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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29
New Varieties of Corn.

We believe the ordinary farmer
should give a good deal of thought to
the varieties of corr he grows, and
that it will pay him to experiment in
a small way with new varieties, says
Wallace's Farmer. After some expert
ence he will be able to cross intelll-
gently for a special purpose from year
10 year and get about what he wants
corn originally was a semi-troplcal
product, coming, we believe, from Mex
leo. 1t has been growing in a wide
range of climate, and has developed a
great number of varieties. In fact, it
is more variable than n other grain,
varying not merely with the climate,
put with the soil, and in selecting seed
corn 1t is not safe to reach over a wide
range OF latitude. If you do, the corn
Will be confused, so to speak, and not
KNOW how long to grow nor when to
rlpen and get in out of the way of
frost. n farmer who is selecting
seed corn with the idea of grain pro-
auction should select the variety that
Will grow him the greatest amount of
grain, large ears, and as many of them
as possible. The farmer who is grow
Ing corn to feed cattle in the shock
should aim to grow the greatest total
amount Of food, which he will find in
a large number of medium-sized ears
and a finer quality of fodder-the re-
suit OF thicker planting than is justi-
nable when growing exclusively for the
grain. The farmer who grows corn for
summer feed for stock should select
a corn that is early and has a large
amount of leaves like the Evergreens,
n SO on to the end of the type that
VIII produce him the largest amount
ana get in out of the way of frost. 1t
should, therefore, not be an early va
rlety such as the Northern grown vari-
cites are likely to be, nor yet a late
one like the large corn from the South.
we think our readers will see the point
IN this at a glance, and it should gov
ern them in determining on the varie-
ties OF corn to plant this year. One
thing we urge especially, that they look
out for their seed corn early, as in
large sections of the country the seed
is hopelessly damaged.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Potatoes on Rye SODA potato
grower gives out the following, which
may be worth trying: ITO those who
have trouble with potatoes getting
weedy through the summer, 1 will say:
If you sowed a piece of rye this fall,
plow up enough of it for your potato
ground next spring, and you will
neither be troubled with weeds nor
bugs."--Ex.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Protect the Soil.-It is always a loss
to leave soil naked through the win
ter, especially if the surface soil is
friable. Unless snow comes as a COW
ering, much of it will be blown into
adjoining fields. Often when snow
comes it will be wind swept into
banks behind fences on its leeward
side, and so Don as the banks are
formed the snow will be darkened
by clouds of fine dust, which is de-
posted on it's surface. This wind
blown soil is always extremely rich,
as is shown by the quicker growth and
darker green of the grass that grows
up after the bank has melted in spring.
Always the land on the leeside of
fields that have been much and long
plowed is richer near the fence on the
leeward side than it is nearer the CEN
ter of the field. For this reason, when
blowing, turn the burrows as much as
possible from the fences towards the
center of the field. Doubtless there is
much blowing of surface dirt in sum-
mel showers, though it is not so plain
to the sight as it is when the dark
rim lies on top Of a white bank Of
snOW,-EX.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

We are told that there was once an
old lady who lived in a shoe-and,
strange to say, she didn't consider 1t
any too large.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

It's more often the husbands cross
grained streak than the wife's cook
ing that spoils the dinner.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Paris accepts the automobile with
the eagerness she accepted the horse
in a table d'hote dinner in 1871.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29
Dairying in Southern Illinois.

At the Illinois State Dairymen's con-
vention R. G. Wexford, speaking on
the above subject, said: In my expe-
rience Of 80 years in Illinois, Wiscon-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Opinions are like watches; no two
ever go alike, yet each man believes
in his own.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

A man is prouder of the things he
thinks he can accomplish than of those
he really can.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29
An Estimate in Profit.

