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JUNE 28 
“ Rough on Rogues .” 
LOOKOUT 
ALMANAC 
LOOKING OUT FOR NUMBER ONE. 
JUNE. 
Monday •^' 00 ^ out f° r sharpers who are 
traveling through the country 
3'-'* selling groceries in wholesale lots. 
Three men, calling themselves, W. C. Fox, 
M. Barrett and A. J. Tipper, have just 
been arrested in Connecticut for unloading 
a lot of inferior goods on some farmers who 
had paid for high-quality goods. Look out 
for men who come through the country 
buying walnut logs. One man comes 
ahead and buys the logs and another fellow 
follows him and pays the money. The 
“paymaster” always has a lot of big bills 
—no change. You pay him the change and 
find to your sorrow that the big hill is a 
counterfeit I Deal with men that you 
know are honorable. On page 194 we de¬ 
scribed the “gold brick” fraud. It is a 
pleasure to learn that J. H. Sweeny, who 
swindled a New York farmer out of $7,040 
by this game, has been convicted. How 
should the foolish farmer be punished ? 
“ Frazier & Co. ” of this city, noticed last 
week, have been driven out of business. 
* * 
JULY, 
Tuesday kook outi 
J importance of 
your 
you realize the 
taking care of 
Statistics show that deafness is increasing 
at an alarming rate. The trouble is that 
busy people do not realize that their hear¬ 
ing is defective until it is too late to fully 
remedy the matter. Again, others do not 
realize that the inner ear is one of the 
most delicate structures in the human 
body. Now the above picture is a likeness 
of the ear of a deaf man. It looks all 
right; doesn’t it? The outer ear is all 
right, but the inner ear—the truly valu¬ 
able portion—is injured permanently. We 
frequently cause our own deafness, or in¬ 
flict the trouble upon others. A sharp box 
on the ear has ruined many a child’s hear¬ 
ing. A blow on the head or neck may 
cause deafness. Prize fighters are always 
deaf, it is said. Exposure to severe cold or 
to extreme heat without proper protection, 
poor food for children, neglected cases of 
catarrh, poking sticks and pins into the 
ears, throat troubles, and failure to keep 
the nose properly cleared, may all lead to 
deafness, and the discovery may not be 
made until too late. 
* • 
* 
Wpdnpcdav One reason for bringing up 
uouuoauaj ^ matterof dea fness is the 
2. fact that a great many people 
wish to know about the many “deafness 
cures” and “eardrums” that are adver¬ 
tised. Are they humbugs or is it worth 
while to invest money in them ? It is ab¬ 
solutely impossible for the average person 
to realize the intense desire of the deaf to 
recover their hearing. The deaf man is 
shut out from the world. He must become 
a philosopher or a sour, bitter individual, 
hateful to himself and everybody else. No 
wonder he is ready to grasp at a straw and 
try everything that promises to help him. 
The writer has tried many of the patent 
appliances for aiding the hearing, and has 
been examined and operated upon by 
Bkilled aurists. The appliances are all 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
based upon the theory of haagnifying the 
power of the sound waves. In some it is 
a little metal tube with a slender spiral at 
the center which fits into the ear. Another 
form is a small, thin plate of rubber with 
a slender wire attached to its center. The 
rubber rests upon the drum of the ear and 
the little wire sticks out of the ear-opening. 
The most effective appliance seems to be a 
large rubber fan with a metallic rim which 
is held between the teeth. With this ap¬ 
pliance many deaf people can hear quite 
well, though the effect upon the nervous 
system is bad and public attention is always 
directed to the user of the fan. It may be 
said that most of the contrivances sold will 
afford partial relief in certain cases of 
deafness. Buying them at random with¬ 
out knowing what they are like is a hap¬ 
hazard business. It Is also a question 
whether many of these contrivances, while 
affording temporary relief, will not, in the 
end, work an injury. While it is to be 
hoped that our inventors may at some 
future day devise an “eardrum” that 
will be as helpful to weak ears as our 
modern spectacles are to weak eyes, it must 
be admitted that at present such an instru¬ 
ment is only a possibility. 
♦ 
* * 
Thursday 8 rea t danger lies in the 
* various “deafness cures” so 
3* prominently advertised. Treat¬ 
ing the eye and the ear is probably the 
most skillful part of the medical profession. 
It is the easiest thing in the world for a 
bungling “ quack ” to ruin one’s eyesight 
or hearing. Most doctors pretend to know 
all about the ear, while in reality most of 
them are woefully ignorant regarding it. 
When first troubled with deafness, the 
writer was foolish enough to try the remedy 
of every boastful quack, such as blistering 
the neck and pouring skunk’s oil and other 
substances into the ear. He believes this 
did much to prevent a cure by legitimate 
and rational methods. Look out for the 
wandering “ ear doctor.” Don’t under any 
circumstances let any man operate on your 
ears except a skillful specialist and don’t 
send for “ deafness cures.” 
Friday Look out that you realize the true 
1 significance of this day. It is the 
4* “ Glorious Fourth.” Why glorious; 
how glorious? These are questions for you 
to have in mind when you explain to your 
boy why this day is celebrated as it is. 
Look out that you do your full share in the 
work of perpetuating the principles for 
which our ancestors fought. We need an¬ 
other Revolution—one without bloodshed 
this time—that will shake up the wrongs 
that oppress the poor and helpless. Revolu¬ 
tionize yourself first and then move on the 
world. 
Saturday Says a friend, in New Jersey: 
* “ Look out for the item that is 
O* going the rounds—* Strong brine 
poured on onions will prevent the ravages 
of worms.’ Yes, indeed, it willl Sure 
remedy 1 The result is that there are no 
onions left for the worms. It kills them, 
every time. Common sense has taken a 
vacation where that remedy is tried.” 
