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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21
SMALL BoYs ARRESTED
FOR THEFT OF FOWLS.

late from the depredations OF chicken
thieves and three small pickaninnies
are now In the Henrico county jail on
the charge of stealing chickens. ducks
pigeons and geese. One has confessed
that he stole some" chickens, but the
other two deny they were with him any
time and say they can prove an alibi
Frank Cosby and StiI Mosby. neither
standing over three feet high and each
as black as the hinges or hades, were
arrested Wednesday afternoon by Of
ncer Garnett. Jim Smith was captured
little while afterwards and has ad.
mitted that he stole chickens.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21
Briefs and Personals

Mr.. Charlie q Burkert returned
Thursday from Washington and Bal
timore. where be has been In connec-
ton with business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. C. zulstra left
Thursday to visit relatives In Charles
ton, s. c.
A pie party will be given Thursday
night at the home of Miss Ruth VIII
liams. This Is for the benefit OF the
parsonage fund OF the Asbury 81. r..
church.
A silver tea will be held Thursday
night at the residence OF Mrs. Allen
A. Pettigrew. West Twelfth street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21
TRAIN is DERAILED
WOMAN is INJURED

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
CHARLOTTE, n. c.. April 21--
Train No. 20 southbound. on the main
line Of the Southern railroad, was de-
rallied near Gaston.h this morning
Six day coaches, two Pnllmans and a
private car left the track. One pas
senger, woman, sustained slight In
juries by jumping from the car dur
ing the excitement The track was
blocked two hours
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21
Charges Withdrawn.

Clarence Coxen. who WA brought
back from Newport News Wednesday
light by Police Officer Waymack on
warrant charging a serious OF
Tense. has been released. Wednesday
night he married Miss Gracn ,'amp-
bell at Trinity church, Chesterfield
county
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21

WrHs10t HsNNMNcs rSsuSu.
The clerk .of the Hastings Court
issued HsGrrtage licenses 70
the following
Mr.. Andrew Huband and Miss Mamie
Castor: Mr. Frank Hattorf and Miss
Rosa Bru6y; Mr.. Joseph CRAFTSMAN and
Miss Matilda HHbstreef.
Father EdwArd Meyer. OF st. Maryss
Catholic church, qualified AZ guardta0
for Miss HHbstfeets - sh1 Was euaY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21
Quaiify untf begin WORK

DR.. A. +. Smith, who was recently
elected by the City Council as district
physician to succeed DR.. Thomas Prer-
low. resigned; and Mr.. e. l. Hasker,
who succeeds Mr. Coleman WORKMAN Is
clerk to tho Health Department, have
quaffffed before the city clerk and be-
Eun Activs service. y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21

meeting of the Swanshoro Educ
cational Association will be held FRI
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock. several
matters OF Importance are scheduled
ODE acted upon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21

Mas Alice Wake Goodwin, her sis
ter. was the maid Of honor She wore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21

Miss Bessie Merritt. of Norfolk, will
arrive in Richmond Saturday to attend
the Draper Shields wedding on We'd
nesday,
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
Our OsTeJy vaIves.

The invention of the safety valve for steam engines has saved thousands of lives and millions of dollars in property. It is an invention that stands prominently to the front in this age of mechanical progress Put nature supplied us each with safety valve which for effectiveness works better than any made by man. If we did not have this safety valve we could not live twenty-four hours. This safety valve is the perspirative. or sweat. gland. and to make sure that we should not run short of the supply she has furnished the body with some two and half millions of them. If our temperature rose or degrees we should die within a few hours, and yet we could not run. row. indulge in any athletic exercises or even walk safely any distance without increasing our temperature to the danger point if we had no safety valve provided so ingeniously by nature
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
The HLonu" Sitzes.

The Sit2e family was long In person. ohg drawn out in speech and eter- nally long about doing things. Over miles of p:ne hills they were known as the long" Sitzes. Miss Lydia. the eldest. went to crossroads store to buy Christmas presents. In the course of a half hour she became interested in some blue and scarlet petticoats.
 "Tll take one of these petticoats, ," she said, slowly counting out the price. The busy proprietor wrapped up the parcel and handed it over with a po- lite ''Something else?"
 I'll take another pPtticoat"
 He did up second bundle. took her carefully counted money and was turning to the next impatient custom CT.
 I'll take another pptticoat." came the slow drawl.
 This went on to the seventh time. The man. being up to his ears in work, ventured Il question:
 Buying for the neiGhborhood,. Miss Lydia?"
 ''Pm buying two apiece for my sis ters."
 How many sisters have your
 "Nine."-fOuths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
SOME SILO ADVANTAGES.

