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December 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—Ten tons of black pow¬ 
der and five tons of dynamite were set off 
at McAfee Mountains, near Newton, N. 
J., Nov. 20. The face of tlie cliff was 
torn out by the explosion, and the blast 
is said to have been one of the most suc¬ 
cessful ever attempted. A solid wall of 
limestone more than 600 feet long, 110 
feet high and 35 feet deep was torn out 
by the explosion. It is estimated that 
fully 60.000 tons of limestone w f as dis¬ 
lodged, which will be sufficient to keep a 
force of more than 100 men busy nntil 
about June 1. 
Because Philip Chick’s fourteen-year- 
old daughter Mary has been working from 
2 to 7 o’clock in the morning as a helper 
on his milk wagon. Chick was found 
guilty at Boston, Mass., Nov. 20, of vio¬ 
lating the child labor law r . He was repri¬ 
manded by the city court judge, who said 
such cases accounted for the downfall of 
many young girls. After her duties on 
the milk route were over the girl attended 
school each day. 
Peter P. Murphy, the union labor lead¬ 
er who, it is alleged, engaged three New 
York gansters to “do up’’ a rival, was 
sentenced Nov. 20 in the County Court in 
Jersey City to prison for not less than 
six years and not more than twelve 
years. Murphy was a walking delegate 
for his union, and John W. Burke, a 
rival, had lodged charges against him. 
Murphy employed the gangsters to “beat 
up” Burke, so he could not appear to 
prosecute. 
The Grand Jury of the Clay County 
(Mo.) Circuit Court returned an indict¬ 
ment Nov. 21 against John Doe of the 
Wabash Railroad Company for violation 
of the local option law. The action will 
be made a test case by the “drys” as to 
the right of railroad companies in Mis¬ 
souri to sell liquor on their trains in local 
option counties. The Wabash road be¬ 
tween Kansas City and St. Louis runs 
through dry counties nearly all the way, 
Clay county being one of them. The in¬ 
formation on which the Wabash was in¬ 
dicted showed that whiskey was served in 
a sleeping car. 
Ste. Marie, Quebec, a town of 1,600 
inhabitants, was swept by fire Nov. 22. 
The damage wrought bv the fire was 
$300,000. 
Fourteen players were killed and 175 
were injured in football games in the sea¬ 
son which virtually closed Nov. 23. This 
record of casualties is only slightly below 
that of 1912, when 13 players met death 
and 183 were injured. These figures 
were compiled from press reports and 
published at Chicago. The injured in¬ 
clude only those who suffered broken 
bones, torn ligaments, severe strains and 
sprains, and internal injuries. Of the 
14 deaths, 13 were due to injuries received 
this year. Chaides Sweitzer, formerly a 
Hamline University player, died on Nov. 
17, at St. Paul, from a complication of 
diseases resulting from injuries received 
several years ago. Other fatalities re¬ 
sulted, with few exceptions, from frac¬ 
tured skulls, broken necks or other spinal 
injuries. Only two college players were 
killed. 
Fire in the Lignum Chemical Works, 
Williamsburg, New York, November 24, 
caused a loss of $50,000; a telephone 
cable was damaged to the extent of $16,- 
000, and two firemen were seriously, if 
not fatally hurt. 
A head-on collision between two high- 
powered automobiles running at full speed 
on Pelham Parkway, New York, shortly 
before midnight Nov. 25, killed four per¬ 
sons in one car and seriously injured five 
others, four of whom may die. Leonard 
Kohn, president of the Rex Novelty Com¬ 
pany of 2 West 35th street, and living at 
116 Madison avenue, was killed in his 
own car, a heavy limousine, which was 
running north on the parkway between 
Eastchester and Williamsbridge roads. 
Assemblyman Thomas F. Denney of the 
19th Assembly District, a Democratic 
member of the last Legislature, who was 
defeated for reelection, was killed in the 
Kohn car, and also two women. 
James E. Foye, a clerk employed by 
the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. of New 
York, was arrested Nov. 25 on the charge 
of having stolen $500,000 in stocks and 
bonds from the vaults of that institution. 
November 25 Andrew Carnegie cele¬ 
brated his seventy-eighth birthday in 
New York. In accordance with his usual 
custom he received many newspaper re¬ 
porters, as well as personal friends. 
