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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
PURITY OF JUDICIAL ERMINE
Termed as Rabbit Skin by Redoubt-
able Advocate Who Was Defending
Prisoner. at Bodmin Assizes.

At Bodmin assizes once, a barrister,
while pleading, was interrupted by the
Judge:
"Mr. Carter. you are wasting the
time of the court"
Time of the COURT" retorted the
truculent veteran, glaring flercely a.
the bench. Your lordship means
your lordship's dinner!"
The judge threw up his hands in
despair. and Carter continued his
harangue in peace.
The same redoubtable advocate was
on another occasion defending a man
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
False pretenses." said he. with
fine scorn. why, We all make them
every day, barristers and solicitors
and judges-the whole lot Of us. Talk
about the purity of the judicial er.
mine!" Here he pointed derisively to
the learned Judge. who sat covering
on the bench. "Why, it's only rabbit
skim"
Shouts of laughter greeted this ir-
reverent statement, which investiga.
ton would probably show to be literal
ly true.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29

Mr.. Bunny-What's the matter, Mr..
Tiger?
MIR. Tiger-I ate a rabbit this morn.
ing, and 1t disagreed with me.
Mr.. Bunny-Must have been my
wife. She disagrees with everybody.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
SUITABLE SHELTER
IS OF IMPORTANCE
Worn Out Piece Of Machinery Sci.
dom Seen, But More Often
Found "Weathered Out"

II you have much stock, poultry,
farming tools, grain and hay, and at
tempt to house 1t all you will have
quite q task, but 1t will pay in the
end.
Some have tried to make estimates
Of tools and machinery ruined each
year by weathering, and the figures
are simply enormous. Facts are, we
seldom see a piece of farm machinery
worn out, but often e 1t "%weathered
out" That is the reason the junk
man does "a land Office business"
Stock, too, which are not properly
sheltered o get l~ong.halred and
show signs of needing weatherboard-
ing. When you shelter stock poorly,
you must pay for it either in the ex-
ira feed, or in the condition of the
stock.
What about the hay crop? On
many farms there is enough hay
spoiled from stacking each year to
pay the interest and some Of the prin-
cipal, or more than enough money to
build a good barn. It is quite a task
indeed to attempt to shelter every
thing, but i%mprovised sheds and other
small buildings will help a lot and are
inexpensive and later permanent struc.
lures may be provided.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
PROPER FENCING FOR SHEEP
Always Looms Up as Serious Problem
to Those Interested In Keeping
a Few Of the Animals.

To those interested in getting a few
sheep on the farm the fencing prob
lem always looms up as a most serious
difficulty. 1t does not require a heavy
fence to hold sheep. Barbed wire,
however, is most unsatisfactory fenc-
Ing for sheep.
The best kind of fence is one made
Of woven wire from 80 to AZ inches In
height. having from five to nine hori.
zontal wires and from 16 to 20 stays
or vertical wires to the rod.
Any woven fence coming inside
these limits II put on to good posts
from IA to 16 feet apart will make a
satisfactory fence for turning sheep.
With "a 30-inch woven wire 1t is al
ways desirable to place at least one
barbed wire on top.
When building a fence to turn sheep
1t might just as well be SO construct
ed as to turn all classes of farm ami
mails
Where it Is desired to fence against
hogs 1t will be necessary to have a
barbed wire next to the ground as we'll
and a somewhat closer mesh and
heavier wire must be used.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29

Some one advised me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Ihad
taken so much medicine and my doctor
said he could do me no good so l toldmy
husband he might get me q bottle and I
would try it. By the time / had taken
it l felt better. / continued its use, and
now I am well and strong.
81 have always recommended your
medicine ever since I was so wonder
fully benefited by it and / hope this
letter will be the means Of saving some
other poor woman from suffering. -
Mrs. MARTHA SEAvEY, Box 1144.
Unionville, Missouri.
The makers Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound have Thousands Of
such letters as that above - they tell
the truth, else they could not have been
obtained for love or money. This med
icina is no stranger - it has stood the
test for years.
II there are any complications You
do not understand write to Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfidentiaD
Lynn Mass Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by q woman and
held In strict confidence.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29

