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The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
No Use for the Horn,

When cattle were raised on the range a good set of horns was neces- sary for protection. An all-wise crea. tor put them there for that purpose On the farm a COW or a steer is not in need of horns. Breeders are breed ing them of very rapidly Even the long-horned Hereford has a boiled strain now, and it is predicted by many that within twenty-five years a horned animal of the bovine race will be curiosity. On the other hand, ad- Vocates of horns say the hornless strain of every horned breed Is under sized, and until 1t can come up to those that have horns in size and weight people will want the horned cattle of both shorthorn and Hereford breeds However, there is no reason for leav- ing the horns on after they are there. The time to take them of Is when the animal Is young, and the way to do 1t is with any of the prepared horn kill CTS. But take them of with the saw rather than let them go It Is more humane to do 1t than not to do It. Farmers Mall and Breeze
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18

tween them? She glanced into the merry eyes of the girl in the photo, then shifted her gaze to the mirror op- posite. So this is my rival," she went on, with a hard little laugh, as the beautiful brown eyes shot a look of mingled scorn and regret at the face of the woman she could never more call friend
 Just then well-known steps were heard in the hall. aud the troubled woman had only time to put the pho tograph back into the desk and smooth her rufied hair when her husband en- tered the room
 As MT. Cameron bestowed his usual kiss upon his wife. she almost allowed herself to imagine that the caress be- tokened a heart still fond and true. But the photograph No. he had as- stunned an unusual kindness of late be- cause he pitied her. and wished as long as possible to hide from her the hideous truth.
 T have an appointment down town this evening"" he presently said. "I am very sorry. dear. but we shall have tomorrow evening together
 Very well. Richard. I will tell Jennie to prepare supper immediate ly," said Mrs. Cameron as she left the room.
 Mir. Cameron. alone in the library, soon discovered his broken desk, and at once set about repairing the dam- age. His movements caused the pho tograph to drop from It's insecure po- sition. and. glancing at 1t. his face flushed with annoyance.
 ''Nellie's picture! What if Isabel has seen it?"
 Just then his wife's footsteps were heard. and he hastily slipped the pho tograph into his pocket.
 A month later Isabella had fully de- cided upon a course of action. and at the table one evening she disclosed her plans to her husband.
 You see, Richard, have not seen my sister Kate since just before we were married. That was two years now. and should like very much to visit her. Do you think I might go well, say by the first of next week?"
 Certainly; go by all means, dear. It will do both you and Kate a world of good to see each other again. Plan to start on Monday. This Is Thursday, so you will have two or three days in which to make ready"
 The next moment she wished to re- call her request; but no, he had given his permission unhesitatingly. almost eagerly. she thought He was willing
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
The Order of the Bath.

The last Knights of the Bath made according to the ancIent forms were at the coronation of Charles H., when various rites and ceremonies, one of which was bathing, were enforced.
 According to Froissart, the court barber prepared a bath. and the can didate for membership in the order, having been undressed by his esquires. was thereupon placed in the bath, his clothes and collars being the lerQui- sites of the barber. He was then re- moved from the water to the words May this be an honorable bath to you" and was placed in plain bed quite wet and naked to dry. As soon as he was quite dry he was removed from the bed. dressed in new and rich apparel and conducted by his sponsors to the chapel, where he offered ta- per to the honor of God and penny piece to the honor of the king. Then he went to the monarch and, kneeling before him, received from the royal sword a tap on the shoulder, the king exclaiming, Arise. Sir" and then embraced him, saying. Be thou good knight, and true" London Strand Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
Breeding Swine.

