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turn into the strait and narrow road II he does
so his record IN year VIII be as clean as that OF
the best the line That Is exactly as il should
bit or miss suspension system, 1t is keen incep-
tive to every conductor. motorman or guard no
matter what his record may have been In the past
to do his best In the future
This matter of encouragement to the man with
a rightfu kick IS which has Interested private
corporations. Sometimes inds a concern which
Is not quite modern however. in this regard
There Is big suburban restaurant on tho opt.
skirts which not only makes bids for automobile
parties but advcrtlses continuously for the humber
patronage OF folk who afoot or by trolley cor
That restaurant makes n speciality OF its famous
beers After certain limited hours It seems all but
Impossible to have food prepared and served within
Its great shady garden.
t, The Amazing Sequel
ono man, whose name is fairly well known 70
all New York, found II impossible to have a dinner
served thore to his party at half-past eight o'clock
OF a shady July night The bill of fare laden down
Win programme Of eatableS lay tantaIlzinrly on
the table. 1t announced that meals were served
until one o'clock In the morning. Soon after the
man and his party seated at the table waiter
came close to them. t'& ..c
Light or darkl" he nsked curty.
i want to order something eat" said the man.
You can brlng"-
But the waiter was three tables of already. The
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ATH THE. CORP0RATlON- and DAVID

nursed his anger and moment later stonn,
another waiter. He pointed 10 his open bill OF faro
The waiter ignored him. He simply swept by with
out word. After three four experiences 81
much the same sort the sought out the heal
waiter. That official showed sort OF contemptuo,s
interest in the recital of his troubles but finally
nodded his head. and few minutes later the orig
inal waiter appeared. The man caught him by the
sleeve and repeated demand that ne take his order
for food.
The waiter did not struggle. He simply swore
In undcrtone and spat upon the top Of the table
The man started to find the manager of the estab,
lishment 4 good natured German who had been
sitting Mt the table and who had witnessed the
entire occurrence stopped him.
They don't like kicks here, and the boys had
rather keep serving beer It's more money in their
pockets"
So 1t seemed. The man could find one who
would admit himself manager. He left the place and
that night he wrote letter to its management-a
letter, explaining In detail the entire
renee Hc felt sure that he would have coureopS
letter of apology in answer.
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"See here. old man, won't Yet you make fool OF
yourself in that way he said gravely, You'd be
ashamed Of letter like that half hour after you
had dropped it into the mailboX. When you get
home tonight and your mad has all or you
sit down and write the company at its main Office
you'll find their address in the telephone book-and
you tell them just what happened this morning ut
u -Umpty-elghth street Don't eXaggerate. Just tell
them the facts"
Simpsons face bad sobcred. The old grin returned
The company would be ticiled death hear
from me- he drawled in slow sceptclsm. Say,
Peterklns. what do you suppose would happen TO my
letter? The head Office boy would open it with the
rest of their mail He'd take squint az i-juSt one
squint 'Anuddcr ole gent watts had his feelin's
hurt I can just hear him say it. Peterkns-Re-
ferred to TIL Committee Furrn AGalrs'-and then
old man, my tines worth something and all I've got
TO do Is TO pray that some day that company gets
what's coming to IL good and proper"
But PeterkinS prcvaied-as was bis way-and
that night Simpson, sobered down after busy bust.
ness day, wrote letter in which he told the exact
facts of the mornings occurrence Two days later he
had letter, politely acknowledging the receipt his
communication and stating that the guard had been
disciplined for his breach of manners, For long
time thereafter Simpson sceptical about that
reprimand ever having been administered He
thought that some underllng in the companys gen
eral office had written him letter In stock form
But then one day when he riding on the Brook
yn trolley cars he became involved In transfer dis
pute with conductor. The conductor thought ho
knew his rights and he stuck by them manfully
Etthpson did pretty well by his own rights ESentu-
aly lie took the conductors number, and that night
he wrote To the Brooklyn company letter OF com
riaint enclosing the transfer which Its conductor had
refused 10 accept.
The company wrote two letters to Slmpson-oue
acknowledging his complaint and Iater one saving
that investigation showed it have been well found
Cd and courcously offering apology Within that let
ter was car ticket, enclosed TO reimburse Smpson
for the extra fare that he had compelled to nav
10 continue his journey. After that experience Slmp
son felt little better toward public service COM
panies
Same With the Gas Company
If he had been involved IN any dispute with tho ga q
companies of this Overwhelmingly big town he would
have found his experience very much the same And
IL his name had not been Simpson and his home II
very comfortable and well furnished apartment there
In West Umptyc street his treatment would still
have been the II lie had been Mrs AIurphy and
his home stuny four tenement up in some tow
ering barracks the far cast side or the far west
and he had teephoned the gas company OF the nso
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Some Of the local city railroads. led by the big
Brooklyn system, have borrowed n leaf from the
. experience book OF the steam railroads and have
put the Brown system Of dement's into effect Tn
der that system the ralIroader is demerted for Of
fences that proved against him. When he has
received sixty dement's he Is dismissed from the
seTyice of the company But there remains for him
method under which he can clear his record For
each month that be continues to hold his job he
ceiyes service credits tmerlt markS), which Offset
Ike number of dement's.
SO you see that a man can be pretty bad-have
assm many as Gfty-aye demerlts, perhaps-and still
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GOLIATH,
, York Herald Co All rights reservcd9

