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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

many have done and think that you
can produce better steers by breeding
together two breeds than pure-bred
steers Of either one. Just remember
whenever you breed together two dis
tinct breeds you are producing grades
Of both breeds and going down hill.
Again, when you breed together two
distinct breeds you are much more
apt to confine the poor qualities Of
both breeds In the offspring. AS an.
example, and one that Is commonly
practiced, IL you breed a Holstein cow.
which produces large quantity of
milk but poor in butter fat, to Jer-
sey bull, breed which produces a
small quantity of milk and rich in but
ter fat, you are very likely and most
apt to produce a heifer that will pro-
duce small amount of milk, the char
acter inherited from the sire, and that
little poor in butter fat, the character
from the dam The reverse Is your
desire, but you may be disappointed.
Knowing these things, and also be-
ing able to buy the pure-breds Of any
breed we many fancy, let us act
wisely in the matter and purchase our
foundation stock Of pure breeding.
Surely, If we wanted plow we would
not go to the store or factory and buy
a Syracuse beam, an Oliver chill mold
board, South Bend landslide and a
Mount Joy point, and go home on the
back porch, take a clawhammer and
a monkey-wrench to make a plow of
these parts. Well, it is just as abb
surd to think we can make the differ
ent breeds of cattle fit together and
do the desired work we'll.
I take 1t we do not expect to raise
beef cattle, or any others for that
matter, except for the profit they give
us in consuming the products of our
own farm, converting them into beef
and establishing a new channel
through which to market these prod
ucts.
Then, II this Is our desire, do as We
wOulo III -pulCudSlu6 q piSSo ~ $500
chinery for. any other purpose-buy
the machine that was manufactured
for that particular purpose, and buy
the best. The best Is the one that will
do most satisfactorily the greatest
amount Of work and at the least cost
I am great believer in beef cattle
whom ua CON n, a la them consume our
farm crops at market price and save
the trouble Of hauling these away.
Unless we can figure market prices
for our crops fed at home, then the
feeding or raising Of cattle becomes
burden and not a profitable business.
Yes, they should do more than TINS.
They should make us q proft ABOVE
all cost of feed, labor and incidents
which always enter into any business
proposition or venture.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

Young Man Who Is Years Ago Adver-
tsed for Job as Stenographer
Now Railroad President.

o. l. Diekerson OF Chicago, aged
hirty-four, Is said to be the youngest
railroad president In the country.
He was born in Ottumwa, Ia. and
noved to Chicago when sixteen years
I'D. He had the average common
chool education possessed by boys OF
hat age who grow up in good western
owns, and, after reaching Chicago, he
Used money he had earned himself to
study stenography. After trying a
couple of positions and finding they
promised no future he inserted the
following advertisement:
Observation-Disclosures by a
young man; expert stenographer: rail-
road work preferred"
In few days he was asked to call
1t the Offices of the Chicago. Burling-
on & Quincy railroad, and when he
eft the Burlington Is years later, at
he age of thirty-one, he was assistant
to the president.
He is now president of the Yukon &
White Pass railroad Of Alaska, which
has a feet of 16 steamers. His pro-
motion to this place, with Offices in
Chicago, is said to be due to very
friendly relations between this road
and the Burlington. ..--
The clock" said Dickersen, rs the
young mans worst enemy. Friends
are all right for the young fellow who
is just getting a start, but he must
not lean on them too hard Too many
men forget that the newspaper want
ad Is the greatest power there Is In
swaying lives. Always look at the
sunlight and forget the shadows.
Memories of what might have been
do very little good. Be more than
worthy of the job you hold; you'll
then be worthy Of the plahs higher
NM
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

