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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-07
THE FASCINATING WOMAN.
Agreeable Manners q Commercial Az.
Ways Promote Content
Philadelphia Record.

For the lovely woman there has been
created a new vocation which requires the
superlative qualities OF sweetness, SYM
pathy and tact. To bewitch mere man has
been the easy pastime of woman ever since
the world began, and IL has led to no small
amount of trouble; but her new mission Is
interest of peace. A leading manufacturer
of agricultural implements has had fire.
uuent small difficulties with the hundreds
of young women I'm his establishment, al
ways about trivial matters. yet with the
possibility of producing a considerable
strike. To escape the perpetual annoyance
and the menace he adopted the idea OF the
Chicago School Board. There has been a
| meeting OF the girl pupils OF the city nor
NAL school because or the rigid, GUM ana
even sullen aspect OF a leading male teach-
er. His very appearance disheartened the
| pupils. The board imported from Philadel-
phia e granddaughter in the person of q
fascinating woman whose smile alone
| lured back the girls and whose tactfui
sympathy inspired them with a furious
ambition. The search of the manufactures
for another such charmer was promptly
successful. and she had been installed
among the reapers. binders, harrows and
the like but a month when her influence
was seen TO be dominant. The young wom-
en- were cheerful and energetic. She had
studied their needs. instituted many inn
provements, including the introduction OF
mirrors and rocking chairs Tor the noon
hour. and had transformed the dusty shops
into bowers of beauty where the girls con-
slider IL almost a privilege 10 work. The
benefit or the eStaDisuncnt OF the ldSCl-
rating peace-producer Is many times great
er than her cost.
Much tie same idea has occurred 10 an
| occa sionaI summer resort man. He has
engaged the fascinating. resourceful wom-
an TO undertake the entertainment OF
his guests. 1t is her part 70 study the
tastes of the important ladies, TO bring
together such as are congenial. devise va
rious pleasures and generally 10 see thai
there is no duilness. She insures the re-
turn OF the guests for the next season.
also the gloom-vanishing woman takes
charge OF the social features OF railway
excursions across the continent. In several
large department stores she Is a model
for the fashionable hostess I'm that decora-
tive department intended 10 display COM
pletely furnished suites OF rooms. Her re-
ception OF possible purchasers adds 10 the
! pleasant impression made by the rooms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-07
Good for Hogs.
Winchester Qnd.l Herald.

Take six bushels Of cob charcoal or three
bushels of common charcoal, eight pounds
of salt and one pound Of EPSON salts. two
quarts of air-slack lime, one bushel of wood
ashes. Break the charcoal into small pieces
n thoroughly mix the other ingredients
with 1t. Then take one pound of copperas
and dissolve in hot water, and with an ordi-
nary watering pot sprinkle over the whole
mass and again mix thoroughly. This mix
ture should be kept dry. Feeding a portion
of it twice a week furnishes something that
the hogs demand and assists In taking off
the gases of the stomach, expelling worms
and regulating their conditions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-07
Saline County (Kan.) Index.

Every farmer boy wants to be a school
teacher. every school teacher hopes to be
an editor. every editor would like to be a
banker. every banker would like To be a
trust magnate and every trust magnate
hopes some day To own a farm and have
chickens and cows and pigs and horses to
look after. We end where we begin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-07

can depend upon. IL not. raise her from a
calf. II may be a slower process. but II is
more satisfactory. TRY. try again." must
be the farmers motto: and it must be
patiently kept up for years until we get a
herd that will give us back a margin OF
profit for the feed We invest and the care
we give.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-07

readers VINO do MOI receive the sunday J"hrnai.l
companied her husband on his last trip of
inspection over the Kalso division of the
Sierra Northern Railway.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15
THE RANCH

