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About Harrison press-journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1904)
The Harrison Press-Journal C. C BCHK PimrsiiTos. HARRISON, NEBRASKA. Some men are freethinkers and some Ithert are married. When you feel for tbe poor put your land Into your purse. People who pay as tbey go are tie people whose coming la welcomed. A esq may be a honest as the day Jong and atill have a bad record at light Just when the undertaker gets ready to give a man the earth he doesn't rant It But what will remove the Guate calan ant after It has killed off Uie toll weevil? One of the most crying features of Hie evil is that divorce is for the poor Is well as tbe rich. It looks from a distance as If the Spirit Fruit man might be Infringing in Dowie's patent. Over in China Ma is reported to be In absolute control of the situation, rhat's usually the case. Theres no use crying over spilt sink. The better Tray is to aeek the tea rest pump and repair the damage. People who own stock in toy pistol factories may as well begin to look tround for more permanent invest ments. Time is money. This puts the man fho fails to keep an appointment on in equality with the man who wants 10 borrow five dollars. The agricultural papers are gloating jver the discovery of a stlngletss bee. put that's nothing. Stlngless bees are torn mo n to every campaign year. Take care of the pennies and the Jollars will take care of themselves, that's the trouble. The dollars think they are too big to be taken care of. Strange so many French soldiers Irop dead from fast walking in ma neuvers. Haven't heard of any Bus tlans dropping dead from fast sprint log in action. "Rag time" has found its proper place. It meets the approval of Chi nese musical taste, and another cause f apprehension has been added to "the yellow peril." A Chicago woman declares a man will eat anything his wife cooks if he ioves her. That being the case, a good nany of our leading ladies have pret- tr irnnri cause for helnjf SllSnlcloUS Of their husbands. Germany is building trackless elec tric railways for the convenience of the farmers in nnunug wca. v. to market Good macadam roads are essential to the operation of such transportation lines. Fifty years hence when the highways In the United States are all of stone no doubt track less railways will be the fad. In South and Central America, where the temperature is high, they have a revolution every few minutes, while up In Labrador and Greenland such things are unheard of. Italy nd Morocco have brigands, while in Norway and Lapland tbey are un known. It is an undoubted fact that there is a certain relation between tem perature and temper. If a man has by nature an irascible temper he may keep It fairly well under control when the thermometer behaves Itself, but When the mercury begins to soar trp tivard the nineties ask him if it Is t enough if you want to see him lose lis grip on bis temper and say things. The announcement that rubber has been found In a supposedly useless treed, growing on the arid plateaus tnd high mesa lands of the Colorado Inountains, sets at rest all fears of a robber shortage. The rubber tree is I product peculiar to the topics. The lewly discovered rubber plant of Colo rado, however, grows at an altitude of horn 5,000 to 12,000 feet, where the climate holds all the rigors of winter (nd all the withering force of a rain less summer. The discovery of the lant relieves tbe world's rubber mar et from its dependence on the tropics ind makes it possible for rubber to be eome a stable crop, even in countries rbere extreme cold prevails. Students of Ametlcan life think (hat they detect a distinct tendency to levcrt to nature. The first effort Is, f coarse, to acquire a competence; the fcscond, to amass a fortune, but the third is to own a country place, and to be able to spend all but the winter tnontbs out In the open, away from the crowded, dusty city. Whether this be an effect of Inheritance, a harking back to tbe form whence all city wallers at one time or another sprang, r not it la an interesting fact Health a batter, life Is longer and happier, If all the time that can be spared from fckt exactions at business be spent In he mi air, where the breathing paeaaram large, tba air pare, tbe sun clear, wans and fail of com ' ' " i LeEaaat. fee , , JTJ V.- wa.