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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27

, lying down. and are by no means the,
cruel appliances some narrow minded
people are inclined 10 consider them.i
We even believe that COW chains give
the cows a little too much freedom.
We have seen cows tied with chains
almost turn completely around in
their stalls. We have known Of other.
instances where they have choked
themselves to death when fastened in
this manner. The stanchion prohib
its both OF these troubles. There are
some stanchious made so that every,
COW may be fastened or loosened at
once by throwing q single lever, This,
is time-saving invention which the.
dairy farmer appreciates Every min.
ute must be made 10 count on the
dairy farm, SO that labor-saying de-
vices of this sort are also money.
savers as we'll rs protection for the
instance where an attendant had an
eye put out by q COW throwing her
head when he was about to put the
chain about her neck. The cow
stanchion does away with this danger.
All things considered, we believe that
the stanchions are far superior to the
chain ties and every practical dairy.
man is quick to realize the advan-
tages of this modern convenience for
the dairy farm.-Weekly Witness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Cow stsachiOas or cl,Ains.

We are efJen asked e give c1r t3ss
IS 30 the best method o. sssteos-s
cows II their S,Siis-westnsr Sta-cA-
Ions are mere SATISFACTORY TIA,
chains This IS largely ! matter ot
taste. although stAafhions have aa-
vansSEss over cAaia asssaszSs Per
0aps the sts0ehions are a ,sttle more
. messy. bat they give perfect trse3oa
~ 80 eaus si;As- while ssessa< e-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
How to Wash a Stable blanket.

a stable blanket that has been In
use all winter is usually badly soiled
and heavy. as we'll rs disagreeable
from a sanitary standpoint To wash
the blanket is no small task. but by
wise means It may be cleaused with
little trouble and labor. Simply
spread the soiled and saturated
blanket on sod during a heavy spring
rain, and IL one rain does not cleanse.
put 1t out during another. As soon
as the rain ceases and the blanket
can be raised, hang II up. dry it and
take 1t in.-Weekly Witness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Earlr History Of Rubber.

Rubber is first known to history as
plaything. Il was during Colum-
bus second voyage that Herrera OBJ
served that the inhabitants Of Haiti
played game with balls made oil
the sum OF = tree" Even as early as
the beginning Of the seventeenth cen
fury. however. the Spsniards usea
rubber 10 waterproof their cloaks'
but the fact attracted no attention IN
the Old World. and il was not until
the eighteenth century that the ruo-
Der industry began. Early writers
mention sn oil extracted from ruooe:
which was taken incidentally with
cceo2-Chicago News
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Benetited by Cemcnt.

The live stock industry has been
greatly benefited since the use of con-
crete in farm construction has gone
into general use. Its use in barn,
stable and pig house floors enables all
to secure cleanliness and the better
use of disinfectants for insuriug the
health of domestic animals.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
||Iss3s0PU "a r.
5AscgENG :

