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The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
PERcHER0NS FOR FARM WORK
Two Stations and Two Mares of Pure
Bred Type Used on Big Manure
Spreader In Virginia.
(By s. NJ. CLINToNo

tby .. M. Cl@lNION.J
A little over year ago / paid a
visit to a breeding farm in the fa-
nous valley of Virginia" where Per
cheron horses were raised, and was
struck with the fact that this breed
possessed admirable qualities as farm
horses. as well as city drafters.
Two stations and two mares were
working on big manure-spreader,
being all driven by one man. These
superb animals were pure-bred Per-
cherons, and averaged 1850 each.
The young stations were easily man
aged. although they were being used
In the stud
The mares were splendid specimens
of the breed, and it was great sight
TO see these four magnificent animals
working quietly together.
The compactness of body, the
cleanness of limb and the splendid
structure of their feet, all go to make
the Percheron popular, both as a
farm horse and city drafter.
For farm work they do not need to
weigh 1850, as did those four pure
breeds Just mentioned, these being
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used permanently for breeding pur-
poses. although they did quite lot
of work around the farm during the
year.
A pair Of horses weighing from
1,400 to 1900 pounds each are heavy
enough for any kind of farm work.
but many farmers prefer horse with
more weight.
In considering the size of farm
team, 1t is we'll to remember before
the purchase is made what the regu-
lar duties of the team are to be; for
many farmers who need only one pair
of horses will want to use them on
the road for wagon work as well as to
hook up to the carriage on Sundays.
Therefore, they will not require ex-
ira heavy ones, but rather pair that
are known as "all around" horses, and
II these weigh 1,400 to 1900 pounds
each they will have plenty of size,
and II they are well shaped and have
spirit and snap, they will do good
road work.
It Is surprising how much depends
on the shape and carriage of horse,
even an ordinary work horse. espe-
cially when you want him to do lit
tie pleasuring with once In while.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
SAILORS SAVED BY MUSIC.

Nine sailors who arrived at New
York brought news of the loss of the
Norwegian barque Pallas, at Grand
Cayman, an island in the Caribbean
sea, to the northwest of jamaica The
bark was driven ashore during hur-
ricane, which moderated the same
night Two of the crew, with violin
and accordeon, played until dawn, to
keep up the spirits of their compan-
ions. At daybreak n number of row
boats, manned by natives. put OFF
from the shore and rescued the crew,
their attention having been attracted
through the night by the sound of
music The violin and ACCORDION were
among the few things saved from the
wreck.
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.5NOTES D

Sheep are weed killers.
The calf should have comfortable
and sanitary quarters.
Mutton lambs should be eating
grain as early as possible.
A poor sire is worthless and may
do your herd more harm than good.
See that every lamb is fully fed.
Cows milk from bottle will nourish
them.
A small fat sheep will bring bet
ter price for mutton than large
poor one.
All roughage and no grain makes
Jack full horse-stuffed with feed
and little enduring qualities.
The heifer should be kept growing
and always In good order from wean-
ing till she gives birth to her first
calf.
Good mutton, well fed, and then
carefully handled by the butcher,
makes one of the best meats that Is
now found In our markets.
Horses can follow cattle and thrive
on what would starve the latter, while
sheep can take the pasture left by
the horses and thrive upon the same.
Hogs that have had access to
plenty of green pasture are less liable
to be disturbed by green or new corn
than those previously kept in dry
lots.
The boar will not have lively, ami
mated appearance and move about
freely and nimbly II he is kept in
close confinement and is fed too much
fattening food.
Every farm does not present the
proper conditions for carrying large
number OF hogs. but there is room
for at least one hog on evArv farm.
no matter what Its size.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
LONG JOURNEY ON ONE PONY