- .jwm cannot tell the policeman. A whole lot of thing bother you. Of course. ' BusineM worries or domestic sorrows, it may be. or what not You find life a rugged road wboee stones hurt your t-t Vm-rtfitiHM cheer no. If mar be your real disease is "selfishness" ingrown acirlshuess. Your life is too selfntered. Yuu Imagine your trib ulations are worse than otiwrs bear. You feel sorry for yourself the mean est sort of pity. It Is a pathetic Illu sion. Kid yourself of that and cheer up. What right have you to carry a picture of your woe-begone face and funereal ways about among your fel lows who have troubles of their own? If you must whlrse or sulk or "owl go to the wood or to the unfrequented lanes. Cheer up. Your ills are large ly Imaginary. If you were really on the brink of bankruptcy or If there were no thoroughfare through your sorrows you would clear your brows. set your teeth and make the best of It Cheer up. You are making a hypothet ical case out of your troubles and suf fering from a self-inflicted verdict You are tiorrowing trouble and paying a high rate of Interest Cheer up. Wbv, man alive! In a ten minutes' walk you may see a score of people worse off than you. And here you are digging your own grave and playing palibarer Into the bargain. Man alive. you must do your work. Smile, even though it be through your tear which speedily dry and cheer up! "Ioaf and grow f;it" is the trite ex pressiou an old truism supposed to have the hscklMg o? physiological re search and medical experience. The farmer w-ho wishes to fatten stock for tbe market does not permit it to roam the fields. He puts the stock in a pen, where it can get little exercise, and feeds It fattening material. But it bus never beeu supposed that loafing made a person healthy or strong. It favors an increase of adijiose tissue, but no one ever contended that n made mus cular tissue or improved the circulation or strengthened any of the organs of tbe body. But now come certain mem bers of the American Medical Associa tion with the declaration that hard work Is deadly, that the "strenuous life" is making the young men of the United States as decrepit as their grandfathers were at the age of TO years. The introduction of the cinder path, football and other forms of out door athletics into college life, it is claimed, has resulted In the alarming growth of an Incurable disease that is sapping the vitality of the young men. This disease, which the doctors have named "arteriosclerosis," is a stiffen ing and deterioration of the arteries, causing them to age prematurely and bringing about a serious affection of the heart It should not require the admonition of the learned doctors to Impress young men with the danger and foolishness of "strenuous" athlet ics, or with the benefits to be derived from rational outdoor exercise. The loafing that permits an excessive ac cumulation of fat is dangerous. The work or the athletic exercise that does not respond to the rational needs of a particular body Is also dangerous. Ex perience and common sense teach us th4 without the testimony of the doc tors. Loafing does not bring health. Nor does "strenuous" exercise neces sarily bring strength. Friendly Birds of Prey. Every farmer and gnmekeepei should have a copy of the biological survey's report on the stomachs of birds of prey Besides immense quan- tites of mice hawks and owls kill snakes, rats, weasels, skunks, and squirrels, all of which specie destroy more or less young game birds and the eggs of game birds. Therefore it be comes necessary to know whether the bird of prey himself or all these other enemies kill the most game before Judging of his harmfulness. The kill ing of hawk or owl is probably almost always tbe killing of one of your game preservers, .whether or not be takes some game in pay. You might as well abolish policemen because they some times offend. Sportsmen wage war against herons, kingfisher and fish hawks. Now, since It is well known that the main devour ers of trout spawn and fry, for in stance, are not any kind of bird, but certain species of fish, you are proba bly helping thin your trout by removing these birds, since the latter doubtless prey more on the spawn devourers than on tbe trout This is plalu, be caruse trout are swifter and heuce hard er to catch and live commonly In deep er water than other species; so that what the heron and kingfisher get are no doubt generally the enemies of your trout Forest and Stream. Otigin orHhlrt Waist. To whom will future historians ac credit this most commendable innova tion tbe shirt waist? Is there any one woman's name to link with It, or did It spring up sporadically all over the two great republics, the expres sion of liberty snd emancipation- even for women? Essentially demo cratic as the garment Is, its Inception was In the brain of a woman set. as high by fortune as she was by nature, ss royal as she was lovable. It is difficult for us to-day to connect the bowed, venerable pathetic figure still treading the earth among us with anything so youthful and girlish' as our present cherished mode; but with out doubt authorities In -decades to come will say: "Yes, It Is to ber, Id ber generous tribute of admiration to tbe noble Italian patriot, Garibaldi, starving, fighting, dying in his red blouse, that we owe tbe shirt waist to tbe gentle and beaatlfal Eugenie, of the French r Good A UNITED STATES SENATOR tsed Pe-nuM far Dysecpala With Great Benefit. HON. M. C. BUTLER, Ei-Uatted Slatra Sinator t-'roa South EX C. S. Senator M. C. Butler from South Carolina, was Senator fio;s that State for two terms. Id a re cent letter from Washington, D. C, he saya: "I can recommend Pertwa for dys pepsia and stomach trouble. I have been using your medicine for a short period and I feel very much relieved. It Is indeed a wonderful medicine be aides a good tonic" M. C. butler. renins Is not simply a remedy for d.mpepsia. 