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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
BUTTER AND MILK.

MIX separated on the farm can of
ten hc kept sweet longer than that
which comes home from the creamery.
IL is not brought in contact with ether
and more carelessly cared for milk and
is consequently worth more for feed.
Branding Of Butte
4 speaker n; q recent butternlakers
convention said: have sold butter M.
Ger my own brand for the past twelve
years and know that II has meant
much To nae in the way OF obtaining
rot only prices. hul weights. The
branding of butter means as much AZ
the branding of flour. The man that
home with the Gold Medal. II he can
not get his brand at one store. he will
40 to some other 10 End IL. IL you
have your own brand on the butter
the grocer cannot palm of some other
brand on his customers that are used
10 your make. The result is they will
go to some other store in search o.
their favorite make.
Temperature to Separate.
The warmer the milk the more fluid
H. Is. IL is rule adopted by all
creamery men in operating power ma
chimes that the milk must be separated
at temperature above 50 degrees.
Cold milk is more viscous or less fluid
than warm. and the cream will not sep
Grate so readily. II this Is true Of
power machines. where everything
runs more uniformly than is possible
with Il hand machine. il is certainly
true of the hand Observation-Disclosures
L. II. Webster.
How Prize Butter Was Made.
George II. Bristol. who won the first
prize on dairy butter az the Illinois
State Dairymens association. says Of
his dairy methods: keep only Jersey
COWS and cndeavor To- have my sta
hlcs and all dairy utensils as clean rs
possible. feed and milk regularly.
giving ground feel coru. oa:s aul
iran mixed, for the grain ration aud
FOR rOughapc shredded corn fodder ami
alfalfa hay use tire De Laval sep
orator. keeping he cream no about 30
degrees T. warm IT. mp To- 'is degrees
twelve hours before churning. ami
then churn - grantees about the size
NJ whcat then draw of the butter
milk. wash twice IN cicar well wafer
falt about ono and quarter ounces 81
ihc pound. work little IN the worker
AMI tilen pack
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
PLANTING Abandoned Lanes.

Passing through the country we often
notice long lanes leading from the milk
yard back into the pastures. Many of
such appear 10 have been In use for
many years, until from the excess Of
plant food present there is scarcely
any grass visible. This practice could
be improved Ivy making one perma-
nent center fence. wire preferable. and
put up movable one q one side.
causing lane Of liberal width which
should correspond with size of dairy.
After three years move this fence over
to the other side OF the center one.
Plant the abandoned lane two years in
succession 10 corn fodder. Follow the
next year with grain and stock 10
clover; keep on making these three
year rotations, and with hut very
small expense what now is constant
waste will bc turned 10 cash.S. Cor
don. Clinton County. y. Y.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

" any one who expects 10 make
dairying his business will study all the
conditions and then put what he knows
into practice he will make II pay. FRO
fessor Err Of Kansas lays dawn the be-
low general rules 10 follow: Keep a
yearly record. weighing the milk md
making fat test every seventh week.
II will not be long before you will have
nm idea which cow you shout sell Re
duce the held down 10 those tha. pay
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
Cool the Milk Quickly.

TO cool the milk quickly and keep 1t
cool. rs cleanliness and cold are the
two main factors In the production Of
milk that will keep sweet for any rca-
Fonahle time. Add 10 this healthy
herd Of cows and healthy attendants
md We have summary Of the neccs-
iary requisites FOR the production and
are Of clean min
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

The preservation of the flesh Of the
mammoth for ages In Siberia Is not
remarkable. In most northern districts
or that country ground never thaws
beyond a depth Of two or three feet.
Bodies % men buried 200 years have
been examined and found unchanged.
being frozen perfectly solid
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

( He didn't have n dollar: he did
MT have n dime. His clothes and
shoes were looking just as though
Z they'd served their time He
didn't try 70 kill himself or try to
dodge misfortune's whacis In
( stead lac got some ashes ana filled
FIVE dozen sacks. Then next he
begged a dollar. In the paper in
the morn he advertised tin polish
{ that would put the sun to scorn
He kept on advertising. and just
now suffice 20 say, he's out in
California at his cottage on
the bay.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

Mrs. Finehealth Cat hotel entrancc)--
No; have no money for you. don't
see why an ablebodied man like you
should 20 about begging. Lazy Tramp
i s'pose. mum. it's fer about the
same reason that healthy woman
like you boards at ho;el instead Of
keeDin' Lnuse
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
STALL FOR KEIPINo COWS CLEAN.

