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The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
Points in Corn Growing.

The art of raising corn is thus
summed up In Indiana Farmer:
This country has the only productive
The demand and increasing price Of
corn in the last five years have raised
the annual production to about 2.OOO.-
600 900 bushels. and yet the average
per acre for the whole country is only
PAP bushels 1t is rather remark
able fact that on the poor soils Of
New England the average production
per acre is largest. This is doubles
due to the fact that better fertilization.
cultivation and seed selection is prac-
ticed there. II is very we'll known that
there is great advantage in seed Sc
lection. Many instances of this have
shown that on the same quality Of
soils fifteen bushels per acre have
been produced. more than where the
work of selecting seed was neglected
Again. il has been shown that corn
growing on lands the previous year
in leguminous crops has greatly in
creased in production.
The best corn growers now begin
cultivation with weeders or Sarrows
before. or by the time. the corn Gsgius to
appear above the ground. THE best
producing native varieties are charac-
terized by large stalks: large ears and
medium large kernels containing large
germs" These characteristics go with
hardness and productiveness not
merely In Kansas. but everywhere
else
The lesson which readers outside the
state of Kansas and the Same en-
vironment IN Nebraska should learn is
that, other things being equal. native
grown seed. that is. seed that has be-
come adapted 10 the requirements Of
the soil and climate. are TO be pre-
ferred above any other FOR the bulk
Of the crop We suspect that these
native sorts both iu Kansas and No
braska. as we'll as elsewhere. ave mix
ed types. lacking uniformity and high
scoring qualities. and hence. while us.
ing these native varieties for the bulk
Of the crop. 10 is always well to ge-
cure some reliable type Of weu-bred
corn adapted TO the latitude and rau-
ran and acclimatc. which can be-
done in the course OF three or four
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
Humus Again.

We cannot too often urge on the
farmers the importance of increasing
the humus content in the soil. says the
Practical Farmer Not that humus is
so valuable as plant food. though il
is a carrier Of food but its important
functions IN the improvement of the
mechanical condition of the soil ena-
bles it to render a soil otherwise un-
productive a very fertile one. A re-
cent bulletin from the Delaware sta
ton on the use Of cover crops as green
manure has some important items II
gives the anlyss of a series OF plants
grown on the land showing the amount
OF nitrogen, potash and phosphoric
acid contained in them. To the casual
observer these tables would seem TO
show that some crops like COW horn
turnips and rye. would return more
nitrogen 10 the soil than the legumes.
But IL must not be overlooked that
what these crops show Ia the way Of
nitrogen they took from the soil and
II Is mple turning back again what
the soil furnished them. while the case
Of the legumes more or less Of the nj
trogen was an acquisition from the air
10 be added 10 the soil. The bulletin
seems 10 show that the SOY bean and
Vetch acquire far more nitrogen than
the cow pea aud the velvet bean. But
this was in Northern Delaware. and
the crops Of cow peas and velvet bean
were uncommonly small. Very different
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
Feed Improves Breeds.

1t has been frequently remarked that
dairy breeds of cattle improve when
they come to this country. Maj Alvord,
on his return from a visit to the is
lands of Guernsey and Jersey, said
that Va have better Jerseys and
Guernseys than are to be found on
those islands, they having improved in
our hands. Incidentally he mentions
that the pasturage there is high in
price and the cows have to be tethered.
This indicates that they have not the
abundance of food to be found in this
country. Doubtless the increase in size
in both Guernseys and Jerseys is due
to their more abundant supply of food
stuffs This indicates that we have
the molding of breeds to a large extent
in our own hands. One thing is certain
and that is that it does not do to starve
animals in any degree. They may not
show it at once, but it will appear in
the course of generations. In fact, the
increase in size has been matter of
generations and not of few years. 1t
was not till the animals had been in
this country several years that it was
noticed that their size was surely in
creasing. This was more readily
brought about naturally by the fact
that the Jerseys and Guernseys that
were first imported fell into the hands
of intensive feeders who fed them to
make the most possible out of them
Had these animals been given the same
scrub care that some of our animals
receive they would not have shown the
development that we now see in them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15

