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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-17

The easiest and cheapest way Of
supplying nitrogen to the soil is by
The growing of leguminous crops.
Without this element You cannot pro
duce good crops Of any kind Re
member this and lay out a system Of
crop rotation which includes the grow
ing of clover or other leguminous crop
upon the land once In every four or
five years
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-17

Now is the time Of year to take ac-
count of things, and see where you
stand. Figure out what your crops
and your stock are worth, try and es-
innate the expenses of the year and
then strike q balance, Such figuring
will make of you a more careful farm
err, and will make YOU search out
many q leakage in farm methods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-17

Think of the folly of trying to build
up a good dairy herd with a scrub
bull And yet that is what many a
farmer is trying 10 do.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-17

Care must be taken in breaking the
colt that proper bit is used Many
horses mouth has been ruined by the
use Of the wrong bit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-12-17

OF course all the farm machinery
has been properly cleaned and housed
before this, and yet we cannot help
but fear that some negleetful farmer
has forgotten This is by way of re-
hinder
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
WEALTH CONCENTRATION EVIL.
Operation Of Injurious Trusts Can Dc
curtaiisd BY Efforts Of the
Masses.

An evil that at present Ii receiving
more than ordinary attention in the
press Ia the concentration of vast
amounts of money in the hands Of
corporations. The accumulation Of
wealth by individuals when controlled
by natural law. will inevitably become
divided. The millionaire who has .
family. at his death will apportion to
each member a share of his wealth.
Even though these divisions may be
increased by work and by speculation
and investment by the children. they
In return will divide the accumula-
tons among their offspring and even
tually, 1t matters not how great the
fortunes of any one Of the family
may become. it Is only a matter Of
time until there Is scattering OF the
money, and great portion OF 1t will
pass from the members of the family.
On the other hand. corporation meth
DDS mean the building Of a system
that prevents the operation Of the
natural law. In other words corpora.
lions are machines that work con-
tinuously, and when one part is brok-
en- 1t Is replaced by new one. Thus
the accumulation goes on. The death
of Rockefeller will not result In q
discontinuance OF the Standard OIL
company; the death of the present
stockholders of any Of the large trust
companies, banks or insurance COM
panies will make little difference in
their existence. AL will go ahead.
The safeguards Ct corporations In
many cases are excellent. But the
inclination to control trade by the
crushing out of smaller concerns and
the destruction of legitimate compe.
tition and the controlling of prices.
seems against public policy. All
classes are compelled to pay prices
dictated by these trusts for the goods
produced. Each year finds new COM
binations to control trade. 1t is the
Capitalization Of capital that makes
such operations possible. The person
who assists in concentrating money in
large financial centers does his part
toward helping along such combines.
1t is only by individual action on the
part Of every small producer and lab
orer in the country that conditions
can be changed Stand by every home
industry and do your part toward
keeping money in circulation at home,
and thus bring about conditions that
will make the operations Of trusts and
combinations impossible.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
Support Home Newspapers.

The country newspaper is power
in the land. Its place can never be
filled by the big daily papers or the
bulky magazines or agricultural jour
nails 1t fills field entirely Its own.
1t is the barometer of the place in
which It is published. Its news pages
represent the life of the people, and
its advertising pages should reflect
the business activity of the town. 1t
is the duty OF every good citizen to
give his support to the local press.
Particularly the business men should
patronize it with a view Of lettering
his trade. 1t is not money wasted to
use advertising space in 1t. One good
merchant in the town who under
stands how to advertise rightly. can
bring trade to the town that will help
every other business man in 1t. But
all should do their part, and the store
keeper who does not give his home
paper the support 1t merits Is not the
wisest kind OF business man.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

