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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
AGRICULTURAL.
CURING HAMS ON THE FARM.

From the American Cultivator.
 According to the directions of the Bu- reau of Animal Industry, when the meat is cooled rub each piece with salt and allow it to drain over night. Then pack it in a barrel with the hams and shoui- ders in the bottom using the strips of bacon to fill in or to put on top. Weigh out for each one hundred pounds of meat eight pounds of salt, two pounds of brown sugar and two ounces of saltpeter. Dis solve all in four gallons of water and cover the meat with the brine. For sum- mer use it will be safe to boil the brine before using. In that case 1t should be thoroughly cooled before it Is used. For winter curing it is not necessary to boil the brine. Bacon strips should remain in this brine four to six weeks, hams six to eight weeks. This Is a standard recipe and has given the best of satisfaction. Hams and bacon cured in the spring will keep right through the summer after they are, smoked The meat will be sweet and palatable if it is properly smoked, and the flavor good. Piekled and cured meats are smoked to aid in their preservation and to give flavor and palatability. The creosote formed by the combination of the wood closes the pores, to some extent excluding the air and is objectionable to insects.
 The sn1okehouse should be eight or ten feet high to give the best results and of a size suited to the amount of meat likely to be smoked. One six by eight feet will be large enough for ordinary farm use. Ample ventilation should be provided to carry off the warm air in order to pre- vent over-heating the meat. Small open- ngs under the caves or a chimney in the roof will be sufficient if arranged so as to be easily controlled firepot outside of the house proper. with a fiue through which the smoke may be conducted to the meat chamber gives the best conditions for smoking. When this cannot well be arranged fire may be built on the floor of the house and the meat shielded by sheet of metal. Where the meat can be hung six or seven feet above the fire this precaution need not be taken. The con struction should be such as to allow the smoke to pass up freely over the meat and out of the house. though rapid circu- lation is at the expense of fuel.
 Brick or stone houses are the best. though the first cost is greater than if they are built of lumber. Large dry goods boxes and even barrels may be made to serve as smokehouses. where only small amounts of meat are to be smoked The care of meat in such substitutes is so much more difficult and the results are so much less satisfactory that per- manent place should be provided if pos-
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ton from mud either by paving the feed lot with brick or by deep bedding. This puts the manure where it ought to be, and saves vast amount of cost. The ex- perience of all cattle, feeders and ex- pertinent stations is, we think, that cat tie under these conditions do better than when kept in close stables and tended with a greatly increased amount Of labor.
 The cattle that need better protection than this are the dairy cows, and for per fectly obvious reasons. The dairy COW when properly fed is devoting her whole energies to the production of milk. She is therefore peculiarly sensitive to changes in the weather, especially cold winds and rain She needs but very little exercise, and Is therefore best cared for in a warm but thoroughly and scientifically venti lated stable, where she can have pure air day and night without exposure to drafts In fact, 1t is freedom from drafts. cold winds and rains, that is required in stable rather than high temperature, for the reason that in the dairy COW, as in the steer. digestion and assimilation provide most of the heat necessary. The first class dairy COW puts the results of this digestion into the pail. and therefore does not carry the amount of fat which serves as an admirable protection in the fattening steer at times when the tenn perature is low. Many farmers think the steer very foolish when he prefers to lie down on a dry bed in the open air with the thermometer ten degrees below zero The steer prefers this simply because he is more comfortable. and his opinion is frequently entitled to more weight than that of the man who feeds him.
 On the same line, cattle that are to be stocked through require more protection than cattle that are on full feed A much larger maintenance ration is required for cattle that are exposed to storms and blizzards and all the inclemency of the season. than for cattle that are afforded the protection of grove or windbreak on the north and west and have cover during the cold rains of spring These cattle are usually fed forage alone, and hence do not develop the amount of heat which is developed in the process of finish ing the steer on a grain ration.
 The order in which cattle require pro- tection Is as follows: First, the dairy cow second. stock cattle third. fattening cattle. Horses require least of all. and farmers who keep colts other than wean- lings in the stable or barn the year around do them an unkindness rather than a kindness. A winter pasture either of second crop clover or of blue grass that has not been pastured closely In the fall. with hay stack to run to and a bis straw stack on the lee side of which they can take shelter during storms. Is about all that the colt requires. He needs exercise much more than he needs shelter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

