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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03

An ndult fowl IN supposed 10 pro
duce nearly 100 pounds of highly con
ccniratcd manure In year. but on the
average farm. on account OF careless,
methods IN attending 20 tho poultry,
the bulk Of this manure IL allowed 70
10 TO waste.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03

ITS strange that you never met inc
Count Spaghetti before" remarked
the heiress.
"oh, not at ALL" replied the disap-
pointed sutton
But he tells me he has been in
New York for quite a number OF
years"
yes. but always shave myself.
you know"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03
Almost.

avoid kissing if you would have a
beautiful mouth" says DIR, Lillian Rus
sell. We are almost inclined to Je-
lieve the report that Lillian isn't as
young as she used to be.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03
EOS TITANIC
VICTIMS FOUND
BODIES OF COL. ASToR, lslDoRE
STRAuS AND C. M. HAYS
RECOVERED.
MANY ARE IDENTIFIED
NAMES OF NlNETY-oNE PERSONS
REPORTED BY CABLE SHIP
ENCOURAGEMENT.


New ork.-The bodies of Colonel
John Jacob Astor and Isidore Straus.
the millionaire merchant of this city,
who lost their lives in the Titanic dis.
aster, have been recovered and are on
board the cable ship Mackay-Bennett
News of the recovery of the bodies
was contained in a dispatch to the
White Star Line Company.
The body of c. NJ. Hays, president of
the Grand Trunk Railway. has also
been recovered according to a wire
less message from the cable shir
Nina.
The wireless dispatch which came
to the company from the Mackay-Ben.
nett gives the additional Identification
Of forty.nlne of the heretofore un
known recovered dead on the cable
ship. OF the 2O5 dead on board the
Mackay-Bennett the names OF ninety
one have been sent ashore by wire
less.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03

II your stable floor IL OF plank and
In need OF repairing, the laying OF q
thin coat OF cement over tho Old and
then putting new layer OF pinnka on
II will serve TO make the Moor wn,er
light and Mt the aaino time to prevent
dry rot.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03

Be careful with chemical fertilizers
Spare some of the skim milk for the
hens.
Market your grain and forage prod.
ucts on the hoof.
Get q nose ring for the young bull
while you think OF 1t.
First class eggs should weigh about
~ pounds to the dozen.
Straw is much too valuable to be
allowed to rot in the stack.
An occasional feed of oats will be
valuable for the brood SOW.
The ewes that are sucking lambs
should be fed very literally.
In order to have good .sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young,
A variety in feeding is one way Of
keeping the flock in good condition.
Stinting in feeding is repaid by stint
Ing in milk flow and per cent. OF fat.
Buying pure-bred stock by mail IL
coming to be more and more common
You can get no more power from
your horse than you give him in his
food.
1t should be remembered that a
horse can do more than his feet will
stand.
Your horse may intend to please
you but does not understand your
wishes.
Good feed will put life into a horse
hundred times better than an g.
foot whip.
A runaway horse is only safe in the
stable with a good halter and the
stable door latched.
Growing pigs should not be crowded
into close. filthy quarters. exposed to
vermin and disease.
Many a man blames the Lord for a
poor crop. which was really the result
of his own poor blowing.
Always water first. then a little
hay, and follow with grain; this gives
the animal chance to digest.
A good spray to disinfect coops and
breeders is a mixture OF Y pint car.
bolic acid in gallons OF water.
Lack OF moisture in the incubator Is
one OF the common causes OF chicks
failing to break out OF the she'll
Don't be tempted to sell your best
birds unless you have some better
ones In view to take their places.
Nothing worse than damp brooder
floor to start chick ills. Cover them
with a little dry earth or old carpet
Fresh poultry manure is said TO
have about twice the fertilizing value
OF cattle manure, pound for pound.
h.. To- 81 I'll 10 a.
n weed killer. No weed seed that
goes into silo ever comes out alive
A yearling tree is preferred by
many to older trees. They are thought
to be safer to transplant than two-year
| trees.
A cement feeding floor for the hogs
can be built for close around six cents
a square foot. II Is worth the invest.
ment
Cultivation is n moisture conserva.
tor. but II the ground Is dry don't run
the cultivator teeth deep: keep the
top soil stirred only.
Truck crops suffer least from fungi
in seasons that open with cool spring
and end with very hot summer. with
rainfall below the average.
Often the only difference between
n gentle COW and kicker IL that the
hrst had little handling while
hoifcr and the other didn't
Ground limestone or hydratcd limo
may be applied TO n meadow with
soil that In acid. Lime mny be mp
piled to the meadow Mt any time. us.
ing from one TO three tons per acre
Chilled eggs are responsible for n
good deal OF bad luck" with ineuba.
tors. but ms n general thing eggs IN
the process OF Matching will stand
more cooling than many people think
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03

