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. FAR IA
ANIMALS
GIVE BROOD SOWS GOOD CARE
Proper Exercise and Protein Feedo in
Winter Will Aid in Production
Of Strong Iitters.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
If the sows that are to farrow in
March and April produce good strong,
vigorous litters and get their pigs
through successfully to weaving time
they must be properly cared for from
now until the day of narrowing. One
of the biggest hindrances to the sows'
narrowing good strong, vigorous litters
is lack of exercise. During the cold
and snowy weather hogs like to lie
around the sleeping quarters and be
comfortable. That, however, is just
what they should not do all the time,
advise the specialists of the United
States department of agriculture.
The proper exercise for brood sow
is that which she will take voluntarily
and not through force. They should
get their corn ration by hustling for it
in the stalk fields and not by getting it
fed around the sleeping quarters on
feeding floors or in troughs. Feed them
ear corn during the winter months and
scatter it out in the stalk fields. The
manure spreader is q good implement
to use in scattering this corn. Don't
be afraid it will be wasted, for it won't.
You can readily regulate the amount
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CAUSED BY WEIGHT OF SNOW
Simple Explanation Of Odd Shapes of
Trees, That Has Been Mystery
to Many.

To the person who is not versed in
forest lore the grotesquely bent tree
trunks that are to be found in almost
all woods are mystifying, and wonder
is often aroused as to the eause, re-
marks the Popular Science Monthly
Foresters will tell Questioners that i,
the case Of trees in mountainous coun.
try and other sections where the snow
fall is heavy, the weight of show is re-
sponsible in most instances for the
queer twists they assume. When
tree is young the weight of snow that
falls on it's branches often bends the
trunk over until it Is fatterIed to the
ground. Sometimes it Is buided under
six or eight feet of snow and held in
that position SO long that when warm
weather comes the tree fails to spring
back into its normal position. The
summer sun causes the tip ofthe young
tree to turn upward and if IT manages
to withstand the weight of the snow Of
the next winter, that portion of the
tree will, as general rule, continue to
grow in normal way. 'Hairpin" bends
and other odd shapes result.
A curious tree stands ON the top Of
Tunnel hill, JOhnstOwn, Pa, about four
miles from town. 1t is a sugar maple
about one hundred years o.dNfhich has
prolonged it's own life by grafting a
branch into much younger tree.
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ANNIE LAURIE REAL PERSON
American Girl Of Same dix" Gives
Facts Of Origin of the Popu-
lar Scotch Song.

More than once has the question az
to whether Annie Laurie, the subject
of the ever-popular and everything
song bearing her name as title, was a
real person or mere fiction.
A letter has come to hand that was
written by Miss M. e. Riddle, daughter
of the late Judge Riddle, for many
years q circuit court justice in this
section, says writer in the Pitts
were of Laurie ELK, as Scotch folk say,
and they had gone to some consider
able pains to get the story Of the song
straight, as there had been consider
able contention about it. Here it is:
"Jean Riddell (the name later spelled
Riddle) was married to Sir Robert
Laurie, the first baronet of MaXwelton.
One Of their daughters was Annie Lau-
rie, celebrated in Scotch song.
"Annie Laurie was famed for her
beauty and clevcrness, and WAS social
favorite in all the G." ntry round about,
so it was not at all surprising that she
captivated Mr.. Douglas of England,
n man of culture o.1 of letters, who
compose! the ":.r ring hGr name.
"But So IL: e c,,':r*e of true
love docs not - :; ootl V. she nn"r-
ricd l. -: r.
Douglas +. i. 49,. anu his .ciaC=.
ITO this de- ":.,y pilgrims go to
Maxwelton: d"ar'u ti.iti;cr by the much
loved song, ., .ia Laurie Many also
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Glass Industry in America.

Glass was first manufactured in
America by the people of jamestown,
Va, during the year 1915. Comment=
ing ON this fact, John Smith lamented
that ''the labor of the colony has been
misdirected in the manufacture of
ashes, soap, glass and tar, in which
they could by no means compete with
Sweden or Russia" The inhabitants
of jamestown did not agree with this
view, however, and soon afterward
commenced the erection Of q glass
works, the completion of WHICH was in
terrupted by the Indian massacre of
1922. The first glass factory In North
America to attempt the industry on an
ambitious scale was built in 1850. at
Temple, n. H., by Robert Hewes of
Boston. The workmen, 81 IL numb eli,
were German deserters from the Brit
ish army. The carelessness Of a work
man caused the destruction of the
plant by fire in 1881. In 1903 Il glass
factory was established in Boston, and
since that time the industry has -four
.shed.
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Japanese Arts and Letters.

