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VOL. XXI. NO 49
VIENNA. OA. THURSDAY JULY 2, 1003
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OBSERVATIONS.
Too many people encourage loaf
ers,
For real independence, stay out
of debt.
A wise mother will not lace a girl
child too soon.
Resolutions are no good unless
you use them.
If you are a bird dog don’t try to
fight a bull dog.
A pitiful thing is an old man ma
king a new start in life.
Feeling discouraged at a fall is
not pointing to success.
Drag on a woman's flowers, but
don’t ask her for cuttings.
For the sake of business, keep an
acitaUHt of your transactions.
A big insurance generally brings
a lot of admirers to the widow.
When a boy ories over a defeat
it is a good sign that he did his best.
It is foolish to condemn a man be
cause his ideas and taste are not like
yours.
The country is in need of a style
of promises that are not so easily
broken.
Some men are so cross that a
beaver would not use them for dam
timber.
The good appearance of a man is
no evidence that he does not bor
row money.
Unless you oan compliment a
woman’s new dress you belter not
mention it
A boy enjoys a compliment until
the other boys hear of it and tease
him about it.
It loooks like, from the experience
we have, that people would become
more sensible
Boys should be taught early that
a good habit is a blessing and a bad
one a curse.
The women would stop reading
novels if the men were pictured true
to life in them.
Miss Mae Hollidae is expected to
leave Fridao for a visit of several
daes to Findlae.
In a man’s funeral is the only
time some men are ever in the front
of a procession.
It generally takes a woman about
five minutes to explain why she took
a drink of whiskey.
Lots of children show their slack
training by refusing to obey their
parents in company.
We always have sympathy for tn
ill-treated dog because he looks sorry
and does not talk back..
There is such a thing as a boy
being'so good that his parents think
they will not raise him.
The opinion you have of yourself
is usually very different from that
of other people about you..
We hate to see a young man weer
his hat on the back of bis- head have
to lean forward to keep it from fal
ling off.
When you meet a man and he en
quires about the-health of your farm
WOMAN’S COLUMN.
One-sixth of the land owners in
Great Britain aro women.
The girl with the shovel hat ap
pears to be scooping the season.
The only lady admiral in the
world is the Queen of the Hellenes.
Aro sleeves which bag at the wrist
and waists which sag at the belt
really pretty?
The young Duohess of Marl
borough has a father, a mother, a
stepfater and ft stepmother,
A woman iiiay fee sfeapoiess ailu
homely, but if she oan talk well
and has a good disposition she need
not despair.
The women lawyers of New York
have a club where they go for lunch
and rest. The club has about 100
members.
Among the new belt pins is the
Fenoing Girl pin. It is simply a
large pearl heart, in the center of
which is a small red heart.
Keeping up a good steady lick
beats tho rush plan of doing house
work and saves nervous energy* for
occasions really demanding it.
It may be well to remember that
grass slams oan be removed by rub-
bi ng the place with molasses and af-
t or wards thorougly washing it.
To clean wall paper make a dough
of bread moistened, with gasoline.
Roll into ball and make a long stroke
with it; turn it inside and begin
with a clean part.
What you say is not so interesting
to the other woman as what she
says to you. When you really uu
derstand this you will soon gain a
glorious reputation as a splendid
and entertaining friend. . ...
It is pretty hard to work up much
sympathy for the American girl
who thinks she has married a - titled
foreigner and then finds that he is a
first-class waiter or has an honorable
record as a coachman.
A purse to be worn on the leg is
on the market. Garter purses were
once the fad, but this new idea has
many good points. The purse is
made of softest leather and is fur
nished with a patent look buckle so
that it cannot come loose.
American women that have mar
ried British noblemen are roasted in
a London newspaper for being purse
proud and snobbish,
If a woman wants to retain her
youthfnl appearance she must min
gle with other people, read good
books and cultiva'e an optimistic
temperament. Nothing so destroys
the youthful contour of the face as
taking the cares of life too seriously.
