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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
The Mortgage Litter.

Some successful hog raisers like to
speak of the hog as mortgage litter
and doubtless he is that in many
cases. The great fecundity OF the hog
and the fact that his meat always
brings a big price makes him an easy
animal to figure on to help lift the
debt that has been placed on the farm.
The study of the hog and his needs
will increase his Importance as mort,
gage litter. There is no doubt that II
we can learn how to keep the cholera
away and learn how to furnish cheap
food, rich in muscle-building elements,
we will reduce in number the mort
cages on American farms.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
~ Wa. Thicker Skinned.

Walter Howard. the London drama
list, was leaving the stage door OF
theater one evening when an anemic-
looking youth stepped up and said:
"Are you Mr.. Howard?' The author
replied in the Affirmative. whereupon
the young fellow said he wanted to go
on the stage. Noticing his evident
unfitness for such a life, Howard ad-
vised him to stick to his present &C.
cupation, whatever it was. Il am as
sistant pawnbroker across the way"
said the ambitions young man. And
what do your people think OF your
going on the stage?" asked Howard.
"Oh. they are right against It," was
the jaunty reply, but shouldn't mind
the disgrace myself"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

on the other and you can safely count
on getting one pound of pork for
every five pounds of grain fed. Pro-
viding you put this little building up
properly any intelligent farmer can
make structure of this kind for $40,
and will save him great deal of labor
to feed.
Here is another strong advantage in
a feeder of this kind. " you have
some of that corned-to-death land.
plant to clover and then pull this self
feeder when empty to the place
where you want the land built up.
Next fall when the corn is gathered
from this land you will find, if your
experience agrees with mine, that
where you had your feeder you have
your best corn.
do not have any hogs get sick
when starting them on feed. We pre-
fer starting pigs to feed when they
weigh about $50. pounds.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
Fig. 1.-Ground Plan of sef-Feeder.

OF this self-feeder with the stalls ar
ranged for the hogs. AS already sug-
gested, similar stalls are made on the
rear side.
BY this method l wish to say most
emphattcally that hogs cannot and do
not waste any feed. They feed quiet
ly and profitably, but do not recon-
mend that any feeder attempt to use
self-feeder of this kind with mixed
grade hogs. Arrange to feed an even
car load and l believe that it is more
important that they should be'even in
size.
have found that hogs fed in this
way will make money fast and easy.
1t is important however, to keep good
oats at one end and good Bhelled corn
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
SHEEP NOTES.

Do not hurry sheep through doors
nd gates so that they will crowd and
get hurt.
Grain should be given the ewes
twice each day. Hay in the morn
Ing, shredded fodder at noon and a
feed rack of hay at night
Sheep should not be caught by
clutching handfuls of their wool, as
this Injuries the fleece, to say moth
Ing of giving pain to the sheep
Catch them always as if they had no
wool.
This is the time of year when
you will need the best feed, for as
the warmer weather comes the appe-
title is not so keen, and they will
also need a more succulent feed at
this time.
Early lambs and their mothers as
well need to be kept warm for quite
awhile. They will soon get a good
hold on life so that they will endure
almost anything. But they will do
much better in return for good treat
ment.
When lamb stands with its back
bent up in the shape of rainbow,
YOU had better look after it. 1t is
not doing we'll, for some reason. Per
haps the mother does not have
enough to eat; or 1t may be the
food of the eve is not nourishing
enough.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch a matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics Its great strength as stiffener
makes half the usual quantity of Starch
necessary, with the result OF perfect
finish, equal to that when the goods
| were new.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

corn or oats Is II inches wide in the
clear, % inches high and is inches
deep.
At the end of each one of these
stalls is space exactly three inches
high, for pouring grain to feed down
into the stall. AS shown in fig. 2. a
siX-inch board is placed a few inches
back of the opening SO as to prevent
the corn and oats from getting out and
under the feet of the hogs.
In fig. there is shown a front view
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
Famous Book Free.

