Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
LOUP CITY, . . NEBRA8KA.
▲ ffiitn 10 New Jersey says be hw»
not slept a wink for ten years. Moe
quitoes?
Suit has be^n brought against tht
window glass pool. That ought to ha
easy to break.
A Baltimore doctor wants to know:
“what we shall do with our old men.”
Try kindness on them.
A pathetic dispatch from New York
says Standard Oil dividends for this
year will amount to only 36 per cent.
Sir Edwin Clark didn’t invent the
abbreviation “Usona.” Some crauk
over here did that two or three years
ago.
The young Boston man who married
his brother’s divorced wife believes
in keeping the family skeleton at
home.
The tiny prince of Piedmont has
seventeen cradles, but even a royal
baby cannot occupy them all at one
rocking.
When the West Point and Annap
olis cadets meet on the football field,
there is where the patriotic American
can’t lose.
A divorced duke is to marry a prin
cess. This saves some American heir
ess from bringing a suit for divorce
In a few years.
It is presumed that the Chicago girl
who killed a deer was thankful; but
it would be interesting to hear from
the deer’s family.
After six thousand years the first
* henpecked husband has a champion.
A New York minister raises his voice
in behalf of Adam.
The expensiveness of social life In
Washington is probably responsible
for the impression that a poor man in
the cabinet is in a box.
A man leaped from a four-story
building in Pawtucket to escape pay
ing a poll tax of $1. His relatives
will pay his undertaker's bill.
The dowager empress of China has
already spent nearly J4,000,000 on her
own monument—but, then, she ex
pects to spend a long time under it.
Gen. Andre, French minister of
war, has been succeeded by a stock
broker. A milliner is pressing his
claims for the French naval portfolio.
J. Pierpont Morgan has had his
latest photograph copyrighted to pre
vent its publication. It isn't stated
that he does this from motives of mod
esty.
The relentless Dr. Wiley now an
nounces that pate de foie gras is
made of veal. Now settle back and
wait till he tells what the veal is
made of.
New York has now a public bath,
with accommodations for about 175
persons. The population of New York
city according to the census of 1900,
was 3,437,202.
A New York man writes to The Sun
of that city to say that he knows “a
number of Usonians” who object to
being called Americans. No doubt
they are “New Yawkehs.”
Music may be a cure for nervous
troubles, but in the case of composi
tions like “Hiawatha’’ and “Bedelia"
the opinion will prevail that the reme
dy is worse than the disease.
France is having the time of her
life signing arbitration treaties. She
has got fourteen of them lined up;
pity the next one couldn’t be put into
use in her own chamber of deputies.
The new governor general of Cana
da thinks that country will in five
years have a population of 40,000,000.
That would certainly be carrying the
anti-race suicide theory to the ex
treme.
The secret of a new and powerful
explosive Is lost forever because It ex
ploded. Mr. Harry Mills, the inventor,
happened to be near by. Man pro
poses, but heaven disposes of him
and his proposal.
The Washington Post tells H. P.
Whitney that “he could have hired
ten good college professors for what
he pays his new jockey.” And it would
have been worth the money to see the
professors ride the horses.
Janauschek, greatest actress of her
day. lived beyond the years of those
who admired her and died poor and
almost forgotten. The actor and the
orator should pass with their genera
tion if they would die happy.
Thomas Eagleton of New York has
managed to accumulate debts of $119,
000, without any assets, in spite of
the fact that he can neither read nor
write. There can be no doubt of the
fact that financial geniuses are born
and not made.
A dozen generals and the students
of a military college started a revolu
tion in Brazil, but a few policemen
broke the heads of the revolutionist*
and the path to glory the leader*
blazed out for the students has led
them to the calaboose.
Gov.-elect W. L. Douglass of Maasa
chusetts I* on record as saying that
If he were «sked to give advice to al/
the boys of America, he would say;
“Be hov^t, faithful, industrious, sav«
your miner.” Who could give better
ad vice in seven words?
