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The newspaper., 1908-05-22
No Visible Signals.

"Yessum." said Sandy Pixies. as he
devoured the wedge OF pumpkin pie,
II sternly object to the nefarious prac-
tice Of clipping on de tails Of dogs
"Ah. l am glad you are so tender.
hearted. my poor man." sympathized
the good housewife.
We'll. 1t amt exactly dat. mum. but
when a dog hasn't any tail I can't tell
by de wags II he is in n good humor
or not and 1t makes me skeery about
approaching de house.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
THE AWKWARD ACE
PROBLEM IN DRESSING GIRLS BE-
TWEEN 6 AND 16.
Pronounced Styles and coIors to Be
Avoided = Soft Mixtures Better
Than Wide Checks or PIaids
-Surplice Jumper.

Dressing girls between and 16 is
every mothers problem. Very few girls
strike pleasing medium. Either they
are all angles or all curves, rarely a
happy combination of the two.
The angular girl seems all legs and
arms. The heavy-set girl is an ami
mated pincushion, resisting all moth
erly attempts. to imbue her raiment
with grace or personality.
But as this particular problem Of
motherhood must be solved, let II: do
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
Homemade Shoe Polish.

Take four ounces OF ivory black.
same amount Of treacle. sulphuric acid
one ounce. best olive oil two spoonfuls.
best white wine vinegar, three half
pints. Mix the ivory black and sui
phuric acid, stirring constantly. pour
in the oil. and, lastly, add the vinegar.
Mix thoroughly.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
Hat in Willow Green and Brown.

Willow green and forest brown
straw ribbon-the former glossy, the
latter rough dull straw-furnished the
material for a very beautiful model
of Suzanne. The shape was very odd.
a large high-crowned turban, and the
trimming consisted OF rosettes of the
green straw. fastened at either side of
the front and connected to small hoops
made of small Persian beads. A bunch
of fancy shaded brown feathers and a
few cabochons in brown and green
tones. edged with gold cord, lent fur
ther ornamentation.-
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

This pretty little book-nIarker
should be mGde in quite small size.
in fact. not larger than our illustra-
ton. 1t consists of two pieces OF white
cardboard cut out in the shape shown.
The heart-shaped part is firmly glued
together, and II is fitted on to the page
we wish to mark in the same manner
as letter clip. the page being be-
tween the two pieces OF cardboard. On
the other sides of the marker some
pretty little floral design can be paint
ed, or the monogram of the owner.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
Bad Effects From Cold.

Mr.. NJ. j. Deutsch. Secretary Building
Material Trades Council. ISL Washing
ton ST., Chicago. ILL.,. writes:
: IL have found your medicine to be
unusually cfficacious in getting rid of
bad effects from cold. and more espc-
cially in driving away all symptoms of
catarrh, with which l am frequently
troubled.
1.-The relief Peruns gives in catarrhal
troubles alone is well worth the price
per bottle. have used the remedy for
several years now"
Spells Of Cosshieg.
Mrs. c. +. Long, writes from Atwood,
Colorado, as follows:
when l wrote you for advice my
little three-ycar-old girl had "A cough
that had been troubling her for four
months. She took cold easily. and
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

Never arrange your hair without a
hand glass. Remember that the side
and back view of couture is as i'm
pcrtant as tho front.
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would be better for the country to cut
the canal across the isthmus at sea
level, even at an increased expense,
than to try to build a lock canal and
entail on the government an expense
that, at best, could ne but problema-
tical until the canal was finished and
tile last dollar spent. The senator
dgccated q sea level canal on the
theory that the cost of such a canal
Rough great, would be final. That is,
tier a sea level canal was dug there
would be no further expenditure to be
eelioned with. and the cost could be
estimated accurately from the first,
because the skilled engineers of the
government could compute the
mount of excavation to be made,
md that done, there was nothing
to 20 but excavate. The senate, re-
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"Well. garments that are ready made
are garments that are ready to wear
ready to wear garments-and we keep
them here-inslde. Sect"
The tall, slender. "gangling' caller
scratched his Jaw refectively.
Il think I do" he said, a genial
smile %wrinkling his lean features, 'and
| nm greatly obliged to you. My only
object in coming in was to get you to
diagram that sign" Here he lowered
his voice and became confidential
"And now. my friend" he added, "by
way of conclusion. may l suggest that
there is one important duty you owe
to this community"
"What is it, sir?"
Get an intelligent schoolboy to edi,
that sign-have him put in some by.
phens-so 1t will mean something. i
believe that's all. Good afternoon!"
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ROBERT L. OWEN.

