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The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
Foundations Of chanqeabie Silk.

Some of the prettiest frocks of trans.
parent materials are worn over foun.
dations of changeable silks.
One for evening wear combined two
colOrs in the Innings.
A striking gown of white net was
shown made over white silk, with .
deep ruffle of pink silk at the foot.
The upper line Of the ruf1le CORE.
sponded with the line of filet insertion
incrusted with. lace motifs on the over
dress, so. that there was no eppreci
able breaking between the two colors.
The effect was charming. ;.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
Benefit for Boston Strangers.

The Rev. Eugene c. Webster, of
Boston, has begun work to establish
a Little Church Around the Coruer"
for the benefit of the theatrical per.
sons and other strangers in Boston,
whom he believes need such an in.
stitution.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29
The Peaceful Cow,

She was even more afraid of COWS
than most girls. so when she spied a
placid animal recumbent under a
tree, peacefully chewing its cud, she
at first refused to go through the pas
ture at all. Her husband Gained her
fears to some extent, and they started
BY. when the cow slowly commenced
to get up, hind legs first, as they al
ways do. = At this the little lady
shrieked with terror, and said:
"Oh, Bob, hurry, hurry, he is getting
Aeady to spring at us!"-Harper's
Magazine.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-11-29

Some. Philippine cigars are q foot
&nd half in length.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

what" sh, gasped. selling him BY
the arm, did he open the parcel an
see what was in it or-or take 1t
away with him. Sam?"
NO" said the man, "he didn't do
nuthin' to 1t, 'cept scratch tn dirt of
tn top, an when he got Whit of 1t
/! guess it wuz all he wanted, fur wheI
| seen him he was a-comin' daown tn
hill like tn old Nick wuz after him.
surmised what he'd been up to, an
so I went back an covered 1t UP
again"
Thank God for that" she muir
INJURED. land you did not touch it
or open it yourself, did you. Sam?"
NO" he replied. Il jest left 1t lay.
like you've allus told me to do, an
covered 1t up again 'thaout askin' no
questions, one way nor tother. But
l tell We. Matilda, it's all goin' teh
be known '.ore long, an l do wish
ye'd tell me naow, fore it's too
late"
"Yes!" I exclaimed. stepping sud
denly before them. land l wish you'd
tell me, too, Mrs. Bruce"
Iney SpranS DdCk IN amdZeuenI'
and for an instant I thought that
jerks was going to strike at me, but
continued earnestly:
Il have come here as your friend
tonight to ask and beg Of you an ex-
PLANTATION of this mystery that is up
setting the whole place. l know, Mrs.
Bruce, that you can put everything to
rights if you will, and i am prepared
to do almost anything that you want
me to if you will only made a clean
breast of the whole business. l don't
believe there's been any very great
wrong on your part. Mrs. Bruce, al
though l must admit that I did think
so at one time, and want to say now
that am sincerely sorry for the man
ner in which DR.. MacArdel and l
treated you both last summer"
They said nothing, and after paus-
ing for a moment, l continued:
"As l say, come here as friend
to ask you to explain this matter once
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
FEED FOR HOGS.
Cleanliness Of tho utmost Importance
In Summer.

Every farmer knows that clean food
especially in hot weather. Still, q
great many will often permit the swill
barrel to become filthy. This is very
dangerous to the health Of the hogs
during summer. Doubtless diseases
often start among many hogs from
this source. There are many ills that
affect hogs besides hog cholera. though
some may think that hog cholera is
the only thing to be guarded against.
By the decay Of vegetable and fieshy
matter various poisons are elaborated,
and we must guard against these as
well as hog cholera. There is no
doubt that animals as well as human
beings are often killed by ptomaine
poisoning.
Rotten swill is unfit for hogs as GER
tainly as other rotten food. Some
feed their hogs whey brought from the
cheese factory. Often, as factory men
know, the whey tanks are very dirty.
not having been cleaned, perhaps, for
months. The farmers who use this
whey should make such vigorous
protest against dirty tanks that the
factory men will see that they are
cleaned often.
Some of the factories do not even
have tanks, but have row of barrels
near the factory buildings into which
the whey is run. These, says Orange
Judd Farmer, are allowed to become
almost putrid in the hot sun of sum-
mer. They swarm with flies, which
may have been visiting the carcasses
of dead hogs in the pastures of ad-
joining farms. Sometimes these hogs
have died Of cholera and sometimes
of other contagious diseases. 1t is
not difficult matter to clean barrels
often, and this should be done. 1t is
all the easier to do If the cheese fac
tory has a steam pipe, from which a
hose can conduct the steam into the
barrels.
If disease is to be kept off the farm,
food of the hogs must be carefully
watched, at least in summer. The mat
ter is not so important in winter, as
the flies are not carrying germs from
one place to another, and contagious
diseases will not spread with the same
rapidity. Animals take in disease
germs mostly through their respira-
tory organs or through the organs de-
voted to the elaboration of food. If
the food is protected, much will be
gained in the way Of protection
against disease.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
FEEDING AT A PROFIT.
How 1t Was Done at Washington State
Agricultural College.

