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took a hand In the examination. stick.

took hand in the examination stick
ing his nose into the mass Of clay
Eagan found a distinct odor of dyna-
mite. Further, the clay WAS Of the
sort used for tamping purposes and the
insulated wire was Of the sort used in
blasting.
.agan agreed with Deputy Commits
siouer curtis that the "bOmb" as II
stood was harmless enough. hut he
wasn't So sure whether it would he
harmless II Il had the necessary cleo
tric connection The inspector took
the chunk Of clay and it's wrappinps
10 his private arsenal, where lie will
make u further examination To learn
whether there really is any dynamite
mixed with the clay or whether the odor
came from the insulated wire, which
apparently had been used many times.
The general makeup of the parcel was
That os many present day bombs. AL
though inclined TO treat the present case
lightly. Inspector Eagan pointed out
TO members Of the commission that the
man VINO got up the hoax apparently
knew how TO make a bomb that would
DO heavy damage.
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Redfed's Tariff Defence Called
Frfvolous by the RennSylvanians
Manufacturers Presidem,
Criticises Secretary for
Letter to Wilson.
SAYS BUSINESS MEN
RESENT HIS CHARGES

NoRRlsrowS, Pa, March l1.--Charles
F. Williams. president Of the Manufac-
turers Association OF Montgomery
county. severely criticised Secretary
Redneld to-day for the latters letter to
President Wilson in which he accused
the association OF mlsrepresentng indus
trial conditions here I'm an effort to dis
credit the tnderwood- simmons tarir
Law. He characterized the RedfNd let
ter az a frivolous answer 70 men who
are genuinely alarmed by q situation
which they have been called upon TO
meet.
MIR. Williamss talk reflects the sem
timent Of this community Tsp and
down the Schuykill Valley business men
and workmen resent the charge that
conditions are not as they know them
TO he. The report Of H. VI Barclay. the
agent of the Bureau of Domestic and
Foreign Commerce. who came here t.
make an investigation. ls declared to he
misleading and the task has been under
taken Of finding out Icy what logic he
arrived at his conclusions
Local uewspHp HperS rejecting the
oninou of manufacturers and their en-
ployees. sarrNsticaiy invite Mr.. Red
field TO come here and to give lessons TO
the men whom he accuses of lncompe-
teur" and incf'iciencN
Especially dlsagreeable are the con-
stant references which Mr. Redneli makes
In his letter to the phrase women st
helpless in cold, dismal little rsOms and
their children face starvation" That
phrase was taken from - Philadelphia
newspaper which was quoted In the
second letter sent by the Manufactures
Association To the President. l. pur-
ported TO describe conditions In phlla-
drlphia and was used 10y tho manufac-
turers TO illustrate the point that Mont
gomery county did MT present au
isolated case. People here resent the
conclusion OF NJ. Eedhcld that h"clus"
he did not fud actual starvation lH
Norrstown the complaint of the manu-
fdcturers had no foundation IN fact
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Barclays Report.

MIR Barclays report says that
fifteen o. our concerns could NOT ue
d'r" 'tly affected 10y the tarin NoW that
is hair truth conveying an altogether
WONG meaning Th.sc concerns could
AtN" said with truth tha; while they
aer. nos directly effected by the tIrin
they wtro Affected directly by tho in
direct effects ot the tar.n. aad there
sat much o florence for the man who
is losing mouey.
"pIr concern buys SO much .lmber.
coal tUl other supplies. Now = We have
10 c'' down ru these supplies the p.op' g
Ne buy them from feel h.. The resu -
- them are Just ~ disastrous as n they
wevc directly affected 10y the tar!n
The report 20 the President says thai
the cotton hosier. plants w"r. the only
ones on which our complaints were
bas"d. Tile complaint was made by oug
association dad our association repre-
Sents every Kind OF industrial activity ia
this community. We didn't maze the
complaint for the fun o. l.. That com
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Charitable Work.

