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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-11

/ ton.
We endorse municipal ownership of
4 public utilities. and declare that the adj
4 vantages which have accrued to the
4 public under that system would be
multiplied a hundredfold by its exten,
4 sion to natural interstate monopolies.
/ We denounce the practice of issuing
in the ses of dispute be-
4 tween employers and employees. making
4 terminal acts by organizations which
are not criminal when performed by in
i dviduals, and demand legislation to re.
4 strain the evil.
4 I'VE demand that United States SEN
4 ators and all other officials as far as
8I5practlcable be elected by direct vote OF
4 the people.
Believing that the elective franchise
and untrammeled ballot are essential Il
"a government of, for and by the people,
4 the peoples party condemns the whole
Il sale system OF disfranchisement by CO.
/ ercion and intimidation adopted in
\ some states as unrepublican and un-
s democratic. And we declare it to be
a the duty Of the several state legisla.
lures to take such action as Will secure
!. q full, free and fair ballot and an hon
est count.
. I've favor home rule in the terrific
ries and the District OF Columbia. and
a the early admission OF the territories
as states.
We denounce the expensive red tape
& system, political favoritism, cruel and
unnecessary delay and criminal evasion
Of the statutes in the management O.
the pension Office, and demand the sim,
pie and honest execution OF the law
i and the. fultillment by the nation Of 1t,
! pledges Of service pension to all III
N honorably discharged veterans.''
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Nature of Corn Smut.

A publication of the Illinois Expert
ment Station says: Smut as it is COM
monty called is a plant; not, of course,
one of the high forms like our flower
ing plants, but one very low in the
scale of plant life, belonging with the
grain rusts, moulds, t~oadstools, etc., to
a class of plants called fungi. The
SHUTS belong with those that get their
food directly from other living plants,
so they are called parasites, or para
site fungi. Everyone Is acquainted
with the sooty masses that break out
on corn, known as corn smut. These
smut-balls are made up of the spore,
or seed, stage of the fungus. There
are millions Of these very minute
spores in each of the smut-balls. The
earlier stage of the smut, concerned
with obtaining food, etc., is composed
of very small threads that spread
through the tissues of the corr plant,
and when the fungus is ready for
spore-formation they multiply rapidly
in certain places and change into these
smut-balls. AS a usual thing with the
SHUTS of our cereals, the fungus be-
gins it's development with the penetra-
ton of the terminating seed by it's
germs. The fungous threads grow
within and with the plant and no signs
of the fungus is shown to the naked
eye until it begins to form its spores
into the dusty masses that appear On
special parts of the infected plant.
In this state besides corr smut there
are several others that occur on our
cereals. On wheat there is the COM
mon loose smut that utterly destroys
the seed and its enveloping flower
parts; also one or two kinds of stink
ing smuts that fill the seeds with a
dusty mass of spores but do not
change their shape materially or de-
stroy the enveloping chaff. On barley
so far only one kind has been found
here and that apparently is not very
common. The only species on oats is
the loose smut that destroys the grain
after the manner of the loose smut of
wheat. On broom-corn there is a smut
that occurs in the inner flower parts
forming seed like bodies filed with
spores. There is also sometimes found
on our grasses (timothy, bluegrass
and red-top) a smut that shows as
smutty lines breaking out on the
leaves.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
GreenIng Potatoes.

"Greening" potatoes is practical
among some of the peasants of Europe.
In this country we do not think a
greened potato is good for anything.
and so we always keep them out of
the light. If they are allowed to re-
main in the light and become green,
they become too strong in flavor to be
eaten. But it is said that such pota-
toes make good seed. The peasants put
them in a sunny place and they are
turned over every day till they become
fully green, after which they are
stored. 1t is said that potatoes so
treated do not sprout readily and will
stand a greater degree of cold. They
are also said to be less affected by rot.
In the spring their vitality is good
and they readily grow when planted.
However, the facts of these assertions
have yet to be demonstrated on this
side of the water, and it may be found
that there is no advantage at all in
the %greening.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Some App1e-Growing in in Kansa

