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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
easy. As shown in the accompanying


easy. AS shown in the accompanying
Illustration, this tent can be disas-
sembled into sections and converted
into one or more articles of apparel.
1t can thus be conveniently and easily
transported by the members of the
camping party, making it of inestima-
BILE value to troops, huntsmen and
campers generally The tent shown
here is composed of a number of de-
tachable triangular sections, each sec
ton being adapted to be folded upon
itself and secured at the edges, to
form poncho. For connecting the
sections of the tent together buttons
and buttonholes are employed. When
using the tent section as poncho the
arms are passed through the con-
nected edges between the buttons,
and any device, such as string, Is
tied about the waist The device thus
applied gives the wearer free use Of
his arms and provides a garment fit
ting with closeness for comfort and
protection for the wearer. BY join
ing two sections a shelter tent can be
made. The pole is constructed Of a
number of convenient-sized sections,
which can be distributed among any
number of hunters, ETC., together with
the ponchos. and the entire tent in
this manner carried from one place
to another without entailing any in
convenience, but. on the contrary,
providing the hunter with weather
proof garment. Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
FARM NOTES.

Keep the orchard under cultivation
piow In the fall and beginning in
the spring go through it once a
week
Have yon good-roads drag on
your beat? You may need it any
time now. Just as the mud is dry.
ing up on the surface, while the
ground underneath is yet soft, is the
time to use it. You can have coed
roads all summer by the proper use
Of road drag and wide wagon tires.
1t takes $4,000 to stock and es-
tahiish an up-to-date farm. One
fourth of this amount in poultry will
beat it in profit.
The most prolific pullets do not al
ways lay the earliest.
Both chicks and fowls should have
access to grit and charcoal.
sheep will not drink ice cold wa
ter unless compelled consequently
at times they do without water as
long as possible The water for
them should be warmed, as it is es.
sential for the ewes to drink a large
proportion in order to provide milk
for the lambs.
A gallon of cream weighs s pounds.
A gallon OF cream testing 20 per cent.
will contain 1!6 pounds of butter fat:
adding one-fifth TO this gives 1872
pounds OF butter. A gallon of cream
testing IS per cent. will contain SO
pounds OF butter fat. and adding one
NTH to this makes 4.32 pounds of
butter.
Valuations of $1,000 per acre for
Nova Scotia apple orchards suggest
way to put worth into low priced
lan1a in ether places.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
SPRAYING SUCCESSFUL.

All of the fruit trees on the sta,
ton grounds were sprayed with
scalecide. one part to fifteen parts
of water. in the fall. of 1906. When
examined on March 30 very few liv.
ing scales could be found. Mr.. Ives
also sprayed nearly all of his orchard
Of several hundred trees with scale.
eide. The results were satisfactory.
At Mr.. Plants orchard about seven
hundred trees besides those record.
ed in the stables were sprayed with
scalecide by the owners, and the
scale was kept well in check by the
reatment.-Prof. w. E. Britton.
American Cultivator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
HARDY oHRYsANTHEMIJMs

Chrysanthemums of the "pompon"
type. of which each plant produces
from forty to one hundred blooms.
an inch or two across, are many of
them sufficiently hardy to be left out
all winter in central and Southern
ATTITUDES The blooms often remain
in good condition until long after
Thanksgiving.
These plants are the most capable
of resisting frost of any garden herbs
Their peculiar merit is in blooming
long after successive frosts have de-
nnded the landscape. Their vivid
colors are so unlike anything else
at that season that they are indis-
pensabie in the carefully made gar
den.
The flowers are not ruined until
their petals have been wet and froz-
en- stiff. The plants, are necessarily
used for mass effects as great size
Is not to be expected. Masses of
red and. masses of brown side by
side make a striking combination
Crimson and pink varieties should
be kept by themselves because their
colors are variable and they make
a violent contrast with the yellow.
The culture OF hardy chrysan'h he
NUNS is simple. They need little
care and can be planted in any sit.
uation SO that the soil is rich. They
are best propagated from cuttings
which should be made at any time
from October to May. The cuttings
may be obtained from any florist, and
should be inserted singly in pots or
sandy soil and as soon as they are
rooted. they should be put in sep
arate pots or set outdoors in their
permanent location. Indianapolis
News
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
HONEST PACKING.

