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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
IndIctn Murderern.

The grand jury. which is in session here today. and which will continue for q few days longer. today returned in dictments against two men in the coun- ty jail for murder. It Is rumored that some returns will be made by this body which will be of the sensational kind.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
A Cold Suap.

Pensacolians woke up this morning with the thermometer registering at 42 degrees, fall in, the mercury of near ly thirty degrees 'within~ten hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
MI.. Eduard. Yorse.

Miss Nellie Edwards. the young wo- man at woodlawn who was shot two weeks ago by Mrs. J. A. Keiser. who was jealous of her. is growing weaker and weaker and her death is now be- lieved to be near. Everything possible is being done for the injured woman. The physicians have had no hope since the first.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
Tom Tarxart ComInr.

Hon. Thomas Taggart, National Chairman of the Democratic Commit tee. will be in Pensacola soon after the holidays. He wrote friend who is in
 terested in the hotel business d few
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07

Maximum temperature for day. 52 deg. Minimum temperature for day, A deg Average temperature for day. 4S deg. Normal temperature for day, 51 deg. Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1, 2S deg.
 Average relative humidity for day. 94 per cent.
 Total rainfall since Jan. l. 35 31 inches. Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1. 13. 30 inches.
 River Bulletin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07

River Forecast.
 (For next two days.D The Coosa and Alabama will continue to rise slowly. except the upper Coosa will begin to fall by Wednesday night
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
Inf.nt. Rody Fouad.

The dead body of an infant, which had lived but few days, was found this afternoon in the woods near Bes- semer, twelve miles south of Birming- ham. An old negress named Ella Smith, found the body ana coroner Paris was immediately notihed. There in no doubt but that foul play was re- sorted to-,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
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a p m m sSi sS IS 4 4 s SS .SS cisarS" cisaTEw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
STATIONS.
LONDON GIRL SHIFTS TACTICS.

FRANK P. CHAFFEE. Section Director. Weather Bureau
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07

River Bulletin tobservations at .. m. 18th N. t,rae)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07
nIore Whites Arrested.

The statistics of the chief of police for the month of November are of much interest and are rather significient. The total number oi arrest was 700. which, in round numbSrs is 100 less than the proceeding month. For the first time in the history of the department the ar- rests of whites exceeds the number of arest of negoes. Indeed the total arrest of white males Is upward of 50 per cent of the grand total of arrests. One hundred and eighteen white males were arrested on the charge of drunk enness. The other offenses charged against the white males are of coroi- lary nature, disorderly conduct, affray. etc
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07

Indicates fall Indicates rise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-07

years since. coming from Ohio. He has been in the mining business at Pratt City most of the time and has been a consistent Republican. Up 10 few weeks since he was superintendent of Col W. F. Aldrichs mines at Monte- valIo He returned just few days since from trip to his old home in Ohio, where among others he called upon Senator Dick.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
restino the Corn planter.

IT does not take superior form of
intelligence on the part of a producer
to go to the corn crib, select what
seems to be good. sound corn, place it
in the planter boxes and put in the
crop. All this may be done by very
ordinary individual. One may grow a
fairly good crop of corn by simply go
ing thru the necessary operations in a
mechanical way. However, the man
who is growing his seventy and eighty
bushels per acre year in and year out is
doing little more than this. In addi-
ton to testing his seed corn. SO that it
is known In advance what part will
grow, he also tests his planter before
going to the field. in order that he may
gauge accurately the number of kerr
nels that will be placed in each hill
The testing OF the planter before 60
ing to the field may be said to belong to
has been brought about by the increase
in the price of land as matter of
compulsion. In order to make thor
ough test of the planter corn should be
graded we'll In the outset. This may
be done in more ways than one. An
excellent plan Is to classify the ears
before they are shelled. placing those
that are similar in character together,
and Smelling these In the. same sack. If,
for example. one has ten bushels of
seed It will not take long to classify
these into four or FIVE groups. If the
seed Is very uniform 1t is possible that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
Queen Bees.

