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A BRIGHT STAR.
A SKETCH OF THE MAN WHO
LED MARY ANDERSON
TO FAME.
(From the St. Ixmis Chronicle.]
One of the most conspicuous figures in tho
Stagcland of America to-day is John vV.
Norton. Born in the Seventh ward of New
York city forty-six years afro, the friends
•of his youth were Thomas W. Keene aud
Frank Chaufrau. We find Keene u star at
tho age of 26 and Norton iu tho flower of
early manhood, the leading man for Edwin
Booth at the famous Winter Garden Thea-
ter. He was starred with Lawreuce Har-
riet early in tho 70s, and alternated the
lending roles with Charles Thome at the
Variety theater in Now Orleans. Karlv in
ihe Centennial year, iu Louisville. Norton
met our Mary Anderson, then a fair young
girl who aspired for stage fame, took her
under his guidance and, as everybody
knows, led her to fame. \ir. Norton is now
the proprietor of the Grand Opera House in
St. Louis, tho Du Quesne Theater, Pitts-
burg, and one of tho stockholders in the
American Extravaganza Company.
()no afternoon early in June he hobbled
into his New York office on Broadway and
encountered his business manager, George
McManus, who had also been a rheumat.c
sufferer for two years. Norton was sur-
prised that McManus had discarded his
cane. "Whocured you?" he asked. "I cured
myself," replied McManus, "with Dr. Will-
iams' Pink Pills."
•1 was encouraged by Mr. McManus'
cure, and as u last resort tried tho Pink
Pills myself," said Mr. Norton to a Chron-
icle reporter. "You have known me for live
years, and know how 1 have suffered. Why
during tho summer of 18tt8 1 was on my
back at tho Mullunphy hospital, in this
city, four weeks. I was put on the old sys-
tem of dieting, with a view to clearing those
acidulous properties in my blood that medi-
cal theorists say is the cause of my rheu-
matism. 1 left tho hospital feelingstrougor.
but the first damp weather brought with it
those excruciating pains iu the legs and
back. It was tho same old trouble. After
sitting down for a stretch of five minutes,
the pains screwed my legs into a knot when
1 arose, and 1 hobbled us painfully as ever.
After I had taken my first box of Pink Pills,
it struck me that the pains were loss trou-
blesome. I tried another box, and 1 begin
almost unconsciously to have faith in tho
Pink Pills. I improved so rapidly that I
could rise after sitting at my desk for an
hour and the twinges of rheumatism that
accompanied my rising were so mild that 1
scarcely noticed them. During the past
two weeks wo have had much rainy
weather in St. Louis. But tho dampness
has not had the slightest effect in bringing
back the rheumatism, which I consider a
sufficient and reliable test of the efficacy of
Pink Pills. 1 may also say that tho Fink
Pills have acted as a tonic on my stomach,
which I thought was well nigh destroyed
by tho thousand and one alleged remedies
1 consumed in the past tivo years."
Employment Agent—Why did you
leave Mrs. Goodaoul so rood? She is
said to be a very nice woman.
Domestic—Nice! She's that stingy
■she begrudges the very air yeh breathe.
"You amaze me."
"Judge for y'rsolf. Kerosene isn't
worth over ten cents a gallon, is it?"
"No."
"Well, she most had a fit 'cause I
started to pour a few drops of it in th'
Kitchen stove."
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Western Boy—You folks here don't
know anything about cold weather.
Eastern Boy—We don't, eli? It's
worse than the North Pole here some-
times. Talk about cold! Phew! Why
one day this winter it was so cold I
stayed in at recess.
The Modern Invalid
Has tastes medicinally, in keeping
with other luxuries. A remedy must
ho pleasantly acceptable in form,
purely wholesome in comparrison,
truly benelieial in effect and entirely
free from every objeetionable quality.
If really ill he consults a physician; if
constipated he uses the gentle family
laxative Syrup of Figs.
Very Cliir.
Mrs. Jinks—Don't you think my new
bicycle costume rather chic?
Mr. Jinks—Decidedly. Your shoul-
ders seen to spread out like wings,
and you—er—seem to he walking on
drumsticks.
> ?!
Servant (to Squibs, in his new board-
ing-place).—Shall I get some ice. sir?
Squibs.—No: it isn't necessary. Just
put the pitcher of water in the stove.
Janitor's Wife (St Fashion Flats)—
A number of the fine ladies in the up-
per flats called on me today, and staid
here chatting quite a while.
Janitor—You ought to feel proud.
Jauitor's Wife—Y-e-s, hut the trou-
ble is, I can't tell whether they came
because they liked me, or because they
wanted to get warm.
notv'R Thiar
We offer On© liuudrod Dollars reword i
for nuy case of Catarrh that can not be ;
cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHRNEY & CO.. Toledo. O. |
We, the undortdgnod. have known F. J
Cheney for the last 15 years, and boliovi 1
liim perfectly honorable in nil businesi |
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligation.-* made by their firm.
