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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-15
A NICE HOLIDAY PACKAGE.

VERY APPROPRIATE, NOT EXPEN-
siNe. For 500 We will deliver a beau
tltul wicker Basket. containing six pint
Duttles high-grade champagne. A bottle
makes such a nice Eift FOR your friend.
retail value nine dollars. Express
cnsrges prepaid on out-of-town orders.
NHer good only TIL January !. 1877.
OIder now. II PHIL q. KELLY
Co Inc Local and long distant phone
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-15
sNoKINo TOBACCO.

SMOKE AND CHEW "MAHOCA~v
Blend" 81 YOU would wish a constant
friend.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-07-25

ceived in Congress the last seven
months the other bills introduced are
not without merit. William r. Hearst
is the author of bill which proposes
to divide mail matter to divide mail
matter into three classes: First, seal
ed; second, periodical publications;
third. merchandise He would limit
merchandise packages to eleven
pounds He proposes the following
postage rates:
On parcels not exceeding three Ounc-
es. one cent.
On parcels over three ounces and
not exceeding six ounces, two cents.
On parcels over six ounces and not
exceeding nine ounces, three cents.
On parcels over nine ounces and not
exceeding twelve ounces. four cents.
On parcels over twelve ounces and
not exceeding one pound, five cents.
On parcels over one pound, two
cents for each additional pound or
fraction thereof.
No parcel shall exceed in length
three tnd One-half feet, nor in length
and girth combined, six feet.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-07-25
Getting a Start in Life.

\ writer, for the Farmers Guide,
has some good ideas on this subject.
There is nothing degrading i'm working
out for wages on farm. 1t is quite
as honorable as standing behind a
counter selling dry goods or groceries.
If you will follow the directions given
there is no reason why you should not
get a good start in life.
The question has been asked. how
can Il young man without capital, but
ambitious. healthy. strong and anxious
to own Il farm. get il start and finally
crafty that ambition? We ourselves
have had some experience in that line.
Well do | remember our own struggle.
We are going to write from the stand
point of young man, either married
| or single and without money, but our
remarks are particularly pointed to-
ward the ambitious young married peo-
pie whose heart-desire is to own a
farm home of their own. First, we
must remember that as a farm hand,
y
valuable TO his employer that he can
not get along without him. Young
men of this kind always command
good wages After having earned your
wages, make it rule to save as near
| ly all of it as possible. i do not advO-
cate this as a rule for life, but, re
member. we are getting a start now.
| think it is possible for a single man
working by the month on a farm, to
lay by at least 10 per cent. of his
wages and at the same time wear
good clothes, go a reasonable amount,
and in fact, enjoy good time, as the
saying goes But this cannot be done
| and patrOnze the saloons, hOp-ale
| joints, gambling rooms and other like
places. We must first have a moral
young man.
A part of such a mans wages may
! be invested in good horse and bug
gy, but take good care of each and
do not get into the habit of buying a
new buggy each summer. This shows
a lack of good judgment. Better place
that money in a good savings bank or
loan it to some respectable party at
Il good rate of interest, for when you
90 to farming for yourself you will
reel it. 1t is nice to have enough laid
by TO furnish the home comfortably
besides having enough to purchase Il
good team and wagon and She neees
s;iry farming tools. \ man can put 4
small fortune in farming implements
The right kind of young man can ac
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-07-25
Keeping Milk Sweet Without Ice.

