davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27
uMettct unS ~

SE Nufruf, ben bic Special. 9sbpl.
md6tieten Der Buren,. Rspublifsn Slider,
Wsfels uno @olmarunS an bic Natio.
men Der Belt bon Imfsrbam aus erlai'
fen baben, bat foIsenben WortIaut
an bic Hationen Der WeIt-:
Scr ben iibnfritaniiden RspubIifen
au~fsespunaene 8riee, Der &rise, ben
cieie Republifen burb ale ibnen su Sc.
bote ftsbenben Wittel- eini6liebli6 eeS
9orfdluaS. bic beItebenoen Diferensen
einem Sdiebsseri6t su unterbreiten -au
bermeioen iuhte, tobt nod INNER tpeiter.
Sine Brpclamutiou folgt Der anbersn,
tporin ole Rebte isnorlrt uno ieosm ei'
uiltIirtsu Brand Srbn asipto6en tpiro.
Dur6 felnen Bremier ertIdrte 8robbti'
tnnnlen. IS beublibti8s feline Auspsbnung
istneS 8Cblsts. 9eere Wotts. boble 9iis
gen Die Annsrion Der Sdbafritaniiben
8spubllt wiro isBt %proeiamistt. Dos
fam urb piro feline uutertpsrfune iib.
ern, ebsnio ipie eS Dor Dlonaten cine
dbnlibe YrocIumatipn i'm Oranie.6 rei.
itaut sstban. Das mdhtige 8roBbri'
tannien ipeib bdS aus grfabrung, uno
tbatiGbli6 IT aa6 bic Siberuna Der
&ube nl6t iein critics Bel. Gls BRO.
cIamutiUn pito suIoisn, UNI es @nelano
Su erm6SIlden. ben 8ries aqer Sumani.
tat uno lsosm YrinSip intsrnatlondIen
Brauts Sum Sobu' ne,ter su fibren.
Die britlibeu 9efeblsbGber wouen IN ben
Stanb aeiebt peroen bic 8ep6Iferuna
Der Sioafritaniihen 8ipubIit, bic i6on
10 bitter erprObt poreen 1t. unb bic bis.
Der dlS trissSfibrenoe Wabt nnsrfannt
purbe. als Rebelen su b~ebanbeln, uno
lie erbarmunssIoS su perfclsen, bis bic
mtioen Srle8er trufIloS nieoerfinfen.
OaS ii oaS 3isl Der PROCLAMATION. Wit
9Ot!ss Stlfe piro cd nitt errsibt perbsn.
Die Burger Der Rspu5lit tperben in benz
Sample auSbarren, 10 InnBe ibre 2raft
ausrsl9t. Saben iie ni6t beipieien, oab
ie pertb iino, ibre 5reibeit unb ibr 90.
terlnno Su tebalten? W,rb bic Welt
ihpeiseno suitnusn, tpenn fe seroridt
psroen z Dor Sturgeon BADEN bic Wdbte
Blutoer8leben uno &rieg perurtbellt,
uber nod bat feline Wabt in%terpen,ert.
Ble enitdufdenb oieie YOIitit au6 fir
uns 8epeien iein mag. lie mar pieIet6t
eItlarlt6, 70 LANCE cine reguIdre Sriss.
flbtun9 beliano. Wiro aber aud Jest,
Madden @spbbrtunnisn our6 feline ibeo.
tgtli6e Qnnsrionss PROCLAMATION ieoss
Sbiterrebt ustlebt bat, fein Woti eeiprO.
den Werosn. um Sriebsn su FIFTEEN =? SIN
Rdmen Der 8erehtipteit uno Der Suma.
nitdt etiuben mir ale Hationen, peren
0erSen fir uns ibIaeen, in eieisr
Stunce. Die, tpenn is unS nidt belfen.
uniere lebte isin mag, unier 8atsrIano
gu reilen. gBir perlrauen auf 8o,t, oa6
uniere Stimmsn ni6t uneeb6rt perbalsn
peroen.
Die SPECIAL . SepOQmddtistep Der
Slcufriiuniiden Republitsn
6tider,
WefieIS,
8oImarans."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27

