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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

arms of some sort, they ran back to
Guenterode with their dreadful news.
A message was at once sent by tele.
phone to Heiligenstadt, and villagers
sailed, out to the spot armed with
pitchforks and axes. They were, how
ever, too late, as the man was dead
when they arrived. At about ten
o'clock a gendarme came up with the
other members of the troupe. The
bear was then lying quietly over Stan
kos mangled corpse. The gendarme
wished to shoot the animal, but the
other bear-leaders protested against
the destruction. of their valuable prop.
erty, and were able to secure it with
out much difficulty. A considerable
portion of Stanko's body had been
eaten, and the flesh in other parts
had been torn away to the bone. The
dead man had been beating his bear
shortly before it attacked him. Up
to this outbreak it had always borne
very good character. * III, ..i,..,a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
FERTiLizlNc VALUE OF ASHES.
Information Regarding the Matter BY
Prof. Ten Eyck Of Kansas.

Wood ashes are frequently recon-
mended as fertilizer for soil. Some
interesting information is given by
Prof. Ten Eyck Of the Kansas expert
ment station. Prof. Ten Eyck says:
An average sample Of unleached
wood ashes contains seven per cent
Of potash and two per cent. OF phos
phoric acid, which at current retail
prices Of these plant foods makes
wood ashes worth about five cents pei
hundred pounds, or nine dollars per
ton. Besides the actual fertilizing
value, by reason Of the potash and
phosphoric acid contained in the
ashes, there is some value in ashes
simply from the power which potash
has to make the nitrogen of the soil
available for plants by the chemical
action on the organic matter and
humus in the soil.
The potash in ashes exists in read
fly soluble form, and is thus immedi-
ately available for plant food. Ashes
also contain little magnesia and
considerable amount of carbonate of
lime, which is of some importance
because Of its effect on improving the
texture of heavy soils. The farmer
can better afford to pay So or $40
ton for good wood ashes than tho
usual rates for almost any potash fer
tilizer.
Leached ashes have rarely more
than one per cent Of potash and one
half per cent. Of phosphoric acid.
| which will make them worth about
one or two dollars per ton as fertil-
iZers, but on heavy soils they may
often be applied with profit just for
the loosening effect, and they are val
liable IS a top dressing or mulch in
fruit gardens.
! Sifted coal ashes absorb liquids, fix
volatile ammonia, prevents offensive
odors, and are valuable as absorbents
under hen roosts or in stables. Wood
ashes should not be placed under hen
roosts or in stables, because potash
liberates the manure and the value
| Of the ashes as a fertilizer is de.
Perforated.
On average soils, fruits and vege-
tables are benefited by liberal appli-
cation Of wood ashes and remarkable
results have been obtained by the use
Of ashes on legume crops, especially
clover and alfalfa.
Ashes are best applied in the spring,
separately or in connection with phos-
plate fertilizers as a top-dressing. For
cultivated crops the ashes should be
spread broadcast after the land has
been narrowed and made practically
ready for the crop, and cultivated in
by light narrowing
Wood ashes may be applied at the
rate of rs to so bushels, 1000 to 1000
pounds to the acre. One ton of good
wood ashes will contain about 14G
pounds Of potash and 40 pounds Of
phosphoric acid.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
CONGRESS MEETS AGAIN:
SOME OLD FACES GONE

w ASHINGTON.-Once again is con-
W gress in session and prepared to
enact laws for the people. Several
new faces are seen. The new mem
bers are eager for the novelty of the
thing and thinking in their hearts that
the novelty is wear-proof. The new
ones will be tired enough lot before
the hepaticas peep in the spring. Also
they will be a somewhat sorry lot be-
fore the sounding of the Christmas
chimes, for the new member in Wash
ington is not as the new member at
home; his greatness dwindleth and
his glory diminisheth.
: There are more Democrats with us
to-day than there were year ago.
Two score of more or less faithful
Republicans found that their constitu-
ents liked them as neighbors the year
through and so kept them at home. 1t
is always best, perhaps, to trust to the
soundness of judgment Of mans
| neighbor, but Washington is grieving
| over the absence of some of those who
| made picturesque the legislative win.
ter.
There are always picturesque ones
among the newcomers, but it takes
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
Perils That Beset the Path of the
Chemical Detective.
BY Prof. Charles A. Doremus,

