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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-10

The new oil well Is down $50 feat
and everything working smoothly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-21

bleating of the sheep in mine ears,
and the lowing of the oxen which l
hear?"
The Divine Command Disobeyed.-
result of SauIs disobedience was a
renewal of the sentence of condemna-
ton previously passed upon hlm;
Because thou hast rejected the word
of the Lord" said Samuel, che hath
also rejected thee from being king"
Obedience Better than Sacrifice
In his rebuke of the guilty king,
Samuel enunciates a truth of deep
spiritual import. SauPs weak ex-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-21
NOTES ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR JULY 70.
Saul Rejected as King.
q Samuel Is: 1929

Golden Text: To obey is better
than sacrifice. Il Samuel 15:22.)
Those who study the record of the
events of SauPs reign as given in
the First Book of Samuel will find
that it is in nowise an exhaustive
narrative. Instead of relating all
the events which occurred under
SauPs reign, the sacred historian
contents himself with mentioning
simply those events which most
strikingly illustrate Gods dealings
with his people.
The Beginning of Saul's Down
ward Course.-The first clearly de-
fined retrograde step on the part of
Saul seems to have occurred In con-
nection with his wal against the
Philistines. He had been command
ed to wait for Samuel to come and
offer the sacrifices before beginning
the battle, but in his haste and i'm
patience, Saul ventured to offer the
sacrifices himself, a proceeding for
which he was sternly rebuked by the
prophet, who declared that this fail
ure to observe the Divine command
would cost Saul his kingdom.
The Amalekites and their King
The Amalekites were a powerful and
warlike people who lived in Arabia
Petraea, between the Red Sea and
the Dead Sea. They dwelt generally
in migrating parties, in caves or in
tents, like the BedOuin Arabs of the
present day.
The first encounter between the
Israelities and the Amalekites took
place In the desert of Rephidim, just
after the Israelities had crossed the
Red Sea. In consequence of the
unprovoked assault thus made by the
Amalekites upon the people of God,
a decree of determination was de-
clared against them by Moses.
SauPs Commission from Jehovah.
Though it had been declared in the
days of Moses that the Amalekites
should be destroyed, it was not until
the time of Saul, about four hundred
years later, that Israel attained suff-
cient power to take the initiative
against these powerful enemies.
Now, however, Samuel bore a mes
sage to Saul from Jehovah, com
handing him to utterly destroy the
Amalekites with all their focks and
herds.
This commission was a congenial
one to the fierce, warlike character
of Saul, and with a great army of
10000 men, he ravaged the country
of the Amalekites.
The Divine Command Disobey.-
Though Saul had performed, in a
general way, the command of the
Lord to destroy the Amalekites, he
failed to carry out the divine in
%structions in two important respects.
He spared Agag, their king, and he
permitted the people to reserve the
best of the oxen and the sheep. Fur
thermore, he aggravated his disobedi-
ence by hypocrisy, pretending that
he had completely fulfilled the Di-
vine command, although he was per-
fectly well aware how far short he
had come of obeying the directions
of the prophet. But even while Saul
was asserting his accomplishment
of his commission, the prophet inter
rupted him with the stern ~interroga-
ton: "What meaneth then this
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-07-21

cuse had been that the oxen and the.
sheep were reserved for sacrifice I'M
to the Lord. But Samuel plerces
this hollow p~retense with the inspired
declaration that obedience is better
! Modern Application of this Les
son.-Heart worship is nor accept
able to the Lord than a mere formal
Observance of outward rites. 1l-got-
ten gains can not be sanctiied by de-
voting them to ecclesiastical pur..
poses. God wants the obedience of
the heart.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07
The Best LinIment.

II have derived great benefit
from the use of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm for rheumatism and
lumbago," says Mrs. Anna
Hagelgans, of Tuckahoe, N. j.
"My husband used it for a
sprained back and was also
quickly relieved. In fact it is
the best family lini ment l have
ever used. l would not think
of being without it. l have re-
commended it to many and
they always speak very highly
|of it and declare its merits are
wonderful" For sale by Ell
lliott & Harvey. m31
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07
Too Great q Risk.

