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Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24
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TRANSPlANTlN0 TREES
How to Handle 1hem After They H.-'

How to Handle Them After They Have
Been Prop~rly Dug About.
From the fact that 80 many trans
planted trees either die outright or
drag along a miserable existence for q
year or two,i 1T would appear that there
is widespread misconception as to
the proper care to be exercised in trans
planting. 1t is common practice to
tear tree up somewhat roughly,
breaking off the fine roots that are the
most needed by the tree, and cutting
off tho big roots, because it is too much
work to follow them out to their tips
-and then to attempt to equalize
matters b. savagely cutting off the
branches, leaving little but the stem
of the tree land even that usually has it
stop cut off! This seems to me consider
ably like taking out one of a mans
lungs because his supply Of air is to be
cut off presently! A judicious pruning
of transplanted tree is all right and
proper, but such slaughter as is usu.
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NV GRAPE DlccAS-.


1t Lea<:s to tao UaAccount:.bl, Failing or
OF Eerr;cs.
What is called by so1no now disease
was developed in the Lake Eric grape
region of western New York last year.
The Grape BELT discusses it at length.
II is the uraccountablc falling off OF
berries before or as soon as they have
attained their full size. Frofs. bailey
and Lo,lclnan, Of Cornell university,
have investigated the matter at length.
Dry weather at the critical time seems
to have been the chief cause, though
this was lc NOR. injurious by lack
Of potash. 1t is we'll known that vines
require n large amount of potash in
ripcniuy their fruit. If potash is de-
Gticnt ull wet weather follows, the
grape nil lcws or rots. If there is too
little moisture for mildcw the berries
drop iro..l their cluster. In some vine
yards last yc::r the loss by shclling was
fifty per cent. Of tie crop; in others it
was not more than five per cent. The
droppinG OF TIC berries came on late in
August ;,:,d carly in September. Vines
which shell their grapes almost in
v;.riably have leaf blight, brown
patches appearing on the leaves. AS
the grape is nourished through the
leaves the dropping of the berries from
the cluster was an indication that tho
vine had undertaken a bigger job than
it could finish. Even those grapes
which remained on vines where the
shclling was worst were Of poor quail
hty, though they grew to full size. v
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GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

DO NOT plant an orchard on poor soil.
Trees must have food.
WHEN near a good market string
beans, peas and sweet corn are profit
able.
RAspBEER1Es, currants, gooseberries
and small fruits generally will profit
ably respond to an application Of phos-
pilates.
IT is said that pruning potatoes to
two stalks in the hill has produced
larger tubers and a greater yield. This
is done on the theory that we Prune
vines and trees and pinch back melons Is!
and tomatoes. The theory is all right
Too much energy can go into tops
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Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24

ally made of limbs and the top of the
trunk is, to my mind, a very foolish
proceeding. "A much better plan is to
exercise more care and effort in taking
up the tree, taking up big bunch Of
the earth with the fine roots undis-
turbed. It is the fine rootlets that
feed the tree, and it is the loss of these
that SO often causes the tree to die after
transplanting. The forcible removal
of tree from the ground is almost
sure to tear off all these rootlets. It
is best to begin some distance out from
the tree, and to cut the turf carefully
around it, digging down with caution
so as not to cut off any important
roots. When these are found they
should be carefully followed out
for considerable distance and loos-
ened from the soil. The most i'm
portant care, however, is in getting
up big ball of earth with the tree,
and this is accomplished by digging
down about and under the tree. This
requires some work, but if tree is
worth transplanting it is worth while to
make some effort to give tia good start
in its new location. The accompany.
ing illustration shows most conven-
lent way to handle a tree after it has
been properly dug about. A pair of
wheels, with tongue" has a piece of
joist lashed beneath it. The end of the
tongue, or pole, is then raised high in
the air and the end OF the joist attached
to a chain that has been passed be.
meath the tree in two or more direc-
tions. When the pole is brought down,
the tree is raised from its position and
can be gently bent forward to the axle,
secured there, and carried off to its
new location.
Before being taken away, however,
it will be well to wrap the ball of
Garth in old burlap to keep the
earth from shaking off and disturbing
the small roots. Carried away with
whccls utter this fashion, the tree can
be carefully dropped into the cavity
provided for it with the least possible
ja-ring. After the loose earth has
been carefully packed in about all the
exposed roots, y generous coat of mulch
should be applied, and some pruning o1
the top made, bat not q severe pruning
by any means. Whatever wood is re-
moved should be in tho line Of giving
the tree Il we'll proportioncd head
Transplantcd in this way trees ought
to live and grow thriftily, and my e.;
pcricncc has been that they will do So
-XVel,l Donccu. in N. Y. Tribnoo.
Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24
the COOLING MOTH.
Secretary Morton Tells Fruit Growors

