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The Springdale news., 1905-01-13

IT is stated that Congressman John $. Little of Sebastian County will be a candidate for governor next year.
The Springdale news., 1905-01-13

First of the week was somewhat like real winter, the mercury going to the lowest point so far this season, about II degrees above zero.
The Springdale news., 1905-01-13
Kitchen Hints.

The best cleanser and brightener of zinc is lime and water mixed to the consistency of cream.
 Prevent clogging of the pipe down which waste water passes by placing a piece of soda upon the drainpipe.
 Apples are less liable to break when being eored if they are not peeled till afterward.
 Pewter articles should be washed in hot water with fine silver sand and then polished with piece of leather.
 To mend oilcloth if torn or cut lay a piece of sticking plaster underneath, sticky side up, and bring the edges close together
The Springdale news., 1905-01-13

The average college student needs less toot and more tutor.
The Springdale news., 1905-01-13
ofM'ts's fistis Early Risers The famous little pills.

A man is apt tt look bluest when he is fn brown study.
The Springdale news., 1905-01-13

The railroad paYmaster is one man who pays as he goes
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CHAPTER XVII.

! IT will endeavor not to make II long,
said the detective, drawing q chair to
the table, which I observed he placed
| in such q position that I could not
| leave the room without passing hlm
In our profession it is rs well to waste
as few words as possible. When you
gave your commission to my comrade
I had just left the force, with the IN
tention of starting private business
of my own, and I was in London ana
in my comrades Office ct the time you
called upon him. I heard all you had
to say, and the description you gave OF
your wife's personal appearance
aroused my curiosity. You left 4 por-
trait of her with my comrade, and
when you had gone looked at the
picture. and was surprised to hnd
that it was a woman whose lace
I was acquainted with. She had occu-
pied q position as a kind OF Soverness
and companion in the house OF 4 rlch
gentleman in Sevenoaks, where l was
stationed when in government service,
and I understood that she was single
woman. A French woman, too; she
went by the name of Nile. Rosallc.
Your statement 10 my comrade that she
was your wife, and an English woman,
proved to me that in Sevenoaks she
had been sailing under false colors.
made a proposition to the officer you
engaged, and We agreed to go partners
in this affair, and to share alike what
ever was got out of it. There was more
depending upon it than you were aware
Of at the time. In the house IN Which
Mile. Rosalie, your wife, was employed,
a murder had been committed. An Old
gentleman, Mr.. Wilmot, was found
strangled in his bed. and large sum OF
money was missing-no less than i've
thousand pounds, five hundred Of which
was in gold, and four thousand five
hundred in Bank Of England notes.
Don't miss a word of what am say
ING. gentlemen; you will soon see the
Importance of it. Now. there was
mystery in connection with this muir
der. A man whose name was Samuel
Fleetwood, who all his life had borne
the best of charac cters, and had been
employed in the service Of Mr.. Richard
Pardon, the gentleman in whose house
the murder was committed, had disap.
peared on the night Of the murder.
Suspicion naturally fell upon him, and
at the coroner's inquest verdict OF
guilty. was pronounced against him. VI
course that was not conclusive. Before
he was found guilty he had to be tried;
before he could be tried he had to be
caught. We could not catch him, but
eventually he gave himself up at the
police station in Sevenoaks, and con.
fessed to the murder. He was in dy-
ing state, and in point Of fact he died
in the police station few hours after
ward, having first made a written
declaration of his guilt, which he duly
signed in the presence of clergyman.
(To be Continued)
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Nryinr tho Seed Corn.

