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Mower County transcript., 1904-08-17

Bob DUNN refuses the invitations of
county fair managers in different parts
Of the state to speak to the people at
these fairs. Possibly he thinks that
the less said and shown by him in this
campaign the more votes he may ex-
pect to get. Bob is foxy.
Mower County transcript., 1904-08-17

Dow1Eis up against the real thing in
healing. Fifteen cases of small pox
are reported in Zion City. Now we
will see what he can do without the
aid of approved medical treatment.
Mower County transcript., 1904-08-17

THE only praise that Judge Parker
is getting from Eastern voters is for
his action in appropriating, in opposi-
tjon to his convention, one of the
standards demanded of all republicans
Mower County transcript., 1904-08-17

THE Japs seem to have blown the
RUSSIAN Port Arthur fleet all over Yel-
low sea. Its ships are trying to find a
refuge in different ports. The Russians
are learning successfully the art of re-
treating and surrendering on the prin-
ciple that he who fights and runs away
may live to fight another day.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
Deminq Power Spraying Outfit.

The gasoline engine has of recent years
come into in many lines of work on the
farm. 1t finds more useful field than in
orchard and other large jobs of spraying.
For this work it seems especially well
adapted having already to a large extent
supplanted every other means of supplying
the power in spraying, and this. too, not
withstanding many fairly well adapted
power appliances. One or the best gasoline
spraying outfits is the one lately brought
by the Deming Company of Salem,
Ohio, the well known manufacturers Of
spraying appliances. We reproduce this out
fit complete. The pump is double acting.
and may be speeded to so revolutions per
minute Safety valve and pressure gauge
fitted to the air champer. which may
be relieved at any desired pressure up to
1875 pounds. The tank is provided with
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
independent Packing Plants.

Elsewhere in this issue brief men
ton is made of the coming visit of
Secretary Martin, of the Northwest
Livestock Association, to Portland
next week. His chief purpose in COM
ing west at this time is to look after
matters in connection with the indie
pendent packing plants to be estab-
lished by the livestock association
throughout the country. At the Port
land meeting of the association last
winter the subject was preached and
the sentiment was favorable to the
project. The northwest is a good field
for the beginning of the string OF III
,ependent plants, and the association
realizes this, or efforts would not be
made so early to encourage their estab
lishment.
The matter of furnishing return
transportation to the livestock ship
pers is another that the livestock as
ISOLATION has been fostering. 1t will
be remembered that some time ago
the railroads entered into an agree,
ment among themselves to furnish no
more return transportation to ship
pers. The association took up the
matter and have just succeeded in
getting the railroads to reconsider
their former decision, with the result
that hereafter stockmen will have the
privilege continued.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01
How to Kill Fowls.

An amateur poultryman wrote to the
Practical Farmer for the best way to
kill chickens so the feathers could be
easily removed. In reply the poultry
editor said: "In any fowl when the
feathers are fully mature, or ripe
they will come off easily enough any
way At the approach of the moult-
ing process, for instance, birds must
be handled rather gingerly, for we
have had hens get away from us, at
times, leaving the entire feathers OF
large spot on the back all in our hands,
and that spot on the back as bare as
a new born baby. When killing chick
ems or hens, or even capons, for our
own table, we like the quickest method
of doing the job, namely, chopplng
their heads off with sharp ak or
Ratchet, and then getting rid OF the
feathers in the quickest way, by scald-
ing in boiling hot water. This meth
cd is all right for some markets, TOO.
Certain markets, however, prefer the
birds dry picked. This will do we'll
enough when the feathers are ripe
enough. Otherwise it may be a job.
We usually have killed our capons by
bleeding in the mouth and dry pick
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ing them. 1t usually works very well,
and the feathers come all off sleek and
clean, and in short time. The
bird is hung up by the legs, just at
convenient height for the operator.
We have a little tin pail half full of
bran, to the bail of which is fastened
a short string with little sharp point
ed hook at the end. We catch the
fowls head with the left hand, and
with the thumb and first two fingers
open it's mouth so that the point Of a
French killing knife can be inserted
and driven right through the roof
of the mouth and into the brain, which
of course, kills the bird. When the
knife is withdrawn, we make a sweep
ing motion with it's point across the
back part of the throat, severing the
blood vessels on each side, so that the
blood will flow in one or two big
streams from the mouth. The hook
is then inserted into the bill, letting
the pail hang down under it and the
blood run into the bran (this after
wards to be fed to the hens). The
pail is just heavy enough to keep the
head of the fowl hanging down straight
and giving the operator good chance
to strip off the feathers into barrel
that is set underneath the suspended
bird. If one works quickly Gas an ex-
pert WILLY the feathers come off very
easily and clean. Sometimes two or us
have worked on the same bird, and a
capon can thus be dressed in very
short time.
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p 0 ULT r Y
III. L. BLANCHARD

