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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15

Louisville. Ky, Feb. I4.-Heavy sleet and biizzards in the northwest cut Off Dixie from that section at the Ohlo River today. the Chicago telegraph offices were blown down so effectively that no amount of work was able to restore the Windy City to communication with New York. Louisville. Cleveland In- dianapolis and St. Louis.
 The rare circumstance of Chicago being cut off from New York and the South was the result
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
SVrre Poleu Are noMn,

St. Louis. Mo, Feb. 14.-Delayed and Interrupted telegraph dispatches re- ceiNed here tonight tell of a heavy sleet storm north and west of St. Louis
 The storm firsf started with rain and was followed by sleet which car- Eied many telegraph wires and poles to the ground.
 At Keekuk, Ia.,. . hurricane blew down the towers on. the bridge across the Mississippi river and all wires east ward were broken. The same condi. tion prevails at Fort Madfson, Ia.
 West of Sedalia. Mo- It is rspoFtel that fully 1000 poles are down. Tresl and telegraph and telephone skirei were also hFokeh in senthalA 1iflAeaA 5 5 l. Severe Csfa in TexAs.
 Fort worth, Tex.. Feb. f4 4.--North Texas tonight b efiveloped in the coldeEt norfhsr Of this season. ush. ering in what will probably be the coIdest February weather since the memorable blizzard of 1899.
 This follows the dryest February sc far on record and the highest tsmpera- ture on record for the nrst half of the month. the maximum of S3 degreer having been reached Friday after. noon.
 The temperature began falling Sat. urday n1ornings and continued to SC down throughout the day. The ther- mometer registered 72 degree at 2 o'clock Saturday night and after . rain storm it fell to 55.
 Tonight 10 degrees. were registered with the minimum forecasted for to- morrow two degrees above zero. which if realized. win be- the coIdest Feb. Tuary in this section for years
 For she southern section of the Stats between IS and 2s degrees is prom, ised, except near the coast. where it will range between 2s1 and 32. In ths southwestern portion of the State tht temperature will range around 20 de. grees.
 The rain that preceded the fall iT temperature, was the first pFecipita. tion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-15
High Wind Holds Water and Ice
 Stops FIow OUer Niagara Falls
Fiwhermen swept late Lake.

March 70. ls4s. and March sa, 1903.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
For Filling sacks.

In filling sacks wish grain. flour. ce- ment. etc. il has been found impossible for one man to do the work. A second laborer is required to hold open the mouth of the bag while the other does the filling. The necessity of the ex- tra laborer is eliminated in the sack filling apparatus shown here. the in- yention of a Washington man. This apparatus was designed primarily to provide a device by which bags could be quickly and economically filled by one man. A hnpper is provided. to which pulley is attached at one end. At the front are the frames for sup porting the bags after the later have been fastened in position. The grain or other article 10 he placed in the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
ESKIMO SUPERIORITY.
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Nilhjalmar StefanSson, in writing of his thirteen months stay among the Eskimos, tells. in Harper's Magazine of this great kindness to a guest who could not pay for his keep, a stranger whose purpose among them they did not know.
 In an Eskimo home I have never heard an unpleasant word between a man and his wife. never seen a child punished nor an old person treated in- considerably. The household affairs are carried on in an orderly way, and the good behavior of the children is re marked by practically every traveller
 In many things we are the superiors of the Eskimo; in a few we are his in- feriors- The moral value of some of his superiority is small. He can make better garments against cold than our tailors and furriers; he can thrive in barren wastes where a New England CT would starye. But of some of his superiority the moral value is great. He has developed individual equality farther than we, he Is less selfish, more helpful to his fellows, kinder 10 his wife, gentler to his child. more re ticent about the faults of his neighbor than any but the rarest and best of our race.
 When I tried to express thanks for their kindness in my fragmentary Es- kimo, they were more surprised than pleased.
 Do, then, in the white mans land some starve and shiver while others eat much and are warmly clad?"
 To that question I said. No" al. though I knew I was lying. I was afraid the competitive system could not be explained to them satisfactorily | neither was I, being the poorest among them, very anxious to try justifying
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
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A5 the time approaches for removing young plants from the flats in the house or from the hotbed outside. m extra amount of airing must be given to harden them. Plants which have started indoors or under glass are more or less tender and will not he able to thrive under the rgor of early spring planting without treatment. They must become hardened. or accli- mated. to the new conditions.
 At least a week before transplanting remove the sash entirely from the bot bed during the day and allow abund- ance of ventilation at night. except when heavy frost threatens. This will give the plants practically m outside temperature for the greater part of the day and they will grow stronger and harder thereby. At this time also less watering should be given to check growth and make the plants more re- sistant to the cold. All plants can en- dure lower degree of temperature un- der dry than under moist conditions.
 Most seedlings are transplanted di- rect from the flat or hotbed to the open garden when they have attained height of from four to six inches or more. When facilities are at hand a better way is to first transplant them to cold frame, which Is the same as a hotbed without the heat. In the cold frames they become accustomed to low CT temperature and are still protected from frost of nights and on cold days. A still better way is to transplant the young plants at the appearance of their second or third set of true leaves 10 two inch flower pots.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
NEW TYPE OF BUNGALOW.
Concrete Structure at PartIand, Me,
 Which Is Well spoken Of.

