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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
sPEECEvILLE HOME BURNED

Dauphin, Pa, Sept. 25. On Fri
day the home of Edmond Miles, near
Speeceville, was completely destroyed
by fire. Only the first floor furniture
was saved. The loss is estimated at
about $1,000, partly covered by in
Surance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
NEW $1,000 HOME

Enola, Pa. Sept. 25.-Howard r.
Wagner has broken ground for his
new $4,000 home at the corner of
Brick Church road and Perry street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
EXCURsIoNusT KILLED BY TRAIN

Lewistown, Pa, Sept. %. = Andrew
Ruble, aged 65 years, was instantly
killed at Lewistown Junction Saturday
night. He was one of the excursion
lists on the trip to Niagara Falls and
was on the platform of one of the
passenger coaches and in leaning out
was struck by passing fast train.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
TRAMPLED BY HORSE

Elizabethtown, Pa, Sept. 25.-Robert
A. Brenneman was badly injured Sat-
urday evening when putting his team
away, being kicked by the horse on
the legs and then trampled upon. He
may be hurt internally.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
" M G. A WORKER RESIGNS

Carlisle. Pa. Sept. 25.-Robert g.
Weber. for six and a half years in
charge of Y. M. c. A. work in Carlisle.
has rendered his resignation, to take
effect October Is. He will go to Lam
caster.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
CAT ARTIST GOES BLIND
Mrs. e. M. Gardner Of New Jersey Had
Painted Portraits Of 1000
Tabbies.

Pitman, N. 1.-THE worlds endur-
ance record for cat painting doubt
less goes to Mrs r. NJ. Gardner OF
this place, who has just completed
her thousandth cat and has been
stricken with blindness, her sight hav.
Ing given out under the strain OF
many years of painting
Mrs. Gardner is a native OF Col
chester, Mass, and a relative of Asa
Packer, who founded Lehigh univer.
sity. She began painting thirty years
ago. In all that time she has painted
only cats.
Cats Of all types and degrees-aris.
tocratic cats and just plain tabbies-
have been the subjects for her brush.
She has selected her models from all
quarters from the back fence as well
as from the hearthstone, and her work
has found its way to far corners OF
the globe Probably the most famous
cat she ever painted was Tx, beau
tiful Angora, which for years has orna
mented the Office OF Green's hotel
Philadelphia.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
BALKY cow SAVES OWNER
Holds Buggy Back When Horse Falls
Over the Edge Of High
Bridge.

Sacramento. Cal.-Seated in his
buggy perilously near the edge of a
bridge, the horse hanging below the
edge of the bridge, over which it had
fallen. stubborn cow with legs firmly
stilfened, holding the buggy from go
ing also, was the situation in which
Henry SEWERS found himself when
crossing Sweeney creek SEWERS was
on his way to the ranch OF neigh Dor,
leading a COW, the animal being tied
TO the back of the buggy. AS he neared
the center of the bridge The COW
kicked up commotion and fright.
encd the horse, which in it's plunge,
suddenly fell over the edge OF the
bridge and out Of its harness, suffer.
ing such injdEfes that it had to be
killed
The ccw suddenly balked, and by
standing pat saved The driver and bug.
gy from going over also
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
Military Cross.

The new British decoration known
as the Military Cross was designed by
Henry Farnham Burke. 1t is of silver
and Is one and fve-eighths inches
square. In the center are the letters
G. r. l., and on each arm the imperial
crown. The ribbon is of three equal
stripes, the center dark purple, the
others white. Captains, commissioned
officers or warrant officers are ELI
gible for the decoration. The cross
does not confer any individual prece-
dence or entitle the holder to any
addition after his name as a part of
his description or title.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
GLASS GIVES Isl" TRUE RING
Counterfeit Dollar Is Detected by New
Appearance and Twenty-Year-
Old Date.

Oklahoma City. Okla-Everyone
here is on the lockout for what is said
to be the most deceptive of silver dol
lar counterfeits that has appeared for
a long time.
The counterfeit is said TO ring
true" but examination OF one Of the
dollars" disclosed that this quality
was given to it by the use OF glass
The real point upon which detection
rests is the new appearance despite
the date OF 20 years ago.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
SCOTS GET HAGG|s
Men in Trenches 10 Live on Food
of Warriors.
British War Office Gives Official Rec
ognition to the National Dish of
Scots-Famed in Song
and Story.

