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Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-03-23

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poultry Notes,


IT is better for health slightly to un-
derfeed than to overfeed. 1t is folly to
surfeit fowls, with the idea that fatty
condition Of the body is essential to egg
production and vigorous offspring.
WHEN fowls are environed by four
blank walls and limited in space, their
food should not be too strong or fatten-
ing. By far too much corn is used by
poultrymen, and not enough of wheat.
EXPERIMENTS show that the maximum
cost of pound of chicken from the
shell to maturity, is five cents. After a
fowl reaches the limit of it's weight, it
will consume any amount of food and
not grain an ounce.
DON'T forget this roup recipe: A
tablespoonful each Of lard, crude petro-
leum and kerosene. Add ten drops of
carbolic acid. Shake the mixture well,
and inject two drops in each nostril and
six drops down the throat daily, using a
sewing machine can for the purpose.
Give it twice day in extreme cases.
THERE is nothing laying hen likes
better than a variety, not only in her
soft food, but in her grain. With bran
for the bulk of their morning food add
one day grounds oats, another ground
wheat, with always meat and vegetables,
if available, and the table scraps.
Wheat, oats, and barley form regular
grain diet, but corn, buckwheat, and
grass seeds make fine relishes.
THIS is the personal experience of an
Ohio poultry raiser with cross of a
Houdan cockerel on Plymouth Rock
pullet. She laid nineteen eggs; I set
them and got sixteen chicks, fourteen
of them being pullets. They were as
black as ravens, and had as handsome
combs as ever adorned the scalp of any
birds. kept pen OF ten that began to
lay at five and half months, and in the
last sixty-one days they laid 800 eggs.
[ feed in the morning, equal parts of
bran and corn meal in warmed butter
milk, cabbage at noon, and whole grain
at night. [ never let them out in bad
weather, but keep them busy at work on
cut hay
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enough related so be bEdded or grated
ON each other. The plum endures the
cold better than the peach, and the lat
ter fruit grown on plum stocks cen be
much more easily protected than when
grown on its own.
WHILE all are important and neces-
sary, and add not only to the value but
the appearance of the place, have the
garden, the flowers, the small fruit, the
truck patch, and the orchard all separate.
Better results at less cost can be secured
than if any or aid are grown together.
Plan each SO as to work to the best adj
vantage.
AS A remedy for the attacks of the
coddling moth, to be sprayed on the
trees, a fruit grower recommends the
following: Dissolve two ounces of
white arsenic in 100 gallons of water.
Then dissolve half pound of lye in
two gallons of warm water. Add the
I've mixture to the other and spray on
fifty trees, using a nozzle.
The real destructive agent Of Paris
green and London purple is arsenic.
Although these articles may be safely
handled, yet they should be used care
fully. Animals or fowls that eat food
over which they may have been busted,
OR eat portions that may have dropped,
will either die or be made very sick.
The article should always be tabled to
avoid mistakes
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
THE GARDEN.


Radishes are SO easily grown, and in
such abundance, that little need be said
as to methods. The principal thing is
to plant on early ground, and to have
the right varieties. None are earlier,
prettier, or better than the small, round,
scarlet kinds; but they are not so sala-
BILE, usually, as the long red scarlet.
The white Strasburgh is best for the
summer market, as it does not get so
strong nor pithy as the other kinds. AS
the chief sale, however, is in the earlier
part of the season, early ground and
quick acting fertilizers must be mainly
relied on to make this crop a paying
one.
Beets, like onions, are an all-summer
crop, and it will pay to have them in
plentiful supply for the market wagon
every day until late autumn, and then to
have goodly store laid by for winter
marketing. In the open ground they
may be sowed quite thickly and then by
pulling for market, as needed, they will
get sufficient thinning. Something may be
gained in earliness by starting plants in
moderate hot-bed and setting them
out when about three inches high. The
blood turnip heets are the only good table
sorts, and of these the Eclipse and
Egyptian are the earliest. In punching
beets for market strip off all dead or
yellow leaves, and wash the roots. Do
not cut off the tap-roots or make any in
cision that will cause them to bleed.
Radishes, also, should be washed, but
need no other preparation before tyirg
in bunches.-American Agriculturist.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
A TERRIBLE SIGHT.
Graphic Description of the. Destruction
of JOhnstown by the Flood

