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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13
Man VII, Vas Recently Married
and Had No Cause for En-
nifty Commits Murder.
ASSASSIN IS NOT ARRESTED
Escaping From House Immed'
lately After Committing the
Murder, the Man Has Not
Been Captured.

Chicago, Aug. 12.--Michael Burns
has shot and instantly killed his wife
Mrs. Mabel Burns, at the residence OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Jor-
dan. The parents say Burns harbored
no enmity against his wife. to whom
he had been married less than a year.
The man had been drinking, and II
is thought quarreled with his wife
while under the influence Of liquor. He
escaped and has not vet been cap
tured.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13
FOR ROOSEVELT.
A California Democratic Newspaper
Bolts Parker.

6oitS FaFkefs
The Daily Bee, the leading demo-
cratic newspaper of Sacramento, Cali
fornia, announces that it will not sup
port the democratic candidate for
president 1t endorses the republican
candidate and platform in the follow
ing editorial:
The Bee can say Of Theodore Roose-
welt that the trusts do not want
him while they do want Parker.
And it can say of the republican
platform that whenever there was any
thing to be said on any public issue, it
said it. It did not hesitate and stam-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13
One Way to Stop a Dog Fiahs.

Il saw an ugly dog fight stopped in
a very handy manner the other day."
says an agent whose business takes
him to almost every section Of the
city.
''1t was between a couple of bulldogs
and they went at 1t in a manner that
threatened to put an end to the life of
both. Finally each got a hold that
could not be broken, and the men look
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13
sANkRuPTs PAY QUARTER.
Creditors for st,5oo.o0o VIII Receive q
Per Cent Of Their Claims.

Chicago. Aug. is,--Judge Kohlsaat
In the United States district court, has
entered the final order In the bank
ruptey proceedings brought by cred
itors against Porter Bros, one OF the
largest wholesale fruit dealers In the
country. directing that the creditors
whose claims had been proved be paid
"a per cent. The claims amount TO
si,500.000
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13
TWO TORPEDO BOATS TAKEN.
Story From chefoo Confirmed With
More Particulars.

Story From Chefoo Confirmed With
More Particulars.
Chefoo. Aug. 12, l p. m,-The report
that two Russian cruisers and one tor
pedo boat destroyer had entered the
port Of Tsingtau. Kiao Chou bay. last
night Thursday, is confirmed. The
cruisers are the Askold and the Diana
not the Novik. Tthetis are preparing
to lave Chefoo for that port. Two Rus
sian torpedo boats are said to have
been captured on the Chinese coast.
It Is believed that the attempt Of
the Russian ships at Port Arthur tc
join the vladivostok squadron has beer
thwarted.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13
CHICKENS NOT FURNITURE.
Important Ruling on Exemption 0
Fowls From Customs Duty.

New York, Aug. 12.-In ruling by
Judge H. NJ. Somerville, the board OF
United States general appraisers has
decided that chickens are not house
hold effects. In so doing, the board
overruled a claim of Mrs. F. Lamarre
of Port Townsend, Wash, for free en-
try for a coop of chickens.
Mrs Lamarre contended that the
fowls were exempt from duty under
the clause of the tariff law providing
for the household effects Of an immi-
grant, which have been in use abroad
for more than one year.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-13

You dOnt eless ysur stsrs for q day
every once in . whils-but that would
be as wise as to drop your Newspaper
advertising for : day new and then.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
SOUND FRUITS SECURED BY
SPRAYING

Insects are so numerous and diseas-
es OF trees are multiplying so rapidly
that they will destroy the fruit unless
checked by using chemicals About
three applications Of Bordeaux MIX
ture are necessary per year to secure
sound apples, peaches and pears. Any
reader of the Southern Agrfculturaiist
can successfully use this chemical by
dissolving six pounds of sulphate OF
copper in two gallons of warm water,
and as many pounds of quick lime IN
a different wooden vessel, and mix
ing the two into barrel containing
forty gallons of water. The sulphate
of copper will prevent leaf curl OF the
peach, leaf blight ON the apple and
pear cracking Of the pear and ounce,
and indeed al kinds of fungus trou-
bles. 1t induces health in the tree,
causes the fruit to be fair, and greatly
improves the chances of profitable
crop. This is the formula for pear and
apple trees, but it is too strong Tor
the more tender leaf of the peach.
The water must be added to the guam
tity to make the mixture amount to
eighty gallons before using on peach
trees Every orchardist should own
a sprayer to guarantee good, healthy
fruit free from fungous growth
Southern Agriculturist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
Worked BY HAND.

