Dakota County herald. (Dakota City, Neb.) 1891-1965, July 21, 1911, Image 3

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Find Gotham Horse
NT3W YORK. Th pkull of a hip
parion gracilo, a fossil horBO eomo
what smaller than the Asiatic ass,
which lived In tho pliocene period,
4,000 years ago, and which geologists
kt- cay was tho ancestor of tho modern
home, was unearthed at Park and
Duane streets by workmen excavating
(tor the now Brooklyn-New York sub
way loop. The bones wero found at
tea level, 22 feet down, and wore bu
rled In a stratum of solidified black
wamp mud. Tho discovery Is regard
ed as unusual, since never before has
the skeleton of an extinct member of
the horse family been found so far
north as this state.
Father L. J. Evers, pastor of St. An
drew's church, who formerly was an
Instructor In zoology and geology In
Notre Dame university, In Indiana,
Identified tho bones, fitted them to
gether and proved they belonged to
the framework of a hlpparion which
roamed Manhattan island long before
the day of man.
When tho skull had been fitted to
gether it was .seen that the animal had
two full sets of teeth. Ono set was at
tho mouth opening, mado up of sharp
Incisors, which the modern horse
State to Aid Man
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. Out of his mis
fortune good fortune has at last
come to Mertherol Jorgenson, former
ly employed at the dairy in the agri
cultural department of Illinois univer
sity. Because he contracted a tuber
cular affection while working for the
state, the state legislature has appro
priated 8,000 for his care.
There Is every probability that the
disease will be completely eradicated,
and, although tho man will be partly
disabled for life, he will bo cared for
In comfort, while he realises his dear
est ambition to be a student in the
tate university.
In 1903, when scarcely full grown,
Jorgenson came to the United States
from his native Denmark. He came
to Illinois and finally got a job on the
tate farm here because of his knowl
edge of dairying methods.
At that time university professors
were experimenting upon the danger
of transmission of tuberculosis from
cattle to human beings. Tests were
being made and cows were inoculated
with the deadly germs. The Dane
took a great interest in these experi
ments, but he developed a horror of
tuberculosis.
One day five years ago he cut a wart
off his right hand. Before the scratch
had healed he was giving a treatment
Kansas Recluse Now Lives in Luxury
GREAT BEND. KAN. When "Uncle
Jlmmie" Cox, a little weazened
Irishman, who lived up in the Oalltla
neighborhood in tho northwest part of
the county, came to Great Bend tho
other day and purchased a ticket for a
little town in Ohio, Barton county lost
one of Its quaintest characters. For 35
years he had lived by himself on the
"claim" he homesteaded in 1876. In
all that timo he never took a meal off
his farm and the inside of his bouse
was never seen by more than one man.
The house stood desolate, without a
tree or shrub of any sort around It and
the door was nlways locked. Visitors
always met "Jlmmie" In the yard, and,
though Jlmmie was garrulous and
liked company outside his house he
never invited anybody inside.
Although he raised fairly good
crops it was always somewhat of a
mystery as to how he got them plant
ed or tended. It was seldom that any
of bis neighbors saw him in the field.
When anybody called Jlmmlo would
Office Primping
CHICAGO. "Primping," a feature
established by the corporation
counsel's office for the benefit of its
girl employes, promises to spread to
many other offices and Institutions
throughout tho "country. Requests for
Information on the success of tho Idea
aro being received dally by A. J. Cal
laghan, chief clerk. To all Mr. Cal
laghan replies that it is the greatest
thing he ever saw to make girls
pleased with their work and to in
crease their proficiency.
"Wo thought it a good plan to give
the girls 15 minutes in tho morning
and In the afternoon to arrange tholr
brJr," said tho chief clerk.
"Tho Idea was suggested by tho
fact that girls stop now nnd then dur
ing their work to adjust their hair or
look at their nails or other points of
neatness. They ubo up that much
tlmo anyway so why not make it a
regular custom.
"We had no Idea the matter would
attract so much attention. It became
the object of Inquiry just as soon as it
got into the newspapers and ever since
we have been besieged with questions
sent by flrmB and corporations Inter
ested in tho proposition."