g. With the two kinds of fruit tried,
apples and pears, the medium sizes OF fruit
kept longer than the largest, all being per-
feet specimens and picked at the same time.
It would. therefore, be an advantage, espe-
cially with pears and peaches, to pick the
larger specimens first, and leave the smaller
to mature later.
7. Fruit, on being removed from cold
storage, should be allowed to warm gradu-
ally and moisture should not be allowed to
deposit upon it. But if the wetting cannot
be prevented, then the fruit should be spread
out and dried as quickly as possible.
g. In addition to proper conditions IN the
storage room the most important points are
the selection of sound fruit; grading into
uniform sizes, one variety only in case,
and careful packing. Therefore, the results
of these experiments can be made use OF by
the family, in preserving fresh fruit for their
own use; by the fruit grower, in securing
better prices for good fruit later in the sea-
son. in the local markets; and by the shipper,
in enabling him to take advantage OF the
higher prices offered in foreign markets
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15
Cold Storage for Apples.

Following are the conclusions arrived at
after the Ontario experiment station had
concluded some experiments in storing
apples and pears
I. Apples and pears keep best when
wrapped singy in paper, and packed IN
shallow box not larger than bushel. They
ship best when in addition, they are packed
in layers, with excelsior between.
2. Apples keep better at temperature
of 81 degrees than at higher temperature
Our experiments do not show what is the
best temperature for pears
3. Cold storage cannot make bad fru1t
good neither can it keep bad fruit from be-
coming worse. Only good specimens will
keep for any length of time in cold storage
or will pay for storage.
4. For long storage, it pays to select the
best fruit and to pack it in the best manner
known. The extra labor and the cost OF
material are more than repaid in the great
quartity and better quality of fruit LETT at
the end of the storage period.
S. With apples and pears, at least, and,
it seems likely, for most kinds of fruit, the
fruit should be picked. and stored in advance
OF dead ripeness. The maturing process
goes on more slowly in cold storage than on
the tree or bush,
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15
Bisulfide of Carbon for Ants.

Ant colonies in the garden or lawn, says
Prof Craneheld in Farmers Sentinel, may
be effectually destroyed as follows
Secure tub, pail or alright covering OF
any kind large enough to entirely cover the
ant hill. Pour over the hill from one to
three tablespoonfuls of carbon bisulfde and
cover quickly with the tub. Not an ant
present at the time of application will SUR
vive Those away from home will return,
but rarely rebuild the colony. 1t must not
be forgotten for an instant that carbon
bisufide is highly inhammable. A lighted
cigar or pipe may be sufficient to ignite it:
The fumes are heavier than air and will
therefore settle to the very bottom of the ant
hill.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15

It is WEAKNESS to the flesh to so frequently
hear of new discoveries about sprays tor
destruction of Goblin moth, and that some
BODY who evidently never heard of it before
discovers that distillate is a new discovery
for destroying scale, when all these appllca-
tons are old and time worn, and 1T is when
somebody has the horse sense to rightly
apply them and they do effective work that
the contrast is observable as in opposition to
somebody else who does no good only to Kill
some trees. There are men who do not
have Prof or D. D. attached to their names
who are doing effective work because they
understand what they are doing In the
Goblin moth and scale destruction, there IS
little new under the sun, for the old is good
enough if sensbly used. There are some
who think the university has mde recent
and wonderful discovery along these lines,
but it has only sent men into the field to do
Just what every farmer or orchadist should
do, work Systematically and understand
ingly. The university has no Aladdin,s
lamp for you to light your torch by.-Paciflc
Fruit World.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15
Travelling Sprayers.

