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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
PROPER CARING FOR HORSES
Comfortably 6edded Stall 10 Great
Boon fos Tired Animal-Should
be Amply Protected.

The proper caring for farm horses
begins with the careful selection OF
farm work, avoiding the use Of light
horses for heavy work or extremely
heavy horses for work which could
more easily be done by horses OF
lighter weight.
The horse which Is not suited for
its task is so heavily handicapped that
no care that can be given 1t can alto
gether compensate for the natural
inefsciency. Lack of comfortable sta
bling, the essentials Of which are lit
tie more than fairly roomy quarters
in q dry, light, well ventilated shelter
which protects the animal from heat
in summer and from cold in winter,
may interfere with the horses great
est usefulness.
A comfortably bedded stall 10 .
great boon to the tired horse. and
such bed should be supplied as will
encourage the horse to lie down du-
ring much of the night Wet bedding.
uneven stall floors and extremely mar
row stalls are circumstances that too
often interfere with the comfort of
the horse.-Farm Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Derrick for Handling Hogs.

strong chain Of about six feet with
small hook in end, to hook on to gam
brel sticks, as shown in cut. Bore
hole to receive SIG inch bolt about
3k feet from butt end of sweep and
fasten swivel bolt c to the sweep. At
small end Of sweep fasten q rather
large ring by means of small staple.
and to this tie piece of rope long
enough to allow small end OF sweep
to rise we'll up in air when fastening
chain to the gambrel stick or the hog.
Now place your sweep on top of
post with swivel bolt in position and
you are ready to hook fast to 500
pound hog. Lift him on to the table.
shorten your chain again, lift him over
the scalding tub and dangle him up
and down as much as you choose.
Having hoisted the hog clear OF
scalding< table you can swing him
around to hang on any arm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
DERRICK FOR HANDLING HOGS
"GaIIows" and LIT Shown In Iilustra-
ton Handy In Caring for Large
UnwIeIdy Animals.

Having to help a neighbor butcher
with very large hogs that we knew
would be very unwieldy to handle. we
figured out and built q "gallows" and
lit, as shown herewith. 1t worked so
very we'll thought 1t might help 9TH
ers, writes E. G. Kinsell, in the Farm
and Home.
Get good straight post about IA
feet long and to inches in diameter
at small end. Band this end and bore
three-quarter-inch hole in center
about eight inches deep to receive
swivel bolt c. Five feet from top
mortise holes at right angles to re-
ceive cross bars 2 by inches, on
which hogs are to hang. Into these
mortises insert arms four feet long
and bolt stay irons, as shown. Now
plant post three feet in ground.
Get good stout sweep or pole of
white oak or locust about 81 or 4
inches in diameter at butt end and in
this end put an eye bolt with good
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Cut Bone for. Poultry.

Green cut bone is an excellent egg
producer when fed judiciously, says
the Poultry World. The supply should
be secured fresh and it should be fed
as soon as cut. Would not advise feed
ing it every day, as the birds are H.
able to overeat and sure case of d.
arrhoea will be the result. Three
times week is often enough to sup
ply this form Of feed. I prefer to
mix it with bran or middlings and al
low the birds all they will eat In Is
minutes. II you prefer, 1t may be
fed clear or it may be mixed with
the mash. II fed mixed with other
foods as above, the birds will not
fight for their share
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
DECOY HIVES MADE USEFUL
Will Prove Paying Proposition Where
Timber 10 Scarce and Bees Seek
New Location.

In a country where big timber is
plentiful decoy hives will stand poor
chance Of catching anything, but
where timber Is small and scarce and
bees are consequently hard up for a
place to locate. decoy hives will prove
paying proposition. As there Is
nothing about them but what any
farmer can easily arrange. there ia no
reason why the man living in such
place should not be supplied with. bees.
All there is to do is to get some hives
fitted up with frames of foundation
and one frame of old comb and fasten
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

