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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1898)
f 1 I k i v THE BATTLE-FIELDS. OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. Taa BlM mm tha Oru Barlaw lacl 4ea, af tha Lata War, and ia a Tail ml Caaaa, March ana Battle. " ' aTarrora of tha Army. HE can of Pri vate Hammond, who, at Fort Sheridan, In said to bave Is-en dragged by the heels a distance of 500 feet, at tract more at tention tO-day than It would have done twen ty yearH ago. Then cruel pun- tahnieota indeed were meted out to re fractory soldiers of the United States irniy. In those days a ten or thirty-day trick lo the guard bouse was not a com paratively minor matter an it If) now. The soldier who nowadays lands In the guard bouse for drunkenness, Insubor dination,' neglect of duty or any other violation of regulation Is put to work it Dome Job- around the post from fa tigue call in the morning till recall from fatigue late In the afternoon. The work la never hard. The only discom fort connected with the work In that It In always performed under the watch ful eye of a sentry with a loaded gun. On the other band, the guard house prisoner gets every night In that Is, he U permit led to slumber peacefully on the comfortable bunk in his guard house cell, while his comrades who have not committed themselves have to take their turns standing guard over him through the watches of the night. The soldier who worked himself Into the guard house prior to 1870 did not get any night In, from the day he le tfau bis term until Its end. He walked hla post, two hours on and four off, from, the beginning to the termination f hj sentcjuce. But he did not carry a Vin'.Vblle on post. He shouldered an unbarked Tog, from six to eight feet In length and weighing from 70 to loo pounds',- and a man In his rear carried the rltie: Tfie. business of the soldier wltft the' rifle was to see that the sol dier with' the log Kept on the move, up and down tn front of the guard house, front '"the ttiho he went on post until relief aik-aMhe nd of two hours, by tnoUw.guanMio.uHe prisouer, to whose hfiliUthe.big would, be transferred. i'. HM.mito- iae aeuiry a uu v to see did not drop his bniiilyijj'lio prison er could shift It from One shrtiitdeP to fin other or Mr. ry fufider hi ntirt; V)V horizontally In frof W itfrh.'or Th 'any oilier way he diotftrf Bad tct curry it. and he had to keep moving, on pain of being indented wllh'tlie point of a bayonet. There are -buudrcds; of old soldi rs still ( In the l"tii((.,i States army who did "-r nillo .frieks at "tree nackliiir" In fl'drtf; and tioiie of tlwm speaks slightest degree of enthusiasm of fhe job. The gmtrd bouse prisoner it lifi'go physique? wnsout of luck in 'those days, ..V UJOpouiul log wiis tn varlahly bestowed upon hint. The nun Her logs were reserved for the pris oner of lis birik. ', , .', t Out.' Of the ptlrtWh merits meted out to tho'cavalrymair who gut hit o the guard house under the old regime was. ."trot ling the bull ring.'.',. The bull ring Is the circular track upon W hich the horses tre exercised when there Is not much ioilig anumd the post In Hie way of Jrllls on accoiini or Inclement weather. Kvery cavalry post has Its bull ring. !'Kin the smooth surface of the hull dig the frnciis&is caviilrj -man of a YMple of ib-cadcs ago was required to ;-bnse the Intangible nlr at regular in tervals, named In the sentence, every Jny of, hi, confinement. His bull ring work whs" no go -as you please walking match eVbwr. If- ciajj 1 go at any pace iwlfter Xhna a walk; out he was not al Sowed to walk. Heel-and-toe business was barred. If he chose to work It out in cantering the sentry was agreeable; 'J Id lie prefer the less graceful, but also less Irksome, trot, the sentry hadn't a Word to say. but If for a single Instant ,,tte . i elapsed Into fl common, every day walk he would hear the sentry's com natid, Hke the crack of a circus rlng- l I nitrew- am.ster', whip, "Hluike her up there, rvtep liat.do yott think this Is, a prac tice iMflrt-hl f Jiang:" and If the bull ring iMtinder Knew bis gait he would MiiynlT walking right away. The bull- , )ug 'i work A its good for wind ami muscle, but it was hard and galling. A loUller undergoing a bull ring sentence 4roppcd dead from heart disease at a post Ip the Kouthwest one day about letetjteen years ago, and then the bull ring punishment was abandoned. ."It was