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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-20
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-20

OFFICE OF THE MUTUAL FIRE M
STRANGE COMPANY OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. No. s02 Penn
savanna Ave N w. Washington, Dec.
., lSea-Hoilcy holders are notified that
the managers have ordered paid to the
members a return OF savings according
70 the value of each policy at the close
Of 1905. Renewals for 1905 are payable to
the company at the same time at the
rate OF one per cent per annurn on the
premium notes. and POLICIES MUST
BE PRESENTED that payments may
be entered thereon Policies exryire on
the last Monday in December (2StF4-
PleaSe attend early and avoid the crowd
:. PIERCE BOTELER, Secretary
de6,13.29,26
WE HEREBY give this notice that we
have this day severed all connections
with the Automobile Age and will not
be responsible for any debts contracted
by said company
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Washington, Dec. Il, 1904.
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priced, ht-to-use printing. Speciality: 80
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-20

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priced, ht-to-use printing. Speciality 50
high grade Visiting Cards, Pc. Same
old stand, SIC T Street. Established 1888.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
The Popping Of Popcorn.

Why popcorn pops and ordinary
corn does not is question which has
bothered many people for long time.
The department. Of agriculture has
given an answer which should make
it plain. (1) The popping OF popcorn
is due to volatilization Of the oil con-
tanned in the. kernel. (2) Field corn
does not pop as. readily az popcorn
pops because the outer portion OF the
kernel is more porous. permitting the
escape of the oil as it volatilizes. while
in the case Of popcorn . great pres
sure is developed in the kernel by the
confined oil and the kernel is sud-
denly exploded and turned wrong side
out. (3) In composition popcorn diff
fers from ordinary corn in having a
larger proportion of corneous element
and a great per cent. of oil. a. Pop
corn pops more readily when dry be-
cause when moistened the kernels are
more porous and toughened
and do not explode SO suddenly and
COMPLETELY as when dry and hard.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
GOOD ADVICE. TO STUDENTS
Kansas Man Tells Young Men How
to Make Success Of Life in
the Country. 4

j.. w. Robinson, of Towanda, Kan,
who had an exhibit of horses at the
Kansas City show last fall, in an ad-
dress to agricultural students, said:
"Boys, I Suppose many of you ex-
pect to be farmers. Let me give you
some advice from my own experience.
When you start farming, no matter
if, you are q renter, get two fine mares.
two fine cows, two fine sows and two
of the best hens you can buy. They
will cost a good deal more than
scrubs, but the difference in few
years will be immense. Sell their
male progeny and keep the female.
The male progeny will bring you as
much as the whole product of cheaper
stock, and in few years the female
portion will produce enough to buy
you a farm, and then another farm.
That old black mare you have been
scoring was supposed to be one of the
best mares in France in her time
She was imported Is years ago. She
made the first man who owned her
$4,000. We bought her seven years
ago. and she has radesu $1,000, and
she has done the full work of a horse
in the field all these years: Don't
start your farming with scrubs. If
you can't buy as good mare as this
one. buy the best YOU can. Do your
farming with draft mares, and If you
manage right. the colts will be profit,
and big profit at that. We have three
old mares on the place that have
earned us $4,000 each. The old Rosa
Bonheur mare bought in hard times
for 5000. She has made us five times
that much money every year."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
MATCHMAKING FARM LAMBS.
Science Claims to Have Discovered a
Way for Making Barren
Soil Fertile.

Have you had your farm vaccinated?
It not, you should proceed to have 1t
done at once.
Science has done great deal for the
farmer. It has killed the bugs and
worms that prey on his crops; it has
treated his animals when sick and saved
their lives; It has experimental with
seeds and raised the quality and guam
tity OF their yield; it has done great
many things to help him. achieve sue
cess. The latest service of special in
terest of which we have heard is noted
In the National Geographic Magazine,
where it is shown that the process of
inoculating sterile ground and making
1t bring forth the fruit in abundance is
an easy task. incubation to prevent
smallpox, diphtheria, rabies, etc., we
know about, but it is quite as mysteri-
GUS as the incubation of old worn-out
soils to make them fertile
Certain germs make for fertility Of
the soil. They are collected or general
ed by the department of agriculture, &C.
cording to this veracious authority, and
sent by mail in small package about
like q yeast cake. The cake is said to
contain millions Of dried germs. It IL.
thrown into q barrel Of pure water and
turns It milky white. Seeds of grain
and grasses are washed with this water
and when planted are said to produce
wonderful results even on WHAT'S re-
garded as exhausted soil. The land is
really treated to an incubation and
cured Of its disease of barrenness. Have
your farm vaccinated and get rich from
the big crops you will raise.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
Agriculture in. the Schools.

