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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03
Depravei Appetites.

Animals, like men. frequently are
the victims Uf depraved appetites
Postmortem examinations OF animals
which die OF unknown disease fire.
quently show that a mass OF foreign
and wholly indigestible matter has nc
cumulated i9 their stomachs. We orce
lost a valuable mare whose stomach
contained over three pounds of barbed
wire. nails and similar trash. A reader
writes us from Pennsylvania OF ex-
tracing a solid bah OF compressed hair
from the stomach on a pig. We are
asked why animals eat these things. II
is probable that the cause will be-
found In the fact OF the domest!cation
OF the animal, under which condition
IT is not left free TO select its food by
instinct and is thus deprived Of GER
tain food elements essential to its
health We doubt IL wild animals are
ever thus affected
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03
A Valuable Farm Machine.

Ten years ago all the corn which
was cut and shocked had TO be done
by hand labor, and the doing Of 1t be-
came a. near hard work az ANYTHING
so be found or the farm. II was al
ways difficult 10 get the help TO do
this work. and when done the corn
was left in such shape that II was an
all round nuisance to handle Now
the corn harvester Is available. cutting
up and tying in handy bundles from
eight TO ten acres OF corn per day and
enabling any grower Of corn to secure
his rough forage from his cornfeld in
stead Of from meadow lands. The
general adoption OF this plan will add
Is per cent to the acreage Of any corn
and stock raising farm In the country.
Thousands Of these machine have
been sold in every Western state IN
the past few weeks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03
HUMANE LITERATURE.
Some Of the Books That Are Useful
for Circulation.

II is n matter Of some concern, to
those who are Interested In the work
OF humane societies, to know what
books are best for them to circulate
| literature with a purpose. much OF the
fiction and other matter written ex-
pressly for this eod is not worth read
ing for II Is lamentable fact that
good Intentions do not always make
good literature.
There is. however enough really
good fiction, to say nothing OF other
writing more or less connected with
this subject. to make up small library.
and children, In particular are usually
impressed by anything which appeals
to their Imagination rather than their
consciences or reasoning facilities. A
story which interests them in animals
which makes the bird the horse or the
dog seem like friend or acquain-
lance, Is likely to create In them
feeling which leads directly to humane
treatment OF the animal question. Half
the cruelty OF the world comes from
the fact that onehalf OF humanity
knows not how the other half lives. u
IL easy to dispose OF an abstraction
but when the abstract idea takes on
concrete flesh and blood It sometimes
becomes problem.
Literature. then, which shows
genuine liking for animals, IL OF use
to the humane society. whether 1t Is
written expressly for that purpose or
not The fiction OF the last few years
has been peculiarly rich in hooks OF
this sort. Every one knows Ernest
Seton Thompson's wild Animals
Have Known" but every one Is equally
familiar with THE Heart OF the An
cient Wood" by Charles q ID. Rob-
erts, which Ia In some ways even more
charming. II describes the life OF
little girl brought up from babybood
in Canadian forest with the wild
creatures for playmates. Kiplings
Jungle Book" the Uncle Remns'"
stories OF Joel Chandler Harris. and
Robinson Crusoe" are all classics I'm
their way and calculated to inter
est children In animals as being akin
to themselves.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has written
a pathetic little story intended rs an
anti-ylyisection argument. entitled
LONELINESS. which has been published
In book form. Ouida's Dog of Elan
ders." IL n charming tale which Is quite
out Of the authors usual line and ne.
cuiarly suited TO children Alfred on
wants dog story, Bob. Son OF Battle
publ he'd in England under the better
title Of "Owd Bob" lis perhaps the
best portrait OF tle shepherd dog yet
made. DR. John Prown's "Rab and HIS
Friends" Is another good dog rtorv
and when II comes 10 horses, every one
has heard Of Black Beauty"
In other departments than fiction
books OF nature study are always good
and a complete set q John Burroughs
worhs would be valuable to any humane
society. II the society consulis a ma.
turalist, however, he will probably fur
nish a list Of such books. as long Is.
his arm. And thus the library can be
made up without recourse TO any book
which is not interesting in itseif apart
from any possible moral benefit which
IL IL likely To confer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