Jects in many of the schools that the
boys are taught. Motor cars, driven
by Yankees. still spin along the ave-
nues. Yankees still make love to the
Cuban senoritas whenever they get .
good chance. and the senoritas shyly
return their glances II they are sure
that papa or mamma or the duenna
isn't looking. And of course they still
sit behind their barred windows and
listen to the poetry and song and the
protestations of love Of the Cuban
suitors, and the duennas sit behind
the same bars and listen with them
But 1t II no longer their way-the
senoritas like the other way-and
many handsome senior has lost the
hand of his loved one because he was
not bold enough or brave enough to
run the risk of a parental bullet to
satisfy his senorita's within for Ameri-
can made love.
The sutton who expects to win the
hand of the fairest Of Cuba's fair In
these days Of open rebellion against
parental authority must be brave and
bold enough to meet his lady fair In
lA0 Pl0k&1s " Akl lib AAS ~ Aot 90 A0
passes her in the streets. to smile up
on her whenever he meets her just as
II she had NO fathers temper and pis-
toll to protect her.
Where 1t will end-the triangular
struggle between the parents. the
senoritas, and the American ways-no
one is ready to predict, but It Is a safe
bet that the struggle has only just
begun, for already there are signs In
Cuba, in the progressive schools built
by American enterprise and capital,
of the approaching Introduction of CO.
education. And that, a. everybody in
Cuba knows. will be the last straw.
1t will become a question of obedience
or of open rebellion against parental
authority, and will the senoritas win
or will the palm Of victory fall to the
solicitous mothers and fathers Of
Cuba who are clinging so technically
to the old traditions and customs?
1t will take an election to settle the
question, say the wisest Of the Gu
bans. Imagine an election, q national
election, to decide how girls shall
make love!
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
SCIENCE OF TOWN KILLING.
unwise Booming and Maintaining Elk.
orbitant Prices an Effective Way.

There Is county seat town In one
Of the central western states that has
population Of about 5000. II is sur.
rounded by one of the richest farming
countries. For years this town has
been at a standstill. If anything 1t
is retrograding, and even farm values
near It are lowering. while poorer land
some 20 miles away is advancing
Why should such condition exist?
The answer is plain. A dozen years
ago there was boom. With the boom
real estate went to the top notch.
Keeping pace with the boom the
prices of products in that town went
up. There was a collapse In real es-
tate values, but the merchants re-
NAMED, and kept up the high-price
habit. That is they wanted more than
an equitable share of profit. Another
town was started 20 miles away. Some
of the farmers went there. 1t was
found that the merchants were selling
goods at lower price. The stock
buyer and the grainbuyer paid few
certs a hundred more for their pur-
chases. The habit of trading at the
new town grew. The business men Of
the old town couldn't learn a lesson.
Before they knew 1t their customers
were leaving them. So 1t has been
since then. The merchants have been
plodding along. The money that
should be retained in the town went
elsewhere. Much OF 1t went to build
up the competing town.
Mistakes like this one are made
frequently. Towns become dead
places instead of live ones. In fact,
some towns are so dead that the farm
ers who withdrew their trade from
them are suffering In decreased farm
values. They take no interest in
these places, other than to visit them
now and then. Unhealthy booms, un-
healthy prices made by the merchants.
and which are foolishly maintained.
are quite certain to kill town even
though 1t may be county seat and
have some advantages nearby towns
may not have.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
AGAINST PREMIUM GRAFT.
Laws Passed BY Some States Prohibit
Ing Prizes In Packages Of Foodstuffs.