Any person who keeps bees whether
experienced in the business or not,
should be careful to see that each coll
ony has good laying queen, says Field
and Farm. There should never be any
guesswork about this matter, as with
out queen or the means OF rearing
one finds plenty of worker brood and
eggs i'm the cells it is good evidence
that a queen is present. queenless
hive may sometimes be detected by
the listless way in which the bees hang
around and do not seem to have suf-
ficent ambition to get into the fields
and work. II a queenless colony is
found give the bees frame Of young
brood and eggs from another hive at
once. Look at them again in twenty
four hours. and If they have started
queen cells they will soon be all right.
II, however. they make no attempt to
raise themselves a Gueen it is sign
that they have been some time queen
less. and they may have laying work.
err that lays dTone eggs In this case
1t Is generally better to unite with a
colony known to have a good laying
queen. II the keeper Is sure that they
have no substitute for queen and yet
refuse 10 build open queen cells, it
may be advisable to introduce a queen
Use an introducing cage In which
queens are shipped by mail. Allow the
bees to eat thru quarter of an inch
OF candy to the queen SO they will be-
come acquainted with her before she is
ralnaSad
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06

summed up as follows: Desirable as
1t would be to find some method Of
controlling the potato beetle without
the use of poison, there seems to he
no immediate prospect of it's attain
lnent. As good crops, both as meas
ured by total yield and starch content
can be obtained by the use of Paris
green as an inseeticide as by anything
yet suggested as it's substitute. Used
III moderate amounts one-half to ona
pound per acre, there is no trust
worthy evidence that the potato, az
measured by growth Of vines and yield
of tubers and of dry matter, is injured
by the use of Paris green
BY a patented process of manufac-
ture, lime that is ready for use is now
upoE tire market. Bordeaux mixtura
made from the Pine Cone Brand OF
prepared lime was compared with reg.
quick lime. Because of it's purity it
can be used in the same proportion
Is pounds Of lime to 5 pounds of COPPER
sulphate) altho it does not carry az
much oxide of lime as quick lime
would is pure. In the trial with pota-
tees Bordeaux mixture made from the
prepared lime was as effective against
blight AS that made in the usual way.
The prepared lime costs more per
pound than quick lime, but it is more
and its use saves tine,
and may on this account not prove
more expensive.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
THE SECRET or DIVIDENDS.

There is a great deal of misinforma-
tfon back of the often repeated state
ment that agriculture is on the decline
In this country. The movement toward
the cities has been accepted as evil
dence of a corresponding movement
from the farms Census figures, how
ever, go far to disprove this. When
the war broke out in 1860 there were
there were $4,000 farms in America.
In 1870 the value Of farm products was
a little less than $4,000 Oo0, 900. In 1900
It was s3.764 900, 900. In 1870 there were
little short of 100000 persons engaged
in agriculture. In 1900 there were 10,-
ASS, 600 persons engaged in agriculture.
In 1860 we exported agricultural prod
ucts to the amount of $3.50. 100000. In
1903 our agricultural products amount
cd to ss73. 900, 900. There is not 80
large a percentage Of population de-
pendent upon farming as a livelihood
az In 1850. but the twentieth century
farmer with improved machinery and
methods doubles the amount produced
by his ante-bellum predecessor. AS a
business farming has grown equally
with the manufacturing and other in
custries.
But the farmer capitalist has not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
FACTI0NAlIsm BURIED.

The counsels of the wise men must
have prevailed at the Cedar Rapids
convention of the Fifth congressional
district Thursday for those who attend
ed expected something radical or fac
tiopal from either the platform or Mr..
Cousins were disappointed. The plat
form was carefully drawn the night be-
fore and discussed by the leaders to-
ward the end that 1t might not aggra-
waite the antagonisans existing between
the eastern and western counties of the
district over issues within the party
The convention was dominated by men
who are s.stsndpatters' but who also
are men of reason. They made no at
tempt to insult the governor of Iowa
with any reference to Canadian free
trade or to sheer at his republieanism
as is done by his newspaper enemies
and by some conventions on the 20"
reservation. The platform made men
ton merely OF the republican policy of
protection without any reference to re-
ciprocity or possible changes.
Mr. Cousins speech. too, was very
conservative effort when judged by
minds eNpectant with a remembrance
Of last year. This year when Mr..
Cousins assailed the opponents of pro-
lection he was careful. at the end Of
every period, TO make 1t clear THAT he
meant the democrats. There was no
sheer at members Of his own party
more liberal than his own, but, rather.
federation for the opinions of others
In this Mr.. Cousins made friends of
some Of his enemies |
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
DID he TURN BRYAN DOWN?