When the public health and the pri-
waite pocketbook run counter OF each
other, the dear people had better be
looking after their health. for private
greed, unchecked. would XIII of whole
communities II it could make a dollar
a head doing it. The adufteratlon OF
food products is a big enough question
to justify the serious attention and
radical action CT the United States
congress. Because the fools will buy
and eat adulterated foods II is still no
reason why the rascals should be al
lowed to sell them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Try some forage crop on the small
grain stubble. Plow the ground as
soon as harvest is completed Sowed
corn, mille-, cowpeas, turnips, give ex-
cellent satisfaction IL there Is sufficient
moisture to start them Pastures will
be short in many places. and unless
supplemental crops are grown much
stock will have to be disposed OF be-
fore cold weather. Don't permit this.
Farm animals will be profitable next
year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

ONT down, uncle Bill, said the
~ editor, Il am glad you came
- in, as ! have just been writ
ing an essay on the potato,
and would like your opinion of it.
Don't waste eny time tryin ter
throw sand inter the eyes NV the per-
taters this year. cause they're doin'
purity well as it is" remarked Uncle
Bill. They're strictly up ter date this
year an have organized a trust NV
their own: they've bin in hot water so
often an have bin roasted ter turn,
so gosh durn much that's its time they
had an 'innin' NV their own. an II the
editors would quit kickin' at the per-
tater's prosperity, an git up ter date
themselves they might have a leetle NV
II too
why, Uncle Bill. the editor is an up
to-date man; he has to be-" said the
editor, with some show OF feeling
1T that's the case, why don't yer git
inter the band wagon an In the parade
Nv successful publishers, an not waste
time tryin' ter roast the pertater, jest
cause it's gittin up in the world ?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

The greatest foe to "a well stocked
tool chest on the farm is the propensity
OF improvement and careless neighbors
to borrow and never return. An oblig-
ing disposition is doubly valuable in a
rural community where stores are dis
tant and ready money scarce, but the
farmer who would not see his stock of
tools reduced to the vanishing point
would do well to follow Shakespeare's
advice-"Neither a hanover nor a
lender be-"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Common prairie hay baled is selling
for about $40 per ton in nearly all
Western cities and scarce at that In
Northern Minnesota are hundreds OF
thousands of tons of this sort of hay
to be had for the cutting, and lot OF
men are now busy cutting this hay,
baling and shipping it, and are making
good money out of their speculation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

AS 1t looks to us. what with Uncle
Sam taking in revenue OF $4,000 a
month from the makers OF adulterated
and bogus butter and engineering a
first class lottery which he has made
for the government of his big family
It would seem that he needs the SER
vices of an evangelist, for he certainly
is in no shape for the undertaken
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Il has been proved a possible thing
70 make millionaire out OF just COM
mon, everyday farmer engaged solely
IN filling the soil and producing crops
and stock. Missouri has one and Illi-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

improved methods OF handling FAX
fiber result IN Eastern buyers taking
the whole crop from the farmer, seed
and fiber unthrashed, they baling 1t
and shipping 1t to the mills in the
East The price paid per acre was $Z2.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

A farmer in Western state concfud-
ed that he would Sc little less corn
and grow some .trawberries, so he set
out four-acre pa-ch last year and
this year sold $4,000 quarts from the
field, for which he received 81 900.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

A Minnesota farmer during Che ex-
cessiyely heated harvest season Of this
year humanely left his horses in the
barn and hitched his traction engine
on 70 his harvester, cutting all his crop
OF small grain by steam power.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Three logs OF African mahogany, q
feet in length and 80 inches in diameter,
sold recently in London for the sum OF
$500. and two other smaller ones
brought s1,771.5S, or & 500 per l,00e
feet, board measure
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

