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    l-d NOHFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 1000
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No. 22 UuslnoHs Oince nnd Job Rooms
No IT 22.
The way of the transgressor IB a
conUnual object lesson.
The football reformers will have ev
erything ns they want , It now till the
next BOUHon opoim.
KniiRas City will have a four-rent
Htroot car faro after 1918 by n fran
chise recently granted.
The Amerlcanl/atlon of Cuba Is mak
ing Hue progress. Eggs are quoted
nt $2 u dozen In Havana.
Venezuela Is threatened with an
other revolution. Venezuela needs a
few able bodied policemen.
One of the worst results of being
crooked Is the fact that the offender
can't bo oven square with himself.
Korea will have to pay for the
death of Prince Ho and she will have
nothing left when the account Is set
tled.
The Kentucky man who took along
n pioachor when ho went to steal a
bride gave the lest of the people some
pointers on a slant cut to matrimony.
The people of New York 'aro great
ly Intelested in Slgnora P.iladlno , an
Italian medium , now in this country.
She Is said to possess remarkable
powers.
The postofllco department reports n
deficiency of over $17,000,000 for the
year ending June 30 , 1909 , an Increase
of over $500,000 , compared with the
preceding year.
Blood will tell. A son of Prank
James and the nephew o Jesse James
has boon divorced by his wife because
lie choked her and tlucatoned to shoot
him Ilo la living in Oklahoma.
Peary says ho will deliver no lec
tures until ho has demonstrated that
1 ho Is the original and only genuine/
discoverer of the north pole. COOK
evidently thinks it is now or novqr.
China repoits a scarcity of rats ,
They are probably being Imported into
this country and used by American
women In the extension of their coif'
fures which aie attaining enormous
propoitlons.
Dies have been cast for ft now five'
cent piece , beating the head of George
Wabhington. If this coin is adopted it
will bo the flist in authorized circula
tton bearing the bead of the first pres
Ident of the republic.
Colonel Bryan says he never ex
pects to be a candidate for olllco agalr
and that ho does not desire to holt
office. Well , the country has novel
shown any burning desire to force
Mr. Bryan into office.
The south is objecting to placlm
Washington's face on the new five
cent piece. The south is unduly ex
cited. It Is proposed to adorn the
nickel with the picture of George
not Booker T. Washington.
The official report that during tin
past three months 13,811 American !
have settled in the farming district !
of western Canada , makes us sit u ]
nnd take notice. And this exodus hai
been going on for several years.
The German budget for 1910 show
total expenditures of $ CG5,000,000 , ai
Increase over last year , while a loai
of $40,000,000 will bo added to tin
Impel lal debt , which even since nava
expansion began has been mountinj
higher and higher.
Captain Scott , a British offlcei
wants $200,000 of the English goverr
mont to outfit a ship with which t <
discover the bouth polo. Heie's hopln ,
that he won't get into such a tin
some mix-up as Peary nnd Cook hav
over the other polo.
Boston is having a positively lud
crous campaign In which there is
free scramble by petition for nomiiu
tlon. The candidates for mayor ar
numboied by the dozen and the sltt
atlon Is absurd. Nothing has yet bee
produced which In practice la any in
provement on the party convention.
The White Star line is building
couple of monster vessels , the Titan !
nnd the Olympic , both of which ar
to bo 890 feet long , 92 feet beam an
C2 feet in depth. From the keel t
the top of the pilot house It. will b
105 feet. These great ocean liners ar
almost floating cities , with every a <
cotnmodatlon conceivable.
A Job has boon picked out for o :
President Roosevelt , although it ha
never been made public that he wn
looking for a Job. The prediction 1
made by Congressman W. W. Cock
of Now York that ho uhould be made
governor of that great state and that
such n move would bo appreciated
and endorsed by the people.
The collector of the port of New
York has discharged over n hundred
employes of the weighing division of
the service. This action resulted from
the disclosures In the sugar frauds ,
and the fact that these frauds contliv
ued over a period of many years shows
that the sugar trust had a well-organ'
Ized working force in the custom ser
vice.
