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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11
FOOD CURE.

In no better way can good health be
preserved or restored than by paying
careful attention to diet. Without this
precaution the best of health may be
ruined, and to attempt to regain it by
drugs alone is useless far better in ma
ny cases to depend altogether upon
proper food and rest. No doubt some
need medicine, but it is equally nesessa-
~ that food suitable for the sufferer
should be resorted to. We are not apt
TO appreciate health as we should until
disease begins TO break down the con-
stitution, and then we feel as il VIC
would give al! We possess to once more
regain the precions doom. How many
dishes in common use ought to be dis
carded from our tables, if we would not
become acquainted with that unwel-
visitor, dyspepsia. ! am conviced by
observation that ruany more might be
rcsorted to health II nourshing food
suitable to their condition, and needful
rest from work or care we're given them,
instead of stimulating the system by
exciting drinks and powerful drugs.
Give Nature chance and she will do
much toward repairing the wasted en-
ergies if the kind Of food is given the
the case demands. There is much choice
in the kinds of me at aud the manner Of
pre- pairing them, which we should al
ways observe when cooking for an in
valid guest, or member of the family.
The fruits and vegetables should also be
selected with great care, and often it is
necessary that some special dish should
be prepared for them, as they are nee
essarilv deprived of SO much that others
indulge in. We feel more than repaid
for extra work when we have succeeded
in getting something to tempt the appe-
tite of the sick, vii h no bad result to
follow
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11
WINTER CARE OF STOCK.

The time of year has now come fol
every farmer TO take into full consider.
alton the advantages providing good
suitable shelter for all the live stock he
may have about him 10 be cared for du.
ring the coming winter. II is difficult
matter TO calculate just the amount OF
loss that may be suffered in keeping a
given number of either cattle, hogs, or
sheep through winter season in our
climate without proper shelter, as much
will depend on the kind of weather we
may have during the winter, but there
Is no doubt but that there is more or
less in all cases of the kind. Alternate
freezing and thawing, with mixture OF
rain, sleet and snow. makes the worst
kind of weather for live stock to suffer
exposure in, and there is hardly any
kind of stock that can be expected to
hold its own in weight and condition
with all the feed that ma, be given
where il is fully exposed TO such weather
"a we have described. Ii is not very
costly matter to provide shelter on a
moderate sized farm. and we are satisii-
ed that there is no investment a farmer
could make that would pay profit in
the way of saving than To see TO il that
all the stock of every kind that he may
have ahouf him shall have sroo1 CON-
Portable shelter from all winter storms
Common humanity requires il and his
own pecuniary interest demands it,
Dr0cc7y Journal.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11
TIE ENGLISH SPARROW.

We have always felt great fondncs,
for animals, especially birds, which we
could never feel reconcilcd TO see shot
upon our premises. We praise the
English sparrow, and TO advocate its
protection: but we now warn farmer,
against this bird as formidable enemy
more formidable than the insects he
is supposed to kill, by his staunchesi
friends. We have already remarked
upon tho serious damage which our
wheat field sustained by its ravages
and we have now to speak Of the in jury
IL has done to corn. 1t is found, upon
a careful examination of our fields, tina t
as many as one ear in three has been
damaged. sometime only at the very
tip. sometimes as far As the sparrow
could separate the husk so as to eat
the kernel.
Those farmers who are benevolent
enough to share their crops 10 this ex-
tent with this unruly, greedy bird. may
do so, of course though it is hard to
tell how severly their benevolence may
be tested in few wears, so rapidly does
the sparrow increase in number. But
we think such kindness might more
wisely be extended to many Of our ma
tive song-birds, which seem TO have
been driven away 10 the fields or woods
or to other parts where the sparrow S
yelp is not vet heard.-Rarai Nesc-
Yorker.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11
EARLY AMERICAN FARMING.

