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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
TINS LITTLE JOKE.
HE HAD A CROWD ON HAND
TO SEE HIS SIGNATURE.

Tim Murphy. who told several droll
stories here last season, is quite al
adept with the pencil, and were he
not great comedian the chances are
be would be great cartoonist Not
only is he clever with the pencil but
also an expert pen and ink worker.
His signature on hotel register IL
wonder, not particularly on account OF
any artistic merit, but owing to the
quantity Of ink he manages to exude
from the pen-neat and precise. he
writes "im Murphy" and then with n
flourish moves back with the pen and
dashes of T that can only be liken-
ed to . river Of ink and generally
causes more or less CONSERVATION to
the usually urbane hotel clerk.
Entering q hotel few days ago, tired
and dusty after long railway Jour
pey, Tim overheard the clerk remark
in an aside TO three men lounging over
the counter Here comes Tim
Murphy, watch his signature. and
the polite clerk showed the register
along TO Tim and handed him a new
pen, then stood with arms akimbo
exposing 20 view . large expanse Of
Immediately clean shirt front in the
centre OF which nestled a large yellow
diamond. Tim leaned far over the
counter and placed upon the register
the usual "im Murphy" and then
moved his pen back TO the head of the
line As he did so the curious four
drew near. and then something hap
pcned-there was crash o. the pen
few into fragments which aliRhted in
the faces Of the onlookers while the
usual river Of ink landed fair and
square upon the yellow diamond and
formed diverting black threads aoros.
the shirt front, representing the
latest and greatest railroad merger
The smiling clerk never turned hail
but beamed benignly upon Tim, and
remarked: My, but you are cut
ting q dash this morning Mr.. Muir
ply" Tim, however, ~ he settled
his bill the next day, discovered ths
the rate at that hotel had advanced
About two dollars per day since hi
last visit
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29


MARION, INDIANA.
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thr ugh 10 perfect h alth and strength.
II is a constant support and strengthen.
ing tonic for mo hers and makes the
hour OF maternity almost free from pain
and agony. To the frail mother in the
days of recovery Zoa Phora brings
health, strength and vigor and tones the
nerves. To women in constant dread of
the approach of pain and sickness Zoa
Phora brings reiief and comfort.
Miss Chella Thompson, $50 T.. Mar
snail street: About year ago | had
pneumonia and was left in very debil-
itated condition, was also troubled with
irregular menses. was induced to
give Zos Phora trial and after using
three bottles hud that | am entirely
we'll. glad recommend this valuable
medicine Ia all. and will gladly answer
any inquiries that come TO me.
Miss ola Thompson, $50 r; Marshall
street 81 have been asked what think
OF zoa Phora. and | always tell my
friends tina think it Is just fine for the
troubles for which you advertise it.
WAS feeling badly all the time before
Try ing Zoa Phora aud could get nothing
TO help me, but after having taken only
two bottles OF Goa Phora feel all right
aud do not think shall need to take
any more"
/ Zoa Phora is sold by all druggists in
one dollar bottles. Write the Zoa Phora
/ Co., kalsmsz o, Mich, for a free trial
bottle and copy of their illustrated med
| ical Book, CDR. Pengelly's Advice &c
/ Women The doctor will gladly give
[ free special advice when needed.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
NINE MILE CANYON
EXPEDITION PLANNED TO EX-
ANIME RECENTLY DIS
COVERED CLIFF
DWELLINGS.

Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 29-An expe-
dition is being planned by the local
branch of the American institute of
archaeology TO make scientific investi-
CATION Of the ruins of some twelve or
fifteen recently discoy cred cliff dwell
ings in what is known as Nine Mile
canyon, about AS miles northwest of
Price and close to the line of Carbon
and Emery counties, Utah. These
dwellings are the farthest north Of any
heretofore discovered.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
TO HANG FOR MURDER.

