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MILK RIVER VALLEY NEWS
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HARLEM, MONT.
News Pub. Co., F. N. Wild. Mgr
Grover Cleveland has joined the
Masons. Isn’t It rather late for him to
begin the lodge habit'?
The monthly pay of tlio Japanese
•oldier U7O cents. It la clear that the
Nippons are working for love. *
In a more or less vague way the
trials of Joseph Smith recall the old
woman who lived In her shoe.
A St. Ixmls court holds Hint money
lost In bucket shops cannot he recov
ered. It needed no judge from the
bench to tell us that
Having got rid both of Professor
Trlggs and his bothersome appendix,
President Harper is looking forward
now to happier times.
The Hartford Post wants to know
what should lie done with a mnn whe
“eats pie with his knife." Teach liiir
to eat It with his teeth.
Dr. C. C. Sheldon, one of the leading
physicians of Wisconsin, asserts that
appendicitis is catching. Well, we
have always been a pretty good run
ner.
One Chicago man travels nearly
1,000 miles every week to attend Sun
day school; yet hundreds of others
find two blocks too great a journey to
undertake.
A Philadelphia business man who
considered an elevator n "denth trap"
and refused to rltle on one broke Ids
nock by falling downstairs. lie slipped
an the top step.
Buffalo Bill, after being married
nearly forty years, wants n divorce.
One difference between measles and
divorces Is that as a rule only tlie
young have measles.
The standard railroad gauge, four
feet eight and one-half inches, is nvTely
the old horse cart gauge, for the loco
motive was regarded at the time of Its
Invention ns a steam road wagon. Be
fore every engine trots the ghost of a
discarded horse.
There is no getting away from the
fact that one of the marked features
of Congress to-day Is the advanced
years of most of the men of real pow
er who sit on either side, particularly
In the Senate. The ancient adage as
to old men for counsel and young men
for war still obtains.
Professor Garner proved to his own
satisfaction that monkeys talk. A
French savant reports that he has
translated the vernacular of cuts. Now
we shall hear both the words and tho
music of hack-yard concerts. "Aelio”
means that pussy Is hungry, “allloo’
that she is thirsty; “lae” that she
wants some milk. “Bi” means red
meat; “ble’eme-b,” cooked meat;
“ptlee-b,” mice, and so on. It is evi
dently a Persian or a sacred Egyptian
cat which the professor heard. Any
good American cat says “minow" and
“p-rrT," and has no respect for gram
mar.
In many respects the great Siberian
railway seems to be a delusion and a
snare, it is said to have earned some
$2,500,000 less than its running ex
penses last year. The interest on its
cost Is probably not less than SIO,OOO,
000 a year. In view of the fact that
Russia would never have got into a
war with Japan but for this railway It
would seem as If tlio Russians, in pay
ing nearly $15,000,000 n year for tlielr
two strips of iron across Asia, to which
thero is to be added tho $1,000,000 n
day -the war is costing them, would
have been good deal better off to
have conducted their e.xploitition of
the Far East more Blowly.
Should n wife press her husband's
trousers? This momentous question Is
being agitated in Boston. Through the
column* «f the Roston Rost such well
known women as Edna D. Cheney,
Mrs. Julia E. Duff, Mines. 1,. B. and
John L. Bates, mother and wife, re
spectively, of tlio Massachusetts Gov
ernor, and others have expressed their
views at some length on this weighty
problem. Some of these take the stand
that the task of trousers pressing Is
a menial service, while others declare
that It should be regarded as a loving
privilege. Those of tlio ladies who ar
gue the loudest and the longest would
probably press the creases on the sides
Instead of the front of the trousers
limbs If they tried to do anything with
them. It is safer to allow your tailor
to have to do with these Important gar
ments.
“Yes, since you ask me," said the
little Seamstress, "the rich Monroes'
are relations of ours. But they are so
much better off than we that we try
to keep out of their way." Her tone
was sou-respecting, even If It was a
little hard. Doubtless her state of
mind could bn matched In the experi
ence of thousands of American women
who have no taste for being known
as “poor relations." The clinging de
pendence of tliff poor relation Is rapid
ly passing away. The varied occupa
tions to women have done some
thing toward their emancipation.
