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The leader., 1904-04-09
The Little Pigs, Mother.

Proper and good motherhood may
be developed in swine, and when a
sow shows the proper tendencies, ev-
cry encouragement should be given her,
and she should be retained at her good
work of multiplying her tribe until
her ability to continue is affected by
old age. The Office of such good moth
erhood consists of more than simply
bringing forth large filters of pigs.
The litters should be uniform in the
size of the individuals, and the latter
should be thrifty, which would indi-
cate that the dam is a good mixer.
She should be gentle and not easily
excited, and be so much of the dairy
type" that she would have capacity
for consuming plenty of feed and turn
ing it into milk, and not make her
own body round and fat with it.
Whether she shall mother pigs that are
good, thrifty and profitable until the
end of their days at market will of
course require some time to determine,
and if the determination shall be in
her favor it should be equal to an in
surance of long and carefully-tended
life. She can not be judged without
trial, neither can she nor any of her
successors be expected to do profitable
work as mothers while in the growing
period of their own immaturity. There
fore, if by reason of inheritance from
a good mother and a good paternal
grandmother the young SOW should be
a good mother, before condeming her
give her the chance Of maturity.-W.
r. McSparran, in Farm and Fireside.
The leader., 1904-04-09
HERE AND THERE.

-Well-fed sheep always produce the
most and best wool. Softness and pill
ancy of wool usually correspond in a
degree with fineness.
The south is being filled with pro-
gressive and prosperous farmers, and
commerce and agriculture are sure to
keep pace with each other. An era Of
rapid development is at hand.
1t is not a good idea to give the
sitting hen soft feed, as 1t IS liable to
cause bowel trouble. Corn and wheat
are the best foods, and should be given
once a day with fresh water.
However simple a matter farming
may seem to the city-bred man, he
will find when he undertakes 1t that
practical knowledge counts. What the
practical farmer knows, he knows to
a certainty
The craze for orchard-planting is
on the increase Many thousands of
trees will be planted this pring. The
nurserymen need not worry over the
future demand for more trees. They
have powerful ally in the San Jose
scale.
There is no dearth of opportunities
for young men and young women in
the cotton-growing states. The oppor-
tunities are there, and they should be
seized at once. Modest investments
judiciOusly made will parallel those in
far more remote sections of our c0nn-
try.
ALI immoderate claims must arouse
suspicion. Experienced cultivators
usually hesitate to place much conf
denee in self-styled "small-fruit
princes, strawberry kings etc, or
in seedsmen who claim to be the only
ones worth trusting.
lin the month of January, 1904,
sheep to the number of 36.S9S and val
ued at $241, 139 were exported, as
against 1858 sheep, of the value of
SIPS, 1851, exported during January, 1908.
In the same month 1888 sheep, of the
value of S8,195, were imported from
foreign countries.
1T is estimated that Georgia has
sixteen million peach trees In orchards
Half bushel to the tree would load
sixteen thousand cars, and must main
II disposed Of between July is and
August 10. So many of these trees ars
of the EIeberta variety, which must BIS
marketed In SO short period Of tilna
that disaster Is imminent 70 the rs ell
growing Industry.
The leader., 1904-04-09
FEEDING CATTLE.
The Southwest Has Now Become the
Great Theater of Farm Raised
and Fed Cattle.

The vigorous and hearty condition of
Texas steers make of them the best
feeders in the world. Many young
yearling steers weigh a thousand
pounds after few months care and
feeding. Profits come from the rapid
gains and the high price per pound.
To secure these rapid gains, two con-
ditions must be upplied-well-bred
stock and continuous feed supply. Both
of these are in reach of every land
owner in the southwest.
The southwest has now reached a
stage where the greatest profit per
head is found in farm-fed cattle. The
strong export demand for cotton seed
meal combined with Its liberal use
by northern and western stock men,
creates a good price for this once cheap
cattle feed. When combined with farm
feed, cotton seed meal is still the
cheapest material afforded by the mar
kets of the world. The farmer who
lives near a cotton seed oil mill can
buy cotton seed meal at several dol
lars per ton less than people of the
north and west This same farmer
grows more feed stuff per acre on un-
irrigated land than any farmer in the
world. Rich, virgin soils and the long
growing season enable him to accom-
plisn both these things.
Cattle on the western ranges must
be fed milo maize, Kaffir corn, alfalfa
and johnson gress more freely than
heretofore. The wide-awake farmer
living in the cattle region will do well
to visit the stock yards and select a
few good feeders in which to market
his surplus hay and grain, even though
small bit of cotton seed meal must
be purchased to go with these home
products. Here is diversified stock
farming yielding double profit. When
good cattle are selected the hay fed to
them returns s14 to $40 per ton. if we
count the grain consumed at market
price. It is thu roughness, not the
grain, that determines the cost of a
beef steer
The southwest has cheap, good pas
lures; alfalfa, sorghum, Johnson grass,
milo maize. Kaffir corn, corn fodder,
oat and wheat straw, rice straw and
prairie hay in abundance on which to
found a system of profitable cattle
feeding. The improved stock are in
our midst. We have begun to combine
these superior advantages. Continu-
GUS study Of these peculiar conditions
viii make the southwest the control
ling factor in the supply Of the worlds
beef. Texas Farm and Ranch.
The leader., 1904-04-09
Teaching Untruths.

