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The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
LITTLE THINGS IN NATURE
little Girl Who Did Not Know Number of Seed compaftmentssl In Apple,
 Asks a Puzzler.

How many seed compartments are there in an apple?'' he asked. No one answered.
 And yet" continued the school in- spector. 'all of you eat many an apple in the course of a year. and see the fruit every day probably. You must learn to notice the little things in na- ture."
 The talk of the inspector impressed the children, and at playtime the teach CT overheard them discussing. lit tie girl. getting her companions round her, gravely said:
 Nov. children, suppose I am MT. Taylor, you've got to know more about common things. If you don't you will all grow up to be fools. Now. tell me. Minnie," she continued, looking stern ly at a playmate, how may feathers
 there on a hen?"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Private Fortune, of sweden.

By order of the secretary of the treasury careful investigation was made of the value of all estates of de ceased persons for the years 19O6-190S. and a calculation. based on these fig ures was worked out, indicating the approximate value of the total of the private fortunes in Sweden, says Con- sul General E. D. Winslow, Stockholm.
 The result of this investigation gave the citizens of the kingdom credit for s2,197. 7.000,O00,000 divided among 1 .23S.- 500 estates. viz: In the provinces. l. 300 estate, aggregating $1,1sO, ,OOo.- 100000; in the cities, 216, 200 estates. aggregating $1.017 .O0O, ,00O, 900; the pri- ~ate estates in Stockholm were estf. mated at $4S2, ,OOO. .O0O. .OOO. The average assets for each individual for the kingdom were $402; for the provinces. $260. and for the cities, $76O, except Stockholm. where the fortunes were estimated at $1,425 for each citizen.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
By F. A. SOFTER.

Pigeons do not need a fancy house; an old barn or building of any de scription can be fitted up to serve their needs. If the building is to house 25 pairs of homers, 1t should be seven feet wide by ten feet long, and if more than one house is to be built under the same roof, leave an alley way from three to four feet wide separating it from the pen by a wire netting.
 The front of the building should be eight feet high, with six light win dows.
 Directly above the windows two holes seven by eight inches should be placed, through which the pigeons can come and go They should be provided with a slide to be closed when the weather is very cold. These can be opened and closed from the alley-way by pieces of rope and pull Ieys.
 The fly pen should be as high and wide as the front of the pen proper and about IS feet long. It should be enclosed with wire netting small enough to keep sparrows out
 Six feet from the ground a six-inch wide board should be placed from front of house to end of run on either side as an alighting board.
 The bathing-pan should be placed in the fly, and there should be door in the front of the fly through which a person can pass in and out. These doors are simply a frame covered with wire
 In the pens. nest-boxes in tiers are built on either side, preferably on the east and west walls. These boxes are feet high, 10 feet long. arranged in
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
sIherIan WIId FIowers.

Siberia seems to have a set pro gram for her flowers, which are beautiful in variety and coloring. Sep tember gathers the blue flowers to her bosom, and under her languid and caressing touch blossom myriads of dainty bluebells on long and tender stems.
 In the rocky soil of the hilltops blue scabiosa shares its playground with drak blue snapdragon, and in the shady spots of the road grow, tall and hardy, purple blue chrysanthemums.
 Earlier in summer yellow holds daisies and violets, and after them red-pinks and very deep briar roses. Delicious jam is concocted from the seedpods of the wild rose.
 When summer comes an array of jars and glasses and a big kettle join hands with hat boxes and shoe bags and travel countryward. A tenn porary stove Is built of stones not far from the house, and here sinners slowly the years provision of pre- serves and jams and jellies, absorb ing at the same time great doses of sun and fresh air.-America.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
The Dear Fiends."

