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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
HOLLOW HORN.

Every horn is supported by coniclc
bony process projecting from the bones
of the head. In all horned cattle, ex-
ccpting bulls and mulcys or those very
short stubby horns the supporting
bony process is hollow after the third
year and the internal cavity increases
with advancing age. The estimate OF
hollow horn is usually BASED on the
extreme GOODNESS or extreme heat Of
the horn especially at the root; hut
these are mcrly are indication of the
hot and cold stages of fever. In all
extensive inflammation and in all specific
fevers the horns and ears.are first cold
and then hot. In all such cases there
fore il is usually declined that hollow
horn exists. AS these two classes en-
brace nearly all dangerous diseases it
follows that in popular estimation this
affection is rarely absent in disease
states. The crucial test of hollow horn
is the penetration of the gimlet into the
internal cavity Of the bony process sup
porting the horn. Now this cavity is
crossed at intervals by solid bony pill
lars extending from side to side and
when unluckily the gimlct strikes one
Of these the doctors assertion is con-
tradicted and he must find some other
cause for malady. This he can always
find ia the softened condition Of the
end ofthe tail SO that if one extremity
fails him the other will give him sup
port, and the tail splitting and back
blistering ut least will be sustained
National Lire Stock Holder.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
rH1 VIRTUES OF BoRAx.

The excellent washcr-women Of Hol
land aud Belgium who ''gct up" thei'
linen so beautifully white use refined
borax as washing powder instead OF
soda ia the proportion Of one large
handful of powder to about ten gallons
ofboiling water. They save in soap
nearly one half. All the large washing
establishments adopt the same mode.
For I.accs, Cambrics, etc, an extra
quantity Of the powder is used; for
crinolincs, requiring TO be made stiff,
a strong solution is necessary. Borax
being a neutral salt does not in the
slightest degree injurc the texture of
the linen. Its effect is to soften the
hardest water, and therefore il should
be kept on every toilet table. To The
taste il is rather sweet ; il is used for
cleaning hair. is an excellent demtifricc,
and in hot countries it is used in COM
bination with tartaric acid and bi-car-
donate of soda as cooling beverage.
Good tea cannot be made with hard
water. All water may be made soft
by adding teaspoonfal Of borax pow
der to an ordinary sized kettle IF
water in which it should boil. The
saving in the quantity Of the tea used
win be at least ono Drsggisfs
Circular.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
HOGS m WINTER.

There is NO domestic animal that
suffers 50 much from exposure to cold
and wet ut The hog. He is native of
a mild climate and should be treated as
as his nature demands if we would turn
his pcculiarities to our advantage. And
during winter he should be provided
with warm dry quarters plenty OF
warm clean bedding and an abundant
supply ofnuturious fat aud heat prOduc-
ing food. For this purpose there is
nothing equal to corn. owing to the
large amount of carbon in its compost
ton, which the hog appropiratcs in pro-
ducing fat and heat, to warm his sys-
TEN the same rs our stoves consume
carbon, in the form of wood and coal
to warm our rooms. The colder and
more exposed they are the more fuel
we must use to make them comfortable.
just SO with the hog the less care is ex-
pended in making his quarters comfort
able the more corn he must consume to
keep up the animal heat and ifnot sup
piled with the necessary amount Offood
his system has to fall back on the carbon
il has stored in the form Of fat and he
must necessarily loose in weight at
his thoughtless ness or careless owners
expense.
Hogs should also have agOod supply
Of water rs il is impossible for them to
digest their food without water to dis
solve it and convey il into the blood.
They should be kept constantly sup
Piled with salt coal and ashes. Salt is a
valuable stimulator of the appetite and
digestive organs.
During warm days in winter the feed
should be regulated according to the
temperature Just as we would regulate
the fuel according to the demands Of
the weather. When the weather sud
denly becomes warm animals lose their
appctites and are liable to become stall
led. Some cooling succulent food as slop
or vegetables of some kind should be
substituted for the more heating food
or grain.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
WASHING PLANNELS.