gluf sinsm 8srae in Der S6tpsis fol-
bemnadft elm Monument fur BARN."
ben bstltmteten Suno bee 81. 0sthblt III
aICitsrs srrtbtet iperbsn. Barry" rst'
tete in 10 Sabren 40 Wsnidenlsbsn
Das bette @ert. pelbsS er pertidtst,
mar. oils er elm Sinb bon 10 Sabren rsls
tete, has in SOosSiblummer p%srfunfsn
par. Der Sunc wdrmts saerit bos 8inr
nit ieinem Aibem uno ledte eS NIT Ieir
nsr 3unse bis er es mad bate. 9ad
Sinb ities ouHn uuf ieinen Rdden unb
8arrp brudte es mad Dem 8IOitsr. 9st
Fob bes Sunpes ipur Der sIneft sinss
Wannes susuibreiben. Der ben Sunb. aIs
ct init Cffsnsm WauIe uuf Jpn sufam. fis
gefdbrli6 belt uno ibn nit einem
S9lass uuf ben 8opf t6Otete.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27
Bel 4aul Srnacr.

81. .. g. MeHenser SO. 1894, i'm
%sepbbnli6en 2eben S. s. Smitb sebeis
BEN, Der ben Isiner Nunorsiie mad Dem
1ransoaul su~rddseEebrte balrpidiies
9urfbe, Der bic Gbre elmer SsBsgnung
nit Dom 9uul" 8riiesr sebabi, Gem sr
i'm Mul b. S. i'm Aufttuee Der S6uls
iusenc BON B~bilureIpbla cine grscbsn.
beitsnorsfs iberreibte, erSdblt iiber feline
Rsiieerlebnibe in anipre9enoer Weiie
uno benefit eutb feline sinNrudspole
Sbilberuns Der bon tbm %eetponnenen
gtnoriide. bub er iiber cine msbr aIs
Ourdi6nlttIite electromagnetic psr'
flst. 4uf ieiner ON IL. @pril angetrss
ienen Sinreiie tber Southampton uni
9artS bsiuhte sr nub bic @slt. 9usitel.
lung uno lsele bel @r6fnune Oss 5rans.
paal Sauies Elm Bouquet Dor benz Dor,
trait Dom Baul'S nieoer. @r fubr bon
4aris lbsr Nsopsl our6 ben Sue, @anal
unb bas 8Otbe Weer mad Portueieii6
2Orsnso Dtarquss, robin Dom Baul fid
our 3eit eefll9tet bat, Ser unternebm'
enbe iunge Wunn truf am %. Mai bon
2OrsnsO MarqueS in Bretorla elm unb
ipuroe nod am NddmittGs oelelbsn
Cages bonn 8rdioenten Sriiper empfans
gen. Der BEN ameritnniiden Boulder su
9sfulen iOsur einsn 9~risssrntb unter.
brad unb ben iunsen Wann cuffs
SrsunbIibite bseriBte. Die bon 90. 900
nnteribrIftsn bon SbuItInbsrn gbila.
belpblu's unb SEEN Yort's bebsdte ST..
aebenbeits. AOreiie nnbm Der ..9ranb
Olb Man" nit berslititsm Sanf entse.
gen. Ser alte Serr luo ben 8eiuber
elm, ibm an ndbitsn Gage bon Rsusm
feline auipartunS Su MAIDEN une nit els
mem .,8Opie 9ufse" uOrIieb su nsbmsn,
bod purbe oies 9ro8ramm ourb bas
Seranridsn Der gnaIdnosr uno bic plDb.
llbe 4brsiie bes Yrdfioentsn na6 Diics
bIeburs eetOrt. Raboem Dom gaul
bic Stabt perIufsn, bsrrfdts in bsrislbsn
bic srbbts 8srpirrune. RdubsriiGss 8ss
iinbel uno S6lahtenbummIer trisben in
Der Staot ibr nnpefen, Wit bCridies
oenen Ssuten Isbterer Sorte itIUb BET
lun9e oDfeneneer' Setannii dali. une
ebenic init SDei auf BarOls b~surInublen
en8liihen OffIcieren. bel oenen er bis sur
8eiebune Der Stnot bur6 bic 8riten,
am 8. Stunt. loeirie. Wdbuenb Der BE.
Iaeeruns Der Staot. bic Der 8siebuna
poraus eine, fummel;s sr cine ansabI
Srieasnnbcnfen, tpie 9ranatipIitter, Uni,
fOrmitlde Il. (. NJ. Den ginsus Sorb
Roberts in bic Stnbt bsitrsibt er ais
elm ,,impOinnteS S6auipiel." Die 9ri.
ten puBien unfdneIib nibt, fras fe nit
BEN ameritunIiden Wshsnssr, Der Dem
alien Dom Puul bic grssbsnbetts, ASrsfs
Der umeritaniiden SduliusenO lberbrudl
MAIDEN %ioIIten. grit tputee tbn
perboIen, IbenoS nnh 7 ubr bic StrnBs
su betreten, uno ebenio burfte CT peber
Elm Bfsrb nod Elm 3welraO benuBen.
Sdltsbli6 idob man Jpn auf sinsm paB
nab 8epitabt nb, bon mo er fib am l
mad southampton sinf6ifte.
er nohmals Parls bsrtibrt uno
bort einiee Gage psrtpelIt, beeab er iib
na6 @berbOurs, bon mo er nit Der ., Rsp
nab Der Ssimatb fubr.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27
6eirathete bic xante.

