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-nu om nnnprun t ' DT bULi nUUOLfCLI --- Don't Let the Courts Master the Country Is Plea He Makes. (Nutluiml Mcwh ANHo"iationj NKW YORK. Jan. ft. Sounding h warning agalnnt maulery of the United iitatea by tb- court, ex-President Ilootmvoli In an editorial headed "Judf.nn and I'rogre.," in the current number of The Outlook, advocates that momentous decision of the various state supreme courts affecting great bodies of people shall not be accepted hh final until they have been affirmed or overturned by a vote of the people In the state affected. In setting forth his views on the growth of power of the iudlclarv the former nrealdent defends his former criticism of the courts and court decisions and, compares himself to Abraham Lincoln in this attitude. Fearing that he will bo classed as nn ultra-radical because of his recommendations. Col. Roosevelt closes by saying: "What I have advocated is not revolution. It Is not wild radicalism. It Is tba highest and widest kind of conservatism." The editorial strikes at the principle of every utterance Mr. Taft has made of hta own views on the courts and their functions. Where Taft believes that the courts should be all supreme Col. Roosevelt declares that the will of the people should be the ultimate voice; where Taft holds that every question, no matter how far reaching can be adjudicated satisfactorily, Col Roosevelt contends tnat there are some matters which courts should not try to deal at all. Although the writer does not make specllc mention of the decisions of the V. S. supreme court upon the Standard Oil and Tobacco aulta by which, according to popular belief, the word unreasonable was read rnto the Sherman anti-trust law, nevertheless he makes it plain that this single Instance forms a major por tion of the foundation on which be builds hla case and rests his criticism. If, as some think. Col. Roosevelt will ultimately come out In the open as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination he makes it evident that the menace of the judiciary power would be an issue in his campaign and probably a plank in his platform. COLD KILLED FOUR ( Fire Drives Hotel Guests Into Blizzard. (National News Association) "OMAHA, Jan. 5. Two deaths from cold occurred here this morning. The temperature registered eighteen below. i .FROZEN TO DEATH. RIO. Wis., Jan. 5. Mrs. L. Collerban was found froten to death in her home at Doyleatown today. ; Lewis Stebbins was frozen to death at Pardevllle. ESCAPE IN PAJAMAS. rST. LOUIS, Jan. 6. Over two hundred persons, twenty of them female vaudeville performers, were forced into the streets in their pajamas and other scant wrappings when a Are broke out In the St. Charles hotel this morntat during the xero weather. Reflecting Lighthouses' Origin. Accident, not necessity, was the parent of the invention of reflecting light howss. ' During a meeting of a mathematical , society at Liverpool some years ago one of the. members laid a wager that he could read a newspapet paragraph at ten yards distance by the light of a farthing candle. Thla he succeeded In doing by covering the Inside of an earthen dish with putty and sticking bits of looking glass on It and then placing bis reflector behind the candle. Captain Hutchinson, a dock master, was present, and from this experiment gained the idea from which he evolved the reflecting lightas built la Liverpool. ThioWife and Mother Wishes to cell you FREE How She Stopped Hatband's Drinking By all Means Write to Her ad Learn how She did it. For over 20 years James Anderson of 74 Flm Ave"., Hillburn, N. Y., was a very hard drinker. Hi case teemed a hopeless one, but 10 years ago his wife in their own little home, gave him a simple remedy which much to .her delight stopped his uuaking entirely. To make sure that the remedy wis responsible for this happy result she also tried it on her brother and sev- . ..j ml of her neighbors vi-' f ..W -'" v. ucccsiui in evervcast. None of them has touched a crop of mtoxjcating liquor since. - She now wishes everyone who has drunk ennest in their homes to try this simple remedy tor sue reels sura that it will do a; much for others aa k has for her. It can be gjven secretly if desired, and without coct she will gladly and wOlirurlv tell vou what it is. All you have to do U write her a letter asking; her how she cured her husband of driakwr and she will reply by mum mail in a sealed envelope. Aa the hat nothing to sell do not send her money. Simply send a letter wtth all confidence to Mrs. Margaret Andcr on at tnv aoarcsa given a Dove, taking care to write your name and full address plainly. ( Wt tmrmttfj mdnitt rvtry tie of cur rraJm U nuitku lo out dear mm of drunkrnntu J "Writt fft ihit Imdj Udaj. tier ejrr it a smart