Since the Standard Oil case victories
by the government and vigorous use
of the ax by Loeb In decapitating
corrupt olllclals implicated In the
thefts of the sugar trhst , the tide has
rapidly turned in favor of President
Taft. The people are beginning to
BOO that he Is after the rascals with
Just as much determination , oven if
he Is quieter about It , as his pro'
deccssor.
The Sixth congressional district
furnishes the very llrst congressional
candidate to enter thus far ahead of
next summer's race. G. L. Shumway
of Winter pieclnct , Scotts Bluffs coun
ty , Is one venturesome democrat who
seeks the Sixth district congressional
nomination and who , if history repeats
Itself , will have to battle against MOSCH
P. Klnkald before getting to Wash
ington In that capacity.
Governor Charles 12. Hughes is a
bravo man and has wisdom and n
prescience difficult to understand In
one living In the empire state. lie
recently made an address in Buffalo
In which he said "Now York is not
America. " The millions who live in
the various western and soulhein
states readily recognise that this Is but
a mere statement of truth , but it is
difficult for the New Yorkers to be
lieve it.
In his annual report Adjutant Gen
eral Alnsvvorth calls particular atten
tion to the increase In the number of
dcseitions from the United States
army during the past year and says
that only a stilct enforcement of se
vere penalties will diminish the prac
tice. There Is one means of stopping
desertions which would have far bet
ter effect than that proposed by Alns-
worth and that Is to Increase the sol
dier's pay.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson pro
poses to warn the public against pur
chasing advertised lands without look
ing over the same. Tracts of worth'
less territory are being advertised as
line farming land and undrained
swamps as valuable possessions , And
the people of course they are biting
with avidity. They invariably bite
on fakes and would continue to do sc
even were a hundred Wilsons to give
them sound advice.
A decision has been handed dovvti
by the Iowa supreme court , holding
that a private business concern , undei
the statute of the state may refuse
to servo a negro. It appears that n
negiess sued a company for $1,00 (
damages because she was refused r
cup of coffee at a pure food show
She won out In the lower court bui
the supieme tribunal reversed the de
cision. This Is certainly drawing the
color line with a vengeance.
Dr. Cook's attorney has preforrei
charges against Peaiy for spying 01
Dr. Cook and had the latter and his
wife remove from the Waldorf hote
at New Yoik , where they have beei
staying. Mr. Mack , the attorney
hopes to be able to secnie Lieutenan
Peary's dismissal fiom the navy , witl
which he has been connected for twenty
ty- live years. Dr. Cook says Pear ;
could have discovered the pole elevei
years ago if he had so desired.
In the American Journal of Inter
national Law for October , Jame
Brown Scott says that the discover ;
of the not tit pole by a clti/en of thl
country does not give the Unitei
, States title to that teiritory , as oc
cupation Is necessary to validate sucl
title. How would it do to let tin
suffragettes colonize the territory in :
mediately surrounding the pole ? The !
heated discussions would bo ampl
protection against the climatic cor
ditions.
There Is to bo a serious effort mad
to prolong the socalled short sesslo
of congress which now expires b
limitation March 1 , so that the month
of March and April which are the bes
Washington affords for work may b
utilized. As It is now the genorri
legislation is all thrown over Into th
long session and protracts it into th
hot months of July and August. B
a more even division of the session !
the convenience of congress would b
enhanced nnd they would do bette
work for the people.