One man puts up fruit in packages
and if his name is ON the package
it will sell for more than any other
package that looks as well without
a name. One will say that his name
is what sells the package. That is
true; he has protected his goods SO
long with that name that the patrons
know the quality they are buying
when they see his name. His. goods
are honest and they are honestly
packed.-Farmers Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
For Catching Animals.

Any person who has tried to catch
a, pig or other small animal in even
a comparatively restricted space will
appreciate the value of the animal
catcher invented, by an Oklahoman
By means of this device the capture
Of elusive little beasts is made com,
paratively easy, and it will no doubt
be much in demand among farmers
and butchers. The contrivance con
sists of pair of graphing tongs
with pivoted curved jaws and fold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
SYs1.--7-T - - YdgSSeel
A NN@E1UzN s A
Y e V yIIEdl ~ ~ VVIRNJgIESs
yards fifty-two inches wide for shorr-
er length. with one-half yard of satin
for bands.
Blouse or Shirt Waist

The simple blouse that allows er-
fective use of buttons is one greatly
in demand this season, and this mod.
ell with its wide box pleat Is excep-
tionally desirable. In this instance IL
is made from one of the new fancy
cotton crepes, but it will be found adj
mirably well adapted to linen and
madras and to all wasting materials.
The wide box pleat and the plain
spaces between it and the shoulders
allow unusually good opportunity for
the display of hand embroidery, and
embroidery on linen and materials
of the sort will make notable feat
ure of spring and summer waists. The
small, close fitting one-piece sleeves
finished with three tucks at the lower
edge of each are among the later
models and much liked. but regula-
ton shirt waist sleeves can be substi-
tuted If preferred. In short the
waist will be found an excellent one
for the odd blouse of.almost any sea-
sonable material, and also for the en-
tire gown, whether that gown is made
of linen. chambray or something OF
the sort or from cashmere or similar
light weight wool.
The waist is made with fronts and
back. There are three tucks in each
front at the shoulders and the closing
is made beneath the wide box pleat.
The tucked sleeves are close fitting,
and can be either scanned for their
entire length or closed with buttons
and loops for short distance above
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
Our Love Of Britain.

Referring to the navy, the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade informs
us that SO far as Liberals are con-
cerned they will never concur in the
inclusion of the United States as one
Of the two Hypothetical powers
against whom we ought to build.
This, as we have limited before, would
would be all right If the fact that
the Americans love US were as well
known in America as it is here
London Punch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23

Foot rot Of sheep is best treated
by use Of application of solution of
blue vitrol.
An application Of 1000 pounds OF
lime per acre was practically as. ef
ficient in case of oats as an applica.
ton of 1000 pounds, in test made
at the New Jersey station In the
case of clover the large application
gave the better results.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
Tent Used as a Coat.

The problem OF the transportation
of the tent has always been difficult
one for the huntsman to solve. Be-
sides being heavy, the tent Is cumber-
some to handle. A San Francisco in
ventor has devised an exceedingly
unique and simple arrangement of
the tent which makes transportation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
Conservation.

The resources of the earth are the
basis of our national wealth. BY
means of them alone. in material
things, comes leadership among the
nations. The conservation movement
now fully under way embraces the
forest movement as one of its sources
and great divisions. Thus the cause
of forest conservation throughout the
country has won powerful ally and
a more effective support for the work
that lies just before U.S. Clifford Pin
chot, in New England Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23

Plates are to be substituted for col.
lection bags at st. Mary's Church, Do
yer, mainly on the expressed ground
that SO many buttons have been found
in the latter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23
FOWLS IN CONFINEMENT.

