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Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
THE PARTING
GUEST

} Where are the good things promised me
} BY the Old Year that is dyingp
) And what care how i'll he be
! Who was so given to lying>
A comely youth, he sought my door
And taried ill his locks were boar;
A fair and foul, capricious guest,
Z Who swore to give me Of his best;
J Who pledged himself true year;
} But he was then-the New Year.
Where are the silver and the gold
\ Ere now should eli my walleta
What mean these scanty clothes and old.
This attic room and palletp
The purse he dangled in my view
Z Bet,vixt his juggling hands slipped through.
: He found me poor. he left me poorer;
} But now a richer friend. and surer.
) Awaits me--in the New Year.
Where are the poets bays he said
( My dulcet song should gain me2
The wreath that was to crown my head.
tn applause that should sustain mep
Alackl round other brows than nine
J see the fresh-won laurels twinei
} Shll for the muses. sake, sing;
) The world may listen yet, and fling
! 1t. sarland-in the New Year.
Where is the one dear face to love
( His golden month, should bring me,
Whose smile recompense would prove
! For all the ills that sung mep
} MY heart still beat, in loneliness;
) There is no darling hand to press;
\ But, oh, dream we yet shall meet,
\ And trust to find her kisses sweet
< And win her-in the New Year.
( Where arc the works In patience wrought;
Z The grace to love my neishbor;
2 The SINS left of; the wisdom taught
D OF suffering and labor;
D The fuller life; the strength to wait;
= The equal heart for either fstep
: Well may speed the parting guest
K And take this stranger TO nay breastl
( Be thou, indeed. a true year.
Y O far and welcome New TeaEi
D Edmund Clorsnoe SiedHan'
in The Century
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

If you have pains in the baeA' e .,..
nary, bladder or kidney troaols, -.
Mother Gray's Arom attic Leaf, pea,
ant herb remedy for women's us sn1
a great system regulator. Al uia5
gists or by mail Soc, sample Free, AZ
dress, Mother Gray Co, LeRoy' ~ ,o5
Adv
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
Watch Our Show Windows

Rev NJ Beadle, glasses jelly, cans fruit,apples
Mrs lslah Duty, apples, potatoes
crackers
Andrew Murdoch, apples, sugar
Robert Rust, bag onions
Miss Stevens, soda cereal. tea corn starch
kathleen Mary Irwin, toys
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

When the cave man
wanted help or a wife
he strobe forth, tapped
one on the head, and
dragged he or she to
the tribal habitat.
GCivilization has placed
certain restrictions and
limitations about us
which prevent this
beautifully simple
method.
qBut it has given us
the want ad, which
costs but a few cents,
and no physical effort.
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
snrrH Woodstock

SOUTH WOODSTOCK
District ?. Teacher, Miss Frances Eldredge
Mrs. Frank Johnston. squash, beets turnips,
canned spiced, rhuoarb
Mrs. Charles jackson, apples carrots Jar OF Jelly
Mrs. Stuart Litehfeld. squash, apples. cat meal
Mrs Fred Bates, apples. potatoes, carrots
Mrs, Peter Montyille, apples
Mrs. Joseph Lyon, potatoes, apples
Mrs. q. Williams, onions. psrsnips, turnips
Mrs. A. Daaselson, bags potatoes, squash
Mrs. Nj. Nhfte, Spples, onions iello, soap, DO
Fsxine
Mrs. Henry Lowe, POTATOES
Mrs. G. W. Butts, apples
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
BROOKLYN


Mrs. 5. w. Bard, Haptha soap, chocolate
Mrs. j. 5. lBard corn starch, raisins, currants
cocoa, Sapolio, jelly, oat meal, macaroni, ?
lbs. butter
Ellen Howard, potatoes
John johnson, apples, potatoes, canned fruit
Mr.. Cooper, apples, squash
Miss Crosby, apples
Nindham Comfy jail, sugar
Mr.. Miller, apples
Mrs. G. ;. Marlor, cream wheat, saltines, raisins
canned corn, beans, lbs. rice
Mrs ID ;. Marlor. potatoes, onions. pumpkin,
sQua-h
Miss c. Day, potatoes
Miss Bowen, apples
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Edward Moran, bag apples, potatoes
Byron Parker, cabbage, carrots
Sadie Moran, oranges. sugar
Lucy Ruggerio, apples, potatoes
Felicia Ruggerio. cabbage
John Mafhrecci, apples, potatoes
Evelyn Hammond, potatoes, turnips
Elizabeth and Edward Brown, potatoes
Willie Degray, apples potatoes
Lena and Lizzie Baker. potatoes. apples, butter,
jelly
Sidney and Elizabeth Bard, beets, carrots butter,
Jelly
Linwood Chapman potatoes
Hope Gardiner. carrots
Ruth Gardiner, turnips. apples, potatoes
Beatrice Gerry and Dana Biakeiy, turnips. cab
bage, potatoes, chilli sauce
katherine Lawton corn meal
Arthur Willard, apples, Potatoes, cabbage
Dorothy Blake, app1es, potatoes
Nathsniel Grrenleaf, apples, shredded wheat
Warren Page. tomatoes, Jelly
Louise Noodson, apples
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
ARLINGTON
ELLIOTT

