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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
Country News and Views.

Country News and Views.
The government is developing the
Morgan horse at the breeding estab-
ltshment at Waybridge. vt.
The American mule is said to be
worth 1898, 600, for it is claimed
that 1t is comparatively immune from
disease and is not susceptible to con-
tagion.
The Kansas experiment station has
realized $11.90 per acre from rape pas
ture and $24.10 from alfalfa pasture
in ninety-eight days. These results
were obtained from experiments which
were begun July q and concluded
Oct. 81.
To keep up the fertility of the soil it
IL imperative that the orchards be lib
orally fertilized- Both mineral and
vegetable fertilization is necessary. a
crop Of apples will remove considera-
bly, more potash from the soil than will
a crop Of wheat. To produce trees re-
Quires large quantities of both vegeta-
BILE and mineral matters. Unleached
wood ashes are excellent.
Horses that are idle in the winter
should not be- fed much feed that is
rich in nitrogen-as, for instance, clover
hay. II a horse does not receive regu-
lar exercise he cannot assimilate such
feeds, and consequently the system be-
comes clogged and the disease known
as azoturia takes place. Horses to
keep in good condition should have
daily work or exercise
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29
GATE OPENED BY WEIGHT.

GATE OPENED BY WEIGHT.
both sides and using two weights. But
there is no advantage, and it is more
expensive, also rather dangerous. as
sleet will sometimes form on the gate
and add so much to its weight, and In
falling these gates have several times
injured both animals and men.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-01-29

REPORT OF STREET FAIR RE.
CEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS.
The report Of the receipts and ex-
penditures Of the street fair held last
September has been handed to us by
Assistant Seer etary Crossfeld, and is
as follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
InEenioua Egg Tester.

An Ingenious instrument has been in
vented for testing the relative fresh
ness 81 eggs. says the london Globe.
II is well known that when a fresh
egg is placed in water it sinks. while
a stale one floats, but the new instrn-
sent registers accurately degrees Of
freshness. By means OF IL eggs may
be classified with precision into new
laid fresh. cooking. etc. The apBara-
tus consists Of an aluminium air cham
Der with graduated stem above. Be
low are spring wire loops to hold the
egg. When the egg is fixed in this and
placed IN the water IFS quality can ne
read eff on the graduated stem r. it
sinks down 10 the Mark XN tlp egg
IS new laid O means still quite fresh.
while ! marks the liHit OF the break
fast eeg. The mark 8 means still good
for coosing. while = Is bad. II would
he well IL dealers in new-laid eggs were
required 10 have this apparatus aud
to satisfy their customers By ocular
demonstration that thcy are M.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
30
y HEALTHY BEAUTY d

Borax snuffled up the nose is good
for catarrh.
1t is said very strong tea viii stop
bleeding from Il cut
A mustard plaster for young child
should be half -four
A dab of eau de cologne will often
remove a slight red spot from the face.
A couple of soda minis, or tea
spoonful of cooking soda in water, will
often stave off sick headache.
teaspoonful of jamaica ginger
gives quick relief for pain in the
stomach or cramp collie. Half a tea
spoonful of soda may be added.
teaspoonful of strong black tea
tied up in a piece of muslin. with boil
ing water poured over it, may be left
on the eye all night for a sty.
OFTEN when one has cold the eyes
feel hot and are red and infamed. The
best way to effect a cure is to battle
the eyes frequently with solution of
boric acid and water.
\ woman who would be beautiful
should avoid worry and anger, for ii
is well-known fact that they write
fine lines. which deepen into wrinkles.
on the face. 4 season of rest and free
dom from violent emotions VIII do
more to efTace them than all the toilet
cream ever invented.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
AIDW[p(y[LsN[D &
I$5GWgI5 E1cIslB''

