The Sioux County Journal,
1
VOLUME VIII.
HAIWISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 18M.
NUMBER 32.
Fving Cluba for Charity.
ABOUT two years ago Miss Rita
MyUrrte, a charming young girl
of Oakland, Cal., lielng in poor
health, wad advisod by her phyaMun
to go In for athletic exercise as a
nirnui of building up her coudlitlon.
Maw Myiotte oteyed the niwlktU man,
aad among orber Mil UjO took to Indian
hrla. WHIrln a mouth or wo sflie be
caone exceirtloually clever, and aoou
gathered about her a class of children
whose parents were too poor to pur
ctauia Che necessary ajparatu. Mies
Myloflte keejig up b-r work with the
1ufhs regularly, and tins for some time
teen aMe Do do motrt of the tricks af
faetied tiy profcnsloimls. The promo
te of a clmrltable entertainment
finally Iniiuced lier to appear In public.
MISS BIT A MTLOTTB.
and '.ore then no audi affair la regard
ed by Oaklanders as complete unleaa
Mis K(a furn tehee one of the num
bers. In sfMLklng recently of her fa
Tortte exercise the cte-ver young ath
lete aald:
"CWb swinging I regard aa the boat
of all exerotoee in tbte line, becauae
almost anyone can practice It. There
Li do costly apparatus to pay for, and
all (tie tbe exercise that ta wanted can
tie taken In one'a room on arising In the
tnorrang or JurJt before retiring. I
wooM not advene too long a practice
at a time t beginners, for the eiercdae
bringa every muscle In the body Into
play, and one feels the effect after a
few minutes. Many young women of
my acquaintance swing cluba now, and
I sun suretnaitif gtrln know the benefits
to tie derived they wouVd soon secure
clu). Tlie Unit are soon developed
from a state of wcnktiCHN and deficien
cy to one of strength and fullnnw, ami
tfhe wliole body feel the change a few
lessons will bring. There la also a fas
cination that grows on one as she be
comes proficient, and abortly exertion
or strain hi rarely felt."
Weakneas of the WomanUh Man.
"Woniantau" men are, after all, .1
very email proportion of the wale pop
ulation. But men who are afflicted
with this weakness sometimes carry
their foibles to extraordinary length.
A certain commercial traveler a capa
Me buHlnens man baa one little vanity.
He always carrion a small pocket mir
ror, and from time to time, particularly
when traveling by train, tie refreshen
himself with a glance at bin handsome
feature. When anyone 1s In the car
with bim be secrete the looking-glass
Inside, tbe book or newspaper wlilcti be
prwtemls to lie reading. A London so
licitor, popular as a oicty man, some
seneons wince lilt upon the appearance
improving expedient of having hit
luilr "waved." Tbe experiment was n
great mi-na, and at his evening en
caRi"incnt he ever after adoptetl It.
Hut he has not the courage to fuce hit
clerks and clietits wtth curly locka. And
to, on his ri"turn from a f native evening,
lie iieds an hour or so dampening bis
liair and btboriotiHly bruNblng It out
Htrnlgbt again.
New Jackets.
The new fixtures in Jackets for young
Indies arc strapped nennii and mini 11
H-arl butitoiM. On the strap extending
down from tbe shoulder on the sleeve,
there will be a dozen Hiuall pearl but
tons ou ea4i of tJie three straps, and
Mix ou the straps polntting upward
frotn tbe wrist. The front is 1oaed
with hooka on the left vide, and two
pearl bullet uuttona are set cUate to
gether nr tbe top, and two alwut alx
Inches above tflie top, and two ahout
all lucbea aJiove the edge below too
wale. Womankind.
Haw a Wosaaa Karaad a Dollar.
Barb nasmbar of tha local OMatlta
KndMTor loclaty at prlntaport, MIA.,
pladg ad bmmtt to tarn Into tb (m
ury $1 mnaA b wWaT. a4 Mr,
j ait Ctay aaraad km la amique
way. Two (ratiapa calVtd at br aoaw
and detnandml food and lodging. Sba
went Into a room, got her husband's re
volver, and ordered the tramps to throw
up their bauds, which they did. - She
then commanded then) to luarvli, and
wrarted tliem to the Tillage lock-up,
where they were oaged for the night.