STALL FOR KELPING COWS CLEAN.
about sixty degrees. Place a by 4
on edge from seven 10 eight feet from
front of stall on the floor. depending on
size of cow Fasten the by 4 down
10 floor. il set In dirt, with good sized
stake. If floor is made of plank. nail
a block to floor. then spike the = by 4
To blocks.
The COW when eating will stand with
her hind feet just behind the by 4.
leaving the droppings behind II. When
she lies down she will be compelled to
lie in front of the by 4. with her head
under the feed rack. II is not neces-
sary TO have II gutter In a stall of this
kind. There should be short partitions.
however. Ia keep the cows from turn
ing around
Testing the Dairy Herd.
Records Of the performances OF dairy
COWS form the only accurate and safe
basis for Judging their value. IL is
the constant aim Of progressive dairy
men 10 improve their herds. and such
improvement must depend largely upon
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

The world has very many lambs whose
owners names are hid. and vet these
lambs grew wool as white as Mary's ever
lid. OF course the fame of Mary's
lamb is not at all surprising; twas
b ought about bv Stanard's Rexall adj
verfieinp
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

HOOD FARM POOLS 9TH.
tiers in the Register Of Merit and is
himself bull No therein. Class A. His
sire and dam are both in the Register
OF Merit. he being n son OF Figgis
7Gi06, test nineteen pounds fifteen
ounces OF butter i'm seven days. She
was champion COW in the. show ring at
the ST. Louis exposition.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

Remember that J. 7. Miller s. Son
have been paying more for first-class
butter than any store in Gratiot county.
We grade H.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

culling the herd
and getting rid
OF the unprofit-
able amin Is.
From the breed
ers' standpoint
records are espe-
cially valuab BILE
in assisting in
finding custom
ers for I h ei r
stoc X. Many
buyers insist on
seeing record $
Of dairy per
Torrance before
purchasing.
A record Is al
so Of great help
20 the feeder. If
he knows exact
lv what q cow
Is doing he can
prepare the ra-
ton accordingly
and often feed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

High class gasoline for autos and
launches at Medler's grocery. soc per
gallon. IL can be procured in no other
place
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
WANTED.

Especially recommended for Piles
hat is DeWitt's Cartolized With Hazel
,alve. Sold by Chas Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
j.. ID. HEIMAN
The Popular Auctioneer of
Crotiot County.

BY years Of experience Mr.. Holman has
learned 70 conduct sales successfully.
Stock ard farm sales a speciality. Salts
faction guaranteed. Speaks DO German
and English. Telephone him over Bell
line, Ithaca 30, ! rings, or address sum
er No. /. or telephone RECORD. Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

z NIGHTS OF PYTHlAe-Fitz James Lodge
IN No. W. 81 p. hold lite regular meetings
every Friday night.
j. 3. kSOEPTzER, c.
ADELBERT THUM. X. OF X. as.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15

DATHBONE SISTERS. ROYAL Temple No
IL 10, meets every alternate Wednesday
eight in X. OF y. Hall.
GENEVA VoUGBT. NJ. r. G.
MRS. MINNIE SMITH NJ orc
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-15
SOCIETIES.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Morning service
I 600: sunday school II 80. Evening service
7O1p. m. REV. A. J. FUNNEL, Pastor.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
Lanterns Made of Fish Skin.

