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BRIDGES. GOOD AND BAD.

The road comm silon r N Mlalcn
berg county has rounded out a busy
week, replacing wooden bridges and
culverts washed out by the recent
heavy rains. When he took the cen
sus of missing bridges he found that
thirty five of them were on the stray
cd list. That he enrolled them all
and got them back in their proper
places inside OF a week shows that
Muhlenberg county's road commits
sioner is a man of energy and is "on-
II his job.
While he was looking for lost
bridges the commissioner also made
a note of such bridges as had not
been destroyed by the floods. Ac
cording to the Greenville RECORD,
he found that "there was not a con
crete, steel or tile bridge injured in
the least and the roads were not
damaged at such points, either, the
water being carried along without
obstruction or washouts." Evident
ly if there had been more concrete,
steel and tile bridges in the county
the commissioner would not have
had so much work to do and the eX.
pense to the county would have been
correspondingly smaller.
There should be a lesson in this re
port of the road commissioner foI
the Fiscal Court of Muh!enberg
county, and for the Fiscal Courts
of other counties as we'll. Ii is high
time that all counties should discon-
tinue the industry of building woa l.
NOR: money, but the counties will
save money in the long run by build
ing such structures out of staying
material. \ concrete bridge OF
culvcrt is practically indestructible;
wooden bridges wear out quickly and
are easily washed away. Even il
they withstand the pressure of the
floods they require frequent repairs
aud are so often in need of patching
up" as to be a source of hazard for
man and beast.
The difference in tie expense OF
construction is by no means so great
as to make iron, tile and concrete
bridges and culverts of prohibitive
cost. Experience has demonstrated
that It pays to build for permanence
when making roads and erecting
bridges. This is a fact that does no.
seem to be unders,oo ] by many oil
OGr Fiscal Courts-so much the
worse FOR the counties they repres-
ent and for the pa lent yeomen who
pay the taxes Sunday Courier
Journal.
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The new Secretary of War, Henry
l.. Stimson, need not be discouraged
by his little military experience.
Englard's great War Minister, Will
liam Pitt, had only the experience
OF lieutenant. Carnot, the organiz-
er of victory in the French Reyolu
ton, had just as little, and our Ed
win NJ. Stanton none at all. Be-
sides, Secretary Stimson is not like
ly TO be put to the test by either
fjreign OF domestic war during this
pacific national administration.
The record., 1911-05-25
EatiHa fer stFeneth.

The greatest pleasure to be de-
rived from eating is the pleasure one
gets in the knowledge that his food is
giving him greater strength and wi.
tality.
Because Of this fact there is con-
slant Increase In the consumption Of
Quaker Oats; every time the strength
making qualities of Quaker Oats have
been tested by scientific investigation
or by experiments in families It has
been found to be a food without an
equal.
1t builds the muscles and brain with
out taxing the digestive organs; Il
costs so little anyone can afford Il.
and II is so carefully prepared and
packed that IL is absolutely pure and
clean. A Quaker Oats eating family
Is always a healthy family. II
Quaker Oats Is packed in regular
size packages and also IN large size
family packages. IRE latter very cor
venient for tkcss nct near the store.
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House and Land for Rent.

The Captain Roark property, 7
room house, stable, fine water, sever
al acres of land, ready for cultivation
located just outside Of tQwp, on two
streets, will be rented reasonably.
Fine location, desirable home. Ap
ply to Qriep /. Roark, Greenville,
Ky.
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KENTUCKY lost 9.5 per cent. in
the value of its farm products las,
year, compared with 1909. Our
total was SIIo,7sI,ooo. Texas is
the banner agricultural state, its
products being worth S564IIIe.
oco, while the value for the whole
country was So, 926, 600, 900.
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DOUBLE FARM GATE.
IFTom Kansas Farrner.l

apart and saw out the boards between
In order that they may not bind In
case Of wet weather. This will simply
require two savings instead OF one.
IL diagonals are necessary they may
be attached either before or after the
gate is sawed. but they should always
be put on in the manner shown in the
lower drawing. Have the upper end
Of the diagonal attached near the
upper hinge. as this is the only way
it can be put on TO absolutely prevent
saggiDg. II the diagonal Is reversed
and the upper end placed at the other
end of the gate Il encourages sagging
by its faulty construction as we'll as
by its added weight.
A neat farm gate OF whatever type
adds materially TO the appearance and
value OF the farm home.
The record., 1911-05-25

