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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
SOUR SKIM MILK FOR
CALVES IN SUM MER
There Is Great Need of Precau.
ton in This Manner of Feed
ing-Feed at Once.

That calves do as well or better on
on sweet will be interesting new to
many farmers who have hitherto been
kept from raising calves by the ex-
pense Of keeping the milk sweet In hot
weather. This expense, experiments
carried out by the department Of agri-
culture indicate to be quite unneces-
sary. The calves will make as rapid
gains on Soul skim milk. In winter this
is not as satisfactory. It chills the
calves, and some of them drink 1t with
great reluctance. Very few young
calves have ever been known to refuse
it altogether. On the other hand, OF
course, it Is much easier to keep the
milk sweet in winter.
But there is need Of p%recaution IN
this matter of summer feeding of milk.
Unless the milk Is produced and kept
under clearly conditions, 1t may be-
come contaminated with disease-pro-
ducing bacteria. Farmers should there
fore allow the milk to sour quickly
and then feed It without delay.
In the course Of the experiments,
sour skim milk is fed to % calves,
Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys, at
different seasons of the year. In no
case did 1t cause digestive disturbances
ven when the change from sweet to
sour milk was made abruptly when
the calves were only a few days old.
Moreover, no evil results followed the
alternate s of sweet and Soul milk.
1t seems, therefore, that the common
conception that soul milk leads to
seoul is quite unfounded. It is in the
care of the milk.
The calves, it was found, did not
like the soul milk as well as the sweet,
but in the majority of cases soon be-
anne accustomed to 1t. The aversion,
however, increased when the milk was
fed them at low temperature.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

/ have said sometimes an entry vas
made in the journal of the congress by
another hand than ThOmsOn's, writes
Mr.. Hunt. The first of those occa-
sions was on June II, 1916, when Tim
Othy Matlack recorded a resolution tC
set aside a day for fasting and prayer
to avert the desOlating calamities that
seemed to be impending. Matlack had
been appointed Il clerk In Thomson's
office on May Is, and five days later. On
May 20, he wrote out the most import.
ant document that the congress had
issued up to that time-the commission
to George Washington to be cOmman-
der in chief of the American army. The
Identification Of the penmanship of the
commission with that of the entry In
the journal and of both with an auto.
graph letter of Matlack's that Is among
the papers of the Continental congress
Is certain.
Probably there was not at that time
a man In the country who was Mat
lacks equal as a penman. Later ThOm-
son had W. clerks in his office. George
Bond and Thomas Edison, each of
whom wrote a good engrossing hand;
so did General WashingtOn's secretary.
Richard Varick. Alexander Hamilton
wrote a finer hand than any of them,
but neither he O any Of the others
could equal the beauty of Matlack's
capital letters and the clearness and
symmetry of his writing rs a whole.
MatIack Copied the Declaration.
Fortunately, Matlack II still a
clerk in Thomson's Office when the
Declaration of Independence was or
dered to be %engrossed for final sigma
ture, and the task of copying it was as
signed to him. He copied from the
broadside, 'In Congress, July 4. 1916"
which is reproduced in the written
Declaration in the same form OF let
tering.
1t is not easy to identify the penman-
ship of a document like the Declare
ton, for the writer has written very
plainly and in characters of twice the
normal size, but some individual Pc
culiarities appear in this as In all
writing. A few years ago some of the
officials in the library of congress who
knew that Matlack was the best pen
man employed by Thomson made n
comparison Of General Washington's
commission, which was known to have
been written by him, with the Declara-
ton.
The first peculiar letter in the com
mission is the capital IN" in New
Hampshire, and we find Its counterpart
in Natures" In the second line Of the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

