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People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23

as to excite suspicion by any one
having any special habit Of noticing
differences OF this kind.
There is no use in treatment, as
the animal is worthless for any pur-
pose. It's progeny will inherit the
disease. its flesh is not fit for food,
the milk is poison, its very breath
and discharge from the nostrils will
communicate the disease to other
animals, and II it could be saved the
usefulness Of it is quite destroyed
Tor the future. The only thing to DO
done is to avert the disease BY time
ly precautions. No animal exhibit.
ing any Of the predisposing charac-
teristics should be used for breeding.
and the elegant, slender, deer-like
form is to De discarded for the moro
robust, II not so handsome, animal
YlNse heSltHulness is apparent
40 dghbs thu fortunately now dis.
caraed habit of choosing breeding
animals for P9lpr or figure has had
much TO do" With the present prev
aienue. of this disease among
the Jerseys, who seem to
be - almost. .. the sole victims
to this veritable pestilence. The ef-
fective measures taken by the agri-
cultural department for the mitiga-
tion and eradication of the old-time
decimating disease, pleuro-pneu-
mOnia have been crowned by re-
markaole success, and the same
measures to eradicate this equally
! destructive disease might DO applied,
doubtless with the same invaluable
result And this well deserves the
greater attention on account Of the
imminence Of the infection among
.unguarded persons, and especially
the helpless infants whose lives are
destroyed by the use OF the infected
food. IL Is fact well known TO and
authOritatively declared by experts
that the death rate among these
helpless infants has been trebled
since the introduction of the widely
used but deadly milk bottle. The
entire immunity of these infants may
be secured by general use OF the
stcrilizing apparatus recommended
by the United States department OF
agriculture. This simple precaution
for safety should be in use in every
| household
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
Fact. for Drivers.

The Humane Circular says that
experiments show that one-third 20
two-thirds more power is required to
draw given load through mud or
sand than on a smooth, hard road.
That a slight raise in the grade re-
quires a larger increase of power and
a raise of one foot in ten doubles the
draft.
That a little rain softening the
surface adds nearly twenty per cent
to the power required
In all these cases policy and hu
mainly demand smaller loads and
frequent short rests.
Dry axles add double, sometimes
treble, to the labor ola team. Nothing
pays better than frequently oiling
wagon axles.
The power and longevity of the
horse are in exact ratio to the intelli-
gent care ard feeding he receives.
de can draw on his fixed stock of vi
tally to supply deficiency of food or
to do overwork, but it shortens his
life and reduces his value. That
Horses have been worked to death in
one day shows how rapidly overwcrk
draws on their vital power. As heat
depends on food, all clipped horses,
and those not warmly stabbed and
well blanketed, require much extra
food, without which they wear out
fast Therefore overwork, under
feeding and neglect are all costly and
wasteful.
Overlooking is costly and cruel.
and has ruined thousands of horses.
No load should be too heavy to haul
easily over the hardest place on the
trip. Steady hard pulling causes
great pain, so give your team fire.
quent rests, especially during the
early part OF the trip.
Ownership has limitations and be-
slows no right to mutilate, abuse or
neglect any animal Our laws recog-
nize the ights OF domestic animals
and protect them.
The whip inhicts great pain and
worry, and helps immensely to wear
out horse. The best horsemen of
our time condemn its use, and be-
lievc that much more is lost than
gained by it. If all drivers we're
struck each time they strike horse,
whips would soon disappear The
''necessity" Tor them would cease.
Rs To know how a horse feels, learn
how you would feel in the same con-
dition Man aud horse are wonder
fully alike. Whatever distresses one
would distress the other. God de-
gncd them to be the best OF friends,
and to abuse horse is mean and
cowardly to the last degree.
Whipping shying or frightened
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
Promotion in the Navy Paw Corn,