Cement Age describes concrete bungalow at Portland. Me. in which the exterior of the house is of con crete panels. The concrete panels are but one inch in thickness. and besides being remarkably light. are strong enough to bear an immense weight. The panels are re-enforced with strips of steel wire. and ill the tests applied to them they Withstood the strain of three heavy men jumping up and down upon them and showed no sign of injury. They are ornamented on the outside with raised figures. scroll work. etc. from steel ceiling designs. The panels were modelled in wooden frames Oh a base consisting of d strip of steel cell ing. by means of which the decorative design was transferred to the cement giving the panels an attractive appear ance. The wooden frames were made of three-inch stuff and the exterior of the concrete panel comes flush with the wood. while the recess in the side which forms the interior affords two inches of air space over the entire length and width of the panel. the ce- ment concrete being one inch thick This is accomplished by filling the forms partially with sawdust or other material before the cement concrete is poured in, then turning the form over so that the concrete can be pressed against the steel ceiling design of the mold. After sufficient water has been poured upon the composition to insure compactness and perfect settling in the mold. the sawdust filling is removed. the interior smoothed of nicely and the completed panel is left to dry and harden.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
The Roosevelt Idea.

A writer in the London Times says that Theodore Roosevelt is the hero of every schoolboy in the United King dom. No other American except Lin coin has ever been looked up to by SC many youths and young men as aD inspiration and as a civic model as Mir Roosevelt. He has a genius for inspiring people to higher ideals, to cleaner methods. His life story is one of the greatest sermons that has been preached on the American continent since Lincoln was assassinated. Mr. Roose- welt started out with the stern resolve that, let come what would. whether he succeeded or failed. whether he made friends or enemies. he would keep his record clean: he would not take chances with his good name, he would part with everything else first: he would never gamble with his reputa- tion. He has had numerous opportuni- ties to make a great deal of money dur ing his public career. through graft and all sorts of dishonorable schemes, by allying himself with crooked, unscrupu- lous politicians, but even his worst enc mics can never gay of him that he took from Albany or the White House dishonest dollar. He has always re- fused to be a party to any political jobbery, any underhand business. He has always fought in the open, has kept the door of his heart wide open i; he has kept no secrets from the Amer ican people. He has always preferred to lose any position he was seeking, if he must get smirched in getting it. He would not touch an office or preferment unles 1t came to him clean, with no trace of jobbery on it-Success Maga- zine.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
Causes of Roup,

When fowls crow at night which Is the fact when the number quartered Is greater than the capacity of the house, they sweat. This sweating causes the feathers to rot at the base, giving them the very appearance of molting This explains why so many iocks look ragged in early summer.
 It is a noted fact that the majority of cases where roup has become cpl demic among fowls the latter were crowded in tightly-built houses when the weather is very cold and allowing the houses to remain closed all the next day. This creates a moisture which generates dampness, and the whole house feels very much like a vault. At night the house is more or less filed with dampness emanating from the fowls breath. but if, on the following morning.. the windows are opened wide this dampness will be dispeled. This Is a great point ill favor of the scratch ing shed plan of house.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
COOKING AT SEA.
Kitchen and Provision Rooms of a
 Modern Steamship.

With a population of more than 1000 to be cooked for and fed. three, four and five times a day for a week. and with no butcher bakery and gro cery around the corner" the culinary arrangements of a modern steamship must, of necessity. be most complete.
 Great cold storage rooms for perish able provisions must be provided as well as the appliances for cooking and preparing the raw material. The kitchen and provision rooms of the George Washington. the newest steam ship of the North German Lloyd and the largest German vessel aloat. which will arrive in New York June 20. are of enormous dimensions. The kitchens of the first and second cab ins are near the dining rooms of their respective classes In them are great tables. and all modern machinery which can in any way aid the chefs in their work.
 Many of these devices. such as egg beaters, potato parers. mincing ma chimes, automatic egg boilers. coffee mills and dishwashing machines are worked by electricity.
 In addition to the kitchens there are on board icehouses for meats. baker ies. conwectionery room and scul- lery rooms. In all. the kitchen and provision rooms occupy a space of 47 OOO cubic feet.
 The cold storage and provision rooms are, so arranged that their con tents may be readily sent into the kitchens by electrically operated dumb walters
 The greatest attention was given ev- cry detail of the provisioning and kitchen accommodations in order that the great number of passengers and crew might be properly and promptly fed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
DiskinR Alfalfa.

