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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1896)
Popular Irltm CllpplBf.. Leneliock and Humboldt both isj that a tingle pound of the finest spider wet would reach around the world. The bone of the skull are arched be mum in that form the greatest strength la combined with the least weight and quantity of material. When water freezes it expands with l force estimated at 30,000 pounds per qtiaie im h. No material has Wen fuuD'l a hii h ran withstand this pres sure. Home-tried lard is Iwtter and firmer than tliflt which ran Ixj bought and doee not require a treat deal of time. To prevent lard from becoming rancid add some tahle salt to the lard when it is hot, in proportion of one teaspoonful of salt to each quart of liquid lard, and cook a few moments after the salt is dJed. Word conies Irom all quarters that the neatest and most satisfactory dye for col oring the heard a brown or black is Buck ingham's Dye lor the Whiskers. The average maid needs to be taught that the washing of china and glass it more of an art than she realizes. The dishes should be cleaned with a piece of bread crust instead of the usual knif which will scratch tine dhhes. Neatly pile them together before preparing . the water, and then the work does not CI i i i.... appt-ar vj w a uuiucii. Your nerves upon rtrh, red blood and you will not be nervous. Blood Is made rich ami pure by nlodr Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druKglnU Si, Mood's Pllla are alwart reliable, tin cent. Feed The Treat est Medical Discover; of the Ag;e. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.. Mas discovered In one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst bcrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried It In over eleven hutidred rases, and river failed except In two cases (both thunder humor). He has now In his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, ail within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit It always experienced from fhe first bottle, and a perfect cure Is war S anted when the right quantity is taken. .' When the Kings are affected It causes K'ooting pain, like needles passing, rough them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This Is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it Head the label If the stomach Is foul or bilious It will tause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you tan get, and enough of it Dose, one tablespoon fuljn water at bed time. Sold by all Druepsts. CURES Wounds, Bruises, Sunburn, Sprains, Lameness, Insect Bites, f and ALL PAIN. After hard WOBK or EXERCISING rub with it to AVOID LAMENESS. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES -Weak, Watery, Worthless. POND'S EXTRACT OINTMENT i cures PILES. JeT" ' POND'S EXTRACT CO., 76 fifth Am., Htw York The 8t. Joseph and Grand Island B. R. v IITHI SHORTEST and QUICKEST LINE to ILL rollers NORTH WEST EAST SOUTH 'mod"."" Union PamBc 8ystem IS TUB SAVnsiTS SIl'TS to Csllfornls, Oregon sni U Wastem holms 1 For Information fegsrdlnf rstm, etc., rail on .' vt sodrsM any agent or 8. M. AMir. M. P. ansiason, Ja., ln. I'aw. Aft. (isu'l HaDsgsr. St. Jowph, Mo. Through Yellowstone Park on a bicycle. S. TRIP WORTH TAKING. rtta to J. Francis. Ow)l IWr Arnt, ltur latino Rout, Omaha, Nb., for booklet giving Sill Informailon alxmt t, roads. Mo. I ST I. rtmuafclid. K. ktiua. wiar. moo. H. K. V. Mo. SOS-SS. lorb, KM WKITINO TO ADTKSVriHKM- say fmm saw las MnMWB.ii i TOPICS FOR FARMERS A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR OUR RURAL FRIENDS. Illota bjm Practical Farmer on flack ing Hay-Small Fruits Properly Cul tivated Are Profitable How to Kill Caterpillar-General Farm Note. How to Stack Mar. If bay must be exited to the weath er, thou clearly It should be so stacked that the damage will le the leant pos sible. To iinke a stark entirely of clover id but .o Invite heavy damage. If a load or two of timothy la put ou the top, the damage will probably le rctluivd, oue-half. Clover dues not shed ralu well; timotliy does. To put the stack directly ou the ground, no mat ter of what grans or clover It is made, U needlessly to Incur damage. A foundation of old rails or k1cs can easily be made. He careful that the foundation Is solid. The greatest se cret In making a good hay stack, or any other stack. Is to keep the center full and high and well trampled down. Theu when the stack settles, the out side will settle most and will soon droop, and rain will always be con ducted to the outslik' of the stack. If the center Is not kept high and well trampled down, It will be lower than toe outside when the stack has settled, for as the most weight Is on the center. It will settle most; and the water Ail be conduced toward the center of the stack and the hay will be spoiled. An