Lincoln County leader., November 27, 1908, Image 6

.ifcnrfte smoking on the lacreaii,
Consumption of cigarettes Increased
largely in the United States during the
last fiscal year ended June 30, 1!0S.
according to the preliminary annual
statement of Internal revenue receipts.
Tobacco revenues generally fell oil, the
public smoking fewer cigars than the
preceding year, taking less snnIT and
chewing less. But more cigarettes of
all kinds were used.
Less spirits were used than In i:K)7,
the heaviest falling off being In the
spirits distilled from grain, the reve
nue on which declined over $13,000.X)0.
This would Indicate large decline !n
whisky consumption. The beer busi
ness, however, continued to grow In
epite of the depression.
The total decrease. In Internal reve
nue, as compared with the preceding
fiscal year, was ?17.0!tS.072.
Orlicin tit the CuoliieNa,
Esmeralda I don't care much for auto- '
mobile riding. t
Gwendolen I suppose not; the chauf
feur can't manage the machine with oat
band. .
Concerning? Sim. Jy-pei.
Mrs. Roodsole What satisfaction does
Mrs. Jypes derive from her new automo
bile? I never see her riding in it.
Miss Capsicum She isn't deriving any
satisfaction from it now. The Snoodlea
have bought a finer one.
Close Quartern,
The following extract from a letter
of thanks is cherished by its recipient:
The beautiful clock you sent us came
In perfect condition, and is now In
the parlor on top of the book shelves,
where we hope to see yoii soon, and
your husband, also; if he can make It
convenient.
Ton Altrnollve.
Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego Oettinn
ready to move again? Why, you told
me when you rented these apartments
that they were the most desirable you bad
ever occupied.
Mrs. Selldom-IIolme Yes; they are al
together too desirable. They have been
entered by burglars Dve times since we
rnovd into them. ,
The Kouln'n Epitaph. I
i The two little grand-daughters of Dr.
8. Weir Mitchell were showing a new
governess their treasures of house and
garden. Behind a box hedge they
paused.
"This is the place where our birds
are burled," said one of the children.
At the bend of a tiny grave was plac
ed a white board. Printed on It In ir
regular characters with a lead pencil
were these words:
"Here lie our Hoblns ; one a wrek
old, one ouly an egg." Llpplncott's.
Next In Order.
"We must do something to preserve
the trees!" exclaimed the summer
boarder.
"Well," answered Farmer Corntossel,
"we've been preservln' tomatoes an
watermelon rinds an' most everything
else. I don't see why we should draw
the line at trees." Washington Stur.
Terminated.
"Last time I heard about Kit Skim
merhorn she was engaged to a young man
the met at a seaside resort. How long
did the engagement last?"
"Three daya, I believe. Then the young
man began to insist on their marrying."
"Well?"
"Well, it was near theend of the sea
ton, and she married him."
An Overrated I'hlloaopher.
"Aesop couldn't have beeu so very
.wise after all."
"No?"
"Of course not. If he had been he
never would have sold his birthright
for that mess of pottage." Kansas
City Times.
rifpeilrt,
"Can a man get a good bargain in a
fnrm in this neighborhood?"
"Want to buy one?"
"Yes."
"Know anything about thai farmi
around here?"
"No."
"Can you pay cash?"
"Yes."
"Weil, you can get some splendid bar
gains if you'll offer just about one-third
of the prices thev'll ask you."
Habitual
Constipation
lay bo pprmnncimy overcome by proper
ptu-sonal efforts wilhlhe Assistance
ill w
U f i
ono truly b
eniwiQl lovnlive
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remedy, Oyrun oilii
s oml Llmroioonaa
vvhu-u eaa lues one to form regular
habits ttnily so tKut assistance to na
ture may tie grarluauy disjienSedwitK
vhen no lon;';cr neeileil as the best of
remedies, when n'(airo(t, are to assist
nature and not to supplant the natur
al junctions, whieh must depend ultt
matejy upon proper nourishment,
proper efforts, and right living generally.
To Set its beneficial effects, alwuys
SvriU)ffiElivir,'fScnnQ
manunrturcd liy the
California
Pig Syrup Co. only
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUCdSTS
Oiw nn wly, regular price 50 ft Uoitto.
SOMETHING FOE EVERYBODY
A cord of -wood ordinarily yields
about one ton of mechanical pulp or
about one-half ton of chemical pulp.
There nre nearly fifty clocks on the
giant ocean liner Lusltnnlu, controlled
by a master clock In the cliarthouse.
The Iliver Tolk flows Into a cave it.
the side of a mountain, and completely
disappear, at Adelsburg, near Trieste.
