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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

chicks. Nothing causes deterioration
sooner than the breeding from immature
parents.
Farm poultry probably suffer in many
cases from inbreeding. As often as
every second year a cock should be
bought that is full of vigor and fresh
blood and employed to build up the
strength and stamina of the flock. 1t
costs little money for grand pure bred
cockerel at this season, when breeders
have surplus of males, for which they
neither have room nor inclination to
keep over winter. If eggs are the chief
desideratum, one cannot go astray in
procuring a lively White Leghorn
cockerel.
Avoid high roosts. There is no virtue
in them under any circumstances, and
often they are the cause of much harm
and injury. "Bumble foot" is the
direct result of lofty perches, for the
fowl descending from a great height
fails to overcome the momentum and
strikes the ground with great force.
This, if repeatedly occurring, causes in
fiammation and hard swelling upon the
center of the feet. The treatment of
affected individuals consists in opening
the swelled portion to give free vent to
the pus, and the application of poultices
and healing salve.-Prairie Farmer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
Judge Black's Shirts.

The Rev. DR.. Power of Washington tells
the following story of jeremiah Black,
who was one of his parishoners: "Mr.
Black was one of the most absentminded
men have ever known. One story Mrs.
BLACK vouches for as authentic in regard
to him. She said that she was in the Gus
tom OF putting up Judge Blacks clothes
Tor him whenever he went away In fact,
sne attended to his clothes entirely, buy
ing new ones when the old ones began to
grow shabby and replacing the old suit
with fresh one while the Judge was in
bed. She said the Judge did not seem to
realize when he changed his clothes, and
that on certain campaign tour which he
LOOK she put up bag for him in which
there were half dozen new shirts. When
he had returned from the trip, she exam
lned the bag and found 1t empty. She
said, Why, judge, where are your shirtss'
He replied: i don't know. Aren't
they therei'
mo she said. Your valise has none
In IT, and when you left here you had half
q Dozen
~ don't know what became of them.
said Judge Black. But that night, upon
his disrobing for bed, she found that the
whole six shirts were on the judges per
son. Ihls is a most remarkable story. ),
concluded the parson, "but l have no
doubt OF its truth, as it was, as told Won.
Mrs. Black herself who gave it to me II
Is evident that the honorable Judge did
not wear nightshirts, or he must have mt
them on over the ones he used during tbe
day. New York Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
GOOD FOR HENS ALSO.

A German centempory says: "Hereto-
fore we mostly fed pigs on oak mast; but
it is also an excellent means of promo
ting the laying of hens. Gather the
acorns in autumn, bake them in an oven,
and grind them to -four. A little of this
meal can be mixed with the soft food
and table scraps, but the best way is to
make it into dough with warm water,
form it into small loaves and bake them.
Before feeding, soak this bread and mix
it with the food. 1t is well known that
crushed egg shells or burned ground
bones are an excellent addition to poul-
try food. The hens are thereby stimu-
lated to production, and lay better than
when fed in the ordinary way. Further
it has been proved that the fertility
the egg is much improved if the cock be
kept separate, and returns to his harem
but twice week for whole day. The
addition OF half an egg once week fed
to the cock increases the strength of his
food. Excellent mixtures for laying
hens are nettle seed and germininating
malt, and in the summer, chopped green
nettles, grass and hemp seed mashed to-
gether in tepid water" We tried feed
ing raw acorns to our hens last fall and
they seemed to like them very much.
We simply cracked them up SO they
could be swallowed. Walnuts ground
in bone mill are also excellent for hens
in winter
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
TREATMENT OF HORSES.

