Lena, Oregon, HomcH W. bar
over It, ou the left ahoHlder. Cattle same ou left
hip.
Hoyor, W. G.. Heppner, Or. Homos, box '
brand on njtlu hip cuttle, same, with split in :
each ear.
Horg, P.O., Heppner, Or. Homes, P B on left
ahoulder; cattle, tmme on left hip.
Hrownloe, W. J., Fox.Or tVttlo, J II oonnoeted
on left Hide; crop tin left ear and two splits and
middle piece cut out on right oar; on homes same
brand on the left thigh; Kautfe in 'ox valley,
(irant county,
Carsuer Warren. Wagner, Or. Horses brand
ed O on right stitle; cattle (three bam) ou
right rilw. crop and split in each ear, J lunge in i
Grant and Morrow count Urn. i
Cain.K., ( aleb.Or. Y 1) on noraes on loft HtiHe
U with Quarter circle over it, on left shoulder
and on left stille on all colts ntider ft years; on '
left shoulder only on all homes over R years. All '
range in Urant county. j
Clark, Wm. H., Lena, Or, -Homes WHO oon-1
nected, on left shoulder: cattle same on right I
bin. Hange Morrow and Umatilla counties. j
Oate, Chaa. H Vinson or Lena, Or. Homes I
H C on right shoulder; cattle itame on right hip. i
lUuge Morrow and Umatilla counties, I
Cecil, Win,, Douglas, Or.; homes JO on lefl i
shoulder; cattle same ou left hip, waddles on
each jaw and two bite in the right ear,
Curl, T. Il John Day. Or. Double cross on
each hip on cuttle, swallow fork and under hit
in right ear, split in loft ear. liange in Orant
oouniy. u sheep, inverted A aud spear point
ou shoulder, Kar markou ewes, crop oil left ear
pmiched upper bit in right. Wet hem. orop in
right and under half crop in left ear. All range
in Oraut oouutv.
Cook, A. J.,Lena,0r. Horses, 90 on right shonl
ilar; Cattle, aaineon right hip: ear mark square
erop off left and split m right.
Currin, H. If., Currinsvilie, Or. -Horace, QQ on
left stifle.
Cox Kd. tt Hardman, Or Outlet, C with
K in center; homiw. CK on left Sip.
Ctwhrau, H. K., Monument, Umnt Co, Or.
Iloraes brandeil circle witli Iwr beneath, on left
shoulder; cattle same brand on both hips, murk
under slope both earn aud dewlap.
Chapiu, H., Hnnlman. Or.-Homes branded
Oon right hip. Cattle branded the same. Also
brands Cl on homes right thigh; caitle aajiie
brand on right should or, and cut off end of
right ear.
DickeiiB, Kbb Homes brandeil with throe
tined fork on left stitie. Cattle sa-ne on left tmle.
Otmglass, W. M..Oalloway. Or. Tattle, U Don
right side, swailow-fork in each ear; homes, H D
on left hip.
Douglaa, O. T., Douglas, Or Horses TD on
the right stitle; cattle twine on right hip.
Ely, J. B.tk Hons. Douglas, Or. Homes brand
ed ELY on left shoulder, cattle same on left
hip. hole ip right ear.
Elliott, Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on
right shoulder.
Emery, C. B., Hardman, Or, llomee branded
O- I reversed C with tail ou left shoulder; cat.
tie same on riuht hip. liange in Morrow oouut v.
Ftetk, Jack mm, Heppner, Or. Homes, 7K
otmneiMiMl on right shouhter; cattle same on
right hip. Kar mark, hole in right aud crop
off left.
Florence, li. A., Heppner. Or. Cattle. IK on
right hip; homee, V with bar under on right
shoulder.
Florence. H. I. Heppner. Or - Homes, F on
rtfiht shoulder; eatth, b on right hip or thigh,
French, Oeorge, Heppner, Or. Cattle branded
WF, with bur over it. ou left side; crop oil ltft
ear. llorm. same brand ou left hn.
(iay, Henry, Heppner, Or. UAi on left
twiulder.
Oilman-French, liul aud Livestock Co., Fos
sil, Or. HorsHN. anchor H on left shoulder; vent,
same on left stole. Cattle, aame ou tioth hipa
ear marks, crop off right ear ami nnderbit iu left
Hange Iu Uilliam, lirant, Crook aud Morrow
couuties
OeMlry, Elmer. ICcho, Or. -Horses bmnded H.
H. with a quarter cin leover it, on left sLlHe.
Range in Morrow and UuiatilUoonnties.
Haytw. ieo leua. Or, Brand JH connected
with quarter oirel over it, on left shoulder.
limit A. B., Bulge, Or. Cattle, nmud-top K
withqnarter circle under It on the right hip.
Hange in Morrow and Umatilla eountim.
Hi ii ton A Jen kit, Hamilton, OrCattle, two bn
on either hip; crop in right ear and wplit m U-ft,
Horat, J on right thigh, liange in t imnt oounty
Hughes, Hamnel, Wagner, Or J" (T F L
con hw Ud Win right nlmulder ou homos; on cattle,
on right hip and on left side, swallow fork in
right ear and slit iu left, liange in Haystack
district, Morrow county.