The New Excuse.
Farmer (to tramp) What are you
iolng up thero on my cherry treo?
Tramp I fell down hero from an
iftlrsblp. Fllegende Blatter.
r-vPA- L Rifia WAV.
4,000 Years Old
does not havo, and the other ost was
farther back In tho mouth, consist
lng of more than twenty-two big, flat
molars In each jaw. In tho front set
thero aro about nine teeth to each Jaw,
upper and lower. Between tho two
sets is an open space In the mouth,
about five inches long. Tho skull, "from
lips to crown, measures 23 Inches,
Tvhcrn the averaso lenirth of the
head of a modern horse U IW6 Inches
longer. Tho teeth and body frame
work of tho skull wero almost perfect
ly preserved, and tho Jaws fitted to
gether to a nicety.
"I don't think thero is any doubt
thoso bones belonged to a hlpparion,"
said Father Evers. "I wouldn't say
that If I had not been, before I en
tered the priesthood, a student and
teacher of geology. Tho discovery
really Is Important, because tho hlp
parion, the great-granddaddy of all"
horses, never has been unearthed so
far north before. Usually Its bones
have been found In tho upper miocone
rocks of North Amorlca. in the south
ern part Of tho United States, and in
tho pliocene deposits of northern Afri
ca. Asia and Europe"
Father Evers explalnod that tho spot
whero tho bones wero found In all
probability was a pond 4,000 years ago.
Manhattan was not nn Island then, ho
said, for the North river was only a
stream, and all Manhattan was made
up of swamps and sea ponds. That
would account, ho added, for tho
strange, solidified mud in which the
bones were found.
Maimed in Service
to a calf. A short while later the
hand became inflamed. Tho disease
spread up Into the arm and shoulder
and along the right side.
The surgeons at tho university gave
him the best, possible treatment In
cutting away diseased portions they
were compelled to remove lymphatic
glands, and his right side began to
dwindle.
For years he has been an Invalid,
constantly expecting death. Then the
progress of the malady was checked.
With this prospect came hope and
Jorgenson began to Indulge again
In his dream of becoming ono of the
students at the university.
He consulted attorneys and they
advised him to mako a request for
$10,000 from the Illinois court of
claims. Unablo to do anything for
him, the court advised him to take
the matter up with tho legislature.
He did bo and a law awarding him
$8,000 was enacted.
walk out of tho back door of his
house (tho only one he ever used)
lock It carefully behind him and meet
the visitor in the yard. Only ono man
living In this country is known to
havo entered the place J. M. Colver,
formerly employed In tho offico of the
register of deeds, who went to the
place on legal business. According' to
his report "Jlmmie" refused to light a
lamp In the house, but as some pa
pers had to be examined, ho finally
consented to open the back door a
crack, standing guard while the ex
amination was made.
The house itself was as staunch as
a fort, built of Btone, one story high,
with windows and doors boarded up.
The stono walls aro fully two feet
thick, with an inside frame of inch
planking. No light was over seen
within.
"Uncle Jlmmlo" camo to America
from Ireland when ho was twelvo years
old. In 1876 ho camo to Barton coun- ,
ty and took up a homestead and tlm-1
ber claim. He proved up on both of j
these and owned them until recently. I
Ho had many friends throughout the i
neighborhood, and his lifo as a recluau i
did not make him a silent or reserved
man. He has sold his farm; saying
he has moro money now than he can
use during tho balance of his lite and
has decided to retire.
Plan Is a Big Asset
PKIMPING
HOURS
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I TO 3 .
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"Our girls are all normal and not
different from other girls," snld Miss
Katherino Ryan, who is in charge of
tho stenographers. "We never discuss
the merits or demerits of tho plan. Wo
always aim to look neat and, If It re
quires tlmo to primp a llttlo, why, we
take It llko any other woman would."
Efforts of fellow employes and other
mcro men to treat tho movement In a
spirit of levity havo been promptly re
buked. The girls are credited with
being the happiest and most efficient
of any similar number of employes in
the city slnco a progressive system
has given them tlmo to put tho finish
ing touches on.
