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NEWS Of Tnf WEEK N tPITOMf
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
People Talked About.

F. A. Eridgman, an American artist,
has been made an officer Of the Legion
of Honor.
Aunt Lucy" Williams, believed to be
the oldest woman in Iowa, and one OF
the Oldest in the United States, is dead
at Davenport, Iowa, aged 12O years.
DR.. George Young Salmon. noted
pioneer Missourian and former banker,
died at his home in Clinton, Mo-, as
the result of a stroke of paralysis.
Augustus ST. Gaudens, one of the
best known sculptors in the United
States, died at his home in Concord,
N. H. The artist had been failing for
year.
Alonzo Greene Smith, former lieu.
tenant governor and attorney general
of Indiana and one of the best known
Democrats in that state. died of heart
disease at indianapolis.
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fifteen miles long. In the neighbor.
hood of Forest City eight dwellings
and twenty farm buildings were de-
stroyed, and great damage was done to
stock and crops. Some summer cot
tages were blown to pieces. Twelve
barns and Catholic church at Rock
well were destroyed, and other minor
damage was done, besides the killing
of stock.
Winona Hit Hard.
Although information from the coun-
try districts in Minnesota where the
storm struck was meager, it was plain
that Winona received the brunt of the
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SCARED FROM 5000 BOOTY.
cracksmen Run When Watchman
Flashes liot1t.

st. Paul, Aug. 13. = Safeblowtrs
were about to touch off some nitro
glycerin on the safe in the cigar store
of Richard Clark at 2 o'clock yester-
day morning when Special watchman
John Fahey aashed his bulls eye
through the front window and flushed
the safecrackers who made a speedy
exit. David Haggerty was subsequent
ly arrested by Patrolman John P. Hall
on suspicion. The safe contained
$4,000 in cash.
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Burglars Lift Liz.

st. Paul, Aug. 13.-While the fami-
ly was away yesterday burglars went
through the saloon and residence of
s. A. Pepin, just outside the city linn.
its. getting away with about $50, two
bottles OF whisky and 300 cigars.
The money was taken from the cash
drawer in the saloon.
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in wagon were knocked senseless by
bolt of lightning. Two homes were
destroyed at Tower Hill, and at Noko-
mis- the Catholic church was almost de-
molished. Great damage was done to
crops by hail.
Ruins $4,000 Acres Of Corn.
Peoria, ILL.,, Special.-The storm of
last night was the worst in many
years. Hail stones of the size of a
hens egg cut the blades of the corn
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Hundreds Of J.p. Lo.t In Flood.

Hundreds Of Japs Lost In Floods.
Victoria. B. c., Aug. 13.-Heavy loss
OF life Is reported from Central Japan
because of floods, according to advices
received by the steamer Athenian,
several hundred being killed and
many injured. The property loss was
great.
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WRECK OF LAlRD-NoRTon compAnY WAREHOUSE.
MINES ARE BUSY.

About e6 Per Cent Of Customary
Amount Of Ore Being Shipped. { (
Duluth, Special. ~ The mines tapped
by the Great Northern on the Mesaba'
range are now mining more ore than
they were before the strike. The
Great Northern ID also carving more
ore to the docks than II did before the
miners went ont. About IS per cent
OF the customary amount o. ore n now
being sent down from both ~ Mseaba
md Yermil1ioD ranges. 81.
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stalks and left $4,000 acres of corn a
barren waste. Farm buildings were
laid low, and thousands Of window
panes succumbed to the terrific blows.
Telephone wires are down all over the
western part of the county, and the
damage in Peoria and Knox counties
is estimated at 81, 100000
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Chickens Are Scarce

GAINESVILLE. Mimi, Aug. 1s.
Farmers who have been coming into
town the last few weeks report that
prairie Chickens are scarce this year.
Owing to the late season they are
small. They report ducks plentiful,
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miles southwest 81 here. va separat.
Ing his milk, one Of his eight month";
old sons feet was badly smashed In
the gearing Of the separator. The "a.
ther let go Of the handle and picked up
the baby, and as he turned around the
baby's foot struck the machine and
was caught between the two cog
wheels, which badly crushed 1t.
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Auto Hits Tree.

Lake Geneva, Wis, Aug. 1s. -
Charles Bray of Oshkosh and his
chauffeur were injured when the auto,
mobile in which they were riding skid
ded and struck q tree.
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ny, met with probably fatal accident
here. He was assisting a man to op.
crate a winch on one of the RATS used
in the work of removing the outer har.
bor pier. His companion lost his grip
on the handle and Heidemann, being
unable to hold it alone, the handle was
jerked from his hand. As the windlass
rapidly revolved the heavy handle
struck Heidemann several times in the
side, crushing in his ribs.
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hit BY Winch Handle.
Manitowoc. Wis.,, Special. Emil
Heidemann, employed by the Great
Lakes Dredge and Dock compa.
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VALUE OF CLAIMS RISES.
Homesteaders Take Notice When
Land Sells at $12 an Acre.

Land Sells at $12 an Acre.
Pierre, S. d., Special - The people
in the vicinity of Philip are beginning
to take more notice since the sales of
several quarter sections in that vicin.
ity at $12 an acre and better. The
homesteaders are beginning to feel
that II they stay by their quarters for
the required time and secure a patent
to the tracts which they claim they
have secured bank account" worth
looking after.
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coes CATCH sAsY's FOOT.

Tending infant While Separating Milk
Brings Accident.
New Hampton, Iowa, Special =
While Otto Bartz. living about four
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Farmer shoote Li,r,..If

Iowa City, Iowa. Aug. 13:: Frank
Ratzlaff, johnson county farmer,
arose at daybreak yesterday. and 60
ing to the barn fred bullet into his
brain. /. $5 Eli .5s
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Accidental Happenings.

Accidental Happenings.
George L. Judd was struck by light
ming at his fathers ranch, near Sedan,
Mont.
Guy Carpenter is dead as the result
of injuries received in a runaway ac-
cident at Des Moines, Iowa.
Jesse Long, fifteen years old, of Ell.
dora, Iowa, was kicked to death by a
horse which he was driving.
Charles Carlson OF 1shpeming, Mich,
was killed in fall of ore in the Cleve-
land Lake mine while engaged in tim.
bering.
Eight train hands were injured,
three of them seriously, in the derail-
ing of freight train near Chester,
Mass.
Robert Orr Of Dwight was killed and
seven others were seriously injured in
a collision of interurban cars near
Bloomington, Ill.
Ralph Berger and Horace, brothers,
and Herman Volkman were instantly
killed while walking on the railroad
tracks in Chicago.
Ona LSffon, son of rancher living
near Shields, Mont, is dead as the re.
suit of injuries received in being run
over by hayrake.
Roy Vanschaick, Copper Range
brakeman, fell from moving train
near Mill Mine Junction, Mich. His
h0dv, r,oc hod11y
Mrs. A. T. Ferguson was killed and
her sister, Miss Henrietta Shrake was
seriously injured by falling from a
street car at Long Beach, Cal.
Chris Lund, Dane living twelve
miles south of Charles City, Iowa, fell
from a hayrack, breaking his neck.
Mr.. Lund and two sons were unloading
hay.
A score Of passengers were injured
I'm New York by jumping from an
Eighth avenue car in a panic, follow.
ing an accident to the controller boz
Of the car.
James n. Banta, the Oldest engineer
on the Illinois Central railroad. was
struck by an engine and instantly
killed while crossing the tracks in
Chicago. ,ss
His foot caught in . stirrup, Clifford
Finders. Z nine-year-old boy Of Ferxu.
90, lows. Wa dragged I hundred
yards By . wildly running horse and
J fatally injured.
While returning from the harvest
! Held the twslye-Iear-old son Of Dr. +,
s 81 a I list & slDerss Ders Iowa, was In
k11Isd ~ u hos6o which he
NJ 4allin Bpoas lin.
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firewood in st. Louis, is dead, aged 80
years.
The Union Pacific railroad has or.
dered the construction of 100 gasoline
motor cars for use on the branch lines
of the company.
The great potato crop of Aroostock
county, Maine. estimated this season
at 100000 bushels, is seriously men.
aced by continued wet weather.
Workmen excavating in Marysville
N. B., uncovered 1O2 Spanish gold
coins of the eighteenth century, The
money is worth about $4,000.
Jefferson Scott, undoubtedly the old.
est man in Ohio, is dead at the Seneca
county infirmary, where he has been
for three years. He was over 113
years of age.
Judge Smith Mcpherson, in the Uni.
ted States district court at Kansas
City, has refused to grant a temporary
restraining order to prevent the en-
forcement of the Kansas stock food in.
spection law.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
i'll at his hotel in Portland, Or, and
declines to see any one. Jasper Will
son, the secretary's son, said that his
father contracted a severe cold on his
trip from Puget sound to Portland.
Postofdce Inspector James T. Cor.
telyou, brother of Secretary George B.
Cortelyou, will be called upon to ex-
plain why he borrowed 5000 from
Postmaster James Freeman, the Re-
publican boss Of Kearney, N. J. Cor
telyou was in charge of the Jersey City
district when he borrowed the money
from Freeman.
The excavations along the line of
the Panama canal during the month
Of July were as follows: At Culebra
cut, 770,570 cubic yards; at Gatum,
74,765 cubic yards, and at Mindi, 731
cubic yards. The dredging Of the ca
nal Is estimated at III, ,210 cubic yards,
making In all total Of / ,O6S, ,776 cubic
yards. +
Five generals will attend the eighth
annual reunion Of the National socie-
" of the Army Of the Philippines ct
Kansas City, Aug. 13, n, is and ssls.
They ars Gin. Macarthur, Gen. Hale.
Qen, Smith Gen. King and Gen. Yst,
ell. @
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Crimes and Criminals.