The idea of teaching agriculture In
primary schools is growing steadily,
despite well-intentioned but really
groundless opposition. The greatest
stumbling block has been ignorance
Of teachers: concerning scientific agri-
culture. There is now little excuse for
any teacher remaining ignorant Of a
few of the general principles of crop
production. Anyone if he makes up
his mind can At himself for teaching
how to prepare soil for planting and
cultivate few Of our leading farm
crops. Agricultural papers. agricul-
tural books, nature study, literature,
are within The reach Of every teacher.
OF course consolidation of country
schools will render the teaching sof
agriculture comparatively easy, hut
until this is accomplished much can
be done.-American Agriculturist.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

size of a common house fly. The states
and the planters were at loss to devise
effective means to drive away the in
vader ~ > 10 ga8
The department of agriculture came
to the assistance of the planters, and
sent special field. agents from the d.
vision of entomology to make careful
investigations of this enemy and in
vader and to devise plans for its ex-
termination Since then these scientists
have waged relentless warfare upon the
weevil, and made most exhaustive prac-
teal experiments to wipe out the insect.
and have been partly successful. Recog-
nizing the seriousness of this pest, con-
gress has just appropriated $3.50, 900 to
further aid in discriminating the weevil
The adult weevil averages about one
fourth of an inch in length, and has a
beak about half the length of the body.
It is of grayish or reddish brown color.
The insect exists in four stages-eggs,
larvae, pupa and adult. All the stages
except the last occur inside Of the cot
! ton square or boil The egg is deposited
by the female weevil in cavity formed
by eating into the fruit of the plant. 1t
hatches.. under normal conditions. in
two or three days, and the grub imme-
diately begins to feed. rs
In from seven to twelve days the larva
or grub passes into the pupa, or quiet
stage, corresponding to the cocoon of
the sillsworm. This stage lasts from
three to five days. Then the adult
weevil issues, and in about seven days
begins the production of another gen.
Grafton. Climatic conditions cause con-
siderable variation, but on an average 1t
requires from two to three weeks for a
weevil to develop from the egg to the
adult. To-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
IN THUNDERSTORM SEASON
What Spots to Avoid in Order to Be
Reasonably Safe from the Eff
fects Of Lightning.

The Philadelphia Ledger gives this
excellent advice: "Now that the sea-
son Of thunderstorms is approaching
people should understand what spots
to avoid in order to reduce to the
minimum the chances of being struck
BY lightning. Out-of-doors, trees
should be avoided. and If from the ra-
pidity with which the explosion fol-
lows the flash it is evident that cleo
trio clouds are near at hand, a recum-
bent posture is the safest. 1t is sell
dom dangerous to take shelter under
sheds, carts or low buildings, or I'M
der the arch of bridge, and dis
lance of 81 or 80 feet from tall trees
or houses is an eligible situation. for
should discharge take place these
elevated bodies are most likely to re-
ceive it,.
cit is we'll also to avoid water, for it
is good conductor, and the height of
a human being near the stream may
determine the direction Of a discharge.
Within doors we are tolerably safe in
the middle of carpeted room, or
when standing on a thick hearth rug.
The chimney should be avoided on
account of the conducting power of
the carbon deposited in it, and gilt
holdings or bell wires are sources of
risk. In bed we are tolerably safe,
since blankets and feathers are bad
conductors It is injudicious to take
refuge In q cellar, because the dis
charge is often. from the earth to g
cloud, and the buildings frequently
sustain the greatest injury in their
Easements"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
THE COTTON BOIL WEEvlL.
Scientists Have Made some Progress
in Their Efforts to Extermin-
ate the Pest.

