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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
Python Compelled to Swallow
Gallon of Milk Punch.
Cincinnati Zoo Keepers Hold Twenty
Three-Foot Reptile While Liquid
Is Poured Down Its
n Throat.

Cincinnati, O.-The 23-foot python
in the geological garden fought with
all its might against swallowing a
gallon of milk punch. 1t took six men
to force dozen eggs, beaten in a
gallon of milk, down the python's
throat.
The python. which once lurked in a
South American jungle. weighs 225
pounds when 1t is in good health. But
is has been "off its feed" for three
months. had lost strength and flesh,
and weighs about 10 pounds now.
Superintendent Sol Stephan of the zoo
has been tempting the big snakes ap-
petite with delicate rats. inviting
guinea pigs and tender live chickens.
But the snake would have none of
them. So Stephan determined to lead
the python to dinner and make 1t
eat, too.
The superintendent called in five
keepers to help him give his guest
some nourishing liquid food.
What you want to do" Stephan
instructed the keepers impressively,
"is to keep the snake stretched at full
length. Grab 1t and keep it taut from
head to tail. If it coils around one of
you-well. you will know how girl
feels when her corsets are too tight"
When the keepers tiptoed into its
cage the python lay uncoiled and half
dormant. The keepers distributed
themselves along and at the word
seized 1t simultaneously at the neck.
at the middle, at the tail, and instant
ly Strengthened it. The snake awoke
with a start and began to fight, con-
tracing its length, trying to kink
itself in loop, twisting. turning,
struggling. 1t released its tail and
dealt Keeper Meyer hard blow on
the chest But he gabbed the tails
tip again, and with all his strnegth
held it to the floor.
The keepers nearest the python's
head started from the cage with it,
and. under the circumstances. the
rest of the snake had to go along.
They carried it 100 feet and held it
down on cloths on the ward. While
1t continued to fight Stephan pried
open its jaws with bar of wood
The. snake made earnest efforts to
drag in the bar with throat muscles
and teeth, which curve inward. But
Stephan held on to the bar and slid
in the pythons mouth most of three
foot section of iron gas pipe, which
it vainly tried to swallow, too.
The nourishing milk punch was in
watering pot. Stephan slowly
poured it down the gas pipe. The first
half pint gave the python sensation
SO surprising that 1t fought more furi-
ously than ever. and. sick as it was.
showed tremendous power. But after
that it seemed to take kindly to the
milk punch and lay quiet during the
half hour 1t took to administer the
long drink.
After the gallon of punch had per-
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
HAY FEVER ON THE INCREASE
Hundred Thousand Persons, Resi-
dents Of Cities, Suffer from
Nervous Disease.

New York.-More than 100000
persons suffer from hay fever
in the United States. and the
number is rapidly increasing. ac-
cording to DR.. w. w. Carter. who
addressed the alumni Of Bellevue hos
pital. The fact that nearly all OF the
sufferers from this trouble, which re-
ours annually, are residents Of cities,
and few live on farms. DIR. Carter ex-
planned by saying that hay fever sub
jects are of a certain nervous disposi
tion. and that their nervous condition
makes them subject to the disease.
The doctor has found no medical re-
lief for the disease. and he advises
those who cannot change climate dur
ing the hay fever season to avoid ex-
citement and hurry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
PEA SILAGE FEEDING OF
LAMBS in WISCONSIN
Green Feed Wide swath Beef and
Mutton Making Result Experiment
a WauItesha.

into the cavernous NAV of silo 20
feet In diameter and 4S feet in height
a vast quantity of green feed can be
tucked away. From such silo a
Waukesha county (Wis.) firm market
ed during the past winter 5000 fat
western-bred lambs. AS results in this
case showed profit of around s1l 900
better testimony as to the value of
siiage for lamb finishing purposes
could not be desired. For the purpose
of making comparisons the firm fed
during the winter smaller band of
the same kind OF lambs on hay and
corn. and that operation barely paid
expenses. The Waukesha feeding was
largely OF an experimental nature and
was revolutionary in that the grain ra-
ton was reduced to a minimum and
silage forced on the stock. Results
were so convincing that the ration of
last winter. practically one pound of
grain per lamb per diem with an un-
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
Although 112 Years Old, She Lives
Alone, Nine Miles from Her
Birthplace.

Delmar, Del.-The eldest woman on
the peninsula embracing Delaware
and the eastern shore of Maryland
and Virginia is resident of Delmar.
She lives in a house by herself She
is Mrs. Hester Cordroy, aged 1l2
years, having been born on farm
nine miles east of Delmar on Februar-
IL. 1897. The most remarkable part
of it all is that this woman actually
cultivates two large gardens adjoin-
ing her home and sells the products.
She uses hoe in helping along the
growth of potatoes. corn, onions. etc.
and, when she becomes tired, she gets
a large spoon from her kitchen and
utilizes it while crawling down the
rows of plants.
Mrs. Cordroy. who is a familiar fig
ure to all of the residents of Delmar
and vicinity. has ten great-grandchil-
dren. Upon the death of her second
husband, 43 years ago, she built a
home in Delmar on lot which she
bought for $75. This site is now
worth $1,000 This has since been
her home. despite the attempts of her
to dissuade her from living alone.
Aunt Hester" as Mrs. Cordroy is
known, was the youngest child OF
Hamilton Neal, wealthy farmer,
When IA years old her mother died.
leaving her and her father to run the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
TIRE OF sIcKLY TEACHERS
State Of Kansas viii Employ No More
Eastern invalids In Public
Schools.

Topeka, Kan.-County Superintend-
ents of western Kansas have formed a
combine to insure the employment of
all their local teachers.
Notices are being printed in the
local papers that. until all local teach
ers are employed. the county superin.
tendent will not o. X. certificate
of outside teachers.
The action is taken to shut off the
influx of weak lunged teachers from
the east. The educational authorities
are working with the state board of
health to reduce the number of weak
lunged teachers who come west for
their health and teach school to pay
their way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15

limited quantity of silage, will be
adopted by the firm as It's standard.
The feature of this feeding was the
limited quantity OF corn used.
In the previous years work self
feeders were used and the lambs given
81, the screenings they could consume.
This resulted in, only limited con
sumption OF silage, the lambs filling up
On grain. Gains by this method were
satisfactory, but cost was excessive
and the feeders determined on radi-
cal change. Hand-feeders were substi-
tuted and the stock practically forced
to eat silage. A small quantity of corn
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15

lot. from the standpoint of economical
production this experiment was satis-
factory in every respect. The seasons
work may be summarized by the state
ment. that lambs fed on hay and a
heavy corn ration lost money; fed on
'sllage and a limited grain ration prof
its We're handsome Corn used In this
feeding cost so to SO cents: screenings
were worth s16q17 per ton. Had last
winters ration of screenings. three
pounds per day, been used the cost
per head for grain would have been
2A cents. Corn cost but little over
one cent per day. The feeders demon
stra;ed, to their own satisfaction at
least, that pea silage and corn consti.
tutcs weil-balanced ration.
Montana mountain-bred lambs were
used, as the feeders consider them far
superior to plains-bred stock. Every
lamb was bought on the Chicago mar
ket and in dividing the two bands
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15

was fed twice daily, the grain ration
from beginning to the end of feeding
period of so to 20 days never exceed
ing III pounds per day and not aver
aging pound. 1t was mixture of
corn and oilmeal, the proportion of the
latter being limited to one-quarter
pound per day At the outset one
quarter of pound OF corn per head
was used. this being gradually In
creased to the maximum. The previ-
Gus season, when allowed all the
screenings they could eat. the average
consumption of grain was three
pounds per head. While heavier
gains have been made in the feed
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
Wild currant Discovery.

Prof. b. G. Buffuin. the plant expert
formerly connected with the Colorado
Agricultural College. and Greeley
man for years. but now conducting an
experiment farm in Wyoming, has dis
covered, and is seeking to hybridize
the famous variety OF currant which
irving tells about In his true history Of
the adventures Of Captain Bonneville.
who journeyed into Wyoming and the
West fifty years ago and found this
species of currant.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
Special Round Trip Homeseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado & Southern Railway Will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to a great many points in New Mexico
and Texas a, one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stop-over privil-
eges. For detailed information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent, or address T. Z. Fisher. General
Passenger Agent Denver. Colorado
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
n WAS rheIr oue.tIon.

A party of young men were camp
ing. and TO avert annoying questions
they made 1t a rule that the one who
asked a question that he could not an
swer himself had to do the cooking.
One evening while sitting round the
fire. one Of the boys asked: why Is
it that ground squirrel never leaves
any dirt at the mouth OF its burrowf"
They all guessed and mused- SO he
was asked to answer 1t himself.
why" said he, because they al
ways begin to dig at the other end OF
the hole
But" asked one. how does he get
to the other end OF the hole?"
well" was the reply. that's your
question. n."-CleYeland Leader.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
Mendino Roofs.

A roof covered with paper or felt
ing can be quickly mended with coal
tar. Paint over thickly with warm
tar, then Jay on a piece OF fresh
roofing paper. which should be fas-
tened at the edges with roofing
brads; then paint some more tar over
the patch and over the edges, making
a neat waterproof patch which will
last as long as the rest of the roof
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
AGED WOMAN MANAGES A FARM

farm. She had IL sisters, all of whom
married early in life, and two brothers
who were in the war of 1912.
The oldest woman on the peninsula
tells graphically how she plowed all
day. when girl, and then milked
seven cows after dark. 'If the girls
of to-day would do more work and
think less of the parlor." she said.
they would be healthier and live
longer"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
WAS FORCED TO DRINK

coiated into its midst the python
seemed sleepy, and was replaced in
its cage without difficulty. The python
will be fed artificially again in few
days; the superintendent expects its
appetite will return gradually.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15

the sheep will eat of the young
sprouts and the foliage. causing the
sprouts and the roots of the original
stumps to die. allowing intervening
spaces among trees to catch in blue
grass or other pasture grass. They
will not eat the bark from standing
trees OF any considerable size.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15
Protect Alaskan shippIno.

Seattle, Wash.-Gas light buoys be-
tween Seattle and Lynn canal are sug.
gested by DR.. Henry s. Pritchett,
chairman OF the United States light
house board, as the best means of
protecting navigators of the inner
channels of the Alaskan coast. Twen-
ty buoys. ranging in cost from 81 800
to $4,000. will be placed
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-15

eheapcst ln prlce. Write for our cataIoa, III
10 5io taSi Wazce Street, Denver. Colo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13
AYHAWKER JCTS

The Hill City Republican devotes its
entire front page this week to the
schools Of that city and Of Graham
county.
The editor of the Frankfort Index
concludes a rainy day sermon with the
observation that he would rather be
a lobster than wise guy.
A Chicago firm of contractors has
placed an order for 500 million paving
brick with a Coffeyville brick plant to
be delivered within two months.
man can usually find what he looks
for if he will only persist in his search,
and the young fellow from Kansas
City, who announced to his father that
he was coming to Wichita to have a
fight with a man may not make the
trip in vain.-Wichita Beacon.
The Coffeyville Journal wins the belt
for the championship dry weather story
when it tells of a rural mail carrier
whose wagon got into a crack in the
earth and was delayed three hours and
had to have help before he could ex-
tricate his vehicle. The crack was not
caused oy an earthquake, but by the
cry, hot weather.
With the various reports that are
going ovec the state as to the oldest
resident of Kansas. Coffeyvil1e steps
to the front and offers as its claims
for honor. Mrs. Sallie Waterhouse, ne
sro, Familiarity known throughout the
city as Aunt Sally" Her exact age
is 1o8 years. She makes her home at
the residence OF washington Water
house, a grandson. AL East First street.
DR.. c. S. Nusbaum Is completing his
plans for his harvest home festival
week at Parsons which will commence
Sunday, Sept. II, and will continue
curing the week in the tabernacle.
He has heard from most of his speak
ers, and they will include. in addition
to Governor Stubs and Senator Bris-
tow, some of the most prominent
churchmeE in the United States, in
Guiding several bishops, among them
Bishop QLayle.
The Augusta Journal has gone back
to first principles for good reading
matter and prints a story from the
Arabian Nights Tales on it's first page
every week. And the Journal can con-
graduate itself on printing better stor-
les than any man alive today can write
AS a change of program from the
whirls given at mail order houses, a
Kansas paper has taken a crack at the
travelling preacher. who, it claims
elbows into town. takes away the peo-
pies money, and leaves the town
I1eacher in the rut.'-Ottawa Herald
This thing of gaining a woman's in
fiuence for your cause by kissing he1
baby is clear out of date. If you want
to see the modern mother squirm just
let her see you plant a germ laden kiss
on her baby's hps.-Leavenworth Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13

cept dark past and an uncertain fu-
ture. This meeting on the yacht will
be a tame affair. Such a meeting of
their ancestors would have meant an
exchange of slaves and a massacre for
exhibition purposes. Time was when
a Mohammed never left his capital ex-
cept on a campaign of conquest.
Now all that is left for the old
world despots is an occasional meet
ing, surrounded still by splendors, and
a chance to talk it over. The history
of the sovereigns of the Twentieth
century will consist solely of a chron-
icle of these meetings. 1t will not be
so interesting to the readers of history
as the deeds of violence but neither
will it be so hard upon the common
people of contemporaneous times.
How are the mighty fallen. each in a
snare of his own making.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13
WOMAN,S INFLUENCE.

w. D. Taylor. a railroad authority
writing in the Chicago Railway and
Engineering Review. makes the fol-
lowing startling statement:
ION account of the large number of
young women. as compared to boys
in high schools. great injustice is
done to the boys who are obliged to
remain. Every boy should be taken
away from the feminine influence at
IA years of age We need to adopt
some of the ideas and customs OF the
aborigines Boys, real boys, are lit
tie savages, and they need the
initiation into life through virile sur
roundings-''
This man Taylor has allowed his
theories to run away with his Judg-
ment and common sense. If the
bows were removed from feminine in
fiuence at the age of fourteen they
would be savages, alright, in the
worst sense Of the world. 1t is the
influence of woman that goes to make
and mould the best there is in man.
She plants ambition in his heart puts
strength in his arm and the flash in
his eye.
Mr.. Taylor ought to take some
thing for his liver. He is seeing
things Harmless fads and fancles
sometimes lead a man to the door or
a lunatic asylum. He should con-
suit a physician at once and devote
his attention strictly to diet OF
baled hay and cracked corn.
The penitentiaries and reform
schools of the world are full OF men
who were taken away from
feminine influence at IA years OF
age"
Some queer cattle break into print
nowadays. The trouble is. the maya
zine editors of this age have mlslalu
their blue pencils and lost their sense
of the eternal fitness of things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13
LET SOMETHING GOOD BE SAID.

A New Orleans paper the other DAY
1rin+ad q picture of a half dozen
+rained nurses on it's society page. The
nicture was a fine one and extended
nearly across the top of the page 1t
was also an adornment to the page.
There is not a society belle in the
SUNNY south so we'll entitled to prom
inent space on the society page as
these trained nurses. This paper has
Get a good example which all the 9TH
err papers in the country should fol-
low. The trained nurse is queen
of society. She does not wear d1a-
monds or Paris gowns, but her white
cap and uniform are an insignia or
roylaty, just the same, and they look
better than silk and satin to the poor
fellow on his bed of suffering.
The society girl breaks hearts and
the nurse heals hurts Both are pref
ty and both are smart, but their ac-
complishments are different. The So
| ciety girl dances divinely, plays good
hand at whist, can call off all the
dishes in a French bill of fare with a
delightful accent and plays and sings
choice selections from grand opera.
The trained nurse is judge of medi-
cine and fevers. She can thread a
needle with steady fingers while look
| ing at a gaping wound. Her feet are
tireless and her touch is as soft as a
benediction. She is cool and re-
sourceful and patient and cheerful at
all times and under all conditions.
Her working day is from twelve to
| twenty-four hours long and she never
goes on a strike.
! Her picture on the society page is a
credit to the page and the paper. IT
| ought to be there oftener. Society
owes her more than this, and not pic
| lures, or monuments can pay the debt
i In fII11
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13
QUAKER MEDITATToNs.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Uneasy hes the head that wears q
frown.
The pie baker can't say that he new
err minces matters.
Some people impress us as never
making enemies because it's too much
trouble.
No, Maude, dear. there is no SINH
Iarity between a dark horse and a
nightmare.
The fellow who takes too many
bracers may have some difficulty in
taking a brace.
The fact that man can die only
once is a constant source of regret 70
the undertaken.
The father of a family naturally
tries to bring up his children IN tine
way he should have gone-
When a fellow buys an automobile
it frequently happens that the first
thing he runs into is debt.
Wigwag-"How many quarts make
a peck 2" Guzzler-"One quart Will
sometimes make a peck of trouble.
BIobbs-"A fellow doesn't always
know when he is in love with girl"
Slobbs-"No, sometimes I suppose
she forgets to tell him."
Hoax-"I understand your friend
the wrestler has never been known to
turn his back on a friend" Joax-
mo, but he has been known 70 turn
a friend on his back"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13
NICHOLAS AND MoHAN1NrED.

The car of all the Russias is 90
meet the sultan of all the Turkeys
this month on board the latter's yacht
off the Turkish coast. and these two
last survivors of the European despots
will talk it over. OF all rulers it is
most fitting that these two should
meet. Russia has been a black spot
on the map of Europe for the last five
centuries, and Turkeys record extends
back about ten centuries and is even
darker than that of Russia. But the
Turks, in spite of their fanaticism and
servility, succeeded in their revolution
of recent date, while the Russian peo-
pie failed miserably.
Nicholas II, the weakest of a long
and bloody line of Romanoffs, can still
talk to Mohammed v of the delights
of despotic power, while the descend
ant of the prophet listens and signs
for his lost chances of oppression.
These two little, mild hammered men
are the living representatives of the
bloodiest and most cruel tyrants since
the days of the Roman emperors.
Nicholas and Mohammed were names
to conjure with a few hundred years
ago. All the old Nicholases died with
their boots on and some kind relative
generally FASTENED their taking off.
While Mohammed was the title as
sumed by the camel driver of Mecca,
the writer of the Koran, the prophet
Of Allah, the commander of all the
faithful, and the founder of a religion
that threatened to overrun Europe at
one time was only stopped at Tours
by Charles Martel after seven days of
fighting.
These little men, wearing big names.
can sit in the parlor stateroom of a
palatial yacht and talk it all over. 1t
would take a year to narrate all the
crimes and cruelties of their ancestors,
but they can speak of a few of the
most important massacres and the
more notorious acts of oppression.
Civilization has hesitated a long
time at the barrier on the borders of
their kingdoms, but at last she entered
the domain of the long suffering Turk
and some time, surely, she will enter
darkest Russia and drive out the
grand dukes and make an end to the
tyranny of the czar.
Nicholas and Mohammed can see
the handwriting on the wall if they
will look for it. The long race of
tyranny is nearly run. The names
they bear stand for nothing now ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the best things to have for
a rainy day is a friend who has an
umbrella to lend.
4 y u
Just because some persons marry 1t
is no indication that they are in love
with each other.
In the fall the young mans fancy
seriously turns to thoughts of how
to gather in the wherewithal for a
heavy overcoat and some winter flan-
nelS.
Awoman may always manage to
get what she wants-except in the
husband line and for the simple rea-
son that the right sort haven't been
made or developed as yet.