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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish IN curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, Kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of LIQUOR,
wine or beer, andovercomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its won
derfu cures of the most distressing cases.
lfyou need medicine you should have the
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You may have a sample bottle of this
s xs9:s' ssss ' $s':s'y ;:'i.
more about tit, both sent
absolutely free by mail. sssss aM@ez@
Address DR.. Kilner & Home of swamp-Roos.
Co., Binghamton, NY. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
STALLS FOR THE COWS.
Rigid Sanctions Have No Place In
the Modern Dairy Barn.

A dairyman who wishes to obtain
the best results will on no account use
rigid stanchions as means of fasten-
ing dairy cows, and, while it is not a
commendable method even for beef
cattle, it is doubtless less harmful for
an animal of an easy going, Emphatic
temperament than for the highly nerv
GUS organization belonging to the ac-
cepted standard of a dairy worker,
says a Wisconsin dairywoman in
American Cultivator. In order to do
her best a cow should have absolute
control over every part of her body,
and any one versed in cattle habits
knows that COW when sleeping in a
natural position reposes with her head
lying on her side Consequently any
stall permitting perfect freedom of
movement is to be given a preference
even in the face of an argument that
stanchiOns require less room. Surely
the cases of injured sudder should go
far toward banishing this barbarous
fastener from all we'll regulated barns.
Every thoughtfully planned cow barn
will contain a number of roomy box
stalls for the use of COWS about to
freshen so situated as to be perfectly
dry and free from drafts. A wide cen
ter aisle, which may serve the purpose
of feeding alley, with the cows fac
ing it, will prove quite as convenient
and certainly more pleasing in appear
ance than where the cattle are COM
PEELED, like disobedient youngsters, to
stare at the cold and unresponsive
space offered by blank outside wall
or, quite as disagreeable, with blinking,
unprotected eyes, face the strong light
admitted by uncurtained windows.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

The amount of water that may be
incorporated in butter is a question
that has been studied with more or
less eXactness, says Professor Earring
ton in Hoards Dairyman. The OBJ
servations made up to the present time
seem to indicate that an excessive
amount Of water can be incorporated
in butter if the wash water is some
what warmer than the butter. This
use of a warm wash water, however,
will have q tendency to injure the grain
and body of the butter, so that the but
termaker must use his judgment in
each days practice.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Thank You.

Thanks" is miserable expression
commonly used by persons who have
not had the advantages of good breed
ing. Every favor received and civility
shown deserves to be recognized, and
the smallest acknowledgment the re-
cipient can make is to say OF write,
1'Thank you" The vulgarity of
@'Thanks'' is ON a par with the postal
card correspondence.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
The Cows of Holland.

The lands in Holland reclaimed from
the North sea are worth from $500 to
$500 per acre, and yet they are mostly
used for dairy purposes. That such
high priced land can be so used is ex-
planned when we note the average
production of the cows kept ON the
dairy farms, the average milk yield
per cow being 1896 pounds and the
butter yield 321 pounds.-Hoard's
Dairyman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
When He Might Call.

II should like to know when you are
going to pay that bill. | can't come
here every day i'll the week"
what day would suit you best"
Saturday"
Every well, then, you can call every
Saturday Petit Parisien.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
The Pleasant Smile.

It is q grand gift to be able to smile
as the pleasant man or woman smiles.
1t is not the stereotyped duty smile"
of society; it is not the patronizing
smile of careless tolerance nor the
painful smile of bored politeness
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass ii or pain in
the back is also
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
The Last Recourse.

'No work. said the man gloomily,
land not thing in the house to eat.
What shall we dO?'
There is nothing for us to DO" re-
piled his wife, but to take in board
rs."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
New Cow Fastener.

A state of Washington dairyman
writes in Hoard's Dairyman:
l am using box stalls for my cows
and use a tie, which I prefer very
much, being simple and convenient.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Feed the Heifers.

If you expect good cows take good
care of the heifers Give them feed
that will properly nourish and develop
them.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
THE BUTTERMAKER