1'eruna in s catarrh remedy, l'eruua cures dyspepsia because it i generally dependent upon catarrh of the stomach. If you do not derive prompt snd satis factory results from the use of rYruoa, write at once to Lr. Ilartiuan, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to giva you his valuable id vice gratis. Address Dr. nrtman. President of The Uartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. I suppose the only babr sdow that was ever held at which there Aas no Jealousies or dissentiuos was when Cain was an Infant.' A baker's oven heated by electric ity Is a novelty at Montauban, France. Tbe beat Is quickly applied and may be cut off at once, with a considerable saving in time, 'o heat Is lost up the chlmoey as the only opening Is the door through wbicb tbe bread Is passed. Wrinkles may be removed by mes saging wltb a cream nride by null ing one ounce of white wax, oo and a half ounces strained honey and two ounces juice of lily bulbs. Beat constantly as It cools. For too olfy bair add a teaspoon ?u' ol Tartar to tiu wait" end rinse water An Ingrowing toenail should be trimmed at the edges and the mid dle of tbe nail lightly scraped. The Washington Monument, in Washington, D. C, Is the highest In the world. It towers 55 feet In the air, aDd is composed of 18,00 blocks of marble, each two feet thick. Io Toor Feet Ache and Hum? Shaka Into your bom Allen'a Foot Eaaa, s powdr for th ftet. It urn lies tight ol paw ahoea feel pus j. Car Coroa, Bun loni. Swollen, Hot Dd Sn-Mithijf Vert. At (II Unigrlitg and Htioe Stores. 2,V. Katnnla wui r n r. c. ai iddrwa Allen S. 01 mated, La Kojr, S. 1. For excessive persplraticn, after rouahly bathing In soap and water bathe tbe affected parts with alcbo bol. Piso's Cure for Consumption promptly relievst my llttia 5-year-old sister of croup. Miss L. A. Ptarce, 23 Pilling street, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct 2, 1U01. To remove a soft corn cover it at night wltb prepared chalk, bandag ing snugly to keep tbe chalk in place. Mn Winalowa 800TrilS0 SYROP for ehll- dien teething, aoftena tbe (rumi.rwlucea Infla matloD.aliari pain corea colic Price t' bottle. Tbe masculine Idea of "Mexican drawn work,' Is that it is some kind of a lottery. And oft2n it Is. Kinnnai T t.n t a a. d .. m, vu fmom bacn vnd in tttm Unttotl Mat, , IvwUr, sick fed, diFsi. ' r iiiHt arising iron fliaVtflltWftd nUrtur ""T1 nare1 ? ! Tabula One wlU r;'er.liT aiva wiu-i within i,Bt. inav-a. Tba twerm pv-kara la aaouca lor ordinary oooaalo..,. All droecwia aell tbaaT To break children of the habit of biting tbe nails dip tbe ends of tbe fingers in a solution of aloes. JKTIionipsoii'sEyeWat)! r Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. ma wunvn nT7 rr- CAWPT CATHARTIC . 5T a"- -S I have do tea -ntmett against tbe old bachelor I give him cteait for making: one woman happy tbe on he aid'nt marry. It Isnt' tbe quality of gosples dis pensed but tbe degree of fashion displayed, that makes a successful church Fashion lias iu heroines. A New Yoik woman broke ber arm Hying to button a shirt waist that opened 10 lh.e tack. 8U11 More Kvidenca. iiuj City, 111, Aug. 8. (Special.) Mr. K. F. Henley of this city adds his evidence to that published almost daily that a sure cure for Rheumatism is now before the American people and that that cure is lkid's Kidney Pills. Mr. Henley had Acute Uheumatlsin. He has used Dodd's Kidney Tills, lie says of the result: "After suffering for slxteea years with Hheumatism aud using numerous medicines for Rheumatism and more medicines prescribed by doctors. 1 at last tried Iodd's Kidney Pills with the result that I got more benefit from them than all the others put together. "Ludd s Kidney Pills were the only thing to give me relief, aud I recom mend theiu to all suffering from Acuta Itheumaiism." Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid In the blood. Healthy kidneys take all the Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys. Only one-twentieth of the popula tion of India can read and write. A test count would probably re veal that there ware more bait heads among bachelors tben among married mn. but perhaps tbe bachelors lose their hair worrying about women. If all men worked is hard as thel wives think tbey do, the sanitar iums would be crowded with nervous wrecks. Ladles, beware of admiring the "artistic temperament." With most you n if men woj claim to have it, It consists 'jf Ions hair, short purse and bad habits. Licorice will sweeten the breath; also rinse tbe mouth wltb a little tlocture of ruyrrb in a goblet of water. Some of tbe huge crabs found on ascension Island are each a foot la length. Tbey have been known to steal rabbits from tbelr holes and devour them. vVith tbe Igorrotes at the World's Fair, fashion has reached lis logical conclusion. They seem to bfve started In wltb tbe short skirt ana the decollete waist, and now the extremes meet. In a dog cemetery