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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31

odd boy, that Grafton of yours was a
peach"
1T wasn't so bad. ! had-er-pruned II
down till 1t was just about the right size -
Chicago Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31

president Taft has a mighty persistent
Fashion OF getting his own way in spite OF
that calm. obligating disposition OF his. {"
said a republican United States senator
quoted by the Brooklyn Eagle correspond
emit He listens very patiently TO what
you nave to say about appointments. He
Will smile and nod his mead and appar-
emily agree with you that your man Is Just
the fellow for the job. Just as you think
1t Is all liked up he will suggest a man
you didn't think he had svsr heard about.
He generally makes up his mind about the
type OF man he wants to fill a certain Of
flee and will keep hunting until he finds
the fellow he is after. In spite Of his calm.
judicial temperament, he sticks to his own
ideas with almost az much p~ertinacity az
did his strenuous predecessor"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31

II don't know how TO refuse him"
Then let him down easy
How can II" e..
Accept him., start a flirta ton with an
other fellow and when your fiance gets mad
break off the engagement -LIuisVi le
CourieT-Journal W.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31

The senate has a mystery, Hinged with
romance Nearly every day a smartlv
dressed woman walks into the diplomatic
gallery and takes a seat in the first row
There she sits, gazing with absorbing in
terest upon the statesmen below. 1t is, in
deed a dull, dreary debate which drives
the fair listener away. She is the most
faithful attendant the senate has. She
rarely misses a day and always Occupies
the same seat.
Many a curious glance has been sent
from the floor TO the diplomatic gallery.
with the mental query Of what it is that is
responsible for the daily visits of the stylish.
good looking woman. Efforts have been
made to locate the object of her interest
by a close watch upon her eyes. Thus far
she has baffled the watchful sleuths. Her
Interest is general, while Intense.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31

Mrs. Ferguson-George, you needn't look
so suspiciously at that cold meat. All Il
needs is a little gaTnishing.
Mr.. Ferguson-Great Peter, Laura! Is a
legal process necessary in order q "ef II
off the table!-Chioago Tribune
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-31
POINTED

He lie a lovely judge"
I'll bet / know the answer"
"Well?'
He did not ask you how old you WEI -"
Yes he did, too; he asked me Il as
2!"-Houston Post.
The old man told me If wen,,u 10
marry his daughter, | would Ia A., o. 20
to work"
Well, did you work 2"
You bet / did. | worked l.! II. -ia.I.
more American.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
CONUNDRUMS AND ANSWERS.

+. CONUNDRUMS AND ANSWERS.
When is a newspaper like a deli
cate child? When it appears weekly.
Why is the Fourth of July like an
oyster? Because we cannot enjoy it
without crackers.
What tree is of the greatest i'm
portance in history? The date.
Why is Sunday the strongest day
I'm the week? Because it is the only
n not a week day.
What is always behind time? The
back of the clock.
On what day of the year do wom-
en- talk the least? The shortest day.
Why is music cheaper on Sun
day than during the week? Because
during the week you can get it by
the piece, and on Sunday you get it
by the choir.
Why is a washerwoman like Satur-
day? Because she brings in the
close (clothes) Of the week.
What is that which occurs twice in
a moment, and not once in a thou
sand years? The letter "m."
! Why is a watchdog larger by night
than by day? Because at night he is
let out and by day he is taken in
Bee Hive.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

Notes Of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stoclxman

stalk, and one ear to a stalk means
a smaller yield than when there are
two ears to the stalk: for two ears,
such as it is practicable to produce
on one stalk, yield mor shelled corn
than the one large ear, and hence,
more corn per acre.
The absurd objection to the prolific
varieties, namely, that it is too much
trouble to shuck and handle the
larger number OF small ears, is too
ridiculous to receive serious consid-
Grafton, il 1t were not that, absurd as
it is, it still keeps some people from
planting the prolific varieties. It the
difference in the cost Of shocking was
two cents a bushel on an acre yield
ing fifty bushels, the shocking would
only cost 81 more for the prolific
varieties, or less than the average
value Of two bushels of corn, whereas
the difference in yield, as shown by
large numbers of tests, is easily six
bushels, or three times that amount.
Moreover, when corn is harvested,
shredded and shucked by machinery,
the cost of shucking is nc greater for
the two-eared varieties than for
the one-eared kinds. - Progressive
Farmer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
A GRATEFUL BOY.