In almost every neighbor-
hood someone has died from an
attack of collie or cholera NOR
bus, often before medicine
could be procured or a physician
summoned. A reliable remedy
for these diseases should be
kept at hand. The risk is too
great for any one to take.
Chamberlain's collie, cholera and
diarrhoea remedy has undoubt-
eddy saved the lives of more
people and relieved more pain
and suffering than any other
medicine in use. 1t can always
be depended upon. For sale
by Elliott & Harvey. m31
WANTED Faithful person to
travel for we'll established house
in a few counties, calling on re-
tail merchants and agents. Lo-
cal territory. Salary, slo24 a
year and expenses, payable
$3.50 a week in cash and ex-
penses advanced. Position per-
manent. Business successful
and rushing. Enclose self-ad-
dressed envelope. Standard
House, 300 Caxton Bldg, Chi
cago. m9
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07
Half Rates tc Dedication Of the
Iowa Soldiers Monument at
Shiloh Battlefield.

Via the orth-Western Line.
Excursion tickets will be sold
at one fare for the round trip
May 26 and ~, limited to re-
turn until June II, inclusive.
Apply to agents Chicago &
North Western R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

One of the striking waiter
girls, in Omaha, yesterday, pour
ed a kettle of hot water over a
mans head when he attempted
to go into an unfair" restaur-
ant. The girls are giving the
people a hot reception down
there.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07
Editorial Notes.

The Business Directory Of
Missouri Valley" just issued in
this city, should be filed away
as curiosity. 1t is about the
rankest thing ever seen in this
city; verify, the faker fourishes
in this good age like a green
bay tree.
The Council Bluffs Connie -cial
Culb are going to hold street
fair in that city sometime in
June. Well, it will be a hum
mer, for the Boosters Club, of
Council Bluffs is composed of
hustlers, and what they go after
they get.
Charles Schwab was re-elec-
ted President of the Steel Trust
this week, with a salary of one
million dollars per year. Won
der how he would like to trade
his job for the editorship of a
good country daily? We would
like about a million dollar steel
job.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07
Dies Moins is a fast town.

DeS MOTHS is a last TOWN.. y
young girl in that city, IL years
old, got a divorce from her hus-
band Tuesday because he smo-
ked Is cigars a day, and We'd
nesday morning she married his
brother, who has a record of on
ly l3 cigarettes a day. Twice
married and only II years of
age is a pretty good record.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

One of the professors in the
rth-Western University of
Chicago, in a lecture the other
evening, said that the fall of
Adam was the best thing that
ever happened for humanity.
1t would be hard to make
Adam believe that.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07


The Secretary of the Iowa
State Horticultural Society, af-
ter receiving reports from all
over the State, estimates the in
jury to the fruit crop by the late
freeze as follows:
Apples, 10 to Is per cent.
Plums, Is to SO per cent.
Cherries, Is to so per cent.
Peaches, 60 per cent.
Grapes, 10 per cent.
Goosberries and currents, 80.
Raspberries, blackberries and
strawberries, 33 per cent.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07
The Leader is giving special
bargains on wooden dress goods.

Our free Sweet Pea. seed
offer is the same as advertised
in the March number of The
Ladies' Home Journal. ]. d.
Brown & Son, next to P. O.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

A farm near Verdon, Neb.,
sold for $110.43 per acre.
That is the high water mark for
farm land in Nebraska.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-07

The time of meeting of the
w. r. C. has been changed to
evening beginning with May
9Th 1903.
Secretary.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
Not Honor Men.

One of the characters of the old navy
was Captain Percival. Familiarity called
Mad Jack" whose waggish and iras
chile sayings amused his contempo-
raries. At one time the son of one OF
his old friends was appointed a mid
shipman.
AS there was no Naval academy in
those days at Annapolis. the lad was
drafted to Captain Percival's ship.
The father wrote at once to his
friend to announce the fact that his
son was on shipboard, and after the
usual parental recommendations to
mercy he closed the letter with:
My son has entered upon q profession
where he will go down to his grave wept,
honored and sung or unwept. unhonored
and unsung.
The young midshipman had not been
on board long before he aroused the
wrath of his commander. who at once
sat down and wrote to the lads
father:
My Dear sir-Your son is going to the
grave unwept. unhonored and unsung.
At another time, when Captain Per
cival was q member of the board for
the examination Of candidates for mid
shipments warrants, a son of another
friend came before the board. After
tho examination Pcrcival, wishing to
announce the result to the boys father,
wrote. with delightful implication:
Dear Old Messmate-Your boy has pass.
ed DO you recollcct our taking the Co
'Umbus out Of dock? She just grazed.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
Sardines.

