Lincoln County leader., July 10, 1908, Image 6

A THICK OF MEMORY.
Memory Is one of the most useful
and least trustworthy of our faculties.
"I mind It weel, but I hae uia doots o'
uia uiind!" said a onnny Scotchman in
the witness box. A wholesome charity
for the mistakes of others was learned
by a certain woman from her own ex
perlence. She was about to cross the
continent for a three months' visit.
On the day of her departure she went
to the safely deposit vault where she
kept her ralunhles, and said to the
manager that she wanted to take her
box, with Its contents, to her lawyer's
office for an hour. Could he arrange
thnt for her? The manager assented,
and wrapped the box In a newspaper,
that it might make an inconspicuous
bundle.
The day passed and the woman did
not return. The next morning, inquiry
revenled the fact that she had gone on
her Journey. The manager was curious
enough to nsk her lawyer if he knew
anything about the box.
"She left here intending to take it
directly to you," said the lawyer.
That wag enough to justify a tele
gram, us soon as the woman had reach
ed her destination, six days later. Tel
egram : "Where did you put your safe
ty deposit box?" Answer: "In the
vault where It belonged." Teleernm:
"It Is not there. Itetuni nt once."
Another week passed in wretched
suspense for everyone concerned. When
the woman arrived, she was In a state
of nervous rage, and ready to accuse
the ollk-inls of every crime In the cal
endar. She declared she had driven
straight from her lawyer to the vault.
The manager had himself let her in,
and talked with her. Her story was
complete in all its details. But the
FRENCH MAKE MONEY REARING ANGORA RABBITS.
COMBING THE HAIR, TICKING IT, AND PACKING FOB MARKET,
Thrifty French men and women make tidy sums of money rearing An
gora rabbits, and selling their hair or fleece, which is woven Into a superior
quality of cloth much like silk, and is worn next the skin by those afflicted
with rheumatism, who say they derive beneficial results. The better the
nnimal is nourished and cared for, the longer, finer and thicker is the hair
The rabbits are also consumed for food. It is said that with proper care
each rabbit may be made to yield a net profit of three dollars a year and
the occupation la very pleasant. ( '
records of the deposit comimny did not
Substantiate it. That cast doubt enough
on it so that it seemed worth while
to look up the cabman who had driven
lie woman on that fateful daj
He was found. He remembered the
circumstance well.
Had he any recollection of stopping
anywhere else? Scratching his grizzled
head, he slowly retraced the course,
and then said, "Why, yes! We stopped
nt the bakeshop on the corner of 3d
street, and you went In!"
Here was the clew. A hasty visit to
the bakery revealed the newspaper bun
dle tucked oway on a high shelf, with
its precious contents undisturbed.
There It had stood for a fortnight,
while a woman and a half-dozen men
were staying awake by night and fret
ting by day, accusing each other of
lying and stealing, all because one
woman's intention got ahead of her
performance and imprinted a lie on
the tablets of her memory. Youth's
Companion.
NO LONGER LOVED.
Violet Purchased Only Ir Old-Faah-loned
Men Who Say "Thank Yon."
If a straw may show which way the
wind blows, says a well-known news
paper writer, then a violet may also
serve as a vane to Indicate the passing
ephyrs of society.
In the present vanishing of the violet
there Is no better Indicator of this radi
cal chnnge between the woman our
fathers used to call "mother" as she
stitched and sewed and smiled upon
her little brood, supremely happy with
the bouquet of violets that sometimes
graced ber gown, and the smart up-to-dute
Mrs. B.
Formerly when flowers were distinct
ly emblematic, deep with esoteric
meaning, there was no greater compli
ment than to be presented with a bunch
of violets. Poets the world over, since
Adam delved and Eve went vloletlng,
have rhapsodled over the womanly sig
nificance of Its quiet fragrance. From
first reader ditties about the "mossy
dell where the humble violets grew,"
to Napoleon's eloquent tribute as he
plucked it as the springtime emblem of
his return from Elba, and also of Jo
sephine's devotion, everywhere from
garret to throne, it has nodded its low
ly head, with a success undreamed of
by haughty garden beauties. Modesty,
sweetness. Innate gentility these
glowed In the deep blue of each fra
grant messenger. But, gracious alive,
who wants to be that nowadays?
"Violets? Dear me! Don't get those,"
said the florist with a prescient glance
like an up-to-date Sybil with a fat bank
account. "They're way out of style.
No one ever buys violets any more !
They're too little, too modest," she
pointed to a few meager bouquets that
looked very modest Indeed, drooping op
their wilted stems.
