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TITLED WOMAN IN GUTTER
English Temperance Workers Tried
Vsinly to Reform Outcast Found
in London Streets.

London. - The Bristol Midnight
Sweep brigade is a body of temper,
ance workers who scour the streets
after the public houses are closed
seeking to gather inebriates into their
net.
The catches vary from two or three
to $50, and the brigade conveys its
captures to the meeting house, and
here the work Of reclamation is begun.
j. T. NOVEL;, the secretary, in an in.
terview with a London Chronicle rep.
resentative, said it was found TO be
very depressing work, but they had
been able to get a fair percentage OF
the men and ONE to reform their
habits.
Into their net had come a number OF
university men, and one night they
captured a woman who was entitled to
call herself Lady" She seemed to
be in the very lowest depth, having
become a common tramp. I'VE had nc
influence with Lady -, whatever"
said Mr.. NOVEL;, "and she left the hall
to go on the tramp again. The bri
gade took a great deal of trouble over
this woman, and 1t was our private in.
quiries that led to discovery of her
identity as a lady Of title.
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High Price for Dickens Work.

Lovers of Dickens will be pleased
TO hear that a copy of rPickwick"
has just been sold in the English mar
ket for $2,475. This was a first edi-
ton, which Messrs. Sotheby put up
the other day from the late Capt. K.
j. II. Douglas property. The highest
previous record for a similar edition
was obtained In New York, where the
bidding reached $1,400. No Dickens
ian seems to doubt that the copy sold
is the finest copy extant. 1t has all
the points which appeal to a collec-
tor: all the parts are the earliest Els
sue, and contains all the advertise
ments; all the covers of the parts are
dated 1886; the plates by Seymour.
Buss, and "Phiz" are all in the earliest
state. Four parts contain the lad
dresses" by the author, and three the
addresses" by the publishers. In
fact, there is not a flaw to be found.
The present possessor of the edition
Is Mr.. Robson.
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snip off the sharp points of G sucking
pigs teeth.
Sometimes they are as sharp as
needles'and hurt the SOW so much that
she will not permit them to suckle.
Sun stall is very often mistaken for
mango. Never turf very young pigs
into the field in hot weather for more
than an hour or two a day until the
skin becomes toughened.
1t is a great mistake to fatten sows
IL breeding depends upon the spring
gifts for a next years crop, as this
plan will in time result in inferior
stock.
If a sow proves a good breeder there
Is no reason why she should not be
kept as long as she produces strong
pigs.
The most common mistake made by
many farmers is to allow the boar to
run with the herd continually. He
should be kept in a roomy enclosure
by himself.
Cement floors are best for feeding
purposes, but 1t is our belief hat a
hog should always sleep on a board
floor with a plentiful supply Of clean
bedding.
A drove of hogs OF all colors and
sizes never brings as much money as
a drove of the same breed and color
and size.-A. C.
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MANY ROBBERS ON THE FARM
Ing Ravages of Thieves-Weeds
Retard Growth Of Crops.

Most any farmer knows how to
ploV, plant, cultivate and harvest, but
few seem capable of checking the
ravages Of a great many thieves about
the farm.
In the summer time the farmers al
low the flies and the impure water
supply to steal a big per cent Of their
dairy profits; then they wonder why
dairying doesn't make them prosper
Gus.
Weeds fitch away the beauty and
neat appearance of the farm house and
by sapping away the ~life-giving COM
ponents of the soil. Persistence in
fighting them down is all that will
subdue these noxious weeds.
The kicky COW, the breachy cow,
the balky horse, the chicken-eating
hog and the drone hens are thieves
that many farmers keep and then
seem to expect satisfactory results
from farming, with such troublesome
and Improbable pests on the prem
Uses. Sell the thieves and turn their
rations into something that will give
You a profit.
A poor or weak stand Of corn steals
a good part of the time consumed in
tending and gathering 1t. since n
must devote both time and labor to all
thin spots the same as though there
were a full and heavy growth of corn
plants. Proper grading of first-ciass
seed corn is the great initial step to
be taken in the checking OF the detrL
mental effect of this common thief.
The low-test dairy COW that has
grown too old to be profitable; the
COW that gives a p~rofuse flow OF milk
for six months, then suddenly dries
up-these are thieves that steal from
the herd day by day and cut down the
profits because they consume Just as
much high priced feed as those ami
mails that turn in twice the amount Of
dairy products and require just as
much care and attention as II they
were profitable members.
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PREPARE FOR CLOVER STAND
Has Been Given termination
Test-Good Plan Given.

