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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1908)
Is certain if you tike Ilood's ' Sarsaparilla. This great medicine cures those eruptions, pimples and boils that appear at all seasons; cures scrofula sores, salt rheum or eczema; adapta iUelf equally well to, and also cures, dys pepsia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu matism and catarrh; cures nervous troubles, debility and that tired feeling. Sarsatabs-For those who prefer medicine In tab let form. Hood's Barsaparilla is now put up in choco lated tablet called Sarsatabs, as well as in the usual liquid form. Samalabs hare Identically the flame euratlre properties as the liquid form, besides accu racy of dose, convenience, economy, no loss by evap oration, breakage, or leakage. Drucrgista or promptly by mail. 0-1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mas. Shifting the Responsibility. Teacher Mrs. Clubber, your little Clarence frequently cornea to school with bis face unwashed. Mrs. Clubber Why, good gracious. Miss Llpsicum, what do you keep a school janitor for! Chicago Tribune. Fllbberty "When i begin to suspect that I'm working too hard at my business I go and consult my doctor. If he says I'm all right I go back to work." Jibblt "There's nothing original in ' that Idea. Whenever I get uneasy about . myself I apply for another thousand or I two of life insurance. - If I pass the ex tmination I know I'm O. K." I Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslowa Soothing ' Byru p liin b. st remedv to use lor choir chUdrea auring iuu loounug period. j The thimble was at first worn on the thumb and was called "tbumbell." 1 A cork carried to a depth of 200 feet below the surface of the sea will not rise again owing to the great pressure of water. j A terrible noise of thumping and stamping cauie from Bob's room early oue morning. "Bobby, Bobby," called bis mother, from downstairs, "what Is going or up there?" "My shoes," replied Bob. Bt Vitas' Dance and all Nervous Diseases permanently cured by pr. Kline's Una erve Bcatoror. Mend for FHKK S2tr1al bottle &n1 treatise. fr.lL n.Kllnc,Ld.,31ATchBU,l'hua,Ia, No Tim for That. Philanthropic Woman (giving htm a eolo) You wojk, I suppose, when you can find employment? Say mold Storey Work? When I ain't eatin' and aleepln', ma'am, my entire Uow is ockypied In solicitin' work I CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of Kusrsestlnir sin Improvement. Customer (at dairy lunch counter) You, have to pay out a good deal of money for the ginger you use, do you not? f 'rnnvlal nn( lincrai- Wh, tin . tn ger's cheap. Customer Then why don't you feed some of It to your waiters? A Real Charity. Teas And whut do you think? Mr. Ooodhart hadn't been alone with me for five minutes before he offered to kiss me. Jess Yes, that's one thing about Jack Goodhart; he's just as soft-hearted and charitable as he can be. Phil adelphia Press. SAVE THE CARTON TOPS and t'oap Wrappers from "20 Mule Team Borax" Product And exchange them for VALUABLE PREMIUMS FREE 0 ptf lUaitrsUd eatalsfi ef 1000 articles sivsa away Fill Address rAOITIO COAST BOEaX 00., Osaiaad, Oli. MADE FOR SERVICE IN THE ROUGHEST WEATHER AND GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY VWATERPR00F tOWEKi UsVAVIYJUKO J350 This trade mors and the word 1 Tower on the buttons distin guish this high graae siicKer Iron (the ejust as good A J VOWtS tO SpftTON US oranas Thcru is Only Ono "Bromo That la 7 W I I 1 aT II 11 Laxative Bromo Quinine OSCO THE WORLD OVER TO CURE A OOLO IN ONE DAT. Always remember the full name. for this signature oa every box. Blood Mrs. C. K. Tyler, Burlington, Vt., says : The cares of a large farm, so much to do and so little health to do it with, caused almost a complete break downi blood poor and thin: no strength, little sleep. Hood's Sarsaparilla cave appetite, natural sleep, perfect health, strength to do all toy work." i Woald Take st Chance. "Not a cent.'l replied the rich man coldly; "money Is not good for thi poor." "Well," responded the applicant, "Just pretend that you have a grudge against me." Philadelphia Ledger. Waste of Energy. The prize hen resolved to quit laying. "It seems so utterly absurd," she clucked, "for a $500 fowl to spend her time and strength in turning out eggs at BO cents a dozen." Perching herself on her exclusive roost, she eyed the common barnyard hens below her with lofty disdain. Domestic Amenities. Knicker I've waited an hour for you to get your hat on straight. Mrs. Knicker Well, I've waited longet than that for you to