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The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE.
UnobtalnabIe During Period
Of MissourI's History.

However scarce money may be at
times at the present" said an old Mis-
sourian, "the Oldest Inhabitants will
recall when 1t was almost unobtain.
able and other commodities had to be
used as media of exchange. The
VOLTS scalp was worth dollar be-
cause 1t was state bounty upon the
death Of wolf and venison hams
and deer skins also had purchasing
value. Skins of the fur bearers were
likewise abundant and valuable. When
the first sheriff of Audrain county, in
1897, went to Jefferson City to deliver
the county revenue, he met an old
friend on the way who. needing
money, wanted to borrow the actual
coin part of the county's revenue. The
good-hearted sheriff lent 1t to him and
went on to the capital and delivered
only the scalps. BY the time Of the
next settlement the loan was repaid
and the sheriff made his next settle
ment complete. No note or other OBJ
legation than the mere word was
given."-Columbia Herald.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
SOUR MILK NOT THE WORST.
Gre=.er Objection to Sweet Milk
Which Has Absorbed Foul FIavors.

A great many, we might say a ma
jority, If the creamery patrons of the
country apparently entertain the idea
that milk must be sour in order to be
unfit for use at the creamery. There
are worse faults of milk than being
sour, and better butter can be made
from some sour milk than from per-
fectly sweet milk which has taken on
some of the other Objectionable flavors.
The flavor coming from milk which
has been contained in dirty can is a
great deal more Objectionable than a
clean, sour milk flavor. The odor is
sued from milk which has been
smothered covered up tightly before
cooliug) is perhaps the most OBJ
noxious of all, especially after it has
acquired a few hours age. This flavor
is more truly described by the term
rotten and no buttermaker should
accept such milk. Remember, there
fore, that the milk does not need to be
sour in order to be unfit for accept
ance at the hands of careful butter
maker
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Fleet Preoarins to Sail.

Washington.-Ever detail in the
preparations for the sailing of the bat
tleship fleet to the Pacific is now well
In hand, and by December 10th, the
date on which the vessels will pass
out of Hampton Roads in review be-
fore President Roosevelt, members of
the cabinet and high officials of the
navy, arrangements for the comfort of
the men en- route will have been at
tended to.
At all of the navy yards the work of
making necessary repairs is being
pushed, and these will be completed
by December 1st; provisions are being
stored aboard the vessels, and their
coal bunkers are being filled to their
capacity.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
eAeY's ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re.
IIeve Him-eut cutieura Remedies
Speedy, Permanent Cure.

Eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each Of
which gave us something different
every time. but nothing brought relief.
At last, one Of our friends recommend
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. A few days afterwards i'm
provement could be noted. Since then
We have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured. All that we used was one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti-
cura Ointment. costing in all $1.25. c.
F. Kara. 343 East 66th Street. New
York, March 80, 1906"
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Believers in woman suffrage and th

Believers in woman suffrage and the
most scornful disbelievers will unite,
unless they were born without humor.
In enjoying social comedy presented
by recent election in a small town,
says Youths Companion. Two wom-
en- were nominated to succeed their
husbands as members of the school
committee. Some citizens. who do
not favor women on the board, nomi-
mated the husbands for reelection. The
excitement walked up many men who
had not voted on school questions for
years, and with pathetic loyalty to
their sex, they swelled the vote for
the husbands to overwhelming defeat
Of the wives.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Suicide in Denver.

Denver.-Withdraw for a mo-
ment from the presence of his wife
and three daughters, aged 8, and 2
years, Charles ]. Pigsler, thirty-three
years old, prominent in the Benevol-
ent and Protective Order of Elks and
a wealthy man, Sunday night shot
himself through the heart. Pigsler
was an invalid, and came, with his
family, from Marysville. Missouri,
where he had been a deputy sheriff,
in the hope that change of climate
would benefit him. In his weakness
he partook of stimulants to excess,
1t is said, and this, with the altitude
and inherited wasting disease, caused
him to become temporarily deranged.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Murderous Assault.

