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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-01-23


Yours till the butterflies" H e |
then directed the driver home, but on
reconsidering what his. welcome
would be he ordered him to take
him for an hours ride
Change of scene to front of fiat
one-hour later. A man is assisted
out of taxicab by a handy cop
per-" (Something unusual by the
way; that Is, the handy copper, not
the former.) AS they reached the
door step the Swedish @ Policeman
asked, Shure, and have ye got the
Key, Mister-r Car-r-rew?" Ash all
right, old man, Carson answered
thickly aud began frisking himself.
Dog-gone it, wha' | do wish shat
key-hole, ofisher?'' With the as
sistance of the Jealous officer, the
key was located in his vest pocket
with a small roll of bills. They
were brought to the light and the
policeman staggered back in dismay,
while the beloved husband of Mrs.
Margaret Young Carew sat abruptly
down on the convenient doorstep.
What's -this?'' gasped the blue-coat.
"Whashwhat!" demanded Carson.
''Thisp' exclaimed til watchdog
Shure, an wher-re did ye git it?"
i didn't get it, offisher, you jushed
got it out of my pocket" This is
counterft!'' asserted the knight of
| the helmet. Tell me who give it to
ye and I'll pinch him. Shur-re an
I'll take it to the captain an see if
we can catch the queer shower" !"
Ash all right, offisher, take it along,
an if you (hic) catch the shon-
of-a-g gun let ME know an I'll have
him arreshted." The officer unlock
ed the door, and fondly helped him
in. He passed out closing the door
softly behind him and muttered,
Some meal-ticket." Then started
started down the street blithly
whistling a merry tune, one hand
.briskly swinging his scepter Of office
and the other lovingly tapping his
pocket.
Carson stood silently in the hall
his shoes in one hand, his tie, hat
and top-coat in the other, intently
listening. The silence was so heavy
, you could cut it with knife. Sud.
denly an echo rang through the hal
like bell on judgment day. Coo
, Koo-r--r-r-Coo- Koo-r-r-r. Coo X Koo-l
: r-r-Coo- Koo-r-r-r-C Click" Carson
, jumped quickly and with much agil
+ ity for one who carried such large
+ "bundle." "Sh-h-h, you little lout
: mouthed crow, not so loud; m!
t foot's asleep. Say, I'll bet shat WOKE
: her alright, alright. fit did, you i'm
o nitashon bird of paradishe, I'H pul
every fesher from your woodel
+ bresht." He crept slowly towar(
! the stairs circling the hat-tree three
times and finally becoming disguste(
+ with his futile efforts, got down ol
all fores and made better progress
;. AS he reached the top he tried t.
r straighten himself br shoes, hit
: ting the bannister. ere knocke,
: from his hand and went way to tn
k bottom, hitting every step. Dog
.s gone it, can't you be a little care
v ful?" he said addressing the shoes
q You know if h(hic) she wakshe
d up shere'll be helluva row. Yo
l. en- schtay shere till morning, | won
is go down after you.'' With muc
N effort he reached the bedroom doc
,e and stood there listening Not
is sound could he bear. He stoope
,e down to peer through the key-hol
tol to ascertain whether or not the roo
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-01-23
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TERM6:1 6 M onths Fifty Cts.

