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About Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190? | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1896)
jsnxw "VCSONO OF THE CYCLE. HIS Is the toy, bo- yond Aladdin's dreaming. Tho magic wheel whos hub Is wound All r o ads, al- thou git thoy reach the world nround, O'er western plains or orient dos- crta gleaming. This Is tho koln, fronv which each day ; unravel Such now delights, such witching t flights, such joys Ot bounding blood, of glad cscapo I frdra noise Such ventures, beggaring old Crusoo's J travel. It Is as If some mighty necromanrcr, At king's commnnd, to plcaso hla lady's whim, Instilled such virtue In a rubber flm, AmUbrought It forth ns his trlumph- nn answer. For whorceoe'er Its shining spokes aro JlcotlngT Fair benefits spring upward from Us t t tread, And eyes grow bright, nud checks all ! rosy red, Responsive to tho heart's ecstatic beat ' lug. Tliua youth and ago, alike In healthful , feeling, And mnn and maid, who And their path& are one, Crown this rnre product ot our ccn , tury's "run," And sing tho health, the joy, tho grace of wheeling! - Youth's Companion. A PASTEL PORTRAIT. Tho picture was charming. Thero wan no donylng that. Frank Harwood stood at tho window of the Bhop and stared Jn at It, as ho had dono cvory day for tho last week. Tho execution of tho work was not faultless. Somo crudities marred It, but the cnsomblo was bowltohing. The tact that ot a girl la tho first fresh bloom of maidenhood looked back at you over one mlstlly-drapcd whlto shoulder. Tho liquid eyes wcro taughter-llt tho slightly-parted scarlot liM had a shy droop, there was a littlo, round dimple In the chin, tho hair that incite? into the soft gown and dusky background was a wind-blown tangle of reddish gold. Harwood entered tho shop, shutting out 4n whirling, snowflakcs behind him.', "Iajthat picture tho pastel portrait In tSjswlndow for sale?" he Inquired. "No? sir," ho was told. "CAn you tell mo tho namo of tho original?" s "I 5ft not know It, sir. Tho portrait vas,i1ott horo aa a sample to .solicit order.B," "You are sure It Is n portrait not merely an ldoal head?" "Ijlio artist said so." "Gjve mo his namo and address, please." njlt whon tho rising young barrister had tho slip safe In' his pocket-book audi was out again In tho white wintry worldi'ho began to feel uncomfortably couhqIous that In this particular ln Htnrico, he was not acting with tho dis cretion on which he ordinarily prided JilnujHf. Hopwas a trifle troubled, too, by thc;recollectIon of a certain conversa tion hold with hlB aunt the previous &jM iVa .W'YW rl s i 4 THEY ONLY LAUGHED, evening. She was the dearest old lady if! the world" and tho most generous. Sho had brought young H irwood up, given him tho best procurable educa tion, and three years ot continental travel. But on one point, tho question of his probable marriage, she was In clined, he thought, to be dictatorial. "So you refuse to meet Miss Falns vnorth, Frank?" she had asked. "As a suitor yes," ho had replied, positively. Frank felt that he must see the orig inal of the portrait, so discretion was thrown to tho winds, and starting on 1J. vvJ tJk asx wci &? -kiwk tila quest he reached a row of high, flat faced, dreary, red brick houses. In one of these the artist must live. He found the number, rang the bell. A surly woman, with a smudge ot soot on her check opened the door. ,"Mr. Vincent Brand?" asked Har dwood. "Third floor back," bho returned, shortly. I'Harwcod knocked. A voice bade him nter. He went In. Tho room was large, bare, dreary. Some sketches Wro tacked on the walls. An easel and halr stood in the center cf the apart ment. A handful of flro and a tiny it sheet-Iron stove nindo ".ho cold ot tnt lUHlU 1IIU1U IMl IVUMICH "Mr. Brand, I bclievo?" Tho occupant, nn invalid with death wrltton In his hollow nyes, on his bluo volncd hands, bowed asnt. "I enmo," said Harwood, declining tho BOlItnry chair which was profforod hlm, "about tho picture exhibited In Morcor's window. It Is not for salo?" "No, sir." "Not at n large flguro?" Tho artist did not at onco answer. Ho was til and very poor. "Not at any prlco," ho