sent to him. Jokoka begged him to
read out the Sermon on the Mount.
This was read in Russian, Jokoka fol-
lowing the text in his Japanese Bible,
which had been left with him in his
cell. When the priest came 10 the
words, For if We love only those VINO
love ye what reward will We have?
And If We welcome only brothers,
wherein lieth the virtue?' Jokoka clos
ed the book, Joined his hands, and bow
ed his head a moment, his lips NOV
ing.
g Jokki,' he said, you are right. You
die more peaceful than 1, for l have
never felt so strongly how much my
life has been in disaccord with Chrlsts
teachings
"The carriage which was to take the
two men to their death was now wait
ing. Outside swarmed the crowd-that
hideous crowd, always alike at such
times-merchants out of work, seedy
adventures who had hOcked out to the
Far East on the lookout for an odd
job. The two Japanese went to their
doom impressive as ever. Only the
colonel, one could see, was prey Of
painful thoughts. Both lighted their
cigarettes, and asked not to be tied
to the posts.
1.-THE commandant took a couple of
handkerchiefs from his pocket and
handed them to the prisoners. Jokoka
himself bound his eyes, but Jokki re-
fused disdainfully to do so, declaring
he wished to watch the operations.
Twelve soldiers were posted in front
OF the colonel, another twelve in front
of the captain.
IF you have any pity on these UNI
fortunate men, said the commandant
to his soldiers. aim at their hearts.
Death will be instantaneous.
1.-The bullets rang out.
"Jokoka fell to the left, Joklki, with
out having twitched his eyelids, fell
forward. Both of them were riddled
with bullets. Our good soldiers had
taken pity on them"
The last words of my informant were
punctuated by a groan. Involuntary
he had moved his wounded knee.
"Confound those Japs!" he exclaim-
ed, "a nice mess they have made of
my leg! But, no matter, 1 cannot help
feeling sorry at Jokoka's and Jokki' s
end"
And seeing this victim of the Jap
anese shells so strangely moved by the
death of two spies, his enemies, L
thought of the Russian painter Verest-
chagins words, 1.-THE courage of the
two combatants is the most serious OBJ
stacle to war" And, indeed. how can
men kill each other where there is mu-
tual esteem and admiration?
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
JAPANESE SPIES AS HEROES.
Their Patriotism and Their Human
ity, as shown Before "A Russian
COurt-MartiaI.
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
Writing in the Nouvelliste Vaudois of
Lausanne, M. Pravdine says: 1t was
Russian naval officer, lately returned
from Hardin. who gave me the follow
ing unpublished details concerning the
last hours of two Japanese spies
caught by the Russian Cossacks just
as they were about to shatter with
dynamite a bridge on the line of the
Manchurian Railway. My informant,
"A young officer in his prime was Sc
verely wounded during the first bonn
bardment of Port Arthur He had been
granted leave to go to Italy to recruit.
but before starting he went into Har-
bin to see the last of some brother-of-
ficers, and here he arrived at the mo-
ment when the two japanese caught in
the act were arrested, tried and shot
You We're present at their execu-
tion?" I asked
Il saw them die. and am sorry to
have to say SOL" was the young sailors
answer Seeing my look of astonish-
ment. he added
DO not take me for an anarchist. I
am a patriot to the core, l ardently
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15

mic the depths of the hole. II gath
e tt from what was said while was
mere said p. A. Schloss OF st. Jo-
sepn, Mo. az the Albany Hotel "that
the pumping station building was over
a well S25 feet deep. The theory s
that the casing of the well broke and
that water escaped into the sandy for
nation through which IL was drilled
creating a qulcksand The first build
ing dropped out OF sight almost Dr.
stantly The coal house wae right on
the cage o. the hole and followed ue
other building the next day"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
The Denver Republican saws

