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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-16
EXTENSION DIVISION NOTES.
BY A. D. Wilson. Stunt.

BY having COWS freshen in the tall
instead OF In the spring. from Is to so
POUNDS OF butterfat may be added to
the production OF each year. This Is
point In the management of a dairy
farm that should receive your atten-
tion.
1t your cattle are not making salts
factory returns for feed this winter. do
not decide that it does not pay to feed
well; as they will no doubt make
better returns next summer, and even
next winter. Animals must be kept
in good condition all the time, in order
to give profitable returns. ,.,- .-..---,.,.
Rotation of crops is one of the
simple. practical methods of increasing
the productivity to the farm and dis
tr'buting labor. II you are not already
practlcinK rotation In your farming,
now is a good time to work out
systematic cropping scheme for your
farm A practical system of rotation
can be worked out fur every farm.
GOOD seed corn is the key to gettlng
good stands of corn. A good stand Of
corn Is necessary to secure good yields
Owing to the wet fall of 1911, there is
not much doubtful seed:corn in the
country. One cannot afford to plant
corn any year, much less this year
without thorough testing. The single
ear method of testing seed corn is the
only practical method.
There are very few farms on which
additional labor expended in preparing
the seed bed would not yield handsome
returns. 1t costs about Is cents per
! acre to harrow land. and about IS
cents per acre to disk land. For 81
land can be double dlsked and har-
rowed twice. One bushel of wheat or
barley, two bushels Of corn or one. half
bushel OF FAX, increase per acre will
pay for this extra labor.
Good seed is one of the important
factors in the production of
good crops. Good seed should
be plump, heavy in weight,
should germinate we'll, and befree
from weed seeds, and should be
pure as to variety. Cleaning and, grad :
.. ing seed grain is timely operation at
this season of; the year, and is likely 70
return more per hour of labor than one
gets for Going the ordinary farm
! work.
Weeds cause an annual loss of this,
State of many millions Of dollars
Weeds are often distributed with the
grass.seed or seed.Rrain sown. Too
much care can hardly be- taken in
making -sure that no. had weeds are
tsown: in this manner. 1t you do nns
know any ct the ypeed-sesds: found In
any OF your farm seeds. send & small:
sample to thesExperiment station, and
have them identified. This will be
Euone free, e.<... :,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-16
STUDY CLUB WELL ATTENDED,.

:. A we'll attended meeting was held BY
the Study club at the library pariors
Saturday evening, when it gave =
Lincoln day program. Rev. RIB. Walk
or spoke on Lincoln, the Man and
n. ~. Bergheim on Lincoln the
Statesman. Miss Anna sAxtel glN0 q
nnmbar ct selections from .'ae Know
:l4ileolus' and Miss Christen and MI
;AyFe Olson rendered some excel1sat
=1uiCal .nnmbesA .3
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Congressman Johnson
Kills Asphalt Plant

Ben johnson once more enjoys the dis
tinction of being responsible for elimi.
mating from the District appropriation
bill an item for a municipal asphalt
plant. Disregarding the arguments OF
both Republicans and Democrats. who
declared the creation OF the municipal
plant would be in the interest Of great
economy, Congressman Johnson per-
sisted in his technical point Of order
when the item was reached by the
House late yesterday afternoon.
He won the single-handed night under
that rule which empowers one member
to make a point Of order against legis-
lation in an appropriation bill. Much
meritorious legisla ton Is killed in this
way, the municipal asphalt plant item
being an illustration.
Congressman Johnson killed similar
appropriation last year. The fact that
the Appropriations Committee had pro:
vided for the asphalt plant while the
johnson committee was still thinhInS
about 1t had no effect upon the OBJ
durate Kentuckian.
CONGRESSMAN Burleson and others de-
clared the municipal plant would save
the District almost $,vWO the hrst
year.
in view or Jonnsons action, Mr..
Burleson said the appropriations Tor
streets would have to be increased by
$50, 900 to cover additional contract work
that would not have been necessary had
the creation of an asphalt plant been
authorized.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Synopsis of Chapters Already Published