Mrs Charles Smith, bag -four
Mrs, Z. +. Gr0svenor, sugar
Andrew sharpe. grapes
Mrs George Hicks. cocoa raisins, cereal
Mrs A. j. Gilbert, Cereal
Mrs. b. ". Whitehouse oranges, grapes
Thomas Elliott chickens
Joseph Baker, carrots
Theron Clapp, white meal
Harvey Whilmore, apples
MIR. Glacier, squash
John Waiien, turnips
seth kimball, apples, pumpkin, magazines
Daniel Leary, onions, apples
William ID. Fay, potatoes
Oren A. Weeks. potatoes
Master Harry Fits, potatoes
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
NORTH WOODSTOCK

Mrs. L. j. Leavltt can grape juice chow chow,
tomato preserve, sweet pickle
District 9, Miss Edith A. Eddy, teacher
Stanley, Frances and Bessie Galenski potatoes.
apples, carrots, turnips
Harold and Hattie Bennett, potatoes
Walter Clemens. potatoes
Earth and Walter Keith, potatoes, apples, cab
bage, onions
Arthur and Ethel Stahl, potar oes apples. carrots
Robert Froehlich potatoes, apples, pumpkins
District 12 Miss Flora b. Alton, teacher
Ruth Armstrong, apples, potatoes
Donald Hicks, carrots
Felix Miner, potatoes
Frank Miner, apples
Aunie Milligan, apples
Henry Brown, app es, potatoes
Viola Wilcox, apples, potatoes
Waiter Henres, apples
Marvin Barrett, potatoes
Flora Alton potatoes
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

Mrs. A. n Hammond, 20 cans fruit
Miss Alice Alderman, canned fruit. grape Juice
Mrs. Fannie BTockway, cans grape
Mrs. 4. Stahl 6 cans apple
Mrs. Emory Keith. cans tomatoes
Marjorie Hammond 3 cans pickles
Winfield :. Kenyon, vegetables
a. n. Hammond, free transportation Of Thanks
giving offerings. potatoes
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
NE@y BOSTON

Primary school, A. Ursula Putney, teacher
Noe Petite apples
Willie Healy, bananas
Carl Ninton, apples
Gindltta PeizZaT, apples
Charles anc Leon Baker, apples, preserves
Noel Poulin. apples
Guy Brown, jelly
Blanche Noisine. bananas
Leo y etu, cabbage
Spencer johnson. squash
Helen Mack crackers
Rose WilIett. crackers
Mary MAY. preserve
Stanley Dart, oranges
Withr0w Prince, apples
A. Ursula Putney, preserve
Grammar Department
Laura and Gladys May, squash, onions carrots
turnips
Ethel Baker. apples, squash, cabbage
Evelyn Burrows, carrots, apples, turnps, po-
tatoes
Mary and Frederick Johnson onions
Louise and Herman Prince potatoes
Grace McCullugh, sugar
Dorothy Dart, apples
Ethel and Daisy Smith, walnuts, apples, pota-
toes onions
Sylvia Hetu, apples, cabbage
Fred McCulock, apples, onions potatoes
Edward and james McCuliock, potatoes, grapes,
cranberries. onioas
Friend, 81
Miss Ethel Baker, squash, cabbage, apples
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
nANuiIlE

Mrs. Charles Russell, onions
Mrs. Labelle. dates, fancy crackers, etc
Mrs. ;. ). Russell cereal
Mrs W. +. Bidwe IA, cereal
Miller and CogsweIl, groceries
Mrs \. l.. Greig, mats. candy, oranges
Mrs. Char les =. Aver. chicken
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