the afternoon and asked the bell cap tain, who knew nothing about it, for the case; declared 1t was full of diamond jewelry. And 1t was, l gave him the case back. l didn't hand out any advice. What was the use? But you see we're kept busy by one thing and another all day. And the servants? We'll, to tell the truth, they give us very little trouble when you consider that there are nearly zoo of them'
 He threw his cigar butt into a cuspidor and moved away. But l like 1t better than city work A man gets very tired of incurable criminals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
Had 21 Names for the Baby.
om the London Daily Express.

From the London Daily Express.
 A farm laborer recently took his infant son to a rural church near Tunbridge Wells to be christened.
 He astounded the vicar by handing in g. list of twenty-one Christian names. each beginning with different letter of the alphabet.
 The vicar remonstrated with the father. who then consented to dispense with fif- teen of the names. The man, who was a stranger temporarily employed in the locality, is regarded as being a little ec- centric.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
WEEDS IN ALFALFA.
c. M Ginther in the Agricultural Epitom

c. M G1nther Tn the AgrlcuIturaI EpItUm-
 ist.
 One of the most frequent causes re- ported of failures in alfalfa this season was the destruction of the plants by weeds. Many persons devoted much work and expense to getting the ground ready and planting the seed. only to see the weeds spring up and choke the plants in spite of all that could be done. This discouraging situation requires wisdom and frequently untried methods to meet 1t. The commonest variety of weeds re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
COL DFIELD'S GREAT BLIZZARD!
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Mining Investments
Fire This Morning.

property is considered excellent and Cap tain Lee has secured it at reasonable figure.
 Fire This Morning.
 Shortly after o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was sent in from box No. 42, corner of Franklin and Dallas street. The first taps of the bell spelled out 43, and the department hastened to the cor ner of Lawrence and Selma street. The succeedlngs taps showed the box to be 42 and the truck made a quick run to the later box and found a small blaze in the Rennie house, occupied by G. w. Lanham. caused by defective kitchen fue. The fire was extinguished with little loss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Shouldbe ab- solutely cer- tain that the remedy con tains all it's original cura- tive powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
It TS Impossible tO Undersell Norton!

When any dealer says he can, just bear in mind that you have our emphatic statement-and make your own deductions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24

Old medicines loose their strength. Norton's immense trade keeps his stock completely changing Norton's reputation inSureS PURITY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-24
1.-THE HOME OF CUT PRIcEsn THE HOME OF CUT PRICES"

WHILE care should be exer- cised in the outlay of your drug monies, still the first consideration should be PU- RlTY and FRESHNESS. One
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
PARK BOARD MEETS
j. A. WheelOCk Is Again Chosen
President for Year

AT the annual meeting Of the park
board, held yesterday afternoon, ]. A.
Wheelock was reelected president for
the ensuing year, and H. w. Earl was
made vice president, to succeed himself
in the office which he has held during
the absence from the city of Vice Presi-
dent Daniel Aberle. Fred Nussbaumer
was retained for another year as SUI
perintendent at the same salary, $4,000,
which he has drawn for the past year.
James Kent, who owns a triangular
shaped lot bounded by Como avenue,
Kent and Dale streets, appeared before
the board and stated that the plans
for the proposed boulevarding of Como
avenue would cut off so much of his
lot that it would be practically useless
to him, and he therefore proposed SELL
ing the whole property for it's assessed
valuation, 1925. The proposition was
taken under advisement.
The board passed a resolution adj
dressed to the chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific railway company,
asking that the company build a three
arch viaduct to carry their tracks over
Lexington avenue before the boule-
varding of that thoroughfare is COM
pleted.
Another resolution was passed asking
the street railway company to build
and have in operation its proposed
Phalen park extension before June 1.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
GREAT PEACE HANGS
OVERCOMMISSIONERS
Serene and Calm, They Tighten
the Public Purse
Strings

