ALL OVER NEBRASKA.
Auto Route Through Merrick.
Merrick County. It is no longer
necessary for auto tourists to stop
and -Inquire ( the route across Merrick
county. Dr. H. E. Glatfelter , J. A.
Haye , John Desch and Will Vieregg ,
went over the entire route and
anarkedthe telephone poles at every
turn. The sign is a body of white in
closed attop and bottom with black
end yellow bars , and \3 \ painted upon
three successive poles on both sides
ofthe point where the direction of th < j
route is altered.
Thrown Under the Train.
Cus/ler County. While trying to
fcoard a freight in the Burlington
yards in Broken Bow , Fred Forbes , 33
years of age , was thrown under the
wheels and bady mangled. He was
previously aboard the train and
jumped from it in order to rescue 'his
hat , which had blown off. He will
probably not -live.
Teacher in Omaha High.
Cuining County. Miss Eva O'Sulli-
van , daughter of the veteran editor
of the former Progress , has resigned
Iierposition as teacher in the South
Omaha high school and taken the
place of teacher of science in the
Omaha high school.
Nebraska Girl Writes Operetta.
Dodge County. A musical operetta
written by Miss Jean Boyd. of Fre
mont talent during the coming holi
days. The cast is * now being chosen.
The operetta was written last winter
while Miss Boyd was studying in an
eastern musical school.
A Workman Killed.
Douglas County. S. E. Kirkpatrick
of Kansas City was -killed and four
other workmen seriously injured ,
when the boom on the crane -being
used on the site of the new Woodmen
of the World building in Omaha broke
while lifting a heavy mass of machin-
-ery. Kirkpatrick was superintendent
of1 the work.
Enforcing the Game Law.
Gage County. J. W. Eaton and Lon
Dickey , both of Beatrice , were arrest
ed at Dewitt on the charge of selling
Tish illegally. They were taken to
"Wilber and lodged in the county jail.
Boom for Folk.
Merrick County. At a meeting of
Central City democrats in the office
rooms of Dr. Earl E. Boyd a Merrick
county Folk organization was effected ,
the first in the state. Resolutions de
claring for Folk for president were
adopted.
Resigns From Fair Board.
O. P. Hendershot , president of the
tate fair board , has tendered his res
ignation. Mr. Hendershot has pur
chased property in Boise City , Idaho ,
an < d will go there. He retains most of
"bis land interests in Nebraska.
Woman Hangs Herself.
Saline County. Frolik , 36 years
, of Crete , committed suicide at St
Bernard's hospital in Council Bluffs.
The woman had been suffering from a
suicidal mania for several weeks.
Counterfeiter Convicted.
Lincoln County. In federal court at
INorth Platte , Earl York , was convict-
sd of passing counterfeit .money. Sea-
lence has not yet been pronounced.
Young Girl Drops Dead.
Buffalo County. Miss Florence E.
Bischel , a 14year-old school girl , liv-
ng eight miles northeast of Kearney ,
.dropped dead at her home of heart
failure. She had apparently been in
the best of health.
Gone Up Higher.
C. W. Taylor , superintendent of
-schools at McCook , has been ap
pointed principal of the Temple High
school , Lincoln , conducted by the uni
versity , at a salary of $2,000. His
work begins September 20. Before
soing to McCook he was engaged in
school work at Geneva.
Child's Neck Broken.
The 3-year-old son of Norman
Ochner , residing eight miles east of
Madison , sustained a broken neck ,
< Jying almost instantly. Mr. Ochner
and family were driving from Stanton
toward home. When about three
miles southwest of Stanton the team
became frightened and ran , turning
over the carriage , breaking the little
Tact's neck.
G've.n ' Proper Burial.
C. S. McMaster of Newcastle , Pan
-former husband of Mrs. E. E. Hesse ,
and father of Wauneta Laverne Mc
Master , the two Tecumseh women
who were murdered and whose bodies
were thrown in an old well , has sent
the necessary amount of money to
pay the undertaker's bill , to buy a lot
in the Tecumseh cemetery and to
lave * the bodies removed from the pot >
-ter's field , where they were put afte ;
-they were discovered.
