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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-04
TELLS HIM WHO STOLE CHICKS


rect and ons IL Arrested.
M~iadletewn, Y " Feb. IA re-
markabIe case CT the apprehension of
thieves through information furnished
By a c~lairvoyant Developed at New
Hampton when mi man was arrested
and two others wanted disappeared.
Thirty chickens were -.c.. 5a
bert Knapp a few nights ago. All
efforts to get on the track of the
thieves failed until Mr.. Knapp con
suited q c~lairvogant In this city.
Following the directions or the clair
voyant~he wore out a search warrant
and searched the home Of Wilbur
Gray. a neighbor. and found some Of
the chickens IN the cellar. Gray had
Disappeared, however. Knapp, atm
following the ciairvoyants instrue-
ions, had asotheg neighbor, Charles
Morse. arrested. and the latter cos.
tossed
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-04

home here He was seventy-eight
years old. AS a missionary in the
Hawaiian islands Mr.. Cover came
Into prominence nearly half a century
g and aided muchsin advancing the
interests Of Its people. He Is survived
by a widow and three daughters
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-04
TARIFF TREATY
CAUSES SPLIT
Taft's Reciprocity Agreement
With Canada the Cause.
BY ARTHUR ". DUNN.

E
Washington. Feb. = tspeclai.l =
President Taft could not nave thrown
into congress anything ma. wouia
nave caused qui'e 80 ~snss,4
n n.ss c-aaxs etard na+ r.
.suansn 1850 ,nsuraant ID.
s,r.Sas ~ narnocrats
M san,a Z. !. ~. 49, ~. go.
w. ~ ras1 t-,e,,s.
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was an nn.ns4N 80 -, asth.st
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asls.
ihen there ~ an eic1,el. - sonsle0
Wnicn uoes ny. nAo "
1--WE uepaflnien1 MaNo
Z 70 congress- 70 DO laun ..
~ 10 prooapie ma. 'nc oanau.an
agreenent weakeneu ivy ~. pe,
the tarin coniiuisSion anu
N..s ~~sa.as a,rcv.nt r..sors
sa,aa - tan,nr arrsr tho,r -nrotection
"a ~har. a. sra-d;ng ] hottsr mar
ras 1rs+ hacarss dsfrsrant sections
800 ha~r.oa Qua o+hara he,aatad tha
80. -. hoar rnoSa ths+ tha sera -
suits would follow revision by a COM
mission or BY a schedule at a time
1900 - a~naota anu cotton
to be taken on the Canadian agree
ment at this session.
Ns'o
"nen Tue proposllol Aol tne e,eI.lou
q ssna.ors ~ uliess sole zane 49,
tne sonate tneto was eFeiy luu..on
two.thirda vets and might he sneedi,v
passed. Then the Negro issue was
raised.
Senators opposed to the amendment,
or parts of It. pofnted ont that one pro-
vision In the resolution was a tacit
acouiescence In the repeal OF the four
Iteenth and fifteenth amendments to
the constitution. which were adopted
to Insure Negroes the privileges Of vot-.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-04

New Haven, Conn, Feb. Merritt
Melville Cover, mentioned at one time
tor governor Of Hawaii, later the
nominee Of the Prohibition party for
governor at Connecticut, and father
m.law OF Nine. Lillian Nordica, the
rand opera singer. Is dead at his
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
Wonderful Amino lculas,

OF all the minute creatures that In.
habit this globe unseen by the naked
eye there is none so astonishing, ac-
cording to the Scientific American, az
the little living things that live IN
stagnant water They are called slip
per animalculae, or. as the scientist
has it, the paramecium. These tiny,
Invisible things develop so rapidly that
If they were able to live through $50
generations they would crowd every
other living thing on the face Of the
earth and form mass larger than the
planet itself. Should tney 90 on re-
producing until the nine hundredth
generation these little creatures would
form a mass large enough to crowd
the moon and stars and even the sun
entirely out Of space Luckily for rs
this Il not possible according to ma
lures decree The paramecium dies
after 1t has attaiuedt the one hundred
and seyenfiefs generation. and 50 the
awful possibilities are checked a IL
multiplying to an the universe.
=
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
Smuggling In Italy.

