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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01
HIGH GRADE TALKING MACHINES
Thrown on the Market at Less Than
Half-Price, Each Including One DOE
en- of Latest Victor Records.

We have accepted an entire carload
of high-class talking machines, regu-
lar $1,000 instruments, we'll made with
large delivery horn and improved re-
producing device.
This shipment was en- route to San
Francisco when the disaster came and
rather than return these instruments TO
the factory, at big expense for freight
charges both ways, we have decided to
make a great advertising sale of them,
and here is the offer:
We will ship G. o. d. to any reader of
The Ranch, this late improved machine.
complete with horn at half price, or
$3.50. Your choice of one dozen or
more of the latest Victor or Columbia
records at sixty cents each or 1920, total
1910 If you wish to buy this instru-
ment and records on payments, send us
$3.50 and pay the balance at the rate of
$1O0 a week or $500 a month.
Remember we ship the talking ma
chine subject to examination and If not
thoroughly satisfactory upon receipt,
it is returned at our expense, Address
today, d. s. Johnston Co., Seattle and
Tacoma, wash, or Ei1ers' Piano House,
Portland, Ore, or Spokane. Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01

than not regretted the fact, for her
result was a scorched product. One
never feels a care of milk in a double
boiler, for she Knows 1t cannot reach
a higher temperature than 1876 de-
grees F. Remove the onion from milk
and add corn to the milk. Melt two
tablespoonful of butter and stir until
well blended, bringing into service
the same five-cent wire whisk that
is such a kitchen Indispensable;
then pour on gradually, while stir
ring constantly, the hot liquid. AS
soon as the boiling point Is reached,
season with one teaspoonful of salt
and few grains of pepper, and strain
at once into hot tureen.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01

NOTICE Speculative will furnish
this beautiful instrument and records,
free of charge, to any reader of The
Ranch who will help us sell one piano:
Write for our special offer. Choice of
makes of pianos at wholesale, delivered
to any home in the West subject to ex-
animation and trial.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01
FREE BOOK ArGYF 6ARs

Tells how you can have the Markets,
Fire Dept, Doctor, Repair Shop, General
Store, ETC., practically on your farm by
having the wonderful Andrae Farm Tele-
phone in your house. 1t is money
maker that may save it's cost in a day,
and make you rich in year. Thousands
now in use Book tells how put up, their
cost, etc., write J. Andrae g. Sons, $50 w.
Water ST., milwaukee, Wis.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01

The utmost care must be given to
the early pullets If you wish to have
them lay this winter.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01
HOUSEHOLD

Contributions for this department are
invited from all the women readers of
The Ranch. Subjects Of interest to the
rural people are especially desired.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01
Baked Potatoes Stand First.

Baked potatoes are more easily di-
gested than potatoes cooked in any
other way, as some of the starch is
changed into dextrine by the intense
heat. But you should not attempt to
bake potatoes unless you have a hot
oven. They are better cooked in boil
ing water than baked in slow oven.
The digestibility of boiled potatoes is
increased by MASKING. If they are al
lowed to enter the stomach in large
pieces, as is often the case when
boiled potatoes are served, they are
liable to cause gastric disturbance.
For baking you should select smooth,
medium sized potatoes. Wash them
in cold water, using vegetable brush,
and place in a dripping pan. Bake
in a hot oven forty minutes, or until
soft. Rupture the skin of each by
pressing between the fingers, or by
making a good sized puncture with
a fork, so that the steam may escape
(Which prevents the potatoes from be-
coming soggy), and serve at once.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01

