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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30
Dishorning Calves.

The popular time for dishorning is
when the horn has grown so it may be
fairly seen. But dishorning may be
done at any time later. For young
calves the buds should be taken off
close to the head, and prefer
able by sharp tool that will cut deep
est in the center. The wound may or
may not be lightly touched with hot
iron. but if so the iron should be very
hot-that is. approaching white heat.
If the horns are considerably grown. at
the slight enlargement near the head
will be indicated where to saw. In
this case the proper implement is fine.
toothed, sharp. frameback saw. But
we do not advocate dishorning aged
cattle except in the case of tricky or
vicious cattle.-Farsa, Field and Stock
man.
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FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
JUST A MECHANICAL TOY.
A Lament.

A Lament.
I'm lust mechanical toy.
With wonderful WORKS inside;
can bow: 1 can move my head
And open my mouth so vide;
i can RAISE the pretty fan
That carry so well IN my hanu;
But I'm just q mechan cal toy.
You will understand.
And oh! am gazed at each day
By many girl ana pcy.
Who tn niss ii wonderful thing
To be d mechanical toy.
Yet. though perform my part,
And look very sweet and biands
/ am not happy at all,
You will understand.
For Ia rather far be a toy
That the baby would kiss and hug:
A rag-doll-a Japanese fright
Or even china pug
Than to be dressed up ike TINS,
With pretty fan liz M hand.
That strangers may pause and admire,
You Will understand.
I'm a very expensive toy,
And require tie best OF care
On account of my inside works:
For, II any trouble is there,
i cant do single thing
cant yaoyc my head or hand
But must keep in the ST fest pose.
You will understand.
When the Christmas holidays come
] have Il return OF joy:
For | think 1 may chance to FAN
In the hands OF some g ri or boy;
But. alas. WCcnau cal toys
Are rot very much in demand,
And the reason OF Tia 5 Lament
You will understand.
Jose piitilc PJliG1d, iH i. L. Independent
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MACHINE.MADE CREAM.
Butter Made from Separated Cream En-
joying Universal Popularity.


joying Universal Popularity.
Various specu!ations and notions
concerning cream from the centrifugal
separator are being INDUCED in just
now and mainly SO, we think. because
as people we know so little about it.
A great many have the true Hibernian
faith in what they don't know and so
fall to specializing, rather than reason
ing from facts. Facts are hard to get
but notions come easily. 1t is quite
evident that separated cream, like every
thing else in this world. has an identity
of its own and consequently is a
claw unto ITSELF Out of this, and be-
cause many butter-makers treat it jdst
rs though it was separated in the Ordi-
nary or gravity way. has come certain
features peculiar to it which are hard
to understand. For instance, the yield
of butter with ordinary milk is some
what greater. This has led certain
writer's to claim that the yield was
caused bv the addition of caseine.
We will not assert that it is not so.
but we can hardly see it in the light
of the fact that the final act of churn-
ing is that of separating the butter fat
from the caseine. Buttermflk Is
nothing more than sour caseine and
water. A certain amount OF caseine
goes with the cream in all methods of
separation. but is separated from the
butter in churning. 1t will require q
chemical analysis of the two kinds of
butter to prove whether more caseine
is retained in the separator article than
in the other. Some have thought that
they had detected q certain loss Of
grain or texture in the separator but
ter. In this opinion we have shared
with others. But that can easily be
accounted for on the ground that the
separator takes more of the smaller
globules of butter fat than any other
process. Small globule milk always
makes butter that is somewhat deficient
in body. The larger the fat globules
the more body will the butter have. In
ordinary processes of cream raisinga
considerable portion of the smaller
globules are left in the skim milk.
The merciless separator takes them
all, and to that extent will
there ensue modification OF
the body or texture of the butter.
Whether or not the heating of the milk
to seventy-five or eighty degrees previ-
Gus to its separation. together with the
great mechanical force exerted by the
separator, may not have subdividing
effect upon the fat glohnles is an open
question. If this is me effect. it will
90 far to explain the loss Of texture.
We have long been of the opinion that.
centrifugal cream should be cooled to
a much lower degree as it comes from
the separator than many are in the
habit Of doing, and. further, if it is de-
sired TO preserve the skim milk sweet
for any length of time. that should -
cooled to at least forty-five degrees. a
soon as it is separated.
It remains fact, however. that but
ter made from separated cream selli
well in the market, and largely 70, we
think. because the best butter market
requires . fresh favored article and
does not care for long keeping quail
ties.-Hoayds Dairynan.
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Value of Vaccination.

