STRAUS Hi WIFE
DROWN TOGETHER
AS VESSEL SINKS
W fe Refuses to Leave Husband
and Couple Ote in Each
Other’s Arms.
ASTOR IS ONE OF HEROES
He* V-.rk Millionaire Put* Bride In
•«**. Then A d* Other Women—
Coe* Oonm in Strip With Oth
er Men W thout Murmur or
CsmpHint of Treat
ment.
'ir-w \<>rk. April 19.—A picture of
Mr Mr* laidur Straus clinging to
** k «*'Wt after the last boat »aa
»a» re* aW by Mr* Srhabert
Ib-rpr. ' oat. , »b > aith her broth
er • >* 'earned Mr* Schabert had
*' 'erooo It an the s'arboard aide
ats-i "l*hl>a
1: wa* a rraah b1.' n r* a tmt one.
* -*meied »o tu« that aaakened me."
nil WB-n I *rot on deck I
aald to a steward "Are »e going
dn*a Hr answer- d aiitiy, "Madam
1 eta** «e are *
t'rf ia t! bri :ir or near St
• a* «ko-*tnc tmt. as the lifeboat*
*«*• Belt s glut ready: 'Women and
eBBdna*
Baves Her Brather"» Life
*Thej tried to get me away from
my kracher and pat me in a beat. I
refused to «» wit Boot him Final’?
my bro'2*r and 1 stood alone in our
smrt of the rlstp A boat *u just
wtta* ’hat h*d room for two more
aa*»- i-4*ra The cSceri is tBarge
said to me
Well, if roe toe't leave your
irwiirr. may come, too."
We K . it 1 the bif and by Besl
«»t *C. I «te| my tro'h. r's life
"Mr* ittrsns had had a chance to be
M’-rJ jt rh • di. -ed to teave her
Lu.-t and A* *r boat not .-d away
*rom .-!»•;> :• vo 1 e last t-oat «f
a- w* ’.aid pfainiy s e Mr and Mrs
"'Irmas near ilie -a*1 *s*h their arm*
arotrtsd arB ebr*
TB» L^ht* -f *!:■• Tit *ni«' were atl
■ urnm« .ad t: e land *u playing
To Ibe the meet aSee'ISC epiei cie of
John Jacob Aster.
■V whale disast*-* was that final
glimpse of this elderly ootipU* await
ing ’he end together “
Tlirr* sailors of the Titanic. who
•ere s-andtag near Mrs Schabert.
►?«b* a* at tkt* moment to say:
"Two kaow the Titanic just craw led
-S oa th*' i<»'«{ and broke in two."
Astor Is One of Heme*.
“TV conduct of Col. John Jacob
*s*wr was dcserv leg of the highest,
praise" said Colonel Grade of the
oscular army, who narrowly esra;>ed
drowei^c "The millionaire New
VorVr" he said, devoted all his en
ergies to waring ble young bride, who
■ sa Is deiica-e fc Uth
"Colonel Astor seined us In our ef
fort# its get he- l». (S* boa'." said Col
<•' Grade 1 lifted her Into the
bos' aod as s v took her place Co!
•wael tutor re • ested permit*. >.<c of the
second rdBi tsr Co go with her for her
ova pt otectii a
* No. air.* replied the officer: not a
mac shall (u os i boat until the wom
en. are af! off '
Goes ta Ad of Other Wc«i>en.
Tolaael \stor then Inquired the
cumber of th* boat which was being
lowered away and turned to the work
of clearing 'he other boa's and in
reasewriar 'he tries*. t*ed and nervous
Hr lbs» time *he ship Vns to list
fdChtfall) to port This became so
•iaagecoos that the recoad officer or
dered esery oae to rush to starboar i
This we did and found the crew try
sg to get a boat off In that quarter.
Here I saw the last of John B Thayer
and George B. WIdener of Philadel
phia."
Mrs. Actor Not in Danger.
While utterly exhausted from her
experiences. Mrs. John Jacob Astor
was declared tonight by Nicholas Bid
dle. a trustee of the Astor estate, to
be in no danger whatever. Her physl
cians. however, had given orders that
neither Mrs. Astor nor her maid, who
was saved with her, be permitted to
talk about the disaster."
On landing from the Carpathia, the
young bride, widowed by the Titanic's
sinking, told members of her family
what she could recall of the circum
stances of the disaster.
Thought Husband by Her Side.