"Nr Redfeld would have the public
believe that because only scven,y-thr-e
persons were assisted during the month
of January by the Norristown as
sociated charities community ~
about "S,On persons waA not seriously
affected by present conditions. APP
psrently he would have us believe that
the man without "A crust of bread 10 the
only one who suffers Now | can tell
him that tho American workman begin.
TO suffer before he is reduced to beg.
gary
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WIFE KILLS
HUSBAND, SON
And HERSELF
Seizes Revolver on Return
From Theatre-ThOught
Suddenly Mad.
NO MOTIVE FOR
MURDER KNOWN

NEWARK, March 11.--Late last nigh,
Mrs. Lillian Hrandley. with her husband,
william. and their twelve-yea r-old son,
Lucas, returned from moving picture
show to her home at % South Mum ave-
nue. Neighbors who saw them going
nome commented upon the happiness of
the family OF three--Brandley, hard
working. saving, homo loving Mrs.
Brandley. excellent housewife and care
ful mother the son, to whom both father
and mother were obviously devoted.
Mrs. Brandley followed the domestic
routine which had endured for fourteen
wears Of married life She saw that her
husband went TO bed promptly. She
tucked Lucas into his bed. In an ad-
Joining bedroom. she went to the
Kitchen. sliced ham for breakfast filled
the teakettle with water and set u dish
or hominy to soak upon the kitchen
able Then something snapped In the
brain OF this perfectly commonplace.
respectable woman
She caught up her husbands revolver.
ran TO their bedroom and sho, AT him.
The first bullet missed Vie awok..
sprang from the bed and tried to disarm
her She fled to the dining room. and
as he clutched for the revolver she shot
him through the head. kill ng him
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Rrandley had steady work ~ It ,ar-
rage trimmer. His l".sul, hou.. were
spent at home With wife &C. SON. Mrs
Brandley did not associate murh with
neighbOr women. IN fact their only
criticism Of hrr was that "~ne didn't mlN
much with other folks" bur for all tlti
she had appeared To be 4 good tempered.
industrious, normally miaded woman
None who knew the family could ad-
vance an explanation foI the murders
and the self-dsstructiuU
There WAS just a suggestion At the
outset Of the investiga' on thar the three
were killed hV burg.sl who gained
entrance through the az. .lr,"u hed .,om
window An cNtmiuttiol Of ~!l ana Of
loor showed no indication whatever that
any one had climbed through the win
low. The suggestion was immediately
rejected therefore in the light OF evil
dence which went to show that none
save the wife could have fred the shot.
Practically every step she took WAS ro-
vealed by the police investigation which
reconstructed the crime
The police theory Of the crime was
that Mrs Brandley suddenly hccanc in
sane. Thi, was the opinion of County
Physician Mckenzie, who performed the
autopsies in Holes morgue in Shpman
street
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Mother Then shot SON,

She went to her sons bedroom leaned
over his pillow aud shot him through the
mouth, the bullet veerinE upward and
passing entirely throuLh his head tn
fall upon the PILLOW. Her last act was
10 place the muzzle of he pistol be-
tween her own lips and pull th. trigger.
The pistol With which shc had murdered
husband and son aud hJd taken her
own life lay at her right hand when
the bodies of All three We're found this
afternoon
This morn NJ Mrs T. T. Cray. Mr..
Brandl.N : mother. wondered why Lucas
had not stopped ~ her home. 10 Yer
mont avenue. on his way 90 the Mex
ander street school Mrs GRAY sent
another daughter. Mrs Arthur Lowrev.
20 the RrardleN home 10 md II ANYTHING
unusual had happened Mrs Lowney
found the doors Of the RrIudlry house
locked aIi the curtains dipvu
No one responded TO her knocking or
ringing She telephoned to the school
and Was told that Lucas had not APP
peared. Then she tclephuUei 10 Ci-urgr
{. Brandlev, clerk iu the streets and
Highway Department at the Clty Hall
Mr.. Brandley hurried TO his brother :
house at 80 +. NJ and climbed into the
bedroom through q window which had
not been boltei \ glance told MIN what
had occurred and hc sent FOR the police
Hours of investigation 10y tho detec-
tives disclosed no reasonable, motive for
Mrs. BraudltNs act. Relatives and
neighbors who were questioned said that
the Brandleys had seemed t1 br "a model
Family. Theil home was comfortable,
we'll furnished and neatly cared for
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wear.

