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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
The Evolution of
Household Remedies

The modern patent medicine bust
ness is the natural outgTowth of the
old-time household remedies.
In the early history of this country.
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas.
bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house, compound
ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor.
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic, made
of whiskey, hops and bitter banks. A
score or more of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulate for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
i The patent medicine business is
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin.
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness of one of
these homemade remedies, would take
it up, improve it in many ways, manu-
faeture it on q large scale, advertise it
mainly through almanacs for the home,
and thus it would become used ever
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
a MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
old-time remedies. It was used by the
Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM.
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men
MONTE origin. First, ne prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale Of it increased, and at last he
established a mandatory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in a great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and Its value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe IN
DR.. Hartman's Judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruna.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Electric Farming.

Although agricultural machinery
originated in the United States and the
American farmer used patent mowers,
reapers and threshing machines long
before their European contemporaries
in the same field Of labor had put aside
scythe, rake and fail, the possibility
of introducing electric power in farm
work was first recognized in the Old
World.
This has probably been due to the
fact that the farmers of America,
thrifty and far-seeing recognizing the
economy and reliability Of the small
oil engine, failed to perceive how any
saving could be effected by generating
electric current and distributing to its
motors in outlying positions.
When, howevel, the mains from some
large electric power company pass with
in reach of a farm or estate the coudi-
lions are much more favorable, and
this state of things must already exist
IN measure which will be largely eX
tended in Che future. Current German
newspapers contain an interesting ac-
count of the application of electricity to
group of farms in Saxony. The cleo
trlc current is brought from an ada
cent town by overhead wires carried
on wooden poles. Two receiving sta-
lions are arranged, from which the cleo
tricity is distributed to the farm build
ings and to convenient positions n the
fields for the purpose of driving thresh-
Ing and other machinery.
Sixteen fixed electric motors are In
stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat
crushing, pumping and for operating
machinery used in the manufacture of
potato spirit. In addition to this pow
er equipment, six portable motors arc
provided, which may be used for driv-
ing pumps, circular saws, threshlng ma
chinery, and so forth, at any point
where their services are required. The
houses and buildings on the farms are
all lit by electricity, are lamps and
about 1000 glow lamps being used for
the purpose.
1t must be pointed out, however, that
this example could only be followed In
the United States on a very large estate
or a group of adjacent farms and it IS
doubtful whether such a scheme could
be made a commercial success for the
operation of farming machinery pure
and simple. 1t would appear that wood
saving, pumping and other operations
requiring power mus be in 'luded II
the results are to compare fayorabiy
with those at presen. obtained by the
use of oil or steam engines. But the
Saxon experiment is full of interest.
and displays a obviously progressive
spirit in a country where farm fences
are almost unknown. and shepherds and
cowherds are still living amid pictur-
esque realities
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

With stock there can DO no waste pro-
ducts.
Clover and grasses retain moisture
in the soil, render 4 porous and favor
INTERPOLATION while aliing with yegeta-
bic matter.
More hay and less grain makes the
farm easier TO handle and in the end
gives it quite as much profit.
So long as the holna market is not
fully supplied there Is no gain in ship
ping away.
Better methods, better stock and bet
ter tools have dou bed the productions
of more than one farm.
AS rule the offspring OF immature
and pampered animals are predisposed
to disease.
There Is often more profit in grow
ing little things and In fine products, in
proportion, than in the great staples.
Oats contain largely the mineral
properties requisite to form and grow
bone and the protein that makes mus
Gle and other tissues.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Qualify Of Grass Seed.


The Maine law regulating the sale Of
agricultural seeds requires that grass
seed shall be sold under q guarantee as
to purity. Bulletin 1873 of the Maine
agricultural experiment station, which,
doubtless, many of your readers have
received, gives analysis of the seeds
which were collected by the inspector
and those sent to the experiment sta
ton by correspondence in 1906 The
dealers are very generally conforming
to the law and the purity Of most seeds
is now guaranteed. The question nat
uralIy arises in the mind of a farmer,
should a seed be strictly pure, and, If
not, how nearly pure should it be?
The purity of seeds varies greatly
with their kind. 1t is possible to grow
timothy seed so clean that it shall car
ry practically no foreign weed seeds.
1t Is not as easy to grow any of the
other grasses or clovers so clean. There
is no need for the sower to ever buy
timothy seed that is much less than
99.5 per cent pure. Samples have been
examined by the station the present
year which contained not single for
eign harmful seed.
The best red clover seed will fire.
quently carry as much as l per cent
of foreign matter, although these Inn
purities are usually comparatively
harmless. 1t is, however, poor policy
for the, sower to buy red-clover seed
that is less than 9S per cent pure. The
best grades OF alsike clover will run
about oS.5 per cent pure on the average.
1t Is doubtful II the purchaser should
buy an alsike whose purity is less than
97.3 per cent
Redtop is the most difficult seed OF
all. 1t will. of course, contain more
or less chaff. 1t is difficult to grow red
top free from timothy, and the seed
cleaners find it difficult to separate tim
othy seed from redtop after 1t has once
been introduced. Samples Of redtop
carrying as high as II or even Is per
cent Of timothy are not unusual If
one could be sure that the impurities
were harmless like chafF and timothy
Il might be safe to buy redtop even
90 low as SIS per cent pure. Unless one
is assured of the character Of the i'm
purities, it is unwise to buy redtop
less than 95 per cent pure.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Told to Turn His Shirt