Trinidad.-Harry Douthwaite, an or
sanizer for the United Mine Workers,
who left Trinidad hurriedly Saturday
evening after stating that he had been
threatened and,warned to leave the
city, was the victim of a murderous
assault at the hands OF an unknown
Mexican at a saloon at Aguilar Sun
day night. Doulhwaite had Just left
the building when he was struck in
the back of the head with heavy re-
volver A few minutes later his as
sailant was arrested by another Mex
lean who claimed to be United
States deputy marshal. Both left the
place, the "oficer' saying he would
take his prisoner to Trinidad. No
trace of either of the men has been
secured. Douthwaite Is weak from the
loss of blood, but his condition is not
serious
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Side of Crib Next to Passageway.

meshes to the inch, to cover the rallied
cover the floor. After spreading the
screen on the floor I put on it an
other shiplap plank floor, letting the
wire turn up at the edges of crib about
about five inches. The screen on sides
was put on the outside of rails next to
the central barn space, and was fas-
tened in place by laths nailed down
with shingle nails
Overhead between the joists
spread an extra heavy galvanized wire
fly netting, of about 1856 meshes to the
square inch, and held it tight to loft
floor over crib by mailing lath on It.
l have not seen a rat since l put on
the screens, although it has been on
snveral years. 1t will last life
time.
The heavy galvanized No. 4 sand
screen cloth will cost three and one
hslf cents per square foot. However,
there has since come to my attention
a wire cloth of finer mesh that think
decidedly better for the purpose. 1t
is No. s evaporator, 64 meshes to the
square inch, and costing four cents to
the square foot. The extra heavy gal
vanized wire fly netting costs two and
one-half cents per square foot in un-
broken rolls of 100 linear feet, on
which prices quoted are based.
l find this plan for rat-proof crib
much better than building one on
stills, which will compel you to climb
a ladder 730 times a year for the rest
of your life.-Missouri Valley Farmer.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Deadly Flight in Dousla. County.

Denver-The News Monday morn
Ing publishes an account Of deadly
ARRAY at Gam, in Douglas county, four
miles from Sedalia.
Fleeing from her husband, Carl Die
trich, of whom she says she lived in
mortal fear, Edith Dietrich, bride of
a month, Sunday night took refuge in
a neighbor's house. Her husband came
to the place, started to pull his wife
out by the neck and was interrupted in
his brutality by John P. Dunkle, who
had boarded with the Dietrichs since
their marriage. Dunkle. who defended
the woman, was set upon by Dietrich,
who cut and slashed him with razor.
Dunkle pulled AS revolver and shot
Dietrich through the throat. Both men,
1t Is believed, will die. They were both
employed by the Dupont Powder Com
pany, which has a large plant near
Gam.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Credit Men Comino.

Denver.-The National Association
Of Credit Men has decided to hold the
next annual convention in Denver in
June. The Credit Mems board of di-
rectors is now meeting in Indianapolis,
where Denver was selected Monday.
The convention will come here about
the middle of June and has an at
tendance of 500. The entire member
ship attends. as the association is COM
posed of substantial business men and
is a clearing house for business ideas.
A telegram has been received by r. r.
Gillette. announcing the fact. Head
quarters are in New York City
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
The Turkestan Earthquake.

ST. Petersburg.-The first direct re-
ports from the scene of the great earth
quake at Karatagh. Russian Turkestan,
about three weeks ago, reached the
city from a corporal who accompanied
the relief expedition sent to lamar
kan. Telegraphing under the date OF
November 9th the corporal says:
Tine town of Karatagh was com.
pletely destroyed. The victims num-
bered 400. and 10000 in the adjoining
district, Desnauk. All the villages in
the vicinity were wrecked. 1t is prob
able that there are hundreds more
lead in these villages.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