Secretary Morton Tells Fruit Growors
=" Howato destroy
The apple trade of the United States
with foreign countries has always been
prof table. The demand for apples
grown in the United States has always
been In excess of the supply. Great
Britain, alone, during the nine months
ending September, 1894, paid the or
chards of the United States So, 5OO, ,OO0
The greatest enemy to our export ap-
pie is the codling moth. But the en-
tire crop can be made wormlcss if tho
orchnrdists Of the United States will
use the following recipe:
use Pnris green ut the rate of 1
pound to l50 gallons of water. Weigh
out sufficient poison for the capacity of
the tank used, and make it into thin
pal ut with u small quantity of water
and add powdered or quick lime equal
to the weight of poison used, mixing
thoroughly. The lime takes up the
tree arscnic and removes the danger of
scalding. Strain the mixture into the
spray tank, taking care to pulverize
and wash all the poison through. the
stralner' During the operation of
spraying sec that the liquid is agitated
with sufficient frequency to prevent
tue settling Of the poison.
1.-The primo essential in spraying is
td break up the liquid into fine mist,
so US to coat every leaf and part Of the
plant as lightly u" is consistent with
thoroughness. This should not require
more than from to gallons for a
comparatively large fruit tree" -
Let the first spraying follow within
a week after the falling OF the bios
SONS Of either apple or pear, and fol-
low this with 4 second treatment inst
before the fruit turns down on the
stem, Or when it is from onc-fourth to
one-half inch in diameter. The first
spraying reaches the eggs laid by the
moth in the flower end Of the fruit
shortly after the falling Of the bios
SONS, and the sccon the later eggs
laid by bclatett moths. DO not spray
trees when in bloom, and if washing
r:in immediately follows treatment,
repeat the application.
knapsacls spraycrs suitable for ap-
plying the insecticidc can now be OBJ
tanned at reasonable prices at all agri-
cultural implement storcs.-Secretary
Norton
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He Was Well Disciplined,

One day a man making some improve
ments in Lincoln's yard suggested to
Mrs. Lincoln the propriety, Of QUITTING
down one of the trees, to which she will.
ingly assented. Before doing So how
ever, the man came down to our office
and consulted Lincoln himself about it.
"What did Mrs. Lincoln say2' inquired
the latter. She consented to have it
taken away. " f'.Then, id Gods na,ne,"
exclaimed Lincoln, :. ..'cut it down to the
rOotsp' ~Ff,.} 1fl ~
Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24
TILE SUC-lnRiGAT,ON.

Good Way "f Applying Water to Fruits
and Forced Vegetables.
Underground irrigation is often moro
useful than water applied on the sur
face, for small fruits and forced vegetu-
blcs, especially tho strawberry when
The plants arc developing fruit. The
sinking of empty G.owcrpots here and
there through the plot, and keeping
these fllc:l with water. which grad
u;lly so;llSs into the surrounding
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ground, may answer for a small plot Of
berries, but for larger area the plan
suggested in the accompanying illus
tration will be found more serviceable.
Between every second row of plants is
laid, few inches below the surface, a
row of drain tiles, the first one in each
row coming to the surface. With a
hose each row Of tile can be filed in a
moment, and the water will be alb
sorbed by the earth and reach the
roots of the plants as needed, and
there will be no bakingof the surface
soil. If desired the first row of tile
could be extended around through the
vnrous rows and the whole filed from
one point: A modifcation'of this idea
is used with many other crops. Amer
lean AgricH1turist.1S + fssiss r-,% l. x*&'
Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24
USEFUL GARDEN TOOL