Speaking of that kind of chnrlt
which helps lake care of Iho sufferln
poor , an exchange thoughtfully ol
serves : "On this Hold charity Is bi :
an Incident , n necessity of a presor
condition. It may cover a multllud
of sins , but it hides none. It Is bi
a sort of hospital for the woundei
but the actual battle must go on ui
til at least the causes of poverty ar
gone , until the manufacture of povort
will have censed and charity will be
but that tolerance and kindliness
which recognizes Individuality. "
There are Indications that the nexl
outlet for land hungry Amerlcam
now that Canada has been quite thor
oughly exploited will bo Mexico
Heavy Investments of American capl
tal have already been made. In man }
Instances the lands arc purchased will :
a view to colonizing them with Amerl
can fanners. In some sections of Me *
Ice the land will produce three 01
four crops of corn annually each tun
nlng from fifty to sixty bushels to the
acre. Such statements as this are al
luring bait to American farmers.
j A boy bandit down In Indiana vvonl
forth to shoot up a bank and did It
Ho also killed the cashier. When cap
lured ho attributed his deed to the
reading of the dime novels ho hail
loomed fiom this source exactly how
to go about the work. Thousands ol
other boys have boon started on r
criminal career by reading slmilni
novels. Laws should be enacted pro
I hlbltlng the publication of sensational
stories In which are depicted the nil
routines of highwaymen , safeblowers
and criminals of like Ilk stories
which excite the youthful mind and
lead to evil deeds.
The Hock Ibland railway compnnv
Is engaged In the formulation of a
comprehensive pension system for its
employes which Is commendable. The
i basis of the system Is somewhat dlf
ferent from that of other roads whlcli
' paying pensions. Elective icttre
ment will occur at the age of G5 yean
and comriilsoiy at 70 , and to be en
titled to participation in the benefits
of the pension fund the employe miibl
have been with the toad for at least
twenty-live years. The amounts tc
be paid the pensioners have not yet
been determined , but it is announced
that they will be sufficient to enable
them to live in comparative comfort.
A geneial uprising is threatened
In Finland and the despotic govern'
ment of Russia Is icsponslble. It ap'
pears tat the Finnish parliament had
agreed that the country should coin
tribute $2,000,000 annually toward the
'
fund for the defense of the Russian
I emnlre and that Russia accepted the
proposition , The Russian cabinet now
demands that this amount be doubled
and the Finns have refused to accede
to this extortionate request. An armed
1 uprising would , however , avail these
I oppressed people naught. They coiv
I stitute but a mere handful compared
[ ' with the hoides which Russia could
pour into their little country In the
event of hostilities.
A very exhaustive cartoon in the
1 Minneapolis Journal shows the mar.
i of the state dotted with schools and
expeiiment farms , offset by a statelj
battleship named the North Dakota
while beneath are the following words
"Ten million dollars would put a $25 ,
i 000 agricultural school and oxperimenl
1 farm in every county in the state oi
I North Dakota , with an endowment oi
I $175,000 for each school , which if in
vested in Dakota farm moitgages
would yield $10,500 annually for the
maintenance of each school , and leavi
I over a million dollar endowment foi
| the state agricultural college. " Am
it may bo added to make the com
parison stronger that } n ten yean
the ten million Invested in the battle
ship will bo a bygone value , only fi
for the junk pile.
The London Daily Courant the firs
dally paper ever published in the woili
is 200 years old. This is a notabli
event In newspaper ciicles and hai
lead to some interesting disclosure :
about the age and careers of Amerl
can dailies and weeklies. It Is wel
to remember that the Hist paper to hi
published In the western or Europeai
world saw the light in Italy. Regula
bulletins written on largo sheets ar
peared in Venice in the latter par
of the sixteenth century. The earlies
regular printed newspaper was th
London Weekly News , born In 1C1C
The llrst daily newspaper to be print
ed in the United States was the Amor :
can Daily Advertiser , in Phlladelphlr
in 1784. Theie aie now eighly-flv
papers in this countty that are mor
than 100 years old , and of these , th
St. Louis Republic , 101 years old , 1
the only one west of the Mlssissipj :
river.