our teasing her, but is very stubborn.
She says that If she were to be SICK III
the same way again she would Ger
tainly get Peruna and take 1t, alcohol
or no alcohol. So you see If people Will
persist in such foolishness there ought
to be a law to prevent them"
I ventured to interpose a question.
you say the doctors could not cure
her, and yet you say Peruna did cure
her. What difference does 1t make TO
YOU whether 1t was alcohol or some
other drug that effected the cure"
well. don't know that 1t makes any
difference, but 1t is deceiving the people
to give them alcohol even though IL
does cure them" he said.
replied. why. I cannot e1-
actly understand that. Alcohol
is a drug, the same as qul-
nine or morphin. II alcohol cures
certain diseases where Is the deception?
I understand that the Peruna people
print on the label Of each bottle the
per cent. of alcohol contained In Peru
ma. Each patient may read 1t, II ne
pleases. I cannot see where there Is
any deception"
well, I would not take Peruna,'
he persisted Now, was sick, had
stomach disease. A violent pain, that
would come on about an hour or two
after each meal. 1t grew worse and
| worse. I was also constipated. con-
suited several doctors IN our city apout
my health. I went to see prominent
specialist in New York City, paid out
great deal of money, but no help. one
time I was having a bad spell on the
| train. The gentleman who occupied
the next seat was a retired physician
with whom I had been acquainted. He
said to me, My friend, II you want TO
get we'll would advise you to take a
glass Of lager beer before each meal. /
think that will cure you Having fol-
lowed the directions Of several good
physicians without any assistance. !
thought 7 would try the beer. In a
very short time I found It was helping
me, and I got entirely we'll. My bowels
became regular and I had no more
pain. No more distress after meals.
Now, IL my mother had used some
remedy like that 1t would be all right.
But to persist in using some secret
| remedy ike fGEullSi1 ~ 40 Wv
rageous."
| Again ventured to ask some ques-
tons. 7 asked: What do you sup
pose 1t was in the lager beer that ef-
fected the cureT'
'Why, I presume 1t was the stimulant
It contained. Yes, no doubt 1t was the
stimulant."
"You know, Of course, that the slim
ulant in beer is alcohol, the same as IN
wine or whiskey or any other alco-
holic drink"
Eyes, I have heard say that beer con-
tains about five per cent. Of alcohol.
"That is correct" replied. "You
took a bottle Of beer before each meal,
! did you?"
Eyes"
"In doing SO you were drinking a pint
of five per cent. solution Of alcohol"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08
Alcohol In Pe-ru-na--
An Unjust Criticism

Eyes. suppose So"
give per cent. would be one-twen-
tieth. AS each pint contains sixteen
ounces you were then taking little less
than an ounce Of alcohol before each
meal"
yes"
But you objected to your mothers
taking alcohol in the Peruna, and yet
she was taking far less alcohol than you
were. AS I understand it, the dose OF
Peruna is one tablespoonful. Supposing
1t to be twenty per cent alcohol. there
would be in each dose one-fifth OF
tablespoonful Of alcohol, which would
be about half a teaspoonful. while you
were taking at least four teaspoonfuls
of alcohol in your bottle of beer. And
yet you objected to your mothers tax
ing Peruna on the ground that the Pc
runa contains alcohol. In my opinion
IL was the alcohol that cured both OF
YOU. Your mother evidently was cured
of a very serious ailment. Peruna con-
tains alcohol. 1t was undoubtedly the
alcohol that cured her, or at least
helped to- The other ingredients or
Peruna might have assisted, no doubt
did. In your case 1t was the alcohol In
the beer that cured you Of the stom-
ach difficulty. Peruna has cured
thousands of such cases"
"Well, declare" he replied, IT never
thought of 1t in that way before.
There has been so much said about al
cohol being poisonous that l suppose
my mind has been prejudiced against
1t. But If as you say there Is also
alcohol In beer, the same kind OF alco-
hol as Is used in Peruna, I cannot see
where the difference Is myself"
| "Well," I replied, "you have been
doing exactly what the average man
and woman Is doing. You have al-
lowed your mind to become prejudiced
against Peruna on account Of Its con-
tanning alcohol. Without stopping TO
look into the matter at all you have
assumed that there Is something terri
bly, disreputable about remedies con-
tanning alcohol The fact Is, however,
that most all fluid medicines, whether
prescribed by doctor or put up as a
patent medicine, contain a certain
amount Of alcohol. 1t was alcohol that
cured your mother. It was alcohol that
cured you. In my opinion, alcohol In
some form or other Is making more
cures than all other drugs combined.
This Is not saying, however, that Pc
runa contains only alcohol, for 1t does
contain excellent remedies besides al
cohol. But do contend that the alco-
hol in Peruna is not only not harmful to
those who take it, but If taken In the
doses prescribed on the bottle 1t Will do
q great deal Of good and there Is not
the slightest danger Of forming q
drug habit" PERUNA is FOR SALE
| AT ALL DRUG STORES.
SPECIAL NOTICE Many persons
are making inquiries for the old
time Peruna. To such would say,
name of FA-TAR-NO, manufactured
BY KA-TAIt-NO Company, Columbus,
Ohio. Write them and they VIII DO
pleased to send you free booklet. -.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

cured drhoea Dyseny and often
Gm5ern Collie Cholera and arrhosa ng disease but it can be cured
Pa There nothing better For sale by Remedy when malignant
all dealers and epidemic. For sale by all Dealers -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08
Market Gardeners.