While we contemplate the high excel
lence and great capacity for work which
hah been attained i'm the agricultural
machinery of this country, it is inter-
esting to cast a thought backward at
the tools used by our forerunners upon
American soils. The contrast is start
ling. At the late meeting of the Amer
lean Society for the Advancement of
Science. held in Boston last month,
there was paper read by citizen of
Illinois concerning the ancient stone inn
plement found in the rich, alluvial soil
1t the mouths of the Missouri and
Illinois rivers, used by the Mound-buil-
ders in their rude agriculture. The
writer exhibited a fine collections of
these implements. They are Clipped
from flint, or hard, silicious limestone.
and some of them beautifully made.
Some are nearly foot in length and
elk inches wide at the broader end
Some are made 70 be fastened 10 han
dies like our modern spades. Others
reeemblc our modern hoes. having a
deep lateral notch, 10 facilitate the
fastening TO handle. Some of these
stone hoes are made with such ingenu-
ity as 10 have been effective implements.
There were also exhibited stone imple-
ments which evidently were made to
lAsten to some kind Of stock, to be
pulled through the ground like plow.
As these snelesfp people had no domes-
tic aninGas 90 this purpose, it is pro-
bable <aht sn4nual force was used to
perform the work. The broad, cutting |
edge of these stone implements was
Mighty polished from long use. by the
s&triiion of the soil. These implements
ofagriculture were in the ancient graves
associated with pottery, some of which
contained carbonized corn. Cobs in .
rarbouized state were round and il
seems probable that these ancient people
lived principally on corn and vegetables,
which they cultivated 10 u considerable
Sxeent.-FacO6e Rural Pre~. |,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11
RAISING l COLTS.

A little SKINNED milk may be given
with advantage at this period, especial
ly if the colt is not in good condition
but clean, sound oats, ground or I'M
ground, constitute the best of all grain
foods for the colt. We prefere to have
them ground, and q cold weather ap-
proches. We would . id about onefourth
in weight of cOrn.me al, which helps to
lay on fat aud keep up the animal heat.
A little oil-meal-SN . pint . day-mcy
also profitably be gi''en with the oats
for few months :lft.,r weaving. Don't
be afraid Of ieedin 6 too literally. More
colts are injured be first six months AZ
ter weaving by to . scanty an allowance
of food than from ihe opposite extreme.
By all means see III At the colt has ample
to 70 mi ,and play. II you
keep him up in a q ose box and feed
highly you will min him; but let him
have chance to rac through the neld
or prsture-and grss :, By the way, is
The best Of all food for = colt-and
then there will be Ett le danger Of in
Jury from overSseainS
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11

The sheep has always been a wealth
producer. The latter end of job twas
blessed. for he had fourteen thousand
Sheep which would mean to one of US
an income ofjust as many dollars per
year. if not twice as many. What an
investment for capital, that brings in
fifty or sixty per cent yearly. with 81.
most the certainty that appersains TO
United States four-pcr-cents. A flock
will easily increase sixty TO seventy per
cent. the second year. This rate of in
crease is enormous and sufficiently
ptints to the vast profits that are made
from successful sheep rearing.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-11-11

A. SMITH,
Contractor. Carpsatss and leines.
WIN - ell htaas ~ Csryrases ssd Ssiass UosA
% sAese netee. ssztrs. asAts oaf1ta0D, nesh,
nscss. GisAs. Door and Window Bss0ss ed
Sereeae-
q shop sad nsssssss- - lavvs.es Ave-
sas. seas CessEAt. ST
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
ClIiinnS In Elilnn.

|. OfcIurSo ipa I eat to- much
Tue digestive II ills ara limitel in
q itntity. All ab pvs onDnth il m
digestel, irritating anl weakening
the systom, AL often cllsnS ptr-
alysis of the brain by drawing on
tho nervous force more rlpilly than
it is generated.
Don't eat between meals the
st)nlch must rest, or it will sooner
or later brelk down. Eyon the
heart has to rest between the boats.
3 DON'T elt n fall meal whsn ex
hanstel, The stonl lch is as ex-
hlrste as tho roSt OF ths bj ly,
4. Don't taxa lunch at mon m |
eat heartily at night Tao whole
digestive system needs to share in
tho rest an | reclp3cttion OF sleep.
Besides the tendency is to pnt u
foil meal into q weakened stomlch
D. Don't substitute stimuluse for
food-like many women who do half
n days work on strong colf,o or ten.
As well, in the case of u horse sub
stitute tho whip for oats.
6. Don't havea daily m)lotory
Of dishes. Variety ia necessary for
relish. and irelish is necessary to gool
digestion.
7. Don't cat blinlly. There can
be nothing in the bDly-nusclos,
membranes, bones, nerve, brain i
which is not in onr food. One arti-
Gle furnishes Que or more elements,
aud another others. Wa could
starve on hne h)ur Some articles
do not nourish only warm,
s. Eat accorling to tho season.
one. third less in summer than in
winter. la the latter, fat meat, gu.
gar aud starch arc appropriate, a.
being hest,makers. in tho former,
milk, vegetables, aud every variety
of ripe fruit.
. Eat with cheer. Cheer pro
notes digestion care, fret and
passion arrest it. Lively chat, racy
anecdotes, and innocent gossip arc
better than Halford sauce,
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
The Leaves and the Wind.

