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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

For pure originality the plans Of w.
]. McGee, chief Of the anthropology de-
partment at the st. Louis exposition, to
seek recreation and to recuperate from
lis hard labors before and during the
fair are unequa;ed. He has recently
been laying on flesh at an uncomforta-
BILE rate, and he Gays it has got to stop
right here and nuw."
To restore himself to his natural con-
dition he will bu:y himself for three Or
four months in the heart Of the Arizona
desert, with nothing but prairie dogs
for his companlons.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02
The Trackless Trolley In Berlin.

Berlin has led the way in a new and
promising development Of street rail-
way transit. BY means of electric ON
nibuses deriving their power from an
overhead trolley the necessity for a
special track has been done away with,
and speed Of ten miles an hour is OBJ
tained, If desired, over ordinary mac
adamized roads. With rubber tire
equipment and special type Of wheels
which prevent stoppage by snow there
Is secured rapid and nearly noiseless
transit.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02
To Sound the Denths.

A Norwegian engineer has recently
invented a new apparatus for sea
sounding, by which it Is not necessary
to touch bottom. This is accomplished
by an acoustic method. The depths are
also registered graphically upon a re-
volving drum. The operation of the de-
vice depends upon the time which
sound takes to travel to the bottom and
return, and the measurement Of the
time thus gives the depth to which the
exploring apparatus Is lowered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

While returning from a college entertainment Senator
Timans carriage embankment and ratified
the senator for time he power of con-
centrated thought, not the speech.
speech he was one of the
ha
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

Lord Egin, who looted the Parthenon for
the British and denounced poetry
that burned, INDICATED professor
the marbles would have they
not been removed Possibly, but this does explain
they had to be taken the British Were there
places they protected from the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02
The Proper WAY.

The Proper Way.
$50 Wiseman is married at last. He
used to say If he ever got married he'd
manage his wife all right"
"Well, he's pretty shrewd; he's 60
ing about it in the right way"
us he? Howw
Letting her have her own way
Philadelphia Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02
A NOVEL DIRECTORY.
Games Mounted ON Rollers Simplify
| Work OF Reference.

James MOuntco ON NOAAeFD SAmpAAAS
Work OF Reference.
Some fifteen years ago the mechan-
lcal library catalogue made its advent,
but despite its obvious advantages 1t
has never come into vogue, possibly on
account Of the initial expense and diff
ficulty Of maintaining in operative con-
dition. The principal Of causing any
given series of names or other data to
appear successfully at an opening by
mechanical means possesses merits
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

King Leopold has been visiting Hay Bad Nau-
hemf Hay probably told him about that
Congo Free State business in the fall any
body left there alive that time Leopold probably
promised himself there would
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

Mrs Carrie Nation says that she will stay Oklahoma
present Oklahoma her. Mrs Nation
rather hard medicine take, but she splits wood
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

Dealing in futures, according Justice Holmes of the
United States court is tine adjustment
society to the probable" corner" seem to be
self adjustment badly mistaken people to
the improbable.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

The notice funeral of Mrs Jacob requested
friends to flowers but give the money the
sick poor instead"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

If Rogers crowd does not Lawson libel, its
tandng before country is certainly higher
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02

But for a real gooo meal 90 to
Olson's.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-02
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Copy change Of advertisement must be delivered to the
business office by Of o'clock to insure insertion
In the issue of even date.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
NTERToR OF cow BARN.

cows in and letting them out of the
stable, in that they all 90 through a
wide door and into a much greater
space than where the other plan is
used
The stable can be kept cleaner, as all
the manure is confined in one space
and is more easily removed from the
stable. Another gain is the greater ra-
pidity with which the herd can be
MIXED. as the mixers can pass from
one row of COWS 10 the other without
passing around the two rows of cows.
Some Of our barns are arranged for
the wagon wheels to go in the drops,
but by far the better way is TO have
1t run on top of the driveway. The
platform or driveway of my barn is
FIVE feet eight inches between the
drops My wagon is four feet six
inches, which obviates any chance Of
getting the wheels into the drops
In these days of certified milk II has
been clearly shown that the paramount
duty is to maintain high standard
Of absolute cleanliness. This plan keeps
all the manure within easy reach Of
your wagon for removal and between
the cows, the walls or sides Of your
stable never get spattered with the
droppings from the cows as they are
put In or let out. Your land is bene
hted with tine liquids, which possess
nearly as much enriching properties as
the solids.
The alleyways in front Of the cows
are seven feet two inches wide, the
beds on which the cows stand are four
feet seven inches on one row and four
feet eight inches on the other, while
the drops are sixteen inches wide and
six inches deep.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

