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CARE OF SEPARATOR CREAM
Much Depends on Manner and Method
of Cooling—lllustration Shows
Satisfactory Way.
For the last five or six years, there
la nothing that has come up oftener
or been discussed at greater length at
our dairy meetings than the quality of
our hand separator cream. Our dairy
association made a separate class for
butter made from this cream, not ask
ing the butter maker to compete with
the whole milk creamery. This article
Is not written with a view of cham
pioning the cause of the hand separa
to manufacture but to try and help
the man who has found the separa
tor on the farm best suited to his con
ditions, writes W. C. Barney, lowa
state food and dairy commissioner, in
Homestead.
We have been told so frequently
that we must wash our machines and
keep them clean that I need not call
your attention to this fact I would
like to ask if you would expect a but
ter maker in a whole milk creamery
to produce a high class article if he
did not keep his machine in a sanitary
condition. It is my belief that much
improvement may be made in quality
by better care of the cream after it
is separated. In talking with a gov
ernment expert who makes Chicago
his headquarters, he asked if I were
aware of the fact that there were a
large number of hand separator cream
creameries in western Wisconsin along
the river that were turning out just
as good an article of butter as w’ere
the whole milk creameries in eastern
Wisconsin. I asked him how he ac
bounted for this. His answer was,
that in the hilly country along the riv
er springs were numerous and that
the cream can was set into the spring
and cooled down and then not mixed
with the next skimming until that had
The Cooling Process.
been treated in the same way. Springs
are not numerous enough with us In
lowa to adopt this plan, but we have
found the following most satisfactory
at Home farm and have used it
for several years with good results.
We hope we may make ourselves un
derstood from the description and the
cut.
We have a galvanized Iron tank in
our cream house near the well with a
Eipe connecting from well to this tank
t the top in the cream house. In
one side of the tank we make a hole
for a piece of gas pipe using a couple
of lock nuts one on the inside, the
other on the outside to keep from leak
ing. On the inner end of this outlet
rthich connects with the water tank
or cattle, we use an elbow with a
piece of gas pipe about 16 inches
Jong turned down so that the circu
lation is good in this tank, the water
going in at the top and out at the
bottom. All the water for cattle must
pass around the cream where the
cream can is set as soon as we have
finished separating. If you don't care
to go to the expense of buying a gal
vanized iron tank only having a small
amount of cream, buy a barrel and
saw it in two as this will hold two
or three shot gun cans of cream and
will be better than nothing. In case
the wind does not blow to make the
windmill do the work of pumping, we
use our gasoline engine which is at
tached to the pump. Before we put in
the engine we pumped enough by hand
twice or three times per day to change
the temperature in the tank.
FOR BETTER CARE OF MILK.
Pail So Constructed That Falling Dust
Will Be Excluded to Very
Great Extent.
The illustration shows a stream of
milK entering a pail, so constructed
that falling dust will be excluded to
a greater extent than if the entire ‘op
of the can were ur'"v e red. Bacteria
V
For Better Milk.
••ride" on dust particles—they cannot
propel themselves through the air. but
must depend on outside agencies to
travel from place to place The smal
ler the opening in a milk pail the bet
ter is that pail.
Dairies in United States.
The dairy population of the United
States is about 21,000,000. or one cow
to every five people. The average
yield, according to official figures, is
only about 3,500 pounds a year, or
roughly, five quarts a day on the av
erage. It is figured that each person
in the country eats abou'. 20 pounds of
butter each year. Very little butter
Is imported. Eac-n person takes only
four pounds of cheese of the domestic
product. Condensed milk is a some
what localized industry. About three
fourths of it comes from New York
and Illinois, where more than half of
the condensers are located. The year
ly output Is about 150,000,000 pounds.
RELIEVE SUFFERING OF COW.
Device Invented to Remove Obstacle*
From Animal’s Throat—Com
prises Pair of Arms.
The device shown in the illustra
tion is intended to relieve the suffer
ing of an animal that has become
choked by a pottato, apple, or some
such obstruction in the throat, says
Scientific American. It comprises a
pair of arms terminating in slightly
concave surfaces which are pressed
Remove Obstacle From Cow’s Throat
against the throat on opposite sides
just below the obstacle and then
drawn upward along the esophagus,
torcing the obstacle toward the mouth.
