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Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
General Markets.

BUTTER Receipts. 6u packages: creamery. extras. lb.. 34lha35c.: hrsts. Bra 3s1kc.: seconds. 2sa3Oc.: thirds, 26a27c.: held. extras. 3a1ka33Jkc.: firsts. 30a3lc.; seconds 2Sa29c state dairy. tubs. finest 3la32c. !: good to prime. 27a30c.; common to fair 23a26c.: process. extras, 25Ika27c. firsts. &a 26c.; seconds, 22a23c; imitation creamery, firsts. 24ika&c.; factory, June make, 224a 24hc.: current make. tirsts, 2SaAc.; sec onds. 22a221kc.: thirds, l9a2lc.; packing stock, current make, No. Z. Hc.i No $. ISa20c.
 CHEESE-Steady: receipts. 3,426 boxes state whole milk. specials, white. winter I6ika17Ibc: held. 17Aa1Sc.: colored. winter 16lkhTkc.: held, 17Aa1sc.; average run white winter. 16c; held. l7hal7hc.: col. ored, winter. lGc.: held llAahHc;; under grades. 14ka156c.: daisies, held. lSc.: state skins held. specials HalIkc.; fair to choice. 12a131kc.: undergrades, 2al0c.
 EGGS - Weak: receipts. 10,059 cases fresh gathered, extras, doz. 29a3Oc: extra firsts. e7acsc.; firstc. 25a26c.: seconds ant lower grades. 2Sa24c.; held fresh l6a2nc. : dirtes, lSa20c.: checks. l5al7c.: refr,.era- tor. firSts 20a21c. lower grades, l2al3i4c.: state. Pennsylvania and nearby. hennery whites. good to large size. 3Ga3sc.; defec tive in size. etc. 30a35c:; hen"ery browns SOC: gathered brown and mixed colors. g6a2Sc.
 HAY AND sTRAw-Steady; timothy new. soc. .a$1.l0: shipping. s5c.; clover, SOn 95c; clover mixed. S0c.a$l; long rye straw. 95c. small bales. 5a7hc. less.
 POTATOES-Firm; Bermuda, new. Dbl, s5a5. SO: Maine. bag. $l.90a2; Long Island. t2 25a2 75: state, sl.75a1S5: western. I.50a i75; sweets. Jersey. basket, slai.35.
 DRESSED POULTRY-Fres killed dry packed. strong; western milk fed broilers, l2 to box 24 lbs. to dog. and under, lb., 26c.: 2S to 30 lbs, 24c.; fryers 3i to 45 lbs and over to doz.. l9c.; coasters, 4s lbs and over to doz. 2Oc: corn fed broiiers. 24 lbs to doz and under, 2la22c.: 2s to 90 lbs. to doz.. ISa20c.: fryers. 31 to b lbs. to doz, ,61sal7c roasters. 4S lbs. and over to doz SaIS1bc: chickens. bblS. Philadelphia and otke~ nearby squab broilers. pair. S0ae0c.: broilers. lb. 21alSc. roasting, 26c.: aver age, ISa20c: Pennsylvania 1roiers. 24a 25c: roasting. I&a20c.: average chickens. l5alGc.: westetn milk fed. 4 lbs. and over. 20c mixed Wu sats, lSc.: corn fed broil- CTS. iSa19c.: ;oS and over l7isc.; medi- um. l5lRalGc. fowls. western. boxes lIa i7c storage l4al6c.; bbls.. l5alGc.: old roosters. l2hc. 1spring ducks western. lGa i9c: spring geese. Maryland. lGalTc.; west ern, l2ai6c.: squuts. white. doZ.. g.. 25a5.5O: dark. Sl.7j. spring turkeys. western. fan cy. h., 22a.ac
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Folks Are Doing on the Other Side of the Globe.

