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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Nu3h Is Kush.

The struggle of childhood with
synonymous terms is illustrated in the
case of a five-year old Tioga boy. who
was recently visiting an aunt in the
country.
Jack, take this mug into the dining
room and put 1t on the buffet" said his
aunt one afternoon. Jack marched
bravely of, though evidently mystifed.
Il know what buffet is. auntie,'' he
remarked as he came back; ..why, it's
the sideboard."
The next morning at the breakfast
table fried mush was served.
''Auntie. what Is mushp asked Jack.
'.Mnsh? Why. mush is mush," was
the reply.
'Ohm
Then moment later he murmured.
Buffet is sideboard, mush Is mush:
wonder what ham isP"-Philadelphtn
Press
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Some Queer Infantile Ideas.

I asked a little girl how she would
define love. Unhesitatingly she ans
wered: Its going errands." asked
little boy the meaning of the word
guilt lit means telling on another
boy" I asked Harry Sullivan to de-
fine gentleman. He replied. not
without some fervor: .Oh, a fellow
who has a watch and chain" l sup
pose he read disappointment in my
face, for he hastily added, land loves
Jesus" This same boy had a very
hazy idea of Old Testament history
He had heprd of Adam and Eve
''They stole apples and were turned
out of the garden, and then they had
to work for their living till the sweat
poured down. A girl of eleven told
me how she wished to live in the coun-
try because then I shouldn't see q
lot of people having a lot OF things I
can't have."-Mrs. Dorothy Tenant
SANKEY'S Book.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21

WALL, not exactly. Brother Way
miro, not exactly; personally, as far
as myself are concerned. I'd like ter
see you come inter the fold; but I've
tried so long ter get you thar an failed
that I've made up my mind the Lord
don't want you"
The Lord don't want me!' echoed
Uncle Billy in establishment.
.'Yas. that's it: 'relse, if he did. why
you'd come in. Fer them as the Lord
intends to save. he'll save; an them as
he intends ter d, he'll d., and that
ends it."
Then I'm lost, am I. lost forever?"
''As fer that, KANT say, Brother
Waymire. It's jess as told you. I
used ter think that it was old Abe
Moggerty who brought sinners ter taw;
but know better now. Old Abe amt
knee-nigh to a grasshopper when it
comes to bringin' men to repen lance.
Jess as say, if the Lord wants you to
be saved. he'll tech that old heart O.
yourn. an If he does. why it's him an
not the preacher as should git the
credit Wall, Unjust be ergoin', Brother
Waymire. got some fodder to haul
yit to-day. Hope ter see you out ter
meetin' mex Sunday. Good by"
''Yas," said Uncle Billy, with some
earnestness. 'Yas, I'll be there; this
new talk o. yours has kinder got me
interested; an ef the Lord hain't goin'
ter have anything ter do with an old
codger like me, I'd kinder like to find
it out right away"
l need scarcely add that Uncle Billy
was converted" and joined the church
in less than month from that time,
and to-day he is class leader in the
Night Owl Protestant M. E. Church.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Jessie Frsmont's Ring.

The following story is told of one OF
Missouri's famous characters: Jessie
Benton Fremont was among the
audience in Plymouth church on that
famous occasion before the war when
slave woman stood on the platform
to be ransomed. Her price in gold
must be paid to her captors or she
must be returned to the land where
human flesh was a chattel. At the
close of the sermon the plates were
passed. Mrs. Fremont had no money,
but hastily pulling from her finger q
gold ring with B engraved on the
stone. the gift of Colonel Frem ont,
she laid it on the plate. The ring
was recognized. and was sold at
auction for a high figure and present
ed again TO Jessie Fremont. The slave,
it is needless to say, was ransomed.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Ths Ear.

Tbs Ear.
No oily substance, poultice or lini-
ment should be put into the ear, be-
cause great injury is liable to be done.
Warm water is the best possible and
about the only safe wash. Do not
scratch the cars with any metal; pin
heads, hairpns or ear picks should be
tabooed. Do not scream if an insect
enters the ear; warm water will drown
it and wash out the remains. The ear
is not nearly so liable to injury from
the intruder as from frantic efforts to
dislodge it. Do not put anything cold
into the ear; even cold water should be
avoided, especially if there is any af-
lection of the hearing. Do not put
cotton in the ears if there is any dis
charge of pus from them. Use warm
water as frequently as may be neces-
sary to keep them clean, but do not
force the foul matter back into the
delicate machinery. If any small
hard substance falls into the ear. do
not attempt to "dig it out" If not
readily removable, allow it to remain
in quiet, and have physician take.
care of it when convenient it is not
likely to do any serious harm unless
tempered with. Anything which is~
soluble may be washed out, with q
little patience, by the use OF syringe
and warm water; if not soluble it is
harmless. Deafness may sometimes
be caused by an excess of ear-wax,
which has become hardened and OBJ
structs the action Of the membrane.
Either have n careful hand apply
warm water through. a proper syringe,
or a piece of cotton wadding wet with
essence of peppermint may be intro
duced, which will dissolve and absorb
the hardened wax in a few hours. -
Halls journal of Health.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
HUNGRY ELEPHANTS.
How They Crafty a Taste for Dain;ie' on All
Occa ions.

