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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-03
Spree Of an Enalish Cow.

We sometimes hear Of farm animals
becoming partly intoxicated on the
stuff thrown out from breweries and
distilleries and cutting up queer
FRANKS. Whether the cow told about
by Cow Keeper and Dairymen's Jour.
nal" Of Chatham, England. had been
eating sour malt or some such by
product we do not know. but here Is
what the paper says occurred:
A COW was being driven home from
market by the purchaser, when II
started In pursuit Of a little girl
named Dickinson. who had started
running on seeing the animal. The
girl ran into her home. and her mother
had barely time to barricade the sit
ting-room door with chairs and a sew.
ing machine, when the cow COM
menced to butt the door. Unable to
secure any degree of satisfaction here.
the animal proceeded to stumble up
stairs, and in the front bed ROOF
wrought sad havoc among tho furni.
ture and fittings. A great crowd had
by this time assembled in the street,
and one of the spectators ran in and
opened vile the bed room window.
Almost Immediately the animal put
its head and forelegs out of the win.
dow, and it's hoofs slipping on the
zinc covered roof of the bay window.
the animal slid bodily into the street,
to the accompaniment Of a great
smashing Of glass. The crowd bolted
in all directions, but the frightened
beast, which was apparently uain.
jured, was secured without any fur,
Their damage being done.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-03
Bacterial Content of Milk.

Many Of our large cities have estab.
lished a rule that no sweet milk sold
shall contain over a certain number
OF bacteria per cubic centimeter. As
these bacteria consist largely of Tactic
Of the milk, and which produce sour.
ness, it has been asked why such a
rule should be enforced. 1t must be
recognized that Tactic acid ferments
are not disease germs. Nevertheless,
there Is a good reason behind the act
of any city board of health that makes
such a rule. All physicians know
that the milk given to children, espe.
cially very young children, must be
sweet II it is to be digestible. The
juices of the stomach of the child are
primarily adapted to the digestion of
whole sweet milk. While SOUL milk
may be more easily digested by the
stomach of the mature person, this is
not true of babes. 1t Is a well Known
fact that babes in American cities are
fed to q very large extent on cows
milk. Wherever this milk Is found
to be sour, or well on the way to be.
COIllluS oOui, lhNSotAllol uloluI UduCCS
result when 1t Is used for babes.
Wherever the boards of health have
vigorously enforced the rule that only
sweet milk shall be sold, there has
been a material reduction in sickness
among infants, and consequently a
lower death rate. While 1t may be a
hardship to the people not to be able
to purchase skim milk and sour milk,
yet the general result of this precau.
ticn Is good.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-03

of the cars, but horses suffering from
unsoundnesses such a ringbone, side.
bone, SPAWN, curb or chorea. They
should never have come across the
pecan They should have been re.
jected at the sea board, but as the
government pays no attention to such
matters the rejecting work should
have been done in the first judging
ring entered in this country, OF, bet.
ter still, veterinary inspection should
have excluded them from competition.
We have been speaking plainly, for
there is no sense in CLOSING over mat.
ters Of such vital importance. The
question should be taken up at once
and in real earnest, for 1t cannot
longer be safely overlooked.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-03
The Bacon Hoo,

The English bacon hog Is said to be
the type toward which the bacon hogs
of the world are being developed
The Danes and the Irish are produc.
ing fine bacon hogs, but they are do
ing so because they are closely fol.
lowing the English standard. The
English have always been lovers OF
fine bacon and have a very well-fxed
opinion as to what it should be. The
price paid for bacon from the Eng.
fish hog is far above the price paid
for the bacon from lard hogs prodnc-
ed in the American corr belt.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-03
Swine of the Nations.

According to recent statistics the
hogs Of the leading nations Of the
world number as follows: United
States, AZ million; Germany, II mil.
lion; Russia, II million; Hungary, 7
million; Canada, 3 million; Spain, 2
millioa; Roumania. 2 million; Poland,
Belgium, Denmark, Australia and
the Netherlands, l million each; all
other countries. together with the
above, III million.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-03
T1AlqK2Y1:
Tying Cows In Stalls.

