Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 29, 1908, Page 9

The General Demand of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its com- ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex- cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remark- able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the Well-Informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine—manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. A sideboard is auiexpensive piece of furniture to buy, but there is no rea- son why a substitute should not be very well and yet cost less than two dollars—with the extra advantage that How to Arrange the Boxes. it can be unscrewed and packed up in a small compass when the owner has to change his place of abode. In the small sketch the main body Precocicus Pessimism. “Now, Charlie, you must be a very good boy. You have a nice new broth- er. Aren’t you pleased?” Oh, I don’t kniow. It’s always the way; just as I’m getting on in the world competition begins.” Macaroni Wheat. Salzer’s strain of Macaroni or Kubanka wheat is absolutely pure and is from. : obtained from the partment of Agri- culture. Our strain is Dakota grown which laughs at droughts and elements and positively mocks black rust that ter- rible scorch and would be ashamed of i if it did not return from 40 to 80 bu. est wheat the sun shines on per acre in_good Ill., Ia., Mich., Wis., Ohio, i Mo., Neb., Kan., and other lands, to 60 bu. per acre in arid lands. No rust, no insects, no failure. JUST SEND 10¢ AND THIS NOTICE er, Emperor William Oats, more 11 than the Emperor himself, etc., ete., ete. And if you send l4e they will! mail in addition a package of farm seed never be- fo sen by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. K. & W. An Excellent Start. “Dumley says he thinks he’ll go in for yachting this summer. He’s more than half equipped already.” “Got the yacht, has he?” “No, the clothes.” of such a construction is shown; it consists of three boxes firmly screwed together with a ‘strong board fixed on ‘the top. This last should be beveled at the edge, and should project at least three inches at the sides and made which will answer. the purpose | front, leaving the back quite level. The lids of the boxes can be utilized as shelves, as-seen in the sketch of the sideboard when completed. A pottery rack with an ornamental rail can be bought ready-made for a trifle; this is nailed on the wall about 20 inches above the sideboard. It is provided underneath with a small brass rod having a screw socket, and a similar rod is placed beneath the slab of the sideboard. Curtains of some rich color are hung so as to conceal the contents of the shelves, and also to give a good background for the silver trays, etc., which gen- erally stand here ready for use. The wood can be stained oak or walnut. Of course if the sideboard is made out of well-planed white wood you will get a better looking article at a slight ad; ditional expense. Where only a few! tools are at your disposal and no room The Sideboard Complete. exists suitable for a workshop, the boxes will certainly be found easier to manipulate and will save a good deal of time and trouble, while producing a wonderfully good effect when finished. PATENTS. THE INCUBATOR ON THE FARM List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 Pioneer Press beamed SEL Pane pee sie Time was when the incubator and Cushing, Bismarck, N. D., magazine brooder were considered adjuncts of the professional poultry raiser only, having no real place on the farm, where old mother hen reigned su- preme and where the old, irregular and uncertain methods of hatching and rearing chickens was considered the only way. But times have changed. Farmers have come to appreciate the profits the farm flock returns. And farmers’ wives and daughters finding in poul- try raising easy and pleasant employ- ment have readily recognized the value of the incubator and the brood- er as a sure means of securing a large and early hatch and uniform growth of chicks which could be marketed at the high prices of early spring poultry. Everything about a farm is con- ducive to profitable poultry. It costs less to put a pound of meat on a chicken than any other farm animal, and look at the difference in selling value. But as with hogs and cattle, profits with poultry are determined largely by the rapidity with which they are fattened or matured. Poultry can be handled more cheaply during some months of the year than others, namely the spring and summer months when practically their entire diet consists of insects, bugs, grass and clover, picked up on the range SS ae about the farm. PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. With the old hen,method of hatch- PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case! ing the chicks come straggling along of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. sil; J. E. Fox, Courtenay, N. D., metallic door; H. F. Hecker, Shako- pee, Minn., paneling; W. A. Heublein, Wilson, Minn., planter; B. Schmidt, Brazil, N. D., trap; J. C. H. Vaught, Lead, S. D., can. Best Prophecy Yet. “What will 1908 bring forth?” whin- ed the pessimistic person, “Oodles of joy and prosperity for us ull,” answered the ready optimist. How’s This? ‘We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh thst cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. We. the undersigned, have known F.’J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly hom © tn all bus transactions and financially carry Out any obligations made by his firm. WaLpina, Kinnan & MARVIN, x Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. 