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The Sioux County Journal,
HAKKISON, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1895.
N UMBEK 16.
VOLUME VIII.
tff.i
THE really beautiful old lady
seems to be atom from the great
assembly of womankind now be
fore the public. The trouble Is that
directly a woman reaches 40 she think
tt neceawary to retrograde In years by
the adoption of youthful drew and
manners bo that you can pretty gener
ally estimate a woman's real age In the
Inverse ratio of her drww. In other
ajerds, the gayer her attire the older
she is likely to be In reality. Yet It la
tree f Tery many women that they
grew In personal beauty a the years
franc. Very often this Is a question
f health, and as the weakness are
eetgrown In full womanhood new and
hitherto unknown charms are discover
ed, little by little. No woman need
grow Into the hideous, hopeless corpu
lency so often aeon In the elderly worn
tkan animal, and all pretenses to good
locks are ntterly destroyed, for nothing
la more hideous than an enormous wom
an, all toppling and running over with
unnecessary fat If the thing Is begun
In tine all the after annoyances may
be avoided ; due attention paid to diet,
exercise and hygiene will accomplish
eD this, and much more, for the com
bined powers will secure perfect hesltb
STYLISH BLOUSE EFFECTS FROM LONDON.
No. 1. In cloth and embroidered muslin. No. 2. livening bodice of white silk ganze.
4. In velvet or velveteen. No. S. In burgundy-red velvet. 5. In patterned muslin.
Madame.
and consequently much personal Im-hii-ly.
All this is not to say that on old lady,
of eoneldersble plumpness, Is a forbid
ding eight; not a bit of it; a goodly
amount of flesh go far toward keep
ing the face youthful, and. It Is wild,
"the heart light;" this should 1 true,
since the old song runs, "Iaugh and
grow fat" end It Pxr rule that
cannot be applied both way. To us
half ttie cbarin alsmt an old lady Is the
dainty, pretty things allotted to her
wearing; U fashion writers seem to
forget wholly, the dear old grandmoth
ers, and saintly mothers, we all know
and love so well; forget them, at leant,
in their chronicles of fashion, and
must make the dear old ladles feel quite
out of kith and kin with the younger
set so ofteu set forth. Hut If their
age, their personal charm, Is si ml led
the old laxly Is s picture of grace and
leauty that the younger one can never
tiop to emulate even though every
fashion baser In the world gives her
hints ss to the selection of her cos
tumes. The Walking Hhoe,
' 'The shoe best adapted for walking Is
made of calfskin and thick cork soles.
These are light In weight durable and
most comfortable to the foot Small,
111 fitting shoes have done as much
harm In the world as tightly laced cor
sets. They have made cheerful people
peevish and strong people Indolent, If
not week. Have shoes Urge enough
to five your feet ample freedom. What
will set a woman sacrifice for beauty?
Comfort always and health sometimes,
bnt beauty produced In this way is only
a shadow of what It should be and la ef
short duration. The druggist find the
counterfeit of beauty In great demand,
and, like everything else, Ae markets
have tried to monopolise beauty, and
for a few cents one may buy rosy
cheeks and ruby lips, but nature asks
no money and has a way of developing
beauty outside the apothecary's shop,
and one year of good outdoor exercise
will do more for a woman's beauty
than all the lotions and pomades that
were ever Invented. Interesting as are
the changes produced In man by proper
training, the change in a woman is
marvelous. Exercise seems to have an
Immediate effect on a woman's com
plexion.
Correct Child Culture.
Some one, speaking of child culture,
argues that since grown people have
hobbies, "children certainly have an
equal right to a similar indulgence."
"Indulging a hobby" Is not a happy
expression of cultivating a taste or tal
ent, and the argument that the child
should Indulge because grown people
do Is unsound.
A hobby horse Is a make believe
horse, and neither grown people nor
children should cultivate make be
lieves. Even In the matter of tastes
Indiscriminate Indulgence may be a bad
thing. It Is true that many children
are warped out of all beauty and happi
ness of life by parents who are deter
mined that their children shall follow
certain trades or callings whether or
not they have tastes or bent In that di
rection. But steering a child clear of
bad tastes or elusive fancies Is quite
different from fitting hi in to a Procrus
tean bed. Fredoru to choose among
gsid tastes, to follow any wholesome
bent, the child should have, but to In
dulge bad tastes or follow wrong bents
he should not be allowed. It Is In this
Indiscrimination that the philosophy
of developing Individuality goes to ex
tremes and HKlls the child even more
hopelessly than the procrustcan treat
ment Getting In the lila Hleevt-a,
It U hardly necessary to say that all
the coats and Jackets and all manner ot
wraps that are with sleeves endued
have those sleeves big at the shoulder
to provirle room for the Imperious,
tyrant dress sleeves. This Is the most
serious problem the cloakmakers have
met In recent years, and In its solution
they have gradually Increased the sire
of the srmhole, used smoothly silken
linings altogether and substituted In
their sleeves lighter material for th
fur.