Prot. Koch. of Berlin, published re-
Gently some statistics concerning the
mortality from smallpox. He showed
that in the years between 1900 and 1870
from 20 to 90 out OF every 100000 in
habitaEts of Prussia died annually of
smallpox, bu, that since the introduce
ton of compulsory vaccination and re-
vaccination. in 1874. the mortality in
that country has decreased to from OF
to Sc out of every 100.00 inhabitants.
As the mortality from smallpox has
remained unchanged in Austria, En-
gland and France. its decrease in Prus-
STA can be ascribed only to the effects
ofcompuisory vaecination.-M. y. Post.
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"HOME BOYS"

Parental Guidance and Control As Con.
trasted with = '.Street Education"
am by no means an old man, but !
have lived long enough to be thankful
chat was one of the boys of whom
rude boys speak as lied by mothers
apron strings" / was reared in q
barge city, and in a neighborhood
where there was large number of
boys Many of these seemed to have
or to take their own way; few of us
Mere kept under parental guidance
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30

IT the pigs are on clover they will
need no food except at night, and al
though they may not fatten very fast,
they will grow rapidly. The nights
meal. however. should be complete.
and should be composed of ground
oats. four parts (by weight); corn meal.
one part; middlings three parts; bran.
two parts, inseed meal. one part with
little salt. Feed it as slop, with skim
milk, aud If milk is not procnrable
scald the mixture. and give each pig all
il can eat
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30

The Ameyican angler asks: do
Holsters shrink in boiiing?" No. never:
They don't shrink until they are made
up into salad, and then they shrink so
much that you can not for the life Of
you tell whether they have evePorated
or turned into lettuce.-PUck
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30

"A Canadian claims to have found
a piece of tarbed wire in q hens egg
recently.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-09-30

Albany. N. Y. Is tao Oldest towt
IN the old thirteen colonies.
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Mr.. Blaine is building q new
house at Bar HarbOr, and the root
is SAID TO have twenty-three val
lcys and fifteen bids.


The habit of administering quinine in
powerful doses, as antidote to malarial mala-
dies, was once dangerously common. Hap
PLY this practice has undergone wide re
form. Not only the public, but professional
men have adopted, not wholly, of cour,e
but largely. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as 9
safe botanic substitute for the perniciops al.
kaloid. The consequences OF this change are
most important. Nov fever and ague suffer.
ers are cqred-formerly their complaints
were only for the time relieved, or half cured
the remedy eventually falling to produce
any appreciate effect, except the doses were
increased. A course OF the Bitters, persis.
family 70 lowed, breaks up the worst attacks
and prevents their return. The evidence in
favor of this sterling specific and household
medicine is Of no ambiguous character hui
positive and satisfactory, and the sources
whence it proceeds are very numerous.
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Keeping Farm Accounts.

If"Dr." and Ger" sides bother
you on a cash account or all &C.
counts, head the one side "Moneys
Paid Out" and the other "Moneys
Taken In" Saturday night tran
scribe all the weeks items in the
cash book on to the proper ac-
counts in what l shall call the
ledger. This will be a long, thick,
but narrow book, as you will find
it easier to have the two sides OF
accounts on opposite pages. Double
entry bookkeeping will prove too
hard. In the ledger you will want
to keep a number of accounts, but
the two of the most Importance are
to be headed EARN" and SFami'
ly." Let farm account be first OF
all, and thirty or forty pages fur
Their along begin family account.
On the farm account credit the
farm with everything 1t brings IN
on the opposite page debit 1t with
everything paid out for it.
This account will have many
items not on the cash account
such as labor in the fields, repairs
to machinery, implements, fences,
buildings, etc., credits of poultry,
eggs, butter, ETC., exchanged fol
groceries, of wheat exchanged fol
-four. of produce consumed by the
family, etc.
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There is no remedy and assist
ant so easily ami cheaply obtained,
so harmless TO the fowls, and so
satisfactory IN its results MS sui
phur. 1t being in the system Of
animals to n small degree, there is
q greater affinity for it than there
otherwise would be. 1t can be adj
ministered to the fowls by having
it in n small box, so they can help
themselves, or by mixing 1t with
their food once week, or rs often
rs there are indications of vermin.
Penetrating as 1t does, TO every
part of the system, all parasites
are quickly and surely destroyed;
also gapes are said TO be prevent
ed in chickens. Fowls need it
more than most animals, their
feathers containing between four
and five per cent. OF sulphur. Their
eggs also have q small quantity,
which is noticed by the discolor-
ing of silver spoon when it comes
in contact with 4 boiled egg. An-
ply externally to the fowls when
on the nest; to the nest Itself, or
mixed with the soil in the busting
box it is equally efiicacious i drs-
troying vermin.
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scratches and Grease Heel,