West & Tin ax. Whole-ale Druggists, To-
ledo, O. Walpino, K inn an & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucoul
surfaces of the system. Testimonials Kent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Bold by a!
Druggists.
Ball s Family Tills, 25c.
Little Dot—Mamma says I musl
study language, elocution and rhefc
oric.
Little Dick—What for?
Little Dot—I don't know.
Little Dick (after reflection)—Meh
be she thinks that when you grow uj
you'll get married.
Mrs. Spratt (vigoiously shaking hei
sleeping spouse)—John! John! There't
a burglar in the house!
Mr. Spratt (protestingly)—See here
Mauda! If, instead of slinking the
life out of me. you'd go ami strike that
burglar, you'd be doing some good.
WHO W ISH THE 8300?
A novel way to obtain a suitable
name for their great, yes, wonderful
new oats, has been adopted by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. They offer
8300 for a name for "their new oats;
their catalogue tells all a bout it. Farm-
ers are enthusiastic over the oat,
claiming 200 bushels can be grown per
acre right along. You will want it.
Farmers report six tons of hay from
Salzer's Meadow Mixtures; 113 bushels
corn per acre in a dry season, and 1,161
bushels potatoes from two acres.
If You Will Cut This Out and Send It
with 10c postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, W is , you
get free their mammoth catalogue and
b package of above soo Prite o ta.wnu
Too many crooks spoil the brother j
hood of man.
Ad«>rc «* Waned.
You no doubt have several friend/
in other StateB who might be inducec
to come West if properly approached.
There may be one or two dozen of
them. Nothing better than nicely il-
lustrated folders, with appropriate
maps, and text prepared by somebody
whose only interest in the matter is to
tell the truth.
If you will seud to Geo. T. Nichol
son, G. P. A. Santa Fe Route, Topeka,
Kans., a list of persons who would be
interested in literature regarding Kan-
sas. Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
or California, he will take pleasure in
mailing to each one an assortment of
folders, pamphlets, etc. They arc
free. Sama Fk llout*.
MT. VERNON TO-DAY.
HF, NEW AND
popular way of
making the great
American pilgrim-
age to the noma
and tomb of Wash-
ington Is by way of
the ancient, sleepy
and quaint old
town of Alexan-
dria.
Every foot of the
new electric road
after it leaves
Alexandria leads through historic
ground. To the right, and prominent
in the landscape, is the tall spire of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary,
hich was the focal point of McClel-
lan's array, when the later was organ-
izing for the Chlckahomlny campaign.
Around It on sill sides were the camps
of the army. The numerous remains
of their retrenchments, earthworks and
other defenses art- still prominent at
eery turn for miles. Union forts
frowned from every hilltop and their
outlines are yet plainly distinguish-
able. Just beyond the seminary. In
plain view up the valley, is Bailey's
cross roads, remembered by every old
soldier of the Army of the Potomac
as the scene of the grandest military
spectacle ever witnessed on this con-
tinent, the review by Mr. Lincoln ami
his cabinet of McClellan's army, when
he had pronounced It ready for the 111-
Btarred march to Richmond.
But there are many points of earlier
Interest. To the right, us tho "trolley''
crosses the bridge over Great Hunting
Creek, is Fort Lyons, the strongest of
all that great cordon which protected
Washington In the war days. Near
Fort Lyons Is the old home still stand-
ing of the seventh Lord Fairfax—Rev.
Brian Fairfax, who in Washington's
days was rector of Christ Church at
Alexandria, of which Washington was
a vestryman. The church is still one of
the cherished landmarks in Alexandria,
and the edifice with Washington's big
square pew Is carefully preserved in-
tact. Lord Fairfax's home was called
Mount Eagle, and it is still in excellent
preservation. A mile beyond the
bridge and the road enters the "old
Mount Vernon estate," which in Wash-
ington's day comprised 8,000 acres of as
fine land us ever was known In Vir-
ginia. The estate was divided into five
farms, known as River farm, Dogue
Run farm, Mansion House farm, Union
farm and Muddy Hole farm. River
farm, which the railway strikes lirst
and formerly known as Clifton's Neck,
was bought by Washington in 1750 for
$3 an acre. It consisted of 2,000 acres.
The first landmark of revolutionary
Interest that Is reached after entering
upon the old estate la Wellington Hall.
It stands about four miles from Alex-
andria, on the Potomac bank, and oc-
cupies a site almost as beautiful as
Mount Vernon. Wellington Hall was
built by Washington In 1768 on a por-
tion of the estate comprising 600 acres,
and during his life It was occupied by
Colonel Tobias Lear, who lives In his-
tory as Washington's military secre-
tary and life-long friend. Colonel Lear
was also tutor of the Custls children
and for more than thirty years was a
member of Washington's family. It Is
said the first President built Welling-
ton Hall for Colonel Lear's use, but
whether this be true or not, he certain-
ly occupied it for most of his life. By
his will General Washington made
Colonel Lear a tenant for life, rent free,
and he lived on the place until his
death in 1816. His remains now repose
in the Congressional Cemetery In
Washington.