The Orange Judd Farmer calls at
tention to some of the half-baked
truths that have been dished out at
the corn schools held this winter in
the north and west. Before our corn
breeders of the southwest begin teach
ing "cornology" in detail they will
gain the mastery of the subject. Corn
IN the southwest is not corn in the
west and north-from either the grow
er's standpoint or that of the scientific
investigator. We need something
more than a science of shreds and
patches with which to rightly under
stand corn and corn culture in thu
southwest For this reason we favor a
general conference of the seed grow
ers, including corn, cotton, and other
seed interests at some convenient
meeting place. This subject demands
attention because in it We find much
of our future farming prosperity. Let
the southwest begin right.-Farm and
Ranch.
The leader., 1904-04-09
Two Kinds OF Farmers.

Mr.. Taylor was a practical farmer,
and one who practiced economy all
along the way on this side of perjury.
That is to say he did not allow any
thing to go to waste-waste, pure and
simple, but he saved eve ything, and
used as much as was necessary for his
wants, and those of his family; and
by his thrift and economy he always
had plenty. To show that he was not
penurious, he gave money occasional
ly to charitable purposes, and helped
the poor in many ways. Willing hands
coupled with economy made farmer
Taylor's living.
Mr. Rolyat was hard working sort
of man, though his work was guided
by but little forethought; and, conse-
quently, all that he did in the way Of
farm labor was in naphazard way,
and to but little purpose. He sowed or
planted his crops and then, perhaps
through the insufficiency of his fenced
Enclosures, his own stock, or that of
others, would break in and greatly
damage or destroy his crops. He might
have repaired his fences-only that he
did not have time; he had to work for
Jones or Smith Tor present necessities,
while his crops were being destroyed.
Then when his crops ripcned and were
ready to harvest, he could not care for
them properly for want of time. When
he had anything, he was wasteful and
careless of it to the last degree, When
anything was needing doing, he usual
ly could not attend to it, and as re-
suit he never had a suficiency. Indeci-
sion of purpose, and lack of the proper
interest in his calling, prevented Farm
er Rolyat from making living. Cor.
Epitomist.
The leader., 1904-04-09
The Hog On the Farm.

The hog should find place in the
economical management of every farm
He will turn to good account many
things that would otherwise be lost
either en- grain or grazing farm.
On the former, there are plenty Of
grazing spots and many other herb
growths that will equalize the grain
ration of quite number Of hogs and
send to market or to the farmers table
healthy and palatable meat. On the
grazing farm a little grain will fill out
the high alhumenoid ration and make
fat animals.-Farmer' Home Journal.
The leader., 1904-04-09
His Signature.

Charming! Exquisite! Perfectly de-
lightful!" she exclaimed, peering through
her starers at the young artists latest
Il am glad you like it," he said, with
becoming modesty.
Like it? Could anybody help liking
it? So original That queer little am,
NAL with the funny long legs in the right
hand foreground! What delicious con-
ceit, How can you imagine such impos-
sible things, Mr.. D'Aubre?"
81 'm--er-you mean this?" he asked,
pointing to the strange thing in the low
er corner.
yes, of course"
"Er-uh-,that is my signature, mad,
am. Brooklyn Eagle.
The leader., 1904-04-09