There is growing disposition to
deal more fairly with the Jews in Rus
sia. notwithstanding the anti-Semitic
feeling that sometimes finds an outlet
in violence and bloodshed The min
istry of education has enacted law
removing the restrictions which hith-
erto prevented more than small per-
centage of Jews entering the higher
schools of learning in the empire. To
those familiar with usage in lands
where Jews have equal rights with
others this seems slight concession.
But it really Is a big change in Rus
sian policy.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
PLEASANT SUMMER.
Right Food the Cause.
A Wis. woman says:

A Wis. woman says:
II was run down and weak. troubled
with nervousness and headache for the
last six years. The least excitement
would make me nervous and cause
~Severe headache.
This summer I have been eating
Grape-Nuts regularly and feel better
than for the six past years.
81 am not troubled with headache
and nervousness. and weigh more than
l ever have before in my life. l gained
lbs in one week"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Pead the book, THE
Road to Wellville." In pkgs.
There's a Reason"
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

heavy undressed one by four crib stuff
set about one and one-fourth inches
apart, which gave the corn access to
the air. The ends and outer walls of
these cribs are of shiplap barn siding.
Above both central space and cribs is
the haymow, 80 by 32 feet. This hay
NOW is tightly floored with good ship
lap lumber, which forms the covering
for the cribs.
From wirecloth mill l obtained
sufficient wire sand-screen No. 4, ten
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
DAIRY NOTES.

A noisy, slow mixer may ruin the
best of COWS.
1t is an old but true saying that the
COW yard is the farmers mint.
Often the profits from the best COWS
go to make up the losses from the
others.
When a man insists upon giving ad-
vice listen to him. Otherwise you will
leave an enemy.
The old cows judgment should be
accepted as to the amount of water
necessary in the milk.
Sponging on the old folks never put
the right sort of stuff in young man
to afford him success through life.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Mary Knew,

Little Marys father had been teach
ing her to walk properly. Walk
slowly and turn out your toes" he ad-
monished her.
While she was undergoing this
teaching she attended Sunday school
one day. The golden text was.
Teach me to walk honestly" After
reciting it several times, the teacher
asked:
"Who knows what that means?'
II do" replied little Mary. Walk
slowly and turn out your toes"
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

planks. The cribs are six feet wide.
80 feet long and ten feed high. This
leaves a space between the cribs, not
floored, 16 by 80 feet and about II
feet high. This central space l in
closed in part by sliding doors nine
feet wide and ten feet high and shut
up seven feet of the open end space
by shiplap siding.
The sides of crib next to the large
central space l rallied up by using
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Feed ljberally.

Feed literally in the dairy. This
applies whether milk or butter is the
object A COW must have as much
wholesome, nutritious food as she will
eat and digest. A dairyman must
raise all the feed he can. feed all he
raises and then II necessary to keep
his cows in good condition, go to the
market and buy more.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Chance Scarce in Chicago.

Chicaso.-An Illustration of the
scarcity of currency was given at the
Chicago Flower show, which is doing
a business apparently unaffected by
the currency stringency. A leading
coal company sent to the management
and offered to give premium of one
per cent. for currency in exchange
for certified check, but this offer was
refused, the management complaining
that they had been offered twenty per
cent Dremium
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
The Dairy Business.

The dairy business does keep a man
tied down: there is no mistake on that
score. But is there any branch of
farming that includes live stock that
doesn't keep a man tied DOWN." We
can't get something for nothing in
dairying any more than in any other
business. and the more responsibility
a man takes the better his WORK is apt
to be paid.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

A New Yorker, who is courting
trouble says that bold. high foreheads
are not evidences OF intellect. because
children and women have bolder and
higher foreheads than men. When he
gets through being scalped by the
women he will realize that a bold
tongue Is no evidence of intellect.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
Want to Know,

Not long ago Boston municipal Of
fetal, who is stickler for the use of
good English, had occasion to consult
a physician new to the community.
After the examination, the doctor
said: "All you need, sir, is tonic in
the shape of fresh air"
Would you mind telling me-" said
the purist sarcastically, what is the
shape of fresh air?"
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