The work of disklng alfalfa requires a little bit of skill The disk must be set just so 1t will cut the ground suf- ticiently and do as little damage as possible. A little experience will en- able any intelligent man to do the very best work in the field. There are times and conditions when the spring tooth harrow may do all right. but gener- ally nothing but good sharp disk with enough big horses in front and a com petent man on the seat can do the work. l use only the smoothing har- row in the early spring. but after each moving I use disk or spring tooth. whichever l think best. always finish ing with a spike tooth. so as to leave. the field in the very best possible con dition for the growing crop. It is real pleasure to see the alfalfa start out anew and grow about one inch a day on an average-Denver Field and Farm.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
Helpful Hints.

Oil up the work harness.
 The neglected colt or calf will prove proitless.
 Cattle will never do well in the same pasture as sheep.
 Wood charcoal should always be kept in the hog pen.
 How are the farm implements? Any of them need repairs:
 To improve live stock, requires in telligence and thought.
 It is a good plan to have the horses and cows clean up their managers after each feed.
 There is such thing as overlooking. Feed stock all the food they will as- simulate, but not more.
 Don't have a lot of manure lying in the yards all summer. It will lose just about half of its value by fall.
 It is better to feed the cows fodder and hay after milking, as it keeps the dust down. Feed the grain before milking.
 The best feed for making muscle Is oats. They are not heating nor very fattening. The young calves should bs given oats in order to give them mus cle and make them plump.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

bags is shoveled into the hopper. from which it drops by gravity into the bags. AS the grain descends the bags are shaken at regular intervals by an ar rangement attached to the pulley. The bags are in this way automatically lifted off the ground a trif1e at each turn of the pulley. allowing the grain to settle filling the bags to their ut most capacity. This does away with the ordinary laborious method formerly employed by hand. It is claimed that the bags can be filled In one-fourth the time heretofore required and by one man.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Little incidents crop out now and then which make one smile at the old idea of the mental incapacity of wom- en. In one New England college, l. students attained sufficient rank ir scholarship to win the Phi Beta Kappa key, and nine of them were young wom- en. The dean said that the rank of the men in the class was perfectly sat. isfactory. but, as one of the students put 1t. "The sharks for study were a among the girls"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

The necessity for reorganization of the medical corps of the army has been the subject of discussion for some time, and many reforms have been sug- gested by those most competent to ad- wise. Too little attention has been ac- corded, while peace reigns, to this less picturesque but equally vital part of the nations soldiery. In the ordinary duties of the army there is nothing to make manifest the requirements for a thoroughly trained and supplied medi- cal department But let active hostili- ties begin and the army be i'll prepared to tend the sick and wounded, and We to perfect the medical service.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
Nut Industry on the Farm.

An industry which the farmer might take up with profit is nut growing. Improved nut trees begin bearing at about six or eight years, bearing the same as apple or pear trees. Large trees when grafted begin to bear about the third or fourth year, and large trees that are budded will bear sooner than small ones, but the small ones bear longest. English walnuts can now he grown in the Central States.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Al this talk" said the old-fashion- cd gentleman. "of setting forward the date of the Presidents inauguration fo April 90 seems out of place to me. The interval between the popular elec- tion and inauguration is long enough now. Why do some people want the date changed? To insure better weather to afford an opportunity for display and to give everybody concerned a 'corking' time. But the Inauguration O. chief magistrate should be a high and solemn ceremonial and not an oc- casion for extravagant display. Whether 1t should be a time for gen eral rejoicing depends. Rejoicing Is not a compliment to the outgoing Pres ident. The incoming President Is to be tried. He faces sobering responsi- htlitlcs. and the people with him face peTpleying uncertainties. All this would seem 10 mark the day as a day for fasting and prayer rather than for dancing and jubilation." These may be old-fashioned notions, but are they so idI hsNIds TUT liIe uedNS uulies lndl lie before the new President 1t would seem that a solemn scene In the Senate chamber. before the high dignitaries of the nation. and then quiet for intro- spection. would be a better preparation than a ball and the fanfaronade of the mob. There will be plenty of time dur
 ing the four years for the people who are exclusively inclined to visit Wash ington and engage in the social whirl. Instead of going to all the trouble to alter the date. in the hope of thereby propitiating the weather. why not make the inauguration a quiet and befttting ceremony. and arrange grand blow
 out" If such needs be. for later date?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
which affects the feet and not the cnes