In an atmosphere of brotherly love
and pervading spirit of quietness
that was beautiful to behold. the
county commissioners assembled yes
terday morning, passed upon number
of bills, granted three saloon licenses
and forbade the court house janitors
to buy so much as a new broom with
out first securing the sanction of the
proper committee of the board.
1t was a harmony meeting that
wilted the expectations of those who
had gathered there expecting to see
and hear the regular fortnightly quar-
reling, and there was no particular
reason for the harmony, either. Some
people predict that 1t was merely the
calm which precedes a great tempest
However this may be, it was voted the
quietest and shortest meeting record
ed in three years.
And the regular amount of business
was transacted.
A resolution was passed, after intro
auction by Commissioner Jensen, in
structfng the committee on claims to
u X. no accounts contracted by coun-
" officials who had not first consulted
and secured permission to contract the
account through the various commit
tees having such matters in charge
The clerk was instructed to furnish
each county official with copy of this
future plead ignorance of the law as
an excuse.
County liquor licenses were granted
to Charles Murray and Andrew Feist,
on Rice street, and William and Louis
Kohlman, at Kohlman's lake. An APP
plication for county licenses from An
drew Triemert, on Rice street, was re-
ferred to the committee on licenses
because the place is believed to be
within the school limits forbidden by
law.
The county surveyor reported that
he has measured the flow of water
from the two wells at White Bear
lake and that he found them to be
pumping out water at the rate of $685.
100000 gallons year. This flow, he
said, would raise the level of the lake
ten and one-half inches per year.
The nominations by the surveyor of
Charles Murray for rodman and Rob-
ert Godfrey and Ludwig Ellingsen as
chainmen were approved.
A bill for $11 for meals furnished
the Justices jury in the trial of the
blind pigger's case before Justice
Saunders last November was present.
ed by p. H. Saunders, proprietor of
Hamline restaurant, but payment was
refused upon the authority of the
county attorney that the commission
ers could not act upon the bill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
FILES OLD WARRANT
Woman to Realize on Relic of
War of 1912

government bounty warrant for
eighty acres of land. dated 1856, was
filed with the state auditor yesterday
afternoon by the widow OF Ole Helger-
son, Fillmore county, who died several
years ago.
The warrant was made out to Will
lam r. Harris. a private In Capt.
Longtherm's company. North Carolina
militia. for services rendered in the war
of 1872, and was dated March 81, 1856.
Harris assigned the warrant, as the
Endorsement on the back shows, to
Cyrus b. Sherman OF Newton, Conn.,.
and he in turn assigned it to Helger-
son. Mrs. Helgerson discovered ii
among her husbands paper a few years
after his death and forwarded it to
washington at the instigation OF "a
Harmony (Minn.) banker, to ascertain
its value. The general land office re-
piled that the warrant was still good.
and that the possessor was entitled to
eighty acres of government land wher-
ever located. Government land in
Minnesota has a value ranging from So
to $40, which attaches a value of from
$500 TO $500 to the warrant.
The warrant is old and faded, and
contains the likenesses OF Winfield
Scott and Jefferson Davis. The script
Is of the old style and difficult to de-
cipher. The warrant is the oldest on
hle In the state vaults.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
STARTED FOR RIVER
Woman Leaves Note indicating
2" Intention to Drown Herself

Is the lifeless body of Mrs. Mary
Carlson now at the bottom of the
mississippi river, or is the woman
wandering somewhere about the city
In a demented condition?
Yesterday. morning woman alighted
from a Northern Pacific train from
Duluth and made her way to the wom-
ans waiting room. She acted rather
strangely. walking rapidly up and
down the room, talking to herself
Soon afterwards she was seen to leave
the depot, carrying a small satchel. and
disappeared up Third street Nothing
was thought of the matter until an
hour later when a note addressed in a
woman's handwriting was found in the
dressing room by one of the depot att
PENDANTS. The note had been written
In a hurry, and read as follows:
Dear Friends: If anybody asks for
me, please be so kind as to tell them
that If they care to search they will
ind me In the Mississippi river. Good
by. Mrs. Mary Carlson"
The police were notified, but no trace
or the woman has been found. The
note gave no clew as to Mrs. CarIson's
home. and as yet no one has been re-
ported missing from any of the towns
between here and Duluth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
FATHER OF MURDER
SUSPECT HEARD FROM
Assures GOttsehaIk's Attorney
That He VIII Lend Son
Financial Aid