The will of Henry ]. Bryer provid-
Ing that no grandchild who uses to-
bacco or intoxicants or frequents sa.
looms before reaching the age of thir-
ty, shall inherit any of the property
is surely a safe and sane document.
If man reaches that age without
having formed bad habits it is almost
a certainty that he never will
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

and then pass it around the left hind
foot and back through the loop around
the neck. Draw the rope tight enough.
explains Prairie Farmer. to bring the
foot well forward while allowing It
to rest on the floor
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

The navy says the army can't shoot,
and the army says the navy has to
give vaudeville shows in order to get
recruits. 1t may yet turn out that
the militia is the most efficient branch
of the service.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

Ernest Thompson Seton, writing in
. current magazine on the Marriage
Of Animals" remarks casually that
domesticity is "notoriously bad for
the morals Of animals" and cites the
dog as conspicuous example. The
immortality OF animals! Heavens and
earth!
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

The claim of DIR. Sewell that most
alleged mad dogs are really only suf-
fering from thirst, will not however,
encourage many philanthropic souls
to rush out with a pan Of water and
offer them a drink.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

Twenty-four millions of dollars Is
the official estimate of the amount of
money expended In Europe this year
by Americans touring in automobiles.
The basis OF the calculation is that
there are 5000 touring parties. aver
aging five persons each, spending $40
day for two months. Great guess
inpi
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

II the sprightly young collegians
were as swift in their studies as they
are in their class rushes, remarks the
Cleveland Leader, what wealth of
wisdom Ohio would have In a few
years!
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

DR.. Emil Koenig of Berlin says that
che decay OF the entire human race Is
imminent. He should NOT take so Sc
riously these reports from Pittsburg
and New York.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
RAT PROOF BARN AND CRIBS.
Plan Recommended by a Farmer Of
Neosho County, Kansas.

I built small barn 80 by 32 feet.
with cribs on the sides set upon rock
foundations 12 or 15 inches high, U.S.
ing two by six for the floor joists and
flooring the crib with good shiplap
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

pendicitis m It in the hospital young
woman who was there for the same
reason, fell in love with her and mar
ried her. Here we have one love story.
says the Washington Post. without an
appendix. at any rate.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

The substitution CT radium as a
money metal would be great CON
venience for the men who are en-
deavoring to collect all the coin In the
world
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

defender?" asks contemporary. AS
it is to be of the schooner type, sug-
gests the Washington Herald. how
would The Milwaukee" do?
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

Although the steamships are getting
awfully fast, even the best OF them
will carry dining rooms and sleeping
apartments for few decades yet
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

The fortune of 100000 left by the
late Robert Pinkerton shows that 1t
sometimes is profitable to mind other
peoples business.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

toriety and fame are the twin sisters
of eccentricity." Must mean triplets.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

A Goldfield millionaire has had the
hardware used on the doors and win
dows of his home quadruple plated
with gold. That may make 1t easier,
says the Cleveland Leader, to find
the keyhole when returning from
meeting of the board of directors.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

A brewer dropped $3.50 In a beer vat
And now we'll have more tight money.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

Europe is getting ahead of us In the
balloon industry only because the war
office over there doesn't care what it
does with the taxpayers money.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

American theatrical companies are
to tour British provinces. Newcastle
will be kept abundantly supplied with
Goals.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

y Men who think rise" says Phila-
delphia paper. Still quite number Of
men glued to street car seats are In
brown study when tired woman en-
tiers and clutches strap.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

There is more in this pompadour
matter than appears on the surface
rats" for instance.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
TO PREVENT COW FROM KICKING
Try Hitch Around the Left Hind
Foot and Over the Neck.

The accompanying Illustration
shows a very effective method of pre-
venting a COW from kicking. Fasten
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

There is every reason in the world
why the farmer should feel compla-
cent who has a few hundred bushels
of wheat stored away.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15

The dearest friends to-day may be
the most desperate enemies to-mor.
row.
The Springfield herald., 1907-11-15
THE HERALD

Be careful how you think and talk
and where you work and walk.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
EXPERT PROBES LAND FRAUDS
CHARGED THAT FARMERS GET
FARM LAND BY DECLARING
1T MINERAL.