CORK oak is TO have thorough
trial in the National forests. The bu-
reau of plant industry of the United
States Department of Agriculture has
assigned two thousand one-year
seedlings of cork oak, now at nurs-
cry at Chico, CAL, to be used by the
forest service for experimental plant
Ing.
An English inventor has devised a
new speed meter for automobiles.
Placed in front of the vehicle, the
exact speed may be ascertained at any
time either from the vehicle or from
the road. An excess of speed limit
is announced by gong, which con-
tinues to sound until speed is re-
duced. For night driving excess
speed is also indicated by the figures
on the face of the instrument being
Illuminated.
Theodore Imback. of the STAKE eS-
use for abandoned mines. He has
produced in them mushrooms OF the,
best grade, his experiment showing.
the abandoned mine to be an ideal
place for mushroom culture. He is
producing mushrooms of the best
quality in an abandoned mine near
the State farm here, having plants
that yield from one mine from SIS to
SO worth of mushrooms q day
Baltimore Sun.
G. A. Campbell recently conducted
some experiments to investigate the
subject of telephone intelligibility.
in his experiments, usually only de-
.tached syllables were employed, so as
to give the listener no clue from the
context. The syllables easy to in
terehange are right in about half the
cases. Thus. while it is obvious that
the telephone seriously distorts
speech waves, nevertheless, even
those consonants which nearly re-
.semble each other are not sufficiently
distorted to be indistinguishable.-
Scientific American.
Ostriches lay the largest eggs of all
birds now extant. according to
writer in the Scientific American, but
the ostrich's egg would have appeared
small beside that extinct Madagascar
bird, the epyornis. which measured
more than thirty inches in its smallest
| circumference The smallest birds
eggs are those of the minute species
of humming birds, which are smaller
than the eggs of certain kinds Of
tropical beetles. But the cuckoo lays
the relatively smallest egg. That is
to say, while the jackdaw and the
cuckoo are about equal in size, the
formers egg is five or six times larger
than the latter's. The fact that the
cuckoo is wont TO deposit its eggs in
the nests of birds which are usually
much smaller than itself doubtless &C
counts for this The relatively larg-
est egg is laid by the kiwi, a strange,
wingless New Zealand bird The egg
is no less than five inches long. al
though the extreme length OF the bird
itself is only twenty-seyen inches.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
zz=lreSzzf@1
~A l
4 zE\-LEE |
LIE HOUSE aa1 HOVE r
To Carry Medicine Bottles.

The woman who travels can utilize
an old hot-water bottle by cutting off
the neck, sewing brass rings to the
top of the bag thus formed, and
drawing a stout ribbon through the
rings. This forms an admirable re-
ceptacle for small bottles. which can
thus be carried in hand bag or suit
case without fear of damage from
leakage.-New Idea Woman's Maya
zine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
A Shrn,e.

This comet scarss lot OF people.
II IS bound 10 hit rs. but they say Il u
nothing but dust
Then why notset ~ few vacuum
machines and absorb the blamed
thirg. ~-Lcuisville Courier-Iourn2L
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
solYing the Hich.Pr;ce Problem,

l. seems that in the year 1900
eight cents day was high wages for
an expert artisan. We move 10 have
the scale Of prices Of Commodities
reduced 20 the 1900 standard. with
present wages left untouched.-Phils-
dslphia Inquirer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Pushing the Campaign.

The Jefferson County tAla.l Good
Roads Association is pushing its cam,
7aisn for million-dollsr bond isste
Tor improved highways il the county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27

The Honduras monetary commits
sion recommends the adoption OF the
sold standard, Practically no sold IS
il circulation 1t present. but much is
exported
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Novel Filing Cabinet.

4 novel and ingenious filing cab.
met has been designed by Michigan
man. When closed the device is
about the size of an ordinary cigar
box. but when open ii presents long
row of shelves on which lie the va.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Fruit Jar Holder

Housewives who have burned their
z-se-s II handling Rot fruit Jars and
have sometimes dropped ana broken
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27
Utilize the Waste.

There is waste in farm and garden
small potatoes, overgrown table
aeets. roots of all sorts. table scraps,
weeds and weed seeds. meat offal,
cooked or raw, fish waste, aud many
6ther things.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27

TSe damaged masonry Of Ger
zS2 railroad tunnel recently vSs re-
paired ~ injecting liquid cement IN
Ger 7SsSS17ect acknowledgements
70 the S1-srs Incl
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27

Biei eight feet from the ground a
rubbe--yielding three OF fifteen inches
diameter gives three pints of liquid.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27

TIE Jars IS = corss.-~1s-s. vi 2Q-
p-ecizte TIRE usefulness OF the fruit
Jar holder invented by = New jersey
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-27

There sre sses electric light. ..
the Maaresania.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12
Wiiiiamo.

