Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 23, 1896, Page 7

4 i y _ . - 3 JUST IN TIME. A Terrible Catastrophe Averted. How Mir. Dice almost passed the portals of death. Restored tohealth ina manner that ¢ seems miraculous, T.:te are thousands of people in the that are dying daily, who even a Tew before the end were in no worse con- hour: dition than was Mr. John Dice of 2629 W. 8rd Street, Duluth, Minn. His sufferings, from his own account, must have been ter- rible, afficted as he was with severe kidney and stomach trouble; but perkaps it would be best to let him describe his vickness and how he was restoreé to health by the use of ickapoo Indian Sagwa, in his own words “I have suffered greatly from trouble with my kidneys and stomach. In rising after bending down I would become very sizzy; everything would look black 1@ me. ew that I was threatened with Bright's disease. I tried many physicians and differ- ent remedies, but all failed to help me. I gave up ever being well again. I tried Kickapoo Indian Sagwa a few weeks ago, and am now on my third bottle, and I ‘can thankfully say all traces of the disease has left me, and I know I am a weil man to day” JOHN DICE. Most people d> not realize that tliese rudden dizzy spells, pains in the small of the back, and inability to retain refreshing sleep, a loss of appetite, a face that has an unnatural pallor and a puffy appearance are the unmistakable evidences of Bright's e, or some other terrible kidney com- ation. ufferers so afflicted drag out a miserable existence, growing weaker from day to day until they hail the sudden death that event- uslly overtakes them as a blessing for re- leasing them from pain. But, why get in this condition? Follow Mr. Dice’s exantple; with the first symptoms take Kickapoo In+ gwa, that most wonderful and ef- of all remedies for the cure of al! ments of the stomach, liver and 5 d the greatest blood purifier to medical science. known Thousands of testimonials similar to the above are continually reaching us. Add "s to the list; you surely will when you that this great remedy has saved your Remember, though always effectzal, absolutely harmless, containing no ingredients whatever. It has sed by Indians for centuries and th g life and freeness from such troubles as described above make them liv mples of its wonderful power. life. it is been ous ng exa Bachelors Are “Up to Snuff.” The establishments of many wealthy re mounted on a scale of e elegance, nothing lacking to living houses models of When a bachelor gives a dinrr ove of his female relatives takes the seat opposite him and acts hostess. The bachelor host takes the initiative on entering the dining reom, conducts the lady of greatest importance to her seat, which should be on his right hand. Most bachelors »¥ the haut ton are up in the etiquette of entertaining, and need no coaching in order to do the proper thing. bachelc ake their od taste. as An Innovation. “We've got the loveliest college col- the intellectual girl exclaimed. “rhey were unanimously adopted, and suggt ors ion was mine.” e you've imitated the older aid her brother. we haven’t. We haven’t used any of thei heavy, commonplace colors. Ours is an entirely original nation at is it?’ mp pink and elephant’s breath.” —Washington Ster. Ambiguous, “We are going to have the minister ror supper to-night,” said the returned missionary, who had invited the dom- inie to break bread with him. “Ah!” said the converted cannibal chief, who had returned with the mis- sionary, smacking his lips, “you could no nothing to make me feel more at Yonkers Statesman. combi Nothing so suddeniy and completely disables the muscles as LUMBAGO, {LAME BACK, « {STIFF NECK, and nothing so prom} and surely S sse'eeret ST, JAGOBS OIL, You are bound to succeed in mak‘gg HIRES Rootbeer if you follow the simple directions. Easy to make, delightful to take. de only by The Charles E. Hires Co., Philadelphia. wee rtkage makes 6 gallons. Sold every where, OPIUM Habit Cured. Est. ini87i, Thousand cured. Cheapest and best cure. FREE TRIAL State case. DR. MARSH, Quincy, Mich. sca" Mann Gy ee OPIUM 2.24515 Samat ck No 21—1896 ° PP ecccec REARING BACON HOGS. A Streak of Fat and a Streak of Lean is Wanted. Notwithstanding that all know the day of very fat pigs has departed in the estimation of dealers and con- sumers, farmers, as a rule are very tlow to learn the lesson. This has troubled so much the English dealers who receive our pork that they issued a circular on the subject some time Below I give a synopsis of the cular: : “In consequence of so many feeders continuing to make their pigs too fat, and the great difficulty we find in dis- posing of over-fat bacon, combined with the