which affects the feel and not the chest Tn old-standing cases of foot lamene+ the chest muscles may waste away il sympathy. and that fact has led t4 the ''chest founder idea. Such horsa should be shod with wide-webhed. d.t bar shoes, put on over dressing of tr and oakum. and q thick leather sole. Then clip off the hair and blister the hoof heads Ccoronetsl of forefcet with a mixture of one dram of biniodlde of mercury and two ounces of cerate of cantharidcs rubbed in for fifteen min utes. Wash blister off in forty-eight hours then apply lard daily. Blister every three or four weeks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Cougars, coyotes and bears are ter rorizing the inhabitants of the Four teenth Ward in Seattle. but this will not cause any surprise to Europeans who believe bison continue to roam the streets of Buffalo and that Chicago is frontier settlement where the mer wear leather brooches and carry LoW:e knives
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Arrangements are making in Moscow. with the consent of the government, to publish complete edition of the writ ings of Tolstoi This is one of the re- suits of the Russian revolution that be- gan few years ago and is still in progress. Time was when much that Tolstoi wrote was not allowed to cir culate In his native country.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

thing done. do 1t yourself" The house keeper may take a leaf from his book. For example. the task which she turns over to her daughter lghtens her own hands aLd trains those of the little maiden. The most fatal precept for mother" to observe is. Whatever Is worth doing at all. Is worth doing well'-that Is. if we'll Is interpreted to mean "as well as you can do it." Here is a place for her to use that judgment which comes so high in the markets of the world and Is too often held so cheap in the home. AS well aS possible" Is none too well when the task IS making an apple pie or boiling a potato but the woman who dusts be-. house from attic to cellar every sense of proportion. So does she who darns a pair of twenty-fye-cent stock ipgS half-hour a week for three months "A penny saved Is a penny earned" Is another dangerous maxim. unless 1t Is administered with discre- tion. Cheap milk may involve large doctors bills. Cheap eggs may mean an uneatabe pudding. low wage in the kitchen may carry with 1t waste far beyond its saving. Women are learning that being woman demands some knowledge of almost every sub lcct of modern economic inquiry. and that 1t is no longer possible to trust all the useful precepts of the past to solve the problems of the present.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Caruso the tenor is greatly worried because fortune teller has informed him that he will lose his voice. She must have been an amateur fortune teller. It is the mission of experienced fortune tellers to make only encourag- ing predictions.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

But when warmly housed and prop erly fed they are the best of winter layers. The best
 bred leghorns are practically non-sit- ters and should not be counted on to re ar [ h Q T young. For [ h oSa
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

"The following sentence" says a let ter to the New York Sun. includes every letter of the alphabet. with only 'a,' O. and .u' repeated A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog '" Which is quite true, except that the e and r are repeated also.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
Foundered Horses.

A. s. Alexander, veterinary surgeon, explodes the old idea that a horse can become "chest-foundered." He says that such cases are those suffering from chronic founder Caminitis), |,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

who are so situated that they can hatch and rear their bullets artifcially or with hens of other breeds. and who give their hens suitable care in winter. the leghorn will prove a very profitable breed for the farm.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Instead of trampling a child under his horses hoofs King Alfonso actually made his steed avoid 1t. Hence he is hailed as the most wonderful person that Spain ever heard of.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

When the German Emperor uses the
 telephone, he opens the conversation with "I command" when he phones the imperial helpmeet that he Is bringing home two friends to dinner.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

There is to be an increase of a cent a package in the price of cigarettes. This Is almost sure to produce another wave of pessimism.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Scientists are now measuring the "horse- power" of the human body. IL may soon happen that the old phrase strong as a horse" will no longer be allowable.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Mary Garden says there is no nor Ality in clothes. And very little econo- my, she might have added.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

A handy entrance into the COW yard Is made by cutting the wires between posts and putting in two tall posts. Wire them together at top. put on fence wires and you can get through, but the COWS cannot.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

A busy clergyman declared recently 'sat the way he got through his work
 Eiolating most of the precepts
 en taught in boyhood, fore Ing them, If you want any
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

A mans hat will almost always do for another year: but womans will not do for another minute
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

A girl with a lot of fellows hanging around her is the most worthless per son on earth; both to herself and family.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

A St Louis man wants a divorce be- cause his wife forced him to eat pie with fork Who says a woman can uot be cruel?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Kingdom Gould is director of a rail- road at %. This ought to allow him to retire from business at the advanced age of 30.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

The Sultan of Turkey having lost one of his many wives. the mathemati- cal sharps are trying to figure out just how much of a widower he Is.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Perhaps the inventor of that new won't-tip-over airship has been study ing the principle on which the humble house cat always lands right side up.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

One prophet predicts the end of the world for July 10. But this should not interfere with arrangements for safe and sane Fourth.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
Popular Breed of Poultry.

Leghorns if compelled to roost In cold houses and pick a living from the slush of a barnyard will not lay.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10
Note and Comment

The man who is found out never has . good opinion of detectives.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1909-06-10

Was anybody ever smart enough to know who ran against George Wash ington?