The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 27, 1907, Image 6
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What Is a Good Cow?
A good cow is one, irrespective of
breed, that pays her owner a net profit.
The cow that produces a pront cannot
always be distinguished from one
rv that does not, by external appearance.
Signs of good cows many times fail.
Looks, in a cow, at least, are sometimes
deceiving. The value of a cow
is not told simply by the amount of
milk she gives for a given period or
the richness of that milk. We must
know the cost of keeping as well as the
production of the cow to determine her
, .value.?Farmers' Home Journal.
I Hints on Lawn-Sowing.
r .1 Get the very best grade of lawn mixture
for seeding, and use it liberally.
\ I believe in thick sowing. This way
, J- * you are not obliged to wait a year for
a od sward. Sow the seed on a very
r; >fttillNday, if you want an even "catch."
I would advise sowing from one side,
and then cross-sowing. It is a good
S plan to sow just before a rain, if pos?r
sible, as this will imbed the seed in
H the soil and prevent it from being
blown away. If the season is a dry one
it is well to roll or beat down the soil
| after sowing to make it compact
enough to retain moisture until germination
can take place.?Outing Mag*
azine.
Test Age of Fowls.
7; A roosters' age is determined by the
7 size of his spurs, if they are long he
;! ? is "antique." If there is a small button
oa the ankle where the spurs come
later he is a young bird. Ducks are
fcV Invariably judged by the under lip of
the bill. If a dressed duck will sustain
^ its.weight by its under bill, "lay it back
| jftnd try another,-" for there is no telling
Slow old it is; certainly too old to be
? real tender. But if the bill snaps easiI:
ly it is a young bird. Gobblers are
Mold by their spurs, the same as roosters,
the age of a hen turkey being determined
by the length of its beard,
. says the Tri-State Farmer. Aside from
the test applied to ducks there is one
infallible rule which can be applied
with safety in all cases. The back
? part of the breast bone can be beht eas%
ily in a young fowl. If- it is sharp
and hard and "refuses to yield to pres|
Bare from your thumb it is an old
|: bird.
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j/' * The Best Soils.
Soils fnade up of a nearly equal pro
> portion of clay, or fine silt and sand,
and sand are the best. They allow the
- rain and water to slowly go downward,
and they have many pores, which carry
I the water downward with a power
greater than the force of gravitation.
-These soils do not allow the water to
ipercolate to so great a depth that it
lean neither be reached by the roots of
: .field crops, which go downward to a
' 'depth of from three to seven feet, nor
*v. -rise to the roots by the same capillary
power which helped carry it down
h . and held it from going further. These
i -soils are usually in good condition
[very soon after a wet period, because
,they can absorb a great deal of moist:
jture and carry it down so that the
{surface it dry enbugh for tillage. Such
soils are also excellent in dry weather,
[because they have a large supply or
? prater stored up which can be used by
?he plant when needed.?Weekly Witness.
j Riches in Corn Stalks.
Prof. Wiley, of the Department of
(Agriculture, says that inasmuch as
every 100 pounds of corn stalks will
? |yield six and a half pounds of absolute
alcohol it is obvious that the ignorant
agriculturist has been allowing
jan enormous amount of wealth to go
ito waste.
' p Say that one acre will yield from ten
ito twelve tons of grain stalks, or about
1 120,000 pounds, and you have a quantity
of raw material that woll produce
[1800 pounds of absolute alcochol, or 210
? jarallons. Alcohol at the present time is
jworth 40 cents a gallon.
( Ground in a wet condition and dried
{Corn stalks may be kept indefinitely,
and are ready at any time for conversion
into alcohol. Prof. Wiley says
jthat the alcohol derivable from the
corn stalks that now go to waste in
this country would not only drive all
the machinery in our factories, but
.would furnish the requisite power for
all railroads and steamboats, run all
our automobiles, heat and illuminate
all of our houses and light the streets
|of every city in the Union.?Farmers'
Home Journal.
Never Buy a Cheap Ram.
