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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

We often hear Of the model diaries
of Europe, cooperative diaries into
which speck of dirt is never allowed
to lodge, of Danish butter that is in
truth a dream and brings a fabulous
price, of eggs guaranteed fresh and
countrywide, and other reports OF the
way they do things on the fine old
farms of Europe until one begins to
think that one can not be more than
half living in this country. But how
much of this sort of thing will bear
investigation and close analysis?
The Dairy Division of the United
Safes Department of Agriculture is a
progressive and useful institution and
has done several things to destroy
prevailing fallacies and incidentally
establish the fact that American meth
DDS as a whole, in at least some phases
Of agriculture, are as far if not farther
advanced than those Of any other coun-
try.
Not the least interesting of such in
formation gathered was that collected
by the late Henry e. Alvord, for many
years the chief of the Dairy Division,
in a tour of the countries Of Europe
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

large scale. The ordinary big green
cucumber pickles are usually quite
free from cider vinegar. The only way
to make them edible Is to soak the
pickles in strong brine, to extract the
acid, then to soak them in water to
get out the brine, and finally pickle
them in real vinegar.
Pure vinegar can be made as well
from other fruits as from apples
Grapes, plums, and other fruits which
contain a considerable proportion OF
sugar, which is converted into alcohol
and then into acetic acid, make good
vinegar.
The Department of Agriculture has
in press a short bulletin on vinegars,
which can be had upon application to
members of Congress. 1t is known as
Farmers Bulletin No. 233 and is com
piled from the work Of the various
agricultural experiment stations on
this subject.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04
stereotyped answer:-"My father did

stereotyped answer:-"My father did
So"
The American farmer, Major Alvord
thought, has undoubtedly much more
intelligent knowledge of the principles
of feeding, but there is probably more
carelessness and waste in feeding ami
mails of all kinds in America than any,
where else in the world.
The most astonishing feature of Eu-
rope in the care of milk on the farm is
the entire absence Of refrigeration in
France, and the general ignoring of
the valueNof cold in dairying. In the
matter of dairy appliances and equip
ment, the United States is surpassed
by no other country, although Den
mark and parts Of Great Britain stand
about as we'll.
In most big cities of Europe there
are few wellconducted milk delivery
establishments, such as are usually
found in our smallest cities, while in
some localities dairy animals are
driven through the streets and MIXED
at customers doors. Mich cows are
managed in the same way even in the
best streets of Paris and of Rome.
Paris probably has the poorest millr
| service of any of the large cities. Dur
ing the Exposition at Paris in July,
1900, special show of perishable dairy
products was held as an annex to that
exposition.
Paris Milk Exhibit Very Poor.
While the French producers had
every opportunity of exhibiting their
goods in the best possible shape, the
only samples of natural milk and
cream, absolutely free from chemical
personalities and uncooked, which
were sweet and palatable after noon
of the exhibition day, were from the
dairies in New York and New Jersey,
then eighteen days from the COW! The
American products had been preserved
solely by cleanliness and cold. Major
Alvord made the statement on his re-
turn from Europe that no milk-supply
company in Europe could duplicate this
performance
In butter-making, while there is am.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

pie room for improvement in our coun-
try, the only foreign country from
which the United States can possibly
learn anything is Denmark. There the
best creameries are models of cleanli-
ness. good order, and systematic man
agement. But all these details are &C
complished only through a lavish ex-
penditure of labor which would appal
an American creamery manager. 1t is
not an uncommon thing for six or
eight persons to be constantly en-
ployed for six or eight hours a day,
turning out quantity of butter which
is ordinarily made in this country by
a man and boy who have all the work
finished daily at 3 or o'clock in the
afternoon.
Major Alvord found it impossible to
draw any comparisons between the
methods of cheese-making and the re-
suits in this country and those abroad.
1t is believed that the American fac
tory system, common to the United
States and Canada, is superior to any
thing elsewhere. In variety and fancy
cheese this continent can not yet at
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

