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The Washington times., 1907-06-21

which manifest hostility 10 the big oil
concern.
Mr.. Rogers ard Mr.. Rockefeller. IN
short. have done Just what Carnegie
once threatened to do. Carnegie de
clared he would parallel the PennsyI-
valIia road from Pittsburg 20 the At
lantic coast n the Pennsylvania did not
give him the terms he wanted Mr..
Rogers has actually built . parallel line
for the protection Of Standard interests.
and incidentally for the development OF
his mining interests.
Nothing is yet known as TO the en-
trance which the new system viii Sc
cure to Chicago, but two or three routes
arc understood To be under considera-
ton. ard the statement Is added tha (
one OF these will soon be determined
upon. With e Chicago connection as
sured, the system Will thus be in shane
20 compete with every other important
road in the East.
The Washington times., 1907-06-21
HANGED FOR MURDER,
STRANGLES IA MINUTES

MOBILE. Ala. June -H.-WilHs Nc
Clelland' a negro, was hanged in the
county jail yard here at Sis o'clock this
morning, for the murder Of Michael
NcGovern, an aged resident of the city.
Despite the fact that McCIelland de-
nled his guilt up to yesterday. he made
full confession on the scaffoId The
hanging was badly bungled. McCleIIand
Stra gula ton
The Washington times., 1907-06-21
THREE NEW HOUSES SOLD.

Three more houses in SauIs addition
have been sold through the Office OF
Willige, Gibbs & Daniel. making a rec
ord Of twenty-six houses recently built
and sold In this subdivision These
houses are located IN Delaheld place.
Decatur street. and sold for apprOxi-
mately $500 each Plans for fourteen
additional houses have been drawn by
Architect A II. Beers for this subdivi-
sion, 10 cost from $500 10 $1,000 each.
The Washington times., 1907-06-21
BRIDE OF WEEK DEAD
BY ACCIDENTAL POISON

IRWIN, Iowa, June 21.-Mrs. Howard
Epley. a bride Of week. died yesterday
morning under distressing circumstances
at the home OF her parents. here.
The young woman was Bertha Wright.
eighteen years of age. Last Friday she
eloped with Epley 10 Youngstown. Ohio
Sunday evening the young woman be-
came slightly i'll. and by mistake took
a dose of corrosive sublimate.
The Washington times., 1907-06-21
STANDARD OIL LINKING
ROADS ACROSS NATION
CONTINUED from First Page.)

ACNliAlhucu Aluil r lISL EdEe-J
erty. The fact was Tot made COM
monty known at that time. but II is now
vOuched for on the strength Of state
ments recently made by Mr. Rogers.
The new road will be a strictly Stand.
ard OIL affair. II will be in position "a
compete for the grain business which
comes down from Duluth and Chicago
and for the business Of supplying Goa
10 the Northwest. Part Of the plan is tc
develop Newport News as a great port
OF export The control Of the road Is
70 be held very close, according to re,
ports. and strictly within the STANDARD
OIL group, so that II necessary at any
time in future il can be used as an IN.
strument for Furnishing competing roads
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11
FOR THE GROUP.
A Simply Remedy That is Said to Be
Very Effective.

When a doctor cannot be secured
promptly in an emergency 1t Is neces-
sary to have a good remedy always on
hand when children are inclined to be
croupy.
A mother who will provide herself
with half a pint of raw linseed oil can
fight the worst case of Group she may
meet with. It is said to be an unfail-
ing remedy, and for quick results It
beats anything else which can be given
for that dread disease.
Half a teaspoon Is a dose unless
the child is choking very badly. Then
give teaspoonful.
It acts two ways. In the first stage
of Group, where there is not much
mucus, II is loosened' and carried on
through the bowels.
In the second stage 1t causes vomit-
ing; but, unlike ipecac, 1t leaves no
soreness Of the throat as an after diff
ficulty.
It Is rarely necessary to give more
than one dose, when the child will get
relief and go to sleep again.
This simple remedy is one that Is
within the reach Of every mother and
one that can be kept in the house at
all times. and while 1t is in the house
the dread membranous Group need
cause no terrors.-Boston Traveller.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11
.Iacohs, Story.

