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The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

very important lesson. Fodder corn,
which has not nitrogen enough to make
It q frst-clsss food, finds, in Hungarian
grass, q friend that has more Of that
material than the Law, as laid down by
Prof. Atws:er, allows good fodder to
need; but, by putting their nitrogen
into . common purse and then dividing
equally. they can both stand in the pres
ence of clover which has been consid-
cred both king and queen of fodder.
Some experiments in feeding fodder
corn this season satisfied me that the
same law which governs the time for
cutting rye, oats AID grass, to get the
most milk, governs green corn. When
in leaf and before it t~sssels, is the time
to cut to have the cows give the most
milk from what they will eat of it. A
lot of COWS that averaged eight quarts a
day on sweet corn fodder, tasseled and
silked, when fed on gourd seed corr in
leaf, not tasseled, though it stood six
feet high-other conditions, as far as I
know, being equal gave an average Of
nine quarts per dav.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
An Earthquake.

Miggs insisted upon trying if one OF
the blocks 1 n the Kimbal House pave.
ment was as long as himself, but Jones,
who wa trying to get him home, remon.
strated:
"Oh, come along, old boy; what's the
matter with you, anyhow"
"Did you read zsr papers is moriu'f
"Yes I did," replied Jones.
@Read all bout Eat (hic) ~earsequake
at Memphis, chi"
"Yes, but it wasen't much"
"Wuzn't, ehs (hic) member Eat zyk-
lone at came longer las springa"
"Yes, I remember it."
SWELL, Eat zyklone come by Memvis
(hic), an zot ~earsequake be ere to fore
you (hic) know it-'ere zat9 An I'm
goin' lay down fore it comes, '~cause(hic)
yer don't ketch is chile buckin' 'ginst
no earsequake- (hic) ear zat2"
Just then Miges' foot struck the cor
ncr of q step and he rolled down cellar
stairs.
Are you hurtG" called Jones.
IRE yer hurt yerself-(hic)-ye darn
ed fool? Didn't I tell yer Eat earsequake
wuz q comm, Ell? Fl hadn't got down
ere g quick I'd bin shook (hic) alter
pieces, sect"
And then he laid down and went to
sleep.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
Sowing Timothy ana Clover,

My practice is to harrow the wheat
three times in the spring. We 60 over
the wheat both ways with the harrows,
and then SOW the clover seed and follow
with the harrows to cover the seed. If
the ground is very hard, the harrows do
Lot break up the crust sufficiently to
afford a good covering for the seed, and
if dry weather follows, we have q poor
''catch" on these hard spots. I have my
doubts as to which is the better plan, but
I am inclined to think that so far as
securing q good catch of timothy and
clover Is concerned, it is better to give
up the idea of narrowing winter wheat
in the spring, and to SOW timothy seed
in the tall, and clover seed very early in
spring. 1t depends very much on the
soil and season. The narrowing helps
the wheat and kills a good many weeds,
and on q sandy loan the harrow leaves
q good seed bed for the clover, and if
we are favored with q few showers, we
are pretty sure of a good catch of clover.
American A0riculturtst.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
Hens Eating Eggs-A Cure.

Having heard the question asked how
to cure hens from eating eggs. and hav-
ing been put to my wits end to devise
some means to stop them, I finally. BY
accident, hit upon a plan that l have
never known to fail. But one great
trouble with many breeders is, they make
their hens nests too large, and with
Brahmas and Cochlns the nests are near
the ground, and in many cases the eggs
are in view Of the hen. This was the
case with my nests. Having tried every
available stuff, such as pepper, mustard.
turpentine, and everything I could hear
of, but no cure I then took q common
nail key, cut in two, or a piece about
eight inches high, and placed it in q box
where the hen laid. I then put in an
egg; the old hen mounted the nest or
key and tried to reach the egg, standing
on the edge of the keg, but it was no
60; she then got down in the key, but
that wa q failure, for sh. did not have
room to get at the egg; after trying fer
some time she gave it up as a bad job.
I have never had an egg eaten BY the
hen since then; all the nests in my coops
have q piece of . key in the box, and
have parts of kegs for nests. Do not
make them too deep, but deep enough,
30 that they cannot reach the bottom
when standing on the edge of the key.
You that are troubled with hens eating
their eggs, try the plan; it costs but lit
tie, and I think you will never regret
the trouble it will be to outwit the old
hep.-Poultry Bulletin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

An hour spent in the pillow works or
DEERE & Co., Moline, ILL.,, leaves one in
wonder at the extent Of the business OF
this firm. John Deere commenced to
make plows nearly thirty years ago on
the site where their factories now stand.
The perfect system which prevails in
the whole establishment, and the amount
of machinery it takes to make a pillow,
would hardly be realized. The force
now working is five hundred men, ard
the product of last year amounted to
over a million dollars. The company
are adding 70 their power two water
wheels, and are making preparations for
an increased production for the spring
trade of their superb" steel plOws,
Advance Cultivators," and gang plows.
while their new Gilpin Sulky PlOw will
add one hundred thousand dollars to
the amount of business over that of last
year. Truly q wonderful business for a
country blacksmith to build up, and
only shows what can be done in this
country by industry and q we'll directed
effort.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
Potato Not.

