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The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Types Of Hogs.

The desirable type of hog should
have good length showing sides in
clined to be fiat. The ribs should be
sprung fairly well from the back. says
]. Z. Brethour. You want slightly
arched back If you have fiat back
you have fat pig. If you get pig
hollow in the back. you surely get the
fat distributed away from the back
and filled in along the side. The idea is
to get the flesh evenly distributed all
the way along so that when the car
cass is dressed, it is not one-half fat,
The flesh should be firm, not hard
and stringy. In the latter case you
are likely to get pig that is an old
one held back and not in proper
bloom. You want good hair without
the bristles being coarse. A curly
coat is not generally desirable. You
usually get thicker hair with curly
coat than with straight one. The
desirable type of hog is well covered
over the loins, with smooth even
shoulders not wider than the loins;
neck not long, but muscular, without
crest of fat. The under line and up
per line should be parallel showing
evenness of depth through heart and
fianks. The hams should be nicely ta-
pered without bulging behind, indi
eating lean, fleshy ham, well down
to the hooks. The flesh should show
no looseness or fabbiness about
fianks, ham or belly, the latter show
ing trim and straight underline. The
head should be smooth not carrying
any superfuous fat about the jowls.
The face should have an intelligent
expression with good breadth between
the eyes, showing well developed
skull
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
In the Zoo.

They stood in front of the elephants
watching the two big animals NOV.
ing restlessly about. The man was
of aldermanic proportions. of gener.
Gus girth, well fed apparently, and
also well satisfied with himself. The
boy was little bit of a chap. who
clung to his fathers hand quite des.
perately. 1t was evident that the bow
was enjoying his first visit to the zoo
His questions were many. The last
one he asked in the elephant house
was:
Daddy, do you think that elephant
is as heavy as you?"
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Grasshopper "Driftino."

The movements of grasshoppers are
OF considerable interest to farmers
that have fields likely to be devas-
tated by them. There seems to be a
d1herence as to causes in the East
and West determining direction. In
the West it has been observed that
these insects advance against the
wind, when it is only light breeze.
The drifting is therefore in the oppo-
site direction from that taken by
boat driven by the wind. The grass
hopper evidently does not care in
what direction he jumps. His jump
is decided by his disinclination to
stand sideways to the wind Like a
weather vane he presents his sharp
est point to the wind. When he
Jumps it is in the same direction.
strange to say, in the East this same
custom has not been observed. The
insects do not seem to like the wind.
and II they find depressed area will
accumulate in 1t in great swarms, de-
Vouring every edible green thing.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Shade in Pastures.

From Farmers Review: My pas
lures are large and in both of them
there is plenty of shade. and when the
sun Is hot the cattle, horses and
sheep will keep close in the shade.
do not believe that if it was not good
for them they would keep in the shade
but would lie in the sun. When the
weather is very hot they keep close
under the shade, and when 1t gets
cooler they. come forth and Craze. If
my pastures. had no shade l would
erect posts and cover with boards to
keep them from the burning SUM-
j. H. Beirne, Fond du Lac County,
Wisconsin.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Postscript.
Quotations from letter dated Jul
5, "A. d. 1SS5.)

Quotations from letter dated Jul
5, A d. 1882
Yesterday / went with my aunt to
spend the Fourth at the Hydes'. The
have the most delightful place
great stone house in a wilderness OF
foliage and beauty, and yet within
convenient distance Of the railroad
and the river boats. Kate Hyde said
the house is. more than a hundred
years old, and that the fifth generation
is living in it. | am sure there are
count for three hundred years; but
the two handsomest, after all, are
those of the builders. They were very
great people at the court of Washing,
ton, believe. l suppose it is natural
for those who have ancestors, to bras
about them, and to show off the old
buckles and fans and court dresses
they have boarded up, not to speak OF
the queer-bits of plate and china; and
l must say the Hydes have really
delightful lot of such bric-abrac. But
the strangest thing is the household
talisman.' 1t is not like the luck OF
Eden hall; it is neither crystal cup,
nor silver vase, nor magic bracelet,
nor an old slipper. But they have a
tradition that the house will prosper
as long as it lasts, and so this pre-
cious palladium is carefully kept in
locked box of carved sandalwood,
for it is only a bit of faded satin that
was love-token-a st. Nicholas Bow
of Orange Ribbon"
(Tha End
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Brown Leghorns as Layers.

