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the richest dairy country and does by
far the largest business in this line
there are, for example, two such cnor-
nous milk trains sent over the line each
day. Either OF these trains consists Of
seventeen ears and one runs through
the Fox river valley district, while
the other taps the Wisconsin division
line. When fairly under way, after
leaving Huntley, for instance, or
Crystal Lake, these milk trains
Scoot along at an enormous rate of
speed, fully as fast "a the limited eX
press trains, at times running fifty miles
per hour. 4 milk train thus seen flying
through space is like a streak of bright,
golden lightning, for each car is of a
rich yellow hue. Contrary TO popular
belief, the violent motion Of the cars
does not iniure the milk perceptbly.
There is no churning of it, in other
words, but if otherwise delivered I'm
good order, and if stored conveniently
in the car, the milk arrives here in first
class condition after ride perhaps of
fifty or eighty miles. To see to 1t,
though, that the milk was in good form
in the first place is one OF the chief
points the dairy farmer has 20 look out
for.
After milking his COWS in the carly
morning, the farmer has to. Geo to it that
his milk is at once placed in the cooling
watts so as TO thoroughly extract all the
animal heat in the fluid. This process
is simple one, each can of milk being
placed neck high In cool or cod water,
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An Ice-Breaking Ferry Boat.

The ice which forms in the Straits
Of Mackinac in the intensely cold
winter Of that latitude is so thick
that navigation by ordinary vessels
would be out of the question. But
the transfer boat by which the pas
senger cars Of the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic Railroad are fer.
ried across at that point is not an or.
binary vessel by several shades OF
difference. 1t is OF huge size and
prodigious strength, and carries
twenty-four steam engines for its
various needs It's bow hangs
Obliquely out so that it climbs on the
ice and then pounds and brushes it,
the water being sucked from beneath
by propeller blades to make the oper-
alton more effectual. 1t is often a
cold day in the Straits, but the trans
fer boats never get left.
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nearly all belong to very common stock
of cattle, experience having taught tho
dairy farmer who supplies our needs
that the high-bred cattle, the ponderous
Holsteln, and the peaceful Jersey, are
not 80 profitable 10 keep for mixing
purposes as the cheap animal Of mongrel
or uncertain breed. For they do not
cost az much in the first place, are more
hardy and give a larger average yield OF
milk for the amount Of their keep than
the more expensive cattle. And the
price he gets here for his milk from the
dealer is regulated by the market. 1t is
no more for Jersey milk, no matter how
rich and creamy, than for the common,
everyday kind.
Selling to the Consumer.
The larger milk dealers in Chicago
usually have LAID out their business on
such n plan as\to divide the day into
two trips. The first one of these begins
about 4 a. m. and winds mp at 10 a. IN.
Then, shortly after, the milk train ar
rives with a supply or fresh milk from
the country. Part Of this is at once,
after submitting it TO the us ual test,
transferred TO wagons and disposed O.
during the afternoon trip. The other
half is taken 10 the milk depot and
stored safely till the next morning.
This is done by standing the cans in ca
pacious watts lined with galvanized iron.
MIX in Transit.
Milk cars, expressly built for the pur-
pose and best adapted for the shipping
OF the tactical fluid over long distances,
are used. These are very much like the
ordinary baggage car, with wide,
sliding door Oh either side. AS these
oars are perched up, early in the morn
ing, at the various milk stations along
the route of each milk branch, loaded
with their wholesome, fresh freight, long
milk trains are formed. On the North
western road-the one which traverses
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-06-22
Baby and Collie.