Mrs. O. III. L. Belmont OF New York Is
lending aid to n back TO the land move
ment that IS. to say the least. unique
and interesting. She selected twenty
young women from many applicants
and has placed them on her farm.
Brockholt. on Long Island. They
dress i'm boomers, broad brimmed hats
and bOys' SHOES and are TO do all the
work on the place. including wood
chopping and caring for the horses.
They are to be given thorough train
ing I'm household duties. and when the
time comes will take up plOwing,
planting and the rS4zsgSr Srlst nt nprlltiEE Ff lilry
Hike farming" they will have an op-
p0rtunity 10 purchase small tracts
from their benefactress. This plan
may work all right awhile, but the
chances are that most OF these girls
will have man around the premises
before many moons.
The record., 1911-05-25

The Louisville Times heads an
article "Ham Poisons Six" When
any six men eat a ham they are
likely to think they are poisoned,
or perhaps they became sick when
they got the check.
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The 1910 crop records have been
compiled. and they are interesting.
California takes the honOrs from Min
nesOta I'm the production of barley.
New York from Iowa IN the produc-
ton OF hay. Iowa from Illinois in the
raising OF oats. The two leading states
and the percentage OF the total crop
which they produced are as follows:
COrn-Illlnois. 1873: Iowa, II. Winter
whe1t-Kansas. 1872: Indiana, g.
Spring wheat Minnesota, 4O.7; South
Dakota, 202. Oats-Iowa. 1G1: nli-
nois, 15.1. Barley-CalifOrni 26.8;
Minnesota. 1876. Rye-PennsyIvanla,
1916; Michigan. 162. Buckwheat-
New York. 41S; Pennsylvania, 80 g.
Flaxseed-N North Dakota, 41.S; Mime
sofa, 25.1. Rice-Louisiana. 52.1; Tex
as, 35.7. PotatOes-New York. 1874;
Michigan, 1O.4. Hay-New York, 1O.4;
Pennsylvania. T.3. Tobacco Kentucky,
10.4; North Carolina. 1O2. Cotton
Texas, 275; Georgia, 1913.
The record., 1911-05-25

Eslg MoCTaoken bss the largest
stock of dials for timepieees eyer
carneS - tAe county, and can fl
anything from the court house clock
TO toy watch.
The record., 1911-05-25

Save your hon: by having your
hues repaired. Barley Bros. do
this work in best manner.
The record., 1911-05-25

To be obliged TO make a poor
farm pay is good training, for
} when you get a better one you Z
know tho trick.
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TERMS.
THURSDAY. NAY Is. I9iI.

Entered at the Grecrvilr, Ky, pcstoficc a.
sccoud-class matter.
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Live Stock Notes.

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The evening world., 1911-11-23
Were Driving Past Ellis Home
When Shot Was Fired
Through Window.
USED IN ESCAPE.
County Prosecutor Says Wife
of Victim Has Told All
She Knows.

Two witnesses who saw the man who
attempted TO shoot Monroe r. Ellis, the
banker. Monday evening at Basking
Ridge. ~. j.. have been found by the
police. so far as Is known, these are
the only persons who got q glimpse of
the would-be assassin. but their de-
scription Is meagre and OF little use.
The witnesses are James Harrison
and Charles Barker. farmers. OF Pluck
emin. Il village seven miles from Bask.
ing Ridgc. At $50 o'clock Monday
evening they were riding along the
road from Be%rnardsville. bound home,
and were within a few hundred feet
OF the ELLA home. when they saw a
flash and heard the report OF a gun.
They did not stop their horses, but
gazed into the darkness in the direc-
tlon In which they had seen the flash.
An unusually tall man. carrying a
gun. suddenly dashed across the road
just In front of them. They Jumped
down and started in pursuit. but
neither sight nor hearing revealed the
whereabouts of the fugitive. Soon
there were scores OF citizens swarm
Ing o the Ellis home. some carry
Ing %shotguns. but in the crowd the
farmers saw no one who bore any re-
The evening world., 1911-11-23
BOYS FINGERS WORTH 81 ,05O

