DAKOTA CITY HERALD
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN H. REAM, . Publisher.
CANDY SALES FALLING OFF. .
"This feminine craze for being slen
der haa knocked the bottom out of
bur business," said the man In charge
'of a downtown branch of a big candy
concern. "Some men who were good
tor at least $10 worth of candy each
Veek neTer come Inside the door now,
fend when I see them trudging past
the store with a package of fruit I
made up my mind their wives and
;daughtera or sweethearts have taken
a stand against candy. One man with
'a wife and four daughters, who used
to be a splendid customer, told me
the other day that he'd as soon come
home with a viper aa with a S-pound
box of candy, although a year ago be
'used to buy two 5-pound boxes each
week, says the New York Sun. We
'notice the same difference In small
sales to women employed In offices
There's not half the number of calls
for half-pound boxes, though our sales
of sweet chocolate are always big,
aa lots of business women nibble It
Instead of taking a regular luncheon.
The continual running in of office
boys to execute commissions for the
tenographera and telephone operators
Is getting to be a thing of the past,
and lemon drops are about the only.
,weeta these business girls will eat
Every mother's daughter seems to be
-dead set against gaining an ounce of
flesh, and until It's fashionable) to be
plump again I suppose we'll notice
this difference In sales."
From Wisconsin has come a wail
at the donse ignorance concerning
geography with which high and pre
paratory school graduates come up to
the university. Recent tests made
by the department of geology In first
year physiography classes have de
veloped difference of opinion among
the freshmen as to whether the
Rhine Is In Asia or South America,
has developed an astounding lack of
Information as to the location of such
cities as Vienna, Venice, Lisbon and
Hongkong, and In trying to tell the
whereabouts of the Pyrenees, Cau
casus, Himalaya and Sierra Nevada
mountains and Mount McKlnley, al
most half missed two or three out of
the five, eays the Chicago Evening
Post. In fact. In the examination,
which included only such questions as
any fairly informed person should
know, only one-sixth of the 103 fresh
men tested were recorded aB making
a satisfactory showing.
A young woman of Brooklyn broke
m promise to her father and tried to
pass through the New York custom
bouse seven dutiable gowns she had
purchased abroad. Her very foolish
action cost the father about four
times what the gowns were worth and
the young woman was lucky to escape
severe punishment for her action.
Collector Loch, who has been making
a most aucccssful war on smuggling,
bos served notice on all, men and
women alike, that more severe penal
ties than fines will be imposed for
flagrant violations of the law. In
aplte of this warning women more
than men are still taking a chance.
and probably will not stop until some
of them are compelled to go to
prison.
The departure of the Ijnlted States
battleships which are to visit French
and English ports la a reminder of
the famous cruise around the world.
When the fleet la assembled at aea
It wilt conslat of sixteen vessels, the
tame number that made the earlier
trip. There can be no doubt of the
welcome that awaits the visitors. The
one regret in connection with the
proceedings Is that this showing of
luperb American warships will accen
tuate the lack of an American mer
cantile marine.
A thief who stole a gold spike used
to fasten the first rail of a new rail
road in Pennsylvania round it waa
only gold plated. Such base decep
tion aa this, resulting In painful mor
tification and disappointment to a man
acting In good faith, is plainly repre
hensible and comes under the same
category aa selling a goldbrlck.
The difference of 33,000 between
the first count of Tacoum'a population
and the second la a measure of the
mistake of too much enthusiasm la
'padding cenBua returns. Had Taco
xna been satisfied with a modest ten
or fifteen thousand Inflation It might
have succeeded, but this overdoing of
thlnga la generally disastrous.
The Washington chief of police be
lleves that wlfe-beaters should be
lashed. Theoretically, tbla punish
ment, which exuetly fits the crime, la
Indorsed and recommendod on all
sides. Practically, it Is Ignored even
where the law has put It on the
statute books. Naturally, the wife
(eating goea on.
When a man la his own Janitor be
wastes little time pouudlng on the
pipes.
