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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-03-16

entered at the Postoffice at Seattle as Second
Glass Mail Matter
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Scabby Legs.

This is condition of the legs caused
by the growth and irritation of an In
sect, that is sometimes found living be-
tween the scales of the shanks, says
American Poultry Journal. You may
find just a slight roughness with a
few insects, or the .shanks may be
twice the ordinary size and of dis
gushing appearance. The rough spots
consist of scales, dirt and few in
sects. If you scrape off little of this
collection and put it under magnify
ing glass, you can easily recognize the
insect that causes the trouble. A little
pains taken will cure this disease. An
ointment Of sulphur one ounce, vase
line ten tablespoonful, well rubbed
into the rough places twice a week,
for two weeks, will make life miser-
able for the parasite and heal the irri-
tated parts. Set no hen with scaly
legs unless you desire unsightly shanks
in the chicks. A single hen with scaly
legs is liable to pass the disease to the
other birds in the yard. The legs Of
the infected bird getting against those
of other birds on the roost may cause
the spread of the trouble. If you wish
to be sure of no future cases, apply
the ointment to all birds. Do not have
even one case Of scaly legs on your
plant. 1t is an indication Of hap
hazard poultryman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
EMMA cLEARWATERs.
One Litter or Two.


Whether it will be better to have one
litter or two each year is matter
which each hog raiser must decide
according to his own conveniences,
says a government bulletin. When
comfortable shelter is provided and
good winter pastures can be secured.
October pigs are usually as profitable
as those which are narrowed in the
spring. By the time they are ready
to wean, oats and vetch should be in
good condition for grazing, and the
young pigs will soon begin to eat arti-
chokes so they need not be confined to
dry feed. By spring they will be
large enough to kill. for local mar
ket, or they can be kept growing
through the summer with very little
expense. By December they should
weigh at least 300 pounds each, and
be ready for market. In every town
there are butchers who are always
watching for opportunities to buy pigs
weighing from 100 to 200 pounds for
the local trade, and October pigs will
often bring high prices for meeting
that demand March or April pigs
come at season when they need little
care, and can be carried through the
summer at very small cost. By De-
cember, if they have been we'll fed,
they will weigh from $50 to 300 pounds
each, and at eight months will pc
fully as profitable as the heavier Octo-
Der pigs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
castratinp and spayine swine.

Young bears not wanted for breed
ing should be castrated as early as is
convenient, says Farmers bulletin 100
of the Department of Agriculture. This
may be done at any time after the pigs
are month old, and if done at from
four to six weeks they will have fully
recovered before they are weaned. II
not done then it is better to wait until
a month after weaving, so that they
will have become thoroughly accus-
toned to eating solid food. Spaying
young sows is no more difficult or
dangerous than castrating young
boars, and should be more generally
practiced. 1t can be done best when
they are between 8 and months of
age, and, as the young sows are liable
to get with pig at any time after they
are months old, the spaying should
not be delayed too long. BY the time
the pigs weigh from Is to 100 pounds
each they will be developed sufficient
ly to show which should be kept for
breeding animals, and the sooner the
others are spayed the better. Spayed
animals are always more quiet and
better feeders than open sows. make
better pork, and sell for better prices.
A spayed SOW weighing 200 pounds
will dress from 10 to 20 pounds heavier
than an open sow of the same live
weight; she will have heavier leaf and
inside lard, and there will be no dan
ger Of loss from finding her in pig.
Packers and butchers will always pay!
top prices for spayed sows. because
such animals are sure to be as good as
they look. while they will often refuse
to purchase open sows at any price.
or will take them only with . heavy
allowance for shrinkage.
The annual production Of cheese In
this country In about 40. oo0. 80
r = : 4 y. g
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
compelled to keep the ducks OF Il.
much to their disgust, but can soon
allow them to pasture on It.

