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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Shelter For Hous,

The ordinary hogpen is low, dirt
f1oored affair with one opening big
enough for good sized hog. 1t is al
most impossible to clean out such pens
thoroughly, and so they seldom are
we'll cleaned. Then the quarters are
often too small to accommodate the
number of hogs that are supposed to
sleep in them. The air becomes foul
and unhealthful. A mighty good test
is to crawl right into the pen after the
hogs have been sleeping in it some
time. If the air is bad an opening for
ventilation should be made at the top
of the pen. An opening can be made
that will admit plenty of air and still
will not let the storms drive in. Bad
sanitary conditions are always con-
ducive to disease. Too many stock
men pay no attention to the details Of
stock. raising till something goes wrong
and then call their misfortune bad
luck Cleanliness, warmth and good
ventilation are the requirements of de-
sirable hogpens. Good care is the best
preventive for any disease and also is
necessary for the most economical
gains.-National Stockman.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Sender Boat Races.

Yachtsmen the country over have
ERcome interested upon learning that
u series of international sender boat
Emces will be held off Marblehead,
Rass., next September between
yachts of that type representing
Spain and America. The Eastern
Yacht club committee some time ago
@ent a formal invitation to the San
Bebastian Royal Yacht club, of which
King Alfonso is the head, asking that
gAree Spanish boats be sent to this
@gUntry in 1910 to race against three
american yachts for suitable trophies.
AN acceptance was received within a
day or two, and the committee Of the
Boston Yacht club will proceed at
aRee to make arrangements fer the
Eaces with a committee Of the Span
nm Yacht club.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Feed and Breed.

In too many instances the breeder is
a poor feeder. To spend money for
pure bred animals of any kind and
not feed well is folly. The Wisconsin
experiment station says: Gin all pure
breeds the original scrub blood at the
foundation is ever seeking to reinstate
itself. In short, there is tendency in
all pure bred animals to degenerate or
retrogress toward original and less per-
feet types, and nothing will more sure
~ and speedily stimulate this tendency
than lack of nutritious food. In the
absence of sufficient nutrition the pos
sibilities of perfection inherited from
pure bred sires or dams but partially
materialize or wholly fail to assert
themselves"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Horses Afflicted With Worms.

Treatment differs somewhat accord
ing to the kind of worm to be destroy
ed, but for the usual worms of horses,
the large, long white ones known as
Ascaris megalocephala, dried sulphate
of iron is quite effective. For an
adult horse either mix in the feed
night and morning for a week table
spoonful of a mixture of equal parts
of dried sulphate of iron, salt, ground
gentian root and flowers of sulphur
and then skip a week or ten days and
repeat, or every night for week mix
in the feed one tablespoonful each of
flowers Of sulphur and salt and one
dram of the iron. For mares in foal
omit the iron. For colts lessen the
dose according to age and size.-Rural
New Yorker.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Just For Fun.

What is the difference between Mag
ara falls and Queen Elizabeth? One
is a wonder, the other Tudor.
What is a soldiers definition of a
kiss? A report at headquarters.
Why is it easy to break into an old
mans house? Because his gate gait
is broken and his locks are few.
What word Of three syllables takes
in all the twenty-six letters? Alpha
bet.
What is Joan Of Arc made of? Maid
Of Orleans.
Why are your eyes like friends sep
arated by the ocean? Because they cor
respond. but never meet.-Philadelphia
Ledger
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Treatment For Shoe Boil.

The tumor comes from the horse ~
ing upon the elbow on bare floor, not
from the elbow lying on the heel of
the shoe, as commonly supposed, says
the Rural New Yorker. Tie horse up so
he cannot lie down. Have the tumor
clearly dissected out. The wound may
then be perfectly healed by wetting
twice daily with lotion composed of
one ounce of sugar Of lead and six
drains of sulphate of zinc in a pint of
water. Label the bottle Poison and
shake well before applying. The tu-
NOR cannot be removed by applying
medicine to it. The knife is the only
perfect cure.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Lottery Bag.

