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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
Blind Boys Match Pennies.

Two blind newsboys who station
themselves at Thirteenth and Market
streets at midnight to sell the bull
dog" editions of the various morning
newspapers are furnishing a spectacle
that would call forth from Billy Sun
day some choice Sundaygrams, re-
marks the Philadelphia Record. These
two lads, n is white and the other is
colored. when business becomes slack.
engage in a quiet game Of matching
pennies. OF course, they cannot see
the head or tail of a coin, but they
readily tell it by the touch. One of
them evidently tried to fool the other
one night by using a smooth penny,
He had some particular mark on It by
which he could tell the head, and when
the other lad matched him he chal
lenged his opponent to prove his point
The boy felt the smooth coin and, to
the surprise of the small group Of
spectators, detected the trick of the
other boy.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
"pyLkEuA py N Sek1suf
SYNOPSIS.

Captain Abraham Rose and Angelina.
his wife, have lost their little home
through Abe's unlucky purchase of Tena-
fly Gold mining stock. Their household
goods sold, the 500 auction money. all
they ave left. will place Abe in the OLD
Mans home. or Angy in the Old Ladies
home. Both are self-sacriflcing but Abe
decides: My dear this is the fust time
I've had q chance to take the wust of 1t.
The old couple bid good-by to the little
house. Terror OF what folks will say"
sends them along by-paths to the gate of
the Old Ladies' home. Miss Abigail, ma
iron of the Old Ladies home. hears of
the i'll fortune of the old couple. She tells
the other old ladies, and Blossy. who has
paid a double fee for the only double bed
chamber. voices the unanimous verdict
that Abe must be taken in with his wife.
Abe awakens next morning TO find that
he is "Old Lady No. 81" The old ladies
give him such a warm welcome that he
lie made to feel at home at once. Brother
Abe" expands under the warm reception
of the sisters. and a reign of peace begins
IN the Old Ladies' home. Abe Is the cen.
ter of the community. The semi-annual
visit Of Blossy's aged lover, Capt. Samuel
Darby, is due. Abe advises her to marry
him. For the FIRST time the captain fails
TO appear.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
New Coal-Cutter.

Revolutionary changes in coal
mining methods are promised upon
the general introduction of a coal
mining machine developed by q
Pittsburgh mining and mechanical en-
gineer, who has spent more than ten
years in ~perfecting the machine.
The device, constructed of struc-
tural steel, can attack the coal seam
In any position, moving up or down
or in any direction. 1t takes out more
than 80 per cen of the coal in the
ground, whereas the best practice Of
today seldom v more than 70
per cent. 1t is stated that under all
sorts Of tests, running over many
months, the machine has demon
strated that it can cut the cost OF
mining coal by half.
It is said that with only twenty
men attending the machines, ten of
them can produce over 1000 tons of
coal a day. Electricity or compressed
air can be used, and SO little power
is required that the cost of power Is
less than one per cent a ton for each
ton of coal mined.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
v of the Jew.

Jews! Never again will the bravery
of the Jews be questioned. The Eu-
ropean war has found them at the
front IN many a battlefield, fighting
shoulder to shoulder with their com
patriots among the various Delliger-
ents. Discussing at a meeting of the
Judeans in New York city the topic,
'"The Jew as a Citizen in the Country
of His Domicile," DR.. Henry M. Leip-
ziger declared that from all of the
countries involved in the conflict came
reports that the Jews were rallying
to the support of the country of their
adoption, and were conducting them
selves with heroism. Jews in the Ger
man army have received the Iron
Cross, and in the Russian army have
won distinction. The ability of the
Jews to remain a distinct people and
yet to support Loyalty the country of
their birth or adoption is one of the
marvels of history.-Leslie's.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
Wanted a Little Praise Himself.