Almost Indispensable When Planting Very
t.. Small Seods.
For planters of small gardens will
describe homemade tool which find
rery serviccable in planting small
seeds, such as radish, onion, etc. Take
= plank six or eight inches wide and
one foot long. Hollow out the side
that is intended to drag on the ground
Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24
PLANK IARKER

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and nail small sharp stick to it,
which is intended to open a small fur
row for the seeds. Attach handle
about five feet long to the top edge of
the board and pull it straight ahead
over frcshly-plowed ground and you
will have nice, smooth ridge, with a
small furrow on top to receive the
seeds. To cover the seeds remove the
small stick and drag tho concern over
the ridge again.-L. l.. Eoberts, in
Farm and Fircsile.
Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24

THERE are SECTIONS of the. country
that are specially adapted to growing
certain crops, and upder such condi-
tions those crops should be grown.
Kalamazoo Mich celery culture is an
illustration of tue wisdom of this.
Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24
WF]STPORT,

THE PATCHEN STALLION,
Is tinelv bred from the best strains of
trotting stock in America. He is
eight years old, sixteen hands high,
weighs 1850 pounds, dark seal brown
coat, has fine and free action and is a
fast stopper, combining beauty, bot
tom and speed. -, u-.,.,
Trials: Repeated miles better than
2:26. - > -
$500 to insure. " ''''
j. Wesport sires large general purpose
horses, mostly of his own colororblack.
T. Makes season at Austin,f Minn.t',n,
-. .tCHAS.; iCRESSEY, Owner.{r
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Mower County transcript., 1895-07-24

Ovcr tho ROCKY MOUNTAINS and CAS-
CADE RANGE by daylight, giving passensers
an opportunity Of seeing the GRANDEST
SCENERY of the Northwest
Tue GREAT NORTHERN runs Buffet-Library
Tourist Slccpcrs, and First and Second Glass
Coaches.
HAVING A Rock RALLAsTED TRACK the trans
continental journey via the Great Northern
Railway is free from one of the clief annoy
ances of WESTERN travel.
ROUND TRIP TICKETS with stop over priyi-
leges and choice of return route.
For further information apply to Railway
Ticket Agents at all principal points, or ad-
F. I. WHITNEY, G. P. & T. Al
St. Paul, MINI.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
QUAY HAS WON HIS BATTLE.
Leaders of the Combination Against
Him Have Given UP All Hope.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. 22.-Unlted
States Senator Quay came to Harrisburg
this afternoon and will remain here un-
til after the Republican State Conyen-
ton, which Is to meet next Thursday. A
caucus of his folio wers has been called
to meet in this city on Tuesday evening.
Senator Quay tonight issued the follow
ing statement
s'The leaders Of the combination against
me have given up all hope of defeating
me, except by means of the direct bribery
of fifteen or twenty of the delegates who
have hitherto been favorable to me. To
accomplish this result, agents of the
combine will be sent to almost every
county in the State. These people will
tempt the men who have been
elected delegates with large sums of
money. / hope my friends will be on
their guard, and wiz promptly take
measures to make public tee effort of
the combine bribers, and speedily bring
them to justice. Without such despe-
rate methods it is impossible for me to
lose control of the convention"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
CONSUL WALLER's CASE.
His Release will be Demanded and
Indemnity for His Wrongs.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 22.-The
following is given in official circles as a
fair statement of the Waller case so far
as the facts have been reported to the
United States There is no doubt that
while in a country occupied by the
French, Mr., Waller wrote letters to the
people the French were opposing
These letters we're traced to him and
were made the pretext for his arrest and
conviction. This arrest and conviction
was irregular. His trial was not fair
and during his Imprisonment before and
after conviction he was treated with
great harshness. He was brought to
France, chained to the deck of a steamer,
and though i'll and suffering, he was i'm
prisoned without proper care.
The French government has not eX-
planned in any satisfactory manner the
irregular arrest and trial. 1t has been
attempted to excuse it by saying that in
time of war military courts and trials
are different from civil proceedings in
time of peace, but this explanation in
the opinion of the United States does
not meet the case, and in the opinion of
the State Department there is strong
possibility that Waller's treatment was
due to the concessions he claimed in
Madagascar.
When the case was first presented to
the Department of State it appeared that
there was little that could be done for
Waller. The first evidence furnished by
the French government of Waller's in
discretions made his case look doubtful,
but later developments, including the
failure of the French government to ex-
plain the irregular proceedings of the
trial, and the necessarily harsh and in
human treatment of the prisoner, and
the demonstrated fact that Waller had
some equity rights, at least, in Madagas-
car, made his case appear in far better
light.
In view Of what has come to light as
result of later inquiry, it is held that the
United States has good ground for de-
manding Walters release and indemnity
for his wrongs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
MEANING OF SOUND MONEY.
Chairman Patterson Now Tries Ills
Hand at a Correct Definition.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 22.-Charles
Heber CLARK on Wednesday last address
ed letter to g. Stuart Patterson,
Chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Pennsylvania Sound Money Lea
que, in which he requests Mr.. Patterson
to give him "a definition of the phrase
sound money as approved by the sound
money league"
Mr.. Patterson to day replied as fol-
lows;
sSIR:-I have received your letter of
the first instant. 1t gives me great pleas.
ure to reply to your inquiry. Sound
money is of only one of two possible
kinds:
First, that whose market value as a
commodity is equivalent to its face value
as money; or,
Second, thai which is representative in
its character, and having little or no
market value as a commodity is converti-
BILE at par into money of the first kind.
''It is obvious that in the terms of this
definition, gold alone is sound money of
the first kind and legal tender notes,
national bank notes, and the money of
small change, subsidiary silver, nickel
anu copper ColUS art bDunh AuOuCy vi
the secor d kind 1t is also obvious that
so long as the government of the United
States is able to redeem its silver dol
lars in gold at par those silver dollars are
sound money of the second kind, for
their monetary value is dependent, not
upon their market value as bullion, but
exclusively upon their convertibility at
par into gold 1t is also obvious that as
money silver, dollars are more bulky,
more inconvenient to handle, more
costly to produce and no more effective
than notes. 1t is also and equally
obvious that if silver were to be
admitted to free coinage at the legal
ratio of 16 to /, under the independent
action of this government, it would not
be possible for this government to con-
tinuo to redeem its silver dollars at par
in gold, aud its silver dollars would
therefore not be sound money.
"As you say, that your wish II to
make public use Of any response you
may receive, have sent your letter and
this reply to the newspapers. "
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER.
Placing the Responsibility for the Irc-
land Building Disaster.

