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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Charles w. Galloway OF the Balti-
more & Ohio rises to remark: What
the railroads need is to be left alone. Z"
That is such an old one.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11
si..ta for the or.r~orksa.
Brooklyn Eagle.

The overworked United States senate
will now begin It's sessions at p. m. in
stead OF at noon. A sissts at luncheon time
IL recommended BY some very good physi-
clans,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

1t would be impossible for Governor
Wilson to say much about how he
beat Smith, for the family has SO
many members in the west.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

The question is still going the
rounds, How to live on $12 week? -
That is the question, how?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Here's a kick that SO a day for jury
service is still not enough. Well, it's
Just so per cent better than 81 a day
that has heretofore been allowed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11
SO TrifIina ToIernted.
Washington Pos

WaehingtonI Post.
However, President Taft's declaration In
favor Of peace should not induce anybody
TO monkey rashly with that reciprocity
program
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

A messenger boy who found S55,-
600 got a reward of 81. Probably
wears big red label on his cap now,
Honesty is the best policy"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Now, will Senator Tillman promise
to be good and not cry If they reopen
the Lorimer case?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

The happiest people in the world
are those whose home ball team is
winning right along.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

A New Orleans paper refers to Sem
ator Bailey as a "besmirched person
ality." Now watch the Houston
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

The Mexican war and the Canon
rist trial go on apace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

The cottage man has now caught up
to the fiat dweller--he has no furnace
to tend.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Uncle Sam runs the largest, cheapest
and, in many ways. the most unique book
store in the world The "store" is an eight
story building adjoining the government
printing office in Washington. All books
not uore than one of each to a customer
are sold at cost by August Donath, the
"storekeepeT" Many rare and old books
are included in the mass, but under the
law they must be sold at cost, regardless
of their age or historical value.
THE fact that we charge so little for
books said Mr.. Donath, does not mean
that we compete with booksellers, but 1t
means that congress believes that when
a man takes the trouble to pay a few
cents for publication he is more apt to
read II carefully than il II were thrust
on him free OF all cost. Besides private
publishers are not allowed to print or
handle government publications under or
binary circumstances"
Preliminary information is usually re-
guired by the prospective purchasers, and
to supply this need the office prepares
price lists and leaflets describing the CON
tents of all the publications, They range
from pamphlets which are sold for a few
cents up to the History OF the United
States Capitol" by Glenn Brown, the
most expensive publication ever handled
by the plant. Its sale price is $40
During the last twelve months the store
did a business OF SIS. 900, which represented
the cost of over a half million books and
pamphlets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Lincoln's new chief of police is
named Hunger. That ought to scare
them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

That Mexican war is just like Fin
nigan-on again, off again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Bet you Governor Wilson will no
try riding any bronchos at Cheyenne,
though
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

Uncle Sam is going to teach women TO
cook and keep house on a strictly scien-
tific, up-to-date basis IL a bill introduced
in the house OF representatives by Repre-
sentative William w. Wilson OF Illinois be-
comes a law. Burned biscuits that have
been the cause of many matrimonial tears
will be no more, and unpalatable pies and
rubber steaks will likewise be relegated
to the past. No man need fear TO some
home and find his table badly set or his
house not in order.
Mr.. Wilson's bill provides for domestic
science bureau. to be added to the Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t proposes that do
nestle science be taught in the schools
and that people be made acquainted with
certain fundamental facts concerning
foods and the manner of preparing them.
The bureau would teach the home
makers not only how to economize time
and labor in the kitchen, but a world of
other information about the kind of food
to buy and scientific and economical WAYS
OF preparing it so as to get the greatest
amount of bodily sustenance for the least
amount of cost -t-'tS
The author says the home has not kept
pace with commercial progress; that
labor-saving devices In the household are
few and that the knowledge OF food and
food preparation is not what it should be,
especially in the rural districts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-11

failure means the loss for the time being
at least. OF democratic senator.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