medium sized potatoes. Wash them
in cold water, using a vegetable brush,
and place in a dripping pan. Bake
in hot oven forty minutes, or until
soft. Rupture the skin of each by
pressing between the fingers, or by
making a good sized puncture with
a fork, so that the steam may escape
(Which prevents the potatoes from be-
coming soggy), and serve at once.
Do Not Waste the Bread.
The really thrifty housewife never
allows bread to go to waste. Perhaps
the inexperienced do not realize in
how many ways the old bread may be
utilized. Large pieces may be used
for toast, croutOns, and croustades.
Soft stale bread, from which crusts
have been removed, is used for pud-
dings, griddle cakes, omelettes, seal
loped dishes, etc. Remnants of bread
from which the crusts have not been
removed are dried in the oven, rolled
and sifted. The dry bread crumbs
thus obtained are useful for crum-
bling croquettes, outlets, fish, meat,
and a variety of other preparations.
Thanksgiving this year comes on
the 29th of the month. 1t Is now time
to begin preparations for the festival.
A portable oil heating-stove, used
judiciously, is very helpful in saving
time and fuel these mornings when
a coal fire is too warm and no fire
leaves the room too cold.
To make peanut butter shell fresh
roasted peanuts and grind in the meat
chopper, then mix with mayonnaise.
One quart of peanuts in the shell will
be sufficient for one pint of butter.
Two of the popular house plants
for winter blooming are the Begonia
Rex and Begonia Lorraine. The Co.
leus is also a good house plant, easy
of culture and having a variety of
leaf cOloratiOns.
Your garden plat no doubt has a
large amount of rubbish left In 1t.
Better go out there now and rake up
every leaf and vine and destroy them
by burning. They harbor a multitude
of insects and unless burned now will
be the breeding ground next spring
for more.
There is a lot of work that must be
done in the flower garden at this sea-
son, If it is done at all, and the sue
cess of next summers garden depends
very largely on what is done this fall
and how the season is ended. The
work in a properly kept garden is
continuous, except in the middle of
winter, when it may be covered out
of sight by the snow, and no woman
who truly loves flowers will stop work
entirely on her garden.
The common house fly is the most
dangerous creature that ever took free
board in our homes. Now that the
cold weather has come the flies ap-
pear to be all dead. Outdoors they
may have all persisted, but many of
them will spend the winter in we'll
warmed houses, apparently asleep in
cracks and corners of rooms and
floors The flies should be hunted out
and destroyed now. before they can
escape in the spring to lay their eggs.
Say you saw it in The Ranch.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-11-01

Say you saw it in The Ranch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
TO STRENGTHEN
FRIENDLY TIES
Notable Meeting of Pan-Ameri-
can Congress
AT RIO JAnElRo MONDAY
American Delegates Among the First
Arrivals.
CONFERENCE OF VAST IMPORT
To Open Under Most Favorable Au-
spices-Many Distinguished Men
Present From Three Americas.

The American delegates to the
international American conference,
with the exception of Van Leer
Polk, have arrived at Rio Janeiro.
Secretary Root is at Pernambuco
on board the United States cruiser
Charleston and will reach Rio "a
metro July 20.
Conference Of Vast Import.
The third international American confer
ence which will be called 10 order in the
Brazilian capital at Rio Janeiro on Mon
day next, is one of a great trilogy of
American family gatherings during
the close of the past land the
beginning of the present century destined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
DETECTIVES RETURN.
Investigating Assault Case Of Mrs.
Amelia Fields.

Detectives Father and Horne. who went
to Leonardtown. Md, to see a colored man
under arrest there suspicion of being
the assailant and robber of Mrs. Amelia
Fields. returned home last night. They
saw the prisoner in the county Jail and
conversed with him. He answers the de-
scription given by Mrs. Fields of the man
who assaulted and robbed her. the only
apparently material difference being In the
matter of age. The detectives were not
wholly satisfied with the result of their
visit, and Mrs. Fields will probably go to
Leonardtown tonight
The colored man under arrest gave his
name as William Clayton. He was taken
into custody on an island some distance
below Leonardtown by Constable Grugher.
his arrest being ordered by Benjamin H.
Callander states attorney. The prisoner
says he was under arrest in this city during
the early part of the spring for the alleged
theft OF a bicycle. He adds that he was
released early in April and that he went to
his former home down the river before the
time Mrs. Fields had the encounter with a
robber.
The prisoners contention is disputed by
those who have made an investigation Of
his movements. States Attorney Callander
and the constable saw the detectives from
here yesterday and the former Is decidedly
anxious to have Mrs. Fields see him. Should
Mrs. Fields go to Leonardtown and iden-
tify Clayton as her aSsailant the detectives
will ask that he be turned over to them.
Should she fail to identify him he win be
released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
RICH REQUESTS BIZ BET.
Education and Charity. to Get MIL
lions by viii.