A correspondent of american Farmer
and Farm News stands up for the horse
as follows:
The horse is an animal upon which
the farmer, the businessman, the
pleasure-seeker, and, in fact, nearly
every one in society depends for labor.
AS rule he is patient, kind, willing
and, in fact, DESTROYS OF doing what is
reasonably required of him. With these
qualities he is entitled to some consid-
Grafton.
We have often thought when we have
seen horse abused by an intoxicated or
even hard hearted driver, that these
were proper cases for the exercise OF the
duties belonging to the Humane So
ciety, or society for prevention of cruelty
to animals.
The horse that is we'll cared for and is
not asked to do beyond his strength or
endurance, is willing servant, and
then when an animal that is poorly fed
is loaded beyond his strength, or urged
on beyond his power of endurance, such
acts are absolute cruelty.
There is no more noble animal than
the horse, and when well trained, well
fed and well groomed, he feels degree
of pride in a noble bearing when upon
the road with kind and considerate
master.
Action that is governed by good judg-
ment is no injury to horse but an ad-
vantage; occasionally rapid driving is
good for horse, but dangerous when
carried to excess.
Illustrations of this have come under
our observation within the past fort
night, where horses have been over
worked in comparison with their feed.
One was an animal that was attached
to heavy butchers cart; the labor was
too severe for him, and he succumbed
to it; another was case where the
owner drove to the city, distance o.
six miles away, and returned with quite
load, making the entire twelve miles
over road with some hills, in the short
space of an hour and thirty minutes
The result was dead horse inside O.
two hours after reaching its stable.
Now, in this case, there was no de.
mand for travelling. If double the tim,
had been taken, the horse would proba
bly, have been alive to-day.
The mania for rapid driving seems tt
be on the increase, and leaves its effect
in prematurely used-up animals. Be.
cause of abuse in use many horse thai
would perform reasonable services TO
many years is cast aside to make room
for another upon which the same inhu
man treatment is to be practiced. l
those who use animals would have som,
regard for them, and would be reasona
bly, merciful, the world would be bette
off than it now is.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

The value of sleep at natural hours is
illustrated in the case of a young woman
who was graduated last spring from a
well known school in this vicinity. In
the later years of her course she began
to fall back most unaccountably. Her
recitations We're excellent but her ex-
aminations invariably disastrous. AS
above the average, her teacher under
took an inquiry into the cause of the
marked change in her progress. She
was carefully questioned as to her diet,
habits of life and the like, and it was
found that she forced herself out of bed
very early in the morning to study; that
she began to do so every evening, but
would fall asleep often over her books,
waking late to go at the lessons again,
although it took the strongest effort to
accomplish anything.
/ Her teacher told her to change all this
for three months-to do the best she
could in ordinary hours, to go to bed
early and sleep till she awakened-and
nothing would be marked against her
for that length of time. The trial soon
worked a change. In month the girl
got rested out, and at the end of the
quarter was able to pass brilliant ex-
animation and regain the standing which
had nearly slipped from her. The work
her brain did under abnormal pressure
was fleeing and valueless and could
only carry her through the Rotations
Her Point of View in New York Times
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
A New Folding Table.

Economy of space is quite an item in
the furnishing of rooms in the ordinary
homes of the present day Anything
that tends to bring this about is always
welcomed by the public. Not long since
we were shown new form of folding
table, so arranged that when in use for
serving tea or other refreshments it dis
plays two ample leaves, but when closed
presents only a rounded shape a few
inches wide In this shape it can be
placed in an out of the way corner with
out taking up any appreciate space.
The one to which we refer was intended
particularly for The parlor or dining
room, but doubtless it could be made in
manner suited to the kitchen, for use
at such times when extra support fol
the bowls and utensils becomes an abso
lutte Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
BONE MEAL.

Bone dust for mixing in poultry food
should be on an average about the
tineness or fine oatmeal. There are
usually large pieces interspersed, but
these need not be taken out, as any too
large will be rejected, though the meal
may be sifted from any larger than peas
if desired. The price never being very
much more per pound than good meal,
it should be used literally with all the
soft food, and about an ounce may be
mixed with every half-pint of dry meal
before adding the milk or water. In
small yards, cut grass must be literally
supplied as well to the mixture; and on
such food the birds will grow wonder.
fully, and acquire constitution which
in confinement we have never been able
to attain in any other way. We may
say that burnt bones pounded have not
by any means the same effect, being re.
duced to mere phosphate of lime with
some amount of animal charcoal !; neither
crushed raw bones, which have beer
stated by some to produce similar re.
suits. On the contrary, raw bones have
been proven by the very simple test O
experiment to hasten laying in the
pullet, and furnishing" or featherins
out TO manurity in the cockerel, a,
might be expected from the amount o
fresh jelly they contain, hence while
excellent in moderation for laying stock
or during limited time to prepare
cockerels for actual exhibition, they arr
not adapted for the regular food o
chickens whose period of maturity thu
breeder for exhibition desires to post
pone. That this postponement, ane
with it continuous growth, is affectet
by the dry bone meal, we have mos
fully proved, and in the case of weak.
breed, which have it for it's strengthen
ing power, but which it is not wished t.
increase in size, the changing it at tn,
proper time for raw bones will produc,
the desired effect. We have often provet
the value of bone meal, both in TIN
rearing Of laying and exhibition birds
but it is better not to use it for thos
that are intended to be killed TO
the table, as we do not want in them t.
develop bone.- Wrighps Book Of Poultry
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
POULTRY NOTES.