Copyright 1910 by All rights eserved9
NEW YORK Saturday.
MAN who held a position in Il dlngy big othcc
y down town went to work one morning with an
~ exceeding crouch sitting down upon his shout
I u ders In the vernacular OF the back country
be was fall het up His associate at The bg
nat topped desk noticed the unusual condition.
'Some one step on your toes SIMPSON, he asked
Simpson slared but only for moment Then he
laughed and said
Don't suppose that I've got any business to get
mad, only some of these elevated guards do get my
goat"
Gradually simpsons grievance drawn ont.--A-
guard shut the platform gate of elevated train
In his face had refused to open il again at Simp
sons earnest and rather bgcathlesS solicitations Up
TO that point the guard right and acting strictly
within his orders. AS Simpson had changed from
changed vtuperation. Then he wrong, and
simpsons companion told him
"Why don't You write letter of complaint 10 the
company and tell them exactly what happenedf' he
added
Guess / will" ernncd Simpson. Il can get up
hotstur letter that viii make somebody shiver ali
right IN rip them up. TN them III tell them
that going 10 sic the Public Service Commis-
sion them" ,...
He grlnned more, very contemplation OF
bis revenge IIis companion cane around the desk
snf albed seriously with him
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tive fashion at least. had ndorsed the conduct Of It's
employe,
Different indeed was the attitude of big retail
candy concern toward another kicker This
walked into upper Broadway store of the
at the close Of a whiting hot August afternoon he
tired. and having just finished long journey
rather traveworn. The shop girls gathered TO-
geher chattering at the of the place, for there
were customers in 1t Mt the time he entered Their
gossip must have zen entertaining, for they did not
seem aware of his presence. He patient SOUL
and for five minutes he possessed himself in patience
he stood close to the store Then prime
val feelings welled up within him and he went home
and wrote personal letter to the head of the
cern.
BY ten O'Clock the next morning the manager Of
chat branch was at his doorstep, hat IN hand and
ready to make apology. Sometimes stores have sent
men who posed as managers to answer complanants-
but this the branch manager bona 1de, He
made apology in person. the concern did it by mall.
The man who kicked has since decided that one
of the best concerns In New York with which to do
business
Talk for moment to the man who took up this
case. veteran head OF great retailing business He
has Infinite pride in his business 1t is house
that he has built by the exercise Of great mental
power. and its every detail IS It's owners keen In
Only little time ago he refused an offer Of
trucking concern to make his deliveries at price
that about half of what 1t him 10 maintain
his great distributing forces. He declined that offer
without 1nStant's hesitation.
"My horses, my wagons, my we'll hammered
are assets my business" said he, II figure low
every corner. but l Try to whttle away
asset"
Can you imagine the attention that Il man of bis
stamp gives to the kicker and his paint?
1--WE built business upon these kickerS.
with their intelligent kicks" he says, with a smile.
''They have taught shortcomings and there Is
more than klnk In this store that has been sug
gested indirectly by friendly customer with
grievance TO air.
That is why we have complaint book. It's q
lively little volume and its contributors are largely our
own people They circulate through the store. and
when they something that Is not as it should be-
WELL right there Is paragraph for complaint
book. out of that book has sprung our Department
OF Complaints, which makes spccIaCy OF adjusting
the differences that hound to arise every aud
then between our patrons and employees
IL tell the members OF force Just one thing
Look Mt those questions from sidepoint of the
people who spending their money In the store
A shopEeoper do nothing less The greater grieT
ance may really be his. but he must forget that n
these days II Is the outer rim folks-the public
who have the whip hand
The public has the whip hand
The big enterpriSes-semlp public and entirely Pri
to realize that. 1t looks as II tue
Average Man were beginning to come into his own.
after ALL David has dung telling shot bis slnS
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wrath and, Nke Simpson wonld have laid the
foundations of large sized gtudge against ithc troll
ley company. This man did oothing OF the sort.
He quietly took the conductors number made a
of the time and place and reported the incident
the railroad headquarters The company went
into The matter with an almost judicial sense of
right and calm, and week later Connolly miss
Ing from the line.
Just What Happened. M
Ask the general manager OF that road what he
did to Connolly
II fired him. he will tell you. without the slight
est hesitation. ''There wasn't anything else
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-01-13
NOTES OF THE SHEEP FOLD

