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A Pest with a Sting.
America is threatened with another
■pest The French brown-tail moth is
’almost, if not quite, in the midst of us.
lie came over in nursery packages
from France and is only awaiting the
gladsome days of spring to break
forth, expand and begin pesting, just
as though he were at the old stand.
He will compete as a foreign pauper
pest with our own infant industries in
She pest line. If you do not know what
the French brown-tall moth does to
the human race you will learn if he de
cides to sojourn among us and to in
crease and multiply, says the Chicago
Daily News. Archery is his hobby.
Unlike the bee and the mosquito,
which have but one stinger, the little
French brown-tail carries a quiver full
of arrows, which he shoots in passing
as a small boy trains his popgun on a
bald head. There is no chance to slap
him on the wrist in return, for he
stings without alighting and then
moves on to the next victim. No won
der the scientists who saw him first
are very anxious to find a way to put
pirn gently to the bad.
There is comfort for the murderers
®f the king's English in the latest con
tribution to periodical literature by
Mr. Lounsbury, emeritus professor of
English at Yale, excusing and in a
measure justifying some of the so
called vulgar mistakes in orthography
and grammar committed by unedu
cated people. According to Prof.
Lounsbury, there is, or was, the best
of authority for saying pint for point,
jist for joist, ile for oil and bile for
boll. Our’n and your'n and his’n are
upheld by ancient usage. The double
negation is similiarly vindicated and
there are a dozen instances of the
use of learn in the sense of teach in
Shakespeare. It is gratifying to note
that the professor draws the line on
*'I done it.” There are limits to what
are euphoniously termed archaic forms
of speech, it seems.
A report declares that In the state
of New York marriages have de
creased 20,000 during the past year.
Yet this is President Roosevelt’s own
commonwealth. It is more than likely
that the depressed condition in many
lines of business and labor will ac
count for much of this falling off. In
the early part of the year thousands
of men were out of employment and
were probably looking for work harder
than they were looking for wives. The
present year gives promise of being a
prosperous one, and it is safe to pre
dict that the marriage record in the
Empire state for 1909 will make a far
more satisfactory showing.
The Chicago professor's theory that
marriage licenses should not be used
until six months after they are issued
is evidently for the purpose of prevent
ing hasty marriages. But why not go
further? Say that marriage licenses
shall not be used until the last install
ment on the furniture is paid; or un
til both parties to the match have cut
their wisdom teeth. Certainly mar
riage licenses should not be used until
after the ink on the divorce decree is
dry.
Ellen Emerson, oldest daughter of
Ralph Waldo Emerson, and for years
his close companion and assistant,
died at the home of her sister Edith,
wife of William M. Forbes, in Milton,
Mass., on January 16, aged 70. Miss
Emerson was active in the social and
literary life of Concord at all times,
and especially in the affairs of the
Unitarian church. Besides her sister,
a brother, Dr. Waldo Emerson of Con
cord survives her.
In his various plays Shakespeare
used about 15,000 words. Milton used
only about half as many in his writ
ings. A person of culture and educa
tion has a speaking vocabulary of
about 5,000 words; an ordinary person
uses from 2,000 to 3,000 words. This
would indicate that the 300,000 words
of the English langauge include a good
many that are seldom employed ex
cept in president’s messages.
Frank Wentworth of Winsted, Conn.,
has doped it out that in 2,000.000 years
the human race will have developed so
far that instead of walking on a pair
of alternate pendulums, as now, men
will have on their lower extremities
wheels actuated by turbines driven by
hot air. Here’s a chance for some peo
ple to get just 2,000,000 years ahead of
the rest of us, merely by standing on
their heads and talking rapidly.
Mme. Guadalupe de Haro, a Mexi
can, and a descendant of the Montezu
mas, is in New York studying domes
' tic science as practiced in the United
States. She will carry it back with
her to Mexico, and at the bidding of
her government introduce it in that
country.
Miss Marteina Kramers of Rotter
dam, Holland, is one of the most ac
complished of women linguists. She
can read and speak 13 different lan
guages.
SA student in Lawrence college, up
in Wisconsin, has been sent to a state
| reformatory for a year because ho set
| fire to the college inn, “just for fun.”
t It is clear that education had made
| little impression upon the mind of that
| young savage.____
| For the benefit of the dear ones left
t behind persons walking on streets
: where automobiles abound should
1 carry in their poclets identification
cards and instructions as to what to
Ido with the remains.