Paris, ILL.,, Jan. 29-In the circuit
court at Paris, Frank Dawson, convict
ed of numbering Miss Anna Hartman,
was sentenced 20 be hanged on Friday,
March IS. The prisoner listened I'M
moved "a sentence WAS passed upon
him. His attorneys took AN appeal.
Daw.on's crime WAS committed at a
dance on the Attn Of last month. He
belongs to one of the most prominent
families in Monroe county. A broken
engagement caused him 10 shoot Miss
Hartman
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
CURED LUMBAGO.

A. X. Canman, Chicago, writes
March 4, 1908: Having been trou'
bled with lumbsgo at different times
and tried one physician afior another
then different ointmOnts and lini-
ments. gave it up altogether so
tried once more, am got bottle OF
Billiards. Snow Liuiment, which gave
me almost instant relief / can cheer.
fully recommend it, and will aud my
name TO your list of former sufferers. -
csc. soc and 81.
Sold By Dubois, Kolb 4 ca
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
HIS BROTHER DEAD.

MIR. b. S. Griffith, the popular
ship carpenter, has received news OF
the death Of his brother, Mr.. Ander-
son Griffith, at Austin Station, Ark.
last Sunday morning from stomach
trouble. The deceased was highly
respected man and the remains were
buried at Austin Station.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
IMPERFECT DIGESTION.

Means less nutrition and in conse-
auence less vitality. When the liver
fails TO secrete bile, the blood becomes
loaded with bilious properties, the di-
gestion becomes impaired and the bow
els constipsted. Herbine will rectify
this; it gives tone to the stomach, liv-
or and kidneys, strengthens the appe-
tite, clears and improves the complex
ion, infuses new life and vigor to the
whole system. 30 cents bottle.
Sold by Dubois, Kolb & Go.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
Trial Bottle Mailed Free TO Any Woman

For 80 years Zoa Phora has been the
safe, ever ready, ever reliable standby
for the sIckly woman. II quickly and
permanently cures female trouble, pain
or irregu arity caused by disease or
weakness OF the pelvic organs, leucor-
rhea, displacement, Liberation or in
flammation or arrangement In the
change from msideuhood to woman
hood, or, in the later change of life,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29

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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
Children's suits

wv One lot Of Children's Suits that
formerly sold for $500, $500 and 81.
Railroad wreck sale price 98c
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
FOR PALE,
SICKLY GIRLS

ZoA PHoRA IS SURE AND SAFE REM
EDy IN THE THREE DANGER PERIODS
oFWoMAN's LIFE-IT BRINGS RELIEF
AND PERMANENT CURE TO PAIN AND
BAcKAcHE, AND CURES ALL DISEASES
or WOMEN.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
Men'sJHatS

VOU Mems soft black hats, the new
shapes, all sizes. Railroad wreck sale
price 68c
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
DEATH IN CHRISTIAN.

Hoptinsville, KY, Jan. 29-Thom-
as j. Powers, a prominent farmer of
Fruit Hill, died suddenly of apoplexy,
aged SO years. He was a member OF
the Orofton Masonic lodge and leaves
family.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
HOMES THE BEST.
Canada's "Circus worded Posters"
Reviewed by Secre tary Cobnrn.


