Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 July 1898 — Page 7

PROPER CARE OF HAT. Bow to Solid • Movable Boot tor tk« Uajrstack Which Auirei Absolute Proteetioa. Few understand the art of stacking to that rain will not get into the center. One great enemy to keeping hay Is the wind, especially in Kansas. Many times the farmer gets his hay and grain stacked up in good condition, and along comes a gust of wind and all of his labor is swept away, as far as the keeping qualities of his stack ' are concerned. Enough hay goes to waste every year on many farms to pay for lumber to cover it. In Illinois, years ago, stacks of hay were roofed with three-eighths or five-eighthc inch

MOVABLE ROOF FOR HAYSTACK. ceiling. They were hip-roofed, making them as solid as light material could make them; then to hold them in place, four four by four inch jposts were set in the ground 14 feet high, with four plates at the top to hold the posts in position and keep them plum^). The roof was placed in position before *the posts were set up, ha%*ing the corners at the eave ends of the roof 6et so as to permit the roof to slide up or down on or between the posts. Holes were bored in the posts to put in pins to hold the roof up. When it is time to begin stacking, fasten the roof at the top of the posts and begin the stack between the posts. Build to a finish, or in case there is not enough hay cut. put in what there is, stopping work on the •tack for any length of time, take out the pins and lower the roof down upon the hay. leaving the hay level, or near- j Jy so. As the stack Settles, the roof will 1 follow the hay down and protect It from rain and wind.—W. H. Doane, ir Farm and Home. FACTS ABOUT FLOURINE. It Contains Very Little Protein «n<l Is Deficient In Hone-Formlns Count Prof. Snyder, of the Minnesota experiment station, has recently made a chemical analysis of flourine, the by- i product of the glucose mills that is now j being used as an adulterant of wheat flour. His report, which appears in the I Northwestern Miller, is not in accord with the claims which have been made for this product, especially in the important feature of nutritive value. Analysis shows the flourine contains so little protein that a man would have to eat 150 pounds of it in order to get enough protein to enable him to do a day’s work. It is deficient in bone-forming constituents and fat as well, and in fact contains little of food value except starch. But •till worse, it contains sulphate of soda and sulphuric acid enough to make it injuriousto health. Is it any w onder that 4 European consumers of American flour are regarding it with suspicion when there is possibility of it containing such a worthless -and worse than worthless —substance? Is it strange that European governments, which represent people who dare not waste a penny even far bread,- are on the alert to protect their people against such an imposition as flour adulterated with flourine? Rome means should be fouikJ of preventIngthe exportation of adulterated flout to foreign markets, and alsoof preventing its sale to our ow n people as pure Wheat flour.—National Stockman.

FACTS FOR FARMERS. Never hitch a horse to a tree if yoq j think anything of the tree. Pour hot water into the nest of anta or use bisulphide of carbon. r Cultivate, cultivate, and then culti- | eate, if you would discount drought. Don’t let your stock get into the public road. It is not neighborly. It ia claimed that one good crop ol I hemp will destroy Canadian thistles. Whatever the farmer ha* to sell now. he can get a good price for. The trouble ia that his wheat, etc., ia out of hi* bauds, as a rule. Buy a good harness, if you buy, but that does not mean that you should pay I an exorbitant price for it. First class harness can be bought cheap. Every farm should have its workshop and the means to halfsoie boots, and dc about everything that is needed in re* I pairing things. It will save lots ol money. If you try to force a calf to learn t< drink, you will have a circus. tientlj get the calf to the pail, gently induce It to touch the milk, put two fingers In its mouth, and after a few times it wii drink.—Western Plowman. Keeping Sheep la Orchards. The apple orchard after it gets old enough to bear ia the best sheep pasture. One of the greatest advantage! of pasturing sheep In the orchard ti to destroy the fallen fruit. This they -will-do even better than hugs’ which •re usually recommended for this pur pose. Pigs will only eat apples aftei they** are nearly or quite ripe, unless they are starved to It. The small, green apples are sometimes almost bitter. Sheep like this bitter taste, and will run to eat the fallen apples, most of whieh contain codling kuotha, which would escape into the ground if left In the apple long after it hill