A gift always opens the door Of an
Eskimo heart, declares Knud Ras-
mussen in "The People of the Polar
North" and then tells the story of
a little orphan boy whom he ran
across in his travels.
Il had a little pocket knife in my
pocket, and I presented 1t to. him in
order to establish our acquaintance.
1T was assuredly the first time in
his life that the boy had ever had
such an experience as to receive a
present. I assured him that I really
meant it. Then, without a change of
expression, he snatched the knife out
of my hand and ran off. I did not
think that I should see any more of
him, and was just going into our
tent when he came running up with
a piece of walrus meat, which he
pressed into nay hand.
""Thou gavest, see; I give too,
said he, and his face shone with
grease and pride. But from that day
forth we were friends.
"Kajoranguaq had no relatives al
all to look after him. He was every.
oody's drudge. and slept in an ole
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Front of Granary.

save to himself the profits on his pro-
ducts that now go into the pockets
of the grain sp%eculator.
The illustration shows a plan of a
granary for corn, wheat, oats and
other grain built along practical lines,
and wherever built it has proved
entirely satisfactory. The main fea-
ture Of this house is the lower floor.
The outer walls are boarded or sided
up tight, contrary to the usual man
ner of building a corncrib. The
house sits abort three feet above the
ground on oak or cement. posts, as
the builder may desire. The floor of
the crib is built of one by four inch
or six inch Stats placed one and a
half inches apart. The interior wall
is built in the same way. This allows
a free circulation of air at all times.
but keeps out all rain and snow.
This, with the elevated floor, makes
it entirely rat and weather proof.
The driveway walls are boarded solid
from the floor down to the ground.
This allows the hogs and poultry to
pick up my corn that may fall
through. It is said that corn held in
such a crib not only brings a better
price, but that it does not lose in
weight the same as corn held in the
usual manner.
The crib is twenty-eight by forty
feet on the ground and twelve feet to
the caves. The upper floor will hold
several hundred bushels of small
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Amer Shortens Life.

Every time you give way to impa-
thence or anger you shorten your life
by a calculable portion of time. me
next time you get very angry, just
study yourself during the re~act1onacy
period. You will notice that you are
very depressed and sad, that your
blood is sluggish, and that your dlges-
ton is all wrong.
The reason of this is that in your
moment of anger you expended three
or four times the ordinary amount OF
bodily tissue. AS a consequence, you
cannot be your normal self until the
overdrawn tissue is replaced.
You will note that people with very
bad tempers never live very long, the
excessive drafts upon the physical
makeup eventually exhausting the
latter. A certain amount Of reasona'
BILE anger, as occasion may require, Of
ten, however, acts upon the system as
a veritable tonic.-Woman's Life.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

He will always be a slave who does
not know how to live on little.
1t takes a wise man to tell whether
the world is laughing with him or at
him.
A good today makes a bright yes
terday to think Of and a bright to-
morrow to which to look forward.
Nearly every successful merchant
owes his success to the fact that he
has made a little money do a great
deal Of work !.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
How to Balance the Ration

