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Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

probably not equal to several other
breeds in average milk yield, but the
comparison is hardly fair because
there are ten herds OF Holsteins, Jer-
seys or Guernseys to one Of the belt
ed, and II is easier to select compet-
tive herds of more popular breeds.
One Of the best practical uses OF
the pure bred stock is In crossing
With other cattle. The grade heifer
Of part Dutch belted ancestry is pref
ty sure to be a good animal for dairy
purposes. She win possess the char
acteristic white belt, although ends
Of body may be red or roam instead
OF black. She will be a large milk
yielder, the quality being good, al
though not particularly rich in butter
fat She is also likely to be long
lived producer and perhaps a little
more hardy than most pure bred
stock. The Dutch belted reproduce
their quality with remarkable exact
ness when crossing with other stock.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
TRACKED BY POSTAGE STAMPS
Little Peculiarly, but Il Meant Much
to the Trained Eye Of the
WatchfuI Detective.

Whether a man Is q criminal or a
law-abiding citizen. he ought to take
the pains to stick his postage stamps
on exactly straight" an old detective
said. "If he Is straight he won't lose
anything by 1t, and II he is crooked
he will gain. When / was In the gov
ernment service the first thing | found
cut about a man under suspicion was
the way he stuck on his stamps. One
of the cleverest swindlers ever land
ed was tracked through his postage
stamps.
After you put stamp on certain
way for little while 1t becomes sec
ond nature and you stick It on that
way unsconsciously. That was what
that man did All his stamps were
stuck on diagonally, leaving q little
triangle of a certain size at the cor
ner of the envelope. He was a slip
perry fellow and had eluded vigilance
for months. One day ! happened to
be lettering around a postoftice OF
country town where had gone on an
other trail. The mail came In. and
through the little window ] watched
the postmaster sort it. Presently
spotted an envelope with the stamp
stuck on in that triangular fashion. |
got the postmark. hiked back to that
town, and nabbed my man. II he had
put his. stamps on straight. probably
he never would have been caught"
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
SINGS DUETS WITH HIMSELF

German physicians are trying to
discover the mystery of man with
double voice. His normal voice is
a baritone of wide range, but in sing
ing he is able to accompany himself
In higher key. The Berliner Kill
nische Wochenschrift says that DR..
Schreier introduced this man at a re-
cent meeting of the Berlin Laryngo-
logical society, the members of which
examined him, without being able to
throw any light on this human duet
IK demonstrating his faculty he sings
an air first in the normal. then in the
double voice. Unfortunately, when
the laryngoscope is in position for
study the double singing is produced
with great difficulty and the artist
would not permit the use of cocaine
The possession of the double voice
makes 1t easy for him to initiate vari-
GUS instruments. As this class of
mimetics and also ventriloquists have
already been studied profitably with
photography the thought lay near to
use this diagnostic resource In the
present subject The skiagrams
showed enough to suggest to Schreier
that the double voice was produced
by the simultaneous action OF the
vocal cords and epiglottis. Others
have suggested that the extra voice
might have been produced with the
soft palate or ventricular bands. It
Is highly improbable that it can be
produced by the vocal cords alone.
AS the vibrations cannot be seen their
causation must remain conjectural.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
RECORD OF A HoLsTElN cow
Dairy Animal VIII Make About Ten
Times Better Use Of Her Food Than
q Good Steer.

(By PROF A. L. HACKER, Nebraska
Agricultural College.)
To illustrate the economic work Of
q good dairy COW In Transforming for
age and grain into human food. l
wish to call attention to the record Of
q Holstein COW owned at the Ne.
braska station. This COW produced in
one year 1880 pounds of milk,
which contained 1917 per cent of
solids, which is equivalent to 2,503
pounds of total solids, which is large
ly assimilative and In the most favor
able condition for human food.
A good steer at the proper age and
under the best methods OF feeding will
increase his weight about 750 pounds
IN a year. After deducting 55 or so
per- cent. of dressing. and IS per cent
for water, We have remaining about
$50 pounds of nutriment, as against
$500 pounds for the COW. In other
words a good COW makes about ten
times better use OF her food than a
good steer.
This ! have given merely to illus
trate that where economy In the use
OF stock food is necessary the dairy
COW viii prove to be far better ami
NAL in turning profits.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