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. 14.-To in.
vestigate the merits of number OF
mineral entries in the Black Hills for
est reserve, now known as the nation
al forest, Edward M. Bugbee, mining
and consulting engineer of the Uni.
versity of Washington lat Seattle, is
here in the interests ofthe govern
ment. There are at present twenty
eight applications for homesteads on
the national forest that are being held
up until Mr.. Bugbee can look into the
claims.
1t is declared by the government to
be the practice in many cases for a
farmer to take up second 160 acres
by declaring it more valuable for
placer or quartz mining than for farm.
ing, and thus secure a double amount
of land, when in reality, it is charged,
the land is nothing but agricultural
land and contains practically no min.
eral
1t is to check this fraudulent meth
cd of securing title to farming land
that the government is sending ex-
perts through the West to examine all
entries of supposed mineral lands on
national forests.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
CLUBS OF STATE UNITE.
Commercial Bodies Form Organization
at Rapid City. ~

80 : " IL S0'Ab&oelSIl
at Rapid City.
With representatives from many of
the principal towns Of the state pres
ent, the Federation Of South Dakota
Commercial clubs was organized in
Rapid City. From the east Of the riv-
er Pierre, Fort Pierre, Huron, Mitch
ell, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls and other
towns sent delegations. The fedora
ton elected for the first year the fol
lowing officers: Judge Levi MCGEE of
Rapid City, president; CT. Howard Of
Aberdeen, vice president; G. T. Black
man Of Sioux Falls, secretary; L. P.
Jenkins Of Lead, treasurer. These Of
Hcers and directors will hold over I'M
I'll the next meeting, which will be
+ held in Pierre on the third Tuesday in
=, when the articles OF i i1n1corr-
poration will be passed upon and the
organization made permanent. The
federation has for it's object the
bringing into closer touch the bust
ness men Of the different parts Of the
state.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
ATTACKED BY COYOTES.
Man Is Chased by Prairie Wolves and
Has to Eioht Them

Man Is Chased by Prairie Wolves and
Has to Fight Them.
While riding around pasture look
ing for some of his cattle, George
Davidson, a member of the Monticello
colony in the region between the Mis-
souri, river and the Black Hills, in
Western South Dakota, had an inter
esting adventure with pack Of CO.
votes.
Davidson unexpectedly came upon
den of the snarling animals, which
strongly resented his intrusion and
Immediately showed fight. The colo
mist was unarmed, and he beat as
hasty a retreat as possible on his
faithful little Indian pony. The CO.
votes gave chase, and the race con-
tinued for many miles, or until the
Indian pony gave out, when Davidson
was compelled to dismount and en-
gage in a fight with the animals,
which he finally succeeded in beating
off.
During the encounter Davidson re-
ceived many cuts and gashes from the
sharp teeth and claws of the coyotes,
but is rapidly recovering from the
effects of the strenuous battle. So
far as known this Is the first instance
in the history of the Western South
Dakota of coyotes attacking any one
with the persistence shown in this
case.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-09-19
DYNAMITE AT FARM.
Explosive Is Hid In Bundles OF Grain
and MachinA IL wrecked

Explosive Is Hid In Bundles OF Grain
and Machine Is Wrecked.
Chippewa Falls, WIS.,, Sept. IL. ~
Five men narrowly escaped being kill
ed or badly injured by the explosion
~ dynamite while they were at work
at threshing machine on Peter Pc
terson's farm. in the town of Edison.
The men were hurled about six feet
from the machine when the explosion
occurred, and the machine was totally
wrecked. With the exception of few
minor bruises the men escaped in
jury.
After the excitement had subsidized
some of the bundles Of grain In the
stack were carefully examined, with
the result that more bundles loaded
with dynamite were found.
Walter Eults, the owner of the ma
chine. says he will ask the officers to
make a thorough investigation OF the
dynamite outrage and will try to
bring about the arrest of the person
who placed the dynamite in the grain