AS TO TOE FINANCES
I
HOUSE COMMITTEE COMPLETES
ITS BUDGET BILLS.
ALLOWANCES OF DEPARTMENTS
Other Matters that Were up for Con
sideration the Past Week in
the Legislatture.
Finance Bill.
The house finance committee has
completed its budget bills for all but
the special appropriations for build
ings and kindred subjects, and for
those things which are specially ap
propriated for in the bills which cre
ated the need.
By this bill the governor’s office is
to have incidental expenses together
with the executive mansion of $7,900
for the biennium, the commissioner
of public lands and buildings $4,600,
the attorney general $10,000 to en
force the rules of the railway com
mission and the Junkin act, the ex
panses of the state banking board
are to be $11,000, the state historical
society gets the customary $15,000,
the pure food commission $15,800 ex
clusive of the commissioner’s salary,
the national guard $51,800, Peru nor
mal excluding salaries and new build
ings. $39,000. the state university
$145,000 divided into permanent im
provenments $100,000, expenses of
farmers' institutes $20,000 and the
North Platte sub-station $25,000, the
Kearney normal gets $24,700, the in
stitute for the blind at Omaha $49,
066,09, the boys’ industrial school at
Kearney $85,500, the girls' industrial
schols at Geneva $32,750, the home for
the feeble minded at Beatrice, $90,
500, the Lincoln hospital for the in
sane *171,300, the penitentiary
draws $130,200, and the soldiers’
home at Grand Island $123,230. All
these are exclusive of salaries and
ouildings that may be ordered by spe
cial bills.
How to Get the Franchise.
The house passed Shoemaker’s bill
which is intended to hold in check
the tendency of foreigners in this
state to be registered as intending to
become citizens and then voting on
the strength of this declaration.
Shcemaker would make it necessary
for any foreigner hereafter coming
to the state to become a full-fledged
' citizen before voting, and those who
have already taken out the first pa
pers to complete their transforma
tion within five years or have the
franchise taken from them. The chief
section of the bill follows: "Every
male citizen of the United States, of
the age of twenty-one years, who
shall have been a resident of this
state six months next preceding the
election and of the county, precinct or
ward, for the term provided by law
shall be an elector: Provided, that
persons of foreign birth w'ho shall
have declared their intention to be
come citizens conformably to the
laws of the United States, and are
now voting, may continue the exer
cise the right of suffrage until such
time as they may have resided in the
United States five years, when they
shall take out full citizenship papers
to be entitled to vote at any succeed
ing election.”
The Oregon Plan.
In the senate house roll No. 1, pro
vidng for the Oregon plan for the
direct election of United States sen
ators, was recommended for passage
by the senate committee of the whole
on Thursday, by a straight party
vote of 19 to 12. and senate file No.
160, introduced by a republican. Sen
ator Thompson, somewhat similar in
nature, was indefinitely postponed by
a similar vote.
The house bill provides that a can
didate for the legislature can, if he
chooses, have one of two statements
placed after his name on the ballot;
that he will support the people's
choice for United States senator, or
that he wil consider their choice, ex
presed by a vote, as merely a recom
mendation.
Senator Thompson’s bill adds a
third statement, that the candidate
may promise to vote for his party’s
choice for United States senator. The
bill went through with little argu
ment, Senator Myers, motion that it
be indefinitely postponed being voted
down by a vote of 19 to 12. Senator
Tibbets moved that the senate bill
be indefinitely postponed.
Fine for Trading Stamps.
Senator Diers introduced a bill pro
viding for a fine of from $20 to $100
for the use of trading stamps or pre
miums for the boosting of trade.
Backing Bank Bill.
According to one of the senators
all of the democrats in the senate,
with the possible exception of one,
are strongly backing the bank bill
prepared by the banking committee.
One man thinks that a higher capital
stock should be required for the ad
mission of new banks into tow’ns to
discourage the formation of too many
banks.
Indeterminate Sentence.
