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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
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Transportation of Plants.

A bulletin of the Virginia Weather
Bureau says:
We may understand the essentials
of this complex process best II we
compare it with our own breathing;
for Transportation and respiration OF
land plants have much in common
with the breathing of animals. Both
the plant and animal breathe air. and
while breathing it, both give OIL large
quantities of water from the organs
of respiration. If you hold q cold.
clean mirror in front Of person
breathing, its surface becomes at once
clouded with the moisture from the
breath. So, too, If you hold the same
cold mirror close to the foliage Oh
growing plant, the moisture escaping
from that will also cloud the mirror.
Now the primary object OF the
lungs in our case is not to remove
water from the system, but to provide
a means for oxygen to enter the blood
from the air, and for the carbonic
acid gas to escape from the blood
into the air. This can take place rap
idly, however, only when the delicate
lining Of the air cells in the lungs Is
kept moist; and SO the chief function
of the water escaping from the lungs
is to maintain laeir inner surface con-
tinually wet. Let the lung lining once
become dry, and the rate at which
oxygen could erler and carbonic acid
gas escape from the blood would be
SO slow that life could not be main
tanned; and in order that this fatal
accident shall not occur, the lung sur
face is placed on the inside of the
chest, where the rate of the evapora-
ton is very greatly impeded.
When we turn to the breathing OF
plants, we find that they. too. are only
able to accomplish that very import
ant work as rapidly as 1t needs to be
done by having very broad surface
against which the air may come, but
so placed that it shall be kept always
wet; and, just as in our case, 1t
would never do to have this surface
exposed to the open air. so the real
breathing surface Of plants is spread
out on the inside of their structure,
where hot, strong winds can never
reach 1t. If it were true that no wa
ter need be used by plants except that
which is assimilated during their
growth and reproduction, and in keep
ing the cells distended and turgid, SO
| that whiting shall not occur, then
there would be little need for irriga-
ton anywhere except in the most arid
of arid regions, for then even the
Microscopic moisture of a dry soil
would be sufficient in quantity to sup
ply the demands of almost any land
| plant.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Melilotus Alba.

Recently a press bulletin from the
Ohio Experiment station contained
the assertion that melilotus alba
(sweet clover) grows only upon hard
trodden land or land that has been
"puddled" and cited the fact that
sweet clover grows luxuriantly on
the hard roadsides. The inference to
be drawn from the article Is that this
plant grows only on soils that are
trampled and that it will not grow at
all in fields. The writer of these
lines has abundance evidence that
melilotus alba grows not only on poor
hard soils, but on rich mellow soils.
The northern part Of Cook county, in
which the writer lives, is largely over
run with this plant. 1t has taken not
only the roadsides but also the fields
wherever the latter are left unculti-
waited and are suitable for the en-
croachment of the sweet clover. This
soil is rich in lime and the plant finds
this lime serviceable to 1t. Some
clustering was done in the house OF
the WIRE crd the "'.--'"s mortar
was thrown onto spot of grass behind
the house. This occurred in the
spring and on that spot melllotus alba
came up and fourished to such an ex-
tent that it was the occasion of re-
mark. The inference was that the
sweet clover grew luxuriantly there
because the lime had been thrown on
to the soil. To-day at Wihnetka the
parkways are found quite frequently
covered with this plant. 1t certainly
does not refuse to grow on soil mere
ly because that soil is rich and fairly
mellow. 1t seems to have an affinity
for lime. Moreover even on limy land
it is easily driven out by the grasses,
especially varieties of the blue grass.
we wonder if the Ohio experiment
station has tried lining on the soil
where it has attempted unsuccessfully
to get a catch Of sweet clover.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Barking Up the Wrong Tree.