ington and Lee university. Soon afte,
graduation he went to the Cherokee
Nation and began the practice of law
at Muskogee. For a time he was in.
%structor in the Cherokee national
schools. Later he was editor of the
Indian Chieftain and during Cleve.
lands administration was Indian
agent for the Five Civilized Tribes. In
1900 he organized and was president
Of the first national bank in the terri.
tory.
Senator Owen ts a Democrat in pofi.
tics. has always been an active party
man, and from $50 10 1900 he was a
member Of the national Democratic
committee. He is no stranger in Wash.
ington. having spent the last sixteen
winters at the national capital. He is
about fifty years old and is wealthy.
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HINTS FoR
Cause Of Poor Milk.

The Swiss have come about ns near.
u reducing the dairy business to a sci.
ence as any people on earth. 1t is said
that they are very particular to pre-.
serve their MIX SO that It is kept from
Objectionable doors and favors. DR..
Gerber, q we. nnown Swiss scientist
and. chen Isl. .41ss issued the following
list OF causes of poor milk for the in.
formation Of his countrynlen. The list
p certainly very interesting to every
datryman in this country:
Poor. deceived fodder or Irrational
methods of feeding.
Poor and l.irtv water used ms drink
ing water or for washing the utensils.
Foul air In COW stables or the cows
lying in thelr w dung.
Lack of cleanliness IN milking or ma
nure particles ad,lering to the udder.
Keeping tie milk long IN too warm.
poorly ventilated places.
N~egleciing to cool the milk rapidly
directly after milling.
Lack of elsanlintess in caring for the
milk from w.sichytlle greatest number
OF milk tainss arise.
Cows diseased An any way. especial-
~ with udder diseases.
Cows in heat.
Mixing fresh and old milk In the
same can.
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The Kind of a Man He Is

This accurate, comprehensive, de-
tailed knowledge of the canal situa-
ton is pointed to by his friends as a
type of the work of Senator Kittredge
in all the affairs of the senate of the
United States. They insist that he al
ways knows what he is talking
about" and that he never goes of at
half cock" on any proposition that is
pending before that body. Whenever
a question comes up for discussion he
studies 1t until he has mastered all its
i%ntricacies and all its details, and
when he speaks the senate knows and
literally recognizes the fact that a
man is talking who has solid, sub
stantial grasp on the subject he is
discussing.
The senate of the United States is
not an emotional body. 1t does not
embrace a man on his own sayso. It
requires results before it admits a
new senator into its inner circle, re-
quires a demonstration of worth and
is not Influenced by skyrocket and
pyrotechnic elocution; but when q
man comes to the senate and proves
by his work and the qualities Of his
brain that he is worthy of becoming
one of the men who do things and
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canal, recently announced by the ca
nal commission. This man is sena-
tor Alfred B. Kittredge, chairman Of
the senate committee on interoceanic
canals. There is no man in the SEN
ate or In the country who has a clear
err, more comprehensive and more ac-
curate grasp Of the Panama canal sit
uation than Senator Kittredge. Since
he has been In the senate he has
made an especial study Of all the con-
ditions surrounding that tremendous
work and he has come to be recog-
mixed In the senate as the great canal
authority.
Senator Kittredges was originally
for assea level canal. His foresight
was SO keen and his knowledge Of the
difficulties In, the way OF 4 lock canal
10 sweeping that he contended 1t
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tomobf1e OF Lis private secretary, L. N.
Spier Of New York, who has a Club
bic" of wondrous mechanism.
When the machine was first purchas-
ed Mr.. Reynolds was delighted and
frequently spun about the city streets
at night. breaking records and munich
pal ordinances. Being a heavy man
and the stronger Of the two, he was
required to turn the crank in front of
the machine whenever the balky thing
came to a stop. voluntarily or ~inyolun-
tarily.
The other night the assistant secre-
tary was grinding the crank. lie was
squarely iii front of the %"bubhle." But
Spier was asleep at the switch. he
hadn't turned OFF the spark coil or put
on the brakes or . nothing like that.
Anyhow, when ~. Reynolds, innocent
ly standing in front Of the machine,
ground some energy into it's carbureter
the thing suddenly bolted off and
Knocked him down an area across the
street; hence the pledge.
"Has spieI's bubble a top?" inquir-
ed a friend the other day after Mr..
Reynolds had told of his experience.
Don't need a top" replied the Bos-
ton wit quick as a flash. "Spier spends
half his time under it.'-Bostou Her
aid.
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Whittier at Close Rance.

