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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

In discussing the nutritive value OF
green and dried foods relatively it is said
by the Maine Station that it has been re-
peatedly demonstrated that carefully
dried grass is as digestible after rs before
drying, and the same of fodder corn
dried and as ensilage. Experiments
show that pound OF digestible matter
in ensilage, with its accompanying seven
OF eight pounds of water, can do only
practically the same work as pound OF
digestible material from timothy hay,
with its water nearly all dried out. Sci
ence has given practice no safer or more
useful conclusion than that cattle foods
have nutritive value in proportion to the
digestible dry matter which they con-
tain. There is, however, a small differ
ence in favor of ensilage and chance
for the exercise of good judgment !"
combining foods.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Sheen md Their Teeth.

A Scotch sheep breeder says the
lamb when about a month old possess
ses eight temporary incisor teeth
usually termed the milk teeth The
after dentition is considerably affected
by the nature of the feeding. When
the sheep are on poor keep the center
pair OF incisors are 'shed" at about |
year old. and are replaced by two
large and permanent teeth. At about
2 years old a second pair of large teeth
are acquired; at 3 years old a third
pair, and at years fourth pair; the
animal is then termed ''full. mouthcd. "
Whom the sheep are literally fed the
first pair Of permanent teeth are ac-
Quired at about 10 months old; the
second at IS; the third at p; and the
fourth at about 3 years. There are,
however. exceptions to every rule, and
the teeth cannot always be relied on in
correctly determining the age.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Care Of Machinery.

Farmers lose more by neglect to
properly study or inability to compre-
bend the machinery they use than they
are commonly aware. They not only
pay more for repairs than they need,
but their implements are knocked to
pieces. when with good management
they should be almost as good as new.
Then, too, the implement makers are
obliged to spend large sums in employ
ing men to go and instruct farmers in
the use OF machines after they have
been perhaps year or two on trial
No farmer should take q machine
home unless he is sure that he UNDER
stands all about making it work. II it
fails then no should at once return it,
for he surely cannot afford to spend
his own time tinkering imperfect ma
chimes. or employ any one else to do
this for him,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Death in the Milk Pail,

1t is a fact which should be noted
and remembered, thai milk is equally
susceptible of contagious diseases as
typhoid fever, measles. small poX and
others Of similar character, as per-
son is. And that milk exposed to the
virus OF these diseases conveys it to
persons and communicates the diseases
to them. A recent case which hap
pened in Worcester. Mass. is especially
noteworthy. An outbreak OF the
typhoid fever occurred in the town and
was traced to the milk from farm
where the hired man had died OF the
fever and the farmer lay sick OF it. OF
the several persons who died in the
town, the superintendent OF the Board
of Health was one of the first, and
strange to say he knew of the existence
OF the diaease at the farm and knew
the milk he used came from there.
This is Il subject for all the legisla-
lures to deal with and to place the re-
sponsibility on the persons who are to
b.ame-the farmers who send diseased
and infected milk to market. They
might as we'll put poison in it. for it
would not be any more dangerous.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
TO EUROPE IN FOUR DA-..,
The Project Of Building an American
City Near Halifax.


