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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-02

MAY
Flower-Hawthorn.
Sentiment--Hope.
Verse
Now hawthorns blossom.
Now the daisies spring-Pope.
And every shepherd tells his tale
Under the hawthorn in the vale.
Milton.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

instant his companion came within a
few inches OF laying his hand on the
wriggling form of another reptile, one
Of the very largest rattlesnakes over
seen In this section. He killed the
serpent. The men were afraid to pro-
ceed farther and called to their fell
low workmen.
When the rock had been heaved
away from the main strata IL dis
closed succession OF assures and
these seemed to be alive with snakes,
rattlers, blacksnakes and copperheads,
some OF them dropping out OF the
crevices and wriggling down toward
the men and others crawling back
into the shelter Of the rocks. There
was sickening stencil evident as the
men neared the snake den. Some OF
the serpents were stiff and inactive,
due to the fact that they were cold.
This was particularly true of the
blacksnakes and half dozen of these
were easily dispatched. But the rat.
tiers were beyond the inertia of hi.
bernation and were as mad as so
many hornets.
The men attacked the reptiles right
and left. They discovered, too, that
the blast itself had slaughtered some
Of the colony, for pieces of snakes
were found spattered over the rocks
and stones. An hour after the battle
with the snakes had ceased Schur-
man went to a big box near the quar-
ry fire to get his dinner kettle. which
he had wrapped in his coat and set it
on the ground not far from the fire.
When he stopped to pick up the kettle
he felt sharp sting in his hand at
the base OF his little finger, as though
he had Jagged himself with a sharp
splinter. But glance showed him
that big rattlesnake had taken ref.
uge under his coat and had bitten him
when he disturbed IL. Fortunately
Schurmsn knew how TO treat the bite
and lost no time In applying remedies
He quit work, but has recovered.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
DYNAMITE BLAST
UNC0VERs SNAKES
Pennsylvania GU ARRYM NJ
FIRE EXTRA LARGE CHARGE
FIND sERPENTs GALORE.
ONE MAN BITTEN ON HAND
Many Different Kinds Of the Creepy
Creatures Are Killed After the Ex-
pIosion and Scores of Others Es-
cape In Haste.

Altoona, Pa.-Of all the blasts ever
fired In Pennsylvania 1t is safe to say
that never before did charge of dy-
Mantle unearth the startling surprise
given the quarrymen in the stone
quarry back of Bluestone, in the Pine
creek region. few days ago.
Instead of ordinary building stone.
as the men expected to find when
they went back to see how the big
blast had acted, they found a score
or more Of snakes-rattlers, copper
heads and Northumberland the
pesky things were crawling and wrig-
Cling everywhere. And the. ones in
sight were not all, for before the day
was over the men had killed AZ SER
pents and they counted dozen more
that got beyond their reach In the
crevices of the quarry.
John Schurman, one OF the quarry
men, was bitten on the arm by rat
tlesnake and another quarryman by
the name of Davis had the awful ex-
perience Of having a big rattler drop
down off an overhanging rock onto
his shoulders and then fall wriggling
to the ground at his feet. An Italian,
who was a member of the gang OF
workmen, was so badly scared by the
experience with the snakes that he
is i'll and fears are entertained that
he may lose his mind.
The vicinity of the quarry and that
entire part of the Pine Creek valley
is known to be the haunt Of all kinds
Of snakes.
The amount Of dirt and stone loos-
ened by the blast seemed to be almost
the entire side of the mountain. Two
Of the men went crawling up the side
of the loose fall and had gained
within 40 feet of the top when one Of
them suddenly fell back and yelled.
"A rattlesnake!" At almost the same
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
Casev at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910. together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ca.
on receipt of &c stamp for postage
Also copy of their booklet THE Truth
About Coca Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
so pure. wholesome and refreshing
Are you ever hot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca Cola-it is cooling. re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the thirst
At soda fountains and carbonated in
bottles-5c everywhere.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
Is YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE

For sixteen long years / have been
suffering with bad case of skin dis
ease. While a child there broke out a
red sore on the legs just in back of
my knees. 1t waxed from bad to worse,
and at last / saw / had a bad skin
disease. l tried many widely known
doctors in different cities but to no
satisfactory result. The plague both
cred me more in warm weather than
in winter and being on my leg joints
it made 1t impossible for me to walk,
and was forced to stay indoors in the
warmest weather. My hopes of recov.
cry were by this time spent. Sleepless
nights and restless days made life an
unbearable burden. At last I was
advised to try the Cuticura remedies
[Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills]
and did not need more than trial
to convince me that / was on the road
OF success this time. / bought two
sets OF the Cuticura Remedies and
after these were gone ! was differ
ent man entirely. I am now the hap
piest man that there Is at least one
true care for skin diseases. Leonard
A. Hawtof. II Nostrand Ave-, Brook
iyn. N. Y. July 80 and Aug. 8, '09."
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
At the Bovine Faucets.

II sent my little boy on his first visit
to the country last week" said Wash
ington Heights milk dealer. Although
my boyhood was passed on the old
farm, Willie has grown to the age OF
eight in the city. He had been watch
ing Uncle Hezekiah milk the cow on
his first evening. and when he re-
turned to the house his aunt asked
him:
rs Uncle Hezzie through milking
yet, Willie?'
Not yet answered Willie. He
has finished two faucets and has just
begun on the other two"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

~ HE Union Pacific railroad has
discovered new use for billy
goats and every day at half a
hundred stock feeding stations
on the line Of the big railroad
system, solemn goats with long
white boards act the part of Judas,
luring unsuspecting sheep to their
doom. Little did the grave members
of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion think when they made ruling
that live stock en- route from the great
western ranges to the packing houses
along the Missouri river, should not
be kept aboard railroad trains for
more than % consecutive hours, but
that, at the expiration of that period,
the animals should be taken from the
cars and given water and provender
that the ruling would be responsible
for the creation of band of goats
trained to ingratiate themselves into
the~confidence of innocent little lambs,
matronly ewes and stately rams and
bring these down to their death.
But such is the case. And the Union
Pacific railroad has a flock of goats,
each individual member of which
can do better work along the
lines for which it is trained than half
a dozen men could do in twice the
time.
When the 2S-hour law went into
effect the Union Pacific railroad found
It necessary to build big feeding yards
at numerous points along its line-in
l. t,,-f fn1I IA1 oh
every 25 miles from end to end of the
big system. During the shipping sea-
son that railroad brings hundreds of
thousands of sheep from the great
ranges of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
Idaho, Oregon, Montana, California
and the southwestern states to the
packing houses at Omaha. Under the
new law it was necessary that these
sheep be unloaded, fed and watered,
and then reloaded every % hours.
Those men who have ever attempt
ed to drive sheep will remember how
difficult the task is, especially to get
thA animals headed in the right direc-
ticf "As timid as a sheep" is a
proverb. and its truth is proven every
day and every hour wherever sheep
are handled.
If the sheep are I'm the stock cars
II is a big job to get them out. Efforts
of the attendants to get them to leave
the cars usually result i'm the whole
bunch crowding up in one end and re.
fusing to go out the door. Sometimes
II gas even necessary that each indi-
1t 1nD Ity n
taken from the car.
And sometimes this 2S-hour limit
expired in the dead of night, when the
sheep were all lying asleep on the
floor of the car. At such times 1t was
almost impossible to unload except by
the hand" method. At times half an
hour was consumed in unloading a sim
gle car.
After the sheep were fed and wa
tered came the reloading, and again
there was trouble, almost as much as
when unloading.
The railroad found It necessary to
maintain a large force of men at
each feeding station, it being found
rnorej economic to do this than to
sJend hours and hours loading and
unloading a train. This cost money,
and lots of 1t. but there seemed no
means of avoiding the expense. There
stood the United States courts ready
70 infiict a 500 fine every time a car
OF sheep was not fed and watered
every 2S hours. Employing the men
was cheaper than fines.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
Made His Reputation.

Harker-That fellow Bilkins is an
enthusiast, isn't he?
Parker-That's what, You know
he likes to speak of himself as a
sportsman?
Harker-Yes.
Parker-Well, the only thing he
ever did in that line was to go on a
wild goose chase three years ago.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
An Independent Spirit.

