The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 7, 1911, Page 4

apres was an annual occurrence. WAKES WEN HOMELY Famous English Artist Explains Rush of Modern Life. Extensive Inquiries Go to Show That it Is More the Male Than the Fe- male That Are Degenerating In Looks. London.—Considerable interest has been aroused by the statement made at the meetings of the dental federa- tion that, partly owing to mouth trou- bles, the English are becoming an ug- lier nation. Extensive inquiries go to show that it is, in many people’s opinion, more the men of the country than the wom- en who are degenerating in looks—and the interesting point of view was evelved that they need not be disheart- ened, since there never was a time when plain, or even ugly, men were so popular with women. Various reasons are suggested for the alleged decline of masculine good looks. “The noise and rush and incessant hurry of modern life,” said George Henry, A. R. A., the well-known ar- tist, “is largely responsible for the in- creasing plainness of our men. An- other factor that has to be remem- bered is the circumstance that the towns—especially in Scotland—are not being recruited from the country dis- tricts, and the country districts them- selves are being deplored by emigra- tion. “Your nerve racked townsman mar- ries, perhaps, an equally nervous wife, and the effect of the two tempera- ments in bound to be seen-in the chil. dren, who certainly have less chance of being beautiful than the children of parents who lead placid, untroubled lives.” A famous sculptor declared that he considered that the rule did not apply to the average British woman “Her beauty,” he said, “is certainly mot on the wane. It is probably due to the increasing popularity of outdoor sports, hockey, cycling, tennis and oth- er healthy pastimes, that her physique is better, her complexion clearer and her eye more limpid. This, of course, should have its effect in ‘increased beauty in the children, but unfortu- nately it is not always the case. “It is not generally known that we sculptors take our women models from among the British girls, but the male models are almost invariably Italian. The lazy, rather good-looking Italian youth makes an excellent model, though painters object to the dull, muddy texture of his skin, compared with the healthy, satinlike nature of the British type.” “The plain man need not be in the least discomposed,” said the verger of a church well known for the mar- tiages which take place there. “It is not at all unusual for an ex tremely beautiful woman to marry a more than usually plain man, indeed the proportion of plain bridegrooms is on the increase.” The most important opinion of all is, of course, a feminine one. A we!! known lady author said that the plai: man was never more popular than le is today. “The plain man,” she said, “is so o!t- en not self-centered, he is more cour teous, more considerate and chival- rous toward women. “The shy man, too, when once the veil of reserve has been torn aside, is often found to be a delightful com- panion, and in many cases—perhaps the majority—proves a dutiful and af- ~ fectionate husband-—Geed-looking- men |_ are seldom shy. “No, let the plain men take heart of grace. If he has a personality we women like him just the same—per- haps the better—for his looks.” DOORMAT IS A VALUABLE RUG Supposedly Worthless Piece of Carpet Turns Out to Be Worth $2,000— Wool Hard to Get. Montclair, N. J—Mrs. F. G. H. Fayen of No. 218 Upper Mountain av- enue, has used last year at the en- trance to her home a small rig. It was bought with others at a sale in New York. A rug expert had been summoned to the Fayen house to look over the rugs that required renovation. As he was going out of the house he saw the rug that was used as a doormat. “What shall I do with this?” he asked, as he stooped down and picked up the rug. “Nothing,” said Mrs. Fayen. “It isn’t worth while.” “Not worth while,” he said. “Why this is a precious rug; worth all the others together.” Mrs. Fayen was amazed when the expert explained to her that the de-|50c, spised rug is probably worth $2,000; that it was woven by a Persian bride, and was never intended to be sold. He pointed out the peculiar character- istics of the rug, into the borders of which were woven the features of the bride and her intended husband. The expert said the wool used: in the rug was of a kind now hard to get. The Tug, he said, is between 150 and 200 years old Cow Gets Cider Jag. Thomaston, Conn.—Authorities at Campville report an unusual case of fatoxication. The victim was a blue ribbon cow owned by a farmer. The cow's downfall is said to have been due to over-indulgence in sour ap ples. She was discovered staggering along the road. Her owner said the Mitchell News. One of the latest exploits to attract the attention of automobilists along the Pacific coast was that of I. L. Berge, formerly of North Dakota but now living in Spokane, Wash., who drove his Model T Mitchell across the Rocky Mountains, covering more than 1,200 miles of the steepest and rock- iest highways to be found in this country. “There were several-persons who advised me not to try the trip,’’ said Mr. Berge, “‘but having driven my car over 4,000 miles of Dakota roads I had great confidence in it and with two of my friends essayed the journey. We had hard pulling through the