A prominent sportsman, who is president of an equally prominent club of fellow sportsmen, recently had scrap with them and it became necessary for him to write them a let ter. His stenographer, in gay and lightsome mood peculiar to the mem bers of her craft, inadvertently drop ped an TT" and began the letter Dear Ffends." The president, preoccupied with the subject matter of the letter, signed it without observing the omis- sion and the communication reached the club as originally written. The president pro tenn Is a man of gentle voice, beseeching manners and limpid humor. In sweet, almost girlishly siI- yer tones he announced at a club din ner, T have here a letter from our esteemed president, who is not with us this evening, and it becomes my pleasure to read the communication to you at this moment It is as fol- lows: Dear Ffends.'" Here he paused solemnly. but for only a moment. The club members. recognizing the situa- ton, yelled one mighty yell, as men may at stag dinner, and the scrap with their president was over. Thus may one touch of the typewriter artist make the whole club kin.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
LIahtIna the Farmhouse.

With the increasing education oi farmers children and the increasing intellectual and social life in farm homes, the use of artificial light in farmhouses is increasing and the money economy, but more the sani- tary economy of artificial lighting is of increasing importance. Nor may the esthetic element, the effect on life of attractive lighting, he left uncon- sidered. All kerosene lights without mantle are very unlike daylight. hard on the eyes, and hence likely to pro duce pain and nervous irritation and injury to health.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28

and if it is so deep that another bird by sitting on its back can push 1t un- der and drown it, the bird will not bathe in that water. Make your pans not over four inches deep. Twice a week in summer is often enough to bathe birds, and once a week in win ter.
 A good rain is equivalent to bath, as the birds will sit on the running board and hold up their wings to catch the drops. If the weather should turn cold soon after bathing, they should be driven into the house and the windows should be closed.
 Use a two-gallon drinking-fount for 50 birds. The cut shows exactly how this fount should be placed in the loft The fount must be kept perfectly clean always.
 Feeding troughs should be 4 feet long, 4 inches wide, 11s inches deep. placed in the center of the loft, so the feed can be thrown into the trough from the alleyway Keep it always clean and dry.
 Keep plenty of grit. oyster shell and charcoal, together with sack of baked salt, before the birds all the time.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
PROFITABLE PIGEON RAISING
 REQUIRES INEXPENSIVE PENS
Buildings be b EIaborate-It O tai Importance
 Drinking Founts be

and charcoal, and thoroughly white washed inside. 1t Is ready to have the birds placed in it.
 On well conducted pigeon plant the routine should be as follows:
 In summer at five o'clock in the morning, all birds are watered; 7:30, fed; 12:3O, watered; 4, fed. In win ter, e:30 in the morning, watered; 8, fed; 12:3O, watered; 8, fed. At five in the afternoon all the foupts are empded of their water to prevent freezing.
 It is of vital importance that the drinkfng-founts should be kept per fecty clean by frequent washing and securing. They should be washed with water containing 1z cupful of crude carbolic acid to bucketful of water.
 4 pigeon will not bathe in deep water. It always measures the depth of the water with its head and bill
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
DUAL PURPOSE LOG STABLE

An excellent plan for constructing a log stable. about 40 by 20 feet, with concrete floor, to accommodate horses on one side and COWS on the other, is given below:
 Make a foundation for stable a few inches above floor line. To build wall 10 inches wide and feet inches deep will take ten yards gravel. or if you use stone filler. eight yards gravel and two yards stone. If you use filters, five barrels cement; if all gravel. six barrels cement. mixed eight to one. First three inches of floor will take eight yards gravel, five barrels cement, eight to one; second coat, one inch
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
m, nusIness Side of Farming.

A special feature of the Farmers course in agriculture this year at the University of Wisconsin will be the ''business side of farming" The farm CTS of Wisconsin have capital to the amount of over $1.0O0, 100000 invest ed in lands, buildings, machinery and live stock and this capital should be made to yield its largest possible re- turns. Emphasis will be placed on these farm investments and the Business of farming will be special. ly emphasized from the soil. plant and animal sides.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
QUARREL IN PRIVATE
MAGISTRATE LAYS DOWN LAW
 ON FAMILY TILTs.
In Spite of Better Manners Human Nature Is Unregenerate-Instine for Privacy Seen in Most
 Degraded.


