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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11
UaWRITTEN BOOKS.
Thsekeray and Conan Doyle Both
Found Themselves Forestalled.

Thseksray and Conan Doyle Both
Found Themselves Forestalled.
How strange are literary roinei.
denres occasionally Is Illustrated In the
case Of Thackeray and Dumas 1hack-
cray says Il ,4lmr uear writing book
on the same subject. Les rrois Nous
quetaires and taking NJ d'Artagnan
for my hero D'Artaenan was a real
character Of the age Of Louis XIV and
wrote his own memoirs | remember
picking mp dlugy copy of them on an
old bookstall In London. price six
pence. and intended to make some
thing Of II But Dumas got ahead Of
me, He snaps up everything"
A coincidence quite as remarkable
occurred with Sir Conan Doyle for cen
tral figure He learned while spending
a holiday in a mountain inn in Swift
zerland that during the winter months
for some reason two men remained in
occupation For four or Eve months
they were iSolated from the rest Of the
world SUPPOSE one Of them went mad
or committed suicide or The possi-
billties were endless He forthwith de
termiued to embody the idea IN story.
On his way home he happened to pick
Up book Of tales by Maga2ssant-
There. IN it. under the title "LsaH-
berge." he found himself forestalled in
every particular
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11

An old London dining club. the Dilet-
tanti. was founded in 1913 This at
one time was an extremely wealthy
club. for, In addition to their subscrip-
tion. members had to pay tine when
any money was bequeathed them. In
1883 the hiieitanti had 10000 IN hand.
Soon after its foundation Horace Wai-
pole wrote that "the qualification for
tine Dilettanti is having been in Italy
and the real one being drunk" 1t has
grown respectable with years, but even
now. when a new member Is balloted.
all the members have to make com
plete circuit OF the dining table before
placing the ball in the box. And a
rule still survi .es that every member
who shall produce on the table a dish
of tea or coffee must pay into the gen.
eral fund guinea for every such
drink London Spectator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11

.sNo." s;i Ass PasSng. II dou't-ilke
the photos kagher mad ~ ne raey
nuke ME IooE HSe woman Of forty"
.weIl.s reslied Miss peppres. evou
should have tniF him aeg 70 touch fbem
up. if you dldsI wani then to loos so
southfulr 4Iailadeipha Press.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11

"what'' fe-an the father explosive
ly "Y"u tsni7fp ,narry my daughter?
You who lsiven't n penny on eafihf
You who efsn'i worth j licdtane?
You: Sir iet me ash yoa ms Don't
you kuaw thar my daushiri is ari,s-
tomes to al he lnxnries y geiilfh?'
~ YES slr replied ihe s'iiior,. mis-
erahl, Far ains ! a9r : emp
Clevelnnd plaltI l..aaaa
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11

psvocshirs,s R9IFss 8 ~ Ars ;,
The western lis,I|s<s 's..y1aiEitll5sh pas
. set Of iiterary r4aIiqus serlald 10
no other distficj Nj rs,!i Tn Tar
famed takes Of CunltSlaah md West Z
moreland The ~Qnilfr Couch conn
try which IL Copwalls the BLACK,
more country which is North Devon;
the Kingsley country. which rs all
Desonshlre and the Hardy country"
which Is Dorset. will BE- found nnder~
rated rather thnu Overrated in beauty
and Interest. which are greatly In
creased by their associations with
Lorna Doone' or Tess Of the dur
bervillesr
The two great pevonshire towns
Exmoor aud Dart1npor are particular
" beautiful and offer a happy hunting
ground to the artist II seems strange
TINT spaces or such wildness exlst
within the restrained and highly eui-
tivated boundaries Of southern Elig~
land The casuai visitor would ind.
II dificuit 10 belieee that on these
splendid rolling slopes. purple wiui
hea,her In August. people 20 aStray
and die Of starvation every winter
No visitor to England eau afford to
miss visit to Devonshire. which
around May especially is one OF the
most beautiful bits of country In Eu-
rope. Exchange.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11
TAFT DISCUSSES
CAMPAIGNISSUES
IN A NOTABLE INTERVIEW THE
PRESIDENT TREATS OF THE
TARIFF, TRUSTS, HIGH COST
OF LIVING. WOMAN SUFFRAGE,
RECALL OF JUDGES, IMMleRA-
TIoN AND GOV. WILSON.
PROTECTION RAISES WAGES

Thinks the Payne Law fias Enabled
the American Worker to Meet the
Cost Of Living and Maintain His
Family In comfort-Every Able
bodied Man Willing to Work Has
Work-city Hotels Thronsed with
Buyers and Farmers Never Better
off-Nothlns Can XIII Prosperity
But the Benumbino Glacier Of Fres
Trade or a Wave Of Anarchy.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-10-11
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For West Point and Richmond, Va.
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Steamers call at Gloucester Point
Yorktown, Clements, Clay Bank anc
Almonds, weather permitting.
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Through tickets to all points may b.
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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-10-12
Conditions and Principles.