Wllli0Wo.
Detectives have been employed to
probe the Williams Clothing Company W
robbery which occurred here last week.
No definite actions have been taken.
The work 10 being done very quietly.
Chaplin.
John Mollerbeck. who resides west OF
Chaplin met with An accident while
operating a corn shredder and as a re-
suit he lost the middle f,nEer Of his
right hand having caught It in some
manner In the machine
Ls Mars.
The 2-year-old child OF Mr.. and Mrs,
G. p Begun. living fifteen miles south
! OF town. was seriously scAldsd recent
ly The child pulled . kettle OF boiling
water on the stove and was badly
| soAlded about the face neck and arms.
The burns are very severe.
Ida Grove.
The contest OF the will Of the late
Benjamin Mehan has been sertled by
a stipulation and agreement entered In :
| to by the parties. BY this stipulstIon
Arthur Mehan. executor, In TO pay Kato
| O'Brecht the sum OF $4,000: James Me-
han. OF Waverly. Kan. $4,000: Mrs.
| Mary O'Mear. OF Ida Grove. $500. and
Bessie O'Brecht Flanagan. $500. she
last named sum . beQuest.
Titonka.
| G. J. Hansen and wife have been
| married twenty-five years and In hon
or OF the occasion. Mn. George Hansen
planned and got UP complete surprise
, on them without their knowledge or
consent. So we'll were the plans and
arran Eements made that none OF the
Hansen family knew OF the party until
the relatives and friends began TO ar :
rive by the score. Twenty Ave years
ago Mr. and Mrs Hansen were mar
ried 1T Eagle Grove.
lsks Park.
! Laurel Blair met with quite a serious
accident. He had driven to town and
to the creamery to unload his cream
when. in the act OF setting II out OF
the back OF tho buggy the team started
TO run, thriving hkIn backwards to the
ground. striking upon the back Of his
head. cutting q bad cash and rendering
him unconscious for some time. He
was able to return 70 his home In the
in the afternoon.
Gray.
Mrs. r A. 6tesre. who lives near
Gray. had some falntinE spells. falling
and lying in the yard for some time
When she came TO herself she was able
to 90 70 the phone and call her daugh :
ter. Mrs. L. w. Barger. who lives some
SIX or seven miles distant Mrs. RAr
ger fastened 20 her mothers home and
found her stili able to converse. but
about o'clock she lapsed into uncon-
i sciousness. In which condition she re
mained several days.
Wavsr'y.
]. II. Let's shipped three cars OF cat
tie from tho herd that IL being fed NJ
the sugar factory. leaving 211 head =,
be wintered there. In the early spring
about 500 head vii, b. added to the
herd ana they will be turned of - fast
~ ulcy are In condition. George Fos-
ter. who 10 IN charge OF feeding opera :
l.,ions. says that there will b sufficient
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12