Scratches, grease heel and all
similar complications come direct
ly from not taking proper care Of
the horses feet and limbs. Farm
horses most especially are allowed
to stand too long after usage with
the mud adhering to them. This,
though, is no more prevalent than
allowing horses to stand in I'M
clean stables, where the manure is
perhaps not thrown out more than
once a week. The ammonia arts,
ing from the termeDting manure is
not only injurious to the general
health Of the animals, but it is one
of the most prolific causes of grease
heel, cracked quarters, etc. The
stable should be cleaned at least
night and morning, and the horses
should not be allowed to stand in
their dirt after being used any
longer than necessary fol the mud
and sweat to dry.
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Role Beans.

Growing as l do over five hum
dred hills OF Lima and caseknife
beans, and always having an abund-
ant crop, l will give my method of
culture. Have the ground heavily
MANFRED and deeply plowed early
in the season, Just before planting.
l never plant beans, especially
Llmas, until all danger Of frost is
past, and the ground is considera-
bly warmed. They are about the
most tender class CT vegetable we
have to grow; often a cold rain af-
ter planting will so chill the seed
as to cause 1t 10 como up weakly
and grow poorly the whole season.
open with the pillow just as deep
o furrow as l can, where | intend
planting my seed this l fill with
thoroughly rotted manure, turn
back part of the soil, and thorough
ly incorporate it with the manure;
then / set the poles about three
feet apart in the rows, and four
feet between the rows, driving
thom well in the ground seven
feet out Of the ground is high
enough for them. Around the base
of each, plant six or seven seeds,
eyes down, which, if the seeds are
good, will vegetate every time.
When about six inches high, l thin
out the weak plants, leaving only
three or four plants, which are sut-
fclent. AS soon as the vines begin
to run" | tie them TO the poles
with a cotton string; this not only
brings thom up TO the poles, but
also keeps the wind from loosen
ing them before they have got a
firm hold. 1 often give them a
second tying, if they should re-
quiro it, after they are four or five
feet high this insures them cover
ing the poles evenly, and better
exposing the pods to the sun-a
necessity in order to insure early
and perfect development. As soon
as the tops of the poles are reach
ed, cut off the ends of the shoots,
which induces the concentration OF
the plants energies in the forma-
ton and filling of the pods. 1
have never seen a failure when the
above method ofculture was adopt
de, if the seeds were good.-Cor.
Country Gentleman.
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FARM AND HONE.
Facts About Bees Worth Know
ing.

