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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
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At a meeting of the New York Med
ical society a resolution was passed
in which the opinion was expressed
that zone of the most effective means
for mitigating the intense heat Of the
summer months, and diminishing the
death rate among children, is the cul-
tivation Of an adequate number Of
trees on the Streets
One great mistake the amateur
tree planters made is in setting trees
too near together. All over this aud
other cities, the deplorable effect of
this can be seen. Practical expert
ence teaches that elm trees should be
at least forty feet apart, else they
never reach perfection Of form or
vigor. There are many elm trees in
New England having a spread Of top
of over 100 feet, and yet. every sea-
son one will see planters setting trees
from ten to twenty feet apart. This
should be prohibited by law.
The American white elm is the
queen of trees for street planting, but
it is folly to plant but one variety in
a city or village. I would recon-
mend, next to the elm, that hardest
of all trees, the Huckberry, next the
white, or silver maple. The trunk Of
this variety must have protection
from the rays of the sun, and should
be kept we'll headed in for three
years after planting. 1t will then form
a close head and Withstand the winds
as we'll as an elm.
The American linden is a beautiful
tree If well cared for. It, as we'll as
all smooth bark trees. must have it's
stem protected. A guard made of two
inch strips of board is the best pro-
tector, but straw rope or building pa
per may be used.
. When planting, dig a large hole and
fill with plenty Of rich loan. Mulch
we'll, and water once in two weeks,
without regard to showers, not
sprinkle, but give the roots thoro
soaking, cultivate around every spring
and do not permit the grass to grow
within three feet of the tree. Give
your trees as much care as you would
a hill Of corn and you will have no
dead trees to replace.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
STREET PLANTING
BY Nussbaumer Superintendent of Parks St. Paul Mimi

To obtain the best results in street
planting, the first necessity is, a care
full selection of the most promising in
dividuals of such kinds of trees as
have proved their ability to endure the
hardship and uncongenial surround
1ngs which they are subject to. Such
trees are carefully grown nursery
trees. They should be of the best
form and habit, and be planted in the
most approved manner in the best soil
procurable and after planting they
should receive unstinted intelligent
care! so as to assist a healthy good
growth. Health and vigor are the
beauties of tree. Shade trees on
city streets should be planted not less
than forty feet apart, and on a contin-
uous street they should be Of the same
size and variety, SO as to give unity of
character and consistency Of purpose
as whole. Frontage owners should
not be permitted to select and plant
their own trees on the street, as the eff
feet produced is bad and grows worse
as the individual habit of the trees de-
Velops, and intensifies the incongruity
OF the mixed planting. City street
planting must be formal, as straight
lines suggest uniformity. 1t is unlike
the so much admired diversity of
growth seen along country roads, be-
cause here it must be made to assist
the architectural effect Of the parallel
lines of buildings which can only be
secured by uniformity in planting. An
avenue planted with American elms,
with their lofty over-arching tops is
beautiful. seen as a whole, because the
charm of each tree is multiplied by
constant repetition, while q mixed
planting on a street line has an ap-
tpearance Of contradiction and incon-
gruity.
To prevent disappointment or posi-
BILE failure in tree planting, the ground
which is to be the home Of the tree
should be properly prepared, the ex-
caVation to be made for it should be
literally large, especially so where the
grade of the street was cut down sew
eral feet below the natural surface,
and the subsoil is not in a mechanical
conditiop to furnish any nourishment
ITO the roots, and If not supplied with
plenty of good loan, they will linger
out a sickly existence, or die outright.
Trees of a variety unsuited for a To-
callty or Objectionable in any other re-
spect should not be selected, nor
should they be planted by inexperi-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
VALUE OF STREET
TREES AND THEIR CARE