A journey of 2,41s miles on an
Arab pony has Just been accomplished
by ]. II. Bill. British consul In
southern Persia, who has reached his
home in Staffordshire, England. on the
back Of this plucky little animal. He
told newspaper representative that
he believed it constituted a record for
one animal. The early stages of the
journey were the worst. for the pony
had to tackle hilly and broken coun-
try, and he was unable to average
moro than 20 miles a day. One Incl
dent of the journey was an attack by
brigands.
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cart, which tramps and packs it. The
more this is done the better. Ere.
quently the stack is made in the form
of loop so that the horse and empty
cart return over the same drive by
which they entered.
The outside of this stack soon willis,
heats and decays little, forming an
air-tight mat, which preserves the
stack as thoroughly as when put In
silos. When feeding it out, it is cut
down in sections with a broadax.
though the hay knife is used to some
extent. Native cattle carrying some
flesh are to be preferred. Where the
object Is to Craze the following sum-
mer young cattle do not do as well,
are more easily put out of condition,
become tucked up and gaunt, and
when put on grass have not the ca
pacity to eat and consume sufficient
amount of grass to make gains. With
them too much of the grazing season
Is lost in recovering normal condi4
tion. The writer at one time had oc-
casion to weigh the silage and found
that a steer would eat as much as
100 pounds per day of this pea silage,
but at the same time he was drinking
no water. In herd of 125 head the
writer has seen several days pass
without a footprint near the water
supply
A small amount of hay is fed in
connection with the silage, as is
shown by the hay shed. which Is a
necessary part Of the equipment. This
hay shed holds from Is to 20 tons and
has ample capacity for 125 head.
About year ago a writer in your
columns cited gains made of nearly
100 pounds In eight weeks. No one
either In my experience or observa-
ton has made such gains, and our op-
portunities have been exceptionally
good. The writer has weighed his
cattle off the pastures at the end of
the grazing season, shrunk them 3
per cent, and weighed them again at
the beginning Of the grazing season
the following spring, and at the end
Of 30-mile drive they showed loss
of S5 pounds per head, from which we
conclude that they lost some flesh,
but grew enough to about hold their
own. This was on pea silage. Corn
silage would have shown up some
what better. In any event they must
be wintered cheaply. The advantage
of selection and buying in the fall is
an important one.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
CATTLE ON CANNERY SILAGE
Stacked and Fed With Hay Makes
Profitable Returns.

l have followed the business OF
feeding cattle at canning factories for
about six years with varying success.
Sometimes the refuse from factories
where corn and peas are put up tand
these are the only ones TO be consid-
ered) is put into silos and sometimes
it is stacked l think the latter TO be
preferred, writes T. Gilmore of Liv-
ingston county, New York, in the
Breeders Gazette. The investment is
less and the silage can be loaded di-
rectly onto the wagon or cart for dis
tribution. When stacked the refuse
is drawn onto the stack by horse and
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
VACUUM CLEANER FOR HORSE
Implement Passed Lightly over Ami
NAL Extracts Dirt and Loose Hairs
In Effective Manner.

In this era of vacuum cleaners for
buildings. cars and similar things it
n to be expected that the principle
should be adapted to other cleaning
purposes. Few people. however.
would think. as Philadelphia man
did, of applying It to horses. This
man has hitched a curry-comb and
hollow, Of course, and screwing on
the pipe as needed. Where hereto
fore the hostler had to scrub the
horses back vigorously with comb
and brush, he need no wonly pass the
implement lightly over the animal. the
suction raising the coat and extract
ing loose hairs and dirt much more
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Ahsent.Mlnded. d.

The professor had just sneezed for
the thirtieth time, and 1t naturally at
tracted some attention.
whats the matter with the profess
sor?' asked the visitor. "He appears
to have a bad cold"
"Oh. no." said Madame la Profes-
soress. 1T is only his fearful absent
mindedness. / left him in charge OF
the baby for a few moments this
morning, and when he cried he gave
him the pepper-pot to play with In
stead of his rattle. ."-Harper's Week
ly
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
FRENCH BACHELORS PRoDDED

The bachelors of Mende, in the de-
partment of Lozere. France, have all
received by post the following curious
communication from the Anti-Depop-
ulation league: Appeal to bachelors.
On essentially humanitarian and pa
triotic motives. we beg to enclose a
list of all the young girls In Mende
aged is and upwards" Then fol.
lows 200 names and addresses. A
postscript adds that the committee
has the names of 81 more girls. who.
however. asked that their names
should not be published.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20