Hale, Milton, Wagner, Or. Home hiuued
-O- (circle with parallel tails) on left nhoulder
Cattle same cm left hip also large circle on left
side.
Hall. Kdwin, John Day.Or. --Cattle K H on riphf
hip; homes same on right shoulder, luingaiu
Grant county.
Howard, J L, fiaNoway, Or. HorsHR, (cross
with bar above it) on ripht shoulder; cattle
same on leftside. Range in Morrow and Uma
tilla conn ties.
Hughes, Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded
heart on the left shoulder. Kange Morrow ('o.
Hnnwiker. B A, Wagner. Or. lioraei. 0 on left
shoulder; cattle. 9 on left nip.
HardiBty, Albert, Nye, Oregon -Hoiwh.A H
connected, on loft shouJder; Cattle on the left
hip, crop off left ear,
Humphreys, J M, Hardman, Or. Horses, H
or
ion uaun.
Hayee, J, M., Heppnor. Or. Homes, wmeglase
on loft shoulder cattle, same on right hip.
Huston, Lnther, Eight Mile, Or. Home. H on
the loft shonlderand heart on the left stifle Cat.
tie same on left hip. Kange in Morrow nonnty
Ivy, Alfred, Long Creek, Or Cattle I Don
right hip, crop oft b'ftoarand bit in right. Homer
same brand on left shoulder, Hange n (irant
count?
Jonea, Harry, Heppnpr, Or- Home branded
H J on the left shoulder: cattle baand"d .1 on
right hip, also nnderbit in left ear. Hange in
Morrow cennty.
Junlcin, H. M., Heppner, Or, Horea, horse
shoe J on let shoulder. Cattle, the same.
Kange on Fight Mile.
Johnson, Felix, Lena, Or. Homes. cireleT on
left etirlo; cattle, same on right hip, under half
crop in right and split in left ear
Jenkins, D W.,Mt. Vernon.Or. J on homes on
left shoulder; on cattle, J on left hip and two
smooth crops on both ears. Kange in Fox and
Bear valley b
Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Homee branded
KNlf on left hip, cattle same and orop off left
ear; under slope on the right
Kirk, J. T., Heppner. Or. Homes AS en left
shoulder; cattle, Ht) on left hip.
Kirk. J (7, Heppner, Or. Horses. 17 on either
flank: cattle 17 on right Bide.
Kirk. Jesse. Heitnner. Or.: hnnuw 11 nn iatt
shoulder; cattle same on right side, nnderbit od
right ear.
Kumberland.W. (3.. Monnt Vernon. Or. I L on
oattle on right and left sides, Bwallow fork in lf
ear and under oiop in right ear. Homes same
brand on left shoulder. Kange in Grant countv.
Lofton, Stephen, Fox, Or. H L on left hip
on cattle, crop and split on right ear. Homes
same brand on left shoulder. Range Grant
oountv.
Liennllen, John W., Lex!-- Or. -Horses
branded half-circle JL connected on left shoul
der. Cattle, same on left hip. Kange, near Lex
in (Eton
Leahey, J. W. Heppner Or. Homes branded
L and A on left shoulder; cettle same on left
hip, wattle over riaht aye, three sliU iu right
ear.
Lord, George, Heppner. Or. Homes branded
dou ble H coi. necti ri Somet i oies cal led a
swing H, on left shoulder.
Markham. A. M., Heppner, Or. (tattle large
M on left side both earn cropped, and split in
both. Horses M. on left hip. ltane, Clark's
own yon.
Minor, Oscnr, Heppner, nr. Cattle, M D on
right hip; horse. Mori loftshouluer.
Morgan, H. N., Heppner. Or. Horww, M )
on left shoulder cattle same on left hip.
McCnmber, Jas A, Echo, Or. Homes. M with
bar over on right shoulder.
Morgan. Thos., Heppnor, Or. Horses, circle
T on left shouJder and left thigh; cattle, Z od
right thigh.
Mitchell. Oscar, lone, Or. Homes, 77 on righ'
hip; cattle, 77 on right side
McCiaren, D. G., Brownsville, Or, Horses.
Figure ft on each shouJder; oattie. MS on hip
McCarty. David JL Echo Or. Horses branded
DM connected, on the left shoulder; cattle same
on hip and side.
MeUirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or. Mule shop
with toe-cork on oattle on ribs imd mi der in
each ear; horses name brand ou left stifle.
MoHuley, . i .. naimmm. Or. un riorse. H
with half circle under on left shoulder; on t ;uttie,
four hers conneoUwi on top on the right aids
Itange in (irant County.
Meal, Andrew. Lone llook. Or. Horses A N con
nected on left shoulder: oattle same on both hips.
Nordyke, E., Hilverton. Or. Horses, circle 7 on
left, thigh: oattle. same on left hip.
Oliver, Joseph, Canyon City, Or, A a on cattle
on left hip; on horses, same on left thigh, Kange
iu t mi ii, itu ii ii Ly,
Ollor, Perry, Lexington, Or. P O on Jefi
shouider.