gumbo soil until we reached Havre, Mont., especially through the Milk River valley. From Havre to Helena we followed the route of the Great Northern railway and then we took the road along the Northern Pacific railway to Missoula. The latter stretch took us through some big canyons where the scenery was fine but the going wassteep. Wecrossed the great divide about 60 miles east of Missoula. “It is certainly great sport to ride for hours up a mountain side in a car that walks right along and never gives a minute’s trouble. At the top of the divide we encountered some heavy snow drifts but got through them with little labor. After crossing the divide the road dropped us toa point that was lower than where we started the climb and then we sped through Hell’s-Gate canyon and reached Mis- soula right side up, the Mitchell never missing a stroke. “Leaving Missoula to the southeast we headed for the Flathead river and followed this stream for several miles. When we crossed it we entered the Flathead reservation and had another range of mountains to climb. After going up hill through the mud for 15 miles we struck good roads and start- ed down the other side. We turned off the battery and coasted for eight miles to Plains, Mont., where we spent the night. From there we traveled to Thompson’s Falls where we had another river to cross and more mountains to climb. We had some very hard pulls and found one mountain so steep that we could not keep fuel in the carbureter with the tank three-quarters full. We had to travel six miles to get another five gallofis of gasoline to fill the tank and then we made the hill without trouble. From there we had smooth going to Spokane. “There is no question in my mind nor in the minds of those with me that our trip could not have been made with a high speed engine nor with a light car,”’ said Mr. Berge in conclusion. ‘‘Our ride covered 1,267 miles, according to the speedometer and we used but 107 gallons of gaso- line in spite of the steep grades. There are hundreds of people in Spokane who are surprised to find my Mitchell is in first class condition after such a long trip over the mountains.”’ Mrs. W. C. Brown Dead. “Mrs. W. C. Brown, of Amoret;who for many years has been a resident of Homer township, died Sunday, December 3d. Mrs. Brown had been an invalid for a long time but bure her suffering patiently and with a Christian spirit. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. A. M. Davidson. Funeral services were held at Amoret Presbyterian church Tuesday and in- terment was made at Mulberry. Saved His Wife’s Life. “My wife would have been in her grave to-day,’’ writes O. H. Brown, of Muscadine, Ala., “if it had not been for Dr. King’s New Discovery. She was down in her bed, not able to get iy 3 without help. She had a se- vere —— trouble and a dreadful cough. tact her a bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery, and she soon began to mend, and was well in a short time.” Infallible for coughs and colds, its the most reliable reme- dy on earth for desperate lung trouble, ——- lagrippe, asthma, hay fever, croup and whooping cough. 50c, $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guar- anteed by F. T. Clay. 60 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE oe oben FARM FURROWS. Farmer and Stockman. Rusty machinery soon rusts a hole in your pocketbook. Hit-or-miss methods usuaually bring hit-or-miss results in farming, as well as in every ‘other line of busi- ness. Furnish your hens a variety of feed for the winter if you expect them to furnish the eggs for your table and market basket. It takes extra feed to make those hogs fatten when their quarters are so cold that they have to squeal all night to keep up their circulation and prevent them from freezing to death. Keep the narrow-tired wagon off the meadow land while the sod is so spongy; use the broad-tired wagon if necessary to cross the meadow. Also do not allow the stock to roam around over it and damage it while it is muddy. This is the very time of year when the farmer grows careless about his hay in the stack and, as a result, the fall rains soak in and damage the hay considerably. Fill up those low places in the stack or haul the dam- aged ones and store them in the barn, After it comes a solid freeze-up many a farmer will wonder why in the world he didn’t dig those post holes that were needed for repairing fences, buildings, sheds, etc., about the farm, while the wind whistling in at the ground around his sheds and stalls that should have been banked up before the dirt froze, will forcibly remind him of his foolhardy procras- tination. 33 Consisting of 21 head Make arrangements at once to have the late calves, which usually are smaller and weaker than the others, in separate quarters from the grown stock during the winter months. If they are allowed to run with the older and stronger stock they will be bunted about by them, cheated out of their portion of the feed, and crowded out of the most comfortable parts of the shelter, into the cold, raw atmosphere. Just such treatment is what causes some calves always to remain small, scrub- by and unprofitable, and they often are entirely lost before spring opens up by being thus abused, exposed and neglected at a period when they most stand in need of the best of care and feed. The man who keeps a stretch of road dragged smooth until it freezes up deserves a credit mark as long as the road he drags. If there is any kind of shaking that will jar a man’s teeth loose it is riding over a road where the road is frozen hard and about as rough as it could be made by piling it full of small rocks. There is always a great plenty to be thankful for, if we will only look about us with a realization of our good fortunes. For instance, our crop may not be up to standard this year, but we are not having to wear ourselves out husking it, for it isa fact that “‘the short horse is soon curried.”’ It is usually believed that wild water fowls—ducks-and~ geese—are accurate weather prophets, when, in reality, they are not prophets at all. They simply start southward in the fall when a “‘cold norther’’ strikes them, and quickly outdistance the storm, sometimes going through a more southern section of the country a day or two ahead of the storm. Once in awhile they are fooled into going further south than the storm does, and they drift back north aways in a few days. Speaking of rheumatism and duck hunting, the next thing after duck hunting that will “start it grinding’’ is husking corn out of the shock. I do not know but what one will de- velop a genuine case of it as quickly as the other. Thrashing or shredding is cheaper than husking by hand and nursing a continual grip of rheuma- tism—and if not rheumatism, certin- ly the “grip.” An ordinary sheet iron tank heater will do the work of keeping the ice out of the water tank and will last a long time if the tank is kept nearly full of water. Cobs will do very well for fuel, but small stumps or coal are better. Itis a rather poor plan to leave the cattle out in the yard on cold days in order to save a little work inj cleaning the barn. A man who is as anxious to save work as that should quit farming and move to town. It]. is possible that the village blacksmith might wish to hire a cheap hand to drive the flies off the horses he is shoeing in the wintertime. The cooler weather that we were wishing for a few short weeks ago is Wednesday, Head of Dairy Cattle In order to reduce my stock so I can handle it myself, I will sell at public auction at the Round Barn Farm, 2% miles south of Adrian, 8 miles north of Butler, on Butler and Adrian road December 13, °11 SALE TO BEGIN AT 10 A. M. of cows, 12 of which are fresh now. The other cows will freshen soon. Four yearling heifers, six heifer calves, one Jersey bull 14 months old, ready for service. My Herd Bull, PEDRO BATES 2d 84005 19 head of this offering were sired by this fine Jersey Bull The cows are Jerseys and grade Jerseys About 20 Head of Poland-China Hogs Three or four brood sows, 1 registered herd boar 14 shoats weighing from 50 to 100 pounds TERMS All sums of $10 and under, cash. On sums over that amount a credit of 9 months time will be given on bankable note, to bear 6% interest trom date. 2% discount for cash. Al! property to be settled for before removal. JOHN SPEER AUCTIONEERS: ‘Col. - Robbins (Col. Sot: McCombs The Ladies of the Passaic Church will Serve Lunch good measure. Everything comes to, weather is concerned most of us are generally waiting fora different brand | than what we have on hand. him who waits and as far as the. [- the past two seasons has brought the; corn crop into the limelight and its! good qualities have been praised until | there is very little to be added. | Another forage crop that is being tried is a mixture of millet and early oats to be cut and bound just as the | oats isin the milk stage. It makes an addition to the corn fodder ration and is worth a trial. The failure of the hay crop during | | The repeated failure to make a) “catch” with clover seeding is liable | to cause some to drop it from! their crop rotation. Where this is the case it will be necessary to save al | the manure and put it where it will do the most good with a manure spreader. We have reached a stage where we must be awake in order to make even one blade of grass grow where one grew before. Now isa good time to look over the work harness that have been in} use all summer and make note of the| repairs needed before beginning an- other season. A few stitches now may save many later and will be a great help in making the busy sea- son just a little less busy. The prairie farmer has long. since stopped buying wood for winter fuel because the price is out of reach, but the price cord wood still soars. Is not this a pretty strong hint that planting trees in out of way places would be the right thing to do? The young man who is planting a windbrake for his future home is making a mistake if he does not in- clude a few nut-bearing trees. That four or five rows of evergreens should be planted goes without say- ing, but walnuts, hickory nuts and butter nuts will more than pay for the land and labor. Elizabeth Chapel. Sunday, Dec. 10. Preaching at 3 here with a few extras thrown in for|p. m. by Wm. Mayfield. Christmas Suggestions WE CAN SELL YOU (Framed or Unframed) Frame Your Pictures Sell you a Sewing Machine, Carpet Sweeper, Foot-stools, Tabouretts, Smokers Stands, Shaving Stands, Leather Mats, Book Racks, Wall Pocket or Wastebaskets. SEE THEM A.H. CULVER FURNITURE CO. Duroc Jersey Boars A Few Choice Ones FOR SALE Ready for service—the best I have ever had. Eligible to record. Thos. P. Crawford 2 miles northeast of Passaic