After Tobias Lear's death. Wel'lng-
ton passed into the hands of the col-
lateral branch of the Washing'on fam-
ily, the last occupant being ch.l:i ;s A.
Washington, a grandnephew. He vas a
harum-scarum sort of chap, very dissi-
pated, and under his management the
estate ran down. The old inhabitants
tell funny stories about "Charley"
Washington and his career as a farm-
er. On one occasion he took some plow-
tramping he succeeded In trading the
load of barley to a brewer for a barrel
of beer, which he sent home and stored
In his cellar. The news of the transac-
tion leaked out and the same night a
dozen of Charley's cronies In Alexan-
dria paid a visit to Wellington Hall,
where they made a night of It with the
genial proprietor. Before morning they
had disposed of the entire crop of bar-
ley.
Charley Washington died In 1859, and
the neglected farm passed Into other
hands. Wellington Hall Is a frame
dwelling, painted white, and with the
outbuildings Is in good repair. A lane,
lined with poplars, which the railroad
crosses, connects it with the Richmond
turnpike. From Wellington to Mount
Vernon the distance is five miles, the
last station being Riverside Park, at
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MOUNT VERNON.
shares into Alexandria to be sharpened,
which were urgently needed in the
spring plowing, but falling In with
some cronies he was Induced to go off
for a month's sojourn at the "springs,"
and never came back until his wheat
crop had gone by default. "Charley"
Washington was a great theorist. He
once read In a farm paper that the most
profitable crop one could grow was bar-
ley. So he planted ten acres. When
the barley ripened he had It "flailed"
out and loaded on a four-hors^ wagon
and started It for the Alexandria mar-
ket. "Charley" went on ahead on horse
bark to dispose of the load. But barley
he found was an unknown grain In the
Alexandria market and there was no
•ale for it; but after a whole day's
1IOOM IN WHICH WASHINGTON DIED.
Little Hunting Creek, which stream di-
vided the old river farm of Washing-
ton's map from the Mansion House
farm. A mile beyond this creek the car
stops at the gates of Mount Vernon.
By this route there Is no more climbing
the steep hill from the wharf, but the
visitor enters the grounds at the foot
of the western lawn and walks up a
long flagged path through the trees
to the near side of the old mnnslon.
Probably 200 people had entered the
historic grounds on the day the writer
was there and the latter from among
that crowd picked out not less than a
dozen bridal couples. It is not given
to the average visitor to the home of
Washington to see all the beauties of
the place. Much less can he know the
details of the home life of the great
proprietor or understand the splendor of
his former environment. The visitor
goes through the old mansion. He
looks Into the little, stuffy rooms with
their odd and incongruous mixture of
old and up-to-date furniture. He gazes
at the elegant and extremely modern
tinted and gold frescoes, at the rich
and brilliant Persian rugs with which
the ladles of the association have cov-
ered the floors, and he finds It difficult
to imagine this the home of the immor-
tal Washington. To most visitors it
seems a great pity that there has been
such an effort made to impress the pub-
lic with the fact that Washington led a
luxurious life by means of the rich and
modern trappings they have smuggled
Into the old mansion. The splendor of
Washington's life at Mount Vernon was
reflected by his broad acres, by his
hundreds of negroes, including arti-
sans and mechanics of ail kinds, by the
wealth of his hospitality and the mag-
nificence of his military and official
career. There were no frescoes of gilt
and tints in Washington's day—no wall
paper, even. There was nothing hut
whitewashed walls and ceilings. Nor
were there any Darghestan rugs or Ax-
mlnstcr carpets.
GEN. LA FAYETTE.
Life I.nng Friend f Washington and
Gallant Soldier.
The Marquis de La Fayette was born
of an Illustrious French family on the
7th of September, 1757. He was but
nineteen years old, with every prospect
which great wealth and family In-
fluence can give, when he embraced
the cause of liberty In America. Against
the command of the king of France, he
freighted a ship at his own expense,
and landed in America in 1777, to offer
his services as a simple volunteer. He
quickly won the favor of Congress and
the life-long friendship of Washington.
He was made major-general, ami.
though so young, showed conslderabh
ability us a commander. His conduct
was always prudent. He was wound-
ed at the Brandywlne, and he distin-
guished himself by a masterly retreat
from Barren Hill and fine conduct at
the battle of Monmouth. In Virginia,
when Cornwallls threatened him with a
superior force and boasted that the "lit-
tle boy," as he called La Fayette, could
not get away from him, the young
marquis avoided a battle and prepared
by his skillful movements for the final
success of Yorktown. La Fayette was
all his life a lover of liberty and order.