Market gardeners who plant about
the same acreage every year fare bet.
ter than those who vary the acreage
so much from year to year. There Ia
too much of a tendency on many
farms to plant a vegetable largely one
year and then reduce the acreage the
following year because prices were un.
satisfactory. When the average price
Of any Of our important vegetables
such as tomatoes and cabbage, is TAX
en- for series Of five or ten years,
the profits, with good management,
should be very satisfactory.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

In this way skim, one-half skim,
whole milk and cream may be put out
by the same wagon at prices varying
according to the quality without dan
ger Of the purchaser being defrauded.
All this milk is Of the same high
sanitary standard. Thirty pounds OF
ice must be provided for every eleven
gallons of milk produced.
There are LOO cooperative and 300
private creameries in Denmark. These
manufacture over 200,000,000 pounds
of butter a year, eighty per cent Of
which is exported to Great Britain. In
summer the milk is delivered twice a
day and in winter once.
Stringent rules are laid down in re-
gard to cooling the milk on the farm
and in not mixing mornings and
nights milk. All foods which may
impart an Objectionable flavor to the
milk are forbidden.
The creameries are compelled BY
law to pasteurize all skim milk by
heating to $50 degrees before 1t leaves
the creamery, to prevent the spread OF
tuberculosis through this medium.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08
(By W. q. CHRISMAN.)

All cattle are divided into or fall
into certain classes according to the
work they do to best advantage. In
other words, the disposition they make
Of the feed they consume over and
above the amount needed for main
tenance determines this class.
When we take into consideration
that cattle are only machines for con-
verting hay, fodder and grains into
some product for human food, and
they are the only machines or fac
tories known that will convert those
materials into beef, milk, butter and
cheese, We get much clearer concep-
ton Of the real meaning Of beef cat
tie, milk cattle or butter cattle.
BY beef cattle we mean those types
of cattle which will use their surplus
feed to best advantage in the manu-
factrue of beef. Of this type we have
three prominent breeds: Shorthorn,
Hereford and Aberdeen Angus. While
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

Having a little business in one OF
the federal offices of the city, after 1t
was finished fell In conversation with
the official in charge concerning Pc
runa I mention his business to show
that the conversation was conducted
with a man of more than ordinary in
telligence, being a employe OF the gov
eminent who had passed through sew
eral civil service examinations. he
said to me, not knowing who l was:
IT think a great deal of this patent
medicine business ought to be stopped.
Especially such remedies as Peruna.
Peruna, as you know, is a stimulant
and contains eighteen or twenty per
cent. of alcohol. People take 1t without
knowing what 1t Is, and such remedies
ought to be prohibited by law. MY
own mother took Peruna once. She had
q cough, night sweats, was growing
emaciated and weak. Several doctors
examined her. The opinion was ex-
pressed several times that she was
going into consumption. One thought
Ii was chronic bronchitis. At any rate,
her condition was quite serious. She was
unable to get any relief from the doc
tors she consulted, although she took
their medicines faithfully for nearly a
year. Some one told her about Peruna,
and against my wish and against the
wishes Of our family, she began taking
it. At once she improved, and In less
than six months she apparently was
well. We did all we could to discour-
age her in taking Peruna, but she per-
sisted. 1t finally came out in the mag
azines that Peruna contained alcohol.
Then we knew at once what 1t was
that benefited my mother, it was sim
ply the alcohol that Peruna contained.
We had the laugh on mother. We have
not ceased to make fun of her yet about
her being cured with dilution Of alco-
hol. She seems to be embarrassed by
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

SPECIAL NOTICE Many persons
time Peruna. TO such would say,
| this formula is now put out under the
name of EA-TAR-NO. manufactured
by KA-TAIt-NO Company, Columbus,
Ohio. Write them and they VIII %
| pleased to send you a free booklet.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1912-11-08

recently knghted
Hall Honor, Of
1896 French
bull capital
details
buildings mentond in the Bible
enriched the bull
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
Vernon Center