It was announced In London yesterday
that the will of the late Alfred Belt. the
South African millionaire leaves the prop
erty known as Borstlers JAEGER, near Ham
burg, to the city of Hamburg. to be held
for the people. If this is not practicable the
city is authorized to realize on the property
twenty years after MIR. Belts death and
apply the proceeds to charitable purposes
of the state of Hamburg.
The picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds of
Lady Cockburn and her children is left
to the British National Gallery. and Rey-
nolds picture Mistress Boone and her
daughter" and other art treasures are left
to Berlin and Hamburg To the college
Of technology connected with the London
University the sum of $4,000 and 1000
$50 shares in the De Beers Company are
bequeathed.
The sum of 81. 100000 is left to the Uni
versity of Johannesburg, to build and equip
buildings on the lands previously given by
him; 81 100000 is bequeathed for educa-
tional or charitable purposes in Rhodesa
and other territories within the field of the
British South Africa Company; $4,000 to
the research fund of the London University;
s125,00O to the Rhodes University, James
town. Cape Colony; $4,000 to the Rhodes
memorial fund at Cape Town; $4,000 to
the Union Jack Club of London, 100000 In
South Africa for educational or charitable
purposes in the Transvaal, $4,000 for the
same purpose to Kimberly; $4,000 to DR..
Jameson. now premier OF Cape Colony, and
Sir Lewis Michel. chairman of the De
Beers Company and trustee of the Rhodes
fund, for the same purpose in Cape Colony;
100000 is left to Kings Hospital 0ondoD
funds, and 100000 to Guys Hospital (Lon-
dom. and 100000 is to be distributed
equally in London and Hamburg by
Messrs. Belts & Reuters for charitable
purposes.
Mr. Belt left large sums to relatives,
numerous Iegacies to friends and gifts to
clerks and servants. The residue of his
estate, real and personal. is bequeathed to
his brother, Otto Belt. absolutely.
The will is dated April 4. 1905.
The sums enumerated in the will make
the vast total of s9,6T5,000 not including
the value of the estate bequeathed to his
native city of Hamburg or the art treasures
bestowed on the National Gallery and the
museums of Berlin and Hamburg. 1t is.
however. believed that the aggregate will
be not far short of ST., 500, COO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
News Briefs.

In compliance with a resolution adopted
by the National Association of Credit Men
in New York. a committee will ascertain
tha adjustments of fire losses at San Fran
cisco. and whether the insurance compa-
MES deal justly with the victims of the re-
cent disaster.
William NJ Hooper, a mining broker. ar
rested in Pfttsburg on Monday, was COM
mitted to the Tombs in New York Thurs
day In default of $1,000 bail to await a
further examination on charge of failing
to account for 100 shares of Dicha Mining
Company stock, valued at 5000.
Governor MacGregor of ST. Johns, N F.,
has been at Belle Isle strait arranging a
is to cut line inland from Blanc Sablon
alcng the disputed boundary between Lab
rador and Canada.
Rev. John Hugh Ely. secretary of the P.
E. diocese Of southern Ohio. chaplain of
the LIST Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and
former regent of the Ohio Military Insti-
tute Is dead at Cincinnati. He was q vet
eran of the civil war.
The release of 100000 OF the Masachu-
sets fund for the relief of California earth
quake sufferers. withheld owing to- lack
OF confidence in the San Francisco commit
company, new corporation organized with
the government and prominent citizens OF
California as its incorporators.
In the house of commons at London
THURSDAY JOnH bufIS, presluent OF the To-
cal government board, announced that the
government intended to appropriate 81. 900, :
900 for distribution among the distress
committees for the relief fund required dur
ing the coming winter.
Henry Benny and John Solosky were IA
taily burned and Michael Gericky and John
Teitx severely burned by an explosion OF
gas In the number three slope of the Not
tingham coIliery at Plymouth. Pa. yester-
day. A large body Of gas was ignited by
their naked lamps and the explosion fol-
lowed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
NEWS OF GEORGETOWN