One man located in the woods OF
Northern Minnesota has potato crop
this year which will bring him in the
handsome sum OF 1000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Petty thieving has taken a new turn
this season over much of the country
in midnight raids upon the potato
fields. A man whom we know had an
eighth of an acre cleaned up in one
night recently.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

The packing house trust of Chicago
is farreaching organization. Last
year they added to their meat inter-
ests poultry and eggs, and this year
they have buyers out seeking to contuol
the apple crop OF the West.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

be bought for Is cents a gallon a first
class row could be started at barn
raising or caucus FOR less than a
dime, but this is beaten by the present
cheapness Of wine In France. where a
gallon sells for less than cent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Some potato growers insist upon hill
Ing up their potatoes. while others give
the crop level culture. This season of
drought the hill system proved almost
fatal to the crop, while potatoes deep
planted and given level culture are a
good crop.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Porto Rico produces the best tobacco,
coffee, sugar. oranges and pineapples
in the world, which fact gives this little
island rs a part of the Union a most
important place.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Missouri man lately sold the fruit
on a 90-acre apple orchard for $4,000.
Few crops can beat this.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

A poultryman who lives in a city
tells us that IT costs him rs cents to
keep hen in town for one year, where
he has to buy all the food consumed by
her
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

sl0S0; gluten meal, $40: pasture, So;
total, $4s.95, She gave 1914 pounds OF
milk, which made 740 pounds OF
butter, which sold for rs cents per
pound, amounting to $14S. leaving a
net profit of $9S.75. This is interesting
as showing what a COW is capable OF
doing when OF the right breeding and
given proper care.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

We note that rs hogs raised In Kan
sas on alfalfa and Just topped of with
a little corn sold recently for SIS per
head There are great possibilities con-
neCted with hogs and alfalfa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

And now comes a man with seed
less watermelon. This is all right, but
how is the melon to be propagatedg
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03
Dry seasons have ONE thing to In

Dry seasons have one thing to their
credit. and that the superior quality OF
all farm products grown and saved.
The entire hay crop of the Central West
was saved this year bright and fragrant
and entirely unchanged by rain, no
insignificant item when in some sea-
sons IT is more than half spoiled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

If you borrow tool OF any kind from
your nelghbor, be man enough to see
that 1t is properly returned when done
with 1t, and in as good shape as when
you got It. 1t wears on e mans piety
to lend a sharp scythe and get 1t back
with the edge destroyed by improper
whetting.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Forty-three million Russians living
in the interior provinces of that coun-
try are on the verge Of starvation owing
to continued drought and crop failures.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

The forage on any field OF fairly good
corn is worth, If shredded, not less
than s15 at the present price OF hay.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

a Jersey COW in Wisconsin consumed
the following amount Of food during
a period of one year: Bran OF the value
Of s1270: hay. 81; ensilage. 50; oats,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

1t seems that King Corn Phillips
comes out OF his assignment deal in no
sort Of shape to go on with his corn
growers combine, whereby the price OF
this cereal was to be permanently
raised.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

The present drought in England is
the most protracted and severe OF any
the country has ever known.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

In order TO protect the Inscriptions IN
the ancient temples and tombs from
the fumes Of torches and lamps the
Egyptian government proposes to in
stall electricity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

The latest estimate of the spring
whoat crop OF Minnesota and the two
Dakotas is $4,000, 900 bushels.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

II will be out of place and bad form
for the boarder to make any sighting
remark about the prunes on his bin OF
fare this winter, for prunes. with po-
tatoes, have passed into the list OF
Injuries.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

An investigation shows that there
are but six varieties ofthe timber grow
ing in the Philippine Islands OF any
value for export purposes as cabinet
woods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

III I hadn't uv seen With my own
oyes. how quick they eou do IL
might Nv doubted h!s word, but secir' Ia
oellevin.' as the sayin' goes. an | ceF-
.aiuly see Il all but the wood chopper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

