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Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
KING COTTON,

In much the same way that corn oc- cupies the most important place as the great staple crop in the northern states cotton holds sway in the south It Is interesting to note in this connection that the export record of the United States for the fiscal year juSt ended shows that the value of cotton in raw and finished form exported from this country during the last year exceeded $400, 100000, surpassing by far the value of any other article of merchan- disc sent out of the country. The ex ports of breadstuffs of all kinds aggre- gated only $1S6.oOo,000, of provisions S211 100000 and of iron and steel manufactures only $161, 100000 The increase in cotton exports has been very marked during the past five years, amounting to 33 per cent or over S1o0,- 100000. As a purchaser of raw cotton the United Kingdom leads with S1I7,- 100000 worth, Germany takes S101,- 100000 and France $45,O00,000, while in the matter of manufactured cotton products China is our best patron, talk ing $30, ,O00,OO0 worth out of a total of $53, ,OO0000. The showing made Is a fine one and bespeaks the remarkable era of prosperity which the south is enjoying
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
POULTRY TESTS

Until quite recently 1t has been left to individual Initiative and enterprise to attend to the scientific development of the poultry industry of the country and tabulate the results obtafned with different breeds and under various COB dltions of care and feeding. Within the present year, however, the animal husbandry section of the department of agriculture has undertaken a series of experiments to determine the relative value of different methods of feeding, while the Iowa station has added a regular poultry department in which the egg producing capacity of different breeds will be given a careful test un der the same conditions of care and feed The aim In brief Is to do for the poultry interests of the country and state what the station seeks to accom- plish for the swine, sheep and cattle interests through these respective de partments. The results obtained in these poultry tests will be reliable and impartial, inasmuch as they will not be conducted with a view to feathering the nests of the raisers of this or that particular breed.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
THE FRUIT TREE AGENT.

From now~on until snow flies and per haps later Is the harvest season of the persistent. perennial, peripatetic fruit tree agent. While this chap Is as wise as a serpent, 1t cannot be said of him that he Is as harmless us dove. He Is not gadding about over the county for his health. It's the granger's coin be Is after, and he will ram just as much of 1t down his jeans as his own nerve and brass, coupled with his vic tim's gullibility, make possible. He usually does the most business In dis tricts far removed from the nursery he represents, where he and his house are little known. In addition to being guilty of palming off on his unsuspect- ing customers trees and shrubs that he positively knows will not grow in the latitude where he offers them for sale, he often sells apple, plum and other trees that arc not at all true to name, a fraud that it may take years for the buyer to uncover. In view of q. num- Der of rank frauds of this general type that have come under our notice we are convinced that the only safe course to pursue Is to sgive these fellows a wide berth. They regard neither Gt.i, man nor the devil much less their un- sophisticated would be victim It Is, as rule, true that 1t usually costs peo- pie who get swindled by these fellows, even if there are good grounds for damages, more to recover what they have lost than the amount involved in the swindle. If these fellows should talk you up to the point where you feel you really must hare an order of fruit trees, politely tell them that you will place 1t with your nearest reliable nurseryman, who can be counted upon ninety-nine times out of a hundred to give you better stock at a much less price.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
HARVESTING APPLES.

Our orchard experience this year leads us to believe that 1t would be advisable to make two pickings of ap- ples at from two to three weeks apart The first time through the rip est and largest fruit could be picked off and marketed This would not only result in saving practically all of the earliest maturing fruit, which usu, ally falls to the ground and is wasted, but it would also serve to relieve the tree and enable it to mature the re- maining apples In much better shape. Where there are few apples on the tree this would not be necessary, but where the tree is overfull it is com pelled by a natural law to drop much of its load before 1t can mature that which remains In such cases the two pickings have much to commend them
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
FERTILIzING ORCHARDS.

