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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-22

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- WO Of the greatest industries In the
@~\ world are railway building and the
Ms preparation of hides and skins into
k leather. For the former the sleep
mi ers on which the rails are laid are
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essential and costly factors; for the
NESA\ latter nothing can take the place
M&S$MESA \ of some vegetable extract which Is
ENhSSE EhYN the tanning substance of the trade.
WaR@AGMAW ! Sleepers can be made of glass and
A%NxAXLD 4 metal, but these do not give the
~ satisfaction of those made of wood.
The oak and the hemlock have for
ages supplied tannin by which
leather is cured. in fact, the very word tam implies
by its derivation its relation to the oak. by which
name the tree was called in old Breton language.
Railway sleepers have been made from the OAK, Dut
the expense grows higher year by year. NO wonder,
therefore, that the earth is secured for trees to FUR
nish either the one or the other or both of the sub
stances, and no wonder also that manufacturers and
builders hailed with delight the announcement a few
years ago of the availability for both purposes of the
South American tree called "Quebracho."
Quebracho is a contraction of the colloquial Span
tsh and Portuguese term Quiebra-hacha, originally
applied to many trees in Latin America. 1t means
lax breaker" and the character is implied in this
meaning. The wood is hard, fine grained, and tough
and had been used by the natives for ages in their
primitive construction work. OF recent years, how
ever, quebracho is restricted in the arts and indus
tries to a particular tree found only in South Amer
ica, and even here only within broad limits of the
drainage basin of the River Parana. In Cuba there
IS a "quebracho," so-called locally, which is a men,
Der OF the Copaiba family. In Chile a ~quebracho is
rather of the Cassia family, and probably in other
parts of Latin America the name is Unfortunately
given to any hard wood that has tested the metal of
the natives ak. No such indefinite use of the word,
however, can be permitted today, because the tree of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-05
is CALLED M'KINLEY LILY
Flower Preserved in Jar in California
Shows Strong Likeness to Dead
President.

Alameda county, one of the counties
that border on the Bay of San Fran
cisco, has a great variety of products,
of which 1t has for several years main
tanned an interesting exhibition in the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
at Oakland, its chief city. The work
of preparing the flowers, fruit and
vegetables for exhibition is in the
hands Of w. D. Nichols, who, accord
ing to St. Nicholas, has a process by
which he is able to preserve them for
a long time without losing their form
or color.
One Of the exhibits is what is known
as the Mckinley lily. A large lily was
placed in glass jar with the pre-
serving fluid, and after several weeks
Its petals began to droop little. A
visitor noticed the resemblance to the
features of the late president of the
United States, William Mckinley.
when looked at from a particular point
of view, and the flower has since been
called the Mckinley lily. Every effort
is being made to keep it in existence
in its present state as long as posi-
BILE, as it has proved a great attrac-
ton and object of interest to visitors.
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stres that she should produce and the
whole consequence is that she, being
robbed of the opportunity, never sees
the time when she can be a very large
souce Of profit to her owner 1t is
strange why farmers will persist in
caring for their dry cows in this man.
ner because herein lies the secret of
me great success in economical milk
and butter fat production, and were l
to give as my honest opinion the
manner in which the yield of dairy
COWS in this country could be in
creased most quickly and certainly it
would be this one method of feeding
them properly during the 30 days
which precede the freshening period
and the 30 days which follow
Feed for Purpose.
In his operations the feeder should
always have definite purpose in
view, and he should bear in mind that
certain feeds will accomplish certain
purposes which other feeds absolute
ly will not. After the COW has been
turned dry, the purpose of the ration
given her should be that of resting
the digestive apparatus, building up
the foetus, storing up strength and
stamina in the cows body by placing
there flesh and beef which can be
drawn upon at later date. For the
purpose of fattening the COW there is
nothing that is better than corn, but
corn fed In a dry and hard dry state
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Feeding the Dairy Cow