Zimri Henry. aged seventy-eight,
hung himself in barn at Boone, Iowa.
The act is attributed to dependency.
A. H. Shaver, a commercial traveller
of Ies Moines, is in Jail at Webster
City. Iowa, charged with forging two
checks.
Edward Halsted, laborer of Mount
Pleasant, Mich. shot and killed his
wife, who had started suit for divorce,
and then committed suicile.
Despondent over financial troubles,
Louis NJ. Levy, retired merchant and
one OF the most prominent Hebrews of
Little Rock. Ark, blew out his brains.
Joseph Knadel shot and probably IA
tally wounded Mrs. Elsie Parsons at
her home in Lincoln, Neb., and then
committed suicide. Jealousy is sup.
posed to have led to the shooting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Magill, &C.
cused of the murder of Magill's first
wife, were released on $4,000 bonds
each at Clinton, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Ma.
gill went at once to the home of Mrs.
Magilrs parents.
Brooding over the recent death OF
her mother and the supposed unfaith.
fulness of a lover, Hulda Jensen. the
seventeen-year-old daughter of a
farmer living six miles north of New
ton, Iowa, committed suicide by shoot.
ing.
The warfare against saloons which
started in Davenport, Iowa, has ex'
tended throughout the entire county.
Every saloonkeeper in Scott county
tota]ing about $50, has been served
with notice of injunctional proceed.
tngs.
= During a recurrence of insanity
which has caused her to be thrice con-
fined in an insane asylum, Mrs. Chris
tine Nenadal, aged twenty-four years,
the wife of Joseph Nenadal of Balti.
more, strangled her two small chill
dren.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1907-01-12
Infiuence of nenorninr.


Fourteen cows were subjected to the
tuberculin test by the Wisconsin Sta
ton and then dehorned. The milk of
these cows, as regards yield and COM
position, was compared with the milk
OF COWS dehorned but not tuberculin
tested. of cows tuberculin tested but
not dehorned, and Of COWS neither de-
horned nor tubercuIin tested. The re-
suit showed on an average a decrease
OF about 8 per cent In the yield of
milk for the first few days after de-
morning. but loss OF only about 2 per
cent In tho yield Of butter fat. De-
horning. therefore. increased the fat
content OF the milk OPT per cent. These
results are noted as being In accord
with the results OF investigations at
other experiment stations which are
cited. The tuberculin test was appar-
entity without effect upon milk secre-
ton
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1907-01-12
Cure for Hog Cholera.

After many years Of experimenting
for the cure of hog cholera the De
partment of Agriculture has worked
out method which gives promise OF
being an effective remedy. The meth
cd consists in the injection of serum
from the blood of an immune hog, after
the immune has been treated similarly
with the serum from hogs affected with
the disease.
DR.. Marion Dorset. of the Bureau of
Animal Industry, who has worked out
the process, has had it patented in the
name Of the department and given the
invention without price to the coun-
try. In this way the possibility of any
one monopolizing the new treatment
will be avoided. 1t is estimated that
the money loss from hog cholera
reaches $15.OOO,OOO annually.
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sheep-shearing Machine.

sheep-shearing machines are a great
Improvement over hand work both in
cleanliness Of clipping and in the time
required for each animal 1t requires
some skill to keep clippers sharp. Upon
THIS much Of the success and ease with
which these machines are handled de-
penos. 1t is necessary to know how to
handle sheep while clipping it.
A man who has had considerable ex.
perience in shearing sheep by hand
WI understand this part of the work
and can usually handle machine clip
per with great ease One man and a
boy with a machine can handle about
twice as many sheep In a day as is Gus
tomary when they are hand-sheared.
Every purchaser of a strengthening
machine should get a good sharpener
with 1t.
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Storing winter ArnIe.