said. "You could not mnko mo a copy?" "No, sir. The truth of tho matter Is this: The young lady who consented to sit for mo for that picture did bo out of her own swcot charity. Sho to so beautiful, and makes such n flno study, I fancied her faco would bring mo orders, whero ones less lovoly, oven If admirable as a likeness, would fall. I need not enumerate to you tho reasons why It would bo dishonorable for mo to abuso her kindness." "I understand your reasons, Mr. Brand, nnd respoct them. May I glvo you an order for a lttc-slzod pastel from thla photogrnph?" Ho had fortunntoly remembered hav ing In his pocket tho plcturo of a nophow that morning recolvod. Tho commission would help the poor art ist. A light tap came to the door. "May I come In, Vincent?" called a sweet voice. Tho door opened. Frank Harwood turned to look Into tho fnco that had haunted him waking nnd sleeping, but a thousand times fairer than tho colored crayons had reproduced it. Sho half drew back at tho sight of tho stranger, but Brand called to nor: "Como in, Clairo!" And then, with youthful candor: "This gentleman was Just asking about your portrait." Sho bowed slightly. Sho was all In rich furs and deep glowing velvet Tho elegance of her nttlro puzzled Frank Harwood. "I hopo tho picture Is bringing you orders, Vincent." "It Is, Indeed," he answered, bright ly. "Well, it Is late. I must go. I Just ran In to see how you wcro getting on." Ho smothered In a fit of coughing. "You havo tho carriage?" "No, I nm on foot." "I shnll bco you homo, then,' the artist said, looking troubled. "This Is not tho best neighborhood In tho world, and It Is growing dark." Tho flcrco cough shook him again. "You shnll do nothing ot tho kind!" she said, peremptorily. Harwood went forward, hat In hand. "Will you do mo tho honor of per mitting mo to accompany you? I am sorry I havo not a card. My namo Is Frank Harwood." She had been listening with a some what haughty air. Sho smiled now with sudden friendliness. "I shall bo glnd If you .will como with me," alio said, simply. On their way sho told him about Brand, whom she had known from childhood. "He la dying," sho said. "It Is hard to help him; ho is bo proud!" The house before which sho paused was a magnificent one. Harwood mustered courage- to ask If ho might call. "No," sho aald, gently; and then, as If repenting, "I shnll bo at Brand's studio on Friday." Sho ran up tho steps. Needless to say, Harwood was In tho painter's room early on Friday afternoon. Tho number of orders ho gave quito overwhelmed the artist. She camo at last, her face llko a, rose over her dark furs. They mot, not quite by chanco, many tlmca, and still Frank did not learn her name. He called her Mls3 Claire. Ono evening when ho was leaving tho studio with her, ho told her tho story of how ho had first happened to como there. "I fell in love witn a pnstel por trait," ho said. "I am to-day In lovo with tho original. But I know so littlo of you It seems llko being In lovo with a spirit. Arc you going to punish my presumption, or rewnrd my daring?" Sho Indicated her carriage that stood nt the curb. "Get in," sho said, smiling. "I chanco -to bo driving your way," Tho vehicle stopped at his aunt's door. "Do you know my aunt?" he began. Just then his aunt camo towards them. "Claire, my dear!" sho cried. "Frank, where did you meet Miss Fainsworth?" "FalnBworth!' ho repeated, blankly. "You" ho reproached Claire "knew mo all tho time!" "Do you think I would have lot you seo mo home that night If I did not?" sho asked, archly. "What In the world are you children talking about?" Frank's aunt question ed. They only laughed. But there was that In tho lovely eyes raised to his which told him ho might plead again and not in vain. KATE M. CLEARY. Discovery of America. Tho shortest line from the old worl& to tho now is that between Cape Verde and Brazil, and the Portuguese arc producing strong testimony to show that their map makers knew ot tho x lstcnce ot Brazil as early as 1448, or about tho tlmo Columbus was born No ono doubts the Norse ditcovery of America centuries before tho time of Columbus, and the Pacific coast of America was undoubtedly visit d by