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Show bEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER. I DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH SUGGESTIONS REGARDING HOG CHOLERA pro ACTIVE The duchess of Marlborough in ;in interview in London thi- - other day on the aims of the Women's Municipal party, of which she is the president, said: "That women have for so long held aloof from the active exercise of the vote' in local government is due to the; fact that they do not realize the valua Now the St. Mary-- ; j political unity jbone Women's Iocal Government) association has been the means o( showing us what vigor women can bring Into the political life of London. "For a start at their next meeting on March 27 a basis will be tfrawn up ou which our work will ne foundeu. From the women who sign we shall i pick the cleanest and most ready spirits as the women's party candidates for the next borough council ami London county council elections, They will be pledged to a program of They progressive social legislation. will not seek votes on the catch words, of either of the men's municipal parties, but will let the voters Bee plainly "hit they stand for. "We want to form a party at municipal elections which will have th II me political effect as the entry of a lcbor party candidate at parliamentary c Sections. We aim at supplying the need of a central electoral machine whica In conjunction with other local government associations will produce a party of women so strong that it can approach party agents before a vacancy h declared and insist that a suitable woman candidate shall run on party lines." 1 MRS. SHAFROTH A STUDENT ' If I could, I should like to go to college always," said Mrs. John V. Hhafroth, wife of the senator from Colorado, In Washington the other day "This reminds me of a story once heard about a man who was left u legacy with an Income to be paid Bl long as he should continue to remain In college. The story went ou to say that at the age of eighty the man was si ill In college. Xow, I have no such tive as that, but love 1 .Conducted by the National Chrlstiau Temperance ulterior mo teachers and DUKE'S RARE VOLUMES? BITS OF INTERESTING NEVS FROM THE GREAT GERMAN EMPIRE. WHAT'S DOING CHIEF FACTOR IN NATIONAL DE, GENERACY. A wave of degeneracy Is sweepng the land, and its development threatens the physical vitality of the nation. Within a period of 50 years the popu-- ! lation of the United States increased 330 per cent., while the number of in-- . sane and feeble-minde- d Increased 950 per cent. What is the cause of this degeneracy? A hundred different intermediate agencies may contribute to the undoing of the race, Dut back of them all stands alcohol as the chief degenerative factor. Statistics compiled by the leading Insurance companies, and Excellent Specimen of Healthy Hcg. presented by Sir T. P. Whitaker in a report to the British parliament, show (Prepared by the United States Depart Top of base, eight Inches from floor. that out of every 1,000 deaths among ment of Agriculture.) Corner brace plates, ten inches on the population at large, 440 are due to Keep posted concerning the condi- square edge. alcohol. This would mean a mortality tion and health of hogB on your neighEnd brace plate, ten inches wide, from alcohol In the United States oi bors,' farms, advises the department nine inches high. 680,000 a year. of agriculture. Sick hogs on neighborThe great burden of drink is not Casters, six inches in diameter, ing farms are a positive menace, for inch face, extra strong caster socket. borne by the drinker, but by the drinkers' children. In our studies among the germs of hog cholera are easily Rase frame two inches by school children in New York city we carried on the feet of men or animals. iron. angle find that 62 per cent, are the children Look over your herd regularly in or- Great Caused Chinch the by Damage of drinking parents, and that 91 per der that any sick hogs may be promptBug. cent, of these children of drinking ly discovered. The department of agriculture states If any hogs In the herd are found to that chinch bugs in 60 years have parents suffer from some functional or organic disease. If this percentage be "off feed" or appear in anywise probably caused a loss of 1350.000,000 B.lk, separate them immediately from to the American farmers. The bugs holds good over the entire country the remainder of the herd, and keep are more effectively destroyed during there are 13,000,000 children of a them and the main herd under close the winter months than later when, school age that are afflicted with funcobservation daily. If there Is a ten- they have left their winter quarters. tional and organic diseases, and less dency for the disease to spread in the The burning of dry grass, leaves and than two and a half millions of these herd the trouble, is probably hog chol- rubbish along the margin of woods and are free from hereditary alcohol taint. A nation half diseased and half well era. This diagnosis may be confirmed fields is the best method of destroying cannot live, but here we ehow three-fifth- s by killing one of the sick animals and the pest during winter weather. of the rising generation mentally examining tho organs in the manner Tho chinch bug is distributed genand physically diseased.