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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-21
THE sPECULATIONs OF SPARROW
HAWK.
HAWK.

HAWK.
The Old Man was feelin better an was set
tin his porch, enjoyin' a quiet smoke,
when he spied Sparrow Hawk comm up the
street with his Vaughn empty. From the at
mosphere of gloom around Sparrow Hawk, it
was sho thing that he had sold his truck we'll
an had money in his jeans
It's one O. Sparrow Hawk s little ways that
the wuss he looks, the better he's feelin'. He
drawed up at the sidewalk, took out his pipe,
filed an lit it. Then he commenced:
"Mawnin' Colonel" "Mawnin,' - re-
sponded the Old Man, but as he saw some
thin good was afoot he got up an went out
on the sidewalk. Sparrow Hawk got down an
both of em set down on the kerbstone.
Says Sparrow Hawk: ''Did ever tell you
how I come to be a-truckin'?"
F'No," says the Old Man; Ego ahead an
let's have it,
"Well, you see, it wuz like this. I was
farmin down in Spaldin' $50 acres, pretty
good land, 40 acres branch bottom, maxim
ivin an about thousan' over ev'ry year.
Had the place all paid fer an two thousan'
in the bank. One day Bill Burdock comes ov-
er, says he why don't you speckerlate?'
q what in?' says I.
g Hogs, says Bill.
g Don It need to speckerlate in hogs, says
I; maxim money raisin em now.
* That Slow says Bill. 'Leok here,'
an he drawed out some papers an showed
me whar he had been up to Atlanta an had
gone into a feller's office thar an bought fer
a rise what they called pork options [
couldn't understand the dockyments, nor could
Bill, exceptin that Bill had invested 5000,
an little note at the bottom showed that
Bill stood to win $3.50, eff he cashed in. Says
I: What you goin to do, Bill?'
Cash in, says Bill. I ain t no hog eff I
do speckerlate in em.'
$50 Bill cashed in an come over an
showed me the check. Well, that durn thing
jest natcherally stuck in my craw. Here was
Bill Burdock, not half as good farmer as me,
had cleared $3.50 on 5000 capital, inside of
thirty days. got to dreamin' about it an
talkin' in my sleep. One night Lucy Chats
my wife) kicked me hard. What you lyin'
thar mumblin' about hogs fer?' says she.
CITIZEN up an tells her. She wuz power
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

The value of $25,OOC.000 placed on
the annual output of honey puts this
farm crop only slightly behind raw
cane sugar, which had a valuation at
the refineries of $4,000, DOC. Compare
sons with the output of the sixty-four
beet sugar factories, which have a ca
pacity of 49.500 tons of beets daily.
may seem odious. Yet the product of
this codoled and fostered industry
S45,0 0O, O0O-was less than double that
of the busy hive communities.
The bee in effect pays the interest
on the public debt--S24, 310.326. Shall
not the insect which Napoleon made an
imperial emblem, have some state recog-
milton such as Massachusetts gives TO
the Goldfish in its legislative halls? As
a matter of fact. the products of the
New England fisheries. which have been
the subject of treaties and interna-
tional conventions and occasionally
raised the specter Of war, amount in
value to only half the bees product.
At least the bee deserves a share liz
the national affection which is Law.
ished on the hen. This industrious
worker maintained its reputation dur
ing the ear by giving poultry products
a value Of S600,00O,000, exceeding that
of the wheat crop. That the dairy
products counted for more than any
crop except corn testifies to the impor-
lance of another OF the humber farm
industries. The great proportions TO
which the lesser agricultural products
have grown, the orchards with their
minor item of 1,754.927 barrels of cider.
the S113 100000 worth of miscellaneous
vegetable, the 10000 tons Of cotton
seed, once plantation waste but now
furnishing the equivalent in value OF
seven 20,OO0-ton battle ships, make q
nature wonder story of never-failing
interest.-New York World.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
A
1t Is the Most Remote and Desolate
Spot on Earth.