Manure Spreader is Invaluable To Modern Farmer, Totten Says

BY I8AAC L. TOTTEN. Several years ago a Canadian farmer by the name of Kemp got a fool notion into his head that hauling out manure to be spread by band with a fork was a hard job. lie didn't like the way his back behaved, or the way his wrist felt along ;Jout four oVlock on the day ho began the 8 "ing and fall hauling; and he didn't s?'m lo enjoy that BtifMn-evcry join! feeling that w all experience the "morning after." In order that he inighf. relieve him self of a large part of this tedious, back-breaking job, he rigged up an old two-wheel ox-cart to do the work of spreading for him. Across the rear end of the cart box he placed i crude affair of a cylinder something like the cylin der of h threshing machine, only his was a roughly constructed wood cylinder into which he had driven several spikes for teeth. This cylinder was hung in bearings bo that it would re volve when made to do so by means of sprockets and sprocket chains that transmitted power to it from the cart wheel. We cannot recall just how he moved the manure back to the cyl inder; but he got it there someway and when he put the outfit into action it did a bully good job of spreading the manure. In fact, it did the work better than farmer Kemp had been doing it with the pitch fork. If we have been correctly informed, this two-wheel ox-cart contraption was the first mechanical manure spreader made. It was the prototype of the many thousands of manure spreaders that are in UBe today. From the time that first ox-cart spreader was made to the present time a period of many years is represented. In the attempt to perfect any kind of machine there is a lot of time consumed in experimenting; consequently, in developing the spreader it had to be tried out in all kinds of manure under various conditions. Not only must a machine of this kind.do suitable work, but it must do it economically. That is, it mu6t show conclusively that it will save time or labor and not cost more to keep in repair than what It. Is reallv worth to the farmer to be (relieved nf i he dreaded manure haul ing job. We often remark that some people have as many notions or ideas as a dog has fleas; and no doubt, if we could see the various types of machines that were made to handle stable manure, and could be shown the many changes in construction that have been necessary to develop the oxcart to the standard type of manure spreader of today, we would have to dig up a comparison other than the dog and flea one to give anything like a fair idea of the number of ideas the men had who worked to perfect the spreader. Manure spreaders have been manufactured for the past thirty six years, but the present volume of trade of the machine has been developed within the past nine or ten years. It was to the indifferent attitude and the re luctance recognized by the farmer of the merits of the spreader that, its introduction was delayed and its development retarded. Mr. Kemp deserved considerable credit as the father of this wonderful machine. The many thousands of manure spreaders that are in use today aiding the farmer to enrich his soil so that more bountiful crops can be grown pay tribute to Mr. Kemp and his ox-cart spreader contraption. Although there may be room for Im provement in the present type of, manure spreader, yet we believe that no farm equipment should be considered complete today without one or more according to the size of the farm and the size of the manure pile that ac cumulates. The labor saving feature of the spreader is strong recommendation for its use- when so many of use are dependent on our own selves to do the farm work. We must m,ake every min ute and every move count, and we must do our work in the easiest way possible to preserve our strength and good health. If there is a job on the farm, that has a greater tendency than the man ure hauling job to give us that "l'd-like-to-sit-down feeJing," we are at a loss to think of it now. Let us see how the manure hauling job goes without the spreader. We hitch the team to the wagon and haul it around behind the barn to the pile that has accumulated The work does not seem so bad at first; and. if we have help we can joke and laugh, and tell stories and discuss politics and religion for a while without the least bit of ill feelings. And we take particular pains while unloading the first few loads. to scatter the manure just as even and nice as a roofer places the gravel on a tarred roof. But along toward noon, or about the middle of the afternoon there isn't much talking going on, in fact, we don't care much whether any one speaks to us or whether they don't and we spread the manure as though we were unloading lump coal with a scoop shovel. Sometimes we are inclined to get the idea that there isn't any work connected with the manure spreader at all; this idea conies from reading some of the exaggerations distributed by the spreader manufacturers; how ever, the manure must be forked into the machine the same as it must be forked into a wagon. Nevertheless, we should not loose sight of the fact that to. be relieved of the spreading part of the job is a big item. Another thing to be considered, too ls the time saved while spreading. We have never timed the machine or the fork way to find out how much more time it required to unload the wagon; but we can get a fair idea of this as we know that the team to the spreader is not stopped at all after starting to unload until ,the load is all off; while there is much starting and stopping "connected with the fork method. Although the labor and time saving features of a manure spreader are very important considerations, yet they sick into insignificance when compared with the importance of tne"