Die Ibatia9e, bab feline 9sIiebte uni
ieines sisenen reuben Onfsls @itttps uni
gtbin Elm uno olsisIbe 8srion tparen,
blnberte ben 35 Sabre alien Charles s.
8. 8isrtpirtb in ct. 9ouis ebenip tpsnig,
pis Der nmftnno, oab bic bsilsts Sc.
Iiebte 90 Sabre frdber tire groenIauf'
babn besonnen bate wie er. lie su beira'
then. Dod bas oerliebte Ydrden traute
Ii6 nibt, bort Dor ben Iueen ieiner
Srsunoe Sobseit su MAIDEN. 8eipsn'
Iterbafte observation-disclosures uno ab,
%8etrasene Rieienfrdulsin . StiefeIeiten
batten fur lie ieinen 8fia. 9la6 pOII,o'
Bener Srnuuns modten 8ti6e ibr SsIta.
ment uno isbten ii6 eeeenieitia a. Uni.
bsridlerben elm. Damn tnnuten bic
@bampa8nsrpfrOpfen unO aaes mar rO'
ienrotb unb bimmslblnu. Die 8raut
bra4ts 10000 aus srfter gbs nit.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27
Der 8eItse d1maroser.

rGtn tpabres 8ort geIaFen ausges
fpro9en" bat tirSli9 Der engIiIde
publiSiit, arnolb Dbits. Gr gsitebt
gu, baB England Elm S9maroBerbas
iein fibre, inbem es pbne2ebensmitteIs
sufubr bon dustpdrts feline feds Woz
den eriitiren tDnns.
Ous 1T muir gu rtdttg. grgldnb
f9marobert bel Der sunaen @eIt; BON
ben einen 2dnbern beSiebt es feline 2ea
bensmittel, unb BON ben anberen bda
9elb, I'm tie gu taufen, Gs tit Der
Deltf9marober. O
Seitbem eintse Der eurppdif9eu
Md9te ii6 segen bteies Sdmarober'
tbum GnsIanbs aufSulebnen begonner
buben, bat es ii9 bur9 McSinlep BIZ
Ser. Stadten btenItbar gu MAIDEN &c:
tpuBt, bic ibm belfen folen, ietr
S6marpBen fOrtSuieben, unO ii9 aud
fiirberbin BON benz S9peiB anbersl
2dnber gu ndbren unb gu mGIten.
Wenn es uns bdbur9 nur ni9t aQt
&raft unb allen Saft %ausidugt!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27
. Sbirtpaift~. 1dnner 9arabe.

