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Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-26
Shot on Railway Train.

Denver. Nov. 21.-The honeymoon OF
Roderick Reid of Denver and his bride
Of three days was brought to a sad ter
mination near Delta at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon. A bullet from a rife
in the hands of careless boy vas
fred into the coach in which the cou-
Pile were riding. The ball struck Mr..
Reid In the temple and he now lies at
The hospital at Grand Junction In a
dangerous condition. George Yates.
he boy who is said to have fired the
shot, Is In the custody Of the authori-
ties at Delta and a search is being
made for his two companions.
Roderiek Reid is chief clerk in the
auditing department Of the Colorado
Telephone Company. His wife was
Miss Grace Schroeder. who was en-
ployed as stenographer with the same
company. The couple were married
asst Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Reid was aboard westbound
passenger train when the shot was
fred. They had left the day after the
ceremony was performed and were en-
route west. The train departed from
Delta and was three miles out of the
city. The rife. OF .22 caliber, was
fred pointblank into the window Of
the coach.
As soon as 1t was discovered what
had happened, the train was stopped
and the conductor gave orders to re-
turn to Delta. Mr.. Reid was tempo
rarily cared for and later he was re-
moved to the hospital. His condition
is considered critical. Mrs. Reid is
Frustrated with grief.
There was but one shot fired.
Whether the shot was accidental or
prompted by a spirit of deviltry is not
known. George Yates is confined In
the Jail at Delta. He gave the name
of ono Of his comrades as Joseph OBJ
gerfell. There were three in the party.
The name OF the third youth is un-
Known
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-26
Missouri BUILDING Burned.

st. Louis, Nov. 20.-The Missouri
state building was destroyed by fire
last night, resulting from the explosion
of a heater in the basement Instantly
the flames shot up through the ro-
tunda and the north wing and cupola
were q mass of flames within ten min.
utes after the explosion.
The principal loss is in the contents
OF the building. The building cost
s145.0O0 and in it were $4,000 worth
OF furnishings, the most valuable OF
these being portraits OF all former
Missouri governors and supreme
Judges. These cannot be replaced. One
fireman was killed, and another badly
injured in going to the fre.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-26

Bush a Bonney.
REAL ESTATE. MINES AND INSURANCE
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Macs Liniment.

Mr.. Mac is tall. slender gentleman
with a taste for racing and all kinds of
horse sports. Lately he has been train
ing so hard with his mount that he has
complained several times to his spouse
about having ''backache." One evening
he came in late and woke the lady with
a request that she rub his back.
"All rght-sure, Mae she replied
sleepily; wait just a minute until l get
awake
Straightway She fell asleep again.
Next day. remembering the incident, she
apologzed to her husband.
at doesn't matter he replied. 4
rubbed some stuff on myself and think
it's done me good
Mr.. Mac continued each night there
after to rub the stuff on himself, until
one evening Mrs. Mac, charcine 10 wake,
observed him.
Mac" She demanded, what IS that
you are uSingf'
"Nhy. it's inst cracheriack lniment. :"
he replied. Found it in the drawer
there
4 peal Of laughter from his wife made
him pause. "Oh. Mac she cried.
that's a hottie of stuff | GOT to remove
grease spots. Don't use another drop,
on your Fife or there'll he nothing left
Of you but a bonc."-Portland Oresop!&n.
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Still More Evidence.

Bay City, H., Aug. S.-(SpeciaL'-
Mr. *. +. Henley of this city adds his
evidence TO that published almost dallJ
that sure cure for Rheumatism l.
now before the American people ANA
that that cure is Dodd's Kidney fllls.
Mr.. Henley had Acute Rheumatism.
He has used Dodd's Kidney Pills. lie
says of the result:
After suffering for sixteen years
with Rheumatism and using numerous
medicines for Rheumatism and more
medicines prescribed by doctors. IT
last tried Dodd's Kidney Pills with the
result that | got more heneht from
Thorn than all the Others put together.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills were the only
thing TO give me relief. and recon-
mend them to all suffering from Acute
Eheumatism."
Rheumatism is caused 10y Uric Aclh
il the blood. Healthy kidneys take All!
the Uric Acid out OF the blood. bodd :
Kidney Pills make healthy kidneys.
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General Farm Notes.