"They're not half showy enough, not
quite correct," she beamed, with defi
nite finality, "and one might Just as
well be out of the world as out of the
style, you know. Of course they're
sweet and pretty and fragrant, and all
thnt," she said, giving them a vigorous
shake, as though they needed a course
In gymnastics. "But who wants any
thing like that, indeed?
"Oh, yes, sometimes some men. the
old-fashioned kind, that wear silk hats
and say 'thank you,' occasionally buy
them, and then, too, when a trirl is in
mourning and can't wear anything
else, there is a slight demand, but to
send violets to a girl" she held up her
hands in horror.
"Why, I am sure she'd give them to
the cook."
"Well, what do they like?" I asked.
For answer I was treated to a elanee
that would have been a credit to an
emigrant inspector.
"Like?" echoed sharp-eyed Svbll.
"Why, anything thnt stands out, shows
off; lets everybody know that you're
ueuriijg tiit-ui, speaks for themselves;
that's what they want",
She swept by a bower of roses, duskv
with velvet beauty, and pointed to a
great patch of gaudy orchids.
"There! there!" she exclaimed.
"That's the kind that makes the hit;
Just look at them. There won't be one
left nfter the ball to-night Of course.
I'll have to fall back on the roses to
KLUbUt 't'" be 411086 brIht one.
there," she nn ntori - . . .
ntnii fninson Dlot
staining some snow-white hyacinths in
tne rnnn hovini nv ...
a iJ u Know- he con-
nued, I do believe some girls would
wear sunflowers If they were only fash
lonab e Those chrysanthemums and
bright flowers do make an awful hit
and as for orchids"-I followed her
forefinger trying to find some mythical
meaning other than a loud plea for
dollars and cents. "Those, of course
are most expensive, and therefore best
of nil."
"Violets," she shook her head, "beau
tiful and fragrant and tenderly sincere
If you like, but old-fashioned, dread
fully old-fnsh
v-, ,,u uut even io dq
considered, you know."
Story of a War Trophy.
Bose Garth, of Clinton, probably
made the first corn sheller i n.
m luia-
sourl. I If ty years ago; In 1858, he
ueviseu one rrom wateroak plank and
tenpenny nails. He used it nn hi
until 1861, when Price's men came
through there, saw it wns a good thing
and took it down to Jackson's mill,
where It was used to shell the corn
which was ground into meal for Con-
iBucmiB somiers. The old corn sheller
was lost track of for a
a M ui uv I j I
years by its maker, but afterward he
was Informed that It was being pre
served at Washington among other cu
rious iropmes captured from the South.
Clinton Democrat.
Still Bitter.
"Well," said he, anxious to patch
up their quarrel of yesterdav. "mw
you curious to know what's in this
package ;"
"Not very," replied the still hptu.
erent wife, indifferently.
Well, its something for the one I
love best in all the world."
"Ah! I suppose it's those suspen
ders you said you needed." The Cath
olic Standard and Times.
In Guarded Tonea.
Blchun Money talks, you know.
Poorun Yes, I know; but when It
converses with me it never Bpeaks
above a whisper." Illustrated Bits.
After an affecting scene at a play
the men all blow their noses vigorous
ly, and the women pat their eyes, A
man's way of crying la to blow bit
nose,
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A m erica a Agriculture.
Although agriculture in America Is
young compared with some of the Euro
pean and Asiatic countries, it has been
developed to such an extent that the
older countries look to us for Ideas and
methods to help them solve the farm
problems they have to meet. Our sci
entists and Investigators. are among the
foremost In the world and as an agri
cultural nation we need stand aside for
none. To be sure, agriculture owes
many of 'its greatest scientific discov
eries to English, German and French
experimenters, but In aggressiveness
and practical development of Ideas
America is one of the leaders.
OHior nntlnna are semline their sel
entlsts to America to study how we do
things here. Our country presents most
of the agricultural problems to be met
with in the countries of the old world
and we are finding out how to solve
them, and the old world wants to know
how we do It. A Japanese expert is
now In the United States to investigate
our methods of Improving worn-out
soils. He says: "We have in Formosa
over 500,000 acres under cultivation
and we want to find out how the United
States goes about it to Improve the con
dition of its land, so we can improve
our country." This Is but one instance
of where we are sending our Ideas
abroad.
We have every reason to be proud of
our agricultural advancement, much of
which Is due to our State experiment
stations and federal Department of Ag
riculture. Goodwill's Farmer.
Machine for Waahlnn- Can.