There are few farmers who rightly
estimate the poultry and eggs that are
produced on the farm. If they study
the matter up, they will find that the
hens in the barnyard pay more for the
food they consume than almost any
thing else, in fact, except the indis-
pensable horse, whose value is hard to
compute, being so much depended up
on, so says a writer in Poultry Tri-
bune. The farmer can keep a hen for
less than fifty cents per year. This
has been proved time and again, and
it is a poor sort of hen that will not
produce ten dozen eggs a year. The
average price is about ten cents, a
dozen. Allowing the cost of keeping
is fifty cents, and that eggs average
but ten cents a dozen the year through,
it will be seen the income is one hun
dred per cent on the investment Of
keep. If he keeps his poultry as he
should, the average price will be near
er twenty cents a dozen than ten cents,
for he will get eggs in the winter when
prices are high.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

A young nan keeps company with a
girl before marriage, but after the cere-
mony it sometimes happens that her
father has to keep both of them.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Marriage is a business failure when
a man puts his property in his wife's
name.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

It's a mean bachelor who advises a
girl to marry and then. fails to pro-
pose.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

One Objection to Corn.-Onc of the
reasons why corn is a bad feed for
fowl is that the grain is large, and if
shelled and thrown out by handfuls
the fowl eat much too fast, and secure
too much for their good.-Maine Far
mer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Read good dairy literature and keep
posted on new ideas, says the Maine
Farmer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Do not feed any kind Of fodder until
the milking is done.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Do not use the milk within twenty
lays Of calving.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Aeration of Milk.-There is hardly
a place in which milk is used hat will
not pay to cool and aerate it at the
same time. Such milk brought to the
creamery or cheese factory, if all the
patrons would practice it, would show
at once in the increased quality of the
product and the price. The difficulty
is that there are so many patrons who
don't believe in any improvement if it
is going to cost something to set it at
work. Yet, wherever there is a fac
tory or creamery that has prevailed on
the patrons to practice aeration and
cooling, that institution stands high in
the price received for it's product.-Ex.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

The man who is disliked by chill
dren and dogs has but few friends.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

The windows of Persian houses, as a
rule, are not visible from the street.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29
"A Step Toward Improvement.

There are many farmers who would
like to take any step they know TO be
the proper one toward the improve
ment of the utility fowl, says the
Homestead. Poultry shows have for
years been giving premiums for the
best fowl, pair or pen of a certain
breed and a certain feather mark
ing has been the deciding point.
Now comes a step in "the-right
direction, and G poultry show manage
ment proposes to give a prize to the
pen OF hens that has laid the most eggs
during the year: There is just one
point against this feature, and that is
the wonderful prolifcness of some
hens in some hands to lay eggs in in
credible numbers. 1t is a fact that
some hens that have disqualifying
feathers have laid more eggs in three
months than some of the prize takers
have in a whole year. The walking
horse at county fairs has never been
appreciated, and yet a fast walking
horse is quite valuable, other things be-
ing equal. The production of butter
in some breeds of COWS has been
brought up to a very high standard. A
similar improvement in fowls will be
a step in the right direction, but it
cannot be secured by always showing
up the dangerous side of the business.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Much personal enjoyment results
from kind and charitable acts.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-06-29

Care should be taken to have each
SOW separate some time before pigging,
and not allowed too much bedding, as
there is less danger of smothering her
pigs than when much litter is allowed
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Warrants for the Spanish Indemnity

Washington, April 29.-At the request
of the secretary of state, the treasury
department today drew four diplomatic
settlement warrants for $4,000 900 each
in discharge of the treaty obligations
of the United States to Spain. The
warrants directed the treasury of the
United States to pay these several
sums to his excellency, Jules Cambon,
ambassador extraordinary and pleni-
potentiary of France and representative
of Spain. The warrants were singed
by F. A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary
of the treasury; F. j. Tracewen, comp
troller, by C.: M. Force, chief clerk,
and by Ellis II. Roberts, treasurer who
directed the assistant treasurer of the
United States at New York, to pay
them. 1t was Mr.. Vanderlip's intention
to personally deliver the warrants to
the secretary of state this afternoon
and a form of receipt had been prepar-
ed for N: Cambon's signature. but NJ
Hay left his office earlier than usual
80 that the transfer to the French am,
bassador was postponed until Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
THE SCHOOL CONTESTS
On the University Athletic Grounds.
Oak Ridge and HOrner Take First
and Second HOnOrs
Especial to the Messenger.)