Once on a time little leaf was
heard to sigh aud cry as leaves Of
ten do when gentle wind is about.
And the twig said /;
"Whats ths matter little leaf 2"
"The wind" said the leaf, Just
told me that one day it would pull
me off, aud throw me to the ground
to die.'
The twig told it to the branch,
aud the branch told it to the tree.
And when the tree heard it, it
rustled all over, and sent back word
to the leaf.
"Do not be afraid hold on tightly,
and you shall not go off till you
want to-
Aud so the leaf stopped signing,
and went on singing aud rustling.
And 30 it grew all summer long till
October And when the bright days
OF autumn came, the leaf saw all
the leaves around become very
beautiful. Some were yellow, and
some we're scarlet, and some were
striped with colors. Then it asked
the tree what it meant. And the
tree said :
"All these leaves are getting ready
to fly away, aud they have put on
these colors because of their Joy"
Then the little leaf began to want
to go, aud grew very beautiful in
thinking of it. And when it was
very gay in colors, it saw that the
branches Of the tree had no color in
them, aud 30 the leaf said:
20 branch, why are you 80 lead
colored. and we golden -
ave must keep on our work
Clothes said the tree, for our work
is not yet done, but your clothes are
for a holiday. because your task is
over"
just then q little puff of wind
came, and the leaf let go without
thinking OF 1t, and tho wind took it
mp and turned il over, and then let
it fall gently down under the edge
OF a fence among hundreds Of leaves
and it never walked up to toll what it
dreamed about.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
Don't Fan Fire.

1fyou should come down stairs
some day and SEQ smouldcring
fire ist starting in one of your
tioors. stenlthily starting into your
carpet, YOU would not be very like.
ly to sit down beside it aul flu it
much less would you run over to a
neighbours and have her briug the
bellows to blow il up. Not II you
were woman in her right senses
lon know quite well what speedy
measures yuu would take to SUI thor
Or queuch it.
Detr young housekcepcrs, there
are worse tires which s;lrt up silout
lv in homes than were ever kinilel
10y Lucifcr matches. They begin
small Cross words usually star,
them. but how the fire spreads when
ono, klrd Q |, if my it gets little
itnriuG Onc sure way to fan the
bllzn IL to run over tJ u unighbor's :
AMI take your trouble over. Tell
lust how unreasonable John is aud
now little he symp ithizts with your
trials nul unless your friend Is an
uncDmnDnlv wise woman, YOU will
- hpme more wrc,chcd than You
cane, anl fsnliug harder than ever
tDWlrI Jpln. YDl have gIiuc
nothing, but yOu have furnished
fool for considerable scandal, for
nothing travels faster than the i'll
nows thtt 80 anl 50 don't got along
well together. That winch was
only a trtnsIont flash Of illtempor
hIs boon blown into cInilIgraliuu
that is likely to burn up your domcs>
t,c happiness.
Some one says if there is ever
anything GDr which wa are ,hlnkrul,
1t il for angry words not spoken.
| wpnll all fbr domestic skeletons
we lIl not cXliblt h'f)r, tha wDrl
Better keep them locked up in their
closet. rd"y will not shD,S or hlr-
row your scusibliics half 80 much
there.
Onlv possoss your soul in quiet
ness, and the iiro will die out. II
yorr inuost consciousness tells you
that You have tho true aud devoted
love OF your husband, you will not
he n1ih mbvsl bS ittla tain -
Fears aul hfes mutual Joys aud
sorrows will draw all true hearts
closer To one another, aud the once
yrXltiDus things will seem like triS
lles, as you glance backward over
them.
Remcmbcr that nothing helps
along domestic troubles like talking
over them nothing smothcrs them
Ike silence. A ittlo patience anl
'--If.commnnl AMI tho flash lies
a,wn. Aud, oh, how glad you are
that the fair fabric Of your home
happiness has not been consumed. -
i,tat LOoiS IN tie R,Wdt Nc,c IOrh-
,y
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
Yourself.

You cannot iind a moro compan.
ionlblo person than yourself, il pro-
per attention be paid to tho indIvid-
ull Yourself will go with you
wherever you like AMI come away
when you pleas approve your jokes,
assent to your propositions, and, iu
short. be is every way agreeable, If
you only practice the trne art Of be-
ing on good terms with yourself,
| This, however; ~ not so easy as
some imagine who do not often try
tho experiment, Yourself ghou it
catches you in company with no
other person. is apt to be severe
critic on your faults, and when you
aro censurei by yourself, it is gen-
orally the sovercst and most intol-
crlbla species of repropf 1t is on
this account that you arc afraid of
yourself, aud seek any associates, no
matter how inferior, whose b ,llchIt
may keep Yourself from playing the
censor. Yourself IL alSD Jealous
friend. If neglected and slightel it
bs,Dnss b'r1, AL % be left
short time by yourself is then ro'
garlel as actually II cruel penlnce,
us many find when youth, health or
wealth hath departed, How import
ant it il then to know thyself," to
cultivate thysolf, t. respect thyself,
to love thyself warmly bat rlLioua.ly.
\ sensible self is the best of guides,
for few commit errors but in broad
disregard Of its u luouitipn1. 1t ttuSs
continually at the skirt of men TO
draw them from their cherished
vices. II holds up its shadowy fn-
ger in warning when you g astray,
aud it sermonlzes sharply on yonr
sins after they have been committed.
Oar nature is tYJfpl |, arl its uo>
blest part is the self to which were fer.
II stands on the alert TO cheek the
excess Of tls apinIl impulses, an
though it bee DneS weaker in the fnl,
fillment of its task by repeated dis,
is rarely SO enfeebled
~ to be unable to rise up OCCASION
ally sheetel and pale, like Richards
victims, to overwhelm the offender
with bitter reproaches. Study.
therefore, to be on good terms with
yourself--it is happiness to DO truly
pl eased with yourself.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
The lilenass OF Girls.

Another great mistake that many
of our girls ARE making, aud that
their mothers are either encouraging
or all)winy thnm to make, is that of
pending tbcir time out Of school in
/ lleness or in frivolous arnusom outs,
doing no work to speak of, aud learn
ing nothing ahont tho prdctictl IN
ties nn1 tho serious clros of lif1. 1t
is not ouly III tue wealthier families
that the girls are growing up inlb.
leut anl Impractical IN household
work ia lee |, | think that more a..
tentiou is paid to the Industrial
training of girls in the wctlthier
families than in tho ftnilic3 Of
mech mics mi Of pbDplb in mbl'r
ate circum stances, where the moth j..
ora nro 60 upel.cl to work hard all
the while.
within the lat wa,'i," SAYS ona
Of my c,rresppnlouts, Il have
heard two mIthors, worthy wom1n
in most re e'pects,. say the first, that
her diu ghter never dill auy sveap.
ing. Way, if sho wants to say tp her
cDnpln!ouS, Il never sSepta rom
in my life, aud takes any comfort
in it, lot her say it anl yet that
mother is sorrowlng over tho Shirt
c,ning3 Of that very dtughtor.
Tho othor said, sue w,n,l not let
her daughter do anything in the
Kitchen. Poor drlulel woman !
She dill it all herself i1stel | -
The h tbit OF inlDlenco anl Of
helplassness ihit is thls formed arc
MT tho grcitest evils rosIiting from
this bah practlcs tho sclli,hHcs9
that it fosters il tho worst thing
about il. How isvDi VI conscience.
how lacking IN all true sense of tend.
ernes4, or oven of Justice, II girl
must bl wh) will cbl,,nt u dlyjta
all her ii ~, ~ of schIpl - plilsIr.
ing, whilo her IN pther is hrlrins all
the hoavy bIrdlnS of the household !,
AMI the foolish way IN winch IN Dtl~
ers thomsclvei sometimes talk abDut
this, oven III the presence OF their
children, is mlschlcvDus IN the cX-
trcmo 40, Hattie, ~ 80 alb ,orbcl
vita har hpbtS, or hsr crlyDlI. or
her e,nbroyicry, that sho takes m in.
trrcs' IN household matters. IN | 40
MT like to call upon her As il the
l,ugHtrr belonged t. superior
order of bciug', aud must not soil
her htnis or al, her temper with
necessary EonseNOlk! ! Tho mother
is the drudge the diughtcr is the
tine Ia " for whom she tolls. NJ
IN Ither who sI,trrs such "A state of
Things ns this eau preserve the respect
Of her dlug gutter, aud tho respect of
her daughter no mother eau anJrd
to lose.
The result Of all this is to form in
the minds Of mIny girls not only II
li,taste for labor, but contempt
fpr it, au u prrp bse tn avpil 1t NJ
long ns they live by some means or
other.
rhoie ia scarcely one Of these for
ty letters which does not mention
this ~ one Of tho chief errors in the
training Of girls at the present day.
1t il not universal, bat altogether
too prevalent aul want to say to
You, girls, that If you aro allowing
Yourselves tp grow up with such
habits Of inlplence AMI such notions
about work, you are preparing for
yourselves miserable future. -
Er,LuuJ9
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
Judgment of Men.

Don't judge a man by the clothes
ho wears, God made one aud the
tailor the other.
Don't judge him by his family
connections, for Cain belonged to a
very good family.
Don't judge man by his failure
in life, for many man fails because
he is too honest to succeed.
Don't judge a man by his speech,
for parrot talks, but the tongue is
but an instrument of sound.
Don't Judge man by the house
he lives in, for the lizard aud the rat
often inhabit the gran dest struc.
lures.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-09-23
Bibles With Queer Names.

An interesting ,llectisn Of Bib
les was recently exhibited III Lon
don, which comprised copies OF al
the editions that, because of pecu
liar errors of the printers, or from
some other reason. have boen knowr
by strange names. Among th,
Bibles on exhibition were tue follow
ing :
The Gu,epjerg BD,e.-Tho earli-
eat book known, printsi from m,v-
able metal types. is the Latin Blbl
issuol by Gutenberg, at Mentz, A.
ID. 1850.
The Bug BiJie.-Wts 40 calle
from its rem l,rinE OF Pulmi x,i.j:
"Afrai1 OF bugs Ivy night Oar
present version rea Is, "rorror by
night A. u Dll5j.
7he BJ'eeches BiJle. The Geneva
version is that popularity know as
tho Breeches Bible, from It's render
ing Of Genesis iii -: "M,kiny
themselves brooches out of g.
le1ves.' This translation of the
Scriptures the result of labors of
the English exiles Mt Geneva was
the English Family Bible during the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth and until
sipPlinto by tho present anthoriz Z.
ed version of King James 1.
The Rare-hak'ers' BiJls.-From
a remarkable typographical error
which occurs in Matthew v.:9:
Blessed are tho Place Makers in-
stead Of Peace-makcrs, A. D. 1872.
The Tre0cle BjJlc.-From its rom
dering of Jeremiah viii. -: "Is
thore no treacle Gns,cad of balm in
Gilcal p 4 ID. la6S.
The RosiH Bibie. From tho same
text, but translated "Rosin" in the
Donul Version \. D. 1903
The he awR she Biblcs. From
Tho respective renlcrings of Ruth
III. Is -one realm. that "Sho weut
into the city, The other has it that
lilo went 4. u. lGll.
7hs wicket Bijis. Prom the
fact that tho negative has boon left
out Of the Seventh C'nnln lnert.
exodus Xxx ;lD for which the print.
er was fined 600. A. DlG]l'
The Thtmb Bbh.-B,inr ono
inch square aud haitian inch thick.
was published at AJorllol. 4. d.
1919.
The JTnegr Bijis SO named
from the hea l,line OF the 18th
chapter of Lnt', which rem IL, "rh,
Parable of tho Vuestr,' instead of
the Vineyard, \. ID. III.
The Priat3ys' BiJle.-Wo nre toll
by CDtt m M,ther that in II Bible
priutcr prior to 1902, blnn lering
typDyrlphor ma 10 King Dhvii TX
claim that "printers CnsLetl Of
Prinros.) persecnted him without II
cause. See Psalms cxi1, :lGl.
The Nrlerrrs' Bij's.-SD called
from an error in the s.xtelrth verse
of tha EpiStle Of jude, tho word
"Murlerers" being us'l in5tsal Of
."Murmurs A. ID. lSD2.
The Cdr,Jn WsNDriW Bibte -
Wholly printel aul b)nll in twelve
hours, brt only one hundred copies
struck oil, A. ID 1877.