 'Ts you want to quarrel with your wife, so the magistrates oracuiaT words are reported. you must dc ST strictly in private" Thus does the law champion the commonweal Mat rimonial quarrels 1t holds, no doubt, to be an outrage on decency, and cor ruptilg to the morals of the young The point, perhaps, seems too obvious to be interesting. Some instinct de manding privacy for these affairs is to be detected even in the most de graded. Even when the quarrel leads to physical violence in the street, hus- band and wife are agreed in consider ing it a private matter with which Deither the law nor public opinion has any concern. The ministrations of neighbors and police are alike re- scented.
 And why, you ask with indignation, do these superficial paragraphs con cern themselves with such ugly and sordid scenes? Purely for edifica- ton. We are agreed that in the ex- treme and brutal case the law and the public may very well interfere, not only for the protection of the sufferer, but for the prevention of in- cidents which are disgusting. But we do not maintain with sufficient ve- hemence that all kinds of matrimonial quarrels are disgusting to the sensi- tive mind. You have probably right to think your husband e fool. You have no right to call him fool before anyone else Not for the sake of his feelings. but for public decency.
 Who, you inquire with indignation, does call her husband a fool? Such language belongs to the same low stratum as black eyes. This is a mere prevarication- People of education and breeding, do not, indeed, call spades spades or husbands idiots, but they imply with a virulence that far surpasses any mere unadorned speech. Of course 1t is not suggest ed that the wife is any worse than the husband. He also allows himself tones and phrases which are designed to sting
 The old tale of Lord Braxfield still has it's moral He was at whist, when his partner displeased him, and he broke out: What are ye doing, ye .donnart auld-" and then recollected himself with an "Eh, eh, your par .don's begged, ma'am- I took ye for my ain wife" Manners have changed for the better, but human nature re- mains unregenerate. Husbands and wives. when the weather is bad or a train is late. stin allow themselves -counterchecks and quips quarrelsome which are none the less ugly for being -decently wrapped up.
 What they do in private is as the magistrate sagely suggests, their own affair. A word that cuts or a tone that burns in private can be privately cured with speed. You are unwise if you cannot forget at leisure what was said in haste, so long as it was said without a witness. But. the public sheer is another matter. An audience multiplies the effect of everything.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
HannY Idea.

Two Jews had long been bitter enc mics and had often done each other all the damage they could. With one of them this enmity became a mania and finally he had a vision. An angel appeared to him and said that he could have one wish, his dearest wish, gratined, but with this proviso: Ros- enthal. his enemy. was to receive twice or double the blessing conferred on him. We'll" said key, Eff I wish for a million dollars, he gets two mil lion. and I don't want that" After puzzling over the problem for some time. a happy idea struck him, and putting one hand over one eye he said: T wish dot had one blind eye"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
MUST THANK JESTER
ASKING GIRLS PA NOW EASY FOR
 THE sUIToR.
Old Custom Is Happily Falling Into Dlsuse-The Bride Is the One Who 10 Now Taking All the
 Chances.

We've often wondered why 1t is al- ways the bridegroom who is rattled during the marriage ceremony, when it's the bride who is taking all the chances. Not that this question has anything to do with what we are going to talk about; but neither has any thing else, and one must start some where.
 And really it is strange how cool the girl always is. Our theory is that this is because a person doesn't easily get rattled at the complications that fol- low the business in which he Is an ex- pert. The tyro is the one who is nervous. Getting married a man is entering unknown ground The girl, on the other hand, has the whole field plotted. Getting married is her busi- ness-it is the mans fate,
 Where the man falls down first is in the horrible ordeal of asking papa" This old custom is happily falling into disuse, but in many old-fashioned fam flies it is still considered necessary. The conventional picture shows a timid young man, hat in hand, ap- preaching an ogreish old person to whom he has to introduce himself. The young man fully expects to be killed, but he usually gets of with a few minor bruises. This is the way it is done in the funny papers and in some of our more conservative famil- ies.
 In real life the man has an easier job. The girl casually announces at breakfast that she intends to marry Jack. Mamma screams: What! Didn't I tell you didn't approve of him?" Yes" answers the daughter, cheerfully. but that'll be all right He doesn't approve of you, either" Papa doesn't even get look-in. To salve his feelings the young chap con sents to call on him. T suppose Mol lie told you we were going to get mar ried," he observes. handing out a cigar. Hope you and I won't let 1t interfere with our friendship"
 Are you sure you love my daugh- ter?" asks the old man.
 Great Scott!" exclaims the young CT, with a giggle. You aren't going to get sentimental at your time of lite, are you?" The father blushes and of fers to buy drink.
 Sometimes, to be sure, it is an or deal for the suitor He considers it a doubtful compliment when he says: Can have your daughter?" and the old man says: No; but I'd like to give you job with my firm. I hate to see such nerve as yours going to waste" There are so many come backs to the Can you support her in the style to which she has been accus- tomed?" gag that the modern suitor has his prospective father-in-law licked before the conversation is fair ly started. Life and its problems are simplified by sense of humor.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Lsttuee on Benches.

