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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
November i, 
A FARMFR IN PALESTINE. 
ITE picture here given shows a far¬ 
mer in the Holy Land coming home 
from his day’s work. There is some con¬ 
trast between this and the advent of a 
prosperous American farmer into the yard 
as the sun goes down. This man drives 
his team of big gray horses up from the 
field, and the boys go out to help unhitch. 
Mother stands at the kitchen door and 
past her comes a whiff from the hot bis¬ 
cuits and baked potatoes and baked ap¬ 
ples. There are chores to be done, but 
that is in the day’s work and soon over. 
The farmer shown in the picture comes 
in carrying the yoke. His wife or wives 
have no biscuits and honey for him. A 
few dates or dry wheaten cakes will be all 
there is for supper, and then a dull sleep 
to prepare for another weary day. The 
cheerful and bright home is the main¬ 
spring of the farm. “No place ilke 
home.” 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
D OMESTIC.—A five inch rain in less 
than four hours, Oct. 23, gave San 
Antonio, Tex., the most destructive 
Hood in its history. Fifteen persons 
were drowned, 200 houses were destroyed 
and about 2,000 persons were made 
homeless when the San Pedro and Alazan 
creeks overflowed. The insignificant 
streams rose to raging rivers 500 feet 
wide, and swept houses, mostly small 
structures, from their foundations. The 
San Antonio River rose out of its banks, 
and in many residence districts spread 
over wide areas and flooded many streets. 
The property loss is estimated at $150,- 
000. exclusive of damage to several 
bridges and other municipal property. 
Four men were instantly killed and 
one mortally hurt at Hempstead, L. I., 
Oct. 23, when a six passenger touring 
car going at mad speed wrecked itself 
against a curbstone. 
Dr. Richard C. Flower, who managed 
for 11 years to keep out of the grasp of 
the New York police, by whom he was 
wanted on a charge of larceny involving 
more than $1,000,000 in connection with 
the exploitation of the Arizona Mining 
Company and the Lone Mining Com¬ 
pany, arrived at Police Headquarters, 
New York, Oct. 23, having been arrested 
in Canada. There are five indictments 
against Flower, found in 1903. The com¬ 
plainant in one case, Isabella Gray Taylor, 
will appear against him. This indict¬ 
ment charges Flower with the larceny of 
$500 from Mrs. Taylor by selling her 
worthless stock in the Arizona Eastern 
and Montana Smelting, Ore Purchasing 
and Development Company. 
Eleven workmen, employed on a new 
intake crib nearly a mile in Lake Michi¬ 
gan, were rescued from death, at Mil¬ 
waukee. Wis., Oct. 24, by the lifesaving 
crew. The high waves which were flood¬ 
ing the crib made it impossible for a tug 
to approach close enough to take the men 
off. A member of the lifesaving crew, 
swam to the crib from a motor boat with 
a line and life bolt, and one by one the 
men were saved. The rescue calls to 
mind the disaster on April 20, 1893, 
when twenty-one men lost their lives on 
a waterworks crib at Milwaukee during 
a storm. 
The United States revenue cutter Bear 
arrived from Nome, Alaska, at Victoria, 
U. C., Oct. 26, bringing Capt. Robert A. 
Bartlett, master of the wrecked Stefans- 
son exploring ship Karlwk and eight Kar- 
luk survivors, who were taken off Wran¬ 
gell Island. They were landed at Es- 
quimult and the Bear proceeded for Seat¬ 
tle with 48 officers and men rescued from 
the United States revenue cutter Ta- 
home, which was wrecked on a reef of 
the Aleutian Islands. Of the 28 men 
who sailed from Port Clarence, Alaska, 
July 27, 1913, for the Arctic Ocean on 
the steam whaler Karluk, 11 perished. 
Stefausson with two companions is now 
adrift on the polar ice north of Alaska, 
having set out from Barter Point for 
Banks Land over the ice last March and 
having failed to reach his destination be¬ 
cause of the early melting of the ice 
north of the mouth of the Mackenzie 
River. 
Two firemen were injured in New 
York, Oct. 27, at a blaze which for two 
hours defied the high pressure apparatus 
summoned by three alarms. The four 
upper floors of a six story factory build¬ 
ing on the northwest corner of Lafayette 
and Great Jones Sts., were burned out. 
Acting Chief Martin estimated the dam¬ 
age at from .$75,000 to $100,000. It 
took 1,500,000 gallons of water to sub¬ 
due the fire. 