The eight society women in New
York who have volunteered to tea^*
sewing in a parish school in the tc**
meat district must be looked or wi’r
rdmiratton by their associates in *3
cfcty, who couldn’t run a seac< 0/ fc n
^ pillow case to save their b .oa.
A Sea-Lover
She said: "Oh, I long and yearn, thla
year.
For the sea—my own blue sea!
"Where I can roam with no one near.
And dream and muse, and be frea.
I long to lie where the billows roll.
And the white gulls skim and dart—
Yes; that alone is life to the soul
And peace to the tired heart!”
She went—and sat in a swaying chair
On a wide veranda’s space—
And She gazed and gazed at the vomei
there.
And she never once turned her face
From the chic creations, and costumes
fine—
Then, back to her home, with a sigh
Of heart’s content' . . . “It was just
divine!
Oh, that glorious sea and sky!”
. —Puck.
me gin nau caugni mm rea-nanuea,
slipping into their horse stable; and
during the past week they had lost
three of their best animals. But the
prisoner was imperturbable, even
when in the first excitement of discov
ery she had fired a bullet across his
shoulder as a warning to accept the
capture without protest. He had
turned calmly, but with an odd look
of amazement in his eyes; and as he
raised his hat—with his left hand—
and tried to say something about wan
dering into the valley by accident, she
had cut him short, with a curt, “Move
on ahead there, and don't attempt to
‘ touch your weapons.”
“If you will excuse me, miss,” he
observed quietly, after they had cov
ered half the distance to the house,
“isn’t it rather odd to build such a
home as yours in so wild a place? I
did not suppose there was even a log
cabin within a hundred miles.”
“My father likes the location,” the
girl said coldly, “and so do I. Here
we are now—that is my father on the
piazza.”
As she spoke they passed from be
hind a hedge of transplanted New
England barberry bushes, brilliant
with their scarlet clusters cf seedy
fruit, directly in front of the entrance.
Her father had half risen and was
looking down at them inquiringly.
“This is a man I caught in our
horse stable, father,” the girl ex
plained. “He says he was looking in
out of curiosity, but I believe he is
the thief who has been taking our
horses. You can talk with him
though, and find out. Watch him
closely, for he’s armed. I will go
round to the kitchen and see if the
Chinaman has got dinner about
ready.”
As she disappeared in the house the
stranger turned away to hide a smile.
These people were not very experi
enced in thief-taking.
“You will excuse my not rising, sir,”
the host was saying courteously, “but
unfortunately I am at present a little
indisposed. Please step up on the
piazza and take that chair. Place the
books upon the table.”
There were several small tables on
the piazza and a number of chairs, and
tables and chairs were all occupied
by books. The prisoner went to the
chair indicated and removed the books
to the table at the man’s elbow. As
he did so he gazed at the thin, smooth
ly-shaven face with a puzzled look
that was half recognition.
But the keen, quizzical eyes were
piercing him through and through,
and as he sat down he had a feeling
that he was back at college and his
professor was probing him for the
truth of some misdemeanor. Soon,
however, the man’s face cleared and
the searching eyes lost their look of
fixed inquiry.
“You are blameless, sir,” the Incis
ive voice declared conclusively, “and
I apologize for my daughter’s suspi
cion. Perhaps, though, it was natural
under the circumstances. Of course
you will stay to dinner. May I ask
your name?”
“Reynolds Phillips.”
All the time the man had been
speaking Phillips’ gaze had been
wandering longingly over the pro
fusion of books. They were a famil
iar avenue back into his past. Invol
untarily he reached out and picked up
one, opening at the fly-leaf. As he
did so he uttered a surprised exclama
tion.
“President Elliot! He gave yon
this?”
“Yes. Do you know him?”
“He was my college president.”
“What!” The man half rose in his
chair. “I have been a professor in
"Mo-,c on a!.fad, there,
hia college a good part of my life.
When were you 'here?"
“I giaduated r'.r.e years ngo.”
"Nine year# L*t me see—yes ! waa
in Europe a year cr two about that
that time for my health. But we must
both have been !n the r.oltpe* during
your undergraduate data at some
time. Phillip#, rhilUps-tfcc name
*?ems familiar."