R~sunbunbert Wdnnsr in Ssm6bIuisn
ooer ,Sbiripdits" ~parabirsnb, -biss
pM OGs nsuarties S6auipisI, psI6ss
Die apuIspiae 2oGs Der gIfs bel Der Gre
bffnune ibrss prossn Serbfcnrnebals
bot. Aae SsmOblufsn tparsn tpeiB, nit
Orsi 9urpu,treifsn auf iebsr Settle bss
8ruit' @entrumS. DIE ,Gbrsnpade Der
86niein'', tpsIde bon 8eneral SObn ..
Saitleman aefiibrt pusoe (bem frlberen
5retptaieen' SrlsubessnernD mar gang
in PuJpur uniformirt. NIT pelBen Strsi,
fen an ben 9sinileibsrn unb Manihet'
ten. Guf ben ~GurnspalspIaB ;elsts fid
am Ibeno ieoss Oroensmitslteo IN tpei.
Sem Sluisnbsmo uno tpeibtr 8appe, uno
bic Spieler an Niorpnp truaen purpurne
Hsaeni6irme. our6 nsIds lie sssen bic
sIststhli&sn giatsr ssidast tpsrbsn iols
ten.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-09-27
XilipiHpS aarefiip.

WGbreno Der borIeBten Wohe iine
bic uuitdnoii6en SilIpinos unesmein
a8rehlo sepeien, numentIi6 in Der Ndbe
BON Wunilu, entIane Der Giisnbnbn unb
in ben Y%ropinSen ga Guiana, Moronp,
9uIucan, Ruepa geiia unb 8ampasno.
lin Wontas fam eS in Der Rdbs BON
Siniloan, am Sftenoe bon Ga 9uanaoa
BAL, su einem Sample, bel peIdsm 80
Uiann bonn Is unb bonn 81. Snfanteriss
Regiment uneefdbr %tauisno gut bepaifs
neten uno ueribanStsn Sniureenten ss.
Beniiber ftanoen. Der 8erluit Der Nme'
rltaner beSlfferte iib uuf sp6lf SObte,
ourunter @apitdn Dnpib 3. 0tit6sl
uno nnterlieutenant Geo. u. Cooper,
betee bonn Is. &e9., unb &c 8sripunbste.
5unf Soloaten tpsroen oermlbt, iie iino
pabEi4elnli9 aud toot. @erihte be-
iaaen, oab eS aud sntlans Der giienbubn
81 beftt8en Sampfen 8etommen 1T unp
oaB man aud nnruben in WanllG bee
far9tet. Nus ben Bropinsen So 9uann,
Norouo uno 8ampnmanga trafsn
5llbtIinee elm. 9is @lnseboreneu in
WaniIu trerben unrubis unb bieIe OsrIel'
ben psrluRen Die Staot. Iuft6nbiIbr
BADEN mebrere @arniionsn uno 8orpo.
ten ansesrtHsn, mlndmaI aud Ort'
i9aften, bod tie ieIten StunO unO SOssn
SO8en ii1 SurId, tpenn OiegImeritansr lbtsn
An9rif erpibsrten. 9as esf6ab bel
WuIOIos. POIo, @uisuinto, @aIOocan.
DreiBi8 SoIouten, pelde Dem Nanilu'
Boit;use ais gsforts o%isnten, tpuroen am
SabuSuO Safe aneeerifep unO butten
sinen stpeiitlnoissn 8umpf nit ben Sn'
iur8enten. Die Orli6nft @ubusuo tpuroe
ebenfals ~aneeerlffen uno bas bortiee
IeIesrupbenumt Ssrit6rt. Die Ortidait
ROiarlO puroe bon ben Sniursenten ME,
oer8ebrannt. an msbreren Steaen bus
ben ie bic SeIeerapbenbrdtbe Our9idnit'
len unc bic giienbubnsn seiitOrt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08