occasionally is to be worth anything maturity the body
We commend the baby when it stretches and growing but
scod the pupil for the when there equally good
for it. The teacher who lets the her pupils
but keeps aosng and urging all the om all day. and every day.
usually gets praise her but she merely driving
squirrel his ultimate making
rapid strides personally toward posaon
We know the mother would kill off all her children by such
The killing off the school by the
readily noticed But there
killed by school anxetes crippled
We pay attention child who has
when mental dyspepsia strikes the child result Of ndceet
stng school ignorant the and leave
whether the dose shall be given and packed
with the directne of the paving
Work done under conpuls;on of little value 1t i,h
child housewor the shop
barbac force mental work upon child whose brain tired
Some children discovered rest the schooroom
by pretending be work They make show OF diligence
thoughts something
congenial and which requires strain
The leader., 1904-04-09
NOT SUPERLATIVELY POOR.
Land That Poverty-stricken Man
\ Was Not Bad Enough OF
to Want.

Bourkc Cochran was condemniug a Ger.
tain popular novel, relates the New York
Tribune
This novel," he said, SIS as poor and
barren as Elmo county land"
is Elmo county land very poor and
barren?" asked one of Mr.. Cockran's in
terlocutors.
is IT." said he. "Well, should say it
is. Once two strangers rode on horse
back through Elmo county, and the bar
renness of the land amazed them. Moth
ing hut weeds and rocks everywhere. As
they passed a farmhouse they saw an old
man sitting in the garden, and they said:
Poor chap. Poor, poverty stricken
old fellow!
The old man overheard them, and
called out in a shrill voice:
% Gents, hain't 50 poor an poverty
stricken as ,;e saink. d4u't own neue O
this land"
The leader., 1904-04-09
Sacrifice Of Scbool CMldrvn
By PROF. WILLIAM E. WATT.
Principal of the Graham School, Chicago.

OSTS Of public school children killed off by school ankle
ties and agitation and many others crippled for life The
practice of forcing children work i'll the schoolroom
times when their minds untitled for work and the attempt
pound mathematics into heads aching for history or
English is to be deprecated Teachers and mothers
be blamed for laying the foundation of snted deformed
generation mentally and physically.
Laznes should often be encouraged both in the school
room and in the home The mind is required to be law
The leader., 1904-04-09

Hes had fortune left to him sudden
ly. He has actually got more money now
than he knows what to do with" Never
mind; there are certain people who will be
anxious to meet him now, and after that
he'll know more. ''-kennebec journal.
The leader., 1904-04-09
Causes Of Crime Increase
By DIR. HENRY HOPKINS,
President of Williams College.

HE foundations of the personal character of national life
seriously threatened by ugly features of the present time
There is Astounding evidence of alarming increase in crime
of every sort but particularly of the kind that undermnes
honesty chastity and respect for law There is growing
nfdey to financial trust and consequently visible loss of
confidence of in his fellow Defacations continue
and multiply in disheartenng succession The proportion of
divorces to marriages is astonishing and sickenng Dsn-
tegraon decadence and often destruction of the family
The leader., 1904-04-09

and lowering of the home ideal go increasing.
But dheartenng and startling of all the awless spirit
cities where have crowds of hoodu
increasing population who break reckless violence
of strikes and lockouts OF the the than brutal
exhibitions in defiance of all authority and deceny the ncngs
hdeous burnings that dishonor human itself.
One of the potent ubiquitous operative
the volume of criminal suggestion flowing in the
lie mind through various but especially through the public press
In the daily recital of average crime
as fine The reader taught both how perform the crime and
how o avoid punishment
The leader., 1904-04-09

long distance charity
bad enough poor hear the wolf scratching
without having church
offering e of and telling that the you in the
midst of sickness suffering that father
your life has been sinful
This is the that the ignorant have taken what the world
calls charity Now by learning know the poor have made great
discoveries that and azness and
spanbe for much suffering and poverty but there other
We have intelligent citizens who make government and
laws and how suffering of the poor due and
the vice of open eyed disagreement?
How much suffering due the i'll regulated Workshop the
condition of the filth of alleys and
lack of the feeling responsibility whoeoneness
homes?
Charys demand of justice threod 1t includes per-
sona understanding of conditions of life by Investigations
ond equal division of the burden of Legislative conditions that
poverty and suffering third spreading abroad of the spirit of
oDea on
The leader., 1904-04-09
Strong and Vigorous at the Age of
Lightweight.

