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The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
prlz. winnlnk Draf. Mar. and Foal.

saw four full-blooded Percherons
working to a manure spreader. nine
year-old-mare under the saddle. a
hree-year-old-stallion in the off-lead
and young mare under the line.
The average weight of these splen-
did horses was about 1900 pounds
each. but the remarkable part of the
business wa that these two young,
vigorous stations were working quiet
ly with mares. Their teamster had
them under perfect control. but they
had been worked the same as two
year-olds and had become used to
farm labor by degrees.
OF course, advice is cheap and tho
farmers get lots of 1t and in this mat
ter of working colts and green horses
in the summer time they have heard
1t all-fitting on the harness. scraping
the collars at night. washing of the
shoulders and sparing the lash.
have only to say this. and I speak
from experiences: II the farmer don't
go easy with the three and four-year.
olds at this season they will be old
and sluggish long before their time.
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and this tradition is encouraged. not
only by professional faddists. but also
by medical advisers. who. In many
cases. nave their own reasons for do
Ing SO. but who. as a general thing. be-
lieve that thorough mastication as
sists digestion
Now this latter notion is only half
truth. Thorough chewing will. un-
questionably. digest. or help to digest,
certain kinds of f/pd. but only GER
tain kinds. On other kinds 1t has no
digestive effect whatever.
The late William E. Gladstone used
to say that II man wished to reach
a ripe old age. he should chew his
bolus (that is his mouthful OF food)
40 times. and count the number" /"
This advice would have back OF 1t a
certain amount of scientific sound
sense. If 1t were applied to food 9TH
err than the lean parts of meat. that Is.
any part of meat or animal food ex-
cept fat
The stomach Is quite able to take
care of animal food without much as
sistance from the salivary glands in
the mouth. or from the grinding proc
ess Of the teeth Old Rover needs
no doctor or faddist to tell him that
he must not swallow his food unchew-
ed. He would go right along bolt
ing his beefsteak If the assembled
faculty" of Europe were there on the
spot to threaten him with dire dyspep-
sia did he do so. He knows Just what
he can do. and just what he cannot
do. better than his medical advisers
did he have an. But II you could
persuade Rover 20 try to make meal
Of soda crackers. ne would probably
do no end of chewing previously to
sending his crackers down to his stom-
ach.
The salivary juice will digest
starches. and by starches are meant
certain kinds of plant food. such as
bread and potatoes: but 1t has not
the slightest effect on animal food
inclusive of fat-and this. so far as
the economy of nature is concerned,
may be swallowed with little chewing
or boted outright. A piece Of pilot
bread-which is usually as hard as
granite-will rapidly be attacked and
partly digested by the salivary fer
ment. whereas bit OF beefsteak will
remain in the mouth undigested for
days. or even forever.
Should anyone accuse me Of trying
to make pracuce" for the stomach
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GIVE MILK COW
GOOD TREATMENT
Animal Should Have Aceess to
Rock Salt at All Times
Should Not be Hurried
by Dog or Horse.

small quantity of barrel salt
should be given the COW once or twice
a week; and she should have constant
access to rock salt. either in the yard
or pasture.
In going to and from the pastures.
the cows should have the use of good
wide lane. SO that they may not be
hooked and jammed about. Do not hur-
ry them with a dog or horse. If the
floors of the barn are Of cement,
small quantity of sand should be
sprinkled on the floor before the cows
are turned out or allowed to come in.
This will prevent them from slipping.
Care should be exercised. when they
are running together. that heavy cows
do not ride the young heifers when
the latter are in season. Heifers are
frequently injured for life BY this
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
New Idea Put Forth by Manufactur
ers Seems to Have Jumped Into
Popular Favor.