From Farmers Review: In my
opinion Brown Leghorns are the best
layers of all the hens and lay a large
egg, as they are bred to-day larger
than Plymouth Rock hens. of
course breed in my pullet line the
large sized S. C. Brown Leghorns and
not the small kind. as they did for
years back. They are easy to breed
and hatch well, and can get about
as many chicks from Is Brown Leg
horn eggs as l can from 100 Plymouth
Rocks, and Brown Leghorn lays we'll
for many years, while Plymouth
Rock lessons it the second and third
year. l feed well cooked grain and
vegetables but this food does not fat
ten them, while the larger breeds get
fat and fat hen will not lay. My
experience is that l can make more
money in raising eggs for market than
I can in raising poultry. To raise early
chicks for spring market is very ex-
pensive, and in the fall prices are too
low for any profit. The S. C. Brown
Leghorn is very stylish bird. 1t
pays to produce eggs for market and
the Leghorns will do the job. They
are called the egg machines, and so
they are.-H. NJ. Meyer, Berkes Coun-
ty. Pennsylvania.
Light Brahmas.
The leading variety of the Asiatic
class is the light Brahma. This fowl
has a history that would fill pages
were it recorded. They are the fowls
which caused the hen fever" of the
fifties. about which SO much has beer
written in later years. Their early
history is matter of controversy, the
best authorities differing as to their
origin. They were first known as the
"Brahma Pootras," Gray Shanghais,"
"Chittagongs," Cochin Chinas," and
what not. The early breeder named
them according to his fancy for high
sounding and sensational names to
sell his stock. Fabulous prices were
paid for them when the craze for fine
poultry was at it's height in the early
days of the last half of the present
century. The standard of the present
Brahma fowl was fixed in 1869, and
no deviation from the type adopted
then has been made. It has stood
high in popular favor since then with
out abatement; the vast number of
breeders who are raising them fully
attest their worth as a practical bird
to the industry-Geo. f. Howard
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24
Raising Chicks in Breeders.

From Farmers Review: In our
management of brooders in raising
our young Orpington stock after we
have gotten the young chicks from
our incubators and hens to our brood
ers, we run them at uniform heat of
95 degrees, keeping it thus for the
first two or three days, gradually low
ering it degree day until 80 de-
grees Is reached, and then keeping
heat SO the chicks will not crowd
We feed nothing for first seventy-two
hours, then we feed Chamberlain
chick feed-fed exclusively every two
hours for the first week, then four
times daily until a month old, and
after that three times a day. After
the first few days we vary the feed
by giving rolled oats, cracked corn.
wheat and green ground bone, keep.
ing cut clover to scratch in. Fresh
water is always before them. We get
an early growth of lettuce for the
little fellows, and, as soon as possible
let them out Of doors, keeping them
scratching and moving continually,
We dust them frequently with lice
powder. 1t goes without saying we
clean our brooders daily. At two
months of age we place our young.
sters in colony houses and leave them
free to run on the range, feeding
morning and night cracked corr
varied by wheat and oats.-J w
Eastes, Knox County, Illinois.
Only small portion of all the buds
formed on tree grow the second
year. The rest remain dormant or
latent for years, and are made to PROV,
and produce shoots only when tbe
others are DESTROYED Wv
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24

i, When trees are raised from seeds
mere Is no certainty that the same
IDENTICAL variety will be reproduced.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-07-24

ANY person who buys bottle of
hair restorer from bald-headed drug
gist has genuine faith.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
Hump News.

Twenty additional stamps have been
ordered for the Jumbo for December
delivery, and as the building is ready
only a short time will elapse after the
stamps are on the ground before they
will be dropping.
The snow is nearly all gone, and
the weather is like summer. everyone
is hustling to get assessment wo: x
done.
On the Lucky Lad the building rs
being raised, and the gallows frame
will now be 40 feet high. The shaft
ia now down ITO feet, and the values
are good.
The Buffalo Lake company is put
ting up a building to inclose Its whim'
Tbe building is 26x26 feet, and whim
house is 12x16 feet. An ore shoot
has been encountered 2S feet below
the surface.
Owing to the scarcity Of teams lum'
her is at a premium, and building is
almost at standstill.
Clint Flint, former superintendent
of the Crackerjack mine. has received
a message from the mine announcing
that the workmen in the lower tunnel
had broken into a new and very rich
hody of ore. 1t had been penetrated
over 10 feet. but neither wall had
been struck.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES.

