Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA
OUR NAVY.
We notice here and there critical
and rather querulous comment on the
fact that the first aid to the Americans
in Asia Minor and the ill-starred na
tive Christians has been given by Eu
ropean warships exclusively, says the
Hartford Courant. "It is certainly un
fortunate for our prestige,” remarks
one journal, “that no United States
warship is at hand. This absence of
any representative of our navy from
coasts where its services may be ur
% gently required is due to the virtual
abolition of what was called for many
years' ‘the European station.” ” In
those years we had a great mercantile
marine; its sails—in the consecrated
phrase—whitened all seas. In those
years we did not have the Panama un
dertaking on our hands, or Hawaii, or
the Philippines. At present United
States warships are more useful—ac
tually and potentially—in home waters
and in Asiatic waters than in Euro
pean waters.
Whatever sympathy may have been
felt with the revolutionists at Tabriz,
there was no denying that the move
ment was against the established gov
ernment of Persia, and the grave im
propriety of an outsider taking an ac
tive part must be apparent. Homer C.
Baskerville, a young American who
was killed while leading a sortie of the
revolutionists, evidently was a gallant
and impulsive youth, but he was an
American citizen and a missionary in
the service of his church. Leading
revolutions was quite apart from his
political and religious duties. The dis
avowal of his acts by the government
of the United States and by the church
board he served prevented the matter
from becoming an international ques
tion: but it is pitiful that a young man
with so many commendable qualities
should fall a victim to grave error of
judgment and that thus there should
be brought to an untimely end a life
full of promise of high usefulness.
It seems that as long as the English
suffragettes conduct their meetings in
a quiet, peaceful, dignified and lady
like manner the papers refuse to no
tice them. So to have themselves re
ported by the public press it is neces
sary for them to raid ministers’
houses, attack parliament, chain them
selves to posts of advantage, fight po
licemen and in other ways lead the
strenuous life. This is quite a severe
indictment by implication of the chiv
alry of the British press, and gives
the women justification in saying: "It
is all the men's fault.”
Peace by disarmament receives a
notable impetus trom the order of the
war department discontinuing the sale
at auction of obsolete firearms dis
carded by the United States army. If
our friends in Central America are too
poor to buy new guns when the notion
seizes them to set up a revolution and
overthrow a government, they must
perforce keep quiet and let the exist
ing government alone if they can no
longer buy cheap, but good, old guns
from us. Thus does war become more
and more a luxury reserved for the
wealthy.
The latest fad in the development of
luxury on transatlantic steamers is
the report that one of the stewards on
a certain liner has charge of a garden
patch from which strawberries, let
tuce, radishes, etc., are picked on
order. The crops of this garden bring
high prices, the strawberries going at
two dollars for a small box. But it is
not likely that there will be a general
adoption of gardening on shipboard be
cause of the excellence of refrigerator
accommodations on the average liner.
The Indiana woman wrho has been
married ten times is held to have had
but nine husbands, because she mar
ried one of them the second time, a
divorce and one or two other husbands
naving intervened. But if the argu
ment of those who hold that we have
had 27 presidents instead of 26, be
cause Cleveland was elected and is
counted twice, is sound, then she must
on the same line of reasoning have had
ten husbands.
From all sides come reports of in
creased business, notably as regards
the railroads and industrial concerns
The May dividends are well up to the
average and in several cases are be
yond the most sanguine expectations.
With a little more springlike weather
the outlook is likely to be all that
could be desired.
Society women in Xew York who
wanted to put on masculine a'tire to
' play polo were not allowed to do so,
but a Connecticut woman was permit
ted to work in overalls, on a public
road, breaking stone. The ideas of
womanly decorum seem to be rather
mixed or, perhaps, are geographically
defined.
Observers in Cincinnati allege that
the early morning hours are the best
end sweetest of the day. The mat
ter is worthy of investigation.
Mow Persia, yielding to the progress
of reform, is to have a representative
elected parliament. The one dictator
ruling absolutely thousands or millions
of his fellow men by his own whim
and pleasure, with the autocratic pow
er of life and death over them, will
soon join the dodo in the way of exer
cising pernicious activity.
The Dutch had already taken Hol
land, and now with the advent of the
new baby, they are prepared to
hold it.
TALK TO GRADUATES
l JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS DISCUS
SES RACE PROBLEM.