Certain political quidnunces in
Washington have jumped to the con.
clusion that the four Republican con.
gressmen from Michigan who have
failed of denomination have been re.
pudiated by their constituents because
they opposed reciprocity with Cuba
in the interest of the beet sugar indus
try. The eastern newspapers have
taken up the cry vociferously and
point to the "straws in Michigan" as
showing the way the political blizzard
is setting throughout the West against
the opponents of reciprocity.
Ordinarily we would be pleased to
join in the cry and point the moral to
all those reactionaries who have re-
fused to recognize our duty to Cuba.
But the truth, told in our dispatch
from Lansing, Mich, knocks any spec
ial significance out of the failure of
Congressman Aplin, Weeks, Sheldon
and H. C. Smith to secure renomina-
tions. They were beaten on personal
grounds, and beet sugar or reciprocity
had nothing to do with their discom-
fiture.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Wise Words OF Caution.

The tariff has too many ramifca.
lions and is too far-reaching in its eff
feet to be made the football of purely
local judgment. 1t is true, there are
not lacking "reformers" who feel that
they are inspired with wisdom from
above to lead the party through the
wilderness, but it is noticeable that
the reformers are seldom able to agree
among themselves, and that their fol-
lowers are of uncertain number and
allegiance. The few of them who get
into national convention are quickly
lost to view in the vast expanse of ma
tional interests which tower above
mere local enHiroment.--Bur
Hawkeye.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
SETTLING CANADIAN LANDS.
Chicago Tribune Calls Attention to
New Situation.

Director of the Mint Roberts, who
has returned to Washington from a
visit to Iowa, says that IN that state
and other western states there Is a
rage for land speculation. There is
hardly a crossroads community in
Iowa, says Mr.. Roberts, which has not
organized a syndicate to operate in
lands in the Dakotas or Canada. To
this speculative fever Mr.. Roberts as
cribes the movement of money from
the east to the west in advance of the
time when money is usually sent for
the purpose of moving the crops.
Back of this speculative activity in
lands-an activity which has often
been disastrous-lies the price of
wheat. There is good demand for
that cereal, which promises to con-
tinue. The Dakota lands which are
being sought after produce good
wheat. So does the land in the Can
adam northwest. The price of land in
the Dakotas is low compared with the
price of lands in Iowa. The price of
the fine Canadian government lands Is
extremely low. Hence the surprising
rush of farmers to the Canadian north
west. Iowa farmers sell their farms
at high figure and go north, many of
them crossing the international boun-
dairy line. 1t is estimated that $4,000
acres of Canadian lands are sold to
Americans every day. If sales are
kept up at this rate and the lands pur-
chased are brought under cultivation
it will not be so long before Canada
will be raising 100000 900 bushels of
wheat year instead Of the S0,000,00O
bushels raised now.
AS the volume of Canadian wheat in
creases the reciprocity sentiment in
the northwest will increase. Mr. Rob-
erts was struck by the present
strength of that sentiment and the de-
sire OF the milling interests of Min
neapolis and st. Paul to secure recip-
rocity with Canada, so the Canadian
wheat lands may supply grist for their
mills. At present none Of the Cana
dian wheat is made into flour in the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
GEN. BELL FOOLED THE GRASS
Made Verdure Think the Moisture
Came from Heaven.

Came from Heaven.
When Gen. j. Franklin Bell, who
recently succeeded in restoring peace
to the Island of Samar, P. l., was
adjutant of the Seventh cavalry, Fort
Riley, Kansas, where he was stationed,
was in an incomplete state. The bar
racks, stables, administration build
ings and officers quarters were newly
constructed and rather luxurious for
an army post, but Of lawns and shade
trees there were none.
To obtaining these Bell applied him
self with his usual vigor. By trans
planting alternately elm and cotton
wood trees he had the shade problem
in a fair way Of solution, but the
soil of Kansas proved obdurate as to
grass, so that after repeated coats
of fertilizer and daily sprinklings,
only scant growth of verdure was
produced.
One evening a group of officers
coming from the artillery post, were
amazed to see Bell on the roof OF
his house with the hose in his hands,
sprinkling the lawn. After gazing at
him for a few minutes one of them
called out:
81 say, Bell, what are you trying to
do up there?"
Bell looked at the group and con
tinuing his sprinkling, answered:
when you sprinkle the lawn from
the ground the grass won't grow be
cause the moisture don't come the way
nature sends it." Then in a tone
tinged with anger, he added: 81 be
lieve the grass knows it, too, but, by
the great horned spoon, I'm going tc
fool that cursed grass"
And he did it, too, for Fort Riley
had in a few years as fine lawn as
at any army post in the country.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
MCKINLEY AND RECIPROCITY.


