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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08
A VERSATILE WOMAN.

Some OF the Things For Whicf,
Phoebe novn Was Famed.
Phoebe Bown died something over
half II century ago aged eighty. This
extraordinary woman. who lived will
her mother in n cottage nearly opposite
the High Tor, Mt Matlock Bath, Eng
land, could walk nearly forty miles Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-11-08

Guild ntchti" they both called.
Dobbtc in Glesca. He's in the glesi
trade. Eth? Wits wrang, AIistres,
WallaceT
"Everythin'" sl,e groaned, throwing
up her hands. .'.,!. puir iess,"
what ha'e said: ,'l,at !ia'c said"
cried the grocer.
Mrs. Wallace became suddenly calm.
"Never heed the moo, Master Ogilvy.
I'll maybe tell We anither time"
Mr.. Ogilvy nodded gently, and moth
ing more was said till they reached
Mrs. Wallace's gate. Its no. that |
Gamma trust ye," she said abruptly.
IN tell ye a ABBOTT it the horn, Tiff
can"
'.Nlistress Wallace" lie returned in a
solemn whisper, Pm aye at-at yer
service, as 1t We're"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

1t does beat all, Michael, what
they're teaching girls now in these
city schools" said old Mrs. Millikin,
laying down the advertising section of
a big daily which she had been read-
Ing closely for the last half-hour. "Of
course when jamie went to the farm
school and they gave him digging and
chores and such, it seemed right
enough, for he was a boy. and was
fitting himself for making a living Off
the land.
But what ! can't make out is why
ever city folks, and girls at that, and
ones that don't need to be scratching
to make ends meet, should be paying
twenty-five dollars extra, as the paper
here says, just to learn fencing"
Does seem kind O. queer. ma, come
to think of it," returned the old man.
at the other end Of the table, "but
seems like of late I've been hearing a
lot of talk bout nature studies and
back to nature and simple llfes and
such, and maybe that's the city folks
way O. getting at those things, though
1t pears to me as If 'twould come han
dier for 'em to take jaunt out in the
country where real fences was, IL
they're so mighty anxious to be learn
ed bout the building OF 'emw
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

or even Of only three or four kinds,
are practically unknown. SO many
different sorts of trees grow closely
together that frequently more than 100
varieties may be counted within a
short radius. Moreover, all these grow
together in great confusion. They
tower to extraordinary heights, each
tree, it would seem, striving its best
to reach the sunlight Consequently
the trunks are extremely long and
thin, because each tree is reaching to
get higher than its neighbors. in order
to escape the twilight of the primeval
tropical forest. Leaves and branches
are so confused that in many forests
one can see neither sky nor sunlight
for miles, the crowns of the trees
interlacing and forming a thick, i'm
penetrable roof.
To add to this confusion great vines
and creepers and hundreds of varie-
ties of vegetable parasites overgrow
the trunks.
1t Is said that 1t is well-nigh impos-
sible to cut down any one tree for pur-
poses Of examination, for the reason
that the forest is so dense that there
Is insufficient room for the tree to fall.
even after its trunk has been cut
through. 1t would be necessary ia
clear a great space, and that is iln-
practicable from the standpoint of the
naturalist or botanist. Hence the
world is still in comparative ignorance
of the wonders of the tropic forest.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
Homemade ubsoiI PIor.

A very serviceable and practical sub
soiler may be constructed with but lit
tie work. The beam and handles are
the same as any other plow stock. The
two uprights which support the plow
point can be made from pieces of old
wagon tire, each two feet long. The
point bar should be about the same
length and about two inches square
from one upright attachment to the
other. The front end should be made
with good steel, well tempered and
drawn to point which is best If made
wide and fiat. The uprights are at
tached to the beam by stirrups or
clamps made of three-quarter-inch iron
rod. The front upright should be sharp
ened on its front side, which will as
sist in cutting the old roots and thick
clay.
This plow will break the bottom Of a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

