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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
Crew Leaves Republic at Last
Minute and Finds Safety on
Revenue Cutter.
SIX ARE KILLED IN COLLISION.
Passengers of Both Vessels on Baltic
Taken Into New York Harber
Through Fog.

Six lives were lost and two persons
were injured when the Florida of the
Lloyds-ItalianO Line cut her way
through the sides of the Republic, the
White Star Mediterranean liner, in the
fOg-bound waters Of the Atlantic off
Nantucket early Saturday morning.
Despite valiant efforts on the part Of
half dozen other vessels to save her,
the Republic sank at half past s o'clock
Sunday night off No Mans Land, near
Martha's Vineyard, while the Gresham,
revenue cutter, and the Seneca, a
derelict destroyer, were towing her to
New York and the Furnessia Of the
Anchor Line was steering her aft.
The Republic is sunk in 49, feet Of
water off No Mans Land, and is gone
forever. Efforts to raise her from this
depth would be useless. Captain Seal
by and his crew, who had returned to
their ship when she was taken in tow,
remained aboard until the last moment.
when they were carried off in small
boats and transferred to the Gresham.
Meantime the Baltic, carrying the
passengers of both the Republic and
the Florida, numbering more than 1000
was making all speed to the port of
New York. Two of those killed were
passengers on the Republic, as were
the two injured. The other victims
were seamen.
Seven hundred persons. in round
numbers. were transferred from the
Republic to the Florida, and then 1850
from the last named vessel to the Bal
tic. That this transfer of nearly $500
persons was effected without the loss
Of a single life is considered q mar
velous performance, though the fortu-
nate occurrence of a placid sea and
mild, almost springlike weather was
an important factor in this work.
Throughout all of Sunday the only
information which reached New York
or elsewhere of the situation on the
fog bound waters off Nantucket came
fitfully in the detached and sometimes
conflicting wireless dispatches, but
without these nothing might have been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
DUAL TRAGEDY IN OHIO.
Man Sends Note to Girl, Then Kills
Wife and Himself.


when my son returns home he will
find his mother and myself dead. Be
kind to him." This was the note 19-year-
old Earl Hilborn delivered to his sweet
heart, Helen Williams, when he came for
his Sunday evening call. 1t was given to
him before he left his own house by his
father. r. l.. Hilborn, a well-to-do farm
er, living near Willoughby, Ohio. The
envelope bore this direction: 'This must
not be opened until my son leaves you to-
night" In obedience to this Miss Will
Jams did not read the contents of the note
until she had closed the door behind her
sweetheart. Then she ran after him and
they drove to the Hilborn home. They
arrived there about midnight and found
Mrs. Hilborn dead in the kitchen with a
bullet through her head. The husbands
body was discovered in the barn, where
he had blown out his own brains with the
same revolver after killing her. HilbOrn
received a letter Saturday informing him
of the loss of Canadian real estate in
which he is said to have put all of his
money
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
KANSAS TO DOUBLE WHEAT CROP
Agricultural College Experiments
Promise Wonderful Results.

Agricultural College Experiments
Promise Wonderful Results.
Prof. H. r. Roberts of the Kansas Ag-
ricultural College has been experimenting
in the breeding of wheat since 1906. His
experiments have now reached the stage
that a warning has gone out to farmers
to increase the size of their grauaries. The
result of Prof. Roberts researches is the
probable propagation of wheat that/will
increase the average yield from fourteen
to twenty-eight bushels an acre. The
wheat crop of Kansas for the last five
years has averaged approximately 80,O00.-
600 bushels. Roberts gathered GIG varie-
ties from every known country. Through
the process of elimination there now re-
main thirty-nine varieties. "By next fall"
declared the professor, 81 will have Sc
cured the ideal wheat. Then watch Kan
sas. Her wheat yield will be doubled, and
the farmers of the State will have their
annual incomes increased to the extent of
nearly fifty million dollars"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