Olp, Herman, Prairie City, Or. Ou oattle, O
LP connected on loft hip; homes on left stille
ami warne on nose, jsiinge in (irant county,
Pearson, Olave, Eight Mile. Or. Homos, quar
ter circle Hhiehl on left shoulder and 21 on left
hip. Cattle, fork in tert ear, right cropped. 'M
on left hip. liange nn Eight Mile.
Parker A, Gleasou, Hardman, Or, Homos IP od
left shoulder.
Piper, Erne Lexington, Or,- Homes braud
0 vE (L K oonnoeted) on left shoulder; outtli'
a moon right hip. liange, Morrow county.
Piper, J. H., Lexington, Or. -Horses, JE eon
nected onlnft, shoulder; cattle, sumo on left hip.
under bit in each war.
Petty, A. (!., lone, Or.; horses diamond P on
shoulder: cattle, J H J oonnocteii, r,n the
left hip, upper slope in left ear and slip iu the
right.
Powell, John!',, Dayvillo, Or-Homes, J ' con
nected ou left shoulder. Cattle OK. connected on
left hip, two under half cnum, ou (n each ear,
wattle undorthront, Uai.gein Grant county.
Hood. Andrew, Hardman, Or, Homos, eqoare
cross with (piartor-otrcleovor it on left stitle.
Iteninger, Chris, Heppner, Or. Horses, C H on
left Hhoiilder.
Bioe. Dan, Hardman, Or.; homes, three panel
worm fence on left shoulder; cattle, DAN on
right shoulder. Hange near Hirdiuau.
ltoyse, Aaron, Heppner, Or Homes, plain V on
left ahoulder; cattle, same brand rovcruod on
right hip and crop off' right ear, liange iu Mor
row county.
Hush Bros., Heppnor, Or, Horses branded X
nn the right, shoulder; cattle, IX on the left tup
crop otl left ear aud dewlap on neck, linage u
Morrow and adjoining counties.
Bust, William, Kidge, Or. Homes K op
left shonlder; cattle, H ou left hip, orop ofl
right ear, undorbit on left ear. Hheop, B on
weathers, round crop off righ ear. Kange Uma
Ullaand Morrow ountiun.
Bimnev. Andrew. Lexinston. Or. Hoi-mm
branileil A B on right shoulder, vent quartet
circle over brand; oattle same on right hip,
liange Morrow county,
lioyse, Wm. H, Dairyvilla, Or Hit oonnectot
wit h ouartnr circle over ton on cnt.t In on rii'lit hin
and crop tf right ear and split in left. Hoihhp
same brand on loft shoulder. Kange in Morrow
Grant and (Jilliam couuties.
lloetorJ. W.. ileuuner. Or Horami. .Ifi oi
left shoulder. Cattle, 0 ou right hip.
Moioknall. J. W.. Mmmnhnn v fit- Il.,rit.
bramlod ai on left shoulder; range iu Mom
county.
Hailing. C (' ilomtner. Or Homes brmnhul
on left, shoulder; oattle same on left hip.
Hwuggart, B. F., Lexington, Or. -Homes
with ilash ntuler it on hft Ht.ithi: nut tin H with
dash under it on right hip, orop off right ear ami
.... i i i.... u r.. m
nnuuim un iiiiiu itniiKu iu morrow.
Gilliam and Uuiatilla counties.
Hwuggart. A. L.. Athena. ()r.-l hittum Tirjuutn ' '.'
cn left shonlder: cettle same on loft hip. Croi
un ear, wattle on left hind leg.
Htraight W. E Heppner, tr. Homes shaded
J H on lofi stifle; cat! le J S on left hip, ewnlliw
fork in riirht ear, nnderbit iu left.
happ. llios., Heppner, Or. Homes. M A Pur
left
hip: catue same on left hio.
Hhrinr.John. Km. I lr. Ml : ni.imain,i ....
horsiwon right hip; oattio, same on riuht hip.
orop idf right ear and under bit in left ear. Ban p
m urant county.
Wmitti Hros., ttnsnnville, Or, Horses, branded
11. ',. on shoulder; cattle, -aine ou left Hhouhier.
Huuires. James. Arlington. tr Inimiw lirn,wtu,l
JH on left, shoulder; oattle the aame, also noat
wattitio. Kange in Morrow aud Gilliam counties
KtepheuB, V. A., Hnnimau, Or-; horaea HS on
right stitle; cattle horizontal L on the right side
Hteveiisoii. Mm A. J.. Hhiuhimp Or -i voi u
on right hip; swallow-fork in left ear.
Kwaggait.G. W.. Heppner, (b-. Homes, 44 on
left shouldei; oattle. 44 on left hio.
Hperry, K. G.. Heppner. Or. - Cuttle W C on
loft hip, on tp off right and nnderbit iu left year.
dewlap; horses W Oon left shoulder,
Ihonipson, J. A., Heppner, Or. Horses, Z on
left shoulder; oattle, U on left shoulder.
lippete.H.T..Euteri)rise.Or. MiirM.ut nfi
shoulder.
l urner It. W Ilemmer. Or. Mmnll ......iiut t
left shonldur, homes; cattle same on loft lur
with sitlit in both ear.
