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The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
SEVEN clrlss ARE IN RulMs
sy the Great Earthquake That shock
Guatemala.


New Orleans. La, May 13-The
mail steamer Anslem from Puerto Bar
rios, Guatemala, arrived last night
with official reports fsom the Guate-
mala earthquake. The disaster was
much more appalling than at first re-
ported. Not building was left stand
ing in the city of Quesxaltenango, the
second city In the republic. The place
Is now under martial law.
At Salcajo 175 persons are known to
be dead. Patznm was completely de-
stroyed by the shock.
Mnztenango was wrecked and left
In ruins. The seismic disturbance
seemed to move from southeast to
northwest, keeping in direct line with
the Sierra Madre mountains.
Amatitan was totally destroyed.
San Marcos, San Pedro and Zejutla
were left in heap.
The total loss of life cannot be esti-
mtaed as yet, but 1t is conservatively
estimated to be between $500 and
5000 souls.
On April 2Sth the relief fund had
reached the sum Of $131 900. Presi-
dent Cabrera came forward with q
personal subscription Of 10000. The
American colony gave $4,000 for Inn
mediate relief. The Guatemalan Con-
gress Is now in session and is devoting
its whole time to relieving the suffer-
ing In the stricken cities.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
Prospect, for Fruit.

Rf0e pocts Tor EV0lL
Georgia peach prospects are bright.
Late frosts did not seriously injure
fruit In Alabama. and the outlook Is
very favorable except for pears. Straw
berries are ripening in southern coun-
ties.
Cool. wet weather and frosts checked
the growth Of vegetation in North Car.
olina the first week in April, but the
consensus Of opinion is that fruit es-
capped without serious injury.
Prof. N. E. Hansen. South Dakota:
Prospects are very good for fruit this
year. In the southern part Of the
state cherry buds are reported injured
by the cold snap last December.
Prof. E. 8. Coz. University Of wis.
consin: The prospects for fruit are
only fair this season. The past very
hot and dry season was not favorable.
Only q portion of the apple trees in our
orchard (less than half) formed any
flower buds last season.
Michigan reports indicate that ten.
der varieties Of peaches were consider
ably injured in the southwestern part
OF the state by the severe weather of
last December, otherwise the outlook is
encouraging. The prospects for an
average crop of the various fruits are
indicated by the following estimates
made by the Michigan secretary Of
state: Apples. "a; pears. 81; peaches.
81; plums. 49,, cherries. SO; small
fruits, IS.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
E.psrssae.. In I.lst,as.

From Farmers Review: VIII some
reader of The Farmers Review that
has practiced listing corn tell me about
the process7 Is there any advantage
In listing In Illinois? Is 1t most com.
mon to merely list the fields without
plowing. or 10 1t better to plow first?
For myself. l do not yet sec that there
Is any advantage in this process in the
states near the great lakes. 1t seems
to me that 1t is method that does not
make possible the thorough prepara-
tion Of the ground, and l have come to
believe that perfect seed bed counts
for great deal In raising corn. The
system is all right for states like Kan.
sas and Nebraska, where high winds
do go much damage by blowing the
oil. However. am willing to be con.
y,nced.- -. Prescott. Du Page G phty.
.linCiA.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
Peach Curl Leaf.

In regard to the question "Are peach
orchards being sprayed for curl-leaf?"
l24 correspondents answer "yes' and
264 mo-" 1t is to be hoped that spray
Ing will become more general each
year. since 1t has been demonstrated
time and again that 1t is very profita-
Die work, and also that good fruit can.
not be grown without 1t. Correspond
ents generally agree that 1t is too early
TO tell definitely about the fruit crop.
Fred M. Warner, Secretary of State.
Michigan.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
Plymouth Rocks.

From Farmers Review: l have In
years past bred number Of different
kinds of poultry, and have selected the
White Plymouth Rocks as an exclu-
sive breed. from the fact that their
uniformity in size and color makea
them as q flock present handsomef
appearance than can be obtained froh
any parti colored birds. As egg pro
ducers consider they stand secon&
to none. They are not strongly In
clined to be broody. as Is the case Will
the Asiatiac breeds. yet make the best
Of mothers, from utility standpoint
being one pound heavier than the
Wyandottes. l consider them their
leaders. For the table their plump
form and rich yellow skin, free from
dark pin-feathers. make them q mar
ket fowl superior to all. I conside.
them the grandest of all American
breeds. the general purpose fowl, the
fancier's favorite. the gems of the slow
room.-E. L. Famulener, Knox Coun-
". Illinois.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
Celery 0YovisE