The newest eccentric shoe for the
house has heen brought out by dis
tinguished firm, and has sold like the
traditional hot cakes. 1t is designed
to give the foot magpie effect. which
fashion was started by dressmakers
early last spring in Paris.
One slipper is of white kid with
black heel and the vamp of black and
white striped leather. The other one is
of black kid with white heel and
the same kind Of vamp. The buckles
are of cut steel and are alike, but one
leather tongue that juts over the in
step is of black and the other one is of
white.
Some women wear these with black
and white stockings, the black stock
ing placed on the foot that has the
white kid slipper Much as this sounds
like comic opera costumery, 1t Is al
ready taken up as new fashion by
some very smartly frocked women
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the Democrats to take Il half a loaf
..an to get nothing in the way of tar
If bread.
Underwood did not accept the Sen
ate figures, but is quietly canvassing
the House to ascertain what increase
over the House rates may be possible.
He has told some of his friends that
the House might be persuaded to
meet the Senate half way" but the
progressive leader merely smiled in
response to suggestions of this char
acter. He told Underwood that the
difference was with his party friends,
rather than with himself. and they
sustained him in the statement.
The deadlock has given rise to all
Accepting tie tangle as inextricable
some senators and representatives,
have suggested a movement for final
adjournment regardless of the cclfer'
ed on that proposition.
Leaders of both houses figured an
adjournment OF Congress between Au'
gust 10 and 49, Vice President Sher-
man predicted August 1G and Demo-
cratic Leader Martin OF the Senate
the middle of the month"
Sherman said he thought the con-
ferees on the wool and free list bills
will reach some agreement. One
or both of the bills he be-
lieved should reach the Presi-
dent, be returned with veto, and be
acted on adversely by Congress,
which Immediately thereafter would
be able to wind up the extra session.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
PROPER TREATMENT OF COLTS
DURING THE SUMMERS HEAT
Many Amir Been Aged and Made Dull by
Foolish Habit OF Letting Them Run Unbroken Into
Spring When They Are Three Four Years
Old and Then Putting Them to Work.

kick or rear upon what might be con
sIdered very slight provocation. or
no provocation at all to q broken. mid
dle-aged farm horse.
In that section of Virginia known as
The Valley" famous for Its splendid
line of stock. the farmers are very
successful breeders Of horses. notably
heavy draft horses and their rule ia
to break these big colts at two years
old, never working them over half q
day at time and beginning tha break.
irg-in process In the late winter and
early spring.
The first link is to a wagon in a
steady team and with quiet team
ster. generally a white man who Is
used to the daily handling Of horses.
The writer visited that section two
years ago this month and while the
guest of a well-known horse breeder.
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specialists by giving bad advice. | Will
reply that It Is more than probable
that II men and women were more
disposed than they generally are to
bolt their meat. there would be less in
digestion than at present. | say prob
ably. because indigestion is never, SO
far as I am aware. caused by the bolt
ing of meat food. but is most certainly
caused by bacteria, and very often by
the bolting of unchewed or insufficient
ly chewed starchy foods. Persons
who. perforce. as In certain countries
of Europe. must live almost altogeth-
er on starchy foods. such as potatoes,
are often afflicted by what is known
by the rather inelegant term of "po-
tato belly"-technically. dilatation OF
the stomach
Now the stomach has precisely the
need of something solid" In the way
Of meat upon which to ''set Its grip.
as 1t were. And this something solid
is that very unchewed chunk of meat"
which Rover will watch for with a
keen and eagerly anticipating eye. and
let slip untouched down his esopka-
gus the moment it is dropped into his
mouth.
have never undertaken to feed my
self for any length of time with fine
ly powdered meat OH the theory of
saving my stomach Its work" II
there is any one thing the stomach
needs. 1t is work. And feeding 1t with
ground meat. or too well chcwed meat.
or meat that Is chewed more than suf-
ficient to make 1t swallowable. unques-
toinably deprives the stomach OF the
work that 1t and its ancestral stom-
achs have been accustomed for ages
to do.
Nature. in the machinery of diges-
ton. has given us a capital hint as to
how our food. animal and plant. should
be ingested. The mouth Is provided
with juices that digest only starchy
foods; and the stomach is provided
with juices that digest only animal
food. with the possible exception of
fat. This fatless animal food (called
proteids by chemists) 'o attacked by
the Juice of the stomach, say rather
by certain substances In the gastric
juice tcalled ferments). principally
pepsin. and Is made ready to be still
further acted upon by the Juice of the
pancreas. when 1t is turned over by
the stomach to the small intestine.
The pancreas. In fact. and not the
stomach. is the main organ of diges'
tion. With equal ease 1t digests ami
NAL food of every kind. including fat; {;
and likewise all the starchy foods
which have been only partly digested
In the mouth. The Germans signifi-
cantly call the pancreas the 'abdom-
nal salivary gland" Theoretically We
would dc quite well without either
stomach or mouth. The famous Ger
man physiologist. Ludwig. reported
that two of his dogs lived for several
years In above-normal health with no
stomacEs at all
The moral of all this would seem to
be: Chew well your starchy foods. II
your hobby inclines you to that prac-
tice. and you have the necessary time
to spare. but bolt your meat like
Rover.
Copyright. 1911, by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.)
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Exhibition of Real Faith.

