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HAD BEEN PROMINENT IN MA.
TioNAL AFFAIRS FOR HALF
A CENTURY.
WORK WAS IMPORTANT
VETERAN ILLINOIS SoLONS LAST
WORDS WERE TRIBUTE
TO LINCOLN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Former Senator Shell
by NJ. Cullom of Illinois died here
after an illness Of more than q week.
during which he hoyered between life
and death. His last words were wish
that he might have lived to see the
completion OF the national memorial
to Abraham Lincoln. who was his per-
sonal friend
Since his retirement from the Sem
ate last March Mr.. Cullom has been
resident commissioner of the commits
sion created by Congress to build the
$2.000,000 memorial to Lincoln.
A little more than a week ago he
was taken with grippe. His advanced
age put his recovery beyond hope. but
his wonderful vitality postponed the
end from one linking spell to another.
He was eighty-five years old and had
a record OF fifty years OF continuous
public service.
Cullom was figure of national i'm
portance for more than thirty years,
and held public office for more than
half century.
He began his political career in 1856
when he was elected city attorney for
Springfield. Almost Immediately he
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HENAHEN BAREs DEAL.
Declares Physician Put up 100000 to
Acquire $4,000 Product.

Denver.-Dr. Howard A. Kelly Of
Baltimore and an associate physician
will secure $4,000 worth of radium
for 100000 by their arrangement with
the United States Bureau of Mines to
secure the first seven grams Of the
rare element produced at the Denver
government radium mill, according to
Thomas R. Henaen. state commits
sioner Of mines. who returned to Den.
yer from Washington.
Henahen says Kelly and a partner
supplied 100000 to the bureau for the
erection Of the mill under a contract
that the first seven grams shall be
their property. and he puts the price
Of radium at $4,000 a gram.
Commissioner Henehan believes
Secretary Lane Of the Department of
the Interior desires to be as fair as
he possibly can be to the West, but
that he has been misled as to condi-
tions.
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was elected a member OF the House OF
Representatives Of the Illinois Legis-
lature, and was reelected In 1860,
serving unit. 1865, when he was elect
ed to the National House of Repre-
sentatiyes. He served in the Thirty.
ninth, Fortieth and Forty-first Con-
crosses. He went hack TO Illinois and
again was electe1 10 the State Legis-
lature in 1872. serving until 1875. He
was elected governor Of the state in
1876 and succeeded himself in 1880.
He served until Feb. 5. 1889. when he
was elected to the United States SEN
ate and served continuously until
March 3, 1918.
The Cullom family. like the Lincoln
family. were Kentuckians, who emf
grated to Illinois early in the '30s.
Shelby Moore Cullom was born in
Wayne county. Kentucky, on Nov. %.
1929. He was always identified with
the Republican party and was strong
factor in the party organization. At
the end of his thirty years as SEN
ator he left the office poorer than
when he entered 1t. He had no in
come outside of his salary,
During the year 1s29,' Mr.. Cullom
recently wrote TO illustrate the epoch
in which he began life. the crown of
Great Britain descended from King
George ~, to King William w.; that
reign passed away and | have lived to
see the long reign OF Victoria come
and 60; the reign OF King Edward
come and 60. and the accession OF
King George V. Charles V. ruled in
France. Francis |. In Austria, Freder,
ick William III. in Prussia, Nicholas
|. in Russia, while Leo Nil governed
the papal states, the kingdom OF
Italy not yet having come into exist
ence The United Kingdom OF Great
Britain and Ireland had not yet q
population OF 24,000,000 all told. Nc
man who had not served his country
in some capacity in the Reyolutionar,
war had been elevated to the presi
dency Of the United States. and this
was the case until 1S43."
President Taft once said to him.
why, here's my old friend Uncle
Shelby; he comes nearer connecting
the present with the days of Wash
ington than any one else whom
know"
He had seen the impeachment o.
Andrew Johnson and had placed Gran
in nomination in speech containing
only seventy-five words
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have frowned, and always poor. he
had been numbered with the greatest
OF the earth.
Never in his lifetime regarded as
an orator, he is enrolled among the
most gifted pleaders OF all ages.
Never educated, never widely read
never traveller, he is conceded to
have been one Of the wisest OF men.
Never trained soldier, he com.
manded In war greater armies than
any monarch or general.
Never having had more than local
celebrity as a lawyer, he had con.
ceptions Of justice that were unknown
to distinguished iurlsts OF his time
Never assuming to be a statesman
or an economist, and never until his
call to the presidency a successful
manager of any enterprise. he became
ruler who will be celebrated for,
ever for wisdom. sagacity and firm.
ness.
Never the author of verse. he has
given us poetry in prose that is i'm
perishable.
The humblest. the least assertive oil
men, 1t fell to him in an hour oil
crushing responsibility as command
er-in-chief. by the sovereign stroke Of
