Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 50, 28 December 1908 — Page 6

AGE SIX.

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIUM AND SUN-T LEGRA3I, MONDAY, DECE3IBER 28, 1908.

News and Gossip of the Surrounding Towns

NEW PARIS. OHIO. New Pris, O., Dec. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Hill of Xenia, are spending the holt days with Wra. Mills and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Young's little son Douland, has scarlet fever. ' The family was quarantined Friday. Miss Lizzie Mitchell spent Christmas with Wra. Miller and family. Mr. Harley Porterfield of St. Louis, la spending the holidays with relatives. Ed Spencer of Richmond, Ind., spent Christmas with Gus McNeill and family. Harry Collins and family visited his parents in New Madison Christmas. Mrs. Belott, Mrs. Straight and son and daughter are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Wrenn. Mr. C. C. Hawley and family visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell of Eaton, Friday. Mrs. Clarence Colby and family, Charley McKee and family, Mrs. Minnie Cain and family and Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hutton spent Christmas day with Grant Colby and family. Loren Petry, who has been employed as principal at Urbana, O., is spending the holidays at home. Miss Edith Miller of Washington, D. C, is spending the holidays at home. Mr. Orville King of Pittsburg, Pa., is home for his Christmas vacation. Mr. J. H. Daugherty and family, Mr. G. A. Hill and family, Mr. Albert Daugherty and family and Mr. and Mrs. D. A. McKee spent Christmas with Harry Daugherty and family. Mr. Fred and Laura Kemp, of Indianapolis, are spending a few days with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Louck are visiting their niece, Mrs. Stone of Dayton. Mr. Ross Markey spent Christmas with his grandparents, Ross Reid and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Wood Eliason spent Christmas with her parents, James DaVis and family. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hapner spent Christmas with her parents at New Madison, Ohio. Mrs. Barber is entertaining her sister, Mrs. Ritts, of New Madison. Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport and Mrs. Sarah Mills, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. John Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Olie Kuth of Camden, Mr. Will Potts and family of New Hope, Miss Bessie Potts, of Oxford, Mrs. Agnes Morton and daughter Mary of Eaton and Cash and Jennie dinner with Mr. James Kuth and family. Miss Shirley Watts is spending her vacation with Hazel Crowl of Campbells town. W. P. Mills and family, Olive Billxnan and daughter Hester, Mrs. Cora McWhinney and family, Mrs. Alice Dowler and daughter Ladessa, and Mr. Carl Norris and family spent Christmas day with Mrs. Mary McWhinney ' of Westville. Mr. Ed' Clark and family are spending) the holidays with relatives at Anderson. Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. King are visiting at Wabash and Anderson, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. John Hogston are entertaining their daughter, Mrs. Pawpaw and family of New Madison, O. Mrs. Clara Moore and family took Christmas dinner with Mrs. Bish. George Kuth and Chas. Marshall took a burial vault to New Lexington Baturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Reinbeimer entertained Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kilbourne and Mr. Frank Slorp and family at Christmas dinner. Miss Marie Denney is spending the holidays at her home in Portland, Ind. Mr. Walter Barton of Pittsburg, Pa., spent Christmas at home. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pence and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pence of Pittsburg, are visiting relatives and frleds of this place. Mr. Paul McNeill of Indianapolis is spending the holidays at home. Mr. H, E. McKeon, who is employed at Indianapolis, spent Christmas at his home. Mr. Bruce Barr, Mr. Emmet Sherer and Mr. Herbert Forbes spent Saturday in Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. James Halm, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Slewecke of Richmond, and Mr. Harley Porterfield of St. Louis, Mo., spent Christmas with Mrs. W. G. Hahn. Mr. Frank Purviance and family of West Alexander, spent Christmas with her. mother, Mrs. Benson. Miss Grace Samuels took Christmas dinner with Mr. Morris Sullivan and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Samuels spent Christmas with Chas. Samuels and wife. Miss Roxy Cussins of Anderson, Ind., Sick Headache "I have been a frequent sufferer from sick headache for years, yet never would use headache tablets. My son persuaded me to use Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills during one of these attacks, and to my surprise it gave me speedy relief." MRS. LOUISE LEWELLYN, Powell, S. D. When the disturbance which causes headache affects the nerves at the base of the brain, which connect with the large nerves that run to the stomach, heart and lungs, it frequently causes headache with vomiting sick headache. Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills soothe the irritated brain nerves and the cause of pain is removed. The first package will benefit; if not, your druggist will return your money. Ifr. Worldngnian -

Between 30,000 and 35,000 deaths and 2,000,000 injured is the accident record for the United States during the past year among workingmen. There is a difference of but one letter between injured and Insured, you may never be the former but you can always be the latter. Tis better to always have an accident policy and never need than to need once and not have. Get the best, that's the AETNA.

