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Arizona republican., 1905-04-22

went to kick Error and it fell on brOther."-M Drisler. $50 West Sev- enty-first street.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
A Bored Princess.

f. Leveson-Gower, long prominent in
England, published a volume of rem
iniscences, in which he tells the story
of Princess Lieven: what the prin-
cess chiefly suffered from was intense
boredom, which amounted almost to q
disease. If nobody called during the
afternoon, she would roll on the floor
from ennui. On one occasion, when on
her way from England, she got so
much alarmed at the prospect of trav-
cling from Calais to Paris alone that
she offered a seat in her carriage to a
respectable looking clergyman on board
the steamer, which he joyfully accept
ed. When seated beside her, he talked
so necessarily as to drive her wild. She
could only relieve her feelings by put
ting her head out Of the window and
screaming out to the VIM, III m'ennuie
Ill m'ennuie! Gle fatigues me)"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
AnsMers For Nonier.

Sir Charles Napier hated man who
had not an answer ready for him. He
once asked Richard Burton, the eXplor-
er, how many bricks there were in a
newly built bridge. Richard, knowing
his foible, answered without hesita-
ton, 1.-TWO hundred and twenty-nine
thousand and ten, Sir Charles He
turned away and smiled. Another time
he ordered a review on grand scale
to impress certain chiefs. Lieutenant
Burton, be pleased to inform these
gentlemen that propose to form these
men into line, then to break into
echelon by the right and to form square
on the center battalion" and so on, for
about five minutes, in military tech
nical terms for which there were no
equivalents in these mems dialects.
Eyes, sir" said Richard, saluting.
Turning to the chiefs, Richard said,
'Oh, chiefs, our great man is going to
show you the way we fight, and you
must be attentive to the rulesv' He
then touched his cap to Sir Charles.
"Have you explained all?" he asked.
Everything, SIR" answered Richard.
"a most concentrated language that
must be-" said Sir Charles, riding off
with his nose in the air.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
The Strongest King.

The strongest king on record, so the
story goes, appears to have been Caius
Julius Verus MaXimus, the son OF a
Thracian peasant and emperor of
Rome. 1t is related that with one Of
his fingers he stopped chariot DASH
ing by at full speed, that he could
draw loaded wagon, by a blow Of
his fist could break the hardest stones
between his fingers and split trees with
his hand. This redOubtable sovereign
was eight feet high, and his wife's
bracelets served him for finger rings
We have passed over Og, the king Of
Bashan, who, as the rabbis say, was
nearly six miles high, drank water
from the clouds and toasted fish by
holding them up to the sun and who,
when Noah refused him shelter in the
ark, survived those troublous times by
wading through the flood, which only
reached to his knees, and of Atlas, king
of Mauritania, who is said to have sup
ported the world upon his shoulders.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
UNPnOTlIr1--.C COWS.


SHOULD Be BGtcbercd as Soon as
Wortf.lessness Is Proved.
There is only one place for the I'M
profitable dairy cow, and that is the
block. The time to Gull is at the end
of the second lactation period, says
the Iowa Farmer By this time COW
will have proved her worth or worth
lessness as a mixer. She will have
less free board and will make better
steak than if kept longer. Not only in
the case Of the dairy COW is individu-
ality to be considered, but in that Of
the dairy bull as we'll. 1t is even more
important in his case since he is one
half the herd in the matter of progeny
The best dairy herds are built up by
raising the best heifer calves from
ones own COWS.
The dairy bull should of course be
a pure bred animal, since such one
will more surely transmit his own
characteristics and those of his ances-
tors to his offspring, and one OF the
principal things his pedigree should
show is good milking qualities in the
females.
However, 1t is not enough that he be
pure bred. He must be good indi-
vidual to insure his getting good
calves. Some one has said in sub
stance that no scrub Is so harmful
as pure bred scrub. This is certain
ly true in the case of the dairy bull
for pure bred, as before stated, is
more prepotent than an animal Of
nondescript breed, and bad qualities
are even more likely to be transmitted
than good ones.
Appearances are sometimes deceiv-
ing, and only time will tell what
bull is really worth. However, great
deal can be accomplished by good
judgment in selecting the animal which
is to head the herd. Above all, look
for constitution. Nothing is SO detri-
mental in a dairy herd as lack Of vi
tality. Due to the artificial conditions
under which dairy COWS are often kept,
diseases are so numerous and of such
variety that constitutional vigor is most
essential in order that the germs may
not obtain q fOothold
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Relieving Calves From Flies.