In breeding swine or live stock of any kind the breeder should have d well defined object in view. point to- ward which to work. type. an ideal. if you will, we'll fixed in his mind.
 All hogs of the same breed are not alike, and 1t Is this fact that makes improvement of any breed possible. There are different types of the same breed for the breeder to select from. and the intelligence and judgment used in the selection of the animals re- served for breeders will sooner or later demonstrate the success or failure of the breeder. Of course, methods of feeding and care cut an important fig- ure. Many men who are good feeders of swine are very poor breeders, but few good breeders are poor feeders.
 The tendency of all our improved animals is to revert backward toward the original type. and in the case of swine 1t should be borne in mind that while there is no stock that can be so rapidly improved by judicious selec- tion, care and feed, there is none that will degenerate so quickly under neg lect.-Kansas Farmer.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

When forlorn sunsets flare and fade On desolate sea and lonely sand. Out of the silence and the shade
 What. Is the voice of strange com
 mand
 Calling you still. as friend calls friend With love that can not brook delay. To rise and follow the ways that wend Over the hills and far away? Harl in the city. street on street A roaring reach of death and life. O. vortices that clash and fleet
 And ruin in appointed strife. Hark to it calling. calling clear.
 Calling until you can not stay From dearer things than your own
 most dear
 Over the hills and far away. Out of the sound of ebb and flow. Out of the sight of lamp and star. It calls you where the good winds blow. And the unchansing meadows are: From faded hopes and hopes agleam. It calls you. calls you night and day Beyond the dark into the dream
 Over the hills and far away. W. P Henley.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
Do Farmer. Rend Bulletins.

I have noticed one thing in partic- alar while travelling in some of our best agricultural states. and that is, when I see a number of well dressed farmers discussing beef and milk ra- tions, feeding young animals for a healthy development. nitrogen. potas- sium and phosphorus and their func- tions in plant growth and protein and carbohydrates and their functions Tn animal growth. l am invariably in a prosperous and up-to-date community. Now. the question is. do the best and most intelligent farmers read their bulletins and keep in touch with their station workers and read the agrI- cultural press, or does the reading of these bulletins and agricultural papers make more intelligent farmers? It is one or the other considered from either standpoint, for these bulletins and agricultural papers are not read by the poor and uneducated class of farmers, neither do they circulate as freely among the poorer farmers as they do among the farmers in the better agri- cultural communities. - Agricultural Epitomist.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
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Slick to inc Fnrmr

 Stick to the farm" says the President To the wide-eyed farmer boy. Then he hies him back to the White
 House home. With its air of rustic joy. 'StSck to the farm" says the railroad
 king To the lad who looks afar. Then bikes him back on the double
 quick To his rustic private car Stick to the farm" says the clergy
 man To the youth on the worm fence
 perch, Then he lays his ear to the ground to
 hear A call to a city church. Stick to tho farm" says the doctor
 wise. To those who would break the rut. Then hies him where the appendix
 grows In bountiful crops to cut. -McLandburgh Wilson in New York Sun.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
scab in sheep.

The disease commonly called sheep scab is one of the oldest known, most prevalent and most injurious maladies which affect sheep. It is a contagious skin disease caused by parasitic mite. Investigation has shown that the dis ease is not hereditary, as the parasites which cause it live on the external sur face of the body. It is possible, how ever, for a lamb to become infected from a scabby mother at the moment of birth or immediately thereafter. The treatment must consist of external cures to purify the blood" Proper hygienic conditions alone, though of importance in connection with. the sub ject of treatment, cannot be relied upon to cure scab. The only rational treatment consists in using some ex- ternal application which will kill the parasites. By far the most rational and satisfactory and the cheapest method of curing scab is by dipping the sheep in some liquid which will kill the parasites.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
VItaIItx of seed..

The period for which the seeds of different plants maintains their vital. ity varies a good deal. The seeds of some vegetables are worthless after they are two years old, while the seeds of other plants improve with age un- til certain period. For instance: the seeds of artichokes are good until they are three years old; asparagus, four years; beans, two years; kidney beans, one year; beets, ten years; broccoli, four years; cabbage, four years; car rot, one year; caulifiower. four years:
 celery, ten years; corn. three years:
 cucumber. ten years; egg plant. three years: endive. four years; kale. four years; leek, two years; lettuce. three years; melon. ten years; pea. two years; okra. two years; onion. two years; pumpkin, ten years; radish. four years; salsify. two years. spinach. four years; squash. four years: toma- to. two years. and turnips. four years.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
Why Boy. Leave the Farm.