Whittier belonged to those natures
who would advance with frmness and
Joy to martyrdom in a good cause, but
are never comfortable in society. and
who impress n with the idea that
they would like to run out of the door
at any moment. Yet few enjoyed the
society Of congenial friends as did the
Quaker poet. No one relished a good
story more or related one with better
grace. His sense of the ludicrous was
very vivid, and the absurdities Of life
and its situations struck him
more forcibly than when they involved
himself. AS Whittier's nephew and
biographer has asserted, 1t would be a
mistake to suppose that g%entleness was
a necessity of his nature. His was in
reality the result Of %resolute self con.
troll and the habitual government of a
tempestuous spirit. Indeed, the poet
had his shrewd, assertive and almost
vindictive side, else he bad never been
SO successful a politician and reform.
er. Caroline Ticknor in Harper's
Weekly.
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Winter Plowinu.

Because Of the fact that the teams
are a good condition. and for the fur
sther reason that they are apt to be idle
q this season unless thus engaged, it
p = good plan to plow the corn ground
300 provided It is land that will not
run together. know there are objec-
lions TO early plowing-some plant food
VIM be leached out, some may be car
sried away by the winds-but, taking
m things into consideration, ii think
the nreponderance OF evidence is in
favorsofsseariy blowing on many soils.
There will be fewer worms, the soil
VIII hold moisture better by being
more Thoroughly p~tlyerizesd ana thu
corn Wilt start better, hoth onsaccount
sof the a4libl1 stnes tact that the
freeztn9 and Having during theAwin:
ster have mn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES plant
food. The land As steep. early,sspiows
ng win MIKE ~ wash wodfsslesisands CON
g1equentlysssshpslldss not be plact3eed.
sW.sD. ZinnsSi y National stockn1ans
l1TIr+r gHE ~ AZ LIZ M KNN ~ A 2 - -
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formed by an exhaustive study Of
isthmian conditions, the canal would
not be built for the price nor within
the time originally estimated. He was
not captious in his criticism, but
| merely said that this was a fact, and
predicted that the country would
learn sooner or later hat he was
right. For several years a hard work
ing member of the canal committee
of the senate, it is not surprising that
he is modestly gratified that one of
the first important matters to be laid
before the canal committee after his
accession to the craftsmanship is the
confirmation of his prediction. Col.
Goethals and Commissioner Black
burn, both here from the isthmus,
establish Senator Kittredge's fore
knowledge of the situation. So do
Chairman Tawney, of the house COM
mittee on appropriations, and several
members of this committee who Wis
IlSo l. ~ O. GLO llliS DC1oIS SOu-
gress convened in December in order
to stuG. conditions there at first
hand. q
Senator Kittredge knew and point
ed out that the original estimate of
$139,000,000 for the construction of
a lock canal did not include the cost
of the necessary work outside the
construction of the canal. His knowl-
edge of the entire problem was so
accurate that he was able to say to
the senate and his committee that
the engineers would, ultimately,
come before congress and ask for
more money, and his estimates of the
increased cost of the canal we're made
very close to the estimates now made
public by the men who are digging
the canal.
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A SHOW CARD SIGN.
How 1t Aroused the Curiosity of a
Windy City Man.


