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extent that the managers sent a map
ut to look over the prospect and
flthat agent was paralyzed with aston
ishment at what he saw. He hasten
ed back and reported, and in a few
weeks thousands of settlers were col
electing bones and hauling them to
railroad points. These bones were
tricked up along the sidetracks await
ing carp for shipment east, and these
"ricks were astonishingly large.
Perhaps the very last shipment of
bones from a' Nebraska point was
made from Wallace as late as 1887.
'Wallace is on the "high line" of the
Burlington from Holdrege, Neb.,
b through Julesburg, Colo., to Denver.
f, The "high line" tapped the last re
ft maining portion of Nebraska that had
f? not been scoured for bones, and of
tnis section Wallace was the natural
shipping point. In the fall of 1887
the writer went through Wallace,
and it was then and there he saw a
rick of bones that amazed him, but
which was,, according to an "old set
tler," just "nothin' compared t' what
we have had when there was plenty
o' bones in- this section." But still
it was "some bones," for all that.
This rick was about fifty feet wide
at the base and twenty feet high at
the apex, and the writer, whose leg
measurement is thirty-two inches
took just 228 long steps in walking
from one end to the other.
"O, 1 guess we'vd shipped seven
or eight hundred carloads o'
them infernal bones out o' here,"
said the station agent when queried
on the subject. "I'm mighty glad
that we've seen about the last of
them. It makes profitable freight, I
suppose, but, don't you know, the
sight o' so many glistening bones, re
flecting the rays o' the moon on a
clear night, is too darned ghastly to
suit me."
"I .should think they would bo
rather nasty to handle sort o'
smelly -and all -that-sort of thing."
"Not a. bit of it," replied the sta
tion agent. "So far as cleanliness is
concerned they are. the cleanest kind
o' freight. And there isn't a bit of
odor about them. Why, those bones
have been bleaching in the sun and
washing clean in the rains for years
on end. They were picked clean by
coyotes before the'flesh on 'em had
grown cold and all the meat a coy
ote leaves on a bone wouldn't smell
a bit. No, sir; it isn't the odor, nor
it isn't the uncleanliness that sets
me against 'em, fdr they haven't a
bit of either it's just the ghaBtliness
of the whole thing. ,Ugh! It makes
my flesh creep just to talk about
them, let alone handling them."
"Has the work of collecting them,
been profitable to the settlers?"
"I guess it has they have hauled
'em in here for twenty and thirty
miles around, just like they would
corn, if they had any corn to haul.
I believe the price has ranged ifrom
,$3.50 to $6 a ton the lower price
being paid when bones were plenty
and near at hand, and the higher
price as the bones grew scarce and
the haul long. While the men folks
are at work breaking sod. or culti
vating their crops, the women folks
and the kids are collecting the bones.
On Saturday the wagon Is filled full
o' bones and the family perches on
top and drives to town. The bones
are weighed just like grain, and the
buyer pays by check. I guess the
wives of these settlers don't call it
'pin money.' I wouldn't I'd call it
'bone money.' "
"What will the railroad haul out
when the bone industry is dead?"
"O, as the bones get scarcer the
corn gets more plentiful, so I reckon
the road, will have a return haul, all
right."
During tho time mentioned above
unpolished buffalo horns could have
been bought by the thousands of
pairs at from five to ten cents per
pair. Today they would bring from
two to three dollars per pair pol
ished, or half that amount unpolish
ed.. But there are no moro buffalo
bones upon the plains of Nebraska
and Kansas. They have fertilized
the enfeebled soil of the less fertile
east, and this is the only good, so
far as any one knows, that grew out
of the cruel and useless slaughter
of these noble beasts during the de
cade between 1870 and 1880.
NOTHING IN A NAME
President Nicholas Brown, for
whom Brown University was named,
was fond of quizzing small boys. One
day while walking in the streets of
Providence, he came upon a little
fellow who attracted his notice.
"How do you do, my boy?" Bald
the president. "What is your name?"
"My name Is Harry, sir," replied
the child.
"Harry, is it?" returned President
Brown. "And did you know the evil
one is often called Old Harry?"
"Why, no, sir," answered the boy.
"I thought he was called Old Nick."
San Francisco Star.
A PROTEST
Papa was about to apply the strap.
"Father," said Willie firmly, "unless
that instrument has been properly
sterilized I desire to protest.
This gave the old man a pause.
"Moreover," continued Willie,
"the germs that might be released
by the violent Impact of leather upon
a porous textile fabric, but lately ex
posed td the dust of the streets,
would be apt to affect you deleterl
ously." As the strap fell from a nerveless
hand Willie sloped. San Francisco
Star.
ECONOMY
A refreshing example of true de
mocracy is shown In Indiana, where
Governor Marshall, whom the dem
ocrats elected last November, has
"set down" on a proposition to erect
a $160,000 executive mansion. Gov
ernor Marshall declares that a house
costing $12,000 to $20,000 is plenty
good enough for him, and more In
keeping with the gubernatorial sal
ary. If we had more Marshalls in
Washington there would bo less gilt
and glitter, and better government,
in the national capitol. Liberal Enterprise.
WEARY
She What do you want?
He A pennorth 0' pudden.
She Plain or plum?
He Plain.
She Hot or cold? -
He Hot.
She Have it 'ere, or take it wiy
yer?
He 'Ere.