Woman's Way.
When a woman says no, if he wanla
you to insist upon her saying yes.
A man will always respect a woman
If he sees that she respects herself.
A wife is willing to be obedient, but
she Pistes to be considered a slave.
With a woman, her soul should al
ways be at least as well clad as her
body.
If a married woman commences as a
slave, she will never again regain her
freedom. ,
Kven when a woman Is In love she
never forgets to see that her bat U c
etraurut
rVLL ABOUT THE FARM
SUBJECTS INTERESTING TO
RURAL READERS.
roola Neceeeary for the Farm Ice
Harvest-Apples Not Hurt bjr Bruis
ing' Potatoes Food for Stock
Heater for Poultry House.
The Fsrnt Ice Harvest.
The tools absolutely necessary where
wily a limited amount of loe 1 put up
consist simply of an ice saw, tongs,
hook, chisel, and a wagon or sled. The
i
Uw does not cost much and the tongs,
book and chisel can be made by a local
blacksmith at a very small expense,
and will last almost a lifetime. An Ice
plow Is very desirable, but unless con
siderable is to oe
put up Is not essen
tlal, as a large saw
will answer the
purpose. Devices
for cleaning snow
from the Ice field
can be easily made
should they be
needed. In filling
the Ice house, first
nut In 18 or 24
no. 2. tosos.
Inches of sawdust.
then set the first layer of loe cakes on
edge, allowing 12 or 18 Inches of saw
dust at the sides. The other layers may
V
FIG. 8. ICE HOOK.
be laid flat breaking Joints; If prac
ticable, pour In water to fill up the In
terstices, and make a solid block of the
whole mass that will keep out air.
When the house Is filled, cover the lc
CO
FIO. 4. ICK CHISEL.
with two feet or more of sawdust. Ag
riculturist Barreling Apples.
Many of the most profitable opera
tions In commercial life depend In the
first Instance upon very simple facts.
Most persons would pass by without
observing the barreling of apples as a
case In point If apples were placed
loosely In barrels they would soon rot
though passing over but a very snort
distance of travel; and yet when proper
ly barreled they can be sent thousands
of miles, even over the roughest ocean
voyage, In perfect security, says Mee
han's Moutbly. This Is owing to a fact
discovered years ago, without any one
knowing particularly the reason, that
an apple rotted from a bruise only
when the skin was broken. An aiple
can be pressed so as to have Indenta
tions over Its whole surface without
any danger of rotting, provided the skin
Is not broken. In barreling apples,
therefore, gentle pressure Is exercised,
so that the apples are fairly pressed In
to each other, and it Is Impossible for
any one fruit to change Its place in
the barrel on Its Journay. Apples are
sometimes taken out of barrels with
large Indentations over the' whole sur
face, and yet no sign of decay. In these
modern times we understand the rea
son. The atmosphere Is full of micro
scopic germs which produce fermenta
tion, and, unless they cau get an en
trance Into the fruit rot cannot take
place. A mere Indentation without a
rupture of the outer skin does not per
mit of the action of these microbes.
This Is a simple reason why the early
observation enabled the barreling of
apples to be successful.
Potatoes as Stock Food.
Prof. Heury has a valuable article In
the Breeders' Gazette summing up
about all that Is knovvu on (lie subject
on the value of potatoes as food for
live stock. He gives the conclusions
of Fjord, the great Inventor of feeding
tuffs in Denmark, namely, that four
pounds of potatoes furnish as much nu
triment to animals as oue pound of rye
or barley, and also the result of his
own experiment In feeding potatoes to
hogs, They were carefully weighed,
cooked hi Iron kettles, and enough corn
meal used to make a thick pudding or
mush. These experiments show that
445 pounds of potatoes arc equivalent
to 100 pounds of corumeal In pig feed
Ing. He has also shown by experiments
that corn meal has somewhat higher
feeding value than tiarley, and con
eludes that four pounds of potatoes are
worth as much as one pound of barley
or rye, and almost as much as the an me
weight of corn meal for hog feeding.
In the Wake of a Drouth.