In the eastern fruit districts and in some
fruit districts in the west the advantages of
spraving orchards and small fruits has been
so thoroughly demonstrated that it is now
nracticed by almost every up-to-date fruit
grower The custom, however, is coming
in very slowly in the west outside OF the
special fruit districts, the principal reason
being that not a great deal more 1ruit IS
crown than is needed for family use and the
farmer is disposed to consider 1t sort OF
side issue, taking thankfully whatever the
frees and vines yield but not worrying
GREAT deal if the crop is a failure. Some
snraving mixtures are composed of different
INGREDIENTS and have to be mixed fresh when
used. and the average man who has much
farm work to do is disposed to look on
spraving as sort of fad and hardly worth
the bother At any rate, he is not willing to
take the small amount of time necessary TO
spray properly and at the right time
From one of our Canadian exchanges we
notice that in the Quebec and Ontario dis
trict there are men who make spraying their
business and go from farm to farm with
complete power spraying outht, Just as tue
thresherman goes from farm to farm and
threshes the grain These men spray from
ZOO to 800 trees per day and make their
move from one orchard to the next. They
charge cents per tree for each time 1t is
SPRAYED We believe this year is the hrst
time which this plan has been given a tair
trial and the company which is backing
these men is keeping careful records and will
make report at the end of the season.
We do not see why in a greater part OF
the west this plan would not be entirey,
practicable In fact, it seems to us it could
be extended If in each county some man
who is we'll posted on fruit growing would
undertake the job of keeping fruit trees
properly pruned and sprayed and give ad-
vice as to their treatment in the way OF Gull
tivation, cover crops, ETC., he ought to be
able to make good thing. OF it and at
charge so small that every farmer who had
an acre or two of fruit could we'll afford to
paw it gladly. We would like to hear from
our horticultural friends on this subject.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15
An Easy Way to Raise Beef.

Take rope strong enough to sustain the
weight of the beef and fasten each end to
something stationary Let the loop. END
down just low enough to go. around the
gambrel. Then take stick and put one end
through the loop and turn it around the
gambrel and between the legs. The gambrel
becomes a windlass. If the beef is heavy,
use a short crowbar. When you have
raised the beef high enough, take another
stick and push it through under the gambrel
stick. This will prevent the windlass from
unwinding By this means, one good man
can raise seven or eight hundred pounds
William Wright, in Dakota Farmer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15
Contracting Apples on the Tree.
L. K. Sutton

From experience as an apple buyer have
found that many conditions confront tel
low when he starts out on tour to purchase
his seasons supply Probably the most
forcible one in his mind is the desire not to
be beaten. To be successful one must have
good fruit at the right price to met competl-
fion. After being as thoroughly posted as
possible on the outlook, buyer should VISIT
the orchards, examine the trees and the SOIL,
notice if the trees have been properly
SPRAYED. pruned, thinned and irrigated ana
decide whether the orchards winch nave
been cultivated will hold their trult longer
than the uncu1tivated. Some men are over
anxious when they find good orchard ana
nav much more than the market will Justify.
This is not only an injury to themselves
but also to other buyers and growers.
Quite frequently in some sections wne1e
the orchards are small the growers are illgii-
bors Buv this mans fruit and all can be
bouoht Until he sells, it is difficult to buy
at any price. Diplomacy is necessary IN II,
this case. Others again are willing to sell
at the market price so long as they OBTAIN
as much as their neighbor. Occasionally
men start with the idea of buying at Ger
tain price, regardless of quality. lh1s is
wrong. The greatest mistake IS tor nr1n
70 send out buyer and limit him as to price
Another injury to the buyer and seller is the
man who wants only limited amount mas
but little time and not much experience ana
in order to save time and expense does not
examine the fruit, paying high price Tor
poor quality. .+
His rash act frequently makes price, that
takes days to explain to those VINO nave I'VE
good lots and are unable to get as mucn 1oi
their good fruit as their neighbor. oDtalned
for inferior stock Another annoying factor
to the trade is the amateur who has money
and feels that with few cars he can occupy
his time during the winter ard make proht
in supplying few friends with fine apples,
which upon investigation by them prove owe
verv inferior and are not wanted at any
price. The man who causes the most trouble
IS the one who buys on commission, having
nothing invested and seeing only the CON-
mission. I do not mean this to apply. to all
who purchase on commission, but it is gen,
erally the case The habit or custom OF
buying all the orchards in LOCALITY just ~
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-08-15