the abused, the neglected. lie dress
ed swiftly, with many tender touch
to his head and wondered vaguely
what would happen if hts head
would keep shrinking. He walked
steady in to the DINING room with
a frown on his brow, and found his
wife, starting her grapefruit.
Good morning, dear, did you have
nice time last EVENING"" She said
with sweet sarcasm which she could
do justice to. Morning! Yes"
He answered gruffly. Nora stuck
her head in the door. Would ye
like yer mullins aud aigs, now,
Mister Carew?" moi" he yelled.
No! Nothing but coffee; good
strong. black coffee. Mullins! Ugh"
He buried his head behind the
morning paper but was thinking in
stead of reading. How should he
plan his attac k. He dropped the
paper as Nora entered with the cof-
fee, and glanced at his pile of mail.
He run through it rapidly, sorting it
as he went. When he had finished
he had seven letters in one pile and
four in another. The thought had
arrived. Madame" he said be-
tween huge gulps of coffee. This
has got to stop" She knew better
than to question the THIS and she also
recognized his manner as danger
Gus one. She had once seen him
use it on a bill collector who had
raised the amount Of bill. She had
also seen, the finish of said bill col
lecter. AS for Carson, he was breath
ing prayer for strength and hoped
against Fate that he could maintain
his acting till the end. Carson"
Margaret interrupted, trying to gain
time to collect her thoughts, on
forces. as it were, for battle. We
brought down the price of eggs to
twenty-four cents. yesterday. Isn't
that grand?' Carson saw his open
ing and leaped as does the stag
hound on his prey. That's just it;
you've said it," he b u e re d.
Madame Pll give you lesson in
economy" He rose and lowered
over her, his face fearful to look
upon, but back of that mask was
smile as he saw her cover in her
chair. With his paper in one hand,
the seven letters in the other, he
ragged around h e room altering
strange and fearful noises which
. were intended to put fear in her
breast, and which succeeded. Nora
entered the room her pale face trem-
bling with fright and her frame
8 quivering, Phats, the m-matter?"
she managed to ask. Carson turned
on her in a height of fury. Get
/. out!," he shrek ed. She got.
Now, madame. now," he roared,
/! checking with seeming rage, but to
t himself he said, Some Melodrama.
8 Here! Here 1t is!'' as he thrust
:. the envelopes under her nose. This
q is it. Here! right in my hand!' He
r didn't know what it was, but he was
= positive it would come to him.
: Here! Now! Lookp' he beloved
8 ''You got eggs down to twenty-four.
= did you? Ah! what is it, what is it?
g How many eggs do you buy in a
q week. Quick! answer mel" One
i dozen" she wimpered between sobs
0 as she dabbed her handkerchief into
d her eyes and turned on the water of
y her artesian we'll. They were fifty,
/ weren't they? Yes" sh G
e sobbed. What do you know about
II that?' he glamoured. "A saving OF
l. twenty-five cents week. You
>l Conf ,afpd O712 2y.f71
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
Ways of the Working Glass.

The psychology of the working
class is different from that of the
other classes. The prevailing tone is
apathy There is no discomfort or
envy of the well-to-do, but neither is
there that restless eagerness to better
their position, and confidence in their
ultimate prosperity, which the Amer
lean spirit is supposed to instil into
a man. Men in the trades seem to
have this spirit, but 1t is noticeably
absent from the factory class. Even
the immigrants seem quickly to lose
that flush of hope and ambition with
which they arrive in this country. The
factory routine seems to get into their
very souls, so that their whole life
settles down to a monotonouos drudg-
cry without a look forward or back
ward. They are chiefly concerned in
holding their jobs, and escaping the
horrors of unemployment-in making
both ends meet. Beyond this there is
little horizon for day-dreaming and
ambition. Life to them is constant
facing of naked realities, and an actual
economy" or management, of re
sources, not an effort to impress
themselves on their neighbors, and to
conform to the ways of those about
them. This deep-seated divergence in
standards and interests from the rest
of American life may or may not be
important, for the factory class is
thus far politically negligible; but it
is interesting, and well calculated to
suggest many unpleasant things to
American Enthusiastically S. Bourne.
In the Atlantic.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
PREPARING FOR CLOVER CROP
On Thin Soil 1t Is Well 60 Break the
Ground Preceding Sprine--Grow
Fertilizing Crops.

If the aim is to get clover and grass
on a thin soil it is often good plan
to break the ground the preceding
spring and to grow fertilizing crop
during the summer that can be culti-
waited and then disked into the sur
face soil. When cowpeas can be
grown they are excellent for this pur
pose. On very thin land / have got
ten the finest clover sod in this way.
Expensive way? someone asks. Well,
any way of covering thin soil with
a heavy clover. sod is not inexpensive.
like the plan. The tillage kills weed
seeds and frees fertility. The vines
are chopped in the surface before they
become tough. The humus is just
where it is needed. and the soil is
firm. If one prefers, rape may be
sown the first Of September, and then
the land fitted for clover in the spring
without the plow| Leave the vege-
table matter at the surface. Or, tim
othy may be sown i'm the fall. and clio
yer added in the spring Or wheat
may be seeded and cclover in the
spring.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
WRITTEN BY ONE WHO KNOWS
Male and Female Humorlsts al Work,
and Also In Their Less Harmful
Moments Of Leisure.