Especial to the Messenger.
Chapel Hill, N. c., April 29.-The
second annual meet between the lead
ing preparatory schools of the state
for the athletic championship took
place amid much enthusiasm and with
great success today. All the leading
schools were represented, but Oakridge
and Horner secured first and second
honors. Carter, of Oakridge, was
first in the so and the 100 yard dash.
Oldham, of Horner, won putting the
shot-distance Sc feet inches.
Horner won first also in the 220 hurdle,
kicking foot ball for distance and goals,
the bicycle race and the relay race.
Oakridge was first in high jumping,
throwing the base ball, the broad Jump
Oakridge, scoring more points, again
carried off the championship banner,
and Carter, scoring more 1ndlvldual
points, for the second time, received
the silver cup.
All of the contestants received hand
some rosettes of white and blue.
Large crowds from Durham and Ok
ford were present and the whole event
passed off successfully.
The students are very jubilant over
the defeat of Georgia yesterday and
today as it is our greatest game. The
team plays Mercer College in Macon
Georgia Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
ENTERS CHARLESTON
1t Gains Control of the South Carolina
and Georgia Railroad-Steamsh ship
Line to West Indies

Charleston, S. c., April 29.-The
deal between the Southern railway and
the South Carolina and Georgia for
the purchase of the latter railroad has
been consummated and a formal an
nouncement is expected tomorrow.
Vice President Andrews and Attor-
ney Abney, of the Southern, are in
Charleston today at a meeting of stock
holders of the South Carolina and
Georgia. The terms of the purchase
were not given out. 1t is understood
the Southern will enter into control at
once and probably put on a steamship
line to the West Indies.
New York, April 29.-It was an
nounced here today that the Southern
railway has leased the property and
franchises of the South Carolina and
Georgia railroa1, and that property
will hereafter be operated as the
Charleston division of the Southern
railway. The jurisdiction Of the presi-
dent and vice president of the Southern
railway is extended over the new prop
erty. The South Carolina and Georgia
extension railway, which was formerly
in the possession Of the South Carolina
and Georgia railroad is not lncluded
in the lease and is left to be operated
Independently.
Charleston, S. c., April 29.-The
lease of the South Carolina and
Georgia to the Southern carries with
it absolute control Of the Augusta
; Southern Line, but the Ohio River and
Charleston, the other leased line OF the
South Carolina and Georgia road, is
not included in the deal. Orders We're
at once issued from the Washington
and New York offices of the Southern
! system, continuing existing officials OF
f, the leased lines in service and directing
them to report to the proper depart
| ments of the Southern.
The deal is regarded here with much
favor by the business in this city, es-
pecially as assurances have already
been received that Charleston is to bs
made leading Southern railway termi
nal point from this time on. Vice
President A. B. Andrews said tonight
that the South Carolina and Georgi;
will be equipped at once with stee
rails and tie most improved roliin!
stock. Through passenger trains vii
be put on between this city and tn
Pie imont section of Carolina and
through freight service via Ashevlli
will be inaugurated between this por
, and the Mississippi valley. All ind1
catoins point to the fact that Charles
/ ton 's about to become the leadin
| south Atlantic port of the Souther
railway system. b
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02