Pasture or green feed is OF great
value in the feeding Of animals, but
a Woodworking horse or mule Is
probably better without it. This is
certainly the case with n horse OF
which fast work is required. Some
green feed may be allowed horses and
mules doing slow work, but it should
never constitute more than one-third
of the rough feed. Animals getting
more, If required to do fast or real
hard work, are apt to suffer from a
too loose condition Of the bowels and
collie is not an infrequent result. This
is a fruitful cause of trouble with
teamwork stock.
PROFESSIONALLY a section SO well
adapted to the growing Of so large a
number of legumes, which make ex-
ce1lent hays and pay the cost of
growing by the addition which they
make to the fertility OF the land,
should feed legume hays to its work
stock, but these hays are not salts
factory for horses doing fast work
for the same reason that green feed is
not satisfactory. The orn ration
may be partially balanced with such
hays, but it is quite probable that
better results will be obtained II one
halt the long forage is made up OF
corn slower or grass hay. II more
protein is desired than can be OBJ
tanned. from halt a ration of legume
hay it had better be supplied by cot
tonseed meal.
Probably the cheapest and best ra-
ton for. the work stock Of u terri
tory is made up about as follows:
Seven pounds grass hay or corn
slower, eight pounds legume hay, ten
pounds corn and two pounds cotton
seed meal.
More than half the diseases of farm
work stock are the result OF inju-
dicious feeding, and probably fifty
per cent. Of the other half are due to
bad care and management. Ipdiges-
ton and collie cause a large per cent.
of the deaths among farm work stock,
and they are largely the result of
careless feeding and bad manage
! ment.
If a change of work becomes neces-
sary, and it frequently does on every
farm, care should be taken to prop
, erly adjust the feed to the conditions.
It is not uncommon for the horse
! owner to increase the feed when a
Gay of extra hard work is demanded
Of his animal. The opposite course
should be taken. If more is suddenly
required of the muscles, Or if a
change is made to work to which the
horse is not accustomed, the feed
should be decidedly decreased and then
gradually increased as the horse be-
comes accustomed to the new work.
Never give a horse a full feed on a
, change to work, nor a change of feed
when at hard work.-PrOfessor
M2SaQv
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
STATES AND FACES.

"What shall I write on my slater"
said Harry to himself. He could
not write very well, but he sat down
and wrote, IA good boy" Then he
took it and showed it to his mother.
THAT is a good thing to write,"
she said. Il hope you will write it
on. your life as we'll as on your slate"
"How can I write it on my life?"
said Harry. -
"By being a good boy every day
and hour of your life. Then you
will write it on your face, too, for the
face of a good boy always tells its
own story. 1t looks bright and hap
py."-Home Herald.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Keeping in Touch.

Many women are stunted in mental
growth by avoiding the society OF men
and who carry the atmosphere
of the big world with them. SOLITUDE
is not always wholesome.
When you feel tempted to refuse So
cial invitations or to shirk obligations
of a hospitable nature, master 1t 1or
the good of your brain. Monotony
viii dull the brightest nature, and &C
quaintances are valuable regardless
Of their station. Those who make a
living with brush and pen seize every
opportunity to study human nature
They make ac~quaintances wherever
chance leads, and convert their I'M
pressions into saleable products.-ln
dianapolis News.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
on the handkerchief" saws q Ma,

on the handkerchief" says a Fifth
avenue importer. "The elusive o.
sence is the thing of the moment. and
it is used in a variety of ways. FL,
instance, a few drops are sprinkled on
cotton wool in the lining of a satin
slipper. and as a woman rustles into 2
room she will watt with her a cloud
of spring or summer flowers. Another
method is to pad the hair with
scented sachet or sew a tiny rufHe
sprinkled with the essence in the neck
Of the blouse. The favorite essences
are narcissus and violet" A novelty
is jewelry made to hold a drop of per.
fume. Pretty little lockets or jeweled
slides on buckles or bangles, are being
utilized for this purpose.-New York
Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
THE SUN.

When all the skies are clear and blue,
The sun has lots of work to do,
But when his rays by clouds are barred.
He's not obliged to work SO hard;
Yet when he works, he works all day,
And never stops for food or play;
And even if he's in eclipse,
He does not cease his daily trips;
And when we think he's gone to rest,
He's shining somewhere farther west,
And while we fold our weary hands.
His beams are lighting other lands.
He's not like men who work for pelf,
And has no evenings to himself,
For with the sun it's always light,
And where he goes there is no night.
If we could all be like the sun
How smoothly everything would run!
He is not gruf and rude, and thus
Is different from most of us.
He's never cross like you and me,
Though in July he seems to be.
He's happy when he does his best,
And brightest when he's busiest.
Arthur Macy, in Youths Companion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
L L QUEER BABIES.

I want to tell you a very queer
incident that happened in the coun-
try one summer. On the farm where
we were staying there was a fine
large cat called Dolly. She had
three young kittens, which she kept
in a box at the border of a pine
grove, near the farm house. Every
morning we went out to see them.
Finally, as we thought they were
old enough to be fed from a bowl,
we started out one morning with
some nice fresh milk for them. But
to Jul surprise, instead of seeing the
kittens, W. say three tiny porcu-
pines. How they got there or what
became of the kittens nobody knew.
but, as the country about us was
very wild, it was not strange for one
to e %porcupines, although these GER
tainly were very queer babies for
Dolly.-Dorothy H. Zerfass, in the
New York Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
OF SUCCESS.

ATTEND carefully to details.
Be prompt in all things.
Consider we'll, then decide posi-
lively.
Dare to do right, fear to do wrong.
Endure trials patiently.
Fight ]ife's battles bravely.
Go not into the society of the
vicious.
Hold integrity sacred.
Injure not another's reputation.
Join hands with the v%irtuous.
Keep your mind free from evil
thoughts.
Lie not for any consideration.
Make few special friends.
Never try to appear what you are
not.
Observe good manners.
Pay your debts promptly.
Question not the veracity of a
friend.
Respect the counsel of your par
ents.
Sacrifice money rather than princi-
pie.
Touch not, taste not, handle moi
intoxicating drinks.
Use your leisure for improvement
Venture not on the threshold O.
wrong.
Watch carefully over your pas
Sions.
Extend to everyone a kindly greet
ing.
Yield not to discouragement.
Zealously labor for the right an,
success is certain.-National Stock
man.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Carrots For Stock Feeding.

One of the crops you should plant
this spring is a patch Of carrots.
There is nothing better as a relish
and appetizer for horses and cattle
in winter when green food Is scarce.
The man without a silo especially
needs them.
Take a piece of deep, rich. friable
soil, have it broken ten to twelve
inches deep and worked into the
finest sort of filth. Mark of the rows
twenty-four inches apart and SOW the
seed thickly, in shallow drills, COW
ering not more than one-half inch.
The soil should be we'll filled with de-
caying vegetable matter, but it is not
good policy to use fresh stable manur
unless it can be made very fine and
put out very early. The crop may
be fortified about the same as Irish
potatoes.
An ounce of seed will plant roo or
800 feet of drills and three or four
ounces will be enough for the average
farmer to begin with. The young
plants are very delicate, and the first
WA Ming oAU IuAAAAA6 OuI dAO IC0AOuS
jobs; but after that cultivation is
easy. Keep the ground loose and
mellow and all weeds down, cultivat.
ing shallow after the plants r two
inches high. When they are one OF
two inches high, thin out to five o.
six inches apart in the row. Th>
plants pulled up may be easily trans
planted, but whether or not this will
pay depends on Individual conditions
Cultivation should be kept up unit
very late, and the crop need not b.
gathered until there is actual DANCE
of freezing weather. Carrots vii
keep anywhere Irish potatoes will
and two or three a day will do nue.
toward keeping a horse or a COW i
good condition through the winte
months.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
PLANNING Ahead.

It isn't all unalloyed pleasure to al
ways squeeze a dollar before you can
decide whether you ought to spend it.
It isn't much fun to wait until win.
ter is half over before you buy your
winter coat, or summer half gone be.
fore you purchase your summer gown,
but doesn't it pay when you see the
results?
The comfortable home, the green
fields, the dropping elms hanging over
your own roof tree, the orchard and
garden, the sparkling river, where
your boats can glide to the fishing
grounds-oh, is it not worth 10, Is, or
ever Is years of toll and struggle and
sacrifice at the busy mill of labor, it
the end brings the haven of rest for
middle age or even our last days?
The picture of our own home look.
ing down upon us from the walls OF
our little fiat, has cheered us on, and
saved many a dollar for us, says the
"Janitor's Wife" in the Boston Post.
We know if sickness or adversely
does come, we have the home to re-
ceive us, and that it will always yield
us a living.
So those who would scott at those
who sacrifice so much for a home, ask
yourself the question, if your work OF
health should fail you tomorrow, anu
you we're unable to earn anything lot
a year, are you we'll prepared for sucn
an emergency?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
A Modern

Some writer's tell us that the aver
tieth OF his entire crops from the
lack of proper buildings in which to
store them and hold them for profta-
BILE prices.
While the writer cannot vouch for
the above statement, he does know
that an improvement in the usual
storehouse for grain, ETC., on the av-
erage farm Is not only desirable, but
very necessary it the farmer would
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Here and There.

