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v : . W The Sioux County Journal A 1 1 -Z W VOLUME IX. IIAKKISOX, NEBRASKA THUKSDAV, DECEMIJEK X, 1p. NUMBER 13. 'ft AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. Recipe for Making tSe Whitewaah Used by the Halted Maira Govern oient Farminir a Princely Occupa tionThe Thrifty Hollander. Weatherproof W hitewash. We are frequently asked for a gissl whitewash fur farm buildings uml fence. Here Ik tin- recipe fur the whitewash used ly tin; Foiled States Government fur tin- lighthouses and Isaeona, chosen for ll.s permanence un der tlx: most extreme exxurc to tbe weather. Fresh hydraulic cement of any gissl standard kind, not of the more costly lniHirted kinds, three parts, mid cluan, fine sand, one part, arc mix--d well with cold water and Immcdi aiely applied. Thin give u light, brow n bdi white that I not no glaring as Un common lime and has la-en found to re sist moisture bettor than any other wash. It adheres to brick or stone or woixleu walls or fences very (Irmly. In Its application tin? walls are 11 rut wet W ith water, by which the adhesion of tin? wash is made stronger than If ap plied to a dry surface. Another good wash 1m made In this way: Half a bushel of gohl r-Kh lime Is slacked with Isdllng water and kept covered from the air during the slack ing to prevent weakening of the lime by the rarlMinic add of the nir. It in strained through fine sieve or cloth and seven pounds of salt are added; three pounds of rice Hour lsili-d to a thin paste, half a Nund of Spanish white and one pound of broken glue, steeped in cohl water and then dissolv ed In hot water, are then addi-d, and when well mixed by stirring, live gal lon of hot water are mixed In and the whole attain stirred. This la kept a few day closely covered, when It la ready for uae. It Is applied hot. Is-lng kept In a kettle over a fin-. This may be colonel a little brown by burnt umlx-r, or a cream yellow by yellow ochre. A light (fray Is made by adding a small quantity of lamp Muck previously mix ed wtthrvatcr and thoroughly stirred. One pint of this waah covers a square yard. A wash for fouci-s or barns Is made thus ami will last for five years: Half a bushel of fresh lime Us slacked, straln cd ami Hire- pecks of hydraulic cement are added, with water sufficient to re duce It to u pro'MT Hi i tilt condition. Ten pounds of burnt umlicr and one ound of Venetian red tire well mixed dry, four ounces of lampblack killed with sufficient vinegar are then mixed with water and added to the oilier material. The whole is diluti-d to make a barrel of thirty gallons. It niusl stand a few days and lie frequently stirred before used. A wash for Inside work that will not rult off is made of one pailful of com mon lime wash, to which Is added a thin patc made of half a pint of Hour and lsdllng water.-Farm, Field and F I re Hide, A Prince'y Occupation. Farming always was a princely occu pation, and so It will Ik- to the end of time. The farmer may not wear such line clothes as the occupant of the city; but what of that? Is he any less the man bi-cause of that? What though his hands Is'Jiard, and his feet be roughly shod? Shall we give him less regard? In the w'onU of the old song, we an swer. "Nay. nay, nay." What is better for a man privileged to be lsru in the country than that there he should re main, that there lie should labor and live, and Jove, and die, while engaged In the safest and surest of all callings? Nine men out of every ten who set up In liiisimws fall. There Is not one in a score of farmers who Itocoiiics bank rupt. As long its the world lasts there will be seed time and harvest. How pre-eminently wise, therefore, to go on and sow In hope and reap In Joy, and lit the end of the harvest lo show our gratitude by nulling with happy hearts In holding a harvest festival every year? Rural Life. Thrifty Hollander!. The proverbially thrifty Hollanders manage to make a success of agricul ture oil very small farms. Sevetiteen twentieths of all the farms In Holland are less than fin acres In extent, while li-ss than 5 per cent exceed loo acres. The average size Is III) acres. The sys tem of Intense cull tire generally fol lowed yields large returns. The an nual rental of farm lauds varies front JN-50 to $N.."0 per acre In the pasture regions, and as high as C In sections adjacent to big cIIIcm. Farm land is worth from fwi to fTiOO per acre, the highest price Is-lng paid for property unliable for the cultivation of hemp ami flowers, those latter forming the only- lands the price of which has not fallen during thu past down years. Confinement of Hwlne. Confinement of aw I lie la not condudve to IieakbfulncMS