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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1898)
Way to Avoid tilde Blip. Great danger in a Hide slip on wot asphalt may Ik- avoided In wheeling by standing on our pedal lifting your body clear of th? seat and putting aU your weight on the hnudlebar and ped als. That H ill iup it. Do you know why? Have you ever noticed that when jom slide on wet asphalt It la always tb rear wheel that slips? It la because Hie weight in (here and the wheel Is rigid, lis relation with a slippery spot Is absolute, while the front wheel yon swing out of the way by means of tbe handle) rs. Just reflect a moment and It will be elf-evident to you. Imagine you strike the edge of a slight depreaaioa in tho asphalt on a rainy day. Your front wheel slips a trifle aid Teera and you yank It ateady with your hand, but when your rear wheel hit the edge It slides into the hole ao quick that the machine shoots out from undar you and down you go like a ton of brick. . On dirt roads when they are muddy, the aame proposition la true. Ride your pedal and you will eacape the falls. It's Bwell, hut It lan't KaeT. There In a deal of etiquette to be ob served while n wheel, and one of tbs hlef tilings over which people who are "sticklers fur alyle" are wont to quarrel Ik the gloving of the hand. A precedent for this sort of things baa been established among Paris fashion molder. The proper style of glove nd the proper method of holding the handle bar with one hand arc shown In the accompanying Illustration, pho tographed from life. If you would be op to date while "biking" you sboul study this very closely. French Cycler ' blrk Holdlerlne. The French racing crscks are, many of them, approaching the age when ttity are compelled to do their quota of military duty. As retirement from the track at this time would mean the loss of thousands of francs to them they are devising many unique Ills for the purpose of evading the laws. The favorite one, however, is to go out of the country fur a short time and get certificate from a doctor while away, Mating that they have heart disease. This Is easily done, for a fee, and when the certificate is filed the racing man gets excused from duty on the ground of physical Incapacity. Miint Hide Hark. Every mile ridden out means a mil to be ridden back, and this fact often escapes wheelmen, who keep on tbe outward journey until they commence to feel tired. The miles coming home under these conditions seem Intermin able, and result in taking all the pleas ure out of the trip. The conditions are exaggerated when the wind Is blowing on the back going out. for It Is so en joyable a sensation that a rider dis likes to forsake It, and when he turn! In the opposite direction has all th worse a trip on account of the wind. wutch but a short time before wa causing blm so much exultation. (M, Hat Hlie Kldea n Wheel. Mrs. Rarile, a widow W yean old, living In the eastern suburbs of Dorr, Mlcb., purchased a bicycle recently, and It Is said that she has been mak ing rapid progress In learning to ride. For years she has walked to North Dorr to attend church services, but on account of her declining strength she has now adopted the wheel as the eaaler means to get to cburcb. Cycling Newa and Note. Berlin has a club of cycling doctors. 4 There are S.OtKi wheelmen In Bom bay. It la an ill wind that blowa out of ! puncture. A writer describes cycling as na tnre's cinematograph. Remember, pleasure Is measured by 1he hour, not by tbe mils. Tbe German Empress considers cy cling a very ungraceful pastime for women. A small arms factory In Toklo, Japan, is making a limited number of bicycles for native use. A grim humorist aays It depends very much on wbat kind of a life yon bars led what becomes of yon if yon coast down bills without a brake. Cordang, bolder of the world's twenty-four bour record of 618 miles, Is again In great form, and will make as attempt to ride own f urtber In tbs dou ble revolution of tho clock so ass tltas during the spring. WAT TO IIOI.Il THE II A Vm.KBA R. VlIE Ff MM AND HOME MA I TERSOF INTEREST TO FARM ER AND HOUSEWIFE. Zeal Kierciurd to Htnmp Out Tnlier tuloaia In J-.iiBluml -i he Farmer' Table Not Co.liy-Carini; fur Cellar in Hummer-Urlef Farm Note, Mumping Ont Tnbercaloni. Active as many of our municipal and ftate authorities have shown them selves to be In ilia attempt which Is be ing made In this country to limit the Inroads of tuberculosis, no less zeal la being exercised In furtherance of the aame object In England. The royal commission appointed in England to investigate the best means for prevent ing the disHemlnatlDn of tuberculosis In meat and tnilU ha.i recommended that all sanitary authorities be empowered to demand the provision of public slaughter houses, the inspection of all meat slaughtered elsewhere, than In a public slaughter bouse and brought Into the district for sale, and the Inspection of all animals immediately after slnughter in the public