The main points involved In the sue
cessful culture of strawberries given by
William Saunders, superintendent of
the horticultural grounds at the de-
partment at Washington, are the fol-
lowing:
l. Prepare the ground by deep plow-
ing and subsoiling: apply a dressing
Of rotted manure equal to twenty cords
per acre, spread 1t over the surface, and
mix it with the soil by repeated dis
Indignation with harrow. The best
crops are produced on strong, loamy
soils. II somewhat clayey, it will be
all the better, provided it is drained.
2. Allow the plants plenty of space
the rows thirty inches apart and the
plants about half that distance be-
tween each other in the rows.
3. Remove all runners as they APP
pear and keep the surface pulverized
and clean. II young plants are wanted
keep a portion of the plantation for
that purpose.
4. Cover the plants in winter in all
localities where the thermometer may
run down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit
this to be done after the first frost
using straw, leaves or other similar
material as a partial protection.
8. Do not disturb the roots, by any
process of cultivation, from the month
of September until after the crop has
been gathered the following summer.
6. Destroy the plantation after it has
produced its second crop, new ones
being planted to succeed those that are
abandoned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cul.
tivation of the Soil and Yields
Thereof-HorticuIta vitiouiturs and
Horticulture.
Insectivorous Plants.

Carnivorous plants are those plants
which, not satisfied with the nourish-
ment which the humidity of the soil
and the atmosphere afford, seek to OBJ
tain kind of food which nature has,
strictly speaking, denied them, says
Farmer and Stockbreeder. They are
the insect-eating plants. There are
now known over 300 plants that feed
on Insects. They belong to various
families, and are found in all parts of
the globe. The best known of the
fnsect-eating plants found here. as well
as in Lapland and Scandinavia, is the
sundew (Drosera); another plant, the
so-called fly-trap of Venus (Dionaea),
OF America, has received the name of
Venus for the reason that, like the
Goddess of Beauty it attracts and cap
tlVates everything that heedlessly ap-
proaches it. At the bottom of the
plant the leaves cluster like a rosette;
from the center Of this arises the
Hover stalk. The edge of the leaf,
winch is nearly circular, Is overgrown
with strong bristles, while its surface
is covered with small glands, at either
side of which are three long hairs. A
fly approaches; carelessly it settles on
the leaf, and perchance touches one Of
the six long hairs; suddenly the leaf
folds, the bristleS interlace and the in
sect is caught. Oftentimes the whole
tragedy takes only ten seconds. The
sensitive hairs have performed their
duty; now begins the work of the
glands. These discharge a large guam
THY OF a colorless acid slime--the di-
gestiVe fluid, pepsin. After lapse of
eight or nine days the leaf reopens,
the insect has disappeared. If the
OBJECT caught by the leaf is perhaps a
piece of wood, the mistake is soon dis
covered. 1t then does not discharge
the digestive juice, and after twenty
TOUR hours it again unfolds. ready for
another capture. This goes to prove
that the Dionaea distinguishes, even
better than man, by taste and feeling
that which iH digestible from that
which is not.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08

LADYsMITH, Jan. 2s.-(Heliographed
to Swartz Kop north of Tugela river
News of the prolongation Of the
siege, resulting from Buffers failure
was received with fortitude. We can
hold on. The garrison is healthier
and is CHEEKY and confident. Disease
is disappearing and there is no horse
sickness. Rains give plenty of grass.
We can hear Buffers guns still work.
ing and it is rumored in camp that he
is advancing along another line. The
Boer laagers have also taken up a new
position on the hills near Colenso,
where they are in great force. Re-
Inducements are apparently arriving
from the Transvaal. Large bodies of
Beers are also visible beween here and
Potgelters drift.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
Timothy with Winter Wheat.

