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u oougnt IL Tor a memory, Motner.'
the big. old-fashioned fireplace where
his wife sat. as soon as he had come
in from the storm-swept street. AS he
held it up where the red CLEAN of the
freight was caught on it's rounded
surface, a look of surprise swept over
the gentle old face near him.
why, John, you never bought that!
Surely they handed you someone else's
purchase"
NO" he said, his face growing sud
denly tender, Il bought it."
His wife, with a woman's quick in
stinct, OWNED the reason. She stepped
nearer to him and laying her hand on
his arm, looked at him with pleading
eyes, saying: But why, father"
1t was the first time she had called
him father for decade past, and there
was pitiful break in the old mans
voice as he replied: Il bought it for
a memory. mother"
That was the first time IN ten
years he had called her mother, and at
the sound OF the name, she, too, gave
way--gave way, womanlike, leaning
her head on his arm, and sobbing out
a grief that had silently stolen the
roses from her cheeks and the light
from her eyes as the years had gone
by. The old mans arm went round
her lover-fashion, while his hand gent
ly stroked her soft white hair. There,
there, mother. dear. The boys not
dead. I'll find him for you, II have
to hunt the world over I was to
blame" he said. with such infinite re-
greet in his voice that the old wife
reached up and drew his head down to
her face and whispered Don't take
it so, father. know you thought you
were doing the best for the boy when
you sent him away to do or die on his
own account, and somehow | feel to-
night. as have never felt before,
that he may be found"
IS she spoke, something in her
tones made him feel that at last his
wife had forgiven him entirely for the
decision which. ten years before. had
robbed her of her only child. Always
before this he felt through all her gen.
tie and kindly care for him, that
tucked away somewhere in the silent
recesses of her being there was just
a little bitterness against him for the
childless state he had brought upon
her. But now that he, himself. had
come to repent it, he knew beyond a
doubt that the last drop OF that bitter
ness had been swallowed up In a grief
grown sweet from being shared.
He sat down in his great arm chair
and looked up with misty eyes at his
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
A FAR
CRY
The Story Of a Happy
Christmas
BY MACLYN DUPREC
BY MACLYN DUPREc

Copy right, 1895, by Short story Publishing Col
1t had not been easy for John
Wellington, Sr., TO select his Christ
mas gifts this year. although his old
wife and one or two servants were all
for whom he had TO provide. 1t was
Christmas eve, and he had been
through bookstores, where handsomely
bound volumes of story writer's
philosophers and poets were displayed
on every counter; through brilliantly
lighted jewelry stores. where precious
stones cleaned softly against back.
grounds of rich velvet; through the
perfumed shop OF the florist, where
delicate blossoms from famous green.
houses breathed forth fragrance that
gave the lie to the bitter wind and
swirling snow outside. With each he
had left generous check, but always
with an unsatisfied feeling that he was
paying for something he did not care
to have. Finally. he had been lured
into a shop whose windows displayed
an attractive lot of toys for small boys,
and Ice had selected from its almost
endless store of guns. wagons, wonder
full animals and ear.splitting wind in
struments," red tin horn, costing him
only % cents
This had given him more satisfac.
ton than any purchase he had made
for many times that amount.
The other parcels he had ordered
delivered, but this he had carried him
self, as though 1t were something too
precious to be trusted to other hands.
1t was this that he unwrapped before
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-12-24
Natural Deduction.

Peckem-I can't understand why so
many people look upon Friday as the
unluckiest day OF the week
Mrs. Peckem-Why. do you consider
II lucky?
Peckem--It must be. Few people
get married on that day.-Chicago
Daily News.
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Bad.