SIRE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE.
Little Study of Results of Breeding
Necessary to Show Value of
Head of Herd.
(By R. B. RUSHING.)
We have all heard the saying that
the sire is half the herd. This is liter
ally true. That is, of the qualities
bequeathed to the calves the parent
furnishes half, and generally more.
The cow influences the character of
but one calf a year; the bull passes
on his personality to many calves, to
all the calves of a herd of ordinary
size. When he is chosen, half the
character of all the calves is deter
mined, thus, his influence is as much
as that of the whole number of cows
taken together in the herd.
If he is of stronger prepotency than
most of the cows, that is, abie to
transmit his qualities more surely and
strongly to the progeny, which is
usually the case with a well bred sire,
then the bull represents more than
half the herd. In this case more than
half the characteristics of the calf, 01
the stronger and predominating half
comes from the sire, thus he is more
than half.
So the sire may be much more than
half the herd whether judged by the
strength, quality, or accumulated ef
fect, of the characteristic be trans
mits.
It Is true, however, that the sir*
may thus within a few years, at slight
expense, completely transform a dairy
herd and more than double its profits.
Then is he not a good investment?
Linseed meal is a good substitute
for the fat in milk.
A cow will waste as much energy
fighting flies as she requires to raise
a calf.
Thoroughly stir the milk in the cans
in warm weather. A long-handled soup
ladle is handy.
When a milker can talk to his
cow as he does to his best girl he
is in a way to succAd in the dairy
business.
With a thoroughly good cow te
manufacture it we can always af
ford to put in feed and take out
butter.
The dairyman who takes his money
out of the savings bank to build a
silo makes a good investment of idle
capital.
The chemist cannot find that a silo
adds anything to the nutritive ele
ments in a cornstalk, but it does add
palatability and that counts for a
good deal.
If you have six cows and no sepa
rator, sell one of the cows and buy a
separator. You will save work and
make money by the deal.
A good creamery in a town means
prosperity for the farmer and the
business man. The cow is the cause
of it all too.
Produce what the consumer wants
when you are placing a product on
the market. That’s the secret of good
prices and a brisk demand.
The temper of a bull does not im
prove with age; handle him always
as if he was a possible source of
o nger.
Co..*, horses and sheep suffer from
tne direct rays of the midsummer sun.
as much as do men. If you haven’t
got trees, sneds should be built.
A half cupful of wheat flour and a
raw egg in the milk, if given to a
calf with scours is said to be very
beneficial.
Do not permit calves four mot t v i
old to be loose in the same pen ~j
calves two weeks old. Separate the
calves into pens according to age and
size.
If the calf is a slqw eater It is not
molested by the greedy calf next to
him. Stanchions on the dairy farm
will expedite greatly and overcome
many of the obstacles and disagree
able things in feeding calves.
Care of Calves.
Young calves should be kept dry,
and under no circumstances should
they be allowed to remain out during
rainy weather. Keep them in a barn
or stable, and provide plenty of dry
bedding. If allowed to get wet their feed
will have to be increased, as their
coats become i ough and they cease to
grow. Calves must be kept in a thlrfty,
healthy condition at all times.
Tests of Cows.
In testing several breeds of cows th*
Virginia experiment station found that
in profits on milk tbe Holsteins led
with 14.92 per individual per month;
the trades were second with 14.27. Tho
most profitable cow was milked 21
months, gave 12.498 4 pounds of milk
and 524.24 pounds of butter. The
profit on 'he milk was 1201.05, afiu oa
the butter $41.51.
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF
Janesville. lsaac ike, colored,
pleaded guilty to the charge of
murdering Piladi Boschi i.i Beloit
when he appeared in circuit court,
here. Judge George Grimni immedi
ately sentenced him to life imprison
ment in the state prison at Waupun
and he was taken there later in the
day. The crime was committed while
a Beloit street construction crew was
at rest. Both ike and Boschi were
members of the crew. It is said that
the two men had quarreled earlier in
the day and that Ike stepped to Bos.
chi's side, aroused him from a sleep
and shot him, giving as his only rea
son for the act that he did not ilka
the man.