The story opens at the pretty home Of
NJ. Roger beverly. called the Villa des
Roses. NJ. Roger beverly is stabbed TO
death, and his wife. Adrienne. who has
spent the evening away from her home,
and refuses to tell where she was when
her husband was killed, 10 suspected OF
the crime. Her servant, Josephine whose
sweetheart IN "Bribri the Serpent" one
OF the most notorious Apaches In Paris,
gives the Information that Mime. Deveriy
was away from home. While the detec-
tive, Pousse Pousse, is seeking TO .unravel
the crime. one Chauffard, we'll known
usurer who lives near Neuilly, suddenly
disappears from his home one evening,
together with his niece, Georgette. A
CHASTITY hand, which is Identified as be-
ing Chauffard's. IL found In the garden.
With tho second murder, q young detec-
tive enters the field disguised as Narcisse,
q music hall performer. Narcisse and
Pousse- Pousse join hands. and It 10 an
nounced that the murderers of M Roger
beverly are about to be arrested. Later
the body Of Chauffard 10 discovered
Nine. beverly is visited in her apart
ments by q mysterious young man, whom
she embraces and addresses as Leon.
The concierge interrupts their talk and
Leon disappears.
Narcisse sings at q music hall and Is
invited to robbers conference in which
Bribrf and Fil-a-Beurre, another thief.
are TO participate.
Bribr1 and Josephine seek TO ret Mar
cisse to sell two flne pieces of jewelrv.
They are arrested by the detective.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
SERIAL STORY
M. Dufreny's Quest E:: Z sSsss !:s s:i==

ed and saw her face. They under
stood each other at once:
Narcisse put his hand to his revol-
yer, but the girl Jumped up quickly
and rushed to the door.
run for yer life---hes a built" she
cried as she pulled the bolt.
Not so quick, my children! cried
Narcisse. Ieveling his revolver at the
Serpent; while Fil-a-Beurre grabbed
Josephine.
"Tonnere, Father Larifa, open the
door or I'll fire." cried the Apache,
cooking his pistol.
"Shonldnt let yourself be taken,
son, What can poor old man do
against the police?"
The Serpent pulled the trigger;
there was q great noise, but no harm
done. =
Then a hugh form rushed into the
room,. and before the Apache could
say "our' he was clutched by two
powerful arms, thrown to the moor.
turned over and Jumped upon, and
Pousse- Pousse, who had come to give
Dufreny q hand, said triumphantiy:
AT last we've got one. Now we
II told them this was the place TO
laugh" said Father Larifia. beaming.
"Tra, la, Ia, Ia"
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
MRS. MORSE WILL
RENEW ATTEMPT TO
FREE HER HUSBAND
To Make Plea to Wicker
sham-President Taft
May Act Soon.

Unless President Taft grants q com.
mutation of sentence to Charles W,
Morse. imprisoned banker, before Fri
day, Mrs. Morse will renew her efforts
to see Attorney General Wickersham In
her husbands behalf. Her attempt YES
terday to get an interview was fruitless.
That the President may commute
Morse's sentence any day now so that
he will not die in prison, is the an
nouncement at the White House today,
although 1t Is again clearly stated that
Morse must be on his dcath-bed before
the President will act
Attorney General Wickersham was not
at a Cabinet meeting when Mrs. Morse
called, 1t IL stated at the Depa rtment of
Justice, but was engaged otherwise "
1t is understood that Mrs. Morse will bs
able to see Mr.. Wickersham when she
comes to the city again from New York,
although no appointment has been made.
The Attorney General has officially re-
ported to the President that Morse is
too i'll to be moved to Hot Springs. and
this project has not been definitely
abandoned. According to Morse's at
torneys who were in the city with Mrs.
Morse. the banker is likely to die at any
time, the slightest turn for the worse
being predicted TO be fatal.
It Is thought at the Department of
Justice today that Morse has not long
dent is iminent. President Taft tells
his friends he will go no further than
give Morse his liberty, so that he need
not die in jail. this attitude being prac-
tically the same as the President has
assumed all along.
Mrs. Morse returned to New York
from here. She Is receiving almost
hourly kilograms from her husbands s
physicians as to his condition, and is
ready to start South at a few minutes
NOTICE so that she may be present at the
end.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
FIVE FIRES IN -FOUR
HOURS KEEP CITY
DEPARTMENT BUSY
Early Morning Blazes
Arouse Apartment Dwell
erS to Near Panic.