City Near Halifax.
Canadian and New England papers
are having considerable to say about
prospective city on the Atlantic coast.
1t is to be built at point on the Strait
of Canso, and the name already given to
it is Terminal City. 1t is within five
miles of the present terminus of the
Nova Scotia branch of the great Inter-
colonial Railway, and surveys have been
made with view of laying tracks to it.
1t is claimed that harbor exists there
that is sl>erior to almost any on the
Atlantic coast. Its entrance is IL miles
wide without an island or stoal. The
water in the harbor is deep. Fogs are
of very unusual occurrence. On the ISL
and of Cape Breton, but short way
off, are some of the finest coal mines in
the world and it is claimed that fuel for
steamships can be obtained cheaper there
than at any port on the Atlantic. The
average rise and fall of the tides at this
point is only five feet.
1t is believed that steamers can make
trips from this place to British ports in
two days less time than fIom any Cana
dian or American port. A company
mostly composed of British capitalists
has purchased large territory both on
the mainland and the Island of Cape
Breton. They have obtained charter
from the legislature of Nova Scotia "for
the purpose of founding and fostering
the growth of large commercial, man.
ufacturing, and fishing center near the
eastern terminus of the Strait of Canso.
To bring the property to the notice Of
manufacturers and shippers special
trains are to be run. The members
of this company are following the ex.
ample of Western land spectators in
booming" the great seaport of the
future. Some profess to believe that n
city larger than Halifax will be built
there within 10 years.
Such may be the case, but it seems
somewhat strange that the wonderful
advantages of this place were not dis
covered sooner. The men who first sail
along the coast Of country generally
find the best harbors and fix the sites of
great commercial cities. Before West
ern capitalists invest much money in
lots at Terminal City another town may
be built on Cape Breton Island which
will shorten the voyage to Europe an
other half day. The Cape Breton Rail
way is nearly completed. aud it is
claimed that it will touch three harbors.
1t is also well to remember that the at
tempt to make great shipping port Of
Milford Haven, in Wales, has not sue
ceeded. Its harbor is excellent, and it
is easier to reach than Liverpool. But
it is difficult to build up new shipping
point when there is an established trade
with old and large cities. -[Chicago
Herald.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Facts About Feeding.

The effects OF heavy grain feeding
can only be TO vitiate or cloy the appe-
tite. and to stimulate the milk product
to such Il degree as to lessen the yield
from ordinary food afterward. Bulky
food iistends the paunch for a time; it
cannot possibly change its form Or
capacity, says a live stock man in the
New York Tribune. The cows
stomach is an elastic bag which adapts
itself to the quantity OF food taken.
Fed highly on grain food the milk and
butter product are increased proper
tionately to the ability OF the cow.
When the food is suddenly reduced in
quantity or quality. there is reaction
by which loss is made. and the
product will fall below the former
normal quality. Hence regular feed
ing should be maintained ut all times.
Changes, too. are to be made gradual
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Boar aud l3lACkb0lit

Little Billy Parott. originally a black
Smith, then Il sailor had drifted to Ben
gal indigo plantation, where he had
charge of the machinery. He was
good natured fellow. as strong as bull,
and splendid wrestler, having learned
every trick of that sport from the many
wrestling matches he had engaged in
while living in England. One day sew
eral of the English planters joined in
bear-shooting excursion, and Billy &C.
companied them.
On arriving is the jungle they were
posted along the o1ge of a precipitous
gully, on platforms in the trees, about
fifty yards apart. where they waited UNI
til the coolies, beating the bush, drove
up the game. What happened is mar
rated by Mr.. Inglis in his Tent Life in
Tigerland:"
After several deer had been shot there
was long, silent wait, while the coolies
were beating another part of the jungle.
Billy had left his platform and was talk.
ing to the occupants of another, when
some one shouted, Look out, you beg
gars, there's bear
"A great she bear rushed through the
bushes, accompanied by her cub, and
granting savagely. She came close to
Billy, but would not have attacked him,
had not one of the hunters splintered her
lower jaw by a shot from his revolver.
Then with a growl she rose up and
rushed for Billy, He started to run, but
his foot caught in a vine and down to the
ground he fell. In an instant the bear
was upon him. The brute was powerless
to bite, because of her broken jaw, but
she got Billy in close hug and rolled
over and over with him in her arms.
Here Billy's strength and his knowl-
edge of wrestling tricks served him. He
twisted his strong, handy legs round the
bears headquarters, thus keeping the
brute from tearing him with her hind
claws. His left elbow he got right under
the bears throat, favorite wrestling
trick, by which he kept the beasts mouth
from his face, and, with his right
fist he dealt the bear in the face and ribs
blow after blow that sounded above even
his own mad shouts.
! There was no chance for the other hunt
ers to shoot or to stab, as they might
have hurt Billy instead of tho bear, who
was tearing the mans shoulders with her
fore claws. Over and over they rolled,
writing. painting. struggling, ard ap-
preaching the edge of the PERCEPTIONS
gully.
Tho sportsmen wsre alarmed, but
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Stock and Dairy Notes.

