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Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
The Trap-door Spider.

The trap-door spider found in various
parts OF Europe has obtained its popular
lame from the ingenious nest which it
constructs. It makes a hole in the
E-ound and lines it with moss and silk.
When this has been completed it closes
the little pit with an accurately fitting
id that turns on a hinge Of silk. The
spider retires into this den when threat
med with attack. and Is said to hang
n to the trap door when an attempt =
made to raise it In this retreat titrests
Turing the day. leaving it at night in
search oS food. oTo gain further safety
& someti,. = forms chamber leading
~ nom tho ~ and conceals thisreeeGp
nth Z kink a eulzin
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
How to Have Good Horses.

A horse is an actively constituted
animal, says DIR. +. c. Grenside, Vs.
in the Canadian Live Stock and Farm
Journal, and you cannot produce cOndi-
ton, in the true sense of the word, with
out sufficient amount of exercise
Condition does not simply mean the
presentation of good appearance, but
it signifies the ability to endure work
and maintain health. The two latter
abilities cannot be possessed without
liberal feeding and plenty Of exercise.
Good condition requires time to pro-
duce. The work of conditioning ought
to begin fully two months before the
season. The daily exercise and gu antity
of food should be increasedm like ratio,
until five miles day is given draft
horse, and eight or ten light horse.
A great invigorator of the horse is
rubbing; nothing next to good feeding
gives him more vim. A plentiful sup
ply of good, thick clean cotton rubbers
should be on hand, and the horse should
be vigorously rubbed after his exercise,
until he is perfectly dry. Groom while
the circulation of his skin is active, as
after exercise, is far more beneficial
than at any other time.
Have nothing to do with drugs or
nostruns, for they do more harm than
good if the animal is well; and if he is
sick they should only be used under the
guidance of one who understands their
action and the nature of the malady to
be cured. Drugs are in no way essen
tial: in fact they are detrimental to the
process of conditioning.
The death rate among heavy stations
during the season is much higher than
it need be, which is largely the result of
abruptly putting horses into the trying
ordeal of heavy service and constant
excitement, without building up the
system in the manner indicated.
Many fiat sided, long backed, slack
loined horses are receiving liberal pat
ronage on account of their defects be-
ing considerably masked by layers of
fat and fiabby muscle.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
Louisfana Crcoles.

The usual impression obtainiag con
eerninS creoles is that they are all Of
them possessed of daxk and sw rthy
complexions, hair blaok - the ravens
wing and eyes of ''ebon darkness. /" A
New Orleans acquaintance says that
many have iIy-white complexiona
golden locks and eyes of ''heaye1's owa
blue" The creole girl is usually ~
fned and dainty. sensitive and sympa,.
thetic, light hearted and sunny TEN
pered. She Is usually brought up
quietly and Il content to REMAIN =
kc0A OF course the majority of creolao
- dark -they stu nutrhrown naidenD
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
INTERESTING TO FARMERS.
Praise for the Cow.

The path of the cow has ever been
over richer fields and closer to golden
harvests. A hundred experiment sta
tions backed by the appropriations OF
six great nations stand half baffled be-
fore the mysteries of her life and work.
A degenerate modern motherhood turns
over to her sustenance millions of the
children of men. There have been tied
to her by all the bonds of human inter-
est the brains of science and the hands
of art. She has given us the cheapest
food to buy and the most profitable food
to sell. No man should tie to her whose
dignity suffers where learning ponders.
The bugbear of overproduction stares
the man in the face who is a living ex-
ample of under production. He holds
it up as reason why he should not go
into business, or being in, why he
should go out. The truth is simply
chat there is an overprOductiOn Of
inferior dairy products and tremend-
GUS shortage of good ones. An ounce
of poor butter is too much for any
housewife, fifty pounds of good butter
is not enough. We have 100000 too
many poor COWS in this state and a
shortage of over million good ones.
lLst misty theories of over production
follow the end of the rainbow and let
the Wisconsin farmer look for his bag
of gold on top of a milk can. The
Dairymens association has sought and
welcomed help and knowledge from
every quarter-from the man with one
COW, from the man with hundred;
from the theories of Prof. Arnold, the
practice of John Gould; the common
sense and trained intellect of Robertson,
and from the agricultural department
of our university as directed and con-
trolled by Prof Henry and his assistants.
To Prof Henry in particular we owe a
debt of gratitude which cannot be paid.
We ca- simply endorse upon it the rec
ord of our appreciation; our apprecia-
tion of modest but most effective labor,
of cordial sympathy, of stirring enthu-
siasm, of conservative judgment and
unquestioned courage. l am specially
proud of the fact that the association
which am privileged tOspeak for here
tonight has always had its windows
open toward the university; that it has
had the sense to understand the wisdom
of the state in laying the foundation of
science under the art Of agriculture. l
am proud of the fact that it has had
none of the cheap prejudices of ignOr-
ance against the wisdom of thought;
that it has in fact endeavOred to blend
the knowledge of farm and laboratory
into white light which shall brighten
and bless our Wisconsin farms.-H. c.
Adams, ex-president Wisconsin Dairy
mems association.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
Scene In . Restaurant.

Woman alone at table. Enter two
n. One of them in possession Of .
re accompanied by that sort Of inn
rti1ence which. strange to say, some
n palm of, or think they do. as wit.
woman's order is served, soup and
cad. The man described stares at
woman and says to his companion.
did You ever notice that a woman
always orders soup when she comes in
70 a restaurant"
The woman's face Is red clear through
the cosmetic. Just then her compan-
ION. another woman. comes in. The
man has finished his first course and
ordered pie.
The woman who had blashed, still
smarting under the mans impertinenca
turns to her companion and observes:
Ibid you ever notice that when man
somes into q restaurant he always or.
ders pie?"
A stri:k observance of the code Of
etiquette wor.d not have required the
woman to say anything. One breach
of propriety does not call for another
in return. The woman no doubt felt
better. The man, probably. never felt
the sting, The point in this story IL
that the woman uttered truism. Men
invariably order pie in restaurant. al-
though they never eat il at horhA-
CA;fago Tribune.
Experimented on Dad.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
Why he Bought the Pies.

At the close of fair in Boston the
unsold articles were sold at auction,
and a round lot of cream pies were
knocked down to gentleman who
seemed particularly anxious to get
them. "My wife made these pies, he
said, "and gave them to the fair; and as
she never makes any of this quality
except to give away my only chance is
to buy them" And then he sat down
and consumed a couple in silence--Gss
msntown Independent
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17

One Of the well known citizens q
rawtucket, r L. ane a man OF de.
cidedly mechanical turn OF mine
withal, says the Providence journal,
was severely shocked the other day n
the following manner: He has q son.
Is years of age. who is chip Of the
old block in his love Of mechanics and
his desire to see into the reason for
every thing. The young man is very
much interested in and firm believer
in the wonderful power of electricity.
A few days ago. as the father sat down
to dinner and attempted to take his
knife. the knife refused to be taken up.
He glanced at it hurriedly, and saw
that it appeared to have been fastened
down with piece Of string. Think
ing one Of little ones had tied it down
for joke, he administered mild and
playful reprimand, at the same time
attempting to take up the fork ct the
other side Of the plate. But the fork
also refused to be taken up. Thinking
that his two younger children had conn
bined In the joke, he reprimanded the
other little one. In the meantime the
young man had been quietly watching
the progress of events with good deal
Of interest and saying nothing. The
father then attempted to take up the
knife and fork in each hand. and thes
he understood the matter. as he re.
ceived an electric shock that raised
him from his chair and set him shak-
ing like touch Of aqua He finally
shook the knife and fork from his
hand and then proceeded to investi-
gate. He discovered that the innocent
looking young student Of electricity
had been trying an experiment TAX
ing I battery which he had made him:
Def in his father's shop. he had
concealed It under the table; then: CUT
ting down the bell wire. he had 1s as'
tached to the battery and attached one
pole to the knife and one 10 the fork
The result uf the experiment WAS safls
factory to himself whatever the taxn0
ni9ht. ought Of il
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
sPINsTER WRITERS.
Women Of Celebrity in Letters
Who Have Never Married.

Women Of Celebrity in Letters
Who Have Never Married.
New York Star: Constance Fenimore
Woolson, author of "Lake Country
Sketches" and other graphic stories:
Sarah Orne Jewett, who wrote"A Coun;
try Doctor" and "Deepha:en" sketches,
ns well as other books which have proved
so delightful to readers everywhere:
Edith NJ. Thomas, the exquisite lyrist;
Grace King, author of the attractive
southern tale, Monsieur Motte," and
Octave Thanet, a name which wells the
personality of a western writer of strik-
ing originality. are all still unmarried.
Charles Egbert Craddock, who through.
her brilliant characterizations and rich
descriptive powers has won a lasting
fame, now resides with her mother and
sister at the old homestead in Tennessee
occupied with literary work, and deaf to
all overtures on the part of her many
admirers looking to marriage.
Gail Hamilton is too much wrapped up
in her self-independence ever to give the
subject of matrimony a moments
thought, if taken into personal consider
alton, while Kate Field, as the great
public knows, is too mnch in love with
journalism to believe she would be
happier as the wife of any living mar
The Cary sisters, Phoebe and Alice,
never married, but dwelt together all
their lives, each bound up in the love of
the other. There was bond of close
friendship existing between them and
the poet Whittier, and one of his choic-
est lyrics. "The Singers" refers wholly
TO those two gifted women.
Jean Ingelow, now considerable more
than 55, has never been married. She
has always been devoted in a marked
iegree to her mother, and while the
latter lived the two dwelt together.
Miss Ingelow is much given to work of
charity, and among other beneficent
acts is in the habit of giving regularly
at her lovely Kensington home to the
poor, old and young, what are known
as copyright dinners" from the pro-
ceeds of her own books.
The charming novelists, Jane Austin.
Mary Russell Milford, Charlotte Bronte.
as also other women of equal celebrity
in English letters, remained true to
maidenhoOd.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
GEOLOGICAL MYSTERIES.
Supposed Origin OF Some OF the Preclou
Stones Of Commerce.

Geology las been a revelation to
mankind and has told us wonderful
things of the past history of the earth.
says the american Analyst. But
geology has secrets of its own that are
as hidden from comprehension as the
atmosphere of the moon or the belts Of
Saturn. Certain things have been Gone.
says the geologist, through volcanic
action or the agency of fire, and that is
as near as he can come to It. Sc
that. after all, we see affects. but know
little or nothing of causes. There IS a
rock known rs amygdalOid, one of the
iyneous rocks, which in some of the
gigantic transformations OF nature. we
viii say in cooling from a melted state,
formed within itself cavities from the
size of q marble or a bead to that OF
the closed hand. Now, as nature alb
hors vacuum, she set to work to fill
these cavities, and in doing so she used
other materials, and these combine
tions produce some of what we call the
precious stones of commerce. Exact.
ly how this was done we can not tell.
but we see sene hint of the operation
in every subterranean cave where
stalactites and stalagmites are found.
Every student knows that this is the
result of dropping water which con.
tains carbonate of lime. The water
evaporating leaves minute particle OF
lime. which takes something to itself
from the earth or atmosphere, and in
the course Of ages bodies ave formed
Of most remarkable character. In
probably somewhat the same fashion
have these cavities been filled in the
igneous rocks, and then come time and
storms and other agencies
quakes, perhaps-and the rocks are
rent apart. and out drops bead or
bowlder, and curious man picks it
up. and hammers and breaks it, and
then he puts a polish on by some pro-
cess more or less advanced, and 10! he
holds in his hand an agate or an onyx.
Many of the stones used in the arts
have no other origin, and are deposits
of silica, alumiea, oxide of iron. and
other cOloring substances. It is the
color or arrangement of colors that
gives the name, and thus we have
agate, onyx, chalcedony, carnelian.
sard. chrysoprase, sardonyx, and others.
all members of the quartz family and
all having family resemblance. The
agate has veins of different shades Of
color in parallel lines. Sometimes
those are very close together, as many
as fifty to the inch, but this is unusual.
When there are alternate bands of color
and Transparent medium we have
the onyx; but the latter may be OBJ
tanned by cutting the stone in a differ
ent way. Agates are used chiefly for
purposes, such as cups,
seals, rings, handles for parasols,
swords, table and mantel ornaments.
but the material is so hard that it can
only be worked by those who have
practiced skill. The onyx was valued
by the ancients for its application to
canoes and intaglios-the first an OBJ
ject in relief, the latter "cut in" pro-
cess; and these objects are still made.
Nature produces some very strange
forms occasionally. and agates are
found with exact resemblances of moss
and other natural objects and figures.
which are very curious and often very
valuable.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
NOTES.

Potatoes are more wholesome when
baked than when boiled.
Tissue or printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
To boil cabbage whole tie or sew in
cotton cloth. Boil little longer than
if quartered.
To keep insects out Of bird cages, tip
up little sulphur "a q bag and suspend
it in the cage.
IF pin cush;e1x - dlled with well
dried coffee grounds, mice nor moth
W3 never touch them.
The cabbage leaves, apple and potato
parings, and other vegetable refuse
from the kitchen. can be fed to the
poultry with profit.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
Blood Against Scrub.

4
| Blood Against Scrub.
| While no amount of care and feeding
of scrubs will give satisfactory returns
good breeding, coupled with good feed
ing, will almost invariably produce ex-
cellent results.
To illustrate this point, we recently
saw, on the same farm, herd of some
fifty young cattle, steers and spayed
heifers, all yearlings past.
About half of them were half blood
Galloways while the other half were
calves from the same herd of cows tnat
the grades were from, scrub bull hav-
ing been used part of the season and
then replaced by Galloway, who COM
pleted the season and became tie sire
of about half that years crop of calves
Now here was a fair test, for these
calves received the same care, ran on
the same pasture, drank from the same
troughs, ate from the same racks and
were, in all things, treated alike, and
they should, and did show, just what
difference blood will make under exact
ly similar circumstances. The scrubs
would tip the beam at an average of
about $50 pounds. and were really quite
a good lot, much better than a good
many that one may see, while the grades
averaged strong 1000 pounds. several
of them weighing 1,1O0.
Now any rlan ought to see the blood
was the power that made these grade
calves so much better than the others.
Blood will tell, and yet this farmer might
have used apure blood bull and not have
gotten such good calves. This particu-
lar bull not only was a pure blood with
splendid pedigree, but he was most ex-
cellent animal with sire and dam and
grandsire, on both sides, that were all ex-
cellent individuals, thus giving both a
pedigree of pure blood and a pedigree of
excellence. Then ON this came the top
cross of good feeding and all combined
to make this lot of calves just what they
are, and will, in a few months, put a nice
lot of profit money into their owners
pockets.
Now there are two other views of
this subject that may be taken:
First-Had this man bred these grades
as he did, but given the calves ordinary
neglect instead of good care, he would
have made real scrubs of them. They
would have made him no profit, and he
might have said, as many do, "These
fancy cattle are no good for the common
farmer"
Second-He might have gotten pure
blood bull with no individual excellence,
or whose ancestors were such that he
had no power of transmitting good quail
ties; in other words, lacking in pre-
potency, and have from such sire got a
lot of calves that, with all his care,
would have been failures. and in that
case he would again have said fancy
blood was humbug.
TO sum it all up, then, get bull
whose pedigree is good, whose ancestors
back for as many generations as possible
were good individuals, and were good
sires and dams, and who IS himself a
good animal, and then give the calves
good feed and care and you are all right
This applies to any or all pure breeds.
The same laws govern in all breeding,
and if in any particular they are broken
the result is disaster.-Western Far
mer and Stockman.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17

Eqss0e said to become unwholesoms
when kept in refrigerators; q fungus
forms in them which is easily found
by microscope, although it is not
noticeable to the taste. This fungus
constitutes adanger when we consider
how many eggs are consumed by al
classes of society. and people of delicate
constitutions ought to be particularly
careful that they eat fresh and moi
kept eggs Exchange.
Thomas County cat., 1890-07-17
In the Menagerie<