Alarms for FIVE fires, which did q
total damage OF $500. gave the MEM
bers OF the Fire Department an un-
usually busy four hours early today,
and created much excitement among
occupants Of apartment houses and
dwellings in different parts of the city.
The first blaze was at l.3o o'clock,
when a frame stable In the rear of 3SA
Fourteenth street northwest was de-
stroyed. The stable was located al
most in the center OF seven big apart
ment houses, ana the blaze for few
minutes caused panic among the per-
sons sleeping in these buildings. The
flames shot high in the air. resulting
In a most spectacular blaze. There was
no real danger. however. Of the flames
spreading to the apartment houses.
The building was owned by Joseph
Hamilton. Two colored men were Sleep
ng in the place and there also were six
teen horses in the stable. An overhead
fire. Robert Scott and the other colored
man were awakened by the fire. and
succeeded in getting the horses out. The
entire stable was destroyed, with a
Fire was discovered early this morn
Ing In the sheet metal establishment of
Edward J. Hulse, 30S-3O8 Thirteenth
street northwest A wooden box left
near a stove started the fire. The dam
age was $50.
Shortly before 4 o'clock fire was dis
covered in the bathroom of the home Of
George w. Salisbury, 1908 ID street north
east. A small oil heater set fire to the
woodwork Salisbury was burned about
the hands In an effort to extinguish the
blaze. Damage amounting to $50 was
done to the house.
Fire Of unknown origin was discov-
cred shortly before 5 o'clock in the
apartment of Michael LOTUS on the
third floor of the building at 1886 New
Jersey avenue northwest. Several per-
sons were sleeping In The building, but
all got out safely. The damage was
$500.
The ringing Of an automatic fire alarm
in the Congressional apartment house.
First and East Capitol streets, awakened
the occupants OF the building abeSt 4
o'clock and called out the fire depart
ment. Crossed wires are believed to
have caused the ringing of the alarm.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
CHAPTER XIV (Continued).
,rV ASK nothing BETTER" said Mar.
cisse. "but he puts on such
airav

eisoe' put no puts on such
airs"
So as to stop the wrangiins
Josephine took up the case
"Ain't 1t a beauty?' she said.
1t was an exquisite antique pendant.
In the center was q large ruby the
shape Of heart, surrounded with dia-
monds; above that was baron's crown
In stones of all colors-sapphires, en-
eralds and diamonds. A large gray
pearl set between the ruby and the
crown brought out the deep fire from the
ruby. 1t was magnificent Jewel OF
great value.
The Serpent then drew out of his
pocket q marquise ring, the same that
the landlady of the Black Cock had re-
Narcisse looked at the Jewels.
Wont be easy to get rid Of them,''
he said. THE ring might go, but that
hearth be a devil Of a thing; Nave to
we'll be pinched right away"
Ing to let them out o. my hands unless
I get fifteen hundred balls"
Narcisse examined the Jewels with
Well" said the Serpent. what yer
Nothing. ! was only wondering who
First Of ali, / won't do WORK like this
without a candle. I'm taking all the
responsibility, cause I've got to sell
them. / want to know how to act II
! have any trouble. Whered they come
from?'
a friend gave 'em to us to mind"
Nice way you're minding them
He's dead. We amt obliged to give
EN- up to his relations"
Don't try to fool me. or | shall think
you knitted bloke to nab all he'd
got"
Brilbi turned green.
You ne!" he cried.
AN the same, your wife didn't give
me to you"
And why not. pray?' cried Fifne.
"How-you? Charming F'ifine. But
there-it don't surprise me. You iool,
like clever woman, but I'll tell wha,
! tbink-you got 'em from your late
missus. Mime. Deverly.'' -
The Serpent and Josephine jumped w
from their chairs.
You lie!' cried the Serpent again.
Narclsse coldIy. What does it matter
20 me where you got the loot from?
only, want 10 be safe and not ge,
pinched. II you don't tell me where yer
got ,eHi-catch me helping yer"
THE cOInrade is right" said Fila.
Buerre; "he don't mean no offense: an
II he's going to get rid of 'em. it's tc
his interest to keep his mouth shut
What do you think. belle Fffne?"
"Wen, all right" said Bribi. II like
to trust pal, but he amt got tc
sauark.''
well, then, as these came from the
architects, they can't be sold in France
Now. I know a chap in London and III
write TO him. He'll send the money over
at once. Was that all they had at the
villa?"
''Oh.' said the Serpent, who was de-
ctdedly dominated by Narcisse, I'VE got
gold ticker. but we swopped 1t last
week."
"Foolish-very foolish"
''Oh, he won't split.'
Never can tell" said Fila Beurre.
You might have got more than that
II I'd worked at the Villa des Roses
I'd have got more than that"
"One nabs what one can. Amt II
SO, Fifne?"
But Mile. Josephine was very pre-
occupied; she was looking hard at
Narcisse and Fil-a-Beurre. A mo-
ment ago she had dropped her hand
kerchief under the table. and in
STOPPING to pick II up she had been
amazed to see Fil-a-Beurre's foot
stretched over Narcisse's foot
At this very moment Narcisse turn
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
By GORON,