In no other country are the laws
against smuggling so severe as in It.
ally All the customs officials on the
Swiss frontier are armed with car
bines. and they are authorized to shoot
any smuggler who seeks to evade
them. ANY peasant caught with even
one pound of contraband tobacco Is
sure of two years Imprisonment, be
sides ruinous fine. Still, many are
found to run the risk, for the profits
attached to smuggling are great. A
knapsack full Of tobacco. cigars or
salt safely landed yields small for
tune to the bearer. so heavy are the
Italian taxes upon these. The GUS
tom house officers cannot guard every
point at once. and their movements
are closely watched and reported by
the people. who are all in league
against thenu.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25


In order to avert the most serious
thing Of having a child take the wrong
medicine. mothers should adhere to the
Following rules:
Never give medicine in the dark.
Always read the label on the bottle.
Never go by the color of the medi-
cine
When the bottle is reflled see that
the label reads clear.
Keep 4poisons locked up.
Keep all bottles locked up In draw
er or medicine chest.
Mistakes of giving children carboIic
acid and such like poisons in the night
time make lit imperative that mothers
study and adhere to these rules. for
sometimes such fnadvertent mistakes
bring about terrible conclusions. Gin
cfnnati Commercial Tribune
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
County Corn Contests.

The college of agriculture of the
State university has been interesting
the county superintendent of schools
and others in organizing county corn
contests for the boys and girls. The
college of agriculture sends out some
first class seed and directions to each
contestant and the local organization
offers liberal premiums for the best
exhibits to be made at county show
to be held next fall.
For several years three or four
counties have been holding these CON
tests, but this year fourteen counties
have already sent in the names Oh
1900 members. The counties organ
4ed and the number of members en-
rolled in each are as follows: Brax-
TOM 165; Gflmer, so; Greenbrier, 800;
Hardy, 80; Harrison, 125; Lewis, $50;
Monongalia. IS; Monroe, 100; Niehoa-
as, 210; Pocahontas, 20; Preston, $50;
Putnam, so; Tyler, 40, and Wetzel. 800.
With the teaching of agriculture re
quired in the schools these contests
form fitting supplement to the work
Of the school room, giving the boys
and girls an incentive to study the
fundamental principles of agriculture
at first hand and arousing their inter
est in better corn and more per acre.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
SPRAYING
PEACHES
FOR BROWN ROT, SCAB
AID CURcULIO
BY E. Dwight sanderson,
Dean College of Agriculture.
West Virginia University.

Farmers bulletin No 440, just is
sued by the United States department
of agriculture, gives an account OF ex-
periments made by Professors Scott
and Quaintance in Georgia and West
Virginia in spraying peaches with sell
boiled lime-sulphur mixture for the
control of the brown rot and scab,
with the arsenate of lead for the cur
culio. As result in their work in
Georgia an orchard where the I'M
sprayed fruit had SO per cent affected
with the brown rot, SO per cent al
fected with scab; and 971z per cent In
jured by curculio, that which had been
sprayed showed only Az per cent IN
jured by brown rot, 61z per cent in
jured by scab and 2711s per cent injured
by curculio, or practical elimination Of
the injury of the diseases and control
Of over two-thirds of the injury by the
curculio. In the orchard Of L. P,
Miller & Bros at Okonoko, w. Va,
experiments were made on alberta,
6alway and Bilyeu peaches. Two
sprayings with self-boiled hme-sulphur,
with arsenate, of lead added to the
first spraying, reduced the amount OF
injury to fruit by scab, soN that In
stead of practically all being scabby
as on the unsprayed trees only 20 per
cent was affected and only per cent
was badly affected The same spray
ing reduced the rot in the Sa way
variety from 81 per cent to about z
per cent.
The results of several years ex
periments reported in this bulletin
show that these serious enemies o.
profitable peach growing may be prae
tically controlled by two or three
sprayings. Every peach grower who
has not received the bulletin should
at once write to his congressman OF
to the department of agriculture
Washington, d. c., for copy, as It Is
sent free to all applicants. The bull
letin gives full directions for making
and applying the self-boiled linc
sulphur, which are exceedingly simple
but space does not permit their. quota
ton here.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
ToLsToY WANTED BLOOD.
His Quarrel With Turseneff and1 the
Reconciliation That Followed.

