Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 23, 1899, Page 3

eas KEELEY CURE INFLUENCE. Thousands of the Best Customers of the Saloon Reformed. Saloonkeepers hate the Keeley Cure because it has had a powerful influ- ence against their business. Their best customers have taken the cure, and ev- ery year the saloons in the large cities grow fewer and fewer. They are about all owned now-a-days by the breweries. It is not infrequent that some Kee- ley Graduate remarks: “I used to pay fer at least two licenses a year.” Or: “I supported such and such a saloon- keeper's family for so many years.” It is not so unreasonable when you come to think of it. A young Man earns, say, $1,000 a year. He barely pays his living expenses, generally runs into debt and injures himself phy- sically, just to have a “good time (?) with the boys.” There are hundreds in the small towns and thousands in the cities who do this regularly. The bulk of their earnings goes for liquor. This is one reason why so many young young men do not marry. They spend all their earnings for drink and im conviviality, and save nothing. The treating habit has ruined more men than bullets have killed in battle. The influence of the Keley Cure has been wonderful. Thousands of young men who formerly expended their en- tire earnings for liquor now save their money. They can afford to marry now, and many happy homes result. But it is in the homes where misery formerly held sway that the Keeley Cure has done its wonderful work. The unpretentious Keeley Institute, which is located at the corner of Tenth street and Park avenue, Minneapolis, has saved thousands of men from the drink habit and helped them to take their places among manly men. Many have been ruined by fraudu- lent cures. The Keeley Cure is the only real one. Keeley literature will be sent promptly if interested parties will write to 629 Tenth street south, Minneapolis, Minn. Horse on Him. “Got a good joke on myself,” said the man who had accumulated a little property by hard work. “I asked my wife what was the difference between me and a horse, intending to say that I was a forehanded man and the horse was a fourfooted beast. What do you se she said?” e it up,” said the other man. ‘aid she guessed it must be the length of my ears.”—Indianapolis Jour- nal. Mrs. Winsiow’s goothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reniaces tne Sammation,allays pain. cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Long Words. If you would win the world’s respect For what you have to tell, First learn to use four syllables Where one would do as well. —Chicago Times-Herald. When Dame Fortune knocks at the door she often finds the man inside too lazy to life the latch. ‘A coquette always has more fools than wise men on her string. ECS 9 ok at yourself! Is your face covered with pimplesP Your skin rough and blotchy? It’s your liver! Ayer’s Pills are liver pills. They cure constipation, biliousness, and dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. ‘Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? us BUCKINGHAM’S DYE tfuthSr> 5O_cTs. oF DavaaigTs, om RP. HALL & Co, NasnuA, NH, Ls Don’t be fooled with a mackintosh flags PE or rubber coat. If you wantacoat@S that will keep you dry in the hard- #% est storm buy the Fish Brand p . If not for sale in your BP§ town, write for catalogue to Ras A. J. TOWER, Boston, Mass. W. L. DOUCLAS $3 &$3.50 SHOES UNION MADE. Worth $4 to $6 compared with other makes. Indorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers, ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES iE have W. L. Douglas’ jee stamped on botton, Take no substitute claimed to beas good. Largest makers of $3 and $3.50 shoes in the world. Your dealershould keep them—if not, we will send you & patron receipt of price. State ize and width, plain or cap toe talogue A Free. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. CANDY CATHARTIC ARTER'S INK Is scientifically compounded of the best materials. N. W. Nz U. ---Ne. 39.