slaughter bouse. In Great Urltnln, the Inspection of meat in the rural districts Is to be adminis tered by the county councils, and In Ireland by corresponding authorities. No meat shall be offered for sale that has not been killed in a licensed slaugh ter house, and no person shall be per mitted to act as a meat Inspector before undergoing a qualifying examination on the law of meat Inspection, tbe names and situations of the organs of the body, sisns of health and disease in animals and carcasses, and tbe con- d I lions rendering fresh meat fit or un fit for human food. Special precau tions are urged In tbe case of pork, which Is regarded as especially dan gerous. With regard to dairies, tbe re port recommends that In future no cow shed, byre or shlppon shall be permit ted or registered In urban districts within 100 feet of any dwelling house. and that to secure the registering of a dairy In a populous place. It must In future have nn Impervious floor, a suf ficient water supply for flushing, prop er drainage, a depot for manure at a sufficient distance from the byre?, minimum cubic contents of from 000 to 800 cubic feet for each adult beast, a minimum floor space of oO feet to each adult beast, and sufficient light and ventilation. Th Farmer's Table. A farmer can keep a good table at less cost than any one else. He can keep an orchard with all kinds of fruit, a garden with nil kinds of vegetables; In fact, anything that can le grown he may have It fresh at his own door and at tbe actual cost of production. The farmer's occupation, although it con tains a good deal of hard work and some drawbacks. Is generally free and healthful, and perhaps the most Inde pendent of any. There Is no machine work such as Is generally found In a shop, where the operators have to do one thing all the time. The work Is constantly changing, making It more Interesting and less tiresome. Situa tions are constantly varying, g.vlng plenty of scope for study and Judg ment as to the best method to be used lu each particular case. Farming. Hummer Care of Cellars. The necessities of our climate forbid much ventilation of cellars In winter so as to prevent danger of freezing. Un doubtedly this Is an Injury to health. as the odors and also the bacteria gen erated in decaying vegetation are car rled upward through the living rooms. In the cellur Is often to be found the cause of much of the prevalent spring malaria. It is all the worse If the cel lar Is kept closed while the outside air grows warmer, and sunshine getting Into the cellar makes vegetation rot more rapidly. The health of the fam ily requires that collars should be open ed both to sunlight and to fresh air all through the summer. If the walls are well whitewashed, that Itself will do much to check decay. Lime Is a great obsorber of moisture, and also of foul odors. If the cellar Ir made light by whitening Its walls. It Is much more likely to be kept clean than If left In such darkness as It must needs be In wluter, when a clean cellar Is hardly among the things to be expected. American Cultivator. Growing Musk melon. The muskiuelon Is much more prolific than the watermelon. Hence though Its price is generally low. It can be re lied upon In an ordinary season for a fair profit, especially for those produc ed early. The lcst way Is to start the seeds In Inverted sods, which can be kept under glass until the weather is warm enough to allow them to be trans planted to the field where they are to grow. Whenever borne grown musk melons are ready, they entirely super sede the stock brought from the South. The yellow varieties are loo mushy for most tastes. Tho fine-netted, green fleshed varieties are liked by every body, and those that are home grown never lack a market Potato Una on Tomotoea. A few t oimi toes In the gardon are often grown by people who have not room cuoogh to grow potatoes or prefer to buy them. Such people ore often surprised to find potato bugs flying on their tomato Hants and laying their yellow-colored eggs on tbe underside of the leaves. The larva, when batched, will eat the tomato leaves as voracious ly as If they were of Its usual diet l!y what Instinct this pest learns that to matoes, potatoes and the egg plant all belong to the same family of plants, and are each adapted to Its use, nobody can go. If the potato beetle Is forced to lay eggs on weeds or grass, though tbese eggs will batch, the young larvae Mrlsb before tbey can reach maturity it to probably fortunate tbat this is to. f!c IV pointr !.ciie might become a general destroyer of nil kinds of vege tables, and be a much worse pest than It now is. J.o of Nltmjern. The French sclent i.st, M. Dehorain, lias reporled to the l'aris Academy of j hcieuces the result of an extended series of agricultural experiments, which may prove of practical value to American farmers. Ills experiment! rouiinu those conducted at Uoha'msted, which show that the loss of nitrogen from fallow lands by druiuage water 11 much greater than tbe loss