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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-29

Mrs Martha Vineyard of Chicago
Is the guest Of her brothers. Capt n.
Z. and r. / Thistlewood and their
families. will return home tomorrow
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

work went on but slowly and with dis.
aster. The quicksands swallowed up
the earth and stones as fast as they
were thrown in, and. worse still, 1t
swallowed the workmen as we'll. Then
1t was that a humble young girl, o
Sonsan (maid.servant), came forward
and offered to be buried alive In the
swamp to placate the evil spirits Of
the quicksand. The sacrifice was ac-
cepted, and from that moment the
work succeeded and no more lives
were lost. And that is why to-day, on
every fifteenth of October, the jap
anese in Yokohama dance on the site
of 0 Sonsan's grave.
Japan has never been priest-ridden,
hence the almost marvellous ease with
which it has been able to adapt itself
to the changing necessities Of the
times. There is no fanaticism In
Japan. It's priests are teachers, most.
ly peripatetic: they %expound the prin-
ciples Of Shinto, or the sacred book
OF Shaka, but they are not custo-
dams Of the Japanese conscience and
masters of his actions. as the Guru is
of the Hindoo. There are thousands
Of Shinto shrines and temples scat
tered all over the country, by the side
of almost every road. But they sym
bolize no tenet of fanatical sacrifice or
loss of mental liberty. The religion,
like everything Japanese, is one OF
marked simplicity.
B. EsPINAssE
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
The Country Feeds the Town,

A recent canvass of cur large east
ern cities showed that 81 per cent. of
the leading citizens were brought up
on the farm, An examination of 100
of the commercial and professional
representative men of Chicago showed
that IS per cent. were raised in the
country and rural villages. Seven
teen of our 20 president come from
the farm The census of students OF
four colleges and seminaries showed
that the rural districts and villages are
furnishing So per cent, Of M college
students. The brain ana nerve centers
are not more dependent upon the
soundness Of the surrounding tissue
than the town upon the rural districts.
The leaders are quickly succeeded by
men from the country. They always
have been, they always will be. For
this there are two reasons One Is
that the country air, food and exer-
else are essential to compact and
healthy brain, Ruddy cheeks, strong
digestion, large veins in which blood
may run, have free course and be
glorified in strong thinking, are closely
related to the herds, fields and forests.
Rev. N. d. Hills.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

Cleanliness not only adds to the APP
pearance of the premises and makes
a good impression on the mind OF your
visitors, but Is the greatest preventive
Of disease. If the yards and houses
are kept clean and pure, there will be
little trouble about disease; so before
the breeding season opens have the
houses and yards thoroughly r%enovoted
and disinfected. Remove all the
droppiHg-boards and nest boxes, have
them thoroughly cleaned and white
washed, and after the house is put in
condition, dust all the birds thor
oughly with some good insect powder,
and be sure that they are free from
lice. If the legs should be scaly, grease
them with coal oil, lard and sulphur,
mixed, but do not do this after you
begin saving the eggs for Matching, for
they are liable to become creased and
destroy the fertility. Keep the roosts
clean and we'll oiled with coal oil or
crude petroleum. This should be done
every week or two. By carefully OBJ
serving the above and properly feed
ing, there will be little cause for dis
ease.-Farmers' Home Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
THE REAL THING.
Tortoise Shell "Direct from Tortoi"
where the Reptiles Were
Doubtless RaiMed.

Less genuine tortoise shell is imported
In New \ ork from India now than there
has been for a great many years, owing to
the active efforts OF the jams. This, says
the New York Times, is an influential sect
OF humanitarians with headquarters at
Bombay, but with thriving communities
Throughout the empire. Their mission on
behalf of the tortoise is much the same
us that Of the Audubon societies IN this
country with regard to birds. Great
cruelties, the Jams allege, are practiced
in the tortoise shell trade, and they are
trying to stop it. A woman who had read
about this movement went into a Broad.
way store and looked at some tortoise shell
combs,
But are they genuinef" she asked.
There are 30 many limitations In the
market now
'Oh, yes, these are genuine replied the
dealer. I'VE get them from our "
agents, direct from Tortoi."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
HERE AND THERE.

