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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
THE AMERICAN BREEDS.
Many Promising Plymouth Rocks
and WyandOttes Are Positively
Spoiled BY Overweight.

Farm-Poultry, an influential Bos-
ton publication, has of late been invit-
ing opinions concerning the proper
weight of the American breeds of
chickens, among which are the Ply
mouth Rocks and the Wyandottes. We
should say that fully two-thirds of
the breeders who have expressed
themselves on the subject take the po-
sition that the standard weight is too
high. It is claimed that the medium
sized birds of these families are al
most invariably better layers than
those which meet the demands of the
standard in regard to weight. One
well-known poultry judge, in his con-
tribution to the discussion, says that
not more than one Plymouth Rock in
~ which pass through his hands at
the shows is up to standard weight. IT
the men who patronize the shows meet
with difficulty in getting their birds up
to standard weight, how much more of
task it must be for farmers who,
rs rule, can give but fraction of
their time to the study of the prob
lens of the poultry yard? And if this
heavy weight is obtained at the sacri-
fee of the laying qualities why not
cut it down? Some advertisers take
great pains to have it known that their
birds are fully up to standard weight.
Farmers should know that they can
easily pay more money for that kind
of Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes
than they are worth.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
RHEUMATISM IN PIGS.
How to Combat This Dangerous Dis.
ease Which IL Common Among
Young Animals.

This is a very common disease
among pigs, especially young ones. It
is impossible to, say what causes
rheumatism in the pig, as it is found
under all conditions, where the pigs
are well kept, or where they are not.
symptoms: There is lameness in one
or more legs, which is more OF less
noticeable according to the severity
of the case. The joints often swell
at the fetlocks. When the muscles
are affected it may assume the form
of inflammatory rheumatism and will
cause an elevation of temperature and
sickness. In such case the animal will
be very stiff and refuse it's food, its
breathing will be fast and short, and
its snout dry, and if the animal is made
to move, it may squeal with pain.
When the legs are the parts affected,
it may shift from one leg to the other,
but if the joints swell it will likely
remain stationary until relieved.
Treatment: Keep the animal in COM
Portable place, and if it is in good flesh
give it dose of EPSON salts, one to
two ounces, or two to three drops of
Croton oil in spoonful of sweet oil,
or it may be dropped in the mouth.
Croton oil seems to be useful medi-
cine in. rheumatism. Follow this by
giving ten to fifteen drops of oil of
gaultheria to the adult pig three times
a day in a little sweet oil. For pigs
two to three months old give half this
quantity. I have given iodide and the
bicarbonate of potassium in ten-grain
doses two or three times day in
little water with good results; but I
have excellent results by giving the
oil of gaultheria. Rub the sore,
swollen joints with equal parts of oil
of turpentine and sweet oil. In cases
of inflammatory rheumatism. after
giving the physic, give from three to
five drops of the tincture of aconite
every two hours for the first two
days, then give the oil of gaultheria
as directed. Young and old pigs are
liable to sprains of the liganent at
the top of the hoof and fetlock joint,
which may be mistaken for rheuma-
tism, as the symptoms resemble it;
but as the treatment for rheumatism
of the joints will answer the purpose
for sprains, it will make no difference
if mistake is made.-Dr. Mcintosh,
Y. S., in Swineherd.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
CURRENT TOPICS.