As I see many Inquiries about clover
seeding, I will say that our most sue
cessful way of late years hus been to
sow our clovcrsced on fall-sown rye,
as soon as the land Is In a fit condition
to harrow, and then to sow the seed
and harrow It twice over with a light,
slanting harrow. This year we bad a
new experience, being left short of pas
ture from the drouth of 18K1, says a cor
respondent of Hoard's Dairyman. We
turned fourteen sows, with one hnn-
FIG. 1. ICK SAW.
dred and eight pigs, on a thirteen- acre
field of rye, which was seeded to clover,
as above Indicated, when the rye first
started, so as to be good pasture. We
turned in eight cows from time to time;
of course, we gave up all hope, so far
as the clover-seeding was concerned,
but to our surprise this fall we had the
finest stand of clover. It seems that
the tramping, and In addition, manure
deposits, had the desired effect, but will
add that the land Is sandy land, we
plowed four acres of this same lot June
20, and resowed it to rye In order to
have new and fresh pasture; It grew
finely and made good pasture, but
when eaten down It did not continue
to grow, as we expected, but died out
entirely, showing that winter rye sowed
that time of the year will not stand pas
turing. Fattening Turkeys.
Turkeys for Christmas are shut up In
a light dry and roomy house the first
week In November, says a correspond
ent of the Country Gentleman; troughs
with as much maize and good barley as
they can eat should always be by them,
and they should have two good meals
a day of Just us much barley meal
mixed with flat milk as they can eat
and milk to drink. Sliced mangolds,
turnips, sweeds and cabbage are use
ful and necessary, and plenty of lime,
sand, ashes and brlckdust should be
kept In the corners of the house. It Is
found to be most Important that the
troughs be well cleaned out every
morning, and all surplus food removed,
for on a farm there are usually plenty
of other fowls to eat up what is left by
the turkeys. Fed In this way, they rap
Idly put on flesh, which Is usually very
white in color and fine In texture.
The Cow's Stable.
This subject Is an ever-recurring one,
yet oue which many farmers need to
have before them at least once a year,
and that Is at the approach of winter.
When a stable can be made warm at so
little expense It does seem that It might
be done, yet careless men still live,
who keep their milch cows In stables
very little better than none at all, says
E. H. Rockwell In the New York Trib
une. It is a common saying mat coii'
vlnce a man that his pocket book Is af
fected by anything, and It becomes an
lmnortant stibiect at once. None of
greater Importance confronts the farm
er than the one of warm stables. While
I do not advocate constant stabling, I
do think and know that cows comfort
ably kept In moderately warm stAbles,
free from frost at least, will make more
butter and give more milk than those
that are shivering with cold.
Heater for Ponltry Home.
Among the many plans now In
use
for warming the poultry house.
the
heater, Illustrated below, supplies heat
and ventilation or a supply of fresh
warm air. Any kind of a flat top stove
or even a kerosene stove will give suf
flclent heat The size of the stove
should depend on the size of the house,
but 40 degrees is a sufficient heat. The
illustration shows a closed box a yard
square and an Inch deep, made of ordl
nary sheet Iron. The box or heater
Is placed on a email stove, or If legs arc
attached to each corner of the heater.
IIICATKII A.Vli VKSTIl.ATOK.
a lamp may tie piaceii under it. me
cold air comes lu at A, passes through
the box, becoming heated, and emerges
at the plo B. The cold air pipe Is
Inch In diameter and the warm air
pipe 1 Inch. The pipe A should be long
enough to extend through the walls to
the outside, so aa to bring in the pure
air. No ventilators on the top of the
building will lie required, and the air
will keep the house dry. Always bring
trie nlr In and discharge It near the
roof, as the birds will not then crowd
or lieeomc lame as they will when the
warmth Is below them. Farm and
Home.
When to Water Home.
F.xperlmcnts at the Utah station gave
results as follows, as rejiorted in the
Philadelphia 1cdger: Horses watered
before being fed grain retained their
weight better than when watered after.
They also showed a better appetite In
eating more. But horses watered after
eating grain seemed to digest their food
Just as well. It seems desirable to give
water both before and after. Whole
grain was as effective as ground grain.
To compeusate for the labor and time
In grinding ground grain should (five 10
per cent lietter results.
Pure Air for II KHniihoi'ac,
Now that the liiv are started, care
should be taken to have the air outside
the house healthful that is, to rid the
Immediate vicinity of the dwelling of
all putrefaction, whether animal or
vegetable, and to clear all drains. The
heated air of a house will attract the
outer air every time a door Is Opened,
and If that outer air holds disease
germs, the warm air will serve to mul
tiply them.
MADE HIS CWN MONEY.
Joseph Shoemaker Wanted More Val
uable lollara t ban Uncle Bam'a.