What Folks Are Doing on the Other Side of the Globe
 The reinstatement, signed by Presi dent Fallieres. of Lieutenant ColoneI Du Paty de. Clam, one of the leading characters in the Dreyfus treason trial. to his former rank of lieutenant colonel in the French territorial army. has caused such stir. in parliamentary circles at Paris that it threatens to affect the approaching presidential election.
 All the 100 persons making up the passengers and crew of the Russian ship Peter March. who were rescued after the vessel sank in hurricane, ar rived at Singapore. They drifted in open boats for twenty-four hours and were almost exhausted when found.
 A French column commanded by Colonel Amadee Gueydon de Dives fought a severe battle with a large body of Moors. whom they routed. with a severe loss of 800 killed. Twelve French soldiers were killed and sixty wounded.
 Two passengers were killed and forty injured. many of them seriously. In a collision on the Midland railway when an express train crashed into an ac. commodation train at Bromford Bridge. near Birmingham, England.
 Sentences were passed on two of the English militant suffragettes. May Billinghurst and Louisa Gay. to eight months imprisonment each for destroy ing the mails.
 Don Fernando Maria, brother-ln-law of King Alphonso. fell from his horse while riding at Madrid. Spain. and broke one of his arms.
 Dr. Ostrogorsky haS been summoned again to attend the czarevitch. 1t Is understood he has had a relapse.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Synthetic rubber. that is, rubber that is made by putting its clements to- gether artihcially, is said to be n pos- sibility of the near future, If claims of European chemist may be relied upon. He contends that he has dis covered methods whereby rubber may be manufactured chemically in the same way that n virtual stone-cement is made by mixing in proper propor- tions the clements from which natural stone is formed.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Connie Mack is getting those Ath- letics in line. So far the. Athletic play CTS signed up are Jack Lapp, Ira Collins. Barry. Eddie Murphy. Danny Murphy. J.mmie Walsh, Amos Strunk an Rube Oldrng Mathes. an nfeld CT, has been released to Syracuse. New York State league.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE.

Men and Women Who Have, Died Ip
 the Last Week. .r-. ... .......
 Charles Carroll Soule. long identified with the book publishing business and interested in. library work. died in Brookline. Mass, aged seventy. Mir. Soule was graduated at Harvard fin 1862. He was the author of ''The Lawyers Reference Manual of Law. books. and Citations"
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

1t is absolutely essential that sheep be provided with the very best of drinking water. A sheep does not like filthy water, and 1t will suffer thirst Il great while before drinking it.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Down in Topeka. Kan. there has been a pest of blackbirds, tens of thousands of them roosting in the shade trees in the residence section of the city and making a thundcrous racket. An attempt was made to scare the birds away by firing roman candles into their roasting places at night, but this produced little result.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

N. H. Rowland. famous as an edu cator of fancy harness and saddle horses. died at his home at Lexington. Ky. He was seventy-three years old ana up to few years ago was credit Gu with having conditioned 75 Der cent of the blue ribbon winners at the big shows.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

In India the average span of the hu- man life Is about twenty-five years. The reason why this average is short CT with the Hindu than with any oth- CT people k due to ignorance oe the laws of health and sanitation, and with. out question to the further fact that, he is' still in large measure a victim of the agricultural conditions under which be lives.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

The fool that rocks the boat" has been put in the shade the past season by that other fool. the half baked driver of an automobile who seems possessed with the idea of beating electric and steam cars to given crossing. The similarity in these two types of fools is further painfully carried out in that there are usually innocent persons aboard boat or auto. who, with the fool" have to suffer the consequences of his folly.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Automobile enthusiasts no doubt will be pleased to learn that the reports to tbe effect that Ralph de Palma had de cided to retire from racing have been denied by him He has announced that he will compete in all of the more important races during 1913. including the 800 mile race at Indianapolis
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Moses F. Grant, aged seventy-seven. who was a selectman of Norfolk Conn.,. for twenty-one years. ex-post master and railroad station agent and representative in the lower branch of the general assembly, session of 1878. died there.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

It is well to remember that the paint ing of shingles after they are laid con- tributes little if anything to their life. In fact it Is contended by some that shingles painted in this manner will not last as long as shingles not painted at all. To be most enective, whatever nreservative treatment is given, should be given before the shingles are laid and be applied to the whole surface in- stead of to that portion which is to be exposed to the weather.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Some crop experiments conducted by the Italian government go to show that the application of iron sulphate to the soil at the rate of 100 pounds per acre tends to make crops produced more vigorous and therefore less sub, ject to rust damage.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

1t will be n good idea to see that the spray tank is we'll drained before the freezing weather comes on, and the cylinders of the engine. too, if 1t Is n water cooled machine.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