1t is of course always good plan
to have the garden in nice straight
rows SO that you can get at every
thing with the wheel hoe; but there
are one OF two exceptions. Outside
of the hot-bed and the cold frames
there are few early crops which can
be worked by hand in the old-fash-
toned way better than any other. Take
for instance beets. Are you fond OF
beet greens? Beet greens with the
young beets included, when they are
getting big enough to be called beets
perhaps the size of your little finger
if you have a small one-make dlsn
fit for king, and the peer OF all the
other greens. Well, if you do like
them, throw up little bed about IL
Ks feet, high enough so that it Will
drain off with the first few days, and
make it just as rich as it will hold.
Then plant your beet seed in rows
lengthwise about five inches apart and
thick. Put in a few radishes If you
like. These will come off early and
get out of the way. If kept we'll weed
ed and scratched these beets will soon
need thinning and this process can
be kept up almost ad infinitum. A
dozen or more messes of greens can
be taken from this bed and finally
leave a full stand of beets. There
seems to be no end to the thinning
required for such bed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
RINGING THE PIGS.

Ringing the pigs to prevent their
roofing is a necessary evil at best, and
should be done in the right way both
for the accomplishment of the object
in view as well as to cause the pig as
little suffering as possible. To make
the ring stay in well, see that it takes
in all of the snout grist!e, but have it
large enough not to cramp or bind the
flesh enclosed. In young growing
animal, if not properly adjusted, the
flesh will soon fill out the ring and
cause a constant irritation to the flesh,
sometimes causing the snout to NOR
tify and slough off. Most rings, too,
close inside the flesh.
This should not be. If this kind OF
ring is used take a small pair of ply
ers after the ring is closed in nose
and turn ring gently around. till the
points of ring are exposed and lap
outside of flesh Use bright new
rings, free from rust, and apply few
drops of turpentine to wound when
ring is inserted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
HENS ECONOMICAL AGE.

The tendency of many chicken men
is to keep hens far beyond the eco
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
show that two pens of brown leghorns
average ITS eggs per fowl the first
year, 1872 THE second, and 116 the
third. The experiment station OF the
North Carolina Agricultural College
reports, in a bulletin. as the result of
elaborate and careful experiments,
"that for high production, weight of
eggs produced, and economy in pro-
duction, pullets far outstrip hens"
A single white Wyandotte hen at the
Maine agricultural experiment station
laid 219 eggs the first year. 1862 the
second and ~ the third. There is no
question that young, vigorous stock is
the best to keep. Hens get lazy with
age, and turn their food into fat in
stead of eggs. Kill them off, even al
a sacrifice. They are seldom worth
-ir rations after the first mouit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
he half-consclous Knocher back to

the haH-conscious Knocker back to
safety.
Down on the street the bands began
to play more merrily than ever, and
the different unions fell into line
again.
'.Jim," said the boy, family m
making you miss the parade"
In that moment Jim saw the look OF
election in Knockers eye, and knew
the true cause of the boys desire to
enter the union.
"Since you did not fall, am glad it
happened" answered the big man.
1--WE will watch the parade together"
From the different companies pass
ing along the street below cheer after
cheer rose to the big iron worker and
the small rivet-heater, standing to-
gether on the edge of the skeleton
iron work of the Claypool Building
Youths Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
FAMOUS OLD ARITHMETIC.
In It Children Two and Half centu.
r:es Ago Studied Multiplication.