Some classes Of people when they
wish to purchase goods. look more aft
er so-called bargains than quality, and
quite often the bargains prove expen-
sive. 1t seems that the getting OF
something for nothing is attractive to
the average person. OF late years
there has grown up practice among
manufacturers of staple articles, par.
ticularly In the food line, OF giving a
prize with each package of their goods.
1t is apparent that there is an inclina-
ton towards gambling in the make
up of most people. and this spirit IL
appealed to largely by the giver Of
prizes. The purchaser seems to over
look the fact that he receives nothing
other than he pays for. Whatever ar
ticle Is given as 4 premium represents
30 much money value and certainly
the manufacturer does not lose by
the operation. The value of what Ia
given must be made up by either the
retailer or the consumer. and 1t is gen.
orally the consumer who pays the
cost.
Retail grocers, al well as the peo-
pie in general. have cause to be thank
full to the lawmakers of some states
for making 1t illegal to place premiums
in packages Of foodstuffs. Such a law
is now In force in the state of Nebras.
ka- Premium and prize giving has
been cause of trouble and disturb
ance, and he's resulted in the making
Of inferior goods, palming of their
poor productions. relying more upon
the prize given to secure trade than
the merit Of goods. The wise house
wife in whatever state she may live
will be careful to discriminate between
quality. aud quality backed up by
prizes. 1t 10 we'll when you buy arti-
Giles in the food line to avoid buying
anything which has q prize attach
ment. You are compelled to not alone
pay for the goods that you require, but
Tie prise - well.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

We've been behind the times."
they protest to their indignant moth
ers aAd irate fathers. Every Girl In
the world II allowed some liberty
except the girls Of Turkey. perhaps.
and you wouldn't want US to be like
the Turkish maidens. would you-as
ignorant. as unsophisticated. - ab-
surd?'
The rebellion Of the girls against
their parents began when the Yankee
was forbidden to WOO them in the
Yankee way; It grew into q revolution
when tie good mothers and fathers OF
Cuba attempted to put an end to the
girls glee clubs. Just what 1t IL now
IL Observation-Disclosures basketball was
introduced In one of the Americanixed
schools. since the athletic American
girl made her appearance on the
island and tantalized the senoritas by
winning soft glances from the senors:
since American candy stores and ice
cream soda parlors began to dot the
Havana streets and plazas. The
senoritas say they like. the American
way. They have pleaded; they have
protested; they have threatened. but
to all their pleadings. protestations.
and threats their fathers have n-ade q
determined answer-"No"
ssnoritas Like the American Way.
But in spite of the resolute NO"
a>few glee clubs have survived. and in
certain liberal schools new ones are
being organized. Basketball has
spread from the one Americanized
school to others, and 80 have the 9TH
er "fads" of the American school.
Girls are being taught the same sub
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
heiskslI's Ointment
Cures Skin Diseases

For half century Heiskslrs Ointment has
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Being a purely vegetable preparation, Heis-
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There are many varieties Of skin diseases
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The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
ACn7zW RxzzF ar x0Ay

quer the American wooer They have
told them they must continue to
make love from behind the bars of
their queer windows with a duenna
within earshot. They have forbidden
them to smile as they pass their suit
ors on the plazas. they have ordered
them to cling to the old Cuban Gus
toms that are 20 distasteful to them.
And the girls Of Cuba are ON the point
Of rising in rebellion against their
parents. They say they don't care II
they are disinherited. that they'll
marry men who ARE able to support
thsm. They say they arc bound to be
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