Queens over two years old are
apt 10 become barren, and should
be superseded with one greater
vigor and more prolific
A stock of bees destitute Of q
queen will usually protect their
drones, hence we advise all who
desire to save their drones, known
10 be pure, to place them In a
queenless colony of bees.
Never smoke your bees unneees-
sarily, and only when it becomes
necessary to perform some needed
operation, such as artificial swarm
ing, introducing queen or the
like, and then only barely enough
to make them submissive and east
ly handled.
1t is we'll known fact that colo
ny of bees cannot long exist with
out q queen, and she must be such
an one as has met q drone and be-
come fortified IN order to lay eggs
that will produce worker bees ;
these are essential to the welfare
of the whole colony. The queen il
prolific, is capable of laying two
or three thousand eggs daily dur
ing the honey harvest. Just in the
same ratio as the eggs are deposited
in the cells by the queen, so they
will hatch out and become full
grown bees in twenty-one days.
All worker bees have q business
end possessed with a sting for pro-
per defense, and never become &C.
tive workers outside of the hive
until they are fourteen days old.
The young worker bees are not
ldlers IN the hive. To them belong
the duties of cleaning the cells as
we'll as to build queen cells and
rear your young queens when II
becomes necessary, which they al.
WAYS do, and fully understand all
the necessities and wants of the
colony, while they are under four
teen days old. Feeding the young
Iarvm also belongs to their labors
while they remain in the vicinity;
The drones are the male bees and
are only useful for mating with the
Young queens at swarmlng time,
which operation usually takes
place on the day the queen is FIVE
days old; however much depends
upon the state of the weather. II
requires twenty-four days to hatch
the drone from the egg and twenty
one for Matching the worker bee,
and only sixteen days for Matching
the queen.
If queen fails to meet drone
until she is twenty-one days old,
she is likely to become q drone.
laying queen, and should by all
means be superseded at once.
We are quite sure 1t is better to
use some comb foundation rather
than have empty frames for the
bees to commence work on, bur
would always prefer to save all
good combs in hives that have lost
the bees the past winter and make
up our artificial swarms, thus aid
ing the bees, materially in the saw
ing of valuable time and much
honey.
Always use a good bee tanner for
the purpose of tanning your bees
which will take all the fighting
disposition out Of them in less
than a mlnute.-J. NJ. Hicks, in
Rural World.
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REV. SYLvASUs COBR thus Vri.es i'll tn G
BosToN CHRISTIAN FREEMAN:--We wonld
BY no means recommend any kind of medi-
cine which we did not kRow to bogood-parv
ticularly for infants But of AIRS. WiRsl6w's
Soothing Syrup we can speak from knowl-
edge; in orr own fsmil y it has proved Il
blessing indeed, by giving an infant troubled
with collie pains, quiet sleep, and the parents
unbrokcn rest at night. Most parents can
appreciate these blessings. Here is an arti-
Gle which works to perfection, ard which
is harmless, for the sleeps which it affords
the infant is perfectly natural, and the little
cherub awakes rs 'bright as button" And
during the process of teething, its value is
inculculable. We have frequently heard
mothers say that they wouldnOt be without it
from the birth of the child ill it had finished
with the teething seige, on a-v considcra-
ton whatever. Sold by all druggists. %
cents bottle.
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Notes for Housekeepers.

CIstern water may be purified by
charcoal put in bag and hung in
water.
Powdered rice, sprinkled upon
Int and applied to fresh wounds,
will stop bleeding.
Whiting or ammonia in the water
Is preferable to soap for cleansing
windows or paint.
Coffee cake should BIO wrapped,
while warm, in napkin, and there
remain till cut.
In preparing fruit for canning,
use silver knife, so that the fruit
may not turn dark colored.
Buy bar soap by the quantity.
Keep it where it will dry, and it
will go much farther in using.
Prick potatoes before baking, so
that the air may escape, otherwise
they may burst in the oven.
Hot, dry fanneIs applied to the
face and neck Is very effective
remedy fora jumping toothache."
Brass utensils are often ruined
because the salt ana vinegar neces-
sary to their perfect cleansing are
forgotten.
Fruit or rust stains on table I'm
en- or other white cloths may be
removed by soaking IN weak So
luton of oxalic acid.
That the most effectual remedy
for Shiny and greasy drain pipes
Is copperas dissolved and left to
work gradually through the pipe.
No kitchen should be without
scales to test the integrity of things
purchased by weight and to meas
ure the quantity of various re-
cipes.
Lamp chimneys are easily clean
cd by holding them over the steam
from teakettle, then rubbing them
with a soft cloth, and finely polish
ing with paper.
Plaster of paris ornaments may
be eleansed by covering them with
q thick layer of starch, letting it
dry thoroughly, and then brushing
with a stiff brush.
1t is good plan to wrap cans Of
fruit IN newspapers and put them
away in a dark, cool place. The
wrapping in paper and keeping
dark Is said to prevent the bleach
ing of the fruit
Tin vessels rust and are often
worthless in a few weeks, because,
after washing, they are not set on
rho stove for moment, or in the
sun, to dry thoroughly before they
are put away.
a useful present for wake
full invalid is a soft silken bag
filled with pine cones or pine need
les; the latter. however, need re-
plenishing occasionally. They can
be embroidered with appropriate
notices.
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Ammonia.

