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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
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FARM AND GARDEN

CLIPPING THE LEGS OF HORSES.
The question Is very often mooted
as to whether or not it is advisable
to clip a horses legs. Speaking in a
general way, it may be stated, with
out any hesitation, that it is certain
ly best not to clip the limbs-or, at
any rate, the lower part of them, when
a horse is having his winter coat
shortened, for the very good reason
that the long hair affords a certain
amount of protection against the eff
fects of wet and dirt to the legs. The
unclipped hair in no wise interferes
with the comfort of the animal, nor is
1t in. any way an encumbrance. On
the other hand, the clipping of the
legs involves the drawback that they
are deprived of the protection against
wet and dirt, as stated above. None
the less the legs of horses are very
commonly clipped along with the body
for the reason that it adds greatly to
the smart appearance of the animal.
The fact that it improves the appear
ance of a horse, and looks smart, is
the sole reason that can be advanced
in favor of the<practice of clipping a
horses limbs, and unless appearances
are really of great importance-an
this can only be so in the case OF
pleasure horses-it is decidedly ad-
visable to refrain from doing so. The
legs, along with the head, are the
worst and most difficult parts to clip
in horse, and it takes long time
to do them, and great many horses
which are otherwise quiet and docile
enough, object to their legs being clip
ped, and give lot of trouble when
this is being done. For this reason
alone, if for no other, it is best to-
leave the legs untouched
When a horse is specially predis-
posed to suffer from cracked heels,
or from mud fever, the animal ought
not to have it's legs clipped on any
consideration whatsoever, as to do SO
will greatly increase the risk of its
contracting these complaints. In all
cases where horses legs are clip
ped, the hair in the hollow of the heel
should not be cut with the clippers,
but it should merely be trimmed
slightly with a pair of stable scis-
sors. only SUFFICIENT being cut away to
make the heels losk smart, so as to
be in keeping with the rest of the leg.
w. r. Gilbert, in the American Gull
tfvator
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
MISSED MAN; SHOT GIRL.

Cambridge Especially. ~ Charles
Lauck, of Secretary, was tried before
the Circuit Court charged with shoot
ing with intent to kill George Stew
art. At the same time Lauck shot
his sister-in-law, Miss Daisy KINNEY,
Stewart having pulled the girl in
front of him when the shot was fred.
Lauck claimed that Stewart had
been to intimate with his .(Lauck's)
wife and had attempted to induce.
her to enter into an agreement by
which the three weere to take a trip
on the water, when Lauck was to
have been drowned, and his death
reported as an accident. Stewart
stated that Lauck had on several oc-
casions threatened to take his life.
Miss KINNEY did not appear in
court, as she is said to be In Balti-
more. Lauck was acquitted of shoot
ing Stewart, but was at once placed
under $500 bond to answer for
shooting his sister-in-law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
MATING POULTRY

The terms 'cockerel-breeding pen"
and "pullet-breeding pen" are used
exclusively when dealing with the
mating of exhibition birds for color
and marking. For the former, birds
are mated to produce males Of the
correct type, and the females from
this pen are generally not of much
use for show purposes. For pullets
it is, of course, just the opposite;
that is, necessary to breed from birds
Of different color or with different
head points. It is entirely wrong to
imagine that the terms are used to
imply that the birds in these pens are
mated to produce more cockerels than
pullets and vice versa. However, for
this purpose certain rules may be
followed.
For instance, it is generally found
that if vigorous cockerel be mated
with not more than three adult hens,
the male sex almost always largely
predominates in at least the early
progeny; at later period this be-
comes uncertain. On the other hand,
If an adult cock be mated with not
more than three pullets the result is
very uncertain, the one sex being as
likely to occur as the other, although
usually there is a decided predomin-
ance on one side rather than equality.
Again, if an adult cock be mated
with FIVE or more pullets, females are
generally in excess, and what cock
erels there are will be most numer-
GUS in the earlier eggs. Young or
adult birds mater together are very
uncertain. But the fewer the hens
and the more vigorous the stock, the
greater is the proportion of cockerels
which are always. more numerous in
the earlier than the later eggs of
season.-W. R. Gilbert. in the Ameri-
can Cultivator
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
"only."

