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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Itching.

Itching.
Pruritus, or itching, is not a disease
In itself, but is a symptom Of SO many
unhealthy states of the system, OF
merely of the skin. that 1t has given
rise to a formidable list Of prescrip-
lions and suggestions for treatment. A
great deal of itching is caused by &c
zema. 1t is the kind that Is called
dry" or "scaly" eczema which gives
rise to most disagreeable and persist
ent form of itching, which sometimes
does not stop even after the skin seems
to have healed.
Another form, called "senile prurit
u.s." attacks old people whose circula.
ton Is defective and whose skin has q
tendency to become thin and atrophied.
In many of these cases it will be found
that there is little or no perspiration,
and this fact has much to do with the
constant irritation of the skin that some
old people complain of SO bitterly, and
which Is often so aggravated as to
threaten the general health, If not life
itself, by reason of the incessant
nervous irritation and loss of rest,
Anything that will restore the lost
function Of perspiring will relieve the
itching In many Of these cases.
A most intense and horrible form Of
itching is, as we all know. often caused
by the bites of certain insects. People
differ greatly in their susceptibility to
the bites Of insects, but some are driv.
en- almost crazy by the bite of mos
quito. This itching Is caused by the
Irritating quality Of the acid poison in.
jected by the insect, and is best met,
not by yielding to the impeling in.
st1nct to scratch, but by quickly meet.
ing the acid poison by the application
Of an alkali, such as household am.
monia, or, simplest Of all, by rubbing
the spot with piece of common soap
In nervous Itching, where there Is
no break in the skin, great relief IL
often obtained by menthol, which re.
lieves by substituting one sensation for
another, but of course has no curative
effect.
Persons with thin and irritable skins,
prone to itch easily, should always
wear silk or soft gauze undergarments
and If they wear wooden underwear
should take care that it does not come
next to the body.
There are as many lotions and ONT.
ments for the relief of this trouble al
there are causes for it, but these should
be prescribed only by the physician who
has ascertained the cause in each par.
ticular case.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

ply renting out all Of the land except
fifty to eighty acres. That several cows
must be kept on such farm goes with
out saying, not only for the monthly
income and profit, but for the manure
that is necessary to keep the soil alive.
Present sanitary requirements call
Tor many devices and appliances that
cannot be installed on the small farm,
but cleanliness and kindness is within
the possibilities Of any Of us, and while
1t Is true that to house the cows in
the same building with the horses has
some disadvantages. it also has its adj
vantages, and to build separate build
lngs for BOTH is not only expensive, but
calls for extra help in caring for and
feeding them
A careful study Of the barn shown
IN the Illustration herewith will show
what we will call a condensed arrange
ment, and, while the COWS are in the
same barn with the horses, good,
tight partition separates them from the
horse barn, to keep out the dust and
odors. For the same reason the silo Is
located where shown, for silage, no
matter how well cared for. has an
offensive odor that is readily absorbed
by milk.
The floor plan is self-explaining, the
silo is an ordinary stave structure, with
wire cables for hoops, as the cable is
lot so easily affected by contraction
nd expansion as the solid iron hoops.
The crib has the foundation left out
rs shown, and the floor is of 2x6 inch
studding, with one-half-inch spaces be-
tween. The siding is drop siding the
same as the balance of the barn, but
the top and lower edges are beveled.
ad one-half-inch space is left be-
tween each board. This construction
allows a free circulation of air, and
keeps out the rain, snow and wind.
The small amount of corn that drops
through the floor Is eaten by the poul-
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

Don't be afraid of getting the soil
too rich for any of the vegetables
whose leaf or stem is edible. If YOU
cannot have plenty of well rotted
manure, top dressing of nitrate of
soda just before planting will furnish
the plant food needed of nitrogen, but
other elements may be needed for a
proper balance. Wood ashes, If avail
able, are good source for potash, but
sulphate or muriate of potash may be
used insread and frequently a dressing
of hyperphosphate is beneficial
If one is growing only a small gar
den for home use. the droppings from
the poultry house will furnish enough
fertilizer to keep the soil in a good
state Of fertility; but If growing truck
on large scale, 1t would be well to
inquire Of your experiment station
what commercial fertilizers would be
OF most help in securing maximum
crops of the vegetables you wish to
grow
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Cooperation Among Farmers.

