ails City Tribune
BY TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.
FALLS CITY . . NEBRASKA
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Making Figures Lie.
"Most of , the figures handed out by
these physical culture cranks on the
subject of cheap living , " said a house.
keeper who does her own marketing ,
"malte women extremely weary. Our
husbands and sons read them , believe
them , and then sniff significantly at
the weekly totals In the grocer's bool
1 was reading the other day an article
by a well known New York physical
culturist who undertoole to show how
he had lived fifteen days an 84 cents.
lIe pint down crushed oats at 3 cents
a pound. Eight cents Is the correct
figure If you want oats that have any
nourIshment In them. Ho mentioned
watercress at 5 cents a bunch. We ) ) ,
one bunch lasts my husband two
meals. It would look pretty thin
strung out over fifteen claj's. He
charges for three pounds of rice , 15
cents It costs 11 cents a pound If
you want good rice. For ten apples !
ho allows 10 cents Must be queer
apples. For six swede turnips he puts
'down ' 0 cents The grocers have been
; charging G cents for one all winter.
'No ' use trying to fool women with fig-
urea like theso. They know better "
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. IntclllQence and Brain Weight.
The intelligence of a man Is stated
+ to be In direct proportion to the
weight of his brain. M. Mathlega , an
anthropologist of Prague , has been
conducting experiments Into the mat-
ter. Having first ascertained that the
male brain weighs on an average 1,400 '
grammes and the female brain 1,200
. grammes between the ages of twenty
and sixty , ho has gathered the following ) ) -
Ing statistics , based on the study of
the brains of 235 persons , dIffering
wIdely In their occupation and intellectual .
lectual culture. The weights of the
brains of the different people are calculated .
culated In grammes. Day laborers ,
1,400 ; workmen and unskilled laborers .
ers , 1,433 ; porters , guardians and
watchers , 1.136 ; mechanics , 1,450 ;
business men , 1,466 ; physicians and :
professors , 1,500.
A New Riley Story.
Hero Is a new and true James Whit-
comb Riley story :
Mr. Riley , at a dinner in Indianapolis -
lIs , told an anecdote In which he
dwelt upon how scared a certain per-
son was. Looking directly at the man
who sat opposite him , he said :
"Why : . he turned as white as your
shirt. "
Then , bending forward with a very
intent gaze , he added :
"Whiter. "
Of Course.
A Washington newspaper man has
a little girl who gets . some original
sayings. A few days ago she asked
her mother to bear her Sunday school
lesson. The mother smlllnglr : assent.
ed , and , taking the bock asked :
"Who was the first mall ? "
"Adam , " was the quick response.
"And who was the first woman ? " '
"Adam's mother , of course. "
It required some time to convince
the little one that she was in error.
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LJ Increase In Export.
In 1840 the total value of American
exports was $123.668,000 , or $7.25 per .
capita. For the fiscal year ended
June 30 , last , the total value was
$1,392,231,000 or $17 per capita. The
population has Increased 470 per cent ,
and the exports over 1,000 per cent.
The average American is a better
wealth producer than his Lathe . ' or
grandfather.
Murders and Executions.
The murders In the United States
In 1903 numbered 8,976 ; the legal
executions numbered but 123.
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Target Shooting
Figure 1 shows the target cut out
of cigar box wood. A circular piece is
first cut , about one inch In diameter ,
and eight small round pieces or cardboard .
board with the numbers 1 lo 8 on
them arc mounted on toothpicks and
grouped around It at even distances ; i
the other ends of the toothpicks are
then Inserted In the Ides of the circu
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lay piece of wood. 'rho target itself
Is fastened to a stick of wood about
eight Inches long , fastened to a stand ,
as shown in the picture. The gun consists -
sists of a paper tube , whIch is made
by winding cardboard , well covered
with glue around the stem of a lead
'lencll. When it is dry a piece about
five inches long Is cut off. At 1 *
inches from one end we make an incision .
clslon about two inches long , cutting .
down to about half the thickness of
the tubes. ( See Fig. 2. )
Figure 2 shows how a piece of
whalebone about six Inches long Is inserted -
sorted , acting as the propelling power
of the gun. You shoot with a wooden
peg about 1 % inches long , fitting I
loosely Into the barrel of the gun. To
give It more weight and strength we
insert a carpet tack as shown in Fig-
ure 3.
To shoot , hold the gun with the
right hand , pulling the whalebone
back with the index finger and insert-
Ing the peg. As soon as the index
finger releases the whalebone it
springs forward and forces the peg
out. To aim wen hold the tube iu
such a way that the whalebone spring
points downward.
Balancing Cup on Knife Point.
If the subject of too much coffee
drinking malting one nervous and unsteady .
steady ever comes up at your : breakfast -
fast table , here is a little trick by
which you can prove with your own
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The Balanced Cup.
coffee cup that you are not nervous i
and have got a steady hand.
Get a cdrk ; squeeze it within the
handle of your cup as shown in the
drawing. Then take a fork and stick
It into the cork so that two of its
prongs are on either side at the han-
dIe , being sure to fix the fork in such
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a position as to Insure Its handle corning .
Ing under the cup's bottom. .
You have now fulfilled one of the
laws of gravity which will permit you
to balance your cup on the point at
11 knife If you arc careful about one
thing-find the exact place on the
cup's bottom on which it will balance.
Your hand should bo very steady
and must not tremble a particle or
the cup will slip off , because Its bow
tom Is usually glazed and very
smooth. The same result may be ob
tamed by using ! two knives Instead 01
the fork.
It would not be wise to try this bal.
acting feat with any coffee In your
cup on the first attempt.
