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The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07
PRACTICAL FARM NOTES.

u,itteu for The Progressive Farmer by
,bs Editors and Guy z. Mitchell.
4 verv valuable article on q subject
regarding which most Of our farmers
,tsnd in need of information is that
from the pen of Prof. J. M. johnson
an Tine Care of Sow and Pigs" in this
i.me Of The Progressive Farmer. Prof.
Jobnson's experience and study Of the
o1esrion makes this paper of special
value It was intended for our issue
,t Last week, but did not reach us in
kme. This article deals with the pig
rom birth till weaving, and we expect
oher articles from Prof. Johnson GOV
stng the entire period from weaning
fI ready for pork.
The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07

The Q 8. Department Of Agriculture
saldam sends out a more usefu' Fam
gs Bulletin than No. 106. which ls
nov being distributed to applicants
The subject ia Breeds Of Dairy Cat
Id, ana the author is the we'll known
|Nsi Henry E. Alvord, Chief of D 'iry
Division. Bureau Of Animal Industry.
he bulletin contains As pages, Ia
veil Illustrated, and ought TO be
Esad By every cattle owning farmer
The origin, characteristics, and milk
nd butter records Of all the various
breeds are fully treated. and the forty
eight pages are literally crowded with
valuable Information. Write the Sec
fstary Of Agriculture, Washington, D
C., for a free copy Of this bulletin.
The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07
WHY ONE FARMER FAILED.

1t is an old, old Rdage, yet none the
less true, that whatever ia worth do
ing is worth doing we'll. In no voca-
tion in life does this rule apply with
more force than in agriculture and
horticulture. The successful farmer or
fruit grower is Invariably one who is
thoropgh in all the details of his work.
He sees to it that he employs the best
methods, that the right thing is done
at the right time, and then il failure
comes it is due to causes entirely be
you'd his control, says the N. A Horti
culGurist.
And it orally true that the one
who does not achieve all that he has
hoped tc, vino perhaps has not even
approximated sue ,ess, can in most in.
stances attribute his failure to a lack
OF system, of proper attention to the
many little things which enter so
largely into his daily work. As an in
stance of the left handedness" OF
some people, we find the following in
an exchange:
SIN a doWn-east village store. the
wiseacres sat in council on the nail
kegs and tool boxes. I'll tell you just
what kind of a man Tom Jones Was,'
said the chief critic, sharp eyed, but
not unkindlg son OF the soil. He's
dead now, aud we can't hurt him by
what we say. and might as we'll speak
out plain. He never got on in the
world, and there was a mighty good
reason for it. Fact is, he never did
anything so 'twould stay done. He
was a good worker; he lived on the
next farm to me dozen years, and I
can testify that he wasn't lazy. He
would NOW, for instance, and was
careful to pick up every stone in front
of his scythe. He'd pick it up and
carefully lay it out Of the way bshind
him. Next year, when he came to
NOW that field again, he'd pick up the
same stones again and lay them behind
him, and that way he picked those
stones over and over year after year.
That way of doing things gave him
good chance to work hard and die
poor, and that was all that allied him
all through life."
A really lazy man will sometimes
spend two hours trying to get rid OF
one hours work, and there are many
truly ambitious men who make two
hours work out of one simply because
they do not go az their work from 1.-The
right end" They do not bring inGeli
gence to bear upon the task they have
in hand. Intelligence does not neces.
sariIy presuppose education, yet the
fact remains that the educated farmer
is possessed OF greater intelligence, and
it is also a fact that in these days the
educated farmer is usually the most
successful. The successful farmers and
fruit growers of this age are nine times
out of ten the ones who read their
trade papers, who attend the Institutes,
who obtain and peruse the bulletins,
and are continually on the lookout for
something which they can use to ad
vantage in securing the best results at
the least expenditure Of time and labor.
The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07

bought from the store. If the people
would only put into effect these sug
gestions, there would be one of the
greatest improvements in few years
imaginable. Many of our people do
know how they did from 1860 TOTO, and
they can do SO again if they will And
this is the only way I can see at pres
ent for the farmers to proceed to com
pete with the various combines. I
submit my suggestions for some one
to show us better way.
J. P. TINGEN.
The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07