Special 10 Times Republican.
Traer, Dec 12.-Mrs Melville's moth
err arrived from her summers stay III
Wisconsin Thursday and will spend the
winter here.
The case OF the buckingham bank
against Emil Strobbehn Is set for thi''
week. The bank demands about $4,000
from Mr.. Strohbehn. which they claim
was fraudulently procured. Mr.. Stroh-
behn comedies the indebtedness but
denies any attempt to defraud.
The case OF j. q. French W.. ]. II
Marsau, which has been in court two
years. comes UP for trial today in To-
ledo. In the purchase OF the lumber
business here Mr. Marsau claims to
have also barRained for the French
residence When the sale for closing
came Mr.. French denied the sale OF the
property and Mr.. Marsan held back
$500 OF the amount due "a damages.
Mr.. French sues for the 5000
Mrs. f. A. Hayden. mother OF John
Hayden. OF the Star-Clipper. who was
injured last week by falling dow,
stairs has been in a critical condition
all week. AS the lady Is quite aged
her injuries are serious.
Ike bean injured his head 80 badly IN
a fall on the ice that the services OF a
physician were required to restore him
to consciousness.
Mrs. l.. Gearhart and daughter Esth-
err OF Astoria. Ore. and Mrs. G. A
Luce. OF Forest Grove. Ore. arrived In
Traer to spend much OF the winter with
relatives The first and last named are
sisters OF Mrs. w. II. GreEE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12
MAS. MARY A. STAFFORD WANTS
LARGER SHARE OF $4,000
ESTATE.
CLAIMS LATE HUSBAND
WAS UNDER DOPE INFLUENCE
Parties in Case Are Prominent and
Wall. Wife Of p. r.
Stafford Sues For Creator Portion Of
His Fortune For Herself and Chill
drsn Than Bsqueathed.
to Times Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Atlantic. Dec 12--An interesting Will
contest Is slated for the district court
OF Cass county the petition In which
was filed today by the attorney for
Mary A. Stafford and her children, who
seeks to test the validity OF the Will OF
the late p. T. Stafford.
II is charged that at the time stat
ford executed his will he was under
the influence OF opiates and unable to
sign his name except by the use OF
the drug. 1t is also charged that John
Mcdowell, of Plattsburg, N. V, exerted
an undue influence upon the old man.
then 80 years old and that II was thru
this influence that Stafford was In
duced to leave the bulk Of his fortune
to Miss Ruth Stafford and little to Mrs.
Mary A. Stafford, his widow
Petitioners Plea Interesting.
The relations that existed between
the deceased and the petitioner. as &c;
forth in the contest suit. form an in
terestinS part Of the litigation. Mrs
Stafford, the plaintiff, says that she
came to the Stafford home at the age
of II, and that after the death OF the
first Mrs. Stafford, p. +. Stafford urged
and insisted upon marrying her. She
states that she faithfully performed the
wifely duties. became the mother of his
children. at the sacrifice Of her health
and worked for the comfort and happi-
ness OF his household.
The plaintiff was divorced from
Stafford. Referring TO this she says ir
her petition that because OF fear OF he'
husband and because of the influence
which John Mcdowell. her husbands
cousin, had over her. she consented tt
a divorce, being assured that she would
he given IN the will whatever was he'
share OF the estate. less the sum paIt
her at the time, $4,000.
Says Estate Amounts TO $4,000.
Mrs. Stafford claims that the value
OF the estate Is not correctly stated III
the Will. and that 1t amounts to Owe
$4,000. She pleads for division ant
that her three children. Mae Stafford
aged Is: Grace Stafford. aged Is. ant
Master Paul Stafford. aged 10. he givei
their share.
Stafford died In Plnttsburs. Ciintoi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12
CALIFORNIA EDITOR PREpIcrs
IOWA MAN WILL LEAD PARTY
IN 1912.
CANDIDATE MUST De
FROM PROGRESSIVE WING
Editor Of Frssne Republican Rsaehss
conelusiens-carsfu Analysis 81
Presidential Timbs-Taft Can Not
Win Unless He Gets Fully Into Pro-
sressivo Fold.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times.Republican.
Los Angeles, Dec Ex-senator AL
bert b. Cummins, Of Iowa, for president
in 1912"
Such is the prediction of Chester H.
RowelL editor Of the Fresno Republic
can, after a careful analysis OF the
available presidential timber. Rowells
views are of interest because Of the fact
that ne is generally recognized as the
first editor in the United States to pub
1icly predict and to advocate the cleo
tion Of William Howard Taft as presi-
dent. In fact, President Taft has on
various occasions paid Rowell the COM
pltment OF having first suggested his
candidacy.
Editor Rowell starts out on the
theory that the next republican candi-
date for president of the United States
must be either President Taft, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot or one
OF the inslrgent senators. He likewise
goes on the theory that the republican
party, to be successful. must repre-
sent unambiguously the progressive
wing Of that party. doubtful or a
democratic president.
In his analysis OF the situation, Row.
ell says:
President Taft's chances of renom-
ination, or at least Of reelection, de-
pend absolutely on his ability to place
himself Internationally as the leader
OF progressive republicanism. Frankly.
we thing 1t is more than possible that
he Will deserve that position. but
extremely unlikely that he will get It,
We should like to see him rehabilitated
in the eyes Of his contemporaries as he
is pretty sure to be in the Judgment of
history. But the present prospects are
stransly against this happening.
Stampede For Roosevelt?
The situation may stampede Theo-
dore Roosevelt into the position Of the
only logical candidate. It is almost
certain to be either a wholesale stam-
pede to him. or else his complete elm
ination, with his own consent. from
consideration. Roosevelt may become
necessary aAd Ill progressives will en-
enthusiastically support him If he does.
But he would doubtless himself agree
that 1t would be better II sentiment can
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12

