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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Most Profitable Way of Raising
Calves Discussed.

In answer to a query as to the most
profitable disposition of calves The Ma
tional Stockman and Farmer says:
The kind of COWS man owns viii
largely govern, Some have herds that
will raise calves and fatten them well
and not be worth the food they eat if
the milk be made into butter. Again,
if butter is made at home the Facilities
may not be such that butter can be
made at q profit with the best butter
COWS ON earth. Milk must be properly
handled to get good butter from it, and
this requires skill and knowledge or
an undesirable butter will be made
| which is more valuable ito take to the
country store and swap for kerosene
and calico than to sell on the market
for cash. Again, to make veal calves
profitably calves must be supplied SO
as fast as one becomes fat and the
market good it can be sold and another
found to take it's place at small cost.
The profits will be slim if the cow can
make only one calf year, for bear in
mind veal is one thing and a calf an
or months old it is no longer veal, but
a baby beef, and will only sell for calf
price, which is always from 2 to i
cents less per pound than veal prices.
These are matters to be considered by
each and every one for himself, and it
does not always indicate that because
one man succeeds remarkably in fat
inc oil oor1
One may have tact, skill and ability to
eell that the other fellow has not. In
short, one can make q success in veal
farming and could not in butter MAX
ing, and vice versa. The veal calf man
would not do it with butter COWS with
calves bred along the same line. Nei-
ther would the butter man make a sue
cess with COWS bred for raising the
best of veal calves.
No, skim separator milk WON'T fatten
a veal. With a supplement of faXseed
jelly, ground oats or other grain prop
erly mixed fine calf can be grown,
but it won't be a veal. 1t may be a
calf and may sell for fair price. To
do this feed the calf whole milk for
the first two weeks Of it's life, then by
degrees add skimmilk until at 4 weeks
no whole milk is fed. AS skimmilk is
added use in each quart a tablespoon
full of faxseed jelly made by sleeping
a pint Of the seed in four quarts of wa
ter. Steep for two hours, take off the
stove and strain when cool. It will be
jelly. Do not allow this to become sour
Il . !
4 weeks of age will crave hay, give it a
little, also a small handful of oat chop
and later wheat middlings and corn
meal Always feed these dry and I'M
cooked.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Sort of a CannibaI.

An old farmer for many years got his
dinner on market days at small hotel
kept by widow.
She had long suspected that he ate
more than the price Us. CD warranted,
so she determined to test him. She ac-
cordingly arranged matters so that
there was no room for him at table, but
she took him into a private room the
table of which was graced by steam
ing leg Of mutton. He set to in good
earnest, and soon nothing was left but
the bones.
Highly delighted with his cheap feed
on passing the bar he rendered shil
lings for his dinner and quart of ale.
The widow declined to take any pay
ment on the ground of having incon
venienced him SO much.
Chuckling to himself, the farmer lift
ed down his market basket from 6
hook, and, finding it rather light, he
tore off the covering and shouted:
Here, Mrs. Brown, where's my les
O. mutton?"
why, We old silly" said the widow
*ye have ate your leg for your dinner!
london Answers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

Some time ago a we'll known San
Francisco attorney, who brides himself
upon his handling of Chinese witnesses,
was defending a railway damage case.
Instead of following the usual Ques-
lions as to name, residence, if the ma
ture of an oath were understood, etc,
he began: "What is your name" ''Kee
Lung" "You live in San Francisco"
eyes" "You sabbie GodT' "Mr. At
torney, if you mean DO understand
the entity Of our Creator? / will sim
ply say that Thursday evening next [
shall address the State Ministerial as
ISOLATION on the subject of the Divinity
of Christ and shall be pleased to have
you attend
Needless to say, general roar Of
laughter swept over the courtroom at
this clever rally, and it was some min
utes, much to the discontinue of the
lawyer for the defense, before order
was restored and the examination pro-
ceeded upon ordinary lines.-Argonaut.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

Unselfish goodness is seldom appre
that man in the electric car, for in.
stance Having rung up three fares in
his efforts to stop the car for the lady
that sat on the opposite side, he tossed
after her the umbrella that belonged
to the little gray whiskered man on his
right. Neither the gray whiskered man
nor the conductor liked the thoughtful
Samaritan for his altruistic Efforts
Boston Transcript.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

OF three wires Of the same thickness
one made of gold will sustain 100
pounds, one made Of copper 302 pounds,
one of iron $40 pounds.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

After the famine of 1917 lacemaking
was revived in Ireland. Limerick, the
most successful Irish lace, is not real
" a lace at ALL 1t is tambour work up
on net and muslin.
The Irish point, so called, is the an
cient cut work, being made in quite the
same way.
Net was first made by machinery in
176S. The machine was an adaptation
OF the stocking loom to lacemaking
and was cumbrous and not very effect
i've In 1909 John Heathcote, Il farm
ers son, evolved from consciousness
and experience the first machine to
make true bobbinet with perfect six
sided holes. 1t brought great hue and
cry about his ears from laceworkers,
who fancied they saw themselves thus
reduced to beggary.
The Luddites broke into the factory
where the machines were first set up
and made scrap iron and kindling wood
of them. The only result was to drive
the new manufacture to other and
safer quarters. For long the secret OF
the machines construction was most
jealousy guarded by English manufac'
turers. Not satisfied with letters pat
ent they kept up a coast patrol to make
sure that nobody took model or draw
ingS to France.
At last, though, they were outwitted
A discharged workman who had the
plan Of it in his mind managed to get
safe over sea and build a machine il
Fra
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

ceeued there has been a loss in weight.
and when the butter fat has fallen be-
low this rate there has been gain in
live weight. Exceptions to this gener-
al rule show that while some COWS may
return handsome profit on their food
others may be fed at an actual loss,
even when both butter fat and increase
of live weight are counted at full value.
At the Michigan station the cost of but
ter varied with different COWS from SIS
to Is cents per pound and the net profit
per year from $60S to $94O5. The cows
giving the greatest net profit were the
three cows consuming the most feed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
silage For Summer Feeding.

have found silage corn very helpful
in carrying the dairy COW through a
droughty July and August, says an
Ohio dairyman. Many dairymen grow
corn for this purpose, cutting and feed
ing daily from the field After three
years experience with the silo for
summer feeding l must say that pre-
fer to grow the corn q year ahead, har
vest it all in one day, then when the
busy harvest is upon us we do not have
to spend one to two hours day cut
ting and hauling from the field, but
can feed our dairy in ten minutes from
the silo. Results in milk yield have
been quite satisfactory. The June flush
cannot Of course be maintained, but
have found silage with a little grain
much better than a larger amount Of
grain alone. Milk yields are not only
BETTER but more cash is kept on the
farm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
FULLER 4 JOHNSON MFG Co.
MADISON, WISCONSIN,
WHY Buchanan Never Married.

Mr.. Buchanan, who was the first
bachelor elected TO the presidency, was
s. years Of age when elected and had
deliberately given himself to q life of
celihacy," writes William Perrine in
The Ladies' Home Journal.
I'm the days when he was a young
lawyer Of Lancaster, Pa, he had loved
Miss Coleman, q beautiful daughter Of
a citizen of that town. They had been
engaged to be married, when one day
he was surprised to receive from her
request to release her from the prom
Use. According to Mr.. George Tick
nor Curtis, the separation originated in
a misunderstanding on the part Of the
lady, who was unusually sensitive,
over some small matter exaggerated by
giddy and indiscreet tongues. Soon
after the enlargement she was sent
to Philadelphia and there died sud-
denly.
''Throughout the rest Of his life, or for
nearly half a century, Mr.. Buchanan
is not known to have revealed to any
body the circumstances Of this ro-
mantle tragedy. He would only say
that it had changed his hopes and
plans and had led him more deeply
than ever into politics as a distraction
from his grief. In his old age, long
after he had retired permanently to
private life, he called attention to a
package containing, he said, the pa
pers and relics which would explain
the causes of his youthful sorrow and
which he preserved evidently with the
idea of revealing them before his
death. But when he died and his will
was read it was found that he had di-
rected that the package should be
burned without being opened, and his
injunction was obeyed."
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Accented.