The conduct and methods of the mann.
mails in their maternal capacity, as ex-
hibited in circus menagerie, might be
studied with profit by Americans ma
irons. According to the testimony of
Superintendent Conklin of Barnum's
circus every animal, if properly fed and
kept free from noisy intrusion and wor-
ry, will rear its young with unvarying
care and affection, and further he be-
lieves that animals of every species
which has ever survived in state of
captivity will breed, and he offers the
best possible justification of this belief
by saying that he has never during an
experience of thirty years had charge of
animals which did not breed. OF fcourse
he does not mean that every individual
female has lad young ones, for many
individuals are barren. In the case of
some species, however, the animals of
one sex are never caught, and con-
sequently young ones are not born
among these. An example of such ami
mails is the laughing and crying hyena
The female hyena is seldom caught, al
though the male is very ordinary in
habitant of meEageries. The males of
some other kinds of animals are never
caught.
A PERFECT MOTHER.
As an example of perfect mother
may be taken the 3-year-old ioness
Belle in Barnum's circus. Rather more
than year ago she had two Sielps
fine fat fellows. She fed them regular
ly and took eyuss possibly care of them,
but, most remarkable to state, she not
OILY allowed anybody to look at the
cubs, but led the keepers take them out
of the cage for half an hour at . time.
She neither resented this nor relaxed
her care for the little ones. With many
animals such liberties would have end
ed id the killing OF abandonment of the
Ecubs.
Belle is large ioness In excellent
| physical condition. She has . powerful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
sLAUGMrERING GREAT NUMBERS oF CATTLE

Pine Ridge Agency, 5. d.. Nov. 2S.-The first ripple
OF news that We have had here to-day at o'clock
this afternoon. Plenty Bear, old time friendly In
dian, who lives at Wounded Knee. twenty five miles
northeast, came In today with an alarming report 10
Agent Royer. lie states that there 364 lodges. be
ing over 1000 Indians, at Wounded Knee. and that
they have resumed the Ghost Dance with many warilke
accompaniments. lie said they formed in regular
dance and were swearing vengeance on tho whites.
lie also says that they have taken oath to resist in
reference, IL II costs the last drop OF their hearts
blood Plenty Bear witnessed the dance IN person. and
said that Little Wound, who visited the agency only
yesterday among the dancers with all his band.
II further stated by Plenty Bear that their deviltry
consisted in burning houses and killing settlers stock
Great loads OF recently slaughtered beef were hourly
coming I'm last night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
THE BANK WIrHDRAws IT'S CHARGES.

Amsterdam, N Y. Nov. 30 (speciaD.--The Chief OF
Police was advised yesterday afternoon to take no
further action In the matter Of endeavorng 10 serve
warrant on Julius +. Smith, the late teller of tho
Merchants National Bank who was charged by Presl'
dent IIubbs with larceny in having taken nearly
$4,000 OF the banks money. At o 80 O'Clock last
night one Of the passengers who aligted from train
I'm this city was Mr.. Smith. and he at once walked
TO his house, where he is at present. number Of
Mr. smiths friends were the train. and they were
greatly surprised when at schenectady sm tn walked
into the ca In which they were sitting. Ii has been
known that Immediately aft n Smiths departure two
weeks ago, his relatives and close friends began 10
look about, with a view 10 securing settlement with
the bank people, and they have succeeded IN ac.
compllshing this purpose. upon what terms Is not
positively known, but II is understood that compro
mise was effected smith says he has been In New
York while absent from the city, and he Is glad "
get home again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-30
PROPOSED Trust OF LEAD-sILrER SHELTERS.

Chicago Nov 29.-Next Monday meeting will be
held III this cit, at the Auditorium Hotel. at which
another effort vii be made to organize the lead sycr
smelters of the United States into one gigantic trust
A combination vas attempted about year ago. but
fell through account OF the refusal OF two or three
of the most prominent companies TO enter. Since
that time, howe'er, Mr. Thompson. the president Of
the National While Lead Trust. has been working hard
to reconcile the differences that developed during the
negotiations of lat year. and it is believed that the
call for meeting in this city Monday next, Is an
indication that h has succeeded. At present the
White Lead Trusts the only combination of any mag
ntude existing In he lead industry. Every white lead
company in the cQlntry, one Is a member OF the
trust There are twenty lead smelling reiincres
In the United Staes, and they represent an invested
capital Of many hilliOns. The capital of the White
Lead Trus alone 10000, 900. and a combination OF
the smeiters wouh mean Joint Investment many
times greater than this amount.