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The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30
slGO0 TO s1aao

For choice lots I'm the Panhandle district This
prize includes bituminized streets, granite curbs
sewer water and gas
The property Is protected from the wind and
fog by the hills in tho west
The section Is rapidly heing built with fine
residences. 50 iots bound TO increase IN value
Take Hasonie-arc- cars. get OF at Cole St
walk two blocks south. Agents on grounds sun
dar. -
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-30

wanted-An owner Of large holding In
the unburned district TO erect n hotel of 100
rooms for client who IS willing TO pay from
SI to $40 per room. Lot lying between Lar
kin and Devisadero and having marine view
preferred
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Food and Quality of MIX.

Recent evidence collected by f. w.
Woll of the Wisconsin station goes to
show that the food of the dairy COW
influences the quality Of the milk pro-
duced to this eXtent-that the COW will
yield maximum flow of milk of the
highest fat content which she is ca
pable Of producing on rations relative
~ rich in nitrogenous substances. The
productive capacity Of the COW, the
prices of feeding stuffs and Of the
milk products are the main factors
that will determine how highly nitrog-
enous rations can be fed to advan-
tage. Under ordinary conditions in the
northern states it will not as rule,
he thinks, be advantageous to feed ra-
tions containing over two pounds of
digestible protein day and Of nu-
tritfve ration narrower than 1857 to
cows Of average dairy capacity
American Cultivator
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
A Story of Thackeray.

There is a story of Thackeray shortly
after the publication Of Vanity Fair
dining with friend and receiving an
tain Crawley of the Life guards y
Thackeray looked greatly annoyed,
scarcely opened his lips to this gentle
man and aftefward told his host In an
aggrieved tone that 4he liked joke as
we'll as any man, but there was time
and place for all things No joking
had, however, been designed or perpe-
trated. The fellow guest actually was
Captain Crawley and held commits
sion in the Life guards.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Oriental Flower. OF speech.

In the far east language has always
been more norid and ambiguous than
In the west. The king Of Ava, in Bur-
ma, called himself the regulator OF the
seasons, the absolute master Of the ebb
and flow of the sea, brother Of the sun
and lord OF the four and twenty UNI
brellas." The ling Of Arracan, lower
Burma, wa. f'possessor Of the white
elephant and the two earrings" az well
as "lord of the twelve kings who
placed their heads under his feet" In
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS region OF At
rica the king OF Monemtopa was not
only lord Of the sun and moon" but
great magician and great thief
Another eastern potentate was the
sovereign OF the universe, whose body
Is as luminous as the sun, created to be
as accomplished as the moon in her
plenitude, king as spiritual as the ball
Is round OF the ruler Of Kandahar
it was said that his fame exceeds the
moon and stars and the unexpanded
jasmine buds and that his fleet are
as fragrant to the noses of other soyer-
elgns as flowers to bees.''
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28

Though not among the most serious
of dairy troubles, nothing of butter
has perhaps been the cause Of as much
discussion as any. says American Cul-
tivator. The white streaks and patches
which mar the beauty Of otherwise per-
feet butter do not affect favor or Aro-
ma Of the product, but they displease
the eye and thus lower the price
For a long time the trouble was
seemingly beyond control, forfit would
appear and disappear in most pc
culiar way in dairies and creameries
where most careful attention was given
to all points and where no cause could
be assigned with certainty by the yexed
maker. Finally irregular dis Nbution
Of salt was settled upon as the cause
and method Of handling established,
based on this factor, which practically
eliminated the trouble, but it seems
that the last word on the subject was
not yet said. Recent Investigations
made by the experiment station at Ge
neva, N. Y, prove that the success Of
modern dairy methods rests, SO far as
nothing is concerned, upon securing
removal of casein compounds rather
than upon distributing the salt evenly.
Butter entirely freed from the casein
Of the milk-that is, butter washed
thoroughly enough to get rid of all but
termilk-will not produce mottles, no
matter how unevenly the salt be dis
tributed, and butter containing an ex-
cess of buttermilk will produce mot
ties even If the salt Is uniform through
| out the mass.
| The bulletin notes, experimentally,
the effect Of many factors upon mot
| thing and shows clearly that only those
which prevent perfect removal Of the
| buttermilk tend to produce the defect
! This discovery involves no change in
methodist merely explains why the
best present methods succeed Churn-
| ing at rather low temperature and con-
tinulng only until the butter has
reached rice grain size, washing twice
with water at from 35 to 45 degrees F.,
and sailing and working as usual will
| give butter free from mottles.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
THE ANTELOPE.
His Two White Patches That Act rs
a Signal Code.

His Two White Patches That Act rs
a Signal Code.
Visitors to the circus and menagerie
have noticed the two white patches on
antelopes. Those spots are a signal
which can be read by the animals
which have noses to smell. Even ami
mails whose sense of smell has been
lost can read the message which the
antelope gives to warn his friends OF
danger
The hairs on these patches are long,
white and ordinarily point downward
Among the roots of the hair is a gland
which secretes a strong musk. Under
meath the skin at this point is a broad
sheet of muscles which have the power
to raise these hairs osthat they stand
out at all angles like the petals Of a
huge white chrysanthemum. When an
antelope sees danger this muscle acts
and the patch flashes out like snow. In
the middle Of each is a dark brown
spot, the musk gland, which frees d
great quantity of the musk which can
be detected down the wind for a long
distance by another antelope. Even
man can distinguish this danger signal
for some yards.
The antelope has five different sets
of glands, each giving forth different
kind of musk for use in it's daily life as
a means of getting or giving intelli-
gence The two in the middle of each
rump patch has been explained, but
the purposes Of the others have not yet
been fully accounted for
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Blood Stat.x-

To the present day the superstition
is rife that blood stains cannot be
washed out. During the French revo-
luton eighty priests were massacred
in the Carmelite chapel at Paris, and
the stains, SO called, of their blood are
pointed out today.
Sir Walter Scott, in his '"Tales Of a
Grandfather" declares that the blood
stains Of David Rizzio, the Italian pri-
vate secretary Of Mary, queen Of Scots,
who was stabbed at Holyrood palace
by certain Protestant leaders Of her
court, aided by her husband, Darnley,
are still to be seen
In Lancashire the natives show a
stone called the 'bloody stone,'' which
was SO marked to show heavens dis
pleasure at some Of Cromwelps sol
diers' atrocities at Gallows Croft. In
Macbeth act 5, scene 1, Shakespeare
alludes to the idea Yet here's a spot y
The truth is, blood cannot be easily
expunged. In the first place, il that
Of murdered person, it is not attempt
ed. In the next place, blood contains
oxide Of iron, which sinks deep into the
fiber OF wood and proves indelible to
ordihary washing Thus it is true that
stones Of a porous nature and wood
not Of the hardest kind are susceptible
to the stain Of blood produced by the
oxide Of iron which the blood con
tains. But the blood OF pig is as
good as that Of murdered man.-
Pearson's Weekly.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
F.1IE:5~ssarar esvr
SECTION
FOUNDATION OF sTAyE sILO.

air tight. Failures sometimes result
from building good, tight walls and
setting them on porous soils, which
allow air to pass in and upward, spoil
ing the mass. A concrete and brick
foundation prevents this. See cement
cove in cut. Doors are needed, and
must fit tight. The silo does not re-
quire cover of any kind. Rain fall
ing upon the silage surface only seals
the top portion all the tighter when
no feeding is going on. The illustra.
tion shows rock or brick foundations
with concrete floor above outside
ground level to insure drainage.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Evolution of a Name.

An amusing account is given of the
evolution of name A man named
Halfpenny lived in Dublin at the end of
the eighteenth century. Having been
very successful in business, his chill
dren persuaded him to change his name
to more dignifed one, which he did
by dropping the last letter. In the
course Of time the orthogra ply was
also changed, and when the man died
he was buried as Mr.. Halpen. The
fortunes of the family increased still;
further. and the son soon dropped the
III" The next transition was an equal
ly easy one, and he who had run the
streets as little Kenny Halfpenny came
out as Kenneth MacAlpin. the descend
ant of hundred ings.-London
Queen.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
THE CINNAMON TREE.
New the bark II Gathered and Pre-
A sz% nare6 Fnr 1T.A

