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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

rubS Its nose, Enifiies, and shows N!
ivarious- ways that the diseased spots
irrltate and burna Gradually these:
diseased spots break out az small sores,
occasionally sloughing out to form nj
GERS of considerable size. These sores
or ulcers may occur In any part of the
head, and occasionally they Will ex.
tend over the sides and under part.
OF the body.
Since the disease is contagious and
spreads easily. all pigs showing any
signs Of the trouble should be separated
from the healthy ones. The following
preparations should be applied to the
diseased spots: A mixture Of carbolici
acid and lard in the proportion Of one
Of acid to eight Of lard may be ap.
piled to the diseased spots before:
sloughing occurs. For upen sores o.
sloughs use iodine one part and vasel-
inc six parts. Apply this ointment.
once every two or three days. A to-
bacco solution, tobacco one part ana,
water twenty parts, may be made By.
sleeping the tobacco for ten to twenty
hours in warm water. This may 30
applied to the ulcers instead Of the
Iodine and vaseline. The disease II
generally stubborn to treat, and sew
eral applications Of any Of the above
remedies may be required to effect q
cure. y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

Funk Bros, who are among the larg-
est;farmers In Illinois, came out boldly
in favor of drilling oats and Of using
w bushels of seed per acre. A test
of this in southern Ohio, ten years ago.
resulted in forty-eight bushels per acre
on the drilled, against forty -one bushels
In the broadcast oats.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

Some of the largest growers of po-
tatoes follow the hand picking of po-:
tato bugs. They begin at once as soon
as the bugs appear and thus getting the
beetles before the eggs for future col
onies Of bugs are laid they keep ahead
of the beetles and ind 1t an easy mat
ter to keep them down.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-07

HedQ OF all MS classes unCll you LOOK
to cramming Bailey. Harold now re-
proaches me for not being competent
the books have all changed since
my time-to cram him. YOU'RE a great
deal too good to those children. You've
outmothered motherhood"
Real mothers" admonished Mrs.
Gaskell. cuttingly, are obliged to re-
lax the tension at times-you've been
a mother every instant since you be-
gan. 1t isn't fadr to the rest of us.
Your youthful enthusiasm has carried
you too far. Things are coming to 3
pretty pass when our own children are
holding you UP as a model
Gertrude forewarned and forearm
ed, met the mothers graciously, and,
Yelling the twinkle in her eye, prom
Used moderation.
You see," she pleaded, apologetical.
ly, my family is only one year old,
and five infants OF that age are a good
many for twenty.three-year-old
mother to get used to at once. Per
haps ann OVERRIDING the motherhood
business. You'll have to teach me
your way"
After that the club was again Sc.
rene. Gertrude still mothered her
flock consoientously, but now enthus-
iasm was tempered with moderation.
"Clauddne." said she, on the next
red-letter day. Il wanted to give you
e{v t,{y,fhd ,oy nrncan<,e n,,k I,1,o n,,k a.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03

Many persons have wondered how
strawberries got their name. They
have been so called by Anglo Saxon
people for hundreds Of years, but no
corresponding name for them appears
in other languages. On the contrary,
their fragrance mainly Is set forth in
the names by which they are called
in non English speaking lands. The
old Anglo-SaxOn form was "streaw-
berlge." 1t seems probable that the
STRAW" IS the long stem Of the vine,
which runs along the ground. Some
times the Anglo-Saxon berry hunters
brought the berries home or sent them
to market upon strawS. The eXplana-
ton that the word Is corruption Of
"stray berry" due to the running habit
of strawberry vines, Is believed to be
erroneous as we'll as that which would
derive the name from the habit of
placing straw among the plants to
keep the berries off the ground.
CorOnets of dukes are adorned with
strawberry leaves, though authorities
on heraldry insist that they are not
strawberry leaves at all, but merely
cOnventiOna! leaves which popular
fancy has turned into the foliage Of
the favorite berry. However, straw
berry leaves are actually borne by the
house of Fraser of Lovat as pun
ming allusion to the family name, since
"fraises" Is French for Strawberries.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
Kindness to the Cow,