Scarcely kny.woman need now ling, if
she chooses to work. From keeping
books to cleaning lamps, from manag
ing a house to writing a book, from
Inventing an pgg benter to soliciting
for Insurance, the world Is open to
her. She need not, ns ill the time of
Charles Lamb, cringe and flatter for
an Invitation to dinner, and mend and
alter the cast-off gowns of her rich
cousins to suit the changing mode.
Perhaps the pendulum has swung a
little too far in the other A"
rich relation Is not nggessarliy to bo
despised. Self-rosprrl may easily be
come self-assertion . liven the Old
Testament puts together what an
oyerproud working woman might tldnk
belonged apart, when It declares,
"Wisdom is a defense, and money is a
defense.’’ The reproach of the
phrase “poor relations" liiib nearly dis
appeared. It would not he strange it
the contempt In the phrase “rich rela
tions” were to follow It Into the past.
In a brief newspaper paragraph pub
lished a few weeks ago the world read
the last chapter In a pitiful tragedy.
The commission appointed to investi
gate the rumors and charges against
the character of General Sir Hector
Macdonald, of the British army, who,
when the charges were made public,
took his own life, reported unanimous
ly thnt not a shred of evidence of
any crime or other moral obliquity
could be found. Sir. Hector Macdonald
was, next to Lord Roberts, the English
military idol. He rose to his high po
sition by his own efforts. At the start
he had no advantages of birth or
wealth or influential friends. He made
his way by proving his worth. Ills
nickname of "Fighting Mac” was both
a term of endearment and a popular
honor. Ills whole life was given to his
country, ami his services were grout
This must be kept In mind to under
stand the weight of the words of the
commissioners; “We find the late Sir
Hector Macdonald had been cruelly
assassinated by vile and slandering
tongues. Other cases of-{He ruin
wrought by “vllp and slandering
tongues" nro not far to seek. Lord
Pauncefoto, late British ambassador to
the United States, was, in the opinion
of many persons, murdered by those
who lied about his diplomatic actions
at tile beginning of the Spnnish-Amer*?
lean war. Our own FitZ-John Porter,
although tlie sunset of his days was
clear, yet suffered a terrible Injustice
for years. There are'many kinds of
cowards, but none lower and uior.e
despicable than the slanderer.
Chicago is aroused because the Corn
Exchange Bank has posted a notice
that none of its employes shall marry
on a salary of less than SI,OOO a year,
it is evident that the bank officials
believe that a couple cannot live on
less than SI,OOO a year. By Inference
the married employe who spends more
than his Income, or who tries to live
on less than SI,OOO a year, cannot be a
good employe. Chicago newspapers
have interviewed all sorts of people on
the subject, and the consensus of opin
ion seems to be that marriage on less
than $1,500 per annum is a dangerous
experiment. When two persons with
average Intelligence and world knowl
edge love each other enough to make
sacrifices, it would seem that a lrank,
or the public generally, could afford to
lot them work out their own happiness
and salvation unhampered. There are
married couples to whom SI,OOO a year
would seem a fortune* We have in
mind a father and motltovwho reared
two sons, paid for a modesFhome, pur
chased a piano, and out of the good
ness of their great hearts provided a
home and education for an orphaned
girl—all on $55 a month. Of course,
tlie woman was “tlio right kind of a
wife.” She made a thousand sacri
tlees. She expended not one penny
that was not absolutely necessary. She
held the family purse. She went with
out many things enjoyed by other
wives. But she was happy in her ex
periment, and had she her hard-work
ing life to live over again there isn’t a
doubt that she would choose the man
who gave her unbounded love and _sss
a month. Tlie Corn Exchange Bank
should stick to the hanking business
ami leave love and light housekeeping
to tlio only persons interested—the lov
ers themselves.
PILGRIM MINSTRFLS 01 JAPAN.
. these pilgrims are'hound by a vow
to a life of wandering throughout the
holy cities of Jnpan. They support
themselvqa by playing on the tlule and
saoilscn.
Education in the Hussion Empire.
According lo the latest stntlstjes
there are 84,54-1 public schools in the
o)npiro qf Itussla, out of which num
ber 40431 are' under the jurisdiction
of the ministry- of public education,
12,588 under the jurisdlctloiiMof the
holy synod and the remainder under
other departments. Of the pupils 73,-
107 were adults, '3,201.004 hoys and l|-
203,002 girls. The touchers number
172,000. The maintenance of all these
schools costs moro than $25,000,000.
The average school tax for the city
schools Is $0.50 and for village schools
$5 a pups
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Adjustable Wogoa Seat.
The illustration shows a handy
Fagon seat which is comparatively
easy to construct. Take a two-inch
board six inches wide, round tlie ends
and cut slots iu each end as shown,
so thnt it will go between the stakes
of the wagon. Fasten a board a foot
wide and three feet long in the center
of the first' board as shown in the
cut. Then take an old seat, from
some old machine, of form one if you
are handy with tools and fasten it ns
shown.
A good home-made Rent could be
formed of inch boards mounted to a
place of tough hickory and bolted to
the boards, as shown, with a brace of
iron at the back. Such a yat would
be very handy to use when doing
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AS ADJUSTABLE WAOOX SEAT.
rough hauling, while it might not be
sufficiently attractive to use on the
road. It is comfortable, which is the
main point to be considered.
Making Draft Hornes.
There is one thing that the man who
Is trying to raise big horses should
not overlook —amd thnt is plenty of
food for the colts. A draft-bred colt
that has not enough to eat will net
make a draft horse—he will be a
chunk of some grade, not heavy
enough for a draft horse. Some peo
ple claim that draft colts will not re
quire any more feed than colts of a
lighter breed. That is an error. They
flo require more, but not so much in
proportion tex- their size as does the
light horse, because they uro of a
quiet disposition and put more of their
teed into growth and less Into exer
cise or nervous fretting than the light
horse. But no big horse will be pro
duced if the feed is lacking. Give the
colts enough to keep them growing,
and they will pay a good price for all
they eat when the time comes to sell
them. At a sale in Ohio last week
draft geldings coming 4 years old sold
to feeders at S2OO to $285 a head. When
feeders can afford to pay such prices
for horses to fatten for market there
Is nothing wrong with the draft horse
business. But there were no stunted
colts in the bunch that sold for these
figures.
Three Horses to a Wagon.
Here’s a device for hitching three
horses to a wagon. The method illus
trated substitutes two wagon poles for
one, the middle horse between the two
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poles or shafts. There are two neck
yokes and a triple evener. The mid
dle horse has one-third of each double
tree, making two-thirds of both, while
each outside horse has two-thirds of
the evener lip Is hitched to.
Sanitary Btruw ting House.
The best hogliouse on earth Is made
by setting two rows of fence posts one
foot In ground and four feet apart one
way, and one post length apart, the
other way, so posts may be used for
stringers on top. Put cord wood cross
wise on top of stringers and build
straw pile over all, leaving hole In one
end big enough for a hog to enter.
They will all follow In and complete
Interior arrangement of bouse to suit
their hoggish artistic taste.
This house will always be dry and
comfortable and. will save many a
heated argument with the hired man
about cleaning out and bedding the
hogs. Hogs can be fed out of doors,
or a board feeding room may be built
at one end of stack with door be
tween. In summer, pul) out posts and
burn strawr boghouse, haul out refuse
and build Lnew each year. Then you
will have healthy hogs, avoid mange
and many other parasites. I winter
80 hogs every year In this kind of a
house. —4. A. Andrews, North Dakota.
Use* of Canned Lggs.
The use of refrigerator eggs has be
come so widespread as to cover n
greater purt of the lmbltalllc earth.
There has been n great trade In can
ned eggs recently. Largo quantities
of canned eggs nre bought by confec
tioners, und they are UI3O used In the
manufacture of llncn{ Several coun
tries supply eggs for such purposes,
but the supply Is not cqnal to the de
mand. Large Importations of canned
eggs come from Itussla, Germany and
Denmark. These usually arrive In
large packages and are packed In some
unknown preservative and are hermet
ically sealed. The air Is excluded In
some manner, ns It will not do to heat
them sg in canning fruit, as thnt
would destroy the value of tlie prod
uct. Science Is still doing wonders,
and we mny be able to have full con
trol of the egg trade of the whole
world In the near future. Great strides
have already been tifken, but there is
room for more improvement.
