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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
An old-T,me Hu.k,np Rec.

One beautiful evening under the Sep
TENDER moon Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt sum-
moned the Concord young people to
their farm for a husking. We worked
gayly at the piles of bleached gold
leaves and stalks to get out the livelie1
gold within, the lanterns shining above
and the cows beside creaking their stan
chions. After an hour we passed across
the moonlit yard under the most beau
tiful elm in Middlesex into the house,
where we washed our hands and
brushed our clothes, and were then in
vited into the kitchen to supper by our
hostess. There was long table with
white cloth. In the center in shining
milk pan was mountain of white bios
somed popcorn, fanked by candles
placed in sockets cut in the small ends
of huge orange carrots. Next were bas-
kets of apples, crimsonrand yellow and
green, round towers of brown bread
and fragrant soft gingerbread, with
fresh cheese near by. Then there were
candelabras made of inverted multiplex
rutabagas, and here and there cleaned
the tanned, yellow faces Of pumpkin
pies. The room was decorated with
autumn leaves, probably scarlet and
yellow maple, and blue gentians and
asters.-Edward w. Emerson, in La
dies Home Journal,
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sNot bit, stranger-not a bit!" he
declared emphatically. "A hold up!
Why you'll go through ter Peterson's
like CREASED lightnin' Won't nobody
touch you, sir. We mountain folk know
white man when we see one"
The second days journey was ex-
pected to carry us as far into the hills
as we could 60 by sledge; but it was
long jaunt and we were by mid-after-
noon still good ten miles from Burchi-
sons Cove-the point at which we had
planned to spend the night and leave
cur sledge until we returned from be-
yond the range.
ut will be dark long before we get
Their, Beck" I said, anxiously looking
ct my watch.
Beck had at his feet a long barreled,
muzzle -loadin' rifle, which may have
seen service for good part of half a
century. I didn't put much faith in the
safety of the thing nor in Beck's abil-
ity to shoot. did, in fact, several
times wish my guide was an older and
more experienced mountaineer.
Suddenly, just before dark, I saw two
figures way up the trail ahead-a man
and boy thought them, or else very
tall man and short one. They were
standing in the scrub brush beside the
road and could see them bob up and
down as though they were picking
things from the ground. was glad to
see them, for, thought I, possibly Beck
is mistaken, and there may be habita-
ton nearer thar Burchison's.
My driver had not seen the figures,
and before called his attention
to them the horse suddenly SHE'D and
started off up the trail in state OF
wild fright.
"What's the matter?" cried, pick
ing myself up from the sled body.
"Bars!" responded Beck, briefly, hav-
ing regained control of the frightened
horses.
'Bears!" I glanced back. Coming
out of the scrub were two half-grown
brown bears, and the instant they
struck the road they came galloping
after us.
IF these fellows ahead are armed
maybe they can shoot them!" I shouted
in Beck's ear.
"What fellows?' he demanded, draw
ing in the horses. y.
"Why, right ahead there-don't you
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
THE DEMAND FOR PIGS.
They Command Not Only the High
est Price, But No Other Kind of
Pork IL Wanted.

Among the many radical changes IN
farm management during the last quar-
ter of century there are few that have
brought the farmer greater profit than
that of marketing pigs at six or seven
months old, instead of keeping them
three times as long. The best market
demand at present is for good, fat pigs,
and they command the highest price. 1t
has been demonstrated over and over
again, that the cost per pound increases
with the age OF the pig, and SO it is in
the line of economy to push the pigs
from the start and sell early. Ihave NO
data to determine exactly what the saw
ing is, but venture the assertion that d
ton of pork car be made from pigs six
to seven months old, for one-third less
money than from mature hogs, says
Waldo F. Brown, in Practical Farmer.
Probab bly, the best reason can give for
this is that in adding 100 pounds to
the weight of a pig after it reaches 200
pounds, you must furnish food for sup
port to repair the waste of the 200
pounds while adding the extra weight.
Again, the gain in the first place is made
up of growth as well as fat to much
greater extent than when hogs near
maturity are fed. The risk of loss from
disease is reduced at least in proper
ton to the shortest time the hogs are
fed, and I believe even more than this.
for find it easier to keep young grow
ing hogs thrifty than those of mature
age. There is also saving in labor, for
every farmer knows that there is a
large amount of hard work in feeding
hogs that must be attended to every
day, and it is much easier TO feed 200
days than 400.
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Cooked Food for stock.