Brittany in the north of France, has
within it's borders pretty, active little
black-andwhite cattle with marked
dairy characteristics, producing often
an astounding quantity of milk for
their size, but they are believed to be
useful in the United States only as
playthings.
America an Cow Stables Up to Average
In the stabling and general care of
dairy COWS no foreign country shows,
in general practice, any methods or
conditions better than our own. While
the average conditions throughout the
country are undoubtedly far from
what they should be, the United States
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

for the purpose of looking into the
dairy industry of the continent.
Major Alvord stated first, upon his
return home, that while the United
States has never evolved a strictly
dairy COW of it's own, it has now moth
ing to gain through the importation
of new blood from Great Britain, the
Channel Islands, the Netherlands, Den
mark or France. There are many pic
turesque and useful breeds Of mich
cattle in these countries they do
not compare, he stated, with the adapt
ed American breeds. For instance,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04
THE PICTURESQUE DIARIES
OF EUROPE.
Government Investigation Shows
Them Below the American Standard.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

conditions do exist abroad-where the
COW is taken in as q member OF the
family-as they do in no place in the
United States, but they are the excep-
ton. Stables which in summer are
converted into Conservatives and
rooms for weaving and cheese curing
are the unusual and show places. The
construction of COW stables generally in
the dairy countries of the Old World
is of a substantial nature, with little
regard paid to light and ventilation,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04
Thoroughbred Mich Goats.

Among the various European mich
goats the Spanish goat is said
to be foremost in the quantity and
quality of milk given. The accom-.
panying illustration is from a photo
graph taken by Explorer David G. Fair
child, Of the Department of Agricul-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

In Arizona Indian children may be
seen catching ants and eating them,
and in Mexico the honey ant is eagerly
sought after by the natives as an ar
ticle of food
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

Cromwell was a gypsy batter. He
once ordered them expelled from Eng
land and if they refused to depart by
the next wind they should be hanged
without delay.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

farmer and dairyman are making as
rapid strides forward as can be found
anywhere.
Major Alvord found comparatively
few places in Holland and Switzerland
where there is such close relationship
between the dairy cows and families
as the occupancy of connecting apart
ments, so often described in poetic
fancy by European travellers. These
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

I Zorene, new chemical compound,
| will, it is said, double the life of metals
exposed to the air. such as bridges,
vessels, tanks and the like.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

The steel in the modern band-saw Is
Of finer quality and will stand rougher
usage than the far-famed Damascus
blade Of the ancients.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

A bee, carrying no burden, will fly
at the rate of forty miles an hour.
Carrying a load Of honey his speed is
reduced to about twelve miles.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

The Irish boys, it is stated, could pro
duce fifty million tons of peat a year
for one thousand years.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

The physician in China collects no
fee, but receives percentage Of the
money paid to the apothecary.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

A Laplander will sometimes trave
on skates one hundred and fifty miles
in q day.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

A man will die for want of sleep Il
about ten days and for want of air il
about five minutes.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

An adulterator of food in Germany
is liable to term Of Imprisonment Of
six months and a fine Of 1000 marks.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

Nine-tenths Of the people Of Persia
are Mahometans.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

conveniences of arrangement or ease
in cleaning. While much attention is
paid to cleaning COW stables, it is ap-
parently more from an appreciation OF
the value of the manure than from an
effort to have sanitary conditions in
the dairy.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04
Foreigners Provide Good Feed.

There is one thing where Europeans
may be ahead of Americans. They
seem to be better versed in the feeding
Of cattle. Even the poorest peasants
do not hesitate to purchase concentra-
ted cattle foods where necessary, yet 1t
appears that the only reason the ma
tives can give for this practice is the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04
Briefs From Everywhere.

British Columbia is the only British
province in America which has pre-
served the old English custom which
obliges judges to wear wigs.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-11-04

We often hear Of the model diaries
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
NATIONAL COUNCIL
Of WOMEN MEETS
Reports of Officers and Pres
ident's Address.
FEMALE SUFFRAGE BROACHED
Afternoon Session Taken Up With
Records of the Affiliated Societies.
The Meeting Tonight.