Sparta.—Troops are arriving amj
departing from the Sparta tua.
neuver tract almost daily. At pres,
ent the camp consists ot 11 com.
panics of the Twenty-seventh United
States infantry; 11 companies of the
Twenty-eighth United :* ates infantry;
four troops of the Fourth United
States cavalry; Fifth United States
Field artillery; First United States
Field artillery; Company A, hospital
corps; 12 companies of the First
North Dakota National Guard; 12 com
panies of the Fourth South Dakota
National Guard; four companies (sep
arate battalion) of the South Dakota
National Guard, together with sep
arate headquarters and bands of the
different organizations.
New Richmond. Following the
reported robbery of the Soo line
depot at Somerset of approximately
SBOO, representatives of the railroad
made an investigation of the accounts
at the station which are now reported
$775 short. Robert Thrasher, a driver,
was arrested on suspicion at the
instigation of A. F. Scott, then agent
of the Soo line. The authorities have
ro evidence connecting Thrasher with
the case. Special Agent Cunningham
of the Soo line, who has cnarge of
the case, has pu' anew agent In
charge of the station temporarily.
Janesville.—Factory Inspector Ev
ans, Racine, swore out eight var
iants against Janesville people.
Three of the warrants were against)
proprietors of public buildings in
which the doors are alleged not to
open outward as required by law. An
other is against a superintendent of a
machine shop, charging the maintain
ing of an emery wheel without the
blower required by law. The other
four warrants are against proprietors
of small theaters, charging the em
ploying of girls under fourteen years
old to sing.
La Crosse.—Destitute and in ac
tual want, it is said, as a result
of the failure of the berry crops. Win
nebago Indians in Wisconsin are un
able to hire counsel to represent them,
in Washington in a contest with the
Nebraska Indians for division of the
tribal funds, and Congressman J. J.
Esch has made application to Com
missioner R. G. Valentine of Indian
affairs to permit A. P. Jones, a clerk.
,n the Wisconsin reservation, to rep-,
jesent them.
Racine.— The city council at an
adjourned session fought out the
question of adding six new police
men to the city force. There was
a tie vote and Mayor Horlick voted
aye varying the proposition. Hun-!
dreds of citizens have been demand
ing better protection in the outskirts.
Mayor Horlick appointed A. R. Janec
ky, justice of the peace, to fill a va-j
cancy caused by the death of W.
W. Rowlands.
Green Bay.—Encampment No. 17
of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of Wisconsin was insti
tuted in Green Bay. The encampment'
has a charter membership of 55 and
members of the Green Bay lodge No.
19 and the lodges between Appleton
on the south, Oconto on the north and,
In cities a short distance west and
east of here may join.
Madison. —Announcement Is made
of an interdenominational confer
ence in Madison next December,
at which 500 to 1,000 people wlllj
be present. An invitation to church,
organizations has been issued, ad-,
dressed "to local churches, district)
and state denominational bodies of
Wisconsin.” The dates are Decern
ber 5 and 6.
Eau Claire. —Edward Nussberger,
Durand, twenty years old, was|
instantly killed by a St. Paul freight
train. It is said that he was asleep
on a railroad bridge near his home.
He Is survived by his parents, a sis
ter, Mrs. John Hudson, Chippewa
Fails, and a brother, Frank, of Mondo
vi. His head was crushed and right 1
foot injured.
Viroqua.—While looking after a
horse which had stepped over his tugs,
Levi De Witt was kicked in the head,
receiving injuries from which he died
in a few hours.
Oshkosh.- The population of Osh
kosh is conservatively estimated at
41.000 as the result of a careful
house-to-house canvass for anew di
rectory.
Fond du Lac. —A. G. Crane, giv-,
ing his home as Milwaukee, made
a bold attempt to rob the Coles,
Savings bank. He was pursued by
citizens through (be streets, firing his,
revolver as he went, and was finally
caught by W. J. Hoth. a Chicago trav-.
eling man, who had made a circuit of
the block and caught the robber face
to face.
