The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, August 13, 1896, Image 1
17 J The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME VIII. HARKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 189G. NU3IBER 41). X 21 - ki ; AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO FARM AND HOME. THE Fonltrr and Egg; Production la Prof itable ln(Vaoe of the European M'heatCrop-Working Horaca (should Not Be Fed Graaa-Parm Note. Profit in Chicken. But few realize how profitable poul try and egg production can be made, provided as much, time and attention. Is Riven to It an to many other less Important vocations. Some one has decided that a hen can be kept for less than fifty cent a year, says Nellie Hawks In the Agriculturist. It is a poor specimen of a ben that will not lay ten dozen eggs a year. At the low price of 10 cents a dozen, this would leave a net profit of 50 cents. At this lnin I. ...Ill . win pay every iarmer to Keep a nock of hens and give them prop care. There Is no danger of overpro Auction. As long as the United States auuually Imports millions of dozen of eggs, the market will not be slutted. ..... ruHia io oe prontanie must be Riven proper attention. Those running at large will almost take care of thorn seuves for a part of the year. They are our gleaners and econ izers, for they every day convert into eggs what would otherwise ro to waste. How ever, fowls In confinement need differ ent treatment Meat food must bo supplied. The most satisfactory means of providing this Is to secure a green bono mill and give them green-cut bone. This meat food, or at least some sort of a similar food. Is almost an' absolute necessity for yarded fowls, Tender green stun is also valuable, Last fall I sowed a patch of rye for early spring "greens." Early this season a patch of oats was put into furnish green food after the rye had become hto fur advanced. Karly each morning and every evening a basket of green stuff was cut with a pair of shears and given to them. The results have been most satisfactory. Y have had lots of fertile eggs, and nice, thrifty, hcakjiy fowls. It pays to raise chickens nil to attend to their wants and needs. THE HUflRlCANE. room than the same quantity of apples WonM In l.nm.L -.v ..1. - hum sic UiUClJ ut'llft j , than If put in bins, where the natural Lord of the winds! I feel thee nigh; heating of the apples piled one upon I know thy breath Id the nuraiug sky; the other Induces rot, which once ;?tart- Ani I wt w,,n a ,,iri" every veiu, ed o,uIcIt!y spreads. The boxes are "or iiie con,i"S of tliU hurricane, made of solid boards, and are there-I . . , , fore heavier ,.. ., ,.,.,, And Io! on the wing of the heavy gales, thnn k , . . .Through the boundless arch of h.avcii I, ....... u.,jrs untu iu uurvestiug uoia- ..;!. toes. Cultivator. Ilomeleaa Carriages Not Tet Caeful. sails. Silent and slow, and terribly strong. The mighty shadow is home slung, We oiicb knew ro .... ...... ""rK eieruny tu come; for ,nnv I.?" . i M dismayed LU(9 wjuij, ij iuu j dumb problem of perpetual motion, and he Through l lie culm of the thick, hot at u.ij, i-uuipuneu a inacuine mat would mosplicre run down hill. Those who have been Looks up at its gloomy folds with fear, working on horseless carriages seem! to have mot with a little better suc-lTh'y darken fast, and the golden blaze cess, for their machines will run down , n euu ,g 'I'lenchcd in the bind haw The Influence of the KuYnncun Croi. So far as this country alone ! cou - corned the wheat situation would Hot Justify the extremely low range of values which lias been the rule of late, The winter wheat crop Is certainly short, and the spring crop Is not likely to be a large one on account of the re duced acreage. Hut In Kurope the con ditions are quite different, the outlook being very favorable for a good yield. We must remember, too, that In wheat production Europe means a good deal more than It once did. Even France has Increased Its production of wheat of late years, while Russia is an enor mous exporter as compared with five or ten years ago. Evidently the abun dance of wheat abroad, as reflected in our light export trade. Is the chief Influence which is keeping wheat prices In this country close to the low water mark. No OniHM for Wnrkinv Homo, It Is a great temptation to cut some grass to feed either green or partly dried to the hors.