in the period preceding the Franco
German war.
The jingo agrarian press seizes the
opportunity TO attack the cabinet, and
particularly the foreign minister. Ba-
ron Won Buelow, and TO reiterate the
charge that he is pursuing a vacillating
policy.
The North German Gazette, for ex-
ample. says: Advancing at the wrong
time and then retreating at the wrong
time--that has been our foreign policy
for a decade past"
Other newspapers continue the cam
paign for a larger navy, insiting that
If Germany wishes to remain a world
power she must have many more ships,
so as to be able TO interfere at any
time and anywhere. The great major
ity OF the newspapers, however. pre-
serve a calm and reasonable tone over
the Coghlan incident.
The correspondent here Of the Asso-
ciated Press learns that Emperor Will
liam has taken a deep interest in the
Coghlan incident and in affairs as they
have been developing in Samoa. While
visiting at Wartburg. the emperor had
full reports sent to him regarding both
matters, including a copy OF the satir-
ical ditty which Captain Coghlan sang
at the conclusion OF his speech at the
Union League Club in New York and
which his majesty read with great
amusement
Universal attention has been attract
ed in political circles by the promi-
nence given in the semi Official North
German Allegemeine Zeitung TO an en-
dorsement OF the late Prince Bis
marck's recommendation OF a German.
British and Italian alliance. The Kreuz
Zeitung gives the subject equal promi-
nence, but takes exception to the rec
ommendatfon, saying that before any
such alliance can be thought OF Samoa
and other troublesome points must be
out of the way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
The Presidents Quite Time in PhiIa.
delphia

New York, April 29-President Nc
Kinley spent the day quietly, adhering
to his announced purpose that the visit
TO- this city should be a pleasure and
not business trip. He viii, according
to present arrangements, return to
Washington on Monday morning. 1t
is quite probable that he will remain
In the capital only a few days, for he
contemplates taking another short
trip, although his plans in this regard
are not fully matured
1t Is understood that the president
EXPRESSED entire satisfaction with the
events in the Philippines as reported
10 MIN today through dispatches from
General Otis and the Associated Press
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02

idaho Strikers Blow mp MflisWith Dy-
namite-Great Destruction Of Prop.

Wardner, idaho, April 29.-Wardner
today has been the scene OF the worst
riots since the deadly labor war OF
1892. One man is dead, another is
thonught TO be mortally wounded and
property valued at $780, has been
destroyed by giant powder and fire.
The damage was done by union miners
and sympathizers from Canyon creek,
about wenty miles from Wardner.
This morning a mob OF from 500 to
1,000 men, all of them armed and many
OF them masked, seized a train at
Burke, at the head of Canyon creek
There were nine box cars and a pas
senger coach and they were black
with the mob. The visitors brought
with them 5000 pounds of giant pow
der.
After a parley Of two hours 140
masked men, armed with Winchester
rifles, the Burke men in the lead and
those from Wardner following, started
with yells for the Bunker Hill and Sui
hvan mill and other buildings, a third
of a mile from the depot. They sent
pickets ahead and one of the pickets
fired shot as a signal that the mill
was abandoned. This was misunder-
stood by the main body of the mob,
who imagined that non-union miners
in the hills had opened fire on them.
and they began to fire upon their own
pickets About 1000 shots were thus
exchanged between the rioters and
their pickets and Jack Smith, one Of
the pickets, formerly Of British Colum-
bia, and noted figure in drill contests,
was shot dead.
BY this time, the strikers had taken
possession OF the Bunker Hill and the
Sullivan mill, which they found de-
serted hEN n al
his employees not to risk their lives by
battling with the mob. Powder was
called for and sixty 50-pound boxes
were carried from the depot TO the
mill The heaviest charge was placed
under the brick office building. Other
Then the boarding house, a frame
structure, was burned. Fuses leading
to the charges were lighted and the
strikers, carrying the dead body of
the picket, retired to a safe distance.
At 2:36 p. m. the first blast went off.
1t shook the ground for miles and
buildings in iWardner, two miles away,
trembled. AT intervals of about sixty
seconds four other charges went off,
the fifth being the largest and COM
pletely demohshing the mill.
The loss to the Bunker Hill and Sui
livan Company is estimated at from
s250,000 to $500, 900.
back to the. station, the whistle was
bloTtaa for sS,agglers, the mob climbed
abroad and at o'clock, just three
hours after its arrival, the train start
ed for Canyon creek. During the fusi-
lade from the guns of the mob Jim
Chain, Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mine man, was severely shot through
the hips. 1t is reported that he was
carried off by the strikers and that
his wound is probably fatal. ]. J.
Rogers, a stenographer in the employ
of the company, was shot through the
lip, but his wound is trivial
This morning the 230 non-union min
ers at the Bunker Hill and the Sulli-
van mill had warning of the coming
of the mob and left the mill and took
to the hills. They have not been seen
since. Union men working in the Last
Chance left the mine this afternoon,
presumably to take part in the riot
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-02
Committee Reports Against Negroe .
COmmtltees