Hum0rists are people who cut, at
and finish jokes. jests and light verse
and do plain and fancy writing which
Is not serious.
Male humorists do this by lighting
pipe or cigar, sticking a sheet of
paper into typewriter and wishing
they had adopted mercantile career.
Female humorists accomplish the
feat by twisting their back hair into
a knot, nibbling chocolate creams or
chewing some gum, and manipulating
the typewriter in the customary man.
ner. 100
AS general thing. nowadays.
humorists are very human There
are more of them than there used to
be. The women dress like their sis
tiers, and the men are perfectly con-
ventional in their attire.
Occasionally you come across an
old-school humorist, or modern one
who clings to the old-school tradi-
tions. He imagines that he has to
wear a most solemn face, never smiles,
and looks panied when you laugh at
what he says. This variety goes great
on the rural lyceum circuit.
Humorists are always introduced as
such. Plumbers, housebreakers, bank
ers, dry goods men and wholesale gro
GERS are never classified when intro
duced, but humorists are always spe-
Gifted Immediately the persons to
whom they are introduced wait expec-
family for them to say something wild
ly witty Immediately. also, they are
disappointed, unless they are of the
class who shrek with joy when the
humorist politely says: ut is a nice
day."
Humorists always have to explain
why they are humorists instead of fol-
lowing some more laborious occupa-
ton. Also they are expected to de-
liver afterdinner speeches for nothing,
because being funny Is second nature
to them, and they are not supposed to
have any remunerative way of spend
ing their. odd moments.
The difference between humorist
and a copedian is that a comedian
uses the ,humorist's humor. If the
humorist used the comedians humor
he would starve to death. Another diff
ference is that the comedian makes
from three hundred to five hundred
dollars a week.-Life.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
MANURE FOR CABBAGE
Deep, Rich, Mellow Soil Is OF
Importance.
Winter Variety Is Mostly Grown on
Early Potato Ground-Hotbeds Are
Prepared In February and Seed
Sowh In Frames.

Cabbage likes a deep, rich, mellow
sand loan will bring the earliest
crop The early June cabbage that
Is shipped to the Baltimore markets
is mostly grown on the deep river
bottom lands of the lower portion of
Baltimore county, says the Baltimore
American. A large portion of this
cabbage is grown from night soil
which, after fermentation, is sprinkled
along the rows, just before the plants
are set in the fall. II this fertilizer
Is thoroughly mixed through the soil
1t is said not to injure the quality of
the cabbage. For the fall and winter
cabbage crop, plant on deep, mellow,
red clay soil. AS the value of the
cabbage is in large solid heads, the
best fertilizer to use is that of rot
ted manure from granted horses and
cattle, with the addition of 1000
pounds of high grade vegetable
guano sown to the acre and we'll har-
rowed in before planting. Winter cab
bage is mostly grown on early potato
ground. This land, being heavily
dressed with fertilizer for the potato
crop-not more than 600 to 500
pounds of fertilizer will be needed for
each acre planted. The fertilizer is
nearly always sown in the drill The
drill rows are then covered in and the
ridges rolled. Large growers now
use the planter; the machine sets
and waters each plant, very few
plants fail to grow Plants set by
machine are better frmed in the
ground than plants set by hand. The
old method Of starting early plants
in the fall and wintering them in a
cold frame has now been abandoned
In favor Of sowing the seed in a hot
bed. The hotbeds are prepared in
February and the seed sown in the
frames by the middle of the month.
When the plants are two inches in
height they are transplanted into cold
frames. The plants are given abun-
dance of air in the middle of the day
but well protected by glass and thick
straw mats when the weather is cold
and stormy. In the New England
states early plants are raised in hot
houses heated by hot water. Expert
gardeners grow large quantities of
early and late cabbage for their retail
trade. Truckers grow for the whole
sale markets. Their principal crops
are kale, spinach, tomatoes, corn and
eggplants.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
SORE SHOULDER
CAUSES AND CURE
While Friction and Pressure Con.
tine There Can Be No Per-
manent Healing.

The axiom in medicine, Remove
the cause and the effect will cease"
Sore shoulders and backs are due to
two causes, friction and pressure. and
while these continue in operation
there can be no sure or permanent
healing.
That the sore heals up pretty well
when the animal is not at work
doubtless it would heal completely IL
the rest was long enough). and
breaks out again when the mare is
put to work. says Horse Journal. Ia
eloquent of something being wrong
with the fit OF the collar.
There are occasionally met with
animals. especially those out OF con.
dition. with skins 50 tender that they
are only kept at work with the great
est difficulty. and for these 1t ID some
times necessary to find other work
or special means OF dralsehk In the
shape Of breast harness.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
USE FOUND FOR BUTTERMILK
Since II Results in Utilization Of
Large Quantities of Waste Is
Worthy Of Mention.