reserved- for the commanding ' olflcer of an Arizona post, a one-com- , patty outfit, to Inflict so barbarous pun ishment upon an o. tending' soldier that the whole schIc of ptinlntfinent In llie L' ui ted States army was revlsy and made hard and fast. This comma nd- Ing otllccr was a captain, and the affair happened In 1S7!. Ho had In his com- ; tfuny a soldier who was a very hard '' case, and put in most of his time in the giwrd house, ( lie completed n guard house term hi the autumn of Vi", and Immediately repaired to the near-by , town of whisky shacks and made hlm (kjf exce(Nlltigly drunk. He returned .. to til" lMt with the Announced Inten tion of razing It to the level of the dee- art and Bring a volley over Its ashes. l'he Captain had him lassoed as he waa Jriaiterlnc the pot. He ordered that a e' silmclenUy large to receive the ruibf, body of a man be dug In ue Vkhnle waa dur the cantaln ordered that he'1lir?ee oilier be stood III It up lt hbruieclc, and that the sand be then 9f fa ' aatau-kaaV Kil nl ulw oa titflltlr aa Doa- alble, covering bis arms and ahooldera and leaving only his head protruding above the ground. The captaln'e or dera were obeyed. The offending sol dier, still more than half drunk, waa packed In the sand hole, hla bead alone catching the rays of the semi-tropical sun, and a sentry was placed over blm. The sun was nothing compared to the desert ants. The ants sent out their couriers to the highways and bywaya and dunes ai d hollows, and It was no time at all lefore some thousands of them, big, red, splder-IIke and fero cious, were running over the soldier a head. They crawled 1 lto bis ears and bis nose and bis mouth, and they caused him such unspeakaole agony that he shouted In frenzy. The sen try finally revolted against this punish ment, and his comrades joined him. They threatened the captain, and tha latter, from fear of summary punish ment, permitted the prisoner's release. The prisoner was taken to the hospital, almost a maniac. The case was re ported at Washington, and the result was a revlslo ' of the military code, The new regulations expressly for bid the punishment of "bucking and gagging." Bucking and gagging con slsts In tying a refractory soldier gen erally a soldier who is maniacal with drink and very abusive hand and foe with cords anil gagging hlrn with a block of wixsl whittled to fit his mout The gagging part of this punlshmen, came near choking a number of sol diers to death, which accounted In part for Its eramire from the punishment list. One punishment much affected in the light artillery was called "tying on the spar-- wheel." Springing upward and rearward from the center rail of every caisson wns a fifth axle, and on It was a spare wheel. A soldier who bad been Insubordinate was taken to the spare wheel and forced to step upon It. Ills legs were drawn apart until they spanuisl three Sikes. His arms were stretched until there were three or four spoke between bis hands. Then feet and ..anils were firmly bound to the felloes of the wheel, if the soldier was to be punished moderately he was left bound In an upr nt position on the wheel for five or six hours. If the pun ishment whs to be severe the ponder ous wheel was given a quarter turn after the soldier bud been lashed to It, which changed the position of the man being punished from an upright to a horizontal one. Then the prisoner had to exert all his strength to keep his weight from pulling heavily and cut ting on the cords that bound bis upper arm and leg to the wheel. I have fre quentlr seen men faint while under- golnf this punishment, and I have knowi men to endure It for hours without a murmur, but with white faces and set Jaws and blazing eyes. To cry out, to lieg for mercy, to pro test, Insured additional discomfort In the shape of a gag, a rough stick be ing tied Into the suffering man's mouth. Rewarded at I.iiht. President XIcKlnley has made one appointment to which not even ttie most rabid mugwump will object. The recipient of that appointment, a Cham paign County, Ohio, man, passed through Columbus the other day on his way to Washington to thank the Pri'sldent personally. It was through ex-Secretary of State Samuel M. Tay lor that Major McKlnley heard of the existence of the appointee. During the President's first term as Governor be Hke at (J. A. It. campflre la Northern Ohio. There were several In the Columbus party. Including; Lieu tenant