"Every girl Is happy with tho now
order of things," said one girl. "We
never discuss tho subject, but I know
we all think tho same. It Is a splendid
idea. A girl has to look neat at all
times."
Appetite to Suit.
"Your visitor, I noticed, merely peck
ed at bis dinner."
"Oh, but you must know ho Is a
bird-man,"
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FATTEN FOWLS FOR MARKET
Food Should Be Given at Regular
Hours and Then Only What the
Birds Will Eat Up Clean.
Chickens for broiling or frying
should be ted extra for two or three
weeks to get them fat, with plenty of
good, solid meat on breast and thighs.
Rango poultry Is never classed as
Urst-class market poultry.
Put six to eight chickens In a clean,
roomy coop; placo coop In shed,
which should bo kept quiet and mod
erately dark. Give first morning feod
of coruuioul Wtxcd with milk; Just
what they will eat with a relish. At
nino o'clock glvo a second meal of
baked bread mixed with boiled vege
tables. At noon glvo cracked corn
mixed with a llttlo wheat At 6 p. m(
give cornmcal mixed with milk. Thoy
should be fed at regular hours and
given only what they cat up with a
relish at each meal. No food should
bo allowed to lie In tho coop, as they
lose their appetlto when food Is left
In tho coop to turn Bour.
Sour food Is not fit to feed.
Wash out tho coop every morning.
Tula is necessary and should not bo
neglected. Glvo a llttlo gravel or
charcoal about twlco a week. Give
milk Instead of water. By this meth
od chickens may be fattened in two
weeks' time. Chickens thus fed will
mnko prlmo market poultry and will
command an extra price.
WATERING CAN FOR CHICKS
Excellent Fountain May Be Made Out
of Old Tomato Can Cut V
Inches From Bottom.
An old tomato can, with a hole
punched In side as shown in Illustra
tion, will make a good watering vos-
Watering Can for Chicks.
xcl for young chlckenB. Tho cut
should bo aboue 1 Inches from the
bottom.
TURNSTILE GATE FOR YARD
One Passage Made to Answer for All
Where Four Pens Come To-
gather How It Is Made.
In tho poultry-yard where Tour lots
come together It Is convenient to have
tho gates all at one corner, or In other
:
Turnstile for Poultry Yard.
words, mako ono gate answer for all
four. The Illustration shows tho con
struction of the gate. The end posts
are 2x1 foot from tho center post
on which the gate turns. An Inch Iron
pin 18 inches long and 12 Inches in
the post that the gato is framed on
and six inches in the post in the
ground. ThlB should fit the holes very
tight that the gate may turn solidly.
Value of Grit and Charcoal.
It pays to keep n supply of grit,
oyster shell and charcoal before tho
fowls. Tho more you can coax your
laying ben to eat and assimilate, the
more material sho will havo to turn
Into eggs. Her body imist be nour
ished and material supplied for eggs.
To provide for both purposes during
cold weather moans grinding up a
great deal of food. Tho grit helps to
do this and tho oyster shell furnishes
material for the egg shell. Charcoal
furnishes no nourishment, but pro
motes digestion, and Is a bowel cor
rective. Brooding Hens.
With brooding hens wo glvo exactly
Jho same diet, except for soft food.
That affects tho fertility and Is-used
only occasionally for a chango. Then
wo usually give blood meal and bran
mixed in the hopper. In tho penu wo
kcop grit and shell all tho time, and
since grit if scarce, in this country, we
uso gravel, coal cinders and broken
glass in order that tho hens may havo
something sharp to cut and digest
their food.
Lettuce for Chicks.
Nver feed lettuce to tho chicks un
less yosir garden Is fenced in or you
are propa?ed to glvo them all thoy
want The Ksto acquired may lsad
them to the gardNi to help themselves.
It Is a first-rate fooS for them.
Movable houie Convenient.
