Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 June 1899 — Page 7

MOTHER'S CHICKEN PIE. Our folks have Jest cleaned up a chicken pie. An’ romtnynated roe to tell the tale. Well, llrst we ketched a hep that hed heir eye 1 On settlh*—when her egg desires pot stale; Of course, we didn’t do a thins to her. But chop her head off—she was butter fat. But sorter aged. If you judge her spur, 1 But chicken pie, sea I, will settlejjutir They cut her up from wing way down to heart. The women folks—they soaked her over night. And then they blled her till sh« fell apart. An’ so’st the flavor would come out Jest right, They tiled an onion an’ a lemon, too. Right with that chicken—then the chii- * dren gnawed The bones to start our appytite anew. Ma lined the dish with pie crust, then she drawed A cup of cream, an’ beat an egg up white, With two big spoons of flour^-they laid the meat Inside the dish—It made a hungry sight. Then mixed egg. cream and flour and soup complete > An’ poured it in—then put a crust on top, An’ baked it till the smell jest seemed to ail . . j The kitchen—but I guess I’ll have to stop; My mouth's a-waterin’ so my tongue stands still. —Rural New Yorker. REMEDY FOR GAPES It Is Always Effective and Cam U* Applied Without Danger to the Youngest Birds.

There are several remedies for gapes, but the difficulty is that sometimes the chicks must be handled. The difficulty occurs mostly ou farms upon which fowls have been kept for years. It is caused by a collection of small, threadlike worms in the windpipe of the chicken. To kill these worms and not injure the chicken is laborious. Take a glass tube with a small rubber bulb (which apothecaries sell for a “medicine-dropper”), half fill it with camphorated oil, and inserting the tip in the windpipe, discharge the oil. A small oil can used for sewing machines may serve in place of the medicinedropper. Operate as follows: Place the chicken back down between your knees and hold it gently; open the bill and draw the tongue. Seize the lower mandible and tongue thus drawn out between the forefinger and thumbnail ol the left hand. This will bring into view the opening into the windpipe at the .base of the tongue, into which gently insert the tube and discharge the oil, using about one drop. Close the bill and hold the head still for a few seconds. Then let the chicken go, and it will cough, spattering some of the oil out, but enough remains to destroy the w<frms, and they will be coughed up and swallowed. The gapes continue for some time after the treatment, but the remedy will be effectual in every case if properly applied, and it may be readily repeated, if considered worth while, as often as necessary. After a little practice it js very easily applied and always succeeds. A breadcrumb uj>on which is one or two drops of a mixture of camphorated oil and oil of turpentine forced down the throat is sometijnes effectual, but it does not always reach the windpipe. Pulling out (he worms with the strip of a feather is painful to.the chick.—Farm and Fireaide. SITTING-HEN COOLER. A Device That linn Worked I.lkc a Charm Wherever It Has Been Given a Trial. When the “good will” of a sitting hen Is not wanted, she most generally becomes a nuisance. Hence the reason why sitting hens receive so much abuse at the hands of their owners when attempts are made to “break up” the sitting fever. If rightly handled, thf

A SITTING HEN COOLER. “hottest” hen may be induced in a few days to go to scratching and give up all idea of sitting, without being cruel to her, either. Get a grocery box, or some* thihg similar, and convert it into the affair shown in cut. It has; no bottom, but one end has a sloping top to throw off rain and also to proftct the hen from the sun. The remainder of the top is covered with slats. The two holes at the side give the hen, or hens, access to dishes of water and food, which, by the way, should be light and small in quan-„ tity, to reduce “biddy’s” condition. Oats are about the best substitute for “bread” when refractory hens thus have to be placed on “dungeon diet.”— Fred O. Sibley, in Ohio Farmer. The Value ot Warmth. Both adults and chicks love warmth. The hens will select the sunny spots, especially if protected against the winds on damp or cold days, while even on the warmest days of July the chicks will nestle under the hen. Should a heavy shower suddenly come up, and the chicks appear dead, place them near a stove, or in an oven of moderate heat, •nd notice how quickly the apparently dead chicks will come to life again. Heat is the great life-giving element. Should disease of any kind appear always provide a dry and warm place. There is no remedy for roup that equals warmth, not that warmth will cure it, but warmth invigorates the fowi and enables it to withstand tlid ordeal.— American Gardening.

