The new era., November 07, 1907, Image 7

About The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??

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WIDOW OF FAMOUS GENERAL
To Mrs. McClellan belongs the double distinction of being the widow of
one of the generals prominent in the civil war, while she is also mother of the
present mayor of Greater New York.
CATCH COD; NO BAIT.
INVENTION OF FISHERMAN MAY
REVOLUTIONIZE INDUSTRY.
Old Salt at Gloucester Has a Device
Called “the Jigger” Which May
Mean a Great Saving to the
New Englanders.
* Gloucester. Mass. —Capt. Angus
Hines, a weather-beaten fisherman,
has Invented a new method of captur
ing cod without bait that promises to
revolutionize the fishing industry of
New England All along the coast,
from Maine to Cape Cod, tbo baitless
method of taking cod lias become a
topic of interest.
For nearly a score of years the cost
of salted clams, squid and eels and
other cod bait has been an important
factor in reducing the profits of New
England fishermen.
Captains of fishing schooners that
Bail from Boston, Cape Ann and Cape
Cod have been obliged to fill their
vessels’ holds with bait In barrels be
fore proceeding to the fishing grounds.
The salted clams have to be shipped
from Maine for this purpose. Often
days are spent on the fishing grounds
In capturing squid for bait.
Capt. Hines, who recently sailed In
to Gloucester In his vessel, the Aunie
M. Parker, with 375,000 pounds of
cod, a record load, created a sensation
among fishing concerns by catching
fully half this cargo by means of his
latest fanglcd device for luring the
cod from the depths.
Capt. Hines, when he started for
Sable island in May. carried 140 bar
rels of salted clams for bait. Before
returning he threw 50 barrels over
board and gave away 20 barrels to
other fishermen.
This new device for taking fish has
been named "the jigger.” It consists
of a molded fish-shaped piece of
shiny lead, about eight inches long,
from the head of which projects a
pair of big hooks.
When Capt. Hines arrived on the
fishing grounds at Sable Island last
May he discovered that the schools
of fish were slow to take the clam
bait. Instead, the cod seemed to be
pursuing* the herring which infested
the waters.
Confronted with this problem, the
captain set to work to solve It. It was
Impossible *to obtain herring enough
for bait, and the thought struck him
that a device made to deceive the cod
would solve his troubles.
With a piece of lead the captain
fashioned a little fish over the upper
ends of two large cod hooks and
Michigan Clock a Marvel.
This One Is a Music-Box as Well as a
Time-Keeper.
Gladstone, Midi. —Possibly the most
elaborate clock In the state, probably
the moat unique, is that which John
Novack, a jeweller of Escanaba, has
Installed at hla home across the bay
from this city at a cost of approxi
mately SI,OOO. It Is a massive affair,
8 feet 10 inches In height and weigh
ing nearly as much as a piano. The
framework and all the working parts
were made from special orders, and
on delivery were assembled by the
owner of the clock.
By an arrangement of silver tubes
ranging from four to seven feet in
length and installed in the interior of
the timepiece the Westminster and
Wettlngton chimes are struck every
quarter hour by hammers resembling
those of a piano. Each hour also Is
marked by the playing of the chimes,
and is followed by the requisite num
ber of strokes given on a large tube
eight feet in length and toned one
note lower than the t *1 note of the
chime. The chimes have striking re
semblance to those of a church’s
chimes In the distance, the tones be
ing graduated to produce that effect.
The dial of the clock is a beautiful
threw the device overboard at the end
of a line as an experiment.
A cod snapped at the jigger and
was hauled aboard the dory. Another
and another were caught by the same
method in rapid succession. Immedi
ately the crew of 21 on Capt. Hines’
vessel set to work modeling Jiggers.
In another day the men were busy
hauling aboard scores of cod caught
by the new device.
“SWEET" GIRL ROBS ORPHANAGE.
Goes Through Odd Fellows’ Building
on Donation Day.
Philadelphia.—A woman, described
as slim. dark, of medium height, and
sweet manners, has been reported to
the police of the Lehigh avenue sta
tion as a persistent sneak thief. Fam
ilies of that neighborhood have no
ticed losses after visits she made un
der specious pretexts, and formal
complaint was lodged by a representa
tlve of the Odd Fellows' orphanage.
