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way out, and harboring them until an
federate pickets. and aided Colonel
Streight, the noted raider. who tun-
neled an underground passage. and
with 100 men escaped.
Suspected throughout Of ~disloyalty.
her intrigues we're not fully known
officers whom she had harbored anne
TO the house and disclosed the recep-
tacles of her correspondence with
Grant and the chamber beneath the
caves, entered through an opening cut
in the partition and concealed by a
piece of furniture.
When Richmond was evacuated
Grant sen his aide-de-camp, Colonel
Parke, to protect her property.
After the death of Miss Van Lewis
mother in 1870, a brother with his
two daughters lived with her, but the
brother with one of these died, leaV-
Ing a single niece to share her soil
tude. After a lingering illness from
tuberculosis, she, too, passed away
IN September. 1900.
She was a suffragist, and on the
plea that taxation without representa-
ton is tyranny, refused to pay the as
sessment on the property, the arrears
at the settling up Of the estate
amounting t $4,000. She fell into
great poverty and and the snowy
garden and silent house with it's soil
tary taper were spooky places at
night.
The house, covered with mort
cages, was bought by the Virginia club,
and the club continued a popular rem
devious until the expense of its main
tenance necessitated the closing of
the doors. The house next assumed
the role of a sanitarium. The general
interest in the place by tourists ne
cessitated the display Of prohibitive
signs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
ERADICATE THE CHICKENPOX
Disease 10 Not Necessarily Fatal and
Fowls Have Recovered With
out Treatment.

Chickenpox, sometimes called sor
head, is a disease which will be prev
alent at this time of the year among
the growing stock unless proper pre-
cautions are taken, says the Kansas
lndustrialist. 1t is a contagious dis
ease, and spreads very rapidly among
the flock when 1t once gets Roadway.
1t seems to affect the cockerels more
than the pullets. Because of its ap-
pearance on the comb and face of
the bird it should not be a difficult
matter to eradicate the disease.
Symptoms.-The disease appears on
the comb, face and wattles Of the bird
in the form of yellowish nodules,
varying in size from a pin head to one
fourth of an inch in diameter. These
nodules increase in size and turn dark
red. The disease should be treated
as 500 as the first nodules are
noticed. 1t is not always fatal and
fowls have been known to recover
without any treatment. Insanitary
conditions and dampness seem to
cause the disease.
T~reatment.-As It is a contagious
disease, the affected birds should be
removed from the flock Immediately.
If the nodules are removed with a
sharp knife, and the affected parts are
treated with carbolated vaseline, the
birds should recover in a few days.
If the case is very far advanced the
sick fowls should be given a few
grains each of sulphur and cream of
tartar three times a day, and oxide
of zinc ointment should be applied to
the affected parts twice a day. The
latter treatment is recommended by
Doctor Lehman, and has proved a sat
isfactory remedy.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
ONE CENTURY FOR CHURCH
Deposed Clergyman Says Il Is Intel.
I~ectuaIIy Bankrupt-6o,ooo 900
Non-churcheoers.

Boston. Mass.-In IN address before
the Free Religious Association of
America here DR.. Algernon S. Crapsey
deposed Episcopal clergyman. de-
clared the Protestant church will be
dead by the end of this century. He
also said that the Protestant church is
bankrupt intellectually and cannot get
decent men to serve 1t. Some Of his
statements were:
The tendency today Is out of all
churches into the great company of
non-churchgoers. There Is no need Of
carrying religion to Chinese, who will
soon be showing that we are barbar.
ians in our methods. The doctrine of
evolution has taken the place Of the
doctrine Of creation. There are Co.
900, 900 persons in America who do no,
go to church"
DR.. Crapsey is the Episcopal clergy
man who was deposed by BishoI
Walker. Of the Central New York do
cese. because of his alleged heretica
views.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

man has invented a metal brooder
coop that should aid in saving many
chickens, because it is proof against
almost all things that fly. run or creep.
The coop is circular and made Of
heavy galvanized steel, so slippery
that insects cannot crawl up its side.
The top is Conical and has a ven
tilator at the apex. The door is per-
forated and slides around, while In
side is a solid door by which the per-
forations can be closed, leaving only
the ventilator open, and nothing dan
gerous can get In there. The mother
hen can be confined inside and the
little chicks allowed to run in and out
of a small crack, by keeping the door
partly open, or the whole family can
be shut up safely inside over night.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
OLD VAN LEW HOUSE.
Noted Virginia Mansion Gives
Way to a School.
Home Of the Famous Woman Spy
Is to Be Torn Down and
Replaced by Educational
Institution.