She Fork or fingers?
He (wearily) O blow yer pudden!
Gimme 'am! The Bystander.
THE NEED OF STRENGTH
I long to reach the 'heights sublime
To taste the sweetness of success;
I pray to have the strength to climb,
To claim the joy of worthiness;
But if I may not play a' part
Such as the greatly gifted can,
Lord, let me have the strength of
heart
To bear my burden like a man.
I long to be among the few
Whom sorrow ever passes by.
To share the blessings given to
The ones for whom proud banners
fly;
But if I must pursue my way
Among the ones that humbly strive
Lord, let me have- the strength, I
pray,
To bravely keep- my hopes alive.
S. E. Kiser In Chicago Record-Herald.
Other Cream Separators
Merely Discarded or Aban
doned De Laval Inventions
It Is interesting and instructive to know that nearly, If not quite, every
cream separator that tias ever been made, and certainly all that are boing
made at this time, are merely copies or imitations of somo typo of construc
tion originally invented or developed by tho Do Laval Company, and either
not used by it because of something1 moro practical or elso discarded and
abandoned in tho course of Do Laval progress and utilization of later im
provements. As earlier patents have expired some of their features have one after an
other been taken up by different imitators, so that at all times, as is tho
case today, every cream separator made In tho United States or olsowhoro
in the world, utilizes somo typo of construction originally owned and de
veloped by the Do Laval Company, though some of them have never been
commercially used by the De Laval Company because of their Inferiority to
other types of construction used by it.
All, cream separator inventions by others have been of Immaterial details
or variations, upon which patents have been taken, if at all, moro for tho
sake of the name than by reason of any real value or usefulness attaching
to them.
But tho De Laval Company has always been forging ahead, with Its many
years of experience and the best of experts and mechanics the whole world
affords in Its employ, so that before any expiring patent might permit tho
use of any feature of construction by imitators tho Do Laval Company had
already gone so much beyond that typo of construction that it was then
old and out-of-dato in tho modern De Laval machines.
The first practical continuous flow centrifugal Cream Separator was tho
invention of Dr. Gustaf de Laval in 1878, tho American patent application
being filed July 31, 1879, and Issuing as Letters Patent No. 247,804 Octo
ber 4, 1881.
This was the original Cream Separator of the "Hollow" or empty bowl
type and it has been followed front year to year by tho various steps of
cream separator improvement and "development, all'De Laval made or owned
inventions, the American patent applications being filed and letters patent
issued as follows:
The original hand Cream Separator of tho "Bevel Gear" typo; application
filed October 2, 1886, issuing as Letters Patent No. 350,990 February 1,
1887.
The original hand Cream Separator of tho "Spur Gear" type; application
filed January 17, 1887, issuing as Letters Patent No. 368,328 August 16,
1887.
The original Steam Turbine-driven Cream Separator; application filed
December 8, 1886, issuing as Letters Patent No. 379,690, March 20, 1888.
The original ."Tubular" shaped "hollow" bowl Cream Separator; applica
tion, filed April 19, 1886, issuing as Letters Patent No. 372,788 November
8, 1887.
The original "Disc" bowl Cream Separator; application filed May 12,
1890, issuing as Letters Patent No. 432,719 July 22, 1890.
The original vertical "Blade" Cream Separator bowl, covered likewise by
application filed May 12, 1890, issuing as Letters Patent No. 432,719
July 22, 1890.
The original "Bottom Feed" Cream Separator bowl; application filed
July 24, 1889, issuing as' Letters Patent No. 445,066 January 20, 1891.
The original series of "Star" or "Pineapple Cone" shaped cylinders
Cream Separator bowl; application filed August 24, 1893, Issuing as Letters
Patent No. 521,722 June 19, 1894.
The original "Curved" or "Converging Disc" typo of Cream Separator
bowl; application filed January 18, 1905, issuing as Letters Patent No.
892,999 July 14, 1908.
The original "Split-Wing" Tubular Shaft Cream Separator bowl; appli
cation filed April 29, 1898, issuing as Letters Patent No. 640,358 January 2,
1900 which Invention, with a number of later improvements, Is the typo
of bowl construction used in the De Laval machines of today, still covered by
protecting patents which prevent its appropriation by would-be competitors.
The patents thus enumerated are but a few of the more important of
the more than 500 original CreamSeparator patents owned, controlled and
developed by the De Laval Company during its thirty years of creation and
development of the Cream Separator industry throughout the world. They
are recited because they show in the most illustrative and conclusive
manner possible De Laval originality and leadership from 1878 to the
present day.
In addition to these patent-protected features, the De Laval machines
have within two years been mechanically re-deslghed and re-constructed in
every part, from top to bottom, so that the now 1908-1909 line of De Laval
machines are today, even more than at any past period, fully ten years in
advance of any other cream separator made.
These are the Rock-of-Gibraltar-Hke facts against which the mere "word
claims" of would-be competitors fade away like the mists of night before
the rays of the morning sun.
The De Laval Separator Co.
42 E. Macisom Street
CHICAGO
1213 & 1215 Filoebt St.
PHILADELPHIA
DnUMM & SACftAuEHTO Sts.
SAN FRANCISCO
General Offices:
165-167 Broadway,
NEW YORK
173-177 William Street
MONTREAL
14 &. 16 Princcu Street
WINNIPEG
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PORTLAND, OREG.
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