The value of the expert analytical
chemist, now known as the chemical
detective, through his cooperation with
the New York police department and
detective bureaus, is greater than is
indicated merely by his work in fer
reting out poison mysteries. His field
of usefulness is by no means limited
to that one class of crime Many
cases are on record where the chem
ical detective alone has been able to
unmask the most ingenious forgeries
of wills, deeds and other papers. His
expert knowledge of the composition,
the ingredients and the nature of ex-
polsives is relied upon to solve ex-
plosion mysteries, particularly bomb
explosions, and to furnish clews, based
on his investigations, without which
it would often be next to impossible to
make an arrest or secure conviction.
Tremendous risks must be taken by
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
How New York's Chemical Detec-
tive, Scientific Sherlock Holmes
in Real Life, Ferrets Out Prisoners,
Murderers and Other Criminals
When the Only Clue He Has Is a
Blood-Stained Garment, a. Finger
Print or a Faint Trace Of Poison.

is taking desperate chances. Death
turks behind every dark corner and in
every cellarway for the first and in
deadly gases and pOisons for the lat.
ter. Yet by their widely divergent
paths they often arrive at the same
end.
The man who is following his clew
through the alleys and the Railways
of the tenements is at a great advan-
tage, however, over his brother detec-
tive, the chemist. The former has
rarely to start his investigation with
out clew of some character; the lat
ter must begin in complete darkness.
The detective who mingles daily
with the men of crime must be keen
of eye and ear, but in the end, if he
excels in his profession, it is largely
his instinct that tells him when he
is close on the trail of a criminal
The chemical detective, on the con-
trary, must be and is equally as keen
of eye and ear, but his intinct can
avail him nothing. He can guess at
nothing. He must know. He can take
nothing for granted. Each and every
clew must prove itself before he can
place any estimate on it's value
Typical Poison Expert.
There is no keener tracer of poison
in this city than Prof. Charles A.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

time to make pertinent their pictur.
esqueness, and to overcome the resent
ment which the galleries feel that any
constituency in the country should
have the effrontery to rob them of
their floor favorites.
It is entirely probable that some one
can be found to fill the legislative
place in congress Of Gen. Charles H.
Grosvenor of Ohio, but it will be hard
to find anyone to fill "Old Figgers' I"
place in the public eye.
No one will miss Gen. Grosvenor
more than will Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,. Grosvenor is a standpatter Of
such stength that the standpat Can.
non sits abashed in his presence. Mr.
Clark is free trader so sturdy that
the other strong ones are weaklings;
but nevertheless these two tariff ex-
tremes have met in friendship in a
double sense nnfathOmable.
The twain have fought for years on
the floor of the house to leave it arm
in arm, but now they will fight on the
floor no longer, for Grosvenor, with
his "figgers,' his white beard, his
white suit Gin summer) has gone
| away.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

IOHN SHARP WILLIAMS of Missis-
J%:sippi will again be the Democratic
leader in the house for the next two
years. With Williams as the leader
the Democrats will go along as they
have gone along under his leadership
In the past, rowing occasionally among
themselves and not infrequently get
ting bitterly angry with their leader,
but in the end submitting and fol-
lowing the Mississippian as submits
sively as they have followed him at
the outset.
There are Democrats who hold that
DeArmond of Missouri is an ADLER man
than Mr.. Williams. He certainly is
an ADLER lawyer, but the man from
Mississippi knows the arts and sci
ences as few mere laymen know them,
and the books that he hasn't read are
unread of most men.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
BEAR KILLED BRUTAL MASTER.
Animal Waited for Time and Oppor-
'z ,tunity for Vengeance.

A terrible story of an animals re-
venge comes from Heiligenstadt, in
Prussian Saxony. A bear trainer
named Stanko has just fallen a victim
to one of his own animals, which he
had severely chastised. A wandering
company of Bosnians had given a per-
Torrance with Ii dancing bears in
the village of Guenterode, and on leav-
ing there proceeded to Heiligenstadt.
"a portion of the party went on in ad-
vance by the main road, but Stanko,
with two women and boy of IA, de-
#layed their departure till the evening.
Each led bear. Suddenly Stanko's
animal turned, flung itself upon him,
and threw him to the grounds A des-
perate struggle ensued, in the course
OF which the bear managed to free it.
self from its muzzle, and buried It's
teeth In the mans flesh. The women
and the boy made frantic efforts to
frighten the brute away from its vic
tim. but unavailingly. Recognising
that they could do nothing without
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

stocks. The common name is horse
nettle or sand brier (Solanum Caro-.
1inense). 1t comes from the south
When it first appears it is not usu.
ally observed. 1t comes in pasture or
along roadsides. It is spread by
means of its little yellow berries, like
potato apples. Sheep eat these and
thus distribute the seeds. Let alone,
it overruns all the grass land and is
troublesome in cultivated land. The
smoothness and beauty of pasture and
roadside are forever destroyed. It will
cost $25 per acre probably to eradi-
cate 1t from pasture and along road
sides it is even worse. The way to
eradicate it is to cut It off several
times each year little under the
ground, or to pull it up. The stem is
thorny, but it can be pulled by a man
with gloves. One pulling will not de-
stroy it. Four pullings will kill it If
done in succession. 1t is no use to
try to dig it up.
Salt will help destroy it. When the
first one comes, it is easily killed, but
If it is allowed to live till it has
spread over an acre or more the dam
age is very serious Most of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois will in a rather
short time be covered with this vile
weed. because men are too lazy to
fight it in the beginning. The ex-
penditure of two dollars year, and a
watchful eye, will keep it off farm
and out of mile of roadsides. After
it has established itself 500 per year
will be needed to hold it in check.
Watch for it. Jump out of your
buggy and pull up the first one you
see. If it has berries on burn them.
Do not let the vile thing overrun your
place. The writer has seen the
weed in it's glory where it came from,
making an ugly eyesore of what would
be lovely blue grass pasture, so be
on your guard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
These Chickens Paid,

A Delaware man has kept an &C.
count with rs hens. He penned them
up the first Of last January, and kept
strict account Of the cost Of every
thing fed to them; also kept an. &C.
count of the number of eggs received
from the 25 For the first six months
zoos eggs were received, enough of
this number being used to raise 1888
chickens. At the ending of the six
months, besides the 1873 chickens, he
had $23.SS in cash, all profit, as cost
Of all feeding, care, etc., had first been
deducted. What do our folks think
Of this kind Of a record? Delaware
either has some good poultrykeeperp
pI some good -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
AsToR MILLIONS SAFELY HELD.
Vast Wealth Of Family invested in
New York Real Estate.

If ever the phrase fiat of the land"
meant anything, it does so in the case
of the Astor family. Land! That is
the keynote of this wealthy organiZa.
ton, the solidest aggregation of self
increasing wealth in America, says the
New Broadway Magazine. The Astor
millions, invested in New York real
estate, are absolutely intact and i'm
pregnable. By the most insidious
methods of leasing, subleasing, pur-
chasing, renting (but rarely ever i'm
proving property themselves) the AS
tor heirs, ensconed in plain, stout
little two-story brick building just OF
Madison Square, are gradually pick.
ing up acre after acre Of priceless
land on Manhattan Island. SO.
There are more than so heirs, many
in the fourth generation, to the ,Astor
millions, but upon the shoulders OF
William: Vincent Astor. q lad Of is,
will probably fall the management Of
the bulk Of this enormous estate. Al
ST. PA1l's school and Elton. England.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
FARM ITEMS.