If the owner does his share the COWS
will do theirs. They may want time
to get up to the point but steadily i'm
proving, the end will be reached in
time.
All animals require salt and it
should be given as food. at short inter-
walls in small quantities, and not in
large quantities when the animals are
hungry for it and take it to excess.
Whatever is unusual. or out of the
common run, is the most profitable.
Hence fresh butter made in the winter
brings in more money than summer
made butter, and it is made at less
cost.
Smut in corn or fodder OF any ind
is injurious to animals. This fungus
has much of the medicinal aud poison =
Gus quality OF that other fungus known
as ergot. 1t causes gangrene OF the
extremities the tail, hoofs and ears,
and also produces blood poisoning.
The economy of feeding should be a
subject for study by every dairyman.
Liberality will be found the greatest
economy, and to discover the extreme
point of digestive ability OF each ami
NAL and TO supply it up to this point
with the most nutritious food will be
always the best and most profitable
practice.
The most important innovation up
on old methods in dairying introduced
the past year, has been the practice of
diluting milk with one.third its volume
of water, for the purpose OF raising
the cream in few hours. Numerous
datrymen have tested the practice
with success, and its adoption has led
TO the disuse of ice for the purpose to
Il large extent. But as there is moth
ing new under the sun, SO this new de.
vice is an old one KIN own and practiced
for so years, or more, back; but now
enlarged and improved
Condition powders are useful only
to repair the injuries done by bad feed
ing or irregular watering. An attack
of collie leaves the system charged with
injurious matter and renders the blood
impure. Then something is thought
necessary to repair the damage, and
condition powders are administered.
A largo car-horse stable in a city was
demoralized by the number of horses
always unfit for work. The superin-
tendent was changed and the new
conner found barrel OF condition pow
ders in the stable to which the drivers
had free access. The stuff was re-
moved and taken care OF, and by care
full oversight over the feeding there
were no more sick horses.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
A Snow Plant From the sierraa

One of the rarest plants known "
botanists has been brought to TINS CIV!
by f. L. Swartz, and is now on eNh'p.-
ton in the windows Of down to"n
florist. 1t is known as the snow piah''
and was found by Mr.. Swartz CROWNS
near snow banks in the Sierras, 6,ooo ,ee'
above the sea level. The plant IS mug
enous to high and frozen attitudes an"
is variety. 1t grows to the helgh' Oh :
or 5 inches, and when it blooms, winch
is soon after the spring thaw, it bears
the appearance Of a dark reddish pine
cone set upright on the ground. 1t emi'S
an odor that is not unlike that OF the
honeysuckle. The value attached to u
is ON account of its rarity. and the plant
secured by Mr.. Swartz is doubtless the
firstsver brought to this city.-(San Fran
cisco Examiner.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
he Careful About SiGming Papers.

Don't sign any paper for any one ex.
cept those with whom you are acquainted
and know TO be honest. A new swindle
is being carried on in Connecticut by
means of double fountain pen. one end
of which is filled with good substantial
ink, the other with ink that fades away in
u day or two. The sharper writes his
agreement contract. or whatever partic-
ular lay he may have chosen with tho
ink that fades and his victim signs will,
the other end Of the pen in the ink that
lasts. In a few days he has slip of paper
with nothing on it but good signature,
over which he writes any sort of a note
that he can most easily turn into CT H.
Boston Herald.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Hints to HOusekeepers,

A pie or custard will not burn il in
the oven with dish Of water.
A gallon Of I've put into barrel OF
hard water will make it as soft as rain
water.
Shrunken. half-worn bed blankets
or comforts. past using on bed, make
good pads to put under stair carpet.
If you wish your floor mattings to
look as fresh and bright at the close
OF the summer as when they were laid
in the spring. see that they are care
fully wiped Off after each sweeping
with soft cloth, wrung out of salt
and water.
1t is we'll to know that wood I've is
an antidote to poison ivy. Boil wood
ashes in bag a few moments. Dilute
SO that it will not be too harsh yet
leave it quite strong. Paint with it
the afflicted par IS. and in ten minutes
wash of with soft tepid water and
anoint with vaseline. Repeat till q
cure is effected.
An old French recipe for removing
grease spots in silk is as follows. Two
ounces OF spirits Of wine. add one
ounce of French chalk and one ounce
OF pipe clay. both finely powdered
Mako tho paste into balls and let /,
dry. Apply it by rubbing it. slightly
moistened. on the spot OF grease.
When it is dry. brush it of. and il tn.
grease is not entirely gone repeat tn
| process
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
Safe Shelter.

