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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
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A3AuM HNWn
fIon the figures Of a report by the
bureau OF labor there has been er-
uacteu the interesting fact that sale
prices Of nearly everything reached a
nIgher level last year than at any time
curing the last eighteen years, and the
iarm produce leads all the rest.
Inc bureau divides the 25S commod.
ties OF the country into nine grouns
ana farm produce showed the highest
increase in price attained by any Of
the groups. And the encouraging feat
ure OF the report is that the panic NJ
last year did not affect prices of farm
stun very much. In fact, taking every.
thlng sold, the farmer got more money
IN 1907 than the average of ten years
before.
som m may not know this, but
II IS true' because Mr.. Powderly's bu-
reau says so. Aside from the musty
ngures of a departmental D the
lact Is evident that the farmers of his
country are more prosperous than thew
nave ever been. 1t is shown in better
houses bigger barns. fatter bank ac-
counts fewer mortgages. better ma
chlnery' and, more important than any
thlng else. higher standard OF living
for the family.
There is one small fly in the oint-
ment' however, and that is the fact
that while farm produce has been rails
ing IN price, clothing, implements, lum-
Der and building materials. house fur
hlshlng goods and some other things
farmers must buy have gone up, too.
But as these commodities have not
Kept pace with the advance in the
price Of things the farmers have to sell
they may on the whole feel that they
are gaining ground and that agricul.
ture is not to be despised.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Helm. In the Fnrm Home.

When through using a tool. or ma
chine, put it up.
Young ewes should as a rule never
be bred under IA months.
Little leakages big losses in
the aggregate. Remember that.
Bacon is fine when baked In the oven.
Pour off the grease frequently.
Watch the butter milk and be sure
You are not losing lots OF butter fat.
A bit of alcohol on a soft cloth will
make your glasses shine and save your
eyes.
Feed the horses regularly. Irregu-
lar feeding encourages bolting of food.
leading to Indigestion.
A slate hung in the kitchen is a very
handy thing on which to note things to
be ordered from town.
Don't forget that charcoal is good
for the hogs, salt, also. Have 1t where
they can help themselves.
LARGE animals consume less pounds
Of dry material per 1000 pounds live
weight than do small ones.
It is no longer a question: Does the
silo pay? Rather, what is the best
method Of handling the silo?
The road horse stuffed with hay
makes a poor traveller. Feed light ON
bav and heavier on oats when using
the horses much.
Earosene will start a stove fire all
Int but no wise woman will use it..
nv corncobs are nearly as good and a
great deal safer.
mining the ends or n Of drti-
a,as 70 be hung on the clothes line in
cry strong salt water will prevent the
,,r+ from freezing and makes it easy
- mt op the clOthespins.
invite your neighbor to have dinner
,-,tb Won occasionally and fail to
90 ont when you are invited. We all
So+ tired Of home cooking in time and
change is a good thing.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
BURMESE DOCTORS, sEcRErs.
Cures for Cobra Bite and for Hydro
phobia They VIII NOT DfvuIRe,

Cures for Obr Bite and for Hydro
phobia They VIII Not DivuIEe.
Every n knows, Of course, that the
bite Of the Indian cobra is fatal, says
the London Standard. But what Euro
peans do not actually know is whether
or not the natives of India really pos
sess the cures they claim to have both
Tor cobra bite and for hydrophobia.
A few years ago an Indian civilian
m Burma strolled out with his gun In
the evening. When scarcely a hundred
yards from the zayat or shelter in
which he was camping s. was bit
ten IN the leg by a cobra. which he
promptly shot. He at once returned to
the zayat and scrawled a pencil note to
be carried by his orderly to his chief,
the deputy commissioner, and then re-
signed himself to the attentions Of a
couple Of Burmese medicine men who
happened to be passing the night there
and to the death which he accepted as
absolutely inevitable. Meantime his
superior officer proceeded direct to
headquarters on receipt of the news to
seal up the unfortunate mans effects,
after which he set out for the zayat
20 see to the burial of his subordinate.
On the road he met the dead man"
comfortably jogging along toward head
quarters quite recovered. The Burmese
medicine men had scarifed the wound
and rubbed a certain paste into it.
They had also given the patient GER
tain infusions to drink and had cured
him. Nothing. however. would induce
them to give away the secret.
Our own medicine men have man,
cures Of hydrOphobia to their credit,
but cures of cobra bites are almost I'M
known. An English officer in the Shan
states kept a number of dogs, one of
which recently went mad and bit one of
the sahib's servants. The station was
an isolated one, The services of a
Shan doctor were called in and the SER
want, after passing through all the Sc
we're stages of the terrible disease, was
absolutely and completely cured by the
Shan doctor.
The English officer offered 1000 u
PEGS for the secret of the treatment
used and to a Shan this would, of
course, be a large sum of money. But
the secret was never divulged.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Mother.