Feeding of beef steers on corn fod-
der at profit in the Palouse country,
south of Spokane, Wash, has been full
ly demonstrated by the Washington
state college experiment farm at Pull
man, which sold is steers fed as an
experiment. These steers were
bought at random throughout the Pa
louise country at $25 to $50 a head.
They were cut into three lots and fed
under slightly different methods. The
total cost of IA steers was $500 and
they were fed eight tons of oat hay
worth $3.50 ton, 1855 pounds of
fodder corn at $3.50 a ton; two and a
quarter tons of wheat at $3.50 a ton;
making the total cost of the steers
and the feed s65955. They were sold
for $811.75, leaving net profit of
$151.2O.
The steers were fed two months, all
being fed alike for the first month,
during which time they We're given
three pounds of wheat daily. After
the first month lots of two and three
were fed six pounds of wheat daily
while lot No. continued at three
pounds each. During the month in
which the two lots were fed six
pounds each daily, lot two gained 400
pounds, while lot three gained 455
pounds. Lot No. l only gained 270
pounds during this period. The net
cash gain per head of lot No. 2 over
lot No. in this period was $3.50, with
but three pounds more of wheat daily.
This is an increase of more than ten
cents day, or ten cents for three
pounds of wheat, which is at the rate
of 81 bushel for wheat fed to steers
in this way.
The experiment. explains the Draft
Horse Journal, was carried on under
the direction of Il. E. Elliot, profess
sor of agriculture in Washington state
college, but was under the great SUI
pervision of Professor w. A. Link
slater, head of the department of an
imal husbandry. and w. d. Foster, SUI
perintendent of the college farm.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
The Farm Stock.

Sunlight should be welcomed to
every stable in which farm animals
are kept.
1t will pay to keep sheep if for nc
other reason than to get rid of the
weeds.
Shearing in the middle west will
be late again this year on account
of continued cold, rainy weather.
Keep as much sulphur mixed with
the salt as possible and have the
sheep eat it, and they will not be
troubled with worms.
A wet season is always harder on
sheep than a dry one. Look to their
feet and keep them out of muddy
yards as much as possible.
We have read great deal about
top dressing the pastures, and how
well it could be done with manure
spreader. How about flock of sheep
for the purpose?
Fall litters prove profitable where
winter dairying is practiced and there
is surplus of skim milk
The horse should not be expected to
make living on the pasture In the
hog lot. The horse is usually very
particular animal about what it eats,
and hog pasture is very distasteful to
1t. Separate the hogs from the other
stock and give them a pasture to
themselves.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
TAKE CARE OF THE COLTS.
FaithfuIness Now Will Be Repaid at
Maturity of Animal.

Proper care and feed will increase
the conformation. the constitution.
and the size of horses fully as much
as can be obtained by mating stall
lions and brood mares with view
of producing these qualities In the
colt. says Spirit of the West. Good
breeding is valuable attribute and is
demanded at the present time, but
feed and care when the animal is
young, is required to lay the founda-
ton for a substantial structure that
will not culver or become exhausted
with only moderate taxing Of the con-
stitution. Muscle and substance must
be grown and developed strong and
healthy to support stamina and en-
ergy, or these two qualities will give
way when extra strength and hard
ship is required. The well fed and
well cared for colt will show to adj
vantage and sell to advantage any
time it is offered alongside a colt that
has been allowed to drift along for
ITSELF without proper care and feed.
favorable in some sections of the
country to the production of horses
but sunshine and balmy breezes alone
will never take the place of fine blue
grass pasture, bright heavy oats, corn
and fine clover or timothy hay. and a
clean stall well bedded and well ven
tilated.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
Is Pe-ru-na Useful
for Catarrh?