get your feet 01 straight. New York Sun. - A Flatterer. "Yes, ma'am," the convict was say ng, "I'm here Jist for trying to flattei a rich man." "The Idea !" exclaimed the prison vis ltor. "Yes, ma'am. 1 1 Jist tried to Imltati his signature on a check." Tlt-Blta. Begging Beats Working-. It has been proved that no fewei than 32,000 beggars are at present mak ing a better living in Vienna than or dinary workmen. One notorious family of professional beggars recently gar a grand ball and a concert at a local hotel. Not Yets oa Soon. "Say," wired the chairman ef the Ske 4unk campaign committee, "can't you send us speakers of better caliber than the chaps that talked here last night?" "We're merely firing the opening guns of the campaign," wired back the political manager at headquarters. "We'll send you some bigger bores after awhile." A German biologist has calculated that the human brain contains 300,000,000 nerve cells. 5,000,000 of which die and are succeeded by new ones every day. At this rate we get an entirely new brain every sixty days. Uncertain Investment. Legal Adviser You're like all the other successful pugilists. You make scads of money and then throw it away. Chuffy de Champ (yawning) 0, I reckon so. I'm educatin' me youngest brudder to be a lawyer. Cautloua. N Loraine Is It true that you are en gaged to Fred? Clarice No ; I have not given him a definite answer yet. I want to wait and see bow he looks after the football game is over. Judge. Millions .for Pnblto Oaths. The Italian ministry of public In struction has decided to reconstruct the Baths of Caracalla to conform to de scriptions transmitted by history. It Is also the Intention to have them used by the people as In olden times. The reconstruction will cost millions of dol lars as the marble and statuary which ornamented the baths nearly 2,000 years ago have been removed to deco rate churches and houses of the aristoc racy In Rome. Everybody Laughed "Perhaps you would feel better," said the boxful and helpful person, "If you would do something to lighten the hearts of your fellow men." "That's Just what I have been do ing," answered Mr. Slrius Barker. "My hat blew oft and I had to chase It two blocks I" Washington Stnr. As an Investment. "A man," said the philosophical board er, "is like a gold mine. You never know what's in him until you have run drifts through him, as it were, and explored him in all his levels." "That's why I take mighty little stock in men," remarked the pessimistic board- Quinine" Look 16e. aVTt BAKE. ELS FOB PICKETS. Onlaao Fence Yet Standing la BLaw (oris Old Georgetown. Ilistorlc old Georgetown, Va., lays claim to the only fence In. the world built of gun barrels, and there Is little reason to doubt that this claim will go undisputed. More than half a century ago ttwi lived in Georgetown a lock and gun smith named Reuben Daw, whose shop was on M street, in the business sec tion. His large shop was packed with all kinds of pistols, guns and knives, which he had bought at different times, and many a trusty firearm bought from him may yet be found in the old homes of Georgetown. These old citizens will say, "I bought that gun from Rube Daw long before the war, and she's as good and true as the day I bought It" There are old citizens who will re member the armory established at Har per's Ferry by the United States. Here was made the first breech-loading rifles, but which proved rather tricky and dangerous weapons. Other makes of guns were turned out at the arsenal to take the place of the Hall rifles, and these were called In and stored. Later the government decided to dis pose of the worthless guus at the armory, and a public auction was held. Reuben Daw, the Georgetown gun smith, attended the sale and bought a large number of the guns, having them shipped to his home. He sold a few of them and then decided he would util!7e the Ptok In hnnd In bu'.ldins a fence around his two houses at the corner of Twenty-eighth and P streets, he then occupying the residence Im mediately on the northwest corner. Mr. Daw took the barrels from the stocks, and placing In the end of each barrel a forked, fancy topping, thus making upright Iron and steel pickets, about as substantial- and attractive aa. any used In building the fences around the old mansions In Georgetown. He had the posts and other portions of the fence manufactured to order, and with bis own hands he did the largest part of the work In putting up his gun-barrel fence, which today Is In almost per fect condition. On some of the old barrels may yet be seen the sights, but 'most of them have