Did you enjoy the play last night?"
mo. 1t was awful. could write a
better one myself"
Kim. Then it must be bad. De
troit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13
MOVING PICTURES OF FLOWERS

0NE remarkable fact about the moving pic
~ ture camera is that it is able to reproduce
not only the swiftest moving objects, but the
slowest as well. Accordingly, it is now possible
to exhibit pictures of flower in its different
processes of growth and of the transition of a
blossom into fruit. Recent experiments have
resulted in process that shows on the screen
the changing of rosebud into full blown
rose. the bursting of lily from its leafy prison,
or the slow uncurling of the frond of the Os-
munda fern.
The operation of exhibiting anything like
the growth of a flower from birth to maturity
requires. of course, considerable time, though
the result consumes more than five minutes
when thrown the screen. The negatives
must be made at regular intervals and timed
according to the degree of the plants growth,
while the exposures must continue day and
night until that point is attained at which it
is presumed the object has really reached its
maturity.
The modus operandi in the case of rose,
for instance is as follows
Just as soon as the bud begins to show, the
first film is exposed and from that time on
until the blossom is full blown fresh negative
is exposed every ten minutes both day and
night. The time of exposure varies. of course.
according to the season, the warmth of the
greenhouse, the species of the flower, etc. Cen
orally, however, less than three weeks is re-
quired for the completion of this work. In
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that time something like twenty-four hundred
films must be exposed, which are not so many
when it is considered that most moving pic
lures of animated objects carry some ten thou
sand to twenty thousand separate and distinct
photographs.
At night the negatives are exposed by means
of an arc light.
One of the prettiest effects gained by the
moving picture camera is that shown in the
emergence of butterfly from its chrysalis.
The films of this were exposed with a fair de-
gree of rapidity, inasmuch butterfly con-
sumes little time-a few minutes-to develop,
once having shed its ugly shell. The butter
fly employed in the experiment referred to was
of the peacock variety, and though it was the
first attempt on the part of the operator to
take picture of this kind. the films showed up
excellently and the moving picture was most
successful
In order to obtain sharp negatives the
chrysals was placed in the open, the camera
focused on it, and then many days were passed
in careful observation before slight move
ment indicated that the beautiful prisoner
was about to emerge. Before the chrysalis
actually broke. a negative was made, and
then as the butterfly began to hberate itself,
the films were run off very rapidly. the speed
being increased as the butterfly began to preen
itself. The final negatives show the butterfly
floating away in the clear blue sky until it
passes from sight
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A BIG Christmas Problem

A Big Christmas Problem
YOU know perfectly we'll have stopped think about all that
publication complete
already have read of them All the Christmas things
fine and big evates all that touches mediocre
articles and stories
THE leading especially
confronting of for
the editors and with whom they talking with particular
t as ipht be- We are not boasng about it's ye at all It has
of
of around Christmas time and makes of us
foosh and unnecessarily the addes of all
the
IT have read
Yletd little practical
make this Christmas the knew
glow Please
isn't article plain
simple hoey tatha will do this but The printed
started right to show the The doing
you. 1t always everything
WE going accomplish something
when most of us have decided
feel
after have thoroughly convinced ourselves that right
THE fit
for the Roy Nortons fine The Thirteen would lead the
magazine all antheyearound
specially belongs
weeks issue There sentiment it, real and strong and tender and
manines it, that makes
moist and your heart beat warmly
THE eloquent John
long epgam
that New York the graveyard of country regulations has article in
friendship with the beloved the American has
1t is a charming article interesting moving
THE RING marching along In
begins
candidacy startling
One feel is mmin
CONCHO cowboy by
esng theyar hume
SUDDEN
gaining
all of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't rIistake the Cause of Your
Trouble. Delay May
Prove Fatal.