Professor Holden, Of the agronomy
department of the Iowa Agricultural
College, offers the following words OF
caution to farmers in regard to the
Importance Of properly drying seed
corn: Do not store seed corn over the
stable, as il will gather moisture, DO
not put freshly gathered seed corn in
warm room. 1t Will either sprout OF
mould, OF 10 both. For the same rea-
son do not leave it in barrels or On
the south porch where the sun can
shine OH it, During the first two weeks
after the seed corn is harvested, While
it is green and sappy, it should be
dried, placing IN warm but well ven
tilated place After this the drying
may Ee fastened by as normal condi-
tons OF temperature as possible. DO
not take any chances with the seed
corn. Save two or three times what
you will need for your own use. Your
neighbor may need it next spring.
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F <lE@f)E5zaiaI am dI* NJ >

tinuously growing one crop year
after year. zach particular crop uses
a different fl. Ii OF plant food and some
make soil ineXhaustibleY it is neces-
saIy to rotate the crops grown on it.
Rotation will make soil more pro-
ductive. There are many instances of
farms considered worn out which have
been taken and by the proper rotation
of crops made to produce better than
they ever did. Professor Bailey, of
Cornell University, says that the most
marked benefit from rotation comes
from the incorporation Of nitrogen COM
pounds through The Use Of leguminOus
plants. Since nitrogen is the most ex-
pensive and usually the most easily
lost Of the plant food elements that the
farmer has to buy, this role of the
leguminous plant is the most import
ant. 1t is significant that the most of
the early rotations which were devel-
oped before rational explanation
could be given comprised some
legume.'
The farmer must combine good cult
vation with rotation to make his soil
ineXhaustible, and this is the only way
that it will 90 OH producing crops with
out deterioration. Everything wears
out by use and must be renewed, and
the soil is no exception.-Drovers' Jour-
nal.
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The Cows RatfonS.

The Chicago Dairy Produce tells us
as follows: THE COW behind the ra-
ton or before it. or behind it, or around
it. is what tells. The same ratons' that
run through tie scrub cow vii! produce
$500 pounds Of milk in year will, II
run through a high class COW, produce
5000 to 10000 pounds Of milk in a
year. Is it really worth while to keep
a herd of scrubs, real, genuine, tu''
doubted, low-doWn, trifling, no-account
scrubs? This sentiment is further IL
lustrated by instarcing a case where
a man for $100 buys COW that Will
produce, 10000 pounds of milk year
with a fine profit to the owner, while
four S25 COWS, making only l5Gt
pounds each Of milk a year, will bring
the owner in debt.
TO still further illustrate this idea SC
that any one can see it. we will mag
Nifty the figures by giving the United
States census of COWS. The 11,O0O,OUo
milch COWS in the country make less
milk in a year than could be made /!
5000, 900 good yielders, oi by 100000
large yielders, or by 1000, 600 high-class
yidders.
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Repairing o Silo.

am in receipt of letter from bry-
ants Pond. Me-, asking for the best
and most practical way Of repairing a
square wood silo that has been in use
twenty years, and the sidcs OF "nlcn
have become somewhat open so that
more or less air is admitted. The writer
also asks if have had experience with
wood silo lined with battens and ce-
ment.
A neighbor built large square WOOD
silo some years ago, after the mannes
then common, except that one-lncn
firing was fastened on the first board
ing, perpcndicularly. A beard was
nailed around the bottom Of the sllo,
and the spaces between the firing were
filed with cement; then another board
and more cement were added till the
sides were completed. Everything
was well dcne, and when the job was
finished many seeing it likened 1t TO a
jug.
It did not prove satisfactory, how
ever as there was sufficient spreading
of the timbers to cause the thin ocdy
of cement to crack. 1t also proved 10
be an excellent conductor Of heat and
cold, causing the Silage to freeze badly.
I would not, therefore, advise him TO
use the cement lining, but would ad-
wise him to cover the inside, after be-
ing sure the foundations Of the bottom
and sides were secure, with gooa
quality Of building paper, marking upon
it as far as possible the cracks in tne
boarding; then I-would put en- q cover
ING of onc-half inch sound, planed
boards: Then a good coating OF cement
can be laid on the bottom, bringing II
up on the sides three or four inches.
If the silo is secure from outside
moisture, and was we'll built, these re-
pairs will practically make a new silo
of it, and with the practice CT ensllolne
only mature fodder, which causes very
little il any moistening of the Wood,
it will last almost indefinitely. Or If II
is thought best, it can be painted with
some of the preparations used for that
purpose.-R. Walker Mckeen, il the
Tribune Farmer.
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Variable Stars.