Genuine sardnes are the young of
the pilchard. Their name comes from
the fact that they are most numerous
off the coast of Sardinia. They swim
In the spring in shoals containing mil
iiOnS-fiSh shaped shoals ten miles long
and Il half mile wide The sardineS are
Melted and taken at once to the shore.
There they are washed, scraped and
spr:nkipd with salt. The salt is soon
removed. the heads and glls cut off
and there is another washing. Then,
on beds of green brush. the fish are
fried i'm the sun Next they are boiled
in olive oil till cooked thoroughly.
The packers women always-take
Them now and pack them in the tin
boxes we all know. filling up each box
with boiling oil. fitting on the lid and
making the box air tight by soldering
the joints together with IL jet of hot
steam. Sardines are more or less per
feet according as they are prepared
more or less Immediately after their
capture and according as the oil they
are packed in is more or less pure.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28

1t is well known that the Friends
have always been devoted to the prin
ciples of peace. AS they had a con
trolling influence in the public affairs
of Nantucket, there was no military
organization on that island for several
generations. How the matter was man.
aged is told by the author of "Septem-
Der Days on Nantucket"
Whenever military companies came
to the island for holiday young WON
en- thronged the windows and waved
handkerchiefs. but there was no rise Of
military ambition in the town. Once a
coterle of young men formed train
ing company and sent to Boston for
equipments. but their elders compelled
them to make the first article of their
constitution read: This company shall
bc disbanded Immediately in case of
war"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
ORIGIN OF THE TOMATO.
fhere Ii No Record Of a Time When
II Grew Wild.

The tomato is a native of South
America and more particularly of Peru
md the Andean region. The Indian
name for it is "tumatl" and the Spanish
name tomato" When the Spaniards
arrived in the sixteenth century they
considered nothing of much Importance
except silver. But in 1888 they took
some tomatoes home with them as a
matter of curiosity, little dreaming
that there would some day be more
silver in them than there was in all
the Peruvian mines. There is a gen.
eral impression that until sixty or
was universally regarded as poisonous
weed and that its handsome fruit was
called the love apple" and never cul-
tivated except as something pleasant
to look upon. But this story is incon-
sistent with itself. The tomato was
called the ''love apple" for the reason
that it was believed to be an aphrodis-
lac, or excitant of amorous feelings.
But it could not even be suspected of
such a property unless it had been
habitually eaten. The truth is that
there is no record of time when in
South America the tomato was not
an article of food. There Is indeed no
record of a time when 1t grew wild.
When the Spaniards reached Peru they
found nothing but the cultivated to.
mato. which was cultivated for food.
They took fancy to it and took it to
Spain, from which place it found its
way in 1896 to England.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
CONSTIPATION
a IronpIesome Ant.

In the state of Colombia there is n
large ant (Atta cephalotes) which
causes a great deal Of injury to plan
tations. 1t attacks and carries off in
discriminatory all kinds Of foliage, and
no sort of vegetation seems TO come
amiss TO It, The quantity of foliage
carried off by these ants Is immense.
A naturalist recently investigated the
uses to which the ants put this mass
Of vegetable matter, and he ascertain
cd that they employ it to make hot
beds. upon which their eggs are depos
tied to be hatched by the heat produced
by the fermentation of the leaves The
ants do not eat these portions for food,
and the Larvae are fed upon carefully
selected diet Once the brood is hatch.
ed, the ants clear away the hotbed, car
rying out of their nest all the decom-
posed vegetable matter This Is thrown
out in heaps apart, and in the large ant
hills these heaps will contain bushels
and upward.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
An Unsatisfied Ambition.

