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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17

The dust heap is absolutely neces
sary for fowls.
Feather pulling is vice that comes
from confinement and idleness.
Allow no filth of any kind to accumu-
late within reach of the fowls.
Thoroughness in detail in poultry
raising is the great secret of success
Common fowls do not possess the
characteristic qualities of thorough
breds.
When fowls are permitted to roost
in foul, damp houses it causes droop-
ishness.
Fowls will eat a great deal of granu
lated charcoal. AS a preventive of
disease 1t is invaluable.
By giving young fowls free range
1t will aid materially to develop a
strong. healthy constitution.
1t is easier to keep fowls in a good
condition now than to allow them to
run down and then build up again.
Poultry should always have access
to green food when possible, and when
they can not it should be supplied.
Corn. when fed to the hens by itself,
has a tendency to fatten rather than
produce the most profitable egg lay
ing.
Tarred paper is better than almost
any other material for lining the in
side of coops and houses. 1t is also
excellent for driving away lice.
The only sure and safe way to keep
large fiocks, whether young or old, rs
to separate them into small lots. each
one to occupy place for itself.
The distinguishing characteristics
of the Sylesbury breed of ducks are
their fecundity and early maturity.
combined with their great aptitude to
fatten.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
Aipine Borinas.

Although the boring of the Simplon
is not yet quite completed. the
Geneva correspondent of the Newcas.
tie Chronicle states that a project is
on foot for another important tunnel
in Eastern Switzerland. specially de-
signed to bring Southern Germany
and Northern Italy into close con-
tact. conference was held on the
SUBJECT at Berne the other day. at
which seven cantons were represent
ed, while the cantons OF Zurich and
Appenzell. though not represented,
have given In their adhesion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17


between
nj -,
the waterfalls OF Can
and Of harnessed
meeting of the British Association
million five hundred tnou
untitled
electric Of this great
thought
onethird must be
credited United
place steam
seldom thought o.
million horse
twelve
annual saying coa
increasing
depths which they
of the
fields highly consideration Every t
inc The fact that coal better grades
for human long possible Men Of science have more than once
sounded gift
which Thus waterfalls enabling coal
supplying electric But for them growing Of electricity would
The Of waterfalls certainly have dwne Every
viii valley
been population Bigham that
fulfilled within
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
The Bigger Thing.

81 was in a New England village on
election day." said the New York
drummer, land the electors came up
to the scratch nobly until about two
hours before the polls closed. Then
tin peddler with sick horse drove
into town and all further interest in
the election was forgotten. The work
ers deserted the polls in a body, the
electors who hadn't voted refused to
leave that sick horse to do so and
when the result of the count was an.
nounced one old fellow who had been
pulling at the horses ears for the last
hour replied:
"Now, then, never mind who is elect
ed or defeated. We have got heap
bigger thing on hand to save this
hoss."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
A Perfect Hoo.

No two men exactly agree as 20
what constitutes perfect hog. Diff
ferent men (men of equal ability will
pick out different hogs as the winners.
This is due of their different ideas
as to type and to perfection, write
Meisser Bros. in Farmers Advocate.
Let us see what are the requirements
Of perfect hog. They are size, bone,
quality, color, markings, hair, head,
ear, symmetry. style, beauty, evenness
and dozen smaller requirements in
an ideal hog. The crucial test, and the
one requirement in an ideal hog, is,
will he make the most pork out of the
least amount of feed? All the former
go to please the eye, the latter is to
I'LL the pocket-book. If need be, we
could dispense with all the former,
but the latter is the life of the bust
ness.
What l wish to impress upon the
breeder Is, do not forget the par
amount object of the breed. 1t should
be your duty to do all you can in
selecting such stock that will make
the most gain from the feed fed. Feed
Is high and will go higher as the
years pass on. 1t will be only with the
utmost care and closest selection that
we will be able to raise the excellency
of efficiency that has been attained in
the last 25 years. We can scarcely
hope to accomplish as much in the
next 25 years; still there is plenty of
room left.
You may wonder what type I con-
slider the nearest perfect. 1t certainly
can be no other than the medium hog.
Extremes are always bad, be they in
character, climate, weather or in
stock. Extremes are bound to be I'M
popular. The short and shuffy hog
may not waste much feed, but he is
sluggish, weighs little and would ex-
terminate the breed if continuously
used for breeding purposes. The long,
lean and gaunt hog, in my opinion, is
poor and wasteful feeder, requir-
ing too long time to market. To
my knowledge the state has not ex-
perimented along this line. These
would be valuable tests
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
The Covering of silaqe.