--- 1899. Rwine Breeding. (Condensed from Farmers’ Review Steno- graphic Report of Wisconsin Roundup Institute.) a A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois spoke on swine raising. In part he said: It is better to raise two crops of pigs a year and turn them off young than to raise one crop and not turn them off till they aré large. Diseases among hogs come largely from immature breeding and from feeding too much corn. A good sow should be a good milker. The sows and boars should be mated during November. The earlier the pigs are farrowed the better, if we can care for them, By the time the young clover is‘ready we can put them on it if the pigs have been farrowed early. We feed cooked or scalded feed to all our fattening animals during winter. Noiking seems worse to me than to see a lot of pigs in winter kept in cold quarters and fed on cold, sloppy feed. Careful attention to details is neces- sary. A man, to get the best of re- silts, must be a close observer. Watch the condiiion of the bowels and see that the pigs do not become infested with vermin. Use germicides and dis- infectants’ in your pens. Do not per- mit young and old pigs to run to- gether. I have twenty pig houses on twenty acres of land, one pig house to an acre of land. Q.—Do you ever have cholera among your hogs? Mr. Lovejoy.—I have not had any for 12 years, and then I got it at the St. Louis Fair. Q.—What do your pig houses cost? A.—They cost $14 each. They ane eight feet square, Q.—What do you use for fencing? A.—Wire fencing, whi¢gh costs about 81 cents a rod. Q.—How much more do these small houses cost than it would cost if you kept all the hogs in one house? A—I would not have all in one house, Q.—What are the more parts of a hog in the market? A.—The hams are the most valuable and then comes the bacon. I would say that the ham is worth 25 per cent more than the side meat. Q.—How old are your sows when they breed? A—From one year to eight years old. Some of our farmers breed their sows before they are six months old, but that is a mistake. valuable Slaughter of ‘Tuberculous Cattle in Ilinols. Of late some localities in Illinois have been stirred up by the slaughter of tuberculous cows, and questions have been asked as to the law that permits this slaughter. We presume there has been no change in the law during the last four years. At least reference to the new laws of the state show us nothing‘on this line, so we presume the law is the same as that appearing in the revised Statutes of Illinois for the year 1895. The law as then published gave powers to the Live Stock Commissioners of the state to slaughter animals wherever it was thought necessary. Previous to slaugh- ter the.commissicners have power to select three citizens to appraise the animals at their real value, and this value can be recovered from the state, but not to exceed $75 each for cattle and $100 each for horses. The money is secured on the signature by the gov- ernor that the claim is correct. The state auditor then draws a warrant on the state treasurer for the amount. Under these restrictions it is not like- ly that the Live Stock Commissioners will destroy more animals than is nec- essary. Applying Poultry Manure. Do not neglect to make use of the poultry droppings, says the Farmer. There is no manure on the farm that equals it, and if properly gathered from droppings boards, it will be en- tirely free trom weed seeds, a very important characteristic of fertilizers. A great many are afraid to use it, fear- ing it is so strong as to burn up the plants which it is intended to benefit. There is only one proper method of ap- plying poultry manure to the soil be- fore planting, and that is broadcasting it upon the soil after plowing and thoroughly mixing it with the soil by harrowing. Applied in this way the growth of the crops grown on that piece of ground will be simply won- derful. It should be spread rather thin, at least a wheelbarrowful will go as far as a wagonload of coarse stable manure. The thicker it is spread the more thoroughly it should be har- rowed into the soil. Care of Breeding Stock.—If we ex- pect good hatches we must have good, strongly fertilized eggs from vigorous, healthy stock. To get good hatchable eggs we feed very little soft food, and that very light, cut clover hay form- ing the bulk of it, with about four pounds of ground meat to each 100 hens. At least two-thirds of the grain feed is cracked corn, all grains being scattered in litter during cold weather and sometimes covered with earth in the-yards with plow or cultivator when the weather is pleasant, thus keeping them busy as much of the time as pos- sible. Be careful not to overfeed or give much stimulating food intended to force the fowls for heavy egg pro- duction. Any refuse vegetables ob- tainable will be a help.—Ex. High Priced Horses.