The farmer with several hundred
hens will find the movable poultry
house a great help in tho supplying
of natural farm food to the fowls and
In keeping them health v
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POPULAR BREED OF CHICKENS
White Plymouth Rocks Are Large,
Strong and Vigorous, Besides Be
ing Excellent Layers.
White Plymouth Rocks resemble the
barred In every particular except col
or. They are whlto In plumage
throughout, writes Mrs. D. A. Dean
White Plymouth Rocks.
In Green's Farm Gardening. Thoy are
one of tho most popular whlto breeds.
Thoy aro as large, strong and vigorous
as the barred variety and, being puro
white, will breed much more uniform
in color. Thoy lay especially well In
winter and their eggs aro largo. They
make fine mothers. Thrifty and ao
tlve regular hustlers not sluggish
llko the Asiatics. Ready for table or
market much younger than tho smaller
breeds. Keep the egg basket full, and
Incidentally the owner's pockets In th
same condition.
HARD WORK MEANS SUCCESS
To Hatch and Brood Chlckeps Artifi
cially One Must Stay With Work
Night and Day.
A great many peoplo buy Incubators
and brooders and expect them to run
themselves. There would be Just as
much senso in tho hen leaving her
eggs for tho wind and sun to hatch in
stead of setting on them and guarding
them, night and day, for 21 days.
Inanimate things won't run them
selves; they must bo run. Machines
are all right, but they haven't brains;
men must supply the Intelligence.
Now, It has been proved by thou
sands of peoplo in different parts of
tho world that artificial incubation
and brooding of poultry Is an assured
success. But to make this success re
quires close personal attention from
start to finish. The work cannot be
Intrusted to any Tom or Dick or Har
ry. Tom and Dick and Harry htred to
do the work may set tho machine
going, but they won't keep them
going. They lack tho personal equa
tion. Thoy would Just as Boon Bee you
make a failure as thoy would see you
make a success of the chicken busi
ness. To hatch and brood chickens artifi
cially one must stay right with the
work, day and night. This does not
mean that you havo to sit up with and
nurse the machines aud baby birds,
but that you Just about know exactly
what they are doing every hqur of the
twenty-four.
Many people fall to keep the infant
chicks dry, warm and well supplied
with fresh air in tho brooder. This
Is a simple matter, but an essential, A
herd of goats will getalong In a re
mote brushy pasture for weeks at a
time with nothing but bushes and
fence rails to feed upon. Not so with
baby chicks; thoy must be fed at
least five times each day.
Tho neglect of simple sanitation in
tho brooder Is responsible for heavy
mortality among young featborod
stock. Fifty or a hundred or moro
young birds in ono close room will
soon make foul conditions, which in
turn will soon lead to dlscaso and
death if tho foulness is nol removed.
Those who aro very caroful to keep
tho brooder scrupulously clean usually
have good success with brooder
chicks, and those who allow them to
become filthy meet' with lnovltablo
loss.
Failures, then, In hatching and
brooding poultry by artificial moans
aro duo to tho use of infertile eggs, al
lowing temperatures in tho machine
to run too high and too low, lack of
good ventilation, failure to keep the
brooder clean and the young birds
suppllod with direct Bunlight, nnd Ir
regular feeding. These may all bo
summed up In ouo phraso lack of
closo attention to details.
Keep a Poultry rtecord,
One of thu greatest needs of moa
poultry keepers Is a definite record
of expenditures and receipts, In toe
few cases does the owner of a poultry
flock actually know wbother his fowls
have been an expense to him or have
paid a profit. This Is, perhaps, truer
in regard to poultry than with most
other brunches of animal industry, be
cause of the facts that both expendi
tures and receipts are spread over
then entire year and nro individually
small, that a largo part of tho product
is used at homo and that tho poultry
keeping is incidental to tho other
farm work.
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Industrious fowls aro tho kind to
keep.
Feeding tho turkeys too ofton is an
Injurious practlco.
Don't expect to got winter eggs
from Into hatched chicks.
Evory farmer should go Into the
pure bred poultry class.
Get rid of some of tho roostors that
aro now worrying tho hons to no good
purpose,
Tho Indian Runner duck Is not in
clined to fatten so readily as other
varieties.