-proten STRAINS about the barness
a,,,.a ofton load IN broker homes in the
NOV
-pro,r,ro colts is a great deal like
,,..,na vn with a sick man One must
a..and etr,ctly ,o business No nan
49, on duty
~sometimes a hit of taffy goes a
r,auo tow.rd making a man do
Ia host rows are inst so Kind
uorda and pood treatment count for a
49,, Ever trv ~
poo,. of -.onan+ watera sbould
-. he allowed IN exist where hens
~ oot "a tbom. ,ovar mn all or frence
- po,l,ry sbould have a constant
,,,u ~ n,ce clear s~narklinp water
Tbo ie No FERTILIZER that varies so
u,oh ,,oiree az stahle manure This
.a-,a.ior ID oa,sed bv the manner In
.niah ,ha s,,w Ia font and tbe amount
y, It, q oontoIne
TN s,rood m veter,narv ecIerce
"a LIN iii NJ doubt IN tho course
~ q fev Years enable dealers in live
stao, n icon alive and st for the mar
10, thousands Of animals now carried
or Inv disease.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

The Japanese deities are as kindly
and gentle-hearted as the people
themselves. Their story of the crea-
tion is quaint, and wholly without the
elements of slaughter and ~dissension
which are the groundwork in other
Hydrologic accounts Of the same
event. Two gods (whose very lengthy
names may be shortened to Izanagi
and Izanami), standing upon the
bridge of Heaven, cast grains Of rice
abroad TO dispel the darkness. They
then pushed a spear down into the
green plain of the "a, and stirred 1t
round. This spear became the axis
of the earth, started 1t revolving, and
by a natural process of consolidation
brought about the dry land :.
and nothing could very well be sim
pier or more logical than that!
Anyone who has stayed in Yokohama
in the middle of October has perforce
taken part in the festival Of o Son.
san. The streets are hung with Ian.
terms, drums are beating everywhere,
paper flowers are showered down
from the balconies, and a laughing,
good-natured crowd %thronglng the
town from end to end will allow no MI
to hide himself away at a time of gen.
eral rejoicing. And yet very few peo-
pie know what 1t is all about, and that
this excuse for general h~oliday-mak-
ing commentaries an act of self
sacrifice. Two hundred years ago $50
the story runs) the spot where the
important and ~populous settlement Of
Yokohama stands to-day was occu-
pied by a vast swamp. Immense eff
forts were made to fill 1t in, but the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

which frequently appear, even on colts
that are carefully cared for. The draft
horse can be broke at the age OF two
years and made self-Supporting until
he is mature and ready for market.
Follow a definite plan in breeding Ev-
cry farmer should attempt to produce
horses OF some definite type, such as
the market demands, and this can only
he done by deciding On the breed or
type one cares TO raise, and then reso-
utely sticking to 1t.
In speaking of the draft horse, Prof.
Kennedy, of the Iowa state college,
said: .
The type of draft horse that the
market wants Is q horse weighing l.
600 pounds or over in ordintry work
ing condition, a deep-bodied, broad,
close-coupled, massive horse, with
powerful loins and headquarters. He
should be deep and wide in the chest
to insure a rugged constitution. His
legs should be well set, with clean,
dense bone, sloping pasterns, ana MS
feet should be large, round, wide at
the heels, and of fair depth. especially
at the heels. 1t is well to remember
lne old Scotch motto:
Feet and legs, bone and feather,
Tops may come, but bottoms never"
For without good feet and legs the
best bodied draft horse in the world
would be practically useless. Good
action is also a prime requisite, for
with all other things equal the horse
that walks four miles per hour with
ease is of far more value than the n
that can not take this pace, and good
action is also invariably associated
with a good constitution.-Texas Farm
and Ranch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
SHEEP ON THE FARM
The Breeder should Select the Type
of His Choice and Then
Stick TO 1t.