New YORK, Aug. 22.-At the inquest
into the death of the fifteen men killed
at the Ireland building disaster, August
8, Coroner Fitzpatrick placed five of the
men alleged to be responsible for the loss
of life under arrest. They are Archi-
tect Behre1S, Thomas Murray, foreman
for Parker, the builder; Parker's Super
intendents, Walker and Youdell, and
Dennis J. Buckley, a builder inspector.
Each of the accused was held in
50, 500 bail to await The conclusion Of
the inquest. The bail was furnished.
The technical charge against each is
mansaughter in the second degree.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
TME LARGEST gDR@WlAT@N AMY NQtR7m @ABUlDNA DAILY
THEY WERE ALL FOR SILVER.
Gold Men Were Ignored by the Demo-
Gratis in Nebraska Yesterday.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. EFF an effort
was made to conciliate any warning ele-
ments in the ranks of Nebraska Demo
Gratis it was not in evidence at the State
Democratic Convention to day. Prior
to the session there was some talk about
the silver and gold wings of the party
combining, but if a plan was seriously con-
templated twas early abandoned. From
. o'clock, when Chairman Smith con-
vaned the body, until II o'clock to-
night, when the curtain went down in
the hall, silver was the only apparent
problem before the convention. But it
was essentially a convention of the ad-
vocates Of the white metal in the party
and the other wing ignored the action
of to day and will convene at Lincoln,
September 5.
Edgar Howard, was made permanent
chairman without opposition and the fol-
lowing nominations were made by ac-
clamati0n;
Supreme Court Judge, E. J. Phelps:
Regents State University, DR.. Fl. s.
Blackburne and J. J. Kettle.
After speeches of minor Importance,
bubbling over with silver sentiment and
opposition to the A. P. A, the commit
tee reported the following resolutions:
"We, the Democrats of Nebraska, in
convention assembled, re- affirm our
faith in those principles written in the
declaration of American independence
and emphasized by Jefferson and jack
son.
"We re-affirm the declaration made by
the last Democratic State Convention,
held in Nebraska on September Goth,
1894
eve believe the restoration of the
money of the Constitution is now the
paramount issue before the convention
and insist that all parties shall plainly
state their respective positions upon the
question, in order that the voters may
intelligently express their preference.
"We, therefore, declare ourselves in
favor of the immediate restoration of
the free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio of
16 to 1, as such coinage existed prior to
1873, without waiting for the said con-
sent of any other nation, such gold and
silver coin to be full legal tender, for
all debts, public and private.
"We send greeting to our Democratic
brethren throughout the Union who are
making such a gallant fight for the re
storation of bi metallism, and congratu-
late them upon the progress made"
Here followed plank denouncing the
A. P. A, and another commencing
President Clevelands civil service re-
form policy.
A delegate attempted to place the fol-
lowing before the convention as the
minority report:
"We commend the administration of
President Cleveland as being able,
patriotic and honest and re affirm the
platform adopted by the Democratic
National Convention at Chicago, In 1899 "
Scarcely had the first word been ut
tered when the whole convention was
protesting.
There was such roar that order was
not established for ten minutes, when
the offending resolution was tabled
without comment.
To night. Hon. W. J. Bryan and other
Nebraska Democrats addressed the con
yention on financial issues.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
IMPRISONED FOR SEDUCTION.
Sensational Arrest of a Prominent Re-
publican Politician.