The democratic convention was re-
mindful OF old times when the demo-
cracy had something to fight for with
some hope OF obtaining It. Ali day
long Wednesday the dust cloud hung
above Des Moines where the democracy
roared and raved and exchanged unre-
publican epithets. And at night fall the
Hearst cohorts ckanped on the ground
and counted the scalps of victory. New
democratic leaders had risen in Iowa.
Jerry Sullivan, Mike Healy, Sam Brew
ster, Congressman Wade and othese
OF the old guard sat aside anG
nursed the cranilms where the CORY
trophies OF the battle grew. Charles
Walsh put on again his necklace of
bears claws, and danced greefully to
Hearst and heroes. Mr.. Hearst carried
Iowa like a king. He had his own way.
All reference to the Kansas City plat
form was cut out at his dictation and
reaffirsnationists must learn a new
song. The peculiar thing about this
Is that it was the Bryan democrats
who carried Iowa for Mr.. Hearst and
lent the elixir OF life to his hopes. De-
feated in Iowa his boom would have
collapsed like toy balloon with two
inch hole in 1t. Now he can go to The
convention prepared to demand much
and threaten more The Iowa denro-
cracy must have felt a sore need of Mr..
Hearst when, to facilitate his cansii-
dacy, IT turned tail ON Mr. Bryan and
the financial theories that have been
the raliying point of the party for the
past eight years. Who killed reaffirma-
ton in Iowa? ~ said Mr.. Hearst with
Weaver and Walsh
Mr.. Hearst is not known to be dis
tasteful to Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Bryan Is
the ontnaring leader of the popuiistic
western democrats who are the demo-
cratic party in he west. Perhaps Mr..
bryan is ready to lay aside the currency
question for time in order to head off
Parker and the coterfe of eastern demo-
Gratis which cut his throat and scuttied
his craft in '96 and 1900. With Mr..
Bryans support Hearst convention in
iuence, IL lacking the strength to
make may be still sufficient to mar.
Perhaps we have laughed too much at
Mr.. Hearst's pretensions and he may
be, If NOT the nominee OF the st. Louis
Convention, the choice of that section
,l the democratic party. which, failing
10 control it, Is not unlikely to bolt
and hold another of its own.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
TOPICS OF The.
TINES = 4 s.

Captain John A. Spieiman, of Fair
neid' is announced as a candidate for
department commander of the Iowa G.
A. r.
Governor Dockery of Missouri is mad
because by an unfortunate blunder he
was assigned no place in the exposition
opening ceremonies. consequently the
state was without official particd-
patton in the Inauguration of an
enterprise to which 1t has
given S1.ooo,0o0. Governor Dockery's
friends, according to ST. Louis dis
/, are angry at what they consider
axcusable affront to the chief exc
20 of the state which has create.
iSsersst in the exposition than any
other member of the family of states.
The governor declares he will not at
tend the exposition.
What IS counter irritant?" asked
Mrs. Sfnitaers. "A counter i,ritant."
replied Smithars, is a woman who
makes the clerk pull down everything
from the shelves for two hours and
then buys four cents worth of hair
pins. Cleveland Press.
Spokogee, town in the western part
of the Greek nation. is the only town of
one thousand population In the terri
tory that has no town officers The
people there say they have no need of
officers and do not want any. They
pay no taxes and whenever they want
any public improvement they call
meeting of citizens and raise the mon
ey. A deputy United States marshal is
located there and Is all that is needed
to keep the peace. There is not gam
bier lor gambling house in the town,
and the people will not permit them.
A school house was needed so the peo-
pie got together and built a good two
story building for that purpose
In illustration of how differently peo-
pie. having supposedly the same view
point, may regard the same matter,
McClure's Magazine cites two letters
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06