increasing competition from foreign curers who are able to supply leaner meat such as the public require we are obliged to take some very defi- nite step to obtain leaner pigs, and have decided to adopt the accompany lng scale of prices» which is dependent | pn the leanness of the pig as well as on the weight. With the des to allow feeders as much margin as possible we have reduced the minimum weight of 140 pounds to 130, and extended the | limit of 180 pounds to 190, making the | new scale for top prices from 130 to 190 pounds; but still subject to the leanness of the pig and other grades in proportion. The new scale will give the best price to those feeders who produce the most salable article, and ive trust will do much to check the pro- duction of such pigs as are not re- quired, however handsome they may be to look upon. “We would impress on feeders the | desirability of breeding or buying only | such stores as are of good frame and | growth, to feed, for bacon | purposes, t, thick pigs, which | miust prove as w tisfactory to them | as to us. They will undoubtedly best | serve their interests by studying the public taste, thus creating an increased | demand and consequent higher stand- | ard of prices for their pigs. he meas- urements will be taken by specially | ronstructed gauges, by means of which the thickness of fat in any part of the pig can be accurately determined.” "It has been doubted that thickness of | fat on any part of a pig could be told | without first cutting up the carcass, but I have been informed by a person who has seen it done that by certain | gauges and rules an expert can tell the | thickness of fat on the carcass any- where, within an eighth of an inch, | and many times tell it exactly. ‘Lhe | scale of deduction from the regular | price for increased thickness of fat is | interesting. I will reduce English | money to decimal currency, omitting | insignificant fractions. A pig weighing | from 130 to 190 with thickness of fat under 2% inches on any part of its back brings the top pric It the pig weighs under 210 and the fat does not > 4 inches in thickness on the | back 60 cents per hundred pounds is deducted. If the pig weighs between | 210 and 230, and the fat is between 2% and 2% inches thick, 90 cents per hun- dred is deducted. And if the pig weighs between 230 and 240, and the fat does | not exceed 3 inches, $1.80 per hundred is deducted. A good deal of our bacon | finds a market in England, and the | price obtained there is gauged by these | i i rules; and of course slaughterers and shippers must conform to them. And ig producers—the farmers—do not offer | pigs capable of taking the top price as | bacon they must suffer a cut in price | accordingly. In my own local town market are bacon curers, and I notice | they pay more per pound tor bacon | igs than the ruling price tor pork to | @ wet salted and barreled. As bacon | pork can be produced cheaper than fat | hogs it is a wonder more do not see | the point and act upon it, But corn | alone will not make’ bacon that will | bring the top price; clover, wheat, oats, | middlings and bran, in addition to | corn, are valuable factors in bacon | making.—Galen Wilson in National | Stockman. | Racks for Feeding Hay. i Since we have been in the sheep | business we have seen scores of dif- ferent patterns for racks, some 0 which were quite elaberate and ex- | pensive. The margin in the sheep in- | dustry, it is well to remember, is nar- | row, and the provisions of racks for | profitable feeding must necessarily be | in keeping, as to the cost, with this | fact. One important point in the con- | struction of hay racks for sheep is ; that they be so made that the avimal | can eat them without rubbing off | niuch wool or getting hayseed into the fleece. The rack that will allow sheep | to feed without loss from either of | these ccuses is never a very bad one. A rack costs as much as the sheep will cause the owner to figure on the blue grass sod or the fence corner as a feeding place before he makes the | investment. One successful sheep man | whom we know has no racks at all, | but feeds from a sled or wagonbox on | the sward or in the hazel thicket. Fod- der if fed on clean snow or grass is | as convenient as if fed from racks. Hay is most conveniently fed without waste from racks with slats so close as only to permit the sheep to put his } nose through and not the whole head. | We have now before us a paper con- | tairing the cuts of some racks that | would make an ordinary western sheep man scratch his head with dismay, for they can certainly cost not less than $10 apiece. These racks are in a barn costing way up in the thousands and the sheep live in the barn all winter