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The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

The forestry problem will never be
adequately considered or handled until
the practice is followed Of always
planting tree in place of that which
is cut down. Thus only can we keep
head above water horticulturaily.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
1t Never Pays !

Horse owners 10 be careless in max
ing purchases of HARNESS. FLY
NETS. LAP BUSTERS. or even in the
matter Of Repairing.
In all the featurea. which 20 TO make
up desirable place 10 trade. we posi.
lively know that we are At THE
HEAD.
Goods Of absolute reliability.
PFicea that are reasonable and fair
A full stock with judicioua selection
Of goods renders our place a desirable
one On which 10 bestow your patronage
We know We can offer advantages and
to this end we solicit your fayoru.
Travelling Outfits. Turf and Basc Ball
Specials.
OPEN AT NIGHT.
Respy, J. w. SKUNK. Popular Cash
Harness Emporium.
apr i6 43 +. Main ST.. Westminster.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

Mississippi boasts Of one county In
which every white boy of school age
is working a piece Of ground with his
own hands as a part of his education.
Ii more boys were mixing some OF
this work In the soil with what they
get from hooks they would develop
into more wholesome and useful mem.
bers of society.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
MAD QUIT WORK
READY TO GIVE UP IN DESPAIR

Il was sick. rundown and finally
had to give up work. After trying
a number OF remedies and several ply
slcians, was just about ready 10 give
up In despair. saw Vinol ad-
vertised and decided to try II,
and II has done more good for
me than all other means combined. It
has built me up and restored my
strength until ! now feel twenty years
younger, and am able TO attend to my
work again as usual" Job Jeavons,
1895 Lind street, Wheeling, w. Va.
The reason Vinol is 30 successful In
such cases is because It contains tonic
iron and all OF the STRENGTHENING
blood-malIing and bodybuilding eIe-
ments OF cod liver oil, but no oil.
Vinol is unexcelled as a strength
creator for old people, delicate children.
weak. rundown persons, and after
sickness--and is the best known rem
edy for coughs. colds and bronchitis.
We return your money IL VInol fails
to give satisfaction.
SHAW DRUG CO.,
WESTMiNSTEa, MO.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

A Wisconsin poultryman recon-
mends placing chickens afflicted with
gapes In a barrel In which a quantity
Of Stacked lime has been scattered.
his contention being that. In, its efforts
to fly out. the chicken will STIR up and
breathe in enough lime dust to kill
the cape worms, which may then be
sneezed out. Care should be used that
the chickens treated do not get too
much lime. and the remedy should not
be used with chicks less than half
grown.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

Once in q while there is an orchard
which Is too thrifty 10 bear fruit. the
case being analogous 20 the fartu anl.
mai which gets NO fat that Il win not
breed satisfactorily This difficulty
with the orchard may be helped some
by removing mulch If there Is any.
plowlng the orchard and growing some
crop which will remove surplus moist.
urc aud energy from the soil Another
way Of toning the trees down Is to
prune heavily or 20 remove narrow
strips 1t bark running parallel with
the trunk. This last cxpedient should
only be tried az last resort and then
only by one who understands the Job
aud will not overdo II.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

A precious lot Of the governments
money is stIll being wasted every year
through the printing and distribution
OF so many thirty 10 sixty page bulIc.
tins. which from the standpoint Of
value for the average farmer might as
well be written In Hebrew and san.
skirt Not only does the farmer not
have time to wade through them. but
the average country editor does not A
fair regard for the forest conservation
policy. concerning which SO much ls
just now being wrlttca. would seem
TO suggest the propricty OF boiling
down good many Of these treaties
and thus sparIng the trees from which
the paper Is made
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

Omaha has a students organization
that is known as the Alfalfa Hay
club. 1t Is their belief that beef.
steak and alfalfa is a balanced ration
and an excellent energy producer for
mental as well as physical exercise.
The alfalfa ration Is given In the shape
Of gems. pancakes, mush and cake, the
tender and nutritious portions Of the
plant being finely ground and bleach.
ed. II this ration does as much for
these college boys as for hogs and
beevs in the feed LOT. they may be
counted on to get there with both feet
in the 40 dash and in wrestling with
Greek aud Latin roots
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

