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The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01

or even to bring in immigrants, IS q question which the Mexican govern ment felt should be given considera- tion Secretary Knox welcomed the suggestion, and the treaty is well on the road to completion.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01
HALF THOUSAND DIE
 IN AFRICAN CYCLONE
Many Ships Reported Sunk by Storm on East Coast, Near Mozambique
 400 Negro Miners Drown.

Lisbon, June 1.-More than 500 per. sons have been drowned and many ships lost in a terrific cyclone that swept East Africa, according to mea ger dispatches received here from Mo- zambique.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01
Burke Sees HoItsiaW's Bank Books.

Iuka, H.. June 1.-State's Attorney Burke of Sangamon county arrived Tn Iuka and had consultation with Sen ator D. w. Holtslaw, whose confes- sion was made in Springfield last Sat urday.
 Senator Holtslaw has sold his bank. the Holtslaw bank of Iuka indicating
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01
CHARLES TREAT IS DEAD
Former Treasurer of United States Succumbs to Apoplexy in His
 New York Apartments.

New York, June 1.-Sricken with apoplexy, Charles Henry Treat until last September treasurer of the United States, died at the Victoria
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01
The Prescott Daily News
 PE8LysAED 6y The News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice qt Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress-, March 8, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01
JUDGE McsURELY SPENDS HOLI- DAY LOOKING U? LAWYERS
 CITATIONS.
DENEEN WOULD TESTIFY
Governor Says He Would Welcome Subpoena From Grand Jury Denies Statements Made in
 Washington.

Chicago, June 1.-Judge McSurely of the criminal court is concluding hls deliberations in the Lee O'Neil Browne case, in which he will give a decision
 The judge spent the Memorial hol- iday looking up citations maue by counsel for and against the q fend9nt browne asks that the indictment oe Quashed
 Gov. Deneen would welcome a sub poena summoning him before either the Cook or Sangamon county grand jury investigating the legislative cor ruptiOn, which he believes has been revealed but slightly to the public by the confessions. of Legislators Holt slaw, White, Link and Beckemeyer.
 The Illinois executive, discussing the bribery scandal at the Union League club said that if so subpoe- naad he wouldn't rely upon the privi- lege of his office to secure exemption from the duty of testifying.
 Contradicts Lorimer.
 From beginning to end of an hours interview, expressing views he may embOdy in formal statement over his own signature or in a dictated declaration, the governor showed strong personal feeling. Especially was he indignant at what he styled the false or unwarranted assertions made by Senator William Lorimer in the latter's speech at Washington.
 Deneen denied flatly the senator S statement that Deneen had favored and urged the election of Lorimer as United States senator.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01

Ed Barefield fits spectacles right. Try him.
 For oak posts Lhone 13.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-06-01

For drop-siding, flooring anu ceili ng, phone 13.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
FABRICATED ALFALFAs.

The ordinary alfalfa. whose original home was probably Persia. has come to be considered q standard and valuable forage crop in the western half of the United States. This variety has blue flowers and a coiled pod. Within a few years there has been introduced in the country a variety of yellow flow cred alfalfa. which grows wild in Si- beria and several countries of Europe. that does not have the upright habit or produce as much seed. but that in point of resistance to extremes of drought and cold is decidedly superior to its blue lowered relative. In some cases these fields have grown side by side. and hybrid or variegated alfalfas have resulted. combining some of the best qualities of both varieties. The best of these variegated strains, which bear both blue and yellow flowers. are sand lucern. Grimm's alfalfa and Canadian alfalfa. Of this list the sec ond strain has been very successfully grown in Minnesota and North Dakota, where it has withstood cold winters remarkably we'll and has produced a larger yield of hay than the blue flow cred variety.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
Pussy and the Burglar.

A good dog has hitherto been con- sidered the best protection against bur glars, but a certain old lady differs from this view. She believes in cats, and, her house being broken into not long ago. she proceeded to put her theory into practice, and with marvel ously good results. The midnight hour had not long struck when she heard unusual sounds ill the hall below. She slipped out of bed, took her faithful feline in her arms and walked quietly on to the landing. She leaned over. The burglar was on the stairs. Sud denly in an unlucky moment he struck a match upon the staircase. The lady could see the burglar, but the burglar could not see the lady. She held puss up and then dropped her upon the bur glars head. The cat uttered an un- earthly screech and then commenced to scratch for ali 1t was worth. Fuss was certainly the willing worker. The next instant the man was outside in the street.-Manchester Guardian.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
Trail. at Grindelwald

there is :. ., N;'itors for the tele- scopes i.i ,. .>r t. gaze at one of the most Interesting natural scenes in the Alps, the thamois trail" Regularly at this hour herd of twenty to thir- ty chamois may be seen passing in Indian file up the yawning abysses of the precipitous Mettenberg rocks, sep arattng two glaciers, the male animals leading the way, the king of the herd keeping twenty yards in advance and on the watch. At the bottom of the Mettenberg. where the slope is freed from snow, the chamois find meager subsistence when their usual feeding grounds are under deep snow. It is a curious fact that the chamois de- scend to their feeding grounds at dawn, when there is little likelihood of avalanches, and return to their haunts at an hour when avalanches- for this portion of the mountain has frequent administrative already fall en and the danger is past.-Geneva Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
ABOUT DuRuM WHEAT.

