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The Libby herald., 1911-12-07

by the natives before the discovery
OF America; in others 1t has been In.
troduced because the soil and climate
were found to be particularly well
adopted to all the needs and require
ments of successful cultivation.
Mexico, Brazil and Peru are the
three republics in which cotton cult
vation has the widest extension. In
Mexico the native cotton was found
along the eastern shore, but every
state In the republic can grow or is
actually growing cotton today, and
the annual yield would be very much
greater even than it Is If other crops
did not prove at present more profit
able.
The same assertion may be made
in regard to Brazil. Every state has
its cotton fields, but only along the
Atlantic seaboard of the mid-trop
state is 1t cultivated sufficiently to
form staple for export. Almost
every state in Brazii also has cotton
mills, and these form very pros
porous industry in the country. One.
thlTd the entlre Industrial capital Of
the country, representing 100000, 900,
IS invested in cotton mills.
Before the time of modern com
merce the manufacture of the raw
material into the finished product vas
necessarily matter of domestic actiy-
ity, but as the mechanical arts prog
ressed In the United States and Eu-
rope raw cotton was exported manu-
factured abroad into cloth, and as
such imported by the country grow |
ing it. The United States even today |
continues this practice, as great ouan-
titles Of raw cotton are exported to |
the spindles Of Europe to be returned |
transformed into delicate fabrics.
The same process Is going on in Latin
America. The factories Of these coun-
,ries cannot keep pace with the do
nand for cloth.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Value of the HanIs

Twenty thousand dollars for the boy
who lost both hands-the reward lust
sustained by the New Jersey courts
Is little enough.
1t Is about all that most persons
with two hands can do to earn a liy-
Ing at manual labor In these days of
high rents and high prices. There are
1eW trades open to man handicapped
by the loss of one hand. For him who
Is without hands there Is forever no
opportunity, no outlook
More than this, the handless man
must all his life have attendance. He
cannot dress himself He cannot feed
himself. The most intricate artificial
hands can never perform tenth Of
the services rendered by natures ex-
cellent implements. He Is cut off, too.
from participation In most forms or
pleasurable and beneficial physical ex-
erclses and enjoyments.
The decision is especially note
worthy as a new mark in the appar-
emily increasing appreciation that
courts and iuries all over the country
are showing as to the handicap Of
physical disability.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07

the close of the eighteenth centur,
Wh1tney's gin was invented.
The beneficence of the cotton nlan,
as an agent of civilization can hardl,
be overestimated. Its sudden develop
| ment is almost unparalleled in the
| history of economic products, and its
| enormous Importance today in the
agricultural, commercial and Undue
trial life of the world renders it diff.
cult to believe that scarcely more
than ZOO years ago cotton was prac-
tlcally unknown to the civilized ma.
tlons OF the west. The superiority of
raw cotton for the purposes of textile
manufacture consists in the fact that
the hber of its floss has natural
twist possessed by no other vegetable
hpefs, which renders it peculiarly
adaptable for spinning and weaving.
Cotton and cotton wool, in medicine.
surgery and dentistry, have an ever
increasing number of applications
f1nally, goods manufactured out o.
cotfcn are relatively cheap.
Ire usefulness of cotton does no.
end with its adaptability for spinning
a9d textile manufacture It's SEEDS
ir.n!sh an oil which is edible and o
industrial vallle Tire stems a1r
leaves furnish an admirable fodder 10.
I've stock Indeed, there is no rcr.
tion OF the plant that has not a / 2!
value. Human ingenuity las cun.
stant'y discovered new anr1io2t'n-.e
OF its products, nntab V. the m.nu'ae.
ture cf gun cotton. high'v oSr,oatyC|
substance. obtained by sonl5trg eat
ton in nitric and sulrhuric acids, qrH
then leaving it to duy. This SUB
stance. when dissolved in mix'.r,
OF rectif!ed ether and alcohol. Yields
an adhesive LIQUID called col1odton.
much used in surgery.
Every republic in Latin America
grows cotton. In some of them
Peru, for instance-and along various
parts of the Caribbean coast cotton
Is an indigenous plant, and was used
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
CEMENT TILE FOR DRAINAGE
west Virginia Farmer Puts In Sys-
tenn, With Assistance of Cement,
That Will Last Forever.