Uiornton, It. BI., lone, Or. Ilomna branded
HI connectl ou left stifle; sheep same brand.
Vandernool. H.T.. Ofi-H.ip nv
nectetl on right shoulder ;oat tie, same on right
hip
Walbnduc. Wm.. Hviiiinor. Or. Hranu IT l.
on the loft shoulder; cuttle same on light hip!
orop ott left oar and right ear lopped.
Wilson, John Q,, Halem or Heppner, Or.
HomoH branded Jy ou the left slmuUlur. liangi
Mormw county.
Warrcu.W H, Caleb, Or Cettle W with ijuartet
circle over it, ou (ft side, split iu right ear
Homes same brand on left shoulder, liaugom
Grant oouutv
Wright, Hilas A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded
H W on the riuht luu. Hiiiuirn nr. in ..tf rii
and split m left.
waito, Henry, Heppner, Or.-Homes branded
ace of spad.w ou left shoulder ami left hip
Cattle hmndod ame on Iwft side and left hip
Wells. A. 8.. Hetmner. Or.Hnnuw .... ir
shoulder' catt'e saum
Woltinger. John, John Day City. OrOn hormv
three parallel ttaw on left shoulder; 7 on sheen
bit m both earn, liange in Grant ami MMiiiier
ootmtiis.
WiHNtwani. John. Hooimar. Or. ft..r.fM nr
OonnwttHi on left shoulder.
Watkms, Lislie. Heppner, Or. Horses brat-ded
UK connecteitou left stifle,
Wallace, Charles. Portland. Or. Cattle. W on
right thitsfi, hoi iu left ear: horses. W on riuht
stnuloer oiut enmeon left slioulder.
Wluttier in., uuuitugion, Kaker Co.. Or -Horses
hi-nnded W B Ciuneckd on left khoulder
Williams, asco, nanniton.Or.-Qnatter cir
ole over three ham on left hip, both oatUo aud
homes, liange Grant county.
Williauis. J O. Inu Creek. Or HnraiM mir
ter circle over thne Iwirs on l.ft hio; cttttle saum
tid nlit iu each ear. linnue in Grant nnunty
W lull. A. A.. HrtiMinttr t lr -ll.ip,.u. t .ni,.i i
on sluiulder: Cattle, same on rifht hi.
Uulker t.liutttetli tV K..HM. IImi.))oiii tie .
t Hitle branded tE W connected) FW on lc.i
Hi-ie, horn hhiuu on right shoulder. J. W
Walker's outdo, same on left bio. horses same
ou left shoulder. All range la Mormw county
Young. J. H., Gooeetwry. Or. Horses hnaided
THan tiie rurbt shouli1-
Only liie Scars Remain.
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works like a horse and eats like an
elephant. Throughout his waking
hours he is engaged in pushing aside
earth nnd scurry ing after worms in all
his gnlleries and tunnels. The labor
er, of course, is worthy of his hire.
Such ceaseless netivity can only be
kept up by equally ceaseless feeding,
ami so the mole's existence is one long
savage alternation of labor ami ban
queting. ;llis heart and lungs and
muscles are working at such u rate
that if he goes without food for half
a day he starves and dies of actual in
anition, lie is u high pressure en
gine. His drinking is like his eating;
immoderate in all things he must Have
his liquor mueit and often. Mo be digs
many pits in Ins tunneled ground and
catches water in them to supply bis
needs at frequent intervals, lie does
not believe, however, in the early
closing movement. Hay and night
ulike he drinks every few hours, for
day and night are all alike to him.
He works and rests by turn, after the
fashion of the navvies employed ia
digging tuuuels, or measures his time
by watchct, as is the way of sailors.
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DUCK FARMING.
Bow Thie Xuduatry Ia Condaeted on Pool
try Farms Kear aw York.
Duck culture is becoming an impor
tant branch of the market poultry farms
of the east, but nowhere, with j'le ex
ception of the farm of James l.ankin,
Massachusetts, can be found such a largi
collection of both old and young stock as
on the great duck farms of Long Island.
Michael K. Boyer recently made a visit
to these farms and gathered some valua
ble data, to which he gives expression in
The Fanciers' Monthly. He tells, among
other things, that on the largest farms in
the earlier days the Muscovy was consid
ered the only breed of ducks that could
be profitably kept, but since the intro
duction of the Peking none of the others
is now used, it being considered far su
perior to even the once favorite Muscovy.
On one farm visited by Mr. Eoycr are
kept 1,000 breeding ducks in pens of
about 35 each. The houses for each flock
measure 13 by 13 feet, with runs of 26 by
125, of which 26 by 89 is composed of a
pond of water. There is a decided ad
vantage in allowing bathing water tc
the ducks, as they keep much claaiui
and a less number of drakes are required
to a Sock.