compelled to keep the ducks OF a..
much to their disgust, but can soon
allow them to pasture on it.
There is hardly bit of pasture for
the chicks, and for awhile It seemed
the rye would have to give up the
struggle. for the chicks would eat in
the day nearly all the growth the rye
could make in twenty-four hours, but
1t is coming on nicely now. thanks
to the warm rains. II you have never
watched chicks, you have no idea how
busy they will keep on patch of rye
all day. Were the ground in condi-
ton and had no rye or clover pas
ture, would not hesitate to SOW now,
for 1t would probably make pasture for
the poultry next spring before grass
starts up much.
During every warm spell this winter
the rye will be there inviting the poul-
try to eat, and they will not wait for
the second invitation. Then in the
early spring what a feast! It will
not only result in our getting larger
number of eggs, but they will hatch
better and stronger chicks, ducks and
turkeys. By all means have a patch
of rye if you haven't a patch Of clover,
especially for your poultry's use.
We sold all of our young gobblers
and the largest of our young turkey
hens the first of the month, receiving
81, cents per pound. We received but
~ cents last year. The way prices
are running now we sold them we'll.
We will keep the young hens for the
February market. Our experience the
past two years in turkey raising has
been such" that our plans are now to
procure enough old hens, so that they
may sit after laying their first litter
unless too early in the season; let
them sit upon, hatch and raise their
own young, but not without our SUI
pervision. To be sure they will need
to be watched to the nests, eggs gath
cred and taken care of until they are
set; then after Matching they will
need to be penned week or two, but
after that they will be comparatively
little bother, nothing like as when
chicken hens raise them, and they
make a better growth, also are free
of disease.
EMMA CLEARWATERS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Precoclous Mixers.

/ have been handling Jerseys for
about - years. and have had several
eases where young heifers have given
milk before ever having calves, says
contributor to Rural New Yorker. At
one time. yearling heifer was sucked
by some calves and brought to her
milk in such quantity that we MIXED
her regularly, and used her milk. but
i could not state the amount, as it was
put in with that from the rest of the
herd. She proved to be "non-breed-
err. and was sent to the butcher.
have a heifer now. just a year old, that
has SO much OF an udder that several
have asked whether she was not In
calf. She would. evidently, give milk
il would take ii. Last summer, had
two heifers whose uddsrs Allied SO that
i lniiked them several months before
cal,iug, but 4 do not consider this .ad-
yisabls when 1t can be avoided. |
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Rye for Ponltrx.

From Farmers Review: There is
entirely too little written of rye as a
green feed for poultry. Why. it lis
hard to tell, for surely there is moth
ing cheaper and easier had, also it lis
extra good for all kinds of poultry
and at the same time it is making
pasture for fowls and possibly the
COW it is loosening the ground for
next years crop. Its fertilizing quail
ties may not be so good but it does
no harm and without doubt makes
the ground looser There is no one
but what can SOW patch in his gar
den anyhow and after. it gets start
let the fowls have the run of it. I'm
less your poultry is in very great num-
bers and tine rye patch small no harm
Is done to allow them the run of it all
the time-e1eept the ducks and geese.
Their broad feet pat the soft ground
down SO hard and then after it is.
up the blades do not seem to- grow
up so quickly after being nipped of
by ducks or geese bills as when they
are picked by chickens or turkeys.
After 1t gets a start there is nothing
better however for laying ducks than
to be turned into q rye patch. Four
weeks ago we sowed the garden and
truck Satch to rye after narrowing the
ground. The rye was broad-casted.
then logged, and now (Nov. 1S) Ct is
quite green. Notwithstanding the short
winter we had the week after 1t was
sown and that almost q hundred head
Of poultry have had the run OF It ell
tho time. There ID q little over two
acres on which was planted two and
pne-hslf bushels Of rye. We we're
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Drying LINEN in Balloons.

A Paris laundry has started a novel;
ty in the drying and purifying Of linen.
and has succeeded in convincing most
of its customers that the notion is a
good one. The air about 100 feet from
the housetops is particularly good for
linen, say the proprietors, and they ac-
cordingly send the. shirts and collars for
a balloon trip. Bamboo frames are at
tached to captive balloon, and the
linen, trough dry is fixed to the
balloon makes six ascents daily, and an
extra charge is made for each article
that undergoes the treatment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Hebrews in the British Army.

