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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
SSZ3S&f Rr iv ? Vlr""Vt," AlMn'w,Vt,,W,"flWIwwi A Question I mm Antic l u ni iiil of tunnv mood I'luni pouting tip to l.uiKhlnc; She'll iwootlv onlle wltli wltriiltiK ku' K T i r i i Aim tiii'it termini unti ciuiintiK To d.i, "lie's I.imkiiiuiiiic ofi. ami kind, Toiiioiiow mlil iiml formal Ami n I rn ii t iiuiki' tip hi tn'iliil WliK h mood of all In tioriiuil. Hit Ihi i Ih koIiI li'T clioi ks nrr fair I'm) do nut i lilillM )nu ree. mi 1 It r i M'K an blue utiil iiift ami trito At trail tin1, ict'in tn ln so " t nit 1 auk iiiycHf win in' To nun i ami be ilimi sir, i ri it mlKttiti ltui' Hlti' i ni inj KlrN in urn Mir - New Voik lteiu'd wwwwvrtiytfrf'wjjvMW(w OpMIKllt Slmrtxtorj The bnieness of the loft) fioscoed f mom hal been tclievcd b hangings it ancient tapestry whcio was por t.ijliI n dim green tints as of on lepths, .he storj of Clice. Swinging i nips and ellov candles, thick n a nan's wrist, in tall, ecclesiastical enn I'esticks, east a soft light o'er the lombre antique furniture. Groat orasi .owls of ted rosos made spla-dits of olor In the deep shadow In a high carved ann-chiiir, bv the Iron wood (lie a woman sat listen tig and waiting She wore a loose town of a (-oft, diaphanous maleiial, i hose whiteness was tin own Into io- 6f by the mnntle of black fut, just ilipjilng from her shouldets She her Hf, was of a stiange t.vpe of beaut.v, he clear pallor of her skin, like the letnl of a white io-p. being In vld ontinst . ith her Jet black hair and link ocs She might have served it personify night. After i time she move and i:i"i'd lie loom restlessl.v. p.iusim; a' the Ireat tapestried bed to tin n dowti tno 'oveilet, i.nd to touch with hoi lips in Instant the violets Just beneatl the ibony-nii't-ivory ciuclll. at the bd's it ad. Then she drew aside the our i 'is of i window, and looked out lor I moinen. on the moonlit gaiden aid if m the llgl ts of riorence. far below In he vnll.'y. The.v hud lived in the lill.i nlrer.il tluee months sh" and icr husband, et In that time they lad vlsltel the beautiful clt lint once lie was absorbed In his chemical c leiinionis, and she was absorbed la ttm She hoard his step now In the cor tiuor, nni bei htnit leaped viln ex rcctancy. lie entered and Mood for a luiment ii. the shadow, a .voinutul Iguio stl'l, desplto his bent shoal-iois ind furrowed brow, and the look of Ige impaited by the skull-cap and long 'urred coat which ho wore. 4 Tor a moment she could not sen nhnt ho carried In his amis, bit she livlned ftom his all of exaltation that ils latent cxpcilnient had been suc 'essful. s he ciossed the loom a tiaceful llgnre In her long white -Ira-torios. he held out to her his precious )iinkn, twelvo coal-black loses. Shu rave a cry of delight "Oh. ..ow beautiful! iBasIl, how- lid von do If.'" He smiled as he watfhed her ciiois Ihe ebony petals with her wilto linger dps and bnish theh soft blackness tgainst 'he pale oval of her cheek. K "Tliat I cannot tell nnv one -xen rou! You wished for a black -o-o. Your husband i's a magician." he unit m playfully, "and .von have jour ienrt's dLshe!" She sank into the armchnli by tne 5re, the loses on her lap. a dark mass igainst the delicate tlt-sites of her obe. Here and there the lliellght aught the Inteiibe gieen of the on :hanged foliage. "What aie they like?" she cried. Holding one against her face. Thoy ire witch-flowers now. uueannv mid light things Ah! 1 know. Thev ,ra iVo the win of Lucrela Borgia. Her husband adjusted the black fur aiantlo about her shoulders. "No, no. ou must not call them ugly names, Hweethenit, for 1 mean them 'o persomfj ou You aie a dark ose with our midnight hair and tj es " " Hit hist wle cine HluniP'' Ah. Ihe poet aever thought of such a How "You have your heart's desire!" fr. I'm sine. Thoy misnamed mo who railed mo Robamond. But tell me. Dasimi'l ou have to mlnglo n great roanvr-ilsons to produce this effect?" "Yes, a great many. But thej have