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The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
Mystery Of PonyIe Tail.

= Nobody knew what was happening
to Dots tail. Every morning it was
shorter than it had been the morning
before. Dot was beautiful little sor-
rel pony. She belonged to Alice, who
loved her better than anything in the
world, except Prince. Prince was a.
great st. Bernard dog, and the family
called Alice, Dot, and Prince, ''The
Three Friends" Dot came to Alice
In this fashion: One morning her
mamma told her that she was to spend
the day with her little friend Caroline.
After she left, man from Mr.. Dor
lands big stock-farm appeared with a
rough-looking little colt. Jim, who
took care of the horses, filled great
tub with warm soap-suds. Into this
he put the colt, and scrubbed her, and
rubbed her, and then combed and
brushed her coat until it shone like
satin. At supper-time that night there
came a ring at the door-beIl
"You may so, Alice,'' said her man.
ma, and Alice, jumping down from her
chair, scampered through the hall. The
family followed in time to see her open
the door, and find there pony all sad
died for riding. Alice's JOY dubbed
over in hugs for the family and hugs
for Dot, as her new pet was immedi-
ately named. Dot and Alice had many
adventures. Once they were following
The, Jersey wagon in which sat Alice's
mother, and in which were stored all
The Saturday purchases. Presently the
wagon stopped.
Come, Alice said. her mamma,
get down from Dot. We are going
In to call on Mrs. Brown and Caro-
line., Re !.
It was getting. late when they started
down Mrs. Browns walk to Dot and
the wagon.
Dot will be hungry, mamma" !" said
Alice. It's her supper time. q
When they reached the gate Alice
began clapping her hands.
oh, mamma, look! look!', she cried.
Her mamma did look, and there.
with her pretty head well In the back
of the Jersey wagon, was Dot, eating
her fill FROM a big bag Of granulated
sugar! When Christmas came, Santa
Claus brought Alice a beautiful tree.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
Breadfne of Diseased Fowls.

The fate of a sick mongrel is to have
it's head cut off, but what becomes Of
the diseased high scoring birds? asks
A. K. Boyle in Inland Poultry Journal
Who would think of killing 95-point
bird just because it's head swelled up?
It would be doctored and fused with
until all visible signs Of disease were
gone, then into the choice pen it goes
to contaminate all the rest and pro-
duce offsprings subject to the same
disease and very likely become af
of weather. If this is not true, why
do we see so many articles on the
treatment of swelled head, roup, etc?
About ten years ago I saw the effects,
of doctoring sick fowls. Roup got a,
start in our midst from a poultryman
that lived on very low ground. The,
neighbors that did not buy eggs or
stock traded eggs' because he had a.
new breed. The consequence was half
the chickens were "roupy." Some treat
ed their birds very sensibly, while 9TH
ers dosed theirs with anything recon-
mended. Some of us used the hatchet
on all sick fowls, good Or bad. That
soon cleared things up for the better,
but each year few cases would crop
out until all of that diseased blood
was bred out. There has been gen.
eral change of breeds since and roup is
hardly heard of here now. have not.
seen case of roup for several years.
It takes grit to butcher right and left
among your pets, but always ren}enn-
Der you are saving the lives of what is
left. Some claim they can cure roup,
but just so long as they try it just SO
long will it keep cropping out when
least expected. would as soon breed
from glandered horse as diseased
fowl. -~,I
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
Brave Little Jack.

Their names were Jack and Jill.
They were not Mother Geose's Jack
and Jill. Still, there is a goose in the
story several geese, in fact. They
were going down the road to school
Jack wore = a long play-frock, almost
as long as Jim's dress. It made him
look a little like a girl. OF course, he
didn't like it, but he had to wear il
because he would play in the dirt. #
What if we should meet the wolf p
suddenly cried Jill.
What wolff" said Jack. =. al
why, Little Red Ridinghood's IS
wolff" said Jill. I:
.Pooh!' laughed Jack. I'm NOT
afraid! I'd just like to meet him!
You'd see what I'd do to him for the
way he treated Red Ridinghood! y
Just then they saw goose conaing
up the hill; then another goose; then
q whole flock Of geese.
Maybe we'd better go round the
other way, JILL said Jack, through
that field over there
why, JACK, / tnougnL you were
brave brave enough TO fight a wolf, =
said Jill. ss% 5% #3
$50 am, !" said Jack, though he stam-
mered a little; but this is different.
"A wolf hasn't any wings TO Zap .you
with; II he had, I'd think I'd be afraid
of him.
And that is how the geese had the
road all to themselves. l3
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