In starting out to raise sheep, a
breeder should have clearly in mind
what breed and type he wishes to
raise, then stick to it, come what may.
Cross breeding and changing from one
breed to another gives no definite re-
suits. With pure-bred sheep, type
may sometimes change a little.
Now suppose we have a good bunch
Of ewes of the breed we want; we will
mate them 70 a ram with a masculine
eye and head, with a short. thick neck,
wide and deep chest, back and loins,
wide and straight, and well covered
with lean meat, rump wide and long,
twist plumb, and aeece of good quality
and dense. Too much pains can not
be given in selecting a ram, as on MIN
depends by far the greater part Of the
improvement of the flock.
Atcommon flock of eve a in a
short time be graded up to irst.class
sheep by always using the very best
of sires and selecting and culling with
judgment.
We breed our ewes so that they
start lambing about March 1. We d.
vide the ewes into locks Of so to rs
each, and then turn ir Gae ram to each
flock. II the fiocks are anywhere a
home we take the ram out after he has
been with them for IN hour or two, as
we find that the ram will hold his
flesh better and the ewes get with
lamb sooner than IL the ran Is allowed
to run with them continually. The
swes should be tagged before turning
In the ram, II any are dirty, which is
also a help to the ram in getting the
yves with lamb.
The ram should also be in good flesh,
well fed and cared for at mating time.
w. +. Renk, in Orange Judd Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

sionaries have not been, the fatal foot
of the trader has not yet trod. and
even the face of the white man has
rarely been seen. sometimes not at all.
Here is real Japan, in all its truth
and purity, and here the real japanese,
the most simple-hearted creature
breathing, whom we Of the western
world know nothing of, lives his sim
pie life and dies his simple death.
For that is the keynote Of Japanese
character-simplicity. And it brings
a goddess in its train-beauty, the
handmaiden of nature.
Many are the curious customs, Gu
rious to us, which are matters of ON
mon habit in Japan. Up to late years
the facial charm of femininity has
been rigidly restricted to the young
and unmarried, for after the we'd
ding ceremony the bride, as a mark
of honor to her husband, must blacken
her teeth and shave her eyebrows,
But even this, an immemorial OBJ
~servance, is yielding to the advance
Of knowledge and the reports of the
travelled and more enlightened, and
will presently die out.
The visitor, especially n who has
sojourned in India, China, and other
eastern places, Is at ICE struck by the
extreme cleanliness of Japanese cities,
by the entire absence of beggars in the
streets, and of those degraded crea-
lures who swarm in the great CAPT.
tails. The street cries are all melo-
dious, and the avoidance of noise is
everywhere the first consideration.
The Waterman who goes the rounds
at night beats two pieces of wood to-
gether. The bells have no clappers,
but are struck with the hand on the
outside. A melancholy, plover-like
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

An amusing method Of securing the mar.
riage of his five daughters has been adopt.
ed by a wealthy tradesman in Berlin. As
suitors we're not apparently inclined TO
seek the hands and affections Of the
daughters, the father advertised that ne
would pay TO the accepted Sultor Of each
to the weight of the selected damsel i'm.
mediately after the wedding ceremony. A
young lawyer was the first who submitted
himself for the fathers approval, and,
having produced satisfactory evidence as
to his responsibility, he was presented to
the daughters. He visited them for a
week, and then chose the s%toutest Of the
five, to whom he was married. When the
ceremony was over the lady was weighed
and registered II stone, the father I'M
mediately paying over to his son.ln.law a
sum Of 1900 W Westminster Ca
yette
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., Of La
Crosse, Wis, introduced this remarkable
grass three years ago, little did they dream
Z would be the most talked Of grass in
America, the biggest, quick, hay producer
on earth, but this has come TO pass.
Ayr. Editors wrote about it, Ayr. Col
lego Professors l~ectured about it, Ayr. In
~stitute Orators talked about it, while in
the farm home by the quiet hreside, in the
corner grocery, in the village post-oftice, at
the creamery, at the depot, in fact wherr'
ever farmers gathered, Salzer's Billion Dol
lar Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
8 to Ia tons per acre and lots Of pasture
besides, is always q theme worthy OF the
farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis, than which
there is no better grass or better permanent
hay producer on earth. Grows wherever
soil il found. Then the farmer talks about
Salzer's Teosinte, which will produce 100
stocks from one kernel Of seed, ii #. high,
in 100 days, rich in nutrition and greed.
lily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc, and is good
for 50 tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, which can be grown at 25c
a ton, and Speltz at zoe a bu., both great
food for cattle, also come in for their
share in the discussion. IL. H.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19