Should q List Of tho Ingredients Of Pc.
funa DO submitted to any medical ex-
pert, Of whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that each ono fthem was ofun-
doubted value in chronic catarrhal dis
eases, and had stood the test Of many
Year, experience in the treatment Of
such diseases. THERE CAN BE no
DISPUTE ABOUT THIS WHAT
EVER Peruna is composed ofthe most
efRcacious and universally used herbal
remedies for catarrh. Every ingredient
Of Peruna has a reputation of its own
in the cure of some phase of catarrh.
Peruna brings to the homo the COM.
BINED KNOWLEDGE OF SEVERAL
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE in the treat
ment Of catarrhal diseases; brings to
the home tho scientific skill and howl-
edge of the modern pharmacist; and last
butnotisast, brings to the homo thevast
and varied experience Of DR.. Hartman,
intheuse ofcatarrh remedies, and in the
treatment Of catarrhal diseases,
The fact Is, chronic catarrh il p dis.
ease which Is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited
doctors over and over again, and been
told that their case Il one of chronic
catarrh. It may be ofthe nose, throat,
lungs, stomach or some other internal
organ. There is no doubt as to the ma
ture of tho disease. The only trouble
Is the remedy. THIS doctor has tried to
cure them. That doctor has tried to
prescribe for them.
BUT THEY ALL FAILED TO
BRING ANY RELIEF.
DR.. Hartman's idea Is that q catarrh
remedy can be made on a large scale,
as he is making it; that it can be made
honestly, of the purest drugs and Of
the strictest uniformity. His idea il
that this remedy can besupplied direct
ly to the people, and no more be charged
for it than is necessary for tho
handling Of it.
No other household remedy so uni
VERBALLY advertised carries upon tho
label the principal active constituents,
Allowing that Peruna invites tho full
inspection Of the critics.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

pleasantly as she spoke, II remember
you very well indeed, SIR"
smiled at this in spite Of myself
and stopped her as she would have
passed me and gone up the stairs.
What are you doing here, Mrs.
Bruce?" I asked. II had no idea Of
meeting you in this way"
why you know, sir, was nurse
in the old country, sir" she returned.
in the same sweetly modulated voice
that 1 had noticed before. land when
the young lady took so bad. sir, they
sent for me to take care of her until
the 'ospital nurses came from town. -
who sent for you?" l continued
curiously, again impeding her prog
ress up the stairs.
Miss Carney. Of course" she re-
Joined. she asked the rector and he
recommended me most ighly, sir. You
know l do most of the nursing in crit
ical cases 'ereabouts, when 1 can find
the time for 1t, SIR"
Shv caught her breath at this last
clause, as If she would have wished it
unsaid, and blushed violently as l re-
marked: You are very busy most Of
the time, l presume?"
Yes sir, l am, SIR" she retorted,
defiantly, land my business is my
own, sir, and 1t i'll becomes outsiders
to NEEDLE with it,"
With these remarkable words she
swept past me and proceeded to Miss
Weston's room with all the impor-
lance of an idealized Sairy Camp from
whom the Objectionable qualities had
been eliminated.
AS l watched her ascend the stairs
with little self-reliant poise to her
head and manner of absolute non
chalance, came to the sudden and
positive conclusion that the woman
had not bad trait in her makeup,
and that the only way to deal with
her was to approach her frankly and
in all honesty of purpose. l was con
WINGED, too, that Miss Weston had
played no small part in persuading
Miss Carney to send for her as a
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
avail" J,nks Was Saying DogsedIy.

and for all, or at least go away and
| leave us in peace"
oh, / can't go away, sir!" ex-
claimed Mrs. Bruce. Il can't do that.
| sir, whatever you ask, and l can't
| tell you anything, either, for the pres
ent, sir"
"Oh, nonsense!" I cried Impatient.
| ly. You can tell me just as we'll as
not, and l give you my word that
you can trust me in every way if you
will only take the right view of this
| thing and side with me in helping to
rid Carney-Croft of all further an
noyance"
NO" she returned, weeping silent
| ly. Il can't tell you anything now, sir,
although l say it with no disrespect
AS you are a friend of Miss Carney
and the other lady, don't ask it of
me, ! beg"
The other lady?" | exclaimed in
| amazement, and with some sudden
suspicion in my tone. do you mean
| to say that you don't remember her
name when you know her well enough
| to have written her so many letters
that she is perfectly familiar with
your hand, and you have even had
her here in your house?"
Written her letters?" cried Mrs.
Bruce in be, ildered tone. "Why,
sir, L"
Here she was interrupted by jerks,
who suddenly broke out into outlaws
of uncomfortable mirth.
Mrs. Bruce eyed him in a puzzled
way for moment as if she thought
he had lost his mind and then, com.
ing to my side, she drew my head
toward her and whispered in my
ear:
I'm Gods name. sir, trust me as you
would yourself and ask no questions
about the letters or anything else
Do this, for PHYS sake, and for the
sake of the sweet young lady you
love-"
cro BE o,oNT1NuEDo
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