courted in the American way, to b
recognised as human beings worthy
Of trust. as women Of Judgment and
common sense. They object to being
hidden away and kept centuries be-
hind the times.
Bold American Sets New style.
An audacious Yankee, college bred,
tall, broad-shouldered. determined, in
white dannels from head to foot-a
dashing hgure-lifted his hat to .
dark eyed Cuban girl as he passed her
on the plaza In Havana. She smiled
back at him. He stood still and out
stretched his hand. She came up to
him and took 1t. A motor ride and an
engagement followed-and now all
Cuba is discussing the scandal. not be-
cause 1t wasn't . good match, but
because the Cuban girl violated the
most sacred and ancient customs OF
her country by flirting with q stranger
on the public street, by motoring with
him without chaperon, and because
the Yankee, instead Of doing as Cuban
lovers do, openly disregarded the ira
ditions and scored the marriage Gus
toms Of the island.
But for his hurried departure with
his dark skinned bride on q honey
moon trip to New York the Yankee
lover would have paid the penalty for
his folly and his audacity. It's the
paternal bullet that makes Cupid toe
the mark in Cuba and protects the
sacred institutions of the little repub-
lic-the home and marriage.
By the time the audacious Yankee
and his bride reached New York the
father had relented. but ever since
that day all Cuba has been discussing
the American invasion Of their Gus
toms.
Say AmsrIcanizatlon Goes Too Far.
It has become q national problem
In Cuba and 1t soon may become a
national issue. to be inscribed in the
platforms of the two leading political
parties. to be settled at the polls on
election day. The Cubans of all classes
are crying out that the Americaniza-
ton of the island has gone too far.
The retiring, modest senorita who
from time immemorial has been court
ed as she pressed her face against
the iron gratings Of her barred win
dow, with the face Of the watchful
duenna beside hers, must not be
wooed and won on the streets or in
the plaza. The doors to her house
must be kept shut against the sutton
until the day Of her marriage. She
must not permit even the tips Of her
fingers to be soiled by the touch OF
her Romeo's hand until the gold ring
has been given and taken, and all the
vows have been murmured.
These are the cries that are being
raised by the mothers and fathers of
Cuba, and the pretty senoritas are
muttering complainingly, for already
they have grown to like the American
way. It's less trouble and the love
story moves more rapidly to the
"hnis." There are not the long. agon-
izing hours behind the barred win
dows with the face of the watchful.
critical duenna there, too. There IL
real romance In the American way,
III
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

the girlish hearts cry out, romance
such a. the warm hearts Of the
senoritas never knew before.
PupIis In Girls School Rebel.
In the girls schools in Cuba glee
clubs have been organized and banjo
and mandolin and guitar clubs, and
the parents are up in arms. Our
senoritas have no business to be seen
in public" they moan. Their place
IL In the home. They are getting too
Independent. They are getting too
much like the new woman" And
to this outcry the Cuban maidsns are
beginning to laugh scornfully.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

"You ought to wear glasses. They'll
save your eyes," said his friend.
Muffin in it," contemptuously an
swered Bill de Bruiser. Il fought dey
would meself wunst, an put on a
pair when l heerd big chap wuz lay
in fur me. It's agin de law, ye know,
to hit a man wild glasses on i'm.
Well, sir, de big chap happened along.
He reached over. lifted dem glasses
of me face, an den he bunged me
eyes up, good an proper"
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
In Church..

Mrs. sweetly was at church with
her httle daughter Margaret. (aged
SKI, and was vainly endeavoring to
find suitable seat. She walked up
one aisle and down another; all to no
purpose. An obliging usher came for
ward to offer his services. Little Mar
garet (who was used to shopping)
caught sight Of him first. Turning to
her mother she exclaimed in an
audible whisper, TITS all right. mum.
my, here's the foorwalker."
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
Perjury and Hypocrisy.

Everyone familiar with the law
courts knows how easily witnesses
swear that which is false. and how
rare 1t is for any notice whatever to
be taken of the palpable perjury which
goes on day by day. Yet English peo-
pie are resentful when foreigners In
sinuate that hypocrisy IL prevalent
among them.-London Medical Maya
zine.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
Lucky Mani

"Luckiest man ever knew-every.
thing succeeded with him. He had
only to say what he wanted and he got
It. Why, confound 1t, was walking
with him one day-the very last Day
Of his life-and he said to me. 'Whsa
I die l want to die suddenly Got run
over that very night Ever see such
luSkf"
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
AMERICAN LOYEMAKNC HAS
STIRRED UP THINGS IN CUBA
H. Yssw Psspls Seen b Thiak Thy Are lnprsve
nsst Over IL cssssas f lie Paa.

