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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-23
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AzG1AlRDEN
COWS AND THE MILK.

DR.. Huff makes some good recon-
mendations to the Board of Health of
Rome, New York, and among other
things says:
Cows confined to the stable require
a space of 800 square feet each to
obtain sufficient oxygen to aerate the
blood properly, but we usually see
cattle huddled together in as close a
space as possible, generally allowing
each COW about 275 to 300 square feet.
where they are compelled to breathe
and rebreathe the contaminated atmos-
phere because the dairyman informs
US he can get more milk from them if
they are kept close together.
The majority of stables are built as
cheaply as possible and are roughly
finished inside and out, furnishing
hooks and corners for dirt to locate
and propagate disease. The floor fire.
quently consists of 12-inch planks laid
aside, just where the hind feet of the
COWS are placed and the miller stands
when milking and trench about
foot wide is behind the COWS for the
excrement to fall into. There is not
one stable in hundred that has any
way of flushing and no great percent
age has any system of drainage. There
are stables that have stood for years
upon the same ground and have con-
tanned hundreds of COWS and all of the
liquid manure made in them has been
allowed t. yak into the ground and
there remain.
There has been so much sad about
milk containing germs Of disease that
it seems almost unnecessary to men
ton the fact, but we are so forcib,y
reminded that dirt and fil;h ere. the
abiding places of disease and that
cleanliness is the suvest guide to
health, that attention. to it should not
be disregarded.
FEEDING HORSES FOR MARKET.
Feeding merely to fatten NAV not
make a better horse, but it is evident
ly good way to make money cut Of
horses. Horse buyers as a rule like
the plump fat horse. and feeding
makes such very marketable. The H.
linois University Agricultural Staten
recently fed twenty draft horses TO &
fat finish. They cost on an average
SIS per head and when fat sold On
the Chicago horse market for an aver
age of $29S each. They were fed
forty-eight days and they gained i'll
feeding So day. The horses were
divided into three lots and were fed
three periods of sixteen days each.
Lot 1 was fed corn and clover hay,
and lot corn, oats and timothy hay.
Lot 1 gained 1874 pounds, lot gained
PIT pounds and lot 8, 142 pounds.
Each lot ate the same amount of grain,
but lot ate more hay. Lots ana
2 at the end of the experiment were
in prime condition, while lot was
not well finished Each of the lots
received in addition to their regular
rations small daily allowance of
bran and oilmeal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-23

An Indian scalps his enemy. a white
man skins his friend.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-23
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SHEEP AT LANDING rIME.


1t is obvious to those having exper-
fence in handling sheep that during
the lambing period it is far better to
divide the ewes into as small flocks
as possible, as they can be manipulate
ed much better and their young will
be less in danger of being trampled
under foot. In a large flock 1t fire.
quently happens that young lambs are
injured at feeding-time, when grain is
given the ewes in the yard outside the
paddock; for, in their anxious
scramble to reach their feed, they take
no thought of their young, but ruth
lessly rush forward, crowding the
little ones hither and thither. Par
ticular pains should be taken to pro-
vide plenty of pure running water
for the ewes, and it is also advisable
to supply them often with salt. Every
thing should be quiet, wherever the
sheep are at this period. The shep-
flock, lending assistance here and
there, ministering to the weak ones
and exercising care and strategy in
handling the timid young ewes, who
are disposed to ignore their first born.
Sheep are the most nervous and SEN
sitive of farm animals. They quickly
notice changes, and are easily dis
turbed by them. Therefore, great
care should be taken to allow no dogz
to come within sight or scent of the
barns or pastures, or any unnecessary
disturbance to occur. In handling
sheep at lambing time, ones patience
and perseverance are sometimes sever.
Ely taxed. However, in the end, he
who exercises both will succeed
Weekly Witness.
WHAT TO DO WITH OLD SOWS.
A day or two at any of the big stock
yards will show any one what farmers
generally think of old sows. Just as
soon as the pigs are weaned the sows
are crowded, fattened up little and
sent on to market. We question
whether the practice is a sound one.
Not all sows are good mothers, in fact,
not fifty per cent Of them are. Keep
a good mother just as long as she will
raise a litter of seven or eight pigs.
The question of the profit in keeping
these sows hinges upon how they are
cared for. These sows should be
carried along as cheaply as possible,
from the time their pigs are weaned
until they are bred again. They will
not need much grain feed during this
time, but they should be kept in such
condition as will insure their efficiency
when narrowing time comes around
again. Those who sell off their old
scws every year say that all feed
put into them simply goes towards
maintenance, while with the same feed
they can grow a thrifty young SOW
and have her weight $50 to 500 pounds
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TEN YEARS OF PAIN.

