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The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
Timely Hints for Far mers. No. 10.
Care of Milk for the Factory. AGRICULTURAL ExPERI- MENT STATION, ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.

A consideration of the subject of
 the care of milk on the ranch is al-
 ways timely. It is especially so at
 this time of the year. If any spe-
 cial provision is to be made for
 better methods of handling the cows and the milk during the try ing summer season, now is the time to do it, before the warm weather sets in.
 With the great lack of cold wa- ter on our farms the problem of getting milk to the factory in the best of condition is not an easy one to solve. Many dairymen are careless or indifferent concerning it, and others, knowing this, argue that 1t is useless for them to take good care of their milk if it is to be contaminated at the factory by be- ing mixed with the bad milk of their neighbOrs. And there is some reason in their argument. As a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, so days make of butter or cheese at the factory can not be very much better than what would have been made from the poorest t-l%4t-aGI4lilk ilk-alaas.- Most milk faults are contagious and that milk coming to the factory sour or tainted should invariably be rejected. Any man who so disregards, not only his own inter- ests, but those of his fellow patrons as to deliver foul milk at the fac tory should suffer this penalty at least. To reject bad milk, is the creameryman's only means of de- lending himself and his other pa- irons against the few wilfully care less and ignorant, and il. justice to all concerned it must be done. No creameryman likes to turn away a patron. however, and no patron can afford 10 have his milk refus- ed. If few general principles concerning the handling of milk are understood and acted upon, is need net be necessary.
 In the first place it should be understood that the souring and other lamentations of milk are not normal changes. They take place as a result of the growth in the milk of minute forms of life called germs, or bacteria, These germs are so small that they are to be seen only by the use of a power ful microscope, but they reproduce themselves with great rapidity. Milk as it is formed in the udder of the healthy COW is free from these germs and. if it could be drawn, without exposure to the air, into closed vessel, equally germ free, it would remain in sweet condition indefinitely.
 Continued next week.)
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Irrigation
 Matters.

The great subterranean rivers the west which wend their silent way, hun dreds of feet beneath the earth s surface, have their counterparts on the other face of the globe. The Cas- plan Sea is fed by many such streams. These streams like those of our own arid region. take their sources in the mountains which are covered with perpetual snow. The water from this melting snow percolates downward to a deeplying, impenetrable stra- ta, where it begins its under ground passage to the sea. Nearly the whole of Persia is naturally desert. There is scant rainfall and the rivers are so few thatirrigation from this source is very limited and serves only a small por- tion of the country. Centu- ries ago the Persians stum- bled upon the idea of tapping the underground streams or springs at the bases of the mountains and the transition of the Persian desert into a land of great fertility is due to this constant source of wa ter supply. But the water has been obtained only through the most indefatiga- ble labor.
 A we'll is sunk in the foot hills to a depth anywhere from 100 to 300 feet. When this taps the vein of water, another shaft is sunk a cou- pie of hundred ards farther down the slope, which is in reality a gentle descent of the table land from the mount aims. A canal or subterra- mean aqueduct is then exca- vated between the two shafts. At a similar distance farther down another shaft Is sunk and likewise connected with the second: and so the canal or conneaugh, is carried for miles. As the conneaugh is given just fall enough to al- low of a free flow of water it gradually approaches the sur face until, when 1t draws near
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
GREAT MEMS HUMBLE
 BIRTH.

Columbus, the discoverer of A merica, was the son of weaver. Cervantes, the illustrious Span. ish author, was born of an ancient but reduced family. He early entered military service and served as a common soldier. Terence, the celebrated Roman dramatist, was at one time slave Homer, most illustrious of poets, was at one time beggar.
 The Greek poet, Herold, was a farmers son.
 Demosthenes, the most celebrat- ed orator of antiquity, was a cut ler's son.
 The great English preacher, George Whitfield, was born of an innkeeper at Gloucester.
 Thomas Wolsey, the English car dinal and statesman, was butchers son.
 Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Durham, was the son of a beggar.
 
 Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich and theological writer, was a far mer's son,
 Virgil, the great Latin epic poet. was the son of Q potter.
 Horace was a shopkeeper's son.
 The English Photographer, Dr. Samuel Johnson, was the son of a book dealer.
 Robert Burns, the Scotch poet, was plowman in Ayrshire.
 William Shakespeare, "the chief literary glory Of England" was yeoman's son.
 The celebrated American engin- eer, Robert Fulton, was at one time a jewellers apprentice.
 Daniel Webster was the son of a small farmer.
 From the most humble origin, Thurlow Weed became one of the leading journalists of the United States. and a great political leader.
 William Cullen Bryant was the son of a physician.
 Andrew Jackson was born at Waxaw settlement, South Carolina. While the future president was still mere child his father died, and the family was left iE reduced circumstances, on half cleared farm in new ettlement.
 Abraham Lincoln was the son of poor farmer.
 Thomas Jefferson, the writer of .he Declaration of Independence, was planters son.
 William Gladstone. "the grand old man." was a merchants son. Philadelphia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

Chicago school children are also suffering from the overload of book contagion which is making us a nation ofround shouldered people 7; in fact. we may say that this is a national disease. There ought to be a law against the practice of children carrying books to school the names of which they cannot pronounce.-Los Angeles Times.
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Superintendent Frye has report ed to Governor General Wood that 1878 primary schools on the A merican plan have been opened in Cuba with an attendance of 100, GOO children. He thinks the num- Der will be increased to l50,00O by May 1st. This is the most encour- aging item of news from Cuba for many a day.-Albq, Citizen.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
A Rough Rider and Sharpshoot

A Rough Rider and Sharpshoot- : CT School is to be established in the Shenandoah valley, Colorado, says the Journal-Democrat. Gen. Joe Wheeler is asked to take the chief control. Young men between eighteen and twenty four will be admitted, and will have to furnish their own outfits and rations. Stu- dents from all parts of the world are entered.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north winds breath, And stars to rest; but all- Thou hast all seasons for thine own, o Death.
 Mrs. Hemans.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
NUMBER 23

JITANTED---sEvERA BRIGHT AND HOnEs
 w persons to represent us as Mana sIsS in this and close by counties. Sal ary $500 year and expenses. Straight bona-fde. no more, no less salary. Posi- ton permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted at home. Reference Enclose seif-addrrssed stamped envei- ope. THE DoMIXIoN Company, Dept, !, Chicago
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

Teacher: Now give an example of a temporal ruler.
 Pupil: "Governor Murphy" r: And of q spiritual ruler" P: "I forget his name but he B the governor of Kentucky"
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

Superintendent of County Schools Fulton says that every school dis trict in Haricopa county is suffer- ing from measles. The Center street district has but one child in it's precincts that has not the measles.-Gazetie.
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A good library made Henry Wilson vice.president of the Unit ed States. He had but little schooling, but held his own. He was we'll read.
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Continued next week.)

City Girl (pOirting to a wild plant by the wayside)-"What's that?" Coun- try Cousin-"That's milkweed." City Girl-"Oh, yes; that's what you feed the COWS on.''-Ohio State Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

The art of getting information is worth all the information in the world
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

Promising men are not such great favorites in the world as the performing men.
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which Is the life blood of the nation. With a loose system of water control, the land would again be desert.
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oupoIlnS DfOOKy Qanc1ng II
 the bright sunshine as i rushes on it's mission to re deem the sterile waste places of Nature. For miles 1t zoe. , through what was at one time r a desert but which under the
 magic influence of this elixil : of life, becomes a garden 0. the gods. It feeds fountains around which in languorou'
 indolence repose the dark.
 eyed beauties of the harem;
 it furnishes the baths, those
 luxuries of the orient; it wa
 ters wonderful gardens where
 in dazzling profusion, bloom
 throughout the year, the rose,
 chrysanthemum, narcissus,
 tuberose, dahlia, white lily
 and aster, besides fantastic
 shrubs and rare exotics, heav-
 y with rich perfumes. Here
 grow to perfection the apple, peach, pear, nectarine. pome- granate, Albert, melon and grape, and many unknown
 tropical fruits in such abun- dance as to bewilder the trav- eller.
 Where the land admits of percolation, the land is food ed in small squares from lat ! erals ditches. On such land, barley, wheat, and other ee- reals are grown to perfection. Again, irrigation is accom- plished by a network of ditch es and furrows. The mills which grind the grain are run by the current of the great irrigation d1tches.
 The cities of Persia secure the water necessary for do- mestic use from these dltches. The capital, Teheran, has no less than twenty large artif- cial stream flowing through it, constituted in the man. ner described from under ground currents.
 The land lying adjacent to these canals is entitled to the use of the water, the amount being regulated by law. Each distric is under an over- seer whose duty tits to see to the proper application of the water and that there is no waste.
 Wealthy private indiyidu- als have also constructed ditches for their own use, fur nishing the water to their tenants; but land contiguous to their canals is entitled to certain water rights even if not belonging to the owners of the ditches. Title to the use of water is inherent in the land and each section of land is certain of it's water supply.
 When tLe immense amount of labor involved in sinking shafts and connecting them by underground tunnels is| considered together with the fact that only the most prim- five methods are in vogue, the Anglo Saxon can but mar vel at the patience and indus try displayed in the accom- plishment of such gigantic but necessary tasks. Some sections of Persia especially those along the natural rivers, could add to their irrigated area by the use of storage res ervoirs: but the greater part of the country has no flood waters to store, the melting snows but serving to keep a. live the underground stream.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24
ROBIN LORE.

