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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29

Total for 81 years ............ 8, S49, 225, 40
Above Minneapolis there Is shown a ma
terial increase in the total amount Of lumber
manufactured which is entirely of logical
character. This increase from year to year
has done much to Offset the reduction in the
other districts. For a number of years to
come the upper Mississippi river will continue
to turn out an increased supply.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29

THE VAIL OF THE PESSIMIST.
90 '. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TITS too bad about that immense corn
crop, isn't sit?''
whats too bad?' .~
'sWhy the big corn crop means a short
age in the freight-car crop. Awf'ly dis
couraging, isn't it?'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29
A BAD DEBT.

- brOOKIyn Lie. -
1.-THE world owes me a living grunbled
the young man..
YES" assented the elder one, 3sbut you
made the mistake Of not demanding col
lateral security for the debt ''7e
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-08-29

It will probably be surprise to learn that
Mary Is the most popular among act .
resses. Next in number are contractions Of
Eleanor. e Et.F
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
SENSIBLE FARM NOTES.

Hard, clayey soils should be turned
up to the air in the fall so that the
frost can have a chance to work on
them during the winter
Drain tile should not be laid above
the frost line, especially if it be I'M
glazed tile. The hard frosts will pull
verize it, Many a ditch has had to
be redug on this account.
The 1902 cranberry crop of the
United States is estimated by the sec
rotary of the American Cranberry
Growers association to amount to
725, 900 bushels, against 100000 bush
els in 1901.
1t is difficult to keep books on the
farm, but it must be done if the
farmer is to know where he stands
and whether or not he is making
anything by his farm operations.
Farming must be conducted on the
same basis as any other business.
The sooner the farmers realize this
the sooner will some of them be
saved from going the downward road
to bankruptcy.-Farmers' Review.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

The blood is life. We derive from the blood
life, power, beauty and reason, as the doc
tors have been saying from time immemo-
rial. A healthy body, fresh appearance,
and generally all the abilities we possess
depend on that source of life 1t is, there
fore, the duty of every sensible man to
keep the blood as pure and normal as pos
sible- Nature, IN its infinite wisdom, has
given US thermometer indicating the state
of the blood, which appeals to our reason
by giving notice of its impurity. Small erup-
tions OF the skin, to which we scarcely pay
any attention, headache, ringing noises in
the ears, lassitude, sleeplessness, are gen
orally a sign that the blood is not in nor
NAL state, but is filled with noxious sub
stances. These symptoms deserve our full
attention. ii more attention were paid to
these symptoms and steps taken to remove
them, then many illnesses from which we
suffer would become unknown, and the hui
man body would become stronger and health
ier- Attention, therefore, should be paid
to those warning signs, and the blood can
be purified and poisonous substances re-
moved from it by the use of DR.. August
koenig's Hamburg Drops, discovered more
than 60 wears ago
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
SUGAR CURED HAMS.
Which Has Been Tried with
Success for Years.

AT recent meeting of farmers
institute the subject discussed was the
best method of curing and keeping
hams. All members agreed that the
quality of the meat depended in a great
measure upon the kind of hogs and
the way they were cared for. Much
better meat is obtained from the pure
bred than the common scrub. In
order to be perfectly healthy they need
plenty of range, with as great variety
of feed as possible, and plenty of fresh
clear water. They should be killed in
cold frosty weather, and after scald-
ing and cleaning, hung up to cool over
night. Several methods of sailing
and smoking were presented, but the
following, which was given by farmer
who, after years of experience, has
gained the reputation of having the
best sugar-cured hams in the county,
was accepted as the most satisfac-
tory:
Cut the meat up in the morning and
shape the hams nicely. Salt lightly
to bring out the blood, and allow it to
remain day or two. Prepare brine,
using two pounds of salt, two ounces
of saltpeter, two pounds of brown
sugar, one ounce of red pepper and
five gallons of water for each 100
pounds of meat. Let this brine. which
should be strong enough to float an
egg. stand until the ingredients have
dissolved, then place the hams in
tight barrel and pour the brine over
them until they are covered. After
ten days pour the brine off and cover
with fresh brine prepared as the first
was. When they have been in the
brine a month, take them out, wipe
them with a dry cloth. and while still
damp sprinkle powdered borax over
them, using a tablespoonful to ten
pounds of meat. a large pepper box
is great help in applying it. Hang
them up and smoke with hickory chips
two or three weeks. Slip each ham
into flour sack, tie the ends securely.
and hang them up in cool dry place
until you wish to use them. The pre-
servative qualities of borax are recog-
nized by all who have tried it. and il
is now used in all the large packing
houses. The best meat is made of
hogs weighing $50 to 200 pounds. 1t
has long been a question among pro-
gressive farmers as to whether it paid
to produce hogs weighing over 300
pounds, and We are quite certain that
when the object is to obtain meat of
a superior quality it does not.-Rural
New Yorker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