An added conrenience'
Our near store at FV,l Avenue o,d
ilI Street, ruth an entrance On 42nd
Street. is nor open.
Making four stores At pohr se-r,
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Why stick to a Winter
overcoat in the face Of Spring
weather and new Spriro
styles?
Spring coats are in bloom
Coverts. that are again II
high favor.
Scotch homespuns, in her.
ringbone weaves.
""Scotch Mists" - rain.
proofed Scotch cheviots.
Shapely coats ;loose-ft
raglans; conservative coats Of
Oxford and black, some silk
lined.
Styles suitable to the most
exacting.
sRer,stercd trade nnsrk
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Spring suits.
Spring furnishings.
Spring hats and shoes.
Everything men and boys
wear.
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'Reg,stercd trade mar
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
PUTTING CORN INTO A SlLO
Glazed, and a Few of the Lower Leaves Turned Brown.

(By w. R. DODSON, Louisiana Expert
 ment Station.1
 Corn Is ready to harvest for filling the silo about the same time it is ready for harvesting the fodder; the grains should be we'll dented and glazed, and a few of the lower leaves turned brown. If the corn is cut too green the silage will be sour. and the feeding value decreased, while, on the other hand, if the corn is too ripe it will not pack well in the silo, large amount of water will be necessary to insure it's keeping quality, and there is danger of dry rot, which lowers the feeding value.
 Sorghum should be harvested for the silo while the seeds are i'll the dough stage Like corn. if it is left in the field until it has become too dry. the silage will contain a large amount of indigestible material and will not make a good quality of silage.
 The time of harvesting the crop tor filling the silo-that is, the stage in which the crops should be harvested must be given great consideration if a good quality is to be obtained.
 Pea vines, soy beans. and other hay crops should be harvested for the silo at the same time as for making hay that is, when in full bloom and few of the heads are ripe.
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
IMPROVE CREDIT OF FARMER
Two Methods Described by Bulletin ls- sued by Department of Agriculture
 -HoW to Organize.

The new office of markets and rural organizations has contributed to the department of agriculture a bulletin on How farmers may improve their personal credit"
 The two general methods considered are: That of temporary agreements with existing loan agencies, agree ments terminating with the payment of loans. and that of permanent ar ticles of agreement among the farmers themselves, or cooperative credit as- sociatlons"
 Under the first method, the bulletin presents in detail three different plans and gIves in full the legal forms to be used in their development spe cific example is given applying these plans to the improvement of the dairy herd and suggesting how they can be used in cattle breeding, hog raising and the purchase of better farm equip ment.
 The second method takes up the "co-operative credit association" It is well known that many farmers are industrious and progressive, but lack the money to carry out their ideas These men as individuals cannot ob tain the credit that they could if or. This pamphlet tells how to organize how the association is managed and how the association helps it's members
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
TOOLS FOR DIGGING PEANUTS
Turning Flow With Moldboard Re- moved Is ExceIlent-Hay Can Be
 Cured by Stacking Around Poles.

In harvesting peanuts, where the acreage is large enough. peanut har- vester can be used to advantage. The peanut digger is used by many farm CTS to lift the vines. as it leaves them lying loosely on the ground and they can be easily thrown into punches and small shocks with hay fork. A two horse turning blow with the mold board removed makes an excellent peanut digger. as does also potato digger.
 Peanut hay can be cured by stack ing around poles three to four inches in diameter and eight feet high. set in the ground deep enough to stand. 'wo-by-four scantling may be used in the absence of poles Two pieces of scantling five feet long are nailed six inches from the ground so as to make a cross, then the vines are stacked around the poles. In starting the stack few forkfuls are laid across the scantlings and the shocks built up by successive layers of vines. the pods being kept to the center. slepi vines so as to shed the rain. When the stack is finished a cap of grass and vines is placed on top of the pole. The hay should be allowed to stay in the stack until the nuts be- come dry and firm. which usually takes about month. then baled in the usual way.
 The whole peanut plant makes an unusually rich and palatable hay con taining lS.4 per cent protein. 40 per cent carbohydrates and 2l per cent fat Whole peanut hay analyses high CT than alfalfa. therefore it is an ex- cellent feed for work horses. mules. beef and dairy cattle.
 Where peanuts are planted for hogs. the vines can be cut with a mower and allowed to cure in stacks.
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
HANDLE ALL KINDS OF CROPS
Farmers Institutes Form Part of Diversifieation Movement Started
 in Southern States.

