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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
beware Of Cheap Bills.

An examination of paper currency
~ Warren H. Hilditch of Yale showed
an average of one hundred and forty
two thousand bacteria to the bill.
Twenty-one bills we're examined, and
while some were relatively clean, car
rying only a trifle of fourteen thou
sand living things, others swarmed to
the figure Of FIVE hundred and eighty
six thousand. And, strange to say, the
bacteria did not seem to swarm to
the $1,000 bills In preference to the
81 bills.
This shows that 1t is far healthier
to carry $1,000 bills about than it is
to tote 81 bills. Here is a valuable
financial hint.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

Old-fashioned physicians have plenty
II reliable remedies for cholera. An
agate in the pocket and a hyacinth on
the neck are much esteemed, but the
bone Of a dead child carried in the
pocket is nearly as e%ficacious. Chol-
era, we learn, is caused by the moon.
Therefore drink decoctions Of laurel
while Mars or Mercury is in the as
cendant, since these planets are I'M
friendly to the moon. We are glad to
know this, as we have always had our
doubts about the moon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
He Was the Man.

A young New Haven man, returning
home from a health trip to Colorado,
told his father about buying a silver
mine for $4,000. 81 knew they'd rope
you I'M" exclaimed the old man. 80
you were ass enough to buy a humbug
mine, Eyes, but l didn't lose any
thing. 1 formed a company, and sold
half the stock to a connecticut mar
for $1,000" "Y-you did" gasped the
old man as he turned white. "Ill bet
I'm the one who bought It." II know
you are" coolly observed the young
man as he crossed his legs and tried
to appear very much at home.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
Lave and a Looklna Glass.

They had been married in Novem.
Der.
Did you see anything that particu-
larly struck your fancy when you were
looking around the shops today,
sweetheart" asked the young hus-
band on his wife's return from a round
of Christmas shopping,
WELL" she replied, 81 saw some
thing extremely pretty in looking
glasses"
II have no doubt you did" he OBJ
served, IF you looked into them
Liverpool Mercury
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
MADE in DIXIE
BY DIXIE PEOPLE

For the AILMENTS OF DIXIE and
good anywhere. For Headaches, Sour
Stomach, Constipation, Biliousness
try ONE Bonds Liver Pill. Keep your
Liver and Bowels right and you keep
well. ONE little PILL at bedtime will
usually relieve nine-tenths of all all
ments. You wake up well. All drug
gists, rs cents. Insist on BONDS
PILLS. No other "iust as good"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
Ms Suspicion.

well, whaddy you want?"
II am the man who was married in
the cage of Wildcats"
II asted ye whaddy you want?"
Il thought l would like to look into
the cage again. l fear l left my wife
there and took one Of the wildcats.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
Small Comfort.

you seem cross, Pillsey."
$50 I am. A fellow called me a
born idiot today"
That's nothing to worry about. I
think it was very c~onsiderate Of him
to blame 1t on your ancestors"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
More.

First Kid-My papa's got 10 much
money he don't know how to spend
It.
Second Kid-That's nothing. My
papa's got so much money that NAM
ma can't ever spend It.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

The Chicago Fire could have been pr;.
vented with one pail of water, but the
water was not handy. Keep a bottle Of
Hamlins Wizard Oil handy land prevent
the fiery pains of inflammation.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

Anclents Used Lightning Rods.
AS early as 400 B. C. the ancients
had observed that iron rods had the
power to avert lightning.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
The Exception.

Take my advice and mind your
own affairs. No man ever got rich
fighting other peoples battles"
II don't know. How about a law
yer?"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

A mouse is afraid of a man, a man
is afraid Of a woman, a woman is
afraid of a mouse-an6 there you are.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

New Work for the Audubons.
Some birds are plucked alive to
get the feathers for women's hats"
$50 are some husbands"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

A man may be a member Of the
Elks and wear an overcoat with a fur
collar and still not be an actor.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

Teacher-Waldo, name n of the
best known characters in fiction.
Waldo Jagged Ave, superciliously)-
Santa Claus.-Puck.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28
indIa's 3arrlson.