When silage is to stand any length
OF time before feeding begins, it Is i'm
portant that its surface should be pro-
tected from the air. Green. marsh
grass or clover makes a good cover
ing. Dat straw, or a portion of the
silage itself, may be used If nothing
cheaper can be had. After the silo
Is filed it should be tramped thorough
ly every two or three days for at least
q week. The object of the repeated
trampings is to overcome the tendency
OF the silage to adhere to the walls
in settling, and thus leave it loose
and open so that air can get in.
1t is important to have a man in
the silo during the whole period of
filling, In order to keep the silage well
scattered and the surface level and
well tramped around the walls. Ev-
erything considered, it has been found
that slow filling of the silo, such as
will require a week or ten days or
even longer, not only allows more feed
to be stored in it. but also insures bet
ter silage than when hurried in three
or four days. Time is required for the
silage to settle and to expel the en-
tangled air by heating and by the set
ting free of carbonic acid. This getting
rid of the air favors smaller losses
and sweeter silage.
II the silage is rather ripe and dry
when cut it is advisable to wet the
top with water when the silo is full
at the rate OF about two gallons per
square foot Of surface. The object of
this water is to restore that which is
lost by evaporation due to heating,
and to quickly develop a thin, we'll
rotted. very wet layer on the surface
which then forms nearly air-tight
cover.
In the construction of silos it is very
important to have the horizontal di-
mansions such that the rate of feeding
shall be rapid enough to permit no
moulding on the exposed surface.
Slight traces of mould have been
observed in silage when being fed at
the rate of IL inches per day, and
this would indicate that it should not
be fed slower than this daily. Each
lWO iuCuCo VI COlA ciidSC VIII WCiSh
on the average rs pounds per square
foot, and on this basis the proper sur
face area would be placed at five
square feet per cow. 1t is quite pos
sible that this feeding area may be en-
larged somewhat, but it is serious
mistake to make it so large that there
is danger of there being spoiled silage
on the surface which must be shoveled
aside every time the silage is taken out.
The best plan is to have the silo as
deep as possible and the diameter re-
latively small. This construction will
give the largest capacity for given
size, because the silage will have a
greater depth In which to settle and
will be- more compact.-Prof. F. W.
Taylor, in the Massachusetts Plough
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
HARD TIMES FOR BABIES.
Frequently Made Martyrs to Old
Established Customs.

GetdUitSNC1 SuSiOn1S.
Even in some civilized countries
babies still have hard times. In parts
of Flanders the mothers wind linen
cloths around the heads Of their
children because it is considered beau
tiful there for girls to have fiat
temples. In parts OF France there is
still worse custom.
The style in heads there is to have
the back of the skull as fiat as pos
sihle, so board is strapped to the
back of the infants head.
In Brittany many houses have a
pole fastened in the floor. Attached
p this is a movable arm that is free
to turn completely around the upright
The babies are strapped to this arm,
and are expected to amuse themselves
by lurching around and around in a
ring. The Breton peasants imagine
that it teaches them to walk, and they
don't seem to care that it makes their
legs handy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
VARIOUS IDEAS AS TO HADEs
Heather Conceptions Of the Inferna'
Regions Peculiarly Horrible.