IKE GUBERNATORIAL QUESTION
Present Incumbent Is Not Worrying
Over the Matter—Other Things
at the State Capital.
John Sharp Williams’ solution of
the race problem in the south, as he
l save it in his address to the gradu
ating class of the State university, is
immigration of the colored people
of the south to the north, being so
distributed that in no part of the
country would the negro be congested.
When the moving day conies around,
he said, and the negro is as numerous
in Nebraska as he is in Mississippi,
Mississippi will be as cool in discus
sion of race problems as Nebraska is
now.
Senator Williams refuted the oft
repeated statements of politicians and
others that education is the I’uination
of the colored race, and he denied
that education was the panacea of all
ills. Some negroes had been helped
by education and others had been
ruined by it, he declared.
Mr. Williams wanted it “distinctly
i understood that the negro is not a
i white man with a black skin any
j more than an ass is a horse with long
cars, or a zebra a horse with stripes.’’
Governor Is Not Worrying.
“I am aware that a lot of people
are anxious to know whether I am
going to be a candidate for governor
or for senator, but the proposition is
not worrying me in the least. I have
never been given to plotting in poli
tics or looking too far ahead, so I am
simply trying to fill the office of gov
ernor to the best of my ability and
let the future take care of itself. It
has been my experience that the
people take care of the faithful officer
and 1 am willing to trust the people
for my political future. It is a long
time before the next election of state
officers and a senator, and I believe I
can better serve the state by attend
ing to my office than by plotting for
an election to the senate or for a
second term as governor." The fore
going in substance was the answer of
Governor Shallenberger to the ques
tion: "Are you a candidate for the
senate or for governor?"
McBrien Inspects Schools.
Jasper L. McBrien, in charge of the
extension work of the state univer
sity, has returned from a trip out in
the northwest part of the state and
he reported that the seven young men
graduates of the Norfolk High school
were all going to attend the university
next fall. He also discovered that
the Ames (la.) Agricultural college
is soliciting students in Nebraska..
Out at Brewster Mr. McBrien found
that the people had a school building
with two rooms, one of which was
used in which to conduct a six months’
school.
Wculd Rai™ Telephone Rates.
The Central Telephone company cf
Broken Bow filed a petition with the
railway commission to be permitted
to increase its rates at that place.
Ansley and Mason City. William
Mattley and others were present and
objected to the increase. The com
pany desires at Broken Bow to cancel
its rate for grounded cicuit, $1.50, and
install a metallic circuit at $2.00 a
month; residence telephones, from $1
to $1.50 a month; farmers' line to
$1.50 from $1 and $1.25. At Ansley
and Mason City the company desires
to make the rate $1.50.
Big Penalty for Lobbyists.
The legal department of the state
will bring suit to recover $100 a day
from every corporation or association
which failed to file its expense ac
count under the anti-lobby law. from
two months after the legislature ad
journed until the expense account is
filed. For other violations of the anti
lobby law it is the duty of the county
attorney to prosecute, according to
the attorney general, the law being
specific that it is the duty of the at
torney genera! to enforce the penalty
clause for failure to file expense ac
counts.
Express Companies Except.
The express companies doing busi
ness in Nebraska, through their attor
neys. C. .1. Greene and Ralph Breck
inridge, have filed exceptions to the
findings of Referee Sullivan in the
case wherein the state secured an in
junction to prevent the corporations
from violating the Sibley law. The
companies except to the findings of
law or conclusions of the referee on
the grounds that the conclusions are
not based on all the facts brought out
Requisition for O’Brien.
John O'Brien, under arrest in Den
ver will be brought back to South
Omaha for trial on a charge of break
ing and entering. Governor Shallen
berger issued a requisition on the
governor of Colorado for his return.
Annual Alumni Reunion.
Over 300 former graduates of the
university turned out to the annual
reunion of the alumni at the state
farm. The time was utilized in re
newing old time acquaintances l>y
some of the gray haired graduates of
years hack. The former spirit of col
lege days filled the air as was well
demonstrated by the hearty hand
shakes which passed about. The uni
virsity yell was given in unison by
the alumni as well as co-ed. The an
nual banquet took place in the even
ing.
Mail Matters Discussed.
