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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
Norway City Burns; Loss, $4,000, 900.

Bergen, Norway.-The fire that
ragged in Bergen for several days has
been practically extinguished after
causing a loss estimated at $30,OOO,-
600 Three thousand persons were
made homeless.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metal Market Values.

Spelter. st. Louis, $1,000.
Copper, casting, s22.621s.
Lead, New York, $500.
Bar silver, 56asc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
Commanders Deny Sinking of Persia

Misunderstanding Lansing an
nounced that the Berlin foreign of
flee had informed AMBASSADOR Gerard
that all German submarines in the
Mediterranean have reported, and
that none was concerned in the de-
struction of the British liner Persia
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21

British Ship Sunk by u-Boat
London.-The British steamer Ma
rere was sunk by submarine. Her
crew was rescued.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
House Leaves London for continen.

London.-Col. e. NJ House, Presi-
dent Wilson's personal representa-
tive, left London for the continent
according to the London Times
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
Cotton Market.

New -Cotton-January 1876;
March, 1852; May, 1875; July, 1887,
october, 1878. Middling uplands,
1880.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
ErankIIn,s 21cth anniversary obssrxs,

Philadelphia.-Th 210th annivers-
airy of the birth of Benjamin Frank.
lin was celebrated here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
, Killed In Powder Plant Explosion.

Hopevilie. Va.--One man was killed
and a dozen severely injured by an
explosion In the nitrate house of the
Du Pont powder plant here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
LATE
MAR K EFT
q Y oTATIo N 8
western Newspaper Union News Service.
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Cattle.
Beef steers, cornfed, good
to choice e.............$z0O@7.5O
Beef steers, cornfed, fair
to good b.o0QI.OU
Beef steers, grassers, good
to choice .......... 6.75@735
Beef steers, grassers, fair
to good 6.OO@6.75
Heifers, prime, eornfed -. 7.50@S.00
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
good to choice .......--. 6.00@6.5O
Cows and heifers, cornfed,
fair to good ............ 5.50@6.00
Cows and heifers, grassers,
good to choice .......... 5.75G6.30
Cows and heifers, grassers,
fair to good '............ 5.00@5.75
Breeding cows .......... 5.75@6.25
Cows, feeders ...... 4.75@5.50
Breeding heifer5 .......... 6.00@7.25
Veal calves ...... 7.5O@e.O0
Bulls 4.00@5-25
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice ............... s.5o@7.4O
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good ............... s.ooG6.5o
Feeders and stockers, COM
mon to fair .........-.. 5.5016.0e
Hogs.
Good hogs ............6. .6.70@ 100
Sheep.
LANDS ~ z5U lV-zo
Ewes 5000 6.T5
Wethers ................. 6.750 7.25
Yearlings ................ 5000 9.ot
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
EIqin Butter.

s1c. w
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
Grain.

Wheat, ch. MILL, 100 lbs, buy
ing Sl-bd
Rye, Colo, bulk, 100 lbs, buy
ing ................. 1.35
Idaho oats, bulk, buying ........ 1.30
Colorado oats, bulk, selling ..-.. Lis
Corn chop, sack, selling ........ 1.43
Corn in sack, selling ............ 1.42
Bran, Colorado, per 100 lbs, sell
ing 100
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21

The bitterness engendered here By
the massacre of eighteen Americans
at Santa Ysabel has not visibly abat-
ted. Thousands attended the funer-
ais of C. r. Watson and r. p Nc
Hatton, two of the victims.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21

Flour.
Selling Prices.
Standard Colorado, net ......... .$2.S5
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
Hogs.
Sheep.

Good hogs ...............--6 -6.7o@7oo
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21

London.-The transatlantic liner
Ryndham passed Southend, down by
the bows with list to starboard. All
her passengers are safe. Three stok-
ers were killed and four injured, it
was reported, but no information was
given out as to the nature of the ac-
cident, beyond the statement that an
explosion had occurred.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-01-21
Eggs.

