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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-25

surprising return of form. The fifth
was easily his round, and the crowd
stood up on their hind legs and yelled
in the expectation of seeing a turn
in the tide of the fight, and possibly
the defeat of a well known" by an
unknown"
In the sixth round. however, Caponi
showed his latent ability and his ring
generalship. He demonstrated that a
cool old head is valuable asset to a
prize fighter.
From the seventh round on it be-
came merely matter of "stalIing''
with Burns. He knew It would be to
his credit if he could last the ten
rounds with Tony Caponi and he de-
termined to do SO.
Burns did not strike a score of blows
in the last four rounds. He merely
ran around in the ring and evaded
Caponis rushes, while the Italian chas-
ed him around and got in a good punch
whenever he got the opportunity. In
the last two rounds Burns was all in
from his excessive activity, and Referee
Malachy Hogan had no difficulty in
picking Caponi as the winner
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Hoosler Squire Weds Couple Of Chin.
panzees with Solemn Nuptial
Rite.

Logansport, Ind. - James Reid,
whose title Of marrying squire was
gained after he had married 400 cou-
pies within four years, the other
night officiated at the wedding of
Julia Kruger and Master Tony, chin
psnzees owned by August Lambrlg-
ger, a banker of Orville, Ohio.
With the same solemn words that
accompany the Justices usual we'd
ding ceremony, in the presence OF
more than 200 people. Master Tony
took for his bride tiny monkey. The
marriage license. which bears the
name of Edward Hankee, clerk of the
Cass circuit court, shows the BRIDE
groom to be two years old and the
bride only a year. The license shows
her daughter of Dom Paul of Pala-
pye. Africa,
Squire Reid was late in appearing.
and Master Tony, who had seen his
blide-to-be for the first time earlier
in the day, showed both teeth and dis.
approval before the marrying squire
appeared Then 1t was found that
there was no one present to give the
bride away Chief of Police Vincent
Skelton volunteered.
DO you take Master Tony to be
your lawful husband, to love and
obev?" asked Squire Reid. With prop
er prodding from the police chief the
young bride" chattered something
which the guests took to be assent.
And do you take Miss Julia Kruger
to be your wife, to cherish and pro.
tect, so long as YOU both may liver"
Tony's answer was much more au.
dible than that Of many human bride
grooms.
Then | pronounce you man and
wife" announced Reid, and pocketed
So rendered by Banker Lambrigger.
Then the rice throwing began. with
more practical results than usual, as
IT provided a wedding banquet. The
monkeys gathered up all the rice they
could find and ate II.
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creased cost of living, which has in
duced many people who hitherto had
landmarks to endeavor to do without
them, has been responsible for this.
DREAM FINDS STOLEN WHEEL
Detective Uses information Thus Sc
cured and Soon Has the Thief
Under Arrest.

Allentown, Pa.-That dreams some,
times come true was evidenced when
Moses Hangen, laborer employed
by farmer near Cedarville. was
placed under arrest on charge of the
larceny of bicycle. Hangen went
to Emaus, where. after making a
trade of some tools, he is said to
have appropriated bicycle owned by
Fred A. Jackson. The latter told a
friend named Schmoyer OF the theft.
Schmoyer told Jackson that he
dreamed that Hangen stole the wheel.
This information was forwarded to
Detective Bachman, who went to the
farm where Hangen was employed
and found the stolen bicycle hidden
beneath quantity of hay. Hangen
was placed under arrest.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
WHAT "DRY FARMING" MEANS.
X includes Methods Of Conservation
of Soil Moisture and Develop
ing Fertility.

The term "dry farming" has been
popularized in recent years. In some
respects it is appropriate and express
sive and it has proper meaning in
sofar as it refers 70 farm operations
in a country where it is so dry as to
require special treatment. But 1t is
an unfortunate term. 1t does not have
a definite meaning. 1t has been loose
ly used 1t has been abused and mis-
used, says Campbell's Scientific
Farmer.
1t includes the methods of conser-
walton of soil moisture and also the
methods of maintaining or developing
fertility in the soil by certain use
of both air and water in the soil
which the farmer can and should con-
troll by mechanical tillage.
DRY farming as the term is gem
orally used, means almost anything
done to secure crops in dry country.
More especially it is taken to refer
to common principles of tillage but
more thoroughly applied. Sometimes
it also refers to summer fallow. But
it refers rather to what is desired of
accomplishment rather than the meth
cd of doing it.
Now dry farming" is all right and
well enough in it's place. Everyone
seeking success through dry farm
ing" is engaged in doing better farm
ing and that is a good thing. Every
farmer who really tries to do better
farming will in fact get better results.
But the thought which is uppermost
in the minds of very many who talk
of dry farming" is that by this pro-
cess sure crops are secured in all
ordinary seasons. with the chance of
failure in very bad seasons still facing
the plucky farmer Herein is there
vital difference from the real soil cul-
ture.
The dry farmer" has taken a part
of the system of soil culture and has
made good use OF it. They have ac-
complished great work. They have
opened the eyes of the world to the
possibilities of this semi-arid region.
Scientific soil culture includes not
only all that is done in the name of
dry farming but more, for it con-
templates care of the soil from year
to year, and especially preparation of
the soil for the crop in the previous
year. 1t means keeping the soil in
right condition for the development
of available fertility and perfect plant
growth not only for this season but
for next season and afterwards.
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PRINCIPAL ARID FARM CROP.
Wheat Is Now and Perhaps Always
Will Be Staple Article
Results in Seeding.

Wheat is now and perhaps always
will be the principal arid farm crop.
Fall wheat is always preferable to
spring wheat From two to three
pecks an acre sown with a press drill
gives better results than more thickly
sown grain. Broadcasting grain is
not satisfactory in any way. During
four years of trial on the various arid
experimental farms in this state the
Turkey red wheat has given the best
yields of good quality wheat. 1t is
considered the standard of milling
wheats in the great northwest. The
Koffoid wheat also is an excellent va
riety and during the years of trial has
stood all the tests and yielded good
crops when most other varieties have
failed. 1t combines the qualities of
high yield, good quality, stiff straw,
does not shell easily and stands frost
and drought well. Other good varie-
ties are Winter Lasalle, Odessa, Gold
Coin, Blue Stem and Red Chaff. The
Durum wheats take the lead as
spring wheats. They are adapted to
grow in soil rich in plant food and in
climate that is hot and dry. Other
good spring wheats are Sonora and
New Zealand.
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WOULD LIVE WITHOUT EATING
SheIbyvile Man with Odd Theories is
Locked UP as Insane After
Clever Ruse.

Shelbyville, Ind-Believing that he
could live without eating, that his
mouth had grown shut, and that he
could live 1000 years, caused a sani.
tary commission to hold an inquiry
into the mental condition of Charles
Watkins, and they declared that he
was a person of unsound mind.
Being a friend of Sheriff Buffers,
he was asked to go to the jail to fix
a lock on one of the cells. He con-
sented, and as he passed through the
Jail door to the cell the door closed on
him and he will remain there until
papers arrive TO take him to the
insane hospital. He was born and
reared here, and for many wears was
a member of the local fire depart.
ment.
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HAY-MAKlNG ADVICE.

Cut your feeding hay early.
Keep the bearings clean and well
oiled.
Glover should be cut before it falls
down. You can get it all in this way.
Stop the machine every hour to-
touch up the knives with file or whet-
stone.
With a wad OF wool in the oil cups
you need not oil the mower so fire.
quently
Every mower tool box should con-
tain monkey wrench, milestone and
fiat file.
Wait till the dew is off before you
start the mower, and put in the time
cultivating the corn or potatoes.
Mark the light spots in the mead
ows to plow and reseed after harvest.
Sharp knives make light draft.
As meatmaker, milk-maker, and
moneymaker, alfalfa is equally priced.
and as rejuyenator and improver OF
soils it has no rival.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
STEAM COLLIER OF CEMENT.
Italian Ship viii Have Sides as Smooth
as Marble and Able to Defy
Shellfish and SeaWeed.

Rome.-The Italian engineer Cab
ellini is now engaged in constructing
for the Italian government steam
collier entirely built of stone.
Gabellini made experiments extend
ing over several years with small
stone skiffs, and found them buoyant
and strong, and easy to navigate. He
is now building a steamship on an
iron keel, forming a double frame
work first, into which cement is
poured, thus forming the hull, which
is extremely light and absolutely
watertight.
This hull, too, is smooth, and can
be polished like marble, and no she'll
fish or seaweed can become attached
to 1t.
The upper deck and bridge are also
of concrete, and the ship will have
watertight compartments of ce-
ment.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
eroundhons Are ehouls.