A correspondent Of the Rural New
Iorker says:
Farm reared men sometimes shud-
Ter when they think of the hired man.
From MIN, they probably learned first
10 lie to their fathers, and almost to
tresp. C their mothers. To him, they
we're indebted for the knowledge that
iod did not bring the baby sister and
az her in her beauty and innocence in
Der mothers arms while she SLEPT. H
Told them stories untrue, vile, low, vul
gar, mean, and aroused dormant pas
aon5 before character was sufficiently
developed. The hired man taught him
. shirk work, neglect chores, and
light lessons when not under the eye
1.-THE father or teacher. He, probably,
ave the first chew of tobacco, laughed
u the subst q lent sickness, and en-
luragei the nabit. The hired mans
'ottla Of vile rum hid in the haymow
Probably supplied the first drink. The
>fad man taught that the sin of steal
Ag Is In being caught. Mt all hired
leaaE5so, but enough OF them were to
as5er7e the indictment on farm the
Na'sr Enew 20 years ago. Such hired
l5a are Dad enough, but worse yet is
'ae FINER who knowingly permits
'-51 70 1eOauch his boysI'
NE Pr9gressive Farmer does not en-
O'fse vH.7 rather indiscrimiaete assault
upon the character of hired m IN on the
:, = d. Many of them, q great many Of
,-5N, are as true men as walk the
.a''o =, and many of them have risen to
s's'12. Il power and influence. But
- - morals Of the man who seeks en-
f.'' -leA5 on your farm should always
~ o'Islderad. You will gain little by
rat - good crop of farm products he
c,;s ,;'97 I'r you, il he sows the seeds of
vo,. ,,-e and debauchery in the hearts of
The progressive farmer., 1899-11-07

[OONTTNUED on PAGE 81
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
THAT FIRST SIN.
Figures to show That Adam and Eve
Ate Eight Million Apples.

Probably our great ancestor. Adam,
little thought OF the trouble he would
cause pos,erity by eating an apple.
But now the question as to how many
apples he really did eat Is a new diff-
Guilty.
How many apples did Adam and Eve
eat? Was II one or was It millions? !?
When the subject was first mooted the
editor very naturally replied, why.
one, OF course"
NO" said the assistant editor. Eve
ate one, and Adam ate one. too; that's
two"
Then the subeditor passed along q
slip Of paper on which was written.
Eve ~ and Adam 81. making 1872"
But the poet, who Is man OF imag-
nation, capped this with, Eve 81 and
Adam Sl2-So3."
Then the publisher tried his hand.
and his contribution was. Eve S.142
see how IL tasted. and Adam Sl2.
equals S.954."
The poet. who dislikcs being sur
passed as much as lie hates BARRIERS.
came up to the scratch again with
Eve S.l42 see how II tasted. and Ad-
am 81 .242 keep her eompany--So.3S .3SA. "
Then the humorist. who had been
listening. quietly handed In his con
tribution. Eve S.142 see how It tasted.
and Adam STAKEHOLDER n husband
was he to see her eat alone. This
equals 8. ,352."
But be had another object" said the
poet Eve S,l42 satisfy her curiosity,
and Adam s.l24.24ofy Eve in her po-
sitlon. That makes ., 1872 2."-Phila-
delphia Record.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

my own request. ana the minutes drag
ged on like eternities l had settled
things satisfactorily in my own mind
and waited TO know my fate, There was
as thought a murmur Of edioss on the
stairs for the hundredth time. and
again I was disappointed. Fool that I
was to think that u fresh. beautiful
young life could come 10 link itself with
such wreck of humanityl Women
loved To be heroic 1t was all very we'll
and natural enough, for her TO come to
me as she did at first when the shock
Of horror on hearing Of my lost sight
had given way to q food of pity. She
was doubtless true to her better nature
when she said that my blindness made
NO difference in her love But was II to
be expected that it could last forever
under such conditionsy She was young
and time had been given her to realize
fortunate attachment. Was she TO be
blamed if she drew back ut the eleventh
hourY No; il were wiser to do 80. II
she came. | myself would tell her SO
But she would not come, Another age,
and then, just outside on the landing,
there was the sound of footsteps One
step there was no possibility Of me at
least mistalSing; it was quick. free and
buoyant Some one knocked; my heart
stood still for moment, then throbbed
on violently I roso to my feet To show
her that my manhood was not altogeth
er dead. found my voice. and the pro
sale "Come in became a tragedy in
two words. The door opened and shut
Involuntarily both my hands went ont
to her. and knew that. weakly enough
my eyes We're filling with tears Oh
what magic there was in her pres
encel The conventional words Of well
come stuck in my throat, but il did not
matter. for in another moment her
head was pillowed on my breast. "Oh.
Dick. she cried. II am crying because
I'm SO gladl You will never. never let
me go away againf'
My stern resolutions went to the
winds MS l held her head and kissed her
on the lips
Blindness forsooth was the happi-
est man in the three kingdoms
1t is now some five years since my
wife and l chose this c-iet northwest
ern London suburb. in the early
spring one can throw open the windows
and allow the sweet scent OF flowers
and the singing Of birds to come in to
gether There are no such things al
gloomy skies or fogs to the blind. My
life at least is one of perpetual sunshine
Ask any one Of the five aud twenty
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
he Answered II.