One drake is allowed for from seven to
nine ducks in the beginning of the sea
son and later on as many as 12 are given,
Those ducks kept on land begin with
from four to six ducks to a drake in the
early part of the season and from six to
nine later on. The floors of the houses
are bedded with salt hay. All the hatch-
big on the island is done artificially. The
majority of the farms have cellars for
their incubators. In the matter of feed
ing there is some variation with the dif
ferent breeders, but as a rule the same
kinds of feed are employed. On one farm
the breeding ducks are fed as follows:
Cornmeal, 4 parts; bran, 2 parts; mid
dlings, S parts; oats, 1 part: wheat, 1 part.
The above is mixed with about two
bushels of eel or creek grass, which they
secure from the bottoms of the creeks.
Each of the large duck farms has large
noats out on the water all the time gath
ering this grass. Breeding ducks are fed
but twice a day.
A DUCK FARM.
The rule in feeding ducklings with a
number of the Long Islanders is to start
them on soaked bread or cracker dnst
and hard boiled eggs chopped flue, mixed
well and fed moist. This is given for
the first four days. Then follows a com
position of equal parts of cornmeal,
middlings and cracker dust, with bran
and a little beef scraps, the latter grad
ally increased as the ducklings grow.
Care is taken in the feeding of bran and
beef scraps, as too much of it is apt to
cause loose bowels. For a preventive
of this trouble sand is mixed in their
mashes in the proportion of a handful
to a quart of food. On some farms the
second week the following mixture is
given: Cornmeal, 4 parts; bran, 8 parts
middlings, 3 parts; beef scraps, 1 part.
To this add a handful of sand to every
quart of the food. Green food is gradu
ally given to the ducks, and such arti
cles as boiled turnips, potatoes, car
rots, squashes, or green oats, wheat,
rye, corn fodder or clover, are cut fine
and mixed with the feed. To grow a
largo frame, 1 part green feed is given
to 2 parts ground grain. When fat
tening, which is bejun when about 6
weeks of age, two-thirds meal and one
third bran, middlings and green Btnff
are given, to which is also added about
one-eighth the amount of beef scraps.
The ducklings are marketed when about
five pounds in weight. Some feed four
times a day and some five. The gener
ally accepted time is at 6 and 10 o'clock
in the morning.
Seeding Oraaaea.
While there is no doubt but that suc
cess is often obtained by seeding the
grasses with another crop, such as oats,
wheat or rye, the young grasses thrive
better in the northern states when sown
alone. They require the full benefit of
all the sun and rain and no shade when
sown in the proper season. Many of our
progressive farmers are of the opinion
that it is not good farming to grow two
crops on the same land at the same time.
These farmers believe that a better start
with the grasses will be obtained with
out the rivalry of vigorous grains, and
in dry seasons failure of the grass is al
most certain when seeded with the grain
crop. Nature's time for sowing the
grasses is in early autumn, and many
cultivators give that season the prefer
ence. Grasses may, however, be sown
in the spring with good results.
An Item on Beekeeping.
Unfinished sections those filled or
nearly filled with drawn comb left over
from last year are very valuable to give
the bees a start in the spring. The ed
itor of The Beekeepers' Reviewsays: "In
my experience these unfinished sections
are worth nearly as much as sections
filled with honey. The objection has
been urged against them that their comb
surface is uneven, and that when filled
and sealed they do not have the smooth,
clean appearance that we so admire in
eombs newly built from foundation.
To remedy this unevenness some have
pared down the surface of the combs
with a knife. This is a slow, unpleasant
and putteriug job, and an inexpensive
arrangement has been invented whereby
the cells can lie shortened and thecombs
brought to a level as rapidly as the sec
tions can be handled."
'otea In TMsing.
"Chemicals and clover" are bringing
about radical changes on the poorer soils
of Long Island and New Jersey.
"Fertilized farming" is very much the
fashion just now among progressive
fanners in the eastern states who are
working worn soils.
Clover, which is even more readily
winter killed than wheat, succeeds best
on land naturally dry, or which has been
thoroughly underdraintL
One of the regulations of the Colum
bian exhibition consists in requiring the
use of wide tires ou the heavy team waf
ous employed in the grounds.
for the green fly burn tobacco stems
and strew thickly over the soil about the
plants.
WHERE TO POT FERTILIZERS.
Are the Beat Reaulta From Hrondcant Sow
ing or bj Drilling?
Following are opinions expressed by
progressive farrcers in communications
piade to Rural New Yorker:
' N. D. Piatt, Connecticut, writes: "It
has been my practice to broadcast half
my fertilizers and drill the other half. I
think it better to use some in the drill to
give the crop an early start and push it
ahead as vigorously as possible before
the insects, etc., appear. I always apply
my fertilizer by hand. I would apply
the fertilizer and plant the crop, after
plowing, as soon as the soil was in suit
able condition. I do not think it would
pay to either moisten the fertilizer or to
mix it with loam before using it."
Woodnutt Pettit saj's: "I should de
cidedly drill for wheat, the advantages
being, so far as my experience goes, as
two to one in its favor. As to potatoes,
I have not had sufficient experience to
give a well grounded opinion as to wheth
er it would be well to drill or not. My
plan has been to use about 500 pounds of
high grade fertilizer m the furrow I plant
in per acre, and this has given satisfac
tory results. My experience for corn is
that 60 pounds of fertilizer applied in the
bill always give the plants a good send
off, making after cultivation much more
convenient and increasing the crop, but
on poor land much more fertilizer will
be needed, and it should be applied broad
cast in addition to what has been drilled
in."