oar similar nrnt was produced fourteen years
after bmy the Nurnberg engraver, Johanh DIV
macher, who etched nine other sporting p,atee
Then follow. in rapid succession, nan dozen
portraits" by Tempesta, the pupil OF Stradanus'
one of which prints we reproduce. 1t SHOWS IN
what awe the gigantic wild bull was held. for 1t
depicts Misunderstanding machine wnere"ltn
the bull could be attacked and brought GOWN.
Tempestas pictures need not be taken seriously
for his Roman Studio was nothing but work
shop where apprentice hands turned out vast
mass of prints of little no value In an enquiry
of this SORT His English contemporary OF the
pen, Edward Topsell, in his illustrated natural
history hodgepodge called the Historic OF Foure-
Footed Beastes" (1e07) only added to the exist
ing confusion. "A Bison" he says, lis beast
very strange as may appear by his figure pre-.
fixed which by many authors Is taken for Urus'
some for a Bugle wild oxe. others. for
Rangifer, and many for the beast Tarantus or
Buffe" And. to show that he really meant what
he said he af1xes picture of what is unmistak-
ably reindeer! Fortunately, however. he adds.
as pictures Of the bison and OF the aurochs. re-
pleas OF the two prints by Hlrschvogel out OF
Herbersteins "Rerum Moscoviticarum Common
tarii." which. as we have already mentioned. are
among the most correct representations pub
lished at period when the aurochs still existed
In England the belif that tn aurochs was
bisonlike creature continued throughout the
eighteenth century The picture taken from Sam
uel Clarke's Julius Caesar" published in 1872
shows what extraordinary ignorance still pre-
vailed. the animal with antlers like inverted
umbrella being bison or Bos germanus, and
the beast In the center an aurochs The graver
Of Holzab Of Zurich, continues the misconcep-
tion indeed. goes one better. for the bison is
here turned into an American aurochs." OF
numerous other Illustrations Of our two beasts.
we have not the space to speak at length. One
Of the most characteristic Of the latter type is
the so-called Hamilton Smith picture of the au.
rochs. This is a painting dating. 1t is believed.
from the first quarter of the sixteenth century.
discovered in Augsburg not quite a hundred
years ago This painting has mysteriously dis.
appeared. but an accurate copy was made. For
the first modern" picture Of the bison that ap-
peared In England have also to go to Ger
man sources. and. strangely enough, to the same
city, for it was Augsburg's most famous animal
painter. Ridinger (1697-1767), who drew the first
life-like picture. countryman Of his one j. S.
Muller. who lived many years in London engrav.
3D. in 1885, fine set Of plates representing wild
animals after Ridinger's drawings from nature
Among them is one of the bison, called by him
the buffalo, and underneath 1s a lengthy and
fairly correct description in English, which he
also copied from Ridinger. But this and other
isolated efforts have not entirely prevented the
dissemination Of the old mistake for living au.
thorites still tell us. quite seriously that they
have grassed aurochs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

perhaps in time to take up the fool
ish, souldestroying idea that so long
as we are mo worse than other peo-
pie" it Is all right
Let US try to keep the high ideals
that we learned at our mothers knee.
to still keep our faith in human ma
ture, no matter how often we may be
disappointed. Let US still strive for
perfection and resolve to do our best
again and again. no matter how often
we may fail. For only by doing this
can we keep our hearts young. how
ever old we may live to be, and only
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

cable Puritanism, an excellent birth
mark. perhaps. but an excellence that
is exasperating."
Puritanism Is unlovely and unsound.
but it Is a pretty good process and
makes a fairly good foundation for
strong civilization. All the Puritanism
we Americans have we got from Eng
land. England had 1t hard and got
much good out of it. Our west Is full
of it nova fairly intolerant brand.
positive of much that is not SO and
insistent on much that experience will
not retain. But along with all that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Few Good Cooks Found.

The position Of instructor in cook
ing having become vacant in a school
for girls in Paris, the directors agreed
to engage the cook who could pass the
best practical examination" Twelve
women applied, of whom six were e1-
amined on the first day in beefsteak,
omelets and apple cakes. Four of
the six, according to the report, were
failures" On the next day the re-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

footwear Of both being thin socks and
dancing pumps. Mr.. Hirch and Mr..
Maturin accepted bets Of 1000 to /
and so to 1, respectively, in sover-
eigns that they would not walk the
distance under such conditions in "a
hours.-London Wireless to New
York Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
0ecoy Hive.

