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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28
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pers. all a Teller has ter do
ter keep away the blues an
be good natured all the time, is ter
draw the corners NV his mouth up SO
fashioned, said Uncle Bill as he puck
cred up his mouth as though an eyelet
hole had been cut in each corner and a
string run up over each ear,
What has curling up the corners OF
ones mouth got to do about it, asked
the editor: wishing to draw few ideas
from hun
why, when new fad starts a Teller
has ter sit in liae, or else expect ter
hear the big base drum a poundn NV
him inter the earth, cause he'll be a
dead one fer sure. Why, even the
harness makers have got bits made fer
horses, whatll make EN- turn up the
corners wv their mouths. an when they
do that they fergit ter balk, or kick,
or ter do enything else Now, | used
ter he purity durn grumpy myself outil
read in the papers bout what an IN
huence the corners ny a feller's mouth
have on him an so ! got ter tryin Nv
1t. an ! want ter tell yer, we've got q
purity happy farm home out at our
place cause we've all got the fad ont
there. even the horses. cows, chickens.
an the dog. he's bin a tryin NV il, an
it's spilin' hlm cause sense he's bin
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28
Pets for Children.

A writer for a prominent agriculture
al paper advises that all the younger
children of the farm family be given
lambs as pets We think that this is
bad advice Children should never be
given as pets any animal which in the
natural course of things must sooner or
later be taken away sold and killed.
This applies TO sheep, to chickens and
other poultry. pigs and quite often to
cats. A heifeT calf may be kept as a
pet. or colt but not the others named.
Then. If the pct sheep is of the male
sex, it will inside OF six months devel-
op into the biggest nuisance about the
farm. for all the boys and every hired
man viii put in their spare time teach
ing it how TO hunt, and some fine morn
ing in early winter the godly head of
the house Will have the underpinning
knocked out from under him as he goes
to the barn. and there are things said
which would not look well in print.
The pet lamb is nuisance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

There is a territory embraced in the
central parts OF the states of Kansas
and Nebraska as large in area as one
good state for which alfalfa is to be-
come the modern redeemer. converting
lands of uncertain productiveness into
the garden spot of the continent. For
that region and for the people who live
there, are but one text and one sermon
which needs preaching, and that is
that alfalfa the one plant which defies
the drought and hot winds-does its
own irrieating by making every rocE
subterranean pump, which ALWAYS
gives to the soil more than it takes, We
do not often feel like advising as to To-
ca,Rl and land investments, but will
say that If we We're in search of
location today we would look up these
stmiarid cheap lanis in the states men
toned where alfalfa win grow. for the
cheapest milk, beef and pork in Ameri-
ca can be there produced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

A very sensible and economical meth
cd OF fish distribution is being used by
the state fish commission of Iowa and
also by the United States fish commits
sioner in supplying the rivers and lakes
Of Iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota with
young fish The bayous of the Mist
issippi river form ideal spawning
grounds for bass. pike and croppies,
and as tho waters recede in midsummer
these young fish are left entirely pro-
tected from their natural enemies, the
larger fish. In the fall these bayous
are seined an dthe young FISH secured
by the million. They are then trans
ported in specially constructed fish cars
to any point on the lines of railway.
The supply from this source is prac-
tically incxhaustible.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

You have very great Interest N the
man in your community. or at les t you
should have, who milks COW which
produces 400 pounds of butter in a year
or one who sells fat steer for 500 or
gets yield Of 70 bushels of corn to the
acre on 40 acre field, or any man who
in any way makes very marked sue
cess Of any line of agriculture. If you
are not able TO do these things il Is for
your interest TO get acquainted with
these men who do.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

The weather prophets are now being
heard from as to the sort of winter
weather in store. Just pay no atten-
ton 70 their predictions. for there is no
one who knows anything about the
weather ten days ahead. Just fix up
everything snug and warm and get in
shlpshape for hard winter: then.
If we should have mild one. there's
no harm done, North of latitude AZ
1t is safe to expect a snug winter as a
general thing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

by reason of the general use of oil
for railway and furnace work. The
shelters III Just one county in that
state have been using 100000 cords of
wood annually and are hereafter to
be supplied with fuel oil in place OF
wood
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

4 recent invention which makes pos
sible the utilization of the straw pro-
duced on the treeiess plains of the
northwest as fuel for domestic use
is attracting some attention. The pro-
cess involves the boiling and macera-
ton of the straw and the pressing of the
product into suitable shape for use,
this straw fuel having, it is claimed.
an equal value with wood when so
treated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

II we were young man Just starting
IN the stock business, either dairying
or beef production, we would rather
have 500 invested in one thorough
bred COW than three scrubs at 1913
each, 1t would take little longer to
get started perhaps. but when once
started it would be on the right road
to success
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

.Hf draining removes any excess of
moisture in a wet<timc from the land
ana nonserycs the moisture in the soil
.a dry time. This seems like a para
.'N"aI statement yet it is nevertheless
...e as any one may note on field
trained.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

ln a general way we have Just two
hsts TO apply to farm lands north and
south. For the north VIII clover
grow For the south viii alfalfa
.1WE If not such lands would have to
. offered very cheap TO get us to invest
,a thcm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28
CLEVELAND POLICE METHODS
How r'sorderly Establishments Are
Driven Out of Business.

Mayor Tom Johnson OF Cleveland
IN an article on THE Ideal City. In the
Saturday Evening Post says:
THE ideal police system is vet to be-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Wanted-Some new bug to kill OIL
the box elder bug which has become an
unmitigated nuisance wherever box ell
der trees are grown.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

reproduce its kind atil they, both sire
and dam, are at least one full year old
III all the young stock was the product
of parents three years old and over,
the provoking cause of hog cholera cpl
denies would be largely removed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

We have mentioned it before and
will do it again-if a sure certain
stand of clover or alfalfa is wanted it
must be sown without a nurse crop.
If wet nurse did for the infant in
trusted to her care what the socalled
nurse crop usually does for the clover
crop. she would have nothing to show
when fall comes but little starved
skinny piece of humanity, which should
be u nice, fat baby.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Pe-sons who wish to stock fakes.
ponds or streams With food fish should
if' the cary tribe alone, for we have
never heard OF or known a case where
Ne-e lieh have been introduced that
They did not end in disappointment
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

When an average of three kernels
of corn is dropped in each hill, how
many barren stalks will there be when
husking time comes? Well. a patient
investigator counted the barren stalks
in such a field and found 80 per cent
sterile. which weuld seem to indicate
that an average of three stalks of corn
in hill is too many by one-third. We
have long believed that corn is usually
planted too thick to obtain the best re-
suits and propose to carry out care
full test the coming season to see il
two in hill are not nearer right than
three.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

The year 1901 shows up with very
short crop of apples the country over,
only % 600, 600 barrels against $4,000
Que barrels a year ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

The corn crop of the state OF Iowa
f0ots up, according to the crop report
ing officials. about 225 $4,000 bushels
an immense lot of corn after all
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

wtchering Of pig in a Missouri
annuity on a Sunday. because OF the
r"lnE manner in which the job
zone and the great noise made By
..a ser in operation the provisions
.0ndaF law and resulted in tbe
..- Ter arrest
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

If YOU want handsome cherry tree
plant it on rich ground. but IL you want
cherries put it on the poorest ground
YOU have We have found this out by
experience
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

tn. value of any sort of new bug
may ne determined by finding out what
other sort of bug he wants for food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Apple orchards in Nebraska seeded
down with alfalfa show a remarkable
thrift. vigor and productiveness COM
pared with apple trees on the same
soil and under the same local condi-
tions simply cultivated and kept clean.
The alfalfa fertilizers, subsoils and
shades and cools the earth around the
trees Where alfalfa will not grow
clover comes the nearest to doing the
same good work
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

California wines like Chicago dressed
beef, are winning their way in the mar
kpts of Europe, whore alone it was not
long since thought good wines could
only be produced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

When the house cat takes up the bust
ness of catching chickens, the sooner
she is killed the better, for you can
never break her of the habit when once
acquired
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Frost as a pulverizer of tough and re-
.raatory soils can do better work than
amy machine which man ever made.
For this reason all such soils should be
u9wod in the fan of the year. and the
earlier the better.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

A crop of corn seems to be always
the best crop with which to follow a
crop of flax.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

operating a stock ranch in Texas
Teen TO twenty-five acres OF pas
..r required for each head of stock
Y" ~ Wisconsin or Minnesota
q, up the same amount Of Iowa or
blue grass will keep the same
n better condition.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

The government can far better afford
10 appropriate money for irrigation of
the fertile arid lands than to spend
it pulling snags out of unnavigable
streams
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

The grosbeak is The only bird which
we have ever noted as eating potato
bugs. and he will eat one for sauce
while feasting on the early green peas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Onions are selling at so cents peck
all through a country where it is entire
~ possible to raise 800 bushels of them
on one acre of land. There is a cog
loose here somewhere.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

If YOU want good pumpkin pie the
pumpkin needs to be boiled down
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

There is a recognized difference in
the quality of the meat of well bred
and well fatted steer OF the standard
beef breeds and that of an equally
we'll rated scrub steer which the eaters
o.. beef are willing to pay for.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

he new president. from his thorough
knowledge of the conditions of the
scmiarid west, may reasonably be ex-
peeted to cordially favor any move to
reclaim these unproductive lands by
system of irrigation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Do not forget that if you want the
raJs to catch the rats around the barns
and sranaries they must have a daily
ration of raw milk. The rats and the
milk make balanced ration.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

IS an authenticated record Of
H3t tree cnt down in the state
~ The year lS47 from which
~. made 1000 fence rails. 1900
and = cords Of wwod There
=. pretty good collaterals back
gi this size especially as
fnut tree
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28
TAKERS OF ENGLISH.

Trlshrlen Speak 1t Better Than the
English Themselves.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

q be chance Of saving
a@ s0rests OF California
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

Correspondence Solicited,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

knew any craze to subsiGe
1.y and completely than the
hare craze The enthusi-
ai. $3.50 into a pedigreed
Belgian buck hare a year
81" keeping very quite. BY
Vas there ever any demand
al Is cents a pound2
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

1901, by j. S. Trigg, Rockford, la.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-28

'CORDlN' ter what has bin
goin the rounds in the pa
pers, all a Teller has ter do
ter keep away the blues an
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19

it anv wonder that the public debt
increased over $4,000 in the last
two yearsl
With the county Systematically
plundered, is it any wonder that
it cost $4,000 move to run the
county in 1899 and 1900 than it
did in any two years prior to 1897?
If taxpayers will but investigate
these matters they will not need to
wonder why it was that although
their contributions to the county
treasury in the form of taxes was
even greater in 1900 than in former
years, yet there was such IN enorm-
Gus deficiency that the outstanding
warrant Indebtedness grew to the
enormous sum of over S65, 900!
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
The Population of Idaho

Is about 100000 and we would say
at least one half ere troubled with
some ELECTION of the Throat and
Lungs, as those complaints accord
ing to statistics, are more numerous
than others. We would advise all
not to neglect the opportunity to
call on their druggist and get a
bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the
Throat IND Lungs. Price 25c. and
SOC. Trial size free. For sale bv
j. f. Cook. Jr, Druggist.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
The Census of 1900.

A booklet giving the population
of all cities of the United States of
$4,000 and over according to the
census of 1900, has just been issued
by the passenger department of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway, aid a copy of it may be
obtained by sending your address,
with two cent stamp to pay postage,
to the General Passenger Agent OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway, Chicago. Ill.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
Oil, Gas and Coal

Are attracting much attention, and
so are the low rates from all points
east via the o. r. & n. Co., and
connections, You may wish to
send for friend or relative. If so
correspond with US. We can save
you time and money. Address,
H. NJ. Adams, General Agent,
430 Riverside Ave, Spokane, Wash,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
In the Realm of Craft

The taxpayers Of Kootenai county
have now another illustration of
the beauties of Fusion as applied to
Economy and Reform.
La the matter of letting con-
tract to do the county printing, a
fusion organ has just been awarded
the contract by the Fusion County
Commissioners at an advance of
several hundred dollars over that
of the lowest bidder.
This is steal pure and simple,
just as much so as though they had
deliberately swipped that much
money out of the county treasury
and handed it over to the fusion
organ.
1t is evident that the political
grafters of the court house Fusion
ring are still in the saddle, and
that their graft with the new board
is similar to that with which they
swayed the action of its notorious
predecessor.
We say the majority" because
it gives us great pleasure to note
that Mr.. W. w. Bush, the COM
missioner from this district, is con-
stantly going on record as opposing
these Fusion jobs, as he did go on
record in the letting of the printing
contract. And we might pause
here with propriety to compliment
Mr.. Bush did we not know that any
words published to compliment his
integrity as a public official would
only set the court house ringsters
and grafters against him, and per-
maps impair his usefulness as a
public servant owing their opposi-
ton.
The fusion organ has in effect
uttered such a warning on a pre-
vious occasion, at which time Mr..
Bush took his stand against the
Infamous system of unitemized
bills, praeticed by the former board,
whose acts were so Loyalty defended
10y those Fusion windlammers who
are the particular benehciaries of
the graft of the court house Fusion
ring.
The HERALD makes no attack al
this time against Fusionists in
general We find that the discon-
tent against the methods of the
glafters in the Ring at the court
mouse is almost as general with
democrats as with republicans. Nc
good citizen of whatever party
wishes to see the county plum dered
aud there are good citizens in al
parties. This county is being
plundered by high salaries; it ha
been plundered through the medi
am of unitemized bills; it is bein,
plundered again by awarding con
tracts to the highest bidder; blu
plundered always by the presen
regime.
With such methods III vogue, i
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
Convenient Trains

leave St. Paul and Minneapolis
daily via the Wisconsin Central
Railway for Manitowac, Milwaukee,
and Chicago, where direct connec
tons are made for the East and
South. Nearest ticket agent can
give you complate information.
JAS. Z. POND, G. P. A.
Milwaukee, Wis.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19