Ore shipments from the Boundary
mines last week run over 10000 tons.
Plans are under way to reincorpor-
ate the Lardeau-G Goldsmith mines, owr-
ihg ground in the Lardeau.
The intimation that two more Ross
land mines contemplate installing
concentration plants has been supple
nented by the intimation Of similar
Intentions by third company. II
all these plans mature, Rossland will
have five concentrators next summer.
H. N. Caller, secretary of the Inter,
national Coal G Coke company, which
is developing its coal measures at
Coleman, on the Crows Nest Pass
railroad, has just awarded the con
tract for the erection Of the first bat
terry of 104 coke ovens. The output
amounts to 100 tons of coal daily, and
shipments are being made to various
points. The colliery inside of 10
months is expected to produce 1000
tons OF coal daily. Three hundred ad-
ditional coke ovens are to be built
next spring, when the company VIII
have 600 men on its payroll. The con-
tract for all the plant, electric locomo-
tVes, tipples, etc., has just been
awarded by President A. c. Flummer-
felt, who is in the East. The officers
OF the coal company are closely iden-
titled with the CRANKY Consolidated
company at Grand Forks, B. G. Be.
sides shipping coke to the CRANKY
smelter, 1t is the intention Of the
company to ship its product to Amer
lean as we'll as Canadian markets.
Two new furnaces, making total
OF six, have been blown in at the
Granby smelter. They will increase
inc capacity of the plant to 2100 tons
eaily, thus ranking CRANKY as the
largest copper smelter in Canada.
At the lie Roi No. Us mill every
tning is In excellent running order, all
tne trifling setbacks incident to the
initial operation of new machinery
having been overcome. On Monday
.ae works started with two shifts oil
20 hours each, and operations on this
oasis are to be maintained through
out the winter. =
me pumphouse and machinery own
W by the Phoenix Electric Lighting
sompany at Marshall lake, near Phoe
AiA' nave been destroyed by fire.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
MINING NOTES.

inc ldaho-Continental Mining COM
pany has taken up bonds aggregating
c'''ooo on outside interests in the
,Hoatinental group near Port Hill,
.uano. The company intends to take
w a further bond Of $4,000 when it
natures in December, which will give
.ue company the entire title to the
soup. Surveyors are now laying out
.ae site for 200 ton concentrator,
~ pe in operation by spring. A con-
y. has been let for the transporta-
.on this winter Of 5000 tons of ore
n a the mine to the railroad. The
onpany expects to construct 20
1'''e standard guage railroad to con-
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
Dickens Home Sold.

The birthplace Of Charles Dickens
ss7 Commercial road, Landport, neal
the Portsmouth dock yard, was sold by
auction at Portsmouth recently and
was bought in for $5625 by the mayor
representing the city of Portsmouth
It was announced that a Dickens
museum would probably be establish
ed in the house.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
Coast Wheat Report.

Tacoma Wash.-Unchanged; blue.
stem, SIC; club, 7Sc.
davenport, Wash.-Little club
sshc: bluestem, 71kc. Sales light
Colfax, Wash.-Bluestem, sc; So
nora 63c; club, 62c. No sales.
Walla Walla, Wash.-blues'em'
100. club CSC. No movement.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
$50, 100000 $71,757,575

Totals .......sSO, 100000 71,757.575
. The number of fine ounces of gold
IA given as 3,S70;000, and Of silver as
sb.5OO,OOO. This is an increase Of 64,-
500 ounces of gold as compared with
1901, and an increase of 2S6,0OO
sunces of silver. The total value Of
the silver produced is $294,915,000, as
against $71,757.575, its coinage value.
The estimate of the director of the
mint of the worlds production Of
gold and silver for the calendar year
H.:
Gold, total value, $295,sS9, 600; sill
yer, coinage value, $215,s61, 800.
Following are the figures for some
Of the leading countries:
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
MINES AND mining NOTES
,.oee AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT
WORK BEING DONE.
,..n,s of Interest Gathered During the
past Week-7. c. Mines Busy
Big Sales in Occur d'Alene District
Accidents and Personals-Gettinq
Ready for Winter.

