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Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
CHAPTER TX.
FlanniQan's Find.

FIanniQan's Find.
The most charitable thing would be
to say nothing about the first day.
We were badly brutal-that's the
only word for 1t. And Mr.. HARRISON.
with his beautiful courtesy-the really
sincere kind-tried to patch up one
quarrel after another and failed. He
rose superbly to tho occasion. and
made something that he called a
South American goulash for luncheon,
although it was too salty, and every
Bella was horrid, of course. She
froze Jim until he said he was going
to sit in the refrigerator and cool the
butter. She locked herself in the
dressing-room-it had been assigned
to me, but that made no difference to
Bella-and did her nails, and took
three different baths. and refused to
come to the table. And of course
Jimmy was wild, and said she would
starve. But l said, Every well, let
her starve. Not tray shall leave my
kitchen" It was a comfort to have
her shut up there anyhow: 1t post
poned the time when she would come
face to face with Flanagan.
Aunt Selma got sick that day, as I
have said. l was not so bitter as the
others; l did not say that wished
she would die. The worst ever wish
ed her was that she might be quite i'll
for some time. and yet, when she be-
gan to recover, she was dreadful to
me. She said for one thing, that It
was the hard-boiled eggs and the state
of the house that did it. And when l
said that the grippe was germ, she
retorted that l had probably brought
it to her on my clothing.
You remember that Betty had drawn
the nurses slip, and how pleased she
had been about it. She got up early
the morning Of the first day and made
herself lawn cap and telephoned out
for a white nurses uniform-that is.
of course, for white uniform for a
nurse She really looked very fetch
ing. and she went around all the morn
ing with red Cross on her sleeve and
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GSNOTES@

The sows should farrow in March.
The check-rein is as comfortable to
a horse as the high collar is to a work.
lngman.
An excellent bedding for hogs IL
marsh hay or pulp from sugar cane
meal This gives out very little dust.
On a farm of 100 acres or over it
pays much better to sell sheep as NUT
ton instead Of stock for other people
to fatten.
A handful Of oil meal given to the
horse once a day will keep him In
good condition and makes his coat soft
and sleek.
The pigs should be allowed the free
range of an alfalfa field and fed milk
and shorts and barley, or a mixture of
the three.
If you cannot afford to buy pure-bred
mares at the start, buy the best you
can, then trade and buy until you can
get the real article.
1t Is easy to teach a sucking colt
how to drink milk, and a quart of
warm cows milk in the morning will
give it q good start.
Many mares are unable to supply
their colts with sufficient milk. particu-
larly when hard worked. In such cases
they should be helped out
The average farmer can care for
four or five sows with very little
trouble; but keep good ones, as
scrubs are likely to lose money for
you.
Sheep will dig pretty close to the
grass roots in the early spring If you
give them chance. They like taste
of something fresh. If you feed them
plenty of turnips this will help to sat
isfy their appetites.
It is the farmer who keeps sheep
for a number of years that finds them
most profitable. Some years they will
return much better profit than 9TH
ers and it is hard to sell and buy a.
Just the right time.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
Hog Cholera.

A subscribers preventive for hog
cholera-we print 1t for just what it is
worth without any comments: Wood
charcoal. 1 pound; salt, pounds; So
dunn bicarbonate, pounds: sodium
hyposulphite, 2 pounds; sodium sui
phate. l pound: black anthony. 1
pound; sulphur, 1 pound. Have the
druggist pulverize it and thoroughly
mix. A tablespoonful once q day for
each 200 pounds of hog is the right
dose mixed in a soft food. This is Q
cheap remedy and harmless.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
What q Woman Knows.

$50 Erma Is engaged" said Elennof,
with curl Of her lip. well. I'm
sorry for the man. that's all. She
doesn't know the first thing about
keeping house."
"Oh, yes, she does, though" was
Fannies assuring reply.
well. I'd like to know what 1t H."
was the doubling response.
1.-THE very first thing, which is to
get a man to keep house for."-Judge.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
Wise Tramp.