The number " mice which will be
on hand TO threaten orchard trees
when the winter SHOWS are deep may
be materially reduced II piles of mulch
hay or other liticr are removed by ID,
hrst Of September, Many Of these
piles OF litter viii be found TO contain
nests of from Eve 10 eight little naked
squirming mice which nre very easily
dispatched The writer remembers
removing some ten or more cocks Of
grass from The orchard about the time
mentioned aud In almost every pile
there were Just such bunch ~ liltle
mice. which would have been able To
do world OF gnawing by nidwinter
had they been left undIslurbcd
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

There ought tp bc au enthusiastic
member " an Audubon society in ry.
rry state legislature 10 the country.
simpiy that some one posted on the
subject of the economic Importance ~
birds might bc on hand to give lrEisla
lo's wholesome and hard headed nd
vice 10 keep them FROM auwlttlngiy
passing laws permitting the dcstruc.
tion OF useful birds. The need Of this
has been suggested by au act intcIy
phoSv'a ~ tsfc .asniiunsta s.atsia,nas..
giving towns aud counties the right 10
n bounty for killing blackhlfds and
crows. Nothing much can be snld for
the crow. barring his utility as scav.
engcr. but Il II different with the black
bird. which II chased as one 81 the
useful birds. Had some one been on
hand az the fimc this biii was passed
TO present the case for the blnckbird
II Ia doubtful II such o measure would
have passed.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

Very little has been done nR vet
along the line Of testing Stag. as
ration for lambs, The Illinois expert.
ment station has, however. been con.
ducting some feeding experiments
along this line and the results have
been very satisfactory Six lots OF
lambs Of the same age and weighing
an average Of ninety-three pounds
were IN the feeding test One lot was
fed no silage at all, their ration being
l.42 pounds of corn and I.l2 pounds OF
hay per day. The other i've lots were
fed varying amounts OF ensliage with
lighter rafions Of hay and corn. At
the end Of the period II was found the
LOT fed hay and corn only had made a
gain OF thirty-threc pounds each. the
average cost per pound OF gain being
40 cents. The lot fed the most sllage
had ration OF lis pounds shelled
corn, los pounds silage and IT
pounds hay, and during the period
made total gain in weight OF 3s.4
pounds. with an average cost per
pound OF gain Of 81 cents. II will be-
observed that the lambs fed most
sllage made greater gain than the
others and at cost OF nearly a cent
s>ss per pound The feeding of the
silage was not attended by any in
furious effects whatever The series
Of experiments would seem to furnish
definite and valuable information for
a good many who have been consider.
ing sIlage as a possible ration for
lambs aud sheep.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

A fruit grower who Is the recipient
Of the very useful service which the
birds render him In the destruction of
a multitude of insect pests which
but for their Intervention would con
sumo about everything he produced
and then denies them q bite Of bis
tempting fruit as sort Of reward. Is
absolutely too mean and stingy to live
am0nR civilized. fair minded folks. He
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

should nave ring put IN nis nose anu
turned out with the porkers.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

- - fAfh%eNNaNh wv tAANA tAuAU
the seemingly extravagant statement
that II a fellow steals ham be goes
to prison for II. but II he steals
railroad or wrecks a bank he goes
scot free.
Farmers and gardeners in Massa.
chusetts are suffering considerable
damage from deer. the killing OF which
has been prohibited for a number or
years past and are now asking the
Legislature for permission 10 kill ma
randing deer which appear on their
premises The deer seem TO realize
that they are privileged characters and
preSuming on this have become 80 bold
Tint ihri lnvadc farm ficlds and gar.
dens aud Do unch damage Ia single
ulght This ~ au Illustration OF pro-
tectinn which has bpcn csl-Iie,. too far
and iN Ovcrlnue Permission to Kill
trespnSsing animals would tioubtiens
put stop tu the nuisauce and make
them seek upcultlvat,.d tirlds and tim.
ber lots
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

The crabgrass. one OF the worst OF
garden pests, is fortunately only an
annual-liyes but a year-and Lence IL
1t Is kept from going to seed In
August or September II will be
knocked out for next year. Elbow
grease and perseverance are the req
uisites In extermlnating It.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13

A road treated with the road drag
acquires character, so to speak, as
time passes. One treatment keeps 1t
from getting into as bad shape during
the next wet spell, and so on with
every subsequent treatment until Ii
becomes well nigh impervious TO sur
face water and much less susceptible
to indentations from the traffic which
passes over II.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
AN up TO DATE
!. SANTA CLAUS
BY SUSAN BROWN ROBBINS.