Leaky butter is usually produced by
stopping the churning motion as soon
as small sMlnules appear, too little
washing before the butter is sailed and
not working it sufficiently. Moisture
rightly incorporated is distributed
throughout butter in very minute par
ticles. Salt possesses the property Of
attracting moisture. If applied while
the butter is in the early granular
state it draws the moisture from the
inside of the granules to the outside,
forming small drops which are not ex-
pressed in the process of working, aud
the butter leaks brine or drops of brine
appear on the surface.
Soft Butter.
Cream showing 20 degrees was re-
duced to 4S degrees and Immediately
churned; the butter was soft, although
4S degrees is very low churning tenn
perature, says a dairywoman in Ma
tional StOckman. The butter was salt
ed before the cold water bath, with the
result that it tested 30 per cent OF
moisture and had parted with per
cent of fat, was of inferior quality and
kept sweet only short time. Had the
cream been left at 4S degrees several
degrees, the butter would have been
reasonably hard and in good condition.
When to Cease Churning.
Churning may cease when the gran
ules are the size of wheat kernels.
Wash in not too cold water or too
much, but until the granules somewhat
unite; then salt and work, with the
drain of the churn open. This method
gives butter of firm texture, and it will
not be leakys but we believe the pre-
ceding method will give the best salts
faction.
Washing Butter.
With either large or small amount
of cream start the churn at SO degrees
Continue until granules are about the
size of a medium sized pea. Draw off
the buttermilk. Add water at so de-
grees, only just enough to, remove the
remaining buttermilk Wash until the
water runs nearly clear is good rule.
The butter will then be in condition to
receive salt and will approximate the
right per cent of moisture
Moisture In Butter.
Water forms an integral part in
large proportion Of food products. But
ter contains smaller per cent of mois-
ture than bread, meat, vegetables or
fruit 1t has been demonstrated that
butter can contain certain amount of
moisture without detriment to it's COM
mercial or edible quality.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Ont

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-13

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
COTTON IN A FABRIC.
How to Tell If WOrsted or WOoIs
Cloths Are AduIterated.

How to Tell If wOrsted or Wooden
Cloths Are Adulterated.
Worsted cloths are less often adulter-
ated than woolens and are more easily
detected. A cotton worsted is a lie on
the face of it, for the cotton stands out
with prominence. But often a cotton
thread is twisted with a worsted
thread, and to determine its presence
it is only necessary to take the twist
out Of the thread and then examine its
component parts.
Cotton, having long staple, can be
carded and combed with wool to be
spun into worsted yarn. This Is done
to cheaper the cost of production. Cot
ton is carded and spun with wool and
shoddy, not SO much to cheaper the
yarn, for cotton is generally as expen-
sive as some shoddies, but is intro
duced to give strength or spinning
qualities to the stock. In many cases
the shoddy is of such short staple that
it would not stand the drawing in
spinning, and, as it would make the
cost Of the yarn too high to put in
enough wool to give that lacking
strength, cotton is put in for this pur-
pose
The percentage Of cotton in fabric
can be determined in this manner:
Take small piece Of cloth and weigh
it. Now boil it for five minutes in 5
per cent solution of caustic soda. Take
ont what is left. and. If any. 1t Is all
cotton. Tie wool will all be dissolved.
The percentage of shoddy cannot be de-
termined except by experience.
A cloth or yarn with shoddy in it is
easily detected by its feel. Cloth made
of all new wool is softer feeling than
one containing shoddy, for the latter
has lost that new, soft, springy feel
peculiar to wool.--American Wool and
Cotton Reporter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
BoRoRo INDIANS.
How the Boys of This BraziliAn
Tribe Get Their Names.

How the Boys of This BraziIiAn
Tribe Get Their Names.
In an interesting article on the abo-
rhymes of Brazil in the current South
ern Workman the method of naming
boys is thus described:
The ceremony of initiation into the
rights and privileges Of citizenship in
the Bororo tribe is interesting. The lit
tie bronze body Of the baby boy is
more or less daubed with gum or pitch
and plated with white feathers; then
early In the morning before the rising
Of the sun the family and friends and
the priest or conjurer betake them
selves to an eminence n9Rr the village.
And as the sun, the supreme power,
sweeps majestically upward from be-
hind the eastern wilderness the CON
jurer bores the lower lip Of the en-
bryo warrior with an instrument made
especially for the occasion and beauti-
fully decorated with brilliant feathers
and at the same time whispers "Piadu-
du" Cumming bird) or the name of
some other animal or object that the
child is to bear. "P1adudu," softly re-
peat the family and friends in turn,
and thus Piadudu, a favorite name, be-
comes the name Of the little one They
are very Jealous of their names and
will not make them known to aliens.
In order to become citizen Of the tribe
person of alien birth would have to
reside with 1t for some time and be
initiated much as the child is.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