The Yamato association has been
formed by distinguished Japanese cit
liens for the purpose of making Nip
pon's achievements in arts and letters
better known to the western world. It's
promoters believe that Japanese civil
iZatiOn is not correctly understood by
the vast majority Of Occidental people.
Her naval, military and scientific ad-
vancement is recognized. but the West
has yet to comprehend the significance
Of her achievements in the humanities.
The Japan Magazine, commenting
upon the new organization, says:
"N1any foreigners are disposed to look
upon Japan as merely a military na-
ton, whereas her most important side
is the genius Of her unique civilization
and character. If people could get a
glimpse of the soul of Japan they
would have quite different opinion of
her. This can best be had from jap
anese art and literature, which in many
ways are equal to those Of the West.
Even those OccidentalS who try to ap-
preciate Japanese art prefer the least
representative art of the nation. And
as for Japanese literature, it is prac-
tically unknown among western peo-
pie"
The association will publish works
on japanese history, literature and art
and make translations into European
languages Of the best works of Japan
ose writer's, ancient and modern; in
addition it's endeavor will be to pro-
mote the Improvement of the national
music and drama.
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ts's Y../
Fact Worn crlc.::.~ c:ing When One
Is Temptee' 70 t;ciee Errors
Seen - ,=paPcrs.

"Where do you get the absurd facts
you print?" is f;'veri+a query nut
to ne l''.''- t-'.
these CyI -a, ..,.' .
of thar j-'. \, ~ ~
agining ic.cit>t.,. xvi II y.
and generally nlanIl;, udiing life as it is
led.
There is just one answer to be made
to the query above, and that is:
newspapers get such of their facts
as are absurd from the absurd haman
beings who for one reason or thou
sand refuse to relate facts accurately"
Newspapers, truth-telling newspapers,
spend a very large part of their time
correcting these misstatements, run
ming thafn to their source, and getting.
at the truth. A certain proportion of
error gets by-not as great a proper
ton as can be heard in any village
neighborhood gossip, for it is the con-
cern of newspapers-Of honest ones,
that iS-tO allow for errors and correct
those other purveyors of news, gOssips,
to create errors whenever they are
more interesting than the truth.
The next time you find an error in
your favorite newspaper, try an expert
ment. Try to capture one small fact
yourself, in your own home town.
You will quickly discover just how
wary a bird the truth is and how very
unpopular.-NewY York Tribune.
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BECOMES IRKs0ME AT TIMES
No Matter What the Nature of Ores
Occupation, It5 i1oat...e VIII ce-
cssior., Ne

Are there times when yours work be-
comes intolerably irfSome? Yes? Well,
don't jump at the conclasioiI that you
are in the wrong place when this hap
pens once in awhile. That Will be true
whatever work y1u choose. No matter
how we'll a'7.7'~ : ~,'r ~ E0syaur occu-
patton, II e.; ":.t BIS when
your the ,.@ Vii .rn and the
routine viii; We III, Isf you will
feel that any other wOrksEwould be
preferable to that which you have
chosen. One of the best-knoAn woman
writer's of the last generation wrote
an impassioned warning te literary as
pirants, telling them to doAany work,
even scrubbing floors, in preference to
taking up q literary career Undoubt-
edly she wrote at tilnefwhen her
chosen work seemed tnspeSEably irk-
some, but if she had. BEEN cornered,
She world nroaanl,1 have Nleef;saesa=
that the profession of authorship mas
considerable to commend it when COM
pared with scrubbing floors,
This occasional impatience with cur
vocation is inevitable. No matter how
.congenial it is, there are times when it
will seem burden. The people who
change their occupation every time it
begins to bore them, are theItramps Of
the business world.
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AS to Remarkable LONGEVITY,