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Feeding: Out» in tlie Sheaf.
One of the first things I learned
when a hoy was thnt feeding sheaf
oats to horses was wasteful. However,
I had to do it last fall and I now wish
I had saved a portion of my thrash
ing bill that way. Several years ago
I read of n certain farmer condemning
u cow because she leaked her milk,
while he had other cows that did not
pay their keep, although they did not
leak their milk, while the first cow
paid well In spite of her leakage. Now.
In the case of my horses, I have
known them to pass oats with theh
manure In so perfect a state that they
would grow, and no scheme of driv
ing nails in the bottom of their feed
boxes, putting in stones or having
tlielr teeth flatted by a horse doctor
hnd any effect on them. But, lo! when
I fed them sheaf oats, not the first
vestige of an oat could be seen In
their manure. Now, what difference
does It make where or how the oats
are wasted? And If a few pigs could
have access to the stable when the
horses were out In the field, it seems
to me that sheaf oats would have
the best end of the argument—Farm,
Stock and Home.
Removing Warts from Horses.
Take about four ldkves of strong
cured tobaccp, place them in a vessel,
pour about one-half gallon of water
over them, on the fire, letting it
boil down to a strong Juice, and apply
to the wart. Always pick the wart so
as to mnke It bleed before the appli
cation, that It may strike into the fun
gous growth. A few applications will
soon do the work; gradually the en
largement will decrease and disappear
as if by mflglc. As an Evidence of its
efficacy, some years ago a horse that
we drove had a bleeding wart on his
back that the lines kept continually
bleeding. I. was about the size of n
walnut, with a neck about the size of
one’s Index finger. I would occasion
ally sprinkle a few crumbs of tobacco
on it from my pocket, and the wart
went away. I have removed warts as
large as a pint cup from horses' legs
by taking the tobacco leaves, dipping
them In hot wnter and binding them
to the affected part. Try it and you
will be rewarded for your trouble.”—
Exchange.
Geese on Lowlands.
Geese are extremely hardy and long
lived. They thrive on low-lying lands
which would not be suitable for fowls.
Old pasture is best suited to their re
quirements, as they crop the grass
very short, and would likely destroy
the roots of newly sown grass. They
must be afforded liberty and lots of
grassy range. They nre very coarse
feeders and will eat nearly anything
in the shape of green food. Although
it is desirable to hatch early, it Is not
always advisable, as It depends upon
the climate and location. Goslings
need grass, and do not thrive unless
green food Is supplied when they can
not get range.
Crops In a Young Orchard.
One crop that should never be
planted In a young orchard Is corn. It
will overshadow the trees and rob
them of moisture. If you are skepti
cal and do not believe it is Injurious
to the young trees, you need only to
plant a part of the orchard to pota
toes and a part to corn and note the
difference In the appearance of the
trees at the end of the summer. Oats
or any of the other grains have no
place In a young orchard. They will
rob the trees of moisture and stunt
their growth.
Farm Notes.
Long feet are frequently the enuse
of lameness In horses.
It is a waste of-feed to give more
than an animal can digest.
With all stock, food may be wasted
by giving too much or too little.
Sheep, when being fattened, should
have protection from wet nnd cold.
With all Btock, there Is no single
feed that possesses only good quali
ties. "*
Early pampering suould be avoided
If mature and healthy development Is
desired.
The sheep raiser who Is not progres
sive cannot expect to attain perfection
In his calling.
Labor, even on the farm. Is most ef
fective when directed by Intelligence
nnd thought.
To Injudicious feeding may be cred
ited a large amount of the fatality
among hogs.
_ Scarcity will not always govern,
price. The cost of production has
something to do with It.
In a breeding sow look for rather
short, stocky animals, close-made, with
ns little waste ns possible.
One of the best ways to Increase
the Income from thofrtrin Is to raise
the value of what you lia've to sell.
In orchard planting select with a
view to good bearing, good quality,
good marketing nnd good keeping.
The brood sow should have plenty
of nourishing food such ns will cause
a healthy growth without ton much
Tat
Variety of live stock on a farm
quite ns much as variety of cropping
Is a source of wealth accumulation Id
the bolding.