The marriage of Miss Jessie Woodrow 
Wilson to Francis B. Sayre, which took 
place at the White House Nov. 25, was 
marked by great dignity, and was ren¬ 
dered more imposing by the presence of 
the numerous foreign ambassadors in full 
court dress. Mrs. Sayre’s future resi¬ 
dence is in Williamstown, Mass., where 
her husband has a post at Williams Col¬ 
lege. 
Edward T. Rosenheimer, who ran down 
and killed Grace Hough in his automobile 
in August, 1910, and was subsequently 
indicted for manslaughter and a violation 
of the Callan automobile law, was re¬ 
leased Nov. 25 on the latter charge. 
Judge Mahoney of the New York Court 
of General Sessions suspended sentence 
on the ground that the violation was only 
a technical one. It was charged that 
Rosenheimer speeded away immediately 
after the accident, and thereby violated 
the Callan law. It was brought out, how¬ 
ever, that he returned later to the scene 
of the accident, after every one had gone. 
For this reason, and on the assertion of 
Assistant District Attorney Wasservogel 
that Rosenheimer had suffered enough. 
Judge Mahoney accepted a plea of guilty 
and released the prisoner. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Capt. Paul 
Rodzenko, who represents Russia at the 
Horse Show, received a cable from his 
government Nov. 21, authorizing him to 
offer $40,000 for the trotter J. Malcolm 
Forbes, which won the roadster champion¬ 
ship at the New York Horse Show in ad¬ 
dition to other blue ribbons. J. Malcolm 
Forbes was entered and shown by Thomas 
W. Murphy, his owner being James It. 
McGowan, of Mount Sterling, Ivy. J. 
Malcolm Forbes, besides being true to the 
type of the American trotter, has a mark 
of 2 :08 on the track. The Russians want 
him to improve the blood of their trotters. 
It was announced Nov. 25 that the 
Department of Justice will make an in¬ 
quiry into the high price of eggs. It is 
believed that cold storage combines are 
responsible, and evidence is sought for 
prosecution. 
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COMING FARMERS’ MEETINGS. 
International Live Stock Show, Chi¬ 
cago, November 29-Deeember 6. 
The Capital Poultry and Pigeon Asso¬ 
ciation will hold its annual show at 
Washington, D. C., December 2-6. 
Annual Show, Steuben-Allegany Poul¬ 
try Association, Hornell, N. Y., Decem¬ 
ber 2-6. 
New Jersey State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Trenton, N. J., December 8-10. 
Farmers’ week, Oregon Agricultural 
College, Corvallis, Ore., December 8-13. 
New York State Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion, Syracuse, December 9-12. 
New Jersey State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, Trenton, N. J., December 10-12. 
Conference of State leaders in field 
studies and boys’ and girls’ clubs, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., December 15-18. 
St. Mary’s Poultry Club, first annual 
show, St. Mary’s, Pa., December 18-19. 
Poultry Show, Madison Square Gar¬ 
den, New York, December 26-31. 
New Jersey Farmers’ week, New Jer¬ 
sey Experiment Station, New Brunswick, 
December 26-31. 
Forty-first annual meeting, New Jer¬ 
sey State Board of Agriculture, Trenton, 
N. J., January 29-30, 1914. 
Farmers’ week, Pennsylvania State 
College P. O., December 29, 1913-January 
3, 1914. 
Vermont Dairymen’s Association, an¬ 
nual meeting, Rutland, Vt., January 6-8, 
1914. 
New York State Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Convention Hall, Rochester, N. 
Y., January 7-8-9, 1914. 
Peninsula Horticultural Society, annu¬ 
al Winter meeting, Easton, Md., January 
13-15, 1914. 
Massachusetts Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, convention and trade exhibit, 
Springfield, Mass., January 15-16, 1914. 
Vermont State Poultry Association, 
seventeenth exhibition, St. Alban’s, Vt., 
January 20-22, 1914. 
Ohio State Horticultural Society, an¬ 
nual meeting, Cleveland, O.. January 20- 
23, in connection with the Fifth Annual 
Ohio State apple show. 
Annual Corn Show, Pennsylvania Live 
Stock Breeders’ Association, Pennsylvan¬ 
ia Dairy Union, Pennsylvania Horticul¬ 
tural Association, York, Pa., third week 
in January, 1914. 
Ohio Corn Improvement Association, 
Mansfield, O., January 27-30, 1914. 
