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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01

and presented himself before the shah,
saying; sire, l am the only person
who can save your daughter III do
not succeed, you viii XIII me-" Then
the dragon knew him and went away,
leaving the princess free, and the king
bestowed her upon the deiiverer and
gave him an enormous fortune.
After time the dragon went and
cooled itself round the body Of a prin-
cess Of Franghistan. The king OF
Franghistan, who had heard Of the
marvellous rescue Of the shah's daugh-
ter, sent an embassy loaded with cost
ly presents to the court OF Persia, pray.
ing her reseuer to come and free his
daughter also, but the man remember
ed what he had promised the dragon
and was afraid TO go. His royal IA
ther.in-law naturally did not under
stand the reason and was furious and
insisted that he should go.
At last the man had 10 go. but he
was Ia terror as to what would hap
pen for breaking his contract with the
dragon. When be arrived In the pres
ence Of the dragon and the princess he
said to the dragon: II have not broken
my word. | did not come to deliver
the princess, but only to tell you that
my wife has succeeded in getting out
Of the well and is coming to avenge
herself upon you as quickly as she
can"
The dragon. remembering the terri.
BILE time he had with the mans wife,
few away, for he knew the proyerb
that sit IL better TO dwell In a wilder.
ness than In a queruIous and angry
woman. Chicago News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01
A PERSIAN YARN.
Tho Dragon That Was Tanned by ths
Memory Of shre".

Tho Dragon That Was Tanned by the
Memory Of shrs".
Stories about shrews are very pop
ular In Persia Here is one of them:
A man had a wife who was the plague
of his life. At last he could bear 1T no
longer and threw her down well.
But three days later he relented and
let a rope down tire well for her 70
come up by If she was still alive. IN
stead of her a huge dragon came up.
The man was terribly frightened. lie
felt sure that the dragon would deYour
him. but instead Of devouring him II
overwhelmed him with gratitude and
promises of favors Tor having deliver
ed him from the society Of such ter
rible companion. As reward the
dragon entered into a conspiracy with
him. II arranged to go and coil ITSELF
round the body Of the kings daughter.
Then. after the astrologers and magi-
clans had used all their skin In vain
In the attempt TO deliver hes. the man
was to come to the king and say
aslre. am the only person "ho can
save your daughter. II l 90 mol sue
coed you may Kill me
The dragon would recognize hin ana
release her. and the king would OF
course reeoalpense the savior 81 Bas
daughter With splendid presents l o.
dragon made il a stipulation that Il
he seized any other princess the man
was not 10 interfere on penalty Q.
death. So the dragon went and eoiel
himself round the daughter OF tns
shah. and after every remedy had beet
tried without success the pan cams
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01
LUXURY IN CONGRESS
New Offices Provide Legislators
With Much Of Comfort.
VERY BEAUTIFUL FURNISHINGS

Capitol Hin Has Another Fine Addi-
ton In House Of Representatives
Office Building, Which Cost Over
5000 ooo-senate Building TO Pc
Even Finer.
The office building of the house OF
representatives win be ready for the
occupancy of the 1856 members of that
body when congress meets in Decem-
Der, says the Washington correspond
ent of the New York Post. Each mem
Der will have one large well lighted
and richly furnished room. Hereto
fore only chairmen of committees were
supplied with Office rooms at govern
ment expense, and even some of the
chairmen had to be satisfied with din
gy little offices down in the basement
of the capitol, where natural light new
err penetrated and where the air was
always bad.
The new building is one of the lar
gest and most luxurious distinctiyely
Office buildings In the world. 1t will
cost when completed about 100000.
1t is only two stories high, but 1t COW
ers an entire block. It costains 400
rooms After the members have all
been provided for there will be rooms
that may be used for committee work
If members prefer them to the rooms
that are now occupied In the capitol
building.
The most exacting member of the
house will not find much lacking In bis
room when he arrives ready to take
possession. A set of solid mahogany
furniture has been ordered for each
room, including a large desk for the
member, a desk for his clerk, center
table and typewriting desk and easy
chairs. The government viii maintain
8 telephone in each room over which
the member may call up his constitu
ents back home. provided he In willing
to stand for the tolls. He viii moi
have to meet any charges for tele
phoning to his friends in Washington.
1t Is proposed also to put in eacf
room a photograph or some similar in
strument. which will enable the mem,
Der if he be indisposed OF busy witt
work to put a receiver to his ear ant
hear what is going on in the house
one block away. This instrument VII
connect with a disk on the speaker
desk. which viii pick up every sounS
In the hall and carry it to each OF tn
3S8 members rooms in the office build
ing. Superintendent Woods Of the cap
itol recently said he was not certain
that the photograph would be the IN
strument Installed.
I'VE are looking for the best instru
ment OF the kind on the market, satt
he, land shall install Il" Down In tn
basement of the building will also b
things designed for the comfort an
pleasure Of the 81 800 year servant
Of the people" First of all there wi
be a restaurant exclusively for III
members; also a big swimming poe
and bathrooms. The space ayailabl
viii not permit the building commits
sion to provide each member with
private bathroom. but there vii D
accommodations that viii enable ever
member TO keep clean And then theE
VIII be a barber shop and most Of u
accessories ef first class office. bulk
ing or even q modern hotel. Tier
VIII not be a bar. RepTesentatiF
Charles B. lands put the eongressloi
Al bar out Of business permanently
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-11-01

A Boston tailor has made hit with
n large number OF customers by In
sorting a secret pocket In the coats OF
married men who trade with him. says
the Boston Record. AS he broadly ad-
yertises the new trick. 1t Is for the
purpose Of enabling married men to
hide their change from their curious
wives already he Is hirir more help
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Buying Trees and Shrubs

II possible the purchaser of trees
or shrubs should choose his purchases
: from growing stock that he views and
considers with regard to his especial
requirements. A gardener should Sc
lect with the utmost care everything
OF permanent nature that he puts
in his garden. Especially is this the
case with fruit bearing trees and
shrubs. The best is the cheapest II
being more economical to destroy a
poor specimen than to waste time and
effort trying to make a good plant of
It, The same applies to a rose bush
or any ornamental plant. -s
The buyer that orders haphazard
from nurseryman's catalogue with
out either seeing the plants he is pur-
chasing, or giving the seller an idea
OF his special requirements, will be
lucky if disappointment is not his lot.
Quality, and not quantity should al
ways be the watchword of the garden
er, since single rose bush of SIR
passing beauty will give more pleas
ure than dozen that are failures.
10 visit nursery and make his own
selections, he should obtain expert
advice from someone who under
stands how to order with specifica-
tions that will insure stock of the
right sort being delivered, and who
knows what variety will be best suit
ed to the given conditions.
Advice of this sort may be obtained
from the nurserymen themselves and
the purchaser will do well to write
for suggestions on all points he does
not thoroughly understand. But
trip to the nursery where all varieties
may be seen growing, and the various
specimens compared will be produc-
tive of information enough to make II
profitable to any amateur wherever
it is possible.
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SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.
Spent $500 on Doctors and Remedies
but Got No ReIief-Cutieura
Cures in Week.

"Upon the limbs and between the
toes my skid was rough and sore. and
also sore under the arms. and had to
stay at home several times because OF
this affection. Up to week or so ago
had tried many other remedies and
several doctors, and spent about three
hundred dollars. without any success.
but this is to-day the seventh day that
have been using the Cuticura Rene
dies (costing dollar and a half).
which have cured me completely, SO
that I can again attend to my busi-
ness. I went to work again tonight.
I had been suffering for eight years
and have now been cured by the Cut
icura Remedies within a week. Fritz
Hirschlaff, "a Columbus Ave, New
York, N. Y, March 20 and April 6.
1906"
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GONE FOREVER.

Ten years ago farmer put his ihi-
tiaIs on a dollar bill. The next day he
went to the nearest town and spent it
with merchant. Before the year was
out he got the dollar back. Four times
in six years the dollar came back to
him for produce and three times he
heard of It in the pocket of his neigh
bors.
The last time he got it back four
years ago. He sent it to mail order
house. He never has seen that dollar
since, and never will. That dollar bill
will never pay any more school or
road tax for him, will never build or
brighten any of the homes of the com
munfty. He sent it entirely out OF
the circle of usefulness to himself and
his neighbors.
Patronfze your local merchant who
helps You to pays your taxes, support
your schools and churches, and lends
helping hand in times Of sickness
and trouble.
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perature of 12O to 140 degrees to float
the rat to the neck of the bottle, whirl
Tor five minutes at regulation speed
l,OoO 4. P. M. for a 24-bottle ma
chine. Add enough water of the same
temperature as before to bring the
column of fat within the graduation,
and whirl another minute or two.
MAKE the reading while the tempera-
ture OF the fat is between 12O and 14O
degrees Avoid getting the sample too
warm. The cream tests are often
dark, having a burnt appearance due
to the tester overheating the sample.
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Barley and Its Cultivation

The English expert, Prof. d. Finlay-
son, has this to say concerning the
growing of barley, which will prove
suggestive and helpful to farmers in
this country:
To grow barley of the highest class
it is essential that certain facts should
always be remembered. Barley should
be grown on barley soil, that is to
say, on soils of free working charac-
ter, such as light loans, sandy or cal.
careous soils. On heavy soils the gen.
eral bulk Of the produce, both straw
and grain, may be considerably aug
mented, but at the expense of quality
1t is essential to success that not only
should the land be dry, but also clean,
and that before sowing operations
commence, the seed-bed shall have
been worked into deep, fine and fria-
BILE tilth.
! Uniform condition of the soil, both
with regard to- the mechanical condi-
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HENS KNEW THEIR BUSINESS.
Never Would They Lay Anything but
the Freshest Of Eggs.


There Is a German dairyman ana
farmer. whose place is not far from
Philadelphia, who greatly plumes him
Self upon the absolute superiority or
his products above all others in the
vicinity.
On one occasion he personally ap-
piled to Germantown housekeeper
for transfer of her custom to him
self Il hears dot you hat lot OF
drenble with dot dairyman OF yours.
he said '.Yust you gif me your gus
tom and der will be no drouble."
Are your eggs always fresh?" ask
cd the woman.
"Fresh!" repeated the German. In
an indignant tone. Let me deli you.
madam, dot my hens nefcr. nefer lay
anything but fresh eggs!"
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THE TESTING
OF CREAM
by Carl e. Lee, OF the University
Of Illinois.

The cream ana preServativeS should
be well mixed and after each new ad-
dition of cream 10 the composite sam
pie, the sample should be thoroughly
mixed by a rotary motion of the bot
tie.
Keep the jar covered to prevent dry
ing. Prepare the samples for testing
by placing them in warm water at a
temperature of 120 degrees. Do not get
the water too warm. After the cream
has been warmed it becomes less Wis.
cous and will more readily mix when
poured from one vessel to the other
Weigh out IS grams of cream, by
pipette. 1t must not be measured, be
cause the amount of fat contained in
cream is/large enough to change the
specific gravity and variation becomes
greater as the per cent. of fat and acid
ity increases.
Use the straight neck Babcock bot
tie, graduated to half per cents. New
er weigh out nine grams of cream in
a bottle graduated for 18 grams ant
double the reading, Bottles can be
obtained which will give direct read
ing when nine grams are used.
To each bottle containing the Is
grams of cream add 17.6 C. C. of acis
and thoroughly mix by gentle rotation
Of the bottle and before placing the
bottles Ia the machine add to each {
sSuficient amount Of. water at q tenn
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APPENDICITIS. A
Not at All Necessary to Operate in
Many Cases

Automobiles and Appendicitis scare
some people before they are hit.
Appendicitis Is often caused by too
much starch in the bowels. Starch is
hard to digest and clogs. up the diges-
tive maehinery-alsa tends to form
cakes in the eecum- Chats the blind
pouch at entrance to- the appendix.)
A N. H. girl had appendicitis, but
hved~on milk for awhile-then Grape
Nuts and got wen without an opera
ton.
She says: Five years ago while at
school, suffered terribly with consti-
patton and Indigestion {Too much
starch, white bread, potatoes, etc..
which she did not digest.)
Soon after left school had an at
tack of appendicitis and for thirteen
weeks lived on milk and water. When
/ recovered enough to eat solid food
there was nothing that would agree
with me, until a friend recommended
| Grape-Nuts.
when 1 began to eat Grape-Nuts
weighed SO lbs. but soon grew TO Ia
| entirely and now l am like new per
son."
"a little Grape-Nuts dissolved in hoi
water or milk would have been much
better for this case than milk alone
for the starchy part of the wheat and
barley is changed into form of di
| gestable sugar in making Grape Nuts.)
Name given by Postum Co., Baths
Greek, Mich. Read the little book
| "The Road TO Weilyilie." IN pkgs
There's Reason"
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THE VALUE
OF MANURE
BY NJ. l.. Ftsfer. Asst. Professor
of Agronomy. Purdue Ind
University.

The theoretical value of a ton of
manure is likely to differ somewhat
from its practical value. For example
:. ton of clover hay fed to mature fat
itening steers ought to return in the
animals excrement fertilizing ele-
nents worth about $3.50; a ton of oats
about $765. AS matter of fact, no
farmer ever has a ton of manure
whose value based on its chemical
composition is anything like the above
figures The average chemical compo-
isttion of large number of samples of
taverage farm manures gives a value
computed at 17h cents for nitrogen
land six cents for phosphoric acid, and
potash at $2.75.
In some experimental work by the
Indiana station tte returns from ap-
plying ordinary manure in a certain
series show it to be worth from 40
cents to four dollars for single crop,
and from rs cents to $3.50 where re-
suits from three crops have been OBJ
tanned In another series where
heavy application has been made and
then cropped with continuous corn the
increased yield from Is crops gave a
value OF about one dollar per ton for
each crop. 1t is well known that the
effect OF manure lasts a long time.
and, consequently, one or two crops
does not measure its value.
Various factors operate to influence
the value of manure. The food given
Young and growing animals has more
"f its nitrogen aud phosphoric acid
removed and built into the animals
organisms than that given to more
mature animals. Consequently their
eXcrement is not so valuable as that
from the maturer animals The kind
of food fed influences the quality Of
the manure. Evidently a ration of
straw and corn stover cannot be con-
Terted into as rich manure as a ration
OF clover hay aud oil meal. The ma
:nurial element in the bedding also
adds to or subtracts from the value of
me manure. Corn stover possesses
about twice as much fertilizing mate
rial as wheat straw. Besides the
above factors it is evident that the
season, kind of soil and the crop to
which applied affect the returns de-
rived from applying manure.
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The Evolution Of
Household Remedies.

The modern patent medicine pusi-
ness is the natural outgrowth Of thu
old-time household remedies.
In the early history of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD IT'S HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas,
bitters, 1axatives and tonics, were tobe
found In almost every house, compound
ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in. apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic,. made
of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. 4
score or more of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the.
formulae for which were passed along
from house to house, some metimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is q
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, oid-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness Of one Of
these homemade remedies, would take
It up, improve it in many ways, nsanu-
faeture it on large scale, advertise IL
mainly through almaasca for the home,
and thus it would become used over .
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one Of these
old-time remedies. It was used by the
Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before il
was offered to the public for sale. DIR.
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Mem
nonite origin. First, he prescribed il
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale Of it increased, and at last he
established q mandatory and fur
nished 1t to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS or
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and it's value in the
treatment Of these ailments. The
have learned to trust and believe =
Dr.. Hartman's judgment, and to relv
On HE remedy, Psruna.
Barbour County index., 1907-05-01

nave received a check of some kind.
The farmer, when viewing his crop,
ponderS over the disappointing out
iook What is the cause OF reason of
the failure? Oftentimes the reason is
simply this-that the various tiIlage
operations necessary for the formation
OF a good seed-bed are not properly
timed as to the weather conditions. X
is quite possible for the surface of the
soil to be worked into fairly fine
condition, while at the same time the
tread of the horses has formed a pen
OF layer impervious to the passage of
water little way below the surface:
the latter being fine, the water rises
readIly-too readily-by capillary at
traction. thus cooling the upper layer
OF soil and checking the growth.
While the order of succession in
winch crops are usually grown is de-
pendent upon the nature of the soil
and climatic conditions, it would be
thought in certain districts and by
some farmers little short of rank here
sy to advocate the growth of two
White or straw crops in succession.
IL Is also, perhaps, well known to
most practical men that there is no
greater fallacy in farming practices
than the laying down of rules. Phos-
pilates and nitrogen must be both
present in sufficient quantity in the
ideal barley soil, but the latter ele-
ment not in excess. The orthodox
method of cultfvatfeR-"ba after
roots'-has given place in many dis
tricts to barley after wheat Though
the opinions of practical men differ
considerably on this important depart
ure from established custom, it is in
the main matter of individual ex-
perienee and depends on--the fertility
of the soil
In examining an ear of barley it will
be seen that the spikelets are ar
ranged in threes on opposite sides of
the rachis. When the middle spikelet
on each side produces one weIl-deveI-
oped grain only. we have what is
known as two-rewed barley, the. side
spikelets being abortive. When the
two outside spikelets are fertile and
produce grain. We have the six-rowed
type.
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WORLDS cheapes. Gas.

According to the Gas World, pride
of place as the suppIiers of the cheap
est gas in the world is now shared
with the Widnes corporation by the
Sheffield Gas company of England.
who have just announced reduction
of one penny per thousand cubic feet
in the price, making the new-scale Is.
4d., Is. I'd, and 1s., according to con-
sumption, and is. for gas used in gas
engines. The WidneS scale is Is. Id.
and Is. 3d., with lid. for gas. used for
power purposes.
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Birds as Fruit Protectors.-Birds
are natural protectors of our frnft
trees 'and fruit products. Orchardfsts
complain that in the early days the
insects that destroy fruit were not nm.
merous. while now it is. impossible to
grow fruit without battling with the
insects from the day the blooms
come. In the early days the forests
were in nearly every locality and
birds abounded. They had to live
largely from the insects, and the hunt
for that kind of food was incessant
The codling moth and hfs friends
found little chance to destroy fruit.
The fruit was thus protected by the
birds to an extent that made spraying
unnecessary. It may be that fruit
growers will yet find the rearing of
birds the cheapest way of protecting
the fruit trees and their product.
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tion of the surface and its general fer
tifity. is really the secret of successful
barley growing. If grown after a crop
Of roots, any portion of the ground
which has been "poached" or trodden
by sheep when it was wet should re-
ceive special attention. 1t is infinitely
better, when it can be managed, to
produce the fine tilth required by ex-
posure to natural atmospheric agencies
than to force filth by excessive use
of the barrow and roller It happens
on many occasions that the seed has
apparently been sown under the best
possible conditions, may be drilled on
dry. mellow surface, yet the result
does not appear satisfactory: the plant
has made fair start but seems 70
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Shade for the Strawberry Picker

Shade for the Strawberry Picker
Pennsylvania strawberry grower
has made movable screen under
which he can pick his strawberries in
the hottest days. The screen is sup-
ported on four uprights, and these are
fastened to a frame mounted on four
wheels. Above the wheels is an ar
rangement for holding many boxes of
Strawberries, so the picker will not
have to leave his shade when he has
finished picking his box. The inven-
tor finds this arrangement a great
help when the sun is so hot that it
would drive the pickers out of the
field. 1t is of great Importance in
the strawberry business to have the
berries picked at the time they are
just right to go to market.
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FEEDING WHOLE GRAIN TO
CATTLE is WASTEFUL
Experiments That Prove Voided
by Animals UndiSested.

which was passed practically without
change. 1t was found that young stock
chewed the grain more thoroughly
than older cows. For example, over
% per cent. of the whole corn fed to
cows was not masticated, while only
six per cent. got past the teeth of
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Strawberries in HiIis.-One of the
best ways for the farmer to grow
strawberries is in the hill system.
Each plant is kept by itself and all
runners are kept cut off. This de-
velops the parent plant When the
garden devoted to strawberries con-
tains only these detached plants they
can be cultivated both ways with the
wheeled hoe and thus much labor is
saved. Hand-pulling weeds is ex-
pensive labor, and the less of it the
better.