Cement or concrete is being used
for nearly everything. 1t is now be.
ing used in the construction of drain
tile.
A reader at Exchange, w. Va.
writes the department of agriculture
that he is making four and six-inch
tile quite successfully out of cement,
He had the molds made by a timer.
rms farm has an open ditch. or a
small creek, of 100 rods or more
running diagonally down through the
bottom land, Not only was this car
rler for plant food and soil that
washed from the hill and higher
grounds on the farm, but it was a
nuisance in many other ways 1t pre-
vented the level land from being laid
off in desirable farming plots, II
caused much turning in blowing the
land on either side and it required a
great deal of work to cut the woods
along it's banks. In short, 1T was an
eyesore that the owner determined to
remove.
The timer made set of 24-inch
molds that made a tIing of "a inches
In diameter, not including the walls,
and for a few weeks he turned out
some of these big tiles. They were
eighteen inches long and it required
barrel of cement to make four of
them or six feet.
AS result the ditch was closed and
q drain made that will last forever.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
A Ready Reckoner.

There are no cul-de-sacs for Irish
wit. A 'jarvey" drove Phil May, tho
wonderful English artist in black and
White. now dead, round Dublin on his
hrst visit to that city and in showing
MIN the sights stopped in front Of the
Bank of Ireland.
That, sorr," said he, ''is tn recipts-
Gle av tn money tn English take f'rna
us!"
On the roof of the building are sig
decorative figures, and Mr.. May Ia,
quired what they represented.
"Begorra, sorr. they're tn twilye
apostles
But" said Mr.. May, there are only
six"
Sure, l know that" returned the
Jarvey; "th' other vans are lunchin'
wild tn lord liftinant. Youths Com.
panion.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
PROPER CARE FOR THE DUCKS
Different Treatment Is Required From
That Given to Othe- Fowls,
Especially Chickens.

An authority on ducks says that
they require different care from othe,
fowls. and especially chickens. The
same care and feed that will produce
good results with chickens are not
good for ducks, says writer in the
Baltimore American. They require
vegetables, animal matter and a good
supply OF green food, as we'll as plen
ty of water for drinking purposes
where they are not allowed to run
to a stream. They are good layers
when fed and handled right, and as a
seller on the market, the duck is in
good demand.
The Indian Runner duck is not in.
clined to fatten so readily as other
varieties. Its name originated from
the fact that this duck has a running,
rather than a waddling motion. In
color, 1t is a light brown, or fawn
shade, and gray. At the joining of
the head and bill there Is a narrow
band of white. The legs are orange
In carriage 1t Is erect, with a long,
narrow body, we'll elevated in front
and closely feathered. The neck Is
long and slender and the head rather
nat. The bill Is long and broad. In
dian Runner ducks are becoming a
popular breed and this Is because of
their great capacity for laying eggs.
Pekin ducks are great layers, but
are OF no account as mothers, conse-
quently II they cease laying and re-
main on the nest, shut them up feed
them we'll for few days and when
they are turned loose they will soon
begin to lay again. If one does not
care for eggs later than the summer
months, the ducks may be picked, the
feathers being a source of consider
able profit. whether kept for ones
own use or sold. but the ducks must
be picked during the period eggs are
wanted
For those who have never had sue
cess with the common ducks, must
say try the Pekin and see how much
easier they are to raise and care for.
BESIDES, they make fine roast for
quite good-sized family and are ex-
nellent eating. The feathers, too. are
Or the best, making beautiful pillows
and beds for those of us who are old
fashioned enough to like a large. soft
'eather bed in winter
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
BEST FOOD FOR FAT SH0hTs
Fatten'ng Should Be Pushed to Get
Them In Proper Condition to Mar.
ket in Early November.

