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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-03-25
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The body Of Joseph Hartman, the al
legged accomplice of Edward Colt
schalk, accused murderer Of Christian
III. Schindeldecker, a st. Paul butcher,
has been found in the Mississippi river
near that city. The police believe that
Gottschalk is responsible for the death
Of his alleged accomplish.
j. E. DAILY, an Oakland (Cal.) livery
man, who was acting as a messenger
for the Central bank Of Oakland, was
held up by two men and robbed of
SIC, 900 in gold while on his way to the
Standard Oil refinery at Point Rich
mond. The robbers escaped.
Henry Stadlander and his wife were
found dead in their home at Saginaw,
Mich, and the police believe they COM
mitted suicide together. Stadlander
was charged with being short in his
accounts as travelling agent for Cud-
ahy Bros.
After beating his wife into insensibil-
ity with a beer bottle and then setting
fire to his house and barn s. A. Carr,
q farmer residing near Mount Ster-
ling, "a, committed suicide by shoot
ing. Mrs. Carr will probably recover
+! Frederick Hinka, a Chicago cut
stone contractor, was shot and killed
BY his brother, Charles Hinka, ST.,
who then shot himself. 1t is said the
men had been on unfriendly terms for
many years.
I A pitched battle was fought between
a sheriff's posse of white men and
three negroes suspected of murder at
Lake Village, Ark. Two of the blacks
were killed outright and a white man
wounded.
The jury which tried j. Frank Cor
doya, the former South River IN. J.)
minister who eloped with Julia Bovine,
one of his choir singers, returned a
verdict of guilty of wife abandonment.
At Selma, Ala, Ed and Will Ptomey.
negroes, who shot and fatally wounded
Professor Claude Hardy, were cap
tured by a posse of citizens, taken to
a nearby swamp and hanged.
A. j. Taylor, ex-councilman, was
shot and fatally wounded by Louis A.
Meyer, an attorney, during a fight in
front Of the postoffice at Vincennes,
Ind.
The vault in the Bank of Peters
burg, Tenn, was blown open by rob
bers and all the cash taken. The
amount stolen is reported to be $1,000,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-03-25
RUSSIAN INTERNAL SITUATION.

The peasant disorders are growing
rapidly in the Black soil belt and other
districts Of Southern Russia. Provin'
cial journals bring alarming reports,
showing that an actual reign Of. terror
already exists In some districts. Not
only are estates plundered and build.
sings burned, but landlords IN brutally
murdered. sss s@ a3 ii
Russian ~reservists who were walt
ing In the barracks ct W0lkowsk, gov
Sornment Of Grodne, formed : CON
Sspiracy to foment Organized disturb
sances among the troops IN order to
avoid bsing sent to ManchuEia. The
Offenders wers courtmsrtialed, hve Of
them condeIned to death and exc
scIted.
Governor MisadoroR was shot and
seriously wounded st Viborg, Euro.
spsan Russia. BY = boy shout fifteen
years Of age, who obtained q en-
trance to the gOvernOris once and
fired three tunes at him, one bullet
,inhictiag . serious wound.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-03-25
CONFIRMED At WASHINGTON.
Minister Bowen Carrying Out Instru
tions Of Department.