1t Is the Most Remote md Desolate
Spot on Earth.
Which is the loneliest. most desolate
and most inaccessible island on the
face of the globe? Many people would
doubtless plump for one of the Crozets,
in the south Atlantic ocean,. And yet
Hog island, the westernmost of the
group, is by no means an undesirable
place of residence, Astounding as ii
does in hares and rabbits, penguins, al
b~atrosses and sea elephants.
Herd island, in the same seas, Is
far more isolated as well as more bar
rem, but it possesses, as does Hog, n
shelter hut for castaways, and 1t is
visited by whalers occasionally. So.
too. is South Georgia, but it has no
shelter hut. and as it is right out of
the track of shipping any n unlucky
enough to be cast away thereon would
stand a very poor chance of ever get
ting off alive.
Bouvet island. in the same seas, is
visited even more rarely, and on the
last occasion when a ship touched there
five corpses were found frozen on the
beach. grim mementos Of some unre-
corded tragedy of the sea. Possession
island. in its turn, is still lonelier and
more inhospitable than Bouvet.
But probably the palm in this direc-
ton must be ascribed to Dougherty ISL
and. on which, so far as is known, no
landing has ever been effected. 1t
has only been sighted twice in g GEN.
fury and is officially described in the
admiralty sailing directions as the
most remote and isolated spot on
earth."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

Medical experts are calling the at
tention of the public to the Importance
of performing the nose blowing opera
ton in a scientific and hygienic man
rer. First one nostrol and then the
other should be blown without undue
violence. Doctors state that the two
nasal passages should never be closed
at the same time. If they are obstruct-
ed, as in the case of a cold, the back
of the throat is filed with compressed
air. and this. together with the dis
charge and the microbes which it con-
tains. may be driven through the eusta-
chan tube into the middle ear and lead
to serious results. a great authority
on the subject used TO forbid his pa
tients to blow their noses when suffer-
ing from a cold. The course is hardy
one which will commend itself to those
in the habit of catching cold. The best
advice would seem to be that when it
is necessary to blow the nose blowing
should be done reGtlv-LnndOn Mail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

The Fulton (Mo.) Gazette says: "a
2OO-pound hog when killed and dressed
loses 40 pounds, which would leave
100 pounds Of meat. Say the two
hams, weighing 80 pounds. sell at 10
cents a pound and bring Si.5o; sides,
40 pounds, at II cents $3.50; shout
ders, &c pounds. at 10 cents, $3.50;
sausage, 20 pounds, at 10 cents, 81;
lard. 20 pounds, at 10 cents, 50; head
and jowls, 10 pounds, at 3 cents, 45c
backbone, 10 pounds. at 4 cents, Coo
ribs, 8 pounds, at . cents, 40c-S16.35
in all-counting the value Of the meat
which 1t all sells today for in Fulton.
SO you see, in place of getting just IS
for his hog, the feeder gets $16.35. The
general impression, however, Is that a
200-pound hog on foot, after being
dressed and cured would leave 140
pounds, including lard, backbone, ribs,
jowls, etc.
Taking these figures, the average
price per pound for dressed mea. is
about 9 cents-but make 1t 10 cents per
pound and the cured hog would bring
$14, against SO for the 200-pound hog
on foot. We believe the farmer would
get more money out of his hogs TO pack
his meat IL he could readily dispose of
the backbones, ribs and sausage, but
the difference in profits would not be
as great as this, unless the prices in
cured meats were higher than tie
figures given"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
To Measure Molecules.

An apparatus for measuring the sew
enty-millionth part of an inch has been
made by DR.. z. Shaw, of Nottingham
University, England, says Technical
World Magazine. 1t works upon the
principle of electric touch, and n
sists of a fine ~micrometer screw and
six levers. The apparatus is SO sensi-
live and delicate that it is impossible
to manipulate it before an audience.
1t is hung by rubber bands, covered
with thick felt, and must be worked at
dead Of night, when there is no traffic
Or factory working. The smallest dis
lance that this mechanism measures is
about the distance between a solid and
q liquid molecUle. DR.. Shaw's inven-
ton was first made in 1900. but its
great Improvement of late las made it
the wonder Of physicists throughout
tha world
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
HOW CUBA TAKES CENSUS.
on the ships Are Numbered
In as Citizens.

In as Citizens.
The American who was travelling TO
Cuba was much surprised TO see tackled
up In the office of the purser on board
the steamer a ticket that indicated that
the census of the boat had beer taken
as part of the census of the Republic
of Cuba, says the New York Sun. The
ticket was posted up so that on no
other occasion need the boat be in
spected.
'tThat strikes me as funny" he said
to the purser. do they take the names
of the Cubans onlyT'
"Oh. no." said the purser, ''they take
all the names of persons who are bound
for Cuban points. You see, when you
happen to be in Cuba at the time the
census is taken you're really part Of
the population of the country. You
can see that, can't your"
Yes. | know said the traveller, but
at that it looks as if the figures weren't
really Indicative of the actual popula-
ton of the island. 1t would be all
right in the cases of those who were
going there to stay for some months or
years. but III be there for about three
weeks only and that's another NATTER
But they do the same thing in the
United States, don't they? They take
the names of the hotel guests, if l re
member rightly" said the purser.
81 suppose they call the ship arriv-
ais whom they number the floating pop
ulation,' said the traveller, as he dis
missed the subject.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Fence Posts Made Durable.