Most farmers still hold to the stan.
chions as a means of keeping their
COWS In the stable. 1t is surprising to
know that some of the most advanced
farmers have not yet abandoned the
use of the stanchion. A lecturer on one
OF the institute forces was delivering
a lecture on cows and condemned the
use of stanchions, advocating the
more modern methods Of COW tying.
In the discussion that followed some
one in the audience asked him the
question, What method do you use
In tying the cows?" He replied, II
still use the stanchion; I'm an old
fogy." This shows the force Of habit
even In those that are we'll instructed
as to scientific dairying. This nan
said that both he and his COWS were
used to the s%tanchion, and had been
all their lives, and he had not got
around to making any change. II
this is SO with those that are the
leaders in dairy thought, we need not
be surprised IL the great mass Of
farmers OF the country still hold to
the methods that science condemns.
ha5't thc uhlhlul Sdh-
moi lie down with ease and cannot
reach the parts of her body hat she
can reach under the more modern ar
rangement. The stalls that are now
generally advocated and used by the
men who are making a science of
dairying, are those that give the cow
a large amount of freedom. One of
these methods Is to have the stall
narrow enough to prevent the cow
from turning around in 1t. A chain
behind her prevents her from backing
out OF the stall. Her head is left
entirely free. The COW, when she lies
down, naturally turns her head when
she composes herself for sleep. The
modern stalls permit the cow great
eedom in this respect. Another sys-
tenn OF cow tying Is to fasten them
with a chain around the neck, the
chain being fastened TO a ring that
runs up and down on the center pole.
One has but to visit the state expert
ment station to see a great variety
OF methods demonstrated in the fast.
ening Of cows. All these, however,
serve n general purpose. that Of
making the COW comfortable. So far
as we know the rigid s%tanchions are
not used in any experiment station,
or on any farms conducted by scien-
tiic dairymen-James Addison, Blu
reau Co., ILL.,, in Farmers Review.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST"
How Pretty Old Story In sIisren
and AIisinterprcted.

How n Pretty Old Story In AIisrend
and AIisinterprcted.
When lovely woman weds a rich
coarse, cruel man, the cynical modern
observer exclaims, Beauty and the
Best" The characterization is a wick,
ed misleading of one of the loveliest OF
myths, story as fruitful of wisdom
to-day as when it sprang out Of the
early life of the world.
Beauty was good daughter and q
brave woman. Her father lost his for.
tune, and she set herself to serve him
When prosperity promised to return to
him, she begged gift of roses rather
than of jewels or laces. When he
again fell into trial, was captured by
the Beast and forced to promise one
of his daughters as ransom, Beauty
at once offered herself us the sacri.
flee.
In the palace of the Beast, surround
ed by every luxury, but not knowing
what fate awaited her, she never for.
got her old father, dreamed of him
nightly, and at last begged leave to go
to see him and return. Although she
was persuaded to stay week beyond
her leave, she came back loyalty to the
palace of the Beast. The poor crea.
ture was halfdead of grief for what
he believed to be her loss, and the
sight of his pain and his delight gave
her courage to avow her recognition of
his noble qualities, her love for him,
and her resolve to be his wife in spite
of his hideous exterior.
Instantly the Beast was transformed
into handsome young price, freed
from an evil charm by the devotion of
the brave woman, and Beauty and the
prince came into their just inheritance
of Joy and peace.
The symbolism Of the myth has a
profound truth. The Beauty who would
work charm upon the Beast in man
to-day must also possess the simplicity
which prefers the rose to the dla-
mond, the industry which does not fear
poverty, the filial loyalty which will
not finch from dangerous duty, the in
tuition which sees the great heart with
the ugly form, and the courage which
dares all for love.
When the woman of to-day and to.
morrow has all these powers at her
call, we shall see, not the hideous mod
ern parody Of Beauty and the Beast,
but the perennial repetition of the love.
ly old story in which, led through trials
by brave and vlrtuous woman, "they
all" live happy ever after.-Youths
Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

II was a-comin' up from the pos
oftiss tonight" he chartered, was
walkin' slow, fer I'm gettin' long In
years an hev pains in my legs. Jes'
es com nigh tibet bridge l see n
Teller path down the cliff an the swirl
in splash in the water below. hev
been in these ere mountings, boy and
man, for seventy year an knowed
the path down the cliff, an the swirl
in tibet pool-where ct carries float
In body. Forgettin' was more'n ten
years old, got down Their In no time.
l watched fer i'm. Wen he come nigh
l pulled i'm to the ledge, where was.
Part by carryin' but more by draggin'
of i'm l got the poor Teller up this ERE
road to the house. Their l took the
wet buds often him and sot him afore
the fire. He KEEP his eyes on the floor.
an his face in his hands. had no
stimulous to give him, beln' temper
ance; but, meant to cheer him up
bit by askin' why d. we want ter die?'
HE didn't pay no 'tention-on'y
KEEP lookin' at the floor 'Ye amt
more'n 25,' says l. The worlds afore
ye, yit.'
HE turned his face at me; an 1
see i'm good. for the first time. His
eyes was holler; his cheeks so wasted
an pale l was Altered he'd die right
Their ! was jess goin' ter say some
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
SIX YEARS AT cANANEs.
"Lost Mountains" Mine. Now Pro
ducing sO.OOO.OOO a Year.

"L0st Mountains" Mines Now Pro-
ducinE &O,OOO.OOO a Year.
Six years ago at Cananes, Mex. one
would have settled an irregular range
of low mountains, eighteen miles long
-"lost mountains the biologists call
them, because they are connected with
no other range, says Leslle's Weekly.
They are mere Stubs" the tops worn
down by tie powerful action of the
clemens, and the valleys filled by Gro.
sion. These "lost' hills We're barren
and bleak. Sometimes bunch of
stray cattle would range among the
mountains, but no white man made his
abode there. Even the beasts of prey
avoided this solitary range. There
was no wilder, lonelier spot in the
whole world than the lost mountains
of Cananes.
That was six years ago. Now they
are the seat of the third largest cop
per mine in the world, the site of a
city of 10000 inhabitants. In the mine
there are thirty-three miles of under
ground workings; 5000 men are tax.
ing out Of the earth and running
through reduction plants and smelters
$500 tons Of rock daily, producing in
copper, gold and silver more than So
100000 every year. Already the mines
have yielded $35,000,0OO. The 'lost
mountains" are the scene of tremen.
dous industry. There are great fur
naces with smoking stacks, ore bins,
foundries. shops, electric light plants.
ice and water plants, shaft houses. con-
contractors, broad and narrow gauge
railroads, street cars, telephone sys-
tom, banks, stores, schools. hospital
and all the other activities of modern
industrial town.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

treats them with such utter respect either for him.
self them He who would govern others must first con.
troll himself Camness beges coolnes and he who loses
his head cannot expect those around him retain self
possession.
The leader of men knows better than to confuse the
minds of his people by exaggeratng tes Such person
Is usually liked by all fair minded people, those under
him loyal and strive to his interests This man
either by intuition studies psychology under
stands the power of mind another and bestows
udcious praise and is chary of blame condemnng with
justice and only when he has to do His own GOODNESS
pervades his staff of assistants and they thus better
able TO plan and really achieve greatest results Such men
said to get more work out of others" than do many
who seem better equipped for the task
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21

thin comfortin' when he snarled:
'shet up, We OIL fool! Say, what dye
think Of that?'
Before | could reply we entered the
house.
In the middle of the room, seated
In front Of the glowing logs, was the
rescued man. The hollow-eyed stran-
ger raised his emaciated face and
spoke.
Look here, my good man." he be-
gan. you made mistake! Why did
you interfereW
"At yer time of life, no man ought
ter want to go to the other world" re-
piled the native.
How do you know" was the angry
retort, as the unknown got upon his
feet.
Il didn't mean ter interfere with
Providence" said our host, apologetic-
ally.
"Or justice?" asked the man, In a
low voice.
Certainly not"' with emphasis.
Come here, them" commanded he
of the hollow voice. I'll state my
case. You shall be court of last re-
sort"
The two men drew apart and stood
by a window. In tones 80 low that
not word was audible to me, the
wretched one made his plea. The lines
upon the face of the mountalneer grew
rigid, as the narrative progressed.
When the stranger had finished, the
native went to the chair upon which
hung the mans clothing, took the
steaming coat therefrom, and helped
him put 1t on. ..ext. lie handed the
wanderer his hat, opened the door and
said:
I'VE We're right hedn't ought ter
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
THE COURT OF LAST RESORT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~Neo~oNooo