The first business session of the fifth
triennial meeting of the National Coun-
ell of Women of the United States was
held this morning in the Pythian Tenn
PIE. Ninth street near l. street, and
was devoted TO hearing the reports of
officers, and to making the necessary
preliminary arrangements for the trans
action OF the business of the council
AT the session this afternoon the
president. Mrs. Mary Wood Swift, of
San Francisco, will deliver her address
The platform on which sat the Of
fcers and special guests of the council
this morning was decorated with palms
and roses, the roses being a gift from
Colonel Bromwell
Among those present were Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett, Alexandria. Va; Mrs
Flo j. Miller, Wilmington. H.; Mrs
Frances E. Burns. St. Louis, Mich. Mrs
Isabelle Quinlan. Galesburg, Ill. and
Mrs. Lillian Hollister Detroit, Mich.
and many officers of local societies.
Report on Credentials.
After the meeting was called 10 or
der the committee on credentials asked
for more time to make it's report, as
few credentials had been handed in.
Although there was no way of deter
mining the exact number of delegates
present and in the city, it was seen
that fifty women were present at the
meeting today.
Among the organizations represented
are the Universal Peace Union. National
Woman's Relief Society, National
Christian League for the Promotion of
Social Purity, National Council of Jew
ish Women, Young Ladies Mutual I'm
provement Society, Supreme Hive
Ladies Of the Maccabees of the World.
National Womans Relief Corps. Ma
tonal Association Of Loyal Women Of
America, National Association of Col
ored Women, American Federation of
Nurses, Great Hive of the Modern Mac
cabees, National Association of BUSH
ness Women, National Catholic Benevo-
lent Association, National Florence
Crittenton Mission. Woman's Centenary
Association. Ladies of the c. A. R.
Rathbone Sisters of the World NJ
tional Free Baptist Missionary Society
| and State Council. Rhode Island
Repor, of Treasurer.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Holllster, of Detroit.
Mich, treasurer of the council, read her
| report. showing that during the three
| years of her duties she had received
| Sl,S97 and disbursed s763, leaving the
council with a balance of 81, ,135.
| She also submitted detailed report of
| the financial standing of the societies
| and associations affiliated with the coun-
| ell, showing that two new associations
| have affiliated since the last triennial
| meeting.
Mrs. Frances Z. Burns, of St Louis
| Mich, recording secretary, read the
| minutes of the executive session of last
| evening, which with few MINOR cor
rections were adopted
MIS-. Flo Jamison Miller, of Whining
ton. Ill, corresponding secretary. made
| her report for the past three years
Twelve official communications. she said
| had been sent to each of the associa-
| Continued on Third Pace)
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
HIDDEN LAST WEEK.

Issuing from The Times office at AS
o'clock yesterday afternoon, with red
Maltese Cross pinned on each arm, the
man in dark clothes marked a big
white cross on the lamP?ost in front of
The Times building, and ths great hunt
for the four envelopes. marked with the
Maltese Cross. was on with Il rush.
The hunt this time was unusually ex-
citing, and was participated in by more
persons than on any previous occasion.
Hundreds of men, women. boys, and
from The Times Office down d street
to Ninth street, up Ninth to f street,
thence through that thoroughfare TO
Fifteenth street, from there to Penn
sylvania avenue. and then down town
to the Peace Monument, In the proXim-
fty of which the envelopes were hidden.
AS the crowd marched along it gath
eIed numbers. just as the SNOWFALL in
creases as it is rolled along in the soft
snow The sidewalks We're lined with
people all along the route, who watched
the journey of the Maltese Cross hunt
ers with the greatest interest.
THE Maltese Cross was N the lips of
hundreds OF people. Strangers who had
not read the story in The Times asked
those next to them What does this
crowd mean?''
Why that's the Maltese Cross hunt, "
the reply would come. IF you want to
know what 1t is read about it in The
Times
And so the crowd went along, watched
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
Guarding the Philippines
to Enforce Neutrality

