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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23
Care of Young Chickens.

When one starts to raise chickens
he must first of all be sure that there
are no lice or insects Of any kind
about the hens or the nest boxes
where they lay or sit If the hens that
sit on the eggs for Matching have lice
upon them, the nests will soon be
full Of them, and as soon as a chick
is Matched they will begin their work,
says the Country Gentleman. Never
place hen on eggs for the purpose of
having her hatch them without
! thoroughly busting her feathers with
insect powder, so as To rid her abso-
lutely of all living insects Soak or
paint the nest box with coal oil, kero-
sene or lice paint prior TO setting the
hen, for by SO doing you start right,
and thus insure against the lice get
ting the start of you. After the hen
has been on the nest a week or 10
days, dust her again with the powder,
so as to destroy any lice that may
have Matched from eggs deposited
among her feathers. Nests made
from tobacco stems are not of much
value. The smoke from the stems
will destroy some Of the small insects
that infest plants, and some are of
the opinion that the tobacco odor will
destroy some hen and pigeon lice, but
we have no proof of this. Lice are not
killed by an odOr, unless, like tobacco
smoke, it smothers them.
Feeding the chicks is of equal i'm
portance with other things. Much
contention has come up in regard to
when to feed and what to feed for the
first meal. The first meal should be
given them as soon as the chick will
eat Let the chicks be the judge.
You cannot make them eat before they
will nor can you force them to eat
more than they want If deprived 0f
food when needed they will suffer for
want of it, For these reasons place
the food where they can get it if they
want it, and let thom alone. Small
rolled oats, bread crumbs, or crumbled
corn bread is best at first. After this,
use the hard-boiled egg mixed with
bread crumbs-OnCe or twice a day
for this, not oftener. With this food
alternate the rolled oats, bread crumbs
or broken corn bread for the first
week. After this give them oatmeal,
cracked wheat, very fine broken corn
and some millct seed. The mixture
Of small broken grains and some corn
bread crumblcd fine will grow them to
a size where they can have whole
wheat, hulIed oats and broken corn.
Nothing is better than this mixture Of
grains. lIulled oats are the oats taken
out of the husks--same as wheat Is
taken from its chan
Corn bread should be made from
corn meal mixed with sweet or sour
milk, whichever you have, a few eggs
mixed with it, and some baking pow
der to make it light. Bake it as you
would if you were going to use it for
yourself. When cold crumble fine
for the young chicks, Some make it
with only water and meal, but milk
and eggs add greatly to the benefit de-
rived from its use Mash feed. if prop
erly made and fed, is of untold value
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23
Facts for Our Farmers.

for growing chicks fast and large.
Considerable harm is done through the
improper use of mash or mixed food
The benefit derived from using
mashed food is through the quick
handling of it through the crop and
into the system. Properly prepared
foods, mashed or cooked. aid in the
handling of them and quicken the
growth, and for this reason such foods
are beneficial, but poorly-prepared,
sloppy foods are injurious to them.
Finely ground corn, oats and barley,
mixed with wheat bran and middlings,
equal parts by measure, make a SPLEEN
did mash or mixed feed. With this
may be mixed some nice, clean, sweet
meat scraps-just a little at first, and
as the chickens become used to it you
may have one-fifth of the whole mash
of it if you like. This amount will
make the combs grow fast, and it does
not injure the market fowl 1t de.
tracts, however, from the exhibition
fowl In preparing the mash, scald
it with boiling water or milk, mixed
well Have it just wet or moist
enough to mix nicely. When well
mixed, cover it with cloth and let it
stand to swell and cool. Feed warm
but never hot When thus prepared
it is partly cooked and cannot do them
any harm; but when mixed cold and
fed to them raw and in watery state
it is liable to do as much harm as
good Much depends on the prepar
ing and mixing of the food for good re-
suits, and all should take pains to
have it right.
At first the chicks should be fed
every two hours. AS they grow older,
feed them three or four times a day
each time as much as they will eat,
If you feed them mash, give them one
full feed of it each day. At night
feed all the grain they will eat, and
feed it as late in the day as they can
see to eat it; and give them enough,
so there will be some for morning as
soon as they get up. Grit, green food
and fresh water they should have at
all times; and have these where
they can help themselves at will. Wet
weather will not do them so much
harm if there is a dry place for their
feet and a clean, dry coop for them to
go into out of the wet. AS soon as
the chicks are large enough to shift
for themselves, they will do best in
colonies scattered about the place. The
chicks will do better if the hen is kept
continually in her coop. while they are
allowed to have their freedom. When
the hen runs with the small chicks,
thoy walk too much for their good.
When growing the chicks for mar
ket, feed them as much and as often
as they will eat; and don't let the hen
run them about. Feed them mash
food twice a day instead of once. Push
them fast and sell them for broilers
as soon as ready. Never sell your
early pullets-that is, the good ones.
Always select the best of these for
yourself. Never sell the best hens
or pullets. None are too good for
next winters layers. Those who al
ways keep the best for themselves go
forward those who sell the best and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23