annulled each other, though they de- xi. ,. S i-. of Law mb i - 'W rsmyi rrxzm:sGUZ (All rights ii "orved ) ettojod the rose perfume In the nioc ess" "The loss Is slight. I lovo them, these black roses. They fasclnnte me. Suppose I should decorate the wayside shrine with them at the gat den gate!" "The peasants would stone ou for a v.ltch, 1 fear. No, Rosamond, I eep them In jour bed-chamber." "I shall put them by my bed now, and llii-j lor Snntii7za to take away tl ose other lloweib. I want mv black loses to lelgn nlone." She crossed the room, and fiom an inlaid cabinet took out a fantastically caned vnso of llch green mula-'hlte In this she arranged the roses. 'How heavy they are! One would th. nk they vveie overburdened. How v.ell thoy suit the vase! They .iliull give me rare dreams! You are not going back to the laboratorj ? It Is pist midnight. Isn't this achievement enough for one day?" "Deni est, I have another experiment still uncompleted, (lo to join lest and dream of vour roses." He kissed her and went awa.v, his foothteps echoing along the stone cor ildor tliat led to the Inboiatorv She f-n etched herself upon tho bed, nnd What was this In the bed! lav for -i long time between sleeping and waking, the light from a swinging lamp falling acioss her face, one heavy black rose Just brushing the pure whiteness of her cheek. Her husband worked In his Inborn tor until the morning sun was gilding the domes and towers of Florence. Tired out at last, b a prolonged and unsuccessful experiment, he ieft his work to go to his bedroom. As he passed his wife's room he saw that the door was ajar. Ho reached out a hand to close it, lest the morning sounds tluough tho house should dis turb her; but In the act he caught a glimpse ot something ny her bed which made him turn faint with a sud den nameless horror. The ro'-es in the malachite vnc had become white again, and were gleaming ghostlv In the pale radiance of the swinging lamp. Knowing the nature of tho poi sons Imprisoned -ho hud thought for everIn the black roses, a terrible tear possessed him. In inaHng their escape from tho!,e petnls, now of Inno cent pnllor, where had Ihe.v gone! "Hosaniond!" His voice shook as ho callel h.er name. Tlieio was no nnswer ' Rosamond! Rosamond!" His tones wcie now loud and ton 1 lied No answer came fiom the daik shadow of the bed. Ho tliew nearer, cold with apprehension. Something very black was outlines against the whiteness of the linen. A gieat hor tor sickened him For an Instant ho paused, shaking as with ague. Ho dared not go nearer, dared not look What wii3 this in tho bed! By i su premo effort he renched tho window curtnln, and pulled It nblde. Tho morning light streamed In, revoallnR tho form of his wife, qulto dead, and black as Ii caivcd out of ebony. Do Not Whine. Someone has said: "Whining Is poor business; It Identifies jou at once us the under dog, and does not get jou any sjmpathy, ufter all." Tho man who whines confesses his weak ness, his Inability to match Ills en vironment It is too much for him. He cannot command tho situation. All he can do Is to kick and complain, The habitual whlner never gets nny where, never accomplishes anj thing. Cigarette Trust Reaches Out. The elgatette trust wnnts to collect J7.ri00.000 from .Mexico for the use of Jls patented machines. Directors Were Dumbfounded. Once thi'rc was a rich nmn-n very ilrli man who wanted to do some thing handsome for u struggling inati ttitlott of learning. Ho cnllcd the directors together ami 8nl(l to them: '(tontlomon, I purpose giving J""' Institution 5,000,000 " 'Hut," thoy said, after they had re covered from their surprise, "It .sill be Impossible for us to raise the $10. 000,000 that will be needed In order to secure jour munificent gift." "You will not need to rnUe tiny $10 0110.000," he replied; "the donation will be unconditional." "Then the money will bo Invested In bonds or io.il estate, we piosume. and we shall be nllowed to use the in come In electing new buildings and paving i unnitig expenses; me mi grumbling, hard-heailed hasty, bate-t'i'l- Uul. hectoilug. hntiid bullish," humor "Not at all." responded the rich , milWt iniboiul. Ill imttnoil linplacable, man. 