1t up in q tree in the edge OF the
woods. The bees do the rest. OF
course, you cannot expect that every
hive SO put up will catch swarm,
but II you are in a country where
many farmers keep bees you will be
pretty apt to get enough to pay you
we'll for your trouble. The illustration
will show the manner Of fastening to
the tree
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Secret Of Happiness.

Most OF US begin well. When we
are quite young, we are full OF faith.
We believe In others, and we also be-
lieve in our own powers of overcoming
faults anC failings.
We set out full Of the zest Of life
no hill is too high to climb. no point
too lofty to reach.
But later most OF US get discour-
aged We find that our friends are not
80 noble as we thought them. that it
is much harder to root out our faults
and failings than we imagined. and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Tran for Enollsh SparroWs,

Agents of the department Of agricul-
ture have been experimenting for the
past three months with devices to trap
English sparrows. 1t has been de-
termined upon that these birds are
harmful to the fruit trees In the
spring, eating as they do into the buds
and destroying the cores.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

were caught IN pltldlAS oAu
transported great distances.
The likeness Is not a bad
one, and in the above col
lection OF prints there ara
three other pictures OF
aurochs. and a fifth depict
ing the lassoing OF the bu-
balus on the island OF Sar'
DINA. A contemporary and
countryman Of Stradanus.
one Hans Boil, produced
also an interesting engrav-
ing Of an aurochs hunt
which forms the second
print Of his attractive little
set entitled. "Venationis.
ptscatiouis, ct Aucupii
typi." published in 1882 by
the same enterprising Ant
werp publishers that gave
the world the last-named
collection. Beneath the au-
rochs picture we read, In
Latin elegiac couplets:
"Thus with darts, swords,
and light arrows men every
where drive the horned
aurochs into pits" A rath-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
American PurItans.

Young Oxford's" complaint. in the
London Academy, that Americans at
Oxford have not the art of varying
the monotony of virtue in an agree
able manner may be we'll founded
The Rhodes scholars are gathered
from all parts of the country, includ-
Ing those where the comparative sim
plicity Of life and manners is not con-
ducive to achievement in all the polite
arts. THE very best type America
gives u.s." says the Academy's COM
plainant, bears the stamp Of ineradi-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
GETTING Seed Grain Early.

Do not wait until spring to clean
and grade your seed grain. Do 1t now,
while you have plenty of grain at
hand from which to select. The best
twenty-five bushels Of grain out of a
hundred bushels are worth much
more for seed than is the grain that
can be cleaned from much smaller
amount in the spring. The cost of
thus cleaning and grading the grain
is very slight, and it enables one to
have heavy, plump seed grain at very
little outlay.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

naming candidates prepared founders,
roast mutton and plum pudding. The
jury found that only two of the sec
ond group were competent, and that
Of the IL not one possessed all the
necessary requirements.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Win Odd WALKING WAGER.

Gerald Hirsch and Eric Maturia,
two members of a well-known club
In Piccadilly. for wager walked from
London to Brighton. distance Of so
miles, the other day in 22A hours, the
former wearing evening dress, with
out a hat, and the latter a cricket
shirt and short walking Knockers, the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

go. the Puritan -virtues-devotion to
good as Puritans see 1t, eagerness to
learn. resolute acceptance Of the dis
cipline of life-Harper's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Strong Land and LANGUAGE,

Wonderful soil here" said the
traveller; 1--we never seen such big
corn" YES" said the farmer, and
we had to plant dwarf variety to
keep it down to this size."-St. Paul
Dispatch. NJ
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

runs: Some great lords are looking on at a spec
tacle in the arena furious lion with revenins
fang and claws tears wild beasts. He lays
the wolves low and defeats the Taurus IN strus'
GLE while the bear covers away in terror. Whetn-
er the artist ever witnessed such struggle In an
arena cannot be ascertained; but 1t Is quite posi-
BILE, considering their great popularity during the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the olasts
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Borrowing Trouble,

'Blight-What Is your idea Of Dor
rowing trouble?
Tight-Letting the neighbors use
your telephone.-Judge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
ROOT CROPS FOR DAIRY COW
TurnIps and Other Like Root veoeta-
bIes Make Fine Milk Producing
Feed-Add to Variety.

