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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
GERMS IN MILK.
How They May Be Kept Out by Rea.
sonable Care.


feeding hay and dry grain just be
fore or at milking time fills the air OF
the stable with dust. This dust settles
into the milk pail carrying bacteria
with it, thus Increasing the germ con.
tent of the milk. Feeding dry corn
slower at milking time has the same
effect as the feeding Of hay and grain.
only in a more marked degree. since
eorn slower usually contains more
dust and bacteria than does hay and
grain.
Wiping the flank and uddsr OF the
COW with a damp cloth just before
milking viii help reduce the number
Of bacteria which fall into the milk
pail. The practice Of brushing cows
at milking time is undesirable The
hair and dust which are thus set free
into the atmosphere settle into the
milk pail during the process OF milk.
ing and very materially aid Ia making
IL spoil.
Stripping a cow dry. says Farm aud
Home, tends 10 reduce the number OF
bacteria found Ia the milk az the next
milking while leaving O small amount
OF ~strippings In the udder Increases
the number OF bacteria at the next
milking. This Is probably due TO the
fact that the greater manipulation
necessary 90 thoroughly strip the COW
removes many bacteria which would
otherwise remain In the udder 90 null
tiply during the time before the next
milking.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

Cows can be kept clean IA the
stables Boy a little attention 10 the
length Of the standing doors and the
height Of same. 10 the place on which
a COW stands is too long she viii be.
dirty and q viii be practically
impossible 10 keep her clean. n the
length OF the platform Is just great
enough so that the dropplngs viii fan
beyond 10, the COW viii be kept clean
with ease. Cows differ On length. and
this difference may be made mp for by
adjusting the tying arrangements Of
the COW 10 suit each case. 10 Is a
great thing to be able TO keep the
oows clean. through the entire win.
ter. but this can easily be done.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

one. black air and beyos. straigh,
nose"
Joe leaned forward. Noel" he al.
o said aloud.
+ didn't want nobody 10 see I'm;
e picked Is chance. slipped IN. and
was standing In the back all when
Hartymees kotchod sight OF I'm"
What did he seem 70 be dolng?"
"Nothink whatever; just looldn'
round as II Ike as not e might take
a notion 70 buy the ole bloomin'
place
What DO you suppose ne could be
mp 90? Hadn't We better take him
in?' Chaudron suggested.
Not too fast. not too fast: give i'm
a liitle rope TO 'ang 'imself. HiIl keep
my heyes on i'm hal right enough
an u z crooks a finger wen pinch
i'm"
Despite the fear that sickened him,
Joe honestly meant 20 get at the truth
II he could.
"Mr. Baker, did you examine that
room thoroughly" he asked, "the one
from which Mrs. Ashton disap-
peared?'
Baker turned with a visible start
at this question. which 70 evidently
came from a man accustomed 10 ask
questions. and 20 having them an.
swered. Baker felt that he must be
diplomatic.
CrO be CONTINUEDl
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
DAIRY

Tie quality Of feed for farm ami.
mails is as important as quantity.
Under sailing butter IS poor econ.
5my. Nothing Is 80 apparent as the
lack Of salt IN dairy products.
Never closely coyer milk still warm
with animal heat. This viii Gauss Il
% hold 8 fetid. cowy odor, and gro.
notes the growth OF bacteria that
hasten Houring.
Tile average size OF the farm dairy
aerd iE three or four cows. These
IAN be made a source OF great profit,
Roots and silage are about equal IN
value for fattening wether lambs. II
any difference Il Is In favor Of the
roots.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
me Paes Of Admiralty

81 Is reported that Japan VIII soc
the Droadnaught aud so Great britain
3.008 tons better. laying down "a battle
ship Of $4,000 tons service dispncc
mont OF conua the mistress OF the
sea win not ignore the challengv amt
we must prepare 10 hear of a British
batloship OF 10000 tons. The Japa
nese being a proud and progressive
people, viii not sit sin. and may D.
counted on TO push the building mark
on their side mp TO 29. tons Ry
that time our own big ship enthusiasts
win wuiEe up ana the taxpayers VIII
De Invited TO contribute the cash Tor
Hosting fortress OF 80. 1000 toms. SO
does the race FOR naval supremacy 90.
the mind OF tae competing world b.
ing AZ present nxed upon displacement
as II there MAS no other factor 10 be
taken Into aoeount-hDston Tran
script.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

"Sir." said the shaggy haired man,
entering the once Of the capitalist, 4
have here an invention that viii make
both Of as fabulously rich n you win
furnish The financial backing
What Is ~" asked the capitalist.
IL Is an alarm-clock that goes on
Al the exact minute desired and keeps
ringing until you are up"
"Poofl The world Is full Of alarm.
clocks"
Just q moment One week after a
mar has bought this clock our agents
can go 10 him and sell him the At
tachment I have invented. which win
mumo the aiarm-beil perfectly
Judge.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

OF the Prairie Farmer. The feature
Of this rack IS that It Is permanently
located with c-ornerposts driven into
the ground, to which the bottom sides
OF the rack are built. cold Reader
says that he does his feeding each
year in the anne lot and for this rea-
son Is able TO use fixed feeding racks.
He reports that they are more salts.
factory 10 him than racks that are
movable.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

They were speaking Of the fashion.
able wedding.
And she was the hast dsushter re.
marked one
Yea added ne other. "and thew
ALWAYS said she was the cream OF IN,
family.
And after she ceremony the parsnts
wept ! wOnder what they woss 80.
ng abnutf
oA, perhaps they we're erslng over
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
NEW MILKING MACHINE.
Device That Is Winning Favor IN
New Zealond.

From New Zealand comes the r.
port of q new milking machine that S.
being installed in one OF the dairies
The new machine does not follow the
p~ulsating method az an. but mllks by
the pressure Of air bags on the teats.
The process Of milking Is a silent one.
and the milk Is drawn thoroughly. ac-
cosdiug TO witnesses Of the operation
Of the new machine. Il IS planned to
milk e COWS az a time with this ma.
chine and with e little power IS re-
quircd. The owners OF the new In
y%ention claim for Il tho following
points.
(al "A compared with all suction
machines;
1. The toat Is not cougested by tho
unnatural action OF yacuum as a milk
extractor. Hence the COW lets down"
freely Instead 81 resisting. and there.
fore tal there Is no need for hand
stripping; tbl the COW is not dried
off,, and (cl no harm whatever is
done 70 the machine Is left on longer
than needed
2. Cleanliness-the milk does not
pass through rubber tubing.
tb) AS compared with all known
attempts az non-suctiun machines
j, Absolute softness OF auid pres
sure as c]ontrasted with pressure OF
anything solid.
2 Absence OF wheels, plstons or
other mechanism in region OF teat.
3. No Harvesting around the cows
body Is included in the attachment
e
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

T must listen for the telephone; 1
promised Alice
Neither Of the men demurrcd. There
was something very compelling about
this calm, competent Girl who fell so
quickly into the ways 81 the house.
and did what was necessary In an
emergency.
"come, Joe" said Chaudron, and
led the way upstairs.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

The urgent need Of the dairy Inter
,ais are larger herds, better care and
iced. utmost cleanliness and appuca
lion Of practical business methods
Prof G, d. smith, Mica, Agricultural
COLLEGE.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

the main platform OF the bench
Traces are attached as shown IA the
Illustration. II desired cleats can be
fastened across the lower end OF the
boneh 10 prevent the pail from slip
ping on. However says Prairie Farm.
.er. therg m very little danger Of this
lnhsmuoh as the top Of the bench L.
perfectly nat.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
ssrvle.abIs MukIno aensh.

This milking stool Is n foot high
az the rear and two feet al its longest
length The front end Is raised By
the crotch board i've inches from the
ground. The seat Is four inches above
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
FIxED oArTLE FEeDlNa RAcKs.
stoekraIser Who Finds Them More
Convenient and Economical.

The accompanying cut Is an Illus
tration Of a plan OF a correspondent
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13

The Cheesy taste IN batter h large.
~ due TO the impeflect cleansing Of
butteImilk lsom he tullen
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
British Admiral At per, Arthur

n "LA"
Rear-Admirsl sir Edward Chlches.
ter OF the British navy. who died re.
Gently. used 20 tell this bit Of history
Of the FAR east. Just before Russia
took possession OF Port Arthur. Il
ran into Port Arthur one morning and
anchored alongside a Russian cruiser.
Well there was the devil 20 10. The
port admiral put on and told me I
could not anchor there. I said I was
already anchored he said I mus,
weigh again and get out I told him
I wouldn't bulge an inch until Il
suited me. and, In the meantime. I
must have fresh provisions and vege-
tables. Then there was no end of OK.
element Russian pinuaccs and Chi
nese pinnacos darling all over the
harbor went quietly about my bus
mess. The Chinese said they would
complain TO my government.
grinned. This went on To- some time.
and then I got orders from home
Salisbury was getting old then. and
probably a little wcak-to leave Port
Arthur and sail for Chetu when 1
reached Chcfu the Russians had taken
possession OF Port Arthur. Had /
remained. the history Of the Far east
would have been charged Tor an
time"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-12-13
Nc lN elrIEs IS sLAveRY.
So says IN Emanolpatsd Person Now
Residing on q Farm.

How many city men viii sympathizo
with the following view Of life taken
from a remarkable photographed
serial, Adventures In ContentmentG'
Il came here eight years ago as the
renter OF this farm, OF which soon aft
erward / became the owner. Tho time
before that I like 20 forget. The chief
impression Is left upon my memory,
now happily growing indistinct, IL OF
being hurried faster than l could well
travel. From the moment as q boy Of
II / first began TO pay my wi way
my days we're ordered by an inscrut-
able power which drove me hourly to
my tasks. / was rarely allowed TO
look up or down, but always forward,
toward that vague success which we
Americans love to giorify.
MY senses, my nerves, even my
muscles were continually strained to
the utmost OF attainment II / loi-
tered or paused by the wayside, as
It seems natural for me TO do. I soon
heard the sharp crack OF the lash. For
many years. and I can say It truth
fully. I lever rested. neither
thought nor reflected had no pleas
ure, eve though l pursued II fierce
~ during the brief respite Of vaca.
tions. Through many feverish years
] did not work. / merely produced.
The only real thing I did was to
uuif3 as II every moment were my
last. as II the world. which now seems
so rich In everything held only one
prize which might be seized upon be-
fore ] arrived. Since then / have
tried TO recall Ike II who struggles
20 restore the visions Of a fever what
Il was that l ran TO attain or Why
I should have borne without rebel
Hon such indignities 10 soul and body.
That life seems now, Of all illusions.
the most distant and unreal Il "a
ike that u-nguessed eternity before we
are born-not OF concern compared
with that eternity upon which we are
now embarked.
All these things happened in elites
and among crowds. / Ike TO forget
chem. They smack OF that slavery OF
The spirit which is so much worse
than any mere slavery OF the body
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14
A School scr, oaiec Eoya.

To train office boyssin the way they
should go will lie the'aim Of an o.:ice
boy school to be started. this fall in
Cleveland, o.. by the central boys de-
partment of the Y. NJ. {. A, says a
correspondent Of the Kansas City
Times. This school for Office boys viii
be n unique experiment. audlis the first
one to be established in the United
States. The course will scousist If
thorough course in Offices ;rai1ing and
instruction M all the l9test' business
systems and metISds. 1t Is calcui ted
not only to fit. boys To become expert
office boys, but TO qualify them az
clerks. able to handle car sy=ems, cor
respOndence and the detail work Of any
large business establishment. a mod
el office is to be fitted up fT'the use
Of boys who enroll in. the school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14
Marx TeOoig7'S Life