The Denver Republican says that
the pumping station and coal shed
at Galien. on the Burlington road. a
short distance east OF Sterling. which
began to disappear into the earth re-
Gently, is entirely out Of sight now.
with the exception OF the top Of piece
Of stovepipe, which Is still visible An
the large circular hole ian which the
buildings disappeared. This peculiar
happening has caused a great deal OF
comment IN that vicinity and scores Of
people have visited the place 20 gaze
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15

tenn for a time. Don't think it will
pass away without treatment: it sell
dom does. and you cannot afford to
take such chances with your health
and life. Blood remedies chill tonics
and decoctions Of that kind are like
taking a cathartlc pill for appendi-
citis-it Is not equal to the important
work. Let all sufferers from malarial
fever call on Or. Hathaway. He will
examine you make a study OF your
case and tell YOU lust what 10 do 10 be
cured. all without q cent OF cost Sim
PLY call az his Office at any time and
avail yourself OF this privilege. which
Is gladly granted To all free. To those
who live ont Of the city a self Tx
animation Blank will be sent. accom-
uanied bN the doctors booklet on the
subject 10 as possible 10 cure many
diseases by this method and malarial
fever is one Of them. The doctor will
be glad 10 see YOU or 10 receive let
f"r from Nnu soon. for he feels conf
dent he will cure You. Address i
Newton Hathaway NJ. H.. 26A Bryan
street savannah Ca Onice hours
GO. m. 60 I o.. mi. 20 8. Z 20 Q y. m.
sundays 10 "a. m. TO p. m.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
TTTUNDERBOLT LINE.

IftINDEIfBOLT LINE
city Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction.
Beginning at $50 a. m. cars lssxo
CITY Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 1900 n m
attcr which cars run every 10 minutes
until 1870 p. m. 'e'
Cars leave Bolton street junction l.
Market. 'S
ReginninE at $3.50 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak station for city every baIS
hour until 2:3S p. m. after which
time cars leave every g minutes until
12:0S midnight.
south on Barnard street TO For+ieth
street 'o"
,,, COLLINSVILLE LINE
boN lnnlng a. sos m, cars leave wata-.
, ,Stoi any EsuH avenue every 20 minutes untii
Beginning at sos a m. cars leave CITY
Market Tor Waters road and Estill avenue ev-
cry ~ minutes until 1905 midnight
Through cars are operated between Marie,
sno dh In so, VIA Coliusville and Dale
Leave Market Leave Thundereol.
&c a. NJ 7S0AM
go p NJ. 7soP.M
WEST END LINE Lincoln Park
Car leaves west side OF City Market for LIN
tSsr r ,.p o.W a. m ard every 40 minutes
Car leaves lincoln Park for Market e:soa. n
end every 40 minutes thereafter until 70 clock
midnight N'O0A
FRElGHf And PARCEL CAR
leaves east side OF City Market for Thunde.
nolt, Cattle Park Sandhv Isle OF Hone and iii
p no. ' 80 }" H''o'ls
~, leaves Isle Of Hope for Sandhy, Cattle PARK
Thunderoolt and all intermediates points-s.oo
o. m, II 100 a. m. 300 o m WV
Freight car leaves MontgomervatbsO A IN
ana G.So p. m, connecting at Sandhy Win reg.
ular parcel car for city.
Parcel cur from the city carries freight "a
montgomery on each trip.
regular parcel car carries trailer on each
Nlp LOT accommodation Of passengers
any further Information regarding passen
ser schtuule OF freight service Gao be had by
applying 70 L. II. NASH Managed
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15

years and thus secure breeding as
we'll as yield.
This year county experiments will be
made in probably half a dozen or more
counties, with the end in view of as
certaining what varieties native to the
county are the best yielders. We pre-
dict that in every county there will
be a difference Of from twenty to thirty
bushels between the yields of the best
and the poorest, showing that many
farmers have been for years losing
great amount of money because it has
not occurred to them to make an ex-
pertinent station farm out of the coun-
ty poor farm and ascertain by eX-
periments repeated from year to year,
what varieties are best adapted to that
locality.
Surface tillage Of the corn crop with
the cultivator needs attention. Re-
peated cultivation of about three
inches in depth considerably dimin-
ishes surface evaporation from the
soil and thus more water becomes
available for the crop. The cultivation
of the corn crop is not only to destroy
undesirable vegetation, but to control
the water content and temperature, as
well. In soils after rain, water is
brought up to the surface stratum
from the deep layers. and to retain
that moisture there the land must be
cultivated so as to form a mulch.
When the ground is undisturbed
after a rain the water is evaporated
from the soil and the growth of the
plant is checked. whereas if Gull
tivated as soon as dry after rains
the moisture is retained. The more
the corn crop is cultivated, rain or no
rain the heavier the yield and better
the crop.
Corn for fodder should not be cut
until it has reached maturity. Ex-
ception will doubtless be taken to this
statement by many farmers, especial
ly those who are in the habit of SOW
ing broadcast a crop of very late corn
for fodder, and moving it just in time
to prevent it's being burnt by frost
This late-corn fodder is considered by
many very excellent and nutritious
forage. AS a matter of fact demon
strated by analyses. such corn makes
a very poor feed stuff The result
of some extensive experiments made
at the Cornell Government Experiment
Station, and analyses at five different
dates, from Aug. 2 to Sept. "a, show
that there is a Fargo increase of all
the classes of nutrients as the corn
proceeds from tasseling to ripening,
and that an increase of more than
200 per cent. between the periods of
blooming and ripening cannot be
ignored" AS well, then, for silage as
for a forage crop, the corn plant should
be cut at about the time the kernels
begin to blaze. If the corn bears
no ears, it should nevertheless be al
lowed to attain the same degree of
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
FARM, GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
BY S. A. COOK.