Every race of mankind from the days of mythology have regarded birds as the interpreters of the will of Heaven or of the gods
 In the sixteenth century there were weilauthenticated instances of robins covering the bodies of the dead with moss.
 Whittier has embodied legend in his verses. He tells that the robin burned is breast carrying drops of water in it's peak 10 relieve the anguish of poor lost souls.
 A pretty myth is that the color of the robins breast is intimately connected with the crown of thorns worn by the Saviour, while still another story asso- ciated with the bird is that it scorehed its breast bringing down fire from Heaven to rekindle the cold hearts of mankind.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

We understand that the Spring erville public school has closed.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

The school in District No. will close March 3d.
The St. Johns herald., 1900-02-24

DE SURE that your blood is rich 9 andpure. The bestblood purifier,
 enricher and vitalizer is Hoods Sarsa- parila. Be sure to GET HOODS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
BEEBE.

Nov. 2O.-Clyde Allen is quite sick
with typhoid fever,
Miss May Haney Is some better.
Mrs. Oliver, OF Clinton county, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Theresa
Kuhlmann.
Mrs. Hendershott is visiting Mrs.
Lucinda Philips.
Mrs. Bertha Gamble is working
at dressmaking with Mrs. Waters at
Ithaca.
Mrs. Whitcomb, OF Coldwater, is
visiting her son, Herbert, Strong and
family.
Geo. HuntOon is home from the
north TO spend the holidays with his
parents.
Jess Houlden and Wilfred Soule left
last Thursday for the north woods.
Mrs. Sarah Strong was called 70 st.
Louis last Friday by the illness Of her
nephew, who is attending IeringtOn
College.
The Methodists have decided to
have Christmas tree.
The Ladies Aid met at the hon e
Of Mrs. Sarah Gidley last Thursday.
The parsonage has been raised and
newly plastered. Rev. Spencer
moved his family into it last week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
PERRINTON.

Nov. ID. FOlman took the train,
Thursday, for Oscoda county, where he
will spend a few weeks hunting for
deer.
Mrs. \. Sebring took the train for
Carson City last Friday.
Mrs. r. Nannetta, Of Chesaning, is
visiting her people, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
l. Richard.
Mr. Herbert Cook, r.. II. agent at
Mauistee, is visiting his brother O.
ID. Cook
Clyde Cushman and Chas. Wininger
are learning telegraphy.
Our new millers, Schultz X Guam
trell are doing lots OF business these
days.
II. ID. Curtis went to st. Johns last
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. Ed WluauS. who was reported
quite low last week, is slowly improv-
ing.
ID. ii. Meeker'S family is visiting at
Sparta for few weeks.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
ELM HALL.

Nov 20 Frank Thaler has taken
passionate in Clare county. They went
Tuesday morning.
MIS-. Geo. Andrews is entertaining
her sister
Mrs. Alice Butcher is in ST. Louis
collecting her fall goods.
Mr.. Nortons' have moved into the
building formerly occupied by j. Rollo
Clark
Il. j. Blair is putting new show
case in his window.
Special meetings at the NJ +. church
have clos ID.
Arthur Fookes has given his last
music lesson at this place for the pres
ent. He expects TO enter GeringtOn
college this week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
FOREST HILL.