and lack of exercise prevent a proper development of the Issly, making It much more susceptible to dkwAfle thaJi when the animal la giv en a wide range and a variety of food, say a a writer In an exchange. , ' "We bear a great deal of late In regard to producing bacon, nd fault Is found with our corn-fed bogs Isi-ause they aie usually tis fat It Is au old adage that there are none an blind as thoe-e who do not wish to see,' and the fact Is plain to those who understand the tdt uatlon, that no meat we can produce would be acceptable to Furopeau ua tions. '"The pork prislin-ed In the corn belt of Amcrh-a from lng raised on clover pasture and finished on corn is not to Is- com pared with that made in Kuroiic from all kinds of nwill and refuse, fed In a filthy sty. There is not and cannot be Is'tler or more delicious pork pro dihsil on this glols" than that made from grass and corn w lieu the hogs are properly handled, uml this fijct tax-s lo the utmost the greatest of Furop-au stati-smcn to elreumveut its production among their people." A Good Kule for All Peara. Itecause the fruit of the Ciapp's Fav orite js-ar will rot at the core when overripe, this good early sort is often unduly condemned. Joseph Mechati advisi-s picking the fruit In the first week In August, and not later than the middle of the month In the late seasons. Cat her in three lots, about a week apart, to have a succession. I'ut the )-ars away in a clone closet, and in a week or ten days they arc In lit condi tion local. Treated In this way, there Is no rotting at the core, but instead a beautiful fruit, perfect throughout, and of a Juicy, refreshing flavor. It is true that It U not a gissl kii-per, but h( there any early pear or other fruit tltiil is? This quality is not hsiked for or d wired In early fruits, as they are supposed to le consumed as smm as ripe. Not the least of 1U merits Is tu fact that It rarely mlssii a full crop. Granger Homes. Knccexa in Dairying-. The foundation of your sucee? In dairying will depend iqsm the quality of your cows and the rare and treat ment that they receive at your hands. Scle-t cows with the recognized milk form; cows with a dlsjHmltlon to eon vert food Into milk. Avoid buying ani mals with a tendency to lay on flesh. While some ts-cfy cows have proven excellent dairy anlmaks, this U the ex ception, and not the rule. There 1 as much difference between a dairy cow and a Isn-f cow aa tlwre la between a draft hoiwe and a trirttlng horse. You would not enter a draft home In a speed content with trotting animals and expect It to win a place; no more should you ex)Hs-t to gain success In the dairy by using cows of the bivf bm-ds, or with an Inclination In that direction. To I'revent Mont. A practical machinist says he has found the following mixture to be very effectual in preventing machinery from gathering rust: Melt together one Knnd of lard and one ounce of gum camphor. Skim the mixture carefully, and stir in It a Hiilllclent quantity of line Muck lead to give It a color like iron. After cleaning the machinery thoroughly, smear it with this mixture and allow It to remain thus for twenty-four hours. Then go over it with a soft doth, rub bing it cean. Treated tints, machinery often retains Its brightness for several yea rs. Lilucation 11 Hem-lit. Fanning Is not merely plowing, plain ing, sowing and gathering the harvest. There are many other things to be thought of. and there Is where a gissl education in fanning Is of great lsuielit. We must study the cotnlosition of the particular poll we have to farm, what fertilizers are best adapted to It, and what drainage Is necessary. Corn llarvcatera. Corn harvesters are a wucces-s umlet ordinary conditions, and they will be Improved as experience puiiu out the niMd nml means of Improvement. This Invention promise to do more than tint other, save H-rhns tin; Improved culti vator, lo reduce the cost of com to the producer. Horticultural llinta. California has only one-third of a crop in peaches and apricots this year. Fetich tris-s often fall to do well, es pecially on old land, for the want of mineral plant food. Do not plant tri-s In the garden. One large tree, even In n corner of the gar den, will sisiil a gissl portion of it. There Is no Is-lter nil raspberry than the Cnthbert. It ailccceds everywhere, and under high culture is exceedingly productive of high-flavored and large bevties. The ls'M plant of the blackberry and red raspberry lire obtained by cutting atrong. vigorous nts In pieces, four or five Inches long, uml planting iiIhiiiI eight Iih'Ihh apart III drills. There Is nsitn for the hybridizer In the ease of gixeberrlct. Our native ones are too anwill, and