nurse, and | wondered now ana
through what sort of argument she
had been induced to admit to her
house a woman whom she had every
reason to suspect of bearing her nc
great amount of good will.
From the housekeeper, who chanc'
ed to pass through the hall, l learned
that the nurses from town were ex'
pected on the evening train, and that
Mrs. Bruce would go home as soon
as they arrived, and l determined to
see her and talk with her that very
night at her cottage.
Shortly after dinner, which, like all
the other meals of the day, had been
conspicuous by Miss Carney's abb
sence, | again started out in the di-
rection of the widows house, and ar
rived lust in time to find her and
jerks in heated arguments at the
gate.
| slackened my pace as l saw them
standing in the light of the doorway
and feeling that the circumstances
warranted me in playing the part OF
eavesdropper, l stepped stealthily for
ward in the shadow Of the shrubbery
until l was within hearing distance.
wall" jerks was saying dosgedly,
9Th hull things baout teh come aout
fore long an we nights well tell me
naow an hev done wit it,
"1'll tell you when the time comes,
Sam" she said. soothlngly, and then
she added something in tone SO
low that l could not hear.
"Course I'll trust we, Matilda, said
Jerks earnestly and in evident re-
sponse to her last remark. "Hain't
allus trusted We frum tn start; an
pnt them pesky bundles fur we. an
hnried 'em. too. 'thaout never askin'
no questions? But l tell ye. Matilda
IN, hull things comm aout fore long,
an. what's more, that lawyer cuss
wuz up on tn hill this mornin right
after we left, an dug up tn last one
we planted"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

the ground The irregular line repre-
sents cord or wire Of any desired
length. Fasten the rod a, b, to the
halter at a, with leather strap, also
c. d, to a, b, in the same way at C;
tie one end Of the cord in the ring
at d, and the other in the ring in the
end of the iron spike. The ring at c.,
six inches from the lower end, pre-
vents taking up the cord and thus
entangling the animal. The end b
will slide over it as the animal grazes.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
Safety SingIetree.

holes in it fits over the end of staple
Make the hook fiat, one quarter inch
thick, fiye-eighths inch wide. Drill a
hole near the end. Use 3-16 round
iron for lock. Take square bend,
put in hole and rivet just enough so
1t will work rather tight. When it
wears and works easy tighten again.
Dotted lines show lock turned ready
for hitching. have used this on cul.
tivator for ten years, writes Penn
sylvania farmer to Missouri Valley
Farmer. The lock part is my own
invention.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
~ A!!.M!::l!M0lsf2g
~ GG-$
hSsp. .-,,s.t :l,.,~o
TETHER FOR HORSE.
Will Not Permit Horse to Get Tangled
In Rope.

The form of tether illustrated here
does away with the danger of entan-
clement. Take a piece of timber, a.
b, 3h feet long; fasten ring at q
and one at six inches from the lower
end. Take a pole C, d. making 1t long
enough to extend back of the animals
heels three or four feet, and fasten
with a ring in the end Is driven in
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
Lambs with piarrhoea.

Lambs suffering from diarrhoea
should be given dose of castor oil,
to be followed with IL drains of pre-
pared chalk, one dram of powdered
ginger. and one dram of laudanum
lmiXed.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
CLIPS OR TUGS STAY ON.
Homemade Continuance Which One
Farmer Has Found ServiceabIe.

Have blacksmith bend fiat piece of
iron around singletree-old buggy tire
will do. Bend it back six or eight
For center clip use staple made of
three-eighths round iron. Put nuts on
ends Of rivet. A fiat piece of iron with
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08
rincture Of Iron for Turkev,.