A gentleman in southern Connect
cut not long ago brought home Il
collie dog, which, after the fashion OF
it's kind, soon made itself one Of the
family, and assumed special RESPONSE.
bi!itics in connection with the young
est child, n little girl three years of
age.
one day the gentleman, returning
from drive, rs he neared the house
noticed tire dog in pasture separated
from the pad by stone wall. From
behind this wall the collie would
spring up, bark, and then jump down
again, constantly repeating the per-
Torrance.
The man left his horse and went to
the spot. There he found his little
girl seated on stone. with the collie
keeping guard beside her. The intel
ligent animal wagGed his tail, and
parked his delight at seeing his mas
ter.
In the light snow the path taken
by the child and dog could be plainly
seen, and as the father traced it back
he saw where the little girl had
walked several times around an open
well in the pasture. Close to the brink
were prints Of the baby shoes, but
still closer, on the very edge of the
we'll were the tracks of the collie,
which had evidently kept between
her and the well.
The faithful creature seemed to
know that upon him lay the RESPONSE
bility of keeping the child from a ter
rible death.
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ist so far as dealing with members

at least so far as dealing with members
Of the association is concerned.
Very extravaganza notions are enter
tanned on tho part Of the great public
on the subject OF adulteration OF milk
II is safe to say that not nearly so much
Of this sort of thing is practiced as is
generally suppo 5ed. However, fraud
exists in this line, though it may be
stated right here that by far a greater
deal of 1t is praeticed ly the Chicago
dealer than by the farmer who sends his
milk TO be used.
The methods for test,n milk have be-
come generally known in Chicago Of
late years, and it is now HI own to be an
easy matter to determine, beyond any
doubt, whether milk is pure and whole
some or whether some adulteration has
been going on. Science has determined
that pure milk contains aa average as
follows:
Water, T.41 per cent; fat, 3.27;
caseine, 4.06; milk sugar, 4. 54; ash ~
When loss than 1913 per cent. of the
solids are found present in the milk, and
less than 3.H per cent. Of fat the con-
cluSlon is inevitable that tn milk Is OF
poor quality and probably has been
tempered with. Whenever reported
evidence of adulteration is discovered as
samples from one particular shipper the
latter is informed of the fact and unless
he Dends his ways Immediately he is
dropped from the list OF contributors FOR
good.
Some of the big milk dealers sell none
o her than pure, rich milk, while others
dispose OF all kinds OF milk, from the
best to the poorest. There are dealers
in town whopurchase from the big films
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enough TO mix'tlhs skim milk with put /.
milk and then sell 1t ut tho regulation
price OF a 6 cents per quart. In any
event. wscyher skim milk rs sold honest
ly for what it is or under false flag,
there is money in it to the dealer-big
money.
AS to prices in general, they are high
enough to yield the dealer who has q
good milk route made up OF paying GUS
toners, provided he handles his article
carefully and pays due regard to tenn
perature, weather, ice supply, etc, a
certain and handsome profit. The doaler
pays tho farmer at the rate OF Sl25 to
$l.30 per can OF eight gallons in winter.
and about 20 cents in summer, thus
putting his purchase price at from p to
4 cents per quart. He sells IT to his
customers in the shape Of tickets, Of
which be will give sixteen per dollar
during summer and fourteen during
winter, or from to cents per quart.
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The Deadly Green Drink.

The fundamental principle of alb
sinthe is a resinous substance derived
from NORWOOD. This resin, with a
number OF essences made from aro-
matte plants, constitutes the famous
French drink, which is so poisonous
that tablespoonful in pure state
Is almost certain to cause commissions
TO an inexperienced drinkes, says the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is be-
lieved by physicians that the brain
disease which absinthe produces is
absolutely incurable, for the sub
s.ance Of the brain is changed by the
poison, and after the absinthe drinker
has accustomed himself to his daily
dose a fatal termination is matter
Of 20 long time.
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Some Assistance.