stinct, all charmed Sir Basil for a
few passing minutes. The phantom
of his love with the pale face and
the golden hair was forgotten: he
was carried away by Leahs pas
sionate devotion.
He left her standing there amidst
the birds and the blossoms, her eyes
full of dove, her face all tenderness;
and as he saw her in that moment
he never saw her again.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23

keep the leayings for themselves al.
ways go back. Sell only the culls and
those you do not need for yourself.
and always keep the best. Another
point is uniform flock. Select one
kind of color of standardized fowls
and stick to them. Nothing looks
more attractive than one kind and
color of fowls on a farm. If white
f1ocks are kept, have them all white:
if buff, have them all buff; if barred,
have them all barred Uniformity of
color adds value to the entire flock,
whether sold for market, for breeding
or for exhibition fowls.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23
NOTES.

Dehorning calves is described as
such a simple operation by the agri-
cultural department bulletin on this
subject that it is difficult to explain
why it is ever postponed until the
horns are fully grown and the neces-
sity arises, if hOrnless cattle are
wanted, for saving them off, To de-
horn. secure a pencil or causttc pot
ash at a drug store When the calf IS
three or four days old throw it TO the
ground locate the little eknot which
indicates the young horn, wet it well
and rub it with the pencil, held in
gloved hand. This is all there is to
the operation. 1t constitutes but
few minutes work, and causes the
animal no pain. If after couple of
weeks any signs of growth appear,
second application will complete the
job.
The latest estimate places the total
number Of apple trees OF bearing age
in the United States at something
over 200. 900 900 This is nearly three
trees to every person. These trees
WELD more than 100000 bushels
Not all of these apples are consumed
at home. for in years Of full crop more
than 100000 bushels go abroad. Yet
the apples kept to home are over two
bushels to every adult and child.
The commercial fertilizer used an
nually in the United States amounts
to between $4,000, 900 and $4,000 600
Most OF the states have provided for
official inspection of fertilizer to pro-
| tect the farmer from fraud The
heaviest applications are made in the
southern states. In some OF the
prairie states hardly any commercial
! fertilizers are sold.
Sows and young pigs need some
green food. Silage is excellent and
roots of any kind or cabbage are good.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23
Points to Watch in Sugar Making.

TOlIlS W w GlIIl ~ SNSoI "SFN'''S
Dudley Carleton of Vermont recent
" made an address before the Yer
mont sugar makers at Montpelier and
said in part: Dispatch in converting
sap to sugar or syrup is one OF the es-
sential things that must be attended
to and rapid and hallow boiling should
be remembered. Ii YOUR sap is going
to be affected by a change of weather
before you can boil it, put cake of
ice into your storage tank as you
would your milk to keep it sweet
Keep all foreign matter out, and after
removing the inter. put it up in
package that will please the public
eye. Sugar may be made OF any
Grain that is wanted by cooking it
and handling it. The less cooking
and the more stirring you give it the
finer the grain will be, and vice versa.
Put your label on every package and
send out, and be ready to back them
up every time. If you do not have a
No. / sugar do not try to FIJI an order
with the poorer grade. One great
help to the sugar-maker is to make
sugar that will sell itself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-04-23
The Pest of Lice in Hens