Walter Crane, who has done so
much to improve London, says: THE
great want in modern cities is trees.
T should plant them wherever posi-
BILE along the streets. Frequent open
places should be arranged with foun-
tains and seats, and these again sur
rounded with trees This want still
exists in most of our cities notwith-
standing the great interest which has
deyeloped within the last decade for
civic improvement and establishment.
There is hardly city or town in the
county, of any note, that does not have
Its Improvement association, and yet
there are but few that have a regu-
lar system for tree planting on the
public street or for the care of the
trees already planted. A few in New
England, notably Springfield, Mass,
appropriate large sums each year for
the care of the trees, which are placed
in the care of a forester, who has
absolute control of planting, trimming
and removal. Such an officer is much
needed in Minneapolis, which, thru
the influence Of it's park board, is fast
becoming one Of the best planted cit
les in the country. But the $4,000
trees which the board has planted
have been sadly neglected, and are
growing misshapen, thru the lack of
funds to give them proper care and
attention, and there are yet miles of
streets on which there is no regular
planting.
The park board has authority to
plant trees on any street and to assess
the cost abutting property, and it
should be encouraged to vigorously
push this branch of it's work, and fur
nish means for paying for the care and
maintenance Of all trees on public
streets.
No one will dispute that trees are
among the greatest attractions of any
city or village, but they are much
more than that, they are conducive to
the health and comfort of the inhab-
itants. 1t is we'll known that the
leaves absorb poisonous gases, and
possess the power of cooling the air
thru the cooperation of moisture.
A we'll known writer says:
THE exhaling power of leaves has
been most carefully Investigated, and
observations have shown the exhala-
ton of a single leaf during one season
amount to the by no means insight
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
THE POSSIBILITIES OF A PLUM
ORCHARD in MINNESOTA AND DAKOTA
By o. w. Moore, Spring Valley, Mimi.

The first requisition for the plant
Ing of a plum orchard is a suitable
location. This should be, if possible,
In moist, rich ground, sloping to the
north or northeast. BY utilizing said
slope the trees suffer less from drought
southern slope. And they are held
back little later in starting in the
spring and the buds and bloom are
not as liable to be caught by spring
frosts. But if you haven't the above
location, plant on any that you may
have.
The age of the plum trees to plant
is question that planters differ wide
ly upon. The writer prefers one-year-
old whips. The meaning of whips is
one years growth from the graft, the
graft not being allowed to branch but
grown as a whip. After planting they
should be cut back to about twenty
inches or two feet from the ground,
and when they start to grow keep all
buds rubbed off but four or five at the
top, and the planter will get a nice
head or top the first summer, and his
trees will be all uniform as to size.
AS to varieties to plant, it depends
largely upon the end to be attained.
IT for market, the largest of our ma
tive improved sorts should be used.
If for family or domestic use, size is
IOl 50 eSSenCldl. InerG are many good
varieties to select from, grown thru
out the state by many Minnesota
nurserymen.
Plum trees should be planted not
nearer than sixteen feet apart each
way, and sixteen feet in the row, and
the rows twenty feet apart is still bet
ter. Many readers no. doubt will ask
why so far apart. The answer is that
plums need sunshine and free cir
on a of q In in nr1o 70 Lr;x,
at their best. If deprived of sunshine
and fresh air by close planting. they
do not fertilize as well at blooming
time and it is a well-known fact to
most fruit growers that they cannot
successfully grow any kind of fruit
In the shade. And plum rot is pretty
sure to attack a close-planted plum
orchard.
& The plat for the orchard should be
as near square as practical, and plant
as many as from four to six different
varieties. By this method the differ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18

prevent the spread of the plague. Seq
regation seems impossible and no re-
lief is in sight.
The first symptoms of the presence
Of the disease is headache, with swell
ing of the glands of the neck, followed
by protracted sleeping on the part
Of the patient. The disease runs its
course in from six weeks to two years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

the result Of their work is that we
have many native plums to-day that
are worthy of cultivation. The above
article does not state all that relates
to the plum question. Some Of the
drawbacks to plum culture are bar
riers, curculio, plum gouger, apis or
leaf louise, plum packet, plum rot and
spur blight. To explain how and when
to combat all of these at this writing
would extend this article to unreal
SOnable length.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18

the Congo. No less than $4,000 per-
sons have died Of it, 10000 within the
last five months. A commission sent
from England, headed by Colonel
Bruce, has decided that the disease
is scattered by a fly called kivu, but
no antidote has yet been discovered.
Another commission is said to be in
prospect to see what can be done to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18

of the strange epidemic known as the
sleeping sickness" now prevalent in
certain parts Of Africa. Nothwith-
standing all efforts on the part of the
British authorities there is no abate-
ment in the ravages of the disease in
Uganda.
1t appeared there between two and
three years ago, probably coming from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-18
SLEEPING TO DEATH