Never buy a cheap ram just because
he is cheap. He will prove dear, even
if given to you. Get a strong ram, a
yearling or a two-year-old. A ram is
half the flock, and so a very cheap
plan for improvement.
While you are selecting and securing
your rom, place the ewes in a
fresh pasture, a plot of rape or give
them a few oats that they may be gaining
rapidly for a few days before and
while you are breeding them. This is
Considered a means to secure a large
Ipefcentage of lambs.
Another detail in this connection is
to see that they are properly tagged.
If the flock is large, do not turn the
ram in to wear himself out uselessly;
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last of the lamb crop will have to
^ ^<-> T af him in at)
faj IUI it ii jwa UJ. jL^>t mui v?
hour twice a day, and feed him well.
To bring the ewes into winter quarters
in strong condition is important,
and they should not be exposed to the
cold rains. Their wool is partly
grown and they dry out slowly in these
short days and the effect is deteriorating.
Let them have a shelter, and as cold
weather approaches let them have some
roughage that they may gradually
change from grass to winter rations.?
Homer Hitchcock.
Grafting in Apple Orchards.
The old orchard can be very, much
helped by grafting and fertilization.
The best time to graft is in the eariy
spring, and preparations should be
commenced as soon as the buds have
swelled a little, by the last of March
or first of April. The scions should be
cut, tied in bundles and' placed in
some cool, damp- place, such as the
cellar bottom. Scic-ns are merely the
last year's growth of some trees, the
kind you -wish to propagate. It is
important that the tree selected should
be vigorous and bear apples of a good
size and color.
As soon as it is warm enough for
wax to work well, usually in April, you
can begin to graft. If there should
come an occasional cold day you can
place your wax in <a pail of warm
water to soften it.
If the tree is large enough to contain
more than one stub, look it over
carefully and decide what limbs to
graft and what to remove, that the
tree may be well balanced.
The branches need thinning out
somewhat to let the sunlight in, but too
manj'^must not be removed at once or ,
the tree will be removed at the roots
and not do so well, though it may
seem all right for a time.
Tne branches should be sawed off
smoothly close to the body of the tree
so the wound will heal quickly. After
the tree has been trimmed and you
have decided what branches to graft,
saw off the stub smoothly with a sharp,
fine-toothed saw, split with the grafting
knife and wedge open.
Select a scion in proportion to the
size of the stub and cut off a piece
large enough to contain three buds.
Some grafters use only two, but it is
better to have-three, as often the lower
bud set one-eighth of an inch into the
bark and covered with wax will live,
when the others are devoured by insects.
. Next sharpen the lower end of the
scicn somewhat like a wedge, but with
the outer edge wider than the inner,
so it will fit tightly into one cleft in
the stub.
Then set the sharpened scion into the
cleft so that the inside bark of the
scion will match the inside bark at
the stub. If the stub is large it is
better to get two scions, cutting out
one the second year if both live. Now
cover the stub with wax and your tree
is grafted.?Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Farm Notes.
Sheep are very efficient aids in making
clean pastures by keeping down
many kinds of weeds.
Cockerels with spurs are classed as
old fowls in market. Market them
before the spurs make much growth.
Young trees should not be trimmed
too liberally, as too much foliage'taken
from the tree weakens its feeding
power.
There is no objection to selling No.
2 fruit if it is so marked. But to sell
No. 2 fruit as No. 1 is where the
trouble is.
Whenever root grafting is used in
the winter the plants should not be set
out in the spring unless the grafts have
grown together.
Every poultryman should lay in a
supply af alfalfa and clover for his
fowls during the winter. Green feed
is as essential as grain.
Cora is low in price suicc jitai d in |
certain localities, tl is possible that
next season there may be but half a
crop, tut the excess over that required
for consumption may bring good prices.
Farmers who have too much 'grain on
I hand, with prices ruling low, should
! endeavor to increase the number of
animals on the farm in order to convert
the corn into something more salable.
Crowded.