Young chicks should not be allowed
to run in damp grass.
Fresh cut bone fed three times a
week gives poultry thrifty appear
ance.
With an increase in the popular ap-
probation of poultry and eggs as food
the people pay higher price for them.
There is more profit in poultry now
than ever before. There will be a
handsome profit in it for some years
to come, at least.
Turkeys, ducks and geese should be
given more consideration at poultry
shows. They are valuable adjunct
but are showed to the rear or omitted
entirely at most of the shows.
On a farm, where the fowls are
given a free range, one good, active
cockerel will answer for Is hens, and
two for a flock of 80. More males than
are actually needed are an expense
that should be avoided.
Too often the farmers fowls have
to take care of themselves the whole
year. This is a mistake. They pay
as we'll as anything else on the farm,
according to the amount invested.
Therefore give them the attention due
them.
The hen that is a persistent layer is
the profitable hen, and is the one
sought by those looking after profitable
stock. Egg production is one of the
chief requirements in poultry, and for
that reason the laying hen is the one
to be desired above every other.
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Confininu in Yards.

1t is not profitable or agreeable to
confine poultry in yards. Less space
is required but more work is neces-
sary. 1t is more difficult for begin
ner to manage a flock in a yard than
when the hens are at liberty, he must
supply all their wants and must under
stand how to avoid all mistakes, espe-
clialy those of over feeding; but il
hens are on a range they will instinct
lively care for themselves, and in so do
ing save the beginner many annoy
ances A large number of farmers keep
their hens to prevent depreciation in
the garden. Now, the hens do not
damage the garden as much as may be
supposed, but destroy many insects.
If a hen with brood of chicks Sc
cures an opportunity to scratch up a
garden that has been newly planted,
they will make sad havoc with the
seeds and very young plants, but as
soon as the garden is well under way
it is safe from the attacks of hens as
would be a field crop, as the hens Will
busy themselves with insects, tender
grass, terminating weed seeds, worms
and other delicacies which they prefer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

Richard Hayter has opened an office
in Seattle for the handling of real es-
tate, with special attention to ware
house and factory property and Seattle
tide lands. Mr.. Hayter has long been
connected with the manufacturers as
ISOLATION and has gained an intimate
knowledge of the needs along the lines
he intends to handle. He says he will
endeavor to bring to Seattle number
of factories and wholesale concerns
and do all in his power to encourage
home industry.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

The Ranch is SO cents; the Seattle
Daily Star So year. Together you
can get them for $1.60 year through
The Ranch.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-06-01

Catalogue free of the best Brown White
and Buff Leghorns, Minorcas, Brahmas B. P.
Rocks FRED A. JOHNSON. 618 S. 35th
St., Tacoma, Wash.
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The Seattle Dairy Star and The
Ranch one year for only $1.60.
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OAK HARBOR POULTRY RANCH