Thankssiving Donations 1912

Chaifmaf, Mrs. WiIham T. Kailefly
Cloth Bags distributed 1000
Money received s205 "a
disbursements 30
Net total 300 "a
Amount and valuation of donations received
far exceeds any previous years according to the
statement made by the Maron. who was on
hand to receive all things sent in.
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
pOMFRET

Mrs. II II Davenport, s cans fruit, sugar
Mary n. johnson, 3 cans fruit
Miss Eleanor Mtthewson, cans soup, pkg. ce.
real, corn starch
Mrs, W. IL. Blackmore boxes crackers
oranges, bag crackers, coffee, soup, spices
Mrs. John Martins. oranges grape fruit
Mrs G. Danelson, bag apples
A Friend sweet potatoes, sugar, apples
Mrs Leon Andrews, cans fruit
James Bastic, apples
Mrs. Ed. GrosVenor. cereal. raisins
Mrs 2. Allen, jars fruit
Mrs Ii. II. Smith, cans soup, cereal, vermicelli
noodles
Pauline Lyon, apples, canned fruit
MI. and Ars. f. Il. Loyejoy, pkg. cereal, ge-
General Thomas Clemens, sugar
|. w. Trowbridge, OTIS. cream
/ N. edbury, bush. turnipS
Mrs. Lewis Averll. BUSH potatoes
Luther Day, bush. pota oes
Mrs James M tall. potatoes
Mrs, Andrew Fnrlong, apples, potatoes
Mrs Arthur G; Botna u, carrots, apples
Mrs. William Valentine, potatoes
Mrs Sherman l.. Russell, pumpkins, vegetables
Miss Annie Quigley, apples
Mrs. Clarence E. Watson, apples
Mrs. VI. W. Aason. apples
Mrs. Frank o. Davis, seeded raisins
Mrs. HEINZ Robbins canned fruit
Mrs. William Hanley, potatoes
Mrs. Albert Goodhal, vegetables
Mrs Henry ;. Young, potatoes
Mrs. Harry Smith. vegetables and canned goods
K f. Fulton. vegetables
Mrs. James hearney, potatoes, onions
Bans Anderson, potatoes
Herbert Congdon, potatoes
Patrick Malley. apples
Mrs. II ID. Covell, apples
Mrs B, njaniin Delisle. apples
Mrs. f T. White, potatoes
Mrs. Il. F. Burdick potatoes
Mrs Joseph E. Esterbrook potatoes
Mrs. Lucretia Alvord, . cents cash
Mrs. q. Hilton, potatoes
Fred \. Robinson, apples, potatoes
Mrs. Miehael Noon. potatoes
Martin Hanley, potatoes
Mrs Charles Hanley potatoes
Charles Grimes, potatoes
Mrs cha les +. kempton, apples. squashes
Miss Hilda Hibakka, so cents cash
Mrs. William Darling, potatoes
Mrs. R0uette, onions. apples, turnips
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

Mrs. Burbank oatmeal. plum juice
Mrs. i. F. Bennett, canned frni:
Many other donations that we have no name
for.
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