An official connected with an eastern agricultural college has made a sum- mary of the reasons given by 155 sons of farmers for abandoning the pursuit of their fathers. Sixty-two of this number said that farming does not pay. A strong argument can be made on the idea that 1t pays better than other forms of business. The secretary of agriculture has stated that the products of the soil In this country in 1905 reached a value of s6.00O.000. 900, which Is good deal of wealth to di- vide up as a reward in one industry. Seventeen of the young men said the hours of labor on the farm are too long. No doubt they meant at certain seasons. but this Is a detail open to adjustment Twenty-six thought so- cial advantages on the farms are not equal to those in cities, which is also matter of opinion. Sixteen said they had a natural bent for something else, which is a point that deserves consid- eration always. Others objected to farm monotony. and fifteen said they would return to farming as soon as they made a pile of money at some thing else.
 Many of these young men are the victims of illusion, and, unfortunately, of kind curable only by experience. Probably they are not aware that 90 per cent of those who branch out into general business fail to accumulate any considerable wealth. while the pos itiye wreckage in means. health and comfort Is large. A farm Is never mo notonous to a good farmer. It Is rather a book of fresh interest each succeeding day. A surplus at the end of year Is the rule on the farm; in the city surplus is the exception. and the style of family living. on the whole. is in favor of the country. But statistics show that plenty of boys re- main on the farms. The farming popu alton of the United States In 1900 was four times as large as in 1850. and the value of their property increased five fold. or from s4.oOO. 100000 to s2o.OOO.- 900.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
FIRST PURE FOOD CRUSADE.
Napoleon Offered n Prize for n New
 Method of Preservation.

Napoleon Onered n Prize for New
 Method of Preservation.
 Napoleon Bonaparte instigated the
 first pure food crusade" In so doing he brought about a revolution in natu, ral canning processes. In improved form they are in use In the United States to-day. Records of the French Academy of Science, just lately un- earthed in Paris, have laid bare the whole pure food history
 There was strong objection to the manner in which the Little Corsi- cans" soldiers were compelled to carry food and eat 1t while on the march. So strenuously did the French nation voice its disgust at the methods then in vogue that Napoleon directed that the academy offer a prize of 12.c00 francs to the man who could keep foods indefinitely in their natural pre- servatives. such as were then believed to be in use. and which included salt, sugar. vinegar and smoke.
 Nicholas Appert won the 12,000 francs. He discovered what has since been perfected into the present-day method of canning, for he simply in closed the food in alright containers and subjected the whole to such a de gree of heat that the contents re ceived a thorough sterilization. The vessels which Appert used were clumsy. He was handicapped in his efforts by poor utensils. However, he originated the fundamental principle which is used in American canneries to-day, the Denver Times says. Now, however, in place of Appert's crude vessels. fruits. vegetables and the like are placed in bright, new, clean cans. which are made airtight. The second division of the process Is the subjec- tion of the cans to intense heat. Boil ing water at a temperature of PIP de- grees Fahrenheit is the natural steril- izer in which thousands upon thou sands of cans are allowed to stand for given length of time. If cooked by steam or in a retort at from 240 to 260 degrees or more, the product Is not given as long period of steriliza- tion. Science. since Appert's day. has  determined the length of time neces- sary. The operation is simple, yet the process Is all-important Absolutely nothing more than heat is necessary to keep the delicacies in pure state for years. The sterilization process in the case of canned tomatoes re- quires only fifteen minutes at the high est temperature to forty minutes at the lowest. As a result there Is no necessity today for the seventeenth century use of the chemicals or drugs which held sway before Napoleon pre- sented Appert with the 12,000 francs for his discovery. An authority on food points out that even though preservative be added the cans would be compelled to go through the same process, so there is no incentive for foreign substances.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
A Budding Merchant.