'The gift will be In cash, to be niitteiitle. Incoitlgle, Inllexlble, luju-u-ed In anv wa) ou please, and when . i Ioim, Insolvent, inliactable, Irascible, It Is all gone theie will be another , hoftil, Jealous keen, loathsome tnagot- r..U(i0.t)00 at .voui disposal, geuueiiiuii If ou have spent the Hist sum wise ly." The dluciois consulted together In whlstiers and then ipiletly bent for nu olllcei The man evidently wns Insane. Her Reward. "The brute," exclaimed the bride ol a j cat "Have a nip of tea, dear," said her fondest friend, "and tell mo nil about 11. What has he been doing now?" Yon know 1 told jou ho has been encoui aging me In lonmlng to cook; has pialscd mv nice little entrees, takes me to the theaters as an occa sional lew aid and all that." "No good ground for a separation in that, I Ininglne," said the dearest friend, with slight sarcasm "Your svmpathy Is worse thnn your tea" retorted the bilde. who was ob viously out or sorts. "Hut I'm going to tell vou, nnvwny. Not long ago ho piomlsed me a surprise If I would turn out a nice dinner cooked all by inj self, fiom soup to coffee, l-'ist night 1 did so. Hver thing pleased him. "'.Mv prt, he remarked, '1 believe I promised vou a surprise on un occa sion like this.' "'Yes, darling,' 1 answered. 'Oh, do toll me what It Is?' "'I shall dl'-chatgo the cook at tho end of the month,' ho said." One Scoffer Was There. "Want to see the finest work of art In this place9" asked a French Join nallst at tho Austilan building Tours da afternoon. We're alwajs wanting to see, o wo followed. Ho led us to a picture all done In greens and blacks. It was that of a girl asleep over a loom. Light seemed to bo shining through tho green blind that screened the win dow just hovond the loom. Tho color the light took from tho blind was on everj thing In the loom the head of the girl, the cloth of her loom, and the great loom Itself. The cfiett was as If the picture were on glass behind which shono an electric ll&ht. it is the work of Svarlsky, well known In Kuropean art circles. Wo looked, we admired; we talked of the ability of e. man who, with two colors only, could do such work. One there was who disagreed. When our excl'imatlons were done he mado but one comment: "Splnnagc." But he was hushed and hurried away. St. Louis I'ost-DlHpntoh. Dr. Parkhurst Guided the Guide. The llcv. Charles II. Parkhurst goes to Swlteilnnd every year for his summer holidajs and climbs the Alps. Ho has ninny friends among the Swiss guides, whom he warmly admires. "Only once did I know one of these men fait in his duty," he said to a friend the other day. "I took him to guide me on an ascent, nnd was much suipilsed that he did not insist on m curving a big flask of brandy for the party, as the guides usually do. "But I soon found out tho reason. He was hopelessly drunk already, and after he had staggered half a mile up the slope he sat down on a rock, look ing utterly bewildered, and confessed that he didn't know where he was or where to lead me. He had been over the ground a thousnnd times, but ' had to guide tne guide home." Reckon WeMI Git Thar Ylt. mi. alunjs a-sajln', when troubl He come rouir. 'I i pi Mm wn II Kt tlmr ylt I Ain't inmiKli r.iln for a lllv to druwn Rocknii we'll Rlt thnr lt! Its JihI In in in niitur' lo giowl un' turn- plain r.utht't liuvi siuHilric than oceans 'o tain ISiit iplte o' wild wmtlur, I'm tcllln' jou pin I n Id'tkou we'll Kit tlinr lt!" An' wo rallied that cnunsd tho roiiKh way hIoiik "lti Icon we'll rlt tlmr lt"' It IlKhtrnul the burden made sorrow a we'll Kit thnr jll!" Il wur only u toilet in bloom an' In lilllht With Hope's star a-shlnln', full blnze. In his KlKllt. But he lmikid to the light, frlendn-liu looked to the Unlit 'lliikon we'll Kit tlmr jit'" 1'iaiik Stanton In Atlanta Constitution. Student Knew His Bible. Prof. Theodore C. Mltchlll, head teacher of English In tho Brookljn high school, often entertains his friends with stories, tho following be ing ono of the most recent: "I was lnjing down tho law to a lot of fellows in the second," says Prof. Mltchlll, "and happened to illustrate mj remarks by a Biblical allusion. "'Keeping jou In does no good,' said I. 