In the recent bulletins from the Wis
consin experiment station the max
ing of cheese from buttermilk is pref
ty fully described. says Hoard's Dairy
man. This caused somewhat of a stir
in the dairy world. and since 1t re-
suits in the utilization of large quanti-
ties OF buttermflk wasted every year
it is well worthy Of consideration. 1t
makes very acceptable cheese sand
witch, and the profit in the enterprise
will depend entirely upon whether or
not steady market can be developed
for it. Being a perishable product.
very much like cottage cheese, it win
keep only few days. The fact of
the inter Is there is very little dif-
ference between buttermilk cheese
and cottage cheese, except that the
former has a buttermilk flavor.
Packing and selling this cheese re-
quires special attention, since the pub
lie is not familiar with the product
1t may be shipped in butter tubs and
retailed in paper pals brother small
packages. 1t will keep for week or
ten days in temperature of so to so
degrees, but 1t can be kept longer il
the temperature is lowered to 80 de-
grees or below. 1t has been sold at 3
to cents a pound at the factory and
retailed at to 1211k cents. If color, Is
desired this may be secured by add
ing cheese coloring as used in cheddar
cheese
The making of this buttermilk
cheese is inexpensive. as the drainage
racks, syphons, etc., can be con-
structed by anyone. When only very
small amount is desired the ordinary
utensils of creamery can be utilized.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
START HORSE RADIsH EARLY
Make Soil Loose and at Least to
Depth of Ten lnches---Work in
WeII-Rotted Manure.
By R. q. wEATHERsToNE.,

(By r. G. WEATHERSTONE.)
Horse radish should be started very
early in the spring. It consists of one
large root from which springs the
crown and large number of smaller
roots.
These roots, small as lead pencil,
or larger, are cut of into lengths of
from four to six inches and should be
placed in the ground with the thick
end up.
The should be planted about three
inches deep and the soil above them
pressed down firmly to prevent water
from reaching tbs5n before they start
to grow.
Make the soil loose and at least
a depth of ten inches. Work into 1t
plenty of well-rotted manure. Set
horse radish in rows about three feet
apart and at intervals of about Is in
ches.
Then keep the weeds away from
them and the top soil loose with fire.
quent cultivation. A row six feet
long will supply a family with all it
needs. The plant will be ready for
use early in the fall and it makes its
best growth then.
1t should be dug late in the fall after
all other crops are off, the small root
tops removed and stored in sand in
the cellar or buried in pits in the
ground until wanted for use.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21

Good Nature and Humorous Tongue
In a village of about five thousand
inhabitants in Tioga county, New
York, modest fortune has been
amassed by man who at the age OF
forty-five left the navy without even
a trade to fall back upon and no as
sets except a humorous turn to his
tongue.
Having done some cobbling when a
young man, he entered shoe store
for a time and later set up little
shop of his own for repairing shoes.
That was ten years ago. His good ma
ture and industry won him the trade
of the town; a newly acquired habit
Of thrift promted him to buy on the
installment plan the little shop and
house in which he lived.
Today a fine brick building is re-
placing the wooden one and the cob
bier himself may give up his last II
he wishes. But that he has no dis
like for 1t is evidenced by his recipe
for success, which ID:
"Just keep pegging away"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21

- -.E zasaA -. 5<1iA&

Never feed moldy food of any kind
to cows.
Don't fool away time and money by
using scrub sire.
Every man can attribute part Of
his existence to milk.
Milk houses are built neither for
hen roosts nor tool sheds
City folks are expecting stores to
sell butter by the carat soon.
, The best mixer in the herd doesn't
always show the biggest udder.
A COW will never do her best unless
she has perfect confidence in you.
It costs less to haul butter or cream
to market than any other farm crop
Veal is high. but not high enough to
warrant sacrificing promising heller
calf.
The dairyman with good well and
windmill can supply his own refrige-
rator.
There is not much play about dairy
ing. but no other job pays better for
hard work
A good sire is half the herd. but
scrub bull comes nearer to being the
whole herd.
The fall COW gives her largest flow
Of milk and yields her butter-fat when
prices are highest.
Cow barns should have plenty OF
light, and it should come through
windows, not cracks.
The only plausible excuse dairy
g. &nr4@~.rw 4. &--~..
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21
WAY OF FEEDING
CORN TO HORSES
Grinding win Not Pay Unless
Animals Have Poor Teeth
One Combination.