In tbemorulng they were registered and
allowed to dirt, Mrs. Clay giving
them breakfast. She then presented
a WU to the Village Council: 'To ar
rertting two tramps, 60 cents eax-b, $1,"
and tlwt liody, after a good deal of
humorous delsite, allowed the WIL-', '
To Helleve a Headache.
Often maxaage will relieve a con
gestive headache. Tlie .; movement
should be made with the palmar sur
face of the fingers and should be vigor
ous enough to Induce more active cir
culation. If the woman who Is sub
Jecttnswch headaches dn shea cold water
on the base of the neck before the
morning bath she will find, however,
that there will be lens need of any
treatment, for her headache will lie
fewer In number. To give tbe massage
begin ou top of the head and continue
the treatment backward and down
ward to the base of the brain. Continue
the rubbing also from the temples
backward and downward. Much and
henvy rotation at tbe base of the brain
should follow; also crosswise rubbing
on the back of tlie neck and stroking
from the bead down back of tbe ears
to the sbouddsra, for the purposo of
emptying the veins. " "
Care of Flnarer Nails.
Women never cared more carefully
for their nails than now, but tbe wom
an of taste avoids extreme In this as
In all things, rink nails are admired
because a perfect nail should be thin
enough to show the rosy blood beneath,
but a nail glowing with the red salve
of the toilet table Is no better Hked than
Hps and cheeks which owe their brill
iancy to the rouge pot. Nor Is an artl
fldal polish to be recommended; tba
natural gloss merely should be main
tained and heightened. Tbe best au
thorities forbid the use of " the nail
brush. Any dust or soil may be re
moved with a bit of cotton wound
around a wooden toothpick or bit of
orange wood; the small emery boards
which are sold everywhere for tbe pur
poae keep the under surface of the nail
so smooth that little or nothing can ad
here. A Helpful Hint.
Every quick-witted woman will ap
prwaite the following; Pass round the
thumb one end of the skein, which en
twine nmnd the alm of the hand and
slip the opposite end on the tlrnt finger.
Fanclea for Hprlnstlme.
fiweet peas rival the famous arbutus
as the fashionable lioutomilcrc.
The trimming tinder the brim of the
modish bat Is quite as important a fea
ture as that which is on top of It.
The beef-eater crown Is In again, but
as It admits of an Indefinite variety of
brims It does not become monotonous.
A velvet crown of violet with a brim
of butter-colored atraw is a fetching
Easter combination hih'u at a modish
milliner's.
ISIg-hrlmmed hats are of shirred chif
fon trimmed with wide gauze rihlMiiiM
are airy enough to be worn by a veri
table TitaniH.
A gown of pule gray crepon, lined
throughout with rich white taffeta and
otherwise absolutely untrlmuied, will
be worn by an Easter bride.
Modish sleeves In tho Louis Qninr.e
emit terminate In a long, bell-shaped
cuff, which makes the dainty gloved
hand beneath look very diminutive.
Tiny purse of gold chain set with a
miniature top and fastened by a Jewel
ed clasp might be found aceptahle as
on Easter gift by fastldoous maidens.
Light tan-colored box coats are a
perennial favorite and are an unfail
ing harbinger of spring. The newest
have strapped seama and are orna
mented with huge pearl buttons.
Tbe newest handkerchiefs show a
tiny colored border or a bit of delicate
ly rioted embroidery, thonfh tlie dainty
white moucholr la generally affected
by tba oonaerratlvs woman. . .
Oblffoo boulder capaa, .with chiffon
trimmed baa to match, art a fascinat
ing comMitaMoa. A fancy, howtraf,
ol to ba IndoUjed In by. tba lUaa af
tha fltld, who need ta yivajao tsoogt
ta east. sa-aa.- .
HOW TO Wt.KD A 8KI5IJT. '
A FRAGMENT OF THE UNiVERSE.
One of the Wonders Revealed tJ a
1'owerfnl Microscope.