Richmond, Va.-The purchase OF the
Van Lew house by the city OF Rich
mond as the site of a public school
building seals its fate, and the
Richmond home of Elizabeth Van
Lew, the woman who more
than any other aided the United
States government during the Civil
war will soon exist only as a mem
DRY and a tradition.
In 1924 Lafayette was the house
guest of DR.. Adams, a former mayor
of Richmond, who built the house
while Chief Justice Marshall, Gov
ernor Smith-one of the victims of
the burning of the Richmond theater
in 1S11-with the like were frequent
visitors there. In 1S43 1t was bought
by John Van Lew of New York, then
a successful Richmond hardware mer-
chant.
While the Federal army lowered
vas in close touch with it's
commanders and flowers cut from
the beautiful garden in the
morning adorned Grants table at
the evening meal. She spied upon the
Confederate agents, civil and military,
establishing her deputies as servants
in the household of Jefferson Davis,
and through them acquainting herself
with his cabinet conferences. This
information, put In cipher and con-
cealed Eetween an Outer and inner
shoe sole, was smuggled through the
lines by a negro employed on a farm
below the town. She was in constant
communication with the inmates of
Libby prison. supplying them with i'm
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
SUCCESS WITH THE TURKEYS
First Essential Is to Keep Youngsters
Dry-Provide Air-Slaked
Lime and Grit.

1t is very essential to keep them off
the grass in the morning while the
dew is on. After they are allowed to
range feed them a little each evening
to bring them home. Always have a
pile OF air-slaked lime and grit where
they can get at II and see how eager
ly they will go after it on coming
home. If any of them droop look for
lice in the quill feathers of the wing
and along the back. l use a good
fresh insect powder to dust them
when they are a week old and once a
week after that until eight weeks old.
II the trouble is not due to lice it Is
probably caused by something they
have eaten and for this ! give one.
half teaspoonful Of salts dry.
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Flag With the Rattlesnake.

onies. Below is the significant motto:
Don't tread on me-" Above the snake
are the letters j. P" and below them
Il. w. c. p" which mean John Proc
tor, First Battalion, Westmoreland
Co, Pa. John Proctor was a prom
inent nan in the early history OF the
republic, and was commander OF the
First Battalion of Associators," Or
ganized after "WestmOreland's Decla.
ration of independence" May 16, 1775,
and this flag belonged TO that tat.
TALON. Samuel Craig, who, with his
three sons. served in the Revolution,
was its original color bearer. A young
lady in western Pennsylvania, a lineal
descendant of Samuel Craig, is the
owner of this flag.
1t was from this flag that the Amer.
lean national banner was evolved.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

QlNJWdMfESW

Sweet or skinned milk is good for
fowls of all ages, especially the young
sters.
Do not use wooden drinking foun-
tains for poultry. Wood is a germ
breeder.
Preserving eggs in lime has been
practiced for many years on a com.
mercial scale.
The ducklings should always have
access to drinking water, but swim.
ming water "a be omitted if desired.
If you allow eggs for setting to
stand around for two weeks before
putting them under the hen. do not
blame the dealer II they do not hatch.
Arrange before all the chickens are
Matched to keep different ages sep
arate. The small ones are crowded out
and crippled or killed by the older
ones.
Let a brooder of chicks have their
range for a few days, and the day
they are not let vi at the usual hour
their shrill cries are enough to deafen
one.
Green food is essential for ducklings
lettuce, dandelions, or onion tops
should be mixed with their feed each
day. Sand should also form part of
each days ration.
The ducks are easily confined with a
low fence: they rarely fly over a
fence, though they will crawl under a
very small opening. They need clean,
dry straw to sleep on.
There is little danger of indigestion
among ducklings Sc long as the green
food and the sand hold out. Sand in
the drinking vessel prevents tipping,
and is easily gotten by the birds.
AS the hot weather on you
will have to be nor on your guard
against lice and such things. Here
is where your stitches in time count
far more than any number taken In
ter.
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THIS is OUR OLDEST FLAG
vice In Existence-Is 1856
Years Old.