Unable to Do Even Homework Be-
cause of Kidney Troubles.
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clin-
Tor St., Napoleon, o., says: For
afteen years / was a great sufferer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-08-23

An easy way not to convince man
is to give him a convincing argument.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
GREAT ARRAY OF WARSHIPS
American Fleet Ready to Greet For
elan Visitors.

Norfolk, Va, April 24.-The great
est fleet Of American vessels ever as
sembled in the historic waters Of
Hampton Roads, 100000 tons of float
ing steel, has been made ready to re-
ceive the first of the visiting foreign
battleships and cruisers which are
from time to time to take part in the
celebration which will mark the prog
ress of the Jamestown Tercentennial
exposition. For the opening of the
exposition, Friday, the 26th, the war
ships of Great Britain, of Germany
and of Austria are expected. One of
the visiting Germans. the dark hulled
stead awaiting the arrival Of the Room,
a big armored cruiser typical of the
modern fighting craft in Emperor Will
1am's navy.
All the American vessels now at
anchor belong to the Atlantic fleet.
There are probably twenty-five battle
ships and cruisers in the far flung
line, which is headed by the Connec-
ticut just off the government pier at
Fortress Monroe, and which trails
away almost to the vanishing point up
the broad channelway leading to Nor
folk.
The feet has been arranged so as to
give the visitors to the exposition the
best possible opportunity for viewing
the fighting strength of the American
navy
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
STUDY QUESTION ABROAD
Part Of immigration Commission Will
Visit Europe.

Washington, April 24.-The immi-
grafton commission was in session for
three hours considering the details of
the proposed investigation. It was
practically decided that all Of the nine
members of the commission except
Commissioner of Labor Neill and Pro-
fessor jerks should proceed to Europe
for the purpose of prosecuting the In
quiry there and that Messrs. Neill and
jerks should carry on the work in
this country. The members who will
go abroad will leave some time dur
ing the latter part of May and they
probably will begin their work in
Southern Italy, gradually proceeding
northward into Poland, Russia and
other European countries from which
large numbers of immigrants come
They will give especial attention to
the class of immigration and the in
ducements offered to immigrants. The
subjects which will receive especial
attention at home are the distribution
Of immigrants and their congestion in
the large cities. Particular attention
will be given to the latter subject, as it
is generally felt that the concentration
Of the newly arrived foreigners in the
principal centers of population is one
OF the greatest evils connected with
the question of immigration.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
ARRESTED In CHICAGO.
South Dakota Banker Accused of Mis-.
applying Funds.

Chicago, April 24-Charles G. King,
president of the First National bank
Of Scotland, S. D., has been arrested
here by United States Marshals Grit.
I'm and Donovan.
King was recently indicted by the
federal grand jury in South Dakota
on charges Of having misapplied the
funds of the bank and Of having issued
certificates Of deposit in his own favor
amounting to $4,000.
After his arrest King was taken to
the Office Of United States Commits
sioner Foote, where he was shown
copies Of two indictments against him.
One Indictment charged him with is
suing to himself nine certificates Of
deposit Of $4,000 each, for which no
money was turned into the bank. The
second Indictment, containing ninc-
teen counts, alleges the misapplication
of funds amounting to S21,777.
While in the Office Of the commits
sloner he declared that the allega-
lions in the indictments were false
and the work of his enemies. He as
serted that there had never been any
thing wrong In any Of his dealings
with the bank
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
ARBITRATION ONLY HOPE
Central American Peace Nego.
tiations Still Deadl0cked.

