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The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
UNBALANCED RATIONS.
Effect Easily Noted on the Eggs and
the Hen-Need of Thought
Here.

If We examine the body of hen we
find fat, lean meat and bone, says
James A. Rice. OF Cornell. If we ex-
anime the food that she eats We dis
cover, in wheat, Tor example. that it
contains starch and oil the carbo-
hydrates or fat-forming materiaD,
which is the fat of the grain and
which. when eaten by the animal. goes
to make heat, energy and fat. We see
also, littl grains OF gluten, which might
be called the lean of the grain and
which. when utilized by the animal,
make the lean meat We further find
the mineral matter Uhe ASH which
might be called the bone Of the wheat
and which. When assimilated by the
animal, makes bone and eeg-shell.
Therefore it is easy to understand
why it is that when food is deficient in
lime and other mineral matter the
eggs are soft-shelled; why a ration de-
ficient in protein produces weak,
spindling chickens, or a ration contain
ing an excess of easily digestible car
bohydrate matter causes the fowl to
become excessively fat.
Thus we see the necessity of having
properly balanced rations which SIM
ply means that there must be proper
ly balanced relationship between the
food nutrients in The ration in order to
produce a perfect animal Or a perfect
egg. Is 1t any WONDER then, that a
hen whose body contains 81 per cent of
protein, and whose egg contains more
than IA per cent. of the same nutrient,
will fail to grow we'll or to lay salts
factorily when her food is deficient in
this particular material, or any other
that her body requires?
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

The ruling instinct of the house
keeper sometimes persists under sin
sular circumstances. 1t is told of one
mistress of an eXquisitely kept home,
which never seemed to her quite ex-
quisite enough. that her first remark
one morning. on being informed that
the house had been entered by burg
lars during the night. was:
This house really must be kept in
better order, if people are going to
drop in so unexpectedly"
Another woman. village house
keeper devotedly attached to the old
homestead in which she lived alone,
the last of her family. had the crush
ing misfortune to lose it by fire. Only
the broken shell of the main building
and the charred ell and kitchen re-
mained.
The fire occurred in the evening"
early the next morning. before anyone
was astir she slipped out Of the neigh
bor's house where she passed the night
returned to her own, and proceeded to
sweep the kitchen as clear as possible
of SCOT, splinters, water and the singed
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

hinge the box to the wall by the top,
as indicated in the cut. The box will
rest ti:mly against the wall and can
be provided with nesting material
When this is soiled and broken the
box cn be raised to the position
shown in the cut, when all the ma
terial in the nests will fall to the floor,
leaving the box clean. 1t is almost
impossible, says the Orange Judd Far
mer, TO clean out the corners of nest
box that is nailed in place, and in the
dirt that fills the corners vermiu are
sure 10 multiply. An orange box makes
two handy nests, with almost no work,
and hinged in this way makes cleaning
easy.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

moaned and raved-and ali ner raw.
lngs were of grease. A patient of the
same unfortunate temperament exas.
perated her physician ihd retarded her
own recovery by her constant frettinc
over the slack housekeeping of he,
husband and half-grown daughter
while she was i'll.
Let me get up just once" she
begged. with tears, before she was
even allowed to sit up in bed. land
crawl over to the corner and poke on,
the dirt from under the stove. There's
just rolls and rolls of it there. | know
there is, and | shall never get vel
till | can poke it OUT"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06