Pilnclpal Crabtree of the state noi
i mal school at Peru Is slated for di
; capitation , according to informatlo
i from Lincoln. According to n dli
I patch from the state capital , it is ver
i likely that before next September n
) Least , Mr. Crabtreo will be asked t
' resign. The reason for this is thn
, the board objected to the prlnclpr
> , taking the normal school in polltlci
While the old board members wer
all tepubllcans except Hays of All
mice , politics never cut any ice wit
the management of the schools. Las
winter Crabtreo assisted in passln
the now normal board law which pus
ed all the old members of the ol
board and permitted Governor Sha
lonbergor to name n new board. Thl
was done and recently the suprom
court declared the law void whiclt n
established the old board. The actio
of Crabtreo in working for the enac
ment of that law will prevent har
monloua feeling between himself and
1 the board members , nays the dispatch ,
So ho will no doubt bo asked to make
room for another.
An Hem Is being published nil over
the country to the effect that the ro-
j cent session of congress passed n law
I forbidding the Issuing or use of any
, check for less than the sum of $1 nnd
piovldlng that any person Issuing n
check for less than this amount shall
, be liable to a line of $1,000. The
penalty for the offense looks absurd ,
nnd congiess Is being roasted accord
ingly If the papers publishing the
Item will look into the matter a little
they will find that the law referred to
was passed July 17 , 18C2 , and has been
In effect ever since. It was re-enacted
In a modification of currency laws nt
the recent session of congiess , but
the wording remains the same. It sets
I forth that no person shall Issue a
check , note or other token "Intended
I to bo used In lieu of lawful money of
, the United States" for loss than the
'
sum of $1. The act was evidently in
tended to stop the Issuing of fi action-
al paper currency which was In coin-
| mon use befoie the Civil war , and has
no bearing on the ordinary checks.
An ordinal y check is merely nn order
upon a bank to pay a ceitaln amount
of the money to the party In whose
favor It Is drawn.
MINORS IN POOL HALLS.
It is repotted on good authoiity that
'
the state law piohlbitlng the ndmls-
' slon of boys under 18 years Into pool
halls , Is being v lolated wantonly in
(
Noifolk. Theie Is no reabon why this
piactice , which woiks an undisputed
evil upon glowing boys by giving them
habits of idleness and the clini actor-
istics of the loafer , should not be
checked and the police should see
to it that the law Is enforced. Follow
ing is the te\t of the law :
If any owner or keeper of a bllllaul
saloon , or any owner or keeper of a
billiard table , at any grocery , or other
public place , shall penult or suffer any
minor under the age of 18 yoais to
piny at any game of bllllaids in such
grocery , saloon or public place , or
upon such billiard table , or to remain
or be in such billiard saloon as afore
said , every such person or poisons
shall forfeit and pay a fine of $20 for
the llrst offense , and $50 for each and
every succeeding offense.
THI2 NORMAL BOARD VACANCY.
The logic of the demand being made
upon Governor Shallenbcrger for the
appointment of Phil Cole of Wayne
to fill the vacancy which is to be
created in the state normal school
board , is at once apparent to the
most casual observer. There Is now
not a single northern Nebraska man
on the board , and in case Mr. Cole is
not appointed , the nearest member
of the boaid to the Wayne normal
school , which is to be bought by the
state this week , would be at York.
The justice of the demand for a north-
em Nebiaska man on the'board , nnd
one who would be on the ground near
the school up here , seems unanswer
able.
able.As
As a matter of fact , the politicians
who run things at the state capital
are not now giving , and never have
given , northern Nebraska the consid
eration that it Is entitled to in state
affairs. But northern Nebraska is a
very rapidly growing part of this great
commonwealth and before they know
it , some of the political manipulators
who have been Ignoring this part of
the state all their lives , are going to
wake up to a pretty sorrowful reali
zation ot the fact that north Nebraska
is on the map.
The attempt to prevent north Ne-
biabka from gaining even one member
on this board is only a bingle instance
of the game that has been played for
years and in which this part of the
state has been given scant considera
tion. But the balance of power , held
in this pait of the state , Is going to
have an Inning by and by that will be
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worth watching.
THE WHOLE STATD PROTESTS.