Hunt up private customers and
agreo to sell them strictly fresh eggs
then do It.
Tho quickest way to "break up" a
setting hen is to shut hor up a day
with a rooster.
The comb Is as sure an Indicator of
tho health of tho bird as tho tongue
Is of tho person.
Teach tho turkeys to havo a regu
lar feeding ground apart from the
other fowls or tho farm.
The very bost kind of a json for
ducklings Is ono that can bo easily
moved from one part of the yard to
another
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Home Town
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LONDON MUCH LIKE PARIS
British Metropolis Is No Longer
Gloom-Enshrouded, Digni
fied City,
In the old days London wn. onsen
tially a city of ponderous pomp. Paris
In comparison appeared as a bright
flrofly besido tho grim darkness which
surrounded England's metropolis.
Now, tho streets of London aro
brightor, it possible, than thoso of
Paris, tho shops as gay, tho movomont
as .yiynclous,. Most of tho plays In
Paris wore considered tit only for
thoso who did not mind broad Josts
or who told each other In a whisper
that thoy had boon to tho Palais Mor
ale. Today, tho London thontors bold
ly advertise tho most rlsquo entertain
ments, tlioro Is no subjocl ihnt is not
dlscussod. no novol that is not rend,
and it haB becomo a woll-known any
lng that Instead of tho youngor women
being restrained by decorum from In
dulging In doubtful lltornturo, books
aro now described as "tho sort of book
ono would not glvo to one's mothor to
read" for this was a girl's description
of n woll-known work of fiction.
Rush nnd hurry, hurry nnd rush,
characterize tho lifo of thoso who are
called "tho smart sol." The early rldo
in tho park, tho afternoon drlvo and
shopping calls, have given plnco to
polo matches and plgoon-shootlng, mo
tor scorching, brldgo and poker. It
you wanted lu the old days to see jour
friends, you could Invariably find thorn
nt a quiet, solemn lunch, assembled In
dim, stntflly dining rooms botweon 1
and 2 o'clock. Now, restaurants, ho
tels, tea houses and lunching rooms
aro tho rcsort3 of the representatives
of the fashlonablo world.
LOS ANGELES' PARK SYSTEM
First Breathing Place In Western
City's New Plan Is Complete
Cost $33,000.
With the completion of Improve
ments costing 133,000 In Control park,
Los Angeles will see inaugurated the
first of what Is Intended In the courso
of years to bo a groat system ot down
town parks, or breathing places, the
Herald of that city says. Containing
four and a halt acres worth $1,000,000
an aero, Central park will bn dedicated
to tho seeker after rest, to raon and
women workers of the city who havo a
few idle moments during tho day
which may be spent under tho cool
shado of trees.
It Is the dream of Superintendent
Frank Sheror and tho members of tho
park commission to have these pub
lic squares scattered nil over tho down
town district.
Central park, as It Is Improved today
marks the first step along that lino.
Tho sum of $22,000 has boon spent In
practically making over tho park. In
addition, $11,000 has been expended in
installing nn underground restroom
and lavatories tho costliest feature
of all the Improvements.
Grass the Main Thing.
In largo InwnB such common shrubs
as tho snowball, tho Persian lilac, and
tho Japanese qttluco, nro oxcollonL
Besides theso there aro tho mock
orange, tho golden boll, tho spiraea
vanhouteu, and the pearl bush. The
dogwoods and overgreens work In well
in tho decoration of a large lawn.
Of courso theso are not all that aro
noedod for a beautiful lawn, for in fnct
tho important thing is a thick, well
kopt grass sod, tho carpet, If you
ploase, upon which to sot tho scenery.
Tho cannas, hollyhocks, colons and
geraniums nro nocossury, but should
be used only as borders, or some of
them In porch boxes. Roso-busheB
nro ofton desired, and tho hardier va
rieties should be obtained and placed
together in rows or beds, as singlo
rosebushos soon grow to limbs and
appear unsightly.
Shrubs for Email Lot.
