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Bd he could utter real wicked to properly fit the case, 1 poped around with despondent [“( his spirit all dead to pride, ‘hfn were his dreams of the harvest log) ; rolling in as a golden tide. ] tree toads started prophetic s, and the peafowl uttered its th‘; s, 't goosebone told him its silent 1o 8 }, and the clouds buncked up in dioidl skies, T rains came down in a soaking Hi 4 d and his fields turned green red b delight, Fan . you would think that he owns ran earth, with every blamed ey et in sight!—Denver Post. ‘(‘f;‘l IChanged to Crank Churns, ol fare a large number of butter is ¢ who will use only the old-fash i ash churn, believing that it day; e best results, quality adand ing | of butter considered. The Was - 145 | ~ <= Ms ——l 7‘_ eN; 1 \ : e f \ ifd o %*S-““ ssaed Lo e 3 X 1 w 1 A ~ 7 7 \l//é F "l " Y d -7 [ |"i i % | e, ,-«; | jae FIG. 1. e gault of the dash churn is the la operating it, so much of the ‘ : force of the operator being lost ' : punt of no machinery to utilize 8 & the crank ‘churn.: In Figs. 1 | a@dash churns are converted into le’[e( ‘K crank churns. In el SO\ the device shown pui -\-i in Fig. 1 an old y(i ‘,;'J{w buggy wheel can out 8 .f be used for the fly ,‘L—”‘ wheel. All the iron 0n § g work, such as the 5 l‘ f\ crank shaft, bear i : ings, pitman, ete., . 1:-2!‘_#\“" can be ma(?e by of £ any blacksmith at ], v Id. 9. a small expense. b The framework any will be able to make himself. . ¥ lo posts used in the first device S pt be very large or heavy, but N i 1 ide enough to permit the wheel . inside of the two supports on il the bearings rest. In the second in iron fly-wheel such as is .\'f m an old cider press is used. It g ted to a small churn.—J. G. A,, N § j#rican Agriculturist. y nomy with Fallen Apples. W b is much waste in the common v of turning hogs into orchards ieF up fruit and make that their ¢ f@lve diet. The hog will soon learn & BB only the ripened fruit, leaving 8 hich is wormy. This fruit can - e or dried, and if forced to do it g will eat the wormy fruit be- Bile worm escapes. But to make Illy economical some grain-and [ ould be given to hogs in addi ftheir fruit diet. This will make ng pigs grow and will strength -4 b digestion for the exclusive corn 4 b that will come when they are Lto be fattened. ; mlarcement of Old Barns. . mite a common practice to build N pd-roofed additions to the sides 1 s when it is desired to secure ;;3 om. This gives the desired ad pf ground floor space, but does 2 Becure added storage roof that i ye secured as well as not, and at BB no added cost, were the addi s I :| e 3 A £, NG bR -ot N\ . = M o B € bis| [ 10l Pz e =l @| ] i t=ra). BB'& il @.,ﬁ = ENLARGED BARNS. hade according to the plan sug ' in the cut. Here the roof is ex : i down over the addition without » . making a better-looking build one much more serviceable y the common plan. The space tops of the additions opens into affolds. or the second floor space g old barn, and §ives so much added storage capacity. > E uncnmbers for Pickles. led cucumbers are sold by count, he small ones are generally pre- Hence close picking and fre picking, so as to prevent any growing too large, is necessary to large crops. Sometimes, how a stray cucumber will hide under Jeaves until it has almost ripened eds. It is astonishing how this lessens the yield of the vine. Yet it is not to be wondered at, for the perfec tion of seed in almost all plants ex hausts their vitality very rapidly. The cucumber vines should be handled carefully so as not to loosen the roots which some of them send into the soil from the joints. These are great helps to the vine. If the vine is turned up to see what is under it some of these side rootlets will be destroyed. Cabbage Worm Insecticide. Pests of the cabbage family are best controlled by the use of the following insecticide: Pulverized resin, five pounds; concentrated lye, one pound; fish oil, one pint; water, five gallons. Make this into a stock solution by plac ing the 011, resin and one gallon of hot water in an iron kettle, heating until the resin is softened. After this add the concentrated lye carefully and stir the mixture thoroughly. Add four more gallons of water and boil the whole mass until the mixture will unite with cold water, making a clear, am ber-colored mixture. This mixture should make five gallons of stock solu tlon. When this is used, F. A. Sirrine, of the Geneva experiment station, ad vises preparing it by combining one gallon of the stock solution with six teen gallons of water, three zallons milk of lime and one-quarter pound of Paris green. The water, resin and milk of lime are combined, after which the Paris green is added. In every case where this mixture is properly applied good results were obtained. Watering Plants, Some plants, to thrive as they should, require much more water than