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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Feecing.

During the coming winter the grain
that will be used for poultry will
amount to thousands of bushels, yet
grain is not as essential to success as
some other foods, says Colman's Rural
World. Cut bone has given excellent
success In experiments, and 1t has been
demonstrated that when it is used in
connection with corn and grass ii
makes the ration a very suitable one.
Exclusively grain is a detriment to lay
ing because it warns the body, pro-
woes a portion of the essential ele-
mehts necessary to egg production, but
Is lacking in the substances that form
the albumen, shell, etc. When the hen
is deprived of a sufficiency of all the
elements necessary to produce eggs
she VIII lay only as many eggs as she
can supply the albumen for. With plen-
W OF corn she is then provided with
all the elements for the yolk and to
warm her body, such elements being
known as "carbonaceous." Now if the
carDonaceous elements are proportion
ately balanced by the "nitrogenous"
materials (cut bone, clover, etc. the
hen may lay nearly every day, and
sne Will not become fat because the
PRODUCTION of the eggs takes from her
al over, n that which she may need
LOT the support of her body, but if she
is fed literally with corn, and is not
given enough of the other foods. she
Will not lay so frequently, hence the
loss OF carbon in the form of eggs will
De reduced and the excess of carbon
aceous matter is then stored up within
the body as fat. She may be apparent
~ not too fat, and may lay fairly up
10 the average, but if the carbonaceous
material is not balanced with the
proper proportion of heterogeneous ma
terlal she will soon become too fat. and
thls may happen gradually, as she may
lay a sufficient number of eggs to pre-
vent becoming very fat until she has
done fa1rly well, but sooner or later
she Will cease to lay, succumbing to a
natural law of supply and demand
not being able to produce sometime
from nothlng-the corn being useful in
protecting her from cold, and serving
as a valuable assistant in the produce
ton of eggs, but being deficient in lime
n nitrogen, the farmer sustaining a
loss because he does not fortify his
corn with heterogeneous foods. A flock of
poultry on any farm can be made the
source OF a neat income; but, even
should the farmer only raise enough
for his own family, selling never an
egg nor a feather, they will pay better
than anything else requiring same out
lay of time and money.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
The Worship of Athletics.

Both boys and men, when they have
opened any paper, very soon turn TO
see what is said about athletics. Peo-
pie go in thousands to see matches of
cricket, boating, football. running and
bicycle races; matters connected with
these matches keep the telegraph busy
and furnish the large heaolngs for
posters; they induce men of the high
est position and gravest character 10
write to the newspapers and to discuss
such matters from a purely athletical
point of view, leaving out of sight all
moral questions which may happen to
be involved. Portraits of athletes are
everywhere, and their histories and
condition are generally known. | was
present when a certain distinguished
man was introduced to a great Eng
lish bishop. HE is the father of P.
t." said his introducer, naming a
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
New Cycle Rack.

An automatic cycle rack is about TO
be placed upon the market in England,
which if successful in its operation
should prove a boon to wheeling Brit
ons. The invention is one for auto
matically securing and holding bicy-
cles on the "penny-in-the-slot" princi-
pie. The idea is that cycle racks
should be placed in various advanta-
geous positions in towns, and where
deemed likely to pay. The cyclist will
place a penny in the slot, which will
enable him to unlock and open a stand,
into which his wheel can then be run
and locked in. Every lock is differ
ent, and a key for a given lock can
only be obtained by putting a penny
in the slot of it's particular wheel
holder, The rider can then go away
and leave his wheel without the least
anxiety, carrying the key with him,
and on his return he unlocks it and Ie-
leases it by the key, which then re-
mains in the lock. 1t will be a most
useful thing for fitting in the yards
of busy cycling inns, and other places
where cyclists congregate. OF course
the possession of the key is taken as
evidence of ownership of the machine
by the man in charge, but to make the
arrangement a perfect one it wan
ONE device whereby the rack could
be self-minding. AS it is it should
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
CUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.