The visitor had found Mr.. Ardup
at last and sat down to recover his
breath.
II should think it would make you
awfully tired" he said hopping his
forehead with HIS handkerchief ito
climb all these flights of stairs. Why
don't you get a room nearer the
ground floor?"
at wouldn't make you feel so tired
to climb them" answered Mr.. Ardup
gloomily. "lf you had as many cred
itors pushing you as I've got"
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ence, wife Of the sixteenth earl Of
Enrol and daughter Of the duke of
Clarence and Mrs. Jordan by whom
he had ten children but whom he
could not marry because he was a
royal person. The duke Of Clarence
was afterward William ".
Lady Alexandra looks as if she
meant to have grand time in the
world and if royalty holds out, no
doubt she will. She is already pat
roness" of a charitable work If
Prince George Of Wales should die
childless, and she should outlive him,
the throne will be hers.
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large a quantity as the whisky that is
consumed. 1t means an expenditure
of Sc, coo, 600 for milk per year, which
is excepting meat and -four the
largest single item of expense in tho
food bill. This, it may be m ntioned,
takes no account Of condensed milk,
although OF that, too, several millions
of cans are sold in this town.
From all OF which it may be gathered
that the milk industry-the producing,
shipping, and selling OF it's not TO be
sneezed at in pont OF magnitude and
Importance. Another significant fact
the consumption OF milk is growing mar
velously in Chicago, more than keeping
step with the rapid growth in the city.
a couple OF years ago one railroad sys-
tem-the Northwes tern-brought 2,OOO,-
600 cans of milk TO town per year and
earned some $500, coo in fl light On them.
To-day the same road ships 100000
cans and has increased its freight re-
ceipts on it correspondingly.
The fact that more milk per lad or
population is consumed in hicago than
formerly said L. ID. Brigham, division
freight agent of the northwestern, who
has charge of the milk business of the
read, lis principally due TO the better
quality OF the article, improving steadily
oil the while. And this again is due, in
a measure at least, to the better organi-
cation of both producers and sellers of
milk. By reason of it comparatively
little milk Of poor quality is sent here,
and the practice is so much discouraged
and pays 50 badly in the long run that
it may be hoped that at last it will be
discontinued altogether. There is, OF
course, no way OF preventing dishonest
dealers from adulteratiny or deter ora
ting the milk after it has reached them
here, but even in this respect it is true
that honesty is the best policy.
Where the MIX Comes lr m.
Nearly all the milk we get here comes
from within radius of fifty 10 sixty
miles, belt OF carefully cultivated
country in Northern Illinois and South
ern Wisconsin. The best and richest
milk we drink is obtained from the dairy
farms that are thckly scattered al over
the Fox River valley-a district which
for a number Of years has borne we'll
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WONDERS OF A TORNADO.
Curious Things Wrought by Its Marvellous
Force.


Force.
In Kansas they are telling lot Of
most wonderful tales as 10 what was
done by the recent tornado. Here
are some Of the choicest:
In Greenwood County a boy named
Willie Henderson saw his home blown
away, and went TO cistern twelve
feet deep for protection. There was
about three feet Of water in the els
tern, and he sat on a lot Of boards
which he threw into it. A tornado
took the top OF, took out all the
water and the boy and carried him
fully a hundred feet, where he was
dropped, wet TO the skin, but other
wise unhurt.
Charles Anderson, living near To-
wanda, heard a roaring and went to
the door to see what it was AS he
opened the door the storm struck the
house and carried it away, leaving
him standing IN his night-clothes
just where the house had been. 1t
took the house from under his feet,
and he says he never felt a breath Of
wind until after the tornado had
passed and the force Of the gale was
again felt.
A thrcshing-machine was standing
by the side Of barn and the wind
tore It to pieces. The boiler of the
steam-cngine was taken clear over the
barn and dropped on the roof CT the
house Of James Donahue, crushing it
in, and killing child aged 6 and
breaking Mrs. Donahue's arm. The
barn was untouched.
A COW, which was standing in a
stable lot near Cherryvale, was car
ried up TO the roof Of house and de-
posted in such manner that it was
impossible TO get her down without
killing her.
The family Of James Gibson we're
standing in their door watching the
storm when they saw something come
rolling down the street toward them.
1t looked like log, but bent and
twisted in such way as to excite
their curiosity, and as it was stopped
in gutter near their house they
went out to make an investigation
after the storm had passed. 1t was
the body OF a ycuDg woman who had
been stripped Of every stitch of cloth
ing except one stocking, and it was
only by this stocking that they were
enabled TO identify her. 1t was that
Of Miss Belle Merritt, who was con-
sidered the most beautiful young lady
in this part Of the country. She was
SO disfgured That no semblance of
her former self remained. She was
alive whe1 round, but died within a
few hours without recovering con-
sciouSnc;S
The family of George Jackson
sought shelter in a cyclone cellar
when the storm came up, but big
tree was thrown on the cellar and
crushed through, breaking the arm Of
Mrs Jackson.
The stripping Of chickens Of their
feathers is reported from several
localities, and several stories are
told Of the marvellous action Of the
tornado.
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PLAYING Cards.