He took a brave part In the French rev-
olution but refused to go to extremes.
He was arrested and Imprisoned for
years In Austria, in spite of American
efforts to relieve him. At the instance
of Bonaparte he was freed in 1797. Ho
visited the United States in 1824, when
he was welcomed as the guest of the
nation. He made the tour of the coun-
try. rejoicing in its prosperity. He was
everywhere received with enthusiasm
by those whose fathers he had helped
GENERAL LA FAYETTE,
in their hour of distress. Congress
voted him $1200,000 and a township of
land for his losses and expenses in the
Revolution. Though an old man, he
took part In the French revolution of
]MIO. and remained the devoted friend
of human liberty until his death In 1834.
MARTHA washington's iiedroom.
There Is an outbuilding on the
grounds, which should have given the I
well-meaning ladles a hint as to what
the father of his country used to cover
his floors. The building is called the '
"spinning room" and in It is a great |
loom for weaving the good old fash- !
loned rag carpets of our forefathers. j
Aside from these Incongruities, how- I
ever, the old mansion is an interesting, !
almost a hallowc#! spot. There are not i
so many relics of Washington but what
there are are full of Intere.st. The bed j
upon which he died, sent by the Lee
family, and the other furniture con-
tributed by various families, have ena-
bled the ladies in control to fit up Wash-
ington's chamber very nearly as It was
when its great occupant passed away.
There are a good many other relics on
view, but not many that are, strictly
speaking, relics of Washington. There
In plenty of colonial furniture, but
Washington never saw It. There are
portraits, engravings, etc., and a valu-
able collection of Washington's aufo-
graph letters, which are mounted In the
former state dining room. There are
two or three swords, suits of military
clothing, articles of camp equipage and
a brown Bult of clothes, the cloth of
which was woven on the place, which
the general wore at his first inaugura-
tion as President.
WHHhingtmi and Hotsev Fauntleroy.
The Fauntleroy family had a fine
plantation nt Naylor's Hold, on the
Rappahannock, about fifteen miles
from Wakefield, the birthplace of
Washington. In 1752, when he wns
twenty years old. the latter addressed a
letter to Mr. Fauntleroy, which has
been preserved, asking permission to
make a proposal of marriage tq his
daughter, "In the hope," he says, "of a
revocation of a former cruel sentence,
and see If I cannot find an alteration In
my favor."
This letter was written immediately
after his return from the voyage lie
made to Barbadoes with his brother
Lawrence, who was in feeble health
at the time and died soon after. So the
"cruel sentence" must have been pro-
nounced before they sailed in Septem-
ber, 1751. The father's reply has not
been preserved but evidently was un-
favorable.
This was the most serious love affair
Washington ever had except the later
one which ended In his marriage.
The young woman who Jilted him.
afterward became the wife of Thomas
Adams of Williamsburg. It Is a tradi-
tion of the town that she married for
money instead of loVe, and rejected
Washington because he had less wealth
than her other suitor. It is said, too,
that after he became famous and vis-
ited the town of Williamsburg as the
guest of the people, she watched from
a window the triumphal pageant as he
passed on horseback through the
streets and fainted. The home of the
Fauntleroya was a magnificent man-
sion. which stood within a beautiful
park overlooking the river, and re-
mained until a few years since, when
It was pulled down.
Washington's Stepchildren.
The unsatisfied yearning to have chil-
dren of his own was frequently dis-
closed in his diary and In letters to
friends, but Washington wa devoted
to hie stepchildren, and loved to have
little "Patsy" and Nellie Custls ut his
side. The engraving which first
appeared among a collection of "the
ladies of the republican court," many
years ago. and was afterward hung in
the "best room" of bo many thousands
of households as that of Washington's
wife, was really a portrait of Betty
Lewis, his sister, and the original, with
u companion piece by the name artist,
..f her husband. Mr. Fielding Lewis,
still belongs to the family of Col. Lewis
W. Washington, and hangs in the par-
lor of their mansion "Marmion."
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS
How Sucre**fnl Farmer* Operate Thla
Department of the Homestead—lllnta
aa to tha Care of l.lte Stock and
Poultry.
Cbeeae from a Wlironalu Stand|>oliit.