~AUL FLETCHER WAS in the
~ drawing room waiting Cor Ida
i to come. Ida lived with her
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
To Every Reader of The Leon Reporter.
THE MOTHER OF
THE TEDDY BEARS

copyright. 1909. by American Press AsDo-
ciation.l
~ nee upon time-not so many
years ago either-there sat in
~ the doorway Of a small cot.
tGge in Germany young NO.
man with smiling eyes. child loving
heart and an invalid body. The chill
dren of the little village all knew her
and sat in groups around her doorway
listening TO stories. telling her Of their
childish adventures. and then. greatest
JOY OF all receiving in turn some de-
lightful toy that her deft fingers had
been fashioning while they talked to-
gether.
Day by day the children gathered
about this doorway. They told of the
latest flower that had blossonled on
the mountain side. of the wonderful
span of horses that Hans. the best
carver of the village. had cut from
single block Of wood. Of the dear little
blossoms that baby Gretchen had
painted upon the set of wooden dishes
that were to go to the Christmas mar
ket. And to them all the young wo-
man listened. smiling. while she piled
her needle or cut-snip. snip-with her
scissors
And while they talked or while they
listened the eyes Of the children rest
ed eagerly upon the busy fingers. for
| they firmly believed that in those IN
gers lay magic which none others
possessed And why should they not
believe it. for when the sun began set
Ting down toward the mountain crests,
and it was time for them to run away
home to their Suppers of bread and
milk the fingers were always stretched
out toward some new member Of the
/! group. and upon them rested Il Won
ierful animal-a kitten. or 81 rabbit, or
a duck. or Il tiny bear-;lnd the like
ness was so wonderful tina. The chill
| dren always breathed forth deeps
"Oh's" and Abs" and knew for GER
tainty that there was magic in the
| makers fingers. No one else in all the
country could make such animals as
these-not even Hans. the marvellous
carver.
Always the busy worker sat in her
doorway. where she could sec the rug
| Seu ulouEtH!HS. tne green grass. the
nodding tinwers. Perhaps it was the
strength. h. grace and the beauty OF
these that wrought themselves into her
simple work.
Then it came about-and no one was
more surprised than this child loving
young woman hrrself-that she found
herself making hundreds and hundreds
Of toy animals. for toy buyers from
England and America had heard of her
wonderful ducks ard rabbits and bears
and they wanted them for tho children
of their countries too
. And who. do you ask. was this young
woman in faraway Germany? can
only tell you this: She is known now
far and wide as the mother Of the
Teddy BEARS"
JULIA BARROW COWLES. 8
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

NOS pretty old. too, aud maybe does
ASt know how to ride. and. besides,
hsw would he bring the presents?"
whats the use of presents. any
way? never have anything that's
asy goOd."
II think you have the blues today"
said Fletcher. and tn n he did not
speak again. though Teddy tried to
draw him out.
He seemed to be in Il brown study.
ana soothing reused him till Ida catne
IN, and even then he did not say much
and stayed only a snort time.
1t was in the evening that card
was brought to Teddy. On IT was
written santa Claus" Teddy's eyes
,sf,arkled. Tell him to come in." be
said grandly.
A moment later Santa Claus stood
..)rfnre him. tall. fur clad figure will,
allowing hair and beard. Teddy shool;
ihands and introduced the guest to his
,aant.
j Ibid you find it good sleighing?
Teddy asked. And how are the rein.
tdeers?''
81 did not come on runners. youne
naa. I said Santa Claus. Perhaps you
ibid moi know that there Is no snow or
,s,rA &, &.
Teddy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