Three men were killed and three in¬ 
jured, Oct. 26, by the collapse of a new 
theatre building at Youngstown, O. 
Fifty men perished in the coal mine of 
the Franklin Coal and Coke Company 
near Royalton, Ill., Oct. 27, following a 
gas explosion, which caused a fire that 
could not be subdued. 
A jury, at Cleveland, O., Oct. 
27, awarded John ILaas, 58 years 
old, of West Park, a verdict of $25,000 
against Theodore Kundtz, cabinet maker, 
for the loss of his sight. Haas alleged 
that when operating a circular saw in 
the Kundtz plant he was hit in one eye 
by a piece of wood and afterward became 
blind. For the loss of his right eye a 
jury in Boston. Mass., the same day 
awarded Wilfred W. Davis of Brookline 
$15,000 damages from the Boston Ele¬ 
vated Railway. As Davis was waiting 
for a car a fuse blew out and particles of 
molten metal entered his eye. 
THE EUROPEAN WAR.—The Swe¬ 
dish steamer Alice was blown up by a 
mine in the North Sea, Oct. 23; all on 
board were saved.The British Ad¬ 
miralty reported, Oct. 23, that the Ger¬ 
man cruiser Karlsruhe had captured 13 
British steamers in the Atlantic. These 
ships were mostly engaged in the South 
American trade.Oct. 24 the British 
destroyer Badger rammed and sunk a 
German submarine off the coast of Hol¬ 
land.The French steamer Amiral 
Ganteaume, from Calais to La Rochelle, 
with 2,600 refugees on board, struck a 
mine in the Channel, Oct. 26. Only 
about 30 lives were lost, owing to the 
presence of the cross-channel steamer 
Queen of Dover.The freight steam¬ 
er Manchester Commerce has been sunk 
by a mine off the west coast of England. 
This is the first mine disaster on the west 
coast.The German cruiser Emden 
recently sunk the Japanese steamship 
Ivamegasaki Maru, bound for Singapore. 
.In the Battle of Flanders, October 
22-29, along the seacoast, British and 
French light cruisers and monitors did 
effective work in bombarding the Gor¬ 
man positions. The fighting was terrific 
from Lille to the North Sea. The Ger¬ 
mans crossed the Yser seven times. 
Prince Maurice of Battenbcrg, cousin of 
King George and brother of the Queen 
of Spain, is the first member of the Bri¬ 
tish royal family killed. The Germans 
claim progress near Ypres and southwest 
of Lille, but this is denied by the Al¬ 
lies. The French appear to be advanc¬ 
ing in the Woevre district.Fierce 
fighting continues from the Baltic to the 
Car path! .ns, gains being claimed by both 
sides. Up to Oct. 29, the Russians had 
not captured Przemysl.The South 
African rebels under Lieut. Col. Marita 
have been defeated at Kakamas, their 
leader having fled, won ded, to German 
territory. Burghers are now arming un¬ 
der Christian De Wet in Orange Free 
State, and under Beyers in the Western 
Transvaal. Governor-General Botha an¬ 
nounces that the very great majority of 
the citizens are loyal in every Province, 
and the Beyers commando was routed by 
Gen. Botha, Oct. 28.Westminster 
Abbey has been insured for $750*000 
against dai j om aircraft. It is re¬ 
ported that many other London churches 
have taken out similar insurance. 
Nearly seven million in Belgium face 
famine unless they receive help from the 
outside at once. The American Minister 
to Belgium, Brand Whitlock, stated, Oct. 
26. that less than two weeks’ supply of 
food remained in the cities, whi 1 condi¬ 
tions in the country districts were worse. 
Though Germany has seized the food in 
some cities for her sofrdiers, she still dis¬ 
claims responsibility for feeding the Bel¬ 
gians.Insurance companies esti¬ 
mate the damage at Rheims at more than 
$200,000.000; more than 1.200 civilians 
were killed during the month’s bombard¬ 
ment; 40,000 of the population remain, 
mostly living in cellars. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—The New 
Jersey State Horticultural Society will 
hold its annual meeting in the agricul¬ 
tural building, State Experiment Station, 
New Brunswick, Dec. 8-10. A good ex¬ 
hibition is expected, and there will be 
the usual interesting speeches and dis¬ 
cussions. 
The first term of the two-year Winter 
course in agriculture given to farmers, 
their wives and daughters bv the College 
of Agriculture of the University of Mis¬ 
souri began November 2 this ye r.. For 
men this is a course in good farming; 
for women it is a course in better house¬ 
keeping. Anybody more than 16 years 
old may attend. The first term of the 
course ends December 18. 