Apropos of the tide Of western farm
ers into Canada II. ID. Cobugn. secre-
tary Of the Kansas state board OF agri-
culture, has prepared Il statement well
worth the attention of those farmers
Of Kansas and other states WHO are
turning longing eyes to the cheap Can,,-
dian lands. Secretary Coburn's on
PARSONS with Canada are OF his own
state alone, but much of the statement
is quite applicable to other western
states. Among other items are the fo,-
lowing:
Kansas Is a producer of some great
agricultural statistics, and they reveal
a degree of prosperity without parallel.
They also tend to make competitors
uncomfortable and seem to suggest that
those who are already here woald %
well to stay. For ONE time Canada
has been disseminating circus wOrGed
circulars about the productivity of her
soils and their wondrous crops. especial
stress being given 10 her possibilities
as q wheat raiser, but official statistics.
recording what has actually been done,
show that the state of Kansas alone
in each of the years 1900, 1901 and 1853
produced more wheat than did the
whole Dominion of Canada, in the three
years ~aggregating 2GS.S17.Sf bushels,
or more by nearly 100000 bushels.
or over II per cent, than the total pro
duction of Canada for the same years.
And most any year any three Or four
OF the most eastern counties in the
northern tier yield more corn than is
grown annually i'm Canada.
or course Canada is not without her
advantages, for possibly less than six
OF the twelve months she furnishes ex-
cellent skating, sleighing and tobog-
gaming, and her dairymen have estab-
lished a reputation for industry and
thrift. But the same energy and capt
tai invested in Kansas, where climate
Is milder, winter shorter and less ex-
pensive shelter necessary, would doubt
less bring greater returns, as Kansas
produces In abundance the best of milk
making feeds. and markets are g
by.
There Ia no likelihood of Kansans be-
ing persuaded that their lot can be i'm
proved by moving away, but to dlssat-
is1ed farmers In other states and even
those who are subjects of a king the
true story OF Kansas agricultural pro-
auctions and possibilities as compared
to those Of Canada would seem like a
fairy tale.
Many authentic instances might be
cited where the value Of one seasons
crops In Kansas has nor than met
the entire first cost of the farm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
RAISING THE CALF.
A Great Deal Depends ON Cleansing
the Feed Trough.

Asked to speak OF the subject Some
Mistakes | Have Made" j. l.. Erwin.
Steadman, Mo-, ar she State Dairy as.
sociation meeting said: Most of tie
plumbers or mistakes have made rs q
dairyman were through ignorance.
sometimes ~preconceived notions. other
mistakes through too ready a mind TO
listen TO others without giving suiii-
cient thought myself.
"Uncleanliness is the greats 81 mis-
take in tie dairy business. You d.
not mean to say you have been Il dirty,
filthy dairyman? ! mean TO plead guilty
in many ways. l used to raise 50 to 100
calves a yeIr--skim milk ie..ows. l
used to put nalf Il dozen TO u trough as
soon us they were broken to drink and
pour the milk into them day after day
without washing that trough and o
der why some of those calves had the
and did not grow Dirt, dirt
filth enough in that trough to Kill every
calf that drank from it!'-Hoard's Dali
lyman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
DAIRY BARN.

to this wings on each side for the cow
stalls. These wings can be extended to
any length desired, so that the number
of cows to be kept need not be limited
by the building. A whole new struc-
ture can be built after this plan, but It
often happens that a small barn is at
hand and the owner desires TO enlarge
his stock of cows. In such a case the
wings can be added at less expense
than would result from building one
large barn to accommodate the desired
number Of cows.
The floor plan shows an exceedingly
convenient arrangement for minimizing
work. an important point when a large
stock is kept. From the end of the
feed floor between the two sllos runs
a small feed car upon a track that
brancht at the entrance to the two
alleys between the cow stalls, n turn
table at the branch sending the car In
either direction. as desired. A switch"
could be used instead. The car passes
tie grain room and goes past the head
of every stall. SO that the work of feed
ing the stock is reduced TO IT'S lowest
terms. Eight pens and box stalls are
provided for the accommodation of
calves and cows with calf, while a
number of stalls are devoted to young
stock, as every dairy farm ought to
raise the heifer calves from the best
cows, to take the place of the poorest
cows that can thus be turned of. This
insures a constant increase in the quail
ity of the herd.
At the end Of each wing Is a wide
shed, into which the manure Ia wheeled
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
PROMISING CROP REPORTS.
Wheat Excepted, All Grain Crops
show a Gain over Last Year.