"A motor carriage- cried Teddy In
crcdulously Then he ran to the win
dow and looked out. ut is. Aunt
Ida" he said excitedly. coming hack
You can see 1t just as plain out M
der he electric light
Il did mol bring you any presents"
said Santa Claus. las heard you did
not care for them. but would tike to
take you for a little ride. II your aunt
will go too. came early" glancing
MT the clock. $50 that ! can get back
aud attend to the boys and girls who
like to have presents
'.Of course we will CO." said Teddy
promptly. Il have never been In .
motor carriage"
In few r,oments the three werr IN
their way. well projected from the
cold. bracing air by an abundance OF
fnrs and wraps. There was no moon,
but after the lighted! streets Of the
town were past the stars shone down
on them brightly.
Teddy was wild with delight. and bis
tongue ran on rapidly. AT length there
were occasional puuSeS. then longer
zones interrupted by disjointed remarks
FINALLY there was total silence. Fletch
'er bent over so that he could see the
chiId's face; then he looked at Lids
land smiled.
They went on for little in silence
Fletcher was trying to compose hi
speech.
81 don't know how to say IT." ht
burst out desperately at length. :"
keep forgetting how look. and Il
say 1t the way | want to 1t will be per
fectly ridiculous. And vet mus
say 1t, for ! may never have anothe
chance" X
She was looking at him. her startles
eyes dark and luminous in the star
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
JULIA BARROW COwLEs
Hawaiian Christmas.

Hawaiian Christmas.
Birds are singing everywhere.
Happy. merry Christmas!
Flowers are showing beauties rare,
Merry. happy Christmas!
Here in ocean girdied home.
Here in pleasant tropic zone,
Meath glorious summer sun
Comet, merry Christmas,
Day which giveth 10Y to all. &
Happy, merry Christmasl
Poor and rich and great or small
Merry. happy Christmas!
Day when angel voices can
Praise to him. the Lord of all.
And peace. good will. to mankind tAN
On every merry Christmas.
Santa Claus comes here Away
Every merry Christmas.
Sans the reindeer. sans the sleigh
OF the lang syne Christmas.
Here is neither frost nor snow.
Here but pleasant trade winds blow.
Here is paradise below
And a merry Christmas.
Hawaiis homes send forth today Si
"A merry. happy Christmas!'
To the loved ones far away.
"a happy. merry Christmas.
May the God child's natal day
Be happy one Away.
From sorrow free and every way
A merry. merry Christmas!
Paradise of the Pacific.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

light
Perhaps you do not need TO say It,"
she said gently.
do you mean that you understand
without MY telling you?" he asked
eagerly
Yes" she answered very low.
When they reached the house Fletch
er took Teddy III his Hr,is aud carried
him in. lie Ind him gently on the
couch In the hail aud turned away,
thinking the child still slept
Il can stop only Al moment Fletch'
er said. lis it lateY"
At that instant Teddy sat bolt up
right, staring about him wildly. he
caught sight Of bis father In an ad.
Joining room.
"Oh. papav' he cried. his voice ring
ing out clear and shrili ''Oh. papa,
Santa Claus is kissing Aunt I.ida!-
Boston Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

rADL FLETCHER WAS III the
~ drawing room waiting Cor Ida
i to come. Ida lived with her
brother. and every time Fetch
,er called 10 see her either the brothers
wife or his children were in the room
SO there was never chance to say
a1gthing to her alone.
At last. however. his opportunity had
come. 1t was the day before Christ
mas. and Mrs Stafford and the children
had gone to her mothers for several
days.
New. with Ida left at home with
1.-The two servants and her brother not
coming till evening. Fletcher could say
ia her those things he had been long
ing to say. but which he could not
bring himself to write in letter nor
to declare before the assembled family.
At length. after what seemed a very
long waiting. some one was coming.
lie stood up and looked eagerly to-
ward the doorway. The portiere was
thrust aside. and in walked Teddy
freddy. who. in Fletcher's opinion. was
the wtrrst pill in the whole box as fa:
as staying power aud keen obserya-
tieD were concerned.
Hello. Teddy" he said. not very
cordially. Il thought you had gone to
spend Christmas with your grandma"
Il didn't 60 said Teddy.
DO you expect visit from Santa
Claus tonisht?"
''Oh s'pose so" YEARLY. I'D just
like To see him. though His manner
grew more animated
WHY. what would you do:"
I'D tell him what think Of him."
''And what is that?"
''Oh, that l think he's fraud. IRE.
tending be comes in a sleigh when the
ground has been bare for month!
And rpnGeers too. Who does he think
is going to believe that: Why doesn':
he come on a bicycle?'
II Is fur overcoat would be rather il,
the way" said Fletcher gravely. And
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
Christmas Fireeraekers.