Misunderstanding with light from
her salon and cabins, the Titanic
dashed full speed to her destruction,
according to Ernest Gill, donkey en-.
CINE man on the steamship Califotni.
an. who testified before the Sena'e
committee investigating the disaster.
He said Captain Stanley Lord OF the
Californian refused later to go to he
aid of the Titanic, the rockets from
which could be plainly seen.
This. Captain Lord denied: but both
he and his wireless operator acknowl
edged having seen rockets. Their ship.
they said, was fast in the ice.
Gill submitted an affidavit to the
committee. and when sworn and put on
the stand stuck to his charges against
the captain OF the Californian.
He said he was standing on the
deck late Sunday night when he sight.
ed a great ship. sweeping along at top
speed, about ten miles off. He did not
know II was the Titanic but made out
readily that II was not a freighter Or
a small vessel because of the manner
in which It was illuminated
Some time later he saw distress rock.
cts on the horizon. lie says the cnp
tain was appraised OF these signals.
but made no effort to get up steam and
go to the rescue. The Californian was
drifting with the foe. So Indignant
did he become. said GIL. that he Gu.
deayored to recruit committee OF pro.
lest from among the crew. but the men
failed him.
Captain Lord entered n sweeping de-
NAL OF Gill's accusations and read from
the californlan's log to support nis
contention.
Cyral Evans, the Callfornian's wire.
less operator. however. told Of having
heard much talk among the crew. who
criticised the captains course. GIL,
he said. told him he expected to get
$500 for his story when the snip
reached Boston.
Evans told OF having warned the II
'hhie ohiy u nriei ume before the
Ereat 'esse' e 'l'i ln'o the pers
'""' NV ~" ""' '''"''' WI" wv
The Titanic's operators, he said,
Mt the time were working with the
wireless station at Cape Race. and
they told him 10 "shut mn and keen
mt" within n hair bonr the pride
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-03

AeEs!!blRE
Stick to pure breeds.
Ducks are easy to raise.
q Dairy cows must have salt.
Keep the dairy utensils clean.
v It's going to be a great year for
"A Iilos.
That fall plowed garden works fine,
n doesn't it,
Il Keep a little gas tar on hand and
Il apply for scaly legs.
n Carry a pipe-wrench with you. 1t
Is a general utility tool.
q mind. 1t stays on the Job.
The finer the soil, the better the
vegetables. both in quantity and quail.
\ !ty.
A COW appreciates punctuality in
milking. as much as a man does in
meals.
Be sure there are no lice on the
young stock when they are turned to
pasture.
The supply Of good 1900 to 1900
pound work horses is always behind
tho demand.
As general rule. tho depth to
plant should be four times the diam
eter Of the seeds.
Sweet clover seed hulled weighs
about so pounds per bushel. and the
unhulled SO pounds.
n the fetlocks are clipped and the
horses legs are kept clean. scratch
ing will never bother.
Always water first, then little hay.
and follow with grain; this gives the
animal a chance to digest
Horses cannot be grown as cheap
ms they were when land was half the
price and grain half the price.
Mate up the teams intended for
work In the spring at least few
days before they are needed.
Some men pillow the garden when
the fields are too wet to work. So
much the worse for the garden.
Tho development OF the young
horse requires the exercise OF the
best judgment in handling him.
The ground should never be allowed
TO become baked. as In this condition
q great deal OF moisture is lost IN.
necessarily.
In cutting eyes from potatoes leave
enough OF the potato on them to fur
nish sustenanco until they can draw
81 from the earth.
The correct mating is s to IL hens
for each cockerel. The smaller the
breed tho more hens may be allowed
with each rooster.
Tho smaller the quarters the great
er the care. Crowded fowls are much
more liable to become affected with
yermin and disease.
Grow early onions from sets but the
main crop from seeds Onions from
seeds keep better. grow larger and
nre OF better quality.
Do you like 20 see n sick fowi7 II
the bird In not OF more than ordinary
value, and the disease Is serious. mp
ply tho ax with a steady hand.
When chicks spread themselves out
comfortably nj .ight, part way be.
tween tho heater and walls OF tho
brooder II II n safe indication that the
heat Ia about right.
II IL Just ms important TO rotate
garden crops ma neld crops and II II
certainly n great mistake 10 plant the
same crop on the same ground three
or four seasons In succession.
The average weight OF u hons eggs
run from 10 10 ~ ounces per dozen. A
weight OF 22n ounces may be taken
ms n fair average for good sired eggs.
although weight OF four ounces In
not unknown for single specimens,
No need 10 buy prepared charcoal
for farm fnwia nah, un nil, nj
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
Heat That Makes Iron Boil Like Water

