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The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
FAIES FATAL TREAD
Tragedy Which Has Followed the
ParneII Family.
Irish Leader Only One Of Several Of
His House Whose Lights
Went Out In Storm
and Sorrow.

Dublin, lreland.-Whateve may be
the fate of Irelands struggle for au
/ tOnomy, whether it is to 90 on an,
other century through strife and
| tragedy, or end within the present
! generation in triumph and glory, the
name Of the great leader who de
tached the Irish people from revoIu-
tionary methods and moOred them to
constitutional agitation as the surest
method OF regaining their rights, will
ever be held in reverence.
1t was the fate of Charles Stewart
Parnell to die too sOon-before the
seeds he had sown began to bear their
full fruitiOn; and in the pathetic clos
ing Of his career there is a reflection
OF the fate that has enCOmpassed the
history Of the family Of the Parnels
and envelOped 1t with tragic interest.
The greatness Of the family seemed
to have reached its zenith in the
splendid career Of Charles Stewart
Parnell when cloud, black and i'm.
penetrable, encOmpassed its fortunes
and overwhelmed 1t with gloom and
disaster.
1t became known as doomed
house" and. in spite of or because OF
the exceptional talents Of its gifted
members, events, startling in their
tragical occurrence, swiftly showed
that the epithet was prophetically
true.
Parnell was named after his mater.
nal grandfather, Rear Admiral |
Charles Stewart, who had served 70 |
years in the United States navy. had |
risen from cabin boy to the command |
0f the famous Constitution in her
days and who was to be ever
known as "Old Ironsides."
seems to have been true that, in
'arneiIs case, coming events cast
heir shadows before Sufficient unto
himself, taciturn and unapproachable,
le was feared rather than loved by
lis colleagues in the Irish party who
cad future tragedies in that pale
earded face with the wonderful eyes.
The Menace to Europe" alienated
rom the people for whom he had
one so much and from his former
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
Good ROADS
8 FARM NOTES

Filo the Crosscut saw yourself; you
viii thus soon save enough to buy a
new saw
Good seed good cultivation, good
common sense are q pretty good com.
binaJIou if good crops are desired
There are many methods Of storing
seed corn, but IN all cases tho place Of
storing must be dry and well yont.
lated
The terminating power Of tho mid
die kernels OF au ear Of corn ls much
stronger than that Of the tip and butt
Kernels
Experts Of the department of agrl.
culture advocate the use Of lime IN a
limited and experimental way IN cy
cry locality
80 matter whether tho corn IN
bought or saved from your own farm
Il should be- stored In dry wellycn
tilutCd place
After growing a crop Of corn, the
soil iB always IN excellent form tt
absorb and retain the autumn rain,
and winter SHOWS.
Alfalfa does not attain maturity un
M the third or fourth year; therefore
do not sow II expecting TO get III,
best results IN less time
Corn treated with u dressing o
plnslor and ashes viii soon show b,
the strong growth ana the dark colo
Of the leaf the otfoct Of the dressing
Koop wide paths shoyclod to ever,
oulbuldlng Help to open the road
when hya,, snoHs drift them, whetu
ar you are called out by the path
master or not
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
Mountaln In the Sky.

Probably few persons are aware that
somewhere, many miles away from
this earth, Ru enormous mountain
twenty mlea high Is nying through
space. This Uountaln IL known as.
Economically og the planet Eros Tho
ordinary man has long taken II for
granted that all tho planets are more
or less round IN shape The small
planet Eros, however, is m exception
10 this rulo, According to the latest
Astronomical information It Ia n mere
mountain In space without form and
void" and ma It turns upon its axis
Aret ono cornrr and then another In
presented TO view These small
worlds (iow nro over ten or twenty
miles acrossl are not large enough 70
have sufficient gravity to draw their
structure into symmetry and reUaln
as when launched into space nam.
moth motoorltcB A iantnlIzlng fact
for Astronomer " that Eros passod
close TO us about Jan "a, boloro
the planet wNa recognized and that
quite 40 near m approach Ia not due
again till 1875
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
Build the Ice House Now.