OHE Montreal express set me
down at Whallonsville one
stormy November night. AL
though unusual for that train to stop,
the conductor had orders from the SUI
perintendent of the railroad to let me
off.
The station was closed and dark.
The weather was portentous of rain.
Masses Of clouds drifted across the
sky, the moon lodging ftfully behind
them. By surroundings were alter
nately black or gray.
l stood at the station. watching the
vanishing lights of the train. My IT.
resolution was due to doubts of find
ing shelter. l had before me TWEEN
ty-mile drive to the scene of MUIR
der, for which an early morning start
was imperative.
A path led into tangle of brush;
following it emerged into the open
upon narrow foot bridge. Midway
on that structure the moon disclosed
like silhouette, mans figure lean
ing against the rail. His gaze was d.
rected downward into gorge, noisy
with the roar Of mountain torrent.
Summer tourists familiar with the
Au Sable region will recall THE Black
Pool" into which stream plunges
over ledge of rock. The gorge Is dis
mally repellant by day or night.
Approaching the spectral man, l
asked to be directed to shelter for
We night. He did not at once reply,
out regarded me with suspicion. In
distinct as were his features, in the
gray haze, knew him to be aged and
when he spoke, his voice proved him
native to the locality.
How'd We git here, mister7" he
finally asked.
l explained that the train had been
stopped for me.
"What We done on the keers tibet
they put ye olf'om 'em?"
II wasn't put Off" explained. 81
travel for living-am a newspaper
correspondent"
ooh! l thought mebby yes like
t'other feller"-a remark l did not un
derstand; but renewed my request to
be directed to n stopping place for the
night. After he had again looked me
over, the native said:
II mout TEX We meself, eff l hedn't
IN a. ready"
When l again urged the stranger to
give me shelter he added: "Ill do es
well es ken by ye cause no wimmir
folks up ter my house, cause my wife
Is dead, an l never did have no chill
der. But, say, got man up there
pulled outen this here pool less ar
two hours ago! He's done nothin
sence but moan an cry. COULDN'T
stan him no longer, SO toddled dowr
here. I'm kinder glad we've come, fol
I hate to be alone with tibet chap al
night"
My prospective host led the way
across the bridge and up hillside
path. As we climbed he grew more
talkatiys,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
pRAcrlcED HIS PHILOSOPHY.


