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The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02
Rough on Leo.

group OF loungers were discussing
the recent escape Of lion at one of
the summer parks just outside OF
Newark, and one expressed his belief
that 1t must have been something OF a
scare.
"Scare!" echoed a man connected
with the park. Il should say it was a
scare. The people made such din
was afraid the poor old fellow would
die of fright before We could get him
back to his cage.
"We found him hiding behind tree,
and 1t was ten minutes before we
could induce him to face that yelling
mob and get back to where he knew
he was safe. He is the gentlest old
fellow in the world and would never
have wandered out had he not been
frightened by the man who fell into
the cage from the cycle whirl above.
OF course that upset him, and when
he saw the door open he naturally ran
out.
Then the people made such a noise
that his one idea was to fee. The
more he ran the more they yelled, aud
when we did get him back it was
hours before he stopped trembling. y
1T was shame to scare the poor
old fellow like that."-New York
Press.
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trotting hogs. After two or three
turns around the market he drove to
the Wooipack yard, where his curious
steeds were embarrassed and led away
to be reealed with trough of beans
:,nd wash.
There have also been sporting pigs.
An old account of a black SOW which
Richard Toomer. one of the royal
keepers in the New Forest. broke to
find game and to back and stand.
says: Within fortnight she would
find and point partridses or rabbits,
and her training was much forwarded
by the abundance of both.
She daily improved and In few
weeks would retrieve birds that had
run as well as the best pointer; nay
her nose was superior to the bes.
pointer"
According to Linnaeus. the hog is
more nice in the selection of his vege,
table diet than any of our other do.
mesticated herbivorous animals" "
Thus in one respect the pig may be
said to be an epicure. Lima eus states
that the animal will eat seventy-two
plants. as against the goats 44S, the
Sleeps 3S7, the cows 27G and the
horses o62.-London Daily Express.
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From Private to Commander,

Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Carter,
First British Life guards, who retires
under the age limit is one of the
most remarkable examples of rising
from the ranks. The son of farmer,
he enlisted as a trooper in the life
guards in 1873, and after serving eight
years in the ranks was appointed rid
ing master. A year later he became
adjutant of the regiment and passed
from rank to rank till in 1902 he was
appointed lieutenant colonel and sec
ond in command. 1t rarely happens
that ranker receives a commission
in the regiment in which he has served
and Col. Gordon Carter was the first,
If not the only, trooper who ever rose
to the command of a regiment OF
household cavalry.
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LIVES LIFE OF RECLUSE
Archimedes. Swamp Angel" Queerest Character
of St. Clair County. Michigan

Nearer, it looks as though the hut had
been too heavy and slipped down into
the soft, yellow sand until the caves
had stopped the downward course.
Only the sloping. patched UP roof is
above ground
Entrance is gained to the door at
one end by jumping into vide
trench. There is no floor inside.
Chickens scratch in the dirt or psrch
themselves on the edge of the kettle
of beans which stands on the battered
old cook stove.
The place is piled full Of rubbish of
rounds the old table. on which and
about which are strewn the calf-bonnd
volumes OF the law.
The law is Archimedes' hobby. Rto-
ries are many of his loiterings about
the court rooms, listening to many
trials, taking many notes. entering in
to discussion with the county's legal
lights.
Seldom is he seen in the c,urt
rooms now. He has gathered his
notes; now he ponders over imaginary
cases in the seclusion OF his hut. A
visitor may win his friendship and
lead him into conversation by the
merest reference to the courts.
Archimedes Galbralth is the mans
full name. He is 81 years old and was
born somewhere in eastern Canada.
He does not talk about himself and
the slightest reference to his history
drives him into reticence. This much
is known from his own mouth: that
he and his sister were left consider
able property many years ago by their
father; that Archimedes lived with
the sister and her husband at ANA
dore for several years, but he could
not tolerate companionship.
For twenty years he has lived en-
tirely alone He never married. He
is an educated man. well informed in
history. He seems to take sort OF
pride in his lonely condition and yet
loathes his rags and filth. He always
leads visitors away from his hut and
refers to it as his "hog-pen." Why he
continues to live as he does no one
has guessed, for it is generally be-
lieved that he has considerable wealth
besides his 12O acres OF land in St.
Clair county and a plantation in Cuba.
Many believe that he has a small for.
tune stored away somewhere in the
midst of the traps in his hut. There
are stories afloat Of early disappoint.
ment in love which made him choose
his recluse existence.
Just few days ago this prince in
rags was picked up on the street in
Port Huron as vagrant BY new
member Of the police force. The old
fellow protested. but the new patrol.
man lugged him to headquarters 4
where he was promptly released ana
everybody had laugh at the jealous
officer.
"He could buy the whole police de-
partment and keep us for the rest OF
our days." said Chief Names.
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Mysterious Jam.

Mr.. Bennett had an embarrassing
nabit of bringing unexpected guests
home to luncheon, and the family lard
er was not always equal to the strain.
On one occasion Mrs. Bennett was
obliged to reinforce the rather scanty
menu with something from her store
Of preserves.
Hastily seizing jar Of gooseberry
jam. the good woman emptied it into
a glass dish and placed it on the table.
A little later the guest, who for
some moments had been regarding
with puzzled interest his plate Of jam,
looked up to PROFOUND a question.
81 beg your pardon" said he. "but
would you mind telling me what fruit
this excellent preserve is made Of?
The flavor is delicious, but can't call
to mind any fruit with seeds like
those
Mrs. Bennett leaned forward to in
spect the seven round objects on the
guests plate.
For goodness sake!" she ex-
claimed. Those are the marbles
put into the kettle to keep the jam
from burning. forgot to take them
out!"-Weekly Scotsman.
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ledge. The man heard it go and rang
for me. When l came in he was
lying there crying like a child.
Its gone he blubbered
81 thought he was talking about his
appendix. SO said he ought to be
glad it was gone, but he went on cry.
irg.
'I wanted it, he said. I could have
Lad it tomorrow. It's my box.
"'Well, what did you have in it?'
asked.
''He looked at me as if he could
hardly bear to speak the word and
then he burst out:
LADY fingers
Can you beat that That great big
fellow had brought lady fingers With
him so he'd be sure to have some.
thing to eat. And mind you that S
not all. Before the week was out he
felt better and then he told me he
hadn't intended to eat the things him.
self, but he'd meant them as present
for me. He actually tried to make me
think he'd shed tears because | could.
MT have them. reckon if you said
lady fingers to him now he'd try to
fight. Washington Post.
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cactu. a Comma Stock Food.

That cactus is to be a stock food of
considerable value is certain. Even
now considerable quantities are being
fed. but this amount is smaller than it
should be, due to the trouble in get
ting the spines out Of the way. which
is now done by singeing and steaming.
1t is obvious that this requires a good
deal of hand labor. All kinds of farm
animals take kindly to this class OF
food when the spines are out Of the
way. The cacti carry a large amount
Of water and are thus especially
adapted to furnish succulent food
in the semi.arid regions in which they
grow. Dairy cows eat from 40 to 70
pounds Of this kind of food per day,
and oxen will take up to 200 pounds
per day when given nothing elaA
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Oats Injured by Rust,

In this vicinity about 40 per cent OF
all the plowed land is in oats. This
makes it a very important crop with
us. We have had considerable trouble
from rust and l think the losses have
been considerable. But as yet the far
mers are doing nothing to check the
spread of this fungus. We SOW our
oats in spring as soon as the frost is
out of the ground. About the only
preparation the land receives is one
discing. The oat straw is mostly fed
on the farms, but of course much of it
goes into bedding. The great obstacle
in this locality to the successful pro-
duction of oats Is rust. l do not think
we can greatly increase the yield here
unless we first treat the oats SO that
the product will be free from rust.-O.
J. Wagner Livingstone County, III.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02
TVRTLE HAS TWO HEADS