Keeping Milk Sweet Without Ice.
This is an important matter to every
one who has milk. The following ar
ticle. from the American Agriculturist,
gives the views of a professor in the
South Carolina Agricultural College:
In the South where ice is not readily
obtainab1e or only at high cost,
many small milk producers are nat
urally interested i'm methods by which
it is possible to keep milk sweet a rea-
sonable length of time without the use
of ice. To discuss these methods in
telligently. it is necessary first of all to
know the reason why milk does not
keep sweet; i'm other words, to know
the cause of milk sOuring. Briefly, this
is caused by bacteria. So small are
these germs that 10000 of them laid
side by side. would scarcely measure
an inch. Their presence is almost uni
versal, i'm air, water and soil, i'm near
ly all parts of the world. They grow
with marvellous rapidity. A single
ing itself million times i'm "a hours
when placed in moist, warm and
nutritious medium. such as milk,
which forms the natural habitat of
some of them The souring germs act
on the milk sugar breaking it up int
Tactic acid. Their most favorable
tempera turp for growth lies between
90 and 9S degrees. At 40 degrees they
cease to grow. Exposed to a tenn
perature of 40 degrees for Is min
utes they are killed.
From this description it is evident
that the souring of milk cannot be
prevented without in some way elimi-
mating the action of the germs which
cause it. There are three methods by
which such action can be eliminated.
either wholly or in part: By keeping
the germs out of the milk as far as
possible; destroying them in the milk
by the application of heat: and check
ing their growth through lowering of
the tempera ture of the milk.
Owing to their universal presence
it is of course impossible to secure
milk entirely free from germs even
when the milk is drawn under the
most aseptic or germ-free conditions
BY rigid cleanliness. however. their
number may be limited to a compara-
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-07-25

Mr. Henry says that under the above
section the service he proposes would
be extended to the rural routes. At
one time last spring, the committee on
post offices and post roads of the
House, thought seriously of reporting
favOrably this bill. but it hesitated be
cause retail merchants in several states
protested that the legislation would be
of special benefit to the mail order
houses Possibly it would be of bene-
fit to the mail order houses, and that
is one of the reasons the farmers are
demanding it, Eventually their de-
mand will have to be needed by con-
gress Within the next two years the
rural free delivery service VIII be
practically complete in the United
States, which will mean that rural
carrier with a horse and wagon VIII
visit daily every rural community in
the country that has passable roads
The establishment of rural delivery
has brought the farmers of the country
nearer the world. 1t has increased
their wants many fold. They are buy
ing things they never thought of buy
ing before. One of the chief argu-
ments i'm favor of a parcel post is that
the village merchant does not keep in
stock goods the farmers frequently
want. if they are not to be had at
it is pointed out, the farmer on the
rural route would be able to deal ri
rectly with the large mail-Order hOus-
es more advantageOusly than at pres
ent The advocates in Congress of
parcels post insist that the local mer-
chant would not be injured. Attention
is called to the fact that the farmer
will on all occasions prefer the local
merchant provided the articles he
wishes to purchase can be had in the
home store. Advancing as they are,
the farmers parcels post law. Let
family will send away for things they
wont of they are not to be had at
home The effect of the parcels post
would be to induce the local merchants
to carry articles in stock which they
do not carry and would afford the rural
dwellers a handy method of securing
goods away from home if the local
merchants did not choose to carry
such goods in stock.
In the estimation of many thought
full public men. the universal establish
ment of rural free delivery makes it
imperative that the government give
the farmers a parcels post law. ct
ters received by members of Congress
from practical farmers point out that
during the summer season when the
farmers are so busy that they cannot
take the time to go to the town or
village the parcels post would be of
great advantage.
Suppose | am threshing." said an
Ohio farmer in a letter recently, ''and
we have a breakdown-a casting
weighing five pounds breaks. Under
the existing regula tiOns the rural car
rier cannot be of any service to me
because he is forbidden to carry a
package. The result is that we must
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-07-25