The United States census report re-
Gently issued gives some startling fig
ures as to the great damage done to the
cotton industry in the last year through
the ravages of the boil weevil. The re-
port gives the total crop as 10,045,614
bales of 5O0-pound standard. This is
about 100000 bales less than produced
last year. The total loss to the state of
Texas up to date is about $125, 100000.
During the summer of 1894 planters
along the Rio Grande and southwestern
Texas discovered in their cotton fields
the presence of a small. grayish, long
nosed armor-clad beetle. about the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

I love these patriotic times. they sti,
my heart with pride, ,s.s
And there's sweetness in them that
= I never have denied; $780,
But we are more than soldiers. friend.
yes, more than vet'rals gray;
We need your love and tenderness tt
81. cheer us every day. s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
ITO be a successful wife, to retain the love ]
and admiration Of her husband should be
wonaan's constant study. Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. Potts tell their stories for the benefit
of all wives and mothers H3@@

9nAn MRS @ 49, E. Pinlkham's Vegetable Conn
through years Of miserable existence
results she had had 9 your decided
was different w0sn the nsghbo remarked it. and fell
tsrng With and falling Of the but
Sincerely Mrs Terrace Springs Ark
-
Suffering women should not fail 70 profit
ae in her letter. Just surely viii Lydia
of the oyaries kidney troubles
mot - -
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
ONLY j, ONE.
OF MANY. 4
A Decoration Day Story
BY ALMA J. NOBLE

Good morning, Aunt Ruth. You
sees am on hand bright and early for
the lilacs. Aren't we going to have a
beautiful day." said Antoinette, cheer
lily, seeming to have caught the conta-.
gion of the bright May morning
II am so glad it is pleasant, for 1
well remember how rainy it was last
Decoration day. I'm sorry the lilacs
are little backward, this year; still,
I think we shall find enough for fair
showing. Did you bring a basket"
II did. The :self-same one that has
done service for the last three years.
Ralph is coming for me about. IL
o'clock" Il & e "a 10 ~
With that they started for the gar
den.
Everybody knew Aunt Ruth, and
none knew her but to love her. She
was one Of those elderly women -
shall we say, rare?-who had pre-
served sweet, happy nature, free
from disagreeable habits. both of
speech and manner. Although over
go years old, she still possessed that
blessed faculty of adaptability which
made her a coveted companion Of
both young and old. Children were
attracted by her cookie j,r and fund
of delightful stories, while those of
maturer years were charmed with her
personality and her entertaining CON
gersation, which ever sparkled with
subtle humor, despite an unmistakable
undercurrent Of sadness, which at
times betrayed itself in her face.
Antoinette Rathbun was particular
~ fond of Aunt Ruth, and many happy
hours they spent together. reading or.
discussing the various questions of the
day.
Antoinette was just now in most
beatific state of mind. That which
makes the world go round had
touched her life and impaired to it
fresh enthusiasm and delight, and this
Decoration day morning she seemed
unusually happy.
"After all, Aunt Ruth" she said,
"there is no season of the year quite
so beautiful to me as the springtime,
when everything seems fairly BURST
ing with life and delighting in life"
''Ah, my dear, it is because you are
Just now in the springtime of life
yourself You seem to me very like
that little shrub yonder, the buds just
peeping out which shall so soon. UNI
fold into the perfect flower. So do 1
see in you the possibilities of beau
tiful and noble womanhood. But
haven't We enough lilacs? The sun
Is so warm!", g.
eyes, indeed, we have. and I don't
care to rob you, even for good cause,
I am relying upon the girls for a good
ly supply"
cts your sunday-school class, isn't
it,"
Eyes," answered Antoinette. Aunt
Ruth, won't you go with us? That
would make our party complete. Do
say yes"
mo, would rather go alone. I am
glad, though, that you are interesting
your class this way, for it seems to
me that children in these days have
too little patriotic spirit. and too little
appreciation of the cost Of liberty.
The decoration of the soldiers graves
means little more to them than half
holiday from school and a happy time
gathering flowers. After. all, / guess
1t is better 10. n let them nave all the
sunshine possible;;s the shadows come
soon enough to all Of u.s."
. Aunt Ruth, = said An otEstte, ten
derby. 1--WE wanted to ask you some
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26