The following story In told Of how
Thomas b. Reed was admitted to the
bar In California; Mr.. Reed was being
examined ms to his qualifications for
the law along with several companions.
The question WAS the legal tender
act. In your opinion. constitutional !"
was asked OF the candidate sitting next
to Mr.. Reed. The young man hcs!tated.
as well he might. for even the justices
OF the supreme court had spent many
weary days hearing arguments on that
particular question. aud after once de-
Gliding that II was unconstitutional AFT
crward reversed their decision. While
the young man hesitated. the Judge
turned to Mr.. Reed. saying. What do
you think. Mr.. Reed--was the act con-
stitutionalr'
1T was. replied Mr.. Reed, without
moments hesitation.
VERY good" was the reply: you are
admitted to the bar. Any man who can
answer offhand q question that is stu
puzzling the supreme court OF the Unit
ed States is certainly pre-eminentiy
qualified to practice law before thio
court. t."-Washington Letter.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
THE PROFESSORS PRIZE.


One evening last inter one OF Adel-
social function where the guests play
ed progressive pedro. a game In which
the worthy educator lays no claim to
being an expert In fact, on the pres
ent occasion he was credited with but
two progresslons. score OF really AS
tonishng smallness. Naturally. what
Is termed the ''hceby prize" fell 10 him.
ana this time II took the form OF
double yolk egg, with the following
sarcastic legend attached.
Something you can beat"
The professor smilingiy accepted the
reward, and after 1t was pm ssed around
and ioked upon he finally slipped II
into the side pocket OF his overcoat
and then straiGhtway forgot It's exist
epce,
When the party broke up, he accom-
panied two young ladies to their
home. When they reached tho house
and the iatchkey was produced and
used. It was found that the front door
was locked SO tightly that it refused
to yield to ordinary pressure. SO the
professor put his hip against y panel
and pushed hard.
There was a dull crash, a mild yell,
the professor ieaped in the air aud
convulsively clutchcd at his side.
The double yolk had exploded!
| A moment later the afflicted educator
gingerly drew from his pocket n pair
Of exceedingly yellow gloves, followed
/ by a muffier Of the same gaudy tint
And the ladies leaned against the rail
/ ing and laughed until they cried.
or course they promised not to tell
but In some unfathomed way the story
like the cgg-leaked out.-Cieveland
Plpin Dealer.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
som. On. u.s 40 ..ay.


The story below Is from El Dkrto. an
Argentine newspaper published In
Spanish The anecdote Is told of pris-
on In provincial town In Argentina:
"An employee. whose duty II was to
inspect them, arrived late Mt nigtt Mt
one Of them and asked Q rngg 4
'gaucho' who opened the door where
the chief of police was.
""rhe chief. SIR he answered. Tires
at his farm. three or four leagues
OF. He seldom comes.'
"'And the second OF policcY
""rhe second has not come for some
time. sir. The poor man has his win
IL
"'And the officer Of the guardr
He has been invited to q dance
"'And the gcndarmesr
""rhe rendarmes. sir. finish their
duty nj O p. III. and don't return TIL
next day
"'But this is scandal! There Ii no
body here to explain things. And you1
Who are your
81 am the prisoner. SIR"
The whole thing reads like m inel-
dent from a comic opera. But II 10 .
perfectly literal translation from the
paper mentioned.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