Madison.—The New Era Acc'dent
Insurance company of Fond du,
Lac was granted a charter by State)
Insurance Commissioner George E.
Beedle. The company will do a health
and accident business.
Oshkosh. —At a meeting of the
common council the committee ap
pointed to investigate the advisability
of municipal ownership of the water
power plant presented a report favor
able to the project. It was accepted,
by the council and a resolution was
adopted providing for a special elec
tion.
Oconomowoe. —During a storm at
Mapleton, a large barn on the
farm of John Agnew, containing
much hay and grain, was struck by
lightning and burned. There was a
large quantity of machinery In the
building Anew silo was ai*o burned.
FROZEN SALACS FOR LUNCH
Cool Dainties Not Freakish and Are
Inexpensive and Always Pala
table.
A “frozen salad" is not t> ireak in
cookery, neither is it an expensive lux
ury. It Is merely the latest and most
appetizing way to serve vegetables lu
very hot weather.
A mayonnaise jelly, a chilled aspic
or a sherbe' of vegetabl Juices justi
fies the name, but in no way indicates
the tempting qualities of these eccen
trically named delicacies.
A mayonnaise Jelly may be served
with any frozen salad. Mixed with
cubes of celery, cucumbers or any
cold cooked vegetables, it may be
moulded in forms or cups and served
on iettuce; or it may be used to gar
nish any ordinary soft salad.
To make mayonnaise beat one egg,
season it to taste with salt and pep
per, mix with half a cup of olive oti, ■
one-eighth teaspoon of mustard, and
one teaspoon of granulated gelatin in
cold water, dissolve it in hot. and mix
with the mayonnaise; harden in a
shallow pan and cut in fancy shapes
or chill in moulds of fancy form.
For a frozen tomato salad, stew one
quart of tomatoes with a slice of on
ion or any seasoning preferred, and
strain when cold. Add a few drops of
lemon and vinegar and freeze like a
sherbet. Prepare the hearts of let
tuce, arrange on a salad plate and
serve with cones of the frozen tomato.
For a frozen cheese salad strain one
Jar of pressed currants to remove the
seeds. Mix with cream cheese to the
consistency of a smooth thin custard.
Freeze and serve upon lettuce gar
nished w-ith rings cut from olives.
Black Walnut Catsup.
T rick and lay in brine for two
weeks as for pickle, exchanging (he
brine three times a week. Every
other day drain the salt and water
from the nuts; put them into a wood
en tray and pound w-ith a potato
(beetle into small pieces. Return to
[the brine. When the two weeks are
(up you should have —when the brine
*lB drained off—a fine black paste.
Have ready this pickle; For each
quart of the nut paste allow a cupful
of vinegar and the same of strong
Ibrine, a tablespoonful of sugar, a tea
spoonful each of onion juice and grat
ed horseradish, two teaspoonfuls each
;of ground cloves and mace and a
tablespoonful each of ground ginger
and black pepper. Mix all well to
gether and put over the fire. Cook
steadily, stirring often, for two hours.
Run through a sieve, cool and bottle.
.Seal with beeswax and resin.
This catsup will be ready for use In
(gix weeks, and will keep for ten years
jn a dark, cool place.
Peaches In Turkish Mode.
Peaches cooked In Turkish fashion
are served with boiled rice. Peel the
(teaches by plunging them In boiling
water, then remove the stone through
slit in one side, without injuring the
shape of the reach. Fill hollows with
seeded rals'us and arrange in baking
dish; sprinkle liberally with sugar and
set in hot *oven 20 minutes. Have
'ready a dish lined with boiled rice.
Spread over it peaches, and serve with
dressing made of cocoanut milk thick
ened with cornstarch and Bweetened
with granulated sugar.
To Keep Milk and Butter.