Washington, March 22.-In calling
upon President Castro for an answer
to his proposition to submit to arbitra-
ton the issues between the United
States and Venezuela Minister Bowen
Is acting in accordance with specific
instructions from the state depart
ment which have recently been placed
in his hands. Mr.. Bowen made a
proposition of this kind to the Venezu-
elan foreign Office several months ago
and there was an exchange of notes
on the subject, but its further consid-
GRAFTON was cut off by abrupt depar-
ture from the capital of President
Castro at a moment when his own de-
cision was required. The Venezuelan
government at that stage had made a
counter proposition looking to the arbt-
tration of the dispute by The Hague
tribunal. but with the important quail
dcation that the tribunal should arbi-
trate as q preliminary the question as
to whether or not the United States
government had the right under inter-
national law TO intervene at all as be-
tween the Venezuelan government and
American concsssionaries for their
protection. This was construed here
- an attempt 70 bring into play the
cid Calv0 doctrine. which the United
Bates has
Repeatedly Refused 70 Accept
Il its negotiations with the Southern
republics. So MI. Bowen reported to
the state department the fact Of Presi.
dent Castro's departure and asked for
Instruction.. These were prepared
with great care and after Attorney
General Moody had furnished an opin-
ion to the effect that the proceedings
In the Venezuelan courts involving the
asphalt company;s properties we're so
irregular AZ to amount practically to
Q denial of Justice. Therefore Mr..
Bowen was told to renew his PROPOSE.
ton for q free arbitration of the issues
between Venezuela and the United
States at the first opportune moment
and this 1t appears he has now done.
II President Castro rejects this last
offer of Mr.. Bowen to arbitrate these
cases 1t is expected that he will
promptly report the fact to the state
department and 1t will be determined
what our to pursue. The minis
ter's presentment Of this matter, there
fore, Is not an actual ultimatum for the
way is still open for further negotta-
tons IL the department decides that
the time has not yet arrived to with
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
WINTER WINDOW BOXES.
The Best Method of Growing Plants
in the House During the
Cold Weather.

In speaking of cultivating flowers
through the winter the Garden Maga.
zinc says:
Perhaps the best, most serviceable
and artistic way to keep winter plants
Is in window boxes, placed inside the
window and about six to 12 inches
from the glass. So far as the plants
are concerned. any box will do. pro.
yided It is well drained, but by all
means have II made to III the window.
uaint II on the outside In any color
appropriate to the surroundings. It
should be six to eight inches wide and
six inches deep. with several holes
drilled in the bottom for drainage. A
tray or tin. pan of corresponding size
should he provided TO catch the water
that soaks through, but the box
should not be set down tightly into
this. Allow enough space all around
to admit free circulation Of air.
Small blocks Of wood about an inch
thick placed In the bottom Of the pan
will elevate the box sufficiently. | be-
lieve that this one thing is responsible
for more deaths of house plants than
any other neglect or mismanage-
ment.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
FORCING RHUBARB.
Method of Cellar Cultivation Which
Enables Farmer TO Raise a
Winter Crop.


A cheaply constructed cellar, much
In favor with growers for the whole
sale market. is 12x50 feet, holding be-
tween 500 and 600 plants set in beds
five feet wide, on either side of a two
foot passageway, running the entire
length of the building, as cut shows.
In constructing the cellar the ground
Is excavated 2 feet four inches deep,
and posts set Q feet deep and feet
apart are rough boarded for the walls.
The plates, 2x6 inches are spiked on
top OF posts; the rafters. same size,
being set at pitch sufficsient to shed
water. and give height to the cellar,
which is Z feet in the center and 3
feet at the sides.
The roof is Of boards either Tapped
or laid double and covered during
the forcing season. with manure to a
depth OF 8 inches. The entrance is at
one end OF the cellar through a door
leading into an eutryway 6x12 feet.
for the storage Of fuel. etc. An inner
door entirely excluding light and frost
leads into the forcing rooom. Heat Is
by small box stove set
about Is feet from the entrance. The
pipe is carried to a flue at the rear
end of the building. Many growers
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

the barn so that the wind will not blow
In. We also have two stalls inside of
shed to use when needed. The dotted
line shows where we build an outside
pen and let the straw come down in
1t to the ground, making a very warm,
nice place inside for stock.
Since we have had this shed, ex-
plains the correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer. we only let the cows in their
stalls in the barn to be MIXED and to
eat their grain. There has been no
cleaning stables for three years and
the cows are always as clean in winter
as in summer. as Il is known that a
COW will never lie down in a foul
place II she can find a clean one, and
the shed can be kept bedded up and
clean. We have feed racks in the
shed SO that the stock does not need
to be out In storms at all. Also salt
box. where they have salt all the time.
We keep from nine to twelve head
In this sized shed and they are com.
Portable. We have the siding nailed
to separate pieces 30 that when we
haul manure the siding can be taken
off like a barn door and carried out
OF the way. Then teams and wagons
are driven through the shed any.
where. The partition to stalls is the
same. to be lifted up and carried to
one side. Some people might find OBJ
iections to 1t. but the cattle have none;
in summer they hide away from the
flies. and in winter are out OF the cold
and storms all the time.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
Ring of Fungus Growth.

