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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
Marie Antofnette's Millfner.

Among those persons to whom Marie
Antoinette, queen Of France, paid par
ticular attention was her milliner, Mile.
Berth. When the queen entered Par
is in 1879 the milliner placed herself in
a balcony with thirty Of her work
women, and her majesty as she passed
waved her hand to her. This public
distinction made her fortune. The
milliner acquired such Importance
from her interviews with the queen
that she used in her shop the same
language the minister used concerning
the audiences he had with her royal
customer in the cabinet. When a fas-
tidious woman could not be pleased
with the various caps presented to her
choice Mile. Berlin would observe,
"Show the lady some specimens of my
last consultation with her majesty"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
German Omcialism.

AS illustrating German officialism,
the following story is told of recent
experience in Berlin: "A well to do
gentleman was driving rather skit-
fish horse before a dogcart near the
town. Suddenly he noticed that he
was nearing a portion of the road
where the asphalt was under repairs.
A broad, deep dixie had been cut for
the moment right across the road, and
only a small board had been put up to
notify the public that repairs were be-
ing made. He succeeded in nearly stop
ping his horse as he came to the place,
but the animal was still very fidgety.
Not having groom with him, he called
out to policeman standing near and
asked him to hold his horse while he
got down and came to it's head. The
policeman, being one of the true Prus-
sian type, never budged. Again the
gentleman called to him. Still the man
took no notice. Fortunately no acct
dent occurred, and the driver succeed
ed in turning his horse around and
drove home He wrote a furious letter
to the head of the police and in due
time received a reply to the effect that
the said policeman, having served in
an infantry and not in a cavalry regi-
ment before he joined the force, could
not be expected to come to the horses
head, as he was unacQuainted with the
ways and manners of such animals
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23

Sometimes COWS are starved to eat
weeds, while at other times they will
eat weeds in spite of all you can do,
says L. w. Lightly in National Stock
man. Some f1avors can be washed out
of the cream, but some "hold the fort
against anything we can advise thus
far. Among the latter is garlic. To
wash out ragweed or some other kim
dred fiavOrs we run the milk through
the separator as usual, then mix with
the cream about two and half times
it's bulk pure water at 150. degrees and
put through the separator again, and
the cream will be sweet and normal,
but very rich in butter fat. Mixing
drugs or nostrums with the milk or
cream usually makes matters worse
and should not be done.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
Beef or Milk.

Is there more profit in beef that we
should reduce our milk flow? | know
of no figure to prove such. | was great
ly interested in the comparative profits
as given by Wisconsin farmers few
years ago, which were invariably ON
the dairy side. Where milking is a Sc
rious objection there may be some de
batable ground. There is no doubt that
where poor dairy cows are kept up to
date beef production would be more
satisfactory, but a poor dairy COW
feeder would rarely evolve himself into
O successful beef feeder at single
turn of the crank. In fact, it is only
the educated liberal feeder who could
for one moment expect to produce
prime beef even upon the best of beef
form. And it has never been contended
that there was profit in poorly bred
beef stock half fed.-Rural New York
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
Causes of Dairy Failures.

Among the chief causes of failure in
milk farming, says an Ohio farmer in
American Cultivator. are mixed or
crossed breeds, trying to make milk
cows of beef cattle, selection of breeds
not suited to the purpose, failure to
test milk, lack of a special dairy room,
which would secure cleaner and more
thorough work; failure to read and
study about the business. All success
full business is made SO by the persist
ent will and purpose of its promoter.
The dairy is no exception.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23

She will do we'll when kept alone and
can take care of herself in a herd She
is q long lived cow. She does not
quickly wear out She is as useful at
fifteen years as some COWS of five. She
has twice the business life in her Of
almost any other COW.
The color of the Devon is dark,
rich, glossy red. The cows weigh from
700 to 900 pounds, their average weight
being about 800 pounds.
The Devon is smaller than the Short
horn, the Hereford or the Holstein, but
larger than the Jersey or the Ayrshire.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
Sour
Ch