Keep your cream In such manner
that it may ripen evenly, which will
prevent loss in churning, writes cor
respondent Of American Cultivator.
Raise the temperature to about 6S de-
grees and keep it near that tempera-
ture until ripe and then cool II down
before churning. Well ripened cream
should be coaeulated or thickened. 1t
should run from a height in smooth
stream like OIL When a "hand" is
dipped into II and held up II should
stick all over in a thick, even coat.
not running of and showing the sur
face Of the hand. When the last drops
run of the hand back into the cream
holder, they should leave little dents
or depressions on the surface, which
do not close up for second. The
cream should have satiny gloss or
fresh surface. Churn until the gran
ules are the size Of wheat Kernels, then
draw off the buttermilk and wash
through two or three waters.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

In Palestine the mother of men is the
servant of men. Being part of the
household chattels, she is sold for as
large a sum as her father can extort
from the prospective bridegroom. She
is thing, piece of goods. The father
Of a firstborn son proudly calls himself
after the boys name, but his girl babe
Is not reckoned among his children.
Her infant shoulders learn to bear the
burdens. Her little feet patter their
way to the fountain even from the mo-
ment their tiny strength can support
the weight of the Jar. Her whole life
is one Of grinding, baking, fetching
water, waiting upon others. At twelve
she Is sold into married service. Grow
log old in middle life, she may see her
self supplanted by younger wife, Of
ten being robbed Of her sons by the
military conscription, and finally she
Is put away as the last breath is leav-
ing her body.-Corwin Knapp Linson
in Metropolitan Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
why she Turned vegetarian.

An English countess who has many
American friends recently became a
vegetarian. The other day in a letter
to New York she accounted for her
abandonment of flesh food.
mot long ago." she wrote, 81 visited
q slaughter house.
IL can't tell you how everything was
stained deep with blood: how there
arose from the drenched, dark floors
the peculiar odor of blood.
"As was hurrying away three beau
tiful lambs were led in by a man with
q long, shining knife. Filled with
pity and indignation, | said:
"'How can you be SO cruel as to put
those innocent little lambs to deathr
"'Why. madam said the man, you
wouldn't eat them alive, would your I"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
Their Excena1re Grief.

Lord Brampton related that once
while he was plain John Hawkins he
defended man for wife murder. The
prisoners two children. dressed in
black and sobbing violently, were in
court, and their grief and the lawyers
eloquent speech combined to acquit the
defendant. That evening at dinner he
met an old inhabitant of the neighbor-
hood, who complimented him upon his
speech However" he added, Il think
that If you had seen what l did when
driving past the prisoners cottage last
week you would not have painted the
home in such glowing colors. The little
children who sobbed so violently in
court this morning and TO whom you
made such pathetic reference were
playing on an ash heap near their cot
tage, and they had poor cat with a
string round its neck swinging back
ward and forward, and as they did SO
they sang:
This is the way poor daddy will 60.
This is the way poor daddy viii go
"Such Mr.. Hawkins. was their ex-
cessive grief"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

Tom Marshall, Kentucky's famous
wit, attended a phrenologist's lecture
one night. Marshall had been drinking,
and when he returned to his hotel after
the lecture he drank more. The drink
gave him belief In his chronological
powers, and he declared that he could
''read' heads as well as the lecturer.
SO it was decided to test his skin upon
some Of the guests of the hotel Both
ladies and gentlemen assembled in the
parlor and Marshall. who knew most
OF them, furnished an hours uproari-
Gus fun by hitting off their failings.
When he had finished an empty headed
dandy whose head had not been exam
ined loudly and pompously called at
tention to the fact that Marshall had
neglected him. 81 beg your pardon.
sir" said Marshall, but you must real
ly excuse me. am too drunk TO read
small print by candlelight. "-Argo-
naut
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
Slavery In America.

"One of the common, everyday err
rors which are taught in the schools in
America is that which relates to the
Introduction iuto the western hemi-
sphere of African slavery" writes a
critic. THE school histories which the
schoolgirl and schoolboy study say that
it dates from 1919 or 1920, when a
Dutch sea captain sold the English
settlers the first African. The year
1901, however, Is the date of the earli-
est reference in American history TO ne.
groes coming from Spain TO America.
10 years before Albany, \. Y, was
settled by the Dutch and log years be-
fore Jamestown. Va, was settled by
the English In 1905 King Ferdinand
of Spain wrote to orlando, then govern
or of Hispaniola, Z will send more ne
gro slaves, as you request In 1910
fifty negro slaves were sent to work in
the mines Of Hlspaniola. There is a
record of King Ferdinand's response TO
a request of Las Casas, bishop of La
Conception. in Hispaniola that more
negroes should be imported. He said,
There are already many negroes on
the island. This was in the year
1914"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