—A report from New York under date of April 26, said: Chicago horses broke all records to- night at the American Horse Ex- change. The western city did itself proud with what was certainly the best sale of heavy harness horses ever held in any public salesroom in the country, The first forty horses averaged just an even thousand dollars a head, and the general result was an average of $936. There was a large and repre- sentative attendance of local horse owners and fanciers, and numerous others from all the hunt clubs, and from Boston, Philadelphia. Providence and Baltimore. JOHN C. HUBINGER. Remarkable Career of a ‘Well-Known ‘Western Capit t, Manufact- urer and Philanthropist. Among the leaders of the progressive tlement for which the midle west is famous, Mr. John C. Hubinger, of Keo- kuk, Ia., reigns without a peer. As a manufacturer, as an enterprising cap- italist and as a philanthropist his fame has spread over many states, and his financial enterprises have developed many obscure towns into progressive, thrifty and wide-awake cities. Mr. Hubinger, although but 47 years of age, can look back upon scores of com- mercial victories, each one of which has benefited mankind, for his liberality is as bountiful as his business sagacity is marvelous. He was born in New Or- leans, La., his parents being of French and German origin. When he was four years old, his family removed to Ken- tucky, in which state young Hubinger received a public school education. Al- most before reaching man’s estate he secured patents on a number of val- uable mechanical inventions, thereby laying the foundation of his present fortune. By inclination and force of cireum- stances his attention was early direct- ed to the manufacture of starch by im- proved processes, and in the course of time he became the head of a concern having an annual business of millions of dollars. But genuine ambition never quite satisfied with existing con- ditions, works ever toward perfection, and after years of painstaking study and research Mr. Hubinger has made # JOHN C. HUBINGER. discovery, which he considers the crowning event of his wonderful career, and which is embodied in a new article of commerce, known as Red Cross Starch (Red Cross trade mark.) He is planning to distribute millions of packages of this starch to the housewives of America, at a merely nominal price to the consumer, in order to make its merits known without de- lay. Thus, for but 5 cents two large 10c packages of Red Cross Starch may be had, together with two magnificent Shakespearean views printed in 12 beautiful colors, or a Twentieth Cen- tury Girl Calendar; or for only 20 cents 10 packages of the starch and the entire series of eight Shakespearean views and one Twentieth Century Girl Calendar—views alone easily worth $1.00. Watch this paper for future premium announcements, of which every lady will certainly want to take advantage. While Mr. Hubinger will devote nis best energies to the manufacture of this new and wonderful starch, he will not retire from the various financial enterprises in which he is interested— street railways, electric lighting plants and the Missisisppi Valley Telephone Co., with 10,000 telephone subscribers in Minneapolis and St. Paul—nor will his augmented activity interfere with his social obligations and exercise of the splendid hospitality which he dis- penses at his palatial Keokuk home. Mr. Hubinger’s family, consisting of himself, wife and four children, is the pivot around which his activity re- volves, and while fond of promoting great enterprises, he is still fonder of his home circle, where he spends every moment of time not taken up by bus:- ness or public cares. Thought It Was a Cornet. A parish beadle in Scotland was re- cently much exercised at the appear- ance of a strange old gentleman who, when the sermon was about to begin, took a huge ear trumpet, in two parts, out of his bag and began screwing them together. The beadle watched him until the process was completed, and then, going stealthily up to him, whispered: “Ye mauna play that here! If ye dae, I'll turn ye oot!”—Answers, Chicago Great Western Increase. The earnings of the Chicago Great Western Ry., “Maple Leaf Route,” for the fourth week of August, 1899, were $228 373.64, being an increase, as com- pared with the same week last year, of $89,721.47. Total earnings for month of August were $578,652.62, being an i for the month of August of Total earnings since begin- g of fiscal year are $1,065,152.75, be- ing an increase of $150,981.54, Something to Mention, “Chancellor Howard has found a fos- sil dinesaur in Wyoming,” remarked the observant boarder. “Well,” interposed the cross-eyed boarder, “if he had found a live dino- saur there would be something to crow about.”—Pittsburg Chronicle, Free Homesteads, In the Milk River Valley of Montana, along the Great Northern Railway. Fine openings for homeseekers, Write to Moses Folsom, G. N. Ry., St. Paul, Minn. Evidence Against Them, “I thought you said the Peachums had money.” “I've been given to understand that they have.” “There must be some mistake. They don’t call it ‘vodeville.’””