We have all read of Thomas Parr,
who lived to be one hundred and fifty
two. Likewise of the countess of DcS-
mond, one hundred and forty-five :;
Margaret Patten, one hundred and
thirty-seven; Thomas Damme, one
hundred and sixty-four; John Rovin,
one hundred and seventy-two; and Pc
ter Torton, who reached the age Of one
hundred and eighty-fve. But these
cases Of extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept, and dates of occurrences
were usually fixed by associating them
in memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
A mans identity was liable to be con-
fused with that of q grandfather Of
the same name.
Nowadays nobody lives to any such
ages. Why imagine that the extreme
limits of longevity have shrunk within
the last two or three centuries?
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How to Tell Age of Eggs,

There is q simple method of ascer-
tanning the age of eggs. based upon the
fact that the airy space at the broad
end of the egg increases with its age,
Now, when the egg is placed in a
tumbler of water in which any amount
of common salt is dissolved, it will,
with increasing age, tend eyer more to
assume q position with its longitudinal
axis in perpendicular direction, A
fresh laid egg will lie horizontally on
the bottom of the vessel. An egg from
three to four days old will rise with its
broad end, so that its longitudinal axis;
forms with its horizontal aAiS un angle
Of 20 degrees, At the age CT eight days
the angle Increases to 45 degrees, at
the age Of two weeks TO 60 degrees,
and at the age of three weeks to about
75 degrees: When the egg Is mQEe
than O month old it will float perpel-
dicularly On its small end
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Winters DiSciblinA

He who marvels at the beauty of the
world in summer will find equal cause
for wonder and admiration in winter,
1t is true the pomp and pageantry are
swept away, but the essential elements
remain-the day and the night, the
mountain and the valley, the eIemen-
tai play and succession, and the per
petual presence Of the infinite sky. In
winter the stars seem to have reBin-
died their fires, the moon achieves a
fuller triumph, and the heavens wear
a look of more exalted simplicity.
Summer is more wooing, more
versatile and human, appeals to the
affections and the sentiments, and fos-
ters inquiry and the art impulse. Wip-
ter is of a more heroic cast, and ada
dresses the intellect. The severe
studies and disciplines come easier ia
winter. One imposes larger tasks upon
himself.
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IMPROVING THE BAD SPOTS
Wet and Soft Determine Load
Farmer Can Carry.

The worst holes in the road always
determine the load the farmer can
market. No stretch of roadway is uni
formly good, because every road has
certain small spots that are usually
soft and wet. These spots cause more
trouble than the rest of the road COM
bined. How these spots are to be i'm
proved depends on the character Of
the soil, and the nature of the coun-
try. Many such spots owe their char
acter to q soft subsoil, due to springs.
Before these roads can be permanent
ly improved they must be under
drained. If tile is laid in these
places there will usually be no trouble
In the future. The surface of the road
should then be filled with dirt and
crowned, so any surface water may
run off. If this is done there will be
no trouble from subsurface water.
Many roadways that are closed in
with shade trees are bad. If a goodly
portion of the scrub timber along these
roads be removed, the ground will dry
out and no trouble result. If the char
acter of the soil is soft and pliable, so
that it will not pack and remain firm,
new material should be applied to the
surface. The best and cheapest mate
rial for improving roads is gravel.
Where gravel beds are accessible a
days work with q team and wagon
will improve any roadbed permanent
ly. If the soil is very sandy an S-inch
application of clay to the surface will
effect wonders. The road patrol should
spend a considerable portion of it's
time in remedying the bad spots in the
road.
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SHEEP ARE MOST PROFITABLE
Produced More Economically on Farm
Than Any Other Live Stock-Pick
Up Much of Living.

Sheep, in proportion to the value of
their products, are produced more
economically on the farm than any
other live stock the feed and labor re-
auirements are less. They fit in with
general farming, get much of their
subsistence from forage from grazing
weeds and grass that would not sup
port other stock. They eat little feed
that has a value as human food, and
need less grain than other animals.
They add materially to the farm reve-
nue. but add very little, relatively, to
the farm expense.
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WIDE TIRES IMPROVE ROADS
They Have Same Effect on Country
Highway as Roller on Field
Also Pull Easier.

