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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

tiyatlon Among those easy to grow
and blooming from two to three months
are the following standards for cut
ting: Annual chrysanthemums calliopsis,
mangolds. mignonette, petunias. phox
Drummondi, nasturtiums, zinnias, sal
Was. stocks, yerbenas. scabiosa, salp-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, president of
George Washington Memorial associa-
ton, announced last night that contri-
buttons sufficient practically TO assure
the erection of the proposed s2.500.00O
George Washington memorial hall at
Washington, d c.. have been pledged.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21
BLUE ROSE IS LATEST
FOR HORTICULTURISTS
Suggestion for Treatment of this Novelty among Climbers
Now is the Time to Begin Work

above, and the snowy whiteness of the
honeysuckle blooms is reflected in the
starry flowers OF the night-blooming
nicotiana intefmingcd below.
Annuals
When ANIMALS are desired wholly for
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21
Comparisons are odious

I would like to impress parents with
the amount OF mischief done by unwise
comparisons. have seen children made
jealous OF their brothers and sisters and
bitter towards parents on account OF
having been unfaYorably compared in
regard to their work or behavior Not
many weeks ago heard j boy declare
that his mother didn't care for him, be-
cause she had unwisely shown favor to
an elder son. They soon perceive who
is the whitc-haircd boy. Surely there is
need of improvement in this matter.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21
Keep the chlldren BUSY

right ideal, IS the only safe course.
Keep the Children Busy
If mothers want TO keep their children
out OF mischief. they should keep them
busy, either at work or play. 1t IS a
well-known fact that idlencss is the
cause OF i great deal OF the wrong doing
among men and women. so what else
can VIC expect OF our children? Give
each a task TO do each day and they
will soon learn 10 feel responsible for
its being done well. After their work is
over, give them the time to play, but not
TO nope or worry someone. Children
feel OF more importance in the world
when they know that they are being
depended upon to do something TO help.
Then when the mother has so much to
do, it is a great deal 10 have so many
steps saved. OF course this applies more
especially 70 homes where there IS no
outside help kept Give your little ones
something TO do and see how much bet
ter they are
J Children appreciate confidence. trust
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

TNWICE happy is the gardener
who in the early Springtime,
while yet the song-bird's
note IS lacking, plans with
thoughtful care her garden-a garden IN
which to live. IN imagination, until the
tune when, under a glowing sun. bright
iiashcs Of color and drifts OF fragrance
proclaim it a reality. A long step to.
ward the realization Of this garden
dream is carefully wrought scheme
rpoh paper and close study of the
catalogues. bcwildering always with
their alluring array of flowers fabulous
in size and dazzling in color. So they
appear to those unskilled in the mys-
teries and perfect conditions under
which they are grown.
There are two ways Of making out
an order for plants or seeds The !
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21
PARENTS FAIL TO ALLOW
FOR CHILREN'S NERVES
Little Ones Need Just Much Consideration GrownUps.
Keep Them Occupied

ticnee, with little II any physical punish
ncnt Right guidance, and holding the
right ideal, is the only safe course.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

invent ways to direct their energy so it
will not be an annoyance to others,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21


~ the time-honorcd rod. We make
due allowance for the nerves OF grown
ups. but few people make sufhCicnt al
lowance for the nerves of children, or
indeed seem TO think that they have any.
When children seem irritable, and we
can see no apparent cause. it is much
better 10 leave them alone for a short
while. not pressing any questions upon
them. and above all we should not allow
our own irritation TO get into our tones
when talking to them. | know OF one
little six-year-old who is all amiabiity
and animation at school. yet when he
gets home, he cannot bear 10 be asked
many questions without showing OK
tTeme nervousness and annoyance. He
has simply kept up TO the demands at
school and his nervous force is not equal
10 further strain His mother has wisely
found that what he needs is 10 play out
doors awhile, until he relaxes, and then
he is amiablc and swcet-tcmpered again.
Such temperaments are hard to deal
with, and require study and much pa
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

I IHEN company comes unex-
AZ pectedly no matter in what
" degree of plenty my larder IS,
~ ic ,,,,e ,1yar,oil~ r,,1a 20
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HILDREN need the soft An
swer that turneth away wrath"
in most cases, much more than
the timc-honorcd rod We make
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-21