Before people studied nature to learn
the truth. and when they delighted in
all sorts Of fancies. II was claimed that
rings OF fungus growths were caused by
the dancing OF fairies, by thunder
bolt entering the ground, or by the work
OF moles. Various other equally absurd
explanations have been given. Now we
know that the first fungus plant grow
Ing from spore takes from the soil un-
der and near II all or most of the special
food that the plant requires. Only the
spores from this plant that fall Just out
side the exhausted soil will find good
fungus food, and so the circle of success
sive growths widens because only the
spores outside Of the ring can find food.
st, Nicholas.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

INTERIOR OF A RHUBARB CELLAR.
having roomy house cellars utilize
them for the work.
The roots should be dug late In the
fall and allowed to freeze through be-
fore being put in the cellar. says the
Farm and Home. Each clump will oc-
.cupy about one square foot Of space.
possible, and as they are set in posi-
ton. loose earth should be at hand for
filling underneath and between the
clumps.
In large cellars two stoves placed at
given distances from either end will
give best results. In house cellar Sc
x54 feet In size. no other heat than
two large kerosene lamps was used. In
my own house cellar 20 2S feet.
have been entirely successful with q
two burner gasoline stove. Over one
burner was placed an adjustable oven,
to somewhat assist N radiation: and
over the other burner kettle of wa
ter This arrangement answered to
conserve both heat and moisture so
that In period of nearly three months
the plants were watered but once. II,
in preparing the cellar. due caution Is
observed to provide absolutely against
frost, the cost OF heating will amount
to almost nothing.
Daylight. even In small amounts,
must be excluded. Admitting II while
going out and in for attention to the
crop will do no harm The growing
stalks will turn eagerly toward even
n small ray Of light and II It's is stead
lily admitted. will cause the stalks to
dscolor and grow crooked. and wher-
ever the light rests steadily the leaves
will begin to grow, artificial light
unless too bright and long continued
is not Injurious.
From three to eght weeks will be
required to mature the first picking,
depending on the variety, and the sea-
son will continue from three to four
weeks longer. Usually ~ to IA inches
high is good height for picking; but
even less height Is often admissible
owing to size and development. Where
the product is sold by the pound re-
gardless of height or size there Is no
objection to letting 1t remain until
fully grown.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
THE CREAM.

Keep the COWS well bedded,
cleaned and brushed.
Put the salt box under the shed
and keep II full OF salt.
The best looking COW generally
brings the most money.
Don't sell the whole milk unless
you get good price for It,
The dairy business is hard one
to follow, but it brings prosperity.
Feed the cows after milking and
you win avoid the disagreeable odor
from the feed.
Feed sugar beets and beet tops
carefully. or they will cause milk ia
have a peculiar odor,
The COW being the most sensitive
moneymaker on the farm, should re.
ceive the best care in feed and in
kindness.
1t never pays for the calf to get
two or three years old before being
handled II should be tanned from
the beginning,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
OIL Is SCARCE AND HIGH.
Product Of the Skunk in Maine an
Important Article Of
Commerce.