1t is interesting to note that among
the troops mustered into the service by
the British war office are several COM
panies composed entirely of Hebrews.
In Bombay there are two companies OF
Hebrew soldiers, and the army regis
ter shows that thousands of Hebrews
have enlisted in the British army in re-
cent years, most of them being now
with the army in South Africa.-St.
Louis Republic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Uncle Has 1t.

Miss Roxy-Wheres the umbrella 1
gave you?
Gayboy (her tiance)-That is it.
Miss Roxy-Nonsense! The one 1
gave you had heavy silver handle.
That has no handle at all.
Gayboy-Well-er-y you Go
not put the handle up for the rain; +
ar-put that up for the dust.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
| Who Cures the Sick +?
The Electro Medical and
Surgical Institute

OF Fargo, N. D. No. 10 Broadway.
First, because they use the combined
treatment of Electri city and Medicine
and all kinds of Medicated Baths and
Massage treatment.
Second, the institute is the only Que
in North Dakota that has all the appli.
ances.
Don't forget that we don't take pa
tients under any circumstances until we
find out what is the matter with them.
and we have the machine to do it with
that is the X-KAY. If we can't cure
you we will tell you so, and it won't cost
you anything.
lively no pain, no danger, no operation,
no detention from business; cured in
from 80 to 80 days.
X-Ray Examination Free to Patients.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
The Old Mans Query.

$50 you want to marry my daugh-
ter?'
eyes, sir"
'Do you smoker"
''N-o, sir"
''Take her! I've married off six
daughters, and all their husbands have
q particular fondness for my brand of
cigars. You're. a novelty."-Syracuse
Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
In Winter Gao xllen's Foot-Ease.

IN WInC0f Ut0 AQon'B FOU6.EHSos
A powder. Your feet feel uncom-
Portable, nervous, and often cold and
damp. If you have sweating, sore feet
or tight shoes, try Aliens Foot-Ease,
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
Is cents. Sample sent free. Address
Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
"A sCinch.

Mrs. Kelly Il a. INFLOW could :yez
get droonk widout "a clint in your peck
ct?
Mr.. Kelly-Whoi, Rooney was talkin'
war, Casey was talkin' politics and Ho-
gan was talkin' baby! All 1 had to do
was to kape me mouth shut!!Puck.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

of
America AS
in
Medicine
used Peuna both for myself and mother Mrs.
Bennett in her 88th and find invaluable
kindred diseases;
feeble old people, those down and with
LLnstrung." Yours truly, Belva A. Lockwood
pelvic There hundred the
have the head they all
only Medicine Columbus
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
Just the Man.

Grimpus-You say he has good edito-
rial capacity?
Crimpus-You bet. He can shy a
manuscript eight feet into waste
basket nine times out Of ten without
missing it.-Judy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
A Point of Resemblance.

: Old Fellow-What did the critic say
of your play?
Young Fellow-He said it Tesembled
your head.
Old Fellow-Tn what respect?
Young Fellow-He said it was bald
and unimaginative-Judy
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease Ere,

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease Free.
Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y, for free sample of Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to shake into your
shoes. It cures chilblains, sweating,
damp, swollen, aching feet. It makes
new or tight shoes easy. A certain
cure for Corns and Bunions. All. drug
gists and shoe stores sell It; Csc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used.-Mrs.
]. L. Northcott, Windsor. Ont. Canada.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

The man who boasts of being self
made probably believes that an honest
confession is good for the soul.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

The man who WEEDS an heiress clips
coupons from the wings of matrimony.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure
&c. E. w. Groves signature on each box.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

"A faultless complexion is "a thing Of
beauty, but it willmdtiremain:a joy for
ever.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

Poultry bring Quick raturns. and
this Is of Importance with men Of
mall means. M
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

Only man of push can propel a
wheelbarrow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of tho Farm-A Few
Hints AZ to tho Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-01-25

The annual production Of cheese N
this country 10 about 30. go on
pounds.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-18
Could Be Produced Al Home.

