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The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
Growing Hogs a. a Business.

Long ago successful hog growers
found that it was necessary to en-
ploy careful methods in this business
as in any other farm economy. All
Is not accomplished when you get
pre- breed and popular strain.
though this is essential to begin
with. There is little use of procu--
Ing the best unless one recognizes
the fact that good care has as much
bearing on success with them as it
has with beef cattle or dairy cows
Dirty pens, and anything which
comes handy for feed, will never
bring hog TO a profitable market
Do not make the hog eat bushel of
filth in order to procure his bushel
of grain. A clean feeding floor is not
difficult to have and the grain
will go further and the health of the
hogs will be better for having it. Dish
water does not quench the thirst as
a good supply of pure cold water
will Mouldy corn is not~s.iust as
good' for the hogs as is sound corn.
A damp, musty pile of straw does not
make them good bed. A muddy
barnyard is not as good run fo-
them rs hard. clean field. A pas
ture filled with weeds, and not much
OF anything else, will not keep them
In as good condition as good clover
field 1t may be difficult to get some
OF these things through the heads OF
some men who keep hogs, but if it is
not accomplished they are bound to
be losers; and they will be losers.
also. il they do not get over the old
idea that hog must be well on the
way to old age before he is ready for
market Ten months, at the very
outside. is as long as you can afford
to have him on your hands If he
will not turn OF at q profit then he
never will Indiana Farmer.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
THE FARM AND HOME.
USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT
HORSES LEGS.
Keep as Near to Nature as Possible
Growing Hogs as Business-The Hay
Crop-Kind of Food for Cows-Farm
Notes and Homo Hints.
Care of Horses Logs.

When bandages are on the leg the
cords and muscles are confined, the
circulation obstructed, the pores of
the skin clogged, the air and light
excluded. and the effect is an un-
natural and unhealthy condition. If
horses leg is swollen the swelling
will generally go down by driving
the animal Now, nothing could be
worse than applying a bandage when
he comes in. Although the exercise
may reduce the swelling, the cause is
not removed. If the bandage keeps
the swelling in one place to the prop
er size for time, the swelling will
go to some other part, and when the
bandage is removed the Inflammation
will appear in a more aggravated
form.
The force of an ignited blast of
powder can be confined as easily as
fevered leg can be prevented from
swelling, says communication to
an Eastern paper. If the swelling is
confined or forced back in one place
1t will appear in another. If there is
no fever in the leg, perhaps ban
dage wound from the bottom of the
ankle up, if not applied too tightly
and left on couple of hours, might
not be injurious.
Hand-rubbing Of the ankles, and
good deal OF it, will keep them COM
pact and strong, and is preferable to
sny other treatment. We see a great
many wind-pufed and weak-ankled
Srotters from too much bandaging.
Blankets for horses are also un-
natural and unhealthy, although they
have to be used to certain extent
in cold climate Too warm and ILL
ventilated stables and too manv and
too heavy blankets have been fore
runners OF colds and much pneumo-
mia. and have doubtless caused tho
death OF many valuable trotters
When scratches appear put the
horse as near as possible in the con-
dition he would be running out to
grass (as scratches generally soon
disappear after horse is turned to
pasture), by taking off the heavy
grain rations, which have tendency
to inhame the sl stem, giving simple
food OF "a laxative nature. Give
plenty of moderate exercise to pre-
vent the leg from swelling. Keep
The parts clean and soft and from
cracking by applying some simple
ointment. Don't try to heal by out
ward applications while the horse is
standing day after day with his legs
Svol1en. If an animal has a cut or
wound, put nothing on at
nrst, only carefully covering
1t to exclude the air and
dust, and wait and see if it will heal
BY first intuition, as it generally will
with g healthy animal, not leaving
much of scar. Strong applications
produce irritation and Inflammation
and then suppuration, and the result
is an unsightly callous and scar. If
the wound should become inhamed,
counteract it by cold applications.
Be patient and let nature effect the
cure We all acknowledge that
nature is the great restorer, and all
we can do is to keep the conditions
favorable. We cannot be reminded
100 often, in the treatment of man
or beast, to keep as near to nature
as possible, and to discard all advice
that is not supported by reason.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

WEDGED IN SEWER PIPE
A Game of Hide-and-S Seek Which Nearly
Resulted Fatally.