, while the witnesses are giving their
testimony. inay need you presently
The two detectives left the room. and
| the magistrate gave the order for the
Irisoncrs to he brought In one after the
| other.
They were both accompanied iy a
lawyer appointed by the court.
rather ritiful; until now luck had fav-
ored him, and he had felt himself free
of iInpunity.
After the formallties, in which he
the the Serpent Dc FORTH, alias Bribri, he the
Judge said:
Jewels of great value were found in
your possession, which, according to
your own statement, came from the
jewels?"
Bribri looked at the magistrate witt.
frightened eyes. He opened his mouth
| two or three times to speak, closed It
hoarse voice:
, "First Of all never stole EN-
.Hox ii, y, did they come into your pos
MY wife gave 'em to me-"
Who do you call your -wifo? II It
| the girl Josephine Mariner"
Yes. Judge. cause we're always to-
setnsr IKE turtle dovesm - ..,.
the Jewels from her mistress7
Bribri rolled questioning eyes TO- his
| iawyer. He was q young man handling
Sl: s criminal II abs asss,, quite Ss n1 g.
! oners, he was not quite sure II his
client was guilty. He made q sign to
, the prisoner not to be afraid. but to
my wife told me they had given her
those things" said the man. 'I didn't
Rnow sI, s.t they % was real thought 1t waf
BE careful what you say, and think
| nf RrQv NJ hn xxhf fCh
| fell upon YOU"
The Judge stopped a moment, then
fixed his eyes on the prisoner. M. de
Montelberg,s steely look was able to
think OF this" he said slowly. ~,
is a .auestion-of the murderer M
Deverly-the architect"
The Serpent turned green. The beads
skin. At that moment he had such a
| repulsive aspect that never had he &C
we'll deserved his nickname-serpent.
| He staggered and would have fallen II
mo! nor he cried. gasping "I didn',
kill him. I didn't do It: swear 1t. YOU
| can ask Josephine!
cannot Justify the possession of the
| Jewels your case is nil," said the Judge
! You have declared before witnesses
with whom you will be confronted pres
| the Villa des Roses. For you to have
procured them you did not stop at O
crime. Besides. you have killed a mar
before. You killed one of your com.
rades with a knife as he was coming
, out Of a dancing hall at Menilmontant
4 That was two years ago. and you rar
/ away to Germany and disguised your
/ self: then you committed some crimes
| there and came back to France. You
were tracked, and you were going to be
arrested"
None o. that's true: can prove II
ain't!' cried the man.
Continuation Of This story VIII
BE Found In TOmOfrow's
Issue Of The Timeu.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Special Song Recital
Planned for Blind

A song recital for the blind by Miss
Augusta Hill. contralto, and Miss Viola
Shepherd, soprano. will be held at the
Library Of Congress on Friday. January
10. at 2 o'clock. Miss Elsie Herman. in
charge of oratory at Trinity College,
will give several dramatic readings this
afternoon in the reading room for the
blind.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Oil Discoveries Are
Benefit to Industry

Discovery OF new and great produc-
ing wells in the oil industry, at first be-
lieved to be a detriment and disadvant-
age to the existing oil industry, has
turned out to be q deciced advantage.
as 1t has increased the consumption Ind
demand for oil in commerce. and in the
navy, according to experts Of the Geo
logic Survey.
It is estimated that the output for
1911 will be bewteen 215, 900 900 and
200, 900, 600 barrels. The oil supply, ac-
cording to biologists, will be plentiful
for years, even though the exaggeration
that Oil is everywhere, Is greatly mis-
leading.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Sore Throat Advice

You don't need to suffer with Sore
Throat more than one day-if you use
TONsILINE promptly. 1t Is the one
remedy that cures Sore Throat in one
day. The first dose relieves the pain,
q few more doses complete the cure.
If a friend told you this you would
certainly try TONSILINE the first
time you had Sore Throat Give these
words the same weight and you will
learn our statements are alb ~
+: : e !: {: !:
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Sore Throat briefly describes kf
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pital Size 800. All drug "a
gists ~
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Pigeons Freeze to
Death in p. o. Tower