One of the interesting talks before
the postmasters' convention here was
by B. F. Thomas of Omaha, who dis
cussed the “Classification of Mail Mat
ter.” and advanced a theory to get rid
of tne postoffice deficit. He said in
stead of the department handling the
mail of the other departments free, a
special stamp should be issued for
these departments and appropriations
made to pay them. This would wipe
out the deficit. He believed the head
of the postoffice department should
have more discretionary powers.
EARLY CLOSING LAW.
When in Effect, Is Now the Para
mount Question.
When does the 8 o’clock closing law
go Into effect? This is a momentous
question for “wet” towns, but of no
interest whatever to those that are
“dry.”
Private Secretary Furse of the gov
ernor's office has decided that this law
and all other laws not having an
emergency clause go into effect July 2.
This decision is based on the deci
sions of the supreme court in a mur
der case in 46th Nebraska court re
port, and in the court's decision in
the matter of Gov. Sheldon’s veto of
the appropriation for a new wing at
the Kearney Normal school. Mr.
Furse says that all laws without an
emergency clause go into effect July
2 unless some one goes to the trou
ble to contest the matter in court, and
!n such an event they will get a deci
sion that the law questioned goes into
effect July 5. So if the saloon keep
ers desire to reap the rich profit of a
day and a night of sales on the na
tion's birthday, July 4, they may have
a good defense by showing that the
legislature did not adjourn until April
4, although it agreed to adjourn on
April 1. According to the decisions
of the court Mr. Furse believes the
record of an adjournment April 1 will
stand until proven false. The legisla
ture transacted business April 4. as
the records will show, in the face of
another portion of the record that
says the final adjournment was taken
April 1. The courts hold that laws
without an emergency clause go into
effect three months after the adjourn
ment of the legislature. In the 46th
Nebraska the court held that as the
legislature adjourned April 8, the law
in question changing the penalty for
murder became effective July 9. A
man was hanged under this decision.
Saloons in every town must close
at 8 p. m. after the law goes into ef
fect. As to whether or not the license
of a saloon man can be taken from
him for disobeying the law may de
pend upon the local ordinances or up
on his conviction of a violation. If
the city council or licensing boards
wilfully disobey any law that it is
their duty to enforce they may be re
moved from office.
Rock Pile Favored.
Lincoln is to have a rock pile. The
police judge and the police have tired
of hobos stopping over for a few days
and getting board and room rent free
while resting up for a charge on some
other community, so they have decid
ed to put every living drunk and hobo
to work pounding rock.
Postmasters of Nebraska.
The postmasters of Nebraska, in
convention here, elected officers as
follows: F. R. Sizer of Lincoln, presi
dent; R F. Thomas of Omaha. C. Hol
lingsworth of Beatrice. J. M. Tower
of Sutton and W. B. Cox of Waco,
vice presidents, and \V. J. Cook of
Blair, secretary. The convention next
year will again be held in Lincoln.
Warning to Ice Cream Men.
Food Commissioner Mains has is
sued a warning to the ice cream men
of Nebraska. He says: “The stand
ard for ice cream established by the
food, drug and dairy laws of Nebraska
is at least 14 per cent butter fat in
the finished product and 12 per cent
butter fat for fritit cream. The at
tention of manufacturers and retail
ers is called to this section of the law,
as the commissioner expects a strict
compliance. Manufacturers and re
tailers of ice cream cones, pop and
similar beverages are warned against
the use of saccharine as a sweetener.
It being a coal tar preparation, the
use of it is prohibited except where
the per cent used is placed upon the
label of each indhidual bottle or con
tainer.”
Valuation of Railroads.
The distribution of values of rail
road property directed by the state
board of assessment has been com
pleted by Secretary Henry Seymour
and will be taken up by the board for
final adoption at its next meeting. The
total value of railroad property is in
creased $5,742,405. This means an in
crease of about $7,000 taxes to be paid
annually by the railroads to the state
if the state levy is the same as last
year.
Dr. Clark Quiescent.
Dr. A. W. Clark, superintendent of
the Child Saving Institute of Omaha,
who several days ago informed the
State Board of Public Lands and
Buldings that he would resort to pub
licity unless the board accepted as an
inmate of the Home for the Friend
less a boy now in the institute, has
accepted the decision of the board not
to take the boy and has so written to
Secretary of State Junkin.
