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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-18

Manchester, Va, March 8, 1901.
Gentlem nj had all the symptoms
that accompany this disease, suoh as
mucous dropping in the throat, q con"
slant desire to hawk and spit, feeling
Of dryness in the throat, cough and
splitting upon rising in the morning.
soabs forming In the nose, which re.
quired much effort to blow out, some
times causing the nose to bleed and
leaving me with q sick headache. ]
had thus suffered for ave years.
commenced to take s. 8. 8. and
after had taken three large bottles
I noticed Q change for the better.
Thus encouraged, I continued to take
it and In O short while was entirely
cured. JUDSoN A. BELLAM.
Main and Vine sts., Richmond, Va
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
THE RANCH

Section reads as follows: Measure the
stack for length, width and the over To
get the over throw tape line over the
stack at an average place from ground to
ground, drawing it tightly Multiply the
width by the over and divide the result by
four; multiply the result of division by the
length for approximate cubical contents of
stack. To reduce to tons for hay that has
stood in stack for less than twenty days di-
vide cubical contents by 512; for more than
ical contents by 422; for more than sixty
days divide by $780, Example: Stack meas
tres II feet wide, So feet long and SO feet
over Stack has stood IS days, multiply
y by &c. equals o12. Divide oT2 by 4 equals
I53. Multiply 153 by length So, equals
1874, which gives the cubical contents in
feet Divide 1874 by 5I2 equals I7.3 tons il
stack.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

that it does not develop fast enough to ma
ture before frost. That raised by Mr.. Camp
bell was much more advanced than any
other in the neighborhood treated by ordi-
nary methods and promised to mature.
Wheat was in the stack at the time of the
visit. The old wheat ground was covered
with a thick growth of volunteed wheat,
with no bare Places showing the effect of
the Campbell system to produce a good
stand He secured perfect stand, good
growth of stalks and an estimated yield of
corn of ten to twenty bushels per acre. Corn
in neghboring fields was only one-third to
two-thirds as tall as that grown by the
Campbell method, the stand was poor, and
the yield from nothing to five bushels per
acre"
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Campbell Method of Culture.

Prof H. NJ Cottre11, formerly professor
of agriculture, Kansas, has the following
to say Of some of Mr.. Campbelps work in
his state
"Mr Campbell insists that four cond-
tons must exist to secure good crop: good
depth of blowing to increase the moisture
reservoir; a thoroughly fine and compact
sub-sl1rface to form seed bed a constant
soil mulch to prevent the evaporation OF
moisture undisturbed roots. During the
growing season, he cultivates every four to
ten days with all crops, insisting on shallow
Observation-Disclosures so shallow that the
roots will not be disturbed
"For the past two years, Mr.. Campbell
has been using his system on the Pomeroy
model farm in Graham county, Kansas. The
writer visited this farm in 1000 and 1901.
At the first visit, Mr. Campbell had his work
lust starting. The farmers had no faith in
the new methods and frankly said that the
farm selected was one of the most unpromls-
ing in the country. 1t is high upland,
drained in every direction, with thin soil and
magnesia subsoil coming to within twelve
to eighteen inches of the surface. Magne-
sia subsoil is about the poorest subsoll that
we have for wthstanding drought, and in
dry time, crops will die out quicker on
this kind of soil than on almost any other
It has been said that for six years previous
ly there had been total failure of crops on
this farm.
"The first thing which attracted attention
on inspecting the fields in 1901, under the
Campbell method, was the perfect stand. A
number of fields in the neighborhood were
inspected and in every case, except Mr.
Campbell's there was an unusually poor
stand of Kaffir-corn There were frequent
ly five to six feet between stalks, and some
times several rods would be vacant. The
stand of corn was also very poor in the VI
cinity, except in fields under the Campbell
system An auger four and one-half feet
in length was taken and several behring's
made, to test the depth of moisture. With
one boring, dry dirt was found at depth
of four feet in fields under the Campbell
system. With all other behring's, the dirt
was moist down to the full depth the auger
would go-four and half feet. In an adj
Joining field that had apparently received
good ordinary cultivation, dry earth was
found at from twelve to eighteen inches
from the surface. :,
"Kaffr-corn cultivated by the Campbell
method was from eight to twelve inches
higher than that in neighboring fields and
was heading The chief trouble with katflr-
corn in the western half Of the state has been
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

The United States department of agricul-
ture is making experiments to determine
the extreme life of seeds, and the results
thus far obtained are calculated to expose
the fraud of wheat and other plants gathered
from Egyptian mummies and alleged to be
several thousand years old, being planted
and thus re-introducing the old Egyptian
varieties The fact is, very few seeds will
retain their vitality for more than twenty
years, while most seeds lose life at from two
to five years. 1t is stated that the famous
mummy wheats so much exploited few
placed in the Egyptian tombs for the pur-
pose of being discovered and sold as wheat
seed 1000 or 5000 years old, and the decep-
ton was carried out pro6tably by the man
ipulators of the scheme.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Quick Method of Taking Off Hides.

Many farmers that have lost cattle or
horses haul them away without skinning
them, or skin them by hand, which is slow
and tresome. This is a mistake. The loss
of the animal is bad enough without losing
the price of the hide. Cut the hide around
the feet, down the legs to the center of the
body underneath, then from tail to under
lip Skin the forelegs, neck and head, tie
rope around the animals neck and secure to
a post set in the ground Solid then fasten
rope around hide that you have taken off OF
neck and head and hitch team to this rope
They will pull the hide off in just mo-
ment's time. You can take off hide this
way in very few minutes and you have
made three or four dollars, more or less,
according to the size of the hide. l..
Smith, in Dakota Farmer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15
Measuring Hay in Stack.

very simple and easy thing. There are many
methods of taking these measurements, and
SO far as we have tested them they are about
as accurate as the measurement OF cattle,
to find their weight In all seriousness the
judgment of good guesser who has had
some experience in weighing, is much more
accurate and worthy of consideration than
any rule of measurement by inches and feet
in determining weights of hay or cattle.
The facts are that scarcely any two stacks
of hay will measure out alike because there
is a difference in the kind of hay; some
coarse, some fine, some compact, some loose,
some medium loose, ETC., varlOuSly changing
to make difference in weight. 1t is guess
that has SO many figures in its computation
that makes it much more hazardous for &C
curacy than the plain, simple measurement
of a trained eye.
To satisfy the curious we append few
methods of hay measurement for what they
are worth-col1ected by the Breeders Ga
zette:
Prof J. A. Edgerton, Iowa Experiment
Station, gives his method in this wise: "The
area of the base multiplied by the perpen-
dicular height to caves plus one-third the
perpendicular height from caves to crest
will give the number of cubic feet in stack
the sides of which are perpendicular to
greater or less height. If the stack slopes
uniformly from the base to crest, then multi
ply the area of the base by one-third of the
perpendicular height. To find the area of
the base divide the distance around it by
3I4I6, take one-half of the result and
square it, then multiply by 3.I4I6 The
number of cubic feet necessary for ton Of
good, wel-sett1ed hay is about 49,"
J. E. Morse, Beaverhead county, Mont.
submitted this method "Mr Sheppard
gives the rule where the distance figures
over the top are obtained by throwing the
tape line over the stack, which is the way we
measure in this country, but Our rule is as
follows From the over we subtract the
width, divide the remainder by two Then
multiply this remainder by the length and
BREADTH This reduces it to cubic feet
Our rule is 432 cubic feet or 5I2 according
to the kind of hay and the length of time it
has stood This is what is known as the
overland measurement, otherwise the North
western measurement
Prof. J. H. Sheppard of the South Dakota
Experiment Station says: Square one-half
of the distance over top of stack from this
subtract the square of one-half the width.
The square root of this difference gives the
height of the stack. Now multiply the width
of the stack by one-half the height of the
stack. This gives area of end. Multiply
area of end by length of stack. This gives
the number of cubic feet in the stack pro-
vided all measurements are kept in feet. For
fine wel-settled hay divide cubic contents
of stack by $50, for coarse woody hay by
42o. The answer will be in tons. 1t saves
time, much figuring and is more accurate
to ascertain the height of stack by direct
measurement If the stack is built up square
1y for some distance measure up to the
IL 4 1--1f ct
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