'I nm going to heat tho fur naco seven times hotter, as they did with Shadrach, Meshach and Abed ntgo Ho jou remember their case?' "'Sure!' snld tho fresh ono of tho class. 'And the fire never hurt them a bit!'" New York Times. AN ALPHABETICAL PHOTOGRAPH. One Woman's eloquent Word Palntlnj, of Her Husband. This woman composed the follow ing vocabulary to express the chatac ter of a husband, from her own epe tlence. nnd which proves how copious our language Is on that at tide- He It-, said she, an nhhoried, abominable, acrimonious, angt.v, itirogant austere, uwkwnid, hat batons, bitter, bliistoilng, bolstotoiis, hoorlslt, btnwllng, brutal, hiilljlng, eapilclous captious, cateless, clioletlc, chuillsh. (latnoroiis, contu melious, clubbed, noss currish, de testable, dlsngtoeublo, discontented, dlgtitlug, dismal, dteiulful. dtowsy, diy, dull, envious, execrable, fastldl oils, llcice fieltul ftowuul. fiumnlsh. fuilous, giallug gross, gtow ling, gruff, ty inalovolciil malicious, malignant. uiaiindeilng, mischievous, inoio-e. nun nulling nauseous, nefatlous. negli gent, nolsj, obstinate, obstiepeious, odious, offensive, opinionated, oppres sive, outiageoiis. ovet beating, passion ate, peevish, peivlcaclous, perveise, peiplexlug, pettish, petulant, plagn.v, quiit rolsoiuo. queasy, queer, raging restless, llgld, ilgoious, umrlng, rough, rude, rugged, sautv. savage, seveie sharp, shocking, sluggish, snappish sunt ling, sneaking, sour, spiteful, sple netic, squeamish, stein, stubborn, stupid, sulk. sullen, surly, suspicious, tantnlllng. tint, teasing, tetrlble, testy, tliesome, totinentliig, touchv, treacheious, tioublcsoine, turbulent, t mimical, uncomfortable, unpleasant, unsuitable, uppish, vexatious, violent, virulent, waspish, woiivlng, wiangllng, wrathful, volplng dog In a manger, who neither eats himself nor will let otheis eat.-From the leaf of a book published in 1M0. GIRL WAS UP TO DATE. Her Engagement Symbol There, but Not Visible. "So jou'te teally engaged, Minnie," said the two dear It lends who had just been announced by the butler. "Wo would have como over to con gratulate jou last night, but we un derstood, of course, that .llm would bo here. Let's see the ling" "There Isn't anv ling." nnswered Minnie. ' Kngageinont tings are as much out of date as congress gnlt ers. But wait a minute and I'll show jou " After a tempoiary seclusion she came torlh with a line solitaire set In a gold garter buckle. Her friends ex amined It. "Mngn'Ilcent," was their comment, "but I can't imagine a man having the er nei v e " "Well, ou know .llm. He detests tho commonplace. He told me he would give me the usual solitaire ling get-up If I wished, but advised me to make a few inquiries at the Jewelur's first. I did. Hngngeiiient rings nre still worn, of course, by girls who like to make a show of their senti ment, but they nre no longer in vogue. They have been supplanted with heart pendants with the chain welded around tho neck and never to come olT; also by armlets, which the be loved locks and entiles the key on his wntch chain Oh, there nro nny number of Ideas, but tho gnrter buckle pleased mo best Besides, I'm going to get the mnte to It when we'ie well, you know." The Homesick Concul's Fourth. Ono of tho big city department stores recently received an order from Central America thnt held a hiigges tlon of pathos. Its sender wns a United States consul nnd he took the mall order department of the big store Into his confidence. Ho nnd his wlfo wero homesick, and they had decidetl to give v "At home" on the Fourth of July that would show tho native aristocracy and other foreign consuls just how such things are done In the States. Among other things oidercd were paper n-ipklns with United Stntes flags on them, pnper cases In ted, white "ind blue for holding bonbons, etc , plenty of llro crnekers, candles galore, boxes of fancy crackers. The order ended with this injunction: "My wife snys to bo sure and send us some of tho newest favors for deco rating tho table some of tho same sort that women up north nro using this year, like candy flro crackers tied with i Ibbons, etc." Praise of Homely Women. 