Occa ions.
One favorlte food of the African
elephant is the tender, juicy roots of
the mimosa tree, which grows in scat
tered groups through most of the
meadows and lowlands of central
Africa.
When an elephant finds a young
tree Of this sort, it is not difficult, as a
rule, for him to get at the roots, espe-
cially if the surrounding soil Is moist
and loose, as is often the case after
it has been soaked by the heavy rain
falls of the tropics.
II the tree is loose, the elephant,
knowing his strength. winds his trunk
firmly round the tree, and plucks It
from the earth, feat which is no
harder for him than the pulling up OF
q flower is for a child.
But the elephant does not stop here;
experience has taught him the most
comfortable way of enjoying his prize,
SO without relaxing his hold. he turns
the tree completely over, and stands
it with its upper branches thrust down
into the place where the roots were.
Then the earthly roots, now replacing
the branches, remain within easy
reach of the strong aud def trunk.
African travellers tell US of great
tracts of country almost covered with
these inverted trees. Seeing the dry
trees turned upside down one would be
more likely to think wood had been
reversed by some mischievous fairies.
than to suppose hungry elephants had
been feeding there.
Sometimes an elephant will. find q
tree which deies his greatest efforts,
and absolutely refuses to be uprooted.
But the elephant does not give it up.
Not at all. He either brings another
elephant to help him-a thing they
often do when the work is too much
for one-or, if he cannot find friend,
he sets his own wits to work. He
makes use of his tusks as levers,
thrusting them, as If they were crow
bars, deep under the roots, and prizes
away slowly and steadily until the tree
is loosened; and then with great
wrench he completely uproots it and
it goes topping over. leaving the
elephant victorious. - Caryl d. Has
kins, in November St. Nicholas
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
ooosE-covERED coLUsA.
Where Wild Fowl Swarm Like Locusts in tn,
Plague Of Egypt.

Plague Of Egypt.
have seen a tract of se7euty-five
acres in Colusa county absolutely
covered with wild geese, so densely
packed as to resemble pictures have
seen of seabird rookeries on some
ocean rock, said Californian to a
New York Sun reporter. When they
first come they wax fat on the wheat
stubble and are juicy and sweet flaw
ored for the table, but when the young
winter wheat appears they work on
the green sprouts. This has the effect
of making their flesh rank, and no
one in any of the wild goose-ridden
districts will eat of these fowls then.
They are shipped by the thousand, all
the same, to San Francisco and other
markets all winter long, where the
people seem to think the green wheat
fed birds are a great delicacy. But if
the markets could take ten times as
many as they do the number would
be small compared with the thousands
and thousands of the destructive fowls
that are dubbed to death and left
lying on the ground.
Tolo county, where live, especial
ly in It's northern part. I once thought
beat all creation as feeding place for
wild geese, for have seen these flocks
so thick in the air, going to and from
their favorite pasture, that only few
and-far-between glimpses of the sky
could be obtained for an hour at a
time. But when 1 went into Colusa
county l made up my mind that had
never seen wild geese enough before
to speak Of There is large expanse
OF barren plain in that county, which
affords an unrivaled place OF rendez-
vous for both geese and ducks. and ]
thought that all the wild geese that
went forth to all parts of the land,
near and remote, must surely have
their starting place on the Colusa
county barrens. They may be seen
rising up from the plains in swarms
like the locusts of Egypt and going
forth in all directions to prey on farm
ers. They remain all winter long,
and the wheat the farmers cut in the
harvest they have had to fight the
geese and ducks for months to retain.
There are many large wheat ranches
in these two counties. such as the
eileen ranch, the Bogg ranch and
others. From twelve to twenty-five
herders are employed by each of the
big ranches to patrol the wheat fields
and wage continual warfare against
the geese and ducks. These herders
live in cabins scattered about the
ranches, and tramp about the fields
from daylight until dark and long
after night too. if the moon is shin
ing, for both geese and ducks feed on
the fields at night if it is moonlight
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Intelligent Hired Men.