Gen. F. A. Walkers History of the
Second Army Corps" is thoroughly
serious and workman-like piece of writ.
ing, but even in his account Of the battle
of fredericksburg, with its horrible and
seemingly useless slaughter, he canno,
fOrbear to mention one of those alnusinp
performances of the raw recruit, (which
so often provoked a smile even in the
very presence of death:
In order to draw the enemy's fire from
one of the Federal columns, Genera
Couch took his stand, with his staff in q
conspicuous position on the bluff. The
effort was eninently successful, and the
staff were soon the target of many guns
but as the distance was considerable, nc
damage was done beyond spatterinp
horses and men with mud thrown I'D by
the plunging shot.
Just at this moment it happened that
some members of the band of new nine
months regiment, whose colonel had or
dered "the music" to remain behind
while the fighting men went over the
bridge, strolled up the bluff attracted hy
curiosity and the fellow whose business
it was to beat the big drum set it delibe
rately down, and cast his eyes in ar
interested way over the exciting scene
the river wreathed in the smoke of
hundred guns, the city beneath, torn by
their bursting shells, the broad plain, anc
the heights beyond bristling with in.
trenchments.
Altogether unused to war, the genia,
recruit had no conception that, at sucha
distance, he could be in any danger
until suddenly the fire of battery was
turned upon the corps staff close by.
When three solid shot had struck the
ground, throwing the mud ten feet into
the air, and as many shrapnel had burst
in front, sending their disappearing far
of bullets whistling over the bluff, sense
of the situation struck our new friend
and, with ludicrous precipitancy, he en-
sconced himself behind his drum, where
though the case would not have shed
pistol-shot, he cuddled up with an ap
parent feeling of relief and security
which, fortunately, was not disturbed by
the impact of three-inch ball.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
The Profitableness of the Pig.

AS rule there are few more profit
able crops raised on farm than a
good crop OF hogs. Bred with skill,
cared for intelligently, and fed with
judgment and regularity. there needs
DO little of cholera (sO-called) or any
other disease. and sure harvest OF
fat and growthy pigs that will tip the
beam at from 200 to 250 pounds at 9 or
10 months Of age and sell to the first
buyer that sees them in the stock
yards at the top OF the market.
1t 10 with hogs as with cattle. sheep
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23
"'Twanke diddle oh.
Twanke diddle oh ! Twanke
n;ddlr idd1A i1dlo oh',

"'Hurrah = shouted again and again
the delighted hunters, and then rushed
down, over rocks AMI through creepers.
They found Billy alive, but torn and
bruised, sitting on the mangled carcass
OF his late enemy. But he was sound in
wind and limb, while the bears ribs had
been crushed in, as a man brushes an ego
she'll She fell first on the jagged rock,
and thus saved Billy from being smashed
into a mangled heap. One of the party
was a doctor, and by evening Billy.
propped up on a camp bed, was again
singing his chorus, 'TWanke dildle oh"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

powerless. As the wrestlers rolled peri
lousy near the precipice Billy's friend.
rushed forward to save him. They We're
too late-over went man and bear. The
hunters looked over the verge and saw
the black, jumbled mass bound from an
overhanging ledge, and disappear down
the gloomy chasm. Not one Of them ex
pacted to see Billy alive again.
Moody and silent they went down the
steep descent, accompanied by the coolies.
to find poor Billy's body. Al last they
got to the bottom of the ravine.
"A sound caused them to pause. From
the cavernous bottom of the ravine thew
heard Billy grooming softly his favorit,
chorus:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-10-23