Curious African Sickness Has Already
Killed $4,000 People.
New York Sun. :.rs.
The American Board of Commits
sioners Of Foreign Missions has issued
a statement concerning the ravages
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

A discussion in London periodical,
touching the cause and cure of night
mare, brings out two interesting but
exasperaingly inconsistent theories
that "the paralysis Of nightmare is
caused by too much bedclothes," and
that "the nightmare sense Of fear and
difficulty is usually induced by cold,
and the cure is another blanket"
There Is, nevertheless, safety in the
contradictory opinions, for one one will
have nightmare so long as he lies
awake debating whether to put on OF
to take Off blanket
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

Not long ago 22,04O pounds Of cot
ton raised in the African colonies of
Germany were shipped to that coun-
try. The small consignment was re-
ceived enthusiastically by the cotton
spinners, who saw In it promise Of
greater things-of the coming Of the
day when they will be independent Of
the American product. The United
States began the cultivation of cotton
on a small scale. A few bags shipped
to England 120 years ago were re-
fused admission at the custom house
on the ground that the United States
could not produce so much cotton. AL
though the German colonies in east
and west Africa raise only little cot
ton now they may be raising good
deal century hence. The German So
calists are opposed to the colonial poll
cy of their country, but they are in
hearty sympathy with the experiment
of introducing cotton growing in AZ
rica. They are Indifferent to the in
terests of the manufacturers, but they
are concerned about the operatives.
most Of whom belong to the party.
The operations Of the spectators in
cotton In this country have hurt the
men who earn their bread in German
factories. The Socialists resent that.
and, like other Germans, wish to see
their country freed from its depend-
ence on the United States for cotton.
There Is no lack of land in other parts
of the world well adapted for the cul-
uvation of cotton. There is a lack of
competent labor to do the cultivatinp
1t is the custom of many cotton plant
ers in the South to complain of the in
efficiency of that black labor on which
they have to depend. The Germans
who are trying to grow cotton in Az
rica cannot get labor one tenth so effi.
Client and intelligent as that to be
found in the Southern States. with
all his shortcomings, the American no.
gro is better worker in cotton field
than any planter In Africa or Asia
can get to labor for him. Not until n
sufficient supply Of intelligent labor
can be procured will there be serious
rivalry with this country in the pro-
duction Of cotton.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

Il mean l come on this here steam
boat to see fight" said he. zen l
wanted to see hit. I've heerd tell n
whole lot about the way you fellers
light with the mitts on, an I want TO
see hit done. So l reckon as how IT'S
ABOUT time you'all was a-givin' us a
few rounds"
linen the sailor understood. The
visitor thought the fighting top was
the ring where the ships men boxed.
what's this here thingY asked n
boy, pointing to the winch used for
hoisting the boats. A seaman told him
what it was.
MY stars!" he exclaimed. "Do vor
lift the enemy's boats clean outen tbo
water SOS to get good aim at ,em o.,
Don't you have any ramrods r.
them gun-barrels?' was the question
OF another Kentuckian, as he inspect.
ed the big twelve-inch guns.
One of the ships jokers gravelv told
MIN That they pulled out the mamma q,
when they needed ramroad and tho ,
the last time they used 1t the gun won,
or accidentally and blew the main,
mast into Posey County, Indiana
which explained why the shin had n.
mainmast then.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03
LANDLUBBERS ON SHIPBOARD.