one of the most disagreeable pests
that annoy young birds and ultimately
cause the death of many, if not
checked, are the lice They will appear
IN such numbers that the birds will
droop and die, but not a louise will the
owner be able to find Yet this
should not convince him that the birds
are not suffering from the pest. 1t is
better to take the birds and hang
them up and grease them thoroughly.
Lard or kerosene will accomplish the
desired result in short order. Some
advocate not using either of these on
the turkeys until they are a month
old, but if the birds are attacked
severely by the lice, it is much safer
to protect them in this way than to
let them stand their chances with the
insects. Lard is safer for the young
turkeys than kerosene, and it will ac-
complish the purpose intended. Ere
quently the lice appear on the young
turkeys before they are a week old,
and by month they are half-killed by
them. Melt some lard in a tin. and
with a soft toothbrush it is possible to
spread the grease over the wings,
feathers of tail and body, so that the
lice will all be killed. This should
be done every few weeks up to the
middle Of August, if the lice are very
numerous or troublesome and after
that time you will have little trouble
with them. Turkeys that are kept
free from ice will grow almost twice
as fast as those afflicted by the in
sects.
Champion Potato Country.
Germany has been having an ex-
position at which special attention
was devoted to the culture and
economic use of the potato as food for
man and the lower animals, and as
material for the manufacture of alco-
hol. starch. and by-products. From
report for the year 1900, sent to
Washington by COnsul-General Mason,
is appears that for every 10000 inhab-
tants of the fatherland there were
planted 160 acres of potatoes, as
against 112 acres in Austria 9S acres
in France, 81 acres in Great Britain
and Ireland, and 34S acres in the
United States, but Germany is ahead
Of us. Perhaps it is because the
American people can better afford
meat and wheat that they consign the
humble tuber to a place of compare
tive Obscurity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-17

When Bell. Gill and I explored the
shaft we found the scraps OF several
letters. which, when carefully pieced
together proved to be a letter signed
by John B. Friendenstein and letters
to him from Red Rock, Col.
The evidence was placed in .he
hands of John c. Frazier, who soon ar
rested Friendenstein in Anaconda, and
Hartley ]. Lake and Kirch Kuyken-
dali. who were found in Cripple Creek
in bed with their boots on. Their cleo
trio torch was secreted in a flour bin.
while in their stove were chunks of
ore that looked like solid nuggets Of
gold.
THE long chain of circumstantial
evidence was completed soon after
when Mr.. Shipman and 1 visited the
Jail. As we passed Lakes cage he
called out.
Say, won't one of you fellows give
me a match?'
" Did you ever hear that voice be-
FORE? l asked.
" What Mr.. Shipman cried, 1t is
the voice of the men in the mine,
whose frightful imprecations can never
be forgottenl'
The trial was a series of tragedies
The father of Kuykendall died of a
broken heart when his son was proved
guilty. and at his funeral two of the
attorneys Tor the defenSe placed their
hands on the coffin and took solemn
oaths TO spend their lives in avenging
the death of the aged man, who. they
declared. was foully murdered by the
false testimony of the detectives.
Later one of them attempted to as
sassinate Mr.. Frazier but was disarm-
ed. The lawyers for the desperadoes
were all arrested and fined for subor-
dination and the chief witnesses were
arrested and imprisoned for perjury.
From beginning to end the affair
was the most sensational in the annals
OF mining history. The colossal scale
on which the mine was being robbed,
the extraordinary nerve of the thieves
in voluntarily attacking Bells party
400 feet under ground. their remark
able escape through the old shaft and
their bitter and persistent efforts to es-
cape punishment make IL a capital
theme for story. and If dramatically
staged would make the reputation OF a
play writer"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-17

Delagoa Bay, Jan. 15.-Arrived pre-
Niously, steamer Vermont, Pensacola.
Baltimore, Jan. 16.-Arrived. steamer
state of Texas. Savannah.
Philadelphia, Jan. 16.-CIearad
steamers D. H. Miller, Savannah: Co
Goa, Brunswick
Escamp, Jan. 13.-Arrived, Cairncrag
Pensacola.
Bermuda, Jan. 1s.-Sailed. sbandon
from Teneriffe. Savannah.
Genoa, Jan. I3.-Arrived. Alberta
savannah, via Barcelona for Trieste
etc. teote'
Barcelona. Jan. 1S.-Arrived, Maria.
savannah for Genoa etc.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Jan. 16.-Arrived
steamers Orion, Hillary, Boston: sale.
PA (Brl, Burgess. Teneriffe; HYDRA
(Nor), Kundsen, Huelva.
cleared. steamer Freda Horn (Gero
Auosch, London; ship Savoia 0taD,
Maggiola, Buenos Ayres.
spoken, steamer Hydra, from ffuel-
va spoke the schooner Helen a
Swift, in latitude so, N. longitude 45.s0
W. Asked to be, reported all well. :,
Apalaehicoia. Fla, Jan. i6.AC1eared
schooner Willie H. ChiIds. Giles. Bos-
ION; schooner Sallie lone. Cameron,
Philadelphia.
Fernandina, Fla. Jan. 16.-Arrived.
paIk AWE, Davidson. Huelva
hey West, Fla, Jan. 16.-Arrived.
steamer Olivette, Allen, Port Tampa
ana sailed for Havana; brig Klondike
from Miami
Sailed, 18th. brig B. G. Mccullough.
baltimore; schooner Toledo
Naux, Baltimore.
Jacksonville. Fla, jan. 16.-CIeared.
steamer Westover, Joy. PHILADELPHIA; ;
schooner Brooklyn, O'Hara, George
town. Demarara.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 16.-Arrived.
steamer Comanche. Plat, Jacksonville
and proceeded for New York: schooners
Charles K. Buckley, Townsend, New
york; Thomas, Winsmore, Conwell,
Promised Land.
Sailed. steamers Huron, Ingram,
Boston; Ethelwold (Br), Thomas, Port
Limon; Nordboen DAM, Olsen, New
Orleans; bark Lillian, Krum, Eliza
bethport N J.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-17