A green, raw country boy, the ron Of
German parents, who lived on a farm,
was given at the age of y a team
Of horses and wagon and $2.G0G In
cash to start him In life We met
this young man Ave years later. the
other day. and he told us that he owned
40 acres OF fine land for which he had
refused $50 per acre and $1,000 worth
OF personal property and owed only
$4,000 all told, which debt he would
wipe out this year. When this can be
done. 1t is folly to say that the day OF
opportunity is past for the American
boy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

An aged farmer OF Western state
sent the following pathetic inquiry to
the census office lately: Our boy went
away - years ago, and We have not
heard from him since. ! guess l am
to blame for it all. | worked him too
hard, and We often had words about 1t
until one day he told me he was going
to be his own master, and | guess he
has, for he went off, and we have never
heard from him since. Could you help
mother and to find him." Every
father can amply this to his own case.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

nois two or three such agricultural
plutocrats.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03
COPYRIGHT. 1901. By
JS.TRIGG.R CCKFORllR
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Thanks for the prospects OF q fine
cron of turkeys and cranberTies.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

A farmer coming into the house at
evening picked up his year-old baby.
when the house cat jumped up in his
lap beside the child Taking one of the
baby's hands in his. he stroked pnssy's
fur the wrong way, 30 charging the
child with electricity that when the
mother took hold OF the child it drop
ped over insensible and apparently
dead. The aid of doctor was required
to restore the child to consciousness 1t
is far better to let the baby pull the
cats tail than to stroke her back
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

The stubble fields where the chinch
bug or any other insect pest has been
very troublesome should be burned
over when dry enough to destroy any
eggs they may have left there or that
may intend wintering there Then let
the weeds get good start on the burn
ed land, but not go to seed, and pillow
them in Most weeds can then be kept
down by narrowing about once in two
weeks. but we would prefer 10 put on
some crop to remain the winter and be
plowed under to furnish vegetable mat
ter for another season This will pre-
vent loss by washing or by the mineral
matter leacking down into the soil.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

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COPYRIGHT. I4C1.R By
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CORRESPONDENCE MlClIED
Thanks for the prospects OF fine
IRON of turkeys and cranberries.
The present drought in England is
Tho most protracted and severe OF any
the country has ever known.
The latest estimate of the spring
vheat crop OF Minnesota and the two
Dakotas is 13S ,000,0 900 bushels.
Missouri man lately sold the fruit
ON a 90-acre apple orchard for $4,000.
Few crops can beat this.
And now comes man with seed
less watermelon. This is all right, but
how is the melon to be propagated?
The forage on any field OF fairly good
corn is worth, If shredded, not less
than SID at the present price of hay.
One man located in the woods OF
Northern Minnesota has potato crop
this year which will bring him in the
handsome sum OF $12, 1000.
4 poultryman who lives in a city
tells us that IT costs him rs cents to
keep a hen in town for one year, where
he has to buy all the food consumed by
her.
Forty-three million Russians living
in the interior provinces of that coun-
try are on the verge Of starvation owing
to continued drought and crop failures.
An investigation shows that there
are but six varieties of'the timber grow
ing in the Philippine Islands OF any
value for export purposes as cabinet
woods.
1t seems that King Corn Phillips
comes out Of his assignment deal in no
sort Of shape to go on with his corn
growers combine, whereby the price OF
this cereal was to be permanently
raised.
We note that 26 hogs raised In Kan
sas on alfalfa and just topped of with
a little corn sold recently for SIS per
head. There are great possibilities con-
neCted with hogs and alfalfa.
II will be out of place and bad form
for the boarder to make any sighting
remark about the prunes on his bin OF
fare this winter, for prunes, with po-
tatoes, have passed into the list OF
Injuries.
Petty thieving has taken a new turn
this season over much Of the country
In midnight raids upon the potato
fields. A man whom we know had an
eighth of an acre cleaned up in one
night recently.
The packing house trust of Chicago
is farreaching organization. Last
year they added to their meat inter-
ests poultry and eggs, and this year
they have buyers out seeking to contpol
the apple crop Of the West.
A Minnesota farmer during Che ex-
cessiyely heated harvest season OF this
year humanely left his horses in the
barn and hitched his traction engine
WI W HIS harvester, CItlluS oil LIS NnNip
Of small grain by steam power.
A farmer IN Western state concfud-
ed that he would Sc little less corn
and grow some .trawberries, so he set
out four-acre pa.ch last year anu
this year sold $4,000 quarts from the
field, for which he received $1,000.
Improved methods OF handling fiax
fiber result IN Eastern buyers taking
the whole crop from the farmer, seed
and fiber unthrashed, they baling 1t
and shipping It to the mills in the
East The price paid per acre was $22.
Il has been proved possible thing
70 make a millionaire out OF just COM
mon, everyday farmer engaged solely
IN filling the soil and producing crops
and stock. Missouri has one and Hi
PUZZLE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-03

Be fair an give 1t the credit NV workin'
it's way UP ter respectability. as fer as
money goes. Yer kin buy all Nv 'em
yer wants II yer'll only git up ter date"
said Uncle Bill
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-11
OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Long List of Amateurs Who Will Com
pete on the Links Near
Boston.
(By Associated Press.)

New York, June 11.-Secretary r. Page
Kerr, of the United States Golf associa
ton made public yesterday the following
list of amateur and professional golfers
who have entered for the open champion
ship, which will be played over the links
of the Myopia Hunt club near Boston
Friday and Saturday of this week:
Valentine Fitzjohn. f. d. Fitzjohn, L.
G. Servas, c. B. Cory, Isaac Switzerland.
Mackie Anderson. Lawrence Auchloine,
James FOULS, D. X. White, Joe Mitchell.
Geo. Low, Jno. Park. Willie Anderson,
Jno. Harland. D. B. Hall, Arthur G.
Lockwood, c. b. Macdonald, Horace
Rawlins, w. H. Hunter. Alec Ross, Dom
aid j. Ross, A. Ricketts,. A. Gardner, j.
i. Schlotman, Walter c. Clark, A. H.
Findlay, Joseph Lloyd, Alec Campbell,
Robertson Wallace, Dingwaall, James
Mackell James Campbell. Alexander
Patrick, r S. Patrick, Dan Leitsch, Her.
bert NJ Hartman. Willie Chisholm, Hen
~ Turpie, Fauntleroy Algernon kenie,
Jos. Jansen. F. l.. DENLY. Hugo r. john
ston, John Simpson, w. Tucker, Robert
White.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-11

by a crowd of onlookers whenever the
orientals go out or return In the royal
carriages. The Moors have not yet
been to the Alhambra, but they are see
ing the military tournament and all the
best town shows.
Parliament cannot vie with the court
in interesting episodes, for there is moth
ing weller going on at Westminster
than budget alterations based on the
relative sweetening power of sugar and
glucose with expedients for the relief
of confectioners and for abating the
qualms of the pure beer people. But at
the Guild Hall, Greater London is hold
ing a two nights fete.
The lord mayor and corporation are
entertaining on two successive evenings
the mayors and councilmen and off,
| Gals of the galaxy of cities created
! from the nebulous conditions of vestry
| government. There are five thousand
| guests including the wives and daugh-
ters of the borough magnates land two
military bands and the services Of the
entire guild hall school of music are re-
! quired.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-11
MORE HORSES At THE TRACK
Twelve Thoroughbreds Arrive From
San Francisco-Three Hundred
& Others Expected.

The colony of race horses at the track
was Increased yesterday by the arrival
of an even dozen from San Francisco.
The horses came in charge of c. w.
Chapelle, we'll known horseman. Eight
are owned by him and four are the prop
ert yof w. P. Maxwell. In Mr.. Chapeles
stable are Ping, Spike, Ting-a-Ling, Bar
ney F., Abba l.. and the we'll known
jumper Chas. Lebel. The horses belong
ing to Mr.. Maxwell are Coal Oil Johnny,
The Constable and Graham Greene.
There are now about 200 horses at the
track and at least 300 more will arrive
from the east and from California as soon
as the Oakland track closes which will
be June Is.