With a refracting telewope, having
a forty-Inch object plans, fixed Htars to
the rwenty-fltvt magnitude will be ren
dered visible showing not less than
ltri,'Kl),lMK),(Hni of suns, many of them
vastly larger than our sun. Are
turus, for iiiHtance, Is r..-0,J!X) times
larger than the sun, and is moving
athwart the solar system ft million and
a hnlf mlli an hotir.and Is moving to
ward us at the rate of T.'i.fKtO miles an
hour. There is little reason to doubt
that every one of these suns has from
a dozen to hundreds of planets revolv
ing Uout it, the numler depending
uiKn hs magnitude, and many of these
planets may be the aliodes of Intelligent
beings. To the astronomer tbls earth
Is only a point from which to make ob
servations; its diameter of 8,000 miles is
of too little consequence to be taken
Into consideration In determining celes
tial dlstunceH, and tbe diameter of the
earth's orbit, 1H5,000,000 of miles, is
far too short to constitute the bae of a
triangle by means of which to deter
mine the distances of more than half
a dozen of the nearest fixed stara. If
such ji orb as Arcturus should strike
the sun It would transform the center
of our system Into gasea and vapors In
an Instant, and blot out tlie solar sys
tem as you would snuff out a taper. The
disappearance of this earth from the
heavens would nave no more effect
uin the visible portion of the universe
of which we are speaking than would
the falling of a single needle from a
single pine have upom the general ap
pearance of the forests of North Amer-
ItOTIFER VULGARIS.
Magnified 6,000 times.
lea. And yet we little mortals nm
this atom of stellar dust regard our
pcnny-whLstle activities as of some con
sequence. A thousand millions of years
have been occupied by the world In Its
growth to Its present condition. What
will have become of It and Its micro
scopic paranltes a thousand millions of
years hence? Tlie thought crushes us
with humility, while It gives us a les
son upon the Infinitely great, and the
iiiieroseoie tells of almost equally Im
pressive facts In the domain of the
Infinitely little.
The following tabular statement ex
hibits the number of fixed stars or suns
to the twenty-first magnitude, Inclusive,
which can be rendered visible by a
telescope with a forty-Inch object glass.
This calculation assumes Hint the ratio
of increase Is the same for magnitudes
below the ninth ns It Is known to lie
for magnitudes from the llrst to the
ninth, which have been carefully esti
mated by astronomers. The error, If
any, one way or the other, In our calcu
lations can only be a few hundred mill
ions of suns:
NUMBER OK KlXKl) .STARS OR
SINS.
Magnitude, Number.
1 a
2 (.'
3 11KI
4 -i-Ti
r. 1,100
;i,i!0()
7 l.'UXXt
8 , -UUHK)
1) HJ.INKI
1(1 AMVJSi
11 MWM.axi
12... ' 4.'Z'.,'ilHl
1a i:i,miu
14 M,Wi,M)
lo 12ll,(K!4,.'K)
M aito,i7r,;ioo
17 1,211,003,400
in a,7M,;ix,ooo
10 ' 11.038,1107,000
20 86,079,(183,600
21 111,847,018,800
Total 185,107.514,000
Out from aadar tba Malta and star-
f
if- iWv f:z
bespangled azure, in the glow and
lieatltiid-s of healthful life, out from
the pure wintry air into a quiet study,
ou whose four walls stand rows of
treasured books, tbe silent spiritH of the
great of earth, The loved companion!! of
a life of solitude, Is only a step. Amid
these sacred surroundings we spend an
hour examining through a inicroscoiie
an animal which Is only one one-thousandth
of an inch long. A dozen of
theni could only stretch their bodies
lengthwise across the black line, mak
ing the widest rt of the lines com
posing one of these printed letter, a
being which, it is needless to say, Is
wholly Invisible to tlie unaided eye.