put 1t away in her box of treasures,
while she was yet in her teens.
You will not think that am preach
ing, will you, if hint that each birth
day should mark definite advance in
wisdom and knowledge and find us
better fitted to help one another than
we were a year ago? Little things
make UP the SUM- of our lives. If we
are fretful and cross, easily disturbed
and quick to resent grievances, we
shall be hard to get on with. trouble
some to ourselves and disagreeable to
our friends.
There are girls who are charming
away from home, but very inconsider-
ate and irritable with those they love
best. Every birthday should enable
us to be more self-controlled and more
gentle and lovable than we used to
be. In household know there are
three sisters; Louise is unselfsh and
lovely; Betty is preoccupied with her
own affairs and sees everything from
her own point of view; Maria is par
TALLY an invalid and is what her
mother calls "fractious." The last ex-
preston means good deal to me. 1t
shows me that Maria's disposition is
to break the peace around her instead
of preserving it as a perfect whole.
Louise Is the darling of this trio
Hannah More. a writer very popular
in her day, but at present almost for
gotten, wrote bit of verse that fits
in to my birthday talk;
Since trifles make the sum of human
things,
And half our misery from our foibles
springs;
Since life's best joys consist in peace
and ease,
And though but few can serve, yet all
can please
Oh, let the ungentle spirit learn from
hence.
A small unkindness is a great offense'
Another bit of advice may be par
doned. l have been in homes where
great deal of attention was paid to
Susie's and Jenny's birthdays, but
nothing whatever made of the birth
days of Tom and Dick. Boys care
just as much about love and happy
times at home as girls do, and sisters
should look out for their brothers and
make their birthdays red-letter days
Then father and mother, who are
always thinking and planning for you
and making sacrifices that you may
be well educated, well dressed and
able to go here and there, for visits
and journeys. should be remembered
by their juniors. On fathers birthday,
see that there is an extra touch on
the table, flower beside his plate, and
little gift from every one: AS for
mother. too much cannot be done for
her. since she is the good angel of
her childrens lives If there are old
people in the house. do something en-
ira for them on their birthdays.
The sum of the matter is this a
birthday is a golden opportunity 10
make somebody happy and to take a
fresh start in unselfish behavior on
your own part.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
For Young Chicks,

When young chicks lose their appe-
tite, act drcopy ana have disease OF
the bowels. give them rice boiled in
milk. AS soon as they begin to eat as
ii they relished the food. feed for sew
eral days on the following ration
Boil a pint of milk and an egg to-
gether, then add cornmeal and white
flour to thicken it like mush. 1t is a
Strengthening food and will usually
bring them out all right
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

THE LINGERIE HAT,

and She edge gathered up to fit a band
Of white stiff muslin about one and
one-aa!f inch wide and large enough to
fit the child's. ahead comfortably. The
brim is also sewn to this band; it is
composed of a gathered frill of accor-
dion -pleated muslin and a frill of mus
lin embroidery; the joining of the brim
is covered by fold of ribbon, and a
large bow trims the front
The hat should be lined with a soft
piece oi muslin or sarsenet silk; ro-
sette of the ribbon is placed under the
brim a the left side of fr5nt
Ladies', as we'll as children, have
adopted the lingerie hat. 1t is the fa-
vored summer headgear of the day.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
1ROULTRNr :
ANDsBEl7S
p ~ 49,
- q,
<I~C4LS>
TO CLOSE HIVE ENTRANCES
Simple But Effective Method OF
Using Sections of Wire
Screening.

A Unique way Of closing hive en-
frances with screen wire cloth is that
of L. X. Jones, of Beeyilie. Tex. Ii is
The cheapest and quickest that | have
ever seen or heard of. declares the edi-
tor Of Gleanings in Bee Culture. | have
tried the scheme myself, while moving
II.
The wire cloth is cut into strips Gig.
u twice the width of the entrance to
be closed. and exactly the inside length
Of the same. For the standard three
sighthinch depth entrance the strips
would be three-quarters OF an inch
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Treasure City of Reamses

Among recent important discoveries
made by the Psychologist, Prof. Film.
ders Petrie, is the remains of the
Temple of Onias, IS miles north oil
Cairo. There is little doubt that this
is the famous treasure city of Raam.
ses, built by the lsraelites in bondace
as referred to in the first chapter OF
Exodus.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Tailoring Town.

In Amiens, France, a city which Is
known to, Americans chiefly for its
magnificent cathedral, there is a larga
tailoring industry. Thousands OF
pairs of trousers are made by women
who DO the work in their own homes
and receive four cents a pair They
furnish their own sewing machines,
needles and thread.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Wearing Rim gs.

The wise woman wears one ring
upon each finger, but never two. One
ring sets off the finger and preserves
its shape and general appearance. But
two rings ruin its outline Wear one
ring on each finger, but don't crowd
the matter by putting on two or more
rs 81 MAJ -.ome- 81.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Don't Overcrowd,

During hot summer days do not
overcrowd little chicks. Move and
clean coops frequently. A liberal
whitewashing, with carbolic acid add.
ed, will help keeps chicks healthy and
kill lice and mites.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
SELF-CLEANlNC NEST BOX
Utilization of Orange Boxes for San
itary Equipment of Hen
House

An excellent pair of nests is made
from an orange box from which both
top and bottom have been removed,
Place the box on its side and nail
strip Of the removed wood upon bot
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Fertilizer IN Water.