statue is about two inches in length
and is made of equal parts of gold,
silver and copper. and is Of exquisite
workmanship.
Another image recovered to which
attaches especial interest is the figure
Of man-god. the physical character
istics Of which coincide with those of
the mummied bodies. II also bears a
marked resemblance to the Egyptians.
The curved nose, running straight
from the forehead, eyes and thick
lips, are closely like the sculptured
heads which have been recovered of
rxhrtmes III. Princess Nefert and
Of early Egyptian kings In limestone
at Karaak.
These images, together with the
methods Of embalming, the art OBJ
jects and household and industrial
implements. it is believed. give strong
grounds for concluding that the civili-
zation of the Egyptians of the historic
period and the ancient Peruvians came
from the same source, or that the
Egyptians got their civilization from
the Peruvians.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
stumped.

When Senator Edmunds of Vermont
was visiting a small town in that state
years ago he was 1yited by the mem
bers of a church of large membership
to address the pupils Of the Sunday
school.
The subject matter was self-reliance
In the face of adversity and danger,
and, to illustrate his point, the sena-
tor told Of an adventure in the Maine
woods in his boyhood.
Il was making my way through the
painless Wilderness" said the senator,
when suddenly came upon a huge
bear. There was deep ravine behind
me, and fight was impossible. Sum-
moning up all my resolution. l ad-
vanced toward the great brute, and
looked him squarely in the eye"
The senator paused to let the pic
ture thus vividly drawn sink into the
youthful minds of the class. Then
little hand shot up from the rear
seats and thin voice piped up:
Which eyer"
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
SKINNED MILK IS VALUABLE
Most important Of AIi ny-Produets on
Dairy Farm-Especlafly Good
for Young Animals.

Skinned milk is the most impor-
tant OF all the by-products on a farm
In the dairy line. II is worth from
Is cents to 81 hundred pounds, ac-
cording to its quality and the use that
is made of II.
Hand separator skinned milk is OF
greater value and of greater use than
skinned milk obtained by any other
method. 1t gives better satisfaction
because the milk Is uniform every day.
If properly fed, SKINNED milk can
not be surpassed as food for young
animals. The greatest danger and
largest waste comes from overfeeding.
especially young pigs and calves.
When the calf is two weeks old, its
feed may be gradually changed from
whole milk until only the skinned
milk is fed. Calves seem to thrive
better on the warm SKINNED milk
from the hand separator than on the
creamery, where the milk Of several
hundred cows is mixed
II the chickens are fed on skinned
milk and allowed a free range. they
will grow very fast. In feeding milk
to chickens 1t is greater economy to
let the milk stand until 1t is thick.
Skinned milk is a very satisfactory
pig food. Pigs seem naturally in
clined to the sour rather than the
sweet milk, but in either case grain
must be fed in order to make q bal
anced ration.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
FINDS ANCIENT RACE
Archaeological Remains of I'm
portance Found in Peru.
Region Near Lake TltIcaca Excavated
and Tombs Are Dlscovered-5ody
of Princess Buried 5000 Years
3. c., Is Recovered.

San Francisco.-Archaeological re-
mains of vast Importance to the crit
ical historian and anthropologist and
which contribute valuable new evil
dence, IL not an entirely new theory,
upon the origin and history Of races,
are being unearthed In Peru by treas
ure hunters and scientists, according
TO Charles R. Kehler, an American
mining engineer. who arrived in San
Francisco a few days ago from the
land of the Incas. Mr.. Keller has
Just completed mining survey Of
the region south of Lake Titicaca,
and while prospecting near Arequipa,
his Indian workmen discovered a
number OF small tumulii. which proved
to be the tombs of people of an an
dent race.
The bodies had been embalmed in
the same manner as the Egyptian
mummies, and the tombs contained,
many statues and idols Of immense
interest in, historic anthropology. One
tomb cor lined the mummified re-
mains ofsa princess in an excellent
state of preservation. The body was
found in sitting posture, with the
feet drawn up under the thigh and
the hands folded across the breast.
The body was wrapped in long cloth
of the finest linen, In which had been
woven pictorial and hieroglyphical de-
signs. The body was adorned with
a heavy gold breast plate, necklace,
wristlets and anklets, and carried un-
der each arm a golden vase. One of
these vases was the deceased's cocoa
bowl, In which a quantity of the pre-
pared cocoa leaves and lime still re-
mained.
Professor Hiram Bingham, who II
at the head Of an exploring expedi-
ton from Yale university, has made
several similar discoveries, but what
is considered more important than
the treasure recovered is the finding
of number Of idols and images
which throws hitherto unknown light
upon the customs and physiological
peculiarities of the people.
The tombs discovered near Are
quipa, according to the archaelogists,
were closed at least 5000 years B. C.
They belong to a preInca race. either
the Chiapas. Sauaseras or the Hua-
las. Among the interesting images
brought north by Mr.. Keller. one is
of a god which bears a striking re-
semblance to the early Coptic reliefs
found at Knossus. In Egypt This
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
PROPER CARE OF DAIRY cow
Jersey Is Highly Developed Milking
Machine and Her Characteristics
Have Become Fixed.