the feeder to study the COW herself
and through the lessons which she is
capable Of teaching determine those
feeds In quality and quantity which
her best work demands and supply
them to her with regularity, patience
and kindness. I dare say that there
is one rule which, if followed by every
feeder Of dairy cows in the corn belt
would suffice In itself to increase the
butter production by one-half or two
thirds. 49,
Increasing the Milk YieId.>
1t Is impossible to increase. the
milk yield of any particular COW to
any great extent, no matter what the
care, feed and attention given her, ex-
cept during the period when the COW
is fresh. The proper time to begin
feeding the cow for best results is
four or five weeks before freshening.
AS rule dairymen and farmers be-
lleVe that the COW should have rest
and consequently turn her dry during
this time It is then believed that
because she is giving no milk she re-
qulres little or no, feed and, in conse.
quence, she is turned out, if in the
winter time. in a cold stalk field or
in the harm lot where she has little
10 eat except corn stalks, straw and
water AS result she has no oppor-
tunity whatever of storing up on her
body any surplus flesh or fat that
can be used at future time, but she
freshens in poor and emaciated con.
dttion and does not have strength or
power or stamina to produce the milk
and butter fat which her owner de-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-05
EPIDEMIC OF ITCH IN WELSH
L VILLAGE

I'm Dowlais, South Wales, about fit.
teen years ago, families were strick.
en- wholesale by a disease known as
the itch. Believe me, it is the most
terrible disease of it's, kind that l
know If, as it 1tches all through your
body and makes your life an inferno.
Sleep Is out Of the question and you
feel as if million mosquitoes were
attacking You. at the same time.sesl
knew adozen families that were so
affected.
* ~s' = The doctors did. their best, but
their remedies were Of no avail what.
ever. Then the families tried drug.
gist who was noted far and wide for
his remarkable cures. People came
to him from all parts of the country
for treatment, but his medicine made
matters still worse, as a last resort
they were advisedsby friend to use
the Cuticura Remedies. am glad to
tell you that after few days. treat
ment with Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Resolvent, the effect was wonder.
full and the result was a perfect cure
in all cases.
II may add that my three brothers,
three sisters, myself and all our fam.
lilies have been users of the Cuticurs
Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas
Hugh, 1850 West Huron St., Chicago
ILL.,, June 20, 1909"
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farms in the corn belt that will not
grow any particular one Of these
legumes, but it is, furthermore, fact
that there is scarcely farm in the
corn belt but what will grow some
one of these legumes and it is duty
which the farmer owes to his cows,
to his bank book and to his farm and
to himself to raise and feed more of
these other products and less Of the
corn. In doing so he will find that
it requires less corn than it has in the
past and that his profits are greater,
that his COWS produce more largely
and that his farm retains its fer
tility to q greater degree than ever
before.
Study Of the Cow Advisable.
This, of course, means a lifetime
study on the part of the dairyman
the same as profitable and proper
banking methods demand lifetime
study of the elements Of the banking
business for those who are engaged
in that line of work. It is not for me
ito give in the short space here at my
command any great amount of advice
to be followed in the feeding of dairy
COWS, and even If it were the best ad-
vice that could be given it would be. for
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Perfection of Color Blindness