A magazine editor was talking about
w. w. Jacobs, the famous humorist.
II went abroad this summer" he
said, ito try and get Mr.. Jacobs to
write for me; but found that he had
all he could do for six or seven years
to come.
"He is a quiet. modest chap. When
I praised his wonderful skill in the
writing of short stories, he said that
It was only their surprises that made
his stories take.
Then, to illustrate what he meant.
he told me a story wherein the sur
prises came fast and furious.
He said that lawyer, defending
man accused Of house breaking spoke
like this:
Your honor, I submit that my
client did not break into the house at
all. He found the parlor window open
and merely inserted his right arm and
removed few trifling articles. Now.
my clients arm is not himself, and I
fail to see how you can punish the
whole individual for an offence COM
mitted only by one Of his limbs"
That argument said the judge.
is very we'll put. Following 1t logical
Iy, I sentence the defendants arm to
one years Imprisonment. He can ac-
company 1t or not as he chooses q.
"The defendant smiled, and with his
lawyers assistance unscrewed his
cork arm, and, leaving II in the dock.
walked out"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11
A Famou. Old Clock.

Foremost among the. famous clocks
Of London is that Of the houses of par
lament, where big Ben" sings out the
hours to the busiest metropolis of the
world. The dial measures twenty
two feet In diameter. and the minute
hand is fourteen feet long. There are
four dials, and, as one stands inside
the clock, It is easy to see the minute
hand going around. The works take
up a whole chamber; the pendulum
is splendidly balanced and hangs
down into the room below through
the floors. Two men require ten min
utes to wind up the clocks works
and this has to be done twice week
But the winding up of the striking
apparatus is quite another matter. and
occupies ten hours-five for the
chimes and FIVE for the striking Of the
hours.
The clock as time keeper has no
superior IN the world, It's error being
only one second in eighty-five days.
or four seconds year. The time Ii
not regulated by Greenwich, but the
clock reports itself twice a day by
wire at Greenwich, and thus It is reg
ulated. The chimes are struck by
four bells, weighing respectively.
eighty, thirty-six, thirty and twenty
nine hundred weight, and they are
set to the following lines:
All through this hour Lord be my
guide,
And, by thy power, no foot shall
slide.
The four bells ringing the chimes are
placed in a square around. the large
bell, Big Ben, which strikes the hours.
Big Ben is six feet six inches high:
his circumference is twenty-seyen feet
and he weighs thirteen and one-half
tons. He is not the original striking
bell here, but the second, havihg been
put up when his predecessor came TO
an untimely end. Big Ben's hammer
now weighs four-hundred weight; IL
used to weigh twice as much. but was
reduced when 1t was discovered that
Big Ben was cracked. Only twice in
his career has Big Ben stopped TO rest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11

They cover purchases Of food sup
plies, for the most part, though here
and there such items appear as
To cash for broom that Peter bought
some time ago ..................6d 80
Cash paid for mending the chariot. lis
Agreed with Peggy for As per month
for the Generals washing and As per
doz. for the gentlemen Of the fam
lily.
On July g. 1776, the entry is made:
This day Mrs. Thompson came to
keep house for his excellency. General
Washington.
On July 10:
Bought IL doz. Of Madeira wine Of
Mr.. Thomas Martin, pounds 12s q
dozen.
On July IL:
His Excellency had present Of two
barrels cyder.
The spelling in all these accounts Is
most quaint Here and there appear
"baskitts" Of fruit or vegetables; "col-
lyfiower" was a favorite dish, evident
ly. "Loyn Of vear was frequently pur-
chased.
Very often wild fowl were purchased
while on the march, and in many cases
the expense Of the horseback ride Of
the men sent miles away for the ne
cessary food is added to the account
The menus run very much the same
throughout the books, but there is one
page which holds the attention, In spite
Of its similarity to the others. It Is
dated Thursday, July 4. 177s. It shows
what Washington had for dinner ON
the very first independence Day. The
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11

1T The seed plantations around San
Jose, CAL, are said to receive $3,000,-
900 a year from the sale Of seed. The
first experiment of the planters in this
line was made less than half dozen
years ago. One onion patch now COW
ers 5000 acres, with burrows almost
two miles long. A single plot OF sweet
peas occupies 500 acres, a bed OF yell
low asters 210 acres, a lettuce bed
2,100.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11