Senator Brown of Lancaster coun
ty introduced into the senate a bill
providing for the indeterminate sent
ence of men convicted of any felon
ies except murder and treason. The
bill provides fcr a prison board com
posed of an attorney and a physician
appointed by the governor, and the
warden of the penitentiary. Every
man must serve the minimum sent
ence for the crime for which he was
convicted, and then he may be pa
roled by the board, which must get
him proper employment.
Big Grict of Bills in the House.
The last bill was introduced in
the house on the 25th, unless the
governor makes a-^special request for
the introduction of others. The total
number introduced is 577, of which
ninety-four were introduced on the
above date. Two years ago the bills
in the house numbered 558. The sen
ate has three days more in which to
introduce bills. The last bill intro
duced in the house was by Shoemak
er of Douglas, providing for Sunday
base ball in Omaha between the
hours of 3 and 5 o’clock.
ISSUANCE OF STOCK.
Bill by Senator Brown to Regulate the
S£nie.
To prevent the issuance of watered
stock by public service corporations
and to provide for the regulation of
the issuance of stock by the railway
commission Senator Brown of Lan
caster has introduced a bill in the
senate. The bill provides:
"No corporation heretofore or here
after organised in this state for the
purpose of opening a street, lnterurban
or other railroad, telephone, gas or
electric lighting or power system, or
for the purpose of furnishing any
other public service, shall be permit
ted 1,0 issue any stock or bonds until
such corporation shall have submitted
to the state railway commission a
statement showing to the satisfaction
of such commission that the same
is to be Issued for money or property
of equal value actually received by
such corporation.
"The state railway commission is
hereby given full power and authority
and is required to supervise and
regulate the issuance of all stock and
bonds; by corporations described in
the act. The commission must also
approve the same only when It is
shown to the satisfaction of the com
misslon that it Is for money or prop
erty to the value of the amount of the
stock and the bonds.
“No corporation of the class de
scribed shall have power to issue any
stocks or bonds except for money or
property equal in value to the amount
thereof actually received, and all
watered stocks or bonds or other fic
titious increase of the capital stock or
Indebtedness is prohibited and all
such stock or bonds, when issued in
violation of this act, shall be void.”
The bill contains an emergency
clause.
Appropriation Bills.
The salary appropriation bill and
the appropriation bill for current ex
penses of the state and state Insti
tutions have been completed and will
be introduced in the house by Repre
sentative Clark of Richardson. The
salary bill carries a total of $964,ISO,
against a total amount appropriated
two years ago of $882,400. In 1907
the total appropriations for ^current
expenses was $1,912,780, against a
total of $1,847,806.09. The current
expense bill does not contain an ap
propriation for the expenses of the
State Railway commission, which
amount lae-t year was fixed at $20,000.
This is probably an oversight, as a
member of the finance committee
said an amount had been agreed upon
though less than two years ago. The
reduction in the current expense bill
is due to cuts made in the appro
priations for state institutions more
than any other items and the in
crease in the salary bill is due most
ly to increase in salary of the su
preme judges and members of the
district court.
Sinking Fund Measure.
Senator Ransom has introduced a
bill for a new method of securing a
sinking fund. The bill provides that
the state auditor shall certify to the
county clerk of each county the
amount of all municipal bonds of any
city or village and when the interest
and piincipal are due. It is made the
duty of the county board of equaliza
tion to levy a sufficient amount of tax
against the taxable property of such
city or village to meet the said bonds
and the interest on them when due.
If the county board refuses or ne
glects to do so it is made the duty
of the county clerk to levy the same
against the taxable property.
Prohibitory Amendment.
Temperance forces will introduce
in the legislature, probably in the
senate, a joint resolution for an
amendment to the constitution for
state-wide prohibition. The supporters
of county option are not satisfied
with the progress being made on this
matter and have determined to put
the more radical measure before the
legislature.
Stock Yards Bill.
The Stuck Yards bill, recommend
ed for passage, fixes the price for
yarding, loading, unloading, feeding
and watering stock as follows: Cattle
20 cents a head; calves, 8 cents;
horses and mules, 5 cents; hogs. 0
cents, and sheep, 4 cents. These
charges are said to be a cut of
about 20 per cent from the charges
now made by the stock yards com
pany at South Omaha. The bill as
amended in committee of the whole
also fixes a char?e of 35 cents above
the market of the previous day for
hay and grain. It also requires an
annual report to be made by the
stock yards company to the state
railway commission.