Nov. % Mrs. Barton who has been
visiting relatives in Portland, lonia
county, and friends in Elsie, returned
home last Thursday.
Mrs NJ. Moody wenJ 10 Park Lake,
last week, 10 see. Mrs. Geo. Moody,
who is very i'll.
Mrs. Lampkie returned TO her home
in Detroit last week.
Mrs. Myers, Of ShiawaSsee county.
who has been visiting friends here re-
turned home the first Of the week.
Walter Sharley is visiting relatives
I'm Ashley.
The entertainment in the Town
Hall last Friday night was fine. Some
declare their intentions TO 90 to
Shepherd, Saturday evening TO hear it
again.
Miss Markham, of Ithaca, has been
visiting hcr aunt, Mrs. Randolf.
Turkey tia YES visited W. Sullivan
and Mr.. Dunlap, securing three fine
turkeys.
Lee Whitney and family have
mooved into j. w. Doan's tenement
house.
l.. Leonard and G. Wood are buying,
dressing and Shipping poultry from
here this week
Rose NewcOmb visited at her faith
or 5 last Saturday.
VIM. Lanshaw realized Sl04 on his
sugar beets from two acres.
We are sorry TO hear that. Mr.. j.
Guthrie, OF Jerseyvile, lost his house
by fire last week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
ST. LOUIS.

NUy. 20.-Miss Altha Gladstone,
who has been sick only short time,
with typhoid fever, died Monday No
vember 10, aged 20 years. The fun
eral viii he held from her home, on
Pine River street. Wednesday, and
the remains inferred IN the city GEM
etery.
Mrs. Johu Burns returned Tuesday
from an ex ended l.. o. Il. NJ. trip in
Illinois.
The North Bros. Commedians, at
Harris Opera House, this week, are
giving excellent satisfaction judging
from tue crowded houses each even
lug.
Mrs DR.. Andrews is confined To her
rom With Spralned ankle.
The SUIT Of Mary Smith vs.. the
Guy OF ST. Louis, for damages Sus-
taiued by falling on a sidewalk, was
finally settled Monday evening, by the
Council, they pay ing her 5000 for full
,ttlemtnt.
Several from this city expect TO at
I'D Thanksgiving Hop. al lthana,
Nov. 29th.
Tue high school give their first en-
tertanment of a series, next Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs Guy Hoffman is very low with
typhoid fever.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
What Would You Give

to be cured of catarrh' If you or your
friends have this disease, you know how
disagreeable IT is. Its symptoms are
infamed eyes, the throbbing temples,
ringing noises in the ears, headaches,
capricious appetite, and constant dis
charge OF mucus, Fortunately its cure
is not question of what you will give,
Tut what you will take. If you will
stitutional remedy, which thoroughly
puriies, enriches and vitalizes the
and permanently cured. The good
blood which Hood Sarsaparilla makes,
reached the delicate passages of the
mucous membran-, soothes and rebuilds
the tissues and ultimately cures all
symptoms OF catarrh
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
FULTON CENTER.

Nov. l9-Mrs. Amos Gillett, former
resident OF Fulton Center has been
visiting at Sydna Sessions, returned
home this week. Mrs Gil!ett now
lives in Lansing with her son Mate.
A pleasant surprise was given TO
welcome Jason Kingman and his new
wife on the evening OF the 10Th.
Remember the joint farmers club
meeting at Will Stitt's on Dec 9th.
Our teacher, Jay Sessions, closed a
very successful term OF school the
18th.
Dee Curtis, Of Perrlnton, VIII be our
next teacher. School TO commence
for winter Nov. 26th.
Geo. Crom had horse get cut quite
badly on a scythe last Friday. Neteri-
nary Surgeon Harrison, Of Maple Rap
ids, was called and took up the artery
in his leg and the horse is doing well.
Abel Skinner entertained his
brother and wife, of DimOville, and
Mrs. +. II. Branch. Of st. Johns, Sis
ter, also Mrs. j. +. Skinner and daugh
ter, Of Essex, one day last week.
Mrs Willis Richard, who has been
very low with paralysis for the last
five weeks, died at her home, last Mon
day, and was buried ON Wednesday at
the Center cemetery, Elder Kenyon,
OF Perriuton, officiating
Fred Price is building house on
the old White farm for his brJther-in-
law, Elmer White, OF Adrian.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
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NORTH WHEELER.

Nov l9.-Rev. c. W. Sibley, Of Red
house, New York, is visiting friends
in this place.
Miss Flora Root. who has been in
Buffalo since last March, has returned
home.
VIM. White is building a new barn.
III. Hoyt and J. f. Lyyear are doing
the work.
Mr.. Guyald has improved the looks
OF his house by giving it a coat Of
plaster and new chimneys.
Robert Clark has dug new well
and has his house under construction.
VIM. Root is siding his house.
Grandpa and Grandma White are
away visiting their daughter.
L. j. Hoyt was in Breckenridge Sat
urday on business.
Little Milford Lyvear. who has been
sick is improving.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
Ann Arbor Speaks.
Contractor Wooley of Ann
ArbOr Makes a Public
Statement.