Atlanta, Ga, April 2S-At today's
session of the international Sunday
school convention, the executive COM
mittee, to which was referred the mat
ter Of giving the negroes representa-
tion on committees where white men
were chosen, reported against the ne
groes. In some states the negroes have
separate organizations and the color
ed men wanted a representative with
the whites who also have their organ
1zation; but one delegate however, Is
allowed each state. Reports were heard
from the committees on lessons and
finances and from Treasurer w. X.
Crosby, Of Delaware.
Twenty-four thousand dollars was
raised for the furtherance Of Sunday
school work, Cuba and Japan sending
S25 each.
President Hoke Smith read an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Manila an
nouncing that the Philippines had
made overtures for peace. This wa.
received with tremendous applause
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er he will ask another conference with
the expectation of arranging favorable
terms of peace. It is said at the war
department that it is not likely that
any further concessions than that Of
general amnesty will be made. Peace
and freedom, il is believed, will appeal
more strongly to the Philippine army
than any argument Aguinaldo> and his
officers may make. Meanwhile, it is the
belief of the officials at the war de-
partment that any further hostilities
on a large scale are not probable.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
AGUINALDO.
London, April 29.-Members of the
Philippine junta here made the state
ment to the Associated Press CORE
spondent today that the peace nego-
tiationS between the United States au-
thOrities at Manila and General Luna
were unofficial in character. General
Luna, the junta asserts, does not repre-
sent Aguinaldo's government. 1t is fur
ther asserted by the junta that secret
negotiations between Dean G.. Worces-
ter, of the United States Philippine
commission, and a representative of
Aguinaldo have been in progress since
before the attack on Malolos.
The following conditions, it is alleg-
ed, were proposed after the capture Of
MaloiOS. The Americans to issue a
proclamation granting the Philippines
self-government and political, civil and
religious rights, similar to those enjoy
ed by the people Of Canada; the Phil
ippinos to control international mercan-
tile relations; Americans and Philip
pinos to enjoy equal rights in the is
lands; Manila to remain in the posses
sion of the United States until congress
decides otherwise; the American flag
to fly over the capitols of the islands
and in the most prominent positions
along with the Philippine flag, except
at Manila, where only the American
flag shall fly; all vessels to fly the
American flag with that of the Philip
pinos; the Roman Catholic clery to be
under the same administration as in
the United States; Spanish clerical di-
rection and Intervention to be abolish
ed; the status quo of rural property
belonging to the religious orders to be
maintained, without return to the ante
bellum state of affairs; hospitals and
schools formerly administered by the
orders to be handed over to the gov
ernment, the orders to retain only their
present town property; the secular
clergy to retain their property.
The junta asserts that Aguinaldo. :. in
view of these proposals, withdrew from
Malolos, but that General Otis procla-
nation after the occupation of Malolos
failed to grant self-government on the
proposed lines. This, it is further as
serted, caused the hostilities following
the capture of Malolos.
MANILA 2