results would be had in sandy soil in
a warmer section of the country. In
regard to humus the bulletin says 1t
has, with a single exception, the high
est known power of absorbing gases.
Through this means, the ammonia,
which is formed a the first step in nj
IRRIGATION, is retained in the soil until
it is oxidized to nitrates, with the loss
of little or none, whereas, but for this,
much of it would be lost.
Humus is not in itself a store of plant
food. its value lies not in what it
gives up to plants, but in the state and
quality that it imparts to the soil
Inasmuch as the productive capacity
of the soil depends on the way in which
it yields moisture to plant roots, it is
evident that the greatest value of hu-
mus comes not only from its Absorb
tive capacity for ammonia. but from
its capacity to absorb and retain mois-
ture, thus preventing the damage from
droughts and enabling the soil to give
plant food to the roots by means of
its solvent power.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
w al. a RIA
CURED
This season Of the year many per-
son finds himself suddenlY feeling

tired, lazy. cross
and Indifferent to
life in general with
out really know
ing what is the
matter with him.
Such symptoms in
dictate malarial fe-
yer, or as il is still
m ore commonly
called "chills and
fever" or "ague."
BY whatever name
you may know II.
II Is a disea Sc
whose consequent
CeS are earioue 80
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC co.

SUMMER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE
Effective June 10
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15

ISLE OF HOPE LINE
between Isle of Hope and Fortieth St
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15
WEST END LINE fIincoIn pa,l

Car leaves west side OF City Market for Lin
thereafter until HAS .. m -'e'
Gar letves lincoln Park for Market e:90a. NJ
midnight s'' - NiVSk
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-15

BETWEEN ISLE OF HOPE AND
THUNDERBOIT.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-15
NOTED PRISONER DIES AT BISMARCK
YiIliers, Who Plotted the Murder Of Two Bones o.
One Of Ills Victims Dug Up by Badgers

farmer, blowing in the field, saw some
bones that had evidently been thrown
up by a badger. Further investiga.
ton disclosed the remains of man
who had been buried in the field, but
in such state of decay that identi
fication was impossible except for
some articles which had been buried
with him and which were identified by
Mrs. Tromner as having belonged to
her husband. Suspicion was at once
directed to Villers as having killed
Tromner and buried his body there.
and an order was obtained from the
district court Of that district for the
return of Villers from the penitentiary
for trial. He was tried for the muir.
der of Tromner, found guilty and sen
fenced to imprisonment for life. being
at the time of his death serving the
life sentence. Villers was in his six.
ty-second year at the time of his
death. A coroner's inquest will be
held, as provided by law in the case
of prisoners dying at the penitentiary.
Villers is the second lifer to die in the
past few months, the other having
been Thomas Sividensky, who was
convicted of the murder Of Mrs. Kent
at Mandan.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-15
evYs 4,725,ccc EGGS.
chicaaoan Gets Thirty-three carloads
Of Hen Fruit in a Day.