D. C. Lewis, New Jersey, explained his
practice as follows: "I have practiced
both plans on the same crop. I have
broadcasted entirely and have applied all
in the row at the time of planting. In
consequence of the blight striking the
potato crop I now apply about half the
fertilizer at the time of planting and the
other half as soon as the potatoes are
large enough to be cultivated. I believe
this plan gives the crop a better start and
enables me to cultivate sooner, and hence
induces a quicker growth. In this local
ity we have three different machines for
applying fertilizers, and all do good work.
Mine is distributed at the time of plant
ing by tbe Aspinwall planter. If I ap
plied the fertilizer broadcast, 1 would do
so at the time when preparing the ground
for planting and apply all before plant
ing. 1 prefer that fertilizers should be
dry at all times and under all circum
stances." I Dennis Finn, New Jersey, said: "I get
the best results by drilling in the ferti
lizers for all kinds of crops. For potatoes
1 spread to prevent any loss of nitrogen
which might occur. Then I would also
get the benefit of the phosphoric acid
contained in it rather than eliminate any.
Very fine ground bone or pulverized tank
age might be moistened, but not enough
to produce heat."
Mr. Merwin, Connecticut, writes: "In
case of all crops that send their feeders a
good distance from the plants we recom
mend a broadcasting. Potatoes being a
quick growing crop and a searcher for
plant food within quite a limited area
must have quick access to food to yield
the best results; hence we largely drill."
j The Bnay Bee In Spring,
i Spring is the best time to invest money
In bees. All danger of losing them dur
ing the winter is passed. If it is a good
season, the money paid out may be re
funded in honey and swarms, writes an
Ohio apiarian in The Farm Journal. He
says: In making a selection of bees, un
less you wish to become a fancier bee
man, do not allow yourself to be
"mashed" with very yellow banded bees.
Beauty in bees, as we formerly observed,
is very much like the beauty of the hu
man form; as a general thing, it is only
skin deep. We have invariably found
that the dark, leathery Italians are the
beat workers and of conrse the most
successful honey gatherers. In making
a purchase be sure your hives are full of
bees with just a sufficiency of honey to
reach the last of May or the middle of
June. Better have hives full of bees
than those full of honey with but few
bees. The queens in such hives may be
dead, or, if alive, old and deficient in fer
tility. The fewness of their offspring in
dicates feebleness that is undesirable. If
the hives are composed of movable
frames, they can be easily inspected.
Rheumatic persons should try their
hands at beekeeping. It is generally
conceded that the formic acid infused by
bee stings is highly beneficial in curing
this painful disease. Be cautious at first
in the application of the remedy. An
overdose may be more painful than the
original disease.
A weak solution of carbolic acid and
common salt is considered by some a
specific for bee stings. Honey commands
a good price and will be likely to do so
until a new crop. Don't worry about
the market being overstocked. Rather
be anxious about getting enough honey
to overstock it. Good honey will never
spoil. The longer it is kept the better it
gets. Whoever will become a Jay Gould
in beekeeping must, like him, be pre
pared for emergencies. This is the secret
pt success in all pursuits.
The Coming Hog.
A member of the Michigan Swine
Breeders' association said at a meeting
of that organization:
I believe the coming hog will be black
white red, with spots if you please,
and we will put the spots just where
we want them. He will be as well be
haved as other woniestic animals, and
we will not require extra fencing on his
account He will be ready for market
at any age and will give 200 pounds nf
dressed carcass at 0 months old. He will
have all the good qualities of the Poland
China, the Chester White, the Victoria,
the Essex, the Yorkshire, with the gentle
disposition of the Duroc Jersey and the
lean meat of the Berkshire.
In wood ashes is furnished one of the
moat serviceable nianurial substances
tor seat or muck soils.
Weatern Repartee.
A man from the west was doing a bit
of society in the effete east, and he was
cornered by a New York woman.
"ion western people are so original.
she twittered.
"Yes, we sav things sometimes." he
teplied.
"iou are verv good at repartee, I un
derstand?"
'Come again, please," he said, putting
bis hand up over his ear.
"ion are good at repartee; getting m
on your adversary, as it were." she ex
plained.
"Well, yes, we aiut slow, he adnirfc-
ted, "when our guns is in good working
condition." Detroit Free Pres.
"POEITICS IN'POMPEH
How Municipal Elections Were
Managed Before the Eruption.
The Ward Syatera and Primaries Wore
thi Same aa Thoee of Our Modem
Cltlea Ballot-Box Ntufllnf
Knowo to tbe Anclenta,
The Pompeiians were iu the midst
of a hot political campaign when the
city was destroyed by lava and ashes,
A. D. 79. Dr. James C. Welling, presi
dent of the Columbian university at
Washington, has been studying the
features of this ancient election, as
they are recorded upon the walls and
billboards which in those days took
the place of newspapers. In a very in
teresting lecture before the Anthropo
logical society, he gives a description
of ward polities in Pompeii more than
eighteen hundred years ago. It sounds
astonishingly like the story of modern
elections, with ward-meetings, primar
ies and appeals for candidates. The
city seems to have had a thoroughly
equipped political "machine." Polit
ical clubs were numerous. Some of
them were evidently composed of "the
boys;" the Little Thieves, for instance,
the Late Topers and the Sleepy Heads.