No appetite, loss of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation. bad breath.
general debility. sour risings, and catarrh of
the stomach are all due to Indigestion. Kodol
cures indigestion. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices of digestion as they
exist in a healthy stomach, combined with
the greatest known tonic and reconstructive
properties. .Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does moi
only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
by cleansing. purifying. sweetening and
strengthening the mucous membranes lining
the stomach.
Mr.. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood, w. Va. says
" was troubled with stomach for twenty years
Kodol cured and we are now using it in mill
for baby"
kodol Digests What You Eat.
Bottles only. Sloo Size holding 2h times the tris
size, which sells for so cents.
Prepared by G. G. Dewitt & CO.. CHICAGO
For Sale by Il. ]. Stangl.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
To Get Clean Milk.

In order to get clean milk not only
should the COW stable be clean and
sweet-about ninety-nine out of every
hundred are not-so that the breath
and blood and tissues of the cow shall
not be affected by bad odors but the
mixer should be in perfect health,
feeds should be sweet and free from
must and all water tanks clean and
free from green slime and strong odOrs.
Prairie Farmer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23

| have made close study of dairy
problems during the last fifteen or
twenty years, and | think | have
picked up some experience by which
others should profit, writes a South
Dakota farmer in Iowa Homestead.
refer especially to the matter of excit-
ing the dairy cow. In the first place,
have no use for a dog around dairy
farm. One that is properly trained and
is looked after by a sensible person
may often be useful without being
harmful, but where there are num-
Der of individuals looking after the
cows / think the dog should be dis
pensed with.
have many times noticed a falling
off of fully one-half in the quantity of
= milk given by my cows after they
have been given a chase by the dog,
while | have in mind a few cases
where COWS under normal conditions
gave six quarts at milking would not
give a pint after being chased by a
dog. Now, a repetition of this expert
ence for a few times may occur even
after lactation period of only three
or four months
We have never seen an instance
where furnishing the dairy cows be-
cause they made a mistake did any
good, and the milk stool used as a
cudgel has been responsible in the past
for drying up as many COWS as any
other factor which we know anything
about. The man who does not know
better than to kick or pound q COW
has no business on dairy farm, his
place being in a mule barn, where les
sons in discipline are given alike by
the master and hV the animal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23

The quickness which some persons
possess in distinguishing the smalle"
sounds is very remarkable. A friend
of the writer has declared he could
readily perceive the motion of flea.
when on his nightcap, by the sound
emitted by the machinery of his leap
ing powers.
However extraordinary this may APP
pear, we find a similar statement is
given in the ingenious work upon in
sects by Kirby and Spence, who say, L
know of no other insect the tread of
which is accompanied by sound, ex-
cept indeed the flea whose steps wo-
man assured me she always hears
when it passes over her nightcap, and
that it clacks as if it were walking in
pattensr If we can suppose the ear
to be alive to such delicate vibrations,
certainly there is nothing in the way
Of sound too difficult for it to achieve.
Cats and dogs can hear the move
ments of their prey at incredible dis
tances, and that even in the midst OF
noise which we would have thought
would have OverpOwered such effects.
Rabbits, when alarmed, forcibly strike
the earth with their feet, by the vibra-
tons of which they communicate their
apprehensions to burrows very remote.
Nature
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
Modest.

"She's lovely girl, and SO simple in
her tastes! l told her that | hadn't
much of an income yet. but that hop
ed 1 could provide for her every want"
"And what did she say?'
'She said that would be all she could
ask
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1904-12-23
Devon Dairy Cattle.