Miss Maud Williams, corn starch
Mrs. Abbie +. Child, 9 jars of fruit
Miss Margaret san Souei. jar pickles, bag
Mr. Donohue, tea coffee
William BambeT, pix potatoes
NJ. Angel, busnel turpips, carrots, apples
Mrs. W. j. Bartlett, oranges, cranberres, nuts,
grapefruit, potato chips
Bosworth Bros, bag flour
Mrs. +. a. Morrell. apples
Nelson Leclair, beans, pumpkins, turnips carrots
Nelson King, apples
Mrs, l.. + Smith, - soap
Mrs. +. j. Daniels, jelly
Mrs. William Richardson, apples
Mr.. and Mrs c. NJ. Fenner, graduated sugar and
terealsl
Mrs. Chas A. BucEminister, butter and sugar
Miss Mary Allard, sugar
Mrs. Chauneey Rice, potatoes
sir. Parker potatoes
Edward Mullan, bag flour
Mrs. Lewis NJ Elliott, apples
Mrs. W. Maertens, vegetables
Mrs, J. Stubberts, can corn, cereal, potatoes
Mrs. +, ID. sargent, canned fruit
Miss Sarah Brady, box cut sugar
Mrs. Archibald Macdonald, soap powder Yegeta-
bles
Mrs Chas Premiere carrots, potatoes
Mrs, j. r. Shaw, onions pckles,potatoes, apples
Mrs =. A. heelock, packages cereal
Mrs Beard, potatoes
Mrs. f W. Perry, potatoes
Mrs. Silas Wheelock. butter potatoes
Mrs. Geo. Gilpairic, cut sugar
A Friend, potatoes
Geo A. Wetherel. canned fruit
Mt. aud Nrs. Lewis Reeves grapefruit
Mrs. Lewis Favreau, tea, cocoa, raisins, rice
David Clark. apples
a Friend, apples, onions, potatoes
}. III Geeson, bushel vegetables
A Friend. pkge raSins apple. pumpkins
Mrs. = aterrnan, at olive oil. IDS dried peer
Mrs. f, +. and Chas Franklin, apple. crackers
turnips.
r. NJ Wheaton, vegetables
Mrs. Moses Aldrich, sQaasheS
Mrs. Prescott Bartlett, Jars peaches packages
cream wheat, rice, tapioca
Mrs, Eugene Durocher, raisins
THOMPSON
Miss Ella HeIrck, vegetables
Miss VI. X. sherman, sugar
Miss Z. 5. Backus canned peas. corn, squash.
pkge raisins. cereal pepper.
Joseph ST. Martin, vegetables
RAYMOND Bixby, potatoes
Mrs. 5. ). Beebe potatoes
Mrs. Sarah T.. ruesdale, raisins vegetables
+, NJ. Knight, cocoa cereal
Hannah A. Tracy, vegetables, apples
Miss Esther swanson, apples, vegetables
Miss Esther Soper, vegetables
Mrs. Oscar Whitman, vegetables
Frank Foisey, Jr, bag Suger
A trieud. potatoes
A Friend, Gag sugar
\ Friend. applies
A Erie nd, POTATOES
A Friend, potatoes
| A Friend, Apples
NJ. J. pemming, CARTS, potatoes
George =. Crosby. apples
A Friend, bag sugar
Mir. and mrs b. Elliott, pumpkin, potatoes
Friend, apples, cream OF wheat
l y TItNud , NahS StftbS pChaSs pears pump
kins, pineapple
John Moore, can peaches, corn, huckleberry, bot
tie grape juice, tea
BRANDY NIL SABBATH SCHOOL
Mrs. Eliza Datton, vegetables
| Mrs. Mhitmans vegetables
| Daniel LaBonte turnlps
/ Lillian Blanchard. apples
Mahelia Chandler, potatoes
| Charlie Peterson. vegetable. fruit
/ Esther sherman, apples
Marguerite and Clara NatheWson's, potatoes
Mrs Carleton fruit
Yereses Boyer, celery and vegetables
A Friend, fruit
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

Mr.. Bitgoed, blankets
W. 4. Dixon, doll
Mrs. Charles IilIinghasi. apples, canned fruit
Miss Ellen Prentice, vegetables
John Paine, graduated sugar
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27
RALLorYILLE
WOODSTOCK VALLEY

Mrs. James Chase, an extra large pumpkin
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

Miss Ethel Baker, squash, cabbage, apples
Putnam patriot., 1912-12-27

PUTNAM
NM j. T.. Burlson. carrots and fruit.
A RxNole, hushei OF meal.
Mrs, ~. hammond. tar,ey
" 1iisnl& Rafferty,, turkey
Mrs. Ed. Williams, 4 cereals
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
The Problem Of tho Glaeia..

The curves Of variation Of glaciers
which are collected in the Alpine mu-
scum In Berne show. according to Pro
lessor Rrueckner. that the twenty six
great glaciers Of Switzerland which
were very extensive Mt the beginning
Of tho nineteenth century thereafter
receded. Mt first slowly and then more
rapidly. until the close Of the century
The course of recession was interrupt
ed about the middle OF the century by
q brief advance. in which only two
glaciers exceeded the limits that
bounded them ut the commencement
Of the century. The glaciers showed
q second slight advance between 1890
and 1906. Although the curves Of the
various glaciers are similar in gen.
ernl. each exhibits well marked pc
cullarities. which make it difficult to
trace any connection between eli
matte changes and fluctuations in gla-
citation. The problem Of the glaciers
IL still involved in obscurity. and much
patient research will he required to
effect its solution. -Scientific Ameri-
can.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
SHE CHARGES
FATHER Of A
GRAVE CRIME
Mrs. Roebuck, Formerly of
Fountain City, Alleges Her
Parent and Her Uncle
Murdered a Woman.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