Mr.. Francis Gerry Fairchild writes in
the Scientific american, that a "bland
solution of carbolic acid in common
whale oil or kerosene is the scientific
remedy for the rot. The best way to
use it would, I think, be to dip the
potato, just before planting, in the solu-
ton, which is very inexpensive and very
easily obtained. I may add that my
experiments convince me that carbolic
acid in this bland solution in no way
impairs the germinal sctivity of the
tuber; but, by way of certainty, let NE
recommend to your farmer readers to
first try the experiment on a few hills
this spring, and. if successful, to adopt
it as a remedy for the blight"
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
A Real Mss Fife.

For some months pas: the Office Of the
chief of police of San Francisco, says
the Chronicle, has been honorsd by the
daily visits Of q halt-witted female.
whose singular habits and eccentric cos
tune have become so we'll known to the
f~requenters of the police office that she
has failed latteriy to excite more than
passing interest. She is invariably
sttired liz q brown dress, with great
startling, golden stripes, which impress
the spectator with the conviction that
her body is in a constant wriggle. The
dress has q long trail, which she gathers
up in her arm in o curious manner when
walking. She wears a low silk hat,
which was snce a "plug," hut has been
%truncated, the incision being concealed
ny q profusion Of ~vsriegated flowers of
every description, from which depends
q white veil. Her hands are al ways en-
veloped in white gloves. Her grew.
ances are numerous and extraordinary.
She always carries a huge packag. of
formidable looking documents, which
conclusively prove that she was de-
spoiled by designing relatives of a for
tune Of 100000, and which she inya-
riably holds clutched in her hand as if
she m%omentsrily anticipated their loss.
When ste first made her appearance
about the police station, a detective who
enterta,ns an excited opinion of his
shrewdnees, was greatly interested In the
woman's case, and busted himself during
a month in endenvoring to su~bstan,iate
that which, to his great chagrin, ulti-
mately turned OF to be g chimera.
Latterly she become quite intimate with
the eccentric counselor Clarke at the
police office. Who humors her fancies
and accords her the utmost sympathy.
He is energetically engaged in working
up her case against her enemies, and in
a short time hopes to have the whole
"caboOdle Cf EN-" as he elegantly ex-
presses himself to the aggrieved woman,
incarcerated in Jail and the immense
fortune restored to its rightful owner.
The interviews between Mr.. Clarke and
his mysterious client occur daily in the
afternoon, and are considered treats by
those who are present. Her coming is
announced by the counsel himself, who
winks at those present and assumes a
very benign look wherewlth to greet her.
She glides in noise.essly with her dress
over her arm, and without cCndesceuding
to notice any one else, skins gracefully
to the counselor, who gIerts her alta bly,.
"How do you do to day, mn'am9" She
does not deign an answer, but asks her
simple question hurriedly and eagerly,
"Arrested2" The counselor rubs his
hands slowly and answers, "Not yet,
ma'am, not yet. But you mustn't give
up, ma'am. We hope to catch EN- yet"
Whereupon the Oma glides out again
less briskly, however, and is seen no
more until the following day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
Spring or Fail Dressing.

Fertilizers, like potash, wood ashes,
either dry or leached, plaster, lime, salt
and such other substances as would not
be wasted by exposure to the atmos-
phere, may be applied to grass as a top
dressing at any time OF year. The
sooner they are applied the sooner the
grass will be benefited, if benefited at
all, but those substances which waste by
exposure to the weathar, if spread on
the surface, should be applied directly
previous to the growing season, for if
they lie exposed for a long time, while
the plants remain dormant, come loss
must result.
The fertilizers referred to above are
both subject 10 loss and waste if spreaa
broadcast on the surface of grass land,
and for this reason We do not recon
mand their use for top dressing grass at
any season, unless they are composted
with sufficient quantities of loan or
dried muck to absorb and retain the
ammonia, which will be evolved during
the process of decomposition. Again,
in the use of such fertilizers much de-
ponds upon the kind of weather that
follows their application. Ifswet weather
follows Immediately, and continues until
the salts are dissolved and mingled with
the soil within reach of the roots of the
grass, applications of any kind of good
fertilizers will give much better results
than if they are spread during a long
continued drought. As a general thing,
rules which apply to the application of
baroyard manure as a top dressing, will
apply equally we'll to the use Of COM
mercial fertilizes, provided the fertilizers
are what il claimed for them.
Our experiments in top dressing grass
lands, during the past few years, have
not given us full confidence in the prac.
tice, except upon damp soils end such
as are difficult to pillow. We have always
found stable manure beneficial wherever
it has been spread, but have not always
been satisfied that it has been used in
the most economical manner. As the
season is getting late if the case were
our own, We should make a compost of
such fertilizers as we wish to apply,
using several times the bulk of absorb
ents to one part of fertilizer, and let it
remain in q pile till toward winter, shov.
cling it over occasionally to assist de-
composition, and then We should apply
a portion this fall and the remainder
next spring, and note the results. If the
fertilizers should be we'll decomposeo
material, We should expect to see but
slight difference in the results, whether
applied in late fall OIL early spring.
We have studied this subject with no
little interest for the past few years, but
are yet somewhat unsettled as to the
most practical course to pursue.--N. r.
Fdrmer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
0 ~HeterOphemy.