knd the ren1em Drance OF these blessed
IDS kept me patient in many Of my
hours Of trial In spite Of what
bgynists. pessimists. cynics, and all
ke belonging to that sickly and short
bted crew may say. do not think it
ible for any man to gauge to its full
and depth the purity Of motive in
he and noble minded woman.
he change came so gradually that at
it was hardly noted. Then l began
hncy myself the victim Of some hal
nation. 1t is often as difficult to
fince oneself Of good news as to
ze some terrible misfortune, strange
may seem. So, as at first had
slow to realize the fact Of my lost
!, could now scarcely credit the
that it was coming back. Then
b was a trying. terrible time Of
bt, when thought that the feeble
ms Of light vouchsafed me We're but
Chickering's Of the dying power of
ere it went out forever to leave
in lifelong darkness. Truly, l
led patience. No one could have
more in need of it. Looking back
bose days l can see how my punish
was merited-for who was l to
myself up RS suffering from special
ensation Of Proyidence2
first it was as if the darkness were
a little less accentuated and COM
Then it was as if l looked from
marine depths through a great body
paque but turgid waters and could
nguish the sickly, greenish light
b light of day-dimly through it.
that sickly greenish light, when !
in the sunlight, became day by day
Ter until. ut last. turning my eyes
here the great orb Of life was, |
me conscious Of a food Of glorious
But the doctor Of the ship put
to such dangerous experiments.
be thought that the power of vision
not altogether destroyed within me
that l might yet regain it reused
a wild, tumultuous hope in my
8 that often 1t was as much as
q do to control my feelings. Had it
5been for Jack and the remembrance
lose dear words of hers, whatever
IS. have patience, I think at times
- of the passengers might have
|nght l was losing my reason in ad-
pn to having lost my sight
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
That second Chapter.

The new pastor was preaching bis
first sermon. In the middle OF Ii hs
stopped abruptly and asked:
How many OF you have read the
BibleT
Fifty hands went up.
Good" said the pastor. Now. bow
many OF you have read the second
chapter OF Judei"
Twenty-Five hands went up.
A wan smile overspread the divine's
face.
That's also good: but when you 60
home read that chapter again. ahd you
will doubtless learn something TO your
interest"
There IL only one chapter In the book
Of Jude.-Guthrie 20. IT, Leader.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

her.
blind men who sit down with me to
dinner every Christmas day if he does
not live in a world of his own making
For instance, my typist has just told
me as dictate these lines that there IL
a thick fog creeping mp from the south
east. But what do personally care for
a fogl II has nothing to do with my
world In my minds eye-that truer
sight can see instead great valley
shaped like horseshoe. hemmed In by
magnificent terraced cliffs There Is q
sky OF turquoise blue over my head
There are picturesque groups of cycas
and feather palms all around The
white sunlight streams down with pitt
less intensity. the shadows are black as
ink, hard. sharply defined. palpabls
things. But could go on describing
forever. A man If he has love for M
ture and the beautiful can cultivate the
power Of observation until his brain l.
like a sensitized plate that will retain
countless IMPRESSIONS Yes. l am now
in sense quite independent Of sight.
and In the capacity for work-good.
bad or indifferent. az the case may be-
lies my greatest happiness save one
the love that grows more precious with
the years
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
Ls.eel... way.

Al .ime when Mr.. Lincoln was M
der great mental stress during the civN
war Mr.. George II. Yeaman. then Con-
gressman from Kentucky. called upon
him and thus describes the occasion u
the New York Tribune:
'rThe president was alone at his desk,
hard ut work, and the congressman
promptly offered to retire and cali
again.
"'No.' said Lincoln, 'sit down. TIL b
through shortly
Presently his little son partly open
ed the door. Papa said he. mamma
says the company will soon assembla.e
'-rhe congressman rose. 'Picass b
seated: we'll get to II directly said
Lincoln.
"He continued his work Hss faca
was very grave: It showed anxiety ana
melancholy indcscribabie. Disasters
had come In the field, and II WAS not AL
harmony among his supporters. Very
soon his barber came In, and again the
congressman offered 10 retire.
"'No. said Lincoln: lust excuse me
one moment He got up. threw on his
coat, seated himself In one chair ana
stretched his long legs across another.
The barber lnthered his face and COM
menced stropping a razor. When that
was over the president turned his head
and gently asked. Now. what can I
dor
1.-THE congressman told his mission.
II was considered kindly. decided cor
rectiy and he went his way. We need
not compare this with the court eti-
! quette OF empcrors and kings. nor ask
| II Washington or Adams, or even JEFF
ferson. would have so received n vis-
itor on business; but II was what Abra.
| ham Lincoln did"
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