In many sections of the corn belt during the past few months corn has not only spoiled from being left ill the field as a result of heavy SHOWS, which . made husking impossible, but cOnsid- erable quantities of that which was cribbed also spoiled because it was not properly dried out when stored. But that corn which was cut ill season and put in the silo was safe not only from frost damage. but from pOsSiDil- ity of rot and mildew as well. There ought to be d suggestion in this all too general situation for the farmer who would combine the best intelligence with Drawn ill his farming operations. There is no debating the question that the silo offers both the safest and the most economical method for handling this great cereal staple of the country. It is none too early now to begin mak- ing plans for a silo if one contem- plates installing one next fall. as a study of plans and types of silos should be made, while a visit to sev- eral farms where they are in success full operation, coupled with inquiries made of the owners as to their eXpe- rience with them, would be time very we'll spent. The greatest agricultural leak in the country today is the result of the present careless methods of handling~the corn crop. The use of the silo offers the best way out.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
THE HAVING CHAP.

We have in mind a fellow who is everlastingly at law about something or other. Part of the time it is be- cause he fancies he has been wronged in some way by those with whom he has had dealings, while the rest of the time he is a defendant in suits brought by his fellows who feel that he has been an offender in an attempt to get what did not belong to him. While seemingly q strong believer in the law as corrective of the ills from which folks Suffer ard a generous contributor toward the maintenance of it's machin- cry. he now and then is hauled into court for open violation of the statutes. It goes without saying that this chap is d mighty disagreeaDle person to get along with, his rating as a man being away below par in the family as well as in the community in which he lives. He makes rich plucking for the law yers. who are the only ones who are the gathers from the squabbles and suits in which he becomes involved.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
THE STRAWBERRY BED.

In view of the fact that strawberries are among the most delicious of the garden fruits it seems strange that more folks do not have a patch to sup ply the family table and, if the bed does well, to sell to the neighbors. The plants should be set in rows from two and one-half to three and one-half feet apart, depending upon whether the hill or row system of culture is followed, while the plants should be from one and one-half to two feet apart in the row, depending somewhat upon the variety. The bed should be set while there is sufficient moisture in the ground. should be given ire uuent cultivation and kept free from weeds and watered if the rainfall is not sufficient. If the plants are not real thrifty all blossoms should be shipped off the season the plants are set out. When a bed has produced two full crops it should be plowed up and some legume sown to give the land a rest,
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
SOME FALSE ECONOMIES.

Some of the worst blunders that are made by tillers of the soil and those engaged in animal huSbandry are the result of practicing shortsighted mi tial economies-the attempt to save i'll first cost followed by increased losses later on. To this class of economies belong the purchase of scrub or cheap grade sires for the dairy or beef herds, the use of poor seed on high priced land when good seed costing a half more would give three times the crop return, the use of wornout and dilap- dated machinery and tools when money would be made by the use of those new and up to date, the plod- ding along in the same old rut in the dairy without Babcock tester or cream separator when money could be made by the use of both, the refusal to buy a. manure spreader or other labor say ing devices which would make pOssi- ble maximum utilization of the vari- ous farm resources and. lastly, the use of the old. played out fuel vast ing stove and furnace when the new would do vastly better work at a mini mum consumption of fuel.
 This is but a partial list of false economies. but enough have been men- toned to suggest q profitable line of thought. This fault may be summa- rized in the statement that the trouble lies ill holding the copper or nickel so close to ones eye that it ruins ones perspective of the real value of things and obscures the distant dollar or eagle that might be made were d more in- telligent and enlightened policy adopt
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

The excellent state experiment sta tiOns scattered over the country and maintained by taxes which come out of the pockets of every property own CT are doing q most valuable work along the several lines to which they are giving attention. hut their useful ness could be mCaSuraDly increased would agricu!turists and horticultur- ists refer to the experts in charge of tener than they do matters on which information would BC valuable. For instance. most all of the experiment stations will test and report on the impurities contained ill grass seed, will test stock foods, the vitality of corn and other seeds, will identify the fun gous and insect enemies of fruit trees as we'll as noXious weeds and give brief methods of eradication and an- swer dozens of other questions that arise in everyday farm management. Experiment stations are established for the use of the public, and the more frequent the demands made upon them for information and assistance the more fully do they perform their mission.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

Whether iI the case Of neighbors CT members of tnp SuDe household, it holds that when two people set out to see how mean they c2n be they seem to succeed, each SurlISsing the other by good lap every t,:rn in the game, to the lncreasiag wrath a-d discon- 1iture of both parties concerned. On tho other hand. # the contest i5 OIc ill which there is an effurt 10 ou;dJ one another ill consideration and kinI- ness the results are also cumulative. being cdifyinG rather than destructive and contributing substantially to the cause of huLlan happiness and decent living.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