The story of success is always a
pleasing one, instilling hope in the
breast of the listener and stimulating
him to greater e%ndeavor. The man who
scores a success in his particular line
of legitimate undertaking contributes
materially to the general prosperity of
his community and is Il working ele-
ment in the welfare of the world. The
development of that section of the
United States so Indefinitely character
lied as the West" has furnished many
worthy examples of surmounting great
obstacles, overcoming discouragements,
and of the final triumph of the sturdy,
~persevering pioneer. Many are the
experiences related, showing the mar
velous possibilities of the country
when backed by level judgment and
willing muscle. One mans require
ments often happily combining with
another's ability work great advantage
to both. Such a circumstance effected
the beginning of the success of Fred
Wellhouse, of Kansas, the most extern
sive commercial ~orchardist in the
United States. He is widely known
as the apple king of Kansas, and
the story of his emlnently successful
career in orcharding should be an in
spiration to all who read it. Some
thing of it is related here by Mr.. F. D.
Coburn, secretary of the Kansas board
of agriculture.
The year 1875 found Mr.. Wellhouse
without money, but with a definite
knowledge of tree-growing and or
charding in Kansas acquired by years
of close observation combined with
practica? experience, and full of faith
in the possibilities of the state for fruit
growing. L. B. Wheat, q lawyer, of
Leavenworth, owned three tracts OF
437 acres of land which was not profit
able. Mr.. Wellhouse closed a contract
with Wheat to plant this, 100 acres
near Paramount and III acres near
Glenwood, with apple trees. These
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
VENTILATES THE HEAD.

Here is an invention that is certain
ly a novelty in its line, but it is doubt
full whether it will be brought into
common use. The inventor is George
Wolff of New Jersey, and he intends
the device for use in connection with
combs, hatpins and hairpins, to force
air into the hair to dry and ventilate
it. The teeth of the pins are made
hollow, and are perforated near the
points, with large openings in the
head. Opposite the large openings
are arranged fan-wheels which are ro-
tated by the movements of the air
when the wearer is riding or walking
rapidly. The movement of the wheels
forces air into the hollow teeth and
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Insect Food of the Nalays.

The Cambridge exploring expedition
to the Malay peninsula, whose mem
bers have recently returned to England,
found some strange articles of diet
among the natives who we're visited.
Among these articles, Of which two
members of the expedition partook,
were red ants, toads, bee grubs and a
species of cicadi. The latter are caught
in a peculiar manner. A bright fire
being made at night the natives assem-
BILE around it. one Of their number
holding a lighted torch, while the 9TH
ers clap their hands at regular inter
walls. The insects, attracted by the
lights and the noise, settle upon the
persons standing about the fire and
are then captured.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
WEED M

Here is an implement that will be
the means of destroying many an OBJ
stinate weed that persists in appear
ing year after year on the lawn, SIM
ply because the root has not been
plucked up. There are numerous weeds
that cannot be killed by cutting off
the tops close to the ground, and the
only way to exterminate them is to dig
the root out. This is often not only a
difficult task. but is liable to mar
the appearance of a lawn by tearing
the sod. With the intention of pro-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

viding an implement which will take
up the root with the least possible in
jury to the grass George F. Marchant
has designed this implement, which
has simplicity Of construction and
cheapness to recommend it. In oper-
alton the normally open prongs are
forced down into the earth around the
roots and the lever located underneath
the handle is lifted by the hand. This
raises a rod inside the tubular stand
ard and forces a conical wedge to
spread the upper ends of the pivoted
prongs apart, thus gripping the lower
ends of the prongs on the root and
allowing it to be lifted out entire.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
American-ohllled Iron Forts.

Prof. R. H. Thurston of Cornell uni
versity calls attention to the fact that
since the Spanish war, the manufac-
ture of chilled iron turrets for coast
defense has been established in this
country. He regards the chilling of
the surface of cast iron so as to give
it a hardness exceeding that of tool
steel as zone of the most remarkable
scientific achievements OF the time"
The chilling of cast iron for car wheels
has long been practiced almost exclu-
sively in this country, but although it
is at bottom an American invention,
the use of the process for making tur-
rets for coast defense has hitherto
been developed only in Europe. Prof.
Thurston remarks that American iron
is the finest in the world for this pur-
pose.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Balloon-FlyIng by moonlight.