MANILA. April 1.-THE American vice
consul at Singapore reports that a Rus
sian fleet, consisting of six battleships.
six cruisers, six converted cruisers,
eight torpedo boat destroyers, one hos
pital ship, one repair ship, and sixteen
collie-s, has passed Singapore, headed
this way.
The American cruiser Raleigh, the tor
pedo boat destroyers Barry and Chaun-
cey and the supply snip General Alyado
coast of Palawan Island 10 enforce neu-
trali;v. Three other destroyers are pre-
pairing to sail.
Rear Admiral Train. commanding the
Asiatic squadron. has reported to the
Navy Department that he has sent the
cruiser Raleigh and a number OF tor
pedo boats and destroyers to Palawan,
the southernmost island of the Philip
pines. TO be there in case the Japanese
and Russian fleets come together near
the Philippines.
In case there is n battle and vessels
of either side find refuge in an Ameri-
can port the international rules of war
VIII be observed. American warships
will see to it.
Warships of either belligerent fleet
may stay within a neutral port, if not
disabled, for twenty-four hours. They
are also allowed a reasonable time to
make slight repairs.
If the vessels are totally unable to
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
Battle Is Anticipated
Off the Pescadores

PARIS, April 1.-THE St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Petit Parisien says
the Russian admiralty has received two
long dispatches from Admiral Rogest-
vensky.
A dispatch to the Matin from st.
Petersburg says the opinion prevails
strongly in the admiralty that an action
viii be fought off the PeScaGores Islands,
where 1t is stated the Japanese have
established naval base.
The Pescadores Islands. which Japan
acquired with the island of Formosa as
part of the spoiIs OF her war with China.
lie in the Strait of Formosa, between
the island of that name and the coast
of China. They are :, coo miles northeast
of the point where the Russian fleet now
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
Believed to Be German
Supply Vessels Char
tered by Russia.
In ADVANCE OF SIXTEEN
Battleships Off Banka May
Be the Dutch Squad
ron.

LONDON, April IA pirate tefe-
gram received here from Singapore says
four large steamers apparently Golfers.
passed Singapore this morning going
eastward.
1t Is believed the vessels are the ad-
vance guard of the sixteen German
vessels chartered by Russia as supply
ships TO the Baltic squadron
1t is supposed that Admiral Rogest-
vensky is awaiting he arrival of this
feet before trying to cross the China
Sea.
Warships Off Banka.
Russian warships are reported of
Banka- They are supposed to be some
Of Admiral Rogestvensky's battleships,
which came through the Sunda Straits
to attack the japanese in the rear if
the latter opposed the passage of Ad-
miral Enquist's squadron from Singa-
pore
The latter was coaIing Sunday among
the Amanda Islands, $50 miles northeast
of singapore.
There is doubt in some quarters
whether the Russian feet is In one or
two squadrons, but it seems most likely
that 1t has been divided into two diyi-
sions-
The Tokyo correspondent OF the Tele-
graph says that japanese warships act
ing as scouts were the first to sight the
Russian warships, which, according to
the japanese ministry of foreign affairs,
anchored twenty miles northeast OF
Mank at a. N. April 10.
Rogestyensky Sighted.
WELTVREDEN, Island of Java
April HIT is reported that four Rus
siaI. battleships and an armored cruiser
supposed TO be the main division of Ad-
niral Rogestvensky' fleet, was sighted
off Muntok at dawn yesterday morning
bound for Batavia
The Dutch naval officers here believe
that the Dutch squadron, composed OF
two battleShipS and three cruisers,
which is steaming in the Java sea- was
mistaken for the Russian ships
A telegram from Batavia. to this point
saws the ships which went through the
Dutch war vessels. but 1t may prove to
be the fact that Rogestvensky's fleet
las come through with the intention Of
Joining the remainder of the squadron
at Natuna island, at which point they
were reported yesterday morning.
Enquist in Command.
The steamship Radnorshire saw the
feet at 1:40 p. n. on Sunday five miles
frem Dammar island steaming in the
direction of Manki.
Rear Admiral Enquist, second in COM
mand to Admiral Rogestvensky, was
in command of the Russian feet that
passed Singapore on Saturday.
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
COURT OF APPEALS
DENIES MORGAN PETITION