Men in all other lines of business
organize and work together. Farmers
are beginning to see the need of con-
certed action, but as a rule we still
work s1ngle-handed. At Lombard ILL.,,
about twenty miles west of Chicago,
the farmers who produce milk for sale
IN the big city have tried several times
TO organize in order to force the milk
trust to pay them a price in accord
ance with what the customer pays, but
the trust Is always able to hire some
FARMER to break the rules of the local
association or to talk against the prof.
ect 10 such an extent as to defeat its
ends. That Is one great difficulty in
forming protective measures among
farmers. There are always few men
IN the community who are willing to,
sacrifice future advantages to gain
few cents in present price.-Agricul.
tural Epitomist.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
FRIVOLOUS MADRID.
Spanish Capital Spendthrift Town
and Devoted to Gossip.

and Devoted to Gossip.
The note Of Madrid is frivolity. II
Is a spendthrift town. Nowhere do 50
many people of modest means keep
carriages, or at least hire them. The
automobile has supplied new outlet to
an old passion.
Nowhere do so many people who can
not afford to have motor driver, or to
buy regular supplies Of petrol (Which,
to be sure, Is both dear and bad In
SPAIN keep an automobile. Therefore
they turn out now and again for a
short run at high speed to their glori-
fication and the danger of the public.
AS for that public, it lives in the
streets and in perpetual state Of brisk
talk.
What London or Paris news comes
through to Madrid, except kilograms,
Is mostly gossip. Important matters
appear to interest the Madrileno little
What did interest him was when a
young person appeared on horseback In
Hyde Park in dlrectoire costume
Feather-headed and light-heeled, the
MadrilenO is, on the other hand, good
natured and easy to live with.
Madrid women dress WELL even very
well, and the charm of the Spanish
woman is never denied. Modern Mad.
rid is sometimes supposed to be mod
eled on modern Paris, but the writer's
view is that there is nothing Partisan
about Madrid, except the skin.
Paris works desperately hard, is in
tensely interested In serious things and
produces thinkers and men of intellect
ual and scientific eminence. Madrid
certainly does not work hard, does not
appear to be much interested in any.
thing but frivolity, and few of her
greatest men, even statesmen, are much
more than names.-London Times.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Mrs. Carnegie and tho Poor.

Few people know that prior to her
marriage Mrs. Andrew Carnegie waa
an ardent worker among the poor and
has continued her work, though in a
more restricted fashion. She was Miss
Louise Whitfield and is many years the
Junior of Mr.. Carnegie. The one child
Of the union, Margaret, was for some
years exceedingly frail, fact which
caused Mrs. Carnegie to keep well hid
den from the public eye. Even now
that Margaret is sturdy girl hss
mother shuns society and devotes her.
self to home life.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
ROtRtfOn of Foresfa

Inc necessity Of the rotation OF
crops Is well recognized among mod
ern farmers. and now it appears that
In India nature is seen practicinx tho
same thing in the forests. The soil
becoming exhausted after long period
of one kind Of forests, seedlings Of
other species gradually replace the
old trees as they die out On the
Indian soil, the deodar tree has been
observed taking the place of the blue
pine, pine and oak slowly exchange
places, and spruce and silver fir have
been noted gradually extending into a
forest Of failing oaks.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

try and hogs. The studding are -
feet, and the lower story Is feet
the cow stalls are Of cement, with gut
ter, and all stalls have pounded clay
floors. 1t will pay to plaster the walls
and ceiling Of the COW barn with ce-
ment. After the silo has been used for
several years. it is intended to lath
and plaster it with cement.
1t will pay TO use good material
throughout. provide good foundation
and roof, and to keep all exposed wood
work well painted.
AS the various climates demand
slightly different construction, and the
lumber used is not the same in all
sections. it would be simply a waste Of
valuable space to describe them here
]. E. Bridgman. in st. Paul Dispatch
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

