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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
THE STOCK-RANCH.
Digestion and Health of Animals

Many things affect the digestion of
animals, as we'll as of men. A sudden
change of food will derange it. SO will
excessive eating, giving the stomach
more than It can dispose of. Excessive
drinking of water will do the same thing
as when water is long way off and
hard to get, and the animal gets very dry
before reaching it, as it will under such
circumstances. Getting overheated or
worried, or being suddenly chilled and
getting cold, thus throwing upon the
bowels the duties that ought to be per-
formed by the skin, will disturb and de-
range the digestive organs. The proper
temperature of the system is fraction
over SO degrees Fahrenheit. Anything
that sends the system much above this
will cause costiveness, feverishness, and
thirst; or much below will cause chills,
torpid action of the bowels and loose
ness. The reaction in both cases may
be the opposite of the original disturb
Ing conditional sort of vibration be-
tween the two extremes, as the pendu-
lum, thrown out of balance in one direc-
tlon passes the line of equilibrium in
the other. swinging to and fro until a
permanent condition of equilibrium is
established. Hence, animals should be
cared for as much as we care for our
selves. They should have proper food
and proper drink; and the food should
contain the different elements in the
right proportions, as we'll as be album
dant and in constant supply, SO as to
avoid fasting at one time and gorging at
another; and the water should be album
dant, clean, and easily accessible. Salt
should be constantly kept where ami
mails get lick of it when they desire,
as then they will never get too much.
They should be provided with shelter
from the hot sun and the cold storm, so
that they can obey their own instincts
and feelings by seeking the shelter
when they need it. They should not be
worried or frightened by dogs or any
thing else. In short, they should always
be kept in quiet, normal condition,
end be cared for by the owner in COM
nonsense way, as he cares for his own
animal needs.-PrGcticGJ Farmer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
horticultural Notes.


THE grape is the oldest fruit of which
we have any knowledge.
THE best way to preserve apples is to
keep them exposed to the heir.
DowNING's rule for setting out trees
was: Plant thick but thin quick.
- The more trees you plant for shelter,
the more tender trees you can plant.
New land is best adapted to the growth
of berries. Constant cultivation also is
desideratum.
A VETERAN horticulturist Of Illinois
says: I'VE have worked hard to get
through the hog and hominy' period;
We want something for beauty now"
ASIDE from the question of how to
raise crop and how to market it, the
question of good country roads is the
most important one with which the hor<
ticulturist has to deal. r. Bryant.
CLEAN out the seeds of beans, beets,
and peas, put them in wooden bags, with
a small piece of gum camphor in each
bag. Hang the bags in dry place, and
occasionally shake them up during the
winter.
RATHER than shoot the birds that are
troublesome in vineyards, a writer in
OrchUrd and Garden advises the ex-
plosion Of fire. crackers under the vines,
boys being employed to ire off the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
Court Life at The Hague.

The court and the capital at The
Hague, which is city of about one
hundred and forty thousand inhab-
itants, are not much frequented BIZ
foreign visitors, owing their lacking in
general gayety and those lavish enter
tainments which are considered to be
indispensable features, and which ex-
ercise such fascinating attraction in a
contin entail capital. B. the side Of the
current run OF such things elsewhere,
Dutch court life and society are pro-
nounced by the elite of the fashionable
world to be absolutely dull in their dis
tingushing homelike plainness and
narrowness. Necessarily a court pre-
sided over by an aged king and queen,
ii their tastes reign, must be forbidden
ground for extravagant festivities, and
as the staid character of the people,
with the quietude which must accom-
pany the capital Of such people, are
really not calculated to ofer anv very
lively field for frolicking, so it is not
astonishing on the whole if outsiders
are wont to give them the CODY
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
THE KITCHEN.
Graham Cake.

One cup of brown sugar, one cup of
sour cream, two eggs, two cups ofGra-
ham -four. one teaspoonful of soda, a
little salt and cinnamon if liked. If
the cream is not sour, use less soda. Do
not stir too stiff
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
Corn Meal Pancakes.