That nature is not without latent
sense of humor is often demonstrated
ty the strange abnormal creatures
and freak growths she produces, and
rarely does week pass by that some
one of the many illustrated publica'
tions does not contain photograph
OF a curiosity of this character. Ac-
cordingly the Scientific American
adds one more to the list of oddities
in a two-headed box tortoise. the prop
erty Of E. S. Schmid, taxidcrmist OF
Washington.
The turtle, which is OF common
and well known variety, and whose
scientific name is terrapene Carolina,
was found in Fairfax county, Virginia
near Mount Vernon, and with the ex.
ception Of It's superauity OF heads ap-
pears to differ little from the ordinary
! representatives of its kind. The truth
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02

For weeks Shep, blooded Scotch
collie dog, waited at lonely station
in Augusta County, Va, for the re-
turn OF his absent master, says the
Denver Republican. The master. c..
F. Dorian of West Eighth avenue, Den.
yer, when he heard that his devoted
pet was homeless, took railroad trip
to Virginia to get possession OF the
dog and bring him to Colorado. The
two have never been separated since.
Dorian was at the Union depot last
light. waiting for a train to take him
to South Platte. Neb.. where he is to
do some contract work for the Union
Pacific railroad With him was the
dog Shep.
Mr.. Dorian patted the dog as he told
the following story:
II left Augusta county, Va, where
had farm, several months ago. /
gave Shep to a neighbor, believing
that he would be better of than with
me- Shortly after left he broke his
chain and returned to my farm, which
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ACTOR DROVE A BARGAIN

A man who has known Wilton Lack
aye since his youth tells an amusing
story Of the actors practica! employ
ment Of his art to facilitate bargain
81 was in an official capacity in 4
private car of tain which was al
tached to the private car of the Trilby
company, just then returning from the
Pacific coast" says the narrator AT
Green River Springs, Col. they cut
loose the mail cars and there was
quite delay. At the station Indians
sell buffalo horns. Several members
Of the company went out and bought
them. The best piece of the bunch
was a group of polished horns formed
into chair
''Lackaye went out on the platform
and bargained with a dirty Sioux for
half an hour The Sioux wanted $o6
Tor the horn chair. but Lackaye
wouldn't pay that price.
Il was secretary to director OF
the Union Pacific railroad at that
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Decline in French Manners.

Paris dancing masters are lament
ing the decline of French elegance in
the art. They assert that the French
are losing their old habits of polite
ness, and, as a dancing nation, are
certainly declining.
They express especial horror at the
latest fashion in the ballroom, which
is revival of an old habit. Ladies', it
appears, are taking to carrying dainty
little snuff boxes in their hand with
their fan. The ladies' offer their
boxes to each other, and, as few are
yet adopts in the art of snuff taking,
the courtesy is always followed by
chorus OF sneezing.
At a recent ball one prolonged and
widely spreading fit of sneezing that
occurred in the intervals OF dance
caused much laughter.
But the dancing master does not
laugh. He calls for the suppression
Of this new craze.
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FEEDING Farm Horses,

l.. A. Merrill, Utah, speaking to con
course of farmers, said the amount OF
hay fed on the ordinary farm may be
greatly reduced. SO far as horses are
concerned. This, he said, would be a
saving to the farmers and would re.
suit in reducing the digestive disor.
ders to which the horses are subject.
Horses should receive most Of the hay
at night, very little in the morning
xad none at all for the noon meal.
Always water before feeding. Oats
make the best grain feed for horses,
but these can be replaced by bran or
shorts or supplemented by the use of
corn. Carrots and sugar-beet pulp
have a marked beneficial effect in
horse feeding, serving as a laxative
and tonic. as we'll as enabling the
horse to digest the hay and grain more
effectively. Horses may eat Is much
~ 10 pounds Of sugar beet rulp dk.ly.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02
Incubator in Cold Weather.

