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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-09
LAX GOTOWAC RYZ.

WziaG cwierG funta ryzu ma 4 osoby, diva
razy przep}6kac W goracej wodzie, potem nalac
zimnej woody i pozostawic z godzine, przez co
nabierze bia}osci. Potem w1ozyc ryz W garnu-
seek z zimna woda, MECH sic zagotuje Me zmie-
sza6 wiele, ably ziarnka pozosta4y Gale, trzeba
jednak baczyc ma to, ably sic ME przypali}. Gdy
ryz juz ma pol miekki, posolic i w1ozy6 pol lyzki
mas}a. Potem odstawic nieco cd ognia, a wydajac
zupe, w}ozyc W waze.
Mona tez przyrzadzic do roso}u ryz z SCREEN
i to " nastepujacy spos6b: Ugotowac pol funta
ryzu W rosole lub wodzie z dodaniem pol }Yzki
mas}a, sksro bedzie miekki, po1oty6 ~warstwe jego
ma miseczke, posypac parmazanem Tub innym
ostrym tartym SCREEN, skropic mas}em, znowu po-
}ozye ryzu, sera, masla, a skero wszystko sic uzy :
je, og}adzit 1yzka, osypa6 SCREEN, skropi6 maslem
i zapiec.
Podawac W tenn samem n~aczyniu wprost z
pieca.
MAKARON.
Najsmaczniejszy makaron do roso}u jest
domowy, kupny w}oski dale zawsze pewien kwas
Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1896-07-09
GROCH ZOLTY.

Grochu zasolonego ~ugotowac zwyczajnie ma
miekko, VI gotowaniu wyzbierae z wierzchu
}upiny, wycedzic ma sito, wsypa6 ma p61misek,
oblac DO wierzchu mas1em przyrumienionem z
bulka i cebula i wydaG z jakim wieprzowym
garniturem.
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COWS IN THE BARN,

A cow is nothing more nor less than
q machine used to manufacture the
rough products of our farms into a
condensed and finished product, and
her ability to do this at profit or
loss depends almost entirely upon US.
None of us would expect piece of
machinery to do the best it was cap
able of doing unless We did all we
could to keep it in running order,
then why should we expect our COWS
to give us the best returns unless We
do everything we can to have all the
conditions right?
Cows should always stand with backs
to the light, and have plenty of room,
and be so fastened that they can move
about easily. I do not believe a COW
will begin to do her best if crowded
and her head fastened with a rigid
stanchion. If any think this position
is comfortable, let them place their
own necks between two boards and see
whether or not it is comfortable, and
whether the position tends towards
making one feel good natured. james
81. Brown, in Massachusetts Plough
man.
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Weight Before and After Meals.

Why is it that man does not weigh
a pound more after eating pound OF
food than he did before? A little re-
Election will readily explain this ap-
parent mystery. During the process
of mastication, deglutation, etc., GER
tain muscles are brought into active
play. Now, it is a well-estsblished
fact in physiology that the exercise OF
any muscle or set of muse ,s necessi-
tates temporary waste Of tissue, and
that certain amount of carbon is
eliminated and passed off in the course
of meal. This loss, however, is tri'
fling as compared with that of respira-
ton and Precipitation, both of which
functions are increased during the
operation OF making meal.
The length of time one may take to
consume pound of food makes but
little difference in the losses. If it be
eaten very leisurely..there is but slight
increase of respiration or perspiration.
Whereas, if it be hurried throug h both
are abnormally accelerated. Hence by
the time the meal is finished the con-
sumer has lost appreciably in both
moisture and carbonio acid.
The above explains, in rough but
clear manner, why it is that man may
eat pound of food and yet not weigh
but from one-third to five.eighths o.
pound more than he did before the
meal
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Odd Things in Animal Lie.

The horn of the rhinoceros is moi
ioined to the bone of the head, bu,
grows on the skin like a wort or corn
The colors of a chameleon do moi
change instantly, as is popularity sup
posed, but require a considerable
length of time.
The idea that the toad is poisonous
has foundation in fact. Their skins
secret an acrid fluid, which is very ir'
ritating to human flesh.
Condors have been seen to circle tc
and fro in the skies for half day at 6
time, rising and descending without
once Tapping wing. There is mys'
terry about their method OF motion
that has never been explained.
A rats teeth have a very hard an.
terror edge, while the hinder part are
comparatively soft. By continual
gnawing the rat manages to wear away
the softer parts of his tooth sub
stance, keeping the harder parts at 8
razor edge oil the time.
There are several species OF lizards
which, when frightened, will amputate
their own tails by quick jerk. The
discarded member founces around anc
attracts the enemy while the body is
effecting its escape. Within a few
weeks the tail grows out full length.
and the lizard is again ready to WORK
q trick on an enemy.
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In Which Teeth Figure.