White flannel may be kept soft and
without shrinking if properly washed.
Put sufficient soap into boiling water
TO Nuke strong suds and then put in
the fiannels pressing them down under
the water with the clothes stick. When
so cool that one can bear the hands in
the suds rub the articles cOrcfallv and
when well cleansed wiring with the
hands. lfput through the wringer,
the nap rolls up into hard knobs, and
makes the flannel harsh and unpleasant
to the touch. Wiring as dry as possible
snap out, stretch and pull each piece as
it is wrung out so as to keep the origi-
nal size and throw each piece into an
other tub of boiling water into which
some French blueing has been thorough
~ stirred. 1.-THE first suds be strong
enough the flanncls will retain sufifci-
ent soap for the rinsing water. Shake
them up and down in this last water
with the clothes stick till well rinsed
and cool enough for the hands. Then
wiring once more. As it is well to
wash but one peicc at time put il into
the second tub and place the first suds
over the fire TO keep boiling hot until
ready to wash the second. Keep rim
sing water hot in the same way while
washing the second article.
When fannels are about two thirds
dry bring them in. Snap and pull again
fold ms true and evenly as possible and
roll un hard in clean towel for lit
tie while, and then iron and press till
dry.
Never wash fiannels in stormy or
cloudy weather and always iron after
they have been folded and rolled for
over half an hour. II they lie long
folded they win shrink. This il not
,asy work: but if these directions are
followed the result will be satisfactory.
washed in this way may be
,cpt soft and white till worn out in |
tead of the harsh gray dirty looking |
'hings one or two careless washiugs |
will chanSc them intO.-z1e Fdrweys
4drocdfe.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27

During the season when luxury smiles
in our meadows and the sources Of
pasturnge are great live stock are very
easily managed provided proper atten-
be paid in not overstocking the land.
But whom cold nights arrest nature
In its bountics aud winter puts ON its
dreary garment, depriving the agri-
culturist of the advantage Of pasturage
and rendering him dependent on the
store which his forcknowledge dictates
to him to heap up for tine winter it is
then that he finds practical inforna-
tion not only desirable but most inn
portant in directing him how to man.
age the stock in the best possible man
ner.
For young growing stock, somfort-
able sheds, with convenient attached
yards should be ured as nothing con-
tributes more 10 their health aud
strength than giving them their liberty
and suffering them to range while
young but in doing which, care should
be taken 10 keep them in condition, rs
by being reduced in flesh at any season
of the year it Injuries both their growth
and constitution. The kind of food
given to animals should be suited to
their several ages. In the habit Of very
young animals, their abounds, and
seems necessary for their welfare q
great proportion of fluid and therefore
more succulent food may be preferable
for them but when they arc more adj
vanced and vigorous the digcr;ivc pow
ers being stronger and time being
stronger and time being requisite for
process of growth: provision less nutri-
tious or Of a courser quality NAV suffice.
A dry kind of food agrees better with
all animals in winter, when the prcspi-
ration is less than in summer: during
which season mOistcr provision seem
more suitable. Wcen fed on dry food
and more especially if the quality is
coarse the stock should be well supplied
with water TO promote digestion in tie
stomach.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
raE LINE-KLlN CLUB.

"a leeile money will buy wood an
'tatcrs an. bacon, an shoes an cloze, y
said the old man as the meeting opened.
'sLots of money will buy silks an satins
an jcwelay an white bosses. De man
wild lcetlc money seems to believe dat
dc man wild lots of it am takin all de
comfort. l used to say dat ideah, but
izc got Ober it. 1t am my sOlum belief
dat dc man who sots down befO' his
own fire, wild his wife on dc right an
his chill'en on DC left, an de ole cat an
a pan full o. apples in dc middle am in
q posishun to take just as much comfort
as il he lived in house wild golden
stairs. Take the world frcw an you'll
fin dat de humblcst homes am lie hap
piest. DE man who has steady work,
a savin' wife an healthy children
wouldcn. I be bit happier If he was to
draw $50, 900 in alottcry. II he doan'
take comfort its his own fault. It's
her own fault il his wife isn't happy.
Sometimes my ole woman gifts de blues
an blows aroun' kase she sees Oddor
folks ride out in der kccridgcs an dress
up in DER satins but build up good
fire git out de apples cider an popcorn
draw up dc big rockin cheer an she cant
stan il noah dan ten minnets. De
blues begin to fly away an she pats dc
bald spot ON my head an says: We
has a cabin of our own plcn'y to eat
a lectle money in dc bank, an | spcct
we kin sot down an an take as solid
comfort as il YOU war Guv'ner an l
had ten silk dresses. He who nakcc de
most ofwhat he's go' am fifteen hisself
TO enjoy better. No situation but
what could be made worse. Ebcry
dollar made by honest work ought TO
bring s. wort of solid comfort. Wild
desc few remarks. called forth by over
hearin Samuel Shin growlin aroan be-
kazc he cotldcnt have mashed taters at
every meal. we will now eradicate the
usual order of busincss.-DetroI Free
Pres
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
CURE FOR BOTS OR collie IN HORSES.