am every ready to say a good word
for the dairy COW. l ordinarily give
my cows bran and ground oats, even
when have to buy the feed, and l can
unhesitatingly say that they always
pay 1t back even twofold. The breed
which has given me best results are
Jerseys, says a writer in an exchange.
Some say they do not sell well, but
have never been troubled IN this re-
spect. have always been able to dis
pose Of at good prices any offered for
sale, no matter what color they we're,
providing they were fat. I select the
best heifers from The herd and sell the
rest. Last summer / milked nine
cows. but this summer / win have
double that number. because a number
Of heifers are coming In this spring.
But never let cows run out every
day or roam around the barn during
winter. because the profit would then
be very small. 1t does not pay to have
cattle shiver and freeze and use up
flesh to keep warm when the object Is
to produce milk. / prefer to milk at
regular hours, and 1t means a great
deal; in fact, more than many dairy
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

men realize. I never chase the cows
home with dog. But the animals
learn to recognize the voices of my
wife and children. and as soon as they
hear their names called come, because
they have been so handled that they
love 10 be petted, fondled and milked.
The Jersey COW is highly develop
ed milk making machine. She has
been bred so long for this purpose
that her characteristics have become
fixed, and the descendants Of we'll
bred dairy COW can be depended upon.
The amount Of milk that she will
make depends largely on the amount
OF food that you can get her to use.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
ODD SHOWERS OF SPIDERS

Gilbert White gives an account OF
a spider shower that continued for
nearly whole day. Darwin saw one
at sea- Each spider was supported,
1t appears, by a tiny parachute COM
posed Of a few threads of almost In
visible gossamer. Spider showers
have from time to time been made the
subject Of scientific reports in this
country. One of them gives this
description of the phenomenon:
On the morning of this shower
there had been some electrical dis.
turbance. There had been one loud
peal Of thunder but no rain. At 10
o'clock there was observed a number
OF spiders that ran over the coat
sleeves of the observer. He brushed
on several trails Of gossamer web.
Upon looking about he discovered
that the houses, walls and trees
showed these webs dangling from
them; and that other gossamer webs
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
TOP OF DROWNED cONTIkfrr

The British museum is cute,.s,.
expedition to the Pacific TO r,
solve the problem of gigantic n,.>,
toric stone images Of human 49,.
discovered on Carter island
speck In the ocean. about s.5oo n''s..
west Of Chilli.
1t Is thought that maybe TIA. ,..,.
isle OF mystery is the last pipnae,. ..
submerged continent which oars =
bygone ages occupied the greater "a.
Of the South Pacific and no.s,,,'
Joined Asia and America. The ipa-r
tants may have gradually been forc,,
to the top of the last peak, ther. Z.
perish. only after they had erect.
their wonderful monuments.
The island is only forty-five son.,.
miles In area, but on It there h,s.
been raised immense platforms fss,s
the sea and formed Of huge stan,,
fitted together without cement 49,
Of the separate stones weleh A..
tons. and the sea wall at pise.s 4.
30 feet high and 400 feet long ~
the land side Of the platforms ths,.
are broad stone terraces. on whies
stand. upon pedestals. huge nrure,
carved out Of lava from the crater !,
an extinct volcano several mlIs.
away.
There are In all 555 Of these insrn
most of which have been thrcu,
down perhaps thousands Of yesss sro
The largest is sixty-elght feet Ian,
from the top Of the head to the hins
and its nose is eleven feet In lenrih
None OF the images shows q fsurs
below the hips and they seem 70 kay,
been originally set on their pedestal.
as busts. Several Of the busts vs,zb
ESQ tons apiece.
There is evidence that the work d,
the images suddenly ceased. Vsn
numbers Of human skeletons are u..
der the stone platforms. probably th,
bones Of people who were sacri6cei
to the images.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
FISH ALMOST BROWNS BOY
seventeen-Pound "cat" Pulls Jersey
Lad Out Of Soat--saved
by Friend.

Newark. N. J.-Cuthbert Everett. a
seventeen-year-old Ritchfield boy, had
narrow escape from drowning while
fishing In Greenwood lake, when a
seventeen-pound catfish pulled him
out of the boat into the water. Wish
ing to light cigarette. Everett made
q loop In his line and threw It over
his head. Scarcely had he done so
when a tug at the line pulled him
clear out Of the boat. II was almost a
minute before the boys head appear
ed above water. over 200 feet away.
A friend who was fishing near by
reached him In time to lift him out Of
the water before he went down the
third time.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
The Hat Question In 1890.

The Handel festival was originally
given in Westminster Abbey, and the
official notice of 1890 announced that
mo ladies will be admitted with hats,
and they are particularly requested to
come without feathers and very small
hoops, II any" AS ecclesiastical law
demands that female worshippers shall
cover their heads in church, this regu-
lation was curiously anomalous. A
suggestion in regard to ladies' head
gear was also made by Sir Frederic
Cowen in 1906. when he gave 1t as his
opinion that the ladies might discover
in their wardrobe some extremely
fascinating fat hats" which would
not obstruct the view. The 'fascinat-
ing fat hats" were, however, chiefly
conspicuous by their absence, owing
presumably 1--WE write subject to fem
mime correction) to the fact that the
nat hat was not among the fashions
Of that year.-London Globe.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
NoTEs
@H@ -

Select the milking-stool for comfort,
not for a club.
The best pasture fence IL good feed
in the pasture.
A suspected COW should be tested
with tuberculin.
A dark stable helps keep the cows
quiet at milking time.
In milking 1t is the last few pulls
that produce the profits.
The making Of butter on the farm
Is almost thirg Of the past.
Cream testing abovo 35 win keen
sweet longer than that testing lower.
The good dairy COW eats largely.
iigests amply and milks abundantiy.
An old gunnysack thrown over n
COW is better than nothing to keep OF
the flies.
A bit Of grain In the manger at milk.
ing time can call the cows farther
than you can.
Cows, TO do their best, should have
some green or succulent feed every
day In the year.
The hotter the weather the hotter
the water should be with which the
milk things are cleaned.
The profit to be made from dairy.
ing depends upon feeding and care an
well as upon breeding.
Dairy products are high. Where II
that surplus Of dairy products some
folks vere sure We we're to hayef
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
STRANGE GREENLAND TREE

Dauphin county. Pennsylvania, con-
tains the only tree OF its kind In the
world. species Of Greenland fir, and
although less than foot high the
circumference Of the space covered
BY its branches is sixty feet This
tree Is located on the Shenk farm in
Bull Frog valley 1t Is at least zoo
years old. and from a short distance
1t appears to be simply a collection
OF small shrubs. Horticulturists Of
the country who have heard Of the
phenomenon have made offers OF sub
stantial sums for the tree. with q
view to removing It roots and al;
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

We're continually falling from above
and adding to the accumulation.
By midday a fence was festooned
from point to point of its triangular
rail tops with a ribbonlike ladder Of
gossamer. and this continued to be-
come broader and broader as the tiny
creatures continued to run along this
ladder, each spider increasing the
breadth by adding fits own contribu-
ton Of another silken thread.
All along this ladder the spiders
were running in an excited and hur-
ried manner. as II they has lost their
way in a strange country. Some. in
proceeding over their improvised
road, made mistakes and got into the
bordering webs of the garden spiders,
by which they were speedily de-
voured
At o'clock the clouds vanished,
the sun came out and the observer
noticed that some of the spiders had
begun to reascend into the atmos-
phere. Fixing his gaze upon one Of
them he observed that as 1t left the
gossamer pathway it selected a clean
spot on an iron railing and. gathering
its legs closely together, projected its
spinnerets. several threads that ex-
tended outward and stretched up
ward from nine to twelve inches.
Then this parachute seemed to show
a buoyant tendency, and suddenly the
tiny creature let go of the iron rail.
or was lifted OF 1t. and quickly vali-
ished into the air.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
JUDGE Defends shrew..

London-By defense Of sharp ton
gued women Magistrate Symmons of
the Marylebone police court became
the center Of storm of controversy.
The newspapers are filed with letters
from people who do and do not agree
with him Good housewives. and
good mothers generally have sharp
tongues" said the magistrate. The
meek and mild type is apt to be Inn
posed on. and their homes are n
clined to be muddlsd--
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
BABcocK TESTER is PRAISED
InveHtion Has Revolutionized Dairy
Ing lndustry--BulIetln Issued
by Wiseonsion Station.

A titting recognition of DR.. Stephen
Moulton Babcock's services to the
dairy world through the invention Of
the milk tester bearing his name is
found In a circular lately issued by
the Wisconsin experiment station. It's
title Is The Coming Of Age" Of the
Bahcock Test, and It is written by
Dean Russell. In bulletin "a, issued
In 1890 by the same station. the Bah
cock test was given to the public. The
invention has so completely revolu-
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
THEsDEl|AEfRY
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EXCELLENT AS DAIRY COWS
Dutch BeIted Cattle Have Same Gen.
eral Qualities Of HoIsteIn and
Give Large MIX Yield.

Not very many pure bred herds Of
Dutch belted cattle are found any
where in America. and their appear
ance at the cattle shows always at
tracts attention because Of the unus-
ual color markings. Each animal
Possesses the broad white belt about
the body presenting the appearance of
a blanket
The Dutch belted cattle have the
general qualities of the Holsteins and
are inclined to large milk yield. AS
the herds actually exist they are
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
BEETLE VERSUS BEETLE

Ceyion tea. highly priced in Amsr.
lea, is threatened by the iavasion Of
an insect called the shot-hols bso,la
1t commits ravages on tea and can.
phor plants. To combat It the govern.
ment entomologists have introduced
q ferocious beetle. found In America.
which is an implacable enemy Of tie
horers. II this pest fighter VIII live
in the tropics IT will be lcosed among
the millions Of destructive insects
with the hope Of saving the tea and
camphor plantations.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

rocks. living sea moss and kelp and
couple Of fish. while sand and shells
were spread on the bottom. The aqua
rum was placed in the sun and q
canvas hung behind II; then the cam
era was advanced until the object was
In focus. but the sides Of the aquarium
were out Of range Of the lens. When
the finny specimens were artistically
grouped the bulb was pressed and a
charming submarine" view was OBJ
tanned.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
Need for TubereuIln Test.

No cows should be allowed In the
herd furnishing certified milk except
those which have successfully passed
terbereulln test All must be tested
at least once q year. by veterinarian
approved by the milk commission.
Any animal suspected Of being In bad
health must be removed from the
herd and her milk rejected.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

but these offers have been consist
emily refused. Aside from tree sps'
cialists and residents Of the neigh
borhood. few persons have heard Of
the spreading tree. In Greenland. its
original home, the species never
grows high and Is httle more than .
shrub. In its natural surroundings
II does not attain anywhere near the
circumference Of the one in Pennsyl-
venia-
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY.

The aluminium industry has grown
enormously from a production Of less
than 100000 pounds In the United
States in 1883. In the next ten years
1t had become $4,000 pounds, and IN
1903 1t was 100000 pounds. while
today It is 50.00o.O00 pounds.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

Mixers should do their work
quietly and at the same hour morning
and evening. Jerking the teat in
creases materially the bacterial con-
tamination Of the milk and should be
forbidden.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
Dairy Cow /. MaehIns.

The dairy COW is a machine for
turning hay, rough fodder and grain
into concentrated product that can
b. easily taken to market and turned
into cash and still leave the refuse and
waste matter behind to enrich the
land.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

n young stock are reduced to star
walton rations In q drouth-stricken
pasture they not only cease to grow.
but they suffer = letdown In condition
from which they are very slow to 10
cover.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
Advanced.

Mrs. Willis-Is she advanced?
Mrs Gillis-Frightfully So She is
the suffragette leader of a new relig-
lous sect In Socialistic community,
where they talk nothing but univer
sal language.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06
FROM NEwToNs APPLE TREE

A bit Of wood cut from the appls
tree In Sir Isaac Eewton's garden
which gave the world the theory Of
sravitation has been presented to The
Royal Astronomical society.
Tensas gazette., 1912-09-06

tionized dairying. putting It on q
sound business basis. that upon its
twenty-nrst birthday Official recogni.
tion Of the inventors work is given by
the same institution that fostered the
invention The circular contains Q
complete account OF the invention of
the tester and should be read with In
terest wherever cows are known.