The buffer or swell fish has the pow
er to distend itself with air into the
shape of a globe, a power which many
visitors have seen demonstrated by
buffers in the tanks of the New York
Aquarium. Japanese living in the Ha-
waiian Islands make Of the skin OF the
big puffer found in Hawaiian waters
an odd and grotesque lantern.
When the skin of the big puffer has
been first removed, Na'hile it is still
soft, it is stuffed out to its full size,
in globe shape, and so left to dry. The
skin is not much thicker than paper
and translucent, brown Oh the upper
part and gray below. The fins are
preserved and dried striekisg out from
the being perked up at an
angle.
A circular opening is made in the
back of this distended fish skin,
through which the light a be placed,
and in which is set horizontally a hoop
OF rim by which the lantern can be
suspended.
Such a lantern made of a big buffers
skin may be a foot in diameter cross
wise and fifteen inches in length, and
what with the head of the fish appear
ing at one end and the perked up tail
at the other, and the fins projecting at
the sides, this fishskin lantern makes
a very curious object.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31


Among the lai n-4liuual types OF
the lower ordEr crop ouG now and hhen,
indicatinasthat the two were, to a GER
tain extent, merged in past ages
Whence the pygmics came or where
they originated is unknown to lis. In
the hierOglyphic records Of he Egypt
1ns and other ancient people are &C
cunts that prove cOnclusiyely that the
dwarfs existed in Africa at that time.
However, from native traditions gath
cred by Schweinfurth, JunStr and
other travellers, it appears that the lit
tie people occupiedsland as far north
as The western Nile WaG' shed, ana
were driven thence by invasions of
larger blacks. To-day they are con
fined to the Congo forests and to such
portions of these as extend toward the
Nile wafer shed and into CAMERON
and French Gaboon. There seems to
be some cQpnection between the pyg-
mes and tile bushmen of South Africa,
and if this is true it gives color to the
theory of the former wider occupancy
of the continent by the dwarfs. Traces
of pygmies have been found in Eu-
rope and while there is no absolute
proof of a prehistoric, universal, dwarf
people, there is some ground for belief
in the truth of this, and the acceptance
of this theory furnishes us with an ex-
PLANTATION for the general occurrence
of the NEUROLOGICAL Gwarfs in human
folklore.
The existence of the pygmies is of
the rudest; they do not practice agri-
culture and keep nc domestic animals.
They live by means Of hunting and
sharing, eking this out by means of
thieving from the big negroes, on the
outskirts of whose tribes they usually
establish their little colonies, though
they are as unstable as water, and
range far and wide through the for.
ests. They have seemingly become ac-
quainted with metal cniy through con-
tact with superior beings, and their
weapons were formerly Of wood or
stone only. They live in little conical
huts about four feet high and four feet
in diameter, constructed by thrusting
withes in the ground, tying them to-
gether at the top and tlatching them
with leaves. Each man usually has
but one wife, the couples housing to-
gether in a single hut, but as soon as a
child leaves the mothers breast a sep
arate hut is constructed for it, and as
! we can imagine, some of these are alb
surdIy tiny The women are said to
be affeetionate and make dutiful wives.
sometimes marrying into the tribes of
the larger negroes,
The dwarfs have no separate Ian
guage of their own, but speak. roughly,
the dialects of the neighboring tribes
of large blacks. While in the forests
they are usually absolutely unelothed.
but they adopt sufficient covering for
decelcy when they ON into contact
with others.-sci ntifc A.-afan.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
Hailstones and Eggs.

There is some strange relation be-
tween hailstorms and poultry, OF be-
tween hailstones and eggs, that fasci-
mates mankind. The hailstone may be
lodged, the egg should be lodged, but
the comparison between hailstones and
eggs never can be dodgeds tits impos-
sible to get away from it. Whenever
there is a haiIstorm when tender plants
are cut to death and window glass is
shivered, the hailstones are always the
size of hens eggs. Nobody ever heard
OF a shailstolle the sizaf Of baseballs.
walnuts OF potatoes, q the Size OF
macadam rock, golf balls, tomatoes or
the fist, but ever and always the size
Of eggs. Yet eggs vary in size.
No chicken fancier would think Of
pointing to a cackling hen and saying:
..She lays eggs as big as hailstones."
There really should be no comparison
between haiIstoues and eggs. A SHOW
or of ha~iIstones is a work Of nature,
while q shower Of eggs is apt to be a
work Of Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31

China has ten railways in operation.
with a total mileage of 22s5, or about
one-tenth that of Great Britain. i.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
The Placid Oyster.

