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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-24
HE HAD EVOLUTED.
Chicago News.)

Chicago News.)
II could a tail unfold" began the
newly fledged frog.
Then he paused and seemed TO be
wrapped n meditation.
But" he concluded. that is a thing
of the past. I'm no longer a tadpole."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-24
ON HIS FEET.
(Phlladelphia Press. }

THANK you," she said, as he finally
gave her his seat in the car. 1T is al
most impossible to stand on your feet
THAT was because 1 Kept pulling EN-
out of your way, mae m,' he replied
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-24
HIGH HEADS.
Yonkers Statesman)

(Yonkers Statesman)
Patience-That grocer of ours is asking
so cents apiece for cabbages. Isn't that
ridiculous?
Patrice-Well that family always dill
hold their heads high,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-24
A USEFUL MUZZlE.
(Chicago Record-Herald.

Chicago Record-Herald)
Madam" said the dog catcher, you
will have to buy a muzzle for that dog or
IL will be my duty to take him TO the
pound"
I'VE have a muzzle for him. but Will
lie is using it as catcher's mask"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-24
TOO FIRMLY.

Baltimore American)
''You need not be afraid of my dog. He
attaches himself very easily TO strangers.
That is exactly what | am afraid of
him for.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Ito be continued.)
Ultra-FashfonabIe.

whatever became of that plain fam.
lily called the Dewberrys who used to
live In the little house at the end of
the lane?' Queried the man who had
Just returned to the village after a five
years absence.
"Oh, they struck oil, stranger" re-
piled the old postmaster. "They own
a big mansion on the hill, three auto.
mobiles and their daughter is engaged
to a real duke"
Strange! And do they still have
'Dewberry' on the gate as they did
when they lived in the little house in
the lane?"
"Oh, no. They call themselves Du
Barry now. Dewherry sounds too
plain"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Dear Meats In England

The London Meat Trades Jourpo, :.
an editorial says the retail prices 80
meats have made substantial advono.
In that country. 1t is pointed ont tnos
the supply Of natlve-bred stock has for
some time past been short in numbors
and deficient in weight and oual,tv
and in the United States and Canodn
the supplies of live cattle, sheen ana
refrigerated beef were on a staoar
diminishing scale. Under such circum
stances, says this authority, it is but
natural to expect that prices all around
should advance materially, but mora
particularly for the choicer grades
From these reports it seems that tba
United States is not alone in the maj,
ter of high-priced meats.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

sag and loop it is no longer attractive,
nor is 1t a sure means Of keeping
stock within bounds. Many devices
have been suggested and even patented
for stretching wire, but here is a
simple little contriyance that anyone
can make In a few minutes that will
do the work quickly and well. For
short spans it can be made of wood
although for heavy wires or for long
stretches it would be better to make it
out Of iron. This little contrivance is
about two feet long, with two pins
about three inches apart at one end.
Place the wire between these pins and
urn the stretcher around until the
wire is drawn tight. By engaging the
pin at the other end Of the stretcher
the tension can be maintained while
The wire is being nailed. fast. With
arrangement of this sort one man
can do rapid work alone and fix up
sagging fence in short order.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

WIN lose a good deal. But IN tell him
he needn't worry about me. shan't mind
being poor, even If it comes to that As
long as be is left to me, / won't com
plain"
The time passed until the cars stopped
at Willoughty station. Waiter jumped
over "A fence and took his way across rht
fields to his fathers house. By the road
II would have been a mile, but 1t was
scarcely more than half mile by the foot
path.
He went up the pathway to the front
door and rang the bell. The door was
opened by Nancy Forbes, the housekeeper,
whose name was appended to the tele-
gram.
80 it's you, Master Walter" she saio.
II am glad you are home, but it's sud
home you're come to-"
''Is father very sick, then?" asked Wal
ter, turning pale.
my dear child, your father died al
eight o'clock this morning"
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Argentina Animal Statistic.