Western New York Horticultural Soci¬ 
ety, Rochester, N. Y., January 28-29-30, 
1914. 
Farmers’ Week. Ohio State University, 
Columbus, Ohio, February 2-6, 1914. 
Sixth National Corn Exposition, State 
Fair Grounds, Dallas, Texas, February 
10-24, 1914. 
Massachusetts Agricultural College, 
Amherst, ten-weeks’ Winter course, Jan¬ 
uary 6-March 13, 1914. 
Thirty-ninth annual meeting of the 
American Association of Nurserymen, 
Cleveland, O., June 24-26, 1914. 
Buying from Producers. 
Myself and some friends are wishing to 
purchase hams and bacon at wholesale 
prices. We would, of course, buy in quan¬ 
tity ; also butter. There is a beef company 
in this town, but it seems to be doubtful 
whether they would sell to us. Do you 
think that local retailers would be likely 
to ask wholesalers not to sell to us? 
New York. w. a. k. 
N.-Y.—Here is a case for our Sub¬ 
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just such cases—for the man who wants 
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State what you want and if our readers 
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E. L. CAREY S CO., 143 W. Stilt) Street, New York 
If you find 12 gauge guns and loads 
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Ship Us Your Raw Furs By Express 
We guarantee to hold all shipments entirely separate, and in case our valua¬ 
tions are not satisfactory we will return your goods at once, and pay all 
express charges both ways. 
H. A. PERKINS & CO. 
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. VT. 
Reference*: Dun or Bradstreet Commercial Agencies—Any Bank 
127-129 
WEST KINZIE 
STREET 
CHICAGO 
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L-J FOR FURS l1 
138-140 
WEST 25th. 
STREET 
NEW YORK 
Write for our F>rice fist 
H.A.SC HOENEN 
WE PAY HIGHEST PRICES FOR 
We give liberal assortment and prompt returns. 
WRITE FOR PRICE LIST 
• IT IS READY 
RAW FURS 
A. SUSKIND & CO„ 159 West 24th St., New York 
We Can 
Pay More 
for 
FURS 
than most other houses because we 
save expense of travelling buyers. 
Send for price list and ship to 
M. F. Pfaelzer & Co., 
119 W. 29th St. (Desk 22), 
New York City. 
BUY AN ICE PLOW 
and save the ice crop. Cut your ice 
quick and cheap with my Double¬ 
row Ico Plow, It equals CO 
men with saws. Pays for 
itself in 1 day. Also Tools. 
Ask for catalog and prices. 
WM H. PRAY, Verbank, N. Y. 
300 
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Large two-story house: good one; 4 large barns, 
40x6ii, 3lx50, 24x44: other barn, tenement house, or¬ 
chard. Owner dead. Heirs must sell. Been in 
family 120 years. This is a ten thousand dollar 
farm. Will sell for$5,000: $3,500cash, balance—time. 
HALL'S FARM AGENCY, Owego, Tioga County, New Yirk 
FARM OF 250 ACRES 
In the beautiful Mohawk Valley, near city, on State 
Road, $65 an acre- 6. B. CONE, Box 493, Amsterdam, N. Y- 
Vircrinia Farrn* F0R SALE— Prices right. Term* 
Virginia rarms Reasonable. Soil fertile. Mild 
Climate. Best Markets. We have farms from 5 
acres to 5,000 acres. Write for our Free Illustrated 
Catalogues. Southside Realty Co., Inc., Petersburg, V*. 
F OR CAI p—1,200 Bu. Seed Com (Vie- 
■■ w M L, G toryL«ainlng)90 day,produc¬ 
ing 126 bushel to acre, with 15 tons of stalks to acre. 
Also 600 Bu. ** Perfect" Potatoes, (New Seed) produc¬ 
ing very near to 300 bu. to acre. Was absolutely Blight 
and Kust Proof, grown alongside of other potatoes that 
did Blight and Rust this past season. Prices—Corn, $2.00 
Per Bu. Potatoes, $t.00 Per Bu. Also 1 A No.-l Interna¬ 
tional 70-Bu. Manure Spreader, better than new, at \i 
cost price. 1 10-H. P. Gasoline Engine, mounted on 
Heavy Truek, in perfect running order. Guaranteed as 
good as new. Also Single Comb White Leghorns(Wyckoflf 
Strain) and Genuine Spencer Strain Indian Runner Ducks. 
