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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

The new parcels post law has been
viewed with a great deal Of misgiv-
ing by retail merchants everywhere
However, it should give them new op.
portunities of which they have had
little conception.
It improves their position as re
spects distant mail order houses. A
mail order house 300 to 600 miles
away must pay 81 cents to get a 10
pound parcel mailed. The local mer-
chant serving the same article to a 50
mile territory, can get the some thing
thing carried for 80 cents. He can
send it for local delivery, including
such rural routes as may start at the
home post office, for ID cents.
A mail order house over 1000 miles
away must pay 81 cents to get such a
parcel mailed.
1t should be possible for the local
merchants Of this town to develop a
good trade in the outlying country for
material to be delivered by parcels
post.
Suppose farmer wants a steak for
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
NORTH or ALvARApo

- So IS . = !. q Z. . . = .
1t does seem more like Christmas
since we have snow and everybody is
enjoying the sleighing.
/ Parents Day was observed at the
school in district No. 8, last Friday.
Quite a few Of the parents came out
to hear and see work done by the
children. The Blues of the Liter
airy Society gave good, short pro-
gram. The little folks enjoyed the
visit of Santa most of all
Miss Edith Peterson who has been
attending the state normal, at Moor
head, came home Saturday to spend
the holidays at home.
Miss Ula Pealstrom, who is teach
ing at Montrose, Mimi, is at home t-,~
the holidays.
Among the n. S. G. students who
came home Saturday were Hilma and
Judith Peterson and Ruth and Levina
Nordlund.
The meetings conducted by the
Misses Sterling and Holland, at the
Hagglund school, will be continued all
this week. These women are doing
a good work and should be encourag-
ed by all.
The Chidren's festival, at the SWe.
dish Lutheran church, will be given
on Wednesday evening. Christmas
morning Prof Knock, OF North Star
COilege. vii preach the Jul otta SER
mon.
Miss Marie Sylyander is spending
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
BEING a COLLEGE PROFESSOR

The announcement that President
Taft is to become college professor
will cause some commotion among the
busy money makers. The estimate
has recently been made that an ex-
president, by using such business op-
portunities as naturally come to him,
could make $4,000 a year. Why
should Mr.. Taft take position thar
will pay him but $4,000, and will take
a big chunk out of his time?
The position of college professor
does not have the social standing as
of yore. It does not attract young
men as it used to- The professors
themselves are the first to admit and
deplore it.
Formerly the professor could wear
his rusty tail coat for 20 years. Now
he must have his swallow tail, his din
ner coat, his Prince Albert, all fresh
and frequently revised to the latest
college boy taste.
He associates with persons who are
wealthy. The plumber, the tailor as
sess him bill to correspond. He is
taxed by the Improvement society for
drives over which he never travelled.
He and his family must needs follow
that many headed beast, Society, into
the lair of all kinds of expensive invi-
tations and costly associations.
His average salary is about $4,000.
To work up to it he must have spent
several costly years under the gerund
grinders of German universities. He
must work for a mechanics pay for.
the years of probationary period
He must renew and add to his Euro
pean impressions occasionally And
for all this his wife must toll, spin and
save the basting threads He must
ride creaky bicycle of antique pat
tern, at which even the village ur-
chins point with derision.
But there are wise old books in!
their libraries (even if they may be
borrowed copies that tell them how
to deal with these difficulties. They
recall what Socrates, who had worldly
goods worth but $1OO, said to Kritobo.
lous, who had 5000: Il am richer
than you, for my possessions satisfy
my desires, while yours do not
So the professors seem to get along
very cheerfully, even if the brightest,
boys of their classes look askance sat'
a job that does not provide an auto
mobile the second year. Perhaps
President Taft's example may suggest
to a few Of these fellows that not all.
the earth's best wages are paid in
coin.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
.FURS FOR MOURNING
Ill BLACK ONES MAY De CON
slDERED IN STYLE.
oeaiskIn Also Worn, 80 1here 10 {
Considerable Variety TO Choose
From Grape Always Combines
Well With Fur.