If tho lot Is small, say 40 by 150
feot, chooso tho low-growing shrubs,
such as tho spiraea of either prunl
folia, thunborgil or bumaldu faralllos.
Those aro hardy, low-growing planta
nbout tbrco feet In height. Tho spl
rnca thunbergil has vu;y flno, light
groon follngo, with llttlo white flowers
scattered along the bunches. The
spiracu bumnlda, of tho vartoty nn
thony watcror, Is n very free flowering
shrub, with crimson floworB. It is com
pact and low in growth. Spiraea pru
nlfolia has drooping tranches, with
double whlto dalsy-llks flowers. Tho
loaves of this variety u-isume brilliant
hues in tho fall.
When Ontmedl Wis Canned.
When the collar of , grocery Htors
ut Krunkliu. N.. II.. wau being clemied
out recently a can of eoolced oatmeal
was found. Tho can ha,l probably been
In the collar for 20 years, but the
content.8 wero found to bo in perfect
condition. Oatmeal was canned like
corn, peas and othor vegetables some
years ug". before tho advont of the
present day partially cooked dry ce
reals, A Good Idea.
In most of tho public schonU ot
Franco boys are taught bow to ro
storo to lifo a person who has suoin
ingly been drowned; how to carry a
boy who has broken bones; what to do
for n bad nosebleed; how to apply
a turnlquot; what to do In enso poison
Is taken by mistake, and a scoro of
other useful things. Such things
should be taught In tho public schools
Kt homo everywhere
Not So Did as He Seemed.
A curious Incident occurred at a
children's matlneo In a Moscow thoator
lately. Tho actor who played the vil
lain of tho ploco was so distressed by
tho horror with which tho llttlo specta
tors vtowed him that, notwithstanding
tho protests of the manager, he pulled
off his wig and. false beard, and
Legged the audience to bellove that be
vas only pretending to bo wlckwd.
SHE KNEW VIRGINIA'S LAWS
How Maiden Lady of tht Old Domin
ion Saved Her Lawn From the
Road Builders.
If women ever come to sit on the
bench in old Virginia, there's a mai
den lady living on hor ancestral acres
Just across tho Potomac from Wash
ington who can qualify for the Job.
Recently a realty company bought
a tract of land the other sldo ot her
property and plattod it into suburban
lots. Desiring ready accoss to the
capital, they instituted proceedings to
run a public road through tho old
lady's land; worse, tr he learned,
the projected road would cut right
through tho prottloBt part ot her trim
lawn, dear with its momorlos of her
childhood.
8he consulted her lawyer, only to
be told there was no help tor It,
since privato property may, under the
law, bo condemned for publto uso, no
matter how unwilling as Isdlsnnnt
owner may bo.
Far from resigning herself to the
ruthless Inroad on hor cherished lawn,
tho old lady burlod herself in the
musty law library handed down from
an auclont ancestor, onco a prominent
judge in tho Old Dominion.
When some dayB later a party ot
surveyors appeared with stakes and
ohalns to lay out tho line of road, they
found the owner, spado In hand, Just
setting out the last of a phalanx ot
young apple treos squarely In front
of tho lawn and right In the line of
the proposed highway,
"If you set foot inside this orchard,"
she said deflRntly to the astonished
surveyors, "I'll havo you all thrown
out and then arrested for trespass."
With that she callod up lyilf a doien
trusty young countrymen waiting be
hind tho barn for the summons.
"What does all this mean?" asked
the Icador of the surveying party, in
whose contract thoro had been no
mention of fighting. "We aro survey
ing for a publlo road and can go any
where." "Anywhore except through an or
ohardl" exclaimed the old lady, pull
ing a musty volume from under her
apron. "It's been the law In Virginia
since the days of Patrick Henry that
you can't run evon a publlo road
through an orchard, so you stay out I"
The old lady had dug up an ancient
law unknown to modern attorneys,
confounded hsr opponents and saved
her lawn.
Nothing for Nothing.
It was said by all the neighbors ol
Mr. Qulnchley that he had never been
known to giro away anything In his
life. He either sold it, or oemaniiu
something In exchange. On one oc
casion ho was making a long Journey.