Does your back ache? Do you get VI
lame in the morning? Do you feel dul
and tired? Does it hurt you to bend
over, to lift anything, to yet up from 4
chair? Do you have sudden catches
or stitches OF pain in the back? Does a
dull, throbbing ache settle in the small
OF your back and bother you day and
night? Do you sometimes feel that you
that you simply cannot straighten
up2 You cannot make any
mistake by treating the kidneys at once,
for it is these small troubles that lead to
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease.
ii these is any doubt in your mind that
the kidneys are affected, notice the urine
for few days. If passages are irregular
painful or too scanty, discolored, or full
of sediment, the kidneys need help
right away, and there is no other inedi.
cine more helpful than Doan's Kidney
Pills, simple remedy for the kidneys,
yet so powerful that it quickly cures the
cause and so ends all the painful and
annoying symptoms.
Home cures prove the merit of Doan' s
Kidney Pills. Any person wishing to
see the testimony OF Dallas citizens may
do so by calling at BELT & CHER
RINGTON'S drug store.
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
no other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
MIXED MILK.

Easy Calculation In Standardizing OF
Blending Milk.
standardized milk" and blended
milk" are terms applied TO milk which
has been so modified as to contain a
definite amount of one or more of its
constituents. The most important and
at the same time the most variable
constituent is fat. To standardize milk
as regards fat it is simply necessary
to add or remove a certain amount OF
this constituent or to add or remove
a certain amount of skim milk. One
thousand six hundred pounds of milk
containing 80 per cent Of fat may be
standardized to per cent of fat by re-
moving 800 pounds of skim milk. A
simple method of determining the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
FOOT READY FOR SHOE.

[showing frog and bars as they should
be leftl
diate contact with it, on which the
shoe should rest, are the only portions
of the foot which require to be inter
fered with in preparing the foot for
the shoe, and all the trimming that is
necessary can and ought to be effected
by means OF the rasp.
The first illustration shows the only
parts which should be reduced when
a foot is properly prepared for the
shoe. Sufficient care is not always
given to shortening the hoof so that
its angle should conform exactly to
the inclination of the limb. An In
spection Of the foot in profile is usual
ly the best way Of deciding the correct
degree Of obllquity. Too much impor-
tance cannot possibly be attached to
this and the succeeding step-namely,
leveling the ground surface Of the foot.
The very smallest deviation from the
perpendicular entails disastrous conse-
quences not only on the foot, but ON
the entire limb.
The dinerent styles or shoes which
have been devised are marvels of IN
genuity. Many are applicable only to
horses used solely for speed purposes,
but a considerable number are potent
auxiliaries in mitigating the results OF
natural defects Of conformation among
animals whose lot is cast In humber
fields Of horse enterprise. Among
these are the scoop toed or roller mo-
ton shoe for the fore feet, Fig 2, and
the shoe. Fig. 8. for the hind feet,
which, while they obviate forging or
clicking. a habit hurtful to the horse
and singularly annoying to his driver,
do not in any way tend to infiict injury
on the feet or limbs.
The scooped or rolled toe confers a
mechanical advantage, enabling the an
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05

few weeks of their lives. Only small
amount OF cut straw or chan should be
given for bedding, thus no opportunity
being offered the little ones TO get lost
or tangled up and so exposed to danger
Of death from cold, hunger or crushing
by the sow. As further protection
board about eight inches wide placed
fat horizontally about eight inches
from the floor along the wall. to which
it should be firmly attached, will be
found of considerable value, affording
a space where the little ones can run
or be showed when the mother lies
down.
Generally speaking, the less inter
ference at parturitiOn the better. II
the weather be cold a good plan Is 10
have some clean dry straw in box or
barrel. into which the little ones may be
placed as they are born, being first
dried with a cloth. If parturition is
slow in cold weather 1t Is sometimes
wise TO put some warm bricks or fat
stones in the box with the youngsters.
They should be allowed to suck as soon
as possible after birth.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
MoIasses In the Ration.

The addition of molasses to a ration
has a tendency to increase the digesti'
bility of both hay and grain feeds
This, coupled with the generally OBJ
served fact that molasses contributes
toward making feeds more palatable
and also acts as an appetizer, gives to
molasses a relatively high place as a
stock food and makes it more valuable
than its analysis alone would indicate.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
INDEPENDENCE Z MONMOUTH
Railway.
FROM INDEPENDENCE.
FOR DALLAS.