Large mouths and wide bodies indi-
cate good feeding qualities and great
digestive capacities.
No man a produce clean milk
from cow that are permitted to live
in unclean stables.
A COW underfed il not doing her
best work, and a COW overfed is losing
something in her production.
A good feeder will soon learn the in
d~ividuality Of each COW, and feed her
so that she will return a profit If she
Is capable of doing 80.
A wise dairy farmer prepares for
summer droughts by having some en-
silage left over for summer feeding.
Give the COW all the cheap, bulky
food she will eat, but feed the grain
according to her milk flow, If she is in
good condition.
Many q dairy farmer hangs on to a
poor bull because he is cheap and be-
cause he is not worth much to the
butcher.
An up-to-date dairy COW must be
handled with understanding. Her
needs must be studied and met. This
cannot be done by an unthinking man.
While 1t is doubtless true that a COW
kept at perfect ease will, other things
being equal, give the greatest quantity
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
ROAD BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA
Educational Movement to Reach
Country Boy Through Rural
Schoois-Pian Of Colonel Suggs.

The good road educational move
ment is to reach the country boy in
Oklahoma through the rural schools,
as the result of advocacy of such a
plan by Col. Sidney Suggs Of Ard.
more, state highway commissioner.
who has secured the Endorsement and
cooperation, not only Of Robert H..
Wilson, the state superintendent of
public instruction, but also df the Off
cials of the State Agricultural college
at Saltwater.
when the federal government had
spent many thousands of dollars to en-.
courage scientific farming" says Colo
mel Suggs. land when so few farmers
adopted the methods advanced, the Of
ficials changed their base Of opera.
tons. They went after the boy. They
sought to teach new methods to the
older people through the medium Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
DAISY FLY KILLER
Some ~Refreshmsut.

An admiral, during the na1euvers
at Newport. told a story at q gar
den party.
THE navy Is as abstemious from
ethical reasons" he began. ."as Old
Stingee was from miserliness.
"Old Stingee was entertaining a boy
hood friend one evening at his shore
cottage. After a couple Of hours Of
dry talk the old fellow said. genially;
would you like some refreshment
"a cooling draft. say-Georgeg
why. yes. l don't care IL l do
said George. and he passed his hand
across his mouth and frightened up
wonderfully.
Good said Old Stingee. I'll just
open this window. There's a fine sea
breeze blowing"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
BUILT A MONUMENT
The Best Sort in the World.

"A monument built by and from
Postum" is the way an Illinois q
describes himself. He says:
For years l was a coffee drinker
until at last I became a terrible suf-
ferer from dyspepsia, constipation.
headaches and indigestion.
The different kinds Of medicine I
tried did not cure me, and finally some
one told me to leave of coffee and
take up Postum. l was fortunate in
having the Postum made strictly &C
cording to directions on the pkg, so
that from the start l liked it.
Gradually my condition changed.
The old troubles disappeared and I
began to feel well again. My appetite
became good and ] could digest food.
Now / am restored to strength and
health. can sleep sound all night and
awake with a fresh and rested body.
II am really a monument built by
Postum, for l was a physical wreck.
distressed In body and mind. and am
now a strong. healthy man I know
exactly what made the change; It was
leaving of coffee and using Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read The Road to Well-'
ville," In pkgs. Z
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum cereat-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissoives quickly in a cup Of hot wa
ter. and with cream and sugar. makes
a delicious beverage instantly. soc and
SOC tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious ana
cost about the same per cup.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
FLIES ARE SOURCE
OF MUCH TROUBLE
Insects Introduce Some of Most
Undesirable FC. ms Of BAG.
terra in the Milk.