A valuation OF s262.J0 for cach OF the
four fingers of a thirteen-year-old
boys right hand was set. to-day, by a
Jury In the supreme Court. Brooklyn.
The owner of the fingers-or former
street.
Alexander was employed by John
Filter, a butcher OF No. 100 Bridge
street. In the process of feeding meat
into "A sausage machine. the boy fed In
four fingers. for good measure. Ills
father. as his guardian, sued Filter for
damages and tl,0jO was awarded after
n trial before Justice Maddox.
The evening world., 1911-11-23

great faith in these mines, but TO work
them the railroad was necessary. II
had been begun, but in the panic OF
1893 II n all other developments were
nearly ruined. Although we were min
ority holders OF the stock. II seemed TO
be up to us to keep the enterprise
alive through the harro wing panic days.
II had to loan my personal securities
10 raise money. and finally we were
compelled TO supply a great deal or
actual cash. and to get II we were
obliged to go into the then greatly up
set money market and buy currency at
n high premiums 10 ship west by ex-
press TO pay the laborcrs on the rail-
roa and keep them alive.
when the fright Of the panic period
subsidized and matters became a little
more settled we began to realize our
situation. We had invested many mill
lions and no one wanted to 90 In with
us TO buy stock. on the contrary.
everybody else seemed to want TO sell.
The stock was offered to us In alarm
ing auantities-substantially all OF the
capital stock OF the companies came
without any solicitation on our part
quite the contrary-and we paid for 1t
in caeh.
Having launched ourselves into the
venture. We decided TO supply ore to
every one who needed II by mining and
Transporting with the newest and most
effective facilities and u profits we
invested In more ore lands.
Mr.. Gates became the president or
the various companies which owned the
mines and the railroad TO the lake to
transport the ores and he started to
learn and develop the business of ore
and TRANSFORMATION. He not only
The evening world., 1911-11-23

sembiance to the man they had seen
running across the road.
The theory tina the shot was fired
by a very tail man In cause OF the
curse OF the bullet Is confirmed by
tho evidence Of the farmers. %Investi-
gators are now looking for a very tail
man who might have purchased shells
loaded with BIB buckshoi. the largest
size made. In Morristown. Bernards-
Vile or even Newark on Monday or
Saturday.
Frank Ellis of Baskin2 Ridge rams
mitted TO the authorities to-day the be-
lated information that he saw an empty
automobile standing In the road a ut
half a mile from the Ellis place at about
the time OF the shooting. This gave rise
to the theory that the assailant Of Mr..
Ellis nay have circle daround In the
darkness to the automobile and ridden
to Morrlstown. but IL Is a remote
chance
1t is now established that the wea-
pom used was not a muzzle-loader shot
gun. 1t raj a modern gun of very
large bore, such as are common In
farmhouses in the country districts OF
New Jersey.
Mr.. Eilis's condition Is hopeful to-
day. He has scarcely any fever. and
the surg are preparing to take an
x-ray photograph for the purpose Of
locating n Of the buckshot
Mrs. Ellis ~tclephoned County Prose-
cutor Pope yesterday, asking him to
come to the house. and. accompanied
by Detective Tottcn. he left In an
automobile. On arriving he left the de.
tective outside while he vent INTO the
house and had . long conferences with
Mrs. Ellis. It later appeared that tho
bankers wife sent for the Prosecutor
that she might mako. q complaint
against the detective. who the previous
day had told newspapermen that The
bankers wife was concealing facts
which might be OF value In running
down the assailant of her husband.
There isn't a word OF truth in all
these stories that have been going tire
rounds laid Mr.. Pope later. Mrs.
Ellis told me all she knows and that
isn't much"
The evening world., 1911-11-23
M0NAL|SAG GONE
FOREVER, KA|SER'S
ART CRITIC THINKS
DR.. Wilhelm Bode, Departing
for Europe, Praises Highly
American Collections.

DR.. wilhelm Boje. general director
Of the royal art museums Of Prussia
and the highest authority on art In the
German Empire. sailed to-day on the
North German Lloyd liner George
Washington after a three weeks So
Journ here TO inspect a few famous
American art collections.
The haiser's personal art critic said
he was greatly impressed with the ad-
vance made In this country In the col.
lecting of art objects within the last
eighteen years.
u. Plerpont Morgan" he said. has
a collection Of ancient books that Is UNI
doubtedly the finest in the world. lie
has also a wonderful collection Of paint
inss and art objects, but this collection
Is 30 scattered In his two London houses
and his New York home that II Is dim
cult to get an idea of It's remarkable
scope. There are few II any finer col
lections OF paintings in the world than
BENJAMIN Altman's. lie has twelve
Rembrandts. | was lucky enough 20 see
This collection and also the Widener
collection In Philadelphia. the Have
meyer collection. the collection OF Mrs.
Jack Gardner In Brookline, the Taft
collection In Cincinnati and several other
smaller collections.
u found ali OF these collections spien.
didly arranged. not all punched into one
gallery. but admirably scattered through
different rooms. The Morgan collection
here Is really AXE a hrst-class museum.
Then. the metropolitan Museum of Art
has made great progress through the
assistance OF Mr.. Morgan. and in a short
time will be- as important as any mu-
scum In Europe. In the next ten or halt
a dozen years America will have half a
dozen important museums. besides q
large number Of splendid private collec.
tions.
We tried very hard on the other
side to ave the famous Kahn collec-
ton. but the owner died without lea v.
ing a will and II was pht up for sale
The best OF the collection was brought
to America"
Or. Bode said he feared the Mona
Lisa would never be recovered.
1T would be impossible to dlspos,
OF IT," he said. and the thief probabl,
will become frightened and destro,
It,"
The evening world., 1911-11-23