Wide tires build up roads and save
horse labor. They have the same ef-
feet upon country road as a roller on
a plowed field. On the other hand, the
narrow tire cuts up a road like disk.
1T has been found by actual test in this
matter that the wide-tired wagon
pulls easier in nearly all cases than
the narrowtired wagon. In deep mud
on a country road the wide-tired wag.
on pulls 6.2 per cent easier. On the
country road with a thin surface Of
mud Or deep dust, however, the mar
row tires pull 40 per cent easier. In
a cornfield the wide tires pull 30.5 per
cent easier, ia dry alfalfa field 17.7
per cent easier, and on dry country
road 10.2 per cent easier.
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and you will find next spring that
there is not a bit of the corn lying
around to go to waste.
Protein feeds in the form of shorts,
: rs'-75z 'i7ss57 faifa 57sg~ should
90 euppneu. SeIf-feeders cen be used
for these feeds, and it is quite success
fui to grind the alfalfa hay. Sows will
eat larger percentage of alfalfa hay
fed in the ground form than when fed
in racks unground. This alfalfa is
generally cheaper on the corn belt
farms than any of the other protein
feeds and is good balance to the corn
ration.
BY following a few Of these simple
methods the sOws will be brought to
farrowing time capable of producing
good strong pigs. Every hog grower
knows that if he is going to have pigs
that do their best from the start they
must necessarily be strong and vigor
Gus at narrowing time. The proper care
of the brood SOW is not difficult and
should be carefully looked after by
every hog grower.
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else shortens the time yet to do in q
wonderful manner. Many states have
found road work to be the answer to
the prison problem. Colorado and Cali.
fornia have rebuilt the better portion
of their roads with prison labor, and
besides feeding the inmates with an
extra supply of food, it has also led to
a lessening of time through provisions
made by the farsighted legislators.
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ANSWER TO PRISON PROBLEM
New York and Other States Have
Tried Experiment Of Using Con-
vlcts to improve Roads,

New York and many of the Southern
and Western states have tried the ex
pertinent of using convicts to improve
highways-and it has worked to per-
fection. The official organ of the New
York state prisoners says that mo
man of all the inmates who went out
side last year had word Of fault to
find with his treatment. All are anx-
ious to join these camps again. The
freedom of movement and the exer-
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BEST FEED FOR YOUNG PIGS
Skim Milk and MiddIings Are Excel
, lent Just After Weaning-Feed
-Four Times a Day.

! Skim milk and middlings make about.
the best feed for young pigs after
weaning. When first weaned they
should be fed four times a day, CIV
ing only a small quantity each time.
When we'll started, three feeds day
are enough.
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Ontario Makes Good Roads.

The Province Of Ontario has ap.
proximately $1,000 miles of roads.
More than $4,000 miles have been
treated and are in fairly good condi-
ton. About 10000 miles are we'll
graded earth roads; about 5000 miles
are surfaced with broken stone, and
about $4,000 are surfaced with gravel
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BRAN AND CLOVER FOR SHEEP
Nothing Better for Ewes With Lambs
: During Winter, Season-Supply
:. Best of Hay.

= Feed straw, fodder and stubble
grasses during the winter, but to-
ward spring ewes with lamb should
have the best of first-crop clover hay,
say, one feed peSiday. Nothing is bet
ter for them than bran and clover
hay.
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OUTDOOR EXERCISE FOR PIGS
Animals Should Be Protected From
Cold Winds or Hot Sun-Limlt
Range for SowS.

| Outdoor exercise IS beneficial, bur
pigs should be protected from cold
winds or from very hot sun. If the
SOW is turned out with her pics, do
not give her a very large range at
first. as she Is likely TO travel too far
mud ,l1nrilliJ lire the young.
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All Roads Lead Home.

All roads lead to home. You are not
at fault if they are not all good roads.
but you are to blame if it's not good
home. -
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GERMANY

Mr. and Mrs. A. Falk, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Balfanz and daughter, John Bande-
mier and Anton Falk autoed to St.
Paul on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Gems and family
spent Sunday at F. Stahnke's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leucker and family
spent Sunday at j. Wilhelm's.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Kornman and
family, and Henry and Helen Will
helm spent Sunday at John Fishers.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hoffman called at
A. Stricker's on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Gems are entertain
ing the latter's father and sister, Mr..
Zoellmer and Miss Sophia Zoellmer Of
Louisville this week.
Clara and Erwin Rosin and Mr..
Schwartzkoph spent Sunday evening
with Bertha Neumann.
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Thousands of Women Needed.