A man who was doing his best to
convince the world at large, and himself
in particular, that he was perfectly
sober tried to purchase a theatre
seat and was told that there was
only standing room. He bought an
admission ticket and made another
one of the crowd standing up in the
back watching the show.
After a few minutes he returned to
the window and gravely handed over
another dollar. "Gimme 'nother standing
ticket,' he said thickly, "I want
more room to see."?Bohemian.
Sarcastic.
"Are there ever any really sure
things at the race track?" asked I
the curious woman.
"Yes," answered young Mrs. Torkins.
"My husband is one of them." ;
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WHERE "HEART
How Fire-Fighter
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Neressarv? Firemen Must
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Taking men for the fire department
off the bottom of the civil service eligible
list is not without precedent, but
it is only recently that the commissioner
has had very much room to exercise
his power. Heretofore the qualifying
mental examinations were so
stiff that only about enough men to
fill vacancies ever got on the list ro
go before the head the department.
Today the "physical exam.," "experience
sheet." "memory test," and
"rules" rank in importance in the order
named, and while the requirements
are none the less stringent, still
a man with limited schooling has
much more of a chance than he ever
had before. The movement towards
this qualifying process has been gradual.
and the opportunity given the appointing
power to pick "seasoned timber"
is heartily endorsed by every battalion
chief from Harlem to the Bat
tery.
"The men are paid to risk their
necks," was the way one chief expressed
it; "to sacrifice them, if necessary.
A fireman must be able' to
take punishment as long as he can
toddle on his legs. If he quits after
the first of the gaff, we don't want
him. It costs money every time a
man goes to the hospital or on the
pension list, and* every fireman knows
the department is short of funds. We
don't even like to have firemen sick.
The man must be tough, used to exposure,
and willing to be whipped if
he lags. Books won't help him any.
He's got to be born? and bruised to it.
The farms give us the best firemen,
and we get almost as good ones off
the streets. We pick them out Of factories,
railroad yards, and off the front
end of trolley cars?any place, vfhere
the brute in man is eager to butt
against something huskier than himself
and get hurt."
: The Test of "Heart."
According to the standard that
seems to be set up by the department,
a fireman may be little or he may be
big, but he has got to have "heart."
The examining surgeons test this with
the stethoscope, the fire chiefs by driving
their man into a hole full of
choking smoke. They may stand him
against a scorching wall of hot flame,
or chase him up a crumbling wall with
a scaling ladder. If he had "heart"
he "makes good;" if he lacks it, there
are plenty of men anxious to take his
place, and they are not kept waiting.
Consumption, the great white plague,
is getting too common a trouble with
the husky men of the fire department.
Maybe it is the sudden changes from
heat to cold, possibly the choking hot
smoke, the poisonous vapors, or the
chill of damp cellars. Anyway, a sturdy,
pair of lungs and regular habits
are required to keep off the dread dis
"? o ty?on
ease in mis vucnuuu. wm.v <? iuuh
shows weakness in his lungs, the surgeons
hustle him out of the department,
and many a poor fellow has suffered
like a dumb brute rather than
confess his sickness and be retired.
When discovered, they are advised to
go to the plains of the southwest,
where with their pension they can
save money and win back their
Strength. Some of them are given
leave of absence, but few are willing
to forsake the fascination of the city
and isolate themselves on a ranch.
The physical requirements for the
fire department are more severe than
in any other of the municipal organization.
For instance, in 1899, out
of one batch of about 1600 applicants,
some 680-odd passed the physical examination.
Out of this 680, 49 only
passed the mental tests. Today, of
that 49, 22 are assistant foremen, several
have died or been killed, 4 are
foremen, and the rest engineers. One
of these foremen, in speaking of those
who had met death, referred to them
casually like this:,
"A tank fell on 'Biliie' up on
Sixth avenue: 'Mickie' went
through a floor down . in Mulberry
Bend, and Henry got choked in a
cellar. 'Shorty' , oh, yes, 'Shorty'
got the 'con,' and is laying brick on
skyscrapers, won't leave the city,
'cause he knows he's only got a short
time to live!"
