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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

outer edge, took a "header" of ono
hundred and sixty feet to the hard
earth below.
In the descent, which was watched
closely by two score of men, the cat
spread herself out like flying squirrel,
and alighted on all tours. After turn
ing over on the ground few times In
a dazed manner, she prepared to leave
the grounds, and had proceeded al
most beyond the shadow ofthe monu-
ment when o dog belonging to one of
the workmen pounced upon her and
killed her, she, of course, not being in
her best running trim after perform
ing such an extraordinary feat.
One of the men procured the body
of the dead cat, smoothed out her
silky coat, and turned it over to q
representative OF the Smithsonian
Institution, who mounted the skin
and placed it under a glass case.
The label on the case tells this won
derful story in few words: "Ths
cat, on September 20, 1880, jumped
from the top of Washington's Monu-
ment, and lived. "-Companion.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Keep the Passions In Check.


An old man was once walking with
q little boy. They came across four
shrubs. The old man said to his
youthful companion:
"Pull up the least one."
He obeyed with ease.
"Now the next"
He obeyed, but it did not come so
easily.
''And the third"
1t took all his strength to move it's
roots, but he succeeded.
"Now the fourth"
In vain the lad put forth all hi
strength. He only made the leaves
tremble; he could not move the roots.
They had gone strongly into tho earth
and no effort could dislodge them.
Then the wise old man said to the
ardent youth;
"This my son, is just what happens
with our passions. When they are
young and weak, one may, by little
watchfulness over self and the help of
a little self denial, easily tear them
up; but if we let them cast their roots
deep into out souls, there is no hui
man power can uproot them. For
this reason, my child, watch well over
the first movements of your soul, and
study, by acts OF virtue, to keep your
passions well in check"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

Growing stock should not be kept
too lat during hot weather.
with working machinery ofall kinds
the best oil is the cheapest.
Pond water is about the poorest
that can be supplied to stock, espec-
tally during the summer.
Our advantage in growing roots for
winter feeding is, that very large yields
can be secured.
The cultivation of tobacco in Brit
ish North Borneo is rapidly increas.
ing. The output for last year was
100000 pounds.
Whenever plant runs to vine, it is
nearly always Mt the expense OF fruit.
The better plan is to pinch back the
running shoots.
French parents possessing seven or
more children have certain exemptions
from taxation. In France there are
loo,OOO families so exempted.
Last year the executive committee
OF the Illinois state grange offered
prize OF $4,000 for a device that
could be attached to self binder, to
use straw instead OF wire for binding
twine, and it is claimed that they
"have it,"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
RUSTIC GUILELESSNESS.
How the Farmer Keeps Up the
Price of Eggs In Matching Season.

How the Farmer Keeps Up the
Price of Eggs In Matching Season.
''Nice eggs, amt they" said man
at Wood River station the other day,
as he picked up a sample of chen
fruit" from a pail that fellow pass
enger carried.
"Yes," responded the owner of the
eggs, "they're pretty good looking.
Blooded Stock he continued; "but
as | only PAID 25 cents for them 1
guess they won't hatch"
why how is that?" said the ignor-
ant Providence Journal man who
stood near.
We'll you see," replied the man
with the eggs, ''if these eggs were sold
Tor Matching they would fetch over 81
a bakers dozen, being of blooded
stock, but, the supply being greater
than the demand, they were sold for
eating purposes at the regular rate OF
20 cents. The farmer, though to
guard against their use for setting,
has run a fine needle through the butt
end ofeach SO as tojust pierce the in
ner skin, a trick that does away effect
ually with Matching it."
This little scheme of the guileless
farmer to keep up the price of hatch
ing eggs in season was new to the city
man, but his informant said it was
a practice as old as the hills.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Plnkeye Contagious.