Donation day, with its customary re
ception. was observed at the orphan
age. and the pleasant-mannered wom
an was there. Representing herself as
t warm friend of the matron, Mrs.
Knock, she visited every room in the
place.
Mrs. Mary Webb, who has charge
of the sewing department, missed a
purse containing $5.30 after her visitor
left; the laundress bewailed a purse
containing four dollars, in addition to
a gold cross and a gold chain, and
Mrs. A. R. Graham, assistant matron,
found that she was no longer pos
sesser of 75 cents In money, a silver
bracelet, and a silver manicure set
she owned prior to the ergaging
stranger's call.
Inmates complained to Mrs. Enoch
of the suspicious events following her
"friend’s” visits, but when the stranger
was pointed out Mrs. Enoch said she
never knew her. Meanwhile the
woman escaped, but has since been
recognized making "calls’’ at private
residences.
Show Higher Living Cost.
Washington.—An object lesson in
the increase of the cost of living has
been afforded the government In the
proposals submitted for supplying pro
visions to the fleet of Admiral Evans
for the trip to the Pacific. There was
an increase in the price of every ar
ticle offered over the prices last year.
The most notable case was In the pro
posal for furnishing 1,000,000 pounds
i of beef, the Increase being a consider
| able fraction of a cent a pound.
l.v executed plate of pierced gold and
silver work, with the hours marked
on a raised silver plate. Above the
dial is a plate which records accurate
ly the different phases of the moon.
The frame is of quartered oak, hand
somely carved by hand, and the whole
has been given a solid wax finish.
The orders for the different parts
of the clock were placed by Mr. No
vack over a year ago.
Embroidery Industry in Calcutta.
Consul General W. H. Michael
makes the following report from Cal
cutta on the embroidery Industry in
that part of India; "The declared
value of chlkon eral»roiderles exported
from Calcutta to the United States
during the calendar year 1906 was
$42,072. The value of shipments to
other countries Is not stated, but 1
learn from the men engaged in collect
ing and exporting chikon embroider
ies that America takes two-thirds of
all shipped from Calcutta. As most
of this work Is done In Bengal it is
probably within bounds to say that
two-thirds of all chikon work exported
from India goes to the United S*atea
under invoices issued from this consul
general."
THE DAIRY
BUILD YOUR OWN BILO.
Put in the Spare Days in Providing
a Store House for Green Fodder.
Don’t pay for ready made silos
when you can build one for less than
half the money. A square silo is
just as good as a round one, undressed
: lumber is as good as dressed. In
j building a square silo, build it high
and small in the square so that the
u-essure of the ensilage will be the
A Round Silo.
greater. The joints, cautions Mis
souri Valley Farmer, have to be tight
—either set in paint or painted on
the outside to exclude the air.
Any farmer can haul a few logs to
his local mill and have his lumber
sawed for about 50 cents. He can then
build his silo himself.
COVERED MILK PAILS.
Facts Which Go to Prove That They
Are Best.
The Storrs, Conn., agricultural ex
periment station has carefully tested
the various devices in covered milk
pails in producing sanitary milk and
in reducing the incident bacteria in
the process of milking. In bulletin 4S
in which these experiments are shown
is the following summary of results
and recommendations:
1. The use of the covered milk pail
is of great advantage in any stable
in excluding dirt and bacteria from
the milk. The relative advantage
gained by the use of the cover de
pends upon the sanitary condition of
the stable.
2. The special form of cover does
not seem to be important provided it
is si device practical for use and the
area through which dirt cau gain ac
cess to the milk is reduced as much
as possible.
3. Whether or not a strainer on the
covered pail Is desirable depends upon
the style of the straining device.
4. The use of the strainer In a pail
where the dirt which falls into the
opening is likely to be driven through
by the succeeding streams of milk is
not desirable. Its use tends to in
crease the germ content of the milk
and injure its keeping quality.