DIR. Rudolph Lothian, of Vienna.
says this year ais the fifth century of
the playing card" He says the first
game OF cards ever played was Tarok
or Naili; in which every card was
symbolic Of "a phase Of life, degree
of knowledge. or one of the powers
ruling human existence" One Of tho
pasteboards was named ell Misero, 4"
doubtless our knave, and was easily
involved in all sort Of unpleasant
complications. Tarok has been re-
vilcd ia Paris, where the search for
novelties is so relentlessly prosecuted,
even at the expense of the old.
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and usually it requires but froH twenty
minu. es TO half an hour TO cool the milk
sufficiently TO- shipment Then each
farmer, of course, has TO see TO it that
his daily stock of milk is taken 20 the
depot so as 10 be in adiness for the
arriving milk train. On tn way there,
If the sun is hot, he has TO shield his
milk from the direct rays OF the sun.
At the larger milk stations, such as
those named above, one or more milk
cars are left over night at the depots,
enabling the farmers to load their milk.
The train is thus gradually made up,
generally between and in the morn
ing, and it arrives in town between 10
and IL.
Arriving I'm The City.
The system of distributing the milk
after its arrival in town has been nearly
brought 20 p-rfe elton. The Northwest
en- Road, for instance, has no fewer
than six milk stations within the city
limits. These are located at Clytourn
place, at Western avenue, at 18th street,
at 10th street, q Clinton street, and at
Indt,fna and Jefferson streets. OF these
the two large ones are those named
last. but iust Iow the railroad company
is remodeling the large milk depot at
Indiana and Jefferson st.Jcts, trans-
ferring Il one lsock moth. 60 Brie and
eGferson, and considerably Improving
the facilities. The enorInOt milk plat
form now being constructed there is be-
ing specially built for the puppose.
ON tho arrival of milk trim at any
OF those stations the platform IL crowd
ed with seventy-five, one hundred or
more wagons, each waiting for its load
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QUEENS oREAT-oHANpcHnp.
Little Lady Alexandra Dun, Whose Grand.
pm VIII He King OF England.

pm VIII he King OF England.
This is Ii portrait, taken sby her
mammals permission, Of little Lady
Alexandra Duff, who has.some chance
Of coming one day to the throne OF
Great Britain, says the New York
Journal. This baby princess is the
daughter Of the Duke OF Fife and
Princess Louise, eldest daughter OF
the Prince and Princess OF Wales.
She Is said to look remarkably like
her august great-grandmother, Queen
Victoria.
The little parsonage is descended
on both sides from our old friend
George Ill, who was obliged to give
us up on account Of slight difference
in views on taxation. The pedigree
Of her fathenis traceable back through
Lady Agnes Hay, who married the
earl Of Fife, to Elizabeth Fitz Clar-
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Then He Understood.

Browning, dear" said Mrs. Emer-
son, Of Boston, to her husband, what
is cutaneous pastime?"
a cutaneoCs pastime, love? I
never heard OF such thing"
well, l heard two men on the
street car talking, and one Of them
spoke of a skin game. Judge.
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He Didn't Use II.

Kansas Granger (to BOOKSELLER
"Say, mister, / want vollum of
po'try; some good, old-fashioned
po'try. None Of yer new-fangled
trash"
Polite Bookseller "Ah, perhaps
you would like a Chaucer !"
Granger-"No, thankee; / don't
use the weed. Smith, Gray g. Co. 8
Monthly.
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A Useless Tin.

Waiter TO guest who has just
finished cheap meaD-Haven't you
forgotten something. sir?
Guest-Oh, yes: here's tip; it's
the one l host on at the races this
afternoon. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Grave Joke.

A Philadelphia funeral team did
service at a wedding few days ago,
and the doing driver allowed the
horses to carry the bridal couple into
a cemetery.
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Matrimonial Amenities.