The Maryland Week Exhibition will 
be held at Baltimore November 16th to 
21st. This Exhibition means a combina¬ 
tion exhibit of various Maryland socie¬ 
ties. The Maryland State Horticultural 
Society takes a leading part in the ex¬ 
hibit, and in connection with it the Mary¬ 
land Crop Improvement Association, the 
State Dairymen’s Association, and the 
State Bee-Keepers Association will com¬ 
bine and add to the exhibition. It. will be 
one of the largest gatherings of farmers 
or country people ever known in Mary¬ 
land. Great ex! il ts of farm products 
will be made, and valuable prizes will be 
offered. This in connection with ad¬ 
dresses by prominent teachers and spe¬ 
cialists will make a very strong meeting. 
A novelty in this connection will be an 
essay contest, open to boys or girls who 
regularly attend the Maryland public 
school. For example, $20 in gold will be 
offered for the best essay by a boy or 
young man on “Why the Maryland far¬ 
mer’s boy should remain on the farm.” 
Twenty dollars will also be given for 
the best essay by a girl or young woman 
on “How social conditions in rural life 
in Maryland can be bettered by the 
daughters of Maryland farmers.” The 
offering of these prizes for practical es¬ 
says is a most excellent plan, and we 
believe that this part of the exhibition 
will be very interesting. 
The nineteenth annual meeting of the 
American Association of Farm Institute 
Worker's will be held at the Raleigh Ho¬ 
tel, Washington, D. C., Nov. 9-11. In 
addition to the reports of the standing 
committees dealing with the various 
problems of interest to institute lectur¬ 
ers, there will be a number of addresses 
of general interest. 
At a recent meeting of the Eastern 
Live Stock Sanitary Association, Harry 
B. Winters, Albany, N. Y., was elected 
President; F. F. Walker, Boston, Mass., 
Vice-President; Dr. J. F. DeVine, 
Goshen, N. Y., Secretary and Treasurer. 
Dr. A. Joly, Waterville, Maine, Dr. 
Frank A. Ingram, Hartford, Conn., and 
Dr. H. P. E ves, Wilmington, Del., were 
elected members of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee. The next meeting of the Asso¬ 
ciation will be held at Wilmington, Del. 
Information having reached him that 
the dangerous, infectious and contagious 
disease known as the foot and mouth dis¬ 
ease exists in several counties of the 
States of Michig n and Indiana Calvin 
J. lluson, State Commissioner of Agri¬ 
culture, has issued a notice and order for¬ 
bidding the bringing of any horses, cat¬ 
tle, sheep, swine, goats or poultry into 
the State of New York from any of 
these counties. The order takes effect 
immediately and is for an indefinite per¬ 
iod of time. 
Twenty high school boys, specialists in 
agriculture, from California, who won 
prizes for getting the largest net results 
from given plots of ground, arrived in 
New York, Oct. 28, by special car. A 
transcontinental trip of 7,000 miles was 
the reward given to the twenty for their 
diligence and skill, through the efforts of 
the College of Agriculture of the Univer¬ 
sity of California, with the cooperation, 
of municipal chambers of commerce. 
Professors B. II. Crocheron and B. F. 
Morgan, of the agricultural extension of 
the University of California, are in 
charge of the party. They left Califor¬ 
nia on October 15, and on their way East 
inspected twelve types of farms. They 
are going to see cotton in Georgia and 
sugar in Louisiana. 
Goshen Farm Bureau was organized 
at Court House, Goshen, N. Y., Oct. 24. 
Forty-one paid in out of fair attendance. 
D. V. Farley, president; John Arfman. 
vice-president; C. B. Coleman, secretary; 
Howard Seeley, treasurer. Albert Man¬ 
ning, supervisor's nominee, executive 
committee, also C. W. Harlow, Pomona 
Grange nominee. 
The case of the National Society of 
Record Associations before the Inter¬ 
state Commerce Commission has been set 
for hearing on November 20th at Chica¬ 
go. In this case the breeders of pure¬ 
bred live stock in the United States, 
through their national organization, are 
attacking the present requirements of 
railroads relative to less than carload 
live stock shipments. The breeders will 
attempt to secure relief from the present 
excessive rates imposed on shipments of 
live stock under declared values in excess 
of the limited liability. The breeders 
also ask to have the minimum weight re¬ 
duced in official classification territory 
where stallions are now shipped at the 
weight of 7,000 pounds and horses and 
cattle at 5,000 pounds. The present lim¬ 
itation of liability in case of loss is 
claimed to be unreasonably low, and the 
Commission is asked to order an increase 
of this liability. 