Mr.. Edwin Wooley. contractor and
carpenter of Ann Arbor. adds his voice
TO that of the great army of Michigan
people who endorse the little conquer.
or. Our representatiNe found him al
his place OF residence. No. GlS Fountain
ST. Mr.. Nooley al preciates good
thlng as do most OF our readers. and ne
does nor hesitate 10 tell his experience
for he benefit of others Endorsement
OF this kind has made Doan's Kidney
Pills sehold word throughout the
state. The good they have done has
won them many title and such worthy
names among the people as the "little
conqueror of kidney ills" little enemies
70 baCkache," modern wonder work
ers. etc.
Mr.. Woolev SAYS: L was subject for
years 10 attacks OF backache or pains
through the loins and kidneys, generally
OF "A dull heavy, aching nature, but Of
ten when the weather changed or when
mt we'd awkwardly they he came sharp
twinges OF pain. As / was doing work
which required STOPPING ii was very
painful, exceedingly 50, if caught cold
which, rs n rule. settled in NV loins.
tried various remedies Int was never
successful in Obtaining anv permanent
benefit until used Doan's Kidney Pills.
"A; the time my back was troubling me
great deal but shortly after began the
treatment the aching abated and when
| had finished it | was cured. This is
months ago and up to date there has
been 10 recurrence of the trouble.
Doan's kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price 30 cents. Mailed by
Foster -Mllburn Go Buffalo, y. y. Sole
agents for the L = Remember the
name DOan's and take no substitute.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-11-23
ITHACA.

Mr.. aud Mrs. Chas. Aldaffer are the
parents Of a fine boy born on his birth
day, November l6.
l.. b. Sawyer was In Ashley, Mon
day, perintending the sale of the
Pay ne stock.
Ophlr Harlng aud Wiuf, Id Andre
are IN charge OF l.. b. Sawyer's 1t ok Of
goods al Ashley.
Archie Brown is visiting trends at
Byron, OHIO, aud his oIoth r AT War
saw, Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nice, nHey are
visiting relatives at their old home al
BryUn, ONO.
Jesse Sherrc& returned, Tuesd AZ,
from Hale, losco county, with one de- +
as the fruits of his hunt
Miss Roe Egg sSton, of Maple Rap
ids, VAS the guest OF Mis-, Alice llafer
the fore part Of this week.
Chas. Howard, Of OVID, visited Joel
AIdatler Monday
Mrs. Betsey Smith is spenoiug the
winter with sister in FOL do, ohio.
f. G. Baker. of OnStead. was the
guest Of his oruther-in-law, l.. f.
Welch, over sunday.
y. j. Baker. Of North Shade, was in
Ithaca, Monday, ON business at the
Probate court,
VIM. Miller, Of Alma, was brought
70 Ithaca, Saturday, ON charge OF in
sanity.
Carter * Define have recently added
two hydraulic, revolving, barberchairs
and otherwise newly equipped their
shop throughout.
All stores in Ithaca will close on
Thursday, Thanksgiving day, at 1880
"A. m. for the remainder Of the day
Jerry Davis was in Midland on bus
mess yesterday.
DR.. DeMay and a friend from jack
son are stopping at the Dale House
They are enjoying the hunting season
Sheriff Mccullough was called 70
Ashley Yesterday, on business con-
nected with the =. ID. PeaSe stock.
Mrs. Ed Altenhurg is spending
Thanksgiving with relatives in Sagi-
nav.
Mrs. Wilbur Nelson and Mrs. G. w.
Hamilton are visiting friends in Sagi-
nav
III. l.. Wood has purchased the house
belonging TO +. III. Horr and adjoining
Mr.. Horr's property on the south.
Fay Hall and family have returned
from Chelsea. Fay will work with
his father in the tin shop.
Mrs. Nj. d. Baker went TO Milan,
Friday, 10 visit her sister and other
relatives.
;. w. Cline was today appointed
postmaster OF Summcrton, Gratiot
county, Michigan, vice c. a. Nreden-
berg, resigned.
Miss Lillian Cunningham, Of Stan
ton, was the guest OF her sisters, Jessie
and Mrs. Ray Smith, last Friday.