Now that a Los Angeles person has
broken his collar bone fastening a
collar button It la plain that man will
,never be happy until it buttons In
the back and he can let out the Job
to his wife.
The American college beglna to
hink there should be more work la
the class room, and less cu the grid
Iron.
Aviation fever seems Infectious.
The
Home
RADFORD
Edtto
Mr. Willlnm A. Hartford will nnawr
qvimtlona and (five advlrp KHKK OK
COST on all subject pertaining to th
aubject of bulldlnK for tho remlt-rH of
this paper. On account of Ms wlclo expe
rience as Editor, Author and Manufac
turer, he la, without doubt, the hlahrat
authority on all throe auhjorta. Adrtren
11 Inquiries to William A. Kadford, No.
1M Fifth Ave.. Chicago. 111., and only en
cloaa two-cent stamp for reply.
A good lesson In home building may
be learned from the large operators
who make a business of building up
whole streets In the suburbs with
houses of medium size for the pur
pose of selling the Improved property
at a profit, besides increasing the
valuation of the remaining vacant
property In the neighborhood. These
real estate operators have found that
It pays them best to give a great deal
of attention to the design of their
houses.
Of course, every house must be sub
stantially built and arranged for prac
tical conveniences and utility; but
this Is not enough. Such houses must
be attractive also. Each must have
a distinctive. Individual apiearanoe.
This matter of distinctive appearance
Is especially important where a large
number of new bouses are being put
up at the same time in the same
neighborhood; for nothing looks quite
so cheap and uninviting as a whole
line of new houses all packed In close
together and all of the same mono
tonous appearance.
While the average home builder
does not have this exact problem to
contend with, still he should take
warning from such examples and
guard against conditions that may
amount to practically the same thing.
If he builds a house of commonplace
appearance, one that looks Just like
a hundred others which have been
built, or may be built in the future.
In the neighborhood, he will find that
there Ib nothing to distinguish his
house from the rest. It will depreci
ate In value on that account, for the
prospective customer these days In
variably wants a house that he can
take pride In.
And In addition to the Increase
value of such a house at times of sale
there la also a more Important phase
of the question. A bouse of attrac
tive Individual appearance makes a
better borne than one of plain and
characterless design. The children
take more pleasure In such a home, to
take care of It and keep It up; and so
the home means more to tbem and Its
Influence will remain with them.
Dut what la the secret of good de
sign T An experienced architect who
has made a study of home building
will produce work with seemingly
very little effort which stands out
unique from all other designs and Is
at the aame time In perfect propor
tion and possessing the essential fea
tures of comfort and convenience. Un
der a master hand the everyday ma
terials seem to be given a new mean
ing, and the common-place elements,
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or parta of the building, are arranged
In proportion in new and striking ef
fects. It Is not to much that the
skilled architect uses different mute
rials or more expensive materials than
the ordinary carpenter architect would
select, but he proportions them In a
different way so that the building aa
a whole la a success.
A house should also bo economical
ly constructed. It Is a inlutake to
think that Just because a building
has an artistic outward appearance It
must necessarily have cost extra. At
the same time the experienced archi
tect is planning ?or a striking exte
rior and convenient Interior arrange
ments he will also aee to it that the
design Is made to be as economical aa
possible when it comes to be built.
For 1 nut a Ice. in a two-story house, the
story height will be such that 18 foot
studding can be used in the outside
walls, and the bearing partitions
which austaln the floor Joints will be
o placed that floor Joljta in even
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length of feet can be used without
waste.
With too many builders who may be
called on to draw up plans, these
Items, which mean a substantial sav
ing In the cost, are frequently over
looked. In order to get a celling a
few Inches higher than the standard
height when using 18 foot studding,
they And It necessary to use 20 foot
studding and have to cut off the ends,
which means a waste of material as
well as a waste of labor which might
have been saved by a little fore
thought. It Is always economical In the use
of materials, and is also good con-
8econd Floor Plan.
structlon, to have the partitions and
girders in the basement exactly under
the bearing partitions of the first
story, and where possible the bearing
partitions on the second floor should
line up exactly with those of the first
story. There is nothing like having a
good backbone In a house In the way
of bearing partitions by having them
lined up straight from foundation to
roof.