Fence posts of many kinds of cheap
woods, which ordinarily would soon
decay If set in the ground. can be
made to last for twenty years by a
simple treatment with creosote. Most
Of the so-called inferior" woods are
well adapted TO the treatment, and
this is especially true of cottonwood,
aspen, willow, sycamore, low-grade
pines, and some Of the gums. When
properly treated these woods outlast
untreated cedar and oak, which are
becoming too scarce and too much In
demand for other Uses to allow their
meeting the demand for fence posts.
lmpregnation with creosote has been
greatly cheapened by the introduction
Of the open tank, which can be in
stalled at a cost Of from $50 to $40.
or much less IL an old boiler is used.
a tank with a bottom twelve feet
square in area will suffice for treat
ing forty or fifty six-inch posts a day.
or double this number when two runs
per day a be made. The absorb
ton Of creosote per post is about as
follows: Eucalyptus. one-tenth gal
lon willow, two-tenths gallon: sassn-
fras, ash, hickory, red oak. water cak,
elm and maple, fOur-tenths gallon !;
Douglas fir. quakins aspen and black
walnut, six-tenths gallon; sycamore,
cottonwood and lodgepole pine, seven
tenths gallon. The price of creosote is
about 10 cents per gallon in the East
and Middle West, 10 cents per gallon
on the Pacific Coast and ~ cents per
gallon in the Rocky Mountain States
The cost of treating n post will there
fore vary from 4 to 10 cents. Proper
ly treated, it should give service for
at least twenty years.
Experiments of the Forest Service
show that with preseryatiye treatment
the durability of lodge-pole pine i'm
Idaho is increased sixteen years. The
cost of c%reosote is there relatively
high, yet by treating posts there is
a saving, with interest at 6 per cent,
of 2 cents per post yearly. More i'm
portant than the saving, however. is
the fact that through preventative
treatment other woods are fitted TO
take the place of cedar, of which tbs
supply is rapidly becoming exhausted.
a detailed description of experiments
in preserving fence posts, together with
practical suggestions for treating them
on a commercial scale, are contained
In Circular III of the Forest Service.
The publication can be obtained upon
application to the Forester at Wash
ingtoa.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

the statement that the city of San An
tonic, Tex, has developed in its public
school a system of school gardens that
is one of the finest in the country. The
expert, who made a tour of inspection
through the South, finds great interest
in the movement to make gardening
and agriculture a part of public edu-
cation. Soil and climate conditions
have combined to develop thousands OF
acres of gardens in that section. that
ship annually thousands of car loads
Of vegetables to the North and East.
The school children have caught the
agricultural enthusiasm and made a
display of the products of their gardens
at the San Antonio Fair, closed recent
Iy, that was astonishing. Their toma-
toes. corn, beets, peas, cabbage, beans
and peppers of every variety were as
fine as those displayed by any Of the
professional gardeners.-Bulfalo Com
mercial.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
A Cows Gratitude.

When l lived On a ranch in Western
Colorado, l saw a remarkable thing
done by n COW, writes c. Mitchell to
Our Dumb Animals.
Each season our hay on being now
ed was stacked I'm a field about 200
yards from the house. We had a mich
COW named Turvey. One winter Tur-
vey's calf, which had not been wean-
ed, was kept tied n part of the time
to a post near the hay.
One morning my attention was at
tracted by the persistent cries of the
cow. l looked out and saw Turvy
standing at the bars. She was calling
me and was almost frantic. l snatch
ed up a shawl, threw it around me
and ran to see what the matter was.
Quick as she saw me coming she
turned and ran back to the stacks.
When 1 reached the place 1 found
her calf almost choked to death. He
had wound the rope with which he was
tied round and round the post, and
twisted it so tight that bis tongue was
lolllng out and bloody foam dripping
from his mouth and nose. | quickly
united him, and his mother, by her
every action, showed her joy at the
rescue.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
E
They Are Useful as Well as Grand
and MenncinR.

