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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1880
Page
4
The article reflects on eggs as a marvel of nature found in birds, fishes, and other animals. It explains the egg as a germ enclosed in a shell, providing nourishment and protection until the creature develops its organs. Size varies independently of adult animal size, with large species often starting from small eggs.
A gardening writer offers seed starting tips for tender plants like tomatoes squashes and melons. Methods include transplanting with undisturbed roots using soil filled turnips or sod squares and even small paper boxes to protect delicate seedlings before final out planting.
In Hollani bulb culture areas the first year soils are dug five to six inches deep with heavy cow manure and potatoes harvested. Bulbs are planted in autumn and beds kept covered with reeds until May. The second year gathers buds by midsummer and grass seeds are sown to halt soil drift, then bulbs are sown on the autumn sward.
The article advises feeding raw bone dust to pullets to accelerate early laying and strengthen legs. It warns that full bone pieces may stunt growth once laying begins and cautions exhibitors to avoid bone dust for exhibition birds, noting bone dust does not trigger laying.
The article advises hauling manure to fields while soil is hard or snowy. It warns that those who followed recent hints will have well conditioned manure ready for hauling now, while others may find it loose and unworked and use less manure for a while.
Cutting litter for stock into three inch or finer pieces increases moisture retention and produces finer manure while keeping animals cleaner. The improved manure quantity and time savings in handling can pay back the cost of a wind mill and a cutter for the job.
The article notes that common German sheep have 5 000 to 5 500 wool hairs per square inch, while pure bred Merino sheep show 46 000 to 48 000 hairs per square inch. Cross bred animals with a Merino ram on one side reach about 27 000 hairs per square inch.
An English farmer notes a fattening routine after two successful years. He soaks eight apothecaries of corn in ten pails of water for two days, simmers an hour, then mixes with fourteen pounds of coarse sugar and combines with hay or straw fodder for cattle or sheep fattening.
Horses hate solitude and become savage when kept alone. Goats should be kept in large stables because they face fire and horses will follow them out, though they would not go by themselves.
Increasing demand for Hoster's Stomach Bitters spreads among western mining and agricultural communities. It is valued by emigrants travelers sailors and outdoorsmen for protection against malaria and hardship and is famed for its bracing tonic effects and reliable reputation for steadiness.
Color your fabrics with home methods using wheat bran water for whitening and copperas and logwood for black shades. Tea and copper sulfate blend create iron toned hues while annatto dyes produce salmon tones. green emerges from yellow cloth dipped in blue dye.
An advertisement touts Brown's Bronchial Traches as highly effective for throat and chest ailments. It claims strong confidence in efficacy and notes the product preserves a well earned reputation.
The article urges dairymen to maintain a clean stable free of manure and odors, with absorbent materials and good ventilation. It stresses pure air, water, and feed, noting foul conditions taint milk and that cleanliness is indispensable to quality.
March garden work includes spreading well rotted manure on lawns, planning new paths drives and flower beds with a ground map, removing decaying roots from the cellar, and selecting seeds for annuals with early growth started in window boxes.
A deodorized petroleum extract named Carboline is advertised as perfected by chemists to restore hair on bald heads. The claim emphasizes safety from poisonous drugs and positions Carboline as a superior hair restorer and dressing.
Take cold roast beef sliced small and peppered with salt in a meat pie dish. Add chopped onion if desired, then stewed tomatoes, more pepper, and a thick layer of mashed potatoes. Bake slowly in a moderate oven until the top is light brown.
Take one pint of very thick cream and sugar with orange flower water. Boil. Beat ten egg whites with a little cold cream, strain, add to the boiling cream and stir until thick curd. Strain again through a hair sieve. Beat until cold, then serve in a dish.
The remains of cold roast or boiled beef are minced with a little fat and seasoned with salt pepper and chopped herbs. The mixture is enclosed in puff pastry and baked for about half an hour or longer if the roll is large. Patties may be made from cold meat using the same beef seasoning and puff paste.
The article explains that grafting can continue as buds nearly push leaf. If scions are left too late, planting them in soil keeps them viable for six weeks to two months. Bark then runs freely and they can be treated as buds, succeeding like buds from young summer shoots.
The Improved Rifle sold for six fifty by the Chichester Rifle Co of Jersey City is described as the best firearm bargain. It is praised as handsome, accurate for sport or target use, and a reliable gun readers cannot do better to secure.
For over a millennium the musk used in the mortar of Constantinople’s Mosque of St Sophia still permeates the building. The ancient perfume has endured through the centuries, puzzling scientists and conservators alike.
The Butter Improvement Co. of Buffalo New York advertises Gilt-Edge Butter Maker promising a 6 percent output increase a 20 percent quality boost and distance from competitors using the product. Twenty five cents worth of powder allegedly raises product value by about three dollars. Sold by grocers druggists and general store keepers. Send a stamp for the booklet.
