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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
FAST WALKING HORSES.

The gait of the horse is whatever
it is made in the training. When
breaking or training the youngster is
the time to set his pace, and he is
a slow or fast walker accordingly
when grown to service. This is a
matter that should be well consid-
cred. The fast walking horse will
do one-half more farm and road work
than the ordinary speed of training.
One-half reaches back to the man, or
sometimes several men depending on
the walking speed, and in these days
of scarce and high priced labor it
counts up rapidly against the farmer.
1t is also said that reapers, mowers
and other farm machinery perform
better work when drawn by rapid
walking horses. So it is readily seen
that the matter of training colts and
young horses is Of no small consid-
Grafton. Trainers say that it is about
as easy to train the colt to fast
walk as to a slow pace.-Indiana
Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
GOOD CHICKEN ADVICE.

Keep a close watch on the growing
chickens. They will be the egg-pro-
ducers next Winter and Spring. Watch
what they eat. If one seems stupid,
lift it and put little oil or grease
on the top of the head to kill any
head louise that may be there or under
the bill. The head louise bores into
the top of the chicks head and it
will soon be too weak to cope with
the agony the lice produce. The oil
or grease kills the vermin at once.
1t is a wise precaution to grease any
and all chicks upon the head when
two days old, and two weeks old. II
any chicks show constipation make a
firm mash of olive oil and bran, or
give little oil from a spoon. If they
show bowel trouble, feed boiled rice
or boiled milk. Do not be careless
in feeding green nor give them any
rotten stuffs. A little head of lettuce
that has been long in water and is a
little rotten in places will make a
whole pen i'll in no time, and boiled
rice, will have to follow Feed right
and right things will follow. Moth
ing can equal the dry chick feed scien-
tifically compounded by reliable peo-
pie, and on sale at the supply houses.
In mashes, however dry, a chick gets
things he should not get. Cracked
corn is not good for young chicks
and should be fed sparingly If at all.
Weekly Witness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
THE ".BEsT" RATION.

Please give best ration for Jersey
cows regardless of cost, everything
to buy. Object, best possible milk
G. w. F.
Answer: There is no single 'best
possible" ration. Many combinations
of foods may be made, any one of
which would be practically as good
as any other. A ration made up OF
Is pounds good hay, 8 pounds linseed
meal, 8 pounds ground oats, 2 pounds
wheat bran and 2 pounds corn meal.
though not one which would force
a cow to her highest production, is
perhaps as good moderate ration as
can be devised for a feeder who must
purchase all materials. If roots or
ensilage could be added, the ration
would be improved, even if no more
than 10 or Is pounds were fed daily.
Country Gentleman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
NOTES FOR THE FARMER.

Clean milk means milking clean
cow in clean clothes in clean place
very little else.-Farm Life.
like the dairy business because
it can be combined with general
farming so well, and each branch of
farming be benefitted.-A. w. Sarty
Apples grown, on low headed trees
can be picked at one-third the cost
than from high headed trees Be-
sides. low headed trees are less ex-
posed to high winds, which is great
consideration to the protection of both
the fruit on the tree and the tree as
we'll from wind storms.
A little oil meal given with the
ground grain fed to growing colts
will be found beneficial now.
Vicious habits are easily induced
in horses by tickling and plaguing
them while in the stable.
AS the horse works merely for his
board, he surely deserves all that he
needs for food.
On no account breed from an I'M
sound horse, especially one unsound
in the wind. legs and feet.
Pet the scows. Give them a little
sugar with salt at first, then a lump
of sugar now and then. Sugar will
make a wild heifer gentle.
If you buy a new COW, give her
sugar, and she will not try to break
away.
Do not let any eytra rush in farm
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
Trading In Hair.

The market for human hair is stead
lily growing wider, and to supply it
men go regularly from town to town
in France, Germany, Switzerland and
Russia buying all they can get. Some
enterprising dealers are said to even
send agents as far as China for this
purpose.
The finest hair in Europe is fur
nished by Britanny, for the Breton
women have very luxuriant tresses,
which never fail to bring high
price Most of these women are poor
and are quite willing to dispose of
their hair. especially as they wear
bonnets which completely cover their
heads and thus effectively hide their
shorn locks.
France furnishes more black and
brown hair than any other country.
while fair and golden hair is furnish.
ed, as a rule, by women of Germany
and the north of Europe. Gray and
white hair is always in demand, and
If of really good quality commands
very high price.
Much tact is needed to persuade
sc~ne women to part with their hair,
and a man who is both good Judge
of hair and a diplomatic bargainer
commands a high salary.-Montreal
Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
A LAST RESORT.