While the fact is one that is com monly overlooked, 1t is worth while re- membering that trees in the orchard of whatever kind are just as much in need of fertilizer as Is land that pro duces any kind of a grain or forage crop. AS a somewhat striking illustra- ton to prove this point, we noted the other day the case of a thirty-year- old orchard, in which every row of trees was dead except one of Fameuse, which Is a notoriously short lived tree. The reason assigned for this by the owner of the orchard was that this one row of trees had been given a good mulch of manure every other year and the others had not. Bearing apple trees need fertilizers if they are to live and bear fruit just as much as a man needs food If he Is to keep well and work.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Lecturer MaSSachu- IT means end
 setts state grange.l less work to gain such an acquaintance throughout state, but it is the basis for success full supervision, and 1t can be done, while without 1t the opportunity for improving the lecture hour work is greatly diminished.
 Some local lecturers must be ad- vised, some encourag ged, some warned, all helped The position of subordi- nate lecturer is one of great responsi- billy, yet it frequently devolves upon persons having little realization of its requirements. To such as these the state lecturer should prove a friend indeed, and every call from these sub- ordinate workers should have his in- stant response. For every subordinate and Pomona lecturer in the state to feel perfectly free to write to the state lecturer on any subject In doubt and to be sure of instant interest, careful consideration and a helpful and pune tual reply-such is the ideal relation in handling the lecture hour work in a state. And to establish such a rela- ton, then working out its natural fruits, is the fundamental task of the state lecturer.
 1t is clearly within his province to visit as many as possible of the sub ordinate and Pomona granges during the year. Here he is not only able to personally greet and encourage lee turers, but he sees the conditions under which they labor, he gains information that he can apply to other fields, he comes In contact with the rank and file of membership and thereby him. self gains capacity for the broad view which the duties of his position con hnually require. He may speak on the Order, or, In his judgment, may lead the thought of his hearers out upon more general lines, in order to ern- phasize the broad educational view which the grange must be continually giving to its members If 1t Is to expect m influence and maintain Its hold.
 The state lecturer may organize new granges, but if he is faithful to the duties that logically attach to his de- pertinent he will have little time to do so. And 1t would appear that con- centration of his best energies to devei- oping and improving the lecture hour work constitutes his specialized prov . ince.
 Always should the authority of tho local lecturer be recognized and un- der his or her direction should all ef- forts be exered. The suggestion of methods tried elsewhere or deemed worthy of trial; the adoptioa of innova- tions or the discontinuance of customs deemed unworthy; whatever the state lecturer may undertake, for the benefit of the lecture hour, should be exerted through the local lecturer, who stands, in that immediate field, responsible for the work.
 So the state lecturers work, how ever exerted, in spoken word, written suggestion or by personal contact, Is to exercise wise supervision, to pa tiently and tactfully counsel md to be an unfailing source of helpfulness to his subordinates in stimula ting the largest interest and in awakening the members of the Order to its magnifi- cent possibilities.
 CHARLES NJ. GARDNER,
 Lecturer Massachusetts State Grange.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
Rhoades&Stanton CANAAN, CONN.
 LEGAL NOTICES
LEGAL NOTICES
OF CORNWALL ss
nIsTRIcT OF CORNWALL, ss. Pro

nISTRICT OF CORNWALL, ss. Pro. lI bate Court, Sept. 27th, 1906.
 Estate of Stephen M. Whitney, late oi Cornwall in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Cornwall hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred. itors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly attested within said time, will be debarred recov. cry. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to CHAs. s. WHITNEY, Administrator, Post Office address, West Cornwall, Ct.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

CTS 1t Is the " ork of the state lecturer to acquire the fullest possible acGia aintan ce with the quail fcations of each
 as well as the field he occu- pies. This may
 be secured by
 some systema- tized plan of reports, by cor re spondenc ce and by as much
 personal con. tact as may be. It means end
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
THE GRANGE
 Conducted by ]. W. DARROw. Chatham. N. r. Press Correspondent Neto Fork State
 Grunge
STATE LECTURERS.
SOME OF THEIR MORE IMPORTANT
 DUTIES DISCUSSED.