Eggs for sale. Pure bred White Wyan-
dottes and Black Minorcas; eggs $3.50 per
Is.
MRS. w. r. IZETT, Oak Harbor, Wn.
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mechanical agitator to secure a perfect
mixing of spraying material. The engine
is perfect working and has every provision
for safety. 1t is water cooler water being
supplied by an ingenious piping and doing
away with the necessity for pumping. The
base of the outfit is a tight tank for the
cooling water. 1t is provided with strong
electric igniter, and it's current is furnished
by improved dry batteries. The great ad-
vantage of this Deming outfit is the GER
tainty of having ample power at all times
to spray perfectly the largest trees 1t is
an outfit that appeals to orchardists park
superintendent and whoever is engaged in
large spraying operations. Full particulars
of this and all other of the famous Deming
sprayers may be had by writing the COM
pany at the address given. Please mention
The Ranch.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-07-07
After the Roman Fashion.

Irving Bachelor, the author OF
"Eben Holden" was born in the
northernmost corner of the state OF
New York, and everybody there knows
him and has standing invitation to
see him If they chance to go to New
York city, journey few of them ever
undertake.
Recently woman who used to sup
ply the Bachelor family with fresh
vegetables when Irving was a boy
went to the city to visit grandson,
and called on the author On her
return she met friend in the local
postoffice, and said:
Tell you what, Irving has got
things mighty fine since he begun this
book writing business: Rugs on the
floor, and pictures on the wall, and
all that And not a stove to bother
with-the whole house Is het by glad
iators. st. Louis Republic.
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CHAPTER /.
The Fan Of tho House Of Frode

The Fall Of the House OF Erode.
as the blackness of the midsummer
night paled, the broken towers and
wrecked walls of the monastery loom
ed up dim and stark in the gray light.
Through breach in the moss-grown
wall, the first sunbeam stole in and
pointed bright finger across the
cloiser garth at the charred spot in
the center. where missals and parch.
mont rolls had made a roaring fire to
warm the invaders blood-stained
hands
As the lark rose through the bright
ening air to greet the coming day a
woman in the tunic and cowl of a nun
opened what was left of the wicket
gate in the one unbattered wall. She
struck note in perfect harmony with
her surroundings, as she stood under
the crumbing arch, peering out into
the Towering lane.
Like the struggling hedges that
were half buried under a net of wild
rose5, red and white. the path was
half effaced by grass, but beyond,
her eye could follow the straight line
OF the great Roman road over marsh
and meadow and hilltop.
Between the dark walls Of oak and
beech, II cleaned as white as the
Milky Way. The nun was able 10
trace its course up the slope of the
last hill. Just beyond the crest a
pail of smoke was spread over a burn
ing village Shivering the nun turnad
her face back to the desolate peace
of the ruins.
Now is 1t clear to all men why a
bloody cloud was hung over the land
In the year that Ethelred came to the
throne" she said. 81 feel as the
blessed dead might feel should they
be forced TO leave the shelter Of their
graves and look out upon the world. T"
Rising from its knees beside a bed
Of herbs, second figure in faded
eobes approached the gate. Sister
sexberga was very old, much older
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"Master!" he muttered Master?
Have they goneY
In an instant Sister Wynfreda was
on her knees beside him. "Is 1t the
English you mean? Did they beset
the CASTER"
Slowly the mans clouded eyes
cleared. The Sisters he muir
INJURED. 81 had the intention--to get
to you-but fell" His words died
away in a whisper, and his eyeids
dropped. Sister Sexberga turned again
to seek her restorative. Sister Wyn-
freda leaned over and shook him.
Answer me. first. Where is your
master? And young Fridtjof? And
your mistress?"
He shrank from her touch with a
gasp of pain. Dead" he muttered.
"Dead-at the gate-Frode and the
boy-the ravenstarvers cut them
down like saplings."
"And Randalin?"
81 heard her scream as the English
man seized her-Leofwinesson had
her round the waist-they knocked
me on the head, then-I-I-" Again
his voice died away.
Sister Wynfreda made no attempt to
recall him. Mechanically she held his
head SO that her companion might
pour the liquid down his throat. That
done, she brought water and band
ages. and stood by, absent-eyed and
in silence, while Sexberga found his
wounds and dressed them. 1t was
the older woman who spoke first.
"The fate of this maiden lies heavy
on your mind, beloved" she said ten
derly; "and would have you know
that my heart also is sorrowful For
all that she is the fruit of darkness,
1t was permitted by the Lord that
Randalin. Frodes daughter, should be
born with light in her soul. 1t was
in my prayers that we might be en-
abled to feed that light as it were a
sacred lamp, to the end that in Gods
good time the spreading glory of it's
brightness might deliver her from the
shadows forever"
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Few Dentists in South America.