Id Paris there Is a tombstone which bears this In scrlptlon, to the memory of a brave St. Bernard: He saved tbe lives of forty persons was Killed by the forty Brst. Tbe Japanese consider salt whale meat a great delicacy. Miss Whittaker, a prominent club woman of Savannah, Qa., tells bow she was entirely cured of ovarian troubits by tbe use of Lydia E. Pnkbam's Vegetable Compound. Dxia Maa. PrrraAM: I heartily recommend Lydia . Pinkbam'a Vegetable Compound as a Uterine Tonic and Eegulator. I suffered for four veara with irregularities ad Uterine troubles. Ko. one but those who have experienced this dreadful agony can form any idea of the phvsi eal and mental misery those endure who are thua afflicted. Your Vege table Jcmpounu curea me wiiain three months. I was fully restored to health and atrenrrtb, and now my periods are regular and painless. What a blessing it is to be able te obtain such a remedy when so many doctors fail to help von. Lydia E. Plnkha-n's Vegetable Com pound is better than any doctor or medlciae I ever bad. Very truly yours, Miss East Whtttakkb, 804 39th St, W. bavannah, Us." $sooo forftit lfri9tif abc oa IttUr mrtxtna amnManaia emrrmt bt arotfveatf. The testimonial which we re constantly publishing from rraterul women prove ieyonu a doubt the power of Lydia E. IMnkliam's Vegetable Compound to conquer female dliwaca Mvoarra bmim Tim nawnt-n a. Automatic Fountain. An Ohio man gives thin description f his poultry fountain: Every p"l- ryiiiHii knows bow difficult It is " ;een good. i-icBii water IvT S Jars' lock of bens shut up in a bouse or rard. If furnished in an oen ve-l t is soon lowered out of rem li or iiiien vith dirt and litter by their scratching, rations small fountains are on the narket which do for little chicks, but arze fowls shut in s warm house lrink a great deal and require lots of line and attention. The accompanying ut shows an autoiiiHtiefoUiitnin which : devised for use In my poultry house. t is made of a M-gallon keg. A pint In mn Is connected by a fiiuill tube o the lower end. from which the hlckens drink. To till the keg the ulie Is corked, then 1Im cork Is taken FOrjSTAIS Hill IMILIBV. ut of the tup. When it Is tilled niiike :he bung tight and open the tule lie ow. The water will not run out of :he cup if the tube be an Inch or more jelow the top. One cup will water a jowi-slzed flock. Two or more cups inny be used If necessary. The foilli Min should be set on a Ux about eight nches high. Just so the bens can reach t and not throw dirt Into the cup by scratching. With this arrangement 'hey have plenty of clean water mid eju!re our attention but once a day. Handy Harrow, The harrow herewith Illustrated Is ? feet long by 4 feet wide, with eight -ctli in each beam. The teeth should he of -iiieh steel and put through lot more than two inches. This makes i fine comb harrow which cuts all the top and does not pull up trash. Each lieam Is attached to the pulling bar with n hook and drop link. Through the middle is an inch rod put through thimbles, one being slipped over each benm ns shown at a. This tiinkes the harrow flexible. By withdrawing the Inch rod and unhooking from the pull- IIAIUUiW IN POSITION. Ing bar, it can lie sheltered in very rjiihII space. A boy can handle it. The harrow Is very easy to draw, the beams being near (he ground act as levelers, while the teeth cover every inch of ground. J. Floiuefell, In Farm Visitor. Selecting Seed Corn. The true selection of a istter hrped of corn is not confined to the selection of the best ears by any means, al though this Is the popular idea of com improvement As every corn raiser knows, certain seed will raise corn that is almost Ideal, so far as the ear goes, but there are but few ears on a plant. This being the case. It Is evident that the true selection of corn Is the selection of the plants which show the desired eharactcrlHtics all through their growth up to the time of harvest, so that the plants should be closely wtrtched from the time they break ground and thus securing the habit of .Towth as well as the perfection of ear so desirable. Many of the plants will make a ftronger growth than others and ripen ( hi full crop earlier; if such a plant Is what Is desired, it can only be found by watching Its growth through the nenson. Then If the yield In all that Is di-slred imp comes pretty near lv ing the Ideal plant and ono which Is, probably, capable of even greater lin vroveuient. Grit for Young Chick. While oyster shells seem to be de etrable as grit for fowls, It has been found that growing chicks do better on coarse sand, or, better still, on s mixture of coarse sand nnd ground Florida rock phosphate, which Is oh talnable of any denier In poultry sup. piles. Equal parts of each are used hnd the mixture placed In boxes, where the chicks can get It at will Hone meal In limited quantities Is also excellent for growing chicks, and If they have this In connection with the grit, made as suggested, together with plenty of fresh water during the day and a chance to pick green food for themselves, tba