Consul General Alban G. SNYDER
sends from Buenos Ayres a tabulated
list from report just issued by the
minister of agriculture showing tba
numbers of live stock in Argentina
They total 114,S42. 40, divided as fol.
lows: Cattle, 25,S44,sOO; sheep IT,
5S1,lOO: horses, 5,462,170; mules and
donkeys, 545,S7o; goats, 2,566,sOO; pigs.
2,S41, 700
The province of Buenos Ayres con.
tains one-half of the live stock of III
republic. having 100000 cattle an,
100000 sheep. Entire Rios. province
has 100000 animals, Corrientes 1911.
000 and Cordoba and Santa Fe each
nearly 1000 600.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

Ii your soil needs humus, pillow under
all the coarse manure you can get this
fall. Every farmer realizes the neces-
slty OF having more manure, and one
way to secure it is by providing an
abundant supply of absorbing material
Even if there appears to be large pro-
portion of this material in the manure
making 1t strawy and coarse, it can be
plowed under and will answer an ex-
cellent purpose. Every effort should he
made to secure all the manure that is
made on the farm, so that nothing
shall be lost. This manure, properly an
piled ON the meadows. should be worth
81 per two-horse load in the extra
amount of hay that will thus be se,ur-
Vi from Its use.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

one part sand this is thoroughly u,-
ed while dry, and chen water shonld -
added until 1t is like plastering mort.'
Dump 1t on the bottom about r Inosa
thick and smooth with a trowaI
viii soon be hard as stone. For =,
sides OF the cistern, which should -
done before finishing the bottom NO 80
equal parts Of sand and cement
apply quickly as you would plaster
wall. 1t is not safe to use snvth,.
but the best Portland cement, which
costs about So a barrel.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Fence 2,Ose Miles Long.

After five years work Australia
great transcontilental rabbit-proof
fence has been completed. Its length
is 2,O36 miles, and the cost of its cree
ton has been nearly $1,250,000. 1t is
furnished at intervals of five miles with
systems of traps, in which hundreds OF
rabbits are captured and destroyed
daily. Inside the barrier there appears
as yet no trace of their presence.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

To stop hens from eating eggs put
little vinegar or something sour In their
food.
Drop piece of alum In the drinking
water every two or three weeks; IT
will prevent throat and lung disease.
For all cuts wounds and ulcers use
listerine Nothing is better for q COMP
injured in fighting or for any raw sur
face.
If You have not already done So cuh
out all surplus stock. Do not wasle
feed on birds that are Of no value ="
you
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Uncle sam,s slim Land Reaery..

The time when a man might move
westward and take up virgin soil at his
pleasure has passed, and, in general.
1t may be said that the son of the
farmer Of to-day must look for his sole
heritage In the land his father holds.
1t Is now a barren boast that uncle
Sam has farm for every one of u.s."
In 1906 we had less than 100000
acres Of unoccupied habitable land.
What slim reserve that is may be
realized from the fact that one-fourth
OF 1t was disposed of in the following
year. We cannot add to our agri-
cultural areas except by irrigation and
drainage, but we may, by intelligent
selection Of crops, by scientific cultiva-
ton and by careful treatment Of land,
make it produce three or four times
as much as it does at present. And
this is the direction in which our de-
velopment should proceed, for We must
ind room within the next 30 years for
a doubled population according to our
undiscerning ideas. The American
farmer Of the future must be a man of
'road mind and technical knowledge.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

Practical experiments seem to prove
that many, if not all, of the benefits Of
aerating milk were due more to cooling
than to any other cause. Cooling to the
same degree will accomplish substan-
TALLY the same results, but without an
aerator it may be difficult to reduce the
temperature as rapidly, hence the aera-
tor may be considered an advantage UNI
less a patent cooler is used.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

Following is a recommended cure for
mango in hogs: Creosote, IL ounces :
lard, pounds. Mix well and apply TO
the affected parts of the body. Or, sui
phur, one-half pound; lard, 2 pounds
Mix and apply as suggested above Iur-
peltine and sulphur at the rate OF ten
parts of the former to one Of the latter
is another effective remedy.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

Every farmer knows how hard 1t Is
to keep wire fences In good condition
more than a year or two at time.
Cattle are bound to rub up against
them, people will sag the wires in get
ting over the fence, and even the
weight Of snow has been known to
break them. A wire fence looks all
right as long as the wires are taut,
but as soon as the strands begin to
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