Maying around this Kotlfer Vulgaris
(the animal's name) are hundreds of
other forms of life, many of which are
less than one one-hundred thousandth
of an Inch In length, and all this life has
ample room for its activities In a drop
of water no larger than a pin head, and
the drop is from Lake Calumet, These
minute rascals resemble men In some
particulars, and while we are observ
ing their antics two of them "pitch In
to" the side of a larger form of another
sjiecles and gnaw off a good supper
from his outer flesh, much to his ap
parent horror and disgust A curious
feature of the Kotlfer which we are ob
serving Is his ability to withdraw all
the sections of the lower part of his
body Into tlie upper section, as the
small sections of a band telescope are
pushed Into the large section. The
realization pf the fact that this aulmal
has eyes, a digestive apparatus, and
probably a nervous system, and that It
begets and cares for its young, and
that It is a veritable whale compared
with the many forma of life around It,
Impresses the observer profoundly ond
Illustrates the Infinitely little In organic
life, and exhibits a world of marvelous
creations, which can only be revealed
to us by powerful Instruments. We
present two pictures of the Kotlfer, one
of them exhibiting tbe animal's tall
extended and tbe other the tall largely
withdrawn Into Its body, and tbe cilia
about Its head sweeping food Into Its
mouth. Each eye of this small animal,
too, Is equipped with an independent
set of muscles enabling It to look up
ward with one eye, while looking down
ward at the same time with tbe other.
Pullman Journal.
ADDITIONS TO THE ALPHABET
Two Letter of Which Oar Fore
father Ware la Total Ignorance.
It la a fact, not so well known but
that It may be said to be curious, that
the letters J and w are modern add!
tlona to our alphabet The letter J
only came Into general use during tho
commonwealth, say,. between 1649 and
lt(o8. From 1)130 to 1646 Its use Is ex
ceedingly rare and I have never yet
seen a book printed prior to 1652 In
which It appeared. In the century Im
mediately preceding tbe seventeenth
It became the fashion to tall the last I
when Roman numerals were used, as In
this example; vlij. for 8 or xlj. In place
of 12. This fashion still lingers, but
only In physicians' prescriptions, I be
lieve. Where the French use J It has
the power of s as we use It lu the word
"vision." What nation was the first
to use It as a letter Is an Interesting,
but perhaps an unanswerable query.
In a like manner the printers and
language makers of the latter part of
the sixteenth century began to recog
nize the fact that there was a sound in
spoken English which was without a
representative In the shape of nn al
phabetical sign or character, as I he
lirst sound In the word "wet."
Trior to that time It had always been
spelled as "vet." the v having the long
sound of 11 or two u's together. In or
der to convey on Idea of the new sound
they began to spell such words as
"wet," "weather," "web." etc., with
two tin's, and as the u of that date was
a typical v the three words above look
ed like this; "Vvet," "weather,"
"web." After n while the type found
ers recognized the fact that the double
u had come to stay, so they Joined the
two u's together and made the charac
ter now so well known as the w. I
have one book In which three forms
of the w are given. The first Is uu old
double v (vvl. the next one In which
tlie Inst stroke of the first v crosses
the first stroke of the second and the
third Is the common w we use to-day.
New York Mercury.
.Mystery of a Shoe Store.
A Boston man tells of a servant girl
In his family who recently purchased
a pair of rubbers at a bid depart incut
store, and, hovlng 1oken them home,
was astonished to find In the toe a pay
envelope containing $7. The name was
traced to nn East Boston eift'poratlon,
but they said ihe riinn had not worked
for them for eight years.' How did t lie
money get Into the rubbers'? My friend
bad an Ingenious theory (hat the wlfo
of the In I Miter purchased the pair of
rubbers and t inked the envelope Into
the toe for safekeeping. Afterward
she must have concluded that the rub
bers did not tit, 'and forgetting all
about the pay envelope returned them
to the store, where by some chance or
other they remained unsold for eight
years. This Is certainly a clever ex
planation and for want of a better 1
will accept It. The fnliorer, by the
way, cannot lie found.
Boraeone baa discovered that the
great thlnkera of tbe world were abort
men. Borne of tbam couM get nrwaxy
blgb aecaslonally,
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS
Profit in Raising; Popcorn Devicea
Employed for Catching Cutworms
Value of Scales on the Farm Crude
Petroleum for Hbinele Ifoofs.
Popcorn for Profit.
Why do we hear so little about the
raising of popcorn? How many farm
ers, boys and girls, yes, and grown
people, too, I wonder, know that there
la money In it! For several years past
I have kept au accurate account of ev
erything raised and sold from our gar
den, and know just what article bring
In the most money, says J. It. Moore, in
the Practical Farmer. We plant
Queeu's golden popcorn, and liud It pro
lific, while the ears and kernels are
extra large. The corn when popped Is
a beautiful, delicious cream color. The
Shelled corn sells ait 4 cents per pound
here, which is at the rate of 2.40 per
bushel. But we do not prefer selling It
in that way. A pound of the shelled
popcorn nicely popped makes nine
quarts of popped corn, and a bushel
consequently would make 540 quarts.
