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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1885
Page
4
A five year old girl cherishes a five week old kitten with snowy fur and soft purrs. A stray round shot ends the kitten’s life, leaving the child heartbroken yet buoyed by faith saying God is not a kitty tonight.
A narrator describes life in Algeria through visits to two households. One family, rich, restricts a 12 year old girl to home life until marriage. The other hosts a teacher. both visits are enjoyed by women while men stay outside. A school scene shows boys learning on the floor with a low table, reciting Arabic script, while girls lack schooling. The piece contrasts Christian teaching with Algerian customs and urges girls to value education and promote gospel outreach.
A humorous scene features Juventie Wi and a bright but mischievous child in a Sunday school setting. The girl quarrels with a nurse over judgments of time versus measurement and jokes she is funny though not pretty.
A medley of short humor items from newspapers includes a Sunday school scene with a pupil mishearing Egypt plagues and a child asking Noah lived in Cincinnati. Another piece recalls a Detroit visit, a Little Rock feed-store call about oats, and a Shingle joke from Somerville Journal.
A survey of diverse antiquarian notes on Pere la Chaise Cemetery in Paris naming its origins and age, on the British Parliament chamber near the Gunpowder Plot site, and explanations of historical oddities from Jack o Lantern to Ignis fatuus. Additional sections recount Egyptian sculpture canon, Bermuda settlement history, Somers Isles charter, and early voyages of Nicolo Zeno with Norse and Frisland discoveries.
Nine years ago James W. Clarke then editor of the Boston Sunday Times sought a Belknap portrait for a landmark issue. Unable to obtain a photo after citywide requests, he commissioned a wood engraving of an ideal beauty from his tobacco brand to appear as Mrs Belknap. The gimmick helped popularize illustrated journalism in Boston.
Information for the farmer stock breeder peulterer nurseryman and housekeeper covering practical tips, seasonal advice, and household economy. Includes cultivation methods, livestock care, kitchen economy, and rural household management hints.
Census data indicate higher insanity rates among farmers wives due to confinement and monotony of home duties. Wives lack exposure to stimulate activity while husbands frequently leave home for marketing, reducing shared engagement and social interaction.
The piece argues most farms waste manure with runout on pastures as cattle horses and sheep roam. It notes sheep improve fertility by spreading droppings while cattle and horses require field breaking to allow rains to carry nutrients into the soil.
Secretary Chamberlain of the Ohio Board of Agriculture argues tillage increases rainfall. He notes growing crops evaporate moisture similar to original forests and cites Northern Ohio where droughts fell under mixed husbandry compared with past pasture and dairying.
W A Armstrong of Chemung County New York argues against sowing grass or grain after autumn buckwheat without plowing. He notes sprang buckwheat can mix with crops like wheat or rye, lowering value, and urges tillage even when sowing timothy. He observes buckwheat leaves soil loose in fall but compact in spring, recommending plowing for better spring seedbed.
The article explains stacking barley oats and pea straw to save space, noting that mixed straw yields about half a ton per acre and 800 cubic feet per ton. It describes stack sizes from 11 to 33 feet in diameter with height ratios, centered by a fork and string method to pack straw evenly and shed rain.
The Orchardist notes skillful growers in the Northwest produce peaches despite cold climates. Techniques include bending trees and capping with cornstalks to trap warmth, training trees flat or fan shaped, and using banked slopes to shield fruit. Early varieties enable successful crops even in short northern summers.
The author weighs grape varieties for cold vineries and argues for or against heat. He favors heat tolerant kinds like Black Hamburgh and Frontignan if fire is used, and discusses a two-yard buffer with shutters for wintering plants and protecting vines from decay, citing Waddington via Vick’s Magazine.
Practical tips on mulching strawberry plants and grape vines pruning in mild weather. Advice includes winter protection methods for vines, burning fallen grape rot grapes, and using muslin covers or paper bags on clusters to prevent damage. Suggests hardy cherry trees along roadsides and notes Russian tree-lined roads.