The old method of cleaning milk
;ans, lard cans and similar receptacles
will in the near future be superseded
by a very ingenious apparatus Invent
ed by a Boston man. As shown In the
Illustration this can-washing machine
washes the cans and automatically de-
WASHES MILK CANS.
posits them on the floor, where the han
dles can be conveniently grasped, avoid
ing the labor of lifting them. The cans
travel while being cleaned on a mova
ble Chain, each can being placed over
an upright nozzle which holds It in po
sition. The various nozzles are con
nected to a supply pipe through which
Is forced a cleaning fluid or steam. The
latter la forced out through the nozzle,
thoroughly cleaning the Interior of the
can. The nozzles also act as guides to
deposit the cans on the floor after tbfcy
have traveled the length of the Chain,
the operation being performed automat
ically and smoothly without injury or
accident
Born Dead Animal.
In the attempt to stamp out hog
cholera and other contagious diseases
among live stock the matter of burn
ing all dead animals Is one of consid
erable Importance. Outbreaks of dis
ease have frequently been traced to the
careless disposal of the carcass of an
Infected animal. Burning Is much more
effective than burying, as the germs of
some diseases, as anthrax, for example,
retain their virility for a considerable
length of time. Then In burying car
cases, unless they are placed very deep
In the ground, there Is always more or
less danger of their being rooted or dug
out Dogs will dig open such graves
and hogs wll root them out
Those wtho have attempted to bury a
hog or horse will readily appreciate the
statement that it Is easier to burn than
bury them. A little kerosene and a
brush heap will soon dispose of a car
cass, with the certainty that all gernu
are destroyed. Some recommend thi
construction of a specially arranged
furnace for this work, but on the ordi
nary farm this would doubtless be ai
added expense. It will not be a diffi
cult matter on any farm to gathei
enough trash, such as brush, old rails
etc., to burn a dead animal and the ex
pense Is Inconsiderable. Anyway, It li
the only safe way to Insure against in
fection. Yellow Rait Parasite on Wheat.
An Instructive account is published
In the Experiment Becord of the De
partment of Agriculture of the mannei
in which the yellow rust parasite act!
upon susceptible and resistant varieties
of wheat. In an experiment with Mich
igan Bronze wheat, and "rust-proof
Eingorn, young seedlngs of each were
infected by placing spores on the leave
In the Michigan wheat the germ tubes
passed into the inner tissues and devel
oped rapidly, producing pustules In
about ten days. In the case of the re
sistant Eingorn wheat the germ tubes
made good their entry, but almost in
the beginning showed, through the mi
croscope, weakness and starvation, and
were unable to make further progress.
The wheat plant continued to flourish,
except for the small dead area where
the fungus entered the leaves. The rea
son for this resistance is unknown, bul
Is supposed to be due to some toxlr
principles in the host plant
Keep Ahead of the Weed.
The importance of keeping ahead o.
the weeds is realized by every success
ful agriculturist At the beginning od
growth In the spring weeds start uj
and lead the farmer a merry chase ai
long as the growing season lasts. He
must keep at them or they will get the
start and go to seed, thereby Increasing
their numbers many fold. "Eternal vig
lance is the price of liberty" in the
fight against weeds. A thoroughly
practical farmer recently remarket
that he thought the problem of weed
eradication one of the most Important
the farmers have to face. It is Indeed
one of considerable moment
Breeding- Dairy Com,
In breeding dairy cows a man should
have a definite object In view. Toe
many shift from beef to dairy when
dairy products are low, and then shift
back again from dairy to beef when
beef rises In value. By this method a
man is constantly shifting from one
breed to another, and as a result he It
getting a herd that Is good for neither
milk nor beef. A man must have an
ideal toward which he Is breeding and
then bend all his energies to that end.
This shifting from one breed to another
is a suicidal policy that will ruin any
man and any herd. Kansas Experi
ment Station.
Interesting; Items,
It rarely pays to feed for a merely
possible Increase in price.
It needs faith in your occupation t
bring about complete success.
Send all surplus poultry to market
as soon as the fowls are in proper cod
dltion.
Don't borrow too much. It Is mow
satisfaction both to yourself and youi
neighbors to have tools of your own.
While cow-peas are best adapted tc
light warm soils, any good corn land
will grow the crop In the latitude where
the peas will mature.
Bees help to make the crops and pay
the farmer for the privilege. They an 1
little trouble to keep and may be th'
source of a good Income.
A Spanish professor, according to
German newspapers, has made the dis
covery that the sunflower yields a
splendid febrifuge that can be used aa
a substitute for quinine.