The Devon is an all round cow,
suitable for the private family and
suitable for the business dairy writes
J. c.. Morris in American CultivatOr.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23

about $4,000 square miles and popu-
lation of about 100000, lies on the
northeastern coast of the island of
Borneo. 1t is a fertile country,
drained by many rivers, and remark
able for its spices, tobacco. coffee,
rice, gutta percha sage, and, it should
also be remarked, orang- outangs. Gold
is exported and diamonds and coal
are mined. Although it lies in the
torrid zone, its lowest boundary reach
ing within fifty miles of the equator,
it has fairly good climate, and the
fact that Europeans may live there
comfortably is borne out by the long
residence of the Rajah's family. Sar-
awak, declared independent by the
first Rajah Brooke, the adventurer
whose story is as romantic as any
that has found it's way into print, in
1888 became a protectorate of Great
Britain, and only it's foreign affairs re-
quire the sanction of the British gov
eminent.
Sir James Brooke was the son Of a
civil service employe of the East In
dia Company, in the military service
of which young Brooke entered as a
cadet. He spent the early years of
his active life in Bengal. and was later
commissioned a lieutenant. In the
Burmese war he was shot through the
lungs, and returned home to recuper-
ate. He recovered, but the ship in
which he had taken passage back to
ox-iY hn
there the day after his leave had ex-
pired, and was told he had lost his
commission. II was in vain that he
explained he was victim of a ship
wreck. His explanation was not re-
ceived. and the victim of red tape
turned from his military career to one
of adventure.
Turned from India, young Brooke
accompanied the ship which had
brought him out to China, and on the
way he got his first glimpse of the
wonderful Indian archipelago-of
which Twelve Thousand Isles" Bor-
REQ is the pearl. The idea of explor-
ing the mysterious islands and the
value of the products from them took
his fancy, and upon his return TO Eng
land his mind was made up; he had
decided on a life of adventure.
In 1888 his father died, and James
Brooke succeeded to a fortune so
handsome that his life of adventure
was assured. He bought schooner
yacht, the Royalist, 142 tons, put a
crew on board and then sailed into
the Mediterranean, where, for several
years, the crew was trained, and then
selected with the care of a pirate
chief He wanted none but trusty,
lusty and true men aboard the Royal
ist Finding a crew to his liking, he
weighed anchor iand set out for the
China Sea. When he reached Singa-
pore he decided to take a look at
Borneo.
Borneo at that time was under the
rule Of the Rajah Muda Hassim, as
fine an example of cutthroat as ever
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
ALL AROUND THE FARM.

comparatively new and very good
idea is that Of reinforcing stable ma
nure with commercial fertilizers,
using such in addition as are needed
for the special grain, grass or fruit
that constitutes the most profitable
crop in the locality.
The leading buckwheat states are
New York and Pennsylvania. Buck
wheat like the bean crop, seems to
be particularly we'll adapted for Gull
ture on lands that have become too
unproductive to make the raising of
the ordinary farm crops desirable.
There is but little doubt that the
farm separator system of removing
the cream at the farm and retaining
the milk at home is by far the best
plan for the farmer. This method is
proving to be equally satisfactory to
the most progressive creamerymen.
In the name of humanity do not
build any more barbed wire fences.
They are as dangerous as they are
unnecessary. A good woven wire
fence is better every day. The ami
mails can see it and will not be in.
jured by it.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
CHANGE FOOD
Some Very Fine Results Follow.