Lad Drowns at Springfield.
Sarpy County. John Petty , aged 14.
vas drowned in the Piatte river three
miles southeast of Springfield , while
3n bathing. His body was recovered.
Brakeman Killed.
Washington County. William E.
Stammer , a brakeman on the Northwestern -
western freight train , which was
switching in the yards at Blair , was
caught between the bumpers of the
freight cars and fatally injured. He
was taken to the emergency hospital
2 > ut could not be saved.
NATIONAL RIFLE MATCHES AT CAMP PERRY
N the national rifle shoot just concluded at Camp Perry , O. , the navy team won first honors , with the Na
tional Guard team a close second. The photograph shows the National Guard men firing as skirmishers. The
inset Is a portrait of Sergt C. M. King of the Iowa State National Guard , who won the all-round rifle shot
championship of the United States. He lives at the little village of Waukon , la. , and is a blacksmith by trade.
The sergeant won first honors in the national individual match and also in the grand aggregate. His score was
565 hits out of a possible 600. and included slow , rapid and skirmish firing.
160
"Nine-Lives Dutchie" Has Re
markably Long Fall.
Didn't Go to St. Gregory's Hospital on
Account of His Injuries , but to
Wait for a Second Pair
of Trousers.
New York. Fellow workmen in the
painting trade call Evan Shermon who
Is 50 years old , and lives at No. 200
West One Hundred and Twenty-first
street , "Nine-Laves Dutchie , " and his
old schoolmates dubbed him "Kitty ,
the Human Cat , " both sobriquets hav
ing to do with Shermon's ability to fall
from heights varying from 10 to 100
fee * , without hurting himself. He him
self estimates that he has had about
100 falls. But he shows himself with
out a scratch and is sure that he isn't
going to die that way.
He fell eight etories fro.m the
Scott & Browne building , near the
Brooklyn bridge , about 160 feet But
he was still the "Human Cat" of
youth , for he landed on the flag
stones on his feet And it wasn't
because of injuries that he went teSt
St Gregory's hospital. His trou
sers were torn and he went to the
hospital to wait till another pair was
sent to him. His knees were somewhat
bruised and one hand lacerated.
He was standing on the uter sill
of a window in the eighth story when
he slipped and pitched out into the
air. Cries of horror arose from those
who saw him from the street and
they turned their heads away to avoid
the sight of seeing the man killed. But
"Nine-Lives Dutchie" saw on his way
down some telegraph wires and he
grabbed for one. He caught it , but his
weight tore the wire from his grasp.
However , this act broke his fall. He
landed on his feet and sank to his
knees. For a little while he was stun
ned , but when the ambulance got
there he was sitting up.
"I've been falling ever since I can
ROOSTER MOTHERS 27 CHICKS
When Hen Elopes With Neighbor
Black Minorca Cockerel Takes Up
Task of Scratching.
Oakland , Cal. Deserted by his wife ,
who eloped with a neighbor , Henry ,
who makes his home with Walter E ,
Logan in a suburb of this city , has
become both mother and father to his
family of twenty-seven children.
Henry Is a Black Minorca rooster.
When Martha , his spouse , hatched out
twenty-seven fuzzy chicks Henry was
the proudest rooster In Piedmont But
Martha soon became enamored of a
neighbor's Plymouth Rock , deserted
her brood and moved into the neigh-
boj's coop.
Henry moped for a few days , but
the peeps of his hungry family made
him forget his own sorrows. He be
came a different rooster.
Daily he scratches for worms and
stands guard over his brood , fighting
off adult chickens which , would rob his
family of its foofl. When bedtime
comes Henry escorts his brood to a
warm moss-filled box , climbs in him
self and cuddles his family.
Cork Leg Nearly Fatal.
Lynn , Mass. William Green's cork
leg came near being the death of him.
Greene got beyond his depth while
bathing and his artificial limb was so
buoyant his feet flew into the air and
his head was forced under water. He
was saved by a college girl who was
out boating with a young man. She
seized Greene by his hair and held his
head out of water while her escort
rowed to shore with Greene draggine
behind the boat
remember , " said Shermon. "I start
ed by falling out of my high chair.
When I was a boy the other boys
called me "Kitty , the Human Cat" I
was always climbing up somewhere
and falling a good part of the time. I
have fallen out of fruit trees about
25 times , I guess. I have toppled off
barns and out of the haylofts about 20
times , too. I've fallen off fences about
30 times , off boats , six , and bicycles
18.
"Only two weeks ago I tumbled off
the fourth story of a building and I
wasn't a bit hurt I've had so much
practice that I've kind of got a knack
of falling on my feet like the pussy
cats do. "
The human tumble-bug said that dur
ing his fall he had his faculties with
him all the way.
"When I started to shoot down , I
kind of got a hunch that my good luck
in the past wasn't going to desert me , "
Shermon explained. "But this was sure
the biggest fall I ever got You bet my
brain was working fast. "
The Duchess Was Humorous.
Paris. A charming anecdote Is go
ing the rounds of Paris concerning a
duchess well known in Parisian soci
ety for her charity. An old beggar
whom the procession of vehicles going
to the Grand Prix had attracted to the
Champs-Elysees was given a franc by
a passer-by. The old man , while test
ing the coin on the pavement , saw it
disappear under the railings of a gar
den. He rang the bell and begged the
footman who opened the door to look
for the franc. The footman went away
and , coming back after a little while ,
said : "Your franc has not been found. "
Blank dismay overclouded the beg
gar's face , until the footman added :
"But this has been found , " and hand
ed the beggar a 20-franc piece. While
the beggar cheerfully went on his way
the charitable duchess , who had been
sitting all the time within her garden ,
smiled at the success of her little
joke.
COW'S HABIT LAW QUESTION
Cleveland Justice of the Peace la
Called on to Decide Why Yield of
Milk Suddenly Dropped.
Cleveland , O. If a man sells ar
other man a cow with a guaranty that
she will produce four gallons of milk
a day and the cow declines , after the
deal is completed , to supply more than
two gallons a day , is the cow or the
original owner to biame ? The ques
tion was given to C. J. Gavin , justice
of the peace , to answer.
A. Schaffer , who conducts a busi
ness at 2262 Larimer street , bought
from M. Katchen and B. Bong the cow
which caused the suit Schaffer paid
$100 for her. He charges in his suit
to recover the price of the cow that
the defendants guaranteed she would
yield four gallons of milk per day. In
stead he had obtained only half that
amount The cow , therefore , was
worth only half of the price paid.
The defense told the court that the
cow was ready , willing and capable of
maintaining the contract capacity , but
that she had not been given sufiicient
food. Besides the plaintiff allowed
the cow to walk around too much.
Quiet is essential for a cow which
is expected to furnish sufficient milk
and butter for a dairy. Under the
circumstances , the defense said , it
was the plaintiff , and not the cow ,
who had defaulted on the contract.
The plaintiff offered to allow Justice
Gavin to milk the cow for one day , to
see if he was telling the truth. The
justice was willing to take the man's
word for it. He rendered a decision
in favor of the defendants and said
that the defendants were not respon
sible for the failure of the cow to fur
nish the four gallons of milk.
Birds Carry Disease.
Baltimore. Dr. Francis W. Harley -
ley , who has made experiments with
pigeons whose throats are diseased , is
convinced that birds can spread dis
ease. His wife sat in a hammock sev
eral feet from their coop , and two
days later contracted diphtheria from
which she is now recovering. One of
the pigeons was examined by the
health department , which reports it
has diphtheria.
IN ASIA
Language and Customs of 350 Years
Ago Still Preserved by Self-Exiled
Russian Cossacks.
Constantinople. One of those curi
ous instances of quaint historical sur
vival , of which many occur in Asia
Minor , has lately come before official
Russian attention in Constantinople.
It is the case of a colony of about
3,000 Russian Cossacks settled vin
Anatolia , Asia Minor. The forefa
thers of these Cossacks left Russia for
voluntary exile 350 years ago. Their
departure was occasioned by an at
tempt to enroll their names for cen
sus purposes in writing. According to
the creed of these peasants , the writ
ing down of their names jeopardizes
their chance for salvation for it in-
valves the curse of Antichrist , en
abling him to set his seal upon them.
During the while cf this time the
Cossacks have kept their identity ab
solutely intact They speak a Rus
sian dialect bearing the same relation
to the language of the present day as
does our modern English to that of
Chaucer. They wear the Russian dress
of three centuries ago , and even grow
herbs , uncultivated elsewhere in An
atolia , to make the dishes that were
the food of the mediaeval Russian.
A few months ago this little band of
Russian exiles found themselves sud
denly faced by the same danger that
threatened their ancestors in the six
teenth century. The Turkish govern
ment , having to call upon its Christian
subjects for military service , demand
ed the enrollment of those men of the
community who were cf age , and again
CJIJCWG
they were in danger of the seal of An
tichrist
This time a split occurred among the
exiles. The young men urged that ,
since they could not avoid enrollment ,
it were best to serve in Russia among
their kindred , but the older , members
were in favor of remaining. The arbi
tration of the Russian consul at Con
stantinople was invoked , and through
his agency funds were obtained from
the Russian government to enable
those who wished to do so to return
to Russia , leaving the rest to live on a
tiny ethnological island among the
races of Anatolia.
Skeleton 4,900 Years Old.
St. Petersburg. A stone coffin con
taining a skeleton , food , ales , and im
plements of the stone age , has been
discovered in a cave in the Aland
isles. The character of the weapons
and implements indicate that they are
of a period at least 3000 B. C. , when
the Aland isles were submerged , the
coffin and its contents having been low
ered in a depression in the sea bed ,
which accounts for its wonderful pres
ervation.
Milk Extinguishes Fire.
Troy , N. Y. Fire the other night de
stroyed the residence of John Dona
hue , near Greenwich , N. Y. There
was no water available and in order
to save adjacent buildings the farm
ers in the neighborhood brought thou
sands of gallons of milk , which was
used to extinguish little blazes started
by flying sparks. Horse blankets
soaked in the milk were spread over
the roofs of several buildings
WHEAT ON DRY FARM
Influence of Combined Harvester
on Value of Crop.
Results Obtained by Utah Experiment
Station Indicate That Machine
Does Not Affect Quality of
Flour Produced.
By DR. ROBERT STEWART. C Hem leal
Laboratory , Utah Experiment Station.
This question has recently been
studied by the chemical department of
the Utah experiment station. The in
troduction of the combined harvester
into the dry farming operation of the
inter-mountain west has resulted in a
reduction of the cost of operation on
the larger dry farms. The claim was
soon made by the millers of certain
sections of the state that wheat cut
with the harvester could not be con
verted into flour of good quality.
In studying this question , samples
of Turkey and Kofod wheat cut with
the harvester in 1909 and 1910 , to
gether with samples of the same
wheat cut with the binder and stacked ,
were obtained. The wheat was milled
in our experimental flour mill and the
yield of bran , shorts and flour re
corded. The bran , shorts and flour
were submitted to chemical analysis
and the flour was made into bread un
der standard conditions. The results
obtained are reported in bulletin No.
113 of the Utah experiment station
and indicate clearly that the combined
harvester does not have influence ,
either unfavorable or favorable , upon
the milling , chemical or baking quali
ties of the flour produced.
The yield of flour obtained from the
Turkey variety cut with the harvester
in 1910 was 72.65 per cent , of the
wheat while the yield of flour ob
tained from the wheat cut with the
binder and stacked was 72.77 per cent.
The yield of flour obtained from the
Kofod wheat cut with the harvester in
1910 was 72.17 per cent , while the
yield of flour produced from the wheat
cut with the binder stacked was 72.12
per cent. It is thus readily seen that
with respect to the yield of the flour
the method of harvesting has no in
fluence whatever. It is interesting to
note , however , that a greater per cent ,
of high grade flour may be obtained
from the Turkey variety of wheat.
About eighty per cent , of the flour pro
duced from the Turkey wheat would
be classed as a high grade flour , while
only about forty per cent , of the flour
produced from the Kofod would be
classed as high grade.
In case of the chemical composition
of the flour obtained , no conclusion
can be safely drawn regarding the in
fluence of the harvester. In case of
the Turkey variety of wheat , the flour
produced from the wheat which had
been stacked is slightly higher than
that of the flour produced from wheat
cut with harvester. In case of the
Kofod variety of wheat , however , this
is not true. The Kofod wheat cut
with the harvester In 1910 has a slight
ly lower protein content than the
same wheat cut the same year with
the binder and stacked. However , the
wheat cut with the harvester in 1909
has a higher protein content than that
cut with the binder and stacked. The
chemical composition of the bran and
Bhorts indicate only that these mill
products are rich in protein and would
probably be good cattle feed.
The volume of the loaf produced
from the Turkey variety cut with the
harvester was 1,666 cc. and 1,653 cc.
In 1909 and 1910 , respectively , while
the volume of loaf of the bread made
from the flour produced from the Tur
key which has been cut with the
binder and stacked was 1,567 cc. In
case of the Kofod variety , these num
bers become 1,576 cc. and 1,450 cc. ,
respectively , for 1909 and 1910 , and
1,394 cc. for the wheat which had
been stacked. The flour was all treat
ed under uniform standard conditions
and it is thus seen that if any influ
ence can be ascribed to the harvester
at all it must be a favorable influence.
While the investigation did not
show any influence of the harvester
on the bread-making value of the flour
produced , it did demonstrate the value
of Turkey Red wheat for flour produc
tion. The Turkey Red wheat produces
a uniform flour of high grade whicji
has the strength to produce a loaf of
bread of good volume. The flour pro
duced from new Turkey Red wheat
seemed to make as good bread as
flour produced from old Turkey Red
wheat , while the flour produced from
new Kofod wheat produced a loaf of
bread very much inferior in quality
and yet the year-old Kofod wheat
produced a good flour. Actual photographs - ,
graphs of the bread made are given in
the original publication.
The millers of the inter-mountain
west still insist that the harvester has
a. detrimental influence on the value
3f the wheat This claim may be justi
fied when the wheat is stored in
larger quantities as was done with the
wheat cut with the header or binder
and stacked. It is quite probable that
wheat cut with the harvester must re
ceive different storage treatment It
may be that wheat cut with the har
vester and stored in lots of 40,000
Dushels will not produce good flour ,
aut this cannot be charged against c
: he harvester , but is a special stor-
* ge proposition which merits investi
gation.
t
Keeping Ripe Plums Picked.
Gather plums promptly. Over-ripe
fruit will transmit rot fungus to other
specimens , and cause loss. The trees
should be examined every day , and
Lhe fruit gathered , whether it is
wanted or not This will reduce the
spread of disease.
INCREASE YIELD- PER ACRE !
Quantity of Water Required to Pro
duce Grain Becomes Smaller as
Fertility Is Improved.
One of the most important recent
discoveries In the handling of crops ,
and especially of grain Is that in ref
erence to the relation of soil fertility
and moisture. Experiments have
brought proof that the quantity of
water required to produce a bushel of
grain becomes smaller as the fertility
of the soil Increases. It requires twice
as much water to produce a bushel of
grain , on an infertile soil as It does , on
fertile soil in good tilth , says the Kan
sas Farmer. Tests showing this re
sult have been made both In Europe-
and America. In every case the more
fertile soil , either through tillage or
the use of manure or of commercial
fertilizers , the less the amount of
water necessary for the production of
each bushel of grain.
The greater portion of the plant food
in the soil Is inert until by deep plowIng -
Ing , thorough tillage and early prepa
ration it Is made available to the
plants. Such treatment holds moisture
deeper in the soil , the air and the
gases work on the inert earth and the
moisture helps dissolve the plant food ,
increasing the number and action of
bacteria in the soil , these bacteria
manufacturing plant food from the
earth particles.
A wheat grower who gives his fields
the minimum amount of tillage , only
disking his land , does little toward
making the fertility available and 2,000
pounds of water or more may be re
quired In his fields for each pound of
wheat harvested. The grower who
follows the plan of shallow plowing se
cures some Increase In fertility , but
not enough to use the moisture to the
best advantage.
Early preparation of land , deep plow
ing and constant cultivation until it is
In good tilth , with spring harrowing ,
makes the soil so fertile that only
about one-half as much moisture Is re
quired to produce a bushel of grain
as It required with slight preparation.
Intensive tillage secures double the
service from the rainfall.
Commercial fertilizers and manure ,
after becoming thoroughly Incorpor
ated in the soil , have the same effect.
Rotation with legumes and summer
fallowing similarly increase the grain
producing effect of the rainfall. This
Is the surest way to double or treble
the yield per acre.
SAVING MOISTURE IN SOIL
More Can Be Done In Thirty-Six
Hours Following Rainfall Than at
Any Other Time.
By W. C. PALMER , North Dakota Agri
cultural College. ' ,
In the saving of moisture in the
soil many of us are a good deal like
the rabbit in the fable. In the winter
time he was always speaking of buildIng -
Ing a house next summer. When sum
mer came and he was reminded of It ,
he answered , "Every bush is a house
now. " When a good shower comes we
ought to get the moisture Into the soil
and keep it there. We have no assur
ance that we will have more rain right
away ; that there will be enough to rip
en the crop , to put the soil In good con
dition for plowing , to leave the soil
with a good moisture content for next
spring. More can be done In the 36
hours following a rain than at any
other time. If the soil is too dry , then
save what little moisture Is left Re
member that moisture cannot pass up
through loose soil.
POULTRY NOTES.
The shady nooks are relished by the
hens.
Lime water is a healthy drink for
j'oung turkeys.
Let your young chicks have all the
sunlight possible.
Be sure that the ducklings have
plenty shade and water.
A portable poultry house is an ad
mirable arrangement for young tur
keys.
keys.Kaffir
Kaffir corn is an excellent ration for
poultry if fed in connection with other
leeds.
Cleanliness is an essential sanitary
condition for all animals , but particu-
arly so for birds.
Scraps from the kitchen are not
rery acceptable to turkeys. They like
ill their food fresh.
Keep the dust box supplied with
lice clean dust , and see that the grit
) ox is never empty.
It is always undesirable and unnec
essary to feed condiments to hens to
itimulate them to lay.
Do not hold cockerels for market
oo long after they reach the weight
f four or five pounds.
Oyster shell Is absolutely the best
ihell-making food for the hens. Keep
t before them constantly.
The poultry house should be con-
; tructed with a view to Its frequent ,
: asy and thorough cleaning.
It is best never to attempt to bring
urkeys up In the muck yards , or let
hem associate with old fowls.
One of the first problems which the
loultryman is called upon to solve is
he location of the poultry plant
A ten dollar rooster is generally
heaper than a two dollar one. The
; oed blood will tell the second year.
The ventilation of the poultry house
hould be provided for In such a way
hat draughts of air will not strike
he birds.
The roost and nest boxes should be
aovable , so that all parasites which
ollect upon them may be reached
nd destroyed.
The conditions required for the
maintenance of health and vigor in aleck
lock of fowls are similar to 'what are
equired for other animals.