Fattening shoats should be pushed
forward rapidly, so as to be in condi
ton to market early in November
The late fall and the first winter
month is the best time to sell fat
shoats. Shoats on grass pasture
should have in addition a good rich
slop night and morning. Make the
slop thick. One-half bushel of heavy
mill feed and one-half bushel of wheat
bran and one quart of flaxseed meal,
mixed with 40 gallons of water, will
make rich slop. One quart of tank
age may be added to this quantity.
Add the tankage to the slop when
ready to feed to the shoats. The
tankage should not be put into the
barrel of slop, as it decomposes
quickly when wet. Only small
quantity of oil meal and tankage
should be given, too much will sur
feit-and may produce a looseness of
bowels which would In all probability
last for several days. After the slop
Is eaten few ears of soft corn NAV
be given. Cut the corn up and feed
the entire stalk. Good food, regular.
ity and constant care must be contin-
ued day after day.
Oats ground with an equal quantity
or old corn is favorite food with
some. and preference is for middlings
and bran slop with the addition of a
little oil meal and tankage Old corn,
when hard and dry should be soaked
few hours before feeding. A little
new corn fed daily until a few weeks
before 1t Is time to market and then
old corn and rich slop will give the
greatest weight of pork for food con-
sumed. Have roomy shed, clean, dry
pasture, an abundance of pure water
and a plentiful supply of wood ashes
or charcoal, mixed with a little salt.
The eight or ten months old shoats
OF the small breeds. properly fatted.
are wanted by the retail butchers that
supply the hotels and larger boarding
houses. Well-fed shoats make the
best quality Of pork. 1t Is fine grained,
sweet, with small bone; even the fat
is delicious. Butchers will gladly pay
an extra price for such pork. They
Will come and buy the hogs at the
farm. We have never had any trouble
In selling all the shoats and fat pigs
we had ready to market.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Miserable ToadstooJ.

1t Is a pity that the edible mush
room OF our fields, the most liked and
the commonest OF all fungi, should be
forever under ban because ignorant
or careless people persist In cooking
lew specimens Of the death Gun
Aman1ta, the commonest Of poisonous
fungi, with their mess OF mushrooms.
and dying suddenly In consequence
Inc death cup amanita Is the only
toadstool which could possibly be mis-
taken for the common edible mush-
room OF the fields, the agaricus cam.
pestr1s, which is not generally known
by Its Latin name, and can get along
very well without it. This field mush-
room abounds in the pasture lots and
moors. After heavy rain 1t can be
gathered by the basketful. 1t is a
nutritious and palatable food, which
can be cooked and served In many
ways, all enticing and satisfying In
It's wild state it is more delicious than
any cultivated mushroom. One who
becomes well acquainted with 1t never
mistakes for 1t the poisonous fungi,
which slightly resembles 1t In contour
and color but is easily recognized by
one who has fair acquaintance with
the fungi of the fields.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
More About the Calf.

There are a few simple rules to fol
low In growing calves on skim milk
The milk must be sweet; it must be
as warm as the mothers milk and
care must be exercised not ia feed
too much of it. There are many more
calves Injured by being fed too much
skim milk than there are by not hav-
ing enough. Four quarts at a feed
twice per day Is sufficient for the
average e-sized calf for the first month
Add a spoonful of ground 1ayseed to
each feed and teach the calf to eat n
little corn meal as soon as possible
Corn Is the most economical food to
balance q ration containing so much
skim milk. Feed shelled corn as soon
as the young calf will digest it we'll.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Ducks Best In Winter

The duck generally lays at night
It thrives best on soft, succulent food
Strong, vigorous birds can be sue
cessfully bred at four years of age
Properly fed, at eight weeks of age
green ducks will weigh nine pounds
to the pair. At ten weeks they should
weigh ten to eleven pounds to the
pair. The best prices for green ducks
are given about May L. Then the
price gradually declines, until the
month of July. Roasting ducks sell
best In winter.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
No Business Instinct.