Terre Haute, lnd.-The people
whose dead are buried in many coun
ry graveyards south Of Terre Haute
in Vigo and Sullivan counties, are
horrifed by the discovery that ground
hogs have been ghouls
The animals have burrowed into
many graves and bones of the dead
were found strewn on the surface.
These bones have been reburied and
the people are trying TO stop the mo
Iestation In some cases water ha.
been poured into the holes. In others
wood fires were started at the mouth
of the openings with sulphur thrown
IN and a lid securely placed to confino
ne fumes to the interior as much as
ossihle
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Concrete Floor for Cattle.

A concrete floor for cattle should
not be smooth. After putting the top
layer in place brush it with coarse
broom, which will leave the surface
somewhat rough
The milking stable should be free
from dust and disagreeable odors, and
the mixers hands clean and dry. lie
should have a clean loose jumper and
overalls to slip on over his clothing,
and these should be washed fre.
quently.
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RUST-PROOF WHEAT
Scientists In Race to Grow Per-
feet Grain of All Kinds.
Cambridge School Produces Variety
That Resists Disease and Is Very
strong-French Hybrldlzers
Secure Heavy Yield.

London.-Scientiflc men at Cam
bridge who are devoting themselves
to agricultural research are on the
eve of establishing a proud claim
made year ago. They said that they
would increase the value of wheat
crops by $40 an acre.
But in the race for the perfect
grain-wheat, barley and oats-they
are being pressed hard by other dis
coverers who are total disbelievers in
the Cambridge methods, and the race
for the perfect grain under the diff
ferent methods is becoming exciting
The chief competitors of Mr.. Biffen,
Mr.. Punnett and the Cambridge school
are NJ. Vilmorin of Paris, Mr.. Burbank,
who is called the California wizard,
and John Carton of Warrington.
John Carton and Mr.. Burbank have
exchanged letters, and agree that the
making of the perfect grain is more
or less a fluke. Mr.. Carton, for ex-
ample, produced an oat which in.
creased the yield by ten to 20 per
cent, and grew large grain by using
the wild oat, which has the smallest
of all grain and was thought to be
useless.
Mr. Biffen, on the other hand, works
wholly by system, and has two tri-
umphs to his credit He has produced
a wheat absolutely proof against rust,
which is the most prevalent of wheat
diseases, and he has been able, by fol-
lowing the law of Mendel, to fix these
new sorts in two or three years where
previously the work took eight or ten.
These disease-proof wheats will be
available for next harvest, and their
creation has greatly excited men of
science all over the world.
The present position IN the race
is this, that the Cambridge school has
produced grains which resist disease
and are very "strong"-that is, are
good for milling. The French hybri
dizers and Mr. Carton have produced
grains remarkable for heavy yield
The achievement which is yet to
come is the joining together of the
disease resisters and the heavy yield
ers. When that is done the farmers S
fortune is made, if wheat will stay
near it's present price
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BOYS BUTTON DRESS
Custom Inaugurated When One
Husband Injured His Hand.
Messengers Called Upon Frequently in
London Because Gowns Are SO
Expensive, Many Women Can
not Afford to Keep Maids.

London.-To many strange and un-
usual tasks have the boys of the dis
trict messenger service been put.
They will carry your messages,
guide you across London, look after
school boys and girls crossing town
on their way to or from school, or go
round the world for you-and all in
answer to simple telephone call.
They are ubiquitous. capable, ready
for anything.
But their latest achievement, and
surely the most unusual, is to act as
ladies' maids.
The other afternoon an excited man
rushed into district messenger office,
"Can you send boy at once to lace
emily in despair and obviously en-
pecting to be met with a scornful re-
fusal.
Certainly, SIR" was the calm an
swer. What address?" The address
was duly given. and the harasseG man
walked off mopping his brow.
II told the man in charge l had
heard they could send boys to do any
thing" he said afterwards, but
thought that would be too much for
them, but not a bit of it,"
81 was in horrible fix. My wife's
maid was taken suddenly ill., and we
had an important function that night,
and ! could not find maid at such
short notice. My wife's dress buttons
or laces up the back-I don't know
which. | have hurt my fingers, and
cannot help her, and she cannot do it
herself. and there are no other SER
wants in the house"
Later the lady who had been but
toned up" and the boy were inter,
viewed. Said the lady;
"Ie was as quick and light fingered
as my own maid. My dress is a par
| ticularly awkward one TO fasten, too.
but in less than a minute he had got
the hooks and eyes to meet, and a
| glance at myself in the glass assured
me that was perfectly dressed
THE boy declared he had never
done a job like this before, but | can
hardly believe IT, Afterwards, just
to try him, made him take down
some of my skirts from a cupboard
and fold them ready for packing. He
did it beautifully"
The boy, a fresh,faced youngster OF
about IA, said he had never done this
particular job before.
But often we get curious Jobs,
which we know very little about" he
said. I'VE soon get used to using our
brains and fingers on any emergency
that may crop up"
Inquiries elucidated the fact that
this is not an isolated instance of a
boy acting as lady's maid.
lady a few days ago, in much the
same circumstances, arranged that a
boy should be at her house at p. IN.
to button her up at the back, and
again at IL p. m. to unbutton her.
The fashion of dresses which but.
'on at the back, where no woman can
ossibly reach herself, and the IN
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Dry Farnoino.

Only within the past few years has
there been general recognition OF the
value and practicability of soil culture
IN farming the dry country. 1t is
science built upon years of actual
held experiments in many states and
under all conditions. Farmers are
naturally conservative and slow to
change their ways, and only when
success has been demonstrated many
times and in the face of fiercest criti-
cism has the method been accepted.
But now the desire for information
comes from all directions.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Imports of Oats.

During the ten months ending with
April of this year, the imports of
oats into the United States amounted
to 5,307 97S bushels, as compared with
2O1.3S3 bushels during the same pc
riod one year ago This looks as if
the oats crop of the United States
needs some attention, Not as much
attention has been paid to this ce-
real as should be. 1t responds most
readily to improved cultural proc.
esses.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
MONKEYS MARRIED in FORM

Master Tony is widower, Sod,
or rather Ashes, his former mate hav-
ing been cremated several months ago
at Oryille. The ashes of his former
mate are kept by Lambrigger at his
home in funeral urn.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Thresh Wheat and Oats

Arrange to thresh wheat and oats
lust as soon as possible after harvest
The longer they are allowed to stand
in the field the more they will waste
y is poor business management to
row grain crops and allow thom to
spoil or depreciate in the field.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02
Care of the Cow

Cleanse the cows udder thoroughly
before milking, either by brushing it
uff with the hand or, If very dirty.
Washing and drying it. All filth, loose
hairs, dandruff, and dust should be
'moved.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-09-02

publisher Franklin Weekly Repository
Editorial
of
edition.
boobindmg printing
Philadelphia
for 30 He appointed superintendent of public printing
Pennsylvania legislature elected vcepesent the National
Editorial first cepresiden
of
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15

P0sveips Condition Poultry Powder
The best powder we have ever sold for
geese, ducks. Chickens and Turkeys. II
puts them in good condition and keeps
them so. 10c. and zoe. per package.
Any of the above sent anywhere in
the United States upon receipt Of price.
We also carry in stock Pratt's, Hess,
International and Oakland Poultry Pow
ders.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15
ANCIENT BELLS.
They Were Often ouadransuIar and
Made Of Thin Iron Plates.