This is enjoyed by grownups as well
as children and makes an entertaining
feature for a party.
Provide a large vase that will admit
the hand or bag with a drawstring.
Fill this with peanuts. Pass slips Of
paper to the guests and ask them to
write down the number of nuts they
think they will draw out in one hand
full.
Each takes a turn, then counts and
sets down on her slip the actual num-
Der drawn out. The one who comes
the nearest to her guess receives a
prize, and the person farthest away re-
ceives a consolation prize.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
HE SPORTING WORLD
Rector Really Out For Good.

Recently reports were sent out that
SEm Rector, the former sensational
msxinter of the University of Virginia,
who had announced his retirement
mksm the game early last year, would
anRce, more don the spike shoe and try
Esg show his heels to his rivals. Such
Nr not the case, however, for Rector
Nas informed the athletic world that
he is through with the game forever
and will in the future practice law in
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Offer of 5000 For University Emblem

Offer of 5000 For University Emblem.
A prize of 5000 has been offered by
the authorities Of Cornell university
at Ithaca, N. Y, for designs for a new
university emblem. The designs may
be heraldic in character in the form
of shield or escutcheon, and experts
in heraldry may pass upon them. The
competition will be open to any per-
son, it not being limited to alumni Of
Cornell university.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Motorboat Carnival.

The American power boat races,
which are held annually on the st.
Lawrence river, Canada, promise to be
more interesting this year than at any
time since the Inauguration of the
event. Challenges have been received
from the Chippewa Bay Yacht club
and the New York club. It is expect
ed that the races this year will bring
together some of the fastest craft ever
in competition. AS yet no date has
been set for the event.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
INSURANCE

I have the cheapest and best Farmers
Insurance Company in the Northwest.
$500 annually, will pay for thousand
dollar policy, and losses promptly paid.
Can you afford to be without it? City
insurance written in the best companies;
havinga non-union agency, not controlled
by the trust, can give you a pointer on
fire insurance.
Don't ask your friends to go your security
Be independent. Let me furnish Won a
bond from the American Surety Com
pany; the oldest and strongest COMPANY
million dollars.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Jill RECTOR.

H. Louis, where he now resides. In
Hlg07 Rector ran hundred yards in
asne and two-ffth seconds and ran
TIE distance several times in nine and
GAree- fifth seconds. He accompanied
HAe American team to London to com
wete in the Olympic games in 1908.
hector was picked to win the hundred
yard event, but was beaten a few
BDches by Reggie Walker, the South
african speed marvel.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11

An incident at the siege Of Rouen in
1891 shows that red was looked upon
as the English color, for in mentioning
the death of one of the Earl of Essex's
captains it is remarked that the
Frenchman who shot him got near
enough to do so by putting on the red
coat of a dead English soldier. In
1913 the kings life guards, as also the
queens and Prince Ruperts, wore red
coats.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
French Mustard.

Steep two or three onions Sliced in
pint of vinegar for two days, then
strain and add to the vinegar one tea
spoonful of pepper, one and a half
teaspoonfuls of salt, one tablespoonful
of brown sugar and enough mustard
to make it into thick, creamy paste
Mix we'll until quite smooth, then boil
for twenty minutes.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
The Windmill Country.

There is a country, so they say,
Where windmills grow like trees,
Where arms instead of branches reach
To meet the coming breeze.
And all the little children there,
With dumping wooden shoes,
May seek their friendly shade to play
AS often as they choose.
How strange twould be when winter comes
And all the other trees
Are shedding leaves of brown and red
To gather as we please
To see the windnills drop their arms
And all across the land
The little girls and boys come out
To find them on the sand!
Youths Companion.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
The Falling Soldier.

This is an amusing play for little
children. The whole company stand in
a row like soldiers. The order is given
to stretch the right arm forward, then
the left one; next to kneel down on
one knee with the arms still stretched
out. Then the one at the end of the
line must lean hard against his next
neighbor, and the whole file will fall
over like a house of cards.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
How He Won Her.