The accompanying design serves as
a good illustration of these principles.
Although an extremely sensible and
convenient house its exterior appear
ance is distinctive and artistic. It
couldn't be called fussy, yet there la
enough of ornamentation to escape
monotony. The proportlona are good
and tho material used cement plas
ter on metal lath Is the most popular
at the present time for high-grade
residence work.
The interior is arranged very sim
ply, the Idea being for the maximum
of roomy conveniences. There is
very large living room, of the kind so
popular in modern houses. The din
ing room la of good size and la very
conveniently placed with reference to
the kitchen, having a butler'a pantry
between. An open stairway along the
back of the living room leads to the
second floor. There are found two
very large bedrooms, a liberal supply
of clothes closets and a bathroom.
This house, having a width of 2
feet and a length of 28 feet, is esti
mated to cost $3,000, using a good
grade of hardwood flooring and finish
and with the modern conveniences of
plumbing, electric wiring, etc.
Asking Jonah.
Once, while a well known bishop was
addressing an open-air meeting, an
atheist asked him if he believed that
Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
"When I go to hiaven," said his lord
ship. "I'll ask Jonah "
"Hut supposing," the other persist
ed, "he is not there?"
"Then you will have to ask him
was the retort, and the crowd laughed
uproariously, while the atheist slunk
away abashed.
Too Dangerous.
Mrs. Fodlerham The cook baa notl
fled me that she must have a raise,
Henry.
Mr. Fodlerham All right; tell her
to be ready this afternoon and I'll
take her up In my airship.
Mrs. Fodlerham Oh, Henry! She
didn't mean a raise like that. Hesldes
I should never let her go with you on
that dangerous ship what would I
ever do if she were killed? I could
never llnd her equal.
The Failure.
Seymour There are 60 chicken
magazines published in this country.
Ashley I know there are; those
publications were the cause of my
brother-in-law's failure lu the egg
business.
Seymour How was that?
Ashley Why, he subscribed fof
them all and It took him so long to
read their contents that he could never
find time to feed his bens.
Not the Same.
"Dick (!oup seems very touchy here
lately. Hid hla attempt to make an
air flight make him sensitive?"
"Well, naturally, it made uliu soar."
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Man's Surc ot Whnt
nccli Knows
By JOHN A. ROWLAND
ACK OF ABSOLUTE
a
LI often proves a handicap (o the young man or old out ef all
I nmnortion in the rircuniKfnncfl In which it ariaoa A nnnri i n o-l v
as the query is serious in its ends, tho inability to answer defi
nitely may embarrass the one of whom the question is asked.
Let the young man consider the situation. Ilia employer
haa asked for information of him. He would not have done so
if he had not reason to feel that the young man knows, or
may know. When the question has been asked, the young man
at once should be in the position of saying that he knows, or
he should be in the position to say
To know and to know that he
the unqestioned better situation. The question cannot be too trivial not to
call for appreciation of a prompt answer that is satisfactory in every re
spect But that answer that is indefinite, or still to be questioned, or
which may be accepted and still prove inaccurate, may prove one of the
most embarrassing failures possible to
troubles and loss of time and effort. It may mean a black mark against
an employe beyond anything the employe ever dreamed of!
Ofter the man accepts as accurate a piece of information which may
have been passing more or lcs3 current as fact. While it might have been
the simplest, easiest thing in the world to have made this knowledge abso
lute, he never haa thought of questioning it. Thinking that he knows, and
passing on this information that has been unquestioned in his own mind,
his attitude and expression carry weight with it. Thus to the extent that
the information is inaccurate it is doubly likely to carry the full effect of
its consequences.
To the observer it is appalling
current as fact when it is farthest
misinformation becomes current would be hard to guess at!