others, and on this account, if the best growth is maintained through the summer, more or less watering will be neces sary. But if watering is necessary, if any considerable amount of benefit is secured, it is very essential that it be thorough. One or two thorough soak ings of the soil a week around the roots will be of much more real benefit to the growing plants than a daily sprinkling on the surface. One of the best plans of watering a larger proportion of plants is to work the soil into a good tilth, drawing the earth away from the plant to some extent; then put on water sufficient to thoroughly wet the soil and throw over this a thin layer of fine soil. This acts as a mulch and lessens evaporation, and a large amount of benefit is derived and the work needn’t be repeated so often. In nearly all cases where watering is commenced it will have to be kept up until there is a good rain.—Farmer’s Voice. Skau Gulls, The natives of Foula, one of the Shet land Islands, make a business of rear ing skau gulls in order to rid the island of the eagles that commit so many depredations. The magnificent red sandstone ecliffs that skirt the north western coast became a favorite haunt of the eagles, and in this inaccessible spot they increased so rapidly that they became a terror to the farmers and fishermen who dwell on this iso lated spot. The skau gulls are also strong and fierce, and the inveterate foe of the eagle. In battle the gulls are nearly always victorious, and so the inhabitants of Foula hit upon the novel plan of feeding and earing for skau gulls, which, though formidabie to their feathered enemies, are very peaceable and docile when brought in contact with man. thorthorn Cow, O t— S —————————————ie et i .SR @/,J‘Lﬁ T i T '“T_: "G :'UF! {'l;?,"[' i i'%ﬂxi’/ﬁ /{‘ =N L e\ & ;M‘ M;.\;,,:’i-;h;%u_,‘-f{;;;{:‘;;_,ji; W &g i SR R O. =M AT YRS Property of W. S. Lister, Middle church, Man. Winner of first prize in aged cow class at the Winnipeg Indus trial Exhibition. Weeds Among Feans. After beans have blossomed it is not best to work among them, especially if the weather and soil be wet, and there should be no cultivation while the leaves are wet with rains or dew. Hence the early cultivation of beans should be thorough, so as to allow them to ripen before the weeds smother them. It is not best to plant beans on land that is very rich in nitrogenous plant food, because such land is al ways very weedy. Soil of moderate fertility with a dressing of phosphate and potash will make a good grain crop, while on the richer land without the mineral fertilizer, there will be only a large growth of haulin and leaves. Protect the Barn Swallows. These birds, which were formerly very numerous about farm buildings are great destroyers of insects. In some parts of England they were de pended upon by hop growers to destroy hop flies. They subsist wholly upen insects, which they eatch on the wing, and are fond of all kinds of gnats, moths. beetles and many other Kkinds. During recent years the swallow has been driven away from its home by the English sparrow, a fact to be re gretted.—Orange Judd Farmer. ¢t learing Fence Corners. After haying and harvest have been finished, it is well to go around the ficlds and cut down weeds next to the fence that ‘the mower and reaper could not reach. Since farmers have got out of the habit of swinging the scythe, fence corners grow up with shrubs and weeds that no good farmers would allow. and which soon grow away from the fence and take the fertility from crops for some distance into the field. Enough weeds are allowsd to go to seed in some fence corners to seed the entire farm. Beer in Bavaria. Bavaria, with a populatioa of 5,818,- 500, spends $84,800,000 a year on beer. A FEW PLAIN FACTS. THE MALICIOUS AND IGNORANT NEWSPAPER CRITICS. The Lack of fufficient Soldiers in the Philippines Due Entirely to the Hos tility of the Bemocrats Under ¢ uch Leaders as fenator Gorman. If those papers which propose to deal fairly with the President in regard to the Philippine matter would take the time to possess themselves of a few facts, they could criticise more intelli gently and justly. For instance, those papers assume that the apparent in sufficiency of men in Luzon is due either to Gen. Otis or the President. 1f Gen. Otis has been reporting that 30,- 000 men are sufficient when they are not, one of those critics says, he is un fit for the position. If, on the other hand, this paper continues, he has re ported that 30,000 men are sufficient because the President desires such a report, the President is more than re sponsible. The critic, it should be added, expresses the opinion that the latter assumption is very improbable. So it is, and being one of the assump tions of reckless and malignant papers it should not be repeated as a possi bility. The grasp of a few facts would shift the responsibility of having a larger army in the Philippines. Aguinaldo opened hostilities Feb. 4. At that date the treaty with Spain had mnot been ratified, and by the conditions of the protocol, which secured a cessation of hostilities, the United States could not send a soldier to Manila. The treaty was not ratified by the Senate until Feb. 6. As soon as the treaty was signed by the Queen of Spain, March 17, the war was at an end. Not only did ~ UNRESTRICTED DOMESTIC COMPETITION. AN TgL A : '.l" AN A e\ A=k Y ‘l2 29 N é .o 3 Hik‘l« e s @@ o) @ [ /|7 z«? NS ¥et TR B WS ﬁ/’f/y P e | sv.