She-S0me persons claim that they
cannot look from a height without
Wishing to cast themselves down. Die
EHu ever have that feeling, Mr.. Yearn-
mo- He-Once. She-Indeed? Where
were you? He-I was in an elevated
a@E. and saw you in the street.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
neenen the PIominn-

A writer of authority says: Soils
that have always been plowed shallow
should be deepened gradually by set
ting the plow to go about one inch
deeper each season until depth Of
eight or nine inches has been reached.
If this deepening is not done gradually
the soil will be injured and poor crops
will result for several seasons.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
The Farm Wood Lot.

The wood lot deserves your atten-
ton. It can be made both an econom-
ical and profitable part of the farm.
If YOU have no natural timber start
an artificial growth upon the poorest
land or the land that has tendency
to wash. You will be surprised at the
results you will obtain.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Poultry Notes,

Fill the hens crop right if you would
have her fill the egg basket.
Even the hen needs balanced ra-
ton if she is to lay well.
On cold nights the hens should have
extra protection.
Winter eggs mean close application
and careful handling and feeding, but
it all pays.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11

Remove all bones and skin from a
can of salmon and put through a
meat chopper with one head of celery
and a small bottle of olives stuffed
with red peppers. Mix with salad
dressing and serve on lettuce leaves.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
MONEY

To loan on farms; long or short time; low
interest; on terms to suit the borrower.
a financial broker, and can give Won a
service, better than you can get elsewhere.
If you want a humping big loan to buy
a farm or pay for the one you have bought,
come and see me.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
corneIps New Athletic Field.

Cornell university's new alumni field
Of fifty-seven acres, for the equipment
Of which 100000 has been raised, will
be partly put in shape in the spring.
The work will consist Of varsity foot
ball and baseball fields, stadium and
other training houses to meet the i'm
mediate demands of the athletes. To
equip the field as originally planned
will cost $350,O00.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
The Real Mourners,

The Bull Pup-How did You lose
your tail, old man? The Yellow Cur
In trolley accident. The Bull Pup
Do you miss it much? The Yellow
Cur-Not as much as the boys do who
used to tie tin cans to it. - Chicago
News.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Wills a Farm to Illinois Town.

The will of the late James A. Cum
ningham of Vincennes. Ind, sixty-six
years old, who was recently killed
while hunting in Idaho. bequeaths
LOO acre farm at Emison, in Knox
county, Ind. and $4,000 in cash to the
town of Hoopeston, Ill.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11

When applied to the newspaper page
they make people think twice.
First, people think there's man who
keeps up with the procession.
Second, they think he must keep
good goods on hand.
Again, if the home paper has enough
drops Of advertising ink on its surface
to make a proper showing the outsider
thinks this must be pretty lively
town.
Thus drop of NEWSPAPER AID
VERTISING INK is a good thing for
the town. .-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
The Old DRAGON,

There was bad dragon Of old.
He had a forked tail, am told.
His mouth spouted fire;
He was just full Of ire
Until slain by a princely knight bold.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
CHEAP LAND

Put your m oney into land. Never again,
will land be sold so cheap in this country
as just now. l have 10000 acres of good
land and many we11-improved farms in
good location and condition, for sale on
easy terms, with a small cash payment,
and per cent annual interest on balance.
Near good markets, good roads, churches
and schools, and very often, two crops
will pay purchase price of land. Be pros
porous and buy a farm
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
Tin Swords.

The children of different countries
have different tastes, but tin swords
are wanted all over the world.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11

The Poushkeepsie Regatta June q.
The eastern intercollegiate regatta is
get for Wednesday, June %, at Peugh-
keepsie, on the Hudson river.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
CONVEYANCING

Everything pertaining to real estate,
such as. drawing mortgages, contracts,
deeds; gwen careful attention. Complete
perfected on short notice
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11