Clarice's voice in the hall below. She
went down hurriedly to meet her.
Come into the library" she said
hastily, knowing perfectly we'll that
Jim was in the room just beyond.
Now, l want you to give an account
Of yourself. What have you been do
ing to jim? He is just about broken
hearted. for he believes all the non
sense that you were talking to him
yesterday. What did you mean by it,
Clarice? You know that you think
that Jim is kind and lovable and bril-
liant"
Il don't" Clarice flashed indig-
nantly, although her voice trembled a
is the most stupid man that ever
lived"
Perhaps you will kindly explain"
Ruth said coldly.
But this Clarice stubbornly refused
to do, and it was not until Ruth put
Off her dignity and descended to ten
der coaxing that she drew the truth
out OF her friend.
"He-he came around yesterday
morning-and l had been suffering for
three days with an liberated tooth.
didn't have a wink Of sleep during all
Of that time, and l was too great a
coward to go to a dentist at first. Well
jim came then, and Of course my
nerves were all on edge and the world
loked blue and | was all unsrung
and l couldn't see anything in its
proper perspective. Everything was
distorted and out Of proportion-oh
you understand how felt"
Perfectly" said Ruth, with sympa.
thetic comprehension.
You called him brilliant just now
but it seems to me that even a man
might have known better than to make
proposal of marriage at such time
! thought at once of all the skeletons |
had seen in married lives, and of every
warning / had ever received from any
one on the subject and-well-of
course l would not listen"
II should think not, indeed" Ruth
said promptly. Il do not wonder that
you called him stupid. l hope that
tooth is all right now, Clarice; it has
done mischief enough, should say"
"The tooth has been pulled and |
have had nights sleep, thanks"
Then perhaps you would not object
to hearing the story over-Jim." rails
ing her voice. Il think that you may
come In now"
Jim came, obedient to the summons,
and Ruth, after a murmured BLESS
you, my children" had the good taste
to leave the room astily.-Waverley
Magazine.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

The New Jersey Agricultural Expert.
ment Station used the following meth
cd for harvesting and curing cowpeas
needed for certain experiments: They
were cut with a moving machine and
allowed to wilt thoroughly. This re-
quired two days. They were then
raked In wlndrows and placed in small
cocks made narrow and about the
same diameter throughout in order to
insure an even cure. The hay remain
ed In these cocks for five days. The
cocks were then turned over for
couple Of hours to dry the bottoms,
which had taken up moisture from the
soil. The hay was then hauled to the
barn in excellent condition. The leaves
retained their green color. and nearly
all were preserved. The hay, even at
this time, felt little damp to the
touch, and to one who had never had
experience with the crop, 1t doubtless
would have appeared unfit to store.
but 1t saved perfectly and was eaten
greedily by the animals in the test
with scarcely any waste. An average
crop Of cowpeas showed yield Of two
and one-half tons per acre.-Home
Monthly
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
TROPICAL TREES LITTLE KNOWN
This Is Much Neglected Field of
Botanical Study,

According to an expert in the bureau
of forestry in the Department of Agri-
culture, there is, comparati lively speak
ing, little known concerning tropical
trees, and this, despite the fact that
naturallsts and botanists are constant
L. exploring the regions near the equa-
tor. Indeed, it Is stated, says the
Philadelphia Record, that there must
be many hundreds Of varieties that
have been little known and that are
unidentified by name.
This curious fact is due to the excep-
tiOnal conditions of the tropical for
ests. In temperate zones forests are
fairly open and, generally speaking,
include trees Of only few varieties.
Thus there are oak forests, hickory
forests, etc, but rarely any forests
where three or four kinds Of trees
exist in any number.
In the tropics, on the other hand,
the case is exactly the opposite. For
ests composed of one variety Of tree,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
IN THE FIRELIGHT,