No matter what some people. tell
you, turnips and other roots make
fine milk-producing feed. Turnips
will not affect the flavor of milk. II
fed at the right time
II turnips are fed in large quaint
ties and two or three hours before
milking, they are likely to give the
milk an unpleasant taste, but II fed
directly after milking. no flavor
whatever will be noticed.
A peck Of turnips to each animal
per day is sufficient In most cases.
A good plan is to feed directly after
hay in the early morning, and once a
day Is often eonugh.
A little salt scattered over the tur-
nips, which should be chopped in
quarters or smaller, add to their
palatability..
Roots make very valuable addition
to the winter ration, because they
add to the variety of the feed, and no
animal on the farm appreciates va
riety more than the dairy COW.
In Wisconsin, Iowa and other
western dairy states the root crop
is becoming very important part OF
the crop Of the farm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Harness Punch Is Handy.

Got harness punch? 1t costs only
a quarter, and with a package of cop
per rivets breaks can be mended in
jiffy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

so can we be our best and do our
best
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
Rules For Measuring Corn.

There are many rules for measur-
ing corn. Inquiries conducted by the
Missouri State Board Of Agriculture
show the following in common use:
Sixteen cubic feet Of corn in the
shock Cor extra we'll settled Is feet)
make barrel. The number Of cubic
feet multiplied by the decimal 4
gives the bushels. Multiply together
the length. width and height Of the
pen or crib, in inches, and divide by
1900 for old corn or 4,300 for new
corn, to get bushels. Where it can
be done corn should be weighed
rather than measured.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29

Every married man should keep a
stock of ready-made excuses on hand:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-29
CANNING FACTORIES

For sale, on time per cent Of pack or cash
16 sizes. S85 to $3.50. For farms large
communities. Write for booklet THOS- NJ
BROWN. Springfield. Mo. Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-17
FIRM CHANGES
i EsEr- ~. rE.E.
Beltrami County Company Sells In
terests To New Corporation
Which Has Taken Charge.
F. S. ARNOLD TO BE MANAGER

Having taken charge yesterday, a
newly organized corporation, which
will be known as the Bemidij Alb
stract Company, will in the future
conduct the business which since the
time Bemidji was a hamlet has been
operated by the Beltrami Abstract
company.
A deal has been completed whereby
C. A. Huffman and J. o. Harris, own
ers of the Beltrami Abstract company
have sold their interests to A. P.
White, G. M. Bacon and F. S. Arnold.
MI. Huffman, who is considered
one of the best posted abstract men
Of the state, and who has had charge
of the office for the last five years,
has retired from the business and F.
S. Arnold, the new manager has al
ready taken charge. A. p. White,
president of the Northern National
Bank is president of the new cor
pcration, while G. M. Bacon, a prom
inent Bemidji business men is vice
president. Miss Emma Noesen will
be retained as assistant in the office.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-17
LEAVES FOR CANADA
W. B. Brown Lands Special Agent
Position with Canadian Northern

w. B. (BunkJ Brown of this city
has left for Winnipeg where he will
enter the employee of the Canadian
Northern Railway as Special Agent.
Mr.. Brown has worked for the Great
Northern Railway and other COM
panies where he has, made an excel
lent record, and considers his posi-
tion with the Canadian firm a pro-
motion. While in Bemidji recently
he assisted Mr.. Watson, special agent
of the State Railroad and Ware
House Commission who caused the
arrest Of several merchants and
dealers in this city for ignoring the
laws relative to weights and mea-
sures.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-17
GET ,6OOOACREsFREE
Title Defect In Land Sought For
Itasca State Park Addition
Valued At $4,000.
IS MINNESOTA BEAUTY SPOT