1t is said by an old historian that
when the Spanish armada sailed along
the south coast of England in Queen
Elizabeth's reign the Duke of Medina
SidOnia. admiral of the armada. was so
affected at the sight of Mount Edg-
cumbe, beautiful mansion, viewed
from the sea. that "he resolved 1t for
his own possession in the partage of the
kingdom. which the Spaniards precon-
Quered in their hopes and expectation"
But, as the author quantity observes,
"he had catched a great cold. and he
had no other clothes to wear than those
which were to be made of the skin of a
bear not yet killed"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28

From the above figures it will be
seen that for every 100 pounds of gain
the All pounds of silage saved 10
pounds Of grain and 1876 pounds of al
falfa. At the market prices of these
feeds Oh cents per hundrcdweight for
grain and 27la cents per hundred
weight for ALFALFA the Al pounds of
silage made Il saving of $500 cents.
The steers were shipped to Kansas
City and sold at the stockyards June
% at the following prices: Lot with
silage, $4.9J per hundredweight: lot
without sllage, $40 per hundred,
weight
Here is a gain of % cents per hun
dredweight in the selling price in favor
Of the silage steers. Adding this to the
52.62 cents already saved, it makes the
All pounds of silage worth 1872 cents,
or at the rate of $500 per ton.
Making the above comparison on the
basis of roughness alone, the AL
pounds of silage plus the 800 pounds Of
alfalfa in the silage lot is equivalent to
the 49, pounds Of alfalfa in the lot
without slage. This shows that the All
pounds of silagc was equivalent to 1876
pounds of alfalfa. At this rate 3.02
tons Of corn silage is equivalent to one
ton of alfalfa hay.
When sold the silage lot was pro-
nounced excellent cattle and fat enough
for the ordinary trade. After the cattle
were slaughtered and placed in the
cooler Armour & Co. went over the
carcasses The silage lot contained the
largest per cent of fat, just the right
amount for the packers trade. The
carcasses showed good quality, with
very little waste, and would be salable
in any market. The loins and crops
were pronounced excellent.
The lot without silage was considered
nice assortment of cattle, but they
were not nearly as well covered with
fat and did not meet the requirements
of the dressed beef trade as well as the
silage lot.
Average farm land in an average
season will produce from twelve to
fifteen tons of green corn per acre.
Good bottom land under favorable con-
ditions will produce from twenty to-
twenty-five tons per acre Assuming
that land will yield only ten tons per
mere, there is an income according to-
the above experiment of 5000 per
acre.
Corn silage has been proved n most
desirable feed for dairy COWS. This ex-
pertinent as well as the experience of
others who have fed siage to steers
indicates that 1t is a very important
factor in economical beef production
d. II. Otis in Stockman and Farmer
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
Ancient Head Coverings.

The hat is simply a variation Of and
no doubt an improvement upon the an
cient coverings for the head, no mat
ter what their shape or material. Com
ment has been made because some not.
ed paintings of Scriptural and oriental
life do not depict the headdresses OF
the males This Is most noticeable in
paintings Of ancient Syrian life, for nc
doubt the Syrians wore then, as now, q
turban thick light and colorlcss, to
protect .,,.n from the burning sun
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
He Had Been Helped Once

Two Turks were Mt French ban
quet. Toward the end of the feast
Frenchman selected toothplck iron
the tray near him and politely passe'
the tray on to his neighbor, who, how
ever, peremptorily declined the offer
exclaiming.
mo. thank you; have already eater
two of the accursed things"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
The Rule WahIIed-

Whiffers-See here. Differs. Yol
told me the way 10 win girl was {,
devote myself to her mother
Bliffers-Yes. Stree. that will do |
every
Winters wanted to vii
Miss Beauti. and | took your advice
and devoted myself to Mrs. Beauti. ant
now the old lady, who is widow
wapts to marry me herself.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
Lighting a Candle by Smoke.

When the candle has burned low, SC
as to leave Il tolerably large wick, blow
II out. A dense smoke will arise. II
another candle be applied to the far
thest end of the smoke a very strange
thing will happen. The flame of the
lighted candle will be carried to the
one Just blown out, looking sometimes
ike fash of lightning proceeding at
slow rate. The experiment may be
performed by blowing out the candle
- Vtten % II n ughted.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
Quick Witted.