These Are Supervisory In Their Ma . turc and to Stimulate the Highest Interest In the Educational Work of the Grange.
 Special Correspondence.l
 The work of a state grange lecturer Is many sided and calls for a variety of qualifications. but above all 1t Is supervisory, bearing much the same relation to the subordinate grange as does the school superintendent to the several schools comprising his district. The large work of the grange lies through Its lecture hour, and the un- deriving mission of the state lecturer Is to secure for hat lecture hour the highest possible standard of excel tence.
 AS there are mighty differences In the composition of subordinate lectur-
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

A nearby city reports a number of chicks as matching from an egg case placed on the platform of cold stor- age plant. The eggs producing these chicks must have had good two weeks start before the local grocer got hold. of them
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
Notice to Taxpayers

Taxpayers of North Canaan will please call at the store of c. S. Fuller Canaan, and store of Roberts Bros, East Canaan and procure the blank Tax list ing sheets and fill out the same properly sworn to and avoid the ten per cent which will be added if they fail to bt handed in by Nov. l, 1906.
 Canaan, Oct. 8, 1906.
 CHAs. s. ROBERTS .
 J. N. VAN DEUsRN Assessois
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

People will generally sympathize with and many of them Justify the Ohio woman who sought divorce from her husband on the ground that he in sisted on having nothing for breakfast but predigested breakfast foods.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18
A Flourishing Company.

A fiourishing farmers mutual insur- ance company of Pennsylvania is that at Brier Creek. This company has been in existence for thirty-one years, and the average cost per year for $1,000 insurance is $1.S7. The con- pany now carries nearly $7,O00,O 900 in- surance risks.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Kensington grange of New Hamp- shire has recently bought the Christian church of that place for grange hall. repairing and reftting it for its use. It was dedicated by State Master Had ley.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

You might just as well let the hired man use the buggy as to leave 1t out In the rain and sun exposed to all kinds of weather.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Inasmuch as 05 per cent of all house flies are said to breed In horse manure. we would seem to be doomed to suffer from this pest as long as we raise horses or nt least until we adopt sys- tematic methods of killing the larvae before they have a chance to hatch cut.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

A little forethought exercised just now in the matter of starting the flow ering bulbs will insure most delight ful whiff of fragrance and floral beauty in the cold months of winter when otl- erwise we would have but the memory and anticipation of summer flowers to cneer the dark days.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

It would seem to be bad bargain when order In the home Is maintained at a sacrifice Of actual comfort and good feeling among the different mem bers of the family. Order in itself amounts to nothing 1t is only jRstifi- able when 1t confers benefit on those who are affected amounting to more than the cost of maintaining 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Barring q burn out or pretracbed sickness, there would seem to be no good reason why any family that has had access to piece of ground the present season should not have in store enough canned fruit and garden vege- tables to supply the table through the winter. While downright shlftlessness is no valid excuse. it Is usually the reason why ample stores are not laid up for the winter use.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

There came to our notice the other day the case of farmer whose exam pie might be followed with profit by many today. Starting with a small farm fifteen or eighteen years ago, he resolved not to sell pound of grain therefrom. Instead year by year he converted the products of his land into butter, mutton, beef and pork. Today he has as much land as he cares to handle, has good sized bank account, while his acres are known for miles around as the most fertile and produc- Eve In the locality. There Is a sugges- ton here for the fellow who has here tofore been content with land skin ming, grain selling type of agriculture.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Although the United States fur nishes only about 21 per ceht of all the meat consumed in the British isles which Is imported, the per cent of staple articles used as food Is much greater All live stock imported into that country must be slaughtered within few days after arriving upon British soil This is done, 1t is claim ed, for sanitary reasons and also as n protection to the British grown stock.
Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

A good many farmers living in north ern Iowa and southern Minnesota are this year realizing a nice return on the fields which they have sown to flax Representatives of a flax twine plant are paying as high as $11 per ton for the unthrashed flax, which means for many farmers return of from $20 to S26 per acre. The flax Is pressed, snip ped to the plant and thrashed, the seed being saved and the flax being made Into binding twine.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19
HARD LUCK OF A MAN
 WHO TRIED TO PROPOSE.
Wealthy Austrian Proves That Evil Spirits Kept Him from Asking
 for Widows Hand.