Kindness is an efficient aid in In
creasing the milk yield and costs moth
ing. The more the mixer can make
his cows admire him and feel cOmforta-
Bile around him the more milk they
will yield to him. Investigations show
that large proportion of the milk Is
secreted in the COW during the opera
ton of Tilking, especially the rich
milk, whiX comes last. Any abuse or
excitement reduces the secretion and
not only lowers the quantity of milk
given, but often lowers the percentage
of butter fat. Kindness and petting
make the COW cOntented and put her
nervous system in such condition that
the fullest yield Of milk will be given.
This Is not the only cause. but probably
the chief cause, of the wide variation Of
butter fat, which is shown by tests to be
due to the hurrying of cows, allowing
the dogs to bite them and speaking to
them roughly, all of which will reduce
the milk yield and the percentage of
butter fat. A change of mixers will
often lower the amount of butter fat
until the COW becomes fond of the new
milker.-PrOfessor Oscar Err.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
Mlokinn.V

When Richard lie Gallienne first Wis
tied this country he was introduced at
one of the clubs to gentleman who
delights in elaborate funmaking and
does it all with an intensely sober
face. After the first formalities were
over the humOrist asked the poet
abruptly:
well, Mr., lie Gallenne, how is the
poetry business"
Mr.. lie Gallienne surveyed the face Of
his questiOner and, seeing nothing in
the countenance to enlighten him, re-
piled, with dgntied seriousness:
Il should hardly speak of poetry as
a business"
why notY said his interlocutOr
"The grocer sells groceries, the mer-
chant dry goods and you sell rhymed
stuff. The market rates you obtain
vary with conditions and the quality
Of the article offered for sale. The
grocer is cOmplimented when inquiry
is made as to the conditions of the
grocery trade Why not the poet when
asked about his business-hls Sonnets.
lyrics, ballads and other forms, which
are often sold at a rulnOus sacrifice"
Mr.. le Gallienne stared, still perplex-
eG at this harangue, when the half sup
pressed laugh Of the listeners cleared
| to "ir and the humOrist himself smil-
Ell. The poet woke up and said, with
| an air Of great relief:
"Oh. see; you are joking"-Judge
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
The Test.

cat a military dinner" said a
G. A. r. man, 81 once heard Gen
eral F. d. Grant tell a story about
recruiting.
''He said that there was certain
recruiting office in town hall along
with the various other municipal
offices.
"a well dressed young man en-
tered the place one morning with a
diffident air.
"pd like he began.
Strip interrupted the busy re-
cruiting officer.
"The young man flushed and hes
itated. Then, with a sheepish
smile, he stripped.
"Jump over that chair said the
officer.
"After two or three balks the
young man made the jump.
Now said the officer, take this
twenty pound weight and see how
many. times you can put it over your
head
"The young man put up the
weight, with much painting and
grunting, about fifty times.
"The officer made an entry in a
book.
"FNow run around the room as
hard as You can,' he said, till | tell
you to stop
"But the youth uttered a loud,
angry oath and began hurriedly to
put ON his clothes.
"No,' he shouted. TIL be hang
ed if I will! I'd rather stay single
all the rest of my lifen
"He thought he was in the mar
riASe license Office"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03

President Samuel P. Colt of the
United States Rubber company was
discussing in New York the AMIGA
BILE trade agreement that has been
made between his firm and the In
tercontinental Rubber company.
'1t is best" he said, "for COM
petitors to agree to be fair and hon
est with one another, and this
agreement of ours is fair and hon
est one. 1t is not like those.where-
in two rivals, while pretending to be
fair, yet knife one another contin-
ually in the back. Such hypocritical
agreements remind me of two chill
dren, two little boys, l know.
"They were lunching, Billy and
Jack, and when the butler brought
on the dessert it was seen that there
was only one orange in the fruit
basket. Instantly Billy, the larger
boy, set up loud bawling.
"'Now what's the matter?' said
the governess. what are you cry
ing about Billy?'
"T'm cryin',' Billy answered
because there's no orange fol
Sack"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03