Heather Conceptions OF the Internal
Regions Peculiarly Horrible.
'T am writing" said an author, "a
monograph on the Internal regions as
the heather races of the world have
at different times imagined them.
''The internal regions Of Buddhism
are horrible. They comprise great
hell and 1876 lesser bells. In these
bells, according to the sculptures of
the Buddhist temples, men are ground
to powder and their dust turned into
ants and f1eas and spiders. They are
pestled in a mortar. The hungry eat
red-hot iron balls. The thirsty drink
molten iron.
"Islamism says of the internal
regions: They who believe not shall
have garments Of fire fitted to them;
boiling water shall be poured on their
heads and on their skins and they
shall be beaten with maces of IRON
'.In the Scandinavian mythology the
mythology of Odin and Thor, we are
told that in Nastrond there is a vast
and direful structure with doors that
face the north. 1t is formed entirely
of the backs of serpents, waited to.
gether like wickerwork But the
serpents' heads are turned toward the
inside of the hall and they continually
send forth floods Of venom, in which
wade all those who commit murder or
forswear themselves
'In the past the Christian idea Of
the Internal regions was as hideous
as the heather idea, and in their SER
mons clergymen loved to describe hell.
TheN present tendency, however, is to
avoid discussion of this place--to
dwell upon the gentler and more love.
ly side of Christianity"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
Care in Training.

Many young horses are ruined by
being put to work too young, before
their bones are properly hardened and
their joints sufficiently strong. In this
Immature condition the young animal
is not able to bear constant and sew
ere exertion, and if this is exacted of
them the injury will be felt all through
the rest of their lives. Moderate ex-
ercise should be begun quite early,
but full service should not be required
before the fourth year
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17

any other way madness lies. No
other tolerable relation Of the sexes
has yet been imagined. and probably
no other Is imaginable"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17

The body of Theodore Thomas, the
deceased orchestra leader, has been taken
to Boston and inferred in Mount Auburn
Cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17

day Of the wasted power Of WATERMAN
disposal every hiy mountainous cour
try furnishing electric energy The power
driving the greatest of all tunnels the double SIN
pon BORE through the Alps sending another tunnel,
precpices and under glaciers to the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
Woman and Publicity.
The Feminine Display Box Circle at the OPer
Cited Warming
Bv MediCuS.

E phase of the question discussed by your women
opponents suffrage is interesting and
but far important and suggestive the conseq
of publicity feminine appearance and character as
exhibited fashionable society," and that effect forces its
the attention observer York. at least far
hv Tho mfr of into
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
How New Workers Talk.
BY Richard Ho1brook.

words ike grass
III dialects in North England New
for moo Tor new
I Thacke In England however TINS
gentlemen And New
will duty, suit etc. rightyEor shall we say
Maons Dixon new
Thus real and duel
reel
pretty" is the character of English fiction - .. o
the region Just
his RS In New York the letter
heah unless
dately "herei also formerly and formally
man. This phenomenon however seems occur Nn
the old stock wat WITCH wen WE arr and
Well bred New Workers pronounce pretty DIS
ing falling "goun "doun eun and fan-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-03-17
The Demand For
Water Power

How Waterfalls able World While Increasing
. Machinery, % Spare Supplies
p. SerViSS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
MIXED RETURNS.
Police Chief Queers Gamblers Wireless
Messages With Some of His Own.

Chicago, Sept. 7.-Commodore BUD
White of the wireless poolroom boat
City of Traverse was twisted Tuesday.
He had taken his floating gambling den
over into Indiana waters and was pre-
pared to give his sporting passengers
an opportunity to make all sorts of
money on the races. But about the time
the results began to come in from his
wireless station on shore other mes
sages which had nothing to do with race
horses hoated through the atmosphere.
Although Commodore White didn't
know 1T at the time he learned later
that Chief of Police Collins had estab-
lished wireless station of his own at
9743 Avenue H, South Chicago, and was
doing his best to queer the wireless
gambling business in new way,
"Juggler wins the third at Sleeps
receiving end of the wire" on the ira
verse. howl of glee went up from
the sports who bet on Juggler.
IAN bets off," shouted the operator.
Handspring wins by a neck from
sneezing his head off. We're pinched.
Revenue cutter has started out after
City Of Traverse. Jim O'Leary has
quit gambling and Joined the church.
Look out for squalls on Lake Michigan
and -"
Commodore White walked over. to the
perspiring operator and laid restrain
ing hand on his shoulder.
Bob" he said, II guess somebody's
stringing u.s.
The chat from unknown sources con-
tinued for awhile and then stopped
abruptly.
sixth at Fort Erie said the ticker;
| Little Boy wins 4 to IL
Make odds on last winner 200 to 1.
Roustabout has been vagged at La
tonia and Tom Crabb has been pinched
at Erie" came message close on the
heels OF the other.
I'm going dotty if this thing keeps
up" said the operator.
| They struggled through the afternoon
and when it was all over every gam
| bier aboard had a kink in his thinking
| mocha nism.
Didn't bother us Bit said Com
modore White as he stepped ashore at
South Chicago last night. Chief Col
| Inns sent lot of flashes to confuse US,
but we only laughed at them. Let him
have his little joke if he wants it,
| But it is known the chief intends to
make his rival wireless plant something
more than a Joke.
mot a word to say" smiled the chief
last night when asked about his latest
strategy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
MAIL DRIVERS STRIKE.
Leave Their Wagons Standing in the
Street in New York.

New York, Sept IA general alarm
was sent out this morning to Chief In
spector Cortright of the police depart
ment, calling on the captains to take
especial care to guard all mail wagons.
The order was issued because of a
strike last night by 300 drivers in the
employ of contractors for hauling the
mails from the general postoffice. No
this morning. No trouble has occurred
so far.
Three hundred drivers of the United
States mail wagons quit their jobs at 10
o'clock last night. More than a score
of them deserted their wagons at the
mail street entrance of the general post
Office after they had received word that
the strike had been decided upon. 1t is
an echo of the trouble over wages some
weeks ago. The leaders of the men say
that the agreement the bosses made
with them has not been lived up to.
They also demand an increase of wages.
Acting Superintendent of Mails Fox said
at the postoff1ce after the men had left
the wagons, that although there were
$50 mail routes to be delivered to rail-
road stations and branch offices up to
5 o'clock Thursday morning he thought
there would be no difficulty in keeping
the service running.
All of the men are employed by the
New York Mail company. The 215 men
in conference, in view OF the question of
strike, decided according to the state
ment of the president. Thomas Tandy,
to go on strike.
He says that H. c. Walcett, the man.
ager of the New York Mail company
and E. J. Travis made an agreement at
the time of the temporary settlement
of the difficulty previously that the
matter would be adjusted permanently
on the first of this month. He declares
that he has been unable to effect any
settlement.
1.-The understanding was" said Tandy
that all of the men were to get 50. 10
per day. The men driving the one
horse wagons are content with this
agreement but the drivers of the two
horse wagons want $3.50 a day.
I'VE reported this fact to Mr.. Travis
but he took no action"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
THEY TALK OF JOINTS.
Councilmen Ryder and Horn Discuss
List Given Out by Mr.. Green.

William Green, councilman of the
Third ward, is stirring up a cloud of
dust in the city council with reference
to the joint question. Councilman
Green has had returned to him a list
of the joints and disorderly houses
which are supposed to exist in the
city. The list was compiled as the re-
suit of a passage of arms between
Councilman Ryder and Councilman
Green over the discharge of duty by
the police department.
DR.. Ryder said this morning: 81
have had no question in my mind re-
garding the existence of joints in the
city. They have existed right along in
Topeka. 1t has always been SO, joints
have always been in Topeka was
not making any claim to the contrary.
What claimed was that there was no
grating on the part of the police and
the iointkeepers l have maintained
that the joints did not exist by virtue
of any understanding between the
police department and those who are
in the business. I do not believe that
there are any more Joints now in ex-
fstence than have been all along. I
believe that the same if not a greater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
number were operating during stahrs