II am a self made man, said the
pompous individual, with his chest ex-
panded.
The other looked at him critically.
your excuse is satisfactory" he
said.-Brooklyn Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
InteIIigence In the Dairy.

Dairy farming demands a higher de-
gree of intelligence and wider range
of practical knowledge than any other
branch of agriculture.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
SiIO Benefits.

The silo will help to restore fertility
and lessen cost Of production, which
means making a profit on the land.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31

with
you in
for 1901 Ask dealer Fuller
factory pamphlet
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-05-31
Dosing an Elephant.

A difficult operation was performed
the other day at the geological gardens
at Hanover. An elephant was suffer
ing great pain from a growth on the
lower part Of one of it's hind feet, and
it was deemed necessary to cut this
maIformation away. In order to rem
der the animal insensible a dose of 600
grains of morphia in six bottles of rum
was administered. This dose took
about an hour before any visible effect
was produced. The elephant then fell
over in kind of sleep, and the opera
ton was successfully carried out with
out any further ado. The operation
lasted in all three days.-London Globe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

Owners of most of those animals prob
ably call themselves devout Christians
but it would have been good and
well deserved lesson and sermon
without words for them. If the humane
society could have sent an officer into
those churches and publicly arrested
every man who was barbarously treat
ing dumb brutes. Men and women
who felt it was SO cold within the
church that they could stand it no
longer and finally got up and left
when the services were'half over, went
out into the chilling blasts that were
bowling down from the North Pole
with @ temperature of 10 degrees be-
low zero, united an unblanketed horse,
drove home and. in saying grace over
"a steamlng hot and bountiful Sunday
dinner, asked the good Lord to bless
them.
When the temperature is down near
the zero mark no horse should be TAX
en- out of the barn without having
blanket under the harness, and anoth-
er blanket taken along to cover him
when standing. but it is seldom that
one sees instances of such Christian
like thoughtfulness. In the wicked
city of Paris the authorities will not
permit a cart horse on the street in
winter without blanket, and imme-
diate arrest follows any offense, but
here in righteous America it seems
that we do not care much for the
dumb brutes who serve us, just so our
own miserable and sinful selves are
kept warm.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
LIBRARY DEDICATED.
Musser Gift Presented to the City of
MuScatine


Muscatine, Dec. 21-(Special) -
The P. M. Musser public library cost
ing $4,000, was dedicated last even
ing. This gift to the city on the part
of the wealthy and philanthropic lum-
herman has caused general rejoicing
since the project was first mentioned
and now that the beautiful building
stands complete it is found to be one
in which all can we'll take pride The
dedication exercises last evening were
in the Methodist church across the
street from the building. After the
program reception was given in the.
library to the donor and those here to
take part in the exercises.
Among the speakers were Johnson
Brigham, state librarian of Des
Moines; Judge H. u. Deemer, of Red
Oak: Rev. A. I. Fowler, of Chicago;
Hon G. NJ. Titus, of Muscatine: Mayor
Barney Schmidt and DR.. G. L. Stafford,
of the llrst Methodist church.
Johnson Brigham, state librarian,
made some statements in his address
very suggestive for thought. Among
them was one with the idea that the
future home library is to be composed
of but few volumes of the solid lit
erature accumulated in the past, die
tionary, an encyclopedia, set of ones
favorite magazines and books given
by friends. The public library will be.
come more and more the center of ae
intellectual life of the community and
there all will go for their miscellane>
Gus reading
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
PLANS TO SAVE PENNIES.
j. J. Hill Orders New System for the
Rurlinuton Road,