The postal authorities of the United
ain, for great many years expe-
rienced great difficulty with the word
only on postal cards. The efforts
to avoid clumsiness and ambiguity
taxed the ingenuity of the postoffice
people to the utmost.
The postoffice department made six
attempts to find a brief, elegant and
unambiguous legend for the card.
An early postal card was inscribed:
Nothing but the address can be
placed on this SIDE" which was Meth
er true nor elegant.
Nothing but the address to be on
this side" was more to the point. But
as it looked bad to the authorities,
they next evolved this legend: Write
only the address ON this. side" This
was objected to on the ground that it
barred the use of typewriting ma
chine Write the address only on
this side, the message on the other"
came next, and was promptly criti
cised as being both clumsy and am.
biguous. Then the word Honly' was
dropped, but without much improve
ment.
Finally Uncle Sans officials gave
up the struggle to be original. The
card then adopted and now in use
bears this inscription: "The space
below is for the address only
Harper's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15

girl whose conversation pleased you
most X.
"Hum!" said the old gentleman.
frankly. Il can't say that any Of
them pleased me overmuch. Tried
'em on politics, trusts and potato
bugs. There was one girl, the Den.
nison girl-Land, no, not that chat
tering Salliel ] mean the little dark
one with the shiny eyes. She pleas
ed me more than all the rest put to-
gether. Yes, I'll vote for her"
1--WE found way said Eleanor.
unwrapping her prize an hour later
to display it to her sleepy mother.
ito have a good time even at parties.
It's to make everybody else just as
comfortable as you can. When you're
doing that you can't help forgetting
your own bashfulness."
~The women of our family said
Mrs. Dennison, complacently, "have
always been noted for their social
graces."
Yes supplemented Sallie, even
more complacently, .it's nothing for
Dennison to be success socially"
II wonder" unused Eleanor, "if they
all had to peel thick husk of bash.
fulness OFF before they acquired those
graces. as l did! or If they just ma
turally put other peoples comfort first
from the very beginning, as didn't.
It must be lovely to be born thai
kind of a person, but since ] wasn't,
I suppose I'll just have to keep
working away at that husk."-From
Youths Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
SAVING THE sPILEs.
A Problem in Wharf Building Which
Seems Hard. but isn't.

|
Seems Hard. but Isn't.
When in building wharf they have
got the spiles driven you see them
first standing in rows and sticking up
above the water at uneven heights
and with their tops all frayed. Then
the surplus upper length of the spiles
has to be sawed off so that the string
ers upon which the wharf planking
will be laid can rest upon them; and
the question is, How do they manage
to saw of each spile so that 1t will
have perfectly fiat and lever head.
and how do they manage to get all
the spiles sawed of at exactly the
same height? They do this in the
simplest way in the world.
The spiles all driven, they spike
along to each row, at little dis
lance below where they are to cut
them OF, planks upon which they lay
crosswise other planks to make scat
folding to work on. Then along each
row Of spiles at the height where they
are to be cut off they draw levelling
line which, drawn taut and levelled
up, touches every. Spite in the row
at exactly the same height; and then
to each Spite they nail two smooth
topped crosspieces, little strips OF
board, one one either side Of the spike,
like the crosstrees on mast, only
shorter, these cross strips being nail
ed on so that their tops just touch the
under side OF the levelling line. And
then the sawyers, with long crosscut
saws worked by man at each end.
come along.
The crosspieces nailed to the Spite
show exactly where it is to be cut on.
and they serve also as guides and
supports for the saw in cutting the
Spite off true. Resting the saw blade
on their projecting ends at one side
the men saw and saw until they have
sawed the spile off. And so they
keep on until they have got them
all sawed off and ready for the string.
pieces.-New York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
LOVER TRIES SUICIDE. !

Hagerstown Especially .-Despond-
emit over love affair, Guy Shank,
10 years old, made an unsuccessful
effort to end his troubles by hanging
himself from a rafter in the flour
room at the bakery of Joseph Roess-
ner, Hagerstown. When discovered
by fellow-employes and cut down
young Shank was unconscious Ply
sicians were summoned, and it was
stated that he would recover.
Young Shank accompanied his
ladylove home from church. The
girls mother had forbidden her to
go with Shank. This so worried
Shank that he later made the attempt
on his life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
FARM NOTES.