There are certain stars which show
more OF less conspicuous variations OF
brightness. Among the six thousand
easily visible to the naked eye there
are between fifty and a hundred OF
which this is true; about half dozen
of them were known before 1900. II
we include the telescope stars, the
number of known variables is at pre-
sent at least thirteen hundred. and
this without taking account Of several
hundred more which have been de-
tected in certain star clusters within
the past five or six years. Ten years
ago DR.. Chambers, catalogue of varl-
ables included only about three hull
dred objects. The roll is now increas-
ing with extreme rapMity, between
two and three hundred having been
added within the last twelve months.
This swift growth is due largely to the
utilization Of photography which,
through the comparison of photographs
Of given portions of the heavens taken
at different times, continually brings
out new variables. When thus de-
tected the astronomers proceed to
study them in detail with photometers
attached to their telescopes, enabling
them accurately to compare the bright
ness of each suspected object from
time to time with that Of its neiSnGor-
ing stars, and thus to determine the
amount and character Of its variation
as represented by its so-cGlled light
ve.''-Professor Charles 4. Young,
OF Princeton University, in Farpers
Weekly.
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Mouth. My partner is watching her
and the man with her. She cannot
escape"
But why should she want to es-
cape"' inquired Stanmore, who, saw,
was somewhat puzzled.
That" said the detective, "is what /
have come to explain"
asked.
"No, sir; you had best remain
It was not Stanmore who answered
me, but the detective. When l spoke
he had turned toward me again, ard his
sharp eyes took in every detail OF my
appearance.
You had best remain, SIR he re-
peated. What have to say may be
of interest to you" He now addressed
Stanmore. Il have & story to tell
which it will interest you to hear"
LET us hear it then, by all means"
said Stanmore. IF it is long story,
take a seat -r~-
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During five years of careful invest''
CATION at the Minnesota Station in re-
gard to the cost of production of but
ter between COWS spare and angular
in form and COWS carrying considerable
superAuous tissue. and having an in
hcritcd or acquired disposition to con-
vert feed into flesh, the records SHOW
that in every instance the COW thal
carried the least flesh charged the least
for butter, and just in so much as one
COW was a little smoother than ttt
other would her butter product coS'
more than the other.
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A County of Cancer.

It is estimated that before long, II
the present rate of increase continues,
there will be one case Of cancer Ill
every third Somerset household. The
last available returns show that among
the half million inhabitants Of Somer-
set there were 4jS cancer deaths i'll one
year, being about seven per cent. OF the
deaths from all causes.
In twenty years the rate has risen
from twenty to thirty-four deaths in
the Taunton Union, from nine to sew
enteen in the LanGport Union, fourteen
to eighteen at Chard, fourteen to TWEEN.
ty-nine at YeoviI, six to ten at Wincan-
ton, and eight to twenty-one at Frome.
DR.. II. Page, medical officer of health
for the borough of Yeoyil, interviewed,
said that he believed that the increase
was real, and not due merely to more
accurate diagnosis. No. special reason
could be assigned for the remarkable
ncrease.-London Mail.
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Who Should Have q Silo.

AT an Ohio institute one Of the speak
crs claimed that every man should
build E silo. He who can use silo 10
good advantage is the man who is &C,
tive, energetic, owns his own lands ana
has the intention of deyoting his LANDS
to cattle feeding and is ambitious TO
rim the lands to tleir greatest profit
For feeding beef cattle the speaker al
lowed his corn to get much riper thar
is ordinarily prscticrd in making sil
age for dairy cattlc, and he makes his
silace of three parts Of corn and one
part of SOY beans.-Weekly Witness.
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New Hnr fo Scalniug.

DR.. ]. n. Tabler, Of Royce City, Tel
has invented and patented an enyelo|
that is said to be a sure means
knocking out the ticket scalper. It'll
so arranged as to be sealed from wit
in. The idea of the inventor is It'd
the conductor taking up the last goij
coupon on ticket will seal up the
turn portion in the envelope which
lettered: This envelope contains yo|
return ticket. 1t cannot be OPEN
without detection. 1t must be open|
only by the conductor on return trj
If opened by any one except the Cd
ductor, the ticket will not be honord
X. and X. Railroad"
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MANY MANSIONS.