There is not nearly so much said as
formerly about the advantages of
cooked food for stock. To be cooked.
food is generally wet, and when /, has
cooled the evaporation of water from
it's surface makes it colder than it would
be If fed dry and only moistened when
eaten by mixing with the saliva ir the
mouth. Cold, wet food is, an abomina-
ton to any stomach; either of the brute
creation or of men and women. All
the moisture that food at 40 degrees
contains has to be warmed in the stom-
ach to it's own temperature. which is
SO degrees. 1t is because cooked food
is generally fed somewhat warm that
the cooking of food has been so sue
cessful as it has.-American Cultivator.
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Artificial Polarization.

Artificial polarization of fruit bios
SONS has not usually been attempted,
except to secure new varieties of fruit.
But 1t has great field in securing much
larger crops of melons, squashes and
pumpkins, all of which, especially in
rainy seasons, set too little fruit and
run too much to vine. Bees and insects
do good deal of this work and charge
nothing for their services. But in rainy
weather bees and insects strike work
If the blossoms are artificially fertil-
lied, the vines will require extra sup
plies of manure. But this can be easily
and profitably afforded if the melon,
squash or pumpkin crop can be doubled
or trebled on the same vine or ground,
as we believe it often may be.-Amer-
lean Cultivator.
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Death L. Ventilation.

The hardest task yet undertaken is to
prevent poultry from killing their birds
with fresh air. Fresh air has killed
more birds than all other causes COM
bined. A breeder, during cold day,
whose first hatch for the season was
just out, had the top of the window
down to give the tiny and tender little
chicks fresh air, and yet he had 81
in basket not foot long, all tucked
under blanket, which he had not yet
put in brooder and which did not SUI
focate. A poultry house can hardly be
too close in winter. No one would sug-
gest the Withholding of pure air, but it
is affirmed that in winter the ventilator,
by causing draughts, kills the BIRDS
Farmers Review.
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A SURPRISE PARTY.
Himself Solid with the
Walters.

Brown had received setback that he
will not recover from for some time," said
Dodson, as he slipped his coffee. II honest
ly believe that he has corrupted every
decent waiter in the city by his outlandish
system of overlapping, making it almost i'm
possible for modest Upper to get any serv-
ice at all.
He had habit of starting with the head
waiter, and tipping them ali down the line.
don't know whether he had ever tipped the
dishwashers or not, but have my suspi-
cions that he did.
The result has been that the walters
looked upon him as sort of Indian nabob,
or returned king from the Klondike, and
would pay no attention to anyone else
when he was present.
"You might complain and storm all YOU
liked, but it would have no effect. When
Brown entered everything else was
dropped until the imaginary specks of dirt
were wiped from the immaculate table
cloth and spotless china, and Brown seated
in all his solitary glory at his favorite
place, which was always reserved for him.
But all that is changed now, and he il
looking around for some anti.tippinR 20
ciety to join"
Find fly in his soup?" asked Smith.
Worse than that. All his life Brown has
been trying to get money enough ahead to
build himself home, and now he has dis.
covered that the house he is renting Il
owned by his former head waiter "-Defroit
Free Press,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
PREYENTABLE ILLNESS.
Lack Of Pure Air in Winter IL the
Most Prolific Source Of Poor
Health and Suffering.