machine in increasing the fertilizing value of the manure over and above the hand labor method of handling. - It is safe to say that the stable manure applied on the soil with a spreader can be mad? to cover from two to five times as much ground as when spread with a fork, and that it will

do rfotu two to three times as much good toward increasing the crop yield Now this may sound like an exaggeration, but it is not. We believe that we can show why the spreader will cause the manure to be so much more efficient. In the first place, it is practically impossible to spread manure in a thin, uniform layer over the soil when throwing it from the wagon, unless a considerable amount of time in spent following the wagon to tear the large bunches to pieces. Now, we should not get the idea that a spreader will pulverize chunks of frozen manure, for it will not. However, it will throw oft the chunks of frozen manure the same as it will throw off the stones and pieces of rails etc., that occassionallv get into the manure, but it will not pulvarize them. The standard make of spreader can be regulated to distribute just a certain number of loads to the acre; and after once becoming accustomed -to us ing the machine we can regulate it to make a certain amount of manure cover a given surface. Perhaps it would be well to mention why the manure can be made to go much further by using the machine. This is the reason: It tears the ma nure to pieces ( not the frozen chunks) and scatters them out those bunches of matted litter that we vainly try to spread. It handles in nice shape. .We believe this point is clear. Now, in spreading the manure uni formly like a broadcast seeder scatters seed the manure spreader places the manure in a way that it will be most beneficial. If the manure is to be plowed under, there will be no large bunches to cut off the moisture connections in the soil and cause it to burn out the crop or cause the crop to become rank. Last spring we saw wheatfield which had been treated to a coat of manure and the manure had been applied with a fork. Be cause of the bunchy spreading, the wheat field resembled a boggy swamp. There were bunches of rank growth and between these the grain was very short. If the spreader had been used this condition would not have existed. It has been said that a big chunk of manure as usually thrown out when spreading from the wagon will, in a dry season, kill a hill of corn, but that same chunk run through a spread er will double the yield of from four to five hills. The most satisfactory results, of course, of applying the manure is in the form of a top dressing, and top dressing cannot be done satisfactori ly only by means of the spreader Manure spread in Ais manner by the machine does not interfere when working the ground with other ma chines and it will not smother out the grass or grain. We trust we have made ourselves 1 clear as to the value of the work done by the spreader; now let us say something about the machine, itself. We should not be mislead by the talk we hear about light draft in spreaders. We know that spreader manufacturing companies are natural ly enthusiastic over their product. and in their advertisements are apt to try to make us thing that the spreader will scoot Hlong as easily behind the horses as a bicycle runs. down hill. Therefore when we get a spreader we should not expect it to run as easily with all of its mechanism, as our wagon does without the mechan ism. Of course, when the spreading mechanism is not in action the machine pulls practically as easy as a wagon with the same kind of a load, and some loads do not require the power that others do. In buying a spreader it makes no difference what kind you get as long as it suits you; but when you bring the spreader home, remember that it should be given good care and boused the same as any other farm implement. Red Rabbit a stogie of high grade tobacco 2 for 5 sold everywhere. 5-2t City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. HUGHES Peter Hughes, a 'well known resident of New Paris died yesterday. The funeral and burial will be in New Paris tomorrow morning. LEE Sherrill W. Lee, aged five years, died at his home, 13 South Six teenth Street, .yesterday evening. The child was the son of Mr. arid Mrs 1 nomas ,. j-.ee. ruuerai services will be held at the home, 10:00 a. m. Saturday, and interment will be at New Paris. Friends may call at the residence any time. BOZWORTH John W. Bozworth died last night at his home in Boston, Ind. Mr. Bozworth, a member of East Boston lodge of Odd Fellows, was 79 years of age at the time of his death. The funeral, 1:30 Saturday afternoon, will be private. " Births. To Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Clawson, College Ave., a son, Homer Orlistus Clawson. . Folger P. Wilson Henry J. Pohlmeyer Harry C. Downing Harvey T. Wilson FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone 1335. 15 N. 10th St, Automobiles,' Coaches, and Ambulance Service.