In growing clover It is a matter o,
wisdom to SOW only the best Of seed.
Do not SOW the seed until 1t has been
given a termination test. This can
easily be made by means of two plates
and a cotton cloth. Take several folds
OF a small piece Of cotton cloth; thor.
oughly wet this and scatter between
the folds a known number ~(several
hundred) Of the seeds to be planted.
Place this on one plate and cover
with another plate, bottom side up.
See that the cloth is kept moist, not
wet, and at the end Of five or six
days, determine the percentage Of
termination. Seed of poor vitality
will not terminate at all; or, If 1t
should, 1t will at least give weak
plants that may not survive the sea.
son or the following winter.
The seed should be free from weed
seeds and other adulteration. Buy
seed only from reliable sources, and,
SO far as possible, use homegrown
seed, when it is of strong vitality anf
known purity.
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so poorly that my folks thought / was
going into consumption. One day 1
und a piece of paper blowing around
Fac yard and l picked it up and read it.
1t said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound has done for women. 1
showed it to my husband and he said,
why don't you try it?' So l did, and
after / had taken two bottles l felt
better and l said TO my husband, Il don't
need any MORE and he said you had
better take it a little longer anyway
So / took it for three months and got
well and strong" Mrs. ALONzo E.
BAKER, 9 Tecumseh ST., Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
OF many a woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and is often
helping to support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember thai there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women are prone, and that is Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t
promotes that vigor which makes work
easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
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Pigs should be sorted as to size and
each lot kept by itself. This is not
much trouble and will enable the lit.
tie fellows to stand a better show at
the feeding trough.
Many small pigs are stunted in their
early growth because they cannot hold
their own against their larger and
more quarrelsome brothers.
The man who raises pigs ought to
have a field Of peas into which they
can be turned just before the peas
become hard.
There is no better way to harvest
peas than by turning the hogs into
them at this stage.
Many farmers In the corn belt hog
off their corn By turning the animals
into the fields and allowing them to
ride down the stalks and help them
selves.
This is a la~bor-saving plan, but 1t Is
wastefuf beyond measure.
AS soon as a pig is discovered to
be droopy or falling behind the rest of
the herd il should be taken put and
put in an enclosure by itself.
A pig is nothing more than a money
making machine and should be fed all
he will eat cleanly from the time he
is able to nibbie, then keep him going
until he goes to the block.
Keep a pair Of nippers handy to
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
DON'T SUFFER WITH ITCHING

My, what relief!-The moment res.
mol ointment touches any itching skin,
the itching stops and healing begins.
With the aid of resinol soap, it quickly
removes all trace of eczema, rash, tet,
ter. ringworm, pimples or other ugly.
tormenting eruption, and leaves the
skin clear and healthy. 1t is equally
effective for sunburn, insect bites,
sores, boils. burns, red, rough hands,
dandruff and falling hair.
You need never hesitate to use res.
mol. 1t is a Doctors prescription that
has been used by other physicians for
the past - years in the treatment of
most sorts Of skin affections. Unlike
many other remedies, it contains abso.
lutely nothing that could injure the
tenderest skin. Resinol ointment and
resinol soap are sold by all druggists.
Look out for worthless limitations
Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
DAISY FLY KILLER
GOING IN SAME DIRECTION
NIT to Hypochondriac Patient
Who Had Become a Bore.

