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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1898
Page
2
The coach arrives late as Long Jim’s spree draws attention. Sullivan greets a new guest while secretly eyeing Redmount station and Mr Hall, amid a smoky tavern scene with a drunken patron moved outside and Baynes entering with mail bags.
In the night at Redmount station a drinking stranger asks about Robert Luke, claiming to be his brother William Luke and bearing a May 25 letter stating Luke’s disappearance that day. Baynes delivers a Sydney letter then prepares to leave at once, mentioning hostile finances and urgent dispatch.
Baynes, leaving his post with his wife, plans a rapid horseback journey of about six hundred miles aided by two of his own horses. He faces opposition from Mr. Bell yet gains consent and prepares to depart at dawn. A man arrives at Sullivan's claiming his brother Luke, linked to a prior disappearance, has had a drinking fit and wishes to see Mr. Hall.
The United States statutes punish defacing post boxes with a 1000 dollar fine or two years in prison. Philadelphia postmaster Hicks urged repainting efforts after finding mail receptacles dirty and scratched. A 40 day project will repaint 3250 boxes and 300 package receptacles with silvery gray phosphorus paint, watched by plainclothes officers.
A feature highlights successful farmers running the dairy and poultry division of the farm. It notes the small but steady attention to live stock and poultry, illustrating practical husbandry and daily routines in farm management.
The Dairy World address by the Dairy Instructor for Bute County Council emphasizes milking cleanly. It explains the udder’s two chambers, argues for milking on a single chamber at a time, and warns that common two-chamber milking harms udder form and lowers cow value.
Hoards Dairyman notes milk value and cow quality determine profitability. A 2 325 quart cow yields about 5 000 pounds of 3 ¾ to 4 percent milk, worth 69 75 at three cents per quart, leaving a potential $29 75 profit after feed when managed by one man per fifteen cows. Farmers should question cow quality breeding and business effort to raise better cows.
D H Otis of Kansas Agricultural College reports on milk samples from dairy workers placed in long glass tubes. After hours the dirt content varied, with some samples nearly clean and others forming a dirt ring at the bottom. He notes dirt can dissolve in milk if mishandled, stressing utmost cleanliness and opposing water adulteration and dirt contamination alike.
A Phillipsburg man’s hotel guests watch a curious natural history scene as a hen hatches a duckling from a mixed nest. A chick refuses to swim, drawn back to shore by the mother’s discipline, then pushed toward the pond with a sharp quack.
An old duck attempts to teach a chicken to swim after rescuing it from water. She makes half a dozen lessons, all ending in failure. Boarders bet on the outcome, with some predicting the chicken will drown and others trusting the duck to succeed.
A writer recounts attempting to feed hens with pounded crockery as grit. Broken saucer, axe and hatchet lie nearby. Hens ignore the crockery, attack scattered wheat instead, and the crockery remains on the feeding boards for weeks without being used.
The hen acts as an economical adjunct to the farm by harvesting weed and grass seeds and insects, converting varied forage into a marketable product. Unlike horse or cow feed, the hen’s food has no fixed market value yet yields significant profit as she gleans after harvest and consumes pests.
An exchange notes milk is a superior complete food for faying hens though it is mostly water. It cannot fully substitute meat because hens can drink only limited milk. Milk should be given alongside meat for mineral content and convenience.
The article notes eggs as a primary cash crop for farmers with strong local demand and rising production. It also reports factory made butter output in New South Wales reaching a record 29,409,966 pounds for the year ending March 31, with 80 percent from factories and exports of 6,526,673 pounds valued at £258,725, while cheese output declined to 3,927,168 pounds in 1897-98.
A writer argues winter ventilator drafts kill chicks and older birds. He cites a breeder with a large basket of newborns kept under a blanket beside a window to draw fresh air. The piece warns against excessive ventilation while stressing the need for clean air without chilling the birds.
Dr. Pritchard of the Royal Veterinary College argues that the check rein is a serious cruelty. It interferes with breathing injures the mouth induces paralysis and causes stumbling. All veterinary surgeons condemn it.
General John W. Foster, adviser to Li Hung Chang during the Japanese Chinese peace talks, reports receiving a letter from the Oriental Statesman stating that all recent changes in China are for the better.
Among President Mc Joy's mother's papers a copy of her reply to a letter asking how she raised her children was found. She said she had six children and her own work to do, but she did simply the best she could.
The Bookman recalls a Scots professor who praised athletic exercise and cites a claim about Roman youths swimming the Tiber. A witty exchange follows with Mr. McAllister noting the youths likely left their clothes on the wrong side after the swim.
The text promotes Grain-O a pure grain coffee substitute claiming gentle on delicate stomachs and indistinguishable from coffee. It highlights low cost about 15 and 25 cents per package and suggests children may drink it for benefit. It also notes tainted reputations emit bad odor and comments on gender differences.
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