French meteorologists engaged in
the exploration of the upper air by
means of captive balloons have found
that. owing to the effect of the SUMS
heat on the balloons, the best results
are attained at night. and their most
successful experiments have been per-
formed by moonlight. The balloons
carry, self-registering thermometers
and barometers and attain enormous
heights, varying between 100000 and
5 10000 feet. The highest fight recorded
by the instruments is nearly nine and
one-third miles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
The Ice Floods of Iceland.

DR.. Thorvald Thoroddsen in recent
papers gives a curious picture of life
and scenes in Iceland. Settlements are
limited to the l%owlands, yet ever these
are not safe place of abode, for they
are exposed to lava floods, river floods
and showers of volcanic ashes. When
the glaciers of the dome-shaped noun
tains are suddenly melted by volcanic
heat, overwhelming t%orrets, bearing
immense masses of ice and fragments
of rock, sweep down the river beds. Yet
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
The Indopendence OF the EARS.

DR.. F. Larroque reports to the
French Academy of Sciences that his
studies of the action of sounds upon
the human ears prove that the audi
tory apparatus of each ear operates in
de%pendently of the other. This appears
to have a bearing upon the question
whether loss Of hearing by one ear ex-
ercises an injurious effect upon it's
mate.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

lands had cost Mr.. Wheat. with i'm
provements, about $40, 900 and could
be rented for perhaps 81 per acre. He
furnished the land, fenced it (breaking
that part of it not previously in Gull
tlVation), erected buildings for ten
ants, dug wells, etc. Wellhouse & Son
(the firm name) furnished the trees,
planted, cultivated and took care OF
them until they came into bearing,
getting all grain grown on unoccupied.
land between the trees, and paid taxes
for the first five years. After that Mr..
Wheat paid taxes and each party was
to bear one-half of the expenses and
each receive one-half of the income
until Wellhouse & Son should receive
ID bushels per tree, or so long as the
trees might bear. The Glenwood or
chard was planted in the spring of
1878; the Miami county tract in 1878,
and the Paramount orchard in 1879,
with varieties as follows:
Glenwood tract CHI acres): Ben
Davis, 60 acres; Winesap, 16 acres;
Missouri Pippin, Al acres.
Miami county tract (160 acres): Ben
Davis, 80 acres; Missouri Pippin, AZ
acres; Maiden's Blush g acres; Coop
er's Early. 8 acres: Winesap, % acres.
Paramount tract (16O acres): Ben
Davis, 80 acres; Jonathan, 40 acres;
Cooper's Early, 8 acres; Maiden's
Blush, 8 acres; Winesap, "a acres.
The years of usefulness of these or
chards were from 1880 to 1895 during
which time they produced a total of
410,417 bushels, giving a net income OF
$104, 900 or $4,000 as a result of the
venture to each party during the fifteen
years active life of the orchards. The
account practically closed with the
year 1895.
Wellhouse & Son now own 1,22O
acres Of younger orchards, located in
Leavenworth and Usage counties,
About one-third of these are now laden
with fruit and the product of this sea-
son is estimated at 10000 bushels, ap-
proximately valued at $4,000.
Their largest crop was 80, 900 bushels
- -SNNB bAO JO0A . OARCASC0 AL4OQAIOO
to. $4,000 and the gross receipts fol-
apples $4,000. The next years crop
was 63,698 bushels.
From their long experience In COM
mercial orcharding the Messrs. Well
house are making their later plant
ings in about the following ratio as
to varieties, viz: Ben Davis, 100;
Missouri Pippin, so; Jonathan, 40;
Gano, Is; York Imperial, Is. Their
trees are set, when two years old, in
trenches instead of holes, 16 feet apart
in rows north and south and the rows
thirty-two feet apart. There are three
main reasons for adopting this plan
First, with the trees so close together
they form their OWE W~indbreak, max
ing hedges or belts of timber unneces
sary. Second, the dense shade makes
the evaporation of moisture from the
soil less imminent. Third, it is easier
to secur a good permanent stand by
close planting, and the excess of trees
if there is any, can be removed as MAY
be desirable.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

with all their disadvantages the in
habitants of the narrow lowlands Of
Iceland enjoy universal education, and
among them more books and newspa-
pers are published per head OF the pop.
ulation than in any other country.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