each exigency, as it shall arise, the facts
which distinguish it from all preceding
cases, and will detect in advance that
right way which books can only point
out after it has been trod. These pio-
neers in industry and in legislation are
the actual economists, who stand in y
like relation to the science as the great
lawyers do to the law. They absorb its
past learning, but they mold its future
quality. So, after economists have
written, and all that books can teach
has been said, it remains that political
economy, or the science of man in Soc
ETY., is part Of the process of the con-
tinual radiation of new truth by new
minds. 1t comes by perpetually re-
me we'd inspiration. AS hell by the best
instructed minds, it will not be identical
with the instruction they received. Its
latest life will always have found its
suggestion, but never its exact form. in
books. 1t can not cease to be a process
OF emanation or Of evolution. To this
extent, as DR.. Henry c. Carey was wont
% say, political economists can make
books, but books can never make poIiti.
cal economists. 1t must be in the man.
So must all art, power, inspiration, and
success. But not in one man absolutely.
All men know more than one man. The
highest school Of economic thought must
always be the aggregated consensus OF
opinion of the worlds best business men,
producers, workers, whom, as forces.
stlse statesmen and instructed thinkers
ana rs1Aa and Ooneralizo Tho yvrifor In q
cried to bring this book abreast Of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-13

20 the Connmeae.
Loxpox. Feb. lin the commons Sir
James Ferguson stated that paps1 con
earning ths Anglo Portuguese dispu1s. ~.
lsting to territory in Southern Africa,
would soon b. presented to pasiiament
1hsy would serve 70 largely dispsl tn mis-
appfohsnxion which u causing the hossila
fesiing nov bsing manifested against III
English By the Portuguese.
The relations between The British and
Portuguese government. he says, azs frisnd.
y. Portugal has suggested N arbitration
q the question in dispute. but England
vas Of opinion the suhjsct vas not one fss
srhitxation-
Ferguson also STATED the eovsTnmenl
had not considered the invitation extended
By 6witzerland - England - saks part IN
IL proposed labor conference u Bsrua.
The dispatch ssut by Lord Salisbury "a
the Portuguese government January -
said he Portuguese invaded . disputsd
territory in Africa and iusnitsd the British
flag and killed EnRiand's allies befors ask,
ing for mediation. according 70 the terms
OF the Berlin treaty. Portugal. The dis
patch said. had no right nov TO claim such
mediation.
The reply Of the Portuguese govsrnmsni
explained the preparation for was thsn ~
inS made BY Portugal.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-13

Weed Declares The Who1o Oohone
Started with Msadsn.
WAsHrxGroN Crry, Feb. l2--Before the
committee Of inquiry adjourned Governor
Foraker resumed the stand for the purpose
Of making m explanation Of various mat
tiers which we're spoken Of In the course Of
the investigation. He referred to several
incidents which tended to confirm in his
mind belief Of the gcnuineness Of the bal
lot-box paper. Wood never told him the
names would not stand, nor did he use any
words calculated to put Foraker on his
guard in any manner. He had never said
TO Wood OK anyone that be would US the
paper on Butterworth.
Foraker denounced Wood - notorious
forger and perjurer. and declared he
counted seyenty-nine unqualified and un-
miugated falsehoods in his (wood's) testi-
mony. His once had been 20 him . very
bitter experience, Notifying and humiii-
ating TO the last degree. bat from
the beginning 70 the last there
had never been . moment when
Ill the world might not have had al
the information he had. He would think
70 The day OF his death that behind I'll this
there was some sort Of paper. but be did
NOT want any man to imagine that he had
asserted that anyone whose name Vas on
that forged paper believed it 70 have ex-
isted.
He did not believe Wood could havs con-
ceivsd the heading and colIated security
on the paper Of his own imagination. and
mast have received aid from some other
psper or some other person.
Wood resumed the stand for few mo-
renss and asserted the whole thing orig
mated with Hadden- He never saw any
ppsr, bat from what Foraker and Had
den impressed on his mind when
they talked about the baliot-box contract
be thought they knew what they were talk
ins bout MADDEN told him the governor
wsned buffer" and Foraker got
buffer" to buff Ben ButteTvorth. He
deciaed he understood the paper was
nevef to leave Foraker's hand, but was 10
b. uScd e = bluff. y
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-13

MARsHAILrows, Ia, Feb. i2-1hs State
Assembly Of Knights OF Labor tbs morn
ing INDUCED In warm dsbAt4 precipi-
tsted by the report from the COMMITTEES on
resolutions denouncing Senator Allison -
monopoiist. and demanding hie defeat by
the legislature. A counter resolution vas
introduced and strong eight vi Be made
BY his friends.