The present generation is inclined
arithmetic, and those who possess a
copy of his work think they have
treasure, indeed. The Star represent
alive, however, has the privilege {:
reviewing a text book in mathematics
published seventy-three years before
the famous Daboll was born. This
book is undoubtedly one of the Oldest
owned in Otsego County, and is con.
sidered great curiosity by all who
have seen it. 1t is the work of Ed
ward Cocker. printed Nov. q, 1917,
by John Collins, two years after the
authors death. The work is famous
since it was for years considered
forgery of Collins, and in it's day
caused much discussion in the col.
leges of England Collins, who was
an actor and poet and an intimate
friend of Edward Cocker, dispelled the
accusations against him by proving
the manuscript for the book to have
been Cookers. The latter was one of
the most famous authorities on arith-
metic IF his day, and published many
books. The work, copy of which
has recently been brought to light
here. was his last manuscript.
The book is nearly complete and
in good condition. 1t is interesting
from typographical point of view,
and the subject matter is most pecu.
liar as compared with modern text
books.
The fact that the multiplication
table appears in the book gives some
force to the common expression, Gas
old as the multiplication table," Pri-
mary pupils of today who are inclined
to believe that this combination Of
figures was especially prepared to
rack the memory should find some sat.
isfaction in the knowledge that chill.
dren of at least two and a half GEN.
turtles have drilled upon it.-Oneonta
Star
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
An Italian Brieand's Horse.

Among South Italian brigands even
their horses are taught to resist the
officers of the law. During the en-
counter at Rama Bucca, in which the
brigand Nitro was killed, the gen.
darmerie was amazed by the furious
behavior of his horse, which dashed
out on all sides, and succeeded in
injuring one of the officers. On in
quiry afterward among the prisoners
taken it was ascertained that the
horse had been trained to behave in
this way by being repeatedly fioggei
until he kicked one of the brigands,
dressed as a Gardiner, approaching
him. The horse at last became such
an adept that he might be relied upon
to kick and rear furiously as the
mere sight of uniform.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
HE KILLED THE CHRISTOPHER.
Nebraska Mans Story of the Way
Saved His Crops.

A gentleman who used to live at
University place was growing wheat
in Southern Nebraska when the grass.
hoppers struck him. He had a forty
acre field of wheat that year, promis-
ing big yield. and the prospect of its
having to go to feed his enemies, the
grasshoppers, was CALLING almost be-
yond endurance. Very soon after the
vanguard of the hoppers appeared,
however, this gentleman made an en-
tomological discovery that saved his
crop.
Il found" he said, "that the grass
hoppers were in the habit of climbing
the wheat stalks every morning to
spend the day feeding on what was
intended to feed me and my family.
used to go out to the field to see how
they were getting on every morning,
and in my Impotence at the liberties
they were taking with my wheat
would occasionally strike at a clump
OF them as they hung to stalk and
knock them to the ground.
after a while I noticed that when
a grasshopper was thus dislodged he
made no further effort to get his din
ner, but remained on the ground until
the regular time to climb the stalk
next morning. Immediately on max
ing the important discovery I went
and took down our long wire clothes
line, and called my wife to come and
help me. Then We went through that
forty acre field, dragging the clothes
line over the wheat between us, and
Knocked all the grasshoppers to the
ground. There they stayed till the
next day.
Next morning we gave the hoppers
just time enough to get well started
up the stalks when we went out and
repeated the proceedings of the day
before. The result was the same, and
in the course of few days every
grasshopper in that field had died of
starvation. Our neighbors came out
every morning to jeer at us. and called
us pair of old idiots, but we harvest
ed the only wheat crop in that part Of
Nebraska that year."-Nebraska Stete
Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
GENIUH.

GLNlU4,
WHAT essst thou Ga yendse desert
plain,
Large, vague, and void?
4 see city full of flivkering streets;
4 hear the hum of myriad engine beats.
What seest thou?
I see a desert plain,
Large, vague. and void.
What seest thou in yonder human
face.
Pale, frail. and small?
4 see soul by tragedy worn thin;
I read page of poetry and OF sin.
What seest thou?
{ see human face,
Pale, frail. and small.
What seest thou at yonder dim cross
roads
Beside that suffered inn?
Untraveled Possibility
The Inn of splendid Mystery.
What seest thou?
Z see the dim cross roads +.
Beside a suffered inn.
Florence Wilkinson in McClure's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
WHEN HENS ARE SET.
Frances Educated Farmers.