III Ec
We are glad to see that some OF u
experiment stations are taking up the
work of investigating along the lines OF
poultry culture. We do not know OF
any line in agricultural science that Is
shrouded in greater mystery. Poultry
diseases are entirely beyond the realm
OF books at the present time, though
many books pretend to tell people how
to treat them. Their advice is appa-
rently based on limited observations
rather than exhaustive investigation.
Ii one would be convinced on this point
ne a but to read the Investigations
carried on by the government some
years ago as to the disease known as
chicken cholera. The report in h an
nual bulletin issued by the department
showed many things that are not gen
orally supposed to be facts connected
with that disease. To illustrate, it is
generally given as a reliable indica-
ton OF cholera that the fowl must die
within . few hours, and that If the dis
ease causes the fowl to linger for some
time 1t may be taken as granted that
the disease is not cholera, but merely
indigestion. The government has
shown this to be entirely erroneous, the
fowls remaining sick for weeks and
even sometimes recovering.
Foreign nations are taking up this
work with some vigor, perhaps more
than are we. What we need is a most
thorough Investigation of the disease,
btoloBically and otherwise. We have
many problems that al be solved in
no other way. We have a disease that
we call roup. 1t is quite widely believ-
ed nat there are really several differ
ent diseases all classed as roup, be-
cause they are similar to each other in
some of their symptoms. An investi-
CATION OF the germs would tell us what
we really hai to contend with and
might point Gut a solution. 1t might
be foun6 also that some of them were
diseases common not only to fowls,
but also to the human family. We
would thus be put on our guard against
them, just as we have been against
tuberculosis in cattle.
There is another line that the sta
tions can follow with advantage and
that il the breeding up of fowls, or at
least an Investigation of fowls as to
their individual capacities. 1t is a long
JOB for any poultry raiser to attempt to
keep Il hundred or more fowls sepa-
rate and record their egg production
from day to day for a year or two.
Yet such work would doubtless be a
revelation when it's end was reached.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
A Pointer for the Inventors,

One of the minor woes Detailing cy>
cling tyros is the hand cramp which
follows the first lesson. Although
constantly admonished by the instruct
ors against the habit of gripping the
corks as if they were the horns of an
enraged bull, it seems actually impos-
sible for the beginner to grasp the
handles naturally. If the handlebars
were charged with electricity the mag
netic attraction apparently present in
them could not be stronger. 1t is
the magnetism of fear. AS a result Of
this first lesson the beginner has a
stiffening of the wrist and finger mus
cles, a species of paralysis which is ant
to last for more hours than there are
in a calendar day. Yet during the
second lesson the beginner will again
grip fiercely, and his wrist muscles be-
come lame. Is there no person who is
clever enough to devise some way of
obviating this?
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

minor operations, and especially when
that delicate sensitive precious organ,
the eye, is to be dealt with is a sub
stance to be grateful for. On every
hand there is an unremitting search
Tor new methods and new substances.
An endeavor is made through the
agency Of electricity to make the pain
paralyzer enter the substance of re-
fractory teeth, by what is called cata-
pnoresis-a process hardly understood
yet, but thought to act by opening the
pores and making room among the very
particles themselves for itself. The
very latest discovery is thus described:
"A new %anesthetic, which relieves at
once the pain of deep burns, Of ulcers
and of cancer, has been discovered by
Drs. Eichorn and Heinz Of Munich. 1t
Is a preparation of benzomethylic
ether in the form of a powder, to which
the name orthoform has been given"
1t is now known that before the dis
covery of anesthesia, surgeons not sell
dom decided lot to operate, because
they could not bring themselves to
witness the sufferings they must in
evitably cause, and thus allowed the
patient to go painlessly to his grave:
and also many died from the "shock"
that is now skipped" while the ether
or chloroform transports the mar in a
beautiful dream. Depend upon it, when
we come to be counted with the an
cient, the nineteenth century will not
he ~emomborp for ifs railroads and
telegraphs, but for it's blessed boon of
universal application - anesthesia.-
The Independent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