A series of experiments covering n number of years, conducted by the Ohio experiment station. has seemed to indicate that the most satisfactory time for the sowing of winter wheat is from the 23d to the 26th of September Sowed as late as this the young plants escape in n large measure damage by the Hessian fly, while 1t is ut the same time sufficiently early so that the plants get good start before freezing weather sets in. Of course the date given will vary with different ntitudes and localities, yet 1t is well worth re- membering.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Experiments which have been made show that if n heavy residual oil is mixed in with the ingredients usually used in the making of cement it is ab- sorbed by the cement and greatly in- creases It's power to withstand damp ness.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Prime fat lambs cannot be produced by alternate grass and grain. They must be pushed to lay on fat from start to finish.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

It can be taken as n pretty sure sign that fall is at hand when of an evening the house1ies take to roasting on the upper part of the kitchen screen door to get the benefit of the heat escaping from within the house.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

A six day bicycle raceopened at the velodrome at Paris Sixteen pairs started. including the American teams Walthour and Wiley and Root and Mo ran. The riders struck up lively pace. TIT kilometers 72 milesl being covered in the first three hours.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

No animal recovers so slowly from low condition nor is so apt not to re- cover at ali us sheep.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Some Things That Are Happening In
 Other American Countries. '.

The shipping industry of Callao. Peru, has been brought to a complete standstill by q general strike of dock lnborers and longshoremen. Many yes sels in consequence have left for other Peruvian ports. Efforts are being made to settle the dispute by arbitra tion.
 Six wireless telegraph stations will open for commercial business in Alaska next week with the approval of the navy department. The company will accept business from points in this country at p cents a word
 The packing plant of r. Burns X O. at Calgary Alberta. was destroyed by fire The loss. including neat in cold storage. probably will be in excess of S2OOO.00O.
 The condition of the Duchess of COnnaught. who was ill with peri ;onitis is reported at Montreal as more favorable.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Y. The sooner that bunch of cockerels that are not to be kept until next sea- son for breeding purposes are fried Or made into chicken pie or sold to the poultry buyer the larger the cash bal ance that will show on the years pouI- try operations. They have made their most rapid growth, and whatever they eat now is to far less purpose from the standpoint of meat production.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Alfredo De Orc retained his cham pionship title in his match against James Mature of Denver in Doyle's academy in New York. winning by GOO points to 563. The champion was away behind during the contest.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Joe Rivers. the Mexican boy. defeat. ed Leach Cross. the dentist-fighter of New York, in a ten round boat at the Empire A. c. in New York. Rivers had the better of the milling through. out.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Trains No. and No. 20 on the Van dalia railroad collided at the end of rhe Union station sheds at Terre Haute Ind. and three men were killed and one seriously injured. The wreck was caused by the fiagman sending No. 20 in on the wrong track Both trains were eastbound.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
FROM THE SPORTING WORLD.
This and That In Amateur and Profes-
 sional Athletics

Captain Henry H Ketrhnm of the Yale football team has appointed tine following advisory committee. which will aid him in selecting head coach for next years eleven: Walter Camr 80. chairman; W. H. Corbin. So; Bur. Chamberlain. '97; L. H. Bigelow. 'oS and ]. w. Field, II. It Is understood that the committee Is Tn favor of 2 professional coach. Selection will prob. ably be made within the next few months.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16
CRIMES AND CASUAL TIES.
The Record of the Week on Accidents
 and Trauic Events.

M3SIeTy dIItIIuN IHt UHuIHS or MIN Ralph Hoover of Van Vert. O.. six teen-year-old bride of four months with butler wound in her head Hoover said he returned home just in time to find his wife trying to re- gain her feet. She whispered. "A man did it." and then tainted. Mrs. Hoo yer may recover
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Ex-Judge Mahlon H. Stout died at Doylestown. Pa. He was elected dis trict attorneysof Bucks county. Pa. in 1888 anu reelected to succeed himself. 1 1903 he defeated Judge Harmon Yerkes for president judge.
 Edward S. Handy, son of the late William Handy, one of the founders and first vice president of the Philadel- phia Trust company, died In St. Angus tine, Fla.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Two men were killed and three oth. CTS badly injured as the result of an explosion at the works of the Hazard vile Powder company at Hazardville. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Missing for nearly a week. the body of fourteen-year-old Edward Sjogren of Middletown. Conn. has been found buried beneath a pile of rocks about 200 yards from his home. The boy had been strangled and his body rid died with bullets.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