W. J. Monroe, of Iowa, has the
smallest colts ever born In that State
They are Shetland twins, both mares,
and one weighs eighteen pounds and
the other twelve pounds.
Alfalfa seed has a light olive-green
color and Is about the same size as red
clover seed. .The dead and worthies
seed are the brown-colored ones. Browt
seed Indicate old seed, and is not apt
to. give good results.
A first-class quality ' of red clover
seed should be of fair size, purple and
yellow colors predominating, and al
ways with a luster. If It Is small,
with many shriveled brown seed in it,
it should be rejected.
Egyptian cotton has been successful
ly grown in New Mexico and Arizona
by the Bureau of Animal Industry. Sev
eral million dollars' worth of this cot
ton is Imported into the United Statei
each year, and its growth here will
mean a great saving.
PROLONGED LAWSUITS.
Germany Rolda Record with Oaa
Settled After 478 Yeara.-
" The celebrated chancery suit of Jarn
dyce against Jarndyce no longer holds
the record for duration, according to
the London Express. 'A case which has
lasted at least 109 years was mention
ed in the law courts recently.
Among a number of motions before
he divorce court Judge for leave to
presume the deaths of different persons
was one In the name of C. S. Pulteney.
Counsel asked that the death of C. 8.
Pulteney might be presumed to have
taken place In the year 1780.
"When?" demanded Sir Gorell Barne
In amazement
"In 1780," repeated counsel, amid
loud laughter.
"Mr. Pulteney," he explained, "was
married about 1770, and had a daugh
ter. In 1780 he left England. He has
been advertised for, but he has never
been heard of since. In 1799 a sum of
1,000 was paid Into court and It now .
amounts to 1,000."
"What has it been doing there all
this time?" the judge inquired.
Counsel replied that legal proceed
ings were started In 171)0. but nothing
further was done until 18!K.
"Why not?" asked the Judge.
"I do not know," counsel nnswered.
"Extraordinary!" exclaimed Sir
Gorell Barnes. "Who wants It now?"
"I am afraid a good many people
want it now," -wld counsel. "The pres
ent applicant Is a great-grandson of the
wife of lue brother of C!wr!" Pn'te
ney." "Certain persons," he added, "claim
the sura and proceedings are being tak
en in the Chancery Court. The death
of C. S. Pulteney is the only link want
ing in the title."
"I have not much hesitation lnjire-"
sumlng the death of Mr. Pulteney," the
Judge stated. "I am quite sure he Is
dead."
Germany,- however, has beaten even
this record.
A lawsuit between the local author
ity of Friemar, a suburb of Gotha, and
certain mill owners In a neighboring
village was amicably settled recently
after 478 years of constant litigation,
say a Central News Berlin telegram.
COALING APPARATUS.
Modern Method of Transferring Foci
from Lighter to Steamer.
The Immense amount of work re
quired to coal the modern ocean-going
steamer or warship Is not realized bv
the average layman. The present cus
tom consists In transferring the coal
by derrick from lighters In baes or
buckets, requiring many days. A New
COAL TRANSFERRED TO, STEAMER.
i'ork man has seized upon this onrxir-
tunity to devise an up-to-date appara
tus wmcn immensely simplifies the op
eration and does away with much of
the hard labor now necessary. As
shown In the lllustrotion. the nnfll la
drawn up an Inclined elevator and
dropped into a chute, where It runs by
gravity Into thev hold of the vessel.
Within the elevator are numerous
buckets attached to a movable chain.
The buckets are filled as thev rennh
the end winding "drum and automatic
ally dump the contents into the wait
ing chute when they reach the top.
Careleaaneaa of the Hena.
The Bridies had been in their new
country house for scarcely a week be
fore the girl who went out to hunt for
strictly fresh eggs came back empty
banded.
"Where are the eggs, Ellen?" asked
Mrs. Bridle.
"Sure, mum, 01 couldn't folnd a
wan."
. "Did you look In the henhouse?"
"Yls, mum."
"And in the haynlow?"
'OI wlnt all over the place."
"And the manger?"
"They warn't there, mum."
"Well, sometimes Henry collects the
eggs in a basket and hangs it under
the cow shed."
"01 found the basket, but It wu
impty. 01 hunted all over the pla,
and, high nor low, sorra a sign of thlm
eggs could Ol folnd anywhere."
"Dear me," said Mrs. Bridle absent
ly, "I hope they haven't been mislaid!"
London Scraps.
A well-informed physician is fr
Quently ill-informed.
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