He Could See Misfortunes in Their
Humorous Aspect.
"Thank goodness for clothes-line "
exclaimed Eric Gordon, fervently, as he
and his wife were putting the finishing
touches on a week Of packing, prepara-
tory to moving out of their house.
That's what the Thurstons would say.
Did you know they call that room they
live in their 'one-room fiat? When all
the chair and tables are full, they stack
things in corner and say, Thank
goodness for tioor!"
Mercy said the tired-looking young
woman who was resting for minute
on a packing-box. How do people live
so?"
"Adaptability to circumstances and
the knack of turning the humorous
light on things. They have mighty
good time-all owing to their philoso-
ply. Now isn't it better to rejoice over
your thoughtfulness in forgetting to
pack this clothes-line than it would be
to lament because we've lost that trunk
strap?" He tipped up trunk, and pro-
ceeded to rope 1t stoutly us lie went on :
If we can acquire the habit of being
amused by things which nag most peo-
pie; If we can learn to enjoy lying
awake when we can't go to sleep; II
we can look on the noise which dis
turbs us as kind of music"
$50 easy to preach!" murmured his
wife. "Eric, do you know that it's 60
ing on midnight? Mother will repent
having asked us to sleep there If we
don't come soon. o Eric, do you know
you've left out that vase on the trunk
behind your"
YES: couldn't find place where
l dared pack 1t. I'm going to carry it
in my hands,"
1.-THE idea! You think more of that
vase than Of everything else we own!"
Maybe. It's our choicest possession,
I guess He glanced admiringly over
his shoulder at the rare piece of glass;
Then he asked, abruptly. How am
going to cut this rope? want to put
the rest Of it round that box, and John
Blake has walked off with my knife"
and everything in the house that
might cut is packed, and everybody in
the neighborhood is asleepw
Don't you suppose there's any sharp
edged thing lying around?"
I'm afraid not" she answered, du-
biously, and together they made fruit
less tOur of the rooms
II might gnaw it." hazarded Gordon,
humorously, picking up the rope and
trying to break 1t. AS he did so his
foot slipped and one arm few out,
striking the cherished vate behind him.
With a lunge he reached for it, only
to give it blow that sent 1t crashing
into fragments on the hard tiling of
the hearth.
20 Eric!" gasped Mrs. Gordon, and
waited for him to say the rest.
There was half-minute Of silence
Then, with grim twinkle, he picked
up Jagged bit of the beautiful rain
bow-hued glass.
THANK goodness for something to
cut this rope with" he said, quietly, be-
ginning to saw the clothes-line apart.
There's nothing more to pack now,
Dolly, and we can get right over to
your mothers and have a good nights
sleep.'-Youth's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
THE ISLAND OF pArMos.
Where st. John, the Beloved, Wrote
His Revelations.

Where st. John, the Beloved, Wrote
His Revelations.
The isles of Greece, where burning
Sappho loved and sung" are forever
reappearing in history. Just the other
day it was the ancient Lesbos, called
in modern times by the name of its
old-time capital, NIitylene, Mt which
the allied fleets Of Christendom
planned to make n demonstration
against the Turk. fractional fights be-
tween the sympatlizers of the Sultan
and the Greek patriots in Crete every
few months threaten to make the
haunt of the Minotaur the scene of
international complications. Samos
has been in the limelight several times
since the Greek war for independence,
and the Investigations of European
and American psychologists in Delos,
Aegina and Euboea have kept these
Islands in the public eye. Very few,
| in fact, of the members of the Grecian
archipelago, barren and untenanted
though they are. have entirely drifted
out of notice.
Even the least known of them all
In antiquity, hardly mentioned by the
prehistoric writer, but made famous by
the visions of the best loved Of the
apostles, Patmos, is frequently famll.
iarly spoken Of, though seldom visited.
For throughout the length and breadth
| ne tIa Chric}iop .rorId r,opr <NltRao,
stand in commemoration of st. John.
Great and small, humble and grand,
cathedrals, churches and chapels they
cover period Of history extending
from the day when the conversion OF
Constantine made Christianity the off.
cial religion of civilization down to the
present time. At. one end stands the
little chapel built by the piety of the
simple fishermen of Patmos above the
cave where st. John passed the long
days of his Punishment from the main.
land of Asia Minor. AT the other are
the central arch and the columns OF
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine
now being erected ut the cost of a
kings ransom and years of thought
and patient toll. The contrast between
the capital of the new world and the
barren island in the Grecian archipel.
ago, between the wealth of the twenti.
eth century and the provincial village
Of the Roman empire, is typified by the
unlikeness of the two structures.
High up on the steep hillside of the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-21
sHoE1Na OF AN AFRICAN MULE.

The picture herewith given comes
from Greyt1wn, Natal, and shows the
method of shoeing refractory mule
which is In vogue in that faraway re-
glon. BY N cans of pulleys, ropes and
a wide leather band the animal is put
into frame, its head resting on n
padded bar, its front legs bent and
fastened to side bars, and its hind legs
attached to 6 stout crossbar. To pre-
vent damage from the hoofs two
coarse bags are tied about them. Thus
protected fro1a all active interference
OH the part CT the animal, the sheer
may do his duty with comparative
safety.