The wrong kind of food will put
the body in such diseased condition
that no medicines will cure it. There
is no way but to change food. A man
in Mo. says:
For 2 years | was troubled so with
my nerves that sometimes | was pros
trated and could hardly ever get in
fun month at my work.
my stomach, back and head would
throb 60 I could get no rest at night
except by fits and starts, and always
had distressing pains.
Il was quite certain the trouble
came from my stomach but two ply
sicians could not help me and all the
tonics failed and so finally l turned
to food.
when l had studied up on food
and learned what might be expected
from leaving off meat and the regu-
lar food had been living on. felt
that a change to Grape-Nuts would be
Just what was required so l went to
eating IL.
From the start got stronger and
better until l was well again and
from that time l haven't used a bit
of medicine for l haven't needed any.
Il am so much better in every way.
sleep soundly nowadays and am free
f-cm the bad dreams. Indeed this
food has made such a great change
in me that my wife and daughter
have taken 1t UP and we are never
without Grape-Nuts on our table now
adays. 1t is a wonderful sustainer
and we frequently have nothing else
at all but a saucer of Grape-Nuts and
cream for breakfast OF supper" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich
Good food and good rest. These
are the tonics that succeed where all
the bottled tonics and drugs fail.
Ten days trial OF Grape-Nuts will
show one the road to health, strength
and vigor. There's a reason"
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book. The Road to MELVILLE"
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
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ing chorus was on, and 1t was plainly
his cue to appear with a recitative.
So the yacht Royalist set sail, with
numerous presents for the Rajah.
He found Muda Hassim to be gen.
erous and well affected to the English.
and he found the rebellion had been
moderated. The Rajah intimated that
he would like to have him stay
while, but instead Brooke pushed into
the interior and visited several wild
tribes. He saw enough to convince
him that Sarawak was a golden OPP
portunity; but he left the country
after having satisfied himself. In 1910
he paid another visit, and found the
rebellion had increased. The Sultan
of Bruni (Borneo) was bestirring him
self, and the Rajah considered it time
to make a move. He approached
Brooke and asked his assistance in
putting down the rebellion.
Brooke enjoyed the scheme, and led
parties of Malays and Dyaks against
the rebel chieftain, Shereef Moksain.
He built forts in the jungle, and rein
forced his native troops with men
from his yacht; finally, after terrific
battle in which Brooke was wounded,
he drove the rebels into a river
There was a whirlwind action in the
methods of the European which
showed the rebels that they were con.
tending against training and skill, so
they agreed to truce, and in Deem
Der, 1910, after four years of hostili-
ties, a treaty of peace was signed.
Brooke made the rebels burn their
stockades and surrender their arms,
and as a conquest the affair was com
plete.
1t was then proposed to transfer the
government to Brooke, who showed he
was more capable than the reigning
Raiah. He assented to the PROPOSE.
ton, and then turned his attention to
the pirates which infested the coast.
and soon that business, which had
been an honorable profession for 1000
years, was wiped out. Brooke began
to organize a government. He ruled
with fairness and firmness, drew ur
laws, had them properly executed, de-
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
THING A SWAMP OR POND.

"A correspondent writes us he has
a swamp of about an acre onto which
flows the water from FIVE acres. He
wishes to know whether he should
use a tile or open drain, and If tile,
how much fall will be needed, what
size of tile should be used, and how
he should fix the head end of the
tile, having to go but $50 feet to find
an outlet. This correspondent has al
ways lived on rolling land and does
not like the idea of a mudhole in his
field
We would by all means use tile. An
open ditch is a nuisance and should
be avoided wherever possible. AS to
fall we would get all we could-a foot
per 100 feet if possible-but would not
give up the project if we had only
an inch. The size of the tile depends
on the amount of water that drains
into the pond and also upon the
amount of fall. A three-inch tile
would probably do provided there was
a fall of six inches per 100 feet. We
would, however, not take any chances,
as it is probable that the water from
a good deal more than the five acres
get into the mudhold. We would
fix the end of the tile by making
catch basin in the center of the pond
about a foot or two deeper than the
tile, would brick this up and cover
it over. run the main tile into it, and
if we were obliged to use any later
ais would also run them through the
brick, taking care that as little sedi-
ment as possible gets in. If we did
not have brick we would use a bar
rel, boring holes into it to admit the
tile, leaving the head so we could take
it out when necessary to clean out
the sediment which will settle in be-
low the tile"
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
The Reason Why.