The Senate committee on commerce has
approved a bill requiring all motor YES
sells to carry life preServers. the collector
of customs estimating the number of such
boats in the United States to be about
10000.
H. d. Lee, who has just retired as
president of the Farmers National Bank
of Salina, Kan, was at one time a full
partner of John ID. Rockefeller in the oil
business in Ohio. He owned forty-nins
shares of the company and Mr.. Rookie
Teller owned ffty-one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Heavy losses of sheep in the Red des.
ert country of Wyoming are probable be-
cause of severe cold.
A large hay storage house of w. L. Ed
nundson at Houston, Texas, with $1,000
bales of hay, was burned.
]. H. Brook an English explorer, well
known in Los Angeles, has met death at
the hands of the natives of Tibet, accord
ing to authentic reports received in that
city.
Several prominent New York women
were swindled out of $4,000 by mys-
terious woman from Paris" who sold
Them rare old lace" The woman has
disappeared.
Levi P. Morton has made an offer to
give to the State of West Virginia his
summer resort property at Red Sulphur
Springs, W. Va. valued at $150,0OO, for
q sanitarium for consumptives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
jOrity will reach 1000, with possibly

jority will reach 1000, with possibly
only one or two precincts wet. Elec-
tions in all the counties were quiet
and orderly. The anti-saloon elements
were busy all day. Women in cities
and towns took leading parts in get
ting voters to the polls. In some cities
church bells were rung at regular in
tervals. In others, teachers marched
at the heads OF their classes to the
polls, wearing badges. In country dis
tricts and in cities and towns schools
were given holiday and the children
went out with the teachers election
eering.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
INDIANA COUNTIES GO DRY"
Four Practically Swept by Militant
Anti-Liquor Forces.

Complete returns from four Indiana
counties holding local option elections
Tuesday show that four have been
added to three that entered the dry
column some three weeks ago. In every
county the victory was more decisive
than the advocates of option had eX-
pected and rout of the liquos forces
comes with crushing force because
overwhelming results were not antici-
ty is close to 1000, with only 1 per
cent wet: in Putnam, 1874, with only
two precincts out of thirty four wet;
in Upton, 1927, with all twenty-four
precincts dry, and in Hamilton the ma
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
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the News

Where rolls the Oregon land deal?
"Impulsive insanity" is new kind o.

Where rolls the Oregon land deal?
"Impulsive insanity" is new kind Of
brainStorm.
The Tennessee Night Riders are begin
ming to see daylight.
If the 'foot-and-mouth' disease should
ever strike Washington
Things are still little bit shaky in
the neighborhood of Messina.
The Senate seems to have blackballed
New Mexico and Arizona again.
Somehow, hanging doesn't seem to be
quite enough for Night Rider.
The Britishers must have arrested Car
RE Nation just to make her feel at home.
Japan might get some satisfaction by
declaring war against the California Leg
islature.
President Castro considers it much
more pleasant to be hung in efigy than
in real life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
NEW cLEw TO sTRANeLER.
Beautiful Girl Found Dead I'm Third
Mystery In Dayton, Ohio.

Dayton. Ohio, has another Dona Gil
man mystery, so similar, in fact. to the
Gilman case that the police believe if
they find the criminal they will have the
perpetrator for both crimes. The victim,
Mary Vorschner, a 15-year-old girl of
beauty, was found in field strangled to
death. Two men have been arrested. The
most important clews is prints in mud
showing the murderer wore corduroy trou-
sers. Dona Gilman was killed in the
same way Nov. 20, 1906, and Anna Mar
kowitz on Aug. 3, 1907. Although ne
gro is serving a life sentence for the Mar
kowitz crime, many now believe that all
three murders were committed by the
same person.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
pirates Kin Fishermen.

The insular government is considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of calling on the navy
department to assist in Kidding the south
ern coasts of the Philippine Islands of
the bands of Moro pirates that now in
fest them. The latest depreciation of
these pirates was the killing of seven ma
tives in an attack on the Panang pearl
fishing fleet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
EXPLOSION KILLS MINE OFFICER
superintendent Loses Life and Ten
Men Are Caught I'm Wreck.

SUPERINTENDENT loses L1fe and Ten
Men Are Caught I'm Wreck.
While Superintendent J. G. Logan and
a party of miners were investigating con-
ditions, which had been unsatisfactory, in
the coal mine of the MerchantsJ Coal
Company at Boswell, near Pittsburg, a
gas explosion occurred which has already
cost the life of one man and may result
in the death of ten more. Because of the
anticipated trouble the night shift was
not permitted to enter the mine, and thus
the lives of many men were spared When
the explosion occurred the mine caved in
and the passageway was completely block
ed, with ten men back of the obstruction.
The superintendent was carried out seri-
ously injured and died soon after being
taken from the mine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10

known for days. Thousands of homes
would have been plunged into grief and
anxiety but for the reassuring news
that the accident was not so grave as
had been feared, and that the loss OF
life was small.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10

Oscar Hammerstein announced at New
York that, beginning next August, he
would give a three months preliminary
season of grand opera at low prices, thus
extending the opera from five months to
eight. He will make the performances
especially attractive to schools and col
leges Some will be in English.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
Carload of Babies Given Away.

A carload of seventy-five babies was
The precious freight came from the New
York founding and orphan asylum. Scores
of foster-parents were waiting at the sta
ton to claim the little ones, for whom
they had previously applied.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10

Map showing the position of the Re
public when it was rammed, the loca-
ton of the ships summoned to its as
sistance by wireless telegraphy and
the land stations that also got the mes
sages for assistance.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

W NJ. LEWIS. i.-sse.. Ia.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

The King Of all broadleat ever
gresnB. a native Of our awamps. 4 Ia
6 feet. 81 each Other shade tro"a.
ornamental cvergrccnn. Hedge Roaoa.
etc. Also Apple. Peach. Pear. Pecan.
aud Plum trees and Crap"vinca aud
Straaborry plants Get tho b~~t 10y
q, years tr~t. Catalogue free.
Newton Nur~cri-@. Newton. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23
rm Esr nrs rlsrtn rMs COUNTY, earuAsr S

nc coll seTres u have Tor sale twenty bushels
81 above sr,et. RAISED In this CouniB last year.
Pgic,. ~ rsuiA trT yuBud. 81 80 reF buthoA
J. - pounds Nerd cssitun made = bale ~ lint
Weighing esa pounds. IL Inch staple. 'laaa
strict etssd mlddliuE This cotton - az pro.
nssaurs=i rs All "a hu saw u Eruw lug a. the
10 "a tbey sNsF AAw. THE bale gruWu Ou
tHpsr F,=H sstiI alth.ut auy iettllisrr whAtcNct
tht Georgia fXE@ rftnsusal station cta3uaa
that this cotton Hieldevt tnoFc tIut ter acre
than aub cotton 1hsa tested uut ~ about -
Arfsttss fpF year EstT iAs~V sFMs TWtR
sttA~,p To- uET vHgp pr~v ~Erp ~ vHE
Mag1.n. y. - AHsf@. Macon. Mica
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

silver Mine white Seed Corn por
huahcl. s. so. one half bush"l. s 90 /.
one. fourth buahcl. : s cents. Pride
Sithna fine y"llo~. aaTno pvicoa
Thls corn Is enc ytoldcr. and tho earl
ieet corn kuaHu TO tho south
Order now.
Macon Mercantile Go. Macon Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23
lEWls's SELECT PRIZE COTTON SEED

Tho saric1 that VIII mot fail 81 please you
in tho field and at tho Eln. Norp prolific, vcfJ
eariy-with proper treatment - rcr cent can
10 gathered Ia August tho vcrY Kind Ca plant
in nr out - tho wccail tcvtitory. AiaaYs
stands foremost AZ tho Experiment stations.
always plraHca the planter. and ain please
ron. tINo raB sccd a trial and asa - 30 NOT
l~c dlsAluoluted order direct from nss aud
Get She pure ased improved annually. The
above photo taken tn tub cotton uold
~ pirmlser ah Atvout AL oIeu planted tn
MAJ. write soaay tor circular io
"a m l..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Pigeons Pay Pretty Well.

Bows often raise a few pigeons just
for the fun Of the thing. put tHey
can make money in n business DIS
well. W.
It does not pay to do anything hal1
way, and it does not take any more
time to properly care for lou pigeons
than for a dozen. y,
If a boy starts with pure-pfeu
homer stock he can make a prout OF
at least 81 per pair every year.
The great secret is to get gOoo
birds, and only those that are mated.
If a lot of minated birds are put IN
a, loft together there will be q deal
of fighting. squabbling and ~egg-break-
ing, and it may turn out that there
are more males than females, or the
other way.
Never buy birds unless the dealer
will guarantee mates.
There is always a good demand Tor
SQUADS, just as there is for poultry,
and the market is not overdone. Game
is becoming scarcer every year ana
squads are taking it's place.
1t costs about 81 a year to feed a
pair Of pigeons, and high-class birds
ought to average six pairs Of SQUADS
every year. These hould sell for IS
to $3.50, leaving a very decent mar
gin.
There Is a great deal to learn about
squab-raising, and a boy should write
to several dealers to get all the in
formation he can
Then he should write to some man
who is raising squads for market, who
will probably discourage him.
This will take some of the enthusi-
asm out of him. but will serve a good
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14

so close that the soil in and between
the rows cannot be cultivated.
AS a general rule cuttings shouli be
spaced eight inches apart in the rows
and twenty inches between the rows
| Willows with small leaves should be
planted six by eighteen inches or five
by fifteen inches apart otherwise
they are likely to branch too mucn.
The number Of cuttings required to
plant an acre nine inches apart and
twenty inches betWeen rows IS $4,000.
Cultivate early in the spring and
as often as necessary to remove all
weeds and to keep the soil loose. II
this is done we'll for the first two or
three years there will be very little
trouble with weed thereafter, because
the weeds are completely shaded out
by the dense leaf development. Bind
weeds and wild morning glories are
very troublesome in most hollis, and
must be removed. This holt cannot
be cultivated too often SO long as the
stools and shoots are not injured by
the c~ultivator.
n best time for cutting the rods
is TIVE Nov. Is and Feb. Is. Rods
from o~ne-year-old hollis should be cut
at the end of the first year, preferably
when the ground is frozen.
During the first year the root system
is small and care must be aiken in
cutting not to pull up the stools. Keep
the knife sharp and make the cutting
strokes clean and decisive. Cut close
to the stools, but not into them.
Rods to be peeled are stood on end
in a pit containing water from four
to six inches deep and kept there until
the sap rises (the buds open and leaves
appear), when the bark can be re-
moved.
The peeled rods are quickly bleach
ed and dried when exposed to the sun,
after which they are sorted, tied in
bundles and stored in a dark, dry place.
Frequently willow rod are steamed
Or boiled in water for three or four
hours as a means Of preparing for
peeling-a method which looSens the
bark and renders the peeling easy.
Boiling or steaming gives the rods
an undesirable dark buff color which
makes them less valuable.
Rods are peeled by drawing them
through a springy Wooden or steel
fork shaped like a clothespin, but
larger. This loosens the ark in
strands so that it can easily be re-
moved by the hands.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Making Money in The Feed Lot.

Regularity is perhaps more impor-
tant in feeding sheep than any other
animals, for they are naturally regular
in their habits.
With all classes Of stock the value
Of the feed is the same, whether it be
best of full-b1oods.
Barley is one of the best feeds on
the farm. It contains more protein
than rye, which contains a little more
protein than corn.
In a weather Angora goats should
be fed some cheap hay or root crop.
If protected from the rains you will
be repaid by more and stronger kids.
When good weather settles your goats
will so back to their brush eating
with ravenOuS appetites.
After narrowing time feed a ration
Of ground barley and skim milk to the
soWs. This makes a splendid milk
giving food.
A cheap and at the same time sub
%stantial ration for brood sows. at the
present high prices Of feed. is a mix
ture of half corn and half bran and
shorts.
If one has oats. half corn, one-fourth
oats and One-fourth bran and shorts
would make an excellent ration.
1t has been shown by careful expert
ments that four and one-half pounds
of potatoes, when cooked, are equal
to one pound of cornmeal for fatten-
ing hogs.
The average market hog should
weigh 800 pounds at s months of age.
For the pig 2 to 6 months old protein
is the most important feed.
Ground flaxseed is an excellent sub
stitute for butter fat to be fed to
calves. Use a heapfng teaspoonful to
every feed of milk while the calf is
from 2 to 6 weeks old, provided you
are feeding skim milk.
AS the calf grows older gradually
increase the flaxseed meal until the
calf is getting about a heaping te~-
spoonful with each feed. This may
be mixed with the milk, but never mix
cornmeal or any other ground feed
that contains a good deal of starch
with the milk, as that is very apt to
rOduc ScOur
Starchy foods must be mixed with
saliva before digestion takes place, ana
anything that is drunk with the milk
does not become thus mixed, and con-
sequently it fails to become digested
and acts as an irritant to the alinent-
airy tract.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Poultry Work on The Farm.