Every reader of this paper can get free
of charge one of Dr. Coffee famous books
which tells of new method by which
persons afflicted with Deafness, Head
Noises. Sore Eyes. Failing Sight from any
cause, can cure themselves at home at
small expense.
Write a letter Immediately to DR.. w. O..
Coffee, $50 Century Bldg, Des MONIES, la.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

My doctor kept me on strict diet but
as his medicine was not helping me,
l began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
They helped me at once, and soon all
traces of sugar disappeared. l have
regained my former weight and am
perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

A charming epigram adorned an ad-
dress that Mrs. ]. C. Phelps Stokes
made on her last visit to Detroit. She
was rejoicing over the fact that in
the slums woman, no matter how
wretched her case, kept her speech
pure, as rule, of profanity.
"An oath from a woman's lips" she
ended, sis unnatural and incredible.
l would as soon expect bullet from
q rosebud"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
Abnormal Appetite.

The SOW that eats her pigs has an
abnormal appetite. 1t is believed by
hog feeders that this is caused by a
deficiency in the food. A ration Of
corn meal with nothing to Offset the
high starchy proportion does not give
the substances that the sow needs for
the building up of her body. She seeks
to satisfy the abnormal craving and
the pigs suffer.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
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sELF-FEEDER FOR HOGS.
Arrangement by Which the Work ls
Much Simplfied.

have plan for making self-feed-
er for hogs which think is different
from anything that has as yet APP
peared, says correspondent of Prairie
Farmer. 1t has capacity of $50 bush
els of shelled corn, 70 bushels OF oats.
and is just right to feed one car load
of hogs. l think that this self-feeder
is one of the most profitable conven-
fences on my farm
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

By following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package OF
Defiance Starch, Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try it, 16 OF. for 10c, sold by
all good grocerS.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
Defined.

Dad" inquired Freddy, what is
figure of speech?' where's your mo-
ther?" asked Dad" cautiously. She's
downstairs" answered the boy. well,
then" began Dad" "a figure OF
speech, my son, is woman. '-Har'
pers Weekly.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

that my housework
was becoming a bur
den. l tired easily,
had no ambition and
was fading fast. My
complexion got yell
low and l lost over
so pounds. My thirst
was terrible, an d
there was sugar In
the kidney secretiohs.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

AS shown in fig.
/ there are two
divisions, one be-
ing for shelled
corn and the other
for oats. Twelve
spaces on each
side are made for
the corn and four
on each side for
the oats. Each
space, whether for
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
FENCING AGAINST DOGS.
Marrow Board Just Below Top Wire
Proves Effective.

Many shepherds testify to the ben
eft of good fence around sheep as q
defense against dogs. A fence that is
tight enough to turn dogs as well as
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

Working For Christian Endeavor.
DR.. Francis E. Clark, of the Chris
tan Endeavor society, is visiting the
West Indies, Panama and South
American republics in the interest oil
that organization.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30

When a girl invites young man to
her home &c: dinner, and he is told
that she did the cooking, it's time for
him to sit up and take notice.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
MRS. GEO. A. JAMES

suffered so did not care what became OF
me, and my family despaired of my re-
covery. Physicians failed to help me.
was urged to try Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and want to tell you
that it has entirely cured me-. l think it
is the finest medicine on earth and l am
recommending it to all my friends and
acquaintance.
Mrs. Geo. A. James, a life long
resident of Fredonia, N. Y, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 was in n terribly run down condition
and had nervous prostration caused ~
female trouble in fact had not been well
since my children were born. This con-
dition worked on my nerves and l was ir-
ritable and miserable. l had tried many
remedies without getting much help but
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
brought me back to health and strength. 1t
has also carried me safely through tho
Change of Life. l cannot too strongly
recommend your medicine"
Mrs. Plnkham's Invitation to Womea.
Women suffering from any form of
female weakness are invited to
communicate promptly with Mrs
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way of recovery advised. Out of her
vast volume d experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will help
your case. Her advice is free and
always helpful.
npound, made from native roots and
drugs and today holds the record for
female diseases of any medicine the
DIS of voluntary testimonials are on
which testify to its wonderful value.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
MRS.NELLIE MARKHAM