We have never strongly urged SOW
ing timothy seed with fall wheat, says
Wallace's Farmer. For many reasons
we would prefer not doing it. While
there are locations where it does re-
markably well even if sown as late
as the last week in September, speak
ing generally, we believe the better
way is to sow the wheat without tim
othy as near as possible at the right
time and on well-prepared soil. Wheat
Is the main object. Let everything
bend to that. Then next spring, if the
ground has frozen up wet in the fall,
or IL there have been abundant SHOWS,
SOW about the time the snow goes off
the ground on the frozen soil. The
thawing and freezing will imbed it
before there is high enough tempera-
ture to sprout it. Others prefer wait
ing until toward the last of March
after the ground has been thawed out
and then frozen, and having the seed
ready to sow early in the morning
before the wind rises. allowing the
seed to fall into the cracks with which
the sod will be filled at that prticular
time.
If the ground is frozen dry and has
been bare of snow during the winter,
and therefore dry in the spring, we
would wait until it is in good working
order, say, in the latitude OF central
Iowa, from the 5th to the 10th OF
April; then SOW both clover and tim
othy and harrow with a light, slant
ing-tooth harrow. This will cover it
deep enough and will benefit the wheat
by giving it this surface cultivation.
1t will also conserve the moisture in
the soil, and we believe, under most
conditions, is after all the best way OF
securing a stand of timothy and clover
with winter wheat. OF course condi-
tons and circumstances differ. We are
simply aiming now to give cur readers
an idea of the end to be accomplished.
which is to get the grass seeds deep
enough to secure sufficient moisture
and heat for termination in the early
spring. They will know best how to
apply the principles we have stated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
Legislation for Porto Rico.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Republi-
cans of the ways and means committee
of the house have laid down definite
lines upon which the republican lead
ers of the house have decided to legis-
late for Porto Rico, SO far as tariff du-
ties are concerned. The decision
reached is exceedingly important, as
it commits the republicans of the ways
and means committee to the theory
that Porto Rico and the Philippines
are not the territory of the United
States, within the meaning of that Sec
ton of the constitution which provides
that customs and revenue laws shall
be uniform throughout the United
States. In other words it commits
them to the view that our new posses
sions can be governed as colonies and
that discriminating duties can be
laid against them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08

good fertilizer may contain 20 per cent
by weight OF available plant food. The
remaining 80 per cent Is mere bulk
for holding the plant food together.
Its about like a lemon. You squeeze
out the Juice. and leave a big. useless
bulk Of peel. The gray streak in the
potato drill is about like the lemon
peel, for the crop has sucked out most
Of the plant food. What there is left
of it is safe, for 1t will feed following
crops But where does the bulk" Of
the manure 60 to? What Is it? Water
and vegetable matter. During the hot
season, the water evaporates, and the
vegetable matter slowly burns up. The
bulk" in the fertilizer Is mostly in
destructible, and it stays in the soil.
Dig into the soil where we plowed I'M
der thick mat of Crimson clover,
and you can hardly find trace Of it
by August.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
Wasted Fertilizers.

When fertilizers are used heavily on
potatoes, you will usually find, at dig
ging time, a thin gray streak in the
drill where the fertilizer was dropped.
Farmers look at this, and conclude that
the crop was not able to utilize the
fertilizer, says H. w. C. in Rural New
Yorker. Some Of them argue from this
that fertilizers are not available, and
do not pay. You will notice that, on
light soils, most of the stable manure
gets out Of sight in one season. ! do
not think this gray streak shows that
the fertilizer was wasted. A ton Of
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
Death of
Lincoln
ow he belongs to the ages"