.Anons these Investments we're some
GoGeee N . number OF ore mines and
= oueereet In the stocks and bonds OF
: soflFoAA, bsing built 10 carry the ore
~l9ou 1oGs 10 lake ports We had
The evening world., 1911-11-23
TOOK CASH TO BED AND
F0IlED THE BURGLARS.
Thieves Found Thomas'S Cash
Register Empty and Were
Chased bv Policeman.

Policeman Paul HOFFMAN Of the Fifth
avenue station. Brooklyn. saw three
men on the porch of the Imperial Ho-
tel. at No. DI Ninth avenue. early today
and slipped over to investigate. They
saw him coming and made for Prospect
Park. across the street.
HOFFMAN chased them to the park en-
trance at Ninth avenue and Fifteenth
street. and tripped and fell. lie was
dazed for several minutes and when
he recovered the men had disappeared
In the ~shrubpery.
The policeman returned TO the hotel
and aroused George Thomas. the pro-
prietor. An Investigation showed tina
the men had packed a dozen boxes Of
The evening world., 1911-11-23

cigars and some whiskey on the porch.
ready to take away. A window was
unlatcned. but no lock was broken.
Thomas thinks they must have con
ealed themselves In the cafe until
after he closed up. expecting to rob
the cash register. When he went up
stairs to bed. however. he had taken
all the money with him.
Hoffman was so badly bruised by his
fall he had to be attended by a doctor
from Seney Hospital and report sick
for the rest OF the night.
The evening world., 1911-11-23
Haa'to Make New VIII Because He
Couldn't Tell Twins Apart.

Because he can't tell his own twin
sons apart, John Cobb Harris. a wealthy
make a new will.
After the first will was drawn ne
learned that the property he had left
to John was hat he intended to leave
TO Cobb. and vice versa. The twins are
twenty-five years old and Q feet 6inches
tail
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Indeed some neon,e are on;ta as

Indeed some people are quite as
selfish as an old rooster which observed
one day last summer. The old fellow
happened to unearth a fat fshworm.
He called boisterously TO flock of old
hens to come and see his find. They all
rushed up and crowded about him,
anticipating rare DIT of something.
just as their admiration of the fat worm
was about TO precipitate scramble the
old rooster gobbled down the worm and
went off chuckling to himself as if to
say, Did you ever get left?" The old
hens talked awhile together then scat
tered to scratch for themselves.
Mrs Frew Hays and daughter, Mrs.
John Shoesmith, accompanied by Bert
Hays as chauffeur came over in their big
Buick car, Friday and bought dozen
Plymouth Rock ROSTERS of Mrs. Grant
Kness. While crossing bridge on the
way over, the car gave an unexpected
lurch and dashed Mrs. Shoesmith's face
against the top in such a way as to in
fiict very painful wound ON the nose.
In the absence of doctor the camphor
bottle was called into use.
Nels X. Rasmussen, the rugged assist
ait vi Vic tOCi JCAoCu III iehot oCeh-
son, will start for Denmark about Dec
ember ~, to spend a joyful winter with
his mother in the old home after on alb
sence of seventeen years. He will stop
off in Chicago to enjoy the big live stock
exposition after which he will buy a
through ticket via Hamburg on the
Elbe.
Andrew Nelson departed ON Wednes-
days train, over the Rock Island, Nov
ember Is, for the Atlantic seaboard,
where he will board the Atlantic
steamer for "Old Denmark" to spend a
pleasant winter with relatives in his
native village He will come back with
the wild March days, some think, with
a happy Mrs. Nelson hanging to his arm.
Bert Dannett, of Clinton, Missouri,
who is now guest in the home of his
ANGLE, III. g. Rice, east of Hamlin, was
suddenly stricken with appendicitis,
Wednesday night. November %. DIR.
Rosenbladt was summoned and found
the case so serious as to demand trained
nurse under whose care the young man
is doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall McNutt de-
parted for Omaha on Thursdays early
train over the Rock Island to transact
some business which was highly flavor
ed with the pleasure of visit with
Mrs McNutt's sister, Mrs. II. H.
Crosser. They returned on Saturdays
evening train.
Arthur McNutt attacked his cornfield
with eight teams Saturday and came
triImphantly home with the last ear.
Miss Viola Mitchell of Coon Rapids
resumed her duties as teacher at No. |,
Greeley, Monday, November 20.
Miss Minnie Rowland of Adair, was
entertained in the John Eagen home.
True love is flower rare
Breathing sweetness of the air.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-30
BETHEL