No Nearer Free-Trade Than When He
Framed the Tariff Act.
President Mckinley was, as he said
himself, in favor of reciprocity that
would "afford new markets for our
surplus agricultural and manufactured
products, without loss to the Ameri-
can laborer of single days work that
ne might otherwise procure" In his
last speech he declared in favor of
sensible trade arrangements which
will not interrupt our home produc-
ton" That does not sound much like
free trade. President Mckinley has
been grossly misrepresented on this
reciprocity question. The efforts of
the Democrats to try and make use Of
President McKinley's utterances to
make it appear that he favored any
step toward free trade will only react
on the Democrats.
Mr.. Mckinley did not even assert
anywhere that the duty in any case is
now too high. What he did say was
that If "perchance" there should be
any surplus duty then he was in favor
of using it for reciprocity purposes, a
statement with which every sensible
man should agree. But he did not
say anywhere or to any person that
there were surplus duties.
In some cases, however, there may
be surplus duties, as, for instance, in
the case of hides. In that event the
duty on hides should be used for rec
iprocity purposes, as President Nc
Kinley suggested, and 1t would be fool
ish to abandon that duty in favor of
South American countries, which i'm
pose duties on every dollars worth Of
| goods we send to them, without secur-
| ing something in return. A great mis-
take was made in taking off the duty
on coffee instead of using 1t for recip-
rocity purposes. AS result, Brazil
| to-day discriminates against certain
products of the United States and In
| favor of such products coming from
other countries, because those coun-
| tries have reduced their tariff on cof-
| fee, whereas we buy pretty much all
of Brazil's crop without imposing any
duty whatever. Brazil gives the Ar
| gentine Republic lower duty on -four
than is given the United States in re-
turn for a reduction Of the Argentine
tariff ON Brazilian coffee. And yet the
| United States imposes no duty on cof-
fee, and buys about twenty times as
much from Brazil as does the Argen-
tine Republic. That shows the folly
of the United States in not making use
of the duty on coffee for reciprocal
purposes.
| No such mistake should be made in
the case of the duty on hides. The
United States imported in the last
fiscal year over $10,O00,00O worth of
hides from South American countries
which admit nothing whatever from
the United States free of duty. Under
President McKinley's policy, If the
duty on hides is surplus one, it
should be used for purposes of rec
iproclty. If 1t is not a surplus duty it
| should be retained. President McKin-
ley was no nearer the free trade theory
/ in his policy a: the time Of his death
than he was when he framed and
helped put through congress the Nc.
Kinley tariff act.-Philadelphia Press.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15

he did tremendously, falling over
the bench in his haste. He closed
and bolted the hall door and went into
the basement ward. He glanced up
and down the double rows of white
cots, scarcely visible in the darkened
place. His eyes rested upon the cot
upon which wicked Jim had died
yes, there was Jim, lying upon the
cot-no, impossible, for it had not
been occupied since his death. He
approached it cautiously; not sound
was emitted He turned on the near
est light-yes, it was wicked Jim's
ghost! The fearless orderly stood
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
BY HENRY DAVIS MIDDLETON.