"Oh. papa" the beautiful young wos
man cried, what do you think? Jack
is a hero"
Huh! Every girl thinks the man
she is engaged to is a hero"
But Jack really is one. He res.
cued his rich old uncle from Watery
grave this morning. Here it is in the
afternoon papers-with his picture
and all"
Send him word never to set his
foot inside my door again He is his
rich, old uncle's nearest relative. And
ne rescued him from watery grave,
Hero! He's an idiot, An to think
had decided to take him into business
as a partner! Lord, what a narrow
escape"
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Hand Fed Calf.

Where the calf is to be reared by
hand, 1t may be separated from it's
mother Immediately or allowed to stay
with her for from "a to 36 hours. We
find it better to allow the youngster
to take nourishment direct from it's
mother for few times and then sep
arate them permanently The first
milk direct from the fresh COW is of
the right temperature and possesses
food qualities of the right sort to
start the digestive organs of the In.
FAINT calf In good working order. 1t
does not spoil the young calf to thus
allow 1t to remain with the COW for
one or two days. as some think. When
It Is removed 1t can be taught to
drink milk as easily as when 1t is
only few hours old.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Plant MuIberries Nav

Plant mulberry seed in rich ground
They will grow this year large enough
to plant out next spring, In two years
they commence to bear Set few
mulberry trees in a cherry orchard
or strawberry patch, as birds prefer
mulberries to cherries, also mulber,
ries are a good poultry food. From
100 to zoo hens have lived without
other food from three to five weeks
from the fruit of eight mulberry
trees.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Rich Hen MsptIre

The hen furnishes a manure rich ir
nitrogen, and to get the most benefit
out of it there should also be appIica,
tions Of phosphate and potash. Wood
ashes will supply the potash, but wood
ashes and hen manure should never
be mixed before they are applied.
kainit will also supply potash and
can be mixed with the manure, 1t hay-
ing tendency to conserve the am
monfa. Lime should never be mixed
with the manure.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07

Miss Agatha Troy OF Utica N. Y, Is
said to be the only woman in this
country who Is a professional stone
cutter. She acts as her fathers as
sistant as granite and marble cut
ter She is Sicilian by birth, and
though less than five feet high, is said
10 De able TO handle five pound ham
her with the ease and skill Of any of
the young men employed In her
fathers yard.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Movable FOLIAGE.

You ought to plant some shrubbery
around the station. The division sp,.
perintendent VIII be through In few
days"
nat won't give me time enough to
plant shrubbery,' said the station
master, but III get some of our whts-
kered citizens to stand around as he
passes through"
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
What She Really Meant

Inc Mllkman emphatically}---Al. /.
low me to say on the first onset, muir
that my milh's pure, and don't you for.
get It!
The Lady (frigidly)-My hallusions
was not made to the purity OF your
milk, my good man. only observed
that 1t made my mouth water.-Black
and White.
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Pats Solution.

How peculiar that steamship looks
sailing along with her propeller haly
out of water and foot Of her water
line showing said u bystandar on
the dock
"Nivyer moind,' said Pat, '.thot's all
be kiVverea up whin the toids gits
in"
The Libby herald., 1911-12-07
Practical CuIllnC.

The practical egg producer will con-
slider his flock and Gull according TO
his knowledge of the Individual egg
record of his hens.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-11

son as man and scholar. His
Place is among the first. AS the head
of a great university be exercised
much influence for good, and as a
writer he takes enviable rank. But
as a politician he is in the field with
out any preparation whatever. He ID
giving his fine powers to close study
of his new duties, and among his ad
visers are men as DESTROYS as himself
0: improving political conditions every
where.
Governor Wilson's opponents do not
underrate either him or his boom, but
fully appreciate the size of their task.
Their contention is that because of his
lack of preparation for politics in its
practical form he would be at a dis
tressing disadvantage in the White
House, and might come to grief him.
s1lf and pull his party after him.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-11
IS Mr.. WILSON PREPARED