In France, as in the United States,
agriculture engages fully one-half IF
the population. Since 1872, when the
Institute of Roville wss founded by
Dombasle near Nancy, the French
free training system has, with many
ups and downs, gradually extended
until it covers all France and all forms
of soil culture.
French children under government
training are first put in primary
schools, thereafter to pass up through
all departments to the National Insti-
tute. 1t must be admitted that the
term French peasant" means some
thing vastly more than farmer of
any other nation. When the French
boy energies from the institute he IS
no yokel, but an educated man who
can make the most of the smallest
area of soil. He knows Familiarity all
life on the farm, animate and mani
mate, also all objects, organic and in
organic. He is fully equipped TO
create wealth from the smallest
means. Through him We understand
the vast combined wealth of the
French peasantry. Were such sys-
tenn in vogue and compulsory in
America, forty million farm workers
would be elevated from homely and
commonplace existence to an educated
mass, capable of wrestling untold rich
es out of the vast soil which today is
often worked in the most ignorant
and humdrum manner, producing a
mere living per family, and generally
mortgaged beyond its present worth
-Harper's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
KEEPING LITTLE CHICKS
HEALTHY.

The first day the little chicks make
their exit from the shell they will
want nothing but warmth. The sec
ond day boil fresh egg and crumble
the yellow part of it for the little
chirpers. \
This feed can be continued about
1--WE days, then soak whole wheat bread
in skinned milk. squeezed dry and
crumbled. For The next few days give
fine cracked grain. principally wheat
and oat meal. and seeds. fed in litter
or chaff. During the day they should
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
WHAT GIVES SUCCESS.

Crude carbolic acid should be kept
on the farm where there are poultry.
The kerosene emulsion can be made
at any home where soap and kerosene
oil are used. Add a pint of crude
carbolic acid to two gallons of emul-
sion, and put few drops about the
fowls neck, under wings and sprinkle
it on the walls of the hen house.
These little things are what give sue
cess to chicken raising.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
TO DEVELOP LARGE PEACHES.

TO DEVELOP LARGE PEACHES.
Thinning fruit upon peach trees is a
necessity for obtaining large fruit.
There are generally two blooms
where there should be but one. The
fruit is great exhauster of the tree.
Be certain to pull off half of the small
peaches when they are half the size
of a plum. 1t Is wonderful strain
upon the tree to develop a thousand
peach stones. Knock off half the
young fruit and at time of ripening
there will be more peach meat than if
all the young fruit had been left on
the trees.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20

be given what they will eat up clean
of soft food, which should be dry and
crumbly. Skim milk and cottage
cheese are valuable foods. To raise
chickens successfully you must keep
they warm, dry, clean, busy, hungry
and growing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
A GOOD IDEA.

1t is always good idea to make
small rich bed and SOW half a dozen
short rows of onion seed for growing
"sets" for next year. The largest of
these sets will make fine little pick
ling onion. Sets sell at 20 to 25 cents
a quart and is more Of a pleasure
than trouble to raise peck of them
from such a little bed as above noted
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
SuNFLoWER SEED.

Plant sunfiower seed in the fence
corners and other places that are
vacant. The seed will be excellent
for feeding poultry in the fall, and the
oil in the seed will give a glossy col
or to the plumage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
WHERE THE LAUGH COMES IN.

The uneducated people once, and
may now, laugh at articles in the
Southern Agriculturist about insects,
but when they learn that the insects
are costing truck growers and farm
ers more than the education of their
children, the laugh is on the other side
of the mouth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
REEFS ARE USEFUL.