The man who said the best poultry
men on most farms are women knew
he was talking about.
Board floors in the chicken house
are better than wet ground, but dry
ground is best Of all.
White China geese are very gentle
They are also good watchers in the
poultry yards, as any unusual disturb
ance is soon told by the noise they
make.
The bulk Of poultry comes from he
farm and not the fancier, but the best
poultry usually comes from the fancier
or small farmer.
A house SKIP is a very convenient
size for a small flock of fowls. If a
large flock is to be housed two or
more small ones would be better than
a very large house.
Ii you force your utility hens to
mott early you will be sure of a good
supply Of eggs in the winter when
prices are high.
Plow at least part of the chicken
yard up, spread a little lime over it
and SOW thickly with clover seed.
The roper feeding Of poultry is 4
science and one hat not only af-
lords pleasure in its investigation but
prof1t IN its mastery.
Ash is the mineral portion of most
feeding stuffs, and is used largely in
maklng bones, egg shells, etc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Garden Work For Late Summer.

Keep the see pods picked Off, if
you want flowers.
Treat the lilac shoots as weeds. Cut
Off all seed pods if you want flowers
next e
bushes; keep the soil underneath
moist.
Pull weeds.
Many perpetual boomers give bet
ter bloom in the fail if slightly pruned
in August.
Pick off all seed pods from the ho1-
lyhock When they appear. The plant
will thrive better.
Cut away all but the strongest canes
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
The Worlds New Butter Record.

A Holstein COW, Grace Fayne EDS
Homestead, has broken the worlds
record for butter. She was tested by
the Cornell station in March last and
showed a yield in seven days of 28.44
pounds of butter fat. This is e%quival-
ent to 1855 pounds of commercial but
ter at 80 per cent fat. She is s years
Did.
Her owner, II. A. Meyer, Syracuse,
N. Y, says that he prefers not to
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
A Trap Door For Pigs.

In feeding pigs with older hogs 1t IS
necessary to have a separate feeolns
pen for the pigs.
The sketch shows how to keep the
older hogs out and also to prevent
pigs from entering the pen while the
troughs are being filled.
The hanging gate swings outward
only. 1t is held up while the pigs
enter the feeding pen, and being light,
they can push it forward and go out
at will.
It may be used to advantage in fat
tening hogs that run with the stock
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
The T. Duck.

The duck seldom becomes broody.
Ducks O to stay out all night in
their runs.
Ducks should never be shut up in
a close building.
Pekins are good breeders even at 4
years Of age.
Cleanliness is an important factor
in the duckhouse as in the henhouse.
Have the drinking trough deep, so
the duck can get its head IN the
water. Neglect of this will result in
sore eyes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14
Hog VOmitS.

J. II. Usry, Tar River, N. CT
have a very fine male hog that for the
last month has seemed to nave some
thing in his throat. He is hungry all
the time. Will try to eat anything
l give him. Sometimes will eat with
out any trouble, and again will take q
few swallows and cough up what he
a eaten through mouth and nose. E
examined him as best I can. and can't
find anything in the throat; no sign
on outside, either. COuld you advise
me as to trouble; also give me a rem
edy? Any advice Will be appreci-
ated.
Answer am not certain, but [ be-
lieVe the vomiting be due to inf1am~
nation or irritation of the stomach.
although there are other causes of a
nervous character that bring about
such a condition. The irritation may
be Of a simple form, due to ulcers in
the stomach, and this may be relieved
by putting a few drops Of arboli acid
in the food-say ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Sometimes a te~aSpOOnful of aromatic
spirits Of ammonia will give relief.
At other times given from one to two
grains Of opium or from one to two
drops Of wine of i~pecacuna- One drop
of creosote and repeated if needed IS
sometimes effective. Some place
great confidence in c~holoroform in
doses of from five to twenty drops
r. j. r.. in Constitution.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-14

hogs. After putting out the feeo the
feeder raises the gate and lets IN tnoSe
to fatten, then lets it fall: ar otleis
are kept out, yet those IN the pen
may go out when through lhs
This style Of gate is also conVeniei'
FOR tho lamb lot where one uses a
Green. The gate should be just large
enough to admit a good-sized lamb.