Governor Harris and Secretary Taylor, who spoke after the Governor. Taylor was not a soldier and felt awkward In trying to address veterans. So, In Ib'ii of a speech, he told a story about a man In bis county, a private in the Ninety lirth O. V. I. lie told of the Incarceration In Andersonvtlle of this young Ohio soldier and a fellow private of hts company; how both had wasted away under the A nderonvllu ordeal. The Champaign County ma'i'n friend was weaker and near to .lying on the day when a list of prisoners to be exchanged w as read out. The crowd of skeletons strained their ears, each with the fierce hope of hearing his name. The Champaign County -win's mime was rend, but Fred compressed his lips mid did not answer. The list was finished, and Hill's name was not on It. Then only did Fred's lips relav. He said quickly: "Bill, answer to my name. You can't stand thlq. I'll pull through:" "Bill did, and wag exchanged. .Vine inonuis Inter Fred, weighing ninety pounds, was exchanged. He had weighed J (Hi when captured." On the way back from the cnmpflre the Governor said: "Taylor, I wish you would write out that story -ami let me have It." Taylor did so, and the Major used It In his speech at Grant's tomb on Memorial day, 18!M. Not long before he Inauguri'loi: Secretary Taylor was In Canton, when the President elect remarked: "By the wny, Taylor, what's become of your Andersonvllle prisoner?" Taylor told McKlnley what Fr?d waa doing, and lidded: "He ought to be re mombered." The other .l'iy Fred Hoi Ington of Chsmpiilgii County, ex pri vate Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer In fantry, was appointed Inspector of abandoned mineral lauds at $.S n day and expenses. Taylor was here to-day and told the story. A Clenr Cne There. "So your uncle Is going to try bis flying machine to-morrow, Is he? Has be made Ids will V"" "Yes; left everything to charity." "That so? Well, you don't seem to be at all put out about it." "Why should I be? la there a tAtirt In the land that will hold a man who would tyonkey with a flying muchln to be of sound mind?" , HARD NUT TO CRACK. HOW UNCLE SAM CAN RUN THE POSTOFFICE. Poataaa Hlimm Ara laaued by tha Million Without Aid from the liauk era or the Couaeut of Any Other Nation on KartU. Subject for Thought. Did you know that the Government has refused to redeem Hb own pontage stamps in gold or any other kind of money' Aye, wure than that; It won't even exchuiige other postage stamps for them. The facts are that It looks a though the iostoltlee department Is getting most rlnmnnb'y stuck up and Independent. A lew dajs ago one of our many admiring friciuls sent us a dollar's worth of nice, new, clan,nev er-had-been-llcked-and - stuck postage stamirn in payment of his subscription. Being In the isjMioftlce shortly after ward, we called at the window and asked the stamp clerk to give us the cash on them. With a look of disdain and with au lniHrtance that comes only from long service In a public ca pacity, he informed us that he was selling stumps awl not buying them. We then requested him to exchange and give us one-centers for our twos. Ho simply pointed to a printed notice that I'nele Sam doee not even ex change stamps. We expected that as soon as the word got out stamps would dopreciale and be worth possibly less than the paper upon which they are printed. So we hurried to a drug store and found, to our surprise and pleas ure, that posUige st.wnps were still worth their face value. That has been several days ago, and we are told this morning Uiat they are still selling all Over the city at the same old price. It feems kind o' strange how this la. Why, they are not a legal tender for anything; thej are not tit for money even If they were, because of the nasty Brickum-tight on their backs; the Gov ernment won't have them after It sells them once; and still they are worth two cents apiece, and it now looks just like the prli-e Is going to stay up right when- It Is. There is only one use that anybody can make of the things, and that is to pay postage; and still they don't dopreciale. Well, as you cannot pay jsjstage with anything else but stamps, we won der why somebody hasn't got a corner on them? Why don't some of these smart bankers got together and buy all the postage stamps at two cents apiece and then raise the price' Possibly they have not thought of It. But they have thought of everything else; wonder why they have not