The course OF promotion in the
navy pay corps is illustrated by the
cases OF the officers just advanced to
the rank OF paymaster, and OF those
below them in the list OF twenty past
assistant paymasters. The officers
just promoted have been about six.
teen years in the service, OF which
four years were passed in the lowest
OF the pay corps grades and the re-
mainder in the next highest The
officer now first on the list OF past
assistant paymasters has been fifteen
and a half years in the service, of
which he passed three and a half in
the lowest grade. When promotion
comes, which must be soon, he will
have been more than twelve years a
past assistant paymaster.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23

was She had fallen through the
floor OF one Of the upper rooms /. the
kitchen below
This takes few minut.s to tell you.
but it did not take second for Vera
to think; it flashed through her mind
like streak of lightning, and before
the man had got down the three stairs
leading into the kitchen she had
sprung into a cupboard which stood
open.
Now them" said the man in loud
voice. Its not bit of use hiding.
I've tried to find you often enough be-
fore, now I've got you as safe as nuts
Come along out and I'll teach you to
scare the country for miles round
Come along tell you, and I'll soon
show the folks the ghost Listen;
they are waiting outside for you"
sVera, with every limb shaking. had
hold OF the'cupboard door; there evil
IDENTIFY were two in the room, for she
heard the policeman sbaDg a door in
disgust when he found. no one in it.
She heardFhim walking toward he.
hiding place, his hand was on the
door, and he had opened it Just n
crack, but had not had time to flash
his buIrs-eye lantern. in, when there
was loud scream upstairs.
Constable Jones of the Singleton
police, which consisted of himse I and
a boy to rnn messages, let 60 Of the
cupboard and disappeared 80.
Vera watched him through the
crack of the door, and determined to
follow him. II he could get in, she
could get out, she thought
She found her way up the three
steps that led into the wilderness
which had once been a garden, and
was standing wondering which way
to turn, when she heard some one cry:
There it goes, catch it quick"
Then she knew that there was a
crowd standing outside the deserted
farmhouse, and that they were chas.
ing her. How she ranl Her little
bare feet were pricked and torn, yet
she ran on and on, till she caught her
foot in something, and fell.
"Why, darling you've tumbled out
of bed again, said her mothers voice.
What were you dreaming abou.j
Hush, hush! you will wake Mary"
"Oh, mother! where is she?'' cried
the terrified child, sobbing in hei
mothers arms.
Fast asleep in bed, darling; but she
is lying all topsy-turvy, and the doll.
are all anyhow. What have you both
been doing?"
1--WE wanted to go over to the farm
mouse, mother, and we knew you
would not let us, so we made up ou
/ 'AAHNS w ~ WI H. udut MAR
promise to wake me, and we both go
out Of bed to start;that's all remem
Der, but l expect we got into be-
again, and fell asleep But, mother
l have had such dreadful dream!"
Then Vera told it all to her mother
ut is a good thing you did not 90
darling" said Mrs. Franklin, kindly
Come to the window; want to shoy
you something"
Well might the child start back anC
cover her eyes with her hands; the oil
farmhouse was heap of ruins; tn
roof had fallen in during the night
Mother, suppose we had beel
there?' said Vera, in dismay.
"Yes, dear, suppose you had?" an
swered her mother, gravely.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
The Requisite Qualification.

isis. l think you had better shine
my shoes and wash the Dishes" said
a wealthy New Yorker to his sister,
who moves in aristocratic circles.
What do you mean by such non
sensem she asked.
mo nonsense about it Isee you
are flirting with an Italian count
II you are going to marry him you
ought to be fitting yourself for the
position. Texas Siltings.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
Thrifty Ru.Iand's Use for soldiers.

In 1881 English ships brought to
the bone factories of England 80. 900
skeletons OF Turkish and Russian
soldiers who had persisted in the
Crimean war. They we're to. be
utilized as fertilizipg material, after
being ground to powder in the mills
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
Turnips as a second Crop.

Land from which crops are har-
vested early in the summer should
not be allowed to go idle, and there
is no second crop so valuable to
grow On it as turnips. Even
fair success can be had when the
turnip seed are sOwn in the corn field
when 1t is worked through the last
time. The roots may not get large
enough to sell in the market, but
they will be of great value as feed
for cattle and sheep, and also for
home use. One Of the best fall pas
lures for sheep, hogs and cattle is
corn field, from which the corn has
been gathered, and where young tur-
nips are growing. The animals fiud
great nourishment for a month or
more in such a turnip patch. They
will eat both corn stalks aud turnips
as the mood seizes them After they
have finished the field the roots left
in the ground can be taken up some
mild day in the fall and stored for
winter use, but sheep and hogs as a
rule will root down anu eat the very
ends of the roots
The early fat varieties of turuips
are profitable even when they sell
for only twenty-five cents per bushel,
and this price can be obtained for
them at nearly any season of the
year. They more often bring thirty
or forty cents per bushel, so that the
labor is we'll paid The rutabagas,
or Swedes, cannot be grown so sue
cessfully as second crop, unless
planted very early in the season, as
they require considerable time to
ripen before freezing weather. They
are in more demand, however, and
bring fifty cents per bushel when the
fat turnips sell for half that One
thing about turnip5 is that if there is
no profitable market for them they
Will always repay one Tor growing
them as food for cattle.
The expense of growing the crop
is small, according to the American
Cultivator The seed is cheap, and
the land used would otheS ;se re-
main idle for the rest of the son.
Hence all tax or interest on Vie land
is not included in the original eX-
penses. The land is already soft
and mellow from the cultivation of
the previous crop, and 1t only needs
a surface blowing and narrowing. A
few hundred pounds of bone dust
should be spread over the land at
this blowing, and when the land is
mellow and smooth enough for the
seed the work is nearly complete.
Mark the land off, and sow 0y hand.
or use garden drill and planter
/ that will drop the seeds carefully in
srows, using less than q pound of seed
I to the acre.
This is the most economical way,
although some prefer to scatter the
seed broadcast, especially when it is
to be used for pasturing cattle.
When the seed is used in the corn
field this broadcast sowing is prob
ably better The turnips should be
cultivated as any other garden vege.
table, thinning ont to six or eight
inches IN the row. The harvesting
must take place before a severe freeze
in the fall can iEjure the plants
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
Growin= and .coo.ing sweet Potatoe,.

Growing and Cooking sweet Potatoes.
Contrary to the generally received
opinion, we grow our best sweet
potatoes and largest yields on clay
land. 1t is mistake to make wide,
high ridges. Those. eight or ten
inches and thirty to thirty-three
inches apart from center to center
! give the largest yields and the best
shaped and most salable tubers. Our
merchants are beginning to find this
out, and to advise growers to plant
in this way. On my farm sweets are
a much surer crop than the Irish
potato, and will yield on an average
at least fifty per cent more and sell
for from twenty-five to seventy-fve
per cent more money. But to realize
this one must not crowd the crop on
the marketln the fall, but store them
and wait till the fall glut is over
Every farmer who grows from one
to ten bushels more than he needs
must sell soon after digging as he
has no way TO keep them safely, but
the man who knows how and has a
place to keep them in. can afford to
wait, and about December !, may ex-
pect an increased demand and rise
in price. Last season fully forty per
cent OF our potatoes, both sweet and
Irish. were below merchantable size,
and while small Irish potatoes scarce
ly sell for enough to pay for hand
ling, we usually got more for the
small sweets kept till spring for
sprOuting than for the large ones.
| think never bought seed in the
spring for less than 81 bushel, US
ually 81. 20, and | have paid 81. One
sweet potato grower of large expert
ence told me that some years mis-
small ones paid the entire expense OF
growing and handling the crop.
A much larger quantity of sweet
potatoes would be used than are il
cooks knew how to prepare them for
the table. When visiting among the
large sweet potato growers at
Marietta, o., a year ago, | ate the
best dish of sweets that l have ever
tasted, and on inquiring how they
were prepared was given the follow
ing recipe which my wife has used
ever since: boil the tubers until
well done, then remove the skins
lay them in q broad dish-earthen
preferred-sprinkle over them q
tablespoonful OF granulated sugar
and pour over them a teacupful OIL
cream, or lacking the cream, milk
with an ounce or so of butter. Put
them in a hot oven and bake brown. .
l think | shall get this recipe printed
and give to every customer, anC
l believe by so doing l car
greatly increase the sale of them
for cooked in this way they are de
liciOus dish.
OF course, the quantity of sugar
must be regulated by the size of tn,
family and the quantity of the pota
toes used, but the intelligent cool
will soon find out how much to use
Waldo F. Brown.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
cULTlVATING TURNIPS AS A
SECOND CROP.

Valuable Feed for Cattle and Sheep
Facts for Drivers-Growin; and Cook
Ing Sweet Potatoes orticuItural
Hints and Household Helps.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23

horse is senseless and cruel. Pain
docs not relieve fright, but the as
surfing voice Of a kind driver does.
Whipping makes confirmed shyers
because the horse connects the pain
with the object of his fear and is
more afraid of it thereafter.
Jerking the bits, yelling and con-
slant "nagging" weary a team and
mark bad driver A good driver
is quiet, steady, patient and low
voiced. A bawling driver Is OF very
little value
The mouth of the horse is very
sensitive and the size and style of the
bit is of great Importance. Avoid.
small bits and never allow two bits
in at once. Experiment until you
find the right bit.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23
THE FARM AND HOME.
THE SYMPTOMS OF TUeERcu-
l. LOSS IN COWS.

Dangerous Prev,lsnes of the Disease
and Measures for Its Eradication
Artiohoxes for Hoss-Farm Notes and
Home Hints
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-23

IKE you awake,
VeIa?"
"Yes! wild e
awake, is the
answer, in very
sleepy tones.
Its time to
sta TT n o " Z
Moth err a n d
father have gone
to ped l heard
him throw his
boots out. Ism
it funny that he
always makes
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The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
"OInen's Penmanshin

About the beginning Of the eighteenth
century ladies wrote a large, round,
open hand. not much unlike the italian.
AS the century grew older, the light,
angular style of our grandmothers came
into vogue. Feminine handwriting was
then painfully uniform; Individuality
was almost unknown. Latterly, how
ever, our girls have asserted their in
dependence in this direction, as in so
many others, and the civil service style
is now much affected.
Among ladies distinguished for the
beauty of their penmanship-or pen
womanship-was Charlotte Bronte, who
wrote a very small, very delicate and
carefully finished hand. Mrs Hemans
wrote in a free. flowing STYLE Eliza
beth Barrett BroWning's manuscript
was very neat and carefully punctu-
;tted. the writing being distinct and
leg Bic, though the letters We're not we'll
join~d.-Chambers' Journal
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

Preparations for the Sixth Congress
to Be Held in Des Moines in June.
Irish Society of America will be held in
Qes Moines, Iowa, from June to 10, 1894
Not only members Of the society, but all
Scotch-Irish people and their descendants
throughout the country, and the local popu-
lation without regard to nationality, are
most cordially invited to attend and parti-
cipate in the exercises, which are all of q
popular character.
The objects Of the society are purely
historical and social. It is entirely non
sectarian and non-partisan.
The addresses of welcome will be deliv-
cred by Hon. Frank D. Jackson, governor
Of Iowa; Col. John Scott, president Of the
state society.
Reduced railroad fare will be secured for
all visitors.
For information concerning the national
society address A. G. Floyd, secretary,
Knoxville, Tenn, but communications in
reference to local arrangements should be
directed to P. NJ. Casady, chairman Of the
local committee, Des Moines, Iowa.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
Egg-EatinE by Fowls.