DIR. Fleming, principal veterinary
surgeon of the British army, is of the
opinion that the veterinary author
tiles of this country are correct in re.
gardins "pinkeye" in horses rs o. con-
tagious and infectious specific fever
transmissible directly from animal to
animal. He said further, that per-
sons passing from sick animal to
healty one would convey the disease.
1t was undoubtedly due to one or
more germs there might be two or
three germs producing it.; but there
were grounds for believing that the
germs could develop not only in the
animal body but outside tin the at
mosphere. Only on that behalf could
they account for certain outbreaks.
Although the mortality attending the
latest outbreak has been greater than
IN any other, they would have to
schedule the whole country TO stop it;
ana he thought the time had not vet
arrived Tor that. lie advised those
who had horses to observe closely the
prevalence of the disease, and, if they
saw symptoms of it, to rest the horses
at once.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

L had no time to answer, 1Or IN
minute we were dumped, feet foremost
one into each hole. Then the beggars
began shoveling the sandy soil in on
top Of us.
"They're going to bury us alivel''
said Joe.
It was worse than that. That would
have killed us too soon. They only
buried us to the necks, leaving oi-r
heads free, but so securely fixed in tie
soil that we looked like couple OF
| living heads on q magcian's table.
Great Cod what horribly conceived
| torture was this While we were bur
led helpless there a brute came and
with sharp knife carefully shaved a
round patch from the tops of our
heads, then another smeared some
sticky substance thereon. Were they
going to set fire to us? Worse even
than that
Do not suppose that all this was
done in silence. By no means. A hor-
rible, yelling, jeering, hooting crowd
surrounded us, and now they came
and threw beastliness of every descrip-
ton at us, spat in our faces and
slapped us with fiat pieces OF bamboo.
This went on for a couple of hours,
and the sun was beating down upon
us with almost unbearable power
Then the flies came in myrlads and bit
and stung us, and the stencil from the
filth that had been thrown at us was
sitting and inconceivably sickening.
Then came n cry from Maxted, which
| quickly echoed:
"Im bursting If this don't stop
soon I'll burstl"
The rice and water we had swallowed
was swelling, and the weight of the
our agony was intense.
"Great Cod Why didn't we tell the
men to come sooner"
Then poured forth another volley
of oaths and curses from Joe, and
the cheeriest words of encouragement
to me a man could think Of
They'll never obey you sir: they'll
get anxious and come"
His words were prophetic. They
were hardly out of his mouth when we
heard the heartiest British cheer |
ever heard ring through the clearing
then volley and another from good
British rifles, and then the short
swapping OF the revolvers-and then
l tainted.
A week later, lying in my little
cabin on the Ticker, heard how one
OF the men, angry at not being chosen
to make the inland excursion with
me, had followed us d short distance
through the forest. He had seen the
attack and at once scampered back
to the boat. Realizing that ten men
would be OF little use against so many
Tartars, they had rowed down the
river right back to the Ticker, reported
my capture to Commander Napier.
who had come himself with young
brigade to my rescue, with the results
that you have already read.
Every pirate in that scoundrelly
crew was shot or cutlassed in the
attack. Not one escaped. II. l. r.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Result of Rough Traatmant.

Among the brute creation man has
no better friend than the horse. With
them, however, as with human beings,
much depends upon early training,
An exchange speaking upon this sub
lect, says that "a gentle horse is more
than it would be if not gentle. What
IS termed viciousness in horses is fire.
quently nothing but sheer tlmidity,
and almost invariably is the result Of
rough treatment. Horses would not
give way to fear when man approach
es them If they had been accustomed
to receive always kind and humane
treatment. Now that the season for
putting the young colts into the hands
OF trainers Is at hand, it is good time
to commence teaching them not to
fear the approach OF n human being.
1hcy are fond of being petted, aud
VII IN constant kindness will become
quite docile. A nubbin of corn, u
handful OF grain or little sugar offer
ed occasionally will gain their conf
dence, and they will gradually lose all
lear of mankind. The spirit of trust
iiulness thus inspired, and the result
lrg gentleness OF disposition, will last
through life, unless adverse influences
are allowed to intervene"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
A Soft Answer.