The United States imports annually
about $500, DOC, 900 worth of agriculture
products. Brazil is the greatest importer
into this country as far as agriculture
products are concerned. This is account
ed for by the large amount of coffee that
is brought to the United States from that
country. Many of these agricultural
products could be produced In the United
States and in New Mexico especially.
From Great Britain, for instance, this
nation annually takes $12, OOO, 600 worth
OF wool and IS, OOO, 900 worth of hides.
Germany sends $13, 900, 900 worth of
sugar and Cuba ships $50, 900, 900 worth
of that product to this country. Ger
many sends 81, 900, 900 worth of hides
and over a million dollars worth OF wine.
France sends a. 900 900 worth of wine
and So, 500, 900 worth of hides. Then
there are other products which can also
be raised In New Mexico, such as fruits,
nuts, live stock, hay and vegetable fibres,
in all to over $50, 900, 900
worth of products which are now I'm
but whi.h could be raised in the
1t is therefore not the lack
of a good market which stands in the
way of the future development of the
agricultural and stock resources of New
Mexico.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-18
NOW OR NEVER.
New York Tribune.)


We violate no confidence when we an.
nounce that, If defeated in the coming
election, w. j. BRYAN will not be a can.
didate in 1904 of the Democratic party
for president. Indeed, it does not re.
'quire extraordinary prophetic vision to
see that it is nov or never with the
Populistic agitators who at present con-
troll the party organization. There has
been abundant prosperity in the coun-
try at large during the years Of the pres
ent administration, but very little of it
has reached as far a. the Demo-Populist
politicians. Some people wonder when
they read of the old hard luck and Gala
nifty arguments warmed " from 1896
for use in certain quarters this year, but
really there is nothing astonishing about
IT.. These have been hard winters for
the professional ~agitators. Bryan, 1t is
true, has been able to get along pretty
comfortably on the lecture platform,
out that resource, in the nature of things,
has not been vouchsafed to many of his
followers. So it has gone rather hard
with them. For a time they were pretty
blue, but recently they have been able
to warm themselves q little, and so they
have chalked their shirt fronts, shaved
and started In with renewed hope. But
II something doesn't come Of 1t this time
they won't be fooled again. II Bryan
ism can't be worked" this year 1t never
can. They know this as we'll as any
body does, and they will be off on an
other ''lay" in short order II disappoint-
ed In this election.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-18
ENCOURAGING INDUSTRIES.
The Santa Fe Railroad Is Helping Sugar
Beet Growers Along Its Line.

The Santa Fe railway is doing all in
its power to encourage the production
of sugar beets along its line. AT the
shops at Topeka 100 fiat cars of the
5000 series are being remodeled into
sugar beet cars-that is. cars IN which
to transport the sugar beets from the
producers to the sugar factory. These
cars are being changed at a cost OF
about $50 per car, or about IS, 900 for the
100. When completed they will greatly
resemble ballast cars, judging from the
outside appearance, III will be consid-
erably larger. Each car will have six
doors on either side, and these will be
fastened with hinges at the top on a rod
running the entire length of the car.
When the car has been run n the un-
loading shed all that will be necessary
to do will be to turn the lever holding
the doors and they will open outward
and the beets will roll out and down an
inclined plane into the bins for their
storage. The planning mill has been busy
for some time turning out the wood
work for the cars, and will finish the
work within a few days. The material
is being piled in the car sheds, and it
will only require a short time to finish
the remodeling. Work has been be-
gun on the construction of a plant for
the manufacture of beet sugar in Rocky
Ford. The cost of the plant will be
$3.50, 900. Although it will be operated by
a company, it is rumored that the San
ia Fe railroad is furnishing the money
for the erection of the plant. The plan
of raising sugar beets for the manufac-
ture of sugar will undoubtedly meet
with great success. In Nebraska and
other places where it has been tried it
has proved to be a paying schemea.~~
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-18

The fact that the New Mexico Mill
tary Institute, the New Mexico School
of Mines and other institutions of higher
learning In the territory are ~overcrowded
is . wholesome sign and proof that no
mistake wa made when the territory
founded these institutions. They are
bound to grow in Importance and eff
cheney with years and will add to the
influence and prosperity of New Mexico.
The legislators should now also pay as
much attention to the public school sys-
TEN Is they have to the colleges which
are proving such a success, and New
Mexico will then take its rank among
the leaders In education and culture.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-18
SuIzer and the Beers.