New Road Laws.
The committee of the whole did not
object seriously to any portion of S.
F. No. 91, introduced by the commit
tee on highways and bridges, an act
requiring one-half of the cost of road
making to be paid by the state. It
was ordered to third reading.
Squirrel Bill Laid Over.
The biennial controversy over
shooting quail and squirrels wras
given a whirl on the floor of the
house in committee of the whole.
The bill was laid over.
Thu Wisconsin Plan.
Senator Ilonohoe and Representa
tive Henry of Holt county Introduced
into both houses the Wisconsin plan
for the control of public service cor
porations, furnishing gas, electricity,
heat, water, or power, for public or
private use, in cities. The state rail
way commission is vested with power
to supervise, appraise and value the
physical property of the corporations,
and tfSe must file with the commis
sion schedules of their rates. The
service of the corporations must be
adequate, and the charges reasonable.
Pensions for Teachers.
If the present legislature enacts
into law a till prepared by John L.
McCague and Carl E. Herring, mem
bers of the board of education, Ed
gar A. Baird, the board’s attorney,
and Superintendent Davidson, It will
mean that every teacher In the
Omaha public schools may look for
ward to a pension of $500 a year
when ready to retire after long and
honorable service. The bill was In
troduced In the senate by Senator
Howell. Th€i provisions of the bill
apply to the city of Omaha alone.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
NEW# NOTE# OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
McCook is taking the initiatory
steps for a water works system.
Miss Etta Bryant, of Auburn, was
allowed $117 as damages sustained by
falling on a defective walk.
Frank Irigmire, a barmer living
three miles northwest of Huntley, fell
from a load of hay and suffered a bad
broken arm.
Representative Taylor of Merna,
Neb., has filed a complaint with the
railroad commission, against the poor
facilities for caring for cattle that the
railroads have at that place.
Jack Smith, who was found guilty
of horse stealing at the beginning of
court in Falls City, was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
The contractors who have the car
nogie library in Fairbury say the
building will be completed by June.
The masons have the basement com
pleted.
Frank McColery of Beatrice, against
whom his wife filed suit for divorce,
alimony and the custody of their
4-year-old child, has disappeared, tak
ing with him the child.
The Whalen diversion dam in Mor
rill county, is now completed and me
farmers of the Platte valley can be
sure of all the water they want to use
for the 1909 crops.
M. H. Scroggins has sold the seven
ty-six acre farm between Kearney and
Buda for $124.50 per acre. As near
as can be learned this is the highest
price paid for straight farm land in
Buffalo county.
Brakeinan John Bidt was a victim
of an accident at Oberlin, Kan., in
which he sustained a fractured skull
and a crushed left arm. which had
to be amputated. He was taken to the
hospital at McCook.
K. Tachikana, a dapper little Jap
employed as a section hand in the
local yards at North Platte, left for
Japan where he will be married. He
will return to North Platte with his
bride.
The jewelry store of L. E. Aubert,
Kushville, was broken into before
daylight and $800 worth of watches,
rings and jewelry stolen. The thief
got in through the back door by saw
ing out a panel.
The home of Rev. J. R. Mouer, Bea
trice, was entered by sneak thieves
and a pocketbook containing about
$5 and a gold watch stolen. Both the
pocketbok and watch were old family
keepsakes and their loss is much de
plored by Mr. Mouer.
Charles Wanrow, a well known
young man of Humboldt, was placed
under arrest for assault on the person
of Moss C. Davis an old man. The only
excuse the assailant has to offer is
that he was drunk. That ought to
ubject him to a double fine.
Rev. J. J. Parker, formerly pastor of
the Congregational church at Kearney,
now at Genoa, has accepted a call to
again become pastor of the Kearney
church and will remove to that city,
being there to hold services the first
Sunday in March.
The contract for constructing the
municipal waterworks plant in Scott’s
BlufT, for which the town recently
voted $30,000 bonds and sold them at
par, has been let to the Katz-Craig
Contracting company of Omaha, their
bid of $2,660, being the lowest of six
bids submitted.
Blackleg has appeared among sev
eral head of cattle near Nebraska
City and considerable alarm is felt.
Serum is being used and the • cattle
are being looked after by a veterinary.