other Important point lit building a gisxl hay stack Is to have the hay to ward the outside of the stack He paral lel with lines drawn from the center to the outside of the stack, and not at an angle to those lines. The bunches of hay put on the outside course of the stack should be nicely straight ened, so they will He as recommended. Yet another point is never drive a stake In the top of the stack to hold It down. The stake will pull the hay down that It Is contact with, forming a basin at the top to receive the water and conduct It Into the suck. The proper way to hold the top on Is with light poles tied In pairs with pieces of hinder twine or rope about two feet long and hung over the top of the stack, ("are should be taken to have the poles composing each pair of very nearly the same weight, else the top will be pulled to oiip Hide. John M. Stahl, In Country Gentleman. ftmall Frnit for Farmer. The reason that the average farmer would give for not growing berries Is that he thinks It would not be profit able. It cannot be doubted that he Is right upon th s point If h H'mtild un dertake to handle the business accord ing to methods employed In the raising of his ordinary field crops. To raise berries of any kind successfully re quires that intensive cultivation be adopted. Hut because the farmer has long been In the habit of employing the rather loose methods that apply to general farm crops does not sig nify that he cannot make a good use of the more Intensive methods suitable to these specialties. The farmer who has had no experience in Intelligent garden making and In the growing of small fruits can have no adepiat" no tion concerning the value of well-prepared seed-beds for such thing to be gin with, and of frequent and clean cultivation later. These are the se crets at the bottom of success with any and all kinds of berry-growing. Of course, there must be an lutein pent selection of locality. The hills are particularly adapted to the grow ing of small fruits as offering protec tion from untimely frosts, outside this consideration It lies mostly with the Intelligent and experienced inlud of man to control the condition favor able to the growth of these fruiu. and It has always seemed to lis that the cultivation of a plot of ground set to berries would form an agreeable diver sion from the general fluid work on tho farm. Nebraska Farmer. To Kill Caterpillar. A better way to kill caterpillars than by rubbing by liand or by burning with kerosene Is to use the following meth od: When the caterpillars first com mence their web, ns soon as It Is visible take a pall with soft soap and make a strong suds. Have a pole of proper length to reach the nests, with a swab or sponge fastened to the small end. Go through the orchard. Insert the, swab In the pall and wlic off the nest. The suds la like Are to tho worms and good for the trees. This Is a very ea.sy way to kill the caterpillars. Fowla In One Flock. Fifty or sixty fowls In a flock are about as many as can lie safely kept to gether In one dock. Shall we conclude, then, tluit fifty or sixty fowls are all that ono man can keep with profit? Not by any means. If he has room enough he can keep ns many flocks ns he can watch over, take good care of, protect against vermin and disease, supply with suitable food ami afford sufficient space for good air and henlth ful exotvlse, and especially for roost ing without crowding. Hints About Horse. la cleaning them, If they will not atand the currycomb well, get u five or ten cent brush made of broom coru, used for scrubbing lu the house; they are very stiff. If horses are troubled with the scratches, mix two pa its lurd and one part gunpowder thoroughly, and apply on the place affetieil; It U cheap and effective. Ho manage yn ir stables aa to save nil the urine, us it Is very valuable; have cement fliwr If possible. Do not feed too much hay, and avoid watering Inwnedl.iiely after feeding a horse much of a dinner. If jrou have whole rye, you can feed a little, and save eipense and trouble f grinding It, to young horses only. Use good snaps on lines and hide S'raps at least, and by so doing save time. which Is money on a farm. Farmer need to be cautioned about watering horses when heated. Cranio JuJd Farmer. The Stole. A writer says: "It in not prolable that the mole eats vegetable matter lu any form. I have kept numbers of mold confined where they could not get any food except what 1 gave them. Vegetable food in aJJ the various forms la which they are accused of eating it was kept before them, and was al9o offered to HJid put In direct contact with them. I'otatoes, bullw, tender roots of various classes of plants, eweet corn that had been sprouted, sweet corn ready to sprout and seeds of various kinds, and although ravenously hungry and dying of starvation they would not eat audi food. I