BY HENRY DAVIS MIDDLETON.
Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Bob Brown, commonly known
among the inhabitants of Ebonville
as Uncle Bob" was considered fear
less. No one was skeptical regarding
his fearlessness nor dared harbor the
least suspicion as to his being super
stitious. If, like most of his dusky
brethren, he "ruther not" begin job
on a Friday, the invariable cause was
physical incapacity rather than su-
perstitious fear. If, perchance, during
his nocturnal perambulations myriad
phantoms darted about his pathway
as he neared the village cemetery, be
would approach the hideous spectre,
and discovering it to be only an inan-
innate Illusion, he would pass upper
turbed on his homeward way, always
attributing sundry bruises and scars
visible upon various portions OF his
anatomy at the time Of these esca-
pades, to his bad sight and his haste
to reach home.
It was not surprising, then, that
when the new hospital desired a
strong orderly for night duty in the
two male wards, he alone volunteered
to accept the position, while the tim
idity of his fellows permitted them
only to pass the frowning institution
at a safe distance and with much
trepidation.
When the first month ended Uncle
Bob" was pretty well initiated into
the mysteries of the hospital. For
weeks he had astonished his dusky
auditors with wild and weird stories
of his triumphs in the wards, opera
ting room and morgue of the institu-
ton; never falling to impress them
with the fact that it would be impos-
sible to run the institution without his
services. He was indeed the most
fearless man in Ebonville. and was re-
garded by his peers with "supersti'
tious reverence"
1t was midnight. The stiffness Of
the hour was only broken by the soft
tread of the nurses on their period
icai rounds of the wards. Uncle Bob,
seated upon bench on the lawn, just
outside the door of the basement
ward, occupied by the colored male
patients, smoked away upon his old
cob pipe, and hoped for the approach
of the morning when he should be off
duty. He fell asleep. He dreamed.
He saw visions. Yes, there they
were-aIl the patients, both white and
black, who had died since his in
cumbency. They were after him-he
fed. They pursued him-he sought
refuge under the front steps of his
home. They followed menacingly.
There was no escape. Oh, there was
Jim, wicked Jim, now a black demon!
He had died muttering curses and i'm
precautions. He was leading the other
demons. His bloodshot eyes glared
just as they had in his dying mo-
ments; the bandage was about his
head, the white gown thrown loosely
about his emaciated form. They
sought to kill the orderly. Fire is
sued from their mouths, smoke from
their nostrils. He shouted for help
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Nurse Crops.

1t appears from our results that
nurse crops, as rule, are inadvisable.
Barley is the best. as it is more open
and does not shade the young clover
and grass plants SO much, and as it
comes off the ground earlier than 9TH
er cereals, it does not extract so much
moisture and leave it in such dry
condition. Oats, wneaI and rye are
not considered successful nurse crops,
and in fact our experiments indicate
that it would be much better to dis
card the nurse crop altogether and
devote the land exclusively to seed
ing to clover and grass. The attempt
to "kill two birds with one stone" in
that it is hoped to get crop of wheat
and also crop o. grass an clover
from the soil during the same year
has been s--own to be failure so re-
peatedly that further discussion is
unnecessary.-Andrew NJ. Soule.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Would Dispense With Locks.

Charles De Lesseps is quoted by
Figaro as saying that he believes
that the Americans will decide to
complete the Panama canal without
locks and that it may be opened in
six years time. To dispense with
locks would add greatly to the cost,
but it would be vast saving in time
and trouble after the canal is opened.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Grandson of Gen. Grant.

Aigernon Sartoris, a grandson OF
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, is to enter the
army. Young Sartoris is 2S years old
a fine. strapping, athletic fellow He
is ambitious to serve in the foreign
branch of the army. He was educated
at Oxford university. During the
Spanish war he served on the staff OF
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee as a captain of vol.
unteerS,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Kaiser,s Costly Cannon.

The German emperor takes great
pride in cannon of solid gold, inlaid
with precious stones, which he pos
sesses. Its value purely as a piece of
jewelry is set at $4,000, and special
guard watches over it. The trustees
of the Hamburg museum. who had
cherished it for two centuries, gave it
to the German government some time
ago.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15
Portable Church in PhiIadeIDbia.

A portable house of worship has
been dedicated in Philadelphia 1t is
the chapel of the Temple Evangelical
Lutheran church, at Twenty-second
and Race streets. The building is so
constructed that it may be taken apart
and set up again whenever it is
deemed desirable to move 1t.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15

for a moment trembling. What was
that? The thing moaned; it NUT
tered; it sprang from the couch and
fell PROSTATE at the feet of the be-
wildered orderly.
A broken sash and wrecked panel
of the picket fence left in his wake,
gave practical evidence Of the brave
orderlys senile agility and an inkling
Of his sprinting qualities.
Wicked Jim's twin brother, delir-
ious of fever, lost to the hospital a
fearless, valuable "ord'ly," whose back
pay still awaits his return, and who,
like the hospital, is running yet, in
spite of his contrary predictions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15