Ammonia is cheaper than soap,
and cleans everything it touches.
A few drops in a kettle that is hard
to clean makes grease and stlcki-
ness fade away and robs the work
of all its terrors. Let 1t stand ten
minutes before attempting 10 scrape
off, and every corner will be clean.
1t cleans the sink and penetrateS
into the drain pipe. Spots, finger
marks on paint, disappear under
its magical influence. and 1t is
equally effective on floor and oil
cloth, though it must be used with
care on the latter, or it will lnjure
the polish, and keeps clean longer
than anything else. II the silver
be only slightly furnished, put two
tablespoonful of ammonia in q
quart OF hot gRter, brush the tarn-
ished article with it, and dry with
o channels. If badly dIseolored
they need O little whitening pre-
vlous to the washing. An old nail
brush goes into the cracks to polish
and brighten. For fine muslin
and delicate lace it Is invaluable,
as it cleans, without rubbing, the
finest fabrics. Put few drops IN
to your sponge bath in hot weather
and you will be astonished at the
result, as it lmparts GOODNESS to the
skin. Use it TO clean hair
brushes, and to wash any hair or
feathers to be used for beds or pill
lows. When employed in any
thing that is not especially solid,
use the waste water afterward TOR
tho house plants that are taken
down from their natural position
and immersed In a tub OF water.
Ammonia ls a fertilizer, and helps
to keep healthy the plants it
nourishes. In every way, IN iact,
ammonia is the house-ketner's
friend.-Baptist Weekly.
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Ii makes no difference what business you
are engaged in ; whether you are preacher
a merchant, mechanic, lawyer or n com.
mon laborer, you can't do your work vel
while you are half sick. Thousands try to
but ali in vain. How much better TO keeE
your organs in good order by taking Par,
ker's Tonic when YOU feel "a little out Of
sorts" 1t would be money in your pocket
One hour of good, rejoicing health is worth
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DIR. Hunter, whom Buckle reckons among
the chief benelactors Of manSind, speaking
of the blood, says; The functions of the rcd
globulcs is TO minister to the strength of the
system rather than to its repair. With
wholesome food and Browns Iron Tonic
anyone suffering with Indigestion, drowsi,
ness, dumb cmlls. or want of appetite, may
be restored to perfect health. 1t is the iron
that restores the fine color to the blood that
denotes perfect health. Price 81 per bottle
For sale by Carleton & Nash.
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During a serious run Of whooPing cough
az saltwater. n. Y, the physicians found
& Nash say that in all their experience they
They guarantee it to cure all coughs lespe-
ciallY chronic cases., Group, Asthma, and
Consumption.
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How He got q Position.

" applied for position in Il banking
house in Wall street six months ago, and al
though / proved my competency, they
would not take me. l had been down on
my luck and looked old and shabby. An
idea struck ne, ] got up new growth ofhair
with Parkers Hair Balsm, raised decent
suit of clothes, and applied again, and they
took me in Il minute So writes clerk
with $1,000 salary. The moral is plain.
Parkers Hair Ba!sam gives person new
face.
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Our readers are cautioned about buying
medicines which are not endorsed by some
well known druggist. Carleton & Nash have
made thorough study Of diseases, and after
:. careful investigation, and many practical
tests, positively ASSERTS that Acker's Blood
i;li,ir will cure all blood disorders, Kidding
the system Of lis impurities, and leaving it
strong, vigorous and healthy, they warrant
il, 1t is i certain cure for all skin diseases.
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An Erie street mother opened
the room occupied by her l2-year-
old son yesterday morning about
I o'clo ok and shouted: ~ have
called You three times" as a
jack any good?" was the drowsy
answer.-CIeveland Leader.
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Ruth Brown says twenty 10
twenty-five hens will produce
enough surplus poultry and eggs
10 pay an ordinary farmers gro
Gerry bill, and if the hens are man
aged just right they will pay fol
some other little things besides,
such as a pair or two OF little shoes,
a little hat, pair OF stockings, and
other things for the children. The
poultry yard Is a nice thing 10 fall
back on when other sources fail
and 1t IS better than running a
debt account at the store.