-s that have to work hard every day on the farm. It should be resisted, for grass will surely Induce derangement In the digestive organs, which will make the horses too weak to do effective work. After the plowing Is finished many farmers think the hardest work Is over, but n horse culti vating all day will need good dry hay and grain no less than when plowing. The step Is quicker In cultivating thnn In plowing, and requires quite as much muscular exertion to keep at It nil day. uiu auu on uw level, out on the up grade they are useless. A recent test In New York showed conclusively that these machines are not yet adapted to road work, as they cannot climb even moderate grades without the as sistance of horses. There has been gt'-at Improvement In them, however, and they may in time be further im proved so as to be useful. But It does not seem likely that they will soon be made so good or so cheap as to dis place horses, and the horse breed ers who now go ahead as If they had never heard of a horseless carriage will probably not regret it. Exchange. Pitta, Not Hoga, Wanted. Almost everybody now agrees with the little girl who said that clean little pigs are nice, but It was such a pity they would go and make hogs of them selves. Nobody nowadays wants the large hogs even for pork. As the hog Is fattened largely on corn his diges tion Is injured, and the lx.dy becomes feverLsh and unhealthful. This, of course, affects not only the palatnble ness, but the healthfuluess of the pork that the animal makes. Pig pork is more generally fattened In a reason able way, feeding so as to keep the pig growing and Its digestion good. For this reason pig pork Is generally sweeter and more tender than pork from older hogs. I'.ut let a pig be stunt ed on corn feed, so that It fattens with out growing, and Its flesh though fat will lack the fine flavor that the flesh of a th'rftily growing pig ought to have. And he send through the shade a funeral ray A glare that is neither night nor dfiy, A U-am that touches with hues of death The clouds above and the earth beneath To its covert glides the silent bird, While the hurricane's voice is heard I'plifted among the mountains round, And the forests hear and answer the sound. lie is come! he is come! do ye not behold His ample rol-s on the wind unrolled? Giant of sir! we bid thee hail! How his gray skirts toss iu the whirlin gale; How his huge and writhing arms are bent To clasp the zone of the firmament. And fold at length, in their dark embrace, ! rom mountain to mountain the visible space Darker still darker! the whirlwinds bear The dust of the plains to the middle air: And hark to the crashing, limit and loud. Of the chariot of God in the thunder cloud! i oil may trace its path by the flashes that start From the rapid wheels wher'er they dart, As the tire-holts lean to the world below. And flood the skies with a lurid glow. Ponllry Kt.ncillc. A farmer's. wife gives the following remedies for the worst troubles tl poultry lias to contend with cholera. roup, llco and diarrhoea: l'lonty of room, healthy food, and at first sight of disease, for cholera, give one tea spoonful of carbolic acid In a gallon of water; dinrhoen, one teaspoonful of tincture of Jamaica ginger In a gal lon of water; for lice, one teaspoonful of sulphur In four quarts feed or mash; for roup, mix boracic acid with water so that It can be poured down the throat, give teaspoonful, and they will be cured. The Best Hoil for Rhubarb. It requires high manuring to make rhubarb growing profitable, .specially as most of the money to be made is from the very early cutting, and the. must be grown on warm, sandy land, which Is not generally very rich. Tin plant is a great consumer of nitrogeiL and this Is not supplied early In the season by coarse manure. Either the manure applied must be well rotted, so that It will have available nitrates, or these must be applied In the form of commercial fertilizers. The rhubarb Is easily growu with coarse stable man ure, but Its price Is always very low. What roar is that? 