5. In pails where the dirt which
mils in does not remain where the suc
ceeding streams strike against it a
strainer cloth aids in keeping down
the number of bacteria which gain ac
cess to the milk.
DAIRY NOTES.
Keep in mind the old axiom, "a
merciful man is merciful to his
dumb beast.”
Now is the time of year to begin
throwing some fodder corn over the
fence to the cows.
• Have the cows freshen in the fall.
The fall cow makes the most money
for her owner.
Stand by your home creamery and
help to build up a business in which
you can have an interest.
No man can make a success build
ing up a dairy herd who docs not
take good care of the calves.
Plan on rearranging the barn or
shed this fall if necessary in order
to keep the cows warm next winter.
Don’t milk the cow right up to
the time of calving just because she
shows a willingness. She needs a
couple of months' rest.
If butter is worked too much, it will
show an oily or greasy look, and it.
is then that the grain is injured.
The dairy house should be so ar
ranged that the temperature is direct
ly under the control of the dairyman.
Feed only clean, wholesome food,
and never feed strong flavored foods,
such as cabbage, tun Ips, potatoes,
etc.
Be Quiet With Cows.
The milking must bo done in a
quick, quiet manner and the milk re
moved to a clean, cool place as soon
as possible after milking. It should
then be thoroughly strained into
crocks or immediately run through a
separator and the skim milk fed to
the calves, pigs or poultry.
Value of Good Care.
Don’t give all the credit of great
yields of butter to the bleeding of the
cow only. Remember good care Is a
factor to be reckoned with also, and
counts next to good blood.
Care of Milk.
Cleanliness In milking is one of the
most essential acts in the care of
nilk. The cow’s udder should always
De wiped clean with a clean, damp
Moth
VALUE OF DAIRY EXPERIENCE.
Dairy Experience Good for the Man
Who Uses His Thinker.
The value of dairy experience de
pends on the man that has the ex- |
perlence. The man that thinks and
sees and figures and calculates makes
something out of his experience, while
the man that never sees and never
changes gain nothing in particular
by his experience. He Is like the race
horse running round and round in
the ring. He may in time gain a lit
tle extra muscle and be able to go a
little fasten lmt he gains nothing else.
To .the progressive man experience
is worth much. He Is a scholar and
is in the school of experience. Every
day brings a new lesson and every
day he is more able to do well with
his work thun he was the day before.
He figures and calculates. He weighs
the milk of all his cows and learns in
a few’ months which cows are giv
ing little and which much. He tests
the milk of his cow’s and with the two
kinds of information he is able to
pick out his poorest cows and discard
them. On the other hand, he is able
to pick out his few very best cows
and breed them to males that will give
him excellent milkers. This kind of
experience he turns into money, while
the other kind of a man would not
even lay hold of the facts in the case.
The value of experience depends
on the man, says Farmers’ Review.
Many men run in a circle and are al
ways contemplating the same facts.
A few men try hard to get out of their
circles and do this by a close scrutiny
and analysis of the facts they see, by
which they are able to mark out for
themselves now’ circles on a broader
plan. We all run In circles in spite of
ourselves, but we can enlarge our cir
cles if wo try, and there Is nowhere
a greater necessity than
in dairying.
WHAT IS IT?
A Query as to the Difference Between
Two Dairy Cows.
Two cows stand side by side In the 1
stable. To both cows the same ration
is fed yet one will extract from that
iood as much again lmt ter fat as the
the other. The butter product of the
food is 100 per cent, greater with one
cow that the other. This fact is seen
in too great frequency in all herds of j
cow’s. What is that inner quality
whereby one cow can produce so much
more than the other from the same
food? It is hard to find the right
name for it, but it may be called
"dairy quality." Now, certain breeds
of cattle are distinguished for this
quality. They have the power to ac
complish this work in greater pro
portion and perfection by reason of
having been bred to that purpose from
long lines of ancestors of like quality.
One would think that there would not
be a dairy farmer in the land who
would not be keenly alive to the neces
sity and economy of using such cattle'
for dairy purposes. As soon would
we think he would cut hay with a
reaper and call it the best way.