An oyster will hang Oh to any old
thing. Just to get a footing. And
there are plenty of oysters hanging on
this season, with prospects of Il big
crop. Captain James Turner, of the
oyster patrol boat Governor McLane,
was discussing the b%ivalvular mollusk
with a few friends at the Lexington,
where he lives.
IFS nothing unusual he said. "to
GiHul- an oyster growing to an old shoe
Oh the bottom of the bay or rivers.
The young oysterSs-the baby fellows
are perfectly helpless in anything like
a current or Il heavy tide. and as they
are washed along they instinctively
hang to The first thing they encounter.
whether it is an Old shoe, 4 smooth
glass bottle. Il rock or log. or the bot
tom of 4 Ship. Now The old oyster is
different. He has sufficient weight to
resist The current, and just sinks to the
he'd ana stays there. And, by the way.
tl,nra is Il popular fallacy that an
oyster requires several seasons, to al
tain his full growth. The truth is that
IN oyster grows to maturity in one sea-
son. with favorable conditions. | re-
member seeing Il boat go into harbor
ut the close of Il eason throwing an
anchor overheard. At the opening or
The season a full-grown oyster was
found cIiEsing to the anchor, as prac-
teal proof that he had grown up i'll
one season. This fact about the rapid
growth of oysters suggests to me that
dredging ought to be entirely suspend
ell for one season 10 give the succulent
fellows a chance to accumulate. OF
course the oystermen would kick. but
the result would be a lasting enrich
ment of the oyster beds.'-Baltimore
News.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31

thrown off in an instant, and Stitt,
hopeless and unnerved. began TO cry
weakly.
I've killed a man." he groaned, sit
ting on the floor where he had fallen.
doctor, I've killed a man! I'll have
the mark of Cain OH me-'
Hes Tot dead yet" said Macrun.
srlmly, picking himself up from the
corner where lie had been thrown.
And if You don't stop ~sniveling I'll put
Il mark of Cain Oh you myself"
The doctor felt the injured mans
pulse.
Its still strong enough" he said.
looking at his watch. but it's a little
rapid. He seems excited. too. which
may mean the beginning of Il convul-
sion. We'd better get some help here.
and. by the way" he called, as Stitt
d;rted ont. send some one for an i'll
tcrpreter."
For the next fifteen minutes Michael
kasparovitch. held down by q half
dozen men, lay mutely raging. While
his interior received 4 washing more
thorough than the outside was ever ac-
corded. But Macrum'S buriy figure
began to droop deiectcdly, and Stitt's
pale face grew even more CHASTITY, for
no pills had appeared.
II think we'd better stop" said the
doctor, ut last. They must be alb
sorhed III his system by this time. and
fifteen grains of bichiorid of mercury
is enough not only to kill i man. but
to embalm him, too. He might like TO
see Il prie ST
Mikes dull eyes frightened a little
as the Interpreter came i'll. and lie
talked weakly for a few minutes. Then
the interpreter turned 10 the doctor.
Mike, lie say, give him somethin'
for is and. He say be not sick i'll
side, he sick here holding up an ex-
pressive finger.
Eyes. l know all that The doctor
turned down his shirt-sleeves and
shook hands with the parish priest,
who had just come i'll. But that
young fellow over there gave him some
pills to swallow. and they We're poison.
You know what poison means? Bad
medicine. kill-make die
The Interpreter understood. He
turned to Michael, NICE more plaintive-
ly calling Oh his saints. Stitt was fur
lively wipiug his eyes. The half-doZen
men from the offices, who had come to
help, were solemnly watching the
scene.
The interpreter spoke to Mike,
nodded, and walked to a corner, where,
STOPPING, he pointed a black-nailed
finger to the wooden floor.
Mike, lie say he not like them pills.
He spit EN- out!'-Youtl's Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
. HOMEMADE TALKING MACHINE

Would you like to make a talking
machine? If you have a toy trumpet
put the small end in your mouth and
your two hands over the large, or fun
mel end. Now blow through the trum-
pet, and open and shut your hands
once quickly. The syllable ma will
be sounded, and if you repeat this in a
quick succession the word mamma"
will be spoken by the trumpet. 1t
may have a strident sound, but it wiki
nevertheless, be a spoken word.
Another good imitation of the human
voice, says the New York Evening
Mail, may be made by taking a large
empty spool and stretching across the
hole at one end two rubber bands. The
bands must be close together at their
edges, but must not overlap. You can
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
the PYGMIES OF The CONGO.