The salmon trust has been incorpor-
ated in New Jersey.
Hetty Green is said to be investing
in oil lands at Hartsell, Ala.
Ambassador White expects to leave
Berlin for home in September.
Out of $1,000 islands in the Indian
Ocean only $40 are inhabited.
The population of Northern China
is most completely vegetarian.
John Alexander Dowie has become
naturalized American citizen.
An advance of 81 ton in the price
of steel rails has been agreed upon.
In certain London hotels wine left
on the tables is the walters perquis-
tie.
A dressmakers' trust has now been
organized and Incorporated for $780,
900.
The average depth of the Atlantic
10 $4,000 feet, of the Pacific $4,000
feet. ..
The population of the German En-
pire includes 100000 who use the Po-
fish language.
Frances new prison at Fresnes,
some eight miles from Paris, is the
largest in the world.
A little girl named Beatrice, who
was only years old, Travelled by her.
self from Dallas, Tex, to New York.
From the Atlantic ocean to the
head of Lake Superior vessel may
sail in Canadian waters . distance of
2.c60 statute miles.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, it is expected,
will shortly enlist in the Twelfth re-
giment, N. g. n. Y, and be elected
immediately second Lieutenant.
Mud is the newest skin beautifier,
the latest fad for the improvement
Of the complexion. just common,
everyday, unromantic dirty mud.
Judge Jas. Humphrey, who lied .
few days ago at his home in Weymouth
Nights, Mass, was the oldest active
Judge on the bench in Massachusetts.
British farmers and dairymen are
to-day milking 4,o0o,o 900 cows and pro-
ducing annually in their dairies G2o,-
ooo, 900 worth of milk, butter and
cheese.
Tho wooden church, with tower and
spire, built for the members of the
Baptist Communion Of Santa Rosa.
CAL, was built from the wood OF q
single tree.
The imports Of precious stones at
the port Of New York during May
amounted in value to $3,1s9,273,
against s1,322,357, the value Of the
imports during May, 1900.
Only one country brews more beer
per inhabitant than England. That il
Belgium, with 31A gallons head, ~
compared with 20 gallons in England.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12

We fed cotton seed meal to one lot
of hogs that had not done well in an
other experiment, and they were
ready for market, we'll finished, in
% days. Cotton seed meal fed in
large quantities or for long periods
is death to hogs. Fed for q short
time in small quantities, it is valua-
BILE to put hogs in good condition
that are not doing well. We begin
by feeding one-fourth pound of cot
ton seed a day per 1000 pounds live
weight of hogs, and increase eacn day
to ten days, when we feed per day
three pounds per 1000 pounds live
weight of hogs, mixing the meal with
the other grain. This quantity of cot
ton seed can be proftably fed three
to four weeks.-Kansas Experiment
Station Bulletin.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
COOP AND RUN FOR CHICKS.

small slide door is made on one side
of the coop, and the run is placed SO
the opening in the side comes oppo-
site this door. At night the chicks
can be shut in the coop by closing the
slide door, and this makes it easy to
move them to fresh ground frequent
~. When the chicks are thus inclosed
ever could harm them. Last year I
had brood of 30, all brooded by one
hen, in such coop and run, and did
not lose one of them, while formerly
always lost some of them by the
hawks, rats, cats or other animals. !
was not bothered with chicks running
over the lawn or garden.
The same coop and run were used for
setting hens. I used small portable
boxes for nests, and when have a
setting hen I move her at night to
one of these coops and set her on some
old eggs, and when Iget three or four
hens in a coop setting on old eggs 1
am ready to put my good eggs under
them and at the same time fill the in
cubator with eggs. They all hatch
about the same time, and all the chicks
are given to the hens, as one hen can
brood from IS to 80 chicks, if the
weather is not too cold. When you set
a hen in such a coop, with run attached,
she can go out in the run and get her
food and water and dust herself. She
cannot get away, and there is but little
4
making the coops buy large boxes at
the stores, and the cost of a coop and
run has only been about two dollars
when they were made by a carpenter.
The wire netting will not cost over
so cents, and if one does the carpenter
work the expense will be small. I
would especially recommend this plan
of raising chickens to people living
in villages.-W. H. Jenkins, in n. Y.
Trihune
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
ElAI@]lSyL.' ~
G|!!k!' !, d:sSQQllllS
COMFORT FOR CHICKS.
Coop ana Rua which Enables Then
to Get Plenty of Exercise and
Fresh Food.

I have coop and covered run which
is used both for the setting hens and
for the hens with chicks. The coops
are about four feet square, and are
made very much like portable hen
houses, only smaller. They are made
so tight that nothing can get in them
to. disturb the chicks when they are
closed. With each coop have a COW
cred run made by taking some boards
about IL feet long and IL inches wide
and mailing them together in the
form of box IL by feet, without top
or bottom. A piece of wire netting
is nailed over the top, and the COW
cred run is completed, except some
openings in the sides through which to
put feed and water, and to make
passage from the run to the coop. A
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
FOR woMEN's TROUBLES TOO.