HOUSE TO SECURE WINTER EGGS.
then frame of any good stout ma
terial is made, as shown in the illus
tration. The base piece is imbed
ded in the concrete, and the wall is
made two inches wider than the
wooden uprights, on each side of
them, and as the wall is carried up,
the uprights are inclosed in the con-
crete. The latter is made of lime
and sand, small stones, cheap, broken
bricks and pieces of hard wood. In
fact, any hard substance may be
worked into the wall. 1t is leveled
up and smoothed over by the lime
and sand mixture.
At first the originator used ce-
ment in the latter mixture, but, find
ing the lime answered as well, and
cost less than one-third as much as
the cement, he abandoned the ce-
ment. When finished the walls are
smooth and white, will last a life
time and harbor no vermin what
ever. In making the roof, Mr.. Geer
uses a fOur-inch scantling placed on
edge. On top a waterproof roof is
laid. Under the rafters tongued and
grooved ceiling is nailed and the
four-inch space is packed with forest
leaves or some other inexpensive ma
terial. Double windows, with stout
shutters for the night, defy the frost.
In houses of this character, Mr..
Geer's fowls mate and lay all win
ter. February 6 he took off an in
cubator hatch of 1872 chickens from
total installment of 225 eggs tested
down to 1919 fertile ones. He attrib-
utes the high per cent. of fertility of
his eggs in winter to the natural
warmth of his fowls in the concrete
houses, which is superior to the arti-
fetal warmth generated by furnace
or hot water pipes. In houses of this
kind the early-hatched pullets and
the early molted hens lay all win
ter, little chickens thrive and grow,
while the incubator is unaffected by
any change of temperature outside.
Henry 3. Geer, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
TO UTILIZE SNOW WATER.
Plans for IrriGRting Rich Bench
Lands In Wyoming by Means of
Water Now Wasted.

Investigations by the United States
geological survey are now in prog
ress an northern Wyoming with
view to extending the use of the
available water supply in that portion
of the state. jeremiah Ahern, an en-
gineer of the geological survey, is in
charge of the work. Particular atten-
ton is directed to the eastern slope
of the Bighorn mountains, where i'm
pOrtant storage problems on the
headwaters of the Sulphur, Powder
and Tongue rivers await solution.
These streams, after leaving the
mountains, flow through fertile
bench and valley lands. which, with
proper irrigation, would be valuable
for agricultural development. The
rainfall of that region is light during
the time water is needed for irriga-
ton, but the winter SHOWS on the
mountain slopes are unusually heavy
and furnish large quantities of water
to the streams. The source of supply
at present is an extremely unsatis-
factory one, for the warm rains of
spring melt the snow rapidly and pro-
duce disastrous floods, in which large
quantities of water pass through the
streams unused.
There are. however. number of
lakes in the region, favorably situat-
ed to be used for storage. One of
these is Lake de Smet, whose water
surface is said to be 30 feet below the
lowest part of its rim. In this lake it
is proposed to store part of the head
waters of the Powder river. thus saw
ing large body of water for irriga-
ton which is now entirely wasted.
Mr.. Ahern has been engaged during
the present summer in gauging the
flow of the streams on the eastern
slope of the Bighorn mountains and
in Investigating the possibilities and
probable cost of water storage in the
region.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
How a Traveller Got EGGS.

An English traveller who has visited
every natioEAin the world is authority
for the statement that one food is uni
versal throughout all countries.
"There is not a part of the world, - he
says, ''where you cannot get an egg"
While in western China, however, he
at first had some difficulty in getting
even eggs. The natives could not I'M
derstand him, and refused to recog-
nize the pictures he drew of eggs.
"The way l got out of the difficulty"
he adds, was that l squatted down on
my launches, tapped my wings and
cock-a-doodle-doo'd until the entire
nation grasped what l wanted, and 1
was simply provided with hundreds of
eggs"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
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CONCRETE HENHOUSES.
They Solve the Problem of Eggs in
Winter and Sound, UnfrOsted
Z Combs in the Spring.

A western poultry keeper, E. w.
Geer, of st. Francois county, Mo-,
has solved the problem of eggs in
winter, and sound, unfrosted combs
in the spring. He has done it in a
very simple and inexpensive way.
At the same time he has insured fer
tile eggs in midwinter, something or
dinarily very hard to obtain. He has
accomplished this by means of con-
crete poultry houses that are free
from dampness in the most rainy sea-
sons, and as warm inside in the cold
est days as a cellar.
In constructing the house, an ele-
walton is thrown up a foot or more
above the surface. In this elevation
the stone base for the walls is laid,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
WORK FOR THE CHILDREN.
Give Them a Few Hens and Let
Them Raise Poultry for Their
Own Enjoyment.