Rev. J. N. Parker, U ica, N. Y, writes:
"In juno, 1901, lost my sense of hear
ing entirely. My hearing had been
somewhat impaired for several years,
but not so much affected but that could
hold converse with my friends; but in
June, 1901, my sense Of hearing left me
SO that l could hear no sound whatever.
was also troubled with rheumaticp pains
in my limbs. l commenced taking Pc
runa and now my hearing is restored as
good as it was prior to June, 1901. MY
rheumatic pains are all zone, I cannot
The leader., 1904-04-09

Tess-.Well, their engagement is off,"
Jess-"The idea! 1t was only announced
yesterday. What did they quarrel about?"
Tess-"As to which was the more unwor-
thy of the other. '-Philadelphia Press.
The leader., 1904-04-09

You might as well kill your chicks
Mt the outset as to expect them to do
well without pure water and plenty Of
it.
The leader., 1904-04-09
SfoDa the Cou%h

Sue-"Do they act as if they were en-
gaged?' Prue-"Well, Mabel does" -
BROOKLYN Life.
The leader., 1904-04-09

People who like to tell their trouble,
dislike to listen to the troubles of others
Chicago Daily News.
The leader., 1904-04-09

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
ble MEDICINE for coughs and eoldS-[ NJ W.
The leader., 1904-04-09
Not as Other Women.

Mrs; Dtown-Tou don't Seem to like
Mrs. White?
Mrs. Back-Oh, like he2 well enough,
but then sne SO eccentric. She actually
thinks one should dress for comfort and
not for looks.-Boston Transcript.
The leader., 1904-04-09

Circumstances do not make the onl
conditions in life.-Ram's Horn.
The leader., 1904-04-09
Shake Into Your Shoes

Allen S Foot-Ease ltcures painful, swollen
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoe!
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores
Don 'taccept any substitute. Sample FREE
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy s.. 7.
The leader., 1904-04-09
BY PROF. CHAS. R. HENDERSON,
Head of Department OF Sociology Chicago Uniyersitv

He old ideas of ansgiving the result Of ignorance
and fear We of this later day making discoveries that
giving insight into duties to those around
us, and with science, which foregathers did not
have, will be criminal in negligence ii we do not
change methods of relieving poverty.
We have had enough of the old-fashioned method of
giving to the poor, while blind to the conditions that
make them What need now is to know the poor.
BY this is that gain knowledge of their
lives and an insight into their conditions which will come
only through close personal contact Let us have
The leader., 1904-04-09

and works off the cold Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents
The leader., 1904-04-09

Money refunded for each package oil
Putnam Fadeless Dyes if unsatisfactory.
The leader., 1904-04-09
AUar7ce the Nations Peril
By HON. w. D. HOARD,
Former Governor OF Wisconsin.

gain of money at any pricedoes it not
plain the demon of graft that is debauchng the very tissue
of American manhood, that corruptng national
and municipal fe that asking from the sacrifice Of
honor honesty, patriotism, Heaven?
What is patriotism? The sacrifice of our selfish inter-
ests to the good of the What is treason The sacr
flee of the good of the many TO selfish interests
What is good government The enforcement of law.
The leader., 1904-04-09


ing law
Solomon preferred wisdom money Why? 1t strange
The wisdom lay in the fact that he preferred.
What has civilized Christianity The growth of knowledge among
plain people among the learned the ecclesiastcs
1t requires but little brains to be critic only
Religion first be ethical then worshipfu
and bgot and the fanatic Some worshpu
then greedy They called hypocre They not they
are only inconsistency sincere
Trust the people said Lincoln Come to think Of it. whom
you long as you are here?
The poor the rich the hope Of the nation They
virtue they AS have enough poor let lis import
them. We doing it.
The philosophers teach the folly Of despsng things
Yet certain style of culture peculiar for depng common po-
pie learned professor rritabl asked Ihan stupidity
committed Of putting the railway the business
quarter the The Ishman pulled his pipe his mouth
Sure Sit, in order to have It cos BY the tracks"
The leader., 1904-04-09
Tie spring Is the best tim.

treat catarrh Nature reneWs her.
spring. system reHvenated spring weather.
This renders medicines effective short course of Peruna
air of spring. will DID, stubborn OF
resisted treatment for Everybody should
copy book catarh Address The
Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus Ohio.
The leader., 1904-04-09

"A word to the wise is superhuous.-
Yale Record.
The leader., 1904-04-09

speak too highly of Peruna, and now
when So years old can say ithas invigor-
ated my whole system. l cannot but
think, dear Doctor, that you must feel
very thankful to the all loving Father
that you have been permitted 10 live,
and by your skill be such blessing as
you have been to suffering humanity"
Rev. 7. N. Parker.
The leader., 1904-04-09
A Bishops Letter.