New Baden, ILL.,, August 12th:-Mrs.
Anton Griesbaum, Jr., has been very
i'll. Female weakness had run her
down so low that she could not do her
Homework. She had tried many things,
but got no relief.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, new remedy,
which is better known here as a cure
for Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy,
and Rheumatism, worked like charm
in Mrs. Griesba um's case. She used
three boxes and is now a new woman,
able to do her work as well as ever.
she was. Her general health is much
improved, and she has not single
symptom of Female Trouble lekt.
Dodd's Kidney Pills are making
wonderful reputation for themselves
in this part Of the state.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
Care in Dressing Poultry.

Poorly dressed poultry is not want
ed on the markets of any city. twill,
indeed, sell-always sell, but it brings
no profit. There are in the cities two
classes of buyers-the buyers of first
class goods and the buyers of the poor
and cheap. The latter class is the one
that takes the poorly dressed poultry.
Most of the buyers of this poor stock
make business of it. They stand
around waiting till the commission
men are anxious to get rid of the poor
stuff left and then buy. The result is
they always get concessions. Ourread-
ers can see that the profits on this kind
of business are small. Such birds
should be eaten at home or disposed
Of Iocauy.-Farmers' Review.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
CHILDREN IN SUMNER.
Mothers In the Care Of Their
Infants.

The heat of summer is especially
trying to the health of little children.
If the child has been fed at regular
hours and has learned to take maps at
stated periods the value of such habits
will now be seen. More than one-half
of the children born die before they
are two years old, and of these more
than one-half die in the summer time,
overcome by heat and the various dis
eases Of the digestive organs, which
arise from improper food, says the
New York Tribune.
A healthy baby wakes early in tho
morning, and in summer he should be
dressed at once and taken out in the
cool morning to take his first meal un-
der the trees and to enjoy himself
with singing birds and the young life
Of nature. If the child is taken out
and fed as early as six o'clock in the
morning, and if he is well, he will soon
fall asleep under the trees and sleep
until his bath is ready. Ten o'clock in
the morning is an hour when it is usu-
ally convenient to battle him, and if
the baby is given his bath systematic
ally at this hour in winter, as well as
in summer, he will be eager for it, and
his morning outing will give him q
vigorous appetite. After the meal fol-
lowing the bath the child will usually
take his longest nap. A strong, healthy
baby may sleep three or four hours
after his bath, or if quite young may
wake up long enough to take food
once.
The child will take hearty meal at
two o'clock and again at four o'clock.
but after the midday rest is over the
baby cannot be expected to sleep much
during the afternoon. If he is to
sleep at night it is not desirable that
he should sleep after four o'clock in
the afternoon. This time should be
spent in some gentle amusement which
will keep the child awake SO that he
will be ready to go to sleep at six
o'clock. 1t is easy to teach him to
form the habit. of being awake be.
tween these hours.
Nothing is more injurious to tho
health of little child or more detri.
mental to his nervous system than tho
udDlt WHICH SOuIC AOlA VI -luA A'A6
night into day. A healthy child which
has regularly and Systematically been
fed during the day will sleep all night,
waking only once or twice for food.
Children, like all little animals.
should be handled as little as possi-
BILE in warm weather or at any time
during their infancy. The heat of the
mothers or the nurses body is always
irritating to child of sensitive nerves.
Let the baby form the habit of toss
ing about on shawl spread on the
ground, where he can take care of him.
self, or, if he is older, of playing on
a pile of clean sand brought in and
emptied in huge box for the pur-
pose. The contact with the earth will
bring vigor and strength. The old
story of the giant Antaeus, who
drew his strength from the earth, was
no idle fable So did Antaeus, and so
does every son and daughter of man
gain vigor and health from the touch
of Mother Earth, and in proportion
as they are taken away by pride and
lifted on soft cushions away from that
health-giving touch do they lose
health and life.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
Some Housework Figures.

A Vermont man, with a fondness for
figures, has produced the following:
1--WE have often heard Of women dish
washing their lives away, but did any
one ever think of the number Of times,
reduced to actual figures, the table has
been spread, cleared of dishes washed
and put away during 30years? A black
walnut dining table has been in use in
my family for 80 years. In that period
this table has been spread $3.50 times,
and as many times cleared and the
dishes washed. My family averaged
five during that time, making 164,25o
meals eaten from that table. At the
low price of Is cents per meal these
would amount to $24,637.50. These fig
ures are small compared with 60 years
of continuous service which sometimes
happens but they show how women
cheerfully do their duties from the
cradle to the grave"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
HOT WEATHER PHYSICS.
The Inquisitive Son Engages His Fs.
ther In . Philosophical Dis
cUaufOn.

