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The Monticellonian., 1906-09-13
TUESDAY. OCTOBER g. Earmers' Union Day.

The Farmers, Union, the most pro- gressiye husbandmen of the state. whose organization numbers nearly @ 900 accredited members will devote this day to morning program Of deep interest, and the afternoon to the varied departments of the Fair. In which their labors have given so great a share.
 This date is in honor of the Union Idea, and 1t seems fitting that the Farmers Union, the largest in the state should lead the march. but all unions are invited and expected to affiliate in the observance of this date. which promises to become an estab- !ished annual occurance of no little importance to the progressive and educational interests of industrial or ganizations.
 WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 10. Texarkana and S. w. Arkansas Day.
 Last. but by no means least. will be this great State Fair date The gate way city of tho South, where the Texas line is dim and blurred and blends with Arkansas in an insepar- able manner, surrounded by a coun- try rich in wealth on. above and be- meath the ground. will take an im- portant part in the Grand Finale that will mark the close of the glorious First Arkansas Fair and Exposition, all too soon.
 Races, Exhibits and Amusements.
 Each day there will be a special pro- gram in the immense auditorium arr ranged to harmonize with the city or section of the state or organization for which the date is named. The most noted and entertaining orators of the state, and even of the nation. will be present on these occasions to enliven the morning. There will also be parades and exhibitions each day of some important feature of the live stock and other departments.
 Each afternoon there will be full speed program, including one high class harness event and five running races, conducted on the highest plano of sport aud honesty
 The splendid exhibits In all depart ments will be carefully arranged for inspection and instructive demonstra- tion. These include the Farm and Mill, Horticulture, Forestry. Mineral ogy, Metalurgy, Live Stock, Culinery. Textile. Trades. Manufactories. Art and Educational.
 The daily amusement features will be gigantic Daily races of the fa- nous trotting ostrich, 'Whirlwind." racing against swift horses.
 Daily flights of the marvellous air. ship The California Arrow,o which has made innumerable successful flights during the past two years.
 There will be q replete program of other free attractions Of vastly vary ing nature, high dives, unique balloon ascensions and double parachute leaps, trained animal exhibitions of startling nature, headed by the trained aifgators from Hot Springs Alligator Farm. who follow Alligator Joe" onto his platform like dogs. There will be daylight as well as night fire works, startling feats Of strength and agility of surpassing and daring skill. The Midway will be free. no charge being made into these gala streets where are Haunted the flags, music and man. ners of all nations, and where the wid- est range of educational and laugh able features Lave been assembled.
The Monticellonian., 1906-09-13
Who Can Beat It?

T. C. Brown, a farmer living in Ellis township. Pulaski county brought to Little Rock a wagon load of corn. which he grew on his farm and which attracted much attention. The average ear was If inches long. each containing sixteen rows with about sixty grains to the row.
 Those who look upon life as a game of chance usually find the cards stacked against them.
 Salmon, pike and goldfish are the only fish that never sleep.
The Monticellonian., 1906-09-13
Gave the Preacher a Raise.

A little flattery now and then will soften up the hardest men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
VIII Row TIL Judgment Dav.

There Is n shivery, shaky legend
among the people who live along the
Hudson River which Is to the effect
that that stream is the everlasting boat
ing waters Of a specter who is person.
flied as Ramhout Van Dam. Away
back In colonial times Ramhout and
his friends were drinking until late at
night. Finally this man Ramhout start.
ed for home, some distance up the river,
in his boat, swearing that he would
row the distance IL it took "a month of
Sundays" Ramhout never reached
home, and the superstitious people say
that he has been condemned to row III.
til Judgment day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

To compile all the peculiar habits OF
sheep would require a great deal of
space. 1t is quite generally known that
where n sheep Of a flock goes the
whole flock is sure to follow. One
sheep finds a breach in the fence and
soon h whole flock Is out and some
of them may not V wait to find the
breach, but will go out in any way pos
sible, even if they are compelled to
jump. Sheep do not like to get their
feet muddy and they are averse to
putting their feet in the water, and
they will permit themselves to be sub
jected to almost any punishment rather
than step in water. In defense Of lambs
ewes will put UP q peculiar fight. de-
pending on the use of the fore feet in
stead of the head as Is usual in other
instances. In eating they are fastidious
and will not eat out of an unclean
trough, ever though hunger drives them
to make the attempt. When in all
health they will not hesitate to eat al
most anything, such as dirt pieces Of
metal and other foreign substances.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
BIG RANCH OF TExAs WOMAN.
1t Is Nearly rs Large rs the State of
Connecticut