1's Catarrh Cure is taken fnternally, acting upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the Testimonials aent free. Price 75 cents pey by all Drageists. ly Pills for constipation. Sounded Like It. ad this book, ‘Three Weeks?’” What's it about?” “Broken New Year resolutions, I take it.” A prophet is not without honor in his own community as long as he pays his bills spring months, resulting in a flock of chickens of varying sizes and increas- ing many fold the work of caring for them. But if the incubator is used the hatching can all be done at one time, ‘and the chicks will be uniform in size, making marketing possible while high prices prevail. It would take a dozen hens to do the work of one good-sized incubator, yand the latter requires little more at- jtention than one hen, and will cost mo more to operate than the value of ithe eggs those 12 laying hens would produce in 21 days. i With the help of a good brooder, a larger percentage of the chicks thatched can be raised than would be possible if they were left to the care ‘of “Biddy,” for rats and lice and other lincidentals common and seemingly un- avoidable with the hen are absolutely ‘eliminated when incubator and brood- ler are used. ; Where the matter has been tested out it is no longer a question as to ‘the value and practical utility of the incubator and brooder on the farm. Their popularity in farming commu- mities is growing. But with the in- creasing .demand for incubators and prooders has come a perfect flooding ‘of the market with machines, good, bad and indifferent, so that if the farmer no longer raises the question Never judge the fidelity of a friend by his eagerness to point out your faults. FURS TANNED FOR ROBES Send for price list to NNERY. Minneapolis. Minn But the man who saws wood and says nothing is not always as wise as hhe seems. SPOT CASH FOR YOUR CREAM. ‘Top market prices always. MILTON DAIRY CO., St. Faul. Too many people feather their mests with borrowed plumes. Y ‘3 BEACH $B i Se ealge dc meee AE Virginia Farms and Homes. through six, eight, ten weeks of the! exercise care and judgment in select- ing the perfect type of mathine. It is the wise man who knows enough to know that he wants the best, and is willing to pay for it, and verily he will not be disappointed if he ‘re- members that it is only safe to deal with some good, reliable manufacturer of established business integrity. THE BEST COW I EVER OWNED By Oscar Erf, Professor of Dairy- ing, Ohio State University. The best cow that I, personally, ever owned was a Jersey, but the best cow that I have ever supervised was a Holstein-Friesian. The latter was pure bred. The former was pure bred, but not regis- tered. The former was a rather large Jersey cow, fawn color with consid- erable black. Her period of lactation extended over eight months, on an average. The amount of milk that she pro- duced at the beginning of period of lactation was 40 to 42 pounds, and it dropped off to 20 pounds at the end of the period of lactation, but her test was exceedingly high, ranging from 6.5 to 7.2. She did not have a fleshy udder; milked down quite well. Her hair was’ medium, not very silky and not very, coarse. ‘ The worst quality that we had to contend with was that she was a Jersey, and of course it became im- possible to sell her male offspring be- cause she was not registered. Butch- ers do not buy these calves, as a rule, owing to the fact that they claim they are not profitable; so we took the matter upon ourselves to slaughter these animals after they had been fe@ten weeks and delivered the carcass to our groceryman. This| proved to be a very satisfactory way! of disposing-of the Jersey calves, and, the people ate the meat of these calves with much relish. Feeding Soft Corn—One farmer writes that he is feeding his soft corn to every animal on the farm, in order to work it up before warm weather comes on and spoils it. It looks as if that was rather costly and unnecessary. This soft corn lacks in feeding value, and as this same farm- er says, it takes two bushels to go as’ far as one last year. If corn is fit to market there is more money in selling it at 40 cents, than in feeding it with- out measure, to all young stock. Un- der normal conditions we should feed as much of the crop as possible, right on our own land but there is no sense! in stuffing corn into our stock just to’ get rid of the corn. Bring Them Up Right.—Chicks ‘ac- quire good habits as easily as bad ones. If taught where to feed, to! drink, to roost, they soon learn to as to the value of a good incubator|care for themselves and thus save and good brooder he certainly must {| work for the owner. “ler for herring fishing. NORWAY. Hellik Floetaker, a wealthy agricul- turalist, has presented 15,000 crowns to the heathen mission society. . * *& The death of Bishop Thorkildsen last month is keenly mourned through- out Norway. He was born at Chris- tiansand in 1845, and was one of the noblest workers in the Church of Nor- way. es ¢ @ The private library of H. J. Hvit- feldt has been-sold to the library of con- gress at Washington, D.C. It contains a most interesting collection of works of travel and geneological books of a personal nature. e #8 This year will prove a record break- In Southern Norway the catches have been aston- ishingly large ‘and the prices have fallen so low that it is reported that the fish has been fed to swine. a The Commercial Bank of Frederick- stad has gone to the wall. The other banks have guaranteed the minor de- positors. against loss, in order to pre- serve confidence among the people in the integrity and safety of banks in general. sf 8 It