Even the grip has its good points"
said pretty Mrs. Jones. Its apt to
make a charming widow of one."
well, it'll never make a charming
widow Of YOU" said her grumpy hus-
band; I'D cut my throat before I'd
let it do that. Exchange.
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Chicago's supply Of MIX,

V r. IL \ DAY III tne
year Chicagoans
consume of fresh
milk and IRE a m
an average OF 80, 600
gallons, which
m cans 30, COO, 900
gallons ann u a lily,
says the Herald.
This is al out four
times as much as
the ocean OF beer
III 1t is drank up by
G hi C go in the
course OF a year,
and It is a b o u {
Ii
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Curious to Know.

Shawber-What do you think of
my new picture, old man?
singerly-Pretty fair. How many
Cpnff) Of these cigars did you get
with it?-Detroit Flee Press.
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A Good Doctor To Employ.

There goes DR.. Penman. Very
few Of his patients die suddenly"
Indeed. Skillful MANI"
"SKlHful with the pen. Writes his
prescriptions so legibly that the drug
gists' clerks can always make them
out. New York Press.
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Poor EellOW.

The man has "more than a dish to wash"
Who Is trying Il look his best,
With II this years pair OF trousers on,
And last years coat and vest.
Smith, Gray & Co.. 5 Monthly.
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TIE suicides and defalcations in
Berlin ought to warn Kaiser Wilhelm
that Germany is oyerstrained. But
will he be wise in time?
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Mrge quantities of skim milk at % cents
per can, or at the rate of less than
cent pcr quart. They in turn sell this
skim milk at 2 cents per quart to the
small consumers, thus more than doub-
ling their investment. There are other
dealers, though. who are INSCRIPTIONS
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TIE Difficulties of Cerberus

First head say.
The other two-What?
y. HI see friend OF mine
coming If you two don't object I'd
like TO wag our tail.-Life.
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and ca h pays 8 cents per can for col
lecting payment therefor. Local deal
ers who are found TO be not reliable or
slow in paying up are, quite naturally,
rer orted TO the farmers association at
large and their career is thus cut short,
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OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO.
iNCS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes and Joke'ets that Are Supposed u
Have Boon Recently Born sayings sns
DoingS that Are Od1 Curious ant
Laughabie.
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what Made His Tongue slip.

Gazzam-That was bad slip OF
the tongue on Hunker's part.
Maddox-Yes, he had just eaten
banana. Judge.
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ST. Louis has nc notion OF putting
up the shutters" She is going 60
build two new mllion-dollar hotels
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MILK FOR THE MILLION,
THE PRODUCERS. SHIPPERS
AND DEALERS.

Notable Facts About Great City's MIX
suppiy-whcre IL Comes from-How IL
Is Tested ana Sold-The Farmer and
the NIilkman.
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Preposterous.

Taiior-I've come in To collect the
bill for your last years spring suit,
sir.
Howell Gibbon-Yes. But l can't
wear that suit another year.
Tailor-What's that got TO do
with it?
Howell Gibbon-How am / going to
pay for it when I've got TO get anoth-
er suit?-Puck.
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again TO foot the bill, paying for tho
purchase OF new cans and the repair OF
old ones. Thus We see once more that
the farmer gets the worst of the bargain
when dealing with the shrewd city man.
Ms for the COWS which produ Q the
great bulk OF the milk we use they
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Parson-Are you Of age?

TIUuy DrIue-1 eS. =
Parson-Excuse me. l was ques-
tioning the young man.
Giddy bride Qndignantly)-Come,
Hen. l hain't goin' to stand here
an be insulted, if l never get mar
ried.-puck.
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Couldn't Endure Him.

Us Mary happy with her new hus-
band?"
NO"
81 thought he was perfect"
"He is. That's the trouble. -
Judge.
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How Nature Arrortions.

"He hardly seems bright enough to
run paper"
-Oh, pshawl he doesn't run it-he
owns IL. Puck.
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Binls-I got a sure tip on the race
yesterday.
Minks-That so? How much did
you loSe?-EXchange
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The Closer the Better.

do l crowd you too close?" asked
a handsome young man in an over
loaded car.
ooh, dear, no, SIR" replied the
grateful girl, who was 2s and had
had never had a bcau.-Judge.