Discipline Paramount.
All the training the men need they
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chief pointed out, self-control
means much, and an applicant who
cnn show good clean p?.pers from
some disciplined force will be taken
on immediately. Discipline is absolute
in the fire department. It is as
strong almost as in the army or navy,
and that is perhaps tffe reason why
the fireman whom the public meets
in trolley cars, subway, or elevated
trains are invariably quiet, inconspicuous,
and never disorderly. One will
more fully appreciate this trait by
comparing them to the average polfcema*^
under similar circumstances.
The fii^man, moreover, is always neat
and cleanly in his personal appearance.
The horses and apparatus are as well
groomed as the men themselves. This
isn't accomplished entirely by rules
and insulations. Neither one nor two
men in each engine house and with
whips could force such neatness.
For the most part firemen come from
thfi sober-industrious, hnrd-working
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Find, But Which Are Absolutely
Stand Punishment and ExPlague
and Whiskey
Avoid.
classes. As boys they have had clean,
comfortable homes, or they would not
be made of the "stuff" demanded. To
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taeir uiumeis <xnu latu^i o tu&j v ^
not a little of their training. Oftentimes
you will find the father in the
department as v^ell as the son, and
both of them contented and happy.
Those who go in to fight fire have no
ambition to hoard money and become
rich. There is very little gold saved
by firemen. Most of them live up to
their incomes, and not a few with families
have hard work to keep out of
debt. The single men, however, can
save money, and some of them do.
Wise investment helps toward the accumulation
of a "pile," and before he
knows Jack has a bank account.
There are men in the department
whose fathers are well fixed and ready
to put their sons into business, but
the sons prefer to wear the helmet.
The writer knows instances of firemen
in the service 'today who come
of substantial, well-to-do families, and
who have themselves, saved their
wages and doubled them by profitable
investments. One of these men has a
father who owns a big ranch in the
west, and the "old man" is just as
proud of his boy as though he were
back on the divide counting cattle.
There are college graduates In the department,
and high school boys without
number.
"We get a lot of youngsters crammed
full of sentiment and romance," said
a .lieutenant the other day. The lieutenant
himself is not more than 30.
"They read trash in the newspapers,
trash in the novels, in the magazines,
and they've got it fast in their heads
that they're cut out to rescue some
beautiful daughter of the rich owner
of a brownstone front! Those boys
are absolute 'nutty'?something loose
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up uere, ULppm& uis ucau. tt uj, h
the Old man didn't keep an eye on
them, they'd get lost at every lace
curtain blaze. Not that they wouldn't
be just as eager In a tenement, for
they would. It is hard to hold them
anywhere, but they certainly are
blessed with the idea that they are
cut out for a sensation. It all comes
out of them by degrees, though. Doesn't
take long to get you level in this department."
Cutting Out the "Booze."
Whiskey is the hardest thing.firemen
have to contend with. In the
vernacular, it is referred to as "booze." i
More men are stripped for this taan
anything else, and it is the cause of
knocking out more men than consumption
or fever. Firemen take to drink,
primarily, because they are the class
of men who demand excitement, and
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to see the folly of it, their taste finally
gets the better of them. The department,
however, will not stand for
drunkenness, and a "boozer's" life is
a very short one in an engine or hose
company.' Exhaustion, the cold, partial
suffocation, and a decline of spirits
bring the men to drink, but if
they begin it too strongly they find
it difficult to stop. Many will refuse
to touch it, even at a fire when they
are numb from the cold. Instead, they
almost invariably ask for hot milk or
coffee. Nevertheless, fires have occurred
in the wine and spirit district
where "booze" flowed about as freely
as water, andt men have stood for
-hours at the nozzle on nothing but
liquor, which they used alike for food
and stimulant. This is a reason why
the department demands temperate
men among the applicants, and why
one indulgence is responsible for such
severe penalties at trials on charges.