Dr. Clark wrote that he had re
ceived a letter from Mrs. Johnston,
superintendent or the home, in which
she asked that Dr. Clark wait until
the change is made in the home July
1. when the new law goes into effect.
At that time, he said, he would again
take the matter up with the board.
Under the new law the board will
have nothing to do with the Home
Crounse Memorial Services.
-Memorial services were held in the
supreme court for the late Lorenzo
Crounse, former judge of the supreme
court and former governor of the
state. Resolutions which had been
prepared by a committee composed of
Byron G. Burbank, George B. Lake. E.
Wakeley, O. A. Abbott and R. A. Bat
ty, were read by Mr. Abbott and or
dered spread upon the records of the
court by Chief Justice Reese. The
resolutions recited the lengthy public
service of Judge Crounse and gave to
him credit for the work.
Seats for State Fair.
A contract was let by the state
board of agriculture for the furnish
ing of 1,518 seats in the new coliseum
on the state lair grounds at the price
of $1,694. It went to a Chicago firm.
The contract calls for individual ad
justable divisions on iron frames,
with slatted backs and wooden seats.
Underneaith each seat will be a hat
holder and an umbrella rack. The
seats will be numbered by means of
nickel plates screwed upon the backs
where they can be read easily.
NEBRASKA III BRIEF
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUGHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
Omaha cadets spent a week in
camp at Ashland.
Valentine has voted bonds to put
in a water system plant.
Valley will probably have a bond
election to vote $20,000 for electric
lights and water works.
The city council of Nebraska City
will provide a rock pile for offenders
that cannot pay fines.
Rains in some portions of the state
have been so excessive as to interfere
with corn cultivation.
Returns show that Hastings has
well on toward one hundred auto
mobiles.
Children set fire to James Crom
well’s barn in west Geneva and his
outbuildings v ere burned with some
hogs.
John, the 8-year-oUl son of Christo
pher Spilker. living northwest of Piek
rell, was bitten twice on the foot by
a rattlesnake. At last accounts his
condition was alarming.
Seven Mormon elders arrived in
Ponca and held meetings on the street
They reported that there have been
seventeen Mormon elders in Nebraska
since last October.
Mrs. Norris Brown, wife of Senator
Brown, has returned to Kearney, and
is stopping at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Bess preparatory to
establishing the family in their own
home when the senator returns.
The record of fines paid in Merrick
county during the last eighteen
months shows a total af $1,400. This
includes ail cash fines paid into the
district county and police courts.
Two boys between the ages of 15 to
17. originally from Omaha, who had
been held in the county jail at Lexing
ton awaiting the action of the district
court, broke jail and escaped.
Albert Gustafson of Osceola, who
has been in a private asylum in Lin
coln for a short time, was last week
adjudged insane and ordered commit
ted to the state hospital for the in
sane at Norfolk.
John Kukla. a section hand, was run
over by a string of four cars at Colum
bus and had both legs cut off below
the knees and a portion of one hand
cut off, besides other bruises. His
recovery is not looked for.
Omaha gets cheaper cabbage and
onions. This is the result of the ac
tion of the state railway commission
in changing the carload lot rates from
Bayard, Miniature, Hayward Siding,
Scottsbiuff. Mitchell and Morrill.
J. H. Absfcire, living four miles
west of Sutherland, was seriously in
jured in a runaway. He sprang from
his vehicle, striking the ground in
such manner that both of his legs
were broken near the ankles.
Chief Justice Reese of the supreme
court has gone on a European trip,
to be gone for at least three months.
The court met and selected Judge
Barnes to be the chief justice during
the absence of Judge Reese.
Report came to Ponca last week
that John Cozne. a former resident of
that place, now at Burbank. S. D.. was
shot by an Italian at Burbank. Cozne
is one of Ponca's former citizens who
went out of business and out of town
when Ponca went “dry.”
Rena Hunter has brought suit in
federal court against George Lehman
of Columbus. Xeb.. for $50,000. She
was employed as a pastry cook at a
hotel at Columbus, owned by Lehman
and operated by Dan E. Peasley. She
alleges that on January 25, 1900, she
was badly burned by the explosion of
acetylene gas.
A highly odoriferous package re
ceived in the mail at Central City
threw a big surprise into the post
ofRee employes and caused a grand
rush for the open air. The package
was found to contain a coyote scalp
in a very poor state of preservation
Contrary, it is said, to post regula
tions, a farmer at Silver Creek
mailed it.