A tnll. slim, loose tointed man wa
strolling carelessly along the street
He stopped. says a writer in the Chica
go Tribune, IN front of a shop with 9
swell front, which had this sign paint,
Ell on It's plate glass window:
Ready TO Wear Garments Inside"
He stepped in and accosted the per.
who seemed to he in authority-a
middle aged man. with a smooth face
and an affahle. self acting smile
II beg your pardon" he said. but
that sign on your window interests
me-"
"Yes:" en%couragingly responded the
other.
Yes. it arouses my curiosity"
Yes? You are wishing perhaps to
hook at some
ut occurred to me. as 1 was looking
at 1t and studying it, that possibly it
might he a question:
ooh. no.
"Oh. yes. Only it hasn't any inter.
rogation point. Then the idea sug.
gested itself that it must be an as.
sertion. conveying the assurance that
the person who painted the sign is
ready to wear gar
THAT sign. sir" interrupted the mid.
die aged man. his smile narrowing
perceptibly. lis so plain thai anybody
with a grain of common sense
'Then the fault must be with me,
Of course, That idea also occurred to
me. l ought to understand it. View.
Ing it in my laundering way. however.
as Il question-am l ready to wear gar
ments?-I unhesitatingly answer yes.
have been ready to wear garments
for ffty-three years. But to wea.
them inside-no. If it's going to be
the fashion to wear garments inside
"Say. look here
You can count me out every time.
On the other hand, considering it mere
" as the statement Of a fact that you
or the proprietors of this establishment
are ready to wear garments inside
"You'n oblige me. Mr.
"Gwilliams My uame is Civilians.
say If you are ready to wear gar.
ments inside. wear them. What does
the public care how or where you wear
your garments? What is the use %
your sticking out u sign like that, in ain
the pomp and blazonry of gold leaf
Twill you stop just a minute?"
II will"
"1ll try to bring that sign down to
the level Of your intelligence. You
have heard of garments that are ready
made. haven.'t you?
Now that you mention then.;I think
! have"
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Too Much cornstarch.

Little Johnnie doesn't like to be kiss.
ed. but sometimes he is compelled by
rome gushing friends of his mothers
to submit to the ordeal. The last time
they called he went through the opera
ton as gracefully as possible. But
after their departure he remarked, Wig
orously rubbing the powder from bis
face:
Mamma. ] don't like to have then,
kiss me. 1t tastes just like kissing d
MISUNDERSTANDING.
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hol act of June ., 1906, and the act
of March 2, 1907, providing for u re-
duction of the cost of transportation
of the mails by railroads.
Free of Corporation influence
Friends of Senator kittredge who
have known him long and intimately
and who, when he first entered the
senate, predicted an exceptional ca
reer for him, point with satisfaction
to his record and insist that a careful
scrutiny of it will furnish conclusive
proof of his loyal service to his con-
stituents and of his absolute freedom
from all so-called Corporation int1u-
ence. Although contrary to Mhat is
understood to be popular belief in
South Dakota, it is said by the sena-
tors friends here that he was
a railroad lawyer" in the common
acceptance of hat term. 1t is admit
ted that he had been employed by a
railroad company in legal contests,
but it is claimed that he served it
precisely as he served other clients
simply as a laWyer-and that when
he accepted his commission as SEN
ator he severed these relations, hold
ing that it would be improper for him
to act even as attorney or legal adj
wiser for any interest hat might be
the subject of either federal or state
investigation or legislation. 1t is
claimed that Mr.. Kittredge has stead
lastly adhered to this principle and
that even in the days before he en-
tered the senate he never was in any
sense the political representative of
any railroad, and under no circum-
stances would he have accepted any
service which would have taken him
outside of what he considers the
strictly legitimate field of a lawyer
to become a lobbyist or a dispenser
of corporation favors. His high con-
ception of the ethics of his profession
is we'll known, and the world long
since came to recognize the fact that
a capable and conscientious lawyer
can generally be trusted to make a
wise and safe public servant.
"a Republican Of Republicans"
His friends here claim that Sena-
tor Kittredge's record shows that his
interests are with South Dakota; that
he has constantly labored for his con-
stituents; that every act of his has
been in harmony with the best
thought of the country and the high
est needs of the people; that he is a
republican of republicans, striving
constantly to advance the interests of
his party, never for a moment led
away by any specious anti-republican
doctrine, in line with the traditions
and policies of the republican party,
and always voting right. South Dako-
ia has taken an important place in
the senate through the ability, infu-
ence, character and personal force of
Senator Kittredge, and judging from
advices received here, the state Will
honor herself by returning him to
the senate, where he must inevitably
become even a create powec than he
is now. John 8. Monk.
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PEOPLE OF THE DAY
Owen of Oklahoma.