Prof. Percival Lowell announces that
spectroscopic proof has been obtained
of the presence of water on Mars. This
would seem, according to the Scientific
American, to settle once and for all
moot Marian question in Lowell's ia
vor
There has recently been completed at
Great Falls, Mont, huge brick chin
ney for carrying away the fumes of the
smelling works, which will take rank as
one of the tallest structures in the
world. 1t is 1919 feet in outside diane
ter at the base and % feet 8 inches at
the top. 1t extends 5O6 feet above the
ground and 52Sla feet above its lowest
foundation course. Its total wei yht is
a, 964 tons.
DR.. Schlick's apparatus for prevent
ing ships from rolling at sea has lately
given fresh proof of its ability. One of
his horoscopes has been fitted on board
the mail steamer Loch,si. While the
vessel was rolling 161a degrees on each
side, through total angle of 33 de-
grees, the gyroscope was started, and
Immediately decreased the total angle
of roll to degrees. The apparatus is
driven electrically and requires but lit
tie attention.
Prof. r. de c. Ward, a meteorologist,
points out that while the term temper
ate zone very we'll describes the climate
within the band Of the earth's surface
which 1t includes in the southern hem
isphere, it is often misleading when APP
piled TO the corresponding band In the
northern hemisphere. The most ex-
treme climatic conditions prevail with
in its limits. In the southern hemis-
phere the climate is more equable be-
cause of the relatively vast extent OF
the ocean surfaces there. Even in the
northern hemisphere fully half the area
of the temperate zone Is covered BY
water, and il is only over the continent
tai portions that great extremes of heat
and cold ~ccur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06

The tremendous power Of a pushing
root is a subject for marvel 1t viii
lift tons by the swelling Of its slender
trunk or rend rocks with the power
of dynamite, but silently and inyisibly
The pertinacity and force of plants is
occasionally shown in the great cities
in this wise: Some old residences have
vines many years old climbing UP their
we8thsr-beaten brown fronts. Their
roots are deep in the tiny front garden
plot, and their tendrils were at first
trained up slender cords to the iron
balconies on the first floor. These
slender green things twined in and out
of the iron railing of the balcony like
little serpents till they reached the
vertical wall, viii II, nothing daunted.
they began to climb.
Little by little the tender green stems
changed to hard, woody tissues which
swelled into flat plaits to accommodate
itself TO the bars of the iron railing
through which it had woven itself. But
the accommodation was only formal,
for, swelling steadily, the vine trunks
appear to-day to have become rs large
as mans arm, and the iron rails
which were its earliest support have
been broken in twain by their migrate
full dependents.
Another singular example of the per-
tinacity of the roots is the following:
4 drain pipe seemed TO be choked. In
yestigation showed that thread-like
shoot of tree had penetrated one OF
the minute pores Of the city pipe; once
inside the drain the tendril found such
luxurious nourishment that il grew aii5ti
divided into branches, which wound
themselves In coil on coil, until finally
passage i'm the drain was completely
cholled up. 1t is said that bucbetfuls
of tangled lilaments were taken out
of this pipe, which treasured only eight
inches i'm diameter. while the skens
originated in a single threadlike fila
ment, back through which courSed the
abundant nourishment to push on the
growth of the maple tree above ground
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06

send her some flowers, but they were,
unfortunately, white ones, such as are
sent to the dead. When Mrs. Keepers.
the owner of the lost ring, passed the
oldfashioned house where the young
widow lived, she made a point Of look
ing the other way. But she uttered no
word of suspicion. 1t was her friends
who talked.
Six months later Mrs. Keepers went
to Paris to find eout what civilized peo-
pie were doing and one OF her first err
rands was to her dressmaker. He pre-
sented himself with many expressions
of pleasure at again meeting a lady
who appreciated the art of fine dress
Ing
Madame" he said. you are a grand
patron. You know how to give encour-
agement to the artist" He lifted his
hand In demonstrative gesture, and on
It cleaned an opal, quite large, the
color of ripe pomegranate.
Pardon, monsieur" said the lady
languidly, "but / have the effrontery
TO envy you the possession Of a re-
markable jewel. VIII you kindly tell
me how you came by ring SO curl
ousg'
at came from your own country,
madame, and into my possession in a
way that-that relates to business.
Such things occur"
"Will you tell me the story? l have
a reason for wanting to know"
Madame will pardon me. 1t is bust
ness 1t is personal"
Mrs. Keepers half shut her pale blue
eyes
Monsieur" she said softly, 81 re-
quire to know. Please do not deny my
request again"
The Frenchman perceived that the
curiosity was not idle.
Madame insists? In confidence,
then. a lady of your city sent 1t to me,
by my consent, in payment of BILL
a bill which had been unduly delayed
in settlement"
It took not a little diplomacy to in
duce the milliner to divulge the name
of the customer who had done this,
but he yielded finally.
1t was Mrs. Richard Henry Sands,
said be.
Thank you." said Mrs. Keepers.
I'VE will now talk of my order"
An hour later she drove to the sta
ton of the Atlantic cable, and she sent
three messages. One was to Mrs. Sands.
one was to Mrs. HEREFORD, the widow
the last was TO her dearest friend. TO
whom she gave instructions to call on
every lady who had been at the I'M
lucky luncheon and tell the truth.
When she returned. three months
later. Ms. Sands had gone West for
a tour. She was in japan, it was said.
aud might return by way of New York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
Cnrxets Mnst Go.

The corset is woman's closest friend,
literally as well as figuratively, and
that's no joke. Neither is it a joke
how the corset has been torturing her
insides and making life a burden to
her
During the past few years a great
many changes have been made in cor
sets and as many corresponding fig
ures" have been in style. Woman has
altered her shape again and again at
the behest of fashion, regardless Of the
intentions of nature, aud all this chang
ing could have but one result. 1t is
already manifest. 1t is crusade to
do away with the corset entirely and
permit the female form to I've just as
was intended in the beginning The
agitation against it has begin where
the evils of tight laeing have been most
pronounced France.
The organs inside the body are eapa-
Bile of being compressed 20 most
alarming degree, and thus it happens
that fashions DEGREES have made many
women a bunch of physical abnormali-
ties. She can't see them. but she has
them nevertheless.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
Draft Horses.

The draft horse is getting bigger and
bigger In the late SOS if one weighed
over 1000 pounds and came FROM
France. il was an event and the horse
papers talked about him, with pictures.
To-day the draft importer will touch
nothing under 800 pounds and 3year-
old colts often run up to ton.
The favorite draft breed in America
six TO one-ls the Percheron Of
France. 1t comes from Re Perche.
southwest of Paris, and nowhere else.
The horse breeders in that district have
banded themselves into guild or
union. and decreed that no horse from
outside the borders Of their district
can ever be recorded as q Pcrcheron IN
the studbook of the breed. A colt foal-
ed Just across the line out of mare
and by a sire correctly registered can
not himself be registered.
The foundation blood of the Perche-
ron is. or * said to be- Arab The
Frenchman will tell you that a Pcrche-
ron is an Arab made heavy by the
climate. But whether Arabian cxtrac-
ton or not, 1t Is sure that the breed
has been made heavy by the climate or
human selection during the past half
century.
When George Sand was writing the
Percheron was famous as a road horse
IA traveller. ground cOyerer Her
heroes used TO drive 5ither 9nd thither
behind four splendid distance eating
PercherOns. No modern Frenchn an
would dream Of driving up to his ~.
nette's door behind four Pcrcherons.
The Perche peasants, within the limi.
tatiOns Of their material, most won
derfully fashion into being their equine
imacinlngs. It Is much easier ana sim
pier TO carve horse Of the shape YOU
want on the Parthenon frieze than ont
I'm f.ucerne pasture IN the Euree
DOR district Dazed by their artistry,
the French minister Of agriculture
grarely reports. These men Of Ie
3'erche are incredible. Command from
tSem q horse, they viii build you one
to your specifications"
From the current report Of the
French horse breeding bureau Is learn
ed that during the fiscal wear lGl.ll4
mares were bred to stations belonging
10 the state. 1901 to approved stall
lions. 9.A7 to authorized stalli0ns
This is bureaucratic. isn't H. that 4
country should be able 10 report a
thing like that? And in the archives
Of the French government is the name
and description Of each mare IN France.
together with date about the horse with
which she was bred.
The French never dream Of breeding
TO stations OF mixed or unknown
blood. 8mt the American farmer who
bred his mare to a Percheron for
heavy colt usually changes his mind
couple Of years later. puts what he got
from the first cross TO coach horse
for style. this product TO trotter for
speed. asil the grand result to Jack
or nule. As a horse breeder be looks
ONLY al the outside Of TIE sire land
apparently not 50 careful 20 hiatt, and
cares llnle what kind OF blood Is run
ming inside.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06

No one knew anything about the
little widow She moved into the neigh
borhood without so much as by your
leave" Mrs. Clara HEREFORD was the
Inscription on her cards. 1t looked
strange and unconventional But by
the time the ladies had decided that
such an inscription was unusual they
had caled-and so IL was too late.
She had. fortunately or unfortunate
". lovely face, with red gold hair,
violet eyes, dazzling complexion and
small. conspicuous, perfect teeth. 1t
is little suspicious for woman to
be as beautiful as that. Still, Mrs.
Richard Henry Sands, the most exclu-
sive woman In the neighborhood, over
looked this splendor OF countenance
and invited her TO her first luncheon
OF the winter.
The conversation turned on jewels:
Mrs. Keepers, a lazy-looking blonde,
with A delicious accent born of tent
peramental Incidence, exhibited new
ring. 1t was an opal, the color of a
ripe pomegrauate, set about with little
diamonds. She told its history. which
was rather commonplace.
"You must invent better story than
that for It." cried the widow, and,
holding 1t up where the light would
play upon its dorid spleudor she de
vised wild and romantic tale 10 suit
IL. The hostess. who sat next TO her
led the applause.
At the conclusion OF the luncheon
Mrs. Keepers said as she arose:
But must have my ring, or l shall
be leaving it. You have ii. dear Mrs.
Herford:"
The beautiful widow shook her head.
u gave the pretty thing to Mrs
Sands" she said did not. my good
hostess
TO me? No, you al not nand the
ring to me Mrs. HEREFORD. Perhaps it
was To the lady on the other side of
you. But that lady gave aat denial
An awkward pause came Mrs. Keep
ers smiled gracl0usly.
You shall not wait here because Of
my ring" she said, with her slow smile
1T has been dropped. The servants
viii find it and bring it to me-"
But this gracious courtesy could not
put the lost jewel out of the minds OF
any OF the guests The next hour was
unpleasant Every one felt that in
spite of the unchanged politeness of
the hostess and the sweet amiability
OF the owner of the ring Mrs. HEREFORD
was suspected. She felt IL. too. There
was a fash in her eyes and her lips
were strained. But she stayed cour-
ageoasly till the last.
BY tacit agreement the ladies called
no more She was hidden 10 no more
luncheons. She took solitary walks.
Went alone TO the matinee, sat alone
by her fire day In and day out. TIL
pallor began 20 dim the glow OF that
brilliant face and the eyes acquired
pathos new 10 them. Some of the
women pitied her. One ventured e
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06

The ends of the ROOFS should all be
cut smooth and the trench filled up
with a good compost of peat. rotten
sods and manure. and left for a year.
when second trench can he opened
az the outside Of the first and III, tree
carefully undermined with a pick, so
as to remove the soil with as little in
jury TO the young fibers as possible,
and the tree carefully drawn over so
as to cut Nhatever tap-root may have
been left.
If a supply Of bass mats is at hand
they can be carefully bound around
the ball of earth, and Il 1t Is not too
large IL can be loaded on drag and
drawn to the place of planting, where
the hole has been prepared beforehand.
If too large for a drag the ball of
earth may be surrounded by boards or
layers OF hay and straw firmly bond
With cords, a few boards passin, I'M
derneath. and the whole fastened to
the stem. which should he well wrap
ped with hay or wooden material before
any force for lifting is applied. 1t can
then be raised with the use of der
rick onto a truck and taken to the de-
sired place. lowered In the hole, the
binding taken of, the roots carefully
spread and the soil we'll worked in
among them and we'll tirmed
Large trees can also be transplanted
by digging around them in winter and
frozen solid, having the ground pre-
pared previously and covered with
coarse material to keep out the frost,
and removing them ON sled to their
destination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
Whence all his courage came.
Most Petted women in the

Most Petted Women in the World.
That we are the most INDUCED and
petted women in the world is undoubt-
edly true; it is difficult to see why we
should claim powerful place in the
national life. While the women of 9TH
er countries are making and saving
our women are wasting and spending
The light-hearted italian women are
a source of wealth TO their country by
their frugality and their not inconsid-
cradle business ability Their less
light-hearted and less comedy German
sisters are miracles of Woodworking
thrift. No one who has lived in Ger
many can fail to have observed what
comfortable homes and what substan-
tial meals the German hausfrau of all
classes conjures from incomes so tiny
that the American can only wonder
how they manage to live at all.
1t is also interesting TO observe that
for her success in homemaking the Ger
man woman reaps her reward. The
German husband may seem to us I'M
chivalrous in the minor details of life !;
ne may talk with brutal disparagcment
about the female BRAIN but Wien he
goes ont to amuse himself It doesn't
occur to him to go alone. He takes
with him his wife and children. That
pathetic person whose husband neglects
her for the society of men, for whom
our tears flow so often in this country,
is not found in Germany.
While the poorest class of English
women are poor homemakers. and
while we undoubtedly learned some of
our lessons in inefficient and wasteful
cooking from our English kinswomen.
English women of the upper classes
put us to shame in the part they play
in the political life of the country
They have their definite part they are
expected to play in the game of poll
tics. The well educated English
women do not exist who can not talk
intelligently on the political situation
American women can not; politics
bores them.
1t is, however, in France that woman
has the most power. From the peasant
up she takes a more active part in the
affairs of her country than do the
women of any other land. The pros
perity of France is builded ON the
amazing thrift of French women She
combines with this thrift a supreme
talent for home-making. Housel:eep-
ing does not give her nervous pfostrd
ton. and the brisk cheerfulness of all
French women is the one thing that
notably strikes the traveller in France.
whether he comes from America. Ger
many or England The French womans
business ability is pre-eminent. With
her thrift, gayety and business ability
it is not surprising that she yields the
power that she does.-Appleton's Mag
aZine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06

cot position in downtown office.
The third devoted all her attention to
society. If we were writing a story,
we would marry off the girl who could
cook within three months, but alas !!
the facts are different. The society
Girl has landed a wealthy man, the
has another nibbling !;
but the real heroine, the one who can
make light biscuits. cook a beefsteak
an boil soup bone. has attracted no
attention whatever-Atchison Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
Fashion Notes.

A new notion in shoes is patent
leather with tan color tops and pearl
buttons.
1t seems that for day wear one can
not have too many buttons or too much
braid on the cloth or velvet gown.
The pannier is showing itself in the
early modes. Whether it viii be drop
ped later or not is hard now to deter
mine.
The tightly fitting sleeve is still mod
ish, but some of the new models have
little upper sleeves given to them. a
great Improvement for long, thin arms.
Back comes the bolero, as piquant as
ever. Boiero blouses, covered with SOU
tache embroidery, are worn over a
guimpe of lace or net, under the
"dowdy'' coat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06

the future. The is growing it has in the
past And it grows it is bound to need cond
tons new habits, new environments 1t is predestined
by its growth expand beyond todays institutions
child ougrows its clothes, a seeding bursts from
the sitting ground.
Changes creordaned in the fact of evolution. The
radicals and promote them, abet them hasten them
The conservatives blind and impede them But the
changes Welcome not, they occur ceaseessly
The patrarchs the prOudest and nobest and ovelest
of them perhaps would have stood aghast at the thought
of the twentieth century husband toisomely earning
money his lady wife 10 get and culture and
with They would have deemed family and society
morally fated were wife be free, homes be
partnerships Yet twentieth century husbands vastly
prefer contemporary wives and women and homes and
children to the ancient.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
Sage Hair Restorer.

Place one quart of boiling water and
two ounces of sage in an iron pot. al
low to stand for twenty-four hours,
and then filter through filtering paper.
Digest one ounce of pine tar in one
quart Of water for forty-eight hours,
stirring occasionally, and then filter
mix the two together, and add quart
bay rum. ounces cologne ounces
incture of cantharides. ounces giycer-
in and 20 ounces distilled wafer Ap-
ply 10 the scalp mce daily, brush. mas
sage for tea minutes. This viii grad
ually restore gray hair 10 its original
color and * also a good tonic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-04-06
4 RenI Wan.

4 real man Is one who. reaching his
home. is met ut the gate. door or in
the house by his children. who grab
him around the neck. hug and kiss
him and maui him in general: their
action to be followed by a hearty re-
eeption by the wife and mother 1t is
possible for such a man TO be a gentle
uxn. but many gentlemen are not
real uaen.-New York sun