concentrate on some new leader OF
presidential rank.
1.-THE field for that concentration Ii
now confined practically to the In
surgent senators. Governor Hughes
has eliminated himself by going on
the supreme bench. None Of the in
surgent governors has made q vic
tory spectacular enough to put him
in the national gaze except Governor
johnson Of California. and he ID
doubtless eliminated by geographic
considerations.
Clifford Pinchot Is probably too
non. partisan for u partisan nomina-
ton. tho he is possibility. There
remain the insurgent senators. and OF
these. Senator Dolliver has been
eliminated by death and Senator
Beveridge probably by defeat. as well
as by somewhat failing health. The
other two of presidential prominence
are Senators Cummins and LaFollette
1.-The next convention will be "A
partisan republican one. and while
it will be positively progressive. 1t
will not be exclusively composed of
the extreme wing of the insurgents. AS
LaFollette is the most extreme Of all
the insurgents, he is not likely to be
the nominee Of anything less than a
very radical convention.
This narrows the probable choice
down to Senator Cummins. The other
insurgent senators have not achieved
presidential rank. And Of all the pos
sible candidates, Senator Cummins
seems by far the most available. He
is an original insurgent and was elect
ed governor of Iowa as an insurgent
before the name was invented. Iowa
insurgency was In the beginning, toe
exclusively confined to the tariff. but
Senator Cummins has long since got
away from that. and would now rank
rather with the conservatives among
tariff reformers.
Resi- lnsursent Leader.
"He will he the real leader Of the
insurgents in the senate for the next
two years and he has been their in
tellectual leader all along. In sheer
intellectual force it is conceded that
he outranks all the other insurgents
Possibly this is the reason that he
Is also regarded as the solidest OF
them. Strong intellect leads to- pos
tive convictions. but not to frothy
radicalism. Also, Cummins is the
only one of the insurgents whose per-
sonal sincerity is trusted absolutely
even by the most cynical of the reac-
tionaries. They have attributed (prob-
ably unjustly) false motives to all the
others. but never to Cummins.
"And Senator Cummins is unambigu
ously republican. Whether that is a
virtue or a fault depends on the point
Of view, but certainly republican con-
vention will regard it as a virtue. Sen
ator Cummins is no hidebound partisan
He realizes as we'll as anyone that the
underlying historic and philosophic sig
nificance Of the present progressive
movement far transcends the pretudices
of any party. and he would oppose as
positively as any one. all efforts to sac
rifice the progressive movement TO,
the sake of party harmony or party
victory But he prefers, as repub-
lican. to win the victory thru the mech
anism of the republican party, and he
believes. as practical statesman, that
this is the surest and soundest way tc
win 1t.
Senator Cummins, by Temperament,
and personality, would less arouse the
rational fears Of conservative men than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-12

some other more mercurial leaders.
whose actual convictions may be no
more radical than his. He would have
the absolute confidence Of all the pro-
gressives, even Of those radicals whose
personal preference would be for La
Toilette.
HE has been supposed to lack some
OF the personal magnetism of Dolliver,
and he may not have appealed to the
imagtnatiOns Of the people like La
Toilette, but Dolliver is. Of course. no
longer anything but regret. and La
Toilette would probably wear in the
stress of serious campaign. less well
than Cummins. The coming session
will probably give Cummins oppor-
tunity to impress himself on the public
imagination more completely than he
has yet done.
"As matter OF serious Judgment.
1t is conceded that Senator Cummins
would make the best president OF any
one now in sight. The considera tons
here presented go to the point OF show
ing that he will probably be the most
available candidate. also"