number were operating during Stahl's
regime as chief of police"
Councilman Horn, chairman of the
police committee, says that he believes
that Mayor w. H. Davis is con-
scientious in enforcing the law. mayor
Davis is acting conscientiously. He
wants to keep the expense of running
the cfty'S affairs down as low as posi-
BILE. He doesn't want to tax up court
expenses and appeal costs against the
| city. OF course if the people of the
effort will be made to drive every
| joint in the city out. If the joints
don't sell the liquor the drug stores
and the clubs will. That has been the
Liquor will be sold in Topeka. that
seems to be the record of experience"
F. B. Simms, councilman of the
First ward, asserts that the joints
ones. 81 will take an oath before any
| tribunal in the state of whatever
character that I. every one of those
] places has been in existence for the
past six years. If not in that partie-
ular locality, in some other locality in
the city. There is not a new one in
the bunch.'
There are a number of errors in
the list which it is claimed has been
carefully verified.
which is operated at that location is
under the proprietorship of Jno. Hart,
an ex-policeman, who was on the force
when Stahl acted as chief.
Chris Meyers is not located at 400
Kansas avenue, but conducts a place
of business next door.
| Dick Johnson, who is reputed to be
running joint at 40S Kansas avenue,
is not dispensing any liquor. johnson
runs a restaurant and has the contract
| from the city to feed the prisoners at
I the city Jail.
The Star vaudeville theater occu-
pies the first floor of 420 Kansas ave-
nue. where another joint is said to be
located. The Eagles have the upper
| floors above the theater. There is no
| joint in the building.
A drug store has crept in the list.
At los East Sixth street a joint is said
raided for selling liquor in violation
of its permit. 1t is said, however,
that no whisky drug stores existed in
| the list.
doors removed, a joint existed for a
year or more. There is a restaurant
at that location run by F. E. Bates.
| The Coronado clubs address is given
at 1O6 East Seventh. This place was
raided under instructions from the
| county attorney over a month ago.
The room has been empty since.
The party who made the list evil
IDENTIFY took down the wrong address
| in q couple of instances where an
effort has been made to cite the dis
| orderly houses. At COL North Kansas
avenue the rooms in the second story
are occupied by an old man and his
| wife. There is no entrance leading
! from Kansas avenue, but an old
rickety stairway leading from the
rear of the lot. The rooms above 301
| Kansas avenue have not been occu-
pied by a disorderly house for some
thing like a year or more past.
1.-THE list was handed to me first
a week or more ago. said VIM. Green.
"Afterward 1 gave it to a prominent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
Low One Way Rates.

Every day from September Is to
October 81, 1905. inclusive, the Union
Pacific will sell one way tickets as fol-
lows:
$4,000 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$4,000 to Helena and Butte, Mont.
$3.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Washington.
$3.50 to Huntington and Nampa,
Idaho.
$500 to Portland. Tacoma and
Seattle
$500 to Vancouver and Victoria.
$500 to Ashland and Astoria, Ore
gon, via Portland.
$4,000 to San Francisco, Los An
geles and San Diego.
Correspondingly low rates to many
other California, Oregon, Washington,
Montana, Utah and Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every day
on Union Pacific between Missouri
river and Pacific coast; double berth
$575 For full information call on
or address nearest Union Pacific agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-07
NO DIFFERENCE

Old People just as Happy as Young.
Age cannot wither nor custom stale
the infinite variety of life.
When the right food makes one
new each day there seems as much
simple happiness when one is old as
when young, but bounding health is
the requisite and right food produces
that.
A happy woman of II tells her ex-
perience:
For three years. she says. 81 was
greatly troubled with a nervous affec-
ton of the stomach. which al last
brought me to such a condition that
I could neither eat nor sleep with anv
sort of comfort. I grew very despond-
ent and felt that my hold on life was
very uncertain. 1t was difficult for
me to find food that 1 could digest
MY doctor kept me on a diet of rice
Tor long time, but it did not seem tc
give me any strength
Il am glad that at last l decided 10
try Grape-Nuts food, for it has done
q wonderful work for me- Before
had used up the first package I began
TO take new interest in life, and
rapidly increased in health and
strength. My stomach has reeained
it's normal tone and in the two Yea IL
that Grape-Nuts has been my ONLY
food, l have not had a sick day.
am a years old and Grape-Nuts has
q restored to me the pleasure of living
am sorry did not begin sooner fe
use it. I cannot praise it too highly
Name given by Postum Co. BATH,
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
A ten days trial is sufficient.