Washington.-This is the flag Of
1775. and is 1876 years old. Men who
have made a study of the early flags
OF our country believe hat this is the
only one with the rattlesnake device
now in existence. Rear Admiral
George Henry Preble, who prepared
an extensive work on the history and
development of the flag of the United
States, was of the opinion that this
flag is the Oldest flag of our country
that has been preserved.
The rattlesnake in the center OF
the red field of the flag is coiled in
the attitude OF striking. having 10
rattles erect, representing the Is col
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
KEEPING A POULTY RECORD
knowledge Of Receipts and Expendi-
lures Is of Great Assistance
TO Chicken Raiser.
CBy r. D. SCHMIDT.)

One Of the greatest needs of most
poultry keepers is a definite record
of expenditures and receipts. In too
flock actually know whether his fowls
have been an expense to him or have
paid a profit. This is perhaps truer
in regard to poultry than with most
other branches of animal industry,
because Of the facts that both ex-
penditures and receipts are spread
over the entire year and are individ-
ually small, that a large part of the
product is used at home. and that the
poultry keeping is incidental to the
other farm work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

consists Of substituting a wire panel
for the usual wooden panels in the
doors. Behind this wire there should
be a second panel of burlap, so that
IN the severest weather the ventila-
ton may continue without too much
draft. 1t will not be necessary in op-
Grating such a scheme to provide any
other outlet for foul air, although the
air can be kept from getting foul by
daily removal Of the droppings. In
summer the burIap can be readily re-
moved to permit of very free move
ment of the air, a necessary thing in
hot weather.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
AN APRON ON THE KAW DIXIE
How It is Hoped TO Keep the Missouri
in Check at Kansas
City, Kan.

Kansas City, Kan.-The dixie which
Kansas City, Kan, is building at kaw
Point is being equipped with a lev
kind of device for preventing the cur.
rent of the Missouri river from cutting
in under it and washing it away.
The sloping face of the dixie is GOV.
cred with a layer of solid concrete
down to the edge of the water. There
a mat of concrete blocks, each two
feet square and laced together with
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
Lead in Salt Industry.

The six leading ate in the salt
industry are Michigan, New York.
Ohio, Kansas, Louisiana and Cali
and in 1909 these six states
The salt from these states is obtained
from rock salt, sea water and natural
brine-in other words, from all the
known sources Of salt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
Some Aviation Records.

Gar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is the
first crowned head who has made an
aeroplane fight. The aviator who
took him up is the first man who ever
was knighted in midair. Prince Henry
of Prussia is the first professional
aviator Of royal rank. Mr.. Roosevelt
is the first prominent statesman to
have made an ascension in an aero,
plane. Arthur J. Balfour is the sec,
Ond.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
Give Fowls Free Rance.

The farm poultry utilize a great
deal of the grass that grows in the
spring and after the hay harvest, and
this is a money-making operation for
the farmer. Therefore the farmer
must give his fowls free range If he
Is to get the greatest value out of
them
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

steel cables, is hooked to the bottom
of the concrete wall and this apron of
blocks lies on the bottom of the river
for a distance of twenty feet outward.
1t Is believed this flexible apron will
keep the current from cutting in un-
der the embankment.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
The Urqent Need.

She Gathering with eyes and voice.
Arthur, dear, | find that we still
need a few things to make our little
household more serviceable.
He-What one thing, perhaps?
She-Well, for instance, we need a
new hat for me.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
BROODER IS ANIMAL PROOF
Chickens Protected Day and Night
From Various Enemies by
Use Of Iron Coop.

