The new era., December 05, 1907, Image 6

About The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??

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NOTED MUSICIAL CONDUCTOR
Latest photograph of Walter J. Damrosch, conductor of the New York
Symphony society. Mr. Damrosch is 45 years old and comes from a musical
family, his father at one time having held the son’s post.
FAKE RELIC SWINDLE.
TABLETS MADE, BURIED, THEN
UNEARTHED.
Exploiters Come to Grief in Digging
Up “Noah’s Diary’’—Michigan
Copper Used as Basis of
Gigantic Fraud.
Detroit, Mich. —An alleged copy of
Noah's diary, engraved upon a cop
per tablet dug up in Michigan and of
fered for sale to a Wisconsin col
lector, has resulted in uncovering one
of the cleverest swindles of recent
years. A former secretary of state is
Implicated in the affair and with him
are a university museum curator and
other Michigan men.
Michigan copper formed the basis
of the enterprise, which consisted in
manufacturing ancient relics out of
copper, painting them green to rep
resent verdigris, dipping them In cor
rosive acid, and burying them in
mounds, after which they were dug
up by relic hunting expeditions under
the leadership of the promoters.
The affidavits of prominent citizens
that they had seen the relics dug out
of the ground were sufficient to secure
their sale to credtilous collectors, no
one dreaming that the prehistoric age
might have been only 11 months be
fore. Indian copper implements, battle
axes of lear copper, well tempered
spearheads, and other supposed rare
and anciently corroded relics that
have been treasured in Michigan and
outside museums are declared to be
bogus, with the result that all collec
tions of the sort are thrown under
more or less suspicion.
As a finishing touch to a gigantic
swindle the relic manufacturers
branched ofT from Indian relics. They
went so far a sto dig up in the pres
ence of reputable witnesses bronze
tablets inscribed with hieroglyphics
and symbols of the biblical deluge and
the tower of Babel. The fakers would
have had collectors believe that
Michigan was the seat of the original
flood, and that Noah's arte floated
somewhere among Michigan's low
hills, which were (ho real Mount
Ararat.
The diary of Noah was offered to a
wealthy man of the Badger state, who
asked the advice of a museum curator j
as to accepting it. This man had had |
considerable experience with fakes and J
OSAGE INDIANS RICHEST RACE.
Third Allotment Makes Each Tribes
man Worth $40,000.
Tulsa, I. T. —The Osage Indian
tribe has been notified by the depart
ment of the interior that cards for
the third selection of lands in the al
lotting of that tribe would be deliv
ered soon. Surveyors are in the field
checking the land and the location of
the third and final selections will be
gin December 1.
According to the tract books of 1871,
when the Osage tribe entered Indian
Territory on land purchased from the
Cherokees, their reservation consisted
of 1,470,067.78 acres. Recent surveys
or changes in the channel of the Ar
kansas river, which forms part of the
boundary of the reservation, have not
affected materially the number of
acres. Deducting 5,120 acres, includ
ed In government townsites, the In
dian reservations and railroad rights
of way, the 2,229 allottees on the final
rolls will receive 65G acres each.
At present land values in the Osage
nation, and including other interests
of members of that tribe, each Osage
will become a citizen of the state of
Oklahoma and worth $40,000. Not only
are they the richest race In the new
state, but in all the world.
After due consideration of her appli
cation, Mrs. Jane Appleby, of Tulsa,
the white widow of a famous Osage
chief, who died several years ago, has
been denied the right of allotment by
the department of the interior. She is,
however, permitted to share in the an
warned the relic patron to beware.
Whether the relic finally was sold can
not be learned.
IRISH BORN, RAISED SWEDE.
Did Not Learn Until Manhood That He
Wac the Son of Erin.
Chicago.—Believing all his life that
he was a Swede and that his name
was Olaf Olson, Herbert Sweeny did
not learn the facts until he had
reached the age of 25. He then went
to Judge Walker's court and asked
to have himself set right.
He explained that while he thought
his name was Olson he had taken a
wife a:.d given her the name of Olson.
The judge learned that behind the
tangle there was a romance of an
adopted son—an orphan taken to fill
the place of a runaway boy in the
hearts of t lie prodigal's parents—and
of a disinheritance by the foster par
ents when the real son returned.