It is amazing how much sickness is
preventable. How much misery, dis
comfort and ill-health the housewife is
often directly responsible for, and yet
how often she is entirely unconscious
of her responsibility and her failure.
Many a person who is called neat
housekeeper has no idea of anything
beyond polishing ''thc outside OF the
front door,"
One mother whom know prides her
self on having her rooms all in order
very early in the morning. She is too
intent upon this to air the children's
beds properly and makes them up while
they are still warm from the previous
night.
For economic reasons she does not
air the rooms thoroughly in cold
weather, as it takes SO much more fire
TO heat them again. The consequence
IS her children are almost always all
ing.
She says Of them herself, they get
everything that is going"
They are accustomed to inhale so
much poison from the vitiated atmos-
phere of their own rooms that the least
chilling of their bodies or excess in
eatirg throws them in a state of fever.
This mother is very religious wom-
ar and praysevery day for the health
and happiness Of her offspring, and yet
they are never well, and so of course
cannot be happy.
The lady of whom am writing keeps
one servant, whom she leaves to her own
devices as long as things look neat. The
lady herself never descends below the
kitchen to see what is going on in the
cellar. About once or twice year,
however, the neighbors are treated to
very suggestive sight. 1t is the an
nual or scmi-annual cleaning.
No housewife does her whole duty
who does not look into her own cellar
and insist upon it's being thoroughly
cleaned at least once a week. Care
should also be taken to allow pure,
fresh air to constantly enter the cell
lar. It is the air from the cellar which
ditfuses itself throughout the whole
house. How important, then, that the
cellar should be clean.
Some foolish people have prejudice
against opening their windows at night,
thinking that night air is bad for the
child. The night air is all we have to
breathe at night, and the less stagnant
it is the better for all concerned.
A lady who boards and has time to
look after her neighbors little told me
that opposite her residence there were
only about half a dozen of the sleeping
rooms where the windows were ever
open at night during cold weather.
Everybody must know that smallpox,
measles and other eruptive diseases
spread more readily and universally in
winter than in summer. The reason is
this: The poison is allowed to concen-
trate. It is comparatively undiluted
with the atmosphere.-N. Y. Ledger
Monthly.
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Assuring a steady Income

The man who keeps cattle, sheep and
hogs, and breeds his work mares regu-
larly, has his business so arranged that
money is coming in at all seasons. His
cattle and wool 60 to market in the
spring and early summer, and his hogs
and mutton sheep go in the fall and
winter. If prices are not best for all
they are sure to be good for one thing
or another. His corn and hay are all
fed, and he still has his wheat to sell
for cash His income comes to him at
such times that he has no use for the
money lender, and he has no notes to
tueet OF interest to pay.-Grange Bulle
tin,
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A wELL-DEvELoPED CARCASS.

legs at A. Much of the market poultry
fails to be thick-meated at this point
(A), and this is vital defect. The pure
bred Wyandots and Plymouth Rocks
are specially noted for carrying gen
erous quantity of white meat not only
upon the breast, but also well back be-
tween the legs, and this is one of the
reasons for the market popularity of
these Two breeds. Select as breeders,
therefore, fowls whose legs stand well
apart, with the body between of good
width, with tendency to put on flesh
there.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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ssTHERE.' said the storekeeper,
pointing with not overclean
forefnger at figure slouching up the
village street, there, that's the boy
xas tellin' you erbout. That's Beck
Kane
AS the youth in question approached
I looked him over carefully and | con-
fess I was not favorably impressed. He
was q "stubbed" boy, scarcely as tall
ms q well-grown 12-year-old, despite the
fact that Barton, the storekeeper, de-
c!sred him to be Is.
He was not particularly well dressed
either. One doesn't look for much
style in the "back-end" Of Virginia, but
the boys costume certainly was incon'
gruous. He wore pair Of jeans pants
which were altogether too tight fol
him, held up by half a pair of suspend.
ers 'gallusess they call them in that
Sregion. His coat was made for man
twice his size, His wooden shirt was
much patched and ill-fitting, as were
the boots in which he splashed through
the sodden snow. A woman's felt hat
dropping as to brim and crushed shape
less as to crown, capped the outfit and
had hard work to keep from laughing
when he came up the log steps of the
country store.
.'Howdy," he said, quickly, and went
inside to be waited on by Barton's
daughter.
'.There he is" said Barton, "a wild
der's son an as good boy as there is
in the state of Virginia take my steer
for it,
do you think he can get me to Pet
srson's and back all right? I've been
told it is wild country"
'Now you jes' reckon that's SC" de-
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Lexumes In Feeding Ration.,

The Storrs experiment station of
Connecticut, basing the statement on
many trials in that state, says that the
legumes, such as clovers, peas, soy
beans, ETC., should be more largely
grown and more largely used in max
ing up feeding rations. The larger the
proportion of these heterogeneous coarse
folders used in the ration the less will
be the quantity of concentrated nitro
genous grain feeds which need to
be purchased and used. In other
words, the more these leguminous crops
are grown and used the cheaper vii: be
the ration fed, if the best results are
desired.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
WATERING THE HOGS.
II Superior to Many Expen-
sive Devices.