Strung along the corner of Cherry
street in Allegheny, Pa, are a num-
Der of clay sewer pipes. About dusk
few days ago, crowd of children,
among them Mamie Kaylor, daughter
OF Councilman Kaylor, for the Fourth
ward, were amusing themselves
scampering over the pipes. This sport
grew tame and some one of them
thought there was more excitement
IN playing ''hide-and-seek." Little
Mamie Kaylor, like the other chill
dren, would crawl into the pipes and
hide. After the game had proceeded
Tor some time it was noticed by the
other children that Mamie was miss
ing. While they were searching for
her they heard muff1ed screams from
the interior of one of the sections of
pipe. Running to it Mamie was dis
covered wedged in. The other children
tried to release the girl by pulling,
but their efforts only added to the
pain She was enduring as well as to
tighten the hold of the pipe. Some
men were attracted by the cries and
the efforts of the children to release
Mamie. They carried the pipe into
the saloon of John Dickreader. Here
they tilted the heavy pipe and tried
to shake out the little one, but with
out success. The child was fast be-
coming faint from pain and fright and
the men decided to break the crock:
This was a delicate job, for chance
blow might break the child's leg or do
more serious damage. It was deter
mined to chip the clay pipe, beginning
at the end where Nantes feet were.
With mallet the chipping process
began, when suddenly the crock split
squarely in half and the child was
liberated,
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

tipping round in q peculiar rapid way
about that time, for j noticed her fore.
feet were planted very far apart, as il
her body needed bracing.
"Finally she got painfully up on all
four legs and lurched off into the
bushes. That was all she could do.
And once there she stretched herself
out at full length, completely done
up. She was a dreadfully seedy bear.
.'She was pretty near the tree, butt
thought, under the circumstances, I
might come down. She did not stir
when landed on the earth once
more; but did not stop. / started
for Farley's about as fast as / could::go.
"You see there might he other bears
in the neighborhood, and my stock OF
tobacco was limited. Besides, it wasn't
mine; had no right to be giving it
away to bears.
II told the people about it at Far
writer; in fact, had been incautious
my best bear stories, and fancy they
thought was giving them another
yarn They didn't seem much in
clined to believe me, anyhow.
''But showed them that a part Of
the tobacco was gone, called their at
tention to the fact that / was ex-
tremely unlikely to have met any one
to give it away to on that lonely road,
and asking them if they had ever
known me to use it in any form
''They yielded to my reasoning at
last, and the next day went to the
scene of my adventure. They found
no bear, but they did see the place
where the bushes had been crushed
down, and observed that the bark of
the tree had been. scratched off as if
by bears claws. They had to con-
cede that had told the truth.
IA hunt was organized a few days
later, but to no purpose, I suspect
| that bear was so ashamed of herself
that she left.the neig ghborhood."
"But,' said I, when Kilbuck had
finished his story, IF you didn't catch
the bear, what has all this to do with
your rug?''
"oh," saia Kilbuck, 81 forgot all
about the rug: It isn't that bears
| skin. that's fact. But 1 owe it to
her just the same.
"You see, I had experienced bear
story which was better than any I had
ever written. So just wrote a narra-
tive OF my actual experience and sent
it to the editor of a paper for boys,
and with the funds I bought this rug.
And that's all there is about it."
But" said ! again, II supposed
editors of boys papers always de-
manded moral to stories. Now, yours
hasn't got the ghost of a moral"
''Moral!'' exclaimed Kilbuck:
s'moral! Now, look here, that's too
bad really. If that story doesn't con-
tain the strongest sort of lesson on
the dangers of using tobacco, I'd like
to know what does!''
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
SO MEN OF SCIENCE SAY
Chinese botanists can grow oaks in