—Chicago 'T’mes-Herald. The British government used 124,000 gallons of corn whisky last year in the manufacture of smokeless podwder. _ ee Fig Insects Imported. The special agent of the Agricu‘tura: Department, Mr. Swingle, who has been traveling in southern Europe and Asia during the past season, has just returned, having accomplished several things which may be advantageous to | American farmers and fruit growers. Two of the most interesting items of Mr. Swingle’s work have been date palms and fig insects. In Morocco and Algiers he studied the best varieties of the African date palm and sent over and made arrangements to send a large number of small trees for plant- ing in the date section of America— our arid southwest, where the dry al- kali conditions are very similar to those in Africa, where this magnifi- cent palm flourishes. The work in figs shows what intelligent perseverance will do and also shows the advantages of good quick transportation. The dried figs of Smyrna are justly re- nowned. They are large and perfect and have the distinctive aromatic fig flavor highly developed. Californians have tried raising them, but while the trees grew well, they were shy bear- ers and the fruit was imperfect. It was then seen that the blossoms did not evidently properly fertilize and in- quiry developed that the fig growers of the Mediterranean annually brought down limbs of the wild mountain Capri fig and tied them to the cultivated fig trees. These wild fig blossoms con- tained minute insects, which, crawling from blossom to blossom, fertilized the Smyrna figs, making large, perfect fruit, full of seeds and highly flavored. Various attempts were then made to import these insects into California or- chards, but without success; the in- sects died. But this year Mr. Swingle kept sending by mail small lots of fer- tilized figs wrapped in tinfoil, until finally the object was attained and a colony of the live insects was started in California fig trees. Pennsylvania Seeking a Butter Star- dard.—The Pennsylvania department of agriculture has been advocating the necessity for a butter standard and ha: recently made analyses of 100 samples of butter collected in Philadelphia and vicinity. Five grades of butter were tested, including “boiled” or process butter. The average per cent of water was about 11 per cent, of butter fat about 85 per cent, curd between one and two per cent and salt about 2 per cent. Of the 78 samples of unmelted butter examined, only one contained less than 80 per cent of fat, and only six did not reach an 83 per cent but- ter-fat standard, to which any dairy- man, it is stated, can bring his butter. The percentage of water, according to the results obtained, should not exceed 14 per cent at the very most. The percentage of salt is considered about right when kept below 3 per cent. Two thirds of the samples contained curd less than 1.05 per cent, Curd, in all butters it is stated, should be re- cuced below 2.05 per cent. Dryness and Root Injury.—The past winter has been more disastrous than any within the forty-seven years I have been in the nursery business. Vineyards have suffered equally with orchards. Blackberries and old rasp- berries have suffered almost a totai loss. The young plantings of Loudon are alive root and branch. Plum, pear and cherry have not injured in the root like apple, and are giving a prom-. ising bloom. About one-half the straw- berry beds are weakened or entirely ruined. The thirty-seven cold days of last winter aggregate 327 degrees be- low zero. But why the frost should have gone down seven feet is a mys- tery I cannot fathom. True, the ground was bare, but the excessive deep freez- ing is beyond precedent. The ground was in good condition when it froze up, but the continuous evaporation from the dry surface must have been the cause of the root injury.—George J. Kellogg, in Wisconsin Horticultur- ist. A Chicken Trust.