Becently 1 went to Chicago to learn
what I could about Wisconsin cheese
from the Chicago buyers' standpoint. 1
soon formulated a list of questions
that I put to the different men inde-
pendent^', and 1 was surprised to tind
such a uniformity in their answers,
writes J. W. Decker in Hoard's Dairy-
man. The filled cheese business nat-
urally came into the discussion. The
leading firms said, "We handle filled
goods, not because we want to, but be-
cause we are forced to. We kept out
Df it as long as we could, but we have
been obliged to handle the stuff or go
out of the cheese business altogether,
for other firms quote cheese at a lower
price than we can sell full cream goods
for, and we have to meet their prices,
or not tell any cheese. One firm, how-
ever, has gone into the manufacture of
filled cheese and is operating some
thirty factories, eight at least of which
arc in Wisconsin.M (I hope the farmers
will instruct their legislators to shut
them up without delay.) When asked
what was going to be the result if the
filled business was not stopped, the
unanimous reply was: 'The ruina-
tion of tho cheese business." Are the
farmers of Wisconsin going to
stand by and allow this? We need na-
tional as well as state legislation on the
subject. We have ten men in congress
who can and will make things pretty
hot on the subject at Washington, if
the farmers of the state will only in-
sist on it. One Chicago dealer Raid:
"I have spent about 92,000 jn the
last few years to fight the oleo busi-
ness and I am getting tired of giv-
ing money for that purpose, when the
farmers who take their milk to the fac-
tories take home butterine instead of
butter." (He mentioned a certain dis-
trict where that was quite generally
done.) If we are going to down this
filled business, tho farmers must unite
in the effort to down it. and as soon as
they are united to a man, the legisla-
tors will not dare go against the will
of the farmers, for they would rather
be sure of their positions than the oleo
men's money. So much for the "filled"
business. The replies to my questions
showed that there has been a decrease
in the make of cheese in Wisconsin
in the last decade. One buyer said
that eight or nine years ago the
offerings on the Fond du Lac board
would be 5,000 boxes and if he
wanted 2,000 boxes he could get them,
but now when the offerings are sel-
dom over 3,000 and usually 1,500 to
2,000, he can not get what he wants.
1 asked him if the cause of smaller of-
ferings was not in the greater number
of boards of trade; he said no, that he
could not get the cheese. I know that
quite often a buyer has orders to buy
as many or more cheese than are of-
fered on a board, and if he goes in
to "scoop the board," the other buyers
will run the price up on him. Our
home consumption lias been decreas-
ing. We ought to make cheese enough
to supply not only our home trade, but
the foreign as well. Why should our
Wisconsin farmers not share the En
glish cheese money that Canada gets?
A dealer told me that he shipped 4,700
boxes to England and canceled orders
for 4,000 more because he could not
get the cheese. One trouble the buy
ers meet is that our factories are
small and they can not get large
even lots. To make a bad matter
worse, a factory will make half fiats
and half cheddars, or half fiats and
half Young Americas. In order to get
the cheddars the buyer has to take
the flats, which he does not want, and
he probably cuts on the price to come
out even. When the cheese are sent
to England, the dealer over there
writes back, "You sent us a lot of culls
that you had on hand. We want even
lota Don't send us any more culls,for
we can get even lots from Canada."
The buyers were unanimous in saying
that the best nutty flavored cheese
come from northeastern and northern
Wisconsin. Southwestern Wisconsin
has better equipped factories and more
skillful makers, but the more northern
district seems to be endowed with the
naturally fine, nutty flavors which can
I not be surpassed anywhere in the
I world. Creameries have been crowding
| the cheese factories out of this district.
| I asked the buyers if any finer flavored
butter could be made there than else-
| where, and they said no. I then
asked where the finest butter came
from, and they were unanimous
in saying, and that without
hesitation, from the Elgin dis-
trict. When asked what the cause of
the better flavored butter was, they
were not so sure, but thought it was in
the better feedingand care of the cows.
Northeastern Wisconsin is, then, pre-
eminent in the cheese belt, and we
need have no fear of the business being
overdone. The butter business can be,
but not so with the cheese business.
In the fall of '85, at the close of the
first season in a factory for myself, in
the "ledge" region, near Fond du Lac,
I sent cheese to the American Fat
Stock and Dairy show and won over
|200 in premiums, but I believe now I
did it through the fine flavored milk I
was getting, rather than in my skill as
a maker. 1 have been surprised since
to find out how little I knew about
cheesemaking. Northern New York,
Canada, and northern Wisconsin are in
the cheese belt. We should not only
drive out fraud goods, but foster the
business as Canada has done. I hope
our farmers will realize that they have
been killing the goose that lays the
golden egg by making filled stuff.
Flavor of Klpe Cream.
At the Kansas Dairy meeting Mr. A.
W. Orner read a paper on "Ripening
Cream." We give a portion of it and a
portion of the discussion, as reported
by the National Dairyman:
Three reasons are given for ripening
Bream. First, to get flavor in butter;
tecond, to secure thorough churning;
third, to improve the keeping quality.
The first reason is sound. It is impos-
sible to get the fine, nutty flavor ex-
:ept from ripened cream. Second
-eason is also sou ml, and third reason
is in some doubt Some experiments
teem to show that sweet cream butter
teeps best, while others indicate that
ripened cream butter keeps best; there
is probably not much difference.
