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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
POULTRY NOTES.

Don't overfeed the old hens In hot
weather.
One of the very best poultry feeds Is
nice plump oats.
Give no harbor to rats around the
young chicken coops.
Keep the lawn closely clipped ant
give the clippings to the chicks.
Have no wet holes near the CHECKER
coop. Dampness works havoc every
time.
The hens gizzard is a little gris'
mill Keep 1t well supplied with
grit
Water washed gravel IS not grit; II
takes the hard, sharp kind for good
hens teeth.
There is wide field for study when
you go earnestly into the poultry
business.
Be right among your hens several
times day, and see that their every
want is supplied.
Sense in the chicken yard means
cents in the pocket, but scents in the
henhouse means sickness and loss.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
STRAW KILLS TONS OF FISH
Has Solved Puzzle Where Fac
tory Refuse is Dumpted.

Muncie, Ind.-A complete investiga-
tion of the slaughter of fish in the
Mississinnewa river, when tons of fish
were found dead in the stream, is be-
ing conducted in Delaware and Grant
counties by State Fish Commissioners
Miles.
The secretary of the state board of
health, DR.. J. n. Hurry, has advanced
a new reason for the death of fish in
streams that are used by strawboard
companies He says that in his opin-
ion there is no poison in the refuse
emptied into the water from straw
board and paper mills that is destruc-
tive to animal life, as has always
been supposed. but that the fish are
killed by minute particles of straw,
from this refuse, entering their gills
and shutting off their supply of oxy-
gen.
The strawboard companies say, as
indicative of the purity of the water
in the streams below their mills. that
cattle on farms will leave the pure
water of the streams to drink that
which is slightly colored with the ref
use from the strawboard mills. and
the companies further say that milk
and butter from cows drinking the
adulterated water is purer and sweet.
er than any other.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
Webbing and Testing MIX.

There is but one sure way to deter
mine the difference in value between
the good and the inferior cow. Weigh
ing and testing daily is only bust
ness proposition. 1t Is the only safe
way of determining what price to ask
for a COW in selling her or of what tc
nay when buying. No intelligent farm
or will sell a COW for $50 that will
make him net profit of $40 or $50 a
wear: neither will he keep a COW that
doesn't pay him profit If he knows IT.
Test and weigh the milk is the way
TO know.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
GENERAL FARM NOTES,

Daisies are a nuisance in as pas
ture.
Be careful not to churn the butter
into a lump.
There is no pleasure or money in
keeping Improbable sheep.
Corn should contain sufficient mois-
ture 10 pack well into the silo
Something should be done to have
the young pigs get plenty of exercise.
Always strain the cream into the
churn to remove any particles of curd
or dried cream.
Fall blowing for alfalfa is recon-
mended by the best authorities where
the seed is TO be sown early in the
spring
A wire stretched across the barn
behind the cows for lantern is usu.
ally in evidence on well-manured
farms.
Dandelions are not weed when
found in the pasture. because their
medicinal qualities are very beneficial
10 live stock.
Bookkeeping, for those inclined that
way, is certainly a well paying busi-
ness, as there is less competition in
raising bees and producing honey than
In any other side line of farming.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
MONKEY THAT TALKS
PROFESSOR GARNER BRINGS US
A WONDERFUL APE.
Animal From Africa Jungle to Dem
onstrate Theory of Chimpanzee
intelligence, So the Profes-
sor Says.