The department is constantly on the
lookout for good drivers. Good drivers
are rare, and the congestion of
traffic in the streets is making
it more difficult each year
to ' keep enough of these men
on hand. They are continually
being hurt, if not fatally injured, and
a constant change in drivers works
bad results with the horses. Green
men with good "nerve" make the best
Tliov mn c?f lilrn liAr&O? anH
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become the animals' masters. Then
they are taught to swing corners and
cross a track. Next they get the job
of assistant driver, and when their superior
gets hurt the berth is vacant for
them. Veterans say teamsters and
draymen lack the "nerve" and dash of
the trained "green hand." The city lad
kr/ows too well the dangers he is up
against to make him daring enough
in r? crowded street, and as time is
everything in answering an alarm, too
cautious drivers are not wanted.
Downtown, where vehicles take to
the sidewalks to get out of the firel
men's way, is a yellow haired lad from
the country. He comes from one of
the oldest families in the state, and is
a driver of a fire patrol wagon. To see
him going up Broadway, bareheaded
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hands and his team at full jump
through the thick of the noonday traffic,
makes one feel the excitement of
the life and cease to wonder why men
like it. He takes care of his horses,
his harness, and his wagons, too. A.11
that is a part of his labor. The fireman's
life is not without its hum-drum
toil and monotonous drudgery.?NewYork
Evening Post.
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AUSTRALIANS MEAT EATERS.
Consume 262 Pounds Per Capita According
to Latest Report.
That the United States is one of
the greatest meat-eating countries of
the wo.'Id is shown by statistics presented
by the Bureau of Animal Industry.
It is the fashion to deprecate
the fact that Americans eat too much
meat. However, the people of Aus- !
tralia are entitled to a greater degree
of criticism than Americans in this
matter. They not only consume much
more meat per capita than Americans,
but lead the world in meat eating.
A comparative tabulation has been
prepared showing that in 1900 the annual
per capita consumption of meat in
pounds in Australia was, 262, in the
United States 179, in the United Kingdom
122, in Germany 99, in France 89,
Sweden and Norway 82, Denmark 76,
and Belgium 70. The country for
which stands lowest in the matter of
meat eating is Italy. The latest statistics
given regarding that country
are for 1895. The consumption per
capita then was but 27 pounds and
ten years earlier in Italy was as low as
18 pounds.
The causes for the United States
ranking high in the score of meatconsuming
nations are given as: The
I^asence in the country of enormous
herds of animals intended for food;
the vastness of the highly developed
industries which handle and market
these animals; the comparative cheapness
of meat-food products, and the
increasingly prosperous conditions of
all classes of the American people.
The reasons for the remarkable consumption
of meat in Australia are said
to be the proportionately large number
of animals in that country as compared
with its sparse population, and
the consequent abundance and cheapness
of meat as an article of diet.
The figures here given do not include
poultry, game, rabbits, fish and the
iii-_ xr mrtKo.Moralrl
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To the Point.
"The most laconic man I know of is
a deaf and dumb man in our town,"
one of the party remarked: /'He
never writes on his little pad more
than enough to convey his meaning.
"It happened he was a good poker
player, and one night won a watch and
chain from a young man of the town.
The young man's father, a very pompous
individual, heard of it, and, meeting
the successful gamester on the
street next day, stopped him. The
deaf and dumb man produced his little
pad. On it the irate and pompous
j father wrote: T understand you won
Bob's gold watch the other night.'
He handed it to the deaf and dumb
man, expecting to see him change
countenance and offer to give up his
spoil. The latter did not quite do
that, however. Instead, he took the
pad, wrote two worcfe carefully on 4t,
and returned it. The pompous father
read inscribed thereon:
"'And chain!'
"That ended the affair."
Big Tree for Kansas.
There, is a legend outside of Kansas
that there are no trees in this
state, or if any, they are scrubs and
will not furnish shade for a yearling
calf. This story was shattered last
week by the woodmen who were clearing
up some land for Ben Wilson, six
miles northwest of Lawrence.