In Red Wing. Minn., Sweeny was
adopted as an infant by a family of
Olsons.
The necessary legal papers of adop
tfon-were never obtained. When, the
true son returned, his parents gave to
him the place held in their affections
by Sweeny from the time of his in
fancy to manhood.
"if you want to change vour name,
all right,” said Judge Walker.
MAN’S HAIR TOUCHES GROUND.
Modern Samson Is a Marvel of the
Northwest.
Maple Falls, Wash. —This town
boasts a modern day Samson, in an
; eccentric old man, who, like the hero
1 of old, has never permitted his hair
to be trimmed. He wears long locks,
which hang nearly to the ground. Ho
is a powerfully built nian and stands
1 six feet five inches.
This man is John Fitzpatrick, 75
years of age, and though so old he
• | can lift a barrel of salt, weighing 270
pounds, at arm's length over his head.
One of his recent feats of strength
was at the Yakima county fair, when,
in the presence of many persons, he
picked up a granite bowlder which,
when previously weighed, tipped the
i j scales at 450 pounds. He raised tin*
j huge oblong stone in his arms, car
| ried it 40 feet, and loaded It into a
I wagon box, with no assistance.
nuity payments, which amount to a
large sum annually.
SANE, CONFINED 18 YEARS.
Finds a Lintener, Who Hears His
Story and Secures His Release.
Peoria, 111. —Repeatedly during his
18 years’ confinement at the Kankakee
insane asylum, Francis de Four has
unsuccessfully tried to interest per
sons in his case, and at last he found
a man at the institution who would
listen to his story, and as a result has
been placed in communication with his
family, who are said to be well-to-do
residents of Chicoutine.
De Four was a sailor who met with
some mishap which caused him to be
declared insane, and he was com
mitted to the Kankakee institution.
Unable to talk English, he could
give no account of his relatives. As a
pauper patient from Cook county, De
Four was given little attention, and
by the few who heard fragments of
his story it was treated as the ravings
of a lunatic. A few weeks ago he at
tracted the attention of a French-
Canadian patient and a watchman by
the name of A. M. Pelletier. The lat
ter suggested that De Four write to
the parish priest.
The letter waß written and a re
sponse came back that De Four had
been mourned as dead. The patient of
nearly a score of years will be taken
back home as soon as the formalities
can be arranged.
THE DAIRY
HANDLING MANURE.
Study the Easiest and Most Effective
Methods.
Progressive farmers find that ma
nure gives best returns when applied
to the land as quickly as possible.
There is little loss from leaching or
drying even when the ground is cov
ered with snow or frozen solid. The
practice of many farmers is to haul
manure to the fields daily. Where
this is followed a device such as
Up-to-Date Manure Shed.
shown in the cut will save time and
labor, says the Farm and Home.
A little carrier suspended from an
overhead track runs behind the cows
and to a small shed just outside the
barn under which is the manure
spreader. The carrier takes the ma
nure from the stable and dumps it
in the spreader which stands on a
cement foundation that catches and
holds the liquid. By having a water
tight gutter behind the cows and using
; plenty of straw foj; bedding all of the
liquids are saved and returned to the
land.
A shed to hold the spreader can be
put up for $50 or less. It merely con
sists of a roof supported by seven-foot .
posts to keep ofT the rain and snow.
A concrete foundation is made dishing
so that the liquids will not escape.
POOR MAN AND POOR COW.
The Poorer the Man is the Less He
Can Afford to Keep a Poor Cow.
No man who keeps cows for the
money there is in it is so rich that he
can afford to keep poor ones. The rich
fellow who goes into the dairy busi
ness for the satisfaction he can get
out of it usually keeps the best cows
that money can buy. The poor man
who must depend upon his dairy for
his living and profit too often keeps
i poor cows because the better ones
i cost more money. The rich fellow
could well afTord to keep this kind,
but it is the most foolish kind of fool
ishness for the poor man to own such
cows. He is just the man who should
own the good cows. It is Impossible,
of course, for him to buy the kind of
cows the rich fellow does, but this is
not necessary or advisable. He can
build up a herd of good cows from a
very few good milkers by using a
good dairy sire, -and by studying the
individuality of his herd. Just a little
! improvement each year will do the
| business.