Washington, April 24.-The Central
American controversy is no nearer a
settlement, according to dispatch re-
ceived at the state department from
Philip Brown, the American charge at
Guatemala, cabling from La Union,
Salvador. Mr.. Brown says the vari-
GUS questions involved continue to be
discussed. but that the deadlock is
still on. He holds out no hope Of an
early agreement.
Both the United States and Mexico
are striving to bring about some un-
derstanding between the belligerents
whereby the resumption of hostilities
will be averted. Long conferences
were held at the state department be-
tween Assistant Secretary Bacon, Am
bassador Creel of Mexico and Minis
tiers Mejia of Salvador and CalvO Of
Costa RIGA, as a result of which it
was announced that important devel-
opmerts may be expected within the
next twenty-four hours.
In the present apparently hopeless
state of affairs it has been determined
that the only way out of the diff
Guilty is by arbitration of all the ques-
lions in dispute and therefore Mic
aragua, Honduras and Salvador have
been urged to agree to a proposition
Of that nature.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
Blue Eyed Babies.

It is pity that all babies born with
the prospect Of being adopted out of
an orphan asylum are not blessed
with blue eyes. Most persons who
wish to adopt children show prefer
ence for the blue eyed variety.
'"Ihey seem to Think" said the ma
tron of one such institution, chat blue
eyes give promise of great intelligence,
honesty and general sta bility of char
acter. That is pretty hard On the
youngsters with eyes of brown, black,
gray or hazel. Undoubtedly those chill
dren will grow up to be just as worthy
citizens as the blue eyed tots, but it is
impossible to make most of the pro-
spective parents-in-Iaw believe Sc.
They have been Influenced by the ar
gunents Of certain half baked scien-
tific writer's who claim that all the vir-
tues are found in blue eyes, and the
dark eyed children, no matter what
their parentage, suffer from the dis
elimination. New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
The Old Wsrn1inn Pan

Eyes, that is fine specimen Of the
old brass warming pan," said an anna
teur collector of antiques, quoted by
the Philadelphia Record, "but it hangs
on the wall from this time on. 1t will
not be brought into requisition for &C.
tual warming purposes again. It's too
good.' Then he added contemplative-
ly: my daughter thought it would re-
new the ancient flavor Of things to put
that warming pan to use. So on one
Of the coolest nights Of the winter she
filed the pan end with live Goals, shut
the lid and put the pan into one Of the
beds. In little while the house was
filed with smoke, which, on being
traced to it's origin, was found to come
from the bed, which was afire. With
a few olden time wood embers these
warming pans were all right, but with
live anthrG c!te they simply Oyer(1O the
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24

OIL lanulng marines. commander F'uI-
lam of the Marietta sent a body Of
marines ashore to demand an apology
from Isauila. These marines found
the colonel with eight men drawn up
in skirmish line and were told that
Colonel Isauila demanded an apology
Of the Americans. When, however,
the Americans advanced and said they
intended to have an apology Isauila
backed down and wrote one.
Among the acts for which an apol-
ogy was asked was the cutting down
of a British flag at Salado. Isauila's
soldiers threatened the life of William
Collins, British subject, who had
raised his flag for protection Com
mander Fullam Informed the colonel
that the American marines would not
allow insults to the British flag.
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graft cases. If he did not have in his
possession Il list of the grating coun.
cilmen. He admitted he had such a
list and said that he would produce it
later.
President Cameron denied emphat-
fcally that he ever intended giving the
councilmen 81. He told how he fooled
them by means Of checks placed in
safe deposit boxes and afterwards re-
moved
He said Common Councilman Will.
lam A. Martin, now under sentence to
three years in the penitentiary for
soliciting brides from Cameron, was
the collector Of the combine and that
finally in desperation the combine DE-.
manded the cash and that $4,000 dis.
appeared from his coat pocket while
In the presence Of Martin.
President Cameron, through his at
torneys, announced after the hearing
was adjourned that he would resist all
efforts to try him on the charge Of
bribery, for which he mas already been
indicted, on the grounds that his testi-
mony gives him immunity from prose-
cutiOn.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
FOURTEEN ON BOARD.
Lumber Barge Arcadia Apparently
Lost on Lake Michigan.
WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE
Parts Of Vessel and Cargo Found
Along the Beach Identified as Be-
Has Been Missing Since April IL.