But. the so-called general purpose
notion has destroyed in not a few’ men
the power to look Into this question »
in an economical way. says Hoard’s
Dairyman. They seem to be unable
to take the same advantage in their
choice of cow’ machinery that they do
in choosing their mechanical machin
ery. They cannot be fooled into tak
ing a plow for a cultivator, yet thou
sands of farmers will spend their lives
In trying to make cows of beef-breed
ing do dairy work. If they were close
students of "cause and effect” they
would not be beguiled this way.
Why should not the farmer be a
close student of cause and effect?
A GOOD ROUND BARN.
One Which an Indiana Farmer Built
at Moderate Cost.
The illustration show’s a round con-'
crete barn, built by J. A. Gaskill,'
Greene county, Indiana, at a cost of
Barn of Cement Blocks.
SI,OOO. Mr. Gaskill made the blocks
himself, thus reducing the cash out
lay very materially. Tho barn Is 70
feet in diameter, 36 feet to center
dome, 14-foot side walls. Stall room
next to out wall all the way round.
Accommodates 50 head of cattle and
eight head of horses.
Butter Going Up.
Butter going higher and higher and
still people going out of the dairy
business. Why? Simply because cows
are not milketf by machinery. Wo
now have an easier w r ay of doing all
kinds of farm work except the milk
ing which we still are doing by tho
uaine old method that was in vogue
a thousand years ago. There is mil
lions in it for the man who will ,jiv®
us a practical mi" f| »>* machine.
Matters Feminine.
FOR BEST EFFECTS
USE CARE IN ARRANGEMENT OF
PICTURES.
Two Thing* to Remember in Their
Display—Harmony la the One
Great Thing to Bp
Achieved.
Arranging pictures artistically is a
difficult task. To hang them so a
landscape, portrait, etc., will show to
best advantage and be symmetrical
without appearing stiff, is a hard
piece of work, and to do it successful
ly tw’o things must be remembered.
First, that to mix subjects is bad, and
secondly, that different style frames
should not be grouped together. That
is to say, a gilt one must not be placed
among several of oak, and water
colors must not be hung with engrav
ings, for the contrast is too great.
All water colors must be together,
and engravings should be so hung
that the eye rests upon them alone.
Religious pictures are Incongruous if
put with French or fancy subjects.
USES FOR CIGAR BANDS.
Unique Decorations Are Applied to
Many Articles.
There seems to be no end to the
uses to which cigar bands may be
put. A year ago ash trays and paper
weights were the only articles one
could find In the shops upon which
cigar band decorations might bo
pasted, but now there are complete
smoking sets of glass to be lined w’ith
the bands, match holders, plates,
vases, and even tables, both large and
small, of which the top and sides are
glass, ready for lining. One downtown
cigar dealer has a Turkish taburet
with tray, cigar and cigarette holders
and match box, alcohol lamp standard,
cuspidor and jar for holding tapers,
all ornamented with the bands and
pictorial decorations from cigar boxes.
The effect of the group is really very
oriental. Several thousands of bands
were used In covering the backs of
all these articles, and the amount of
patience necessary to fit together so
many small bits of color into such an
intricate design seems far out of pro
portion to the result achieved. Cigar
band ornaments are curious and in
genious, but not even the inventor of
the idea ever claimed any artistic
value for them.
This craze has taken such a hold
upon the public that genuine cigar
bands are now hard to obtain, and to
supply the increasing demand, manu
facturers of the bands have begun
making imitations, which are sold by
the package. These imitations are in
some cases exactly like the genuine
bands and In others are slight modifi
cations, the pictorial points being
identical, but the trade mark is omit
ted. In buying the packages one also
gets a bottle of transparent cement
and Instructions for doing the work,
and these outfits are being sold by the
hundreds to women whose fathers,
brothers and friends can not consume
enough cigars to supply them with
bands for all the "bric-a-brac" they
w’ant to decorate with the tiny trade
marks.
NECKLACE OF SEED PEARLS.
Style Has Superseded the Fad for
Gold Beads —Chains In Btyle.