The seat directly In front ot him wna
occupied by a man who had been
coughing and sneezing at frequent In
tervals for more than an hour. At
last Mr. Squlnchloy leaned forward
and spoke to him.
"That's a pretty bad cold you seem
to have," he said.
"Worst, one I over had in my life,"
wheozed the other.
"Well, I know of a slmplo and harm
less remedy, absolutely sure, that will
cure It inside ot two days.
"Borne patent nostrum?"
"No; you can mako It up at home."
"I shall be very grateful If you will
tell mo what It la."
"I'll do It, sir," said Mr. Squlnchley,
narrowing his eyelids, "If you'll tell
mo what'll drive away these warts I've
got on my left hand." Youth's Com
p onion.
Historic Tower Demolished.
Tho historic old bolfry of Troyes
Franco, dating back to tho thirteenlL
century, which formed pnrt of th
Church of St. Joan, foil down tho other
day, without happily causing any fa
tality. Tlie tower is connected with
somo historic ceremonies and iUi bolls
rnng out for tho wedding of King
Henry V. of England, with Catherine,
tho daughter of Charlos VI., who
) brought him aB lior dower tho crown
' of Frnnco. This ccromony took flace
1 In tho Church of Saint Joan nt Troyes,
I on Juno 2, 1420. The tower had been
i unsnfo for sotno tlmo, and ItH fall wan
. oxpectctf. Over a thousand persons
witnessed It. It toppled over and fell
I with a crash on a houso opposite,
i whero thero Is a bakery, and pnrt ol
I tho ruins now cover tho rof as with
' a hood. Tho splro actually entered
tho chimney of tho houso, without
; damaging It In any way, and tho two
bells lodged In the garret,
A Silly Season Gift.
' "Tako your wlfo a silly season gift
of a hnlf dozttfi assorted sealing wax
I candles," tho salesman said.
i "But 1 doti't know what Benling wax
candles are," tho patron objoctod.
i "This is what thoy uro." Tho sales
man produced a noat box. "They aro
1 sticks of sealing wax, each contain-
1 lng a wick. You light the wick when
you want to seal a letter; tho wax
molts and drops off, and when you
havo got enough for your seal you
blow out the flame. A sealing wax
i candle saves tho oxponso and bother
1 of a second candle. Won't you tako
, your wlfo a silly season gift of a
, box?"
"But," objected tho patron, "I don't
think that It Ib elthor customary or
desirable to give wives presents In tho
illly season."
Lifting Power of Gas.
Ono thousand cubic feet of coal gas
will life 35 pounds weight. Hydrogen
gas has grcuter lifting power, 1,000
cubic feet, of It lifting from CO to 70
pounds, Ono of tho cheapest wnyB to
mako hydrogen gab is to act on zlno
with sudpliuric acid. Sulphuric acid
Is, chemically Bpeaklng, sulphate of
hydrogen, and when It nnd zinc ate
brought In contact tho zinc tnkes tho
placo of the hydrogen, which Is then
liberated, sulphato of zinc being
formed as tho result of the decompo
sition. Tit for Tat.
"I understand you broke the horse
which Just lost tho raco."
"I did, but he returned the service
by bronklng me."
Keeping Him Interested.
"Bho won't lot me kiss her."
"Then why do you keep hanging
around bore?"
"Well, she leta me try."
60,000 NEEDED TO
HARVEST WESTERN
CANADA'S CROP
Take 160,000 Alto
gether to Take Care
of Yiold of Prairie
Provinces.