Manistee, Mich, April 24.-The
wooden lumber barge Arcadia, which
left this port April IL for Two Rivers
with a cargo of hardwood, has I'M
doubtedly been lost in Lake Michigan
with her captain and owner, Harry
May, and about thirteen others. Ma
rine men here have given her up as
lost and would not be surprised to
hear that her wreck was caused by a
boiler explosion. Some hold the the
DRY that she went down as the result
of the big storm of April IA.
The cargo Of the Arcadia was
shipped by the State Lumber COM
pany of this city to the Hamilton Man
ufacturing company Of Two Rivers.
The boat has not been heard from
definitely since leaving Manistee.
Wreckage has been found along the
beach from Pentwater north to Little
Point Sauble and part of it has been
identified as the cargo Of the lost
craft Portions of her cabins and bull
warks have also been found on the
beach near Pentwater.
While it has been impossible to
learn absolutely how many persons
were on the wrecked barge it is gen
orally believed that the number was
between ten and fifteen, with a major
ity of the reports agreeing on four
teen. The Arcadia left Man1stee April
-. April 10 and IA Lake Michigan
was swept by such a severe storm
that navigation was almost complete
ly tied up. 1t was during this storm
that the Arcadia was probably lost.
Wreckage was sighted four miles Off
Ludington in the direct course to Mil
waukee Immediately after the gale,
but until the bulwarks bearing the
steamers name were washed ashore
it was impossible to identify the
wrecked craft
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later will result in the selection of a
president and congress who will be
able to maintain themselves and give
stable rule to the island; and that the
delay in taking a census Is taken by
the Cubans as an earnest Of the Amer
lean governments desire to secure a
stable government before 1t leaves,
$50 there shall be no excuse for a Sec
ond intervention"
Discussing canal work the secretary
expressed the liveliest satisfaction.
The work of excavation and, indeed,
all phases of the canal work, said the
secretary, were progressing under
Colonel Cocktails management quite
as rapidly as they had under the d.
rectiOn Of Mr. Stevens.
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Her Limit,

The old generation of Galloway
lairds were primitive and Hospital
BILE race, but their conviviality some
times led to awkward occurrences. In
former days, when roads were bad and
wheeled vehicles almost unknown, an
old laird was returning from a supper
party with his lady mounted behind
him on horseback. On crossing the
river Urr at ford at a point where it
joins the sea the old lady dropped off,
but was not missed until her husband
reached his door, when, of course,
there was an immediate search made
The party who were dispatched in
quest Of her arrived just in time to find
her demonstrating with the advancing
tide, which trickled into her mouth, In
these words: mo anither drap, neither
bet nor cauld."-London Tit-Bits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
GREAT FIRE AT T0ULON
Some Loss of Life and Immense
Damage to Property.

Toulon, France, April PA fire
which broke out at the arsenal here
shortly after midnight has assumed
alarming proportions. Private resi-
dences outside the arsenal are threat
ened, immense quantities of stores
have been burned and damage amount.
Ing to many millions of francs has
been done.
The wall Of storehouse fell in,
burying forty men, thirty Of whom
were severely injured. Two or three
persons are believed to have been
killed.
Some houses occupied by workmen
situated near the arsenal caught fire
and collapsed, burying twelve men,
who, however, were rescued, though
most of them were badly injured.
Large bodies of soldiers and sailors
were engaged in fighting the flames
throughout the night, but all the eff
forts to control the fire have been
without success up to the present.
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Job. We put out the fire, but, as say,
from this time on the warming pan
hangs on the wall empty"
kneaded Earth,