Chairman Lamar of the Florida
Democratic committee. who favcr<
Governor Wilson for the presidency
deals in little extravaganza When
he says OF that gentleman: "All his
life he had been preparing himself
Tor such crisis as came to him in
New Jersey, and | hope awaits hln'
IN our national affairs"
1t is always best to stick to the
record. Until he entered politics,
Woodrow Wilson had given small
thought to anything but education
and authorship. He had distinguished
himself in both of those fields His
work as president of Princeton uni
versity had been widely praised, and
his books had attained large sale
He had prepared himself for no other
line of endeavor
Hence when political honors were
suggested for him some doubt was ex-
pressed as to whether, without polit-
ical education or experience of any
kind. he was the man for the emery,
ency. Here and there protest was
filed against taking pedagogue al
though eminent. and publicist al.
though successful. for duties so unlike
any he had been trained for, says the
Washington Star
But the choice was made, and &C.
quiescing in the arrangement were
many machine politicians in New Ter.
sey and many men of big business
in New York. Indeed, general cur
rency was given to a report that Wall
Street was grooming the New Jersey
scholar for the task of wrestling the
national Democratic leadership from
the hands of Mr.. Bryan. His books
and lectures on public questions
showed him to be out of sympathy with
Organism. and his longtime acquaint-
ance with Mr. Cleveland seemed to
guarantee his conservatism
Today this recent opponent of Bry.
anism is, next to Mr.. Bryan himself.
its foremost champion. and Wall
Street. which helped to bring him out
is opposing him with all its might. If
forced to choose between Governor
Wilson and Mr.. Bryan, the great
money and trust center would prob
ably take the latter, on the score that
he is no new or sudden convert to the
policies he Is advocating.
1t is easy to eulogize Governor Will
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-11
MEMBER or ASSOCIATED PRESS.
THE CHINESE STUDENT.

The most significant change in the
life of China in modern times is the
change that has taken place in the
life Of the student. 1t began to be
plain to the western world after the
defeat of China by Japan. Then the
rulers of the nation learned bitter
lesson in the relative weakness of an
oriental nation guided by ancient and
unchanged eastern ideas and an orient
al nation with ideas and methods Of
the modern west In the defeat Of
Russia by Japan the Chinese partly
learned another lesson, far different
and with vast implications, viz. the
possibility of an oriental nation with
western ideas and methods contending
successfully with a powerful nation Of
the west. The result was an impulse
feeble and ill-regulated at first, but
gaining steadily in force and persist
ence, to turn the study Which is the
one universal activity OF China toward
the west, says the New York Times.
Large numbers of Chinese youth
flocked to Japan, to Europe and to the
United States, some sent by the i'm
perial or by provincial governments.
some by their. families, many of their
own motion. On the other hand
strong pressure arose for the modifi-
cation of study at home, for the intro
duction Of western courses and west
ern methods, and for the study not of
the mere text of the Confucian classics
but for that of their essential and vital
principles of morality Gradually this
pressure has had it's effect. The i'm
perial government, whether in entire
good faith or not, has in form yielded
to it, and it's fruits sooner or later are
sure to be gathered. Here in practice
lies the greatest revolutionary force !
that has ever been called into action.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-11
COLDS VANISH
Quick, Sensible Method That Doesn't
Upset the Stomach.

Quick, Sensible Method That Doesn't
Upset the Stomach.
Have you heard of the overnight
cold cure that is putting colds in the
head and chest out of business be-
tween sunset and daybreak.
Here it is. Cut it out and save it
if you don't need it now. If you have
a cold, cough, throat soreness or acute
catarrh, be sure and try it tonight just
before going to bed. Pour a scant
teaspoonful of HYOMEI pronounce it
High-o-me) into bowl OF boiling
water, cover head and bowl with a
towel and breathe for several minutes
the vapor that arises, then go to sleep
and awake with clear head free from
mucuS.
HYOMEI is guaranteed for catarrh,
colds, coughs, Group, asthma, sore
throat and bronchitis, or money back.
Bottle of Hyomei so cents at all drug
gists and druggists everywhere.