Durum wheat. quite commonly known under the name of macaroni wheat. seems especially adapted to soil and climatic conditions existing in the great plain west of the Mississippi river. where the rainfall ranges from ten to twenty inches per year. It iS not only quite drought resistant, but seems largely free from rust. In hu- mid sections 1t does not do so well as other standard varieties of wheat. In price it ranges a few cents per bushe! lower than other wheat of like grade.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
Ted and the Text.

The golden text for certain Sunday school was, And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit" Qtuke il, 40).
 Little Ted's hand went up like a flash when the superintendent asked "Can any of these bright, smiling lit- tie boys or girls repeat the golden text for today? An, how glad it makes my heart to see so many little hands go up! Teddy, my boy, you may repeat it, and speak good and loud that all may hear"
 And they all heard this: And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit like 2:40."
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

A Kentucky farmer who has reported his experience recently speaks favora- bly, of the wild sweet clover as a farm crop. the variety so often seen growing in unlikely places along roadsides. rail road cuts or In abandoned stone quar- ries or gravel pits. He finds it an eX- cellent renovator for wornout soils and for subduing rough places on his farm which have been pre-empted by weeds and briers. He harrows the land in the spring so as to give a good seed bed and sows from fifteen to twenty pounds of seed per acre with half a bushel of oats. To produce seed he sows fifteen pounds per acre on fertile land. For fall seeding he prepares the land and sows in October. To be used for hay he finds that sweet clover should be cut when the first blossoms appear. before the stalks become woody He also reports that the sweet clover is an excellent crop with which to precede alfalfa. as it keeps the land free from weeds and inoculates the soil with the bacterial life necessary for the best development of the alfalfa plant
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

The painting of the trunks of the orchard trees with a good lime wash in which several pounds of salt and a few ounces of carbolic acid have been mixed will not only improve the con- dition of the bark and kill insect pests. but by refecting the rays of the sun will tend to prevent sun scald. Careful ly slacked stone lime should be used for the purpose. this being diluted to the consistency of paint after the stacking process Is completed.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

If the piece D, willow grub land con- inues to send up Sh"otS from the old 9oots they should be bued of or moved down as fast aS they appear. prefer2 ply the former. If the roots are kept from developing leaf systems during one season they will give no further trouble
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Many of the owners of the big poul- try ranches at Petaluma, Cal, where more poultry is raised and more eggs are produced than in any correspond ing section of the country. make a business, among other things, of hatch ing chicks by the thousand and selling them when a few days old. These lit- tie fellows are put in a comfortable and safe receptacle and are shipped to their designation by express, fetching about 10 cents apiece.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

While melons will do well on a great variety of soils. they seem to flourish best on mellow. friable loam which has been we'll enriched with barnyard manure. About a dozen seeds should be planted to the hill, the planting be- ing delayed until danger of frost is past. When the young vines have got past the striped beetle stage the plants should be thinned to three or four in a hill. Like all other growing things. melons will do best if given frequent cultivation with both wheel cultivator and with hoe, which will insure a moist and mellow condition of the soil. If the melon patch is so large that 1t is not feasible to protect the hills from the striped beetle by means of shallow frames covered with mosquito netting the bug may be put out of business by spraying the vines with arsenate of lead at the rate of about half a pound to twelve gallons of water This may be applied with fair pressure by hand sprayer, the muzzle of which should be so adjusted that some of the poison will be lodged on the underside of the leaves where the beetle often works. The size of the melons may be increased by restricting those on sin gle vine to two or three.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Scrub dairy sires have no place on farms where sufficient progress in the dairy business has been made to install the cream separator and the Babcock tester. yet now and then a fellow gets an economical streak and cuts up this very shindy. The scrub sire has no place in any section where brains and prudence are the agricultural guides.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

There is hardly any article in com mon use that is more easily or more often adulterated than paint. In case a make of paint cannot be secured which one knows to be reliable or which reputable dealer will guaran- tee as such one has the recourse of buying white lead and oil and doing his own mixing. This will require some care. but 1t will give a paint which will afford the most possible sat isfaction.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
HOW HE RESTED ouAck GRASS