’Yes, we wer# together nearly three
years, i remem Der you periectiy now.
You were my professor cf literature.
I half recognized you when I first
stepped upon the piazza.”
. The professor’s hand was suddenly
extended. “Let me shake hands with
you, Phillips,” he said. “I never ex
pected to see any of my students
again. It is delightful. What?” as
Philipps put out his left hand some
what awkwardly, “is your right arm
disabled? What is the matter?"
“Just a little scratch,” hastily.
“Men hunting in a wild country like
this are running into something all
the time, you know.”
“Recent?”
“This morning.”
“Been attended to?”
“N— no. not yet. But it doesn’t
matter. I will attend to it as soon as
I go away. I don’t mind a little thing
like this.”
“Mary shall look after it at once,”
decisively. “She is a very good sur
geon, and included medicine in her
curriculum. Mary! Oh, Mary!”
“Really, it doesn’t matter in the
least,” interposed Phillips hastily. “I
would much rather not have it looked
after just now.”
But the professor paid him not the
least attention. When his daughter
appeared he nodded toward Phillips’
right arm.
“Wounded,” he said, “and from the
looks of that round hole in his coat
~ "V rr
“It is a perfect combination—with
you.”
sleeve I should say it was a bullet.
That kind of cloth does not show
blood saturation much, or I think we
would have noticed it before. To
think of him sitting here all this time
with an arm too disabled to use, and
not alluding to it. Mary, you must
cut the sleeve away at once and at
tend to it.”
The girl’s face had grown white
with • sudden comprehension. She
went quickly to Phillips, her gaze
steady and direct.
“What is it?” she demanded.
But Phillips’ was equally steady, and
in his eyes was an impervious request
for silence. And she understood.
“It is nothing but what is liable to
happen at any moment to an adven
tuier like me,” he answered, “and l
assure you It Is not worth a moment’s
uneasiness on your part. I would
much rather you had not noticed It;
but since you have, and to relieve any
possible anxiety, I will submit. But
please understand it was a mere acci
dent, with no one to blame but my
self."
One afternoon, a month later, Phil
lips and Mary walked down from the
piazza, under the trees. The profes
sor was asleep in a reclining chair at
the far end of the piazza, a paper over
his face. It was the first time Phil
lipps had left the house after a long,
serious fever which had followed his
wound. In Mary’s eyes was a tender,
surprised joy.
“It is good to see you out again,
Reynolds,” she said. “At one time I
was afraid that—that ”
He turned his eyes away, gazing up
the valley, conscious of the flush that
was coming to her face. It was the
first time she had called him by that
name. There was joy in his own eyes.
“I shall always keep the bullet as
the direct cause of my great happi
ness, Mary,” he said, with a low
laugh. “I had counted on spending
the rest of my life in this wilderness,
for I love freedom. But the prospect
was never wholly satisfactory. Some
times the influence of the East came
over me, with a longing for its books,
and I had to fight the feeling away.
This valley now brings me the East,
with cultured people to talk to, and
with the freedom of the wilderness at
the very dc-or. It is a perfett combina
tion—with you.”
Import English Song Birds.
An attempt on a large scale to in
troduce English song birds into Brit
ish Colombia is at present being made.
The Victoria (B. C.) Natural History
society is taking out c consignment of
500 birds, consisting of 1Q0 pairs of
goldfinches, 100 pairs of larks, and
fifty pairs of robins.
FORCED TO BE CLEAN.
Administering Baths New York
Municipal Lodging House.