'rutr not of ptettj Klrln to mo, Ol niliy lips and ilieainy eye". That lH'uut uiiinot i ease to lie An iver fiesli mid sweet surprlsn; I caro not thn' In i fnco be fair. And framed as In u wie.illi of cuilu Kor prottv tniilils I do not e.ire 1 hIiik the prulce of homely Klrls I elm: of hor wIiofo nnxo m piik. TlioliKh even lo tho nlde 'tin tipped, "VIiiimi llRiire's llkp olil Oniiir's Jiik Wliloli iiiourind tint Potter's hand lind clipped; nd sav you thut she quints a blf What odds? And In her spenkhiK hulls' Nay, i-lrlM who squint pohhcbm the wit To squint u mini's mom elm lug fuults A dainty, slender font, no doubt. Is plesiHtm;. win ii all's sild mid dune, Hut luirliittiilH Inter Unci It out Thnt lurKU fed are beit to run Tin Ir little i rranils, feti Ii tin h Mini h When home they omio nt iIiij'h domino, Tor dainty feet po9en no wins' lllK-footert Klrli are lor Hie, wine. The pearly, peach-blow cheek bus fiars l.i-Ht looking spoil Its lovely tint, Cerulean eyes dare nlied no tears, Or show of syniputh) n hint; The hum! of Venus smooths no brow, 1'nlrsH It be u Duke's or Karl's And so when jou would (hoose n frau Do not neRhit the homely iritis -William Wallace WhllelOLk In Phlln dclphlu Press. Uncle Sam's Rolling Stock. Undo Sam's passenger rolling stock Aould mako a solid traU COO miu-s Ions ttmwfr&iJdTr-- ffl cr WCm MgiQEXjrr Taking Care of the Crops. Tlu greatest handicap which can In placed on u miller Is to havo to contend with the off grade wheat. Wheal that has been wet In Ihe shock spi oiited, blenelud, musty tulT mean to handle nnd Impossible lo gtlud this Is the worst of nil evils whlib inaj beset the opeintlvo nnd one nl (ho meatest sources of loss In l mining the mill Th to Is iibo the wheal which has com Into the stack in appatent good slim i and became of bait winds and heavv iiilus become winked with wa ter and then bv heating become slack Inn nod and tuotildv. or gone Into the bins In u damp condition and come out Intel as bin biiiued wheat, which Is not oiil.v deciptlvo sttilf to buy. but which makes unsound Hour nnd loss II bj anj mischance It reaches the tolls No olhei subject Is of tnoie vital Impoitance to millers than the quality of the wheat they grind. The miller, by force of business luiesslty, has no use for poor wheat. I'nlllto the statistician or the ciop estimator, ho thinks less of the number of totul bushels lnlsed or the given number ot bushels per acio than he does of the quality of the grain and the pio portion of it which llnallj teaches his bins In a umdltlon which will nllow It to be mlllid Into the pure, unlfoim pioduct upon which his trade Is based. In the settlement of a new conn trj, wheio the production of wheat largely oxtcods the local demand and the fanners are poor and have not the menus to build gruuarles to hold their ciops, their Is a heavy move ment of wheat "ftom the machine" as the quickest and easiest method of getting the grain mined off their hnndi-. To get the money It hi lugs Into circulation Is the ono ambition ol the fanner. The gi eater the num ber of acres of wheat ho can mlse. the cheaper the cost of production, nnd the celerity with which It Is lushed to maiket counts for more than qunllty of product Under such conditions there Is little stncklng of wheat and all tho mlns and winds have full oppoi (unities to damage. The ino?t. promising outlook of u lino quality of wheat will be mined In a wiek of bud weather while the farmer is "walling for tho machine," and as his neighbors nro In the samu ex pectant attitude, a poilnd of bad wcallici succeeding hat vest will ruin good grain and