Birds, as a general rule. do not go
in for cycling. They prefer aviation
to land machines. and man has still
much to learn from them before the
problem of soaring and sailing
through cross currents of air may be
said to have been conclusively solved.
But here is cockatoo earning its
own living by riding bicycle on the
vaudeville stage in Berlin. The ac-
companying illustration from an
actual photograph. gives some idea of
the kind of feats this bird performs.
At balancing the bicycle on two in
verted goblets and at riding on one
wheel the cockatoo is an adept It
uses it's wings to keep its balance
when things look wobbly and 1t
knows how to pedal backward or for
ward.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
ORDEAL OF WARSHlP'S CAT

On the sails of the British special
service vessel Undine, the flagship of
Admiral Chief of the More. being un-
furled recently at Chatham. the ships
cat rolled out on deck She had been
enshrouded In the sails 15 days. and
strange 20 say had escaped starvation
and suffocatlon. She was very ema-
ciated. but was soon again quite lively
after few hearty meals
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
A Poultry Problem.

(which is correct" ask the sum-
mer boarder who wished to air his
knowledge, ITO speak of sitting hen
or a setting hen?"
81 don't know" replied the farm
er's wife, "and what's more, don't
care. But there's one thing I would
like to know: when a hen cackles.
has she been laying. or is she lying?"
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
The Difficulty.

life amt nothin but disappoint-
ment." groaned the Chronic Grumbler.
"Cheer up" urged the Cheerful
Idiot. Didn't yer git $50 for putin
yer picture in the paper as havin' bin
cured O. all yer ills by Bunk's pills?"
Eyes, I did. An now all my rela-
tifs are askin' me why | don't go to
work, now th't I'm cured"
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lished a testimonial or used letter
without the written consent of the
writer, and never has the Company
allowed these confidential letters to
get out of their possession, as the
hundreds of thousands of them In
their files will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge needed
in your case. She asks nothing In re-
turn except your good will, and her
advice has helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, should be
glad to take advantage of this gener-
GUS offer of assistance. Address Mrs.
Pinkham, care of Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia IL. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. 1t is not q book for
general distribution, as 1t Is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
obtainabIe by mail. Write for
1t today.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20
STEEpLEJACK'S CLOSE CALL.

While repairing the top of lofty
chimney at Silebey. Leichestershire,
England. ]. T, Akiens, son of a well.
known steepleiack of Leicester and
St. Helens. fell to the ground, so feet
below, turning several somersaults
in the descent and finally alighting on
his feet, Horrified spectators expect
ed instantaneous death. but wonderful
to relate, Akiens escaped with dis
located shoulder and many bruises.
The Lambertville record., 1911-01-20

Among the FIVE hundred or more
deities In Canton, Chi>a. is the figure
of European pictured above. II Is
hundreds of years old and there Is an
ancient Chinese tradition to the eff
feet that 1t represents Marco Polo.
the famous Italian who was pioneer
tourist in ia Orient and wrote won
derful account of his travels and ad-
ventures.
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ADVICE
TO WOMEN

Women suffering from any form of
illness are invited to promptly COM
municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. All letters are received, opened,
read and answered by women. A Wo-
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man can freely talk
of her private ILL
ness to a woman;
thus has been es-
tablished this con-
fdence be tween
Mrs. Pinkham and
the men of
America which has
never been broken.
Never has she pub-
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effectively and expeditiously than it
could ever be done by the old method.
This cleaner also saves the man from
much hard work and the horse from
much hard scraping. Furthermore,
there is an economical end to the
story, as the cleaner is said to i'm
prove the horses general condition
and to reduce the feed bill by about
one-fourth as q result of improved
health.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
FIGHT AT CASAS GRANDES.
Forty-Nlne Americans, Fighting With
Madero, Dead on Field.