Drummond, WIS.,, Sept. 10 Especially
Whole families in Bayfield, County
are singing the praises of Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and the reason why is given
in experiences such as that of Mr..
T. I. Void. well-known citizen here.
Il had such pains in my back that
/ did not know what to do" says Mr..
Void, land as came across an adver-
tisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills sent
for a box. That one box relieved me
of all my pains. My wife also used
them and found them just what she
needed. l recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills as sure cure for Backache and
other Kidney Troubles"
Backache is one of the earliest
symptoms of Kidney Disease. Dodd's
Kidney Pills cure it promptly and per-
manently and prevent it developing
into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23

The most marked thing in connec-
ton with agricultural progress during
the year 1908 was the remarkable in
crease in schools, reading courses, in
stitutes, the establishment of depart
ments in the papers of the county
all to promote a better knowledge of
the science of agriculture. So far as
tools and machinery are concerned.
little more can possibly be done to
facilitate farm work and cheaper the
cost of production, and now i'm a very
logical way interest passes from in
ventive lines to study and investiga
ton how to produce better crops and
stock. This is wonderfully dignity
ing agriculture as a profession. The
scientist End the worker on the farm
are nearer together than they have
ever been before. Old Jake has quit
turning up his rustic nose at book
farmin'," aud the scientist no longer
regards old Jake as rustit lout aud
clodhopper.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
SWINE NOTES.

Disease does not bother a pasture
fed hog.
A healthy hog well fed means
profit to the owner every time.
Look out for the sour swill barrel
during the hot season. Hog cholera
and all sorts of trouble lurkSin it.
Long ago feeders commenced breed.
ing for a compact, closely built hog.
They found that such a hog would
mature earlier. take on more pounds
or gain for the same amount of food,
than would the narrow, slab-sided,
long, rangy hog, which stood high up
on his legs and could outrun a
horse.
In nearly all cases in commencing
to feed new corn to the hogs, it is
best to feed stalk and all for a time,
starting when the milk is out of the
grain and feeding in this way as long
as the hogs chew up the stalks with
an evident relish, feeding only such
an amount as they will eat up clean,
gradually increasing the amount as
their needs seem to require.
Now, while your young pigs are de.
veloping, is the time to select the
sows that are to be the future moth.
ers of your herds. They should be
the offspring of good mothers, good
breeders, good feeders and mixers.
And when they are selected and ma.
tured, the aim should be to have
their progeny excel their mothers, by
using a sire that is superior, if posi-.
BILE, to the one previously used. This
is the way to break up" remember.
ing that Improvement is the result of
selection and mating combined.
Neither one will have the desired eff.
feet.
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
The OId.Time Mamma

A writer in recent number of the
Queen expresses the opinion (Which is
shared by many other people, that
children are not one whit better
brought up by the smart, white
irocked, certiicated nurses so much
sought after nowadays than they were
by the comfortable Mamma" of the
days gone by. The old nurse still
holds place in the hearts of the men
and women who knew her loving care
when they were children, and they
will never forget her treats that
used to delight their hearts. BEST OF
ALL says a woman, was lantern tea,
when all the lights were put out. and
he nursery was Illuminated by penny
tin lanterns, containing colored can.
dies, which cast weird shadows on the
solemn faces round the festive board"
The Yale expositor., 1904-09-23
cATALPA PLANTATIONS PROFIT.
ABLE.

L. Yaggy. resident of Illinois, in
the year 1890. bought 1900 acres of
bottom land on the Arkansas river
near Hutchinson, Kan, and planted
in the succeeding years 500 acres of
this tract to apple trees and the rest,
500 acres, to catalpa. The first cost
of this tract of land was $4,000, and
he has sold $4,000 worth of posts
from Trimmings. The trimmings added
to the value of the remainder. and the
estimate of the value of the remain
ing timber is 5000 per acre, makes
100000 as the value at the present
time of the 500 acres planted to ca
talpa. II has been demonstrated that
catalpa set on moist land would make
a profitable growth, but on uplands
they are of such slow growth that
their commercial value Is not worth
considering the value OF the land
they grow on and suitable returns for
interest on the capital invested