Asiatics long before the Christltm r:u The Portuguese claim, the latent to bo ndvanccd, is believed by sonif of the best geographers to be unassa .able. DLRY AND POULTRY INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Iloyr Successful Farmer Operato Department of the Farm A Thli Kew Illntt m to the Cure of I.lm Stock anil 1'oultrj-, HAVE BEEN En gaged In raising poultry over since tho spring ot 1890. it yv &i i then purchased an incubator, and from ? tvV t that time I havo given my entire at tention to poultry raising. I started In perfectly ignor ant of tho bulsness, and nt tho bottom of tho ladder. Through many experiments and losses, successes nnd failures, I am gradually rising to tho top. During the first three years my main object was to find out what breed would glvo mo tho largest profit per fowl. In this test I had twen-ty-ono different breeds, giving them the samo caro and attention, and keeping a strict book account ot each breed. Tho breeds in this test wero: Light Brahma, Dark Brahma, Black Cochins, White Cochins, Partridge Cochins, Buff Cochins, American Dominique, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Houdans, Black Javas, Black Langshans, Single Comb Brown Leghorns, Single Comb Whlto Leghorns, Rose Comb Brown Leghorns, Roso Comb Whlto Leghorns, Black MinorcaB, Barred Plymouth Rocks. Whlto Plymouth Rocks, Red Caps, Sil ver Laced Wyandottes, and Whlto Wy andottes. Tho balance sheet would in variably fall In favor of tho Single Comb Brown Leghorns. This breed Is now my choice, and I breed them exclusively for threo purposes'. First, the selling of thoroughbred eggs; then tho raising of early broilers, and last for eggs in tho winter. Thero is In my opinion no other breed that excels them for cither of theso three purposes. 1 have at present a fine flock ot birds. Theso birds have free rnngo during tho sum mer months, with convenient place for roosting at night. They arc nounuu during tho winter months In tho main building, which Is 20x80 feet, two stories high, containing eighteen pens 8xlG feet. In each pen arc placed from fif teen to twenty fowls, with no outdoor runs. Tho feeding consists principally of vegetables nnd grain, such as can bo raised during tho summer, namely: cabbages, turnips, sugar beets, potatoes, apples, corn, wheat, rye, oats, buck wheat and millet. I keep pounded oys ter shells before them all tho time for grit nnd feed green ground bone three times a week. I consider theso essential for tho production of. eggs. Tho mar keting Is of very great importance, as I do not glvo my time to tho buslnc for tho fun there is in it but for tho money alone. .1 market principally in tho city of Now York. By feeding tho variety of food nbovo mentioned and grain fed in a litter of cut corn fodder I keep tho egg basket full of eggs and tho incubatorB full to their utmost capacity ot eggs laid by my own hens, when tho thermometer outsldo ranges from 10 to 12 degrees below zero. Dur-t ing tho first few years ot my experi ence I had somo dlfllculty with dis' eaBca, lice and predatory animals. But after finding tho secret of cleanliness and ot disinfectants and tho value of st good gunshot, I have often raised from 05 to 98 per cent of the chicks hatched. In my earlier years I tried doctoring fowlB and found it simply time thrown away, for if tho same tlmo wero used in cleasing tho coops and applying dis infectants, diseases would rarely oc cur. By careful breeding nnd always selecting the best laying birds and earliest matured pullets and cockerels. I havo at present remarkablo egg pro ducers and early maturers, tho pullets often laying at four months old. If any further knowledge of my experience Is desired it will bo cheerfully given. John Smoker. Cow I'eoiln anil Feeding. (Condensed from Farmers' Rovlew stenographic report of Wisconsin Round-Up Institute.) Thomas Convey spoke on feeds and feeding. In substance he said: Most of us by this tlmo realize tho necessity of having the right kind of nn animal to feed. In feeding ourselves wo use n variety of food, and wo do it by in stinct. Our animals cannot select their food for themselves as we can, but have to depend on us for tho