1t Is Nearly rs Large rs the State of
Connecticut.
Fence off the State Of Connecticut
from the names River to the New
York line, make the capitol at Hartford
the manor house, then place the front
gate at New Haven, and o will have
an estate of about the dimensions of
the King ranch, in Hidalgo, Star, and
Nueces, Texas, says the Review Of Re
views. One million acres and hundreds
Of thousands Of cattle owned by one
woman! Ranches containing from 1UO,-
900 to 100000 acres are so numerous
as to be almost commonplace.
But it is the breaking up Of these
vast holdings which is responsible for
the sensational development now at
tracing the attention of all America.
Dine optimistic Texan told me that the
cattlemen had tired of silence and long
ed for company. Maybe they have. 1t
Is the jingle of gold, though, which has
stirred them. From five to thirty acres
of grass, according to the productive
ness of the soil, are required to fatten a
steer. - .. .
So long as that steers selling price
pays above all expenses, 6 per cent on
the market value of the land, there is
money in raising it. When the land in
creases in value, however, there is more
money in selling the ranch. The steer
is falling behind and that is why Texas,
from San Antonio, Houston and Gal
weston on the north to Brownsville on
the south, is booming as it never did
before.
Mere outposts of a few years ago are
f%ourishing young cities now; more
towns are %springing up and there are
great plantations where the rattle of
the mower and the song of the plowman
have supplanted the crack of the cow
boys lash and the soughing of the wind
in the chaparral. Whittier goes the
cattleman? To western Texas and the
territories and eventually into Mexico.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Grain and SilnEe.

The object of an experiment at the
Ohio station was to determine whether
sllage might not be substituted for Il
considerable portion Of the grain usual
ly fed to dairy COWS. Two rations We're
fed carrying practically the same
mount of dry matter. In II ration
over 80 per cent Of this dry matter was
derived from silage, and less than IS
per cent vas derived from grain. In
the other ration over 81 per cent of
the dry matter was derived from grain,
no silage being fed. The COWS fed the
silage ration produced OCT pounds Of
milk and sos pounds of butter fat a
hundred pounds Of dry matter. The
cows fed the grain ration produced S1.3
pounds of milk and 30 pounds Of butter
fat a hundred pounds Of dry matter.
The cost of feed q hundred pounds of
milk was $0.GS7 with the silage ration
n $l.O5 with the grain ration. The
cost of feed a hundred pounds Of butter
fat was 13.1 cents with the silage ration
and 22.1 cents with the grain ration.
The average net profit n COW a month
Cover cost of labor) was $5.SG4 with
the silage ration, and $2.465 with the
grain ration.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Horse-Honf Cutter.

II ii reshoeing 2 hcrse the horse
shoer does not trim the hoof smooth
ly, and the shoe consequently does not
fit the foot perfectly, the horse there
by feels uncomfortable, would be a
question very difficult to answer 1t
is natural to infer, nevertheless, that
when such is the case the horse is I'm
Ger more or less strain. To accom-
plish a more uniform and even par
ing of the hoof a Canadian inventor
has devised the hoof-cutter shown in
the illustration. In this cutter two
knives are pivoted to a central bar,
which terminates into a hook. This
hook is clamped in position on the
hoof as shown. The operator then
grasps the center handle and one Of
the knife handles firmly in one hand.
With the other hand he swings the
remaining handle back to the point in
dicated by the dotted lines. Thus
with one stroke he is able to pare one
side of the hoof from heel to toe. The
other knife is then swung back in the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
NEW FUEL FROM BROWN COAL.
It Is Made Near Dresden Out of .
Bohemian Product.

It Is Made Near Dresden Out of .
Bohemian
According to a paper by Herr Buch-
ner in the Zeitschrift Of the Society
of German Engineers, a new fuel,
Kaumazit, is being made near Dres-
den from Bohemian brown coal, says
the New York Post. The coal is kept
twenty-four hours in coke-oven retorts.
The finished Kaumazit ID removed
from the base of the retorts every
three hours and is cooled. The retort
procedure first evaporates the hygro-
scopic water in the brown coal (25
and 70 per cent?, and then causes the
distillation of the heavy hydrocar-
bons.
The retorts are worked under a par
tia The gases obtained from
the retorts are cooled and scrubbed,
and the purified gases are used part
to heat the retorts. part to drive gas
engines, and a. surplus remains for
sale to the various industries in the
neighborhood. The thermal value Of
the kaumazit obtained averages $40
kg.-cals. 1t contains 77.34 per cent
carbon, 14.9 per cent ash and 1.47 per
cent hydrogen, with 400 per cent by
groscopic water. 1t is graded in three
sizes, and is sold for the production
of s~low-burning, %briquettes. Analysis
proves Kaumazit to be a fuel poor in
gas and high in fixed carbon. 1t has a
high ignition temperature.
Boiler firing with this fuel there
fore demands closed ashpits and blow
ers under the crate to obtain the best
results. With well-designed CRATES a
boiler efficiency of 1872 per cent has
been obtained. The air pressure Is *
regulated that when the fire doors are
opened there is neither air indrawing
nor fame emission, a result obtained
by working with q chimney draft of T
nm. of water and d blower pressure Of
about h same value. In the trials
carried out with this fuel the excess
air has only averaged 10 per cen above
that required by theory for complete
combustion of the fuel. Kaumazit is,
further, a smokeless fuel, and the cost
in Dresden is so regulated that in most
industries it can be employed so as to
yield a saving Of from 3 to 10 per cent,
as compared with ordinary coal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
RaNDherrX XineEar.

This German recipe for raspberry
vinegar is very good: Take one quart
of ripe raspberries; pour one pint of
the best wine vinegar over them and
let them stand for three days In a cool
place, stirring we'll twice each day.
Then press the mixture through a mus
lin cloth, and to each pint Of strained
juice add half a pound of sugar; cook
in a granite, porcelain or brass sauce
pan until it is like strip. Take off the
scum from the strip, let it cool and
then bottle it."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
OUTDOOR LIFE
VIII Not Offset the Ill Effects OF
Coffee When One Cannot Digest 1t
A fa1mer says:

VIII Not Onset the Ill Effects OF
Coffee When One Cannot Digest 1t
A faSmer says:
1T was not from liquor or tobacco
that for ten years or more I suffered
from dyspepsia n stomach trouble;
they were caused by the use of. coffee
until I got so bad I had to give up
coffee entirely and almost give up eat,
ing. There were times when I could
eat only boiled milk and bread, and
when 1 went to the field to work I had
to take some bread and butter along
to give me strength.
II doctored with doctors and took al
most everything I could get for my
stomach in the way Of medicine, but If
I got any better it only lasted a little
while until l was almost a walking
skeleton.
Zone day I read an ad. for Postum
and told my wife l would try it, and
as to the following facts I will make
affidavit before any judge:
II quit coffee entirely and used
Postum in It's place. I have regained
my health entirely and can eat any
thing that is cooked to eat. I have In
creased In weight until now l weigh
more than l ever did 1 have not taken
any medicine for my stomach since !
began using Postum. Why, I believe
Postum viii almost digest 10 iroI
wedge.
My family would stick to coffee at
first, but they saw the effects it had
on me-, and when they were feeling
bad they began to use Postum, one at
a time. until now We all use Postum
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich.
Ten days trial Of Postum in place
of coffee proves the truth. an easy and
pleasant way. There's q reason"
Look in pkgs. for a copy of the ia
0 little book, "The Road to Well,
VILE"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

Cake.

Cream one rounding tablespoon of
butter with one cup of sugar, add one
well-beaten egg, one cup of milk. two
cups Of -four sifted with four level
teaspoons of baking powder and one
teaspoon of vanilla lavoring. Bake In
q shallow pan and cover with chocolate
icing. This cake must be beaten while
fresh, as there Is so little butter in it.
For the icing, melt one square of choc-
olate With a teaspoon of milk beat the
white Of n egg until stiff, add one
half cup Of powdered sugar and beat
again, Il then add the melted choco-
late and beat. Cover the cake, and, if
liked, sprinkle over q little COcoQnut.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
FOUR YEARS OF AGONY.
Whole Foot Nothing but Proud Flesh
Had to Use Crutches-"Cuticura

Had to Use NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Remedies the Best on Earth"
"In the year 1899 the side Of my
right foot was cut of from the little
toe down to the heel, and the physician
who had charge of me was trying to
sew up the side of my foot, but with
no success. At last my whole foot
and way up above my calf was moth
ing but proud flesh. / suffered untold
agonies for -four years, and tried diff
ferent physicians and all kinds of ONT
ments. l. could walk only with
crutches. In two weeks afterwards I
saw a change in my limb. Then I
began using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment often during the day and kept 1t
up for seven months, when my limb
was healed up just the same as if I
never had trouble. 1t Is eight months
now since I stopped using C%uticura
Remedies, the best on Gods earth. l
am working at the present day, after
five years of suffering. The cost of
Cuticura Ointment and Soap was only
Sc; but the doctors bills were more
like 5000. John NJ. Lloyd, 718 S. Arch
Ave, Alliance, Ohio, June 81, 1905"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
BAD COMPILATIONS T.,
oepraved Blood Causes Pimples and
Eoils-Dr. Williams Pink Pills
Mako New Blood and
Cure Follows,

Oepraved Blood Causes fimpleS and
Roils-Dr. Williams Pink Pills
Mako New Blood and
Cure Follows.
II abused my stomach, my blood got
out of order and then my face broke out
with pimples and boils," says DE. Rob-
ertSon, Of 1877 Addison street, Washing
ton, Pa. 'This was over two years Ago..
My stomach vas i'll bad shape. After
eating I would have to rest awhile or I
would suffer the most severe pains in
my stomach. On arising I would often
be SO dizzy that I could hardly stand up.
The slightest exertion would start my
back aching SO hat I often had to sit
down and rest awhile. At times I ex-
perienced a pain around the heart which
alarmed me but which I suppose came
from my stomach trouble.
II began to break out OH the face with
pimples and later with boils which con-
fined me to the house n week or more at
q time. One day I saw DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People advertised in a
pamphlet which was left at the door and
took several boxes of the pills before all
the pimples and boils left me, but I an
now glad to say that my blood is good.
I do not have any eruptions and / no
longer have the head and stomach
troubles I have described. I am very
grateful for what DR.: WILLIAMSBURG Pills
have done for me and I have recon-
mended them and always will advise
those who are suffering from bad blood
or stomach trouble to try them"
Ifyou want good health you must have
good blood. Bad blood is the root Of most
common diseases like anamia, rheuma-
tis1n, sciatica, neuralgia, st. Vitus' dance,
nervousness, indigestion, debility, par
tial paralysis and locomotor ataxia.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on receipt
Of price, SOC. per box, six boxes for $3.50,
by the Dr.. Williaps Medicine Company,
Schenectady, NY.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

come just below the level of the top
of the barrel. Around this barrel,
eight inches deep, pack sawdust. Set
the can Of milk in the barrel and pour
in cold water and, if possible, add sew
eral large pieces Of ice. Arrange a
faucet which shall run through the
barrel and the box so that the water
may be drawn off when it gets warm.
The Illustration shows the idea plain
ly. In the small drawings at b bot
tom M" represents the box, IT. the
barrel and "a" the can Of milk, and
in the drawing to the left &c" shows
how the faucet is placed near the bot
tom of the box. Any one can readily
make this milk cooler at small eX-
Observation-Disclosures News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Home-NIade Milk Cooler.

1t is not an easy task for those VINO
have but a small quantity of milk to
care for to do it with economy. The
large cooling tanks or refrigerators
which dairymen on a large scale can
afford are not for the man with the
single can, hence he must resort to
some plan on the homemade idea.
Take a box, which may be bought at
any store for a low price, high enough
to contain a barrel of good dimen-
sions. Fill in the bottom of the box
several inches deep with sav>ust, and
on this set n barrel cut down so that
when q milk can Is set into it it will
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
G~oOseberry Olives.