A record should be kept of the
breeding of each COW so that it will
be known when she is to calve, and
then allow her to go dry six weeks
before calving.
One who has tried it says that the
most successful treatment that he
has found for all wounds in horses
feet is to clean out the wound and
pour full of hot tallow or lard. This
seems to give very little pain and one
treatment cures.
Prof. ]. j. Ferguson says he has
found the following meal mixture to
give very satisfactory results with
hogs: Oats, finely ground, so per
cent; barley, finely ground, 20 per
cent; shorts, 80 per cent; oil meal,
20 per cent.
The hog Is an animal for level, fer
tile grain land and the sheep for hilly,
thin and worn land, as sheep Craze
closer to the ground than any other
farm stock.
A brood sow should be fed variety,
such as bran. roots, etc. Corn is fat
tening and should not be fed in large
quantities. 1t promotes neither growth
of the sow nor pigs. Some green vege-
table food should be given in winter.
Breeding animals need an album
dance of exercise. Feeding animals
also need exercise. but not so much
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
BREAKING IN NEW MEN.
One Corporation Publishes a Text
Book For New EMPLOYEES.


Book For New Employees.
A large corporation has lately shown
its appreciation of the value of giving
new employees thorough general
knowledge of the business by publish
ing book describing in an inter
esting fashion all the details of the
company's work.
1t is volume of over 200 pages,
Illustrated with facsimile cuts of vari-
GUS reports and other forms used. A
copy is furnished every employee and
he is expected to master not merely
the portions pertaining to his own
work but the entire book.
Quizzes are held at frequent inter-
walls throughout the organization and
dismissal is the penalty for ignorance
OF any subject treated in the volume.
1T costs us about $4,000 to pub
fish this book" says the president OF
the company, "but we consider it
money well invested and we are plan
ming to issue new and up to date
edition every year.
When man enters our employ
he is told to read this manual and
do nothing else until he has thorough
ly mastered it. This gives him a
general knowledge of the business, and
II there are any points he does not
understand they are cleared up before
he begins works. From System.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
VARIETY FOR SHEEP FOOD.

Feed the sheep a variety, being
sure that the rations are properly bal
anced. 1t is said that for each thou
sand pounds of live weight there
should be fed twenty-five pounds of
dry matter per day. When feeding
the wool breeds large grower says
he gives a ration containing three
pounds of protein, fourteen pounds of
carbohydrates and O.6 pound to 3.5
pounds protein, IA to 14.5 pounds car
bchydrates and rs pounds of fat
American Cultivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15

A patent has recently been issued
to Washington chemist for extract
ing alcohol from natural gas, and it is
announced in the consular reports
that plant for demonstrating the
commercial value of the invention
is soon to be erected at Bradford, in
PENNSYLVANIA. The product obtained
is like wood. not potable alcohol.
Five thousand feet of gas, at a cost
OF from twenty-five to fifty cents, will
produce about fifty gallons of alco-
hol.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
Fire AT Kernstown.

Winchester Especially "A dwelling
house on the farm of George o. Girls
man, at Kernstown, this county, was
destroyed by fire. The loss will be
$1,000, partly covered by insurance.
Cornelius Franks and his wife and
children, who occupied the house.
were seated at the supper table when
the roof fell in. They had to fee
for their lives. and lost everything
they possessed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
Henry vessel Hangs HimseIt.

Hagerstown Especially. - Henry
Vessel, 65 years old. who had been
in ill health for some time, commit
ted suicide by hanging himself at
his home, at Chambersburg. Des-
pondency over his failing health is
believed to have prompted the act
An inquest was not deemed neces-
sary. He was contractor and
leaves family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
EGGS FROM APPLES

Nineteen pullets en- the farm OF
Emma L. Labe, Waldoboro, Me-, are
reported having laid from fifteen to
eighteen eggs per day all winter, a
result owing largely, as their owner
believes, to the free feeding of apples.
The birds have eaten about nine bar
rels during the winter.-American Cul.
tivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15

rriE TIDE OF DREAMS.
IA lambent tide OF dreams,
Doth watt my soul away.
Where faint and fragrant CLEANS
A peaceful harbor gray.
Come, Love, 0 haste, thy hafs
Across the yearning miles,
Beyond the leagued land,
The happy mirage smiles,
Robert Loveman, in Uncle Remus's
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
WHY cows SHOULD BE KEPT.