body Of the Declaration. The graceful
flourish at the top of "T" In the word
ITO" in the commission Is repeated In
the second of the sentences beginning
THAT" In the Declaration. In the word
offer" In the commission there Is a
marked popularity in the double "f;"
the first If" Is made like the Old-fash-
Toned long IS" 1t appears In the word
effect" In the Declaration, then In
suffer" and "sufferable." That is the
most noteworthy popularity in Mat.
lacks writing. The capital I'd" in the
commission and in the last line Of the
Declaration; the capital "B" In the
commission and in the word British"
in the Declaration; the whole word
Congress" In both dOcuments-thOse
aud other details established beyond
a doaht that the writer of the great
DsS.,srat;on was Tim.khy Matlack.
Although Timothy Matlack lived a
long time, he did not live long enough
to see the harm that befell the dOcu-
ment he had written so handsomely.
He and his contemporaries were proud
of it, and their descendants have held
1t in reverence above all other docu-
ments; and to satisfy the patriotic GU
riosity Of the people who have wished
to see 1t those who were its %custodians
In past years subjected 1t to treatment
that did 1t irreparable injury.
In 1924, when John Quincy Adams
was secretary of state, a skilled n
graver, william ]. Stone, made a cup
per plate facsimile Of the Declaration.
That is the only n that has ever keen
made. 1t was distributed by order of
congress and is familiar to us all. 1t Is
a perfect reproduction In every partic-
ular of the original document as 1t vas
when the facsimile was made, and Is a
fine specimen of the engraver's art. Un.
fortunately at the time he made 1t pho
Biography had not been discovered, and
Stone took an impression of the docu-
ment itself, and In doing so carried of
some of the ink.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

by five years. The clerk was Timothy
Matlack, who died at HOlmesburg, Pa.
In 1929, when he was ninety-nine years
OF age.
Timothy Matlack, writes Gaillard
Hunt. chief Of manuscript division H.
brary, IN the Youths Companion, was
a Quake: by birth, but he was an open
ady~sde Of fighting, and in 1776 was
elected captain Of a militia band in
Philadelphia, known as the "Shirt bat
TALON" So the Quakers, who were OPP
posed to war, expelled him, and in
1881 he and some others formed the
sect known as "Free Quakers." Be-
sides being in the Continental congress
he held a number of important offices
under the government of Pennsylvania
and Philadelphia. His last service
was AS alderman Of Philadelphia from
1915 70 1918.
Was a Great Perran.
To carry out the order of the con-
gress that the Declaration be pro-
claimed, Thomson needed more than a
score Of copies, for he had to send 1t
to everyone of the states and to the
army. So to save time he did not at
tempt to have any copies written off
with the pen, but sent the original
drafts, which the congress had passed,
to the official printer, John Dunlap.
The following morning the printed
copies were in ThOmsOn's hands.
1t was from one Of those copies that
Philadelphia first heard the Declara-
ton read, and 1t was n of them that
became the official copy, for Thomson
had not copied the Declaration even
into the journal Of the congress be-
fore he gave it to the printer; but
when he wrote the journal for July 4
he left a blank space for the Declare
ton, and the next day, with two waters
Of red wax, he fastened In the printed
broadside. At the time 1t had been
signed only by John Hancock, as presi-
dent of congress-, and countersigned by
Charles Thomson as secretary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
MUST CUT OUT WAR TALK
Dispatch Over Alleged Suicide Of kai.
ser Causes Trouble In a Chi.
cago Home.

Chicago.-"My husband said the kali
months and / said he would not, and
the argument grew so hot l took our
s~ix-year-old son and left him." Mrs.
Harvey J.. Barnett informed Judge
Stelk in the court of domestic rela-
lions.
1.-The kaiser can take are Of him
SELF" the Judge replied. "YOu go back
to your husband and If 1 hear of either
one of you discussing the war again
I'll send you both to jail"
They're talking about the weather in
the Barnett home now.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
BAFFLED
BY HUSKY BABY
Weighs One Hundred Pounds at
Less Than Three Years
of Age.
MAULS BIG BROTHER
Moves Buffet or Piano, Rides In Car
rage With Auto Springs and
Eats as Much as Two Grown
Persons.

