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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06
BOOKS
+ or Young Readers

YYOLIDAT books for children
~ continue 70 pour into the lap OF
the reviewer in a Hood unabat-
ing Stories for older boys and girls.
cOnical books OF strange animals. il
luminated picture-bOoks for tOddlers
the number and variety OF these
CHRISTMAS offerings TO the young in
the land seem 10 be legion
One OF the sweetest and tenderest
stories for juvenile readers that has
been written since Captain January
had It's first circle OF devoted admir-
ers IS Ruth McEnery Sruart's
sonny book written eight years
ago and ever popular For the pres
ent season The Century Company has
brought out the story in a new dress
with attractive Illustrations from the
pencil OF Fanny Y Cory. the clever
illustrator Of children and childish
scenes Mrs Sruart's little book has
gone through fourteen editions. and il
bids fair 10 be fresh in the hearts OF
children Ten wears hence as II was the
month after its first appearance.
Frederick Lawrence Knowles has
boiled down Captain Marryat's Peter
Simple" 70 a size and consistency com
mecsurats with youthful assimilation
and put il forth under the title. The
Story OF Little Peter" The original
Peter Simple is unquestfOnaSIv one
OF the best sea tales in English. and
this abridgment OF il 10 NJ the auprecf-
alton OF little readers Is a commend
able work Dana Estes & Co OF Bos-
ton publish the book.
Puss in the Corner Is a picture
book for very young readers puzzle
Took in fact Many elders who rsmem-
Der the joys OF lying comfortably on
ones stomach and working our the
picture puzzles in the back OF old ~Sr-
Nicholas" viii buy this for the vounx-
Sters at home Dana Estes 4 Co. 81
Boston are its publishers They arr
also the people who bring OUT Chat
terbox," last but not least In cousid-
Grafton This old standby deaes r.
view; Il Is simply ~Chattsrbox." and
Ike the sign on the patent breakfast
food box-'nOugh said
Lee 4 Shepard OF Boston havs in
their extensive list oc holiday books
many that should have a strong aopeaI
te. little folks In -Jason's Quest d.
O. s Lowell has rstold the ever new
story OF the Golden Fleece IN the hap
piest manner. Spirited Illustrations
serve 70 make the book one OF double
value for children Jack Tsnheld'z
Star" by Martha James. is a boys
story OF achievement under difficulties
Very good and not a bit after the man
ner OF the Sunday school hook Nal
ing the Nine" Il the athletic young
ster's particular prize Though this il
primarily story the author. A T
Dudley, has Incorporated In Il some
sound technical advice On the great
game which win not Be spurned BY any
amateur batsrnan or empire"
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

John Harrington Keene. covers the
ground most satisfactorily. Mr..
Keene devOtes q good part OF his ar
ucIe TO a discussion OF the dry fiy
fishing such as is Dracticed almost
universally on the still. slOw-aOwing
streams OF England This 10 rs little
known and highly specialized form OF
.he sport seems 10 have its attractions.
one cannot but wonder what kind OF a
figure an American fy fisherman
would cut on one OF these Iinpid rfv-
ers. where a leader must be as spun
glass and the fly light as thistIedOwn
10 deceive the all-seeing beauty below
the surface.
(The Macmillan Company, New
York; Illustrated; price ss.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
DESTROYING THIsTLEs.

Thist,es may be destroyed. provided
thorough work is given the field. 1t
cannot exist long when deprived of
foliage. A crop of early potatoes,
the ground cultivated every time
weeds begin to appear. and the pota-
toes followed by turnips. will keep
the thistles down, while corn or pota-
toes the next year will further reduce
them. A crop of Hungarian grass will
not only crowd them, but, as Hungari.
an grass may be moved three or four
times during the season, and makes
rapid growth, the thist.es do not have
an opportunity to get a start. The
thistles may get fresh start from
seeds remaining in the soil, but some
kind of hoe crop. or a rapid grower,
like Hungarian grass. will extermtn-
ate them. By this plan the extermin-
alton of thistles will not cost any
thing, as the crops grown will pay for
the work. Hogs will also root them
out if the ground is freshly plowed.
AS long as the fence corners are not
cleared. however the work of destroy
ing thistles will be time thrown away
In that direction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
THE CABBAGE FLY.