William Barnett of Bonesteel, S. D.,
who was arrested upon a Northwest
ern passenger train near Lynch. Neb.,
about six weeks ago. charged with
stealing ten head of horses from
former Senator O'Neill of Holt county,
pleaded guilty to the charge of horse
stealing and was sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary at hard
labor.
I ne Masonic Grand L,oage ot Ne
braska has chosen officers as follows:
M. Dowling of Omaha, grand master;
Harry A. Cheney of Creighton, deputy
grand master; Henry Gibbon of Kear
ney, grand senior warden; James R.
Cain of Stella, grand junior warden;
J. B. Dinsmore of Sutton, grand treas
urer; Francis E. White of Omaha,
grand secretary.
The committee in charge of the
j Fourth of July celebration has re
ceived notice that Charles B. Dandis,
congressman from Indiana, has ac
cepted the engagement to deliver the
Fourth of July speech in Fairbury on
July 5.
The jury in the case of Frank Hoff
man. administrator of the eastate of
George V. Glover, returned a verdict
against the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad company for $20,000 in a suit
brought against the railroad company
for $30,000 for the death of Glover,
tried in district court at O'Neill. The
case came from Dawson county.
Frank Crowell of Seward will have
eighteen months in which to get over
his mad spell and feel sorry that he
tore up his wife's furniture and burned
their house. This is the sentence
Judge Good imposed upon him.
The State Retail Liquor Dealers’
convention, in session at Fremont,
elected officers as follows: President,
James Nevels, David City; vice presi
dent, A. H. Coup, Lincoln; secretary.
Henry Keating, Omaha; treasurer, H.
Peterson; F. C. Brunning of Nebras
ka City, H. Schram of Omaha and Joe
Lachman of Humphrey, executive
committee.
MODERN METHODS OF
SHEEP SHEARING GREAT HELP
Many Improvements Over Old Days When Wool Was Gath,
ered by Allowing Animals to Rub and
Squeeze Hach Other.
The earliest method of securing the
wool was to drive the sheep quickly
through a narrow passage, and the
squeezing and rubbing of one against
another loosened and detached the
wool. Later, an "improved" plan was
adopted, which, in our ears, sounds
somewhat inhumane, although, as a
matter of fact, if done at the right
time, there would probably be noth
ing painful or severe about it. The
sheep were caught, and the wool was
pulled from their backs by band.
This practice continued for many hun
dreds of years, for although Laban
and the other great pastoralists of his
time clipped their sheep, Pliny tells
us that, in his day. when Rome was
in the zenith of her glory, "the sheep
are not everywhere shorn, but the
custom of pulling off the wool con
tinues in some places." It is to the
old patriarchs, then, that we must
give the credit of having set about
getting the wool in a business-like
way, and from their day until now
practically no c hange has taken place
m the manner and method of clipping.
Most of the clipping on the big
Border farms in Great Britain is done
by the ordinary shepherding staff.
Sheep Shearing Time.
Very often a helper is engaged for a
fortnight or so, to push the work
through, but the heaviest part of the
burden rests on the shoulders of the
permanent hands. 'Ceedless to say, it
is a busy time while it lasts, for all
the other work of the farm has to be
carried on simultaneously, and it
means, for the shepherds, getting up
very early—not later than 4:.10, and
working late. Tne permanent hands,
having their ordinary work to get
through as well, do not. of course,
clip so many sheep in a day as a clip
per specially engaged for the job.
About a score per man, or there
abouts, is considered a very good
day's work: a good hand working full
time will turn out, on an average,
about thirty. Formerly he used to be
paid by the day. but it is more usual
now to follow the piecework plan.
On both sides of the Border, the
Lowland sheep are always washed a
week or so before shearing. But
many farmers assert that there are
other benefits which accrue from it.
They say the washing improves the
heaiih of the -sheep. Some old writ
ers held this view, and Youatt quotes
that excellent chemist Vauquelin, who
says: “In this respect 1 am inclined
to adopt the opinion of those who
tnink that the washing of sheep, dur
ing dry warm weather, may be use
ful to their health and to the quality
of the wool." However this may be,
it is beyond question that the practice
of washing, previous to shearing, is of
ancient date, and it is quite probable
that its origin is to be found in the
belief that it was beneficial from the
point of view' of health. In the
North Country the clipping is usually
done in an open-fronted covered shed,
where there is plenty of light. An
old sail-cloth, or a covering of boards,
is laid over the earthen floor, and
these are kept clean by sweeping.