The committee on road records for
the Century Road Club Of America has
accepted the following claims: Wash
ington-New York record, 81 hours 20
minutes, made by Lieutenant Hugh D.
Wise, of the New York Athletic club,
Oct. 14-15, 1897. Thirty-day century
record for Wisconsin, 20 centuries,
made by John M. Coates, of Milwau-
kee, between Sept. 4 and 30, 1897. A
meritorious medal has been granted TO
Mrs. G. p. Storms, Of Cleveland, O.,
for a double century, Sept. 10 and 20,
1897, made under adverse circumstan ,es
such as wind, mud and rain.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

The "belt conveyors" used to carry
wheat in some of the huge grain stores
in Brooklyn, are described in the Scien-
tifc American. they consist of belts,
formed of canvas and rubber, thirty
inches broad, and running over hori-
zontal rollers. At the point where a
stream of wheat falls upon m of these
belts, the edges of the latter are turned
up for a short distance by a pair of
rollers placed above the general level.
But the grain quickly acquires a momen-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
THE FASHIONABLE PAELOR.
A Distressing Room with Its Delicat,

A Distressing Room with Its Delicate
Tints and Curious Set Expression.
The delicate tints of the average ex,
pensively furnished parlor are apt to
be colOrless unless there is some relief
to them, says the New York Post. One
sees so many rooms with soft pearl
gray Wilton carpets, walls of very
much the same shade, hangings of sill
very plush, furniture largely in white
and gold, even the soft cushions of
the palest hues in costly fabrics. The
curious set expression of such a room,
as if it were arranged for an exhibition
parlor of upholstery, is enhanced, usu-
ally, by the lack of any sort Of EN-
ter. Every room to be successful
needs some sort of focus-an open fire
place, a reading table, anything that
suggests a drawing together of the
rooms occupants. 1t is this lack of
suggestion of life which makes one
stroll through one of these perfectly
appointed rooms and come with a sigh
of relief into the next apartment,
which the family really use. Occa-
s%ionally a house is entered whose mis-
tresa boldly banishes the so-called
parlor, letting it be simply an extern
sion of the library. Books line its
walls. A long table with chairs drawn
around it is piled with fresh maya
zines, the latest books, and a writing
service. All these may be as elegant
as ones purse admits, but their very
presence cOnfers a charm and effect
by their suggestion of use, that is not
found in the handsomest stretches OF
upholstery and woodwork.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
&ratituhe for Paat EaYnrs.

Fuddy-I don't understand how it is
tice. He certainly is not much of g
physician.
Duidy-No, but most of his patient
are men, you know. When he vas
called to see them when they were
boys he invariably directed that they
be kept home from school. They have
never forgotten it.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Speed and Friction.

Since the experiments testinn
draught and friction in bicycles were
made by Prof. Carpenter at Cornell
University, an English expert has been
making some similar tests to show
how great is the increased friction
caused by grit on the chain. He
found that with a clean chain the
FRACTIONAL loss was above l per cent,
under rather than over, while with a
chain in its average condition of dirt
the loss is from 80 to 40 per cent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
For Out-of-Town Wheelmen.

Riders who live out of town should
get a dozen or so extra spokes when
purchasing a new wheel. They are
handy to have around, and often save
trouble and expense. You need not be
a skilled mechanic to put in a new
spoke in the wheels of today. A lit
tie careful bending to thread it through
the hole of the hub and a little
care in screwing it to the proper ten
sion and to see that the end does not
stand up in the bed Of the rim or pro-
trude through the nipple is all that is
necessary. In case the end protrudes
as said above it must be filed down.
Failure to do this may result in a
puncture. Even if you do not do it
yourself, but take it to a rural repair
er, it is gratifying to know you have
the spokes of a proper gauge and will
not have to be content with thicker
spokes or any kind he may have
about.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis railway is now using in it's shops
a pneumatic car painting machine.
With the new device a freight car can
be painted in one hour, while by the
old method it takes an experienced
man from two to three hours. Be-
sides saving material and labor an
other great advantage the pneumatic
painter has over the man with a brush
and a can of paint is that it applies
the paint to the car with uniform
thickness and with great force. The
paint is driven into the smallest crew.
ice or hole in the car and this enables
the painter to reach points under the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
If Women Voted.