Of how Colonel Astor met his death,
she had no definite conception. She
recalled, she thought, that in the con
fusion as she was about to be put into
one of the boats the colonel was
standing by her side.
After that, as Mr. Biddle recounted
her narrative, she had no clear reool
lection of the happenings until the
boats were well clear of the sinking
steamer
Mrs. Astor, It appears, left In one
"t the last boats which got away from
'he ship. It was her belief that all
the women who wished to go had then
teen taken off Her Impression was
hat the boat she left in had room for
at least flf’een more persons.
Clear and Starlit.
Mrs Edgar J. Meyer of New Tork
said:
*‘It was a clear and starlit night.
When the ship struck we were in
;>ur cabin. My husband went out on
the deck *o see shat was the troubie.
He came back and said we had hit an
iceberg but that It did not amount
to much. I said I was nervous. We
went on deck for a walk More peo
ple said the accident was of no im
portance It would only delay our ar
rival
I was afraid and made my husband
promise if there was trouble he would
cot make me lear? him. We walked
around the de< k a while. An officer
came up and cried: ‘AH women lntc
the lifeboats.'
M • husband and I discussed it and
the of! er ?a.'i ‘Ton must obey or
'ers.*
Occided to Separate.
W* went own into the caWn and
we decided on account of our baby, to
:tr. He iieipod me put on waim
hint's I £■ •. into a boat, but there
were bo -ailcrs aboard. We called to
’he .-tip that there were no men in
'be boa' They sent a sailor down.
\c Eny :-h girl and I rowed four
tour- and a half Then we were
. i ked up a' six o'clock in the morn
ing We were well away from the
-teamer when it went down, but we
h'-nrd the screams of the people left
on the boat.
“There were about seventy widows
n the Carp..this and ai! were won
’erfiill brave The cap'ain of the.
C-irpatlil* ard the passengers did all
they could for us. Mrs. Harris says
ray husband a: 1 Mr Harris and Mr.
I*- . low -red the last boatload full
• •f women. All three wore perfectly
calm.
Fights to Save Wife.
Mrs Daniel W. Marvin of this city,
who was on a honeymoon trip with her
h .-band was almost prostrated when
site -ea. hed the dock and learned her
husband had not been picked up by
some other boat.
My tied, don't ask me too much.”
she said; tell me, have you any news
irom Dan* He grabbed me in his
arms and knocked down men to get
me into the boat. As I was put in the
boat he cried;
"'It's all right, little girl; you go
and I will stay a while. I'll put on a
life preserver and Jump off and follow
your boat.'
“As our boat shoved off he threw
a kiss at me. arid that is the last I
saw of him "
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Allison of Mon
treal and their daughter were drowned,
their ten mnnths-old baby, a boy. and
his nurse were saved. Mrs Allison
was just about to jump into a lifeboat
where the nurse and baby were when
>he discovered her husband was not
with her. She went back to look for
him and did not return.
Jumped Into Sea; Picked Up.
E. Z Taylor of Philadelphia, one of
the survivors. Jumped into the sea just
three minutes before the boat sank
T was eating when the boat struck
me iceberg.'' he said. "There was an
awful shock that made the*boat trem
ble from stem to stern. I did not rea
lize for some time what had hap
pened. No one seemed to know the
extent of the accident. We were told
that an iceberg had been struck by
the ship.
"I felt the boat rise and It seemed
to me that it was riding over the ice
I ra.i out on deck and then 1 could
see the ice It was a veritable sea ot
ice and the boat was rocking over it.
i should say that parts of the iceberg
were eighty feet high, but it had been
br ‘ken into sections, probably by our
ship.
*T jumped into the ocean and was
picked up by one of the boats. I
never expected to see land again. 1
vailed on board the boat until the
lights went out. It seemed to me that
the discipline on board was wonder
ful."
WIRELESS MAN A HERO
ore* A TOR MAIM TAKES HtS
PLACE ALONGSIDE OF B1NNS
Rem»i«s at Key on Board Carpathia
Slaty Me»r* After Gen nj Signal
Ffo» Titanic.