The IRE upon the hearth is low,
And there is stiffness everywhere.
An" like winged spirits, here and
there
Ihe hrelight shadows futtering go.
AND as the shadows round me creep.
a childish treble breaks the gloom.
And softly from a further room
Comes: Now lay me down to sleep"
And somehow, with that little prayer
AND that sweet treble in my ears.
My thought goes back to distant years,
ana fingers with a dear one there;
And as | hear my child's Amen,
My mothers faith comes back to me-
Crouched at her side | seem to be.
And mother holds my hands again.
oh, for an hour in that dear place,
oh, Tor the peace of that dear time,
oh' Tor that childish trust sublime,
Oh, for glimpse of mothers face!
1et as the shadows round me creep,
do not seem to be alone
Sweet magic of that treble tone
Ana Now lay me down to sleep"
Eugene Field.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
Useful New Iuaects.

Among the useful bug importa tons
Of the Agricultural Department. be-
sides the ladybird, introduced success
fully among the California fruit groves
to destroy the dreaded San Jose scale,
a small parasite comes from South Az
rica wlrtch in like manner destroys the
black scab, another formidable pest
doing great injury to the Pacific coast
orange crop. The newcomer goes at
It's work in businesslike manner, and
promises to be the means of rescuing
almost from destruction an important
Industry. The importation Of protect
i've bugs is sure to expand, as their
potencies are made known and Occa-
sion for them rises.-American Guilt
vator
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

An Illinois farmer. evidently poul-
try raiser, has patented the automatic
poultry feeder which is shown in the
illustration. AS soon as daylight ap-
pears, chickens are about and ready
for their morning meal, and to pro-
duce good stock their wants must be
attended to. This means that the
poultry raiser must be awake early in
the morning to feed them, and this
automatic feeder is designed to do 1t
for him. 1t consists of a hopper hav-
ing an outlet, this outlet being closed
by means Of partition or diaphragm,
which Is independent Of the walls of
the hopper and being pivotally mount
ed at its lower end. This partition or
plvoted door can be adjusted to any
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
Poultry Yard Pickjups.

Cheap food is always at the expense
of quality.
Quality in food for poultry is what
gives it value.
No food Is cheap that does not bring
paying results.
Damaged food invites indigestion
and various bowel troubles.
Lack Of grit when snow covers the
ground endangers the flock's health.
Provide plenty Of nests where there
are many hens or pullets
Grit, either oyster shells or crushed
granite, should be kept under cover
accessible to the poultry in all the
houses, during the winter.
Keep the cockerels and pullets sep
arate until couple Of weeks before
you commence saving eggs for hatch
Ing. Both will be the better for the
plan.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
Keen the Young stock Growing.

The calves, the colts, the pigs, all
from the time they We're put in winter
quarters until spring, should suffer no
cessation in their growth. The calves
or yearlings and colts should be kept
steadily vigorous and growing; not
merely holding their own, but increas-
ing in size and proportions; not neces-
sarily the laying on Of fat, but the en-
largement of frame and muscle, with n
healthy vigor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
Water for Farm Animals.


1t Is admitted that water is essential
to the well-being of humans, and If
this is so, why should anyone presume
to think that animals can get along
with little or no water? Yet that is
the plan on which many farmers work.
The cows and horses are, perhaps,
watered, but the other farm
animals are given little water. In
series of experiments carried on by the
writer a number of years ago 1t was
found that sheep, swine and poultry
gave us nearly 20 per cent better re-
turns when regularly and carefully wa
tered than when the water was given
but occasionally.
That is, the egg supply was larger
from the hens, and the sheep and hogs
kept to the desired weight. More than
this, we found there was less trouble
with diseases, particularly those that
had the stomach for their base of at
tack. 1t is now a regular practice to
give all the animals on the farm reg
ular supplies Of clean water. In water
ing the sheep and swine troughs are
provided and kept for the purpose.
After the animals have drunk, the
troughs are removed, so that there is
no chance Of them being defiled. 1t
will pay every time TO water all farm
animals regularly and with clean wa
ter.-Indianapolis News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
The Professors Function.