When the United States monitor
Arkansas anchored off Memphis on its
trip up the Mississippi River year
ago, a family-father, mother and
seven children-went on board the
queer steel vessel. The father the
New York Sun says, held two of his
boys by the hands, and as they were
shown about by one of the appren-
tice seamen he pointed out objects of
interest.
THAT thar is the turtle, Johnny" he
said, polnting5to the big turret with
the twelve-incn guns sticking out
Goodness, pawn said Johnny. "Jes'
look what long front legs it's got!'
They call hit turtle, Jimmy. \"
paw" explained, because it can turn
clean over on its back an go after the
enemy all spraddled out, reckon"
At Paducah, Kentucky, n country.
man boarded the Arkansas with n
knowing air. He walked round for
some time, going over the shin three
or four times, but looking mostly nj
the fighting top. His eyes seemed fas.
cinated by that part Of the vessel, and
the seamen noticed that he looked ex.
pectant, as If he thought something
was going to happen there. Finally
he turned to one of them.
"Pardner," said he, when do they
call time nex'?"
The sailor did not understand him
and said so.
"Hain't that the fightin' top?" he
inquired.
YES" replied the sailor.
WALL" said the Kentuckian "tber
hain't you-all goin' to give us few
rounds?"
What do you meanr the sailo,
asked, supposing the visitor wanted
them to fire the big guns for him.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03
A Thrilling .Rescue

An amusing story is told Of nm o,d
seaman on one of the United stotos
cruisers In the North Atlantic sonod
ron. he was not person of wide az.
,ecuons' but he had warm place in
MS heart for young ensign who ba 4
oeen KIND to him in many little WAYS,
one DAY landsman fell from tho
rigging TO the water, and as he could
not swim he would have been drowned
out Ior II young officer who sprane in
arter him and held him ND till ass,st
ance came. ''i'''
Later the young officer received A.,
complimentary letter from the secre.
@ sal' OF the Navy. Every one reioiced
W. t M .ne old seaman; he coveted the let.
ter for his ensign. ' 'e''
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

is the same with prints and jewels. These A,.
liable; but they must needs be rendered rs,s
and deadly uninteresting by the collector. M. NJ
editions is commercial matter in which the as
folly Of the collector make the market nrIo
sentiment that moves the collector of these N.
will exchange or sell his boasted Dickenses A. \
other volumes by other authors which he c0.a
precious. He is actuated wholly by this abom,.
Dealers know 1t and grin in their sleeves 80 :, !.
batten on him until they too, become infected !
ease and so the madness goes round.
The science of collecting Is colossal moDD,.
folly of human nature 1t is well known ss
lecting dulls the moral facilities. have known
play the most abominable tricks In what /,
Swaps" and 1t is notorious that you cannot IN,
ornament to a china maniac. But the cra,s 4,
more or less decent in comparison with mo,
manias, such as that developed by tobacco ma,
In stimulating the collection of gaudy cgareH
and demoralizing the youth OF the land. IA,
one will not collect collectors dispose Of M
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

~ accounts; 10 point out Woiuo 'hoNeNN
sons present; to tell exactly the hours mnutes
to distinguish the married from the SINGLE ETC. "he ~
learned pig was performing in Dublin an armed runa
broke into the room slew the animal with MS sworu as
sauted Bisset himself. and SO unnerved the unfortunate
animal trainer that took to his bed and dieo Wnh
few days.
naturalist who Is in charge of fine museum assureu
ne that he had once horse In held sleZe anu "ofA
with his teeth the handle of pump In order to water some
thirsty COWS which lowing amentaby over the wa
teress trough This naturalist had also seen young ha1
fedged sparrow which fallen out of the nest helped
back by its parents thus They thrust straw into the
little derects beak and selling themselves each END OF
it. they flew up with the nesting above the nest and then
dropped him gently into it,
In a Ffeshire village sparrow had laid her eggs and
half reared her brood in a last years swallow nest On
the return of swallows the original and builder
tried possession Of the nest with the help not OF
its mate only but OF number Of other swallows Their
combined efforts dsodge the sparrow being vain they
hold council Of war; which sentenced the usurper to
DEATH Not only the little band which had tried to storm
the but the whole flock Of swallows fetched building
material and in short time walled up the criminal and
her brood to perish miserably.
In a nest in the corner Of Of the windows Of q
house at Srahendry brood Of swallows hef reared
when young sportsman, disappointed in duck shooting
fired flock of these birds and shot both the parents
Of the nesings Fearing that the brood would perish OF
starvation he about to them from the nest
try to them in the house, when he amazed tC
find the work Of mercy taken out of his hands by the
Of the flock of swalows They took it in turn feet
the orphans till they full fedged able provide
for themselves!
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

II Is noteworthy that out Of Asia
came our alphabet and our Arabic nu-
merals. The compass we owe to the
Chinese, who knew the magnetic nee
die as early as the second century
A. ID. Gunpowder originally came out
or Asia, and so did the art of printing
and the manufacture of paper. The
Chinese Invented movable types in the
middle OF the eleventh century. $50
years before Gutenberg. They also
made silks long before Europe. and
porcelain that has never been eoualed
oy Europe. Truly, Asia is the cradle
OF the race. On the original ideas OF
the Perslans, the Arabians, the Hin.
docs and the Chinese our modern so.
ciety has been built.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03
misunderstanding between emplo,

misunderstanding between employer
and employed cannot continue many
years longer, for both parties are
striving to come to an understanding
The old saying is true that a work well
begun Is half done. One of the most
recent moves In the right direction was
taken when the committee of the Ma
donal Civic Federation appointed to
consider plans for welfare depart
ment' for the promotion of the efforts
of employers to better the condition of
their employees decided to ask the EN-.
oloyers to cooperate with 1t In find.
Ing the best plan.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

and insanity, much is unconsciousy assimlata !
mind that remains without direct association !,
daily life Of the assmllator. (
Conan Doyle has been charged by a St. In
paper correspondent with plagiarism from Ne
Bug" The allegation Is not supported by The &
which simply show similarity In thought and h
likely to occur to cryptographers Smilarts q
exist between Conan Doyle and Walter Scott an
Conan Doyle and Poe which do not admit Of hax
ton. The smuggler scenes In "Mlcah CLARK" h
Mannering" are so nearly alike as to suggest tAx
Of Scott on Doyle. The mercenary warrior n
Micah Clark" moreover, Is an undenlable n
Dugald Dalgetty Of "A Legend of Montrose" hi
and particularly In the case Of the smuggers m-
assimilation Is out Of the question: since the srl
of Saxon and the smuggers are altered and VI
ology Is likewise This shows deliberatOn h,
with unconscious assimilation, more especially \
has repudlated Scott's influence upon him. SuAI
alton is still more evident In the instance Of Ppl
loined Letter" and D0yle's Scandal in Bohemia
tales, Identical In plot and incident, vary only hI
that Poe's woman, attacked by diplomat Will
promising letter. becomes Doyle's king attach
actress with compromising photograph. MI
of Poe's Dupin and Doyle's Sherlock Holmes are
The memory of Wycherley. the dramatist, in bis Y
was so enfeebled by illness as to play him staif
He would read himself to sleep with Montane
cald. and Racine. Next morning the Thoughts
authors would be written down with entire us
ness as original. At other times Wycherey wd
word for word as new his previous composites
Doyle has repudiated the influence of Scott and
cannot be employed to explain his similarts
authors, which are much greater than those that
Chancery Sherman detected between "Cyrano del
and the Merchant Prince of Cornville." Both
production and the Merchant Prince, however
on the career Of the historic Cyrano de Berse
whose voyage to the Moon" Swift drew much oil
Of "Guvers Travels"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

"That's a nice thing to nau
like that" he said, a rev "
you ought to have one'
81 don't quite see how
one," laughed the ensign
"Well, see here" said tns
eagerly. Tomorrow nlSn'
the main chains, fusslng W
thing or other, and | might j
You could jump after me-
THAT would be very gov
said the ensign. gravely NV
I'm not a good swimme'
means"
"Ho! That's no matter
old seaman. "I'll hold you
boat comes.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-06-03

Strikes are becoming less frequent.
Capital and labor recognize that bat
ties Of endurance are disastrous and
both sides are inclined to make conces-
sions to avoid forced seasons Of idle.
ness. Arbitration Is the key to the
situation. There is every reason to
hope and to believe that within few
years strikes will be practically un.
heard Of; at least, that there will be
no great strikes.