sawAis on the right and the cant hook on
the left of the upright BY unlocking
the ring and pulling the rope the hook
will go over the log and hold it firmly
in place. There is knot on the post
on which the saw rests when not in use.
have cut logs larger around than my
body. and any smaller size as WE'LL
Rural New Yorker. =, t9
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-05-26
ONE MAN on A cRoss-cuT.
Work That in Most Places REQUIRES
Services Of Two Husky Eel
lows Done by One. Isl

In a recent issue you ask how to rig
up a saw for one man to use. inclose
drawing of the way have used one for
four years, and like it very we'll. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
HORSE TROUBLE

John R. Price has brought suit
against the city to recover the posses
sion of horse, set Of harness and a
robe which he claims was taken from
him without process of law on March
49, He also asks damages to the
amount of IS day for every day the
property is kept from him.
The horse and harness to which
Price refers were picked up on River
side avenue on the night of March %,
after having stood there from early
in the afternoon until a. m. Officer
Rolf finally took charge of the animal
and placed it in the o. X stables.
Price refuses to pa the livery bill due
for the care of the horse.
There is another horse that may
cause Price some trouble. One of his
animals has died and the people who
live around 1920 Sinto avenue want it
removed. Price notified the health
Office and asked permission to have
VIM. +. Green remove the dead animal.
Now 1t happens that Green is not
licensed scavenger and is therefore not
eligible to remove the horse. In the
meantime the horse remains on Sinto
avenue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
OH, WHERE
IS HE?

George w. James, for many years
bookkeeper of the Old National bank,
is out of the city and an attempt is
made to make mystery of his depar-
ture. He was last seen Saturday. E.
c. Mcdonald, attorney for the bank
is reported as saying that Mr.. James
has quit ID. W. Twohy, the president,
says so far as he knows Mr.. James has
not quit, but has gone to the coast on
a leave of absense.
The James home is at 1918 Riverside
Mrs James was called up over the
phone this afternoon. and in her stead
a masculine voice replied that Mrs.
James was sick with cold and could
not come to the phone. He did not
know where Mr.. James was, could not
possibly call Mrs. James, and hung up
the receiver with bang.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29

which he had inadvertently left open,
cut his trousers pocket and removed
therefrom a purse containing 500 be-
sides q IS bill and a IS gold piece.
SONeil is laborer and halls from
Trinidad.
a,time thought that he was done for.
"A hurry-up call was telephoned the
police station from the Banquet saloon
and the patrol with Officers Lewis and
Stokto answered the call. The officers
fopnd that Sullivan had been struck
BIT the engine but when taken to the
station it was found the fortunate
miner was as sound as a rock.
Sullivan was booked as sleeper and
this morning was enjoying a comfort
able cell in the city bastile, which he
can leave when he chooses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
YUNG YING
VS.. YUNG HING

Yung Ying, celestial, appeared at
the station this morning with a card
setting forth that he had been robbed
by another celestial named Yung
Hing for $24.35. From the facts set
forth by Yung Wing it appeared he
had been held up in some alley in the
lower part of town, but in what par
ticular alley he could not tell. Yung
stated, however, that he could point
the robber out to the police and De-
tective McDermott was sent out with
the complainant and succeeded in
rounding up Chinaman No. 2. Hing
is now in the city Jail charged with
robbery.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
.fOR[ SCANDAL
IN bOTk|h (A}[
(Scripps News Association.)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
Dunning was put through another
grilling in the Botkin case this morn
ing. He was recalled to the stand at
the request of the defense and was
asked if he didn't have a number of
female acquaintance in addition to
Mrs. Botkin, especially Mrs. Kate Cor.
bailey.
Dunning admitted that he knew Mrs.
Cerballey and was living at the same
hotel where she had apartments. He
once took her to the Palace baths in
company with another couple. He
denied that Mrs. Corballey wore a
costume that wasn't the regulation
bathing suit. He also admitted that
he drank with Mrs. Corballey and tool;
her to the theatre. He visited her in
her rooms. He said Mrs. Corballey
young son lived with her, but was at
school the greater part of the time.
Witness denied that Mrs. Corballey
gave him $500 with which to send Mrs
Dunning back to Dover, He said the
money was gwen him to straighten out
u number of his accounts here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
GIRL IS A
PERJURER
(scrinps News Association