"sAoh mat damages Corn.
The corn Is often damaged by the
roots being broken in deep cultivation.
This Is not the case to serious ex-
tent early in the season, when the corn
Is small, but the check to the crop NAV
be quite marked if cultivated deem
late in the season, when the corn has
reached height Of to feet or more.
particularly If the previous cultivation
has been shallow or neglected If dry
weather happens to follow such treat
ment the damage to the crop Is much
increased When not followed by
some form Of cultivation that will level
down the ridges left by the large shovel
cult1vator, the ground will dry out
quite deeply and in the burrows be-
tween the ridges this drying readily
reaches the roots Of the corn. To
obviate this as much as possible, when
the old-fashoned large shovels are
used, the work should be followed as
soon as possible with something to
level down the surface. Unless there
Is something to be gained by it, deep
cultivation should not be followed
Oklahoma Station.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Fertilizer for Potatoe.

For potatoes the past year we used
loo pounds of fertilizer to the acre
one-third applied broadcast and the
rest scattered in the furrow, brushing
the fertilizer into the soil of the fur.
row before planting the seed After
planting, the surface was kept well
stirred to prevent weeds starting and
the cultlVator was run often enough
to keep down the weeds. A little hand
hoeing was done. The yield was 250
bushels per acre. The crop followed
corn and the land was very thorough
ly narrowed before potatoes were
planted. Plenty of narrowing and ub-
eral use of fertilizers may be depend
ed on to give a good crop.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
All in Management,

Folks say that If you want any class
OF stock that can always be sold at a
profit, from weaving time until totter-
ing ola age, you want mule. We do
not raise mules, so can not speak from
experience. This much we do know.
however, several good friends of ours
have been dickering in mules for years
without making any money. Perhaps
these are the exceptional cases that
prove the rule. Others have raised
and bought mules and made good
money. We surmise it's more the man
and his management than 1t is the
mule, that reaps the profit. The same
man dealing In razorbacks might make
some money.-Farmers' Mail and
Breeze
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Plans for Farm Barn,

T1HHs tut II HrH bHrn.
The many very marked changes in
farm life would lead one to believe
that the large farm u.s. or soon will be,
thing of the past. The high price
OF farm help, the necessity for better
cultivation and farming, fewer and
better bred stock, better care of stock,
better buildings for housing the hay,
grain and stock, has or soon will bring
arranged that greater variety of prod
ucts are raised
Many instances are known where the
man who had struggled for years with
200 to 800 acres, barely made living,
and of doubling their income by SIM
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Sympathy.
Sy"PWVHye
1t was In the art museum.

1t was in the art museum.
Eyes, Mandy" said Mr.. Hardapple,
a stature of Venus. You see, she hasn't
any arms"
"Poor thing!" sighed Mrs. Hardapple.
81 was just wondering"
wondering what, my dear?"
"Why, how in the world she ever
carried her shopping bag"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
A Sympathetic Strain.

do you think you are benefited by
your sojourn at the seashore?"
"No," answered Mr.. Sirius Barker.
"Our hotel was at one Of those sandy
stretches where people tired themselves
out in weekend holidays. When you
looked at the place you felt sorry for
the people and when you looked at the
people you felt sorry for the place.
Washington Star.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Breeding Corn,

Prof. R. A. Moore says that pains
taking in breeding corn has raised the
average corn production In Wisconsin
from 25 bushels per acre in 1901 to
Alp bushels per acre in 1907. This in.
crease is worth striving for in every
State and on every farm.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Notes of the Pig Pen

Give growing pigs food to produce
bone and muscle rather tran fat.
The pig should have a warm. drv
bed kept clean and free from dust.
No domestic animal responds so
quickly to good treatment as the hog
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Weighed In the Hand,

''Some grocers," remarked the Gus
toner, have an off-hand way Of weigh.
ing sugar, but l notice you're not one
Of them"
"Off-hand way? How do you mean p
asked the grocer.
~ noticed you kept your hand on tho
scales just now while you measured
out FIVE pounds for me" -Philadelphia
Press.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
CHAPTER XIX.