sions which directed suspicion to her
father.
Sheriff Bell said he met Mrs. Roe
buck In Columbus last Friday and he
took her before Chief of Police Carter
OF Columbus. At his request. her
statements were taken down by a
stenogra pher.
She said she could no longer stand
the strain on her conscience and
would rather see her father in Jail
than to be haunted by the thought
she was cOncealing a crime, Bell said
Mrs. Roebuck, according to Sheriff
Bell. said that while she was at her
fathers home she woke up one night
and heard her father say to her
mother. well. | have done what | in
tended to do"
mother replied.
We'll it's done now" she claims her
father said.
Mrs. ROebuCk, continued the sheriff,
said she was certain the conversation
referred to the murder of Miss Hagel-
'gans.
ION the strength Of that statement,
we arrested the three men and will
recall the grand jury to take up the
case Immediately" said the sheriff
"Hagelgans has not made formal con-
1ession but he admitted to me last
night that he believed the body of
nj for hrv Iaxl
buried somewhere on the farm owned
by his sister"
Hunting for the Body.
The Hagelgans farm is located near
Morgans station and Is being searched
in an attempt to unearth the body of
Koltz. The authorities say they have
every reason to believe the search will
be successful.
In working out theory of the crime
In light Of it's developments, Sheriff
Bell said he believed Miss Hagelgans
was lured to the barn on her farm and
struck down by club. He said the
murderers then carried her body into
the house, bound it in a chair and
fired several bullets into it. Then he
says the alleged murderers killed |
koltz and concealed the body to make I
1t appear Koltz had killed the woman |
and fled.
Until the information in the hands
Of the authorities has been presented ,
to the grand jury the prisoners will
be held without bond. 1t Is expected
to get the grand Jury assembled this !
week.
Sheriff Bell arrested Edward McKin-
ley last night at his home after having
awaited ut his home all day. lie said I,
that Mckinley was out with pack of !
hounds running foxes and did not re-
turn until after dark
David Mckinley had been taken in
to custody earlier in the night. Hagel-
gans was arrested on Ills farm.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
kjIlino tho Bad Taste

''AIaybe 1 won't have to take medi-
cine again. and even if 1 do have to
take it maybe the doctor will prescribe
an ambrosial mixture. but if l should
be condemned for my sins to swallow
vile doses l know how I'll take them
a city salesman volunteered. "A man
who was doctoring himself in the drug
store showed he the way
1.-The drrggis. had mixed particu-
larry obnoxious dose The man before
taking it asked for cracked ice. The
errand boy brought it. several spoon
fuls nearly pulveriZed. The sick man
held that in his mouth until it melted
after which the medicine seemed as
mild as tea.
~ always prepare my mouth that
way for disagreeable medicine the
man said The ice numbs the nerves.
and the medicine slips down without
leaving any taste, good or bad "-Ex-
change
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
RULES FOR CURING MEAT.

Preparing In Brine Most Desirable Fer
Average Farm Conditions.
All meat that is to go into the cur
before it is packed. 1t is also we'll to
let it cool thoroughly before attempt
ing to cut it into convenient pieces.
because 1t is firmer and can be cut
into much smoother pieces than when
ii is warm.
Pork may be dry sailed. or cured
in brine. The latter being the most
desirable for average farm conditions.
because it requires less attention and
takes up less room. When pork is
dry cured it is necessary TO rehandle
the meat and rub it several times
with the curing materials used. With
the brine process. the meat is put in
the vessel. the brine poured over 1t. and
it will NOT be necessary to handle it
again until it is ready to be taken out
and smoked.
In cutting the pork. trim all parts
smoothly. and remove all scraggy por
for sausage meat while fresh. but are
wasted if put through the curing pro-
cess. In trimming the hams and Shout
ders. expose as little OF the lean meat
as is necessary. because the action of
the salt while in process OF curing will
make the lean meat hard.
After all pieces of meat have been
properly cooled and trimmed. take each
piece separately and rub it all over
with salt and lay it aside for twenty
four hours. After the salt has been
absorbed. pack it into vessel-sirup
barrel or any other barrel that has
been properly cleaned. Pack the meat
in tightly, putting the hams and Shout
ders at the bottom. Weigh out, for
each 100 pounds Of meat. ten pounds
Of salt. four pounds of brown sugar
and two ounces of saltpeter Dissolve
this in four gallons Of boiling water
Stir it well. SO that all the salt and
sugar will be dissolved. Let it stand
until cool. and then pour over the meat
This amount Of water should be suf-
fcient to cover we'll the meat in the
vessel.
Put round wooden cover over the
top and weight it down with a stone
so as to keep all the meat under the
brine. but il not sufficient brine add
enough to cover the meat. Put the
vessel in some cool place and let it
stand for from sig to eight weeks.
when the meat will be ready to be
taken out of the brine and smoked or
used. 1t may be left in the brine for a
longer time if desired. The use OF
sugar in brine keeps the lean meat
from getting hard and also adds a
sweet flavor to the meat. The small
amount Of saltpeter is used to retain
the natural color Of the meat-Col-
mans Rural World.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
British LEGAL Nieknamss.