Now. let us suppose we have this
much. The next step is to rent
farm This is one great stride toward
independence. Rent farm with as
good soil as can be found and one that
can be retained for a number of years
if possible. AS far as terms, etc, go
both tenant and landlord should have
fair and square showing. The ten
ant should make up his mind to do his
very best. He should give his crops
extra good tillage and make an agree
ment with the landlord to grow clover
in the rotation. Keep as much good
stock as the size of farm will permit
and save and apply as much manure
as possible. If the farm is out of re-
pair, do not he afraid to clean up
little without pay. Do your best, and
the pay will come later.
One thing more: Husband and wife
must go arm in arm, hand i'm hand in
this matter or the chances are they
will never meet with much success.
They should be equal partners, work
ing for each others interests. The
income the first year may not be large.
but save some of it at least. The
first money that was laid by was only
$50. That money was as precious to
us then as ten times that amount now.
| There were many things we needed,
but we chose to do without for some
years. that we might add to that
amount This we did until it had
grown large enough that we consider
| ed it sufficient to make payment on
farm home for ourselves The same
rule holds good in finishing paying for
| the farm. We must employ industry.
economy honesty and morality to
| make ends meet, as we would have
how nice he had his farm and home
arranged, both indoors and out. He
was replied to by young man in this
| way: ''Yes, you can boast of the nice
things you have, but here am 1 in
debt. and after we pay our expenses
and interest, we have but very little
left The older farmers reply was
this: MY young friend. you are but
twenty-five years old and I am fifty.
When 1 was your age, my wife rode
with me i'm a one-horse wagon, one
that we used for all purposes. I have
known her to go to market with one
baby on her lap and another by her
side with a long list of articles writ
ten down that she needed, possibly to
| come home with but One-half or less
of them. But by hard work and work
ing together we have gotten beyond
i that point. She now has horse and
| carriage of her own. If she cares to
spend some time away from home Wis
| iting her children or friends, she can
do so. In fact there is little she may
desire but what she can have. She
has time for her home, her church and
her friends. How sad it would have
| been to have had all these comforts
when we were but twenty-five and
now. i'm our old days. have had to use
the old One-hOrse manure wagon and
| danrive ourselves as we did then"
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-07-25

that we earn. This thing Of getting
a good start i'm life has been done by
thousands of our parents and grand
parents, and it can be dOre in this
day and age and will be done in the
future. l am not pointing toward
great riches, but independence, which
is greater than riches.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
THROW BOMB IN A CHURCH
MANY woRsHIPERs ARE IN
JURED AT ROME.
Panic Follows Explosion = Outrage
Believed to Be Work of
Secret Society.

Rome, Jan. Ia bomb was ex-
ploded inside the Church of st. Ag-
atha, at Foggia, during the celebra-
ton of high mass Saturday, and a
panic followed. The church was
crowded. Many persons in the con-
gregation were trodden under foot in
the wild rush to get outside the build
ing. The windows of the church and
the statuary inside the building were
smashed by the force of the explosion.
Nine members of a secret society are
believed to have been implicated in
the affair
The police were unable to make any
Immediate arrests, but say they have
conclusive evidence of the guilt of
the nine members of the avenging So
c1ety. The crowded condition of the
church and the fact that a panic fol-
lowed the explosion, led to the in
jury of many. Just how many were
hurt, and how serious were their
injuries the police have not yet
learned. Crowding and tanning the
aisles in an effort to escape from
what many believed to be general at
tack with bombs, the panic-stricken
people fought and struck one another
down in their efforts to escape.
1t is believed the society to which
the blame for the throwing of the
bomb is laid is allied to the Malta.
A man about so years old was seen
to rise and hurl the bomb with all his
strength. The explosion was deafen-
ing. The man leaped from a window,
the glass of which had been shattered
by the explosion, and escaped. His
description, together with those Of
eight companions seen to enter the
church with him, is in the hands Of
the police.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
AGREE TO REUNITE.
Committees of Two Branches of Pres
byterian Church Arrange De-
tails of Union.

st. Louis, Jan. 1. - After division
OF almost 100 years, steps were con.
summated Friday in the joint ses-
sion OF general committees which,
when formally ratified, will unite the
Northern Presbyterian church, U. S.
A., and the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. Almost two days have been
consumed by subcommittee in ar.
ranging details for the union. Their
reports were submitted to the general
committees representing each church
Friday afternoon. Within two hours
the two general committees had met in
joint session and agreed upon basis
for the union of the two denomination.
al bodies. This agreement will be re.
ported to the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church, meeting at Des
Moines, Ia, on May IL, 1906, and of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church,
meeting in Decatur, H., on the same
date, for formal ratification by these
two executive assemblies which will
be followed by the official announce
ment that the union of the two
churches has finally been consume
mated.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
HAzING TRIAL is RESUMED
NAVAL CADETS SWEAR TO DIFF,
FERENT STORIES.
Court Martial Will Have to Decid.
Between Upper and Lower
Classmen.

Annapolis. Md, Jan. 3.-The court,
martial proceedings against Midship-
IMAM Stephen Decatur, Jr., of Ports,
mouth, N. H.. charged with the hazing
of Midshipman Isaac N. McCrary, OF
Texas, and Gaylord Church, of Penn
.sylvania, both fourth class men, were
continued Tuesday. Decatur going on
the stand in his own defense.
/ Decatur denied absolutely all the
statements of McCrary and Church
which incriminateG him. The court
is thus left to decide between the
Testimony under oath Of the upper and
lower classmen.
/ Other witnesses were introduced to
bear out the defense's theory that the
prosecuting witnesses were mistaken
rs to who had hazed them.
Midshipman Charles S. Keller was
called for the defense. He said he
remembered the day the photograph
of the petty officers was taken. Ut
had been testified to that this was
the day of the hazing, and that he
had been in Decatur's room after din.
ner.) He testified that number Of
midshipmen were there, and that one
of them was Decatur.
The latter statement was evidently a
surprise to the defense, as it cor
roborated the prosecutions testimony.
He said that he saw no fourth class
men in the room, and thought that
he could have seen them If they had
been there.
Midshipman John F. Cox, of the
second class, was the next witness, He
said that he had been in Decatur's
room after dinner on the day when
the petty officers were to have their
pictures taken. He said that he had
seen no one being hazed, and would
have seen or heard them II they had
been, he thought.
Decatur's case is attracting great
attention, and a desperate effort is be-
ing made to save him. He is a great
grandson of the famous naval hero
OF the same name, and stands No. in
studies in the class which will grad
uate next month. He has some very
powerful friends, who are willing to
help him in every way. Admiral
Dewey is relative, but little help can
be expected from this source if De-
catur Is convicted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
ILLINOIS BANK ROBBED.
Burglars Blow Open Vault of Private
Institution at Iroquois and
Make Their Escape.

lroquois, ILL.,, Jan. AT three
o'clock Saturday morning bank bur-
glars effected an entrance to the pri-
vate banking institution of Stickley,
Wray & Co., and wrecked the safe
with two charges of nitro-glycerine,
securing about 5000 in cash. The ex-
plosions aroused the town. and James
Whiteman was the first to appear on
the scene. He fred several shots at
random into the bank, and the bur-
glars replied, but made good their es-
cape. They drove east from the vii
lage, stealing team and rig from the
barn of DR.. J. A. Bundey. They were
seen early in the morning near the
Indiana state line. The bank is the
only one in town, and is member OF
the Bankers Protective association.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
M'CALL TO GUT
new YORK. life
BOARD OF TRUSTEES ABOUT TO
RECEIVE RESIGNATION
OF PRESIDENT.
PAYS $235,ooo INTO
TREASURY OF COMPANY
Is Amount Unaccounted For by An
drew Hamilton-Jerome to Begin
Prosecution of officials Who Have
Abused Trusts.

| New York, Jan. 3.-John A. Mccall,
president of the New York Life Insur-
ance company, has paid to the COM
pany the S235,000 advanced to Andrew
Hamilton and so far not accounted for
by Mr.. Hamilton. Thomas p Fowler
chairman of the company's investigat-
ing committee, appointed by the board
of trustees, received Tuesday a check
from Mr.. Mccall for SS5,0OO and note
for $150,000. Mr.. Mccall some time ago
promised to make good this sum unless
Hamilton, who was legislative agent
for the big insurance companies, rem
dered an accounting. On receipt of Mr..
McCall's letter accompanying the
check and note, a meeting of the board
of trustees was called for Wednesday.
While no official statement on the sub
ject was obtainable, it was accepted
as fact that Mr.. MoCall's resignation
as president will be presented to the
trustees at that time.
| At conference of number of trus-
tees Tuesday Alexander E. Orr was
requested to accept the presidency of
the company. Mr.. Orr said he would
prefer that some one else be selected
for the place permanently, but he Of
fered to act as president until some
one else is named. Others mentioned
for the presidency are John Claflin,
Norman B. Ream and Hiram R. Steele.
One OF the members of the New
York Life's investigating committee
said that the reason why Mccall could
not pay over the $685. in one lump
sum was because Mr.. Mccall is poor
man. 1t was said he will go out Of
Office with practically nothing except
his life insurance policy of 100000,
and that in order to pay his $15O,00O
note he may have to get assistance
from his wife and some friends. #
jerome to Prosecute.
/ The World Tuesday morning says:
| District Attorney Jerome will begin
the serious work of preparing for the
prosecution of officers of life insurance
companies who have abused their
trusts. 1t was stated by man in a
position to know what is going on
within the various insurance compan-
les that Mr.. Jerome would undoubtedly
receive aid from unexpected sources.
He added that before the month was
out Mr.. Jerome would receive overtures
from at least one 'squealer' in each of
these companies: The Mutual Life the
Provident Savings Life, the Life As
ISOLATION of America, and the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life association. While
, no promises of immunity are ever
made by the district attorney to- q
'squealer,' it is the unwritten law in
Mr.. Jeromes Office not to prosecute
those who give evidence which enables
the people to convict offenders who
might otherwise escape punishment"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Saratoga.

Miss Barbary Ponick is here from
st. Paul for a two weeks visit with
parents and relatives.
Miss Bell Sigler is visiting her sis
ter and Miss Zoe Pickett at Carmo-
mia and Preston.
Miss Maud Pickett from Riceville
is the guest of friends in and about
our village.
John Viebrock and wife spent New
Year with friends at Lourdes.
A quilting at Mr.. and Mrs. u. Bur-
nett ST., last Friday.
Mrs. Schimming,a and daughter Rosa,
moved to Cresco this week. Another
of our good neighbors gone from our
community.
Our dramatic club are making prep
aration to present "The Village Bell'
some time this month. Date fixed.
Rev. Game delivered fine sermon
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Explosion in Steel Mill.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-Five men were
seriously injured and 100 others
thrown In q wild panic in an explosion
of blast furnace No, at the Illinois
Steel company's works. in South Chi
cago. The injured men will probably
die. Nearly all the windows at the
plant were broken by the conclusion.
The explosion was caused by an over
supply of gas which the safety doors
of the furnace could not carry of.
Molten ore, flames and suffocating
fumes bslched from the furnace with
a roar that was heard for miles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
SWORN IN.
James o. Davidson Takes Oath of Of
Ace as Successor to Gov. La Fol-
lette, Of Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, Jan. 3.-Gov. James
o. Davidson was at noon Monday
sworn in as governor to serve the I'M.
expired term Of Gov. Robert M. La Fol
lette, who left for Washington, D. c.,
Tuesday to take up his senatorial
duties The retiring governor pre-,
scented the new governor to Chief
Justice ]. 3. Cassoday, Of the supreme
court with the usual customary sen.
tanse, following which the oath was
adm,nis...>-Ad. The afternoon was
given over to the inaugural reception.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Railroad Indicted.

Chicago, Jan. /. - An indictment &C.
cusing the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railroad company, Darius
Miller, its first vice president, and
Claude g. Burnham, its foreign freight
agent, Of 26 specific violations Of the
Elkins law, in granting rebates upon
shipments made by the United States
Steel Products Export company, which
Is declared to be subsidiary company
Of the United States Steel company,
was returned into the United States
district court Friday before Judge Be.
thea by the federal grand jury.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Yerkes Passes Good Night.

New York. Dec. 20. - Charles T. Yer.
kes, the street railway financier who is
very i'll at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel,
was reported Thursday to have passed a
comfortable night and to be resting cas-
lily. DR.. H. P. LOOMS, Mr.. Yerkes'
physician said: Mr.. Yerkes' condition
is practically the same, although he
might be considered a little weaker. He
is suffering from complication of dis
eases affecting the heart, kidneys and
liver"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-05
Two Drowned.

Wakefield, Mass, jan 3.-superin-
ing of the bodies of John A. Richie,
aged 81, Of Stoneham, and Grace Hold
en-, aged 10, of this town, dn Lake
Quannapowitt Monday disclosed dou-
BILE drowning which occurred during
the night. Richie and Miss Holden
went to the lake to skate Sunday
evening. Their failure to return to
their respective homes during the
night caused searching parties to drag
the lake.