There is no vocation which we, from
our own experience and observation,
could recommend more highly to boys
or girls on the farm than the rearing
of fine poultry. 1t is not only intensely
interesting, but healthful and profit
able. The fact is to be regretted that
more attention is not paid to this in
dustry by those who reside on large
farms. Young folks generally take
readily to the work and become very
much absorbed in it. They should,
of course, commence in a moderate
way. We commenced with one bird
"a rooster-and we fourd that he was
worthless without a mate, so we OBJ
tanned a hen.
Amy child who is old enough to feed
his fowls regularly is old enough to
start in the poultry business. Attend
some good poultry show and see what
breed you fancy. If this variety is
suitable to your market and surround
ings, purchase either fowls or eggs Of
a reliable breeder and commence work.
Prepare a comfortable house for them
with yards and few bird cOops. and
you viii be fixed adj right for the first
year.
Read your poultry journal closely.
This is the style of our world at pre-
sent, and we must keep up with the
times if we wish to be successful. In
so short an article ii is impossible to
go into details, for there is a great
deal to be learned. The short course
in poultry raising is this: Commence
right; go slow; work and read. and
stick to it.-Fanciers' Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

A man had been absent for some time,
and during his absence had raised a pretty
luxuriant crop of whiskers, mustache, etc.
On returning home he visited a relitive,
whose little girl he was very fond Of.
The little girl made no demonstration
toward saluting him with kiss, as was
usual
why, child" said the mother, don't
you give Uncle VIII a kiss"
"Why, ma, returned the little girl, with
the most perfect simplicity, Il don't see
any place. ashington Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
FARM TOOL BOX.

inches deep in the top part to keep
saws, squares and planes; make a
deep door, hinged at top instead at the
bottom; make eight partition drawers
inches wide and inches deep to keep
different sizes of rivets, buckles. nails,
screw taps, bolts, etc; then make two
drawers, u inches deep, to keep
names, Ratchet, chisels and auger bits.
Perry McClain, in Epitomist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
COMPLETE TOOL BOX.
No Farmer Who Believes I'm Keeping
UP House or Barn Can Do
without One.

Here is a sketch OF a handy tool box
that ought to be on every farm; Take
a box AZ feet long. 3 feet wide and Il
inches deep5 knock one side out and
stand on end; make shelf about Is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
Four Daily Trains to ST. PauI-Minne-
apolis via Chicago q Northwest
ern RaiIwa%

Leave Chicago a m, $50 p. m. (the
North Western Limited, electric lighted
throqghout), p. m, and 10 p. m. Fast
schedules. Most complete and luxurious
equipment in the West Dining car service
qnequaled. For tickets, reservations and
ticket agent or address w. B. Kniskern, %
Fifth Avenue. Chicagn. Ills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
observation-disclosures scheme.

Jones-Green sent a dollar to a man who
yield 300 per cent. profit 10 less than two
minutes.
Brown-So? And did he get the desired
information?
He certainly did. The man wrote and
told him to take quarter and cut it in two.
then he would have two halves. Chicago
Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Cultured Mother-My dear. your sister
Clara is an amateur pianist. Dora is al anna
teur photographer, and Elvira is an anna
teur astronomer, but you don't seem to be
anything.
Pretty Daughter-Oh, yes, mamma. | am
an amateur finance. Here's my first en-
gagement ring.-Pittshurg Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Thousands people have catarrh who
would be surprised to know it, because
it has been called some othername than
catarrh. The fact is catarrh is catarrh
wherever located; and another fact
which is of equally great Importance, is
that Peruna cures catarrh wherever
located
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

The Chinaman had refused to give up
the washing.
But said the man who had called for
it, this is the right check, isn't it,"
Check all right" answered the China
man, blowing a mouthful of spray over the
towels he was ironing. Man all long,
Check SAYS ugly little man. You ugly big
man. Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

''There's one thing | admire about you"
your own fortunes, and yet you never brag
about being a self-made man
NO, answered Mr.. Meekton. 81 shouldn't
think of suggesting that Henrietta wasn't
entitled to all the credit "-Washington
Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Ifyou do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

"WeD," said the cheerful wife, who
thought she had soprano voice. IF the
worst comes to the worst | could keep the
wolf from the door by singing"
Il don't doubt that would do it. replied
her pessimistic husband, but suppose the
wolf should happen to be deaf!'-Phlsdel-
mia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
Whnt Did She MennR