the foreign ones too much ubjict to mildew. Seed lings lMtwccn two generally result in nn Improvement. In the flower garden, n well n the vegetable one, It ahould 1' rememlM-red tlmt when a plant la permitted to ripen eeeda Its growth for the acnaon la alsuit over. The moral la to cut off all decay ing flowem tm ,aoon aa they nro per ceived, that growth and other flowem may aucceed. JJDUCATIOXALCOLUMN NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. Neceaury Aptiarataa la Often Lack ing: in the School Room Irregular At tend nine 1 Trying to the Teaclier. I. ink of Apparatus. How often do we tind the necessary apparatus wanting. Maps are few, black-lsianls pisjr, and many others things unknown. Here the teacher has a grand chance to work. In many lit tle ways may Hie supply Ihj added to, and the pupils greatly bcneliled at the game time. Take for instance, a school conceit. No small amount of work la Implied-but It la a pleasure, and the results amply repay one for all tbe trouble. It is a great help Ui the chil dren. The training and study necessary to an appearance In public, ntrength etis the mental jsiwers and Improvca their rending, beside the confidence In tbeinnelves given by an appearance on the stage, a certain amount of which is necessary. Then the fact that cer tain articles in the Bchisd-room were obtained by their own work, gives a delightful feeling of ownership and a right to take special care of them. There are many other ways in which the scliisd apparatus may be Improved, and I think every teacher should con Hider it his or her duty to do something In this line, I will say in conclusion that I am proud to have my name en rolled in the ranks of the noble army of country teachers of Canada, as I think we ore given a grand work to do, and a wide Held In which to work. From among our country boys have come, and are still coming, some of our greatest men. We may have under our charge one whose name will yet be famous. Let us, then, not think lightly of our work, but rather consider the great responsibility resting on our shoulder. It us strive to do our best, and, if we have no other, we will surely have the love of our pupils, which ! worth a great deal, and we will finally receive the reward of the faithful. Fdu-ational Record. A Good Law. Tennessee hug a law which require candidates for the county euKTUiteud ency to fiass au examination. The fol lowing are the rules established by the State HiMird of lvducatlon: 1. Tbe examination shall be written and shall Is-glu on the first Monday In OcIoImt preceding each biennial elec tion for county aupcrlnleiidcut of uchooLs, mid may continue two days. 2. The examination, In addition to paiMr on all the branches in which Instruction Is now given in the public schools, shall embrace questions on theory and practice of teaching and rschuol law. .'!. The qin-stions for examination will be prepared by the State Hoard of Ed ucation, and sent by said board to the various commissions appointed by the chairman of the County Court, as pro vided in the act. The question will he mailed under seal, and must not be opened until the day of the examina tion and then In the presence of tbe commission and applicants. 4. The papers submitted by the appli cants shall be carefully graded by the commission, and the pa pens, with the grades marked thereon, shall be for warded five days from the date of the examination, to the State Superintend ent of l'tibllc Instruction for final grad ing by the State Hoard of Education. 5... I'mler the provisions of this act the State Hoard has no authority to ex empt from examination applicants for certificates of qualification fl '1"' posi tion of county superintendent. irrcwulnr Attendance. How very trying it Is, we probably till known, to have a pupil or pupils who attend Irregularly. In the country es pecially, pupils an; kept at home for such trivial things. A little ex tin work to be done, one of the Children must be kept home. They get Isdilnd their classes and a great amount of work must Is- done over again by the teacher or the pupils lose a great deal. After a time, they lose their luteri-st in sclnsd and do not want to go. You must try to make the parents sec of how much more lasting benefit, of how I much greater Importance, a boy or ! girl's education Is to be to them In after j life, than the little saved by their work. Youth Is the time of storing for after years, and ir the time is wasted then regrets will fill the years to come. iFrge the tnistecH to give prizes and clearly Impress, upon the minds of the pupils that regular attendance is the principal thing. They will oil bo anxious to work for prizen. I often wish