WHEN TO COT HAY. No Role Cam Bo Laid Dm That night Biot Be Subject to Important Modttlca (Iona. As a general proposition it is best to cut hay just as it is blooming; but this rule may be subject to modifications according as we want the hay for feeding dairy cows, horses or other stock. For horses it is probably better to have the hay well along toward maturity. Storer in one of his books says that “one strong objection that works against the early cutthsg of hay is the tendency of hay made from immature grasses to loosen the bowels of animals that feed upon it. This fact alone precludes the use of such hay for working horses. All newlymade hay has a laxative and loosening effect upon animals. Such hay cannot be sold to the keeper of a livery stable, because, as he would say, he has no wish to soften down his horses. Horse keepers are of the opinion that this laxative quality of new hay endures until the hay has * passed through a process of sweating, which occurs in : the mow. No matter how dry the hay is at the time it is put in the barn, it is held that it will always sweat somewhat in the mow. By October the process is completed, so that the hay Is fit for use, provided it was ripe enough when mown. But in the case of hay made from young grass, as roweu, for example, the medicinal quality persists, and such hay is thought to be always unfit for horses that are kept at work, since it is apt to weaken them, to make them sweat easily, and to render them liable to stumble.” Such is the opinon of Storer. How •far it is borne out in the experience of western farmers is ratfier difficult to say.—Farmers* Keview. ' UNIQUE FLOUR SCOOP. Made of an Old Tomato Can and Embellished with a Stoat Broomstick Handle. Many a unique and serviceable device for lightening the household work can be made at home and practically with no expense at all. This is especially applicable to the flour scoop

IDEAL FLOUR SCOOP. shown in cut, which will delight any housewife. To make it, simply take a tomato can, stand it on a hot stove until one end (the end that has been opened) drops of:', and then with a heavy pair of shears cut out the sides ns shown in the illustration. Tack on with shingle nails a piece of broomstick for a handle, and your work is done.—Ohio Farmer. ♦ INTENSIVE FARMING. _ 9 X Few Acres Well Cultivated Are Better Than a Larne Farm Suverttctally Tilled. As soon as we learn in this qountry that fewer acres better cultivated are better than many acres carelessly cultivated, the greater will be the profits of farming. The greait extent and original cheapness of our farming lands have been a detriment to us agriculturally. Thousands got their farms at $1.25 an acre, und even less, added to the original claim as rapidly as possible, and engaged in farming “all out doors.” Almost necessarily such farming is loosely done. When there are but few acres under cultivation, they must be made to produce what we need, and they dan be with less expenditure of time and effort. The English farmer compels ids few acres to yield as much of our many acres do, because his system is more perfect. The farms of the future will be smaller. The time will come—after we are gone—when herds will not rove over great fields, but will be soiled; when the wheat and corn crops will be made to more than double the present average yield, and when farming will be less irksome because its operation will be more contracted in every respect. If these things will be profitable and desirable then, why would they not be profitable and desirable now?—Western Plowman.

Oata for Yonng Lambs. A healthy, thri fty lamb will very soon require more food than the limited amount which its dam furnishes, and when not more than a week old will begin to pick at hay or clover as it sees its dam-doing. This is an indication that it needs additional food. Clover hay is, excellent, but it should be supplemented by a feed of half a gill of oats given morning and night. There is no better nutrition for growing animals than oats. It will enable them to eat and digest other food and put them in the way of being thrifty all the rest of’ their lives, until their teeth are too much worn by use to masticate well. Feeding: Cotton Seed Menl. Cotton seed meal is extremely difficult of digestion, and should never be given to young animals or those which from advanced age have a weak digestion. The hull, which is shown by dark spots in the meal, is almost entirely indigestible. Calves and pigs have been killed by eating small amounts of dark cotton seed meal, Ruminant animals can digest it better, but it is so concentrated a food that it ought always to be fed with some bulky but less nutritious ration. A small amount of cotton seed meal in a pailful of bran mash can be eaten safely by a cow.—American Cultivator.