Drive slowly the first hour after n
meal.
Light and dryness destroy fungus
growths
as well us the hair.
Add to the capacity of the farm by
adding to the strength Of the soil
Anything less thnn fun feeding at
any period is Il sacrifice of net profit
Glover is richer thnn grass In mus
Gle formers and is the best for young
stock
Droppngs deprived Of the urine lose
the larger share OF the potash they
contain.
1t is always rninous to dispose of
any branch farming when prices are
unsa tisfnctory.
Next 10 old horses old sheep are
among the most disappointing animals
which are kept for profit.
In breeding he sure to select male
| that IL from Il family better IN your
! line of dairying than your herd
Generally the smaller the farm the
| better the cultivation and the greater
| the profit for the expenditure.
Keep close watch over the suck
! ling colts a bemish or m injury
! now may ruin the value Of the future
| horse.
The dirt and sweat which accumu-
| late on the horses during the day
| should never be allowed 10 remain on
over night.
The pure bred animal is the more
| valuable simply because Of It's greater
| capacity to appropriate favorable cir.
cumstances. The pure bred animal
makes from scrub conditions no more
| than the scrub does.
The dairy COW should not be obliged
/ TO travel long distance for waicr. III
/, sh. does she viii 70 without until she
| gets very thirsty ana fercrish nnd
| then drihk until She II painfully IN
/ comfortable I|otL conditions are IN.
favorable taf uatE secretion
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short StIxxeNtIous.

Oilrloth tackled across the bottom Of
screen door viii strengthen the net
ting aud prevent rain beating in.
Keep good sized piece Of charcoal
in the refrigerator untiI frost comes
removing the charcoal every ten days
or two weeks.
A candle protected by glass chin
ney mnde for the purpose Is much
safer 10 carry about the house than IL
lighted lamp.
Never announce meal III u II
ready. Some young housewives learn
all about this by experience and sad
experience, too.
Asparagus dishes are gorgeous
things In color, the body OF III. PLATTER
in green usually, and representing
long stalks Of asparagus
To clean IA hshy frying pan I'LL with
cold water and place on the fire TO boil,
When boiling put red hot einder III,
then wash In the usual way
II is well To remember TINT pound
Of sugar Is one pint, M ounce OF liquid
is two tahlespoonfuls and pint OF
LIQUID weighs sixteen ounces.
1t il better to use wooden spoon
tl,an one OF metal when stirring min,
or soups, and before using baking tins
YOU should grease them inside thor
oughly either With butter Or lard II
arinr IN urqypttt tl.enl from Iatnfrft
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Alfalfa for Orchards

While it has been stated by num-
Der of successful apple growers that
alfalfa makes an excellent crop to
grow in the orchard, ii is believed
Ivy those who have experimental cN
tensively along this line that the prac-
tice is not good one. Those who are
familiar with alfalfa know that II
roots deeply and consumes vast QUO
titles of potash and phosphoric acid
and moisture as well, all essential to
the proper growth Of the trees ii is
therefore plain that the crop is one
which should not go into the orchard.
Put the alfalfa in the open field af-
ter inoculating the soil with alfalfa
bacteria; SOW seed Mt the rate of -
pounds to the acre and If the soil has
been well enriched with the essential
plant food, nitrogen, potash and phos-
phoric acid the chances are all in ia
vor of its taking hold If it doesn't
try it again and again, for ii Will pay
to go TO some trouble to get perma-
nent stand of alfalfa
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The Rev. A. Il. Simpson, president Of
the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
recently entertained a missionary from
Bumah
u addressed boys school last
month" the missionary said. Il told the
boys everything interesting and uplifting
that could think of about the Burmese.
They We're appreciative and attentive.
"'Perhaps, | said at the end there
are some things | have not made clear.
Are there any questions You would like
TO ask
"No one iqterrogatcd me. but after
the meeting was over an intelligent look
ing boy approached timidly as | was
leaving the platform.
Ill would like be began and
then hesi.ated.
"'Gon on. my lad said |. There is
some question you would like to ask, /
suppose"
"'Yes. Sir said the 10y. 4 want to
know if You have any foreign Stamps
that You could give fellow. New
Yord Tribune
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Value of Root Crous.