Some people say they have no "luck"
with young turkeys. Common sense is
what counts. Luck isn't in it.
Wheat is one OF the best feeds you can
give your fowls to produce eggs; it is
also good to feed young chicks.
Do not try to keep too many chickens
in flock. More dollars will be got from
a flock of fifty well kept than from one
hundred that are crowded.
Yellow corn gives a yellow tinge to
the flesh OF dressed poultry; wheat and
buckwheat whiten it. Feed according
to the demands Of your market.
Never give fowls sulphur in damp
weather, and give it cautiously even in
dry weather. If fed too freely, it is
claimed, rheumatism and weakness of
the legs will result.
Some people cherish the erroneous
idea that pure.bred fowls are especially
liable to disease. 1t is true that no
finely-bred creature can stand the abuse
that may be given with impunity to a
ten-pin ball. All fowls need to keep
them in health is proper management.
Many 60 into the poultry business ex-
pecting to make big profit from but
little labor. If one is to make bust
ness of poultry raising the location
should first be considered, not forgetting
that fowls, to do well, need sheltered
spot, good water and unlimited range.
A large capital should not be invested at
first, unless one has had an experience
of at least two years, beginning very
small and increasing every year, thus
choosing the best breeds and making
wise Improvements as new houses arc
made each year.
1t is a mistake to breed from pullets
Their eggs are usually smaller than
those from full-grown fowls and the
chicks from them are not likely to be sc
strong. But there is further reason
more important still, for fowls intended
for egg production. The young pullet is
not at its best as an egg producer. Il
produces more eggs during the second
year of its life than at any other time
and there is this inherited tendency il
the chick from two-year-old hen to b.
a better egg producer than chick from
the same fowl at any other age woule
probably be. There is wide variation
in the reproducing capacities of fowl
OF the same breed. We should breet
only from the best.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

daily with some good insect destroying
powder, not on, but under the feathers.
Dust baths are fatal to lice, but I'M
healthy birds, unfortunately, will not
take the baths regularly. At this season
there is usually an abundance of empty
sheds round the ordinary farmyards.
a plan have adopted with success for
many years is to spread the differrnt
broods about the buildings. Spare
cowsheds and stables make healthy
quarters until the chicks are ready for
market, and so overcrowding in hem
houses is avoided. The sheds are
cleaned out for cattle and other animals
for winter and become perfectly clean
and wholesome quarters for the broods
of chickens the following summer. By
adopting this plan my fowls seldom
suffer from vermin or any kind of dis
ease,-J. 3. K,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
WHY Women Are Poorly Paid.

The relation of women's work to the
general problem of poverty must be Wen
studied. The worst paid work Is AL
ways women's work, and it Is easy to see
how the labor of women often tends dl-
rectly to the depression of general
wages. The wife or the daughter of the
breadwinner frequently works for less
than would sustain life. The main de-
pendence is the wage of the husband
and father; what is earned by the wom-
en- merely adds something to the sum Of
comfort 1t is out of his earnings that
they derive the strength which they eX-
pend for the benefit of their employer.
If they were compelled to subsist on
what their employer pays them they
would starve.
A vast amount of the labor Of women
is thus given for wages that will not
sustain life. The vital energies by
which this labor is performed are sup
piled from other sources. Many poor
widows and deserted wives, who sew all
day and most of the night for less than
enough to feed themselves. and their
children, are kept from starving by the
aims of some church or charitable as
ISOLATION, or perhaps by the assistance
of the overseer of the poor.
Now it is evident that this kind of
labor tends to poverty. Because there
are so many who work for less than
enough to support life those employers
who recognize no law but competition
are ready to reduce wages to this stand
ard. Although it is bad economy for
the employer to pay less than will fairly
support life, if his laborers are COM
PEELED to subsist upon the wages which
he pays them, yet it may be good econ
omy from his point of view to pay them
this inadequate wage, if he can depend
on somebody else to supplement it, and
can thus consume the labor force which
somebody else daily replenishes. This is
one of many ways in which the strong
thrive at the expense of the weak.-Rev.
Washington GLADDEN. in Century.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

In his latest book Mr.. w. Hudson cor
reefs common error concerning the puma,
by stating that on the South American
pampas this powerful animal never attacks
man except in self defense, and that even
an unprotected child may sleep on the
plain in security. Mr.. 7. B. Comstock, of
Tucson, A. t., confirms the statement,
adding that many other animals of reputed
MISUNDERSTANDING the grizzly and CHINA
mon bears-interfere with man only under
strong provocation. He finds the same to
be true of venomous reptiles and insects
as the rattlesnake, "gila monster" taran.
lula, scorpion, etc.-which bite only when
escape seems to be impossible. Even the
Brazilian boa constructor does not seek hui
man victims, and natives about tropical
rivers declare that the alligator harms
only drunken men.-Ohio State Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
MY NElGHBoR's BOY.

