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The evening world., 1911-09-18
YOUNG CRITIC PLEADS
FOR W0RKH0USE ZONE.
Martin Costello, Another Old Fight
err, Sent to the Island With
Him.

Martin Costello and Albert Young
Grifo. once stars OF tho fighting game.
were sent to-day to the %workhouse in
order that they might pass the winter
months safely away from cold and want.
The two prize fighters. old men and
down and out at forty-fve years of age.
pleaded guilty to the charge Of vagrancy
before Magistrate McQuade in the West
Side Court.
Both Of them told the Magistrate that
they had no homes, no place to sleep
and no incomes other than the soliciting
OF aims. Unkempt ray hair hung about
their shoulders.
sergt. Sheridan found 'Griffo" in
sirth avenue neal Forty.third street
last night and within a block picked up
Costello.
Young Friffo." once one Of the clcv.
The evening world., 1911-09-18

crest boxers in the business. has been
on the tobaggan for twelve years II
was not the ring that sent him to the
bad. His W vices knocked him out.
Costello, known during his good days
as Buffalo" Costello. fought Alex
Greggains eighty rounds to a draw be-
fore the Coney Island Athletic Club IN
Nov. ~. lSo2.
The evening world., 1911-09-18

tsxicab belonging to the Mason q
s.m.n transportation Company. No
sss West ~Fifty-seventh street. Man.
es...sn went over an e~mbankment At
.v'.sah avenue and Cropsey avenue.
na,h Reach. early to-day and was
mrscked. The chauffeur, Charles Car
m,odv' No. GO Jane street Manhattan
ia sour men, who vera lis oasssn'
FORA. escaped unin1uTsd -
The evening world., 1911-09-18
x,,,. Self over Grief and Illness.

Martin Kelly, sixty years old a
wotchman, shot and killed himself In
n furnished room at No. te seventh
venue, brooklyn, to-day, He had been
covered from the shock of the death
80 Ms wife and daughter, a few weeks
MATT about six months ago.
The evening world., 1911-09-18
,-r,ou D~fauIter Jailed.

Joseph Mcdonald. formerly secretary
~ treasurer OF local union No. s2' OF
the Paper hangers ana decorators
Union, was sentenced by Judge ware IN
brooklyn county Court To-Day 10 seise
oH.nt Of 800 in his union funds.
The evening world., 1911-09-18
RAN WHEN POLICEMAN WAS
CALLED IN HOTEL.

Il asked him what he MAS gong TO
get out OF IT," added Persitz, anu NJ
said: I hope you VIII give me so"'e'
.rhe went back to the New Grand
,Iotel and there Persitz asked the
house detective, Neal. to call an ohcer.
Hermann darted out, but Persitz caught
h,m and held him until Z policeman
%rom the West Thirtieth street station
came along. -,
admits he spoke OF the lot
,erv letter and says Persitz offered MIN
e5 to surrender II. Questioned ABOUT
the Leipzig affair. became
neryous. He was glad TO go 10 the
Tombs with Marshal Henkel' LOT ne 'au
30, aaten sincs yesterday morning, lie
haa seventy-one cents. but refused to
purchase food
The evening world., 1911-09-18
'uRE HERMANN WAS IN GER.
MAN BIAckMAll PLOT.