buildings, fences. etc. Two weeks are
spent in this cocoon, at he exp -ratlol
of which time the moth energies. Inc
male moth is gray. The female motn
has no wings. She lays her eggs IN d
wh.tish mass on her cocoon and then
dies. This egg mass with the cocoon
is a. consp cuous object. and when 1t
is known tina the eggs Of the temal
number from two hundred to four
hundred, the Importance OF gathering
and destroying the egg masses De1ore
Matching time is very apparent. ms
pest is a general feeder, a variety OF
trees and vines suffering from its de-
predatiOns.
The methods for combating the
Tussock moth are collecting ana de-
stroying the egg masses. On large
trees where these cannot be reached
moisten them with a sponge saturated
with ]creosote and tied to q pole.
Spraying with ~rsenica farsenite or
lead. three pounds to fifty gallons or
water is best) at q time when they
are eating the leaves. To prevent
caterpillars from ascending, keep
trunks Of trees landed with cotton,
or some sticky material. such as tree
ttnglefoot. In cases Of bad fnfesta-
ton. combine some or all of the above
remedies.
All l%eaf-eating insects may be killed
with arsenical sprays. Or by nand-
picking, or by cutting off the infested
tWig and destroying the insects there
on. or by burning their colonies or
webs by means OF a torch on a pole,
or BY crushing them with the gioved
hand.
The intelligent care Of trees is 4
great aid in our battle with the in
sects. A tree planted in good soil,
vigorous and thrifty, we'll protected
from injury, stands a better chance
than one not go favored. A shade
tree injured by horses driven BY
thoughtless boys and others. a young
tree SCARED by a lawn mower. or a
large one either urder by cut
throat lnemen in running electric
wires. or burnt by contact with such
wires, invites attack, as does also a
tree pruned in n wrong way.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21
HINTS FOR THE D.AIRYMAN.

The best thing cor any dairying To-
cality is the organization OF cow test
associations.
The ANIMAL that pays the best is
bound to be in evidence as da .rymen
become better informed.
1t is a mistake to suppose that a
good COW of interior breeding is quail
hcu to drop q good calf.
Never feed hay or sweep or in any
way stir up dust just previous to m TX
ing time, for this Will contribute u
the ~ntTOductiO of bacteria, which
contaminates and Injuries the quail ty
of the milk.
Dirt always contains germs. There
fore wipe all dust from the cows I'D
der and TANKS with a Wet cloth before
milking begins and see tina, no dirt
has gained entrance to the milking
pail.
separate the cream while the milk
is still warm and in cold eathe first
run hot water through the separator
to warm it. Strain the milk into the
separator through n wire gauze.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

ed. For this purpose We must num-
Der every ear. This can be easily done
by taking numbered strips Of paper
and tying them with ordinary twine
to the ears. After the ears have all
been numbered, we may begin with
ear No. /. and remove one kernel
about two inches from the tp. and
another kernel about two inches from
the butt; then by sticking them III
pairs into the sand. we will have this
ear ready for testing. Follow the same
method with the second ear, and SO on.
until the kernels from ten ears are
placed in the first row. The number
Of ears that can be tested w II de-
pend largely on the size of the box.
An ordinary 10O-cigar box will hold at
least five rows, with ten pairs in each
row. The rows will then be num-
bered so as to enable us to find the
ears whose kernels failed to germi-
nate. BY counting down the rows,
and noting the kernels that nave
failed to germ nate, we will have no
difficulty in locating the bad ears.
After the SEED tester has received
all of the kerne that can be planted
conveniently, place over the kernels
the wetted muslin rag. then close the
cover and place on it a weight to
keep mice out. This seed tester should
then be placed in the kitchen or any
other warm situation. It should be
examined every a TO see that the
sand and cloth are moist. In the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

spections which show that it is per-
.ect to the y a further Inspection is
necessary for germ. mating quality.
This can be done only by using a
seed tester. Such an implement can
be readily made by any one on the
farm.
An ordinary cigar box, with , inches
Of sand in it, will make an excelIen,
seed tester. When ready for testing,
the sane in the box should be thor
Oughly Wetted, enough water being
used to cover the sand. Hold it in this
position four or five minutes, then
wet a musl II cloth and we are ready
to set in place the kernels to be test
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21
THE WHITE-M ARKED TTSSOCK
MOTH,
iRv T. l.. MaShburn.)

When full grown this is -one<Of our
most beautiful c~aterpHlars. immediate
ly recognized by the four white
tufts or tussockS on back. The head
is bright coral red, and the ods
marked with longitudinal yellow,
gray and black lines. Below the cat
erpllIar Is yai.uV. There are w
tufts Of lac pro5n:tin- for ward
from above the head. At the pos
terror end Of the body there IS one
hairy horn"
This worm when full grown
has been feeding for a month, and is
about an inch long. At that tine il
spins for itself a hairy This
may be on the tree where it has been
feeding. or upon other trees, or upon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

Weeds in many cases have been
blessings in disguise. They have
taught ua how TO cultivate the soil
and they never allow US to forget tho
lesson-"Solomon went by the field of
the siothful and by the vineyard OF
the man void Of understanding, and,
10, it was all grown over with thorns.
and nettles had covered the face
thereof
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21
\ simple seed-testing device.

course OF a week or ten days about
all Of the corn that is sound will have
terminated.
Another simple method of testing
seed is totake SO or 100 seeds OF
the kind to be tested and place them
between two folds of moistened cot
ton flannel or blotting paper. Place
on a plate and cover with another
plate or pane of glass and set IN a
warm room. Examine the seeds every
dav for six or eight days.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21
MI. SEED CORN SHOULD BE

(By p. Fl Rolls.

by proper seed selections and test
ing the corn crop a be greatly in
creased. Testing the seed requires out
1ttie time and no xpens and it is
me height of folly for a farmer to
piant seed and go to all the expense
necessary to accomplish that work,
without first knowing what kind Of
seed he is planting.
after the seed corn has been Sc
'ected and has passed all the in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21
ALFALFA NEEDS LIME.

We have found out q good many
things about Alfalfa on our farm.
Some of them may help you. No
other forage crop requires SO much
lime in the soil as does Alfalfa. The
young plants are very tender and are
apt to be killed by weeds during their
early stages of growth. Alfalfa Is
often killed by overflOws from streams
"a Well drained SOL is essential. Well
rotted barnyard n is the most
satisfactory fertilizer as fresh manur
is apt to carry too many weeds. The
time Of seeding Alfalfa varies. but
late Summe is usually best In the
a and South, while spring IS tn.
time. in the irrigated and semi-arid
sections OF the West, and also In the
North. Better experiment. on a small
acreage firSt.-C. M. S.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

Keep goslngs dry and moderately
warm while 'downy;'' confne them
in small, movable pens and change to
fresh grass daily. For SO to As hours
give nothing but tender grass, then
feed every 2 to 3 hours one-third corn
meal, two-thirds shorts, wet up and
squeezed almost dry, avoid sloppy food
and feed spar.ngly. After a week
give scalded racked corn and q grass
run.-Vincent NJ. Crouch.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

"Pecans require more time 10 come
into bearing than most other orchard
fruits, but the trees when nee set.
require less care and attention and a
we'll established pecan grove rarely
fails TO bring a good income. For
shade about the home pecan trees ar,
excellent
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

Scatter a few radish seed in the
rows of your winter onions. Inc
uick growing rad:shes will define tho
row and the eed may be hoed OUT
without injury to the new onion
plants.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

The first pound of coffee ever
crown in the United States was pro-
duced near BradentOWn. Florida, in
1850, by Nine. Julia AZerOth. The
seed came from Mexico. For this
pound the grower received $40 In ad-
dition to three medals.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

American fruits, fresh n dried,
are featured in the displays OF the
large grocers and produce dealers IN
the large cities of China. These bring
good prices, too.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

Texas ranks sixth in the lumber in
dustry Of the United States and sec
ond in the production of yellow pine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

little nitrate of soda is q good
thing to hurry along the growth Of
early vegetables. and especially In
gardens that are not we'll manfred.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

70 be q successful fruit or vegetable
grower one must fight bugs constantly.
Every gardner needs q spray pump.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-21

Sow beans in pots, and SOW early
peas in the hot-bed.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21
LIahtnIna nl.nesa hlm.

With the sight of one eye totally destroyed by lightning and but little hope of saving the other, Harry 40 ans submitted to a delicate surgical operation at the home Of his father at Atlantic City, N. j. Mr- Ad. ans. who Is tweaty-foar years old. is interested in a Philadelphia auto truck company and was in the offices of the concern when the severe electric storm broke. Standing before large mirror opposite a window on the Broad street side of the building. the genection of the vivid flash of light- Ring so affected his optic nerves that he fell to the floor unconscious. Vixen be vas revived it was found that the young man had lost his sight and he was rushed in an ambulance 10 hos pitai Later he vas removed to his home in this city. Specialists who made the operation fear his injuries are permanent
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
 NOVEMBER 2f

f579-sir Thomas Gresham, founder Of the Royal Exchange, died in London Born there in l519. 1899 Russia and Eo.apd signed a treaty of alliance against Swed- en.
 I7g0-Byran Walter Proctor fBarTy CornwalD, the pcet, born in Leeds, England Died in Lon don, Oct. 1, 1874. 1S35-James Hogg, noted English poet died. Bora iu t772. fSfg-P Princess Victoria Adelaide. cid. est daughter of Queen Victoria, born. Died Aug 5. 1901 lS56-Openiug of the Sarnia branch of Che Grand Trunk Railway connecting the main line with the United States border. 1S7S-The Halifax award of s5,0Go. Se00 WIS paid. to Canada isSe--Ret. George KS Dunlop coBse crated Protestant Episcopal bis hop of New Mexico. 1SS6-A practical phonograph. invent ed by homas A Edison. was an nounced
 1S94-Great massacre of Chinese by the Japenese in Tennessee. 190C-Fifty lives were lost in bur ricane in Tennessee.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21
sPANIsH-AMERicANs AND THE CAMPAIGN SEAPORT

The Mexican voters of Arizona, do not perhaps. attach any greater i'm. portance to the republican promise io procure seaport for Arizona on the gulf of California than the American voters do. but while the republicans have held out the seaport and the accompanying slice of Mex ican territory as a promise 10 the Americans. to our Mexican citizens it comes as a threat Though as a threat. it Is as futile as the promise, it produces a jar on Mexican sent- ment
 No country has furnished us with adopted citizens more loyal than those who have come from Mexico. but tbe latter while having become American citizens have lost none of their love for their native land. This sentiment is found equally strong in the American born sons of native Mexicans,
 Such voters. while not regarding with dread, the republican promise, for campaign purposes. to dismember Mexico certainly regard it with mingled impatienee and contempt which will be giveu expression at the polls.
 We cannot conceive that the vote Of single American will be won by the republican pledge of a seaport, but we can easily conceive that a large section of the spauish-Ameri. can vote will De alieuated by such 8 pledge
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21

ol5in esq TaRs all tho southerly ana westerly slope of these bare hills. I'd buy them in and plant eucalyptus on them. I'd do 1t for the joy of doing it anyway; but suppose I had that gam bling twist fin me which you talk about, why, I'd do 1t just the same and make money out of the trees. And there's my other point again Instead of raising the price Of coal without adding an ounce of coal 10 the market supply, I'd be making thousands and thousands of cords of frewood-mak- ing something where nothing was be- fore. And everybody who ever crossed on the ferries would look mp al these forested hills and be made glad Who was made glad by your adding four dollars ton to Rock Wells?
 It was Dayllght's turn to be silent For a time while she waited an an- swer.
 Would you rather l did things like ihat?" he asked at last.
 Tt would be better for the world, and better for you" she answered aon-committally
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21

There ain't no use to make e"m
 plaint
 Jes kase things ain't what they
 aint.
 When. when yer hungry, its surprisln Jes' to note how appetizing
 Lasses an con cake kin be: They're not to be snoze at. See? Don't forever be q naggin' Kase you ain't got no buzz wagon What no other car kin beat, Lak 70 neighbor 'Closs the street Your old mewl kin so a kitin' And is almost as eXcitln'
 Though he's lackin' some on style An don't cost an awful pile, Mewl obiling while you're talkin' Does mos suttin'ly beat walkin'. An a mewl aint swine explode An toss yo' cross de road hat ef yo hain't maxim money, Et don cost much to be sunny. Envy won't make you a cent Jealousy won't pay no rent. Settin round Ge house and wishin Aint gwine to heln condition
 Grab aholt, pull fo' de shore, When you're tired. puR some mo. PlOd along, no matter who is Better of, a pile than 70 is.
 Fl 70 would improve yo' lot, Make de bes' of what yo got
Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-21
g7FyN.THE.SPUR t8NdF~. .NoWEINT ST2l By ROY K. MOULTON.

very highly regarded in Switzerland, most or them costing in the neighbor. hood of s25 each.
 The guide goes first and attached to his waist is stout rope. At the end of this rope is the first tourist Around the first tourists waist anoth. cr rope is attached and at the end oi his ToTe is the second tourist, and so 0u, until seven or eight of them are strung together all in TOW. This Is done 50 that if tourist number should fall on a clid thousands Of feet high, he would take all the rest of the tour lst, and the guide with him. It is noi al al uncommon Uo see photo graphs of guide clinging desperate iy to the edge of a cliff ten or twelve thousand feet rom the ground with ten CT twelve tourists dangling from him and swinging in space. How they get out Of a predicament of this kind is never explained
 But it Is not necessary to climb the mountain to figure in an exploit of this kind There are several photograph galleries in Switzerland arranged for this very purpose. A man may appear to he hanging by his teeth from a mounain vine twenty thousslldss feet in the air, but helss lns;ts sStB.s 2aly hanging by his teeth in the nf6totfa ph gallery. with his feet only about ar inch and a half from the floor. Ar alpenst0ck is a wooden pole with a spike ot one end and fool at the other
 The main business of the alper stock is to get between the tourist legs and to tangle him up like circus acrobat or a man trying to undress in the upper berth of a Pullman sleep CT When this happens on the face Of a slippery cliff. the tourist in ques- ton starts hack for the hotel immedi- aieiy on his elbows and shoulder blades at a very high rate of speed and takes his party with him.
 II always pays to be polite to a guide and give him a chew of tobacco when he asks for it If he becomes al all peeved during the trip up the mountain. and grows tired of the com pany he is in, all the he has to do is 70 reach around behind him with his iaCkknife and cut the rope, and the company immediately departs and the guide is never bothered by that par ticular party again.
 The principal exports Of Switzer. !. land are yodlers. bell ringers. cheese and moving picture films
 The Swiss yodler is in class by himself and he can yodle louder and longer th-- any other yodler in the world. ]. he can get money 10 get out of Switzerland, he can yodle his way around the various vaudeville circuits in the United States and pick Up fortune.