thought of this? They cornor up the Government's mon ey and make I'nele Sam dance around and ls-g like a little puppy dog and make him issue lionds and do lots of other humiliating things, but somehow they have never thought to tackle the iswtage stamps. After looking it up a little it seems that I'nele Sam got It Into his old head that he could run the postoflice will out the aid of the bank ers. He seems to nave lorgoiieu io make any pn. visions for his banker boys In the matter, and so he kis'ps his lostage stamp mill going all the time; and If they buy all the stamps he has he simply prints some more, and some more, and some more, and keeps right on smiling; and the more they buy the more he smiles. If they conclude to buy up a big lot of them and ship them to "Yurrup" he would keep right on smiling and printing more stanqw. The supply of stamps seems almost Inex haustible. It looks like I'nele Sam might get tired of It after a while and delegate the Issuing of his stamps over to the banks as he has done In the mat ter of money. Then he could take a much-needed rest, and his banker boys could have a real jilcnlc. lhey could ave a regular high old time, and then.' would be a "hot time In the old town, you bet your l'fe. I he Isiys would put the price of skimps down till they got KKsesston of what are on hand; then they could "bull the market and make a n!s? pile. Tin y could limit the supply; lhey could slip them off to F.uropc, and great many other things they could do. They could give L in le Sam lots of slnters In buslnesn. Stamps could be used Just like the money Is If Uncle Sam was not such a blasted old moss back as to stand rlglit In the way of progress. Funny. Isn't It? 8upiwe yon put. In about five minutes thinking this over. Warren Foster's Paper. Prosperity's Kond While waiting for the promised pros perity which Is to put the country on the topmost pinnacle of happiness. It Is Interesting to recall former periods of prosperity and to reason out why they blessed us with tlielr presence. No less a personage than Speaker Iti-ed Informed the world not long ago In a public speech that the aim of a Re publican administration would le to restore the conditions of business which prevailed from 1ST!! to is:i2. Mr. Iteed omitted to make reference to the fact that this period begun when the Bland silver coinage act of ls.78 went Into practical operation, and ended with the Cleveland nursed rcM-ai of the pur chasing clause of the Sherman act. The Bland act provided for the coin age of not less than $2,mio.ooo a month, and the Sherman act of 18!0 doubled the amount. Cnder these acts there was an addition or $i'fc':o,0(K),(SH) to the full legal lender money of the country, an average of more than $4U,(X0,0on a year. It was this adequate Increase In the volume of legal t'tnler money which kept pace with the Increase of popu lation and industrial activity, and. In deed, made the latter possible. With the agitation for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman let, which reached a successful cul mination In 1S1W, began that active pol io of contraction, tha ground work for which waa laid In 1873, and which, ef late yaara, has caat a blight over every branch of bust neaa. Chicago Dispatch. Heanlt Will Ha Intcraatlag. An ingenious piece or literature re cently put In circulation la the ballot about to lie votexl In the Order of the Patriots of America. On the face side of It are ten questions that will Inter est alout every one. On the reveraa side is an explanation that the order Is educational. In making the explana tion the following language is used: The theory of republican government is that when class interests are permitted to do the thinking for the people, it results in such clan interests utilizing legists timi to enrich theaiselves, ending in im poverishing the people, creating a rest less ami distressed citizenship, and finally despotism to liuld the people in subjection; and that the only escape from auch a drift of uffairs ia b such methods as will se cure a majority expression of opinion from all the irnple, In which expression, the unselfish and disinterested people will oui number those aelHshly interested in a pro posed iiiensure. This is illustrated In I proportion now before the American peo pie: The national bankers are now ask ing the Government te retire the green backs; permit them to deposit Govern ment bonds with the I'tiited