grain-food needed will be much !es and thrive Just as well. the chicks wlU Renewing Utrawbrrrr Bxl. Without doubt the digging of new plants ami setting them regularly in the place they sre to grow is the best way of obtaining tlie new strawberry led. True, thi requires considerable lalr and the selection of th- lest run ner from the old lied. If this plan Is to lie followed the best plants will be obtained by going wr ,"'d as the runners are forming and keep ing the tips cut off to one or more plants, so as to obtain strong plants for re setting. Another advantage of this plan is that Just the nuinU-r of plants that may be set In a given pe riod are dug. so I hat none are f to dry out as with plants Is.iight. The other plan of making the new hearing plantation " a K'h1 one, and unite generally followed, especially where the .erries are grown on the matter row plan. The mower Is run over the field after the crop is gathered and. after niklng off the cut plants, a light plow is run through the field and fllsiiit one half or more of the plants cut out. leaving the new ones, which will be alsiut a f".t apart, composed of (he new plants, t are is required In this work, but the results will 1 profitable, provided the new plants formed are strong. Cyraof the llnrae. I Hiring the busy months of the year, fanners are anxious to get nil the work jsissjlile out of their horses, which is prope.- enough. I'ihhI alone will not do the trick. A horse mny bo fsl the best of rations, but he iied eare In addition, so try these things which tony seem simple, but which will do a greiit ileal toward milking the horsi ntented rind more valiliible to you. luep his coat clean, not only by brushing and the use of the conib, but use water on him freely, especial ly during the wiinn period. When bis work for the day Is dono take a sponge anil wush each pnrt of his coat v. herr- the harness touched. If his muscles are sore, take equal parts of iodine and u'l oil. mil them ami rub the mixture well Into tlm Joints Bin! (pinions. Wash out his mouth occasionally and take cure of his feet. Almve all. In warm weather, see that his stable Is well ventilated and that screens are placed so that vermin are kept from annoying him. In watering the horse. let him have It before eating, ami also a siiihII uiply between meals, even If he Is warm. It will not hurt him unless you give him too much. Money in lierriea, ruyallup. Wash., Is the home of a limn w ho gets f a year from ono acre planted In berries. His crop con sists of the Washington dpwlierry and red raspberries. The little farm Is In the center of the city mid contains a neat six-room cottage mid nice front lawn. A cow and flock of chickens assist in making the iiu-oine approxi mate $l, every 12 months. The owner is almost an octogenar ian. He merely sits on the srch and watches Lhp pickers gather his golden harvest. The chickens do not injure the berries, but destroy the bugs and keep down the gross and weeds. Tho berries are marketed through an ssso- isticn of !vmi growers. A yield of .."id to IK) crates is considered the av mgi' from an acre. Commercial Trl iinie. Age of Kkb. An Kastem paper recently published a lengthy article on how to tell th age of eggs. While the article is very Interesting and the Information It con tains Is no doubt iici iirnte and relia ble, we are of the opinion that to (he farmer that makes the most money out of i-ggs It Is not very material. The only good egg Is the freli one, and the way to make tbe most money out of the sale of eggs Is to get them into (be hands of the consumer as soon as It can be done after they are laid. Guaranteed strictly fresh eggs always find ready sale, and generally at a premium this time of year. Ex change. Lire Scarecrow. A well known Vermont farmer Is re ported to have successfully kept off the crows from a com field by locating several roosters In boxes at various distances through the lot. The crows appear to object to the frequent crow ing of the roosters and keep away from the lot. Poultry I'll k Inns. The time o hatch, more than the breed regulates laying. In breeding should not be tolerated for more than two years. Keep all buildings for poultry well covered with whitewash, put on thick. The best stock Is the cheapest, therefore, never sell the best and never buy anything but the best. Fowls In confinement n l a variety of food, and one of the most Import ant of them is green fisid of some kind. Put a good floe of hens In the plum orchard and the trees will lean sub ject (o curctillo and will produce good crops of fruit In no case can we make good, ma ture fowls of poorly-fed and badly managed chickens. It Is economy first and last to feed well. 8o far as can be done, green food should form a part of the dally ra tions through the year, as It seeme necessary to Insure health, productive ness and fertility. A stale egg which remains In one position for a number of days lias tbe yolk adhering to tbe membrane of tba shell. The position of tbe genu often causes tbe embryo chicken te hatch either weakly or deformed. i. -