Ono hundred and sixty-two thousand
farm hands will be required this year
to harvest the grain crops ot Mani
toba, Saskatchewan nnd Alborta. Of
this number tho local holp will pro
rido about 112,000, which will leave
about 60,000 extra farm hands, There
Is, therefore a great demand for this
jlass of laborers in all parts ot West
irn Canada. In order to moet tho re
tirements U- hao boon arranged, to
rrant vory low railway fates from all
boundary points reached by Canadian
railways. In order to socuro these
atoa It will bo necessary for you to
tall on ono ot tho following authorized
igcnts of tho Canadian government:
U. V. Mclnnoa, 170 Jefferson Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan; O. A. Laurlor, Mnr
duetto, Michigan; J S, Crawford,
Byraouso, N. Y.; Thos. Hethorlngton,
Room 202, 73 Tromont Strcot, Boston,
Mass.; H. M. Williams, 413 Gardner
Dldg., Toledo. Ohio; Geo. Alrd, 218
Tractlon-Tormlnal BIdg., Indianapolis,
tndlann; C. J. Broughton, Room 412
Merchants' Loan & Trust BIdg., Chi
cago, 111.; Geo. A. Hall, 2nd Floor, 12B
Second Street, Mllwaukeo, Wis.; B
T. Holmes, 31G Jnckson Street, SL
Paul, Minn.; Chas. Pilling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, N. D.; J, M. Mao
Lachlan, Box 197, Watortown, S. D.;
W. V. Bonnott, Room 4, Beo BIdg.,
Omaha, Neb.; W. H. Rogors, 125 West
9th Strcot, Kansas City, Mo.; BenJ.
Davics, Room 0, Dunn Block, Great
Falls, Montana; J. B. Carbonneau, Jr.,
817 Main Street, Blddeford, Mo.; J. N,
Grlovo, Auditorium Building, Spokano,
Wash.
ThlB will glvo to Intending harvest
laborers a splendid opportunity to look
over tho magnificent wheat fields of
Western Canada and will give them
the best evidonce that can be secured
of the splendid character-of that coun
try from the farmer's standpoint
There will be at least 200,000,000
bushels of wheat harvested within the
area of the three provinces above
named this year and it Is" expected
that tho yield will run from 16 to 25
bushels por acre. Many farmers, this
year, will net, as a result of their
labors, as much as $8 to Jioper acre
end many of them will doposlt as
profits as much as f 8,000 to $10,000.
Tho wldo publicity that has been
given to the excellent crop that Is be
ing raised In central Alborta and
southern Alberta, central Saskatche
wan and southern Saskatchewan, and
also In Manitoba, will Increase the
price of lands In thoso three provinces
from $3 to $5 per acre and tho man
who was fortunate enough to secure
lands at from $12 to $20 per acre will
havo reason for gratification that he
exercised sufficient forethought to in
vest, while tho man who was fortu
nate enough- to-secure a- homestead of.
160 acres treo will also havo a greater
reason to feel pleased.
Notwithstanding tho great addition
to the acreage this year ovor last and
tho largo crop that will be ready for
harvest thoro is no reason to becomo
alarmed that tho harvest will not be
roapod successfully. Thoro will be a
great demand for theso low rntcs dur
ing tho next couplo ot months; bo
suro to mako your application to any
of tho agents aboyo montioned that
may bo In your territory at as early
a dato as possible Harvesting will
commonco about tho 25th ot July and
continue for flvo or six weeks, when
throshlng will begin and thoro will be
plonty of work until November.
Eat for the Fun of It.
According to Mr. Herbert W. Fisher
In World's Work food is of no uso to
us unloss wo enjoy It. Mr. Fisher does
not, however, recommend us to be
' gluttons. Ho says the less wc cat the
moro pleasure wo shall get. The prln
ciplo is that If wo eat llttlo we shall
taste much. And tho tasto of food,
not tho amount, Is, after all, tho lure
of it.
Important to Mothors
; Examlno carefully every bottlo ol
1 CASTORIA, n safe and sure remedy for
1 Infants and children, and see that It
I Bcaru tho
SIgnaturo ot
&&
In Uso For Ovor 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
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A good word is an easy obligation;
but not to speak It requires only our
sllenco, which costs us nothing. Cur
tis Yorko.
Mm. VTlntlows Soothing Syrup for-Cnlldren
twthlnu, nofteiiH IU& ftura, reducen inflitiMuitf
llou, ullu) iiuln. cure wind collo, 2&o u, bottle.
There aro some things that even
the most absent-minded of us can't
forget.
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II Finest Flavor Ik
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