these wise and prudent Sisters have
found Peruna u never-failing safeguard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all v the
United States. A recommend recently
received from q Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. s. b. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear !Sir-"The younggiri who used
the Peruna was suffering from iaryH-
gifis, and loss of voice. The result OF
the treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief, and after
farther use of the medicine we hope 10
be able 10 say she Is entirely cured"
Sisters of Charity.
This young girlwas under the care OF
the Sisters OF Charity and used Peruna
for catarrh of the throat, with good re-
suits as the above letter testities.
Froma Catholic institution In Cen
frai Ohio comes the following recon-
mend from the Sister Superior:
"Some years ago a friend of our in
stitution recommended to MS DR.. Hart.
mans Peruna as an excellent remedy
for the influenza of which we then had
several cases which threatened to be OF
a serious character.
"We began to use it and experienced
such wonderful results that since then
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

ble). Its blind professors possess some
knack of hand or personal magnetism
which has subdued the most inyeter-
ate cases Of rheumatism. and have
ven conquered paralysis.
japan is a country alive with
legend and myth, but the student Of
its mythology will be impressed by
the one feature which distinguishes 1t
from all others, and particularly from
all of eastern origi2. Its Olympus is
peopled by no vengeful or blood
thirsty gods demanding saerifcial al.
tars and the offerings of immolation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
RAISING A HORSES.
Thor Are the best Glass Of HORSES
For the Average Farmer
to Raise.

Interest in horse breeding has IN
creased in the southv.es until the
farmers are now considering the advis-
ability OF raising draft horses. These
are the horses for the average farmer
to raise for market, since they do not
requirs the special preparation for
market In the way Of training, etc,
Inst light horses OF coach horses do,
~ are less damaged BY bIemishes,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
TRAINING A BRoNcHo.
Real Education Begins After He Hal
been Observation-Disclosures" Are
the HerOes Of the Plains.

After being broken" the bronco's
real education begins, writes Minnie ].
Reynolds, in the Four-Track News.
He must learn to wheel or to stop in
stantly, while rushing at full speed, by
the gentle pressure OF q finger on his
rein. He must learn to brace himself
and stand stin when ! COW Is roped that
she may not pull him. He must learn
to skillfully avoid an enraged "cow
brute rushing full 1t him, intent upon
impaling him upon her horns. Many a
man who IN break = horse has net ~
sssss n edncate IN sxseFEafdsj snd
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
B. EsplNAssE,

some broncos. left too long upon the
range, until their wicked ways are
fixed by age, can never be broken.
Bronco busting is a fascinating occu-
patton, and the best man at the trade in
a COW country is something such a hero
as the king Of the ring In bull-fighting
countries. But 1t is killing work, and
IL no crazy bronx" fresh from the hills.
puts the horse-breaker out OF business,
rheumatism, settling in racked joints
and muscles, does the job before many
years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

m%oonfiower. No one who loves sim
plicity and the sweetness of nature
unspoiled, can contemplate without a
sympathetic shudder even the posi-
bility of the %conquering Muscovite
trampling his uneouth way across the
smiling rice fields, and under the an
cient Jorii before the temples of a
thousand gods. Japan is the last land
of the beautiful left to an over-civil-
ICED world. 1t is also the youngest
child of conquest, for scarcely so
years have passed since its gates were
first thrown open to the nations of the
west.
Nippon, country of peaceful
Shores in the native speech, is
rapidly admitting European customs,
ideas of dress, and manners of liv-
ing, to the destruction Of much that
was picturesque and that had no coun-
terpart il other lands.
But away, tucked close among its
hills and valleys, in the very kernel of
Old Japan, there still remain to-day
quiet little hooks, powered in cherry
blossom and wisteria; happy little
cities of sweetness and light; quaint
little nests of gray-stone temples,
lichen.covered shrines, and Buddhas-
blythe wayside. And here the mis-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

The practice OF turning COWS on
young rye in the fall is a good one, but
when the ground is very wet, damage
may resalt. Grazing the rye causes 1t
to stool, and the young rye provides
green food; but while the rye field
may be used for the COWS In the fall,
they should not be turned on too early
in the spring. 1t does not do so much
harm for cows TO change from grass to
rye as it does from dry food in spring
to the young rye.-Farmers' Home
Journal.
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Quite Another Matter.