“ £ ﬁ";{ ‘c =V ,/\l :" i & 2 I‘l 3 ‘é’\b. 2T ( .(N 555 S. ‘,"_‘l;: -PX\‘“\ i ’J ?é:';__'; 44 ~e;.'n:,.:» "'O,“ .‘ ' 0 _,‘,‘l: " i L BN Al = R LB \“\\\\\\\\\ \ VRN~ e omo {4. =R = A AN X N Sy At i L AN AR r‘? AN kT ¢ 2= S N .24 S ; ‘ : “\klf P e ‘ : NN z' AL > "n.:"./&':"’ P’l = NS 3’--,"»""‘-”"‘\ e ARt o St SR e sK B S W B e PR 4 = RN eb= H. O. Havemeyer (testimony before the U. S. Industrial €Commission, June 14, 1899)—The customs tariff is the mother of trusts. Madam Protection—lf you insist upon being recognized as a member of this family, you must be prepared to submit to its discipline and restraints. ‘“Un restricted Domestic Competition’ is the rule of this establishment. every volunteer regiment have the right to muster out, but the regulars enlisted under the law calling out the volunteers had the right also to be mustered out. This meant that on Marech 17 the only disciplined soldiers of whom the President could avail him self was the regular army of 27,000 men in serviee when the war began. Nearly a month passed after the attack of Aguinaldo before the Senate permit ted the bill increasing the army to be come a law. The bill was fought by Democrats under the lead of Gorman on the ground that the army was large enough. Finally, after wasting more than a month, during which period it was doubtful if the hostile Senate: would give the President a man whom he could send to Manila, that body, March 2, passed the compromise army bill which authorized the President to increase the regular army to 65,000 men for two years and to enlist 35,000 volunteers for a like period. Until the passage of this bill, nearly a month after Aguinaldo began the war, the President did not have a soldier he eould send to Manila—not one. After the adjournment of Congress orders were issued and recruiting for the reg ular army began. If the 33,000 or so of regulars had been recruited in a week and hastened to Manila they eould not have reached that point before the middle of May. But the 35,000 or any eonsiderable portion of the number eould not be recruited in a week, and they could mot have been shipped teo Manila in such numbers beeause it would have been impossible to obtain ships to carry them. If these green‘ troops had arrived at Manila the mid dle of May or June and had been put into the field unaeclimated, half of them would have died of disease imci dent to exposure in the beginning of the rainy season. ‘ Therefore, if Gen. Otis had called for 20,000 more men when Aguinaldo be gan war, they could not have been sup plied until Congress had authorized the President to recruit them. When Con gress did finally give the President the authority it was too late to put that number of seasoned and disciplined men in Manila. The later responsibil ity about calling for more men magy rest with Gen. Otis as a matter of judgment, but the fact that the Presi dent had no men to send is due largely to the Gormans and the Vests and those who prevented the passage of’ the bill authorizing the increase of the army.—lndianapolis Journal. 1 Political Tide in the West, | No calamity party is in sight for next year. Its foundation has gone to pleces. Nebraska banks report de posits amounting to $21,000,000. In the dark Aays of the Cleveland failure and the Bryan scare, the Nebraska bank deposits amounted to only $11,000,000. They have doubled under a Republi can adminijstration. Bryan, if renom inated, will be pushed hard in Ne braska. Though State pride is enlist ed in behalf of a second trial, the Re publican vote has grown since 1896. The fusion plurality last year was only 2,781 for Governor, the Republicans carrying the Legislature and gaining a Senator. Bryan has no certainty in Nebraska in 1900. In fact, the chances are the other way. Some of the West ern States in his list before are sure to go against him next year. One of these fs Washington. Bryan’s anti-expan sion views alone settle that. Washing ton is for commercial development on the Pacific. Its Republican plurality last year was 8,023, quite a change from Bryan’s 12,493 in 1896. Kansas has parted company with the silver party. Its Republican plurality last year was 15,870. Kansas and Washington combined take fourteen electoral votes from the Bryan colummn. A change of 1,600 votes last fall would have given Nebraska and South Da kota