The ripened cream butter seeing to
leep best at a temperature of 32 de-
crees or less, but when the butter is
Icept at a temperature of 45 or 50 de-
crees, then the sweet cream butter
teems to keep better.
The cream should be stirred often
while ripening—for two reasons. First,
to keep an even temperature; second,
jo prevent the surface from thickening.
If the temperature is not uniform the
warmer parts ripen faster, and the
'eeult will be an extra loss of fat in
the butter milk. This loss occurs be-
cause Stie best temperature tor churn-
ing ripe cream is not best for oreapi
not ripe, and if cream is unevenly
ripened it is impossible to seoure tem-
perature that is best for all of it.
If the cream is allowed to stapd
Ithout stirring, the richer parts rise
to the surface, and the upper inch or
two becomes thick, being exposed to
air and moisture, evaporates, and dots
of cream form. If it takes several
days to get cream enough to churn, it
should be kept sweet. Sometimes
creatn will not ripen of itself in time
for next day's churning. Then it be- I
comes necessary to use a starter.
The starter is simply ripened milk of
some kind. When it is added to cream
and well stirred in, the ripening gerim
begin to grow rapidly, ami in this way |
begins to ripen. The starter most
often used is butter milk. This will do
if butter of that churning was of good
flavor. If the butter was off in flavor,
butter milk should not be used. A
better method is to take skim milk as
soon as It is separated, set it in a can
in a heating vat and raise temperature
to 150 degrees
Hold at this for ten or fifteen min-
utes, then cool down and add to it |0
or 16 per cent of butter milk; keep In
clean can, well covered, at a tempera-
ture of 00 to 65 degrees. This is used
for next day's creatn. The amount of
starter depends upon condition of
cream, temperature of cream and
length of time creatn has to stand
Generally from eighteen to twenty
hours is required for creatn to ripen.
Ripened cream has n very fine, granu-
lar appearanco and a slightly acid
taste.
Mr. Hoffman—I understand from
tho paper that the most important ob-
ject in ripening cream was to obtain
flavor. Do we understa~u that the
flavor iB put into the butter by ripen-
ing the cream properly and if so why
do we often lack high flavored butter
in Kansas?
Mr. Orner—Doth the flavor and pro-
cess of churning depends on ripening
the cream at the same time. If the
creatn wns not ripe you would not have
the fine flavor.
Mr. Hoffman—I am aware that you
can spoil the flavor, but can you put a
flavor in it, that otherwise would not
be in it, by a certain process in ripen-
ing? I made butter some years ago,
and really about the time Mr. Monrad
began talking about ripening cream it
seemed very strange to attempt it. I
believe that most of the writers claim
that the flavor is fed into the cow.
Mr. Nistley—Don't you notice the
flavor in butter if you churn ripened
creum?
Mr. Hoffman—I can not tell when
the cream is just ripened enough. I j
can tell the acidity of the cream, but j
can not tell just immediately when the
point is ripened. How can you tell
when it Is just ripened?
Mr. I.ewellcn—I will tell you that
cream has a granular appearance ami
a slightly acid taste.
Mr. Orner Ripened cream can be
ripened, and, at the same time, not be i
soured. Appearances and slightly acid j
ta6te show about 88 degrees acidity, by
Mann's acid test. See Iowa bulletin 21.
Mr. Lewellen—If a man tries that '
to-day. he must try it to-morrow in
order to know about it? Can he tell
by looking at it, or must he test each j
time?
Mr. Orner—Take your test of the
cream in the afternoon and you can
find out about how it is and after do-
ing it a few days you will know just
about how to cool or warm it.
Mr. Monrad—If you will allow me
to go back eighteen years ago when I
first learned to make butter, the Dunes
ripened their cream but did not know
anything about bacteriology or Mann's
acid test. The very last thing before,
going to bed was to go down and see
how the cream was getting along, stir
it up, smell and taste it. Look at the
thermometer. It is pretty cool and
hardly acid enough to be ripe for
churning at 5 a. m., then heat it up a
little. While I recommend every cream-
ery to have an acid test—It is only a
guide. If you have a cold and can not
smell or taste, the test is a great
help to you. The experienced butter
maker has no use for the acid test
everyday and will know by smell,
taste und the look of the creum. Hut
It is a great help to beginners—to se-
cure uniform work—and it is in valua-
ble for experimental purposes.
Pome Fine Mllkera.