Place butter in a bowl or small Jar
and cover with a saucer; set this and
the bottle of milk in a rather dee), pan
tend pour in enough cold water to half
Pll the pan, then fold a linen towel or
piece of tablecloth twice, dip In cold
■water, and spread dripping wet over
the bottle ar.d bowl, with the edges
jot cloth in the water. Set the pan
where the air can circulate. The milk
will keep sweet all day and the butter
will be nice when wanted even in the
hottest weather.
Washing Crepe de Chine.
Washing crepe de chine is no more
difficult than to wash a frock of col
ored muslin. If tepid water ami good
[soap are used with care it will come
from the laundry as triumphantly as
ia piece of white linen. Do not let It
lie in the water longer than is abso
lutely necessary, rinse thoroughly, and
when half dry press on the wrong side
with a medium hot iron. If of a deli
cate color the garment must be dried
in a shady place after pressing.
Plum Roll.
Sift thoroughly one pint of flour,
one teaspoon baking powder, and one
half teaspoon of salt. Rub one tea
spoon of butter Into the prepared
jfiour and mix with milk to a soft
, dough. Roll out and sprinkle with
'one cup of raisins, seeded and chopped
and one-half cup of chipped citron.
jDust with cinnamon; roll up and steam
i/or 30 minutes. Serve warm witb hard
■sauce.
Sweet Omelets.
Sweet omelets are varieties of plain
omelet in which sugar is used instead
of salt and pepper and in which the
fillings and garnishing* consists of
sweets, equally appropriate for any
meal and a grand resource as emer
gency desserts. With a simple sweet
omelet as tbe baßis any material at
ihand may be used, so its possibilities
are practically without limit.
Watermelon ?weet Pickles.
Layer of grape leaves, layer of rind;
sprinkle teaspoonful of alum, cover
with water, and let simmer on stove
until clear. Set aside to cool. To
one pound of rind take one pound of
sugar, one-half pint vinegar, six
cloves, four sticks of cinnamon, and a
small piece of white ginger root. 801 l
rind and sirup 30 minutes and can
while hot.
Reasoning of Domestic Animals.
According to a French investigator
domestic animals have a certain
amount of reasoning, and can associ
ate Ideas from which they draw In
ferences. Dogs, and still more so
cats, be says, learn to imitate the
■voice and movements of their masters
or mistresses. He has noticed old
watchdogs which, when they barked,
bad a peculiar Intonation, which re
sembled tbe voice of their master.
Cats try. by the way in which they
cry. to make their mistresses under
stand exactly what they want
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The dusty road lay ton* and still
To whore It broke across the hill;
The weary breeze would come and lift
A puff of dust, and let It drift
Against the haggard clover bloom
That gave hut shadows of perfume.
And on the grass that was as gray
As ever any dust that day.
The trees stood, thirsting, lank and lean,
With famine-yellow In their green.
With leaves as shriveled as the hand
Of eome old man who scarce can eland
Because of all the years he feels;
Ti e wagons moved wth rattling wheels;
The bees with angry hums sailed by.
The birds chirped to the empty sky.
The twilight came without a breath
Of wind, and was as still as death;
And all the night the hot atars glowed
While crickets clacked a crackly ode;
The dawn woke white, and brought a
eenae
Of the Sahara’s heat Intense.
And the thin dogs lay roundabout
With their long, red tongues lolling out.
Then suddenly a breeze laughed by
And tnaaed a haze against the sky.
And runnnlng, racing down the hilt
Came raindrops, with a subtle thrill
As when eome rippling dance-notea surge
Across the droning of a dirge,
And brook and river, hill and plain
leaped up and sang: “The man! The
rain!"
The Tuasock Moth.
The tussock moth is so called be
cause of Its color, it being a fashion
able shade of tussock.
It flutters about upon the scented
breeze, gaily laying an egg hither and
yon in the foliage. Then it retires
from circulation
After a time the eggs hatch out. If
the moth had to sit on Its eggs to
hatch them It could not effect such a
complete distribution. One mosquito,
for instance, will lay 80,000 eggs in a
day, but most of them will produce
mosquitoes that immediately go to
some summer resort. The offspring of
the tussock moth is the tussock cater
pillar, which Is a slow traveler and a
vegetarian. It is what entomologists
call a "beautiful specimen," but its
beauty is not even aktn deep.