Preliminary returns 70 the bureau Of
statistics indicate a winte. wleat cro3
of about 1888. 10000 bushels. or an ay-
erage of 1913 bushels per acre, rs com
pared with 1913 bushels FER acre last
year as finally estimated.
The average condition Of spring
wheat on Aug. ! was S7.5 as compare :
with 93.7 last month. III on Aug. I.
1903; S9.7 at the corresponding Gate in
1902 and a ten year August average Of
S1.2.
Rust has made its appearance in a
number of counties in the northwest,
but except as to South Dakota Il Is
chiefly in late or supplemental reports
that reference is made TO il. ard It Is
evidently too early to estimate definite
ly the extent of the damage resulting
from it.
The average condition Of the cat croa
on Aug. 1 was S6.G as compared with
sos last month. T9.5 on Aug. I. 1905
S9.4 at the correSrondir>r date in 10
and a ten year August average Of s..
The proportion of the OFT crop Of la
year still in the hands of farmers is
estimated at 5.4 per cent rs compare
with IA per cent Of the crop Of 1902 in
farmers hands one year ago
The average condition of barley o.
Aug. I was sS.1 against s9.5 one month
ago, S3.4 on Aug. l, 1903; SOC IT tie
corresponding date in 1902 ana a ten.
year average Of $50.
The average condition Of anring rye
on Aug. / was 91.S as compared wi-l
90.3 II month ago. So on Aug. /,
1908; 90.5 at the corresponding lite IN
1902 and a ten year average of S6.2.
Bankers Estimates.
Reports gathered by the Commercial
National bank of Chicago from 1912
state and national banks throughout
the great cereal producing states repre-
sent information about ten days later
than the government report. The sum
mary of this information. made public.
is as follows:
Spring Wheat.-In the northwest the
conditions are such as to make an ac-
curate estimate impossible at this time.
The southern sections of the spring
wheat states have sustained serious
damage, and more is threatened. The
northern spring wheat crop will equal
that of last year If the frost holds off
until Aug. 10.
Winter Wheat.-Average decrease in
yield 7 per cent as compared with last
year.
Corn.-Average increase in yield 16
per cent.
Oats.-Average increase in yield 10
per cent.
Rye.-Average increase in yield II
per cent.
Barley.-Average increase in yield 20
per cent.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15

Considerable agitation has resulted
In the minds Of a great many people
interested in progressive dairying ow-
ing 10 the method of cream ripening
suggested by Professor Dean OF the
Ontario Agricultural college. He car
ried on some experiments by adding a
starter to the cream, cooling ii down
and churning it Immediately, says c.
Larsen in Creamery Journal. Another
lot he ripened in the usual way. He
found that the quality of the butter
resulting from adding the starter ana
churning mt once was as good as and
even better han the quality of the
the usual lengthy way.
1t has in the past been thoroughly
demonstrated that sweet cream butter
is not - good u several respects as
butter made from T.reGtd .AA, AMI
II was also thought tist 4 process Of
fermentation was necessary in or .er
to develop the peculiar Gesirable La
vors which are developed IN butter
from ripeued cream. 1t may, however,
he possible that these iGvoring sub
stances can be developed III a starter
and Impaired directly TO the butter fat
In the cream to which the starter is
added.
Whether this process of adding a
starter, stirring and churning imme-
diately will produce as good a quality
of butter as when ripened in the usual
way will seemingly depend upon
whether all these ~iavoring substances
can be added directly TO the fat in the
cream from the starter.
A Model Creamery.
The creamery at Fredericksburg, Ia,
ranks with the best in the state, and
every time we have called there 1t has
appeared above par as regards clean
illness and good order. For the year
ending Dec. 81, 1908, this creamery
took in 6,333,S50 pounds of milk, made
2S6, 003 pounds of butter, had an aver
age yearly test of 3.S3 and an average
yield of All and paid 900 cents for
every 100 pounds of milk received. Its
cost of making 100 pounds of butter
and placing the same on board cars for
1903 was $1.51. Few creameries can
make a better or as good a showing.
During June this year this creamery
took in 940,S50 pounds Of milk, and
July % it took in 2S,244 pounds. One
hundred and fifty tubs per week mark
the flush this year.-Creamery Journal.
Partition In Round silo.
Replying to an inquiry as to the best
method of dividing a brick silo into
two equal parts, Hoard's Dairyman
says:
Let the accompanying diagram rep
resent a cross section of a round silo.
with a partition across the center. Then
Il B will represent interior buttresses
let into the present lining, built on a
curve so as TO avoid sharp angles and
projecting far enough on one side to
engage or support the partition proper,
which Ia represented by A and con-
sists of two inch plank set one above
another and connected with bowels,
three to four feet apart, firm OF tight
in the lower edge of the plank, but At
ting easily in corresponding holes in
the plank below. In a silo twenty-five
feet in diameter these planks may be
sixteen or eighteen feet long and
should rest six to twelve inches on the
shoulder of the buttress. On the oppo-
site side the buttress will only come
to the ends Of the plank, as the parti-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
GROSS SECTION OF s1Lo.