Havana, CubA.-Think of taking
your Aancee to the opera without =
chapeseai Can you imagine anything
worsef
10 invite her to have an Ice cream
Soda-could anything be more i'm
Sfopsrf ,r-.- .g
Can you conceive Of any self-respect.
nah inviting the girl who has
61sed to be his wife to 90 for q
CAT ride with him without asking
mother to go, too?
Can the human Imagination compre-
bend anything 30 daring As an auto
mobile ride without chaperon?
Could anything be more shocking
than a boat ride In the moonlight.
alone with the woman you love?
Doesn't 1t make your blood run cold
when you picture your daughter sit
ting on bench In the park with her
hand nesting in the hand of the man
she has promised to marry?
Wouldn't you kill your future SON
in-law If you caught him kissing your
daughter before the church had made
her his wife?
And what would you do II he had
the audacity to smile at her as he
passed her on The street, II good man.
ners were SO tally lacking In his
makeup that he stopped to chat with
her on the public corner, II he were SO
badly bred that he knew no better
than to meet her anywhere without
heliographing for the chaperon to
make a double-quick march to her
rescue?- :
Ancient Spanish Etiquette.
You will laugh at the thought Of
Ideas SO absurd and prudish. but down
in Cuba the thought Of = mothers
daughter going to the opera unchap-
eroned, sitting over glass Of ice
cream soda with her lover, going for
Gar ride with her afnanced husband.
automobiling with him. boating with
him in the moonlight, daring to let
him hold her hand. bold enough to
permit him to steal a kiss. and 20
destitute of good manners ~ to tip
enough to make q Cuban fathers hair
turn white.
All these questions of propriety
have been settled In America, and the
chaperon has lost her job. Down in
Cuba they have been settled. too. for
centuries, but now that the Americans
have brought American customs to
the island the pretty Cuban maids are
clamoring for another kind Of set
Element. They want to abolish the
duenna and the barred window-they
want to make love in the American
way. And the fathers and mothers
c. Cuba, still clinging to the old ira
ditions and the time-worn customs.
have risen up to oppose them.
Family Controversy
It IL q controversy between parents
shocked by the. advanced American
methods Of making love and the
daughters of Cuba who have tried the
American way and like 1t. The par
ents have delivered their ultimatum.
They have told their blushing daugh-
tiers that they will be disowned and
disfnherited II they stoop to con-
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

Of order. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me of these troubles in 1902. and for
i've years l have had no return"
All dealers. 80 cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28

Dack nurt me Wr-
ribly. ] had sharp.
8 h o oting pains.
changing to . dull.
d ra 8 gin 6 ache. I
could not stand for
any length Of time
and my back hurt
me when I sat down.
My feet and ankles
were badly swollen
every evening, and
my stomach was out
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
BACK GAVE OUT.
A Typical Case Of Kidney Trouble an6
4 Typical curs.

Mrs. Chloe Page Of SO .. Pitt
Street, Alexandria. Va, says: my
The Meeker herald., 1908-03-28
Max. Good Packing Paper.

Old newspapers make excellent
packing paper. In which to put things
In storage. a. printing ink 10 disliksd
by insects.
The Washington times., 1908-09-27

Seaside tan. complexion tint gensr-
ally becoming. OF imagined so, is now
visible in the shopping streets and else
where, and tells the story OF the sum
mer outing.
The real seaside tan. which is a deep.
dark brown. with a faint background Of
crimson. not unsuggestive of the flush
Of sunrise, Is much craved- There is
another shade Of tan which is acquired
IN the country and Is oy no means be-
coming. II is lighter and there IS more
red The depth and richness of the
beach brown Is rnissing-the brown that
Is bestowed only by the breeze from the
sea and sunlight that all day long pours
down upon the strand
French artists have noted the quality
of the American sunlight. intense even
in winter and piercingly so in summer
This sunlight is blush in tint. and IL
boTrors a deeper azure from the ocean
The OCEAN itself has many changes of
hue. varying with almost every hour of
the day, from the very pale blue of
dawn TO the deep indigo of noon. sub
siding into purple I'm the afternoon and
into soft gray tones in the evening.