In the sal-tree forest of Skim, in the
tropical gorge of the Teesta, is one of
the breeding grounds of the myriad
butterflies that swarm over the coun-
try. famous traveller says that In
May and until the middle of June tho
tender leaves Of the great sal-trees are
literally alive with voracious caterpiI-
lars The presence Of these caterpillars
In such overwhelming numbers Is ex-
planned by the fact that they are dis
tasteful to birds. Fowls that were offer
ed them rejected them after trial
with disgust and went on wiping their
bills for some time afterward. There
are two species. one bright coral and
the other green with stripes. They can
break their fall from the tall trees by
letting themselves down on long silky
threads.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

Among the Bengalese it is said that
shouting the name of the king Of
birds (garunda) drives away snakes
Shouting Ram! Ram drives away
ghosts Cholera that attacks on Mon
day or Saturday always proves fatal
Cholera that attacks on Thursday new
er ends fatally The Towering OF the
bamboo means famine. In tanning If
the fan strike the body ii should be
instantly Knocked three times against
the ground. When giving aims the
giver and receiver should both be ON
the same side of the threshold 1t is
bad to pick ones teeth with the nails.
If a snake be killed 1t should imme-
diately be burned, for all serpents that
are so unwise as to permit of having
their lives taken are inhabited by the
souls of Brahmans, which hope thus TO
escape and work mischief The words
SNAKE" and tiger" should never be
used after nightfall. Call them creep
ers" and insects" Never awaken a
sleeping physician. Morning dreams
always come true.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
Feeding MIX Cows.

While we have always advocated lib
eral feeding for milk cows. we do not
wish to be understood that all cows
will do better for having heavy grain
ration, says American Cultivator.
There are many that have inherited
the beef making tendency from some
ancestor Of the Shorthorn or the Here
ford blood that will persist in putting
on fat if literally fed with grain, or at
least with cornmeal Whole corn Is
better as a milk producing food, but
the cow that insists upon growing fat
instead of giving more milk, when grain
fed is usually best disposed of to the
butcher. BY proper care in proportion
ins her feed she may be kept in milk,
but it is usually better to let her fatten
and 90 to the butcher and fill her place
with COW that was naturally destin-
ed as milk producer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

Although we are told when the ques-
ton is asked, What becomes Of pinsf
that they fall to the earth and become
terrapins. a gentleman has gone to
some trouble to find out that this is not
so and to give us the correct answer.
He has found that pins are resolved in
to dust. Hairpins which he watched
for 154 days disappeared by rusting
away at the end of that time. Bright
pins took nearly eight months to dis
appear, polished steel needles nearly
two years and half; brass pins had
little endurance; steel pens were nearly
gone at the end Of eighteen months.
though their wooden holders were still
intact
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
DAIRY cows BEST AGE.
She IL at Her Mailman Between
Five and Eight

Z
Five and Eight.
The abundance of the milk secretion,
which attains its maximum az a ceH
tain period in the life OF tile cow. de-
ponds mainly on the energy OF her as
similative powers and in general on
the activity of her vital pOwe ;. which
also reach eliminating point at a
given time in the life of the animal.
Gays the Live Stock Journal BRITISH.
II is of course well known that dur
ing the first couple of lactation periods
the yield is not equal TO that obtained
also that very old cows give poor re
turns Considered from a physiologic-
al point of view, this is obvious, for
until Il COW is fully matured T. e.. has
ceased growing part of the food which
is taken into her body is used up for
the growth of the body and therefore
cannot serve for the production of
milk Full development is reached aft
er the third or fourth lactation, and it
is about this time that the highest
yields may be looked for, although in
this matter very much depends upon
the individuality of the COW and also
upon the manner in which she is fed
and treated.
Some years ago, writing upon this
subject, VOL stated that tests special
~ made went to show that under the
same conditions cows six or seven
years old DO best. This was the case
with the COWS in the ninety day test Mt
the Chicago Worlds fair, and the con
illusions drawn are that the maximum
annual production and the greatest
profits obtained from a COW will, as a
rule, come at from five TO eight years
and that young animals give richer
milk than older ones.
1t is evident, therefore, that one
might only very exceptionally retain
cows of more than eight or nine years
of age as their milking qualities are
then generally rapidly declining, and,
moreover the cows are less easily fat
tened
AS young animals produce more from
the same quantity of food owing to
their assimilative powers being more
energetic, there is every reason for not
keeping cows too long.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
Tree. which C.u.. Headache.