Many growers must be reminded OF
the Importance of getting fruit to Stor'
age as promptly as possible after pick
Ing. The United States Department OF
Agriculture has demonstrated that
rruit deteriorates more in a few days
between the time Of leaving the trees
and the time 1t reaches storage than 1t
does In as many months of storage at
low temperature.
Ii was formerly thought necessary
TO put apples in piles In the orchard,
to sweat" but this has been shown
TO have been a mistake Don't do this ;
but on the contrary, send your apples
TO storage at once. in refrigerator cars
IL the weather is warm and the dis
lance is great. Many of the best ap-
pie handlers want their fruit in storage
oefore night of the day it is picked. If
at all possible, and there Is no doubt
mat they are right In regard to this
Western Fruit Grower.
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Safe Corn Shredder.

AS the corn shredder has killed and
manned great many people, the be-
low suggestion for reducing the danger
OF using them will be welcomed. A
man who runs one of them says: ITO
unchoke shredders with safety to the
Ieeder, take croquet ball and saw 1t
in halves. Then bore hole In thu CEN
ter OF the fat side of one Of these parts,
through to the center of the oval side.
Inen insert the end of broom handle
IN the hole. beginning at the fat side.
Fasten this with wedge or nail. Keep
thls tool In convenient place. and
when the machine clogs stir up the
FODDER with the ball end and all is
right again Try It."
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Raising Seed Corn.

|
The best way Of raising corn Tor
seed, as followed in the West, says Z
w. Morrill, in Tri-State Farmer, is TO
prepare a seed bed or testing ground
from other fields To begin with, no
ear should be used which is imperfect
from which to select grains for the
seed crop, selecting such type OF corn
that you wish to grow, the work OF
selection should be followed year after
year, selecting the best ears that show
an improvement over previous years.
Any plant that is deficient In any re-
quirement should not be allowed to de-
velop tassel, and especially a barren
stalk.
As to corn feeding, the seed plots
should not suffer for want Of plant
food. From field experiments with fer
tilizers on corn in the West last year,
on soils of average fertility. a higher
per cent Of potash than ordinary fer
tllizer contains gave remarkable re-
suits and would undoubtedly give sim
liar results on the average lands of
Georgia. In Georgia last year were
used more fertilizers with corn than
was ever used in years before, and with
proper fertilizers and more attention
to the selection Of seed, and intensive
culture, there Is no doubt or reason
why the average yield of well-bred corn
should not be increased in the South.
and especially Georgia.
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Record Price Ron 1..A

The following from Orange Judd
Farmer shows what profits some men
undertake to make farming:
len acres of farm land in Christian
County, Illinois, sold for $4,000 a few
days ago, or $500 an acre. True the
land lies just outside the city limits
OF the county seat, but it Is not to be
cut into city lots 1t will be used for
raising fruit and vegetables In other
words, the purchaser, w. o. Simpson,
expects to make the interest on his
Sooo land, and considerable profit be-
sides.
Ihis shows what careful, intelligent
farming and gardening will do. If Mr..
simpson can make money on his high
priced land, need his neighbors on
farms equally productive feel discour-
aged! We in this country must prac-
ice Intensive agriculture. There is
ABUNDANT evidence that this will pay.
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Rest Crop for Pigs

In the spring and summer, rye and
clover are used for pastures until the
pigs weigh about eighty-tive to 100
pounds. Then barley is added until
some early variety of flint or sweet
corn is ready. Only small field of
this last is necessary, or an amount
sufficient to carry the pigs until the
field corn is denting. Then the pigs
are turned In small areas Of the field
corn at time. until they are fat. BY
fencing in and using these crops In this
order the cost Of growing pigs is re-
duced to very low figure: We know
of several farmers who are following
this practice and are highly pleased
with 1t.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1907-01-12
Fixed Wages ON Farm.

Fixed wages for a days work" Is
not the proper mode of contracting.
There Is as much difference In a DAVIS
work between individuals as in the
value OF the products of the farm. Nor
can any method be devised for deter
mining the value of days work on a
farm until the labor has been perform
ed wherever work can be done by
the piece it should be the rule, though
this cannot well be the case ON a farm
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Wfnterin~ Sh.