(By J. N. PRICE. Washington Expert
ment Station.)
Flies are a source Of a great dea Of
trouble in the dairy business. They In
troduce some of the most undesirable
forms of bacteria, including disease
germs, in the milk. Their habit Of
feeding on decaying material and the
feces of all animals makes them q
very dangerous source Of contamina-
ton. They will fly directly from the
manure gutter to the milk pail, thus
introducing into the milk the germs
Of any contagious disease with which
any Of the cow may be affected. They
also carry the germs of the sick room
or the privy vault to the dairy build
ing, in many cases serving to spread
disease broadcast by introducing the
germs into the milk supply Of many
families.
The barn, milkroom and all other
places where milk is handled should
be kept as free from flies as possible.
II the manure is hauled out frequent
ly and the premises r kept free from
refuse, the number of flies will be
greatly reduced. The manure should
be removed before warm weather
comes and the flies begin to hatch.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29

Of milk, yet considerations Of health
forbid forcing and require that the COW
be given moderate exercise in the
open air.
Most of the criticisms that come
from feeding ensilage come from ig-
torrance in handling 1t from the time
It is planted until 1t Is fed out.
A thin skin shows a weak, nervous
system and a dry skin indicates poor
digestive qualities.
Water has a great influence upon
the composition of milk. Cows should
have as much water as they will drink
and not less frequently than twice a
day.
The milk glands are under direct
control of the nervous system and any
conditions which affect the nervous
system are sure to react upon the
milk-producing glands.
Loss, expense and risk hasten in the
wake of withered pastures unless sup
Elemental feeds are promptly sup
piled.
A milk-1ow once allowed to 60 down
by default cannot be fully regained un-
til the COW freshens again.
Don't abuse a v COW any
more than you would abuse q nervous
horse.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29

the boy on the farm. The government
planned well. The idea has resulted
in revolutionizing agriculture.
"This is what caused me to appeal
to the boys in the interest Of good
roads. My plan is to have every rural
school lay out a stretch Of good road,
from a quarter to a half mile in length,
leading from the schoolhouse, to plant
fruit trees on either side and to i'm
prove the road. l believe that one
such piece Of model road in each COM
munity will arouse SO much interest
and SO much pride that communities
will vie with each other in road i'm.
provement.
"In this manner, having the hearty
cooperation Of the state superintend-
ent Of public instruction, an educa-
tioual campaign can be started in the
schools of our state that in time will
become a most important factor and
be the means Of perfecting the consoli.
dated rural school system throughout
the state. sincerely believe that as
much interest can be aroused, and as
many benefits be brought to the young
people as are coming to them through
the statewide movement Of the Or
~ganization Of clubs to promote the
growing Of corn. The two movements
will at least harmonic, and neither
will be in the way of the other.
THE plan. as now outlined, is to or.
ganize a good road and tree-planting
club in every rural school in the state,
have the county or the state highway
engineer visit the schools, following
the organization of the clubs, and pro-
coed to lay out one-fourth or one-half
mile Of road leading from the school
house. In every instance the school
club shall assist in the survey, the
laying out of the road, in securing the
easements from the AUDITING property
n e The club boys shall carry the
chain, set the grade stakes, the drain
age stakes, learn just how plans and
profits are made, and be taught that
this piece of good road will be used
for generations to come.
"The club members shall be included,
while the road is actually being built.
when it is properly drained, graded
and crowned, how culverts are placed:
what the size Of culverts should be,
according to the topography Of the sur
rounding country. After the road is
completed it a &c kept up through
the use Of a light wooden drag at a
nominal cost, and this work should
also be done by the boy club men,
bers."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
SHROPSHIRE IS BEST SHEEP
New York Breeder Is Very Careful to
Sec That Ewes and Lambs Get
Plenty of Exercise.

I consider the Shropshire the best
utility breed among sheep. AS a pro.
Queer Of wool and mutton both Of the
best quality are secured. 1 became
interested as early as 1880, having
at that time some Shropshire grades,
writes Arthur 8. Davis Of Orange
county, New York, in Orange Judd
Farmer. One Of my ewes weighs 200
pounds, and in four years has sheared
60k pounds wool. My yearling rams
u from ITO to 200 pounds.
It is my rule to change the sire to
prevent %inbreeding once every two
years. My method Of breeding for
show does not differ from that for
any other purpose. I give them
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
ATTENTION NEEDED
IN EVERY ORCHARD
Gather Up All Rubbish and Burn
1t to Kill Insects-Pruning
Peach Trees.