sAaa eha letter 20 DO saaaaaaseesd eakn
a6e posssbly De Anticipated. Thns che
student learns how Co receive cipAes
message. the meaning OF which hs can
not know.
When sufficient proficiency has been
obtained in receiving messages from
the sounder, the student can learn to
transmit messages in the regular
method by means Of the key which
forms part Of the apparatus.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

back upon the mountain. AS it now
lies, it's height exceeds. that Of man
standing beside it, and it's estimated
weight is thirty TONS Mr.. Manteucci,
the geologist, says that the energy OF
the explosion of steam that threw this
huge . projectile must have equaled
about 100000 horse power. When the
masses Of partially fluid lava from
which such bombs are formed rise in
the air they rotate, and are thus
caused to assume a more or less glob'
ular shape.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
swEDEN's SCHOOL GARDENS.

Scientific gardening is taught in the
national schools of Sweden and in the
seminaries for the education Of nation
al school teachers. There is a school
garden in nearly every rural school
district in the kingdom. The garden
is placed near the schoolhouse, and
the children receive practical instruc-
tion in the cultivation of plants, ber-
ries, flowers, herbs and fruits: the
management of hotbeds, greenhouses,
and so forth. The parishes are re-
quired to furnish the necessary ground
for the gardens, and trees and shrubs
are annually given to the children to
be planted at their homes. &. .
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

h1btted a series OF
photographs which
s b 0 W e d every
stage of the pro-
cess of metamor-
phosis by which
the dragon fly
emerges from the
form Of the nylnph
and which in this
particular case oc-
cupied six hours.
But at one period
the emergence was
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

with al sorsa cf nsse tASAgs on 81 es
her, and three cara of corr. a yssanu
one, Q red one, and ., white one. tsed
together with q red ribbon. for nnt
Alice clapped her hands In delight. and
ran from the room as quick as fash
BEFORE any one realized where she hat
gone, the door few open. and in aha
came came leading Dot right up to- III,
christmas 1lsF q tree to receive her gifts
NOW, 1s It any wonder that The whole
FAMILY were troubled when Dots tai
began to grow shorter and shorter'
And the strange thing about it was
fnat nobody could find out how it hap.
pened. Finally her father told Alice
that she would have to watch Do,
every day and see where she went and
what she did, So, for day or two
Alice and Prince followed Dot every.
where, but all the pony did was to nib.
Die at the grass. One afternoon Alice
went to a party. When she came
nome. she ran out to- Dot. #-a@
Oh, mamma, mamma!" she cried.
tits shorter!" -.s
Whenever Alice watched, nothina
happened; when she went away, the
tail was shortened. What in the
world could it mean? All Alice's lit
tie friends came over to help her
watch. They made Dots life misera.
bic, following at her heels and meas
uring her tail, but nobody solved the
mystery. AS. for Alice, she was very
unhappy. . ~
Dot tries, to tell me, mamma" she
said, but she can't. And her tails
getting shorter and shorter. I'd love
Dot just the same if she hadn't a
tail, but as long as she has one, I'd
like her to keep it, -
II tell you, Alice" said her brother
Tom, suppose you hide and watch
Dot"
So Alice ran to the lot and hid be-
hind great oak tree. There was Doa
nibb1ing the grass, her shortened tail
hanging down untroubled. Alice
watched on. BY and by she gave q
great jump and rushed from behind
the tree, waving her arms and crying:
r 'Shoo! Shoo!' l
For there, nibbling at Dots tail, was
Orphan Annie" a little calf, which
every once in a while, Jim allowed te
so into the lot to feed with the pony
Salt water and plenty Of rubbing made
Dots tail grow out again. AS for Cor
phan Annie" Jim punished her by put
ting her to Craze in pasture all by
herself.
Where she can nibble her own tail
if she wants to- said Alice, "but not
my Dots. s."-Philadelphia Times.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
Corn Husk Dolls.


A doll of corn husks; did you ever hear
of such thing? And yet there is a
woman in Kansas, where the corn
grows, who makes a living by fashion
ing these dollies. When she was a
very little girl Miss Nellie Morrison
could make the dearest dolls that you
ever sa W. : She tied the pretty brown
husks together, with a round bali at
the top for head, and such auff OF
dainty petticoats. With some corn silk
for hair and eyes of tiny black seeds
the dollie was done and there was not
a little girl in the neighborhood but
wanted a whole family like her, says
the Chicago Chronicle. Now that Miss
Morrison is young lady she makes
corn husk dolls for money instead Of
for fun and thousands of little girls all
over the country have been made
happy by them. Her fame and the
fame of her dolls has gone far and
wide and the demand for them is al
ways greater than the supply. She is
kept busy day and night supplying the
demand. She has sent the queer dolls
to Germany and France and recently
shipped a large lot to England. She
says she does not know exactly how
many dolls she has made, but the num-
Der would run into the thousands.
Miss Morrison uses about as many
husks as are found on an ordinary ear
Of corn to make each doll. The cab
serves for the body The face is 0av-
cred with husk and the features
painted on. The corn silk is used for
the hair. The dress is a full skirt Of
husks, with shirtwaist and Elton
jacket. A corn husk sash encircles the
waist. The hat is big scoop bonnet
trimmed with tassels. In. her right
hand the doll holds a dainty parasol
made of firm straw with a particularly
silky husk for cover.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

so rapid that three photographs had
to be made within six seconds. In the
larval form, called the nymph, the
dragon fly lives at the bottom Of ponds
and streams, but as the metamorpho-
sis approaches, it climbs up the stem
of plant, hooks it's feet fast, and
awaits the inevitable change. ~.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
ELECTRICITY IN MAIL TUBES.

Experts appointed to investigate the
workings of the pneumatic tube sys-
tenn of carrying mails in cities report
that on the present basis of cast the
system is too expensive. 1t adds that
a system to be operated by electricity
is in process of development and bids
fair to be successful. This is simply
three-rail trolley road, operated in
tube. The tracks would be laid, in
sulated and bonded before the top is
fastened down. The carriers would be
built with slightly rounded corners, SO
as to conform to the turns made at
street corners. The carriers and their
motors would be operated between
guides. By cutting the tracks and the
introduction Of system of looping,
well understood by electrical engin-
eers, the speed of the carriers could
be 1essened at corners and also when
approaching stations. Electrical en-
sine~.-~,-=.sy It rs feasible and could be
operated for any distance.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

OIL Cu6 VUlCduIC
bombs hurled sky
ward, and the larg-
est one observed,
attained an eleva-
ton of a third Of a
mile and then fell
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
Gold Cured Cheese.


The New York Experiment Station
made number Of tests in curing
cheese at different temperatures. A
bulletin on the subject says in part:
Pure milk handled with the greatest
care to avoid dirt and odors, and
ripened, set, cooked, drained and press
ed after the most approved methods,
was made into Cheddar cheeses. Diff
ferent lots of these cheeses were made
at various times through two seasons,
the lots for each test being made from
the same vat of milk if possible or
made from milk of the same herd at
very short intervals, in order to secure
cheeses of uniform quality for COM
parison when cured at different tenn
peratures. These cheeses were then
placed in the station curing rooEs,
where the heat is under automatic COM
troll and can be kept uniform at any
degree between 40 and 80. The diff
ferent rooms were held about 5 de-
grees apart; SO cheeses were cured at
So, go, 65, 20, Is and 80 degrees r.
The curing was continued from two to
Eve months or more and cheeses OF
the same lots, cured at different tenn
|peratures, were scored at the same
time by unbiased experts
Fourteen comp parisons were made
between cheeses cured at high and low
temp atures, five comparisons includ-
Ing all the temperatures given and
four, all except the two very high tenn
peratugss.
In every case the cheeses cured be-
low SO degrees scored higher in flavor
and texture than those cured at high-
er temperatures, the deterioration in
quality at the high temperatures being
very marked in some cases. The av-
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
FIRE FROM WASTE PAPER.

The deterioration in the quality of
paper increases the liability of fire
wherever waste paper is accumulated
in any quantity. Most modern paper
is made from wood and other vegeta-
BILE fibres which chemically are not
very different from the component
material of hayrick. If the waste
paper is stacked in large quantities
and especially if it happens to be a
little damp, heating takes place just
as with a prematurely stacked hay
rick, and spontaneous combustion may
at any time break out in fame, as it
has often been known to do in the
farmyard, and of late years the great.
est care and vigilance has been neces-
sary to guard against it.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

8s How Is it that "a bad beginning
makes q good ending when 1t is a
I'D that ends them both?
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

4 Unreciprocated love can't kill a man
Whe has a healthy liver
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

PHOrOGRAPHING A DRAGoN-FLY.
At a recent meeting Of the Royal
Microscopical Society Mr.. Enoch ex,
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
FOR BOYS AND Girl s.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

a Wornaa Ia Kansas Makes Hsr Livine
by Fsshisniag Doliiss for Little Girls
4 from Corn usks---something Abeut
Japansse Echoolboys.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
"A Small Eoy's Complain

"A Small Eoy's Complaint. 8
Why can't boys get to be men s$
'Thout taking time to grow? .
And what's the good Of baby shoes .
And skirts, I'd like to know?
Why can't / have some reg'lar pants,
The kind with pockets in?
And what's the good Of horses, when
y They are all made Of tin
And why do folks most always say,
Look out!" "Be careful, dear!"
It's not much fun to be a boy,
!. When people are so queer! FIT
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
Dairy Notes.

Very few people seem to know how
| to cleanse dairy tinware. Using scaid-
| ing hot water seems to be popular, but
this is not the best way. The tins,
! should first be washed in warm water,
! and not till all the milk has been re-
moved should the scalding process take
place. After being wiped dry they
should be placed where the air will cir
culate through them. -
| We see that some eastern man thinks,
he has found way of getting rid OF
all kinds of bacteria in milk His plan
is simply to freeze it, and he fondly
imagines that the germs of disease and
of every kind Of ferment are to be thus
exterminated. If the gentleman will
look the matter up he will find that
very severe tests have been made in
the way of freezing germs to death but
without much result. True, a good
many germs are destroyed, but they
are for the most part those in which
we have no 1nterest-being harmless.
The disease germs are those for which
we care most, and they are the hardest
to exterminate. Heat is about the only
agent that will touch most Of them.
We are glad to know that the gov
ernment of the United States intends
henceforth to inspect all dairy goods
to be exported. We have not yet
learned the details Of the inspection or
whether it is to be compulsory on all
dairy goods sent out, Unless the latter.
it would appear to be little effective.
Some time ago an inspection was
talked Of that should be made only
when the men doing the exporting
should ask it, and the inspectors brand
on the goods was to be sort Of carte
d'entree into good society on the other
side. We do not see how the Uaited
States government in that case could
prevent all kinds Of goods being sold
as inspected goods on the other side OF
the water. Certainly American laws
could not be enforced there, and we
could hardly expect the foreign gov
ernments to be benign enough to en-
force them. Let all the goods be in
|Espected and permit no butter or
cheese TO leave the coast without the
brand Of the government upon it.
a stockgroWer says: The purchase
Of coarse, ill-bred cattle for the feed
lot is a factor that almost Invariably
results in loss. for such cattle cannot
be bought low enough to insure
profit in the feed lot
a party Of Suffolk, England, farm
ers have gone to Denmark TO secure
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

Very often the people who say sIey
hate entionalities are those who
observe them most.
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
ONE OF vEsUvIUS' BOMBS.

During an explosion in the crater OF
Mount Vesuvius on May g., 1900, one
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21
THE OMNIGRAPH,

An instrument which is designed to
simplify instruction in telegraphy, and
The Cook County herald., 1901-09-21

a stockgroWer says: The purchase
Of coarse, ill-bred cattle for the feed
lot is a factor that almost invariably
results in loss. for such cattle cannot
be bought low enough to insure
profit in the feed lot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-04
TWO MOST POPULAR TILES.

and there is not enough depth of water
to cause the removal of silt or sedi-
ment which may accumulate. 1t is
far more difficult to lay horseshoe
tile and do good work than to lay
round tile. If the round tile does not
make a tight joint with les neighbor.
it may be turned until a place is found
where the joint is reasonably salts
factory. If the horseshoe tile does
not fit with it's neighbOr, then the SHOW
ell must be used and earth removed or
filed in, as the occasion may require.
If horseshoe tile are used, they Will
DO better work if they are laid with
the fat tile up, for then conditions as
to the flow of water are produced
which are more nearly like those
present with the round tile. When
round tile are laid it id well. to lay
a piece of common tarred building pa
per over the joint before filling in with
earth. No matter how tight the joint
is made, there is always a slight open
ing, and there is a possibility that soil
may pass into the tile and obstruct
the passage. After the tile are placed
q small piece of building paper laid
over the joint just before replacing
the earth will insure against obstruc-
ton, says L. A. Clinton, among some
items of advice given in Country Gen
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-04
A FOR
The Farmer Who Is He Who
Thinks and Is Prepared t. Act
at n Moments Notice.

While the farmer can do much to be
ready for the cropping season of the
regular crops grown, yet weather con-
Gitions may be such hat different
methods of seeding and culture may
be required, and even other crops have
20 be grown than those contemplated
early in the season. The planning
even for such emergencies is a part
of successful and paying farming.
The writer has known, and so have
readers known, good farm land
which was intended for corn to be per-
mitted to grow up to weeds all sum-
mer because a wet spring prevented
the planting until too late to make
what the owner thought a profitable
crop OF ORR. Possibly wheat was sown
on the land in the fall, but if some
quick growing forage cr~p had been
sown on this land, this farmer would
not all the following winter nave been
SO short on feed.
Hence, readiness means not only
having definite plans to be pursued if
conditions are favorable. but ever
supplementary ones which can be made
to manage existing conditions, though
these be adverse to earlier plans.
Farming is a gigantic operation, and
when farmers accede to this fact and
prepare for it accordingly the success
Sc desired will be much more likely to
be attained. The days of tickling the
soil and gathering a harvest are with
the past. And though agriculture has
not attained the place even among
farmers themselves that it's i'm
portance demands, yet up-to-date in
1elligent methods r being more gen.
orally adopted and the results are be-
ing felt. And knowing that possible
changes in plans may occur how to
meet them will prove one master of
situations that will increase ones in
terest in farming. The knowing where
to procure seed needed for a supple
mentary crop is part of this prepara-
ton. Farmers should post themselves
as to where seed of the various crops
can be obtained, and as to the farmers
IN their section having seed oats, corn,
cowpeas, ETC., for sale, and where can
be purchased any and all farm sup
plies. This knowledge enables a farm
er to be ready.-Colman's Rural World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-04
PRACTICAL HEN NOTES.

When other feeds fail to bring eggs
add meat or cut bone.
Depriving a hen of grit material
is like pulling a cows teeth.
Fertile eggs early in the seaso fol
low plenty of exercise.
On sunny days nothing like a dust
bath to make hens happy.
Eggs for setting should be gathered
often and before chilled.
Cocks with clipped spurs are almost
as tame as dehorned cattle.
Choice trade can never be held
when supplied with dirty eggs.
The remedy for soiled eggs is good
nests, plenty of chaf on the floor and
clean roosts.
Feed refuse apples after sorting
over to the hens and small potatoes
boil and mix with meal.
When the egg of an extra good hen
is known by sight, it should be saved
for Matching.
1t is not worth while to try keeping
turkeys, guineas or peafowl. except
where there is plenty of room and
pasturage.-Farm and Home.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-04-04
HOW TO LAY Z
Valuable Advice on a Subject That Is
Not as Well Understood as 1t
Should Be.

Tile when properly placed in a
ditch do not require a covering of
small stones or gravel, and they will
do better work if the regular soil is
used for covering. Horseshoe tile are
not as good for the purpose of drain
ing as round tile. While they would
be reasonably sure to stay in place
if properly laid, they are not as eff
Gent as round tile. The reason they
are not as efficient is shown in the
cut. If but a small stream of water
is flowing, it spreads out owe the en-
tire fat surface of the horseshoe tile,