From ono to three tablespoonfulls OF
chloroform with from one-half to one
pint Of castor oil and the combination
will act like magic. The chlorOform
not only destroys or kills the bot, but
rclaxes the system, rendering the cas-
tor oil more powerful in the explosion.
l have never known horse or q mule
to die with collie or bots with this REM
ejy even ifcolic exists independent of
their presence which l much doubt
Ex.
We publish the above because it
gives us an opportunity Of protesting
agains: what we are satisfied is pop
ular dclusion. We do not believe that
ahorsc ever died from the bots and We
arc sustained in this belief by YOuatt,
the very highest veterinary authority
known.
The equine stomach is the natural
habitation of the bot, which not only
does the horse no injury but may act
ually be OF service to him. Certain it
is, that at certain seasons the insect is
never absent from the stomach Of any
horse running out on grass. We were
present once at the autopsy Of several
fine healthy artillery horses considerable
numbers were found in all Of them.
When horse dies suddenly from
collie or other cause, the bots within in
stinctly seek TO escape from place no
longer suited to them and they perfo-
rate the stomach in the effort 10 do SD
and this fact has given rise to the very
general but erroneous belief that horses
may be, and are killed.
But IAN ounce of presentation is
better than pound of cure" In ref
crence to bots the prevention is easy
the parent fly GUESTS eggs upon such
parts of the animals body as are easily
reached by the tongue the glue is dis
solved BY the moisture Of the tongue |
the glue is Dissolved by the moisture Of
the tongue and the nitts are pressed in
to the stomach and there Matched into
bois. An the groom hes to do is to
wipe of these nitts or eggs with cloth
dipped in hot water. |
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
BEE CuLIUR1.


The following ARTICLES published by
the State Board of Agriculture and
was written by James r. Mead, of this
city:
Have handled bees from my bOyhoOd:
kept them in Kansas seven years. Have
now fifteen stands, in town in my
peach orchard, somewhat scattered UNI
der trees but have long, narrow shed
with open front to the east thus my
bees are pretty well protected. 1 win
ter also in the shed the hives standing
one foot apart by covering and wrap
straw around them; if cellar is very
dry, that is the best place 10 winter in.
Bee moths only trouble me in weak
stands; toads, also, are sometimes
troublesome also the king bird. l
use Langtroth's movable frame hives;
like them well. My bee veil is common
calico large enough to go over the head
and to tuck in under coat or suspend
ers with wire screen face, Axe inches !;
do not use veil with Italian bees. To
move bees stop up Lives with wire
screen and.movc gently and carefully
always giving plenty of ventilation.
Never sepcrate bees, even if they alight
together in swarming; simply give them
plenty ofroom. DO not prepare comb
soundations. Have Italian black bees,
AID hybridc = am familiar with all; the
Italians arc most prolific, and are
equally hardy and much the most pleas
to work with. II is not best to have
more than one kind in the same apiary
find out the best hive and use no other.
The best way TO prevent the increase of
bees is to clip wing of the old queene
this will generally prevent the bees
from swarming. My bees feed on the
bloom of fruit and forest trees, grains
grasses, shrubs and plants; peach or
chard is an excellent spring range for
forage. Honey in the comb is the best
winter feed I'll feed, / take frames
out Of strong hives, and give them to
weak ones; like to have my bee have
forty to fifty pounds of honey inhive to
winter on. DO not extract my honey II
market and sell in frames. Can always
force market-ifnot among my neigh
bors, l can in Wichita; wholesale price,
25c., retail, &c., to 40c., per pound. Ten
dollars is fair price for good strong
colonies yet have known them 10
sell for SIS and $50 per stand. The
principal causes of failure in Kansas are
ignorance ofthe business, carclessncss
and inattcntion. Bee culture is sim
pie nice and pleasant business; but TO
be successful the closest attention must
be given TO it. Every farmer should
have few bees ut least. Kansas can
produce all the honey her population
wants, and tina. of the most superior
quality.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
DIFFICULTY IN 6HRPIua.