Some women have not yet found
out that the best way to wash win
dows is by using a piece of chamois,
warm water and a little araonia; the
window washed with the dripping
skin and then wiped with the same
chamois wrung dry, and the work
is done far quicker and better than
it could be done with cloths.
Along about now the good
housewife who has been tussliug
VARIOUS THINGS.
Try to look pleasant, and to aot
and talk genially.
On many railways cement ties aro
displacing wooden ties.
It is a line thing to like the things
you have and to bo contented.
A talking machine would bo en
tirely superflou8 in some homos.
Some call it good luok, but intelli
gence is a better name for it.
Ono trouble with some men who
pay as they go are slow goers.
Six hundred, men aro regularly
embloyed on tho new steamship
Kaiser Wilhetia.
Since the coffin makers have put
up their prices it iB really almost as
obeap to live.
The United States uses nearly a
third more coffee than the rest of the
world pnt together.
There would be much less talk in
this world it we would all think
twioe before speaking.
King Alexander was only 27 years
of age while Queen' Draga was 45 at
the time of their murder.
It has been earefully estimated
that the numbor of missionaries who
have laid down their lives in Africa
is 190.
There’s a complete educational
system in every human heart. It is
directed by two teachers: plain hon
esty and sad experience.
While tho top may be deBirablo
on account of room, there is. a good
deal more fnn down among the
lower rungs of the ladder of life*
If a man cannot say a good word
for his own town let him seek a se
cluded spot and do a little thinking.
Evidently there is something wrong
with himself.
ily it does not mean that he wants tJ ir0U gh a house cle'aning campaign,
yon to stop and tell him,-
When the horse you are driving
gets frightened and you jerk and
vrhip him, the-people-who’ see' you
wishes she had married a man with
a pile of dough, so she could cut.out
the wash tub health exercise, and
pass up the cooking stove act, also
Some of tho people of tho United
States spend a billion dollars a year
for whiskey
From a business point of view tho
merchants’ best friend is the newspa
per.
The holy bonds of matrimony arc
a good investment for sensible young
people,
The hammock season is approach
ing, girls, get out of your screen
door hosiery.
Resolutions, however good, are
powerless without the energy to ex
ecute them.
A turn or two with tho lawn mow
er is not a bad form of physical cul
ture for a girl needing outdoor exor-
oise.
There are just two classes of hu
man mortals now, the happy ones
who get mairied and the unhappy
ones who are buying wedding pres
ents.
LotR of things are just like beauty
troubles, terribly serious'when they
happen to belong to you and awful
ly silly when they belong to some
one else.
New York is to have a building
40 feet long, 20 feet wide and 17
storie s high. They might save val
uable space by using the building as
ts own chimney.
A merchants business can be judg
ed a great deal by the oharaoter of
his advertisements in the newspa-
1N THE BUSY WORLD.
In shipbuilding Pennsylvania
stands first and Now York second
while California is a good third.
Tho ohuroh Economist estimates
that between twelve and fifteen
ohurohes aro built every day in tho
year in tho United States.
The American stork has felt par
ticularly enterprising of late owing
to the encouragement extended by
our strenous president.
Mexico is to have a regular
army of 200,000 men trained and
well armed. Its regular Army now
exceeds that of the United States.
A coaling station in Alaska would
prove so valuablo to our revenue
cutters that its establishment is
warranted, regardless of the remote
ness of war with Canada.
England abolishes its grain tax on
July 1st which will be a handsome
boost for American millets and at
the same time a relief for the Brit
ish tax payor.
Secretaiy Wilson expeots in tho
near future to seo grain and fruits
growing on all the traot ot land be
tween Salt Lake and Saltair. This
result he expeots to be aocomphsed
by ridding the soil of itB alkali.
The commerce of Alaska during
the present fiscal year seems likoly
to pass $20,000,000 exclusive of
gold. During the ten months end
ing with April $6,831,070 worth of
merchandise was shipped from the
United States to Alaska.
A French chemist has come over
with a process of making illumina
ting oil from water at a cost of a
cent a gallon. Let us not place too
much faith in this report till' we
have heard that the Standard Oil
Company has bought tho water oil
secret or gone into bankruptcy.
Although the odor of lavender is
agreeable to most people the flies do
not like it; it’s probably too dean
a smell for their taste. If a room
be sprinkled with oil of lavender,
mixed with an equal amount of
water, tLey will vacato it
The most pleasant occupation
may become mere drudgery if guid
ed by a cheerless heart and aiscon
tented mind. Put gladness into
your work, and success will lighten
your burden and lead you to a high
er plane of action.
The person who has the most per
fect control of himself under all
circumstances is tho oue who often-
est succeeds. A cool head and a
self-possessed tongue always have
do not eousider it smart, But a the sewing machine specialty, and
chump and a very silly one at that, butt'into society for all it is worth.
ON THE FARM.
Pigs and poultry aro profitable.
Witewash tho stables once a year.
Salt should always bo acoossible.
High priced land domands fi rst
class farming,
Have you harnessed the wind on
your farm?
Keep the hcnB tamo and the young
chicken* will thrive bettor.
Garden soil is not likely to be end-
barrased by its richness.
There is profit Id remembering
what you didn’t do right last year.
If you oannot find a better, it is
safo to do things the same old way.
The gaidenor who grows cabbage
ought to get a head in tho world.
With all Btook working for early
maturity is tbe most profitable plan.
Don’t entertain a horror for dairy
litornture, convention, institute, eto.
The pig is tho one oreaturo that is
applauded for “making a hog of
himself.”
Tho farmer who waits for some
thing to turnip will never earn his
celery.
Pigs dress away only 15 to 20 per
cent while beef dresses away 40 to
50 per oent'
A man who thinks ho has learned
it all has probably learned all his
narrow mind will hold.
Keep stook in different pastures
and rotate them from one to another
after a little recuperation.
If the neighbors confer tho title
of “good farmer” on you, you may
be sure that you are one.
Tho best opening for a young man
at the present time is a southern
farm, and if he’s country raised so
muoh the better.
Horses teeth should be examined
at least once a year. It often pre
vents sore mouth and helps mastica
tion.
Concentration of wealth is yet
seen on too many farms. The
wealth of field’s fertility concentra
ted in manure burdened barnyards.
Don’t be one of those fellows who
lets the housewife take oare of the
cows and do the milking and then.
boast of a “good dairyman I am.”
Ground your wire fences so they
oannot electrocute the stook if light
ning strikes. W ire connection with
moist earth or subsoil is enough.
Don’t let drudgery drive the boys
away from the farm. Harness tho
, . i .. . . wind and make it turn the gnnd-
the advantage over the mind that is i” , ....
, , , , stone, saw the wood, shell the corn
headed by anger. ’ ’
China has attempted a census,
with tho result that she uow reckons
her population as four hundred and
twenty six million. The World’s
Work says that a considerable part
of China is so densely populated
that if all the people in tho U nit.cd
States lived in TexaB, forty million
more would have to go there before
tbe population would bo as dense as
it is in the more thickly settled por
tions of China.
A writer in tho Scientific Ameri
can gives his way of keeping a razor
sharp. He takes advantage of the
expanding properties when heated
and dips the razor blade in boiling
water and allows it to get as hot as
, he oan stand in handling. While
pers and the wise merohant makis j,j ie ra . /0 r is hot tbe strapping is done
his advertisement a leader regularly I an d then as it cools it contracts and
and in every issue of the paper. j leaves a good serviceable edge.
and cut tbe foddor.
We have read and heard of the
merits of alfalfa as a feed for tho
cow, the hog and every other farm
animal. Just now tho cry is alfalfa
foi the hen. It is said to be a great
egg and flesh producer.
If every farmer in the country
who owns cows would plant from
two to five acres of good fodder corn
it would be worth lots of money to
them in keeping up the milk supply.
Ten years ago prevailing drouth
was accounted for by the drainage
and scarcity of timber. Eastern
states are still heavily timbered in
spots, andat present there is a great
dearth of moisture, While on the.
old time American Desert torrents
have fallen on a treeless country.
Rules that work both ways all the
time are not numerous.