Train No. "a. Leave Independence daily, GO
a. m; lv. Monmouth, 6:l5 a. m.; ar. Dallas, 6:4I
a. IN.
Train No GS Leave Independence, daily
1880 a. M; lv. Monmouth, :05 a. m; ar. Dal
las, II 80 a. m.
Train No. 20. Leave Independence, daily,
6:l5 p. M. lv. Monmouth, $3.50 p. m; ar. Dallas,
6:55 p. m,
FOR AIRLIE.
1880 Il. M; lv. Monmouth, 7:40 a. M. ar. Airlie,
8:lt a.. III.
Train No. 70. Leave Independence, daily, $3.50
p. m. ly. Monmouth, $3.50 D. m; ar. Airlie, 4:2h
p. m.
FOR MONMOUTH ONLY,
Leave Independence, daily 2:3O p. M.
No. l0l arrives Monmouth 7:20 a. IN.
FROM DALLAS.
FOR INDEPENDENCE.
Train No. 65. Leave Dallas, daily ex. Sunday,
$3.50 a. m. ". Monmouth, $3.50 a. M. ar. Inde-
pendence, 9:l5 a, m.
Train No. l0l. Ly Dallas, Sunday only 6:55
a. m; ar. Independence, 1880 a. IN.
Train No. 60. Leave Dallas, duly, p. m; lv
Monmouth, 10 p. m; ar. Independence, lao ..
m. (This train connects at Monmouth for Air
lie.)
Train No. Il. Leave Dallas, daily, 7:35 p m. ;
lv. Monmouth, Sp. M; ar. Independence, S:l5
p. IN.
FROM AIRLlE.
Train No. 66. Leave Airle, daily, 9 a. M; lv,
Monmouth, 9;35 a. M; ar. Independence, $50
a. m. (This train connects at Monmouth fOT
Dallas.)
Train No. 72 Leave Airlie, daily, $500 p m;
ly. Monmouth, $40 p. m; ar. Independence,
5:55 p m.
Train No. 100 leaves Airlie 4:i5 p m. SUNDAY
ONLY arrives Monmouth $40 p. m. arrives indie
pendence $3.50 p. m.
FROM MONMOUTH ONLY.
Leaves Monmouth for Independence, daily at
2:00p. IN.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
For the Farm Dairy.

Work in breeding for milk produc-
tion at the Canada experiment farms
seems TO show that (a) superior dairy
cows may be found in all breeds; (b)
pure bred females are not essential TO
success in dairy farming, but a pure
bred bull should always be used.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
Hogs In Cattle Lots.

or forty-five Ohio cattle feeders
from whom definite information con-
corning their methods of feeding hogs
In cattle feed lots has been obtained
only ten fed any feeds other than corn
to the hogs that gather the grain from
the steers droppings. The other thirty
FIVE feeders either used no feed besides
that which was not digested by the
steers or else gave corn in addition
B. K. Carmichael.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
SKILL IN
FARRIERY.
BY WILLIAM DICKSON. V. 5.


Thanks to the amount Of attention
which that paragon of horsehesh. the
American trotter, has received at the
hands Of all classes of men, the mat
ter Of shoeing for specific purposes has
made greater progress in America than
in any other country on the face Of the
globe, and that is a department of the
farriers art which is entitled to the
highest eulogium.
There is one instrument which l
should like to see, IL possible, omitted
from the shoeing outfit Of every far
rier, and that is the drawing knife.
The outside, or horny wall, and that
portion OF the sole which is in imme-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
THE EARLY PIGS.
Comfort For the Mother Hog and Her
Now Family.
By J. H. GRIsDALE.