This earth gets a chance to see
Halley's comet only once in rs years."
"Well," replied the man who is
strong on local pride. I'VE aren't get.
ting any of the worst of it. That's as
often as Halley's comet gets chance
to see the earth"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
His PhilosophY.

Hank Stubbs-Ambition amt hard
ly wuth while.
Bilge Miller-Why not?
Hank Stubbs-Waal, ef you are be-
hind the procession you halter keep
bumpin into somebody, an eff you git
ahead you're liable to git teller-scoped.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
srATE OF OHIO CITY OF TOLEDO.
ITcAo COfrNTy Z S..

LUCAS COUNTY. o.
PRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner OF the 1rm OF 4. J. CHENEY Il Co.. doing
business in the City OF Toledo. County and State
Aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and subscribed In my presence.
this 9Th day OF December. A. d.. 1856.
A. W. GLEASON.
! NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
r. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo O
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

You will not get TO heaven any
quicker by provoking your neighbors
to wishing you were there.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Fot children teething sofens the gums reduces In
nAxn ,alay palm. wi nd collie 25c bottle
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
ON THE COLLEGE NINE.

"'Tain't no use talkin', Cyrus, thet
boy of ourn certainly do love tn coun-
try. He writ me er letter yesterday
an seq he was overjoyed cause ther
going ter put him in tn right field
next summer"
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

Some good men fear the world wi
forget they are shining If their lamp
do not smoke.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

Too many sermons deal out sugar
when the world needs moral sand.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

For Any Disease or Injury to
the eve, use PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, alb.
solutely harmless, acts quickly, 25c All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

When a man dries up like mummy
he usually thinks he is a saint
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
For Women's
Needs

Every woman should fortify herself
against those weaknesses and de-
rangements which are usually pres
ent at times when Nature makes
extra demands upon the system.
For women's special ailments
there is no known remedy so safe
and reliable as
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
for all sorts OF cuts. bruises, burns and strains
Taken internally IL cures diarrbea and dysentery.
Avoid substi tutes. 25c, Soc and SOC.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
DR.. J. .. KELLOGG'S
AS TIL NJ A
Remedy for the prompt relief Of
Asthma and Hay Fever. Ask your
druggist for IL. Write for FREE SAMPLE.
k0RTHR0P & LYMAN co. Ltd, BUFFAL0,N.Y.

MhnTEn MEN AND WOMEN for quickest
INN eO selling household specialtics on earth.
Every woman buys on sight Experience unneces-
sary. Goods sell themselves. Write today.
sCH6RUND SPECIALITY Co.. leo S4th 81, New IsrA dty.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

Sworn TO before me and subscribed In
this 9Th day OF December. A. D., 1856.
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

w. L. Douglas guarantees their valus by stamping
bis name and price on the bottom. Look for It
Take NO Substitute. Fast Color Hneiets.
Ask your dealer for W. !. Douglas shoes. III not
Tor your town write all order show.
ing how to order by mail Shoes ordered direct from
factory delivered fee W. Douglas. Brockton. Mass
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09
ARLIYIY DTK KZOJ %

HE Union Pacific railroad has
discovered a new use for billy
goats and every day at half a
hundred stock feeding stations
on the line Of the big railroad
Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-09

w. N. w., DETROIT, NO. 24-1s1o.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25