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GUESSING SONG.
Up out of the hill I make my way,
Down over the rocks I go.
And I jump and tumble, but make no
stay
Till I come to the fields below.
In and out through the grass I wind,
Among the cattle and patient sheep,
Till somewhere a shady nook I find,
And loiter there half asleep.
Then up I wake and hasten away,
Growing stronger and stronger still;
And the miller catches me at my play
And sets me to turn his mill.
But I slip from his yoke and away I
go.
Till at last on my back folk ride,
And I smell the sea far away, and
know'
I shall rest when I reach the tide.
—Henry Johnstone. In St. Nicholas.
’POSSUM WAYS.
There are few country school boys
living south of a line running through
New Jersey and westward to Ohio
who do not know the mild fun of a
moonlight 'possum hunt, few who
have not reached gingerly into some
old hollow stump and pulled out the
smiling, unworried marsupial. Un
less my experience is a very uncom
mon one, there are few hoys wlthia
i that district who have not taken
their prize home, put him in a barrel
to await the morning, and found next
morning, to their chagrin, that he
would not slay in the barrel; there
were greater attractions outside.
Later he took occasion in the moon
light to go back to his home stump.
Somehow it was always a relief to
me when the possum did that. It was
much more fun to go out the next
night through the corn fields looking
for him than killing and eating him
would have been. Possums are good
to eat, but eating is not the whole
of life—even to a small boy—and kill
ing Is bad work.
A frosty night, a full moon, an old
wornout rabbit hound, and a good
companion—and we are off for the
j persimmon trees that grow here and
.there scattered around the ponds
along the lanes and about the mar
! gins of the fields.
It Is the first of November. The
persimmons hang on their leafless
twigs like big beads, silvered with
a double plate—a wash of frost and a
wash of moonlight. No wonder the
possums like them! What boy does
not like them, too? Here is a tree,
a great sixty-footer, that bears only
small puckery persimmons, no matter
I how the frosts bite; but just beyond
l ls a little tree —you know It —with
j large deep garnet fruit, so sugary
j that they cannot spoil .and there you
! stop—ls the possums have not al
ready stopped before you.
I have seen boys whom I have tak
en to my favorite trees get so greedy
after the first taste that they could
not take time to pick out tho seeds,
but swallowed the persimmons whole,
untlj they simply had to quit.
Thp possums also know these
sugary trees; their tooth is as sweet
as ours. Here, nosing about on tho
ground or hanging by hind feet anil
tails In the laden limbs, the boy will
find them and start them. If on the
!ground, wabbling off toward home.
A fat possum can run faster than a
dog that is dead and burled, but only
a very little faster. He does not de
pend on his legs for,. safety; they
are too slow; nor yet on his wits;
for they are still slower. He trusts
very largely to stump holes, to luck,
and to his distinguished slowness.
No one Is ever in A" hurry with a
possum. He Is such a slow, simple
dolt that no despatch, no precautions,
are needed with him. He seems to
have observed this, and takes advan
tage of It—which may mean that his
wits are not so slow, after all. He
will escape. If there Is a way; and If
there Is no way. he will sleep sweet
ly until one comes.
Besides these traits there are sev
eral other liabits that contribute to
tho possum’s remarkably successful
battle for life and lllierty among Its
hosts of enemies. First there Is us
ually a large family.
Again, the possum will eat anything
that can be eaten —“fish, flesh, or
fowl.” Persimmons first, but they do
not last the year round, so, between
persimmon times, chicken, corn, fish,
frogs, berries, anything will do. Then,
too, the colored people, as a rule, are
the only people wise enough to cat
possum, nnd as lie is not particularly
destructive, and does not wear a hide
worth curing, he is not seriously
hunted.
All this, In large part, explains why
the possum thrives about the edges
of largo towns and thickly populrted
farm regions, where the coon, the rab
bit, the mink, and the fox arc rarely
■eon.—Dallas Lore Sharp, In St! Nich
olas. \
THE PATRIOTISM OF ANTS.