One pint of fine corn meal, four table
spoonfuls Of wheat flour one quart of
milk, three eggs, pinch of salt. Mix the
meal and -four with the milk, beat the
eggs very light and add them. Bake on
hot griddle and serve hot with fresh
lint
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Orchards.


The other day We heard an old Or
chardist talking. AS he spoke we jotted
down these words: [ have been at this
work fifty years. OF all the abused
things on the farm the orchard is the
worst. 1t is set out, then horn pruned
and barked. Two crops are taken from
the land and nothing given back.
Get good growth of clover, and you
say: Come, boys, that is good clover;
We will put il: in the barn. You put
nothing back, and the ground is dry and
cracks because it has no shade. oh.
yes! you want the trees to shade each
other, SO YOU plant them close, and they
rob each other of what little nourish-
ment there is left in the land for them
after being cropped. Plant apple trees
two rods apart, and in five years their
roots will meet.
Plant al orchard ON new ground.
Plant the trees-then take care of them.
Give them some manure. They want
shade, and protection. Wind from root
to branches with straw, paper, OR Wire
screen.
Most orchards are set out and seeded
to blue grass. Show me an orchard that
has been out six years that is not matted
down with blue grass Sod. Then you 60
back and expect to find applest Why
don't you care for your orchard care
for it as you do for yoar corn? If a man
should abuse his wife as he does his or
chard she would get a divorce, and she
would be entitled to one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
Agricultural Notes.

Do NOT sell off your surplus hay or
straw~yet, oryou may find yours elf short
of supply before the winter is over.
The amountto be retained depends on
she condition of the stock and the
severity of weather between now and
spring.
Do NoT'he afraid to open the doors
and windows of the cellar ON clear days.
1t is much better to have pure air in the
cellar than to keep it too close and
damp. When the cellar is musty and q
disagreeable odor noticed the entire
hon6e is likewise affected.
WHEN manure is spread ON the ground
at this season it should be on heavy
soil, las the meter leached out Will not
be Iost,~but on very light, sandy soil it
it better to supply the manure in the
spring. Where the rains have ten
dency to wash the land; Ia loss of soluble
matter will result, and in applying ma
nure the lay of the land should always
be considered.
THE most disagreeable thing on the
farm in winter is mud, and, although it
cannot be entirely avoided, yet some of
its disadvantages may be overcome by
carefully draining every location that
allows an excess of waiter to accumulate.
Wu6u Ino CdoC1o dIo OOM pollou No SLduu
knee deep in mud there is loss of ami
NAL heat, and q greater proportion of
food will be required to keep them in
condition.
DRAINING the soil with tiles greatly
assists In preventing the damage some
times done by frost in freezing the
ground and throwing up the plants.
The soil that has been drained is
warmeffn winter, and the plants grown
on it start off early ia the spring. Work
can be done more easily on a we'll
drained soil, and the cost of drainage is
but small amount if the land has
slight fall.
A FARMER of many years experience
gives in the Farm and Home some of
the many causes OF the deficient hay
crop. He says it is the close cut of
the moving machine and the dull
knives pulling up the grass roots; also
the scratching and narrowing of the re-
morseless wheel rakes held down to get
the last spear, followed by the close
pasturing in the fall. Moral: Raise up
the cutter bar and keep sharp knives for
the good of the team, if nothing else.
Above all things keep off stock in the
fall Also use top dressing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
Dairy Notes.

A GOOD cow lis often spoiled by care
lessness.
TREAT heifer as we'll or better than
an old COW.
FEEDERS have found 100 pounds of
buttermiik 10 equal half q bushel of corn
for feeding hogs.
MILK heifer as long as possible after
the first calf, as the milking period"
made the first year generally holds good
for life
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
RURAL TOPICS,
INFORMATION FOR THE HUSBAND
MAN AND HOUSEWIVES.
Some Practical Suggestions for the Farmer,
Stock Breeder, Poulterers Nurseryman,
a@td Housekeeper.
THE FARM
Warmth of the Subsoil.