—The Leaven- worth Times says: “The three larg- est poultry and produce dealers in the West have organized a chicken trust at Fort Scott and capitalized it under the laws of Missouri for $300,- 000. The general offices will be at Springfield, Mo. Throughout Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and other states, the company has well established buying stations, and the aggregate business of the three firms last year is said to have amounted to several million dollars. They buy and ship chickens and eggs. It is esti- mated that an average of a train-load a day from Kansas alone is handled by them.” Overfeeding—When any kind of bowel disease exists the cause may be traced to the food—usually too much— but some times too much green bone, or letting the birds out on stubble- fields may be the obstacles. As a rule overfeeding is the cause. The remedy is to change the food’and reduce the quantity. The males are also fat, and if they are removed from the flock the leg weakness will disappear, as well as the blindness, the real difficulty be- ing spinal affection. The medicines used should be avoided, as less food and removal of the males is all that is necessary.—Ex. Paring Hoofs of Sheep.—Many far- mers are keeping sheep this year for the first time in many years. To all such it may be wise to suggest paring the hoofs early in the spring, or be- fore they are turned out to pasture. In the barnyard, always treading on soft, fermenting manure, the sheep’s hoofs grow too long and develop foot rot if it is pastured on low, wet land. On rocky, high and dry land, the sheep wears off its hoofs on the sharp edges of the rocks. It is, probably instinct that teaches the sheep at night to seek a high and dry place to sleep upon.— Ex. Never resurrect an evil that has been fairly buried. { Over-Taxed Courtesy. | “It’s too bad!” said Mrs. Corntossel. | “What's too bad?” inquired her hus- ) band. “I'm kind o’ sorry for Mr. Dewey. | He seems to be a nice, accommodatin’ man, who wouldn’t wat to hurt any- one’s feelin’s. But if he drinks all the drinks an’ wears all the clothes that have been named after him, he’s goin’ to be mighty uncomfortable —Wash- ington Star. PATENTS. List of Patents ed Last Week to Northwest Inventors. Hans A. Alm, Hankinson, N. D., stamp handle; John N. Goldborg, Hop- kins, Minn., photograph holder; Flo- rian E. Hansen, Minneapolis, Minn., support or holder for dish covers; Ar- thur F, Page, DeSmet, S. D., sieve for separators, fanning mills, etc.; Larkin S. Safford, Kelso, N. D., automatic sink opener; John Sandquist, Cokato, Minn., steam boiler; Herman Stein, Georgetown, Minn., straw . stacker; Charles L. Travis, Minneapolis, Minn., oller gearing. Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent Attor- neys, 911 & 912 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul Clever Wheelman. Henpeck—Talk about your trick bear pa You should see Under- em. Hoambody—Clever, is he? Henpeck—I should say so. Why, he can guide his baby carriage through the worst kind of a crowd without touching the handle-bar.—Catholic Standard and Times. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s New Locomotives. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road has ordered thirty-three cylinder com. pound consolidation freight locomo- tives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The cylinders are to be 15 inches and 25 inches in diameter with 30-inch stroke. The drivers are 54 inches in diameter, with a driving-wheel base of 15 feet 4 inches, and total wheel base of 23 feet 8 inches. The tenders will have 5,000 gallon water capacity, 8 tons coal capacity and weigh 95,000 pounds, The boilers are to be of the extended wagon-top type, 64 inches in diameter at front end. When these locomotives are completed the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road will have 137 freight en- gines, each exceeding in weight 175,000 pounds, An Obstacle. Count—What! You won’t have me for a son-in-law because I have no debts? What do you mean by that? Capitalist—Very simple. If I don’t have to pay your debts, you won’t have any respect for me as your father-in- law, and I don’t want a son-in-law who is lacking in respect.—Unsere Gesell- schaft. We Must. “The diplocodus wuich has just been uncovered in Wyoming,” remarked Mr. Pitt, “and which will be brought to the Pittsburg museum, is an animal which stood twenty feet high at the hips.” “Yes, it comes high, but we must have it,” added Mr. Penn.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. $15.00 PER WEEK. ‘We will paya salary of 815.00 per week and expenses for man with rig to introduce our Poultry Compound and Lice Killer in the coun- try. Ref. required. Address, with stamp, Acme Mig. Co., East Des Moines, Iowa. Would Probably be High-Priced. She—What a lot of things they’re in- venting now; chainless wheels and horseless carriages, and all those things. He—I wish they would invent end- less vacations.—Brooklyn Life. All Intestinal Troubles Prevented. Ten cents worth of prevention saves fortunes in doctor bils and guneral expenses. 