Now is the time to build the ice
house, 1t may seem Ike a thaukless
job this cold weather, but next July
you and your wife will feel amply re-.
paid Tor all trouble and expense ten
times over Any northern farmer can
have, during the hottest days OF the
summer, cool milk, firm butter cold
lemonade and she'bets and ices
things which are commonly associated
with the Injuries Of the city but that
some day will be regarded as neces.
sity of the country
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
Patterson Examined for Lunaey.

Seattle wash Inquiry into tho
sanity Of Molcom C. Patterson, son Of
former GOV Malcom r. Patterson VI
Tennessee, who shot and wounded X.
r. Seal was begun by commission
Of physicians. The first testimony
was concerning u serious Illness In
Memphis which, II Is aud. affected
young potDcronH mind, whllo he was
\ boy Tho ilmoeg It was testified
had resulted In later years In attacks
Of epilepsy
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
EVIDENCE Of BIG
PACKING COMBINE
Trial Of Shippers Bring Out
Many Startling State
mentS.
PLANED HALF MILLION TRUST
Plan Fell Through on Account of
Financing Of the Project
Says Witness.
PLANED HALF MILLION TRUST

Western Newypapcr Union News Service.
Chicago-Details Of the plan lor q
/ $500 O0O,O0 merger of the Armour
swift and Morris interests in 1902, by
which. the government contends, 1t
was sought to control the meat in
dustry of the country were given IN
the trial Of the 10 indicted Chicago
packers.
The contract, which was dated May
81. 1902. was read to the jury and Of
fered in evidence by counsel for the
government.
The oriuginal agreement was pro-
duced in court by Albert H. Needer,
attorney for Swift & Co., who was
called by the government as its first
witness. Attorney Needer testified
that the plans for the giant merger
we're abandoned, and that in March
of 1903 the National Packing Company
was organized to operate certain in
dependent packing companies pur-
chased with a view Of including them
in the big company,
Under the terms Of the agreement
the three large packing corporations
and their subsidiary companies, to-
gether with recently acquired inde-
pendent companies, we're to be merged
into one concern and Armour, Swift
and Morris were to receive bonds and
preferred stock in the new company
in payment of the value Of their tan
gible property In addition to thi
the promoters were TO receive $25
100000 worth Of the new company
stock for intangible property, and a
large block of common stock for their
good will, this amount to be fixed BY
the earnings of the defendant plants
during the first year Of the new
merger.
Ire promoters planned to borro
S9O,OO0,0O0 to finance the giant cor.
poration. The appraised valuation az
Armour, Swift and Morris and their
subsidiary companies was given tt
$1S0,O0O0O0. Each of the three Pr
moters deposited $1,OOO,OOO with
Chicago bank as an evidence Of 60
'... .. ... .......
. ". ...... ... n.
. " New ..s r,.aI-.s
furnish .he iulds needed
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WouId Inereaae penslona

Washington, Secretary Of the In.
terror Fisher Informed President TAFT
that final adoption Of the Sherwood
dollaraday pension bin Os II passed.
the house would increase the govern.
ment'E annul pension expenditures A,
lcnst S5ooooOO Pension CommIa
eionor Davenport will send d detailed
report TO congress Mr. Taft has re-
Trained from stating definitely ,bo,
he would veto the Sherwood bin II II
came to him, but close friends bc
lioyo no would.
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iuntina TrausdIeW.

Washnglon.-.A roster kept by the
United states biological survey Of all
hunting fatalities In this country al
ready ;b!B year has added to Il AZ
names From this information the bu.
roau hopes after n few ycars 10 be
able TO deduco general principles
which viii be Of value In framing
"llieHoying" federal ana state game
laws
More than lb0 persons were killed
last year IN hunting accidents. This
was considerably larger than The mum.
Der IN 1909 which In turn waa 80 per
cent In excess OF the 1908 ratolItlcs"
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
I.ahlea Ohleet 20 Profanity

Tho woman golfers OF New YORK
have made objections to swearing on
the links and hayo discussed the mat.
ter IN their clubs, rho men who play
over the Inks are all supposed to bo
gentlemen, but sometimes they are
not careful OF their language ana
IOdlos have been made very indignant
by some speeches II hna been sug
gostod that notices bo placed In tho
eluhhousoa, put the fact that the
ladies have discussed tho subject
viii, no doubt bo all that Ia noces
Bary
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
STICK TO THE TANNING MILL
BY Grading Our Own Seed We Can
Materially Increase Yield Of Our
Small Grain Crops.

