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Harvesting ami Feeding Artichoke*.
In September artichokes begin U
bloom anil when the blossom Is brown
ed, the crop Is made. Gut off the
tops and put them away for use 01
turn stock In on them for pas"ure.
They may be gatherd the same a*
potatoes, put Into pits or cellars and
fed when wanted. If Intended ai
feed for horses and cattle, they should
be dug In a dry time, being careful
to have the tops all cut or eaten off
ao as to let the ground become well
dried by the time digging begins. In
this way no dirt will adhere to them.
All kinds of stock will eat them In
preference to grain and will thrive
well all winter. They are not a fat
producing food at all, but are very
healthful and a good everyday feed
for all kinds of stock. A libera' ra
tion of these tubers with a few
ears of corn and a few pounds
of ground grain will make an animal
take on growth faster and with less
food than any ration I have ever used.
If to be fed to swine, they can be
left In the field and tile swine turned
onto them. As a rule bogs do not
•are much for them until after frost,
which seems to sweeten them, and
make them more palatable. There
are two objections to turning hogs
In to harvest them. It Is very hard
on the land, and will .show on your
next crop. You all doubtless know
what the result of working ground Is,
wnen It Is very wet. It becomes hard
and unfrlahle for the following season.
This is what is produced by allowing
hogs to root in It when the ground
Is wet nnd muddy in winter. Then
they cannot always be obtaiucd for
the hogs when wanted, and when the
hogs need them most is Just the time
they cannot get • them with any
regularity,, because the ground Is fro
wn so much of the time. When there
to no other green food to be -uu, is
Just the time they are especially valu
able, and after the most
by the hogs.—Agriculturist
How to fiMtruvUs Milk Katlly.
Milk may be easily pasteurised by
using the same apparatus employed
In cooling and aerating, except that
Instead of running cold water through
the machine, use steam. The milk
will become hot, The tonvjierature
can be controlled by regulating the
amount of steam let Into the aerator.
The temparature of the milk will be
about 150 degrees when It reaches
the trough, but liy the time It has fal
len Into the can, it Is cooled to 140
degrees. This Is practically the pas
teurizing temperature, but If the
tubercle bacilli are to be destroyed the
•an to receive the milk should be hot
and sterilized, and the stream can lie
. t.> an inverted funnel, and
it may be that a plate of glass should
1H- placed in front of and near the
ridges of the cooler. Milk should
stand in the can about 20 minutes,
when it should be turned back into
the aerator, and cooled In the ordinary
way. The New Jersey experiment
station llmls this method very ef
ficacious, and particularly applicable
to small dairy farms where a regular
pasteurizing apparatus is not at band.
Tlifi Piijmliir I)uror-.l(ir,y ling.
The exact origin of this breed is not '
definitely known, but probably it is |
purely American, being developed from
hogs iu New York and New Jersey. '
If the breed did not originate here. It '
was certainly developed In this conn- I
try. It. early began to attract atten- !
tion because of its unburn color and
ability to lay on flesh rapidly. The
hogs had, from the first, spleudld con
stitutions, and consequent capacity for
assimilating food, a characteristic
which they still retain. The sows are
lotthtless the most prolific of any breed
of swine in existence. Young sows
usually furrow from eight to twelve
pigs at a litter, and from ten to eigh
teen Is not uncommon for old sows.
The pigs nro very strong at birth, and
the sows and pigs very seldom need
any attention at -this time. They al
most Invariably Impart to their off
spring their wonderfully prolific breed
ing qualities, are good, quiet mothers,
supplied with a generous flow of milk,
raise largo, even litters, and other
breeds, when crossed with them,' are
greatly Improved in vigor and us
breeders and feeders.
Binding Corn Foddor.
Corn fodder thut is cut and loft
standing in the field Is often greatly
damaged because of the loose way iu |
which the shocks are bound. A handy i
and enectlve way to draw the shock |
together for tying is to take a strap
and fasten an Iron ring two or three |
Inches In illnmeter to one end. By
putting the strap aound the shock near
the middle and running the free end
through the ring, the shock can be
brought to its smallest compass and
held there while additional layers are
being put on. There Is little difficulty
in keeping fodder which is well tied,
nnd this method insures tight, com
pact shocks that will stand wind and
storm. |
Cold DMI Not Hurt Bardx, " j
Experiments with plant seeds sub
jected to extreme cold have shown
that the power of germlnat'on is net
destroyed but merely suspended ly
the cold. By the use of liquid air, I
seeds of barley, oats, squash, cucum
ber, peas, sunflower and some other
plants were recently kept for 110 hours
at a cold of from 183 degrees to 102 de
grees centigrade. They were then care
fully" and slowly thawed for fifty hours
They were then planted, and sprouted
as well as If they had not been frozen.