Sheep will clean up the turnip field
pretty well in their own way, but it
is much better to dig the turnips and
feed them regularly
BY proper breeding and common
sense in feeding and care sheepmen
can raise five pounds of wool where
they are now raising three.
If fed to sheep at all, ensilage should
be given in very small quantities and
always in connection with some other
feed.
Do not begin to dose the ewes every
time they seem little off feed. Place
them in lot by themselves, shut off
their feed entirely for day or two
and watch closely. Eight times out
of ten they will come around all right
If you want to raise mutton to sell
go in for the mutton breeds and let
the wool problems alone.
The stiff old broom is an excellent
thing to clean out the feed trough and
this should be done after every feed
ing
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BUTTONS MADE FROM HOOPS

At the big beef packing houses the
hoofs are assorted into three grades
the white ones being used for certain
grade of button closely resembling thu
better quality of pearl buttons. 4
striped hoof is flattened into a plate
through pressure under heat and used
in the manufacture of hairpins; striped
hoofs are also used in the manufacture
of buttons. Black hoofs and hoof scrap
are used in the manufacture of cyanide
and chrome. Scraps of hoofs ground
up into fine powder make nitroge-
nous fertilizer for grapes and other
crops. s-
A colony of 10000 bees will require
three weeks to produce fifty or more
pounds of surplus honey. In some Sec
tions of perpetual bloom hives have
been known to give as much as 500
pounds Of honey. We have heard of
one bee owner on the Pacific coast
who had 5000 hives, which produced
100000 pounds of honey yearly. worth
$4,000.
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BY ". G. oorrEY.

There should be a few sheep on al
most every farm. 1t is easily admitted
that few horses, few cattle, few
pigs and some poultry must be kept
on every farm, from necessity or be-
cause they are economical. Why not
sheep?
If the dogs bother the sheep, shoot
the dogs. The chief objection is that
the people don't understand sheep; but
they cannot possibly understand them
until they begin to deal with them. A
few sheep may do better than good
many. Fifty would be "few" on a
100 or 200 acre farm.
H. A. Winter of Marshall county is
a very practical farmer and he believes
that each year the lambs sell for as
much as the mothers cost and that
the wool pays the cost Of the keep.
The eve, weighing 100 pounds, at 8
cents pound, cost Sc.
1t is no exaggeration to say that
there will be as many lambs as ewes
A 100-pound lamb will sell at 6 cents
bringing Seas much as the mother
cost. This eve will shear nine
pound fleece, which at 20 cents will
sell for $3.50, which will pay for the
keep of the eve and offspring.
The farmer still has the eve, which
at Az cents a pound Will bring $40
profit Of 90 per cent on the invest
ment
Sheep delight to clean up neglected
places, in the potato patch, the pig
lots, the stubbleield, fence rows, here
there and anywhere.
L. H. Helbig of Livingston count,
counts that his sheep have-made hin
$1,000 from fence rows in three years
and he has got rid of many noxious
| weeds.
In Minnesota it was found that out
OF $50 kinds of weeds there were only
| nifty kinds that sheep would not eat
Sheep need care, and with care will
return profit.
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LARGE LITTERs OF PIGS