CLEVER QUEEN.-The queen Of Nor
way speaks five languages fluent
~, including Russian. Her favor
ite poet is "Owen Meredith" the
late Lord Lytton. Then she knows
many minor arts and crafts, sews and
spins we'll, can bind a book, take
photograph, carve wood, play chess
and use a typewriter. which is said to
be among her favorite amusements.
Like most members Of the royal fam
lily, Queen Maud is a keen collector,
and her up-to-date fancy seems to be
for ivory tusks. Of which she has
fine assortment At wood carving she
is especially clever, and some OF her
friends possess pipes with grotesque
heads, which have been carved by
her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11
Slave Ants.

1t has long been known to natural
lists that several species Of ants main
tain and feed another sort Of insects
for the sake Of the wax that they
evude and which the ants use as food.
These ants are said. therefore, ito
cred only within recent years that
there are ants that ride on the backs
Of others and are thus the cavaliers Of
the insect world.
Within this period a scientist in the
employment Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition observed, while travelling In the
Malay peninsula, a species Of small
gray ants that were new to him.
These ants were much engaged In
travelling; they lived in damp places,
and went in troops. To the scientists
great surprise he noticed among them
from time to time an occasional ant
that was much larger than the others
and moved at a much swifter rate.
Closer examination revealed the inter-
esting fact that this larger ant invari-
ably carried one Of the gray ants on
It's back.
The scientist noted down many in
teresting facts with regard to their
movements He found that while the
main body Of gray ants were always
on foot, they were accompanied by at
least one Of their own sort mounted
on one Of these larger ants. 1t mount
ed and detached itself now and then
from the line, rode rapidly at the
head came swiftly back to the rear,
and seemed to be the commander Of
the expedition.
The scientist was soon satisfied that
this species of ant employs larger
ant (possibly a drone Of the same spe-
cies, though he had no means of prov
ing this) as we employ horses to ride
upon; though as a rule only one ant
in each colony seemed to be provided
with mount
Some ants maintain others in their
service as servants or slaves. Certain
warrior ants Of South America confine
their own physical efforts to raiding
and plundering, while all the ordinary
offices of life. are performed for them
by slaves. The little gray ants Of the
Malay peninsula appear to be more
industrious race, though they appre-
ciate the great convenience Of having
one on horseback" among them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-01-11

In this connection it is we'll to call
YOUR attention to another matter OF
importance. The state house now is
too small to meet the requirements OF
our government A number OF state
officials now, including the railroad
commissioners, the state superinten-
dent of education, the commissioners
of agriculture, commerce and immi-
grafton. and the state bank examiner,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27

played no small part in bringing about
this state o. affairs. If any one Will
come to Parirersburg any morning dur
ing the weeks these fair June days ne
will see between the hours of six ana
eight in the morning long row OF
teams lined UP at the foot of Nam
street. the wagons and buggies contain
ing cans filled with fluid produced on
Iowa's blue grass pastures on thou-
sand hillsides Milk and cream by the
thousands of pounds are handed every
morning at this creamery. Not only
in Parkersburg but at dozen cream
cries within radius of twelve miles
Of Parkersburg. During the early
morning hours a person travelling over
the country roads in this section Is
greeted with the hum of the separator
on every hand. All this is sieadliy
producing wealth for Iowa and tor TINS
section. The individual checks may
not be large but in the aggregate they
make an immense sum of ready eash
steadily going into the farmers pockets
and from them into circulation again.
making prosperity on every hana'
Corn may be king in Iowa, but the
Iowa cow is queen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27

ton of their support. But if the cost
of the insurance can become a fixed
charge in the cost of production and be
passed on to the public without coming
entirely out of profits and 4 thereby
driving capital out of the business and
curtailing employment the ultimate
result would be fair and beneficial.
In Germany the same purpose is
achieved by workmens compulsory in
surance. The law goes direct to the
insurance and the workmen control
their insurance companies on the fra
ternal plan. In Massachusetts, it is
now proposed that the savings banks
where employees mostly do their bank.
ing, be permitted to conduct insurance
at actual cost The only difference in
Rooseevlt's plan is that he would COM
pei the employer to insure the work.
man while Germany compels the work
man to insure himself and Massachu-
sets is going to make insurance so
cheap that workmen will insure them
selves voluntarily. The ultimate re-
suit should be reached speedily and
by the route which will cause the least
disturbance to industry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27