Neither tradition nor the memory OF
ying man runs back to the time when
rospect was not the skunk oil metrop-
Ills Of Maine. Even in the times when
angleworm oil and snake oil ran skunk
oil close race for leadership Prospect
maintained its reputation for produc-
Ing more skunks to the acre and fatter
slSifnks than any other town. In the
> days Of the civil war Gen. Heagan, a
veteran of the conflict with Mexico.
gained q reputation for benevolence
and small fortune by extracting the
oil from skunks and sending it to the
army hospital for the relief OF the
stricken troops.
The harvest Of skunk oil for 1905 has
been very much below the average. due.
II 10 said. to the fact that last June and
July were cold and wet, and as grass
hoppers hatch in those months the
weather killed most of the insects in
infancy. thus cutting Off the food sup
ply Of the skunks. As an Offset for the
poverty In yield. the selling price Of the
oil has advanced from "a to So a gallon,
and buyers are busy collecting all the
Job lots on hand. In average years a
fsir-sized skunk would yield a quart of
pure oil, which was worth Il, and this
sum added to the so cents to S2 received
for the pelt made skunk hunting an i'm.
portant industry for the farmers and
their sons.
The skunk hunters say that the crime
Of substitution has afiiicted their trade
more than any other, as dealers who are
INSCRIPTIONS do not hesitate to dilute
the genuine product Of the skunk with
80 per cent. or more of hens oil, which
resembles skunks oil In every respect
except In smell. BY adding a small
quantity Of the fiavoring extract which
skunks keep in stock the imitation ar
ticle can be sold to customers without
fear Of detection.
The practice Of selling adulterated
oils for genuine has become SO wide.
spread that the hunters of skunks say
that they will ask the next legislature
to pass an act making adulteration
crime punishable with heavy fine or
imprisonment. AS science is unable tn
distinguish skunk's oil from hens oil
DR. goose's oil, by any test except its
smell, It is feared that evidence suffi.
Client to convict will be hard to secure
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
SOME SEED KNOWLEDGE.
Valuable Suggestions for Saving
Seed and How to Make Them
Grow In the Spring.

Seeds saved will make big crops next
year II they are planted.
Tomato seeds, red or yellow, ordi-
nary, peach, pear or plum-tomato seeds
should be dried on separate pieces OF
cloth. and placed In cigar or other
empty wood or tin boxes. for mice eat
them during the long winter nights
they can reach them. Mice also eat
sunfower. corn and lettuce seeds.
which should be carefully and tightly
boxed against their sharp teeth.
Cucumber. musk melon and squash
seeds should be washed and thorough
ly dried in the sun before being label
ed and placed away for next springs
planting.
Peas and beans can be kept from be.
ing destroyed by weavils by adding O
small lump of gum camphor. Amy arc.
matte herb, such as spearmint or pep.
permint will serve the same purpose.
Leek and onion seeds; balsam flow,
er seeds and radish seeds: and many
varieties OF cabbage seeds; Swiss
chard and beet seeds look alike, and
need to be kept carefully apart and
correctly labeled.
Save the sunfiower seeds. Russian
black or Cut-and-come again They
are fine to feed poultry and like nuts
are good to eat. The sunflower plant
purifies the air and prevents malaria
Watermelon seeds should be saved
Residents of cities that cannot grow
them. readily can sell them to farmers
or exchange them for farm products
Parsnip and vegetable oyster heads
strings of beet seeds, pods OF radishes
and beans can be stored In boxes and
looked over during the long winter
days or evenings.
Saving all the seeds In the world
will do no good unless they are plant.
ed, says the Farmers Voice Next
spring begin helping what you can to
make this earth more pleasant by
planting the seeds you saved. and by
putting those you have to spare In the
hands OF some one who can and viii
use them.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
A COVERED BARNARD.
How One Farmer Provided Clean
and Comfortable Place for
His Cattle.

We find that covered barnyard
suits us wonderfully we'll We made IL
In a cheap way. We set 19 posts in
the ground three feet deep and eight
teet above the ground, set them 80 as
70 make shed 90x4O feet. laid poles on
top for plates and rails across, on top
0: which Is the straw stack; all around
the outside is sided up with boards
except two openings, one Of which has
a door to 1t and one is open all the
time and is four feet wide.
We have the permanent opening next
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
Use of Hons.

The English were taught the use OF
hops by native Artois. who intro
duced them into England in 1924.
They met with some hostility. for
physicians represented them as un-
wholesome, and parliament was petit
toned against them as wicked
weed" In 1923 their use was prohib-
tied under severe penalties, Henry
VIII. appears to have been prejudiced
against hops, for in manuscript
dated Ethan, January, 1880, occurs an
injunction to his brewer mot to put
hops or birthstone" into the ale.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
Best Crop for Orchard.