Fruit
Apples, Colo, fancy box. .1.25@2.O0
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
DOING AWAY WITH NOISE
"Chueless" Locomotive Is Declared to
Be More Than Possibility
of the Future.

The seekers after nOiselessness will
owe much to Hiram P Maxim if he is
able to carry into effect his plan for a
"chugless" locomotive. Future ages
are likely to find our era uncivilized
largely in this. that mans fitful up
roar mingling with his toll" was the
rule rather than the exception, and
that we were as noisy as we were
busy. At present a hideous racket
seems to be inseparable from our
notion of progress. In our insistence
upon high-speed living and the conser-
walton Of time we demand night Ia
Dor, yet we conspire to give those
who have to go to bed by day no
chance to sleep.
The list of needless noises is long
and varied, and as the strident clamor
increases each new voice must raise
itself above the already prevailing
pandemonium in order to be heard.
Since the wayfaring man no longer
startles at an ordinary "honk," the
motorist must be able to fill the air
with the shrek of demon in agony.
Every new building that storms the
skies of modern Babylon sets the
steam riveters hammering like mighty
woodpeckers, and the role of Macbeth
who murdered sleep, has a thousand
mechanical impersonators every time
building work on grand scale is
I'm n ort n Ion anvuhora
Nobody wants to see the hand of
progress stayed, especially in this
day when a bloody carnival of de-
molition is in full swing, and millions
of men are under orders to tear down
all that the ages have upreared. But
surely the future years will see to it
that this amazing turmoil we make
is muted to a comparative whisper
in order that the still small voice Of
the life of the spirit may gain hear
ing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
HAVE CLEAN NEST MATERIAL
Percentage of Dirty or Soiled Eggs
May Be Materially Reduced by
Proper Management.

Poultry keepers may easily reduce
the percentage of dirty or soiled eggs,
and losses entailed to insignificant
figures. First, an ample number Of
nests is, of course, necessary, but an
ample number means no more, than,
and probably not as many as, are usu-
ally directed by poultry writer's. Lay
ing houses are, as a rule, provided
with sufficient number, but where
the keeper falls down is in failing to
supply enough nesting material and
floor litter
Obviously the nesting material must
be clean, or the eggs becoIAe soiled by
contact, and it must be sufficient in
quantity, or the eggs are often broken
by dropping upon the hard floor of the
nest.
In houses where the dropping boards
are above the nests, and the custom
is to sand the boards, small stones
often drop into the nest and breakage
results when newly-laid eggs fall upon
them. The condition Of nests should
be noticed daily, and the nesting ma
terial replenished when necessary.
Plenty Of nesting material prevents
breakage and insures clean eggs.
An ample and clean litter on the
floor is also very essential when an
AL clean product is sought. Particu-
larly is this true when the hens are
allowed outdoors during wet weather.
The litter acts as food mat for the
hens on their way to the nests.
Clean eggs bring better prices than
dirty ones.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
VENTILATION FOR HENHOUSE
Reason Given for So Many Apparent
Iy Healthy Fowls Dropping Dead
Of Their Roosts.

1t has been proved by experiments
that impurities given off from the
lungs of one animal are much more
poisonous to another animal than they
are to the animal giving them off.
You can prove this for your own
satisfaction, If you care to. Put a
mouse in self-sealing fruit jar and
make the cover tight. In a few min
utes he will begin to show signs OF
suffocation. Then without admitting
any more fresh air than you can help,
introduce a second mouse into the
jar. This second mouse will die be-
fore the first one, though he was fresh
when the first one was nearly suffo-
Gated. The reason for this is that the
second mouse did not die of suffoca-
ton, but was killed by the poison
given off from the lungs of the first
one.
1t is entirely possible that this is
the reason why so many hens in APP
parently good physical thrift drop
dead off the roost The ventilation
is poor and the birds become poisoned
by the gases from the lungs of their
perchmates.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
Prevents Fireman,s Death PLUNGE