This was between three and four
times as much dry matter as the resi-
due of the barley. In the words of
Kedzie, "The clover hay, or sod, con-
tains enough phosphoric acid for more
than double an average crop, enough
nitrogen for more than four average
crops, and potash for more than six
average crops of wheat! If any person
were preaching the gospel of agricul-
ture, he well might hold up the triple
leaf of the red clover as the symbol of
a trinity of blessing to the farmer,
furnishing for his cereal crops, from
otherwise inadequate sources, a sufi-
Gent supply of potassium, phosphorus,
and nitrogen. If 1 were designing
an emblematic seal of our national
agriculture, 1 would make the central
figure the clover leaf. For the farmer
it is the most effective trap for nitro
gen within his reach"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

Cork and poplar are the lightest
woods in the world. and pomegranate
one Of the heaviest; it is more than
one-third heavier than water. .
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Enhancing the Dignity of Words.

Mr.. E. D. Preston. of the coast and
geodetic survey, who has recently stud
led the language of Hawaii, calls at
tentio to a remarkable popularity in
which that language shows a sharp
contrast to others. Usually when a
foreign word Is adopted into a Ian
guage it is debased in it's meaning.
Thus, Saloon" meaning a drinking
place, comes from the French salon, a
parlor, and the Spanish word hablar,
to talk. is transformed by the French
into a word signifying a babbler and a
liar. Many similar examples are found
in European languages. But in Hawaii
the opposite rule prevails, and words
that have been adapted from the
tongues Of white men have been ele-
waited in meaning and designate bet
ter things than they did in their orig
inal language.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
Peculiar Architecture.

Not far from Bradford, in Yorks,
a gentleman has a summer dwelling,
the whole of the outside of which on
sists of buttons fastened on boarding
or cement, and there are said to be
about 2,000,0 900 Of such buttons, with
about 10000 of them of different kinds,
says London Answers. At one time,
not very long ago, there was on the
Lancashire coast, near Lytham, a cot
tage and boathouse that was made al
most entirely from the remains of a
score or so of whales that had been
driven ashore some years before. The
framework Of the edifce consisted
wholly of whalebone, and the dried
skins of the huge creatures were neat
ly and strongly fastened as a covering
TOT walls and roof. There is another
building of exactly the same kind at
Peterhead, in Scotland, and in this
case the skulls of the whales and some
OF the heavier bones are used with
great effect as outside ornaments.
At st. Helena, in Lancashire, a huge
engine boiler and gigantic pan" once
used in some chemical works, have
been turned into a workmen's club
n institute, the pan" being in
verified. Near Wakefield, in York
shire, a most comfortable cottage has
been made, so far as the walls are con-
cerned, of a number of great drain
pipes left by a contractor for years,
While the roof consists of the refuse
or an oilcloth factory. There are in
England alone half a dozen cottages,
not to speak of many. summer houses,
made wholly out of old preserved pro-
vision cans. The house of a foreman
"Winder" of a huge colliery near
Barnsley contains five rooms, yet the
whole of the outer walls and roof are
made Of meat and other tins.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22

drives it out through the openings to
circulate through the hair and relieve
the perspiration. The inventor claims
that his ventilating comb will prove
a comfort in warm weather, when it
will dry the perspiration as fast as
it flows from the scalp.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-11-22
AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRlcULTURIsTs.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, yiticuIture and FloricuI-
ture.
Red Glover.