A locomobile owned by Mr.. B. NJ. Camp
bell of To4 G street took fire yesterday at
the corner of p street and Wisconsin ave-
nue. An alarm was turned in from box
-. but the flames were extinguished before
the arrival of the engines. The damage
was slight.
Policeman Samuel Young of the seventh
precinct shot a supposed mad dog yester-
day at 1887 Wisconsin avenue. The animal
was owned by Mr. A. Hess.
Benjamin Smith, thirty-five years of age
residing in Fairfax county, Va, was re-
moved to the Georgetown University Hos
pitai yesterday afternoon from SD and NJ
streets, suffering with cramps.
Mrs, Mary McKenna Of 1414 34th street
is i'll at her home
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and their
daughter, Miss Margaret Miller. are spend
ing the summer at the home of Mrs Thorn
as +. Conroy in Alexandria, Va.
Mr. Samuel A. Gaskins of 1909 10Th street
has completed extensive improvements to
his home, the front of the house having
been pebble-das shed and a large brick and
stone porch built.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Moran of 1919 35th street is very III.
Rev DR.. w. c. Alexander, pastor Of
the West Street Presbyterian Church, has
gone to Asbury Park. n. j., for a stay of
several weeks. after which he win proceed
to Eagles Mere, Pa.
Mr.. Harry T. Palmer Of Georgetown. who
has been on a trip to Lynchburg, Va, has
returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Wagner are oc-
cupying their new home on P street be-
tween 33d and 3tth streets, having moved
from 1921 M street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. McFadden who were
married July 16. will return in a few days
from their wedding trip to Atlantic City
and Glenn Island. n. j.
Miss May Mcintyre and Miss Florence
aipbf nf NiSnn rfp how "a
to Round Hill. Va. for three-weeks stay.
Winter Graves of 10Th and p streets de-
parted this afternoon for Round HILL Va,
where he will remain several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
FIRE-KILLED TIMBER.
Many Uses to Which It Can Be
Put

Fire-killed timber, the forest service has
discovered, Is some use after all. This is a
thing that has been known in the west for
a long time The disastrous forest fires
do completely burn up timber In many
cases, but there are thousands of acres
where the timber is simply fire killed.
that is to say. it is killed standing by the
fire that sweeps through it and finally rots
at the ground and falls in the first wind
storm Immense areas of this timber have
been utilized in mining and railroad work,
and there have been mills established sim
ply to work up the fire-killed logs into
boards and boxes. The seasoning of fire.
killed trees seems to be more perfect than
that of ordinary seasoned lumber, and IN
the case of much of the pine that would
otherwise have an objectionable odor the
f1re-sea soned logs can be worked up into
cracker boxes and the like where the odo1
in ordinary pine lumber would make its use
impossible.
Some Of the fire-killed timber has been
used af.er It had been dead fifty-fve years
though the more common time is from three
to seven years. The forest service says that
the use of this dead and down timber
makes available many thousand acres Of
burned forest that were formerly accounted
worthless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21

roads to give information as to their rates
In such a clear manner that shippers may
not be deceived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
10 PUBLISH ALL SCHEDULES

President Stickney of the Great Northern
railroad has been in the city several days
and has taken occasion to file with the in
terstate commerce commission some sug-
gestiors concerning the enforcement of the
railroad rate law, which Congress passed
at the last session. That law gees into eff
feet two months after the date of its ap-
prevail or in the latter part OF next month.
Mr.. Stickney believes he sees a way in
which the commission can do much to pre-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-17
EMERGENCY
CURRENCY ADVOCATED BY THE
BANKERS OF AMERICA.
Committee VIII BE Appointed "a
Formulate Plan for Congress
10 act On.

st. Louis, Oct. 1.-THE American
Bankers association convened for its
thirty-second annual convention
when the trust company's section was
called TO order at the Olympic theater
simultaneously with the gathering of
the savings banks section at Schuy-
Ter Memorial hall. The meeting OF
the association as a whole. will not
take place until today. The follow
ing resolutions introduced by Festus
]. Wade. of st. Louis, first vice presi-
dent of the trust company section,
was adopted:
Resolved. That should COM
mission or committee be appointed
by the American Bankers association
to formulate a plan to be raised to
congress for the purpose of creating
a credit or emergency currency. that
Il be the sense of this convention that
such a commission or committee. II
appointed. should have as some of its
members a sufficient number of trust
company officials to represent the i'm
portance o. the trust companies as
financial institutions"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-17
DIES OF BROKEN HEART
Cleveland Five-Year-Old Killed by
Grief for Dead Baby Sister.