After pruning, gather up all the rub
bish and burn. Fire is a sure cure
for bugs.
OF course. It is easier to shake
fruit from the trees, but the bruises
are bound to show quickly and may
spoil the market prices.
A good time to cut back peach
trees is in a season when the buds
have been winter killed. Prune Wig
orously and there will soon grow a
new head on the old tree.
II you think of putting out a new
peach orchard don't make the mis-
take Of setting your trees is feet
apart each way. Make it twenty.
The old orchard may be sod bound.
Turn 1t over with a pillow and sow to
clover; but be careful not to pillow
deep enough to injure the roots.
Many farmers take excellent care Of
everything on the place except the
orchard. They seem to think that
a take care of itself. but it cannot.
It is rather too late to prune apple
trees now. This should have been at
tended to about the middle Of June.
Remember this next year.
Grass and weeds in the orchard
make a fine nesting place for mice
In the winter.
Grape vines will do their best to
live without help. but a little cultiva.
ton and a little pruning every year
will make 1t easier for them.
II your grape vines are being dam.
aged by the climbing cut worm. feed
them a little arsenic mixed with bran
and water and a little sugar mixed
with it to give 1t q pleasant taste. Put
a little of it around the base Of each
vine and Mr.. Cutworm will turn up
his toes.
To kill sweet clover in the orchard,
NOW 1t frequently during the summer
and allow it to rot OF the ground.
Clean cultivation next year will dis
pose Of 1t.
A little glue mixed with whitewash
will make 1t stick to the trees better,
but we do not always believe that
such a preparation is good for them.
Sort your apples when packing for
market. Put all No. 1 fruit into boxes
by itself and the remainder into bar.
rels. You will get a better price this
way for the whole lot than II all
mixed together.
While 1t is a good plan to put nice
smooth fruit on the top layer you may
be sure that the housewife before
buying has the grocer show her the
bottom layer also.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
FARM
ANIMALS
SUMMER DISEASE OF CATTLE
Infectious Sore Eyes Cause Many
Animals to Go Bilnd-spread
Through Medium of Files.

CBy GEORGE H. GLOVER, Colorado
Experiment Station.)
There is a disease among cattle,
seen mostly in the summer, affecting
the eyes and causing many of them
to go blind. This is an infectious
o eyes, and by cattlemen on the
range is spoken of as pink eye of
cattle.
This disease is undoubtedly infec-
tious and spreads from n animal to
another, probably through the medium
Of flies. The disease runs its course
in an animal in from one to two weeks
and may result in total blindness,
though usually the sight is not i'm
paired. Only n eye may be affected.
The first symptoms is a profuse flow
Of tears. Soon the eye becomes very
sensitive to light and is kept con.
stantly closed. The eyeball becomes
clouded and gives the appearance Of
a film over the eye.
Animals affected with this disease
should be confined in a comfortable
stall with the light excluded and given
laxative, nourishing food.
A simple treatment consists Of
bathing the eyes with a strong solu-
ton of boric acid, or perhaps what
will be still better, a few drops of the
following mixture may be placed in
the eyes with a dropper several times
a day: Add half a grain of zinc sui
phate and ten grams Of boric acid to
an ounce of distilled water.
The animal should be protected
from the flies, as they greatly increase
the irritation to the ayes and probably
spread the infection to other animals.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
To Test Milk.

A simple but absolute test as to
whether milk is watered. is to dip a
steel needle In a vessel Of milk and
Immediately withdraw It in an upright
position. II the milk ia pure, some Of
the fluid will adhere to the needle; II
there is water in the milk. It will not
cling to the needle at all.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
LOVE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY
Young Man Agrees With Sweetheart
That One Meal Per Day Would
Be Entirely Sufficient.