A historical note on oats as a feed ingredient noting its high value per pound for fattening or butter production. It compares oats with other grains and outlines its role in providing cream and butter from milk.
Farmers are advised to prefer oats to corn for feed if price is equal and to use a mixed corn and oat ration for working horses. Ground or moist cut feed is recommended for best results, with oats favored for choice animals.
Farmers learn skim milk can be fed to pigs and poultry for profit. Cows taught to eat diverse foods become good milkers. Skim milk boosts egg production in hens due to its albumen content.
The article weighs fattening fine versus coarse-wooled sheep. Fine wools yield valuable pets but need better feed and care. Coarse-wooled carcases fetch higher prices for export to England, making them a stronger market choice than inferior domestic mutton.
The article argues artichokes provide an abundant but poor quality pig feed, noting the root’s late discovery for pigs. It urges keeping pigs in growing condition, as bare survival is poor for breeders, and most value lies in orchards where rooting is encouraged.
The article notes strong milking cows exist in native breeds but high milk yield often passes through the male line. Heifer calves saved as cows may be inferior, possibly due to milking traits not yet established or loss through bull calves sent to butcher. It favors selecting a thoroughbred bull from a milking family for improvement.
Fact note: hens lay most during long days. Provide plenty of light and warmth in winter withoutdark damp confinement. Prefer south windows so hens receive midday sunlight.
The article argues that high egg prices for breeding fowls reflect quality and care. Well chosen, well kept birds yield more valuable eggs, though fanciers recover only proper packing costs. Farmers improving their flocks with better bloodlines gain the most.
Poultry World advises on nest placement to reduce lice spread and improve access. Centers nests under platforms hinder cleaning. use lighting boards eight inches wide and hung wall nests at fifteen inches high. W H Rudd’s single nests use smooth boards, fourteen by fourteen inches, with an eight inch entry and a projecting eight inch alighting board.
The method of tapping determines harm. Small holes with seasonal plugging heal well. deep cuts injure maple trees and shorten their life. One tree can bear two to four taps if wounds are small and properly cared for. yields of three to four pounds of sugar per tree are valuable when achievable.
Farmers note differences in maple sap sweetness linked to tree vigor, soil, season, and exposure. A dry spring or knoll may yield sweeter sap, and manure-rich soil could influence flavor. A broad top maple once yielded sweeter sap, shaded by sheep during hot weather on rich soil.
A Massachusetts farmers meeting discussed grafting and planting nuts. A New England Times correspondent suggests burying a board ten to twelve inches deep to create fibrous roots for hickory trees. First year growth is modest, second year may surge, and several nuts may bear transplanting and yield benefits. Chestnuts butternuts and black walnuts may also benefit.
A practical guide for compact garden spaces choosing a few flower varieties. Recommend three beds with a dozen kinds such as pansies phlox verbenas petunias candytuft sweet peas morning glories. Emphasizes soil fineness seed covering light, shallow sowing and early planting.
A brief tip advises keeping lamps off and allowing light exposure while ensuring the soil remains properly moist to avoid harming a germinating plant.
The author explains September colony checks for weakness and honey stock, feeding sugar water if needed, and winter storage in a cellar. Conditions include warmth, dryness, darkness, ventilation, and protection from rain and mice, with hive spacing for air flow. Spring handling urged to avoid losses and ensure adequate honey.
W. Z. Hutchinson advises beekeepers to time brood rearing six weeks before the harvest, use stimulative feeding early, and ensure strong, well supplied hives. He notes swarming risks from poor stores and mice, and suggests watering bees, especially in cellars, with a wet sponge to reduce unrest.
Take two ounces of pulverized ammonia and one pint of turpentine mix in a bottle. After half an hour it is ready. For ordinary wash use one quart of soft soap in warm water to make strong suds and four tablespoons of the mixture in the cloths. Let stand twenty minutes, stir occasionally, then rinse without a washboard.
Ordinary crewel work on linen can be washed by plunging in water boiled with iron or with soap and water as long as no soda or washing powder is used. Rinse gently without ringing and hang to dry. Stretch when nearly dry, pin to board until fully dry, then unfasten and comb fringe if needed. New work should not have fringe until stretched. No ironing required.
