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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Where alfalfa Is sown alone II is
best to let It go uncllpped the first
season But where this plan is fol
lowed II should be sown thick so
as not TO give the weeds ghost OF
a show.
A new Missouri law provides for
the protection OF the names of farms,
registration fee OF one dollar EMIT
ling the farmer registering the name
to the exclusive right TO use OF such
name In that county
During the moulting season keep
the flock well fed 50 as TO provide for
the extra demand made upon them in
the growing Of new coat OF feathers.
In this way you will bring your poul-
try through strong for fall and win
ter laying
One has but 10 look over the reports
of horse sales to appreciate the fact
that the demand for the best horses,
draft or carriage. is strong with
prices high II will pay you 10 raise
a few If you can get the right kind of
sire for your mares
John Ruskin. as he wandered
through the fruitful fields discovered
the secret OF true happiness He says
Two watch the corn grow or the
blossoms set; to draw hard breath
over the plowshare or spade. to read
TO thihk. 10 love, to pray-these are
things which make men happy"
Powdered myrrh one pound and
powdered alum two pounds mixed and
given In teaspoonful doses three times
a day is recommended for mild cases
of canker sore mouth in pigs In
more severe cases tiDcture Of iron in
double the amount of water may be
used to swab the mouth twice daily
Through the efforts OF COW testing
associations in Denmark. the average
producing value Of COWS in some Of
the associations has gone up from
/ sl3 10 $50 each. This is a remark.
able gain II was brought about by
hrst knowing what the cows were do
ing and then wedding out the unpFofit-
able ones
With threshing machines having
more to do in the grain sections each
I year. and help scsIcer the grain
threshing season lengthens. so that IL
is late fall before some Of the grain
can be attended to For this reason
the grain should be carefully stacked
50 that IL will stand as lcng as neces.
sary without wetting and spelling q
portion OF the grain
After all the discouragements Of the
early spring 1t has been a splendid
growing season. and fine crops in
most sections are going TO be the
| H0AAAbu VI lAfr ldA AAcIs ArN ue XIV
thanks. And also let US resolve that
next time the combination Of wealth
er seems unfavorable We will be less
pessimistic and more hopeful as &c
the ultimate outcome of the season
The Maryland experiment station
suggests the feasibility OF planting
cowpeas between the rows Of sweet
corn at the last working. II one Of
the large late varieties of COW
peas. Ike Wonderful be planted Be
tween the rows Of early sweet corn
at the last working. the pea vines are
Just in condition to make their best
growth sfter the corn natures. and
generally make q very fine growth
before frost
Gr.n,H fKr1aa Mould ,s.an, e. tnrra.a =.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Good times would seem 10 increase
the number Of rented farms. The
Wisconsin State University has just
been investigating and finds that In
the last decade the rented farms in
the state have increased from l2.l5s
TO 22.ss6. However. In considering
these 1000 additional rented farms.
it must be remembered thai there was
an increase OF s5.47s In the number OF
farms Of the state. 50 the increase in
percentage Of rental is no, so great
as the decades statistics Of rental
woald suggest
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

a grade bull has q mixed ancestry.
and for this reason his progeny viii
partake of the different qualities.
good. bad OF Indifferent
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

HAY and fodder should be fed aft
er the milk has been removed from
the barn to avoid the dust which Is
caused BY handling such feed
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

There should be no farm that does
not grow Iegumineus crops. II clover
can't be grown Try Gov peas or some
other pod bearing plant
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

The age at which hogs should be
fattened for market depends much
upon the market demands
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Eight points TO remember concern
ing the advantage of thinning fruit
which you can lay by in store against
next seasons need; Preserves the
vitality of the tree. Encourages more
regular crop bearing Lessons loss
oecasioned 10 rot and other tangEs
diseases. Produces larger fruit
Fruit ripens more uniformly The
better quality Of fruit makes II more
salable at better prices. Preserves
the shape Of the tree ami prevents
breaking q branches by overlooking
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

To have success the dairyman must
NJ his work to the conditions Of the
place IN which he lives.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

John Ruskin. as he wandered
through the fruitful fields discovered
the secret OF true happiness. He says:
Two watch the corn grow or the
blossoms set; to draw hard breath
over the plowshare or spade. to read
TO thihk. TO love, to pray-these are
things which make men happy
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Land oan be increased in value by
bringing up its fertility. This can
be done by stock raisinesapd rotation
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

In picking the broiIers for sale be
sure and do not let the best Of your
early winter layers go.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Some farming districts are menaeed
BY the yellow Peril-the mustard
plant. Sulphate Of iron in form Of
spray viii kill the plants without
injuring grain crops
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

lt.does not require pedigree TO MI
the milk pail The value Of the eow
Is largely determined by what she
puts into the pail.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Do not mate pullets under ten
months old. and then only with an old
er and vigorous male
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Running the mower over the field
Of young alfalfa 10 check the weeds
Il = conh,ful PrOceec.ng for ii IN
douhaediy acts as a check on the al
falfa as well as the weeds
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