The late Gov. Parsons of Alabama was
one OF those few southerners who es-
poused the Union cause during the Civil
war. After the establishment of peace
be was rewarded for his fidelity by being
made provisional governor Of his state.
At the time Of secession. however, he
was member of the Alabama Legisla-
ture, and, to the Indignation of his south
ern friends, who had elected him TO
Office, he voted against secession.
Soon afterward he wrote his wife
that, as his supply of shirts was ex-
hausted. he desired her 10 send him
more, as soon as possible Mrs. Parsons,
a Jealous southerner, answered in a note
remarkable for its brevity and point.
Without prelude of formality. she wrote:
You have turned your coat: you. may
turn your shirt. Philadelphia Ledger.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

An English journal, The Lancet, In
discussing the comparative food value
of roast beef and turkey, says that 1t
may be said that, weight for weight,
the flesh of the turkey is more nourish-
ing than that of beef; but the latter is,
generally speaking, cheaper than the
former. The moisture in beef, how
ever, exceeds the amount present In
the flesh of the turkey, and the latter
contains better percentage of proteid
or tiesh-forming substance. In either
case the percentage of moisture is sell
dom less than 20 per cent.
In lean beef the amount of fat is
much the same as In a not too well-fed
turkey, but 1t must be pointed out that
the flesh of poultry differs from that
of beef and mutton in not having its
muscular fibers permeated by fat, and,
moreover, the fbers in the flesh of the
fowl ere short and rarely yield to the
disintegrating action of the digestive
processes. A large amount of fat In
either case is apt to interfere with the
dlgestibility of the meat. The fat Of
beef is more dlgestible than the fat Of
the turkey. The fat of birds, in fact,
is harder, and owing to its tendency to
become rancid, is unsuitable for the
dyspeptic patient.
The Lancet believes that the most
important difference from a dietetic
point Of view between beef and turkey
is that, whereas beef contains a high
percentage of extractive matters, tur-
key contains hardly any at all. The ex-
tractive matters in beef account largely
for its peculiar and marked flavor, and
owing to their absence in poultry gen
orally, and in the pheasant and part
ridge, the flavor of these meats is deli
cate. But there is no doubt that the
extractiyes of beef, as well as mutton,
are valuable, for not only are they
flavoring agents, but they also act as
perhaps the most powerful stimulant
to gastric digestion.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

The profitable line of production is to
maintain good health with early ma
turlty.
In some parts Of Canada butter Is
being imported from abroad for the
first time in the country's history
More than half a million emlgrants
from Russia have passed into Siberia
the past year to engage in wheat rails
ing
A farmer near McEwan, Tenn, is dis
playing an ear of corn twelve inches
long, weighing three pounds and con-
tanning 1886 grains.
A grain farm at Murray, Iowa. ship
ped twenty-seven carloads Of timothy
seed last fall. for which the farmers
received from $3.50 to $1.75 a bushel
A Kansas man claims to have invent
ed a fence-weaying machine. run by a
two-horse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a mile Of fence a
day.
The United States produced 14,000,-
600 bushels Of rice last year on a half
million acres. The culture Of rice is
gradually creeping north and some very
good grain is reported in Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work to
pump the water on Of the famous
Zuyder Zee and turn it into dry land
When this work Is accomplished there
will rise where 1900 fishermen now
sink their nets farms and homes for
$1,000 Hollanders.
Charles w Trock Of Rldgeway, Ohio,
a 7-year-old lad, while wandering In
the fields sat down on a little hulnmock
which contained a bumblebee's nest
Within moment be was SO badly strung
that his body sweiled to twice its size
and death soon followed.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Nothing New.

Proof is below that women criticised
each others clothes in the Seventeenth
as in the Twentieth century-and in
"fonetik" spelling
In 1856. May or June, Bridget Noel
wrote TO her sister, the Countess of Rut-
land:
MY Lady Gansbourer meet us at Bur-
ley, but in sutch Il dres as / never saw
without disput. Her jengan manic is
the worst of its kind, ii is purple, and
a great dele of green, and letel gould,
and great tlours, Their is some ded with
the green, and noe lining, which luks a
homemade. Pick Me-Up.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Free Consultation 10 the Sick.

Do you know that our Specialists
make calls to any part of the state with
out any expense to patients? We stand
all the travelling expenses and our charge
for consultation is free. We will be
pleased to send you sworn affidavits of
patients treated for Cancers. Epilepsy,
Paralysis, Peritonitis, Catarrh and Dis
eases of Women. Do not give up hope
but write us at once and state the ma
ture of the disease We do not promise
impossible things, but if there is the
slightest chance for recovery we know
we can help you. Address: Physicians
Medical Institute, Milwaukee, Wis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

could not stoop with
out a sharp pain. 1t
was just as bad when
l tried to get 1p from
a chair. l was Ian
guild and listless and
had much pain and
trouble with the kid
ney secretions. This
was my state when l
began with Doan'S
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

HAS TWO EDGES. the one saw, as
shown in the illustration.
The smooth top edge always seen on
saws is changed to a cutting edge, SINH
lar to the regular cutting edge, the
saw thus having teeth on the two longi-
tudiRal opposite edges The handle is
hinged to the blade instead of being
rigid and can be reversed as it becomes
necessary to use either blade. This
saw is also an economical saw, as 1t
saves the expense of purchasing two
saws.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

an Indiana man.
L V cry carpenter
includes two saws
in his kitone for
cross-cut and one
for cutting with
the grain. He can
now dispense with
one saw, as It Is
possible to put the
two blades having
different teeth on
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

A popularity Of clover is that we
may take off a crop and leave the land
richer than it was before.
A proper rotation AMI wise ;iEage
viii do much to keep the soil supplied
with available fertility.
without stock there can be no COM
2lete utilization OF the farm products
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
In Bohemia.

The attic poet tore, with n faint rip
ping sound, dangling thread from the
sawlike edge of his cuff
''You can't express the value of a
spring poem like this in terms of mere
dollars" he said
mo, you can't" the editor assented.
Fifty cents, and not penny more, is
what the thing is worth. Shall l write
you an order?"
The youth eagerly assented
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Animal Post Cards

A set of eight attractive post cards. in
FIVE colors. showing wild animals in the
Washington park zoo. in the city of Mil
waukee. win be mailed you on the re-
ceipt of II cents (coin or stamps). In
teresting to grown people and children.
Address The Evening Wisconsin Com
pany, Milwaukee, Wis.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
A Slight Misunderstanding.

She Gin the public park)-oh. how /
love to gambol on the green.
He-No green for mine. / played
green for three hours last night, but red
ana black was the only thing doing
Bohemian.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Eating Cocoanut-Custard Pie.

Everybody praises Coeoanut- Custard pie
II It's made right, but soggy pie will spoil
the entire meal. Grocers are now selling
"0URPIE," each 1ocent package contain
Ing just the proper ingredients for two pies
Get the Custard for Cocoanut- Custard pies.
Put up by D-Zerta Co, Rochester, N. Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

T G 81 yitus Dance aud al Nervous Diseases
- Permanently Cured BY Or Kline Great
Nerve Restore Send tor Eree o. trial bottle
DIR. X. III. KLINE, Id, 1871 Arch Street. Philadelphia Pa
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

MRS, WINSLoW's SOOTHING SYRUP for
Children teethluE; softeas the gums reduces IN.
Elimination, allays pain. cures wind collie Is
cents bottle,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

"A Muskogee woman asked fer a di-
vorce on the ground that her husband
wanted her to wear the cast-oif clothes
of his former wife. She got it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

Kidney Pills. They helped me from the
first and four boxes made a complete,
lasting cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-AIilburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

The wireless telegraph station which
has been erected for the Russian ad-
miralty between Sevastopol and Odessa
has undergone a satisfactory trial
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

A suit of clothes which will float the
wearer in case of accident at sea has
been patented by Norwegian inventor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

The passenger traffic over the Eng
lish channel last year was 4lS4S0, an in
crease of $4,000 over the preceding year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by the infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube When
this tube is in1amed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken ont
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by CatarFh,
which Is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness (caused by Catarrhl that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

To make one saw take the place Of
two, and at the same time preserve its
durability, is the recent invention of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

The coal consumption per head is
greater in England than any other coun-
try.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

Rats are an alarming nuisance in
England.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

relieves tired eyes, quickly cures eye aches,
indamed, sore, watery or liberated eyes.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo
n. Y.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
LANGUID AND WEAK.

Condition Common with kidney
Trouble and Backache.
Mrs. Marie Siphe, 416 Miller St,
Helena. Mont, says: Three years ago
my back grew weak and lame and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

There is need for Garfield Tea when
the skin is sallow, the tongue coated, and
when headaches are frequent
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03
~ ANTEp

An energetic man, 25 to IS years of age, AS
country manager for large manufa cturing In
dustry one desirng 60 interest himself hnan.
eiay to small large extent preferred r. w
BoLAENDAHi., 10 Miller block Milwaukee Wis
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

NORTH DAKOTA AND EASTERN MONTANA
LANDS, Now is your Opportunity to get q
cheap bone along the C. NJ 4 ST Paul rs. So.
COO acres TO select from. $500 TO Sl5,oo per
acre, We can locate you on free Homestead
adjoining the land you buy. q. T. IRELAND
CO., 400 Phoenix Bldg. Minneapolis. MINI.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

did you enjoy the comedy|
mot q bit'
"Why. how was that?
There was a woman next to me who
had seen il before"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

ATTENTION HoNEsEEKERs $50 Acres FREE
Government land for farming and grax.
ms MILLIONS Of acres 10 choose from Zine
Soil Water plentiful. Send &C Ia stamps
for tuil information. wIEBKE & Co. Loca.
tors allies City, Montana
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-03

began
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-29
PRESCRIPTIONS

the hands of the water supply COM
Init.ee.
The city attorney reported that III
his opnion the city has no right 10
regulat, prices to be paid Tor eiee-
tricity. as the only remedy lies WIN
the legislature. :
Garden moved that the demand OF
Sheriff Davis for $50 a month Tor
ianitor services for the city be al
lowed until such time as the city
shall give notice of revocation. Root
advocated securing other quarters
but deeming the Carbon expenditure
the best step at present, seconded IT,
and it passed.
The sheriff told me that he also
gets SIS from the county for this
very service" said Carbon. This is
another thing that the White Pine
News forgot to put in their enumera-
ton of county salaries. wish they
would do so now.
City Engineer Willard reported
that the cellar of the new city build
ing Is completed and everything
ready for placing of the foundations.
The meeting then adjourned.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-29
CaIIOW SuccumbS to
Pneumonia

William Callow. a miner aged SO
years, for a week confined to the
county hospital here following two
days of exposure under freight
shed at Cherry Greek, while suffer
ing from double pneumonia. died
early yesterday after surviving all
day by practically miracle, as all
of his organs of life were doing more
than double or treble work.
So far as is known, deceased. who
worked in this district for some time
as miner. has no relatives in White
Pine county. He is known TO have
a brother at Rock Springs, Colo, who
has been wired of the demise of his
relative by the Brown & Neyin I'm
dertaklng Co. SO far as can be as
certained Callow is not a member of
any fraternal organization.
WheL or where the funeral SER
vices and interment will be had. has
not yet been determined. answer to
the dispatch sent the brother being
awaited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-29
OLD WOOL BUYER
PASSES AWAY AT ELkO.
Thomas Cotter Dies of Pneumonia
One of Best Wool Experts.

Thomas Cotter, the oldest wool
buyer in the west died Monday morn
ing at Elko. where he made his
home when in Nevada. His body
will be sent to Oakland. where the
funeral will be held and where his
wife and daughter reside. He was
only sick a few days with pneumonia.
The deceased was one of the best
known experts in the United Ststes
and for years was in the wool bust
ness for himself Later he gave up
his own business and entered the
employ of c. S. Moses & company
acting as their wool buyer.
He spent much of his time in Ne
vada and purchased large porpor-
ton of the wool grown in this state
He was well known to all wool men
and among them was known as
Honest Tom Cotter." 1t Is stated
that the wool men who sold to Tom
Cotter Eever asked him to allow them
to be present when the wool was
weighed. They all trusted and be-
lieved in the honesty of Tom Cotter
and always took his word in ali
business deals. He was the highest
salaried wool buyer in the west.