He seems to be several boys in one,
So much is he constantly everywherel
And the mischievous things that boy has done
No mind can remember nor mouth declare.
He fills the whole of his share Of space
With his strong, straight form and his merry
face.
He is very cowardly, very brave;
He is kind and cruel, good and bad
A brute and hero! Who will save
The best from the worst of my neighbours lad2
The mean and the noble strive today
Whichrof the powers will have its way?
The world is needing his strength and skill;
He will make hearts happy or make them
ache.
What power is in him for good or i'll!
Which of lifes paths will his swift feet takef
Will he rise and draw others up with him,
Or the light that is in him burn low and dim?
But what is my neighbours boy TO me
More than nuisance2 My neighbours boy,
Though have some fear for what he may be,
Is a source Of solicitude. hope and joy
And a constant pleasure, because pray
That the best that is In him will rule some day.
He passes me by with a smile and a nod.
He knows have hope of him-guesses, too,
That whisper his name when ask of God
That men may be righteous, his will to do.
And / think that many would have more JOY
If they loved end prayed for neghbor's boy.
London Christian Wsrld.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

Why the pyramids were built has al
ways proved to be perplexing question.
For some reason the builders of the pyra-
mids of Egypt appear to have concealed
the object of these structures, and this SO
successfully that not even a tradition has
reached us which purports to have been
handed down from the date of their con-
struction. Including ancient and moderl.
theories, we find a wide range of choice.
Some have thought that these buildings
were associated with the religion of the
early Egyptians. Others have suggested
that they were tombs; others that they
combined the purposes of tombs and tenn
pies, that they were astronomical observa-
tories, defenses against the sands of the
Great Desert, granaries like those made
under Joseph's direction, or places of re-
sort during excessive overtlows of the Nile,
while Aristotle says that the work was
set on foot to keep the common people
well employed and busy in earning their
daily bread, so that they should have no
leisure for conspiring against their rulers.
According to the late Professor Proctor,
none of these ideas is found on close ex-
animation to be tenable as representing
JUG Solc puTpoSe VI tuS pyFulHlus anu ne
suggested that they must have been in
tended to serve some useful purpose during
the lifetime of the builder, and that they
were built by each different king in order
that astronomical observations might
be continued throughout his life, to deter
mine his future, to ascertain what epochs
were dangerous or propitous for him and
to note such unusual phenomena among
the celestial bodies as seemed to bode him
good or evil fortune. Astrology is, in fact,
the keynote of his theory which is per-
haps, on the whole, the most satisfactory
that has been evolved 1t has been stated
by experts that the great pyramid could
not now be built at a less cost than Sl45,-
200, 900. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09

Whoever has had the pleasure of rum
maging in their maiden aunts bureau
drawers will have come across bags and
bracelets made of melon seeds and beads,
which it was the fashion to make when
women wore scarfs and bonnets with
ears. These have been revived in Eng
land, where they are made the attrac-
tons at baZaars. Muskmelon seeds are
preferred. The seeds are thoroughly
washed and dried. For bracelets they
are strung on white thread three at a
time, piercing them unevenly, so that
they will look spiky. Every three seeds
is alternated with gilt bead the size
of a pea. Strands of these are put to
gether with little clasp, with necklaces
to match. The bags are crocheted as
bead bags are made. In England these
are passed off airily and casually as a
few foreign trihes, as their American
origin warrants. New York Evening
Sun
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-09
The Wonders of Reproduction.

Aphide are a species of minute insect be-
longing to the order of hemiptera, sub
order homoptera, and taken collectively
100 Of them would hardly weigh grain
Now let US try comparison. The average
man. we will say, weighs 100000 grains.
Yet it has been found, by actual calcula-
tion. that if these minute insects were left
unchecked to only the tenth generation,
the descendants of a single pair would be
equivalent, in point Of actual weight, to
SOC, 00O,0 C0 very heavy men. This would
be equal to one-third Of the population of
the globe, supposing each person to weigh
an average of $50 pounds.-St. Louis Re
nuhlic