A hoed crop is best for the young
orchard. Vegetables of any kind are
good, as they must be cultivated. and
this cultivation is Just what the or.
chard needs. Never seed 1t down. Sod
will check its growth, and no amount
OF cultivation afterward will make u!
for the stunting the orchard will have
received
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

Papa in-Law-Say, Jack, suppose
you were wise to the fact that the
$4,000 check1 put among your wedding
presents yesterday was just for feet?
Son-in-Law-Yes ? Well, how do you
like the effect of this new tourist car
/ bought with 1t this morning?
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

Mrs Jawback-Ill never forget how
sheepish you looked when you pro-
posed
Mr. Jawback-Naturally You had
been pulling the wool over my eyes
for some time.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

Mrs. Young--John, dear, | wish
you'd get new tailor.
Mr.. Young-Why, dearest9
Mrs. Young-The one you have is so
dreadfully careless about sewing on
the buttons. This Is the fourth time
I've bad to sew this same button on
for you.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
Prennred Refnra-

Boxer never heard au actor nuke
a good impromptu speech, Have your
First Nighter-l have never heard
An actor make an impromptu speech
Detroit Free Press.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

Emmeline-I pity the man that mar-
ries you.
Eleanor--I'd do the same for the
man that marrles you, only l know
there'll never be any such man.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

Farm and Home.
] nailed a board
from one side to
the other of the
stall, high enough
to be out Of the
way, then nailed
four pieces to-
gether In n souare
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
up when

and hinged them to the board 80 they
would just miss the cows back. Hook
up when not in use.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28
COW WITH A BAD HABIT.
How an Annoying Practice at Milk
ing Time Can Be Stopped in
Most Cases.

To break a COW of urinating when
she is milked. says a writer in the
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-12-28

JIMMY got good joke on sisters
best fellow.
Tommy-What did yer do9
JIMMY mixed some quinine in
with sisters face powder.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-20
SECRET SERVICE MAN.
Arrives and Takes Charge Of the
RAISED Bill"

Detective Donella, of the u. 5.
government, arrived in Paducah this
morning TO work on the raised bill
case in which Bertha Lassiter, 10
year old girl, was arrested.
The Lassiter girl claims the bill
was given her by a river man ana
she supposed It was good. The bill
was 81 bill raised to $40 and was
passed on Mrs. Carrie Warren Gil
rardey. MIR. Girardey changed it for
his wife, and had the bill in his pos
session until this morning when De-
tectiye Donella relieved him of II.
MIR. Donella. pursuant to the US
ual routine of the government In
such cases. paid Mr.. Girardey 81 in
good currency for the raised bill and
Mr.. Girardey is trying to figure out
where he comes in for the remainder
of the money given out on the bad
bill.
Mr.. Donella will probably remain
about Paducah until the trial Is
over and in the meantime the officers
will try to capture the man WI"
the girl the bin
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-06-20
Fast Train on Illinois Central
Strikes Steel Rails.
Engineer Saw Obstruction In Time
to Slow Down Before He Made
the Hit.
LITTLE DAMAGE, No ONE HURT

Meager particulars of a daring
attempt to wreck the Chicago and
New Orleans flyer. No. 4, a mile south
Of Wickliffe, KY, at 1:45 O'Clock
this morning on the Illinois Central,
reached the city today. Local Off
cials. having nothing to do with the
thains on that division, received no
Official reports, but considerable un-
Official news was brought In by pas
sengers and railroad men from Full
ton.
According to the report. Engineer
Chandler, of engine 317, was bowling
along at a good clip when his head
light gnnted off something shiny
ahead in the middle of the track.
lie instinctively reversed his en-
CINE and applied the brakes and when
the locomotive struck, II was not with
sufficient force to derail II or any
part of the train.
The obstruction is alleged to have
been several steel rails. The object
in wanting to wreck the train is un-
known. but 1t is supposed TO have
been for the purpose of robbery "A
few years ago an c. train was held
up near the same spot and robbed,
and some dangerous and desperate
men are said to infest the locality.
The train is an unusually long one.
carrying several chair cars, sleepers'
and coaches, and is always filled with
passengers, many OF whom did not
know their danger
The front of the engine was smash
ed la but the damage was slight
The train was delayed several
hours. The company's special agents
we're at once notified aud are at work
on the case