MONneE.
Who is It knows just what to do
When things go wrong and life looks
blue?
Who Is it sings amid her care
And smiles when shadows bring despair?
Who is it through her changeless day
Unchanging goes her faithful way?
Who is it keeps the light, the home,
Still sweet howe'er her loved may roam7
Mother!
Who is it bears her little ills
With patience as the Master wills7
Who is it comes, who is it goes,
When others suffer, like the rose,
with soft compassion, tender wiles,
Dear touch of hand and charm of smiles
That bring back comfort, cheer and rest
To burning brow and aching breast?
Mother
Who is it reads upon his face
The care that business leaves, the trace
OF all-day worry, hard wrought grind,
Who is it brings his chair, his pipe,
And leans with lips where love sits ripe
To pour upon his troubled day
The comfort of her woman's way?
Mother
Who is it, when the gray wolves knock,
Guards with her soul her little flock?
Who is it nurses, rears and tends,
Heals little wounds and knits and mends7
Who is it takes her own joy less
In grandeur than in tenderness,
Long giving up through long-drawn years
Without one sign of sob or tears2
Mother
Who Is it earns as well as she
A little right to rest and glee?
A little seashore now and then
With other wives of other men
A little mountain, lake or brook.
A little sunshine aad a book;
A little quiet hour Of cheer,
With work all done and conscience clear?
Mother!
Who is it wins the crown she wears
When love lays wreaths upon gray hairs,
And joy on wings of softest CLEAN
Leads home her little ships of dream7
Who is it, though she goes not down
Each day to business in the town,
Still lifts her burden, tolls her share,
Fulflls her trust and meets her carer
Mother!
All, mock her not with rules unseen
OF garish eyes-a homespun queen,
A sovereign round whose scepter sweet
The liegemen of the hearthstone meet;
A monarch who has made the earth
A greener mold, of greater worth,
And builded in the hearts of time
The altar fires of faith sublime
Mother!
Baltimore Sun.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Arc American Women Rought


The Swedish jurist who thinks the
athletic tendency of the American
wOman is to blame for many divorces
ought to take an extra think or two
before he makes any more statements
Of that kind. The rOund-shouldered,
flat-chested, iat-fOOted beauty of Dur
opean society may b. his ideal, but the
American man knows his own mind,
and his taste doesn't run to that sort.
European titles seem to have a fatal
fascination for sundry empty-headed
and empty-heartcd American girls, but
you don't see American men prOwllng
about Europe hunting for wives.
The American man doesn't marry a
woman merely to get his housekeeping
done for nothing. lie marries a bright
beautiful American girl to be his com
panion in life. lie doesn't regard his
wife as a chattel. He likes her bril-
llancy, and likes to be enyied because
she is his. lie doesn't want a senti-
mental, sickly nope, but a strong, able
wife. with a sound body as well as a
sound mind. Guess again, Judge Ce-
dcrstrom. You're away wrong.-Chi-
a z Journal.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
To XIII Qaack Graz.

Quack grass is sometimes known as
Johnson grass. and also by other
names. 1t is useless to attempt to get
rid Of it after the land has been plant
ed to a crop. Now is a good time to
consider fighting 1t. Pillow the land late
In the fall, just before winter begins.
Pillow just deep enough to get under the
roots, leaving as much Of them as pos
sible exposed to the frost Of winter.
These exposed roots will be destroyed.
In the spring harrow or rake over the
roots repeatedly, doing the work over
and over again until almost every root
is removed. and then plant the soil to
potatoes or corn and give thorough cul.
tivatiOn.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Now IL Is tho Soulful Girl.

There are fashions in Il as
well as in clothes and those delicate
beings who catch the vibrations of CON
duct from the higher ether as care
fully as the wireless telegraph opera
tor reads his message have iutimatcd
that the era OF the vigorous, rollicling
girl has passed. The belle Of this win
ter must be "A soulful, posing girl, who
can sit for an entire evening with her
hands lightly clasped in her lap, and
who moves only her lips in speaking,
not using her eyebrows, shoulders and
hands. Several girls are working hard
to acquire repose, paradoxical as that
sounds. With repOse Of n has
come study Of how TO make the eyes
expressive. A girl who has millions,
but not great good looks, and who will
bow i'm New York. brought an instruc-
tor from London, just TO teach her 70
use her eyes and how to acquire the
latest gait, an uuduIatins kind Of glide.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

sented IN the cut. Made of good lum-
Der, the only iron about it is the han
Ole at each end, by which to push or
pull IT along the feeding alley in front
oil the COWS which are to be fed, and
TIE trucks on which it is mounted. The
wheels procured. any good blacksmith
can make this, so that the truck is by
no means difficult to construct. 1t
should be about . feet wide, 20 inches
deep and AZ feet long. Silage can be
conveyed in it from the silo to the
hangers very readily. If the sllO is
some distance away it will save much
uard work, indeed.-Fred o. Sibley, in
Farm and Home.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Grasses

GraSses are widely distributed. We
usually think Of them as existing in
our temperate only, because here
we have the perennial pastures and
meadows. They are, however, to be
round so far north that the soil is
frozen under them during the greater
part Of the year, while they are also
comAon to parts Of the South where
me frost is v known. Even the
mountain tops that are clothed with
perpetual snow have just below the
snow line their carpets of poas that
gro" and bloom through a brief period
every year. The grasses push hard
against the eternal SHOWS.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

1t possible to remove them with the
coat without difficulty.
Narrow velvet bands are now used
at the top of fragile collars, headed
with high ruching. 1t is found a good
support for the collar, besides adding
much to the neck fixture. Satin bands
may be used in the same manner.
\ very good trimming for the cuffs,
collar and tie of n very fin. linen, is to
work the edges with narrow scallops,
and make a border edge Of pin-head
dots. each the size Of an ordinary pin
head. This can be made in "A white
French knot. If a color Is desired then
use tan or blue.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
What Might Have Been.

81 declare, l d'knOw wat to make OF
ma wife. She'll ruin me a-spendin' all
de money there is" declared Jim, when
his old employer inquired for Mrs. jim.
"She do seem reckless about money
continued Jim, with a sober face. AL
WAYS askin' me for a dollar, or fifty
cents. vantin' money all de time, like
I could pick it up in de streets"
well, well. that is hard" responded
his ouestioner; but what does she do
with so much money!
"I dunno. I amt give her any yet"
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Handling AItnIfn,. Cron.

Methods Of handling the alfalfa crop
from the time Of seeding until 1t Is In
the barn in the form of well-cured hay
are given by the Wisconsin Station bull
letin. In brief. it is as follows: The
best soil for alfalfa is a rich clay loan
over n gravelly subsoll. 1t is best on
well-cultivated soils. If the nitrogen
forming bacteria are not in the soil,
the soil should be lnOculated. Spring
sowing is the best. Where ground is
inclined to be weedy use a nurse crop.
barley sOwn at the rate Of three packs
to the acre being the best. Thin seed
Ing OF the nurse crop is preferable.
Twenty pounds Of alfalfa seed per acre
is recommended. The year following
the seeding three good crops of hay can
he expected. Cut when about One-tenth
Of plants are in bloom and on a morn
ing after the dew has disappeared on
a day that promises fair weather. Cut
stubble at least an inch high. In the
afternoon of the day cut. rake and put
into small cocks. These cocks can be
covered with light cotton duck caps
and left until the hay is thoroughly
cured.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
D THE BABY.
Introducing "A Nice Point in Baby
Carriage Etiquette.

Introducing "A Nice Point in Baby
Carriage Etiquette.
THAT fellow doesn't know the first
thing about the etiquette Of the baby
carriage" remarked one of a group of
men at T%hirty-first and Main streets.
The comment was made to all in d
general way. One of the group, the
mar with a frayed collar and a look of
patient resignation, gazed anxiously at
a couple about to board a car. The
mother was sparrlng in a desperate sort
Of way with one Of those baby car
riages which shop statesmen can open
and close in a minute and the users In
from five to thirty minutes.
Don't see anything wrong with
that" said the man with the frayed
collar. He's got to hold the baby
ever If she does have to wrestle with
the carriage. You don't think ne ought
to hold the baby and take care of the
carriage, too, do your
"Well, there's one thing sure" TO
Joined the objector-"the man doesn't
know a thing about baby carriage ETH
Quette. What you want to do is this +;
II the baby weighs more than the car
rage, it's the mans place to hold the
baby. II the carriage weighs more, he
should hand the baby to his wife"
"Oh, pif1e :" interpolated the man
with the big black cigar. You're way
of. What he ought to do is to hand
the baby to his wife and the carriage
TO the conductor."-Kansas City Star.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

The following simple remedies are
oHered as cures for mango in hogs /:
l. ~Creosote, one and one-half ounces /:
ara two pounds mix well and apply
% affected parts. ?. Sulphur, one and
one-half pounds lard, two pounds mix
"ei and apply a above. 3. Turpen-
une and sulphur at the rate of ten
paris OF the former to one Of the latter
. likewise said to be an effective rem
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
YnIua Of Farm Products.

There are about 100000 farms In
the United States. In 1907 the value
Of the products from these farms was
S7,1l2,OOO,OOO. The average for each
farm is about $1,O5S. This gross
products whether consumed on the
farm or sold In the market.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

Yided for him. But
when taking the
y%oungster out for a
meal where they
have no such thing
as a high chair, 1t
is very uncomfort-
able for both baby
and the person at
tending to his
wants.
Recently, o
ever, a folding high
chair has bpen nat
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Convenient harm Truck.

No dairyman can afford to ignore
that which will tighten his labor In any
way whatever. Be his stable ever so
conveniently constructed, he has
enough to do. Hence the Importance
Of his considering the truck or car pre-
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

ented, as shown in the accompanying
cut. 1t would be very in~convenient, Of
course, to carry an ordinary folding
high chair around when visiting, but
that has been overcome by the use of
a folding seat which may be suspended
from the back OF any ordinary dining
room chair by means of two legs hav-
ing adjustable hooks on upper ends
with cushions on the bottom and the
arms about In the middle. The arms
serve to brace Il detachable mounted
table and the whole arrangement may
be adjusted to exactly suit baby's COM
'ort.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

"G-g-good evening" said the
young man who had come to speak to
the girls father.
Good evening"" replied the old gen.
tleman. "You look n little nervous.
How do you feelI'
"FIattered," replied the young man.
'I was afraid ! looked scared TO
death ."-Philadelphia Press.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

THAT offended government threat
ems to make a naval demonstration.
said the South American official.
send word Immediately" answered
The president Of the republic, sharply
that It must not do anything Of the
sort without first paying the license
fee usually collected from travelling ex-
hibitiops Washington Star.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

It IS q very difficult matter for ANA
teurs 10 remove moles successfully, and
the treatment with them IS apt to end
I'm a scar. Understanding this, IL one
cares to try, there is a mixture Of IF
teen grains Of chlorate Of potassium to
four ounces Of distilled water. This Is
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

81 cannot live but a week longer wiz
out you"
"Really, duke! Now, how can you fix
on a specific length Of time?'
"Ze landlord fix on it, miss, not L.
Louisville COurier-Journal.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

put ON the spot with a brush, night
and morning, for two days. If pain
full irritation results, zinc ointment viii
be found soothing.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15
Baltimore Sun.

When baby is old enough to eat his
meals at the table with the family 1t is
necessary that a high chair be pro-
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

A mans occupation, az a rule, IS rs
embarrassing as washing disaeA
swseplng rooms and making beds
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-01-15

81 think" said the merchant. III
have TO fire your friend Polk. never
saw any one quite so lazy
"Slow in everything, is he?"
"No, not everything. lie gets tired
quick enough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25
GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO, July 24.-Wheat prices sank
still closer to the dollar mark on the
board of trade today when the July de.
livery dropped to s1.O7A and the Septem.
Der to $1.Ooh, losses OF As and ~, re.
spectively, compared with the previous
close. The market closed weak at net
declines Of ~ to 31a. Corn closed firm
oats irregular and provisions steady.
Extreme weakness marked trading in
the wheat pit throughout the entire day
Selling was general from start to finish
the action being based to some extent or
the deliveries now being made here on
July contracts, 16Lvu bushels having been
turned over today and similar amour,
having been delivered on the previous
session. Arrivals of new wheat here to-
day were 2es cars, and S5S were esti-
mated for Monday During the day lay the
s1.07A. and September from $1.07M to
S1.O5H. There was a little rally near the
end Of the fay. but the close was weak.
with July at SLOTS and September al
81: 05sssal.O5a.
The corn market was strong all day.
excepting the case of the July delivery.
which declined more than 1c late in the
session. Nearly all Of this loss was
later regained, however. The close was
firm. with prices Nc lower to Hsa%c
y
figures. Trade in the oats market was
quiet. At the close prices were haAc
higher to Nc lower.
Trade in provisions was extremely dull.
A &c advance in live hogs was a bullish
factor. Prices at the close were a shade
higher to DC lower. compared with the
previous close.
Cash-Wheat: No. red new, Local IL;
No. B red new, 1.O3a1.O7: No. 2 hard
new. 1O9a1.11: No. northern new,
4 Dol u. M JSu1 n. No
3 spring, 1.15a1.22.
Corn-No. 2, 72ha73: No. . white, 76;
No. 2 yellow, 73A a13a; No. 3. T2a721s
No. 3 yellow, 1914: No. 4, 86ka69.
Oats-No. 3 white, 47a49; No. 4 white,
81.
DULUTH, Mimi, july 24.-Wheat--
No. I hard. 1881; No. l northern. 1.27
No. northern. 1.25: July. 1928; Septem-
Der, 1.O6ss; December. 1881.
ST. LOUIS. July 24.-wheat-No.
red, Local 90: No 2 hard, 1.O4a1 OF
July. 1.O4sS September. 1.02&.
Corn-No. 2. 7sHa73A: July, II; Sep
TENDER. 87h: No. 2 white. 76
tember. ss4: No. 2 white. old IS nomi-
nal.
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. July o4.-
Close: Wheat-July, 1:24% December
northern, 1.28a1 .28E; No. 2 northern
1.24a1.28H; No. } northern. 1.18a1.2O.
Bran, in 1OO-pound sacks. 2l.5Q.
Flour-First patents. 5.90a61O: second
patents. 5.SOa6.OO. First clears, 4.Soa
sos; second clears, 3.45a3.65.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, July 24.-Wheal
No. ] northern, 1.3Oa1.31 No. 2 north
ern, 1.2Sa1.29; September. 1858.
Rye-No. 1, S1aS1h.
Corn-September, Ssh; puts, 67S4; calls
60.
Barley-Standard 711a: No. 3. 6sa69: No
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
NEW YORK. July "a.

NEW ORLEANS. July 24-Spot cot
ton steady, unchanged; middiing, lis.
Sales on the spot. $50 bales: 20 arrive
none. Futures opened quiet at decline
of to points on rather free selling,
based on the fact that cables were not
quite up to the expectations OF this mar
ket. No attention was paid to the very
buliish week, and figures and prices fell
off to a level of 8 to 8 points below yes
terday's closing. Here a heavy buying
movement started. said to have been led
by prominent Philadelphia spot house.
and prices quickly advanced until the de-
cline had been recovered.
Late in the session there was little for
sale around the ring, and the advance
continued until the active positions were
10 to "a points up from the lowest and
IL to IL points higher than yesterday s
final quotations. The closing was steady
at a net advance of to 10 points. Clos
ing bids: July, 2.12: August. l.. 10: Sep
TENDER. 1909; October, 1199; November.
1900; December, 12.O1: January 12.O3;
March, 1919