Missile left on crying and stared at
Roger. He told Alison afterward that
those half-drowned blue eyes made him
feel quite bad-but then Roger was such
q soft-hearted fellow.
you do not understand" she said At
last, very slowly.
my dear little sister," he said, tax
Ing her hand, II do understand, and SO
does Alison, and we are both agreed on
this point. Repentance Is apt to be trou-
blesome II It be carried beyond due bounds
and, In fact, 1t can degenerate into
selfshness-and you are really very self
ish about this"
"Oh, Roger" exclaimed Alison, q lit
tie shocked at this plain speaking. But
Roger knew what he was about; he was
determined. as he said quantity, Ito seal
up the fountain of Missiles tears"
as he not unkind?" returned Door
Missile, piteously. "He calls me selfish,
just because am % sorry about papa"
1--WE are all sorry. Mabel" returned
her brother, seriously. though we do
not 20 about the house wettinx the floors
with our tears, like medieval sinners. I
declare it makes one quite damp to come
near you-it Is really bad for your health,
my dear"
snow you are laughing at me-" she
replied, pettishly.
"True, and that Is the unkindest cut
of all. is It not? But am not laugh
ing when talk about your selhshnes. :
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

pasture to another
while cows are
confined to one. AS
shown, the hanger
Is a piece of strap
iron bent around
the post and sup
ported by pegs.
These pegs may be
inserted in holes
at varying heights.
This is also a good
device for raising
the gate above the,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

There is some objection because Z
man keeps his wife busy all day Sun
day waiting on him.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

buckwheat from "buche."
The word "buckwheat" comes frou
the German "buche," or buch wheat. Il
In 80 called because 1t is triangular.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

The amateur gardener raises more
hlisters than vegetables
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25
Easily Regulated Gate.

Inc gate hanger illustrated in the
drawing is very handy for use where
1t Is desired to let hogs pass from one
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

snow in winter
Sam Avery, in Farm and Home.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-25

A boy or girl may legally wed IL
Australia at IA.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
PolyGamy in Utah.

A little while ago we printed a
roster of men who are actually re-
puted, and doubtless correctly so,
to have entered into new polygam-
GUS relations within recent years,
very recent years indeed as COM
pared with the date of the manifes-
to of 1890. The Desert News, re-
ferring to that list, apparently ac-
cepted it as correct, and undertook
to belittle the polygamy scare" by
saying that if these were all who
had gone into polygamy since 1890
the list was matter of no great
concern.
This admission, however, on the
part. Of; the church organ serves not
to limit the number of new cases
of polygamy, but as a foundation
upon which reasonably to assume
that polygamy is alarmingly preva-
lent for to every new polygamous
case that comes to the notice of the
nOn-Mormons there are doubtless a
hundred that the non-Mormons
never hear anything about.
1t is entirely safe, therefore, to
say, as the Tribune has said here
tofore, that the new cases of poly
gamy are numbered by the hun
dreds; perhaps it would be no great
exaggeration to even say by the
thousands.
At all events, it is a sure thing
that there has been such a recru-
descence of polygamy within recent
years as could not have been
dreamed of any time between the
outlying of the manifesto and the
comforting of Statehood upon Utah.
- Salt Lake Tribune.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
Oldest in State.

Fulton, Mo-, Sept. II. West
minister college, the oldest in the
state, was destroyed by fire last
night, all of the main building and
the chapel which adjoins it having
been consumed.
The dormitory, known as Reun-
ion hall and Science hall, on either
side of the main building, were saw
ed. BY heroic work on part of the
citizens hundreds of valuable books
from the library were taken from
the building before the flames
reached them.
Westminster college is Presby-
terrain school, and was founded in
1649. The building which was
burned WIS erected in 1853. The
loss is estimated $75,OOO The in
surance is $4,000.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
MiSGetting and Misusine.