All the black furs and those dyed
black are used for mourning wear.
sealskin. although not black. is also
worn. There Is q great variety to
choose from, including fox, marten
(skunk), caracul, Persian lamb. as
trachan. broad tail, pony and black
lynx. Many other skins are dyed
black and sold under assumed names.
They are practical ana look very
we'll.
Grape combines beautifully with fur
and is used in conjunction with It %
/ make up SOME y beautiful sets Tor
mourninsswear. By addtn9 Grape furs
may be rsmodeled and the most els-
CANT effects produced. Furthermore
small NUNS may b made large and
the unworn portions Of coats or scaffs
used for new and fashionable neck
Raeces.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
SOME NEW YEAR REFLECTIONS

Another year will soon be cast inuo
the fathomless abyss of Time, to join
the myriad others that have been un-
rolled since the Earth began it's annu-
al swing around the sun. Before an
other issue OF the Sheaf reaches it's
readers new year will have begun
to unfold. Standing at the threshold
OF a new year, an opportune time is
presented for retrospect and re-
Election. At the end of the year the
careful business man takes invoice of
his stock and looks over his accounts
in order to ascertain where he is at.
II the balance is on the right side of
the ledger, he feels measure of sat
isfaction, but if it is not, his smile is
much less cheerful. In the latter case
if he is made Of the right stuff, he will
try to do better next year He will
try to avoid the mistakes in manage
ment, which brought him failure and
disappointment. So in life it is very
fitting for every person at the close
Of the year to take account of his or
her mental growth during the year.
Have we improved and widened our
mental and moral vision during the
past 365 days? Have we taken adj
vantage of and used tine opportunities
we have had to add to the sum total
Of human happiness: Are o,r lives
richer and fuller by reason OF our ex.
periences during the year? If these
questions cannot be answered in the
affirmative, the balance is on the
wrong side of the ledger, and it be
hooves us during the coming year to
strive to live more nobly, more un-
selfishly and to cultivate the talents.
God has given us more assiduously, so
that at the end of another year men
tai and moral bankruptcy may not
stare us in the face.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

Wisconsin has started war
against the second hand school book,
which is declared to be one of the
most effective carriers of disease and
almost impossible to entirely disin-
feet. With the common drinking cup
and lowell, the old school book from
which a whole neighborhood has been
taught, is doomed to the ash heap.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

Nothing could be handsomer than
the combination Of Grape and Pdr-
sian lamb. A collar and mum ate
shown here Of Grape and fur, WON
with q cap having a fur crown ana
Grape coronet.
A small mum provided the fur Tor
the large one shown here. A largb
''bed" was suitably lined with son
black silk and double ruffles Of Grape
laid about each end. The fur IN
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

Please remember that the Sheaf
makes an ideal Christmas or New
Years gift to send to some friend or
relative. 1t will be a welcome week
~ reminder of you throughout the
year.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

3. A. For Deceased Student.
Minneapolis, Dec. 26.-The academ
e college Of the university has voted
: bachelors degree to Ralph Stokes, .
Minneapolis sstudent who died last
summer from the after effects of dfph-
iberia Nh. Stokes had been unable
10 complete his course because Of sick
less.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

:. \ - = + ass I. :
All Goods in Show Windows at =
H. & HIS of Radium, are on :
Sale at Cut Prices. Come and :
See. :
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
Wealthy Farmer Ends His Life.

WedlIny drn1er Enus IT'S Lie.
Pisek, N. D., Dec. "a. James Wiz.
mund, reputed to be one Of the wealth
lest farmers IN Walsh county, shot and
killed himself on his farm near here.
Domestic troubles are held respon.
sible.
Notice: II you have anything you
want to buy or sell, place an adver-
tisement in the Sheaf want column.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Valley Spring Water
Co., will be held at the Office on jan
2, 1913, at 8p. m.
ct J. A.. Grindeland,
Sec. and Mgr
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
Legal advertisements a. Legal Rates.

