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/s—.r»r^T5 COL LOCKE ON TEMPERANCE Regard* Restrictive Law* aa Only In tended for Temporary Cheek— Sum# Up Situation, Illustrative of the thought which in dividual cltlsens are giving to the temperance movement la the following espreealon of opinion from Col. Frank Ll Lock, president of the Boston Young Men's Christian union. When asked to sum up the causes of the present day situation, Mr. Locke said: "The recent very noticeable Interest In the effort for temperance legisla tion Indicates, I think, that people are beginning to realize the extent to which Intemperance reaches Into and afTects the every-day life of the com munity. “To those having at heart the Inter est of the rlty, the state and the na tlon tilts awnkening to the evil of the situation and the Interest manifested even by those who are not total ab stainers must he gratifying. While the present prohibitory legislation may not ofTer a Anal solution of the prob lem, It. clearly Indicates that the peo ple nre generally aroused ns to the seriousness of the situation and are led to tako any action which will tend to Improve conditions, even if It be only to temporarily check the evil until further investigation and the ap plication of modern scientific methods «!' study any analysis may offer a more satisfactory solution. “The Increased adoption ot laws prohibiting the sale of liquor does not, I think, signify a growing convic tion that such Is the only wise or proper solution of the liquor problem, hut that It. is n temporary check, and helpful, until a better means is nt hand. The study of modern condi tions in our penal institutions and of the general social condition, leads more and more to n realization that the remedy for tin so public ills lies not in attempting to administer pun ishment, or to make cures for the damage which has been done, but rather In adopting measures that will prevent the occurrence of the d,. culties. More and more it is coming to be felt that inebriety as well as, tn deed, most of the criminal offences, are duo to some defective mental con dition rather than to deliberate dispo sition to be bad or mean. "The treatment of the drunkard, as well as the criminal generally, Is be coming more and more to be looked upon as necessarily more of a hos pital treatment The success which has tended the work at the State hos pltal at Fox boro along this line Is in teresting. "In connection with the forward movement for temperance, 1 wish that more effort might be made to provide, amid proper surroundings, the socia bility and good fellowship which ts found in the saloon This sociability and good fellowship are, to my mind, quite ns much the attraction to the sn loon as the liquor." ALCOHOL AID TO PNEUMONIA Well Known Clinical Fact That Users of Liauor Fare Badly When At tacked by Disease. It is a well known clinical fact that those addicted to the use of alcohol faro very badly when attacked by pneumonia Indeed, the mortality among drinkers is very high in every ('if. - o- pot is especially marked In ppc - ir i Hr. .InUus Pohlman was street; b' tills fact, and in order to tost t - orformod a number of export men' i p lias recorded in the Medical News. Pneumonia Is considered by the best authorities as nil inf • tlous disease, nnd, from Its organ isms, there is sup posed to spread through the system a toxlne, called pneumo-toxine, against which weak bodies - niggle with great difficulty, or in vain, says Health. The disease Is more than a mere conges tion of the lungs. Hr Pohlman, in Ills experiments, took some strong and lusty dogs, and injected into tho trachea. Just below the larynx of each one, some pure alcohol, and noted the effect. Ills work seems to have been done rather unscientifically, hut his conclu sions agree with clinical experience, although of much less value. How ever, his work will give the anti-vlvl sectionists something to talk about. His theory is that. If to a congestion of the lungs brought on by alcohol a pneumonia be added, the Individual stands little chance of recovering. While the study of the blood serum in pneumonia lias not advanced quite as fnr and to such practical results as in diphtheria, still it is pretty well Agreed that during an attack of acute lobar pneumonia there Is In circula tion in the blood a pertain substance which may be called pneumo-toxine, which in fatal cases causes death, be ing disseminated all through the body with the blood, while the organisms, as a rule, In simple cases, stay in the lungs. In cases that recover from pneumonia there Is noticed at the time of the crisis and after that there Is a disappearance of pneumo-toxine from the blood, and there is found an anti dote to It, which has been called antl pneumo-toxine, and experiments with this anti-pneumo-toxine, from a con valescent patient injected subcutane ously Into one very ill with pneu monia, have shown that the serum in this stage has some curative proper ties. CRIME AND DRINK IN CANADA Statistics Show That Convictions Duo to Liquor Has Increased Considerably. Criminal statistics for the year end ed September. 1906, have Just been Issued by the census bureau at Otta wa. They look somewhat antiquated now, but as they are the latest avail able, some of the facts given are still of Interest. The figures deal sep arably with Indictable offences and summary convictions, the latter refer ring to cases disposed of by Justices of the peace. Mrltlsh Columbia, Mani toba nnd Ontario show a crime record remarkable figures relate to the mari time provinces, where the Scott act la In force In most counties, but especi ally Prince Edward Island, the only province In the dominion with pro vincial prohibition. Ontario’s crime ratio for 10,000 of the population shows a gradual Increase: 1897 1900, 12.94; 1900-1905. 13.38; 1906, 15.89. Of the total number of persons con victed during the five-year period end ing with 1905 there was an average of 56 per cent, who used liquor moder ately and 33 per cent, who were lm moderate drinkers. For the second period ending with 1905 there was an average of 60 p< r cent, moderate and 28 Immoderate drinkers, ns compared with 57 per cent, moderate and 23 per cent, moderate drinkers for 1906. The balance of the 100 in each period were either nondrinkers or not given. Dealing with summary convictions, which are for offences such as as saults, breaches of the peace, infrac tions of various laws, such as liquor license act, etc., anil such other of fences as vagrancy, drunkenness, and disorderly conduct, the report states that the number of summary convic tions has increased considerably throughout tlie several provinces dur ing the last five years. During tli(> years ending with 1905, drunkenness represented about 35 per cent, of the total summary convictions, ns compared with 10 per cent, for the year 1900. Out of the total number of persons convicted for drunkenness, female offenders represented 8.87 per cent, for the ten years ending with 1905, as ngalnst 6.10 per cent, for the year 1900. Taking the year 1906, the following table shows the percentage of convic tions for drunkenness of each prov ince, with the percentage of popula tion of the provinces: Percentage Per of centage Convictions of for Popula Provlnces. Drunkenness, tlon. Prince Edward island.... 0 48 1.09 Nova Scotia .11.02 7.70 New Brunswick. 7.34 5.62 Quebec .19.12 29.08 Ontario .29.71 37.10 Manitoba .15.56 0.11 British Columbia . 6.76 4.09 The territories . 9.42 8.55 The following table shows the con victions for drunkenness in each province, with the convictions per 1,000 of population: Per 1,000 Num- Inhabl Provlnces. her. tants. Prince Edward Island . . 120 1.19 Nova Scotia . 2,919 6.28 New Brunswick. 1,843 5.48 Quebec . 4,802 2.7t> Ontario . 7,459 3.30 Manitoba . 3,905 10.68 British Columbia . 1,697 6 93 The territories . 2,305 4.02 Canada .25,110 4.20 LESS LIQUOR iN SCOTLAND Citizens of Edinburgh Congratulate Themselves cn Satisfactory Re port of Chief Constable. Edinburgh people are congratula ting themselves on the satisfactory nature of the report just Issued by the chief constable for the city for the year 1909. It shows that during that year arrests for drunkenness, crime and disorders of all kinds were fewer than they have been since re liable statistics of tills kind have been kept by the authorities. The total number of persons ar rested for all kinds of offenses, drunk enness included, was 13,411 in 1909, as compared with 15,279 in 1908, a de crease of 1.SC8. That the poorer people in Edinburgh seem to be get ting more sober is shown by the fact that whereas in 1908 the num ber of persons arrested for being drunk and incapable, drunk and dis orderly, or drunk in charge of cliil dren or vehicles was 7,331, the num ber last year fell to 5,521, a decrease of 1,810. Much speculation has been Indulged in as to the causes which have led to this welcome decrease of drunken ness in Edinburgh and it may be said that the same decrease has been noted In other large towns In the country. The extra duty on spirits Imposed by the budget was undoubt edly, as the chancellor of the ex chequer now knows to his cost, fol lowed by an almost immediate de crease in the consumption of whisky. Better Lite for Brains. Edison, when asked if he ever drank, replied: "No; l have a better use for my brains." STAGING BRACKET FOR FARM Illustration Shows Plan of Getting at Small Jobs With Very Little Expense. There are many Jobs on the farm where It Is necessary to have staging or scaffolding. Acconnts kept by one doing repair work show that on an average It takes double the amount of Staging Bracket. time to erect scaffolds that it does to do the work on small jobs. A very convenient movable bracket is made of 2 by 4 inch scantling, nailed to form a rigid angle and braced with boards. A 2 by 4 Is then Inserted and the bracket slid up the side of tire building with the staging ifoards on it. The foot of the 2 by 4 is then staked to prevent slipping. Often there are odds and ends about the farm build lags that may he substituted for the 2 by Is, using the above plan for the staging bracket. ACREAGE DEVOTED TO HEMP Increase in Importation Offers Market for Larger Horne Production of Fiber. The bluegrass region of Kentucky, in the center of which lies Lexington, raises about 20,not) acres of Cannabis sativa from which hemp is procured. The acreage devoted to hemp in other parts of the United States is very small—perhaps GOO acres around tan coin, Neb., and an equal number in the lower Sacramento valley in Cali fornia, with small experimental plant ings in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Wis consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Arkansas. Russia produces more for export than all other countries, but Itajy, Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, Belgium, Turkey, China and Japan grow it enmmerHnllv for fiber All the hemp liber produced in this country is used in American mills, and as increasing quantities are being imported, a market for a larger home production is offered. Therefore, the circular recently issued by the United States department of agriculture on the cultivation of hemp in the United States, in which climate, soil, sowing, harvesting the plant, and methods of preparing the soft gray or yellow hast fiber are described and explained, should prove of Interest to farmers In those sections of the country outside of the recognized hemp growing re gion where soil and climate seem to offer a prospect favorable to its pro duction. In Cabbage Fields. Give nitrate of soda a trial In your cabbage fields. One hundred per acre at each application is the usual amount, although 200 pounds at a time is used by sonic growers. Leave check rows to show the difference in results. I_ _I Clean cultivation is half the battle. Cauliflower seed are still brought from Denmark. Intensive farming means more than double cropping. The present day farmer is a spe cialist in the true sense of the word. The legumes are especially strong In protein and therein lies their great value. Potatoes are continuing to absorb quite a good deal of the trucker’s at tenrion. Leaving plant root exposed to the sun and wind Is like leaving a fish out of water. Old. stale vegetables will hurt your trade Feed them to the pigs, cows or poultry. The three important leaf troubles of cucumbers are powdery mildew, downy mildew and anthracnose. In applying manure with a spreader it is put on uniformly, and all parts of the field are equally benefited. It is seldom, if ever, necessary to inoculate land for alfalfa when it has been well enriched with manure. The United Kingdom seems to be able to produce more wheat from an acre of land than any other country. If the melon vines are rusty pull them up and burn them. If only wilted you may find a borer about the roots. Peas of the extra early sorts are sown thickly along the furrows in rows two and a half to three feet apart. Every farmer’s garden should con tain all the good fruit and vegetables that the soil and climate will grow. They make up a great part of the actual living, and they are the most healthful foods that can be eaten; EXCELLENT SPRING FOR DOOR 8plral Hlng* Make* Door Cloa* of Ita Own Weight—Clear* Carpota and Ruga. By taking advantage of ttv* law of gravity, a Washington (D. C.) man ha* Invented a hinge which also acts as a spring. Spiral strips of metal are screwed at top and bottom and middle of the door casing. Other metal strips, with slots for the spiral to pass through, are fastened to the door at corresponding distances and form the hinges. When the door is opened It rides up on the spirals, clear ing rugs, carpets, mats or whatever else may be at the bottom. Then, when the pressure on the door is re leased It settles of Its own weight and closes slowly and gently as the In closing strips slide down the spiral. There Is no necessity to have a pneu matic device attached to prevent the door from closing with a bang, as Is the case with many other spring Novel Door Spring. doors. These spiral springs are made of s ong metal that will not rust or break, and ns they are kept lubricated automatically, there is no squeaking or grating noise. HANDY TABLE FOR WINDOWS Device Arranged for Flowers, Etc., Either inside or Out Where Space Is Small. The device shown in the illustration makes a handy table for flowers, seed lings, etc., either outside or interior, wherft space is small, says Farm Press. It is made by securing a plank of serviceable size to the wall Window Table. or window casings; by utilizing a couple of strong hinges on the under side of said plank: further support is given by large wires held by screw eyes to table and so on. ROTATION RESTS THE SOIL Allowing Land to Lie Idle Does Not Bring About Result Lazy Farmer Imagines. BY R. PIERSON. A neighbor of ours la a bit discour aged over his crop outlook and thinks his soil needs a rest, therefore, he is talking of fallowing his land next year. Allowing to lie idle for a season may be a good thing for the lazy farmer, but I never could see any other reason for it. The idea, of course, is to "rest" the land and the conserving of an extra season for a single crop. This might be done pro vided the man has cultivated during the fallow period, a fine mulch main tained, and the weeds kept down, but if it is all to grow up to weeds and grass this will take out quite as much moisture as a crop of corn or anything else. Soil cannot assimilate plant food unless it is cultivated, and there fore, it follows that much of this food goes to waste on fallow land. If the farmer would set his plants a little deeper, keep the cultivator going more steadily, "rest” his land by a change of crops, buy a manure spread er, then use it, his farm would pro duce twice as much as it will if he carries out his fallowing plans. Succeeding With Alfalfa. The men who have succeeded best with unirrigated alfalfa have pre pared their land well and then seeded it when an abundant supply of mois ture was present. INTER-STATE Live Stock and Horse Show ST. JOSEPH, MO. * Sept. 25th to Oct. 1st Prize Live Stock Farming Implements Machinery Automobiles Automobile Flower Parade, on the streets of St. Joseph, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27TM. It will be worth a trip to the city to see this gorgeous spectacle. Miller Brothers’ 101 Ranch Wild West Show will be camped on the Live Stock grounds, and will give Street Parades and free entertainment features each day, and a regular performance every night. Cheap Railroad Rates Ask Your Local Agent Removal Sale • We must vacate the rooms in which our wagons are stored. For the next 10 days we will give a discount on all Wagons Spring Wagons, Top Buggies, and Carriages. It will pay you well to take advantage of this sale while it is on. Remember, we handle only the best implements and Farm Machinery, and our Prices are RIGHT. I Werner=Mosiman Co. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA ak-sar-ben CARNIVAL AND PARADES OMAHA Sent. 28th to Oft- 8th. 1910 r"''rr°"-sr . . ...UtIh* C3BO..T.O. -"ST -ass' ”"Z7*m «»««” tw» Da» *» "•s R8gala' T,Mps‘ REDUCED BATE* OB ALL RAILROADS. CHOW YOURSELF A GOOD TISE-YOUXI. HAVE LOTS _ ~ f PRINTING ArtlStlC OUR” FORTE Book and Commercial Work Handled In a Manner P.easln* to Particular Patrons