with the others. 1t not only $ipoils
the general appearance of his pigs
but it has tendency to cool the
ardor of any prospective pig buyer who
may chance to visit his farm. Pigs
may be born ruptured or this trouble
may come on after birth, due to hard
coughing squeezing thru narrow open
ings. or piling on top of each other.
When small, ruptures seem of slight
consequence, but unless attended to at
once, more and more of the tntes-
tines will push thru the aperture, re-
sulting in severe Inflammation and
often death. 1t is certainly true that
great many farmers pay no atten-
ton to the formation of Jumps either
at the navel or scrotum and let the
pig linger along until it dies without
making any effort to save its life. Rup-
tured pigs are very hard animals to
deal with and if this trouble occurs
early in life it would be well to keep
them only until they are in good con-
dition for roasters, disposing of them
in this way. The meat Is not t;linted
by the rupture and it would be better
to realize few dollars by selling the
pig as rooster rather than to allow 1t
to grow up in this condition.
Valuable boar pigs are often rup-
tured, due to crowding or pushing thru
narrow doors or holes in the fence,
and we have seen cases where the
scrotum was so full Of intestines as
to nearly touch the ground. These
cases are very hard to treat, but a
cure can be made if the breeder has
sufficient patience to carry the under
taking thru. The boar is thrown
on his right side and the intestines
carefully pushed back into the abdo-
men and clamps fastened on between
the body and the testicles. These are
screwed tight and allowed to remain
that way until the testicles slough
off Altho such an operation makes
it necessary to emasculate the boar he
would be of no use as breeder IN
such ruptured condition and he Is
still valuable as feeder. 1t is some
times necessary to use few stitches
in such operations but where clamps
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27
Dipping Live Stock.
&C. l.. Barnes, Agrl. Expr. Station,
Manhattan, Kan.)

[ Fs
&C. L. Barnes, Agrl. Expr. Station,
Manhattan, Kan.)
The value of dip depends first
upon it's efficiency in destroying para
sites: second upon it's non-irritating
effects: third the ease of preparation
and application, and fourth it's cost.
There are only two satisfactory
methods of treating animals with a
dip. The first is hand treating, wher9
the number of animals are few and
easy to handle In hand treating the
animal, the dip is applied with scrub
bling brushes, sponges, ETC., and all
parts of the body liable to infection
should then be thoroughly and vigor-
ously rubbed If hand treating is prop
erIy performed, it is an excellent
method.
The second method consists of i'm
mersing the diseased animals in the
dipping solution. There are two forms
of watts in use for this purpose. The
cage vat is designed for comparatively
few cattle. AS it's name implies 1t
consists of a cage in which the animal
Lis placed and then lowered into vat
containing the dip. Where large
number of animals are to be dipped
the swimming vat is very popular.
The animals are forced to pass thru
the vat, which contains sufficient dip
to completely immense them when
they plunge linton the solution.
The coal-tar dips are made from
some of the products of the distilla-
ton of coal tar. When mixed with
water. they form milky emulsion,
having a strong odor of coal tar. A
point in favor of these products is
ease of preparation, while an objec-
ton is the cost. Some Of the coal tar
dips seem to vary in strength. judging
from the irritating effect upon the
cattle Several times while dipping
cattle with 1 to 35 coal tar dip used
warm the first cattle dipped would be
greatly irritated. while after one or
more hours of dipping, the cattle
seemed little affected.
Another objection to coal tar dips Is
their odor. In dipping COWS With
calves, the cows have great difficulty
in finding their calves, as the powerful
odor of the dip renders it impossible
for a COW to recognize her calf by the
sense of smell. 1t often becomes nee
essary in dipping range COWS and
calves to zip them in small bunches
and hold them together until they
can find their calves. This same diff
Guilty occurs with lime and sulphur dip,
but TO much less extent. A point in
favor of the coal tar preparations Is
that they can be used cold. but all
dips seem to be greatly increased in
efficiency when used warm. Dipping
in cold weather, cattle shiver more
when coming out Of warm dip than
when leaving cold one. From all
observations and experiments made,
the evidence was entirely in favor of
using the dip hot.
A number of experiments in the
preparation of lime and sulphur We're
made with the result that thorough
boiling for ! y hours is important IN
making the solution more efficient as
a parasiticide. Various formulate were
lused--1s rs pounds lime and Fl
pounds sulphur-s pounds lime and "a
pounds sulphur-to 100 gallons OF wa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27
DESIRABLE INSANITY.
Cedar Rapids Gazette.)