States Trens urer; continue to draw dowii their iuier est on tlie lionds; on the security of the bonds to rirsw from the Government n tlonal bunk nates to th full face vsliic i. the bonds, at a cost to 'Jie bankers of on half of one par cent Interest per atiiKMi-. and in the meantime to be? exempt fror.i taxation. Under prcfent law they ii borrow ing moticy fron the Government i the rate of one ncr rent per annum, in d exempt from taxation, and propose, no' to draw to the full valee of their secm it., and, reduce the rate f)f interest to on half of one pe cent per mimim, for mone which they losn to you and me at from a! to ten per cent per annum. It li only n question of a few dfesdes, when, under such a law, tha property of the nation will be transferred to the class thus benefited. With this Illustration, It will be readily seen, in one Instance only, how laws may affect civill7.Ht.l0n, and how dnngerons it Is to concede that any class should be per mitted to do oir thinking for us on ques tions of national Ieglnla'ion. The ballots are betng sent out by mnll for genei distribution, and over a half million of then are now In cir culation passlag frora hand to hand and In letters all over the country. Tho result of the voting will be watched with interest, for It will present an argument that Is minswcnible. The National Itecrirder, 802 Washington boulevard, Chicago, will supply these ballots free to all vho make applica tion for them. They are given out for free distribution, and the originality of the face side, on which the ballot ap pears, causes them to be generally read and studied. Aim of the Golrtttea. Advocates of gold monometallism dare not lay before the people the real reason why they are no anxious to es tablish their theory of finance. If they should frankly say they want gold to be made the sole measure of value be cause gold Is eons'JPttly appreciating, they would put the people on their guard and defsat the end for wlilch they labor. As a mntter of policy gold monometnlllsts deliy that gold has grown more vajuaole (luring the last twenty five years, and has thus de creased the vaiu a, all property meas ured by that metal ts a purchasing me dium. Any one wh-o will take the pains to consult Hradstrf et's Index numbers of prices will become convinced that prices have fallen s'nee 1872 at least V per cent. I he Inox Is based on the prices of 108 articles, and as a matter of statistics prepared with no political bias. Taking the last six years up to Nov. 1. ISO", the fall hits Is-en 15 points, and the record stands as follows: 1M1 09 lSD'J 90 IMC, 91 1S94 78 'Mr, 77 ism; 71 1M7 75 In 1S72 the Index number stood at 127, according to the Senate report; therefore, simple comparison with the Index numlsT for 1SH7 shows a drop In average prices of about 45 per cent. There can 1m; but one reasonable con clusion, and that Is the purchasing medium has Increased just that jkt cent. In value. How would the mer chant like a yard stick that gradually grew In length each year until In twen ty live years he had to sell six feet of clot li for a yard? How would a farmer like a bushel measure that doubled In capacity In a quarter of a century, requiring him to sell two bushels for one? Yet that Is exactly what the gold stamlawl has done, not only for the merchant and the farmer, but for the ow ners of all property In this country, and that Is the kind of monetary "re form" the Republicans want to fasten In perpetuity on the people. Monopoly firings l'uupcrihrti. The pi-ople of the 1'n.lted Klatea were far from realizing the extent to which the possession of a vast area of tillable land, open to thorn for home stead purposes, has rendered their ma terial condition suM-rlor to that of the Kurofienn masKe-s. They attributed the higher average of tholr prosperity to their own pluck and energy; to their lutenwr working capacity; to their public school sy.