He is confident that he will prevent
the spread of the disease and save
most of the stock affected.
At the state convention or postal
clerk in Hastings resolutions were
adopted asking the senators and all
congressmen from Nebraska to favor
the passage of several bills now pend
ing in congress for improvement of
the conditions of postal clerks. One
of these bills provides for strict en
forcement of the eight-hour law.
The appropriations committee at
Washington has authorized the ex
penditure of $60,000 on the North
Platte federal building during the year
1910. This means that no work will
be done on the building this year, and
that at least two years will elapse be
fore its completion after construction
work begins.
Chief of Police Trindle, of Kearney
was notified to watch out for one Joe
Kelley who had skipped from North
Platte with an amount of money which
did not belong to him. He was taken
from a Union Pacific train and locked
up to await orders from North Platte.
He had on hi6 person $214.37 when
taken. He had been in partnership
with Mrs. Veva Stevens and had been
running the Star Hotel at North
Platte. On payday he collected up the
money from railroad men and con
cluded to skip.
Dick Consbruck, aged 25, attempted
to commit suicide at the farm house
of his brother, Joe Consbruck, four
miles south of Hastings, by slashing
his neck with a razor. Although seri
ously wounded he will probably re
cover.
The dislike against the Greeks in
Nebraska C.ty seems to spring up in
all directions and Sheriff Fischer was
called to the eastern part of the city
to cause some Greeks to move, as
they have been in the habit of shoot
ing the chickens of the neighbors and
doing other things of reprehensible
character.
Elgin voted on water works bonds
amounting to $15,000, and they car
ried by a vote of 106 to 19.
When H. H. Hull of Ainsworth
came to Norfolk to attend the funeral
of his brother, Phil Hull, he found,
to his amazement, that his own
former wife was his brother’s widow.
But his brother’s widow, the present
Mrs. Phil Hull and former Mrs. H. H.
Hull, was greeted by much the same
surprise when her former husband
walked in with the former Mrs.
Phil Hull as his new wife. The two
brothers had married each other’s
divorced wives.
BEST METHODS OF
DEHORNING CATTLE
Clean, Sharp Meat Saw and Strong Rope the Only Equipment
Needed—By Richard W. Hickman, V. M. D., Chief
of Quarantine Division.
Dehorning with Saw, Cow's Head Snubbed to Stanchion Rail.
The dehorning of partly developed
and adult cattle can be very satisfac
torily performed without other appa
ratus or instruments than a good
strong clothesline and a clean, sharp
meat saw—or a miter saw with a rigid
back—in the hands of a fairly good
mechanic. The same simple means
for controlling the animal is just as
applicable when the dehorning knife
is to be used as when the horns are to
be removed with the saw. This con
sists in securing the head of the
animal to the horizontal rail or
stringpiece which holds the upper
Horns Showing (a) Proper and (b)
Improper Cutting.
ends of the stanchion hoards. The ani
mal is put in the stanchion in the
usual manner; then one end of a
heavy clothesline is passed around the
upper part of the neck and tied in a
knot that will not slip, otherwise it
will choke the animal. The free end
of the rope is now carried between
the horns, through the stanchion to
the front, up and over the horizontal
stanchion rail, then down underneath
the neck and up and over the top of
the stanchion rail to an asistant, who
should hold it firmly. Now release the
stanchion, allowing the animal to
withdraw its head, so that the horns
are just inside of the stanchion rail or
stringpiece; then, keeping the rope
tight, pass it once around the muzzle,
up and over the stanchion rail, and
through to the front again to the
hands of the assistant, who should
stand three or four feet in front of the
animal and hold the rope firmly, but
prepared to release it when told to
do so by the operator. The animal is
now ready for the dehorning opera
tion.
It is necessary that the rope be held
by an assistant, as in the event of the
animal struggling during the opera
tion so as to throw itself off its feet,
or if there appears to be danger of
its choking, the rope may be slack
ened promptly at the word of the
operator and the animal partly re
leased. This, however, is rarely nec
essary, for as soon as the head is se
cured the operator should be ready,
standing at the right shoulder of the
Head of Steer Showing Result of
Proper Dehorning.
animal with his saw, and proceed to
saw olT first the right and then the left
horn. The horns should be severed
at a point from a quarter to a half-inch
below where the skin joins the base
of the horn, cutting from the back
toward the front. Our illustration
shows the animal and the operator in
position for the dehorning operation
by this method. It is a good plan be
fore commencing the real work to ex
periment upon an animal in the mat
ter of control by snubbing the head to
the stanchion rail as described.