In the case of Fannie r. Morgan
against Charles r. Morgan. in an opinion
announced by Chief Justice Shepard. de-
MED her petition asking that her hus-
band be compelled to pay to her suf-
ncient money to prosecute an appeal
from decree of divorce granted by the
Supreme Court of the District
Without deciding the question of the
right of the court in the exercise of
sound discretion to require husband
who is appelle in a divorce suit, to pay
the appellant money to prosecute an
appeal, the appellate court held 1t had
no jurisdiction to exercise such power in
the case presented by Mrs. Morgan s
petition.
In conclusion the court says to grant
the petition it would be compelled to act
without the knowledge OF the facts to
be obtained from the transcript of
record, which is necessary to the exer-
else of reasonable discretion.
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
MINISTER PRESENTS
HIS LETTERS OF RECALL

To present his letters of recall Senior
Don Emilio Ojeda. the Spanish minis
ter who has been envoy in Washington
for several years, called at the State
Department today.
He Will sail from New York in a few
DAYS. Minister Ojeda is to be relieved
temporarily by Senor Pastor who comes
from Mexico to act as charge daffaires
until the new minister, Senor Jacintha
who now holds a post at Morocco, can
reach Washington.
Senior Ojeda becomes under secretary
of foreign affairs in the Spanish govern
ment.
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
FOUR CHILDREN
DIE IN FLAMES
Clarksburg Night Watch
mans House Destroyed.
MOTHER AND BABE ESCAPE
Distressing Catastrophe Brings Death
to Sons and Daughters of George
MaulI.

CLARKSBURG, w Va, April Ii
Four children Of George Maull were
burned TO death here this morning.
Maull is a night watchman employed
at the Pinninnick mines. and was on
duty last night. His wife was sleeping
with her baby on the first floor of their
home, and was awakened at o'clock by
suffocating smoke and flames She
grabbed the baby and barely escaped
fl ON the house, but was badly burned
Four children, three boys and a girl
ranging from five to fourteen years of
age, were sleeping in the upper rooms
and it is supposed were suffocated be-
fore awakening. The house was entirely
destroyed, and the charred remains OF
the four children were found after the
fire had spent itself.
The fire is supposed to have originated
from escaping natural gas.
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
A Maltese Cross Man
Leads Exciting Chase
After Making Six Marks En- Route He Hides
Money Near Peace Monument, Which In
genious Searchers Soon Discover.


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The Washington times., 1905-04-11
Gods Plan to Bless the World

Through Christ will be clearly explained
by Mr.. Frank Draper of the Watch
Tower Bible and Tract Society at Ameri-
can Home Hall, 5th and G SITS. NV.
Wednesday, 1:30 p. M All welcome
Adv.
The Washington times., 1905-04-11

Atlantic City Special makes It's frst trim
from Washington April 18th, 1:1O .. M,
and returning. leaves Atlantic City April
18th, at 2:l5 p. m, to run daily except
Sunday. Vestibuled train of high class
coaches and Pullman parlor cars. "Buf-
fet' through without change in both
directions via the Bridge Routc-Adv.
The Washington times., 1905-04-11
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The western disturbance of Monday
morning has advanced to the upper Ohio
valley. 1t has been attended by general
rains over the Ohio river watershed. the
lower lake region, the middle and lower
Mississippi valleys. Tennessee, New
England, and the middle Atlantic States
An area of high pressure covers the
middle Rocky mountain region, and
there are three depressions west of the
Mississippi one in Arizona. and two
north of Montana and the Dakotas.
Snow continues in Wyoming and Colo
RADIO, and there has been rain IN Ari-
zona and New Mexico.
1t Is much colder in the lake region,
the Mississippi valley, and the middle
Rocky mountain and plateau regions.
Rain is indicated for tonight in the
upper Ohio valley, the lower lake re-
gion, and the middle Atlantic States.
and showers and thunderstorms will
prevail tonight and Wednesday in the
east Gulf and south Atlantic States.
1t will be colder in the middle Allan
tic States and lower Mississippi valley
and east Gulf States.