Every farmer who has had experience
in understanding knows that one of its
chief advantages consists in the gueater
warmth thereby impaired to the subsoil.
The presence of water in the soil chills
it, and all the more if it be stagnant, be-
cause then little or no outside air comes
in contact with it. Farmers say, and
truly, that wnderdrained soils are cold. ;"
By the removal ofthe water the warmer
air ofAsmmmer is admitted to the sub
soil, thus increasing it's temperature.
True, this drained land freezes deeper
in winter. This greater depth of frost
expands it, and as it thaws i'm spring,
the soil does not fall back to it's former
place, Fbut remains open and is filled by
air gradually warmed as the season ad-
vanoes. Any one who has tried it knows
how difficult it is to waruM downward.
When hessurfacc soil is heated by the
sun IN summer, digging down six or
eight inches she soil will feel much
cooler.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07

before, there max be, loss on not feed
ing up to the full apacity OF the cow.
My COW ration la st year cost me good
deal of money, AMI the COWS paid good
profit, but want to sec by increasing
the feed and Watching the churn, if I
have mot been feeding at loss, that is,
If i could not make a greater profit by
giving beJtert ratioaa.
Last summer [ turned my COWS into a
field of cow peas, and it Was remark
able how they increased in their butter
yield. THAT experience illustrates what
| mean by feeding at a loss. Any one
hooking at those COWS before they were
turned into the pea-feld would have
said they were we'll fed and contented,
andeso they were; but being better fed
they paid better profit. We can't al
ways have a pea-feld for the cows, but
we can have a rich grain feed, and if
they will utilize 5t in the right way, it
will pay to feed it.
We ought to keep our COW mills run
ming up to their full capacity; if they
can be made to yield an extra fifty
pounds of butter by giving extra feed,
the only question is, will the butter pay
for the feedg With the right kind Of
COW, 1 think it will, and even if we wear
the cow mill out a little sooner, we will
still have q greater and quicker profit.
But COW made for the purpose of Civ
ing milk, will not wear out any sooner
if worked up to her limit of capacity; it
is only when forced yield is attempted
that injury results.
Here again breedtells; the pure bred
COW will eat, digest, and turn to good
account more feed than the scrub, be-
cause that is one of the points that has
become inherent, and makes it easy for
her to do work that is impossible for the
scrub.
We can feed more by feeding variety;
COWS are like ourselves, they like a
change of food. At present prices we
have bran, middlimgs, corn meal, cotton
seed meal, oats, and linseed meal avail
able, and from these feeding stuffs we
can make more change for the COWS,
and more change in our pockets--A- L..
Crosby enc Eagma, Field, aaed Stock
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
Hints to Housekeepers.

SALT pork sprinkled with red pepper
is excellent for sore throat.
THE luster of morocco is restored bv
vanishing it with the white of an egg.
Apply with sponge.
MARBLE should always be washed
with ammonia and water, rather than
with soap and water.
IF brooms are wetted in hot suds once
a week, they will last much longer, and
always sweep like new broom.
A SURE and safe way to remove grease
spots from silk is to rub the spot quickly
with brown paper; the friction will soon
draw out the grease.
To CURE felons, mix one ounce of
Venice turpentine with one ounce of
water, stir with rough stick until thick:
then wrap good coating of it around
the finger with cloth. Another method
is to wrap the part affected with linen
cloth dipped in tincture of lobelia.
RUST can be removed from steel as
follows: Rub the article with kerosene
oil and leave it to soak for day, Then
procure fine flour of emery and mix with
kerosene oil and scour the surface,
finishing with rotten stone. To preserve
from rust, heat the steel and rub parafine
on it, and when cold, polish with cloth
dipped in paraffine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Good Coffee-Making.

"To make good Coffee" writes an ex-
pert on the subject, I'VE must have the
proper Or pure article. What is called
Mocha coffee, that is the best kind in
this country, has only an imaginary re-
lation with pure Mocha, and is the sifted
residue of of Yemen, and other Arabian
districts. Compared with the prices of
pure and unmixed Mocha must at least
be sold from $1.20 to $3.50.
Coffee making is more complicated
affair than tea and could not be easily
conveyed in recipe. The coffee must
have brownish color, which is gained
by the proper process of roasting. A
roasting kettle must be kitchen uten-
sill in every family, as it is in Turkey.
The fire must be moderate SO that it
might be roasted very slowly and must
be taken away when it assumes an am
Der brown color, and Immediately spread
on a table or cloth. Coffee must be
roasted day by day Or at least once in
two days. If, after roasting, it is kept
long, the flavor will most certainly dis
sipate. Therefore, when yet slightly
warm, it must be reduced to impalpable
powder, not by grinding but by powder
ing-a stone mortar always preferred
the powder must be kept air tight in a
jar, mot in paper bags.
In making coffee we must obtain two
thing s-+strength and flavor. It is evil
dent that to obtain the first it must be
boiled, but by hard and long boiling the
flavor is lost; this difficulty must be sur
mounted then by a double process, one
thorough cooking and one slight; by the
first q strong infusion is obtained, and
by the second the same infusion is flaw
Holy la
according to the number of cups you
want to make. Put in this pam a good
sizod teaspoonful of the pounded coffee
for each cup, and place it over slow
fire with out water. Let it fume a mo-
ment; pour on this, without taking away
from the fire, boiling water; in few
moments the froth rises, take it from the
fire instantly, turn into the cups and
drink
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-07
Mustard.

Only the best mustard is worth having,
but the authorizations and tricks of pre-
papation are SO many that the best is
hard to get Much depends ON the
method of preparation. When good
mustard is carefully ground and SO care
fully sifted that only 80 to 40 per cent.
of the weight is saved as table mustard,
a first class article is the result. Some
poor stuff made from the rejected halls
is sold, with cayenne pepper added to
give it bite Mustard is largely
adalterated by admixtures of turmerie
and corn meal. Generally, the quality
of mustard can safely be judged by it's
price. and the cheapest is really the
dearest. The yellow English mustard
is best for table use. California mus
tard is SO rich in oil that some of the
oil is expressed before the mustard is
sold to prevent it from becoming rancid
hence it's unsatisfactory quality.
Brown mustard is mostly used in medi-
cal practice House keeping.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-08-16
Stephen A. Douglas Bon.

IL is not generally known that q son
of Stephen A. Doupas, of Illinois was
born in North Carolina, but such was
the case. When the keen Vermonter
had won over the Illinois Democracy to
send him to Cong ess in lS43. he was
but 20 years of age. There the Little
Giant met Representative David s.
Reid, of North Carolina. Reid was
born April 10, 1918, and Douglas April
20, 1918. They were the infants OF the
Twenty-eighth Congress and warm
friendship sprang up between them.
As result of their acquaintance
Douglas married kinswoman of Reid,
Miss Martha Martin, the daughter Of
a wealthy North Carolina planter.
The son referred to--Robert NJ Dou.
glas-was bora within thirty miles of
where he now lives, at Greensboro.
In physical appearance he bears con-
siderable resemblance TO his noted
father, though rather slight. lie has
also inherited his share of brains. AT
the age of nineteen he was Private
Secretary to the Governor of North
Carolina during the first four years of
President Grants administration was
his civilian sec retarv. In 1872 he was
appointed Marshal of North Carolina
which position he held for many years.
He is now practicing law.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-08-16
WROTE TO HARRISON.

p. G. MacCourt, now of the Custom
House, and lately of the Treasury De-
partment at Washington, does not
propose to submit to summary dismis-
sal from the Government service with
out struggle.
He is Democrat, and was appoint
ed under Mr.. Clevelands Administra-
ton to.a place as messenger in the
Treasury. Then he passed non-com-
petitive examination for promotion,
and was made clerk in the Auditors
Department. Subsequently he was
transferred to the Custom House here,
and was assigned to duty in the Liquid
ating Bureau, where he has been ever
since.
On the 3rd day of this month he re-
ceived letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury dismissing him from the
service in the usual form in which such
letters are sent. MscCourt, however
did not like this, and Immediately upon
receipt of his notice of his dismissal he
wrote Mr.. Window as follows:
have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your favor of the third inst,
only receiyed this morning, and in
which you inform me that my services
as clerk in class K in the Office of the
Auditor of the Treasury for the p. o.
Department will not be required from
and after the Is inst.
protest against this action of yours
as at once illegal and unjust Illegal
because am under the protection of
the Civil Service law, of which your
action is, in my opinion, and think in
that of the public, a flagrant violation,
and unjust because for the last four
years ! have been faithful and dill.
gent employee of the Treasury Depart
ment, earning from my chiefs the high
est encomium.
Three years ago did clerical duty
for $40 per month, my republican
friends doing similar duty receiving
double the salary under the protection
of the Democratic Administration. If
| am to be victim of my dem )cratio
principles, then sir allow me to inform
you that the hand that writes this will
not fail to make a public example of
those sworn TO uphold the law, the
sacred majesty of which is violated in
my humble person.
After affixing his signature to this
somewhat remarkable communication,
he determined to lay the matter before
the President, and on the 7th be wrote
Mr.. Harrison as follows, addressing
the letter TO Bar Harbor:
As an Irish-American citizen, one of
the race to which you owe your cleo
ton in this city and State, appeal to
you as Executive of the nation TO pro.
tect me under the Civil Service law
from arbitrary dismissal by your Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Yesterday Mr..
Window sent me a printed form dis
missing me from the Treasury Depart.
ment, being classified under the CIVIL
Service, and therefore, submit, not to
be dismissed without cause.
] have been for years in the service
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-08-16
AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY, PAL

OF the United States Government, two
of those years doing clerical work at
! $40 per month in the Assessment divi.
sion of Internal Revenue Department,
for which my republican friends doing
clerical work received double the
salary.
In this Office there were twenty-six
clerks, l being the only Democratic ap-
pointee, aud during those two years
not one of those twenty FIVE Republi-
can appointees was removed under Mr..
Cleveland's administration
therefore appeal to you, Mr.. Presi-
dent as the head Executive of the
Government, to protect me in my
rights and to request your Secretary Of
the Treasury to have me placed on the
roll of this Custom House, where l
have been in the Liquidating Division
for the last nine months, and refer to
my record as to how have discharged
my duty. Awaiting your reply, l
have the honor TO remain, very respect
fully yours, z. G. MAoCoURT.
Mr.. MacCourt came to this country
nineteen years ago, bringing with him
Rosa d'Erina, whom he adopted when
she was only ten years old, and whose
career he watched over until she was
married. He is now resting on his
oars, and all hands in the Custom
House, especially those Democrats who
are on the classified civil ser, ice list,
are admiriug his nerve and anxiously
waiting to see how these high Govern
ment officials will reply otbese unique
letters. World.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-08-16
Bow It Works.

Shortly after his Inauguration Presi
dent Harrison laid down the rule tba,
''the only way to get satisfaction ont
of pubic office is TO please yourself
while in it" Here is the family list OF
appointments. 1t indicates one way il
which brother Ben is "pleasing him
self aud getting satisfaction" out Of
the Office. A very rich list this is
/. The Presidents brother.
2. The Presidents brother-in-law.
8. The Presidents father-in law.
A. The Presidents sons father-in
law.
s. The Presidents wife's cousin.
6. The Presidents sons wife.
cousin.
7. The Presidents nephew.
8. The Presidents daughters broth,
er-in-law.
Q. The Presidents brothers son,
in-law.
10. The Presidents wife's niece's
husband.
IL. The Presidents sons father in
laws niece's husband.
~. The Private Secretsry's broth
er-in-law.
IS. The Secretary of States son.
IA. The Pension Commissioner
two daughters.
Is. The Indian Commissioners
wife.
10. The Indian School Superintend-
ents wife.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-08-16
A UDIToR's NOTICE.

Estate or Elias George, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned
appointed an auditor, by the Orphans Court OF
columbia County, TO make distribution OF the hal
ance In accountants hands TO and among the mar
ties enutled thereto, will attend at his office in
@ @DIoonsourg, on Thursday, the 18th day OF August
Wnere all persons having claims are required to
present them for allowance or be forever debarred
from coming In on said fund.
JOHN @. FBEEZE,
Vuiy isleSs-ta Auditor