have starved them to death lu these experiments." KemnvinaT Unfruitful Trees. There are In many orchard trees that are from some cause unthrifty and therefore unprofitable. If after due trial of iM'tter treatment the free doe not respond, no time should be lost In removing It. not by cutting It di wn, but by digging It out. This is not so difficult as would be thought. The trunk and branches of the tree act as a lever, anil with some cutting of the rsits with an old ax the tree may be pulled over by bitching a team to a chain connected with a branch as far up as the chain will reach. A little work with the ax at the roois will help the team very much. It Is much easier to dig out n tree than a stump, and It is much better than cutting the tree down and leaving the stump in the way until it rots out. Feeding Charconl. Four turkeys were confined In a pen and" fed on meal, boiled potatoes and oats. Four others of the same brood were at the same time confined lu an other pen and fed daily ou the same ar ticles, but with one pint of very fine pulverised charcoal mixed with their food mixed meal and Isilled potatoes. They had also a plentiful .supply of broken charcoal In the pen. The eight were killed the same day, and there was a difference of IVi pounds each In favor of the fowls which hud been sup plied with charcoal, they being much the fattest, and the meat being su perior in point of tenderness and flavor. Cheupt ow Not I'rofitahlc. There Is no disadvantage In having a cow that Is on "easy keeper," that Is, one tluit consumes comparatively a small amount of food. A cow that l i to produce a large quantity of milk must eat enough to enable her to make the milk. She iiinnot produce some thing from nothing. A good cow must necessarily be a good feeder, and that Is one of the merits claimed for the best breeds. Not only should n cow haven good appetite, but her food should be of the bet, so as to derive ns much from her ns possible. Farm Note. The Holsteln Frieslan Association of America offers a spoxial prize of f 1U.', open to registered Holsteln-Freislan only, nt the New York State Fair, the milk ami butter test to be conducted on the fair grounds. The good farmer Is proved by Un steady appreciation of his crop.s. Any one may reap an ample harvest from a fertile virgin soil; the good farmer alone grows gissl cnis at first and Ix-t-ter and better ever afterward. I'.hick-cap raspberries are projKignted by buying the tips, which take root and Is'come the young plauts for the next planting. After they are rooted they are then separated from the parent vine by cutting. Hed raspberries are propa gated by the old plants sending up new ones from .he roots. Wool will keep lu the best condition when stored In a somewhat damp place, says the American Sheep Breeder. The best place ' a dry sulx'ollar half above the ground, and that may be well alrtsl. When too dry, wool Is hard to the feel and brittle and loses Its natural soft ness and curl. The rail fence, with Its numerous cor ners and large space occupied, may be apparently cheaper than one of wire, but when the saving of land and de struction of weed I considered the wire fence Is much cheaper. The weeds that frequently overrun a farm are propagated on the spaces taken up by the rail fence. Dairying haa never been overdone. There Is a large amount of poor butter and cheese marketed, but the dairyman who sends only choice articles to mar ket and fnereases his product by the use of cows that are capable of giving good result will always have a profit no matter bow many others are In the business. Hogs will make a very fair growth with good clover pasture, but will gain much more rapidly If they can have In addition, all the slois they can eat Middlings and milk make one of tho cheais'st and Ist feeds for growing pigs, and they can be given all they can ent twice a day with profit. If rata Infest the bam All a tight bar rel half full of rye and other grain, and give them a treat for a fortnight, plac ing a board against the barrel for easy acci-ss. Some night suhatltute water for the grain, halving enough of the lat ter on top to deceive, and the results may aatonlah you. Moreover, the ruts will leave that barn for months. When the eager, hungry flies torment the cow and make her restless at milk ing time, do not vent epltheta against the animal, nor punch her with a stool, but take with you to tnc yard or stable a thin sheet to cover her back, and a sponge dipped Into an effusion of tansy or wormwood In water, or raobrtoned with kerosene oil, and rub It over the cow's leg. She will evince hei- grati tude In an unmistakable way, and tbs pall will be the gainer. VASTNESS OF ST. PETER'S It Produces Almoat the Effect of Tcr ror on the Mind. The building Is so far beyond any . familiar proportions that at first sight i all details are lost uKn its broad front. I The mind and Judgment are dazed and staggered. The earth should not be i able to lear such weight ujkiu Its crust without cracking and bending like anj overloaded table. On each side the colonnades run curving out like giant arms, always open to receive the na tions that go up there to worship. The dome broods over all, like a giant's head motionless In meditation. The vastiu-HH of the structure takes' hold of a man aa he Issues from the' street by which he has come from Sant' l Angelo. In the open space in the aquurv and In the ellipse between the I colonnadi-s and on the steps, two huiv dred thousand men could be drawn up in rank and file, horse and foot and guns. Kxcepting It be on some special occasion, there are rarely more than two or tlin-e hundred persons In sight. The paved emptiness, makes one draw a breath of surprise, and human cyet seem too small to take In all the flat ness below, all the breadth before, and all the height alsve. Taken together, the picture Is too big for convenient sight. The impreKsinii itself moves iinwieldily In the cramped brain. A building almost five hun dred fii-t high produces a monstrous effect upon the mind. Set down In words, a description of it- conveys no clear conception; seen for the first time, the Impression produced by It cannot be put into language. It is something like a shock to the Intelligence, per haps, and not altogether a pleasant one. Carried beyond the limits of a mere mistake, exaggeration becomes caricature; but when It Is magnified beyond humanity's common measures. It may acquire nn element Approaching to terror. The awe-striking giants of mythology were but magnified men. The first sight of St. l'eler's affects one as though, lu the every-day streets, walking among one's fellows, one should meet with a man forty feet high. Century. Gems of Expression. Julian Kalph says that when he was taking a trip on a ' Louisiana bayou, he and a friend reclined on some sacks of freight, the better to enjoy comfort and the scenery. There they attracted the attention of the roustabouts, or col ored jsirters, who talked freely to one another about the strangers as they passed, bowed under back-bending loads. "M'ml" said one. "Guess ileni gem men been steamboatin' befo. Never seen white folks lay round on de freight that way. Seen niggers do it, though." Sometimes toelr comments on the existing state of things were very laughable. On this steamer the pool fellows had a night of almost Inces sant work on the heels of a day of fre quent landings. They were tired, and tnis was their brief discussion of the situation: "I don't work on dls yer boat no mo'," said one. "Work on dls boat!" exclaimed an other. "I wouldn't work agin on dls boat ef she was loaded with grltldle cakes an' de molasses was dtippln' ober de sides." "I," wild the first speaker, "I wouldn't work agin ou dls yer boat e. she was loaded wld rabbits on' dey was all Jumpln' off." With this word-picture of a boat's cargo which was able to unload Itself, the roustabouts threw a sat-k of grain upon his shoulders and slouched up the gangplank, apparently unconscious that he had said anything at all humor ous or uncommon. One Tiling at a Time. The last King of Hanover, before that state was Incorporated Into the I'russian kingdom, was for many years blind. There was living at the court an English lady, Mrs. Duncan Stewart, who, with her wit and learning, enter tained his majesty. The blind king delighted In her con versation, and for many years she would save up every Interesting story she heard so as to tell it to him. It Is remembered that one day she was tell ing him a story as they were out driv ing together. Suddenly the horses started, and the carriage seemed about to upset. "Why do you not go on with your story?" said the king. "Because, sir, the carrlu&e Is Just going to upset." "That Is the coachman's affair," said the king; "do you go on with your story." Most Have Cake. The cheap restaurant started by the Clark Thread Co., of Newark, N. J., for the benefit of Its employes has been abandoned because the employes failed to patronize It. The restaurant was started last fall and was run at a loss for seven or eight months. Dur ing the winter the patronage was en couraging, but when warm weather came the trade diminished. The ob ject of the restaurant was to encourage the operatives, and the girls especially, to eat sustaining and wholesome food prepared In a scientific manner, but the young women resented the absence of crullers, doughnuts and pic, and sneered at the nourishing stews, soups, etc. The prices were very low and tho quality of the food was of the best, while there was considerable variety. The absence of pie anil cake doomed the enterprise, however. Prndence. "The audience Is calling for you," said the young tragedian's manager. "Are you sure I'm tho person they want?" "Of course." "Well, go out and' study the expres sions on their faces and tell me what you think they want with me," Wash ington Star. taU far Farmer. The meannesses of human nature are a bar to co-operative effort. There is too much pig nature in the cjuiI ioa- tions. Nothing pays better on the farm than to keep accurate accounts to know what is raised at a lo-s and what yields profit. Be sure to get the bulletins irom the agricultural experiment stations. They are doing impo.