The protest issued by the Norfolk
Commercial club some weeks age
against the dating of the national corn
show at Omaha at a period just fai
enough In advance of holiday season
to work to the benefit of Omaha ie >
tailors ns against the retailers of every
other town in the state , has found
a welcome greeting all over Nebraska
| and even in Omaha it is conceded
I that the Omaha retailers have played
the part of the pork. The Oman ?
Trade Review has this to say in com
ment :
Elsewhere we publish in this issue
a few of the piotests that are belnt
made against the Injustice that vvat
put upon the retail trade of this state
when the corn show dates at Omahf
were fixed at a time when the holldaj
trade everywhere is in full force. II
Is useless to contend that these dates
were not so fixed for the purpose o :
giving Omaha nnd Us retail merchant !
a boom in holiday trade at the dlreci
expense of outside merchants. Thl
corn show Is well understood to be i
trade promoting proposition and tin
large contributions to Its support madi
by the business public of Omnlm wen
made with the expectation of inakini
all that was given back again wltl
Interest. There Is no serious crltlclsu
of this anywhere ; but the crltlclsn
that is made is that the one time o
year was fixed upon the corn shov
that would do the greatest injury ti
local trade over the state. It is , too
a matter of criticism that nine monthi
ago when the attention of the con
aliow people was called to the fac
that a protest loud and deep was com
Ing that they only stiffened their necki
Instead of trying to have a better
fpollng In relation to corn show dates.
At the state association meeting of
commercial clubs the coi n show would
not have been endorsed or approved
If the practical guarantee had not been
made that the dates would bo changed.
To glvo the Omaha delegation an
oppoitunlty to readjust the dates and
to remove the ill-feeling that was man
ifest the Lincoln delegation to that
meeting worked with the Omaha dele
gation for such a conclusion. If at
that time It had not been believed that
the corn show would have been re
pudiated and a systematic campaign
would have boon ontoied upon to
have compelled a change of the dates.
As It Is now the piotests are coming
thick and fast and Omaha and the
corn show people have no one to blame
but themselves for existing conditions.
Months ago this paper. In discussing
this question emphasized the fact that
there was a wide difference between
the otdlnnry efforts that all towns
make to draw trade and the specific
effoit nnd determination to locate n
quasi geneial public exposition nt the
one definite time of the year when
the greatest possible Injury could be
done to local trade and local mer
chants. Business men In the smalllcr
towns undci stand that there Is always
competition to meet , with the larger
cities and that at times of annual meet
ings and conventions tiade drifts away
fiom home to the cities. But there
Is one time of year with local mer
chants everywhere when there should
not be a specific and organi/.ed of-
foil made to injure their trade , and
that is In the holiday season. Holi
day stocks aie not purchased like
geneial stocks , they are special invest
ment , OAlra block purchases , and mer
chants tloviip a laigo amount of money
In thebc Blocks of goods which me
only salable three or four weeks out
of the entile year The destruction
of this holiday tiade means some
thing out of the ordinary to them and
they have a right to be indignant
when selfish interesls attempt to di-
veil Hits tiade at the one time of
> ear when it is on. Everyone knows
that the corn exposition could have
been held six weeks or two months
later just as well as in the midst of
holiday tiado times in December , ex
cept foi the one icason , nnd that reas
on is that Omaha could not profit so
greatly fiom the tinde gathered in
Febiuary as it could from the trade in
December. If the com exposition has
so tied itself down in this mailer il
is too small a proposition and working
along too nairovv lines to ever com
mand the confidence and continued
suppoit of the people of Nebraska.
AROUND TOWN
Bring on your calendars for 1910.
We all make mistakes. But the
same mistake ought not to be made
twice.
Norfolk always does manage to do
the distinguishing thing. Not a foot
ball accident has occulted here this
bcason.
Just bear in mind the condition of
the streets today , when It comes time
to vote bonds for paving the intersec
tions.
"Enough money has been put Into
Norfolk avenue to pav for paving it
thiee or four times , during the past
twenty yeais , " a Norfolk man bald
yesterday.