Following a disastrous fire in a west.
ern city, many men and women gath
cred to look at the ruins. Some of the
men, seeing that a wall near which
they were standing was topping, made
haste to get out of the way, and mar
rowly escaped being crushed.
Johnny Brabison, a good Irish citi.
zen, was SO near the wall that he could
not escape with the others. So. whirl.
ing about, he made for a door In the
wall, burst through 1t, and came out
on the other side safe, and evidently
very proud of his exploit. Women
who had shut their eyes and shrieked
when they saw his danger now gath.
cred round him in great Joy, and cried
out:
Praise heaven, Johnny Brabison,
down on your knees, and thank
heaven!"
"Yis yis." said he, 'and l will, but
wasn't it ~injaneyous inn me, now?"-
Youths Companion.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
TIME FOR SELLING PIG CROP
Much Depends Upon Price of Feeding
Materials and Development OF
Bone, Muscle and visor.

The best time to sell the pigs de-
ponds upon the price of feeding ma
terials that may be utilized in growing
them and developing their bone, mus
Gle and vigor, and preparing them for
the fattening period. When we have
plenty of forage, skim milk and other
homegrown foods, We often find it ad-
vantageous to allow them a longer
period of growth than when we feed
an exclusive grain diet. Market de-
mands are for a medium-sized hog,
with plenty of lean meat; strong, but
not too coarse bone; plenty of activity
and strength to stand up well during
shipment.
Fall pigs, as a rule. are less profit
able unless the feeder can utilize what
would otherwise be waste feed in keep
ing them through the winter. Pigs
that make good gains during the win
ter, and can be put on pasture in the
spring, and then fattened in the fall,
often make good gains during the
longer periods, and cash in fine profits
In the fall. On account of coming to
maturity at the best time to breed for
spring filters, we have found fall far
rowed sows very desirable for breed
ing purposes. The second season gives
them the bone and muscle develop.
ment at a very low cost.
Warm drinking water, light, warn
and dry quarters, succulent food with
frequent change of breeding and diet,
will insure good growth during the
winter, but unless we are in the best
shape to look after these details, we
find it best to confine u feeding to
spring filters. The fall pig that goes
into the winter without a warm place
to sleep and plenty of warm, nourish
ing food, has a winter of misery be
fore 1t.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
MlDDLlNGS FOR YOUNG PIGS
If Rye Can Be Purchased for Less
Money Than Wheat It viii Be to
Advantage to Feed Them.

Chemical analyses indicate that
there is nearly rs per cent more fat
and slightly more protein in wheat
middlings than in rye middlings, al
though feeding tests show that wheat
middlings are but very little better
than rye middlings. Feeding tests
have shown that pigs fed on rye mid
dlings are quite likely to go off feed.
which is not so common an occur
renee with wheat middlings. With
prices the same, wheat middlings
would be the better feed, but If rye
middlings Ia be purchased for some
what less than the other. 1t will be
to the feeders advantage to use them.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
CAN oUTRUr WILD HORSES
santo Domingo Indians Are Credited
With Remarkable Speed and
Powers Of Endurance.

In the old days of the wild and
woolly West" plainsmen and travellers
by overland wagons held to the belief
that a long journey could be made
more speedily by mar afoot than on
horseback. In the army the impress
sion generally is accepted that infan-
try can outtravel cavalry on long,
marches. But to the Santo Domingo
Indians of New Mexico belongs the
credit of chasing wild horses over the
ranges of the hills until the animals
are exhausted and submit to capture.
No marathon runners have ever
been recruited from this tribe of
Pueblo Indians, for the wonderful
powers of endurance of the runners of
the tribe are little known outside the
district Immediately surrounding their
village.
These runners of the Santo Domin-
gos come from a race of ~fleet-footed
ancestors. Like all tribes of American
Indians, they have accepted the mean
of travelling best suited to the country
where they live. The Sioux of the Da-
kotas are horsemen. The Santo Do
mingos have been walkers and run
ners always. Their physiques show
the results of generations of footmen.
Great chests, almost abnormal in de-
velopment, wedge upward from slen-
der waists, while sinewy calves pro-
claim the strength. to hold to a hard
trail.
Usually their chases of the bands of
wild horses owned by the tribe are
matters of necessity. The enormous
stretches of broken country where
the horses Craze, and the untamed
spirits of animals that may not have
been touched by man in their several
years of existence in the hills, make
1t necessary to ear the creatures out
and run them down. None but a Santo
Domingo Indian probably is able to
do it.
A courier of the Santo Domingo
tribe rode 80 miles at furious speed to
the pueblo of a neighboring band,
bearing a message. His horse was
staggering when the town was reached
A hasty consultation was called. The
answer was handed to the Santo Do
mingo youth. Nodding. he turned
toward home.
"Ho! Your horse?" a headman
called.
The courier said:
Il leave him. l must go fast. The
a would kill my horse"
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The familiar practice of hogging off
crops has been developed by experts
In the United States department of
agriculture into a scientific system of
farm management which, 1t is said,
will minimize, in those sections and
those farms to which it is adapted,
the cost of harvest labor.
Reduced to its simplest terms this
system, which is described in full in
Farmers Bulletin No. GA, "A Corn
Belt System of Farming Which Saves
Harvest Labor by Hogging Down
Crops" consists of a four or five-year
rotation of corn, corn, rye and a mix
ture of clover and timothy M or two
years. A farm managed on this sys-
tenn should consist of four or five
fields of from 20 to 40 acres each,
and 1t is desirable that all the fields
should be Of approximately the same
size. Farms should be laid out in &C.
cordance with the following plan:
/. Corn-First year to be hogged off.
Q. C~orn-Second year TO be cut and rye
8. Rye and Young Clover-Hogged off
and pastured.
4. Clover and Timothy-Hog pastured.
6. Timothy and Clover-For hay or pas
ture.
Above is plan of a farm run on a 1--WE
year rotation.
In field No. 1 the first year corn is
grown and hogged off as soon as it is
ripe. This is generally from Septem
Der 1 to September 10. When the corr
Ia cultivated for the last time, it Is
usually desirable to SOW soy beans OF
rape, in order that the hogs may have
pasturage while gathering the corn
and also because such a crop supple:
valuable humus which can be turned
back into the soil. In the following
spring this field is prepared for sec
ond-year cor and becomes field No.
In the illustration.
Field No. 2 is, as we have seen, de
voted to second year corn, which /
not hogged off but harvested by hand
Here rye is sown in the fall. Unde
favorable conditions this can be don
while the corn is still standing, but !
necessary 1t is not too late after tn,
corn has been cut and shocked. Ry
may be sown much later than wheat
and this is n Of its great advantage
In a rotation such as is now being dc
scribed.
Field No. 3 is devoted to ry
throughout the entire eason In tn
spring 1t is pastured by the hogs a
long as it is palatable, affording exec
lent pasturage, especially for youn
hogs and brood sows. When the ry
becomes tough and the hogs cease t
relish 1t, they should be removed an
not returned to the field until tw
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
DAIPY
f...],s1A s%

Bad hay or fodder should never be
fed to the COW.
Sunlight is death to disease germs.
Flood the stable with sunlight.
Always provide the COW with a good
bed to lie on. Be a good friend to your
cows.
Water with the chill taken out Is
best for the milk cows. Put a heater
in the tank.
The reason many COWS kick Is be-
cause they have been kicked first.
Ever think about that?
The way to produce milk profitably
is to have COWS bred for that pur-
pose. Do not try to make a COW do
two things at the same tine.
Fertile farms are necessary II per-
manent agriculture is to be estab-
lished and the dairy cow offers the
simplest and best possible means OF
securing these fertile fields.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
CHAPTER vIl-continued

At night, however, she was obliged
20 admit that he could not be coming;
and then, Q~uivering with honest anxi-
ETY. for her old friend, Blossy dipped
into her emergency fund, which she
kept In the heart OF a little pink china
pig on a shelf in her room-a pink
china pig with a lid made of stin
black hair standing on edge in the
middle of his back-and sent a tele-
gram to Captain Darby, asking II he
we're sick.
The answer came back slowly by
mail. to find Blossy on the verge Of
o nervous collapse, under the al of
all the women in the house.
That letter Blossy w showed to
Brother Abe, nor to any n else.
Neither did she treasure 1t in the SEN
dmantal trunk beneath the attic caves.
The letter ran:
Dear Betsy Ann: i Devar felt better In
my life. Amt been sick a minute. Just
made UP my mind I was 9 old fool. and
was going to quit. II you change your In
tentions Mt any time. just drop me q pos
s1ML DARBY. ESQ.
This, Captain Darby, makes your
rejection fnal,' vowed Blossy to her
self, as she tore the note into frag
ments and drowned them in the spir
Its Of lavender with which the sisters
had been seeking to soothe her dis
tracted nerves.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
CHAPTER VIII.
The Anniversary.

Inc anniversary.
About this time Blossy developed a
tendency to draw Brother Abraham
aside at every opportunity, convenient
or i~nconvenient, In order to put such
questions as these to him:
Didn't you say 1t is fully thirty-1ve
years since you and Captain Darby
were on the beach together? Do you
think he has grown much older? Had
he lost his hair then? Did he care
for the opposite sex? Was he very
brave-or would you say more brave
than stubborn and contrary? Isn't it
a blessing that l never married him?"
Fearful of the ridicule of the sisters.
Blossy was always careful to conduct
these inquiries In whispers, or at least
in undertones with a great observance
Of secrecy, sometimes stopping Abe on
the stairs, sometimes reckoning him
70 her side when she was busy about
her household tasks on the pretense of
requiring his assistance. On one oc-
casion she even went so far as to IN
veigle him into holding a skein of
wool about his clumsy hands, while
she wound the violet worsted into q
ball, and delicately inquired If he be.
lieved Samuel spoke the truth when
he protested that he had never paid
court to any other woman.
Alas, Blossy's frequent tete-a-tetes
with the amused but sometimes impa
tent Abraham started an exceedingly
foolish suspicion. When. asked the
sisters of one another, did Abe evel
help any one, saw Blossy. shell. dried
beans or pick over prunes? When had
he ever been known to hold wool fol
Angyis windingf Not once since
wooing time, / warrant you. VIVA,
could this continual hobnobbing an,
going on into mean, except
firtationf
Ruby Lee whispered it first int,
Aunt Nancy's good ear. Aunt Name.
INDUCED In four pinches of snuff IL
rapid succession, sneezed an amazini
number of times, and then acridly in
formed Ruby Lee that she was a "jea.
Gus Get" and always had been one.
However, Aunt Nancy could not n
Train from carrying the gossip to Mis-
Ellie, adding that she herself had bee
suspicious Of Abe's behavior from tn
start
"Oh, no. mol" cried the shocked an
shrinking spinster. And Angy s
cheerful all the time? don't believ
II"
But whisper. whisper, buzz, buzz
went the gossip. until finally 1t reache
the pink little ears at the side
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
Eu.urIss Window Display.

An Oxford street store has turned
one OF Its windows into a futurist
boudoir, which is a regular "Midsum-
mer Nights Dream"
There Is an ~oxydized bed with black
sheets and pillows. black and white
striped wall paper. spruce and orange
cushions scattered about at random
on sofas or on the floor, and finally,
u OF these very green china par
rots. the reason of which Is not ap.
Observation-Disclosures Herald
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
No Landmarks In Space.

There are NJ landmarks In space;
one portion of space is exactly like
every other portion. so that we cannot
tell where we are. We are, as it were,
in an unrufied sea. without stars, com
pass, soundings, wind or tide, and
we cannot tell in what direction we
are going. We have no log which we
cast out to take a dead reckoning by:
we may compute our rate Of motion
with respect to neighboring bodies
but we do not know how these bod
les may be moving in space."-Max
well.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
Novel Use for Auto.

A Cleveland woodworker mas mount
ed a work bench on wheels and lows
it behind his automobile, using the
power of the auto to drive a band saw
and other tools.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23
Farm Profits.

The farm profits are for the most
part made out of yields hat are above
the average. Average yields seldom
nay more than the cost of production.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-23