The Michigan station has three
very remarkable Holstein cows. At
the re'jent breeders' meeting in thai
state, I'rof. Clinton D. Smith dis-
tributed a type written report giving
'-heir records for a j'ear, viz.: Rosa
Hsnheour 5th, 17.402 lbs milk and
450.87 lbs butter in 311 days; lloultge
I), 14.28(1 lbs milk aud 453.57 lbs but-
ter in 238 days; and llelle Sarcastic
14.021 lbs milk and 429.10 lbs butter in
23d <lays. These are certainly very ex-
traordinary yields, and it is a matter
for everlasting regret that a breed able
to turn out such cows was not repre-
sented at Chicago. According toamem-
orandum on the copy of the report sent
to me the average daily consumption of
each cow was about as follows: Ensi-
lage 00 lbs; grain 22 lbs; roots 40 Ibsl
clover hay 10 lbs. In the meeting
I'rof. Smith said the grain consisted
of corn, oats, bran, and wheat, and in
the discussion he conceded they were
fed, to some extent, for show:
"l'cople always want to see
something great," he said, "and
the cows have been fed to
this end, but there is no doubt
but that they will come out of it all
right. There is a danger of their rec-
ords doing harm by inciting people
to feed injudiciously."' In replj' toa
Question he said further: "I think it
would generally be safe and more
profitable not to feed to the highest
limit. In feeding for a record we must
depend on the herdsmen. The scient-
ist can not measure the appetite; the
herdsman's judgment is best."
l'oultry Hreeda Laying I «rk Egg*.
Mirror and Farmer says: It has
been claimed in favor of certain breeds
that they lay eggs with dark shells,
but we have never yet seer, a llock
where there was perfejt uniformity of
color of eggs. The fact is, it is seldom
two hens can be found to produce eggs
of exact shade of color, except when
the breed is one laying white eggs. It
is true that flocks exist that lay dark
eggs, but there is more or less differ-
ence of shade in color of eggs from
each individual. We have noticed this
difference iu the Plymouth Rocks and
Wyandottes particularly, and we may
also add the Langshsns. Hens in a
flock that were sisters have failed to
produce uniform eggs. Some were
very dark and others nearly white,
variations In shade being easily notice-
able. The most uniform eggs were
from Cochins and the next llrahmus.
There is a way to secure dark eggs of
uniform color, however, and that is to
hatch the r lets from dark eggs. Hut
little can be gained the first year, but
with careful (.election for a few years
the flock can be brought up to the de-
sired standard as layer* of dark eggs
PaASKLY is said to have come f.-om
Egypt, and mythology tells unit \ as
used to adorn the head of liurcul"-
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?
It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder
the purest and strongest of a)' the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet-
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow-
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest end
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble ?
Avoid all baking powders Bold with ft gift
or prize, or at a lower price than tho Boyal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul-
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection fron. alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for tin
Royal, which is absolutely pure,
A Itt.u, Journey.
Indian Chief (to prisoner)—You say
you are n foreign tourist?
Prisoner—Yes.
"And you have a title?"
•'Yes."
"And you are unmarried."
*'Yes."
"Well, I will let you go: but you will
have to run tho gauntlet of American
heiresses all the way from Denver to
New York.
A voiding Himplclon.
Miss I>« Style—Horrors! Why have
you adopted a grocer's scale and a
yard stick as our ooat-of-arm.-t?
Mrs. Do Style—I wish people to
know that our money was made in
honest trade. Otherwise they might
suspect that your father or grand-
father hud been on tho police force.
Clerk—Mr. Muldoon, we have au or-
der for hard wood kindlings, but the
hard wood is nil gone.
Mr. Muldoon (dealer)—Sind 'em saft
wood.
"They will notice the difference, be-
cause soft wood burns too fust.''
"Bejabers, tliot's so. Wet it."
1 lie lieyatone of the Arch
In tho edltloe of health Is vigor, which muni
not moroly muscular energy, hut an active
dlHohnrtro of tho \arlous fund inns of the
body, such us dlgrstion, secretion of the bile,
tho action of thu bowels, tho circulation of the
blood. Nothing morn actively snd thor-
oughly contribute to the united performance i
of those functions than tho renowned toulo 1
und regulator, Hosteller a Stomach Hitters
The result of Its use Is a speedy gain In
streugth, together with tho agreeable con-
sciousness that the tenure of life is being
strengthened that ono is laying up a store of
vitality n^'ulnst the unuvoldat o draughts
which ol l age tniikes upon the system The
fortifying Influence of the Hitters constllute
it a reliable safeguard against malaria, rheu
matism and kidney trouble. Appetite and
sleep Improve through lt:< use, and It protects
the system from tho effects of cold aud damp.
Oar (fillister's rallla*.
Deacon (Jrabh.ird—Rev. Du Goode
snys he doesn't believe in raising mon-
ey by church fairs, suppers, concerts
and lotteries.
Deacon 1'inchpenni—Hum! He's al-
together too conscientious for a minis-
|
Little Sister—Most of the articles in .
your p iper this month is uwful poor, j
Little llrother (editor Amateur,
Monthly)—I know it; but tho boys
that wr^)te 'em sent stamps for their
return - an' I needed the stamps.
Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medi-
cine.--Mas. W. Ph-krrt. Van Siclen and
Blake Avcs., Brooklyn, N, Y., Oct. 2d, *1)4.