An inspection of the root system of a mature alfalfa plant enables one to realize at once that disking and har- rowing a field we'll established for the purpose of killing out grass and weeds could not possibly destroy the stand. One alfalfa farmer whose case was reported to us the other day went over such a field with a spring tooth har- row, then disked the piece and follow ed this with several draggings, which left the soil as mellow as would be required as a seed bed for small grain, hardly any alfalfa crowns showing at the time the process of renovation was finished. That it did not damage the field a bit was shown in his getting the best alfalfa crops that season that he had had in years.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

Whatever may be the net result of the congressional investigation into the BallingerPinchot affair so far as either man or the public welfare is concerned, it is nevertheless a fact that a good deal of information is be- ing made public which is not only in teresting but highly entertaining to the public and of type, by the way. which certain interested mining. rail way and timber syndicates would quite likely a great deal rather have kept in the dark.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

A very simple preventive of the con traction of diseases, chiefly typhoid, from an impure water supply lies in bringing to d boiling point all water which is used for drinking purposes or taken into the mouth for the wash ing of the teeth or gar2ling of the throat. Such treatment of water will destroy any disease germs which it may contain. Of course such precau- tions will avail but little if the family milk supply is taAen from cans which are rinsed with Cold water from the same foul well.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

When the COW seems greedy for dirt or paint or wants to gnaw old bones it is fair to assume that there is lacking from her ration some element which she ought to have, and this is quite likely to be bone forming matter. The difficulty may be righted by feeding wheat bran or giving bonemeal in the ground feed occasionally and seeing that the COW has plenty of salt.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

There would seem to be slight eX- cuse for shoddy and indifferent farm ing in communities where land is worth from $6O to $1OO. and far less excuse for this type of management in fruit valleys where land is priced at from $500 to $1,50O an acre, yet not withstanding this just such fellows are too often run across, and the query that naturally arises in the mind of the newcomer from the sections of lower priced land is what the owners of such abused and neglected proper ties can be thinking of. The situation as indicated simply goes to show that whether in sections of low or high priced land it is, after all, the type of management rather than favorable or unfavorable climatic and soil coLdi- tions that may prevail that is responsi- ble for the measure of success achiev- ed in the great majority of cases.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

It will be well for gardeners of a competitive turn of mind who live north of the latitude of Tennessee 10 pass up trying to win the $1,000 prize offered by a well known seed house for a bush lima bean stalk bearing 600 pods. The lima bean is to all intents and purposes a tropical plant and re- quires a degree of heat for it's best development, found only in the south ernmost states.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

The one great advantage that west ern states have over central and east ern is ill the nearly ideal conditions which prevail during the harvest sea son of small grain and forage crops. Because of this it is possible to leave small grain standing weeks after it is fit to cut and to take alfalfa from the stack as bright and green as the day it was made
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

\ partition fence may prove a source of good will and neighborliness or enmity, depending upon whether the respective owners do or do not meet their obligations connected there with. The same principle works out much the same with a number of other matters of everyday life which might be named
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

Apparently &eedsmen the country over don't relish being advertised as vendors of adulterated grass seeds, for the number who have been found guilty of the practice ill seed inVeSti- cations made by the federal seed test ing departments in different parts of the country are far fewer than the number reported the preceding year. Of G3O samples of red clover seed test ed by the department last season but fifty-four, or less than 10 per cent, were found adulterated as compared with over 50 per cent adulterated in the samples of seed examined in 1908. The seed examined is bought on the open market and if found to contain impu- rities or adulteratiOns the per cent of such admiXtures, together with the names of the firms selling. is printed and given wide circulation in pam phlets issued by the department. If one has grass seed which he suspects contain impurities he may have the same tested by submitting samples to the seed laboratory at Washington CT 70 the branch seed testing laboratories operated ill connection with the state experiment stations tt Columbia. Mo-; Lincoln, Neb.. CT Corvallis. Ore. There is hardly a state but whose experiment station will make a ike report on the purity of seeds if samples are submit ted by residents thereof.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

The time 1t takes fellow to set fire to pile of rubbish that he wants to dispose of makes him scratch his head to see how a barn will catch fire from simply throwing down a supposedly dead match or the stub of a cigar.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

scrtmpinr tHa :.~' =, ''-o,1 'o 2 fl
 class buttermL';tr ,} L~t rlaEt n& cheap seed cc:n at S1 q hu<h2l when first class seed could le SC U@cd. for from $3 to $j. We have kuyUu of creamery companies loEiug thousGrGs Of dollars by jUc, such a policy as this penny wise and pound foolish kind.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

India's wheat arca 1, c7O0o000 acres. The bulk of the crop Is tllrashed by hlnd. and the yield is from eight to twelve bushels per acre.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