Len Rev took bunch of baseball
fans to Madelia Sunday.
l.. C.. Rev is in Michigan this
week on real estate business
| Bert Barnes drove to Minneapolis
and back Sunday in his Veeley
car.
Roy Quimby and family returned
to their Minneapolis home Sunday
by auto
Mrs. Shanks of Fairmont is a
guest for a few days at the George
Robinson home.
F. e. Cooper and family spent
Sunday in Truman, making the trip
in the f.. A. Barnes car.
Attorney Frank Sasse of Austin
was an over Sunday visitor at the
Howard and Slater homes
Mrs. Charles Thompson and Fred
Meade and wife of Amboy were call
ing on friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Robinson and daughter,
Miss Mary, are spending the week
with relatives in Winnebago and
Basel
Mrs Call was over from Good
Thunder Tuesday for short visit
with her brother, c.. H. Bates, and
family. s
The quarantine has been removed
from the Pepper and Lowell homes
and no new cases of diphteria have
been reported.
Charles Bates, Herman Stark and
Warner Scott are the prospective
land buyers who accompanied l.. G.
Rev to Michigan Tuesday.
Eugene Roberts and sisters of
Sterling and Mrs. H. C. Webb and
daughter. Miss Rachel, were visitors
at the F. l.. Cooper home the past
week
The latter part of the past week
H. G. Kraus caused papers to be
served on Fred Metersdorf, charging
him with obtaining money under
false pretense. His hearing is set
for July 2. ..-.s.
A family party consisting of
Messrs G. C. Meade, C. H. Bates,
Claude Meixell, George Brown and
joyed themselves in Ceresco Sunday
at the Ed Meixell home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McAllen
and daughter from Bristol, N. d.,
spent few days this week with
Gardie Meade and family. They
made the trip in their car and thor
oughly enjoyed the drive.
Garden City is planning big
celebration on the Fourth of July.
The Amboy band has been engaged
to furnish the music, and with the
other attractions offered it will be
a very good place to give bent to
your patriotism.
Sam Cornish, who has been in the
newspaper business in San Francis
co for the past six years, but who is
now in the real estate business in
Great Falls, is visiting his sister,
Mrs H. c.. Kraus. Sam is No. I
booster for wonderful Montana.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
WRECKED ON ST. LOUIS
ROAD; THREE ARE HURT
From Thursdays Daily.

from InursoayS Ddiiy.
Minneapolis and ST. Jnnis passen-
ger train from Des Moines, schedul-
ed to arrive in Minneapolis last night
was wrecked at a point three and
One-half miles south of Waterville,
Mimi, yesterday afternoon. Three
passengers whose names could not
be learned were injured. The en-
CINE and first three cars left the
track. A special train left Minneapo-
lis late last night to bring the pas
sengers to that point. The train was
due to arrive early this morning.
Details regarding the accident are
meager. At the dispatcher's office of
the Minneapolis and ST. Louis road
in Minneapolis, it was reported that
the tender of the engine was the
first equipment to leave the rails.
This was followed by the mail car,
baggage car and smoker. Occupants
of the smoker were the ones re-
ported injured.
The accident took place while the
train was crossing a short bridge
and it is said that it will take two
or three days to repair the structure
for traffic. The majority of the pas
sengers on the wrecked train were
bound for the twin cities and many
anxious faces were at the depot in
both cities until after midnight
awaiting reports of names of the
injured passengers. 1t is said that
the mail clerks and train crew es-
capped without injury.
Carl Eckman Saw Wreck.
Carl w. Eckman of this city was
driving his machine near Waterville
at the time of the wreck and he
tells an interesting story of the
wreck. He said that the train was
running on a reverse curve at a
very high rate of speed, about five
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when
the tender left the track, and fol
lowed the train for perhaps $50 feet
The train was stopped, but not be-
fore the tender and mail car had
been tipped over, while three of the
following coaches were tipped to a
dangerous degree. Three people suf-
fered minor injuries, and several
physicians from Waterville were
called to the scene.
There was a bridge where the
wreck occurred, and the tender ran
over the ties on the bridge, while
the smoker stood on the trestle
about to tip at any time, down the
entire distance of forty feet to the
bottom of the creek, which had
about three feet of water.
The trains following from st. Paul
south on the Minneapolis and st.
Louis line had to proceed first to
Merriam Junction, then to Kasota on
the Omaha and thence to Mankato
Junction and on the Northwestern
line east to Waseca.
Mrs. Zellmer of Waseca was going
to attend a wedding at Waterville,
and she suffered a slight injury. The
track was cleared and service re-
sumed again at nine o'clock this
morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
ELECTIONS IN The PAST