Persitz. who Is every inch the profes-
ronal policeman. has caused the local
police and the United States authorities
20 begin an examination OF Hermann's
past. He is sure the man was con-
nected with a notorious Matchmaking
ma In Leipzig. Germany. a couple Of
years & and served hve months IN
prison. Hermann says his home Is In
Leipzig. In the German case the black
mailers secured several thousand dollars
from the editor OF the Leipzig Zeitung.
The man is a crook" Persitz de-
clared TO Post-Oficc Inspectors Jacobs
and James This IL no. his ars: time
10 be arrested. win Sl.2o for investing
H.A in a lottery and he attempts to
make me pay $3.50. Fine business"
Persltz has a box In the General Post
ONCE. although he Is q guest at the
New Grand Hotel. He says he Is going
TO identify himself with a detective
agency and will also do some magazine
writing. Recently he received n letter
Informing him he had won some money
in the German lottery. But what inter-
@csted him most. he says. was to OBJ
serve that the envelope had been opened
and resealed.
Last Thursday Persitz says he re-
celved a letter from a man signing him
SELF Baron Won Garzoff," demanding an
appointment. There was a threat i'm
piled. Pers!tz asserts, and he paid no
atteption TO the letter, Yesterday. how
ever, he made an appointment with Her
mann and they walked down FIfth
avenue.
The evening world., 1911-09-18
PASTED BITS OF LETTER TIC
oETHER, SAYS HERMANN.

The stories OF what happened on that
walk differ as told by the two men.
Hermann says he was four years with
the German Consul-General In Chicago
and arrived in New York last June. lie
is employed as a clerk at No. 5S
broadway, he says. one day while In
tbe corridor OF the Post-Ofice he saw
a letter torn In bits. He picked up the
oieces. pasted them together de-
c,phered the letter informing Pers!tz
Of his winning.
~ knew from my connection with the
German Consul that II was Illegal TO
have lottery tickets here, and so ]
thought | would warn .ir. Persitz' said
Hermann.
Persitz believes Hermann opened his
box With "A duplicate key. During the
walk. Persitz says. Hermann represented
himself as general manage OF a detec-
tive agency. He was told that the Dep
nv Postnaster-General knew OF the
notification from the lottery. and that as
The penalty for receiving such letters
was nine months imprisonment, Persitz
was up against II. ~
'But | can fix it, Persitz declares
said. Mr.. Burns is "A gres;
friend OF the Deputy Postmaster Cen
oral and ~ latter has offered to drop
the case for $3.50"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
MONEY IN POPCORN

AS a general thing popcorn yields Il
little more than half as many bushels
as ordinary dent corn and does not
bring quite twice as much per pound
A farmer who lives in the popcorn
belt in the Mississippi valley, whose
yield of popcorn for 1910 we saw re-
ported the other day, harvested an
average of 1000 pounds per acre and
received S1.20 per hundredweight, an
average return of S4S. If it cost him
$12 an acre to produce it, and the crop
gave him a net return of $50 per acre
which is very satisfactory revenue
An advantage which growing popcorn
has over raising the common varieties
of field corn is that the former may be
planted trifie later if necessary and
ripen a couple of weeks earlier in the
TALL, thus escaping damage from frost.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
BENEFITS OF FALL FLOWING.

While spring blowing may be pref
cradle to fall blowing in some sections
where small grain follows titled crop,
the benefits of fall blowing are such
that it should be followed in far larger
measure than at present One of the
chief of these is the disintegrating and
mell0wing action of the frost, rain and
snow during the winter mOnths-a
benefit. by the way, that is too often
overlooked. A second advantage of
fall blowing not rightly valued by
those unacquainted with the habits of
many insect pests is that during the
fall and winter months the worst foes
of the farm crops = the cutworms,
white grubS, wirewormS, corn root
worms, corn ear worms and corn root
Hce-are in the dormant or pupal
stage, and blowing the ground after
they are nicely housed against the cold
weather not only covers many of them
so deep that they never come to light
but exposes others so that they fall
victims to their bird enemies or die
from exposure to the cold Moreover,
If the land is fall plowed it is possible
to work it With the disk much earlier
the next spriIS. which will sprout and
kill myriadS OF weeds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
Country School
books
Taken Down a Pea.

While one thing essential to a cul-
tured lawyer is thorough knowledge
of Latin, it is not necessary, said a
judge, that he should parade his CLASH
cal knowledge, for he might be "taken
down a peg" as was the young lawyer
who displayed his learning before an
Arkansas jury. His opponent replied:
"Gentlemen of the jury, the young law
yer who just addressed you has roam
ed with Romulus, canted with Can
tharides, ripped with Euripides, socked
with Socrates, but what does he know
about the laws of Arkansas? '-Case
and Comment,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
High School
books
Not a Contortionist.