There has been much controversy of
late years concerning the relative
values of root crops and silage. This
seems to be one of the questions that
ought not to be discussed, inasmuch
as the two crops, in the writer's opin-
ion at least, are essential ana one will
not take the place of the other except
in the sense that either provides succn-
lent food for stock.
When we commence to compare the
cost OF raising either crop we get into
interesting figures. Those who have
tried it know that ii is hard to SOW
the seeds of root crops by hand and
they also know that until the plants
are large enough to hold their own it
is hard work keeping the weeds down.
AS to the feeding values of the two,
unquestionaby the silage is the most
valuable, and if called upon TO decide
between the two would select silage
every time.
II one has n good silo the root crops
Will have their greatest value in fur
ii is where the slo IL unknown that
the root crops ought to be extensively
grown as furnishing succulent food
and digestive at comparatively small
cost. rs well as n crop which may be
stored for winter use at small expense
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RED ANTS FAITHFUL SERVICE.
What They Did When the Big Black
Ones Were ImprisOned.

On the stone steps of house on the
"Hill" are two wooden pillars, foot and
a half apart. among the supports of the
porch. Recently big black ants have
been so abundant and aggressive about
one of these posts. in which they made
their home that all its cracks and crev-
ices were puttied up and It was deluged
with an ant-kiliing 1iuid.
Four days ago a tiny snake-like line
was noticed between the two pillars. 1t
crooked and curved and looked as if some
thing had craWled through a light coat
ing of dus:. leaving its trail there. On
close examination it proved to be line
of life. 1t was made UP OF countless
minute red ants, rushing madly, some i'll
one direction and as many in the other,
some turning TO the right and Others TO
the left, but all of them all the time
ore post to the other and making the
snake line or worm line on the stone step.
During all these four days those little
bugs have been unnterruptedly busy
whenever they were looked at, night or
day. Once the stream was swept off
with a broom. but in a few minutes the
gap was closed and everything looked
Just as it had before. Apparently these
creatures are Carrying out of the diSin-
fected pillar the dismemhered remains Of
the black ants and depositing them in
the pillar that has not been subjected to
treatment
These small ants are so minute that
they are scarcely pereeptible except in
the mass, and they can readily slip III
under the base of the pillars where the
black ones could not go. None of the
red ones have been seen Whereabouts I'M
Ill this remarkable procession began its
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$40 an itar for Corn,

Some of the Illinois corn shown at
the worlds fair has been sold to n
South American farmer for $40 an eur
He bought ten ears selecting the fin.
est from the entire EXHIBIT, This is
pedigreed corn of the finest quality
ever raised IN this country and was
produced by a young farmer near De
catur. He does not claim TO be an
expert, tut has simply learned the
best agricultural information he could
get in the newspapers, and applied
practical common sense to his every.
day work The Illinois corn exhibit
at ST Louis comprises specimens from
nearly $500 farmers boys In the State
who raised il from s,s'd sent ON by the
agricultural college. broyers' Jour
nal
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Cream, Tuhy.

Into pound of grauulated sugar
stir just enough milk to dissolve it.,
add saltspooutul of cream or .urtar
and turn into saucepan. Set NJ she
side of the range and bring slowly To
the boil. Stir steadily until II little
put into cold water is about as stiff
as putty. Pour into a slightly ercaS-
ed pan and let it cool until your finger
leaves dent OF the mass. Now beat,
turn upon II sugarod pastry board,
using powdered sugar. and kucad. then
roll into II sheet half inch mick. Cut
into sQuares.
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of which have permanent wheels. and
when harvest is over the wheels of the
horse rake are attached 10 the remain
ing two. The gate rests on the wheel,
whether closed or open, the revolving
wheel carrying the gate around
whether opening or closing. The gate
rests at the back end on a block of
wood, in which there is a socket, and
il this gudgeon at the foot Of the
gate head rests and turns Mr.. Scott
says his 3-year-oid boy can open an
1S-foot gate Of this sort with ease.
The garden gate shown At Fig. ?
swings across the open end of fixed
N-shaped enclosure. 70 pass through
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WAY TO CURE DRUNKENNESS.
In Persia the Drunkard's Ear Is Nailed
to the Sidewalk.