torch at the 'narrows, where the brave
trio kept their watch. and in trying to
escape the desperate men made Bells
party their target. They ran swiftly
and silently through the darkness and
just as they reached the 'narrows' the
leader cried in a voice that Bell says
he Will remember when all else is for
gotten:
Now we've got you; you can't get
away from US, - and with the
frightful oatns came the exultant
bowls of the robbers.
las soon as the besieged men real
lied that the desperadoes were making
for them they turned out the torch and
waited for the attack One of the
thieves fired and Glockners pistol an
swered, but his companions heard him
stumble, and they fell on their faces
and crawled behind the chutes and
posts, for the bullets of the thieves
were falling thick and fast.
1t was a moment fun of horror, for
the narrows' was thick with smoke
and the only light in that awful dark
ness was the Hash of their revolvers
as the eombatants exchanged their
leaden compliments. The firing con-
tlnued, until the thieves were far down
in No. shaft.
AT this moment we Joined them.
ard, lighting our candles, we found
Glockner missing. As we made this
discovery there came a faint. nuf-
fed groan from the Jewelry slope, and
Mr.. Shipman hastily dispatched Bell
and Gill to rescue the injured man.
saved by Chance.
He was hanging by his clothes on
a two-inch piece of projecting iron
pipe, and if it had broken he would
have been dashed TO pieces on the
rocks a hundred feet below.
when he was shot he fell headfore-
most and by a miracla landed on the
slender support which saved his life.
His rescuers had TO carry him UP
eighteen feet to the level. for he was
absolutely helpless. as his ribs were
crushed and he had two frightful
wounds. The left elbow joint was
shattered and he had an ugly flesh
wound In the right arm. Somehow he
lived through it, but it was months be-
fore he was on his feet.
AS we were not certain the thieves
were all out of the mines an extra
force of men was summoned. and all
the outlets were closely guarded. Bell,
Gill and myself went down into the
Emerson slope, where the thieves had
first been, and found. they had un-
NOfNANA a l0uBAC Vi tAtltIES OF ore, ana
there was about half a ton OF rich
sylvanite, that averaged about IS a
pound.
Their entrance and exit to the mine
was no less dramatic than the battle.
for they had TO climb up the ladder of
the old shaft for 600 feet For a dis
lance of twenty-eight feet there was
no ladder, and they swung up sailor
fashion by buchSling heavy straps
around the timbers. 1t was a perilous
trip. hampered as they We're by their
load of ore, but we estimated that
they made it in about eighteen min
utes
Here we secured our first clew to
the identity Of the thieves for we
found torn letter and a little later.
while Lohb lowered himself with a
rope into No. 2 shaft, he found their
sacks and d bulls eye melted out OF a
lantern.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-17