THE COLUMBIAN. BLOOMSBURG. PA.
THE FOOTBALL HERO.
GETTING INTOFORM FOR THEGREAT
COLLEGE GAMES.
The Leading Pluvcrn of the Four Moat
Important College Klcvoim In the Unit
ed Stated anil What They Have to Ac
com pi I nil.
"In the east football will begin this
year with three youngsters ut the
head of three of the most Important
college elevens In the United Stntes.
and a seasoned player as captalu of
the fourth team of the big four.
Dlbblee of Harvard; Outlaud, of
Pennsylvania, and Chamberlln, of
Yale, cannot measure their years of
experience with those of Kelly, of
Prineetou. In spite of Kelly's pres
tige. bis knowledge of the game and
his great - ability as an aggresslvo
plnyer. his task, with that of Dlbblee's.
Is the hardest In tne quadrangular
group standing for the best of Ameri
can football.
The reason for this lies In the fact
thnt each man finds It neccessnry to
build up not only a team that can
play, but u team that thinks It can
play. The spirit of Harvard and
ntIKCTSN IvfcJ !
Princeton was crushed by the unex- '
pected reverses received at Yale's '
hands last year, anil It will take much !
first-class missionary work to put the !
tnen iuto the proper humor for winning I
work. |
Outland's task Is not entirely an
ensy one. as he succeeded a winning
captain, and at the outset was some
thing of a stranger to the duties that
are required of the head of an eleven.
One thiag in his favor, however, is the
hitherto cordial relations between the '
members of ''Pennsy's" football eleven |
and the harmonious support with
which they always "back up" tbe i
head of the team. They seem to be '
keeping up their record this year.
If any one of the four might be said I
to have comparatively easy Balling. ;
Chamberlln appears to be the man. He
Is the lender of an eleven that finished
the season of 1597 with an overwhelm
ing stock of confidence In Its ability to
defeat anything in the football line.
Criticised, abused, even sneered at
when the season was in Its infancy,
Yale made a finish that startled the
sporting world and sent the young
sters of the eleven home with pride
beaming from every lineament of their
features—and It was pardonable pride,
too.
Something about the personal char
acteristics of the present captains Is
not amiss.
j Dlbblee and Kelly belong to the
j dashing class of players. The latter,
particularly, when the sky seems over
fast for Princeton In Important match
es, has evoked the wildest enthusiasm
from his college partisans by making
'HABVARO _ ftit wjf
tn extraordinary run upon the field,
which appealed even to the frigid sen
sibilities of the cold-blooded critics.
Dlbblee Is a good general as well as
i good football player. He Is reputed I
to possess those most Important quali
fications of n lender which combine
the knnck of getting the best of every
thing out of his fellows, and at the
same time making each man on the
team believe that but for him the
?ame would linve been lost. Much Is
expected of Dlbblee by the college
tnen, and If he fails to pull Harvard
iut of the ruck something like the
gloom of absolute discouragement Is
lkely to settle upon the entire institu
tion. Of course, he cannot accomplish
wonders without the assistance of
good players, and W. Cameron Forbes
who Is again coaching the Crimson
eleven. Is expected to render much as
sistance to the new captain.
Outland. of Pennsylvania. Is one of
the ualversnlly popular men to be
found at one time or another at every
big educational institute. Whether he
Is as great a football player as the
man who preceded him ts a question
to be solved largely by the results of
1898. His ability as a player Is not
confined to one position oh <ne eleven,
and there Is considerable discussion
whether to play him at half back or
quarter bnck.
Outlaml Is said to possess great
shrewdness upon the field. He Is
quick to recognize the weakness of an
adversary, and just as quick to take
advantage of It. If there is a wenk
place In the opposing eleven none
grusps the fact with inure avidity than
he, and last year be rendered valuable
assistance to his captain by his mark
ed ability In counsel. The Pennsylva
nia men are disposed to believe they
have the best cuptain on the gridiron
this year.
Chamberlln Is exactly the type c-f a
player thnt the Yale eleven needed last
year and It had more like him. Ag
gressive In the spirit with which a
bulldog is nggresslve; persistent, ns the
waves are persistent In beating upon
the bench; combative, ns the Ameri
cans were combative when they rush
ed up the slopes of El Cnney, lie never
knows when ho Is defeated or when
to "let up" on an adversary.
Whether he will be a successful
leader Is another problem. A player
may be game to the backbone, pug
nacious from crown to heel and still
not be a good leader of his fellows.
Yale's coaches and advisers say Cham
berlln is all right. Certainly be bas
little of which to complain In his team,
as compared with the other three of
the "big four," and If he Is ns success
ful as the Sons of Ell hope he will
! finish his season with more glory than
| lighted about the heads of the "late
j comers" Inst year when they success
fully walloped rriuceton, after a pre-
I liminary campaign thnt tried the heart
I of every man at New Ilaven.
[ The Cornell team Is somewhat crlp
| pled by the loss of many of last year's
J best men. including Captain Mckeever
! and Tracy at the ends. Schoch and
| Taugeman at the centre. Wilson at
j half-back and Favllle at guard. The
! team Is being coached by ex-Captniu
j Glenn S. Wnrner. of Buffalo, who was
so successful last season. He lg as
sisted by Thonins F. Fennell. of El
ralra. who formerly played lu tbe Cor
nell line.
i Among tbe old players who are can
j dldates for the team are Dempsey,
| Bassford, Alexander, rot ter. Morrison
i Starbuck, Cross and Captain Whiting
The football team of Princeton Uni
versity is being coached this year by
the finest assortment of ex-football
men that ever stepped foot on the
Tigers' gridiron. "Biffy" Lee. captain
of the Princeton team in 1895, has
been selected ns bead coach, and be
Is assisted by Howard Broknw, the
star end of the 1896 team, whose name
Is still In tbe mouths of Prlncctonlnns;
Moffat, the famous full-back, and
George and Balliet. men who formerly
played centre rush. Tyler, who was
one of the Princeton representatives at
the Olympic games at Athens In 1895,
Is looking after the work of the
tackles. Fine, whose strategy has
counted for Princeton In days of yore.
Is directing the headwork of the
team.
THE STAFF OF LIFE IN MEXICO.
Tortillas. th# National Ilreailt Is tlta Food
of All Classes.
A table of various commercial data
of the City of Mexico shows that 5,-
000.000 tortillas are consumed daily
In the city. The tortilla, the national
bread of Mexico, Is made of maize.
It is an unleavened bread, the food of
rich and poor alike. For common use
It is sometimes made quite thick; for
the tables of the better class It is
small, four or five Inches In diameter.
It Is prepared now ns It lias been for
a thousand years. The maize Is par
boiled to cleanse and soften the grain,
and then left to cool. Afterward It Is
crushed on a nictate, or block of lava
stone, about sixteen Inches broad aud
twenty inches long, and mixed with
water. The paste Is patted by haud
until It Is ns thin as a pancake, and
then toasted on a brasero, or native
charcoal brazier. # Tortillas cost about
ithree cents a dozen, and a family of
ordinary size will consume on an aver
age eight dozen a day. There are nine
factories In the city of Mexico where
the tortillas .are turned out by ma
chinery. The importance of the In
dustry Is further shown by the num
ber of "maicerlas," or maize shops. In
the city, which are said to number not
less than two hundred. In the early
part of the meal of the working classes
in Mexico the tortilla is used as a
plate, receiving the meat or other edi
ble which forms the principal course.
When this Is disposed of, It is the
turn of the tortilla, which Is curled up
and eaten with great gusto.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
An Inventor has produced an electric
cane lamp. The handle of the cane
contains an Incandescent lamp, the two
poleß of which are connected with the
plates of a baliery. Below this la a
smaß chamber to carry the battery
fluid. When It Is desired to use the
lamp the cap is taken oS and the cane
Inclined, so that the liquid It contains
comes in contact with the electrodes. A
current is thus produced that will. It la
asserted, keep the light going for as
Sour.
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WASHINGTON.
From our Regular corrcsponaer t.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26th, 1898.
Frantic appeals are being made to
Mr. McKinley by the Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee
and by Republican candidates for
Congress for assistance in various
ways. The most pressure is probably
being brought to get the long-delayed
executive order, throwing down the
civil service bars to a large number of
Federal positions, issued before the
Congressional elections. Mr. Mc-
Kinley has been told that the issuing
of that order within the next two or
three weeks will be worth many votes
to the Republican candidates for
Congress, because by promising those
positions many of those who were at
the last election Republican workers,
but who aie now sulking, could be
got to work again. He is also being
urged to declare the Government
printing office to be outside the civil
service Lw and rules. Mr. McKin
ley has been told that if he doesn't
do these things now, there will be no
occason, so far as party politics are
concerned, for him to do them at all.
It is doubtful whether he will do all
that he has been asked to do, but he
has intimated that he will do some
thing.
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Boss Piatt had a conference with
Mr. McKinley this week, and there
are reasons to believe that he told
him that the Democrats had more
than a fighting chance to carry New
York this year, and asked him to use
his influence with the Anti-Platt Re
publicans. There was a report that
Mr. McKinley did not want Roose
velt nominated for Governor by the
New York Republicans, but if he had
any idea of trying to throw "Teddy "
down in the convention, he gave it
up after talking with Boss Piatt and
"Teddy" is going to be nominated.
While Mr. McKinley will go through
the form of throwing the administra
tion influence to Roosevelt after he
is nominated, he would rather see
him defeated than elected. If he is
defeated h will be shelved for awhile;
if he is elected, he may become the
young Republicans' candidate for the
Presidential nomination in 1900.
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A Wai Department official is
quoted as having said of Secretary
Alger's trip of inspection : "Alger is
shrewd. During his swing around
the camps he will find any number of
men who will be willing to appear be
fore the investigating committee to
testify that camp life had been one
long, sweet dream; that they had
been fed on the fat of the land ; had
been provided with all the comforts
of home, and that they had never
seen any sickness, suffering, starvation
or dying. It is a good thing to pick
out your witnc ses and have a quiet j
OABTORIA.
Boan the Kind You Have Always Bougfc
rr<zW^&ig<
little talk with them before they go
on the stand."
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There is no news in tne published
statement that the Commission to de
cide upon a government for Hawaii,
the members of which are now on
their way from Hawaii to Washington,
had settled upon the territorial form
of government for the islands. It is
quite well known in Washington that
the matter was settled long before an
nexation was accomplished. As long
as the islands remain under a territor
ial form of government there is not
likely to be much trouble, but there
will be trouble, and lots of it, when
an attempt is made to admit them as
a State. It will be a long time, if
ever, before the people of this coun.
try will be willing to see two Hawaiian
Senators and three Hawaiian Presi
dential electors, who may at any time
hold the balance of power in the
Senate, or in the electoral college.
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No better answer to the question of
why there was such a falling off in the
Republican majorities in Maine this
year has been heard in Washington
than that given by Mr. R. F. Allen,
of Lewiston, who replied, when asked
the question : " Some Republicans
didn't vote ; others did—the Demo
cratic ticket."
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Nothing could better illustrate the
existing fright of the Republicans
than the fact that Postmaster General
Smith and Webster Davis, Assistant
I Secretary of the Interior, have gone
on stumping tours. Of late years it
has not been considered just the
proper thing for a member of the
Cabinet to take the stump, even in
Presidential campaigns, and not since
Arthur's administration has one gone
on the stump in a Congressional or
State campaign.
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After many trials and many refusals
to serve, Mr. McKinley has got to
gether his commission to investigate
the War Department, and the work is
to begin right away. If Mr. McKin
ley had any doubts the public state
ments made to Secretary Alger since
he started upon his carefully pre
pared trip for inspection of camps
and hospitals, by high military offic
ers, have convinced him that the com
mission will not have much trouble to
locate personal responsibility for mis
management, and worse. But will
they be punished when found guilt) ?
Rapid Improvement.
"My wife was a victim of boils and
had several of them at one time. She
began taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and
soon began to improve, After taking
a few bottles she was entirely cured.
I have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla for
rheumatism with good effect." C. W.
Dawson, Nimble, Pa.
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