An nirgim of large size, working on
the principle of the pneumatic hammer,
has been devised for killing animals iu
a Immune manner.
Eau de cologne, Invented by Johann
Maria Ferlna, over two hundred years
ngo, is composed of oils of neroll, cit
ron, bergamot, orange and rosemary,
An Englishman has Invented a bicycle
for the blind. In reality, It Is a mul
ticycle, carrying twelve riders, led by
a seeing person, who does the steer
ing. According to the dclegntes to the na
tional opticians' convention In Philadel
phia, women's eyes are weaker than
men's, and more of the fair sex wear
glasses.
The French Ministry is drafting a .
bill to make n standard karat for
weighing precious stones, fixed at 200
milligrams, and prohibiting the word
for nny other weight.
Miss Pioss Keeker has been ap)ointed
ft claim agent and United States pon-jKils
Rion attorney in Missouri. She has i
been known for vears ns one of the 1
most successful women In St. Louis,
being a notary public and ail Insur
ance agent:
Miss Ruby Abranis, who was recently
graduated at the head of the art class
In Cooper Institute, is deaf, and until
a few years ago was also dumb. She
has been an art student ever since she
was graduated at the head of her class
six years ago at the Institute for the
Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes.
She has the record of having won four
orlzes during her art course.
It is not a hundred years ago since
stays for women were composed not of
whalebone or hardened lenther, but of
bars of Iron and steel from three Inches
to four Inches broad and eighteen Inches
long. Again, during the reign of George
III. the top of the steel stay hnd a loug
stocking needle attached to It to pre
vent girls from spoiling their shape by
stooping too much over their work.
Consul General Robert J. Wynnt,
makes the report that the returns of
shipping and tonnage of the Suez canal
for f)07 show that the net tonnage
exhibits an nil round Incrense, the fig
ures for the last year showing an In
crease of 1,282,!C0 tons, ns compared
with that of WOO, and nn Increase of
1,5!)4,32!) over 190'). Receipts during
1907 showed nn Incrense of $1,557,000,
as compared with 1900.
The boring of an artesian well Is noi
an easy task. The well of Crenelle
(France) required from Dec. 24, 1833,
to Feb. 20, 1S41. for completion. The
one at Passay of the same depth took
only two years to make. Our engineers
now count upon one year in which to j
complete the well of Mnisons-Lnllitte. I
This well Is already at a depth of 400
meters. It will go to a depth of 550
meters. Do Dion-Routon Journal.
Mrs. Phoebe Hideout, of California,
Is the latest recruit to the ranks of the
women bank presidents. Mrs. Hideout
has Just been elected to succeed her
late husband as the president of the
bank at Orovllle, Cal., and nlso as pros-
ldent of the biks nt Mnrysvllie and
Gridley. The aggregate capital of the
three Institutions Is said to be more
than $3,000,000. Mrs. William Lang
don, wife of the city nttorney of Sun
Francisco, has been elected president of
the Union Savings Rank nt Modesto.
The production of American gems
more than doubled last year, according
to mo government reports, the total
value for 1007 being $471,300, while ln
the preceding year the total was $208,-
000. The total production of sapphires
ln the United States last year was val-
ued nt J.'D.SOO. lourmnllne is second
m Importance and Is placed nt $81,120.
Among other Important gems produced
were chrysoprnse, to the value of $45,
000; callfornlte, $25,000; turquoise,
$23,840; spodumene gems (kunzlte and
hiddenlte), $11,500; vnrlcite, utahlite
and nmttrice, $7.5(K); rose quartz, beryl,
aquamarine and garnet, each over $ti,
000. Old-time barristers ln England did
not openly receive fees for their serv
ices. An early method of collecting
ices -was uie pocuci wincu in meo-ievai
times a barrister used to have placed
. in the back of his gown, Into which the
solicitor would surreptitiously slip the
fee. The pocket has long since disap
peared, but the services of a barrister
are still supposed to be honorary, and
by the unwritten yet despotic law of
the profession he must not sue for his
fee. He lias, however, some compensa
tion in being permitted to demand cash
ln advance, and when once briefed ln
a case etiquette nllows him to pocket
the honorarium whether he Is able t
appear for his client or not
A Lifting Jack.
When one is alone on a farm with
perhaps no help around Jt is almost
Impossible to lift bay racks or grain
tanks off the wagons.