been torn and trampled. and you held
in your arms a little child that you
had saved-and you were beautifur'-
"Oh, shat was Tessa," Miss Mason
said quickly, the morning the fire en-
gine horses ran away. 1t was q won
der we weren't both killed"
81 saw you for the first time, and l
knew then that / had found what L
had been looking for all my life"
Her startled eyes read the meaning
in his. "Oh, no. no." she protested, II
am not good enough. / am vain and
frivOlous-and long for the flesh
pots"
He went on steadily. 81 have seen
you since then every day teaching
your little girls to be tidy and sweet
and good, and l have wondered at
your bravey-when you might be In
luxury, cool and comfortable"
$50 might you" she reminded him.
How many men of your talent and
influence would have chosen a down
town church"
"Oh, that" he put it away lightly,
II like 1t, and l am a man-but not
many women would do it."
Don't" she said tremulously; "don't
praise me-" And she rose and went to
meet Tessa, who was coming toward
her. sobbing.
"Oh, Tessa! Crying againT
1t was discovered after some Ques-
tioning that Tessa's conscience was
hurting her She was sorry, she whis-
pered, that she had been bad.
Poor baby| Miss Mason crooned as
she gathered the small culprit in her
arms Dear heart" And the wet
cheek lay against her own.
AS they sat In the alcove the stained
glass window Of the parish office
made a background of sapphire light,
against which Miss Mason's fair hair
shOne like l halo. Tessa, smiling and
forgiven, lay with her limpid eyes
shut.
The rector, still seated ON the corner
of his desk, looked at the pair with
thoughtful eyes.
do you really think you would be
happy on the hotel porch?" he probed.
1T would be COOL" Miss Mason said
wistfully, "but l should miss the
love-" and her eyes went toward the
children playing peacefully at the end
of the room.
Whose love" he asked boldly.
Tessa's eyes opened s!eepily 81
loye-a your she murmured fervently.
The eyes of the rector held the eyes
of the little teacher masterfully.
you say 1t like that" he COM
manded.
"Oh, IL can't" she breathed, all
pink and white and tremulous, "but
Tessa shall be-my proxyw
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
With Tessa
AS Proxy.
By JEROME SPRACUE.
copyrighted, leOs, by Homer sprague.
By JEROME SPRAGUE.
leO7, by Homer sprague.

''Tessa," said Miss Mason, with de
cision, ''you are not making that bed
properly"
1essa, tucking in the sheet of the
dolls bed, raised limpid, inquiring
eyes.
Il told you / wanted hospital cor
ners."
Tessa wavered, curled a small red
lip and overfiOwed.
Don't cry-oh, Tessa. don't cry"
Miss Mason expostulated as the small
pink aproned atom flung herself at full
length on the floor.
Tessa did not move.
We'll, l shall have to let Mary
Brannigan do It," said Miss Mason.
Mary Brannigan and Tessa Votoldi
being sworn rivals in the affections of
the settlement teacher, the small Ital
ian raised a calculating eye. Mary,
every red curl bObbing, every freckle
radiant. already had hold of one corner
of the infinitesimal sheet.
Then Mary pulled and Tessa pulled.
Perhaps you'd better let Tessa tn-
ish IT, Mary" said the teacher weakly.
Mary blazed wrathfully. Jaw, she
don't know how
"Oh, we'll" Miss Mason sighed, "see
If you can make it, Mary. Tessa can
watch you and tell you If you don't do
II properly"
Tessa, sobbing a soft accompanl-
ment to Mary's bedmaking squealed
suddenly:
"She's gotta the hem out-a side"
"Oh. Mary" said Miss Mason re-
prOachfully, Il thought you could do
IT."
"An' l can" said Mary, "but I
won't" and straightway, like a small
fury, she tore the bed to pieces and
flung the mattress on the floor
The twenty small girls of the little
housekeepPrs' class looked at the teach
er with eXpectant eyes.
"Oh, Mary" quavered Miss Mason.
She felt unequal to discipline. 1t was
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
'I LovE-A YOU" SHE MURMURED FER.
VRNTI,Y.