1t is customary with hog raisers
when selecting a brood sow to want
one with large number of teats in
order to accommodate large litter Of
pigs. I had an inquiry from Gus
toner some time ago for two SOW
pigs, and the buyer said that people
told him that SOW should have four
teen teats.
There are few sows with so many
teats, and really the very large lit
ter is not, in my opinion, the most
profitable one, anyway. A sow with
ordinary care cannot properly nourish
more than eight or ten pigs, and I am
not sure but six or seven is better
than ten.
l have had sows with ten and eleven
pigs, but there are always some runts
which do not grow fat It takes lust
about all that the SOW can digest to
keep the pigs making satisfactory
growth. The sows with six or eight
pigs will keep them growing rapidly
and l believe, making as many pounds
Of pork as the large filters, and there
is not such strain on the sow's sys-
tenn to provide food for the pigs.-A. j.
I,epg
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BY MISS M. CHANDLER.

After successfully raising turkeys
for a number of years l am able to
give a few practical and useful hints
on the subject which cannot fail to be
of great benefit to the new beginner
or perhaps to the ones who have been
trying to raise turkeys with but poor
success.
Turkey as we all know, are con-
sidered more difficult to raise than are
chickens, on account of their being
more sensitive to the damp and cold Nof
spring, and for this reason many do
not try to raise them at all.
find that if turkeys are not Matched
before May it is less trouble to care
for them and they are more apt to live.
1t pays best to start with small
flock. Never keep over winter more
than three hens and gobbler. Right
here let me say, be sure to get your
gobbler and hens of different flocks in
starting, and if you have your own
trade with some one, so that they will
not be related to the hens.
Inbreeding is the cause very fire.
quently of blindness. have seen in
quiries in many farm papers as to the
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RALSING TURKEYS SUCCESSFULLY
FEW SUGGESTIONS As 70 CARE AND FEEDING VINO
RAISED THEM RROF17ARLY

probable cause Of blindness, and ex-
perience has taught me that this is
the sole cause.
the first time she gets broody, but
break her up to lay more eggs and set
a hen or two in her place.
When hen is set, never use more
than eight or ten eggs, and even then
select large hen.
Give her a warm place to sit and
saturate the nest well with sulphur to
keep away vermin. Use sulphur on
the hen also.
hen that is to sit for four weeks
must be we'll fed and cared for. Give
her plenty of fresh water and exercise
and small ration Of good cornmeal
wet with milk once each day.
When a brood of little turkeys are
first Matched they are very weakly and
at least twelve hours.
Warm, waterproof coops should be
provided for them. Large dry goods
boxes, such as can be bought for about
rs cents, make excellent coops
Turn then on their side, with blocks
under the corners to keep them off the
GROUND. Nail Strips OF board over
every crack. The top of the box forms
the front of the coop. Nail lath across
the front so close together that the
little ones cannot crawl through and
make little door through which to
feed and water them at one end.
I feed them on bread and milk for
few days and then give them corn
meal wet with sweet milk and pinch
of salt and some clean sand.
Dutch cheese is also good for a
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change. They are very fond Of II and
1t aids digestion. Give them plenty
of water, but do not leave it where
they can tumble into it, as good
wetting is most certain to be the death
of little turkey.
When they are few days old
take off lath from the front of the
coop and let them run out after the
dew, is off. If the nights are chilly or
the weather should be damp cover the
coop we'll with warm blanket
The last year raised turkeys L
learned something very helpful. put
the coop under large tree, where
there was shade In the afternoon and
found that the little turks" never left
the shade and did not run off into the
grass and weeds and get lost, as they
had formerly done. They cannot en-
dure the hot sun.
II you have hens with little chicks
do not put the coops near the ones
where there are little turkeys, as a
hen with chicks will kill little turkeys
A hen with turkeys will likewise kill
the chickens.
When the old turkey hens are set
later on I take the same method with
them as with the hen mother and
brood, and take care to provide a large
COOP
When little turks" are s to weeks
old they can be, let out with their
mothers short time each day il the
weather is good and by the time they
are half grown they can get their own
living by cleaning in the fields and
will make no more trouble.
The last year I raised turkeys lost
but three and raised forty.
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HELPS IN HOME LIFE
BY HANNAH COOPER.