The parsons small boy had been
desperately trying to run away from
his new nurse. At last he spied a
park guard
Mister, are you a p'liceman?"
The giant in brass buttons bent
over.
"Why, yes, sonny, be-"
'"Then please arrest this woman.
She won't stop follerin' me around"
-Lippincott's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
as TO ALFALFA

Don't pasture the alfalfa, and don't
cut it too late. 1t needs all the
growth from now on to protect the
crowns during the winter. If there
are low places in either the clover
or alfalfa fields, where water is apt
to stand and ice freeze, better drain
them out this fall. Glover and al
falfa will not live long under ice.
Indiana Farmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.

Hello, Rummel, I hear your watch
has been stolen?"
Eyes, but the thief has already
been arrested. Only fancy, the stupid
fellow took it to the pawnshop! There
it was at once recognized as mine.
and the thief was locked up."-Flis.
gende Blaetter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
HOW TO GET GOOD COWS.

At a recent farmers institute some
one asked. (which is the better way
to get good cows, buy them or raise
them?" The answer was, Raise
them, buying cows is lottery. No
one wants to sell his best cows, ex-
cept at fancy price, and paying
fancy prices for common cows is not
in the line of business dairying.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
ACCOUNTING FOR IT.

NO." said the stubborn man, mo
body can alter my regard for Jiggins.
He's a man you don't meet every
day"
81 admit that" replied Markley.
"but l attribute it to the fact that j
loaned him $40 several months ago."
The Catholic Standard and Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
OBLIGING.

"Are your neighbors obliging?"
IT should say so. They always let
me use our telephone whenever
want o."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
THE MONEY.

Don't give you all the money you
need?" her husband complained.
EYES," she replied, "but you told
me before We were married that you
would give me all wanted" Chicago
ord-Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
THE AIIMONY

Bill-Before launching into matri.
mony a man should always count the
cost.
Jill-But how can he tell how much
alimony the judge is going to allow?
-Yonkers Statesman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
HAPPY BOY.

Kindly Old Gent Ito the newsboy
with big bundle)-Don't all those pa
pers make you tired, my boy?
Little Boy-No, doesn't read en-
sur.-Punch
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
MERCENARY.

- NIEIGOE1NAIt 7. y. -T.7--37--
Maudie has the softest manner,
Maudie is a perfect dear,
Yet, somehow, dote on Amer,
Amer holds her title clear
To dandy bunch of money,
Moneys what l need, you know.
Possibly,-now amt it funny
That is why love her so?
Paul Coax in the Birmingham Age
Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
NOT TO BE SPOKEN OF.

Money is his religion"
2 Eyes, his wife is afraid to ask for
any. It's subject too sacred to men
ton" Smiles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
ANCIENT INDEED.

Gunner: 81 thought roof gardens
were something new. This paper says
they had them in ancient Egypt.
According to that, they are old"
Guyer: mot half as old as the
jokes you hear on them, old man..
Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
sECoND SIGHT.

Tom-It was a case of love at first
sight with me.
Jack-Then why didn't you marry
her?
Tom-Oh, saw her again on sew
eral occasions.-Chicago Daily News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
HE HAD.

Nervous Lady Passenger Ito deck
hand): ''Have, you ever seen any
worse weather than this, Mister San
orr"
Deck Hand: "Take a word from an
old salt, mum; the weather's never
very bad while there's any females
on deck a-making inquiries about
it."-London Tit-Bits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
YELLOW CLOVER.