The caterpillar locates In some town
where the city council does cot see
the need of gratifying the Idle whims
of nature lovers. One caterpillar is
assigned to each leaf of the vines and
tree? that have been raised by hand,
i A few days later there is no necessity
of spraying the feiiage, for It isn’t
there.
The tussock moth la our leading
anti-conservatlontst
Maud Missed the Trip.
A charming young woman named Maud
Was planning a trip far abraud.
She missed all that bother
For one day her father
In cornering wheat, dropped his waud.
In Bad Odor.
"And so,” grumbled the rich uncle,
’’they say my money Is tainted "
■‘Yes, uncle." replied the diplomatic
nephew, "but I always a n k them what
they ran expect of a fortune amassed
through a corner on iimburger
cheese."
She Knew.
"You are so proud of your new hat
tuid dress." growled the husband, "that
it is a wonder to me you haven't left
the price marks on them'.’
"What's the use?” gurg'ed the happy
wife. "Every woman I know has
priced them and given they up in de
spair."
To Save Time.
‘They say she has been married six
or eight times," ia the comment as the
beauteous lady sweeps down the
dining ball with her latest husband.
"Yes," is the reply. "Y ou know
she ’nslsts on using all the names of
all her husbands on her cards."
"Hyphenated, of course.”
•'Certainly, and instead of a perloc
after the last name, she uses a
hyphen, so the continuation may be
accomplished without change in punc
tuation."
Unconscious.
The editor of tbe magazine opens
the letter from the subscriber
"Dear Sir,” the letters begins, "I
wish to compliment you on your Junk
number.”
"Junk number?" muses the editor
"He probably intended to write ’June
number ’ However, he may not be far
from right. I made up that number
from all tbe hold-over manuscript in
the place.”
iUST QUESTION OF KNOWING
Monopolist Explains to Plain Citizen
Why He May Stand on Lat
ter’s Foot.
“You are standing on my foot,”
said the citizen to the monopolist.
"Ah. you roust nit think of that."
good-naturedly replied the monopolist.
"It is sordid and pessimistic. You !
should thins of the higher things of
life."
"Yes, but it hurts.” argues the citi
zen.
’That may be; but remember that It,,
Is only through trial and tribulation !
that we learn to make something of
ourselves. Blessed are the meek." \
"Yes, but why should you stand on ;
my foot?”
“1 see you are inclined to think of
yourself; that is wrong," admonished
the monopolist in a gentle tone. "Rath
er you : hould contemplate the good I
have done in the world.”
“That may all be true, but I think
I shall have to ask you to get off my
foot.”
“Being a Christian gentleman." re
plied the monopolist, very gently, “I
take no umbrage at your unkind, not
to say unreasonable, request. But
what you ask is unconstitutional, and
I must Insist on my constitutional j
rights. I have a franchise to your I
foot. That is the legal phase of It. j
But there is also a moral side. I have
become accustomed to that mode of |
standing. For you to try to change it
now would be nothing less than un
patriotic."
"Notwithstanding all that I must in
sist that you get off my foot."
“In that case, my dear sir, I shall
have to appeal to the courts and get
out an injunction against you.”
"Do you deny that it is my foot?”
hotly demanded the citizen.
“i do not deny that; in a sense it Is
your foot,” blandly returned the mo
nopolist, "but I think I can show that
1 have a controlling interest in It."—
Ellis O. Jones in Life.
WEDDINGS STRIPPED OF FUSS
In Brlttsny Matrimonial Candidates
Ara Herded Together and Mar
ried In a Bunch.
Over In France they have a way
of getting rid of all the undesirable
features which in the United States
go with getting married. They have
the scheme In operation In Brittany.
in Brittany they do aw’ay with the
best tnan and bridesmaids and ushers
and other such Impedimenta strewn in
the path of the American celebrants
of the matrimonial ceremony. Even
the dressmaker and the milliner and
the florist are given the Inugh. Their
goods aren't needed. The caterer is
tho only tradesman who profits.