philadelphia turns out, on an aver
age. over 300 dentists every year,
said a young member of the dental
profession. ''Of course, a great many
of them come here from all over the
country, and even from foreign coun.
tries, and when they are through with
their studies they return to their
homes. For my part, I've about made
up my mind to migrate to South
America, where the opportunities are
practically unlimited. Take the city
of Buenos Ayres. It has population
of over $1,000,000, with only about fif-
ty dentists. 1t is a. cosmopolitan COM
munity, too, English, Germans and
Italians having located there in great
numbers. In fact, few of the So..th
American cities have full quota of
dentists. s."-Philadelphia Record.
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Improve the Canals.

A movement has been started in
several centers in Europe to improve
the canals, which have been neglected
through the influence of the railroads,
Just as they have in many American
states.
There are in France 5000 miles of
canals. Belgium has 1.242 miles of
canals and other waterways. In Hol.
land the canals are put to more gen.
eral use than they are in other coun-
tries.
In England there are 1907 miles Of
canals. and it has been pointed out
that the railway companies own 1876
miles of these canals. The railroad
companies keep the canal rates SO
high that there Is no competition be-
tween the canals and the railroads.
There are few canals In any country
That are not fifty years behind the
times.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-07-07
Nome Is Quite a Town.

"TEe casual visitor will not be able
to distinguish between the city OF
Nome. Alaska, and the ordinary East
ern American town of the same size,'
said Col. William T. Perkins of Nome
"The prosperity of Nome is firmly
established" said Col. Perkins, "and
there is no question that in the course
of few years it will be largely in
creased. The city has water mains
and electricity and an excellent sys-
tenn OF public schools. Its municipal
government is a model for larger cit
les. Nome is becoming large whole
sale center, something new in. that
part of the world. Railroads are be-
ing built. and from Nome the entire
surrounding country is being supplied
with the necessaries and luxuries OF
life. e."-Washington Post.
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Yearnlnas of SD zinc DAVIS.