With a device like the cut,
one man can take off any
kind of a hny rack with
ease. This lifting jack Is
seven feet high. The two
uprights are 2x4 at the
base and 2x2 at the upper
end. They can be ripped
out of 2xl. Have the
wooden block out of
nn old hay fork pulley,
bolted to the upper end of
the uprights with a half
inch bolt for the rope to
work on. Thirty Inches from the
baso is an offset to which Is r.t-
taclied a spindle for the rope to wind
j on. The need of the offset will easily
j he seen in operating; the crank will
, always be In the clear. The crank is
H Inches long. The spindle is one inch
! In dlnnlcter- A piece of good one Inch
I,ll,e "l!lkos n good one. The up-
118 "le hpu na M or -- ""'hes at the
bnso- " ,so needs a few light wooden
unices 10 sirengtlien and stiffen it. It
should be made quite strong and light,
so that one man can carry it handily.
On the end of the three-quarter Inch
rope Is a five-eighths Inch Iron hook.
tITOJtO
JACII.
AMERICAN BEAFEBS IN ASIA.
American farm machinery Is rapidly fludhig its way into foreign coun
tries, but our American farmers would not know how to use the machines
that are sent over there. They are built to meet the demands of Asiatic
farmers, who are slow to grasp up-to-date methods.
shaped so as to draw Itself into the
wood and not slip off. This hook needs
one or two links. A hardwood peg Is
placed In the upright back of the crank,
thus holding the load at any height,
To take the hay rack off the wagon
place the lifting Jack In an upright
position at one end as near the center
as possible. Place the hook beneath
some part of the rack, turn the crank,
and It will surprise you how light' the
rnck 8eenls- When high enough so as
tr c,ear tlle wheels, have a 4x4 or other
tair? strong timber to put under the
i rn("k the onds resting on two well se-
Cllrei1 l,osts- n',lse tne other end ln
the 8111110 '""""er and you will have
J70"1" llay rack l,r eraln tank where the
weeds will not grow over thein and
without any lifting to speak of. Mou
treal Star.
Farmer' Punltrr Home.
The accompanying Illustration of a
poultry house Is largely self-explana-
t tory. Both a window and curtain
, front Is provided. The window slides
back and. In place of It a cotton screen
can be let down to fill the opening,
The pens are built 12 ft. x 13 ft. and
. the coop Is placed beneath the drop
,..,, i,n,1Irh hnr.,9 nr a,i
Bnoetlll(! together with tar paper and
cnenp Billllljl(,s xhe luslde Mmy Le
plastered.
Profit From Dairy Products.
The Maryland Experiment Station
has been making tests as to profits
In selling dairy products, as milk, cream
and butter. This test shows that cream
is one of the most profitable forms of
Bale, when 20 per cent cream can be
sold nt CO cents a gallon, and even at
this low price returns 23V6 ceuts per
pound for the butter ln the milk, be-
POULTRY HOUSE.
sides leaving the sktmmllk for use on
the farm. Of course, cream can be us
ually sold for more than 50 cents per
gallon. . It appears that milk shipping
is ordinarily more profitable than but
ter. Thus 12 cents per gallon for 3Va
per cent nillk is equal to 23! cents per
pound for butter, while at 15' cents per
gallon for 3.0 per cent milk the but
ler Is sold at 32Vi ceuts per pound.
In selling cream at 70 cents per gal
lon the price obtained is equal to 33
cents for the butter, but creameries
never pay this amount, and no home
made butter brings nny such price ex
cept for a very few gilt-edge makes.
Homemade Barometer,
Those who love experimentation mny
try the following method of making a
cheap barometer, as practiced In
France: Take 8 grams of pulverized
camphor, 4 grams of pulverized nitrate
of potassium, 2 grams of pulverized
nitrate of ammonia and dissolve. In 00
grams of alcohol. Put the whole In a
long, slender bottle, closed at the top
with a piece of bladder containing a
pinhole to admit the nirr When rain Is
coming the solid particles will tend
gradually to mount, little star crystals
forming In the liquid; which otherwise
remains clear; if high winds are ap
proaching, the liquid will become thick
as if fermenting, while a film of solid
particles forms on the surface; during
fair weather the liquid will remain
clear and the solid particles will rest
at the bottom.
IiMlIvliltinltty of Com.
While there are slight Individual
differences in digestive elllclency
among cows, extensive experiments
have shown that these are lnsuiliclont
to account for the widely variable re
turns made by similar cows from like
quantltles of the same kind of food.
The results obtained ln tests of this
kind are emphatic. It has been
shown that, of two cows of apparently
the same merit, from superficial exam
ination one may return three times as
much as the other from a given
amount of similar foods. They digest
ed their food equally well. It Is a
well known fact that there are Indi
vidual likes and dislikes among cows,
which necessitates an intimate knowl
edge of each cow if best results are to
follow. Occasionally a cow will make
her best performance upon a ration
not suited to the other members of
the herd. These matters are of con
tinual Interest to the dairymen, who
should safeguard himself nt all times
by keeping at least approximate rec
ords of food consumed and product
yielded by each individual. Kansas
Farmer.