Dalton, the great chemist, said that
diluted black ink on white paper gave
a very similar appearance to him to
the color of a forid complexion. Blood
appeared to him very like the color
called bottle-green. Grass and a scar
let coat seemed to be of the same
color. He considered the lace ofaa
laurel leafsa good match for / stick I 81
red sealing war
Babbage gives an amusing, account
OF Dalton's presentation at court:
Firstly, he was a Quaker. and
would not wear the sword which ia an
Indispensable appendage of court
dress. Secondly, the robe of a doctor
OF civil laws was known to be OBJ
ject1onable on account of It's color
scarlet, one forbidden to, Quakers.
Luckily, 1t was recollected that Dalton
was afflicted with the peculiar color
blindness which bears his name, and
that, as the cherries and the sleaves of
cherry tree were to him of the same
color, the scarlet gown would present
to him no extraordinary appearance.
So perfect, indeed, was the color blind.
ness that this most modest and simple
Of men, after having received the doc.
tors gown at Oxford, actually wore It
for several days in happy unconscious.
ness of the effect he produced on the
street. STRAND.
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steer. This is not only radically
wrong, but greatly unreasonable.
Heavy feeding Immediately after
freshening is, of course, necessary II
the COW has freshened in poor condi-
ton, because she has nothing out of
which to make milk except the. feed
which she receives at that time, and
herein lies the great advantage of
feeding her in such way that she
mas stored up in her body milk-ma-
king nutrients at time of fresheninR.
If this be the. case, the ration SUP.
piled when the COW is fresh, can be
small in amount, stimulating in ma.
ture, and thereby induce large pro-
duction at small cost. It is yerv
necessary, too, that the COW be stimu-
lated to produce her greatest amount
of milk during the first 80 days after
freshening, because it is during this
period that her maternal instinct is
more highly developed and most thor
oughly excited. 1t is the result of the
development of the maternal instinct
which causes the cow to give milk at
all. Where It not for her instinct
which through motherhood induces
her to supply milk for her Offspring
she would not give milk, and during
a large portion of the year this in.
stinct Of maternity is of very little
consequence, and it is a mistake ia
allow the COW to produce a. small
amount Of milk Immediately after
freshening with the belief that at a
future time during her period Of
lactation it will be possible; to increas ~
the yield to any perceptible degree.
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HE REALJAPAN
By PROF. FREDERICK STARR
AT KYOTO