London.-Scotchmen all over the
world should thrill with delight at
the news that the war Office at last
has given it's official recognition to
their national dish. the haggis With
the laudable object of making the
trenches as homeliAe as possible to
the Scottish troops, Mrs. Porter Brown
of No. 16 Holland road, Kensington, is
raising a fund to provide for them
real Scotch haggiS in bulk III this
does not bring to them the scent of
the heather and the music of the burn
nothing will
The haggis is one Of the few ma
tional dishes which has retained its
splendid isolation. Except maybe on
Burns nights or at private gatherings
OF eXiles from north of the Tweed it
is seldom seen in England. To Scotch
whisky and shortbread, especially the
former, the Southron has taken very
kindly, but to him the haggis is still
AN alien, probably because it is still
too strong for his more delicate stom-
ach
For the great chieftain O. the
puddin' race, as Burns calls it, is to
the Sassenach a fearful and wonder.
full wild fowl. 1t is made of a sleeps
heart, liver and lungs, with some OF
the smaller intestines. These are sea-
soned with pepper, salt and onions,
and the whole is chopped up fine, with
suet and oatmeal. Then the mixture
is rammed into the membrane Of
Sleeps stomach and boiled. And this
it is which has helped to make Scot.
lapdr'what she is today. Says Burns,
addressing the haggis:
But mark the rustic. iiaggis fed
The trembling earth resounds his tread
'iae He'll IN mais nii vans It S6issie nteH plaqe'
An, legs an arms, ar heads will sned
Like taps o. thrissles. ~
Evidently not:bad stuff. to fight on.
And nowrMFs, T., Browns fund is to be
recognized by the war Office Her
rich and rare puddings are to go to
the front with the. sanction of the
powers that be; and Jock and
Tam once again will sit around
their well beloved dish all. hot from
the pot. And when they have eaten
OF 1t, woe betide the "boche" that
comes within striking distance of their
"walie nieves." There will be dirty
work. For, as Scotchman will tell
you, there is all Scotland in the hag-
gis. There is Bannockburn and Flod-
den Field and the Forty-Five There
fs the wind in the heather and the
plunge OF the salmon stream.
With bit of haggis on his dirk the
Scot can see in its stream the banks
and braes O. Bonnie Doom and the
bonnie, bonnie banks O. Loeb Lomond.
He will feel his foot once more on
his native heath, and there will be
sparks. But, as brther Scot would
add, their "nieves" would be all the
more "walie" if Mrs. Brown would
only see to it that proportionate
quantity OF mellow old Orkney" were
sent to stir into the haggises.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07