Why are some papers and some peo-
pie always slurring reform move
ments? The Gazette cannot under
stand how any paper or individual that
pretends to stand for the right can as
sumo such an indefensible position.
Ninety-nine times out of hundred
these same papers and individuals Will
enthusiastically endorse the reforms
and reformers of preceding genera
tions: they will, for instance. very
properly make heroes of the leaders Oh
the revolutionary and civil war periods,
and in the same breath denource men
who some day may be regarded almost
as highly.
Reform in every age has had to con-
tend with knockers Christ was per-
secuted and later crucified by the
standpatters of His day; and before
and since the beginning of the Chris
ton era every reform and every re-
former has had opposition which ought
TO have been support.
Has there been a wave OF insanity:
Was it a wave Of insanity that exposed
the rottenness in New York insurance
circles: that put in prison or out of Of
flee the grafters in the departments al
Washington; that turned the light or
the appalling municipal scandals with
which America has bene cursed; that
demanded fair treatment and the abo-
lition of rebates and determinations
by railroad companies; that Isl fighting
the evil of child labor; that demands
that not one cent of the money paid fol
taxes be grated; that is seeking to en-
throne manhood instead of the dollai
mark.
! If this is insanity, let insanity be!
| come more general.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27
MAKING EMPLOYERS LIABLE.

President Roosevelt has stirred up
no small amount Of criticism in the
east by his suggestion at indianapolis
that employers should be liable under
the law for all accidents that may hap
nen to employees while at their work.
To make the employer liable in. all
cases of accident regardless of whether
the employer was negligent, would
reyo1utionize industry, to be sure. but
the president argues just as the
sociologist does that the industry can
stand it because the cost can be event.
ually passed on to the consumer; While
the individual workman loses all, ls
wiped from off the industrial map
when he is disabled by accident.
What the president is trying to ac-
complish is very worthy object. Hun
dreds of occupations are hazardous and
men will be disabled for life by reason
of the hazardous nature Of their work
even tho neither the employer nor
themselves have been negligent. Be-
cause of the failure of the workman
to insure himself against accident his
family is left destitute and he becomes
a crippled defendant when misfortune
strikes him.
1t is the presidents idea that if the
law would permit every injured work.
man to recover stated damages out OF
the business of the employer when in
iured the employer would soon insure
this risk and make the necessary pre-
MUM a fixed charge in the business
lust the same as rent, taxes. and fire
insurance. Thus such law would
provide short cut to compulsory IN
surance for all the men employed.
Revolutionary as the law would be in
its effect upon industry it IS net 30
wholly unfair as 1t at first appears. OF
course, there IS not more reason in
asking the employer to become liable
for all accidents that may occur among
hundreds of men in his factory or on
his railroad than there is to ask the
workman's family TO carry the whole
risk when the penalty rs total .destruc-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-27
Topics Of the Times

Having picked a good plan of city
government Des Moines must pick
men to fit it. She can discredit herself
and the plan by the slightest care
lessness.
The head of the Christian Scientists
in Iowa knows no reason why scien-
fist should not serve on jury. Why?
Don't the scientists read the newspa-
pers?
80
At the golf tournament Cady OF
Rock Island. made 4444-44-44, and
Ferguson of Cedar Rapids turned in
three AIS in the qualifying rounds.
Poor policy.
When you read in the weather bufle-
tins that so many inches of rain has
fallen during the week or that in GER
ches, do you fully realize what ii
tain storm the rainfall was so many
inches, do you fully realize What ii
meaus? Have you definite idea OF
just how much an inch of rain on one