to the Republicans. The gains of Republican Congressmen in the trans- Mississippi States last November were remarkable, and had the high distinc tion of saving the House. All of Ne braka’s neighboring States are as pros perous as itself, and can match its in crease in deposits. Speaking in the light of mathematical facts, Bryan’s prospects in the States west of the Mississippi have generally faded. Fig ures of all kinds prove it. Nor can he count on gains east of the Mississippi, unless in Kentucky, in which the Dem ocratic party at present is more seri ously divided than in 1896. The facts in the case suggest a change in the Democratic candidate. but even that might cost more votes than it would gain. Presperity, expansion and sound money are a winning combination.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Political Paragraphs. What shall it profit the Democraey to get on the wrong side of a new is sue?—Milwaukee Sentinel. Mr. Gorman is silent now. And that is: always the time when Mr. Gorman is- most busy.—St. Paul Dispatch. When the people ask the Democratie party the crucial question, “What did you ever do to the trusts?”’ that noble aggregation will have to hang its head and say, ‘“Nothin’.”—Rockford Repub lie. Some of the free silver editors are able to see an immense procession of gold Democrats marching into the Bryan ranks. These are the same gen tlemen who had charge of the Bryan predicting in 1896.—Washington Post. Neatly printed copies of the Hon. Gustus Yan Wyck’s anti-trust speech are still being extensively distributed in the South. Evidently the Van Wyck boom is making prodigious efforts to work up a circulation.—New York Mail and Express. Another little Moses was found in the rush grass at West Hempstead, N. Y., the other day. It was about 4 weeks old and expensively ¢lad, but was deserted and awaiting its destiny. Perhaps it is needed by the Democratic party as much as by any one.—Boston Transcript. Jowa Democratic Platform, lowa Democrats are dominated by Populists. Their State ticket is really defeated before it is printed.—Elgin News. lowa Democrats indorse the Chicago platform ‘in the whole.”” The spelling is faulty, but the whereabout of the platform is correctly noted.—Kansas City Journal. The lowa platform does not mention silver, and the lowa voter who con siders that question vital must delve in ancient history to ascertain what the party pretends to believe on that subject to-day.—Rockford Republic. There are several things which the lowa Democrats “view with alarm.” There are several things which the Re publicans of the land do not view with alarm. and one of them is the cam paign of 1900.—Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. ; Details aside, the Democratic party in lowa has, officially, got tog#ther, though unofficially it may lose not a few quiet believers in manhood, in the flag, and in growth. That will be found ont when the votes are counted in November.—Brooklyn Eagle. THE BADGER STATE. NEWS OF THE WE™K CONCISELY CONDENSED. Trusty Escapes from Prison—Yacht Owner Thrown Into River—Asylum for Kenosha—Pickpocket Jumps from a Train—Strange Cattle Disease. Laro L. Wilson, a ‘“trusty”’ who was sent to State’s prison at Waupun from Adams County for manslaughter in June, 1896, made his escape from prison. The officials had tried Wilson and had put Lim on work around the prison which is only given to men who are most trusted. He had been working in the boiler room of the prison factory, as fireman, on the day force and was recently transferred to the night force. The other night the engineer neglected to keep an eye on Wilson for a while and he ran out of the engine room, secured a ladder and climbed to the roof of the engine house. There he caught hold of a cable and by swinging himself, hand over hand, made his way to the prison wall, a distance of about twenty or thirty feet from the en gine house roof. ‘tranger Attempts to Kill. J. H. Kimball, owner of the yacht Ma mie, was thrown into Kenosha harbor the other night by a strange man and narrowly escaped drowning. Mr. Kim ball had gone down to arrange the lights on the yacht and was standing on the pier, about to step into the little boat in ‘which he goes and comes from the yacht, when some one lurched violently against him and threw him into the water. He called for help and the man disappeared. The pier at that spot is broken and, clinging to the broken timber, Kimball managed to haul himself gradually from the water, which is ten feet deep. Mr. Kimball did not recognize the man. Asylum for Kenosha Insane. Kenosha County will probably have in the near future a hospital for the insane. Commissioner Charles, who was special ly appointed by the County Board. to in vestigate the question of the insane in Kenosha County, has completed his re port and will recommend to the board the establishment of a county