Good lettuce can be grown upon benches, but those who make a spe- cialty of it plant out in thoroughly prepared soil at the usual ground level of the house. In the latter case more of the space can be given the crop. as the walks are reduced to 10 or 12-inch boards laid on the beds. The best soil for lettuce is a good, rotted sod, lib eraIly enriched with well-rotted ma nure. Avoid fresh manure for this crop. Give water moderately when first planted, increasing the supply as the plants develop in size.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28

food received by all the ducklings was the same
 Tables were given as to the results of the trials, which seem to indicate that charcoal in one form or another Is important in the profitable fatten- ing of ducks. It appeared to keep the dncklings healthy, and enabled fatten- ing to be continued with profit for much longer period than when char coal was not allowed. Experiments with geese were conducted on similar lines, and gave almost identical re- sults The foods fed to the geese were the same as those fed to the ducks, except that they got steeped oats instead of mash for the evening meal, mash being fed in the morning. The charcoal fed to both ducks and geese was burnt wood, broken fine.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28

thick, will require 2-3 yards sand, four barrels cement, mixed three to one. Ram first coat down hard.
 Flatten logs on two sides, bottom and top sides. Cut end of log to ''V'' shape lengthwise of log on top side, then cut "" across end of log on un- der side. These will fit one on top of other. The illustration shows how to cut logs to place them in position. Use two poles and roll them up to place, or you can do this with team of horses by using rope. Tie rope to end of each pole. then bring them down around log. bringing the other ends back over building. Hook on the team, and they will roll up very easily.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
The Rich Uncle.

Young Doctor-Hello, old chapl Don't believe have met you since we were boys at school You're look ing prosperous.
 Young Lawyer-Yes; a rich uncle died two years ago and I came into possession of nearly $10O,000.
 Young Doctor-Why, I wasn't aware you had a rich uncle.
 Young Lawyer-Oh, he wasn't my uncle. He was the uncle of one of my clients.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28

pairs l foot deep, foot high and 2 feet long, divided by a capital T front, thus making two nests of each box.
 Each side now has 20 pairs of boxes, ample for 25 pairs of breeders or more, up to 35 pairs, but this is rather overcrowding the birds.- t--A
 When the building just described has been furnished with receptacles tor feed, water, oyster shell, salt, grit
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
seIeetIna a Rooster.

If you intend to keep males for breeding, select one cockerel for each dozen bullets. Pick out the most masculine appearing bird in the lot. He should be a good fighter, strong and vigorous and active. Keep these breeders by themselves until three weeks before you begin to save the eggs for matching; then change the males in the breeding pens every week
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Astute MarpIet.

..You are going to interest yourself in this reform enterprise?"
 Certainly" replied Senator Sor- ghum-
 ~But I thought 1t was unfavorabIs to your friends"
 aIt is. And I'm going to interest myself in 1t far enough to let me of fer suggestions that will render 1t i'm practical"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
ona May.

A Scotch student, supposed to be de hcient in judgment. was asked by a professor, in the course of his exam nation, how he would discover a fool.
 By the questions he would ask, |" was the prompt and highly suggestive reply.-Tit-Bits.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Hard to Satisfy.