A query for Stanton : If a man Is
teally going to rob a store , why not rob
aRnabestore ? ( Note : To get the full
benefit of this sparkling one , pro
nounce "Raabe" ns though it were
"rob a " ) And by way of explanation.
Some of those pants were stolen from
Frank Raabe's stoie at Stanton. Any
other questions about it ?
A tramp with a bandaged hand call
ed at a Noifolk home Thanksgiving
noon and told a tale of woo about not
having had anything to eat for hours ,
etc. He was given a turkey dinner
that would have been enough to kill
any ordinary man. Next morning he
took anothoi btieet and knocked at
the back door of the homo of a rela
tive of the people who had fed him
the day before. "Please , Ma'am , " he
whined , "I haven't had anything to eat
for two days. People was so busy go-
in' to church yesterday thai I didn't
gel a bile all day , and I'm nearly
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starved. "
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
Our idea of a perfectly polite man
Is one who practices It as carefully
when he buys as when ho sells.
"Tell a He about a fiiend , " we heard
a man say today , "and you will die
suddenly. " Nothing in it ; too many
people die lingering deaths.
I The surest way for a widower to
keep his wife's memory green In the
i neighborhood , it to make matrimon
ial eyes at another woman.
Atchlson people "make fun" of the
Lysander John Applelons , but we don't
know anyone in town who Isn't afraid
of them , or who doesn't hang mound
them.
The great amount of false hair
worn by the women Is criticised very
sharply by the men ; they don't like It ,
| but have you observed that the wo
men wear any less false hair on that
account ?
Ono of the marks of Spinstcrhood :
Shu gives a red wagon to a Child , and
then Complains Six Months After
ward because theio are Scratches or
It. What did she expect the Child tc
do to the Little Red Wagon ? Paint
Cupids or Roses on it ?
When you meet a particularly polite -
lite , fair and agreeable man , over remark
mark that you afterwards glow wltli
pleasure ? You are very apt to com
pllmont the polite man to others. Whj
don't YOU get some of the comraenda
tlon that comes from being polite
agreeable and fair ?
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
V. Some Common Dis
eases.
By C. V. GREGORY ,
Author oT "Home Cuurie In Modern
Agriculture , " "MnklnU Money on
the Inrm , " Ltc.
Copyr Jilt , 11X10. by American Presi
Association
N10 of the most common dis
eases among horses Is colic.
This may be caused by moldy
food , a midden change of food
01 anything else that affects the ill
gostlve system unfavorably. Refusing
to ettt , pawing , gioitnlng. looking
around at flank , lying down and get-
ling up again are some of the common
symptoms of colic. A good tunicdy to
have on hand for colic Is turpuntliio.
one oiinee ; cnnimlils indlcii , out' half
ounce ; alcohol , four otintcs ; water , one
pint. This .should be HhiiUcn well and
given as a dionch. In bovoie cases n
voterlmnlnii should bo sent for.
Barbed Wire Cuts.
Wherever horses mo allowed to run
In pastilles fenu'il with hat bed wire
Uieie will be fteqiic-nt need of tiemt
mont for v\itc tutb. In case the culls
deep , with consldciablu bleeding , the
llisl lliing to do is to stop ( he flow of
blood. Alcohol , vincgnr or alum water
tor is good for this pmposo A solu
tlon of ililoildo ul lion Is still hotter.
If ( ho bleeding Is liom a largo vessel ,
coinpicsslon will have to bo applied ,
tow aid the heart If an artor.v Is cut or
away fiom It in the case of a voln
Usimll.v , however , bat bed who cuts do
nol bleed seilously. They should be
cleaned thoioughly with wann vvnlor
lo which utrbollc ae-ld has been added
at Iho into ol 1 to 100. If the wound
"mntteintes"an oponlngshould be made
at the lower putt lo allow the pus to
escape fioclj. The wound bhould bo
washed dally with n solution of chlo
ride ofItic , one drum to one pint of
water , and a little powdered iodoform
sifted on It. This iodoform aids heal
ing , prevents the fotnmtion of "pioud
flesh" and keeps the files nwn.v. A
very bad cut should bo dressed by n
veterinarian , as piopor ttoatmont will
reduce Ihe sl/e of the resulting scar.