Joseph Shoemaker, of Grayson, Car
ter County, received the other day In
payment for a horse sold to an old fann
er, living near the Lewis County line,
46, among- which were three of the
famous "Sprinkle dollars" of the early
ao's. It bus been more than twenty
years since any of these peculiar coins
have been found In this section, and
the production at these will recall a
queer character who flourished in the
earlier part of the century, and went
down to bis grave with a secret that
has never been unearthed.
Joeiah Sprinkle, the party In ques
tion, lived In one ot the roughest sec
tions of Lewis County, and on a line
probably fifty miles from Grayson. In
his day Washington, the county seat of
Mason, and one of the oldest towns In
rule end of the State, was thriving.
One day Sprinkle, then well along in
years, appeared at Washington with a
buckskin pouch full of silver dollars of
his own make. In every respect they
appeared the equal of the national coin.
The weight was more than present, and
the quality and ring of the metal were
all that could be asked.
He spent them freely, and they were
takea upon the assurance of Sprinkle
that there was nothing wrong with
them beyond the fact that he and not
the United States mint had coined them.
Asked where he got the silver, he laugh
ed, and shook his head knowingly. "It
doesn't matter so I get It, and there's
plenty of it left," was as much as he
would ever offer In explanation. The
Inscription on the coins was rudely
outlined, and in no wise was any at
tempt made at Imitation of the legal
coin. Itudely outlined on one side was
an owl, while a six-cornered star show
ed with more accuracy upon the other.
The edges were smooth, no attempt
having been made at milling. The
coins were considerably larger than
flie regulation article, and thicker as
well. Upon various occasions Sprinkle
afterward visited the town, and In ev
ery lnwtance he spent them more and
more freely.
At one time he volunteerd the fact
that he had a silver mine In the hills,
but no one ever succeeded In inducing
the old man to allow a sharing of his
secret. Finally the Government agents
learned of the matter, and came on to
investigate. Sprinkle was arrested and
brought into court, but the dollars were
proved to be pure silver without alloy,
worth in fact a trifle more than $1 each,
and after an exciting trial he wa.s ac
quitted. Upon the verdict being an
nounced, Sprinkle reached down In a
cavernous pocket and drew out a bag
of fifty of the coins, and promptly paid
his attorney in the presence of the as
tonished offlclals. Spi Inkle was never
afterward bothered, and continued un
til his death to make the dollars, how
and where no one ever khew. He lived
practically alone, baring his hut away
from his relative, who lived close at
hand, and died suddenly, carrying the
secret of his find to the grave wiTli him.
Ashland, Ky., special to Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Monster Water Wheel.
A water wheel of remarkable con
struction has been Introduced In the
North Star mine, Grass Valley. Cal. it
Is IS fet In diameter, weighs 10.500
pounds and develops 250 horse-power,
running under a 750-foot head, nt 100
revolutions, and Is directly connected
to the shaft of a duplicate compressor,
coniHiuiid tandem type, of same i-a-Itaclty.
The design of this wheel Is novel.
From a cast-iron hub radiate twenty
four steel spokes, which are connected
to a rim made up of angle buckets.
properly shaped, having a slat for the
bucket, which are bolted to tthe per
iphery, the strain Iwing taken by four
heavy steel truss rod.
The large diameter of the wheel Is for
the purpose of giving proper speed to
the compressor under the high head
available and the water Is applied to
the wheel through a variable nozzle,
controlled by an automatic regulator,
the latter maintaining a uniform speed
ou the wheel. The Paper Mill.
Before They Hlept.
It was the 1 o'clock midnight of the
down town saloon. Two men slid out
of the side door. Their coats were but
toned to their clilns, their hats drawn
far down and their hands hugged their
coat pockets cloee together in front
leaving stretches of bare, red wrists to
lie bitten by the Icy night air. They
shambled silently up the street and
around a few gusty corners, with their
shoulders shrugged high. They were
not dnmk . but It was not their fault.
Reaching the dry hall, they entered
the long corridor, stepping over the
prostrate, slurring ImmiIos of a wore of
men who resembled them In unkempt
lieards and nhatury hair. Close to a
radiator they spread down some soiled
newspapers, whU.h they drew from
their pockets. Then they removed their
shot's, bunched rhelr coat and made
pillow on which to rest their heads.
In the warm air from the radiator they
slowly expanded like angle worms in
a s)iiing shower and at last their
tonguee loosened. .
"Say, pard," asked one of them, anx
iously, "yer didn't ferglt to tell the
clerk w'en ter call us, did yer?"
"Naw, I tole 1m not ter disturb ns
'fore 8 o'clock we wiuurt 'customed
lesvln' our sofy cuishins 'fore that,
Tabble denote breakfus' at S, yea
know."