New York.-After living for seven
years in bamboo hut in the heart OF
the African jungle with only two
negro servants and wild chimpanzees
and goriHas for companions, Professor
Richard L. Garner, the anthropologist.
has reached New York with Susie"
the 7-months-old ape, who can talk
and understand the English language
For twenty years Professor Garner
has made study of the animals that
Darwin declared were our ancestors,
and In 1903 he sailed on his fourth
trip to Cape Lopez, Western Africa;
his purpose being, as he said. to watch
and learn the habits CT the chimpan-
zee in Its wild state and to observe its
capabilities without suggestion or
training and most important of all, to
discover if the ape is able to distin-
guish different colors and forms.
He has returned with proof that the
ch1mpanzee cannot only distinguish
the difference between red, white, and
blue. but that it can tell the differ
ence between half a dozen shades of
red, the difference between sphere,
cube and a cylinder and that it has
language of it's own, consisting of a
vocabulary of about twenty words.
Susie spent most of her voyage in
cage in the butchers room, but part
Of the time she was on deck. She has
little chair that she carries about.
and when told to come here sit
down" or laugh" she obeys with sol
dierly alarcrity. When a match is
lighted she cries out in a squeaky
voice, "Feu," the French word for fire,
During my four expeditions / have
had total of twenty-five chimpanzees
and nine goTillas in my house." said
Professor Garner. "They were all
young ones, which l bought from ma
ttves to experiment with, | let them
have their freedom, but they always
came back at night to sleep. The go
rillas were not SO tractable and occa-
sionally l had to confine and guard
them. In my opinion the chimpanzee
is the highest type of the lower ami
mails and has the most brain power"
Professor Garner declared that from
his studies of the chimpanzee he is
convinced that it has a bad memory
and does not remember a grievance
for very long and that it has not the
resentment of the human being Mel
Their has the native of Congo. he add
ed, the resentment of the white man.
''In my opinion. it will not be very
long before champanzees will be able
to speak language that we under
stand" Professor Garner continued.
They will not only be able to repeat
words, but they will know the mean
ing of what they say and hear"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
SEARCHED DRESS SAVES BABY
Stiff skirt Catches In Auto Steering
Gear and She Is Carried
With Machine.

New York.-The pretty, suHy
starched white frock in which ne'
mother dressed 2-year-old Annie IVES
tenberg of 1854 Fox street bT'u1'
saved the baby from death unas. .,,
touring car driven by its owner VIZ
liam Wendelken of 1886 Fox street
The baby tried to toddle across ,D0
street in front of her home. Wenosl
ken did not see the tiny figure I'LL .i -
was within few feet of the emu.
She fell fat and the big car s"sI.
over her. As it did so the SUN.
starched frock caught in the steer ms
gear ana lifted her clear Of the pa,
ment. 1t was fully half a bloch ~
fore wendelken could stop the ca
White faced he looked under MS "a
expecting to see the babes maas'-I
body He gave a cry Of wonde1 "a "a
delight as he dragged her OH anu
found that she was not hurt at 3"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
BIRDS AND FRUIT INDUSTRY
Damage to Agricultural Products by
Feathered Tribe Small as Com
pared With Benefit.

A reasonable way of viewing the
relation of birds to the farmer is to
consider them as servants, employed
so destroy weeds and insects, for whom
sufficient food and needed protection
is generously provided In the long
run, no part of the capital invested
in the farm or orchard Is more certain
to pay big interest than the small sum
collected as toll by the birds that har-
Dor near the premises. Deductions
from the extensive Investigations I'M
dertaken In response to numerous
complaints concerning depreciation by
birds in orchards and vineyards on the
Pacific coast, show that the food hab-
it's of the 10 species, whose stom-
ach contents were under examination,
indicate That but four species common
in California, can be regarded as of
doubtful utility. They are the linnet,
California jay, stellar jay and red.
breasted sapsucker. Therefore, when
all the known methods of protecting
fruit have been exhausted, or cannot
be profitably employed, a reasonable
reduction of the numbers of these
offending birds is permissible; but the
more the food habits of birds are
studied, the more evident is the fact
that with a normal distribution of
spe cies and a fair supply of natural
food, the damage TO agricultural pro-
ducts by birds is small as compared
with the benefit.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
DAD SAID TO GIT"
THE BOYS DID so, AND EAcu
MADE BIG FORTUNE.
Four Brothers Who Left Farm Ei.,..
Years Ago With $500 Apiece and
Plenty of Good Advice Now
Worth $25, 100000.

