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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30
POuLTRY.YARD ERRORS.

The Observance of Method and System
Beneficial ut All Times
Many errors are liable to occur with
beginners at poultry raising, for even
the veterans are not free from mistakes
at times. In selecting the breed
large majority pay greater regard to
color and shape than to more desirable
qualities. 1t is well to know that the
characteristics of the breeds should be
understood if no mistakes are to occur.
But. after a breeder has become per-
fectly familiar with all that pertains to
his choice of fowls, the common rOu-
tine of the poultry yard requires at
tention. The time of feeding should
be regular, certain hours being fixed
upon for that purpose, but they are
very few who Systematically feed their
fowls. Water should be kept in the
presence of poultry at all times, and
it should not only be clean and pure.
but fresh, and yet this important mat
ter is overlooked by many. Warmth
in winter is very essential to
laying, being as important as q
full supply of feed, but every
fowl house is not warm and
The prevention Of
iampness in the house avoids reup.
which is = terrible scOurge in H0ck,
but the small leaks here and there are
aot regarded as dangerous matters by
lhe average breeders. Even the
height Of the roosts and construction
of the nests have more or less tenden-
cy to affect the profits from poultry
than may suppose. for high roosts
cause deformed feet and poor
nests will not be occupied by the hens
Il they can get better places in which
70 lay. These things are seemingly
small matters, which are unusually
overlooked. but they are important to
success. Why poultry should be ex-
pected to prove profitable without
caro- more than other stock is what We
DO not understand. and the fact that z
profit II derived from q flock that has
been overlooked. Il strong proof thai
poultry raising can be made to peg
we'll when conducted by thoughtful
attentive spersons. Il Il the sma0
matters that should receive IL
most careful attention. = the observ.
moe Of method and system d sure =
prove benencial ct I'll msA-1aEu
md Garden.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30
WELL PAID FREAKS.

Largo Salaries Earned by Living Skele.
tons, Dog-Faced Boys and Giants.
The freak of nature possesses yer.
liable gold mine in itself. All prodi.
gies, whether they be great or small,
one-eyed like the NEUROLOGICAL Cyclops,
or possessing as many heads as a
hydra, can fill their purses, provided
they muster enough courage and
strength to sit in gaudy dresses loaded
with tinsel on museum stools. The
salaries of some OF these freaks are
enormous, and not few make as much
money in the course of a year as the
honored gentleman who occupies the
Presidential chair. Their salaries
range from $25 to 81, 900 a week, and
are determined by the relative eccen-
tricities or peculiarities of the freaks.
For instance, Albinos with pink eyes
and silken white hair receive from $40
to $50 per week, while those with eyes
and hair of the same ruddy hue are
valued at 800 a week because of their
rarity.
Among the high priced freaks are
the so-called skeletons" or extremely
thin persons, whose weekly salaries
range from $3.50 to $500. To be a
proper skeleton freak one must have
bones, skin and-a little blood, with
all the vitals, but no flesh to speak of.
Bow-legged skeleton freaks are pref
cradle to those who are knock-kneed,
simply because they are scarcer. Such
prodigies as woolly babies, or infants
with a remarkable growth of hair all
over the body, face and limbs, are
manager. They receive compensation
of from $500 to 500 week to sit on q
museum stool. Rare curiosities like
dog faced boys also come high. They.
or rather their parents. guardians and
owners, receive for putting them on
exhibition salaries ranging from $500 to
$500 per week. Those having faces re-
sembling pug dogs get $500 a week,
while others who more fortunately
possess shepherd dog or greyhound
faces bring $3.50.
The star freaks in dime museums
are, however, midgets, and Mexican
ones like the famous Lucia Zarato,
who has a maid and Interpreter to 40
company her around the country, draw
salaries ranging from $3.50 to 500 q
week. Good midgets weigh from ten
to twelve pounds. There are 30 many
fat people that there is general inn
preston that prodigies in this direo-
ton do not command large salaries.
This Is not the case, however. They
are paid As high as $500 week. but to
earn such = valuation they must weigh
1t least 600 or 700 pounds. Giants
are paid about $S75 . week. Those
from Japan, for some unaccountable
reason. are the best drawing cards,
and are consequently tho highest
priced. Aztecs receive the compare
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