Municipal elections were held once a
year, anftuny citizen was at liberty to
run for office. His intention to do so
was made known by his friends post
ing his name on the billboards and
walls about the city. One Titus (Je
marius, a baker, who had a shop on a
corner with a side wall running back
along an alley, made a "handsome
thing" by renting it for bulletin
boards.
After a candidate's name had been
posted for some time, he could tell
pretty well whether he stood any
chance of winning. If he saw that he
did not, hti went to the chief selectman
and asked to have his name withdrawn;
but if he thought his chances pretty
good, his name was put on the "white
list," after which there, was no back
ing out.
The system of wards and primary
elections was practically the same as
that followed in New York to-day.
The electors chosen at the primaries
met at the Forum on election day to
deposit their ballots, and fell into line
as men do at t he polls now. There were
three judges of election, and each can
didate was permitted to station one of
his own men at the ballot box, to see
that no intimidation was practised.
The ballot box was very closely
watched, a fact which seems to show
that ballot box sturling was not un
known even then. The candidate who
carried a majority of the wards was
elected. It will be seen that this gave
the "machine" a fine opportunity for
a gerrymander.
The 'ompeiinns "whooped it up" for
their cu:v "idates in the true modern
style. Thu.i the Late Topers, who had
their headquurtursopposite the forum,
announced their preferences on a bill
board as follows: "The Late Topers beg
their friends to vote for Marcus
Lavinius Vatia for eodile."
Vatia. who was n favorite in sport
ing circle:!, evidently had some money
to spend in tho legitimate expenses of
his campaign, for all his uotie.es and
announcements are well got up. His
rival, Popidius, either did not look
after his campaign, or else bad no
money to employ a competent bill
poster, for his notices are misspelled,
and in all respects unequal to Vatia's.
Thebus, a tavernkeeper on the Via
Storta, wanted C. Gavins Rufus and M.
Holconiiu', Priscus elected duumvirs.
They had probably promised to get his
taxes lowered, or '.-hat the police should
let his place alone. Therefore Thebus
had all the walls in his neighborhood
decorated with "Thebus and his cus
tomers nominate C. Uavius Rufus and
M. Holconius Priscus for duumvirs."
The electors ditl not mind stirring up
candidates who expected their friends
to do all the work for them. One in
scription reads: "O Eubonius, keep
your eyes open!" And Infans is prod
ded as follows: "0 Infans, you are fast
asleep, and yet you say you are elec
tioneering!" There was a tavern in the first ward
where a primary was probably held.
At liny rate, a large crowd had assem
bled, ami the landlord very obligingly
provided seats. For this he was re
warded by an inscription ou the wall.
The sentiment was better than the
grammar:
"0, landlord, you did great to get us
them chairs!"
Unluckily, Dr. Welling could find
no record of how this election turned
out. Probably the Md and 24th of Au
gust came before election day arrived.
VARIETIES OF CURRENCY.
The Circulation or Paper Moner In This
Country and in Europe.
Almost, if not quite, all civilized
countries use paper money to facilitate
payments within their own jurisdic
tion, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The United States use paper
money to a greater extent than any
other country, and in notes of smaller
denomination than any other country
of equal importance.
All of our paper bills except the gold
certificates are in the denominations
of SI, 2, fo, S10, $'-'0, 850, 8100, 8500 and
81,000; our gold certificates do not ap
pear in denominations less than 820.
The Dominion of Canada issues 81 and
82 notes, and various banks issue notes
varying from 85 to 81,000. Mexico is
sues paper money of 10 pesos and up
ward, and the South American states
issue paper of similar denominations.
The Hank of England" issues all Eng
lish notes in denominations of 5, 10,
20, 50. 100, 200. 800, 500 and
1,000. The banks of Scotland and Ire
land issue notes of 81 aud upward.
The lianlc of France issues notes for
50 francs, 100. 200, 500 and 1.000 francs.
The Hank of Belgium issues notes of
20 francs and upward. Italian banks
issue notes of 1 lire and upward to
1,000 lire. The Hank of Germany puts
out notes for 5 marks and upward to
1,000 marks. Austria issues notes of
1 gulden anil upward.
Russia is the only European country
which issues government notes, its pa
per money being of the denomination
of 1 ruhle and upward. Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark issue by their banks
notes for 5 krone, 10, 25, 50 and 100
krone. India does not issue paper
money, nor does China now. Japan
provides paper money of 1 yen. 2, 5, 10,
20 aud 100 yens, aud the other coun
tries, as a rule, issue paper money, the
lowest denomination of which is usual
ly ten times the value of the coin unit
of value.
Tue earliest coinage intended for
America was of Copper and made in
the Bermudas in 1615, and was called
the "Hogge Penny," from the figure of
a porker on the obverse. Only two
pieces are known to be in existence.