A schoolmaster In village schooo
had been In the habit OF purchasing
pork from parents OF his pupils on the
occasion Of the killing OF the pig. One
day smaH boy marched up to the
masters desk aud inquired III ho
would like bit OF pork, ~ they wcrs
going to kin their pig"
The schooimaster replied In the aS.
firmative. Several days having elaps.
ed. and hearing nothing OF the pork.
the master called the boy up to him
and inquired the reason he had NOT
brought IL
'Oh. please. sir" the boy replied.
"the pig got better."-San Francisco
Argonaut
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
THE END


The Eve worst maladies that AZ
fict the female mind are indocIlity.
discomfort. slander. jealousy and sill
ness. without any doubt these five
maladIes afiiict seven or eight out OF
every ten women. aud from them arises
the lnferiority of women to men-
woman should cure them by self In.
spection and self reproaeh. The worst
of then all and the parent OF the Other
four is silliness,-C Cornbill Magazine.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
CHAPTER XXI.
DAWN.

is hard to say what I should have
y without Jack on that homeward
tge. He was kindness personified.
Ne bore his new honors as he had
his days of obloquy-never refer
| to them.
)e night Jack came into the smok-
bonn where l was sitting with tho
r, very nice fellow. like most
doctors, and told me, ''Dick, the
y of the dear old sod are ahead OF
4 Next morning we were within q
miles of the coast
>me again. and, unusual expert
snow in the chanuel
vmouth and my own people wait
(or mel There were my mother and
sister Kate, the only living rela-
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

A good example Of the caustic duu1og
Of q Scotch examiner floats this way
from we know not where. Ii seculs
that Scotch parish schoolmasters ars.
on their appointment. examined ~
to their literary qualifications. One q
the fraternity being called by bis ex.
aminer to translate Horace's ode BE-
ginning "Exegi monumentum ocre pe-
rennius." began as follows: "Exeg1
monumentum." Il have eaten noun
tain.) "Ah." said one Of the examiners.
"ye medina proceed any further: Soe
after eaten, sic a dinner this parish
wad be puir mouthfu' Z ye. fe mauo
Try some wider sphere. Loret"
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's sense OF the
ridiculous has always been . saving
grace. leading her to avoid grandilo-
quence.
ON one occasion n lady at Newport,
trying to get fine sentiment out OF
her. said one moonlit evening on .
vine hung veranda. Mrs. Howe. do
say something lovely about my pIax-
xa." whereupon every one listened for
the reply.
In her deiicately cultivated voice
Mrs. Howe responded. Il think II is
bully piaz."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

The tailor who for years made Bal
xac's clothes says: "He used to wear
the most extraordinary trousers ever
saw. He would insist upon my max.
ng them Of a peculiar nut brown col
ored cloth. with wide straps fastening
beneath the shoes From the knee
down the trousers were cut 30 as TO
fall In deep voluminous folds. SO rs to
keep the calves OF bis legs warm while
writing"
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08
Normal Old Age.

TIE general tendency II for men TO
live longer. There Is much evidence to
show that In the fourteenth. fifteenth
aid sixteenth centuries men OF 10 were
considered very aged. and that man
OF 50 was a very rare phenomenon. IT
medical science. sanitation and general
obedience TO the laws of health con
tinue to improve. the gauge Of normal
spe r,ay yet rise to lOO.-Boston Post
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-09-08

20, Kate' What brings you ont hereT'
/ had But what need to speak OF
an occasions Surely fate had mix
strange draft for mel How much
was bitter and how much sweet :
II lost so much and l had gained SO
fh. Might it not be written in the
that there We're yet brighter days
bore,
tr now l could "see men as trees
king"
ome again, How strange everything
at first At times some of the ways
clyilizstion appeared TO me absurd
snperfluous Perhaps | was little
hned TO chafe over my enforced in
ION.
eoruary was comparatively mild
that season Of the year at St Leon
=en-Sea, where my people had taken
onse for the winter. | could now
x slowly about alone. and. though
hla 70 recognize human features.
ID trace outlines with tolerable clear
On. how sweet life was becoming
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15

Mr.. ]. II. Brooks has returned from
Rochester, n. Y, where he was guest
at house party at Hemlock lake. Miss
Welles, who was also a member of the
party, will arrive home this evening.