is believed that a new party in in the storthing, a sort of church party, is a possibility. However, as quite a number of the storthing members do not belong to the state church, there would be opposition to the organiza- tion of such a party. se @ The storthing appropriated 250,000 crowns for the improvement of the royal palace, but it develops that about 28,000 crowns more than this sum has been expended, and King Haakon has announced that he will pay this out of his own pocket. ee 2 Minister Michelsen’s health has im- proved to such an extent that his phy- sicians think it will not be necessary for him to visit the baths of Germany and Italy, as formerly contemplated, and it is probable that he will continue at Fjosanger for an indefinite period. se 8 The report that the reason for Dr. Nansen’s resignation as minister to England was due to the fact that he is going to make another attempt to reach the north pole, is ridiculed in Christiania, where the facts are known. As I have said before in these columns, Dr. Nansen resigns because he prefers to reside in Christiania with his family, and it is presumed that he will resume work as a professor in the University of Christiania. ee 8 Three Norwegian ski runners, Tan- gen, Solberg and Jesvold, participated in a notable ski tournament at Cha- mouix, France, in competition with French and Swiss experts, and were successful in all the contests, the cross-country runs as well as the jumps. The crowd went wild with en- thusiasm over them, making the three Norsemen the heroes of the day, and when they arrived in Paris a few days later they were received by the French minister of war and enter- tained as guests of the city. oe Christian Michelsen, the ex-premier, Consur Mohr and Rasmus Meyer, the merchant, have subscribed 50,000 crowns toward the building of the new Bergen theater, about which I wrote afew weeks ago. This sum, in connec- tion with other large sums already subscribed, removes all doubt as to the success of the movement to replace the old theater with a new one, ade- quate to the needs of the city. The Bergen savings bank has given 100,- 000 crowns and private parties have subscribed 50,000. se * It.is proposed in governmental cir- cles to appoint a commission of eight to consider questions affecting the fu- ture of the State Church of Norway— the king to choose four and the stor- thing to select the others. This action is suggested by the growing discontent among the people with the conditions prevailing within the church at the present time, the Konow case being one of the things most responsible for dissatisfaction and restlessness. % e 2 SWEDEN. The Dramatic theater, as it is called, was dedicated the 15th of February. s- * * Prince Carl proposes to serve for awhile as a cavalry inspcetor. sf @ The annual festival of the Swedish Academy of Science took place Feb. 15. * ¢* © The king was recently given the highest degree of free masonry in Sweden, the ceremony attending the same being most solemn. ‘2 8 The society of teachers in the public schools of Stockholm now owns its own meeting place or home and has a fund of 11,000 crowns in its treasury. see Queen Victoria was so ill on reach- ing Karlsruhe that she was obliged to take to her bed, where she has remain- ed ever since. The latest report is that she is slightly improved. IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH By MARTIN W. ODLAND. The state budget balances at 216,- 707,000 crowns. sf @ Prince William has returned from Moscow, where he made an extended visit. s ¢s8 C. E. Ekgren, a well known publicist and politician, is dead at the age of 80 years, see A person who wishes to remain un- known has donated 20,000 crowns to the Nordiske (northern) museum. s * * About 2,000 men in search of em- ployment have gathered in Stockholm from all parts of Sweden and Lapland. se The Patriotic society has been awarded its great silver medal to Anna Sofia Larson for true and faithful ser- vice, she having been for 88 years in the employ of J. A. Sodergren, of the supreme court, see The allowances for the royal family lave been announced and are as fol- lows: For the king’s court, 800,000 crowns; for Queen Sofia, 120,000 crowns; for the crown prinée and con- |” sort, 192,000 crowns; for Prince Carl, 26,000 crowns; for Prince Eugene, 26,- 000 crowns; for the duchess of Dalarne, 28,000 crowns. se A special dispatch from Stockholm says: é “Complaints from commercial insti- tutions and business firms against the existing package and mail methods be- tween America and Sweden have been published and also presented to the royal postoffice. A private individual in New York has a contract with the Swedish postal authorities to forward all packages going between the two countries. This system gives the brok- ers in Copenhagen a chance to make extra charges for brokerage with the result that transportation rates are ex- orbitantly high. It also causes delay, as the packages are gathered and sent only once a week.” - #8 DENMARK, The training ship Viking is now in South American waters, and, accord- ing to letters received in Denmark, has had a very successful voyage. a 2 8 It is stated that 23,000,000 crowns per year are spent by the state and municipalities for the care of the poor and the unfortunate, of 9 crowns per capita. see A submarine boat, to cost 460,000 crowns, is to be added to the Danish navy. Most of the European countries have already made use of such vessels, Denmark being about the last to order one. see According to statistics recently pub- lished, Ringsted, Holbek and Freder- ickshavn had the lowest death rate among the citiec and towns of Den- marck, the