comptilsoiy at tciidnnce were the law throughout the land. It would be the very best thing that we could have and I hope It will not ls long lu coming. Exchange. Power In Peraonnllty. NolsHly know It, but the true teacher Is a prlueeaB ft queen. I looked at the long II nm na they came marching Into ifle Imlldlng, "Line J.T' looked hard. There wna tleorge, whose atep-father had come the day before expressly to tell us that Gfcrge waa a "perfect little devil, and wouldn't mind noljody," a statement preWy nurly true. I'eter, whose mother vWxhed lie would die, be was so miiuj; he kicked her with his great boots and toie every cent In the house. James, w ho slept, he said, with their one hen )l) his bed every night to keep him warm, and would a little rather hit a imlice officer with a snow ball than any other inoffensive citizen. Hank, who, the Ihivs said, omoked ci gar slumps; and at least six other "char acters," who could not be influcnci-d or cent rolled in any degree In their homes. They could run away from school; but for some rejKsou they did not. The truant otliccr was a woman, not young, who couldn't catch them If she tried, and probably wouldn't try. Hut here they were, not very clean, and some what ragged, marching with a show of dignity Into their room. I opened tin door an hour later and stepped in. Fifty-five of them there In the seats; several girls as subtle as the isiys, and quick to resxnd If any sly mischief promised. What did I see? Half the room at work. Interested, busy, studi ous no attempt at disorder, every child knowing his present duty and doing It. The other half with books In hand, re citing In clear, pleasant tones, and giv ing a close, Intelligent attention to the teacher's questions. And there she stood, quiet, pleasant, strong a gen eral, a leader, a queen. No civic officer could have exercised such control among tlume "hard" citizens. They recognized the jwwer In her personalty and they simply yielded to It. When the cities of this laud once learn who are the real makers of civilization, where mothers fail and fathers are not, then the public school will be crowned with laurel and the teacher will be canonized. I'opular Educator. Maklne ThinuH Plain. All teachers Heed to bear In mind, especially a.t the beginning of the year, that the things they teach, while plain and clear to them, are misty and shad owy to the undeveloped minds of their pupils. The longer we have taught, the oftener we have gone over a subject In the claaa room, the less likely are we to appreciate the difficulties that the Immature learner meet. Misconcep tion is easy and difficulties many foi the childish mind, and care needs to be exercised let the pupil, getting en tangled, become discouraged. CJoslow ly and by easy steps until children find their footing, then the ascent of the hill of learning may be more rapid and satisfactory. School Journal. When Shaving; Became Fashionable. The confessor of Fraudu II. of Fraie c refused him absolution until he had completely removed his beard. An an cient Ueiinan was by tribal custom not allowed to cut off his flowing ls'tird until he had killed his first, man lu bat tle. About the year 2oo H. C. the Koiu- n Emperor Sclplo Afrlcanus inaugu rated the custom of shaving among the Roman nobles. Henry I. of England wore a beard until a conrageotm preach er leveled his eloquence at him to such good purpose that he submitted to be shaved. From the time of Julius Cae sar until the advent of William the Conqueror the Hritous wore mustaches, but the clergy, after the conversion of the inlanders, were forced to shave by law. One of the early popes establish ed the shaving of lioman Catholic priests to distinguish them from t.lie patriots of Constantinople. The prills of the Greek Church sUll wejir boards. I'eter the (J nut of ltussia laid a tax on beards, and delinquents were forced to have their faces shaved with a blunt razor or to have the hairs pulled out with pincers. So every Issly slums!. The first shaving was done by order of Alexander the (ireat, who forced the Creek warriors to cut off their beard-!, as he found them awkward impedi ments lu the hand-to-hand contests of that time. Current Literature. 