r DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. ) if w mm thf tfam rr ... .ta. W' YzllT'J AND THE OeTeftMINE GOOD OR 6A0 S. M. CUNTON 4 LTIIOUaH tho plow Is tho first Im plement used by man In Held farming, real progress In Its devel opment has come only within tho last flftyv years. First mention of tho plow In tho Old Testament Is by Job whero ho says: "Tho oxen plowing and the asses feed ing beside them." In Job's time tho plow was probably n crooked 55 Btlck drawn by oxen, with a straight stick bound to their horns to which a grass ropo was attached. This kind of Implement was in uso for thou sands of years afterward, and oven now In Old Mexico, within a hundred miles of tho border land of America, tho crooked stick Is still used. About a hundred and fifty years ago a plow With a wooden mold board was devised, and this Aield sway for fifty years, when somo genius of Tj blacksmith put an iron edgo on it, and it was then thought that tho perfection of plow making had been reached. Then camo tho plow with tho iron mold board and wooden frame. This was followed by the all-steel plow, which now reigns supreme. ff Tho aristocratic offspring of tho all-steel plow Is tho disk, and this implement, in connection With the plow itself, Is doing such good work that it docs not seem posslblo that wo shall see any docldcd improvement in this instrument for somo time. I Good plowing depends ns much upon tho kind ' of plow used as upon tho man who directs it. A great many farmers havo yet to learn that one plow will not do satisfactory work in all kinds of soil and under all conditions. Perhaps tho best plow to uso is tho, one with tho chilled sharo and point. I think it is a mis take to uso a plow point that has to be con stantly renewed; for overy time a blacksmith tinkers with It ho turns out a different kind of plow, and this is one reason why there is so much poor plowing done in this country. When a man gets a plow which does tho work tn his entire satisfaction ho should stick to it, and hover permit its shape to bo changed, if pos sible. With a soft point that has to bo con stantly renowed this is not possible, and that Is why I prefor the chilled point. Daniel Webstor once essayed to bo a plow maker. After years of deep thinking and experi menting, ho turned out a most wonderful imple ment. It was over twolvo feet long, built of wood, with an iron point, and required four yokes of oxen to pull it. It turned a furrow eighteen inches wide, twelve inches deep, which resem bled tho irrigation ditches of today. This did hot last long, however, and was never used out sldo of Massachusetts. To do good work tho plow must scour well; 5HATS WITH THE AMBITIOUS FOLK By ORISON SWETT MARDEN. NEVER TOO LATE FOR SELF-IM-PROVEMENT. A New York mllllonalro a prlnco among merchants took mo over his palatial residence on Fifth avenue, every room of which was a triumph of the architect's, of tho decorator's, and of tho upholsterer's art. I was told that tho decorations of a slnglo sleeping room had cost $10,000. On tho walls wero paintings which cost fabulous prices, and about tho rooms were pieces of massive and costly fur niture and draperies representing a small fortune, and covering tho lloors wero carpets on which It scorned al most sacrllego to tread. Ho had ex ponded a fortune for physical pleas ure, comfort, luxury and display, but thero was scarcely a book in tho house. It was pitiful to think of the physi cal surfeit and mental starvation of tho children of such a home as that. Iio told mo that ho came to the city a poor boy, with all his worldly pos sessions dono up In a llttlo red ban dana. "I am a millionaire," ho said, "but I want to tell you that I would V give half I have today for a decent education." One of the sad things about tho neglected opportunities for self-improvement Is that they put people of great natural ability at a disadvan tage among thoso who are their men tal Inferiors. I know a pitiable caso of a born nat uralist whoso education waB bo ne glected in youth that later, when lie camo to know moro about natural his tory than almost any man of his day, he could not .write a