Chicago, Dec. 21-Hereafter the Bur
llngton system is to be operated on the
principle of department store. Every
representative of the company has
been advised that he is to be the sole
manager of his department and that
his profits and losses will be charged
to him instead of to the railroad COM
pany as whole. Every representative
from the smallest agent to the presi-
dent will keep strict account of his
department and submit monthly re-
ports to James j. Hill
The entire accounting and bookkeep-
ing system of the Burlington is to be
revolutionized in this way in order
that the auditings will correspond with
the system prevailing on the Great
Northern road.
These monthly reports that are to
be made to Mr. Hill will cost about S15,-
900 month. The printing alone for
each report will cost $4,000. In this
way the amount averaging 100000 a
year will be expended in order that
the new owners of the Burlington may
know each month just how the proper
ty stands financially
The reports will show in detail the
results of operations in every depart
ment. The smallest items of expense
and profit are to be included.
At the end of every month the fig
ures for the reports will be sent to the
printers and about one week later they
will be on the desks of Mr.. Morgan
and Mr.. Hill in their New York offices.
Mr.. Hill is one of the most expert
railroad bookkeepers in the country
and the system he has followed on the
Great Northern has placed the stock
of that company above the securities
of roads with larger earning capacities.
To eXpend $150,000 a year on month
ly reports would at first appear I'M
warranted, but those who are in close
touch with Hill and Morgan maintain
that the detailed knowledge of the
workings OF the roads will be worth
the outlay
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
WANT NO NEW SCHOOL.
Deaf People Oppose Another Institu-
ton for Them

h'Sii wi iISih.
The Iowa Association for the Adj
yancement of the Deaf recently closed
one of the most successful and inter
esting conventions in the history of
its organization. The association is in
corporated and has for its object the
social ana industrial uplifting of the
deaf. Among other things a fund was
started for the purpose of assisting the
needy deaf and in other directions ad-
Vancing the interests of this part of
the states population. The fund is in
charge OF board of trustees, of which
Hon. Henry w. Rothert of Council
Bluffs is treasurer Contributions
sent to him will be gratefully ac-
knowledged. The officers of the asso.
citation elected We're as follows: ].
Schuyler Long, Council Bluffs. presi,
dent; Arnold Kiene, Dubuque, first vice
president; Fred Ward, Dubuque, sec
.ond vice president; Wesley Dobson,
Charlton, treasurer; Waldo H. Roth
ert, Omaha, Neb., secretary Among
the important resolutions passed was
the following, opposing the establish,
ment of an eastern Iowa school for the
deaf. The protest was called forth by
Tue ldSI lhac q petiIioH HAS Deen CIT
culated, praying for such school, and
signers secured by misrepresentation
where we recognized in the state
school for the deaf at Council Bluffs
capacity sufficient for all present needs
and that all agitation for another
school at the present time, such as has
been advocated by certain persons, is
premature and intended only to serve
personal ends.
Resolved, That We disapprove of
all such agitation at the present time"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
REMEMBER THE HORSES.
(Des MONIES Register.

The man who does not take espe-
cially good care of his horses this kind
of weather is not true Christian, and
his action is not only sinful but Grim.
inal Last Sunday morning a walk
around the square bounded by Eighth
and Ninth streets on the east and west
and by Pleasant and High on the
north and south, a square on whose
streets are located half dozen of the
largest churches in the city. disclosed
the fact that out of a hundred or
more teams less than one-third of the
horses were blanketed, and two.thirds
of them stood facing the wind. The
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

day last week which speaks very we'll
for this place as both shops have had
more work than they could do this
week.
Alfred Peterson returned to the pa
rental home Friday evening from
Blakesburg to spend the holidays.
c. II. Swanson was Murterville
visitor Saturday.
Alfred Gunnarson, north Of here, has
just about completed well which
will supply him with an unlimited
amount of water
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Johnson will
spend the holidays at the home of Mr..
Johnson's parents.
There will be the usual services at
the Lutheran church in Munterville,
Christmas. Also Christmas tree and
a program by the Sunday school. All
are invited.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
eRlNNELL COLLEGE PRESIDENT.
DR.. Bradley, of Grand Rapids, Mich,
Comforting With the Trustees.

Grinnell, Dec. 21.-Dr. Dan f. Brad
ley, pastor of the Grand Rapids Con-
gregational church, is in the city, the
guest of the trustees of Iowa college
of this city. Mr.. Bradley is looking
over the field with view of becoming
president of the college He is a grad
uate of Oberlin college, and for three
years was president of the Yankton,
S. d. college. Should the trustees
and Mr. bradley come to an agree.
ment upon certain matters, it is more
than likely that he will be chosen for
the place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
BirIninuham.