At one of the institutes held in Mis-
souri, in reply to the question, why
should farmers engage in dairying?"
the State DAiry Commissioner said:
Because there is money in it-more
money for amount invested than in
any other line OF farm work. The
man who milks his COW can raise just
as much corn, wheat, hogs and steers
and still get from $40 to $40 clear
from cream sold. One man with
twelve or fifteen cows can make from
$500 to $500 year from cream and
still do as much of other things as he
would IL he did not milk. Because
his land is continually getting better
if he feeds his cows and saves the
manure. One bushel of wheat takes
twenty-six cents worth of plant food
from the soil; corn takes sixteen
cents per bushel, and timothy hay
Sc per ton. Manure Is worth from
50 to S. per ton. About ninety per
cent. of the plant food required to
build plant returns in the manure.
No matter how rich the land was con-
slant cropping will wear it out"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15
Where Works count.

DE faith cure,' said Uncle Eben,
may be good fob some ailments,
but I hates to see a man standin'
roun' tryin' to mend his fences an
liz de mortgage Wit It,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-05-15

/ as should be given breeding animals.
1t is best to promote the tendency
towards laziness, allowing just enough
exercise to maintain the health of the
body.
Salt should be kept where the ami
mails can obtain it at all times, but it
should never be mixed with their
feed The animals can tell better
than the owner how much salt they
need, and If It is mixed with the feed
there is a liability of getting too much
THE MOST PRACTICAL ROOST.
The stepladder roost is out of date.
The chickens all fought for the high
est seat in the synagogue. Results.
strife and humble foot.
The sassafras sapling roost, guaran-
teed to prevent lice, has gone into
oblivion with the lightning rod. The
movable roost is the fad.
Our plan: Make four carpenters
trestles, two of them five feet long
and two and half feet high and the
other four feet long and two feet
high. Cover the high trestles with
boards six feet long, and on this drop
ping floor place your low trestles and
from one to the other place your roost-
ing Stats.
Put these four inch Stats ON loose
and on very cold nights move them
close together.
Set up in corner out of drafts and
place the busting box near and the
hens will keep the roosts well busted.
Advantages. Easily cleaned; easily
removed; catches all the manure; can
be removed or set up in three min
utes; hens can scratch under it; red
mites avoid it. Try it and be con.
WINGED. -Weekly Witness.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27
From Our Exchanges.

Durango Democrat:-Mrs. A. w.
Dillon of Dolores, delegate to the
meeting of the Democratic state central
committee, to be held in Denver March
23rd, was guest at the Southern Fri
day evening, leaving for Denver Sat
urday morning.-Among the Monte
yuma Valley visitors Friday were X. r.
Smith, James and Luny Morrison,
James Lowell, Billy Lynch, James
Field and Dan Short. All came over
to get their hair cut.-Mrs. p. j. O'Don-
nell came over Friday from Dolores.
They have sold their ranch there for
81 100000, aud are to make Durongo
their future home. They have secured
plans for a nice home residence the
same to be erected ON their lots on
West 21st, ST., North Durango.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Station Agent Bergh reports busi-
ness rushing on the Rio Grande South
ern. Wednesday morning there were
four cars of merchandise to unload at
Dolores. The Southern tried to handle
their business with one train crew CIV
ing US freight one way every other
day, but after a trial of about two weeks
was compelled to put on another train.
Mr.. Bergh is handling this office alone
and is not compelled to while away his
time going on excursions or attending
picnics.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27
Election Notice.