grammatical sen tence, and could never mako his ideas llvo in wordB, perpotuato them in books, becauso of his ignorance of even tho rudiments of an education. Think of the suffering of this splen did man, who was conscious of pos sessing colossal sclentlilo knowledge, and yet was absolutely unable to ex press himself grammatically! It is difficult to conceive of a greater mis fortune than always to bo embar raBsed and handicapped Just becauso of the neglect of early years. Many a girl of good natural ability spends her most productive years as a cheap clerk or in a mediocre position becauso she never thought it worth EXPLANATION OF THE CROWD 1 Few Members of Big Gatherings Act " and Think as They Would Do as Individuals. , & fThe most striking peculiarity pro - aented by a phychological crowd, ac cording to Qustav Lo Bou, is tho fol lowing: Whoover bo the Individuals that compose it, however llko or un like bo their modo of life, their occu pations, their character or their in teUicence, tho fact that thoy have . . . ,-- ,f wr MAN PLOWING --. m$m isfixix. i ffa . rj y. && VL. i, s r? 'j&; vrryrf WKSS. 4x& r Ilg 'fr that is, tho soil must slip from tho mold board ovenly, leaving tho Burface bright and clean. Poor scouring Is duo to many causes. Tho mold board may be too soft to tako a good polish, or It may ba imperfectly ground, or slight imper fections may havo been left in tho surface To test a good mold board is an easy matter. By running tho fingers over tho surface from the bottom to tho top ono can easily tell whether the plow has tho right shape, and whother its surfaco is perfect. A plow should havo a hardened edgo and point tho harder tho bettor because upon tho wearing qualities of tho plow depend success or failuro to a very largo degree. For breaking now sod, a plow with a long, sloping sharo and mold board should bo used, but for stubblo or well-tilled ground tho plow with short, stoop mold board Is hotter. Tho breaking plow turns tho sod over evenly, and covers all growth so' that it rots and forms humus in tho soil. Upon tho shape of tho plow also depends tho draft. A plow unsulted to tho soil on which It is used will cause a much greater draft than is necessary, wearing out tho strength of tho team whllo to develop her mental faculties or to take advantage of opportunities within reach to fit herself for a su perior position. Thousands of girls unexpectedly thrown on their own re sources have been held down all their lives becauso of neglected tasks In youth, which at tho time wero dis missed with a careless "I don't think it worth while." They did not think It would pay to go to tho bottom of any study at school, to learn to keep accounts accurately, or fit themselves to do anything in such a way as to bo able to mako a living by it. They expected to marry, and never pre pared for being dependontent on themselves a contingency against which marriage, in many Instances, is no safeguard. Tho number of porpetual clerks is constantly being recruited by those who did not think it worth whllo as boys to learn to writo a good hand or to master tho fundamental branches of knowledge requlslto in a business career. Tho ignorance com mon among young men and young women in factories, stores and of fices, everywhere, In fact, in this land of opportunity whore youth should bo U. S. BATTLESHIP gWW''K'raBTO',w boon transformed Into a crowd puts them in possession of a sort of col lective mind which makes them feol, think and act In a manner qulto dif ferent from that in which each Indi vidual of them would feel, think and act wero ho in a Btato of isolation. Thero nro certain Ideas and feolings which do not come into being or do not transform themselves Into acts except in tho case of Individuals form ing a crowd. Tho psychological crowd is a pro visional bolng formed of heterogene 35t6v j V2v!3 f ffl, (Sr.-vtl A?ix . .. .. '. i.pi JLSZ-' well educated, is a pltlablo thing. How often stenographers nro mortl Hed by tho use of somo unfamiliar word or term, or quotation, becauso of tho shallowness of their prepara tion! It is not enough to bo able to tako dictation when ordinary letters are given, not enough to do tho ordi nary routino of office work. Tho nm bltlous stenographer must bo pre pared for tho unusual word or expres sion, must havo good reserves of knowledgo to draw from in cado of emergency. If sho is constantly slip ping up on her grammar, or Is nil at sea tho moment she steps out of hor ordinary routine, her omployer knows that hor preparation is shallow, that her education is limited, and hor pros pects will bo limited, also. Everywhere we go we seo men and women, especially from twenty-live to forty years of ago, who aro cramped and seriously handicapped by the lack of early training. I often receive let ters from such people, asking If It Is posslblo for them to educate them selveB so lato In life. Of course It is. Thero aro so many good correspond ence schools today, nnd institutions like Chautauqua, so many evening READY FOR SEA ous elements which for a moment aro combined exactly as tho colls which constitute a living body form by their reunion a now being which displays characteristics very dlfforont from thoso possessed by each of tho colls singly. What really takoa placo Is a combi nation followod by tho croation of now characteristics, Just as In chomlstry certain olemonts, when brought Into contact bases and acids, for oxamplo combine to form a now body pos sessing properties qulto dlfforont from Q siNsftjwKS&Mssar smzwjmmmii'iA rjas . -ie7&sf MXrri-: WilCSW,ftE&J-,'"' .LO'SWTSNW iJSCi fV- XflT"I r . T tt&sm&Ksx-ss r- jzlj. v . . 5rrtT,sryN55r5:,4Jw?- .rf.T jij.wt.7v-. x" yr , uiryvv I TfftagW-Xl f-yj-o ni i . : ! v . . iSMtefc- i '-&&. iM-s-1 .4 Wm&f$Z2ZrS ?r 1 .rVV MWHSW.- yoFmm -&& ., - . -..."- , , - ( .sTA rr wmm:'... u .r. v j WMN8mNm& T s fe ? r s t - -s. ., 'x's &. itt V- Vi and tho patience of tho plowman. Tho moro abrupt tho curvaturo of the mold board tho moro pulverizing tho action upon thu furrow slico. Tho use of n coltor reduces tho draft materially, particularly on tough soils, clover sod and tho llko. Somo farmors claim that tho only flrst-class plowing that can bo dono is with tho walking plow, but I havo soon somo of tho best plowing dono with a sulky plow. Thoro Is not much dif ference In tho draft. A sulky plow carrying a man will bo about as easy on a team as walking, bocauso tho friction of tho mold board of tho walking plow Is ollmlnatod to somo extent. Tho draft of tho walking plow depends largely upon tho way in which it Is sot. If proporly adjusted with a steady pull so that tho heel or wing does not press too heavily against tho soil, tho plow will run easily, smoothly, and with very llttlo attention from tho plowman. I havo soen tho men follow tho plow round after round without oven touching tho handle, excopt at tho turning point. Another Important thing in plowing Is to havo tho width of the furrow Just right. It tho plow Is sot to tako a largor land than It can turn .over proporly, It will leave much vegetation un covered, and tho field will bo ridgy. Tho plow should bo sot to exactly cut and cover all that It enters, and no moro. When a plow runs proporly it should sot oxactly level. No man is a good farmer unless ho Is first of all a good plowman. Upon tho skill with which ho plows his fields depends to a considerable oxtont tho facility with which ho can cultlvato his crop, and, in fact, its ylold. Tho question of deep or shallow plowing is ono which must bo studied by ovory man, and adapted to tho noeds of his soil and his crop. Deeply plowed soil contains moisturo longor, affords bettor homo for fertilizer and all kinds of plant food, is moro easily cultivated, and is al ways to bo desired. schools, lectures, books, libraries and periodicals, that men and women who are determined to improve thomsolves have abundant opportunities to do bo. Ono troublo with peoplo who nro smarting under tho consciousness of deficient education Is that thoy do not reallzo tho immense value of util izing Bparo minutes. Like many boya who will not Bavo their pennies and small change becauso thoy cannot seo how a fortune could over grow by the saving, they cannot see how a llttlo studying here and thero each day will over amount to a good substltuto