The thermometer was doing busi-
ness at the new stand it had taken
up at No. one hundred and some.
thing in the shade, and, with tho
electric fan in the corner, was about
the only object in the room which
showed special evidence of life, re-
lates the New York Times.
"Pop," presently came in . small
voice from the sofa, "Pop, doesn't
motion produce heat?"
eyes, my son, so keep quiet"
There was silence for q moment;
then
Pop, doesn't all motion produce
heat?" ... 49,.
ayes, my son, all motion; even the
motion of moving my lips to answer
your questions causes more heat than
is necessary this weather"
There was silence again. Pop"
continued trying to finish up busi-
ness letter, and the owner of the
small voice continued lying on the
sofa, looking Hstlessly ahead into the
electric fan, his fluffy hair waving
softly in the cooling current which
flowed from it's fast-revolving blades.
Once more the silence was broken:
"Motion causes friction, does it
not?"
Eyes"
"And friction causes heath" =.
Eyes"
A pause of several minutes.
''That fan over there is in motion,
isn't it, popper?"
Eyes, yes; don't bother me SO
much"
Another pause. 49,.
"say, pop, If that fan is in motion.
and motion produces friction, and
friction causes heat, why don't you
stop it? It's hot enough, isn't it.,
without any more motion than is nec'
essary?"
But there was no reply, and the
fan went on.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
Fern R.lls for Porches.

The porch during the summer Of
fers an admirable opportunity for ex-
hibiting ones skill as flower grower.
In so many picturesque settings can
the plants be displayed that their ele-
gance is, if possible, much enhanced.
Quite the oldest of all hanging baskets
are the fern balls. These are nothing
but fern roots bound about center
piece of moss which when kept satu-
rated with water will put forth green
shoots that soon cover the ball. Cork
may be built up into odd shapes filled
with moss or soil and then sprinkled
with seeds capable of fourishing in
the damp mold. The more original
porch decoration happens to be the
more pleasing it is.-Detroit Free
Press,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
FEEDING THE PIGS.
Of Much Value and an Aid
to Cleanliness.

Pigs, being voracious animals, are
hogs in every sense of the term, and
while it may be pleasure to admin
lister to their wants when they are
small, the feeding of them upon their
having attained good growth is not
always so agreeable. Especially is this
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
a Di.infect.nt Whitev..h.

To make a disinfectant whitewash
that will thoroughly purify your hen
coops and kill every mite proceed as
follows: Mix one pound blue vitriol,
one pound copperas with ten gallons of
water according to Farmer), boil and
let cool; add one pint sulphuric acid,
and then add six gallons more of wa
.er. Be careful of explosion and of
getting the mixture on your hands or
clothing. 1t is seething caldron. I
want to say this mixture will clean up
everything in sight, for it is a thorough
disinfectant.-R. II. Callaghsn, in Ohio
Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
PIGS HELD IN CHECK.

true if the animals cannot be kept
out of the troughs until they are filled.
Hence it is that the arrangement
presented in the picture will be found
of much value and great convenience.
Before pouring in the swill the front
end of the pen, in the form of q
swinging door suspended from the
top, is placed in the position indicated
on the right. The trough is then filled
and the door allowed to assume its
former position, as shown at the left.
King Porker thus can easily be held
in check until his table is set, and
neither he nor his owner be caused
any harm thereby.-Frederick o. Sib-
ley, in N. Y. Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-12
Rpoiled Veal steak.

Butter the gridiron well and broil
the steak over hot fire. When quite
brown on both sides take out and put
in q shallow pan. Into the pan put
Q little white stock and about two
ounces Of butter. Set this in the oven
for 1--WE minutes, take out the veal,
and to the stock in the pan add gill
of tomato sauce with bit of horse
radish, and pour over the veal before
serving.-Boston Budget
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-03-15
INDIAN UNDERSTOOD THE LAW
The Poor Red Man Embarrassed
Chicago Attorney Who Went
Hunting.