Many failure to get a start in all
 falfa seems traceable to a need of linn ing and sweetening the soil or to use of seed and soil neither of which has been inoculated with the bacteria whose presence seems quite indispen- sable to the best growth of the legume.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

as the clothes you, wear is the stationery you write upon. A well dressed man commands at tention and respect; so does well dressed letter. And the difference in price between the best stationery and the ordinary kind is so slight that anyone can afford to have his stationery well dressed.
 By the BEST stationery we mean he kind 'Made in Berkshire" by
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
The New York and Hartford
 Millinery PIrIOrS

Have returned from New York City with a complete stock of all the latest styles in exclusive Millinery. Prices to suit the people and the time. WE ARE ALWAYS AT HOME. You are cor dially invited to inspect our line.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

It speaks well for the type of instruc- tion which is given at the agricultural short courses over the country that three of the five silver cups given by the Milwaukee chamber of commerce for the best exhibits of spring wheat, winter rye and Oderbrucker barley were won by a young mar, a gradu- 1te of the 1907 class of the short course school. Thus the day has gone by, if it ever was, when fellow has to be gray headed before he can sue ceed in agricultural, horticultural or animal husbandry lines.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

The Crop Reporter for February, is- sued under the supervision of the de partment of Agriculture at Washing ton, contains some interesting statis- tics relative to the number and value of farm animals in the country Jan. 1, 1910, as compared with the show ing of a year prior. The number of horses shown on Jan. 1, 1910, is 21,O4O,- 900, their value being placed at $2,- 27G,333 OO0, or an average of $109.19 per head. This is an increase in num- Der of 100000, while the average value per head shows an increase Of about $12.50 for the period. The total num- Der of mules at the last report was 4,123,O0O, an increase of 10000 during the year and an increase in value per animal of SIP Although swine show a decrease ill numbers of 6,3G5,00O ill a total of 47,7S2,0 ,0OO, the increase ill total value is $S1, ,G09,OOO. or $2.J0 per head during the year. The number of sheep is placed at 57.21G,00O. This is all increase during the year of 1.1"2,- eco, the total increase in value being $41 .032, ,OO0, or Ca cents per head.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
EATON, CRANE & PIKE

We know that there is no other kind so good. After using a box of it you will agree with us.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

Where the pruning of the orchard has been neglected and the putting of the tree ill proper shape would neces- sitate very heavy cutting of surplus branches it is well to do part of the work one season and complete it the next instead of doing 1t all up at one time, as ones natural inclination often is. Spreading the job out over two or even three seasonS relieves the tree of a shock that often results in per manent injury. Of course this refers chiefly to pears and apples, for the peach stands far heavier pruning than either without injury.
Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14

If moss luxuriates on the shingles and snaiis are now and then seen clinging to the clapboards and door knobs it is presumptive evidence, un- less one lives in a section where it rains all the time,, that there is too much shade about the house. If such is the case some of it should be re moved. whether through the removal of whole trees or the trimming up and thinning of the branches. Sun shine is recognized by all health au- thorities as one of the most effective germ destroyers known, and unless a good supply of it plays on the house and the ground immediately surround ing things are too wet and a decidedly unhealthful condition prevails which ought to be lighted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-28
DYRENFORTH BOY
MAY LOSE FORTUNE
Widow Declares the Estate Is Not
Worth 100000, but
$4,000.

Chicago, July 2S.-Young Robert st.
George Dyrenforth, who is living in
the expectation of inheriting fortune
estimated at 100000 from the estate
of his foster father, the late Colonel
Robert Dyrenforth, rain maker and
scientist, and who is filed with dread
at the thought of complying with all
OF the strange provisions of the eccen-
tic will of his foster parent, has a
surprise in store for him.
According to the allegations in suit
against Colonel Dyrenforth's estate
fled yesterday in Washington, the
present value OF the estate is not $780,
eco, but only $4,000, and the widow of
Colonel Dyrenforth, from whom he was
divorced in 1901, hopes to secure the
major portion of the state for herself
Mrs. Dyrenforth alleges in her bill
that the only property of which the
colonel was possessed at the time of
his death was 100000 feet of land in
the Mount Pleasant suburb of Wash
ington. Colonel Dyrenforth left in
structions that the property should not
be sold at less than $3.50 per foot.
Present estimates place the value OF
the property at $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-28
Andalusia

Mr. and Mrs. Mat Boney and chill
dren returned to their home at Car
bon Cliff Sunday after a two weeks
visit with relatives.
Ira Buffum of Rock Island was in
the village Tuesday.
DR.. Miller of Edgington was in
the village Tuesday on business.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Simmons July %.
Spicklers thrashed for John Hoff-
man and Charles Huntley Monday.
Miss Barbara Erie and nephew,
Ernest, spent Monday and Tuesday
in the country at Ed Sproston's.
Hays Britton returned home Satur-
day after a two weeks visit with
friends at Hoppeston, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Schmidt and four
children of Rock Island came down