Once there was a hypochondriac
who used to think hat he was dying
about three times a week. One day he
was driving out In his automobile,
and n of these spells came over him.
On the road ahead of him he happened
to see his family doctor speeding
along in his roadster. He felt so sick
that he applied all his power in order
TO catch up with the doctor as soon as
possible.
But the doctor saw him coming and
he used all the gas he had to get
away from him. For about three miles
they had a close race. Finally, how
ever, the doctor had some tire trouble,
and the hypochondriac drew up along.
side.
Doctor" he shouted, stop a min.
ute! I am dying. Darn it all! I'm
dying"
You must be-" grunted the physi,
clan. Il never saw anybody going so
fast as you are!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
GAIN FROM USE OF MANURE
Ohio Station Obtained Increase
Amounting to $3.50 Per Ton
Cultivation Is Important

The net return realized from a ton
OF yard under general farm
ing conditions depends upon the soil.
method Of cultivation and crops
grown.
The Ohio experiment station has OBJ
tanned an increase amounting to
$4.69 per ton from yard manure
used at the rate of eight tons per
acre In a five-year rotation Of corn,
oats, wheat. clover and timothy;
four tons being applied to corn and
four tons to wheat, this return being
the average for the third five-year
period; the average return from the
yard manure used in all tests In
which rotation is practised has been
1927 per ton for the whole time.
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WOMAN STAYS FOUR LIONS
Wife Of Railroad Official Makes Big
Killing in South Africa During
His Absence.

London.-The South African mail
brings a story CT how Mrs. Delaporte,
wife OF an official Of the Delagoa rail-
road. bagged four lions in a few min
utes. In her husbands absence she
received word that lions had killed
an antelope a few miles away. Ac-
companied by two natives Mrs. Del.
aporte found six lions devouring their
prey. She killed two before they real
lied their danger, a third while 1t was
escaping, and the fourth, which at
tempted to charge, she stopped with a
bullet In the eye at a distance of eight
yards. The other two got away be.
cause her ammunition vas exhausted.
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What Did He Mean7

DR.. Stanley Coulter says the short.
est and sweetest introduction he ever
had to an audience was by a student
at Cornell university. Said this young
man concisely: Il do not have to
speak many words to introduce Doc
tor Coulter, for he is too well known
already"
Il could make out just what
that student meant" said Doctor Coul-
ter.-Indianapolis News.
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CLEVER LIFE-SAVING DEVICE
Permits the Comforts Of q Steam
Heated Flat While Being Tossed
About on Ocean.

Berlin.-A life-saving device which
permits the comforts of a steam-heated
fiat while being tossed about on the
ocean wave has been introduced by
Herr Heinrich, a German engineer.
Arrangement Is also made by which
the occupant Of the buoy can steer
his craft and thus be able to make
some Roadway if cast off near land.
The apparatus is shaped like a skit-
tie. Canvas constitutes the central
castaway may slip his arms and thus
use them as oars.
The lower part is a bucket which
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Anafrs Reversed.

An Irish tenant farmer, returning
from a somewhat distant market late
n afternoon, missed his way and got
into a bog hole. where he stuck fast.
His landlord, who knew the locality,
CHANGING to pass shortly afterward on
horseback. noticed his tenants dilem-
ma, and smilingly shouted out:
Hello, Pat! You've got fixity of
tenure now!"
Yes, begorra!" calculated Pat.
and Id be moightily obliged il yer
honor wud evict me-"
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Thief Turns Neat Trick

Mount Vernon, N. Y.-After telling
Mrs. Mary Cammera that he admired
e COW. a stranger picked some
grass for bossy to eat, waved n un-
der Mrs Cammera's rose, and then re-
lieved her of 5000. The grass was
chloroformed.
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COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak-Could
Not Do Her Work-Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Adrian, Mich. -" suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and

got so weak that l
could hardly do my
work. h e l
washed my dishes I
had to sit down and
when l would sweep
the floor I would get
so weak that / would
to get a drink
every few minutes,
and before l did my
busting would have
to lie down. | got
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16
The Last Word.

Mame-How do you like me new
dress?
Her Fiance (who has worked at
fashionable neutrality-suspicious. stuff,
kid! You couldn't be more immodest
II O was we'll bred.-Puck.
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Provide Fly Nets.