for a collego education. Peoplo who feel their lack of educa tion, and who can afford the outlay, can mako wonderful strides in a year by putting themselves under good tu tors, who will direct their reading and Btudy along different lines. Thoro la ono special advantago In self-education you can adapt tho studies to your own particular noeds better than you could In school or col lege. Everyone who reaches mlddlo llfo without an education should llrst read and study along tho lino of his own vocation, and then broaden him self ns much as posslblo by reading on other linos. Every well-ordered household oucht to protect tho tlmo of thoso who do sire to study at homo. At a fixed hour ovory evening during the long winter thero should bo by common consent a quiet period for mental con centration, for what is worth whllo in mental discipline, a quiet hour unin terrupted by tho thief callers. Thero Is a divine hunger In every normal being for self-expansion, a yearning for growth or enlargement Bowaro of selling this craving of nature for solf-unfoldment. Thero Is untold wealth lockqd up In tho long winter evenings and odd moments nhoad of you. A great opportunity confronts you. What will you do with It? (Copyrlulit, 1915, by tlio McCluro Newspa per Syndicate.) No Longer Room at the Top. Prof. Scott Nearlng says tho motto, "thero Is plonty of room at tho top" la no longer truo "n this country on nccount of tho fact that In ovory great industry only throo of every ono thou sand employcos havo a chanco to rlao to tho top. Tho professor's statomont is no doubt literally oorrcct, but ho will probably not deny that the, motto still applies to thoso spheros of activ ity which cannot bo considered under tho head of industry. Washington Herald. thoso of tho bodlos that havo served to form it. Needed It. Thoatrlcal Manager III, thorol What are you doing with that plBtol? Discouraged Lover Going to kill myself. Thoatrlcal Manager Hold on a min ute. If you'ro bound to do it, won't you bo good nnougli to leavo a nolo saying you did It for lovo of Mlsa Star, our leading lady? It's a dull soason, und ovory llttlo helps. Backaclie is Discouraging Nothing is moro discouraging than n constant backacho. Lamo whon you awaken, palno plorco you whon you bond or lift. Ifa hard to work or to rest. Backacho ofton Indicates bad kidneys. If tho urlno Is dlsordorod, passages too fro quont or scanty, thoro la furtuor proof. Delay is dangorouB. Prompt uso of Doan's KIdnoy Pilla now may sparo you Borlous troublo later. Doan'a la tho world's best-rocom-inondcd kldnoy romedy. A Nebraska Case "Ewt riur . j riHiSiory" Jolin V sicicnir, SIS l'aolllo St, Omaha, Neb., Bays: ' ' T ho Bccretlona from my kidneys woro retnrdcil nml tmlnful In possngo. I also h a 0 trravol and was laid up In bed for six months under tho doctor's nn.ro. Hheumatlc pains dovclopcd and ono of my llmbi boenmo uaclens. Doan's Kidney Pills drovo tho rheumatic pains away, clonrod up tho kidney secretions nnd restored mo to good health." CUt Don at Any Stora, EOc Hex DOAN'S VMV FOSTER-M1LBURN C0 BUFFALO, N. Y. Constipation Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief Permanent Cure CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never fail. Purely vegcta' bio act surely out cenuy on tno liver. Stop after dinner dis tresseuro indigestion. Improve the complexion, brighten the eyes. SHALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature BUCK LOSSES SURELY PREVENTED br Catur't BlttklM rilla. 1,0. prlMd. (ml). rllU! pnfurtd br wiura iwoEBtn. imci it Mty m Tail. m mm. - liratMt whir alhtf tat. I 1- Writ for kMkWI ml ImUmobUIi. I r li-ou lilt, iiutui run ji.ii rltliiVJ M-l M ki. BluM rilll 4.1 nT lnJacUr. but Cultar! toil Th urtortt7 ot Cutter crlu U du to our IS inj vean of iMctAUiln In vatiliiM Aid Mrtnl t)aty. Iltlit Cutttr'a. It uncMtlubl. ortUr dlnet Tkt CutUr UlKiiiry, Birtilqr, Ctl.. r Cklui, lit Why the Applause. Tho amateur theatrical porformanco was bolng discussed. "You know that part of tho now play whoro tho man solzos tho woman, forces hor into tho cupboard, and turns tho key on hor?" "Yob." "Well, laBt night a follow In tho audlenco