without exercise. ‘The business in the hands of the average farmer would admit of no such expense, although the man who gets a big price for lambs for breeding stock can perhaps find some usefulness in these more elaborate jesigns. Keeping sheep on the farm, however, simply means keep- ing them comfortably, and at the same time as cheaply as possible-—The Homestead. - The Needs of the Lamb. One should remember the needs of the lambs, even before these little things appear in this troublesome world. An exchange says: There is {2 way of doing this, which is through | will the ewe. It ‘3 a common habit to feed the floex just now only on corn. This is a very ill-balanced ration for any growing animal, whether it is born into the world or not. The rules fox feeding young animals insist—and in- dispensably—upor fully twice as muck protein for them as for full grown ones. AS a matter of course, if we are to feed the ewe or the lamb, we must feed as fer the lamb itself. Then the foods given to the ewe must ve rich in protein, such as bran or lin- seed oil meal. There is no more valu- able food for sheep, especially for the in-lamb-ewes, than the latter. The former is a good feed, but the latter greatly excels it 6n account of the oil it contains, and which has such ex- cellent effect on the ewes in keeping them in that mildly laxative con€izien which is desirable for all pregnant animals. Thus it will be a very gzeat help to the lambs to give the ewes | now, and while they are rearing their lambs, two to four ounces of linsee: oil daily. And besides the good effects that have been mentioned, it may be added that it is excellent for the growth of the fleece, another highly nitrogenous product, which must be supplied by the food or its full growth cannot be made. The rule in feeding is that first, the product is to be sup- plied, and then the necessities of the animal, for the former will always come first in all good animals. Relaxing Food for Horses, It is a good plan to give horses some relaxing food, even when they are at work. They may not need it all che ime, but they require it occasionally and frequently to regulate dizestion. Several kinds of food may be used, according as the one or the other of these may be convenient. Oil cake makes a very cheap and suitable food. A handful fed along with the cats will preduce excellent results, but when horses werk hard care must be taken not to feed too much lest the bowels relax overmuch. Oil cake is particularly helpful as- a food for brood mares, and also for colts. It is ri ud is therefore yood for growth. at bran also excel- lent for the digestion of the horse. It may be given with some freedoia, and may be fed dry when the horse has time to eat it. Field roots are + iso good. They exercise a wonderful in- fluence on the digestion. Th tone up an animal. It seldom hap; things go seriously wrong v tic animals when they are getting field roots. Turnips are good for horses, although they are seldom fed io them. Carrots are excellent. We have a great state for growing carrots, .and because of this we should grow them every year. There is no class of ani- mals to which they can be fed with more advantage than to _ horses, From two to, eight quarts a day may be fed ,according to the requirements, —Northwestern Agriculturist. Demend for Horses Incrensing. “Good horses are hard to find, while rlings and two-year-olds are very searce,’ ’says the Buffalo Horse Ex- change. “As the demand _ increases, the price for zood material will ad- vance, and those who continue breed- ing their mares to high-zrade stall- ious regardless of the decline in prices, be correspondingly benefited. Buyers from all sections state that it is almost impossible to find good horses. They claim that they are not in the country, while there is an abundance of nondescript animals that have been culled over three or four times. If that is the condition of the country at the close of 189, what will it be two or three years hence? Now it is time for owners of mares to con- sider this side of the question. Next spring is the time to start, if your mares are not ilready in foal. Do not lose another year, and when selecting a sire remember that finish, style and substance will sell for as. much as speed. ry to combine both. If you fail on the speed question, you stil have a horse that can be sent to the show ring and command a <0od iig- ure. Now is also the time to remem- ber that weedy mares, mares with pad legs, mares with weak constitutions, should be discarded. More -an halt of a breeder’s success depends upon beginning right.” 