Uncle George-lnstead of wearing dia'
monds, don't you think it would be more
becoming to pay your %tailor's bills.
Harry But ii | paid my %tailor's bills
how could ! afford to wear diamonds .
And if people didn't buy diamonds what
would keep the diamond merchants from
starving to death?
But you don't pay for your diamonds,
either
"Ah! now you ave wandering from the
point" London TIt-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

Husband freadingj-l'm surprised to
learn that a married man writes the
fashion notes for the woman's page in this
paper,
Wife-But, dear, how do you know that
such il the case?
Listen to this item: There will be no
change in poeketbooks this season. Now,
only a married mar could have penned
that. p-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

note on a reed pipe, which regularly
sounds in the streets every morning.
is the call Of the blind. These have
the monopoly of a lucrative profes-
sion, being %shampooers and mas
sageurs massage has been practiced
in Japan for centuries, and brought
to the highest state OF efficiency posi-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
ADVICE.

The Artist--Perhaps when . Ia II
welded to his art. 1t Is q mistake IA
think or m~atrirnony.
5hs4f dsfe Nv. AT any rate, don't
commit bigar until you can AFFORD
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

An old typewriter ribbon soaked in a
fruit jar Of water will make a pint Of pur.
pie hair dye.
Porous p~lasters embroidered with differ
emit coIorcd yarn IN various notices are
all the rage. Cleveland Ledger,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

Peruna has become our ~fayorite medi.
cine for influenza, catarrh, cold, cough
and bronchitis"
Another recommend from a Catholic
Institution Of one of the Central Sfafcs
written by the Sister Superior reads
as follows:
"a number of years ago our attention
was called to DR.. Hartnan's P%crnnn,
and since then we have used II with
wonderful results for grip, coughs,
colds and catarrhal diseases OF the head
and stomach.
"For grip and winter e%atnrri cspe-
cially it has been Of great service to the
inmates of this institution"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
why DO We DIET

Vital statistics classified show the re.
spiratory organs to be the feeble point
Ia man. Diseases Of the lungs are out
Of all proportion in fatality. Take lay
lors Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum
and Mullen for coughs, colds and con
sumption.
al druggists, 25c, Soc, and sloo a
bottle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19
Prominent Mother Superior Says:

=" can testify from experience TO the
efficiency Of peruna MS me of the very
best medicines, and it gives me pleasure
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

much improved Inv IHNidlun "a NY
old disease being now no slight, ! con-
slider myself cured, yet for a while /
intend to continue the use 81 ferunn.
| am now treating another patient with
your medicine, She has been sick with
malaria and troubled with lcucorrhWa.
/ have no doubt that u cure viii be
speedily Effected
These are samples ofIefters received
by DR.. Hartman from The various
orders OF Catholic Sisters throughout
the United States.
The names and addresses TO these
letters have been withheld from respect
to the Sisters but will BE- furnished on
request.
One.half Of the diseases which aiiiict
mankind are due to some catarrhal de-
rapgement of the mucous membrane
lining some organ or passage oil the
body.
A remedy that would act immediate
~ npon the congcsted mucous mem
branc restoring IL to its normal state,
would consequently cure all these
diseases. Catarrh Is catarrh wherever
located, whether It be in the head,
throat, lungs, stomach, kidneys or
pelvic organs. A remedy that will cure
II in one location will cure IL IN all To-
cations. Peruna cures catarrh wher-
ever located.
Ifyou 40 not derive prompt aud sat
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DIR. Hartman,
giving a full statement Of your case
and he will be pleased TO give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio,
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III a kicker said Uncle Eben, 'allus
took de trouble to thoroughly understar
what he was kickin' about he wouldn't
hab nearly SO much time to kick. "--Wash-
ingtou Star,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-19

Sisters of st. Joseph, of the Deaf Mute Institute, if9 Css Ave. ST.
Louis, Mo, writes:
ave appreciate peruna very much. Hcertainy does good work vim
csfarrb and also with colds and la grippe. We have fahh In Perbna ana
hive INSPIRED many Others with same. We do not Ike 10 be without IL
II has certainly kept us from being very sick. IL did a world OF good Mst
winter for our little ones. Thanking you for yonr kindness % is n
""'" SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH"