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The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
HERE AND THERE.

Purchase beef cattle when they
are cheap as at present and lay the
foundation for raising blooded stock.
The nations of the world must be fed
and in time they will pay well for
beef
Dairy cows should not be obliged
to travel long distance for water.
If they do, they will go without until
they get very thirsty and feverish,
and will then drink until they are un-
comfortable.
Broad tires on wagon wheels do
not destroy roadbeds as do narrow
tires. On the other hand, broad tires
pack the earth in dry weather so that
the highway will turn water when the
rainy season sets in.
-Horsehides have a value and when
for any reason horse Is killed or
dies, the skin should be taken off and
preserved for the market. Fair.sized
horse-hides are worth So to $325;
surely an amount worth saving.
s SlCuH up tHC SyC-oOlSS anu
while you are about it clean up all the
old pieces of machinery broken down
implements and farm machinery and
sell the old iron If you can; If not, take
it outside the camp" and dump it into
some hole or hollow, out of sight.
We have feed when we give the
farm animals proper shelter. 1t is n
sign of bad farming, of farming sure
to result improbable, to see, as one
sometimes does, beasts snivering in a
fence corner during the bitter blasts
of winter without a bite to eat
Did you ever notice that the read
ing farmer is the prosperous farmer.
The man who already knows II all,
and has no time for new tangled no.
tions is generally TIE one whose farm
is ornamented with a mortgage, and
as rule the more set he is in this
way, the larger the mortgage.
There is growing sentiment
among the best element of the farm
ing class, that with the advent of i'm
proved methods OF transportation,
lighting and communication, those who
are engaged in agricultural pursuits
are gradually attaining a higher pow
er to enjoy the beautiful things Of
life.
There are but two profitable kinds
Of hens as winter layers. One is the
well-grown, strong, vigorous, early
hatched pullet Of the year; the other
one-year-old hens of strong, vigorous
that have been splendid
egg producers the winter before az pull
let's
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
heterogeneous Foods for Fouls.

The poultry editor has high opin-
ion of cow-peas and soybeans as food
for laying hens. Even the leaves and
small stocks of these legumes are first
rate for fowls. In an exchange We
find the following report:
Cow. peas for food for poultry were
harvested after maturity, stored in dry
lofts and thrown to the fowls in
scratching pens, where they scratched
over and searched during the day.
After few days :he' egg supply visi-
bly, increased, and within few weeks
almost doubled that from an equal
number of hens kept in separate quar-
ters and fed on no other grains. The
hens seemed to like the small branch
es and leaves, and would eat every
particle except the hard stiff stems.
The general health of the flock was
excellent, and not a single hen showed
the least symptom of ailment during
winter season.
Our own experience in feeding cow
peas and soy-beans, and their vines. Is
entirely in line with this. Linseed meal
also gives good results All these are
to be fed in moderarion.-Mi
Farmer.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

self you may be the loser. Besides
you will always find people who are
ready to impose on others if they
know them to be persons who never
keep an account of anything.
Expenditures mount up much faster
than one thinks, unless an account is
kept, and are apt to run beyond the in
come; whereas, II an account were
kept, one could lower the expenses, or
If that could not possibly be done, one
could at least see the condition Of
things and prepare some way to meet
them. Some farmers put out the same
make 1t success financially, and then
wonder why it is so, not knowing that
the expense of raising that crop is
greater than the income. If such an
one had kept an account, he would
have known the first year that he could
not make that crop pay, and then
would have been ready to raise some
other crop that would bring him a
profit.
One can get books already prepared,
divided into sections, one for each de-
partment of the farm, but such books
that have come under my observation
are little expensive. One that have
used, and found very convenient, is
only common note book, with sep
arate division for each department.
Don't put off noting down your ac-
counts until Saturday evening, or
some more convenient time, but be
puntual, note them down at the close
of every day: it will take only few
minutes, and nothing will be forgot
ten. Always be sure and date every
thing. | have found times when the
date was as important as the account.
Keeping the account may if conven-
lent, be assigned to some particular
member of the family. If there is
girl or boy old enough to attend to it,
you would be surprised at the interest
they will take in it. 1t will also be
good lesson in bookkeeping, and help
them to know the business forms Of
life: also to be progressive and prac-
tical farmers.-E. p, in Midland
Farmer.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
COWBOYS OF DUDE RANCH.
Young Men OF the East In
North Dakota.

Many son of a well-to-do family In
the east will read with interest the an
nouncement that the Eaton ranch al
Medora, N. D., once well known as the
dude ranch" has been sold. The pur.
chaser of this property is New York.
err reports the Sun.
The ranch is situated at the crossing
Of the Little Missouri river, along what
is known as the Custer trail The first
owners. the Eatons, came from Pitts
burg.
For a number of years they engaged
in the buying Of wild animals, such az
bear elk and deer, for eastern parks
and menageries. 1t was profitable oc-
cupation, buffalo being carried for a
time as a side line.
While one of the Eatons was paying
a visit to his home in the east an old
friend asked him, as personal favor.
to take charge of his younger son, a
wayward youth, in the hope that in the
west, away from metropolitan tempta-
tions, he might make a man of himself
Eaton readily agreed.
This gave him an idea as to the pos
sibilities of the dude traffic. Many east
ern families OF wealth had sons who
were giving them more or less anxiety
and worry at home. and summer in
the west appealed to them as a good
thing. Thereafter, the Eatons looked
out for such visitors.
The young men looked upon it as a
great lark, and came west in droves
The Eatons boarded them, furnished
them with horses, guns and all neces-
sary accoutrements and organized per-
sonally conducted excursions in the way
of hunting range riding, round-ups and
the like.
Upon the ranch they erected great,
long building, divided by partitions into
small rooms, in each of which were a
bunk and whatever furniture was neces-
sary. This became known to the cow
boys as the dude pen," and here the
visitors slept
sometimes one summer was enough
for them, but some of them remained
secured capital from home and, to-day
are among the substantial men of the
state. They were a constant source of
amusement to the cowboys of the range,
largely from their fondness for immense
hats, big revolvers. rattlesnake belts
and leather chaps"
Hundreds of young men got their only
taste of the life of the range on the
Eaton ranch, but in time the supply of
young men ran short and in recent years
the place has been devoted to the more
or less prosaic life of the region The
place brought $4,000.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
KEEP AN EXACT RECORD.
The Practical Farmer should Keep
an Account of All Gains
and Losses.

All farmers should be practical.
They should keep an accurate account
of all losses and gains, in fact an ac-
curate account of everything done on
the farm, an account of every cent
paid out and ever cent taken in. Fail
ure to do this has placed the mort
cages on three-fourths or more of the
mortgaged farms, and failure to do this
will cause great per cent. Of those
farms to remain mortgaged.
The best way is never to 60 into
debt; but there are some instances
where 1t seems to be unavoidable. In
such case don't leave the account to
be kept by others alone; keep an ac-
count Of everything yourself. Re-
self you may be the loser. Besides,
you will always find people who are
member all are liable to make mis-
takes, and If you keep no account your
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
Feeding Young Pigs.

Sow's milk is the natural food for
young pigs and when they are weaned
they should be given food as nearly
as possible like that which they have
been having from their mother. A
very good ration at this time is mid
dlings one part, corn meal one part
and skim milk eight parts. If skim
milk is not to be had, the ration
might be filled out by adding little
more middlings and little tankage.
Tankage is a packing house product
which is very rich in protein, and
only little is required to balance
ration. AS the pigs grow in age and
size, the proportion of food rich in
protein should be reduced and the
proportion of food rich in carbohy-
drates should be creased.-Midland
Farmer
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
THE season of catching cold is upon
4 L.. 4

FH T. season OF catching cold is upon
i us. The cough and the sneeze and
nasal twang are to be heard on
every hand. The origin of chronic
catarrh, the most common and dreadful
of diseases, is cold.
This is the way the chronic catarrh
generally begins, A person catches cold,
which hangs on longer than usual. The
cold generally starts in the head and
throat. Thenfollows sensitivenes SIS of the
air passages which incline one to catch
cold very easily. At last the person has
a cold all the while seemingly, more or
less discharge from the nose. hawking,
splitting, frequent clearing of the throat,
nostrils stopped up, full feeling in the
head and sore, inflamed throat.
The best time to treat catarrh is at
the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna
properly used never fails to cure com
mon cold, thus preventing chronic
catarrh.
While many people have been cured
OF chronic catarrh by single bottle of
Peruna, yet, as rule, when the catarrh
becomes thoroughly fixed, more than
one bottle is necessary to complete a
cure. Peruna has cured cases innuner-
able of catarrh of twenty years stand
ing. 1t is the best, if not the only
internal remedy for chronic catarrh in
existence.
prevention is far better than cure
Every person subject to catching cold
should take Peruna at once at the
slightest symptom of cold or sore
throat at this season of the year and
thus prevent what is almost certain to
end in chronic catarrh.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
VERY EASY FOR HER.
Not So Good at Figures, But the Prob
lem Was just One of
Her Kind.

A "woman's reason with all its tradi-
tional lack Of logic, came out IN an anus
ing fashion at recent dinner party In
Brooklyn, relates the New York Times.
In tho course of the evening the conver-
sation drfted around to those odd little
mathematical bits Of the How-old-is-Ann
variety, when one Of the company, with
explanations that the next problem would
not be very difficult one, questioned az
follows:
"lf bottle and a cork together cost
81 10, and the bottle cost a dollar more
than the cork, how much did the cork
cost"
Almost instantly one of the ladies was
ready with the answer:
"Why, the cork cost five cents and the
bottle 81 .05. That's too easy.
The lady's husband, familiar through
wears of experience with her woeful lack
of skill in figures, looked up in astonlsn-
meut.
Heavens" he exclaimed, How did
YOU come to get that SO soon"
"Why. nv dear" was the reply. "corks
always cost five cents, don't they"
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Superintendent Ttttman, Of the coast
survey, in a recent description of his
work, stated that he had since its in
ception made about 10000 square miles
Of topographic surveys, sounded
minutely nearly 100000 square. miles
of water and made deep sea sound
ings over little less than a million
square miles 1t has completed first
survey of the Atlantic gulf and Pacific
coasts of the United States and its
triangulations cover between 100000
and 400, 900 square miles. 1t has pub
tNshed over 500 charts besides the
Coast Pilot volumes of the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, and carefully stud
led the laws of the eartn's magnetism
(these latter being now Investigated
through magnetic observatories in CO.
operation with foreign governments),
and its geodetic work is also being car
ried on with international cooperation.
-Scribner'S MagaZine
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
10000 Plants for lRc.

This is remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, makes.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed to
grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1900 delicious Carrots,
1000 blanching, nutty Celery,
1900 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL FOR BUT 16c POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them zoe in postage, they
will add to the above package of the fa-
nous Berliner Caulifower. TX. L.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

had good appetite but my food did
not nourish my system. l had come
down from 140 to about rs pounds in
weight. | now feel that am well of
all my troubles. Mrs. A. Snedeker.
Send for free book on catarrh, entitled
Winter Catarrh," by DR.. Hartman.
" Health and Beauty sent free to
women only.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
FARMER PLANTER
SOUTHWEST AND ITS CROPS.
and Bring In a Comfortable
Money Return.

Gotten, corn, wheat oats, barley,
hay, tobacco, etc, are the leading
crops Of the United States and the
state which produces the maximum
value in any one of these classes is
entitled to distinction. Cotton heads
the list, with Texas as the chief pro-
ducer, according to government crop
reports of 1901, when the average price
was 9.49 cents per pound For 1908 the
valuation exceeds that OF 1901 but for
the sake of conservative comparison,
the figures for the latter year are CIV
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

"A dog is g. chattel and, next to man,
is the most important factor in the past
and present history of the country"
Such is the decision as handed down
in the United States court of appeals in
the applicati,n n of p c. Burkal, serving
a sentence for larceny in Alaska, for a
writ of habels corpus, in which a dog
constituted the property in question
The writ was asked for on the ground
that stealing dog in Alaska was not
larceny. as this animal is not specifically
mentioned in the statutes.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Miss Nellie Holmes, treasurer
Of the Young Woman's Temper.
ance Association of Buffalo, N.Y.,
strongly advises all suffering
women to rely, as she did, up.
on Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM Your med
icine is indeed an ideal womap's medi-
cine, and by far the best / know to
restore lost health and strength.
suffered misery for several years, being
troubled with menorrhagia. My back
ached, had bearing-down pains and
frequent headaches. l would often
wake from restful sleep, and in such
pain that suffered for hours before
could 60 to sleep again. dreaded the
long nights as much as the weary days.
l consulted two different physicians,
hoping to get relief but finding that
their medicine did not Sem to cure me.
/ tried your Vegetable Compound
on the recommendation of friend
from the East who was visiting me.
81 am glad that I followed her ad-
vice, for every ache and pain is gone,
and not only this, but my general
health is much improved. 1 have
fine appetite and have gained in flesh.
My earnest advice to suffering women
is to put aside all other medicines and
to take Lydia f. Pinkham's Vege-
table COmpOund."-M Miss NELLIE
HOLMES, $40 No. Division St., Buffalo,
NY $4,000 forfeit foriginai of above letter pro-
ung Uenuineness cannot be sroduced
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

bbdb L bHoupHI L
would try it and
see what it would
do for me. My
case isan old one
and | have none
O + t II e n Gu t e
symptoms n o w
because l have
had the disease
SO long thatI had
none of the aches
and pains, but a
general rundown
condition of the
hole body--sore
nose and throat
.-J st ta,,,aal, T
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Mrs A. Snedeker, Gainesville, Ga,
writes:
50 saw that your catarrh remedy,
Peruna, was doing others SO much good,
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Playing the fool is said to be a uni
versal accomplishment. Chicago Daily
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Rheumatism's killing Pain
DR.. Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure in tablet
form. 25 doses for 25c, postpaid WIS.
DRUG CO., La Crosse, Wis. TX. IL
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

It's poor statistician who cannot make
figures lle.-Chicago Daily News.
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25
80 Bu. Macaroni wheat Per Acre,

introduced by the L. S. Dept. Of Agr.
1t is tremendous cropper, yielding IN
good~land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry,
arid lands, such as are found in Mont,
Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo, etc, it will
yield from 40 to 80 bu. This Wheat and
Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus
Inerms and Billion Dollar Grass, makes
it possible to grow and fatten hogs and
cattle wherever soil is found.
JUST SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free sample
of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great catalog, alone
worth $4,000 to any wide-awake farmer.
TX. IL
Ecnnnfl,., LIZ, .In .,hn,ll IL
The Lexington advertiser., 1904-02-25

Hon David Meekson well but through
He began serving consecutive
founder the Meesn Ohio He elected
the acknowledged
leader of his party in his section of the State.
the this
man caa with its insdous approach and tenacious his only
personal Puna to the and he dictated the follow
ing letter to Dr. Hartman as the result:
81 used several bottles greatly benefited
thereby believe
longer viii fully the disease of
thirty years standing david Meekison exember Congress-
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26
SAVED BALL PARK.
Cairo Fans Bought the Ground to
Prevent Its Being Sold.

The baseball park property at Cal.
no has been sold to Messrs. ]. r.
Thistlewood and G. p. Eichenberger,
prevent its being bought to be used
for other purposes. 1t has been rent
&c to the Cairo Baseball Association
and known as "Sportsman's Park. "
but others began negotiations for it,,
and the two gentlemen named. who
are enthusiastic fans. Mr.. Eichen-
berger being manager of the Cairo
X. /. T. club the first season, bought
II so IL can still be used as a ball
park.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26
Died In Confederate Home.

