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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
DYED DIAMONDS.
Yellow Stones Can BE Made to Look
Like Gems of the First Water.

Like UemS Oh the flrSt water.
'sThere are tricks in every trade has
grown to be an adage, and this proverb
holds especially good with regard to the
jewelry trade, which for "ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain fair
~ takes the palm for roguery.
Although great deal of capital, time
and labor have been devoted to counter
feiting the diamond, very little success
has been obtained from fraudulent
point Of view, as the diamond possesses
extraordinary qualities of hardness
and brilliancy, with which no imi-
tation, up to now, can attempt to vie.
''Paste' of all kinds can be tested by
means Of a sharp steel file. which
scratches it's surface
A method of successful imposition
with diamonds has, however, been dis
covered, and the originator of this swim
die actually defrauded the pawnbrokers
of London alone in one year of upward
of 100000
The general public, as we'll as jewel
ers, are aware that diamonds of yell
lowish tinge, or, as they are called in
the trade, "straws," are worth very lit
tie Large stones of this color, even
when weighing from 10 to 100 carats,
are quite common and will only fetch
in the market from SIS to $40 per carat,
the value, of course, increasing in ratio
with weight. Diamonds Of the same
weight, if of the first water, or perfect
ly colorless, would be worth from five
to ten times as much.
The methods of the individual refer
red to were as follows: He purchased a
quantity of ''yellow" stones, and then
by simple yet ingenious process sue
ceeded in imparting to them an evanes-
cent purity of color. This was done by
procuring two ordinary glasses, kettle
of boiling water and a threepenny
packet of mauve dye.
The "yellow" diamond, which was
perhaps set in a gold ring or pin, was
merely dipped in the glass containing
the dye, and then in clean boiling wa
ter half a dozen times, and allowed to
dry, when it presented all the appear
ance, even to the eye of an expert, of a
magnificent stone OF the first water.
The next move was to place the ring
on the finger, and the well dressed dia
mond dyer would sally forth, enter
pawnbroker's and pledge the ring for at
least three times it's worth. Within 10
hours, however, the effects Of the dye
would have disappeared, and the pawn
broker could only wonder what on
earth was wrong with his eyes when he
advanced so much money on such yell
low stone.
Fortunately, owing to the magnitude
of this individuals operations, the
fraud was discovered, and now pawn
brokers, if they are suspicious of dia-
mond's color, immerse it in nitric acid,
which destroys any dye that, may be
present without in any way injuring
the stone.-London Mail.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Experiments With Milk.

The Kansas college dairy took three
cans of milk as they came from the
barn. The first was left standing in the
milkhouse without aerating or cooling.
The second can was cooled to SO degrees
and left standing by the side of the
first. The third can was treated the
same as the second, except that after
cooling it was placed in tub of cool
water and covered with wet gunny
sacks. The next morning samples were
taken from each can and submitted to
DR.. Fischer, the bacteriologist, who de-
termined the number Of bacteria. The
milk placed in cool water contained
S.S37, 428 bacteria per cubic inch; the
can aerated, cooled and left standing in
the milkhouse contained 24,67S, 103
bacteria per cubic inch, and the can
left standing in the milkhouse, as it
came from the barn, contained 124, 057,
972 bacteria per cubic inch. -Hoard's
Dairyman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Wood Ashes For Cows.

In the early settlement of the coun-
try, when COWS had access to newly
cleared land with it's burned and char
red stumps, they used often to go to
where stumps had been burned and lick
up the charcoal. Many farmers believe
that COWS thus allowed free range were
less liable to abortion than those kept
in close stables. The ashes probably
satisfied some want in the animal econ
omy. 1t may have been the phosphate
they contain which is required by the
bones of the growing fetus. If cows
eat too much, the potash in the ashes
corrects the acidity of their stomachs,
which often results where stock is high
ly fed in stables where it has little ex
ercise. Boston Cultivator.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Effect of Food ON Butter.
GUERNSEY cow BON e.