- Dr. L. Alexdescribed in Farmers' Bulletin 379 of United States ander MacNicholl. erally throughout the the department. except in the extreme West, and has When the first symptoms of sick- caused particular damage to the staple STRIKES FROM THE SHOULDER. ness are observed an immediate grains throughout the Middle west. (From an Address of MORRIS SHEP-PARof corrects sometimes feed change The greatest losses from the insect Before the Texas Legislature the trouble. This is particularly true have been in Ohio. Indiana, Kentucky, After His Election as United States of swill fed hogs. If there is any 'North Carolina, Missouri, Iowa, WisSenator.) The liquor traffic is a peril to sotendency for the disease to spread in consin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, the herd do not temporize, but imme- Oklahoma and Texas. The bug when ciety because it undermines the diately treat the herd with serum from full grown is about of an inch health, the strength, and the integrity the state college or state live stock in length, it is black with numerous of man. It Is a source of danger to sanitary board. Prompt administra- hairs. Pasturing sometimes aids in posterity because the alcoholic taint tion of the serum is essential to suc- the destruction of the bug. This is foredooms the unborn millions to decess. generacy and to disease. I shall opPVticularly effective to the northRemember that hog cholera kills ward in the Middle west, when the pose this scourge until my arm can millions of hogs where other diseases grass is green and matted or occurs strike no longer and my tongue can kill thousands. Dismiss from your along hedge rows and rail fences so speak no more. I shall oppose it bemind all thought of such diseases as that it cannot be burned. Leaving the cause I hear the cries of children who "lung plague," "infectious pneumonia," .groutid bare of vegetation permits tho are hungering for bread. I shall op"pig typhoid," for these are generally lAig3 to be exposed to the winter pose it because I see a mother's merely fanciful designations given to weather, which kills them. It is often wasted face, her pale Hps pleading with the besotted figure at her side. hog cholera by uninformed men. possible to clear out hedge rows and I shall oppose it because I see the An Rack. to refuse Poultry Cooling along rail fences, piling the It is essential that the animal heat one side where it can be burned later. staggering forms of men whose trembe removed from poultry as soon as It is most advisable to get rid of the bling hands hold but the ashes of their strength and pride. I shall oppossible after killing. The bugs before they enter the young pose it because It mocks all manhood and makes of woman's virtue & commodity of the slums. I shall oppose u, it because I see Its battle line outi . z-stretched across the globe, threatening the pure, the true, the good. I shall oppose It because Its abolition will mean a new stability for the republic, a new radiance for the flag. h ri Hi 9- TROUBLE-MAKE- According to a London cablegram Henry Kd wards Huntington, an American millionaire, has purchased the great library of the duke of Devonshire. The library contains many rare volumes, and it is said the purchase price exceeds $1,000,000. The Chatsworth library, consisting of the Claxtons and Keinble collection of plays, a: part of the collection. Tho British museum was anxious to obtain the rare editions, but was obliged to retire from the contest ow lag to the lack of fund, according to the report. Included in the purchase, are 23 a score of Shakespeare ClaXtOU, lowe, Green, and othsr Ellzabethians. quartos, plays by Hen .lonson, Mar-Thcollection wai acid by Kemble to . the sixth duke of Devonshire for It Is said that in order to avoid adverse public opinion the books wera shipped out of the country secretly Mr. Huntington wa born In OneIff in the hardware trade business N Y. February 17, is.'-"and began ont, m b nativ town, till fortune, however, was made in the .isiad construe-- t on business. His lirst venture in this line whs made in 1SS0 e $10,-000- - HOME Re.