Below give my methods OF incuba-
ton. mate my birds in January and
begin to set the eggs some time in Feb
ruary. Frequently begin about the
18th. find the fowls hatched in March
and April are the best winter layers
and also make the best show birds the
coming winter. They do not need to
be pushed forward by high feeding
as do those that are Matched later
in the spring. l place Is eggs under
each hen. But we use only a few
hens, SO have two incubators. Each
CT these holds $50 eggs. l only start
one at time and then ten days after.
wards start the other and keep them
going. That gives me a hatch eyerv
ten days. II l have hen that wants
to set, set her In the basement II the
weather Is cold.-C. W. Brshn, Clay
Co., Neb.
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Ashes for Orchards,

Ashes for Orchards.
see quite a little discussion IN the
papers about ashes as fertilizer and
Its good effects in an orchard. would
Ike to encourage others to use all they.
can get Of them, as my experience
with them in my orchard has caused
me to prize them very highly, and
buy all can find in our village; but
SO few burn wood now it is hard to.
get supply. give 25 cents barrel,
and furnish the barrel for them. My
nrst experience was about twenty
years ago, had some old snow apple
trees that seemed most dead, there
were SO many dead limbs on them
came very near grubbing them out. l
would have done SO except they were
near my bees and they usually light
In them and | did not mind cutting
limbs OFF Of them. was burning brush
one winter, cleaning up my timber and
made lots of ashes, and hauled 70 II
wagon loads and spread them thick
under those trees. Such change AS
there was in those trees and fruit. Tae
frIlit seemed to take on new grow tn
better. at least they took many first
premiums at our county and st:-te
fairs. They are alive and bearing nee
fruit yet, and they get occasionally
some ashes, and the balance Of my
:rees get all l can buy. was back
in York state few years ago and
visited one of the finest orchards in
that state. I was informed that the
owner bought ashes by the ton and
sowed them in his orchard; they came
from Canada, the ashes. How they
get such supply there, l can't tell.
but they ship carloads.
l think ashes will supply what Is
lacking in our soil, especially in an
old orchard to great extent. A
young orchard seems to have a sun.
cient supply for few years. 1t seems
after few years the trees use up tke
supply of potash, which ashes will re-
PLACES. G. Soverhill, Bureau Co., H.,
in Farmers Review
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Out on sandy, wind-driven road
hat begins at the lake shore and
steals through clump of scrubby,
eafbare poplars, half mile above
Lake View life-saving station, is the
lueerest farm In the county, says
Port Huron dispatch to the Detroit
Free Press.
On it is a hut, the queerest that
ever harbOred human being. In the
hut, huddled with rags, chickens. box
es. barrels, filth and collection OF
law books, is the county's queerest
man.
Other counties may have their
Gueerest men, but in that regard St.
Clair county will not temper its boast
with the mildest of reservations.
The man is Archimedes. the
swamp angel" miser and recluse
Archimedas is the man who startled
bench and bar recently by appearing
in the circuit court to defend his in
tefests in suit for damages, which
he brought against l.. B. Rice. Rice
owns property adjacent to that of the
miser and is charged by the plaintiff
with having started brush fire which
spread to the property of Archimedes
and destroyed many trees.
The suit was started in justice court
more than four years ago and the re-
cluse lost, but later appealed the case
His lawyers deserted him, so he ap-
peared in his own interests, but was
forced to go out and get an attorney
Or lose his case by his strange court
methods.
The incident served to bring to
mind favorte saying of the old
mlser: Il would have Eeen a lawyer
myself. but found that the profession
is overcrowded with FOOLS"
II you have ever seen on the streets
,, Of Port Huron rickety horse, hitched
to rickety wagon. with harness
which in lieu Of buckles, employs
yards and yards of rope and twine,
you have seen the outfit with which
this rich man in rags parades the
town.
If you keep an eye on this wagon
as it stands next to the curb you will
see a man Chamber in with a gunny
sack slung over his shoulder. He is
as sorry looking an individual as one
could find in a months search. Until
late in the fall his head is usually
bare, exposing shiny bald pate to re-
feet the suns rays.
In summer he Is barefooted and
wears a tattered suit OF brown can.
vas, patch laid upon patch with the
miser's own big needle. In winter he
Is in nobbier garb, for his brown, cold
weather togs do not boast SO many
layers Of patches. For years he wore
an army overcoat of blue, which he
says he bought at second hand store.
The farm, on which he has lived
since 1887. is nine miles north of the
city. Few have seen the inside Of the
hermitage. From the road 1t looks
like a mere heap of boards and tin.
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time and We were travelling in his pri.
vate car. Getting tired OF the argu.
ment between the actor and the In.
dian went into the car.
Il had not been there long when the
colored cook came in and said that a
'ge'mman' in the last car wanted to
pass through our car for joke. 1t
was dull and my employer and said
Sure in one breath.
Result! Well, Lackaye went
through our car and into the first car
0. the train, where he made friends
with an immigrant just over, borrowed
his striped flannel jacket and cloth
cap and would have taken his blonde
hair if it would have come off and left
his Broadway garments as security.
Then he went out on the platform
ard just as the train was about to
start he bought that polished $26 buff
falo chair for 1928 from the unsus,
rccting Sioux He is a good actor all
right
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02