A common form of railroad accident
is that which often takes place when,
by some accident to the coupling be-
tween them, the tender and the loco
motive become separated. In such
cases the air brakes are automatically
applied and the runaway train brought
to a stop. But if the fireman is at his
post on the tender, the sudden appli'
cation of the brakes is sufficient to
throw him off his feet, and he is
hurled headlong under the wheels of
his own train which has not yet been
brought to complete standstill. Mat
thew J. Slattery and Charles A. Diehm,
two railroad men of Philadelphia, have
been recently awarded a patent on a
device which is designed to save the
fireman's life in this emergency. The
apparatus consists of metal net, car
ried beneath the floor of the tender,
which, in case of parting between
the locomotive and tender, will be re-
leased and drawn forward to provide
safety net to catch anyone who may
be standing on the tender at the time
Of the notwithstanding American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10

done along the same alley. II is
much easier to keep the walls clean in
this arrangement, as all the litter is
in the one alley and does not spatter
on the walls.
The stalls are set with the floor on
a slant so that they can be washed out
and will drain into the cutters behind
The floor of the horse stable is made
level and the concrete in the stalls is
often covered with planks or made
with wood blocks so that the horses
will not slip. This is not necessary
in the COW part of the stable, as cows
do not slip on concrete as readily as
horses.
The feeding is taken care of by a
silo that is placed at one corner Of
the barn. A feed carrier can be in
stalled which runs on a track, and
many times the feeding is handled by
small trucks mounted on wheels that
are pushed around through the feed
alleys. The feeding can be arranged
to suit the ideas of the owner. Sew
eral good systems can be developed,
and one should be adopted that will
not cause waste of time and labor.
The roof of the barn is of the gam.
brel type, which is self-supporting
The trusses make it possible to have
plenty of room for all the hay that is
to be stored in the NOW.
The intakes for the ventilating sys.
TEN are at the top of the concrete
wall The air is carried in and dis.
charged over the heads of the cattle.
The outtakes are behind the animals
and lead to the f1ues that run along
under the roof and out through the
ventilators on the roof. The ventilat,
ing system Of dairy barn is one of
the most important parts, and time
spent in deciding on the best arrange,
ment to use will be time well spent
If the result obtained with the venti,
lating system gives a plentiful supply
of air and does not keep the barn cold
in cold weather the system is a sue,
cess.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
FRUIT LAXATIVE ]
FOR SICK CHILD
"CaIifornia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els. and you have well, playful child
again. When it's little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colfc-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know q
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 30
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
CANADA'S PLANS
FOR WAR REVENUE
So Wisely Distributed That Tax
alton Will Affect Farmers to
a Degree Practically
UnnotiCeabIe.

So many rumors have been circu-
lated regarding war taxation in
Canada that the statement made by
Sir Thomas White, Canadian Minister
of Finance, of the Governments plans
for raising war revenue should be CIV
en- the widest circulation. Sir Thomas
made it clear that the revenue will be
raised by taxing the profits of incor-
porated companies whenever those
profits exceed seven per cent, and the
profits of unincorporated firms or part
nerships when the profits exceed ten
per cent. On all such excess profits
these companies or firms will have 10
contribute one-quarter to the Govern
ment. Transportation companies,
banks, mining, milling, and other COM
panies will be subject to this taxation,
but life insurance companies, and COM
panies with less than fifty thousand
dollars capitalization, and companies
firms, or individuals engaged in agri-
culture or stock raising, are exempt,
and pay no part of this taxation. The
tnly QUIET duulJlOudl IdAdllOu pIO-
posed is an increase of fifty cents a
barrel in the customs duty on apples,
and one-half cent gallon in customs
duty on certain kinds of oils
1t will be noticed that this taxation
is being applied in such a way that it
does not affect farmers in the slight
est degree, except, perhaps, through
small increase in cost of apples and
oil. The war revenue is to be paid out
of the profits of the big firms and com
panies with capital Of over fifty thou
sand dollars, and even thesel are al
lowed seven per cent in some cases,
and ten per cent in others, ,tiof clear
profits before they have to- pay any
part of this taxation. 1t Will be seen
that the whole policy is tC6 place the
war expenditure taxation OH those who.
have been making big profits and are
able to pay it, and to encourage farm
ing and stockraising by eXempting
farmers and stockraisers from the tax
alton. This ought to set at rest every
rumor that the farmer cSr the farmers
land is being taxed to bay the cost of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
Shoe Superstitions.