Mrs. Bildad Throwing down the
paper)-"I declared there is another
horrid municipal scandal. Every man
nowadays seems to have something to
do with a ring
Bildad-"And if women were given
half a chance don't you think they
would have their finger in it, too?".
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

the Sunday racing movement in Cali
fornia this season. and who has been
reinstated by the l.. A. w, figures that
he has won less than $25 on his sea-
sons work, after deducting the ex-
penses incurred in training and rae
ing.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
The Varied. Vital West.

Eyes, sir" Numbered the man with
the long, grizzled whiskers, 81 am
from the fairest land the sun ever
kissed. am from the vest, gentle
men,"
"Ah, yes; is that so?" inquired a
bystander. Are you from the malaria
district, the grasshopper quarter, the
tuberculosis section, the drouth re-
gion, OF the cyclone belt?"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

Gather looked out for mother about
them, but after that no need of boxing
up good strong cows Or
Mr.. Editor, I am sorry so wise a
mortal as Mr.. G. L. Gabrilsen cannot
get over the idea that cows in perfect
health need that ~nauseating EPSON
salts!" | wonder If he don't mix In
any ginger? Goodbye. / will write
again.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

Tao Klondike nutter is the newes,
game in cards. Its object is to find
the rdagget. 1t is worked with three
cards and is our old friend three-card
monte in disguise.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
AUGUST LEIfR,

many, has a....-~ ted States.
Lehr is a splendidly built young man
Of immense strength, and is greatly
admired by the German cycling pub
lie. 1t is expected that he will chal-
lenge both Bald and Michael and one
or two of the Frenchmen who are now
in this country.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
BaId,s Seasons necoc,l.

DDIE BALD has
raced against 32S
men during the
season on the Ma
tional Circuit. OF
this NUM- Der he has
beaten 2S4 and in
turn has been de-
feated by only "A.
The percentage is
figured as in all Ia
bles, or 4~4-32Sths,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Racial ChnrnntsristIcs.

Tom-"It takes an Irishman for
ready wit"
Dick (who has just visited his "un-
cle'O-"And a Jew for ready cash.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Cause an Eject.

Bond-Mrs. Tancke complains bitter.
ly of the way her husband treats her.
Case-That's funny; he treats us as
often again as he used to.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
SCIENTIFIC POINTERS,
CURRENT NOTES OF DrScOv-
cry AND INVENTION.
sn Easy Method of Painting Freight
Cars-A Pneumatic Brush in the
Service of a Big Railroad-some
Recent Inventions.
The Search for Anestbet,c..

HE search for safe,
swift and efficient
a~nesthetics S t il
goes on, and the
nitrous i d g
Laughing gas), with
it's brief oblivion
and quick recovery,
is a great boon;
while cocaine in it's
constantly increas-
iuU a~nDlications in
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Frozen Milk Industry.

I'm Sweden and Denmark so says
Laiterie France), "has been created a
new industry that deserves notice. 1t
consists in collecting at a central sta
ton the milk from farms within a
given radius, pasteurizing it at rs de-
grees c OCT degrees FL, and then
freezing it at the temperature of 10 de-
grees IA degrees FL. The blocks of
frozen milk are placed in stout wooden
casks holding about double the volume
of the blocks, and the extra space is
filled with sterilized milk, after which
the casks are Theoretically sealed. AS
they are perfectly full and kept cool
by the block of frozen milk. which
melts very slowly, the shocks of trans
portation are powerless to churn the
milk into butter, and thus it NAV he
preserved at least twenty days, SO that
the Danes and Swedes are now sending
successfully to their neighbors. and
even to England, whole cargoes of milk
We shall oon see, doubtless. NORWAY
vessels unloading casks of milk in our
ports. Here is indicated a means a,
utilizing profitably our French milk
of which there is an excessive ~sunnlv
at certain points and a lack at others
owing to the expense and distance q,
transportation. Translated for the
Literary Digest.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
THE CYCLING WORLD.
WHAT THE RACERS AND IN
MENTORS ARE DOING.