In the last number OF The British Quar-.
tsrey Rerieo (says the New York Eoen-
ing POST ccu a blunder which would
be laughable if it were a trlfle less seri-
Gus than it is. Reviewing the second
edition of Prof. James d. Dana's work
on "COrals and Coral Islands" the critic
of The Quarterly Reriew gravely points
his readers 10 Prof. Dana as a second
Hugh Miller, a "self-made" man of SCI
ence, who has risen from the rank of
able bodied seamen to that of a great
authority In science, and says tina: he
first s'made his mark as q writer many
years ago, by 1.-TWO Years Before the
Mast" That so pleasant a book as Mr..
Richard Henry Dans's 1.-TWO Years Be-
fore the Mast" should have left an i'm
preston upon the reviewers mind is not
at all strange, but it is singular that any
tolerably we'll informed writer, and
especially n capable of reviewing Prof.
Dana's great scientific work, should be
Sc utterly ignorant of scientific biogra-
ply as to confound Prof. Dana with any
other person whatever. A man whohas
long been recognized in Europe and
America as one of the foremost sci
entific writers of the age ought 10 be
we'll enough known to the critic of
"Corals and Coral Islands" to make a
mistake with regard to him impossible;
but there Is really no limit to the posi-
bility of slips of this kind. A French
illustrated journal, publishing a page of
portraits of American Presidents a few
years ago, printed the face of Stonewall
jackson for that of "Old Hickory" But
i. 10 :. geography. .h.A fe..;e- --...s
upon American subjects blunder mos
l~udicrously. The Saturday Reriec once
commented upon q woman suffrage petit
ton, presented, as it said, to the "legis-
lature of st. LOUIS" and similar errors
are Of frequent occurrence in English
journals. We may not complain of
them, however, and it is scarcely fair
even to laugh at the slips of foreigners,
so long as even Americans, writing on
American subjects, display a like degree
of ignorance, they do now aud then. Mr..
Titus Munson Coan, in an article puo-
lished in The Gdldry not many months
ago, spoke Of Illinois as lying west of
Missouri. and that, top, in q paper apart
of whose purpose was to complain of
American ignorance and want of culture.
This mention of The GALAXY reminds Us
that these are not blunders at all, but
merely the results of Heterophemy,"
and We should frankly apologize for our
mistake in charscserizing them IS errors.
if apologies for mistakes were in any
Why necessary. Let Us declare, instead,
that We have been the victims of het-
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

DR.. II. NJ. PurlngtOn of Adrian, Mich,
the world-renOwned physician for the
treatment Of diseases of the lungs, is
now al the Newcomb House, Davenport,
Iowa, where he will remain until the
10th day Of December. If persons af-
tected with catsrrh will call upon him.
he will treat them for ten days withour
charge, after which further treatment
will be given If desired. upon terms to
suit the stringent times. The Doctor
visited Davenport in 1855. 1860 and
1868, and parties visiting his rooms may
see the names of six hundred persons
registered upon his books, who have
been treated by him, and thousands of
letters from persons all over the United
States, who were treated successfully.
the Doctor feels that he can Justly
claim the credit of having successfully
treated more cases of chronic disease,
especially consumption, than n other
physician in the United States, MS he has
been travelling for the past twenty-five
years, and during that period has treated
hundreds of thousands of cases. There
is probably no disease with which the
human family is afflicted that he has not
seen, studied and treated. This being
his lest trip before retiring from the
field, all those who arr afflicted with
disease which has proven u~nmanageable
by their family physician and the pro-
fession generally, should call upon him,
for it is almost absolutely certain that
with his immense experience he will be
able to treat all successfully. No charge
for examination.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
DAVENPORT EYE AND EAR INFIRMAR

DAVENPORT EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.
One of the important institutions of
the State is the Eye and Ear Indrmary
of DR.. E. II. Hazen, q regular physician
AMI a ripe scholar who has made the
diseases Of the eye and ear q special
study. His pstieLts are from sll parts
of the country, many OF them residing
with him while being treated. DR.. Hs-
cent Infirmary is recommended to all who
have trouble with their eyes. In him
will be found a kind end courteous gen.
tleman, u skillful surgeon and an honest
man.; q who will tell his patient at
once whether or not a cure Can be effect
ed, and will not keep any one in hopes
OF a cure just for the money. At the In
Urinary the patient receives every posi-
BILE attentiOn.-See the Doctors card in
another column.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

EVERY YoUxo MAx should prepare
himself for . life OF usefulness and 6nan-
ciai prosperity, and the Davenport Bust
ness College Offers the best facilities in
this direction. It hss the very best
talent employed - teachers. Elegant
and comm"dious rooms we'll carpeied
to prevent noise. Special boarding ar.
rangements enabling the student to OBJ
tain good board at about two dollars
per week, The penmanship department
is superior to any in the State. This
College received dve silver and br ONE
medals, the present season ut State
Fairs, and numerous diplomas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

JEwELRY.-Oss Of the most popular
business firms of Keokuk 10 that Of I.
X. J. Ayres & Sons, dealers in Diamonds,
Watches. S~ilverware, and all kinds Of
rich Jewelry. The gentlemen compos-
ing the firm have had many years Of ex-
perience in the business, and are known
to deal only in genuine frst-class goods.
They keep constantly on hand a fine
stock Of every article in their line. The
purchaser who may visit their establish
ment will have AZ opportunity to select
from an extensive assortment. When
you visit Keokuk, snd desire to purchase
a watch or any article in the line OF
jewelry, give T. II. J. Ayres & Sons = call.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
Fodder Corn and Hungarian Grass.

Fodder Corn and Hungarian Grass.
Professor Atwater ends his lesson in
the September number of the American
Agricultural by ssying: "To economize
in feeding, see that the fodder contains
plenty of nitrogen. And this for two
reasons: because stock cannot digest
their food completely without it. and
becauae they need albuminoids for their
nutrition" The "Walks and Talks"
lesson begins by giving q table com.
piled by DR.. Harlan, of Wilmington,
Delaware, showing the amount of nitro
pen in . ton of different crops.
A ton of Hungarian millet has twenty
rounds. . ton of green clover, twelve
noupds, q ton of green corn, four pounds.
IF by Hunga,ian millet is meant what
va call Hungarian grass, or mil!et, then
bv mixing equal parts of green corn and
m;,let No hsve in the mixture. : food -
rich in nitrogen - green clover. If
there 1. no mistake about this, it is .
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
A Nations strength.

What builds o nations pillars high.
And its foundations strong!
What makes 1t mighty to defy
The foee iha. round II throngt
Not gold, but only men can make
people great and strong;
Men who for Truth and Honof's sake
stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep.
Who dare while Others dy;
They build . Nations pillars deep.
And lift them to the tkv.
Ralph Woldo Emers0n.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
ny Desire.

II I might do one deed Of good,
Ore little deed before ] die,
Or think one noble thought that should
Hereafter no. f.rgotten lie,
I woald not muir mur though I must
BE lost In deaths unnumbered dust.
That himsy wing that watts the seed
UpoL the careless wind TO cath,
OF IT. short life has only need
To And the germ II place for birth;
For one swift mement Of delight
It whirls, then withers ont Of sight.
-. II. Bouyd Hos.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02
EARN, ORCHARD AND GARDEN.


Every two weeks all winter l take a
handful OF tobacco stems and steep
them by pouring boiling water over
them; then, when the tea cools enough
to bear the hand, I pour it over the
plants. Sometimes the leaves wilt for q
few moments, and then straighten out,
and have that bright, fresh look they
have n summer, after q shower. Then
I weaken the tea q little more, and wet
the ground in the pots, ana I have no
red spider or green AieA-RuraL Nep
Yorker.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil,
who thinks of visiting the United States
next year, is familiarly called Senior
Dom Pedro II. de Alcantars, Joas Carlos
Leopold Salvador Bibiano Xavier de
Paulo Leocadio Miguel Gabriel Rsphel
GonzagA Constitutional Emperor and
Perpetual Defender of Brazil. We very
much fear Dom Pedro doesn't know his
own name; if he does, it is scarcely pos.
sible that be has had time, in his short
life, to learn anything else.
The Red Cloud chief., 1875-12-02

The three greatest grain-producing
countries in the world are Russia, France
and the United States. According to
the statistics of 1870, Russia produced
400, O0O, 600 bushels of wheat, France
$4,000, 900, and the United States the