About four years ago Trifolium
aquarium, yellow or hop clover, Grit
ton & BROWN appeared on my farm.
Since then it has spread over my
meadows, though not appearing in
my pastures. 1t grows sparingly along
the lanes, possibly due to the cattle
nipping it. Please tell me how this
plant is regarded. Is it considered as
weed or a fodder plant?-Charles
M. Grouse. ct can hardly be regard
ed as weed; but neither is it gener.
ally considered as of much agricul.
tural value, though it may be of some
servi.e as a nitrogen gatherer, and
consequently as soil fertilizer, and
as pasture plant, at least when
young. It's small size and the dry,
hard texture of its stems are against
it as fodder plant, though it is
sometimes cut and utilized as a sheep
fodder. Other clovers, such as the
red, mammoth and alsike, are far
preferable to it, both in productive
ness and feeding quality. Possibly
your meadows are failing in fertility,
insufficient fertilizer having been ap-
piled to make up for the heavy drain
of the removal of the hay, year by
year. The prevalence of inferior
grasses and clovers over better va
rieties is sometimes symptom of this
condition. Country Gentleman.
GATHER THE WORMY APPLES.
If the apples are to be gathered in
time to prevent a full crop of the
codling moth in the orchards for
next year, the work must be done at
once. All the apples in the orchards
of the Colorado Agricultural College
were gathered from the trees recent
ly, and 80 per cent were found wormy.
Ordinarily the apples at this time of
the year would not be more than 5
per cent wormy. By the time that
the next brood of worms gets into
the apples, it is probable that there
will not be one apple in five hundred
that is not wormy in the orchards of
the eastern part of the State, where
so very few apples are to be found.
1t will be great gain. whenever
the apples are in very small num-
bers, to pick them all now, for the
purpose of greatly lessening the num-
Der of worms in the orchards for the
next two or three years to come. In
order that this work should be most
effectual, it will be necessary to in
duce your neighbors to pick the APP
pies from their trees also.-C. P. Gill
lette, Colorado Agricultural College.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
DIFFERENT.

"He took me to. the opera"
wasn't that grand?"
mo, comic. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25

The municipal expenses of New
York City are $14.7OO each hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25

work interfere with the regular milk
ing hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
ANOTHER EASTERN PERIL

Mrs. Dashaway: yes, while wa
were in Egypt we visited the pyra-
mids. They were literally covered
with hieroglyphics."
Mrs. Newrich: ugh! Wasn't you
afraid some of 'em would git on you?"
philadelphia Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
NO TOADYISM.

I'VE have no toadyism In America.
"No?"
mo; we call it respect for the Of
fice."-Pittsburg Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
UNSKILFUL.

Mrs. Knicker: did your husband
beat the carpet?"
Mrs. Booker: mo; he just ran the
lawn mower over it,"-Harper's Ba.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25

When Martin shot so boldly into
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25
THE PLACE.

He: 81 cannot, simply cannot, get
close enough to you"
She: Then let's go out for ride
in a Broadway car."-Life..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-10-25

fellow took it to the pawnshop! Thers
it was at once recognized as mine
and the thief was locked up."-Flie
gende Blaetter.
A LAST RESORT.
The parsons small boy had been
desperately trying to run away from
his new nurse. At last he spied a
park guard.
Mister, are you p'liceman?"
The giant in brass buttons bent
over.
"Why, yes, sonny, be-"
Then please arrest this woman
She won't stop follerin' me around.
OBLIGING.
"Are your neighbors obliging?"
IT should say so. They always lei
me use our telephone whenever
want o."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
THE MONEY.
Don't I give you all the money you
need?" her husband complained.
EYES," she replied, "but you told
me before We were married that you
would give me all wanted. Chicago
Record Herald.
HAPPY BOY.
Kindly Old Gent Ito the newsboy
with big bundle)-Don't all those pa.
pers make you tired, my boy?
Little Boy-No, doesn't read EN-.
sur.-Punch.
NOT TO BE SPOKEN OF.
Money is his religion"
Eyes, his wife is afraid to ask for
any. It's a subject too sacred to men
ton. Smiles.
SECOND SIGHT.
Tom-It was a case of love at first
sight with me.
Jack-Then why didn't you marry
her?
Tom-Oh, I saw her again on sew,
eral occasions.-Chicago Daily News
ACCOUNTING FOR IT.
mo-" said the stubborn man. mo
body can alter my regard for Higgins
He's a man you don't meet every
day."
81 admit that" replied Markley,
''but / attribute it to the fact that
loaned him $40 several months ago..
The Catholic Standard and Times.
THE ALIMONY.
Bill-Before launching into matri.
mony a man should always count the
cost.
Jill-But how can he tell how much
alimony the judge is going to allow
Statesman.
ANCIENT INDEED.
Gunner: 81 thought roof gardens
were something new. This paper says
they had them in ancient Egypt.
to that, they are old"
Guyer: mot half as old as the
Jokes you hear on them, old man.
News.
DIFFERENT.
"He took me to the opera"
wasn't that grand?"
mo, comic. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
HE HAD.
Nervous Lady Passenger Ito decA
hand): "Have, you ever seen any
worse weather than this, Mister SAN
orr"
Deck Hand: "Take word from an
old salt, mum; the weather's never
very bad while there's any females
on deck a-making inquiries about
it."-London Tit-Bits.
ANOTHER EASTERN PERIL.
Mrs. Dashaway: yes, while we
were in Egypt we visited the pyra
mids. They were literally covered
WIN nleroSlyphiSo'
Mrs. Newrich: ugh! Wasn't you
afraid some of 'em would git on you?'
Record.
THE PLACE.
He: 81 cannot, simply cannot. gel
close enough to you"
She: Then let's go out for ride
In a Broadway car."-Life.t
UNSKILFUL.
Mrs. Knicker: did your husband
beat the carpet?"
Mrs. Booker: mo; he just ran the
lawn mower over it."-Harpers Ba
r.
NO TOADYISM.
1--WE have no toadyism in America.
"No?"
mo; we call it respect for the OF
-Ptttsburg Post.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
4 [LlUeEgy yl[ll1IT17EBQy