The cabbage fly (Anthompia brassi.
cae). which deposits its eggs on the
stems Of young cabbage plants. is of.
ten very troublesome. The maggoIs,
when Matched out. work into and
downward through the stem, or
groove along the bark until they reach
the root. upon which they feed when
the plant dies. One Of the best rem.
edies proposed Is to scatter slaked
lime. ashes or coal dust along the
stem of each plant. leaving a few
plants here and there unprotected. in
order that the flies may visit them
and lay their eggs. These plants the
flies will seek out and leave the 9th.
ers untouched. The plants that have
been visited will soon show the eff.
fects of the insects. and caa be pulled
up and burned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19

is buried, while all hands fall to and
fill up the hole that the snake has
entered Relieving each other from
time to time. clawing and digging. and
showing down, ever narrowing the
quarters of the unhappy prisoner. they
finally complete the job to their salts
faction, restore the conical mound and
leave it there as a warning.
There are more snakes around dog
towns in spring than at any other
time Baby prairie dogs may be had
the year round, for four or five filters
are brought forth annually, and each
litter is of six or seven puppies. But
the delights Of owl eggs and of baby
owls can be known only in the spring.
and the snake never fails to take ad-
vantage of the season.
The prairie dog is the steel spring
of the animal kingdom. Compared to
his movements the stroke of cats
paw is deliberate to the point of slow
ness. o
At one moment he will be sitting on
his launches at the mouth of his hole,
cheerfully barking at his fellows. The
next. and you have not winked in be-
tween. he will have disappeared down
the hole. and you see only the fash OF
his unimpressive tail as he goes.
When he runs it is always in zig-zag
course, but there is not tae slightest
diminution of speed on the turns.
Morton AlbaugA. State Bank Com
missioner of Kansas. comes from the
prairie dog end Of the State, and has
himself suffered from their inroads
on his ranch. He insists taat no leg
islative action would be necessary to
rid the country of the pest if the peo-
Pile once realized how delicious the
meat OF the creature is.
He thinks. however. that before this
state Of things can be brought about
the name will have to be changed to
prairie squirrel or something of that
sort. The word dog" protects the
creature from being eaten.-New York
Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
DAIRY NOTES.

The FESTIVE COW is seldom a profit.
able one.
Do not let other farm duties inter-
fere with the care and milking of the
cows
You must keep the cows comforta-
BILE and happy If you expect good re-
turns from them.
The dairyman must provide good
milk-producing food for his cows ev-
cry day in the year.
Do not expect to get something for
nothing in the dairy business. You
are doomed to disappointment if you
do.
Good dairy cows deserve to have
good, intelligent care, and this can
only be insured by having the right
kind of attendants.
If you cannot aIord good bull
Of dairy breed. get some Of your
neighbors to club in with you and get
one. It. will pay you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
FEEDING YOUNG COLTS.