HAVE farmed in Tennessee, Mis-
| sissippi, Texas, Oklahoma, and Ar
Kansas" man said to me recently,
aand I find a man cannot farm alike
in any two of them. More than that,
he can't farm alike two different
wears in the same State. Every fell
low must study his own farm and
farm it in his own way"
Undoubtedly true, yet there is
much a man can learn from reading
and the experience of others. While
no two farms are exactly alike, no
one man can learn everything by
personal investigation, but must
rely very much upon the experience
and experiments of others.
DAVID TOWNSEND.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-10-12

lev. OF course, the pea and the
wheat stubble went back into the
soil. and these gave the vegetable
matter which the land evidently
needed most, but some acid phos-
phate on the peas or on the wheat
would almost surely have paid a Dig
profit. Thirty bushels of corn or ~
bushels of wheat per acre is not
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-10-12
Peas Improve Poor Land.

q ONE writer's claim that peas don't
y improve land when the peas are
moved for hay unless the manure is
returned back to the land. / know
of an incident that is plain proof
against such claims. It is this: Near
New Market, Alabama, there was
man by the name of Giles that had
a very poor piece of red upland that
had been cropped continuously in cot
ton and corn and had gotten SO badly
run down that he turned it over to
his two oldest sons, G. G. and ]. D.
Giles, to improve. There was some
thing near ten acres of the field and
they commenced to improve it about
ten years ago by sowing it in peas
and following peas with wheat, then
following the wheat with peas and
back to wheat again, then to peas
They cropped it in this way for six
or seven years and then put it in
corn. They made about 30 bushels
corn per acre. They raised two
crops and then sowed it to spring
oats and clover. That was in 1911,
and this year the clover crop was
fine. They lost part of the first
cutting on account Of weather con
litions. The second cutting they
aim to have threshed for seed. / was
up there some weeks ago and talked
with c.. G. Giles about the piece of
land and how they improved it. He
told me that it would not have made
more than ten bushels of corn per
acre when they took charge of it
about ten years ago. He told me al
so that they had moved all of the
crops off the land and had not used
any commercial fertilizer nor barn
yard manure. They aim to put the
piece of land in wheat this fall and
they expect to make 20 bushels per
acre. They think if they were to
put it in corn next year they would
make SO bushels per acre. This
land was a part of tract of land
that was sold and divided last spring
and the judges valued this field high
er than any land on the place, not
outstanding there was some good
bottom land in the tract.
R. J. ST. CLAIR.
Madison, Ala
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-10-12

big crop for that red limestone land.
In fact, the estimate that the land
would make SO bushels Of corn next
year, against the 80 1t made before.
shows what a turned-down sod is
worth. for it is safe to say that the
owners would not expect such a
yield If there were no clover sod to
turn under.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-10-12
saturday, October IL. 1s12.l

dried we haul and pack in the barn
for winter. My husband says the
horses like it. better than just plain
fodder. we also gather what corn we
CON get out of the bean vines. We
mink velvet beans are the nearest
aII-round feed that anyone can grow.
MRS. J. T. TILLINGIM.
Bluff Springs, Fla.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1912-10-12

Editorial Comment: No doubt
Mr. st Clair is correct in his account
ol this piece of land, but he draws
100 broad conclusions from it. To
grow peas and wheat in rotation
ior number of years may add to
'he fertility of land that has been
iopned OF humus and nitrogen, and
'iiat has fair supply of the mineral
pant foods. but it does not follow
.hat this is the most economical way
70 build up the soil or that such q
.o'ation will in every case result in
improving the soil.
10 take all crops off a piece OF
.and and return neither stable ma
Aure nor fertilizer is not wise pol
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
Admission SC and lOc
Resolutions of Coincidence

Resolutions adopted by Cresco Chap
ter, No. 3Ol o. E. S., upon the death
of sister Clara Webster McCook.
Whereas, in view of the loss we have
sustained by the death Of our friend
al d sister Clara Webster McCook and
the still heavier loss sustained by
those who were near and dear to her,
therefore be it
Resolved, by Cresco Chapter No.
3Ol Order of the Eastern Star that 1t
i, but just tribute to the memory of
the departed to say that in regrettlng
her removal from our midst we mourn
for one who was in every way worthy
of our respect and regard, and be 1t
further
Resolved, that we sincerely condole
with the family on the dispensation
with which it has pleased Divine
Providence to aff1ict them, and we
commend them for consolation to Him
who orders all things for the best and
whose Establishments are meant in
mercy; and be it further
Resolved, that these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the Chap
ter, a copy therefore delivered to the
family, and that copies be furnished
the city papers tor publication.
Mrs Virginia Nichols.
Flora A. Searles.
w. H. Tillson.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
AbS0lufeH Pure