IF anyone does not understand your
advertisements, it is an indication
that he knows more than you do.
A man who continually questions
other peoples motives without proof
is a man you are justified in distrust-
ing .
Uprghtness in all our dealings
with one another is not a matter of
human convenience but Of divine re-
quirement.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Paints on Note Paper.

A pretty fad of a girl who can paint
~cleverly in oils is to get a sheet Of her
h~ostess's best note paper, with mono
gram or crest, and on it to paint a Ia
vorite spot in the home, a coy corner
in the boudoir, a dainty spot in the
garden, or something else dear to the
home keeper. Framed in soft-t1nted
cardboard, this little souvenir is worth
while, and a valuable hint to
house guests who a WELD a brush
Miss Roosevelt made score OF such
little paintings on the White House
paper as gifts to her best loved girl
friends and their mothers.-NeW YORK
Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

ruined building, where he said he
was very uncomfortable. He could not
have been more than ten years old
at the outside, although there was
little of the child about him; but at
ter he came to live in our tent we
noticed that he began to sing when
alone, and, after a while, he could
beat time to his singing on a little
tin box, so in spite of a life of ne
elect he got a little joy now n
then."-Youth's Companion.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

grain, and the two c~orncrlpA, S.ght5
by forty feet, will hold a large
amount of corn.
Sliding doors are provided at either
end, and a large v%entilating window
in the opposite gable ventilates the
entire building. The driveway is
used a part of the season for farm i'm.
plements.-Farm and Ranch.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Fashion Notes.

New ~suspenders are narrow Isle
fabric.
The gored sheath skirt is a faVorl'0
model.
An exquisite new fabric is cashmere
de sole.
There are many checks among tne
new ribbons.
Jersey cloth and albatross are oo'n
worn for the tops of petticoats.
A peculiar feature of present Jay
fahions is the combination OF tnlcA
and thin fabrics.
One of the characteristic models o.
the spresent season is the coat VIII
the fancy outline.
However e~xtravagant styles may NC
in other ways, they are decloeoly Wv
nomical in materials.
Some separate coats for dressy al'er
noon wear are entirely covered VIII
"vermicelli'' braiding.
The Directoire sashes which art
seen nictured on the dressier OF lne
| cotton frocks are of silk.
Net panels and bands are gong ~
| be ued with all kinds OF dress nla''
| rails. and as often as not plain.
Dressmakers have declared that 'ho
| hest width for the pr~esent-day cllhs
ing skirt around the bottom Is ~
wards and a little over.
For smart afternoon wear pale-'o msa
gloves are now the thing in Paris 1
tones most in use r rose peA
fawn and butter yellow.
sToast" is one of the new colors' 80
very naturally suggests one OF ~
browns, but which, it is hare 70 -
there is such a variety Of tastes
The matinee bags of leather I'D
larger than the usual hand purse ana
completely provided with eversIn, -.
necessary to touch up the tolle'.e' ~; ~
sides a shopping list, pen, anu nov
opera glasses, are not new, ou' snr,
are the most convenient things lhai,
Unable for the m~atinee1goer' anu ole.
price scars in proportion TO 'h"
gance.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Largest Ear Not the Best.

The idea that~the largest
ear of corn is the best ear is costing
the South millions of dollars annual
ly. If other things were equal, the
largest ear would be the best, but
other things are not equal. A very
large ear means only M a to the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
Use a Spray.

You cannot expect your trees tt
produce the best fruit unless you use
the spray pump. The best fruit al
ways brings a good price, and if you
haven't already done SO, better pro-
vide yourself at once with a servicea.
BILE sprayer and spray mixture
Southern Fruit Grower.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08

An electric organ has been invented.
A series Of vibrators take the place
Of the reed. Switches and magnets
operate the mechanism. -
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-04-08
RAINING BREAKFAST FOOD.

A little boy from the Far South
visiting Chicago, on seeing the first
snow storm, exclaimed, 20, mamma,
It's raining breakfast food."-Chic-
ago Tribune.