An Oxford professor, distlnguishe |
for scholarly habits Of the most pro-
nounced description, remarked to his
companion at table that he had accept
ed the invitation of well-known peer
for weeks shooting in Scotland.
why, Prof. Blank" exclaimed his
companion, 81 didn't know you were n
gum
"I'm not, my dear" said the profes-
sor. ''I'm knife and fork"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
The Amateur PouItryman.

The amateur who is just starting
into the poultry business must be will
ing to begin at the bottom and work
up. He will encounter many obsta-
cles, but If he has n sufficient amount
OF stick-to-it-iveness in his makeup he
will succeed. His rise may be slow,
but there is room at the top. The
mushroom poultryman is short lived.
Commercial Poultry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

intermediate point, so that the capaci-
ty of the hopper may be varied and
an unobstructed discharge maintained
A latch arm Is connected tosthe pivot
ed door, this latch arm being con-
trolled by an electro magnet. The lat
ter Is operated by clock, so that the
contents of the hopper can be empted
at any predetermined time.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
About Sugar Beets.

A report comes that the percentage
Of sugar in beets has been largely in
creased through n selection of seed. A
few years ago the percentage of sugar
was II per cent; last year 1t is said
to have run from 10 to 1S per cent.
People who are posted say that sugar
manufactured from beets is not near
ly so sweet as that manufactured from
cane
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
MaCaroni in America.

French and Italian parties contem-
plate manufacturing in Canada, on a
large scale, all kinds Of pastry food,
but particularly macaroni. AS the
present output Of macaroni in the
United States consumes 5000 barrels
of -four daily, such project should
have the attention Of those engaged In
the milling industry.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

furrow made by any twO-hOrse break
ing plow. IL made for one-horse it
should be constructed lighter, and need
have but a single upright. 1t Is espe-
cially adapted to loosenlng up sod
which has become very solid from long
tramping.-Farm and Home.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
Sorting PaYa.

| had a remarkable crop Of 1000
bushels of apples this year, says A. ID.
Appletree Barnes of Wisconsin, and
by careful asserting and handling was
able to sell them for $l,215. | tell
you there is nothing like systematic
sorting and careful handling to make
annleS DAY
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26
The Cnllta Feet.

When the colt is growing, the hoofs
should be looked to occasionally to see
IL they do not require trimming.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

a IN It Is
width
gudeways
flexible being allowed
through which the his
place desired
what he doing of
Iittsburg
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

within the reach of everybody. To obtain
good results a photographer must have a suit
able dark room in which to develop his mega
tives. Few can obtain room at home espe-
cially for this purpose, and to those who are
so situated the portable dark room shown
here will be of interest. Anyone could
make one, as the parts are few, with no me-
chanical apparatus to worry about. 1t is really
a frame cabinet, which can be made any size
that would be most convenient, preferably like
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

Photography like bicycling jumped into popular favor with amazing
apdy Every family
photogaphy When first introduced Injury but
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-05-26

M NYTHING the matter with you,
/S jim" And Ruth surveyed her
brother keenly.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-27
America
And Cuba


correspondent the American Sugar Industry of Chicago
Politics waxing the the elections
and especially Gunes where there large American interests
meetings tOrchgt professions occupying the people
that planter already beginning complain of
scarcity Workmen Men enough hand they
inclined SpeeCmakng hard labor heds
Nor the activity confined the end OF the island
The machinery ordered by factories in other arriving and
being place Every endeavong increase both the
output and the extraction his mills The grinding will open
amid the greatest excitement Big bets records be esab
lshed this being placed.
The condition the market has called forth
porant editorial the Asador ComerCa influential paper pub
speculate their product of being
sell good figure to professional The Av
that consequence planters find
themselves the beginning September with weight of uneaed
capital upon their hands and prospect coupng. In this
necton the editorial takes consider the real relation of
few remarks which particularly timely this
when the of the chambers the famous bill has
produced undue feeling of independence
1t only right note, the Avado that American rehn
have bought preference any other country excepting
Puerto Rico where they have purchased last
and of the Sandwich Islands, where they this year got $4,000
IOoo the Philippines which, of merely
sold last season, sold 10000 this.
Nevertheless for time backnce have been retiring
has been plain that the American refneres looking Brazil
and especially in Java for way fill their demand from the old
empire they have bought than which increase
Of 1900 last year 1t might be well notice these incidents
carefully for edihCaOn.
1T has pretty general belief that the American
ke here for because lacks the stuff fill its
needs forget that the only producers who offer the
goods
Whereupon the Avisador urges Cuban planters their
sugar holding prices thereby
forcing our only buyer to hunt for far Java
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-27