been broken off by souvenir hunt ers, as have also been taken away many of the top pieces. The two splen did old brick and stone dwellings are occupied by the families of Charles and Edward Daw, sons of the man who built the historic fence. THE RESULT 07 FOOT-BINDIHG. The Chinese Inscription on the sketch, which was made from an X-ray photograph of a Chinese woman's foot, is rather Ironical. It is a Chinese pro verb, "To tamper with creation Is to spoil the harmony of heaven.",. Word Derivation. "Disaster" Is an astrological term meaning "unfavorable star," one of the many words that astrology has be queathed to the English language. "Pre dominant," "111 starred," ."In the ascend ant," are other Instances, not to spenk of the expression -."My stars!" Even "Influence" Is really astrological, signi fying the flowing in upon human affairs of the power of some heavenly body. "Petrel" and "petrol" ' both descend from "petra," a rock. "Petrol" conies directly enough through "petroleum," rock oil, but "petrel" through St Pe ter, after whom the bird was named because It appeared to walk upon the waves. Not Hnlf Through. "Well," said the obedient husband, "now that I am in politics, I hope you are satisfied." "Getting In politics," replied his am bitious wife, "is comparatively easy. Getting out again gracefully Is what counts these days." Washington Star. After the Prom. Ethel Was he satisfied with one kiss? Gladvs Humph. I think he was sat isfied with all of them. Yale Record. How hard It is to convict a guilty man In the courts ; and bow easy It Is to convict! an Innocent man ' in the newspapers and reform meetings 1 tti? 1 i9l y& I Valne of Hnmna. 1. Humus Is decaying vegetable mat ter in the soil. 2. It Is the storehouse of nitrogen, the most expensive and the most nec essary of all plant foods. 3. It contains the food upon which the soil organisms live, whose func tion Is to convert organic nitrogen into nitrates in order to be availnble for the use of plants. It materially as sists In decomposing the mineral con stituents of the soil, such as potash and phosphoric acid, making them available for the use of plants. 4. It Increases the power of the soil to hold water without becoming water-logged. 5. It makes clay soil more open and friable. It serves to compact sandy soil and Increases its drouth-resisting power. C. It, prevents washing to a great extent ; thereby diminishing the loss of fertility by that cause. 7. Soil filled with humus more read ily admits the air so necessary, to all useful'' plant- growth; 8. There appears to be a distinct relationship between the amount of hu mus In the soil and the amount of available nitrogen therein. It has been observed that when it is absent from the soil there Is a distinct reduction of the ability of that soil to grow crops. Hence In practice In order to obtain the best crops we have to re sort to barnyard manure rather than the use of concentrated fertilizers. Rural World. Convenient Harrow. After working several years among stones,1 stumps, grubs and young or chards, I learned I needed a special harrow for the work. I could find none to suit me ; so studied and planned and made one last spring, which does even better coon n arrow. tnan i expected. The cut will to some extent explain how It Is made. I made mine of oak timber 2V6 Inches by 3 Inches, 4 feet long and 6 feet 3 Inches wide. It Is composed of a middle section and two wings, the latter fastened to the mid die section by Inch bolts 8 Inches long, on which the wings fold very easily. The teeth are scattered over the harrow so that they are 9 Inches or more apart, and yet cut every 3 Inches, and are placed in the harrow sloping back, about 20 to 25 degrees from perpendicular. They cut just as well and do not catch as If placed In per pendicular, and are easier on man and team. I have beddles to the middle section of mine, and a rope from each beddle to the outside corner of each wing, so as to lift It conveniently and quickly. I can pass readily between trees or stumps less than 3 feet apart. It Is Just the thing for orchards and rough ground, while on clean smooth ground It works Just as well as any other smoothing harrow. A. J. Dm' holtz. When Trees Are Blown Over. Should excessive winds blow the top of a tree out of shape, which often oc curs, cut It out, leaving a nearly erect southwest branch to become the new central stem. Shallow, Moosely planted trees sometimes blow oven They may be put back by excavating on the op posite side and pushing the tree back. tamping the earth as firmly as possible on the side toward which it