In many parts Of the south for years
after the civil war 1t was Christmas
instead Of the Fourth Of July that was
the season for tirecrackers Every
Christmas the storekeepers laid in large
supplies of trecrackers. and the small
boy of that period felt sadly sighted
by Santa Clans unless be found Mt
least one Of his stockings stuffed with
bunrhes of the little red explosives In
these districts such Il thing as Il fire.
cracker on the Fourth of July was I'M
knows. OF late years. however. the
firet.racker has been restored to its
proper date IN nearly every community.
and Christmas noise Ii confined chiefly
to tbs blowiiig OF horns and the beat-
ing y ~ drums.
IIEPURTER FOR SALE BILLS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
Fer the iconocIast.

Don't let your little ones into the Sc.
eret that Santa Claus is an iinp0stor
Let them figure out for themselves
how fat man with big pack ci.n
get into the parlor crate through rho
chimney OF a modern house hearad BY.
steam Imagination Is q quality desirs
able 70 cultivate. q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

a quilt around me and rushed into her
room TO kill the burly burglar. She
was still shrleking ! looked under
the bed IN tue clothes closet, ev".".
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
LueIIa's Christmas Gift.
by ROBERT DoNNELL

T was the funniest thing ever"
said the bachelor boarder.
You see. Miss Luella aud
are going to be married. so
can tell 1t. Miss Luella took a sudder
fancy to hang up her stocking Christ.
mas eve. just for the fun Of 1t. She
hung 1t below the mantel. setting a
mouse trap on the turned over edge
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

A REAL, LIVE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
where. but found no intruder. l found
him in the stocking.
II drowned him-in the washbowl.
Then ! took advantage Of the occasion
to tell Miss Luella that If she actually
wanted real live Christmas present
she could have me-"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
What's In 4 Name

What's IN a Name?
Papa Boys. what do You want for
Christmas3
Billy want q bobsied.
\ Bobby want 4 billygoak
Papa euppoGe yuri swan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21
SWEETBREAD DEMAND
KEEPS UP VEAL PRICES
All Washington Must Have This
Delicacy Now to Round Out
Menu.

Every now and then the produce mai
ks is called upon to meet an abnormal
demand of a certain commodity u
fact. there is scarcely a week In ire
wear that this IS Tot the case and the
dealer IS often put to hard straits In
order to satisfy Inc freakish appetite
Of the public.
Just at present an OF Washington
seems TO have the opinion that din
ner to be strictly up-tO-date must cor
tain sweetbreads. prepared in some
form or other, on it's menu. The result
is that there has been an almost un-
precedented demand for calves, and
there has been more zeal received on
the local market this winter than lot
several wears. Had IL not been Ter the
unusual demand for the deLcacy TINS
season, the probability is that the car
market would have 1een duh, ana prices
would have been considerably lower
than they are at present
As long as calves are slaughtered
brInclpallv for sweetbreads, high prices
will continue on veal, since this is neces-
garv ia order to make up 70 the I'VE
stock dealer what he is required TO
paw for the stock. The puDlic.s taste
FOR. sweetbreads win have 20 diminish
before veal can be expected 10 become
rheaper saw dealers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-01-21
WEDDING APPEALS
TO WHOLE WORLD
No Other Incident of Life So
Interests Both Young
and Old.

1t is extraordinary how all classes Of
the community are interested in a we'd
ding. The happy pair" may be celeb
rites or persons of whom one has never
heard. they may be relatives or the
nlerest acquaintance, but whoever the
may be. they may be perfectly sure q
striking a sympathetic note 10 which all
and suudry will respond.
Naturally, what is called ? "big" we'd
ding swakens widespread interest. But
in an ordinary wedding il might be sup
posed that little interest would be
aroused did we not know that all the
world dearly loves a lover and that a
bride is always sure Of an audience, so
to say The fact, presumably, that two
persons are setting out together along a
road full Of pitfalls. that they are tax
ing each other for better or worse, can
not but excite certain amount of curl
oslty and strike a chord OF human sym
pathy.
Those who are married realize what
dangers lie ahead, what responsibilities
ire being incurred, while those as yet
Unmarried marvel at the temerity OF
the pair. or wonder If they will ever find
themselves in the same position. A
v sdding in short, is generally regarded
in the light Of an interesting expert
ment tinged with considerable amount
Of romance.
Most of as are sentimentalists at
heart, and in every wedding there must
be something that stirs within us the
81 lrit of romance. II it were not so, If
weddings failed to interest, the world
would come 10 an end.