There is nothing in the province of work and ac
Many
Acute
Dangers of
Hatpins
By CY CLEMMONS
exposed end of her hatpin constitutes a
menace against the community that is just as real as the carrying of deadly
weapons.
Hatpins have kept abreast of the size of hats, and no matter how
huge the headgear there is a pin big enough to protrude several inches
beyond the brim of the hat.
With exasperating indifference the wearer makes her way through
crowds, every movement of her hat threatening tho face and eyes of all
near her. It is a wise man who stays out of crowds.
It is useless to request women to wear guards over the points of their
hatpins, for they wouldn't do it; but legal steps should be taken to re
quire it, and to restrict the size of the pins.
I do not make this suggestion in any spirit of jest. As a matter of
fact, the very method which woman has adopted for holding a hat on is
ridiculous.
Why can't a woman's hat fit and atay on her head like a man's without
the necessity of jabbing through it a pin three feet long, to the peril of
other people when she geta under way ?
Darkest
Hour
Ever
Before
Dawn
By LENA VOGT
Chicago
misadventure and mischance. Then remem
ber that the darkest hour is ever before the dawn.
This unquestionable assurance is well worth considering in the hours
of deepest trial that sooner or later invariably overtake us all.
It is not wise to permit petty annoyances to vanquish this guard of
cheerfulness.
Build of it a strong wall, a "seven-walled tower of strength."
What
Killing
Game
Costs
World
By FRANCIS WYNNE
of London
numerous regiments?
The inhumanity and the waste which go with (his disbursement for
armaments are a sad commentary on our boasted civilization.
The treasure which England alone spend would give an additional
dollar jut week to every wage earner in the United Kingdom.
It would reduce our a.-t army of the unemployed by many thousands
and would bring peace and plenty to many u household that is now the
abode of want and mi ry.
knowledge in case of doubt or inquiry
instantly that he docs not know.
knows in such a circumstance must be
an employe. It may lead to untold
just how much of information passes
removed from it. How some of this
complishment which has greater potentiality for fail
ure than lack of accuracy in initial knowledge. It may
start a man or scores of men hopelessly wrong from
the beginning. Its possibilities in failure are limit
less. And always the inexcusableness of the misin
formation is doubly irritating. The mistake so easily
might have been prevented!
What do I know about this and that ? How well
do I know it?
These are questions which the young man cannot
ask himself too often or too seriously.
Some legal restriction should be impo.sed
upon the size of hatpins that women wear.
Just the other evening in a crowded car a
man's cheek was torn open by accidental
contact with the deadly weapon innocently
carried by a woman in her hat, while an
onlooker remarked that he had nearly lost
his eyesight in a similar manner but a short
time before, showing in evidence of his nar
row escape a 6car beneath his eye.
Women blindly follow a fashion without
taking thought as to its consequence. Pos
sibly not one in a thousand realizes that the
Cheerfulness is not an inherent attribute
of humanity.
It is not an heirloom though how much
more nreciousl that can be handed down
from generation to generation.
Cheerfulness, not unlike a rare plant,
needs cultivation and care.
Happy the mortal who, being touched
by it at birth, recognizes its preciousness
and guards it jealously, for it is very easily
lost trace of.
You may imagine yourself singled out
by misfortune as a target for all calamities,
England has many thousand human te
ings who are in a chronic state of destitu
tion and yet the annual expenditure of the
English government for naval and military
purposes is 70,000,000, or $;iri0,000,000.
The civilized world has a yearly bill
reaching the gigantic total of 500,000,000,
or ?'.', 500,01 10,000, all of which is incurred
in prt'purutiuns for human slaughter.
Is it wortli all these millions, wrung
from the taxation of hard-working, sorely
distressed beings, to see which nation shall
be able to tloat the greatest number f
battleships and put into tho Held the most
worm mmm
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Notwltlmtontling the lare number
of students being graduated each year
from the agricultural college? all over
this continent, :here seems to be a
continuous shortage of qualified men
for the work of agricultural teaching.