2 Bloat or Hoven. As the clover is good this year we may expect a lot of bloat in cattle pastured upon it. Remember that itis dangerous to pasture green, sappy clover when it is wet. It is fairly safe to turn in when it is dry, especial- ly if it is dry weather and the clever is a little wilted. If cattle are fed some dry feed—a few ears of corn, some hay or straw—every morning while running on clover, the danger Lis not so great. There are some remedies that if taken in time will cure. The simplest | and best is to catch the animal, force its mouth wide open and keep it forced open. This may be done by using a round billet of wood, say three inches in diameter, tied at each end and used in the mouth the same as a bridle bit in a horse’s mouth. The animal will work the jaws and tongue and soon begin to belch, then the danger is over. We have used in con- nection with the stick of wood a drench of soda, but this is not neces- Benton Gabbert, of Dearborn, Says he has seen hundreds cured by the stick of wood in the mouth, and never knew it to fail. So it isn’t neces- ry to use the trochar and cannula.— G. W. Waters in Journal of Agricul. tere. A & Stock Notes, Don’t overstock the pastures. The growing pig, if on grass, needs but little corn. No farmer can tell to a certainty whether all the stock he keeps is pro- fitable unless a close and accurate ac- count is kept with each kind. Don’t allow the work horse to suffer for want of water durizg the long, hot days. A half day is too long for him to do without a drink. G. W. Waters says: In selecting a pure-bred male to use on grades it is not objectionable if he is intensly in- and-in bred, provided he is of good conformation, healthy and vigorous. He is rather better by being so in- bred, for he will likely have greater prepotency, and his progeny will be like bim. j Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair, BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any cther adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. “A Hen’s Feline Pets. Pets of n Motherly Old Speckled Hen, William Ohler, of Bethel, Conn., owns an old speckled hen that has a heart as tender as her flesh is tough. Last week she adopted two kittens that were deserted by their unnatural mother. The old cat left her offspring in the barn where tehy were born and did not return for. several days. The speckled hen was sitting on a_nest of eggs nearby. After the cat disap- peared the kittens began to meow plaintively. The speckled hen, cack- ling and clucking softly, strutted over to the kittens and tried to comfort | them. She huddled them under _ her wings, cooing hen-fashion, and did her best to tell them that she would be a mother to them. That night, and for several days thereafter, the speckled hen watched over the kitchen ceaselessly. Her own nst of eggs was neglected. She cov- ered her foster children with her wings, gave them good advice and an oe ional scolding in hen language, and tried fequently to induce them to eat a worm or a bug. The kittens grew weaker and weaker day after day for lack of proper nourishment, and then— The cat came back minus an eye and considerable fur. She tried to ap- proach the babies, but the tough old speckled hen would not allow her. She flew at the cat, cackling fiercely and striking tabby with her stump spurs and wings. The cat was driven away every time she ventured near the kittens. Queer A Successful Doctor. We take pleasure in calling your at- tention to the advertisement of Dr. Marsh with regard to his cure for the opium habit, to be found in another column of this paper. The doctor has been engaged for twenty-five years in this specialty, and is well and favora- bly known for the cures he has made of these habits. We take pleasure in commending him to any and all who need his services, baving been person- ally acquainted with him for the past twenty-five years. A Childlike Pair. grand duke and duchess of enjoy playing the role of sov- more than y other European prince or princess. Those who live nbout the court at Dramstadt speak of their efforts in the right direction, ow- ing to their extreme youthfulness, as touching to behold. The grand duke has lately become director of the Dramstadt opera house, a very serious director indeed. When the affairs of state are not pressing too heavily upon them, the young couple spend their time playing tennis, dancing and, be it whispered, are enamored of the simple delights of playing “Consequences” and “How? When? and Where?’