T look for great results from the in the several sections of the county" said Prof. Charles R. West the other day to Birmingham Age-Herald rep resentative, as the advantage of having scientific farming explained orally by government experts can readily be seen.
 These institutes form part of the crop diversification movement that has been started throughout Alabama They teach practical and intelligent methods in handling all kinds of crops.
 A distinct feature is that relating to the animal industry and as it is explained by the government expert it seems almost criminal that the farm CTS of our state give so little attention to this branch of farming Mrs Mathis certainly made a scathing ar raignment of the farmers in the state when she said their corncribs and smokehouses are in Illinois and Iowa But with the activity displayed by the government and the cooperation of the city and county authorities in furthering the diversificatlon movement I believe the time is not far distant when the present conditions will be entirely charged and that but little foodstuff will be imported into this country or state."
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
ARRANGE GRADES OF COTTON
Agricultural Department Builds Up Elaborate Systems of Checks,
 Balances and Precautions.

One of the most elaborate systems of checks, balances and precautions that surrounds any of the administra- tive activities of the government has been built up in connection with the machinery in the department of agrl- culture for settling disputes as to grades of cotton under the cotton-fu- lures law. The department has had to guard carefully against the possibility of the good faith of it's agents being questioned. and to accomplish this has worked out plan that should satisfy even the most chronically suspicious.
 After the receipt of small quantities of the fiber, agreed on by both parties, from each bale of cotton in dispute. the samples are carefully locked up in vault until a clerk to the board of examiners opens the packages and ar ranges them in readiness for eXamina- tlon. Each sample is marked only by number so that nothing can be known of the parties to the dispute. An examination sheet is prepared for each dispute, also bearing the number and statement of the contentious of the parties to the dispute. but with out names.
 Finally the board of examiners. com posed of expert cotton classers, is di- vided into squads of three men each. the personnel of each squad being changed daily so that no three men constitute the same squad for two con secutive days. The examinations are made by a squad, it's decision being the basis for the findings by the secretary of agriculture. The findings have the effect of prima faeie evidence iH all United States courts.
 In the siX-and-aha months follow ing the promulgation of the various standards, December 15, 1914, the dis putes referred to the secretary of agriculture totaled AIS and involved 39,050 bales of cotton. The fees as- sessed for determination of the dis putes amounted to $13,37845. The de- partment does not profit by these fees, however, for they must be turned into the treasury as miscellaneous re- ceipts.
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
Man for the Farm.

The ideal hired man on the farm is one who farms because he is in love with the work. and who studies the best methods of agriculture. both by observation and books and papers. and who prefers the cleanly. orderly and healthy occupation of farm life to the squalid and disturbing intiu- ences of the city.
 The hired man who receives rom his board the year around, is better off financially and more often be comes independent, than many city workmen. whose wages are three times as much
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
Farmers Educational m and Co-Operative
 Il Union of America