8KIMMING8.
A farmer that has a well-kept dairy
of good cows is in a position to make
a certain living.
It takes capital to run any business,
but the best capital a creamery can
have is plenty of raw material.
}*o not fill the churn too full, and
see that the temperature is right, If
you expect the butter to come read
ily.
All flesh that the cow puts on when
dry becomes a deposit which will
be drawn out in an increased yield
of milk.
The Texas Farmer says: Those who
expect to lead in the dairy business
often find someone crowding them for
the same honor.
Are you taking good care of the
straw piles that the cows may have a
comfortable bed to sleep on during
the coming winter?
Dairying is a science that is being
more thoroughly studied to-day than
ever before. It has in it a great deal
more than most people dream of.
Milk will command high prices this
winter; perhaps higher than it has
been for many years. Hence while put
ting away a supply of feed don’t fall
to get plenty.
Fall Planting of Spinach.
Spinach can be produced almost
any time during the year and finds
ready sale. It should be sown in
September for the early spring crops.
Fall sown spinach is available during
the winter months. The soil should be
made very rich, using the best of
compost quite freely. The yield is
largely increased by a top-dressing of
poultry manure. Plant in drills one
foot apart, using seed very freely, 32
to 15 pounds per acre and firming it
thoroughly. Keep the weeds out and
the soil well cultivated. Thin in late
October if to be used or sold. The
main crop usually winters over with
out loss, but in exposed locations
should be lightly covered with coarse
' litter or leaves.
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The Vegetable Pit.
The vegetable pit is a good place to
1 Keep root crops over winter. Drain
• age is the main thing. No water must
1 run under or into the pit. Then cover
1 gradually—just enough to keep the
tegetables from freezing.
GOOD PASTURES.
Old World Countries Can Teach the
American Farmer Many Lessons.
May the day come when the pas- |
tures on the American farm will be '
as carefully taken care of as they are !
in some of the older dairy countries
of the world. There is no doubt that
the pasture is now one of the best
paying parts of the farm, even with
its neglect, and it can be far more
profitable if it is made to produce as
much as it should produce. What is
more beautiful than a sunny pasture
in which the grass is fine and thick
and the sod is so deep and compact
that it is difficult to dig down to the
naked soil!
The cows luxuriate in such a pas
ture. They do their own harvesting of
the crop, and this is one of the items
of profit not generally thought of.
The better pnature the more of a crop
there is for the cows to harvest. The
question of the pasturage has not yet
been deeply studied by the American
farmer. He has slurred over it, as is"*
seen by the conditions of our pastures
almost everywhere.
Recently the writer of this was
driving through some of the best
farming land of Illinois. As he came
to beautifully placed and beautifully
kept farm, the driver said to him:
‘‘The man that owns this farm always
has things in beautiful condition.
Nothing is ever lying about. The
fences are up and the trees, shrubs
and flowers are in proper trim. TbA
owner is worth $150,000, and he and
his wife have made it together.”
It was indeed a beautiful place and
the two-story farm house was in keep
ing with the rest. It showed that the
occupants had artists’ souls. But the
writer was compelled to remark to
the driver. “The one drawback is the
pasture, which is eaten down to the
ground.”
Here was an illustration of the
habit that- has taken hold of the
frmer, that of neglecting his pasture.
If it is free from stones and stumps
and is not tramped into mire in any
place it is thought to be good enough.
In the case of the man referred to,
the pasture could have been made
as perfect and beautiful as was the
rest of the farm. The chief reason
for its not being so lay in the mere
fact that his conception of what a
pasture should be was as low as that .
of most of our farmers, whether they
live in New England or in the prairies
of the west.
ROTATING CROPS.
It will Help the Soil and Vour Bank
Account.