New the BARK IL Gathered and Pre-.
pared For Use.
The cinnamon tree grows to height
OF from twenty to thirty feet and is
sometimes eighteen inches in thickness
The leaves are from four to six inches
in length, oval shaped and marked
with three principal nerves. They taste
very much like cloves. Cinnamon flow
ers are of beautiful silky gray on the
side. The fruit is a small acorn shaped
drupe, and when ripe it is quite brown.
1t is, however, the bark of the cinna-
mon tree that makes it valuable. The
finest comes from the island of Ceylon,
where they have two seasons of cinna-
mon harvest The first season begins
in April and the last in November The
branches of three to five years growth
are cut down, and the epidermis is
carefully scraped away. Then the
bark is ripped up lengthwise with
knife and gradually loosened until it
may be easily removed
The slices of bark are then placed in
CAC ouA " vi duu tAfCy u1y lucy
curl up into quilts. The next thing is
to examine and arrange the cinnamon
according to its quality. The persons
whose work it is to examine the CHINA
mon are obliged for this purpose to
taste and chew it, although in short
time it produces a very painful effect
on their mouths and tongues.
AS the cinnamon quilts are examined
the smaller ones are inserted into the
larger, and the whole is then tied up in
bundles weighing about eighty eight
pounds each.
In Ceylon the oil Of cinnamon is usu-
ally prepared by grinding the coarsest
pieces Of bark, soaking this powder
In sea water for two or three days and
then distilling. Two oils pass over, one
lighter the other heavier than water.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
A MIX Producer

Buttermakers who are endeavoring
to stimulate increased milk production
in their respective communities should
try to teach the farmers the value OF
silage. Silage is pre-eminently food
for dairy cattle, and a liberal use Of it
will cheaper the cost Of milk produc-
ton. It's succulence and palata bility,
together with the large tonnage per
acre, make it an Indispensable feed
for the dairy farmer. It provides
summer conditions for winter dairying
and readily supplants summer pastur-
age when the latter is lacking either
through drought or short acreage
Cor Creamery Journal.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Where Dairymen Fail.

The grain ration is where good
many fail down. We ought to remem-
Der it is on the amount fed over and
above the actual maintenance from
which we are to derive our profits and
that we must feed With a liberal hand
All there IS in profit In such an animal,
aside from her calf, lies in the balance
left after furnishing her living. So 1t
behooyes us to make this living as
comprehensive and at the same time
az cheap as possible. Farm Progress
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28

again. There was the same silence aud
shaking Of heads as before
Next morning, an hour after daylight,
Mother Walker found the young wo-
man making up bundle and putting
on her heaviest garments.
What is it?'' she asked
II am going after George" was the
quiet reply
What Thirty miles through weather
like thisr'
There is no man here. and so l am
forced to go myself. 1t i be no use
to argue. Ii he is alive | will bring
him back. Say nothing to the boys un-
til | am gone. Then have them fit up a
warm room in one Of the sheds. You
can get one of the Indian boys to bring
US food, and the operator will telegraph
to Cedar Crest for the Doctor
Sally Of Ours" was gone before the
railroad hands knew anything about it.
The blizzard passed away as the day
grew older, but every man knew that
with that depth Of snow on the ground
and the thermometer standing way be-
low zero the woman had set herself
tremendous task Even if she succeed
the sick man dead.
Three days passed. They were days
in which the strong and sturdy men
off duty tried to make themselves be-
lieve that no shame had come to them
by refusing to form rescuing party,
but they ate their meals and went
about their work without consola ton
An hour after nightfan Of the third
day Sally Of Ours appeared. She
had burden on her broad back When
her hello was heard she was directed
to the room prepared Thence on for
twenty days neither the woman nor
her patient was seen Each morning
she would cali out the condition Of the
sick man and each night would slip
out to the coal pile and secure fuel for
the next day.
At the end of three weeks the room
was thrown open one morning, the
place fumigated, and then "Sally of
Ours" walked forth with the skeleton
| of man chnging to her arm. month
a%%aSA S~AIASA40A 0SOkSS was SOAAS
thing like his old self again. He had
been more than usually quiet during
the month, and the young woman had
lost her smile and her repartee. Every
| one felt that something must happen,
and it was an engineer who said:
Eyes, something must happen, and I
| can tell YOU what it'll be- They will
get married, OF course
| Sally" said Gentleman George the
next day, Il am going away-going
| back east. You saved my life''
"Stop there, George" she replied as
| she lifted hand. II belong with the
| crowd. You don't You feel grateful
and perhaps you are going to ask me to
| be your wife. Don't do it, We should
| both be miserable. If, as gentleman.
you can remember Sally of the eating
! house, that's all I ask. You couldn't
pull me up, and I'm the last one who'd
want to drag you down. Well shake
hands, and-and'-
And when he went away next morn
ing, to be seen no more at Pine Hill
| she had her head on the kitchen table
again and was weeping harder than be.
| fore.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Where Gannets swarm.

One OF the most remarkable sights
Africa. for the reason that during some
months of the year it is literally COW
cred with gannets. Not foot Of
ground is to be seen anywhere. Day
after day thousands of gannets strut
around, and they are SO close to each
other that the whole island seems actu-
ally alive. Those who have seen this
sight say that it is one which can new
er be forgotten
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
A .IOiner.

ut seems to me- said Mrs. Oldcas-
tie. that in these days there is no
hope for the man who lacks initiative .
Il know it, replied her hostess.
THAT must be one reason why Josiah
has such wonderful success. He gets
Initiated in something new nearly ev-
cry week Chicago Record Herald.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
On the Road to Wealth.

Want my daughter, eh? What ar
your prospects 81
We'll, | own a gold mine.'
working it?''
"No-working the public with it.n
Take her and be happy. Life.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
flashing Interest,

Agent--Pd like to sell you this bottle
Of mosquito eaterminator Mr.. Jack
son No. stree! I'm manufactures OF
mosquito netting. Pittsburg Dispatch.
New Ulm review., 1906-02-28
Foundation of silos.

The primary object IN building silos
is to make them air tight. This can
be done without sealing over the top
The sides and bottom then must be
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
BAPTIZED ON A HILLTOP.
Strange Religious Ceremony In an
Old Druid Haunt

A remarkable christening has re-
Gently taken place in a remote part
of Derbyshire. England, Marlborough
Hill, in the western portion of the
county, said to have been a haunt of
the Druids, and apparently used both
for worship and as place of bun ial
Some years ago a number of human
skulls, which had been compactly
buried there in some distant century,
were unearthed at the summit of this
lofty ridge, which commands a view
over six counties. terminating in the
peak of Snowdon, the latter being
easily visible on clear day. The hill
bristles with fantastic dolomite crags,
some of which we're, it Is supposed,
shaped by the Druids for ceremonial
purposes.
big block of limestone has been
carved into a eapacioas chair: an.
other rock, with a fat top, appears
to have been used as an altar, and
an adjacent monolith, in which semi
circular bowl has been scooped out,
looks like a rude font. 1t was with
water from this ancient rock bowl
that the child-the daughter of a
farmer in the Gistrict-was lately
christened. The little girl, three
months old, was carried up to this
wild, bleak spot, accompanied by
numerous relatives, including, Of
course, the necessary godfather and
sodmother. and there. with the wind
bowling among the crags. baptism
was administered by lay reader
There Is no record of any similar
rite having been celebrated on Har-
borough Hill. and the conditions Of
this picturesque baptism appear to be
quite unique.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
HABITS OF THE TRADE RAT.
He May Steal, but He Is Very Careful
to Leave Something in Exchange.

One of the oldest little animals in
existence is the California wood rat,
better known as the trade rat" 1t
owes the latter name, says the Strand,
to the fact that, though it is a great
thief. it never steals anything without
putting something else in it's place.
The story is told of a paste pot
which had been left over night in the
assay Office at the Silver Queen mine.
and which was found in the morning
filled with the oldest collection of
rubbish.
This was the work of trade rates.
They had stolen the paste and left in
exchange piece of stick. length of
rope, some odds and ends Of wire and
an unbroken glass funnel
The object of the trade rat in so
scrupulously paying for what he takes
is something OF mystery. but these
same rats certainly take the greatest
pleasure in the odds and ends which
they collect.
A description is given of a trade
rats nest found in an unoccupied
tirely of iron spikes laid in perfect
symmetry. with the points outward.
1nterlaced with the spikes were about
two dozen forks and spoons and three
large butcher knives.
There were also a large carving
fork, knife and steel, several plugs Of
tobacco. an old purse, quantity Of
small carpenter tools, including sew
eral augers and a watch, of which
the outside casing. the glass, and the
works were all distributed separately
&C as to make the best show possible.
Altogether the oldest collection! None
of those things was of any earthly use
to the ratsx They must have collected
them just in the same way that a
child boards up odds and ends to
play with.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10

try. So It has come that the parent
stream has been raised above the
Ninnescah. one of its own affiuents.
The waters of the Arkansas flow in
the sand beneath the surface. f1ltering
far and wide to the limits of the val
ley. The Minnesota rises and flows
within the valley. and, although it has
other sources, it's main supply comes
from the Arkansas. For whenever
the Arkansas carries a freshet, the
Ninnescah. 80 miles south, rises few
hours later, the water coming up from
the depths pure and clear as a flow
from springs. The influence of these
freshets is felt even to the source of
the smaller stream in Pratt county,
whence it flows through Kingman,
Sedgwick and Sumner, disgorging
near Oxford into the parent stream.
Scientific men often doubt this story.
but Investigation invariably proves II
to be true. Another evidence is the
even flow Of the smaller stream. In
its course, it receives only local af-
fuents, none of them perennial. but
the year round it is full of water. and,
except when affected by local storms.
always clear and pure.
So by it's continued explorations of
the valley of this strange and mys-
FERROUS stream in its long course from
the Rocky mountains, the Santa Fe
only adds to the proof that the Ar
kansas river, although its waters are
visible on top only during freshets.
flows steadily through it's sands be-
low far beyond the confines of its
narrow channel, even to the limestone
divides" which bound the valley
north and south. In the lower coun-
try south OF the Kansas line it's wa
ters come to the surface again. but
in its upper valley the flow is in the
soil, which 1t nourishes and makes
one of the great garden spots of the
world.
There no doubt are other, although
smaller. streams of like character in
the west and southwest, but until
some great corporation, as the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe, or other
form of organized capital. takes hold
and employs men and money to find
out, their possibilities of agriculture
will not be known. For there is no
excellence without great labor, and a
little money thrown in.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
BEES CLOSED A MINE.
swarmed in Millions and Men Were
Unable to Work.

There are instances in great number
where mining operations were tenn
porarily suspended by a shortage of
funds or by water flooding the proper.
ty. but it remained for Mohawk,
small station along the Southern Pa
cific, to furnish a new cause which Is
unique in the history of mining The
company affected owns the Red Cross
mines in the Mohawk mountains.
Millions of bees, attracted by the
water at these mines and forced from
their hives in the mountains by the
drought, took possession of the water
supply. and their numbers were so
great that it was found impossible to
drive the swarms away. Consequently
the mines have been shut down until
the rainy season sets in. when it Is
hoped the bees will return to their
mountain homes.-Sacramento Bee.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
eAsYs ToaTuRINe HUMoR.
Ears Looked as If They Would Drop
OH-Face Mass of Sores-Cured
by Cuticura in Two Weeks
for 75c.

II feel it my duty to parents OF
other poor suffering babies TO tell
you what Cuticura has done for my
little daughter. She broke out all
over her body with humor, and We
used everything recommended, but
without results. called in three doc
tors. they all claimed they could help
her. but she continued to grow worse
Her body was mass of sores, and
her little face was being eaten away:
her ears looked as if they would drop
OF. Neighbors advised me to get
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, and
before I had used half of the cake
of Soap and box Of Ointment the
sores had all healed. and my little
ones face and body were as clear
as newborn babes. l would not
be without it again IL 1t cost five dol
lars. instead of seventy-five cents.
Mrs. George j. Steese, 701 Colburn
ST., Akron. Ohio"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-10-10
Aunt Mary's "ouiet" Funeral.

A dear old New England spinster.
the embodiment Of the timid and
shrinking, passed away at Carlsbad.
where she had gone for her health.
Her nearest kinsman, a nephew. or
dered the body sent back to be buried
as was her last wish-in the quiet
little country churchyard. His sur
prise can be imagined. when on open
ing the casket, he beheld. instead of
the placid features of his Aunt Mary.
the majestic port of an English gen.
eral in full regimentals. whom he re-
membered had CHANGED to die at the
same time and place as his aunt. At
once he cabled to the generals heirs.
explaining the situation and requesting
instructions. They came back as
follows: Give the general quiet fu-
neral. Aunt Mary inferred to-day with
full military honors, six brass bands.
saluting guns"