The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-01
Copyright by Edgar ". Nye.I

These remarks, Of course, are q little
bit personal, Earnest, bat still they show
your goodness of heart. fear that you
are cursed with the fatal gift Of beauty
yourself and wish to have others go with
you On the downward way. You ask
why I do not grow a mustache and |
tell you frankly that it is for the public
good that I do not. I used to wear a
long, dropping and beautiful mustache,
which was we'd received in society, and,
under the quiet stars and opportune cir
cumstances, gave good satisfaction; but
at Last the hour came when I felt that
must decide between this long, silky mus
tache and soft Boiled eggs, Of which I
am passionately fond. 1 hope that you
understand my position, Earnest, and
th6t l am studying the public welfare
more than my own at ell times.
Sassafras Oleson, of South Deadman,
writes to know something of the care Of
flows in the spring and summer. ''Do
you know" he asks, anything Of the
bet methods fer feeding young chicks
VINO may not get the proper nOarish
nent from the mother? Is there any
way TO prevent hens from stealing their
nests and sitting on inRzimate objects?
Tell Us through the papers as tersely as
possible what your OWL experience has
been with hens"
To speak tersely of the hen ana her
mission in life seems to ne almost sacri-
lege It Is at least IN poor taste. The
hen and her works &c near to every true
heart. She does much toward making
Us better, and she don't care who knows
it, either. Young chicks who have lost
their mothers by death, and whose
fathers are of a shiftlaBs and IMPROVE
dent nature, may bs fed on E0u-niss, two
parts; moxie, eight parts; distilled water,
ten parts Mix and administer til renef
is obtained. Sometimes. however, the
chick VIII readily nurse the guinea hen,
and many lives have been saved in tins
way. Whether or not this plan VIII in
tiuence the voice of the rising hen Is a
question among henolOgists of the Coun-
try wiSch | will not attempt to answer.
Hens who steal tLelr nests are gener-
ais Of S5syetiVe nature and are more
or less social pariahs. a hen who will
do this should be watched at all times
and won back by kind words from the
step she Is abSu5 TO take. Brute force
viii accomplish Ht1e. Logic also avails
little as such a time but by striking at
tho foundations Of hen society and show
ing her that it is honorable at all times
to lay good egg, and that as soon as
she begins to be secrgtive and to seek to
mislead those who know and love her
she at once takes a course which cannot
end with honor 60 herself or her descend
ants,
l have made the hen a study for many
years, and love to watch her even vet as
she resumes her tolls On a falling market
year after year, or seeks to hatch out
summer hotel by setting on door knob.
She interests and pleases me. Careful
study OF the hen cenvinces Ine that her
low retreating forehead is a true index
TO her limited reasoning faculties and
lack of memory, ideaity. imagination,
calculation and spirituality. She is also
deficient in her eajeynent Of humoH
1 once owned a large white draught
rooster who stood about seven hands
high ana had feet on him which would
readily break down e whole Germ field if
he walked through ii. Yet he lacked
the courage of his convictions, and So
ciaIly was net regarded as a success,
Leading hens seemed to regard him a.
good hearted rooster and seemed 10 Won
der that he did not get On better in a Sc
cial way. He had a rich baritone voice
and was a good provider, digging up
large areas Of garden and giving the hens
what was left after he got through, and
set they gave their smiles to far more
absolute though perhaps brighter minds.
So | took him away awhile and let him
see something of the world by allowing
aim to visit among the neighbors and
lee society a little. Then brought him
home again, and one night colored him
with diamond dyes so that he was
beautiful scarlet. His aame was Sum
her.
1 took Sumner the following morning
and turned him loose among his old
neighbors- Surprise was written on
every face. He realized his advantage,
and the first thing he did vas to greet
the sstonished crowd with CULTURAL
remark, which made them jump. He
then stepped QyeR ts . haSed rival and