Of this, however. could only be ascer-
tanned at the cost, we fear. of the
creatures life, for its armor-like shell
would make an investigation of it's
internal economy hazardous, if not
impossible. The animal appears to be
about four months old, and measures
some two by one and three quarter
inches, the shell being possibly trife
larger than would ordinarily be the
case. The two heads are nearly Of
the same size, and as far as can be
seen are perfect in all respects. Its
other visible members do not exceed
the usual number, and it is probably
not incorrect to conclude that the null
t!plicity is confined to the heads.
These do not feed together, but do
SO separately and alternately, and ap-
lear, furthermore to be otherwise in.
dependent.
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pairyinq in Argentina,

The dairy industry is rapidly ad-
vancing in Argentina. This is shown
by figures recently published by the
government of that country. Eleven
years ago the export of butter amount.
ed to less than twenty tons. The fol.
lowing year, 1905, the figures were 494
tons in 1901 they had reached total
of 1910 tons; in 1902 the total exports
of butter were Alps tons: in 1908 the
exports were $500 tons. OF these last
Great Britain bought ALA tons and
Africa 1918 tons. We have no later
statistics than those of 1908. The num-
ber of cows in the republic devoted
largely to the production Of milk for
human consumption is about 1000, 900.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02
Addition to " Ishinuton Society.

Lieutenant Commander Count Albert
Victor Gleischen. the new military at
tache of the British embassy in Wash
inston, is second cousin of King Ed
ward and third cousin OF the Ger
man emperor. He is bachelor, tall
and soldierly. fond of society and
useful in the drawing room as a man
who can sing song and lead cotil-
Ion. Likewise he has fine fortune
and he aGm;res American girls. He is
in this country to study conditions an
to write his impressions. He will set
up a bachelor establishment in the
Stoneleigh.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02
So.CaIled "Wonder" Churns.

Many of the churns being offered up
on the market with wonder" attached
to their name in some form or other are
good things for the farmer to let alone.
We have just heard of new churn
OF this kind being manufactured in
Massachusetts. 1t makes a pound of
butter from quart Of milk, which
has been the form Of fraud most COM
monty practiced in the sale of such
churns. It is easy enough, by the use
Of pepsin, to collect the butter-fat and
the casein in milk into one mass that
looks very much like butter. The
mass. however, is not butter, but a
very rich, soft cheese. The men that
sell these churns depend upon this de-
ception for making their sales, and
we are sorry to believe that they find
altogether too many buyers.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-03-02
CVRE FOR EVERY ILL

Then good-by to palpitation,
To germs and amputatiOn.
The surgeons and the specialists are in
IA dreadful plight:
Throw away your pills galore.
You won't need them any more:
Just eat big round apple and y1"'1l be
all right.
II you're feeling pessimistic
In way that's realistic
If everything Is going wrong and tnr gs
looks black night:
II you're Ill In mind or body.
Do not take II drink OF tOddy--
Just eat a big round apple and you'll he
all right.
Then good bye to all narcotics.
To tonics and hypnotics,
The medical profession will soon be lost
to sight;
Throw away your pills galore.
You won't need them any more:
Just eat q big round aprle and you'll be
all right.
New York Sun.