Raymond Recouly in the Paris FL
CARO- gives the following account of
an early encounter between 1'olstoy
and Turgeneff, which shows the Rus
sian sage In different frame Of mind
from the one in which the world has
since come to know him:
1T was on the estate of his friend,
the poet Fet, near Yasnaya. Turgeneff
was among the invited guests. The
who was being reared in France.
Turgeneffs spoke highly of his Eng
lish governess with truly British
.exactitude," he said, "she requested
me to Ak the sum which my daughter
might spend for charity. And now
she teaches her pupil to mend the
ragged clothes of the poor"
"And you consider that good
thing?" asked Tolstoy., a
Certainly" replied the other. at
brings the benefactor into direct con
tact with the persons whom he is
helping" 7=4=
ION my part, think that well
dressed child who handles dirty and
Ill smelling rags is playing hypo-
critical and theatrical farce.
II must ask you not to speak In
this way" exclaimed Turgeneff. with
menacing looks.
"Why should not say what l am
convinced is the truth p remarked
Tolstoy.
You think. then, that am educat-.
ing my daughter badly" and, while
Fet was interceding, IF you will talk
In that way | shall box your ears"
Then he left the room. begging his
hosts to pardon his abrupt departure.
Tolstoy also went At the neighbour
ing station he wrote to Turgeneff de-
manding an apology. He ordered PTS
duel Turgeneff's answer. very digni-
fed, brought the apology demanded
by Tolstoy. He closed by saying that
he thought 1t best that two men with
such opposite tempers should hence
forth break off all relations. Tolstoy.
carried away by his anger ut was in
1861, declined to be satisfied with
BuCn an answer. I1c IGIt Lldl Ilu
been grayely offended He demanded
reparation by arms. He therefore re
peated his proyocations, His friend
Fet, who attempted to pacify him.
succeeded oply in drawing from him
this vigorous reply: Il beg of you
henceforfh not to write to me any
more. shall return your letters I'm
opened. the same as i do with Turge-
neff,s." After these occurrences Turge
neff returned to France. where he
passed the greater part of his time
Some months later, on reelection. Tol
stoy regretted his violence. Seized
with remorse, he sent Turgeneff let
/ ter asking his pardon. ~ find it ex-
ceedingly painful" he wrote, ito
think that have made an enemy Of
you"
Turgeneff forgave. as one may Inn
! agine, but the complete and defnitive
reconciliation took place much later.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
The Screen Flash Il sun..t.

A correspondent writes that during
the course Of voyage when midway
between Marseilles and the strait of
Bonifacio green flash" was seen at
sunset. The sky was perfectly clear
after a cloudless day. with little wind.
As the sun approached the horizon the
line 'twixt sea and sky for about forty
eve degrees each side of the sun be-
came suffused with q rich duh rose
pink. and the waves reflected a mar
velous ruby shade on their surfaces
facing the sunset. while the other
faces were an opalescent blue or green
from the upper sky. The two colors
flashed and changed In marvellous
way. Such intensity Of coloring had
never been seen by those on board.
The sun set clean into the sea. and
about ten Tor less, seconds after It had
disappeared bright green single dash,
Just Ike . railway signal lamp. but
Drightar far. met our view ana ~
warded Ouf watching f6t It n0ne
lTeieor01c6 ic1I lFSe11ile
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
TO HAVE NEW QUARTERS,

Although the State university was
unsuccessful in securing a new agri.
cultural building from the recent legiS'
lature the state board of control and
hoard of regents have started repairs
In Martin hall so that the college OF
agriculture may have all the room
possible Practically all Of the base
ment and first floor of Martin hail
will be devoted to the college of agrl.
culture, giving fully double the space
previously occupied On the first fiooF
a large laboratory for the study Of
farm crops and soil physics is being
reflnished and will be newly equipped
and three more Offices and recitation
rooms will be made available for work
In farm crops. animal husbandry,
dairying and forestry.
With the improvements the college
of agriculture will be able to give
thorough instruction in modern agri
culture as far as class room and labor
atory equipment are concerned.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
FELT SORRY FOR HIS MULE.
But That Was Before the Grizzly Made
His Attack. .ss'es.ss

But nat was 6efof0 the 6rlzzly Mduea
His Attack. sss'A.s.,4 s
In a "trip over the Sierra Nevadas a
Californian took with him not only, his
favorite horse but a mule named Billy.
Billy was large iron gray mule of the
pack variety and had more than once
made the trip.
On the second day in the mountains
the owner tethered Billy to tree. al
-Iowips tim about twenty feet range
whr y !'se was good feed, and then
took II seat OH fallen tree not far
away to cat his own lunch. He had
finished his peal and was half doing
when suddenly the mule reared and
snorted loudly His owner sprang to
his feet and looked about
Not ten feet off stood a huge grizzly
bear. evidently with designs on the
owner Of the mule. That individual
rushed for the nearest tree and made
good time In climbing It. He was safe
for the nonce. but how about Billy?
How could the tethered mule defend
himself?
To his owners surprise Billy dropped
his head after moment and resumed
feeding as II obIivious of the grizzly's
proximity AS for the bear, he stood
still for several minutes, his eyes wan
dering from the man in the tree to
Billy. The mules composed demeanor
evidently puzzled him.
DIV onI l,xy fho rrv.i10lu ,,tod -, Ixn
a circuit of the tree to which the mule
was tethered Billy continued to nib.
bic grass, bot kept an eye on the enc
my's movements. The bear emitted a
series of deep growls, then opened his
great mouth and disclosed two rows Of
ugly teeth.
Slowly the great creature advanced
upon the mule. Billy still continued
to Craze. his back toward the bear
Nearer came the grizzly and still near
er. The mule stopped feeding From
his perch the Californian watched the
scene with hreathless interest He felt
sorry for his mule
Finally the bear stopped, rose on his
hind quarters and prepared to strike.
At that moment the mule, at whose
stupidity his owner had wondered.
sprang forward, and the grizzly's paws
struck empty air.
Then the man In the tree saw gray
form double itself into ball and
bound upward. 1t was the mules
turn. Out Of that ball few two iron
shod hoofs. which shot back and forth
with the regularity of piston rods. with
q thump. thump, thump, against the
body Of the grizzly. which was com
pletely off its guard.
He was hit all over-on his head, on
his shoulder. on his side. on his back
by those pile driving hind feet. He
fell In one direction, then in another.
seeming utterly incapable Of getting
away, and when Billy stopped kicking
the breath of life was gone from the
bears body.
The mule had not.sa hair harmed,
apparently, and after resting a. bit re-
turned quietly to his feeding Chicago
Record Herald
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
Iubereulss. Movement Increased 100 Per Cent.
Directory AssDes. Engaged in conupton Fight

published Directory
April
I'm
700 in the last years.
Directory
schools; 90 hospitals
legislation
United
the anti tuberculosis has increased 1904
following table
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25

Mr.. ]. H. Hale who grows fruit from
New England to Florida, sprays extensi-
vely with Lime-Sulphur against the San
Jose and other scale insects and says
1t cleans up the trees" Not only is 1t
sure t;eath to scales but is also good
fungicide killing disease spores, MOSES,
etc, and smoothing up the bark.
The demand for Sulphur has
grown so rapidly and competition has
become SO great as to drive some manu-
facturers to cheaper. their product, while
others produce a richer article, feeling
that the highest quality is really the
cheapest. Those who buy the best.
quality spray but once in a season; those
who buy lower grades often have to spray
twice, but they choose the higher grade
the second time.
The #Bowker Insecticide Co., whose
new plant at Baltimore is completed, is
one OF the Oldest manufacturers of
spraying materials and make the highest
grade Lime-Sulphur. We advise every
one who grows fruit to write the Bowker
Insecticde Co., Equitable Bldg, Ba1ti-
more, stating how.many trees and what
kinds are to be sprayed and asking the.
advice of the Company's experts, for
which no charge is made. They send
interesting literature free on request.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
OLD ENGLISH HOUSES.
In the Days Of Wooden Huts, Thatched
Roofs and Clay Floors.

In the Days Of Wooden Huts, Thatched
Roofs and Clay Floors.
The habitations of English common
people for centuries consisted of a
wooden hut of one room, with the fire
built in the center, To this hut, If a
man increased in family and wealth,
lean-to was added and later another
and another. The roofs were Of thatch.
the beds Of loose straw or straw beds
with holsters of the same laid on the
floor or perhaps eventually shut in by
q shelf and ledge like the berths of a
ship or by small closet.
The Saxon thane or knight built
a more pretentious hail." large open
room like the Roman atrium with
lofty roof matched OF covered with
states or wooden shingles. In the CEN
ter of the hard clay door burned great
fires of dry wood whose thin acrid
smoke escaped from openings in the
roof, above the hearth or by the doors.
windows and openings under the caves
of the thatch.
BY day the "hearthsmen" and Wis
itors when not working or lighting sat
on long benches on either side of the
IRE and, as John Hay puts it, calmly
drinked and jawed'' or, gathering at
long boards placed gu trestles, regal
ed themselves on some sort of porridge
with fish and milk or meat and ale,
AT night straw or PUSHES spread oil
the floor formed beds for the entire
company In the earlier and ruder days.
when the "baser sort" were glad to
share their straw with the cows
Charles Wiaslow Hall in National
Magazine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
More Cows Needed.

Before even seriously considering
the possibility of establishing cream,
cry the men interested ought to know
that there are enough cows within a
reasonable distance to supply the
creamery with milk or cream or that
the farmers of the adjacent country
will buy the COWS. A creamery can
not succeed without milk, and milk
cannot be had without cows-hundreds
of them.
Farmers who are considering the or.
Ganization of creamery ought to con
suit either the division of the depart:
ment of agriculture at Washington
or the dairy department of West Viz.
ginia. Either will advise them against
the creamery when the situation does
not Warrant a creamery and will help
with advice and instruction after the
creamery is established
West Virginia Needs creameries.
Let it be emphasized that West Wiz
sinia needs creameries; that there are
many places in the state where cream
cries can be made to succeed as bust
ness ventures and as promoters OF
better farming, and that there are
more places where only the foolish
and the misguided will attempt to es'
tablish creameries. The college OF
agriculture is ready to furnish expert
information to those who are consider
Ding and who may be in doubt.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
For Sale.
A small frame dwelling on West /
Liberty Street. Apply to.
MRS. W. w. b. GALLAHER.
The Eussy Men.

It's the fussy men that we want to
talk to to-day. It's the fellows who
have some ideas Of their own about the
way clothes sbou fit and how they
should be styled. sse 80
There must be quite number Of
men hereabouts who keep their toes
right up to Fashions line all the time.
These are the men we want to men.
ton ssGriffon Clothes" to- These are
the men who. when they see these
clothes. win acknowledge their style
superiority. their tailoring excellence
and their value.
It's natutal for : man to doubt, but
We are right here. Make Us prove our
assertions.
.HslfEon Clothes" are Al wool.
Wl. KAHN.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
Now Professor Of Farm Crops.

Morgantown, w. Va.-At the recent
meeting of the board of regents at
Parkersburg Mr.. l. S. Cook, Jr., OF
Chillicothe, O., was elected associate
professor of agronomy and has now
taken up his work at the university.
Professor Cook is a graduate of the
Ohio State university. class 1906 Dur
ing his senior year he acted as stu
dent assistant in soil physics and the
next two winters after graduation he
served as assistant in farm crops at
Ohio State university. In 1909-10 he
was one of the instructors in farm
crops at the agricultural extension
schools in Ohio. For the last few
years Professor Cook has managed his
fathers l ,100-acre farm at Chillicothe,
raising 200 to 800 acres Of corn, breed
ing short horn cattle and Percheron
horses and carrying on numerous ex-
periments with farm crops for the
Ohio agricultural experiment station.
Professor Cook was one of the
Judges at the national corn exposition
at Omaha and is chairman of the COM
mittee on improvement of corn OF the
Ohio Corn Improvement association.
which has done so much in Ohio dur
ing the last three years to improve
the quality and quantity of corn in
that state. Professor Cook is already
known to a number of our farmers by
having been Instructor in the farmers
short course here in January and by
having assisted Dean Sanderson in a
number of corn meetings in various
parts of the state in April. ,s......
Professor Cook will devote a con,
siderable share of his time to giving
instruction in extension schools and in
e,ping different local organizations to
make cooperative variety tests of
corn and in similar extension work.
of great value to West Virginia farmers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25

ITO whom 10 you wish to make
your benefit certificate payabieY' asked
the officer Of the fraternai order.
10 my sweetheart" said the candi-
date for initiation.
According to the laws Of our order
you'l have 10 marry her frs"
Say. hold mp this initiation about
efteen minutes and IN 50 and attend
e that - okaae spohesnan- RssisW!
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25
FIRE INSURANCE
ON YOUR
FURNITURE.


Should be very essential to any
well regulated home. Few know
how cheap this kind of insurance
is, otherwise thereswould be more
policy holders. We employ this
method to let you know that this
agency will write you policy COW
ering your household goods, &c,
at al nost One Cent per day average
cost, depending upon the amount
carrie Do you think it pays you
to be without this BIG PROTEC-
TON for such a small outlay
Think it over-But don't take too
long a time-you know about the
Stitch. = For further particulars
3 see
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-05-25

First Sport Dickson is a wonderful.
financier
Second Sport How?
First Sport He borrowed a nickel.
from me this morning to take him up.
town to see q man that he could Dor
row IS from. and with thai IS be blew
on another man that he borrowed so
fl1In