Leroy Higgins, aged eleven, shot and killed his mother at his home in Pitts burgh. The lad was angry because she refused to give him cents to purchase candy.
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

pr. J. k. Stuart. head of a Houston (Tex) infirmary, and Miss Ruby Lar sen, a nurse. were killed when the automobile in which they were riding collided with a wagon on a bridge near Houston
Connecticut western news., 1913-01-16

The, Mobile CAla) theater, a Klaw X Erlanger house. was totally destroyed by fire, entailing loss of $200.00O One fireman was killed and three badly injured.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
Farmers Will Raise
Cattle Scientifically
Nebraskans Pledge to Follow In
structions in Effort to Cut
Cost of Living.

LINCOLN, NEBR., July $40 do
their part in reducing the high cost
Of living 200 Nebraska farmers have
pledged themselves to devote their
time, talents and energies to increas-
ing the production of beef cattle and
to follow the instructions of the uni
versity experiment station, which has
for several years made a special study
of raising cattle for beef by what it
believes to be the best methods.
The fact that the population q:
the country is inCrea sing at an aver
age of 20 per cent every ten years.
while beef cattle are decreasing Z pei
cent, has aroused the ma ton to a real
tzation that the high cost of living
can never be lowered until this state
of affairs Is mended and that the
farmers are responsible for the work
is just as apparent as that the pres
ent conditions exist" said Dean Bur
nett, addressing the farmers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

From this It can be readily seen
that the droppings Of cattle fed on
cotton seed meal will afford the most
economic source Of nitrogen when
compared with other foods. Since
about 10 per cent Of nitrogen CON
sumed by live stock In the form Of
food may be returned 20 the soil in
the form of manure. II viii be oh
served how ineNpensivelv cotton seed
meal can be made TO put nitrogen i'm
the soil.
incidentally Il may here be observed
that % per cent Of the nitrogen plant
food I'm the cotton seed meal can be
used To fatten an animal and the bal
ance returned to the soil whence
Il came, TO feed other plants, Is it
not better TO use the % per cent in
feeding live stock than In returning ii
directly to the soil I'm the form of
meal fertilizer?
The rs per cent Of nitrogen Of the
total content OF the food. when fed
20 animals gives ample return, but
probably in no way more than i'm milk
production Always where Southern
dairymen have used, cotton seed meal
better returns We're reCeivd. In feed
ing beef cattle, cotton seed meal and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
To
SPEND RICHES
FIGHTING rum
Seeks to Secure Constitutional
Amendment 0utIawing All but
Wine and Beer.

PORTLAND, OREG.. July SIS.
Benson, millionaire timberman. will
spend a fortune in an effort to Sc
cure the adoption of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting the manufac-
ture, importation and sale of whisky.
sin and similar spirituous liquors.
Mr., Benson said he does not intend
TO make any effort TO prohibit the
manufacture or sale of wines. beer
or malt products, but will contine his
efforts TO putting the whisky in
dustry out of business through the
passage and enforcement of Federal
laws
This viii neCessitate the adoption
of a constitutional amendment by
Congress which must then be in
dorsed by two thirds of the States to
become effective.
Realizing the fight may take years
to win and will cost him thousands Of
dollars, Mr. Benson has made an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for preliminary
work. If satisfactory progress is
shown by the time this sum is spent.
he declares he viii make another
large appropriation and as many more
as the situation warrants.
Il have the money" he said. and
l want to spend il in a way that will
bring good TO the greatest number.
can think of no better way than to
kin the whisky business absolutely
Figures gathered by experts show
that so per cent of the people who
drink whisky can not afford it,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
nth Of FAMILY
GOES To NURSE
LEPERS IN INDIA
Rev. Gottfried Hahn, Now in New
York, to Finish Education Pre-
Paratory to Life of Sacrifice.

NEW YORK. July 5.-Rev. Colt
fried Hahn. recently ordained a min
lister of the German Evangelical
Church in st. Louis, is in the city.
preparatory to beginning journey to
India to sacrifice his life among the
Iepers.
He is on his way to become a mis-
sionary to Purulia, India, where hun
dreds of the most desperate cases Of
Asia are cared for and taught to look
upon Christianity as their hope.
And more marvellous still. he is but
following in the steps of eleven other
members of his family. Including his
aged mother.
Regards Action as Duty.
Like Father Damien, young Hahn
regards his action as duty to his
church and God. No one could better
understand the horrible conditions he
must face than he does, for he was
born there.
Il shall finish my preparation. Then
l will return to India ana enter upon
my work there" he said simply.
MY father gave his life to the
work in that field and 1 must take it
up later myself II my health permits
Mother is i'll and do not believe
will live much longer. Nothing would
delight her more than to know be-
fore she dies that l. too, will con-
tinue in the work of my father"
To him it is all in the days work
His sister Maria Hahn, is the wife
of the superintendent of the colony
She has been there for years and has
faithfully and courageously given her
life to the cause.
Physical Being FraiI.
Certainly if his father and If his
sister and all of his other relatives
could do what they have done and
are doing, why should be hesitate,
asks young Hahn.
Hahn, who is 26, came to America
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
First Woman Wills
Her Body to Science
Leaves Strange Request in Hope
That Her Remains Will Aid in
Scientific Research.

PHILADELPHIA, July 5.-Miss Lucy
Hunter Baird, the wealthy Washington
society woman. who died here Juen 10,
heQueathed her body to Dr. 5. Weir
Mitchell and his son, Or John King
Mitchell. directing that they should per-
form an autopsy She is perhaps the
first woman in this country to will
her body to science
Miss Baird suffered for several years
from a nervous allment. and Dr. Mitch
ell and his son did much TO relieve
her. IL was out of gratitude 10 them
and with the hope that an autopsy
hight reveal facts Of future value to
humanity that she inserted the strange
clause in her will
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
SCIENTIST To
EXPLORE LAND
Of CANNIBALS
Writes That He Is on His Way
to Explore the Guainia, Lit
tie Known River.

BOSTON. July 5-A letter from
Dr. Hamilton Rice. F. r. C. s, the ex-
plorer. from San Jose. Rio Guaviare,
70 a Harvard classmate. has just been
received, and in it Dr. Rice makes
known his intention of exploring in
the vicinity Of the Guainia River,
which is supposed to be inhabited
by cannibals Dr. Rice has made
many expeditions to South America,
and in 1908, when no word had been
received from him for a long period,
he was thought to have been lost. but
n short time afterward ne returned to
Boston.
The letter which is as follows de-
scribes his expedition to his friend:
Letter Tells Experiences.
II made this place a base last July
and worked south from here to the
Hilla. Macaya and Ajaju Rivers,
reaching the lagt-named river Novem-
Der II at 8 p m. and taking observa-
tions and locating it November 10.
Only six Of us arrived, four white men
and two Indians. At Takanemue |
had the party cut down from % to II,
and Of these, later on, eight refused
TO advance, but we compelled two of
the Indians to continue. The retreat
from Ajaju is a great story, but must
wait until my return 1t was wild,
eerie country which has never before
been visited and very difficult to work
through not only as rough country,
but from the constant dread of most
OF the men and Indians, who feared
attacks from the Carijoria Indians,
who have been unusually active of
late in killing 'blancos' and Huilotos.
In a few days I am leaving here
with two big canoes and a crew Of five
men to descend Cauo Grande and ex-
plore Huirida, and on the way down
try to push through overland to the
Guainia. near it's source The Indians
Of Guainia have the reputation of be
ing cannibals, owing to the non-ap-
pearance of several expeditions from
San Fernando de Atabapo, hence it
has not been easy to get men to go,
and even when they would consent,
doing II only at a high figure.
Canoe Destroyed.
This lot will go down as far as the
first indian settlement on the Yuirida,
about 80 days down; from there on |
shall have Indian crews. One Of my
canoes was destroyed by a thunder
storm. big tree falling and breaking
it; the other is useless, and. as canoes
cost $3.50 each, IL makes quite an item
In ones eXchequer.
Il have the whole country from Bo-
gotta well mapped, and two maps as
well as all the data Of l2O observa
tions (astronomicaD have been sent to
the Royal Geographical Society.
II have also performed a number of
surgical operations. have some 250
slides Of blood smears of fevers and
pilaria and other parasites in the blood
of animals examined.
January Exciting day. All the
crews here are drunk. My pilot whose
| woman does not wish him to go. has
| had all his clothes burned by her. and
ne Is now beating her, armed with a
machete and a revolver. | am also
about to operate on a man wounded
by a Yamu Indian arrow"