They Were OFTEN 0uadranguiar ono
Made Of Thin Iron Plates.
There are several old bells In Scot.
land, Ireland and Wales. The Oldest are
often quadrangular. being made Of
thin iron plates which have been ham
mered and riveted together. At the
monastery Of st. Gall In Switzerland
the four sided bell of the Irish mission.
airy st. Gall, who lived In the seventh
century, is still preserved, but more
ancient still IL the bell of st. Patrick
In Belfast, which Is ornamented with
gold and gems aud silver filigree work.
The curfew bell Is that about which
most has been written and said. II
has been thought that It was only used
In England. but 1t was quite common
on the continent In the middle ages.
The ringing Of bells by rope is still
very popular In England, especially In
the country. where almost every ham.
let, however small, has its church with
Its peal Of bells. which are often re.
markably well rung. The first real
peal Of bells In England was sent by
Pope Calixtus III. to Kings college,
Cambridge, and was for 800 years the
largest peal In England. About the
beginning Of the year 1900 sets Of eight
bells were hung In few OF the large
churches.
In the middle Of the seventeenth CEN
fury man named White wrote IA.
nous work ON bells In which he intro
duced the system OF numbering them
!, 2, 3. 4. etc, on slips Of paper In diff
ferent orders. according TO the changes
intended TO be rung. 1t Is calculated
that to ring all the changes upon twen-
ty-four bells at two strokes second
would take 1T billion years.
One Of the most famous bells In the
world is the first great bell Of Moscow.
which now stands In the middle Of a
square In that city and Is used as q
chapel. This bell was cast In 1893, but
was In the earth for over hundred
years. being raised In 1885 by the EN-.
peror Nicholas. 1t Is nearly twenty
feet high. has circumference Of sixty
feet, Is two feet thick and weighs al.
most 200 tons. The second Moscow
bell. which is the largest bell in tb
world that is actually In use, weighs
1913 tons. There are several bells er
tant which weigh ten tons and over OF
which Big Ben. the largest bell In Eng
land. weighing between thirteen and
fourteen tons. Is one. Big Ben Is I'M.
fortunately cracked.-London Globe.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15
Queer, but Expressive.

A Danish girl who has recently come
to this country TO take a course In
trained nursing was complaining TO q
friend the other morning Of having
oversight herself. And ~ reason why
such thing should befall me. fos
had-what do you call It in English
I know, sleep watch-all set."-wash.
ington Star.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15

"But ! do not know the candidate
said an old Yorkshire farmer who was
appealed to for his vote.
But you know his fatherf"
"Yes. l know him. aud he's q grand
man"
''Then you will surely vote for his
son. won't your"
But the old farmer was still doubt
full.
I'm no 90 sure about that" he re.
Piled; Its no every coo that has a
cauff like herseP. Liverpool Mercury
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Picture Made by q Cave Man Millions
Of Years Ago.

Of Years Ago.
Long ago. so long that even a scien-
fist would hardly dare venture guess
as to the date, a man clad with only
a wild beasts skin about his loins was
sitting at the mouth Of cave In one
Of the rocky highlands In what is now
southern France. He was scratching
with sharp flint on the fragments
Of an ivory tusk. perhaps picturing for
some youthful admirers adventures
through which he had passed or ami
mails he had slain. That ivory chip
was stored away as treasure, to be
lost and forgotten after the cave mans
death. One day a man named Lartet,
digging in the cavern floor, found II.
On 1t was scratched a very fair rep
resentation Of the hairy elephant.
probably at once the Oldest picture
and the oldest human record In ex-
istence.
We know the cave man was q faith
full workman, for the melting Ice fields
OF Siberia have yielded perfect speci-
men Of this extinct mammal, and the
paleolithic picture is true copy. Not
only has this ancient sculptor given US
a sample OF the earliest art. but he has
left us. more valuable than all, his
torical record OF his time. for this
rude picture is simply page from the
cave mans history which. translated
into twentieth century English, says,
Men. thinking men. were contempt
raneous with the hairy elephant"
No record that any Of humankind
have ever left Is half so ancient as
this. The oldest Egyptian papyrus Is
q thing OF yesterday compared to this
paleolithic sculpture. While the cave
man was living in Europe the valley
Of the Nile was yet only wild waste.
Egypt was not yet Egypt, and ciyiliza-
ton as we know 1t had scarcely made
q acknowledgements.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15
Kind Hearted.

"And did you enjoy your African
trip. major? How did you like the
savagesT
"0h. they were extremely kind heart
ed. They wanted to keep me there for
dinner."--London Opinion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-15
Coming Near Il.

First Hobo-Gee! I'm glad my
clothes tore as easy as they did when
that dog grabbed me! l bet he would
say things IL he could talk.
Second Hobo-Well. to Judge by his
present acts. he is chewing the rag
some.-Baltimor American.
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Taste and Smell Full size so cts. at Drug
gists or by mail. In liquid form, rs cents.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street. New York.