A Gentleman
Who formerly resided la Connecticut, tut
who now reside! in Honolulu, writes: "For
M years pail, my wife
and 1 hare used A rev's
Hair Vigor, and we
attribute to it the dark
hair which she and I
now have, while hun
dreds of our acquaint
ances, ten or doien
years younger than we,
are either gray-beaded,
white, or bald. When
egfjtf fJJP retained Its color and
mJ fullness, we reply, By
the use ol Ayer'a Hair
vigor nouung eise.'"
"In 1868, my affianced
was nearly bald, and
the hair
kept fall
ing out
every
day. I
Induced
her to use
Ayer's Hair Tlgor, and very soon, it not
only checked any further loss of hair, bul
produced an entirely new growth, which has
remained luxuriant and glossy to this day.
I can recommend this preparation to all in
need ot a genuine hair-restorer. It is all
that it is claimed to be." Antonio Alarran,
Bastrop, Tex.
AYER'S
HAIR VIGOR
VITIATED AIR.
Impurity of the Atmoephere of Iteaan
Beated Bulldlnga.
In an article contributed to the
Philadelphia Record by Dr. F. A. Ad
ams, the inquiry is propounded
Whether he immense increase of
steam-heated office buildings, in which
the great majority of rooms have no
adequate means for the renewal of the
air to be warmed, may not in a large
measure account for the prevalence of
pneumonia among middle-aged men.
Many of these buildings, Dr. Adams
says, are admirably constructed to
keep out air, whether cold or not; this
very perfection contributing to their
insalubrity. In these hermetically
sealed office rooms that abound in
business buildings the steam heats the
atmosphere to a delightfully comfort
able degree, and the occupant breathes
and rebreathes the air during zero
days when an open window cannot be
endured, the effect being to silently
undermine his powers of resistance, so
that when he goes forth, exchanging
such tropical air for the keen breeze
of unrestricted nature, it happens
that, through some subtle change in
his system which has robbed his lungs
of their power of resistance, their ca
pacity to endure the onset or transi
tion is gone aud the subtle poison of
unrenewed air does its deadly work in
the form of pneumonia.
A GREAT ENGLISH JURIST.
Some Queer Tralta of the Lata Sir Jamas
Stephen.
It was said of the late Sir James
Fitzjames Stephen, of the high court of
justice, who retired from the bench in
1881, that he was-the greatest author
ity on criminal law that the bar has
produced.
The stories told of his severe utter
ances and of his gentle and merciful
deeds would fill a volume, says the
New Yrk Sun. Although his manner
was rough and his sentences invariably
pronounced in a harsh vo'ce, p'enuin:
distress always appealed to his kind
heart and won his sympathy. His
lordship never had the slightest hesi
tation in rebuking a barrister, of no
matter how high standard, who failed,
even for an instant, to respect the dig
nity of the court, or who took unfair
advantage of a witness. And Sir
James' rebukes were often more
dreaded than the adverse verdict of a
jury. On the other hand, he would go
far out of his way to assist a struggling
young barrister who lacked only ex
perience. It was said of him that he was a law
yer among literary men and a literary
man among lawyers. His speeches aud
his legal decisions ran in a style that
reminded one of Macaulay whom he
had evidently taken for his liternry
model. His literary sketches bear the
stamp of a sound mind and good judg
ment. His first production was a
series entitled: "Essays by a Barris
ter," which appeared in the Saturday
Review and secured for him a foothold
in the literary world. While on the
bench many of his decisions and utter
ance were severely criticised.
"I should not beheve a man on his
oath," he once said, "who told me he
did not care for getting on." That re
mark was criticised in nearly every
publication in England, much to his
lordship's disgust. The small things
of life did not interest him very much,
and he frequently amused a roomful
of barristers and spectators by asking
the meaning of something which an
ordinary child might know
In formal letters to a duke it is eti
quette to begin: "My lord duke, may it
please your grace." Globe -Democrat.
POINTS ABOUT HtOPLi.
Ah Me is the name of a Philadelphia
Chinaman sentenced to deportation.
Thbabheb is the appropriate name
of a school-teacher in Hickory county,
Ind.
- Gorham D. Abbott, of Winstod,
Conn., who became deaf and dumb
when a child through an attack of
scarlet fever, is just now beginning to
talk again after being mute for over
thirty years.
Miss Sallie Matthews, who died in
Louisville recently, was for a time
in command of an Ohio river steam
boat, with fully a hundred men subject
to ner orders. She was thirty-three
years old at the time of her death.
H. L. Cochran, who plundered the
United States mint, at Philadelphia,
nearly always shaved himself, and had
thirty-one different razors one for
each day in the month. He never used
the same razor twice in one month.
Capt. Horace Bixbt, who tamrht
Mark Twain what he knows of steam
boating, is at present pilot on the
steamer T. G. Sparks, running south
from Memphis. Capt. Hixby is in first-
class health, and good for many years
of active work.
A domestic squabble caused Bluford
Fleming, of Wabash countv. IU.. to
leave his family, twenty-three years
ago. From that time nothing was
heard of him until the other day,
when his anger had cooled, and he re
turned, but his wife refused to see
him.