-lir- . Hatis Berliner, the German aeronaut, has been imprisoned at Kirgis-chanskRussia, since February 10, on suspicion of espionage. Berliner and two companions lauded at Kirgis-chansin the Ural mountains, after a voyage of 47 hours from Bitterfleld, Germany, setting a new distance record of 1,863 miles for spherical balloons. The Germans were immediate- ly arrested and in spite of official ir tercession have been detained there ever since by the Russian police. Berliner is anxious to enter the race for International the Gordon Bennett aeronautical trophy to be held in the i'nited States in October He fears, how ever, that he may not be released in time to make his entry for the elimination contests for the selection of German representatives. , The systematical effort, to spread German propaganda throughout South America was extended when it was announced that a party of German agricultural experts would leave for that continent in the autumn on a "study trip." The travelers are members of the German agricultural society and will be under the leadership of Prof. Alexander Backhaus of the University of Goettingen, who formerly was director of the agricultural high school at Montevideo. The party will pay particular attention to conditions in Argentina, but also will visit Chile, The Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. scheme is a sequel to the voyage of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, now on the way to South America. The arrest of the Russian naval commander Poliakoff during the carnival In Koln several weeks ago, which the German press assumed was due to a police blunder, now appears of more serious import thaji at. first thought. According to the Kolnische Zeitung, the testimony of three reputable witnesses before the examining judge, confirmatory of the charge of attempted theft against Commander Poliakoff. was so strong that the judge could not do otherwise than hold him for trial. Commander Poliakoff protested his innocence, but was unable to controvert the testimony. of Kaiser Wllhelm laid the last stone the new royal library in the im- posing dedication ceremonies to which the court and the leading educators had been invited. The kaiser made the principal address and was followed by the secretary of education and Prof. Adolph Harnack the royal librarian. The library, which stands in llnter den Linden adjoining the University of Berlin, haB been in course of construction eleven years us that and has cost $3,750,001). A, Pittsburgh paper tells "one person out of every 95 in Pennsylvania was behind prison bars in 1911. Out of 707 prisoners receiving penitentiary sentence 80 per cent, were drinkers. Out of 10,607 prison era sen m iced to serve time In jails and workhouses over 85 per cent, were drinkers. Out of 3,670 persons sentenced to the Allegheny workhouse In 1912, 92 per cent, were drinkers. Father Penn's children who are dependent wholly or in part for support upon the taxpayers outnumber the combined armies of Meade and Lee at Gettysburg In 1863. The vast ma jorlty of them are the victims of John Isarleycorn. One person out of every 45 in Father Penn's dominion is either as a lunatic, pauper or criminal." The drink traffic produces criminals, paupers, dependents and undesirables generally. The state pays the bills. The twentieth century taxpayer Is waking up to the situation. He and she Is moving to "put the liquor business out of the government and the government out of the liquor 0 IN OLD Summiry of the Most Important Hap-pein the Land of the Kaiser T'.nely Items for the German ; one-fift- THE FATHERLAND Woman's - all that pertains to study. 1 should count It the greatest Joy if I had time to take a college course every year," All of which brings one abruptly to a consideration of the question whi our western women have such active and alert mentalities. Is it because the climate of the West is Intensely invigorative, and therefore stimulative of mind as well as body, or It Is that the Inheritance of a pioneer tenacity from thejj mothers and grand mothers has Induced a desire not to be denied once it 0x68 itself upon a certain aim? In any case, the fact remains that western women have a mental Intent-nes- s and vivacity not exceeded by that of the women of any other part of the country. Mrs. Shafroth Is a shining example In this respect of western woman-kind- . She is Intellectual as well as clever. She is acquainted with her country's progress from the political as well as the artistic standpoint, and her viewpoint Is comprehensive because she is a student. She was graduated from Howard college, Missouri, her home state. Rut her student days by no means came to an end when she left college. Rather, then commenced a period of more thoughtful study than she had undertaken before. BUYS (ffillN (fn The activities of the Germans In thei Balkans and in Turkey are what Is really behind the taik of war between; Russia and this nation. While the danger is not acute, it is feared there will be a serious crisis before another five years goes by. The military classes In Russia and Germany believe firmly that war is only a matter of a; few months, while the Socialist and allied classes declare they will prevent such a disastrous conflict from ever occurring. German astronomers are already taking a lively Interest in a total eclipse of the sun that occurs August 21. The city of Hamburg Is fitting out an expedition at its own expense and Prussia will give assistance to an expedition