variety ot food they do get. Somo foods, llko who'.o milk, are nearly perfect stock food, for they con tain all of tho elements necessary to de velop tho animal. But In many of tho foods fed thero is a deficiency of cer tain elements. Tho balancing of tho elements of the food is necessary If we are to get the best results. At ono of the experiment stations it took nearly 50 per cent more food to produce a cer tain amount of gain when the food was unbalanced than It did when the ele ments were properly balanced. An excess of concentrated food should not bo fed alone to any animal, Con densed foods should bo mixed with bulky foods. Bulk Is a necessity in tho food of the cud chewing nntmal. The condition ot tho hay and fodder affects the feeding value of thoso foods to a very great extent. Whlle'tho loss of dry matter may be small on account of the deterioration In quality, the loss In digestibility and palatabillty is very great. Q. Will you give us a good balanced ration for milk? Mr. Convey. For the grain ration you can make up a variety of formulas each of which will give good resultB. In Wisconsin we can profitably feed ground peas and oats and wheat bran, corn meal and corn in tho silage. The ground peas and oats are mixed halt and halt, and that compound fed with c Ai&& !ii v w i i 4 an equal amount ot bran. We might mnko ono good formula aa follows: Two and a half pounds of corn, two and and a half poundB of the mixed peaB and oats, nnd flvo pounds of bran. Q. Will typo of cow control tho ra tion to somo cxtont? A. Well, If you have a cow that will not profitably use this ration, that Is, that will turn It Into beef Instead ot Into milk, you had bettor fatten her and send her to tho butcher. Q. How often do you feed per day? A. Wo feed coarse feed three times a day and ground feed twlco a day. The coarso feed is fed morning, noon and night. Mr. Burchard said ho believed that cowb should bo fed but twice a day, and that there was no more reason for feed ing them at noon than at midnight. langshans 1'iyniouth. ltoctc Cross. About 25 years ago I began raising poultry on a small scale and have been at it over since that time. For tho last ton years I have been paying more at tention to the business. I commenced with Black Spanish, found them to bo good layers but poor table fowl. Then I took tho Brown Leghorns and kept them twenty years. I found thom to be good layers and good table fowls. Then I tried tho Black Langshans and tho Plymouth Rocks separately. Their cross (Barred Plymouth Rock) I had bad luck with. I shall keep tho Lang shans nnd tho Whlto Plymouth Rocks, their cross being tho nearest to what 1 want for marketing. Their cross suits my customers as well as tho white Ply mouth Rocks, and thoy nro much more hardy. I havo a comfortablo place for them In winter, though it is not on tho fancy order. I havo separate houses and yards for tho breeds I wish to breed from. I feed the chicks on wheat bran, middlings and cornmeal, equal parts with a littlo bono meal mixed In with milk, Boon to follow with millet, wheat antl cracked corn. The laying hens are fed soft food In the morning, wheat or oats at noon, and wheat or corn at night. I havo a very fair market for both poultry and eggs, most of mlno going to private families. In tho winter do not get many eggs ueiorc February. One year I lost a good many fowls by some disease, though very few any year by lice. I havo lost none with lice since I kept them Tvell supplied with coal ashes. Last year I lost twentv nor cent frnm hawks and skunks, moro than I have lost irom tho same causes In all other years put together. I have had good success raising broods and have al ways had a largo per cent hatch. When I see a fowl sick I at onco separate her from tho rest and doctor, pnnnrniiv successfully. Wm. M. Smith. Cream Tnulo Increasing. Bulletin 23 of Maine Experiment Sta tion says: It is an important feature of our dairy business that there is a growing demand for fresh, sweet cream, not only for domestic use. but for exporting to the largo cities. Dur ing tho past year this cream trade from Maine has considerably exceeded $150, 000 and each year finds tho demand in creasing. It has come to be an impor tant question how best to foster this branch of our dairy business, and dur ing that beuson when butter is most abundant and cheapest for thero Is tho greatest demand for cream during tho summer months to find a profit able market for this commodity and so reduce the butter supply and at the samo tlmo increase tho profit from the dairy. Ono Important reason for foster ing tho cream trade is that cream sold to be consumed as cream is in no large degree a rival of either milk or butter, but enlarges the domand for dairy products at a time when such products are most abundant and most cheaply produced. Inflammation of Udder in Ewe. In. flammation of the udder is even more common in the ewo than in tho cow antl that fact considering that fko lat ter animal is used principally as a milk ing machine, is testimony to Its fre quency. It Is, perhaps, the more re markable since tho ewo is not in this country an animal In which the secre tion Is artificially maintained beyond its natural duration. Tho function of lactation Is essentially Intermittent, be ing active only during the pnrtur'lent period, and ceasing when tho lamb no longer requires milk, except, of course, in thoso countriOB whero ewe's milk cheese Is a staple article of manufac ture. There is another peculiar fea ture in mammitls in tho ewe as com pared with the samo disease Jn the cow viz., the frequency with which it takes on the gangrenous form and ends In sloughing of the section of the gland attacked and death of the animal. Ex. High Priced Stock Abroad. We are just now in the midst of great depres sions in beef cattle, draft and road ster horses, and sheep breeding indus tries, and since America is not now importing all these lines of stock from the old world, it would bo expected as a result, that this class of stock would be "flat" on tho market there as well. Not so. The reports through tho stock journals of the old world Bhow that tho best specimens of tho different lines of Btock command aa high figures as when wo were importing millions of dollars worth annually. Ex, Progress ot tho Plow. The plow U not a perfect Implement, and a reward ot tho entire globe might safely be of- fered for any work of art that is perfect in all its relations. Now the plow, in cluding the first picked stick that was used tor seeding operations, is the old est implement used in agriculture, and in every advanced stop of tho industry it has not only kept pace but has really led In its march. Step by step In bis growth may be read tho relative condi tion of man from beyond the period of the pyramids down to tho latest elec trical plow, which is still leading in the van of the world's onward march. Ex. IN WOMAN'S CORNER. INTERESTING READINO FOR DAMES AND DAMSELS. Current State of the Sloiles Whnt (o Do When tho Doctor Ik "ot Nonr Air In the Iteilroom Hint far the Household. T is so much nn easior matter to ap pear wclldressed In summer than in winter. Materials cost less and are In finitely moro lovely, 'whilo tho fluffy, nlry styles are moro generally becoming than the sovcro modes of the .vln ler. Batlsto Is In high favor for hand some street gowns. In a costume of this material ono always may feel per fectly gowned, but not overdressed, oven with silken lining, since It always shows In gleams of color through tho goods. Plain batiste is used for tho body of most of theso gowns. It com bines so beautifully with the embroid eries and lends Itself so sweetly to the decoration of ribbons of silk. A fetching gown is made up of plain batiste over a foundation of sky-blue taffeta. The material of tho skirt is plain and quite transparent, showing tho color of the silk through. The bod ice Is In blouse effect, of the plain stuff, with a ripple attachment set in squares of embroidery and caught to tho waist by folds of turquolso bluo velvet. A huge shoulder collarette of embroid ered batiste, cut also In large squares, is a handsome addition, with its fac ings of turquoise bluo satin. A high stock of blue velvet sets off the neck. STREET 'r t The sleeves aro full bishops, made up of all over embroidery. Decoration on Outlne Cowim Severity makea but few gown3, but to these few there Is a decided air of distinction, perhaps by way of contrast with their elaborate neighbor. Even the outing gowns are more cJioratoly decorated about the jacket, Stsfrest or tho collar, not In an obstraslve way, but nevertheless elaborate. Onv, a novel, ns well ns decidedly chic costume, is mado up of a heavy Scotch mixture in shades ot brown and scarlet. Tho perfectly plain and unusually wldo skirt is lined throughout with rustling scarlet taffeta made with i set of foot ruffles. The ripple coat is extremely short, aa aro most ot this season's jack ets, and is made up ot the Scotch goods, with widely flaring revers, showing a broad vest of brilliant scarlet broad cloth, bordered with a band of tan colored canvas, and all crossed over with strips ot gold braid, ornamented TWmm Mr -Jf WW Fimmk otHw iffi with flat gold buttons. As a contrast la a sovero tailor gown of snuff brown canvas mado up over snuff brown taf feta, glistening Uirough its coarse meshes. Tho sweeping skirt has a foot decora tion of thick brown ellk cords sot In a doublo row, several Inches from the bottom. Tho bodice is a smoothly fitted affair, drawn closply into a bolt of brown suede, with a buckle to match. A pointed yoko Is simulated by rows ot the cord, with shoulder decoratlvcs of tho same. The full leg o' mutton sleeves aro finished with a cord ot tho band. When Doctor Is Not Near. It is very often the caso that at Just tho time one needs a medical man It is Impossible to get him. A sick person may take a chill after tho doctor has paid his call. Warm tho patient at once. Fill strong bottles with hot water, placing them under tho knees, at tho feet, under tho armpits. Give stimulants and cover with blankets. After ho warms up, do not sweat him, but gradually removo tho extra cover ing. Be sure to keep an even temper ature In the sick room. This Is most important at night and in the small hours of the morning. Always havo hot water availablo In sickness of any kind. Anyono with the averago Intel ligence can keep track of tho pulse, temperature and respiration, so that in caso offalntingB or sinking spells he may know when to glvo stimulants. A bottle of brandy or good whisky, a rub ber bag for hot water, and a can of ground mustard aro the threo first re quisites for the family medicine closet. Always be prepared for emergencies. Fresh Air in tho Drdrooni. In the daytime allow plenty of air, light and sunshlno Into your rooms, for even If It does Injure tho furniture and DRESS. carpets, it is not so expensive in the long run ns a doctor's hill. Moro colds are caught by keoplng fresh air out, in that it makes people moro suscepti ble to change of temperature, than are ever caused by letting fresh air in. Ventilation, by good management, need not mean a draught. Ab water collects and generates Im purities, It Is a good thing to empty tho washing-basin and jug yourself every morning, so as to insure tho refilling them with fresh. Drinking water should be boiled, analysis having proved that filters are not to bo trusted, for, after having been in use for somo time, they add to the water the danger ous accumulations they have taken up in previous use. To removo the insipid taste of boiled water, pour it oack wards and forwards from ono Jug to an other. If primarily, your house is in ltselr healthy as regards drainage, etc., keep it and yourself so by letting 4n plenty of fresh air, light and sunshine tho three graces which are in attendance on her majesty, Queen Hygcia. Household Hint. The best method or cleaning mirrors and windows Is to rub them with a paste of whiting and water. When this dries polish with dry chamois, and remove the powder. A little alcohol in cold water al30 gives a brilliant polish. Soap suds should never bo used. For a quart of good lemonade take the Julco of three lemons, using tho rind of one. Peel the rind very thin, getting Just the yellow outside. Cut this Into little pieces and put with tho Juice and powdered sugar, of which use two ounces to the quart, in a Jug or jar with a cover. When tho water is just at the tea point, pour it over tho lemon and sugar, cover at once and let It get cold. k -