FOREIGN GOSSIP. The Tyrol has 635 licensed Alpine guides. New South Wales contains more flow•ring plants than all Europe. ' Hawaii has 4.SS6 Mormons, of whom 4,366 are natives of the islands. The scabbards worn by Russian officers are made of papier-mache. Japan has considerably more than i haif as many inhabitants as the United { States, though our country is 22 times i its area. | A remarkable feature of India is the j number of deserted capitals. There are i no fewer then three old Delhis, all close : to each other, and south of the present | eity. .

j During the last *0 years 1,500,000 Itol- : inns emigrated via Genoa to South ' America—an average of 75,000 a year. ! Within the same period at least 500,000 of these returned to Italy. Sandwich men in London are not permitted to parade on the sidewalks. They must keep close to the curb, however, and not nearer than 30 feet from the next man bearing a placard. Mistrials rarely oocur in criminal cases in Germany. A vote of six to six acquits the prisoner; a vote of seven to five leaves the decision to the court; ; and a vote of eight to four means conviction. j Fire is an essential In eome wedding celebrations. In Persia the service is read in front of a fire. In Nicaragua , the priest, taking the couple each by the litfte finger, leads them to an apartment where a fire is lighted, and there instructs the bride in her duties, extinguishing it by way of conclusion. In Japan the woman ldndles a torch, and the bridegroom lights one from it, the playthings of the wife being burnt then and there. HE WAS SAVAGE. But the Man Had a Good Reatow for Reins Contrary and Disagreeable. * As I boarded the summer our I noticed the mau in the back seat scowled at me as he hung tight to the standard and let me scramble over his feet, but I thought nothiug of it, for I had particular reasons for feeling eluted that morning. At last I could no longer keep my ebullient joy of things in general to myself, and turned to him with the remark that it was beautiful weather. » “Beautiful!” said he, with a savage snarl. “I’d like to know how you make it out. Don’t you see that dust coming along in clouds? By the time you get downtown it will be all over your clothes, ground into your fnee and hands, and your lungs will be full of it. Now, will you just tell me why you think this is such “line weather?’ ” “Well,” said I, “the sun is shining brightly and—er—the—the flowers are i in bloom, and—er—, all that, you know.” j -*“Ob, it is, is it!” he snapped. “Don’t 'you know.that lovely sunshine will wilt ! your collar and curdle the last drop of ; your milk of human kindness? And as for flowers, you ean’t eat ’em.” “I suppose,” said I, somewhat, nettled, “that you prefer rainy or wintry i weather.”

lie glared at me with absolute ferocity, but that was the only reply I got. ' I stole two or three curious glances at i his darkling countenance, but presently I reverted to the gleeful thoughts ; which had possessed me since last night, and forgot his disagreeableness. As we stopped at the car barns a moj ment my eye lit on the new sign the street car company has put up for the i benefit of the lady passengers, and in an unguarded moment 1 remarked they were a good thing, j j “Good thing!” he grunted. “Don’t you know what those signs are for? ' They are to make a damage case dei fense strong when a malicious motor- | man jerks a car up when a woman is j getting off. That’s what they are for!” By this time I was rather on my met- ! tie, and resolved to thaw him out if j possible, but it was time wasted. I ■ ventured the assertion that otir boys I in the Philippines were covering them- | selves with glory, and he howled in I vicious dissent. I tried him on the ! wireless telegraph and found it was a humbug. There was nothing in the whole created universe that was not execrably bad, and he even sneered at the/deeds of Dewey. That was the last straw, and I lost my temper. “Sir,” said I, “you are the most disagreeable human porcupine it has been my lot to meet. 'What is the matter with you, anyhow? Isn’t there anything in the world that suits you?” “No!” he roared. “I’ve got a toothache, a jumping, pounding d—1 of a | toothache, and I don’t give a —— who knows it!”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Ants and Their Effects^' ~ Small, soft and feeble as the white ants are, yet by their numbers and powers of destruction they have influenced to some extent both the architecture and also the civilization of the country. To their ravages, which prevent much the use of timber, is in a great measure dufe the massive solidity of the grander Indian edifices, and by their devouring of paper and documents they have restricted the cultivation of literature; they have rendered the preservation of books difficult; they have continuously destroyed the records that would have thrown light on the history of the past.— “Haunts of an Indian Official.”

Very Buy. May and Edith are sister*, four and five fear* old respectively. May had been very naughty, and mamma had taken her over he* knee to administer corporal punishment, when Edith suddenly pushed the door ajar and peeped in. Turning her chubby face aa far round toward her sister aa her peculiar position would admit, May said eery gravely:' “Go out,!Edie, don't you se«Tm busy?" It is needless to add that mamma granted • respite.—Cincinnati Enquirer. The latest wrinkles are rough on anyone. —Chicago Daily News.

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