In “Six Weeks in Beggardom,”
Everybody’s Magazine, Theodore Wat
ers begins an account of his invest!
gation of the beggar problem for that
magazine. The following is a partial
description of his experiences, dis1
guised as a destitute workingman, in
the Municipal Lodging House of New
York:
“After the medical examination we
filed through the outer office, where
we- gave over our pedigrees and the
envelopes, in w’hich we had been
obliged to put our trinkets, to the
bookkeeper; and after that we went
down a flight of steps to the base
rnent where hundreds of dirty men
were being made clean. Every man
was instructed to remove his cloth
ing and place it in a net bag given
him for the purpose. The garments'
were then hung in a great oven ano
subjected to a temperature of 230 de
grees F. The men meantime were
compelled to take a handful of greet
soap and rub it upon their heads, ant
then to stand under a very Niagara o.
water which descended from taps ii
the ceiling. There was no escaping
this drenching process.. A big attend
ant armed with a mop handle inspect
ed each man as he went under tht
water, and never failed to object vigor
ously when any attempted to escapt
while the slightest particle of grimt
remained upon him. I saw what 1
felt siye must be the dirtiest man ii
New Ijork give up his clothes and gr
under die shower grudgingly, and af
"Vrf determined urging on the part O'
the attendant, come out clean. There
were many such in the City Lodginf
House that night, but the majority o
them welcomed the bath, the spot
less night-gown, the comfortable slip
pers, and finally the repose on thf
cleanest of beds.”
SEE MONEY IN INVENTION.
Artificial Diamonds Occupying Atten
tion of French Investigators.
The reward of the inventor who can
produce artificial diamonds is sc
tempting that the Moisson experi
ments with the electric furnace
which were inaugurated some eight
or ten years ago, have been continued
until the present day. They are now
being carried on in the laboratory ol
the Sorbonne, in Paris, with ever
increasing success. The first diamond?
made by the electric furnace were ol
microscopic size and few in number
In fact, they were so minute and un
common that it took a great deal ol
repeated experimenting to secure
enough specimens to demonstrate be
yond p. doubt that the brilliant crys
tals were actually diamonds.
As the work continued various modi
fications were worked out, as the ex
perience of the investigators became
greater, until now success seems immi
nent. .The crystals are positively
known to partake of all the character
istics of the diamond in crystallint
structure, hardness and chemical com
position, as demonstrated by combus
tion experiments. The largest crystal
yet obtained is only one-half a milli
meter in length, and, while this is only
a spark, it indicates that the process
is capable of yielding diamonds of
good quality, and that some day in the
not distant future the laboratory pro
cess of Mother Nature, as exemplified
in The Rand, may be duplicated In
man’s laboratory and in a commercial
way. *
Up-to-Date Costume.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, famous fo,
her dramatic art and her pet dog
Pinky Panky Poo, a Japanese spaniel
of high culture, while in Washington
recently went driving one day and in
cidentally dropped in to see a friend.
The air was chilly, in fact cold, and
Mrs. Campbell wore a long coat ol
Russian sable. Pinky or Panky or Poo
was in a warm spot underneath the
coat, his shaggy little head, his eyes,
and white teeth peering out.
“Oh. what a lovely coat that is,” ex
claimed Mrs. Campbell’s hostess as
she stroked it; “and what an odd
frog you've got there at the button,"
as she took hold of Pinky’s head.
Pinky repulsed the gentle squeeze
with a snap.
“My heavens!” exclaimed the ac
tress’s friend. “What is that?”
“Oh!” exclaimed the actress laugh
ingly. “It s just a little Jap thats got
under a Russian’s hide.”—New York
Times.
Poor Croesus.
tf I were rich as Croesus—
But—out on riches, dear!
For I have you and love to-day,
And just to-day is here!
If I were rich as Croesus—
I pause again and laugh—
The half the joy of you and love—
Wealth could not buy the half!
If I were rich as Croesus—
I wonder if the flame .
Of autumn leaves would be as red,
If skies would look the same.
If I were rich as Croesus—
Dear heart. I turn to you.
Would you hold me much dearer then.
Love me more than you do?
If I were rich as Croesus
Dear heart, there's naught I lack,
And if I lost what now I have.
No wealth could bring It back!
If I were rich as Croesus,
And I were left alone.
Could golden dross bring back thy heart
To beat against my own?
Nay, I am rich as Croesus,
Far richer, too. I ween.
For there are hearts so close to mine
That naught may come between;
Aye. I am rich as Croesus—
I've held your hands in mine!
He never clasped you in his arms,
. Nor saw your dear eyes shine.
—J. M. Lewis in —ouston Post.