pen. to put human slavery In the
way OF extinction.
There is no obscurity in the phil
osophy Of such life. 1t touches every
human being. high or low, rich OF
poor, wise or simple. strong or weak
II is the flesh and blood life. the life
of struggle, sorrow and achievement
It's lessons are for all.
What have Science. Reason and re
condite Theory to offer in place Of
such life? Nothing but words, mos,
of them meaninglessl
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That was my first meeting with
Abraham Lincoln.
Mr.. Lincoln went into the basement
where the landlord had a carpenter
shop, and returned with two heavy
timbers across his shoulders. With
them he made a slide between the
wagon and the front doorsteps. He
got the piano unloaded. with the as.
sistance of Mr.. Linder and Mr.. SWEET,
amid the jokes of the crowd.
Before they had screwed the legs
into place. dinner was announced, and
the men hurried to the back porch,
where there were two tin wash ba-
sins, long roller towel and a coarse
comb for the guests.
After dinner Mr.. Lincoln superin.
tended the setting up Of the piano
and even saw to 1t that 1t stood square
In the center of the wall space. He
received my thanks with polite
bow. and asked. do you intend to
follow court and give concerts?" The
immense relief expressed on his coun
tenance when | assured him that he
would not be called upon to move
the piano again was very amusing.
Then may we have one tune be-
fore we go?" he asked. and played
'Rosin the Bow with variations.
Some one shouted: Come on, boys
the Judge will be waltzing!' After
had assured them that, II they de.
sired 1t. l would give my first and
only concert on this circuit" when
they returned to the hotel In the eve
ming the crowd dispersed.
That night / played and sang nu
merous songs. all OF which met with
applause. As a finale | sang He
Doeth All Things Well" after which
Mr. Lincoln. In a very grave manner.
thanked me for the evenings enter.
tainment. and said Don't let us spoil
that song by any other music to
night" Many times afterward sang
that song for Mr.. Lincoln; he was al
ways fond Of it.-Mrs. j. N. Johns
"Personal Recollections
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Wy y, r. FNANDoEsNs pIOIc8sCr OI
Dairy Husbaadry. University of Ne
brHxka)
The question Is frequently asked by
the man who contemplates going into
the dairy business: with my limited
capital and experience would l be
justified in starting in with pure-bred
animals? The writer firmly believes
that the inexperienced man with small
capital should start with grade cows
His limited capital. will In this way
enable him to secure q much larger
herd than he could In any other way,
since good grade cows can be pur-
chased for a fraction Of the cost Of
pure-bred animals While he is yet
new in the business his profits would
come largely from the sale of milk
productR For these he can readily
secure q market. II he has an In
clination to handle pure-bred stock he
can work into this as fast as his &C
quired experience and capital will per-
nit.
In selecting the grade cows for his
herd the dairyman should bear in
mind three points:
1st-Select that dairy breed that
best suits him.
2d-Select only such cows as con.
form to the dairy type,
3d-Investigste carefully the butter
fat record Of e, ch COW before purchas-
ing.
The next step In building up the
herd is to secure good sire Although
starting in with grade cows the dairy
man should certainly bear in mind
that he cannot afford to head his herd
with anything less than a good. pure
bred sire, one capable Of building up
the herd. There is much truth in the
expression frequently used: THE sire
equals half the herd" Indeed. he often
equals more than three-fourths OF the
herd so far as its future value is con-
cerned.
Take for instance q herd Of twenty.
five cows headed by a pure-bred sire.
Experience has demonstrated that
'hsifers as q result Of having had o
good pure-bred sire will readily yield
two pounds additional milk at each
milking. This means four pounds add
ticnal milk per day from the heifer as
q direct result Of the better sire. Sup
posing the cow milks approximately
900 days year and the average milk.
Ing period of COW is six years the In.
crease in milk production due to the
better sire would be I times 800 times
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low the court from county to county;
but although most Of the lawyers
travelled to only three or four coun-
ties. Judge Davis, Mr.. Lincoln, and
Leonard SWEET went the whole cir
cult; Davis because he had to. Lin.
coin because he loved 1t. and SWEET
because he loved their company.
II was In court week that my pi-
ano arrived In Decatur. The wagon
backed up to the steps Of the Ma
con house. where l was staying. but
the question how to unload It puzzled
the landlord. Just then the court
adjourned and crowd appeared. The
men gathered curiously around the
wagon that blocked the entrance.
There is a piano In that box that
this woman here wants some one to
help unload" explained the landlord.
WHO will lend a hand?"
A tall gentleman stepped forward,
and throwing OF q gray Scotch shawl,
said, "Come on. SWEET. you are the
aarf hisrast man-"
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Dies in California Town.