Ce1ery 0rowIsR.
For the early crop Of celery the seeds
may BE- started In wooden trays about
three inches deep. two feet long and .
foot and = third wide. Have plenty Of
small holes in the bottom for drainage.
FIJI with sifted soil and smooth Oh.
Then SOW the seeds either broadcast or
in holes in the soil. We show In the
accompanying illustration nat or
tray for early sowing or for transplant
Ing with marker for making holes In
soil. into which the seedlings are set
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16

illustrate here, has
in some cases done
much injury to eel
cry. While young
the bug is small.
being only one
twentieth of an
inch In length. 1t
is OF a yellowish-
green color. which
changes to a faded
yellow or dull
brown when 1t is
fully grown. It
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16

plant bug tLygss Sre works especially
eexsts). where weeds
abound and on crops that are some
what neglected. AS preventive keep
the celery well cultivated and free
from weeds.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
Range Notes

01ak0 xNUt6$s
April reports from Oregon indicate
that grass is making steady growth
and that pasturage in the western sec
tion is In good condition. In the east.
ern section it is not so good, cold
weather having retarded growth, and
as result feed is short on the ranges,
Range cattle came through the win.
ter in fair condition and as soon as
pasturage is good will TAX. on fat.
When April opened lambing was well
along and there were no reports Of un.
usual loss.
In Idaho, clover and alfalfa have
made start but range grass Is grow.
ing slowly. Sheep end cattle have
been on the summer range for several
weeks, however. The shear!ng of sheen
ia progressing rapidly and satisfactor.
lily. Live stock are in fair to good
condition.
According to Weather Bureau con
respondents March was cold, windy
dry month in New Mexico. especially
in Mora and San Miguel counties and
vicinity, where there was some loss in
cattle on account Of drouth, but Is
rule both cattle and sheep are in fair
'ondition. The ranges are getting very
dry and outside water holes are dry.
Ing up.
Haying has begun in California.
Owing to cold Feather and lack Of
rain the arizona season is two to three
weeks later than usual. Ranges are
n poor condition in many localities
and live stock show the need Of better
pasturage and water supplies.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
nnee fss E.say sepviae rss1.

0opo kos Bos11 BegiAg wAoA
Each seasons results af the Okla.
homa Experiment Station give furtkef
evidence Of the value Of the rape plant
as source Of green feed In this coun.
try. Not only has II proven : most de-
sirable spring and falI pasture crop.
but . crop that Will furnish large
quantity Of green feed during such =
drouthy summer - that Of 1901. The
plant lived through the mild wintsr Of
ls00-01. but the zero weather Of the
past winter killed all the plants.
The rape plant will be one Of the
nrst plants available for feed in the
spring and large area should be put
out, as feed 10 scarce and high priced.
The value OF the plant lies In the fact
that 1t will furnish large amount Of
green feed In q short perlpd from the
time Of planting. The plant resembles
the cabbage in texture and color but
the growth Is erect and two to three
feet tall. Good rich soil Is necessary
for . large growth and should be put
In nne tflth before seeding. The plant
Is proof against frost and may bs
seeded the last Of February or early
March in Oklahoma.
Broadcasting will do for temporary
patches but II the crop is wanted to
last through the summer it should be
In drills and cultivated. Do not pas.
ture too close II continuous growth is
desired. For broadcasting use three
or four pounds per acre. In drills one
to one and one half pounds will be re-
quired. Prof. Thomas Shaw says that
ten sheep may be fattened on one acre
OF rape in Minnesota. Twenty-three
tons Of green feed per acre have been
taken on at the first cutting at this
station.-oklahoma Station.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
Presld.ns's spsoIa, Msss.e..