The International Milk Condensing Com
pany at Chehalis, Wash, has commenced
making their Primrose brand of condensed
milk They employ sixteen experienced
hands ard use $4,000 pounds of milk per
day and aim to handle $4,000 pounds as
soon as the farmers can supply it. They
have several wagons running into every
valley tributary to Chehalis. Farmers are
planning better feed and stabling and are
securing the neighboring counties and Ore
gon for good COWS. The factory pays SI2o
for summer milk and will advance prices
September Ist and again when winter sets
in, which makes very profitable, steady
income to the Lewis county dairy farmers
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-09-15

A correspondent of the Farm Journal says
he has been very successful in preventing
COWS from sucking themselves by applying
to the udder the following mixture: Take
one teaspoonful of red pepper and mix with
three teaspoonfuls of lard Rub on thin
coat after each milking for two or three
days
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09
A STORY THAT WILL APPEAL.

The late Thomas Bracket Reed,
says the New York Times, was fond
of telling the following story regard
ing the bright little Office 10y whom
he kept in his employ in Washington
and for whom he phropesied a bril-
liant financial career.
A gentleman calling on Mr.. Reed
one day, while waiting in the recep-
ton room, was attracted by the
manner of the small attendant and
started random conversation.
and how much do you earn d
week, my boy" he inquired
Fifty dollars" said the youngster
with avidity.
Being shown into Mr.. Reeds
Office just then, the visitors surprise
found vent in words.
Mighty bright boy you have there,
Mr.. Reed, to be getting $50 a week."
he remarked.
Fifty nothing!' said Mr.. Reed.
He gets $3.50"
But he told me just now you were
giving him $50 a week." persisted
, the gentleman.
Nonsense" said Mr.. Reed, and
, touched the bell. Billy" he said,
did you tell this gentleman | was
paying you $50 a week?"
mo, sir"
you didn't? Well, what did you
say"
Il said | earned it" was the
prompt and stout rejoinder.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09

out, as well as the sweet sixteens at
boarding school and the little ones in
the nursery.
have spoken at some length oil
the 25,000,000 kisses given and re-
ceived in Paris on Easter day, but
they hardly count with the number of
bonbon boxes distributed. 1t Is
prodigious, and the prices paid for
these trifles vary all the way from
1000 francs TO five sous apiece.
Many sweetmeat. manufacturers live
the whole year on their Easter
profits, and the sitter the prices they
charge the greater the crowd OF
buyers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09
INDIANA STORM
CAUSES DEATH
DISASTROUS TORNADO SWEEPS
HOOSlER STATE.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN
SchooIhouse Blown in, Causing Fatal
Injury to Several Pupils-Oklasc-
ma and Kansas Likewise Visited,
Railroads Suffer and State Practic-
ally Cut Off from Rest of World.

Washington, Ind, April A lorna
do swept over southern Indiana yes
terday, causing general destruction.
AT Wathen a portion of the school
house was blown in. OF the 40 pupils
present, one was fatally injured, and
a number of others badly hurt. AT
Oakland City one man was fatally in
jured by the falling walls of a fac
tory. Reports from other points show
that houses, barns and trees were
blown down.
Killed by Falling Tree.
Alexdria, Ind, April 4.-During
storm yesterday afternoon, Oscar
Cummins was perhaps fatally injured
and his ten-year old daughter killed
by falling tree.
Kansas Railroads Suffer.
Topeka, Kas., April 4.-The rail-
roads are suffering serious inconven-
fence as a result of the heavy snow
storms. The telegraph wires are de-
moralized. Wheat is greatly helped.
In Oklahoma.
Guthrie, o. T., April A storm
cut off this city and practically all OF
Oklahoma from the outside world.
Will be Submerged.
New Orleans, April 4.-The most
serious development in the food situa-
ton yesterday was the break in the
levee in the East Carroll parish Parts
of Tensas, Madison, Concordia, Cata-
houla and Richland parishes, in add
ton to East Carroll, will be submerged
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09

During holy week dozens of candy
stores on the boulevards and on
Avenue de fOpera never close, not
even on good Friday; their customers
are almost exclusively of the male
persuasion at that time of the year.
Two or three friends usally travel ii
the same cab to avoid the crush of
vehicles, but arrived at the store
they must fall in line. Whether one
is duke or counter-jumper, he re-
ceives his number and must await
his turn. At last he reaches the sales
lady. How much?" How many?"
Which color or genre do you
PREFER" She points to the mountains
of samples corresponding with his re-
lquirements. He mods, receives a
ticket, and deposits so and so many
gold pieces with the cashier who
takes the address. Marquis
Siraudin, or your own Huyler's do
the rest; the words mistake" or
late" are not in their vocabulary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09
sFa fss aSSss
on Easter Day.

twenty-five millions of kisses will
four hours following upon April 6,
mid-night-25,O 100000 on the basis of
the kiss you take is paid by that
you give" But whether the JOY be
always mutual, and everybody con-
siders himself and herself in every
body else's debt on that account,
can't say.
AS to the 100000, the mode of
computation is easy enough: On an
average each Partisan gives and re-
ceives ten Easter kisses, and while,
doubtless, some cranks refuse to
steal Immortal blessings from red
lips" for hygienic or other reasons,
others, and plenty of them, exchange
as many as a hundred and more. AS
a matter of fact, l know certain
theatrical and musical critics who get
kissed as often as $50 times about
Easter, and by mighty pretty women,
too
Twenty-Five millions of kisses-if
so many rounds of the artillery OF
were discharged at once the multi
tudinous whizzing, wheeling, and
snuffing of it, the jingle, gurgle, and
buzzing, the roar and thunder and
racket would resemble the variety of
noises that attends the fall of an
avalanche.
This avalanche starts rolling down
the mountainside of hallowed custom
and fashion at II midnight, the happy
moment when the world, the flesh,
and the devil-particularly the flesh
resume the right of way, after the
long and tedious fast.
M. and Nine. de Gaillard asked
their friends to an after lenten
supper, and round 100 of them sat
down to table at 11:45 p. m.
Oysters, anchovy, and celery are
served with old sherry; conversation
is of the quietest, as BELTS the sea-
son. Dowagers talk of the latest
encyclical elderly gentlemen pro-
nounce wisely on the course of the
ministry. young married women and
men m6lllOH l'OiS, NAAS
and autos. but in whispers.
Suddenly the great pendule on the
mantel begins to toll out the mid
night hour; the lady of the house
fixes her eyes upon the folding doors
where the buffers stand directing her
swarms of servants. Punctually at
this twelfth stroke the major domo
enters. behind him two chasseurs'
who carry between them on mas
s;ve silver tray the enormous steam
ing tureen. Beef What bliss alter
so much turtle, fish. and cereal soups
The master of the house forgets him.
self so far as to sniff the aroma win
an air of surprise and delectation'
and for once the guests may DO lhe
same without fear of appearing rude
Bang, bang. bang! Corks are pop,
ping. crystals Jingle, spoons cia'tel
discreetIy. While the plates are re-
moved NJ. de Gailard rises to wish MS
friends the compliments OF the sea
son. then he turns to madam anu
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09
LIFE LIN ES.

Love is gracious only to beggars.
We are happy as we think we are.
know thyself," said the ancients
BE myself" say we.
The years are steps that break from
under us as we climb.
The wizards who believe in their
own magic are the children.
When we see something nice We
want it. That Is why laws are made
The gods of Olympus have shrunl
into the fairies and ogres of the
nursery.
The egotist is an optimist: he ex.
poets his neighbors to love him as he
does himseir.-Life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09

The National Boot Operators union
Of England is trying to prevent the
use of seven new American pulling
over" machines placed in Leicester
factory. The machine automatically
takes all the stretch out of the upp1~
of a boot, brings the whole into the
perfect shape of the last" and auto
matically fixes the upper to the insole.
One machine takes the place of twelve
men.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09


AS consequence boudoirs of many
well favored hostesses look like
embryo sweetmeat shops on Easter
morn with their table loads of bon
bonnieres" in the most exquisite de.
signs, in silk, satin, velvet, metal,
and gold lace, among them real works
of art, decorated by painters or
sculptors of note. But the happy
proprietress doesn't always keep
them long. The Parisienne you must
know, makes it a point never to buy
bonbons herself; if she feels called
upon to give away anything in that
line she selects what is wanted from
the things sent to her. Now, as
every woman has one or more friends
who must" be remembered" it
often happens that sac" changes
hands three or four times and that,
indeed occasionally, it comes back
to the original beneficiary or to the
wife or sister or sweetheart of the
gentleman who bought it. It's the
endless chain idea applied to bon
bons, but no one takes offense at it,
just as no one dares to be jealous of
the Easter kisses his young wife re-
ceives.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09

One reason why American workmen
accomplish more in a daythan work.
men abroad is because OF shoes. Our
shoes are lighter, easier on the feet,
and thus permit greater action.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09

mission to give her the Easter Saluta'
ton.
Madam might not be at all fond of
her lords moist splashes,' as the
lamented author of me Quick or the
Dead" styled such conjugal oscula-
tions, but on this supreme occasion
she dare not refuse. Once on the
right and once on the left cheek he
smacks her, and again every man III
the company follows suit with his
more or less fair neighbor-a general
embrassade-no mistletoe required.
After each man has done justice to
very good, well kissed, with ex-
cellent courtesy" and run the gamut
of reverential, dutiful, and affection
ate kisses. Above all, it's proper for
him to seek out the grandmother of
the house, even though she may not
be at table, but in an adjoining room,
or in her own boudoir. Easter night
she will not hold out her hand to
him, as usual; he may kiss her
cheeks, and she will lay her hand
upon his shoulders and bless him.
The "dutiful" kiss is due to the
hostess and to the wife, sister,
cousin or aunt of ones employer, or
of the person of whom one has ex-
pectations. This sort of kiss has
been dubbed the complexion
destroyer, and it's toss up who
is more to be pitied, the man who
has his mouth full of rouge and
powder or the lady looking like a
paint shop in distress.
All, what a difference between that
and the kiss upon a fresh, I'M
adulterated cheek, still capable of
blushes-a cheek with a complexion
like ripe strawberries and cream,
that can be kissed with impunity,
and that is only the prettier for it!
Though the words of Henry ", 1T Is
not the fashion for the maids in
France to kiss before they are mar
ried," still hold good, Easter usually
finds the girls pretty much in evil
dence at the customary kissing bouts
and it's pleasant change, to say the
least.
l mean the girls of the rich, OF
course; the poor are always with us.
Marcelle, who works for boule-
ward millinery house, changes the
last hat from show window to box at
l11:55 p. m. The proprietor Of her
store is expert in getting the greatest
amount of work for the least wages,
but as the midnight bell rings he
generously allows the street door to
be opened, and places himself there
to kiss "his" girls as they go out-he
would be a brute. indeed, to neglect
that formality. Marcelle accepts the
official oscillations with becoming
charity: a minute later she is off for
the rendezvous. Under a certain
lantern Jean has been waiting for
two long hours to draw his check on
the bank of love and devotion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-09
To Work Mint and Qau-

The Santa FEE railway in building
its cutoff through Abo Pass canyon
will work 600 men at night under
electric lights.