Four pigeons, frozen to death by the
bitter cold Of the past week. were picked
up this morning on the floor of the Post
office tower.
These pigeons were not marked by
beak or talon OF the hawk that has
been the sole occupant Of this bleak
erie for the past ten years.
Snow shovelers cleaning the roof dis
covered many heads, legs and wings Of
unfortunate pigeons that had fallen VIC
tim to the hawk.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Election of Directors
By Retail Merchants

The annual meeting Of the Retail
Merchants Association will be held a.
the Chamber of Commerce tonight. Six
directors are to be elected. President
strasburger will submit his first annual
report 4 buffet luncheon will be
served at the close Of the business
session.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17

A Continuation OF This Story Wi
BE Found In TOm0rrow's
Issue Of The Times.
The Washington times., 1912-01-17
Question Unsettled.

The Senate is as far OF as ever from
settling the question Of who is to be
president pro tempore. Senator CALM
ger expected to ask for vote yester-
day afternoon. but decided to defer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-19
ORDER COMPLETE
AUDIT OF BOOKS
Former BeHeviIle Collector
Turns Over $7,126.54 for
Alleged Shortage.

After accepting a certified cheek
for 1926. 81, covering an apparent
shortage In the sidewalk assessment
ccount of former Tax Collector A.
Howard Osborne, the Belleville Town
Council last night ordered a COM
plete audit of all his books from
January 1. 1904, to May l. 1912. The
check will be held until the books
are reaudited. Mr.. Osborne in a let
ter to the Council explained that the
discrepancy was due to irregular
methods of bookkeeping in his office
and the fact that several pages were
missing from a book in which the
sidewalk assessment account was
recorded.
In the report of Louis Huxtable.
who made the audit, it was pointed
out that the investigation went back
eighteen years. He called attention
to the fact that parts of two pages
and a whole page were missing in
the assessment book. After refer
ring to some alleged Irregularities
and differences in the reports of the
collector and treasurer, the auditor
said it would be necessary for Mr..
Osborne to exlpain three or four ac-
counts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-19
ALIBI PROVES DEFENSE;
FREED ON MINOR CHARGE

Police Justice Edward w. McDon-
ough, of South Orange. was called
upon to decide in court today whether
a man is in South Orange when he Is
in Newark. He decided in the mega
tive, and therefore dismissed the dis
orderly conduct charge preferred by
Chanceman Harry w. Meeker against
John Foley, of Church street, South
Orange.
Foley had been summoned to court
today to answer the charge. Chance
man Meeker stated his case. He said
that while he was ~patrolling South
Orange avenue on Saturday night at
9 o'clock Foley called him a big
stiff" and made off. Failing to catch
the youth, Meeker, who had only the
day previous been cautioned by the
police committee to "be on the job"
decided to get his man. and had
Judge McDonough issue a summons.
Foley responded to the summons
and told Judge McDonough that he
had beer in a Newark pleasure park
from Z O'Clock to II o'clock Sunday.
To prove his alibi Foley called in
Henry Newman, a friend, who testi-
fed that he was with Foley in this
city 1t the time he was said to have
used disrespectful language to the
policeman.
Judge McDonough ruled that Foley
was not ubiquitous and dismissed the
case.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-19
COUNCIL EXONERATES
BELLEVILLE FIRE CHIEF

Fire Chief James K. Provett. of
Belleville, was exonerated last night
by the Town Council on the charge
of incompetency. preferred recently
by James Hardman. of the Hardman
Tire and Rubber Company, whose
building was damaged by fire about
two months ago. Mr.. Hardman
claimed that Chief Provett erred IN
declining the assistance of the New
ark fremen and hat much loss could
have beer prevented If the city fire.
fighters had been allowed to stay.
Councilman Emil c. Mertz. chair
man of the fire committee, reported
that Chief Provett and Chief Paul
Moore, of this city, had a consulta-
ton regarding the a~dvisability or
engine company No. 10, of the New
ark fire department, leaving the fire.
At that time Chief Provett felt that
his men could successfully cope with
the blaze. After the Newark f1remen
left, the blaze gained Roadway and
damaged the property to the extent
of sis, 1000.
Councilman Byron thought that Mr..
Hardman should be asked to apollo
gize to Chief Provett and the fire de-
partment for making unwarranted
charges. Councilmen Mertz, Cadiz and
Carragher felt hat the matter should
be dropped. Councilman Byron made
a motion that the matter should not
be dropped, but hat Hardman be
compelled to apologize. The motion
was voted down.