bridgeport, Gonna little over fftv
years ago farmer named Miller ur
ing near Middletown, Conn. cal1aa -
MS four sons-Darius, Frank. Natbon
q. and Charles-read them a lect,,a
on the use and abuse of money co..
them 500 apiece, and told them to go
out in the world and hustle.
Darius. the eldest, was not 20 tbor
the youngest was scarcely 20. Thsv
scattered and worked, schemed ana
thriyed, and recently they met n
gether In the home of Frank to ceIa.
brate the golden wedding of Darius
and his wife. they told how thew had
multiplied that $4,000 almost ten thou.
sand fold. The estimated wealth NJ
the BROKERS today is $25 1000, 600
The star reads like one from tbo
Arabian Nights" The four Aladdina
apparently had but to rub their lamns
TO gain power and wealth. and
throughout the story the figures ZOO
seems to dominate, for away back in
1850 the town of Middletown agreed IN
pay their ancestor, Thomas Miller
$500 for establishing a mill there Tho
payment was never made, but the fam.
lily still holds the claim for the sum
with the compound interest for 26O
years
When the boys left the old farm.
Darius went to New Britain, where he
put his money into a dry goods bust.
ness that prospered so rapidly that
he is now one of the wealthiest men
In the state, owning zig department
store and having other large interests
besides.
Nathan G., the second son, went to
New York to seek his fortune. He
developed a talent for high finance.
made a fortune on the stock market.
bought railroad which he sold at an
immense profit, organized a steamboat
company, backed Thomas Edison in
his inventions and now possesses mil.
lions.
Charles Miller went to Waterbury
to invest his $500, and accumulated
money so fast that last January he
astounded his fellow citizens by turn
ing over to his clerks his immense
establishment. He holds a great
quantity of real estate, and controls
many industrial concerns
Frank Miller started his business
career in Bridgeport. studied the lum.
Der market and now owns vast tracts
of pine lumber In the south
To celebrate the reunion of the
brothers and sister a group photo
graph was taken-the first photograph
for which Darius Miller had posed
since he left the farm more than a
half century ago.
The brothers recounted their bust
ness triumphs modestly. Throughout
their struggles for fortune they had
kept in touch with one another and on
many occasions one has helped an
other through some financial pinch so
that the money power grew through
the united strength of the individual
| fortunes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16

CATERS have the preference of some,
and among CATERS those of stocking
cite share favor with those of cloth,
while the puttee owns more votaries.
perhaps, than either. and there are a
few, very few. who merely wear
cashmere stockings allied TO weIl-flt-
ting boots OF ordinary leather. Gray
antelope with black leather, and brown
antelope with black leather, are both
prominent fancies. while those who
have been to America, or hail from
there, declare in favor OF the boot
which is entirely made of one color,
brown or dark gray for choice. and
on all OF these the smoked pearl but
tons appears. America, by the way,
does show us how to put the best boot
and shoe foremost To it we owe the
black satin walking boots and walk
ing shoes which have been the most
conspicuous revival of the season. and
again 1t is to America we must grant
the glory of the Introduction of the
buttoned boot of antelope skin.
Excellent Mixtures Seen.
But to return to my woods. There
are many excellent mixtures in frieze
and tweed, and cheviot, showing greer
and brown. and purple and blue as
popular combinations with antelope
skin or wide braid for collars. anc
hens, and cuffs. The box-plaited Goa
is again an established favorite, Will
the belt passed through straps placed
very low round the hips Most of the
skirts are made in limited corsele
fashion, but not all, the leather bel
being too becoming to discard. Thick
diagonally-ribbed silk is we'll used TO
shirts, and dark foulard shirts spottet
with white are also in favor; and
again, those who are most keenly sen
sitive to cold seek the comfort of
Vivella shirt.
The knitted wooden coat worn I'm
der the long travelling coat is one o
the most conspicuous features o
dress, and this Is to be obtained II
all lengths with sewn or knitted hens
hanging straight or belted round tn,
waist. The knitted silk coats have
not so many attractions as those o
wool. nevertheless they are firmly es
tablished in popularity. the patterr
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
COWS POISONED BY SORGHUM
Investigation at Colorado Station
Leads to Discovery of Deadly
Poison In Plant.
CBy l. e. NEwsoM. Colorado Agricultur.
al (roIfaua