"In My Fathers house there many man
sions are:
I would have told you If it were not co.'
What other words were ever heard so far
Or comforted such depths of mortal woe]
Somewhere a Fathers house. a heavenly
home, -
After earths day is o'er. life,s race i
Refuge where weary hearts at last shall
come, I
As toilers homeward turn at set of suD.
Vision or dream of the insatiate soul,
sweetly it lures the hsfrt like 'beac@
Beyond the course there seems to shind
the goal, v
We dare to hope, and in that hope rejoiee3
Dear Master, is it trues s7.Bht doa5
Thou know"
Then down the ages comes this tender
voice:
Il would have to,dyou if it were not so.'
Seth Curtis Beach.
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A Sauerkraut Mine.

Phollippeville, in Algiers, is deter.
mined to keep up the reputation for ale
ways providing something new. Only
a short time ago winged tortoise was
reported to have been discovered there,
next came an account of a ''carniver-
Gus stone" whatever that may be. The
latest marvel is mine Of sauerkraut
discovered by workmen while digging.
IL was beneath a small hillock, and
was in compressed mass of vegetable
matter. mostly cabhages, with the
smell and taste of sauerkraut, but pre-
serving its natural color.
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No InexhnuStible Soil.

The statement has been made that
there is TO ineXhaustible soil. This is
true only in part. There is great deal
of plant food tied up in the soil, but
before it can be used by the plants It
has to become availnble-tha is. in
such form that the plant can utilize it.
1t is very easy to exhaust the soil of
all the available plant food by con.
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Silver Plymouth Fock Pullet.

New breeds of poultry follow so
closely upon each other that we some
times wonder how their originators can
so quickly succeed in perfecting them.
Some Of these breeds are merely a
passing fancy, and are out of sight
almost as quickly rs they appear,
while others have merit of the highest
order and at once take place among
the standard breeds that have for years
shown their worth. One Of the latest
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to make it's appearance is the Silver
Plymouth Rock, breed which appar-
emily has all the good qualities of the
original Rock family.
In size and conformation they are
identical. with them, being different In
color only.
Instead of the bars of black and
white they are delicately laced like the
dark Brahma, but in all else one can
easily trace every line Of the Plymouth
Rock family.
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Hen Built Nest In Tree.

A hen owned by Mrs. George Earle,
of Parliaman Corners, n. Y, has just
DISTINGUISHED herself and brought
fame TO her owner by building a nest
in the branches of q high tree. laying
thirteen eggs in it. and Matching thir-
teen chickens, which she brought safe
Iy to the ground without assistance.
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Oldest Working Schooner Sold.

The historic old schooner Polly, built
in 1905, and said to be the oldest vessel
in commission in the world, has just
been sold by Captain George Ryan, Of
Belfast, to Captain Edward Blastlow,
Of Little Deer Isle.
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Saintship is not innocence. it is ca
quest. 1t is the experience of men
women who have met many temp
tiors. sometimes falling before theI
but growingly their conqueror. nfI
their days become organized victory
w. c. Gannett.
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Give q Rcart-Lift.

Every day we live we face a Wor
of need and tragedy. Think what
roine on this moment in those Easte1
Seas. Every day our sympatni
should lead US toward that world
serve it, no day Of escape without
hard-lift to some little one, no no
without its heartfelt to some Drotn
lacking cheer.-W. c. Gannett.
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Help US, each one Of us in his piaq
in the place which is providentlaa1
allotted to us in life, to act Well o|
part, with consecrated Will, with pu|
affection, with simplicity of heart.
do our duty and to leave the rest
God.-Horatio Stebbins.
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In the bones OF tho aged is s1nate'
proportion 81 lime than i'll tie Eol&
If the young.
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Boring the Simplon tunnel has been
the triumph of the hydraulic rotating
drill.
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Russia has eighty-six general holi-
days in year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22