very hot, and the room was close and
the children had been restless and
fuSsy all the morning.
"Oh, Mary" she quavered again as
young man in a panama hat and
round clerical collar pOked his head
in at the window
Cant you and the little girls come
over and have lunch with my boys in
the parish Office" he asked.
A sigh of blissful anticipation issued
from twenty thrOats.
They have been so naughty" Miss
Mason hesitated. II don't know wheth-
er l should let them"
Twenty pairs Of eyes reprOached her,
and the young rector said, mo one
ought to be naughty on such day"
well, if you will promise to be very
good" Miss Mason finally decided.
And, like lion and lamb, Tessa and
Mary led decorOus procession.
The young rector's class in wood
carving We're having sandwiches and
cake and lemonade provided by the
ladies of the parish. There was big
pitcher of lemonade, and the Ice tinkled
dellciOusly as the biggest boy filled
twenty glasses for the twenty little
girls
The yOunT rector, bcaming with en-
thuSasm sat down beside the little
settlement teacher. It's lovely work.
Miss Mason" he said.
Marion shook her head. "Oh no, 1t
isn't" she said; its horrid. They are
SO ungrateful. l wish | was out on Il
hotel porch in my best linen frock.
with my hair marcelled and with the
waves beating n soothing accompani-
ment to the conversation of some in
telligent masculine"
With a twinkle in his eye, the young
rector asked, Cant masquerade as
an intelligent masculine"
"Oh" Miss Mason conceded, you
might But I'm not dressed for the
part. Shirt waists and serge skirts and
tan shoes, and dusty ones at that
she poked out small foot in a shabby
shoe-"are not the attire of attractive
ness. We planted vegetables in the
school garden all the morning-beans
and things-until we were grubby."
II don't believe you would be really
happy on that hotel porch" asserted
the young rector az he sat on the edge
of his desk and looked down at her.
II should: want to be care free
and frivolous-and to forget the prob
lens of the suffering and the sub
merged people want to go where
every one is clean and the air is pure
and where ! can breathe" AS she
caught her breath sharply he bent over
her with G sudden tender light in his
eyes.
poor little womanv" he murmured.
Don't pity me-" Miss Mason said,
with flaming cheeks, "but l do like
pretty things. Why, am a different
creature in my pink dlmity. You've
never seen me in it, have you"
He smiled down at her indulgently.
'sNo," he said slowly, "but | saw you
once In an old white linen that had
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
,!Matar For Dairy Cattle.

1t Is absolutely essential for the
highest milk production for an animal
to have good clean water and plenty
of it, says Professor Err. About 81
per cent Of the milk Is water, and If
the cows supply of water is limited
the milk yield is proportionately re-
duced. 1t pays to furnish pure, pala-
table water in summer as well as in
winter. Cows should not be allowed
to stand In ponds of water which be-
come so filthy that the COW frequently
will not drink enough to maintain a
full milk flow Such water is liable
to taint the milk, and some Of the filth
which collects Oh the cows body while
standing in the water is apt to fall In
the pail during milking. Milk contain
mated in this way will frequently taint
the entire output of the herd or OF the
creamery.
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In the
Dairy