Never in the history Of the country
has there been such difficulty cxpcricn.
ced in shipping Western products TO the
Eastern markets aud the seabcard.
The railroad companies are UNABLE. to
handle onc-6fth OF the freight that b
offered to them and they have notified
to shippers that they win receive ont.
perishable goods.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
LARD BUTTER.

In Chicago there are six or seven fac
tories which are turning out $1,000 or
$4,000 pounds of lard butter daily.
The stuff is made of lard soapstonc and
little butter with other things mixed
in it to make il look and taste like but
ter and is then disposed of as diary or
creamery butter and at nearly the same
price as the genuine article. Most of
this is shipped East and South.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-01-27
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
IOWA'S WALLED LAKE.
Burlington Hawkeye.


The greatest wonder in the State of
is called the Walled Lake, in Wright
county, twelve miles north of the Du-
buque and Pacific railway, and one hun
dred and fifty miles west of Dubuque
city The lake is two or three feet higher
than the earths surface. In some places
the wall is ten feet high, fifteen feet
wide at the bottom, and five feet wide at
the top. Another fact is the size of the
stone used in the construction, the whole
of them varying in weight from three
tons down to one hundred pounds. There
is an abundance of stones in Wright coun
ty, but surrounding the lake, to the sXtent
one can form an idea of the means employ
ed to bring them to the spot, or who con-
structed it, Around the entire lake is a
belt of woodland half mile in length,
composed of oak. With this exception the
country is rolling prairie. The trees
must have been planted there at the time
of the building of the wall, On the spring
of the year 1856 there was great storm,
and the ice on the lake broke the wall in
several places, and the farmers in the vicin.
ity were obliged to repair the damage to
ground surface of 2, 500 acres; depth OF
water as great as twenty-five feet. The
water is clear and cold, soil sandy and
loamy 1t is singular that no one has
been able to ascertained where the water
comes from or where it goes, yet it is al
ways clear and fresh.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
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NATURE,S TRIUMPH.
Frazler,s Root Rltters.

IF you are weak, or languid, use
Frazer's Bittefs.
If your flesh is habby and your COM
plexion sallow, use Frazer's Bitters.
1t you live in malarial district, use
Frazer's Bitter's
IF worn down with the care of chill
dren, use Frazer's Bitters.
IL you have got the blues, use Fraz
er's Bitters.
If you kept late hours and lived con-
trary to the laws of health, use Fraz
er's Root Bitters.
If you need toning up, take Frazer's
Root Bitters.
IF you have abused instead of used
natures gifts, use Frazer's Bitters
If you feel old before your time, use
Frazer's Bitters.
Iflife has become q burden and you
have gloomy forbodings, use Frazer $
Bitters.
If your hands tremble and 70 eyes
have grown dim. Frazer's Root Bit
tiers will make you feel young again.
Sold by all druggists every where at
the low price 500 per bottle. =.
Henry Co., Sole Proprietos. Cleveland
Ohio.
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
HOW PEANUTS ARE CLEANED AND
SORTED.
Philadelphia Times,