'OR some years past scientific
men have been striving to pro-
duce heat 6ercer than any tenn
perature Of which we have expert
ence In ordinary life. The greatest
heat ever developed by the agency Of
man MAS obtained by Sir Andrew
Noble, who exploded cordite in
closed vessels, 60 that a pressure OF
nifty tons 10 the square inch was
registered, and a degree Of heat
never previously recorded.
The highest temperature reached
IN fuel furnaces for practical pur-
poses ie between LOO and 1,S00 de-
srees centigrade. and at such a heat
freclay and porcelain are melted
Theu We come 10 the Eams fed with
hydrogen and oxygen, or oxygen
nda coal gas; by these means a
temperature Of 1000 degrees cent?
grade may be obtained.
A new industry solely dependent
upon the employment OF great heat
Is that OF melting quartz. This min
ersl. fused by the oXy hydrogen
fame. Is converted into tubes and
TASKS and other vessels for chemi-
cal purposes. These vessels are alb
solutsly inert, and may be heated
hundreds Of degrees higher than is
possible with glass; they may also
be plunged at such heat into cold
water without ipjVGgs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

IT has been discovered that bv
whirling centrifugal whee! at high
velocity In the combustion-chambe
OF furnace the nitrogen Is cast to
one side. while the oxygen Is con
contrated, and In this way q bright
er fame and greater heat are OBJ
Iained. A similar appliance used
during the combustion OF coal In a
furnace enabled a firm OF paper
makers to save twenty-ssven per
cent of their coal bill by the climi-
nation OF the hydrogen gas formed
in combustion.
But most remarkable OF all the
phases Of the utilization OF extreme
heat Is tho discovery OF the welding
material known as thermit The
inventor discovered that aluminium
Is very much attached TO oxygen.
and holds 10 closer than a brother.
Therefore he mixed granulated alu-
nlnium with oxide OF iron. for the
lighter metal wants oxygen. and tho
oxide OF iron has IL 10 give. A small
quantity OF magnesium filings was
placed on top Of the mixture and
storm-match applied. and immedi-
ately a mass OF molten iron was
seen boiling at temperature OF
5000 degrees cenugrsde much
higher than any Temperature In Or
dinary p1e
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

principle or all Things common In
,.>sc lasr Gays" And signed.
"Mi2pah."
Dread OF the waste basket
cropped ou. in many OF the letters
This Is a favorite expression of that
dread: I'm the name OF humanity DO
not throw this letter into the waste
basket until you have read It"
Hundreds "do protest too much at
the start, as: This Is not a begging
letter" And, "If you knew how Il
hurts me TO write" And. Il am not
an impostor," and. eff you will ask
my minister" etc
Many OF the requests from charity
and other benevolent institutions con-
tanned phrases that were monuments
OF imbecility. bad taste and insincer-
ity, Here are a few examples:
IT have set my alarm clock for 2
q m Each time II rings I will rise
and ASK God TO ask you for $50. 900"
God loveth a cheerful giver."
MAY the Holy Spirit do His work
IN your heart and lead you to give
81, 900. .Q0G' Ito . Western unIYer-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
be Remark able Efforts of the Financier's Widow
to Discover the Worthy Among Those Who
liked Her For Three Times Her Entire Fortune
And the Surprising Things She Found Gut