IT is hest to get the colt eating gran
"a early as possible. as it Will enapis
~ owner to wean it more easily anu
,,r.vant the loss Of flesh and condltioh
eh.t frequently follows that opera'ion.
For this reason it is best 10 ie. ~
eoIt get a chance to nibble oats llon
the mares feed box. and also PICK a.
nav In short time the colt VIII De
eating oats regularly. and VIII requie
lass milk from its dam.
When it is time to turn the mares
and foals out to pasture, the coi's
should still be supplied with gram. 80
a To keep them growing. To DO THIS
John Splan. and ne Is quite good au-
thority on any subject connected WIN
the raising, breaking or training Vi
eoits. suggests the following plan:
.After the colts are all out to grass
and are in good condition. 1t is wen
IN saparate the oldest from the young
ar ones and commence feeding them
grain. Build a pen In some suita Die
mace most convenient, high enough
10 that the mare will not attempt 70
hmm II and have the space from the
bottom rail or board to the ground
sufYlcient to allow the foal to pass un-
der. Put in handy gate or bars, and
then.sAn ample feed trough. Lead
vour mares and foals singly into THIS
fncI6sure and let them eat together
two or three times, and they Will soon
learn where the food is. Take out the
mares. shut up the gate and leave the
foais In. Keep supply OF oats tnere
and the foals will run in and out,
regularly getting their rations. TO
induce the dams to tarry around THIS
vicinity. place a large lump Of rock
salt near by, and occasionally a mess
Of oats will accomplish this end. IN
this way at weaving time, which is at
the age of 1--WE months, the colts have
learned to eat, and the result Is that
when they are taken away from their
dams they do not miss them so much.
.-The foal should be led more or
leas while weaving, and after wean-
ing q halter should be put on and kept
On. Give the colt oats mixed with
bran and sorghum cut up fine, and In
q few days more turn them out into
the fleids, away from. their, dams and
where there is plenty of grass and
water. and a large trough with feed
In it constantly. This is important,
because they have benin the habit OF
taking milk many times a day, and
they need feed just as often. A mixed
feed OF cracked corn and oats, and
also unthrashed oats run through a
cutting box, then mixed with bran
xnd water, just enough to moistsn 1t
and make the bran adhere to the oats,
are excellent feed at this time.
Colts should be kept together
while being weaned, because the COM
panionship helps them sooner to for
get their dams and prevents them
from fretting.-Farm and Live Stock
Journal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
FARMS KEEP CHILDREN BUSY.
Agriculture Takes Sixty-one Of Hun
dred Boy and Girl Workers.

Agriculture Takes Sixty-one Of Hun
dred Boy and Girl Workers.
In the July issue of the Massachu.
sets Labor Bulletin facts and figures
are presented which put new face
upon the question and problem OF child
labor
The Irticle in the Bulletin is found
ed upon tie magazine not OF recent
date stating that there are about sew
enteen hundred and fifty thousand
children between the ages of ten and
fifteen years employed in the mines
and factories of the United States"
That which the labor statistican cor
reefs is the assertion as to the places
where child labor Is employed carried
in the words mines and factories"
BY the census of 1900 there were en-
ployed in the productive industries of
the country 1,752.1S7 children under
sixteen years of age. The Labor Bull
etin shows by tables made up from
the officials reports that out of each
100 children at work nearly sixty-one
were engaged in agricultural pursuits.
where the conditions of employment
are certainly very different from those
existing In mines, mills or large fac.
tories. About sixteen in each 100 were
engaged in domestic or personal ser.
vice, many, probably the majority, in
homes and surrounded by better In
fluences than are found in mines or
mills.
The number engaged in manufacur-
ing and mechanical industries and
mining was 284.330, or a little over
sixteen in each 100 being a slight ad-
vance above those employed in domes-
tic or personal service.
OF the 10.43S,21S persons over ten
years of age engaged in agricultural
work in the country children under
sixteen form 1918 per cent: of the
7,112,987 engaged in manufacturing.
mechanical industries and mining,
284,330. or about 4 per cent. are chill
dren.
The 1852, 187 children at work repre-
sent sos per cent, or about six in
the hundred of all persons ten years
of age and over engaged in gainful
occupations, but an examination Of the
table shows that this proportion is
largely due to the great number Of
children engaged in agricultural pur-
suits.
This interesting ratio Is presented at
the close of the Bulletin paper:
The number of families in the Unit
ed States In 1900 was 16,239.797; the
average size being AT persons. II
each family had had ane child uader
sixteen at work the whole number so
employed would have been 1929, 1877:
the actual number employed was, as
we have shown. 1,752,1S7. or 10 per
cent. of the families had. on the aver
age. one child under sixteen years
of age at work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
Telephone DEVELOPMENT.