Philadelphia Times.
The modus operandi by which the nuts
are separated, cleaned and classed is some
what as follows: The third story of the
building contains thousands of bushels of
peas in bags and there the continual roar
of the machinery is deafening. Each
machine las a duty to perform. First,
there is large cylinder in which all the
nuts are placed, in order that the dust and
dirt NAV be shaken off them. They pass
from the cylinder into the brushes, where
every nut receives fifteen feet of a brushing
before it becomes free. Then they pass
through sluiceway to the floor below,
where they are dropped on an endless belt,
about d feet in width, and dashing along
at the rate of four miles an hour. On each
side of the belt stand eight colored gisls,
and as the nuts fall from the slice on to
the belt the girls, with a quick motion of
the hand, pick out all of the poorlooking
nuts, and by the time the belt reaches
the end two-thirds of the nuts are picked
off, allowing only the finest to pass the
crucible.
Those that do pass drop through another
sluice and empty into bags on the floor
below. When the bag is filed it is taken
away by hand, sewed up and branded as
"cocks" with the figure of a rooster promf-
nent on its rides.
The peas caught up by the girls are
thrown to one side, placed in bags, and
carried into another room, where they are
again picked over, the best singled out,
bagged and branded as "ships." These
are as fine nut as the first for eating, but
in shape and color do not compare with
the ''cocks." Having gone over them
twice, we now come to third grade, which
are called and branded as eagles" These
are picked out of the cuttings of the cocks
and "ships," but now and then you will
find respectable looking nut among them
though the eyes of the colored damsels
are as keen as a hawk, and bad nut is
rarely allowed to pass their hands, The
cuttings that are left from the 'teagles" are
bagged, sent through the elevator to the
top story, and what little meat is in them
is shaken out by patent shelter, which is
not only novel, but as perfect piece of
machinery as was ever invented.
The nuts being shelled by this new pro-
cess, the meat drops into bags below free
from dust or dirt of any kind, and are then
shipped in two hundred pound sacks to
the North; where they are bought up by
the confectioners for the purpose of max
ing taffy or peanut candy.
1t may be here stated that peculiar
kind of oil is extracted from the meat of
the nut, and in this speciality large trade
is done among the wholesale druggists.
There 10 nothing wasted, for even the
shells are made useful. They are packed
in sacks and sold to stablelzeepers for horse
bedding, and a very healthy bed they
make
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17

Climax! Climax /!

Pages Climax SaIVe,
A Family Blessing for Is cents.
Tt heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
We WARRANT. it. to CURE
Sores, Ulcers, ScrofEla Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt RgleuTn, Sore
Breasts or Nipples, Erysipelas,
Swollen Glands, Infiamed Eyes,
Scalds, Burns, Cuts, BRUISES,
Fistula, Piles, Boils, Cliiiblains,
Frosted Feet, Corns, and ali GU
tane0us diseases Oh fnasl or beast.
Tt has been used ever twenty
five years, without Gne failure.
1t has no paraIlei-EiaVilg per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is q compound of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and Balsams, and put up in larger
boxes for the same price than any
other Ointment.
IL Sold by Druggists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
TuE BALTIMORE EPISCOPAL METHODIST

saws: tsSimmons Liver Regulator 10 acknowledged
to have no equal as liver medicine. containing
those Southern roots and herbs which an all wise
Providence has placed in countries where liver dis
ease PREVAIL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-17
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FOUR DEUCES.
They Proved too Much for Senator'S Three
Queens and Two Aces.
81. Louls RepnbEeAn.


The other evening after the races num-
Der of distinguished colored gentlemen,
among them Pinchbaek of Louisiana and
Bob Harlan of Cincinnati, assembled at the
residence of the Rev. Mr.. Tanner, an ORTIZ
odox colored clergyman, on Morgan street.
Poker does not seem to be unorthodox
from this good masters stand point, and so
a game was commenced Whether the
clergyman participated does not appear,
but Pinchback did, to his sorrow. The
game was unlimited; he held three queens
and pair of aces, which he considered a
good hand in Louisiana-worth 81 700 at
the lowest estimate. He is at present
81, 700 out of pocket, victim of four
deuces, and colored society is all agog over
the event thinking that if the Louisiana
senator backs his Judgment in such reck-
less fashion the Rev. Tanner may have to
raise enough by subscription among his
congregation to defray his expenses home.