Lock Your Jag in the Bottle.
Large locked corks, original in de
sign, are being shown in the shops
for Christmas presents. All of them
have about as much silver, or nickel,
as cork, but they fit in the average
sized whisky bottle all right, and are
really a decoration. Small Yale keys,
only one for each cock, lock the hot
tie as tight as an office safe. If a
man doesn’t happen to leave his bunch
of keys lying around loose his whiskj
is perfectly safe from purloining serv
ants. If he loses his keys he musi
break the neck of the bottle to gel
at his tipple. No duplicate key can
be made for him.
If a man prefers a certain blend oi
whisky. Scotch or-American, he can
leave it on his sideboard at home 01
take it to his club to be called for
when required. Most club men would
find this plan a great economy.
The Cow and the Hen.
Hoard’s Dairyman tells of two men
who took a cow census. In Pennsyl
vania twenty-five farmers who were
patrons of creameries averaged a net
profit of 515.06 per year for each cow
while twenty-five more made a profit
of 65 cents per cow. In Indiana the
best six out of fifty averaged 521.00
per cow per year. It is fair to as
sume that these best cows were worth
from 545 to 5G0. Consequently it ap
pears that it takes a good cow to pay
an annual profit equal to one-third of
her value.
Wallace’s Farmer has given through
its columns the records of farmers’
flocks of grade chickens that paid a
clear profit of a dollar per hen. If
put up at public sale many of these
chickens would have sold from 53.00
to 56.00 per dozen. It would seem
that the average hen, under average
conditions, will give a profit of twice
her value, where the average cow,
under average conditions, will pay a
profit of about one-third her value.
When we consider the difference in
the amount of money invested we
wonder that farmers are so slow in
giving the hen her due.
Composition of Milk.
Milk is made up of water and solids,
the latter varying from eleven to six
teen per cent and averaging about
thirteen per cent. The solids are
again divided into fat and solids not
fat. The solids not fat dissolved in
water make a thin syrup or serum.
Fat will not dissolve in water. In milk
it is found in the form of microscopic
globules, which vary in size from
1-2,000 to 1-40,000 of an inch in diame
ter. The globules in the milk of Jer
seys and Guernseys are larger than
those of Shorthorns and Holsteins. As
; the milking period of a cow increases
they become smaller and much more
numerous. If a drop of milk freshly
drawn from the udder is viewed
under a microscope the globules will
appear evenly distributed over the
field. After the milk has stood a while
they will group themselves in little
bunches. If they are at the right tem
perature to be sticky, they will run
together when agitated and may be
come visible to the naked eye as but
ter granules. This is the explanation
of what takes place in churning.—
Denver Field and Farm.
Balanced Rations fcr Dairy Cow.
We have said a great deal from
time to time on the necessity of hav
ing a balanced ration for all kinds of
animals, and especially for the dairy
cow. We have no particular ration to
prescribe. The ration that would be
best for one is not best for another
because of the difference in price. A
scientifically balanced ration may not
be as profitable under some circum
stances as one somewhat out of bal
ance, for the same reason, but farm
ers should all know at least in a gen
eral way what foods grown on the
farm will make an approximately
balanced ration, and if the necessary
foods are not grown on the farm what
can be bought in the cheapest way to
solve the problem. An experience of
many years in answering questions
submitted by dairymen has satisfied
us that about nine out of ten are feed
ing an unbalanced ration, which, how
ever, might be , balanced in most
cases at a profit.—Wallace’s Farmer.
Caked Udders.
If from exposure there are any of
the cows w’hose* udders show a ten
dency to cake, give them immediate
attention and do not let them get so
far along that a quarter or half of
the udder may be ruined. There is
nothing better to do at first than to
give hot applications, and gently mas
sage the inflamed udder with vaseline
afterward, to keep it from taking
cold. If the vaseline is not at hand
give a good coating of fresh lard.
This should be attended to several
times a day, but alwTays remember
that the udder is very, very sensitive
and should be handled with the great
est fare, also, that it is only manly
to forgive the cow in this condition if
she does give you a few unnecessary
kicks. Watch her very carefully and
if in a day or so if the udder does not
improve get a veterinary's advice.—
Mrs. C. H. Robbins.