"Yer get that there little blsneea flxei
up wit Phil Armour to-day, Jerry T" j
"Cerf ; I tole 1m I wouldn't take lean
$50,000. "Terns my lowls' flggira 1
sez; an' he sez, 'I know yere a man ca
yer word, Jerry, an' I taltes yer,' ha'
set. Havln' received fe coin, I srf haf
office. How's yer trade wit U arenas
Field r
"Fair, Jerry, fair. Ill brine; la
around. He's hagglin' ter a couple
fouean yet" j
There wes a moment's alienee. Jes
rys toes wiggled comfortably through
the holes In his remnants of eocfca,
"Say, pard, yer didn't blow eat the
gas, eh r ;
"Naw."
"An' yer ordered a Boasdaa baf raf
fe momln'?"
"Yeas."
"Well, good-night, Jerry."
"Good-night, pard."
Two Chins lopped down and two l
grew tuneful. Chicago Kecord.
How to Live Long.
Some curious figures have lately been
made public by a celebrated Berlin
physician, which seem to point to Us)
fact that if a man wants to live long
and preserve his health and strength
he ought to marry. Among unmarried
men between the ages of 80 and 46
the death rate Is 27 per cent. Among
married men between the same ages
It Is only 18 per cent For forty-one
bachelors who live to be 40 years ef
age, seventy-eight marled men trium
phantly arlve at the same period. The
difference gets all the more marked as
time goes on. At GO years of age there
are only twenty-two bachelors to forty
eight married men; at 70 there are
eleven bachelors to twenty-seven who
were married, and by the time they
reach 00 the married men are three te
one, for there are nine of them to every
three bachelors! And yet, in the face of.
facts like these, we still find men dat
ing to remain single! It really la as
much as their lives are worth, if they
only come to think of it. Men may
talk of their lives being shortened by
domestic worries and anxieties and
cares. That Is all rubbish. Statistics
must tell the truth, and these statis
tics of the Berlin doctor say that the
man who Is a bachelor stands in fat
greater risk of a shortened span.
Spare Moments.
Do Not Neglect Physical Needs.
President Eliot, of Harvard Unlvefc
slty, gave a good piece of advice to eta
dents In general when he spoke before
the Baltimore Woman's College re
cently. He claimed that the ability Is
eat three men Is a day was not only an
innocent satisfaction In itself, but It
provided the necessary foundation for
all other satisfactions. Said be: "Be
ashamed not of enjoying your meal,
but of not enjoying it." This Is a sim
ple truth that too many people and
especially college students are apt to
forget. In their haste to cultivate the
Intellectual they Ignore the physical,
and the consequence is a sucesslon of
Ills In after years that seriously weak
en the working powers. In some col
leges It Is the custom for the President
or one of the older professors to give
the freshman class practical hints on
the subject. These with compulsory
gymnasium work have done much to
change old Ideas on the subject of
health. Rut much more can be done In
the same way, and President Eliot
should be hesrtlly commended for cor
recting the Impression of college stu
dents that if the intellectual is looked
after the material will take csre of Itself-Philadelphia
Press.
Carved Mis Own Coffin.
A colli n yarn from England Is this,
from a .Nottingham paper: "The hob
by of an old gentleman, who has Just
departed this life In Dnddleetone, was
wood carving. Being of Independent
means he was able to devote his time
to the craft and been me a very artistic
craftsman. After filling his house with
hand-curved furniture he turned his at
tention to the carving of an oaken
coffin, lo contain his remains. Over tbe
richly carved panels he spent much
loving care. In tlds coffin de luxe be
was burled the other day, and, In ac
cordance with minute. Instructions In
his last will and testament, was fol
lowed to the grave by oue mourner only
a young man to whom he bad left the
bulk of his property, Ignoring all of hit
relatives. The coffin was conveyed to
the churchyard In the old gentleman's
private vehicle, drawn by hla favorite
pony,"
Singular Ixma of Memory.
A curious Instance of sudden loss of
memory Is Reported from Brighton, En
gland. While sitting on the sea front
a woman felt something break In her
head. She therenpon became unable
to tell her nnme, address, Or anything
connected wltb ber past life. She Is
at present In the Brighton workhouse,
her continual cry being: "Oh, shall I
get my memory again?" Her clothing
does not contain a single mark or Ini
tial whereby she might be Identified.
Whenever you hear a fellow begis
the conversation by saying, "There 1
no nee talking," prepare yourself for
a flood.
The man carried away by enthusiasm
Is frequently brought back by disgust
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