Chickens have many enemies and
are helpless from most of them. They
are in danger from hawks by day and
from rats and vermin at night, and
the wonder is that the mortality rate
is not higher than it is. An Illinois
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
SPOHN'S DIsTEMPER CURE will

SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE will
cure any possible case of DlSTEMPER.
PINK EYE, and the like among horses
of all ages, and prevents all others in the
scme stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper.
Any good druggist can supply you, or send
to mfrs. 80 cents and $l.00 a bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co,
Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
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VENTILATION FOR HEN HOUSE
Satisfactory Method is Shown In Illus
tration-WIre Screen Placed
In Door Panel.

Where It seems inadvisable to
change a poultry house in order to es-
tablish better ventilation, the method
shown herewith will be found satisfac-
tory, says the Orange Judd Farmer. 1t
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

should be driven into the ground sew
eral inches and a new pan wired to
the laths as shown, by boring a hole
in opposite sides of the pan through
the rim.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
STAKE DOWN DRINKING PANS
Method illustrated for Keeping Water
Vessel Upright-Wired to Two
Common Lath.

The Illustration shows an excellent
method of securing a pan of water for
fowls to drink from without having it
upset and spilled. Two new laths
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06
Important To Nlotbevs

If a girl is in love with a young man
she cant see any one else in a crowd.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

Mrs. Wins1ow's Soothing Syrup for Children
%teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c a bottle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

pisssl asvb~vs.sS
trasts an1 kiIh al
fiiss- Neat, ciean.
ornamental. CONVEX
ient. cheap. Lasfs sx
ssasoa. Can'tspiH %
tip over. will Bos SOD
or iniure anything.
eacc-
I've. OF ell Dealers ~
sent prepaid los 2Cx-
HAROLD sOnKH1
$50 De ksih ~.
BrsekIn T.
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Edith-Papa wouldn't let me marry
MIR. Stingy because he smokes such
cheap cigars.
Edward-He can't say that about
me.
Edith-No,. he says you smoke too
expensive ones.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-07-06

All mankind loves a l~over.-Emer-
son.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
Office Primping Plan Is Big Asset

n HICAGO.-"Pr Primping," a feature
" established by the corporation
counsel's Office for the benefit Of its
girl employees, promises to spread to
many other offices and institutions
throughout the country. Requests for
information on the success Of the idea
are being received daily by A. ]. Cal
laghan, chief clerk. To all Mr.. Cal
laghan replies that 1t is the greatest
thing he ever saw to make girls
pleased with their work and to in
crease their proficiency.
I'VE thought 1t a good plan to give
the girls Is minutes in the morning
and in the afternoon to arrange their
hair" said the chief clerk.
The idea was suggested by the
fact that girls stop now and then dur
ing their work to adjust their hair or
look at their nails or other points of
neatness. They use up that much
time anyway so why not make it a
regular custom.
1--WE had no idea the matter would
attract so much attention. It became
the object Of inquiry just as soon as it
got into the newspapers and ever since
we have been besieged with questions
sent by firms and corporations inter
ested in the proposition"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
State to Aid Man Manned in Service

n HAMPAIGN, ILL.-Out Of his mis-
y fortune good fortune has at last
come to Mertherol Jorgenson, former
.y employed at the dairy in the agri
cultural department of Illinois univer
sity. Because he contracted a tuber
,ular affection while working for the
state, the state legislature has appro
priated $4,000 for his care,
There is every probability that the
disease will be completely eradicated
and, although the man will be partly
disabled for life, he viii be cared for
n comfort, while he realizes his dear.
ast ambition-to be a student in the
state university.
In 1903, when scarcely full grown,
Jorgenson came to the United States
from his native Denmark. He came
% Illinois and finally got a job on the
state farm here because Of his knowl-
sdge Of dairying methods.
At that time university professors
we're experimenting upon the danger
Of transmission of tuberculosis from
cattle to human beings. Tests were
being made and cows were inoculated
with the deadly germs. The Dane
ook a great interest in these expert.
nents, but he developed a horror Of
tuberculosis.
One day five years ago he cut a wart
IF his right hand. Before the scratch
had healed he was giving a treatment
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