Richard Wagoner, Aloha Farm, Brookfield Center, Com 
C. D. Rose Farm flecy. SELLS FARMS. Send for list. 
o ■ i ii ■ State & Warren Sts., Trenton, N.J. 
IRfI FOK SALE—Near Phila. and Trenton markets; 
I0U good R.R. and trolley facilities. New catalogue. Es¬ 
tablished 25 years. HORACE G. REEDER, Newtown, Pe. 
Farms forSale 
Fertile and beautiful farm lands, water fronts 
and timber land on the Eastern shoreof Maryland. 
SAMUEL P WOODCOCK, - Salisbury, Maryland 
YOUR OPPORTUNITY 
In the Province of 
FUR SHIPPERS 
Write today for our price list 
We pay high prices, and make prompt return*, 
Also pay all express charges. 
J. G. REICHARD & BRO., Inc. 
BOWERS, (Berks Co.,) PA. 
SKUNKS AND ALL 
Trade Mark. 
OTHER FURS 
We want them. If you have 
never written to us for a price 
li*t, do so at once and be kept 
posted throughout the season 
We want Furs from the East¬ 
ern States and Canada only 
CHARLES A. KAUNE 
284 Bridge Montgomery* N. Y. 
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TRAPPING PAYS BIG 
If you know the inside secrets of th« 
business. Fur News Magazine, published 
monthly, $1.00 * year, tells all about trapping, hunting, raw 
furs, hunting dogs, guns, traps, camps, and all pursuits for profit 
in the woods and fields. Lots of good stories. SPECIAL OFFER. 
Send 25o. for 3 months' trial and get FREE valuable 64-pags 
Trappers Guide. FLU NEWS PUB.CO., 75 W. 23rd St., Now York 
SKUNK 
WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR SKUNK. 
MINK, MUSKRAT, AND ALL RAW FURS, 
Price list free. M. J. .Jewett & 
Sons, Redwood, N.Y. Depl. 29 
SASKATCHEWAN 
Western Canada 
Do you desire to get a Free 
Homestead of 1(50 Acres of 
that well known Wheat Land? 
The area is becoming more lim¬ 
ited but no less valuable. 
New Districts have recently 
been opened up for settlement, 
and Into these rallroadB are now 
being built. The day will soon 
come when there will be no Free Home¬ 
steading laud left. 
A Swift Current, Saskatchewan farmer 
writes:—"I came here on my homestead 
March. 1906, with about *1000 worth of 
horses and machinery, and just *35 in cash. 
Today I have 900 acres of wheat, 300 acres 
of oats, and 50 acreB of flax.” Not bad for 
six years, but only an instance of what 
may be done in Western Canada, in Mani- 
tolia, Saskatchewan or Alberto. 
Send at once for Literature, Maps, Rail¬ 
way Kates, etc., to 
J. S. CRAWFORD 
301 E. Genesee Street 
Syracuse, N. V. 
or Address, Superintendent of Immigration 
1 Ottawa, Ont., Canada 
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Cash Prices for Highest Cow and Horse Hides 
and fancy prices for Calf Skins. Address 
ROGERS TANNERY, - Farmingdale, N. J. 
LET US TAN 
YOUR HIDE. 
Cattle or llorso hide. Calf, Dog, Deer 
or any kind of skin wii h lutir or lur on. 
Wo tan and finish thsm right ; make 
them into coats (for men and women), 
robes, rugs or gloves when ordered. 
Xour fur goods will cost you less than 
to buy them, and bo worth more. Our 
Illustrated catalog gives a lot of in¬ 
formation which every stock raiser 
should have, but we never send out this 
valuable book except upon request. 
It tells how to tako otf and earo for 
hides; how and when wo pay (ho froioh( 
bo(h ways ; about our safe dyeing pro¬ 
cess which is a tremendous advantage 
to the customer, especially on horso 
hide* and calf skins ; about the fur 
goods and game trophies we sell, taxi¬ 
dermy, etc. If you want a copy send us 
your correct address. 
Tlie Crosby Frisian Fur Company, 
571 Lyell Avc., Rochester. N. Y. 
BOOKS WORTH BUYING 
The Rose. Parsons. 1.00 
Plant Diseases, Massee. 1-60 
Landscape Gardening, Maynard.... 1.50 
Clovers, Shaw. 1.00 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
333 WEST 30th ST., NEW YORK. 