Following is the approximate dis.
,r,bution by producing states and ter
,,tories of the product of gold and sill.
,er in the United States for the cal
ondar year 1902, as estimated by the
A,rector of the mint:
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
Washington Lodging
House,.

lover Scott & Co.'s Clothing Store)
o. o. NoBEN, Proprietor.
Handles the Spokesman-Review, The
Seattle Times and Boyce's Weekly,
the standard illustrated union labor
paper of Chicago.
Subscribe for your weekly papers
through me.
Office In the restaurant In adjoining
building.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31
Davis Corners.
recovering

Mrs. Henke is slowly recovering
from siege of erysipelas.
John Dell has been confined to his
bed several days with rheumatism.
Chas. Schacht was seen on onl
streets Friday afternoon.
Emma and Fred Vagts, Addie Vie
brock and H. Meyer returned from
Farmersburg last week having attend.
ed the Sickle Vlebrock wedding.
A number of the farmers from this
Vicinity delivered cattle at Lime
Springs last week Thursday.
VIM. and Fred Stopperan left Thurs
day noon for the northern parts of
Minnesota looking after land inter-
estS.
Mr.. +. Hecht who is at the Roches-
ter hospital we are glad to learn has
undergone his operation and at this
writing is getting along as well as
could be expected.
Our community was saddened last
"Wednesday morning by hearing Of the
Death of Mrs. e. Krail (nee Lizzie ia
rosh) after an illness of about two
weeks. She leaves sorrowinp hus.
band, three small children, father and
mother, live sisters and three broth
ers to mourn her untimely death.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31
The City Election.

The franchise question Stirred up
considerable interest yesterday. No
one could hazard a guess as to which
would be neutrality-suspicious. chang
ed SO quickly in the minds of the vot-
ers that one who was "franchiser,
one hour was an "anti" the next. To
add to the excitement, n. Q. Burgess
issued circular early in the morning
stating thatif elected mayor he would
not qualify. The vote on the fran
chise resulted in its carrying by ma
jority of 81. The first ward gave a
majority of 20 against the proposition,
but the second ward gave majority
OF 81 and the third ward one of II for
the granting of the franchise.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31

Mrs. Combs returned to her home
in Cresco after spending couple of
weeks here with her son Charles.
f. d. Elwood was called to Jones
county this week by the death of his
father. Deceased was quite aged and
had been almost an invalid for years.
he had many friends and acquaint-
ances here who respected him very
highly -. After but brief illness,
Mrs. Almond Krall departed this life
early Tuesday morning, at her home
on the farm north of here. She was
p 5years old and leaves three small
children and husband to mourn her
untimely death. The funeral takes
place to-day at Lourdes. The entire
community extend sympathy to the
bereaved husband and little babes.
....Our community was shocked yes
terday morning on receiving the start
ling news that Mrs. John McGrane,
who resides few miles southwest of
town, had died suddenly during the
night. She had been in her usual
good health and had not minutes
warning of the approaching end. Mrs.
McGrane counted her friends by the
hundreds and her death will be sim
cerely incurred by many. We have
no data for an obituary at present.
Elma Vidette.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31
.OCT. 90