See that the work and driving horses
ere provided with fly nets during the
summer. II they are continually an
noyed by these pests. they cannot give
you good servin
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fills with water and keeps the appa
ratus in a vertical position, while the
top has a sliding glass door. Inside
the bag may be equipped with food tab.
let's and water bottles.
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Easy to Improve Tomato.

Il would not be easy to find a fruit
that can be more rapidly improved by
careful selection, or run out more rap.
idly by careless handling, than the to.
mato.
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Corrcct

One touch of nature makes the
whole world kim" quoted the sage.
Yes, but so per cent Of us continue
to be poor relations" added the fool.
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Certainly.

Does your wife believe every word
other people tell her about your"
always, unless it happens ito be
complimentary"
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YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL. TELL, YOU
Try Murine Eye Kennedy, for Red, Weak, watery
Just Eye Comfort. Write for Book OF the Eve
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
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The color of a pearl can sometimes
be restored by taking off its outer
layer. "
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

Never Judge a physician by the
praise undertakers bestow upon him.
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Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY is something frightful. We can hardly realize that
of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-five per cent,
Il or nearly onequarter, die before they reach n year .hItyseven
per cent, or more than onethrd, before they ar five, and onehaf before
they ire fifteen
We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castona would a q
majority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to sy that many
of these infantLe deaths are occasioned by the use Of narcotic Preparations.
more o less opium n morphine. They are, in considerable asraoso quantities. d ties
to concessions, sickness, death. Castora operates exactly the reverse Ge..d but
causes the blood to circulate properly, opens the -
pores of the sMn and alays fever. VIII
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of TL0<N ~N<%~
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-07-16

AGENTS-Sell Fnndom, the ercyclopedia Of Rass
Ball. Season 5 biggest seller. Everybody buys Crra,
sdveT;isinx novelty: LIBERAL profits. sample com
eAsts ivo FAAtkkekAfA W. h2 brssdwu. Ass lsrl
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10
BROOKS BOUGHT
BOOKS, But NOT
A BITE OF FOOD
Toy and Doll Designer Tells
Tale of Hunger In Divorce
Court
BUSHELS OF BOOKS,
NO BUNS OR BUTTER
Woman, Famed Herself, Asks
Decree From Editor, Lawyer
and Author

A wagon load OF books and maya
zines marked the grave of the marital
happiness OF Mrs. Ethel Brooks,
famous throughout the world OF toys
for her doll designs and James K
Brooks. pne-time editor, lawyer and
author. according 10 the testimony Civ
en- before Judge Murphy Thursday in
circuit court where Mrs. Brooks Is ask
ing a divorce and Mr. Brooks is con-
testing.
Mrs. Brooks story was due to the
most unusual ever told in divorce pro-
ceedings in Wayne county. She said
that she met Brooks who was 26
wears older than she, he being 50 at
the time OF their marriage in 1902 in
Chicago while she was attending a
Christian Science church. At the time
she was at the height of her fame as
doll designer and was the head of a
factory employing IL girls and oper-
ators
She continued in the business after
their marriage and testified that
Brooks desired TO write a book on
Christian Science and one on Greater
the finances of the two until such time
AS his books were published The doll
business went down hill however, and
at last she was compelled to go into
partnership with r b. Kelley, and ac-
companied by two or three operators,
went to New York city where the doll
factory was started again.
II was shortly before this that Mrs.
Brooks received much publicity as a
designer and head Of a big business
and was cited as being among the sue.
cessful women Of America in various
newspaper and magazine articles.
or arrival in New York. she said,
Mr. Brooks refused TO work and spent
HRS entire time in reading and writing
She said that he bought books, maya.
zines and papers until wagon load
| lad accumulated and 1t was necessary
to hire a vehicle for the Transports
ton Of them alone The doll business
failed IN New York and Mr.. Kelly de
clared "he was tired of supporting
Mrs Brooks while her husband lay
around the house and read" Mr..
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10