A few simple pretty clothes for
girl OF 81 do you blame me for mol
wanting to marry him when ne IS
wealthy unless have them"
Merely the gift OF an au,o,
mobile for my aged mother ana
myself. which would be nothing IN
your sight; s400 in tlie Lord IS name,
for minister whose present auto
mobile IS worn out
"a tombstone so expensive that
am unable TO do much, still 1t Is d
sacred duty"
Money to put an artificial leg op
the market.
Twenty-Five dollars TO pay for
copyright OF a drama.
Fifty dollars to carry out plan
10 keep a family OF twelve children
from tormeuting their neighbors.
To pay debts contracted without
her husbands knowledge.
This letter will reach you on
Saturday. VIII you have the kind
ness TO send me an answer by spe-
cial delivery, as on Sunday ordinary
mail is not circulated. 0y time Is
limited IN this hotel"
One OF the freakiest letters"
writes Mr.. Allen, ''fairly reelSing with
insincerity, was from n man who
claimed to have spent Ten years
demonstrating from frst-hand con-
tact that 1T is worth while to
Investigate the horrors, disgraces.
malevolent and ignorant outrages,
procedures intensely dangerous TO
health md life Itself. DOW borne with
equanimity and patience by all the
generous and trustful public.
among ordinary cheap restaurants
where the ma ajority Of our Americans
are now getting their pot luck"
The tnctlessness Of many OF these
mendicant letter writer's was amaz-
ing, A wife whose husband was .Iu
bad health and unable TO work" ad-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

slty)- We would appreciate a reply
over your own signature"
1t was very great pleasure to
see you once more and to know OF
Ioa kindly dealings with you. P. S,
Sectior 8. above, is not quite true 10
tact but I trust you are to be n CO.
laoorer and go I send this With
photograph ot myself"
II Is recognized that begging let
fers must be examined carefully as
oasis for discriminate and helpful
giving IN some cases a begging
letter furnishes evidence that the
writer should have other attention
at once = that some one should
ring for an ambulance" For In
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

dressed Mrs. Hartman
as Dear Sis IN Christ"
a business man In
need OF more capital
started his letter TO
Mrs. Hartman with
the inquiry, "Is your
soul saved?'
A woman who admitt-
ed that she was only
the c1ndlestick Of
Heavens light" wanted
the means OF financing
a scheme 10 revive "the
iost art OF letter writ
Ing"
A man with a record
Of fifty eight jail SEN
tences IN one year de-
sires the means OF plac-
ing on the market a
health remedy made
OF celery water"
A champion crank
ended his letter thus:
Yours for the immedi-
ate restoration OF truth.
Justice and sexless pro-
gress as the sound basic
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

$207, 100000, while various institu-
tions In foreign countries asked for
S6,000.000. Yet, writes the expert !:
with few exceptions requests
are prefaced With the assurance
that writer's want only what Mrs.
Hartman would never miss"
Two out OF three OF these begging
letters were from women; less than
ten per cent asked aid for others
the majority Of these personal beg
gars had troubles Of their own"
One letter in twenty-five. only, was
from a minor: but these were near
ly always altruistic. often IN the
interest OF mamma. who is sick
and worrying for the debts" Only
about one in ten OF the personal
letters were from illiterate, persons,
while 33s were apparently from
persons OF far more than average
education,
1T is not merely the slum-dwell-
er," writes Mr., Allen, "or the slum-
worker in great city who writes
to tho rich men and women adyer-
tised In the press. On the con-
trary, $500 different localities are
represented by these 5000 appeals.
For Mrs Hnrriman's office aud on:
own we prepared two pin maps in-
dicating the localities in the United
States nfter the first 1000 letters
bad come, Little black pins mean
individuals asking FOR themselves
and families. Large red pins are
used for colleges and universities.
littl, red ones for industrial schools,
etc; white for churches, green for
hospitals, yellow for boys clubs:
blue for homes and asylums, Law
ender for scientific and civic bodies.
In explaining why so much study
was given TO these letters. MT. Al
len who seems to be speaking tor
Mrs Hartman. says
..crl.l. ii rct tNentN or 1ILy lllueS
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

stance: ,t,a ,n6
"A man who leaves his wite ana
.,,idran IN an institution and bor-
rows money from hotel clerks Win
which TO buy newspaper and Bible
quotations to further one OF tns
greatest constructive schemes 10
make sssO,0oo, 900 should be exam
tned for MS sanity. Otherwise. In
stead of becoming one OF the mose
helpful, progressive and useful men
of my time, lie may easily become
homicide"
Accordingly-with hrs. Hsrri'
mans encouragement-Mr. Aliens
book ends with carefully thought
out Magma Charta for Givers-"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