News of the death in the Confed-
crate Home at Pewee Valley. KY, of
James Roark. of Marshall county,
has been received here. He was so
years old and made an enviable rec
ord during the war. He has two
sons. Andy and Robert Roark. of
near Sharpe, Marshall county. and
the remains will probably be taken
to Marshall for burial.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26
MUST BE PROMPT.
says the Commissioner OF Tobacco
Dealers.

On account Of the carelessness of
some leaf tobacco dealers in making
out their quarterly reports on form
so, a book furnished them by the
government. causing the business Of
the collectors office to be greatly de-
layed. the commissioner insists that
the law relating to negligence or
carelessness In making these reports
be enforced
Hon. 4. T. Franks. the collector OF
this district, has therefore instructed
Deputy Collector X. ID. Happy here
after to promptly report all dealers
for prosecution who fail to send in
reports within ten days after the end
OF quarter. He is instructed also to
notify all dealers that they must reg
ister before entering business and not
after
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26
10000 MILE TOUR.
Veteran Cycfist Includes Kentucky In
His Tour.

Boston, Mass. Dec. 2G.-E. NJ.
Corson Of Boston. one Of the pioneer
cyclists of New England. has started
on a motorcycle trip through the
South to complete his total mileage
OF over $4,000 before returning. AL
though &c years old. Corson intends
to tour through Georgia. Alabama.
North and South Carolina. Florida,
Tennessee. Mississippi. part of Louis
lana, Texas and Kentucky before re-
turning to Boston. Since the LIST day
of May he has covered over $4,000
miles with a motorcycle. and before
that he padded over 100000 miles
on bicycles.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26

Owingsyille. Ky. dec. 26.-while
attempting TO fire a cannon cracker
David Thompson. an inmate of the
county poor house. had his hand
blown on by a premature explosion.
lie is in serious condition and may
die
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26

Subscribers will favor us II they
will report any delays or failures in
the delivery Of their papers. Kindly
Phone 35s every time you miss your
paper.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26

For bargains I'm all kinds Of
pipes, see assortment ut Wilhelm a.
Ferriman's, 81 Broadway.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-12-26

-Stutz's Columbia-Special price
on Oranges, 15c, zoe, csc, soc 4Oc,
soc, and 6Oc per dozen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06
PORTO RIC1N PILGRIMS.
Hoo They Throng TO a Shrine of the
Vugin in Small ViHage.

During the first days of October a tiny viii
lage in the southwestern corner of Porto Rico
was the scene of a pilgrimage after the fashion
of the Mahometan peregrinations to Mecca,
although on smaller scale. From all parts
of the island. foot, without shoes, in stage
coaches, on horseback. in bull carts, on the tiny
insular railroad, and in fact in every conceiv-
able way, whole families have travelled their
weary way to the insignificant. hut-dotted pu-
ebo of HOrmigueroS TO pay their homage to
Our Lady of Monserrate (the Virgin Nary. All
enthusiasts, blind, sick, lame. crippled pilgrims
poured in by the thousands to fulfil their prom
ises of penitence; promises which appear to the
stranger extraordinary, sometimes to the point
of being barbaric For instance one old woman
upon arriving at the door of the church. dropped
on her hands and knees and crawled across the
nave to the image of the Virgin, where she
stopped and remained motionless for full fifteen
minutes with her lips pressed to the tiles in the
floor before the figure Then, rising she put
several little figures of silver into the hand of
the statue Another enthusiast. also a woman
walked nearly a kilometre on her knees in the
fulhment of her promise She crawed over
the sharp stones Of the road the whole distance
followed by members of her family and her
friends carrying lighted candles. By the time
she arrived at the altar she had lost all the
skin from a great part of her lower limbs. her
hands were torn and bruised by her frequent
falls, and her clothes dripped with blood.
Pilgrims to the number of over 10000 streamed
into the town. The streets were thronged Every
building was decorated with colored papers
and bright flags of many nations, all in striil-
ing contrast with the low. dirty. straw matched
shacks of which the greater part of the town
is composed. Multitudos filed every space, all
dressed in various combinations of bright red,
yellow blue and white. Little stands, carts on
wheels, boys with platters and baskets on their