--Dr. Pierson estimates the money
annually raised for carrying ON Prot
estant foreign MISSIONS at about I'll.
$50. 900.
Princeton College figures for 1888
80: Professors. tutors, etc, ~; under
graduate students in the academic de-
partment, 1853; graduate students, 80;
total number Of students and fellows,
667.
The annual report of the Jamaica
Baptist Union for 1888 shows that
there are now 152 churches on that
island. with membership of SO, 185.
The baptisms Of the year aggregate
1901
Services for the deaf are held in
the church institute at Sheffield. The
preacher speaks into bell-shaped re-
ceptacle. from which tn bes convey the
sound of his voice to tie ear of each
person present
General Charles T. Hillyer. of
Hartford. Conn, who recently gave
the Young Mems Christian Association
of that city $4O.O 900 building lot. is
eighty-nine years old. He takes great
interest in works Of benevOlence, and
gives largely.
The income of the four great mis-
sionary societies of Great Britain
and of the British and Foreign Bible
Society is in amount equal to the
money spent on drink in England for
sixty days. If the 80. ZOO, 900 Protest
ant church-members of the world
would give one cent each day of the
year. over $780, 600. 900 would be in
the mission treasures. Christian
Union.
The city of Toronto, Ont, though
spread over large area. permits no
horse-cars on Sundays, no saloons
open. no beer-gardens or places of
entertainment in the suburbs, and no
Sunday newspapers. 1t is believed
that the effect of not running the cars
ON Sunday has been to scatter excel
lent churches all over the city, so that
every small section has good churches
Illustrated Christian Weekly.
"A Jamesburg On. J.) Christian
Endeavor Society has opened a
Christian parlor for young men and
boys. where reading. quiet games,
music, ETC.. can be enjoyed. A sing
ing school, literary entertainments,
a library, ETC., are furnished, and all
under the charge of different men,
bers Of the society. A savings system
has also been instituted in connection
with the ''parlor." Such efforts as
this are being made by number of
the societies.
Archbishop Corrigan is the
youngest of the Roman Catholic
Bishops and presides over the largest
see. He is tall and we'll built and
has the step of an athlete and the
manner of a courtier. He seldom
uses a coach, and when he can not
walk rides in a horse-car. In his
dress he is altogether unassuming |
also. Bishop Corrigan was born in a
little white frame house on Market
street, Newark, N. j., used since as a
saloon and later newspaper Office.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30
OLD EASTER CUSTOMS.


Singular Illustrations Of Life in the Days
Of Our F0refathero.
At Queens College, Oxford. the first
dish brought to the table on Easter
day used to be a red herring riding
away on horseback. On Holy Saturday
evening in some parts of Ireland great
preparations are made for the finish
ing of Lent. Fat hens and pieces of
bacon are put in the pot by the cotter's
wife about eight or nine o'clock, but
woe to the person who dares to touch
it before the cock crows. The peas
ants rise at four o'clock on Easter
morning ito see the sun dance in
honor of the resurrection" At Twick-
enham there was an ancient custom of
dividing two great cakes among the
young people. In 1645 Parliament,
looking upon it as a superstition, or
dered the custom abandoned. and that
loaves of bread should be bought with
the money for the poor of the parish.
These were thrown from the steeple
to be scrambled for. In some parts of
England there is still the custom of
eating a CANNON of bacon at Easter;
this was founded on the adherence
our forefathers wished 10 express to-
ward the Jews for their part in the
crucifixion. One superstition is ex-
pressed in the following lines:
ION Easter let your clothes be new,
~ n1en I@n ,vuyklI
A superstition long practiced on the
continent was to abstain from eating
flesh on Easter day, in order to escape
fever during the year. In Derbyshire
is a spring called dropping Tor"
To this young men and maidens re-
sort, each with a pound of sugar in
one pocket and a cup in the other.
They fill the cup with droppings from
the spring, dissolve the sugar in it
and drink it with anticipated matri-
monial results. Judging from the
quantity of sugar. the anticipated re-
suits, if realized, are sure to be sweet.
A yet stranger custom was once COM
mon among all classes in England and
still prevailed at the beginning of the
present century. ION Easter Mon
day." says the historian, parties of
six or eight women surround such
persons of the opposite sex
as they happen to meet, and, with or
their consent, lift them three
times above their heads, shouting at
each elevation: In representation of
our Saviour's resurrection The men
in similar parties do the same on Eas-
Ter Tuesday. A custom happily fallen
into disuse is that of wives beating
their husbands on Easter Tuesday, and
husbands their wives on the day fol-
owing. Such customs. as we'll as that
Of young couples rolling down Green
wich hill, are proofs of the rude and
coarse manners which prevailed in
earlier English life"
OF the decorations of ''pace-eggs"
It is needless to speak. Every Easter,
IN the time of Louis XIV, eggs thus
used to be piled high in
pyramids on the royal table at YER
'ailles. When the King had surveyed
he pile of toys he distributed them
among his courtiers. Agri-
;ulturist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30
HOME AND FARM.

ssOwS bASVO V9UWos
"A salve Of equal parts Of tar. tal-,
low and salt will cure the worst case Of
felon.
TO take ink out Of linen dip the
ink spot In pure melted tallow. them
wash out the tallow and the ink will
come with it
An orchard should not be cultivat.
ed after the first of July. Late cultiva-
ton causes late growth. and the wood
does not ripen in time for winter.
1t is not always the low price that
Is ruinous or disadvantageous to the
farmer. but the fluctuations of the
market A sure market is the best Of
all. and the home market is the only
sure one.
Sweet Soda Cakes: Take one and
a half pounds of flour. one of sugar,
half pound Of butter. three eggs well
beaten, and small teaspoonful of soda
in q teacup of sour cream; add rose
water and nutmeg to taste; work until
very smooth; roll out and cut into
cakes.
Milk and cream and butter rapidly
absorb odors and retain them. If the
stable is filthy and foul smelling. milk
which is drawn in such an atmosphere
is pretty sure to taste of these odors,
and the same may be detected in the
h,,<for m. obooso ,nodo frOv, s,,ob v,,;1l>
We wish the unsatisfied boys ON
the farms could get clear glimpse Of
the young lawyer wearing out the VIM
dow stills of his Office with his heels,
vainly wondering when his first client
will come; or see the young doctor ex-
hausting all of his patience before the
first patient comes.-Iowa State Reg
lister.
Apple custard pie should be baked
with an under crust only. The filling
is delicious if made of one pint of sweet
milk, one pint of smooth apple sauce
we'll sweetened. three eggs; flavor with
lemon or a little cinnamon. This will
make two small-sized pies or one very
large one.
Did you ever figure up how many
miles your faithful old DObbin has
An Eastern Maine man has
done it, and finds that in the thirteen
years he has driven his horse she has
gone $4,000 miles by the record. In
ten years pair of Eastern Maine stage
horses have travelled 10000 miles.
Transparent Icing: One pound Of
pulverized white sugar in basin with
one-half pint of water, boil of consist
ency of mucilage. then rub sugar with
wooden spoon until it becomes white
and milky; add two tablespoOnfuls of
vanilla, mix we'll together; pour this
over cake while hot so as to completely
cover it.-Ballou's Monthly.
The custom of roughly preparing
the land for corn is being discarded.
show that it pays to re-
luce the soil for corn to as fine condi-
ion as for garden crops. The land
ian not be worked over too thoroughly
before putting in the seed. If the soil
s well-prepared the work of after-cul-
,ivation will be easier, and the corn
will better endure drought
"A nice chocolate pudding is made
IS follows: Pour quart OF boiling
milk on a pint of bread crumbs, and let
t soak for about five minutes. Add
he yelks of four eggs. two cups OF
brown sugar, small lump OF butter,
md grated chocolate enough to make
he pudding black. Bake half an hour.
When done beat the whites of the eggs.
md add four teaspOOnfuls of powdered
ugar. Put on as meringue and
'rOwn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30

The Tome Seminary for Girls at
Deposit. Md, recently founded By .
gift Of $1,000. 600 from Jacob Tome.
has been formally organized BY the
election Of MrA Evelyn O. Tome -
president. Jacob Tome IS Treasurer.
and T. G. Bond - secretary. Secur-
itieS amounting to $3.50. 600 were hand
"a over - the first instalment Of IL
donatinR
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30

The late Mary L Booth. - cole.
erated translator ~ she Vas, could
not speak . word Of French Or Ger
man
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-30

Father Agostino, an eloquent
monk. whose preaching is the sensa-
ton Of Rome, recently made the fol-
lowing announcement from the pulpit:
II protest against reporters taking
down what I say and making , source
of profit. 1t Is an infringement Of my
right II there is to be profit made
by my sermons or my words. l am the
person entitled to it and should receive
It.
, 1889-12-10
JNo. r. CARROLL. Editor
Two OF THEM NEEDED.

The Independent thinks that Rock
Springs should be provided with a hos
pital by the Union Pacific, and it certainly
makes out q strong case in favor Of the
proposition. The men employed at Rock
Springs, Green River, Rawlins, Laramie,
Evanston and the Oregon Shot Lane. " it
says, will number over 1000, yet if any
of these men are injured or fall seriously
i'll. they have to be taken 200 or 300 miles
to a hospital, which increases the risk to
the patient and entails added expense on
the company. Let us have a hospital at
Rock Springs, erected by either the Union
Pacific or tho territory"
THE LEADER has advocated the claims
of Cheyenne as a point at which the
company should soon, in the interests of
humanity, erect a hospital to care for its
injured employees. Besides the connec-
ton clear into the Black Hills, whrch the
completion of the Cheyenne & Northern
will give us, there are the main lines east
and west and the Denver Pacific to Gree
ley. In addition to the men employed
along the lines of the railroad there are
hundreds who will be employed in and
about the yards here and in the extensive
shop plant now nearly completed. We
have pointed out the favorable climatic
conditions of this point as another reason
for the location of a hospital here.
We cordially agree with the Hdepend-
ent as to the necessity OF a hospital being
established at Rock Springs. but at the
same time this does not modify the neces-
sity which exists for a company hospital
at this point.
, 1889-12-10
about the Vikings.

Paul du Chaillu differs with many
leading historians as to the social condi-
ton of the Vikings, the direct ancestors
of the English speaking people, whom
he believes to have been well civilized.
He insists that 1.-THE people who were
then spread owe a great part of the
present Russia, who overran Germania,
who knew the art of writing, who led
their conquering hosts to Spain, into the
Mediterranean, to Italy, Sicily, Greece,
the Black Sea, Palestine, Africa, and
even crossed the broad Atlantic to Amer
lea, who were undisputed masters of the
sea for more than twelve centuries, were
not barbarians," and concludes: 'Let
those who uphold the contrary view pro
duce evidence from archaeology Of an in
digenous British or Gallo civilization
which surpasses that of the north."-
New York Star.
, 1889-12-10
Old Jones, Philosophy.

Modesty is a good rudder, but a bad
engine.
Lickin' may teach a boy to dance, but
not to do sums.
You may get learnin' at school, but
sense comes nat'ral or not at all.
You just bring a couple of little quar-,
rels into your family an they'll breed
like sparrows.
Don't 3" hack on your friends when
you're in luck, nor give away your UNI
berel Just because the sun shines.
You can't always judge a man by the
blood he's got. Corn bread an whisky
come from the same family.
A runaway horse is worse'n a run
away wife, because it sometimes takes
you with it..
Sometimes wen n man seems to be
havin' the worst luck he's only getting
ready to como out, like a log from a
saw mill, worth double price.
Don't send a fox to tend geese or a cat
to skim milk unless they nave a good
reputation for honesty. Remember this
wen you put your money in the bank
Detroit Free Press.
, 1889-12-10

1t is a startling statement, and yet itil
said TO be true, that an important crisis
In the American Revolution was passed
in safetyby the help of a dish of fried
chicken! The tradition is kept in the
Walker family in Virginia.
In 1881 the Virginia legislature ad.
journed from Richmond to Charlottes-
vile. The British Gen. Tarleton started
to capture it with a large force of cavalry
and infantry. BE stopped for breakfast
at the plantation of DIR. Joseph Walker,
distant twenty miles from Charlottes-
vile. Rations were distributed among
the men, and the cook made haste tc
prepare a real Virginia breakfast for the
general and his staff.
Meantime a messenger from the will
age rode on in hot haste to warn the
Legislature and Thomas jefferson, then
governor of Virginia, who was at his
home at Monticello, outside of Charlottes-
vile.
Twice the cook prepared a delicious
dish of fried chicken and cream gravy,
and twice, when her back was turned,
some of the hungry British soldiers
dashed into the kitchen and carried it
cA" was AAoO HuDkl1 dllu
enraged at the delay, which the host ex-
planned, and told the general thae what
there was of the meal could be served at
ono If he desired it. But IL he wished
to have chicken he must set q corporal's
guard to protect the cook"
Tarleton was a glutton. He hesitated
a moment, and said, 81 will wait for the
chicken. Adjutant, set a guard over
those rascally thievesl'
The guard was set, the chickens were
cooked and eaten. But the delay en-
abled the messenger to reach Charlottes-
vile and give the alarm. Mr.. jefferson
and the legislature escaped from the
town before Tarleton with his troops
entered it. Their capture would have
been a stunning blow to the fortunes of
the young republic. Youths Com
DaniOn.
, 1889-12-10
A

Why grown men and women with ma
tured reflective powers should neglect
their small ailments is really a puzzle.
Hosts of otherwise sensible people thus
bewildersd conjecture. 1t is one Of the
things which, as the late lamented Lord
Dundreary exclaimed, mo fellah can find
out" Diseases grow faster than weeds,
and, moreover, beget one another. In
cipient indigestion, a touch of billIousness,
slight irregularity In the habit of body
what complex and serious bodily distur.
bance. not local, but general, do these not
beget, if disregarded2 Battle aud drive
off the foe at the first onset, with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, sovereign among
preventatives. A constitution invigorated,
a circulation enriched. a brain and stom-
ach ~..tranduilized by this national medi-
cine, becomes well nigh invaluable. The
Bitters counteract malaria, rhematism
and kidney complaint.
, 1889-12-10
Mrs. Lanrtr,.. Silver bath Tub.

A curious story is told as to the origin
of Mrs. Langtry's silver bath. Bath
makers believe that there is only one
silver bath in the world. This was made
some years ago for an Indian prince by
a London bathmaker, and he supposes
that, the owner having died, the silver
bath came into the market and was
bought by Mrs. Langtry. A silver bath
isa tremendous affair. Some few wealthy
people have copper baths plated with
silver, but the cost is but a trife COM
pared with the genuine article. Some
wealthy people who go in for luxurious
bathing fill their bathrooms with statu-
airy, have painted tile walls, and the bath
is fitted into a case of carved oak. Then
there are marble baths. They are both
cold and costly.
The most novel thing in baths, how
ever, is one fitted with a shower bath
overhead, a needle spray bath at the sides
and a wave bath that rushes out at the
foot. These are in addition to the ordinary
hot and cold taps. So that a possessor of
one of these ingenious things can have five
styles of bathing. They cost about SIPS.
There are have n dozen or more differ
ent sorts OF towels for bathing. After
the ordinary Turkish and ~huckaback
towels some doctors are fond of recon
mending n towel of rushes, made appro.
priately enough by Russian peasants. II
is hard and stiff and feels like a coarse
dishcloth. Its use is confined to bathroom
fanatics who think they are happy in
abraiding their skins. Then there is an
elastic towel made of net, and another
skin raiser called loofah. This is inn
ported from Egypt. The loofah is made
of dried grass and it doesn't soften by inn
mersion in water.-Kansas City Times.
, 1889-12-10

TIE Journal rendered the school child
rem of Rawlins a complimentary matinee
through the Andrews Dramatic company
last Saturday afternoon. In speaking
about the affair the Journal says: The
big city dailies are in the habit OF occas.
sionally giving the children a treat, but
this is the first instance where a country
weekly has made the attempt. This u
however is located away out, almost on
top OF the Rocky mountains, in progress.
slve Wyoming where flies do not stick. -
, 1889-12-10

A correspondent of The London Globe
gives a most interesting account Of Moro
dom, king of Cambodia, one of the king
doms of Indo-China. His majesty, it
seems, has adopted a style Of dress in
vogue in Europe seventy years ago. He
wear q blue tail coat with gold buttons,
satin knee breeches and pumps. No
traveller who has had an audience of. his
majesty in his palace of Pnon-Peuh has
been able to suppress a smile at the
sight of thscAsiatic potentate in the
evening attire worn in the reign of
George ".
, 1889-12-10

In Surrey county, North Carolina, there
is a remarkable natural curiosity in the
shape of q mountain resembling the ia
nous Sphinx of Egypt in all its details.
1t lies east OF the Blue Ridge mountains,
on the Piedmont plains, like a gigantic
lion, its body at right angles to the ridge
and with head reared aloft as if in the
act of rising. The head is of solid rock,
several hundred feet in height The
shoulders and breast are finely proper
toned, and at the distance of a few
miles it looks like a thing of life and in
telligence. 1t rises about 1900 feet
above the plain and can be seen for
a distance of fifty miles st. Louis Ro-
publican.