Birmingham, Dec. 24.-Miss Inez
Clark. who is attending Drake univer-
sity at Des Moines, returned home Fri
day to spend the holidays. She was
accompanied by her cousin. Mr.. Clark.
who is student at the same institu-
ton.
Charles and Alb. Fry, who are on the
road for manufacturing company,
came in Saturday to spend Christmas
at home.
Mrs. ]. w. Hope was an Ottumwa
visitor Thursday
Miss Anna Shot, who is teaching at
Cantril came home to spend her vaca,
ton.
Miss Ruby Murphy arrived Sunday
to visit at the home of her brother,
Crate Murphy, during the holidays.
Mrs. E. H. Skinner, who has been
quite i'll, is reported as improving.
The schools closed Friday for a two
weeks vacation.
Miss Eva Wilson. who is teaching in
Mahaska county, came home Saturday
to spend Christmas with relatives.
The M. E. Sunday school will have
a Christmas tree and literary program
Tuesday evening.
Ed. Goodson will spend Christmas
with his sister in Ottumwa
Miss Myrtle Moore is expected home
Tuesday to spend Christmas with her
parents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
FAMILY CARES.
This Information May be of Value to
Many Mother in Ottumwa.

Many Mother IN OttumWa.
When there is added to the many
cares inseparabIe from the rearing of
children that affection of weakness of
the kidneys and auxiliary organs, the
mothers lot is far from happy one.
This condition can be quickly chang
ed and absolutely cured by the use of
Doan's Kidney Pills. When this is
known the mothers burden will be
lighter and her home happier.
Mrs. C. II. Sponsler of Burnside near
Sheridan avenue, South Ottumwa,
says: "Our little girl when about a
year and half old had an attack Of
la grippe, which affected her kidneys
and the auxiliary organs, leaving them
In a weakened condition. She partial
ly lost the power Of control and as a
result was annoyed during the day and
her rest frequently disturbed during
the night. | saw Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised for such troubles and went
to VIII L. Sargentis drug store. 207
East Main street, and got box for
her. Before she had used half of 1t we
noticed decided benefit and continu-
ing the treatment for time longer her
kidneys appeared in a normal condi-
ton After stopping the use of the
remedy the weakness did not return"
Sold for SO cents per box. For sale
by all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24

visiting friends and doing Christmas
shopping in Charlton on Saturday.
John Wensbaum and family, of Lib
erty township, who recently held Il
public sale and disposed of all their
property. have departed for Oklahoma
where they expect to make their fu-
ture home
Miss Minnie DUNCAN, who is teach
ing in the public schools of Minneapo-
lis, and her sister, Edna, who is kin
dergarten teacher in Des Moines, are
home to spend the holidays with their
father, Col. W. S. DUNCAN, of this
place.
The central Baptist Concert Com
pany, of Pella, gave a very interesting
concert here Friday evening. The
music was Of an especially high merit
and evoked loud applause from the
good audience present. Every men,
Der of the company is an artist in
their line but the especial interest of
our people was in the piano playing of
Prof. Geo. F. Saddler. who was an old
resident of this place and whose exc
cution on the piano was something
above the ordinary musicians heard
in our city.
The weather which has been ey-
tremely cold during the past week has
greatly moderated and Sunday the
thermometer stood above freezing
nearly all day which almost entirely
consumed the snow which has covered
the ground, spoiled the sleghing and
stopped the ice harvest before it had
fairly begun.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-24
DoudS.

Douds, Dec. "a George Chalfant
arrived from New York state last
Thursday, too late for his fathers flu
neral, the delay being caused by snow
blockade in the east
Mrs. Preston Park, of Port Arthur,
Texas, visited with friends at this
place Friday and Saturday
w. w. Jackson and j. M. Morrow
were visitors at Keosauqua Thursday.
Ice being put up here measures ten
inches thick.
Miss Mabel Ferris, who is attending
school at Mt. Pleasant, is at home for
the holidays.
There will be a vacation this week
in the school here.
A coal miners union is being talked
about among the miners here.
Quite number of telephones have
been added at this place and Leando
to the Eldon telephone line.