1t is my Invariable rule 4
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

all the difference between beauty and
ugliness. In considering the psychic
role of fat we should specially bear in
mind c. NJ Miles says, It's reserve
function in relation to active vital pro.
cesses. A liberal deposition of fat Is
one OF natures wise precautions to
enable us to bear some OF the trials
OF life. 1t has been known from earl
lest antiquity that fat people are moro
contented and optimistic than lean
ones and the supply of fat may be
compared to the ample bank account
of busy and proydent man.
Niles says that he believes he IS
correct in asserting that a physiologi-
cal reserve Of fat by its very presence
exerts a quleting and reassuring in
fluence on the vital forces most con-
cerned in constructive metabolism.
while It's lack leads to a physical dis
content and unrest, which sooner or
later reacts on the disposition, develop.
ing into the pessimism and scmpera-
mental discomfort so often seen in lean
people.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

which is specifically a wheat pest,
though 1t also does considerable dam
age to rye and barley.
The aforementioned Hessian fly in
fliCts more damage on wheat than any
other one insect does on any one 9TH
err crop. 1t is credited with a mini
mum destruction Of 10 per cert Of the
wheat crop - say of SEQ 100000, as
crops are running now-and with
easily S10.000O00 damage each year to
rye and barley, And there's another
$70,000,000 and few more Dread
noughts accounted for,
Next comes the Chinch bug, which
attacks both corn ana wheat, and to a
certain extent the other cereals. 1t
IS estimated as accountable for per
cent of the corn crop and ) per cent
Of the wheat crop-about S3O,000,OOO
on each, and some slight damage
few millions a year perhaps-to other
crops Chalk up S60,000,000, anyhow,
to the chinches, and let it go at that.
While the great farm staples pay
toll to destructive Insects to the tune
OF about 10 per cent Of their value
the fruit and truck farmers lose dou.
BILE that. The coddling moth, for In
stance, costs the apple growers some.
where between s25,0000O0 and $50 ,o00.
900 a year. There are the various
scale insects, including the San Jose
scale. whose depredations were at one
time regarded so seriously that 1t was
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
WOMEN AND LOVE.
Only the Isolated Girl Able to Keep
Illusions as Time Passes

In Harper's Bazaar Gertrude Ath-
erton, the novelist, has an interesting
article on love She knows her sub
1ect we'll Among other things she
says this
I'VE all know that the older girls
grow, the more difficult are they to
please in the matter of man; that IS
to say, when they have the opportu-
nifty to meet reasonable number of
men. It is only the sidetracked girl
Generally in small towns deserted by
the young mem or the too sheltered
girl, who keeps her illusions. Women
that see too much of men soon lose
these. In mixed colleges the process
of disenChantment begins Just that
much earlier-and in the most plastic
years of the human mind The girls
who. almost shamefacedly, announce
their engagements Immediately upon
the close Of their collegiate career, are
the undeviatingly maternal, those in
whom love of children Is so deeplv
implanted that no amount Of contact
(save matrimonial can rub off the
AuuSCuIIlIt IdlO. OluGtS may nave
quite as much good looks and even
charm, may even have a certain youth
ful element after romance, but the ma
ternal element in them does not pre-
dominate, and that leaves them free
to pause and think, consider: to see
the male animal, with which they
have rubbed elbows for several years,
exactly as he is. Therefore, they CON
clude to walt few years and seek the
opportunities 10 meet men that can
companion them, give them something
more than a brief romance, a family.
or an establishment. Sometimes these
girls, particularly if they discover
ability enough to make an interesting
career do not marry at all No man
fulfills their ideals of what a life com
panion should be; they conclude that
happiness Is to be found alone, not in
the surrender of liberty to some one
man who may develop all sorts of de-
testable traits.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
"GRAND OLD WOMAN" is DEAD.
MIS- Spence of Australia Was n
Friend of Children OF Her Country.