from land covered with vegetation. Though the experiments of Sehloeslng led him to Infer that this loss is insignfieant the opinion of the former observer seema to be better sustained and more re' sonable. M. Deheraln, therefore, con eludes that "the loss from naked soils Is Infinitely greater than that from land sown in wheat." and hence that It 11 good policy for farmers to follow up crops such as wheat with some kind of autumn crop. Hjre Among Whent. Wherever winter wheat Is grown the mixture of rye with It In seeding as considered very careless farming. It ll tolerated, however, by some, because in a bad season or when the land la in poor condition the rye will outyleld the wheat, which Is shown by the Increased proportion of rye In the crop each suc ceeding year. It Is not at all bard to clear rye out of wheat. The rye Is much taller, and It shoots Into bead several days before the wheat does. Where i there Is not too large a proportion of rye It can be easily cut out before the wheat beads out by a man going through the field with a sharp knife. A little rye among wheat makes It hard to sell, except at a reduction of several cents per bushel. Exchange. Experiment in Feeding' Hoc. The Montana Experiment Station has been trying experiments In feeding pigs, dividing them Into three lots. One was fed on barley meal exclusively, lot two on barley and wheat ground to gether, and lot three on all three grains mixed. As might be expected, tbe last lot made the greatest gain and at tbe least expense. The barley and corn to gether was better than cither alone, though therewas In either of these a more poorly balanced ration than when either was combined with wheat. And yet how Infrequently is this principle applied In feeding of hogs for pork. Some wneat middlings will be eaten greedily by corn-fed hogs, and will be worth more than Its weight In corn. The Colt'a Feet. Neither the bones of the colt's leg nor the muscles and hoof of his foot have acquired sufficient firmness to enable It to be put on stable floors of either wood, stone or cement. If for any rea son the colt canot run with Its dam while she is at work, let It have a yard by itself with a turf flooring, rather than put him In a floored stable. It Is while the colt Is young that the future character of his feet Is being decided. Even In winter colts should be kept rather In box stalls, where a bedding of their own excrement trodden hard will be a better cushion for their feet than the most carefully cleaned floor stable could be. The Heat Market. The ucirest town is the beat market and deserves consideration. It Is not unusual to witness heavy shipments of fruit and vegetables to the largo cities, which may not bring tuougb to pay freight some years, when the consum ers living at the shipping point cannot get a supply of cenaln articles unless they pay the highest prices. It Is a well-known fact that tr.nny towns situ ated In the midst of rich agricultural regions buy their supplies of the very articles grown near them from the large cities. In all towns the enter prising farmers can build up a local custom that will be profitable. Cultlvution of Coin. After the corn Is planted keep the land clean. lo not allow grass to make a start or weeds more than peep above the ground. The first mout h with corn, giving It a good send-off before dry weather appears, Is one-half the advan tage, an 1 any planting should be done without delay. It Is better to use plen ty of seed, aiwl pull out all plants not- wanted, than to use seed sparingly, Cutworms and birds will secure a por tion of the crop at tbe start, but the more rapid the growth of the youhg corn the less liability of damage. Intensive Furming. Speclul farming Is usually successful farming, because the farmer who di rects bis attention to one or a very few lines is apt to give these good atten tion, with the result that he gets larger yields per acre than does the general farmer. It Is the larger yields tbat give profit A yield of thirty bushels of wheat per acre, costing $15 an acre to produce and selling at 70 cents a bushel, Is more profitable than a crop yielding ton bushels per acre, costing $10 per acre to raise and selling at SI per bushel. Rural World. Keep "Tab" on Yonr Cow. Which cow gives the most milk, and produces the largest quantity of butter in a year, may be known to every fanner who has a herd, but only a few of them know the exact quantities for every day or week In the year, simply because they do not keep records. Then there is the cost of tbe milk and butler to be known, aa some cows are heavy feeders and do not produce according ly, while it Is also possible for a good cow to give largo yields and yet not at a cost to allow a profit. Pasture for Plica. Wben clover and grass can be had for tbe pigs It will pay to turn them out to belp themselves. With a mess of bran and skim milk at nlgbt they will require no other belp and will grow mors rapidly tban If penued and fed eo IfM HEN Joe Peterman and Polly