Above Ia Mary Harm.
man, Now Mrs. c. c.
Rumsey; Below Miss
Carol Hartman. Daush.
ters Whose Financial
Welfare the Late MIR.
Hartman Left in His
Wife's Hands Together
with His Whole Fortune.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

go
one reads: You VIII
never miss such n trlhe'
while 10 N. one thoue-
and dollars would look
like Heaven itself, the
heart response is Jun
mediate. 1t seems I'M
perative to answer an
appeal TO save n tuoer'
culosls flance, rescue a
paraly2ed bnby, rebuild
a church that was
struck by Tightening,
supply the last fifty
thousand toward a col
lege which will IL
lumine Il State or give
au old couple tho
longed-for trip back
home.
What right have I
with an income Of $50
or $500 a day to hesi-
tate when / pass dis.
tress, or when 1t comes
30 me IN my morning
mail?
rs there any lesson
in these hundreds of
appeals for me, for
others who want to
give wisely. for those
who ask and for those
VINO are trying to un-
derstand. interpret and
direct social forces?"
So even personal let.
cers were carefully an
alyzed that contained
excuses Ike these:
rssvs @ -
faoeGaG q Go. H,1
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
you Will never miss It." is

K5oU Will never miss It," is
Nv the fayorite argument
: ol the begging letter
ialIacy Of this argument Is
st In the authorized state.
tAst within two years after
hh Of E. II. Hartman. the
N magnate, his widow re-
1000 begging letters asking
2 aggregate Of 1851, 100000.
" y the conscientious, philan-
Itlly Inclined master or mis-.
y millions 10 do in such n
ka! Laboriousiy examine in
nEhts Of each application for
~ aid, submit to being i'm
EAM or throw all the begging
lnlo the waste bnsketP
Hsrrimau chose the course
nued First. to the limit OF
1a and strength, she rend and
pa each OF those 5000 beg
Sters- Then, convinced that
q them contained legitimate
q s1e submitted the whole
eooence for expert analysis
lnu Fl. Allen, Director of the
o. Municipal Research and
trimming School for Pub
nHee. The extremely inter
md often surprising. result
Aliens book, lately isseud by
sead 8, Co., u. Y, and called
SIa Philanthropy: Il Study OF
<H Appealing and Giving"
'oFe~ord Mrs. Hartman
- apntual, gifts mental, ana
a'e1al are the three greatest
d expressing human inter-
,0g have been unequally be-
N men,
ms lndlTldual gifts must be
S.snltically as well as sym
alT 10 be successful in
s.slon Of bcneflting himself.
NIT and his race"
\. ~ ald OF a card index sys.
~. Allen classified and anal.
% : 5000 begging letters sent
na'r1man. Two OF his in
= eorclusions are:
nose who give without
ding" " m'bS ~ III
@ers is need for a CORE
SCHOOL In the art Of ap-
40 me art of giving"
n@pie as 10 The former, the
~, metaphorlcal woman
e asking Mrs. Hartman
snO OSs drop from your over
50 As1 for a sister In deep
81 20 sit down and write a
,sSs, W. one million dollars"
n sIIuer woman. 1T will look
rj,' 'ust you will see you'll
ana ,le sum aud make me
nv writing from California
tSuess a. a. to convey a hint
Biblical camel and
f;%%s "fou could never
w. and when a man goes
kass - s beyond he cannot take
With him.
boz susand Of these letters
ts.n men, en- women and chil,
Ilso United States, asking
y I.+,.'oy themselves; I,4oo
tss sfs from Europe, Asia.
700: !, Australia sSs asked for
b Il. i,ioo io benevolent aeen.
onifsd States wanted
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29

Mrs. Hsrrimans Beg
ging map-the Most
Remarkable Map in the
World, as the Begging
Letters Csme IN the
Places They We're Sent
from Were Marked with
Pins-Lit,le Black Pins
for individuals, Large
Red Pins for Colleges
and Universities, Little
Red Pins for Industrial
Schools, etc, White for
Churches, Green for
Hospitals, Yellow for
Bows Clubs, Blue for
Homes, lavender for
his Reproduction, but
Allen. Modern Philsn.
Letter Research.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1912-05-17
ADVERTISING RATES:

ADVERTISING RATES:
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Business locals word Cards Of thanks 80
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Take it Quick.

You may easily make five dollars
per day selling our automatic nee
die threader. Retals for one dol
ar. No woman will permit you To
take il off her machine when she
sees il work. Garry sample in your
vest pocket. Threads needle in n
flash. Sells wherever you can find
sewing machine: cities, villages,
mud huts, ranches, and along the
road side.
If you have any scruples against
canvassing, put by your false
pride, get out into Gods sunlight,
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your five dollars per day and gain
some experience and confidence
which will make you independent of
everybody and open your eyes to
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This business means cash in hand
every day, collect as you go. The
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if your prospect has dollar in the
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high Ms $500 in one days work.
No capital required. just work. Do
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YOU will he making good money
inside of ten days.
Address Agency Automatic Nee
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NJ Twill