BY J. II. GRISDALE.
For a week or ten days before far
rowing or parturition occurring In cold
spring weather the SOW should receive
a rather liberal ration Of milk produc-
Ing food, such as bran mashes, chopped
oats, skim milk, shorts, little oilmeal,
etc, being careful always to see that
there are no signs of constipation, that
the bowels are quite loose.
The attendant should always be on
good terms with every SOW, It this
should very particularly be the case for
a few weeks before, during the time of
and for a few weeks after parturitlon.
BY a little petting and few kindness
es that appeal to her sense of what is
nice the attendant can win the conf
dence of almost any SOW, provided, OF
course, that he has not previously won
her dislike.
Parturition should take place in a
pen specially prepared for the event
and for the accommodation Of the
mother and her family during the first
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
SPECIAL. prRposK SHOE.

n. Toe weight shoe. 3 Front view Of
scoop toe rolling motion shoe. 8. HIND
foot shoe TO balance the action.-From
Russelrs Scientific Horseshoeing.l
imal to get over bis toes more prompt
" and thus remove the front foot from
the stroke Of the hind extremity,
while the lengthening OF the branches
Of the hind shoes retards the fexion
and extension of the hind limbs.
Fig. l is the most effective model of
shoe to square and balance the gait
OF unmade horses, but the period of its
use should be strictly limited and the
weight Of the toe gradually reduced as
the desired gait becomes established.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05

As shown by the recorded data FOL
four years. the average cost of winter,
ing sheep at the Mississippi experiment
station has been S1.14 per head. Tue
estimated profits from fock of TWEEN
ty-two sheep for last year were S42.36,
and none OF the breeding ewes was
sold. There is ready sale for early
lambs at good prices. Sheep could
easily be made one of the most profta-
bic lines Of live stock farming for the
average farmer In this state.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
DIAGRAM FOR MIXING MILK.

amounts of skim milk and whole milk
or Of mllks containing different per-
centages of fat which should be mixed
In order to secure a product having a
desired fat content is given by Profess
or X. A. Pearson in a reading course
bulletin of Cornell university.
Draw a rectangle and write at the
two left hand corners the percentages
of fat in the fluids to be mixed and in
the center place the required percent
age. At the upper right hand corner put
the number which represents the diff
ference between the two numbers
standing In line with it-i. e., the num-
Der In the center and the one at the
lower left hand corner. At the lower
right hand corner put the number that
represents the difference between the
two numbers In line with 1t. Now let
the upper right hand number refer to
the upper left and the lower right hand
to the lower left. Then the two right
hand numbers show the relative guam
titles of the fluids represented at the
left hand corners that must be COM
blned to give a fluid of the desired
standard which is represented In the
center.
If 1t is wanted to mix the mllks from
two dairles testing 40 per cent fat and
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
New Arabian Alfalfa.

OF new varieties of alfalfa tested in
different parts OF the country during
the past year the Arabian type is one
OF the most promising. At Mecca,
Cal, this alfalfa has yielded twelve
cuttings In the year as against eight
for the ordinary type, and at Chico,
Cal, seven cuttings Of the former as
against five Of the latter.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05

So per cent TAT - l'.s'Iaue IA 10 i'ei
cent milk. the diagram SLOWS tneie
milks must be mixe.i IN tie proportion
Of IL to 3 or II to 8. Thus:
If we have 100 pounds of the 40 per
cent milk, we must mix with it 32.I
pounds Of 35 per cent milk, as is
shown by this proportion: 11:3 :: 10;
90
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-05-05
HoW's Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fos
my case OF CataTTk that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
J. CHENEY b CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We the undersigned, have known F. ]. Che
ney for the last rs years, and believe him per-
feetly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tons made by their hrm.
MnrA TEuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
WALDIS0, KISxAN & MARVIN, WHOLESALE DruS.
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls CatarTh Cure u taken internally. uctina
directly upon the blood and mucous euffscss al
the system. Price, Use. per bottle. Sold by ~
DuREists. Testimonials frse.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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