L D. Knollenberg, Agt.

came in Saturday for a few days' visit with her sister, Mrs. Lee Baumgardner. Miss Mary Canny of Dayton is visiting her sister Julia. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Murray spent Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle. Chas. Davidson of Milford Center visited Chas. Samuels and family Saturday. Miss Alice Canny of Dayton visited relatives of this place Christmas. Mr. A. C. Marshall and family of Gettysburg, spent Christmas with B. L. McKee and wife. Mr. James Paul and wife of Covington, Ky., spent Christmas with Mike O'Donnell and mother. Miss Marie Peelle entertained at six o'clock dinner Friday evening. Mr. C. G. Baker visited his parents at Greenville. Christmas. Mr. Sam Wefler of Greenville and Miss Anna May White, were united in marriage Christmas day. Miss Kate Marriman, who has been sick, is improving slowly. Mrs. Ella Bloom spent Christmas with Mr. John King and family of New Madison.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature is on each box, 25c. GREENSFORK, IND. Greensfork, Dec. 28. Mr. and Mrs. Harry King entertained his mother, brother George, Mr. Burgis of Richmond, and Geo. J. Nicholson and wife of this place Christmas. Mrs. D. D. Doyle and children were guests of her sister and family, Mrs. Geo. Davis, near Williamsburg, Thursday and Friday. Miss Flo Brashier of Indianapolis, who has been visiting relatives here, left Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Joseph Yager and family at Richmond. The Friends and the Christian church Sunday schools united and held their Christmas entertainment at the Friends' church Christmas eve. There was a good attendance and the exercises were interesting and a good time in general was had. Harmon Davis has been making the delivery on his Rural Route with his auto and makes good time. Mrs. Oliver Cook was called to New Madison, O., Wednesday on account of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Perry Russell. A. U. Brown and children visited Thomas Cain and family at Economy Christmas. Mrs. Melissa Bond and son and daughter have returned from a visit with relatives at Economy. Jeannette Buntin is spending a few days at homewith her parents, 4C Martin Worl, southeast of Hagerstown moved on the Cook farm north of town. , Daniel Doyle returned from Southern Indiana Thursday and will spend the holidays here with his family. He has been engaged painting pictures and his headquarters have been Tell City, Ind., for some weeks. Gordon J. Smith, W. L. Hatfield and Trustee Florence Boyd were in Richmond, Saturday on business. Mrs. Shrinner of New Castle, is spending a few days with her daugh ter, Mrs. Thomas Tarkleson and fam ily. Frank Boyd, wife and children were guests of Mrs. Chamberlain at Centerville, Friday. John H. Chapman will be the guest of relatives at Fairland, Ind., for a few days. D. C. More, wife and Miss Stallard returned after visiting relatives at Modoc, Ind. Miss Foster of Anderson is visiting her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John H. Chapman, for a short time. The ladies of the Christian church will give an old fashioned watch meet Ing at Kienzle's Hall, New Years eve. Supper will be served beginning at live o'clock, and also lunch during the evening. All are invited to attend. Our business men in all branches of trade are well pleased with the Christmas trade as it was a record breaker In the history of the town. Mrs. Lucy Jewiss of Richmond, was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Geo. J. Nicholson and family Saturday and Sunday. CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND. Cambridge City, Ind., Dec. 2S. Harry Ware of Indianapolis, spent Christmas with his mother, near this city. Mrs. Bertram Berger, who has been spending several days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Steele, has re turned to her home in Kokomo. A. R. Feemster was in Indianapolis Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Judkins entertain ed with a family dinner Christmas day. Nineteen members enjoyed the hospi tality. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Allen were called to Hagerstown by the death of the latter's mother, Mrs. Mary Star, Christ mas evening. Miss Dora Wallace of Milton, was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Kneise Saturday. George Doney, Sr., made a business trip to Connersville, Saturday. Martin Kennedy spent Christmas with his family in this city. 4 Miss Goldie McCanless of Carlos City is here visiting relatives and friends. James Barefoot of Cowan, has been spending a few days with his grand Room 6, Knollenberg, Annex.

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mother, Mrs. Barbara Barefoot, and other relatives. Prof, and Mrs. J. T. Reese and sons Arthur and Carl, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Little of Connersville. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harper have returned to their home in Cleveland today. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Callahan, of LewiBvIlle, and Miss Jean Callahan, of Indianapolis, were the Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Loeb. Miss Myrtle Vanmeter has returned to Indianapolis after spending her holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and MrB. James Vanmeter. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Joslin of Cleve land, have been the guests of Mrs. Catherine Wheelan and family. Mrs. James Vanmeter and daughters Myrtle and Shlloh, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shiveley, of Richmond, at a six o'clock dinner Saturday evening. ELDORADO, OHIO. Eldorado, O., Dec. 28. We enjoyed Christmas in Eldorado very much. We spent the day in visiting and en tertaining, playing euchre, croquet and shooting clay pigeons. Frank Rowe won the shooting prize. In the evening some of us enjoyed the dance at the K. of P. hall while the U. B. church was crowded with those who came to the Xmas entertainment. which was a decided success in every particular. Mrs. Mollie Murray is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Petry, at West Manchester. Frank Floyd is spending his vaca tion at Euphemia with his parents. Mrs. Hazel Britton has returned to her home in Dayton after a pleasant visit with her father William RIcker. Thomas Dowler was in Dayton Xmas eve. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Carter of Detroit are being entertained by Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Ullom, Mr. and Mrs. Carter, in a few days will go to Florida for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eyer spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Murray at New Paris. Chester Blackford and friend of Dayton are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Shewman. James Bechtol of Eaton, is - the guest of his sister Mrs. C. H. Stayton. Mrs. Chauncey Lee is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence, in Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Petry have re turned from a visit to A. B. Heath New Paris. Roy Ricker, who is attending the Agricultural college in Lansing, Mich is the guest of his father, William Ricker. Misses Ruth and Mattie Wilt are home from Richmond, where they vis ited their sisters. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Wills are guests of their daughter, Mrs. Jane Hartzel in Piqua. Mayor Schlentz of Yellow Springs is at home with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schlentz. Harry Lee is at home after working some time in Pontiac.MIch. R. C. Trick of Arcanum is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Trick. William McCabe entertained Xmas, C. B. Newton, of Dayton. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schlientz entertained Xmas, Mr. and Mrs. Deardorf of Centerville, Ind. S. J. Kemp, entertained at a goose dinner, Xmas, H. B. Sell and wife. Elmer Petry of Eaton, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Deem. Ora Arthur, wife and mother, are guests of friends in Savona. Miss Maud Dunn, of New Paris is the guest of Mrs. Josie Beck. Howard Heath is a business visitor in Richmond today. Mrs. Anna Stout and children, of Portland, Ind., are being entertained by her sisters Mrs. A. A. Miller and Mrs. C. V. Campbell. Mrs. Francis Adams, is visiting friends in Dayton. Mrs. Anna Ford and daughter Iris of Eaton, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henderson. Mr. and Mrs. John Spitler have been visiting in Brookville with their daughter, Mrs. Ira Willbaum. C. V. Campbell has received the appointment from Secretary of State of Local Registrar in this district which is known as No. 10. Carl Miller is deputy registrar. Mr. Barton and family of New Madison are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Willbaum. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Gilbert and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Gilbert of West Alexandria are guests of their mother Mrs. Frank Rowe. Mr. George Bunger and daughter Audrey of Richmond are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Bunger. Two Edared Psaiikatrnt. An English newspaper says that a schoolmaster wss in the habit of punishing scholars who came late to school in the morning by keeping them in in the afternoon.- One who was five minutes late was kept in ten minutes and so on in proportion. One morning it chanced that the schoolmaster was half an hour late, and a smart boy among his pupils was not slow to remind him of the fact. 'Tin very sorry for being late, boys," said the schoolmaster, with a twinkle in his eye, "and as I punish you it's only fair that you in turn 6hould punish me, so you will all stay and keep me in for an hour this afternoon." Languages of India. One hundred and fifty different languages are spoken in India, most of them unwritten, and this fact fre quently leads to trouble in the courts of that ' oriental country. Strangely enough. Indians frequently drift into that capital who can find no one able to understand their vernacular. Nei tber the court nor the court interpreters understand some of the litigants and witnesses in legal cases. Polo, Elwood vs. Richmond, Monday, Dec. 28.

1909 TO WITNESS RUSH OF ALIENS

Prosperity Likely to Cause an Increase in Immigration To Set in by April. LOW WATER MARK IN 1908 TOTAL FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR IS ABOUT 400,000 AGAINST 1,170,285 FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR. New York, Dec. 28. According to the best information from official sources, there is as yet no increase in immigration due to the election of Mr. Taft as president, although some ships appear to be bringing to America immigrants in growing numbers. The commissioner of immigration says that this is only an apparent increase, and gives his figures to prove it. Only those who have been planning for months to emigrate to America are coming now, seemingly. Even af ter the tide turns and begins to make for prosperity it takes time even months, the immigration sharps say for the European peasant to set his house in order, dispose of what little he has, procure his passage, and make all his arrangements for coming to the land of promise. Neither on the day after an election in the United States nor for several months following, ar gue the wise ones, may any appreciable increase be looked for, but it is coming surely in the spring. May Set New High Water Mark. Next year may see a new high wat er mark established in the size of the alien labor army which will invade the United States, an army all of whose members, down to the smallest boy of legal age to be employed and the tiniest servant girl, will find work in plenty, while the bread line Is idle. The largest number of immigrants leaving Europe In more than a year came in on the Hamburg-American liner Amerika, on her last voyage over. She brought in her third cabin and steerage 1,984 souls. The next largest number brought over this year, which will go down on the records as a low water mark year, was on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, of the same line, which arrived on Dec. 8 with 1,545 third class and steerage passengers. "There is no increase in immigration, none whatever," said Commissioner of Immigration Robert Watchorn yesterday. "There is no change whatever. There will be little more than an averrs af 1,000 a day for this calendar year. Strike the Lowest Average. "We are having frequently only 800 a day, as against 5,000 on occasional days in other years. For the class of ships to which the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and the Amerika belong there are now fortnightly sailings, which doubles the number of Immigrants that would arrive on a weekly , schedule. "On one day recently seven ships came in with 5,572 immigrants, but this denoted no increase in immigration. The ships had been delayed by bad weather and happened to arrive together. For two days previously we had practically no immigrants on the Island and on the day following there was none. "So far about 300,000 immigrants have arrived at this port, and if there is a like showing for the remainder of December it will make a total for the calendar year of about 400,000. Looks for Rush Next April. The commissioner said he did not look for the rush due to better times until next April. During November a total of 33,891 alien passengers land ed here, of whom 8,707 were non-im migrant aliens; that is, they had either been here before or were passing through the country. Of those who arrived at this port in November, 9,288 named New York City and state as their destination; 3.939, Pennsylvania; 2,156, Illinois; 1,162 Massachusetts; 1,700 New Jersey and 1,054 Ohio. Up to Dec. 10 of this year, 646,062 of the foreign labor element have returned to Europe from United States and Canadian ports, which is 123.884 more than had gone back up to the same date in 1907. The Victoria cross is a Maltese cross made of Russian cannon from Sebastopol and is given for gallantry In action. Salts Cravenettes Overcoats -No More No LessHafS $1 a"d $2 Fred's L Peter Johnson Company MAIN ST. Favorite Stoves and Ranees.

The Farm, Orchard and

Copyrlht. 1308. by F. E. Trig. This matter must not be reprinted without special permission. J PAPER FROM CORNSTALKS. j Following closely on the publication of many articles of late pointing out the rapid disappearance of timber supplies suitable for the manufacture of print paper comes an announcement from the chemists of the United States department of agriculture at Washington that a process has been discovered whereby the cornstalks which are at present wasted at the rate of millions of tons annually may be con-1 verted into an excellent quality of paper. The first practicable samples of the new cornstalk paper have been manufactured by Dr. Bristol, chief chemist of the department, and his assistants. The experiments have been carried to the point of making five Bhades of paper. One grade is dark gray, thick and heavy, like parchment, and almost as tough as sheepskin The white is made from the hard outside shell of the stalk and the yellow grades from the pith. The latter have a much langer fiber and resemble the paper made from linen rags or cotton, being soft and pliable. The process of manufacturing the new kind of paper is said to be much simpler than that involved in reducing wood pulp to paper, the stalks needing but two or three hours' cooking, while wood pulp needs cooking four or five ' times as long. The experimenters predict that when the manufacture of the new kind of paper is started on a large scale It will be at least 50 per cent cheaper than the paper at present made from wood pulp. A PRACTICAL CAMPAIGN. The Audubon Society of America, whose members are lnteusely Interest ed in the protection of bird life, has decided on a plan of campaign for the future differing radically from that followed in the past. Heretofore the appeals of the society for assistance in the good work which they are trying to do have been largely on the basis of sentiment humanitarian and aesthetic reasons rather than on that expressed in terms of dollars and cents. The campaign which the so ciety has laid out has in view setting before the farmer, orchardlst. railroad and business man the enormous an nual financial loss sustained through Insect damage, rendered yearly more threatening as a result of the ruthless destruction of bird life. Last year, ac cording to figures compiled by the society, the money loss to the various interests of the country as a result ol Insect damage aggregated $800,000,000. In connection with these figures they cite the fact that the federal govern ment doles out the pitifully paltry sum of $G2,000 to investigate and educate the people on this all important topic, The Audubon society has struck the right gait in getting on to the basis of the cash loss to business interests as a compelling motive In bird protection, and It goes without saying that it will produce results. AN IMPROVED VARIETY OF OATS. A number of farmers in the oats belt report exceptionally good results in both vield and weight rer bushel with a new variety of oats, the Regenerated Swedish Select, Introduced two or three years ago by a firm of English seedsmen and exhibited at a number of state fairs during the past summer. The variety of oats in question is short kerneled. remarkably plump and full as to berry and has been known to yield as high as 100 bushels to the acre and to weigh as heavy as fifty pounds to the bushel. Excellent characteristics of the new variety are that it is early maturing, stiff and strong in straw and virtually rust proof. The) , k.-w ' . v...u ! TT . r, r ,7f 'kV incraMd yle" and q,ua,t7 which it guarantees would seem to justify the purchase of enough seed for a good sized breeding plot. In a great majority of cases where the new variety has been raised there has been an increase in yield of 25 per cent or better. A WORD ABOUT OLEOMARGARINE Federal laws lately passed wisely place restriction on the sale of oleomargarine as a counterfeit of dairy butter. This is just common decency and honesty. It 6hould not be palmed off on the public as a dairy product On the other hand, it is only fair to say in behalf of the manufacturers and retailers of oleomargarine that when it sails under its own colors and Is sold honestly for what it is largely beef fat no serious objection can be urged against it, as it is a clean and wholesome food product. For a large class of people who this year find themselves in straitened financial circumstances oleomargarine will doubtless be extensively used as a substitute for the genuine dairy product, which is thus early in the season retailing for better than 30 cents per pound and considering the high price of feed may be close to 40 cents before spring. The stock raiser has a job on his hands to figure out a profit In feeding sixty cent corn to five dollar hogs or cattle. In fact, he may as well save his pencil, for the job can't be done. Two thousand five hundred dollars was recently refused for a Kellers trass Crystal White Orpington ben named Pegg. Her owner evidently believes in raising thoroughbred fowls as well as tn keeping the best for himself. ' A decided point in favor of the manure spreader is that besides being a distinctly labor saving piece of machinery the fertilizer it spreads goes twice as far and does more good than that scattered by the old pitchfork method. There is probably no flower of the unpretentious order that will give a larger measure of satisfaction than the fragrant English violet A pot of violets will furnish sweet fragrance and blossoms well through the winter if placed in a sunny window in a room Just above freezing. They are hardy and do not seem to mind the'cold.

I Qucted show that wbeo Cheese -is "soki from the farm or milk from which ! cheese is made a much larger amount ! of fertility is taken from the soil

than in the case of butter or cream. This is to quite an extent responsible for the fertility and productivity of those farms on which buttermaking Is the chief occupation. A fact quite generally known, yet sometimes overlooked, is that red clover is a biennial that Is. its length of life is but two seasons long which means that if the second growth is not allowed to mature seed in the autumn of the second season the crop will die out. This variety of clover as it grows along the roadside seems to have a perennial habit but this is due to the fact that it produces seed often enough to perpetuate itself. According to reports Issued by the department of agriculture at Washing ton on Nov. 10. the average yield of corn in the country for the present year is 20.2 bushels per acre, while the estimated total production is 2,642.1587,000 bushels. This is a better show ing both in yield per acre and total production than last year, when the average was 25.9 bushels and the to tal yield was 2,592,320,000 bushels. The quality of this year's crop is SC9 per cent, while In 1907 it was 82.8. Any upward movement in grain prices which makes stock raising and dairying unprofitable and tempts the farmer' to sell his cereal products in the raw state rather than in the finished form of beef, pork, mutton, butter and cheese can only be viewed as a misfortune from the standpoint of a permanent agricultural prosperity, which from the very necessity of the case depends upon an intelligent main tenance of the fertility of the soil. It is likely that many will disagree with this view, but a careful consideration of the points Involved would seem to verify it. So long as the average yield of corn per acre for the whole country re mains in the neighborhood of twentysix or twenty-seven bushels, and numerous instances are on record wL.e enterprising farmers have secured a yield of from 80 to 120 bushels per acre, it will be entirely in place to continue talking and writing about the possibilities of agriculture in the United States. Had the average yield per acre been twice what it was (2tl.2 bushels), or 52.4 bushels a moderate yield the total corn production would have been 5,285,374.000 bushels, while at 50 ceuts a bushel $1,32L343,500 would have been added to the value of the crop. The average housewife would much prefer to burn hard maple, oak ot hickory, as she may have done yean ago or as her mother did, but a great many in sections where the hardwood supply is gone have to use soft coal in its stead. With this the soot and dirt are the chief drawbacks. The former nuisance may be reduced to a mini mum by breaking the coal into small pieces before putting it into the stove and putting on the fire only small quantities- at a time. If the' fire is fed in this way it will burn brightly and i consume the soot and a good share of the black smoke, which is simply an aggregation of sooty particles, as soon as It is formed. More than this, there is a decided saving in fuel in this method of stoking which should not be overlooked. Professor John Merrlam, associate professor of geology in the University of California, has created quite a sen sation in scientific circles and among students of paleontology throughout t V VArM rT thft i1laiAVAM f5 num. . , . . l,er of prehistoric animal species in a ; Pool asphalt bed located not far from Sawtelle, Cal. From this once' HpV Aaa grave of numberless animals hundreds of thousands of years ago, have been taken the remains of rare prehistoric animals, including the enormous ground sloth, larger than a common ox; tne nuge prenistonc mammoth, a great extinct camel, a strange and un known species of deer, besides the saber toothed tiger and huge antedi luvian wolf, which were evidently lured to the death pool by the strug gles of the herbivorous animals al ready entrapped and which they in tended to devour. In addition to the larger animals, there have been discovered many remarkable and extinct species of hawks, eagles and ducks which went to the pool in search of food. only to be caught and held fast and finally imbedded. The chief merit of the silo lies tn the fact that it enables the dairyman to furnish his cows summer feed in the winter months, which results in a corresponding increase in mOk and butter returns. A farmer living near Greeley. Colo. the past season grew eighty-eight tons of pumpkins on four acres of land, the crop netting him better than $300. This fellow is certainly some pump kins, to use a bit of slang. Properly cured corn fodder is not only relished by ail kinds of live stock. but constitutes a most excellent and nutritious food. with enormous amounts of it going to waste annually a big leak exists in the management of the farm for which there is really no good excuse. Sawdust has no value as fertilizer! outside of the potash it would contain in the form of ashes and the humus it would add to the soil in the shape of wood mold when decayed. Sawdust may be used to advantage as an ab sorbent of liquid manures and In this capacity would serve a very useful purpose. A reader of these notes who has had good opportunity to note the effects of clover growing on bis own farm told the writer "recently that hereafter be should never sow an acre of oats without adding a moderate amount of clover seed. Bis plan might be fol lowed with profit by a good many of bJ jellows.

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The real character of some folks is as often indicated by the attitude which they take on trifling things as by that involved In matters of much greater consequence. Many times a person wouldn't think of perpetrating a downright swindle on another, yet has been known Xo give himself dea away for less than 10 cents. The prevailing high prices of feed and grain render it imperative that ths owner of a dairy herd should spot ths loafers snd weed out without ceremony those individuals that are barely paying their keep or constitute a positive source of loss. It is a farce to feed twenty cent corn to these loafers and a still more serious matter to feed that which is worth SO cents. In no way does a fellow reveal more quickly the type of a farmer be is than in the use which be makes of the great byproduct of the farm, manure, if he is enterprising he will get this on to the land as fresh as possible, so that Its full fertilizing value will be real ized, while If he Is a slipshod chap he will quite likely let it accumulate and permit a good share of its strength to leech away as a result of rains and ex posure. A definite and effective cure and pre ventlve of hog cholera has been dis covered by specialists in animal diseases in the employment of the depart ment of agriculture at Washington. The treatment consists of inoculating the hogs with virus from an animal affected with the disease, which seems to render immune to the disease those treated. So effective does the cure seem to be that hopes are entertained that the disease, which in the past has meant a loss to bog raisers of the country of millions of dollars annual ly, may be entirely eradicated. The type of agriculture followed on a good many farms might be greatly improved, with increased profits accru ing to both landlord and tenant, if the lease on which the farm was rented were for five or more years Instead of one, as is too often the case. Ths one year renter naturally feela that ht cannot afford to put in a lot of hard work on the farm one season when a large per cent of the benefit resultins cannot be realized until the follow ins year. Likewise the landlord Justifies himself in doing as little as he la re quired to under the terms of the leass when be knows that his tenant intends to remain but a year and is bent on skinning the land to the limit and would not be in a mood to appreciate Improvements the benefit from which would extend over a period of more than one year. It Is therefore plain to be seen that the long term lease Is best for the tenant, best for the land lord and far and away the best thing for the farm in which each has a mu tual financial interest. Starting in a smsll way but a few years ago, the cement industry of the country has grown until last year the output of the product was 50,000,000 barrels. The scarcity of lumber In the next few years is sure to result In an enormous increase over these figures. Some one has said that the mixing of cement requires but little mora. brains than the mixing of mud pies. This is likely overdrawn, but it nevertheless points to the fact that the process is not a difficult one and that any one who is of an enterprising turn of mind and has the proper directions can make many or the cement im provements about his place. For one who wishes to study the subject as well as secure practical suggestions for doing different kinds of cement work farmers' bulletin No. 235, is sued by the agricultural department at Washington, will be found helpful. This takes up the 'questions of mate rials, tools and mixing and gives definite directions for making concrete walks and foundations as well as cs ment posts. SV"4J J. Relieve soar stomach, alpitation of the heart. Digests what you est IIISURAIICE.REAL ESTATE i LOANS, RENTS f W. H. Dradbury a. Son Rooms i ana a, was toon mm SCHEDULES Chicago, Cincinnati & LcslsvMe Railroad Company Phone 2062 In Elfecl November IS. 1SSS. East Bound Cbieaao"Clnelnntl

1 3 S STATIONS Day Pfiy Dally Lv Chicago .. i.l5am!10.05pm Ar Peru ..... 1.13pm 2.13am Lv Peru ..... 1.23pm 2.23am S.OOam Lv Marion ... 2.1&pm 3 1 Sam! I.Mim Lv Muncle ... 3.61pm 4.10am' 7.6arn Lr Richmond. 4.20pm 5 21amJ t.22am Lv Ct Grovo.. 4.53pm 5S5am Ar Cincinnati. S.SOpm 7.20ami West Bound- Clnelnnati-Clrfeao STATIONS Dny pny Pally Lv Cincinnati. S.lSamllO.OOpm Lv Ct Grove.. 55am 11.34pm Lv Klchmond.110.30am l2.09am 7.00pm Lv Muncie ... 11.50am 1.22am 1.30pm Lv Marion ... 12.50pm 2.14am S.SOpm Ar Peru ..... 1.53pm 2.13am 10.30pm Lv Peru ..... 2.03pm 3.23am Ar Chicago 5.40pm 7.3 Sam

(12th St. Station) All trains run daily. Sunday service same as on week days. Through Vestibuled Trains between Chicago and Cincinnati. Doable daily service. Througn sleepers on trains Nos. 2 and 4 between Chicago and Cincinnati. Fine Buffet service on trains 1 and 2. For train connections and other laformation call C A. BLAIR. P. Sc. T. A. ' Hess Fbeae aesz. Ricfcmood. Xa4.

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