A curious member Of the vegetable
kingdom has been discovered in the far
east. 1t is species Of acacia which
grows to height Of about eight feet
and when full grown closes Its leaves
together in curls each day at sunset
and curls it's twigs In the form Of a
pigtail. After the tree has settled itself
In this way for nights sleep, like
most sleepers, 1t objects to being dis
turbed. IL touched 1t will futter as II
agitated and impatient at the Interrupt
ton Of its slumbers The oftener the
foliage is molested the more violent be-
comes the shaking Of the branches, and
at length the tree emits nauseating
odor, which If inhaled for few mo-
ments will cause violent headache.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

A piano tuner in an uptown apart
nent had just settled down TO his
work when the woman of the house
came into the room. dressed for the
street
Are you going out?'' he asked.
"Yes," she answered, with some sur
prise. why do you ask?"
81 heard you tell the maid when she
went out few minutes ago To be sure
and be home by 10 o'clock"
81 did 1t is her evening out"
"And there is nobody else In the
apartment
Certainly not" replied the woman.
showing some irritation. Are you
afraid to stay here aloneT'
"Sure. | am" answered the piano
tuner, gathering up his tools, and
don't mean to either The firm does
not ask us TO unless we wish. had
my lesson two years ago, After had
worked in an apartment alone mar
called TO polish the furniture. He
worked alone too Next day several
valuable articles were reported miss
Ing, and | was visited by the police.
l knew / hadn't taken them. The
furniture man swore he hadn't, and 1
believed him. 1t was week of sus-
picion and misery for me and my fami-
ly that I'll never forget take no
more chances. I'll come back tomor-
row when the maid is here New
York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

We are indebted to Pompeii for the
great industry of canned fruit. Years
ago, when the excavations were just
beginning, a party Of Cincinnatians
found In what had been the pantry Of
a house many jars of preserved figs.
One was opened, and they were found
to be fresh and good. Investigation
showed that the figs had been put into
Jars In a heated state, an aperture left
for the steam to escape and then sealed
with wax. The hint was taken, and
the next year fruit canning was in
troduced into the United States, the
process being identical with that in
vogue at Pompeii twenty centuries ago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
Profit In the Dairy.

Every dairyman should have prof
table standard of production for his
cows, and any mature COW that does
not come up to this standard should be
disposed of at once. What this profita-
bic standard is each must determine
for himself, as it will depend upon the
cost of feed and care and the value Of
the product in that particular locality.
This standard should be gradually
raised each year by wedding out the
poorest cows and breeding only from
the best. The only way this can be
done intelligently is by keeping rec
ord of each individual COW -Professor
Fraser of Illinois Agricultural College.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

As much Importance should be at
tached to the shape and quality of the
udder of the dairy COW as to its size
A COW may have large udder, yet
give small quantity of milk. A COW
with deep, narrow udder ending in
large teats is seldom a good mixer. A
heavy mixer must have large udder
but it is rather broad than long, and to
carry it we'll without Druising or chat,
ing the hind feet should be well apart
Such an udder should have short hair
and when MIXED should be shrunk in
size and the skin should hang loosely
over its surface. The shape and set OF
the teats are important considerations
In buying a cow. An ideal shaped teat
is long and rather slim.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
The Courte.y Of war.

In the battle Of Fenghuangcheng the
japanese took among their captures
two enormous Chinese vases of thir-
teenth century workmanship. On
learning that they were present to
General Kuropatkin, General Kuroki
promptly dispatched them to the Rus
sian outposts with polite note end
ing, MAY the flowers Of friendship
blossom high in these vases" In Ku-
ropatkin's reply he referred to the Jap
anese as "a people of generous friends
whom / visited in peace, of magnani-
nous foes in war, at whose hands even
defeat is no disgrace"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
Early American ThentricaI..

The earliest attempt to introduce
theatrical performances In this coun-
try was made about 1856 in New Eng
land, but Increase Mather wrote and
spoke so forcibly In opposition to the
project that it was speedily abandoned.
The first theatrical performance in New
York city of which there is any clear
record was given March 5. 1850 The
theater was on Nassau street, between
John street and Maiden lane. and the
play was Richard ILL.," Thomas Kean,
the junior manager of the company,
enacting the part of Richard.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09

The COW to be tested is MIXED sepa-
rately. and as soon as possible after
the milk Is drawn dip straw or
timothy stem in the bucket of milk.
Have glass of pure water at hand
and allow drop Of the milk to fall in
the water-only one. Ii the milk quick
ly dissipates and renders the water
murky the COW Is not In calf, but if the
milk drop sinks to the bottom of the
glass before mixing with the water she
is pregnant, says Kate M. Busick in
Holstein- Friesian Register.
II you are not sufficiently expert, take
the milk of another COW that has new
ly calved and pursue the same treat
ment with both at the same time, and
you will not fail to note the difference
In the way the drop of milk will mix
with the water. l have practiced this
method of determining pregnancy in
my herd for years, and | never knew
Ii to fail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-09
A quaint story.

The Irish solicitor general, speaking
the other day upon decisions, told a
story of north of Ireland Protestant
who was perfectly sane save on one
point. This stanch Protestant harbored
the delusion that one of his legs be-
ionged to Roman Catholic. and there
fore when he went to bed every night
he used to leave the Catholic leg out
side the blanket by way of punish
ment