1t Is true of all poor stock that II ia
never profitable, and it is especiaIlv
true OF sheep. Weed out closely. The
most Important point in successful win
ter management of the flock Is to begin
with strong and healthy animals. Sheen
need not be cared for In a different
manner from most other farm stool
but there is more wisdom than lucl
in keeping them In good condition
the winter.
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Feeding Value of Grain.

The fattening value of grain depends
largely upon the free oil or fat con-
tanned in them, with their sugar.
starch. etc. One per cent of oil Is con-
sidered equal to more than per cent
or sugar and starch. At these 'esti-
mates so pounds of corn equals rs
pounds Of barley, but the barley is
richer in albuminoids, and is, therefore.
more valuable than corn for the deyel-
opment of flesh.
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FOWL FEED TROUGH.
ual' cheap and easy to construct. The
length is forty inches and it is sufficient
for twenty hens.
Keeping Apples.

Burying them in the ground proves
successful when other methods fail
provided every apple is SOUND and fraa
from blemish when harvested. The
reason is that temperature in the
ground or mound in which the apples
are kept varies but little, anil thew are
always cool. The same results will he
obtained If a cold and even tempera-
ture can be secured in a cellar.
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can be made any size, but one that
holds one ard one-half bushels is bet
ter than one made larger Fill with
parsnips or other roots, hook down
cover and turn slowly minute or two.
Lift from the water and empty.
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Handy Root Washer.

A handy root washer can be had by
making Slated cylinder with hinged
top and hanging in trough. Cylinder
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1907-01-12

COnver lent and Cheap.
This feed trough. recently illustrated
In Reliable Poultry Journal. is substan-
The Newark journal., 1907-12-20
Commercial Printing of All Kinds Neatly
 and Promptly Done at The Journal Office

ly and filled his pipe. Notice any. thing pertickler stranger" he sug, gested His eyes were on the man. telpiece. where Santa Claus wasn't. and so were Jimmys
 Mo-" said Jimmy. bravely. No. Bill"
 Not on the mantelshelf?"
 Jimmy pressed his fnger-nails against his palms There was sort of figure there" he said. wasn't there's Bill? I-I s'pose it got broke It doesn't matter Bill. lit wasn't worth nothink'
 Bill laughed and slapped his leg with his hand Yer ain't- no judge of figures. matey. l can see That ere was curious old piece of stuff. an valerble. or ain't no judge. I took the notion O lockin' i'm away upstairs. Jimmy Bill put his great hand on the boys shoulder. 'The long stockin' were inside him. Over thousand dollars took the liberty of usin' the odd money in the business for yer, but the thousand is there, An it's lucky fer yer, matey. as yer was dealin with an honest man-wot might have been diffrint if you hadn't given the kids them toys!"
 For there is honor among-Paxton alley; and Paxton alley extends to the toy-shop now Jimmy and young Bill are there!
The Newark journal., 1907-12-20
.Jirnrr1ie's Christmas Stocking
By OWEN OLIVER.
-Nv.e> 20 2-se -12.cN % UnWNva
,copyright lso, oy Jo.eph Bowler3


 - HERE is honof among the deni ( zens of Paxton alley. but MT - Smiths toy-shop stood at the very entrance, and they reckoned him out of bounds
 From time to time evil-looking men muttered to one another about the long stocking that Mir Smith was supposed to have filled; but he had figured in the prize ring in his young CT days, and he was said to sleep with big knob stick beside him.. So the matter ended at mutterings A big. powerful man was MT. Smith; and he had powerful edge to his tongue. Every ono in the alley feared him except Jimmy.
 MT Smith know him as the extra. ordinary paper boy who brought back . dime given him in mistake for penny, an event which was his torical in tho alley. At the time 1t gave rise to doubts as to Jimmy's sanity but afterward 1t was held that he was playing up to the old man
 Anyhow. MT Smith took two pa. pers regularly afterward: and the day after his funeral-which was the day before Christmas eve-a sleek man in shiny top hat invaded Paxton al ley, escorted by policeman. and took evidence as to the identity of 'the boy called Jimmy who sold pa pers' to the public generally. and in particular to the late Mr Smith When the sleek man was satisfied upon this point he proclaimed Jimmy the sole legatee of the estate. which comprised the little shop and house and all their contents.
 You'll find long stocking some where. expect" the lawyer said, "and you'd better bring it to me to