May get married," was a standing Jest in Plnevllle. Joe and Polly lived on adjoining ve-acre lota, with only a fence be tween them. It was not a very high fence nor a strong one either, for it was almost rotted down in many places. It was said tbat years ago Joe and Polly had been sweethearts, but that hey had quarreled about some trifling matter, and that they had not spoken to each other since that day. Jonessy bad just been elected justice if Plnevllle, and was looking around to ace where the fees of the office were to come from. As there was nothing for him to do in the office, he thought that it was his duty to go outside of It and hunt up something. In debating the question with himself as to what would be most likely to bring him In a fee, bis mlod, f course, turned to marriages. v ben Joe Peterman and Polly May get married," he repeated to himself, mlliug. "Well. It is a duty I owe to this community to end that quarrel of thelns the first thing, and It is a duty I owe to myself to see that they get married as soon afterward as possi ble." So Jonessy took a walk out to Joe Peterman's place, nnd found the latter it home. Joe," he said, after some talk on subjects In general. "Joe, 1 came out to see you on official business." Joe's eyes flew wide open. "I haven't been doing anything rong, have I?" he asked, with trem bling voice. Tho truth was that Joe had thrown 4 brickbat at Polly's cat the night be fore, and without really Intending to do so, had hit her and knocked her out of his favorite pach tree, and had felt rather mean about It ever since. 'Well, I don't know," Jonessy replied, rcuflously, for be could see that Joe bad something on his mind, and thought to draw him out "You see, Joe, the right and the wrong generally depends on the circumstances attend ing the case." "That's what I reckoned," said Joe. You Bee I saw her coming through tho fence, and tried to make ber go back." "And she wouldn't go?" "No." "What did you do next?" "Soon as I spoke she ran up that peach tree, and went to clawing and scratching the bark." "She did, eh?" "She did. Then I got mad, like a fool," said Joe, hanging his head. "I picked up a brickbat and threw It at her, and down she came, kicking her legs like drumsticks." "Didn't she ay anything?" asked Jonessy. "Who?" 4 "Why, Polly May, of course." "Yon didn't think that It was Polly I treated that way, did you?" asked Joe. ""No, hardly. But who was it?" "It wo Folly's cut, Jone-'sy. I thought that perhaps Polly had seen It and gone to you and entered a complaint against me." "No, she hasn't done It yet, Joe, but there is no telling how soon she may do to," said Jonessy. Then he added, con fidentially, "If I were you I'd go over nnd see her and settle the whole thing out of court." After Jonessy left him Joe stood and scratched his head for some time. The hole tiling was a puzzle to blm. Had Jonessy known more than he pretend ed? If so, had Polly told him? And If Polly had, was It at her suggestion that Jonessy had come and told blm to go and sec her? "It Is ten years since we spoke," he mused, with a sad smile, while a mock ing bird was singing blithely In a tree Close by. Then suddenly he burst out laughing. "The Idea of Polly climbing a tree," be cried. "And me throwing brickbats at her, and she Jailing ha ha-ha!" But Jonessy walked homeward In jultc a different mood. Somehow he felt that his mission had been rather a .'allure. Still, every once In awhile, a gleam of hope darted upward and he thought that he could see a fee of office afar off. As he walked k-long, musing and dreaming he found himself suddenly face to face with a woman carrying a huge basket on ber arm, "How do you do, Judge?" she cried. sheerily, letting her basket neen t the ground. "I was real glad to heai that you was elected." 'Thank you. Polly. I was Just think ing alsnit you when you bobbed up," aid Jonessy. "Have just been over to see your neighbor. Joe Peterman, and waa on my way hotne with lay thoughts fall ef both of you." Polly frowned. "W "Joe Isn't going to have me to court, is be?" she asked. "Can't say, Polly. I reckon that de pends as much on you as on him." "Well, he had no business coming in through the window like be did," Polly cried. "It served him only right tbat the window fell down on blm like it did and caught him by tbe leg. Of course, when I grabbed him by the throat to keep him from squalling, and be cut me on tbe wrist, I was mad enough to kill him. But I kept my tem per, and I didn't hurt him any more tban I could help," she protested. "But Joe didn't " Jonessy began. "Of course Joe didn't Joe never would listen to reason," cried Polly. "But Polly, Joe " Jonessy began again. "That's all right Jim Jonessy; you have Joe's side of the story, and I am going to tell mine," cried Polly. "After I got him loose I bothered with him all day, and doctored him, and that night, after dark, I carried blm In my arms to the fence and set him down on the other side." "Goodness, Polly, you don't mean to