cause the loss of thou---anils ot dollais In tho lowering ot era dot Tho best and most successful funn el s have learned from jears of ex perience that It pays to stack their t,ralii, especially their wheat That mysterious ptoeess of going "through tho sweat," by which wheat Is Im proved In color and strength after be ing cut, had htst bo passed in the stack, for Investigators and oxpertB have found that the longer tho period during which tho berry remains in the chnfl' and straw the greater Is tho Improvement of Its quality. The mniket depiesslon which fol lows the custom of rushing the wheat to market Immediately after harvest Is too well known to need any com ment The supplies aie tempoiartly lniger thnn the power of absoiptlon and prices aie lowered In conse quence, to tho grentest dettlment to the fnrmer himself. The miller later on suffers from this cnuse by having the ehenp wheat exported to be biought Into competition Inter in tho ci op jear. The Intel ests of tho miller In taking enre of the wheat and hnvlng tho farmer hold It as long as posslblo for gradual marketing Is evident. There Is nothing which can be dono to regulate or control the weather, but all atguments fnvor the best pro tection which can be given the crop from the elements. As tho harvest season approaches farmers should bo urged to stack their wheat and glvo It the best ehnnce possible to bo high In grade and dry and sweet when threshed If threshed in n dry condition there is little danger of a loss of glade afterwards. A differ ence or 10 to IS cents a bushel In price becnuse of quality alone Is often the result ot stncklng wheat in a wet season The farmer Is the winner and the miller Is glad to pay full pi Ices for the best grnln, and he don't want the poor stuff nt any price. Tho question of tho best care of the ciops Is of Increasing Importance as milling demand requires moie of tho wheat raised. Advanced farming methods grow up sldo by sldo with increased milling fncllltles and both nre benefited. Thero nro no two classes which aie In such close de pendence upon each other as tho miller nnd tho fnrmer. Tho success of the ono usually means tho success of the other. In no other particular do the two interests harnionUe as In the improvement of the wheat crop. No other element will improve tho quality moro than tho enro of the crop after cutting. It Is In tho Interest of every miller to urge "stncklng the wheat." and both will bo the gainer by better qualities. Milling nnd Grain News Trial Orchards. The growing of trial orchaids In the different stntes Is a practice that is proving immensely beneficial to tho fruit growing Interests of tho states In which they are grown. Illinois now has eight of these trial orchards, and Wisconsin has four. Thoy are placed In dlffeifnt parts of tho states, nnd In f Uiem arc tried tho varieties thnt nro being placed on tho markets uy nur serymen, or thnt nro to ho plncod on tho markets. Our pcoplo would do welt to fnmlllarlzo themselves with tho results of tho work in ench oT the" otchnrdH, ns it will snvo them from paying out good money for worthless trees It in not a dlfllcult task to nnd out whnt Is In a vailoly, If It is enrt fully grown In such nn orchnnl. A nurseryman puts n new xnricty on the. murket or nn old vnrlety that ho claims to ho a new variety. The man In charge of tho trial orchnnl takes It, puts a few scions Into n hrnnch on n niutiiie free, mid in two or tlneo years has results Tho fruit may ho found to bo only tin old one under a new name, or a now vnrlety that is worth less. Tho discovery of such n fad is of value; but of still moro value la the dlBcovoiy of what each vatlety ot apple or other fruit will do on nny kind of lnnd The experience or tho men In ohm go ol tho trial orchards accentuates this Tact very clearly. Some of tho varieties that do well on a pralilo soil nre nliout worthless up timber soil, and tho leverse Is true, Wo think, from whnt wo havo seen, that (ho work ot the trial orchatds Is very valuable, and that our leglblat cos can well nfford to oxonil the moi ey necessuty to carry them on. The Exact Food Required. It has been well demonstrated with in tho last few years that many of our nnlmals recelvo far moro food than they lequlre or thnn they enn uso to ndvantngo. As n result some of our Bkllirul feeders havo cut down tho grain thoy wero feeding to steers flvo pounds and found they got ns good lOBiilts. Wo have taken it for granted thnt tho moio feed tho nnlmals nto tho better it wns for them, nnd tho moio force thoy wero developing for their vnrlous needs. As well ussert that It makes no dlfferenco how much fuel we use to do n certain nmonnt ot cooking. Wo know thnt in that case n vast nmonnt of fuel enn bo absolutely wasted. Ono man that hnd n largo nitmhor of stock to feed figured out the saving to himself In tho footling of oats. He mndo his figures on n hun dred head of animals and with ontH tit 40 cents per bushel, lly feeding. Just tho nmonnt of cutn required ho tmved ono pound per head por dny over what ho had been accustomed to feed. This moant 100 potindB per day for all tho anlmnls, IIGS pounds n year por anlniul nnd 3G.G00 pounds of oats during tho yenr. This wolght of oats, nt P.2 pounds to tho bushel, wnw worth $-MG. That was pretty good pay for a llttlo expenditure of thought A little Ilguilng and observation did tho work. I Olco In Iowa. The Iowa Supremo Court 1ms linno' cd down another decision going to strengthen tho position of tho stnta law on tho question of oleomargarine colored to resemble butter. Tho stnto law prohibits tho selling In tho state of nil olcomnrgarluo colored yellow to reaemhlo-butter. A Chicago company appealed a enso from the lower court on tho contention thnt tho law of Iowa as it relates to tho coloroJ mat ter lu oleomargnrlno Is unconstltU' tlonal, ns tho color In tho oleomnrgnr--ino came In naturally by tho use of Ingredients natural to tho things from which oleomnrgarlno la made. The court holds that it makes no dlffei ence how tho color pot In; if tho col oring matter Is thcro In Biifllcient quantities to mako tho olcomarirnrlne resemble butter It Is nn illegal prod uct. The court goes further nnd de clares that tho state could, If It wished, prevent absolutely tho sale of oleomnrgarlno. Tho decision ulso te cites thnt tho original Intention in tho manufacture of oleomargarine was to mnko It so resemble butter thnt the consumer could not tell it from the thing It Imltntcd and thus permit the denlcrs to sell It for butter. Feeding Pigs and Hogs When Delntx Pastured. - ,-i It Is always doubtful if it pays to" try to feed swlno on pnsturo alor.c, though this Is often done. Pigs will mako a growth on pasture, especially If It contains much clover; hut wo doubt If tho farmer Is getting nn much out of It as ho would be If ho fed the anlmnls an additional ra tion of a moro concentrated feed. In a stnto of nature the animal Ik compelled to get Its living from tho herhngc of tho fields nnd from the roots in the ground, but in such u state It never dovelops enough flesh and fat to mnko it a profitable product for our meat trade. Its growth is then slow and Its development mus culnr It becomes wlrj. No ono wnnts to cat meat from n wlrj' hog. So wo havo to swing nway from na ture, and so feed that tho toxturo of tho flesh of tho animal will bo tender. To get this, quick growth Is desired and this can only bo obtained by push-' Ing tho development by the feodlnK of rations In addition to those ob tainable by tho animal in tho wooda and fields. Disinfecting Curing Rooms. Canndlnns that havo charge of num bers of curing rooms follow the prac tice of washing the sholves with sonio disinfectant hoforo putting on each batch ot cheese. Both formalin and corrosive sublimate are used. Tho formalin Is used at a strength of one part of formalin to ten of water nnO tho corrosive subllmato nt tho rate of one part of tho poiBon to 1,000 of water by weight. The formalin is cortnlnly less dangerous than tho other. 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