About the middle of Jannaty every
year there is a general round up of
all the men and women who have
been engaged within tho twelve
month. They are herded together in
one place, and on the appointed morn
ing along comes tho priest and mar
ries them In a bunch. No fuss, no
feathers, no "Lohengrin" or Robin
Hood stuff, no ushers or bridesmaids
to carry away your stickpins and your
brooches. And everyone wears the
national costume, simple in construc
tion though gaudy
There were 27 couples married at
Plougastel January 11. 64 people, 64,
count them. Among the 54 were
only four names. Everyone married
was a Legall, a Jeseuquel, a Thomas
or a Kazeneuff. Fifteen of the brides
were named Marie and three were
named Marie Le -all.
The caterer gov ills rake off from
tho barbecue which followed the cere
mony. He served 27 sheep, and six
cows at the wedding breakfast.
The Wise Tailor.
"The late Gold vin Smith, ’’ said a
magazine editor, "exuded good advice
on all occasions.
"You know how barbers. In their de
sire to sell tonics and pomades,
make coarse and Insulting references
to their patrons’ baldness? Well, a
Montreal barber once criticised the
condition of l’rof. .Smith's hair In tl r r
way, saying:
"■Hopelessly bad as your scalp
looks, sir, my Scalpeue-Dandurflla will
fix it up.’
"The aged philosopher flushed and
retorted:
’’ ‘You are very foolish to point out
your patrons' physical defects. That
saddens and displeases them. It
doesn't mak" them buy. It drives them
away, and they will never return. You
would be wiser, my poor fellow, to
imitate a successful down town tailor
This man says to every patron as be
takes bis measure —he says It to a
fat and lean, short and tail, alike:
" ’it’s an extraordinary thing—of
course you already know It. sir—but
you have exactly the same measure
ments as tbe Apollo Belvidere.’"
Women In the Wrong Place.
Tbe anomaly of this island, the
center of the British empire, crowded
to overflowing, while millions of acres
of the richest land in fine climates He
undeveloped, has at last struck the
national Imagination. We cannot
open a paper without seeing articles
about the wheat fields of Canada, the
fruit farms of British Columbia or
Rbodesia, the offers of work for Brit
ish men and women In Australia, New
Zealand, and last but not least. South
Africa. But In large movements ol
every kind It is exceedingly difficult
to preserve the regular, even progres
slon of parts. Some portions of the
mass will always move slower, others
faster, ban the rest, thereby causing
a distortion and dislocation of the
whole. That section of the community
known as the better-class woman has
lagged behind the rest, and by her
scarcity in the one place and her su
perfluity In the other Is creating a
danger to society.—London Times.
Race orowing Sturdier.
Dr. Sargent of Harvard finds that
the present day undergraduate is an
Inch taller and four or five pounds
heavier than the undergraduate of 30
v'tri ago. and he lays It to athletics
We doubt that. Why not lay it to
tae generally believed fact that their
■.nothers are tailer and more healthy
than were their grandmothers?
CONQUERING THE WASTE SAND
European Countries Solving Great
Problem by Planting Vast Areas
With Trees.
Europe Is conquering the waste land
problem by planting trees. Every year
thousands of acres of land are being
reclaimed in this way by the leading
countries and put in a condition
pieparatory to a profitable timber har
vest in the years to come.
Not only many previously forested
areas which have been cut over have
been planted up, but a number of the
countries are also devoting their ener
gies to establishing a forest, cover on
dunes and other waste lands, and, in
fact, on all land which is more valu
able for producing timber than for
other purposes.
France has been one of the foremost
European countries in reforestation,
especially in the mountains, where
planting has been a powerful factor in
controlling torrents and regulating
stream flow’. The state each year buys
uncultivated lands. In the mountain
regions, and tip to January, 1907. it
had acquired 502,000 acres in this way.
Communes, associations and private
Individuals are also assisted in re
forestation work by grants of money
and by supplies of plants and seeds.
Altogether 249.000 at ies have been
planted through this public assistance.
Complete exemption from taxation foe
a long period of years is granted In
the case of plantations made on the
tops of slopes of mountains. A reduc
tion of three-fourths for all land plant
ed or sown, whatever its situation, is
also made.