npplaudod It bo much that thoy had to put him out." "I don't think thoro 1b anything to applaud about it." "Yes, thoro was. It turnod out that the follow was tho husband of tho actress, and it was tho llrst tlino ho had over Boon anybody shut hor up," waB tho cool reply. He Still Had Hope. After a hurried rush through tho night tho doctor found his patient In a very bad way. "My dear sir," ho said slowly, "I havo boon attending you for nlno wooks nnd havo dono my best, but I'm afraid that your ond is near. Havo you any last wish to oxprosB7" Tho patient drew a long breath. "Yes," ho replied, In a faint volco, "I wish I had had another doctor." Help Wanted! "Why didn't you hiro that ofllco boy? Ho looked llko a hustler." "Ho told mo ho didn't know tho bat ting avoragoa of all tho major lcaguo playars." "Pshaw! Nolthor do you." "That's Just my point. I'vo got to havo an authority in tho ofllco I can rofor to occasionally." Firm Basis. "Lt ub comont our friendship." "Then wo had hotter do it by taking somo concrete action." Something on the Rest of 'Em. "Why her Buporior airs?" "Sho waB a passongcr on a ship that was chased by a submarine" JBUCARTERS H HHITTI F JBfr IlVER J&K Ipius. Start Children After the vacation rest, school children should quickly settle down to the task of learning. Do your parti Parental responsibility doe3 not end by sending them to school. The child must be equipped with mind and body at their best And here the right food plays a most important part. w Growing children need energy; the right kind and lots of it. And energy comes from well-nourished nerves and brain. Grape-Nuts a food made from wheat and barley, contains the vital mineral salts Phosphate of Potash, etc (grown in the grains) which directly act with other food values to build up body, brain and nerves. Statistics prove that much of the "backwardness" of some children is due to faulty nourishment A morning dish of Grape-Nuts and cream is good alike for the bright scholar and the backward pupil. The latter needs the nutrition; the former will progress in sounder physical and mental health because of it (I There's GOT A LITTLE SATISFACTION Motorlat Emplpyed Rather Neat Way of "Gettlno Even" After His Ar rest for Speeding. A motorist was stopped by a pollco man for speeding, whereupon ho be came angry and called tho policoman an ass. After ho 1 ad paid his line, tho Judgo reproved him for what ho had said to tho olilcer. "Thon I mustn't call a policoman an riBs?" ho said. "Certainly not," said tho Judgo. "You must no' insult tho police." "Hut you wouldn't mind If I called an nss a policoman, would you?" "Why, no, if it glvc3 you any sat isfaction," answered his honor with p. Btnllo. Tho motorist turned to tho man who had arrested him. "Good day, po licoman," ho said, and immodlatoly loft tho courtroom. Doston Transcript. Sometimes tho wages of sin is paid in tho coin of tho realm. Drink Dentcon'a Coffee, Tor your health's sake. A coat of paint will mako somo things look as good as now, but a wom an isn't ono of thorn. Tit for Sack. "So Bob didn't bag tho heiress?" "No; sho gavo him tho sack.1" All the Same. "doing to sond your son back to collogo this fall?" "Might ns well. It doesn't coat much moro to lot him loaf thoro than It does at homo." HOW TO HEAL STUBBORN TORMENTING SKIN DISEASES A Baltimore doctor suggests this simple but rellablo and Inexpensive, homo treatment for peoplo suffering with eczema, ringworm, raahos and similar itching, burning skin troubles. At any rollablo druggist's get a Jar of roslnol ointment nnd a cako of rosl nol soap. Theso will not cost n bit moro than sovonty-flvo conts. With tho roslnol soap and warm water batho tho affoctod parts thoroughly, until thoy aro freo from cniBts and tho skin Is Boftoned. Dry very gontly, spread on a thin layer of tho reslnol oint ment, and covor with a light bandago If necessary to protect tho clothing. Thla should bo dono twlco a day. Usu ally tho distressing itching and burn ing atop with tho first treatment, and tho skin soon bocomoa cloar and healthy again. Adv. i Electricity on Farms, nural distribution of electric current has mado great