Bees should be on every farm where
there is an orchard or an acre of clo-
yer. The bees guarantee better
stand of fruit.
WHEN HENS ARE SET.
When hens are set put some pow
dered sulphur in the nest. The heat
of the hens body will cause the sui
phur to give off an odor that kills lice
and mites.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20
PAINTING With Milk.

Mr.. Guy E. Mitchell tells of a
strange use for milk. He and others
have used 1t for painting barns and
outbuildings. Into gallon of milk
are stirred three pounds of Portland
cement and enough pigment to give
the proper color. This mixture spread
on the wood makes a coating that af-
ter six hours becomes as good and
lasting as oil paint. 1t makes the
best possible paint for trees where
large limbs have been pruned or
sawed off, says Mr.. Mitchell.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-20

The total commerce of Abyssinia
is about 100000. q year.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-07-28
0'ConneIra wronlerrns oratory.

Daniel O'Connell, the Irish orator,
spoke In Covent Garden. London, many
years ago, and John Coleman, an old
English actor, pictured him as follows:
"The audience hung speghounl on the
words OF the great orator His reso
nant and magnificent voice. favored
with its rich Hibernian accent held
both soul and sense captive sns for
me, my Celtic blood took fire. ms heart
throbbed with passionate Indignation
or melted into tears as he dwelt upon
the wrongs Of my beloved country.
Never, surely, was such born orator!
Stern men cried one moment and
laughed the next. Strange to say, they
never laughed in the wrong place,
though once at least he afforded them
a unique opportunity. AS he approach
ed the end Of his Grafton, carried away
by his theme, he took his wig OFF I'd
brown JazeyJ, put it IN his hat and
mopped his beautiful bald brow with
great flaming crimson bandanna. The
action appeared SO natural and appro-
pirate that no one seemed to think it
absurd or even incongruous.'
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-07-28
PROSPERITY PROMOTERS.

Push The force by which ones ide-
ais are converted into realities.
punctuAlity IA saver OF time and
temper. a creator OF confidence.
PoIiteness The golden key that un-
locks the door to many an opportunity.
PrincipleA self imposed rule or
right conduct which governs every ac-
ton.
Penetration The ability 10 foresee
events and consequently to provide for
them.
Poise The power OF self control
which often makes one master of the
situation.
Precision The habit OF being accu-
rate and thus of averting annoyances
arising from error.
Prudence The practice OF acting
with discretion and Of wisely husband
ing ones resources.
Perception The happy faculty which
enables one intuitively to say and do
the right thing ait the right time.
PerseveranceThe characteristic
which impeIs one steadfastIy to pursue
the object In view with an invlncible
determination to triumph over all OPP
position. Equitable Record.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-07-28
MITCHELL HAS ALREADY FULFILLED
HRRAPROMIsEs.

1t being represented In some quar-.
tiers that in case of Mitchell receiving
at the fall election a majority of the
the votes, her real estate dealers would
charge exorbitant prices for site for
the capitol and that there is no GER
tainty as to the states title to Mitch
elPs new building, the Business Mems
League of Mitchell has sent out the
following official statement, which
ought foreverto set at rest any such
reports:
ION July 1, 1904, Geo. A. Silsby
mayor OF Mitchell, deposited in the
Minnehaha National Bank at Sioux
Falls, a perpetual lease of the new pro-
posed capitol building and grounds.
The lease is executed in favor of the
State OF South Dakota, and ID to be
turned over by the bank to the Cow
ernor Immediately after election. The
building cost the city.of Mitchell $685.
600 and is absolutely fire proof.
ION July 10Th, A. e. Hitchcock, rep
resenting forty three business men Of
Mitchell, deposited In the Sioux Ma
tional Bank, deed to six blocks in the
City OF Mitchell, comprising about 20
acres OF land. This deed is executed
in favor OF the State of South Dakota
and will be turned over BY the bank to
the Governor should Mitchell receive
a majority vote in the election Novem-
Der 8th. This land ID in the city linn
its and close to the business part OF the
city
Mitchell absolutely guarantees to
pay all cost Of removal Of rec ,rds and
other state property. There will be
no cost to the tax payers. Z