Don't stew" or the world will hand you a hot one!
 The good you do is not lost although you may forget it.
 A lazy man is never too lazy to bother busy one.
 A real live farmer cannot stand still; he must grow
 Don't be afraid to maintain all the stock your farm will carry.
 The man who is always just going to do it seldom gets it done.
 Many mans purse is lean because he fails to feed enough protein
 Pigs in clover" is a game at which every hog should become proficient
 A farm without repai, shop should be as uncommon as thunder in Janu- ary.
 Don't let the calves, colts, pigs. lambs lose their baby fat. Keep 'em a humpin'!
 The movable grain bin solves the problem of farm storage in cheap and satisfactory way.
 Cooperation is based upon conf dence, and where confidence is lacking cooperation must fail
 True eeohomy consists in getting all one can use profitably. and in using proftably all one gets.
 If man5is troubled with indiges tion it is a waste of words to try to convince him that the world is grow ing better
 Sometimes a man fails to accom- plish anything worth while because he is too busy criticizing some other fellows work.
 The man who has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it, would know just what to do with it, if he didn't have it.
 Ninety millions of dollars lost to the animal industry of this country in one year because of the cattle tick. Too much tick in any line of business is unproftaDle.
 Life on the farm should be just what the city man imagines 1t is one of real contentment and pleasure, one of blissful repose, where energy and pluck count
 Work and study to make things easy for the women folks on the farm. And sister, while the men folks try to save you mental and physical work, save yourself all you can.
 Lavorsaving machinery is doing away with most of the outdoor and indoor drudgery on the farm, as the uD-tO-date farmer is Sunnliad with a reasonable amount of both kinds
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick rake a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to- night and tomorrow you may lose days work.
 Galomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes into it, break ing it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you feel sluggish and "all knocked out, II your liver is torpid and bowels constl' pated or you have headache, dizziness coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store or dealer and get a 5O-eent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone. Take a spoonful tonight and if it doesn't
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
Very Absent-Minded.

In Berlin they tell the story of a very learned and also absent-minded late one night, and as he was light ing the candle fancied he heard a noise. He promptly called out:
 Is there anyone here?"
 A thief lay concealed under the bed. Hearing the question, and knowing the professors failing, he shouted in reply. "Noi"
 Then the professor exclaimed in much surprise: That's exceedingly strangei I was positive someone was under the bed" Then he retired to rest and the thief ransacked the room.
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
Golden Fern Sensation, Prize Winner.

right kind of feed goes a long way toward bringing about this contented state of mind. Never clean the stables just before milking, for it will stir up a tenfold worse odor than any feed the cows will eat.
 If there is any question before the farmers of this country of more i'm portance than that of conserving the soils fertility, am not cognizant of it.
 The most important business of dairy farmers is to increase the quan- tity of manurial substances and apply il where it is most needed.
 All of the manure, both liquid and solid, should be saved and applied to the land. l believe it is best to haul it from the stable to the field and apply it as fast as made
 When all the liquids have been saved by the use of absorbents, large amounts of manure may be made and. if it is hauled to the fields direct from the stable, these liquids will drain into the soil to the depth of the fur row slice. and there will be little loss from exposure.
 In addition, the COWS will not be waddling knee,deep in the mire and filth every time they are turned out in the yards for water and exercise. Most of the work comes at a time when other farm operations are slack; and the soil. besides being enriched, blows easier and works up better dur ing the whole of the next season, on account of being made porous by be- ing covered with manure during the winter
 When hauling the manure from the stable to the field we plan to haul to the farther fields while the ground is frozen and close to the barn while soft and muddy.
 There is no reasonable excuse for dairy farmer to allow more than one third of his manurial fertility to wash away in dirty, filthy barnyard, and spend one or two weeks during the busy season in the spring to haul it across the muddy fields to get it on his land
 Cleanliness can best be secured in stable of plain, smooth construction inside. The walls, ceilings, stalls. etc |. should be smooth and tight, and. if possible, washable. The relation of cleanliness to a wholesome product and to the health of the cows is vital.
The Monticellonian., 1915-10-07
TELL SIZE OF COTTON CROP
Remarkable How Close People Living in South Come in Their Guesses
 Before the Picking Season.

(By JOHN J. NEWMAN. Washington
 D CD
 It is remarkable to find how close the government comes to ascertainng the size of the cotton crop month or two before the picking season and still more remarkable how close peo- pie living in the South come in their guesses.
 was in Georgia in May and asked several cotton men about the proba ble size of this years crop. The reply in each case was between l2,000. 900 and 13,000,000 bales Later on the United States agricultural department estimated the crop at 12.500,000 In July l met a cotton man from Texas in Washington and when asked him about the crop. he said it would be slightly under l2,000,0 ,000 bales. This same man came within about 500 900 bales of calling the figures on the rec rd-breaking crop in l9l4-two months before the crop had matured.
 am told that the decrease in the use by fertilizer accounts more for the falling off in this years crop than the decreased acreage, although that amounts to IS per cent.