(By l. e. NEWSoM. Colorado Agricultur-
al College)
Sorghum, Kafr corn and Johnson
grass are often poisonous, when
grown without sufficient water and
fed green.
One case has come under my obser.
walton already this season. Seven
COWS were turned in to clean up a
small patch Of Kafir corn that was
badly stunted on account of drought.
Having dim recollection of some
danger associated with pasturing
Kafir corn. the owner stayed with
them, as he said, Ito see that they
did not bloat." In less than five min
utes one of the cows began to stag.
ger aAd died before she could be driv-
en- from the field. Three more died,
and the remaining three were greatly
depressed, but finally recovered.
This incident calls to mind a SINH.
lar occurrence at Brighton, Col, sew.
eral years ago, when 80 head of milch
cows were turned in to small patch
of Kaf1r corn growing above the ditch,
and 10 of them were dead In 80 min.
utes.
This Brighton incident led to an ac-
tive investigation of the cause of poi.
soning in these cases. Professor
Avery Of the Nebraska experiment
station came to Colorado at the sug-
gestion of DR.. George H. Glover and
succeeded in demonstrating the active
poison to be hydrocyanic or prussia
acid-one of the most deadly poisons
known.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
The STYLE Of 1860.

A fall bride has planned her brides
maids gowns after a fashion plate of
1860. The foundation of the frocks
will be of silk and the overdress OF
fine white tarletan. made with three
skirts, the top one looped up by tiny
punches of pink moss rosebuds, while
a wreath of the same tiny flowers will
be worn in the hair. Large snug bou
quets of the rosebuds, edged with the
oId-time lace paper frill, will complets
these quaint costur
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
The Farm Team.
to know

Those who want team to use only
on the farm and not on the road. and
ao not care TO go faster than a man
can walk. would do better to turn their
attention to oxen. A well-trained yoke
- four-vear-old Devon cattle will get
about faster than the Percherons with
che same load, will not eat as much.
viii work more hours in day, and
wben their farm work is done they
can be made into beef which, If not
81 good as the steer beef from this
west. will be better liked in this coun
,rv than the best of horse meat.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16

possibilities are very limited Even
the sportswoman has her skirt mar
rover than last year, but she stead
lastly turns from the attractions OF
the one-and-a-quarter yard width, and
will more wisely adopt kilt which
bears little stuff in it, or the straight
and fitting skirt which has box'piait
down the center of the back. Person
ally am always in favor of the nat
kilt for the genuine walking dress,
worn with knickerbockers and boots.
Boots are things of beauty, the thick
sole being no drawback to the calf
vamp and the antelope upper, but you
must have the like specially made for
you, for the ready-made variety to
suit accurately individual insteps Is
hard to find. Round smoked pearl
buttons are an essential to the ante
lope upper and the calf vamp, which,
I may mention, is not common OBJ
feet of commercial creation, patent
leather being far more general and
patent leather, when serious walking
is a question of necessity, cannot be
considered comfortable, writes Ma
dame Aria, in London Madame. The
ordinary leather boots completed with
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-09-16
NODES Of 0he MOMENT

HOSE who go up the
woods to shoot have been
concerning themselves
for some weeks past with
the new tweeds, no
doubt finding them sim
gularly like the old
tweeds, and being per
suaded that in the matter
of their making-up the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05
MINING INDUSTRY

We clip the following from an srti.
Gle IN the III Paso Herald Of Feby. LIST
The mining industry in New Mexico
Is IN its infancy. While the Spanish
couqnistadorcs failed to find the tabled
treasures of Cibols, there are evidences
that gold was taken from the river beds
aud gulches Of the territory for a long
period 10y the a~borigines, and that pls
Ger mines were worked by white men
IN the santa Fc region W hundred
years before the California discovery.
More than 200 commercially valuable
minerals are found in New Mexico, and
OF these coal is the most important.
IL Is estimated by the United State,
geological survey hat there are at least
100000 acres Of coal land thar may
he worked proatably, and that there
are nearly 1900, OOo,O 900 tons OF coal in
sight.
Salt and lime are found in ~inexhaust.
able quantities. At Iuni crater, some
30 miles from Albuquerque there are
vast beds Of nearly pure salt. There
are several million tons in sight, with
the formation of more going on all the
time The turquoise stones found In
New Mexico rival~thOse Of Persia, aud
~ opnls, moonstones, agates and other
precious stones have acquired a world.
wide fame.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05
WEDNESDAY GRoUNpHoG DAY
Little Animal Decided on Weather for
Six Wee4s.