Philadelphia. "Billy" Mccarthy,
Philadelphia's prize baby, is two years
and nine months old and weighs 100
pounds. He moves the furniture
around in the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. +. Mccarthy, eats as
much as two grown persons and has
perfect health. Medical science adj
mits that 1t Is bafled by the baby's
growth.
Science has put the 20. X" mark
on "Billy." 1t says that he is all
right and advises the parents to let
him eat and grow. His growth Is not
due to IN accumulation of fat, for he
has bones as large as those of Il per-
son five feet seven inches tall, and
weighing 1914 pounds. Medical men say
his growth is all right, but they have
failed to explain it.
Mauls Big Brother Around.
"Billy" plays with his ~five-year-old
brother Frank and mauls him around
at will. He holds Frank on his lap
and pushes him around the yard on an
Irish mail" And Frank wears "eight-
year size" suits. If a ball rolls behind
n piano or other piece of furniture
BILLY" moves the furniture, and 1t
keeps his parents busy getting it back
in place. He eats meat. principally
chicken. steaks and chops. His moth
er orders chicken for him three times a
week. Every morning the milkmnn
leaves four quarts of milk at the Nc
home.
When the youngster goes out for a
ride he sits in a carriage that has reg
ular automobile springs. The carriage
was built specially and cost $40. He Is
OutgrOwing it, but, luckily, he
to walk Il couple of months
ago. "Billy's' shoes also are made to
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Presidents FLAG,

1t is usual i'm other countries to have
a special ensign to designate the pres
ence on a vessel of the ruler of the
nation. President Arthur suggested
such a flag in the United States In the
early part of 1882, and, as his cabinet
concurred in the suggestion. decided
on the design of a blue ground with
the arms of the United States in the
center. The navy department ordered
that this flag should be displayed at
the mainmast of any vessel that bore
the president. Arthur first used it In
1888?
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Bonnet String Hung Baby.

Temple, KAMA bonnet string hung
ROwena jack, nineteen months old,
when she tried to climb a fence near
her home here. The baby fell, and the
string caught on a wire, strangling her.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Save All Grain

Loss of quality of grain In poorly
built grain shocks and stacks, and
from heating in storage is very COM
mon but inexcusable nevertheless. 1t
should not be allowed to occur this
year when the world needs food.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Amount Of Seed to Plant.

For a 1OO-foot row, about one pint
of beans, two pints of peas, one-half
pint of sweet corn, one-half ounce of
lettuce, cucumber, melon, squash or
pumpkin, or an ounce of radish, spin
ach, onion or carrot will be needed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Rotation.

1t is just as important to rotate gar
den crops as field crops, and it is GER
tainly a great mistake to plant the
same crop on the same ground three
or four seasons in succession.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
leaf-Eatino Insects.

Make q dust of flour and paris green,
using one part of paris green and 20
parts of the flour. Mix thoroughly and
dust yer the plants In the early morn
Ing, while the dew is on, If possible.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
DID MATLACK'S
HAND HOLD PEN?
Good Evidence That Clerk Actu-
ally "Wrote" Declaration
of independence.
FAMOUS FOR SKILLFUL WORK
Timothy MatIack, Employed in the
Office Of Charles Thomson, Sec
rotary In the First Congress, Is
Accorded Honor by Expert
Who Has Investigated.

w HO wrote the Declaration
M of Independence? Thomas
Jefferson, Of course, every
n knows that. But who
held the pen and formed the letters on
the great piece Of parchment that the
members of the Continental congress
signed? 1t is Of the largest official
papers in eXistence-One skin of parch-
ment nearly three feet long and more
than two feet wide. The writing is
nearly twice the normal size and Is un-
usually handsome and clear.
The secretary who was ordered to
.promulgate the work was Charles
Thomson, a mar of high character who
had been the principal of a school at
New Castle, Del, and an active patriot.
The first congress chose him as secre-
tary In IVA, and he held the office un-
till the Continental congress passed
out Of existence in March, 1889. There
were Is presidents of the Continental
congress, but there was only one sec
rotary. He made the entries in the
journal in 1774, and he wrote the last
entry.
Died at Age Of Ninety-Five.
During all those Is years it was only
on rare occasions that any other hand
than his wrote in the journal. When
the Continental congress passed out of
existence he retired to private life and
never held office again; but he did not
die until 1924, when he was almost
ninety-five years old. One of the clerks
in his office in 1775 and 1776, and after
ward, in 1850. a member of the con-
gress from Pennsylvania, survived him
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
"BilIy" Moves the Furniture.

order and cost $40 n pair. In fact, all
his clothes have to be made specially
His last shirts cost ST each. Then af-
ter running up this big bill for cloth
ing, "Billy" Outgrows the entire out
ft in three months
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
His Mind Also Above Normal.

The mammoth baby's mind has nOt
been stunted by his great growth, in
fact. his mentality is greatly above nor
nal. He learned to walk quickly when
he started, and in a couple of months
has become able to walk as good as a
child two or three years older.
When he was born in a New York
city hospital, August %, 1914, BILLY"
weighed less than ten pounds. When
he left the hospital with his mother.
three weeks later, he weighed 36
pounds. At nine months he tipped the
scales at 50, and now touches the hun
dred mark. He stands three feet, six
inches tall.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Proper Celebration
Of Anniversary Of
the Nations Birth

When, in the course of human events. II
becoE,es necessary for one people to dis
solve the political bands which have con-
nected them with another and to assume
among the Powers of the earth the sep
arate and equal station to which the laws
OF nature and of natures God entitle
them. a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare
the causes which impel them to the sepa-
ration.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

"HUS wrote Thomas Jefferson for
the Continental congress in the
famous Declaration of IndepeHd-
pnce. 1t was signed at independence
hall, Philadelphia, July 4, 1776. With
the pealing of old Liberty bell that
summer day the birth of a new nation
was announced. Like her sturdy sons,
that nation was conceived In hardship.
Her heritage of devotion to principle
was the noblest gift brought by the
Mayfower. Innate courage grew fear
less in the face of constant danger,
and her SOM grew skillful by constant
toll. They craved not cOurtier favOrs
but demanded the right to develop
along the lines Of n new democracy the
nation then born. Contact with the
wilderness had taught them thaE--
IT'S as easy to be heroes as to sit thu idle
slaves
Of legendary virtue carved upon our faith
ers' graves.
For them to be convinced was as
though the thing mad been decreed W
God. They were convinced and they
proclaimed their birthright by declar.
Ing their independence and then fight
Ing for 1t against one of the proudest,
strongest nations of the earth.
Nation Wholly Worthy.
It was inevitable that such a begin
ming should produce a nation of stall
warts. What they lacked in knightli-
ness they made up in manliness. De-
vOtiOn to principle left no room for
compromise with policy. The result was
a people chosen by fitness for great
place in the economy Of the worlds
progress.
At this season we celebrate the an
niversary of the nations birth. The
lao anniversaries since then have not
all been to Our credit. We have turned
from the serious to the frivolous, the
national birthday has become a carni-
val. In the name Of patriotism all
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29
Fourth of July Flag.

The
union Of lakes, the union .
Of lands, the union Of
states none can sever;
the union Of hearts, the
union Of hands and the
Flag Of our Union
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

It looks as though Uncle Sam is to
De the pinch-hitter and win h oama-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-29

Jinks-I admire your loyalty to a
friend.
Blinks-I beg your pardon?
Jinks-Why, when Jackson criticized
so harshly the speech that Maxsoo
made you knocked him down.
Blinks-Yes; I wrote that speech
myself
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-09
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from the Daily
Leader Files.