Xr» Tark. April IS—A hero of
the high sees no lean Irsmio* of the
plaudit* of humanity ’has Jack Bums
jf Republic fame, or Operator Phillips
of t* TVanw. sho force*: his usi*:
mmt to cat os* of the iifeboa’s and
csh* his eeeape. arrived on the Car
Htb F. L Kaim. the Marconi vire
ie*a it at. «ho detected the Tltanici
e OS" alsnal. plied the air with
oiue Same until be found the sinking
(court's mention, and 'ben Sashed to
the world the news of the terrible
dmaater While the Carpathia was
► peed:SC to tho rescue Malm set at his
tnotromeot cracking oat the plight
and pool on of the Titanic, to be re
corded on the detectors of tba Vir
rlnlan. of the Baltic, the Olympic, the
Parisian and a dozen other vessels
within wireless radius of his instru
ment.
When all the lifeboats had been
picked up and their occupants safely
put aboard his ship, before taking any
rest. Maim again bridled the aerial
waves with messages to onrushing
steamers, telling them that all possi
ble had been done, and they could not
reach the scene in time to be of any
assistance.
The Carpathia headed about, and un
der steam toward New York. Maim
found himself flooded with messages
of inquiry, for news of the appalling
wreck had by this time reached to
'he ends of the earth This task was
endless. He could not hope to answer
ail messages.
Though he had not slept for 60
hours. Maim was able by almost super
human powers of endurance to trans
mit the names of the survived, reply
to the more urgent calls of families
and friends, and in the meanwhile, to
keep the world informed of his shipe
exact location and her progress to
i ward New York.
GEORGE BEESON PULLS THUMB
OUT BY THE ROOTS.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What it Going on Here and There
That it of Interett to the Read
art Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Norfolk.—A tornado at O'Neil. Neb.,
lifted his ten-year-old daughter from
the arms of L. B. Carey, while he was
rushing to a storm cellar and carried
her ten miles. She landed in a grove
j practically unharmed. She was not
| found until morning and had suffered
from the cold. Her clothing was torn
by the trees into which the tornado
i had dropped her.
Loses Thumb In Disc Machine.
Geneva.—George Beeson, a black
i smith living here, got the thumb of
! his right hand caught in a disc ma
I rhiue at which he was working and
had it pulled off. the tendons being
torn asunder, some close to the thumb
aud others well up in the arui.
Open New Auditorium.
West Point.—The formal opening of
the new auditorium at \\ est Point
took place Thursday evening in the
presence of the largest crowd ever as
sembled at one place in the history of
| the city.
Omaha.—Following the inquest over
; the death of Roy Blunt, charges of
; manslaughter were filed Wednesday
afternoon against Chief of Police John
Briggs of South Omaha. Sheriff Gus
Hyers of Lancaster county and Deputy
State Fire Warden John Trouten by
County Attorney w. N. Jamieson of
Sarpy county at Papillion. Warrants
were issued for the arrest of the three j
men and they will be ararigned a'
Papillion. Aft
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE.
—
The I'niversity of Omaha and the
luiversity of Nebraska have com
pleted arrangements for a combina
tion six-year medical course, students
who have completed a specific two
year course in the former institution
to be admitted to tl’e final four-year 1
state university medical college work
without examinations.
The ne\» state normal school build
ing at Cbadron is badly cracked, and
State Superintender; Delttell. who has j
inspected it and who is a member
of the state rorma! board that built
the structure, believes it will be tm 1
safe within one year. The board will
meet shortly and arrange to remedy
the defective building if possible.
An appropriation of $6<H1.000 is to be
asked of the legislature next winter
for the completion of the State His
torical society's building, of which the
basement and foundation of the south
wing was constructed two years ago
on the site at Sixteenth and H streets.
When done the building will occupv
the entire block across from the capi
tol extending from H to .1 streets and
will extend half along the block to the
east.
A number of commencement ad
j dresses and for Memorial day have al- !
ready been scheduled for Governor j
Aldrich. He will speak on Memorial !
j day. May 30. at Talmage. His com- i
mencement talks are to be at the fob j
lowing places; Shubert. May 15; Dun- i
bar. May 16; Table Rock. May 17;
St. Paul. May 21; Ansley. May 22; Al
liance. May 23: Grafton. May 24:
Wayne normal. May 2S.
W. R. Mellor. secretary of the state
board of agriculture, has gone to
; Washington to appear before the '
S house committee having for its c-on- j
sideration the Maguire bill, bouse roll '
No. 1S005. which provides for an ap
, propriation for the erection of govern
: ment buildings on state fair grounds
in various states. Other state fair
boards will also have representatives
present to work for the passage of
the bill.