William Spills little girl. who had
been playing at making mud pies.
aided by tiny sprinkling can for a
reservoir. ran to her father as he
alighted from a car, bearing a pack
age OF dry-cleaned wearing apparel.
Pointing to her muddy little boots
Father Spill admonished his tiny
daughter, impressing her with the
value of a neat appearance.
That night the young lady offered
her usual prayer with great earnest
ness. And don't forget, dear Lord" E"
she prayer fervently, ito dry-clean
our street, and my shoes, for Jesus
sake, amen!"-Cleveland Leader.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
An UndeflnabIe Definition.

few days after school opened in
the spring a teacher in a Brooklyn
school was testing the members Of
one of her old classes on what they
had remembered of the definitions she
had taught them during the preceding
term. Finally she asked the bright
boy of the class this question::
Now. Robert, tell me what hypo-
critic is?''
"a hypocrite," replied Robert with
out hesitation, "is kid wat comes to
school wit smile on his mug"
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11

and Illinois. Indiana, Michigan and
Ohio farmers are buying thousands of
good breeding cows. paying as high
as $50 per head. or more than killers
will offer. Furthermore. west of the
Missouri river, in the former range
country. new farmers have fenced in
the lands and are in the market look
ing for pure-bred bulls in somo in
stances. although most of the demand
now is for cheap bulls. The illustra-
tion shows Shamrock H.. grand cham
pion steer, at the recent International
Live Stock show
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p,n,r cuDs to soos. St. Louis.

The Business Mems league has orig
mated a new medium for advertising
St Louis. Taking advantage OF the
campaign for sanitary improvements
and the innovation of the individual
drinkipg cups, the league has had
fashioned distinctive paper cups. which
are being distributed throughout the
city.
On one side in large letters is print
ed: Drink in the facts about St Louis
printed on the other side as you use
this cup."-St Louis Republic.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Have Odd Design for Shoes

1t has led to the making of high
heeled slippers with the vamp and the
body of different fabrics and colors-
For instance. there is a smart pair out
that have patent leather vamps and
moleskin suede bodies. There are
smoked pearl buckles. quite small
ones. and tiny pointed tongues OF the
suede bound with the patent leather.
The white canvas buttoned boot is
also in first style for street wear. but
especially for resorts. 1t is to be
worn exactly as canvas pumps are.
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tny ]. NJ. BELL. Virginia, i,

Try to be patient with your colt
Mr.. Farmer. Remember he is green
yes. as green as the grass he eats so
peacefully when you turn him out to
Craze and the harness no longer chafes
his soft young body.
All farmers know that a four-year-
old colt will stand more than three
year-old. Bone and muscle are better
matured and generally better size.
therefore. he is better able to stand
days work. But. when 1t comes to
that. no green. unbroken colt should
be expected to do full days work
in the team Of well seasoned farm
or road horses.
So many good colts have been aged
and made dull by this foolish habit
Of letting them run absolutely un-
broken into the spring when they are
three or four-year olds and then catch
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Increase of Cost and Profits.

1t is true that the cost of raising
hens and producing eggs has increas
ed. but the proportion is very small
when compared with the increased
value of the output. The cost of pro
duction has become about so per cent
larger. while the growth of receipts
per dozen eggs is between $50 and 25t
per cent. and the increase in the rate
for chickens and fowls is about 1Ol
per cent.
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tooth in his NOR
sells. but bolts
them whole. Ro-
ver's stomach is
ready for his
meal. and he d.
gests 1t without
preliminary chew
ing. Rover's mas
ter or mistress
could follow Ro-
ver's xa m pl e
without the slight
est impairment of
digestion. but of
course the popu-
lar tradition has 1t
that q man should
chew his food.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
.,,...lro Possible Danger.