MARKED COPY" on newspaper
wrapper is sure to make the receiver
open and read.
Last year a southern man bought
fifty copies of his local paper contain
ing a suggestion for factory location,
marked them and mailed them to fifty
individuals or concerns that might be
interested.
Result: Twelve immediate inquiries,
three propositions for the factory site,
one thriving factory located which to-
day pays wages to 175 persons living
In that town.
Wstch this paper for such opportu
miles 10 BOOM YOUR TOWN.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11

Would Teach Boxing In Colleges.
Professor Joe Murray, instructor Of
Joking at Columbia university, would
ike to see the manly art added to In
tercollegiate sports.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
REMEMBER

There is no business so large that can
net handle 1T and none TOO small to re-
ceive careful attention, and make a sne-
crafty of attending to business.
Come and see me or write,
81. H. DBYBNNEY.
Morris, Minnesota.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-11
The TumbIino Eco,

FIJI a quill with quicksilver. Seal It
at both ends with good hard wax.
Then boil an egg. Take a small piece
of shell off and thrust in the quill with
the quicksilver Lay it on the ground
and it will jump about till all heat is
gone. If you put quicksilver into a
bladder and warm it after you have
blown it out and secured it it will
skip about in the same manner.
a Few Years Hence.
Knicker-You look tired
Bocker-Yes: 1 was up all night fly
ing the. baby.-Harper's Bazaar.
The new era., 1910-02-17

ed. however. in the Valentine day mall
Either the identity Of the sender IL
kept a profound secret or Is indicated
only by tiny initials. which are of no
possible benefit in tracing the origin
of the missive. Consequently there Is
nothing for the dead letter officials to
do but to either destroy these dere-
licts of the Valentine day mails, or,
II they be deemed of sufficient value.
to set them aside to be disposed Of at
the annual auction sale at which
Uncle Sam sells to the highest bid.
ders all the unclaimed articles found
In the mails.
Incidentally It may be noted that It
10 very seldom that any person ever
writes to the postoffice department to
inquire regarding valentines that have
gone astray. Many people make In
quiries from time to time with refer.
ence to packages which have failed to
The new era., 1910-02-17


tines in America. and indeed the most notable private
or public collection kind in the world is the
erty of Mr. Frank House Baer, we-known resident OF
the state Of Ohio prominent railroad official Mr..
Baer who has means indulge his unique fad.
tpaugurated his for valentines years and
has covered quarters OF the globe in his search This
premier valentine collector has than 1000
specimens his old gallery and many OF his prizes
have cost him pretty penny:
Antedating all manufactured valentines were
the valentine writers'-books Of specially prepared
verses and designed for the use OF swains
and maidens of century and half ago. who must
needs prepare valentines These first aids to
the sentimentally inclined that have been preserved In
the Baer collection have such suggestive titles as: The
I,ower Of Cupid "The School of Love-. THE Ladies'
Polite valentine Writer "The satrica Valentine Writ
or and ..Rhapsodies for Gentlemen Who Wish to Ad-
dress Ladies' in Sonnets"
The Oldest valuable valentines In existence
-those in the collection are believed to be the
univ ones of the extantare the cut paper valen-
tines These carefully folded and decately cut with
sav-tooth edges the love token OF this kind
hain9 40 arranged its unfolding discloses con-
t,nuous succession penned sentiments One OF these
cut paper valentines bearing the date $780, Is formed
erom a. sheet of paper about the size of adys hand
Lerchet folded into squares Of about four inches 1t
was originally with the representation OF heart
Particularly quaint conceits in the line OF od-tlme
valentines found this collection are those whch rep
regent in each instance either single flower or clus-
ter a. aav poses fashioned from tissue paper
IN the order of modern artificial flowers However.
these ancient counterfeit blooms were 80 silt into lattice
like meshes that pulling of an attached thread Will
cause each flower unfold. disclosing sentimental mes
The new era., 1910-02-17