The food Of the growing horse must
be riSh IN the elements that make
muscle and bone
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

The sod COW Is the kind you want
TO Keep. Don't sell her. and remember
when buying a COW that the other tei-
Low yin probably koep The good cot
sad Vim want % s,ll shs-Dsss enA
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

The trap nest Identities he,prOnt-
able hens.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Use skim milk instead OF water in
making the mash and see how the
hens will lay.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Powdered charcoal for the little
chicks
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Rear the heller calves from the
most profitable Of Jour cows. and you
win have begun the work of improy-
Ing your herd. ~-SE4o-a
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Reciprocity on the farm is a good
thing Give your best care 70 the
faIm animals and they in turn will do
their best by you.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

The lousy hog cannot thrive and
lay on fat
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Powdered myrrh one pound and
powdered alum two pounds mixed and
given In teaspoonful doses three times
day is recommended for mild cases
of canker sore mouth in pigs In
more severe cases tiDcture Of iron in
double the amount of water may be
used to swab the mouth twice daily
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Through the efforts OF COW testing
associations in Denmark. the average
producing value OF COWS in some OF
the associations has gone up from
sl3 TO $50 each. This is a remark
able gain II was brought about by
FIRST knowing what the cows were do
ing and then wedding out the unprofit
able ones.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-08-23

Fruit and poultry sound good and
are a good combination where proper
" managed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Professor George P. Baker of Harvard has made scientific contribution to the study of Shakespeare in his work on "The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist' Although Shakespeare was primarily a writer for the stage, he has been much more thoroughly studied from the literary than from the dramatic point of view. Professor Baker has traced the development of his genius as master Of stagecraft showing the influences by which 1t was brought so near perfection, and defining the characteristics elements in the poets stage technique. The book includes also a careful study of the stage in Shakespeare time, and view of the Elizbethan school of dramatists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

as largely into the search for any other valuable things deposited by na- ture. Fresh water pearls are found In fresh water clans. or mussels, and these mussels are to be found in hun dreds of streams in this country. So far as the amateur can determine any mussels that can be found in any river bed may yield q pearl-and again it may not One may open hundred of them and may not be rewarded, and he may. on the other hand, open half a dozen in succession that will contain prizes. And these prizes may range anywhere from a half formed pearl worth 50 or 75 cents to the great blue pearl of Caney Forks creek, which sold for s3000 to the one sold from New York to an Indian prince for $1000O, or the latest wonder of the pearl world The Light of morn,' before mentioned.
 Diamonds you must dig for in the clay gold must be banned or blasted from the quartz, oil may be had only after boring deep into the earth, but a chance bather, dragging his toes in the mud, may bring to the surface mus sel which will contain pearl worth fortune. The history of fresh water i pearl fishing in Arkansas rivals in a l lesser way the discovery Of the Souti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

African diamond mines. the finding of oil in Pennsylvania. the romance of the gold fields in California, Australia and the Klondike A young St. Louisan on hunting trip in Arkansas was at tracted by some beautiful objects own ed by a negro fisherman. He exam ined them. was delighted with their beauty, became convinced that they must have a value, bought 0 few of tn ern for a song. and sent them to jewellers at different points. News came back to him in the form of checks of larger or smaller denomination. He started immediately to buying pearls. One would imagine that with his ad- vantage he would have reaped for tune. He did, but not in the degree that would be expected. News of his operations spread fast. and the price of pearls went up- Buyers began to enter the Arkansas field from different points. attracted by stories of the jew elers to whom the pearls had been sold, and the rush was on.
 Within a few months the Black and White rivers of Arkansas were lined with pearl fishermen. Men of every vocation were there. just as they gath CT in the gold fields. In the surround ing towns business men left their stores. lawyers their offices, even
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

preach CTS their pulpits-all flocking to the rivers. Even today when the streams are admittedly almost fshed dry it is practically impossible to get laborers anywhere in the vicinity of these streams. They prefer to take chances in the water.
 It was the old story, too, in the mat ter of rewards to the fishermen. Ignor ant negroes and even more ignorant fsh ermen, became weal,..y--in com parlson with their former wealth--in a moment Likewise. many of them be- came poor almost as quickly. The "hill billy" who had never before in his life had more than few dollars at one time. was dazed by the sudden pos session of few hundred dollars or few thousand.
 Gambling, drinking dissipation of every sort-followed in many cases un- til the money was all gone. There are stories of many who found pearls or considerable yalue-ranging from a hundred or two to a tn ousand or two dollars-who did not ultimately proht to the extent of a new suit of clothes for themselves or similar necessities for their families. Others did better, and there are not a few comfortable little homes along these Arkansas streams and many small farms and stores that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
FRESH WATER PEARLS.
Instances Wherein Splendid Specimens Have Been Taken From Our Rivers.