Two Chicago attorneys who were en-
joying a hunting and fishing trip in
northern Wisconsin recently chanced
to stop over night at Tomahawk, a vii.
lage on the Indian reservation. While
at the hotel gun belonging to one of
the lawyers was stolen. The hunter
made inquiries, and became satisfied
that a drunken Indian, who acted as
hostler at the hotel, had taken it. The
lawyer charged the red man with the
theft, and finally the Indian confessed
er a great deal of persuasion, he
named certain place where it was hid
den, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The owner of the gun, accompanied
by the Indian, went after the weapon,
but it was not there. The lawyer then
had a warrant issued for the arrest
of the Indian, and had service made.
This had its effect, and the red man,
calling the attorney to one side, agreed
to give up the gun for pint of whisky.
1t happened the hunters had several
bottles of good old rye among their
stores, and a pint bottle was turned
over to the Indian, who soon produced
the gun. But the constable who held
the warrant insisted on taking his
prisoner to Jail.
"What fur? White man got um
gum" said the Indian.
, "Yes," replied the officer, "but you
stole it. and you must go to prison."
Put Injun in cabboose, tell big white
chief white man give Injun whisky;
white man pay big fine, and go to
prison"
This was a new wrinkle. That was
the law. The Chicago lawyer was liza
BILE to be taken to Madison before the
United States court. The attorney in
terceded for the red man, who, seeing
this, declared:
"Let Injun go, not nuf. Give Injun
money, he no TELL" and he stuck to
1t that he would inform if not paid,
and finally, as the cheapest way out
of the difficulty, the Chicago man paid
the Indian $40.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-03-15
FOUR LEGS INSTEAD OF TWO.
Herein Is a Reasonable Plea for the
Relief of the Modern
Foot Soldier.

The foot soldier is an anachronism,
as archaic as the man at arms with
his halberd, or the archer witt, his
cloth yard shaft. The modern foot
soldier is not only fighting machine :;
Ae is also beast of burden; and no
man can be both with success. The
American infantryman equipped for
war is weighted down with rifle, bayo.
net, ammunition, clothing, shelter
tent, water bottle and haversack, in
all some 60 pounds in weight 1t is a
common belief that a soldier is SO
strong and hardy that he does not feel
his burden; that he can march ten OF
Is miles with 60 pounds about his
body and not mind it; that, like the
well trained athlete, who thrives un.
der violent exercise, he enjoys having
to transport all this paraphernalia.
Now, as matter of fact, there is the
one thing, of all others, which the sol.
dier despises. He doesn't mind the
fighting; he can put up with heat OF
cold, and, although he may growl
when his rations are short, he accepts
that as part of the days work; but
to turn himself into porter, to be a
coolie and the bearer of burdens, is
the thing he abominates, says L.
Maurice Low, in Forum.
There is nothing more depressing to
the spirits, nothing more devitalizing
nothing which makes a greater drain
than march. There is nothing pic.
turesque, nothing exhilarating, moth.
ing to break the horrible monotony OF
this seemingly interminable plodding
through baking dust or clogged mud
or chilling snow. All the color of war
has gone. There are no bands to
make men forget their fatigue, nc
waving plumes and futtering flags to
excite the imagination, no spectators
to stimulate pride, there is no scenery
even. War is now monochrome;
everyone dresses the same, khaki loses
its semblance of color and taxes on the
color OF the dirt or mud of the coun.
try through which the army marches
and no man sees more than the man
in front of him or the man on each
side of him. Hour after hour this
goes on; rifles become heavier. ammu.
milton Delts chafe more gallingly, hav.
ersacks and waterbottles strike in g
tender spot, shoes get filed with grit
which makes each step an agony. II
after long march men are thrown
into action they have lost their vim
and their power of resistance; and
it is only by sheer nerve that they are
able to stand up to the rack. Nine
times out of ten infantry are sent in
to action with their nerves unstrung
simply because they have been brok.
en- down by the strain which has beer
put upon them. To get the best re,
suits out of men they should go into
action in perfect physical condition;
but they are generally weakened by
the drain made upon them.
The remedy for this, remedy
which will not only increase the actu.
al physical strength of an army, but
will also give it that mobility which
is all-essential is to give each man his
own means of transport, that is, to
mount him. The armies of the fu.
ture will be armies of mounted infan.
try.