We use Mrs. Rorer's recipe dressing
the frctthiy-popped corn with a little
melted butter, stirring the corn while
pouring It ou, and then dusting light
ly with a little fine salt. (Just try
some and be convinced that It Is dell-
clous.) We sell the corn prepared thus,
direct to consumers at 5 cents per
quart, at a curbstone market In our
nearest town. Does not $27 pay well
for the labor and cost of raising, pre
paring and selling a bushel of popcorn?
My books prove In what order farm
products are profitable with us, and I
knowingly say, plant popcorn for profit
How to Catch Cutworms.
The Florist's Exchange gives the fol
lowing ways to catch cut worms:
Placing around the plants fruit or
vegetable cans, from which top and
bottoms have been removed. The top
of the can should be three or four Inches
above the surface of tbe ground. The
ends can be unsoldered by throwing
tbe cans Into tbe Are.
Plowing tbe ground early In Septem
ber, and not allowing weds to grow.
Plowing tbe ground late in the fall
or early In the spring, keeping the sur
face free from weeda by cultivation,
and not putting a crop on same until
tbe middle of May or first of June.
During the first ten days of May fresh
cut clover, grass or weeds which have
been dipped In water containing Paris
green should be atrewn over the ground
each evening.
Collecting the worms each evening
while they are feeding. This requires
a good light and sharp eyes.
Each morning bunting for the worms
around the fresh-cut plants.
Using "light traps" at Intervals dur
ing the months of June, August and
September. These traps are made by
filling a tub or half cask two-thirds full
of water, pouring a little kerosene over
the surface and banging a lantern over
the tub.
Value of a Set of Farm Pcalen.
Most farmers realize to a certain ex
tent the value of a set of farm escales.
But few seem to think the value equal
to their original cost. In many Instances
they have more than paid for them
selves the first year.
A farmer In Illinois, according to the
Ohio Farmer, sold seventy hogs to a
shipper. Before delivering they were
weighed upon the farmer's scales. When
weighed upon tbe buyer's scales there
was a discrepancy of over 1.200 pounds.
After investigation It was found a
1,000-pound weight had not been count
ed, which would have amounted to
$5(1.50 (at $5.65 per cwt., the selling
price), and would have been lost but for
the previous weighing.
Another farmer sold five cows to a lo
cal butcher at three cents per pouud,
guessing their average weight to be 900
pounds. When delivering them a neigh
bor Induced him to weigh them upon
his scales. The average weight was
found to be 1,130 pounds, a loss of 1H0
pounds on each cow, or a loss of SI 11.50
upon the whole number.
Then there Is a grout advantage In be
ing able to tell the rate of gain when
fattening stock and when selling pota
toes, hay, straw, grain, etc., from the
farm. (Juesswork is poor business at
best. Competition has placed the price
of scales within the reach of the aver
age farmer, and It Is his privilege to
tuke advantage of It.
Petroleum for Hhinujle Hoofs.
Crude petrolenm can be had for $3.50
to $4 per barrel, Including the barrel.
It Is not a paint, but Is a preservative
of timber. Home seventeen years ago
one of the editor's barracks was given
a coat of It, mixed with seventy gal
lons of the oil and thirty-five jkiuihIs
of ocher. The barrack looks well yet,
and tbe boards are as sound as when
first put on. A hog pen and colt abed
waa recently given a coat, and to the
roof, which was of shingles, two coats
were applied. The oil waa sprinkled
on with a fine rose watering-can. Af
ter (be Drat coat bad aoaked In, a aeo
odd coat waa given. Tha oil waa put oa
when tbe roof waa very dry, tba roof
ing being quite flat, it waa easy to put
It on. Where new roofing la to be done,
a better way would be to aoak tbe
shingles beforehand. Then take them
out and dry them in the sun.
Singletrees, plow-handles, ex-helves
in fact, all kinds of farm tools will
be much improved in appearance and
In durability by giving them a good
dressing of this oil.