HOW HE RESTED QUACk GRASS.
 A Minnesota farmer who has had an intimate acquaintance with quack grass covering period of about twen- ty years rid his land-six acreS-of the pest in the following manner. Begin ming in 1908 he allowed the grass to grow until it blossomed. but before any seed formed he cut the patch and made hay of it. He then plowed the stubble under smoothly. using the disk harrow to work up seed bed and aiming to disturb the sod as little as possible. On this he sowed German millet the 18th of July. The seed came up we'll but owing to dry weather following the millet did not do well. He turned steers in to pasture the patch in October and plowed the ground the latter part of November. Tn the spring of 1909 the quack grass looked sick. but soon began to take on life. He disked the patch about once a week until the middle of June, when and drilled in a peck and half of fodder corn to the acre. Last fall he harvested three and half tons of dry fodder per acre. one-third of which had produced good sound corn. The field is at present completely controlled, and he says that any kind of titled crop can be raised this year without any trouble from the quack. Corn with thorough cultivation, in this farm ers opinion, must enter largely into any rotation whose purpose is to kill out quack grass, while disk tools should be used so far as possible in the filling of the soil.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Rundown trees. like rundown folks. now and then ueed a tonic. and their condition (the treesI can often be ma terially improved by spading the ground about th~ roots and applying a good mulch of manure. while during the dry weather an occasional water ing will help materially.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

The flock of hens appreciate shade in hot weather just as do folks and other animals. If there are no trees in the yard few sunfowers protect ed while young from the hens will answer the purpose well.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Size in fruit or vegetable is usually the result of limiting considerably the quantity or number produced. Prize winning tomatoes are secured by grow ing thrifty vine and then restricting the fruit it is allowed to produce to two or three. In the same way big melons and squashes are the result of shipping off all but one or two blos- sons. fertiliZing the vines heavily aud covering the joints which touch the earth with soil. when new root sys- tems are developed which aid in the feeding of the plants. AS soon as the desired fruit or vegetable is set the vines should be so pruned as to throw the whole strength of the plant into them.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Russia Is one of the leading sugar beet producing countries, her output for 1909 being 7,562,S54 tons as com pared with 9.257.S54 tons for the pre- ceding year.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

There were imported into the United States in 1909 1,479.631 bushels of fax seed as compared with 44.731 bushels in 1002
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Exhaustive investigations which have been made into the matter of tIlbercu- losis among food producing animals by the bureau of animal industry place the annual loss from this one disease to the stock raising interests of the country at $24.O0O.OOO. These same investigations prove exclusively that bovine tuberculosis is easily conamuni- cated to human beings and that cows which are sleek and apparently healthy may be far advanced in the disease and a positive menace to the health of all who consume their milk.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

While not ranking with California or Florida in the production of oranges. Louisiana produced 141.7OU boxes in 1909.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19
COOPERATION IN ROAD WORK.

There is no sort of public work in which folks are interested generally where the principle of cooperation could be followed to better advantage than in the care of the public high ways. In some sections this fact seems to be recognized. in some others not. Especially is there need of this CO., operation in those sections where earth roads are the rule and where the char acter of the soil is such that there is need of working 1t at critical time following heavy rains or wet seasons. Particularly is this true of stiff clay or adobe soils. which can he advan- tageously worked and leveled only when they possess the proper amount of moisture and the right consistency. Under such conditions it is impossible for one road superintendent and his helpers to give all the road of their territory treatment at the proper time. As result many such highways dry up rough and hard and remain in this condition for months. Could system have been followed which would have enlisted the aid of property owners or renters along the highways and the roads have been dragged at the proper time good highway would have been secured The benefit of this cooperative system is recognized in some states. the road tax being remitted in case property owners give stipulated amount of aid in keeping in condition the roads abutting their own premises. This plan gives excellent results and should be adopted in other places where the roads at certain seasons of the year are little short of unspeak, able. yet for the attempt to keep which in repair large sums are expended an- nually. but to little purpose. ..
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

The slugs that poster the rosebushes may be easily put out of business by sprinkling the vines with white helle- bore when the dew is on or with just plain fine road dust. which is cheaper and will insure the same results.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

The several blights that attack po- tato vines during the muggy midsum- mer weather are of fungous origin and may be prevented or checked by spraying the field with bordeaux mix ture, which is easily made by taking a small amount of quicklime. slaking it to fine paste and diluting it in half the volume of water needed for the spraying. With this should be mixed a solution made by dissolving an equal number of pounds of copper sulphate in a like amount of water. For in- stance. If one wished twenty gallons of the spray mixture two pounds of stone lime should be slaked and di- luted ito ten gallons of water and two pounds of bluestone in ten gallons and these two mixed. If potato beetles are on the vines they may be disposed of ill the same spraying operation by adding about two ounces of paris green to twenty gallons of the bordeaux or a little less than pound of commercial arsenate of lead.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