When the two senators from tile new
state Of Oklahoma drew lots to deter
mine which should serve tie long
term. Robert l.. Owen was the luck,
one. Thus IL happens that for six
years ut least the commonwealth vii
be represented by a man of Indian,
blood, for Senator Owen is part Chero
kee, one-eisath; the rest Scotch Irish.
Oklahoma,s senior senator is IL native
Of Virginia and was educated at Wash
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srclse. Three quarts OF crushed oats
per day, a feed of boiled barley mixed
when hot with bran four times a
week and all the good hay it will eat,
and, unless very stormy, it should
have at least three hours exercise ey-
cry day in a yard or paddock. The
surest way to ruin "a colt is to keep
It In a close box or stall all winter.
Exercise is all important, as 1t grows
bone and hardens the muscle.-Dun-
can Anderson Before Canadian Inst.
tute.
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Treating Unthrifty Trees.

When trees commence to show signs
Of unthriftiness. a liberal application
OF barnyard will usually give
them new vigor. 1t is the strong, Wig
o tree that gives the most perfect
fruit, and such trees are less liable to
damage from insect or fungous pests.
In the old orchard a half Of a wagon
load Of manure around each tree is
none too much. Scatter the manure
out as far as the branches reach. II
the litter is coarse, so much the better,
as this will serve also as a mulch. IL
we'll rotted manure is used. work it
into the sod with an orchard disk.
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who are consulted by the leaders on
all important topics, the senate looks
him over, and If he proves up, re-
ceives him and depends on him. That
is what has happened in the case of
Senator Kittredge. He is one of the
most Influential of the younger mem
bers. His judgment is respected and
relied upon. His word carries weight.
His position is in with
the best traditions of the upper house
OF the country's legislature, and he is
regarded as one of the strongest men
in the body.
There are now ninety-two senators.
Of this number not more than TWEEN
ty-five or thirty do the actual work
OF the body, do the enormous labor
that is required to sift the good from
the bad and to frame such laws as
shall be for the good of the country.
Thousands of individual propositions
are presented to the senate during
each session.. They must go to COM
mittees and be passed upon. Many
OF the committee members give but
~perfunctory attention to their duties.
They are attracted rather by the So
cial side of life in Washington and
pass over lightly their responsibilities
to the country and to their consti-
tuentS. The men who really make
tn. laws, who ponder the propositions
sent to the committees, who thrash
out the wheat and discard the chaff,
are the men who really control the
senate, and of this number Senator
Kittredge of South Dakota, is one,
and neal the top of the list.
Can Speak When Occasion Demands
The mere faculty for defamation
is of no consequence in the senate.
There are senators who can talk for
hours and W. change a vote or
add to the sum total of the knoyl-
edge of the body. Kittredge is no
wind jammer," no orator hopping up
at his desk every few days and dis
cussing in%terminably whatever is be-
fore the senate. He rarely makes a
speech, but when he does make one
it is packed with specific knowledge
crammed with faces. logical, pointed,
and is heard with the utmost atten-
ton by the senate as a body. Witness
his celebrated speech on the IMPOSE
lions of the lumber trust. He had
made IN exhaustive study of that
grinding monopoly. He introduced a
resolution demanding an investlga-
ton of this criminal conspiracy that
increased the cost of lumber 20 his
constituents until building became
practically p%rohibitory to the men on
the farms and ranches and cities and
towns of South Dakota as we'll as in
every other part of the country, and
he followed the Introduction of that
resolution with a s.oee:n that was a
terrific Indictment of this conspiracy
to increase the price of lumber be-
yond all reason and that was hacked
by incontrovertible evidence gather
ed by the senator himself, in weeks
of patient work, that what he said
was true. The resolution was passed
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Tankase For Hoes.

The Iowa station has found that
tankage a be prpttubly taken into
the pigs ration. At the station the ra-
ton consisted Of one part tankage to
five Of corn. In some states the IA
ton has been US high as one part
tankage to fifteen parts corn with e.
cellent results. Several feeders make
a mixture Of tankage two parts, bran
one part and ground oats one part and
feed one part Of this mixture to about
eight to ten of corn.
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A Run Of Luck.

Ruffien-Old fellow, you look blue
Are you on the wrong side Of the mar.
ket? Trumbull-Market be hanged. ]
moved yesterday. The van mar broke
f5 worth Of the furniture. Host a five
pound Bank Of England note, the gas
company held me up for double the
usual deposit, and I've just been sun
moned on a jury.-London Mail.