An absolutely water-tight cistern
may be made as follows:
In digging, the sides should be made
smooth and true perpendicularly. For
the bottom use five parts of clean
coarse sharp sand (plasterers call IT
me gravel) to one part Of cement If
My requires to be damp enough 70
work well. 1t should be thorougblv
mixed all at one time, and be lowered
Into the cistern quickly and spread
uore rapidly with shovel or hoe, and
should be beat down hard and smooth.
upon this bottom foundation the
cistern should be walled up with brick
OF stone In cement to at least 9 inches
soove the top of the ground, which will
keep all surface water out For finish
ing the bottom use one part cement 70
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

ular ones. Fasten them to the inside
bit rings of the outside horses. Let
this run over the back of the middle
horse and buckle into the regular
buckle. 1t works fine and gives one
full control of his team.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02

In using three horses try this way OF
arranging the lines: Take a pair Of
old single harness lines and make two
cross lines little longer than the reg.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-10-02
Changed.

They're not as loving as they were
when they we're married last spring. {"
NO; she has developed a terrible
temper"
But he used to consider her an
angel then"
Yes; and now ne wishes she wa.
one for sure"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
A Roman Fortune Teller.

A fortune teller of a lower order
who lives in dirty and obscure
house is constantly applied to by jeal-
Gus lovers. A girl who has a hated
rival sends the latter under the veil of
friendship to consult the fortune teller,
who is prepared beforehand to fright
en- her from her pursuit of the man
she loves. While the bag mixes the
cards and the girl watches three
knocks are heard at the door
''That Is bad sign" says the
witch. ut means that you are not be-
loved
The fortune teller continues to lay
the cards several times, nSt always
| with bad result The girl Is told that
| the man she loves has no intention OF
| marrying her and is advised to have
recourse to all sorts of magic, fol-
which she pays considerable sum
Che rival who has sent her also pays
| .he witch, who thus earns n double
Zee The objects sold by the witch as
charms are many and various. One is
a bit of rag, another Is q purse con
tanning salt. bit of hay. some barley
and some nails These charms are said
to lose their power after a month OF
two. when they must be replaced
Chambers Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
Makes Brave Men cowarss.

1t has been proved that the compare
lively harmless bombarding. so far as
wounds are concerned, of besieged
town is terribly demoralizing to the
bravest men. When shell bursts near
a group of twenty men 1t may kill one
and wound two, while the remaining
seventeen escape without a scratch. 1t
will be found, however, that many of
these are never the same men again
No matter how iron nerved they were
before they are now irreSolute and
timid, and all their faculties are weak
ened. Very often they are jeered at by
their comrades because Of this change,
but this is utterly unjust In fact, their
brain and spinal cord have been in
jured By being violently shaken against
the walls of their bony cavities. The
same thing occurs in railway COLI
sions. People who were robust become
quite feeble and nervous, though they
| may not have received scratch This
curious state in the case OF soldiers is
| we'll recognized by doctors under the
] name of the mental injuries of explo-
sives. The injuries are really quite rs
physical as a shattered leg, for they
consist of kind of bruising of the
very delicate tissue of the spinal cord
and brain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
The Prince of Peace.

Golfers: All the old troublous
questions Of the origin and destination
of the Gaiilee carpenter have passed.
All the medieval worriment in dis
eliminating between human and divine
has gone, al! the puzzled inquiry into
the miraculous. No longer is mankind
stirred over the non-essential. Theor-
les of Him fade away, dogmas on His
nature lose their charm. His gentle
ness has conquered. His influence con.
tinues and widens Slowly brighten
ing, the CLEAN that touched Him
widens through the world. His spirit
moves on the face of civilization, and
makes it kindlier every generation
The touch of His hand is on the grief
stricken. Nurse, physician, and nun
are the messengers of His teaching
The vestal fires burned out, but never
the fires of His spirit, which answer
each other from mountain-top tt
mountain-top across the continents
And deep in the heart of the people
they make family life sweeter and ease
the bitterness of failure and Ignorance
and all life's incompleteness.. Tha
wonderworlsing personality was neve
SO potent as today-so insistent ant
ltenderly sure. Under tnousan,
forms, creeds, and names, men serv,
Him. And however far we go in tn,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
Sending Money Home.