Wednesday, the day aud date on
which the gsoundhOg was to decide the
meteorological conditions for six weeks
Ia come, II the old superstitions sur.
rounding Candlemas Day are to be sc.
ccptcd at their face value. Uncle Sam =
weather sharps, however, cast many
and severe reflections on their ]proprctic
rival, asserting that for the last three
years the grounding has reel all Oh in
his representations.
The introduction Of the grounding
into the traditions surrounding the sec
ond If February il an American innoya
tion, aud is said to have originated with
the negro superstitions of "olc vir
ginny."
According to their stories, the ground
hog wakes up from a long sleep
aud comes out on tho second day of
February TO see II the winter il over.
II the day Is clear and bright 10 that
the sun throws a shadow on the snow
the grounding takes fright and returns
10 his hole for six weeks more. II il IN
"A cloudy day, however, he remains out
over night aud as a consequence warm
weather commences Immediately aud
the farmers prepare for an early spring.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05
SANTA FEE I N
DENVER TO GULF
Reported that Large Shops
Will be Constructed at
Tucumcari on Completion
of Memphis Line.
TUCUMCARI DIVISION

The recent rumOr of a prepared santa
Fc line direct from Denver to the Gulf
NJ Mexico, dividing the field now pc
cupIcd by the Colorado a southern
railroad, has been revived this week ~
Ration. The Ration Range, claiming 10
hnv" authoritative information "a the
matter, has the follow my;
Information, based on rchablc au.
thorIty, has been received that the re-.
port current during the past few weeks,
ct the santa Fc's intention ct n,tab.
fishing through railroad connections
between Denver and some point on the
cult of Mexico, Is not idle talk aud
that - l. highly probable that such a
project will be carried through ut n
near date IN the future.
At present the Colorado 4 south.
crn occupies this field alone. aud II
j. the expressed purpose VI the Santa
Pc to complete IN the large amount
oi business now being handled by that
rond. by the building of N few con.
Meeting links aud the purchase uf ,c,
rral shorter lines through the south.
western portion Of Texas, the matter NJ
establishing "a second connecting link
of steel between Denver aud Galveston
could easily be- effected.
\ rumor has already been spread
abroad 20 the effect that the Santa rc
has already made a proposition to the
III l'aso Il Southwestern tn use their
Trucks from French to Tucumcari. It
has also been stated on high authority
that work on a connecting link between
Tucumrari and Clovis on the lielrn cut.
oil will he started within the next few
weeks.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05
PREscRIBEs THE BEST CURE.

lie will attack III" ,lns of the cor.
porutIons, II he does anything" This
was the way Mr.. James J.. Hill optic.
mized the position of President Taft with
regard 20 tue trusts, after an inter.
view which proceeded the statement
which was issued by the president.
~ am not authorized to spcuk FOR
the president on these things. he con.
iinucd. but ! am sure that he will
not go after corporations because they
are corporations. II corporations are
violating the law they should bc taken
TO task
what We do want though, SAID
Mr.. Hill, emphatically "is a lot Of
wild stories which will cause depression
throughout the country. Normally ron.
ditiOns are satisfactory ~ all dircc.
TONS
but we need the rest eur. badly. -
concluded the railroad builder, after
explaining that he would not discuss
such things IA railroad legislation aud
the program Of the administration H.
its relationship to interstate carriers.
81 think there are some suggestions
which have come from the president
which might not do amy harm. hut 9th
"rs do not stand On the same ground
Personally, ! think the country needs
the rest cure. 80
When Mr.. lIill reached hi, hotel
he was met by AN enthusiast from the
National Antitrust League, who inyit
.d him, then urged him, TO address u
gathering of two hundred Washington
women IN their crusade against high
prices, "Couldn Z do II. my boy. " said
Mr.. Hin. ~ could always talk Ia nnc.
hut not to u crowd Of them. II were
Ia talk 10 the ladies should say things
about extravaganza which would make
me unpopular. II II not the high cost
of living, but the cost of living high.
which W. should attack.
Produce which W. import from 9th
81 countries has not gone up ~ has
that which We get ~ home. n has
been almost stationary, which indicates
that the high prices here are du" to
better living"