keen some one out or to show nerve has
caused many buyer to lose heavily. -,
Occasionally number OF buyers Will
meet in an orchard loaded with fine fruit
with the owner undecided to hold or SELL
It takes shrewd man to win the confidence
of this grower and secure the apples at their
value without offending any OF the other
buyers or overstepping the apple buyers
etiquette To buy an orchard, paying, SO
much for No. rs and another price Tor NO
2's, the grower to do the picking and the
buver the grading and boxing, is not always
satisfactory. 1t leaves room for dispute as
to grades and if the apples begin to drop the
grower is anxious to pick, with the apples
hardly yet colored. To obtain the most sat
isfactory results advise buying the crop OF
apples on the tree or so much tor the
orchard and do all the picking, grading, box
ing, hauling and loading.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-02
| eIegrams In Brief

In Boston the failure of ]. Francis
Brown & Company is announced.
Sweden has accepted the invitation
to participate in the ST. Louis exposi-
ton.
M. Theotokis, former Greek premier,
mas formed new cabinet with him
sell as premier and foreign minister.
Emperor Francis Joseph has con-
nrmed the hungarian cabinet formed
by Count Hedervary. who will be
premier
A Norfolk 6 Western train, west
bound, struck COW east of Marion.
Va. Engineer Lee Spaulding and
Foreman Hoover were killed.
At Philadelphia, president enroute
from Washington to Oyster lay,
alighted and shook hands with a num-
Der of persons at the station.
New York bank statement: Loans
increased $6,925,SO0, deposits increas-
ed $13,940,500, reserve increased &c.
3O9,4O0, surplus increased $2,S24,3O0;
U. S. deposits increased $2,S05, 400.
The mad mullah has not destroyed,
as reported, five British posts between
Burao and Bohotle in Somoliland.
Thirty-nine British officers out of AZ
were killed and 1000 native soldiers
were made prisoners.
AT Ithaca, N. Y, Albert R. Coffin,
'04, of indianapolis, was elected cap
tain of the Cornell varsity crew.
Coach Courtney and the victorious
oarsmen was accorded a great ovation
by townspeople and students upon
their return.
The king of Italy, Roumania, Presi-
dent Loubet of France and Prince
Nicholas of Montenegro have added
their congratulations to those already
received by King Peter. These tele-
grams are regarded as constituting an
official recognition of the new ruler
of Servia.
After a desperate struggle for pos
session of revolver with Lulu Miller,
his step-daughter, in the Hermitage,
one of the finest residences in Walling-
ton, N. j., William Dessler shot and
dangerously wounded his wife then
shot himself in the heart, causing
death. He had been estranged from
his wife for year and went back to
seek reconciliation.
At kiel the Roen, the eleventh OF
Germany's armored cruisers, was
launched. Rear Admiral Cotton,
the captains of the American war
ships, and members of the United
States embassy were in Emperor
Williams party. The American squad
saluted the new cruiser. Emperor
William and Prince Henry of Prussia
took breakfast with Admiral Cotton on
board the Kearsarge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-02

Cattle-Receipts, 1900, including
500 Texans market steady; good to
prime steers. 510@ $50; poor to me-
dunn, 42565.0O; stockers and feeders.
27564.75; cows, 1.6O@4.50; heifers.
2.5O64S0: Gamers, 1.60@2.9O; bulls,
2.50@43O; calves, 2.50G6.25; Texas
fed steers, 350@4.60. Hogs-Receipts
yesterday, 10000; today, 10000; left
over 3.1S7; market 5@10c higher;
mixed and butchers, 5.70@5.95; good
to choice heavy, 5.S0@59O; rough
heavy, 5.656575; light, 5.75G6OO;
bulk of sales. 5SO@5.9o. Sheep-Re-
ceipts. $4,000; sheep lower, lambs
lower: good to choice wethers, 1850
$50; fair to choice mixed. 3.006375;
western sheep. 25064.50; native
lambs, 100000,
Butter-Easy; creameries. 16Q2Oc;
diaries, 15G1Sc. Eggs-Firm at
mark. cases included, 12a a lac
Steady; twins. 1012c; daisies
1898 d11c; Young Americas. la lllac.
Live poultry-Firmer turkeys, loc'
chickens. lie.
General rains in the northwest
caused weakness in wheat at the open-
ing yesterday, September being so
sc to sole lower at 77Aq77l3c
While the weather conditions in the
spring wheat belt We're the main in
auences. the Kansas state report show.
ing a recordbreaking yield--100,o OO.-
600 bushels-was also a strong factor
in creating bearish sentiment among
traders and many local longs and COM
mission houses sold freely early IN
the day, Cables were firm, but being
late in arriving this influence was not
felt until trading was we'll under way,
but toward the end of the first hour
the market had regained much Of the
early loss. Minneapolis and Duluth
reported receipts of 225 cars. which
with local receipts of Il cars OF
contract grade-made total receipts
for the three points Of 296 cars, against
$50 cars last week and $50 cars year
ago,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-02