Couldn't he Genuine.
Guest—That still life study is a won- j
der. Nothing could be finer than thuti
tnble, the book, tho pipe, und the
purse. How perfect the hunk bill is!
By .love! 1 believe it is a real bill ;
putted on.
Host—Impossible! I bought it of
an artist.
An 1'nfMlr Advantage.
Chinese Emperor—Why did yon lose
that battle?
General Wun Run—The Japanese
attacked us in our rear.
"1 was informed that they attacked
you in front."
' Y-e-e-s. but that wus our rear when
they got there."
Convinced.
Patron—Won Lung, is it true that
many of tho Japanese have become
Christians?
Chinese Laundryman—Me sabe that*
ee so. See how they fightee.
sal 111
of Fai
Scribbler (gloomily)—Literary fame
is a continual torment.
Spacer—How so?
Scribbler A fellow's creditors keep
dunning him just to get his autograph
Father I wish you'd cut the Wom-
an's l'age out of the Daily Bluster be-
fore you give It to our son.
Mother—Goodness me' Why?
l-'ather—I don't want him to become
tired and sick of women before ho is
old enough to uiurry.
Modern Maid—I wish some advice.
Old Lady—Certainly my dear. What
is It?
Modern Maid—Shall I marry a man
whose tastea are the opposite of mine,
mid quarrel with him? or shall I
marry a man whose tastes are the
same as mine, und get tired of him?
It is wrong that the fate of con-
victed murderers should be delayed so
long. When once justly convicted
they should bo put through at break-
neck speed.
Little < 1 irl—What did you do in Cal-
i ifornla?
Little Hoy I spout most of the time
Icarnin' to pronounce tho names of tho
towns wc stopped at.
The man who works pretty well
when he once gets his hand in is tho
plckpooUel
THE ONWARD HARCH
of Consumption is
l.ooo HUB. POTATOES PER ACRE.
Wonderful yields in potatoes, oats,
corn, farm and vegetable seeds. Cut
this out nnd send 5c postage to tho
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., for their great seed book and
sample of Cliant Spurry wnu
Mrs. Upham-Upham (slumming).—
What were you arrested for?
Reddy (from Hell's Kitchen).—For
insultin' er lady. I hit 'er in de eye.
It cannot bo denied that the pick-
pocket is an artist with a light and
dainty touch.
"Hanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted to euro or money rafumlcl. A*k your
druKgtnt for It. Price 16 oenU.
Policeman—Move on, now!
Street Hoy (after reaching a safe dis-
tance)—Yer needn't a-bcen scared. I
wasn't watchin' yeh.
If tin Ilnliy l- < nttlng Teem
Be iure and u « that old and well-tried remedy, Mas.
Wisstow'a Soomuco Sravr lor Children Teething.
Houses of cards arc pretty substan-
tial when the police are fixed.
« ... •. ( oiigli llnlait
Ta theolde«t and U-ft. It will break 1111 aOold quicker
Ulan ail) tiling I'll*. It Is at way * i citable Try it.
A canvas-back duck—douching a con-
vict in a straight jacket.
stopped short by Dr.
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. If
you haven't waited
beyond reason,
there's complete re-
covery and cure.
Although by many
believed to be incut-
able, there is the
evidence of hundreds
of living witnesses to
the fact that, in all
its earlier stages, con-
sumption is a curable
[disease. Not every
' case, but a large pet -
rentage of caset, and
; we believe, fully UH
' per cent, are cuied
by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
even after the disease has progressed so
f.ir as to induce repeated bleedings from
the lungs, severe lingering cough with
copious expectoration (including tubercu-
lar matter), great loss of flesh and extreme
emaciation and weakness.
Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases
reported to us as cured by "Golden Med-
ical Discovery " were genuine cases of that
dread and fatal disease ? You need not take
our word for it. They have, in nearly every
instance, been so pronounced by the best
and most experienced home physicians,
who have no interest whatever in mis-
representing them, und who were often
strongly prejudiced and advised against
a trial of "Golden Medical Discoverv,"
but who have been forced to confess tliat
it surpasses, in curative power over this
fatal malady, all other medicines with
which they are acquainted. Nasty cod-
liver oil and its filthy "emulsions" aud
mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these
cases and had either utterly failed to bene-
fit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for
a short time. Rxtract of malt, whiskey,
and various preparations of the hypophos-
phiteshad alsoSten faithfully tried in vain.
The photographs of a large number of
those cured of consumption, bronchitis,
lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal
catarrh and kindred maladies, have been
skillfully reproduced in a book of 160
pages which will be mailed to you, on te-
celpt of address and six cents in stamps.
You can then write those cured and learn
their experience. Address WosLn's Dispkn-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N Y.
W. X. U., Wichita.—Vol. 8, No. H.
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