l am frequently asked If it is ad-
visable to raise the heifer's first calf.
Being the first is hardly reason for
rejecting the calf, but majority of
dairymen have learned by experience
that to make good dairy COW it Is
desirable to breed and develop the
heifers rather young, and sometimes
this is carried to extremes lpurposely
or unintentionally, and the first calf
is very small and possibly not as
we'll developed as is desirable, and
under these conditions we should not
raise the first calf. If the calf is of
q fair size, weIl developed and is pos
Sessed of six or eight good incisors,
there is no reason for rejecting it, so
far as the calf Is concerned. There Is,
however, another reason why the
first calf is not so desirable, and that
is the entirely unknown dairy quail
ties of the dam. 1t is certainly always
more desirable to raise a calf from a
dam that has proved her worth.-L,.
W. Lightly in National StOckman and
Farmer.
A Grand HoIstein.
The illustration shows the $4,000
Holstein- Friesian COW Pontiac Rag
Apple. With the bluest of the bovine
blood in her veins and with record
or production that has jumped in three
years from 100 to 2T9 to 300 quarts of
milk per week, It is believed that
this COW will soon easily carry away
the worlds hOnOrs.
One of Rag Apples records Is forty
four quarts of milk day for 100 days
at stretch. Another is the produc-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03

ladder to mount and needed the
same to dismount; hence during re-
cent maneuvers he concocted a
scheme to see him get off his horse
without the auxiliary.
When the sham battle was at its
worst the kaiser sent word to the
major that he must dismount 'since
all horses had been shot by the enc
my" The major received the mes
sage with a broad smile, but con-
tinued on "his elephant" That
made the kaiser furious, and he rode
up to the disobedient officer, shout
ing from afar:
81 sent word to you that your
horse was presumed to be dead.
What in thunder do you mean by
continuing on the carcass?"
"Your majesty" expostulated the
major, 81 presume that l have
mounted my reserve horse"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
CONDENSED STORIES.
Kaiser Wilhelm outwittsd by q Fat
Major Of the Guards.

For once the German war lord
was disobeyed on the maneuver
field, and the soldier who dared defy
him has the laugh on his majesty
into the bargain. The First guards
harbor in their ranks a 400 pound
major, who is as bad horseman as
President Roosevelt declares certain
American staff officers to be. How
ever, when he has once climbed on
his elephant" he cannot be dis
lodged.
The kaiser was informed some
time ago that the major used step
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
PONTIAC RAG APPLE.

tion of 31.62 pounds of butter per
week, less than three pounds below
the championship mark Of 34.3l
pounds.
AS to her pedigree, Rag Apple
stands high in the stock breeding
world, her sire being Pontiac Klon-
dyke, the son Of Belle KlOndyke, one
of the most noted Holsteins in the
country, and her dam being p. ClOtilde
de Kohl, the daughter of HengerwOld
de Kohl, who was the brother of the
greatest sire Of the Holstein- Friesian
breed that ever lived.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03

If kept in clean, airy box stalls dur
ing the summer calves will do better
than If allowed to run out and
fight flies in the hot sun. They should
be given a drink of water at noon and
should have access to salt at will.
They should also have some grass
or green oats cut and given them
every day. They should not be given
very much at time, not more than
they will eat up clean before the next
time of feeding.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
The orsstsst Leak.

Watch for the leaks on the farm
The greatest leak is the COW that can
not make profit. Let her go to tlfe
butcher, as she may make profitable
bologna. Injudicious feeding is another
big leak. Allowing the liquid manure
to leach and wash away is another,
aud thepe are a few others. Stop the
leaks that waste dollars while yO0
earn pennies.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-03
The Surest Method,

DR.. II. W. Wiley, the department Of
agriculture's famous chemical expert,
was discussing certain impure beers.
Il am reminded said DR.. Wiley,
smiling. "of an incident that happened
in the western town Of Tin Can.
Tin Can had brewery, and the
beer from this brewery was unspeak-
ably bad
'Weli. one night melOdrama was
performed in the town hall, and In the
second act there was thrilling solllo-
guy by the villain.
THE villain, alone on the stage.
gnawed his black must0che and de-
bated with himself how he should kill
the hero.
1.-The knife? he muttered to his Gig
arctic. Poison? A pistol shot? Or
shall kill him with
"Just then there came a loud inter
rupti0n from cowboy In a box:
"'Oh give him some Tin Can beer
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