It is desirable to so plan the farm
work as to crops that there will be a
rotation from year to year. If this
is combined with the proper use ol ,
fertilizers it will keep the farm in
good shape from year to year. Dif- i
ferent crops use different quantities ;
of plant food, and so all crops return
something to the land in the way ol
decaying roots and perhaps acids set
loose in the decaying processes. The
insects are kept down by the rota
tions and the weeds are also better
kept under control, says Farmers’ Re
view. It is hard to check the spread
of insects if the same crops are grown
on the same fields every year. There
are some insects that feed on some
crops but starve on others, and the ro
tation process helps the starvation ol
the insects. The best-kept farms are
.where the crops are rotated. Usually
the fields should each have a legumi
nous crop once every few years, this
depending on the richness of the soil
and the kind of other plants grown. I
Thus, on a soil too rich in nitrogen, '
we w'ould not suggest a leguminous
crop in the rotation till the too abun- ;
dant supply of nitrogen in the soil had
been exhausted.
RACK FOR FEEDING ROUGHAGE.
One Which Will Prevent Waste of
the Feed.
A design of a cattle rack for feeding i
roughage is furnished by one of the I
readers of The Prairie Farmer. A rea« !
The Roughage Rack
sonably clear idea is given in the ac
companying sketch.
Posts are driven in the ground to
form a center and extend about six
feet clear of the surface. Cross pieces
are nailed to these to which the slat
w'ork forming the rack is nailed. A
platform is placed around the bottom
as indicated to prevent unnecessary
waste of feed.
* The Worth of a Cow.
In estimating the worth of cows it
is estimated that a cow that will give
300 pounds of butter fat in a year is
worth SIOO, if she is not more than
five years old. This Is the average
cost of cows kept by the central west
dairymen, all of whom use the best
up-to-date methods for making the
most of the cows and knowing just
what the products are costing them.
Keep Healthy Cows.
Keep healthy cows. Promptly re
move suspected animals. In particu
lar, add no cows to the her£ unless
It is certain that they are free from
tuberculosis.
Woman's Sphere
ECONOMY IN DRESS
WELL-DEFINED PLAN IS FIRST
REQUISITE.
With This It Is Quite Possible to Be
Smartly Gowned on All Occa
sions at Comparatively
Small Expense.
The woman who wants to dress
well and modishly on a moderate al
lowance must follow a well-dellned
plan. She should first take account of
the present articles in her wardrobe,
then decide on what she will need to
enable her to look well turned out on
all occasions for the coming season.
Her first list will be apt to be far too
long and costly for her resources, but
by cutting off nonessentials and man
aging for combinations that will lit in
with her several gowns or suits, con
siderable variety of effect will be pos
sible with a very limited number of
independent toilets.
This "cutting of the coat to suit
the cloth” need not result in any ap
parent economy; on the contrary, it
often produces a distinct gain in style
and individuality, but the woman who
practices it must be able to say “no”
to her inclinations when their indul
gence clashes with her plan, and she
must understand her limitations. Her
color range should be quite limited,
and, above all, becoming and suited
to the demands of her environment.
She cannot afford to indulge In freak
fashions or in extremes of any sort,
but she should take advantage of
every bit of up-to-date modishness in
BEST FORM OF PIN CUSHION.
Mattress Design Certainly Offers the
Most Conveniences.
Of all the many different form-, in
which pin cushions are made, the ob
long mattress shape, thoroughly well
stuffed, is always one of the most suc
cessful, possibly because it can be
utilized for long hat pins as well as for
pins of a smaller size. These mat’'ess
cushions look very pretty covered
with detachable linen cases, which
can easily be removed for washing
from time to time. A mattress cushion
of this kind is shown in our sketch
covered with very pale blue linen, and
adorned with a wreath of wild roses
and foliage worked in pale shades of
pink and green; a pale green cord out
lines the cover. The same idea can be
carried out, of course, in linen of any
shade, or in silk or satin, if preferred,
embroidered either with flowers or
with initials.
NEW GLOVES AND SLEEVES.
Models of the Past Season Still Re
main in Fashion.
For novelty’s sake, it is well to have
one or two frocks or separate bodices
made with the long, close, wrinkled
sleeve, but the short bodice sleeve,
the three-quarter sleeve and all the
rest of near-elbow models are as mod
ish as they have been for a year past.
Gloves will be a question of interest
as long as the discussion over sleeves
continues. The smartest models are,
as usual, of glace or suede in pale
FROCK FOR THE BABY.
Veiling, Viyella, cashmere, silk,
lawn and many cotton materials are
suitable tor making this little frock.