A giant old Cottonwood was felled,
and the loe: measured 6 feet 4 inches
in diameter. The body of the tree was
cut into nine foot logs, and one of
them broke down the wagon upon
which it was loaded. The tree grew
near the banks of the Kaw River, an<Jr
made about 5,000 feet of lumber. The
chopper got logs three and a half
feet in diameter from some of the
limbs.?Lawrence Gazette.
English Jurors' Remuneration.
The scale of remuneration of English
common jurymeh is absurd. In a
civil case in England a common juryman
is allowed 5 shillings ($1.25) a
day for "a view"?that is, for inspecting
any property or thing in dispute?
but otherwise he is, in law, not entitled
to any remuneration.
It is usual, however, in the High
Court to give him a fee of 1 shilling,
anM in .the counties 8 pence. Special
jurymen receive much higher remuneration.
The fee in the County Court
is 1 shilling a case, in the Mayor's
court twopence, and in the London
Sheriffjs court fourpence.?Chambers'
Journal.
The King's Uniform.
When John Burns entered the Cabi?
~ A nrnm rnmnrf. hp WOllld
Ilt'L IUC1C ncic i uuiuis vuo. u ?
refuse to don the cocked het and epaulets
of official uniform. The king
asked him about it "Not true," repliedkMr.
Bums; "and, besides. I have
already worn your Majesty's uniform."
The King naturally asked when that
was. "When I was in Pentonville,"
answered Mr. Burns, alluding, of
course, to his three months' sentence
after the Trafalgar square riots.?TitBits.
Wholly.
"But," protested Hamm, who had
made his debut in vaudeville the night
before, "the audience wasn't justified
in trp?Hner me as they did. My act
wasn't half bad."
"Well," replied Crittiek, "neither
were the eggs they passed up to you."
?Philadelphia Press.
Got the Wrong Title.
"Colonel, have a drink?"
"Sir, I never drink!"
"Pardon me, mister."?Washington
Herald.
At Rheims, France, portable bathtubs,
filled with hot water, are delivered
tc order.
A Sold Step.
To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections^ of the more intelligent
to the use of secret, medicinal compounds,
Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.
Y., some time ago, decided to make a bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers of put-up medicines for dotnestic
use, an^so has published broadcast
and openly to the whole world, a full
and compfftte list of all the ingredients
entering inWhe composition of his widely
celebrated mpdicjfies. Thus he has taken
his numer^ds oatrons and patients -into "<
his full/onfarence. Thus too he has removed^
is/nedicines from among secret
nostr/m/of doubtful merits, and made
aI 1 /vf I^ nA?!?n
VJ vuntpvgmvm'
]*i jhisiald atea Bl Efercs. has ?hnwTT
tnHL his formulas are ol such e-Ycencnoft
that he is Jt/V subject them?
thp-iiiiipst scrutiny.
Wot only does the wrapper of every bottle
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the;
famous medicine for weak stomach, torpid
liver or biliousness and all catarrhal diseases
wherever located, have printed upon it. in
plain English, a full and complete list of all
the ingredients composing it, but a small I;'
book has been compiled from numerous.;
standarcfcmedical works, of all the different: ,x
schools of practice, containing very nomer-'
ous extracts from the writings of leading!
practitioners of medicine, endorsing in-thai
strongest possible terms, each and every lngrw ; ?
dient contained in Dr. Pierce's medicines.'}'
?pne of these little books will be . mailed free;
to any one sending address on postal card or;
by letter, to Dr. B. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y? i
and reauestlng the same. From this little;
book it will be learned that Dr. Pierce's med*
icines contain no alcohol, narcotics, mineral!
agents or other poisonous or injurious agents!
and that they are made from native, medidr I
nal roots of great value: also that some of'
the most valuable ingredients contained in>
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak,;
nervous, over-worked, "run-down." nervous;
and debilitated women, were employed, long,
years ago, by the Indians for similar ailments
affecting their sqnaws. In fact, one of tbe
most valuable medicinal plants entering into
the composition of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
was known to the Indians as
"Squaw-Weed." Our knowledge of the uses
of not a few of our most valuable native, medicinal
plants was gained from the Indians.
As made up by improved and exact processes,
the " Favorite Prescription " is a most 1
efficient remedy for regulating all the wom-t' " ,
anly functions, correcting displacements, asj
prolapsus, anteversion and retorverskm..
overcoming painful periods, toning up the]
nerves and bringing about w perfect state of
health. Sold by ail dealersin medicines.
A Deceiving Soldier.
Sergeant Day was a3 regimental at
a button stick. 44 "Shun!" he criad
to his squad. "Quick .march! Left
wheel! Halt! Take Murphy's name
for talking in the ranks."
"But he wasn't talking," protested
a corporal who'was standing near.
"Wasn't'he," roared Sergeant Day. \
"Don't matter, then. Cross it out, and
put him in the guard room for deceit
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9 f -V.-^
The grocers are/handling Ar^o Red '
Salmon becanse it takes no argument $?*?
to sell it, and the cnstomers come $
back for more.
Sea of Oranges. v y,
A sea covered with oranges is one
of the unusual attractions near this
city, at the mouth of the Santa Clara.
River. Thousands upon thousands of
oranges floating on the ocean's surface,
many of them strewing the
beach, give an indescribably beautiful. -golden
hue to the sea. / * ^
There was wonder for some time
as to how the oranges got into the
sea. The belief was general that
they came from washed oat orchards
in the east end of the county, owing
to the high storm waters la the river.
This Is not the case, however %
The oranges were deliberately thrown
into the Sespe Creek from the Sespe v. %
River twenty-five miles back from
the coast. From the -Sespe they found
their way back into the Santa Clara
River and thence into the sea. ;
The oranges are from Nthe great y&a
packing.houses in the Sespe country.
They are known as culls, but, most, of-,:
them are good, or were when,dumped
off the bridge. It Is claimed .thalj 1 '
only the best oranges can be shipped '
and sold.?-Ventura correspondence
Los Angeles Times. >'
' tSHOULDERS
OF THE WORK' < y
HORSE. 3
One of the strongest points in pre?
paring horses for spring 'work is in - 3
having their shoulders in good, ssund
condition. With this to start with
and soft, weil-fltrting collars, there
need be but litle fear of any difficulty
in keeping them all right, no matter .
haw hard the. labor the horses have
to endure. By keeping the 'collars
well cleaned of any dirt which may
have accumulated upon them, from
the sweating of the. horse and by bathing
thiem daily with cold water, th6re
need be but little fear of had shou*
ders.?Epitomist.
DOCTOR'S FOOD TALK. .
Selection of Food One of the Most
Important Acts in Life. . .
'A Mass. doctor says: "Our health
and physical and mental happiness
are so largely under our personal control
that the proper selection of food
should be and is one of the most important
acts in life.
"On this subject, I may say that I
know of no food equal in digestibility r
and more powerfal in point of nutriment
than the modern Grape-Nuts, '' r
four heaping teaspoons of which ia
sufficient for the cereal part of a
meal, and experience demonstrates
that the user is perfectly nourisnea
from one meal to another.
"I am convinced that the extensive J
and general use of high class foods of ?
this character would increase the
term of >human life, add to the sum
total of happiness and very consider- j
ably improve society in general. I ' j
am free to mention the food, for i /
personally know of its value." j$
Grape-Nuts food can be used by,
babes in arms or adults. It is ready
cooked, can^be served instantly, either t :
cold with cream, or with hot water or ;
i hot milk poured over. All sorts of
puddings and fancy dishes can be
made with Grape-Nuts. The food is x ^
concentrate's and very economical, for
four heaping teaspoons are sufficient
for the cereal part of a meal. Read
the little book, "The Road to WellvUifc"
in pkgs. "There's a Reason."