One high school in the search for a
teacher of agriculture, bus gone the
length of sending out mimeographed
letters to the various agricultural col
leges In tho hopes of securing such a
man.
. One of the most encouraging devcl
jpments in the growing of garden
vegetables is the Increasing recogni
tion of the practical importance of
using pure and uniform stocks of
Beed whose varietal characteristics
adapt tbem to distinct local condi
tions and market requirements.
The abnormally high prices de
tnanded for oil meal during the past
winter, owing to the extremely high
price of flaxseed, has led many farm
ers to Inquire Into the feasibility of
raising a small amount of flax to be
red. Instead of depending upon the
market for their oil meal.
Care must be exercised with plant
ings of asparagus to see that the
lummer's growth la mowed and
burned before the seeds ripen and fall,
otherwise the parent plants will soon
be very much dwarfed with a mass
jf seedlings growing amongst them.
If coops are not well ventilated the
growing chicks will be too warm dur
ing the night and will sweat out more
strength during the hours In which
they ought to rest than they will gain
under the most favorable conditions
Juring the day.
When we understand that It re
quires twenty tons of moisture to pro
iuce a bushel of corn we will study
(o make Its evaporation as slow as
possible, as crops suffer more from
lack of moisture than from any other
single thing.
If cows come fresh in the fall, they
produce a good flow of milk during the
winter months and In the spring when
they are turned on grass this acts as
a second freshening and thus length
ens the period of milk production.
It takes somo extra care to have
nest boxes all clean this time of the
year, but it pays. If you can't afford
lo give your hens clean boxes, they
ran't afford to lay good eggs worth
two or three cents apiece.
Those who have young beef steers
dii hand or can get them at a reason
nb'e nrlec do no better than give
1 1 lie .jtter of cattle feeding during the
Winter very full and complete consid
eration. A green bone cutter will nay for
Itself in one season. Besides being a
very healthy food and a great egg
producer, cut bone la a cheap food
compared to present high prices for
grain.
You can start in the poultry busi
ness with a dozen fowls at a cost of
about five dollars for house and yards.
A piano box will cost a dollar and
the wire fencing about four dollars
more.
An important feature of nrofltnht
mutton feeding lies In the breedln of
feeders, and all experienced feeders
f sheep recognize the value of the
lire In building up the mutton flock.
One breeder says that he can wean
bis pigs in six or seven weeks if they
nave good care and keeD them etow
ing as fine as any litter and still have
tne next litter six weeks sooner.
Don't keep your horse in an over.
heated stable, and then stand him for
hours In a freezing atmosphere and
wonder how he became paralyzed.
Some me start for the doctor when
they have a sick horse. Othera fppH
well, care well and drive well, so they
never nave to go to the doctor.
To groom the horse well after hard
work does not only clean the Bkin,
but It prevents various parasitic dis
eases of the skin.
It is of supreme Importance that
the dairy stock should be hamn
gently. Wild and intractable animals
are usually the result of hard ban
dllng.
Fresh green bone Is of itself almost
a complete feed, and may be used as
a special material for egg produc
tion.
Success In pork production la lr
ly affected by the attention given to
tne health and comfort of the brood
sow.
It Is a shame to put fowls into win
ter quarters before the latter have
been thoroughly cleaned and sprayed.
T'sually it's the poor dairyman who
does not want his cowa tested. For
mat reason he remains poor.
A turkey hen usually lays from
one to three eggs after she shows a
desire to sit.
Damp quarters often cause leg weak
ness, wnicn may run Into rheumatic
(.roubles.
At the Minnesota experiment sta
tlon It la believed that greater rat
must be had In Drenarlng allnre
sheep than for cattle. Sheep requlra
a sweet and dry sllago. Thickly plant
ed corn cut before It la well matured
does not make Ideal slinge for stieep
Corn planted about like field enrnj
harvested and put Into the silo whenj
it beglna to dent, has proven very
healthful to sheep, and they have
done well upon. If clover hay is fed
In conjunction with this silage, cheap
and satisfactory gains may be made
in sheep fattening.
Investigations v:jich have been car
ried on for several years In Hlioda
Island show that the disease known
as black head" In turkeys is spread
ing lo all parts of the country and
that chickens as well as turkeys may
become victims. No certain cute has
yet been discovered for this disease
which lias so ravuged the turkey-producing
states of the East.
Much has been said and writ ter
about the Importance of keeping dalrj
utensils perfectly clean, but not sc
much about the churn, and If proper,
care is not exercised In keeping tho
churn sweet and clean, the butter
will be tainted, no matter how well
the milk has been cared for before
being ready for the churn.
It Is well to remember that
the
pigs must be kept growing from tho
l & IS ll A V.n an(lofaftirV
and if the sows and pigs are fed aa
insufficient or unsuitable ration until
the work Is out of the way so ther
will be time to devote more attention,
to them, a valuable opportunity will
be lost to the owner.
A distinct flavor of the soil haa
been noticed In butter by French ex
perts. Normandy cows taken to a
new locality yielded butter percept
ibly changed, but not wholly like
that of the native cows. In winter,
with concentrated food, the character
istic soil flavor disappears.
With the sheep on the farm the
problem of fresh meat for family use
Is partly solved. Mutton butch
ered on the farm can nearly always
he used to advantage and then you
will know whether you are eating
spring lamb or something else.
Sheep and other nervous animals
which are being fattened for market
should be kept as quiet as possible or
their feed will not do them the most
good. The more you handle all the
live stock in a gentle and confiding
way the better they will do.
Vn need no loneer eo to foreign
countries for new and better blood,
for the great number and high qual
ity of American breeding establish
ments give ample scope for tbe
avoidance of the pernicious Influence
of inbreeding.
t ta rnut anrl oven at the Dresent
na mra nf the domestic onions
that supply me marneia vi mo "'f
rittPfl of this country, are grown on
what Is known as muck soil, in most
cases land reclaimed by draining
swamps.
It is not always the best plan to
dispose ot beef cattle as yearlings,
but in many instances in the corn belt
nrpn. it has come to be a common
nro.tno uiwi la followed by a consid
crable number of cattle raisers
The orchard is unquestionably
tr
i.iooi ninr for hoe pasture. The
needed shade Is provided, the hogs
will take care of the waste fruit and
If properly managed there need be no
damage to the trees.
If the cream Is churned while sweet,
considerable quantities of butter will
be lost In the buttermilk, and the fin
ished product will be void of the
proper flavor, regardless of the ration
fed to the cows.
After the pigs have been put Into
the fattening pen In the fall they
should be fed all that they will eat
with a relish for as a rule the shorter
the fattening period the larger the
profits.
The average aanual cost of main
taining a farm vork horse is approx
imately $80, and for this cost of main
tenance gives a return in work about
three hours per day throughout the
year.
There should not be a wide discrep
ancy between the value of the hog
bouse and Its occupant. It Is as wrong
to put a $100 sow In a $10 house as It
Is to put a $10 sow in a $100 house.
A pullet that has had all the bone
It will eat will matura a month quick
er than one that has had none. It
may be fresh bone or burnt bone any
y,nno lust an It la hone. '
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In purchasing new male birds, se
cure those that have something back
of them in the line of good ancestors.
The males are worth considering, for
they are half the flock.
The droppings from the lambs are
rich in fertilizing value, and It has
been found that spring wheat does
better after lambs have run in the
corn.
Sorghum, kafflr corn and Johnson
grass are often poisonous, when
grown without sufficient water and
fed green.
Rood, fresh, pure water is a profita
ble addition to milk, as milk Is large
ly water, but the cow should do the
mixing.
In IK'nmark, eggs are carefully as
sorted and Bold by weight. The big
ger the tgg. the bigger the price.
Treat your teams considerately and
feed them well and you will get back
your care a hundredfold.
There Is more feeding value In
sklmmllk when it comes directly fron
the ieparator.
IJke poultry, sheep pay large ro
turna for the amount of cnfa! invested.