Corn In Pretoria.
American women have been doing
missionary work for corn at nn agri
cultural show In Pretoria. The 3outh
Africans have always regarded corn
meal unfit for food, but the various
tempting nrticles prepared from It at
the exposition have shown them their
error. It Is expected that by the re
moval of this prejudice much will tie
done to relieve distress among the
thousands of unemployed who are liv
ing principally on gruel.
The Sunflower.
In some countries, notably in the
Russian provinces north of the Cau
casus, the sunflower serves other pur
poses besides ornamenting gardens wr.h
Its huge golden bosses. The seeds are
used to make oil, which Is employed
both ln the manufacture of soap and In
cooking. The stems and leaves are
burned and the ashes used to make
potash. Last year the sunflower fac
tories of the Caucasus produced 15,000
tons of potash.
Mammoth Tobaceo Farm.
On the largest tobacco farm In the
world, a 25,000-acre affair, near Am
sterdam, Ga., In grown about a third
of all the Sumatra tobacco used for
cigar wrappers ln the United States.
PERUNA A TONIC OF
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HON. R. S. THARIN.
Hon. R. S. Tharin, attorney at law
and counsel for Anti-Trust League,
writes from Pennsylvania Ave. N. W.,
Washington, D. C, as follows:
"Having used Peruna for Catarrhal
disorders, I am able to testify to its
great remedial excellence and do not
ilvuuUu lo yive iL my einiuiauc en
dorsement and earnest recommendation
to all persons affected by that disorder.
It is also a tonic of great usefulness."
Mr. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer. On
tario, Can., writes: "Last winter I
was ill with pneumonia after hav ng la ,
grippe. I took Peruna for two months,
when I became quite well. I also in
duced a young lady, who was all run
down and confined to the house, to take
Peruna, and after taking Peruna for
three months she is able to follow her
trade of tailoring. I can recommend
Peruna for all such who are ill and re
quire a tonic."
Pe-ru-na Tablets.
Some people prefer to take tablets.
rather than to take medicine in a fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the solid
medicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each
tablet is equivalent to one average
iose of Peruna.
In 1020.
"Prisoner," said the magistrate se
verely, "you are charged with being a
millionaire. How did you happen to
fall?"
"Your honor," responded the trenM
bllng man at the bar, "in a moment of
weakness I made a book on the races."
"You're not Incurable," rejoined the
magistrate, who at heart was not un
kind. "Go and reform by playing the
book of some other fellow. Dismissed."
Philadelphia Ledger.
CITC Bt. Vlttu' Dane and : orvooi uimm paraw
riaJnantly cared by Dr. .ine'a Great Nerve He
torer. Send for FREE $2.00 trtnl bottle and treatise.
Dr. B. H. Kline, Ld., HI Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Fame.
Proud Father My daughter, I suppose,
is getting along famously with her dra
matic studies.
Principal (of the school of dramatic
art) Er yes; indeed she is. On ar
amateurs' night at one of the theaters re
cently the audience fairly went wild with
enthusiasm when she starred in a littla
comedy called -"Getting the Hook." Chi
cago Tribune.
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnilow'a Roothlnu
Syrup the best rnmedy to use ton their ch:ldra
luring the teething period.
Enough to Wake Them, '.
"It's wonderful," said Duhley, "how
wide-awake the Japanese have become
in recent years."
"Oh, it's not so wonderful," replied
the observant man, "when you consider
that they have an earthquake every
night or so in their country." Phila
delphia Press.
Appalling Remit.
Sadly the mermaid regarded herself b)
her mirror.
"This," the said, "Is tilt penalty Im
posed by nature for the absurd (fort of
my ancestresses, ages ago, to abolish
hips !"
From which we learn how dangerous
It is to meddle with the orderly processes
of evolution.
Up to Date.
They were looking up at the latest
skyserapper. "But what are those
things sticking- out from the sides?"
asked the up-state friend.
"Those? Oh, those are the mile
posts!" answered the New Yorker.
Judge.
AN UNSURPASSED
. REMEDY I
Pito'a Cure ii an uniurpaiaet) re
medy for coughi, colda, branchiui.
aithma. hoartenaa and throat and
lung lfctiooi. It (oca direct to
the teat of the trouble and imnally
Kftorethealthy conditions. Mathers
can sive their children PUo'i Cure
with perfect confidence in ill curative
power and freedom from opietaa,
Famoui for half a century.
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