When Mrs. Isabella Bishop. the vel
known traveller. was in the United
States she had at least one funny ex'
perience. She was riding in car in
Chicago and felt her pocket being pick
ed. but said nothing at the moment
Presently along came the conductor to
collect his fares. When he reached
Mrs. Bishop she quietly remarked:
"This gentleman" turning to the thief,
twill pay. He has my purse"
He paid. and she got back her purse.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
Greatest Of All Physicians.
Eminent Discoverer of
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND

Prof Edward f. Phelps, NJ. d., IL. D.,
was born in Connecticut and graduated at
Yale.
Ills unusual talent soon brought him reputa-
ton and prominence. First he was elected to
the professorship of anatomy and surgery in
the Vermont University. Next he was APP
pointed lecturer in Dartmouth College. The
following year he was chosen to the most
important professorship in the country, a
place that he occupied when he made his
word-famed discovery of Paine's Celery Com
pound.
This infallble cure for those fearful ills that
result from an impaired nervous system and
impure blood, has endeared the great doctor
to the world.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
"a HINTS FOR
60 THE FEEDER

To any one who will think little on
the subject it will be readily suggested
that it is not hard to keep hogs In q
healthy condition, says Indiana Farm
er. 1t might be all summed up with
saying that pure water. cleanliness and
nutritious food are the essentials to
this end. But the nutritious food
should not all be concentrated foods
nor too exclusively fattening foods
while the hogs are young and growing.
Succulent foods with good per cent
Of protein are also essential. A sue
cessful hog grower gives his ideas as
follows:
II feed little salt and wood ashes
dry in a trough. Sometimes | feed a
little turpentine in slop to kill worms in
pigs. Kerosene Is good In worm rene
dies. 1t has been my experience that
pigs fed Il great deal of oats will be
very little troubled with worms. My
main feed in winter for old hogs is
corn and oats. Pigs need slop. Shorts
or ground wheat and oats make good
slop and good bone and muscle max
or. 4 little corn Is good for change.
| do not feed shorts and soaked corn
nj the same time. Always have plenty
of clean water. and never let hogs
drink from stagnant ponds or water
holes
Corn and Sorghum In Silo.
For two years we have mixed corn
and sorghum. three loads of corn to
one of sorghum. in filling the silo and
find ii very satisfactory feed, says VIII
liam Hill In Breeders Gazette. This
makes 1t possible to cut the corn ripper
than II It Is put In alone, because tho
Juice OF the sorghum will moisten and
give weight enough TO pack ii. | want
the corn rs ripe as possible and with
as large Il proportion Of ears as | can
get Ii requires thirty acres Of sixty
bushel corn TO fill the silo, and this Will
feed fifty head of cattle ten months.
That figures out about eight pounds OF
grain per head per day, and am sure
we could not use the corn and stalks |
I'm any other way with rs good results. |
We have no husking or grinding bills
on what we put in the silO, and the
cattle eat stalk. cob and all perfectly
clean.
Feeding For the show Room.
Among the most important factors IN
the successful feeding of show sheep |
are regularity in feeding. regular and
gentle exercise and abundant supply
of succulcnt rations and the avoidance
OF excessive heating foods.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28

Enfant Terrible-And did they 60 In
to the ark two by two?
Mamma-Y Yes, dearest.
Enfant Terrible-Well, who wen
with auntiep
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
"I'Ve Lost Ten pounds y

A man says rLook at this" And he
over-laps his coat to show how loose it
is. There are some people who can lose
fat to advantage, but the loss of flesh is
one of the accepted evidences of failing
health. AS flesh-making processes begin
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28

Success rules are like snails-thcy
must be driven into something or the,
will soon rust.-Baltimore Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-10-28
CORN SILAGE FOR STEERS.

Interesting Results of an Eight
Months Test In Kansas.
During the past winter (Oct. 10. 1902,
TO June 8, 1909 the Kansas experiment
station fed n lot Of ten steers on corn
silage, chopped alfalfa hay and grain
mixture of equal parts ground corn and
Kallir corn in comparison with another
lot of twenty steers Of the same aver
age weight and quality fed exactly the
same feed except slage. The results
are shown by the following figures: