davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
TAKING CARE OF HARNESS.
Do Not Let 1t Get Dirty and Dry as {,
Will Be Sure to Break.

There is nothing like leather
But there is nothing like knowing how
to keep your leather goods in fine con-
ditiOn. too. Leather Is composed of a
mass of fine tendrils. intimately inter
locked and entwined. When in good
pliable condition. each tendril is ca,
pable of much stretching.
II allowed to become dry and hard.
when the leather is subjected to a
severe pull. the tendrfls break instead
of stretching. But this does not mean
that leather boots or harness should
be kept soaked with oil or dressing
Elbow grease applied in quantity is
better.
"An dressings should be applied
sparingly." is the sound advice of a
saddlery concern. Black oil should
always be used on black harness ant
not neatsfoot oil. as the latter will
draw out the black dye and leave the
harness brown. The black harnes
fats now on the market make excelien
farm harness dressing. They contain
the "nourishment" necessary for keep
Ing the harness in good order.
But first all dirt should be washet
off with luke warm water and ordinar,
soap. The black fat should then be
applied with cloth. given a shor
time to penetrate the leather and then
rubbed dry with another cloth.
Some make the mistake of oiline
without unbuckling the harness. TIL.
parts that need nourishment most are
under the buckles where the meta
causes hardness and britteness. |.
people would vary the holes Of thu
harness occasionally it would las
much longer
An objection to neatsfoot oil is tina
1t inclines to wash off the beeswa,
from the stitches, leaving the bare
thread, which then soon breaks.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
mexIeo,s Indian Women.

The beauty Of Indian women II one
Of the charms of Mexico. In the cap
ital, where the Indian has sdegen-
Grated through poverty and mental
service It is less to be remarked than
In the smaller towns and in the coun-
try. But the beautiful faces one takes
in memory away from Mexico are
those of Indian women. Fine eyes
are universal. and, what one hardly ex-
poets, the features, according to eau
casian standards broad brows,
straight noses, well-formed mouths
and chins full but not gross or heavy.
The expression is very generally intel
ligent, and often one is struck, both in
Indian men and women, with the no
bility and refinement Of the coun-
tenance. One frequently sees types
emong the poems that seem to belong
co some highly civilized ancient caste
An Egyptian priest of royal blood. a
Roman centurian. an Aztec emperor.
The women are gently lovely where
they are beautiful, and the men at
their best in carriage. in manners and
in countenance are strikingly like the
very advanced product Of civilization.
Modern Mexico.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
MEADOW MICE ONE OF THE
MENACES TO AGRICULTURE
Their Destructive Habits Natural Enemfes-By
ID. e. Lantz Asst. Biologist, Biological Survey.

In recent years the department of
agriculture has frequently received
complaints Of damages to meadows
and pastures by field mice. The COM
mon meadow mouse (M pennsylvani-
Gus and its various subspecies) is usu-
ally the offender in these cases, al
though the prairie meadow mouse ON.
austerus) also causes considerable
loss In the west. Both these mice work
under the snow in winter, burrowing
along the tops of the succulent roots
of clover and other plants, and some
times destroy entire meadows, which
have to be plowed up and resolved.
Such damage usually occurs where a
thick growth Of grass is left in the
field in fall. Closely moved or closely
pastured fields are not usually badly
injured by mice.
The meadow mice are destructive to
market gardens. Strawberry fields are
especially liable to attack, because Of
the mulch used to protect the plants
and because OF the animals fondness
for the succulent crowns of the
plants themselves. These mice de-
stroy seeds in the garden, hotbed, or
cold-frame. potatoes in the ground,
and many other growing vegetables.
In the fall they destroy beets,
turnips. carrots. parsnips, celery, ap-
pies and potatoes, when piled on the
ground or stored in pits. The depre-
dations may to great extent be pre-
vented by the careful burning of
weeds and other trash which harbor
the pests.
The destruction Of corn and wheat
IN the shock by meadow mice is
common, and growing crops-wheat,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

meadow mice Is we'll known, and
most farmers have seen these birds
in the corn fields at husking time. as
they hover in the air or sit poised
upon a fence or hedge ready to pounce
upon every mouse that escapes from
the shocks.
crows destroy many young mice in
the nests and sometimes kill the
adults, and, no doubt, investigations
VII! show that meadow mice form
considerable part of the diet of bit.
terms and herons.
owls are especially efficient as de
stroyers of field mice, and all the spe
cies whose food habits have been in
vestigated by the biological survey
were found to feed upon these ami
mails. In bulletin No. of the survey
1t is recorded that of 80 barn-owl
stomachs examined, contained
meadow mice; of 107 long-eared owl
stomachs, SO contained them; of lOl
stomachs Of the short-eared owl, SO
had meadow mice; 81 out of 100 stom
achs of the barred owl, 6 out of 8 of
the great grey owl. 4 out of % of the
sawwhet owl, Is out of 254 Of the
screech owl, IL out of 1877 of the great
horned owl, 10 out of 3S of the snowy
owl. and the stomach of the single
| hawk owl. contained meadow mice
They were mostly the common
meadow mouse (Microtus pennsylva
nicus). as the birds were collected for
common.
The examination of owls nests and
i OF the curious pellets cast up by owls
! reveals much as to the nature of their
! food. DR.. Fisher has recorded the re
suits OF the examination of many pei
lets of the barn owl. and a few of
these Of the long-eared owl, with the
following result: Six hundred and
seventy-five barn-owl pellets con
/ tanned 1923 skulls of the meadow
mouse: so pellets of the long-eared
owl contained ia meadow mouse
skulls. This is an average of almos,
two to each pellet.
Next to insects. mice form the most
important item in the food of snakes.
| -HOoNO" AASO dlO AOSt CdSllY 90
tanned, but other mice. and. indeed.
most of the small rodents. including
ground squirrels, wood rats. prairie
| DOGS and young pocket gophers and
rabbits. are eaten. This important
service of snakes in the interest of the
farmer is not generally understood or
| appreciated. but an inherent and deep
ly rooted prejudice induces thought.
less people to destroy them whenever
possible and for no other reason than
because they are snakes.
The value OF domestic cats and OF
dogs in destroying mice Is well
known. and many of these animals
learn from experience to prefe, the
large meadow mice to the species
found In hoxses and barns.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
RURAL JoTTiNes.

Every question that Is pertinent to
one man is most likely impertinent
to another.
With prices for nitrogen going up
the thing to do is to put down more
seed of clover and peas.
The more crooked people are In
their dealings with you, the straighte,
you should try to be. II nothing else
pays the contrast will.
A farmer writes US that they got
in their hay on the eight-hour sys
tem-that Is. eight hours before din
ner and eight hours after.
No human power can help farmer
who. at this season has nc vegetable
except potatoes. We can pick any
of Is things from the garden At an
time What do people live In T.:
country for?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

oats, barley, rye, and buckwheat-are
often cut down and eaten. The dam
age to standing grain is most notice
able when it Is nearly ripe, but fully
matured grain also is eaten. Short
pieces Of the stems Of grains and
grasses scattered along the runways
of lie animals are conclusive evil
dences of the nature of their diet. In
alfalfa and clover fields considerable
loss :, frequently caused by meadow
mice The ground is often Uttered
Stomach examinations of dozen
specimens of Microtus austerus cap
tured in alfalfa fields during the sum-
mer of 1905 showed that their diet
was almost exclusively leaves Of al
falfa. When field mice occur in
normal numbers, the losses are not
serious: but when local conditions
have favored an abnormal increase
Of the animals, the loss of crops Is
enormous.
Meadow mice have been known to
almost wholly destroy large nurseries
of young apple trees. 1t was estimat-
ed that the losses sustained by nur-
serymen near Rochester, N. Y, during
the winter Of 1902 amounted to $780,
0OO The animals usually inflict the
damage by burrowing under the snow
and girdling the tree just at the
surface of the ground. Some species
burrow below ground. and. like the
80
thus completing their destruction.
In some cases older trees are at
tackled and ruined. The writer has
seen many apple trees, eight to ten
years transplanted, and to inches
in diameter, completely girdled by
the prairie meadow mouse On. aus
terus). sometimes to the height Of a
foot or more above the ground.
The list of cultivated trees and
shrubs that are injured by these mice
includes nearly all Of those grown by
the horticulturist. The biological Sur
vey has received complaints of the
destruction Of apple. pear, peach.
plum. ounce. cherry. and crab-apple
trees: OF blackberry bushes, and OF
grape vines; also OF the injury OF
sugar maple. black locust. Usage or.
ange. sassafras. pine. alder, white
ash. mountain ash. oak. cottonwood
willow. wild cherry, and other forest
trees.
One of the chief causes Of the re
cent great increase of the smaller
rodent pests is the persistent de
struction of the birds. mammals, and
reptiles that habi.ually prey upon
them. This Is true not only in
America. but also in Great Britain and
on the continent. where for years
gamekeepers and even farmers have
destroyed foxes, weasels. stoats
hawks and owls whenever possible on
the plea that they prey upon and di
minish the supply Of game In the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
HOGS In Confinement.

Where hogs are kept in confire-
ment 1t is noticed that they crave
foods like charcoal, ashes, rotten
wood, etc. It would seem as though
such foods were of little value, for
when analysed they show but slight
quantities of nutrition. Yet these
foods are found to be excellent cor
receives for the hogs system, espe-
cially where large quantities OF corn
are fed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Prizes for Inventions.

With view to encouraging officials
md workmen on the Imperial German
railways, the government have es-
tablished a fund from which awards
.re made to men who invent any ap-
pliance which may be useful in rail-
way practice: $3.50 was paid to en-
ployes last year from the fund.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
with a smooth iron and Denanee

with a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch. you can launder your Shirt
waist Just as well at home as the
steam laundry can: 1t will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be positive pleasure to
nse a Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
METHOD OF SMELLING CORN.
Simple Device Which Will Do Rapid
and Thorough Work.

Where one does not have a regular
shelter the best method of Smelling
corn that have seen is to drive the
edge of fence plank full of nails.
letting the heads extend out one-half
Or three-fourths Of an inch. The plank
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

gate as shown in cut to the buildings
or tall post may be used instead if
the gate is in fence away from any
buildings. The higher the brace wire
says Farmers Review. is on the build
Ing or post the less strain there will
be on 1t.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
His Opinion,

Pendally-Now. candidly, what do
you think of my book?
Grimshaw-Well, always did ad-
mire the courage of q man who, with
out knowing how to write. writes on q
subject of which he knows nothing
Smart Set.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
Way. Shelter is Made.

can be laid across tub or box and
used as seat, says Prairie Farmer,
and the corn be shelled very rapidly
by rubbing across it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20

In Judging the value of land for
farm purposes. which Judgment would
you rather take--that Of an old farm
Or, or an agricultural chemist!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-20
GATE LATCH AND SUPPORT.
One Which Can Be Easily and cheaply
Constructed by the Farmer.

This latch and support may be at
tached to any style of gate. The
latch swings on two wires and the end
slips into notch cut in the post. The
brace wire runs from the top OF the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
EAST ARLINGTON.

Mrs A. N. best visited relatives In
woodiord Friday and Saturday.
The children OF Percy Judsou OF New
York are with their grandfather, j. II.
Judson.
Rev Il. b. Harris leit for Saratoga
Thursday 10 attend. the annual Me
conference.
Mr. and Mrs ~ A. Peckham OF Ben
nington spent Sunday with her broth.
er, Morton Grant.
DR. ]. /. Cochran OF Dorset was In
town Friday In council with DR. Gray
nj Mrs J. n. Webts.'
Mrs J. b. Webb had q severe stroke
OF paralysis Thursday afternoon and
Il very Low NJ this writing.
word has bean received--iha, V. III
Grifiih is III with typhoid fever Ia
Poughkeepsie Mrs Griffith has gons
from Danby In care for him. Theil
little daughter Carrie Is staying nj A
X. Wells
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
FEW KNOW THIS.

A well.known specialist has
stated that Kidney and Bladder
Troubles OF all kinds are In
nearly every instance readily
relieved by taking q few doses
OF the following simple be me
made mixture.
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon,
one ounce; Compound Syrup
Sarsapsrilla, three ounces.
The does Is q teaspoonful oil.
ter meals and at bedtime. These
ingredients can be obtained at
! any good pharmacy and are
mixed by shaking we'll In q bot
tie. Victims Of Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary diseases Of any
kind should not hesitate 10 make
this prescription up and try IL.
II comes highly recommended
and doesn't cost much TO pre-
pare.
II not troubled now, save this
for future use.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
King THANK. In. Armr.

BUCHAREST. Roumanla. April ia
The Gazette publishes the official
thanks Of King Charles to the army for
the nnhesitatlng manner In which II
fulfilled Its duties during the recent
agrarlan riots. His majesty says the
fact that 10000 men were modified
within Ave days constitutes a power.
full guarantee that the army always
will be able TO face any danger threat
enIng the state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
e,,, H.. p..e,.s Habit.

ARDMoRE. ia. April i5.--with a
sudden and uncontrollable desire Ga
dance. Theresa Horn. servant has
been locked mp In the Lower Merton
police station until inquiry can ba
made Into her sanity. The Tirl seems
rational In every particular. with the
strsnEr exception that for more than
two days she has done little besides
sing and dance. The girl who l. only
twenty.on years old. lives NJ the house
Of John Kelly Of Ardmore.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
or, K,u.s :, Ef.e,r,s Contact.

MARLBORO. Mass. April is.-Med.
icsi Examiner y. q. Hoytt has decld-
81 that a shock Of electricity caused
the death OF Miss Anna W Greenwood.
who was found dead sitting beside .
telephone instrument az her home.
Contact msde by the young wornanrs
body with telephone and electric light
circuits NJ she was In the act Of tax.
Ing no the telephone receiver and turn.
Ing an electric light switch II believed
20 have brought about the accident.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15

IT. PETERSBURG. April 13.--Prs-
mier stolypln, replying TO President
GolovIne's letter to him insisting on
the right OF the doumas budget COM
mittee 10 consult experts on the budg-
et declares that he (stolypin) must In
struct.the military guards Of the Tau
ride palace not TO allow any private
persons 10 enter the building, with the
exception OF those mentioned In the
order sanctioned by the emperor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15

orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup cures
stomach and liver trouble as 10 aids
digestion and stimulates the liver and
bowels without Irritating these organs
like pills and ordinary caihartIcs. 10
cures indigestion and tick headache
and chronic constipation. Orino Lax
alive Fruit syrup does not nausoate o
gripe and IL mild and pleasant 10 TAX r
Refuse substitutes. -B. A. Quinlan. Q.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15

. Constipation causes headache, uaus.
On, dizziness, languor, heart pslpita
t.on.. Drastic physics grlpe, sicken
weaken the bowels and don't cure
Doan's Regulets act gently and cure
constipation. rs cents. Ask your
druggist.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
A Cara.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
70 refund The money on o 80 cent bottle
OF Creams Warraotsd Syrup OF Tar
u 10 falls W cure your cough or cold.
W alsoguarantce a % cent bottle 70
prove satisfactory or money refunded.
Shurtlen Pharmacy J. 81. Ayres
d. A. Ward q. A. Qulnlan
Bennington.
O. II. Poughton, A. s. Hathaway,
North Bennington,
Q. r. a A. u. Havkips, So. SALISBURY
.. u. Adams. Arlington,
Y e. Woooscrth o. Il. Adams x Co.
East Arlinptcn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
PALMS, Held N. K,a,.,.r

OCEAN CITY, n. j., April l5.-F.
Wistar Brown, whose three children
disappeared on Friday last, has caused
the arrest OF Mrs. Susan Is. Maxwell
on suspicion OF being the woman who
accompanied the children from home.
Mrs. Maxwell IL palmIst who was In
business for two summers ON the board
walk here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
Ne. e,s.,,s lev. FROM esm.,

GOMEI.. Russia. April ia hand
% reaciioni-t rowdies. armed with re-
volvers and knives. paraded the prin.
clpal streets here. entering all the
Jewish stores and ordering the mer-
chants under pain Of death 20 leave
the town within three days Repre-.
sentative Jews have ielegrapbed 10
rrvmler stolypln and the governor OF
Mohliev asking for protection.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
Plot 10 KIN Mln.l... aov.rn.r.

MINsK. Russia, April 15.-A band
OF terrorists lying In wait In house
opposite the governors palace. ap-
parently with the Intention ~ assas-
slnatlng the governor, was discovered
by the police. In an Interchange Of
shots a policeman was killed aud two
were wounded. Two terrorists were
captured. The others escaped.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
NORTH BENNINGTON.
George H!nsdIll Is quite III.

Mrs VIM Burgess who was called
here by the death OF her grandmother,
Mrs Mary u. iteughton returned Ia
New York Saturday.
Miss Edna Olin IL III.
Mrs Amelia Hullng who has passed
the winter 10 Massachusetts has open
cd her house here for the sumner.
Howard Monroe who has counter
10 the 3. w. Senter store, Is TO move
soon into the quarters occupied by
Adams, the barber. Mr. Adams vii
take the store recently used for the
bakery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
Mig Firr nj Lnur.xIiie.

LOUISVILLE. KY. April 13.-Flrc
broke out In the piano store OF Smith
& Nixon. on Fourth avenue, In the
heart OF the retail district. The six
story building was doomed. and the
entire fire department had TO fight 10
save the new ten story Seelbach hotel
immediately adjoining. Loss. $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
ManchurIa Re.,ored 20 china,

HARDIN, Manchuria. April 15.-The
evacuation OF ManchurIa by the Rus
sian and japanese troops and the res
toratIon Of Manchuria TO China today.
as provided for by the treaty OF Ports.
mouth. In now complete aud the terms
OF the military convention fulfilled.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
wives Mus, support sick Husband.

MADISON. Wis, April l5.-A bill
was introduced In the state legislature
to compel women ~ means 90 support
invalid husbands. The bill IL aimed at
rich wives OF old soldiers In veteran
homes
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
r.n ..s r.,,, Q, Porto nice

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. April Is
Secretary Of War Taft and his party
arrived here on board the government
yacht Msynower. Governor Beekman
Winthrop aud Secretary o. Porto Rico
Regis Post gave the party a welcome.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
rarard 90 Me-, Italy. Kinx.

LONDON. April liking Edward
has just returned from a visit TO King
Alfonso at Cartagena. lie will meet
King Victor Emmanuel OF Italy on
Thursday ut Cseta. near Naples.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15

Never can tell when you'll mash n
finger or suffer . cut, brulsc. burn or
scald. Be prepared DR. Thomas
Electric Oil instantly relieves The pain
quickly cures the wound.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15

PILES CURED IN . TO 10 DAYS
n. !! k:s;;i:s |; ;s; :! !ls'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-04-15
Special Notice

n you Contemplate studying the violin. Be
sn,s you s9sssa 20 ~. m0oa |" Ecs 'o o.
tescher 81 Ieipslc aud Berlin Correct meth
DDS and proper schooling guaranteed, Ad-
vanccd pupils can secure msmDefship In large
thereby gettlng the benefit Of double tuition
for one price. No such opportunity has ever
before been offered In bennington. Mandolin
also taught. Address
GRO. @. WOOD. Room saving. Bank Blds
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
Mortgages Recorded.
NnW

Patrick ]. Smith to Prosperity Building
and Loan Association, west side South
Eighth street. $50 feet south from Court
street. 81 500.
Mary j. Wilhelm and husband to Charles
Koos. east side johnson avenue. 225 feet
south from Hawthorne avenue. $500.
Mary ]. wilhelm and husband 10 Emily
Breckenridge (executriX, etc.). east side
johnson avenue. 25S feet south from Haw-
thorne avenue. 5000.
Mary J. Wilhelm and husband to Emily
Breckenridge (executrix, etc.), east side
johnson avenue. 29l feet south from Haw
thorne avenue. $1,000.
Mary J. wilhelm and husband to South
End Land and Improvement Company,
east side Johnson avenue. 252 feet south
from Hawthorne avenue, $4S6.67.
Mary ]. Wilhelm and husband to South
End Land and Improvement Company.
enst side Johnson avenue. 225 feet south
from Hawthorne avenue. Si66.67.
Mary J. Wilhelm and husband to South
End Land and Improvement Company.
east side Johnson avenue. 29i feet south
from Hawthorne avenue, $4e6. G6.
Hubert Louis Schultz TO Carl Weiland,
west side South Eleventh street. 81 feet
south from Bank street. 50, 300.
Hubeit Louis Schultz TO George II.
Plume, west side South Eleventh street,
81 feet south from Bank street. 500.
Rocco De Cicco to Savings Building and
Loan Association, north side Eighth ave-
nue., 1913 feet from Summer avenue. 5000,
Rocco De Cicco to Angialina Oliviere,
north. side Eighth avenue, 1913 feet from
Summer avenue, $500.
Wolf Abram to Adolph Rosenwasser.