MIS- Spence of Australia Was n
Friend of Children OF Her Country.
When Miss Catherine Helen Spence
the grand old woman of Australia"
died not long ago the children of her
country lost one of their best friends
1t was Miss Spence who, in conjunc-
ton with Miss Emily Clark, initiated
the Australian system for the care Of
dependent and delinquent children,
system which Is the envy Of social
workers In more than one other coun-
try. Old as she was, according to the
New York Tribune, she filled up to
the time Of her death a seat on the
state children's council and also on
the destitute board OF South Austria
liza. But Miss Spence was never really
old, though she had lived 50 years
when she died She took the warmest
interest In all that her friends were
doing. She mothered and brought up
one after another three families Of
children, Her public work was many
sided. The English colony in South
Australia. to which, as a young girl,
Miss Spence went from Scotland. was
not at all like the colonies founded
later by gold seekers It was a colony
established by idealists, with dreams
Of just laws and pure electoral con
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
PFSIS@

considered necessarily fatal TO any or.
chard in which 1t made It's appear
ance, and many thousands of trees
were destroyed in the hope OF exter-
minating 1t. In the truck garden ev-
cry vegetable has Its own particular
enemies. There are rootworms as
well as fruitworms, and leafworms to
boot. There are more varieties of
plant lice than are dreamed of in the
average mortal's philosophy. There
are several special weevils for beans
and peas. And there are beetles and
Dorers. homegrown and imported.
1t is estimated that every rat In the
United States costs the citizens at
least 2 cents day for his keep. I'm
fortunately it has been impossible to
get anything like an official census
of the number of the pestiferous ro-
dents supported, but considering that
they breed three or four times a year;
that the female begins breeding at
three months, and produces from seven
or eight to dozen or more at each
brood, it Is easy to see that even Tn
Gle Sam cannot afford to pay $3.50 a
year apiece for the pleasure of main
tanning them. 1t Is the farmer who
pays the greater part OF this board
bill. Mice also lay very heavy tax
upon both town and country.
Ground squirrels cause a loss of
many millions of dollars a year In the
States west Of the Mississippi, where
grain is grown in large quantities.
It Is estimated that IN California alone
they eat up 100000 worth of wheat
each year, and in Washington they do
equal damage. Entire townships
have been made barren by their raw
ages. and Kansas, Colorado and other
Western States besides Texas have
been working for years to get rid of
them. Kansas Is succeeding, but she
has been for some years appropriate
ing 100000 a year to the work.
The birds, the natural enemies Of
the insects, have been hunted merci-
lessly. 1t Is only lately that any effort
has been made to stop their absolute
ly useless slaughter. In many States
their real value to the farmer was not
understood
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

Department report, the value Of farm
So, 100000, as against 1851 100000
for the previous year. And If the in
sects laid upon the farmer the mini
mum Of their yearly tax they would
cost him $S76,OO0,ooO. This does not
include two very legitimate items,
namely, the loss occasioned by insect
pests to farm products, chiefly cereals
and forage crops, In Storage, and to
natural forests and forest products"
To each Of these at least 500, 100000
more must be assigned" making the
total tax chargeable to insects last
year S1,O76.000,0 900.
The "critter" known to the cotton
planter as the boil worm and to the
farmer as the head or ear worm Is
the costliest of the pests, taking one
year with another. He is credited
with destroying per cent of the corn
crop, in point of value and quantity
the most important Of Uncle Sans
crops, and per cent of the cotton
crop, which comes next In value. The
corn crop has been steadily climb
ing up toward the billion and half
mark for the last few years. At that
rate this particular worm has cost
the country s7o.oOO.OOO. And there's
the price of several Dreadnoughts
gone into the nav Of one measly little
worm.
Equally costly Is the Hessian fly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
BE FAT AND so BE HAPPY.
Stout People May Read This and Get
Encouragement from It,

encouragement from 1t.
Fat is often unappreciated or mis-
understood and unduly blamed for
sins of delinquencies of other body
foods, the Medical Record says From
Is to 20 per cent of each healthy body
is composed Of fat and its chief
sources are the starches and sugars,
though certain fats are directly util-
ICED.
The weight of present opinion Is In
favor of the view that fats are com
pletely decomposed in the Intestine
and that the fatty acids formed are
absorbed, either as soaps or in so
luton brought about by the bile.
AS a source Of energy for the de-
velopment of heat, fat may be de
scribed as quickly available. but not so
lasting as some other substances. by
It's concentrated fuel power it saves
other tissues, especially the albumin
Gus ones from over-oxidation and is
valuable as a reserve force.
Moreover, by its presence the pro
tein IS better enabled to do It's work
in tissue building and as a storage of
energy for emergencies It Is of great
Importance. The last material use of
fat is to serve as a protection of the
body from injury and cold. 1t forms
an outer cushion for the frame
From an aesthetic standpoint the
physiological and orderly distribution
Of fat In the connective tissue makes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
HERE is A FREAK PATENT.
1 his Refrigerator Cow, when
MIXED Gives Icc-Coid Fluid.