Graphic Description of the Destruction
of Johnstown by the Flood.
George Johnston, of Pittsburg, thus de-
scribes the coming of the flood:
81 had gone to Johnstown,'' said Mr.
Johnston, ito place couple of orders. I
had scarcely reached the town, about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, when l saw a.
bulletin posted up in front of the telegraph
office, al ound which quite crowd of men
had congregaeed
II pushed my way up and read that the
waters were SO high in the Conemaugh that
it was feared the three-mile dam. as it was
called, would give way. I knew enough
about Johnstown to feel that my life was
not worth snap once that dam gave way.
Although the Johnstown people did not
seem to pay much attention to the warning
was apprehensive, and so I hurried
through with my most urgent transactions
and started for the depot.
1.-The Conemaugh had then got SO high
that the residents of the low-lying districts
had moved into the upper stories A few
families had started for the surrounding
hills
depot when heard fea full roar up the
valley. It seemed at first like heavy
train OF cars, bat soon became too loud
and teri ible for that.
II boarded train, and as sat at the
car window sight broke before my view
that will remember to my dying day.
Away up the Conemaugh came yell
low wave whose crest was white and
frothy. Terrified as was I remember
feeling that was in the safest place and
sank back in seat.
When looked out again what had
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06

been the busy mill yards of the Cambria
Iron company was yellow, turbulent sea,
on whose churned current houses and barns
were riding like ships in a brook.
1.-THE water rushing upon tie molten
metal in the mills had caused deafening
explosions which, coupled with the roar
and grinding of the flood, made ter.ify-
ing din.
Turning to the other side and looking
on down the valley saw the muddy water
rushing through tae main streets of the
town. could see men and horses foun-
Gering about almost within call.
"Houss- tops were being filled with
white faced people, who chung to each
other and locked terror-stricken upon the
rising flood. 1t had all come so quickly
that none of them seemed to realize what
had happened.
''The conductor of my train had been
pulling frantically at the bell-rope, and
the train went spinning across the bridge.
l sat in my seat transfxed with horror.
Houses were spinning through beneath the
bridge, and | did not know at what
moment the structure would give way
und der the strain.
1.-THE conductor kept tugging at the
tell-rope and the train shot ahead again.
We seemed to fairly leap over the yellow
torrents. My heart gave pound of re-
lief when we dashed into the forest on the
hillside opposite the doomed town.
''As the train sped along at a rate of
speed that made me think the engineer had
gone mad / took one look back upon the
valley. What sight it was! - The popu-
lous valley for miles either way was a
seethjng, roaring caldron, through whose
boiling surface roofs of houses and the
stand-pipes of mills protruded. The
water was fairly piling up in a mill farther
up and | saw the worst had not yet come.
''Then l turned my eyes away from the
awful sight and tried not 10 even think
until Pittsburg was reached.
II can not see how it is possible for less
than 5000 lives to have been sacrificed in
Johnstown alone. At least two thirds of
the town was swept away. The water
came SO quickly that escape from the low
district was impossible. People retreated
to the upper floors of their residences until
the water had got too deep to allow their
escape.
when the big flood came the houses
were picked up like pasteboard boxes or
collapsed like egg-shells. The advance of
the flood was black with houses logs and
other debries SO that it struck Johnstown
with the solid force of battering ram
''None but eye-witnesses of the flood can
comprehend tbs size and awfulness as it
came tumbling, roaring down upon the
unprotected town.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
Hints to HOuSekeeners

To CLEAN a stove Of clinkers, put a
handful of salt into it during hot fire.
When cold remove the clinkers with a
cold chisel.
TO PURIFY the air in newly painted
room, put several tubs of water in it,
and the water will absorb great deal of
the smell. Milk will absorb more than
water.
LET wells be Abandoned; they are in
furious to the eyes. especially those of
Grape and those which are spotted or
figured, A veil should never be worn,
except - protect the eyes from dust or
sleet, and then for as short time as
possible.
KEEP the -four barrel raised a few
inches from the floor, SO that the air
may circulate underneath and prevent
dampness. Keep the barrel covered. If
barrels are not used, get nice, clean
box with Dover, and empty the -four
from the sack as soon as opened. Flour
absorbs as quickly as milk and butter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Shirt and Collar Polish.

LAM dry polish for shirts, collars and
cuffs, ETC., is made in the following
manner: Dissolve on slow fire one
ounce of white wax and two ounces of
spermaceti with one large tablespoonful
OF salt. Turn into wet cup to cool.
Make boiled starch as usual, cooking
slowly for twenty minutes, and for every
tablespoonful Of dry starch used put in
a lump of the preparation the size of
cherry. Use NO cold starch and do not
sprinkle. When the starched pieces are
dried, lay them in wet towel for two
hours, and with rough polishing iron
bring out the gloss.-Good Housekeep-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
FROM CAMBRIA CITY,
Only Dozen Houses Left in the Thri
ing Pennsylvania Town.

Only Dozen Houses Left in the Thriv-
ing Pennsylvania Town.
At Cambria City, Pennsylvania, there are
probably dozen houses in what was a
thriving manufacturing town but a few
hours ago.
No estimate can be formed of the amount
OF damage, but the probable loss of life is
terrible. There at present fifty lives
known to have been sacrificed, and hun
dreds of people are homeless The cold,
raw weather is particularly severe on those
who are without shelter, and no means of
relief are at hard as the trains cannot
reach here from either west or east.
Everything possible is bein done for the
sufferers. Communications with the GU ter
world has been cut OIL, and only temporary
accommodate on can be had.
Some place the damage to property at
from ST., 900, 0OO,to $50, 600, 900, but until
the excitement Gains down it is impossible
to form anv correct estimate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
THE STOCK-RANCH.
The Heifer's First Calf.

If heifer is herself spring calf, it
is not generally best to allow her to
breed, SO as to drop calf much before
she is two years old. But, if she was
herself born in the fall, she may be bred
when nine or ten months old, thus. drop
ping calf when she is eighteen or
nineteen months old. There is a gen
eral idea that heifer's first calf is not
worth raising. Possibly for making
beef breed it may not. but some of the
best COWS | have ever known were thus
bred. Jersey COWS are noted for their
earliness in coming to breeding age. In
the warm climate of their island home
they breed at an early age, and this helps
to explain not only their small size, but
their acknowledged excellence for the
dairy. The vitality Of the young heifer
is SO soon diverted to milk production
that it becomes the most imp ortant func-
ton in the animal economy
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
Value of a Good Brood Sow.

The beginner, in raising improved
hogs, is inclined to think that he must
purchase good sized herd to commence
with, in order to compete with some of
his friends who are already in the bust
ness. He does not realize that good
SOW will soon give him all the stock he
wants, or that he must work into the
business by degrees. We have in mind
a young man who purchased SOW and
eight pigs for high price. The bar
rows and SOW sold for enough the next
autumn to pay the first cost, and the stock
increased the next summer to nineteen
brood sows. In another instance pure
bred sow was purchased, and the second
year two hundred dollars worth Of pigs
were sold and eleven young sows re-
served for the future. Quality is far
more important than numbers at the
start. With care and skill good herd
can soon be secured, while without
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
THE KITCHEN.
Cake.

One cup OF sugar, one half cup Of
butter, one-half cup of sweet milk,
whites of four eggs, two cups of flour,
one and one half teaspoons Of baking
power, flavor to taste. Use yolks in
stead of the whites if yellow color is
desired.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
Tomato Scum.

Take pint of canned tomatoes, or
four large raw ones, cut up fine, add
one quart of boiling water and let them
boil then add one teaspoon of soda,
when it will foam; imme diately add one
pint OF sweet milk, pepper, salt, and
plenty of butter. When this boils add
eight small crackers rolled fine, and
serve.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
Sliced Apple Pie.

Line pie pan or plate with crust,
sprinkle with sugar, fill with tart APP
pies, sliced very thin; sprinkle sugar
and very little cinnamon over them,
and add few small bits of butter and
tablespoonful of water, dredge in -four,
cover with the top crust, and bake about
three-quarters Of an hour; allow four or
five tablespoonfuls Of sugar to one pie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS.
INSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.
Stock Breeder, Bee-kecper, Housewife,
and Kitchen Maid.
THE FARM.
Learn to Graft.

Every farmer should himself under
stand grating, and be able practically
to do it. The art is simple and easily
learned. 1t may not always pay the
farmer to do all the large jobs of graft
ing that he has to do, since his own time
may be worth more at something else.
But it is the little jobs, the setting Of
half dozen CRAFTS not worth sending
for a professional CRATER to do, that
thus are neglected from year to year,
simply because no one is at hand quail
fed to do the work Professional graft
ers make good wages setting CRAFTS at SO
much apiece Most of them have an as
sistant who saws off the limb to be
grated, while the CRATER fits the scion
to the cleft which he makes, and covers
the wound to exclude air. This and
connecting the scion with the outer
wood of the branch is all the art there
is i'm grating
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
horticultural Hints.

EITHER red clover alone or clover and
orchard grass are the best to use in
seeding down the orchard. But do not
be in too much of a hurry to seed down
unless the soil is rich and in good filth,
and the trees have made good healthy
growth.
TE7 peach ard plumb are nearly
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-06
Ginger Cake.

One cup of brown sugar, one cup Of
cold water, one-half cup of butter, one
cup of molasses, one heaping teaspoon
full of soda, one quart of sifted -four,
and one heaping teaspoonful of ginger.
A little salt must be added unless salt
butter is used. Bake we'll in quick
oven. By steaming two hours this re-
cipe will answer for padding. Serve
with sweet sauce.
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Choking of Cattle.

A writer in the National Stockmaas
says: valuable animal is often lost by
swallowing an apple or a potato. A
common way to treat the difficulty is to
attempt to push the obstruction down
into the stomach by using a whipstock
or something similar for the same pur-
pose. A neighbor lost valuable COW
by half of an apple lodging in the
throat, with the Tat side down. The
above remedy was restored to and proved
"a failure, but produced Inflammation,
iniuring the parts and causing death in
three days. A similar case occurred in
which COW had potato lodged in the
gullet. All attempts by pressure upon
the surface Of the throat were unavail-
ing. An experienced person advised
that well-twisted band Of straw be
placed in the mouth and over the head,
then to take warm water, with salt enough
to make it briny, and pour it into the
animals throat. This was done, and
she Immediately commenced coughing
violently, and the obstruction was i'm
mediately thrown out, after she had suf-
fered three days. Another case was re-
lieved by the animal rearing upon it's
hind feet and making a desperate effort
to jump forward, which dislodged the
obstruction. Either coughing or jump
ing will prove more successful than
other ordinary modes Of treatment.
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proper attention the best stock will soon
deteriorate. A new breeder must secure
the confidence of the public before pur-
chasers will trust him with ORDERS.
When SOW has proved herself valua-
BILE and her pigs sell readily for good
prices, she is worth saving from year to
year as long as she produces good litters
american Agriculturist.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-20
NOT YET SETTLED.
The Police Salary Case Partially Argued
in the Supreme Court,