The jeweler had left his new boy in charge of the store while he went home to his dinner, but not until he cautioned the youth that all the goods were marked and that he must not let anyone take goods with him unless they were paid for.
 Well, Sam." he asked upon his re- turn, did you have any customers?"
 You bet!" said Sam, gleefully. And got his money. too. sold one man all those brass rings you had that were marked 18c on the inside, and here's the money-a dollar and ninety eight centsl"-Judge.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
ADVANCING AGE oF MARRIAGE

Comparison Between Present C0ndf-
 tiOns and a Few Yenrs Ago.
 The average age of the community Is becoming older, 1t was pointed out by the president of the Royal Statis- tical society recently. It is interest ing to note that the age of harriage has also the same tendency. Accord ing to the available returns as many as 10000 girls marry in England in a year under the age of 21, that Is in less than one-seventh of the marriages registered. Thirty years, a generation ago more than one-ffth of the women marrying in year were minors.
 Another interesting fact that seems to prove this tendency to later mar riages is provided by the figures for the last decade In 1907 the number of marriages of women between the ages of q and 9 were just over 6 1000 more than in 1898, while the of women between the ages of 25 and 30 increased by just over 12.OOO.
 The average or mean age of all spin sters who married in 1896 was 25 years and 1 month. This has ad- vanced to 25 years and 61a months in the last available returns. Widows at their second and third marriages are also older. having advanced from an average of 40 years months to 40 years Il months.
 Thus spinster brides are nearly 6 months and widow brides months older than those of a few years ago. London Daily Mail.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
Silo Feeding.

Not only must the silo be erected. shelter must be provided for the cat tle during winter. Then if corn Is fed in the form of silage there will be successful results. A great many farms buy stock cattle in the fall of the year. turn them into stalk fields and resell them toward spring as feed CTS. If the market is normal there will usually be profit, but it. nevertheless. is a wasteful practice. A much greater profit would be secured from silo feed. ing as mentioned.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
PENNY SAVING OUT OF DArA.
It Cost n, Woman $7 to Find Banks
 Won't Take q Thousand.

It Cost D, Woman $7 to Find Banks Won't Take Thousand.
 'Disposing of pennies that one has saved in order to take care of the dol lars Is not an easy task" said a west side woman the other day, according to the New York Times.
 'I had accumulated a thousand of them, and one afternoon I wrapped them up in packages of twenty-five. and putting them in a cotton bag. started out. thinking to deposit them In dime savings bank under my It, tie daughters name.
 "I have some pennies,' I said rather timidly to the high flnancier behind the iron grating. T wish to start an account for Genevieve, and
 How many are there, madam?' he asked brusquely, and I don't think I shall ever forget the look of horror and amazement, and worst of all, amusement. that came over his face when I told him.
 Very sorry, madam, but 1t will bs impossible for us to take so many We cannot spare the time to count them, you know-and, anyway, the law only requires us to take twenty-ive,' he added quickly, as he saw my eyes flash with indignation.
 "T thought this was a dime savings bank I said
 "So it is, madam he answered, gravely, but with an odious smile turk ing in his eyes. You can buy penny banks in any department store
 T fled as fast as I could with that heavy bag of copper weighing me down.
 'I walked for a long time before I had the courage to try another bank, and by that time I found myself so tired that called a taxicab. From bank to bank, from department store to department store I was driven, all the while that exasperating taxameter exceeding the speed limit in register ing my fare. Nobody wanted my pen nies. Nobody had the time to count them. Some laughed, others grew wrathful when I insisted that I sim
  refused to have anything to do with them at the National bank, but here the cashier advised me to try the sub treasury. It seemed happy thought. for I had no idea where that inscitu- ton was.
 "l ordered the chauffeur to drive there, however, only to find it closed and to realize that I was way down town. gave up that taxi in doublequick order, and did not even have the ambition to pro- test when the chauffeur told me my bill was a trifie over $7. It did seem pretty hard. though. when even he re- fused to take my pennies in part pay ment. I hied me to surface car and went home a sadder and wiser woman. As soon as I got my things off called up the janitor and presented him with the bag of pennies as Christmas gift for his little boy Take them said. with the air of Lady Bountiful. When that bag was actually disposed of I felt much like a murderess might who had just got rid of an accusing corpse. Then I sat down and wrote my hus- band, telling him if he valued my peace of mind never to let even one penny in his pocket.
 "'And yet women want to vote,' he said when he had heard the whole story"
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
The Cost of Keeping a Cow.

According to careful experiments, the cost of keeping COW year with the best of feed and shelter, labor and interest on the investment included, all told, amounts to $55. If, then, the COW can not be made to produce more than $55, she Is not worth keeping. A good COW ought to produce at least s11c. or deuhla the cost of her keep.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
arn.h nor Soil Wash.

There is nothing quite so good aa fine brush to catch and hold soil wash. Where small trees are used to i'll
 gully the top of the tree should bs placed toward the head of the gully. 50 that all soil and trash coming down will be caught in the forks of the branches. If the tree Is placed in the opposite direction the descending. trash will slip more easily by and over #. For the same reason. in filling a gully with brush and branches, the tops or the brush should be placed upstream.
 Where gullies have been formed dur ing the summer by soil washing It is well to fill them as early as possible in the fall while the leaves are still on the brush with which they are filled When they are filled early and before the leaves of the trees have fallen. many leaves, as well as grass and weeds that may be blown about the fields by fall and winter winds will be caught in the brush to decay. will help fill and will form good soil. The brush itself will decay in year or two, so that when the gully is filled 1t cannot only be plowed over. but will become the best soil. Never fill a gully with soil. unless some brush or similar material is put in the bottom to hold the soil.
 In mending a steep place in the road side. briers. brush and all fence row mowings make good material to lay down to place the dirt upon. If rocks are available it is best to first lay brush in the place to be filled. then place the rocks upon the brush. and last the dirt upon the rocks and brush These will hold and bind the dirt until ! it becomes settled and firm. and it will ! be less subject to washing and being | cut up by travel in wet weather | Never burn bit of brush on the place. but put it to some good use.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
European unixer.itte..

At least two of the provincial un. versailles of France rank with the first ten universities of Germany, and the one great Catholic university of Bel gium, that of Louvain, Is of about the same rank. The Italian university of Turin stands above Freiburg in num- harl
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
Mamma,n Ruafneaa

Little Minna was saying her prayers. When she had finished her usual pc tition her mother said: You have for gotten, dear, Make Minna a good girl you know" "Oh. mother" she an- swered. responsibility. don't let's bother God about that; that's your lookout Magazine
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18

They say loafing is a bad habit, and that every loafer feels the disgrace so keenly he never enjoys it; but we'd like to try It.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18
Her Unconscious Slam.

MT. Bjinks-I hunted deer with a dog last season.
 Mrs. Phluff-Let's see, that was when you went up into the woods with my husband, wasn't ir?-St. Louis Star
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18

WheR girl refuses a young mah It is the turning down point in his career.
The Holbrook news., 1910-03-18

Don't be a chronic kicker; but if you really have a kick coming. make 1t count
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-01-07
School Notes

School was resumed on Monday
morning. after the Christmas holt
days. many good resolutions were
made for the new school year, which
extends fair promise Of good works
and great rewards.
Mr.. Woodard announced IN chap
FL exercises on Monday morning
that the daily program would be-
changed, at least for the winter
months. The school j. TO have a
thirty minutes recess at noon, no one
going home TO dinner, and to make
few Of the periods through the
day longer. as these studies require
NOR time. Although these plans
may inconvenient few Of us, still,
il it towards the work in the school,
and means higher scholarship, and
better department the small incon-
yenience should be borne.