The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-04-15
Caro- of Horses,

The London Horse Bool' saws: All
horses must not he fed ON the same PRO
portion. without regard to their arcs.
their constitution and their work be
cause the Improperly of such a prac.
ticc is selfevidcnt. Yet it is constantly
done. and is the basis OF disease of
every kind
Never use bal hay on account of
chcapncss. because there is no proper
nourishmcnt III il.
Damaged corn is exceedingly iniur-
iouS. because it brings ON Inflammation rf
the bowels and skin disease. Chan is
better for old horses than hav, because,
they chew and digest II better
W hen II horse Is worked hard its food
should he chiefly oats if not worked
hard It's food should chiefly bc hay. he.
cause oats supply more nuurishmcnt
and flesh making material than any
other KIND of food hay not 81 much.
Rack feeding Is Wnstriul The bet
ter plan Is To feed with chopped hnv.
from manager. hccausr the food is not
then thrown ont and is more easily
chcwcd and dgcstcd.
Sprinkle the hay with water that
has salt dissolved in it, because it il
pleasing To TIL" animals taste. and the
hay Is more easily chrWcd and ,ligcstch
tcaspooninl of salt IN a bucket Of
water Is sufficient
ONr hundred and seventy wears aron
son was born to a Massachusetts talIow.
chambers wife. He grew M an nwk-
warl lad clothed III the REGAL lnscy.
woolscy of his mothers loom-whnso
hands were "dolcnt with the perfume
%; soap and candles II plolding soul
that t"llcd by day and studied by night
Stealing from the hours allotted to rc-
pose, he lahorrI ON. Companions
stunned him hc,ai'sr he was So duh
the woman "f his choice ridiculcd him,
because he was 50 ;w hWnrd. Vet he la
bored on he was all perseverance,. he
was benjamin Franklin. lie WAS u dip
per OF candles. II s!irkcr Of type. Il
maker of alnlanrrs. an interpreter fo,
" Poor l,irharl. lie never changed
his employment In youth he male
Hight foy Boston. lainplcss lanterns. in
nianho"i he enlightened the world.
Ih" poor printer boy to-day the hon
"rcd of kings to -mo.YoN the Poor
Benny -! his mother to-lay the i'm
mortal Franklin forever, Crowns have
pressed the hroMs and Lurls wrrathcd
the temples of Tar nnanrr men. lie
charged hay"nc,s ps"inst the lish,nings
of heaven. and they Tell harmless and
quIvcring AT his feet he wrcnlhcI ear.
lands Of their fiery wings. and bound
them round his brow. And yet he was
no genius. Plain common sense. fixed
ness OF purpose, IN uuW"arird industry,
an in'i"init,hlc perseverance. IL noble
motive those alone wore his
a FEMALE member Of II family in
Maine, more Than II year ago, while
stirring up straw bcd. lost Il ring from
her finger. Strict search WAS mn,lc,
bmt the ring ronld not he found. The
straw wa, cmpficd in the spring in tho
stable and used us bedding for horses,
and thrown upon the manure heap tho
manure was lanlrd about three miles
and used upon potato lot. The crop
of potatoes were dug and ccllcrcd. and
last Tuesday. rs the man was cutting
some Of them to- feed his horses, his
knife struck upon some hard substance.
which, on investigation, proved to u"
the identical ring lost IN the straw bod
more than year previously.
THE Durability Of soIcs of boots and
shoes may he greatly increased by cont
ing them with gum coraI >arnisll. which
also has tl" effect of making them water
proof. -Four or five rOatS should DO
given, allowing each coat of ,arnish To
dry before the sicrccdingonr isappliod
Solcs thus treated possess twice the dur
ability, and generally outasts the best
uppcrs. The leather uppcrs of boots
and shoes may he rendered soft and
waterproof by rubbing into them whiIo
warm, before the fire. - mixture com
posed Of four ounces of hogs fat and
one ounce of ro,in.
For FIVE MiNrrEs II isa South
End tradition that II noted fast boy of
that section having" got religion, tho
other boys went to church to hear him
cxhOrt. In the mi'st Of his cxhorta-
ton the responses came rather too en-
platic and frequent, Intcrruptinp tho
fcrvor OF the new convert, who was led
to remark that he would " he obliged to
fall from grace for about five minutes
and clean out the crowd IL is fur
thcr related that he took Off his coat
and did it.
MANY persons are not aware that let
tcrs addressed to initials or box numbers
alone are not deliverable, and that II
Postmaster may decline 10 deliver such