Confidential Lawyer-In this investi-
CATION you purpose carrying on. as to
what your enemies have got up their
sleeves. you will need a competent de-
tective, l presume.
Trust Magnate--Yes, but not too
competent. l don't want one that will
go nrying into our own private affairs.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Wheat Bran for horaea.

Give Jour horses some wheat bran
II horses are worked hard all week
and fed heavily. and are idle on Sun,
day. bran mash on Saturday night
is invaluable and Z handful of linseed
meal adds value. 1t makes the horse
look and feel better.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Reapportionment Bill.

Washington.-Pres Taft has re-
cejyed the reapportionment bill passed
by both houses. providing for in
creases from 391 to 433 in the mem
bership of the House of Representa-
tives for his approval and the result
may be known soon.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Work of Black Hand,

Chicago.-The crimes committed by
members of the so-called Black Hand
in this city so far during 1911. is n
total of eighteen murders scores OF
stabbings, more than 100 bomb explo-
sions. and 100000 collected in black
all
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Power of Publicity.

Commuters Wife-John, did you get
those pickles wanted and showed you
the poster Of?
Commuter-No, love. was more
moved by the advertisement of these
hooks and eyes, SO l bought them in
stead-Woman Home Com panion.
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Unexpected.

Suddenly the umpire called time.
CAV, what's the matter!" demand
ed the catcher.
Somebody in the grand stand ap-
plauded me-" he said, wiping the
binding tears from his eyes, "and I
wasn't prepared for that
PLAY ball!"
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
THE TRUTH ABOUT RLu,Na.
Talk No. II.

Talk No. II.
The well often runs dry where they
make bottle blue. It's easy to see.
Only little quantity, say half cent
Or a trife more, in the double
strength kind and large bottle of
water and the delusion is completed.
Buy RED CROSS BAG BLUE. Get
a pure blue. Makes clothes snowy
white. ASK YOUR GROCER.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Timothy Hay.

Timothy hay, when fed alone, is a
very poor ration for any animal, but It
Is much worse for a growing one II
will fill. but he who feeds 1t will not
get best results.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
ReauIt Of Familiarity.

DO you know the woman in the fiat
next you well enough to speak to?"
We'll enough! / know her too well
To speak to!"-London Opinion
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Great White plaque.

Sacramento.-The State Board of
Health claims the great white
plague" causes over one-seventh of all
deaths in California
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Considering Statehood.

Washington.-The Senate has taken
up the Arizona and New Mexico state
hood proposition. Recall of judges
bitterly attacked.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Earm-Made Pork.

Pork produced and cured on th4
farm will cost less than half as much
as II bought piece by piece at the mar
kot.
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Useful Knowledge.

well, son. what have you learned
at college? Can you reconstruct a
mastodon?"
"Shucks. did! can do better than
that can put together an automo-
bile"
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11
Immortality.

Speaking of Immortality. what's
The matter with the hen?"
Go on
Her son never SETS"
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11

When it nearly kills us to give we
are not giving enough.
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treatment: broken-down rumps being
rather common In some herds.
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A wayslde Encounter.

A Wayside Encounter.
MY good man. they need laborers
badly in the next town"
Thanks for the warning. boss. til
make . detour."
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SCIENCE OF HEALTH
By M. A. LANE, Sc. B.
The Natural Way to Eat
Former Research Fellow l.. Physiology Universit.
of Illinois

When Rover is fed with a prime
luality of beefsteak. he never puts
The Springfield herald., 1911-08-11

the Democrats to take a half loaf
.Han to get nothing in the way of tar
IF bread.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
AFTER THE ALIENS.

Sacramento, Cal, Feb. 15.-That the
immigration laws are being winked az
by officers whose duty it is to keep
out aliens, and that America should
be for Americans first is the state
ment of Assemblyman Frank NJ.
Smith of Oakland, who has introduced
Joint resolution in the assembly ap-
pealing to congress for protection
from the outcasts of other nations.
The resolution declares that, while
we welcome to our shores all immi-
grants of such mental and moral
equipment as will tend to elevate in
stead of lower the standard of our
industrial population, we deplore the
addition of a vast unassimilable ele
ment of doubtful fitness for citizen
ship"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
lecture DREW
LARGE CROWD
MIR. Sullivan Spoke on the "Life Be-
yond the Grave"-Close At
tention Given.

o. L. Sullivan, the distinguished
Brooklyn lecturer, addressed a large
audience in the hall over the Hatties-
burg Furniture Co. Tuesday night.
Mr.. Sullivan spoke on the Life Be-
yond the Grave and was given close
attention. He is lecturing under the
auspices of the International Bible
Students Association of Brooklyn,
and his lecture throughout was plain
spoken and Observation-Disclosures
He dealt with the subject in master
full way, setting up arguments and
tearing them down as he proved theiI
| fallacies.
Mr.. Sullivan is a thorough student
of the Bible, and during the course
of his lecture, quoted a number o
passages from it, each establishing
points which he argued.
At the outset of his address Mr.
Sullivan stated that the world wa
rapidly going to it's doom, and at
rate of about 10000 each day. 81 d.
not" he said, appeal to the ignorant
the superstitious or the prejudiced
but to the fair-minded, to those VIII
have the power and the ability t
reason and to be convinced"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
MAY MERGE MINING COMPANIES.

New York, Feb. 15.-Stockholders OF
the Calumet and Arizona Mining Com
pany will hold meeting today to act
on a proposition to increase the CAPT
tai stock from 50, 500 900, with view
to taking over the Superior and Pitts
burg Copper Company. The basis OF
exchange will be one share of the new
stock. par $40, for each 8 1-2 shares
of the outstanding 100000 shares
par SO. of the Superior and Pittsburg
The properties of both companies ii
the Rigbee district of Arizona.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
OF 221 TO 90, AFTER
FIGHT.
DEMOCRATS FOR the MEASURE
A FiIibuster Is Probable In The Sen
ate-The Debate Was Very
Bitter.

Washington, Feb. 15.-President
Taft's reciprocity agreement with
Canada was ratified in the House OF
Representatives last night through the
support of an almost solid Democratic
vote.
The Mccall bill carrying the agree
ment into effect was passed 221 to s2'
A majority of the Republicans present
voted against the measure, the division
being IS ayes and 81 noes. The Demo
cratic vote was 143 ayes and only five
noes. A majority of the Republican
insurgents present voted for the bill.
The Mccall bill now goes to the Sen
ate. What its fate will be in that body
is problematical at this time. Presi
dent Taft believes If a filibuster car
be avoided and a vote taken the bill
will pass. He is insistent that the
Senate shall act and has indicated
that he would call an extra session o
Congress If it does not do so.
The Republicans opposed to the bill
and fought the rule to the last, de
nouncing it in caustic language. The,
directed their fire especially agains
the Democrats and accused them O
the eve of going into power In tn
House, of enforcing gag rule" a
drastic as anything against which the
had so frequently inveighed in tn
past.
The Democrats laughed at this an
seemed thoroughly to enjoy the di
comfiture of their old-time enemies.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
MONEY is DIVERTED
TO USEFUL CHANNEL
That $4,000 Raised to Entertain Ger
man Crown Prince in China Will
Go to Fight Plague.

Pekin, Feb. 15.-The $4,000 which
was to have been used to entertain
the German Crown Prince Ethel Fred
erick during his proposed visit to
China will be turned into the national
fund to fight the bubonic plague.
This was decided upon today by the
council of the emperor after it had
been semi-officially announced from
Berlin that the prince had cut his
eastern journey short on account OF
the plague. There have been five ad
ditional deaths in the environs of Pc
kin and 100 at Tien Tsin within the
past "A hours.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-02-15
Freight RATES
TO Be ADVANCED
One Cent Per Hundred on Lumber
April 15.-Shippers Will
Fight Raise.
(By Associated PreSs.)

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 15.-An ad-
vance IN freight rate charges of one
cent per hundred on shipments of
lumber is contemplated by transpor-
tation lines both north and south of
the Ohio river crossings, according
to an informal announcement made
here. Tentative schedules have been
arranged, it is estimated, to become
effective April is. Between points
south of the Ohio river line, gum and
cottonwood lumber probably will be
exempt from the increased rate, but
north of the river it is proposed that
the advanced rates will apply to all
lumber shipments.
Concentrated effort to prevent the
railroads putting the higher rates into
effect is planned by local shippers. Il
is estimated that the advance would
| increase the cost of transportation
from 80 to Is cents per thousand feet