A GREAT BATTLE Oil

Between Rebel and Imperial Soldiers. (N'atior.al News Association) TIENTSIN, Jan. 5. Strong bodies of British and German troops left here today for Lanchow, where fierce fighting is going on between Imeprialist soldiers and revolutionary mutineers, who deserted from the Manchu army of the North to the rebel cause. All the telegraph wires at Lanchow were cur. British and American soldiers have occupied the American section of the railway from Lanchow to Tong-Shan and are guarding it. According to. well authenticated reports received before telegraphic communication was severed, the rebels are in control of the situation at Lanchow. Half of the city has been burned and the shops and wealthy residences have been looted. The rebels seized the railway station at Shan-Hai-Kwan, holding up all trains. It is believed here that British soldiers will occupy Feng-Tai tomorrow. Lanchow is the capital of Kan-su Province and one of the most important depots of the Manchus. The main body of the army of the North has been stationed there and it has beben recognized as the headquarters of the army league. Lanchow is near ly 1,000 miles west of Pekin and has a population of about 500,000. UNPROVOKED BLOW RESULTS IN FINE Walking up to Earl Sparling, who was quietly reading a paper fast Sunday morning while sitting in the Empire Cigar store, Silas Brown struck the former a stunning blow. Sparling resented the insult and for a short time it looked as if it would be a free-for-all, as others who attempted to interfere became "mixed up" in the melee. Brown, who was a stranger, to Sparling, according to the latter, was ordered out of the store. Brown was arrested but the case was not heard until today in police court. Brown contended that he was morolv "fnolinc" nnH Knn-li tocti. ti,o ,ftu, ti.., v,

plained that he did not intend to do ; on any of the new ProJect of the Y. Sparling personal injury. However, j M- C- A- wiU be taken tonight, probaPatrolman Westenberg. who made I bl - but some discussion of these, esthe arrest declared that Sparling had i P-ially the contemplated campaign informed him that Brown struck him ! for raisi"S funds, will feature the

without the least provocation. A fine of $1 and costs was given Brown. Why Grass Grows Hollow. The stems of grass and oats are usually hollow, and the knots of nodes which occur at intervals and which have a peculiar degree of firmness, derived from the interlacing of fibers, give them a firmness and strength which they would otherwise lack. If the material of wheat straw were in a solid form lt would make but a thin wiry stem, which would snap with great ease, but In the hollow form, with the intervening knots, the necessary support Is afforded.

The

STORK LED REAPER

During the Past Year Wayne Countv. in An increase of nineteen iu the county's population as a result of the dif-

ferences between the birth and death j of the mails to defraud indictments j tie-up of the Boston docks in 30 years rates, is shown by the annual report of : were returned by the 'federal grand ' began today when 10,tu0 longshorecounty health commissioner, J. E. jury today against Julian Hawthorne, nu.u emploved hv different companies King, covering the vital statistics for j JW for' higher pay. Two thouections of the county lying outside tm a 6pecialigt and Alber, pn,,,,. . and more will strike before night. The of Richmond. The statistics show 266 and John McKinnon, of Brooklyn, pro- men insist on a wage increase of ten births, and 247 deaths which is about moters. It is alleged that five mil-! 'n,s an nor to nke the wage fornormal. Commenting on the past year lions of dollars were obtained for tv an hour tor day . work and with regard to nubile health Dr King Practtcal,v worthless mining stocks of cents an hour for night work, witn regard to public health, Dr. King fQur mlning ,ocate4l tn 0n. The companies affected are th states that it has been highly success- tario Not a tQn of ore haa evip white Star line, Hamburg American ful. as tbjtre has been not. a single ep-been rained from these 5,. lt : line. Allan Line. Leyland line, the isode of any consequence, and but few, u charRed( and les8 than fifty percem ; South American line and the Standcases of serious illness. The scarlet fe- j of tne proceed8 from tne stock salt?s ; fird sugar Refinery.