Five inches of snow reported at
Bristol.
II. Lannon has placed the plate
glass in the front of his new store.
which is fast being made ready for
occupancy.
The 19-year-old son of Albert
Brooks, on the north side of the
county, had his arm torn off near the
shoulder in a threshing machine this
morning. Drs. Clough and jerks
dressed the wound and he is doing
fairly we'll.
ID. LaDue, of Jasper. Mimi, who
has been visiting Commissioner Bux-
ton. has bought, through A. G.
Schmidt, the r.. Patterson farm of
100 acres i'm Rutland township, the
consideration being $2.5O0. Mr.. La
Due will move his family and stock
upon it at once.
A large reception was accorded M.
Boyd and bride at the family resi-
dence, seven miles west of town, last
night. many prominent parties from
this city being present. Dancing and
dining were INDUCED in until the
midnight hour and many substantial
presents as souvenirs of the occasion
were left the young couple.
The electric transformers are being
hoisted to the poles today. The ma
chinery in the power house has all
been placed and only tubes are want.
ing of the material to complete the
construction. Supt. Downing expects
to turn on the current that will light
up the city one week from tonight
City Auditor Rae say If the build.
ings car be wired in time the plant
will be turned on at nearly its full
capacity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-09

that the salable supply was consider
able lighter than traders expected, al
though still of general volume. AS a
whole, the market vas in satisfactory
shape. killing grades were reported
as close to steady. while stocker and
feeder trade was active and strong
to as much as 15c higher.
Influences in the hog division fa-
vored the buyers to some extent and
when a trading basis was reached the
general price list showed up steady
to sc lower than Saturdays average.
Top for the day was 1895, while the
bulk of sales ranged from $1S.75@
1890.
Weaker trend ruled in the sheep
house, in line with bearish advices
from outside centers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-09
MORE men Certified
LOCAL BOARD GETS FURTHER
LIST OF MEN DENIED
EXEMPTION.

Under a date of September 25, the
local board received yesterday a list
of men who claimed exemptions of
both this board and the district board
for exemption from military duty as
required by the selective draft.
These names are charged with the
obligation of watching the bulletin
board at the office of the local board
Gin the county auditors office at the
courthouse) and hold themselves in
readiness for call.
This county is TO furnish five more
men to finish its full complement as
called in the first draft, having fur
nished 80 of the 81 required. The
date of the other five mems call for
going to camp is o yet known by
this board.
The names certified back. and de
MED the exemptions claimed, are as
follows:
Oscar G. Mueller, Earl ID. Randall.
Detlaf J.. Johanson, Joseph II. Flynn,
Clayton l.. Bast, Anthony A. Maj
they. Charles III. Standby, John Nj.
Hegdahl. Sebastian F. Schoebert,
John A. Marquardt, Joe Otto Strang-
her, Ernest Hanneman, Emory A,
Jordan. Ingmar NJ. I%verson, Paul o.
Hegdahl, Emil w. Klamm, Sanford
Wood, Geo. Smith. Oscar w. Ander-
son, John v. Patterson, Walter b.
Foley, Thos. II. Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-09

Sealed bids will be received by the
board of county commissioners until
10 o'clock a. m, on Wednesday. Oc-
tober IT for constructing highway
grade on the line between Section 81
and % in Lakeview township. Ap-
proximately $500 cubic yards earth
work. Each bid to be accompanied
by certified check for $3.50. Com
missioners reserve the right to reject
any or all bids.
By order of the board of county
commissioners.
ID. j. O'Connell,
Attest: Chairman
L. +. Hartwich,
County Auditor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-09

1t used to be said that women
could not be depended upon like men
to work steadily. and. consequently
ought not to expect so much pay as
men employed at similar work.
While il would be foolish for any
young woman to stay at work when
physically unfit, ii is believed that
most women now continue at their
work as constantly as men. Any
woman who is unable to do so, should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, the old. reliable medicine
for woman, and get the aid she needs
to enable her to keep at work.