The Boer war, while it has nothing to
do with the political affairs of the United
States, has been dragged into the cam
paign by the Bryanites as an argument
why President Mckinley should not be
reelected. Nothing more ridiculous
could be imagined, and it is evident that
it is very coarse bait with which to catch
the vote OF a few foreign born citizens.
Congressman Sulzer is the leader in this
movement to make political capital of
affairs that transpired in the T%ransvaal,
II 900 miles away. His insincerity, how
ever, is demonstrated by the fact that of
the money intrusted to him for the relief
of Boer families, it seems that none has
been expended thus far for the purpose
that the donors intended.
DR.. w. A. Croffut, himself a rampant
Boer sympathizer and anti-expansionist,
investigated the matter. He succeeded
in securing a report which showed that,
after the expense of the grand opera
house meeting had been paid and a few
incidentals %liquidated, the sum of sis
and a few odd cents remained for the
Boer widows and orphans.
1t was under the cover of "incidentals'
the richness wa found. Under this head
railway fares, hotel bills and livery bills
for Tammany politicians were paid.
But the greatest of all were the wine
bills.
scription was made to melt so rapidly.
When a Tammany statesman undertakes
to quench his thirst for liquor something
is bound to give way, and in this par
ticular case it was the fund for the wi
dows and orphans of the Boer soldiers
that vanished.
According to the report of the audit
ing committee, the Washington recep-
ton to the Boer delegates was a dis
graceful debauch and the gentlemen who
travelled in good faith from South Africa
to the capital were imposed upon in the
most shameful manner.
DR.. Croffut is an ardent supporter of
Colonel Bryan, but he d%enounces the
conduct of the Democratic politicians in
the most emphatic language.
Up to the present time the $lS and few
odd cents remain in the hands of the
treasurer of the committee, subject to
| the order of Mr.. Sulzer. After this shall
have been disposed of another incident
in Democratic sympathy for down-trod-
den humanity may be considered as
closed.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-18
The Fathers and Expansion.

The Bryanites delight to quote the
founders OF the republic and the men
who sat in the presidential chair before
the civil war. While such quotations
have little weight when applied to the
political affairs of today, they are al
ways torn from their contexts and the
fact is hidden that the men who are
quoted from really were expansionists
and believed in the coming greatness Of
the republic. They were not trimmers
nor small statesmen who would have
confined the United States within its
original boundaries, George Washing
ton urged the acquisition of Canada.
Alexander Hamilton said: "We ought
to look to the possession of Florida and
louisiana" Thomas Jefferson declared
for an extensive empire and self-gov-
eminent; as well as the acquisition Of
Cuba" Andrew Jackson said: "Never
cede any land or boundary of the repub-
lie but always add to it, thus extending
freedom" James Buchanan, the last
of the Democratic presidents before the
war, made the remark: Expansion is
the future policy of IL country and
only towards fear and oppose it."
Douglas, the great opponent of Lincoln,
gave his views as follows: "As far as
our interests and destiny require addi-
tional territory l am in for it," Even
Benjamin Franklin advocated the &C
QUESTION of Canada. Thus quotations
might be multiplied, all in favor of ex-
pansion, but after all, what did those
who long dead know of the conditions
which confront the country today?
Great as those men we're they could not
in their widest fancy have foreseen
the greatness of the republic nor poll
tical and international conditions as
they exist today. The United States is
hewing out for itself a new destiny and
is only small politicians and the will
fully blind who cannot com prehend the
opportunities within the gasp of the ma
ton at the present time.