BY HANNAH CUOPER.
Add a little salt to the water when
cleansing mattings to freshen and
brighten them.
Use one part of linseed oil end two
parts of kerosene on soft cloth to
wipe up painted or hard wood floors.
Pour boiling water onto few drops
of oil of lavender and put into a fancy
pitcher or bowl. 1t will give refresh
ing odor to a room.
Save the paraffin that has been used
on jellies or jam, melt and let it hard
en- to smooth flat-irons on ironing day.
Run dry bread through the meat
grinder, place the crumbs in paper
bags in a dry place ready for breading
veal or other uses.
Rinse milk vessels with cold water
before scalding with boiling water, as
the milk will not adhere so closely
to the vessels.
Before scalding milk rinse the YES
sci with cold water to prevent the
milk from adhering to the dish and
burning.
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NOTES OF THE POULTRY YARD

woman in Illinois last year started
in the poultry business by buying four
dozen high priced hens and two cocks.
Each dozen of the hens were of diff
ferent breed. The cocks were white
Plymouth Rocks and the hens were
brown Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds
and White Rocks. The explanation
was that she liked to see the combina-
ton of colors that the different breads
produced.
If you are going in for selling eggs
next spring remember that April, May
and June are harvest months and all
plans, including advertising, should be
worked out we'll in advance Pros
pective buyers begin to read the adj
vertisements along in January, and if
you wait until April your sales will be
curtailed by the activity of your COM
petitors.
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mixed together and ground in steel
DUR grinder, make an almost ideal
ration, which can be fed dry or mixed
thickly with scalding water; little
SAT- ADDS relish. 1t is cheap ration
ana has. just bulk enough to take the
place of grass.
II one cannot have alfalfa, bright,
Well-cured clover is good. Sorghum
cane Is good fall feed until heavy
freezing. Mangles or sugar beets are
OF course very good.
1t is very necessary that the brood
soWs have exercise, that they may
bring strong ltters of pigs, full of
vitality 1t is best to keep the same
soWs for several years if they have
proven good breeders and careful
mothers; they will raise more and bet
ter pigs than the young gifts.
Mature sows can be kept breeding,
raising two litters annually and can
be carried from year to year after
weaving their filters, quite cheaply,
with little or no grain after the spring
inter is weaned until the fall litter
comes, if they can have fresh grass or
other succulent feed. We should pro
duce as much of the feed as possible
ourselves.
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AN INTERESTING TEST

A French beekeeper made test that
satisfied him that the sense of direc-
ton is more finely developed in the
bee than in the pigeon. He took a
dozen pigeons and dozen bees about
eight miles from his garden and there
released them. To recognize the bees
he busted them with -four and had a
friend stationed near the hive and well
in view of the dovecote. The first bee
arrived home exactly fifteen seconds
before the first pigeon, and their com
panions followed in due order. 1t is
very probable that the -four to a GER
tain extent impeded the fight of the
bees, but nevertheless the pigeons were
hopelessly beaten.
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FEED RACK FOR LAMBS.

A good size is as follows: For the
body of feed rack make a box by 10
feet, with sides inches high. the top
rails by IL feet; at each corner the
Stats should be of by inch stuff,
the other Stats l by 8 inch.
The Stats should be 31s or feet
long and wide enough apart for the
lambs to reach through and eat meal
or grain from the box. Any material
at hand may be used to make the rack.
Permanent feed racks may be made on
this principle out of heavy material in
which to feed fodder, straw and hay
to horses and cattle.