A new American flag has been re
ceived at the office of the superintend
ent of grounds and buildings at the j
state university, and it is now adorn
ing the new flag pole on top of Ini
versity hall. The ensign will be in
evidence hereafter on every day in
which school is in session.
Owing to the recent fire in tbe uni
! versify museum, the state geological
survey will not be as comprehensive
this summer and the party which
usually leaves the fore part of June
will probably not begin work until
some time in July. An enormous
amount of work remains to be done
I in the museum as a result of the fire
and all of the first month of vaca
tion will probably be spent by furatcr
Barbour and his assistants in replac
ing the exhibits lost in the flames.
The state university now requires
sixty academic credits for admission
to the medical college, thirty-two of
; which must be in science courses
, The Omaha university expects to
i establish all of the required courses
by next fall, so that students may en
ter on a par with those who had
taken the two years of academic work
in Lincoln.
The railway commission has author
ized the Union Pacific railroad to ap
j Ply its hard coal rate to coke ship
ments from Lincoln and Fremont, the
| rate not to be higher than the Omaha
' rate.
The state food commissioner's In
spectors are fond of nice rich milk. An
inspector paid ten cents for a glass of
milk in the restaurant of W. H. Dil
lon of Hastings, and immediately filed
a complaint charging the proprietor
with selling under grade milk The
accused pleaded guilty and was fined
$10 and costs.
The endowment campaign bulletin
of 172.000 copies is just from the
press, and is for free distribution. The
bulletin contains sixteen pages, pre
senting the environment and advan
tages of the Wesleyan university.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Baled prairie hay is bringing from
$23 to $24 on the wholesale market in
Lincoln.
A Ravenna company has secured a
franchise to put in a lighting plant at
that place.
J. E. Marsh o£ Fremont has been
elected superintendent of the schools
at Hooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Claus Eggers of
Yutan celebrated their golden wed
ding Sunday.
_ Mrs. Xancy Rakestraw. aged thirty
two. of Strang, committed suicide be
cause of ill health.
A building boom has started at Shu
bert. At least sis houses will be
erected this spring.
The state convention of the Federa
tion of Women's Clubs will be held at
Sterling. May l and 2.
The annual ball of the Wymore
Knights of Columbus was a success
socially and financially.
John Kavanicka had his left leg
broken and was badly bruised in a
runaway at David t'ity.
A fire did considerable damage in
the feed yards belonging to John X.
Heldt at Yutan. Saturday.
Preston Martin, formerly of Table
Rock, was found dead in a field a!
his home near Leady. Okla.
Fire at Homer destroyed a hall
dozen stores and caused a loss o!
$.*,0,000. with $4rt.t>0ft insurance.
William Daprick is dead at Geneva
from, the effect of burns sustained
while burning trash in the yard.
Miss Emma Morton, sister of the
late J. Sterling Morton, died at her
home in Xebraska City. Saturday.
The Elmwood Commercial club will
co-operate with the farmers in main
taining good roads leading to that
place.
i hrist Bonness a ranchman near
Alliance, was caught in the severe
storm Saturday ami died from ex
posure. »
Miss Anna Hast, a Fremont girl,
will go to the Philippine islands tc
teach economics at the government
station.
State bank deposits in Nebraska on
March 16 aggregated over $$0,000.00 '
which is 'the highest figure ever
reached.
John Braddock was shot by a com
panion while out hunting near Hum
boldt. the inusry resulting in complete
paralysis.
A Mrs. Roy. near Humboldt, was
badly poisoned by eating a salad of
which English walnuts were part of
'he ingredients.
Workmen are repairing the old
sugar factory buildings and grounds
at Norfolk, preparatory to installing
a canning factory.
A meeting in the interest of the
Wesleyan endowment was held at Te
cunsseh. Sunday. 1 O. Jones of Lin
coln was the speaker.
Ground has been broken for the
new S-m.iinu t'en'ral Christian church
of Kearney. The church will be
erected in the heart of the city
While attempting to play with a
litter of puppies. Carl Scott of T.ln
coin five years of age was severely
bitten in the fare tfv the mother dog.
Rev. E. R. Andersen, pastor of the
Danish Lutheran Evangelical chnrch
at Fremont, has accepted a call to
Kenmore. N. D.. and will leave in
June. * ■
Alfred Schultz, a voting man of
Grand Island, was shot in the face by
the accidental discharge of a gun
while on the Platte river hunting
ducks.
Their children grandchildren, great
grandchildren and a number of friend?
helped Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hardy of
Humboldt celebrate their golden wed
ding one day last week.
The West Point school board has
elected Prof. Harley Shaver of tbs
Pent normal to fill the vacancy in ths
high school corps caused by the resig
nation of Prof. Glenn Marshall.
A fire which early Saturday morn
ing swept away one of the principal
business blocks in the retail section
of Omaha, caused a loss of probably
$300.0*>0 and put out of business sev
eral important retail concerns.
The endowment fund for the Ne
braska Wesleyan university was put
before the Methodists of Clay Center,
Thursday evening, by Or. I.. R. Da
Wolf of Fairmont. 1. O. Jones of Lin
coln and Bishop John L. Neulsen
The annual meeting of the Nebras
ka County Judges' association at
Grand Island elected Judge Campbell
of Polk county as president and Judge
Kelso of Franklin county as secretary
treasurer. The attendance was disap
pointing, only about twenty-five of the
county judges of the state attending
The three-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Shelley Snyder, living near Far
narn. while playing in the yard picked
up a bottle which contained carbolic
acid and drank the contents. Death
followed soon.
• ' v > vi > ita • ruua uuvm
board all positions for which con
tracts have not been signed were de
clared \acant. also the principalship
and two other positions in the high
school vacant, and three grade posi
tions. The board expects to fill these
positions in the near future.
Theodore Roosevelt has b«>n invited
to address the Lincoln Cxinimereial
club at a noon hour luncheon
The annual meeting of the Xebras
lea State Association of County Judges
was held at Grand Island April 12.
Principal B. L. Meyer of the Alii
a nee high school was re-elected for
the ensuing year, but declined, as he
has decided to enter the law college
at the state university nest fall.
Dr. 12. E. Meyer of Humboldt was
severely burned when he dumped a
can of wfcat he supposed to be coal
oil on the flames as he was starting a
fire. The can contained gasoline.
Kearney has added a new modern
dairy and ice cream manufactory to
its new industries as a result of the
campaign being waged by the com
mercial club to insure the establish
ing of more manufactories in that
city.
A ten-ton rock fell upon the Burling
ton tracks on the Fills City line and
blocked traffic for some time. Dyna
mite was used to remove the obstruc
tion. Down on this bluff line the train
crews always keep their eyes open
for landslides and large rocks at this
season of the year and have to blast
them off when they come down.
IMPORTANCE OF DISINFECTING
AFTER OUTBREAK OF DISEASE
Practice Not Entirely Appreciated by Stockman and Farmer
—There Is Also Lack of Information Concerning
Practical and Economical Methods of
Procedure of Cleaning.
(By GEORGE W. POPE.)
It has been found that the average
stockman and farmer does not real
ize the importance of thoroughly dis
infecting his premises following an
outbreak of contagious disease. There
Is apparently a widespread lack of
Information regarding the germicidal
power of various substances, com
monly termed disinfectants. There is
also a lack of knowledge concerning
practical and economical methods of
; proceeding with the work of disinfec
tion. Moreover, the reappearance of
a contagious disease on premises from
which it was believed to have been
eradicated may frequently be traced
to careless or imperfect work in con
nection with the cleaning and disin
fection of the place.
It is but natural to acknowledge the
presence of only such objects as can
be seen with the unaided eye. Sci
ence. however, by means of the high
power microscope, has clearly proved
the existence of numerous minute ani
mal and vegetable organisms—and it
is a matter of common knowledge
; that many of these organisms fre
quently find their way into the ani
mal body and produce disease. It is
also well known that these germs
vary in form and other characteristics
and that for each disease of an in
fectious nature there is a specific
germ.
If these germs could be confined to
the animal body and die with it there
would be no such thing as an infec
tious disease. L'nfortunatelv. how
ever, they are thrown off by the ani
mal through the excretions and lie ip
the earth, in the litter of stables, up
on the floor and walls, and in cracks
and crevices. Here they may remain
and maintain their virulence tor an
indefinite period, ready at any time to
be gathered up by an animal in its
feed or to be blown about in dust and
drawn into the lungs.