The solidity of butter is affected to
certain extent by the feed of the COWS.
AS nearly all dairymen know, when
COWS come from dry winter feed to fresh
grass in the spring the butter has less
body" The difference caused by the
different kinds of winter feed is very
little-much less than is usually sup
posed. This is evidenced by the dis
agreement Of dairymen on this point.
For instance, one is positive that corn
meal will make harder butter than
wheat bran, while the next one you ask
will tell you the opposite is true-that
cornmeaI makes the softer butter of the
two. In my experimenting there were
only two feeds that I could say with any
certainty affected the solidity of the
butter, and they did not to a very great
extent. When in making up grain ra-
tion two or three pounds of cottonseed
meal day was used, it hardened the
butter slightly; when the same amount
of oilmeal was used instead Of cotton
seed meal, the butter was little softer.
An experiment was tried at the Iowa
experiment station in 1895 with the OBJ
ject of determining the effect of cotton
seed meal on butter the details of which
are published in bulletin 80 of that sta
tion. Professor Curtiss found that feed
ing as high as five or six pounds day
per COW of cottonseed meal had but a
slight effect on the flavor or solidity Of
the butter, though it must be said that
at some other experiment stations a
greater effect was noticed where large
amount of the meal was fed But I
must repeat that with the quantity that
any careful dairyman would feed the
effect of the different kinds of meals or
grains on the solidity of the butter
would be scarcely noticeab &c. P.
Goodrich in Breeders Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Worth Waiting For.

During performance at at the Tyne
mouth Aquarium, couple from Old
Hartley were among the audience.
When half time arrived, an attendant
placed on the stage board inscribed
with the word Interval
"W' ats that, Geordie?' asked the
wife. Geordie spelled the word.
'sI-n, in; ter, inter val. interval.
ssBut wat is't?
s'Aa divvent knaa, lass. The foaks
is aal gannin DOT; but we'll stop to see
itp'-San Francisco Wave.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
FORWARD OR BACKWARD.
Impossible to Keep ~ Dairy Herd at
StandstiH.


A dairyman has no choice in the mat
ter says Hoard's Dairymaii. He can't
stand still with his stock. The tendency
is always to retrograde, to return to
the original type, where only enough
milk is produced to feed the calf. Re
member that the modern dairy animal
is the result of long continued selection
in one direction, and in SO far as we
have deviated from the normal animal
and succeeded in raising her above the
normal standard of milk production in
just that proportion have we increased
the tendency to return to the lower
level The production of a special pur
pose animal in whatever line is long,
tedious process. Careful selection, train
ing and feeding through many genera
tions will often produce wonderful re-
suits, but when we have arrived at what
seems to be the goal just ahead we can
often see still further improvements to
be made, still higher results to be OBJ
tanned On the other hand, the process
of retrogression or atavism is both rapid
and easy. Given poor feed, carelessness
and neglect, and Brown Bessie herself
will slide down the heights SO painfully
attained with a rapidity little less
than marvellous. Neglect for few gen.
erations will undo the work of many
years of the utmost care in breeding and
selection.
A poor farmer can take the finest type
of dairy or beef animals and bring their
progeny back to their original monde
script condition in but few genera
tions. The cattle Of such a farmer are
doubtless better adapted for the strug
gle against wind, weather and starva.
ton, but they are not adapted for in
creasing the contents of his pocketbook.
On the other hand, the keeping the ami
mails up to their highest capacity means
careful, intelligent selection and feed
ing. It is harder work than the first
method, but the results are common
surate. The dairyman can choose for
himself the road he desires, butter or
beef. But if through neglect in breed
ing and feeding he arrives at that mon
grel result known as the special dual
purpose animal and finds that her re-
turns are not encouraging it is only be-
cause he has taken the wrong road, and
his results follow as consequence.
There is no business where results fol-
low SO directly the conditions nor where
the carelessness of the producer can
have such decided lowering of results
as the dairy, and the neglectful owner
feels his neglect in the most tender spot
his pocketbook.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Give the Children a Drink

called Grain-O. It is delicious, appe-
thing, nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it, because
when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee out is free from all its in
furious properties. Orain-O aids diges-
ton and strengthens the nerves. It is
not stinulent but health builder, and
children as we'll as adults can drink 1t
with sgreat benefit. Costs about ID as
as much as coffee. 15 and Csc.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

AS mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten fold 70
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Cata1rh Cure, manufac-
tured by F. j. Cheney Il Co., Toledo, O.,
contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. It IS taken internally
and is made in Toledo, O., by f. j. Che
ney & Co. Testimonials free.
az Sold by druggists. 75c.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03

ACTIVE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERY
<Awhere for the STORY of the PHILIPPINES" by
Murat Halstead, commissioned by the Govern
ment as Official Historian to the War Depart
ment. The book was written in army camps at
San Francisco. on the Pacific with General
Merritt, In the hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong
Kong, in the American trenches at Manila, in
deck of the Olympia with Dewey, and In the
roar of the battle at the fall of Manila. Bonan-
"a for agents. Brimful of 0rigina. pictures
taken by government photographers on the spot
paid. Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial
war books. Outfit free. Address, f. L. Barber,
Sec'y, Star Insurance Bldg, Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
1T Will Surprise You-Try 1t.