Many times we have called at
tention to the folly Of burning
stalks and straw. and we expect :
to do so many times in the fu- 4
ture; for we believe the fact can
not be too strongly impressed
that these materials are ruch in
humus and plant food, and that 4
to burn them is equivalent to 4
burning barn yard manures or 4
even commercial fertilizers.
1t IS idle to say that the hab- ,
it of burning trash, straw and
stalks on cultivated land is not
common; we know better. Take
a trip between now and the first
of April anywhere through the I
South Atlantic and Gulf States, ,
and almost every other farm as
the bright February and March
days come on, will be marked
by columns of blue smoke that
denote the cleaning up" of the
land, preparatory to planting.
Long windrows of corn and cot
ton stalks and grass have been .
dragged together preparatory to
burning, leaving the earth al
most as bare as a floor.
Let's figure a little on what I
we lose by such practices. Chem ,
lists have found by analysis that ,
where 300 pounds of lint cotton
is produced the leaves, burs.
roots and stems contain about
% pounds of nitrogen, worth at
current retail prices $3.50. Nj
trogen is by far the most ex- ,
pensive fertilizing element we
have to buy and it also is the
element of value that is lost
when the material is burned. (
Again, take the case of corn
stalks. Where 40 bushels Of .
corn has been grown there will /,
be about 16 pounds of nitrogen
in the stalks and fodder. This
too, worth $500 is lost when the
stalks are burned.
! Summarizing a bit, let us see
how much the two-horse farm
er, for instance. the man with /
20 acres each of cotton and corn,
loses when he burns the stalks
and trash off his entire 40 acres
I We will assume that. he makes.
200 pounds of lint cotton and
corn to the acre-a fine aver
age for the stalk-burning type
of farmer. Burning his cotton
stalks, leaves and burs, he would
lose a fraction more than $50
from. the. 20 acres; while from
his 20 acres Of corn, burning the |
stalks and fodder. the loss would I
amount to $32. To this S92 loss
of nitrogen must be added the
loss of vegetable matter-hu~
mus-so much needed, and
which, if plowed under, would |
be as valuable in increasing
yields of the nitrogen destroyed.
In other words, such a farmer
loses almost 5000 year by such |
practices; but, to be conserva-
tive, let us cut it in two, and say
$1OO.
We don't know how many
Progressive Farmer readers this
hits-not many, we hope. But
the fact remains that we are US
ing fire too carelessly and gen.
orally on our farms. A far bet
ter practice is to plow under ear
ly everything smaller than ac-
tual logs.
When our lands are crying for
humus and plant food, what
shall we call the man who burns
the equivalent of several tons of
cottonseed meal? Surely not
farmer.-Progressive Farmer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
War Doa Uses Teiephone,

According to the Gazette de France.
a certain French regiment possesses o
dog which is sent out from advanced
sentry posts at night with telephone
strapped over its mouth and a wire
connecting the instrument with the
post. II the dog hears the Germans
approaching 1t barks into the tele-
phone.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16


Did YOU ever notice how you perk up,
no matter how poorly you were feeling
before, when some friend greetS you in
that way?
According TO the secretary OF the
Colorado board of health. the human
system Just naturally begins to tone
up under the stimulus of such greet
ings.
He declares it is an aid to health
and Il hep in preventing disease. and
to that end he advocates tell youi
friends how well they look" movement
1T is not only bad taste to talk OF
your pains and ailments" says the
doctor, but a reflection on your intel
ligence and knowledge of sanitation
and good health. We are not far from
the time when the cause of illness vii
have to be accounted for personally.
"In other words, nature Is no longe
going to be blamed for sickness whel
1t is simply the result of ignorance, in
difference or wrong ways of living"
Do you not think ii worth giving tn
doctors idea try:
We do. so here goes:
"By George. you are looking finer
Santa Fe New Mexican.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
General Assembly Passed
Few EiIls-SeSSiOn To
Close in Three Weeks
STATE WIDE DEFEATED
Woman Suffrage is Placed on calen
dar In House-Republicans Make
Plans for State Convention March l.

Frankfort, KY (SpeciaD With the
closing of the 1916 session of the
Kentucky Legislature near at hand
there is much speculation as to what
bills will be passed to remedy business
conditions. 1t was expected that more
would be accomplished in the early
days of the present session, but a
great deal of time was taken up over
the Pike County division, prohibition
and woman suffrage, neither of which
have made any Roadway towards be
ing enacted.
1t appears that Statewide prohibi
ton has been put to sleep for all this
session, being defeated in both the
House and the Senate.
The bill for the proposed Stanley
county laid on the table in the Sen.
ate, is not expected to be brought up
again.
Woman suffrage unfavorably re.
ported in both the House and the Sen
ate, but brought out in the lower body
over the committee by majority
vote and placed on the calendar, ap
pears to be certain of defeat.
The usual scramble at the eleventh
hour is expected by those who have
carefully watched the proceedings Of
this and many previous sessions OF
the Kentucky lawmakers.
Out of respect to the memory OF
Abraham Lincoln, both branches ad
journed over Saturday, February 18th
his birthday.
The first thing Governor Stanley
did after the Statewide prohibition
amendment was defeated, was to cal
Attorney-General NJ. NJ. Logan, Audi
tor Robert l.. Greene and Treasurer
Sherman Goodpastor into conference
with a view to legislation which it is
intended to liquidate the State deb
OF three million dollars.
The first thing to be done is to Sc
cure the passage of a bill under which
provision may be made for decreasing
the amount of interest now being pait
by the State on its outstanding war
rant.
A committee of the Kentucky Bank
ers' Association will assist in tn,
preparation of this bill. Several o
the leading bankers of the Stat
have already consulted with GOvernO
Stanley regarding the matter, and ad
ministratiou officials are optimisti
concerning the likelihood Of eliminat
ing the debt. Leaders declare tina
the future of the Democratic part
In Kentucky depends in great meas
ure upon it.
The Duncan administration bill I
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
TOX|CATION IS
SELF POISONING
Few Realize Causes Of This
Form OF AiIment.

Few realize what a great number OF
people, among those who live i'll such
cities as this, suffer from Authenticated
ton This condition. which has caused
so much discussion, is nothing more nor
less than a slow elfpoisoning of vital
organs 1t is the very foundation OF
many ailments.
When the organs become weakened
from any cause they are unable TO throw
off the accumulations of waste matters.
The putrefactive germs soon begin to
get in their deadly work and the sufferer
finally is a direct victim of poisons
generated right in his own system.
Among the common results OF this
auto-intoxication are jaundice, hard
cold, constipation, indigestion and fer
menting of food. biliousness, sick head
aches. backaches, diarrhea, dizziness,
pains in the kidney region and nervous
ness
Tanlac is designated especially to CONF
bat this condition of congestion brought
about bv auto INVESTIGATION Its proper
ties as a tonic and invigorant tend to
throw off the poisous and to spur the
organs back to needed efforts-in short,
to clean them and meke them normal
again.
TO an automobiles it might be said
that Tanac acts as a spark plug in the
human mechanism 1t starts the vital
engines and then keeps them going at a
properly regulated speed.
Tanlac is now obtainable in Clover
port. Ky. at the Wedding Drug Store,
where il is being daily explained during
/ the constantly increasing demand.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
PENSIONS OF $1,000, 900.
Yearly Amount Paid to Retired Mil
isters and Widows and Orphans.

The Methodist church paid $4,000
in pensions to retired ministers an
widows ana orphans of ministers dun
ing 1918, according TO the annual n
port Of DR.. Joseph Il. IIingeley, secr'
tary Of the board of conference claim
ants, submitted at the annual meetin
of the board in Chicago.
Fifteen million dollars Is needed Il
the pension fund, Dr. Hingeley's repol
said, and of this amount $6,OOOOOO
now in the treasury Of the conference
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

promptly at 9 o'clock.
The grand jury was empaneled arc
instructed by both Judge Layman ano
Judge Norman, who laid the law DC
fore the Jury in pretty strong language
regarding election frauds These m
structions will be published in full
next week.
There was good crowd present
considering weather conditions an1
ba d roads.
From the number of cases on the
docket it will take the whole time o.
three weeks to dispose Of them.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
Rebels Capture Ching King.

New York Feb. li.-Reports
reached here Of the capture of the
Ching King by the Chinese rebels.
According to the report the rebels
have been joined by government
troops in the district.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
GRAND Jury.

j. A. Dean, foreman; n. c. Stuart,
Austin Arms, John Akers, G. ID. Beard,
T. f. Brown, T., l. Davis, Il T.
Stith, W ID. Hale, John Lyddan, B f.
May and Richard McAfee.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
PETIT JURY.

George PAYNE, ], o. Baker, Russell
Hendrick, J. R. Mattngly, ]. b. Nor
gan, n. II. Norton, S. X, Bandy, Grit
fen Kasey, II. +. Lawson, Mike Miller,
Cleave Hendrlck, M, n. Dowell, Con
Mattingly, =. l.. Scott, J. T. Skillman
E. A. Moore, +. Finley, Geo, w, May
il. Henninger, Yes Durham, II. L.
Dalton, ]. G.. DeHaven, John Jennings
and Jake Kendall.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16
List of Jurors.