Egg eating hens are often the result
Of a habit formed by. having access to
broken eggs, though In other cases
the habit comes from an mate hunger
born of the lack Of proper food ele-
ments containg the nitrogen and the
phosphate and eat the eggs 70 obtain
them.
The Poultry Yard says: The habit
CT egg-eating by the hen is, at times,
very serious one with which to deal,
though never have been troubled with
1t but once, and then for a short time
only. AS breed no fowls but Part
ridge Cochins, I presume I am not
troubled as much as those who breed
the smaller kinds Of fowls, for think
the Asiatics are not so apt to acquire
the habit in question as are the smaller
breeds, for the former are generally
possessed of a quiet disposition, while
the latter, especially the Leghorns, are
very active.
AS preventives are better than cure,
[ will suggest a few which I practice
According to my judgement the habit
OF egg-eating is oftenest formed by hay
ing soft or thin-shelled eggs laid in the
nest. These are almost sure to be brok-
en- by the hen while on the nest, and
she will be very apt to eat the broken
egg. Then, first, feed your hens shells,
meats and such a variety of food that
all the eggs will be likely to have
hard Shells
Occasionally there is hen that never
lays other than soft-shelled eggs, and
she will soon acquire the habit of eat
Ing eggs. The best remedy for such an
egg-eater is to give your hens plenty
Of work, especially the smaller breeds,
for Satin finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do" Strew thiclz]y over
the hen house floor, or small yards,
leaves from the woods, or chaff from
the hay loft, in which scatter wheat,
oats, screenings or the coarser parts Of
cracked corn. To find the food thus
scattered, and partly hidden, will give
the hens capital employment during
the close confinement Of the winter
time and is most excellent to keep them
out of mischief.
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19

The lady whose portrait heads this article
Is Mrs. Mary +: Coven, of Scotland, Bon
Homme Co., S. Oak. She writes to Dr.. r.
Invalds' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at
Buffalo, N. r, as follows: 1T was sick two
years with falling of the womb end leucor-
rhoea previous to taking your medicines I
took six bottles Of Dr. Piercs's Favorite Pre-
scription, and was entirely cured of both in
six months it is four years this month,
since was entirely well of both those dis
eases and havenever had any signs of their ap-
pearance since and am satisfied the Favor
ite Prescription saved my life, for I could
hardly walk around when I commenced
taking that medicine and think it is q Gods
blessing to me that took it.
I was pronounced incurable by the best
doctors here in the West gave up all
hopes and made up my mind that was to
be taken away from my husband and baby
of two years old I was sick all Of the time
could not eat anything at all. In one week,
after beginning the use Of the Favorite Pre-
scription' my stomach was SO much better
that could eat anything: could see that I
was gaining all over, and my husband then
went and got me six bottles took three Of
them and my stomach did not bother me any
more.
We sent to you and got the Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, and found
my case described just as I was: we did
months time I could see was much better
than had been !; we still kept on just as the
book told us, and in three months stopped
taking medicine, and to-day, can proudly
say am well women, yes, am well, strong
and healthy.
When began to take your medicine my
face was poor and eyes looked dead. I could
not enjoy myself anywhere, was tired and
sick all the time. I could hardly do my
house-work, but now do that and tend q
big garden, help my husband and take in
sowing"
The following win prove interesting to
feeble women generally, and especially so to
those about to become mothers. Mrs Dora
The Cook County herald., 1894-05-19
Who Invented the Lightning RO,

An English Assyiologist recently an
nounced that he had unearthed fur
mace thousands Of years old, in which
the hot blast had undoubtedly been
used. Just as this archaeologist seeks,
rightly or wrongly, to deprive Nelson
of the credit Of the invention, so the
German Psychologist Herr Heinrich
Rrugsch, endeavors to prove that Ben
jamin Franklin was not the deviser.
but merely the rediscoverer of the
lightning conductor, as he claims that
he has abundant testimony that the an
cient Egyptians used form Of this Use
full instrument for protecting -heir tenn
pies against discharges Of atmospheric
electricity.