He must be- a very unintelligent
farmer who Is not often benefited by
suggestions from his hired men,
especially if they have had farming
experience. The best hired man is
not the one who only cares to do what
no is told, regardless Of consequences,
but rather the one who exercises
thought In caring for his employers
interest The farmer who snubs his
hired man when making a respectful
suggestion. Is certainly very foolish.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Smoking in Jsuau.

Smoking. is so common in Japan
that all of the men and most of the
ladies smoke, the girls beginning
when they are about ten years of age.
The ladies have pipes with longer
stems than the men. and If one Of
them wishes to show . gentleman q
special mark Of favor, she lights her
pipe, taxes whi6, hands It to him
aud lets him smoke.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Fellows in Peach Treos.

The best preventive Of this disease
Il liberal supplies OF hard wood ashes
or potash in other form where this
cannot be had. In some way, the
potash not only feeds the tree, but
oeutralizes the conditions under which
tho FELLOWS spreads. If the yellows is
not too far progressed. it has some
times been arrested by extra largo
doses VI potash and outing out Affect
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Enemies to Poultry.

A correspondent of the Practical
Farmer says: Minks, skuuks, weasels
and similar depredators are great
nuisances to the poultry raiser, and in
some places it is necessary to wage
war against them. They will fud
some way to get into the most in
geniously contrived hen-house, and
least of the best eggs or the latest
mems. Poultry houses constructed
near water enable the sly enemies to
sneak up and do considerable damage
to the flock in the daytime, but as a
rule the greatest damage is done at
night A pair of minks in a poultry
mouse over night would do more dam
age than all the chicken diseases put
together. Where these nuisances are
specially active and numerous it would
be we'll to set traps for them-the COM
mon steel trap being the best-and at
the same time put some protective
wire around the poultry house. This
can be done very easily and cheaply.
Securely close the hen-house, either
Inside or outside, with a strong, close
wire netting. Even the floor inside
should be covered with it SO that no
mice can enter. If ventilator is
used cover that also with the wire.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
A Fairy T. AND TALE.
4 Beautiful Pictsrs of'ths Cimsts Of SolthsrD.
California

4 Beautiful Pictsrs of'tAs Climsts Or Southern.
California
Winter as we understand It east Of
the Rockies does not exist / scarcely
know how to- divide the seasons.
There are at most but three. Spring
may be said to- begin with December
and end in April; summer, with May
(whose days. however, are often cooler
than those of january, and end with
September; while October and Novem-
Der are a mild autumn, when nature
takes a partial rest, and the leaves OF
the deciduous trees are gone. But.
how shall we classify a climate in
which the strawberry (none yet in my
experience equal to the Eastern berry,
may be eaten in every month of the
year, and ripe figs may be picked from
July to March? What shall / say Of
frost Gan affair OF only an hour just
before sunrise) which is hardly any
where severe enough to disturb the
delicate helitrope. and even in the
deepest valleys where,it may chill the
orange, will respect the bloom of that
fruit on contiguous ground fifty or q,
hundred feet higher? We boast about
many things in the United States.
about our billiards and our cyclones,
our foundations and our areas of low
pressure, our hottest and our coolest
places in the world, but what can We
say for this little corner which is
practically frostless, and yet never
had a sunstroke, knows nothing of
thunder-storms and lightning. never
experienced a cyclone, which is So
warm that the year round one is
tempted to live out-of-doors, and So
cold that WOODEN garments are never
uncomfortable Nature here. in this
protected and petted area, has the.
knack of being genial without being
enervating, of being stimulating with
out "bracing" person into the tomb.
think it conducive to equanimity OF
spirit and to longevity to sit in an
orange grove and eat the fruit and
inhale the fragrance of it while gazing.
upon snow mountain:-Charles Dud-
ley Warner, in Harpers's Magazine.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Neglected Orchards.

A good deal of care and judgment is
required in deciding how to prune
neglected trees or vines of any kind.
Severe pruning, especially while the
buds are dormant forces so much sap
Into the few buds that are left that
they grow coarse, sappy, and even IL
blossoms appear on them the fruit will
not set OLD grape vines that have
not been pruned for two or three year
should be left with more top than
would be advisable for regular pruning.
The second year this top may be re-
duced to what it should be, in the
meantime training up new shoots and
cutting out the old.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS FROM
GOOD AUTHORITIES.
Sailing Stock in Winter-Poultry's Many
Enemies-Neglected Orchards Milking
Young Cows-General Farm
Hints and Stock Notes.
Sailing in Winter Time.

