Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 17, 1899, Page 7

™ Phe saad SOME GOOD STORIES FOR ouR JUNIOR ‘READERS, Attie Boy and His Sad Little Cry —iow They Missed Going to Grandma's—A Jolly Game for Birth- day Parties—About Weather Frogs. Sad Little Boy. { have seventeen doll babies and a cat, I've a dozen and a half of colored blocks, I've a pair of tennis racquets and a bat, I've an elephant that wears a pair of socks, I’ve a bank that has a pretty key anu locks, T’'ve a lot of books of story and of fa~’ ble. ‘ But alas! a cruel fate my wishes mocks! I cannot have the things on mamma’s table, On that table are long pins for mam- ma’s hat, And beside them stand the loveliest of clocks, There's a lot of butterflies, a golden gnat, That my mamma wears to fasten uD 4 her frocks. On the floor I have a farm with horse >" and ox, With a farmer and a boy we all call Abel. But al. a cruel fate my wishes mo i I cannot have the things on mamma’s table. My dear daddy brought me home a x.t- ten f: haired baby sister christen- ed Mabel. Fr But dlas! a cruel fate my wishes mocks! I cannot have the things on mamma’s table. —Harper’s Bazar. flow They Missed Going to Grandma's. “Don’t go out of the orchard,” mam- ma as she tied the strings of Dim- ple’s bonnet. No’m,” asked Tommy. of the orchard?” “Because, I want you both by and by, nd you must not go too far away, or you will not hear me when I call you,” mamma replied. “What do you want us for?” Tommy asked. He always wanted everything explained. “Never mind what for. Come when are called and you will find out, interrogation mark,” mamma niling. y went out into the blossomy or- chard, where the white woolly lambs frisking and the orioles were ling merrily. Isn’t it just ’squisite,” murmured Dimple, who was fond of big words, “and don’t it smell p’rfumy?” wrink- 1 her bit of a nose with a long, de- lighted breath. “We'll begin where we left off, and I d Dimple, and “Why?” “Why can’t we go out most know we'll find it to-day,” Tom- my said, counting off the rows of t' 28 to the fifth. don’t let’s*begin yet! I want .o ith the lammies first!” pleaded at did you promise?” Tommy de- ed, sternly. “And, besides, if we don’t find it pretty soon, it'll be too to see the eggs.” o Dimple took one side of a row and marched along as Tommy did, with head craned back and eyes peering up to the branches, intent on orioles’ nest, which Tommy nined not to miss this year. neck ached so that she tumbled down on the soft grass to rest while Tom- my wan d away to the big standaru pear tree in the corner, and there, on the farther side on a swaying bough, hung the pouch-like nest, with Mrs. Oriole peeping out at him. But so far above his head, and on so slender a branch was the nest that she knew she was perfectly safe, and did not stir. “They did it on purpose so a fellow covhd not get at it!” Tommy complain- {ed to Dimple, as he lay on tne grass beside her. “They needn’t been so p’r- ticular. I wouldn’t hurt their old eggs just looking at them.” “And now we'll lambs,” said Dimple. “Let’s go to the pasture and hunt for ‘the turkey’s nest,” proposed Tommy, bent on finding eggs of some sort. ‘Why, Tommy Wheeler, mamma d not to go out of the or.uard!” ex- imed Dimple. e didn’t mean to stay here al- She ’spected to need us, and she ‘hasn’t, or else she’d called, and she ‘won't carey’ We go now. Come on!” Tommy Buia always convince him- self, and nearly always convince Dim- e, so a few moments later they 'slipped through the fence and scam- play with the sai —emneem(sered across the meadow to the pas- ure. And there the shallow creek for Tommy to skip stones across, and the Solliwogs in the puddles for Dimpie io play with, interested them so much “nat they did not taink of going to the trouse until the sun was getting low } they were hungry. ybe we hadn’t ought to stayed so ong,” Tommy said, beginning to think sf possibie consequences as they neared e hexse. ii eae door was locked, and it was ‘lin. and lonesome, as if no one was at ome. This was never known before, is the children did not know what to ke of it. where can mamma be?” wondered FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Dimple, as they went to the back porch, The screen was fastened, but close to the back door lay a cheet of foolscap paper weighted with a brick to keep it in place. Tommy looked at it curiously. “Why, it’s a letter from) mamma!” he ex- claimed. > So it was, and written so simply and easily. *“O, Dimple! Dimple! Aunt Milly came and took mamma over to gran’- pa’s! It’s the meanest thing!