— Lady’s Picterial. Anxieties of a Lighting Plant Man- ager. The management and control of electric generators often puts a severe strain on the attention of the electri- cian in charge. This is especially the ‘The Hease case in England, where atmospheric conditions are more variable than in this country. In the city of London supply station, a cloud passing over the face of the sky, or the presence of the least fog will put on an instantan- cous lead egual to 200 or 300 horse- power, during daylight bours, and an y staff of men on duty, but Within instant call, is always in readi- ness to meet such demands. ‘Then there is always a sudden demand for supply ‘ent when large numbers ot lights are switched on together, and as sudden a cessation of demand when they are switched off: The eye of the electrician, therefore, has to be con- stantly on his indicator. The dynamo nust be regulated according to the st variation in the call for current, rv there would be a serious hitch. In addition to the care and watchfulness required within the station, there are outside contingencies which may in- stantiy throw a whole town into dark- ness. A few weeks ago some men in 2 town in Westmoreland had been cut- ting «a drain in a street which inter- sccted the wire conducting the local supply of electric current. Just be- fore leaving they managed to cut the wire about half through, and then coy- ered it up without saying anything about it. For a while all went well, and there was no sign of any interrup- tion.. Suddenly the wire gave way, and in a moment every light in the place went out. The responsibility that rests upon’ the manager of a sta- tien under such conditions as these, can easily be understood, and it need not be a matter of surprise if many men become nervous, excitable and unhinged under the strain. Coe’s Cough Balsam Is the oldest and best. It will break up a Cold quicker than anything else. Itis always reliable. Try it. Some of the Belgium coal mines are won- derfully deep. In a pit. at Flenu coal is now being ‘‘got’’ 3,700 feet below the sur- face. In another pit, at Montigny-sur-Sam- bre, a coal seam is worked 3.000 feet down. Patents Issued. List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors: ‘ Ella G. De Laney, Conway N. D., kettle cleaner; Edward T. Gibson, Min- neapolis, Minn., paper toy; Adolph Knudson, St. Paul, Minn., wave mo- tor; Anton Kranzer, Lidgerwood, N. D., tube cutter; Herman A. Krupke, Paynesville, Minn., horse power; Ralph Martin, St. Paul, Minn., photo- graphic salting solution; Michael J. Nugent, St. Cloud, Minn., lamp chim- ney holder; James Palmer, Moorhead, Minn., potato digging machine; Myron IK. Sargeant, Moselle, N. D., agricul- tural machine; Simon Stroebel and W. C. Cone, De Smet, 8S. D., horse power; John H. Swadling and H. H. Kelley, Minneapolis, Minn., car seal; William G. Trafton, Fairfax, Minn., windmill. T. D. Merwin, patent lawyer, 910, 911 and 912, Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul, Minn. The Snake Redeems Himself. One of the attaches of the United States geological survey tells a won- derful snake story, and he claims it is true. So does his wife. who was one of the parties to it. Both are favor- ably known in this city, but as there is much doubt expressed about their story, they prefer that their mames shall not be given for the present. Ac- cording to the gentleman, while in the Far West in the early part of last sum- mer, he ran across a rattlesnake. The snake was apparently in great agony, and, upon examination, it was found that a thorn was sticking through it. The gentleman was an expert in hand- ling snakes, and he had no difficulty in pulling out the thorn, much to the re- lief of the rattler. Three months later he visited the same place, and near the same spot found the same snake. He packed it up in a box and decided to bring it to Washington. A few nights afterward the gentleman and his wife arrived in a promisnig western town and took quarters at a hotel. During the night a thief en- tered the room, and would have got away with considerable plunder had not the snake, in his gratitude for kindness shown him, stuck his tail out of the window and gave a rattle which attracted the attention of the polic ‘Washington Star. and The Pill. : She was a good woman. He loved her. She was his wife. The pie was good; his wife made it; he ate it. But the pie disagreed with him, and he disagreed with his wife. Now he takes a pill after pie and is happy. So is his wife. The pill he takes is Ayer’s. Moral: Avoid dyspepsia by using Ayer’s He Followed Instructions. Mother—Robert, I gave you half an orange, didn’t 1? Robert—Yessum. Mother—Then, why did you steal the half I gave your little sister? Robert—Coz you told me to always take her part, boo, boo:—Roxbury Ga- zette. “Make it easier for me to bear, can’t you, Grace?’ pleaded the hapless youth whom she had just refused. “Yes, George,” gently answered Grace. “I snore dreadfully.”—Chicago Tribune. DR. 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