From the only American who
escaped unwounded from the fight at
Casas Grandes is learned the details
of the fight which resulted in the ex,
termination of the American legion OF
Madero's army. OF the fifty Ameri.
cans leading in the attack forty-nine
were killed or wounded.
The only survivor, Roy Kelly, of
Emithport, Pa, former United States
army scout in the Philippines, with
his clothing in rags and his body a
mass of cuts, arrived in Ell Paso Sat.
urday.
According to Kelly, the killed in.
clude Paul Madero brother of Francis.
co l. Madero; r. F. Harrington, cap
tain of the American legion, former
resident of New York city; Guiseppi
Garibaldi, grandson Of Garibaldi, the
Italian patriot and liberator; John
Greer, former deputy sheriff at Lin
coin; Lieutenant A. Valencia, of FL
Paso; L. Gutierrez de Lara, a Mexican
socialist, former Judge at Guerrero and
late of Los Angeles; Captain F. J.
Cassaventa, engineer from Guerrero
Young Garibaldi was a well-known
soldier of fortune. He served as at
tache under the British in South Afri
ca and held commission as captain in
the Italian army, and has been colonel
of cavalry in Venezuela, Nicaragua
and other South and Central American
republics.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
80 MEN BURIED
BY AN AVALANCHE
Terrible Earth Slide Occurs al
Virginia, MINI.
ONLY FOUR men ESCAPED
Men, Working In Pit, Were Over.
wheImed by Five Hundred Thou.
sand Tons of Earth, Ice and Snow
Near Minnesota Town,

Five hundred thousand tons of iron
ore, rock, earth, ice and snow slid
down upon and buried thirty track
layers working in the Norman Open
Pit mine, near Virginia, MINI. Only
four escaped the avalanche, and three
Of these are in a hospital suffering OF
injuries that may prove fatal.
Ole Johnson, foreman of one of the
three changes of men that were
caught by the vast mass, is the only
one whose injuries are not critical.
An army of men with shovels
worked desperately to recover the
bodies. The work was tedious and
difficult. Women and children ran
screaming to the pit, and some fell
IN while looking eagerly for lost
friends.
1t will be days before all the bodies
can be recovered, and all the parts OF
several may never be assembled. The
mass Of rock and earth ground many
of them into shreds. The only four
men near the outer edge had a chance
to run as the landslide swept into the
hole. So far as can be ascertained, all
tho men caught in the slide were
Firms and Austrians.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17

rho shay nm w.ts in his element
Refore an adniring crowd of country
vokels lie WIS dilutnC upon the VIZ
troe If this waXwurk collection, gain
cred upon the village green turning
TO the effigy of Thin. attenuated gen
tlamun in gorgeous garb. he exclaim'
ed: a..
"Now. this. gentlemen. this Is 'ne
lcr.um of the ole collection. lOnd op
enrnrispd If was to tell you wot
Maid fir i'm. rs taken from me- e
is. 'E's"-
"Stow the CUFF. mister. and come 10
the point." interrupted n voice, Tell
us % p is
"'E's George ". gentlemen, mem
poror of Hindia, one Of the greatest
ENGLISH monaryhs since the time vi
william the Conqueror." !.
Put thought" intcrposed Il smali
man in blue glasses, determined to get
full yolup for the threepence adnns-
sion he had raid, that George w.
was II very stout man"
Every likely e was sir" replied Tue
Snowman. Put if you'd been ere as
long as e ms without even Il mouth,
fuI Of food you'd ave shrunk a Dit
yarsclf London Answers.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
JURY FREES MRS. HAYES.
Termination Of Sensational Trial at
WhiteVlIIe, N. c.

As the finale to a sensational trial
in the superior court at Whitoville,
N. c., the jury after only brief DELHI.
erations, returned a verdict of not
guilty both as to Mrs. Rosa Hayes,
charged with being principal in the
killing of Robert NJ. Floyd, medical
student, of Charleston, S. c., on the
night of February 4, and as to her
husband, Neill NJ. Hayes, charged with
being an accessory before the fact.
Lloyd Hayes, younger brother OF
Neill Hayes, also charged with being
an accessory, was discharged earlier
in the week on nolle prose-
Mrs. Hayes admitted the killing of
Floyd, but pleaded that she shot in
defense Of her honor. She swore on
the stand that she shot Floyd because
he attempted to assault her.
The case went to the jury at 5
o'clock, and an early decision was
reached
Mrs. Hayes is a beautiful 17-year.
old woman. She collapsed with sheer
joy when the verdict was announced.
The crowd in the court room Went
wild when the verdict was announced.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
WOMEN UNDER LASH.
Masked Kentucky Mob Administers
Severe Chastisement.