Tokyo.-We have been to Kyoto.
The world over, age gives respecta-
bility, and Kyoto rejoices in the re-
speciality of age. Today she is a
city of secondary Importance, but her
past was magnificent. OF course she
considers Tokyo a mushroom Inc
present capital of the Japanese en-
pire was mere fishing village until
1903, when the great Iyeyasu made II
the Shogunate capital Through i's
early history it was known as 1euo'
In our childhood, we ally heard OF Tue
marvellous city of Yedo; no douDt
many of US have wondered that IL no
longer attracts attention, ignorant or
the fact that it is the present city OF
Tokyo. It was the Shogun's capltal
from 1903 until 1868. During all that
time Japan had two capitals, the ola
Mikado's capital of Kyoto and the
new shogun's capital of Yedo. Since
1868. with the restoration OF the
Mikado to actual power, the seat OF
his government has been shifted and
today Kyoto lives upon it's past glory.
In 1895 Kyoto celebrated it's eleven
hundredth anniversary by building a
curious and striking building which is
commonly known as the Tal-Kyoku
Den. 1t was intended to reproduce
the architecture of the time when the
city itself was founded. At that
time Japan was notably under Chinese
influence, and the whole architecture
and style of the edifice emphasizes
that fact. There is a grand and mas
sive wooden gateway, brilliantly col
ored, which gives entrance to an
enormous courtyard in which is situ-
ated the Tai-Kyoku Den.
We arrived at Kyoto the afternoon
before the procession was to take
place, and our first visit was to the
memorial building, which is the ter
minus to which the procession
marches after it has passed through
the main streets of the city. After in
specting it, and being given details Of
its history, we were taken to another
building close at hand where most
interesting sight was Witnessed The
building was the training-hail of the
Butoku Kwai-which means, we sup
pose, 1.-The Military Virtues Society,""
Less noisy than the fencing is the jiu-
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very edge Of a precipice-tn fact, it
projects far out over what was the
original margin, and stands supported
in its projecting portion by remark
able scafiolding of heavy posts and
timbers-giving it the most astonish-
Ing appearance of being set up on
high stills. In approaching it one
passes up an abrupt slope, closely
built on both sides with little shops
at most of which cheap potteries are
sold. These shops are famous, but
for us the shops of gourds or Gala
bashes were more interesting. It was
Hideyoshi who carried for his stand.
ard the golden calabashes. It is fit.
ting that Kyoto should surpass in
calabashes to this day. Think of a little
shop from whose ceiling hang hum
dreds Of gourds beautifully colored in
red and nodded into fantastic forms:
for the Japanese is not content with
gourds as nature makes them. He in
geniously ties or biLds the growing
calabashes with cords in such a wav
as to force them into forms of slender
TASKS. Of snakes, of masses of intes-
tines, Of ducks and other birds. Thev
are meant for vessels to carry fluid
especially the favorite sake or rice
wine. When one has selected some
strange flask to suit him, he buys a
little gourd for a cup. beautifully lac
Quered and adorned with gold and
colors.
One reason why we wished to visit
k1yom1zu-Dera was its connection
! with Ainu history. In it's precincts
stands the figure of Bishamon. the
god who In the ninth century gave the
Japanese leader Tanura Marc a
notable victory over my poor bearded
aboriginal friends. A great picture,
votive-offering given it commemora.
ton OF the victory, hangs in the tenn
pie and represents the feats of valor
achieved by the imperial forces. In
the same votive hall there are quaint
pictures representing the coming of
the early Dutch vessels to the shores
| of Japan.
One of the most characteristic TEA.
lures of Japan are the picnic parties
of school children with their teachers,
which are met with at all times and
everywhere. They go out to see bloom
Ing flowers and REDEEMED maple
leaves; they go to parks and mu
seums; they go to shrines and TEN
pies and the scenes of national inter
est. famous In their history. We
! rarely 60 to any place of note with
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This society was organized in 1895
and is represented throughout the en-
pire. Today it numbers over 100000
members. Its purpose seems to be
the development of military virtues,
Of bravery, Of skill in defense and at
tack. In this great hall scores of per-
sons daily engage in the practise of
fencing and Of jiu-jitsu. When we
entered, we found the exercise in full
swing. Half the hall was devoted to
fencing, the other half to jiu-jitsu
we were warned as we entered the
building that no photographng would
be allowed, but that we were well
come to witness the performance.
The thing which first impressed US
was the fact that sprinkling of the
combatants actively engaged in
fencing and in jiu-jitsu were mere
children eight or ten years old. No
one who has not seen the exercise
can imagine the vigor and aggressive
ness of Japanese fencing. The COM
Datants are carefully guarded against
injury by heavy protective coverings
on the head and over the face, the
chest, the arms and upper legs. The
weapons used in fencing are like club
swords or wooden Stats, and not only
thrusts but strokes of the most vio-
lent nature are given In the exercise.
The noise made is astonishing. but
more astonishing yet is the vigor of
attack. Children were pitted against
grown men in many cases, although
1t Is clear that the older combatants
In such pairing are not expected to
use their powers to the utmost. At
the same time, they do not play with
their small antagonists, who in many
cases make onslaughts of such vigor
and force that skillful guarding is
necessary for protection against it.
jitsu. Here too, in many cases children
of eight or ten are pitted against well.
known men. Every reader knows
thai jiu-jitsu is a form of wrestling
IN which yielding on the part of the
attacked defeats the exerted strength
and power of the assailant. The
more an enemy exerts himself the
worse for him. It Is astonishing to
see some of the results, especially
in cases where child of eight years
seemed to throw and exhaust man
of developed power.
The fact HAT photographing was
not allowed is part of the general pol
ICY of the imperial government Pri
late fencing can be witnessed any
where without restriction. Teachers
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OF fencing and jiu-j1tsu abound and
anyone may learn both arts If he will
give the time and money necessary.
But the fencing and jiu-jitsu of the
Butoku Kwai is in a sense part of the
governmental military preparation. 1t
has certainly an actual value in train
ing individuals for war, even in these
days. when hand to hand combat is
almost impossible. The quickness OF
eye and hand, the adroitness in at
tack and defense, the training OF
nerve and muscle-these are still
worth while from the military point
of view, and these to remarkable
degree are developed through the ex-
ercises of this society. All, we'll,
everything connected with military
preparation in Japan is to some de-
gree secret and guarded from external
observation. The photographer IN
any part of the empire must watch
with care for the marks which 1ndl-
cate the so-called fort zones, with
in which the use of cameras is not
allowed. Even on shipbOard placards
are posted, warning passengers that
in Japanese waters photographlng
and sketching are prohibited by law,
and will not be permitted on the YES
sell
Personally we never see or hear
jiu-jitsu without remembering Lafca-
dio Hearns comparison. For him the
whole national policy of Japan Is in
the nature Of jiu-jitsu exercise-the
using of the enemy's strength to his
own undoing-he makes the claim that
Japan is playing jiu-jitsu with all the
outside world. She yields that She
may gain; she abandons the unneces-
sary in her character that she may
profit by the experience and wisdom
of outside nations To him the game
was wise; he believed in its ultimate
success.
While the Jidai Matsuri was cele-
brated both morning and afternoon we
were assured that the afternoon per.
Torrance would be far the best, and
were invited to visit Kiyomizu Dera
in the morning. This famous temple,
striking in architecture and position,
is situated upon height from which
che gets lovely view over the city,
The main temple IS situated at the
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and Tor starting out on her very best
work Nor 10 ~ a u