Howard-But, Hazel, dear, marriage
Is out of the question now. / am only
a clerk on a meager salary. you know.
Hazel-Oh, Howard; don't let that
interfere with our happiness. We can
live on one meal a day If necessary.
Howard-But you know nothing Of
household duties, dear; why, you can't
even cook!
Hazel-Yes, I can. darling. The
time has come for my confession.
Howard, I graduated from a cooking
school three weeks ago.
Howard-Come to my arms, sweet
heart; 1t shall be as you wish-one
meal a day will be more than enough.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29

In many ways" observed Mrs.
Cityfat, who was visiting a friend
in the country, Il find that a horse
is much like a man."
well, I dunno" answered Farmer
Squash, as he applied a match to his
corncob pipe, Il have found them
quite different in some respects. For
instance, a horse is worth more after
he's broke."-Judge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Very Much So.

II wonder what the poet meant
when he alluded to woman in her
hours of ease as being uncertain, coy
and hard to please"
81 don't know about the coy part
said the saleslady. "but when It comes
to picking out a spring hat she's all
the rest Of It."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
First Prize Shropshire.

plenty to eat, like oats, clover hay
and clover pasture, in season. I am
very careful to see that the lambs
and ewes take lots Of exercise, and
do not care for shelter except from
winds and storms.
My chief difficulty has been with
stomach worms. l am o using to-
bacco dust with a salt, which gives
good results. 1t is advisable not to
keep them on old pastures too long
at q time.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
keep,'Away the Files.

A good repellent placed upon the
hair Of stock not only protects them
from house and deer flies. but also
from other two-winged pests, such as
horn flies, black flies or buffalo gnats.
the biting stable fly and BOTTLES at
fecting horses and cattle. A mixture
of q pound Of rancid lard and half q
pint OF kerosene will be helpful. Do
not use too much kerosene.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Hopeless Case.

Mrs. Hemmandhaw-I was just read.
ing In the paper about a man who was
driven to suicide by the third de-
gree.
Mrs. Shimmerpate-Mercy! John
Just told me he expects to take the
thirty-second degree at his lodge to-
night.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Psychological Effect,

DO you think it pays to keep chick
ens?"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel;
"a few chickens are a good adver-
tisement. They keep the summer
boarders cheered up, thinkin' mebbe
the first thing they know they'll see
a couple of EN- on the dinner table"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Souuht.

The bookkeeper approached his en-
ployer diffidently.
Seven years ago. sir" he began,
you engaged me on a weeks trial"
well, what Of it,"
MAY | presume now that my posi-.
ton is permanent"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Ruthless Revenge.

I'll get even with the man who
made all those libelous remarks about
me-"
Surely you will do nothing VIC
lent"
mo. l don't propose to make life
interesting for him. I'm going to haul
him into court and make him sit for
hours listening to arguments and ex-
pert testimony"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
A Possible RetractIon.

81 hear you are having a Take 1t
Back campaign in this town.
YES" admitted the Plunkville citi-
zen. Have you borrowed anything
that you have failed to return?"
"Oh, no. want to see a man who
called me a liar about three years
ago"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
A Doubtful c%ompIlment.

81 didn't just like the way he con-
graduated us on the engagement Of
Dur daughter to the count"
What did he say?"
He kept reminding me that we
weren't losing our daughter, but add
ing a son to the family"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Not ravorabIy Impressed.

Can you tell me some way to cook
potatoes?" asked the young wife who
was doing her first marketing.
"They are very nice just boiled in
thei- Jackets" suggested the grocer.
And have you no other potatoes
than these?" she went on doubtfully.
''These jackets do not look very sty]-
fish,"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
IN the Field,

Going to eat today?" inquired the
dragon.
YES" replied the hussar. I'VE have
horse meat"
1--WE have prospects Of dining our
selves. There's IN automobile out
yonder that has turned turtie."-
louisville Courier-Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
AZ Our BOARDING House,

I'VE become what we eat" said the
theosophist, without any excuse what.
8 Lever.
mo wonder I feel like a menagerie,"
volunteered the cheerful idiot; I've
been eating hash for a month"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
Hog Making Best Profit.

The hog that makes the quick
growth is the hog that makes the quick
profit.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-07-29
A Possibility.

your Uncle Batch appears quite
overcome by the charms Of La Petite
Louise"
ANY m with an encouraging
smile can make a fool Of him."
81 wonder! He may marry her at
that!"-Judge.