denly there was a sound of footsteps in
the direction of No. 2. Then he heard
the low murmur of voices and saw
three men by the flash of an electric
torch as it was turned .on for an in
slant while the men took their bearings,
for a single misstep would have pIung-
ed them down hundreds of feet on to
the jagged rocks of the levels below.
The trio advanced slowly and eau
tiously and finally reached the mar
rows where they paused to light their
candle preparatory to going down into
the Emerson stope. They were so near
Bell that he could have touched them
had he put out his hand. but it was
three to one and the risk was too
great.
"As soon as they were out of sight
Bell slipped from his hiding place and
crept like a cat to the main drift, 400
feet away, pressed the electric button
four and two which was the agreed
signal that we must be ready for war.
When he came on top he whispered
excitedly:
wen. Jay, they are down there at
work
Armed for the Fray.
1--WE telephoned Mr. Shipman. and in
exactly eight minutes six fearless men
were on the cage going down-Mana-
ger Shipman. Fred Strickland night
Waterman; Alexander Mcdonald. shift
boss; Lee Glockner, foreman; Bell and
myself.
1--WE had our shooting irons. and on
reaching the 400 drift we stepped of
and were ready for Mr.. Shipman's or
ders. Mcdonald. Bell and Glockner
were detailed to the 'narrows, while
Mr.. Shipman, Strickland and myself
went around the Emerson stope.
I'VE had not gone far when sudden
ly we saw the Pickering flame of
candle about forty feet below us. It
was a picture for a painter, for around
the huge heaps of rich sylvanite were
three men rapidly slowing away the
precious treasure into the skirts Of
their hunting coats.
Hi, there! What are you doing?'
Manager Shipman's voice rang out
sharply and in the mine, where every
sound reverberates, it was like an in
quiry from a thousand Threats. In
stantly the lights We're extinguished
and all was dark and still.
Surrender and you will go unharm-
ed. cried Mr.. Shipman. but when the
echo of his voice died away the mine
was as silent as the grave.
"I'H count ten, and if you don't
light your candles Wen shoot
He began counting slowly and dis
tinctly.
One, two, three. four, five, six, sew
en-, eight, nine-ten!'
mo answer, and we fired volley
in the air. Again Mr.. Shipman count
ed ten and still there was no response.
Then our bullets began scattering
around the men below us and for the
first time one of the robbers spoke in
a voice terrible in its concentrated
rage:
Desperate Underground Fight.
" You viii never take US out of here
unless we go feet first, and some of
you will go on top in the same way,
for we'll shoot to KILL"
Then we heard them rushing to No
shaft. firing in our direction TO cover
the sound Of their retreat To cap the
climax. they set the loose rocks in mo-
ton and a thunderous pandemonium
reigned.
There was the CLEAN Of an electric
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-17
FIERCE FIGHT IN GOLD MINE.
DESPERATE UNDERGROUND BAT
TILE IN THE DARK.

Three Robbers Who Had Been steal
ing on a Grand Scale from the In
dependence Mine Put Up n Plucky
Battle When Finally Detected and
Give Battle with Their Pursuers.
They Escape With the Booty, but
Are Subsequently Captured and
Convicted.
From the Baltimore American.
Without doubt the most extraordi-
nary battle ever fought under ground
was on the 4OO-foot level of the great
81, 900, 900 Independence Mine, at Vic
tor, Col, and Jay Miller, one of the
mining engineers assisting in the cap
ture of three desperadoes who were
stealing thousands of dollars worth of
ore, has been in Chicago for several
weeks and tells dramatic story of the
encounter.
Manager Shipman was aware that
the mine was being robbed on gil
gantic scale" he said, but every trap
to catch the thieves failed, and as a
last resort he determined to establish
a private watch. He chose Jack Bell
and arranged to have him secret him
self near No. 2 shaft, where the depre-
dations were being committed.
BELL was thoroughly familiar with
all the qualifications of the big mine,
which is LOO feet deep and twenty
miles long, and was one of the nerv-
lest men in the whole outfit tell you
il requires the finest kind of physical
courage to stand guard in the bowels
of the earth and know that any in
slant you may grapple with desper-
ate foe.
I'm almost any other place your eyes
become accustomed to the darkness.
but there being no reflection in a mine,
you are never able to distinguish an
object And when you are on secret
duty you dare not light a candle be-
cause of the certainty of being discov-
cred, and to sit for hours in the OPP
pressive silence and the black, impen-
ertable darkness is enough to drive a
coward crazy.
in the dreadful stiffness the drop
ping Of water sounds like the popping
of pistols, and when chunk of earth
drops 1t is as If an archangel had set
of the whole artillery OF heaven.
Not a Cheerful Task.
1.-The first night Bell went on watch
from to o'clock, and he was cramped
and stiff with cold when he signaled
me to hoist the 'dinky.' The next even
ing he went down about midnight and
got off at the 300-foot level. He CROPPED
his way through the bull pen to the
'narrows' on the 4O0-foot level.
This is a place about ten feet
square, and is the juncture of the In
dependence and Emerson Mines ard
commands an uninterrupted view OF
No. shaft. which is a crosscut con-
Meeting with the Strong property, where
there was an unused shaft.
THE men had left and Bell was all
alone huddled behind the timbers. Sud-