asylum. At present Kenosha has fifty-seven in sane patients distributed among the va rious hospitals of the State. For the maintenance of these patients the county pays SIO,OOO annually. A great deal of this money could be saved if there was a county asylum. Cattle Strangely Affected. A peculiar and fatal disease of a seem ing contagious nature has made its ap pearance among cattle in the town of Brockway. One stock raiser has lost several head and many of his neighbors have stock effected. It works on stock something like diphtheria on a person. A swelling appears in the throat, the beast has attacks of fever and chills, at times it bleeds profusely at the nose, and death usually follows within twenty four hours from the first symptoms of the attack. Pickpocket’s Jump. Burt King, a convicted pickpocket, jumped from a train between Neenah and Oshkosh and effected his escape. He was being taken to Waukesha by Chief Watts of Neenah. He jumped through the window while the train was moving rapidly. The train was stopped, but no trace of the man could be found. He was about 17 years of age. Wisconsin Girl Killed Out West. A letter received at Rosendale conveys the sad news that in crossing a railway track at San Pedre, Cal., Miss May Scribner was instantly killed and her sister, Iva, had a foot cut off, while a younger brether was seriously injured. The young ladies were members of the family of the late William Scribner, a prominent resident of Rosendale. Building a Large Sheep Ranch, At Stiles, the Eldred Lumber Company has commenced work on one of the larg est sheep ranches in that section of the country. Four thousand acres of'its mammoth branch farm are to be inclosed with a barbed wire fence five or six wires in height, and 1,000 sheep will be turned into the inclosure to graze. . State Items of Interest. At Junction City, the store of Jacob Skibba was robbed. The bust of the late President Albee will be unveiled at the Oshkosh normal school en Sept. 4, Labor Day. George Putney, a farmer residing near Appleton, reports the theft of S2OO in coin and a $25 watch and chain. J. J. Trux, pioneer and one of Sparta’s most prominent citizens. is dead. He lived in Sparta over forty years. Daniel Watt, 70 years of age, residing in the town of Maple Grove, committed suicide by hanging himself from a fenece. The postoffice at Fox Lake will be come a presidential office on Oct. 1. The salary of the postmaster is raised to sl,- 100. ,. D. F. Sullivan of the Omaha road gave Chief Higgins a check for SIOO on behalf of Superintendent Scott for the capture of the boy who stoned an Omaha train. Harry Reed, the pickpocket who nar rowly escaped being lynched at the Mod ern Woodmen picnic at Union Grove, waived examination at Racine and will plead guilty. Ex-Gov. W. H. Upham of Marshfield will put in lumber camps on Isle Royale to cut at least 10,000,000 feet this winter and will build a large sawmill there in the spring. An attempt was made to burn the home of L. A. Proctor at Janesville. Mr. Proe tor was startled by a blinding flash of light just as he was going to sleep, fol lowed by an explosion that shook the house.’ Richard Nelson of Racine, one of the members of Company F, who was at Florida apd who nearly died with fever and was brought home on a cot, has be come mentally deranged. Ori J. Sorrensen of Davis, Sorrensen & Co., whose plant burned at La Crosse, says the total loss is bgtween SIB,OOO and $20,000, instead of $12,000, as first esti mated. The insurance is $8,500. Carl Schultz, an inmate of the Manito woc County insane asylum, walked away and was run over by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Cleve land statlon and instantly killed. ! A little son of Theodore Gebo of Pesh« i tigo drank ecarbolic acid and died in six l hours. : | Swarms of caterpillars have made their " appearance in Kenosha and are devastat | ing the lawns. l Three valuable horses, the property of i J. H. Meaney of Reedsville, were struck | by a train and killed. : l An Italian section hand was run down and killed by a Northwestern train near Racine. His name could not be learned. Joseph Felix, an insane patient who was being taken from Ironwood, Mich., to Kewaunee, escaped from his keeper at Appleton. A lady from Mineral Point was reliev ed of all the money she had, amounting to over S6OO, by a pickpocket, while on her way to Janesville on a train. Markward’s meat market and Henry Miller’s residence at London burned. The buildings were worth about SI,OOO each and each was insured for about SSOO. Artemus Coon, assistant superintend ent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, was struck dead by lightning on the sidewalk at Eau Claire in a heavy rainstorm. Congressman Babcock has made appli ,cation for the establishment of rural free delivery at Neenah. The Postoffice Department has sent an inspector to in vestigate the need