A nervous irritable woman. often on
the verge of Mysteries, is source of
misery to everyone who comes under
her influence, and unhappy and mis-
cradle herself.
Such women not only drive hus-
bands from home but are wholly unfit
to govern children.
The ills of women act like a fire
brand upon the nerves. consequently
seven-tenths of the nervous prostra-
ton, nervous dependency, C
blues. sleeplessness. and nervous
irritabilitv of women arise from some
organic arrangement.
Do YOU experience fits of depression
with restlessness alternating with ex-
IRENE irritability ? Do You suffer
from pains in the abdominal region,
backache, bearing down pains. nervous
dyspepsia, sleeplcssness, and almost
continually cross and snappy? If SO,
YOUR nerves are in a shattered con-
dition and YOU are threatened with
nervous prostration.
Proof is monumental that nothing
in the world is better for nervous
troubles of women than Lydia E.
rinkham's Vegetable Compound,
made from native roots and herbs.
Thousands and thousands OF women
can testify to this fact.
Mrs. Nellie Markham, of ISL Morgan
St, Buffalo. N. Y, writes:-
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
II was a wreck from nervous prostratlon'
LYDIA f. Pinkham's Vegetable &C
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm1
the largest number of actual cures
world has ever known, and thousa
file in the laboratory at Lynn, Mass
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
Hall tho LIvino,

Those who do not have garden
lose a great deal, for good garden
furnishes half the family living.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
The Kicking Horse.

The kicking horse should not be sud
denly startled. When entering the
stable where horse is he should be
spoken to. Fear is often the cause of
a horse kicking, this being due to his
instinct of selfprotection. Horsemen
that handle kicking horses make a
practice OF speaking gently to them.
especially when working about them.
Talk to your sheep; they will an
Gerstand YOU TRY 1t and see.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
WORN TO A SKELETON.
A Wonderful Restoration Caused =
Sensation in a Pennsylvania
Town

Mrs. Charles N. Preston. Of Elkland,
Pa, says: Three years ago l found
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04
UNIQUE MOTOR HOME or a CHI
cAGo COUPLE.
Contains Parlor, Bedroom and Kitchen
and HassAIi conveniences Of a
Modern Hotel, With Exception
Of Running Water.

Chicago.-The only auto house In
the world is in Chicago. It is. as its
name implies. self-propelling resi-
dence, equipped with living quarters,
wheels and a gasoline engine.
Is auto house has a parlor. bed
room, Kitchen, a hot water heating
system and a gasoline range, along
with all the other comforts Of home.
1t is propelled by three-cylinder gas
oline motor, set in motion by levers,
SO that all the owner has 10 do when
he is tired Of one set of scenery,
climate or neighborhood, is to place
himself in an easy chair in his parlor,
turn on lever and start for pastures
new.
The inventor, builder, proprietor and
resident Of the motor home is a Chi
cagoan bearing the illustrious name
Of George Washington. He is 65 years
old, and, having no family beyond his
wife, his automobile residence fur
nishes him ample room Ii which to
live, and his wife, being Of simple
tastes. declares herself entirely salts
fed with it.
In appearance the auto house re-
sembles in manner a shortened
freight car, except that it has 81 win
down. which furnish abundant light,
The outside Of the house is covered
with galvanized steel, painted white.
The interior is finished in Georgia
pine
The house as 1t stands is 27H feet
long and six feet wide. The frame
is of oak throughout, including tim.
bers. sides, floor and roof, held to-
gether by heavy bolts
There are three doors to the house.
the main entrance in the rear, and
two smaller doors on either side Of
the front parlor. On the inside a
partition separates the house into two
apartments, with a doorway, but no
door between. Ventilation Is obtained
by an arrangement like that Of a
street car, and there is besides a fue
ventiIator in the roof. The numerous
windows are framed by dainty white
curtains The front room contains a
folding bed, which can be easily
slowed away A sewing machine
gives a homelike touch to this room.
The steps in the rear lead into a
vestibule. lived on one side with
pantry shelves and on the otaev by
~cupboards for the storage OF tools
and other utensils. The vestibule
leads into the kitchen, which occupies
the entire rear apartment. Here is
q gasoline range, with all the neces-
sary implements. a table and chairs
and miniature furnace with a reser-
voir above, which furnishes hot water
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04