The sheaf extends to one and all of
its many readers and friends, sincere
good wishes for a prosperous and hap
py new year.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-12-26

on Iu0 covering Oh B parcel, OF On =
tag or label attached to It, the occu-
patton of the sender, and to indicate
In a small space by means OF marks.
letters, numbers, names or other brief
description, the character Of the par.
eel, but ample space must be left on
the address side for the full address
in legible characters and for the ne
cessary postage stamps. Inscriptions
such as Merry Christmas, Z Please
do not open until Christmas Happy
New Year" with best wishes and
the like, may be placed on the cover
ing of the parcel in such manner as
not to interfere with the address.
Distinctive Stamps.
The law requires that the postage
IN all matter must be prepaid by
distinctive parcel post stamps affixed.
pcstmasters cannot receive for mail
ing parcels that do not bear such
stamps.
Parcel post stamps are not valid for
the payment Of postage on matter Of
the first, second, and third classes,
and when used for that purpose, the
matter to which they are affixed shall
be treated as Held for postage
Maps and Guides.
Parcel post maps, with accompany.
Ing guides, are to be sold to the pub
lie at their cost, Is cents, through the
chief clerk Of the post Office depart
5ment. n ordering maps care
should be taken to specify the post
office from which the postage rates
are to be determined.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
FOR SERVING TARTAR SAUCE
Idea Put Into Use by One Hostess
Would Seem to Have Many
Good Points.

A good idea for the serving Of tar
tar sauce of mayonnaise is suggested
by one enterpriisng housewife. She
cuts lemon in half, cleans out the in
side thoroughly and then fills the
halves with the sauce. She serves
one to each guest. When fish or sal
ad is served the little lemon cups are
placed around the edge of the platter
and one is taken by each guest. In
this way the sauce is kept firm and
strong instead of melting into liquid
when put on hot plate.
For the home where guests are al
ways arriving and departing there is
nothing quite so nice for the windows
as white cotton crepe. This may be
simply hemmed or trimmed with ball
fringe. For the dressers and bureaus
covers of fieece-lined pique will be
found very satisfactory. This may
be cut into the required size and the
edges buttonholed in scallops. Two
sets of curtains and covers should be
kept on hand, one in use and clean
oue besides. o.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
IN THESE DAYS OF DIVORCES
Really Nothing Remarkable In tho
Simple and Frank Explanation
of the Small Boy.

We were walking down the street
Sunday and we saw the most beauti.
ful child sitting on the front steps
OF pretty house, says Ted Robinson
His eyes were so big and blue, his
curly head SO golden, his innocent
smile so frank and inviting that we.
could not resist the temptation to en-
ter into conversation with him.
We'll. son." we said in the idiotic.
ally genial way with which an adult
usually addresses a child, how old
are your
Four" lisped the infant. (He didn't
really lisp 1t, because you can't lisp.
when you say four; but that's the way
children are supposed to do.)
Isn't that fne!" ut would have.
been just as fine II he'd been three,
though, or five. More idiocy.) AND
whose little boy are you?"
Mammals III boy"
Aren't you papa's little boy, too?'"
Nope"
why aren't you papas little boy?"
The decree gimme to mamma"
Then we went on our pleasant way.
Savannah Morning News.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
PROPER DEGREE OF NEGLECT
Sometimes Hard, Even for the Wisesi
Mother, to Know When to Draw
the Line.

Wholesome neglect is about tie
best kind of care child can receive"
she said. And my children have all
had plenty of it,"
The other mother was so impressed
by the words of the mother of seven
healthy children that she actually be-
gan to practice little bit of whole
some" neglect with her own eve lamb.
One day the little girl came running
to her with cut finger. Formerly
that mother would have called in a
physician to bind up the cut. But hav.
ing decided to make use of whole
some" neglect, she merely took out
her handkerchief, wrapped it around
the child's finger, dried her tears, and
told her to run back and play.
The mother of the seven children
happened to be present. When the
little girl had run away she said to
the other mother. THAT is a very dan
gerous way to treat a cut. Do you
usually follow that practice?"
NO" replied the other mother; II
usually send for the doctor. But
am following your example, and using
wholesome neglect"
The other mother meditated a mo.
ment, and then she said, 1T is not
necessary, l think, to call in a doctor
when child cuts her finger but to
bind it up with a handkerchief that
has been carried even for few hours,
exposed to dust, and not to cleanse
the finger thoroughly before binding
it up at all, seems to me, if may say
so, to be not wholesome but "un.
wholesome neglect. So many per.
sons" she went on, Confuse whole
some with 'unwholesome' neglect.
don't blame them at all; it is hard
always to know the one from the
other!"-Home Progressive Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
silk Street Costumes.

The vogue for silk street costum>I
continues, and the colored silks which
made their appearance last year are
to be found in greater variety and
more beautiful designs this fall Many
materials are shown in piquelikI
weavings in blac kand white, and al 8
utilized for costumes and coats.
Tartan and checked material a. q
shown in velvet and silk as well as In
the regulation wooden fabrics. There
are blue-green checks, through which
run red. blue or orange-yelloN
threads and large shadow squares II
dark colorings decked with TAri0a1
tintA
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21

tBy JOSEPH MONTGOMERY. Secretary
of NJ nnesota Stallion Registration
! Board)
Never in the history of the draft
horse has the future appeared SC
promising to breeders as now, despite
the statements of a leading speaker
at the annual meeting of the State
Veterinarians association at Mime
apolis that the automobile and auto
truck were driving it out of bust.
ness. There is no reason, in the light
of statistics, why the doom of the
draft horse should be spelled by the
auto.
Though the enormous number OF
auto-trucks in the cities might lead
one to believe that they were crowd
ing the draft horse out of business,
actual figures do not prove it. Sta
tistlcs in the office of the Minnesota
stallion registration board show that
the number of sires used in this state
for horse-breeding has increased from
3.544, May 1, 1910, to 4,445, May /,
1912. During the same period the
number of registered draft sires has
increased So per cent, there now be-
ing over 1,450 in Minnesota. This is
an excellent guide to conditions of
the industry in this state and through.
out the country.
Never in the history of the Chicago
and St Louis markets. the two larg-
est ones in the United States. has
the demand been so keen or the
prices so high for high class horses
of all sypes, especially the superior
Graft type. Statistics from the u s.
bureau of animal industry show that
the number Of horses in this country
has increased from 13,500O0O to 81
100000 in the past decade. The value
o. all horses in this country has in
creased from $45 to S115 in the same
period This has occurred despite
the increase in the use of automo
biles.
First class draft horses have been
almost prohibitive in price this year,
because of the great demand for them,
and team of drafters has often
sold as high as $500 to $1,000. The
demand for high class saddle and
carriage horses in the eastern cities
has been so great that their prices
have been almost prohibitive to
many who can afford automobiles.
All this should be very encourag-
ing to- persons in the United States
Interested in horse.breeding. When
horses have increased at so rapid
rate the last two years. and prices
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
KEEPING POULTRY
FREE FROM LICE
Recipe for Making Ointment Rec
commended by Prof. Graham
Also Kills FIeaS.

What many breeders considel bet
ter than powder for killing lice and
mites Is an ointment recommended
by Professor w. R. Graham of
Guelph, Canada, one who has made
a life study of poultry in the Domin-
ion
1t is composed as follows: Mercury,
so parts; lard, 25 parts; beef suet,
% parts; oleate of mercury, 2 parts,
The suet, if bought from the butcher,
will have to be rendered over fire
and poured into the lard while it is
warm, ard then stir in the mercury
and oleate of mercury. Use a
table knife or spoon to do the
stirring. Do not put hands into
it. Should 1t prove too stiff to
easily apply as an ointment, thin with
a little cotton seed oil. All ingredi-
ents should be weighed rather than
measured. Put it away in small vas
cline bottles or boxes well covered, and
1t will keep for months. This ointment
will rid poultry of head lice and Texas
fieas. For other mites and lice rub 1t
in we'll about the fluff below the vent
and under the wings 1t will not only
kill the live vermin. but destroy the
nts as we'll
1t is valuable thing for turkey rails
ers to use on the old and the young.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21

My market ducklings are all raised
from White Pekin ducks, which have
the range OF half acre five ducks to
one drake, says a writer in the Poul
try Journal. use hens for mothers
setting the eggs about February l. |
sell them at ten weeks old, when they
weigh from Ave to six pounds, and
secure IA to 16 cents a pound live
weight. When the ducklings are first
Matched l keep them in small quar-
tiers and feed about six times day,
giving mixed feed, a little cornmeal,
cut clover and plenty of sand after
the first week, about four times a
day. At six weeks l give them all
they will eat of clean. mixed feed, corn
meal, clover, with fresh meat from a
rending place. feed two quarts of
meat, with plenty of sand, 20 rs duck
hnKs The Little fellows get fed every
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
"PRoUD AND GLAD"
Because Mother Looked So Well
After Quitting Coffee.

An Ohio woman was almost dis
tracted with coffee dyspepsia and
heart trouble.
Like thousands of others, the drug
-cdfeine-in coffee was slowly but
steadily undermining her nervous
system and interfering with natural
digestion of food. (Tea is just as in
furious as coffee because it contains
caffeine, the poisonous drug found In
coffee.)
For 80 years." she writes, 81 have
used coffee. Have always been sick
ly-had heart trouble and dyspepsia
with ulcers in stomach and mouth 80
bad, sometimes, l was almost dis
tracted and could hardly eat thing
for week.
Il could not sleep for nervousness,
and when would lie down at night
I'd belch up coffee and my heart
would trouble me. 1t was like poison
to me. / was thin-only weighed 125
lbs, when / quit coffee and began to
use Postum.
From the first day that belching
and burning in my stomach stopped.
could sleep as soundly as anyone
and, after the first month. whenever
1 met any friends they would ask me
what was making me 80 feshy and
looking so well.
Sometimes, before could answer
quick enough, one OF the children or
my husband would say, Why, that ID
what Postum is doing for her'-they
were all so proud and glad
when 1 recommend 1t to anyone
l always tell them to follow direc-
lions in making Postum, as it is not
good to taste If weak, but fine when
1t has the flavor and rich brown
color" Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a rea
son."
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and fun Of huma1
Interest. Adv.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21

The fact that several Nebraska
young women graduating from the de.
partment Of agriculture at Washing
ton Into places of responsibility as
seed experts. some In state UNIVERSE
ties. while naturally gratifying to
their neighbors, is most significant in
this, that 1t shows what u potent In.
fuence the government is exerting to-
ward implanting the principle of in
tensive agriculture, says the Omaha
Bee. The first steps In the process of
making two blades of grass grow
where but one grew before is the
proper selection OF seed and proper
preparation of the soil. The federal
government is doing a great work,
therefore. in thus fostering this move
ment and cooperating in 1t with state
educational institutions Together
they are making the selection of seed
for agriculture and horticulture a sci
ence and business. or course, this
opens up to young men and women lu-
crative fields of service, but that is
only incidental to the main purpose
of improving methods of farming.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21
Feather Toques.

1t seems as though a hat made Of
feathers should be light, and so the
plumage toques are in actual weight;
but they have heavy look, thanks to
their compactness, and this is not be-
coming. Nevertheless they will he
very fashionable up till Christmas,
and are already obtainable in many
colors and shapes. Very few of them
have brims, but nearly all belong to
the saucepan, the pudding basin or the
coal scuttle persuasion.
Their lnly trimming is in nearly
every case a little knot of brilliant
feathers at the side, culled from =
tropic bird.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-21

time they open their mouths, and be-
gin to walk around. When they are
filled up they sit down and grow fat.
My experience is at eight or nine
weeks to give them all they can eat. |
also feed green stuff as soon as it
grows. The bulk of my feed the last
week is meat and sand; all the meat
they will eat. The man / sell to saws
my ducks beat all he sees; the meat
is what does the work. Grain can't
touch 1t. Pure water is essential in
duck raising, and good yards, moved
often in warm weather, as they are
apt to sour, feed all the sand | can
mix in, keeping the ducklings quiet,
and do not allow much exercise. All
my ducks are sold live weight; It ia
just as profitable as the other wav.
and less trouble to hands them In
that manner.