The state forestry board expects to,
have absolute control within a few
weeks over the entire Itasca state
park as negotiations have been com
pleted for the transfer of all but 32O
acres. About 1900 acres of the land
for which terms have been made, are
defective as to title, but the defects
are such as will he greatly to the
advantage of the state for unless the
claimants can clear their title the
state will get the lands for nothing.
Otherwise they will cost about $780,
900.
When the park first was designated
as a public forest the state had but
a few scattered tracts in its posses
session, the larger areas being owned
by the Weyerhaeuser, Backus, Shev-
lin, Walker and other numbering in
terests. The work of acquisition was
slow as the legislature was not dis
posed to be generous, but in 1913
everything that forestry board asked
was granted.
The board is authorized to issue
certificates of Indebtedness up to
$25O,000. The land acquired since
last June will cost $l25,OOO. Moth
ing more will be required for land in
the present limits of the park unless
it is found that the state must pay
for the lands the title to which ie
in dispute.
When all is done the people will
have a vast natural park Of $4,000
acres of forest and lake scenery about
the source and the headwaters of the
Mississippi river. Much of the nat
ural forest has been preserved and
as Itasca is one Of the most pictur-
,esque bodies of water in the state
the park will be an attractive resort.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-17
WARNS POSTAL SENDERS
Postmaster Erickson Says Regula.
lions Bar Cards Bearing Particles
Of Metal or Glass.
PLACE STAMPS ON OUTSIDE

Postmaster Erickson desires to call
the attention of the public to the
fact that at this season Of the year,
a large number Of post cards are
mailed which, owing to the fact that
said cards are mailed in violation Of
the postal laws and regulations, nev-
er are dispatched from the postoffice
but are destroyed after being held
two weeks for reclamation, unless the
address of the sender is known, in
that event they are returned to the
sender.
Section 403, postal laws and regu-
lations, article 4, reads as follows:.
Cards bearing particles Of glass, met
al, mica, sand, tinsel, or other similar
material for mailing, except
when enclosed in envelopes tightly,
sealed to prevent the escape of suchI
particles, or when treated in such
manner as will prevent the objec-
tional substances form being rubbed
off or injuring persons handling the
mails.
Note Cards mailed under cover Of
sealed envelopes Transparent or 9TH
erwise) shall be charged with post
age at the frst-class rate, and if In
unsealed envelopes, according to the,
character of the message.
The postage stamp should be at
fixed to the envelope covering the.
cards. Stamps affixed to matter In
closed in envelopes can not be recog-
nized in payment Of postage there
on.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-17
TO OPERATE ON Y

Mrs. A. P. White will leave tomor-
row morning for Milwaukee, where
she will spend three weeks. Her son
Harold will have his eye operated
upon, during the holiday vacation,
for a cataract, which was cause by a
shot falling into his eye last summer
while he was looking into the sky af-
ter discharging a gun. He has been
totally blind in that eye and the
doctors hope to restore his sight
when the cataract is removed. Miss
Marian will not return to Bemidji
during the holidays but will be with
her mother and brother.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-17
CONDITION NOW
BECOMING SERIOUS
Lack Of Snow Means Loss Of Thou.
sands Of Dollars to Many Northern
Minnesota Lumbermen
MANY MEN OUT OF WORK
Employment Agencies Report Orders
Few and Dust Causes Disgust From
Housewives Who also Want Snow

Northern Minnesota ideal .ssum-
mer" weather is every day causing
loses of thousands of dollars to lum-
bermen who are unable to carry OUT
there operations as planned. As a
consequence Of the lack of snow.
work in the woods is now almost at
la standstill and never in the time
since logging ~firstsbegan in this part
OF the country has the work dragged
to such an extent.
While work is being carried on.
only that which can possible be done
without real cold weather and snow
IS in progress. Cutting is handicap
ped to large degree, for without
frost in the trees, fast saving is hind
lerd. Hauling is out Of the question.
Hundreds OF men are idle, and
waiting for the first snow fall, which
will mean a rush call to the employ
ment agencies for labor.
Employment agents in Bemidji are
easily filling what orders they, are
receiving now, but they are few and
REQUIRE only a small number of men
to meet the requests.
While the residents Of this section
OF the state r enthusiastic over the
ideal weather conditions they are
generally comprehending the seri-
BUSINESS Of the situation and nearly
everyone is now hoping for a large
fall of snow in the near future.
Not only are the loggers and others
who are badly in need Of snow prey
ing for its arrival, for the house wife
finds that she is now caused to dust
the furniture and do as much sweep
ing as during the hottest months Of
summer. Days like yesterday when
the wind bloWs the dust down the.
streets in drifts, brings sorrow, to the
house keeper.