The Cow Should BE In Good condL
lflssnaa asssEs
Experiments recently carried on 90
to- prove that . COW. freshening In.
high desh wtlisnot enlymilk eavier.
but Win also test richer, the conse.
quencesof which, will OF course result,
ina great deal larger production OF
milk and butter. fatand this rea-
sonablez to believe. There is one OBJ
jectton, Of coslse. tesshavinssa GOV
freshen in fleshy and plethoric con-
dttion. namely, that she will be more
ssuscaDtihles TO- mill steyers THU. ii
believe, is the reason handed down
from generation to generation which
has instilled the feeder with the idea
that the COW should be poor at time
OF freshenfng. There was a time
when SO per cent. of the cows which
contracted milk fever died. At the
present time at least SO per cent. or
80 per cent. of the cows which are af-
f11cted with milk fever recover by the
use of the air treatment, which is
simple and inexpensive and can be
applied by the feeder himself If he
has access to a milk fever outfit, or
otherwise he can depend upon the
local veterinarian. At parturition time
the heavy grain ration should be taken
away from the COW and her feed
should consist of nothing more than
hay and silage, together with a light
bran mash which should continue to
be given her for two or three days
following freshening. At this time
she should be givenva small ration of
solid foods and brought to a full feed
much In the same manner as does the
feeder OF beef cattle bring the steers
in his feed lot, to full feed. 1t is we'll
known and admitted among breeders
that after putting large, rugged beef
cattle in the feed lot and placing them
on feed at once, sickness will result
and the steer receive great and last
ing setback. and at the same time
realizing this, the feeder Of dairy
cows will Immediately after the cow
freshens put her on full feed quickly,
believing that in some way or other
the dairy COW Is pc ssessed of great
er and stronger digestive apparatus
than is her rugged brother, the beef
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Bricks, Not Pennies.

Its al right to live on the East
side when. you ARE well,n said the East
side fat dweller, t''but not when you
are on the verge Of nervous prostra-
ton. Then, when YOU Just can't stand
anything at all, there are strains from
an out of tune violin and somebody
deep in the well of the area begins to
chant bark from. the tombs dirge'
that makes you wish You were were dead
and buried And you know what these
East Side people do? Throw pennies
to them! I'd like few large brick
to let fall accidsntally.tN. 7, Sun.
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immense SAVING Possible.

immense Saving Possible. $
In preliminary bulletin on the
cost of maintaining a tuberculosis
sanatorium, the National Association
for the Study and Prevention Of Tu-
berculosis. announces that tho average
cost per patient per day in thirty
semi-charitable sanatoria scattered In
all parts of the United States is
$1.669. These institutions represent
an annual expenditure of over $780,
900 and over $4,000 days of treat
ment given each year. The bulletin.
which Is part of an extensive study
the National association is making for
its bureau Of Information, points out
that the country could save annually
at least $150,000,00O If the INDECENT
consumptives were properly segre-
gated
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More Serious.

an overdressed old woman she met, on
the street the other day."
II know the story. The old woman
turned out to be Mathilde's very rich
aunt, and now she's going to give all
her. money to q hospital for decrepit
dogs
:, Nothing of the sort. In fact, it's
worse. The old woman was the
Brownies new cook-and now they
haven't any"