American dollars will furnish Christ
mas cheer ir many humble homes in
Europe this year. Since December /,
in IL days, several million dollars in
foreign money orders have been issued
by the New York postoffice. The ag-
gregate is considerably in excess OF
the figure of last year though not up
to the records of some previous years.
1t is expected that the total, including
large sums that will be carried by the
steamships sailing this week, will
amount to more than $6,000,000.
There was a time when Ireland re-
ceived by far the largest proportion
of these Christmas gifts from its sons
and daughters who had taken up new
homes on this side of the Atlantic
In the last few years, however, it has
been closely pressed for first place by
Italy. A single ship sailing from New
York last week carried nearly 100000
in money orders sent by Italians living
here to relatives and friends in Italy
Large sums are sent to the United
Kingdom, Germany, Hungary and Rus
| STA, with Denmark, Austria, Sweden
Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands anC
Switzerland following in the order
named
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17

Dick hesitated. Perhaps he has
gone TO see u.s." he said in a low tone
to Linda. I'm that case he will be
back before long. Let US wait for
him"
Within an hour Mr.. Henry Waring
entered his house, very detected and
slightly irritable Take the baskets
away, William You and Mary Mich
ems can divide the contents between.
you. Take your evening of, both Of
you. / wish to be alone-'
Whereupon Uncle Henry flung open
the library door and stumbled upon
his nephew and Linda sitting before
| the coy fire.
$50 here you arew said Uncle Hen
ry. blowing his nose violently. Just
been around to your place-nobody
| home"
Somehow-no one could explain
afterward-UncIe Henry found him.
| self sitting on the couch with an arm
around each one.
! You were right about some things.
Uncle Henry" said Dick humbly. 81
can see that If 1 had waited a year
Linda would not have had to work so
hard. Most of the burden of econo-
MIXING has fallen to her share. Show
him your hands, Lindaw
1 WON'T said Linda saucily. "Bnt
we managed to get along somehow.
Uncle Henry. 1t took lots Of love, but
we were well provided with that COM
modify. And now we have brought
our dinner! Shall we eat 1t togetherT''
! by all MEANS" said Uncle Henry
briskly. "The servants are all away,
and We can have the place to our
selves"
IF you like, Uncle Henry, Linda and
will break up and come and live
with you," said Dick slowly. You
are sure you won't mind having a wo-
man in your bachelor paradise?'
Uncle Henry looked from Linda's
sweet face to Dick's-stronger and
more manly and with deep content
in his eyes.
"Folderol." said Uncle Henry, with
vehemence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
PITCHER MURPHY's REQUEST
Ball Player Wanted to Hear "Faee to
Face" Sung as He Died.

BaH Player wanted 10 near rdCo 70
Face" Sung as He Died.
"Say, VIII. one last favor. Sing
Face to Face for me before p And
as his closest friend ended the song
P. II. Murphy, a baseball pitcher. fell
dead in the arms Of William F. La
hiff at his home in Leominster, Mass.
He was twenty-four years old and
died from pneumonia.
Murphy started in baseball In his
home town, Keeue, N. H., having such
man as Hannifan, later Of the New
York Giants, for a teammate in 1902.
Murphy was with Bridgeport when he
jumped to the Allentown Pa) outlaw
league team and showed up so well
that when things had shaped them
, selves so he could come back into or
ganized baseball the st. Louis Nation
ais paid $2,40O for him to Bridgeport
in 1907.
When he regained consciousness just
| before he died he asked his chum to
sing his favorite song, and as the re-
train died away he expired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17

;nre, dearT' asked Linda after a little
pause. ''You know 1 spoke to you
about asking Uncle Henry to spend
last Christmas with us. but you said
he would not come, so gave 1t up"
81 was a fool. Linda" said Dick
forcfbly. Thine and again I've felt
that / must be friends with him once
more, and after the bank closed I
would take walk, intending to stop
in and see him, but the minute l got
within sight Of the house all this
cursed Warning obstinacy would rise
up and send me past the house like a
shot"
IF that is the case," said Linda.
arising and bending over him, Il shall
put on my things and run around an(
drag Uncle Henry here by main force
1 have lait a plate for him and
at is our place to go to him, Linda.
said Dick soberly. Let US go to
gether."
"But my lovely dinner" protested
| Linda, with a wistful glance TOWARD
| the kitchen.
LET us take it with us. l want Un
Gle Henry to taste your pumpkin pies.
replied her husband, jumping to hi
| feet.
In half an hour the toothsome din
ner was snugly packed In two baskets
and the Warnings turned their backs Oh
Clement street and boarded a trolle,
! car.
When they reached the Waring man
sion Dick ran up the steps like DO.
and pressed the bell button.
After a long wait the door opened
and the displeased countenance o
Mary Michens. the cook, was thrus
forth
Good evening, Mrs. Michens,' sal
Dick pleasantly. rs my Uncle Henr
at homer"
HE is notv' replied Mrs. Michen
sourly. Queer qoings l call it whe
lady has cooked as fine a Thank:
giving dinner as ever / see for him t
set before it a minute and then jun
up and order 1t all to be packed /
baskets. And him and William ha
went away with it and me a-promisin
my sister she should have a taste &
that turkey and allr'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-17
The Argus Daily Short Story
THEIR CAUSE FOR THANKS--BY CHARLOTTE CARRUTHERS.
Copyrighted,

When Dick Warning suddenly mar
ried pretty Linda Mills, to whom he
had just become engaged, Uncle Hen
ry Warning danced wrathfully on the
hearth rug and uttered direful predic-
lions.
Il don't blame you for wanting tic
marry Linda" he said angrily, ''but
you should have waited another year
before taking wife and setting up
housekeeping. To my certain knowl-
edge, Dick, you haven't got $500 out
side of your salary, and
81 have my two hands," interrupted
| Dick. with a dramatic gesture, land l
| assure you, Uncle Henry, my wife
shall not suffer-
| "Folderol. snorted Uncle Henry.
Your wife has two hands also, and
| I'll warrant she finds a use for them
in a thousand ways you never thought
Of Why, if you were to meet with
an accident or have long illness
what would you do?'
81 would 60 to work then, Mr.. War
ing" said Linda. with spirit.
1--WE will manage very nicely, I'm
Gle Henry" said Dick haughtily. 81
am sorry you feel angry about it;
but, as l have explained to you. after
Linda's aunt died she was practically
homeless, and persuaded her to mar
ry me at once. It's my fault"
THAT doesn't better the matter, you
young idiotw retorted the choleric OLD
1 gentleman. LINDA could support her.
self by her music for year or two
till you could earn enough to support
a wife. AS 1t is. you will suffer pow.
erty and deprivation and be sick OF
each other before year rolls round.'
Having delivered himself Of thi:
sentiment, Mr.. Waring glared angrily
at his adopted son, and Dick, inherit
ing the same family characteristic tt
a degree, glared back at him.
Then, tucking his little wife's hant
in his arm, he left the commodiou;
and comfortable abode of his boyhoo,
and sought home of his own.
Uncle Henry, left alone, polished hi
eyeglasses vigorously and looked vi
at the picture of Dicks father whicl
hung above the chimneypiece.
"rve done the best l could for him
Jimmy" he murmured huskily. Hell
have to paddle his own canoe now"
: The next day he wrote to Dick ant
offered the two young people hom
with him. Linda could assume charg
: Of the household, and Dick might tax
his old place as the favored son.
Dick made no reply for a week, an
then he merely scrubbed few line
Ito say that they had furnished a littl
house at Clement street, where the
hoped Uncle Henry would come an
see them.
= But Uncle Henry did not go.
A year later Linda Waring was pu
lting the final touches to her Dime
table. 1t was Thanksgiving day, an
Dick was home for the holiday. ST.
could see his dark head bent over
book in the next room.
Presently Linda crept in and s;
, down on the floor beside his chat
what is the matter. Dicky?" 81
asked softly. Something is botheril
lyou."
Its Uncle Henry" confessed Di,
frankly Il have felt beastly mean I
the last twelve months since we ha
been estranged. He has been like
! father to me, and-well, I'm asham
OF myself" He Redeemed under b
flowing gaze.
why didn't you say something.