In the winter time the Importance of
q regular and constant supply of salt
ls not fully appreciated by all stock
growers. and especially by those who
keep only few animals. The average
farmer gives the salt to the animals
when he happens to think of it, and
this is sometimes not very often. The
best results can be obtained from rock
or lump salt placed in the feed boxes.
The danger from taking too much salt
comes not from having it on hand all
OF the time, but from denying the
animals of it for long period. Then
In their eagerness to satisfy their
natural cravings they will sometimes
eat more than their systems really re-
quire. 1t is seldom that an animal will
take in more food or water than they
really require. They know when to stop
even if their masters do not. Salt is
IN essential constituent of the blood,
and salt hunger may lead to excess
when the animal is suddenly permitted
an opportunity of supplying its lack.
Many of the common foods given to the
animals are lacking in salt constit-
uents. and hence this essential must
be supplied artificially. Animals. on
one farm will need more of it than on
another, for on some soils it is lacking
In the soil itself. and the grains grown
on 1t must necessarily be deficient
Salt Is also q common constituent of
milk. and If not giyen to the COW it
must be drawn from that stored in her
blood tissues. This cannot be done
without seriously impairing the health
OF the animal. One cannot thus tell
how much the animals need. The
quantity must be left 10 them, and this
can only be done by keeping rock salt
near them all the time.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
ed parts Do not use knives that have
cut diseased trees to prune others
without careful cleansing.
Records,

The farmer or dairyman who does
not keep daily record and an account
book in which are entered facts and
observations and all money transac-
tons, fails to practice that economy
which is the fundamental basis OF
prosperity. The most interesting
book in farmers library is the small
volume in which he has written down
every evening the events of the day
and the facts of interest he has OBJ
served. This writing not only makes
a permanent record but fixes the
knowledge gained on his mind.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Milking Young Heifers.

The fact that young heifers will not
give SO much nor so rich milk as the
same animal will when fully matured
Is well known. 1t should not, how
ever, prevent good feeding and careful
milking. More than usual pains should
be taken to milk clean, by which is
meant getting the last drop that the
udder produces. Too many careless
farmers only milk heifers while thew
only produce considerable amounts,
and If the milk comes slowly they stop.
thinking to make the heller grow. As
this last milk is the richest its absorp-
ton makes the heller fat rather than
thrifty, and this tendency to fatten de-
creases the COWS value as a mixer
ever after.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-21
Hints to HOusekeepers.

10 stop hlccough. take a lump OF
sugar saturated with vinegar.
Put bits of camphor gum in trunks
or drawers to prevent the mice from
doing any injury.
To brighten carpets, wipe them with
warm water in which has been poured
a few drops of ammonia.
To freshen leather chair seats, va
Uses. bags, ETC., rub them with the
well-beaten white of an egg.
1t is not generally known that tin
cleaned with newspaper will shine
better than when cleaned with flannel.
A clothes wringer can be easily
cleansed from the lint that collects on
the rollers by saturating cloth in
kerosene and rubbing it over
Butter or cans of milk may be kept
perfectly cold by being wrapped in a
cloth and set in a deep dish contain
ing little water, where air is circu-
lating.
Do not fan sick person unless you
are required to do so or there is a good
reason why you should. A nervous
person is often made very uncomforta-
BILE by it.
To make good mucilage without US
ing gum arabic, take two parts of
dextrine, five parts of water and one
part of acetic acid. Dissolve by heat
ing, and add one part of alcohol.
Keep the back. especially between
the shoulder blades, we'll covered; also
the chest we'll protected. In sleeping
in a cold room. establish the habit OF
breathing through the nose, and never
with the open mouth.
To make a convenient arrangement
for drying collars and cuffs use piece
Of muslin, on which you sew buttons
in numbers and positions to suit, and
fasten that strongly on to the clothes
line. and the linen articles will not get
torn and lost
Farm Hints
The last person in the world to get
the panics should be the farmer. He
can the least afford it. Yet he does.
Three or four years ago farmers had
the sheep panic, and they had it bad.
They all said, "Sheep don't pay" and
then they tried to sell out, and thou
sands did sell out, or rather gave out
After the panic, like fever had had
its run, men and women too began to
think sheep were useful on the farm,
and if the wool did not bring much ii
sold readily for cash, and this cash
came at good time. 1t has been
found out that good eve will bring
from s. to a, with ordinary care, and
with a little extra attention it will
bring from a to 8 when four to six
months old.
Almost every farm needs sheep to
help to keep down the weeds and
bushes. They are busy partners in
this business, aud I have found out
that there Is gain in turning weeds
into mutton and pork. and bushes into
mutton. These are little economies,
but they count Every farmer can
manage to have some clover hay, and
the moro the better. Aud with this
he can winter his sheep aud CONVEX
this hay Into valuable manure