Patented devices for watering hogs
nearly all have the fault that the hog
may hold The tap spring down ana al
low water to run out. A homemade
automatic trough, as good as any
have seen on the markets, has given
good satisfaction at my piggery. Place
a barrel about three-fourths of it's
length in the ground, with the pipe
(a) from the supply tank entering at
one side with stopcock or valve (b) on
the end Of pipe. Attach small iron
rod (c) in such manner that when
the outer end of the rod is raised it will
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
Washing Fine Handkerchief..

Few Iaundresses wash fine embroid
cred handkerchiefs properly. Too often
they go to pieces in the wringer or are
rubbed into holes on the dashboard.
The dainty bit of cambria that is car
ried more for show than for use may be
washed by the owner in her own bowl.
This done, all dust should be wiped
from the large window pane, and the
handkerchief, when it is still wet.
spread smoothly over the glass, all
creases pressed out, and the corners
kept fat When the handkerchief is
dry it will be crisp and new in appear
ance
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
sec them? They are. only. q rod
up the trail now.

sec them? They arr. only rod
up the trail now.
Beck gave one look. "Them
tool" he yelled, and commence
ing on the lines.
And saw that he was right. They
were big she bear and half grown
cub, standing upright in the bush
browsing on the tender buds! The IN
slant they saw US they waddled out
into the road, too. 1t certainly was a
hold up!
With my help Beck succeeded in
stopping the horses. Perhaps it would
have been better had we let them 60,
but we were both excited. While I hung
on to the reins with all my might Beck
slipped down into the body of the pung
and seized his rifle. Then crack" she
went, the fire squirting out of the long
brown barrel almost between the
horses ears.
The maddened brutes almost sat
down upon their launches, but caught
a glimpse of the biggest bear ahead
down in the snow, making it fly like
powder. 1t was her death furry.
click 'em Give 'em the lash!'
yelled Beck.
1 brought the rawhide down upon the
tanks of the horses and they sprang
ahead. The dying bear was directly in
the road and the smaller one stood over
her, whining and snarling. I forced the
horses fairly over the PROSTATE beast.
Beck with his rifle club had leaned
over the flying sled and caught the sec
ond bear a shrewd clip on the snout as
he passed, which sent him yelling
away into the bushes. But by this time
the two which had been following us
drew uncomfortably near. 1t is strange
how such an ungainly brute as the bear
can get over the ground so fast.
They were almost upon us when we
passed the old bear. One of the cubs
stopped to smell her. but the other kept
right on and got his two paws over the
rear Of the pung!
I knew it was there, trying to scram-
BILE upon the sled; but could do moth
ing to avert such a calamity. My hands
and my attention were for the most
part occupied with the horses.
How the boy did it do not know,
but Beck had managed to get another
charge of powder into his gun. Rapidly
dropping bullet into the barrel and
ramming it home, he slipped cap upon
the nipple. The sledge was bounding
over the rough ground at terrific
pace, but he kept his feet.
The bear chung on with the despera-
ton of rage, growing horribly and
showing his teeth. Beck dropped upon
one knee, almost thrust the muzzle of
his weapon into the brute's mouth, and
blew it's brains out in an instant!
The bear relaxed its hold. the ter
rified horses dashed on, and in an hour
we were at Burchison's. The next
morning some of the neighbors went
back for the two dead bears, and when
Beck and 1 returned from the other side
of the range the following week they
had the path all prepared for my young
guide.
But I saw to it that he had more
than that reward for his bravery and
GOODNESS. and that is why, at present
writing, the Office next my own in the
city of Richmond has upon the door
! the sign:
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PLACING THE MEAT.
This In a Science Which IL Not So Very
Well Understood by Poultry
RaiSers.