Now he belongs to the ages"
The curtain had just been rung down
over the life of the martyred president
in that humble little room opposite the
theater where the president had, a few
hours, before received the bullet OF
the assassin Booth. z. NJ Stanton,
secretary OF war, gave utterance to the
words quoted. How prophetic; how
true. Centuries hence the name OF
Abraham Lincoln will still retain its
rightful place in history.
The president had been carried up
the high steps, through narrow hall,
and laid, still unconscious, still mo-
tionless, on the bed OF a poor, little.
commonplace room OF a commonplace
lodging-house, where surgeons and
physicians gathered about in a desper-
ate attempt to rescue him from
death.
While the surgeons worked the news
was spreading to the town. Every man
and woman in the theater rushed forth
to tell it. Some ran wildly down the
streets, exclaiming to those they met,
dent is killed." One rushed in a ball
room and told it to the dancers; an
other, bursting into a room where a
party of eminent public men
were playing cards, cried, Lin
coin is shot" Another, run
ming into the auditorium of Growers
theater, cried. President Lincoln has
been shot, in his private box. in Ford's
theater." Those who heard the cry
thought the man insane or drunk, but
moment later they saw the actors
in a combat called from the stage, the
manager coming forward. His face was
pale his voice agonized, as he said,
Ladies and gentlemen, feel it my
duty to say to you that the announce
ment made from the front of the the
alter just now is true-President Lin
coin has been shot" One ran to sum
mon Secretary Stanton. A boy picked
up at the door OF the house where the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
LINCOLN AND THE WIDOW.

The 18th Of February Abraham Lin
coins birthday, brings to our thoughts
stronger than ever "reminiscences
this noble mans life, says a writer in
Harper's Round Table. Hundreds OF
books have recorded and will perpetuate
his good deeds for centuries to come,
but it is pleasure to read now and
then Of some little act of kindness that
will stand alone illustrating the
breadth of this mans sympathies and
the nobility of his character. During
all that dreadful period when the civil
war was ravaging the country Lincoln
held the reins of the government, and
although worn out with the unceasing
toll, he never neglected an opportunity
to help those who suffered.
One day poor woman, whose tears
had worn burrows down her cheeks,
gained an audience with Lincoln, and
in few words related the sad tale of
her husband. who had fought in the
Union army, only to lose his life, and
of her three boys who were then fight
ing. She requested the discharge OF
her eldest boy, that she might have
some one to support her. Lincoln's
heart responded to the appeal, and he
replied: Certainly, If you have given
us all, and your prop has been taken
away. you are justly entitled to one OF
your boys"
The poor woman went away light Of
heart, only to return later. tearfully
begging the release of her second son.
The discharge of the first son had come
too late. He was killed before 1t
reached him. Sadly Lincoln sat down
and wrote the requisite order for the
release of the second son. and rising.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-08
Ankee Miliet.

This variety comes under what Is
called "barnyard" millet. In the
southwestern part of the United States
there is large, thrifty form Of barn
yard millet, which males very fine
growth in lowlands and swampy places
during the wet season. 1t is known
ii the Mohave Indians as "Ankee." and
its seed is said to be extensively used
by them as food. On the experiment
grounds of the department of agricul-
ture at Washington, D. c., Ankee
makes magnificent growth, reaching
a height of seven feet or more and
maintaining very characteristic up
right habit of growth. 1t has also
made luxuriant growth on the grounds
OF the station at Knoxville, Tenn, and
at the Cornell, New York, Massachu-
sets (Hatch) and Michigan stations.
1t is one of the most promising OF the
inland forms of the species, and should
be given an extended trial, particu-
larly in sections where high tempera-
lures prevail. Prof. Brooks OF the
Massachusetts station considers An
kee" inferior to Japanese barnyard
millet for fodder crop for that local.
ity on account of its lateness and the
coarseness of the forage. Ankee grass
is considerably later than the common
forms of the species. Prof. Brooks re-
ported that plants from seed sown on