Brooks resented this and made an al.
tack on Mr. Kelly with "a knife. Kelly
withdrew from the doll factory.
From this time on Mrs Brooks said
her husband would work but one or
two days a week, and spent his income
on more books when her baby was
born he refused 10 have physician
and also refused 20 work 10 support
her She said she was obliged 10 pawn
the birth gifts sent her by relatives.
her wedding ring and even her cloth.
ing Az one time when there had beep
no food in the house for i've days for
the mother OF her child, she said. She
sank 10 her knees before her husband
and begged him 10 work she declared
he told her that the ord win pro.
vide" and explained 10 her that some
higher power would Intervene I'm their
troubles and secure a position OF q
high order in the world OF literature ar
the professions
She added that as her hunger grew
greater, she was Obliged to make silk
kimonas and 20 take them 20 houses
Of ill-fame TO secure customers. The
lack of money caused them 10 be evict.
ed from the home time and time again.
III of iris time, while she was striv.
ing 10 got enough money 10 keep body
and soul together, she said. her hus.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10

band would sit az home surrounded by
great piles OF books and magazines
and read and dream
Two wears ago she left him and
lcame TO Detroit She said that she
had received no SUPPORT from him. or
had her little daughter received any
thing except presents OF the most eN-
travagant and useless sort such as
dancing pumps necklaces, silk kimon-
a. and money that was specifically de
Clared % be used for theater tickets
end parties only
Mr.. Brooks az one time was postal
INSPECTOR in Kew York city
Mrs Brooks is now 3S years old and
Is Of unusually refined appearance and
speech and looks years younger than
her age She has kept herself in De
troit by conducting a rooming house
and also conducts a hotel and cottages
az Edison Reech during the summer
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10
Convinced, Says Lichtwardt,
Gillespie Will Not Coop
crate to Enforce Sun
day Saloon Law
COMMISSIONER FAILS
TO ANSWER LETTER
Letter Alleges No Attempt Has
Been Made to Prosecute
Offenders

Convinced that Commissioner Giles
pie intends 10 take no action against
Detroit's law violating Sunday saloons,
the Detroit Christian Endeavor union
has decided to appeal direct 10 Gov.
Ferris, In an effort TO secure adequate
law enforcement. This decision fol
lows the act of the police commission
er in ignoring a letter. written July 2,
in which he Is called upon 10 make
good his promises Of cooperation in
the fight for Sunday closing
I'VE have come to the conclusion
that Commissioner Gillespie intends
10 do nothing, despite his promise to
i cooperate with us IN our efforts 10
secure closed Sunday" said II. A..
Lichtwardt, superintendent OF the so
cial service department OF the union,
Wednesday morning. "He has utterly
ignored our letter OF protest. written
more than a week ago, and we feel
that the only course left us is an ap.
peal to Gov. Ferris
This letter was sent by special de-
livery on the morning OF July 2. so
that he has had week In which TO an.
swer IT, II seems that the least thing
a public official such as Commissioner
Gillespie could do, would be TO send
an Acknowledgement OF the letter. and
state why he refuses 20 take a stand
either for the enforcement, or against
the enforcement of the Sunday saloon
closing law"
Lightwardt said that several mem
bers OF the board OF commerce. heliev-
ing that Sunday saloons constitute an
economic as well as a moral evil had
promised 20 join with the Christian
Endeavorers in their appeal TO the
governor.
The appeal Will me made within two
weeks, Lichtwardt said
The letter sent TO Commissioner
Gillespie follows:
Mr. John Gillespie
Police Commissioner,
, Detroit, Mich.
Dear Sir
Since your interview of June
18th, we have gwen a consider
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10
OSBORN GETS ROUSING
GREETING AT IRONWOOD

IRONWoOD. Mich, July 9.-(spe-
ciaD S. Osborn, candidate for
the Republican nomination for gov.
ernor, received a rousing reception
here when men OF every political faith
turned out TO greet him after a tri.
umpaant tour through this section OF
Michigan.
Everywhere the former governor
mas gone he has met with the unquaft.
hel praise of disnterested voters and
has been assured OF the hearty sup
port OF the more progressive element
OF MS party both in August and No
vCmber