A detailed description of a chair back tidy in ecru canvas with center longitudinal threads and gold silk feather stitches. Dark green ribbon interlaces through the design with alternate canvas strips on either side. Pink blue yellow silk stitches and edged drawn work create a decorative effect. fringed top and bottom.
Among new woods used for furniture is conabola wood, darker than mahogany and rich in appearance. A pongee silk pincushion shaped like a bag is embroidered with violets in outline stitch. The barn end is lined with purple satin and tied with a large bow. Cloves in meat stocks, browned onions, and browned flour enhance flavor. Goop paste is flour and water, boiled briefly. a pinch of ground cloves helps preserve it.
Soak citron briefly in warm water to clean the inside. Scrape, then boil in a brown sugar syrup until well penetrated but not tender. Drain on a sieve, then place in a warm oven to dry slowly.
A traditional dumpling method uses one dozen large potatoes, six tablespoons flour, two tablespoons baking powder, one tablespoon butter, three eggs, salt, and nutmeg. Grate day-old potatoes, mix with sifted flour and baking powder, add butter and eggs, season, form balls, boil in salted water fifteen minutes.
Peel and core apples and slice them. Slice one small quince and stew with a little water and butter. Line tins with thin puff paste, layer apples and quince, top with apples, sprinkle sugar, seal with puff paste, wash with egg white, bake in moderate oven, dust with powdered sugar before serving.
The Chicago Herald quotes a club scene where a famed English epicure on a chef committee asks the crucial question Can you cook a potato. It suggests poorly prepared spuds reflect on the cook rather than the potato and notes guests judge a hostess by her potatoes.
Instructions describe washing peeling boiling six potatoes with hops in a bag sugar and salt then mashing and mixing with water to form a thick mash. The mash is cooked until smooth and thick like good boiled castor and then stored in a large jar for future use.
A sting in the Territory era prompts a publisher to publish a severe critique of public malfeasance. A visiting editor demands a humiliating retraction, leading to a bareknuckle brawl in the office with ink, chairs, and a smashed table. Both combatants end worn and riding home.
A medical note praises Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic curing indigestion and related symptoms. It claims the stomach disorder dulls the brain and urges a daily dose to restore digestion, regulate the liver, and clear mental fog. It targets those with indigestion, bilious headaches, irregular bowels, stomach sickness, or melancholia.
The article traces punch from India as a five ingredient drink spirit lemon juice sugar water and spice. It reached England around 1650 carried by sailors and grew from sailor and laborer use to popular among women and high society with punch widely served in London houses and on royal sideboards. The piece ends with a quip about temperance supporters and a misfit simile.
A proof reader corrected a sensational ad to read Shoot Pelly as she flies. The piece then promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal cure for consumption. It urges readers to send two stamps to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, N Y for a complete treatise.
A quip about easy sermons versus practice notes that indigestion nausea and bowel inactivity ruin laughter. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as regulators of liver and bowels and as producers of good health and cheer.
Visitors to Newey City are urged to use Baggage Edge and Carriage Hire and stay at the Genel Uston Hotel near Grand Central Depot. The Grand Union offers 600 elegant rooms cost one million dollars, now from $1 and up. European plan with elevator and fine restaurant. Horse cabs stage and elevated railroad connect depots. Families can live better for less at the Grand Union than other first class hotels.
An old advertisement cites Rev. C. M. Humphrey of Gratz Kentucky praising Brown's Bronchial Tradhes as the best and most convenient relief extant for coughs and colds.
Purified cod liver oil made from select livers on the seashore by Caswell Hazanp Co New York. It is advertised as absolutely pure and sweet. The text claims patients who try it prefer it to all others and physicians consider it superior to other market oils.
An advertisement touts Ine Frazer Axle Grease as better and cheaper than competitors despite higher cost. It promotes Onaprep Hands Face Pimples and rough skin cured by Juniper TAR Soar made by Caswell Hazage & Co New York.
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