If the stanchion rail is too wide to
permit of properly securing the lower
part as well as the upper part of the
animal’s head, the turn of the rope
around the muzzle may be omitted
and the last lap of the rope carried
around the stanchion rail to the front
and to the hands of the asistant. The
rope should pass each time over the
neck of the animal to the stanchion
rail so that the laps are between the
horns, in order that the rope may not
’.nterfere with the work of the saw.
There are men in what are known
as the milk districts adjacent to large
cities, where large numbers of dairy
cows abound, who go about from farm
! to farm dehorning animals in this
[ manner, charging for their services in
some instances as little as five cents
per horn or ten cents per animal.
It is not usual to apply any prep
aration after the operation of dehorn
ing to prevent bleeding, as the loss of
blood is not sufficient, as a rule, to
be of consequence. Care should be
taken, however, to prevent substances
from getting into the openings left
after the horns are removed. The
horn cores are elongations of the
frontal bones of the skull, and are hoi
low. They communicate with the
frontal sinuses, or air spaces, of the
head; therefore foreign substances
which would act as an irritant in
these cavities are apt to set up an in
flammation, resulting in the formation
of pus or an abscess, which may prove
quite serious. Fragments of horn de
tached in the process of dehorning
would serve as such irritant and by
Head of Steer Showing Bad Appear
ance Caused by Improper Dehorning
their presence in these cavities cause
inflammation. This trouble, though,
is of infrequent occurrence, but
would appear more liable to happen
when the dehorning instruments are
used, on account of their tendency to
crush, especially in the case of old
animals, whereas the saw cuts clean
If proper care is taken, however, such
an occurrence following dehorning
may in almost every instance be
avoided.
Occasionally animals after being de
horned and turned out of the stable
will rub their heads against a dirt or
gravel bank or the rough bark of a
tree, and foreign material may thus
get into the cavities, though usually
the soreness of the parts is sufficient
to prevent this.
If the animals are dehorned when
flies are about, it is well to apply some
pine tar with a view to keeping flies
from the wounds. Some operators do
this in nearly all cases, thinking that
it facilitates healing. The dehorning
operation should always, when possi
ble, be performed in cool weather, and
upon animals which have at least at
tained the age of two years.
Cures for Pig Eating.—Frequently
sows will attack and destroy their own
young. At other times they will refuse
to let down their milk, so the young
will die front starvation. Frequently
this condition is caused by a diseased
state of the uterus. Different reme
dies for cannibalism on the part of the
sow is suggested. It is claimed that a
German remedy has been frequently
resorted to with beneficial effects. It
is said the sow can be brought to
terms by pouring a mixture of 10 to
20 drops of spirits of camphor and one
to three drops of opium into the ear.
The sow will immediately lie down
on the side to which the application
was made and remain quiet in this po
stion for several hours, without inter
fering with her pigs, and on recovery
from her stupor will have lost her ir
ritability in regard to them. It is said
that the eating of pigs by the parent
sow may be readily prevented by rub
bing them all over with brandy and
making the same application about the
nose of the sow herself; or, suggests
H. B. Hains, in Journal of Agriculture,
saturate a small woolen cloth with
kerosene and carefully moisten the
hair of the pigs with it. but be cau
tious not to get much of it on their
tender skins. Usually' the kerosene
dressing will ruin the sow's relish for
raw pigs.
Ashes Have Value.—Some people
tell us to burn all the refuse left In
the garden. This is all right provided
you'keep the ashes upon the soil. Do
not let them blow away after the bon
fire.
Book Farming.—A great deal of fun
has been made of book farming, but
people are beginning to recognize its
value. The agricultural colleges and
short courges have changed the gen
eral public estimate.
Good Germs.—All bacteria are not
harmful. Although the majority of
the ills effecting man and beast come
from germs, this does not prove that
there are not healthful germs as well.
Must Be Kept Dry.—Sheep may not
need as warm a stable as some other
classes of stock, but it is absolutely
necessary that they should be pro
tected from the dampness.