!1 EOWLo In NAOANr ~ rA-AA1AS
Al Farmer reader wishes to know
IL pure bred fowls can be raised in
confinement?
1t has been repeatedly demonstrate
cd by experienced breeders that
sither mongrels or fancy fowls can
be successfully grown in confine-
ment- However fowls in confine-
ment can not be neglected, they must
receive special attention. If birds in
confinement are not provided with
every requirement pertaining to the
wants of fowls they will certainly
become unhealthy and die, for the
want of attention.
The main things to look after may
be mentioned briefly. Supply them
with every sort of, foodstuff that they
would get on free range; arrange
to keep them busy. An ideal fowl
is like the ideal human being, likely
to get into bad habits, sucn as feath-
er pulling. egg eating and many 9TH
ed evils. Hundreds Of fine speci-
mems are produced every year that
never saw a free range.
The writer scored a fine Single
Comb Brown Leghorn cock in one of
Kentucky's leading shows that the
owner said never saw the bare earth
in his life. He was q typical speci-
men indeed, which convinces us that
fowls of any breed or color can be
successfully grown in confinement.
The greatest objection is that they
cost more to produce, but possibly
they are worth more if they have had
proper attention. In a majority of
instances where fowls are kept In
rhose confinement they receive more
attention than those kept on range;
hence, are finer specimens in many
respects If you are not situated to
grow fowls on range and can grow
them In confinement do not hesitate
to do so, as you will find them very
profitable as well as great source
OF pleasure. Study the requirements
necessary for confined fowls and you
will have success in growing most
any standard VARIETY. C. Clipp, in
the Indiana Farmer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23

Hob-"Would you like to see wom-
en- voters at the polls?" Nob-"Yes.
indeed. At the North and South
Poles. "-Sewanee Tiger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23

A medallion of NJ. Laveran has beer
placed in the military hospital of Con
stantine. Algiers. where he discover
ed the parasite of malaria in 1880.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-04-23

able arms. One Of these arms fits
over pole and rope is slipped
through ringeat one end and passed
through a ring at the end ofsIthe other
arm. at the same time being slipped
through a short chain at the inter-
section. In using the catcher. the
operator seizes the animals leg Will
the jaws of the instrument and pulls
the rope, which closes the jaws tight.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-28
LITER" HIDES IN PEN.
Plays Hide-and-seek With Guards In
Ohio Prison.

Columbus. Ohio. Special: Some
where within the walls of the peni.
Tertiary Harvey Johnson, a life pris-
oner. who was received a few days
ago from Franklin county, is hiding,
but has not yet been discovered.
One OF the wall guards said he saw
him stick his head out OF a bolt shop
window and he fired. The bullet was
afterward found imbedded near the
window Captain Krouse of the guard
room at night. also saw the little ne.
gro. but was unable TO capture him on
account of the darkness A double
guard was on duty all night and War.
den Jones slept only two hours.
The entire floor in bolt shop No. G..
where the desperate colored man
worked. was ripped up and traces
were found of Johnson. where he had
crawled beneath the floor. His work
ing clothes were found there and also
a very crude. improvised ladder.
Warden Jones has issued an order
that the guards shoot to kill II John
son does not voluntarily give up. The
police department has been notified.
Double guards were put on. but the
negro could not be found. Some of
the prisoners said that he might have
crawled into one OF the penitentiary
sewers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-28
FARM MURDER TRAP
FOUND IN CALIFORNIA MAY SUR
PASS GUINNESS PLACE.
DECEASED BACHELOR GUIlTY7
Secret Tunnel On Ranch Led 70 Well
Containing Skeletons Of Nc
Coy's Victims.

Mariposa. Cal, Special: The dis.
covery OF a secret tunnel leading from
the home OF the late George Mccoy 10
within three feet Of a well where four
human skeletons have been unearthed
within a week leads the authorities to
the Guinness murder farm in Indiana.
Mccoy lived on the ranch from 1853
until two years ago. He was a bach
elor OF peculiar habits. No one knee
his history and he had no intimate
friends. He seldom left the ranch.
and the neighbors assert that he sell
dom went out Of sight OF the house
during the last twenty-five years OF
his life.
District Attorney Adair, who has
charge of the investigation, gave the
following statement 10 the press:
The discovery Of the tunnel con
firms our belief that we have found
traces of one of the most remarkable
series OF crimes ever known In the
west
"Of course we will not bring any
charge, as Mccoy has been dead .wo
years, but as he lived on the place
alone from 1853 until the time OF his
death there is no possible way 20 es-
cape the belief that he must have
known of the crimes.
The skeletons have decayed to a
great extent. but the big bones and
the skulls are left. The positions in
which the skeletons were found prove
absolutely that they never were bur
led with any ceremony The bodies
slust have been doubled up so that
the knees were against their chins.
This probably was done so they could
be placed in smaller holes than other
wise.
There is no way TO tell at what in
tervals the four skeletons We're buried
but all must have been in the ground
a long time
There is no sign OF wood or any
thing that could have been a box or
coffin about any of the skeletons. and
IL is my opinion that the bodies were
buried without any covering what
evef
The discovery Of the tunnel will
probably lead 10 further discoveries.
and it may be that a murder trap was
conducted on a far greater plan than
we have suspected
The finding OF the skeletons prob
ably explains the mysterious death Of
Sam Wilson. who disappeared after
having a quarrel with Mccoy in 1877.
Wilson was last seen going toward
McCoy's place. but no trace of him
was found, although a search, cover
ing long period, was made. At the
time Mccoy was suspected Of having
had something to do with his disap-
pearance. and he was even charged
with II. He denied il fatty and asked
the officers to search his house and
grounds"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-28
PERFECTLY SHOCKING
is THIS WAR OF WORDS DowN
IN OLD KENTUCKY.
COWARD" SAYS ONE EDITOR
And Lexington Folks Now Wonder
Whether his Rival Will Fish
or Cut Bait.
COWARD" SAYS ONE EDITOR

Lexington. KY, Special: The stage
OF personalities has been reached in
a war 1har has been on for the past
two months between the local after.
noon papers-the Leader, the Repub-
lican organ. edited by Samuel ]. Rob.
erts. formerly OF Canton. Ohio. and
now Collector of Internal Revenue
for the Seventh District. and the Ken
lucky Gazette. the Democratic organ
and the official newspaper of Lexing-
ton, edited by Charles |. Stewart. for
merly Of Louisville.
The row was precipitated when the
Gazette sent in bills at the rate of 10
cents per inch for public printing.
The Leader vigorously opposed this
rate as excessive, and at a recent
meeting of the General Council an or
dinance fixing the rate al 80 cents
per inch was passed
AT the last meeting Of the Council
the list Of classified accounts was tied
up for the month because w. Howard
McCorkle, member of the Board of
Public Works, and brother-in-law OF
Editor Roberts. had put in a claim
for $50 for Two months board for a
horse
The Gazette attacked the claim as
extortionate and ridiculed McCorkle
and Roberts. McCorkle came back
with a card and Roberts with an edi-
torial. The Gazette has made the fol
lowing editorial utterance under the
caption "A True Statement" and the
town is now wondering whether Edi-
tor Roberts is going cunning or keep
quiet
1T is known TO all men and wo-
men in this community that the edi-
tor OF the Leader is a coward-physi.
cal. mental and moral He trades
upon his cowardice. cherishing the
memory Of epithets unresented and
unreturned because of the protection
they give from blows from men who
shrink from striking a cowardly man
even as they do defenseless woman.
These facts being known, and no
denial OF them will be made by the
editor Of the Leader. il is a tribute TO
the power Of the press that his paper
Is still read by decent people and still
has a certain influence because of its
circulation"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-28
THAN CASE B)BS Up
FORMER COUNSEL DECLARES HE
SPENT $4,000 HUSH MONEY"
HARTRlDGE MAKES AFFIDAVIT
That He Closed the Mouths OF Posi-
Bile Witnesses, But Fails to Men,
ton Any Names.