Galls.
When horses are put to work in the
spring , galls aie verj liKely to form on
their bliouldeis. This can bo piovented
by the use of collars and by accustoming -
ing the horses to vvoik gtadually. The
use of pads is seldom advisable , as
lliey become filled with sweat and are
hard and initntlng. A hard leather
collar that fits snugly to the home's
neck is the best thing to use. The
names should fit the collar snugly
Washing the shoulders in warm water
evorj night helps to Keep them from
galling. Sugar of load , twenty gialns
to one ounce of water , or nitrate of
silver , ten gialns to one ounce of wa
ter , Is a good remedy. The following
salvo Is one of the best cuies for galls
after the.v have oneo formed Pulver-
l/.ed alum , four ounces ; pulverl/ed
bloodroot. four ounces ; white lead ,
four ounies ; calomel , two ounces. MK
with gl.vceiin , bweet oil or lard to make
nn ointment.
Sweeny.
Sweeny , or n wasting away of the
muscles of the shoulder , occasionally
ociurs In farm horses 11 Is caused by
n strain by pulling with only one tug
F1Q. 15. . A THHIFTY bTTEn.
hooked or b.v pulling heav ily on a ma
chine with n gioat deal of bide draft
A bvvcenled animal should be turned
oul In the pasture until the shoulder Is
1 filled up again. Injecting ten drops of
tnipentlno under the skin at intervals
nol closer than one inch will greatly
hasten Hie ptocess.
Tuberculosis.
Tubeiculobls affects cattle , swine and
man. It has boon cleatly proved that
tuberculosis can be tiansmilled to
swine thiough the t"llk of affected
cows , and It lb vorj ptobnble that "
can be transmitted to hunmn beings it ,
the bame way.
Tuberculosis can seldom bo t < 1 by
the appearance of the animal. Oflcn
the best looking cows in the herd will
be the wot&l affected. Tuberculosis is
easily transmitted front one cow In a
hold lo another The only safe way to
do Is to get the herd on a healthy basis
nd Keep it theio. The tubetcullu test
applied bj a competent man is a sure
means of detecting the disease. The
dlMM ed animals should bo sold to a
BoapmaUor at once. If the disease
is piescnt only In ceitaln local parts of
th6 body the re.st may be all right for
use. Afler the heid Is once cleaned
up no animals should be brought on
the place that have not been subjected
to the test. In this way only can n
healthy herd bo maintained.
Abortion.
Abortion is of two kinds , accidental
nnd clnonlc. Accidental abortion may
occur In almost tiny class of animals
as n result of moldy feed , strains oi
Injuries of any kind. Contagious nbor
tion is seldom troublesome except in
the case of cows. All canes of ubor-
tlon in COVVB , unless positively known
to be due to BOUIO other cause , uhoulil
bo treated aa contagious. If once In
troduced Into a herd this disease1
spreads rapidly , almost destroying the
usefulness of the entire hoiil for bleed
ing purposes.
AH soon IIH it cow him aborted , lh
calf , If U Is dead , should be burned ,
together with the afterbirth. The
stall and the hind quaiters of Ihe cow
should liu disinfected thotiMHily. A
1 ! per cent solution of BIIIIIC coal Inr
dip or a I'/j ' per cent solution of car
bolic acid Is all tight for Ihls puipoHc.
The genital organs of the cow should
bo sjringed oul with this solution
every tlueo or four days ns long as
there IR any discharge. COWM that
have allotted should bo kept well
nvvny from the re.st of the heid. They
should not be bied for at least ten
weeks after aboitlng or until all ills
charge has ceased The icproductlvc
organs of the bull should lie disinfect
ed both befoie nnd after service The
bull is one of the mont frequent meaim
riO. X. A HEALTHY rr.OC'K.
of transmit I Ing the disease fiom one.
covv to another All litter In the stall
whole the a fleeted cow Is Kept should
bo burned as soon as cleaned out.