The work of disinfection is based
upon our recognition of the presence
of disease germs, and disiniection
means the act of destroying the
cause of the infection. In other words,
disinfection is a removal ot the cause,
and it will be clear to any practical
man that in dealing with disease any
effort which stops short of a com
plete removal of the cause is most
unwise and unprofitable. To those un
_ - — i. . - *'•* ,*i|-1> »
Applying Disinfectant.
accustomed to the work, disinfection
may seem a most complicated proc
ess. Any approved method, however,
is comparatively simple when carried
out carefully, although like many
another procedure it is one in which
attention to details counts for much.
It is important to bear in mind that
the causative agents of many dis
eases are extremely small and may
remain for an indefinite time in dust,
cracks, and crevices of buildings, so
that efforts aiming at the eradication
of disease from contaminated prem
ises must be thorough in order to be
effective.
In the work of disinfection nature
has provided man with a most valu
able ally—sunlight. It is well known
that the direct rays of the sun are
destructive to many forms of bac
teria, in some cases destroying them
and in others lessening their influ
ence. Thus the importance c; well
lighted stables is evident. The dark
and sunless building will be a favor
able breeding place for bacteria, and
the structure which admits the great
est amount of sunlight will be the
least favorable for their development.
Again, heat will destroy the bacteria
of disease. By this*is not meant the
ordinary heat of the sun. but heat as
developed in boiling water or in
flame. It is upon this principle that
the surged! before operating renders
his instruments free from the possi
ble presence of bacteria by boiling,
and it is heat which renders a jet of
live steam destructive to bacteria.
! Sunlight, however, cannot be consid
ered more than an accessory in the
i destruction of bacteria, while the ap
plication of beat in the form of steam
or flame is seldom possible. The re
i suit is that in the practical work of
disinfection we are dependent upon
certain drugs, which have power to
destroy the organisms of disease.
Such drugs are known as disin
fectants. and. fortunately, we have at
hand a number that possess the pow
er of destroying bacteria.
Blchlorld of mercury also known as
corrosive sublimate and mercuric
chlorid, chlorid of lime, formalde
hyde, carbolic acid, crude carbolic
acid, cresol, and compound solution ol
cresol, are such drugs. They have
only to be brought in contact with
the bacteria in order to destroy them.
Before either of the above are
i used, however, the farmer should
j study their peculiar characteristics
! and use the one best suited to his
I purpose. Violent poison should not
be used unless the user of the dis
infectant Is familiar with It and its
results. • -
In the practical work of disinfec
I tior there are three essentials:
1. A preparation of the building
that will facilitate reaching organisms
I of disease.
2. A disinfectant which upon con
tact can be depended upon to destroy
j such organisms.
1 3. A method of applying the dls
| infectar.t that will assure the most
i thorough contact with the bacteria.
INCREASING THE
YIELD OF GRASS
Amonj Four Chief Essentials are
Smooth Surface, Prepara
tion, Good Seed and
Fertility.
(By R B RUSHING.)
Farmers who content themseives
with two tons or less'cannot under
stand how yields of three or four tons
even more are obtained. There are.
however, four chief essentials; a
smooth surface, with even, steady
grade, thorough preparation of the
' soil, and abundance of good, healthy
seed and plenty of fertility and to
which might be added the proper
amount of moisture.
Where land is stumpy cr rocky, it
may be considerable expense to re
; move them, but to obtain the greatest
' amount of grass it must be done. The
rocks must either be sunk or hauled
away and the surface smoothed so as
to give a gentle grade. A little de
pression where the water can stand
may cause a patch of grahss to die
out and a few patches will kill s
hundred pounds of hay.
After this thorough grading the
land is thoroughly fitted. This does
not mean just plowed and harrowed
in the ordinary way. I prefer the use
of a cut-away disc, which does the
work just the opposite to the turning
plow.
The continued working of the soil
with the cut-away clears the soil of
foul stuff and gives the new seeding
a chance. The soil should be worked
i over with the cut-away and the
smoothing harrow many times, not
t all at once, but continued through
, July and August. In this way. when
j ready to seed the soil is certainly as
fine as an ash heap
The seed then should be put on
carefully and accurately, so as to have
every square inch of surface covered,
thus having two blades of grass where
one formerly was.
The question frequently asked is:
Why is this large amount of potash
necessary? _Xo one who has ever
1 used fertilizers on grass need be told
i that nitrogen gives the grass a rich,
j green color and makes it grow very
| rapidly.
Care of the Brooder.
Brush out the brooders every other
day. changing the material used in
floor covering. This may be of bran,
sand, sawdust, or paper, but must be
dry. Damp bedding induces disease
every time. When it is necessary to
wash the brooder choose a warm, sun
ny day. so that the chicks will not need
it. and 1 can be thoroughly dried be
fore returning them at night. If these
conditions cannot be complied with a
temporary brooder may be used for the
day by means of a box and one or
two jugs of hot water well wrapped
in flannel, the latter serving the double
purpose of holding in the heat and
preventing a chick being crowded up
and burnt.
Drinking Vessels.
A good way to prevent hens from
overturning their drinking vessels is
I to punch a hole in the side—near the
; top of a tin pail or old tomato can—
and hang it up on a nail driven into the
woodwork of the chicken house, about
six inches from the ground. Be sure
there are no sharp edges to the can
or that the head of the nail does not
protrude more than half an inch.
SALT NECESSARY
FOR ALL FOWLS
—
la Order To Guard Against Any
Deficiency It Is Well
to Feed for Lack of
PalatabUity.
Salt In some quantity Is a neces
sity to the living animal. Some food
j contains all that is probably needed.
but the amount in others is small.
1 In order to guard against any pos
sible deficiency it is well to feed some
I salt, especially U it increases the
; palatability of the ration.
Moderate quantities of salt had
beefi fed to poultry with apparent ad
vantage. but the limitations of its
use were not known. A feeding trial
was. therefore, made with twelve
hens to get some suggestion as to the
approximate llmtt of its safe feeding
to mature fowls. For one lot of hens
salt was mixed tn the food, increasing
In amount by periods of feeding. L'n
til it was fed at the rate of .0C3 :
ounces per day. per fowl (nearly one
half pint per day for 100 hens) nc
bad effects were noticed.
With this amount, however, diar
rhoea attacked a few of the hens, but
the trouble disappeared when the
amount of salt in the food was re
duced about one-third. When the'
hens were allowed free access to
boxes of course barrel salt, not
enough was eaten to show any 111 ef
fect. either by hens that had been fed
salt freely for two months or by those
that had been without any for the
same time.
Little significance was attached to
the egg yield from the old hens fed
at an unproductive time of year, but
twice as many eggs were obtained
from the salt-fed hens as from the
ethers so there was no indication of
unfavorable effect in this direction.
When reporting the experiment it
was suggested that salt at the rate of
one ounce per day for 100 matured
fowls could be fed without risk, in
later feeding It was found that five
ounces or salt in every 100 pounds
of food was s safe proportion.
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EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink
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Compound.
Elgin, HI. — “After fourteen years of
suffering everything from female com
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restored to health.
“I employed the
best doctors and
even went to the
hospital for treat
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there was no help for
me. But while tak
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to improve and I
continued its use until 1 was made welL ”
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Kearneysville, W. Va.—“I feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia E.
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weakness and at times felt so miserable
I could hardly endure being on my feet.
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special directions, my trouble is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
I recommend your medicine to all my
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sands of grateful letters which are con
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Medicine Company of Lynn,Mass.,which
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Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver is
right the stomach and bowels are right.
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Pettits Eye Salve
Dream of marriage signifies mad
ness.
About once a month the average girl
of 18 meets the only man she could
ever love.
Women’s College for Buddhists.
A university is to be founded by
the Buddhists for the high education
of women. A meeting is reported to
have taken place at the Nishi-Hon
ganji temple. Kyoto, in which it was
unanimously decided to carry on the
undertaking as a work of the Wom
en's Association of this Buddhist sect.
The cost for the institute is estimated
at 280,000 yen.
Smart Little Boy.
The smart little city boy loved to
pnt conundrums to Uncle Josh and
see the old negro's struggles to un
derstand, but one day he received a
bona fide answer which is still per
plexing him.
“Have you got any brothers. Uncle
Josh?” the S. L, B. inquired.
“No, honey.” replied the darkey. "I
ain't got nary brother, but all my sis
ters has."
Found Imitation Difficult.
Bert, a freshman, closed a letter to
his cousin Joe, five years old. by say
ing: “Now, I must quit and write
five pages on Esther."
The next day his father found Joe
armed with tablet and pencil, trying
to hold down his young brother Rob
ert, and said to him: “Joe, what are
you doing?"
‘Tm trying to write five pages on
Bob, but he won't be still,” replied
the little fellow.”