The actual method of clipping is very
similar, I fancy, in all districts—first
the opening out of the head, neck,
brisket and thighs, then the curvii.
round the ribs from the belly up 10
the back, first on one side and then on
the other, and then the quarters. A
well-clipped sheep should show the
rings formed by the shears running in
continuous lines all round its barrel
I and up the quarters; there should be
! no break along the back where the
! line traveling up one side meets that
i corning up the other. These lines, or
little ridges of wool, should be small
and of uniform size, and they should
all be at the same distance from one
1 another. It is quite wonderful how
1 much better a nicely-shorn sheep
looks than one which is carelessly
and untidily done. And there is more
in it than a mere pleasing of tire eye.
A well-clipped lot of sheep, because
of their attractive appearance, will
bring, as a rule, an appreciably high
er price than another lot done in a
slovenly manner: this may frequently
be seen in the case of clipped hoggs.
There is also no loss of wool in the
former case; in the latter, too much
is frequently left on the ridges, and
this, of course, reduces the weight of
fleece.
The use of clipping machines in
stead of hand-shoe~s has made, as
yet, little headway in the north; but
more attention is being given to the
idea year by year. On some of the
targer farms, one or perhaps two
hand-driven machines arc to be found;
none is power driven, ii machines
come into general use it will be be->
cause of the difficulty of finding casual
clippers rather than for reasons of
economy. The farmers do not antici
pate any great saving oi expense by
the use ot machines; they say that
one man with a machine driven by a
lad or woman worker will net get
through more than the number which
two good men could clip—that is to
say, about sixty per day. When the
woman's wage is added to the cost
of cleaning, ciling repairing and de
preciation of the machine and is set
against the out-of-pocket expenses in
c-urred under existing circumstances
by a big farmer, there can be little
saving by the new method. For it is
to be remembered, as stated previous
ly, that most of the clipping is al
ready done by permanent servants,
whose wages have to be paid anyhow.
FACTS ABOUT
HENS AND EGGS
Kow to Make Most Money from
Poultry.
When cholera appears in the flock
give no water except that in which
pokerroot has been boiled. This is both
a preventative and a cure. An Illi
nois man says one of his hens laid an
egg two and seven-eighths inches long
and one and fifteen-sixteenths inches
wide, the measurement being taken
with calipers.
One man will win with one kind of
hen and another man with some other
breed. It is with hens as it is with
cows. We should choose the breed we
like the best and then stay with it. j
Fowls are naturally hardy, and con
tagion in a flock is due to careless
ness on the part of the poultry keeper.
This is proved by the fact that ex
pert poultry raisers have very few
sick chickens.
Hens need a better place in which
to roost than the trees around the
house. Of course, they may survive
there: but merely living and returning
a profit are two different things.
Don't stop feeding the hens shells
| just Wbcause they are out of doors
and can shift for themselves. There
is no line, not even an imaginary one',
between the days when the hen likes
shells and when she does not. All
days are alike in that respect.
A woman in Vermont writes that
from 60 pullets and 12 yearling Rhode
Island hens she sold last year eggs to
the amount of $262 62. not counting
the eggs used in a family cf four.
Feed, advertising, etc., cost $94.77
.making a gain of $1 C7.85. These hens
laid 8.745 eggs.
To have the chickens mature rapid
ly a proper type of breeding fowl
should be obtained.
Sugar as a Finishing Feed.—A herd
of 15 Black Angus cattle which was
awarded first prize at the Chicago In
ternational Stock show, and which was
sold at $17 per hundred pounds live
weight, was fattened on a ration which
included molasses. Besides pasture
feed, corn and oats, the owner led
during the last month a mixture of oil
meal and oats, to which was added a
sprinkling ot molasses. It was found
that the molasses added a glossiness
to the hides and improved the appear
ance of the animals in every way.
Alfalfa Seed.—Alfalfa seeds resem
ble those of red clover in size, but dif
fer in not being so uniform in shape.