-tem; to all theee and lo other chums, than to the one men tioned, w hich has since ltcen demon strated to lone been Uie prime factor of the situation. Time has, at last, brought alvnit an eqtiiiM.iitloii of condition en ItoUi aldea of the Atlantic. Kvirope lwis Its mllllona of paupers; America has likewise; In txth hemUpIn res, the lands are plaa tered pvor with paper titles; In both, workingmen must trump from town to town to sock employment, the disad vantage ot long distances lming on tha aide of America. Momwly lias won Ita victory. Twentieth Cetvtnry. In Spain the theaters do not use pro-grama. Weed Flavora In Milk. The milk is carefully examined when received, and all that Is the leaat affect ed with the onion or weed flavor, Is set aside by Itself, and then run through a separator, and Its cream kept separate. To this cream Is added twice Its own bulk of hot water, In which saltpetre, In the proKrtion of one ounce to three gallons of water, has been dissolved. This raises the temperature of the mix ed cream and water to about KSO de grees, and It Is immediately put through the separator again. The re sult Is a fine, thick cream, with no trace of weed flavor in it, and withal thor oughly pasteurized, and the Babcock test shows no loss of fat In t lie opera tion. In order to ripen such cream for churning, a starter Is needed. Pas teurizing has leen tried for the purpose of eliminating bad flavors from cream with partial, though not perfect, suc cess. rItie same may be said In refer ence to heating the milk and running it through the separator at a temperature of 155 degrees or ICO degrees. Washing cream has also been tried, with the wat er tit the ordinary temperature of sep arating, and this has very materially reduced bad flavors.-Hoard's Dairy man. Substitute for a Smokehouse. The Illustration, which Is from the American Agriculturist, shows a simple plan for smoking a small quantity of meat, without any expense whatever for a smokehou.se. The lower barrel has a small door through which to replenish the smouldering fire In the iron kettle on the innlde. The bottom of the box has holes In It similar to those In the lop, the upper barrel being raised to show these. The front of the 1kx Is hing ed to admit the meat. ,The upper barrel ha.s neither lop nor boit torn and serves merely as a chimney to provide some little draft and to carry off the smoke. Two snuill holes In the lower barrel admit air to feed the smouUkiring lire. Keening floes in Harnyarda. It is not ii gissl plan to allow hogs to run loose In the barnyard with other Ktock. Their tslor is very disagreeable to all other domestic anilninl.H, and thev 11 not eat their food so well when hogs are near them. Besides, cows and horses, If loose, will trample on or otherwise Injure bogs running at iheir ln-cls. The only excuse for keepijig hogs In the barnyard Is that they may root over the excrement of cows or horses that arc fed on whole grain. No loubt the hoirs will get some grain In this way. But the better way is to have the grain ground and feed enough less to pay for the grinding. With cither cows or horses the meal with cut hay or straw will be much lx-tter di gested than will whole grain. A Keul Snow Plow. This is not a wedge to push the snow to one side, but a plow that raises and delivers It above and upon the undis turbed snow- at the side. Such a plow must have a strong frame, the bars reaching out In front Is-ing not les than ;ix.'!. and they must be 0 ft long, A UU A I. SNOW 1'I.OW. to teach back to the rear. Phuiks form the runners ami top. The light frame nliove the top Is for the driver to sit upon. Ills feet he rests upon the bars by which the plow is draw n. The front cdire, the Incline and llie top are tinned to make the snow move up more easily. The edge Is of I he same width as the rear end, so there Is no binding In the snow. Farm and I'lreslde. Secret of Success A ton of butter sold from the farm fosts almost nothing so far as fertilizing elements n.(. concerned, but it Is esti mated that a ton of wheat removes iibout $S worth of plan! food from the soil. This !f.S difference must be taken Inio consideration In comparing butter wllh wheat production, as It represents that amount In favor of butter at the start. The secret of successful farming Is to produce something on the farm that removes as little of the real wealth of the farm ns possible. Lime, PluHtcr mid Iron. A Pails Journal says that the dlsns 'roiis effects exerted by lime and plaster on Iron should be kept In mind when building. If Iron Is plunged Into fresh- j ly prepared lime rapid oxidation takes place. This soon reaches the heart of ( the Iron, which In a short time under- TTjJ Wife" IS mmm r m ,ir i a. i goes a profound alteration In its resist ing qualities. To this result must ba added the expansion caused by Inereas in volume of the mass. On the other hand, cement seems to be an eicellent preservative against rust. Such