During the summer months flies are
a constant torment to young calves.
The chronological department of the
Kansas State Agricultural college has
been experimenting and compromising
various substances in order to pro-
duce an effective and economical mix
ture which when applied to the sur
face of an animal would ward off the
flies. AS a result of these experiments
it has succeeded in producing the fol-
lowing formula, which seems to an
swer the purpose reasonably well:
Resin, ~ pounds; laundry soap, two
cakes; fish oil, half pint; enough wa
ter to make three gallons. Dissolve the
resin in a solution of soap and water
by heating, add the fish oil and the
rest of the water Apply with a brush.
If to be used as spray, add a half
pint Of kerosene.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Diplomat and Philosopher

A story is told in Paris of diplo-
matist who represented South Amer
lean republic few years ago. There
had been so many revolutions at home
that the financiers there had no time to
send him his salary but he took this
misfortune philosophically, sold all the
furniture Of the legation except a bed,
a table and some chairs and occupied
one room with his principal attache,
who cooked the meals. Any one who
called early on the minister would
probably find him cleaning the boots
what would you have?" he would
say, waving boot expressively. "My
poor country is in another crisis and
has forgotten US again, but when l go
back | shall make a revolution and ap-
point myself president. Then we shall
have our reward for all this self de-
NAL"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Campaign Of Cleanliness.

Twenty-Five years ago we began to
condemn the store butter that was
allowed to stay in the store with coal
Oil, vegetables and foul odors, as it
soon absorbed all these odors, anc
good butter was soon spoiled. Then
we began to realize that the foul
odors of the manure in the COW barn
and bad odors in the cellar were read
lily absorbed in the milk. The cam
paign of cleanliness has made great
progress with those who read and
think, but many dairymen still milk in
the foul air of filthy barn.-Farm and
Live Stock Journal
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
A Clever Ruse,

When Thurlow was lord chancellor
Of England he was much at outs with
the bishop Of London. The latter was
visited one day by clergyman who
sought appointment to fat living then
vacant. He wanted a letter of recon-
mendation to Lord Thurlow, but the
bishop said such letter was likely to
do more harm than good. Nevertheless
he wrote it. When Thurlow read the
missive he said, well, as that scoun-
drel, the bishop of London, has intro
duced you, you won't get the living"
$50 the bishop said, my lord" was the
meek reply. did the bishop say sop
rOared ThurlOw. 'Then I'll prove him
a liar, for you shall have the living"
And he was as good as his word.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28

In no we'll attestcl case has a dog
shown any sense as to the nature Of
any mechanical contrivance Dogs will
learn which way a door opens, and
rarely If ever do they undiscerningly
close it when it is slightly ajar when
they wish to pass through the opening,
but L have never been able to observe
or obtain evidence to show that they
would pull down the latch in the way
In which a cat readily learns to do.
Much as dogs have had to do with
guns, they display no kind of interest
In the arms except so far as they are
tokens Of sport to come. They con-
meet the explosion with the capture of
the game and will search for it in the
direction in which the barrel was
pointed. | have not, however, been
able to find that they know, as they
might readily do, when the weapon
was loaded and when empty. They
show no interest in it, such as mon
keys readily display toward any me-
chanical continuance to which their at
tention has been directed. All these
Negative features indicate that the me-
chanical side of the canine mind is en-
tireiy decentralization STANDARD
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Good Both WAYS.