Clergymen who criticize the mis-
use of wealth, would do well to re-
feet little upon the misgetting of
wealth. When ones pocket is pick
ed the thief's misuse of the plumber
is not nearly so important to one as
the way he got it. And so with a
people. That they are plundered is
of more Importance to them than
that the plumber is misused. That
Rockefeller divides his with church.
men, while Schwab squanders his
in riotous living, is wholly irrele-
want to the main point, which is
that both of them earn" it vicari-
ously in the sweat of other mems
faces. = The Public.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
Moses.

Besides the woodland brook,
Deep in the ferny fringes,
There is an ancient sylvan book
With silver clasp and hinges.
On pages gray and stained,
By wind and weather smitten,
Through years the records have re-
manned
AS fresh as when first written,
Green are the lyric themes
Upon the granite pages,
Repeating the delights and dreams
Of many bygone ages.
All, wonder-poet Time,
Your happy child the brook is;
She turns to music every rhyme,
And hers this precious book isl
Frank Dempster Sherman, in
New York Sun.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
A Poor Mans Drink.

The yerba mate, or Paraguay tea,
has an immense consumption in
the lower parts of South America,
almost to the exclusion of tea and
coffee. 1t grows wild and plentiful,
is cheap as dirt, and has a good per
cent of theme" the active principle
of tea and coffee, but less than eth
er. 1t has a genuine high thera-
peutic soothing, stimulating effect
upon the stomach and the whole
system The people over a large
part of South America have the
very strongest belief in its curative
and consoling effects. The Argen-
tine peon and cowpuncher live on
so much meat and so few vegeta-
bles that if they did not drink
mate" the effects of Sc much ami
NAL food would certainly hurt
them. They usually suck up the
hot mate tea through straw, and
that is all they get from sunrise to
midday. 1t may become the poor
mans drink of the world. New
York Press.
Mr.. Taft as Dlsappointer of Hopes
The Commoner thinks it hardly
fair for Mr.. Taft, after holding out
hopes that if elected President he
would help secure a Constitutional
amendment providing for the cleo.
ton of United States Senators by
popular vote, to disappoint these
hopes when the election is over
But these are not the only disap,
pointed hopes that the masses Of
MI. Taft's supporters are about "tc
enjoy, thank you The Public.
/ .t.. r-.I ----------T------
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
A Large Hotel.

An American once asked Pat to
show him the largest hotel that
Ireland could boast of. Pat took
him to the largest hotel he knew.
OH exclaimed the American,
this hotel would sit in one corner
of some of the hotels in New
York" ..
Just as they we're at the door
coming out they saw two horses
drawing a large piece of iron (about
twenty feet)
What is that for?" asked the
American.
"Ohr exclaimed Pat, were
building a new hotel in the next
street and that's the poker.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

John Chaloupsky and Lambert
Lane of the firm of Chaloupsay &
Lane went to St. Louis, Saturday
to buy a bill of goods for their
merchant tailoring establishment.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

The surgeons in Quincy operated
on Mrs. Julius A. Jackson last Fri
day and removed her appendix.
She is recovering nicely from the
operation.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

Mrs. Minnie lesson and daugh-
ter, Miss Irene, are visiting their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Yancy
Theihoff. Mrs. Theihoff has pre-
scented her husband with pretty
daughter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
Call E. Y.

When you want your sales cried
and want Col. w. 7. Youell, call up
Ebert Yates at the F. & M. Bank
and he will give you dates. Re-
member and call E. Y.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16
Badly Cut.

Sunday morning M. C. Hawkins,
the meat merchant. was slicing a
ham and almost amputated his left
thumb. DR.. Turner had to split
the thumb lengthwise to take up
and join the severed leader.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

Mrs. Dora Hallock and son, EN-
met have tired of Chicago and will
move back to this city. They will
receive a warm welcome from their
friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

Mrs James Marshall has been
visiting her daughter. Mrs. James
Boulwafe in Hannibal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

! T. L Burditt, wife and daughter,
Miss Bessie have been with Palmy-
ra friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

Thos M. Boulware, 'Secy. of the
Raoihg Circuit attended the fair at
Fayette, the last meeting of the
circuit this season.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-09-16

Rev. M. L. McReynolds and wife
went To Palmyra, Friday to visit
their son, Pearl and wife. i