There is only one custom in our conn
try which | would ike to see established
in America, and that is the custom Of
dealing with dIuukards,' sad Isaac 70
hanueu. a Persian missionary. who lee
tured to q large audience I'll the NurW.-
yiaA Lutheran church las evening. In
our county when a man gots drunk we
take him and nail him to the sidewalk.
driving the spikes through his ears. Then
when other people come along they SPIT
in his face and kick him until he is sober.
] think this method would do Il great deal
of good III America. because you have
more drunkenness than we do. There
are no saloons in Persia, the chief bcver-
age being home made wine. They don !
even know what beer is.
"Our officials have several ways OF
making prisoners confess to crimes. SAID
Mr.. Yohannen THE fayurte method is
to take them on a stand. around which all
dhe people of the town gather. and then
nut out ono eye. If the crime is not very
great an arm is cut off or q leg severed.
If il ~ only trivial oilense. probably an
ear is sacrificed. Very often innocent
people are subjected TO these tormcnts.
bu, il cannot be helped.
tine Persians very seldom hang man
for crime. If he kills another he is fined
SIS and allowed to 60. If he kills ten or
n dozen and the people finally decide that
he ought To he put out of the way he is
hanged. But he is not hanged as they
hang men in this country. He is hanged
by the feet and heavy weight is tied 10
his head Then he is allowed TO die II
1Ap accused prisoner is Il woman, her ban
is shoru from her head providing the Of
tense is Il trivial one. If il is q serious
one she may be turned into Il room filed
with mad eats and be scratched TO death
Persian jas are dark cellars ana con-
tain no furniture whatever. The govern
mcnt doesn't feed prisoners, this being lett
TO frcnds Of the accused. If he happens
10 have no friends be will starye to death
Oftentimes when food is brought Ivy
friends the keepers of the prison and the
other officials appropriate ii. so the prison.
rrs have to go hungry. Sioux City
,lOnrnal.
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Early Flowing for Wheat.


While all wheat growers recognize
the necessity for late sowing of wheat
to avoid. as far as possible the raw
ages of the hessan fly, all do not see
the necessity for early preparation of
the soil. 1t is generally believed that
much of the loss from winter freez-
ing might lie avoided by the early
blowing of the ground for winter
wheat.
Early preparation Of the seed bed
is easier than late blowing: it gives
one a chance to get rid of the weeds
more effectively, the seed bed may
have one or more extra borrowings or
rollings and. altogether, put in much
better condition than when the plow-
ing is done late. Then, too. should
the ground be not in the best condi-
ton at seeding time, the thorough prep
aration previous will count for II
great deal, enabling one to catch the
ground for the final narrowing and
rolling whenever il chances 20 be right
for such working.
The question of varieties should also
receive more consideration than il does
and an excellent way is to look up the
best wheat fields in your county on
similar soil and ascertain what yarie
ties are grown In addition TO this
every wheat grower large or small,
should have test ground for new
sorts. II will pay for its cost in Civ
ing one accurate know ledge of sorts
on their own grounds.
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Boil in q pint Of water until thor
oughly cooked a quart Of ripe berries
and when nearly done add sugar to
suit the taste. Skim the fruit ont into
pudding dish, which may lac sent to
the table. 70 the Juice add 4 ant
cup of rranulated wheat wet Il
little cold water Cook 10 minutes,
stirring all the time then pour the
mixture over the fruit This pudding
may be eaten hot with custard sauce,
but 1t is best when served perfectly
cold with cream ana sugar. CHARTERED
peaches and halved apr,ots may be
taken instead OF the berries.
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A Christian church which will be erect
ed here shortly vii! be an innovation in
church edifces. 1t viii resemble a mod
ern residence more than an orthodox
house of worship. The building will be
Il plain, square structure, consisting OF
two stories and n basement, with a large
veranda on one side the entire length Of
the building. The main auditorium viii
be on the first floor, and part of tho see
ond floor will be utilized as n gallery,
The remaining part Of the second story
will be taken up with parlors, reading
rooms and Sunday school class rooms.
in the basement viii be a kitchen, din.
ing room and social rooms, also n bowl
ing alley, gymnasium and room for
other games.
The church will he open seven days in
.he week and tWeuty-four hours a day
toncord.a Correspondence Topeka Cap
ital.
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Score down center Of grains aud
press ont the pulp from four or five
tender ears of corn; beat four eggs
just enough TO mix the yolks and
whites, add the corn, sprinkle With
pepper and pour In one tablespoonful
butter in n frying pan and. when hot,
turn IN the omelet and shake over II
good fire until well set; when nearly
done dust with salt; when done but
not solid in the center, begin TO roll,
aud then turn out ON hot platter
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Cola Peach Padding.