suppressed the report on the Ever
glade lands. Mr.. Clark charges this
was done at the request of the land
companies. He said that together
with four Florida citizens he called
on Secretary Wilson to ask why the
report was suppressed.
One Of these men was w. R. Har-
dess Of Jensen, Fla. who recently
made statement that Secretary VIII.
son said:
Il am not running this Office for
the protection of fools who do not
know any better than to buy some.
thing that they never saw and do not
know anything about"
Before the house committee Repre-.
sentative Clark outlined the charges,
stating that in 1907 the department of
agriculture was flooded with requests
from people throughout the country
regarding the condition Of the Florida
Everglade lands which syndicates
were exploiting.
]. o. Wright and a corps of engi.
neers of the drainage department were
sent to Florida by Chief Engineer e.
lott to make survey and to compile
. complete report. Here, according
to Representative Clark. began the
trouble that has led up to the present
controversy.
The circular sal dto have been sup
pressed by Secretary Wilson, also will
be in evidence before the committee.
Purposes Of Circular.
This circular was made up on 40
count of public demand for infor.
nation, while the printed report from
Engineer Wright, which was bulky.
was being awaited. Engineer Elliott
outlined portions of the circular. un.
favorably to the exploitation schemes
Of the land syndicate, which he de-
clared Howe and Will demanded that
he retract. The circular in the main
recited the government reclamation
and drainage plans for the Everglades
and included many favorable refer
ences to the prospects.
The charge against the discharged
officials is that several years ago they
ran short in the appropriation for the
drainage division because funds had
been irregularly loaned to the irriga-
tion division of che department. Drain.
age work was in progress in North
Carolina and private contractor was
engaged who finished the work and
was compensated in the next years
appropriation, being carried on the
pay roll as an employe.
Singleton. who is suspended, 10 de-
clared to have suggested this means
Of carrying on the uncompleted work.
The total was about 5000, but No q.
pancial gain accrued to any Of the Of.
icials in the transaction.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
MARRIED

FARNswoRTH- -EvANs-On Wednesday
afternoon, February z, 1912, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs A. J. Evans, Rev. Bell of the
Baptist church officiating, occurred
the marriage of Miss Ora Blanche
Evans to Mr.. Fay O. Farnsworth,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Farms
worth of Winneshiek County.
The wedding was quiet home affair.
witnessed only by the immediate rela-
tives of the bride and groom. At
exactly half past two, to the strains of
the wedding march, played by Miss
Gertrude Evans, the happy couple took
their places in the parlor where the
guests were assembled, and were there
united in the holy bonds of matrimony,
the beautiful ring service of the Bap-
tist church being used.
The bride was dressed in tan silk and
the groom wore the conventional black,
After congratulations and best wishes
the wedding party was seated to q
dainty lunch consisting of coffee, ice
cream and cake.
Both Of the young people have grown
up in this immediate vicinity and are
well and favorably known.
After short wedding tour they will
take up their residence with the
groom's parents in Winneshiek County.
May peace, happiness and prosperity
follow them, is the wish of their many
friends.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
Notice to Bidders for County Road
Work.

Notice is hereby given that the Bo arr
of Supervisors of Howard county,
Iowa, will receive bids for county road
work for the year 1912, on February
19, 1912, at the adjourned ses sion o1
said board.
All bids must be sealed and filed in
the Office of the county auditor before
IL o'clock NJ, Monday, February 10,
1912.
Said bids are to state the, amount per
day asked for furniching four men and
four teams to operate the county road
machinery at such time and place as
the several members Of the board of
supervisors may direct.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
J. H. JONES,
County Auditor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
CAR OVER BANK; s DEAD.
twenty-five Are Injured AZ Mckees'
port, Pa.

McKeesport, Pa, Feb. Five per.
sons were killed and nearly twenty
five injured in an accident on the
Buena Vista division Of the West
Pennsylvania Street Railway line. A
car got beyond control on the steep
grade near the Youghiogheny Country
clubhouse, about six miles above here.
1t jumped the track and ran over an
embankment. Four Of the dead were
taken from under the car.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
EMPEROR SAVES DIGNITY.

Humiliation Of Abdication Averted by
Becoming Spiritual Head Of China.
Shanghai, Feb. Tn order to pre-.
vent the necessity of the emperor un.
dcrgoing the humiliation Of abdicating,
It was agreed that he may continue to
be the spiritual head OF China while
the government is to be carried on
along republican line. This situation
promises to spare the imperial clans
feelings. but 1t also augurs trouble
for the country.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
SECRETARY WILSON
INVOLVED AGAIN
SUPPRESSION OF REPORTS ON
EVERGLADES LAID TO AGRI.
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
THE FACTS SUPPRESSED
House Expenditure Committee Will
Investigate Conditions in Florida.
Gigantic Land Fraud, lnvoIv.
wing Millions Of Acres.

Washington, Feb. 7.-Another inves
tfgation Of the department Of agricul
ture involving orders of Secretary VIII
son and Solicitor McCabe, similar In
many respects to the recently con
cluded McCabe-Wiley controversy, but
which embraces charges of suppressed
reports and influence Of land specula
tors over government officials, is to
be instituted by the house committee
on expenditures In the agricultural
department.
Circumstances, smoldering for
months, relating to exploitation Of
Florida Everglade lands, millions OF
acres of which have been sold
throughout the country by syndicates
In the past few years. burst into a
flame before the committee following
the summary dismissal from the gov.
ernment service by Secretary Wilson
Of C. G. Elliott, chief engineer of the
drainage division Of the department.
and Assistant Engineer A. D. More.
house, and the suspension of F. E.
Singleton, an accountant, on techni-
cal charge Of transference OF public
funds.
Representatives Frank Clark Of Flor
Ida and E. R. Bathrick of Ohio, who
have instigated the investigation,
charging the congressional committee
that officials Of the department of ag.
riculture had been influenced by Flor.
ida Everglade land promoters in the
suppression of report on the condi.
ton of the lands made by the drainage
department: that Chief Engineer Ell
lott was threatened by agents Of the
land promoters unless he would revise
a circular letter to the public which
did not contain laudatory references to
the lands they were selling, and that
upon his refusal, the circular and a
subsequent fuller report were sup
pressed by the order Of Secretary Will
son and that later, Engineers Elliott
and Morehouse were removed from of.
fee.
Mccabe Before Committee.
Solicitor McCabe, who was called be.
for the house committee, Of which
Representative Moss of Indiana is the
chairman. denied that the dismissal of
the department officials was in any
way caused by the Florida land case
and declared that the action was TAX.
en- following charges that the dis.
missed men had misapplied funds. All
the papers relating to this feature Of
the case he turned over to the depart
ment Of justice for possible prosecu-
ton.
The charges involving the dismissed
men were reported to have been made
to Solicitor McCabe recently by 10.
Wright, former subordinate of Ell
liott, but at present chief engineer Of
the board of trustees of the internal
Improvement fund of the state of
Florida. Wright made a favorable re-
port upon the Everglade lands and
soon afterward resigned from Office to
enter the employ OF the state of Flor
ida.
Representative Clark said that Sec.
retary Wilson would be summoned as
witness and that he would be
asked concerning an interview he had
with the Florida representative rc some
time 200. in which the secretary
Is said to have sdmiued that he had
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses were
issued by Clerk Blandin. during the
last week:
Charles Commerford, 60 Lawler. la. I
! Annie Mcbride, A.. .Lawler, Iowa
John Gerald o O'Regan, 80. Elma, la. I
| Eva Josephine Irwin, 2l. .Elma, la. !
Paul Buchholz, 26. :. .Elma, Iowa
/ Louisa Ball, 22. 2....... Elma, Iowa !
Louie w. Butz, "a
.Cavour, South Dakota
Ester C. Michel, q. .CrescO, Iowa
l.. w. Fingalsen, "a
! Nora Springs, Iowa
I Anna Rethamel, Is. .Cresco, Iowa J
{ Fay o. Farnsworth, 2l
: .Cresco, Iowa !
Blanche Evans. 10. .Cresco, Iowa J
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
MENU:
Death of Kelcie Clark.

kelcic Clark passed away Tuesday
evening after long illness, extend.
ing over period Of about three years.
The funeral was held yesterday morn
ing at the Church Of the Assumption,
Father John MurtaPh officiating. with
interment in st. Joseph's Cemetery.
The deceased was a member of the G.
@. f. and NJ. W. A., large number
from both orders attending the funeral.
The wife and little boy are left to
mourn the loss Of husband and father,
and have the sympathy Of the whole
community
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
Auction Sale

At the Mary A. Krats farm one mile
east, and 81 miles south of Cresco on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY l6, 1912.
z head of horses, 30 head of cattle, 10
swine, l25 chickens. Full line of ma
chinery. Hay, corn fodder. oats and
corn. Usual terms. Free lunch at
noon. PHILIP KRATZ, Prop.
Col. John 'Finegan, Auctioneer.
II. w. Young, Clerk.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-02-09
High School Notes

The Roberts society will favor the
High School with a Lincoln program
this Friday afternoon. The main feat.
lures will be story contest and de-
bate. The question for debate being,
Resolved, that Lee was greater
general than Grant.
Owing to another change in the
State Declamatory contest rules our
representative must speak in the home
contest and therefore the declamatory
contest will be held Monday night in
the High School assembly room.