Cleveland, Oct. Lila Marie
sIach. tho 5-year-old daughter or
Albert e. Slach. died today of a
broken heart. Since she had been old
enough to play with dolls the little
girl had longed for baby sister. A
year or so ago the siork brought a
baby brother to the household, but
little Liza was not satisfied. She
wanted a baby sister. A few weeks
ago the childs mother told her that
another baby would come soon.
Wednesday the stork brought a ba-
by sister. but the child was born
dead. Little Liza was grief stricken.
She cried all day and night. This
brought on headaches and fits of
nausea. She grew weaker and today
died. The coroner said that grief had
killed her.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-17
ROOT SURPRISED
AT THE PROGRESS
Reports Work On The Panama
Canal As He Saw Ii.
Secretary Shaw Il 10 Resign and
Cortelyoa Is TO Take Treas
ury Portfolio.
GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL

Washington, Oct. IL Secretary
Root, who spent two days on the
Isthmus of Panama on his return
from his trip to South America, has
written a letter to the president
giving the results of his observations
of the work on the canal. The
amount Of actual excavation done
and near Culebra cut, Mr.. Root
says. both gratifed and surprised
him.
The secretary expressed the opin-
ion that the time occupied In pre-
pairing for contracts for continuing
the work has not been excessive, or
that, especially in view of the fact
that the work has been vigorously
prosecuted in the meanwhile, there
is any ground for imputing any de-
lay whatever to the managers of tn.
canal construction.
1.-THE greater danger in the way
of canal construction now seems to
me-" he says, "to be lest the really
good and able men who are compe-
tent to handle II, and who can get
profitable employment elsewhere.
should be unwilling to continue in
the services under indiscriminate
misrepresentation and abuse"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-17
MRS. DAVIS DIED
LATE LAST NIGHT
Pneumonia OvercOmes Her
Remarkable Vitality.
Widow of Confederacy's Only Presi.
dent Passes Away Surrounded
by Family.
SECOND ATTACK OF MALADy

New York, Oct, 17.-Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis died at 1927 o'cloel
last night. Her death was due &c
pneumonia induced by a severe cold
which Mrs. Davis contracted upon
her return from the Adirondacks
whore she had spent the summer
Although grave fears were felt
from the first, Mrs. Davis wonderful
vitality which brought her through
a similar attack a year ago, gave
hope OF ultimate recovery until last
night. when a decided change for
the worse took place.
She rallied slightly early yester-
day morning but about O'Clock
lapsed into state of coma. A period
of Inconsistencies continued to the
end.
The remains of Mrs. Jefferson Da-
Wis. widow of the president of the
Confederacy. will be taken to Rich
mond, va, Tor burial. According 10
tentative plans the funeral party
will leave New York Thursday. The
funeral will be held Friday. Hun
dreds of messages of condolences
were received today by members OF
the family from noted persons all
over the country.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-17
LANG PARK
IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE START
ED WITHOUT DELAY.
idea of Having Confederate Monu.
ment for Central Figure Pre-
dominates in Plans.

Having always in view the idea of
making the Confederate monument
the central figure in Lang park, the
board of park commissioners yes
terday decided to invite bids for the
work of improving the park. which
will be started without further de-
lay.
The general plan contemplates the
elevation of the center of the park
by sodding. producing gentle
slope OF few feet from the center
toward the curb. The fence will be
torn away and curb set. and per
manent walks will be laid through
the grounds. Probably a cascade
fountain will be constructed later on,
Sidewalks will also be built around
the circle.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-10-17
HEARST SCARES
HIS OPPONENTS
Roosevelt Aids In Stirring
Up His Party.
Result VIII Re That Active Measures
Will BE Adopted by Managers
of Hughes.
is WHAT COMMITTEE NEEDED.

New York, Oct. 17.-Probably the
best thing that could have happened
to Mr.. Hughes has been the sudden
awakening of the people at the Repub-
lican headquarters to the fact that
Hearst is not as easy a man to beat
as they believed him to be.
President Roosevelt is partially re-
sponsible for the sudden change of
line. He has sent a message over
here within the last day or two to the
effect that his information was that
Hearst was making more Roadway
throughout the state as well as in
New York City than Chairman Wood
ruff and his assistants on the state
central committee seemed to be aware
Of.
As a result of the scare which has
been OPPORTUNITY thrown into" the
Republican managers by the presi-
dent and other shrewd observers,
extraordinary efforts are now being
made to bring out the full Republi-
can strength all over the state. II is
generally the case in an off year that
there is shrinkage in the registra-
ton of about 100000 as compared
with that during presidential
year.