—and papa’s going that way and stay to sup- per,” and Tommy flung himself down and rolled about with howls of disap- pointment. ~ Dimple looked scared and began to whimper. “It’s the meanest thing not to take us! We’ve been ’specting to go so long —and our supper’s on the kitchen ta- ble—and oh! oh! gran’ma always has such nice things when we go there!” and Tommy cried with renewed vigor. Dimple picked up the letter and sat down by him. “Mamma don’t do mean things, Tom- my,” she said. “We didn’t stay where she told us to, and I ’spect she couldn’t find us. Oh, I want to go to grandma’s, t-o-o!” and she joined Tommy’s la- mentations. After they had relieved their feel- ings somewhat, Tommy read it all to Dimple, who sobbed softly, but noddea her head as she listened. Mamma was sorry, but they had a.s- obeyed her, and she would leave tnem to their play. Aunt Milly had brought the new surrey and the ponies, and thought Tommy could drive them g0- ing back, but he was not here, and so —Tommy burst into fresh grief; to drive Aunt Milly’s ponies was his heart’s desire. “But mamma wasn’t to blame,” Dim- ple said, after the letter had all beep read. “No,” Tommy admitted, “But if we'd known, we would have stayed in the orchard.” “But we ought to do what mamma says ‘thout knowing,” said konest Dim- ple. “TI 'spect gloomily. They found the key where mamma told them to look for it, and went in- to the house, feeling very strange and almost afraid as they sat alone and ate their supper, silently, except for a snif- fle now and then. When mamma got home, just at dusk, she found two tearful, penitent little faces eagerly watching for her. “I was to blame, mamma,” Tommy whispered, after they had talkea -- all over. “I coaxed Dimple to go. I’m going to mind now without asking why.” “It is always the best way, dear,” mamma answered, with a kiss. LOUISE J, STRONG. so,” Tommy answered, : Jolly Game. After the goodies have been eatzx, all the French crackers pulled with a snap and the boy and girl guests tired of new-fashioned amusements, here’s something to play—an old-fash- ioned game called “the flour and .ne ring.” This is the way you do it: Some- body must mold in a coffee cup a mound of flour. It only takes a -..cle practice to turn the shape out per- fectly upon a plate. When the mound is formed drop into the center of it some little gift—a ring, a pretty pn or any small article a boy or girl would fancy. Whoever starts the game must take a knife and cut through the mound to the plate. Each one in the circle re- peats this until the lucky boy or girl comes across the hidden prize, when he or she must pick it out with the teeth. The floury nose, cheeks and chin of the prize winner look endugh like a clown’s after this last proceeding to amuse a whole roomful of merry chil- dren, Weather Frogs. They never grow to be more than an inch long, these little weather frogs, and like the chameleon they take the color of anything upon which they may be sitting, brown, if upon wood, and green if upon leaves. If placed in a jar of blue water they become biue. This is nature’s greatest gift to them, for by this means they keep hidden from not only their enemies but the flies and gnats which are .-.. rood. But they haye another queer trait, and that is that long before it rains they jump into the water and stay there until the rain is over even if they are under shelter. On the other hand when the weather is cloudy they know whether it will clear up or not. If the sun is going to shine these wise little creatures will come out of the water and stay out until the next shower approaches. Big Whale. The whale has many enemies be- sides man, but the worst of these are the swordfish and the thresher. These always fight the, whale together, the swordfish from beneath, stabbing the great creature again and again with his sword, which is sometimes twice as long as a man, and the thresher staying on top of the water and pound- ing the poor whaie with his strong flipper, which is like a grea‘ log of wood, until at last the biggest fish in the ocean is killed by these two hard fighters, who are also good dodgers, and get out of the way of the mighty tail and ‘huge jaws, never being scarea by the loud beNowing of the big fish. Then the swordfish and the thresher have a feast, and the slecper shark, too, slips up from behind and steals a big bite. The shark is a coward and is always lying in wait for a dinner which some one else has earned, Would-be Columbuses wiil be glad to learn that one-tenth of the world is still unexplored. f oe AND POULTRY. !INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Successful Farmers Operate This Department of the Farm—A Few Hints as to the Care of Live Stock and Poultry. About the Poultry Yard. An opinion is prevalent that the number of early hatched chicks will be small this year on account of the late- ness of the spring. The cold kept the fowls from exercising as much as they do at this time most years. It is said that not only are fewer hens sitting, but that fewer of the eggs will be found to be fertile. Of course this theory is only a theory, and we wait to see if it will prove itself by demon- stration. It may be that the results will be opposite to those anticipated. The fact that the spring has been cold may be a factor in keeping down the lice that multuply so rapidly in the early spring. It may be also that the losses from the causes indicated will be offset by increased vigor in the chicks hatched. Another cause that will have some bearing on the situa- tion is the number of incubators in use. We believe that the number is much greater than last year, and, if so, we may expect to have a comparatively large yield of chicks, for the incubator does not sit for three weeks on a sterile egg if its manager knows his business. It is really impossible for any man to form an opinion worth anything on the probable hatch of chicks, eee We wish to caution our readers against feeding angle-worms to chicks. We have just read in a contemporary an article by a lady who is of the opinion that cornmeal produces gapés, and therefore advises not to feed corn- meal. But we have the best of rea- sons for believing that gapes come from angle-worms. Experiments have been carried on at some of the stations that certainly go a long way to confirm this opinion. Only last year the gov- ernment published a report on their inyestigations along this line. Broods of chicks that were allowed to have angle-worms became infested with the gapes, while chicks in the same place but that were given no angle-worms were not affectetd. The gape-worm is described as a parasite of the earth- worm. It may be that many earth- worms are free from these parasites, but we cannot know when they have the free and when the infested worms. Chicks that are well grown and ma- ture fowls are not injured by the gapes, and can be allowed to have all the earthworms they can get, but if gapes have been known to exist in a locality in former years, it would be well to keep the little chicks from hunting them. ss In sorting over the flock and cull- ing out hens to be disposed of to the butcher select the sluggish hems, as they are less likely than others to be good layers. The vigorous layer is a vigorous bird all through. She gets up early in the morning and continues her vigorous work all through the day. She does not easily lay on fat and flesh, for the reason that she puts her fat and lean into eggs. She can no more become “beefy” than a Jersey cow that is a big milker. In setting eggs it is advisable to have the eggs from suca hens in preference to the eggs of thé sluggish hens. Moreover the health of these small active hens seems to be better than that of the less active. They have quick and strong digestive systems. For this reason we have to be careful to give them all the grit they need, ce cae Indigestion in fowls probably kills more birds than any other trouble, with the exception of lice. The fowls of the farm, having the run of the flelds and pastures, are not likely to be af- fected in this way, but the fowls that are penned up nearly all the year round are sure to fall victims in may cases. The birds that have thé run of the farm obtain a greater variety of food, and this is why they do not have indi- gestion. They do not feed on an en- tire grain ration. Open their crops and they will be found to contain grass, bugs, worms, scraps from the table and grain. But it makes a bulky mass that can be handled by the gizzard with little trouble. We must try to imi- tate this with birds that are shut up, and then indigestion will disappear. A breakfast of chopped food scalded will act as a preventer of indigestion. Our Horses and Their Values. No class of farm animals seems to feel good or bad times more than the horse. When times are good the horse is a luxury that the townsman can afford to buy and the farmer can afford to raise in view of a sure mar- ket. When hard times come the townsman throws his horse onto a falling market and helps send it down still further. The farmer can not as suddenly stop producing and must needs continue for a year or two to offer his surplus horses to the buyers. The result is that the buyers become at once masters of the situation, and, as all buyers are naturally bears, the downward speed of the market is ac- celerated. When the time again comes that the city people can keep a lux- ury like the horse, they find the mar- ket empty, for the farmer has stopped breeding horses and millions of the former surplus have died off—worn out in the city and farm work teams. This will explain the great changes that have taken place in less than 20 years in the number and value of horses in the United States. On the first day of January, 1880, the num- ber of horses in this county was, ac- cordiag to the most reliable estimates, 11,201,800. The following year there was @ small increase, but in 1881 thers was a sudden drop of over 900,000, the humber on the first day of January, 1882, being 10,521,554.. From that date there was a gradual increase up to the . first day of January, 1893, when the | number stood at 16,206,802. This was high water mark in the supply of horses. From that date to the first of January, 1899, the decrease-has been steady, till the number this year is estimated at 13,665,307. : The total value has undergone a still greater metamorphosis. the value was put at $613,296,611. The total value was kept up even in the great decline noted on the first of Jan- ury, 1882, when it was put at 615,824,- 914. For the following ten years, 1883 to 1892, the values jumped up as follows (round millions): $765, $833, $852, $860, $901, $946, $982, $978, $941, $1,007. -In the following seven years the values dropped faster than the numbers, as will be seen by the esti- mates, beginning in 1893 (round mil- lions): $992, $769, $576, $500, $452, $478, $511. Thus in 1897 we reached our lowest value in horses, though the number was still in excess of 14,300,- Eist of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Hannibal H. Ames, Hutchinson, Minn; rotary engine; Mathis Pink,’ Chaska, Minn,, coupling and draft cushioning device; Reuben E. Free- man, Fergus Falls, Minn., steerip: mechanism; James D. Hatcher, Min- neapolis, Minn., plaiting machine; Cal- vin Q. Hayes, Grand Forks, N. D., steam generator; Laurence P. Leon- ard, Waseca, Minn., dental matrix clamp; Norman McAuley, Hill City, S. D., quartz mill; Emma R. Rice, Zun- In 1880 | brota, Minn., dust pan; John H. Fors- ter, New Ulm, Minn.,snap hook mem ber (design;) John Taylor, Joliette, N. D., attachment for threshers; Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson , Patent At- torneys, 910 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul. Nothing to Brag Of. First Soldier—I was one of the men behind the guns. Second Soldier—You ain’t got nothin’ to brag of. I was one of the men in front of them.—Syracuse Herald. It Works Like a Grain Binder. The only way to bind corn is the reasonable, sensible, horizontal way: that is, as nearly after the principle of a grain binder as is possible. Those who have used the Deering Horizontal 000. Since that time the number has} Corn Binder know that binding corn been declining and the value increas- ing. In the last two years the num- ber of horses has decreased almost 700,000, but the total value has ad- vanced over $58,000,000. This process must continue to go on for some years yet. Horses of all kinds are being worn out faster than they are being produced. The “stim- by machinery is no longer an experi- ment. This machine has roller and ball bearings, it is light for two horses and free from side draft, and it does not scatter loose ears all over the field. Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight and New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and ulus to renewed activity in breeding Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and bas only recently been given by _ the upward tendency of prices and it will be at least three years before the colts resulting from that stimulus will be fit to go into the market. We be- Shoe Stores, 25e. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.—Chester- lieve the men are wise that go into | field. breeding horses at this time, provided they have a suitable foundation, Weeds and Milk. An article in the Farmer and Stock Breeder of London says: “The plants which may be considered good for feed- ing cows will give us no trouble; but these are commonly associated with others which are mischievous. The true grasses and leguminous plants A Story of Sterility, SUFFERING AND RELIEF. [LETTER TO MRS. PINKEAM NO. 69,186] “Dear Mrs. PrrkHAM—Two years I began having such dull, heavy dragging pains in my back, menses may cause changes in milk quality by} were profuse and painful, and was their many mixtures, proportions, and growth, but they, will not interfere with the dairy processes, or give to the product ill qualities. The miscellane- ous plants, which may be considered weeds, include some which are danger- ous to the health of the cow; others, more numerous, which flavor milk un- desirably; and a few which color milk, or produce irregularities. To these causes of mischief must be added those arising from the plant diseases of a fungoid nature. Do cows eat any appre- ciable proportion of such plants? The troubled was leucorrhea. patent medicines and consulted a phy- sician, but received no benefit and could not become pregnant. Seeing one of your books, I wrote to you tell- ing you my troubles and asking for advice. You answered my letter promptly and I followed the directions faithfully, and derived so much benefit that I cannot praise Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound enough. I now find myself pregnant and have begun its use again. I cannot praise itenough.”—Mrs. ConA GILsoNn, YATES, | cccasions known may be few in which | MANIsTEE, MIcH. the mischief is recognized and traced to some particular plants, but such do not occur often enough to make the matter one of great importance; and we believe that a very considerable “Your Medicine Worked Wonders.” “T had been sick ever since my mar- riage, seven years ago; have given birth to four children, and had two amount of harm is done daily by such miscarriages. I had falling of womb, weeds as are incapable of giving a dis- tinetly bad flavor to the milk, but in their many kipds combine to give one generally inferior. What is the cure? Clean pastures. If a weed is a pest ina cornfield, it is a much greater one in the case before us, where it not only takes the place of a better plant, and hinders the superior growths around it, but actually does direct damage to the dairyman’s goods. Weeds are the natural and almost inevitable conse- quence of neglect. There are few pas- tures which can be kept sweet and free from such trouble by the mere force of natural conditions. Draining and man- uring ‘can do much in reducing the miscellaneous plants to small numbers and the more innocent kinds, and a constant war against them should be maintained, Overfeeding with Maize. Even the English, who have to buy their maize from foreign countries are acquiring the habit of making this to too great an extent an exclusive food. The following is from an English ex- change: Touching on maize, how common it is still to see the farmer’s wife keep on day after day, year in and year out, feeding nothing except this to her poul- try. No greater mistake can be made than this, Maize alone is neither good for the laying hen nor fattening bird, and we would strongly advise those so persistent in its use to desist. Don’t by any means stop feeding maize alto- gether, as this also would be a mistake, as it is a cheap and valuable food. Feed it in conjuction with other grain, such as wheat, barley, and oats, according to price. It is best not to mix different sorts of corn together, but feed them alternately—say one one day and an- other the next. Fowls are usually passionately fond of maize, and will pick it out first, and perhaps leave the rest, if a mixture be given. Laying hens fed solely on maize go off in their yield, as the egg organs are very liable to become fatted up by this food. Carpet Wools.—Carpet wools are the cheapest, coarsest and harshest sorts of wools. In commerce they come prin- cipally from Russia, Turkey, Greece, Turkey-in-Asia, Peru, Chile, etc.; also rom the mountainous districts of Eng- land and Scotland. Carpet wools ap- proach more nearly to hair than other wools, The only wool of this sort pro- duced in the United States is that grown on the original Mexican sheep of the great southwest. Few of these Mexican sheep are now left, for they have been improved cut of their origin- al condition by cross-breeding. But they constitute the foundation stock of most of our western flooks—flocks that now produce superior clothing or combing wool.—Ex. Do not change the feed suddenly leucorrhea, pains in back and legs; dyspepsia and a nervous trembling of the stomach. Now I have none of these troubles and can enjoy my life. Your medicine has worked wonders for me.”—Mags. S. BARNHART, NEW CASTLE, Pa. I took | HEALTH AND BEAUTY. . 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Ancient American Sleeping Cars. L, Xavire Eyma, a Frenchman, who came to this country in 1847, wrote an article in L’lllustration of Paris, pub- lished July 22nd, 1848, giving his ex- periences on the railroads of the United States. He says that at that time the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road had a length of seventy leagues, and that the cost of the road was 4,116,744 fra the receipts 3,988,456 francs and ex- penses 1,964,741 francs. He also gives | considerable space to the interior ar- rangements of the sleeping cars used at that time, and says that, “they are actually houses where nothing is lack- ing for the necessity of life, and are divided into compartments and sleep- ing rooms, some for men and some for women.” Each room held six beds or rather little couches in three tiers along the sides. He winds up his account by saying that valuables are not part‘cu- larly well taken care of, as in Amce- rica there “were no such things as sneak thieves.” Rend the Advertisements. You will enjoy this publication mrch | better if you will get into the habit of ' yeading the advertisements; they will afford a most amusing study, will put you in the way of getting s excellent bargains. Our advertisers are reliable; they send what they ad- vertise. How They Are Alike. “Why is Aguinaldo liké a mz relies on his knowledge for a living?” “Dunno. Why?’ “He always carries his cap‘tal around with him.’—Chicago Times-Herald. THE MAN “ON THE FENCE” Ue) DS BUT A HI B He wants to buy a binder, Has b een fooled once or twice and now really wants ti know what machine can be relied upon—what machine wil! actually “live up” to the claims made for it by its makers. Here are some hints: 50,000 more Deering machines were sold last season than in any previous year. 6700 employes are working day and é 85 serene ground are eoreetty th é rE etal in existence. mien in the Deering factories. ie leering factories—twice as large as 3 leering machines have the only perfect ball and roller bearings. 3 Deering machines are the lightest draft grain and grass cutters ever built, These are straws. They tell whic! h way the wind. blows. They should be helpful hints to the man on the fence. DEERINC HARVESTER CO., “ = SELL SLI IVE CHICACO. PL Z~ BLD LBL BLP PLO BS ES SSS SM" FARM LAND DO YOU WANT A HOME? ACRES OF GOOD !N WASHBURN AND BARRON COUNTIES, FARMING LANDS Wscc'sit.2% $3,00 to $6.00 Sere. Long time and easy payments to actual settlers. Come and see us or address, W. R. BOURNE, Mgr., SHELL LAKE LUMBER CO., SHELL LAKE, WIS. § FOR SALE PRICES ON BINDING TWINE.— “resent sind ney deeb: Our Girae extra Manila, 940 le lb. Especially recommended. This Extra Gir: and best mills in the United States. Order e, 6c Manila Twine ismade for us only by one of the largest immediately from this lot, before it is sold, and your twine will be shipped 7 once from Minneupolis. roti aie are on board cars at Minneapolis. up are net cash with order. No discount allowed. in 60-pound sacks which we cannot break» We guaranteé these prices, subject to stock You may have to pay more, so donot delay ordering. Order at once. ‘This is your only sure . Prices may things may happen in a week. stock may be exhausted; hundreds of advance; our We reserve the atonce. We can ship immediately. ‘tn your orders. right to limit the quantity of twine supplied op any one order, as we do not desire to have dealers snap up our stock, asour desire is to give our farmer f: the first chance. We know of nothing that can be gained by waiting, and you may lose money presen pantie ston 7 it to buy of us. T. M. ROBE! PLY Minneapolis, Mino. “A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR- GAIN.” MARRY A PLA SAPOLIO IN GIRL IF SHE USES f : Ee eeswcomeese- omens i