A municipal election of the legal
voters of the Town of Dolores will be
held in the school house of said town
on Tuesday, the 9TH day of April, 1908,
between the hours of a. m. and p.
III. for the purpose of electing the fol-
lowing town officers:
One Mayor for term of one year.
Three Trustees for term of two
years.
Also to vote on the proposition,
''Shall this town of Dolores become
Anti Saloon Territory"
w. F. Ordway,
Harry V. Pyle, Mayor.
Town Clerk.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

The Rio Grande Southern bridge
crew arrived in Dolores Friday and
are busy putting in cribbing to protect
the road bed from the spring floods.
A crib has been put in about mile
above town, where the water washed
the road bed out two years ago, and
the water will be turned away from
the railroad into the new channel
which was dug to straighten the river
at this point more than a year ago.
Other cribs are being put in just below
town for the purpose of swinging the
current toward the south side Of the
river.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

The citizens on the mesa and in the
pinons south of town under the SUM
nit reservoir system, have build a
road across Box canon. This canon
divided the two settlements and those
living on the east of it, when driving
to town were compelled to go around
by the Summit reservoir or by Mr..
Wooley's place, distance of fourteen
or fifteen miles. This new road brings
them within seven or eight miles Of
Dolores.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

J. b. Bryant of Wilmington, n. g.,
who has been visiting with his brother,
S. W., for some time past, was a caller
at The Star Office Wednesday. Mr..
Bryant will spend the summer in
Montezuma county and, no doubt,
locate here permanently.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Wednesday while james +. Long
will was riding along the public high
way near the Sebastian ranch he
noticed smoke Mt the railroad bridge
nearby. He secured help from gang
of fifteen men who were at work lit
tie farther up the tract and, after
nearly an hour Of hard work, the
flames were extinguished
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

a special meeting Of the Trustees of
the Town of Dolores was held Monday
evening to discuss quarantine matters.
The only business of Importance was
the accepting of Health Officer Blair's
Cabell to fill the vacancy. Df. Blair's
bill of $4,000 was disallowed.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

On Sunday morning as DIR. Rentz
and his daughter, Josephene, were
coming to town their horse became
frightened at the cars and they were
both thrown from the buggy and the
Doctor was badly shaken up. 1t is
fortunate that the accident was not
more serious
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

G. w. Clara of Denver, was caller
at The Star office Friday. Mr.. Clara is
machinist for the Denver Type
Foundry Company and was returning
from Cortez where he put Cranston
press and gasoline engine in the
Montezuma Jonrnal office.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Ira Elder of Cortez, arrived Monday
from California, where he had gone to
spend the winter. He was in Los Ans
geles and Imperial Valley most of his
time. Ira says Colorado looks good
to him.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Mrs. r. Dunton of Rico, who has
been visiting friends in and around
Dolores, the past week left for her nome
Tuesday.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

r. Il. Smith of Cortez, left for Den-
yer, Friday, where he attend meet
ing of the Democratic state central
committee held Monday of this week.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Harvey Wallace and Tim Lynch
have been busy the past week filling
in the lots on the property Harvey
recently sold to James Belmear.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

County Health Officer Clark was
over from Mancos Sunday Investigate
ing our smallpox epidemic. He is of
the opinion that we have no smallpox
In Dolores.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

]. r. Hughes has improved the lots
back of his blacksmith shop by plant
ing apple trees on them.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

r.. L. Wilber and w. J. Miller haSs
each enclosed their properties on Ninth
street with woven wire fence.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Billy Brumley returned from Duran
20 Thursday, he says Mrs. Brumley
is improving nicely since undergoing
an operation for tumor last Friday at
Mercy hospital.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Mrs. w. +. Ordway was a Durango
passenger on Saturdays train, returns
ing home Sunday.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

George Wiltsie is busy hauling sand
and gravel to be used in making cement
blocks for a new house which he
intends building on his ranch this
spring.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

+. +. Broad has been busy the pasi
two weeks on his ranch up the river
making some improvements on his
buildings and fences.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

James Hammond is making SOM,
Improvements on his ranch in the way
of new fences
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Exon and Rush are shipping quite
n bunch of good beef up 10 the mining
camps this spring.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Eva Smith OF Upper Mildred, had
the misfortune of breaking her right
arm near the wrist Sunday evening.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Jimmy TrinIble is on duty al the
livery barn again after several days
on the sick list
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Charles Granath and Fred Krame,
painted the front of the Dolores Hotel
building this week
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

A Business meeting of the Christian
Endeavor Society will be held in the
Baptist Church this evening at 7:30.
Come.
The Dolores star., 1908-03-27

Mrs. b. Berg left Tuesday for Oregon,
to spend the summer with her daugti,
ter.