an editor Of the University Press, then
forerunner of the present Daily Cardi-
nal, and during a considerable part of
the time its owner. In 1875, while
yet managing the Press, he acted as
city editor of the State Journal and
the next year obtained an interest in
the Daily Democrat. With that pub
LEGATION he was actively connected for
nearly two decades, now as editor and
again as business manager, alternating
in these positions with George Raymer,
one of his partners, almost steadily for
% years. or with H. w. Hoyt, who was
a member of the company many years
ago,-and always applying to his
duties energy integrity, intelligence
and affability. Some ten years or
more since he withdrew his active
association with the paper and sought
invigorated health on large farm, far
up in Minnesota near the Canadian
border. which he had acquired. There
he passed much time, during summer
anu Idllt anu huuallg bCIdLlC III
terested to some extent in grain buy
ing; but for a period of three or four
years his energies had been applied to
the expansion of the affairs of the
Wisconsin Life Insurance company,
a Madison institution of which he
was one of the originators, and at the
time of his death he was it's vice
president and treasurer. He was also
president of the Democrat company
and vice president and director of the
Capital City bank. Within two years
he had taken possession of a hand
some, commodious and slightly home
overlooking Lake Mendoza on Pros
pect place-a section which he had
helped to plat and in which he was
the owner of many valuable lots. Here
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-02
CHAPTER LII.

"There Is something strange in
Miss Hatton's face today" said LEANS
maid to her contidante, the house
Keeper mo one seems to notice
anything wrong about her; Tut am
very anxious. She Is SO thin that
can never make her dresses to ut her
now; and she Is often SO colorless
that | have to use poudre de rose to
make her presentable-sh who had
the lovoliest bloom In the world"
IL see the change" returned the
housekeeper, gloomily. "She thinks
too much of other people, There Is
nothing like taking care Of ones self.
She has studied everything for Miss
Hotties comfort. but have never
heard her speak of herself"
Il cannot make 1t out said the
maid, Il am sure she has not been
to sleep all night: she has sat up. |
saw death In her face when went
into the room
covered with green leaves and starry
wrong between her and sir Basil, re-
marked the housekeeper,
mo, | am sure there Is not" was
tho reply They are to be married
when she comes Lack from France
san | am unhappy about her; there
Is something the, matter ! am quite
sure. one night | had to 80 TO her
room, and she was moaning In her
sleep like a dying child, and | have
never seen such n face rs she had
when | went into her room this morn
ing"
For the day and the hour were
come Sir Basil was to 30 with them
as far MS Dover, and see them safely
on board They were all four to start
by the midday train from Arley to
London.
Leah had measured her strength
that morning, and found 1t rapidly
failing,
Il could not live through two more
days Of II" she said Thank
Heaven, It Is almost over2'
She was passive, while her maid
took all the pains she could to hide
the shrinking of the graceful figure,
the palor of the beautiful face, She
must keep up appearances while she
was in England. among those who
knew her; but when she was across
the sea, she could give way. she could
droop and die as she would--but not
here.
She babe farewell to the grand old