No farmer can get any one to take
the same plans in grading his seed
that he would himself Some farmers
claim that it does not pay to clean
grain.
1t is a fact that It does not pay very
large returns to clean and grade
grain before selling it, but by grading
our own seed We can materially in
crease the yield Of our small grain
crops
The corn crop of this country has
been increased millions Of Bushels by
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
.....1r.ve0 Road Maker

Ua muud ont an an.
."H w0Nnr or Iu reality a
.... engine made lo haul o goycn.
.U ..uupor capable Of turning
... .. .u.d 10 covers Iu ltG progress
. ... milo. every four hours Tho
fraction un.uo looks lIto m mtomo.
... with lNu hood and body gone,
...... fFat the whool8 are Of iron
with urH aa broud as those on a
.r..nun machine The framework
a0 The ear ia OF heavy steel firmly
Huotod, fv that The strain Of hauling
hu road aarapcr through rocky soil
can be- wlthstood When the scraper
rs detached It is possible to attach
a ten.sccton plow 10 the engine and
do all Nuds Of farm work The ma
chine rs steorod with wheel from
tho drivers scat, the same aB any aO
tomoblle
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
KIIlIna cuaok Grass.

There are several methods Of XIII
ing quack grass II the field Is infect
ed In small patches perhaps the quick.
est and most effective way to destroy
this grass is TO use a potato fork, zig.
ging mp the roots by hand and burn.
ng them. If the whole field is cover.
cd with this grass, of course this pro.
cess becomes impractical
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
rhonnht she poIsnrna chIIArnn

Sonaca Falls a. y-Driyon frantic
by the belief that she had given her
two children poison by mistake for
medicine, Mrs Anna E Curlo, wife Of
o prominent merchant Of Waterloo.
sought 10 save Mom from death Of
torture by snshno lhor wrists with
n parinr knife The dlstrolt woman
then tried 10 commit suicide by max
inr ugly gashos In her own wrists
All have q chance TO recover.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
FARM AND
ROAD
IMPROVEMENT
l44Aesa
4 81 sssf1I
Vn Ef
IMPROVED ROADS IN AMERICA
Some Startling Facts Given Regard
ing u0improyed Thoroughfares
In the United States.

There are in the United States a
little more than two million one hun
ared and fifty thousand miles Of
roads OF this mileage only one hun.
dred and seyenty-six thousand four
hundred and twenty-nine miles are
improved, or eight and two-tenths per
cent of the total, according to statis-
tics gathered by the government office
Of public roads The improved roads
are those surfaced with gravel stone
or with some special material
The most striking feature Of these
statistics is the enormous extent Of
unimproyed roads In the United
States. An expenditure Of something
like $3,OOO.O00O0O would be required
to convert the common earth roads
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30

A strenuous overland journey has
Just been completed by Mrs. Sarah
Conner and her four small children,
who, after a tri) in a dilapdated bug
gy of 900 miles, have arrived at
Wheeler, S. D., their destination Mrs
Conner and her children commenced
their Journey a, Moose Jaw, Canada,
following the death Of her husband,
who LETT them in destitute condi.
ton Their nearest relative resided
at Wheeler, IN south Dakota. A span
Of ponies were hitched to single
seated top buggy, which contained the
mother and her four children, one a
girl OF eleven, a boy OF nine, a girl OF
seven and a baly OF eighteen months
In the old buggy we're piled the world
ly possessions Of the family. The
journey required six weeks time
Some days they were unable to travel
! more than fifteen miles. The two OLD
er children. and part OF the time
three OF them, walked while the moth
or drove The ponies had only suct
| grazing as they could find along the
road and were without grain the en-
/ tire trip They were nearly exhaust
ed at the end Of the journey
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
ARTICH0KE FOR THE TABLE
Vegetable Can Be Grown In Almost
Any Garden and Makes Most De.
llcious Change In the Dishes.