chicapoan Gets Thirty-three carloads
Of Hen Fruit in Day.
Chicago, April 1o.-Want an egg?
Just call on Herbert Emerson OF
South Water street. He has em tc
spare because he bought 4,725,OOO yes,
terday. Made into one omelette they
would reach but what's the use? EN-
erson is the egg king of Chicago just
at present because he gobbled up thir.
ty-three carloads Of eggs practically
the entire lot offered for storage yes.
terday. He paid 1G 3.4 cents per dozen
for them---a bit less than the cornei,
grocer asks for them but then, few
custo~e rs, take more than four million
eggs at 4 time. This docs not con.
stitute anything like a gcorner said
the secretary nf the butter and egg
board. hut it's a very big transaction
Tor one firm to swing.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-15

M. j. Villiers, life prisoner in the
penitentiary from La Moure county
died of cystitis. He had been i'll for
several years, in fact coming to the
institution seven or eight years ago in
such poor health that he was at once
put under medical care. The case of
Villers was one of the most interest
ing from criminal standpoint of any
in the institution He was first brought
to the penitentiary in 1895 for an as
sault upon Mrs. August Tromner. The
history of the case briefly is as, fol-
lows: In the year 1895 or Whereabouts
August Tromner. farmer living in
La Moure county, disappeared. No
one knew his whereabouts, although
the last seen of him he was with Viii
lers. Some time after he disappeared
Villers went to the Tromner place, as
saulted Mrs Tromner and threw her
in an old well, at the same time firing
the barn. He thought no doubt he had
killed the woman but she managed to
crawl out of the we'll and crawled to a
the neighbors, stating what had been
done. Villers was arrested and SEN
fenced to nine and one-half years in
the penitentiary After lie had been
in the institution for year or so a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-15
ELEMENTS IN FIERCE PLAY.
Wind, Rain, Snow and Seet Sweep the
Country.

WIN, Nditty 0uO" duO SAOCt 0"SSP IVO
Country.
Chicago. April 10-Chicago yester-
day was nipped by blizzard that has
ragged in the Northwest for the last
forty-eight hours, and taste of a
cyclone that yesterday swept through
Texas. Oklahoma and Missouri, killing
four persons and destroying a large
amount of property. A strong wind
that occasionally reached high veloc
ity blew out of the southwest all day
and brought in it's trail flurries of rain,
snow and sleet
At st. Louis a high wind completely
destroyed the partly completed bazar
building ON the Japanese reservation
at the worlds fair. Not a timber was
left standing. None of the workmen
were injured. The work of recon
struction was begun Immediately. No
other buildings were damaged.
At Guthrie. and in Oklahoma in gen.
eral high winds and sand storms pre-
vailed during the entire day, accom-
panied by cold wave. The cold will
do much damage to fruit it is feared.
Stockmen in Western Nebraska fear
for cattle on the ranges and for the
early crops.
Reports from Northern Minnesota
the Dakotas and Montana indicate the
heaviest snowfall of the season. Trains
are delayed and telegraph wires are
down all through the storm-swept
country. Several trains are snow
bound.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-15
CITY ELECTIONS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Result of the Contests for Municipal Offices in the
Several Cities of the State.

City elections were held last week
in the cities Of the state for various
city officials In some Of the cities
complete city tickets were elected,
while in some only aldermen were
elected Faigo, Grand Forks, Minot,
Dickinson, Mandan and other towns
elected mayor and city ticket. In
Bismarck four aldermen were elected.
it being an off year in the capital city.
Fargo.
A. l., Wall was elected mayor over
]. A. Johnson, the ex-mayor. by ma
iority of SO. Others elected were:
Charles Mitchell, treasurer. G55 ma
jority over S. G. Roberts; E. G. Geary.
police magistrate, 1913 majority over
A. T. Cole; James Stewart, alderman
First ward; William Farley, Second;
Arthur c. Lewis, Third; Fl. F. Emery,
Fourth: Max Stern, Fifth; William
Mills, Sixth.
The election was one of the most ex-
citing ever held in the city and there
was a large vote polled.
Grand Forks.
George E. Duis, the non-partisan
candidate for mayor of Grand Forks.
had an easy victory, defeating Edward
J. Lander. the Republican candidate,
by 233 votes. There were 1869 votes
cast the largest in the history of the
city. and Mr.. Duis carried every pre-