OF thoCsa- oars. without any effort.
and would thcn'taEe 4 fresh start and
live the rest Of tie time.
Gle said he believed it would and
asked me il / meant to make q library
OF 1t. / said that that was my design.
but that if l should live long enough
the set of volumes could not be con-
tanned merely in a city; II would re-
quire state, and that there would not
be any muHimiIlionaire alive, perhaps,
at any time during its existence who
would be able 10 buy a full set. ex-
cept on the installment plan.
"Howells applauded and was full OF
praises and Endorsement. which was
wise IN him and judicious. If he had
manifested different spirit ] would
have thrown him out of the window.
1 like criticism. but it must be my
way"
Discussing genealogy in general and
his own in particular, Mark Twain goes
on to tell story about the late VIII
liam Walter Phelps, whom he met
when Phelps was minister at the court
OF Berlin:
zone evening he had me to dinner to
meet Count s., cabinet minister" he
writes This nobleman was of long
and illustrious descent. OF course
wEnted TO let out the fact that had
some ancestors. too, but did not want
to pull them out OF their graves by the
ears, and I never could seem to get
the chance to work them in in way
that would look sufficiently casual. sl
suppose Phelps was in the same
difficulty. In fact, he looked distraught
now and then-just as a person looks
who wants to uncover an ancestor
purely by accident and cannot think OF
a way that will seem acknowledgements.
But at last, after dinner, he made a
try. He took us about his drawing
room. showing us the pictures. and
finally stopped before rude and
ancient engraving. 1t was a picture
of the court that tried Charles I. Theirs
was a pyramid of judges in Puritans
SLOUGH hats, and below them wereithree
bareheaded secretaries seated at atable5
Mr.. Phelps put his finger upon, one OF
the three and said, with exultant inI
IAN ancestor of mine
81 put my finger on a Judge iand re-
torted with scathing Ianguidnesss:
Ancestor of mine. But it is/a small
matter. 1 have others
TT was not noble in me to lido II. Z
have always regretted II since. But'ft
landed him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14
PAGES 8 TO IL.
%yA

ISSUES and ended tile long war. 1T
Is safe to say that +. Augustus got
more out of that final sale than the
$10000,000 he had originally asked Of
Rogers, when that high pricsttof money
nearly had nervous prostration because
of the magnitude Of the demand.
Heinze concluded attthat time that lie
was young enough toSwat. So he went
back to fighting and let Rogers think
it over. The courts helped The Standard
to come to Il conclusion.
1t has been less than n 1'orc Of yelrs
since young tIEeinze wenn fresh from
Columbia TO the copper country and
gained the contemptuousst OF The
dude" because he worefevcniug clothes
in the evening, and alfrock coat aud
silk tile on Sunday. BY sheer via
force and intellect hefcOmyellad recog-
milton. He had aIthcoIy thai II nan
only posscss1s sIGGcirHti COURAGE, ahlli-
ty and pcrsisJe .;oa . hg ,c.a fgEt any
sort OF coDniuau,ue asI vim. In he
language OF Tie strc,s. %" made good"
!. "A EIGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14
Gardens Under Earth

showed that plants can be made to
grow and mature by the aid of acety-
lene gas. The cost of generating this
light is nominal Ten cents will pay
for the illumination of Il room or cham
Der 200 feet long and fifty feet wide for
twenty-four hours. 1t has been proved
time and again that electricity is q
good substitute for sunlight in raising
plants, but it is entirely too expensive
for ordinary use
Colonel Posey expects to spend n
good many thousands of dollars in pre-
pairing his underground gardens for
cultivation. He will import into the
mine hundreds of tons of rich soil and
shape it into beds, such as are found
in greenhouses. He recently planted
q crop of mushrooms and expects to
have mushrooms for market by
Thanksgiving. His intention is to
raise large quantities of lettuce and
celery for the winter markets, and he
will devote much attention to the cul-
tivation of figs and oranges. He also
expects to grow roses on an extensive
scale
Colonel Posey's farm is near the
Ohio river, and an electric line has
been surveyed within distance Of
half a city block from it, SO that he
anticipates no difficulty in marketing
the produce of his underground gar
daOS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14
VIE US OF
KENTUCKY GIRLS

Marse Henry WatterSonS tniuue OK
cursion OF thirty Kentucky girls is
home again afte. somewhat exciting
albeit enjoyable tour of Europe. says
the Kansas City Journal. The return
to the sacred soil OF their native state
was signaliZed by great rejoicing not
only among the girls themselves, but
by the appreciative Kentucky men who
viewed with some miSgivings the en-
tire enterprise. There We're fears that
the party might not return intact or at
least that the beauties might not all
be as fancy free as when they went
forth to challenge the admiration of
old world masculinity.
If we may rely upon the reports that
come out of the Blue Grass State, how
ever, the Kentucky girls were not only
not impressed with the types of men
they met abroad, but they have come
back more satisfied than ever with
American men. Epitomized, the Opin-
ion formed by the Watterson girls
about Europe is this:
Scotland and Switzerland prettiest and
most pleasing countries.
Scotch people most cordial.
Swiss people most interesting.
EngliShmen best looking.
EngIishwomen worst dressers - don't
know how to put on their bells, and they
have big, fiat feet.
Partisan women artificial-powder and
rouge, penciled eyebrows and false hair
more common than any place on the map.
Frenchmen insipid, critical and under
sized. They stare and are rude in their
comments.
French newspapers sharp and unman-
nerly; their reporters perfect pests"
Belgium the most picturesque country.
Germans most sterling, stolid, sincere
sort of people.
America the best ever and Kentucky
Gods own state.
The entire country will join in the
rejoicing that comes from Kentucky
because every one of the girls returned
with words of praise of the American
men. We can't afford to lose any of
our Kentucky girls or our girls from
any other state for that matter. And
we are more grounded in the opinion
that if all American girls could have
the same opportunity for observation
of the men of Europe they would be
more happy in the alteration they in
spire on this side OF the Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14

Reviewing his long and eventful ca
reer. Mark Twain, in an autobiog-
raphy ne rs now writing, says it is not
in. the stormy episodes which have
illumlned his personal record. but in the
countless common experiences which
make up the existence of the average
human being that he sees his own life
reflected Although MIR. Clemens pres
eRt literary effort is a truly serious
work, he has injected much of the
fun and humor inseparable from his
character.
Selections from the unfinished auto
biography, on which Mr.. Clemens has
been laboring several years and Of
which he has written 100000 words,
will appear serially in the North
American Review. From an advance
copy of the Review the New York
Herald is enabled to present some ex-
tracts from the first installment.
In a mock heroic introduction Mr..
Clemens informs the world that he
intends this autobiography shall be-
come a model for all future autobiog
raphies, when it is published, after
my DEATH He also intends that it
shall be read and admired a good
many centuries, because of its form
and method-a form and method
whereby the past and the present are
constantly brought face to face, re-
sulting in which newly fire
no int oil fl,.,
tact of flint with steel. Moreover,
this autobiography of mine does not
select from my life its snowy episodes,
but deals mainly in the common expert
enceS which go to make up the life of
the average human being, because
these episodes are of a sort which he
is familiar with in bis own life and in
which he sees his own life reflected
and set down in print.
'HowellS was here yesterday after
noon.' continues Mr.. Clemens, land I
told him the whole scheme of this
autobiography and its apparently sys-
temless system-only apparently sys-
temless, for it is not really that. 1t is
a deliberate system, and the law of the
system is that 1 shall talk about. the
matter which for the moment inter
ests me. and cast it aside and talk
about something else the moment its
interest for me is 'eXha listed. 1t Is a
system which follows no charted
course and is not going to follow any
such course. 1t is a system which is
n complete and purposed jumble-a
course which begins nowhere, follows
no specified route, and can never reach
an end while l am alive, for the rea-
son that If ] should talk to the stenog-
rapher two hours q day for hundred
years 1 should still never be able to
set down a tenth part of the things
which have Interested me in my life
time. told Howeils that this auto-
biographYzof. mine would live sascpuple
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-14
An Enterprfsfnr Italian.

The Italians of New York are an en-
terprising lot, but sometimes enterprise
goes too far. There Is q son of Italy
who. does business on Park place who
will soon have enough money to re-
turn to the boot peninsula and buy a
vineyard, unless some husky American
puts him out OF business because of his
audacity, says the New York CORE
spondent Of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Italian presses trousers as a means
of a livelihood. He stands near the
foot Of the steps leading to the Park
place Il" station and drags men into
his little shop, where they wait until
their trousers are pressed. "LOoka,
looka. mistairw is the salute Of the
italian as he points~to the big knuckles
at the knees of men rushing to their
Offices. Coma inaside ana pressa da
pants ana maka da vara mucha lika da
new for a dime. Pants looka vera
mucha da bad. l have a da goosa hot,
and it taxa da minute" The italian
really presses a pair of trousers in
few. minutes. The customers go be-
hind a screen and read the newspapers
while he is at work.