Hippocrates, 450 B. c., was the first
dentist on record.
Gold.filled teeth are found in the
jawe OF skeletons exhumed at Pompeii.
Wetting a brush and dipping it in
salt will be found efficacious in remov-
ing tartar.
Dental science was utterly lost to
the world during the dark ages, or for
about 1000 years, and was only res
tored in 100.
Out of 100 teeth Of adults that
twenty-five years ego would have been
ruthlessly drawn at least ninety.nine
are saved to-day by the progress OF
dental science. ~. 49,
In China while the dentist pulls q
tooth an assistant stands by and
browns the lamentations OF the victim
by beating large gong. i
The ancient Greeks used false teeth
Of sycamore wood fastened to the ad.
iacent sound teeth by ligatures OF
silver or gold in the way bridge work
is done to-day.
In ancient Egypt the art of surgery
and medicine was confined 20 the
priesthood and every priest adopted .
specially. His proficiency was attained
in the dental art.
Under the Mosaic law of an eye for
an eye and tooth for tooth the re.
gime was practically carried out and
the lord high executioner numbered
forceps among his instruments OF
penalty and torture.
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AIM FOR THE TOP.

As long as the highest prices are
paid for the best, the most enterpris.
ing farmers will spare neither pains
nor expense TO produce the best, and
if their neighbors do not exert them
selves to keep up they soon will find
themselves in the background. Our
farmers must keep abreast Of the
times. They must think; they must
read; they must study; they must ex-
perient; they must exert their minds
to the fullest extent to drag out from
Mother Earth her secrets of fertility.
Let them do it and she will reward
them with fertile fields and good crops
in abundance, and they Will enjoy the
richest blessings OF the most satisfy.
ing and noblest occupation on earth.
The Nide.awake farmer who has
studied up agriculture can always live
as good as any other professional man,
very often much better. For pure
and fresh fruits, vegetables, butter,
eggs, and meat there is no one to com.
pete with the farmer.-Practical
Farmer.
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EXPERT LABOR.