Water plants with manure water
and they will mature earlier. A
shoyelful OF sheep or hen manure in
barrel of wafer makes good liquid
tor this purpose. 1t Is also good for
young fruit trees.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Killed Three Wardens.

While, as a general rule. six months
in the prison saps mans strength to
such an extent that he is incapable of
any resistance, this is not always
the case. On one occasion man
who had been imprisoned for seven
years, and always had been regarded
as of peaceful disposition, in sud
den fit of frenzy. fell upon a warden.
wrested away his rifle. and stabbed
him in his neck.
Another warden instantly fired at
the prisoner and wounded him in the
shoulder. However, he lodged round
the yard, fired the cartridges which
were in the magazine of the rifle and
killed two wardens. He then dropped
to the ground apparently mortally in
jured, but on the wardens rushing
up to secure him, he raised himself
and killed third of his antagonists
with the butt of the rifle before he
was overpowered. Not being consid-
cred insane he was hanged
In 1897 revolutionist named Knieff
was brought to Schlusselburg. He
had just been married and, by brib-
ing the warden, he was enabled to
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Too Cold for Ccmfort

Instruments found on an expert
mental balloon sent up by the Zurich
Institute of Meterology show that the
balloon reached height of 32,7OO feet
and that 104 degrees below freezing
were recorded.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
THE SCHOOLGIRL SHOULD KEEP
A BIRTHDAY BOOK.

Remember Your Friends by Letter on
Their Birthdays - A Birthday
Shower Will Bring Pleasure to a
Lonely Schoolmate-Small Acts of
Kindness Bring Much Happiness
Brothers, Mothers and Fathers
Also Like Attention on Their
Birthdays.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Cream and Butter.

The cream that comes to the Sutter
factories in good condition is the only
factory cream out of which good but
ter can be made.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Be Up to Date.

Put modern appliances and arrange
ments into the farm buildings. 1t pays
to save time and labor by mechanical
helps.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

receive letters from his young wife.
Suddenly the letters ceased.
Six months passed, for knieff
when, as he entered the prison yard
one morning for his daily exercise,
he saw three women at the other side
of the yard. The first of them had
her head wrapped up-it was winter
and in thick cloth, but as she
passed him she raised the cloth and
smiled. 1t was his wife, who had got
herself arrested to be near him.
Kneiff's wife caught but few
glimpses of him during their impris-
onment. Occasionally he caught
glimpses of her walking in the yard.
and they exchanged signals from
distance-but never had the oppor-
tunity of speaking to each other.
The woman sacrificed her life for
the happiness of knowing that she
was near her husband and that She
burden of prison life.
Mental and Physical Wrecks.
The scenes after the release of the
prisoners defy all description. What
came forth from those horrible holes
were not men-but animals; mind
and soul were gone, and only the
horrible remnants of the human bod
les. clawed. hairy, unspeakably foul,
with eyes that revealed horribly the
cunnin. born of fighting for bits OF
food, the madness of starvation.
abuse and solitude.
Graft by the keepers perhaps was
more responsible for the starvation
and wretchedness of the prisoners
than the nhumanity of the rulers,
The guards sold the food sent to the
prisoners. and supplied them with
refuse, decayed meats and wormy
beans.
Madness resulting from ill-nourish-
ment and solitary confinement in
damp, sunless cells killed almost as
many as did disease. The majority
were inSane-and even more were
coughing away their lives with con,
sumption.
Many Of them had lived only in
hope of vengeance, fought for life for
a chance to kill a guard. to die with
talons clutched in the throat of some
representative of the oppressor. Re.
lease has robbed most of them Of their
ferocity. The reaction has left them
mainly helpless mumbling, half-wit.
ted wrecks of humanity, incapable OF
executing the wild deeds their mad
dened brains planned during their
long captivity.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Tie WHIPPING POST