(Scripps News Association.)
3 CHICAGO, March 29.-Apolonia
Etarosta, a 14-year-old girl, on the
stand this morning artlessly admitted
having committed perjury before the
grand jury which resulted in the in
dictment of five men who she swore
she saw kill John Osuchowski.
A motion by the states attorney
TO quash the cases was made and the
defendants dismissed.
The reason the girl gave was that
Mrs. Osuchowski wanted her to swear
the mems lives away.
The murder occurred In the rear of
a saloon. The girl yesterday WILDLY
described the tragedy. pointing out
the five defendants. This morning
she confessed to the prevaricati ion
Friends of the accused, all Poles
made a demonstration when they
were released.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-03-29
~ ". b. Colver, special Commits
sionsr Of the newspaper Enterprise
Association In the Far East.

TOXIC, Japan, March l.-After all
the nice things we have heard about
the Japanese, it was relief today to
hear good word for the Russians.
/ met a man on the railroad train,
coming from Yokohama, who told OF
the destruction of the two Russian
ships at Chemulpo on February 8. He
was in the town at the time and is
an Englishman. As he has large bus
mess interests in Japan he doesn't
care to have his name made public,
but this is his is his story:
early in the morning of the 9th of
February all Britnsh subjects in Chem
ulpo were notified by their consul that
Japanese squadron, under Admiral
Uriu, was lying outside the harbor
and that unless the Russian cruiser
Variag and the gunboat koreitz would
surrender or leave the harbor by noon
they would he attacked,
"Of course war hadn't been declared
as yet and this was the first news we
had that hostilities had been substi-
tuted for negotiations.
within two hours the two Russian
shipped had steam up and were strip
ped for action. The two ships bravely
steamed out into the roadstead and the
Variag started the ball rolling by firing
the first shot. The 6-inch and 9-inch
guns roared and We could see the Jap
anese close in on the two Russian
warships, which fought every gun tc
a finish.
From 1850 a. m. until 1920 p. m
only half an hour-the battle ragged
and then the two Russian ships turn
ed back Twenty minutes later it was
all over. The Variag was simply
riddled and as she limped back she wa,
listed far to port. Both upper ant
lower bridges were entirely knocked
off the ship and nearly all her gum
Were put out OF action. She had a
men killed and 90 seriously injured
during the fight and hardly MAI
on board escaped some injury
81 believe she would have fought on
/ but her stearing gear was smashe,
as she was driving ahead at full specs
and it was only by sharp work that sh
was kept from driving ON the rocks
She could no longer fight and SO hat
to retreat to port, The koreitz wa
only gunboat and the aJpanese hard
ly paid any attention to her.
''rhe Nariag crept slowly into port
but kept listing more and more. Final
| ly she was seen to be on fire, and i,
a few minutes she sank. Her officer
and men were rescued by three Britis
steamers,
Meanwhile the Koreitz had droppe,
anchor and at o'clock, when tn
Japanese warships were seen to b
entering the harbor to finish the wor'
of destruction the Russians took to tn
small boats and blew their ship up.
"Nhen the two Russian ships steam
ed out in the morning to face the owe,
whelming odds against them. the crew
Of the men-of-war of other nation
who were in port swarmed into tn
rigging and cheered them lustil,
When the gunboat was blown up I
prevent the japanese capturing her tn
band of the French cruiser Pascal play
cd the Russian national hymn and II
ono who saw il could help but admir-
the nerve of the cars sailors.