Colorado Springs.-The death OF A.
G. Hill in Santa Cruz. Cal, removes a
pioneer Of the Pixies peak region. Hill
settled in Colorado City in 1861. hay.
ing with Anthony Bott and A. 2.
Sheldon. been member Of the origi.
nal town company. He was seventy.
nine years old. Mrs. NJ. r. Nickel, Of
Colorado City. Is his daughter.
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COAT SILO WITH
Trimmed COAL TAR
Agricultural Department Endeay-
oring to Prevent Drying Out Of
Silage Near Walls.

The field men Of the dairy farming
Investigations Of the United States
department Of agriculture have re-
Gently been giving careful attention to
methods OF improving concrete silos
30 as to prevent the drying out Of
salage near the walls and to protect
the concrete from the action OF silase
Juice.
They find that the concrete silo has
given universal satisfaction among the
farmers provided It Is properly built.
OF good material. we'll reinforced, ana
set on good foundation. The walls,
however, as ordinarily built, are por.
Gus. and silage near the walls Of tho
silo Is apt TO dry unless the inside Of
the silo ID given q coating OF some
material that will fill the pores In the
concrete. In the case Of q large num-
Der Of concrete silos In the south and
west the field agents Of the division
applied with brush an inside coat Of
raw coal tar thinned with gasoline.
This coat made the silos air tight and
also protected the concrete from the
action Of the silage Juice.
Silage juice. In some cases, Affects
concrete very little, but in other
cases. especially in silos in which
broken limestone was used, for a.
gregate. the corrosive effect Of silags
Juice is quite marked. especially
around doors which do not at tightly.
Coal tar thinned with gasoline
seems to afford. excellent protection to
keep the acid from affecting the con
crete. II the corn has been cut.4st
the right stage and is Of the right d.
gree Of maturity and tho silage IL wen
packed there win be very little. II any.
spoiled silage near the walls. Coai
tar can also be used successfully for
coating the inside Of stavs silos. =
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s or 1900 pounds OF milk. Estimat-
ing this at 81 per 100 pounds at the
very lowest, would give US $72 per COW
addition profit. From the herd q
twenty-five cows 1t is reasonable to
suppose that about ten heifer calves
would be raised per year. which would
give profit of $720. A sire can do
service In the same herd for three
years, thus in this time increasing the
number OF heifers raised to thirty and
increasing the profits due to the bet
ter sire to $2,160 After making due
allowance for increased cost Of pure
bred sire and interest on the money
invested 1t will readily be seen that
the investment nets a handsome divi-
dend. So there can be NO doubt that
this is the cheapest, quickest and most
practical way Of building up the dairy
herd. The value Of the dairy sire has
been most strikingly brought out In q
recent bulletin published by Professor
Fraser Of the Illinois station. In the
selection Of sire the dairyman must
keep in mind that pedigree alone does
not count for much. In fact some of
the very poorest animals are the pure
bred scrubs" The purchaser Of q bull
should select an animal that is a good
individual and whose dam and grand
dam on his sire's side have good but
terfat records. His sire must, Of
course. show the characteristics Of the
good dairy type. II these ancestors
are first class In every way the ques-
ton Of pedigree ought to be settled
sufficiently. 1t is immediate ancestry
that counts rather than the fact that
away back in the hazy past the bull
had some few remarkable ancestors.
Briefly. the bull should have a good
pedigree, be good individual, should
be vigorous. as shown by bright eye
and active disposition. He should
have fine skin and soft. silky hair;
chest broad. with ribs we'll sprung and
body deep. Last. but mot least, the
hind quarters should Be light. not too
fleshy.
When the right animal 10 found
bear in mind that the price is not
much Of an object for the good pure
bred bull will readily manifest his
prepotency over the weaker blood Of
the grade stock.
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lINCOLN'S LIFE
AN INSPIRATION
Why He Will for All Time Be Num-
bered With the Greatest Of
the Earth.