rhey Are Useful as Well ms Grand
and M~enncinR.
When an iceberg is launched upon
is long journey its bottom parts are
Darnacled with sand, powders and
,ther detritus gathered from the land
surface owe which it has made it's te-
iious march to the sea. This burden is
gradually cast off as it melts while
lriftirS down along our continental
ieaboard.
As a result of the deposits thus made
through countless centuries, combined
With the products of erosion carried
seward by the rivers, the sea bed for
many miles off shore has been gradu-
lilly filed up, creating those vast sub
merged plateaus, known as banks"
which extend from Labrador to tie
Bay of Fundy and form the breeding
grounds for innumerable shoals of cod,
herring and other valuable food fishes.
IN this way the bergs have performed
an economic service of i~ncalculable
Talue, laying the foundation for one of
he worlds most important productive
Industries and affording a means of
livelihood to those hardy bands of
captains courageous" who each year
reap tie harvests of the sea.
The bergs serve a further economic
purpose in that to their tempering in
auences are largely due the climatic
conditions prevailing over a great part
Of the interior of North America.-Al-
ired Sidney Johnson in the World To
Day.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
CAUGHT THE WOLF ALIVE.
How John Alternately Gained His
Reputation as "A Hunter.

Reputation as "a Hunter.
JOIN Il. Alternately, United States
marshal of Oklahoma, is at the Raj
eigh. With him is his 3-year-old son.
Temple. who is Il miniature replica of
his dad. says the Washington Post. Mr..
Alternately is a friend of President
Roosevelt. whom he met when the Pres
ident was Oh a wolf hunt in Oklahoma
three years ago. The President was at
tracted To Mr.. Alternately because of
the latter's reputation as the only man
who ever succeeded in catching wolves
alive by hand. The marshal has been
a frequent visitor at the White House
since his arrival in Washington. Mr..
Alternately is Il fine specimen of man.
hood. he is not more than five feet
two, but he is built like an OK, and his
muscles are like steel. He was raised
years old became q hand on his faith
er's ranch. Although only 80 years
old. he has probably had as many ex.
citing experiences as any man in the
West. \ Mexican once tried to imi-
tate Mr.. Alternately in catching Il live
wolf. but he was bitten and died Of
hydrophobia.
Il vas forced to catch my first wolf
alive" said Mr.. Alternately. 1T was in
1892, when | was 10 years old. l had
been on many wolf races before that
time. but on this occasion | was racing
with Il LObo. and in the chase had left
my companions far behind. We raced
for several miles before my dogs over
took the wolf. The beast was unusu-
ally ferocious, and it did not take long
for him TO kill one of my dogs. He
was getting the best of the other one
when l leaped from my horse to help
the dog.
1.-The wolf at once turned upon me.
l threw up my right hand. and by acct
dent jabbed it directly into the wolfs
mouth. We rolled over in a struggle.
I realized on the instant that if the
wolf closed his teeth | would be done
for, so / pressed my hand as far BACK
into his mouth as l could and grasped
his lower Jaw. l found at once that
he was helpless, 20 far as biting tina.
hand was concerned. We lay there,
the wolf struggling with his body, but
unable to do nEo~ny injury. In an un-
guarded moment yeserew my left hand
near his mouth an irvith a quick move
merit he buried one of his front teeth
IN the flesh. 1t felt like the cut of &
razor, and / knew that it a pene-
trated to the bone. My arm began to
bleed rapidly. 1t must have been half
an hour that We lay there; it seemed
ike a week. l was getting weak from
the loss of blood and was beginning to
despair of ever getting away alive,
when my brother rode up and rescued
me. 1t was a narrow escape, but |
learned then how to catch wolves alive
and have been doing it ever since. It's
easy when you know how"
Mr.. Alternately wears a relic of his
first experience in catching wolves
| alive-a scar deep enough to lay a dime
in. He is now so expert that he can
| catch a wolf and carry it by the lower
Jaw for several miles, as he did OF
the occasion of the Presidents visit to
Oklahoma.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Increased by Proper Feeding.