rate being 9 per thousand. Saxkobing shows the highest death rate, namely, 21 per thousand. es #8 On the 24th of January Ewald Tang, the author, was 65 years of age, and the newspapers of Denmark paid him eloquent tributes. It is just 40 years since he began his important work of gathering into book form of the songs and ballads of the country not hither- to published. eee A recent Associated Press dispatch gives the latest news of the financial condition at Copenhagen at the pres- ent time, being as follows: “The closing of the Copenhagen Real Estate bank has caused excite- ment among the small depositors in the other banks, menacing the entire Dan- ish financial market and foreign credit. The minister of finance announced that he would guarantee all the depositors and other creditors of the threatened banks up to the amount of 10,000,000 kroner (2,500,000), if Copenhagen’s five largest banks would guarantee the remainder. They have agreed to do so. - “Denmark has never before passed through a financial crisis equal to this one. The excitement on the stock ex- change is great and there is much fe- verish speculation, but it is hoped that the determined action of the govern- ment and of the National Bank of Den- mark will restore confidence in the other banks and cause business to im- prove. “The president of the Bank of France has arrived from Paris to take care of French interests in the crisis. In an interview he declares that the Danish ‘finance minister’s wine tax Dil] made the situation difficult for the financial interests of this country in France.” sess M. Seatherhaug is the champion skater of Norway this year, winning in the final contests last month. He cleared 5,000 meters in 9:26 3-5, and 1,500 meters in 2:301-5. Harry Paul- son won the championship as the best fancy skater of Norway, a title he also had last year. Seatherhaug and two other Norwe- gian skaters, Siguard and Oscar Math- ieson, two Christiania brothers, took part in the international skating con- tests at Davos, but at this writing IT am unable to give the results of their efforts. IMMIGRATION FROM SOUTH EXPECTED U. 8. FARMERS ARE RECOGNIZING SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY WESTERN CANADA. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 9, 1908.—Pres- ent indications are that the Canadian Northwest will draw an exceptionally heavy movement of new settlers from the United States this year. It should surpass the banner record for 1907. This is not only based on the fact that the Americans have come to realize generally that the Canadian Northwest offers splendid opportuni- ties, .but also because the railroads have awakened to the fact and are offering rates to the Canadian North- west which are exceptionally favor- able. . The lines which lead to St. Paul from the east and south are offering homeseekers’ rates to the Canadian Northwest this year which are on a parity with those in existence to the southwest for a couple of seasons. These rates can be obtained from any agent of the Canadian govern- ment, who will be pleased to give all information possible regarding those districts which offer the greatest in- ducements to settlers. The weather throughout Western Canada has been remarkably good this year. A tele- gram from the winter wheat belt of Southern Alberta dated at Cardston, Alberta, January 29th, a “This winter up to J nothing short of a marvel, im fact, it was the finest anyone can remember for twenty-five years though there have been others nearly as good. The days were fine, sunny and warm with light frosts at night. Overcoats and gloves, etc., were discarded by most people in the day time. There was so little frost in the ground that post holes could be dug without any trouble after the first inch was broken through. Winter wheat remained fresh and green although there has been no snow since the September storm. If there is an early spring, winter wheat should gain a great start.” Amongst the reports of the yield of last year the following extracts are taken: H. Howe, of Magrath, Alta, writ- ing on November, 1907, says: “I have 70 acres in crop, 50 acres of wheat and seven acres of oats. My average yield of oats was 35 bushels to the acre, and of wheat 45 bushels. The value to me was $35 per acre.” J. F. Haycock, of Magrath, writes in November: “I had 65 acres in win- ter wheat, which went 60 bushels to the acre; oats averaged 80 bushels. I also had 12 tons of hay worth $10 per ton. I got 600 bushels of pota- toes from three acres of land; I got eight tons per acre from five acres of sugar beet.” J..F. Bradshaw, of Magrath, had 1,030 acres of winter wheat last year which averaged 39% bushels to the aore. The value of his farm products per acre was: Wheat, $31.60; oats, $11.20 and barley, $25.15. His Stumbling Block. “Yes, sir,” said the man in Cell 711, “time was when I was admitted to the very best houses.” “And what brought you here?” “They caught me coming out.” FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS. Mix two ounces of Glycerine with half pint of good whiskey and one half ‘ounce of Concentrated Oil of Pine. This latter is a product of the Globe Pharmaceutical Co. of Dayton, Ohio, and comes in half ounce vials and packed in air tight cases. Any drug- gist should have it. This simple mixture is to be used in doses of a teaspoonful to a_ tablespoonful four times a day. The bottle should be well shaken each time. Married women should let their hus- bands be right once in a while—just for a change. Why not the Natural laxative, Garfield Tea? It’s Pure, Mild and Potent. Made of Herbs. 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