Bishop Wilson Of Calcutta, whose
speeches are often quoted, had the
happy faculty of saying the right thing
at all times.
On one occasion two young people
whose fathers were famous for their
diverse and peculiar views on Biblical
subjects came to see the bishop.
"Ah,," said he as he greeted one,
''your father wrote a great work on
the Apocalypse. | congratulate you
on being the daughter of such a man."
Then, turning to his other guest, he
said: "And your father forbore to
write about the Apocalypse-a wise
forbearance. You are to be congrat-
ulated on having so wise a father"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
A FriendlY SuggesfiOn.

An old man in Scotch village had
big eight day clock which needed
repair, so he took it on his back to
carry 1t to the watchmaker's. AS he
went along the village street an &C
quaintance met him, glanced at him
and passed on. After he had got about
fifty yards away his friend called out
to him, "Hiv' Back went the old man
laboriously to where the other stood.
Man." said his friend, would 1t not
be far handler if we carried a watch?''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
CONCERNING SILAGE

A dairyman who has Ions fed corn
silage says: Corn silage is nothing more
nor less than canned corn, and it is
better than corn slower for the same
reason that CANNED fruit is better than
dried. The farmer who has built
good silo and filled it properly never
says that silage is not good feed, but,
on the contrary, he cannot say too
much in it's favor. He finds in the
spring that his silage fed cattle have
coats as sleek and smooth as most
cows do by the middle of June. It is
we'll attested fact that an animal
with a glossy coat is invariably in
good health and properly nourished,
and it is from the we'll nourished COWS
that we get our strong and healthy
calves.
Silos Cut Down Cost of Butter.
A Connecticut farmer writing in
Rural New Yorker says: 1t is nearly
fifteen years since | first became inter
ested in silage, but it was only five
years ago that / built my first silo. My
second was put UP year later. Pre-
yiously | had fed hay, stalks and grain
to my small herd. The silos are of best
cypress stock and cost about $125 each.
These cut down the feed cost Of butter
between 80 and 40 per cent.
Green Rye Versus Silage.
At the Maryland experiment station
a comparison Of the feeding values Of
Rye was cut and fed to the herd for
one week, the results showing a de-
crease in tie yield of milk as COM
pared with the previous week, when
silage was fed. The grain ration was
the same. 1t is believed that the value
OF green rye has been much overeSti-
mated
A Scientist on Silage.
Making corn into silage is a means
OF preserving the grain as we'll as the
stalk in the best possible condition for
feeding and without the expense Of
Smelling and grinding. In feeding whole
corn, either in the ear or shelled,
many of the kernels are not digested
With silage, the grain being eaten with
the roughage, nearly all the kernels are
broken during mastication and, since
they are somewhat soft, are practically
all digested.-Professor Fraser of Il
linOis Experiment Station.
When SiIage Is Valuable.
The need for silage is felt during
every winter season when, because Of
cold or wet weather stock cannot Sc
cure a fair amount of grazing, says
Farm and Ranch. At such times young
stock cease to grow, and milk stock
shrink in flow so cert ainly that the
feeder who has never used silage looks
on this loss as a matter of necessity.
The silage feeder understands how he
may discount severe weather even with
the most tender and sensitive stock to
care for.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
The Kicking Cow.

There are many recommended meth
DDS Of dealing with kicking cows. One,
which is by some found to be very eff
fective, is to rope or strap the hind
legs together just above the hook The
rope or strap should be put on in the
form Of figure s, having it cross
between the legs. Some mixers apply
the rope close down to the feet and
fasten it to ring in the floor. Rather
than fasten the rope securely, it is bet
ter at the first trial to have an attend
ant to hold the rope. so that he can
loosen it in case the cow throws her.
self in her efforts to kick.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
JOLIE JOHANNA.

solids other than fat During this time
she was exhibited in the show ring and
won champion and grand champion
prizes She participated in a seven
days official test at the worlds fair,
producing SAG pounds of milk, 1871
pounds of butter fat, equal to 24.7
pounds of butter containing so per
cent fat. Jolie Johanna won over $500
in prize money at the worlds fair. She
was owned and exhibited by the
Worlds Fair Holstein-F riesian asso-
citation and subsequently sold to the
Colorado Agricultural college
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
A Domestic Tragedy.

Divorces are frequently pronounced
in America on the ground of incom-
patibility of temper. In England we
do not go so far as that, but 1 have
Just heard Of a case where an old
family servant who married the gar
dener separated from her husband
on exceedingly slight grounds. She
said that he would insist on the glasses
being turned upside down ON the side
board and that there should be anti
macassars on the dining room chairs.
And so, as they could not agree, the
unhappy pair separated. London
News
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
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al DAiry,71
ElCTeAmeryE d

The one word which expresses every
hing with the churning is tempera-
ture, writes Mrs. E. E. lockwood
in National Stockman. The cream
must be kept sufficiently cool after it
has been put in the churn to insure the
butter coming in granular form, and
that means that it must not go above
Sc degrees or SO degrees in hot
weather. The butter comes much more
expeditiously if the churn is filled only
about one-third full; certainly it should
not be more than half full. A bar
rel churn is my choice, free from pad
dies or inside rigging Of any kind.
Cream should be strained into the
churn. Under right conditions cream
should begin to break in twenty to
thirty minutes.
When the cream breaks and butter
granules appear churning should cease.
A cupful Of salt for every four gallons
Of cream may be introduced. This will
make no appreciate difference in the
sailing Of the butter, but assists very
noticeably in separating it from the
buttermilk A circle of bleached but
ter cloth tied over a pail will catch
whatever particles go through with
the wash water. This answers every
purpose Of a hair sieve and is mex
pensive. Ordinarily it is advisable to
wash butter twice. Flavor is in
fuenced by more Or less completely
removing the. buttermilk. Butter
lightly washed possesses a quicker
flavor, but goes off in quality more
rapidly than that which Is thoroughly
freed from buttermilk. The latter
lacks flavor when first made, but de-
velOps this after a few days. Weak
brine is very effectual in removing all
trace of milk in the butter and a hand
full of salt may be stirred into the last
water. Care should be exercised and
the agitation of the churn such that
the granular appearance of the butter
is not affected in the operation. This
condition must be preserved until aft
er the salt has been added.
The Dairy Thermometer.
A glass dairy thermometer costs but
25 cents at any drug store or dairy
supply house, yet it is inestimable in
it's value to the buttermaker says Mrs.
e. E. lockwood in National StOckman.
With it she can foretell results and
know exactly how the butter is going
to come. 1t also enables her to avoid
waste, since a low temperature is nee
essary to exhaustive churning When
butter comes quickly and looks white
and soft it goes without saying that
more or less of the fat has gone into
the buttermilk. A sample of it tried
with a Babcock tester might surprise
those unfamiliar with it's work in de-
tecting loss.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Alfalfa Saves Grain.

A ton of alfalfa hay properly saved
and handled is equal to a ton Of bran.
If this is true, ten acres Of alfalfa
would produce a feeding value equal
to ten tons Of bran or more. This feed
in connection with other things will
save buying grain.-Farmers Advocate
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
HOlStein Prize Winner.

dropped March a. 1894, and is very
fine animal, with more white than is
usual with Holstein cattle. She was
in the cow demonstration at the worlds
fair. During the 1s0 days she produced
663O6 pounds Of milk, containing 221.G
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Worse Than East Africa.

The worst climate I have ever ex-
perienced is that of New York, which
presents all the disadvantages of the
arctic and torrid zones.-From ''The
East African Protectorate," by Sir
Charles Eliot.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-07-28
Wise Daughter.

Father-If you paid more attention
to cooking and less to dress, my dear,
you would make much better wife.
Daughter - Yes, father. But who
would marry me?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-11
Open Nights till 9 o'clock.

We desire to thank THE purchasing
public for the splendid interest mani
tested in the clearing oult sale of our
fine stock of pianos and organs on ac-
count Of remodeling and redecorating
the interior of our store.
Our announcements of this sale have
met with a most generous response,
for which we acknowledge our full ap-
probation, and beg TO say our adver
tisements will be carried out TO the let
ter, positively giving every purchaser
the best and most reliable makes of
pianos "at lowest prices and on easier
terms" than have ever been offered in
this or any section of The country.
II is an opportunity to secure one
of the highest class or best standard
medium grade pianos at an eXtraordi-
nary saving of from SIS to 1925 on a
piano, $50 to $50 on organs. Easy
monthly payments or cash.
The contemplated remodeling and
redecorating of our store building COM
pels us to not only get the pianos out
of the way of the carpenters, plaster
ers and decorators, but out of the dust
and rubbish arising from the work,
and while all our stock is offered at
the greatest markdown ever known,
we are Offering numerous odd styles,
and many odd makes of pianos at less
than cost of factory production. They
simply must go. no matter how great
the sacrifice.
Great Variety of Good Pianos, Etc.
We are offering at this sale a greater
variety of good pianos and organs than
was ever shown under one roof in the
South. Here are Kimballs, Fischers,
A. B. Chase, Ivers & Pond, Baldwin,
Pease, Packard, Story & Clark, Mar
shall & Wendell, Haines Bros, Brew
ster, Whitney. Chas. NJ. Stieff. Estey,
Hines, Strauss, and many others. Prac-
tically all the stock is new. some is
little shopworn or slightly marred in
reshipping from stores of country
agents.
All Can Afford TO Buy Now.
If you do not feel like putting more
than $3.50 or SITS in a piano, and you
act quickly you can secure a good new
$275 or $500 piano for the above
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-11
1900 I'd Ave. Opp. p. O.

amount and pay it in cash, or easy
monthly installments, with a difference
of only per cent interest on deferred
payments.
Then if you feel you should go a
little higher and get one of the stand
ard makes. which are sold regularly
for $685., 1915 and S425. come down
and take your pick at $195 and up to
$24S for the more elaborate cases.
Terms cash or payments down to
81 TO $40 monthly.
And again, in that grand class of
high art pianos cabinet grand styles
that sell regularly the world over at
from $3.50, $475, $500, $3.50 and up to
5000. are instruments marked in plain
figures 10 close quickly at S225, 1897
to $341 and little higher for the most
extensively cased ones. cash or pay
ments down to So to $40 per month.
Out-of-Town People Should Call.
If you live outside of Birmingham
and cannot come TO this greatest of all
piano and organ sales. phone Peoples
phone 612, Bell phone 1853. or write
us at once what kind of an instrument
you want, and we'll ship it to you, and
guarantee to please you. We send
pianos out of town anywhere to be
paid for on easy monthly payments.
When a rosewood piano can be bought
for $12 and another one for SIS, an
other for $27; when a good A. b.
Chase organ can be bought for So, and
such organs as Estey, Kimball, Story
&c Clark and Packard. with high tops,
fine mirrors and black walnut and oak
cases can be bought for $12, $15, SIS,
$23, $27 up and six-octave piano cases
for $27 it means that now is a good
time to buy. Terms of payment on
these square pianos and organs 81, 50
and 81 month
There are some splendid opportuni-
ties in used upright pianos, such
makes as Fischer, Baldwin, Pease,
Kimball. etc. etc. There will never
be better opportunity to own one of
these. Better come down at once.
SEALS PIANO CO.,
1909 Second avenue, opposite Post
office Peoples phone 612. Bell phone
1869.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-11
Boyhood of Great Men.

From the Chicago Tribune.
One fine day in the summer OF 1914
two 10-yearold boys who had been
fishing in a stream near little town
in southern New York became hungry
and went to farmers house to get
something to eat.
The farmers wife gave them a
bountiful supply of bread and milk
and refused to take any pay for It,
One of the boys merely said;
THANK you, ma''am."
But the other wiped his mouth on
his coat sleeve, bowed. and expressed
his gratitude at greater length.
ITO say that you have conferred a
great favor upon us, madam he said,
"and that we are correspondingly
grateful conveys the idea feebly. Here
we were miles from home and suffer
ing from hunger. having caught moth
ing in the little stream in which we
were fishing. You have supplied our
wants more generously. Out of the
abundance of your larder you have
ministered to the wants of two hungry
strangers, and with hospitality rare