The Police Salary Case Partially Argued
in the Supreme Court.
The police salary case was argued in De-
partment Two of the Supreme Court yes
terday. Judge Armstrong Of the Superior
Court some time since ordered a writ of
mandamus TO issue compelling the City
Trustees to levy special tax sufficient to
pay the salaries of the ten additional police
officers. From this judgment the Trustees
appealed to the Supreme Court.
Grove L. johnson, in presenting the mat
ter to the Supreme Court yesterday on be-
half of the Trustees, vigorously attacked
the conshtutionality of the Act of the last
Legislature authorizing the Police Com
missioners to increase the police force from
ten to thirty members. Heargued that the
Act was an amendment TO the city charter
and under the Constitution was special leg
islation.
Counsel for the officers, Messrs. benson
and Blanchard argued point that was moi
made in the Superior Court-namely, that
the Police Commissioners do not, nor doe:
the police force, exercise municipal func
TONS but that the Commission is depart
ment created by the State as means o.
conserving the public peace, and is organ
lied and established by the Legislature I'M
der the general public power of the State.
Justice Thornton asked if the Supreme
Court had not decided several times thai
an old city charter could not be amended
by a special Act.
Mr.. johnson contended that it had Sc
decided, but counsel on the other side con
tended to the contrary, and that the ques
ton was 4 new one.
Respondent was then allowed to file hi
brief, and appellant was given fifteen day
to reply, the cause to be thereupon sub
mitted.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-20

The Supreme Court Rebukes an Attor-
ney for Trifiing With 1t.
Moses Kelly was convicted in Yolo
county of malicious mischief, in putting a
poisonous substance into watering-trough
with intent that the same should be taken
and swallowed by horses, dogs and other
animals. He was refused new trial, and
appealed to the Supreme Court, which yes
terday rendered an opinion affirming the
judgment. The Court, in its opinion, SAYS:
THE appellant contended that the infor-
nation does not state that the crime was
committed in Yolo county. The making
of such point is trifing with the Court.
The next point made is that the informa-
ton does not charge crime; and here we
are treated to a long dissertation upon the
fact that poison is found in large number
of substances used for food and for medi-
cine for both man and beast. But there
can be no misunderstanding Of what the
statute means when it uses the term poi
sonous substance The offense is charged
in the language of the statute, and the
charge is sufficient.
ut is also claimed that the evidence was
insufficient to justify the verdict. Much of
the evidence was ClrcumStantlal, but this,
taken in connection with the direct evil
dence, made out very strong case against
the defendant. There was no error in the
ruling of the Court in the admission of tes-
timony, or in refusing to strike out portions
that had been given.
"A point is also made upon the fact that
the charge and conviction is for malicious
mischief, while the judgment is one of i'm
prisonment in the State Prison. The judg-
ment is fully authorized by section 500 OF
the Penal Code, under which the informa-
ton ia filed"
The opinion was written by Justice Fox.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-20
MUIR AGAIN.

This Time He is up for Disturbing Mrs.
Crocker's Peace.
Barney Muir, the pickle manufacturer,
was the drawing card at the Police Court
again yesterday in his usual role of defend
ant in disturbance case.
Muir's last appearance was about week
ago, when he was found guilty and fined
for trying to clean out bad-debt collector
Office. On that occasion he conducted his
own defense, made stump speeches, and
conducted himself generally in such q
ridiculous manner as to keep the specta.
tors, the Judge, and Court officials in con.
vulsions of laughter.
The fact that Muir was to be in Court
again induced great crowd of idlers to
brave the elements yesterday and occupy
the spectators benches.
They were not disappointed.
The prosecuting witness was Mrs
Croker, Muir's housekeeper. She testified
that on Monday morning Muir called her
vile names, kicked her, and tore her cloth
ing-all because she had staid out all
night. Muir then cross-examined the wit
ness in his own inimitable way. Between
his sentences he would giggle and laugh
| outright, and then again would be all seri-
business. He fawned upon the witness and
csioled her until she, too, was wreathed in
smiles, and admitted that he was not so
bad fellow as she had previously thought
he was. Then Muir moved for a dismissal
of the charge against him.
The City Attorney interviewed Mrs
Crocker on the subject and found that her
vindictiveness had wholly vanished. All
she wanted, she said, was the privilege OF
| going to Muir's house and getting her
clothing unmolested. After another conf
cal stump speech, Muir agreed to this and
Judge Buckley ordered the case dismissed