For years We have been aware %; TIE
actual existence Of Il &c Of p"yniieS
III the interior Of Africa. And row.
authorities on the subject have OK
pressed the belief that in this little
known race Of black uWarfs. hidden
to-day in the faStnesspS of the tropirA!
forests of the Congo, but i'll past cen
turtles probably far more omnno and
widespread, We may have the origin
of the dWarfS of tradition. Sir Harry
Johnston, tile wcllknown English cN-
plorer, made famous by his classic dis
covery of the okapi and by lis re-
searches among the ape-Iike little
black people. is Of this opinion.
The human type. in all probability,
first emerged from the ape in South
eastern Asia, possibly II India. The
higher types forced the negro from tie
continent in all eastward direction,
across the intervening islands, as far
It's Australia, and westward into
Africa. Even to-day ape-like negroes
are found in the gloomy forests, who
are doubtless direct descendants Of
these early types of man, who probably
closely resembled their simiIn ances-
tors. They are found on the eastern
border of the Congo woodland and III
other portions Of the Congo basin. and
the attention of scientists Was first
called to them by Johnston, Grogan
and Sharpe. They are often dirty vel
lowish brown III color and covered with
a fine down. Their faces are fairly
hairy, with great prognatllism, and re-
treating chins. while in general they
are unintelligent and timiu, having lit
tie tribal cohesion and usually living
upon the fringes f higher tribes,
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31

almost any part of a forest, as
birch cali be had at almost any time.
The construction is as follows: Cut a
stick about one foot long and Il inch
thick. Split one end down two inches
and sharpen Il point at the other end,
as shown ip Fig. T.. Then peal off a
piece of bark two inches vide and
four inches long, as in Fig. ,. Bend the
bark to the size of the candle and
slide it i'll the split stick, and your
candle-stick Is made. 1t is then. stuck
in the ground i'll any part Of the tent
desired. The longer the stick the high
Ell the light will be-. NJ. Johnson, in
Forest and Stream.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
THE SNOWFLAKE.

You caught with wintry hand
= snowflake from the air.
And asked what sorrow Planned
\ star 80 irail and rare.
From what white anvil lily
Such dreams diminutise:- .
Like love" I heard yoI sigh.
Too fragiIc-winged to live
Vet while you bent and gazcd
On that cod beauty. dear.
The star YOU caught and praised,
See, turned into Il tear.
And well love understands
How many aud many a >ta%
Lie seeks with teverish hands,
Swings white. in being afar.
And VIC, through sigh and tear
Grow wise and learn again
lhc love that stoops not, dear.
Is lie love that knows not pain.
Arthur %~trInger, iii Smart Set.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
A HANDY ~CAHDLEsTiCX.

The hunter of experience has learned
thtt an oil lamp or lantern is bulky
and nine times out Of ten leaks Il
and runs over its dufIlr. \ large num-
her have come down to the candle,
which never leaks anh does no take
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31
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Town Residences tor Sale

s sas1sAssaah nsighborIx III ~;,uu5d
,1lsas, With "a entire sqlSSre - 1sng
asll shaded with live oaks. n,&a j aano
$50, peeans, etc, about y squares
IT, she Courthouse, s squares from
go school 2 squares from Catholie
anuIcn q sonvent. House il two
s.ory. brick basement, s rooms, -four
nre-piaces out-bnildings, etc, all IN
ger good fence. VIII Be sold chess
zor aah OF part cash and balance ~
mas ~ suit Apply at this oflcs.
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spool.
When you blow through the other
end of the spool the bands vibrate like
the human vocal chords and make a
sound something like the human voice.
which will change according to the
force with which ou blow.
The Opelousas courier., 1907-08-31

I'D much room. 1t furnishes enough
light for ones tent, as little light is
necessary.
The folding candle lantern is very
good. but if it should break or be lost
the birch bark candle-stick is the next
best thing. This candle-stick can be
made III five minutes. 1t can be made