A merchant died, leaving to his only
son the conduct Of his extensive bust
ness, and great doubt was expressed
in some quarters whether the young
man possessed the ability to carry out
the fathers policies.
"Well," said one kindly disposed
friend, ''for my part l think Henry is
very bright and capable. I'm sure he
will succeed"
perhaps you're right" said another
friend. Henry is undoubtedly a
clever fellow; but, take it from me, old
man, he hasn't got the head to fill his
fathers shoes"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
Between Two Fires.

"The fads of sovereigns with their
royal etiquette were frequently carried
to such lengths" says Fl. T. Dyer in
royalty In All Ages" "as to make
martyrs Of them. What can be more
ludicrous than the following: The pal
ace was on fire. A soldier who knew
the kings sister was in her apartment
and must inevitably have been con-
Sumed in a few minutes by the flames
rushed in at the risk Of his life and
brought her out. But Spanish etiquette
was woefully broken, and the loyal SOL
der was brought to trial and condemn
ed to death. The Spanish princess,
however, in consideration Of the cir
cumstance, condescended to pardon the
soldier and saved his life"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
A HELP In The HOUSE.

Many Woodworking housewife
could ease her labors greatly, as well
rs save the cost Of ice and the fuel
used in melting it, did she understand
a little more about the cleansing OF
hard water. 1t is true that the job can
be done after fashion with washing
powders, but much more satisfactory
results are had by using one Of the
several brands Of pure concentrated
Iye. Well water varies in hardness
that IS, in the amount Of lime it con-
tainS-from nearly soft to very hard,
and the only way to find out how hard
it is and how much I've will be re
Quired to cleanse or soften q given
amount of it is by doing little expert
menting. The way the water acts with
soap gives a good general idea. A level
spoonful of powdered I've dissolved in
a little warm water and stirred in will
cleanse six pals Of quite hard water.
Should the water be softer a half
level tablespoonful Of I've may be tried
on the same amount Of water. If after
the lime precipitate has thoroughly
settled an application of soap to lit
tie of the cleansed water imparts
milky color, this is evidence that not
quite enough I've has been added.
When the amount of I've required for
cleansing Il given amount of water has
been determined, future testing of the
water will not be necessary, rs the
water will usually continue quite uni
form in the amount of lime it contains.
The water will cleanse the more rap
idly if it is warmed slightly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
A SENSIBLE SUGGESTION.

. Farm, Stock and Home makes a
suggestion in a recent issue that has
much to commend it to taxpayers
and legislators in a number of states.
The suggestion had in view taking
money received from the sale of state
lands and reinVeSting it in the devel-
Oping Of these lands, particularly along
the line of clearing and making ready
for tllage n certain portion of every
tract sold and also the building of
roads to lands opened up so as to
make them accessible to market and
in the end when the work was done
adding the cost of the improvements
to the value of the land in distributed
payments and in the case Of the roads
bonding the township for period of
years to meet the last of the improve
ments. 1t was pointed out that one of
the chief advantages in this plan would
be due to the fact that the real settler,
instead Of having to borrow private
capital at or 10 per cent, could in the
manner outlined have the use of state
funds at not more than per cent,
while the fact that a good share of the
tedious work of grubbing the land
which would be done in advance would
tend to encourage settlement. Cap
tious critics may say that such a plan
SmackS of paternaliSm or possibly So
cialiSm. but it is sound and sensible
Notwithstanding, as it has in view Civ
ing aid to Il large number who need
mid
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26
The Other Side of It.

"Wake up, GULL" said the burglar,
shaking the men by the shoulder
The man wakes up and jumps up.
"Wha-what do you wa-want?" he
asks.
II went troo dis house las week an
got $40 an a bum gold watch" ex-
planned the burglar, "an' de papers
said dat you said your loss was 500
an joolry to de amount O. five or six
hundred"
"Ye-yes."
"Well, make good, sport. Me pard-
ner dat was watchin' on de outside
made me cough up de difference be-
tween what | got an what you said I
got. Now, you got to make good. You
can't beat me dat way."-Judge's Lii
brary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

AS rule it is not a commendar4a
policy to select breeding fowls or ami
mails from among those which have
been sold as culls at prevailing mar
ket prices. Occasionally an individual
of some merit may be secured, but the
risk is too great to make the expert
ment worth while.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

II the strawberry bed has not vet
been covered and shredded corn fod-
der can be had there is no better ma
terial which can be used. An advan-
most other litter is that it is free
from weed seeds. The plants are
usually injured, if at all, in the thaw
ing and freezing weather Of the late
winter, SO the covering should not be
put on soon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

AS a general thing the farmers who
are induced to go into the business of
growing sugar beets fall short from
six to ten tons per acre of getting the
yield which the promoters of the sug-
ar factory led them to expect. The
land is either too thin, too dry, too wet
or too low and never just right.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

We ran across a fellow the other
day who had become involved in sew
eral troubles with his neighbors and
borhood had not the fellow he hated
the worst been the one who was most
anxious to buy his place. This was
too much for his Yankee makeup, and
he still sticks it out.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

Proper cooking will not make a
roast from a siXteen~year-old farrow
COW as toothsome as cut from two
year-old Angus steer, but it is an i'm
portant factor in the preparation of
meats for the table, whether poor or
good. To get the most out of a roast
it should be put into piping hot oven.
This sears the outside and retains the
juices, which would stew out with a
slow fire. To have a roast properly
done-pink in the middle-it should be
cooked fifteen minutes for every pound
1t weighs. This will make the outside
cuts thoroughly done and the others
just right for those who like rarer
cuts. ~
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

It is the experience Of a good many
that colds are more often contracted
through the wearing of too thick I'M
derclothing and cooling suddenly
while in a perspiration than from
wearing undergarments that are too
thin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

That good deal of York state land
comes a long way from being petered
out and useless is plainly shown in a
little item which we saw in the Dan
vile On. W Breeze not long since. 1t
told of farmer near that place who
the past season raised forty acres of
red kidney beans, which crossed him
a tri1e more than 500 per acre. Be
ing leguminous crop, these beans did
not rob the soil, as would have been
the case with grain, potatoes, cabbage
or onions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

While it is better to have quietness
prevail in the dairy barn. whistling or
singing does not seem to disturb the
COWS, whereas a curse or rough word
will arouse them greatly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

Timothy hay is pretty expensive bed
ding when it will sell at from $14 to
500 per ton, and yet there is lot of
of being used in this way because of
too generous feeding when oat straw
would answer just as we'll and cost
but one-fourth as much. The waste
in this one item where eight or ten
horses are kept would offset the wage
of hired man at $24 per month. It's
a leak that ought to be plugged up.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

If corn forms a part Of the winter
poultry ration it is a good idea to feed
it the last thing before the fowls go
to roost, heated or parched little so
that it will be warm when eaten.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

The writer has been having a grippy
cold of late, which leads him to ex-
not afflicted in the same way. We are
mighty sorry for them if they are.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

A lady friend who has a crimson
rambler of remarkable size and thrift
has done nothing more along the line
of covering it during the past few
cellar door. This kept it from thaw-
ing and freezing, which is the impor-
tant thing to guard against in winter
covering of outside plants and shrubs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

In buying land anywhere it is a
sensible plan to get an opinion as to
the worth Of it from some person who
is not financially interested in the sale
Of it or who does not own piece of
land in the same neighborhood that
he is anxious to find buyer for So
simple precaution as this in the mat
ter of land buying would save many
a purchaser bitter disappointment and
financial loss.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

Some one has hit upon the simple
plan Of lacking pieces Of an old rub
Der boot to the bottoms of the steplad-
der legs to Keep from sliding in slip
perry places.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

A pretty good resolution to carry
out in this new year is to walk on the
sunshiny side of the road. If there is
no sunshine on either side it will be a
thoughtful thing to scatter bit in the
shape of CHEEKY word or friendly
act. There is enough shadow at best
without staying in it needlessly or
doing anything that will tend to in
crease it's volume.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

There is really no economy in feed
ing a ration that is spoiled, musty Or
filthy to any of the farm fowls or ami
mails. 1t may seem the part of thrift
at the time, but in the end the prac-
tice is pretty sure to result in more
harm than good.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

While a horse will not long remem-
Der a blow on the rump, it takes a long
time for him to forget a blow on the
head. An intelligent, high lifed ami
NAL which the writer bought last
spring had been handled in the latter
fashion evidently. and it was only
after months of gentle handling that
he would not lift his head with a start
when we went into the stall. The fell
low who hit this horse with a club OF
whip, or what not. did in a couple OF
seconds what it took more than twice
as many months to undo. In fact, the
harm he did will probably never be
fully done away.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

Many a sprained wrist, dislocated
hip or broken limb might be averted
were the precaution taken to scatter
few ashes on the slippery portions of
the steps and walks at the back Of the
house. Now and then the front steps
need an application too.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

While the manure from an average
dairy cow is worth from $1S to $50 a
year, provided the manure is used so
as to realize it's maximum value, this
fact should not encourage any dairy
man in the keeping of animals which
are little more than manure depOSi-
tors. Better by all odds get cows which
will make just as much fertilizer and
at the same time give a return in milk
and cream which will leave a good
margin of profit on hand after their
feed bill has been paid.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

While the curfew law has much to
commend it from the Standpoint of
practical results, it is a woefully made
quate community substitute for indi
vidual parental interest, solicitude
and responsibility. Parents who care
continental for their children-boys
or girls-will keep them from gadding
the streets at night, and they will not
need a town bell or gong to remind
them Of their duty. Parents who
haven't cared a continental would
better turn over a new leaf and try to
give their homes sufficient interest so
that their children will prefer to stay
at home rather than spend their time
elsewhere.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

Some time ago the director of the
poultry department at Cornell univer
sity found he could cure hens of the
egg eating habit by feeding them three
ounces Of beef suet after the first of
Tense and eight ounces after the sec
ond. The treatment is said to have
been entirely effective.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

Where it is available and will not
melt off before spring snow makes an
excellent banking or covering mate
rial. This was proved to the writer's
entire satisfaction some three years
ago when a pile of snow drifted deep
on a bed of tender tea roses. 1t re-
manned until spring, when an inspec
ton showed that the majority had
survived the winter, and this notwith-
standing the fact that the winter tenn
peratures in which the writer then
lived often reached 20 and 80 degrees
below zero.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

All too rarely does the hog raiser
appreciate the full benefit of using
brood sows up to the age Of six or
seven years provided they are pro
ducers of good sized litters of healthy
pigs. 1t is little wonder that pigs lack
in vitality when they are the offspring
of generation after generation of sows
that are less than a year old at the
time Of narrowing. The advantage of
the mature SOW over the immature is
that she has larger per cent of her
sum total vitality and nourishment to
give to her young both before and aft
err narrowing
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-26

AS the silo comes more and more
into use in the corn belt primarily for
the purpose of providing succulent
ration for the dairy cows an increased
interest is being taken in the use of
silage as a fattening ration for feed
ing animals. particularly beeves. If
good clover or alfalfa hay is available
it will serve to balance the silage
and corn which are fed. If not to be
had the protein element should be pro-
vided in the shape of oil or cottonseed
meal. which should be gradually in
creased in amount until a mature ami
NAL is getting about two and half
pounds per day. Silage fed steers
fetch just as much as dry fed animals
Notwithstanding the claim sometimes
made that their flesh is not quite so
firm.