FRANCOIS is an excellent servant,
and always sits up for his master.
One night Viscount de b, Fran
eois' master, came home from his
club at three O'Clock in the morning.
He found his faithful valet in his bed
room reclining fast asleep on the sofa
near the fire. Instead OF waking him,
he quietly undressed and got into bed,
Ten minutes afterwards FRANCOIS
awoke and exclaimed: Past three
O'Clock and the beast hasn't come in
yet" The Viscount raised his head
and said, in a very gentle voice: "You
may go to bed. FRANCOIS, the beast
has got buck TO it's lair. IL Univers.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Opium UnJustiy MalIgned.

In the course of the debate on the
motion, which was carried lately in
the English House of Commons, to abol-
ish the opium traffic In India, refer
ence was made, among other sources,
to De Quincey's Confessions of an
Opium Eater" in support of the
statement which the House was ask
ed to believe that Opium is by no
means the unqualified curse it is gener-
ally reputed to be. This view was
strongly confirmed by Sir Lepel Griffin,
whose eastern experience has qualified
him to give an authoritative opinion
on the subject. Sir Lepel stated that
opium was infini tely more OF a blessing
than curse when used in moderation,
and it was it's abuse alone that led
to Generalization. He declared that
this abuse is the exception rather
than the rule, and the moderate con-
sumption of the drug in tropical
climate was absolutely beneficial He
described Indian opium as q luxury,
and held to the opinion that no ex-
pert who has lived among and studied
opium-smoking and opium-drinking
people us he has done, can arrive at
any other conclusion than that alec.
hollis hundred times more pernicious
than opium. By the abolition of this
traffic the Indian revenue will be re-
duced by about $50, 100000, and the
cultivation of the poppy, which has
for many years been the chief source
OF the prosperity of both princes and
people in many native states, will no
longer be countenanced by the Govern
ment. But whether it will be thrown
up is entirely another matter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Pussy's Wonderful Lean.

The old saying, "a cat has nina
lives" has a good foundation of fact
in the wonderful power of endurance
shown by that animal. Not the least
wonderful exploit credited to pussy is
the following; In 1880, when the
Washington monument had reached
a height of one hundred and sixty
feet, an adventurous and patriotic
cat had assembled the interior of the
shaft by means of the ropes and tub
ing.
When the workmen arrived at the
upper landing the next morning, and
began to prepare for the days work,
pussy took fright, and springing to the
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Thoughts About Sheen.

Some people seem to think that
sheep can live anywhere. They will
turn them into the road where the
grass is covered with dust, forgetting
that a sheep is as dainty about it's
iood as its master.-Others will keen
them in brier patch, where grass
must struggle for existence, let them
run here all summer, and in the fall
tney VIII come out thin and gaunt,
and with their feeces ruined. Others
stock their fields too heavily. Sheen
are like other animals-put too many
on a field and they will crop it too
close running the pasture. They want
frequent changes of pasture, to do
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

THERE is no earthly reason why
lawyers and doctors should not adver-
Use. What they have at their disposal
education. talent physical ability
and time-they want to sell. They
are In the market with their wares lust
Is much as any dry goods man or gro
Ger Is A good many of them put on
considerable airs, as though they are
In some way superior to other bust
ness men. but they are as sharp after
the almighty dollar as any merchant
or store-keeper. have as rigid scale OF
charges and demand their price as
firmly and sue in the courts as readily.
In fact they are men of business like
the rest with precisely the same am
billions and motives. There is there
fore no reason why they should not
bring themselves and their wares to
the attention OF the public in the
regular businesslike way.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

ADVANCEMENT in methods Is a
feature OF military training as well as
Of other departments OF human activ-
NY. The very cruelty OF the exigencies
OF war forces upon its victims the
consciousness OF defective rules, and
opens the way for improvement. Ger
many, far In advance OF other nations
as TO the discipline OF her army, and
France. who follows closely after her
late conquerors. had both to learn
something in their struggle of twenty
years ago, and are using their lessons
now In the training OF their armies.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
BIsHor CoxE in an address delivere

BISHOP COKE In an address delivered
at commencement OF young ladi es'
seminary In Buffalo. expressed hope
that none OF the graduates would ever
be seen astride a bicycle and said the
girls he had seen on Delaware avenue
looked like old women on a broom
stick" From the good Bishops Ian
guage 1t is evident that however I'M
questionable an authority he may be
on other matters, he has fallen In this
case into misconception no longer
shared by the enlightened laity OF the
land respecting the exact structure Of
ladies' bicycle and the position OF its
fair occupant.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

ENGLAND has reason to be ashamed
Of good many things, but OF none
norc than that English law forbidding
interference with the brutal and de-
grading child marriage Of India. One
hundred millions of women are slaves
In India to degrading superstition.
and the birth Of a girl means life of
wrotohedness- Ten or twelve years
Of age is the limit for such child to
be free. 1t is the most cruel OF injus-
tees the world ever knew. And yet
1t is perpetrated under the protection
Of the English flag.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

The experience had with the at
tempt to check italian and Slav immi-
grafton does not leave us ground for
drm faith that the legal barriers will
prevent the country from being over
run by Moslem beggars. There is a
better cure for this evil IN the return
10 the old law Of making professional
mendicancy a misdemeanor and pro-
viding the mendicants with enforced
labor. Every community has the To-
cal authority TO put such law in
force. II the immigration Of a char
acter such as comes here to beg or to
subsist on the public charities grows
10 large volume, each section could
hnd work for 1t in making good roads
until the immigrants perceived the
necessity OF finding work for them
selves.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

THERE was a time when men ana
women OF fifty-five. sixty and sixty
five years were practically laid on the
shell, forced into retirement and super
nnuation, for two reasons. First be-
cause IN the majority OF instances at
that age then they were in fact super
snuated. and second. even when the
physical and mental vigor had not
abated. public sentiment was so uni
versally strong against old people,
people past fifty, that they were COM
PEELED TO relinquish the struggle OF
affairs and surrender 1t to those of a
younger generation. 1t is not So at
least not TO the Same extent now that
1t was then. In these days a man of
fifty and fifty-ive, other things being
equal, Is regarded as being just in his
prime and good for fully twenty years
more of active. efficient service. The
age line. or line of approximation. has
thus been sensibly advanced into the
seventeen
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

IT was once supposed that our an
cestors were longcr-lived than are we
OF this generation. Such, however,
Is not the case We now live longer
on the average than they did. There
Is larger per cent Of old people, both
men and women, In this country than
ever before, and they live to bs rela-
lively older than did our grandparents
Human life is thus prolonged in multi
Piled instances beyond the old limit OF
three score and ten, but the old people
OF our day are more vigorous, active
and useful. and in the matter OF mere
physical enjoyment, enjoy life better
than did the old people of the past.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Making Minutes Count.

A poor girl who works all dav in
the mending room of an embroidery
factory, told me how the girls used
their spare minutes, writes Ruth Ash.
more, in The Ladies' Home journal.
There we're thirty of them, and when.
ever piece of embroidery came from
the great looms it went into their
hands to be looked over and mended.
so what they did was ''piece-work."
and any minutes they gave up were
deducted from their time at the end
OF the week. After thinking it over
they decided that each one could
spare ten minutes day, and the one
who was having her ten minutes
a day read to the others. In this
way they got three hundred minutes
a day, eighteen hundred minutes q
week, and-whoever among Won is q
good arithmetican-count how MANY
minutes a year that would be for them
Dosen't this make you, who govern
your own time, bit ashamed
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

THERE has been, it Is true, some
talk in New York OF ladies riding
horseback in regular man fashion, but
20 ono ever heard OF a lady riding a
bicycle in that fashion for the simple
reason that they-the machines-are
not built that way. A lady may ride
bicycle as decorously and prudishly
as she might ride in horse-car, and
there Is no reason OF decorum why
women everywhere should not take to
the wheel for health or recreation. as
constantly increasing number OF
them are doing.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Salt the Cows,

1t is hardlynecessary to tell people
who handle stock that they should
be sailed regularly. 1t seems to be rs
necessary rs food itself, Judging from
the way they will beg forit. Not only
Is 1t relished, but observation and
experience teach that salt is necessary
to the best health of a COW. Prof.
Robinson. of the Guelph experimental
station, Ontario, says, after exper-
lmenting along that line, that ito
deny cows salt for even one week
reduces their flow OF milk 14b to l7H
per cent in quantity and lovers the
quality" Milk given when the cows
are deprived of salt, he says, "will
sour "a hours sooner than that given
when they have a full supply oft. 1t
is greatly relished by all animals,
which is strong presumtive evidence
in its favor, and there cannot be a
reasonable doubt at this late day that
salt is beneficial to mich cows
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13

we'll. They like hill lands The -.
and seem to do better on tn.
They should be sailed tv;c.
week. In winter, sheep should y.
well sheltered in bad, stormy waa.L
er, with plenty of good clover ~.
and pure water. Then thew IN
thrive. If you allow them ont ~
storms, with poor or insufficient foo1
they will grow thin and the wool y.
comes dead. Ewes with lamb, md
such treatment, do not pass vean;rs
time safely, and will lack nutrimsns
for their puny lambs. There is los s -
all such sheep husbandry. -
Ewes should not have much oral.
before lambing, but what they do bsr.
should be bran, oats and corn pronrS
together. After eve drops her Lamb
put her in place by herself. Have =
shed for this purpose, where Won cor
bunch them in lots OF ten or liftesn
You can oversee them better, and 4.
tect anything that goes wrong. and
when you go in among them thew
haven't room to run around, as in .
large shed, tramping on their lambs
etc.-Ohio Farmer.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Chemical Action In tho Soil.

Certain conditions must exist ba
fore chemical action can take placs
There must be the active princinle.
that is to say, the attacking or do.
structive agent, which is generally an
acid or an alkali. There must be IN.
passive principle, j. e., the ingredient
which contains the fertilizing agent wa
want o make use of, but which il
locked up insolubly in water, and
therefore present but useless. Thero
must be also moisture and heat M
chemical action is dead or nearly so
when dry and cold. Here are four
indispensables; all must be present in
the soil or the chemical action cannot
take place. As an example, take
fresh manure heap. dry it up to chips
and it is inert; but simply moisten It
not to soak it-and the principle il
set free and begins to work. This nc.
ton produces heat md thus all the
essentials to chemical action being
present, the operation goes on tin
either the moisture fails or the passive
materiul is reduced and the work ia
done. Now if the proposition between
the active material and the passive
principle is true one, The work is
completed, the iusolubl e part is rem.
dered soluble, the whole mass is now
fit to feed plants Ind the only
action to take place is to
keep sufficient moisture in contact
with the humus to make it possible
for the plant TO imbibe it, The whole
OF this operation is commonly called
rotting, Now, if you will rot downall
the rubbish on your farm you will
have hnmas, the result OF chemical
process.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-13
Feeding Value of Whey.

-Four trials were conducted ut the
Wisconsin experiment station during
the fall of 1S9O-91, Tor the purpose of
ascertaining the value of sweet whey
for pig feeding. The results Of these
trials show:
First-We are not successful in
maintaining pigs on whey alone.
Second-Pigs fed on corn meal and
shorts with waterrequired $50 pounds
OF the mixture for 100 pounds OF
grain
Thlrd-When whey was added to
the corn meal and shorts mixture, it
produced n marked saving in the
amount of grain required for good
grain. This was true for mixtures
varying from two pounds OF whey to
one of grain, up to ten pounds of
whey to one of grain.
Fourth-It was found when using
whey us partial substitute for grain,
that 760 pounds of whey effected
saving OF 100 pounds OF the corn meal
and shorts mixture.
Fifth-Using these figures, if corn
meal and shorts are valued Mt S12
per ton, then whey is worth eight cents
per hundred pounds; at SIS per ton
for the corn meal and shorts, whey
would be worth ten cents per hundred
weight.
Sixth-Shorts, pea meal and oil
meal, or like foods, should be mixed
with whey for growing animals. Some
corn may be fed at all times, the pro-
portion increasing as the animal ap-
proaches maturity Ohio Farmer.