Even old Ping wrote of "pisework,"
pronounced "pee-say-work." It was
suggested by the building processes of
the ants, and the durable walls made
according to those wonderful archi-
tects of the insect tribe were called
"formacie." The method was we'll
known to the ancients, and some of the
Oldest houses in the world today are of
this construction. Rondelet writes of
a chateau in the department Of Ain,
France, which he repaired in 1854: ct
was at least $50 years old, and the
wallis had acquired a hardness and
compactness equal to ordinary stone, so
that in charging the windows and 9th.
er apertures the workmen used the
same tools as in a quarry" Pie is
simply kneaded earth. What is Mexi-
can adobe New York Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
IN new YORK BLAZE
Four Men and Several Hundred
Horses Burned to Death.
HALF DOZEN SERIOUS FIRES
Other confagrations Attended by In
Jury to a Dozen Fremen and by
Number of Thrilling Rescues From
tho Burning Buildings.

New York, April 24.-Four men
burned to death, ESQ horses killed,
twelve flremen injured, two of them
seriously, two engines overturned ana
wrecked by collisions with street cars,
several thrilling reScues from burning
buildings and property loss of $2oo,oOo
that is the story Of the fire depart
ment for the five hours following mid
night. Six different fires on the Upper
East Side, in Broadway, on the Middle
East Side and big stable fire at
Christopher and Barrow streets kept
the firemen constantly at work.
The dead are four Italians, whose
bodies, burned beyond recognition.
were found in the ruins Of the burned
stable. Three alarms called out a
great battery of fire apparatus, includ-
ing two big fireboats, but it was only
after q hard fight that the fremen
saved the big adjoining tenements and
the Palace and KnickerbOcker hotels.
Two hundred and fifty horses quar-
tol Su AL luC Du1luluS pei ioAiCu.
Two Fire Engines Wrecked.
Another serious fire started in the
Madison laundry in East Seventy
third street and swept up through the
f1ve-story building, several OF the
upper floors of which were occupied
rs tenements. 1t was while on the
way to this fire that the two fire
engines were wrecked. The drivers Of
both engines were injured, but it is
not believed that either Of them was
fatally hurt. The families in the
upper part of the building were cut
off from escape by the stairways, but
were rescued by fremen.
It was In high building in Wooster
street that most of the fremen were
injured. Fire had been discovered on
the top floor and the flremen had
dragged their hose up the stairs to
fight stubborn blaze in the factory
of the r. R. Frome Manufacturing
company The full company had
reached the scene when came the
backdraught and the flames and chok-
ing smoke swept over them. A dozen
of the men were blown down flight
Of stairs. Several Of them were Sc
verely burned and bruised.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-24
SCORE OR MORE INJURED
Great Northern Train Partially De-
rallied Near BIaIsdeII, N. D.

Minot, N. D., April 24.-Twelve per-
sons were seriously injured and as
many others more or less badly hurt
in the wreck of Great Northern train
No. one mile east of Blaisdell. It is
feared that one or two of the injured
may die, although the physicians are
working to save their lives. The
wreck was caused by broken rail.
The engine did not go off the track,
but the baggage, express and mail
car, smoker, day coach and tourist
sleeper we're hurled into the ditch
and partially turned over.
The passengers say that the train
was an hour late and was making up
the time. Most Of those who were
hurt were in the smoker, which
seemed to have got the full force of
the impact. A relief train was sent
out from here and the injured were
brought to this city.
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TO AVOID TARIFF WAR,
German Reichstag Will Approve Pro
visionaI Agreement.

Berlin, April 24.-Now that the eco
nomic committee, which acts in an ad-
visory capacity to the government in
tariff matters, has accepted the pro-
visional arrangement with the United
States government circles here antici.
pate that the reichstag will readily as
sent to the step taken. The officials,
however, claim that no party in the
reichstag will vote for the agreement
with any degree of enthusiasm, but
they say they all will do so on the
ground that it will be choice of the
lesser evil, as no party or parties in
parliament are willing to take the re-
sponsibility Of inaugurating a tariff
war with the United States.