Attorney Stan Donnelly. who has
I GD charge of the defense of Edward
SottschaIh, accused of the murder of
SnIistlan h Schindeldecker, yesterday
received long letter from Albert
e 20 or Waverly, Ill. In the let
druggist of Wayerly. expresses all the
confidence of a loving father in his
sons innocence.
While at the present time the elder
Gottschalk is confined to his home With
illness, he says in his letter that he
snail attempt to be present at the trial
ana VIII lend to his son any financial
aid that it is in his power to give.
The letter states that GottschalIz has
TWO brothers living who are both in
responsible positions. The man who is
now locked in the county jail with a
charge of murder over his head. seems
10 be the black sheep of the family, in
that he has ever been of a more or less
shlftless and wandering disposition.
Strong Line of Defense
Attorney Donnelly is holding long
conferences with his client daily and is
wsrking out what he believes will be
strong line of defense. He said last
evening to T e Globe that the day
nad developed nothing which he felt
Justlhed in giving for publication, but
that matters We're daily shaping them
serves more and more IN light favor
able to the accused man.
Inc police and county attorneys
stan are just as confident, on the other
hand, that they have Gottschalk viz
tuaHy convicted. They say that there
VIII De many hard things for the ac-
cused man to explain away before he
can show himself innocent.
Inc arrest of Hartmann seems Just
as 1ar In the distance as il did one
week ago. when the young mans name
was first linked with the bloody tragedy
of the West Seventh street meat mar
ket' Inc police are practically with
out a single clew left upon which to
work In tracing the much wanted man.
EVERY possibility which presented it
self as a possible solution of the mys-
terry or his whereabouts has been tire
lessly investigated and found to be
worthless.
Without Hartmann the states case
VIII undoubtedly be considerably
weakened, and upon the report of
Chemist Lehnen as to the nature of
| the blood which stains the overalls
found slowed away in dresser drawer
In Gottscbalk's rooms much will rest
Gerenz Alone Saw Men
Thus far no one has been found who
saw either Gottschalk or Hartmann in
| any closer proximity to the meat mar
ket that Saturday noon when the muir
der was committed than did Walter
GereDz. who met them two blocks
away as he was going to Schindeldeck-
er's home for his dinner.
AT the present time, and until the
bloodstains are proved up by the chem
list, the most damaging piece Of evil
dence which they possess is the ham,
mer found beside the murdered man.
The hammer was stamped with the
initials &C. H" and was positively
ldenutied as the property OF Charles
hartmann, brother of Joe Hartmann,
the alleged accomplice to the murder.
Who is missing. The state will intro
duce witnesses who will say that this
hammer. noticeable because of its pc
culiar shape and short handle, was seen
frequently in the possession of Gott-
Schalk.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
TALKS ON NURSING
Associated Charities Secretary
Advocates Broader View

Greater interest and a broader view
of nursing was the theme of a lecture
delivered by A. w. Gutrldge, score
tary OF the. Associated Charities, before
the regular monthly meeting of the
Ramsey County Graduate Nurses as
ISOLATION. held at the nurses club
rooms, S6T-0alzlarad -oN-onna,- X,actnrfiaV
afternoon Mr.. Gutridge urged that
a broader view of nursing as we'll as
any other profession would not only be
a great benefit to those engaged in the
work, but to the public at large.
He called attention to the meeting of
the nursing school alumni to be held
at Washington, d. c., in May. and also
the conference of visiting nurses to be
held at Portland, Ore, in July, urging
as many of the members as was pos
sible to attend both gatherings.
ANY nurse attending either of these
meetings." said Mr.. Gutridge, will
obtain a broader view of life that will
be of great value to them in their cho-
sen profession"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
SCHOOLS GET FUND
Hennepin Leads List i'm Amount
Given by State