-tatit work. Keep touch with it. A H-initlful Illustrated Honk trie "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," wi all know, and have learned to admire a well, but when an object of aiimiratioi carries with it a large measure of uselu information in addition to its arristii merit, its intrineic value becomes ver. nioeh enhanced. In ourlant week's issm there appeared an advertisement an nouncing that The John M. Hmyth Coir pany, 150 to IliS West Madison street Chicago, would send fr e to all applicant their elegant new and massive 400-ptigi illustrated catalogue. The John II. Smyth Company is the largest turnitun and house-furnishing establishment in tin world. Their new catalogue is a marvel of the printer's finest art, as well as an encyclopedia of information pertaining to all kinds of home, otliee and hotel fur nishing. Illustrations run in profusion through the book, and prices ate given for everything. This great hook a perfect stuniiard work on house and oflice furnish ingshould be in every home of our land. It will be shipped free by express, charges prepaid, to all who write for it to THE JOHN M. SMYTH CO., 100 to 168 West Madison Street, Chicago. Tailors and dressmakers are at the Reason having the hardest time of the year. Customers have flown to sea shore and mountains with the finery that in many cases is yet to be paid for, while no orders at mid-summer are corning in to supply ready cash. The woman whose heart is so tender that fhe would not kill a fly must be (impervious to the early morning annov- Hme that drives the most devout Chris tian to the verge of profati'v It Was Before the Day of SAPOLIO They Used to Say "Woman's Work Is Never Done." "A Bicycle Built for Two. MA (i A I yam sr Five cents' worth of "BATTLE AX" will serve two chewers just about as long as 5 cents' worth of other brands will serve one man. This is because a 5 cent piece of "BATTLE AX" is almost as large as the 10 cent piece of other high grade brands. ll "11 fl I I V l if washed. Suppose you're the maid. There's the saving of labor; the absence of tubbing; the hardest part of the house work made easier and pleasanter. But suppose you are mistress and maid, both in one, doing your own work. Then there is certainly twice as much reason why you should do every bit of your washing and cleaning with Pearline. m Joaioir Not lurreaaing. In an article in The Yale Medical Journal'Dr. Fdwin A Down combats the popular impression that insanity is increasing, he fays that the last 20 years, thown by the official records, is compaiatively trifling and is more than accounted for by the change in condi tions which ha resulted in sending to insane a?ylum many persons who were oieviously k' pt in almshouses or in private families and not reckoned in nakinsr up the record of the insane. lO CUANsI Tl.li oVSTKM Kilectually yet gently, when costive or bil us, or when ttie blood is impure or slng ish, to permanently overcome habitual onstipati'.n. to awaken the kidneys and hver to a healthy activity, without irritat ng or weakening them, to dispel head lines, colds, or fevers, ose Syrup of Figs. This is a wipe ! it of advice to the timnier girl: Do nothing that will ive the hotel gosBips a topic for diecus ion. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a constitutional cure. Price 75 cents. A new engagement ring consists of three bands set with jewel. One line leprcsente the financee's birth stone, a second line boaBts the birth stone of l.er betrothed, while the center circle is of diamonds the emblems of innocence. We w ill forfeit $1,000 if any of onr pub lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. The Piso Co., Warren, lJa. The trimmed chemiee docs away with the separate corset cover and skirt that mude a double thickness at the waist line. Mrs. Wlimlow' Boothino Sykup tor child ren tecthine, fcofieiu the gums, reduces laliam mstlun.allsvrpaiii, cures wtud colic. 25c bmile. Some people act as though cucumbers were deadly poison, when in reality they are quite healthful if prepared properly, Mistress and Maid both have their part in the great" savings that come from Pearlinc Suppose you're the mistress. I here s the economy of it the savine of time. etc.. and th T actual money that's saved by 1 lining awav with that ttnr)w wear and tear on evervthintr raw