Carrying out its purpose of protect ing the fauna of the country and of making special studies of those birds and animals which may be of eco homie value to man. the United States department of agriculture has recently issued as farmers bulletin No. 390 the results of. its recent investigations into pheasant raising. The bulletin contains a concise account of the meth ods used by many pheasant raisers. including propagation, care of the young birds. protection from enemies, housing. feeding and marketing. as well as other interesting and practical phases of the industry. The treatise may be obtained through one's senator or representative or by making request of the department of agriculture at Washington. :. IaE
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

With the price of concentrates-bran. oilmeal and the like-soaring to be- tween $28 and $40 a ton. especial in- terest attaches to the raising on the home lands of feeds which can take the place of these high priced stuffs. The best substitutes are the legumes- alfalfa for the drier sections west and southwest, the clovers for the northern and eastern states (alfalfa where 1t will do welD and cowpeas and soy beans for those sections of the south where the rainfall Is so heavy as to seriously interfere with the proper curing of alfalfa. The problem of pro- viding a cheaper ration can be simpli- fled if the silo is installed. which will mean the carrying of a maximum amount of stock on a minimum acre age.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

That the feeding of silage to dairy cows in large quantities does not seri- ously affect the quality of milk was demonstrated by a test made by the Illinois experiment station not long ago. Samples of silage and nonsilage milk were tasted by some 300 mem- bers of the faculty and student body. including eighty-one ladies. In all 60 per cent preferred the silage milk. % per cent preferred the nonsilage milk, while the remainder had no prefer ence. Samples of the silage and non- siIage milk were submitted. to five dairy experts i'll several large cities. and of these one had no choice. one preferred the nonsilage milk. while three preferred the silage milk. The cows which produced the silage milk used in this test were given forty pounds of silage day, which is con- siderably in excess of the ration usu- ally fed.
Connecticut western news., 1910-05-19

"The Economic Use of Meats Tn the Home is the caption of a bulletin lately put out by the agricultural de- pertinent at Washington. The treatise has been prepared for the especial benefit of the housewife, who, with prices for the best cuts of meat which have prevailed. has had problem on her hands to provide the family with an economic and satisfactory meat ra- tion. It takes up general methods of preparing meats. the utilizing of cheap CT cuts in palatable dishes, as well as other matters of interest. At the close of the bulletin are given fifty recipes for savory meat dishes collected from wide range and suited to the needs of the average home. The bulletin will be forwarded free to any who may make request of the agricultural department at Washington.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
WINNING OF BRIDGET MALONEY.

Thank you. Bridget, " said Mrs. Viii
liams as the new girl slammed the ira,
on the table before her.
A faint glimmer of surprise came int,
the sullen face. "Huh?" she interro
gated.
Il said thank you; it was kind of YOU
to climb those long stairs" Responded
Mrs Williams pleasantly.
Its new broom that sweeps
Clean but it won't last" muttered
Bridget in her own domain.
But when day after day passed and
she never failed to receive the same
perfect politeness from her employer,
her wonder increased.
Bridget was used to commands, but
not To requests. She was accustomed
to curt, supercilious THAT will do, 4"
but not to kindly Thank you, Brid-
gett, and she insensibly softened at
the change.
Mrs. Williams treated her servants
like human beings, not like machines.
And while she ever maintained that
nice reserve which forbade familiarity,
yet she scrupulously respected the
rights Of others.
Sure. one would be haythen to be
sassy to Mrs. Williams" said Bridget
after a months stay in her new home.
"She has way of making ye feel SO
polite and pleased with yourself that
yez want to please her. and I'll stay
with her as long as me name is Bridget
Maloney. "-E. M. c., in Mothers Mag
azine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01

plants which make life . miser,, to
many people from spring to tbe
saii' Mosquitoes and mosquitoes alone
carry malaria; the 'miasma' of sw.unu
districts has nothing to do with the dis.
ease
Both flies and mosquitoes can prac-
tlcaliy be eradicsted from eyerv home
II a lew simple precautions be taken
III the windows be screened. if the ward
De Kept clean and if all manure he
promptly removed. the chances are
strong that there will be no flies in the
house. If no standing water be left
around the house or premises, in which
mosquitoes may breed. no mosquitoes
will appear
AsubJect that is serious enough to
enlist the attention of the health an.
thorities of the State should likewise
command the active interest and efforts
of the local medical fraternity and of
the intelligent citizens of community.
The work of the health department is
educative and it will prove effective in
proportion as the average citizen prof
its by and acts on the advice given by
expert sanitarians and scientists. Even
II the average man attach little import
ance to the part played by the fly as a
disease conveyor, the desire for comfort
and clean food should impel us to take
all reasonable precautions against flies.