ton will be held in place by the silage,
for only n or two of the partition
planks will be put in place at one time.
As there are no supports to this par
dt1on through the center the filling of
both sides or pits must be carried on
simultaneously, but when the silage is
well settled it will practically support
itself, SO that n side or pit may he
FED out and the other left intact with
out any considerable pressure or strain
on the partition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
steriIizine slim MIX.

Within two or three year, LaSr,' of
the most successful creamer ea have
begun to sterilize the skim mix, ms ii
is generally called. before sending it
back from the factory, This consists
in heating it to at least $50 degrees by
using steam, in most cases from the en-
CINE exhaust. This hot milk is put into
cans and taken home without cooling.
The scalding checks the souring, and
such milk should remain sweet until
the following day and if thoroughly
cooled can be kept over Sunday. In
this way the calf can be fed on sweet
milk and good results secured.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
gxw q IEN coU Stalls 20,
I'D n HD AAI4allD SO
TTTr TH ETTT7-F77 go
.Ntsrf Sssss2s Cow Staiss
I'd -
O PLAN.

PLAN.
IBhowing the center and one of the two
wings. which are aiike,l
from behind the stalls. This keeps the
anu protected from rains and sun.
The upper part Of the main barn Is
used for the storage of hay and other
fodder. This Is carried directly from
the second door OF the barn into the
lofts Of the wings and IL put down
through openings into the cows cribs
below. A car can be used ON this sec
ond door II the wings are long. The
loft In each wing Ia just high enough
so that a passageway is afforded along
the center. 4al
Where the land IL sloping a manure
cellar can often be secured beneath the
wings, In which case the sheds would
not be needed-American Farmer Mag
axine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15

Every cheesvlnaker knows or should
know that to get uniform cheese he
must practice uniformity throughout
every detail Of the work, says u. 8.
haer In Cheese and Dairy Journal He
should not set his vat at 80 degrees #.
. day and 30 degrees r. the next nor
yet use two ounce Of rennet for 1000
pounds Of milk q day and three or
-four ounces the next. Makers are all
aware OF the effect variations Of this
character work upon the uniformity Of
ne finished products, demonstrating
bow essential It = TO BE- Just n exact
Ing In making cheese In crder that the
opsrstor may procure absolutely cor
rect results.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
THE BELGIAN DRAFT HORSE.

How the Native Draft Horse Has
Been Improved to Highest Rank.
In connection with its exhibit at the
worlds fair the department of agricul-
ture of Belgium has issued a brochure
giving some interesting facts In regard
to agriculture. The breeding OF draft
horses is an important feature In Bel
GUM, and 1t appears that the provinces
Of Belgium have for a long time pos
sessed regulations relative to the i'm
provement OF the native draft horse.
some Of which date as far back as the
eighteenth century.
The provincial regulations have a
double aim-frst, to eliminate from
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
Uncle SANS Dairy EARNS.

The government statisticians consid-
er a farm on which 40 per cent of the
annual products are dairy products a
dairy farm. Figuring on this basis
there are 357,57S such farms in the
United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15

ssgGHnBEA
A DAIRY BARN.

a Modern Model to the
Growing Use of the siio.
The change in methods Of feeding
use OF the silo calls for a change in the
character Of dairy barns. No longer Is
large storage capacity needed for hay
and other roughness, for the silo sup
plies a large part Of the bulky food,
and silage, though coming under this
head, is not at all bulky" as compared
with hay and other dry fodder. A plan
is drawn in the accompanying illustra-
lions which utiliZes nm old barn, adding