leaned, Care should be taken not to wrench the roots loose In this operation. A Balanced Itatloa. In the ration-fed farm animals either alfalfa or clover should be given to balance the corn. Either one of these legumes will likewise be needed to "balance" the effects of corn on the Boll. Considerable plant food, espe dally nitrogen, is removed from the soil by corn, while alfalfa or clover gathers a great deal of nitrogen from the nlr and places it back In the soil, Cheese Under False Colors. According to a recent consular re port about 2,000 Imported empty Ca membert cheese boxes, bearing the names of well-known French cheeses, were Imported at New York on one steamer recently. Duty had to be paid on the printed matter on their 2,000 labels and another duty on the import ed boxes. According to a Mew York trail imirnnl thpse hoxes are distrib uted in New York State, filled and sold In this country, and represented as being made abroad. It Is said that many dealers claim that their domestic whan nnf nn In thn ImnnrrMl (.uccaco n uu i- - 1-- - boxes, can not be told from the Import ed brands except by experts. Grading Apples. Some apple growers have been using the grading board shown In the fig ure. A common board or piece of pasteboard is hung up before the wiper. In this board holes are eul the size of various tiers, such as three, three and one-half and four tier, etc. As the apples are wiped they are prop erly tiered. The advantage of this method Is that the packers have the apples practically graded and can de GRAD1NQ BOAHD. much more work In a day, and after the first half day the wipers can usu ally accomplish fully as much as with the old method. Denver Farm. Nitrate. In purchasing nitrate of soda, the most quickly available source of. altro gen for plants, buyers should steer clear of low grade nitrate. The more usual adulterants are common salt, and salt cake from the manufacture of Sjclds, both worthless as fertilizers and containing no plant food. Nitrate of soda now comes In original bags, which now contain about 200 pounds. The old 310-pound bag was very clumsy. Cnttlnsj Back Trees. In highly Interesting experiments at the "Woburn (England) experimental fruit farm in cutting back apple trees when planted the ultimate result was found to be that trees not cut back un til the end of the first year continued to form wood In subsequent years, and the crop borne by them during the first ten years was only one-third of that borne by those which were cut back when planted. Watering; the Horse. A successful horse raiser says: "1 count the swallows my horses take while drinking a pailful. Some take larger swallows than others, but I know them ail. If I am out on the road and come to a trough, I get out and count while my horse drinks, so that he will not take too much at once. I give water often, und so keep my horses free from bowel trouble caused by overdrinking." Wood Ashes. It is seldom that a farmer can ac cumulate a sufficient amount of wood ushes for a large field, but on farms v. here wood Js used there is a limited supply which can be put to good use on the garden or on the young clover. Ashes are excellent also on all grass lands and In orchards. They are ap plied broadcast, in any quantity de sired, as many as 100 bushels per acrs having been used on certain soils. Malting Swamp. Land Tillable. A drainage ditch twenty-four and one-quarter miles long that will drala 85,000 acres of Iowa land Is fairly under way in Monona and Harrison Counties. It will cost about $750,000, and will empty into the Missouri River Just a little above the town of Little Sioux. The swamp land reclaimed will make some of the most valuable farm land In the State. Farm Notes. Many orchard Is ts make a great mis take planting trees too deep. Hogging down corn has a great deal In its favor, but the hogging process should be finished before heavy snows come. There is somethiug the matter with the man who must drive past all the adjojning farmsteads in order to visit bis neighbors. Many n person makes the mistake of thinking that the hen house should be warm at night. So long as It Is warm enough to prevent the freezing of ths combs that Is sufficient The greatest necessity Is to cut off all drafts. The proper-thlng to do with the stray dog In neighborhoods where hog chol era is prevalent is to kill him and bury him "in the shade of, the old appls tree." The advantage of testing each ear of seed corn separately is that nearly all the poor seed can be thrown out If only one ear in each bushel Is found t be Imperfect it will pay to do the test lug