For inlet mil use the caibollc acid
tieatmeiit has given the best lesulls.
Ono of the best vvn.vb to give this In
In wall at the rate of II parts to 100
ptuts of Imiiel salt. Pine carbolic
add comes In crystals anil will have
to bo liquefied b.v placing the bottle in
hot witter for it few moments. The
acid should be pouted over the salt
and stlned In well 'i * Sh iimKos an
excellent ptoxontivo. It should be
placed whole the cows can get U at
all times , beginning least the
months bcfoio cnhlng with cows that
have pievloiibly aboited and tlneo
months with those thai have not.
All new cows Should bo kepi sepa
rate from the icsl of the held until il la
certain that lliey aie free from Infec-
lion If llieio Is an.v unusual dlsehnigo
they should be letuined to the seller
or subjected to a sit let course of pie-
vcntlvo tioatmenl.
Milk Fever.
Heavy mllKing cows are ofto'n af
fected willi milk fever boon afler calv
ing. The first symptoms appear from
ten to twenty houis after calving. The
cow becomes unoasj , ceases to oal or
lo notice the calf and booms to bo In
Considerable ipaln. The walk Is tut-
.steady , and the animal soon falls and
Is unable to lise. ft not attended to ,
death iseiy HKeiy to lesull.
The cause of milk fever is not ) dcf-
inltol.v known. Since it occuis only in
heavy mllKeis It may be due to part of
the milk being leabsorbed again and
acting as a poison to the nerves. Light
feeding for a week befoie and after
pnrtuillion Is good pioventivo treat
ment. Ono to two pounds of epsom
salts given a few dajs pi lor to calving
will reditie the liability to the disease.
A\ hen the udder N gicatly enlaiged
previous lo calving il is well lo milk it
out.
out.The
The most effective teinedy for milk
fevet Is what is Known as the air treat
ment This ( onslsts In pumping the
udder full ol all , om quailer nl a
time , and working 11 well ( o gel Iho
air into all putt * . A common bicycle
pump may lie u ed if a tegular milk
fever outlll Is not at hand. Mloth the
udder and the Instiumenl should be
disinfected befoie the tiealmenl Is
giv on.
Hog Cholera.
Hog cholera and the ciosoiy allied
disease1 , swine plague , are the greatest
sources of loss in the swine Industry
The llrst symptom is n icfusal to eat.
There are red and pi'tple blotches on
the skin and a Mlikv discharge fiom
tlio eyes. The walk Is often unsteady ,
and there Is more or less coughing.
There Is no Internal treat mont that
will cure ho } : ( hole-in The best meant ;
of handling It Is by prevent Ion. Dogs ,
crows and pigeons carry Infection from
one herd to another and should be
kept nvvaj with a shotgun if noces-
Mtry. Running streams also carry In
fection. When there Is cholera In the
neighborhood no one but the regular
feeder should bo allowed In the hog
lot. The pens should bo disinfected
" equently with whitewash or coal tar
Ip Having the hogs divided Into
mall lots helps to keep the disease
fiom taking the whole herd If if once
gets a start. All Imps that die should
be hm-Ictl at once. When new animals
are brought on to the farm they should
be kept in nmrantlne for nt 'cast a
week.
A syHtem o { vaccination her been de
veloped recently . ' . t Is prm-lng very
successful
i ne Athens of America. "
In nn address to the Appalachian
Knglneoring association at Washing
ton the oilier morning Major William
N. Page Huld ; "Washington Is the
Athens of America , and the govern
ment scientists are going to make
Washington the great scientific cooler
of the world. They don't work f r
pay. God knows they gct little enough
of that ! They worki for love. Youi
can't hire