lERE are eharac-
ters SO great that
their memorials
are tributes to
those who read
them. II is 30
W tth Abraham
Lincoln. To pre-
serve a fame that
is undying. the
appropriation by
congress of ST.
900 U00 Waa not
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viii Not Withdraw Colorado OH Land

Washington.-In deciding not to
recommend to the President the with.
drawal from entry of large areas Of
lands In Colorado and Utah containing
deposits Of oil-bearing bituminous
shale. Secretary Lane announced his
belief that private enterprise should
be unhampered in finding a way for
developing these resources. Lane be-
lieves 1t possible that methods will be
discovered for utilizing the deposits in
q way that will result In the building
Of q great new oil industry.
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$t6,70o,oo0 Cost of Schools.

chicago.-The cost of maintaining
Chicago's public schools for 1914 will
be s16,700,00o, according to the budget
prepared by the board of education.
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DISEASE OF GRAIN
MORE PREVALENT
Most Urgently Recommended
That Every Grower Be Care
fuI in Selection Of Seed.

CBy JOHN g. HALL. Pathologist. Wash
ington Experiment Station)
In view of the fact that the loose
smut of the grains is becoming more
and more prevalent each year 1t has
been considered advisable to present
to the grain growers short state.
ment concerning 1t.
This smut is different from the
sinking smut. in that the plant IL not
infected In the Seeding stage. but
gains admittance to the host at bios
soming time. The head also appears
different The smut does not remain
within the membrane Of the kernel.
but early breaks out and for q short
time shows as black. powdery mass
of smut spores. These soon disap-
pear. leaving only the stem Of the
head with few smut spores attached
TO It
The smut can be prevented by the
treatment Of the seed, but the proce.
dure Of treatment is 30 complicated
and delicate that 1t is not practical for
the ordinary grain grower.
On account of these facts and with
the hope that the disease may be kept
out Of the fields of the state. 1t Is most
urgently recommended that every
grower be exceedingly careful In the
selection Of his grain for seed. Be
sure that the seed comes from q field
that was free from smut and. II pos
sible, was not threshed by q machine
that had handled grain containing the
loose smut. II these suggestions ara
carried out the spread Of the smut
will be stopped and its Introduction
into new territory prevented.
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EVER READY TO
DO KINDLY ACT
Concert Singer Tells How Abra.
ham Lincoln Helped to Move
Her Piano.

ZEN court was in
session In Deca-
tur. ILL.,, Judge Da-
v l 8 presided.
Court week was
always looked for
with great inter
est by the people
of the county
seat. 1t was Gus
tomary for the
entire bar of the
district to fol-
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Sure to Make Money,

The dairy farmer who has a good
bunch OF hogs to eat up his by-prod-
ucts on the farm is sure to make
money in the deal. u
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Child Of Napoleon Guard Dies

Leavenworth. kan-Mrs. Florence
Helen Pooley. granddaughter of one of
Napoleon's guards at st. Helena, died
1T her home here.
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Use Of Dynamite.