It is the medicine above all other for
catarrh and is worth it's weight in gold.
Ely's Cream Balm does all that is claimed
for it.-B. w. Sperry, Hartford, Con.
My son was afflicted with catarrh. He
used Ely's Cream Balm and the disa-
greeable catarrh all left him.. G.
Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
A 1Oc trial size or the Soc size of Ely's
Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by
druggists. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren ST.,
N.Y..
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Killing Germs.

Milk is pasteurized when it is heated
from 155 degrees to 1877 degrees. This
process kills most of the germs. Boiling
the milk (212 degrees) or heating it
nearly to boiling point kills all the
germs and is called sterilization.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Butter Color.

The Jersey Bulletin says: "Vegeta-
BILE" color for butter may be safe-that
is, not rank poison to the human stom
ach; but one thing is true, butter color
has poisoned the butter business,
whether vegetable or mineral. It has
made it possible for poor butter and oleo
to compete with good, honest butter.
Vegetable color to butter should come
through the cow
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Grain-O- Brings Relief

to the coffee drinker. Coffee drinking is
habit that is universally INDUCED in
and almost as universally injurious. Have
YOU tried Grain-O? It is almost like
coffee but the effects are just the oppo-
site Coffee upsets the stomach. ruins
the digestion, effects the heart and dis
turbs the whole nervous system. Grain
O tones up the stomach, aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. ID and 25c
per package.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03

Geo. B. Secord, the well known con-
tractor of Towanda, N. Y, says: II have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedp in
my family for long time and have found
it superior to any other" For sale by
FL. J. Stangl, druggist
AT the season of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs,
cold, catarrh, bronchitis and lung trouble
are to be guarded against. nothing us
fine substitute" will ''answer the pur-
pose" or 'sjust as good" as One Minute
Cough Cure. That is the one infalible
remedy for all lung, throat or bronchial
troubles Insist vigorously upon having
it if something elre" is offered you. FL.
}. Stangl.
What difference there is between
what we are and what we want others to
be.
For frost bites, burns, INDECENT sores,
eczema, skin diseases and especially piles
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve stands first
and best. LOOK out for dishonest people
who try to initiate and counterfeit it..
It's their endorsement of good article.
Worthless goods are not initiated. Get
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. III. j.
Stangl.
Every good law is public confession
that society is not as good as it should
be.
Happy is the man or woman who
can eat good hearty meal without suf-
feriug afterwards. If you can't do it
take Kodle Dyspepsia Cnre. It digests
what you eat. ano cures all forms of dys-
pepsia and indigestion. Ell. J. Stangl.
Mustn't tie up the dog with string
of sausages. IA
-"Give me liver regulator andI can
regulate the world, said genius. The
druggist handed him bottle of DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills. III. j. Stangl.
We know wag who says that this is
the tail end of dog days.
Before the discovery of One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly dis
turbed by coughing congregations. No
excuse for it now. Ell. j. Stangl.
After meals you should have simply
a feeling Of comfort and satisfaction.
You should not feel any special indica-
tions that digestion is going on. IL you
do. you have indigestion, which means
not DIGESTION. This may be the be-
ginning of so many dangerous diseases,
that it is bast to take it in hand at once
and treat l. with Shaker Digestive Cor
dial. For you know that indigestion
makes poison, which causes pain and
sickness. And that Shaker Digestive
Cordial helps digestion and cures indi-
gestion. Shaker Digestive Cordial does
this by providing the digestive materials
in which the sick stomach is wanting.
1t also tones up and strengthens the di-
gestive organs and makes them perfectly
healthy. This is the rationale of its
method of cure, as the doctor would say.
Sold by druggists, price 1Oc to ST per
bottle
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03

In 1866 the great fire in London
burned over 436 acres, destroying at
least $50, 900, 900 worth of property. In
1872 the Boston fire burned over go
acres at loss Of 81, 900, 600 an acre.
If the same fire occurred today, it
would cost, at the very lowest estimate,
500, 900. 900. In 1898 the loss on the
az acres burned over was over $500.
900, 000
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Cheap Butter.

Ten-cent butter is waste of time,
energy and cream. If you can't make
better butter, make none at all. Good
butter is worth more, and if it bring no
more it is not worth it.-Live Stock
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
A Feminine View.

Kate-So Carrie is to be married
suppose she is very happy?
Ruth--Happy? I should say so. Nh.
Fixton. her fance. doesn't amount to
much. but her trousseau is just elegant
Boston Transcript
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
They Seldom Do.

Isn't it awfully difficult asked
the gushing maiden Ito find new ideas
for your plays2'
Il don t know. replied the success
full playwright Il have never tried
it Brooklyn Life
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
A card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 30 cent bottle
of G. eene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We also
guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
COLLINS PHARMRCY,
Albion, Wis,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Champion English Mixer.