> child has actually been picked up
and carried by an eagle
The child, with others was playing
in field on its fathers farm. near
jackson Ferry, on Verdlgris river,
eight miles northeast OF Coweta
when the eagle swooped down upon
him. catching the child's clothing
with It's talons and starting on The
screams Of the other children ap-
parently frightened the eagle, and
finding that 1t could not make much
progress with the child. it dropped
him so yards from the place where
he was picked up.
Tho child weighs SO pounds. and at
no time did the eagle succeed in get
ting more than eight or ten feet
above the ground with him. The child
was not injured save for few
bruises and scratches when his par
ents found him. The eagle made no
attempt to strike its talons into. the
child nor beat him with IT'S wings.
It has been known for some time
that there were two gray eagles nest.
ing on the Verdigris river not far
from JacksonN Ferry. About ten
days ago farmer named Kirkbride,
who lives near the ferry, killed one
of the eagles with a rife. They
were very cunning, and it was impos.
able to get close enough to kill them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04

Cowansville. P. GA wild rabbit
with head like a cat and the rest OF
its body like an ordinary hare, has
been brought in here by Hugh Ford
and is an object Of much curiosity.
Ford got the hybrid while running rab-
bits with a hound. AS 1t jumped along
IN the ordinary way he noted nothing
peculiar about 1t until he picked It up.
He then saw that he had real curl
osity. An examination OF the animals
stomach showed that It had been eat
ing flesh, the remains Of a bird being
found. It's teeth. like those Of a cat.
accounted for its peculiar appetite.
AS the hybrid was fat and strong. it
appears to have been able to get All
the food It needed. Probably birds.
mistaklng It for a rabbit, failed to get
out Of the way. A cat that can jump
20 feet isn't liable to go hungry, in any
event.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04
FREAK RODENT MEETS DEATH.
TWO Headed Rat Killed While Trying
TO Run into Two Holes.

Port Jervis. N. Y.-An unusual
curiosity and freak of nature in the
shape OF a two headed rat was killed
In the Victoria hotel. Sussex street.
The proprietor Of the hotel, Henry
Richardson, heard the rat squeal in
the bottom Of the dummy waiter shaft.
He sent one Of hts men to klll It and
remove IT, The rodent was slain
with a club. when the discovery was
made that it had two heads attached
to one body. Both heads were per
fectly formed and the two necks hol'
ing the heads joined the body at the
shoulders. which were abnormally
broad. It is unfortunate that the rat
was not captured alive. as it would
have proved a great curiosity.
It was at first supposed that the
rodent squeezed its body through
hole at the bottom OF the elevator and
could not get back. Examination Of
the shaft led to the discovery of two
rat holes close together. and it was
found that each head Of the rat took
a separate hole to escape, its ono
body, Of course, preventing It.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04

Lowell, Mass.-Ofiicers Of the hui
name society found three-year-old
child who is a confirmed smoker and
has used daily a corn cob pipe since
he was is months old. The child IS
Andre, the son Of Albert Beaulleu.
When the officers took his pipe away
he screamed with anger and aroused
the neighborhood. Mrs Reaulieu, who
is Is years old. says she did not know
tobacco would hurt the child. she
promised to try to cure Andre of the
tobacco habit and it was decided to
allow him to remain at home. Mrs.
Beaulieu said Andre smokes nearly
two packages of tobacco each week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04
MOTHER ADOPTS HEROIC MEAS
uREs TO SAVE TRAPPED
OFFSPRING.
FOOT is CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Hunter Sees the Operation and
Out Of Compassion He Spares
Lives Of the Little
Beasts.