When turkeys begin to get their
second coat of feathers, l find little
tincture of iron in the drinking water
vs-y beneficial.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-01

is no very close agreement, but 1t y
the general expectation that the SiE
tieth congress will not adjourn its first
session without in some way taking
action for the relief of the conditions
which are held responsible for man.
of the evils in the present financial sit
uation Next will come the subject o.
federal regulation of corporations ea
gagged in interstate commerce. bot.
railway corporations and those dom
business across state lines in variou
kinds of industry.
The subject of an Inheritance taA
and Of an income tax will also cont
up for consideration. Senator Albert
]. Reveridge of Indiana has drawn al
Inheritance tax bill which is suppose
to embody in the main the ideas
President Roosevelt on the subject. NJ!
Roosevelt has urged the wisdom o
such legislation in both messages am
speeches. 1t is not expected that, :
general revision of the tariff will -lH
attempted, but debate on the subjet1
may occur in connection with carryiu.
out the ideas of the administration n'
the removal of the tariff on paper anG
wood pulp, as requested by the com
mittee of publishers which visited tn.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-01

Orleans Caddo, Calcasieu and ST.
Landry-and therefore the reform Sc
cured should have been defeated,
There is no sense or reason III eAr
cepting the clerks whose respective OF
fees are equal to a mint.
The sauce which was good for the
sheriff should have been equally good
sauce for the clerk.
The failure to deal with the clerks, III
reasonable |Je1rcnch4nent, is not cred1..
able to the reforms outlined and pron1>'
ised through which the people were to
be saved money.
The clerks should have been fixed a.
salary commensurate with their rcspon,t
sibilitv. or should have been allowed
such compensation. including the neces-
sary expenses. as would have been fair
and have reduced all costs to the mini
mum.
This is reform with a vengeance.
On this score the people who, as earn
est and honest refOrmers, expected the
curtaiment in the cOmpensatlonS Sc
cured by the clerks of the district courts
to a reasonable salary, will be sorciy dis
appointed.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-01
NEGLECTING THEIR DUTY.

The situation in Baton Rouge must
be serious when the Governor directs
attention to the fact that important leg
islation may be delayed, if not practi-
cally ann,1led, by the absence of legis-
lators from their post of duty. In the
past few days there have been bare quo
runs in the House of Representatives
This absence is a menace to desirable
and necessary legislation.
The legislators who have neglected
their duty by being absent without leave
Or reasonable excuse should not be re
turned to the next session of the Gen
eral Assembly.
The record, showing the absentees,
should be given publicity.
The legislator who has not attended
the sessions regularly should not be per-
nlitted to draw pay. He should be COM
pensated only for such attendance which
lis exhibited on the roll as being present
land voting,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-01
THE MONEY TROUBLES AND
THE PRICE OF COTTON.

The P1cayune commenting ed1tOr1aily
on the relation of the Southern cotton
farmer and his cotton and the money
crisis, says: while the necessities of
the farmers have compelled the sale Of
a portion of the crop, a great many
farmers. in fact considerable proper
lions of the whole, have been able to tide
over the crisis and hold onto their cot
ton, and they continue to stubbornly
hold it for yet higher prices The
Southern farmers as a class are IN much
better shape for holding back the crop
than is generally supposed They are
less in debt that ever before, and many
of them are not in debt at all. Owing to
the wider extension of the policy of di-
versifying crops, farmers are not COM
PEELED to the same extent as formerly
to purchase a large portion of the sup
plies they consume, but are practically
self-sustaining, cotton being practically
surplus or cash crop"
We would correct the Picayune. The
word "stubbornly" is misleading. From
years of adversely the cotton grower has
acquired practical experience. He is no
longer the stool pigeon of the Wall
street gang He is beginning to realize
his power, in resisting the schemes Of
the class who would skin him. By not
becoming demoralized and rushing his
crop on the market as was anticipated
by spectators, he has demonstrated that
he is safe" and he is sane and as he
grows a year older he will be prepared
to take care of himself even without the
| gratuitous advice and counsel of any
, banker. Having grown self-reliant and
being free of debts and living more at
home every year, he is about, indeed, he
| has reached the stage OF life where he
can snap his fingers at the men who
would dictate how he shall market the
product of his farm, cotton.
Fortunately the Southern farmer is
reaching that happy stage where money
troubles can have little effect OH him or
on his cotton.