Bald's Record for the Past Season
--Some Additional Records-The GER
man Champion Is Here - ZeigIer's
Poor Showing.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
Ziegler's Poor Showing.

Otto Zeigler, the well-known profess
sional racer. who was identified with
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26
German Champion COMING.

August Lehr, the famous German bi-
cyclist, who for nine years has been
tue undisputed champion rider OF Ger
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

Apple orchards stand drouth much
better than many of our other fsrm
crops, and this is encouraging 10 tho
apple enthusiast.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

If any have the benefit of fruit IL
should be the farmers family.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-02-26

ing applications il
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-14

= 0lVo 3 dEos1y sDssN l1o1d o9UGlpda
shit Waists IN eologu I'M those a. Tie
ssh may b worn With them.
Figured piqus VIII be extremely fash
ionable. and may be made up In the
same manner with insertion between
the cores. Some Of the patterns are as
dainty a. dimity. and hardly distin-
guishable from It.. Embroidery IL also
In great favor. and any combination Of
the two Il sure TO have the seal of pop
ular approval.
A serviccable dress II made Of dark
blue dimity with small white figure.
The skirt has rufiles Of the same ma
terial around the bottom, and looks like
dozens of other summer dresses, but
the waist, though simple, Is quite orig
inal, and what Is more TO the point, Is
inexpensive and easily made. tits made
rather full and is cut out square in the
neck, back and front. Around the edge
OF the square neck is broad embroid-
cry collar which can be made of wide
embroidery ana sewed up in diagonal
seams at the back Of the shoulders.
This leaves room for chemisette Of
any material or style. or II worn in the
evening the chemisette may be dis
pensed with. In this case the chemi-
settle is made Of apple-green silk laid in
fine tucks with collar edged at the
top with embroidery. There is also q
fold OF green silk at the waist. The
bodice buttons straight down the front
with small pearl buttons. The sleeves
have an'embroidery finish at the wrists.
Gingham is reveling in return to
popular favor. 1t is largely used in the
manufacture Of shirt waists, having
been found more serviceable than linen,
percale or batiste, and being quite as
pretty. It comes in all sorts of plaids
and stripes, and is thus in keeping with
the general taste in patterns
A child's dress OF striped blue ging-
ham may be made quite dressy with the
aid of embroidery. The pattern is u
blouse waist with short skirt. The neck
is cut ost low in an octagonal design
and bordered with band of insertion
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-14
ANTICIPATED.
lie Thought Plato Must have Got
Hold of His Ideas in
Some Way.
THE LATEST.

He was a supplemented old farmer,
and when he called upon the new min
ister and was ushered into the library
he stared with open-mouthed wonder
ut the books with which the shelves of
the bookcases were lined.
"Are you fond of reading?" asked the
parson, as he noticed the wandering
gaze of his visitor.
"Well, yes" returned the old farmer.
I'm glad to hear it," said the par
son, "and l should be pleased to lend
you q book to take home with you If
you wish. Just take any of them that
you think you'd like to read, sir"
'Oh, / hain't no hand at selectin,"
returned the old man, sheepishly.
"You pick me out one, parson."
So the good parson, in spirit of mis-
chief, gave the old gentleman book
written by that grand old philosopher.
Plato.
The old man took his book and went
his way and at the end of week he
again appeared before the parson with
the book under his arm.
"Well." "queried the parson. smilingly.
did you read the book?"
"Yes. that I just did" returned the
old man.
sand what did you think of it?" con-
tinued the parson.
"'Twas fust-rate." said the farmer.
"and I've read It through from kiver to
kiver. I never heard tell OF this fel-
low Plato before, but. all the same, !
find that the old chap has been writing
up some OF my very best deas."-IIar-
lem Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-14
3 LATE FASHIONS
nat, Modes That wm Pre-
| ,,il the Coming Season.
.mwer Costume 81 WAlt0 Or.
-. Over Rsse TA4sts with
Lace Trimmings :. 4
r.uA.s Ginghan Dress.

,,;,e crgandy dress made over rose
!. and trimmed with black lace Is
!, ,he mos, stunning bits Of finery
sowp in the shops. The skirt 10