THE WAR TAX.—The new war tax 
revenue law, affecting nearly all lines of 
business, became operative Oct. 23, ex¬ 
cept where later dates are specifically 
provided. Among the articles on which 
it went into immediate operation were 
the taxes on fermented liquors, including 
a graded scale of taxes on domestic and 
imported stilled wines, champagnes, liq¬ 
ueurs, cordials and sparkling and car¬ 
bonated wines. Pending the preparation 
of the new stamps for wines, liqueurs, 
etc., the internal revenue collectors were 
authorized to imprint on the old stamps 
the new rate of tax and to permit the')- 
use by distillers. On November 1 the 
new war taxes to be imposed on bankers, 
brokers, proprietors of theatres and cir¬ 
cuses, tobacco dealers and cigar and cig¬ 
arette manufacturers went into effect, 
while one month later, on December 1. 
1914, the new taxes on bonds, debentures, 
stock certificates, selling agreements and 
contracts, promissory notes, express and 
freight bills of lading, manifests and 
other shipping and sales memoranda, pol 
icies of insurance, or bond of nature of 
indemnity for loss, entry or withdrawal 
of merchandise from customs houses, 
telegraph and telephone messages, etc.. 
become effective. It is further to be 
noted that the system of taxes provided 
for in the new law are not to be levied 
after December 31, 1915. Before that 
time, however, the occasion may arise 
for Congress to extend its period of ef¬ 
fectiveness, in some part at least. Bank¬ 
ers on each $1,000 of capital, surplus 
and undivided profits shall pay $1. This 
tax applies to any person, firm or com¬ 
pany and every incorporated or other 
bank “having a place of business where 
credits are opened by the deposit or col¬ 
lection of money or currency, subject to 
be paid or remitted upon draft, check or 
order, or where money is advanced or 
loaned on stocks, bonds, bullion, etc.,” 
but savings banks having no capital 
stock, including postal savings banks, 
whose business is confined to receiving 
deposits and loaning or investing the 
same for the benefit of its depositors, and 
which does no other business of banking, 
are exempted from the tax. The tax on 
beer is fixed at $1.50 a b rrel, or 59 
cents above the tax as it formerly stood 
The law provides for the punishment of 
those who violate or seek to evade any 
of its provisions by declaring that such 
acts shall be deemed misdemeanors, and 
the offenders, upon conviction, shall be 
subject to fines ranging from *>10 to $300 
for each offense, and also provides in one 
or two instances for tint _ . s high as 
$1,000 and terms of imprisonment for 
from six months to five years, at the dis¬ 
cretion of the court. The heaviest pen 
alty is incurred for counterfeiting or 
conspiring to counterfeit or alter any of 
the adhesive stamps which will shortly 
be issued under the law. 
CROP REPORTS. 
Oct. 20. The markets here are very 
narrow. We can get only 32 cents per 
can for our milk now. 8Vi quarts. In 
the Summer it was 28 to 30 per can. 
For Manchester, 10 miles away, it was 
selling at 8 to 10 cents per quart. Cat¬ 
tle do not command a big price. Good 
cows can be bought for $40 to $60 each. 
It all depends upon whether a farmer 
has hay enough to keep the cows through 
the Winter. Hay sells at $20 to $23 
per .ton. We have to pay $1.25 per bag 
for oats, 32 pounds to the bushel, which 
measures 1% bushel per bag. We can 
only get 36 for butter, and 38 for eggs 
Apples only bring about $1.50 to $1.75 
per barrel for hand-picked Baldwins 
Potatoes bring now about 55 cents pel 
bushel. Live poultry 15 tol7. Hay. 
good English $20 to $23; cows $40 to 
$65; milk, per can 8Vi quarts, 26 to 34; 
butter, 32 to 38; eggs, Al, 20 to 40; ap 
pies this year, $1.50 to $2 per barrel 
We do not sell any gardening crops 9- 
mention in this locality. \v. F. L. 
Candia, N. 11. 
Oct. 23. Turnips 50 cents per bushel : 
potatoes, 85; apples, per barrel, $1.50 
to $2 for good Winter apples. Cabbage 
$6 per hundred; beets 50 cents per 
bushel: hogs, $11 per cwt.; eggs 50. 
Arlington Heights, Mass. c. b. o. 
Copyright Underwood k Underwood, New York. 
END. OF THE DAY ON A PALESTINE FARM. 