Make the Cow Comfortable,
Have a generous window in the
cow stable to admit light and sun
shine. A small yard for the cow to
be turned into when the weather is
pleasant would be preferable to con
stant stabling. She doesn’t need vio
lent exercise. Give her plenty of feed,
pure air, protection from severe cold
and all storms. Make her comfort
able.
Last Milk the Best.
The last milk drawn from a cow is
much richer than the first. The last
quart usually contains more than
three times as much butter fat as
the first.
•Dairy Notes.
Milk of different temperatures
should not be mixed.
With cows long in milk the butter
will come slow.
Butter should be exposed as little
as possible to the air from the time it
is churned until marketed.
Care should be taken never to over
work butter as the grain and texture
should be preserved.
The churn should never be filled
more than half full, and then, if the
temperature is just right, it will churn
readily.
A good thermometer and a knowl
edge of its use will generally over
come the diiliculty of the butter re
fusing to come.
When butter is worked very dry,
the grains of salt left in it are not
dissolved and remain in a gritty con
dition.
Milk should be set a3 soon as pos
sible after being drawn from the cow
whether shallow or deep sitting is
followed.
When the churning proceeds too
rapidly as a result of too high temper
ature, only part of the fat is solidi
fied, and the butter la soft and greasy, i
S.SfAR/'lnA
Value of Grass for Poultry.
Though thoroughly appreciating th*
value of good grass range, with %'J
that goes with it in the way of insects,
worms, seeds and exercise, as well as
grass, we would not wish to fully in
dorse the statement as to the saving
in grain effected by a good grazing
ground unless such statement was
supported by details sufficient to dem
onstrate the correctness of his opin
ion. In our own experience we have
never regarded grass, hay or bulky
green foods as valuable to substitute
for any considerable part of the grain
ration. We have always found that
chickens well supplied with green
food and meat food were heartier
feeders of grain than those fed grain
alone, except in the extreme hot
weather, when, if left to themselves,
they will generally eat so much green
stuff and so little grain that both
growth and egg production are
checked.
According to our experience and
way of estimating values, these acces
sories of the grain ration do not so
much economize in actual cost of food
as increase the capacity for digesting
and utilizing the staple grain foods.
That is, they increase production. We !
have found, too, that they increase it, j
as a rule, much more than enough to
pay for the increased cost of food. An- j
other point to be considered is that |
the use of rations so balanced not only j
increases the efficiency of the digest
ive organs, but by preserving their \
efficiency prolongs the useful life of
the fowl. As Mr. Strickland says, a j
bulky ration distending the stomach
senes certain useful ends. The trou
ble with the all-grain ration Is that it
is too concentrated. It burns out the
digestive apparatus. Fowls can stand
it for awhile, and may grow better or ;
lay better on it than they would on
a ration constaining much green stuff, j
but they will not last so long.
Some say and think it the better
policy to force the fowls for all they
are worth, and when they are ex- j
hausted turn them off, but the wisdom
of that policy is open to doubt. In
deed it has been discredited in many ;
experiences.
In most northern sections grass can
not be grown during the winter
Where our winters are quite reliably
“open” enough to give fowls a good
many opportunities for foraging, win j
ter rye is the favorite crop for poul j
try, and it could be used much mort
than it is.
Exciting a Dairy Cow. *
I have made a close study of dairy
problems during the last fifteen or
twenty years, and I think I have
picked up some experience by w'hich
others should profit, writes a South
Dakota farmer. I refer especially tc
the matter of exciting the dairy cow.
In the first place, I have no use for |
a dog around a dairy farm. One that
is properly trained and is looked after
by a sensible person may often be
useful without being harmful, but:
where there are a number of indi
viduals looking after the cows I think
the dog should be dispensed with. I
have many times noticed a falling ofl
fully one-half in the quantity ol
milk given by my cows after they
have been given a chase by the dog,
while I have in mind a few cases
where cows under normal conditions
gave six quarts at a milking would
not give a pint after being chased by
a dog. Now, a repetition of this ex
perience for a few times may occur
even after a lactation period of only
three or four months.
Proper Food for Hens.
Clover, alfalfa or grass is a per
fectly balanced food for stock and
poultry, and to one who never gave
the matter much attention, the quan
tity poultry will eat is au astonish
ment to him. This will be seen very
plainly when hens are confined tc
runs; they eat up every blade oi
grass in an extensive yard and then
pme to get out for more. In the nor
mal condition of things, a hen will
live on grass; but if she is laying, she
must have something in addition to
furnish the egg material, and this
can be supplied more cheaply than
in any other way by giving her corn.
Long observation convinces us that
corn fed to laying hens makes the
yolk of eggs a richer yellow and gives
solidity to the whites. Eggs laid by
a half-fed hen have whites that arc
thin and watery and the yolks are of
ten pale and thin, falling flat when
the e^g is broken instead of standing
up in the shape of a half globe.—
Kansas Farmer.
Lard Good for Healing Cuts.
Most farmers are acquainted with
the difficulty in milking the cow that
cuts her teats on the barbed wire
fence. A little lard put on the cut a
few moments before milking will so
soften it that the cow will give the
milker no trouble. An application of
lard or butter after milking hastens
the healing of the cut.
Avoiding Drafts.
Some of these days let us look over
the buildings carefully, and see that
no open places are left to cause
drafts on the animals, for they might
better be left outside than obliged to
stand in a draft. If you have any
doubts on this subject, just try it
yourself. Oblige yourself to stand in
a place where the wind is drawing
through for a while, and then go out,
even where you are fully exposed to
the elements, and see how much
more comfortable you are where you
can change your position and not be
obliged to keep still.
Keeping and Shipping Appies.
A series of experiments conducted
at the Ontario, Canada, Agricultural
college tend to confirm the conclu
sions reached by the United States
Department of Agriculture that ap- j
pies can be kept in better condition
at a temperature cf thirty-one de
grees, Fahrenheit, than at a higher
temperature. Both agree that a great
advantage is gained by wrapping each
apple in paper and carefully packing
them in shallow one-bushel boxes.
Oath According to th7~K^—'
All Achmet, an Arab, was a w '
in the New York court ot «MC„, sea.
sions recently. He refused »0 tak’
the Christian oath, saying ho would
swear as becomes a member of his
race and faith. He was allowed to do
so. and this was the oath he ;t- -j *
swear by the beard of the prophet* bv
the kasha, by the black stun, i-.i by
my harem to tell the truth, a' th«
truth, and only the truth."
Boat Made From a Pear1
A jeweler In Turin has ma le , • ny
boat of a single pearl. The 1 a
finely shaped ant might ser. as a
model for a racing sloop, th. s. ,,
of beaten gold, studded with , ,,
and the binnacle light is a j,*'rf. -
ruby. An emerald serves s- ,
der, and its stand is a :'ab of i . rv
Its weight is less than or 0- l!Ui
It Is said to have cost
Singing Insects of Js; ar
Among the natural cur
Japan are its singing in- tj,®
most prized of these tiny mo
a black beetle named “g
which means “insect bell.” 1.
that it emits resembles that of :
silver hell of the sweetest ant
delicate tone.
Reads Like a Mirac e.
Moravia, N. Y., Dec. 12th— rv
cial)—Bordering on the mirac ;
the case of Mrs. Benj. Wilson of •
place Suffering from Sugar I*
she wasted away till from v •.»
200 lbs. she barely tipped th.. sea;
at 130 lbs. Dodd’s Kidney l»ii: < ,r,
her. Speaking of her cure 1. ] -
band says:—
“My wife suffered everyth r.g f i
Sugar Diabetes. She was ! r
years and doctored with two <f.(*<>■*,
but received no benefit. She to. i
much pain all over her that -!.>• .
not rest day or night. The doct
that she could not live.