TRENTON, N. j., Aug. 90 Frank A.
Mcgowan, until recently rated as a
millionaire and frequently mentioned in
connection with the Republican guber-
Material nomination this year, was ar
rested to-day on capias charged with
the seduction of Helen Edith Barnes and
the alienation of her affections from her
husband, John Barnes. The latter was
superintendent of the Eastern Rubber
Company, one of the Mcgowan concerns,
which fortnight since passed into the
hands of a receiver, and it is he who
prefers the charges against Mcgowan.
Mcgowan was taken at once to the
Mercer county Jail and detained under
$25, 900 bail. The heavy Dail was fixed
on account of the belief that Mcgowan
was arranging to leave for Mexico, and
because Barnes is desirous of instituting
suit to recover 500, 900 damages against
him.
Magowan's arrest on such charges has
created a great sensation. Reports were
in circulation few days ago that Barnes
was seeking Mcgowan with revolver
and tragic conclusion of the affair had
De6n anticipated.
According to this complaint, Barnes
and his wife were married May II, 1888,
by Rev. Mckee, ''in Toronto, Canada. Her
name was Helen Edith Riddle. They
have a girl, Beryl, the only child born to
them.
Captain Lawrence Farrell aud Senator
William Fl. Skirn, this afternoon furn-
ished ;bail for Mcgowan and he was at
once released from custody.
The papers in the big damage suit
were filed to-day and the case will come
up for trial at the November term of the
Supreme court. Chauncey Il. Beasley,
counsel for Barnes, is.drawing up petit
ton for divorce for him which it is ex-
pected will be filed within "a hours.
After his release on bail, Mcgowan had
a long consultation with his attorneys
which resulted in his applying for waa-
rant for Barnes upon the charge of per
jury. Barnes heard of the warrant and
surrendered himself. Upon being
brought before the justice who issued the
warrant, he waived examination and was
held on So, 900 bail. Mcgowan has also
threatened to cause the arrest of @. II.
Bearsley, Barnes counsel. Barnes got
bail and was released at mid night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
Hunting for the Train Robbers.

FENNvHLE, Mich, Aug. 22.-Four
express officials are here looking into the
Chicago and West Michigan train rob
berry. They now admn there were four
money packages in the EXPIRE car safe,
but will n9t state the amount lost. The
robbers now have good start and have
left few clues.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-23
Strikers Return to w orI
Ex-Gov. Luzon ID. Morris Dead

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. % -Ex-
Gov. Luzon B. Morris died at his home
in this city this afternoon of apoplexy.
He was found in his Office unconscious
at 10 o'clock this morning. He was re-
moved to his home and died at p. m.
without regaining consciousness.