Professor Csnield, President Of the
Ohio State University, tells the story
of going into great steel foundry and
seeing certain man whose simple duty
it was to watch intently the heated
metal, and when the refuse came to
the surface to skim it off quickly.
That was his sole occupation. "And
so" he continues, 81 have been again
and again in great machine shops and
found men who we're called expert
workmen assigned to do "a single thing
and while it did require large
amount of experience and a large
amount of special training in that
special direction, there was no demand
for general intelligence, and the work
man was himself constantly narrowed
and shrivelled and weakened by the
very condition under which he was
obliged to labor"
He was simply cog in the vast ma
chinery. That was all. There was
hardly similtude LETT there, if we re-
gard the free play OF the faculties oil
the mind, of that which makess human
being today.
In connection with this work OF
agriculture more than anywhere else
is this demand for the free play OF oil
the faculties and powers of the mind
and body. I can only mention three
or four lines. If you believe in the
mastery of all the conditions ofproduc'
tlon, see how absolutely essential it IL
that the nan have that large in
tclligencc and very quick mind. There
is a certain kind OF alertness that
would be found absolutely necessary
in any other trade OF calling-in the
learned professions.
See how necessary it is that he
should be able to understand and read
signs and indications, that be should
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"for your eyes tell me JnaJ am Tor
given. Raymond, good -by-good-by!'
Her eyes were raining tears. Oh,
actress deft and subtle! oh, hypocrite
strong and confident! pitting all the is-
sues Of life upon the frail cast of die.
She turned her face to the wall, her
sobs causing the sympathetic Colonel
to vince with honest pity. Raymond
looked concerned, grieved.
Can we do nothing to make her hap
pier?" spoke the Colonel, deeply af-
iected. "Can I not tell her how CRATE.
full I am-how some arrangement must
be made for the repayment Of the
money advanced?"
"She would refuse to consider 1t, re-
better not mention It.
Speak, Doctor" urged the Colonel,
eagerly. "You were about to make
some suggestion?"
1T concerns your son. This morning
this poor creature walled her heart-sick-
ness over her love for him. She cannot
survive the night, and yet I think she
would be infinitely happy for that brlei
period Of time if she knew that you
Forgive me, gentlemen, my task is too
difficult to complete.
If she knew what?" demanded Ray
mond, softly.
If you would consent to wed her.
Nay, sir, do not start. A dying child g
wish; you need not crafty 1t, only she
has left all her fortune to you.
i will never accept I'LL dissented
Raymond, Indignantly.
The law will make you. This poor
girls devotion is pitiable. Give her
your name, render her dying moments
happy. It is not much to do, for before
morning, you will be a widower."
The plot was out. This was the deft
design two clever schemers hadplanned.
The unsuspecting Raymond Marshall
never dreamed Of new deception.
Raymond, do it; it will quiet talk
when her will is read. Poor creatures
her devotion is indeed pitiable," spoke
the Colonel.
Raymond Marshall thought Of the
woman dead and Of all his love for her;
of the woman dying and his pity for hel
forlorn helplessness.
What does it matter!" he murmured,
dejectedly. MY life is gloom-the fu-
ture aimless. If that small ceremony
can brighten this dying girls moments,
Doctor, will marry her!"
The cleyer actress on the couch
thrilled wildly. At last, reward; at last,
success! Her hour Of triumph had come.
ITO BE Continued
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ject now to excite ones pity, and, al
though it may seem unchristian, ! al
most wished he could win, for in those
days there were nearly as many In
dians as buffaloes and they were inf
nitely more dangerous.
"An arrow had destroyed one OF the
bulls eyes, blood was rushing from
his mouth and nostr1ls and trickling
from score Of wounds along his
spine. His life blood was ebbing
away, and now, seeing his tormentor
standing before him, he made last
desperate effort to reach him. With
q mighty roar the bleeding brute
bounded forward, and it seemed to us
that he had regained all his lost
strength, for he went with the speed
and force of an express train. The
daring Sioux drew another arrow and
let it drive into the buffalo, made q
feint of lodging to the right, and
then, leaping far to the left, let dy
another arrow as the bafHed bull went
by. /
'The buffalo was by this time ac-
quainted with the Sioux's tricks, and
the moment he passed the Indian,
whirled and came back at his adver-;
sary with renewed vigor. The Sioux;
surprised perhaps by the suddenness
Of the charge, leaned back, stumbled,
and nearly fell backward over the
body of his dead horse. Before he
could regain his feet the animal was.
upon him. It seemed that in another
moment the Indian would be tossed
high in the air, but the new lease OF
life the bull had was out. and IN that
moment in which we had looked to see
him triumph, the great beast STUN
blod and fell in heap at the Sioux's
feet "-Cy Warman, in New York Sun.
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REARING FALL PIGS.

It depends on circumstances wheth-
er or not it will pay to feed young
pigs over the winter. 1t depends, for
one thing, on how they are fed. Ger.
tainly it won't pay to keep them, if
they do not grow; and, as the summer
growth Is made at very small cost on
pasture, and the most growth is then
made for the food used, it pays bet.
ter, we may be sure, to feed spring
pigs; but a skillful feeder, having
some roots or potatoes to spare for
this use, with waste milk and bran or
oatmeal, may make the feeding pay a
good profit, but it surely will not pay
to half feed them.
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What Dreams Indicate.

Professor Pheltshu says that lively
dreams are in general sign of nervous
action. Soft dreams sign of sligh'
irritation OF the brain; often II
nervous fever announcing the ap'
proach OF favorable crisis. Fright
ful dreams are q determination Of
blood to the head. Dreams about
blood and red objects are signs OF a
fsmmatory conditions. Dreams about
rain and water are often signs of dis
eased mucous membranes and dropsy,
Dreams of distorted forms are fre
quently sign OF abdominal obstruc
tions and disoruer of the liver,
Dreams in which the patient sees any
part of the body especially suffering
Indicate disease IN that part. Thu
nightmare, with great sensitiveness
is sign of determination of blood tt
the chest. --Hali's Journal of Health
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CURIOUS FACTS