blind Abraham-Blossy, who had first
proposed admitting him into this para
disc; Blossy, who had given up her
sunny south chamber to his comfort
and Angy's; Blossy, who had been as
a ~"guardeen angel" to him; Blossy,
who as a fitting climax to all her sis
terly attentions had given him today
this wonderful, wonderful pink tea,
and this Ave hull pound O. virginny
terbaccer."
He held the parcel close to his
bosom, and went on, still praising
Blossy-this innocent old gentleman,
needless of Angy's gentle tug at his
coat-tail; while Blossy buried her alb
surdly lovely face in the pink flush
of a wild-rose spray, and the other old
ladies stared from him to her, their
faces growing hard and cold.
When Abraham sat down, aglow
with pride over his oratorical trt-
umphs, his chest expanded, his counte.
nance wrinkled into a thousand guile
less, grateful smiles, there was abso
lutte silence.
Then Blossy, her head still bowed az
If in shy confusion, began to clap he,
hands daintily together, whereat a few
Of the others Joined her half-heartedly
A mi of chill crept wei Abraham
Accustomed as a rule to d~eferentia
attention, did he but say good morn
ing. by no means aware that his thron,
had toppled during the winter, he wa.
still forced TO perceive that something
had gone amiss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
OCEAN TRAVEL TO
STOP FOR A WEEK
Passenger Service to British
Isles Off for First Time
Since Civil War.

\ veteran shipping man noted yes,er-
day that no steamship carrying passen-
gers or mall direct to the United King
dom ia scheduled to sail from this port
next week He said this Is the first time
since the civil war that this has oc-
CURED No passenger carriers, he as
serted viii sau from any American port
next week England Ireland. Scotland
and Wales will thus be cut of fog about
fortnight from this country.
The reasons for the shortage IN liners
on the route to England ave the strike
OF dock workers in EnEiSh ports and
the requiSitloning Of some OF the swiftest
and finest ships 10y the GoVernmen. fOr
use as transports and auxiliary cruisers
The American liner Philadelphia Will
not be able 20 get away from Liverpool
until Monday. The 81 Louis, also Of
the American Line. viii not sail from
Liverpool until Tuesday The Lusi-
tauia will sail on March ~ for New
York.
The American Line IS doing the big
gcst winter business IN its history II
- looked upon as the safest line FOR
travel 10 England and partly because 40
large "A number OF fine ships are IN the
war game. The New York which sails
to-day. will carry large list Of cabin
passengers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
SEIZE BELGIAN MACHINERY.
Germans Take s3,OOO.OOO worth
to Make war Natcriai.

WAsHINGToN. March THE RelsIan
Legation to-day announced that fedora
ton OF Belgian steel and iron manufac-
turers have protested 10 the German
aforementioned OF Belgium against
the seizure OF machinery valued at
more than $4,000. 900, which 1t IS
charged has been sent 10 Germany for
use In the manufacture Of munitions ot
war. Il Is declared by the Belgians that
such action nullihes efforts TO resume
work IN Belgium. as directed by the
German authorities. and agGravates tho
unemployment situation Il is also
charged that these acts are in violation
OF the Hague conventions
The Belgian Lega,ion also charges that
horses seized in Belgium arc being pub.
licly sold IN Germany. though they were
taken from Belgians on the ground tha,
they were needed for the German force
OF occupation. iiclgian wines, " IL said.
have been sent 10 the German forces
operating H. Poland.
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sp.c,oi 'aLjc be,Dotch 10 TEE Str

LONDON. March 6.--Three German
submarines are know 20 nave been
sunk in the last few days alore and
there is strong probability that a
fourth has been sent to the bottom in
the Channel warfare French warships
get the credit for two. the captain ~ the
British steam collier Thordis accounted
Tor the third and the captain Of the
British steamer Aston announces that
ne destroyed on. Of the eremys sub
mersibes on Sunday by rammlnp her
The Admiralty announced tonight
that French DESTROYER had .unk the
Us. sister ship II the famous TO that
torpedoed the Aboukir Crcssy and
Hosue ana also the Hermcs 4 supple.
meniary report from the French Minis
try of War stated that submarine of
the U-2 class had been the victim of the
munique follows
During the day of March a war
sap belonging to the hotills OF the sec
ond French ligt squadron attacked
German submarine OF the U-2 type
III the English Chlune. The subma.
rine was IN, ny three shells and dis
appeared withou; leaving any trace "
The Admiralty now places entire be-
lief in the report of the captain OF the
Thordis. who declared that his ship
had sunk e submarine of Beachy Head
or February 2s. The Thordis has been
put in dry dock and the injuries to her
keel support III" contention that she
rammed the German craft
Now capt Wyatt OF the rtish
steamer Aston has telegraphed TO the
Admiralty asking that the award Of
the prize offered TO the first mercantile