"Laziness grows on people. 1t be.
gins in cobwegs and ends In iron
chains"
Next to the dairy cattle sheep are
the best animals to put fertilizer back
into worn out land.
The good tenant is much maligned.
The trouble is, the good tenant soon
ceases to be tenant.
Bank the house if it needs 1t, but
do not use manure. The foundation
does not need fertilizing.
You can make your own storm
doors. -(Some building paper put on
the screens will do it,
You can pick out the rented farms
In any section, where both landlords
and tenants try to get the most out Of
the land.
The average man doesn't like to
have the farmers institute lecturer
preach at him-and he likes scolding
even less.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS TO
AGAIN LEAD DEMOCRATS

DeArmond concluded with extreme
wisdom, so opinion goes, not to con-
test the Democratic leadership with
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
Mr.. DeArmond is grave, retiring and
taciturn. However, he is not at all
retiring when some one is needed on
the Democratic firing line. He won't
be the leader this year, and, though
probably his hopes are high, it seems
extremely likely that he won't be the
leader when the Mississippian retires
from the house two years hence.
John Sharp Williams, so it is said,
is bent on having two years in which
to study and rest up" before he
enters the United States senate. Sen.
ator Moneys term does not expire
until 1911, when Representative Will
liams will take his place in the upper
house
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
FALL FLOWED LAND.
Frcezing Of Winter Brings Soil Into
Better TiIth in Spring.

AS much blowing as possible should
be done in the fall on the western
farm. The soil turned up is exposed
to the frosts of winter, and they pene-
trate it to a considerable depth. 1t
has been found that soils that are
covered with sod are not penetrated
more than half as deep by the frost
as are those soils recently plowed. It
is desirable to loosen the earth below
the depth to which the plow goes.
This is especially valuable in clay
soils. With ground plowed we'll be-
fore the coming of frost, the soil will
be found frozen often to the depth
OF 20 inches. This means that every
particle to that depth is moved, to a
small extent. The expansion of the
particles Of moisture pushes apart
and breaks up the most retentive soil.
Clay soil that has been we'll drained
is thus made friable to great depth,
and when spring comes and the frost
goes out of the ground the soil will
be so loose that air can penetrate to
a great depth and chemical action be
made way for.
The manures in the surface soil are
disintegrated and some Of them are
washed down to the depth the frost
has gone, says Farmers Review. The
following result is that the roots of
the plants seek the cool moist earth
below if there be in it plenty of plant
Good, and the plants supported by the
roots are the more able to resist any
drouth that may come in summer.
Where drouths are common it is de-
sirable to have plants root as deeply
as possible.
Fall plowed land also will be found
freer Of cutWOrms and other Injurious
insects in the spring. Some Of these
insects try to get below the frost
line, or at least to point where freez'
ing and thawing in the early spring
is not possible. The blowing of the
land turns up these insects and.
though they be still covered by the
soil, leaves the ground so loose about
them that they freeze, and that sew
eral times in the late fall or early
spring and are thus killed. While
fall blowing does not entirely wipe
out the army Of cutworms that may
be in any ground it greatly lessons
their number.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
Seldom Meet Failure.

AS cunningly and carefully as the
regular police detective follows the
dark and winding alleys Of the city
in the search of clew that will lead
him to the culprit, just so carefully
does the chemical detective follow the
channels of the body in his search for
a clew to the poison or other cause
that led to the death of the victim No
subterfuge, however cunning, can
throw these unerring sleuths of the
body off the trail, according to a
writer in the New York World. The
resources of latter-day chemistry, with
patience and perseverance, can extort
from the body of man long dead and
buried the secret which his Destroy
ers vainly imagine went to the grave
with him.
No more subtle crime exists than
that of poisoning. Its detection is pos
sible only to the acute analytical mind
of the scientific man who has devoted
the greater part of his life to the study
of chemistry. It's victim is attacked
without being given a cha1ce to es-
cape. The user of poison is coward,
but his cOWardice is accompanied Is
cunning that often proves more tran
a match for the keenest old-style de-
tectives in the world.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

New York.-Here is a typical case
for the chemical detective-the man
who read; blood" Substituting a test
tube and powerful miscroscope for
the ordinary detectives revolver and
handouts. this scientific expert of the
police department. sets out to track
down the murdere, and the poisOner.
With a drop of blood, an empty
poison bottle, bloody finger mark or
a hastily scrawled nose as his only
clew to work on, he exerts the whole
force of his scientific knowledge as a
probe to get to the bottom of the mys-
terry or at least to find some slight
clew which may eventually lead to a
solution and to the arrest of the Grim
inal The chemical detective, owing to
his success in solving many recent
murder mysteries, is now regarded as
very important and necessary ad-
junct of the detective bureau in New
York and other important cities. He
is the man who reads that which to
the average unscientific would be I'M
Ineligible.
He subjects the bloOdstained hand
kerchiefs and other garments submit
ted to him by the police and detec-
tives to certain miscroscopical and
chemical tests, considers his findings
in conjunction with every other scrap
of information his expert chemical
knowledge is able to develop about the
case, and then he reports, advising
the detectives to look for consump-
tive-looking man about % years old,
dark complexion. three gold teeth, the
center one suspended from a bridge.
Then follows a general description of
the man, which in view of the facts
the expert chemical detective has been
able to deduce, may be considered
fairly accurate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