The coior should be light olive green
or greenish yellow. Darkened, discol
ored and shriveled seed should be dis
carded. as its germinating power is
low. Plump, well-matured seed pro
duce more plants and stronger plants
than do the small and immature.
Adulterated Seeds.—Good work in
detecting adulterated seeds is being
carried in by the department of agri
culture. Of 1.471 samples of seeds
taken last year, 102 samples were
found adulterated or misbranded. The
department publishes the results of
the test together with the names of
the firms that sold the seed. It is
claimed that since this work began
the trade in adulterated seeds has
greatly fallen off.
—
Japanese Cherries.—The Japanese
i cultivate the cherry tree mainly for
its blossom, and have parks and ave
nues of these trees. When the blos
soms are at the height of beauty
everybody goes to see the trees, and
the mikado gives a garden party to
Japanese and European officials for
the enjoyment of the sight.
Relieving Choking Cow.—One who
has successfully tried it says that a
choked cow may be relieved by tying
a stick in her mouth to hold it open for
a while. Her effort to dislodge it will
start the obstruction :n the throat.
Alfalfa Adulterations.—The most
common adulterations of alfalfa seed
are burr clover, yellow, trefoil and
sweet clover. Crab grass, lib grass
and green and yellow foxtail are also
found.
YOUR
BACKACHE
WILL YIELD
To Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Rockland, Maine.—“I was troubled
for a long time with pains in !
and side, and was miserable ia'every
way. i dor!
until I was dis
couraged, ami
thought I , . l
never get v. ;
read a tostiru .1
about Lyd i j;.
l’inkham > V<-sta
ble Compound,'and
thought I would
try it. After tak
ing tkreo bottles 1
was cured, and
never felt so well
in all my Hie. 1 recommend I.vdia K.
Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound to ail
my friends.”—Mrs. Will Young, a
Columbia Avenue, Eockland. Me.
Backache is a symptom ot' female
weakness or derangement. It \. u
have backache, don’t neglect it. 'T<>
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing w<
know of will do this so saf ely ami .■ are ly
as Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegeta 1 c m
pound. Cure the cause of tL -e dis
tressing aches and pains and you wiil
become well and strong.
The great volume of unsolicited
testimony constantly pourimr in provt s
conclusively that Lydia E. I’:: Ah m's
Vegetable Compound, made fr n i ots
and herbs, has restored health tu thou
sands of women.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn Mass.,
invites all sick women to write
her for ativice. She Las guided
thousands to aeiilti-. tree ai
charge.
LOOKED A LITTLE UNSTABLE
Body Servant of Gen. Mahore Doubt
ful of the Qualities of HI.
Master’s "Props.”
Gen. Adalbert R. Buffing’or. at a
dinner in Madison, N. J., told a num
ber of civil wez stories.
‘‘Gen. Mahone,” he said, ‘ was very
thin. One cold and windy December
morning in '64 he was taking a nap in
his tent wlien his old colored servant,
‘L’ncle Davy,’ tiptoed in, and. stum
bling in the darkness, knocked down
the general's folding cot and spilled
him out on the frozen ground
"Gen. Mahone jumped up furiously,
seized a scabbard and made for Davy.
Davy ran. The general gave chase.
“Uncle Davy tore up hill and down
dale till he was pretty well out of
breath; then he looked back over his
shoulder at his master, who bounded
after him on slender limbs, blue and
thin, his long, while night shirt flut
tering in the chill morning.
“ To’ de Ian’s sake. Mars' William,’
the exhausted Davy yelled, desperate
ly, ‘yo‘ hain t trustin’ yo’se f in dis
w ind on dem legs, is you?’ ’’
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
Tired Tom (sadly)—Ah, that patch
tells me that my old pal, Plodding
Pete has been this way. Poor old
Pete!
Interrupted the Wedding.
The other day, at the Shawnee
county Court House, Probate Judge
Schcch was about to marry a young
couple. He pronounced the prelim
inary words and told them to jtun
hands, and started on the ceremony
“He}', there! Hold up a minute!
Wait, 1 sav!” This series of startling
exclamations came from the door
The groom was horrified—the bride
badly scared.
"Just a minute. I want to give you
each an apple before you are married."
said the man who had made the noise.
And in he calmly walked and handed
each of them a Grimes Golden.
It was one man's idea of a joke.—
Kansas City Journal.
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