New York, Special: There was re-
Joicing at Matteawan when Harry X.
Ihaw and his mother, Mrs. Mary Cop
ley Thaw, read the amazing affidavit
OF Clifford w. Hartridge, their former
lawyer. that he had spent $4,000, for
which he is suing. in "hushing" pos
sible Witnesses and stories about
Thaw.
The portion of the Hartridge aft
davit which particularly pleased the
Thaws was that in which he said he
could not give the names of those who
received the hush money" as they
were scattered. They contended that
this proved their contention that the
attorney was unable TO give details Of
his alleged expenditures
From his ward in the Matteawan
asylum. through his attorney, Charles
Morschauser. of Poughkeepsie, Harry
Thaw sent out this signed statement:
"Hartridge spent money in a gam
bling place which he frequented. as
was informed by Mr.. Peabody and
Others. Any newspaper man in New
York can tell you that Hartridge's
pretense of having suppressed any
thing is humbug. A person like Hart
ridge could not close one eye lid OF
the thousand-eyed press.
"All that Hartridge does is to re-
peat vaguely some fabrications and
then pretends 10 keep this from the
knowledge of the District Attorney
and the newspapers.
The affidavit published by Clifford
w. Hartridge is composed of false
hood from beginning TO end. Were
there any truth in il | would have him
disbarred. But there is no truth in IL.
He never spent $4,000. nor 81 900,
nor 800 in hush money as he pre-
tends. He has asked for arbitration
in letters to my mother and others,
accompanying his request by obvious
threats. AS his insinuations were
false and there is nothing due him,
we refused TO arbtrate.
Instead my mothers counsel de-
handed in Court that he give list of
the alleged $4,000 he spent. He does
not want to give list because he can
not BY publishing this affidavit he
proves that his claims are false and
that he can not account for spending
$4,000 for me in any way"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-28

Louise Arbogast is Charged With Kill
ing Her Rich Father at ST. Paul.

ST. Paul, Mimi. Special: Louise
Arbogast, age twenty-five. was form
ally charged in Police Court with the
murder Of Louis Arbogast, her father.
Louis Arbogast. wealthy meat deal
er and a prominent German resident,
was found dead in his bed early last
Thursday morning. His head had been
crushed in with an ak and the bed was
soaked with kerosene oil and on fire.
Mrs. Arbogast. the mother of Louise,
was found unconscious beside her hus.
band and dragged from the burning
bed by another daughter. Ida. Mrs.
Arboeast Is now in the City Hospital
suffering from burns.
Investigation by the police and
others TO develop a motive for the
crime. led TO the conclusion that IL was
the act OF a ninsane person. Facts de-
veloped by the investigation disclosed
that Louise had been the victim of for
tune-tellers who told her that a man
would break into her home and at
tack her. She heard this statement so
often that IL is believed to have be-
come delusion that man was actual.
~ pursuing her.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-05-28
FENCE FEuD FATAL.
Farmers Quarrel Results In Two
Killed and Two Injured.

Richmond. Ind. Special: A petty
quarrel concerning the location of a
fence on the line between two farms
caused double murder in Wayne
county Monday and in addition two
farmers are seriously wounded.
The killing was done by Joel Rails
back. who first killed Raymond Meek
with a shotgun. after Meek had shot al
Frank otto Railsback, INJECTING a
wound In the knee. Alexander Meek
was then killed by Joel Railsback after
Meek had inflicted a flesh wound on
Frank Railsback. Sr Seven members
OF the Railsback family and two OF the
Meeks participated in the fray.
The Railsback and Meek families oc-
cupy adjoining farms on the south side
OF the National pike. There had been
bad feeling between them for the last
four years. or ever since Meek nut IN
new woven wire fence The Railsbacks
declared this fence encroached on their
land and demanded its removal.
The entire county was stirred by the
tragedy. To many il was almost be-
yond belief that peaceful Quaker
Wayne county could produce an event
that in some of it's features far sur
passes the famous feuds OF Kentucky.