of such service. A 6-year-old son of William Holtz drowned in Lake Michigan at Sheboy gan. The boy, with three others, got possession of a boat and rowed out into the lake, where the boat capsized. E. W. Davis, a well-known farmer and lumberman of the town of Cady, was instantly killed in a runaway accident by the wagon running over him and crushing his head while he was hauling a load of lumber. George G. Houghton has been elected vice-president and general manager of the Wisconsin National Bank to succeed the late Charles Best. He is one of the oldest and best known bankers in Mil waukee. A span of the St. Croix river bridge at Osceola on the Minnesota side of the main river collapsed and dropped into the river. The span is 150 feet long. To repair it in a substantial manner will probably cost $2,000. Edward Gillen, assignee of the Hurl but Manufacturing Company of Racine, l filed his final report. The amount real ized is $47,927.46, leaving $3,841.96 in the hands of the assignee. The assignee wants $3,500 for his services. Deaths in the State: Mrs. Ernest Helms, aged 20, Janesville; Fred J. Bur hyte, aged 55, River Falls; Mrs. E. H. Rogers, aged 30, Bloomer; Arthur Eilert, aged 17, Evansville; H. C. Wright, El roy; Antone Wesler, aged 52, Kenosha. While Mrs. William Hilpertshauer was at work at Sheboygan an oil stove ex ploded and she was quite badly burned about the face. The house caught fire and there was about SIOO damage before the blaze was extinguished by the de partment. Fire broke out in the hayloft of W. H. Raynor’s barn at Lake Mills while a high wind was blowing. Two horses were burned. Mr. Raynor was nearly suffo ‘cated and fell to the floor while trying tc loosen the horses. He made a des perate effort and erawled out. David Headland and Oscar Lundgren of Washburn, who went to Klondike about twa years ago, returned from there. While not a fortune, the boys have brought back a good deal of money. They both have good health, but say Wiscon sin will be good enough for them in the future. William Blake, a farmer living near Friendship, has found in Mrs. William Black of Stark County, Ind., a sister for whom he had searched for forty vears. The Blake family formerly lived in Milwaukee and early in life the chil dren became separated. Mrs. Blake ' was adopted by a family who moved to \ Indiana. Thirty years ago Blake began his search. } Eugene Sprague, an aeronaut of Liyons, Mich., and Miss Mabel Schumacher of Racine, were killed by an electric car in front of the Racine city hall. They were riding bicycles, and, in trying to [avoid collision with the ecar, fell upon the track« in front of the motor, which was ¢b & d.wn grade and running at a high rate of speed. Policeman Schumach er, stationed at the city hall, heard the young woman’s screams, ran out, picked up her dead body, and was horrified to find it that of his own daughter. ~ Nicliolas, the 12-year-old son of Law | rence Ambrose, was drowned at Sturgeon [Bay. The boy left home early in the } evening, and, not returning at the usual 'hour, his parents and others set out to look fgr him, the search being continued )a]l through the night. It was not until 5 o’clock the following morning that he was found. The father discovered the boy ip the water near the Washburn planjrg mill. The body was in a ' standing position and there was but one foot of water over his head. He had evi dently gone fishing, fell off the dock, hung to a pile until exhausted and then let go and drowned. Quite an exciting bear story comes from Superior Junction. One of Dan Conroy’s blueberry teams was passing through the country en route to the junc tion, when something which looked very much like lttle black pigs was discovered close to the wagon, and while the two men on the wagon were trying to ascer tain what they were the horses were fe rociously attacked by a female bear. The horses turned and started to run, strik ing a tree and breaking the wagon tongue. The driver started immediately for the horses, which were tearing through the woods, and was followed by the bear, which, however, turned and started back for the remaining man on the wagon, who beat a hasty retreat up a smgll jack.pine. The tree being small, the bear failed to elimb it, and after a space of about two hours the man was rescued by the driver and a party of hunters. , Peter Dickhoff of Marshfield has re turned from Alaska after an absence of eightsen months. He was in the hospital four months last spring, and the expense was §1,200. The official schedule of the Wisconsin good roads conventions is given out by Secretary Rella C. Harber as follows: Milwaukee, Sept. 13; Kenosha, Sept. 23; La Qrosse, Oct. 9; Eau Claire, Oct. 11; Wausau, Oct. 12; Ashland, Oct, 14; Osh _kosh, Oct. 18; Green Bay, Oct. 19; Man itpwoe, 0ct.”20; Waukesha, Oct. 21; Ra ane, Oct. 24¢; Janesville, Oct. 25; Madis lson (State), Oct. 26. ¢. 