T. H. Lomax, D. D., Bishop 2nd Dist.
A. M. E., of Charlotte, N. c., writes:
81 recommend your Peruna to all who
want strengthening tonic and very
effective remedy for all catarrhal COM
plants. IT. III. Lomax.
Ifyou do not receive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving n
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio,
The leader., 1904-04-09
Pe-rG-ila is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially Adapted to- the De-
cllning Powers of Old Age.

In old age the mucous membranes be-
come thicSened and partly lose their
function.
This leads to partial loss of hearing,
smell and taste, as well as digestive dis
turbanccs.
peruna corrects all this by it's specific
operation On all the mucous membranes
of the body.
One bottle will convince anyone. Once
used and Pcrana becomes a lifelong
standby with old and young.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-11-04

the game of corntield ping-pong at
present. Some of the most enthusiast
iC are ping.pOngng out about 100
bushels of corn day from the fields
that go eighty mushels to the acre.
The frosty nights and mornings
have been an aid to the merchants of
Norfolk in helping them to move their
winter stocks of goods and many Gus
toners have been supplying them
selves with the required clothing for
winter wear A right sharp snap of
weather would aid, however, in hurry
ing the seasOnable trading along.
The building of new houses in Nor
folk is a hOurishing industry at the
close of the season, and many are in
process of construction or just start
ing. A prominent mason SAYS it is
about an every other day job with him
now to lay new foundation. and the
prospects are that builders will be
kept busy up to the time the weather
interferes with constructive work
State Journal Ten thousand rain
W" llOnl anu f,VDV lloul are W
be placed in the Big Sandy and Verdi.
girls creeks in the north part of Ne.
braska through the efforts of Con.
gressman Burkett. His request to the
United States fish commission for the
trout has been granted. Trout do well
in all the streams in the northern part
of the state. Many have been planted
| by the Nebraska state fish and game
commission, but that commission is
not able to supply the demand.
Postmaster John r. Hays has re
ceived letter asking for a statement
regarding the conditions which exist
here, in regard to the Sunday opening
of the postoffice. A short time age
| Mr.. Hays wrote to the department
asking that the Office be kept open al
night on Sunday for an hour His ad
vice was unheeded then. Now the de
partment, prompted by letter from
G. f. Burnham, has begun 10 investi
gate the proposition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-11-04
Battle Creek.

II. II. Edwards of Peru is visiting
with f. J. Hale and John A. Wright.
Mr. Edwards intends to- invest in
Madison county dirt.
Mrs. o. H. Munson was visiting with
relatives at Warnerville Tuesday.
County Commissioner S. ]. Finne-
gan was here on official business
Wednesday.
Fred Hofaker of near Tilden visit
ed friends here Monday.
c. S. Smith, Madison's popular may
or, was here on business Tuesday.
Henry Burch, who returned lately
from Portland, Ore, and was i'll at
the hotel, has been moved to West
Battle Creek.
e. II. Lukart of Tilden, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Hogrefe and Rev. J.
Hoffman were business visitors at the
county seat Tuesday.
Carl Bolervsky is building a new
addition to his building on North
First street.
P. F. Zimmerman is saving lumber
this week on Sam Kent's and Joseph
Stirk's farms east of town.
A. J. Wells has rented John Mag,
ner's farm in Schoolcraft for the next
year.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Aug
ust Mann was christened at the Luth
eran church last Sunday.
Village Marshal Flood had three Gus
toners under his care Halloween
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Steffen anG
son, Simon, were visiting Sunday al
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Bar
necke at Norfolk.
Henry Allen Of Madison was here
on business Monday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1904-11-04

os and he then borrowed a horse and
buggy to come to Creighton. His sis
tor-in-law lived with the family and
while Mrs. Smith had gone for some
milk to the noghbors she packed her
grip and together with Smith hurried
" took her departure. They drove to
Plainview and Wednesday morning
purchased tickets for Omaha and left
on the early train in that direction. A
warrant has been issued for their ar
rest and the authorities are now look
ing for the runaway ie.-Creigh-
ton News.