'T always kiss him when am in need the money"
 And do you always get it?"
 Always"
 "Then why that faraway. doubtful look in your eyes?"
 'T am just trying to decide whether he lets me have the money because he likes to have me kiss him. or be- cause he wants me to stop"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
RunIshment EIt the Crime.

q think that when an able-bodied man comes around to a kitchen door and has the nerve to ask for some thing to eat he should be punished in some manner"
 "So do I; why don't you make an example of the next one?"
 How can IF"
 "Give him some of your cooking. :"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Striking Personality.

''Do you observe his calm, judicial eye?"
 "yss."
 His breadth of shoulder? His drm-set mouth? His powerful jawf" 'T do."
 Well, there stands a man who wrote 1917 the first time he tried it and has been writing the year cor rectly ever since"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
unappreeIated Favor.

Did you kiss papa before you came out for the walk, dearie?"
 'No, mamma. But asked Julie to do 1t for me"
 The walk Is called off.-JournaJ Amusant.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
5arqain Sale.

"If you are looking for bargains.- said the broker. T can suit you. I can offer you some stocks at ten cents share" 't-sa
 But why are they so cheap?" de- manded the lady shopper.
 You see. they have been slightly damaged by water"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
stIII Running.

What did that cowardly gossip. Gabble, say when you made your an- nouncement that you intended to horsewhip him for his remarks about your family?"
 q didn't catch what you said--
 How was that?"
 "Oh, 1t was some kind of a running comment"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Merely suooested.

T see where stripes and the lock step are to be abolished in the Mime sota state penitentiary because they depress convicts."
 'TVery thoughtful on the part of the reformers. Perhaps they will next abolish steel cages and barred win dows because they give sensitive SO journers that pent-up feeling"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
Farms In Holy Land.

According to MT. Frank G. Carpen- ter. the noted traveller. farms" in the Holy Land are often not bigger than bed quilts and seldom contain more than three or four acres. There are but few farms of large size in the country
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
All Of.

Can I see Miss Chick?" asked A. Rooster of Old Chanticleer?"
 NO" was the reply; "she is get ling dressed for dinner"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-28
More tmmedIate.

Here's an affecting poem entitled Lost Youth"
 .Don't talk to me. I've just lost . dor--"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21
Tolls soldier, of plnn.

Juarez. Mexico, May 20.-Standing on
the pedestal of q monument near which
arose the smoky ruins of the recent
battle, Francisco I. Madero, Jr. to-day
babe farewell to his soldiers and told
them of his plans, when he goes to
Mexico City, to modernike the govern
ment of the country and build a new
Mexico" The occasion was the redis-
tribution Of the "%insurrecto army of
the North" comprising the forces
largely enlisted from chihuahua State.
which began tho revolution and lived
to enjoy the fruits Of victory.
Fifteen hundred insurrectos to-mor-
row AT daylight Will leave for Casas
Grandes. under command Of General
Pascual. Orozco and Colonel villa. More
troops will leave for other parts OF
the Interior, and with the departure of
the provisional government in a few
days, only 500 men under Colonel jose
Blanco Will stand guard In Juarog.
AT Casas Grandes the main body Of
the insurrectos will still remain under
arms. possibly marching TO Chihuahua
City after President Dia7 has resigned.
The movement OF the insurrectos
southwark also is significant because It
VIII remove from the United States
border the main lighting strength OF
Inc revolutioniste.1
lndecision marked tho status OF
peace parleys between the gl$edornl gov
eminent and the revolutt9nista to-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21

night. and though peace practically Is
an accomplished fact. there were kalei-
%doscopic changes TO-DAY IN the plans
for carrying out the principal demands
OF tho rebels.
Late this afternoon Francisco I. Ma
dero, Jr., received n telegram from
President Diaz suggesting that somn
person in whom the former had con
hdence be sent to Mexico City TO treat
with Senior de In Barra concerning the
terms OF peace. Senior MIadero decided
to appoint Alfredo Roblez D~ominguez.
who left hero several days ago and Is
expected In the capital tomorrow. SEN
nor Dominguez. 1t Is gaId. will handle
only secondary questions.
most OF the members OF tho Medero
family left for San Antonio tonight,
preparatory to returning to their homes
In Mexico. This is regarded as. q sure
Indication or peace.