j. Ruhs and wife entertained at their
home, Sunday, Lou Corwin, Geo. Har-
mon and J. Reuschling and their fami-
lies and the Misses Lena and Dora Mack.
Frank Drury was busy the last of the
week moving his household goods on the
Rob. Roberts farm which he has rented
for the coming year.
j. Reuschling stayed at Conrad Burk-
harts home from Thursday until Satur-
day so he could he closer to doctor for
treatment.
Mrs. Eph brewer and children visited
the latter part of the week with her
mother, Mrs E. E. Clark.
Bert Renshaw and wife are the proud
and happy parents of IL pound son
born to them, Sunday.
Mrs. Mary e. DuvalI after few
weeks stay at Frank Duvalls is staying
at Jno Reuschlings.
Charlie Dawson spenta pleasant week
visiting with his sister, Mrs. w. Pep
pers, near Extra.
Walter Estes. wife and children are
visiting with his aunt, Mrs. Ed. Newell,
near Gray,
E. B. Thomas shipped out crates of
his pedigreSd hogs from Dedham, Mon
day.
HlNer johnson and N. Hollister
shred> Ia corn forJ, Reuschline Tuesday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-30
VIOLA

The following gentlemen and their
wives were entertained Wednesday at
the VIM. Hendricks home, Chas. An
dersen, Will Wager, Frank Olson and
tTom Rute.
Rev. ALDER and Mrs. Walker returned
from Des Moines, Saturday. Geo. Tex
tor met them in Audubon and brought
them home in his auto.
c. NJ. Beck was Dedham caller,
Thursday. He must have imbibed to
much paregoric as he went to sleep on
the way home.
A large number of our young people
enjoyed social evening at the Edgar
Carpenter home near Coon Rapids, Fri
day evening.
Geo. Textor is building an addition
to his barn. He is thinking seriously
of going in the dairy business next
spring
E. N. Taggart and wife, Henry Nelson
and wife and Geo. Textor and wife
were Sunday guests at the l.. Textor
home.
Will Olson is moving some household
goods into the residence formerly oc-
cupied by Frank Olson. We wonder.
Mrs. Edna Gillispee was visiting rela-
tives in Viola, Wednesday and canvas
sing for the Coon Rapids Citizen.
Mrs. Laura Olson and Mrs. Tom Rute
were entertained Wednesday at the X.
l.. Hoffman home.
r. L. Hoffman and wife, John Bon.
well and Leila Alber were Audubon
visitors, Thursday.
Martin Olson, Jr., and wife spent a
pleasant day, Sunday at the Bert Rem.
shaw home.
Violet Hoffman visited Little Mary
Grace Walker at the Parsonage Sunday
afternoon.
A Case Thrashing machine man from
Des Moines was in Viola on business
last week.
Clarence Cliffortlson and Hulda Joe.
hanson Sundayed at the Peter Peterson
home.
Edgar Carpenter and wife were en-
tertained Sunday at the j. t. Miller
home.
John Derbin had the misfortune to
lose 3-year-old steer last week.
Mr.. Killinger and wife visited Sunday
at the VIM. Hendricks home.
Tom Rute and wife returned to their
home at Milford, Thursday.
Nels Nelson and family Sundayed
at the c. M. Beck home.
Martin Olson, Jr., lost a valuable
horse last Thursday.
James Derbin attended a dance at
Ross, Friday night.
Will Martin marketed oats in Ded-
ham, Saturday.
Louise Coffield was on the sick list
last week.
Little Dale Olson has been on the
sick list.