OF the thirteen elements necessary
for plant growth, the farmers usually
need take but little care, excepting in
the supply of potassium, phosphorus,
and nitrogen, and of these three nitro
gen is the most precious and costly to
obtain. All agricultural plants draw
much of their food from the atmos-
phere, and of those used by the farmer
probably none are much exceeded by
clover in the large proportion of nutri-
ment thus derived. In this respect
other leguminous crops are much like
red clover. Glover seed is the best
manure that a farmer can use. Clover
has been called a trap for nitrogen,
as 1t collects and presents large guam
titles of combined nitrogen in a form
ready to nourish growing crops. In
the words of DR.. Kedzie, with an
adequate supply of combined nitrogen
all the other chemicals Of agriculture
become active, while a limited supply
OF active nitrogen correspondingly
limits the action of the rest. For high
farming or the raising of exceptionally
large crops, the great want is an
abundant and cheap supply of am
monia and the n~itrates. An acre Of
good clover will make 5000 pounds Of
hay, containing 2S2h pounds of min
eral matter or ash. In the ash will be
97h pounds of potash, So pounds Of
lime, BAN pounds of magnesia, and Is
pounds of phosphoric acid. The hay
will also contain los pounds Of COM
bined nitrogen. The roots and stubble
contain fully as much of these ele-
ments as the hay.
J. B. Lawes found that in autumn
after the last crop of clover was cut,
that remaining above ground n to
the depth of u inches, was examined:
Pounds per
acre, dry.
Stubble, ETC., above ground con-
CdlneO .....s..s... ......... 1859
LIST nine inches below ground con-
tanned ..........s. .......... 3,O17
I'd nine inches below ground con-
tanned .............. ...... 272
Sd nine inches below ground con-
tanned ............ ........... 191
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-17
NoRTHFIELD BIBLE TRAINING


7 The presidency ef the Mortified Bi-
BILE Training school, having been va
Gated by the death Of D. l.. Moody,
Rev. c. l. Scofield d. d. has accepted
that position and expects to give his
active, personal attention to all depart
ments of the institution, and also to
take an active and continuous part in
the Bible instruction.
The entire schedule of Biblical studies
has been revised and greatly amplifled.
Dr. Scofield will himself take up such
subjects as THE Inspiration of Script
ure," THE General Divisions Of the
Bible, Historical. Spiritual and Dispen-
sational," and will also form special
classes in church history and hoH1iletics.
Students who desire TO do so will have
an opportunity TO take New Testament
Greek.
The institution with open on Septem-
Der 9th, and for the first time in its
ten years of history. will be open to
men as we'll as to women
The vicinity of Mortified furnishes
an unrivalled opportunity for training
in the practical work Of house to house
visitation, conduct Of small meetings
and Bible readings, and also for prac-
tice in preaching.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-17

versatile God who made and controls
all things-lt is knowledge that tran
sends all other knowledge as much as
the meridian sun transcends the even
Ing glow worm. Nothing can exceed it
in interest and Importance. All other
knowledge must bend down before 1t.
We might stand in awe in the presence
of 1t. If Daniel Webster could say the
greatest thought that ever engaged his
mind was his personal responsibility to
God even before that must come the
thought of being able to know him. A
knowledge of Him must precede the
consciousness of personal Responsible
ty to Him I must know that He eX-
lists, that He thinks about me; that HE
cares for my welfare; that He takes me
into some account in His government
of the world; that my life and destiny
are provided for in the life and destiny
of His eternal empire. I must know
chat this God is my father and friend;
that He viii not crush me under the
weight Of His omnipotence, but through
His compassion and love will provide
for me place through the eternal
ages; for my soul refuses to be blotted
out OF Ills universe at tHe eApllatioi VI
this little earth-life. Considering these
great questions or concerning this one
question-Can we know God?-for all
others are Included in it, the world d.
vdes itself into three classes-the
atheists, the agnostics and the beiiev-
ers.
So far as the history of human
thought reveals anything to us, there
have always been these three classes,
though not always known by these
names.
Atheists naturally fall into three d.
visions, Qy Those who say there Is no
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-17
CAPTAIN LJ1ETE STRICKEN.

Guilford Sept 15,--Captain Daniel
Leete, aged seventy-seven, we'll
know residents Of this place was
stricken with paralysis at his home
here this morning and is in an uncon-
scious condition. On account of Mr..
Leetes advanced age it is feared he
viii not survive the shock.