The artichoke, which can be grown
in almost any garden, makes a de-
licious change in the vegetable dishes
for the table The plant is perennial
but declines rapidly, and should be
reset every three years,
1t is propagated from seed, and the
suckers are set out, producing edible
heads the second year The heads
are from three to four inches IN di.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
u.,u. NJ skunk ON =.

Wonderful virtues J., are re. '@cuanlS
sn,nR oil by those ,ocoOl W vy all cdeI \
TTnp Trappcra use It to o.S, co"Oy' Sy olncr @I'.
wary Of traps IN ,'s ,s'v ',vroap'c, It y.
in oulcNly "ltn po',,,,'ie D bottle Of '.S' ,,,
oil ,s always prc'o"' "
eerp family
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
.ln..D, outdoot tht'NII 4.

MsooIaoon, ootdoo' sss,, '"i''i n, ipa
Denmark has proOaOTi0 u tSc word
natural outdoor ,eoa'c, c,,ol ,l scsr srS ID
al aso", ," SIX miles out Of mIenv DI II e.
There tho avenues V,,.gsroond o, %
serve uS,' as s wings and O1,aslrspp .1ssS sspptfcs
stage fronted by .,Oc, q auditorium
slop slope that forms a l'1'o pe'I,'' can a. S |"
Eight thousand psop,. ,n.orlorwaS''
oommodatcd at every Pc''
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..... nd arn ready 20 cut for the
" " before they open
" ..#H. .hu beads are often
.. whom about Nall grown The
.. sometimes bauchod and
.. ....u form tho salad plants
.. ...u 900 the market
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co,, crop IN LlmeIlaht.

The failure Of the hay crop during
the past two seasons has brought tho
corn gs5p iulu The iimciisat aud tie
good qualities have been praised uh'
I'll there " very little TO be added
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30

".nra mar D., .., ~c-vico.
Now Lu, a'. H resen
So .E ~ naa.
... ~a- .. .... r..
seat or the so-,oityd .......
clearing house and cotton bills com
mittee be transferred from this city
to Liverpool is meeting with determ.
ined opposition in some quarters and
comparative Indifference elsewhere,
American bankers profess to see In
the possible transfer an attempt by
foreigners TO bring the American ship.
per or banker 10 the point where he
baked last year namely an absolute
guarantee Of every bin accepted here.
"Thc whole thing is but another
way Of asking us TO pun their chest.
nuts ont Of the fire. said % leading
local bank officer "Thov seem to be
suspicious OF us abroad because we
are handling this business at prac
uc0lly no cost TO thom.
"Tho fact Of the matter is that our
friends on the other side could rem
cdy the entire situation bv simply
arrocina TO buy Of reputable shippers
and not In the cheapest markets
whore chances always have 10 b,
/ taken.
"Tho proOos'ion advanced by Liver
orpool would give greater odvauDag,
10 the dishonest shipper without m,
slightest extra advantage TO the mai
whose business rs being done In opel
and honest fashion"
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
LA w

IN an ,pstont or two he !, IS. " "ma,,t
crowdlng as much IA n,'s"V =. vocal coV'
into these three letters as WV
can faRhIun,
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fact it can be adjusted so as to handle
all kinds Of grain and weed.seeds
II you decide that It pays to SOW
good seed and to keep your fields free
from noxious weeds, then do not hes.
itate to invest a few dollars in fan.
ming min.
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
King Road Drag.