Chinese botanists can grow oaks in
thimbles.
Amber is resin from an extinct
species of coniferous tree.
The silkworm's web is only the f7e
thousand three hundredth part of an
inch in thickness, and some of the
spiders spin a web so minute that it
would take 10000 of them to form a
rope an inch in diameter.
A duck and On owl were shipped IN
the same box by a fancier from
Orlando, Florida, to the North the
other day. Upon the arrival of the
box at its destination it was found
that the owl had totally devoured his
travelling companion.
While eating pie at a Sunday-school
picnic near Beaver Falls, Pa, Harry
Lockwood swallowed a hornet The
pugnacious insect lighted upon the
PIE as it disappeared into Harry's
Mouth and stung his throat several
times On its downward journey.
A league has been formed to study
the cancer disease. Probably the
most eminently suggestive views on
the subject recently made public are
those of MN. Verneuil of Paris and
Roux of Lausanne, who attribute can
Ger to the improper use of meat, es-
pecially pork.
It is claimed that the prize for pa
tience must be awarded to the scien-
tist who recently compiled cata-
logue containing lists of the various
kinds of insects which are to be found
in the world. According to him there
are 750. 900 distinct species, not includ-
ing parasitic insects.
It is popularity supposed that the
sudden downpour which usually fol-
lows bright fash of lightning is in
some way caused by the flash. Me-
teorologists have proven that this is
not the case, and that, exactly to the
contrary, it is not only possible but
highly probable that the sudden in
creased precipitation is the real cause
Of the flash.
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18
A LITTLE TOO sEysAr1oNAI

A LITTLE TOO SENSATIONAL.
path before me didn't know what it
was? hadn't any more idea that the
little beast I saw was baby bear
than had that it was dromedary or
an ornithorhynchus. = i
II wanted to know what it was So
ran after it. and when got near
enough struck it blow across the
side with my stick, which made it cry
ont with pain and dash into the
bushes I stopped, out of breath.
My first thought was that, for so
small an animal,it made q tremendous
row in those bushes. Then realized
that some bigger animal was there,
too stray COW, probably, I thought.
j Instead there came forth, amid q
great crashing Of bushes, q huge she
bear snarling and vengeful! ss
Well, knew her at once--recog-
nized her from her photograph, SO to
speak. 5I
AT frst / was astonished. Then
make no bones Of saying til was
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

the best is the writing of stories OF
wild adventure in the chase.
went to see him the other evening,
for the first time in several months.
He welcomed me very cordially; and
as sank into rocking chair before
the fireplace / was struck by the
beauty and size of the bearskin that
was stretched before the fender.
"Hello!" cried I. ''Isn't this some
thing new?"
Kilbuck laughed. Haven't you
heard that story?" said he.
''Whatw I exclaimed, SIS there a
story connected with it? Let's have
it!'
Taking the poker Kilbuck settled
the coal in the CRATE, laughing softly
the while.
"1f you were the friend you pretend
. to be-" he said, ''and called as often
as you ought to, you'd know that last
spring l was completely run down.. !
just packed up my duds and went to a
little farm house in a mountainous
and wooded district of Canada. There
isn't another house within ten miles.
The nearest village is dozen miles
away, and consists of church and
three houses.
Near the farmhouse is a brook
which in spring has water enough in
it to turn mill wheel, and at that
season my landlord, Farley, saws lum--
ber in little sawmill he has there.
1.-The pure air, the quiet, the whole
some food, together with entire mental
and bodily rest soon put me on my
feet. l became strong enough to take
short walks, studying the flowers and
the birds, and to go fishing occasion
ally for trout in the brook above the
mill.
''As for shooting, you know I never
had gun in my hand in my life. I
couldn't have done any Of that; be-
sides, l should not have expected to
lind any but small game about. When,
as occasionally happened, a hunter
brought In report of bear tracks on
an incredulous look.
"Well, it happened one time that I
wanted some things that could only be
got at the nearest town, and 1 de-
termined to tramp over there after
them. spoke of my intention at the
= y AAssse. and esaesof the mill hands asked
me to get him some chewing tobacco.
willingly promised to do this favor
II started early next morning, nv
only weapon, a stout stick that cut
in the woods, and took a path which
led over the mountains.
LAT about II o'clock I reached the
town, made my purchases-not for
getting the chewing tobacco that the
sawyer wanted, took dinner, and at
about 1:3o started back toward Far
ley's.
II had traversed about half the dis
tance and was passing on the way up
the mountain, place where the trees
were for the most part scrubby and
small, with here and there tall hem
lock rising from among them.
II noticed one tree in particular
which was tall and tapering, with
stumps of dead branches sticking out
all over it. Only at the top had it a
tuft of live foliage. There seemed to
be crows nest or hawks nest up
there; and I thought if I wanted to
climb it it wouldn't be hard.
81 had to cllmb it pretty soon; but I
haven't got to that yet.
''Td like to know, just for the fun
OF it, how many times I've described
bear cubs in my stories. A hundred,
I'll warrant! Well, sir, do you know
when really saw bear cub in the
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

frightened. l knew she could do more
damage to my health in three minutes
than three months in Canaua could
repair-to say the test of it.
Besides, I naturally hated to be
eaten after having taken such pains
to get into good condition. q. Il
''Yes, there was, standing as stu
pidly as a turkey in barnyard the
day before Christmas, for the moment
entirely berett of my wits, with a big
bear not ten feet from me. 49,
II had nothing to defend myself
with except my stick. A stick is
a good weapon - against squirrels
but every feature of my enemy's
expressive countenance proclaimed
that she was no squirrel.
"What was I to do? Instinct
answered the question for me. / took
and made a beeline for the tree
which have just told you Of Nor
staid to look behind,' as the poet says.
Reaching the tree, climbed it. No
monkey in Africa ever climbed a tree
faster. But wasn't ten feet up be-
fore the bear was at the foot, and, to
my horror, began climbing after me.
Here l was, treed by a bear. In
fiction the situation is a good one,
though trifle-just trife-over-
done. But confess that in real life
I didn't find It so good. 1t struck me
as too sensational
"At that moment pitied every hero
had ever put up a tree in the whole
course of my career as writer. NV
heart was filled with remorse for my
misdeeds toward them.
''Then remembered that I always
got them down again with no bones
broken and was comforted. And l
wished to goodness was one of them.
but wasn't. There was no trusty
author about to manipulate me and
my bear, and consequently I was
afraid matters wouldn't end happily.
meanwhile kept on up the tree
and the bear kept on, too. It wasn't
very long before was at the top, and
there stood, clasping the tree with
one arm, my feet resting on two little
stumps Of branches.
"And yet I remember noticing, in
spite of my fright, that the nest had
seen up there was crows, and
abandoned.
1.-The bear came steadily up; but
when she was within dozen steps of
me noticed with joy that she showed
signs of wavering. She looked down
at the ground and then up at me.
'sThen she grewled and came two or
three feet nearer. Then she stopped
again.
Il saw that the tree was getting too
small about the trunk for her to climb
it easily.
'But this did not comfort me much.
I was too tantalizingly near for her to
give me up, and L felt in my bones
that she could reach me if she tried.
Il was right. The bear again ad-
vanced little; but again she stopped,
and, grasping the tree stoutly, rested,
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

ncE jaws were open, ner tongue
hanging out; there was an immense
eagerness in her eyes. Her resem.
blance to dog begging underneath
some meat held above him suddenly
struck me. Some men would laugh at
a funeral:
''Then noting her open mouth, a
great hope surged up within me- I
never expect, honestly, to forget the
exultation of that moment. / fairly
shouted, and would have danced had
been able.
'Ihad far better idea than any hero
of bear story that I ever read Of 1t
was superb, and knew it.
II reached into my pocket and drew
forth the plug of tobacco I had pur-
chased for the man. With my knife I
managed to saw off it good, generous
hunk. The bear, still painting, watched
the proceedings with interest.
II poised the tobacco carefully over
her open jaws. She growled and shut
her mouth. For a moment I stood
upon needles But only for moment.
She opened her mouth again, exposing
the full length of her red tongue.
''Then-carefully, for my life de-
pended on it dropped the piece of
tobacco!
my heart gave great throb of joy
when it landed fairly and squarely on
the back of the bears tongue. By
great good luck it stuck just where
she must swallow it, willy nilly.
"And swallow it she did, though it
was a big mouthful. It's sharp corners
hurt her throat, and the water came
into her eyes, but with painful gulp
she got the tobacco down Then she
growled and eyed me with an air of
mingled wrath and astonishment.
''But the tobacco seemed to have
no other effect than to increase her
ill-temper. True, she backed down
the tree two or three feet on receiving
the dose; but a minute later she came
up again with renewed energy.
II felt confident that the tobacco,
which was as black as a hat and as
strong as Hercules, would make her
dreadful sick-in time. But suppos-
ing she mustered up courage to
climb the few remaining feet that sep
arated us first?
'This was q desperate case; and il
my remedy wasn't going to have
pretty prompt effect 1 might as well
have saved my medicine.
1.-THE bear slowly and with difficulty
hunched her way up toward me. I
began to despair again. But just as
I was giving up all hope perceived
that all was not well with her lady
ship. %5t*:s, 2zs.5g.zE$
Evidently she had q bad taste in
her mouth An expression of uncer-
tainty passed over her face like a
cloud. She began to cling tight to
Il 5E-f-H y
The Cook County herald., 1893-11-18