Flora-Yes, sing in church where they
have an awfully small congregation.
Dora.Ihen why don't you stop singing?
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
Returned the Compliment

Dusty-When / came into the yard the
bulldog showed his teeth.
Wraggles-And what did you do?
Dusty-The proper thing; showed him
my beels.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
A Confusion of Principles.-"So 70

A Confusion Of Principles-"So you are
going back to Europe" Il am" said the
musician. Il am going back where they
love art for arts sake; where low, mercen-
phere of genius" "Then you do not like
the Americans "Why should 1? They
refused to pay five dollars seat to hear
my concert" -Washingto Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
The Weight of Feeds

The following are the average
weights of the most common feeds.
one quart being the bulk quantity in
every case:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Judge-"Yes; he has often declared that
the lot of the poor is to be enyied and the
poverty is often a blessing. Fudge
what! Is he as rich as all that|'-Baltl-
more Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

1t takes two to make quarrel, but only
one may make peace.-Ram's Horn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Remember, Mr. Richley, that it is said:
by their works We shall know them " Il
won't forget it, sir, you can wager. The
didn't work me Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Sidney-Have you any marked ability of
any kind?
Rodney-Well, I've kept a lot Of widows
from marrying me.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Luck is mighty uncertain thing to SIT
around, and wait for.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

One of the great advantages Of machinery
is that it never feels like loahng.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. 1t has been called the bright
weather of the heart-Samuel Smiles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

He-"Carrie, | believe you think I'm
fool" She-"And yet you say I'm always
in the wrong. Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure-J. w. O'Brien. 800 Third
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan 6, 1900
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

A soul occupied with great ideas best
performs small duties.-H Maruneau.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Some of the people who think they were
born to command do not discover their
mistake until they get married.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Every man is bound to hear the truth
occasionally, even if ne doesn't recognize
it.3Cooperation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Labor is a great producer of wealth; 1t
moves air other causes.-Daniel Webster.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

"When rogues fall out they break their
necks. if it's balloon. Baltimore News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cents
per package.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggistsrefund money fit fails to cure. 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-12-11

Rev H subenyo of Ehorn Wis pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
ST. Johns Church of Rev. SenvO bibles
him by Emperor William of Germany Upon the fly leaf of
n a
This honored The Medicine Column
their Peruna:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Gentlemen 81 had of the
and all deSpared of IfOok Peuna and cured
strength and courage and made healthy blood increased
weight healthy color and feel WELL the best
medicine in the world kept Peruna in the house
would save from death year. Vii STUBENVOLL
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-09-25
Fair Notes.

Next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day are the days of the big fair
What is needed as much as anything
next week is good weather.
The people are already beginning to ar
rive home for the annual celebration !
There will be special trains the last two
days of the fair to accommodate the
crowds. !.
Music will be furnished by the Spring
field military band. This band Is a good
musical organization and will add much
to the occasion.
The society has hired all the land of
Orrin Converse surrounding the grounds
during the fair This move Is made to
discourage Illicit traffic in wet goods.
pleasure of the society.
The attendance the first day of the fair
Is not usually as large as the other two
days. The first day, however, offers ex.
ceptionally good advantages for seeing
some of the features. The vaudeville pro-
gram, for Instance, Is just the same the
first day, and the smaller number of fair
attendants present gives good opportu-
nifty to enjoy the program.
The management of the fair assoeta-
tion has decided to put in the Bostock
trained lions for the star attraction this
year instead of the seals. There are five
lions in the aggregation and the act Is
one of the most thrilling attractions now
on the road. A lady enters the cage and
puts the beasts through their tricks.
This was one of the leading attractions
on the midway at the Pan-American ex-
hibition at Buffalo, and Is equally as
strong an attraction as the sea lions,
which the officers Of the society supposed
would fill their contract, but from causes
over which the society has no control,
have cancelled the engagement.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1902-09-25

Among French writer's no one car
ried the profession of the literary brig
and to such an extent as Nine. de Gen
lis. In 1880 her evil ways brought sher
into the courts of law under very dis
creditable circumstances. Bout, the
publisher of a series of manuals, en-
gagged her for the sum of ZIG to write
a Manuel Encyclopedique de PEn-
fance." The manuscript, which had
been paid for. was on the point of be-
ing printed when it was discovered to
be an exact copy of book of the same
kind published in 1920 by M. Dasscha.
I do not find it easy to understand the
audacity of writer who would perpe-
trate fraud of such enormity or the
imbecility which would suppose that
it would not easily be detected
Another time she contributed to a
Paris newspaper feuilleton which
turned out to be close reproduction
of a romance printed some twenty
years before. Surely the poor woman
suffered from literary kleptomania.-
Gentleman's Magazine.