From the New York Herald.
 Men have gambled with nature for many curious and valuable prizes standing l am a man of moderate means precious stones, gold, silver, oil and lesser finds. but at once the newest and one of the most fascinating lotter-
 es which appeals to those who love much chance with little skill in the pursuit of welath Is the one in which the capital prize Is the beautiful fresh water pearl
 Fresh water pearls are becoming more and more popular, and conse quently more valuable. says the Seattle Post Intelligencer Some of the most beautiful pieces of jewelry in this country and Europe are made of these pearls. They have been found in American streams ranging in value from a few dollars to $l5,000 or more, the price at which the present owner holds the largest one known to the world "The Light of Morn." found by a poor fisherman in the Black river, in Arkansas.
 ] It is doubtful if pure chance enters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Glenwood Springs. Colo, July T.-John w. Gates, the erstwhile Wall street plunger and all-round gambler, known as Beta million John." is coming to Col orado this fall to hunt. Most of his party will be contented with hunting bear and other game of like nature, but the null ti-millionaire. true to his nature, may go after even bigger game.
 At present Gates is conducting cam paign against the bookes on the eastern tracks, and is betting from s20. coo to s35.0D0 daily in order to recoup severe losses last year on the same tracks. He is said to be meeting with great success.
 Harry Payne Whitney and party of friends are booked for Glenwood Springs during the month of September, and 1t is believed that Gates will arrive with them. The services of Steve Baxter. a well known guide of the Springs, has been engaged to lead the party to the haunts of the bear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Richard Harding Davis has been so suc- cessfully occupied with writing plays and librettos for light opera and assisting at their production that 1t is nearly six year since he has published book of iic- ton. Captain Macldin his last novel, was d story of adventure and fighting, the scene of which was laid in Central America "rhe Scarlet Car" which has just been published, is q tale of automo- bile adventure and romance and the scene is laid in New York or on the roads near it. The girl, the football player, the chauffeur, the brother and the yellow re- porter are lively and highly entertain ing people of the day. MT. Davis Is now in this country, having recently returned from abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Waists worth up to S5, in a half-score of the most pleasing styles of the sea- son; of Persian lawn, some entire front of blind en- broidery, finished with val lace, with cluny and tiny tucks over shoulders, lace cuffs; some with square yoke, back and front of cIuny and embroidery and lace stockS-Very pretty garments, indeed.
 Monday at
 S2.84
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
Gates After Biq Game,

are monuments to lucky moment of the owner in the pearl fisheries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the inven- tor of the telephone, states in his contri- button to Navigating the Air the re- cent publication issued by Doubleday, Page &- Co.,, that in the year 1896 he be came convinced sthe age of the flying machine Was at hand. pr. Bell began at once his investiga tions in the science of aerial navigation. The result of his ex- perimeuts ne has described in the afore- mentioned book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

The American citizen of century hence. who should happen upon copy of "The Comedy of Life would find il pictorially and otherwise very vivid documentary on the life that we-his an cestors more than three generations re- moved-liVed before he was ever heard of To us today such a picturing of eX- istence century ago would give a bet fer notion of what our sreat -srandfathers wore. said and did in their ordinary in
 tercoursa than any chronicle We have.
 By present day book-lovers "rhe Comedy
 of Life" will be found handsome vol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
"Vulcan Sions. ]"

''Vulcan Signs" Will be in me city all summer and paint your signs at rates. Hermitage. ot course. city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
InvincibIe Monday Trade Bringers

h snap en a Vgo h asked d"hoV"u betoohe tof O makng radically but also by buying when other merchants are taking their
 
 will fin ht sand h gnene u,paetan and most d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04
w aiSt
 Prices All TornU Up