Washington. May 18.-The Presideat
yesterday sent message to Congress
urging an appropriation Of 100000 tor
the su6erers ON the Aaand Of nayS
tiniqus.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16
sssa,y Tiled Woo.

l. N. Hartley. an Iowa correspond
cnt Of the Farmers Review. writes:
ITO get wool to market In the best Of
condition. the most essential points
are to have 1t tied up correctly by an
expert There should be no foreign
substances left in the wool. but it
should be strictly clean. Al to mar
kets. my experience is that st. Louis
ID great deal better market than Chi
cago, and Boston . little better than
either" II Is certainly true that the
wool grower .uat does not make . study
Of the methods Of marketing his prod
uct loses money on account Of the wool
reaching TIE market in,sA shape in
whieA The buyer can md m excuse for
paying less than the prevailing price.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16

Nobody can expect to have his own
way all the time-unless It Is wo-
man.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-05-16

There Il more eloQuence in one ala,
that comes from pretty lips than In
al the oratory that has fallen from
thsm.-aeew York Press.
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corpses. Almost. all the faces were
downward.
In one corner twenty-five bodies Of
men, women apd children were
mingled in one awful mass, arms and
legs protruding as the helpless beings
fell In the last struggles of deaths ag-
ony. Through the middle of the old
Place Bertin ran tiny stream. the re-
mains of the river. Giant trees, with
roots upwards and scorchel by fire,
were strewn In every direction. Huge
blocks and still hot stones were scat
tered about. From under one large
stone the arm of white woman pro-
truded. Most notable was the utter
silence, and the awful overpowering
stencil from the thousands of dead.
Careful inspection showed that the
fiery stream which SO completely de-
stroyed st. Pierre must have been COM
posed of poisonous gases. which in
stantly suffocated every one who in
hailed them, and Of other gases burn
ing furiously, for nearly all the vic
Tins had their hands covering their
mouths or were In some other attitude
showing that they had sought relief
from suffocati0n. All the bodies were
carbonixed or roasted.
A. g. Austen, manager OF the Colo
NAL Bank of Barbados, landed at st.
Pierre with party from the Brltish
royal mail steamer Solent.
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
Labor-Union Compuision.

The activity of the unions III seeking
to establish through whole industries
and across the continent a uniformity
of wages is exercised not only through
the persuasion OF a missionary, but the
compulsion also OF a conQueror. Mem
bership in a union with its privileges is
offered as a blessing, but a blessing
which the non-unionist may properly
be compelled to accept. The compulsion
is sometimes eXerted through the oS-
tracism of non-union fellow workmen,
but in many instances the union acts
through the employers, compelling
them to employ only members of the
union. In a great number OF towns
| and cities the unions in the printing and
building trades have maintained by this
/ method a complete local monopoly. In
. some instances the union has forced
the dismissal of non-union Workmen
who would not join union, and it APP
pears even that the whole working
force III a large factory who have not
been previously members of a union
had been commanded by their foreman
to join the union and compelled there
after to maintain themselves Gin good
standing. '-Ambrose p Winston in the
November Atlantic
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
ISHAM SPRINGS


and the nature OF that water WAS a wonderful
discovery and valuable acquisition to the ma
terra meaca. They are located on the mort hern
spur OF san Migucl Mountain, about thirteen
mics distant from the City of san Diego, Cal.
The waters How out of the side OF a hill. which
is crowned with heavy strata of chalky deposit.
Unlike other spring waters, that continually
form calcareouS deposits and incrUStatonS which
require removing. or if ferruginouS and sulphur
constantly cover the watts with slime these
waters flow over the solid rock without showing
the least stain of accumulation of any deposit,
the waters remaining any length of time perfect
ly clear.
The medicinal quality is an antacid, and where
alkaline lotions are used III levers OF cutane0uS
diseases, warm or cold, this water has no rival.
salt Rheum in aggravated cases, with proper
attention to the drinking and using externally,
must yield to its healing influences.
Patients suffering from gastric catarEn OF acid
dyspepsia will find by its proper use Il tendency
to remove abnormal coating and bring live tissue
into action.
Also persons from same cause or from M
proper digestion OF unsound teeth have offensive
breath, so much so to render them timid about
close conversation. will find the use of these
waters as gargle and drink render the breath
pure, sweet and wholesome.
Persons IN good health will find no better den
titice as the water quietS fermentation and de-
StrOyS parasite growth.
Hair dresSers find in it an excellent shampoo,
neutralizing any excess of fatty substance in the
hair and removing all dandrutf, leaving the hair
light and pompadour.
(Signed) LA. CURTIS.
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES

The present deep and widespread in
terest in President Roosevelt afplIfa-
ton of the coal strike attaches peculiar
Importance to two papers III .ne No
vember Atlantic. Mr.. Ambrose L.
Winston, the wel-knoWn authority,
writes upon "a Quarter Century of
Labor Strikes" pointing out the cause
and results of all considerable strikes
during that period. Henry d. Lloyd,
the author of "Wealth versus Com
monwealth' and other successful! books,
discusses 'Australasian Cures OF Coal
wars showing with force and tlmell-
ness the efficient and conclusive opera
ton in that country of compulsory ar
bltration.
In the November number of the New
England Magazine Alexander Cameron
has an article on ''Washington and the
Town He Loved So Well" which throws
side light ON this Presidents person
atty and the old town of Alexandra,
Virginia. Mt. Vernon, Gadsbys Inn,
Carlyle House and Fairfax House have
become household words, yet the stirring
events which brought them INTO proml
nence did not wholly destroy the quiet
home atmosphere which prevailed in
the town where Washington lived u
SIMPLE country gentleman, dearer to
his nelghborS and friends as fellow
townsman than as the first Chief
Executive of the new nation. The
illustrations accompanying this article
are particularly pleasing, and unusual.
In Outing for November Captain
Joshua SlOcum, who sailed round the
world alone in tWenty-foot boat. and
wrote the story SO charmingly that he
found himself famous, begins stirring
selles of papers on an earlier voyage
winch ended i'll mutiny, bloodshed, and
shlpWreck, after which Captain Slocum,
his wife, and two sons came home from
South America II a canoe. Andrew }.
Stone, natural It and arctic traveller,
contributes the most important paper
ever written Oh the Mountain Sheep
Interesting alike to the general reader
and the sportsman is The Wood Duck
and is Shooting, in which Mr.. Edwyn
Sandys and Mr.. Martin Justice picture
! with pen and brush the life of this most
interesting bird, and the ways of the
| sportsman who seeks it. In Hunting
| the Fox, Mr.. Alfred StOddart, who is a
| skilled toX-hunter as We'll as writer of
! stories. makes one feel the thrill Of the
/ run across the autumn fields. The pa
! per is illustrated with the best series Ut
/ foX-hWnting photographs ever made.
/ Fishing tor big fish in the surf is a
novel and picturesque sport, y paper
i dealing with its human side will inter
est the general public and sportsman
alike. one of the best photographers
/ to illustrate this article and has fur
] of
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
Salaries of Actors.

Salaries of actors vary from almost
nothing to $500 a week, with a few ex-
ceptions that go above that. doubt
though that any supporting actor out
side OF Weber 4 Fields company gets
more than $500 Those that go above
are stars, many of whom receive fixed
salary and percentage Oh the profits.
A female star who crowded a New y DIRK
theatre the season before last for six
months, received only $50, while her
leading man was getting $3.50. But she
was risky venture for her manager,
who lifted her from minor position to
stardom, and a failure would have cost
him much. Many stars are their own
managers, and engage business man
to direct their affairs for a salary. as
they would supporting actor. The
gains of actors are absurdiy exaggerat-
ed i'll the public mind, and even among
themselves they endeavor to keep up
the deceit. a reason that so many
English actors are imported is that
players of the first class in London re-
ceive third less than equally talented
and well known Americans.-F F. f.
Fyles, i'll Leslie's Monthly for Novem-
Der.
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
The State Roads.

During the present year 107 towns
and cities in Maine notified the secre-
tary of the State that they were to take
advantage of the laws of 1901 granting
to to WINS and cities one half the sum eX
pended by them in the rep airs of State
roads not exceeding 500, but eight
towns have thus far presen ted the re-
quired evidence that they have done
the work and expended the money.
Thus far there has only been paid rom
this appropriation the sum of 81 800.
The sum of S1,175 was paid early in the
year for Improvements made in 1901.
Eight towns in Waldo county have
been paid the amounts asked for on
account of work done on their roads
this year, as follows: Belfast, 800;
Frankfort, 500; Jackson, $50; Lincoln
vile, ST. Montville, 800; Morrill,, 500;
Palermo, 500; Troy, 500, making a
total of 1921.
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
Pointed Paragraphs.