WILLING TO CALL IT OFF
Lew Dockstrader Tells Story to Illus
trate His Theory That We’re
All Superstitious.
"We're ail superstitious," says Lew
Dockstrader. "Ever hear the story of
the two negroes who got into an ar
gument? One says to the other: ‘l’ll
bet yo’ a dollah that 1 got the nerve
to sit on a tombstone In de graveyard
while the clock strikes midnight.' The
bet was made, but the other man
had to go along to see whether or not
the conditions were carried out. On
(he way to the cemetery the second
man fell and broke his wooden leg.
But he was so anxious to win that dol
lar that he took the leg off and hob
bled along to the cemetery, one hand
on the other negro's shoulder. They
seated themselves on a prostrate tomb
stone. 'Do 1 win that dollah. or do 1
not?' asked the man who made the
proposition, triumphantly. Just, then
the clock In the church stc . pie began
to strike. From behind a bush near
by a sheeted figure advanced upon
the negroes. 'Whahfoan are you all
tilstuhbln' mail rest?' It asked. The
negro that bet he wasn't afraid
rtnrted for home on the keen jump.
Tho only way out was through a nar
row lane, bounded on either side by
tall hedges. About half way down the
lane the running negro heard a pat-i
pat-pat Just behind him. He could
feel the hot brenth of his pursuer in
the back of his neck. A hand reached
out and touched him on the ooat, and
lie just doubled his speed. 'Oh, raab
goodness, nlggah!' said the voice of
the one-legged man, 'git outen mah,
road and yo' can keep yo' ole dol
lah!' ”
"Science” Becoming a Nuisance.
Steadily medical science is closing
I all avenues of safety. Time was when
man might do pretty much as he
pleased and live. Now whatever be
may do Is deadly. The Chicago health
department has just issued a warning
against country springs; In the pel
lucid water of these springs death
lurks in all of its hideous forms. Also
to quaff a cooling from the "Old Oaken
Bucket” is dangerous. What to drink
was long a matter of price rather than
| choice. But now it Is a 'matter of
neither choice nor price. The million,
aire as well as the pauper confronts
death whenever he drinks or eats it
Is unkind of "science" to point out so
| many dangers and not to indicate any
paths of safety that the ordinary per
, son will be content to travel. Perhaps
] the most comfortable thing, if not the
! safest, to do, is to take a chance now
j and then and refuse to be alarmed.
Trusting these few lines, etc.
Eye Shows Disease.
According to Dr. W. Anderschon, a
Norwegian scientist, all diseases and
Injuries are registered on the iris,
elth* r uy color spots or lines, each
organ of the body being connected
up with the iris and having its repre
sentative place there. The right eye
is the indicator for the right part of
the body and the left eye the indi-!
cator for the left half. The new sys
tem of diagnosis is said to have been
discovered by Professor Peozely of
Poland, who, in his boyhood, caught
an owl and the bird’s right leg was
broken. The boy noticed a black
stripe in its right eye. He kept the
bird and found that when tbe fracture
was well tbe black line disappeared.
Where He Wanted to Go.
When former Mayor George W.
Gardner was on a recent trip to Ber
muda, he had as a fellow passenger a
man who. almost from the start of
the journey, had suite-ed all the ago
nies of acute seasickness. One day
the man suddenly le iped from his
steamer chair and dizzily made bis
way toward the rail at a pace that
threatened to f.rry him headlong into
the ocean.
” ‘Have a care, my friend,’ t cried,”
says Mr Gardner in telling the story,
‘that isn't the way to your cabin;
that's the road to the open sea.’
” I know It,’ tbe man stammered,
’there's just where I want to go.’ ”• —
Exchange.
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The Old Problem.
In England they have a system of
helping those women and children
who cannot provide for themselves un
der what is known as "out relief’
charity rules. But it goes without
saying that many are refused this re
lief who really need It. Women with
children to support, who can work In
the mills, are not thus provided for,
and it often happens that they need It
very badly, as Miss Horlock reports
to the royal commission on the poor
law*