little son. Olaf. was born.
 Norway. you must renembsr. wam. unp til this year, ruled over by the King oz Sweden. but at last the people said they would like King of their own, 60 they separated from Sweden and asked px1nez Charles if he would como and bs thsir King.
 Prince Charles accepted their invita- ton. and before very long he and his wife and little Olaf sailed from their Danish home to Norway. and when thAE stepped aehore little Olaf selzed the na& of Norway and waved 1t.
 This made the people fan in love with their new little Prince, ana theT could not do enough for him. The echool children of Christiania (do you know where that Is. and what important posi- ton 1t occupies in Norwayz) gave linn a beautiful bearslkin rug and some lovely furniture for his room In the palace.
 Olaf is only trifie over years old, and ia said to be as happy and healthy and IovabIe as he looks In his picture.
 Do you suppose he will play Robinson CruSoe and treasure seeker ana pir9x0 on his fgland2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
How TheyEat in
 Japan

IF YOU could see the things that
 the people in some countries have \ for dinner and the way they eat them, you would laugh, indeed, ana then if you should visit those coun- tries and do as the other boys and girls do, you would laugh still more.
 believe you would like Japan best True. you would not have any chair to sit on, nor any knife. fork or spoon. but then you would have two dainty little sticks, which the Japan ese children call "chop-sticiks." and which they use very casyeriy. Then, besides. there is always such Q lot of candies and other sweets. and what you could not eat you would bo not only allowed but expected to take home with you. Think of thati
 Often. at great feasts the guests bring their servants. who carry bas- kets. and whatever is left from din. ner is packed in these baskets and
 In China you would have the same ''chop-sticlSs." but very different dish ss: One sSHgsciaiIy. ., I SSas Believe: ySs yy,Ss crabs, and very tiny ones.- too.
 Just as dinner Is ready the crabs are put in a dish of vinegar. This makes them Qutte HVely. .Ne4I tncy are removed to a covered dish and placed upon the table. Then, when every one is ready, the cover Is taken of. Those crablets don't hesitate second, but scramble out and run for their lives.
 But the guests are in . big hurry. too. They seize them with both hands, and filling their mouths as full as they can, they swallow the wrig- giing things as though they were the daintiest bits imaginable. I do not know whether they are better or worse than roasted spiders. These you would get in New Caledonia-and some people who have eaten them say they taste like nuts and are very nice.
 roasted worms instead of fruit at dss- sert. and in Burmah locusts stuffed and fried. In siam you would be treated to ants eggs. and some of our own Indians think they can ofHer guest no greater delicacy than roast ed grasshoppers. So you see there are many kinds of tastes.
 Table manners also vary greatly. Tn Turkey you must sit cross-legged on q cushion and eat with your fn-s gers from the same dish that every one else uses.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
Tellins tlle Time

1@HE earliest timspiece of which a
 record is preserved is the water
 \ clock of Hwang-ti. s Chinese me- chanical genius who lived three csn- turtles before Christ.
 A simple device for measuring time is in use among the Malays. h q yes. SCI of water a cocoanut shell is set afioat. It has a small perforation at a point near the water line, through which perforation the water slowly enc ters until 1t sinks the shell.
 As the shell goes to the bottom, native calls out the hour, rescues the prirnitive timepiece. and resets 1t. As each operation represents fairly reg ular period. z rough time measurement Is made. in use among the natives of Southern India. Here a copper bowl takes the place of the cocoanut shell. When the howl fills and sinks, the attendant strikes vigorously on it's metal surface, and thus tells the time by the striking of the clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
..Nothins Like Leather"
VX THO founded the science of bot N any? Linnaeus, shoemaker.
 w Who disclosed the beauties

Vx THO founded the science of bor- NN any? Linnaeus, a shoemaker. w Who disclosed the beauties and marvels of antique sculptureT Winckleman, a shoemaker.
 Who was the mainstay of the So- ciety of AntiQuaries? John Bond. a shoemaker.
 Who write "The Farmers Boy"7 Bloomfield, a shoemaker.
 Who established the Quarterly Re- view"f Clifford. shoemaker.
 Who founded the society of Friendsf GeorKe Fox, a shoemaker.
 Who started the Ragged School movement? John Pounds, shoe maker.
 Who gave the Bible to the Chinese in their own mother tongue3 Dr. Nor Tison. a shoemaker
 Besides, among the names which have become in greater or less degree household property may be found Hans Sachs, the poet of Nuremberg; Richard Savage, Sir Cloudesley Shovel. the redoubtable admiral; Sir William Reed, the Radical Hardy. the Astrological Partridge. Sir simon Ayre. Jacob Boehm, Samuel Drew, Hans Christian Andersen, DE. Marshman. naturalist; and last, but not least. William Carey, the virtual founder Of inc Baptist Missionary Society All fhe6e were shoen1akers before they turned their thoughts and energies into other channels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
HOW IT ENDED

But there wasn't any reason why 1t -" began the King. "Eh, whats that my lord? as the Chamberlaln wnis- epered something In his ear. Oh non
 But 1t is, your Majesty!" persisted the Chamberlain. stared at it, and then he gave a start.
 ''Coronation robesl" he gasped. Every body was gathering round the guy, and he and the Queen had fallen back It. cloak, at least--have belonged to the Kings of Kandahoo for hundred
 :Then it's quite time they were burned uuI" said the Queen. And it. s my be- lief they'll burn fast enough, if we so the right way to work. I'll just
 No, nor gasped the King, turning pale at the mere thought. I-l-l- Nweli-upon my word, Florence" he burst out at last, tits a good thing you dld water themi May be some chance oL making them look presentable againi he muttered to himself ....
 .'Now, that's just what thought you'd say!" said the Queen delightedly NYou always see things in their right light at last, darling. Shall We
 But the King wasn't listening. He'd got on to the top of an overturned tub near the guy, and directly the people saw him they shouted: Speech!
 And he told them that. thanks to her Majestys forethought, it was quite im- possible to burn the guy over which shed taken so much trouble, and that. of course, they were very glad, as none of them would have liked to do so. ("Hear, heart" shouted everybody ex- ceut the chiidren) But that, instead, they would all join hands round 1t and slng the kandahoo National Anthem.
 W hich they did. And next day the King mad the guy taken to pieces, and sent the crushed and damaged robes to the Court tailor, and he sent them to some dyers and cleaners, and a week later l don't believe you'd ever have known they'd been out of their drawer.
 So that everybody was satisfied, ex- eept th2 children, but as their father has faithfully promised them a guy for next year that will burn till there isn't bit of him left they just have to con tent themselves with looking forward to that!-Eyelyn Glover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
Tongue ,Twisters
N FredericlE saunder's :

TN Frederick Saunders salad for
 the Solitary and the Social he \ says: "rhe naturalist. Lavalas published . book at Oxford Tn 11eI. aza- titled 'Panzoologicominer v Qia4 Is nearly as long a word es ha1eaSA proDosed title for a book n1nnNkFs Antipericata metaparhsngedamphteE hteEls brationes'F And in footnese a4 gives two others from q pampnisS sn London. The title reads. "Chronpns hotonthoiogoa, the Most Tra&sesAA .,A hv 1nv Company of Tragedians.'' Tbs first two lines of this effusiou rem1t : TsAideborontiphoscop
 Where left you ChrononnotonNnessS
 it is stated that there is an EngIis1 dictionary contalning. the only N1x@ ssss S,r,ty .sbisproporticnabfe aE given as the longest reasonable word In the English language.