tell me tbat you carried him In your arms?" Jonessy exclaimed. "Well, I just did, and I'll swear to It before Joe or anybody." "I wouldn't do it if I was you," said Jonessy. earnestly. "Why, there Isn't a soul iu Plnevllle would believe you could do If." I CAN," SAID A MANLY "Could do what?" "Why, carry Joe Peterman In your arms, of course." "Jim Jonessy, you are a fool!" she cried, very red in the face. "It Is Joe's old Domlnlck rooster I have been talk ing about." "Why, yes, of course," stammered Jonessy, in confusion, trying to smile. "I was Just teasing you. Polly, know ing that you and Joe were such old friends." "But did Joe say he was going to take me to court?" she asked. "Not exactly, but 1 advised him to go and talk tho matter over with you. Say, Polly, you two ought to make up. You take my advice," said Jonessy. Then Jonessy went one way and Polly went the other, encb one busy with many thoughts. That evening Mrs. Jonessy asked her husband how many fees the new office had brought blm. "This Is the first day, you know," be smiled faintly. "I have Just lxen set ting the wheels In motion to-day, and the fees will come In after awhile." "Yes; when Joe Peterman and Polly May get married," she said, laughing. Jonessy had accomplished something that duy. lie bad set Joe and Polly thinking about each other. Joe's long, la-Hem Jawed face, usually sober and solemn, had relaxed Into smiles several times, and once he had actually caught himself bumming an old song that bad lain forgotten for years within him. On tbe other hand, Polly's round and rosy face, that was supposed to wear a smile even In sleep, waa very thoughtful and And while bending above tbe steam from the fragrant teapot at tW supper table, her eyes seemed filled with unshed tears. "Poor Joe," she sighed, as she ant down to her lonely meal. "I thought sure tbat be would get over It and mar ry some one else, but It seems tbat ka doesn't care any more than I do for anybody, and both of us just persist la) being wrong, wben only a word froan either of us would make things so dif ferent." Just then a cat came In at tbe opes door, and when Polly saw that It limped slightly on one leg she sprang up from tbe table and caught it in bar arms. "Poor Kitty," she murmured. "I wo der who hurt you? You can't tell, caa you?: "I can," said a manly voice in Um doorway, and a moment later Joe ca tered the room. "Jonessy told me to day that you intended to sue me for throwing a brickbat at your cat" h said. Polly eyed ber visitor closely for moment and seeing tbat bis eyes were upon ber supper table Instead of upon herself, the bard lines tbat had com around her lips relaxed Into a smile. "Come In, Joe," she' said, gently. "Will you take a cup of tea with met "Then you ain't mad because I crip pled your cat?" "Joe," she cried, trying to look se vere, "will you take a cup of tea with uie?" "Yes. You ain't mad, Polly?" Polly did not reply, but busied herself refilling tbe teapot and making roons for him at the table. Wben Joe was seated at tbe table Polly sat down opposite to him and watched blm in silence for several ml utcs. "So Jim Jonessy has been telling yoa that I was atiout to take you to court for crippling my cat has be?" she said at last "I met blm when he came front your house, and be hinted that yen might have me prosecuted because your old Domlnlck rooster came over here and got himself crippled the other day." "1 never said no such thing, Polly,' cried Joe. "Nor did I," said Polly. "I never mentioned rooster to him." ''And I never said cat" "I wonder how he found out?" cried, Joe. "I guess our consciences gave It away. When I think of it now, be never said rooster to me until I bad VOICE IN THE DOORWAY. told him all about It myself," said Pol ly, smiling. "I remember now, that It was tbe same with me and the cat" said Joe. "I know I wanted to tell you how sorry I was, and it was all I could think of when Jonessy came to see me." "I am sorry, too, Joe," said Polly, "and I hope you won't think that I done It on purpose." Somehow the summer dusk gathered around them, and neither seemed to notice It as they talked on and on across the table between them. After awhile, however, Polly rose and went to tbe open door, where Joe followed her. "Ray, Polly." he said, taking her un resisting hand, "I have been sorry for everything nil these years; won't you say that you forgive me?" Polly looked up Into his face. "I have been sorry, too, Joe. Oht SO sorry." Just then Tolly's cat purring oftly, rubbed herself against Joe's leg, and at the same moment old Domlnlck crowed lustily on his own side of the fence. Now, In Plnevllle, a good many tblnga are dated from the time "when Joe Peterman and Polly May got married." St Louis Globe-Democrat Ill-Omened K,t Wind. There are twenty-two allusions In tbs Bible to tbe east wind, nineteen of taea being of a disparaging character. When an only son cornea down town earlier tban ten In tbe morning; tta) look! as though bs hadn't had hla alaegi oat ,