According to the LATEST figures pre-
durable the telephone industry of the
United States represents a capital of
slightly more than $450,0O0.OOO, in
GLIDING more than 1000 systems, with
2.371.Q44 telephones of all kinds, over
which were exchanged during the
year 1902 the extraordinary number
of more than 5.0O0.O0O,OOO telephone
conversations. This industry en-
ployed 64,62S wage-earners, to whom
was paid 26.S69.735. and 14.124 sal.
aried officials and clerks, who re-
ceived $9.SS5. 1886.
The revenue derived from the in
dustry reached the total OF $685.
$50. The expenses fer the year were
$61. 152,S23. The interest on bonds
was s3.411.94S and the dividends paid
were $14,9s2,719. 1t would appear
that, exclusive of the interest on
bonds. the expenses were just about
70 per cent. of the income.
There are in the country 994 rural
systems of telephones. with S9.316 in.
struments and 70.915 miles of single
wire. In addition to these the COM
mercial companies operate 1888
rural lines. with 1896 miles of
single wire and 121. sos telephones. In
addition there are 1885 independent
farmers lines. with 1896 miles OF
single wire and 55.747 Instruments.
These figures added to the Others
quoted above give a grand total for
the United States of 9,1S6 systems
and lines, 4.900.451 miles of single
wire aad 2.S7t.044 telanhones-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
FOR GOOD CELERY.

II good celery is desired. water the
plants with soapsuds and keep the
ground clean Of grass and weeds. The
watering of large crop with soap.
suds is impracticable, but where one
has small planting in garden. and
will give five or ten minutes work to
the plants twice or three times a
week. the results will be very graft
flying. as something better than the
average may be secured. Soapsuds
make special fertilizer for celery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
Paid Smokers Of Pipes.

With the growth of the hobby Of
smoking meerschaum pipes in Europe
there have sprung up concerns which
make a business of coloring these
pipes. In Paris there are two firms
which employ about thousand men
to do nothing but smoke. They are
paid twenty cents an hour. They
smoke mild tobacco in order that
they can smoke great length of time
without getting headache. They
are a queer set. Some Of them are
persons of high educational attain
ments, 20, being out of other en-
ployment, do not object to sitting in
a cool spot, reading and smoking. It's
a snap for them. Others of these
hired smokers are ignorant fellows
who have never achieved success in
anything but smoking. The officials
in Paris are trying to break up this
business. claiming that it endangers
the health OF the hirelings.-Louis-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19


W vessel auay
and better ar
OF electrical con1acs
it,
fired
expeden
When automatic
electric lamp He then presses
1t Is necessary TOT
swift
usually
the hab
number them
"Batieships Torpedoe" in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19

building material is easiest supplied
in fine raw or cooked bone. Clean
grit and sharp sand are also very USE
full and should always be provided
in abundance. For ducks, the fastest
and most profitable gains can only be
made where animal matter is sup
piled in addition to grain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
How Star DiStanCeI
Are Measured.
By Prot Harold Jacobv. of Columbia University


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surveyors tapemeasure But now many
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discover now rar
order to measure tne
And the distant
which are
supremacy
nearly INFINITE as human
of
imagination strongly
observational problem his
quantity OF
in distance
but to
estim O distance
simple
observation EVERY
almost Infinitely 1ar ro"
the batweentn auxiliary
astronomical telescope fe
CONTINUANCE tnan mad ever
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determine exactly the
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motions of this kind
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
THE CORN CROP.