moirs which cannot fail to attract the
attention of every man who remembers
what he thought were the hardships
o. his childhood. 1t runs thus:
when my cousin and 1 took our
Iorridge of a morning we had device
20 enliven the course of the meal. He
ate his with sugar and explained it 10
be country continually buried under
snow. 1 took mine with milk, and
explained it to be a country suffering
gradual inundation. You can imagine
us exchanging bulletins; how here was
an island still unsubmerged; here a
valley, not yet covered with snow;
what inventions We're made! How
his population lived in cabins, on
perches, and travelled on stills, and
how mine was always in boats; how
the interest grew furious as the last
corner of safe ground was cut off On
all sides, and grew smaller every mo-
ment; and how, in fine, the food was
of altogether secondary Importance
and might even have been nauseous, so
long as we seasoned it with these
dreams"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-27

and if they do, how? has gone right
on. The Royal Institute of British Ar
chitects appointed a committee to in
Vestigate the matter in 1901 and last
year that committee reported. Its con-
clusions are thus summarized by the
Electrical World and Engineer:
las the result of the investigation,
and of experimental researches con-
Quoted since the lightning-rod confer
ence report of 1882, the whole theory of
lightning protection has been modified.
The old idea was to erect perpendicu-
lar conductors from good ground to
the top of the building. If there are
several high points OF the building,
erect perpendicular to each. 1t was
supposed that a vertical rod exercised
Il protecting range of influence for
radial distance equal to its own height.
These notions are abandoned 1t is now
supposed that lightning flashes are of
two distinct characters, or, as describ-
ed in the report, there are A flashes
and b flashes. The vertical conductor
is all right for the A flash, but for the
b flash it may be of no use. There is
thus always the comforting reflection
left open to the owner OF a lightning
struck rodded building that he suffered
from b flash In brief an A flash is
a direct or main discharge between
cloud and ground, while B flash is a
side discharge between one cloud and
ground precipitated as the immediate
consequence of a main flash between
two opposed clouds. The only complete
protection against a b flash is to con-
struct bird-cage of metal around the
building and to ground the bird-cage.
This is almost precisely the construc-
ton Followed in a modern skyscraper
or tall ofiice-building, except that &C.
casionally the steel structure is not
very thoroughly grounded. It is no
ticed in the report that these tall steel
structures appear to be immune. Those
who work inside modern tall office
buildings during thunder-storms ought
to llay this consolation to their souls:
that they are rendered as nearly i'm
mune to lightning as modern science
can devise. A flashes and b flashes
may jump about and envelop them, but
persons who are well inside the metal
bird-cage, may consider themselves
safe"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-27
Lightning-rOdS
And Science

nng rod was one OF the benehcent
gifts Of Benjamin Fankns genius mankind Particularly rural
districts lightning rods the method their protection best kinds
and the best methods of placing them position
jccts Of social and neighborhood discussion.
The lightning rod developed the lightning The
salesman ar and confidence all in He had his
mand fund Of glib ignorance about electricity couched in seemingly
scientific language He sold and lightning rods and he got the
farmers pomory note for from three ten times the the
supposed he paying his protection from lightning
usually only undeCevd when he notified by
his that his had been discounted by due
The natural history of the ghnngrodman pretty thoroughly
written in the supreme reports of the Mississippi Valley
and hundreds of these farmers believing that they
sndled refused their notes and the litigation
supreme
But scientific interest in lightning rods has been
investigation into the question whether they protect