“Then an advertisement led r
try Dodd's Kidney Pills and they 1
ed her right from the first. F
boxes of them cured her. Dodd's K: i
ney Pills were a God-Sent remedy to
ns and we recommend them to all suf
fering from KidDey Disease.”
Dodd’s Kidney Pills cure all Kidney
Diseases including Bright’s Dimase.
and all kidney aches, including Rheu
matism. _
It is very easy to get mad with
somebody for doing what it would ha,
very unreasonable for anybody to get
mad over if you did it.
Do You Know What An Anii ne
Blue Is?
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The Handy Blueing Book, whose “ads*’
have been appearing regularly in our
columns for several months past, is v»il
Reserving of special mention to all our
readers.
One sheet from the Handy Blueing T k
will produce ten gallons of* blue water of
the proper consistency for the laundry.
Decades sinee. Aniline blueing was t :ed
by Germany, the dye connoisseurs, ami • *>w
it is the oftly blue upon tho Bur au
market.
It is used fcv shirt and collar fact res
everywhere. Why? Because it v. i. t
spot, streak, pierce or injure the linens and
will bring them out a snowy white.
It is a maxim with me that no man
was ever written out of reputation but
by himself.—Richard Bentley.
Catarrh Cannot lie Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as theycann : reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood >*r c-. -
tutlonal disease, -nd 1n order to care It you must take
Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken
ternally. and acts directly on the blood and inu- u»
surfaces. Hail's Catarrh Cure Is not a quo it me.
cine. It was prescribed by one of the best phy«j lain
In tUla country for years and I- a regular pre»i"r!pi n
It rs composed of the best tonics known, c >n;Mr,eJ
with the best blood purifiers, acting directly Ln tf.c
nmw.tii surfaces. The perfect c tnblna: n • f tfce
two Ingredients Is what produce* »ut?h wonderful re
lulu ln curing cats rib. Send for testimonial*, free.
F.J. CHENEY * CO.,Props., Toledo. O
Bold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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A woman's arms have to be awful ,
thin for her to think theu area t
sh%uely in suite of it.
The well earned reputation and inerei*
Ing popularity of tho Lewis’ ‘‘Single I
Binder.-’ straight 5c cigar, is due to the
maintained high quality and appreciate a j
ot the smoker. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, ill.
You do not have to throw grit in
your neighbor’s eye to prove that you
are a man of sand. i
Ask Your Druggist for Allen’s Foot-Ease.
“1 tried ALIEN S FOOT EASE recent
ly. and have just bought another supply It
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and I would not be with
out it now.—Mrs. W J Walker. Camden,
N. J.” Sold by all Druggists, Joe.
The man who has no interest in
heaven is not likely to Lave much
principle on earth.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOB rrUBA
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or I'r .trading Fl'ej. t<>iw
druggist will refund money If PAZO 01SMINT
fall* w cure you In 6 to 14 days. 6UC.
Charity leaves enough sins uncov
ered to prevent gossips from acquir
ing lockjaw.
Piso’s Cure for Consumption is an Infallible
medicine for coughs and colds. —N. W. Samcii.
Ocean Grove, N. J.,Feb. 17.1800.
There isn’t nearly as much enjoy
ment in being a drinking man if no
body in your family objects.
The ony time a liar fools others Is
when he tells the truth.
Mr*. Wtr.slow-s Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, soften* the g'ini., reduce* ta>
Qummatlou, allay a pain, curv» windtiOUu. Itto a hottla.
Other people's experience is never
a dear teacher to you.
Money breeds almost as much trou
ble as the lack of it
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The younger the doctor the more
eerms he know*.
To Organize Colonial Army.
It is stated that, in view of events
in Southwest Africa, Germany intends
to organize a colonial army, the pres
ent method of relying upon volunteers
no# having proved satisfactory.
His Masterpiece.
“Oh, what a lovely carpet," ex
claimed the visitor. “Was it ex
pensive?
“Sure,” answered Mrs. Newrich. “It
is one of the finest carpets Mr. Brus
sels ever wove.”
Must Provide Baths.
The city of Reading, England, has
passed an ordinance requiring that
baths shall be placed in all dwelling
houses constructed within the borough
In future.