The skirt is gathered to a square yoke
under a band of insertion. The yoke
is composed of strips of the material
tucked, each strip being divided by in
sertion. The foot is trimmed above
the hem with insertion and three tiny
tucks.
Materials required: One and three
fourths yard 40 Inches wide, and about
three _yards Insertion.
Braiding Must Be Black.
No matter what color your winter
frock may be the braiding must be
black, and a touch of some black, flat
fur will give it all the chic of an im
ported gown.—Vogue.
small accessories such as hats, gloves,
boots and neck fixings that her means
will permit, only remembering that a
few really nice well-selected articles
give much better results than many
things of a more ordinary sort.
Every one knows one or two people
who manage to appear as smartly
turned out ns their more opulent
friends at a fraction of the cost. Very
often, indeed, their costumes will pos
sess a certain distinctive charm that
the others are unable to purchase at
any price, and paradoxical as it may
sound, these women are not the ones
who spend the most time in contriv
ing their outfits. A well-defined plan
of dressing saves time as well as
money.
Consciously or otherwise, the
an who dresses exceptionally well at
little cost has reduced the matter to a
science. She buys only what she con
siders essentials, though these may
often take the form of very smart frip
peries. A weli-chosen veil may be ex
pensive, but enable a last season’s hat
to do further service when otherwise
new headwear would be necessary,
and her smart small belongings are
what enable her to make her few
gowns fit in well for any of the many
occasions where they must serve.
There is no haphazard in her well
considered scheme, and she patronizes
bargain counters only when their
wares will fill a definite want in her
wardrobe.
Probably experience has impressed
her, as it has failed to do in the case
of less clever w’omen, with the folly
of purchasing anything simply be
cause it is cheap. She knows that
this form of buying is both extrava
gant and annoying if Indulged in
without sufficient consideration.
grays and fawns and in cream and
white. It is strange that, despite the
purple craze, comparatively little is
shown in this tint in fashionable arm
wear. Where one is faithful to the
one-color scheme to the minutest de
tail, of course, the gloves follow the
color scheme of the gown, and the ef
fect is very pretty.
Among the serviceable gloves for
street and walking use are wash leath
er mousquetaires, with pinked edges.
Far more long than short gloves are
shown this season, and some in coffee
brown and copper are worthy of men
tion on account of their dainty colm
ing. These are after the mousquetaire
models, with elastics or wrist strapi
in lieu of buttons.
The vogue of the short skirt has a
great deal to do with the strong de
mand for attractive footwear this sea
son.
Though the shoes and hosiery
shown for the long skirt are perhaps
more elaborate than they have been
for seasons, yet the woman in the
short skirt is more particular about
having her footwear faultless.
A surprising number of smartly
gowned women are displaying high
French heels and sheer silken hose,
with gowns of ankle length, while oth
ers prefer the Cuban heel and hose
a trifle more substantial.
Low shoes will be worn as long as
the weather permits, and. from one
extreme to the other, the high boot
will take its place.
Suede boots having 15 buttons are
shown and are one of the sensational
innovations for winter.
Judging from the display in the
tom shoemakers’ windows the ”
treinely high shoe will be the fancltiu
style during the winter season.
Simple Corset Cover.
In these days or the lace, net and
lingerie waist one’s corset covei-9
must be pretty and well fitted. The
slipover corset cover is one which
suits many figures and it is easy to
make.
The front is made without any tucks
and the fullness is obtained when th‘
corset cover is tied in front and at
the waist. The neck and sleeves are
finished with beading and lace. Tho
back of the corset cover reaches just
to the waist and is fastened in a belt
mado of strong embroidery beading
through which ribbon an inch wide is
run.
The front of the corset cover
reaches a little below the waist lino
and is hold in place by the ribbon,
which is tied around the belt. This
corset cover is made in two pieces,
front and back. As one can tell by its
name, It slips over the head and has
■no opening either front or back.
Old Gowns.
If you are going to freshen up an
old gown, or, for that matter, an “old
room,” don’t use trimmings or mate
rials that look new. The beauty ol
real rugs, tapestry, and hangings, and
fine brocade is that they never look
new and they never look old. Al
ways match in color the oldest part
of a gown that needs freshening »U>
or a room that needs going over, *i n, t
you need never fear the sunlight or
the eyea of the critic.