To give satisfaction, the bones must
be small and the meat thick, and the
meat must also be properly disposed
upon the fowl. The majority of poul-
try eaters like the white meat better
than the dark and the fowl that best
suits the majority of purchasers has
large amount of breast meat. The best
market fowls carry this white meat not
only oil the breast proper, as at b in
the cut but also well back between the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20

clared. Barton, with, emphasis. ut il
wild--in more ways than one. But Beck
Kane knows ever bad spot an ever
danger. signal 'twixt here and Peter
sons
/ knew that the small farmers in the
mountain gaps evaded the revenue law
and set up liquor stills when they could,
and it was trouble with these people
feared more than that with wild ami
mails. They do not take kindly to
strangers. As the confident ard legal
counselor of a wealthy Richmond gen
tlcman I had undertaken this journey
into the backwoods at the very worst
time of the year. The "moonshiners'
were more active than at other times,
and the elements and roads were
against travelling.
But necessity knows 10 excuse, and
was obliged to make the trip. Reaching
Barton's-a little village in the foothills
II found that the only way for me to
continue my journey was by sled into
the mountains and then along the mar.
row horse trails across the gap to my
destination upon the further side OF
the range. Most of the men folk Ct the
little hamlet were away-supposedly
logging or hunting-and driver and
guide was hard to find.
So when the boy came out again
called him to me. He was an odd-look-
ing creature, but when he came near
/ saw that his much-patched clothing
was clean, as were his hands and his
face. He was rather dull-looking lad
but occasionally I caught glance from
gence and penetration than appeared
upon the surface.
In ten minutes we had struck bar
gain-with the proviso that his mother
made no objection; he "lowed to GO
home right erway an ak her. and as
she proved willing we left Barton's in
a two-horse sledge by light the next
morning. Our intention was to drive
as far as the road was passabie and
then push on through the gap on horse
back.
It is a rugged contributes back
woods of Virginia-and the road was
soon little but woodpath. Our sledge
was built for numbering would have
been called pung in the north-and
our only seat was blanket laid upon
chain strung between the two for.
ward stakes. But Barton had supplied
us with plenty of robes and we man
aged to keep warm.
AS the sled bumped along over the
rough path the first day drew from
my companion a rather extended &C.
count of his life, and found him to be
a much brighter boy than had at first
supposed. It was true that he was al.
most entirely ignorant of book learn.
ing-he was just able to write his name
and read little plain print-but ]
thought saw an eager mind beneath
his bashfulness and apparent stupidity
which only needed the awakening OF
opportunity.
The first night we stopped at rude
roadside tavern where, I feel sure. ]
should have been quite unwelcome had
il not been for my young guide. The
tavern keeper-a lanky, raw-boned
mountaineer-was particularly curious
about my business, as it was. Judged
it best to partially take him into nv
confidence. and as soon as he was as.
sured was not after "the Peterson
boys" but that my business was really
of service to them, he thawed out won.
derfully.
asked the tavern keeper the next
morning if there was any possibility OF
my being ''held up" farther on.
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TO SUIT ALL FANCIES.,

and which is usually adopted by women
whose one thought is simplicity.
For the "mannish" young woman,
however. there is displayed upon the
counters puff ties of the most brilliant
plaids, stripes and figures.
Then there are the points of linen
sewed upon their tiny band and hem
stitched by hand, for elderly ladies and
those who are wearing black.
And these are only a few of the many
designs displayed upon the counters for
the appreciation of shoppers.
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Cola water . stimulant.

According to high authority, cold
water is valuable stimulant to many,
if not all people. Its action on the heart
is more stimulating than brandy. His
own experience is that slipping half a
wine glass of cold water will raise his
pulse to Is to over 100.
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To wash stone steps.

If these are in good condition they
simply require cleaning with hot water
and afterward to be hearthstoned
Grease can be removed by pouring very
strong soda and water on the spots, and
then covering them with a paste made
with fuller's earth and boiling water.
which must be left on all night.