While the fool ponders the wise guy
acts.
Every blonde carries her own head
light.
Opportunities are far more powerful
than prophets.
Spring fever is merely a seasonable
name for lazinesS.
A woman's idea of economy is to
have things charged.
If you would discourage trusts neither
borrow nor lend.
Beauty is often one woman's thorn in
another Woman's flesh.
Poverty is a grndstone on which
many wits are Sharpened.
Even in thorny path a man can avoid
stepping on all the thornS.
Man can see a sorrow at twice the dis
lance he can see blessing.
Poverty isn't a crime-unless it fur
nishes one with prison fare.
He who runs may read-if he sue
ceeds in catching his train.
Misery may love company, but the
N'i" pony 'oi''''i' wv ''N'''o7
An original girl is one who faints
when no one is looking at her.
1t is easier for the average woman to
make mp her face than her mind.
1t is easier for the landlord to raise
the rent than it is for the tenant.
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When it comes to laughing stocks the
,1I 10 Il 'O''' ''''N '''O u
Jun
Misfortune is no respecter of persons
.a''u l'el'''ei 10 'oi'''ile i'i '''''' 'i''''-
'el'
A cvnic is a man who would make a
TO-! 100! u "'''oell III 'i'e '0''0'y "e ''-
Illi@VS'
OF course brains count-but they fire.
o1eutIv get mixed ND in their calcula-
ti"is'
Unless A man PROPOSES he can never
hone TO attain perfection-so saws A
sinister
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
A FEAST OF GOOD THINGS.
St. Nicholas i'll 1903 Promises to go far BE
Yond Past Successes

St. Nicholas i'll 1903 Promises t" go far Be.
yond Past Successes
Professor John Bach McMaster recently
wrote to the editors of st. Nicholas /:
''Thank you very heartily for the pleasure
and profit St. Nicholas brings 70 my boys. -
Bo1ys-and girls-are very much alike the
world over, The delight and help that ST
boys, and thousands OF other girls and
boys, it holds for every girl and boy who
Can understand English
Since the first number of st. Nicholas was
published, nearly thirty years ago, many
weekly and monthly publications for chill
dren have come and gone; but st, Nicholas
still holds its place, the unrivalled "prnce
of periodicals tor young folks" 1t was
more enjoyed by its readers than now, for
in addition to the usual serial stories, short
articles, etc, there is a department called
'The st. Nicholas League in which the
children themselves have an opportunity to
take part. There are said to be nearly fifty
thousand children now belonging to the
League, and prizes are given out each
month for the best stories, poems, drawings
and photographs sent in by the young mem
bers. Any reader of St Nicholas may be-
come member.
st. Nicholas announces for 1903 ssThe
Story of King Arthur written and illus
trated by Howard Pyle, a companion story
to his famous ''Robin Hood" but which
readers of the manuscript think surpasses
that in the strength and interest of the mar
rative and beauty of the illustrations. Two
short stories by Miss Alcott, written for her
own little nieces and never before publish
ed, will soon appear in st. Nicholas, with
other stories and articles by the author of
s'Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Iatch,'' by
Ruth McEnery Stuart, Frank r. Stockton,
Clara Morris, and scores Of other we'll
known writer's. st. Nicholas makes u spec
ialty of papers of information, richly illus
trated articles on practical subjects, like
the Navy Yard, the Assay Office, etc.
The price of St Nicholas is three dollars
year The publishers announce that new
subscribers who begin with January may
receive the November and December num-
bers free, and so begin the volume and get
the commencement of all the serials. The
publishers are The Century Co., Union
Square, New York.
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
Plants that Cough.

Man has not monopoly of coughing.
Before there was vertebrate, on the
earth, while man was in process of evo-
luton through the vegetable world,
Elada tussiens-that is W hat botanists
call him, while we know him as "the
coughing BEAM coughed, and blew
dust out of his lungs. Recently botan-
lists have been giving special attention
to this bean, and tell interesting things
about it. 1t is a native of warm and
moist tropical countries, and objects
most emphatically to dust. When dust
settles on the branching pores in the
leaves of the plant and chokes them a
gas accumulates inside, and when it
gains sufficient pressure there comes
an explosion with a sound exactly like
coughing, and the dust is blown from
its Judgment. And, more strange still,
the plant gets red in the face through
the effort.-London Express
The Republican journal., 1902-11-13
Notable Sayings,
Arbitration beats the bayonet. -The(
dore Roosevelt.

Arbitration beats the bayonet. -Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
They can't get along without me-
Richard Croker
No baldheaded man can ever be Pres
ident.-William S. Devery, referring to
David B. Hill.
l have great faith in the American
workman, and | think he understands
without the aid of many campaign
speeches at this time.-United States
Senator Hanna.
A mans reputation depends just as
much upon the baseness of his enemies
as upon the good qualities of his friends
Bird Sim Coler, Democratic candi-
dote for governor of New York.
The calling out of troops was not for
political effect. - Governor Stone Of
Pennsylvania.