MIXED Gives Icc-Coid Fluid.
A curious idea for milk carts is
contained in this patent applied for
In 1898. Just what It Is intended for
is told by the inventor himself: My
invention is new and useful improve
ment in milk refrigerators and deliv-
cry apparatus, and has for its object
the provision OF a device that resem-
bles a life-szed COW, In which milk
may be stored and kept at a proper
temperature, and from which it may
be drawn as occasion requires after
the manner of milking a COW With
in the body are receptacles or compart
mentS, each of which is provided with
a cover and adapted to contain the de
sired quantity Of milk. By the use of
two receptacles two qualities Of milk
may be stored at the same time, such
as sweet milk and buttermilk. In the
bottom of each Of the receptaCes Is
located valve having a spring for
normally holding IT in place, so as to
prevent the downflowing OF the milk
Each Of the teats has a toggle-lever
connected to lift-rod, and when the
latter Is raised the valve is lifted and
the milk flows out Of the teats By
proper manipulation of this device a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
Pretty Legend About Corn.

There is beautiful Seneca story
Of the origin of corn in Canfield's
Legends OF the Iroquols," as follows:
Long and earnestly young brave
wooed beautiful maiden and at last
gained her consent to live in his wig
wan. Fearing that she might be sto-
len by one Of her many admirers he
slept by night In the forest that he
might be near to protect her One
night he was awakened by a light
footstep and, starting up, saw his
loved one stealing out Of her lodge
as sleep walker. He pursued her
but as If fleeing in her dreams from a
danger that threatened her life, she
ran from him like a feet-footed hare.
on and on he pursued and finally
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

Pests of various kinds cost the
American citizen the staggering sum
of s2,OO0,000O00 annually, according
to the Washington Post "If," said
Henry W'ethersbee Henshaw, I'VE could
get Congress to appropriate $1,000,000
for the determination of the English
sparrow-whiCh we couldn't; and hav-
ing the million could thereby ee-
terminate the aforesaid English spar
row-which again we wouldnt-it
would be a million mighty well In
vested" That sounds rather startling.
but DR.. Henshaw is assistant chief of
the biological survey, and speaks as
one having authority
And that is not half so startling
as some Of the other figures they can
give you at the Agricultural Depart
ment on the cost Of little things
things some Of them almost microscope
1cally small. According to experts in
the biological survey, the smaller NAM
mails, for the most part rodents, cost the
farmers OF the country something like
$3.50 900, 600 year. And that's a pref
ty big board bill, But 1t pales into In
significance beside the tribute exacted
from the same farmer by the insect
pests. According to c. L. Marlatt, as
sistant chief OF the Bureau Of Ento-
mology. injurious insects cost the
farmer about 10 per cent of his prod
uce
According to the last Agricultural
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

What shall we do, john" said the
farmers wife, who had retained much
Of her sentiment through twenty-five
years Of married life--"what shall we
do to celebrate our silver wedding"
Reckon up, whore all the silver
gone to in bringing up our family"
grumbled he.
"Oh. no. John; It must be something
real good and out Of the ordinary, l
tell you what. Let rs kill the latest
pig and give banquet"
Maria" said the husband solemnly.
Il don't see how the unfortunate ami
nal is to blame for what happened
TWENTY-FIVE years 400
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

drew so near that he could hear her
quick breath and the rapid beating of
her heart. With all his remaining
strength the lover sprang forward and
clasped the maiden's form to his
breast. What was not his grief and
when he found that his
arms elapsed not the maiden he loved,
but strange plant the like Of which
he had never seen before. The maiden
had awakened just as her lover over
took her, and, frightened at her sur
she was transformed, She
had raised her arms just as her lover
caught her and her uplifted hands
were changed to ears of corn and
where her fingers caught her hair the
maize bears beautiful silken threads"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
COWS WRECK A TRAIN.
Nine Animals Are Killed and Locomo-
tive and Eight Cars Go
Into Ditch

