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Kkrs, Queen and Prince to Visit Fair
THAT, instead of interfering with
participation in the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, the
Bald: xssts fcira sssvrpd unexpected
iat$t oa the part of the southern
Earvpaa rations, is the news brought
by ColTta B. Brown, Walter P. An
draws aad Thomas Rees, Panama-Pacific
commissioners ,to . the Mediter
ranean, who have just returned from
an official visit to Greece, Turkey,
Boimiania, Bulgaria, Scrvia, Portugal
and Spain, where they were royally en
tertained. :
AD want the friendship of America,
add axe awake to the advantages of the
Krpositioa as well as of the Panama
canal. Greece, inspired by new ambi
tions, has a liberal appropriation be
fore the parliament, which has the in
dorsement of tho king and cabinet.
Turkey has already sent her commis
sion. Bulgaria will not only appropriate
for a part in the Exposition, but Queen
Elleonora and Crown Prince Boris will
soon visit tho Exposition grounds, and
King Ferdinand will visit Pan Fran
ciEco in 1915. Eumania is interested,
and the parliament, which meets April
15, will receive a request from the king
and queen that Roumania appropriate
money for participation.
In Sfrvia King Peter and the cabinet
are behind the bill to permit that
country's participation. Portugal is
taking simynr action, and King Al
phonso of Spain said he was assured
that his country should participate.
Sudden Feed Change
Causes Bloat
WITH the coming of spring, when
cattle are changed from dry feed
to pasture, to avoid serious loss
it is necessary for the farmer to watch
carefully for bloat.
Bloat is a lorm of indigestion due to
the excessive formation and accumula
tion of various gases in tho paunch or
rumen. The attack is especially apt to
occur when cattle are suddenly changed
from a day diet to green clover or al
falfa. It is often seen during warm,
wet weather, or when heavy dew or
rain moistens the foilaee.
The ehjef symptom of bloating is a
sudden distension in the ieit nam,
whieh swells up and appears as tight as
a drum head when thumped with the fin
Relief must be immediate if suffoca-
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providing an artificial outlet for the
gas by "tapping" me animal. ims u
beat accomplished by inserting a trocar
and cenula into the most prominent por
J tin nf the swellina. To prevent furth
. m ann formation, administer a drench of
two ounces of turpentine in a pint of
raw linseed oil or a quart ol new rnun.
is a rireventlon. avoid turning the
cattle out until the dew or rain has
dried off. In addition, giving a full
feed of dry roughage, such as the am
Tnnlfl are accustomed to, just before turn
Laughs From Far
and Near
HE barbor was very busy and the
shop was full of men waiting for
him to practise his tonsorial art upon
their heads and faces.
One man, Mr. Blank, became tired of
waiting for his turn to come and started
to leave. Although his beard had come
out pretty heavy, he thought no one
would notice it and that he could como
back the next morning when Hughes,
the barber, was not so very busy. The
barber, not wishing a customer to go
away unattended to accosted him by
saying: "You're not leavin' us is jvu
Mr. Blank!"
Mr. Blank felt of his face and re
plied: "Why, I don't need a shave, do
I Hughes!"
Hughes thereupon looked his customer
over critically and answered him as
suredly: "No, youse don't need a shave,
all youse needs is a hair cut ou de
face. "
;OWN insisted on returning tho $20
parrot he had bought a few days
ago.
"What is the matter with itf" the
dealer asked.
"W-why," replied Brown, "the d-d-
darned c-c-critter st-stutters. " In Na
tion Monthly.
ND you want to Marry my
daughter- Have you any steady
occupation?"
"Sure."
"What is itf"
"Waiting for a job at Ford's."
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MARK TWAIN had finished his
Bpeech at a dinner-party when a
lawyer rose, shoved his hands' deep into
his trousers pockets, as was his habit,
and laughingly inquired of those pres
ent: "Doesn't it strike this company as
a littlo unusual that a professional
humorist should be funny!"
When the laughter that greeted this
sally had subsided, Mark Twain
drawled out:
"Doesn't it strike this company as
a little unusual that a lawyer should
havo his hands in his own pockets I"
May Even Up.
"Did your daughters marry well!"
"Not exactly. One married a farmer
and another married an ultimate con
sumer, but tho third may mako up for
all that."
"How' so?"
"She's engaged to a middleman."
"Yes, I lost my friond."
"How was that!"
"We agreed to be perfectly frank
with eah ether."
"Yes!"
"Well, I got in my criticism first."
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