'tis the rain that breaks iuii'ents sway from the airv lakes. Heavily poured on the shuddering ground. And shedding a nameless horror round. Ah! well-known woods, and mountains, and skies, With the very cloud's! ye are lost to my eyes. seek ye vainly, and see in your place The shadowy tempest that sweeps through space, A whirling ocean that fills the wall Of the crystal heaven and buries nil. And I, cut off from the world, remain Alooe with the terrible hurricane. William Cullen Bryant, SIX CENTS A DOZEN'. I.nte IVaa for Home Vac. There Is not generally a very good market for late peas, because after the first new pe.u have satisfied the appetites of lovers of this vegetable the price rapidly declines aud It will not pay to grow and market It. But a fresh succession of peas until fall Is very desirable, and It is easily In the power of every farmer to secure It by later plantings. Tlve farmer ought alwnys to have fresher vegeta bles and a longer season for tltcm than the average city resident can expect. It Is one of the advantages of country life tiat he should .not only not fore go but make the most of. It is hard work providing three palatable meals through the summer for men at work on the farm. A plentiful supply of green pens will furnish food that Is not only palatable but nutritious. (Morlng Apple In Boxes. Square boxes with open tops and separated by cleat nailed across the corner so as to allow air to circulate over them are bettor than barrels to store apples in. We saw some recently In the fruit cellar of Dr, Fisher, of Fltchburg., The apples are put In those boxes In the orchard, loaded into wag ons, and are then drawn to the cellar, wticre they are piled one above the other, nearly to the celling. The boxes are made to bold a fall bushel each, and can be easily bandied without disturbing the trait There Is great Injury to fruit even from the most care ful handling. When the bloom Is off, It tan oarer be efaotiy what It we before. The aqua re boxes take leas Odda and Kndx. While spots upon tarnished furniture ill disappear If a hot plate be held over them. Half a pound of broiled beefsteak twice a day Is the best tonic for nervous or rundown womeu. A hot bath taken on going to bed, even on a hot night of summer. Is a better cure for Insomnia than many drugs. A little powdered borax added to cold starch tcudM to give the linen extra stiffness, and a little turpentine put Into the boiled starch adds luster. If an upper pic-crust Is brushed over with a little milk or egg before placing In the oven It will brown quickly and have a better color. A handful of carpet tacks will dean. fruit Jars or bottles readily. Half fill the Jars with hot soap suds, put In the tacks, cover, give vigorous shaking and rinse well. The correct way to dm In a wet um brella Is to stand It linudlo down. If put the other way the dampness re nin Ins In the center, where all the water collects and very soon rots the cov eting. A raw egg swallowed Immediately wilt generally carry a fish bono down which cannot be removed from the throat by the utmost exertion and has votten out of reach of the saving Au ger. Some people sufTer very much from their eye when peeling onions. It is said that If a steel knitting-needle Is held between the teeth during the ope ration tbla discomfort will cease or be very much reduced. A heavy flatlron, weighing seven or eight pounds, will do better work If It Is paaaed over the clothea once with a Arm, steady pressure than a lighter Iron hurriedly paaaed over the clotbea two or three timet. She lives on Forquer street -a bright faced, smiling little Italian woman. Her husband Is out of work, and she is lighting the wolf from the door, part ly by being foster-mother for a babv of six moiiihs, and partly by finishing noys pants for i, cents a dozen pair, emu ii'i oeneve u at Itrst It seem ed impossible that anyone could ask human lingers to toil for so little, but then, flesh and blood Is cheap, and we must have bargains! of the great ocean steamer's heart, and they sway on thr. stable land as If still on deck, but no time must be lost. Chi cago, the great hearted city of the West, Is to be their home, and again their Journeying Is resumed. But at! last they are here. And what a greet ing! The rain Is drizzling down into the dirty gutters, already full to over flowing, the streets reek with foul odors, aud the room they are to call home is not by Itself, and there Is no place for a garden. They are the twelfth family under the single roof families that have only one, two, or at tiie most, three rooms to call their own -as long as tbey can pay the rent J tieir own single room tenement is the front one In the basement, and Is eighteen feet long, eleven and pne half feet wide, and seven and one- half feet high. And yet some people are so extravagant that they really believe It Is necessary to the health, tr each Individual In a. room to have