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• -• ••.' V * :* >'{• "d'i s$ \% - v '• •;-W£\ . ,., •jte-•• ••'"!'••'. ;"? •'••' '& " £-'••£••' -' ^ ^ .«* 11 ^ '«.' VH /" V ' 1 ' • ••"' ^-1,...V - . 1",.^.'. V.-, Xi,:..-, . • " = M'HEXRY PLAINDEALER, M*HENRY. ILL*; far THE COUNTRY'S WAR ?y£r i kl^. f v " - f I l l the United States Depart- .' ment of Agriculture. '.t|.: fourteen states have been quaran­ tined by the United States govern- ment for foot-and-month disease-- Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl- rania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illi­ nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Kentucky. This disease is new to farmers of the United States, for there have been only five outbreaks In the history of the country and of these the first three were, unimportant and the two others confined to a com­ paratively limited area.. In Europe, however, it has long been a well known and dread scourage. Should It ever be permitted to establish it- #elf as firmly here it would cause not only tremendous losses to stock but Typical Lesions on the Feet. seriously interfere with the supply of meat for the people. The foot-and-mouth disease affects particularly cattle, swine and sheep. It is characterized by sores in the the mouth which make swallowing painful and frequently cause the ani­ mals to refuse all food, and by sores on the feet which cause lameness and In severe cases, occasionally result in the hoofs \ dropping /off. The animals lose flesh with extraordinary rapidity and in the case of milk cows the milk supply is so seriously affected that it frequently dries up altogether. The first evidences of the disease are a chill followed quickly by fever, the temperature sometimes rising as high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit. Small resides or blisters about the size of a pea appear shortly after in the mouth and spread rapidly. As the disease advances ropy saliva hangs from the afflicted animal's mouth, which is opened and shut with a peculiar smacking sound. In a short time similar eruptions appear on the feet, which are red, tender, swollen and painful. In consequence the ani­ mal persists in lying down and bed­ sores Boon develop. The udders of milk cows are also susceptible and the sores Interfere with milking. Most Contagious of Stock Plagues. Although the mortality is, except in •very severe outbreaks, comparatively low, foot-and-mouth disease is prob­ ably the most contagious of all stock plagues. The germ which causes it Is so small that it is invisible under the miscroscope and passes through the finest filter known to science. It can be carried in any one of a hun­ dred ways. In addition to direct con­ tact with affected animals, the disease can be communicated by hay, straw, bedding, harness, ropeB, in fact, any­ thing that has even Indirectly came in contact with diseased animals. Cats, dogs, and poultry have been known to carry the germ from #irm to farm, and in particular this is fre­ quently done by human beings. Al­ ready in the present outbreak cases are on record where the curiosity of farmers has led them to visit infected herds. On their return to their own homes these men ha,ve given the dis­ ease to their own animals. For this reason the authorities are urging up­ on every one the duty of refraining from such visits and of keeping *trangers from visiting their stock. The contagiousness of the disease Indeed is such that when one animal in a herd becomes infected it is con­ sidered useless to attempt to save the remainder of the herd. For this reason the federal authorities have adopted the only practical method of •tamping out the disease, namely, the slaughter of all cattle, sheep and swine on an infected farm. When a case Is discovered a deep trench is dug, the animals led into it, slaught­ ered, their hides slashed, and the car- ensses treated ^vith quicklime and then buried under at least five feet of sarth. It is advisable to slaughter the animals in the ditch itself in order that the ground may not become af­ fected by dragging the dead bodies OTer it. The hides are slashed part­ ly in order to facilitate the action of Didn't Believe in Tattling. Marjorie, aged four, was in the li­ brary with her father, while her moth­ er was superintending the preparation of dinner. The attention of the head Of the house was attracted by a scratching sound, and he looked up to find his daughter at work with a pair of scissors on the top of a polished table. "Marjorie," he said, sternly, "go toll your mother what you've been do­ ing." "I won't do It, papa," she said. "Do you think I'm a tattletale?" Judge. Statistics of Sight skd Heartn^. Blindness is more common in men than in women, the proportion, accord­ ing to the last census returns, being one irf every 1,316 males and one In ev­ ery 1,424 females. As regards deaf­ ness, however, the position is re- Terssd. I To Keep Freeh Eggs. A simple way of preserving eggs ia to immerse them in limewater soon after they have been laid, and then put the vessel containing the limewater fen a cellar or cool outhouse. the Mme and p&xttf tb remove any temptation to dig them up again and sell them. The entire farm premises are the thoroughly disinfected and no stock allowed upon them for a period of approximately s&ty days. Appraiser Values the Herd. In order to compensate the "owner of his property thus condemned «in the interest of the public welfare, an ap­ praiser is appointed by the state au­ thorities to value the herd. Tho sum thus fixed is divided equally between the state and the federal authorities. In the last outbreak in 1908 in New England it cost the federal govern­ ment. which was then paying two- thirds of the appraised values, ap­ proximately $100,000 for condemna­ tion, slaughter and disinfection. The present outbreak is regarded as much more serious. The inspectors engaged in this> work are equipped with a complete rubber outfit which can be thoroughly disinfected after each exposure to in­ fection. Persons who have not the advantage of this equipment should rigorously refrain from exposing them­ selves to the least risk of infection. As has already been said, the disease is frequently transmitted by human beings, and it is really a crime for any one to gratify his curiosity at the expense of his neighbors. In ad­ dition to this dang^ there are .also a number of cases on record in which both children and adults have become infected themselves. Ordinarily the disease is not serious in men, but weakly children who drink contami­ nated milk suffer so severely that in a few cases death has been known to result With adults the malady usu­ ally takes no more serious form than a slight eruption in the mouth similar to fever blisters and possibly a simi­ lar eruption on the hands and fingers. There may be* also some fever and nausea, but there is comparatively lit­ tle danger. In countries where the disease is prevalent many authorities believe that It is fairly general in human beings but that the consequent disturbances in health are so slight that they are not brought to the at­ tention of physicians. Started in Michigan. The present outbreak originated in southern Michigan but how the germ found its way' there is not yet defi­ nitely known. It sfeems probable that some cattle became infected, that their milk wfes sent to a creamery and the skim milk then returned to be fed to hogs. A herd of these in­ fected hogs was then shipped to Chi­ cago where they infected . the stock- Must Know Military Drill. In New Zealand all males are obliged to do military drill from fourteen to twenty-one years of age, and schools are required to withhold scholarship grants from any student who cannot prove that he has complied with the provision of drill. Appearances Deceptive. **You can't alius judge by facial ex­ pression," said Uncle Eben. "An oys­ ter dat's jes' bein* opened mus' be mls'abie, an' yet it looks like it's laugh- in'."--Washington Star. eattle ultimately eradicate the dis­ ease. The federal quarantines are ae-c eompanied by state and local quaran­ tines of individual Infected farms. From these no produce whatsoever can be sent out. In many Cases chil­ dren are not even permitted to go to school, and the farmer cannot drive his horses on the public highways. Stock Raisers Should Help. The chief obstacle in the way of the successful prosecution of this cam­ paign of isolation and extermination lies in the danger that there may be concealed sources of infection. Al­ though the farmer receives the ap- praise*! v&iu6 or his hei u, it is in­ evitable that the summary slaughter of all his stock should cause him con­ siderable inconvenience as well as in- WHEN THE GERMANS REACHED THE NORTH SEA Ropy Saliva Hanging From Mouth of 8tricken Animal. yards before they themselves revealed any symptoms of the disease. Once this had taken place, every shipment of stock from Chicago to other parts of the country was likely to spread the infection. For this reason fed­ eral inspectors have for some time now been engaged in tracing, by the aid of bills of lading and other rail­ road records, each of these shipments to its destination and inspecting the stock there. This accounts for the discovery of cases in states as far re­ moved from each other as Iowa and Massachusetts. The various quaran­ tines already imposed have been de­ signed to prevent the continued move­ ment of cattle from infected or sus­ picious places. Once these move­ ments have been halted and all the exposed cattle brought to a standstill, it will be possible for the federal au­ thorities to locate all suspicious cases and by the slaughter of all exposed .The Oldest Handicraft. The toy industry is one of the old­ est industries in the world. The Brit­ ish museum can show us a doll (with strings of mud beads for hair) and others with movable arms, with which the children of ancient Egypt played on the banks of the Nile. Jointed dolls and dolls' furniture have come down to us from the days of Greece and Rome, and we know that balls, tops and toy animals were fa­ vorite playthings at an even earlier date. •WKW MM j V' ' 5- w. Md BOYS'SHOES t MS, smoihjo Slaughtered Cattle in 1 conch Ready for Burial. direct financial loss. To those who can see no further ahead than this and who do not realize what it would mean to the entire country if the dis­ ease were once to gain a firm foothold here, there is a natural temptation not to report suspicious cases to the authorities. This, however, is simply to cut off one's nose to spite one's faoe. The disease cannot be stamped out by ignoring it. The only possible way In which stock raisers can save themselves tremendous losses in the future is to co-operate now with the authorities by reporting every sus­ picious case of sore mouth or lame­ ness among their stock and by as­ sisting in enforcing the quarantines, both federal and local, which have been declared. EXCELLENT POINTS CONCERNING SWINE Alfalfa Recognized as of Greatest Value in Hog Feeding-- Gare for Sows. (By C. S. MILLER. > It you intend to plow your --blue grass and clover pastures next spring, let the pigs have free range over tnem until the snow falls. No other feed for small pigs ranks as high in value as skim milk; If you do not have plenty of it on your own farm, better arrange to get som* from a neighbor, even if it take* trouble to do it. In the West alfalfa is now recog nixed as of the greatest value in hog feeding. Give a brood sow plenty of cut alfalfa with a sma.ll ration ol corn, say not more than two pounds per day, and she will come through the winter in fine condition. A slop made of shorts and hot wa ter, fed every other day, is an excel lent thing for brod sows. A good many men will tear them selves from close proximity to a hoi stove, dash out into the storm, shove) a few bushels of corn on the ground for their hogs, and then leave them to shiver and freeze without adequate shelter during the night These men are the fellows who are always sure there is no money in hog raising. Since Doctor Moore's discovery of the hitherto unknown qualities of copperas, it has been used with gre&t success to preserve the health of hogs. A very snrall portion, say a, teaspoonful in a barrel of drinking wa­ ter once or twice a week, is recom­ mended. FIND PLEASURE IN POULTRY. Woman May Find as Much Enjoyment With Flock of Birds as She Does on Shopping Expedition. The woman who finds herself pos­ sessed for the first time of a flock of poultry will soon learn that she may spend an afternoon working with her birds and be just as mufch amused as if she spent her time shopping, nor will she be nearly so tired as if she had been walking around on hard sidewalks. Instead of being out of pocket--for most every woman will- buy things that she does not need if she chances to see them--she will find that she has added to the possibilities for gain. To be out in the open air and sun- chine is to see more real life than does the woman who Is always in the house. Center of British Industry. Within two or three hours by rail and linked to the River Hum her by a network of canals, live 12.000,000 to 15.000,000 people, mostly engaged in manufacturing and mining, and largely exporting their products to foreign lands and receiving from abroad the bulk of their raw material and food supplies; Seed crushing, flour milling, oil refining, and the mak­ ing of paints and other goods into which these oils enter, are the special industries of Hull, England. Nuremberg Toy Headquarters. Nuremberg, the chief commercial city of Bavaria, has been noted since the middle ages for its toys. It pro­ duces the largest number' of German lead pencils and is the greatest hop market in the world. Test Turkish Tobacco. American consular officers in Tur­ key recently procured teeds^of various kinds of tobacco grown there, and for warded them to the Philippines ac( to California for experimental plan! lng. Above, German infantry, deflected from Ghent and Bruges, passing through Blsnkenburghe, JuBt outside Ostend. Below, the kaiser's infantry which entered Ostend, marching along the sands of the North sea at that port, which they hoped to utilise as a base of operations against England. LADY LETHBRIDGE AS NURSE \ ^ * r "I •stSBsiisEr ̂ sssii Among the many women of the British nobility who are giving their services to the Red Cross is Lady Lethbridge, who established a hospital at Calais, where thousands of wound­ ed Belgians and Germans are cared for. MAXIM'S GIFT TO SOLDIERS m Sir Hiram Maxim, the famous In­ ventor, chopping up pork to be used in his gift to the Canadian troops, which consists of 25,000 one-pound tins of pork and beans, prepared by himself and cooked by the method fol­ lowed by the lumbermen of Canada. King Albert of Belgium shows quali­ ties of grit and endurance that would have made him a star on the football field in his younger days. COUNTESS GREY'S MILITARY HOSPITAL TOU CAN BAYS MOHEY BY WEARDrO W. L. DOUGLAS 8H0XS. For 31 years "W. X* DouKlma hu yuanmfd value, by liaviue bia n&me *nd to* lrt«ll V stamped on the sola before the ahoea Vwnth* Cory. This protect* tbawaarar against IxlchstlMCt for inferior efroaa of othar makra, W. L. Douglaa: shoes arp always worth what voa pay for 111 Mil. lr yon cotil<l gee how carefnlly Vi . JL. Dooglas ahoca aw • made, and the high grade leal hers meet, yoa woald UtM > understand why they look better, fit better, bold tlMlr' sliry? rtn'i wear longer than other make* for the ] If the \v. U Douglas slices are not for (ale la •telnity, order direct from factory. Shoee aaot e . where. Vesture free in the (J. S. Write Ibr tralfd Cu.t»t«K ibowins how to order by maiL W. I„ DOUGLAS. £10 ScaiX St.,Brockto«»,?U«fc Holstein Calves I will h<iY« 40 Siead of Tory choice heifer awS btfL calves in the noit60days ootof high-EradejiiMjPT milking dams, sired by Sir Korad/fce Zoldk-.skv D* Kol, whose G. Sire is H brother to Ktn£ ei" tlm Pu»-tic.cs, and by a Grandson of Homestead Jr. 1» KoV tfeatIwlLUseUBtJ16.lv/each. crated, white the» Firs', draft takes them. L1 Fafcy, Dipt W. R, Glberis, U, S- •V .•* Countess Grey has converted her beautiful home»^Howick castle, North­ umberland. into a hospital for wounded British and Belgian Soldiers, and sho attends them with her two daughters. The photograph shows Sergt. Joseph Jacobs of the Tirlemont regiment showing his wounds and narrating his experiences to two of the workers at Howick castle. He is only eighteen years old, but was in every engagement of the Belgians from Liege to Malines. TROOPS OF THE CZAR IN TRENCHES mm The success of the Russians in Austria is said to be due largely to the precision with which they are moved from one position to another. A de­ tachment of the infantry is here shown in the trenchea. 296,869 Prisoners In Germany. London.--A Router dispatch from Amsterdam sayB that, according to Berlin newspapers received there, the number of war prisoners in Germany up to October 21, aggregated 296,869, including 5,401 ofllcers. Of these it is said that there are 2,472 French offi­ cers and 146,897 men, 2,164 Russian officers and 104,524 men, 547 Belgian officers and 31,378 men and 218 Brit­ ish officers and 8,669 men. War to Put Lid on Absinthe. Paris.--Permanent prohibition of the sale of absinthe and kindred alco­ holic beverages in France may be a result of the war. Transportation and sale of absinthe were forbidden when the war began, and the govern­ ment now has supplemented this or­ der with another forbidding the sale of alcoholic drinks similar to absinthe. Honor for Undersea Chief. Berlin.--Captain Weddigen, com­ mander of the German submarines U9 which sank the British cruisers Hogue-Abouklr, and Creasy in th* North sea and has been active other­ wise, has received the decoration of the Ordre Pour le Merite. WHAT INFANTRYMEN CARRY ON CAMPAIGN The Infantryman at Rouen who said the 96 pounds he had on his back wax too much said what he felt rather than what he knew. The actual weight is rather less than hkif that. The car­ tridges in his ammunition pouch weigh 9 pounds, his accouterments 8 Dounds ounces, the contents of his pack 10 pounds % ounce, while his food store, consisting of the "emergency rsr tion" and water, together weigh 5 pounds 13ft ounoes, making a total of 35 pounds 14% ounces. In addition to these "packages" he has a rifle and a bayonet, which on the march he carries as he likes, and in a battle as the enemy dislikes; together they weigh 10 poundB 8V4 ounces. So, instead of staggering along with 96 pounds, he actually car ricS »§ pounds 4% ounces. New Game of French Aviators. The French aviators have a. haw Cossack Cloak and Joffre Hat. Paris.--The JofTre hat and Cossack cloak are definite features of Paris winter fashions. The hat Is made of dark velvet. It Js round and flat with a peak. The cloak is heavy and loose, «uding at the knees. I game since they have been brought I into active service with the armies I In the field. This consists of count- | ing the number of bullet holes in their machines after the flights of the day. Each bullet hole Is marked with red chalk so that it oannot be count­ ed in the next day's score. The rec­ ord at present is held by one of the birdmen, who counted 37 bullet holes in his aeroplane after a flight. He ts allowed to be the "record man 4b monde," and. according to his ,feU*v» aviators he haft earned the tttla At the Squag House. SimeOn Ford, hotel man and roorist, said in New York the othar day: "New York's hotels are tho besti in the world. They put even tho hot tels of London, Paris and Riviera to)* blush. "In fact, after a New York hotel, other hotels seem like the Squag house, where a guest rang in the mid­ dle of the night and said: "'Landlord, the roofs leaking, I**! drenched.' " 'Very good, sir.* "The landlord retired and in a mo­ ment was back again with a larga washtub. " 'Here you are, sir,' he eald. WoU Just put this on your chest. When she's full, ring again or yell, and have an empty one ready,'" #1 DON'T LET GRAY HAIRS Make You Look Old. Restore Natu«M|^ Color by This Guaranteed Method. Thntluxuriousdark,natural shadeofhalr^M •o much desire ia within your reach-- expensively. 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