Boil one cuptul of rice IN water, to
which add half u teaspooutul of salt
and juice of one lemon; when tender,
press rice through n colaudrr; to This
PURGE add half cuptul sugar. one pint
fresh peach pulp, half teaspooutul al
mond extract, one teaspoouful butter,
one half cuptul cream; place on stove
to become hot, then pack into 4 but
tered mould and set on ice 10 chill.
Serve with whipped cream.
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These were especially severe when
STOPPING to lift anything and often |
could hardly straighten my back. The
aching was bad in the day time. but
just as bad ut night. and was always
lame in the morning. l was bothered
with rheumatic pains and dropscal
swelling Of the feet. The urinary pas
sages were painful and the secretions
were discolored and SO free that often
had TO rise at night ! felt tired all
day. Half n box served to relieve me,
ana three boxes effected "A permanent
cure
A FREE TRIAL-Address Foster
Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, \, y. For sale
by ali dealers: price 30 cents.
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Fish I'ufiS,

Make In saucepan Il white sauce of
tablespoonful each of butter and -four,
cupful of milk stir IN cup of cold,
cooked fish seasoned with salt and pep
per and very we'll faxed as soon AZ
we'll stirred in, remove from ire and
batter 10y spoOnfuls into hot fat drain
puifs on brown paper aud serve at once
on folded napkin, Iarnished With
water crpSS
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Ginger Snap-.

Into n hnlfpint of warmed molnsscs
beat II half cup of melted butter. Beat
until light in color, add a hal-cup Of
sugar two teaspoontuls OF ground
ginger and quart Of -four that las
been twice sificd Will Il teuspuontul
of bnking soda. Add enough -four 10
make II dough that can be rolled out
roll very thH and bake.
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To Preserve Fence Posts.

In some sections Of the country the
division Of fields 10y fences is some
thing no longer done but the majority
of farmers still feel that they should
divide their fields. The work involved
in fence. building is so great that one
does not care to do it very often, hence
il Will pay to 20 TO some trouble to
preserve the posts, these being the
parts of the fence which need renew
ing firH.
While there are many preservatives
recommended all of them doubtless
more or less valuable. the Old plan of
smearing the end of the post with gas
tar is about as good ms any. OF late
years a strong solution of copper sui
phate has been used for this purpose.
with considerable success. 1t takes
time and trouble to prepare the fence
posts with either preservauye, put on
as ii should be, but il pays 10 do H.,
for the posts Will last double the num-
Der of years.
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Country Shippers,

The attention Of produce shippers is
called to the character Of the CONNER
cial reports published in the Evening
Wisconsin. They embrace the complete
Milwaukee and Chicago quotations on
produce livestock and provisions and the
closing figures on the New York stock
exchange each day. In order to keep
posted daily subscribe for the Evening
Wisconsin. Terms, 500 for three
months 10y mail
THE EVENING WISCONSIN co,
Milwaukee, Wis.
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Lincoln Shortbreuu,

Beat four ounces of lard and butter
70 a cream. stir a sAltspoontui Of sait
md the same of soda With just euoagh
Vinegar TO cover IL. tLrl add "A pound
of dried and slfted flour mix with milk
to a stiff paste, roll quickly half AN inch
thick, cut into cakes as large as II fruit
saucer and prick all over. bake tn
brown. Split While hot and butter the
same as lorhsh cakes
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Cottop-seed Meal for Cows.

Dairymen find il difficult TO carry
The cows along properly during the
droughty days Of summer on pasture
alone, and al proper grains have been
tried wi. varying results One Of
the best summer grains il cott0n-seed
meal. for while feeding il will not ma
teriany increase the milk flow II Will
keep il nearly to the standard and vii
leel III III qgaait Wli.eA il quite as