The residents OF the English couM-
tics have nicknamcs the meaning and
origin Of which are not always OBJ
vious. Why the Inhabitants Of Liver
lsoo' should be called "Dicky Sans Is
mt very clear. But nearly all the
counties have their distinctive nick.
names. The Glaswegians are "Kee-
lies" the Lancashire men are Tim
Robbins" Yorkshire men. again. are
everywhere ''Tykes." a nickname the
tymology Of which Is not easy to
trace. The Inhabitants OF Suffolk are
designated "Dumplings." those Of
Kent Hogs" and the Isle Of Wight
people "Calves"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
PORTARLE HQUaE.


I'll
ling and fitted with two old wheels for
moving the house. A short tongue is
placed on one end, which is fastened
behind a wagon when moving the
building. Under the tongue a block is
placed when it is desired to use the
building upon wheels. as in husking
corn in the fields in cold weather.
The building is erected above the
floor. and if for corn husking alone the
walls may be canvas. painted to keep
out the rain. with a small bench built
at one end for the stalks to lie upon.
with hooks for strings. This makes it
as comfortable working place as can
be desired and with the advantage that
1t can be moved from one end Of the
field to the other as needed
Where built fLr threefold purpose
the walls should be made of light
boards or at least the lower part Of
walls and the roof Of light lumber or
canvas. When used as a pen for hogs
or fowls it is moved to the proper place
and the wheels removed. thus resting
the building on the axle. and by re-
placing wheels it can again be moved
to a new location, as desired.-Amer-
lean Agriculturist
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
Mineral Microbes.

Some interesting experiments have
been made with ancient medals. vases
and so forth Of lead that are gradually
disintegrating in the museum OF Gu
ny. After certain number of years
they fall into dust. The cause, 1t Is
thought. lies in the presence Of minute
quantities of saline matter with which
the objects have become impreSnated
during their long burial in the soil or
under water. These microscopic i'm
purities play the part of bacteria and
microbes in living bodies. In other
words. the lead is sick and unless
the noxiouS matter can be removed
will inevitably perish. Curiously
enough. it is found that If traces Of
salt are impaired to a fresh mass of
lead it is attacked and eventually falls
10 pieces like the objects in the mu-
scum at Cluny.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
The Guinness Of Lite,

Life Is business we are all apt to
mismanage. either living recklessly
from day to day or suffering ourselves
to be guiled out Of our moments by the
inanities of custom We should de-
spise man who gave rs little activity
and forethought to the conduct Of any
other business. But in this. which II
the one thing Ut all others. since 1t
contains them all. we cannot see the
forest for the trees. One brief Inn.
preston ohliterates another. There Is
something stupefying In the recurrence
OF unimportant things, and 1t is only
on rare provocations that we can rise
to take an outlook beyond daily con.
Germs and comprehend the narrow lin.
its and great possibilities Of our exist,
ence.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-17
Sea Springs.

In the very hottest district in the
world-the shores Of the Persian gulf
there is no rain whatever. nor rivers.
nor Gases. Yet water is got-fron the
bottom Of the sea- Six miles of the
shallow coast there is long line Of
bubbling springs of ice cold fresh
water. Divers capture it in goatskin
bags and retail it inland at very mod
crate prices. Even in an annual
drought. which lasts from January to
December. and in a temperature that
hardly ever sinks below 80 degrees and
often rises to over 40 the natives have
no worry about their water supply.