The use Of dynamite to break up
hard ground 10 being extensively used.
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was still in the hands of the Germans
The German official statements have
been models of brevity and the Dutch
public generally believes them. It has
been found that when Quartermaster-
General Won Stein makes a report it is
generally confirmed in negative way
by the other side the day after. But far
be it from Won Stein to say aught about
German reyerses-not a word When
things go bad with the German army
there is long period of silence. But let
the Germans win; the speed which the
uartermaster-general then displays
would do credit to the best newspaper
management.
So far the Dutch government has placed
no restrictions on newspaper dispatches,
except in the coast and frontier districts
which have been in a state of siege-staat
van beleg-as the Dutch say. To be seen
in one of them Is to invite trouble by the
correspondent. In most cases he is i'm
mediateiy escorted to some interior point
by the police or the military. But such
is Dutch honesty that unlike other cen
serial institutions. the man who files a
dispatch from district under staff van
beleg gets his money back-likewise an
apology. Instead of smashing cameras
and threatening to shoot the photograph
er merely the films are eonfseated.
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nelghbor, conclusion attended by the
thought that after all Germany. by
stemmlng for years the tide of Rus
sian advance, did a service valuable
not only to Holland, but the remainder
OF Europe. "A prominent editor re-
marked that for this he could even
forgive the Germans the many studied
sights they had heaped upon the
Dutch and their country That is
great deal for a Hollander to say.
But war has it's brighter side even
in Holland. The Dutch papers print
side by side--and recently with con-
stantly increasing editorial notes.-the
news of the day of both sides. Such
glazing contra dietions have never been
run off the press anywhere. At the
head of the column the English and
French official communicates appear;
further DOWN those of Won Stein,
quartermaster-ge general of the German
army. The English and French dis
patches insist that the allied troops
have taken such and such a place,
while the German dispatches, always
brief, imply by their contents that
such is not the case. The Dutch edi-
tor takes the official news as he gets
it and permits the public to judge just
who is the greatest press agent"
With press bureau dispatches and 9TH
er communications he deals different
ly. In most cases he appends note
to the effect that the item is evident
iy gross exaggeration, or that it is
colored to suit the interests of the
country of origin. The editor in other
words warns the public against the
acceptance of what he presents-not as
fact, but as newsmatter that has
reached him.
There is a little example that will
illustrate this point. The question
here is: Are the Russians in England,
Belgium or France. or are they not?
For weeks there were hints, illusions,
and intimations that Russian troops
had been taken to England from
Archangel and were now on their way
to the western theatre of war. English
news dispatches said they had been
seen at various points in England.
English war correspondents met them
and talked to them in Belgium and
France. Travellers spoke with mystic
rious air of impending surprises for
the Germans Some cited dispatch
from the British admiralty which said
open and that shipments of butter and
eggs would soon come that way-said
butter and eggs being interpreted as
Russian troops. A Swedish engineer
said he saw the Russians embark at
Archange, while a Dutch merchant in
that port, returning home, assured
everybody that the story was absurd,
and that, as matter or fact, the I'M
dertaking was impossible.
More English war correspondents
saw the Russians. Finally a Dutch cor
respondent saw them; another spoke to
a Belgian who had seen them, and a
second knew some body who knew
somebody who had seen them. BY
that time the Russians were in Belgi-
UNI, or France or England beyond the
shadow of a doubt. But few days
ago the English official press bureau
denied point blank that there was any
thing in the story.
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BIG ODD FELLOWS DAY
THURSDAY AT BANGOR

The Odd Fellows of Bangor are plan
ming to have a big celebration on
Thursday and members of the order
from all parts of the State plan to
be present including Rebekahs and
Chesaliers of the Patriarchs Militant.
y noteworthy feature of the program
will be the exemplification of the Third
degree by the members of Fraternity
Lodge of Woedfords, 70 men taking
part in the work. The scenery will
be equal to that on the biggest theat-
rical stages of the country. Another
feature is to be the comforting of the
decoration of chivalry by Brigadier
General Frederick w. Hinckley of this
city, department commander of Maine,
Patriarchs Militant. Two prizes are
to be awarded at this celebration, one
to the lodge having the most members
present and the other to the lodge
that presents the most candidates for
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OCT. IA

has progressed to a certain
stage, the publication of the 80
pictures with the correct names
below each will begin. These
will be published in sets of four
and on the publication of the
last set the winners names will
also be announced.
The following have been Sc
lected to judge the Contest:
Hon. Fred'k w. PIaisted, Elk.
Governor, and present Postmas-
ter of Augusta; Hon. Blaine S.
Viies of Skowhegan, Forest
commissioner; Hon. Joseph E.
Alexander of Richmond, Secre-
tary of State.
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LOUIS OF BATTENBURG

Prince Louis of Battenburs is one of
the chief officers In the British navy.