vienna.-A rich widow has sued a wealthy landowner named Szabo for damaging her reputation by a long courtship without proposing marriage. Defendant admitted he oourted the widow. but pleaded fate had prevented him from proposing to her. and he told the court a touching hard luck" story. He said he had made strenuouse efforts to ask the widow to marry him, but all were unsuccessful.
 The first time he was just on the point of proposing when he stepped on the tail of the woman's pet dog. The consequences of this misadventure so upset him he did not dare suggest mar rtage.
 Subsequently his courage again reached the sticking point and he drove to the widows house in a car riage drawn by four horses. He was determined nothing should prevent
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19

Gibson claimed that he had left his office at No. 118 Nassau street on the night of the murder about 8 D. m. and went with friends to George Kruger's saloon at No. 120 Nassau street, where he remained for half an hour or more; that he then crossed the Brooklyn bridge and had dinner at the Imperial cafe. Fulton street. leaving there about 10 p. m. and going to the Kings Coun- ty Democratic club. He called sev- eral witnesses. who swore that he was in the clubhouse soon after 10 p. m.. and two men, named Herrick and Lachner. swore that he was in the sa. loon somewhere around 8 o'clock.
 Gibson was placed in custody on a commitment issued by Coroner Me Donald at the close of the inquest Into the death of Mrs. Alice D. Kinnan. whose lawyer Gibson had been.
 Gibson's lawyer, Luke D. Stapleton of Brooklyn, made an application for writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the prisoner Is not charged with a crime, but that he Is merely held on the word of the coroner. The commitment, which Is worded in rather peculiar way, reads in part as follows: Deliver to the warden of the Tombs prison the body of the said Bur ton w. Gibson. who stands held by me Coroner McDonald) on the finding of . coroner's jury for further examine ton in the case of the death of, Alice c. n. Kinnan."
 Later Gibson was brought Into the supreme court and on motion of the district attorney was remanded to the Tombs. as the court refused an appli- cation for the reduction of the ball from s25.000 to $10.0O0.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19
DousAssoFF REsloNs.
Health Destroyed by Exploding
 Bomb-Martfno6 Dying.

Health Destroyed by ExDloAing
 Bomb-MartfnoA Dying.
 ST. PETERSBURG, July 10.-vice Admiral Doubassofrs resignation of the governor generalship of Moscow and Emperor Nicholas acceptance of the resignation Is gazetted this morn- ing, accompanied by brief rescript in which the emperor heartily thanks Admiral Doubassoff for ''the brilliant performance of your functions at such difficult period"
 The rescript does not mention the injury. which Admiral Doubasson sus- tained by the explosion of bomb last May, but the reason given for the res ignation is shattered health.
 An attempt was made to assassinate Count Todleben, aid-de-camp to Elm peror Nicholas, at the engineers camp at Flora. between St. Petersburg and Schlusselburg The would be assassin fired at Count Todleben with revoly- CT, the bullet grazing his head. He then made his escape in boat which was awaiting him in the Neva. It is believed the act was one of vengeance for the arrest by order of Count Todle- ben of an agitator who had effected an entrance to the camp.
 During the session of the court mar. tial which is engaged in the trial of men concerned in the Black sea fleet mutiny at Sevastopol bomb was thrown from the Farine barracks at Colonel Dumbadze, the commander of the Brest regiment. who was leaving the courtroom. Colonel Dumbadze was not harmed. Two men were ar rested on suspicion of having been concerned in the outrage.
 During domiciliary searches at Tiflis following the fatal injuring of Chief of Police Martinoff in front of the Georgian Nobles' school Police Cap tain vinosradnoff was shot and se- verely wounded by one of his own men.
 Eight fragments of the bomb which was thrown at NJ. Martinoff have been extracted from his body.
 At Feodosla, Crimea. band of peas ants during the night entered the house of a rich landowner named Guburk and with daggers murdered his wife. The servants jumped from the windows and escaped. This Is the second case of the kind within a short time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19
WILL NOT RELEASE THEM.
Cuban Government Takes Absurd
 Position Regarding Prisoners.