Increased by Proper Feeding.
A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared a family,
found in Grape-Nuts the ideal food for
brain work and to develop healthy
children. She writes -
II I'm an enthusiastic proclaimer of
Grape-Nuts as a regular diet. i former
ly had no appetite in the morning and
for s years while nursing my four chill
dren, had insufficient nourishment for
them.
unable to eat breakfast 1 felt faint
later. and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies, dough-
nuts or anything l happened to find
Being a writer, at times my head felt
heavy and my brain asleep.
when l read Of Grape-Nuts l began
eating 1t every morning, also gave 1t to
the children. including my 10 months
old baby, who o o grew as fat as a
little pig. good-natured and contented.
within a week 1 had plenty OF
breast milk, and felt stronger within
two weeks. L wrote evenings and feel
ing the need of sustained brain power.
began eating a small saucer of Grape
Nuts with milk instead of my usual in
digestible hot pudding, pie, or cake for
dessert at night.
"Grape-Nuts did wonders for me and
| learned TO like it. l did not mind
my housework or mothers cares, for
| felt strong and full of go / grew
plump, nerves strong, and when I wrote
my brain was active and clear; indeed.
tie dull head pain never returned"
There's q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
yille," In pkgs.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
IMMIGRATION FROM SOUTH EX-
PECTED.
L. 8. Farmers Are Recognizing
Splendid Opportunities offered
by Western Canada.

L. s. Farmers Are Recognizing
Splendid Opportunities offered
by Western Cannda
st. Paul, Mimi, February.-Present
indications are that the Canadian
Northwest will draw an exceptionally
heavy movement of new settlers from
the United States this year. 1t should
surpass the banner record for 1907
This is not only based on the fact
that the Americans have come to re-
alize generally that the Canadian
Northwest offers splendid Opportuni-
ties, but also because the railroads have
awakened TO the fact and are offering
rates to the Canadian Northwest which
are exceptionally favorable.
The lines which lead to st. Paul
from the east and south are offer
ing homeseekers' rates to the Cana
dian Northwest this year which are
on a parity with those in existence to
the southwest for a couple Of seasons.
These rates can be obtained from
any agent Of the Canadian Govern
ment, who will be pleased to give all
information possible regarding those
districts which offer the greatest in
ducements to settlers. The weather
throughout Western Canada has been
remarkably good this year. A tele-
gram from the winter wheat belt OF
Southern Alberta dated at Cardston,
Alberta, January Goth, says:
This winter up to January 18th,
was nothing short of a marvel. In fact,
it wGs the finest anyone can remem-
Der for twenty-five years, though there
have been others nearly as good. The
days were fine, sunny and warm with
light frosts at night. Overcoats and
gloves, ETC., were discarded by most
people in the day time. There was so
little frost In the ground that post
holes could be dug without any trou-
BILE after the first inch was broken
through. Winter wheat remained
fresh and green although there has
been no snow since the September
storm. If there is an early spring,
winter wheat should gain a great
start"
Amongst the reports Of the yield
last year the following extracts are
taken.
III. Howe, of Magrath, Alta, writing
on November, 1907, says: IL have 10
acres in crop, 90 acres Of wheat and
Z acres of oats. My average yield of
oats was 80 bushels to the acre, and Of
wheat 70 bushels. Tie value to me
vas $35 per acre."
J. f. Haycock. of Magrath. writes
in November: II had Go acres in win
ter wheat which went 60 bushels to the
acre oats averaged SO bushels. 1 also
had IL tons of hay worth SO per ton.
| got GOO bushels Of potatoes from 3
acres Of land: | got s tons per acre
from 3 acres of sugar neets."
]. +. Bradshaw, of Magrath. had
1890 acres Of winter wheat last year
which averaged 3915 bushels to the
acre. The value of his farm products
per acre was: Wheat. S31.6O; oats.
S11.20, and barley. S25.15.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
How Animals Perspire.

Prof. L. L. Treuessart of the Paris
Museum Of Natural History, in a re-
cent lecture ON animal heat, remark
ed that the dog, whose respirations in
repose number only % or 80 a minute,
may In running acquire a rate of re
spiration as high as $50 a minute, says
the Youths Companion. The effect of
this acceleration favors the dissipation
of animal heat by evaporation from
the pulmonary vesicles.
The dog perspires very little, or not
at all, by the skin, pulmonary taking
the place of cutaneous Transportation.
1t is this fact which enables the dog
to pursue its game SO long and persist
emily.
Animals of the cat family, on the
other hand, do not possess this pc
culiarity, and for that reason tigers,
panthers and lions lie in wait for their
prey, but do not pursue it over long
distances. The bird possesses pull
monary Transportation in a very high
degree.