Many superstitions are connected
with this article Of apparel. 1t is
thought unlucky to put either shoe on
the wrong foot Because Augustus
Caesar was nearly assassinated by a
mutiny one day when he put on his
left shoe first, saying has arisen that
the right shoe must be put on first
unless it's owner wishes to court mis-
fortune. Pythagoras, the old Greek
sage, told his disciples to put their
left foot into their baths first In
Anglo-Saxon marriages the father-in-
law gave the brides shoe to the bride
groom, who touched her on the head
with it to denote his lordly authority.
At one time-in the fourteenth or fif-
teenth century-people wore the
points or beaks of their shoes so long
that they tumbled over them when
they walked, and were forced to tie
them to their knees by laces or chains.
At length this absurd custom was pro.
hibited by a fine Of SIS and the pain of
cursing by the clergy, A. D. 1857
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10

proposition to make the interior of the
barn as clean as possible The best
way to accomplish this is to have a
well-lighted building, as men will make
more of an effort to keep bright and
CHEEKY barn clean than an old, dark
one.
The barn shown here is fitted with
windows, so that a bright, CHEEKY in
terror can be easily obtained.
The foundation walls of concrete
are carried above grade for about
eight feet up to the joists that sup
port the floor of the haymow in the
upper part of the barn. The windows
to the lower part of the barn are
placed in the upper part of the con-
crete wall. The floor is also of con-
crete and the stall floors can be fin
ished in cork brick or wood block If
desired
The horse part of the stable is made
under a roof that is extended from
the roof of the main barn. The dairy
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10

Good light is most essential in a
farm building of any kind and espe-
cially in dairy barn. There is al
ways good deal of work to be done
in this type of barn in addition to the
regular work that is done in every
barn. Any barn has to be cleaned at
regular intervals, and the milking has
to be done, also, in dairy barn. Elec-
trio or acetylene lights are often pro-
vided but if it is not necessary to use
these all the time the cost of running
the building will be reduced. The
first cost of windows is practically the
only cost, as they are very seldom
broken. After they are once in place
they are permanent asset to the
barn and aid materially in reducing
the light bills if enough of them are
provided.
Windows also have another advan-
tage. 1t is practically impossible to
secure the best kind of sanitary con-
ditions without plenty of light and
sunshine. A dark, dingy place is al
most always unsanitary. AS the price
dairyman can get for his milk de-
ponds to large extent on the condi-
ton of his cows quarters, it is good
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10

to the fact of very large cotton crop
in the fall and the scarcity of labor a
good many children were kept out of
school through the month of January
to pick cotton, and, too the wet spring
We had last year quite a number we're
cut off from school by the water"
II language is given to conceal
thought this man misuses it; his mean.
ing is plain as a pikestaff, remarks the
New York World. Yet the misuse has
its paradoXical uses. If there were
nothing to deplore-and this goes"
for matters other than educational
what would become of the deplorers ?
To be without frightful examples that
prove his case might we'll shock any
reformer. If there were nothing and
no one left to uplift, the born uplifter
would be as uneasy as an antislavery
martyr in 1867.
When country educator says that
"our teachers went forth fresh from
the grindstone to delve with the pu.
pills" he both states a fact and makes
us appreciate the need of delving. If
| everybody in the country used the
purest Addisonian English there would
be just as much less use for a Car.
ment of Teaching No true advancer
could imagine more frightful calam,
| ity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
A Simple Trap Nest.

half inches from screw to steel rod x.
A is the door covered with one-half
inch wire netting. The platform is
held off the bottom by wire staples
and rod X goes through it. A, the
door, has staples for the rod to go
through, as shown at the tip, and one
inch from that is where the screws
hold. D is a partition three inches
high to keep the nesting material in
place.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10

part is in the main building. The two
parts can be separated by solid par
tition if desired
The arrangement of the COW stalls
is in two rows, which are built on the
facing-out principle. The choice of
either this or the facing-in plan is
entirely question of personal choice.
There are several advantages of each
arrangement. One of the main advan-
tages that is claimed for the arrange
ment shown here is the fact that
most of the work is done behind the
cows, and by having one litter alley
the manure is concentrated, which
makes the work of cleaning up the
barn much easier. There is also the
advantage of having all the milking
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
UNIFORMITY IN EGGS URGED
Separate Dark-Coiored Eggs From tho
Light and Keep the Different
Sizes by Themselves.

II will be worth an experiment to
assert eggs before selling them, by
separating the dark-colored eggs from
those that are light, and also having
the different sizes together.
Appearance is worth great deal
in the selling of an article and eggs
will sell quicker than anything else IL
sent TO market In an attractive man.
ner. which adds at least one-fourth
more TO the prices.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
SERVE A USEFUL PURPOSE
Blessed Are Those Who Furnish De.
plorers With Something Which
They Can Deplore.

The Carnegie Foundation for the AID
vancement of Teaching gravely de.
plores the bungling reports put forth
by educational authorities, citing a
county official, who writes: Our at
tendance was not as good as we would
have liked for it to have been, owing
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
MAKING A CHEAP TRAP NEST
Simple and Satisfactory Device Can
Be Constructed From Orange Box
at Small Expense.

Here is trap nest that can be
made from an orange box for less than
81, writes Thomas Mayberry of Penn
slyvania in Farm and Home. The
box is "a inches long, IL inches wide
and II inches high. 1t is shown ready
for the hen to enter. When she treads
on the platform, c, to go to the nest
she closes the door, A, behind her and
her weight will not let her out. B
is made one by one-fourth inches, with
two small screws to fasten it on each
side to the platform, seven and one
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
Liberal Supply of Windows Ma
terialIy Reduces the Rum
ming Expenses.
ALSO GOOD FOR SANITATION
In This Plan Both These Points Have
Been Taken Into Consideration,
With Excellent Results--Venti-
lating System Thoroughly
Up to Date.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Mr.. William A Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
H.. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10

They're making lot of speeches
against you out home"
Let EN- go ahead" replied Sena
tor Sorghum. IF the talk keeps VI
long enough it'll lose interest and be
gin to sound like idle gossip. And
then, maybe. | won't have to go any
further in denying 1t than merely tC
step forward and, Pooh! Pooh!"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
Diplomacy.

Three times had King Canute or
dered the waves to recede.
And three times had the waves paid
no attention whatever to his com
mands.
The only thing to be done in case
like this" said the king, lis to break
off diplomatic relations with Father
Neptune"
And 1t was SO ordered
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
Find Use for Confederate Money.

Millions Of dollars in Confederate
currency have been put to a use never
dreamed of when printed. A canny
individual bought this money up for
years and in turn sold it to the Edison
Electric company for a good price.
For certain small incandescent lamps
which the Edison people were manu-,
featuring certain kind of carbon
was needed witch could best be OBJ.
tanned from paper made out of sea
grass. The Confederate money was
all made out of sea-grass paper. From
this the carbons for the lamps could
be manufactured.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
Couldn't Forget Him.

Uncle George-Come here, Willie!
Don't you know who | am?
WilIie-You bet | do! You are mas
brother who stayed here two months
one time and never offered to pay a
cent for board. On, yes; I've heard
pa speak of you often.