Many times and in many ways th«*
devotion of ants to their commune lias
been tested. The rule is wellnigh in
variable of instant and absolute self
abnegation. and surrender of person
al ease and appetite, life and limb,
to the public welfare. The posting
of sentinels at gateways is customary,
and they are apt to know first the ap
proach of danger. With heads and
quivering antenna? protruded from
the opening, these city watchmen not
only dispatch within news of threat
"nlng peril, blit rush out with utter
abandon to face the foe. With ants
patriotism is not “second nature;” it
Is instinctive, inborn, seem'ngly as
strong in the callow antllng as In the
veteran brave.
It must be confessed, however, that
It Is rigidly exclusive. Racial catho
licity is not an emmetonian virtue.
Ants are without that elastic hospi
tality which embraces and assimilates
all foreigners. Even the slave-mak
ers hold their domestic auxiliaries
strictly distinct.
It may be due to overmastering pa- ,
triotism that one fails to discover in- ~
dividual benevolence In ants. Frlend-’t -
ships and personal affection, in thffa
limited and specialized sense famlliaiiM
among domestic animals, are as yetM
unknown. And thus it is with
social insects. - *
Insects are scrupulously clean in
their personal toilet, and often brush,
comb and wash themselves—a service
for which they are admirably pro
vided with natural implements. This
habit Is transferred to'communal af
fairs. The streets wlthifi the city
hounds and the gates ami external
plaza and “country roads” leftdlng in*
to the foraging fields —as with agri
cultural ants—are kept free from filth
and ob-tructions that might gather
flhh. The constant washings and
combings of baby ants by the nurses
would satisfy tho most fastidious ma
ternal-taste. One may not say that
sanitation Is an exact emmetonian
science, but it certainly Is an art thor
oughly practiced In every department
of tho formicary, and brought to per
fection as far as natural conditions
will permit. Every insect citizen
takes part in this service. All ants
unite to keep their civic precincts
clean.-—H. C. McCook, . in Harper’s
Magazine.
PLAYING FOOTBALL yOCKEY.
An ingenious boy who was loafing on
a Ahool quadrangle with a crowd of ,
his fellows who had burst tho bladder
of their football and were walling ford
it to be mended, Invented the game
of football hockey, and’ it found favor
at once. It takes eleven hoys on a
side to play It properly, although a
jjess number may play. Each boy has
a hockey stick, and Che ball that tho
players used in the first game was a
tennis hall.
The players lined up as for football, 1 '
the center-rush, having tho ball. At a
signal he passed the ball back with his
hockey stick to his full-back, whoso
duty It was to drive the ball forward
In the direction that his men were ‘
faring. If the opponents succeeded
In spoiling ills play the ball was called
j "down” where It slopped rolling. No
j (lie was allowed to touch It with
J anything but his hockey stick.
If the full-ba£k succeeded In knock
ing thmball ahead It was called down
where ft stopped, and the side that had
| the ball was given another chance.
I If they suffered a loss, however, the
i ball went to their opponents, and thee
1 scrimmage was started over again,
j Thus there was only one down; If a
■ side failed to advance the ball they
lost it.
This game was played on a reg
ulation football field, but It Is great
sport when played on the lee. There
the ball will slide or roll “a mile,"
as one boy put It, and the play
i ers have to bo spry, or a lucky shot,
headed In the right direction, will '
result In a score. The goals are the
same as In football, though there Is j
no crossbar, of course.—lndianapolis \
Meteorites.
A total of 034 meteorites was known /
up k> 1903, of which there was 182 '
irons and only 74 stones in the west
ern hemisphere, and 299 stones and
only 79 irons In the eastern hemis
phere. The reeords show only tho
fall of 350 of these meteorites, dating
i hack to the fifteenth' century. Bro
il -sor Berweth. of Vienna, despite this
small number of known.{specimens,
calculates that 900 meteorites must'
fall to the earth each year, not count- ,
j Ing shooting stars that disappear In
the atmosphere, and that 55 of these
at least should come tinker observa
tion. Hrof--ssor Berweth finds that ?
meteorites have lume-chiafly recorded
In clvilizod hut that In
many instances they are more num
erous in thinly settled districts, and
thllt they have an < pedal affinity for
■ mountalno 1 ' are-4.