The United States civil service COM
mission is calling for women for gov
eminent work of not less than 60 diff
ferent kinds. The list includes stem
ographers, typists, bookkeepers, other
clerks of score or more Of classical
lions which require training in some
special or technical line, statisticians,
operators Of various kinds of calculat-
ing, addressing and duplicating ma
chimes, proof readers, law clerks, well
fare executive secretaries, craftsmen
Of a dozen kinds, telegraph and tele-
phone operators, trained nurses,
chemists, physicists, library assistants,
inspectors of undergarments, finger
print classifiers, and many others.
The commission urges women to
offer their services to the government
at this time Of great need. AS men are
called to the colors women must take
them places and keep the machinery
behind the armed forces moving at the
maximum of efficiency. Representa-
tives Of the civil service commission
at the postofices in all important
cities are prepared to furnish definite
information and application blanks.
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Burglars Have Their Own Cops

Burglars Have Their Own Cops.
The following story from the St.
Paul Dispatch tells of the latest stunt
in banditry as pulled off in Minneap-
oils:
Two opera bouffe burglars who, ap-
parently, carry couple of masquerade
uniformed patrolmen as accomplices
and an imitation patrol wagon as part
Of their equipment, mystified the Min
neapolis police today.
Passersby saw the burglars en-
gagged in forcing an entrance to the
Minnesota Meat company's store, Min
neapolis. They seemed fully dressed
and equipped for the part, wearing
rough clothes, SLOUGH hats and carry
ing swag bags and jimmies.
One of the eye witnesses made his
way cautiously to corner, where he
found man dressed in the uniform of
a policeman. He described the burg
lars and their midnight employment.
The policeman assured him that he
would attend to the matter.
In a short time patrol wagon drew
up near the meat market and two uni
formed men leaped to the sidewalk,
fell upon the burglars and captured
them after brief but realistic strug-
gle. They hurried them into the wag-
on, changed the. gong and drove off.
And driving they may still be so
far as the police department knows.
Records at police headquarters and at
outlying precinct stations showed no
report of such a patrol wagon call as
occurred, and no burglars had been
locked up.
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The MEMBERS of the class of 1918
wish to take this means Of thanking
the proprietors of the Dahlen & Cullen
Bazaar for the attractive high school
pennants given them at commence
ment time. The pennants are Of
orange and black felt, with a picture
of the high school building at the top.
They are souvenirs of high school days
and are much appreciated by each
member of the high school class. 23-1c
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George Raabe, who is now must
clan in an aeronautic corps stationed
at Pensacola, Florida, was here this
week. He likes the service first rate
both the musical and flying depart
ments. George says that man gets
accustomed to flying more readily
than he does to riding a Ford for the
reason that there are no rocks and
mudholes to impede locomotion and
disorganize his "innards." Before en-
listing George Raabe worked for Herd
liska as a jeweler.
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Swedish Lutheran.

Services at Zimmerman next Sun
day at 1880 4. N.
Thursday evening, June s, the La
dies Aid society Of Princeton will
meet at John Erickson's, two miles
south Of town on the Scenic highway.
Confirmation class at Greenbush
next Tuesday, June 4, at 10 a. m.
4. Rev. "A. Meline, Pastor.
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The Princeton Cooperative cream
cry turned out 125 tubs of butter last
week, II of which were shipped. Fifty
cents per pound was paid for butterfat
during the month of April.
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Chain Letters Disapproved.

CHafn Lettefs DIsappf6ved.
The treasury department author
ICES the publication Of the following
bulletin:
Chain letters, which in the past have
been used to get money for worthy
purposes and for some unworthy ones,
have been started by some enthusiastic
workers for the sale Of war savings
stamps.
The treasury department has Off
cially disapproved their use, and the
national war savings committee wishes
the public to understand that these
letters were not instigated by that
commission. @
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Summer: School.

st. Cloud Business college summer
term just open. Enter now. This
is your opportunity to get into a good
position with good salary, short hours,
and chance for promotion. Our gradu-
ates pass the civil service examina-
tions, and receive appointments. Sal
airy to start from 5000 year upwards.
Write Vath & Ahles. -23-1c
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Auction.

A public sale will be held at o. B.
Randall's residence, east of the high
school building, on Saturday, June /,
beginning at 2 p. M, when quantity
of household furniture, an automobile
and other personal effects will be
placed under the hammer. The reason
for selling is that owner must vacate
house on June l, as it has been sold
to the school board.
O. B. Randall, Owner.
22-1c M. NJ. Stroeter, Auct.