For cuts, for abrasion of the skin from
the plow-traces or saddle galls, a thick
coat of this oil, applied at once, will
quickly heal. The empty barrels, cul
in two, make most excellent flower
tubs. Paint tbe woodwork bright red,
and the iron bauds black. They ara
cheap, durable and highly ornamental,
when well tilled with a choice collec
tion of caanas, geraniums and English
Ivy. The American.
Cutting- Coir Be Fodder.
The Maine Station compared the
value of chopped and vinchopped hay
for cows, and found no evidence that
the chopping hud any effect Cutting
corn stover was found advantageous at
the Wisconsin Station. The Indiana
Station found that steers made better
gains ou cut than on uncut clover hay.
In reference to cutting coarse fodder
Professor Henry says:
"There should be a good feed-cutter
on every dairy farm, useful for silo
filling in the fall and for chaffing feed
in tbe winter. All cornstalks should be
put through the machines, for then
they are lu better condition for feeding,
and the coarser portions left uneaten
are lu good form for bedding and the
manure heap. Large cornstalks are a
nuisance in the feeding manger, worth
less for bedding and troublesome In the
manure pile. Many farmers find dif
ficulty In feeding cut cornstalks, since
sometimes the cows refuse to eat them.
In a few cases we have found that the
sharp ends of the corn-stalks, when cut
certain lengths, injure the mouths of
the cows. When they are not well
eaten, the cause is often due to over
feeding or endeavoring to have the
cows live on too Hmltd a variety of
foods. Keep the mangers clean and
feed the cut fodder with care, and
usually very little will be left over, and
that only the coarsest portion. Experi
ments at the Wisconsin Station show
that with the varletlea of corn-fodder
raised there much more of the cut
stalks will tie eaten than If fed uncut
under the same condition.
The Karly Pallet. I
Never forget this In poultry culture:
The pullet that commences to lay ear
liest in life la tbe one to lay the largest
number of eggs through life, as cattle
that have the milk-producing organs
active make the beet cows. Select th
fast-growing, early-maturing sped
mens that present in full the type and
size found In the breed, and use only
these as breeders, and the egg-producing
merits will be Increased. We have
reported the wonderful product In sin
gle specimens, which can be made true
of a dock. But it Is care and attention
to the flock that finds and secures these
merits in the progeny. Neglect and
biip-hazard breeding never pays.
Odds and Knda.
A little salt .sprinkled on a hot stove
will remove any disagreeable odor.
A great deal of the unpleasant odor
that Is carried through the house from
boiling vegetables may be avoided by
putting a piece of bread In the water
with tlie vegetables, and If a bit of
charcoal be used the cooking of cab
bage or cauliflower cannot be detected.
Bough towels are marked by means
of stitching on them a piece of muslin,
on which tbe Initials have been pre-!
vlously embroidered. Embroidered top,
sheets are 110 longer sought after, but
down quilts have a linen cover, but-'
toned on, something like an envelope
flap over the edges, and occasionally1
a broad silk frill.
Corks that have been steeped In vase
line are au excellent substitute for
glass stoppers. Acid in no way af
fects them, neither do they become
fixed by a blow or long disuse, which
hitter fact will be appreciated by those
who often lose time and temper by a
"beastly fast stopper.'' In short, they
have all the utilities of the glass with
out Its disadvantages.
A favorite ns well as nourishing
drink for Invalids Is barley water. To
prepare It place one quart of water In
a saucepan over the fire. Wash well,
two ounces of pearl barley and throw,
into the water. Bring It to boiling
point, then add lemon and sugar to suit,
the taste. Draw the pon to the back,
of the fire and simmer gently twa
hours. Strain and cover until cold.
A cuke of magnesia oud a clothea
brush are a frugal womau's best)
friends. After brushing a dusty gown
and then with the magnesia rubbing
both sides of any soiled spots, It should
lie hung away for a day or two and
then brushed again. The spots will be
found to have disappeared. Care taken
with gowns Is a secret of dressing well
on a limited allowance.
The Ideal bedroom should have
neither carpet nor woolen hanging.
The floor should be of wood, with, per
haps, one or two small rugs, shaken
every day, or.the floor should be corer
ed with matting, with no rugs. The!
bedding should be thoroughly aired ev-j
ery morning, and the best way la for lr .
to bang la the sun and wind for aa
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