a cor eriug Is preferable to painting with red lead. Lima He aim. The introduction of the bush varie ties of Lima beans was au Important matter to those who make a specialty of Lima beans. The labor of cutting poles and the extra labor of earing f r the iiole Limas made the growing of them a risk should dry weather occur.' At the West. Virginia experiment sta tion It has been found that beans grown in drills produced twice as much a those grown in hills. As the bush(, Llinas may be planted with a seed drill, ' In rows, and require no poles, they can) be grown more profitably than hereto-' fore. There are also varieties of busla Limas that are as larae as the nolel kinds, and they bring good prices Ira market. These facts should be kept In) view for next year. Winter SqusiHhea. Squashes, unless ripened, will not keep well. Sometimes they are left outj too long. After the frost has killed thel vines the squashes are exposed to thel cold and to freezing and thawing. Suebj squashes cannot keep well. Squashes must also be carefully handled. If thai shell Is bruised in getting them under cover, they are sure to rot early.. They1 should be well ripened, gathered befora' heavy frosts, well dried, kept in an, even temperature, and careully hanJ died. A warm, damp cellar Is a bad) place for storage. They should be kepfj In a dry room, where temperature la fairly even and not piled in a heap, but! placed on open shelves. If there ara only a few they may be spread on th floor. Sort them over and pick out thai soft-shelled and unripe ones to be used) first. Good Hurn Cats. To make a cat a good mouser itj should never be allowed around thai house. To lie near the stove and be fed,j without doing anything to earn Ita liv ing, makes a cat lazy, fat and good fori nothing. There are always in the barn enough vermin to give a good cat con-j stant employment, and she will rarely need other food than what she can her self procure. Such a cat is easily worth' $10 to $20. On most farms It will make big Interest on these sums every year in grain and grain bags and fruit which a good cat will save from being destroy ed. Unique Scratching Shed. Where snow lies thickly upon the ground for months it Is almost Impossi ble to get the hens out of doons, though fres.h air and sunshine are specially needed to promote winter laying. The Illustration shows a simple addition to the southern side of the poultry house that will give the fowls the advantage of some hours each sunny day out of doors without lndng upon the snow. Put leaves, sand and a little grain Into the bottom of these outside perm, arid the fowls will work busily In them for 'M IT' Sf'KATCHINO SHKD KOH 1IKNS. hours. Such scratching sheds need not be large. They cost but a trifle and so can be afforded by everyone. Orange Judd Farmer. I.nrue Potato Yield. The largest potato yield on record was produced In Northern Wyoming in S!)0. According to sworn testimony, It amounted to U71 bushels and forty pounds per acre, of which K!S bushels were marketable. The expense of pro duction was slated to have been S74.K0. Such n crop anywhere In the country this year would have been pretty prof itable. The average yield of jHitatoes in the Vnitisl States Is in ordinary years tiboul one hundred bushels to the acre. hhyi nit, There Is no better way to break a horse of shying than to stop him and gently lead or drive him up to the ob ject of his fear each time, talking to him pleasantly meanwhile. Whipping and harshness only Increase the difficul ty. If perslslent kindness be employ ed the horse will soon control himself tinder trying circumstances If spoken lo by his driver in an ordinary tone of voice. Keeping Milk from Odors. One renson why much poor butter la made In the wlnler season is because the milk is set In some room adjoining the kitchen, where It Is subjected to all the odors of the kitchen slove Used In cooking incuts and vegetables. These odors, wllh llie heat from the stove, are absorbed by the milk, and as the cream has to lie wanned so as to ripen, the germs thus admitted have the best pos sible chance to increase. l'.Kua in Winter, The secret of getting egga In winter Is to keep pullets, and keep them well. Fowls should have the run of a held and orcbard, t ml ns much corn, rice and barley meal as lhey want to eat, with a liberal supply of water. JJiv;ll IMcjl h I - " - : - . ?W. .-' ri. i. if? s ', n-- 9 n r ,. t a, i M,' TV