lust ut this time the corn crop may
require considerable labor. If corn
h to be pushed forward it must re-
ceIve that care necessary to assist 1t
to mature before the frost comes upon
It. One of the difficulties is to give
Il good start when 1t Is young.
Many adopt the plan Of manuring In
ne hill. forgetting that corn Is gross
feeder and runs its roots over large
surface of ground. To keep corn in
growing condition it should not only
receive liberal application CT stable
manure whenever possible, but the
fertilizers used should be applied fire.
uueatly instead of at the time OF pre-
paring the SOL. Not that 1t is to be
implied that heavy expense must be
incurred to give the crops successive
applications of fertilizers. but to so
divide the amount required as to ap-
ply soluble fertilizers just before tie
time the corn is IN tassel, and the
fertilizer worked into the soil II it
can be done. The object is to keep
ahe roots always supplied with avail
abe food, as heavy rains during wet
season often carry away the soluble
matter before the ccrn is ready to fill
cut. 1t is the most critical period
with corn when the seed Is filing or
maturing, and it is then that the roots
should have the appropriate matter
within reach for the nourishment of
she crop. A little fertilizer when the
corn has made considerable growth
gives it new life, and the increase in
the yield pays well for the extra care.
CHICKS NEED ASH AND GRIT.
The importance of animal matter
and the value of grit for growing
chicks have been thoroughly investi-
gated by W. p. Wheeler. of the New
York Experiment Station. and the re-
suits published in a recent bulletin.
As chicks often show a gain of 1900
per cent In weight in ten weeks. and
ducks may add from so to 100 per
cent to their weight weekly, 1t is pat
eat to every one that they need the
proper kinds of food in order to de-
gelop properly. Something like 10
per cent. of the body of an average
fowl Is made up of mineral matter or
ash" Grain foods do not supply
zbre than 3 to per cent. of ash.
hence the needed amount must come
frnm other sources.
The test shows that unless sufficient
Aone-making material is provided. the
bones will be small. soft and weak,
resulting often in lameness and de-
esrnity. or xie development will be
how. The necessary amount of bone
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19

The youngest vice-President was
John C. Breckenridge. who was thirty.
sixl when he was inaugurated-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19

Two crops of Strawberries have
been made possible in Texas by irrt.
gatien.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19

New York has seven surviving ex-
Mayors-Gilroy. Ely. Grant. Van
Wyck, Cooper. Edison and Low
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
The Latest Word
About Submarine Mines.
BY Park Benjamin.

Of explosive nclosed In case
and harbor channel TO De
ted Between two three hundred pounds OF gun
cotton is enough blow hole in the bottom OF most esse
Of distance of 20 either rests directly Of
the bottom anchored by cable so as to noa
mines also calico
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19

twenty fifty
be United
individually ap
man,
in
the Health Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
Thibet: A Cross Between
Sahara and Siberia.
BY w. 9. Jameson Reid.

though
!: !:
i n
many years possessed
kNy nsurmountable physical
of the
nd perse explorers
high
appalling deserts vast saswamps and immense ice
of landscape When has travelled through its arid
plain Never tree seen and scarcely flower except
might be made productive are left their wild state for thu
favored regions inhabited by small herds wt
anodng subsistence sinister and
population
civilization hasy feltBooklovers Magazine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
KANSAS AMUSING PEST.
OFFICIAL EFFORTS TO GET RID
OF THE PRAIRIE DOG.

There is an Official Prairie Dog Ex-
terminator to Oversee the Work
Life Together of the Prairie Dog,
the Owl and the Rattlcsnake on
the Prairie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-08-19
Panama. Health.
By Col. William G. Gorgas.

whole population from the maara infection
SO that they the mosquito been e
any large KOCH Africa reports hi
side small communities But the scale which
shall precedent to guide
about healthy the ordinary
cal a higher Ney
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
FROM SOUTH AFRICA.
New Why Of Using chamberIain's
Cough Remedy.

Mr.. Arthur Chapman writing from
Durham, Natal, South Africa, says,
AS . proof that Chambsrlain's
Cough Remedy il a cure suitable
for old and young, I pen you the
following: A neighbor Of mine had a
child just yer two months old. II
had q very bad cough and the par
ents did not know what to give It.
! suggested that if they would got a
bottle Of Chamberlains Cough Rem
sdy and put some upon the dummy
teat the baby was sucking it would
no doubt core the child. This they
did and brought about q quick relief
and cured the baby This remedy il
for sale BY all druggists.