The Bank of England contains irgots
cf silver which have lain in its vaults
for 200 years.
In every school in Paris there is 8
restaurant where free meals are served
to the children who are too poor to
pay for them.
A we'll seasoned old colored woman
is Mary Marks, Who resides in Bren-
ham, Texas. She was born in the
West Indies in 1776,. and is therefore
l20 years of age.
Paper cofins are the latest novelty
in mortuary furniture. They are
pressed into shape from mass of
pulp, and, when stained and varnis he'd,
look just like wood.
In Deer6eld Town ship, Kansas, q
swarm of bees settled on the neck of a
horse belonging to D. L. Palmer.
Afterward Mr.. Palmer picked 300 OF
400 stings from the animal.
A willow tree in front of Mr.. Bar.
ker's house in East Sullivan, N. H.,
spreads ninety feet and is sixty.ive
feet high, and it's circumference one
foot above the ground is sixteen feet.
The sense of smell is keen with cats,
even when they are asleep. A piece
Of meat placed before the nose of
sleeping cat causes the nostrils to
dilate, and in few moments the ami
NAL awakes.
The largest bell IN France has been
hung in the belfry of the Church OF
the Sacred Heart, in Paris. 1t weighs
twenty eight tons, can be heard dis
tance of twenty-five miles and its
vibrations last six minutes.
A useful charity called the London
Spectacle Mission provides spectacles
for poor needlewouen and other de-
serving persons dependent on their
eyesight for living. Last year 726
applicants were provided with spec
tacles.
A two-year-old child of the Rev.
Arch Lucas, who breaches in the Ken.
lucky mountains, near Lucasville, has
never used Its fingers, but does every.
thing with its toes. The toes are as
flexible as the fingers of the ordinary
child, and about as useful.
Orvingsville, KY, feels itself enti-
tied to claimIthe weather record for the
year, inasmuch as lemon in a drug
store sprouted under the heat, shoots
spring1ng from eight of the seeds.
One OF the sprouts protruded through
the skin and led to the discovery.
That candle made from human fat
bestows invisibility upon the one who
carries the light is Russian supersti-
tion of which two thieves took advan-
tage recently. They killed hand
some boy of eighteen, whose bod y,
with the fatty layers surrounding the
kidneys extracted, was discovered.
A Portland tOregon) man has been
exhibiting some rabbits of peculiar
breed. Their ears are described as
more than a foot long and covered
with unusually long hair. He got
them to turn loose for breeding in the
thick Nehalem forests and thinks there
is no danger of their becoming pests,
as English rabbits sometimes do.
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be able to catch quickly what nature
has to tell him. Finding yourself face
to face with the question OF produc.
tion to-day in all lines, think what it
means, the mastery OF the conditions
of the soil, the wisest and best condi.
tions OF fertilization of the ground.
Every one can multiply it by almost
thousands, and certainly by hundreds,
and still find its rami6cations and
different lines of thought and activity.
How much more is required to-day
than was required forty or fifty years
ago? What is the market to-day, in
which you buy and sell? There may
no longer be any question that it is
the market of the world.-New Eng.
land Farmer.
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PRUNING RASPBERRY CANES.

Prune raspberry canes in the fall.
Then the patch can be cultivated, or
what is better, plowed out with one
horse plow, turning furrow against
the plant. This brings to the surface
many insect larvae, and thus cuts short
their career, to the advantage of the
fruit grower. A furrow is left between
the rows which facilitates drainage
and puts the ground in better condi-
tion for early cultivat,ng than if treat
ed Observation-Disclosures Agricultur-
so4
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POULTRY HINTS.