shrewd enough to use belladonna In
the eyes of his victims to Offset the
contraction caused by the first poison
he administered.
It is tricks of that character that the
chemical detective must constantly
guard against. When he begins his
analysis he matches his brains against
those of cunning, desperate man
who has taken every precaution he
can think of to hide traces OF his
crime. That the chemist is successful
as often as he is, is tribute to
science and a positive proof Of the
value and need of chemical depart
ment to work in constant cooperation
with the detective bureau in solving
crimes which, too often, are allowed
to 60 on record as unsolved mysteries.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
HARLAN NOT YET READY
TOLEAVE SUPREME BENCH
YOHN MARSHALL HARLAN asso

IOIN MARSHALL HARLAN, asso-
y ciate justice Of the supreme court,
father of Interstate Commerce Com
missioner James S. Harlan, DR.. Rich
ard Harlan and John Maynard Har-
Ian OF Chicago, the other day com.
pleted 30 years service upon the high
est judicial bench in this country. Al
though Justice Harlan has reached the
age Of "a, or four years beyond the
voluntary retiring period, physically
and mentally he is we'll preserved and
from choice will remain upon the
bench several years more.
Six feet two in height, with the
erectness and vigor of a much young
er man, Justice Harlan smiled kindly
when asked concerning his plans of
retirement, and said he had nothing
to add to his statement made when
last questioned on the subject At
that time he said that he had made
no definite plan. He could have re-
tired on full pay on June l, 1903. He
has been tempted to retire by the
thought that, free from his judicial du.
ties, he could give his undivided time
to the completion Of certain work he
has in hand. He IN deferred. how
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

he showed himself to be a good stu
dent with a bent for mechanics.
Young Waldorf Aston is a level-headed
man Of II, who recently married Mrs.
Mamie Langhorne Shaw, one of the
three beautiful Langhorne sisters Of
Virginia. He and his brother, John
Jacob, nephews of Col. John Jacob AS
tor, are sons of William Waldorf As
tor, the expatriated American. They
have never renowned their American
citizenship, and should they return.
may divide the management of the es-
tate in this country with William Vim
cent. John Jacob, second of the name
living, is unmarried, and lives with
his father at historic, Cliveden, one Of
the finest estates in England.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
Two or Three Sets Will Prove Very
Servceabie on Farm.
Two or three sets Of wagon box
benches similar to those shown in the
accompanying illustration will be
Handy Wagon Box Benches.

found very useful in avoiding heavy
lifting and also in the economizing of
time
The benches should be about two
inches wider than an ordinary wagon
box SO that the bed pieces Of the
racks that are bottomless can be set
upon them.
The main piece used in the con-
struction of these benches is SKA
oak. The legs are made of 2x4's.
Braces were added for strength.
The height of the benches, sug-
gests Prairie Farmer, should depend
upon the height of the wagon. They
should be about even with the tops Of
the wheels
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25

When the detectives searched the
room in which the murder had been
committed they found one or two
clews which may establish the iden-
tity of the mysterious murderer and
lead to his arrest.
The first was a mans handker-
chief of fine quality. In one corner
were several tiny drops of blood,
showing that the handkerchief had
been used to stanch a very small
wound, such as pin-prick or a
scratch or pimple.
The most important find of all
was on the inner side Of the door
panel where the bloody imprint of
a thumb and three finger tips was
visible. The portion of the door
bearing the tell-tale finger-prints has
been cut out and sent with the
handkerchief to the laboratory of
the chemical detective. An impor-
tant arrest it is announced, will fol-
low the experts analytical eNamina-
ton of the evidence now in his pos
session.