Select large, fully-grown green goose
berries. Snip off the ends, being care
full not to break the skin. Fill the
sealers as full as they will hold Of the
fruit, Their pour in cold water until two
thirds full and fill in the rest with the
best cider vinegar. To every two-quart
jar add two tablespoonfuls of salt, and
half that amount for q quart jar. Seal
up tight. Put in a cool place and they
will be ready for use in two weeks, al
though they improve with age.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
To Preserve Pineapple.

Choose nice, ripe fruit, peel, pick out
the eyes with a sharp knife, slice
down to the core, then put it in a chop
ping bowl and chop in small, even
pieces. Measure, and for every bowl
full of the fruit add a good, full bow
of sugar; stir and let the fruit stand
for two hours. Put on a range where
it will cook slowly until the fruit is
clear and of a beautiful amber color.
Put in glass tumblers and when cold
cover with melted parif1in. This will
keep any length of time, and is a splen-
did thing to have on hand, as it can
be used SO many different ways for
dessert.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

Six eggs, one-Quarter pound cheese,
one-third cupful cream, two tablespoon
fulS butter, one teaspoonful mustard,
one-half ~teaspoonful salt and cayenne
pepper to taste. Cut the cheese into
thin shavings, butter a baking dish
and spread the cheese upon 1t. Upon
the cheese distribute in small portions
the rest of the butter. Mix the salt,
cayenne, mustard and cream and pour
half of the mixture over the cheese.
Break the eggs into the dish, and, after
pouring over them the remainder Of the
mixture, place in an over and cook for
eight minutes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

grain must be fed in a greater or lest
mount. During the summer we do
without the mashes and the corn, feed
ming in June, more or less cottonseed
meal, adding it in very small quaint
ties and increasing it gradually until
about one-tenth of the daily ration con.
sists Of the oil meal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Dreamed New Potatoes.

Rub the thin skin from new potatoes
and cook in sailed boiling water. Make
a sauce from one rounding tablespoon
each Of flour and batter and n cup Of
milk and season with salt and pepper.
Cock five minutes, add a beaten egg:
and pour over the potatoes, which have
been drained and put in a baking dish.
Set in the oven just long enough to
cook the egg in the sauce, for both
sauce and potatoes are hot when put
together. Sprinkle with a very little
finely minced parsley and serve In the
same dish.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Broiled Salmon Steaks.

Wipe the steaks with a damp cloth,
put on a buttered gridiron and coo
over the hot Goals, turning often until
a light-brown and done all through.
Transfer to a hot platter, rub with
butter, sprinkle with salt and serve
with g%arnishing Of sliced lemon and
parsley. .'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

. Cut up rhubarb into inch lengths.
wash, fill quart jars with it and run
cold water from the faucet into each
lar until very cold and until each jar
has been overlooking for several min
utes. While ~overlowing screw the tops
on the Jars. Put away in sand until
ready TO use, g |,-aE -aa
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
In Use,

"Where's the boa constructor forty feet
long that you've got painted on the sign
out in front!" demanded the visitor at
the dime museum. y@'" 81. ...
This is wash day. and we're using
him for a clothes line" explained he Cir
cassian beauty.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

The Better FINn.
Mrs. Nexdore-My daughter doesn't
persevere with her piano practice as she
should.
Mrs. Peppery-What?
Mrs. Nexdore-I mean when she
comes to a difficult part I can't make
her stop and consider it.
Mrs. Peppery-Huh, it would be bet
ter to make her considerate and STOP
Philadelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

All stable manure will be improved
If potash in some form is added, espe-
cially Of the potash salt. KANT has
been found useful for this purpose. It
is crude sulphate Of potash and con
tains a large proportion of salt. It will
arrest the escape of ammonia and prove
valuable of itself when applied to the
land. 1t is also excellent on land in
tested with grubs, though not a COM
plete remedy for such pests. 1t is cheap
and should be used more extensively
where manure is being saved.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

years with pains
across the loins
and in the hips
and shoulders. I
h a d headache
also and neural
gia. My right
eye, from pain,
was of little use
to me FOR years.
The constant flow
of urine kept my
SyStem deDletad
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Had the Lust Word.

Mrs. Yapsley, who was spending the
winter in the South, had written a long
letter to her husband, reproaching him
for his parsimony in not sending her
enough money.
To which he responded by telegram:
"Will answer your letter SOON"
Her rejoinder, also by telegram:
"You can't answer it."