India is g~arrisoned by 1880 men,
whose duty is to protect a territory Of
1,773,0 900 square miles.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c a bottle.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

ITCH, ITCH relieved in 30 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. At Druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

Cold cash makes an excellent hot
weather comfort.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

A woman thinks of her future;
other women talk Of her past.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-12-28

Do uRy. gYLEY, gay halFe. Uee "LA oREoLE" hAlR DRESSING.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
Astonlshed tho "Cop."

Police Lieutenant Barney" Keleher
always has a new story to tell.
Two of our finest were walking
along Broadway not so long ago." be-
gan the lieutenant, unfolding his latest
offering. and their attention was at.
tracted to the bronze figure of an ape
standing upright in the window of a
large jewelry store.
What kind of an animal is that
supposed to be-" asked one of the
other.
You surprise me with your thick
ness returned the second cop
That's a gorilla. Never hear of then
before?'
Sure. and | read about them II
the histories. he answered. My. wha
lot of damage they did during thu
Civil war, How did a general eve
make those>things mind him?' "-Nev
ork Sun.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
HANDY FOR SPREADING LIME
Distributing Machine Can Be Made
BY Any Ingenious Person at Very
Small Expense.

The accompanying illustration
shows a homemade machine for dis
tributing lime ashes, etc. The six
cornered box is hung on AKA scant-
ling hewn down so it will run through
wheels about four inches, as bearings
for the frame to draw by, says the
Homestead. A tongue is not needed,
although one could be used. Any old
wagon or moving machine wheels will
do. Make the ends to fit ankle, both
ends alike, doubled crosswise Of the
grain Of the wood with one-inch
boards, twelve inches wide. Fasten
one end of the box and axle to a
wheel, and let the other wheel turn
on the axle. A support may be put
in the center the same as the end,
but 1t is not necessary unless the box
is made longer than ten feet, as 1t is
very strong and the axle breaks the
fall Of the contents and prevents
packing. The feed is regulated by
using two three-inch strips, with one
bolt in the center and heavy screw
through the ends into the long strips
Leave the center cross strip long
enough for the handle to close. While
filling, tack the strips to hold exact
while boring one and quarterback
holes ten inches apart, opposite the
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
CARING FOR
NOTING HENS
Require Large Amount of Feed
Containing Nitrogen, Such
as Oi1 Meal and
Protein Feeds.
(By ]. BAILEY BRUCE)

Most people believe that if they
can force their hens to mott early they
will lay more eggs during the season.
but this is not true. Hens that have
molted late will lay more eggs during
the winter than the early molters.
This has been shown by the most
careful experiments, but the facts are
net generally known.
Melting hens require a large amount
OF feed containing nitrogen such as
oil meal meat and other feeds rich
in protein. Melting can be forced by
cutting down the feed of hens as it
has been shown by experiments that
scantily fed hens begin melting ear
lier than those on full feed. but the
former do not finish melting much
earlier.
Starved hens mott more uniformly
than others and this is particularly
noticeable in hens two or three years
old.
In an experiment conducted by the
Cornell experiment station it was
found that on a basis of 100 hens the
fed flock produced eggs to the value
of s29.27 more than by the starved
flock
The total income from all the birds
was s27S for the starved flock and
$3.50 for the fed flock, a difference in
favor of natural melting for the year
of about sos.
A western poultryman of long ex-
perience gives his method of controll-
ing melting as follows:
AS soon as the hens are through
laying he turns them out in alfalfa.
feeding them dry bran only, in addi-
ton Under this treatment they get
thin. Then he feeds them a mixed
ration oe grains and meat. giving a
light feed in the morning and all they
will eat at noon and night. Under
this treatment they finish melting
quickly. get new feathers and begin
laying in September. BY October l
they are all in good laying condition
and make a profit through the fall
and winter
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
THE TEA PENALTY.
A Strong Mans Experience.