The remedies they think best suited to
the needs of their patients. When the
disease is of nervous nature, with head
ache, sick stomach, falling appetite, indi-
gestion, restlessness, loss Of sleep and
general run down condition, nerve tonic
and brain food is an absolute necessity.
The best of all remedies for weak, debili-
tated, exhausted nerves-best for the doc
tor to prescribe and best for the patient to
take-is that incompatible restorative,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19

MIR. William Eaton, the pio-
neer merchant, is constantly re-
ceiving new goods. His prices can
not be beat in Boomers Ferry. Do
not fail to call on him.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19

See that you get the original
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve when
you ask for j.. The genuine is
certain cure for piles, sores and skin
diseases. Jones, Druggist.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-19
Doctors Advise

"Several years ago | had very severe
attack of nervous prostration. The
strain and weakness were so great at times
that | thought | should never recover. A
good friend of mine, an analytical chem
ist, induced me to try DR.. Miles Merry
inc, which | did. The good results were
apparent after the second dose, and |
kept on taking the medicine until was
we'll and sound as ever
THOMAS DUNCAN, Rising Sun, Ind
New-York tribune., 1901-04-28
ARSENIC AND HAIR.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle
Among the many curious features which the
beer poisoning epidemic has been the means OF
evoking-in a scientific sense that is-the d:scoV-
erv that arsenic tends to be eliminated from the
system in part by the hair is not the least in
tereSting of the details which investigation has
brought TO light Ii would appear. from an
account Of recent researches by DR.. +. knecht
and w F Dearden. that Professor \. Gautier.
of Paris had demonstrated the part playel by
the hair as a means of exit Of arsenic from the
system 1t seems probable indeed that arsenic
may be detected. in inlntesimaliy small amount,
Of course in ordinary hair, but when arsenic is
taktr incidentally for instance, very appre-
cia lile amount Of il revealed by the analysis
Of the head covering. In case CT arsenical
poisoning by beer, the proportion Of the drug in
the hair rose 70 one part in lOOiD
While the fact OF the hair apparently forming
a natural channel for the eXcretion Of arsenic
is notable il may readily be understood that
this line Of research may bear fruit in other dI-
rections Thus in cases of arsenical poisoning
of humicidal nature the me e-ico-legal expert
may find in the analysis Cf the hair Of The vic
tim a corroborative proof of valuable nature.
The skin is well known, Of course organ
u hose chief duty is connected with the excre-
tion Of bodily waste but it is a somewh hat novel
idea that which regards the hair seemingly
sharing in the latter function
New-York tribune., 1901-04-28
THE KING or ITALr's DISCOVERIES.
WHY VICTOR EMMANUEL Is UNPOPULAR WITH
HIS CIVIL SERVANTS.

WHY VICTOR EMMANUEL Is UNPOPULAR WITH
HIS CIVIL SERVANTS
Rome correspondence of The Pail Mall Gazette
There is element of the unexpected about
King Victor Emmanuel which is beginning to
render him noIoSo "a OOTeD to certain classes OF
his subjects. | suppose all the world over civil
service clerks more assiduous than any
others in their efforts to render their positions
sinecures. but in Italy they reach the acme of
perfection in this respect. The other morning
Signor Priretti Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
went. as usual. to the ClurinaI for the royal sig
nature To various documents. which the King
signed without comment until he arrived al
for the augmentation of the staff of the Foreign
Office. This" he said to the surprise Of the
minister you may leave: I desire to look into
it, and there the matter ended for the moment
The next morning his majesty went out alone
and ON foot. arriving at the Foreign Office about
. o'clock. and began a tour of discovery. We
may call ii. in search of some to speak tu.
At last in a small room toward the roof he
came dDuu a lone man husily engaged in-roU-
ing cigarette. All said the King. you ar,
Iat!on morning hours IN this Office" From
l." stammc~rd unhappy
wishing his bad luck had not led him carly
out Of bed. And what hour may / ask can |
hope 10 see your catalogue So" About H."
Tho embarrassed clerk replied too confused not
To tell the truth oh well go with your
smoke. and tell your chief Of my visit when ne
comes" which Of course. done, causing
dismay reign supreme in the breasts Of tho
three hundred odd clerks :hUs caught napp.n--
N.anW hill" the minister called and dryiV
told that instead of increasing, the staff of the
ofFic" IL might be Just well 10 see that those
already there dIl their duty