headed by Professor Mlethe of the Technological institute in A number of German astronomers will attach themselves to American expeditions. Char-lottenbur- conference of the shipping companies broke up without reaching any settlement. The representatives of the British and continental steamship companies decided to adjourn until May 1, when they will meet again "n Koln. Berlin. The transatlantic AMERICAN IN GIRL Another Anerirnn woman of distinguished family. Mine Crouitch, will soon do her share In carrying American civilization n tin- - Balkans, when she goes to Belgrade, where her bus haiid hai oecn secretary of foreign affairs She is now in America She is well known in on a (lying visit exclusive Koclety eircles of New York. Clin ago Washington ind other larg' cities ONE EXCEPTION. HI3H POSITION A0r Syv who was fonncrh Mm'- - GrouUch. Miss Cordon of VI gmia, met her hu band at Athens when both were stn Aflr-- r dents there they had marrie,! he rose to be Setvian minister Itl England, and with him she played part In th high social it cles of the British metropolis am' i Pari She did notable Wpfl for the wounded of her adopted country dur Ing the Balkan war. and made a tour of America in the Interests of the Lnter she went to wounded soldiers Belgrade to work in the hospital. K.ng I'eter and the two yonn; prince? are delighted that she is to live in their cnpital. The two oung men, brought a social Oip without a mother, owe much to Mine, GrouUch, who acted a mentor during their several years in England Angle-Iro- Poultry-Coolin- Chicken Rack Each Rack of This Size Holds Rabbits or Ducks, or 48 Turkeyi. 180 wheat In the early spring. Once they have reached the wheat they are not Most of them accessible. tates cooling and permits rapid and accurate grading, according to the de- send the winter In the thick bunches The dimen of clump forming grasses in waste partment of agriculture. sion of a practical and durable iron places, pastures and meadows, alon ; tiinhides and railroad rigtus of way. poultry rack are: Height over all, 68 inches Width, over all, 38 inches. Spraying Fruit Trees. t Is not necessary to apph nrsen- Width of base. M inches of lend, parts green or othr bp Length of base, til inches. ical poison to fruit trees, except Width of tup of frame. U inches. WMa the trees are in leaf. These Height of top of frame, 'is Inches. Knd supports, four inches apart at materials are polfons, used to destrov in ects which ent the foliage and fruit. base. Bond In end supports, 19 Inches from "1 aiise of this, this" poisons do no floor. e leaves are otT COf d at times when First cross bar, 19 Inches from thf- trees portable rack for cooling and grading of poultry, rabbits, game, etc., facili- t'-- - floor. Croat bars, eight inches apart Two bottom cross bars, nine Inches apari. Knd cross brace, 26 inches long, 57 inches from floor. Center brace rods, 76 Inches '.On J. Economical Cow. k cheap cow Is not alwavs the mot The value of a dairv cow ecci nomlcal mid be based upon her rapacity to prJid iter, nnd not upon the appcai'diMM Uf the animal Itself, Legitimate industries favorably affect each other. The liquor traffic unfavorably affects them all. The more It flourishes, the more they must decline. Its profits are taken from the merchant, and th manufacturers behind hint; from the butcher, and the cattle raisers behind him; from the fanner, the miller, the baker, the builder, the shoemaker, the printer, the teacher, and the preacher, Kvery honest producer suffers from it. Tho country suffers from it. More than low tariff, or high tariff, or no tariff aC all. It depreciates American Industry. A. A. Hopkins, Pk D. An unidentified three-masteschooner was sunk and Its crew drowned !hrrugh a collision in the North sea vith the North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse. Kaiser Wilhelm will pee the kaiser of Austria and the king of Italy In It is probable that the a few days (giture plans of the triple alliance will be fully con. idered ALCOHOL AS ASHES the production of alcoholic drinks the raw material Is destroyed. Alcohol Is not the outcome of a develop tnent or adaptation of food properties; it is the creature of destruction, ob- ainable only by h( dSCtTUCtlOO of the natural prcpert.s of the subjMit A log of wood may be developed, or adapted so as to produce a table or a rase for an oigan or piano Put the log into the fire and all that will be left of it is ashen. So like, wise alcohol Is the ashes of the fruit, barley or corn. In tl the development of athletic Is traced In large measure the great reduction In beer ; Thousands of young men In and out of the army who are traiulng for the Olympic games to he held in Berlin In 1911 with the hope if eclipjlng AmsrtaU prestige In these classic conjes's have found that flret demand of ihir physical Is beer drinking, and ithleic enthusiasm Is such that the :nstp:cti n? ,ve ftilowed. Many have r drinking altogether. Dp Ii Iportl t'-- In (lei-man- |