Aquarium Ink Trick.
There are many tricks which may
be done with ink , but perhaps the sim
plest and one of the most interestln ,
is the Ink aquarium tricl
Present 3. glass full of ink to the
view of the spectators , then prove
that it Is Ink by dipping a visiting
card III It and showing the card. Now
announce that there are Jive fish In
the tumbler that just thrive on Ink ,
and you wm prove they are there by
changing the ink to water so that the
onlookers may see them.
Throw a handkerchief over the
glass so as to entirely envelop it . re
peat an incantation and then suddenly .
whisk the handkerchief away.
The audience will be very much astonished
tonlshed to find the glass filled wit ! :
water , clear as crystal , with sever& ;
fish swimming about in It.
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The trick Is performed in thIs way
Get a piece of thin black rubber clot1 :
and line the inside of the glass witt
it , then tie t a black thread to the up
per edge of the cloth. Attach a little
button or bit of cork to the end of the
thread overhanging the tumbler , as
shown In the drawing.
Fill the glass with clear water , ane
introduce several fish , lIve ones 11
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The Trick Explained.
you can possibly procure them , but
If not toy fish will serve , though thE >
trick wIll hardly be so effective.
The Ink test with the visiting card
Is accomplished by means of a confederate -
federate who is In the audience and
who hands you a card which Is marked -
ed with ink all one side. As you clip
the card into the tumbler you con
trive to turn it around , and the audience .
once then sees the black : side , think
ing naturally that it has just been im
mersed In the inle. The startling
chang from Ink to water Is effected
by pulling out the rubber cloth by
means of the attached thread and
button when the handkerchief is
whisked away. Some practice is needed .
ed first in order to do this without
spilling the water In the glass , but
after you have tried it several times
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you will find that the cloth may be
removed without spilling a drop , and
that you are in possession of a very
clever trick.
Some Indian Names.
Kakagos-A wood raven.
Musquash-A muskrat . r
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K'dunk-The toad : J'j - ,
HawahakThe.hawk."j. i
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Mnlsum-The wolf. 1" ' , 1 '
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Moween-The bear. -
Kagax-The wease ] .
\illooleet-Tho : white-throated spa .
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Meeko-The red , squirrel.
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Milking Witi Wet Hands. -
In milking , the hands do not need ,
to be wet. The habit of wetting them
should he abandoned , as it is practically -
tically impossible to keep the bands
moist without using the foam on the
milk : as a source of moisture. The
mlJJeer may imagine that by merely
touching his fingers to the top of the
foam no Injury comes to the milk , but
the habit had better be abandoned in
the Interest of cleanllness. We think
however that some of our writers
overdraw the matter when they taUt
of milJters dipping their fingers into
the mille. The Inference is that the
fingers of the millters reach the solid
mUk. The writer has never seen n
case of this lclnd. According to the
writers referred to , the milkers dip
their fingers Into the milk and convey "
to the teats of the cow so much of the q , .
milk that the latthr drips from the . , " 0 , : I
teats into the pail and oozes out from I
between the fingers in milking. Who
ever saw a case of" this kind ? But I
even at its best , the habit of moistening . .
Ing the teats with milk : Is not one that
should be perpetuated. If the bands . C' . -
were to be moistened at all , pure
water would have to be kept near for ,
that purpose. This Is Impracticable.
Therefore let us put aside the practice
of moistening the teats at aU and milk
with dry hands.
Reckless Feeding of Grain.
Some men never feed grain to their
cows and some go to the other extreme . ' .
tremo and feed too much , thus wast-
Ing a high-priced feed materIal. Only j
the man that Is to some extent an experimenter -
perimenter can tell exactly where the
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dividing line between profitable and ,
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unprofitable feeding of grain Is. It Is - . ,
now pretty well established that the
men that have been feeding from fif-
teen to twenty pounds of grain per i
day to their cows have been wasting
a good deal of money. When the
roughage is good hay and silage , from
five to ten pounds of grain per day Is
sufficient for all needs In winter , and
half of that quantity wlll do in sum-
mer. The feeding of too much grain
Induces many Intestinal diseases and
troubles in cows , just as overfeeding
a human being would do. .
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Who Adds the Formalin ? ,
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Talking recently with ProCessor '
Eaton of the Illinois Pure Food Commission - .
mission , a representative of the Farm-
ers' .Review was told that the farmers
that produce the milk are not the
ones that as a general thing , add the
formalin. The farmer keeps the milk
but a short time after it Is drawn , and
during that short time It will not sour.
It is the man that keeps it longest
that has the most occasion for add-
ing preservatives to It. This may in
some cases bo the buyer and in others _ .
the peddler. Occasionally the consumer . -
sumer 18 guilty of the same act , thinking -
ing that It Is a harmless way of keeping .
Ing his milk sweet. It would be interesting .
esting to have a thorough f : : vestiga-
tion made of the use or preservatives
by farmers supplying milk to Chicago.
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Feeding Meat.
We have raised poultry for years ,
and have fed meat In various WalS : ; .
have tried many experiments ; and
after all our work we really cannot , "
say that meat food Is a valuable egg ' \
producer or that It Increases the fer-
tility of the eggs. Where fowls are ,
confined In pens , meat food is more
necessary than where they have a
large range ; and we think crushed
green bone Is the best form of meat
food. Where fowls have range they
do not suffer for meat food. Pure water - t
tel' in abundance , grain and green i
food are needed to make poultry pay.
A variety of grains and green or succulent . 1 I
culent foods are far more important
than meat. ,
Mrs. Nellie Bull ck.
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