the stress OF emotion, ana her bosom
rose and fell pantingly.
At last she found her voice. 1t was
low and tremulous, and at the thrilling
sweetness of it the mans heavy heart
pounded like a mad thing behind his
immaculate shirt front
Jack" she whispered, ''if you don't
forgive me and love me l shall die. l
never dreamed till mamma made me
send you away how dreadfully l cared,
and never was engaged to Billy Laun-
ders at all. l couldn't be-not if the
whole family rose up to slay me-"
The orchestra began the overture to
the next act. The wild, gypsy motif of
the immortal opera rose and bathed
them in its melting torrents Of love
made into music The little cripple was
leaning over the edge Of the box wait
ing breathlessly for the curtain to rise
on the familiar scene she loved.
Jack, darling-hear It'll That music
has been killing me till you came! Do
you remember that night We
John reached out an audacious thumb
and pressed the button on the wall. AS
the box was enveloped in darkness he
crushed her close in his arms, unable to
say one word.
On their way home in the carriage,
when Eunice had been told the little
cripple's story, she laughed tenderly in
her new found joy, SO nearly lost, and,
with one jeweled hand in Johns and
the other caressing the young girls
pale cheek, said with confidence that
the future proved not unfounded:
IL shall take care Of her, her voice,
her future and her back. l know a
great doctor who can straighten out
this little ones tangles, even as she
has been the means of unsnarling the
dreadful knot in my web of fate"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
THE sTARFIsH.

This Peculiar Creature Can n her
See, Hear Nor Smell.
Unlike man, the starfish which loses
one of its arms" or properly its rays,
grows new one to take its place. Un-
der certain conditions it grows two to
take the place of one. A star1sh may
lose all its rays without losing its life,
and very often a cripple with but sin
gle ray left is found by fishermen and
collectors. When completely broken in
two the starfish becomes two distinct
fish, and the growing process contin-
ues The brittle starfish, it is believed,
in many instances breaks off its own
rays at the approach of danger. For
this reason it is difficult to obtain per-
feet specimen.
A starfish can neither see nor hear.
Neither has it the sense of smell. In
spite of these seeming impediments,
nevertheless, it seeks and devours its
prey as neatly as an ordinary fish. The
starfish lies upon its prey and folds its
arms" or rays, completely about it.
Then it pushes its stomach out through
its mouth and will wrap even a large
oyster and shell within the folds Of the
stomach. The mouth Of the starfish is
in the center of its rays
Some great ships are today employed
almost wholly in seeking for startish
specimens in deep seas, and there are
hundreds of men who spend a portion
Of their time In collecting starf1sh in
the interests of science. Many Of the
specimens collected by ships are taken
from depths of one and even two miles
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

It is said that the first almanac print
ed In Europe was probably the Kalen-
darium Novum, by Regiomontanus 1t
was Calculated for the years 1476,
1894 and 1913" In Budapest it was
published. Though it simply made men,
ton Of eclipses and the places Of the
planets for the respective years, it was
sold for 10 crowns of gold, and the en-
tire impression was rapidly disposed Of
in Hungary, Germany, Italy. England
and France.
The first almanac-recorded as the
frst-known to have been printed in
England was translated from the
French and appeared in 1897. Each
month introduces itself In descriptive
verse, as:
Called / am Janeryere the colde.
In Christmas season good tyre love.
Yonge Jesu, that sometime Judas solde,
In me was circumcised for mans behove.
Three Hinges sought the some Of God
above;
They kneeled downe, dyd Him homage
with love
To God. their Lorde that is mans own
brother.
And so on for the remaining months.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
THREW UP HIS HAT.


The story of COckrelPs Election to
the United States Senate.
The truthful story is told in Missouri
that the throwing of a broad brimmed
hat to the ceiling of the hall Of the
house of Representatives In the capitol
at Jefferson City made Francis Marion
Cockrell a member of the United States
senate. The state had been stirred by
a contest for the Democratic nomina-
ton for the governorship. The lines
between supporters of opposing candi-
dates were sharply drawn In a state
convention numbering a thousand dele
gates Charles 81. Hardin had won by
the narrow majority Of one-half of one
vote So close was the result and so
bitter the feeling that the Democratic
leaders feared irreconcilabIe division in
the party ranks. The result, however,
had scarcely been announced from the
secretary's desk when the tall figure Of
the defeated candidate, General Cock
rell, was seen coming to the platform.
A moment more, as the hush of expec-
fancy fell upon the crowded hall, Cock
ACh . WIZ rang Out nv LudI, Sd4U
he, will more Loyalty support the nom
inee of the convention than myself No
man will throw his hat higher for
Charley Hardin than will l." And
away to the ceiling went the broad
brimmed Cockrell hat The conYen-
ton, frantic with enthusiasm, heard
not another word. But the following
spring General Cockrell became United
States senator by the unanimous vote
Of the Democrats of Missouri For
five successive terms after March A.
1876, with never Democratic vote
against him, he was elected to the sena-
torship, the first political Office he ever
held. No senator from his state sur
passed his record in length Of years,
and none equaled 1t, save Thomas
Hart Benton, the great Missourian.-
Walter Williams in The World Today.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
THE ROMAN ARENAS.
They Were Not Mere Rings, as Tho
nf tho Nod~v.n C1roum

They Were Not Mere Rings, as Those
of the Modern Circus.
The arenas of ancient Rome were
not, as some people suppose, mere
rings or ovals, such as may be seen
in the modern circus. They were
broken up and varied in character &C
cording to the nature Of the fighting
to be done or to the caprices Of those
in authority. On one. occasion an arena
might resemble the Numidian desert,
on another the garden Of Hesperides,
thick set with groves of trees and ris-
ing mounds, while again it pictured the
great rocks and caves of Thrace.
With these surroundings the COM
batants advanced, retreated, encircled
their adversaries or kept wild beasts
at bay as occasion offered or as their
courage or fear suggested. Men com
bated not only with the more common
brutes, but with such monsters as ele-
plants, rhinoceroses, appropriateness
and crocodiles. On other occasions
fiocks of game, such as deer and war
ostriches, were abandoned to the multi
tude, and in some cases the arenas
could be turned into lakes, filed with
monsters of the deep, and upon the sur
face Of which naval engagements took
place.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

Mary c., the six-year-old daughter
Of Presbyterian clergyman in small
Georgia village, had playmate, jim
my by name, Of whom 1t was her Gus
tom to make special mention in her
evening prayer at her mothers knee.
One evening, after some childish quar-
rel, Mrs. Q. noticed that the boys
name was omitted from the petition
and said, MARY, aren't you going to
pray for Jimmy tonight"
mo, mother. He's a mean, hateful
boy, and I'm never going to pray for
him any more"
Her mother made no reply, not wish
ing to add fuel to the fame, and decid-
ed to allow the youthful conscience to
work out the problem in its own way.
In few moments she heard the little
girl climb out of bed, fall upon her
knees and say in a tone Of guarded
indifference:
"God, you can bless Jimmy IL you
want to, but you needn't do 1t ON my
account "-Harper's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
TEA A WEEK OLD.
The "ReaI Good Old Post and Rails

The "'Rea1 Good Old Post and Rails"
of Australia.
The tea drinkers of Australia rival
those of China and Japan, not, how
ever, in the quality, but in the guam
tity, consumed The men especially
drink the beverage in large quantities
and all day long and at strength
which would make the cue of a tea
drinking Chinaman curl On Sunday
morning the tea drinker starts with a
clean pot and clean record. The pot
is hung over the fire, with sufficiency
Of water in it for the days brew, and
when this is boiled he pours into 1t
enough of the fragrant herb to produce
a deep coffee colored liquid.
On Monday, without removing yester-
days tea leaves, he repeats the process,
on Tuesday the same, likewise on
Wednesday, and so on through the
week. Toward the close Of the seven
days the pot is filed with an acrid
mash Of tea leaves, out Of which the
tea is squeezed by the pressure of a
tin cup. BY this time the tea is the
color of rusty iron, incredibly bitter
and disagreeable to the uneducated
palate. The natives call it real good
old post and rails the simile being OBJ
viously drawn from a stiff and danger
Gus jump, and regard it as having been
brought to perfection.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
ANIMALS WANDERINGS.


Country Mouse and Town Mouse Fa-
BILE Has Foundation In Fact.
The fable of the country mouse and
the town mouse has a foundation in
fact. Mice occasionally migrate in large
numbers when food grows scarce and
travel considerable distances to fresh
houses. Farmers in a part of Perth
shire had a good reason to become
aware of this fact when a couple of
years ago vast swarms of mice invaded
their cornfields at harvest time.
But the mouse only travels when il
has to. The rat, on the contrary, seems
to take yearly outing, in very much
the same fashion as do human beings
Rats are the most migratory creatures
in the world. Troops of rats leave the
towns at the end of summer and spend
month or two In the country, appar.
emily in order to enjoy the change OF
food which the country affords at that
time of the year in the way of fresh
fruit and grain. Before the coIdsweath-
er sets in they are all back again In
their old quarters.
Reindeer migrate with the same reg
ularity as swallows. They move south
when winter sets In, but as soon as ev-
er the snow begins to melt they trave
steadily north, sometimes for as much
as a thousand miles.
To end a holiday by deliberate sui
eide is so strange phenomenon that
for long time naturalists looked upon
the stories of the migration of the lem
mings as an improbable fiction. Yet the
facts are beyond dispute. At irregular
intervals these ratlike creatures star
out from their homes in the Businesses
Of northern Scandinavia in huge drove:
numbering tens Of thousands and trav
Ell steadily southwark. Death pursues
them in hundred forms. Hawks anG
other birds of prey hover above them
Thousands are drowned in rivers. Yet
the rest struggle on until they reacf
the sea. They do not stop. They plunge
in, swim out and struggle on until al
last their strength fails and they
drown Not one ever returns from this
journey of death.-London Answers.