Let us go into the woods and get
away from the mass of humanity
from the desperate life-drive; from
the rush and crush of crowds; from
the Babel of tongues that only wag tc
censure; from the binding glare OF
the glittering Dollar, whose mimic
Eagles talons are at the throat OF
Life; from false loves, false friends
and the Terror OF the Toll of Cities
whose thunder clouds hide God Let
us take day off with the thrush and
the song-thrilled mocking bird, IL
dreamy depths of daisies, by ripplet
rivers and inviolate vines; let us ded
icate one day to the freedom of the
wild-one' day Of bright, barbaris
splendor, with echoes of "ancestra
voices" In other words, let's 20 a
fishing! Constitution.
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that a great jest and laughed. While
they were shouting I slipped between
them and got up the stairs into a
chamber, where bolted the door and
would not open to them, thougi ihey
pounded their fists sore and cursed
at me. at last they began TO laugh
and jeer, and called to me they would
go down and drink my wedding toast
before they broke in the door and
fetched me; aud then they betook
themselves to feasting."
Sister Wynfreda bent her head to
murmur a prayer: God forgive me
If have lacked charity in my judg-
ment on the Pagans If they who
have seen the light can do such deeds.
what can be expected of those who
yet labor under the curse Of dark
nessf"
Il do not understand you" Randa.
lin said YEARLY. sinking on the grass
and passing her hands over her strain.
ed eyes. when a man looks with
eyes of longing upon another mans
property, it is to be expected that he
will do as much evil as luck allows
him. Though be has got Baddeby.
Norman was covetous of Avalcomb
When his lord, Edric Jarl, was still
King Edmund's man, he twice beset
the castle, and my father twice held
1t against him. And his greed was
such that he could not stay away even
after Edric had become the man Of
Canute."
It was the nuns turn for bewilder.
ment. "The man OF Canute? Edrio
of Mercia, who is married to the
know what you sayl"
"Certainly | know what say" the
girl returned little impatiently. "All
English lords are fraudulent; men can
see that by the state of the country.
Though he be thrice kinsman to the
English King, Edric Jarl has Joined
the host of Canute of Denmark; and
all his men have followed him But
even that agreement could not hold
Norman back from Avalcomb He
lay hidden near the gate till he saw
my father come, in the dusk, from
hunting, when he fell upon him and
slew him, and forced an entrance-the
nithing! When he had five-and-fifty
men and my father but twelve!"
She paused, with set lips and head
flung high. The nun got down stifDy
beside her and laid gentle hand upon
upon her knee.
Think not of 1t. my daughter" she
urged. Think Of your present need
and of what it behooves us to do. Tell
me how you escaped from the cham.
Der, and why you wear these clothes" !"
Ito be continued)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-07-07
How Success Succeeds.

Col. Weis was once at Carlsbad with
the treasurer of Cincinnati brewery
There Is a system of "Kur tax" in
Carlsbad. You pay from IS to $40 il
you stay over a week, the fund going
to defray music and improvement ex.
penses. II is plain robbery, but can't
be avoided. The tax is graded ac,
cording to your wealth or income, and
the willy Bohemians generally know
who's who. They came to Weis and
asked his occupation.
I'm In the express business"
Watts dat?"
"Oh. We deliver packages, you
know"
So they put Weis down as wagon
driver and assessed him the very
lowest, although he draws $4,000 a
year. The brewery employe gave his
occupation and was hit for the high
est tax, although his salary was but
$4,000 year.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Free to Twsniy.Flvs ladies.

The Defiance Starch Co. will give 2,
ladies round trip ticket 60 the st.
Louis Exposition, to five ladies in each
OF the following states; Illinois, Iowa.
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri who
will send in the largest number of trade
marks cut from ten cent, l6-ounce
package of Defiance cold water laundry
starch. This means from your own
home, anywhere in the above named
states. These trade marks must be
mailed to aud received by the Defiance
Starch Co., Omaha, Nebr., before Sept
ember LIST, 1904. October and Noyem-
ber will be the best months to visit the
Exposition. Remember that Defiance
is the only starch put up in 10 OF ia full
pound) TO the package. You get one
third more starch for the same money
than OF any other kind, and Defiance
never sticks to the iron. The tickets
10 the Exposition will be sent by reg.
isteree mail September 5th starch
for sale by all dealers.
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Mrs. William Wallace. of Is Capitoi
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was languid and tired and hadn't the
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could not work. but a few doses OF
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A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
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dealers. Price SO cents per box.
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The compIacent Man.

I'm worried sometimes In a terrible way
The faults that note all about me each
day
Are enough to make anyone blue.
! haye. my own Weaknesses. let us be
fair
Some trifiing defects which crop out here
and there,
Eut nothing at all that woulu ever CON-
pare
with the things that the other folks
And yet It Is sometimes comfort to
think
OF the things that the other folk do.
or reform l nave frequently been on the
A leaf I'D turn over anew
to bel
That the things for which people have
criticised me
Seem quite unimportant whenever / see
The things that the other folks do
-Washington Star