SECRET OF SUCCESS. It Omislate at Bavins Gao# Breeiln* Ga Hut la Hand with BfUtHy Goo# Feeiiif. There could not be greater error than to suppose that all that is necessary for the young breeder to be successful it to buy the blood and the balance would take care of itself. We might just as well expect a good crop of corn if we plant an excellent variety in a well-pro-pared, rich soil and then not give it any further attention, as to suppose that our pigs will develop into fine hogs, no matter how well bred, without the proper food and attention. In fact, the work of making the fine hog is only begun at weaning time, so says James Riley in American Swineherd. It is very important to have the pig well bred, as that is the foundation, and, like building a house, it is important to have a good foundation. Then by using good material and skill in architecture we build a good, substantial house; so with the pig. We want it well bred as a foundation, then by the proper method of feeding we develop it into a fine hog. No young breeder will ever succeed in the business unless he makes a study of the proper method of feeding pigs, as feed is the principal factor in the improvement of swine. It is well known that by grading seed wheat and seed corn and planting the largest and best developed grains the grain will be improved from year to year; so with the pig. By feeding the pig a well-bal-anced ration, a ration that will build up alt the different parts of the hog? especially the valuable parts—the loin and ham, the muscular or lea«. The pigs thus fed till they arrive at the proper age to breed will transmit their good qualities to their offspring, and. like the large grains of corn or wheat, the improvement will go on from generation to generation. Pigs should be fed a variety of feeds. The best feed for young pigs is shorts mixed with skimmed milk, fed sweet, or ground wheat, or ground oats with the hulls sieved out. Oat hulls are not good for pigs, but there is nothing better than ground oats with the hulls extracted, miSed with sweet milk. This with a little corn will make a good balanced ration; feed them regular and enough to keep them rapidly growing. The pig ahould never stop growing. Our best improved pigs should gain at least one pound,per day. or it would not injure them to make them gain 1 y„ pounds per day if fed a muscle and bone-producing food.

IJINTS FOR BEGINNERS. Bow to Make the Hairy Bailneu Someth I ny: of a Sncce*» Right from the Start. To those who are about starting- a dairy I should advise buying the best native® and grades obtainable aud buy them by test and open up an account with each cow as soon as purchased. You can afford to pay more for a cow that will make 300 pounds of butter than you can for one making 200 pounds; In fact, under ordinary conditions the former will make enough butteT to give a profit on her keep and the latter will require more cxpeuded on her than she gives in return. To all who are interested in the dairy at all, whether it be few or many cows, the only way to improve your herd and be Reasonably sure that you will get what you arc after is to select carefully, weed out, and breed and raise a herd. This can be done by using a good male, from well-known milk and butter strains, upon your beet cows, and raising females. This is the place to invest your money in high-bred pedigreed stock. Never on any account breed from o cross-bred or scrub bull. Dairymen cannot- expect to find wha: they want on the market or get the best cows by purchasing them, for it is exceptional for a mau tosell a good cow, and the more advanced a community becomes in dairying, keepiug records and making tests of their cows, the harder it will be to secure a good cow by pt|r« chase.—Rural World. HANDY PIG TROUGH. A Kew Arrangement Which Will Bn Found of Mach Vnlne nnd n Great Convenience. To get swill into a pig trough is no easy matter if the hogs cannot be kept out until it is filled. The arrangement ahown in the accompanying illustration

MODEL PIG TROUGH. will be found of much value and a great convenience. Before pouring in the •will, the front end of the pen, in the form of a swinging door suspended from > the top, is placed in the position shown at b. The trough is filled and the door* is allowed to assume the position showu at a.—K. J. Rasch, in Orange Judd Farmer. Keen Up the Beef <k«alit)r. Our Canadian correspondent places a good deal of emphasis upon the damaging results to the dominion stock industry, coming from the crossingof dairj( and beef breeds. This has been a verj' costly experiment to many of our bomc breeders also. Onr field correspondents in Indiana and Ohio especially, report whole herds which were formerly of a good beef type, as now possessing very few animals that would pass ss good grades. One crola of a dairy ball upon shorthorns or-tows of other beef breeds, will produce » cross that is “betwixt and between* and really is not a profitable animat from any standpoint. The lesson has been a costly one, bat perhaps It will be heeded. — Prairie Vhnper -

THE CHURCH IN THE WAR. Gen. Miles, commander in chief of the United States army, Is a Baptist. Bev. William D. Ste phenson, chaplain Of the First Idaho volunteers, destined for the Philippines, is a Methodist. I Rev. James Mailley, pastor of the University Place Methodist church, is chaplain of the First Nebraska volunteers, and will probably be sent to the Philippines. * Bear Admiral Sampson is a member of the Presbyterian ehurch of the Covenant in Washington. He was always regular in his attendance during the several years that he was stationed in Washington, and tcok a great deal oi interest in philanthropic work. Gen. Miles has grain ted permission to the Y. M. C. A. to establish tents in the various commands for religious, moral and educational purposes. These will be provided with papers, magazines and other reading matter, facilities for correspondence, opportunities for social conversation and recreation, entertainments and religious meetings. Bev. Dr. H. M. Wharton, associate editor of the Commonwealth, of Philadelphia, who has two orphanages, one for colored children in Charlotte, X. C., and the other, the “Whosoever Farm,” in Luray, Va., for white children, has made an offer to the United States government to take charge of all the children of soldiers who are killed in battle, die by disease or are totally disabled in the war with Spain. The offer has been accepted by Secretary Alger.—Christian Work. JOSH BILLINGS* PHILOSOPHY. If a man tells a lie he is allwu:s in a grate hurry to prove it. Thare iz more real happiness in refusing our wants than in gratifying them. Man never waz intended to llv in solitude, and but few animals ever were. If y u kno that yu are right yu lean afford to wait until time and cirkumstam siss prove it. The most disgusting thing to me iz 9 lazy knave. If I hav got to submit t« deviltry I want it lively. A NAVAL HERO’S STORY. From the Times-Herald, Chicago, 111. Late in 1861, when President Lincoln issued a call for volunteers, L. J. Clark, of Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, was among the first to respond. He joined the mortar fleet of Admiral Porter just before the memorable operations on the Mississippi River began. It was at the terrific bombardment of the Vicksburg forts that the hero of this story fell with a shattered arm from a charge of sekrapnel. After painful months in the hospital he recovered sufficiently to be sent to bis home at Warren, Ohio. Another call for troops fired his patriotic zeal and Clark soon enlisted in Company H of the 7th Ohio Volunteers. In the army of the Potomac he was in many engagements. Being wounded in a skirmish near Richmond, he was sent to the hospital and thence home.

A Wovndttd Hero.

erward he began the study and — t h e n the —* practice of veterinary tur gery. Seeking a •wider field x than the L Ohio village afforded, he went to Ch icago, where he now has a wide prac

ucr, is a. mciuwr ui aaiiu i usi, u. a. u., and lives at 4935 Ashland Ave. Several years ago Dr. Clark’s old wounds began to trouble him. He grew weak and emaciated, and his friends despaired of his life. He finally recovered sufficiently to be out, but was a mere shadow, weighing only 90 pounds. The best medical attendance failed to restore his lost strength and vigor. “A friend gave me a box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People,” said Dr. Clark, “and they helped me so much that 1 bought a half dozen boxes and .took them. I soon regained my strength, now weigh 190 pounds and, except for injuries that can never be remedied, am as well as ever. *‘I consider Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People the best remedy to build up a run down system, and heartily recommend them to everyone in need of such aid.” Practical. Brother Will—Why don’t you accept Jack? He’s a record-breaker in-intercol-legiate cvcling events. Sister Sue—Yes; but I prefer a recordbreaker in the safety deposit line.—Bicycling World.

THjS MARKjbII'S. New YuuK. June tl, lihH_ CATTLE—Nallto Steers.• U» «»H 17$i COTTON—Middling..... -*•• FLOCK— Winter Wheat.. * *» WKEAT-NaX Red. COKN—Nat... OATS—No.*... ,•••• PORK—New Meat.... ST. LOUIS. OOTTON-Middling. **<§ REEVES—Steers............... •» « Cow* andHeilenc-. * CALVES—(per tue>. J W BOOS--Fair to Select... * « SHEEP—Fair to Choice....... »*» FLOUK-Pateuto. * »* Clear and Straight.. A El WHEAT-No. * Red Winter.. COKN—Na * Miied. OATS-Na *. RYE—Na*.. "1OHACCO—Luca. *«* Leaf Uurler....... 4 A» _ HAY—Clear TUnotuy.... » »> « >» * BCTTKK-Choiee dairy. *• M >* BOUS-Fre^it.. *** ® PORK—Standard inew). M • *» KACoN—Clear Rib. ^ LAlto— FruweSteam.......... * *>e U 5 26 V M y w* W a u 10 7» 6 » 10 4 30 y 6 00 y >«l ■ 41 470 y 4 So U 7S y *i y y w* tt lw y isoi CiilCAUO CATTLE—NaUnt Steer*-- 4 60 HOCS—Fair to Choice.. * SHEEP—Fair to Choice. * * FLOCK—Wioier Patent*...... 4 *3 Sprang Patent*.■ b «> WUEAT-Na * spring. » No.* MeU <new>. CORK—Na *- OATS—Na S.. POKE—Men* (sew).. »» Kansas an. CATTLE—Natlrti Steers. .... * » HOOS—All tirades....* WHEAT—No. X Hard. 7* v OATS—Na * White..~ • COKN—Na t... NEW ORLEANS FLOUR—High tirade. CORN-NaS. OATS-Western. HAY—Choice.. MU Q I* tiAs-e^»we............... mn | || y & *i y *»o i y 6 3» y 4 ai y nh y * y 7a y y *•*■* y 9 at) o 4 83 4 00 w mi mi % PORK—Standard Mesa. BACON—Side*...... C011OK--‘“y&Muxi WHEAT—Na t Rad. CORN—Na X Mixed........ OATS—Na 1 Mixed.... PORK-New Meant.. BACON—Clear Rib.. CXnTON—Middling....... •X* a 4 73 41 lA ou Oil 7 « « t m 5* »s« tt% J0W a MM • • «X • y «f

A LEAF FROM CAMP LIFE. The Varied Coamlnloni of Lleat Mahoney When He Went to Town. When -Uieut. Mahoney came to Sionx City to recruit men he waa intrusted with a number of errands for the members of companies H and L. He jotted them ali down on a piece of paper, and referred to them when he came to Sioux City. This piece of paper will give an idea of what the men wanted in Sioux City and some of the things Lieut. Mahoney baa to do. It reads as follows: “Get thre#.38-caliber Colt’s, for officers.” ■ “Get a ruler and some black lead pencils.” “Kiss Harry Hamilton’s girl.” . “Have that order of roses countermanded for cigars.” “Take Claypoole’s new vest, and get his old one ont of the closet.” “Get ‘Ed’ Brown’s manual for army cooking, his sword knot, and his French dictionary.” '‘Get Harry Chapman’s blanket strap and tray for chess.” “Get any old thing.”—Sioux City Journal. Sailors aad Their Grievances. The grievances of sailors examined by the authorities in ports of entry, where the seamen belong, often turn out to be imaginary or greatly exaggerated. But there are plenty of cruel and conscienceless skippers who abuse their crews. Violence is always objectionable, and pointedly so when it is exerted upon an unfortunate liver, stomach or bowels by dosing with drastic purgatives which weaken the intestines. Use Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Csaaariisai. "Now, there’s Vinnie Garpickels,” said Miss Hinkie, who sometimes paints. "She’s an admirable elocutionist, but she ought never to try anything in art. It is painful to see the wretched daubs she does.” “I don’t agree with you,” replied Mira Pankle, who occasionally reads in public. “I can endure her canvases, but her elocution makes me sick.”—-Chicago Tribune. Eleetrle Fans la Sleeping Cars. The Baltimore k Ohio South Western Railway officials have solved the problem of cooling sleeping cars in stations at night. At Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis this line has sleeping cars placed in the stations at 10 p. m. which do not depart until after midnight, and in order to make them comfortable and cool have placed 16-inch rotary electric fans in each end of the sleepers, thus removing the heated and impure air from all parts of the car. The fans have been in operation about three weeks, and have been the subject of many favorable comments from the travela. * public.

Orest Kick. "They say that Missouri has made the big* gest kick of the war." “How’s that?” “Shipped over $1,000,000 worth of mules.” —Detroit Free Press. Try Allen’s Foot-Eaie, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all painand gives rest andcomfort. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, X. Y. Even an undertaker gets enthusiastic over good business.—Washington (la.) Democrat. Dr. Moffett's Teethina (Teething Powders) is not a Patent Medicine, but a legitimate remedy that many distinguished Physicians who nave used and seen its good results recommend, and why will you delay giving it when it will save the life of your teething babe? Teethina acts promptly in Aiding Digestion, Regulating the Bowels and restoring baby to health and strength, and making teething easy. Aaother Crime. A hard-hearted Anglo-Spaniard when remonstrated with and told that the Cubans had for long been in a state of worte than serfdom, replied that it serfdom right.— Moonshine. “Feathen and Ftna.” A pretty booklet just issued by the Frisco Line, which reaches the most satisfactory hunting and tishing grounds in these parts. You may have a copy, free, by addressing B. L. \\ inchell, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis. The wise worm doesn’t crawl out until after the early bird has eaten his breakfast. —Chicago Daily News. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs by 1‘iso s Cure for Consumption.— Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, Mo., Jau. 8, ’91. No amount of exposure will make a man an immune in a love affair.—Atchison Globe.

COULD SCARCELY RAISE HIS HAND. ■ Yet took care of seventy bead of stock. The farmer who found a friend.

» Serious results often follow • strain, especially when it affects the back, and few people are so liable to strain as those who are lifting heavy loads of various kinds, from day to day. The teamster rarely ever overtaxes his strength. Familiarity with the class of wares he handles, enables him to entirely gage the load he lifts so as not to pat an excessive burden on himself. But with the farmer it is different. He is lifting loads of such varying weights and under such varying conditions that he is very liable to lift a little too much some day. with injurious results. Many serious affections of the gTeat organs of the body originate in a strain. It was so in the case of H. R. W. Bentley, of Towner, North Dakota, A strain resulted in serious trouble with the liver. How he recovered and was enabled to feed seventy head of stock during the winter, let him tell himself: " About a year ago, I sustained an injury in my back and shonlders by lifting a heavy weight. After a time, a liver trouble came on, which so weakened me that I could scarcely lift my hand to my head. While in this condition, I began the use of Dr. J. C. Ayer’s Pills, and finding almost immediate benefit, continued until I was

cored of my complain t, so that I was silt to take care of seventy head of stock >■ through the winter, which shows that the cure was not temporary but permanent."*' —H. R. W. Bbntlby, Towner, N.D, The action of Dr. Ayer's Pills on the liver makes them invaluable for thoseliving in malarial climates. C. F. Alstom. Quitman, Texas, writes: •* I have found in Dr, J. C. Ayer's Pills am. invaluable remedy for constipation, biliousness, and kindred disorders, peculiar to miasmatic localities. Taken in snatt and frequent doses, these pills act well am* the liver, aiding it in th rowing off malarial; poisons, and restoring its natural powers. I could not dispense with the use of Da. Ayer’s Pills.*'—C. F. Alston, Quitman, Tern. Dr. Ayer’s Pills arc a specific for all diseases of the liver, stomach, and bovela they promote digestion, cure constipation and its consequences, and promote the general health of the entire system. They shonld always be used with Dr. J. CAyer’s Sarsaparilla when a cathartic inrequired. More about the pills in Dr. Ayer's Curebook. Sent free. Address the J. C. Ayer Co., i,owell, Mass.

A Beautiful Present FREE for a few months to all users of the celebrated ELASTIC STARCH, (Flatiron Brand). To induce you to try this brand of starch,so that you may find out for yourself that all claims for its superiority and economy are true, the makers have had prepared, at great expense, a series of four

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