M) cubic feet of air space for bis own particular use! For this one room our fiieuds are to pay $3.50 per month. Here the live must live, eat and sleep, with the smell attending washing and cooking omnipresent. Is it any won der the good wife hopes their fortune will soon be made, so that she mav feel the soft air of Italy again? I-iit some way. the fortune comes A GREAT MATCHMAKER. T! there Is a small cottage a miserable hut It seems to an American eye, In one of the sunniest valleys of Southern Italy. The humble roof shelters five people -the father, a dark browed, but kindly man of steady habits; his wife, not very neat nor very enlightened, but eminently pious; a daughter, M years of age; a son. of J. ami a diminu uve oiu woman miied l.y courtesy, a child -of r.. To-day there Is a commo tion within, for to-morrow the priest will pass on his regular round of visita lion, mid the house must be set in or der. And. Indeed, It is fairly clean; ror despite not very cleanly Inslincu, things can scarcely Ket so bad In Italy as with us. To begin with, the cottage stands by Itself, and tumbledown as It is, the fresh breezes and the soft perfumes of the little garden, and, above all. the genial Italian sunshine, keep It free from the dreadful condi tions one day's carelessness breeds Iu Forquer street. And now the house Is tidied. The little basket of fresh eggs Is ready. Flowers deck the tiny place, the best holiday attire Is put on. and at In -it In the distance the reverend mini of iod appears. Ho enters the humble door, pausing on the threshold to be stow his blessing, and Iu Its new coat of whitewash, the lktle hut seems worthy to receive It. The due rites sre per'ormed, the eggs laid In the a trend iif hsaket. nnd with words of pence the p. Ist rises to depart. But no, there U .mother matter. Will the father hear of It? Aud then the hus band tells that they are going to A mer it a. lie has heard wonderful tales of lint far-away country-ami It is never jam to get bread there. They have .onged to go for many months, and now a cousin hns offered them a loan for their passage-money It will lie easy to repay It, once there nnd be fore the father comes again they will be gone. Will he not give them a spe cial blessing this time? Oh, It would not be for always. 'When they had grown rich, they would come back and live out their old age In dear Italy. Nevertheless the aged man, who loves them, lets fall a tear, and bla voice tremblea when, with uplifted hands, he Invoke the divine function and blesslnf upon their long Journey. Otwtle Garden! What dreadful nola ! And atlll they can feel the throb slowly. In the summer time, indeed, the rattier Is so fortunate as to se cure work on the streets, and his wages of $1.25 per days seems princely, until he finds with what ready facility money slips away even from an Italian In Chicago. The boy Is soon Initiated by his comrades Into boot blacking arid paper selling, and In the early fall the ider daughter goes Into a tailor shop where she sits all day over work that s taking nil the youthful vigor and beauty out of her, and worst of all. the pisr mother moans, she scoffs nnd Jeers now at the old. simple life Iu Italy, and manages to pass half the night she doesn't know where, or with whom. Her wages are not making them rich, either who Raid .Doner was easy to get in Chicago her wages are only $1.50 a week. And her son he curses and drinks and refuses to go to confession. Even her husband, so good and pious .in' Italy, doesn't seem to care any more for what the priest says, and often cqujes home drunk. Oh, why did thev nine to America? And the one room gets dirtier and dirtier, while they be come fioorer and poorer. Winter comes, nil the father Is out of work. Then the mother visits the tailor shop and comes home with an nrmful of boy's puut.n to finish for which she gets C nls per dozen pair. If she works hard she can make eighteen, possibly twenty-four cents a day. Truly, a fortune Is easily made In Chicago! But the depths are not vet. The husband, taking pattern after his noighlx.rs, thinks they might take a lodger or two; and they make their appearance the next night two low browed, vicious-looking countrymen, whom live years In Chicago have bru talized, and the desperate mother shod- I ders when she sees the glance they bestow upon her daughter-now 1"., and nil Innocence well night stamped out of her. Then, by and by, she gives up bo.v i nnd sits