A nearsighted old fortyniner laments how cowardice appears at home and boasts of traveling grit while admitting domestic weakness. A suburban resident, after a night out, sleeps among vegetables and jokes about guarding a hen’s nest, revealing earthy humor and streetwise bluntness.
A reader extols Dob bins' Electric Soap made by Cragin & Co. Philadelphia as essential, noting its purity and self performing cleaning power without relying on a washwoman, and urges others to try it.
A love-stricken youth pleads for his daughter's hand but is rejected by the stern father. The moment sparks a comic or tragic twist as the father casts the suitor out the back window, leaving the youth trembling.
On his return from India Brown described tiger-hunting as good sport when you hunt the tiger. He added that if the tiger turns the tables and hunts you, it has drawbacks.
A conscientious Greek professor scolds a sophomore for causing a disturbance in the classroom. He stops the student, places a hand on the shoulder, and declares in a dramatic tone that the devil has a hold on him. The moment captures tensions over discipline and study.
Citizens express firm preference for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup over new remedies for coughs and related ailments, noting strong public loyalty to the established product.
A child reviews her father's album in Vienna and asks about the Minister of Foreign Affairs Count Andrassy. The dialogue notes he appears older than claimed and questions his political majority.
MapaMEV loves dressing her daughter in clothes far too large, arguing she is still growing. She laments a dress she cannot fit as it is worn out, imagining it fit her just as it begins to.
A cactus plant will root on a stone window sill nourished by the promise of rain. Writers, who earn their living by writing, share a sympathetic interest in the cactus and its survival.
An advertisement claims VegeTine restores lifeless stagnant blood caused by weather or climate, lack of exercise, or poor diet. It asserts the medicine cleanses the stomach, regulates the bowels, removes putrid humors, and imparts vigor to the whole body.
A planned event in Boston seeks to showcase the entire cat category and related kits. Cat lovers are expected to be entertained by the forthcoming display and activities.
A reflection on emotions stating cheerful passions bring real riches while sorrow and gloom signify poverty. Hope and joy are treated as true wealth, contrasting with despair as a deficit in spirit.
A fragment notes that those who speak with great passion expose their own bluster, their threats aimed more at arming the speaker than at deterring others, and suggesting little real risk to the intended target.
A classroom exchange defines stump speakers as men who earn their living by the sweat of their tongue. The smart boy at the head of the class provides the prompt answer describing their trade as persuasive, recurring speech.
A compact provocation about harming others by financial dominance, warning against trampling people’s dignity when wealth or power looms large, urging restraint and respect.
A patron cites an old friend’s tip urging use of Dr Bull’s Baby Syrup to keep a baby bright and cheerful with an occasional dose.
A inventor creates a successful itch ointment and earns lasting recognition in a metaphorical temple of fame. The item highlights innovation and notable achievement in a medical or consumer product field.
Amone Whitehall uses butchered meat as barter, turning steaks into legal tender at par value in a local exchange scheme. Authorities investigate the odd currency practice and assess potential violations of currency laws.
The line warns against running errands in boots with nails, signaling caution to avoid harming the path or footwear. It emphasizes careful steps and seriousness in handling risky ground.
A brief note reports an unusual test named the fire find focusing on a watering place. Details remain fragmentary but suggest investigators explore contradictory aims. The item conveys curiosity about a safety measure amid unclear context.
The pills claim to relieve affections of the liver bowels and stomach. They are described as a general laxative that removes matter from the bowels and restores stomach liver secretions to a healthy condition.
An elderly merchant cites enduring success through steady, legitimate methods and six percent interest. The New York Life Insurance Company is described as ultra conservative, maintaining stability since 1873 with rising surplus and growing policies totaling over seventeen million dollars last year. The piece notes the company’s aim to keep risk at a steady level and to weather business cycles.
A retired East India Missionary aided physician offers a free remedy for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and other lung ailments along with nervous debility. The cure recipe is sent by mail in German French or English with full directions upon request to W. W. SaeRAR 149 Powers Block Rochester New York.
The article notes most powerful telescope discussions focus on accuracy of definition rather than mirror size. It highlights the United States Naval Observatory’s twenty six inch refractor as the finest, while Mr A A Common of England completes a reflector with a thirty seven and a half inch mirror, expected to surpass the American instrument in power based on early tests.
A German apiarist uses electricity to handle bees. The swarm is stunned as current passes through it and remains motionless for a quarter hour or more. No injury to the bees results.
A miscellany of 1870s scientific notes on Simmons Liver Regulator in yellow fever exposure, Italian Gazette on artificial oligiste, Vesuvius lava in salt solution, Shoemaker’s wax glacier models in Glasgow, Thomson’s wax for motion studies, railroads affecting rainfall near the Northern Pacific line, and soil rotation effects on long range shooting.
W P Ettrell of Dayton Alabama sends one dollar to P Neustaedter Co for one box of Anakesis external pile remedy. He praises the sample as a boon to hemorrhoidal humanity and notes free samples are sent to all sufferers by the manufacturers in New York.
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