OLDEST MIN IN INERICI
Escaped Terrors of Many Winters by
Using Pe-ru-na.
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Isaac Brock, 120 Years of Age.
Mr.Isaac Brock, of McLennan county,
Tex,, is an ardent friend to Peruna and
speaks of it in the following terms:
*-Dr. Hartman’s remedy, Peruna, I
have found to lie the best, if not the only
reliable remedy for COUGHS, COLDS,
CATARRH and diarrhea.
“Peruna has been my stand-by for
many years, and I attribute my good
health and my extreme age to this
remedy. It exactly meets all my re
quirements.
‘*1 have come to rely upon it almost
entirely for the many little things for
which I need medicine. 1 believe it to
be especially valuable to old people.”
Isaac Brock.
A Trained Taste.
“But, Dorothy, dear, don’t you care
for this lovely sunset?”
"Why, you know very well, mamma,
that I've got lots of picture post cards
that are much lovelier.”
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Signature ot
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
An Illusion.
Alonzo—Tell me, old man, isn’t that
fair creature over there beckoning to
you?
Alphonzo—No—no—that’s only a
marcel wave.
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA.
Face and Neck Were Raw—Terrible
Itching, Inflammation and Soreness
—All Treatments Failed.
Cuticura Proved a Great Success.
"Eczema began over the top of my
ear. It cracked and then began to
spread. I had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. At last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of it so that I had to
wear medicated cotton, and it was so
inflamed and sore that I had to put
a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from it, and it would stain
the cloth a sort cf yellow. The ec
zemaitched so that it seemed as though
I could tear my face all to pieces.
Then I began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and it was not more
than three months before it was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North
field. Vt„ Dec. 19, 1907.”
Cotter Pros 4 Cbcm. Corp., Sole Crops., Poston.
They Meant Business.
A Chicago stage manager was tell
ing of amusing incidents of blunders
and errors caused by stage fright. In
a romantic play, recently revived, one
of the minor characters, a dairy maid,
comes forward at the end of a recital
of a love romance, and comments as
follows:
"Hope filled their youths and whet
ted their love; they plighted their
troth!”
But at one of the performances the
girl who played the dairy maid was ab
sent without notice. At the last mo
ment the manager gave the lines to a
shepherdess, who had never had lines
to speak before, and who was ex
cessively nervous when her cue came.
This is what the astonished audience
heard:
“Hope filled their trough and
blighted their love; they whetted their
tooth!” _
Argument That Won.
Susie had been promised a pair of
new slippers for Sunday. Anxious to
have them at once she had tried in
every way to persuade her mother to
buy them for her and let her wear
them to a children's party that was to
be given on Wednesday, but without
success. Finally when both she and
her mother had become tired of the
teasing the little girl said: ‘‘Well,
mamma, you needn't get them now;
but maybe I’ll be dead by Sunday and
if i am you'U be sorry for disappoint
ing: Die.” Susie wore the slippers
Wednesday.
NEW IDEA
Helped Wis. Couple.
It doesn't pay to stick too closely to
old notions of things. New ideas often
lead to better health, success and hap
piness.
A Wis. couple examined an idea new
to them and stepped up several rounds
on the health ladder. The husband
writes:
“Several years ago we suffered from
coffee drinking, were sleepless,
nervous, sallow, weak and Irritable.
My wife and I both loved coffee and
thought it was a bracer.” (delusion.)
“Finally, after years of suffering, we
read of Postum and the harmfulness
of coffee, and believing that to grow
we should give some attention to new
ideas;, we decided to test Postum.
“When we made it right we liked it
and were relieved of ills caused by
coffee. Our friends noticed the change
—fresher skin, steadier nerves, better
temper, etc.
“These changes were not sudden,
but relief increased as we continued to
drink and enjoy Postum, and we lost
the desire for coffee.
“Many of our friends did not like
Postum at first, because they did not
make it right. But when they boiled
Postum according to directions on
pkg„ until It was dark and rich, they
liked It better than coffee and were
benefited by the change.” “There’s
a Reason.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Weil
ville” in pkgs.
Ever rend the above letter? A new
one appear* from time to time. Thev
are K'nutne, true, and fall of human
Interest.