ering the way to conquer pair OF these
precious rascals that DR.. Forbes has made
his most valuable single contribution to sci
ence. They are the corn field ant and the
corn root-aphis or, 1t is better known,
the corn root louise For a long time they
were the particular scourge of the corn
grower who supposed that they operated each
on its own account. Through the research of
Dr. Forbes 1t is now known that one is help.
less without the other The resourceful and
Industrious ant Is entirely unable to extract
the coveted sap from the corn root and the
stupid aphis would, II left to itself starve In
the very presence Of the corn But the ant
can carry the aphis to the corn root and de
post 1t thereupon the aphis can extract the
sap and then exude it, thus passing 1t on to
the ant. Therefore 1t was not a problem of
discriminating two foes but of outwitting the
clever little ant. Were 1t banlshed the aphis
would soon disappear The wretched little
soft-bodied hunk O. creation can do nothing
for itself except lay eggs and suck corn SAP
The ant gives 1t home in its own burrows
matches its eggs for II. carrying them to the
warm surface If they slow bearing them
farther into the ground if they threaten to
hatch before its food supply is ready And
this protection extends through the aphis' life
II, because of blowing or other inadvertence
the ant finds its charges scattered IL will
cheerfully collect them and reconstruct its
home If that has been molested also The ant
has nothing else to do and II is as active as
an outraged Puritan conscience However
methods of control have been found The use
OF the disk and crop rotation will exterminate
them. The rootaphis refuses entirely to oc.
cupy ground planted to oats so this crop is
of the greatest Importance in clearing fields of
them Also by diskng two or three times
with a 2O-inch disk in spring, especially on a
sunny day when the ants are likely to have
their charges near the surface they will he
killed and scattered and their nests so broken
up that even the enthusiastic little ant cannot
reconstruct the colony.
Another enemy of the corn that DIR. Forbes
has caught by cultivation is the bill bug. as
certain beetles are called because of their
long, hard shouts, which they poke into the
farmers business to ruin it, This time the
cultivation must be with the plow instead of
the disk and IN the autumn instead of spring
and In the fields of grass where the bill bugs
breed These bugs are distinguished by
beHgerency which is only equaled by their
strength of claw. One variety appeared in
illinois which looked so large to the harassed
farmers that 1t was christened elephant bug"
Chickens turned into the fields to feast upon
hem fled IN Tapping, comical fight, unable TO
'elieve their terrified souls by squawk. as
heir bills were tightly held together by the
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consequently letters were sent among tho
farmers. asking for boxes of sound hugs.
lhese bugs were to be given the disease and
returned with directions for spreading It. The
response was surprisingly immediate. Boxes
or bugs poured into the express offices and
yet more boxes of bugs. Farmers from neigh
porilS states heard OF the offer and they too
went pug hunting The express companies
worked overtime. The assistants in the ento
mologist's office became mere undertakers for
ougdom The mouldy bugs We're sent out on
ther benencent mission of destruction Then
the results came in They varied: thew did
indeed Some thought the entire entomoo.
gists office should be fitted out with golden
glorious halo as the rescuer of its country.
others alas thought fools cap would 1T the
case more exactly.
But although the disease project could not
be called complete success means were
found which make 1t possible to raise grain
even in the very worst of the chinch out.
breaks, The barrier methods and sprays with
kerosene emulsion will catch them every
time Just after harvest the scarcity of food
in the wheat fields arouses in the chnch an
instinct TO migrate. On foot il sets out to get
an appetite for corn. This is the time to make
a ridge beween the infested field and the field
the chinch desires to latest This is done by
with a light roller or by hand and has line
of tar poured upon 1t from a can with a
tubular spout Post holes are dug at intervals
of about twenty feet. BY keeping the tar
line fresh his chnchship cannot cross but will
follow it to the posthole into which he speed.
lily tumbes. 1t then is merely pleasant recre.
alton for the farmer TO travel out and pour
weak solution of kerosene upon his accu
muated enemies. Kerosene is an excellent
death dealer for these pests When they get
into the cornfelds the farmers of Illinois sally
forth with an emulsion containing four per
cent. of kerosene and half as much whale oil
soap mixed by five minutes simple beating
with a stick This is frted by hand upon the
corn in the cool of the day when the insects
feed most thoroughly and when t'cre is less
danger of injury to the corn, Gometimes a
single application does the work when the
infestation is very bad two and even three
may be required,
Now let us talk about corn exclusively for
a while With that staple at its present price
and with the grave gentlemen who produce
statistics as hens produce eggs-the louder
the cackling the smaller the statstic-assur
ing us that It is on its lofty perch TO stay, 1t
seems that the farmer will have to cultivate
automobiles and bad habits as obesity cures
FOR his bank account. But, halt! Nature pro-
vide several There Is the weather, more ex.
asperating and with less regard for poor
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, WE BATTIE@ -
with THE BUGS

'i invas Is an underworld NOT
w vrssaed BY novelist or play,
s sr,snt. Yet in it occur
mango &c and often subtle dra.
mas mas of survival and dest r."
u,Un, nor is it a noiseless
Underworld u,,l Every evening
all ar'er a hot sunset 1t forms
an orchestra which ~ JUS
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25
RS A DIFFERENCE.

['arS ago, in a southern
[alI boy had some puppies
|. and he was trying to per.
| 70 purchase one of them.
Eted. p''P''
+ your puppies, my boy"
H. sSu0ned, are they Repub-
|UenOcrats?"
republicans" the boy
"VAly and with conyic.
seu' the gentleman bought
TWO weeks later the
|o,t same man and tried to
Sted the man, what kind
AVE you today?" He
i,o ~e basket and saw that
N, ya The same lot as that
purchase.
N, the little fellow re-
4 ma
I Sas exclaimed, but two
,o pau one from the same
/ s ru said that they were
tats Ep'es' How do you ac.
\ eS you see they have
ID now. Fix.
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CO,RH R007fR4l3 am /I3
fTTknDAHT Arr : MINCED
fem0he, Two N>ng/e,5 Rm0le,
Egg o7d PAoo Of H0h/,. and
W0TkeY Ant

first plan was to pre-.
sent the chinch with a
contagious disease. It
had been observed that
1t was subject to a
fungous disease SINH
lar to that of the com.
mon house fly, which
left the dead covered
with a white mould.
Why not spread 1t? II
was tried upon the
university fields and
the bugs took It most
oDligingly and died
most successfully. Be
fore 1t could be con.
sidered more than an
experiment, however, 1t
was necessary to try
1t on a larger scale.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25

encircling claws Of
what were meant To
be their banqueta.
As for sprays. the
bugs throve urc7
them. DIR. Forbes
han his assistants
In the fields before
It was found that
blowing the infested
grass In the autumn
would practically do
away with the pest.
or all the foea
which the agricultn-
rist must fight. mons
presents a more diff
hcult problem than
the white grub, Fur
one thing, there are
many species. I'LL
nois has about thir-
ty-differing In hab-
its, but all endowed
with an original and
hard working brand
of natural cussed-
ness. They attack
plants at the roots.
and 1t Is not at all ,
uncommon to findy
whole acres Of grass
- Al -
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25

mans purse than
rich relatives on
a visit. there Is
the fretful soil
which gets sour
like a colicky ba-
by, and there
are sturdy. hun
cry insect foes.
Over two hun
dred of these at
tack corn, forty
capable of doing
notable damage.
1t Is In discoy.
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a Of the Fittest.

.. ,eacher says you were
N, J" TO school late this
w was that?
I'M ,ne other boy didn't
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25
Iretch!''
The Wiser Course.

Hopper, in the course of a
|Coney Island, praised the
pes of the young girls who.
|a'hlng suits and silk stock
+ the glittering and wind.
Ech.
graceful girls" said the
make me think of a young
ri down the other night to
f0pper, said she, as she sip.
|Np OF cold consomme, did
was starring in musical
FE!
no. said /; I didn't even
studied singing
never studied singing she
LOOK a gymnastic course
|!are' louisville Times.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25
wasted Sympathy.

1'OFry for that girl. She has
around all summer in one
'ur sorrow. She's saving
T" 90 away. She's got
'uAS packed" Savannah
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25
Horrid!

we're all on the beach," says
in our bathing suits. and
bose horrid newspaper pho.
, came along and took snap
u.s."
'retch!"
And I've bought his paper
pc then. and they haven't
ny picture at all."-Chicago
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Y New York.
lg,r5y S-ls it really such
M, ''-oh, it isn't just
Al my father or brother
~ right for us girls
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
Jeff Was Ashamed to Hit
EN- in Ladies' Presence

Ladies exhibition last Sunday and
wasn't until later on in the evening that the big fellow explained
just why they treated dscourteous Here's just the ide
he said when big like maung with couple
might
either Papke bumped punch
knockout should that
the cruee that lived and calling variety
fellows first
time I'm always careful not to hurt never can
tell when accident likely AS turned nobody
we'll the
sport; a think of
big stiff happen accidentally knock
boy Papkes Why, a could
mile" handle his here
atchstrng will outside the fair But all
his