r m-a": rouomy. co.inB jum i the end of the year, and running over j into 1912. was the most serious oft any epidemics, but even there only j eleven mild cases have been reported.-

The last month of the year, Decern-1 ine ou-Kinson Trust company has ber . made a gloomy close for the been appointed guardian for George successful year. Thirteen cases of V. Inderstrodt on petition of Katie Inscarlet fever, fwo mad dogs, and one , derstrodt. case 'each of typhoid fever, measles, I

and chicken pox were reported. Deaths exceeded births by six, sixteen of the 25 cases of mortality being women. Report of the past quarter also shows that in the last three months there were 113 marriages in the county, nearly all of the contracting couples being American born whites. Four grooms and three brides were past the half century mark at the time of their bethrothal, while 35 girls under twenty were married. ANNUAL MEETING OF Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS Annual reports of the year's activities and outlining plans for the ensuing twelve months will occupy the time of the Y. M. C. A. directors when they hold their annual meeting this evening at the association. The association has made an unusually good record during 1911, according to the reports to be submitted to the directors by the executive officers, as the I,asl year nas "een me uiggest, in me ! local institution's history. No action ! meeting. In order to determine what course to pursue in starting the local men and religion movement campaign, J. W. Ferguson, president of the county 1 executive committee for the movement, will present a report on his investigation . of the campaign now in progress at Louisville. As this same plan will probably be employed here within a short time, a large audience is expected to discuss the method. A new series of lectures on the Life of Christ will be commenced this evening at the Y. M. C. A., when Prof. Elbert Russell, of Earlham College, addresses a number of local Sunday school workers on the international lesson for next Sunday.

(D)inmetMinig Veiry New; WE are bringing out a WEEKLY MAGAZINE. The first issue will be on sale at all news-stands on Thursday, January 4th. The name of this magazine is THE CAVALIER

This is the first time a great big magazine has ever been issued as a WEEKLY, and THE CAVALIER is a great" big magazine of 192 PAGES. Weekly publications are always thought of as of pamphlet shape. ' But slavery to conventionality of this sort, which is wanting in common sense, has

A NEW STORY EVERY WEEK

We shall begin a new serial story every week in THE CAVALIER-52 A YEAR. This is a whole library of books, and in addition you will get six or eight hundred short stories. All this enormous volume of reading will cost, by the year, ONLY FOUR

Destroying Angel By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

This story is very much worth while. Vance is one of the most popular book authors of the day. His books sell for $1.50, and are among the very big sellers. Get this first copy of THE CAVALIER, in which this Vance story starts. Ask your newsdealer for it. If he has sold his supply, he can get you a copy, or you can get it from us. The price is TEN CENTS. THE FRANK A. MUNSEY COMPANY 1 75 Fifth Avenue, New York

FRAUD CHARGE MADE

Against Prominent Men by Grand Jury. (.National News Association) NEW YORK. Jan. 5. Alleging use eveP reached the treasuries, riTADnTAV XTAHtlTk uUAKUlAIS JNAivlbL) A Calamity. "My son, remember this marrying on a salary has been the salvation of many a young man." "I know dad, but suppose my wife should lose her salary?" London Tit-Bits.

J$T THE RAILROAD i f MANS WATC H STORE h O. E. Dickinson I JEWELER Hn Wk 523 Main H B AGENT FOR ji HAMILTON WATCH We Gave You Money

never had much of a pull with us. The regular magazine shape, which is of the nature of a Book, makes the best publication for reading and for preservation, be it weekly or monthly. The frequency of issue has no bearing on the problem.

DOLLARS. Then, too, each issue of THE CAVALIER will have a baseball article by CHARLES E. VAN LOAN, who is easily the cleverest baseball writer in the world. These baseball articles simply hum with the whir of the ball.

BIG BOSTON STRIKE

Ten Thousand" Longshoremen Are Out. 1 National News Association) BOSTON, Jan. 5. The most - serious CYCLONES and WINDSTORMS WILL COME but DOUG AN, JENKINS & CO. Will Protect You Against Loss From Them. PHONE 1330. Room 1, I. O. O. F. Building