reach the proper destination. but ap-
parently the senders of valentines
either do not know that their tokens
have failed to fulfill their mission or
else accept the loss philosophically.
For the imaginative person there is
opportunity for speculation as to how
many romances have been nipped in
the early stages because of the valet
tines that never came. Finally, one
more cause of the straying of valA.
tines In the mail Is found in the nu-
merous attempts to send such souve-
Mrs through the mails with insufi-
c1ent postage. Many little folks, for
instance, seem to be under the i'm
preston that valentine in a sealed
envelope will be carried for one cent
instead Of two cents. If the envelope.
bears the address of the sender 1t can
be returned for more postage. but, as
above explained. such clew is seldom
given In the case Of valentines and
when the valentine is forwarded to
its destination postage due" the per-
son to whom 1t is addressed-perhaps
suspecting its contents-often refuses
to receive 1t and then. of necessity, It
Is turned over to the dead letter office.
The dead letter office, the final rest
Ing place of the unidentified valen-
tines. is very busy institution Some
thing like seven million pieces of lost
mail are every year sent to this insti-
tuition to be examined and its experts
or blind readers" are wonderfully
skillful in deciphering the true mean
Ing OF incorrect and misspelled in
scriptions that would prove absolutely
battling to any ordinary Individual. At
the dead letter office Uncle Sam main
tains perhaps the oldest museum in
the worlds collection OF the queer
things that have been found in the
mails. Much money is found in the
letters that go astray. 1t totals as
much as $4,000 year in coin and
currency. to say nothing Of an aggre-
gate OF about million dollars year
In checks. drafts and currency. ~
The new era., 1910-02-17

the senders rather than to any ineffi-
cheney on the part of the postal au-
thorities. Nevertheless. when one
pauses to consider the characteristics
of the extra mail that floods the postal
routes in mid-February it does not
seem SO strange that larger share
of 1t misses its destination than would
be the case with an equal volume of
holiday mail at other seasons Of the
year!
The most common cause OF failure
on the part Of the postoffice officials
to deliver mail is found in the pres
ence on the puzzling pieces of mail
matter Of iIlegible. incorrect or INSULT
cient addresses, Such faulty mail
matter is numerous enough at all
seasons Of the year and 1t Is easy to
understand that 1t reaches flood tide
along about Valentine day. In the
first place many of the persons who
send valentines wish to use every pre-
caution to conceal from the recipient
the origin of the remembrance. To
that end they attempt to disguise
their handwriting and resort to other
expedients. all of which make for
illegible addresses. At valentine time.
too, many little folks patronize the
malls on their own initiative and
some Of these youngsters are far from
skilled In penmanship.
To this same infiuence-the contri-
buttons of the juvenile portion Of the
.community-is to be attributed the I'M.
usual proportion Of incorrectly and
tnadeQuately addressed pieces Of mail
The new era., 1910-02-17

sages hidden in its depths.
Transformation pictures consisting of crude draw
ings In ink at best less artistic render
ing in water color. preceded by years the trans
formation valentines that were introduced oy the
Germans. the manufactured valentine became an
established institution these old valentines OF the
before and AFTER order avorite subject was that
of bachelor sitting disconsolate and alone in his
cheeress home. Upon lifting a flap of cardboard
there disclosed by way of contrast the happiness
and contentment that might be his in home pre-
sided by devoted wife. "a
One of the valentines of this class in the Baee
collection seems at first glance nothing more than
commonplace representation of the exterior Of Q
church. but shifting OF the displays the inte-,
ror Of the church with the bride and best man.
maid OF honor and other attendants The best
the scheme is that the young lady-her Flora
who sent this keepsake century ago went to the
trouble to duly label each represented in the
enhancing that the recipient presumably
advance information to all the details of his
ding. *
Some idea of the extent to which the custom ex-
changing valentines carried is indicated by the
great number Of different designs shown in the Baer COL
lection above mentioned After about 1880 the practice
of preparing valentines at first hand gone
rapidly into decay and the last of the valentine writer's
bears date Of the mentioned Following this the
manufactured valentines increased rapidly In and
pretensions. From the lace paper confectons, which
gradual evolution-and which, by the way have
remained perennally popular until the present time
the development turned to the production of silk and
satin valentines beautifully ornamented in water color
glance through the art gallery of old valentines
gives clear and accurate idea of the various