OF the country into even good gravel
roads That this is desirable few will
gainsay, and that It is becoming nee.
essary under modern conditions and
the relations now existing between
producer and consumer is also quite
generally admitted. The increased cost
of hauling over unimproved roads is
an immense tax upon the farmer and
those who purchase his products, and
is a restriction on the crops which
can be raised and moved in certain
localities.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion finds that two hundred and sixty
five million tons Of agricultural, forest
and miscellaneous products Of the
land are hauled TO depots for ship
ment in the course of a year Figured
on a basis Of the average haul at the
lowest average rate over unimproved
roads, % cents per ton per mile, the
cost would be four-hundred-thirty
two millions, four hundred thousand
dollars, II the hauling could be re
duced to one-half the present average
or II lac a ton, the resultant saving
The Van Buren press., 1911-12-30
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proved r. Ih. rost ag
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New ...s capitalists
furnish he lulds needed
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the oostiest D;
a good sum over
II the turn ed !
sea they could "
build a feet thei
0 erpo werlng. Il
g st feet IN thf
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Lena Overland Journey

an luUell,syuS ,uo-.
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/ sealed the note when
.erei the room, a little
~ Gng TO a sud zen IN
hrust the enyelop quickly
r and locked II,
3, Kid" he said, dropping
turned with n startled
Npoken question on her
, q lhmm gSticlpated her
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Anne '-au -, ~ s 70 t9t o2e .-ne
20 t. o, 'Veu -rom Plan.

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me IN be field
for 8c ars. par,
An icau volu
SIC C10.1U0, Tt
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-21
Dauphin Island a Focal Point

The officials of the Southern and Mobile and Ohio railroads-two peas from one pod-spent yesterday at Dauphin Island where they met the officials of the Tidewater company and the Dauphin Island Improvement company, two more peas from anoth- CT pod
 No one of the great public outer circle knows what this meeting means, but it is wholly safe to say that neither set of officials is en- gagged in mere sightseeing. Neither side is engaged in satisfying it's curi- ority. Both, it is believed, have an eye to business, and the public are interested in ascertaining what it's nature is.
 It is also safe to say that the two railroad systems are not working in July weather for the purpose of pro- noting the use and development of the Alabama rivers, notably of the Warrior, which will soon be equipped by the government with slackwater navigation. The Mobile bay channel is long-it is longer than it is wide or deep, and it is not possible for any railroad or any two railroads to mo- nopolize thirty miles of thirty-foot water. Even if they buy Dauphin z Island there is still way out over the bar to New Orleans. The rail- roads cannot buy a foot of navigable water, although they might, it is true, buy the Lake Borgne canal. The situation is not free from distress ing possibilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-21
LOTTA CRABTREE
he Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star
 A recent lawsuit in Boston disclosed the fact that Lotta Crabtree, the beloved actress of a past generation, is one of the country's richest women, and the secehd woman among the largest taxpay- CTS of the New England metropolis. Among Lotta's Boston holdings are the Park theatre, valued at s592, 900; the Hotel Cecil, valued at $379,000 and the Hotel Brewster, valued at $Ss7,00O.
 Lotta retired from the stage many years ago. Her most notable successor were 'The Little Detective" "Musette" and Pawn Ticket 21O." These plays were what one might call modified melo- droma" They lacked the sensational ef- rects which characterized latter-day "thrillers." but melodrama they were, just the same.
 I.otta's life was most exemplary. Her character portrayals caused all men and women of her. time to worship at the shrine of her dramatic act. Out of the world of make-believe the real Lotta Crabtree merlted the admiration which came to her talent.
 She never wars married. #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-21
Revision of the Cotton Shedule

The cotton schedule has been re- vised and it will be submitted to the democratic caucus next week. Chair man Underwood anticipates it's pas sage in the House soon after Au- gust 1
 This bill will reduce duties on all, or nearly all, cotton goods, and the owners of southern mills, living chiefly in New England, will no doubt kick vigorously, appealing for help to southern senators. If mills established among cotton fields can not manufacture goods without the protection of heavy duties they should not manufacture them at all. The plea of high duties for the pro- tection of southern mills is all moon- shine.
 Northern mills may need such duties. They will demand anything that will increase dividends. but southern mills do not. Reasonable revenue duties will have tendency to drive the cotton mills southward. and free trade would force them to this.
 As things stand southern mill properties should show their patriot ism in this emergency. Let the north ep mills protest as much as they will, but southern mills should show confidence in the southern situation by accepting duties for revenue only |, It is matter that calls for no littll Nnselfishness and foresight on the part of mill owners