BY the amnesty of October 80, 1905.
many Russian political prisoners
emerged once more into the light of
day from the gloomy fortresses where
they had been confined, in some cases.
for years. Among these was one Mar
tina Grusenberg. who had been a cap
tive in the fortress of Schlusselburs
near Lake Ladogor. for over II years.
A Jewess by faith, she had unfortu-
nately dabbled in nihilism. and was
crushed by the juggernaut of Russian
autocracy. Some 20 of the leaders of
the unsuccessful revolt in Moscow were
lately sent to the Schlusselburg. await
ing them a life of hardship and suffer
ings.
Prior to 1889 it appears the condi-
tions prevailing in the fortress were
comparatively humane, but in that
year new era of severity was initial
ed. Three important concessions were
withdrawn from the prisoners. They
were forbidden to read any books save
religious ones, they were forced to take
their restricted exercise daily alone,
and they were not allowed the use of
immediate installation of electric
light. All candles were removed from
the cells and what that means may
be imagined when it is remembered
that in midwinter darkness sets in in
Russia as early as three o'clock in the
afternoon.
Prisoners Seldom Live Long.
The bad food served out to the pris-
oners is one reason why so few of
those sentenced to long terms of i'm
prisonment live to complete their SEN
tences. At one time the staple diet
was a sour, almost nauseous soup,
called "stschi." 1t was good enough
for the health, and when, under a pre-
tended attempt to improve the diet. its
use was discontinued and other less
wholesome food substituted scurvy be-
came a regular visitor to the prison.
the result of which is that the inside
of the mouth becomes torn and lacer-
ated and the teeth begin to fall out.
In many cases prisoners have lost all
Of their teeth.
The prolonged darkness is a fire.
quent cause of mania, but those pris-
oners who retain their reason become
torpid. apathetic, and insensible to
physical pain. But the sense of hear
ing. under these conditions. becomes
extraordinarily acute. Many cells
have plastered walls, so that com
muncating by tapping on them be-
comes easy. but even those prisoners,
the walls of whose cells are bare
stones. become experts at interpreting
the taps heard on the locks of the
doors and converse with each other all
day.
Cell Occupied by Bakunin.
While wardens are venal enough to
accept bribes from friends of prison
ers to allow their charges to break
minor regulations, such, for instance,
as receiving letters from the world
outside. they were not to be induced
to connive at a captives escape 1t
was too dangerous to them, as their
completely instantly would have been
suspected and they would run the risk
of having themselves to take the run
away's place. The forced inactivity of
the mind is insupportable.
In the Schlusselburg fortress. the
Dresden dictator, Michael Bakunin,
the revolutionist of 1S4S. was once con-
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06

fined Car Nicholas, delighted at the
Importance of the victim, ordered him
to receive better treatment than the
other captives, and consequently the
cell he inhabited was larger than the
ordinary ones. and to this day the
whole area of it's whitewashed walls
is covered with Bakunin's calculations
to write down some OF which he must
have stood on his bed, since they are
close under the ceiling, some nine feet
above the floor.
1t is unusual for prisoners to change
their cells, so that the one tiny room is
their home throughout their stay. usu-
ally prolonged. in Schlusselburg. The
result is that prisoners, by the tap
ping process, soon get to learn the de-
tails Of the lives of the prisoners on
either side of them.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
Madman's Awful Revenge.

A prisoner called Linbomiroff, who
had blown off his own arm while ex-
perimenting with an Internal machine,
was a workingman and entirely with
out means or influence, and the ward
ems made no secret of their dislike of
him and treated him with the greatest
cruelty. They would deprive him of
food, or beat and kick him for failing
to have his cell in order within the
regulation time, thing which for him
in his one-armed condition. we'll nigh
was impossible.
This man finally lost his reason. and,
with the ingenuity of madman,
planned a terrible vengeance. He
made rope by twisting up strips of
HIS sheets and smeared it with dust
and dirt so as to make it invisible in
the darkness. This rope he tied across
the doorway of his cell some inches
above the ground. When the warden
who was his special enemy appeared
next day, Linbomiroff made a gesture
as if to strike him.
The warden rushed at him, tripped
over the rope, and, receiving a tre-
mendous blow from the prisoner, fell
senseless The wretched mailman set
on him. unconscious as he was. dug
his nails into the wardGn's eyes. cut off
his fingers. and after setting his hair
alight, flung him into the corridor.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-06
FRIENDS BIRTHDAY

ing love was precious to her who had
put 1t away in her box of treasures,
while she was yet in her teens
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ac,itenrss ~ the vision ~ hiGh attitudes.
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twu others In tho halioun abls t1 fulluw
~ lcacrnt toward the earth. but they
wprp even able 70 go The neck ~ tho bottle
disaprsstr beneath the water. Anothar
observation vas that theirs was q con.
siderable diminution ~ pressure on the
organs ~ vi~i1n, A. a high altitude the
pupils asem 90 dirtend. and tho sensihIlity
II tho optic nerve h considerably increased.
Il think there may be q wide field for the
treatment of certain diseases " the eye
II II Il carried out at q very high altitude.
At present there are three diseases In which
medical science II practically powerlcss.
glaucornn. clforoiditia and the unfastening
or loosening of tho retina. In the treat
ment Of chorci iitis certain drops are APP
piled 10 the eye. think II they were APP
piled at a very high altitude the effect would
be astonishing.
Definite results Of the experiments thus
far show hat at a great altitude the tension
of the eye IL greatly increased. The ar
terial circulation in the retina IL much
more rapid, which In Of the highest i'm
portance in the treatment Of paralysis Of
the eye nerve"
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this vsar. They vii put ~ en- aaefcaatvr
eernrHlun Nv fi,ba' States and ~ The esnsr
tlfHe lHVUir aptnp ttrnlnefHfic ~efrnHahuhiH
tip Repubiif Hna bf1ke into tho eulti tuuth
iwr yffua 40 ehpn Plcutieni HguesVeii
Carried W. nrfi y the ~Heputirans gainri
eifli Cnunfnu DISTRICTS RHI n I nitctl states
t'natnfahip IN that oti time stronghold ~
n%rfw1rfarvy thia tptf tIhre v nm escpllent
prY.pept " auUther ~stisccsafl Invasion ~
tho aplti south. this .ifur w Icnhesree
whore rpc"nt political deveiurfnents have
male n not only raaalhip. hui hiahiy Prob
arlr thti tho Republicans will elrrt . duv.
e.uof, capture thrrc or four tunerr.g die
tricts and pos-ihiy elect y Republican Isgis.
lntuFe that will acnd n iepuhlisBn instead
~ "FtdlltnE Rob" favlof ~ tho lnitcd
states situate - the snccesaor " Senator
Edward W. CHrfnHck,
The fartlnnal nght among tho Democrats
~ Icnnesser dates hnck ~ tho tlrmick-
Taylor Cpntaa', " came to u head IN the
election 81 " sucresaor to- former senator
Bate, who died btst spring Just after he
had bcen sworn I'm for y new term. BENTON
McMililn and Taylor announced their
candidacy for Bates Senatorial toEn, but
james VI Fnzier, then Governor. carried
on tho prize before they realized Just what
had happened This was the result Of q
deal h%etween Frazier and John Cox, who
was then Speaker Of the state Senate. and
who under the Tennessee Constitution sue
Ceeded to the G~overnorship when Frazier
went TO the tinted States senate. Compli-
cations followed. resulting In bitter strife
among the Democrats. and there Ia n prob
ability that two STATE conventions will he
held. resulting in tho nomination Of the
two Democratic State tickets. II this is
the outcome II is certain that there will
be two Democratic candidates for Congress
in every district and two Democratic candi-
dates in every Legislative district, which
would mean. in all probability. a sweeping
Republican victory in Tennessee.
Both Congress campaign man will
probably have To worry along short of
funds this year. The insurance disclosures
undoubtedly scared some Of the contribu-
tors, who will probably be chary in the
future about placing money in the hands
Of political organizations. The Democrats
intend to feature tariff revision as an issue.
the results in some Of tho large cities. but
this is not expected to assume prominence
this year.
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LEADER THOMAS MURPHY DEAD.
was RHlcr 90 the Twentieth. Richard
Cookers Old District.

Thomas Murphy, the Tammany leader
OF the Twentieth Assembly district, tho
district of which Richard Croker was leader
before he became the chief of Tammany
Hall, died yesterday morning at his resi-
dence, 24S East Thirty-third street, Of can
Ger. Mr.. Murphy had bee i'll about a
year OF cancer OF the throat. He was born
in the Twentieth Assembly district on Oc-
tober 4, 1854. and was educated in the public
schools and the City College. In 1883 he
was elected to the Assembly from the TWEEN
tieth district by q large majority. Richard
Croker the same year was elected Alder
man.
In 1885 he was appointed by President
Clevelanda gaugerinthe United States Rev
enue Service. Gen. Daniel Sickles when he
was elected Sheriff appointed Mr.. Murphy
a deputy, which Office ne held for a number
Of years. When Mayor Mcclellan wa
elected for his first term he appointed Mr..
Murphy deputy city clerk, which office
he helduntil his death, He leaves a widow,
father, four brothers and three sisters.
Mr. Murphy had no children. He was a
mem Ter of the Democratic Club, the Mo-
hawk Club and the Knights of Columbus.