It's the prices that are torn up-not the waists.
 We are now selling our entire stock of lingerie waists of chiffon, messaline and taffeta, at the following sweeping cut in prices:
 S2750 and $25.OO Waists now Si8.75 S22.5O and $2O.OO Waists now 16.5O St7.50 and $16.5O Waists now f2.5O S15.O0 and St2.5O Waists now $50 5000 and $1O.95 Waists now 7.5O $S.5O and SS.95 Waists now 6.25 $500 and S7.5O Waists now 5.45 $7.OO and $6.5O Waists now 4.85 $5.5O and $500 Waists now 3.85 MONDAY SPECIAL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Brown. Langham & Co, of London, have secured from Moffat Yard X Co. of New York. the British rights to George Sylvester Viereck's "Nineveh and Other Poems" which is making so great a sen- sation in this country, and will publish an English edition in the early autumn. German edition. 1t will be renem- bered is already on the market with tn , imprint of Gotta. of Stuttgart. A promi- nent Parlsian house has begun negotia- tions for translation into French.
 Tom Mason is no more. With his au- tumn book, which will be entitled "A Bachelors Baby" Thomas l.. Mason has taken his place. 0rhe change was first suggested to me-" said MT. Mason, in spite of Mark Twain, Jack London and Tom Payne, it was extremely undignified for me to pose in such youthful garb. After I decided to make the change 1 re- ceived the proof of a story in Appleton s Magazine which signed with the old name, and l changed the old to the new, and it was printed. My friend. Trumbull White. editor of Appleton's, did not notice the change until it was too late. He said he had bought the story from Tom Mas son and paid him a great deal more than it was worth on account of .he name. and he naturally felt chagrned when 1t ap- peared under new and wholly different name. Personally, l do not think it makes a great deal of difference. Per haps the dignity which is supposed to e. tach itself to the new name Is counter balanced by the greater length over the shorter.r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-04

Among well known artists who will illustrate Doubleday, Page X Co.'S 1908 publications are Anna Whelan Betts, Wal ter little. Siguard Schou, Laurence Mag zanowich, Arthur RaclSham Blanche Os- tertag. Thomas Fogarty, George L. Tobin, Albert Lowering. C. D. and G. A. Viii liams Robert Goodwin, Harold Heart The forthcoming year will be red let ter one U this firm in the way of illus trdtions.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-02-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Bishop Stang of Fall River, Mass,
who underwent an operation, is dead.
With gale that at times reached
so miles an hour and the mercury
dropping steadily toward the zero
mark, Chicago Sunday experienced the
most uncomfortable day OF the winter.
Fudge Edward w. Lander, the first
chief justice of the territory of Wash
ington, veteran of the Mexican war,
and for 10 years president of the Har-
ward club, in Washington, died at the
national capital Saturday, aged 80
years.
The business of the house was laid
aside Saturday afternoon in order that
the members might pay tributes to the
late Senator German.
Reports from all parts of the north
west say that the wind and snowstorm
of last week was the severest of the
winter.
London-The Royal commission on
tuberculosis has issued a lengthy re-
port on tuberculosis. and that cows
milk containing tubercular baccilh is
responsible for majority of the cases
OF such infection.
There is no foundation for the re-
ports that Signora Duse, the Italian
actress, is dying.
Professor Mendeleff, celebrated
chemist, died recently in st. Peters
burg.
The interstate commerce commits
sion will take up it's inquiry in New
York into the financial operations of
the Hartman roads on February 81.
A subpoena for that date has been is
sued for E., H. Hartman, William
Rockefeller, Jacob H. Schiff, D. o.
Mills, and others, it is said, will be
subpoenaed.
The river gauge at Memphis marked
41.2 feet Saturday, the highest ever re-
corded, the former high mark being
40.5, made in 1O3.
Frank Busby, a pioneer settler of
country, died at his brothers
home in Nebraska. Mr. Busby leaves
wife and numerous family of chill
dren, most of whom are married and
live in or near Pullman.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-02-08
KING EDWARD IN PARIS.
He and His Wife Are Travelling In
coenito.

King Edward and Queen Alexandra
are in Paris travelling incognito as the
Duke and Duchess of Lancaster. Til
is the queens first visit to Paris since
1889. At their majesties' desires the
trip to France is as private as possible.
They went in automobiles to the
British embassy in Paris, which they
will occupy during their stay. Ambas-
sador Sir Francis L. BERTHE and his
family having moved into hotel in
order to emphasize the private charac-
ter of the visit. At the kings request
no representatives of the government
met him at the station, but a large
crowd cheered the royal couple. The
incognito of their majesties will not
disappear until King Edward leaves
his card at the Elysee palace for Presi-
dent Fallieres, after which there will
be dinners at the embassy and palace.
While the kings visit has no political
aim, it is expected to bear fruit in
further cementing the Anglo French
understanding and may have a bear
ing upon the attitude of the two
countries at The Hague peace confer
ence.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-02-08
oIIver Hustle Tor Canal.

William ]. Oliver of Knoxville,
Tenn, the lowest bidder for the Pana-
ma canal contract, has called at the is
thmian canal commission offices
to talk with Chairman Shonts, but the
latter is in New York. Mr.. Oliver said
he was ready to comply with the re-
quirements suggested by the president
and that two other contractors must
be associated with him in the propo-
sails submitted. Mr.. oliver would not
give the names Of these contractors
and said they would probably be made
public by Mr.. Shonts when the 10 days
limit has expired.