SENEY. Mich, June 81 Special .-
Running into herd Of eleven cows and
killing ai7" at them, a freight train on
the Maustlquc railway was badly
wrecked in the vicinity of Di,lcr. The
locomotive and eight cars went into "a
ditch Engineer Hoffman and Fireman
knIsner were severely bruised, Brake
man Beck was hurled sixty feet and
M GIFTED without 50 much MS q scratch.
The Manistique railway is controlled hy
the estate of the late Gen. Il. A. Algcr
Of Detroit. The wreck was the first one
that has taken place on the line in many
years.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
TEST ELECTRIC EELS,
Indiana University Students to Learn
More About Mysterious Batteries
ON Upper AmLzCn.

BIOOMINGTON. Ind, June 3 To
test the power and the nature Of the
"hattcrics" of living electric cells. Max
Ellis and William Tucker Of the scicn-
tiic department Of Indiana university
will set ont on an expedition to the IN
per Amazon river, August 10 Jacob
C,imbel of Vincenucs has become SO in
tcrcslcd in the problem that he has
financed the investigation Examinations
Of dead specimens Of the GELS obtained
by Dr Carl Eigrumann ana Dr. Charles
IIascmau IN their search for rare fishes
in South American rivers. disclose a
gland that has the chemical properties
Of an electric battery
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
COW GIVES ICE-COLD MILK.

realistic representation may be had of
the milking Of cow
The portion of the body of the i'm
itation COW not occupied by the milk
receptacles is utilized for the storing
of Ice to maintain the milk at a proper
temperature The imitation COW stands
riveted to wagon platform, and is
drawn through the streets in the same
manner as an ordinary milk cart
Scientific American
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09

dltions. Miss Spence took all this In
at the impressionabe age and all her
life she preached and worked for the
voice of the people in government. In
1898 Miss Spence Travelled in America,
speaking at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago and in many other cities.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
MIL WHUKEEAN IS
new j. 6. 7. HEAD
FRED I. WRIGHT is ELECTED
GRAND COUNSELOR AND J.
H. RICHARDS CONDUCTOR.
BRIGHT SPOT BOOSTERS ON JOB.
Cream City Contingent at Annual Convo-
cation of Drummers Tnes to
Capture 1911 Convention
WAUSAU PROVES ROYAL HOSTESS.

WAUSAU. Wis. June 81 Special
This is the big day of the twelfth am
nual convention of the United CONNER
cial Travellers association. The election
Of officers this morning resulted as fol-
lows: Fred l.. Wright of Milwaukee.
grand counselor; {. j. Medbury of Fond
du Lac. past grand counselor; George III
Nichols, secretary (re-electedl; j. IL. Mo-
BILE of Green Bay, treasurer; j. H.
Richards of Milwaukee, conductor; L. Il.
[. Lother of Eau Claire, page.
over HOO members are present today.
and more are expected. The convention
guests attended the ball game between
the Lumhefiacks and Red Wing of the
Mlnny league and at o'clock Will line
up for the annual parade.
Women Are Entertained.
This afternoon while the men attend
ed the game the wives and women Wis
ltors were entertained at the Wausau
clubhouse by the women Of the local
council
Tonight there will be n band concert.
ball and n banquet. Saturday the
newly elected officers will bc installed
and the Wausau Street Railroad com
pany will become the host Of the dele
gates and will provide ride and Il
picnic at the park; this will be followed
by a baseball game between teams made
M from the Marshfeld and Madison
councils Of the L. G. II.
Boost Bright Spot.
The Milwaukee contingent began
boosting for the next convention rs soon
as they arrived and distributed buttons
bearing milwaukee, Bright Spot
Next TO all who would wear them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-06-09
Insurance Committee at Appleton

APPLETON, Wis, juno B.. Special. !
The industrial legislative Insurance
committee, together with a number II
out-of-town witnesses, comprising lum-
bermen and manufacturers, arrived IN
Appleton this morning and the first SEES
sion was held at the city hall this after
noon.