She brought him out a wedge Of
pumpkin pie and cup of coffee.
And you only visit this section of
the country during golden-rod timer"
she Intercepted innocently. How
poetical!"
well, you see, mum, It isn't exact
ly poetical." replied Dusty Dan. with
smile, "but when de golden-rod
blooms 1t is too late to cut grass an
too early to shovel snow"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
SCALES ALL OVER HER BODY

about three years ago was at
fected by white scales on my knees
and elbows. I consulted q doctor who
treated mo for ringworm. saw no
change and consulted a specialist and
he claimed had psoriasis. I contin-
ued treatments under him Tor about
six months until saw scales break
ing out all over my body save my
face. MY scalp was affected, and my
hair began to fall. I then changed
doctors to no avail. I went to two
hospitals and each wanted to make a
study of the case and seemed unable
to cure it or assure me of cure. I
tried several patent medicines and
was finally advised by friend who
has used Cuticura on her children
since their birth, to purchase the
Cuticura Remedies. purchased a
cake of Soap. the Ointment and the
Resolvent. After the first application
the itching was allayed.
II am still using the Soap and ONT
ment and now feel that none other Is
good enough for my skin. The psor-
iasis has disappeared and every.
where feel better. My hands were SO
disfgured before using the Cuticura
Remedies that had to wear gloves all
the time. Now my body and hands
are looking fine" (Signed) Miss Sara
Burnett. 2135 Fitzwater st.. Philadel.
phia, Pa. Sept. 80, 1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura
Ointment (50c, are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, sole props. 1876 Colum-
bus Ave., Boston, for free book on al
fections Of the skin and scalp.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
Foot Rot in Sheep.

Sheep afflicted with foot rot should
be kept separate from the balance Of
the flock, have clean, dry quarters.
Drive them through foot bath three
times a week made Of creolin three
per cent, OF iron sulphate four per
cent, and lime Stacked with water.
mixed into a creapay substance.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
Heat-ProducIno Food to Sow.

Heat-Producine Food to Sow.
Sows that are fed on corn and other
concentrated, heat-producing foods
during pregnancy are quite sure to
experience more or less difficulty at
narrowing time and we need not
blame the SOW or wonder If she is
cross and feverish and runs and
chases the pigs up in one corner Of
the pen, or even turns upon them and
devOurs them.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
CHAPTER viii. (contInued.)

From Onicer Flanagan to Mrs.
Maggie Flanagan, Erin street.
Dear Maggie:
As soon as you receive this. 60
down to Mac and tell him the story as
4 tell you hear. Tell him was walk
In my beat and I'd been afther seen
Jimmy Alverni about dom the right
thing for Mac on Monday, at the
poles. when seen a man hangin sus-
lpicious around this house. which is
Nr. Wilson's. on Ninety-fifth And.
Iof coorse. afther chasin the man q
mile or more. lose him. which was
mot my fault. So 60 back to the
Wilson house, and tell them to be
careful about closin up fer the night.
and while I'm standin in the hall, with
Ill the swells around me, sparkin
with jewels, the board of health sends
. man to lock us all in, because the
Jap that's been waiter has took the
smallpox and gone to the hospitle.
stood me ground. seq, sez I, you
cant shtop an officer in pursute Of his
duty. / rafuse to be shut in. Be
WuuTc 10 Ccll MIC Ludt.
So here l am, and like to be for a
month. Tell Mac there's four votes
shut up here, and I can get them for
him, II he can stop this monkey bust
ness.
Then 60 over to the Dago church
lon Webster avenue and put dollar in
Saint Anthony's box. He'll see me
out of this scrape. right enough. Do
1T at once. Now remember, go to
Mac first; maybe you can get the
dollar from him, and mind what you
tell him. Your husband,
TIM FLANAGAN.
From me to mother-Mrs Theodore
McNair. Hotel Hamilton. Bermuda.
Dearest Mother:
l hope you will get this before you
read the papers, and when you do read
them, you are not % get excited and
worried. l am as well as can be, and
10 great deal safer than / ever remem-
Der to have been In my life. We are
quarantined, lot Of us, in Jim Will
sons house, because his irreproach-
able Jap did a very reproachable
thing-took smallpox. Now read on
before you get excited. His room has
been fumigated, and we have been
lvaccinated. l am well and happy. l
cant be killed in q railway wreck or
smashed when the car skids. Unless
/ drown myself in my bath, or jump
Through a window. positively nothing
can happen to me. So gather up all
your maternal apxieties and cast
them to the Bermuda sharks.
Anne Brown is here-see the papers
for list-and If she can not play pro-
Ipriety. Jimmy's Aunt Selma can. In
fact, she doesn't play at It; she works.
! have telephoned Lizette for some
clothes-enough for couple of weeks,
although Dallas promises to get us
out sooner Now. dear, do go ahead
and have a nice time, and on no &C.
count come home. You could only
have the carriage to stop in front of
the house. and wave to me through a
window.
Mother. l want you to do something
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07