Chambord Junction, Que.-Henry
Tate, a trapper, got track Of a silver
gray fox few weeks ago and used
his utmost skill to catch the valuable
animal. He set several traps, and
was sure that the fox sprung one OF
them. Thinking that the steel Jaws
We're not heavy enough to hold so
clever a prisoner. he finally set a wolf
trap near an old log and then baited it
with a live chicken.
For three days he fed the chicken
without even getting sight Of the fox
hut on the fourth he heard sounds
as he neared the spots. The sounds
were evidently made By two animals.
but not foxes. and he approached eau
tiousIy Peering through the bushes
he saw an old bay lynx and an eight
month-old cub directly over the trap.
The young one was crying out with
pain. while the old one now and then
snarled and grunted.
Tate thought that he had both ami.
mails in the trap, but he soon saw he
was mistaken, for the old lynx jumped
away fey feet, shifted for danger
signs and than returned to Her on
spring, which had been securely
nipped by foreleg, She seemed to
be exceedingly busy, and the trapper.
always on the lookout for some new
phase Of animal life, determined to
fathom the mystery before be shot
the animals
Working around to better point Of
vantage. he observed that the mother
lynx was liberating the cub BY cutting
off its leg with her sharp teeth. AS
she gnawed the cub squealed. but the
parent paid little attention to his out.
cries. Evidently be hadn't the nerve
to do the job himself, SO she had
taken matters into her own hands.
She worked carefully. but with deter
mination. and at the end OF a few
minutes the lynx was free.
A trapper is not supposed to be par
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04
EVANSTON HAS ZOO DINNEF
WHICH oUTsHiNEs NEWPORT
MONKEY FEAST
DOC AND CAT HAVE SQUABBLE
Little Difference Nearly Ends In Back
Alley Affair-cuests Not Ad-
mltted Without Animal
Escort.

Chicago.-Esthetic Evanston has
backed nobby Newport of into innoeey
GUS desuetude, and Mrs. Minnie Fiske
Griffin has outLehred the individual
Harry Lehr by giving an animal disi
ner in ten courses that is the correct
thing in the gossip line for all lake
shore. Harry corraled some press
comment and not a little popularity
among the Newport smart settlers by
giving a monkey dinner
Mrs. Griffin gave dinner to the
whole ZOO She exerted considerable.
effort to keep the news Of the Noahs
ark gastronomic symposium from the
spotlight Of publicity. Nevertheless it
became known that:
Ten grown-ups, who move in the
most exclusive set Of the hub of cul-
ture, attended the ZOO dinner at Mrs.
Grifhn's imposing. residence on Foster
street and each Of these ten grown
ups grayely escorted a pet animal to
dinner.
It was a banquet of beauty and the
beast. OF course the beasts were all
pedigreed Nothing but a strictly
blue -blooded animal can run in the
Evanston set The beasts were feast
ed royalty. Seldom has such culin-
airy spread been set even for kings.
The list Of honored guests were: A
white pig, guinea pig, game cock,
rabbit, a dove, parrot, chamel-
con, a Boston terrier, a white AAgcra
cat and squirrel
Just to show that the dinner was
strictly in honor Of the furred and
feathered, Mrs. Griffin specified in
the invitations that no guest would
be admitted unless accompanied by
his or her small animal escort. The
distinguished little beasts were con
veyed to the Griffin home in carriages
and automobiles. Upon arriving they
were first divested of their wraps-in in
the parrots case a brass wire opera
coat--and then escorted into the re-
ception hall, where all we're made ac-
quainted.
Right here a little difference arose
among the guests that mortified the
hostess and all but turned this exclus-
i've event into back alley tete tete
Mr.. B. B. Terrier either succumbed
to the pangs Of early hunger or else
resented some past wrongs, for he
turned on Miss Angora and tried to
bite a outlet out Of her back. Miss
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-02-04

ing been fire. Bones ard portions
Of roots and fruits were scattered
about the place. which presented the
appearance OF having been inhabited
by the wild man for many months.
There was a fragment of calico in
the cave, which may have been part
Of a garment. The wild man wore no
clothing at all. being well covered
with Shaggy hair.
After the people Of the valley be-
low were informed Of the capture they
related the disappearance Of young
woman from the settlement a year
ago. Some OF the eaptors Thought
there might be some connection be-
tween the rag found in the cave and
the disappearance referred TO.
Some persons advance the theory
that the wild man is really a human
being, who has become demented. and
from long exposure and rough living
reverted to animal methods, even to
the long hair.
No signs can he found Of any other
specimen Of the sort, although there
Is considerable unexplored territory
that might cover a few more OF his
kind without discovery.