This Guernsey COW, Bon Espoir V,
won the first prize and Lord Mayors
cup in the recent milking trials at the
London dairy show She has also car
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
Brief Bits Of Spicy News.
e, a,ure A colo In Sane nax.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund money if it fails to
cure. The genuine has L. B. @. on each
tablet.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03

London has resident population Of
nearly 1, 900 professional orchestral in
strumentalists
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
!2YI.|
RlPENlNG CREAM.

PractIcaI DEVICE 10 MaIhIaIH OUH-
troll of the Temperature.
There are very few things connected
with dairying that do not necessitate
more OF less work, ofttimes more than
less. The ripening of cream is one of
those things in which the success of the
dairynan depends on his attention to
details as regards temperature and
time. Any dairyman who intends to
make butter during the winter months
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03

The eggs of the silkworm are about
the size of mustard seeds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03
ChamberIa1n's Cough Remedy


This remedy is intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cohgh
and Influenza It has becomefamous for
it's cures of these diseases, over large
part of the civilized world. The most
fatteriug testimonials have been received
giving accounts of it's good works; of the
aggrevating coughs that have yielded
promptly to It's sooting effects, and of
the dangerous attacks of Group it has
cured, often saving the life of the child.
The extensive nse of it for whooping
cough has shown that it robs that dis
ease of all dangerous consequences. 1t
is especially priced by mothers for their
children, as it never fails to effect a
speedy cure, and because they have
found that there is not the least danger
in giving it, even to babies, as it csntains
nothing injurious. Sold by H. J. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-03-03

Geo. B. Secord, the we'll known con-
tractor of Towanda, N. Y, says: II have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedp in
my family for long time and have found
it superior to any other" For sale by
FL. J, Stangl. druggist.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-03-01
DEWEY'S BREAKFAST.

II will be remembered that Rev,
Pfnus stated in his lecture that Adj.
miral Dewey did not Withdraw dur
Ing his engagement with the Spanish
fleet in order To take breakfast, but
to take account of stOck-to look
over his supply of ammunition. lie
was apprehcnsive about the damage
that had been done To the enemy
Rev. Pfaus says some of the men did
take advantage of the withdrawal
to make coffee and get "a hasty lunch,
however. Joseph l.. Stickney, the
correspondent who was IN thcbridge
of the Olympia ut the time. in an ar.
ticle in the Review Of Reviews states
the facts about az Rev. Pfaus gave
them, although he says nothing
about the men getting n lunch. Mr..
Stickney says:
81 do not exaggerate when | say
that as we hauled off into the bay the
gloom on the bridge Of the Olympia
was thicker than a London fog in
November. Neither Commodore
Dewey nor any % the staff believed
that the Spanish ships had been sui
ficicntly injured by our first fire tn
prevent them from renewing the bat.
tie quite as furiously az they had pre-
viously fought. Indeed, we had all
been distinctly disappointed in the
results of our fire. Our projectiles
seemed to go too high or too low.
Several times the commodore had
expressed dissatisfaction at the fail
ure Of u gunners To hit the enemy.
Consequently Dewey hauled out into
the open bay at the end Of the fifth
round to take stock Of ammunition
and devise n new plan OF attack.
told the commodore | intended to- at
tribute our withdra wal to the need
for breakfast. He intimated that il
was not a matter Of much import
ance what reason | assigned so long
AZ | did not give the true one. And
&C the breakfast episode went tn the
world as n plausible excus for what
seemed like an extraordinary STRAIT
egic maneuver-One which has been
the subject of more comment than
almost any other event during the
battle"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-03-01
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any cas- of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co, Props. Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known
f. j. Cheney for the last 5years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation
made by their firm.
WEST 4 TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Stimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-03-01

The bill appropriating 100000 0
to pay Spain, as provided in the
peace treaty, passed the lower house
OF congress last week by "a vote oi
2l9 to "a. Thlrty-one Democrats, two
Populists and one renegade from
Montana voted in the negative. This
week will see the end of the political
career Of the statesman from the
banks OF the Sour Dough. Pity he
could not be succeeded by one who
would give more credit to the state.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-03-01

Windy Willy" reminds one OF n
pugilist taking exercise by pounding
rubber bags, only Willy aims his
blows at some stuffed image Of his
diseased mind. He has relegated the
~goldbug' to his cabinet of curios
and has dragged into the arena an
object which he calls imperialism"
and which he stands mp and knocks
down by the mere force of wind.
There are no imperialists in America.
but If this modern Don QuiXOte IN
tertains the ha%llucinatinn aud harms
no one but himself he will not require
a watcher and should be- subjected Ia
no restraint.