The first state public school appor-
tionment for 1905, amounting to $547,-
635, was announced today by Superin-
tendent of Public instruction j. w.
Olsen. The per capita apportionment
is $3.50, in which 365,090 school chill
dren share. The apportionment is made
from the interest derived from the In
vestment of the permanent school
fund, amounting to over $15,00O,OOO,
and from the state l mill school tax.
In order to share in the apportion-
ment the pupil must attend school at
least forty days in the year. The APP
portionment for the various school dis
tricts is paid to the auditors of the
various counties, who in turn distrib-
ute the apportionment to the districts
in the county.
Hennepin county received the largest
amount, $66,S0S.50, 44,539 pupils having
attended the schools the required
length of time. Ramsey county fol-
lows, with $4O,99S for 1882 pupils,
and st. Louis county is third, with H.
467 pupils and a $26,20O.50 apportion-
ment. At the other extreme comes
Cook county with 141 pupils and an
apportionment of only $211.50.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
GRADE TEACHERS MEET
AND ELECT OFFICERS
Miss jeanette Mcmillan Continues
Head of the Federation

The st. Paul Grade Teachers feder-
alton held its annual meeting in the
assembly hall of the Central high
school yesterday afternoon. The cleo
ton of officers was the principal event.
purely routine business being trans
acted at the meeting. Miss jeanette
Mcmillan succeeded herself as presi-
dent of the organization by unanimous
vote; Mrs. G. l.. Patterson was elected
first vice president; Miss Jessie Board
man, second vice president; Miss
Elizabeth Virtue. treasurer: Miss Nj.
Caulfield, recording secretary; Miss
Julia Stapleton, corresponding secre-
tary. and Miss Mcclellan, federation
secretary.
The hospital committee in charge of
the fund set aside for sick members
Of the federation reported that twelve
members had taken advantage of the
fund during the year. The treasurer
reported a prosperous year. President
Miss Mcmillan. in her address, compli-
mented the association upon the work
done during the last year, and advised
an enlargement of the hospital fund.
The sum of $40 was voted to the civic
art commission as the federation's do
nation to the work being carried on by
that body.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
COLORED MURDERER
SPENDS DAY IN JAIL
West Virginia Officers Put Prisoner
Behind Bars While in ST. Paul

The county Jail housed a murderer
for a few hours yesterday in the per-
son of Percy Harris, % years. colored,
who shot and killed Alex Loving, also
colored, during a row over a woman at
Lafayette, w. Va, in September 1908.
Harris was arrested at Missoula,
Mont, last week by Sheriff E. b.
Hawkins and Justice of the Peace a.
NJ. Kineant, both of West Virginia.
The officers, with their prisoner, ar
rived i'll st. Paul yesterday afternoon,
and Harris was confined at the county
Jail until evening.
Immediately after the crime Harris
fled to Missoula, in company with an
other negro, and remained there up to
the time of his arrest. He would still
be a free man had he not quarreled
with his companion, who in a rage
wrote a letter to Sheriff Hawkins, in
forming him of Harris whereabouts
The murderer, heavily manacled, was
taken TO Chicago last night, and from
there will be taken to the scene of the
crime by way of Cincinnati.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-07
LOANS FOR SCHOOLS
Otter Tail County Gets the
Largest Amount

The state school investment COM
mission, composed of the governor,
state auditor and state treasurer, met
yesterday afternoon and authorized
school loans amounting to So, 1886, dis
tributed among forty-two school dis
tricts of the state. The loans will all
be utilized for the construction of new
schoolhouses.
The highest loan was made to school
districts 263, 267, PCS. 1872 and las. in
Otter Tail county, amounting to $4,000.
Districts 40 and 73, Mcleod county,
were leaned a total of $4,000; Is, SO
and Is. Kandiyohi county, $2.s00: 46.
81 and so, Isanti county. s2.700; 4 and
So. Watonwan county, $4,000. and dis
tricts "a. ~ and 10S. Jackson county.
were allowed a total of $4,000. Loans
to other districts were from $3.50 TO
$1,000.
The money for these loans is taken
from the general school fund. The
school districts to pay off the indebted
ness levy an additional tax sufficient
to meet the demands of the state.