News comes from ST. Andrews. Scotland,
that Tom Morris, the -gr and old man OF
golf, may not be able 10 play his nnual
! birthday match with II. S. c. Everard in
June. nor TO start the open championship.
which falls at st. Andrews In the same
month Morris is now 50 and his health
has been failing for some tune past
1t was Prime Minister Balfour who called
him the grand old man Of golf decade
ago His name Is q household word where
ever golf is played. To the Americans
who have made golfng pilgrimages 70 ST.
Andrews the talk with Old Tom has been
IA much of an event AZ the tee up Tor the
first shot on the classic COURSE.
The Nestor Of the links had 50 far recov-
cred from his illness OF November last as
10 be able to move quietly about the 81.
Andrews green. Then ho had a bad at
tack Of pleurisy.
Tidings Of the birthday round have long
been awaited and perhaps noted with some
envy by golfers Of ad, ancsdyears who have
lacked the staying power On Tom Mor1s's
eghty-third birthday. last June. MIR. Ever
ard played the best ball OF Old Tom and the
Rev Mr.. Parsons and gave them stroke
a hole. In spite Of q strong wind which
blew right across the course, Old Tom was
in splendid form. After very even play
on the outward journey be led by couple
OF holes at the turn, and, continuing TO play
a fine steady game coming home, he finally
won by 6 up and to play. In his seventy
eighth year Old Tom made the hard round
in 81
Supreme as an arbiter Of golfng disputes
and in fixing the odds in matches. Old Tom
has filed a special place among the golfers
at St. Andrews quite aside from bis formal
duties and the management OF his shop.
Visitors 70 the picturesque university town
often found him ting at the door OF the
shop with his collie, Silver. Those who
gained his favor ght be- asked into his
sanctum for q chat, the room over the shop
where the windows overlook the eighteenth
green.
Dr. J. G. MCPHERSON, In an essay on Golf
and Golfers Of the Old School said Of the
house. From this window Tom can detect
any delinquents at the home putting green
or smootte down some dispute, when no one
thought he was on the watch Piles Of golf
] urnals give evidence Of his literary turn
" mind Could he only write az he can
speak he would out-Grace Grace in the
literature Of the game. AS very worthy
elder Of his kirl. he has the Bible on his side
table. and, If am not mistaken be has
capital copy of Burns beside it.
Visitors from this country always found
Old Tom keen TO talk about,the wonderful
spread Of the game here and OF the doings
Of the young Scots who have become pro-
fessionals in tho United States He has
often been invited to come here, but
has always refused on the plea Of old age.
The truth Is Tom. il home body. The"
were many Americans among the SufscI b.
RS 10 the testimonial. wnIGu amounted 10
some $1,000 presented TO Old Tom ten
yee's ero.
Old Tom has had royalty among his
pupils, and he has laid out greens in all
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AN ADIRONDACK BEAR HUNT
ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN

TspSroN FALLS. y. Z. Jan. Al shall
always remember the a st hunting l cid
with a double barreled shotgun saws
Charles II Smith Of Petrie's Corners. i
had Just got the gun and It was the first
one Of the kind that had been brought into
the woods.
1t was at the time they cut the Wild cat
road through from Lowville 10 Long Lake
During the night about two inches Of snow
fell. but when I set ont 10 hunt In the morn
ing it was thawing and raining
About 200 feet from camp I struck
large bear track and after following 1t in
the snow a considerable distance came up
with the bear I aimed for the point Of
the shoulder and when the gun cracked
he tumbed over Oh his side, kicked around
a little. grasped srna spruce tree in his
paw and then bit out chunk right 70 the
heart OF the spruce
i had been told that could not kin
black bear at the lrst shot When that
bear settled back he seemed TO nne TO be
dead.
Il loaded the empty barrel and walked
No 10 his side. i-st winding nv hhndker-
ch ef around the lock the gun to protect
il from the rain. carried a bowie knife
and reached over to get hold Of the animals
eur so that could pull :he head around and
cut tho throat.
The distant ! gras~e ed that ear the ear
sprang TO his feet as quick as you could
saw scat He stood up straig ht and made
a motion "a though he wanted to hug me.
I did not care 10 hug him and sprang
back to get my gun, but before could get
nv handkerchief Of the lock he was of
through the bushes like thunder. followed
him until night, getting sight OF him once
or twice during the day