Look out for gentlemen who want you to 
sign an agreement like the following. It 
may be all right, but we propose to keep 
out of it. This is an exact copy of the 
agreement: 
• * Post Office. Date.189.. 
I hereby order of.bushels of 
THE NATIONAL SEED CO.’S EARLY SWEDISH 
OATS, which I agree to sow on.acres of land, to 
properly cultivate, harvest and thrash the crop, 
keeping the same free from mixture with other oats, 
and to deliver one-half the entire yield to.. 
at. free of charge, on or before No¬ 
vember 1st, ’90. 
I further agree not to sell my share of the crop, or 
uny part thereof, for less than $1.50 per bushel, prior 
to June 1st, 1891.” 
Poultry Yard. 
TREATMENT FOR ROUP. 
C. H., Aspen, Colorado .—Can the Rural 
or its readers tell me what ails my young 
chicks, and what to do for them? On being 
let out in the morning, they will run for 
water and drink until they vomit, and 
longer if the water is not removed. They 
will gasp for breath and seem to breathe 
with great difficulty. The next morning 
one or both eyes will be glued shut, and 
must be washed before the bird can see. 
Swellings appear under the eyes. They 
live from three to five days after the first 
attack. The disease seems to be very con¬ 
tagious. Their house is cleaned and aired 
daily. I have lost nearly 100 chicks from 
this ailment. 
AN8WERED BY P. H. JACOBS. 
The symptoms indicate roup, caused 
probably by colds and dampness, or by 
contact with adult fowls having the dis¬ 
ease. In chicks it sometimes affects the 
bowels. Excessive thirst is induced by a 
feverish condition. The swelling of* the 
eyes indicates that the cause may have 
been draughts of air. The disease is very 
contagious and difficult to cure, as medi¬ 
cines cannot be administered except by 
handling the affected fowls, which is 
laborious. The homoeopathic remedy, 
Spongia 15, is probably the best and most 
easily administered. Dissolve 20 of the 
pellets in a pint of water, and give no 
other water to drink. If it is difficult to 
procure the pellets, mix a tea-spoonful of 
spirits of turpentine with a quart of corn- 
meal, and feed. Anoint the eyes with a 
drop of the turpentine and sweet oil mixed. 
Scatter air-slaked lime freely over coops 
and runs. 
NOTES. 
Constant Vigilance is the Price 
of Chickens. —Not of little ones, however, 
their lives from the nest to the end of the 
first few weeks of their existence are not 
very eventful; but to insure that they 
shall grow large and healthy, and avoid all 
the “ accidents” that chickenhood is liable 
to, in the. shape of depredations of dogs, 
cats, rats, minks, skunks and a host of 
enemies, is a matter of watchfulness and 
care that only those who are interested in 
poultry raising can fully appreciate. In 
the first place, have for drinking vessels no 
water pans that are deep enough to drown 
a chick, unless a brick or stone is put in 
each to aid the chicks in getting out. Do 
not place the coops so near a fence or build¬ 
ing that chicks getting into tight places 
may become wedged fast. Do not let them 
out on grass very early in the morning 
when the dew is heavy. Feed regularly, 
and watch for enemies. H. H. 
“Ten Pounds Per Pair.”— In the 
poultry column, page 394, it is stated that 
ducks at eight to 10 weeks of age weigh 10 
pounds each I This must be an error of the 
printer, as no such weight can be attained 
and no writer would make the statement. 
[The writer did make the statement.— Eds.] 
Ten pounds to the pair is grand weight at 
eight weeks of age, and some of the best 
ducks I ever saw were shipped at 12 pounds 
when 10 weeks old. The largest and 
heaviest matured Pekins were shown at 
N. Y., last winter, by F. Rowland, Wood- 
bridge, N. J. They weighed 21}£ pounds to 
the pair. Mr. R. proposes to reach 24 
pounds next season. J. H. D. 
Concerning Gape-Proof Chicks.—I 
wonder if I haven’t made a discovery 1 I 
notice that my chickens of the large breeds 
are affected by the gapes only enough to 
make them sneeze, while those of small 
breeds have the disease in the worst form, 
and are prone to die. All are running to¬ 
gether, and while I have lost 40 of the 
small breeds, not one of the large breeds has 
died. Why ? I think it is because of the 
size of the windpipe. My idea is that if we 
can grow chicks with large windpipes they 
will prove gape-proof. Who controverts 
this? L. C. M. 
A Note from C. S. Cooper.—I prefer the 
Wyandottes to any other fowls for raising 
chicks. I consider them to be superior to 
all other breeds. I have never fed pop 
corn; cracked corn is, in my judgment, 
superior. The Golden Wyandotte and 
White Plymouth Rock breeds are now 
taking the lead of all other kinds that I 
know of, and promise to sell well in the 
future. 
Farmers as Hen Turkies.— The follow¬ 
ing beautiful story is going the rounds of 
the press. Why not let the directors at 
some of our experiment stations try this 
and report? “Early last spring a turkey 
hatched a large brood of young. The 
farmer who owned the hen and brood 
placed a bell on the mother, and the young, 
after they ceased to instinctively loll’ow 
their feathered parent, by force of habit 
continued to follow the bell. The farmer, 
observing this, took the bell from the hen, 
and when he hoed his tobacco tied it about 
his own neck. The young turkeys then fol¬ 
lowed him up one row and down another, 
eating the worms from the plants. They 
did the work of five men and saved the 
crop.” 
Somebody says that an egg can be pre¬ 
served for 10 years. What farmer wants 
this recipe? An egg should be eaten as 
soon as laid. Good hens want no help 
from “preserving agents.” 
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