10c buys a box of Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Drug- gists, 10c, 25c, 50c. E Billy—When dey pinched Jimmy dey foun’ a list of names marked “Well-to- do citizens.” What did dat mean? Micky—It meant dat dey wuz well to “do.”—Chicago News. The Final Stage. “Banks is in a bad way, financially.” “All his money gone?” “Worse. He can’t borrow any more.” -—PLtiladelphia North American, SUFFERED 25 YEAR x Congressman Botkin says: “My Dear Doctor—Iit gives me pleas- ure to certify to the excellent curative qualities of your_medicines—Pe-ru-n@ Congressman Botkin, of Winfield, Kan. and Man-a-lin. I have been afilic more or less for a quarter of a cen‘ury¥ with catarrh of the stomach and come stipation. A residence in Washin; has increased these troubles. A f bottles of your medicine have Me almost complete relief, and Sure that a continuation of them effect a permanent cure. Pe-ru-na surely a wonderful remedy for catarrh- al affections,” J. D. Botkin. } The most common form of summer catarrh is catarrh of the stomach. This is generally known as dyspepsia. Con- gressman Botkin was a victim of this disease twenty-five years. Pe-ru-na cures these cases like magic. Address® a pena Columbus, O., for a free 00k. The microbes that cause chills and fever and malaria enter the system through mucous membranes made perous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mucous membranes and pre- vents the entrance of malarial germs, thus preventing and curing these affections. Danger. Quinn—Dick’s father must be a rail- road man. De Fonte—What makes you think so? Quinn—Because when Dick lost on the races and wrote home for money, his father replied in four words. De Fone—What were they? Quinn—“Keep off the track.”—Chica- go News. “No Beginning.” Is the title of a book of profound an@ convincing arguments that matter had no beginning and can have no ending. It is a work for the student, thinker and investigator. Circulars of com- mendations sent free by W. H. Maple, 164 La Salle St., Chicago, Ill. Signs of Promise. “This, young man,” said the profess- or in the Transvaal, ‘simply lets me go on asking questions without attempt ing to answer them.” “So!” exclaimed Oom Paul. I'll make a diplomat of him. He'll be a credit to the fami ‘Washington Star. Chicago Great Western Increase. The earnings of the Chicago Great Western “Maple Leaf Route,” for the first week in September, 189%, skow an increase of $28,069.28. ‘To- fiscal 50.82 tal increase since beginning year (July 1st) to date, $17! No Larnin’. “Do you think the Populist will fig- ure in the next election?’ asked the stranger in the Tennessee mountains, “J dunno about the Populist around here,” said the cracker; “you see, stranger, thar are precious few of ‘em kin figger at all.”—Chicago News. I believe Piso’s Cure istheonly medicine that will cure consumption.—Anna M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, °95 The only covering of the river's be@ is a sheet of water. The experience of maternity shouldnot beapproached A CAPABLE mother must be a healthy mother. without careful physical preparation. ' Correct and practical counsel is what the expectantand would- be mother needs and this counsel she can secure without cost by CAPABLE MOTHER- HOOD fuse and leucorrhoea. writing to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. Mrs. Cora Gitson, Yates, Co., Mich., writes: «« DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM—Two years ago I began having such dull, heavy, drag- ging pains in my back, menses were pro- Manistee painful and was troubled with I took patent medicines and consulted a physician, but received no benefit and could not become pregnant. “Seeing one of your books, I wrote to you telling you my troubles and asking for advice. You an- swered my letter promptly and I followed the directions faithfully, and derived so much benefit that I cannot Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- I now find myself ¢ pound enough. pregnant and have begun its use again. I cannot praise it enough.” Mrs. PeERLEY MOULTON, Thetford, Vt., writes: : «Dear Mrs. PINKHAM— I think Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is an excellent medicine. I took several bottles of it before the birth of my baby and got along nicely. I had no after-pains and am now strong and enjoying good health. Baby is also fat and healthy.” : Mrs. CHas. GERBIG, 304 South Monroe St., Balti- more, Md., ‘writes: ‘‘DEAR Mrs. PinkHAM—Before tak- ing Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I was and pride of our home.” praise unable to become pregnant; but since I have used it hesith is much improved, and I have a big baby boy, g sé In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman —