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Recognized Chum in Robber Who Held Him Up
Why, Is that, you, Bill?"
Hello, Chuck, that youî" he an
^ghwayman's P ,Rto1 stack Into his face and his own
V hands above his head, Charles Gardner said:
« was the robber's turn to look closely.
«wered. He turned to his companions.
"Stuff's off, fellows," he an
nounced. ''Let this bunch go." Gard
ner and his four companions were al
lowed to proceed with their automo
bile.
As the result of the midnight
recognition between bandit and victim,
William McCarthy, aged eighteen, and
George Marsh, aged seventeen, are in
the city jail and are said to have con
fessed to three robberies of which
they are accused. Gardner and Mc
Carthy are college mates at Creighton university. Marsh is also a student
Driving a roadster, McCarthy and Marsh went to Blair at midnight and
held up the proprietor of a confectionery store. They got $36.
w Leaving Blair, according to McCarthy's statement, they ranged alongside
« "flivver" driven by John Kruse, a farmer living near Florence. With
Kruse was his brother, Fred. Kruse attempted to escape when he saw one
of the robbers leaning from the roadster with a révolter In view, but well
directed shots punotured the rear tires of the Kruse machine. The farmers
were forced to give up $4 and a watch.
The next event and the fatal one of the three robberies was when the
youthful bandits sighted the car in which Gardner and his. friends were
elding. They were bound on an early morning duck-shooting trip.
Not noticing the five shotguns plied In the car, McCarthy, waving his
revolver, ordered the huntsmen to stop. He lined the five alongside the road
•ud was about to search the party when Gnrdner recognized him and 6aid
•o. The hunters were allowed to leave unsearched. The arrests followed.
Not a Desperado; Man Was Merely Absent Minded
C HICAGO.—A restless individual paced back and forth near Madison and
LaSalle streets near midnight. His actions attracted the attention of a
woman on an opposite corner. His apparent nervousness, coupled with the
mysterious handbag, brought to her
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mind the recent bomb explosion at the
federal building. The woman decided
to await developments.
Presently a north-bound car rum
bled toward the crossing. Dropping
his satchel, the mysterious stranger
sprinted toward it, jumped aboard and
was gone before the amateur detective
could think twice. His desertion of
the suspicious satchel convinced the
onlooker that a foul plot was afoot
She called for help. A Pinkerton watch
In hurried w r ords the woman told all she had
nan was first on the scene.
•cen, pointing shakily to the innocent-looking handbag resting on the curbing.
The watchman was cautious. Were the bomb fiends scattering explosives mis
cellaneously about the streets of Chicago? He must be careful. He decided
to await the arrival of the city police.
In due course of time the proper authority appeared in the person of
Sergt. Fred Berger, policeman on special duty In the loop. •
Berger proved a courageous policeman. Taking his life in one hand anc
the satchel in the other, as it were, he carried the treacherous burden to the
Birst precinct station.
Nervously the cops gathered around as the bag was opened, to reveal:
One kodak, value about $25.
One set of fishing tackle. .
One bullhead, recently deceased.
If the absent-minded party who lost this treasure will appear at the eta
tion he probably will be able to*reeover his property.
How They Welcome Wounded Yanks in New York
N EW YORK.—A sturdy hero of the Soissons drive, who doubtless has a long
and useful life before him, held between his thumb and the one finge»
■till remaining on his right hand a cigarette that he smoked enjoyingly. Hi»
face was gnarled and twisted from
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shrapnel wounds. His left arm and
his left eye were shot away. The Huns
bad at least left him a pair of stalwart
legs. That man is happy. The un
mntllated side of Ms young face
glowed with inward radiance.
Out on the edge of the grounds,
where the goldenrod and the asters
and the bittersweet make a gay au
tumn tangle, a blue-eyed veteran of
Cantigny was seeking solitude in which
to try out two artificial legs attached
below the ki^ees. He progressed between a pair of crutches, but there was
hope in those blue eyes and courage in his soul, the deathless memory of hi#
deeds In France, to sustain through life his halting gait. The morale of tfc<
wounded youth is magnificent. There is no whimpering, no whining.
Many of the wounded men luflï crossed from Brest to New York in th«
great Leviathan, fellow passengers of Mr. Klncheloe and his congressional
party. They joyfully stampeded the speaker on crutches and in dressing
gowns to swap experiences and to display personal trophies of the war, anc
everybody Joined in singing lustily "Good Morning, Mr. Zipp, Zipp," "Ovei
There" and all the rest of the Jolly choruses.
* And such pampered pets as these dear invalids are ! A stream of private
motor cars Is constantly before the door, usually with a gentle chauffeuretta
at the wheel, to take fhe convalescents driving. Women file to the hospitals
la droves ladened with homeinade goodies for the men and other offerings.
A Woman, a Flower, and a Fib That Was Pure White
K ANSAS CITY.—She was Orge and heavy, with clumsy, work-stiffened
fingers and a face net-worked with care. For long minutes she had been
atanding In front of a florist's window, with yearning eyes on the banked
ferns and delicately tinted flowers.
At last she sighed and half turned
away, hopeless longing In her eyes;
but rebellion smoldered there, too, and
as she cast a backward glance at the
beauty she loved and was denied, re
bellion hardened to determination. Sh«
fumbled in her pane and drew out a
quarter, swung around and entered th«
shop.
"How much are them posies?" she
asked huskily, pointing to some faint
ly pink blossoms on the window ledge
•Those are fifty cents." The woman studied them a long time "They're
pretty" she murmured resignedly.
The girl looked at her keenly. Perhapb It Is because she loves people at
as flowers that she keeps fresh and sweet through lonf, hot toy*.
'«Yea, they are beautiful ; but my favorites are not th<pp blue flowers,"
mid brightly, pretending to have misunderstood to which flowers tbs
nan referred. "I like these pink ones, at twenty cents, best"
"Why, them's the ones I wanted," the woman exclaimed, and in spite of
-l f her voice trembled. "HI take one of them at twenty cents."
The girl smiled as she wrapped the plant and watched her radiant eus
r go down the crowded street, the flower held close as something in
Itely precious; and she was still smiling when she dropped thirty cent#
he' own pocket into the cash register.
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IS TWO STABLES IN ONE
Barn of This Type Must Be Used Be
fore Its Many Conveniences and
Economies Can Be Thor
oughly Appreciated.
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OP
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, 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. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie
avenue, Chicago, 111., and only enclose
three-cent stamp for reply.
Better farm methods require better
buildings, not necessarily expensive
ones, but buildings that are well
planned and properly adapted to the
work for which they are Intended. A
farm building should be first a prop
erty saver, second a labor saver. Farm
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may be considered in a sense
as a necessary expense, but on the
other hand they should be considered
in the light of an investment.
A farm barn Is the fanner's factory.
It is a building in which he converts
raw materials into manufactured
products. In a dairy stable he takes
cheap feeds and manufactures them
Into expensive cream and butter. In
feeding stables and hogpens he manu
factures high-priced breeding stock,
as well as good beef, mutton and pork
out of cheap grain and cheaper rough
age.
It makes a great difference In the
profits whether this barn factory Is so
constructed that the animals may be
comfortable enough to make the bgst
possible use of the feeds given them.'
Profits are also seriously affected by
the labor problem. Barns and stables
may be so arranged as to conserve la
bor or to waste labor.
In selecting a plan the fanner him
self must be the Judge of what he
needs. The kind of farm building best
adapted to one part of the country Is
not suitable for another. Two farms
adjoining need different buildings, be
cause the kind of farming differs
with individuals. One farnlfer makes
a great mistake by blindly copying
what another farmer uses to advan
tage. Every building requires care
ful study to fit it into environments
of the farm and the peculiarities of
the man.
In building, by all means secure the
services of the best mechanics within
reach. Their wages are a little higher,
but they seldom spoil material, and
the job Is almost always more satis
factory In the end.
Judgment Is necessary In buying ma
terials; generally speaking, the best
Is the cheapest, but It often happens
that a good second grade answers the
purpose just as well, while effecting
considerable swing In cash.
Farmers may save a great deal by
getting ready weeks, or months be
fore building. Putting up even a
small building runs Into a great deal
of work. Often the time required
Is more than twice as much as the
estimates. By having everything on
the ground confusion is avoided, as
well as the annecessary expense of
getting things together in a great
hurry, often at an inconvenient sea
son.
This cow barn is 34 feet wide by 80
feet long and will accommodate 28
cows. There Is also space for several
horses.
The manure gutters and floer for
cleaning Is in the center, so thist in
this stable the cows face outward.
This arrangement makes It easier to
remove the manuse and the ploa Is
liked by some dairymen.
The balloon roof construction makes
It possible to store a great deal of^.
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feed overhead. It leases a clear spacij
for the horse fork, which works freely
from «ne end of the building to the
other. Roofs like this are compara
tively new. The first ones built wer«
not strong enough to stand heavy
winds, and some of them blew down,
but there has been no such trouble re
cently. If properly braced each ski«
forms a truss and the two trusses meet
together at the peak.
There aqe hay chutes at the sides
for putting down hay and bedding and
there is a stairway for convenience
fta getting up and down.
To help out at feeding time there
should be a silage carrier to run from
the silo down the different alleys to
distribute the feed. If a farmer wants
to know the number of miles traveled
about the stable It Is only necessary to
figure the number of trips and steps
taken ench feeding time, then multiply
this by the number of feeds during the
winter. If every dairyman would do
this the location of some silos would
be changed. The amount of travel
will surprise those who have never
thought about it. This is one rea
son for placing the silo at the side,
The manure alley In the center is
wide enough so It Is not necessary to
have a pile of manure outside of the
stable. Manure is worth a great deal
more when it is drawn Immediately
from the stable to the field. This barn
looks well and It Is a good practical
barn. A bnrn of this type must ba
nsed before its many conveniences and
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economies can be thoroughly appreci
ated. In effect. It Is two stables In
one. The horse barn, as should be
the rule, is shut off from the dairy sta
ble by tight partitions and solid doors.
Room is provided in the tremendoue
mow for the storage of sufficient for
age to last through an ordinary win
ter season. Any surplus hay product^
however, may be stored to excellent
advantage In a hay shed. The plan
for this barn may be modified, if de
sired, by creating more space for
horses, or by eliminating the horss
barn feature entirely and making a
dairy barn of the entire structure.
BELIEVED BY MANY BRITISH
Legend Conneet* People of the "Tight
Little Island" With the Loet
Tribes of Israel.
There Is a small group In Englant
who believe the British are the lost
ten tribes. Victoria Is said to have
been Interested In the Idea that the
reason for her being crowned In a
chair under which lay the Stone ol
Destiny may have stretched directly
back to the Son of Isaac. The legend
Is that before the Scottish kings were
crowned on thlB stone It was In Ire
land, whither It was taken in the fifth
century before Christ. This was the
stone used by Jacob as a pillow.
Norman llapgood, in Leslie's Week
ly, has the fol-'owing to say regarding
the subject:
"The theory that the British are the
lost ten tribes has two coinciding lines,
One brings to Britain the tribes never
restored after the Captivity. It is th#
earlier captivity that Is ta! on to affect
the British population as :>» whole. The
ancestors in this case won'd be Israel
the northern branch of the Jews. The
other line of the legend deals with a
later period when the southern brasch
of the Jew's were scattered. There
being no male descendants, the erqpvn
w'ent through the daughters. Ultimate
ly these turned up in Ireland, and Vic
toria was descended from them
through the Irish kings. At one time
a member of the house of lords and a
colonial bishop of the Church of Eng
land. were Included among the be
lievers,
'The principle of these legends la
the same that causes most legends
to find the nucleus of any given na
tion In some wanderer from Troy
Before history became in any way
exact, these attributions, both re
ligious and heroic, flourished every
where. 1 '
An Undefined Expression.
Ts your place within walking dis
tance of the cars?"
T dunno," answered Fanner Corn
tossel. "How far kin you walk?"
SOME ADVANTAGES OF DAIRY
Sale of Products Furnishes Steady In
come Throughout Year—No Fluc
tuation of Market.
iPrepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture )
1. The sale of dairy products fur
plshes a steady income throughout the
year. The farmer who depends upon
crop sales for his income usually
makes the hulk of his sales during one
or two months of the year, while dur
ing the rest of the year he has no cash
income. Such a system requires long
credits in the community.
2. The market for dairy product*
fluctuates very little year by year as
compared with other farm products.
3. Through the return of manure to
the land the fertility and physical con
dition of the soil may be maintained at
a high level and crops increased. Even
after many years a properly maintain
ed dairy farm has constantly Increas
ing crop yields instead of decreasing
ones.
4. In dairying, labor may be utilized
at a more uniform rate throughout the
mm
A Good Dairy Herd Gives the Farm
Many Advantages.
year than in nearly any other farm
business. The grain grower, for exam
ple, may have to employ much addi
tional labor at harvest time, but 60 far
as the dairy is concerned the dairy
man has about the same duties to per
form every month of the year. Thus,
less help fs required seasonally and
permanent employees may be kept.
5. Through the dairy cow many un
salable roughages may be transformed
into products from which cash may be
realized. Grass hay, corn fodder and
other roughage which may not have
a ready sale are economically utilized
by the dairy cow. Land which is not
suitable for cultivation can be utilized
for pasturage for dairy cows.
FALL FEED FOR DAIRY COWS
If Not Well Fed at This Time Animals
Will Go Into Winter Season
Thin In Flesh.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The wise dairyman wfll feed liber
ally during the fall months. Cows
which are not well fed at this time
will go into the winter thin in flesh and
with reduced milk flow. It will be ex
pensive and largely in vain to attempt
to bring them back to normal flow af
ter they go on winter rations.
It will pay to begin feeding silage
and hay early. The extra feed given
at this time will not only bring good,
immediate returns, but affect the milk
flow for the whole year by putting the
cow in good condition to go through
the winter months. Cows which go
Into the winter In good vitality and
with undiminished milk flow are the
ones which will make most economical
ase of the high-priced feeds given them
during that period. Keep up the milk
flow during the fall months by proper
feeding It will pay.
Cold, uncomfortable cows will not
make economical use of feed. Their
highly developed nervous systems are
very susceptible to sudden changes In
temperature. This should be borne in
mind in the fall when the first cold
rains and cold winds come. Protection
from these will prevent the reduction
In milk flow which they always cause.
Do not waste feed by letting your
cows stand ont. In cold winds and rain.
IMPORTANCE OF DAIRY BULL
Good Animals Should Be Utilized te
Fullest Advantage to Increase
t Milk Production.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
On account of the present emergency
It is particularly important that good
dairy bulls should be utilized to the
fullest advantage, for more can be
accomplished in increasing milk pro
duction and making it more economical
In this way than in any other.
Cleanliness Is Essential.
The first essential for keeping milk
sweet any length of üme is cleanli
«es»
Tells How Lydia E.Pinkham s
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.
Philadelphia, Pa.—"I was very weak,
always tired, my back ached, and I felt
sickly most of th*
time. I went to a
doctor and he said
I had nervous indi
S estion, which ad
ed to my weak
condition kept ma
worrying most of
the time — and ha
said if I could not
atop that, I could
not get well. I
heard so muchabout
Lydia E. Pinkham'*
.Vegetable Com«
pound my husband wanted me to try it.
I took it fora week and felt a little bet
ter. I kept it up for three months, and
I feel fine and can eat anything novr
without distress or nervousness. ''—Mrs.
J. Worthline, 2842 North Taylor St»
Philadelphia Pa.
The majority of mothers nowaday*
overdo, there are so many demand*
upon their time and strength; the result
is invariably a weakened, rur.-down,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression — and
soon more serious ailments develop.
It is at such periods in life that Lydia E.
Pinkham'■ «V egetable Compound will
restore a normal healthy condition, a*
It did to Mrs. Worthline.
Clansmen.
A Slovak butcher, working at
some German headquarters in the St.
Mlhiel salient and blissfully uncon
scious of Impending doom, had breezed
Into Thiaucourt, where there was thô
equivalent of a depot quartermaster,
to buy him some supplies, when he
found himself gazing on three Yankee
sharpshooters.
"I* was mighty scared at first," he
said, "but they had no sooner spoken
than I found they were Slovaks, too.
You must have all nationalities in your
army. Well, they gave me an orange,
they gave me a piece of chocolate, they
gave me a cigarette, and here I am."
—Paris Stars and Stripes.
A CHILD GETS SICK
CROSS, FEVERISH
IF CONSTIPATED
LOOK AT TONGUE! THEN GIVE
FRUIT LAXATIVE FOR STOM
ACH, LIVER, BOWEL8.
"CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIG8*
CANT HARM CHILDREN AND
THEY LOVE IT.
/
Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue Is
coated ; this is a sure sign the little
stomach, liver and bowels need a
cleansing at once.
When listless, pale, feverish, full of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat, sleep or act naturally, has stom
ach-ache, diarrhoea, remember, a gen
tle liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals "California Syrup of
Figs" for children's Ills; give a tea
spoonful, and in a few hours all the
foul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which is clogged In the bowels
passes out of the system, and yoa
have a well and playful child again.
All children love this harmless, deli
cious "fruit laxative," and it never
falls to effect a good "Inside" cleans
ing. Directions for babies, children
of all ages and grown-ups are plainly
on the bottle.
Keep It handy in your home. A little
given today saves a sick child tomor
row, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for a bottle of "California
Syrup of Figs," then see that it is
made by the "California Fig Syrup,
Company."—Adv.
There are times when the loveliest
spot on earth looks suspiciously Ilk*
an ace.
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