I rom nervOusneSS
and other annoying
symptoms, and +
can truly say that
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V eg etable Com
pound has proved
mountains of
gold to me, as ii
restored my health
and strength. I
never forget to tell
my friends what
I ,vdio r Di,Ll.I
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
USEFUL RUBBER CURRY COMB
Things for Removing Loose
Hairs From Horse.

One Of the best things for remov>
Ing the loose hairs from horse when
he is shedding is a rubber having AM
uneven surface, writes Earl STREET. OF
Newark. Ohio. in the Popular Mechan-
les. A comb Of this kind can be made
ot q block Of wood, v inch thick, :
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07

metal, the sides and top, as well AZ
the framing channels below the floor
Of the troughs, being of sheet metal.
while the rods, bolts, and disk form
Ing the lock for the doors are prefer
ably formed Of bar and plate metal.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07

She Swlshed TO the Window and Rails
ed the Shade.
litter in the vestibule after the lift
ing of the quarantine.
Mr.. Alex. Dodds, City Editor. Mail and
Star:
Dear D.-Can't get picture. Have
waited seven hours. They have
closed the shutters. M'CORD.
Written on the back of the above
note:
Watch the roof. DODDS.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
vENTILATE THE SHEEP SHED
Structure Should Be 90 Arranged 80
A. to Give Necessary Fresh Air
and Exclude Heavy Ralne,

A building devoted to sheep should
be arranged SO as to give the desired
fresh air and prevent the beating
rains from getting inside. Ordinary
door arrangements will not afford
his protection.
Windows or the upper part OF the
nilding may be fixed with strong
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
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7TIIEIIIIHL[ I!!!!!1!!l!!!!!!l1
Ventilated Sheep Shed.

hinges SO as to be pushed out and
propped open. allowing the fresh air
to enter at the bottom Of the opening.
The top Of this kind Of . shed may
be left open the greater part Of the
time without harming the flock at all.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
Good Tlp,

How did you manage to keep that
last cook so long?"
"She got interested in a serial story
In one Of the magazines take"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07

br 1 inches wide and inches Ions
Tack q piece of corrugated rubber. {
piece of rubber stair pad will do, o.
one surface Of the block. Make har
die and fasten it to the other side On
the block. The rubber tackled to tho
block is shown in Fig. and the side
view showing the handle in Fig. 2.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
Collar for Horse.

Collar for Horse.
Do not compel your horses to begin
the seasons work with poorly-ftting
collars. Provide a collar that fits
yell and make no change.
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07

A Sign.
els your wife still treating you
coldly?"
is she? Gave me ice pudding for
dinner"
Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-04-07
CHANGE
IN W0MAN'S
LIFE
Made Safe by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Graniteville, VII was passing
through the Change Of Lifaand snffered
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-27
GRaW

as far as Basel, just across the Swiss
frontier, anG small sea-going steam
ers ascend it as far as Mannheim. This
mighty river has been improved by
the Germans at a cost Of than
$12, 500, 900, and it's waters bear an i'm
mense traffic in coal, iron ore, iron
and steel manufactures and other
heavy freight. The Rhine valley,
dotted with picturesque ruined castles
and saturated with legend and ro-
nance, Is also one of the busiest dis
tricts In all Europe, for 1t Is densely
populated and contains numerous i'm
portant industrial cities. Canals con
meet the Rhine with the Meuse, Saone,
Seine, Danube and Ems rivers. The
Rhine-Rhone canal follows the course
OF the river from Strassburg almost
to Basel, and is generally used instead
of the river.
The Elbe is SECOND only to the
Rhine in commercial Importance. 1t
is navigable throughout its whole
course in Germany and along 1t lie
som of the chief silver and coal
mines, salt fields, sheep pastures and
beet-root areas in the empire. More
over, 1t links Berlin, the capital, with
Hamburg, the chief port, by the canals
of the Havel and Spree river systems.
The Weser, the Oder, the vistula
and other rivers are of great impor-
lance as commercial highways, and
go to make up Germany's grand total
of nearly 5000 miles of navigable riv-
ers, Of which about 1,400 miles are
canalized.
Germany's canals are many, their
total mileage being something like
1900, and large sums are spent on
their Improvement. The most import
ant internationally is the great North
Sea and Baltic ship canal, which ira
verses Schleswig-H olstein, saving two
days time by steamer between Ham,
burg and all the Baltic ports Of Ger.
many. This canal was begun In 1887
and was opened to traffic In 1895, and
is a source of much pride to Emperor
William. The Ludwigs canal in Bava-
ria united the Danube with the Main,
thus supplying a continuous water
way from the North sea to the Black
sea. The Plauen canal connects the
Elbe with the Havel, and there are
systems connecting the Oder with the
Elbe and the Memel with the Pregel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-27

his work. And although he might not
have admitted 1t were he charged with
it, | knew he was afflicted with a dis.
order of the digestive apparatus that
always accompanies v~egetarianism. He
was, in fine, the victim Of a prejudice
that left him unequal to the work he
was compelled to do, and which he was
doing at the expense of his health,
happiness and success In the world in
which he moved.
Upon what grounds does the prac
tice of vege~tarianism rest its claims?
The answer is, on no grounds what.
soever, unless 1t be those Of the man
who has an idea" that If he looks
over his left shoulder at the moon, or
sees a black cat on the thirteenth day
of the month, he is dead sure to have
bad luck.
And yet 1t is only when 1t is ridden
to death as a hobby that ve%getarianism
can be charged with inanity. When it
Is practiced occasionally and for a linn
tied time, and at irregular intervals, it
becomes the useful servant of scien.
tific intelligence. There is a soul of
truth" In vegetarianism, as there also
may be, SO far as you or I know to
the contrary, in the belief that If you
see a black tabby on Friday the thir-
teenth, you will lose regularly at
poker for some considerable time
thereafter. This soul of truth takes us
backward a bit in the natural history
Of man..
The primitive ancestors of Euro
pean races, like the savage races Of
the present time, were naturally fitted
for, and therefore needed a certain
amount Of irregularity in their feed
ing. Sometimes game would be plenty,
and sometimes 1t would be scarce.
When It was scarce, or not to be had
at all, those primitive ancestors Of
ours were necessarily limited to a
starvation diet. They were very hungry,
and their hunger made them keen on
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-27

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
"a short time I had gained my average
weight and am now strong and well.''
Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, r. F. D., No.
8, Box 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, Mass.--"I was in a ner.
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
II owe my present good health to
Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and Blood Purifier which l be-
leve saved my life.
my doctor knows what helpedhme
and does not say one word against it."
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATES, Box
134, Huntington, Mass.
Because your case is a difficult one.
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue to suffer without giving
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound a trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
tlsmmation, liberation, displacements.
hbroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, and nervous prostration.
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age are small so that rates are very
reasonable and the total of heavy traf-
fic is large.
Through close and effective study
of economical transportation, Belgium
has built up an excellent system OF
canals and canalized rivers, 20 in num-
Der. These are used partly for trans
portation and partly for irrigation.
Both the Mouse and the Scheldt are
naVigable throughout their entire
length in Belgium, and man, Of their
tributaries have been canalized. In ad-
dition to these natural advantages,
there are canal systems that unite
Brussels and Louvain with the Rupel,
Brussels with Charleroi and Mons
with Condo. Then, too, there are two
fine ship canls which by uniting Client
and Bruges with the sea coast have
restored to those cities much of their
old time commercial Importance.
Mention of Holland instantly Gre
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-27
Il s at7's ssss, T ass } ~Thompson's Eye Water
TREASURED SECRET WAS OUT
Football Referees Devotion to Duty
Evidently Had Got Him Into
Serious Trouble.

The referee had swallowed the
whistle. 1t was very unfortunate, but
1t was not his fault. A burly forward
had charged him fairly in the center
of his back, sending the whistle down
his throat.
"The game must end!" cried some
one. I'VE can't do without a whistle"
Its all right" gasped the referee.
1--WE got a substitute. We can go on"
He produced a latch key from his
pocket, and as the game commenced
blew several hearty blasts on his new
whistle.
Suddenly a woman's voice, loud and
angry, was heard above the roar Of
the game.
Ferdinand, what does this mean,
sir! Where did you get that latch
key?"
Then Ferdinand skunk off the field,
for the voice was the voice Of his
wife.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-04-27

the hunt, active, bright-eyed, alert, Wig
orous and pushing Then, with a
successful kill, there would naturally
be a little gorging of meat, followed
by a long and lazy rest.
Now, while we, their descendants.
are not quite as savage or quite as i'm
provident as were our primitive fore
fathers Of the jungle or the prairies,
and while it Is true that we are not
distressed with alternate scarcity and
redundancies Of food, we inherit the
stomachs and the general digestive ma
chinery Of those active old fathers of
ours, and a reasonable degree Of alter
nate gorging and starving is good for
us. Unfortunately, however, most of
us have to attend to business year in
and year out, and we cannot lie idle
around the woods digesting off our
gorges, whereas fasting is not to be
thought of by persons who work at
occupations very different from hunt
ing.
But we can do this: We can cut
down, or cut out, our meat diet at ir-
regular and fairly frequent intervals;
go without meat altogether for a week
or So; be vegetarians, not regularly.
but quite irregularly, for short lengths
Of time. And then when we give
meat its inning, we will be better pre-
pared to appreciate it, and to extract
from it the health and happiness we
need.
The vegetarian is therefore here
with supplied with a scientific princi-
ple' as sound and as negotiable as a
golden eagle. But II he adopts 1t he
will have to cut himself in two.
Copyright. 1911, by the Columbia Press
Syndicate.)
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Owing to the level condition Of the
country, the construction of a canal
in Holland involves but comparatively
little labor and expense. Many Of the
canals are used constantly as substi.
tutes for public highways, and in the
winter their frozen surfaces offer con
venient roads for the skaters who
throng them on their way to and from
market and about their various occu.
pations. So complete is the canal
system that by of 1t a resident
of Rotterdam could breakfast at Delft
or The Hague, dine at Leyden and
sup at Amsterdam, or return to his
home before nightfall. Since not only
the surface but the beds Of many OF
Hollands canals are above the level of
land, the drainage Is Of the greatest
Importance. This Is effected by means
of pumps worked by the windmills
that are such a characteristic feature
OF the Dutch landscape. The banks of
the canals are maintained by the fam
lilies that live along them, each being
assigned a portion to keep in repair.
Emory r. Johnson, professor Of
transportation and commerce in the
University Of Pennsylvania, who re.
Gently made a study Of European wa
terways, as the special representative
Of the National River and Harbor con
gress, calls attention to the way in
which Germany, France, Holland and
Belgium have co-operated lin estab-
fishing standard dimensions for their
canals and barges, and connecting
their systems. In this manner the
through shipment of international
traffic has been facilitated. Another
feature of the waterway policy of
these European countries" he says,
rs that are Is taken to provide wa
terways with adequate terminal and
harbor facilities, and to make such
physical connections between rail
roads and waterways at all inland
harbors as to guarantee the easy and
economical transfer of traffic from
cars to boats and water to rails. 1t is
realized that terminal facilities and
rail connections are as essential a part
of the projects for making waterways
useful as are reliable channels of ade-
quate width and depth. The Rhine
river, for instance, has 81 harbors
equipped as fully as commercial needs
require, with storage and transfer ia
%cilities. At 43 Of these terminals the
direct transfer Of goods from trains
to boats and river to rail is possible.
Many of the harbors include large
basins, some Of which are used for
the transfer and storage Of commodi-
ties, while others r constructed to
enable big Industrial plants to locate
on water frontage. Each city con-
structs is own harbor with but little,
if any, aid from the state, the expense
being borne by the city, aided in some
instances by private interests"