Howard county election returns
Off1cial-Below we give the vote Of
Howard county upon the state, county,
senatorial and representative tickets:
For Governor-Wm. M. Stone 403,
James M. Tuttle pa.
For Lieut.. Governor Enoch w. East
man 40S, John f. Duncombe 24l.
Judge Supreme Court-John T. Dill
Ion 40s, Charles Mason 242.
Senator And District. G. Patter-
son 408, N. M. Wilder 241.
Representative Sind District-T. R.
Perry 397, T. M. Anterior 245. t..
Averil, the democratic nominee, had
withdrawn and Atherton was nominal
ted on an independent ticketl
County Judge-Chas. E. Berry 397,
H. A. Goodrich 25O.
Treasurer and Recorder A. M.
Cowan 416, Chas. Brownell 22O.
Sheriff.. T. Searles 416, P. G..
Nichols 227.
County Surveyor-Laban Hassett
40S, Joseph Knowlton 236.
County Superintendent = H. w.
Partch 400, Bradley Chaplin 24l.
Coronor-J. j. Clemmer 4O6, Samuel
Herrick 24O.
Drainage Commissioner = Darius
Seeley 407, William S. Pettibone 239.
For donating swamp and overlooked
lands to the McGregor Western BY.
Co., 6O4, against Is.
The new members elected on the
board of Supervisors were.
L. A. Russell, dem... ......... Alton.
A. M. VanLeuven. $50. Forest City.
Darius Seeley, rep...... jamestown
81. A. Goodrich, dem. :. New Oregon.
"Big Steers-J. w. Humphrey, Of
Orleans township, Winnesheik county
recently sold a yoke of three year old
steers to Jesse Miles of GAINESVILLE,
Wis, that weighed 3l5O pounds. They
had no extra care or feed but were
simply of better blood than is common
ly kept by our farmers"
Rev. p. Smith will preach the fu-
neral discourse of John P. Bossard,
late a member of Co. l., 3Sth Iowa
Reg't, at LAWYERS Hall on Sunday
next at l o'clock, p. m. Let as many
as can unite to do honor to the mem
DRY of our noble dead"
+" Mr.. B. Chaplin has removed his
tin shop and stove store across the
street to the stand formerly occupied
by John l. Sturgis."
"R. E. Thompson has opened an
ambrotype and daguerrean gallery over
the tin shop on the east side of main
street where he is prepared to take
pictures in all kinds of weather."
Mr.. John Burhite, of Lime Springs,
authorizes us to announce that he has
a system of breaking steers by which
he can completely break the most I'm
ruly animal it three or four days. HI
offers his services to any of our farm
ers having such, guaranteeing salts.
faction in every instance"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31
The Koehne Lectureship.

Rev. DR.. J. B. Koehue will deliver
his famous series of lectures in the
Congregational church beginning Sun.
day evening, April, 5th.
His general theme is "The Nazerine'
or The Reasonableness Of Christi
ity." Under this head be discusses
the preparation for Christianity, the
personality of Christ, the miracle
problem, the new aristocracy and kind.
red topics.
Admission is free, but during the
course you will be given an opportu.
nifty to pay for value received.
The last lecture will be given Fri:
day evening", April 10th.
These lectures are for mature PEG.
pie and all seats will be reserved fol
men and women.
The Aurora (IlDBeacon says: INC
lecture ever delivered in this city
equaled in research, finish, power OF
grasp Of subject than by Mr.. Koehne.
They are a liberal education in them.
selves"
The Evaniton (Ill) Index says: The
series is one of the marvels OF modern
OratOry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31
SEVERE ATTACK Of GRIP.
Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain,s
Cough Remedy.

Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.
when l had an attack of the grip
last winter 1.-THE second one) 1 actually
cured myself with one bottle of Cham
berlain's Congh Remedy, says Frank
w. Perry, Editor of the Enterprise,
ShortSville, N. Y. "This is the hon.
est truth. I at times kept from cough
ing myself to pieces by taking tea
spoonful of this remedy, and when the
coughing spell would come on
at night 1 would take a dose
and it seemed that in the brief
est interval the cough would pass of
and 1 would go to sleep perfectly free
from cough and Its accompanying
pains; To say that the remedy acted
as most agreeable surprise is put
ting it very mildly. 1 had no idea
that 1T would or could knock out the
grip, simply because had never tried
IT for such purpose, but it did, and
1T seemed with the second attack of
coughing the remedy caused it to not
only be Of less duration, but the pains
were far less severe, and I had not
used the the contents of one bottle
before Mr.. Grip had bid me adieu."
For sale by Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-31
Report Of a Defunct Society.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, March 81. The
report Of John A. Moffit, receiver of
the Fraternal Brotherhood of the
World, defunct insurance order with
large membership throughout Iowa,
shows claims against the order aggre-
eating 337 1000; assets SIS, 900. The final
settlement will be had May 4.
The foregoing is the obituary notice
Of small, cheap rate insurance cen.
Germ organized few years ago at Tip.
ton, Iowa.. that promised death, acci.
dent and disability benefits for less
than the cost of life protection alone.
1t had several victims in the vicinity
of CreSco.