and broods day after day ! with an ominous look In her eyes, when by chance they rest upon her little i yenr old daughter. What chancj is there for her? Morning papers! Times-Herald, Tribune, News! All about the murder nnd suicide! Paper, sir? And Chris tians and philanthropists read nnd shudder-ami then dismiss the matter as an every day occurrence. A poor Italian women, "In a temporary fit of Insnnlty," has killed her little O-vear- old daughter, stabbing her to the heart with a knife, anil then, with the same weapon, she cut her own throat. The reporter snys there seemed to be "no spwlnl renson for her madness." And mothers exclaimed over the lack of maternal Instinct among the poor urd then went shopping, and were so blind they could not see the blood that ev erywhere stained the ready-mnde gar- men ,s exposed for sale! And the Kecording Angel wrote down' the word Murder! but not after nn Italian name; and opjKislte many thou sands of names, respectable and re vered on enrth, he wrote: "Inasmuch as ye did It not to one of the least of these, ye did It not to me." Then a great city was cnlled to Judg ment, nnd the verdict upon her wns this: "She mnketh her poor a reproach and a shnine, compelling them to live In conditions tinder which It Is lmposslblo to be pure. Because of her worshp of money, nnd 'because of men's blood nnd for the violence of the laud, of the city, and of all that dwell therein, the stone shall cry out of the wall, ami the beam out of the timber shall answer If "-Itam's Horn. HE hoiwe of Wilson, the social bead of which is Mrs. Bichard T. Wilson, has, like the house of llapsburg, achieved greatness by mar riage. The sous aud daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Kichard T. Wilsou have allied themselves with the richest families in Hie world. Miss Mav Wilm.n. their eldest daughter, gained the first great victory in the social career of her fam ily. She married Ogden Ooelet, whose wealth is estimated at $45,000,000. He and his brother Robert have nearly equal fortunes. The Goelets are, next to the Astors, the greatest owners of real property in New York. Marshall Orme Wilson, eldest son of the family married Miss Caroline Astor, youngest daughter of the late' William Astor, and sister of John Jacob Astor. Her for-lun-; amounts to $15,000,000. Miss Belle Wilson, the second daughter, married the Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, son of Lord Herbert of Lea, and brother of the Earl of Pembroke. He was at one time First Secretary of the British Le gation at Washington. Mr. Herbert's contribution to the Wilson family great ness cannot be reckoned In dollars, al though his wife has a. sufficiency. The greatest of all the Wilson alli ances is only an engagement at present. it is that of Miss Grace Wilson, the youngest daughter, and Cornelius Van- lerbilt Jr. His father, Cornelius Van- derbilt, is now worth over $120,000,000. Therefore, to say that the son will in herit $110,000,000, if no accident occurs. is a moderate estimate. It has lately been reported that the engagement was about to be announced of Kichard T. Wilson, youngest scion of the house, to Miss (Jerry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry. She will inherit at lens: $5,000,000. These marriages and engagements represent the bringing of $175,000,000 into the Wilson family. This total does not include the fortune of Richard T. Wilson himself, which ! large. He is estimated to be worth $10,000,000. It also takes no account of the wealth of the brothers, sisters and otlier imme- ments with the idea that they may rii a to superior positions usually meet wit h disappointment. Under the severe d'a cipline enforced only the strongest cun endure this life for any length of time. Altogether, the position of the salis woman is not an enviable one, and tie wise young woman will give time to learn a trade. Did Not Kill It Enough. An amusing Incident happened yes terday morning on the Indiana avenue car. At 22d street a well-known young bride of a few months boarded the car and walked demurely down to the center and took the only vacant seat. She carried a neatly wrapped package and after bowing and smiling to several acquaintances she leaned back in her seat and was apparently quite comfort able until the enr reached 20th street. Here she suddenly thrust the package from her lap to the floor and started at running speed toward the back door, "it's alive! it's At.iv-i !! MRS. 111(11 AUD T. WILSON. diate relatives of many of those who have entered the Wilsou family. To Mrs. Richard T. Wilson Is chiefly due the remarkable series of social tri umphs described. She Is a consummate strategist nnd Is undoubtedly the most influential person Iu New York society to-day. This fact has not been gener ally recognized. The late Mrs. Taran Stevens was once regarded as the most powerful woman In society, but any body can see now that Mrs. Wilson wns alwayfi a greater power. Her work can be judged by its results. By her matchmaking skill Mrs. Wilson has brought Into the family hiore money than the original John Jacob Astor or Commodore Vnnderhilt gained. That Miows what may be accomplished by a woman without, resorting to the busi ness occupations of men. No financier in the world controls as much money ns Mrs. Wilson and her sons and daugh ters. No American matron has ev.er approached her record ns a match maker. Only Queen Victoria and the Queen of Denmnrk can be compared to her. New York Journal.' out to the conductor and grasping him by the arm, said: "It's alive! It's alive! catch it quick!" The conductor, a green-looking young man, rushed in, caught the package aud placed it upon the seat the woman had vacated. The passengers in the meantime began to edge closer and closer to the doors, fearing it might bo an infernal machine of some kind. The young matron finally summoned up enough courage to return to her seat, but she gave the package a wide berth. After a few moments of awkward si lence she said In a most Innocent manner: "I bought a chicken " Everybody smiled and In the same' breath she continued: "Aud the butcher didn't kill It enough," at which every man and wom an on the car screamed with laughter. Chicago Chronicle. To Mop a Runaway. A device for freeing a runaway horse from the vehicle he been Invented by a New England man. By moving a lever the ahafta are released from tho vehi cle and the vehicle can be guided by the same lever until it atop. If tea people go to a picnic, aeren are managers, and on the driver of the wagon. Baleawomen Have a Hard Life. The average age of our saleswomen' Is but 22 years, and It is rarely the case that a woman finds employment In any establishment for many years. In one New York store it was rumored that a wently retired partner was to give 50 to all employes who had served him for ten year, and by actual count k was found that out of 2,000 employe but forty-aeven had served that length of time. A a rule employes are seldom retained for more than Ave year, and length of service la often made a rea son for dismissal, It being feared that they mnf acquire the Idea that they have a claim upon the Arm. Those, than, who enter mercantile sstabllab Defy the Ravages of Time. The English woman Is greatly to be admired for her utter refusal to worry or to be worried, and the consequence is tnat she looks young at 50, saya a medical authority. She undertakes no more than she can comfortably carry out, and thoroughly believes in the coming of another day, not that she procrastinates, but she simply will not let the domestic machinery grind her down to ill health nnd early old age. She is a frequent bather, and regards health ns the prime factor of life, to be looked after before anything else. She sleeps nine hours and takes naps dur ing the day at that She arranges her day's work in the most systematic man ner and her little memorandum slip always shows two vacant hours; they are for rest. She eats heartily, but of the most digestible food. There aro some things about the Englishwomad which would mnke our American wom en happier nnd healthier if they imitated. Women Trr Too Much. Many women seem to huve gono daft over wheeling. They go into all sorts of excesses, scorning the advice of the experienced. They seem to think the day of reckoning, which Is Inevitable, will never come to them. Many women seem to think they have as much strength and endurance as their hus bands and brothers and can withstand the same physical strains. Tbey par ticipate In clu' runs, for which thejr are In nowise fitted. Every woman who rides a wheel should understand that she can do so In moderation only, and that If she at tempts mors she will pay for It dear ly. The penalties may not be Inflicted this year or nest, but they are bound to corns. Then, act only her deslrt for bicycle riding will be gens, but bag health as well. ...-ifejit Soil's, jl