1 tie Tli.nl Napoleon's Wealth. Ex-Kmpn-HS Eugenie, of France, re-i-etiily sold some jewels, and a notice ran through the papers that she was in strailemsl financial circumstances. She will not starve, however. Napoleon III. left over $100.0110,000, as the Ger mans found when they got hold of his papers at St. Cloud. His money was invested In ! per cent American bonds, ,i per cent and $ per cent Itusshms, 1 per cent. I'russl.in and English consols, Ti per cent Turks and some Industrial shares, such as English, Helgian and American railroad shares and Suez ciuial shares. The jewels which ihe ex-cmpresfi sold were so gorgeous that only royalty can wear tliein without appearing over-ostentations, and tlie $sO0,fo0 which" the jeweler paid for them has Is-eu added to the rest of Ihe Interest Inuring money. Not Particular. The old gentleman looked at the youth rather sharply over the top of his glasses. "I gather from your remarks," he said, "that you would like to lie my son-in-law." "I don't care a continental about that," retorted the young man with con siderable asperity. "Your daughter haa enough money in herown right to satis fy mo." Wage of Seamen. The wages of sen men on sailing ves sels are nliout the anniT; all over the world, averaging about $15 a month, with food; seamen employed oft stenmers receiving about 10 per cent, more. ADVICE TO GIRLS. FEW wiser counselors of young girls can be found than Eliza-Is-th Stuart I'heljm, who lias in her day planned much work, duty and pleasure for the younger members of her sex. In a recent article discussing the serious (iiile of the girl's life this noted writer gives her views in brisk. hojM'ful language as follows: "Girls, first make up your mind that you will be something. All the rent will follow. What you shall be comes more easily and dearly in due time. A girl of 13 cannot decide with any dis cretion or any assurance whether she will lie a sculptor or a washerwoman, a farmer or a poet; but she can decide distinctly whether it is her wish or duty, after leaving school or i-ollege, to remain dependent upon her parents or fit herself for a self-providing life. The education by which you mean to get your bread and butter, your gloves and bonnets, is a very different affair from that which you take upon yourself as nu ornament and an interval in life. The chemical experiment which you may some day have to explain to pupils of your own is quite anotliuj' thing from the lesson that you may never think of again- Tlie practice in bookkeeping, which may sometimes regulate your dealings with live flesh and blood cus tomers, becomes as Interesting as a new story. The dull old rules for in flection and enunciation fairly turn into pis'try if you hope to find yourself a great public reader some coining day. And the very sawdust of the French or the Iatln grammar becomes ashes of roses to the stout little fancy that dreams of brave work and big salary In some foreign department at Washing ton or tutoring girls or boys for college. "All over the. terrible ocean, among the lawless sailors, the men with wives and children to work for arc those wliQ lead tlie gentlest and cleanest lives. So, on the great ocean of school life, the girls with alms to study for are those whose labor Is the richest and ripest. Ah, you will never realize till you have tried it what nn Immense power over the life Is the power of possessing dis tinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason, I fancy that I can select in a crowded city the busy, blessed women who support themselves. They carry themselves with an air of con scious self-respect, and self-content which a shabby alpaca cannot hide, nor a rich silk enhance, nor even sickness or exhaustion quite drag out." Order Keiirna in Thin Trunk. Tlie process of Improving trunks has been steadily pursued since the days of the huge round-topped Saratoga. Tlie modern trunk is a triumph of Ingenuity, and perfection seem! almost to have been reached. What more can really be di-sired than a trunk that will open without ls'iug pulled out. from the wall, against which porters Invariably jam M AV IPKAI, TlifXK. It, and of which the boltotn and every other part is as accessible as I lie top? One of the latent Inventions is really a movable chest of drawers, from any one of which articles can be removed wilhout disturbing the entire contents of ihe trunk. Things of a fragile na ture, too. are not endangered by the Weight of goods above them. he Vn.v ti Womiin Stands. "Without knowing how to stand and to hold the body well," said an author ity on physical culture, "no woman can sit. slum! or walk with grace, or with nny amount of lacing and padding ! anything but ungraceful. Jusi cast your eye along the line of your ac quaintances of the gentler sex when they are iiniKinsclous of your scrutiny and see how much they could Improve their looks by a little enre and atten tion to the proper position when stand ing. Stand firmly but lightly, with the weight resting on the ball of the foot, poised ao that one can rise on the toes without bending backward or forward to keep tlie balance. Practice this. Do not jerk your elbows; do not