CARRIED as white caps" score OF
more of women Joined with mob OF
100 men in whipping two women in
Morgan county, according to dis
patches that arrived at Lexington, KY
The victims of the mob were sisters
Mamie and Mary Combs.
The beating was most severe, as at
tested by the fact that two new buggy
whips we're worn out on the bare
backs of the women. After that they
we're forced into a vehicle, sent to the
nearest railroad station and put on a
train for their former home in Breath.
lit county, under orders never to re,
turn.
The Combs were accused of operat.
ing an Illicit resort in an isolated sec.
ton of Morgan county. They had
been warned frequently to leave, but
paid no attention to the orders, and
feeling against them became so in.
tense that when the whipping was de.
cided upon many women insisted upon
being allowed to join the white
caps"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
PITILESS FIGHT.
War of determination Against Mexl.
can Rebels.

"aI VI ENtSIthindlloH Against MoNi'
can Rebels.
A dispatch from Mexico City says
Thoroughly aroused by the spread of
brigandage and vandalism incident to
the revolution led by Francisco l. Ma.
dero, and determined to protect prop.
erty, the Diaz government will begin
to wage against the lawless element
a pitiless war Of determination.
Resurrecting a provision Of the Mex.
lean constitution not used for fifteen
years, and acting under its authority,
the governor will set aside for six
months certain personal guarantees,
Then those detected in the act of high.
way robbery, of raiding and any form
of train wrecking, of cutting telegraph
or telephone wires, or even of remov-
ing spike from the railroad track, or
throwing a stone at a train, will be
summarily shot by those making the
arrest.
The bill providing for this drastic
measure was sent to the permanent
commission Of the federal congress.
1t was signed by Miguel Macedo. sub.
secretary of the department of inte-
rtor, and clearly states that its enact.
ment Is the wish of the president.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-17
EFFORT To STEAL
$5O,OOO,OOO
Alleged In indictments by U, S.
Grand Jury.
GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION.
Seven Men Indicted at Detroit For
Alleged Plot to Secure $4,000 Acres
Of Coal Lands in Alaska-Defend-
ants Deny There Has Been Fraud.

A Detroit, Mich, dispatch says:
Government investigation into alleged
Alaskan coal land frauds involving APP
proximately $4,000 acres of land val
ued at more than s50,000,000, resulted
in the issuance of an indictment by
the local federal grand jury, charging
seven individuals with conspiracy
against the United States.
The defendants are: Wilbur W. Nc
Alpine, Albert H. Roehm, George w.
Ross, Frank D. Andrus, Arthur L.
Holmes and McCurdy c. Lebeau, all
of Detroit, and John NJ. Bushnell, Of
Chicago. The foregoing are officials
of a company known as the Michigan
Alaska Development Company
Contention of Government.
The contention of the government is
that the defendants conspired to in
duce between 200 and 300 individuals
to become stockholders in the Michi-
gan-A4aska Company by making
fraudulent and fictitious locations of
certain Alaska coal lands" thereby
violating the land entry laws of 1910,
which made it illegal for more than
four persons TO form company for
locating Alaska coal lands and taking
out patents on more than $40 acres
It is alleged that several stockhold-
ers of the coal lands were led to be-
lleve that they were locating the lands
for their exclusive use, "but in truth
and in fact for the use and benefit of
the seven defendants and the develop
ment company"
The Michigan-Alaska Development
Company was organized under the
laws Of Arizona. w. W. McAlpine is
the president The coal lands in.
volved are situated at Juneau, Alaska,
and several contiguous tracts in the
vicinity of Homer upon the westerly
end of Kenai peninsula bordering on
the Cook inlet.
Hundreds of Claimants.
The claims are said to have been
located by about 200 Detroit and Mich.
igan residents and a hundred other
claimants from New York, Chicago,
San Francisco, Seattle and other west
ern points.
1t is declared by the defendants
that strictly individual entry of the
lands has been made, and that the
Michigan-Alaska company was organ
lied as a benefit association for the
purpose Of aiding the stockholders or
claimants to better protect their title
and develop their lands. They deny
the stock was to be sold, and insist
that the corporation was not formed
for the exploitation of the coal lands
in the general market
District Attorney Watson announced
that he will prepare for an early trial
of the defendants. The penalty for
conviction on a charge of conspiracy
against the government Of this nature
is two years Imprisonment or a fine
of not more than $4,000.