The Zuel-Wood-Goff company, agents
for the Continental Fire Insurance
company are distributing folder
which gives a list of all the presi-
dents of the United States; the pres
idential vote from 1860 to 1912; also
the election returns of 1908 for pres
ident. The table shows that Presi-
dent Taft received total vote in
the forty-eight states of 7,67S,991;
Bryan's vote was 6,409,104. The re-
publican plurality was 1,S1S,342 and
the democratic 54S,455. Taft's cleo
toral vote was 321 and Bryan's 1872
The total electoral vote this year is
531. In 1900 William McKinley's
vote was 7,207,923, Bryan's 6,35S,l33;
in 1904 Theodore Roosevelt's vote
was 7,623,4S6; and Alton B. Parker,
5,077,911. The vote in 1908 stood:
Taft, 7,678,90S, Bryan 6,409,104 The
vote for Taft in Minnesota in the
campaign of 1908 was 195,S43 and
that of Bryan was 1O9.4O1, giving a
republican plurality of S6,442. In
1908 the electoral vote in Minnesota
was eleven and this year it is
twelve.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
WILLIS KELLY IN DENIAL

Mankato, June ~, 1912.-To The
Free Press: Willis Kelly, son of
DIR. and Mrs. T. C. Kelly who is said
by the little Farmer boy to have III
jured him by setting off a giant fire.
cracker, on Tuesday afternoon, makes
this statement: cat the time of the
accident, l was sitting on the porch
at my home with a neighbor boy,
William Spicer. My mother sat with
me and all of us heard Robert Farm
er scream and it was remarked that
he was no doubt hurt" Mrs. Kelly
verifies this statement, and there are
other witnesses to these facts.-Yours
DIR. T, C. Kelly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
LION tanner INJURED,
! ! ATTACKED BY ANIMAL.

Winona, June 27-Terribly torn
and mangled by the claws and teeth
of an enraged lioness, Howard Quinn
lies at the point of death in a state
room of one of the Patterson Pull
man cars. The accident occurred at
the trained wild animal circus at the
Carnival grounds yesterday morning
when Quinn essayed the role of
trainer and attempted to put one of
the beasts through some stunts in
the arena. He escaped with his life
only when an attache of the show
shot and killed the animal
Quinn is one of the assistants of
Captain Cardona, the head trainer,
and has been employed on the shows
only few weeks. Several times he
has remarked to his associates that
lion tanning was snap and that he
could enter the arena and duplicate
Cardinals performance. This morn
ing he was busying himself about
the cages and took advantage of
Cardona's absence to turn lioness
into the arena and experiment, but
unfortunately he chose the lioness
"Spitfire," magnificent specimen of
the Nubian variety. Spitfre develop
ed an ugly streak several days ago
and Cardona has been compelled to
handle her very carefully in order to
get her through her part of the per-
Torrance without mishap Tuesday
night the beast was particularly
sulky and gave him considerable
trouble during the first show.
Jumps at the Man.
Yesterday morning Quinn entered
the arena and opened the door of
Spitfire's cage The beast leaped
lightly to the floor of the arena and
as soon as she spied a stranger,
began to lash herself into a fury.
Quinn tried to force her onto
pedestal and struck at her with a
whip. With an angry snarl the
tawny brute sprang full at his throat
Quinn sidestepped, but the beast
caught him in the side with one paw,
stripping the flesh from the ribs and
knocking him down. Whirling about
the lioness seized the mans right
arm in her powerful jaws and
crunched flesh and bone, shaking
him as a terrier would rat 7.
William Coghlan, manager of the an
imal show, was at the office wagon,
anu OIL IAN lHbo
the tent In a flash he realized the
mans awful predicament and sprans
to the back of the arena, where a
heavy revolver is always hanging
loaded and ready for just such an
emergency. Selling the weapon, he
fired four shots into the brute be-
fore it relaxed its hold and rolled
over dead.
Attracted by the shots, other en-
ployes of the show rushed into the
tent The injured man was picked
up, placed in the company's auto
mobile, and a quick run made to the
office of DR.. Muir, who dressed the
mans wounds. Quinn was afterward
removed to one of the shows sleep
ing cars. His wounds, while not nee
essarily fatal, are exceedingly dam
gerous, as blood poisoning very often
results in cases of this sort.