lean bock winds from tbe walat; rent the bead and chest and draw In the chin. This position puts the shoulders where they belong, curves the back naturally, flat tens the abdomen and raises the bust. This position can be acquired by pa tience and perseverance, and many de fects may be eliminated by remember ing to assume this attitude whenever standing, and soon it will become sec ond nature. Above all, do not give un due prominence to the abdomen; noth ing in so ugly, and certainly even the best, cut skirt will not hang well on a person in this istnre." Why Men Kuil as Lovers, "If is a question with me," says a writer in the Ladies' Home Journal, "whether a woman ever knows all the joys of lovcmaking who has one of those dumb, silent husbands who doubt less adores her, but is able to express it only in deeds. It requires an act of will to remember that bis getting downtown at 7 o'clock every morning is all done for you, when he hasn't been able to tell you in words that he loves you. It is hard to get a letter telling about the weather anil how busy he Is, when the same amount of pace saying that he got to thinking about you yes terday when he saw a girl on the street who looked like you, only she didn't carry herself as well as you do, and that he loves you, good-by would have fairly nmde your heart turn over with joy and made y'ou kiss the hurried line and thrust tlie letter in your belt, where you could crackle It now and then just to make sure it was there. Nearly all nice men make good lovers in deeds. A great many fail at some important crisis in the handling of words." Bogni Sealakin Garment. The plush Imitation sealskin sacks so popular some years ago have gone out of vogue entirely. Yet in obedi ence to the demands for a substitute which will deceive the unpra diced eye manufacturers are introducing gar ments made of rabbits' skins so clever ly dressed to imitate the coverings of the seal that detection will be possible only to the expert It is expected that this innovation will be one of the most remarkable developments the fur trade has ever known. The now fur is called "electric seal," and consists of the skin of the ordinary French tame rabbit electrically treated. The idea is not new. It has been considered for many years, but it is only through recent modifications and improvements 1n mechanism rendered possible by elec tricity that it lias become a factor to lie seriously reckoned with in the whole sale fur business. Invented by Women. A scissors holder consisting of a metal loop, with ends bent backward and safety-pin attachment. An Ingenious work table provided with handy little pockets and draweis which pull out Just where wanted. A combination of curling tongs and stove or heater for same, with fuel, and all combined in a pocket case. An ingenious hinged ganneut stretch er, which simulates the human form and when not in use folds into a small compass. A sectional blackboard for school pur poses, with sections so arranged aa to permit several scholars to work at once without hiterference. A lapboard which, instead of being made lu the ordinary shape is made round, and prevents any possible loose ness in the outside material, as the board has practically the curve of the body American Gtrla Criticised. "American girls," said an olwervaut Frenchman, "may easily be detected abroad by their energy and lack of re pose. They seem to be always afraid of missing something. When they conic over here they want to liHik under the gravestones; the exterior of things iH not enough for them; they want In terim's, and they adore underground passagi's; they do not even abhor the sieps that lend to them. From the time they leave their native -shores they nev er sit back. When (hey are driving they sit forward on the edge of the seats; they seem to think that lu this way they are propelling the horses and that they will reach their destination quicker." Note ot the Mode. A pretty front for a red cloth bodice is made of ecru luce Insertion, held to gether by black velvet ribbon. Alpaca petticoats with rutlles of the same bound with satin of a contrasting color are very pretty and much more durable than silk. Ited in the favorite color for many lit tle accessories of dress, and a brown coat and aklrt costume Is made very at tractive by a red silk vent. . The new combination undergarments are very attractive with nn extra belt of pink merino, which extends from Hie bust well below the wnlrt. This gives warmth where It la needed, and the pink and white mixture M very yretty. v. v if X "A A, 1 t 4 t Y l i "I ft V v. ... ,SuM.J.,aii i a,-;'--' V 1' f 'I-' ' '(,' . '. 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