Writing from busy railroad town
the wife of an employee of one of the
great roads says:
my husband is railroad man who
has been so much benefited by the use
of Postum that he wishes me to ex-
press his thanks to you for the good
II has done him. His waking hours
are taken up with his work, and he
has no time to write himself.
He has been great tea drinker
all his life and has always liked 1t
strong.
Tea has, of late years, acted on
him like morphine does upon most
people. At first 1t soothed him, but
only for an hour or so, then 1t began
to affect his nerves to such an extent
that he could not sleep at night. and
he would go to his work in the morn
ing wretched and miserable from the
loss of rest. This condition grew con-
stantly worse. until his friends per-
suaded him, some four months ago, to
quit tea and use Postum.
"At first he used Postum only for
breakfast, but as he liked the taste OF
It. and It somehow seemed to do him
good. he added it to his evening meal
Then. as he grew better, he began to
drink 1t for his noon meal, and now
he will drink nothing else at table.
His condition is so wonderfully i'm
proved that he could not be hired &c
give up Postum and go back to tea
His nerves have become steady ant
reliable once more, and his sleep II
easy, natural and refreshing.
He owes all this to Postum, for h
has taken no medicine and made M
other change in his diet.
His brother, who was very nervous
from coffee-drinking. was persuaded
by us to give up the coffee and us'
Postum and he also has recovered hi
health and strength" Name given b.
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road t
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's reason.
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time TO time. The.
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02

wise a shed over tank, on six by six
inch concrete supports. REINFORCED
with a three-eighths-inch iron rod in
bolt and washer In each for tying down
rafter plate
The sides are REINFORCED concrete,
a cheap foundation for which can be
made by breaking field rock in the
trenches for the first four-inch layer,
then continuing to fill in the layers
with roughly-broken rock. and grout-
ing solid. Each layer should be set
tied lightly. The walls should be
made from a fairly rich mixture, say
one part cement. two sand. and four
of screened gravel.
The most satisfactory bottom for
this tank will be layer of clay. thor
oughly puddled, and about four inches
thick. The seepage will not be ma
terial. and there is quite saving in
first cost. If of concrete, there is dan
ger of the bottom heaving during win
ter. unless 1t is kept covered with ma
nure. Anyway, it will be well to try
the clay. as the concrete bottom can
be added at any time.
The labor of handling the manure
on a place where many animals are
kept is much heavier and more cost
! ly job than many would believe who
have not kept an account. and II
should be lightened in every way pos
sible. One method is to use manure
carrier. and unload direct from this
into the manure spreader. Where 6
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
BULLETIN ON DUSTLESS ROAD
Department of Agriculture Issues
Statement Giving Methods for Elk
aiming Materials.

Dust prevention and road preserva-
lion are almost inseparable subjects
in the study of good roads. so insist
emily demanding the attention of road
engineers and chemists interested in
modern road construction. Therefore
the bulletin Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture on methods
for the examination of Bituminous
road materials, prepared by the office
Of public roads. and issued as No. SO
Of that series. which contains com
plete descriptions of the methods Of
examination for that class of materi-
ais. as employed at present by that Of
fee. should materially further the
adoption of standard methods. mat
ter which is of the utmost importance
at this time.
These methods are presented in
such "A form that any intelligent per-
son may, with a little practice and the
proper equipment. make such exami-
nation. With this object in view, the
bulletin describes the various tests
in greater detail than would have been
necessary for the use of chemists, and
Illustrations are presented of practi-
cally all the apparatus required. Also
list OF the necessary equipment for
small laboratory about to engage in
the routine testing and inspection OF
bitumens is given. The maximum
cost. exclusive of platinum ware, solv
ents and chemicals, would not exceed
$500. and probably could be purchased
cheaper by securing bids on the entire
equipment from several drug supply
houses. For the extraction of bitumi
nous aggregates, the recovery of the
bitumen and examination of the aggre
gates, an additional outlay of SIZE
would be necessary, but this expense
seems to be entirely within the means
Of most road commissioners charged
with the construction and mainte
uance of public roads.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02

to the expense of roofing over or
screening from flies. The proportions
or area are to be modified to meet
the special demands of the farm.
1t Is expected that the usual custom
will be followed of hauling direct to
the field. and that the tank is used
simply for storage during bad weather
Or press of other work. Allowing that
the manure Is removed from the stalls
IN a wheelbarrow, a three-foot en-
rance for same is shown, which should
be located at the most convenient cor
ner.
The longest diameter should be in
the same direction or parallel with the
most convenient road for the teams
70 travel, and each corner should be
protected from the wheels by sinking
conveniently shaped stone in the
ground at points of probable contact
AS economy is insisted on, diagonal
corners are shown, but the general ap-
oearance of the tank will be improved
by rounded corners, at an increased
abor cost for making the forms. If
he horse stalls have drainage for
lrine. this can profitably be conducted
20 small concrete cistern built just
inside the wall of tank. entirely below
grade, and covered with slotted plank.
so as to also drain from manure. The
contents can then be pumped over the
manure. should 1t appear to be heat
ng unduly. With this we should ad-
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
FARM: &
"a s>esss1ts,.S7tizS ~. e.
N;!f|i.fNetFES
Push the plow!
When in doubt build a silo.

When in doubt build a silo.
Conservative marketing always pays
best.
Lime may be applied to the soil at
any time.
The best seed corn is that grown
on ones own farm.
Early fall blowing is the cheapest
and best crop insurance known.
Sixty tons of water a month are
needed to produce an acre of wheat
Pillow early and pillow deep, but pillow
deep whether or not you pillow early.
Toads rank next to birds in value as
destroyers of harmful insects about
the garden.
Turn up a little of the subsoil, II
will increase the water-holding capac-
ity of the ground.
Hairy or winter vetch may be sown
IN the fall and it will be very useful
early spring forage.
Cut the clover or alfalfa just as soon
as the buds are well set at the crown
for the next growth.
No matter how ambitious you may
be 10 DeSln 10 cut the nay wait uhti
the dew is entirely off.
Let the neighbors do what they will
keep matches away from your straw
nile. Roughage is too scarce this sea
son to use 1t for bonfire.
Many farmers now pasture theii
corn fields which is the most econom
ical method of harvesting the crop
/ and, under favorable conditions. the
most profitable.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
BACTERIA ON
'A~i ROOTS ROOT So OF CORN
supply Sufficient Mir ogen to
Serve AbundantIy Their
Purposes When Soil
Is Exhausted.
(By WALTER B. LEUTz.)

How the clover acted as a fertilizer
was not known until about fifteen
years ago Since that time our
knowledge upon the subject has very
considerably increased and every year
now something more is learned.
Leguminous and pod-bearing plants
unaided have no more ability to help
themselves to the nitrogen of the air
under any circumstances than have
other green plants.
Certainly bacteria existing in the
soil penetrates the soft tissues of
young roots of legumes and multiply
within these lively tissues so as to
form a little mass of gelatinous sub
stance. Responding to the irritation
produced the plant builds nodular
structure about the bacterial invaders.
not unlike the formation of a gall
consequent upon the sting OF an in
sect.
Numerous nodules may be formed
on the roots of one plant and they
have characteristics peculiar to the
species of plant on which they occur
In some way not well understood
these plants with nodules or tubercles
L. e capable of getting sufficient nitro
gen from the air to serve abundantly
their purposes when the soil has nc
supplies, and when other plants must
die from the want of 1t.
Either the bacteria are the direct
agents In the process or they aid the
plant itself to do what, without such
aid. 1t cannot do. May there leg
umes organisms or some OF them be
made to form tubercles or Other
plants for instant maize? Here is 6
matter of the greatest moment I'm
doubtedly they have some times il
the past become adapted to legumi
nous vegetation. There is nothing Il
prevent corn from gathering tubercles
We know now that corn can b'
very decidedly modified in its chem
ical composition by processes o
breeding. Types of grain can be pro
duced in which for instance the nitro
gen percentage is greatly increased
and so long way improved as foo'
for man and beast.
If, in addition to this, Indian corr
can be made to furnish Itself, through
accommodating bacteria. with thi
higher nitrogen coptent directly iron
the exhaustless storehouses of the all
the agricultural miracle Of the ag
viii have been wrought
No one can predict whether or no
ta hfrf
what is now known, the endeavor {
bring II to come to pass seems
east worth while.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
sI e. G; G
Egg Plant Fruit.

bottles shown here, the one on the
left contains pure water. upon which
many seeds are shown as floating and
a larger number at the bottom. In
the bottle on the right. 1t is 20 per
cent. solution of common salt in which
egg plant seeds that sank in pure
water were placed, with the result
that many remained at the top.
All seeds that swim in water should
be rejected. and further separation
can be made as shown in the illustra-
ton by placing the seeds that sink in
water in weak solution OF sugar or
salt.
The percentage of seeds. large or
small may be determined by the dens-
lily OF the solution employed.
Those that float may be removed.
This gravity method is simply the
old-time practice of "brining" wheat,
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE
TANK FOR STORING MANURE
Detailed Instructions Given Making Receptacle
Farm Where Six Horses Kept-MoSt
An Satisfactory Bottom is CIay-Tank and
wv o. all

We give a plan of concrete ma
nure tank, and also section through
one of the retaining walls, writes
George F. Weston in the Country Cen
tleman, in response to a query. This
is designed to take care of the manure
from six horses on farm. Since
nothing is said about any neighboring
residence or dairy, we have not con-
sidered 1t advisable for so small a sur
plus as is likely to accumulate from
this number of head to suggest going
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02

One of the worst leaks on many
farms comes direct from the manure
heap. by leaving it piled up near the
barn, exposed to storms, so that the
better part teaches out and goes to
waste. The first principles of agricul-
ture demand constant and liberal fer
tilization of the soil. and as the aver.
age farm is never over-supplied. no
man should neglect to apply the man
ure as fast as made to those soils
where II will do the most good.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
USEFUL IN THE CORN FIELD
BY Aid of Horse Shown in Illustration
One May Make Shocks That viii
Stand Till Husked.

BY the aid of the corn horse Illus
trated herewith you can make trim
looking corn shocks that will stand
up until husked. says writer in the
Farm and Home. The small pole
marked can be pulled in and out
through a hole, c. in pole, a.
The horse is set in position and
the cornstalks stacked against the
place where poles a and b meet until
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02

side holes intermediate. Use three
strap hinges and three hasps with
hooks on one side for door. Any
amount can be put on. BY using a
button to stop lever, one can adjust
amount wanted. Turn the button to
stop the lever the same every time.
Any handy person can make one in
two days. The cost of material will
not exceed five dollars anywhere. new
and dressed.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
A Little Left.

whats the matter here?" asked the
caller, noticing the barren appearance
of the house. Sent goods away to be
stored?"
NO" replied the hostess. Not al
all My daughter was married last
week and she has merely taken away
the things that she thought belonged
to her."-Detroit Free Press.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
ONLY Peppermint Raiser,

The only successful peppermint
raiser in the United States is said to
be Miss Mary Clark of Berrien. Mich.
She has twenty-eight acres of the herb
and runs her own distillery, which
produces from three to four hundred
pounds of oil every year.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02

a shock of the size desired is reached,
then it is tied near the top and the
short pole is pulled out. The horse
is then pulled straight ahead to
where the next shock is desired. No
saddles are made when this corn
horse is used, and at husking time
the stack can be pulled over without
having to cut the saddle stalks.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02

Talk is cheap" chuckled the poll
tician with the telephone frank in his
pocket.
After talking $40 worth. he pulled
out his frank and found 1t had ex-
pired. by heck" he muttered rue
fully. that guy was right when he
said that Silence is golden Judge
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-02
She Spoke Out.

Father-(to his daughter whom he
sees whispering to her mother).-E
sic, how often have l told you not to
do that? Speak out if you want any
thing.
Elsie-Well, father. l wanted to
know why the lady near me has such
red nose.-Fliegende Batter.