n corn must. be fed TO the horses,
grinding it will not pay, unless the
horses have poor teeth. in which case
n might be advisable Feeding the
ear or shelled corn would be the more
desirable method OF feeding.
Crushed corn and cobmeal is not as
eDod because OF the cost of crushing,
and the amount Of food value secured
from the cob is SO small that 1t does
not make up for the energy required
10 digest SO much crude fiber.
A combination of corn, bran and a
little oilmeal make. good summer
ration for horses. Feeding 1000
pound horse about 10 pounds Of corn
and 8 pounds Of bran per day would
b equivalent to "A pounds Of oats, al
slough it contain little more carbo-
hydrates and less protein, thus max
ing q little wider ration a small
amount OF oil meal would Offset this,
however
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21

not few sacrificed sows are the
result of want of capable atten-
dant
If the SOW has farrowed all right.
she should be fed in such the same
way as during the closing days of
CESSATION. 1t is a great mistake to
feed for milk" before narrowing. and
equally an error to begin to stuff the
SOW with heating or milk producing
food Immediately afterward.
The inexperienced breeder thinks he
must brace up his SOW with plenty,
of good food to meet the demand on
her system and produce plenty of
milk on which the pigs can grow and
thrive.
In theory this sounds well, but
experience goes to show that 1t is a
poor sort of SOW, and one that should
not have been bred from. that does
not, at the sart, produce enough milk
for her pigs without any extra or
special feeding.
The time for this is later on when
the pigs are growing and require a
large quantity of rich milk to satisfy
their requirements, and in providing
which, if not assisted by better food.
the. sow is dragged down In condi-
ton.
To commence this high feeding
directly the pigs are born is not only
unnecessary, and therefore wasteflll.
but it is Injurious. 1t really defeats
the object in view. for it overstimu-
lates the milk-glands and infames the
udder; while the effect on the little
pigs is to sicken them and cause
securing and liver arrangement, to
which young pigs are prone.
The majority of cases of sc-called
milk-fever in sows, IN whsck the secre-
ton disappears altogether and leaves
the youngsters practically motherless,
are due to high or overlooking prior
to. and Immediately after narrowing.
The diet of the Sucking SOW shoald
be gradually increased in quantity and
richness, and as the pigs grow, little
meal composed of wheat, barley, or
acts may be added to the shorts and
bran, which is about the best diet at
this period, and the number of times
of feeding increased.
An important feature In the sue
cessful management of the SOW and
litter is to get the youngsters to feed
as early as possible. This. pays in two
ways-it saves some of the drag ON
tho SOW, and it gets the pigs fit to
wean earlier, releasing the sow from
her maternal duties
Moreover. when the pigs are re-
moved from the sow, which is gen
orally fortnight too soon, they are
much better fit to do without her
milk, and also much less liable to the
conclusive attacks so common in
newly weaned pigs, whose stomachs
are unaccustomed to deal with the
coarse food often too plentifully sup
piled to them.
Indigestion, constipation and fits"
are very intimately connected and all
are due to improper feeding.
The best way to teach young pigs
to eat is to provide a run or creep
into an adjoining pen to which the
sow cannot obtain access, or to feed
them while she is turned out to get
some exercise.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-02-21

crushed against the wall. it is good
plan to fix strong rail around each
side of the narrowing place. at a
height of froms seven to nine inches
from the floor, and similar distance
from the we'll
This will prevent the SOW founder
Ing down with her back against the
side of the pen and provides a refuge
for the youngsters who can get under
ahe projection.
1t is a great mistake to provide the
narrowing SOW with a large quantity
of bedding Under ordinary circum-
stances there is no better bedding
material for pigs than good wheat
straw, but for the narrowing SOW a
moderate quantity of short stuff is
preferable to the long materials in
which the pigs are apt to get tangled
and unable to escape quickly out of
the way of a clumsy mother
The question whether at narrowing
dine the SOW should be left to her
own devices, or assisted in any way
IN taking charge of the pigs until the
birth is complete is much debated by
pig breeders. She should certainly be
watched.
In many cases the SOW farrows dur
ing the night and is found with her
pigs all right and comfortable in the
morning. bgt It is not always so, and