Halter break the heifer, 1t will add
10 her value as a dairy COW.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15

Good clover hay is hard to excel as a
feed for the dairy cows.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15

Smoked away upon his old cob pipe.
he awoke with a. start. He chuckled
over his fears-after all 1t was only
a dream. He shook off his lethargy
and relit his pipe when his attention
was attracted by peculiar noise. He
looked across the lawn into the
pitch darkness of the night whence
the strange sound came. My! there
were the same grotesQue figures he
had seen in his dream. He was not
afraid, but as it was getting little
chilly he decided to withdraw-which
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-01-30

college, Greenwich, England, and in
1884 he was transferred to the con-
struction corps of the navy.
In 1890 he designed the battleships
Oregon, Indiana and Massachusetts,,
and then resigned from the navy to be-
come superintendent constructor of
the Cramps shipyard, Philadelphia.
account started the Crescent shipyard
at Elizabeth, N. j., where he has built
100 vessels in six years, among others
the torpedo boat Holland and the
monitor Florida. In 1898 he was APP
pointed president of the East river
bridge commission by Mayor Van
Wyck. He is consulting engineer of
the Cramp Shipbuilding company,
Philadelphia; president of the Inter-
national Smokeless Powder & Dyna-
mite company, United States Long
Distance Automobile company, Oar
bon Axle company; trustee of Webb's
academy and home for shipbuilders,
and director of the Idaho Exploration
and Mining company.
Although Mr.. Nixon has been a men,
Der of Tammany Hall for II years he
came to Mr.. Cookers special notice
only half dozen years ago. When
the democratic national party was
looking about for vice presidential
candidate to run with Bryan Mr.. Nix
on was suggested. The support of the
New York delegates was pledged to
him, but he felt impelled for personal
reasons to have his name withdrawn.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-01-30


islanders. He is wealthy and popular.
He was once premier of the monarchy
of Hawaii, and lately candidate for
delegate to congress in the campaign
in which Robert Wilcox was successful.
He is cattleman, owning immense
acreage in Hawaii and raising most of
the island-bred beeves marketed there.
Parker is ambitious to be the next gov
ernor of Hawaii, and has good chance
for the office when Sanford b. Dole
goes out. Harold Sewall, who resigns
the republican committeeship, was for
mer minister to Hawaii and later spe-
cial representative of the United
States there, He is Son of the late
Arthur Sewall, who was Bryan's rum
ming mate in 1896, and has recently
come into large fortune by his fa-
theirs death. Sewall was talked of for
the governorship Of Hawaii, but failed
of appointment. 1t is understood now
that he has given up particular interest
in the politics of the islands, and is
striving for the post of minister or
ambassador to some great foreign
power.
The republicans in the islands are
split into Dole and anti-Dole factions,
but as Parker is friendly with the .ead-
ers of both sides, he may be able to
reunite them.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-01-30

81. Isoais. Jan. @sirIssieisl ~
Post Dispatch frs q llexlcoy tSaSss
"a bad wreck occ6rred on ne hssssh
of the Chicago q Alton FuSntnR frosA
Jefferson City to this cit y. yhen1 Hout
four mile from here the freight which
carries passengers. was thrown from
the track. presumably By : brokenrail.
Nearly all the passengers in the coach.
were injured, and some seriously. The.
injured are:
J. F. Rokn. Fulton. Mo-. ribs broken and,
badly bruised: James Humphrey. superin-
tendent Of the public schools at Fulton.
hurt In abdomen and bruised: George
Conley. st. Louis. scalp wound: Emile
Judy. Cincinnati, o.. head injured: A. W.
Frazier. Jacksonville. ILL.,. hips injured:
w E. Pooley. Hibernia. Mo-. muscles ard
hips hurt: Charles Fisher, Fulton. Mo-.
bruised on right leg; T. A. Whitmore.
Memphis. Tenn. conclusion of the brain:
Robert Judy. of this city. slightly injured:
Conductor Etna Williams. this city. slight
ly bruised: Frank Robertson. this city,
slightly injured.
The injured were brought to Mexico.
Some were able to continue their jour-
ney and others are at the Ringo hotel.