, Revived from the fad of long ago
is the seed pearl necklace. This
dainty creation is made of strands of
seed pearls twisted into a rope. The
more expensive ones end in a tassel
and are worn in a loose knot, making
a stunning effect. Coral beads, small
and pink, look well twisted In this
kind of a rope and make an attractive
addition to any gown. Gold beads are
no longer fashionable, but the single
strands of coral, turquoise beads, jade,
lapis lazuli, and the pale green Ama
zon stone are fashionable though they
have been worn some time. Less be
eomlns than th«se to most girls, t
The end to be aimed for in arrang
ing pictures is harmony. A room
with its w’alls in crazy quilt effect de
notes bad taste or ignorance, some
times both, and the eyes and mind,
instead of being pleased, are jarred,
and an artistic picture is ruined by
such hanging.
In fixing the walls of a house it
is well to select'the pictures that are
to go in each room, remembering that
certain subjects, like wall papers, are
best suited to special places. For
parlors, choose etchings, photographs
or oil paintings.
Water colors or photographs are
good for dining-rooms, though person
ally I prefer no pictures, liking In
stead china, pewter and
These make the room quite distil®
tive and a marked change from the
others.
Pictures for bedrooms, like hang
ings there, should be light both in
subject and framing.
Having sorted out one’s possessions
of this kind, careful thought should be
given to tlie placing of each subject.
All should bo suspended from nails
with wires so short that they are hid
den behind the pictures, unless the
frames are too heavy. This method,
of course, makes a bad place in the
wall, but wire Is never sightly, and
once a picture is hung in this fashion
it must stay.
As a trial a good way of getting
an effect is to clear a place on the
floor the size of the wall and on this
lay the pictures in the way you
think they should go. Try one scheme
after another until the best is found,
and then duplicate it on the wall. Re
member that to hang pictures too high
"skies” them, and of the two extremes
it is better that they should be too
low. This latter position is not desir
able, however, as it “pulls down" the
ceiling In effect and makes the room
look top heavy. To avoid either of
these mistakes wrap one end of the
wire loosely in the ring and then
slide the picture up and down until
the best height is seen.
To lay down specific rules for hang
ing pictures is impossible, and some
times it is only by studying those one
has for days that an artistic arrange
ment can be w’orked out. Time for
this should not be grudged, though,
for the best picture ever painted may
be ruined by the hanging, and a whole
room made charming by the
handling of a simple print.
newer and exceedingly popular are
the strings of amber beads. These
may be considered the most fashion
able necklace after the seed pearls.
Happy the girl who may possess a
fine old-fashioned gold chain which
was made by hand in the days when
a goldsmith’s work was a more fin
ished art than it is to-day. These
chains always are stylish and add a
rich touch to any costume. Bracelets
are not becoming to a young girl, ear
rings are quite impossible, aud the
fewer trinkets worn the better.
FOR DININGROOM DOOR
Novel and Practical Curtain in Lignt
weight Material.
The accompanying cut shows a
novel but very practical curtain for
a dining-room door, the drapery being
so arranged that it can be used In con-
junction with a hinged door, and
serve as a screen to shut off the pan
try or kitchen. The curtain need not
be heavy, hut can be made of some
lightweight material such as chintz,
cretonne, or linen taffeta, or in woolen
tapestry or brocade as desired. The
drapery Is arranged on a swinging
arm or crane as pictured. The cranes
are inexpensive, and can be purchased
In any upholstery shop, or can be
made to order to match the woodwork
of the room.
Not Kimonos.
Giddy as those most intimate gar
ments designed to electrify the privacy
of a woman’s own boudoir are tho
new evening coats. They look exactly
like kimonos. A whole menagerie of
gold dragons and purple lizards and
green snakes crawl up the back and
down the Bleeves of these oriental
wraps, which are made of silks and
satins, in loose Chinese cuts, in black,
buff, orange, green, blue or white. A
theater-going crowd so arrayed will
bear the aspect of a fancy dress ball.
Opal* Again Popular.
Opals are gaining In favor.
Many new designs in jewelry havti
opals for the principal stone, and be-
Ing surrounded with diamonds a. 1 ®
sufficiently beautiful to cause wom
en to cast uslde their old puponiU*
tion.