Don't overfeed. Too much grain is
cruelty. Fowls need no food at all if
on range.
The roosting places should never be
on an inclined plane, as there will be
fight for the top places.
It is not desirable to have ducks lay
at this season, as there is but little de-
mand for their eggs at fair prices.
In the warm weather the hens on the
range secure o large share of food that
cannot be utilized in any other man
ner.
The production of eggs is continu.
ally falling behind in this country. It
is source of possible profit lost
sight of.
The best food for moulting hens is
lean meat. To have hens lay in win.
ter, the early moulting hens must be
fed on food that will assist to renew
the feathers.
Water given the fowls once day in
hot weather is not the best plan.
Twice day is the least it should be
given them, and three or more times
would be better.
There is no better food for fatten.
ing ducks than cooked potatoes OF
tnrnips thickened with bran and corn
meal. Feed the ducks three times q
day all they will eat of it.
Two square feet of floor space is suf.
fcient room for ducks. A floor ten by
ten will accommodate fifty ducks.
Have the floor covered with chaff, cut
straw or some similar stuff.
Foods rich in nitrogen and the phos-
pilates are in demand by moulting
hens, and Of the grain foods. bran is
the best. The bran should be scalded
and to pint of bran should be added
half pint of corn meal and q gill of
.inseed meal, mixed to stiff dough
with milk.
One of the best uses for wheat chat
is to use it on the floor of the poultry
house. 1t may be three or four inches
thick, and serves several purposes, the
first being to keep the floor always
dry and clean, and the next IS that if
a few millet seeds be scattered in the
chaff, the hens Will work and search
industriously for the seeds.
A limited quantity of silage for poul'
try can be preserved in tight barrels.
Green clover and finely cut sweet corn
are most desirable. Put in layer OF
clover, then layer of corn, alternat-
ing until the barrel is full. Pack well,
put in the head, and cover with earth
or coarse horse manure. The ersilage
will come on. in good shape and make
an excellent succulent feed for winter.
1t will do to pick geese two or three
times year, whenever the feather is
ripe, which will be known by examin
ing. II 1t is bloodless and pulls easily,
is ready to pluck, but if filled with
blood, is "green" and not mature.
Commonly, when ready to pluck. the
feathers drop more or less. 1t is
simple and sure protection to draw oil
old stocking over a goose's lead, dur
ing the operation.
There is no sure remedy for feather
pulling. The first hen caught at il
should be killed. Some smear the bare
places with tar, and others trim the
edges of the upper and lower mandl'
bles so that the hens cannot hold 6
feather. Others separate them, con
tining them for two weeks. The cheap
est preventative IS to keep the hens al
work, but as cure is difficult, it Is
best to send them to market and beglr
anew.
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Physical IneuualitieS.

BY actual measurement Of fifty skel'
etons the right arm and left leg have
been found to be longer in twenty
three, the left arm and right leg, in
six, the limbs on the right longer
than those on the left in four, and In
the remainder the inequality OF the
limbs are varied. Only seven out Of
the seventy skeletons measured, or
ten per cent, had limbs of equal
length.
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FOOD VALUE OF sTRAws.

Buckwheat straw is never fed OF, in
deed, used in any way, on account of
common prejudice against it, to the
effect that it causes diseases Of the
skin. Its value as given in the scien-
tifc tables is forty cents for 100
pounds, oat straw being worth forty
five cents. New York Times.
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The Largest Kitchen.

The largest kitchen in the world is
in that great Partisan store, the Bon
Marche, which has 1000 employees.
The smallest kettle contains 100
Quarts and the largest 500. Each OF
the fifty roasting pans is big enough
fo1 800 outlets. Each dish for baking
potatoes holds 225 pounds. When om-
elets are on the bill of fare 1900 eggs
are used at once. For cooking alone
sixty cooks and 100 assistants are Gl-
ways at the ranges.
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CORN AND sUSFLowERs FOR sIlAGE.

These two may be put into the silo
together and used as food for COWS
with much advantage. The leaves and
heads of the sunfowers alone are used.
The stalks are only fit for fuel, for
which they are excellent, and in places
it pays to grow these flowers especial
ly for the fuel value of the stalk. The
seeds in the heads contain fifty per
cent. of their weight of fine oil ex.
cellent for COWS. The leaves are some-
what more nutritious than those Of
corn.
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A Pincling Boot.

A boot or shoe that is uncomforta.
BILE from pinching may be ensed by
laying cloth moistened in hot W. ter
across the place where the pressure
comes, changing it several times as it
crows cooler. This simple method
causes the leather to shape itselfto>tho
foot.
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blacksmith from an old fiat file or
strip of iron. When board Is to be
planed upon the face this is ariven into
the back end, and the other two points
driven into the top of the bench, when
the board will be held securely from
swinging to one side or the other
New York Tribune.
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The strip of board has two pegs set
into it at an angle. In the side of the
bench are q series of holes bored, not
horizontally through the side of the
bench, but downward through the
side. The strip with the pegs can
then be slipped into any set of holes.
according as the board to be planed
upon the edge Is wide or narrow.
The other device 1s made by q