Cuban Government Takes Absurd Position Regarding Prisoners.
 HAVANA, July 19.-The Cuban gov ernment has received a report from officials of the Isle of Pines relative to the Imprisonment at Nueva Gerona of Miss Millie Brown. L. c. Glltner, post master of the town of Columbia, and William Augustine, all Americans, for violation of an old military order pro- hibiting other than government tele- graph lines.
 The report states that the persons named deliberately and deiantly main- tained their private telegraph line after having been warned. The government will not pardon the offenders or inter- fere in the case. but in deference to the feeling of Americans in the Isle of Pines 1t has ordered that Miss Brown be transferred from the common jail to the mayors home. The government be- lleves that revolutionary Americans are responsible for the incident, but this the islanders deny.
 Miss Brown, MT Giltner and Mir. Au- gustine constructed. as they allege, for their own instruction and amusement telegraph line 1900 feet long run ming from Giltner's store to the resi- dence of the others.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19
suIbnOJ IsnH
 JEROME IN THE SOUTH.
Georgia Bar Association Csnvenes at
 Warm Springs, Ga.

WARM SPRINGS. Ga, July 19.-- The twenty-third annual session of the Georgia Bar association has opened here with an attendance of nearly 800 representatives from all parts of the state.
 Included in the attendance is VII liam Travers Jerome. district attorney of New York city. who addressed the association today: several members of .he supreme court of Georgia. United States Senator Bacon and Congress man Adamson.
 T, A. Hammond of Atlanta. presi- dent of the association. in his annual address declared that. while the edi- torial utterances of the newspapers on the subject of lynching are to be com mended. the news headlines encourage the disregard of law.
 District Attorney Jerome said re garding the Thaw case In New York:
 "The present movement in the Thaw case means that Thaw must do one of two things-stand trial or go to the asylum. In going to the asylum un- der the finding of commission on the question of his mental condition at the present moment means that should he then become sane he would have to stand trial for killing Spnford White. though he had not been confined"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19
Hiberni.n conventson at sarato.a.

SARATOGA, N. Y.. July 19-The na. tional convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians fin session here is attend ed by TOO delegates. including POO mem- bers of the Ladies auxiliary. Rev. Terence Gardner of San Francisco. whose church was destroyed by the earthquake and fire. made an appeal for financial aid for the 1.5O0 Hiber- nians who were impoverished by the disaster. Action, 1t is understood. will be taken by the convention to make a contribution from the general treasury to relieve the distressed brethren.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-19
FIGHTS FOR LIFE WITH BEAR
Pct Syrian Beast in New York Eco Suddenly Turns on Keeper
 Schlosser.

New York.-Frederick Schlosser, who has been one of the keepers in the Bronx Geological park for the last three years, is in Fordham hospital suffering from serious injuries as the result of a desperate fight with a biz so0-pound Syrian bear. His left hand and arm are badly lacerated. while his left leg is so severely torn that the physicians fear amputation will bs necessary.
 The Syrian bear was in . den with two large white bears. He was born in the park three years ago. and until his attack on Schlosser he had never shown an ugly trait. He has beeu c pet of the keepers, and supposed to be without treachery in his disposition.
 Schlosser went into the den to clean 1t and stopped Ass usual. to pat thd Syrian on the head. The animal seemed to enjoy the betting. and the keeper turned to begin his work
 Suddenly. with q deep growl. the bear sprang upon Schlosser and began clawing and biting. The keeper is c powerful man. but he was almost helpless in the bears grasp. He fought as best he could. however, and for IS minutes he kept up the strug-, gle before his cries for help wers heard by other keepers.
 Then three men. armed with pitch forks and iron bars. ran into the den and at last succeeded in driving the Syrian into corner and dragEing schlosser fpm the den.
 While the aght lasted the two vhits beam remained af one side of the den and took no part in the struggle.