AIgW YORK.-The skull Of a hip
~ parion gracile, fossil horse some
what smaller than the Asiatio ass,
which lived IN the pliocene period.
1000 years ago, and which geologists
say was the ancestor OF the modern
horse. was unearthed at Park and
Duane streets by workmen excavating
for the new Brooklyn-New York sub
way loop The bones we're found AZ
sea level, % feet down, and we're bu-
ried in a stratum Of solidihed black
swamp mud The discovery Is regard
ed as unusual. since never before has
the skeleton OF an extinct member Of
the horse family been found so far
north as this state.
Father l.. J. Evers, pastor Of St. An
drew's church. who formerly was an
instructor in zoology and geology in
Notre Dame university In Indiana,
Identified the bones, fitted them to-
gether and proved they belonged to
he framework OF a hipparion which
-oamed Manhattan island long before
he day Of man.
When the skull had been fitted to-
Eether Il was seen that the animal had
Two full sets OF teeth. One set was at
he mouth opening made up Of sharp
ncisors, which the modern horse
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28
Kansas Recluse Now Lives in Luxury

walk out of the back door Of his
house (the only one he ever used)
lock it carefully behind him and meet
the visitor in the yard Only one man
living in this country is known 10
have entered the place.. NJ Colver,
formerly employed in the Office Of the
register Of deeds, who went to the
place on legal business. According to
his report Jimmie" refused to light a
lamp in the house, but as some pa
pers had TO be examined, he finally
consented to open the back door a
crack, standing guard while the ex-
animation was made
The house itself was as staunch as
a fort, built of stone one story high,
with windows and doors boarded up
The stone walls are fully two feet
thick, with an inside frame Of inch
planking. No light was ever seen
within.
Uncle Jimmie" came to America
from ireland when he was twelve years
old. In 1876 he came to Barton coun-
ty and took up a homestead and tim
Der claim. He proved up on both of
these and owned them until recently.
He had many friends throughout the
neighborhood, and his life as a recluse
did not make him silent or reserved
man. He has sold his farm, saying
he has more money now than he can
use during the balance Of his life and
has decided to retire.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

one of the first things for each Of
us 10 learn is the fact that life is not
one long dreaem Of pleasure, but a
stern discipline, and a discipline that
is so severe and so exacting for some
OF us that we become seasoned cam
0paigners long before the struggle is
over. The severe discipline, however,
affects us in different ways. To some
Of us the hard training brings also
hard feelings and the desire for retail
alton, while to others the exacting ex-
.pcriences open the springs Of their
human nature and arouse only the
tenderest sympathy. Much depends
on ones nature, Of course, and if a
man is naturally resentful it is more
than likely that he will take advan-
tage Of every opportunity to retaliate.
10 such a person time only will bring
the realization Of the folly of trying
TO ayenge past ahronts.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

n REAT BEND. KAN.-When Uncle
~ Jimmie" Cox, a little wcazencd
Irshman, who lived up in the Galitia
neighborhOod in the northwest part Of
the county, came TO Great Bend the
)ther day and purchased a ticket for a
little town in Ohio, Barton county lost
one Of its quaintest characters. For 35
years he had lived by himself on the
claim" he homesteaded in 1876. In
all that time he never took a meal off
his farm and the inside Of his house
was never seen by more than one man
The house stood desolate, without d
tree or shrub of any sort around it and
the door was always locked Visitors
always met Jimmie" in the yard, and,
though Jimmie was garrulous and
liked company outside his house he
never invited anybody inside.
Although he raised fairly good
crops it was always somewhat Of a
mystery as to how he got them plant
ed or tended. It was seldom that any
of his neighbors saw him in the field
When anybody called Jimmie would
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-07-28

and land him in the Ridgeway Jail.
The maniac. supposed 70 be a fugi'
tive from some asylum. rushed into
her house while she was preparing
dinner. and said he had received in
structions from the Almighty to kill
her and her three young children The
madman seized the woman by the
throat and. forcing her against the
wall, told her to get down on her
knees and pray. adding that he in
tended to strangle her
Mrs. Windhorst, who far years has
been a student OF hypnotiBm, looked
the maniac in the eyes and diverted
his attention. Then she told him 10
sit down in a chair near at hand. The
madman obeyed and Mrs. Windhorst
stepped outside and called across a
field to a neighbor. who called several
men, who in turn bound the maniac
and took him 10 Ridgeway.