advances in tho last two yoars. In somo communities tho farmors havo financed local distribu tion syBtoms, taking current from tho noarost cross-country transmission lino at ono point and retailing It among themsolvos. In othor commu nities Individual farmors find it do slrabla to pay for linos directly from the power plant to tho farm. Othor oloctrlo companies install tho connec tion and roqulro a yoarly minimum ubo proportionate to tho investment in tho lino oxtonslon. Dangerous Game. "Why did tho pollco break up tho children's gnmo ovor thoro?" "Ploaso, your wubuup, thoy'a was playln' T spy.'" 8ho Heard Anyway. "Do you toll your wlfo ovorythlng you do whllo Bho Is away?" "No; tho neighbors nttond to that." Women With Tact. Somo womon havo a senso of hu mor, whllo others havo tact and laugh at tholr husband's Jokos. Anyway, the man who looks into tho barrol of n gun to boo whothor It is loaded haBn't enough senso to keop htm from committing bigamy. -i . Tho population of tho , regoncy of Tunis Is now about 2,000,000, of whom 200,000 aro foreigners, chlofly Italians, French and Mnltoso. to School Bight a Reason" for IN ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD There Is Hardly A Woman Who Doea Not Rely Upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Princeton, 111. "I had inflammation, hard headaches in tho back of my neck ana a weakness all caused by female troublo, and I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vogotablo Com pound with such ex cellent rcsulta that I am now feeling fine. I recommend the Compoundand praiso it to all. I shall ba glnd to havo you nnlitiih mv ! Thero la scarcely a neighbor around ma who does not uso your medicine. "Mrs. J. P. Johnson, R. No. 4, Box 30, Prince ton, Illinois. Expcricnco of a Nurse. Polnnd,N.Y. "In my experience as a nurso I certainly think Lydia E. Pink ham's Vcgetnblo Compound Is a great mcdiclno. I wish all women with fo malo troubles would tako it I took it whon passing through tho Change of Lif o with great results and I always re commend tho Compound to all my pa tients if 1 know of their condition in tlmo. I will gladly do all I can to holp others to know of thla great medicine." Mrs. Horace Newman, Poland, Her kimer Co., N. Y. If you are ill do not drag along until an operation ia necessary, but at once tako Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If yon wnnt special ndvlco write Lydia E. Plnklmm Mcdiclno Co. (confidential) Xiynn.Mass. W. N. U., 8I0UX CITY, NO. 37-1915. Some Refreshment. Hoar Admiral Fletcher during the manouvors off Newport told a story at a garden party. "Tho navy is as abstemious from ethical reasons," ho began, "as old Sttngoo was from miserliness." "Old Stlngeo was entertaining a boy hood friend ono evening at his shore cottago, After a coup'lo of hours of dry talk, tho old fellow said genially: " 'Would you llko somo refreshment a cooling draft, say George?' '"Why, yes; I don't caro if I do," said Gcorgo, and ho passed his hand across IiIb mouth and brightened up wondorfully, "'Good!' said old Stlngeo. Til Just opon up this window. Thoro's a flno Bea breezo blowing.'" Detroit Free Press. Painful Truth. Miss SIngwell had boon a member Of tho choral society over since it iiad boon In oxlstonco, and It was un doubtedly truo that hor first youth bad waned, but the choirmaster was astoundod rocently by tho nowB that sho had resigned hor membership. "Itoslgnod!" ho gasped. "But what ovor for?" "Woll, I don't know oxactly," said tho Bocrotary, "but it strikes mo that It may havo somothlng to do with tho solo wo picked for her at tho next porformanco." "Why? What is It?" "Don't you romombor? It boglns, 1 onco wna young, but now am old.' " i Just What She Wants. Church How istho table up whoro your wlfo is boarding in tho country? Gotham Vory, very poor. "And sho remains thoro?" "Oh, yes; she's trying to roduco her weight." Whon He Asked Father. Tho Dear Girl Woll, did you buc ceod In making papa too the mark? Tho Young Man (sadly) Yob, but I was tho mark. Even in boing wedded to his art, many a man marries in baste and ropents at leisure. Grape-Nuts sold by Grocers everywhere. m i . n