Following Is list Of the grand ana
petit jurors for the present term OF
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

Resolutions have been adopted b!
the State Board OF Agriculture, pro
testing against the transfer of 5000,
from its fund to the State University
to be used in Government co-operativ,
demonstration work.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

The Duncan administration bill to
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

amend the text book adoption law to
provide that not more than three sub.
jects of study shall be changed at any
one year was recommitted with leave
to bring it forth at any time. This
bill has passed the Senate and will
be substituted for the House Bill.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

In their efforts to prevent the con-
irmation of the appointments of Jack
Nelson, Paducah, and Omer Stubs,
Newport, who were appointed to he
Factory and Assistant Factory Inspec-
tors, the Kentucky Federation of
Labor, lost in their protest of Cohens
choice, after Governor Stanley had
ascertained that they were both men,
bers Of the union and in good stand
ing
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

The Stricklett-Pickett anti-pass bill,
passed by both branches of the General
Assembly, was the first signed by
Governor Stanley and will become a
law, January /, 1917. 1t is the first
of the Democratic platform measures
TO become a law
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

With an unfavorable report on the
statewide prohibition amendment by
the House Committee, several efforts
have been made to bring the bill out
by Representative Frank Greene. Dry
leaders in the House declare that they
will endeavor to obtain vote on it
even though the Senate has already
defeated a similar measure.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

Without debate or roll call, the Pre-
paredness program by President Will
son was endorsed by the Senate. The
joint resolution was introduced by
Senator Bodies, of Spencer County.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

DR.. ii. p. Sights has made it known
that he will not be an applicant for
reappointment as Superintendent of
the Western Kentucky Hospital for
the Insane, at Hopkinsville. There
are many candidates after the juicy
plum which will be given out some.
time before the expiration of DR.
Sights term on July LIST.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

The State Board of Equalization has
been organized with W. NJ. Duncan, of
Lawrenceburg, as chairman, and w. d.
Mason, of Lancaster, Chief Clerk. The
Assistant Clerks are +. p. Peterson, of
Campbellsville and C. E. Mattingly, of
Brandenburg.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1916-02-16

The Woman Suffrage supporters
were greatly shocked when the House
Committee decided TO report their bill
unfavorable. Their opportunity to
have the constitutional amendment
passed at this session seems to have
been crushed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Three Young Mem DROWNED.

A most distressing tragedy was enacted
near Luray, Va, last Sunday afternoon,
when three prominent young men Of that
town were drowned in the Shenandoah
river. The victims OF the treacherous
waters were Richard F Berry, promis-
ing young lawyer and former mayor OF
Luray, and his two brothers-in-Iaw, DR..
William R. Hudson and Ober Hudson.
The above-named and two other brothers
of the Messrs. Hudson left Luray about 4
O'Clock in the afternoon and drove TO the
river, four or five miles distant, in an au-
tomobiIe. Arrived at the river, they all
went in bathing, though the river was
high and muddy as the result of heavy
rains. Two OF The Hudson boys were
some little distance up stream when they
heard shouts, and looking down stream
they saw the three men struggling in the
water. They thought at first that they
were playing, but as they looked, all
went under the water together and never
arose again. Just what caused the trouble
will never be definitely known, but the
supposition is that one Of the party got
the cramp and when the other two went
to his assistance in his death struggle he
pulled them down with him. All were
good swimmers. Assistance was hastily
summoned and in few moments all
OF the bodies were recovered, but life had
forever He'd. Within couple OF hours
of the time the young men left home their
corpses were taken back.
Richard Berry was a son of F. w. Berry,
OF Luray, and was a first cousin Of Mrs.
Edward L. Remnant, of Shepherdstown.
Just about week before his death ne
was here for brief visit, and one Of the
Hudson boys was also here fishing. Mr..
Berry was bright and prosperous young
lawyer, % years OF age, and had brilliant
prospects. Five years ago he married
Miss Pearl Hudson, sister OF the two
boys who were drowned, and she sur
wives him, together with child about
eight months old. They had recently
moved into a beautiful new home that
Mr.. Berry had built. Dr. Hudson was
q years old and Ober Hudson was 81.
DR.. Hudson. who recently graduated, was
practicing in Huntington, w. Va. The
terrible occurrence cast gloom over the
whole community, where all OF the young
men were so highly regarded.
Mrs. Edward L. Remnant and Miss
Julia Reinhart went TO Luray on Monday
and attended the funeral, which was held
on Tuesday.