Y FRIEND is a
writer; and al
though I think he
never shot SO
much as q par
fridge in his life,
~ H
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-08-29
THE ADVOCATE.
Agricultural Notes.

AAsoon as early potatoes are dug
|the, Heaps should be gathered and
'bhfned when dry enough. In this
way spores and fungus will be de-
stroyed that will make much trouble
another year if not this, In these
times all potato vines should be burned
as soon as dry enough.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-08-29
A PreoautIon.

In cleaning a well the cleaner is
often overcome by foul air that rests
near the surface OF the water. An
Illinois professional we'll cleaner is
never caught in this way. His method
is to first let a lighted candle down
into the well. Ofcourse it is extin-
guisne when it reaches the foul air
and is Immediately withdrawn. He
next sends down an open umbrella,
with string attached to it, and hauls
1t up twenty or thirty times. Then
the candle is let down again and
burns clear and bright to the waters
edge, e,shOwing that it is ready tor the
cleaner to begin his task. In letting
down the open umbrella and drawing
it up and then emptying it the cleaner
gathers carbonic acid gas. This
being heavier than the atmosphere
can be emptied as readily as water
from bucket, and accounts for the
seemingly ridiculous action with the
umbrella. That this gas is menace
TO human life is too well known to be
pointed out or require illustration,
When you clean your well think of
this simple method TO avoid danger to
the man who does the cleaning Am.
Dairyman.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-08-29
Pay More and Get Less.

1t Ia one Of the anomalies of modern
hotel life that the more you pay the
less you expect in return In the
huge caravansaries of the large Amer
lean cities, where a man pays $75 a
week for room without board, he
never thinks of asking any service OF
the employees without paying literally
for it; he is charged for fire, for a
light after midnight, for the use of the
telephone, for sending out a message
by an office boy, for taking lunch in
his room, for corkage on his own
wines and must tip the walters. In
country hotel, where he pays So a
week with board, he can have a fire
in his room when he wants it, he can
trust the landlord to send letters and
messages, he can smoke all over the
house, he can borrow anything from a
gun to pair of trousers, he can get
the landlady to mend his torn coat, he
can call for breakfast at 5 o'clock in the
morning and yet it, and he has TO ii
nobody.-New York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-08-29

and there is no use making the poul-
try houses two stories high.
Some recommend putting -four of
sulphur in the dust bath to aid in
keeping the fowls clear of lice.
Eggs are good food because they
are palatable, supply all the elements
of nutrition and are easily digested.
An experienced beekeeper thinks
bass wood the most reliable source on
which to rely for honey, especially in
dry weather.
1t would be good plan to lay in 3
supply of wheat bran for winter use,
while it is so cheap. 1t is good and
cheap feed now, for wheat is lower in
proportion than other cereals
A writer says that when boiled, the
white of duck egg is never curdy,
like the white of a fresh hens egg
buOh CSSo oiO lOE
puddings and pastry, and for such
purposes find a ready sale in the early
spring.
The men on the large broiler farms
who kill and dress the birds for mar
ket, get as their pay five cents bird.
Out of this amount they pay two
cents bird to women who remove
all the pin feathers, after the bird is
killed and the large feathers plucked.
Summer honey, says Helen War
burton, is the article that pays to pro-
duce, and we must give our atten-
ton to the work of growing the right
plants for it. Clover by all odds is
is the best article for this, the white
clover being superior to the red.