kept pace with the manufacturer in
business methods. In too many in
stances he is economically unframed
and fails TO make the best of his avo-
cation and his capital. The great in
dustries today are making huge profits
by small economies that the farmer
forgets. The side products of pack
ing house pay its dividends That is
what the side products and savings of
Il farm should do
The most noticeable thing about a
large industrial establishment is It's
perfect order. There is no rust, no
broken or idle machinery. no duh tools
or idle hands. There is no waste of
material. Even the iron filings in ma
chine ship are carefully gathered for
future sale. The very sweepings of
the floors bring their price. Everything
about a successfully managed manu-
factory points to possible profit
There are no leaks
1t is the barn door on one hinge. the
loose boards on the granary. the ma
chinery rulsting in the weather. the cat
tie unhoused and bumped against the
wind and their accompanying shiftless-
ness that are responsible for the de-
felt of which so many farmers com
plain. Fifty-cent corn thrown into a
mud hole for hogs to dive after raises
the cost of pork production to a pro-
hibititive figure. A big manure pile
back of the barn is significant of
small bank balance or of a note COM
ing due. manufacturing plant run
on the average farm methods would be
under the hammer in thirty days.
Shfftlessness pays no dividends.
shiftless farming is failure. The
leaks on the farms are responsible for
most of the mortgages. The farmer
should take pattern by the manufac-
turer. To stop the leaks and make the
waste pay a profit is the secret of diyi-
lends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
A STARTLING Test.

To save a life DR.. r. G. Merritt, OF
North Mehoopany, Pa, made a start
ling test resulting in a wonderful cure.
He writes: "A patient was attacked
with violent hemorrhages, caused by
liberation Of the stomach. I had often
found Electric Bitters excellent for
acute stomach and liver troubles, SO /
prescribed them. The patient gained
from the first, and has not had an at
tack in fourteen months" Electric Bit
ters are positively guaranteed for dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, constipation and
kidney troubles. Try them. Only 50
cents at the Mcdonald & Manhood Com
nany's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06
Experiments With Potatoes.

In 1903 the Maine agricultural ex-
pertinent station made the following
experiments with potatoes:
Twelve varieties of potatoes We're
tested for resistance to blight, both
when sprayed and unsprayed with
Bordeaux mixture. "A marked differ
ence was found in the blight resistance
properties Of the different varieties.
AS a rule the early varieties were
soonest attacked. Spraying delayed
the attack on all varieties but blight
appeared on the sprayed plats of some
varieties sooner than on plate of other
varieties that were unsprayed The
increasing yield more than paid the
cost of spraying with Bordeaux mix
ture. On the average the yield OF the
early varieties was one-third greater
on the sprayed plats, and IN the case
of the late varieties one-half greater
than on the unsprayed. The yield OF
merchantable potatoes from the carry
varieties was practically the same.
whether they were harvested in Sep
TENDER or October The yield of the
late varieties both sprayed and I'M
sprayed, was a third greater at the
later date.
In a field experiment the effect of
Bug Death was again compared with
Paris green and measured by health
of vine and yield Of tubers. AS In
previous experiments. the use OF c5
pounds of Bug Death per acre at each
application effectually protected the
potatoes from the potato bug. From
It's use. however. no larger crops were
obtained than where Paris green was
used as the poison. Both the Bug
Death and Paris green were used with
Bordeaux mixture. The results of tho
for three years are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06

Two or three groaps Wia be suiiicient,
but ordinarily it viii take four or five.
When this grain has been shelled and
sacked up thoroughly mix it and then
proceed to put a sample from each
into the planter boxes, making a count
by using the various plates. and then
decide which plates must be used In
order to drop the desired number OF
kernels per hill. When the plates for a
given sack or sacks have been found
place these in along with the seed and
take them to the field at planting time.
1t may be necessary in some cases to
do a little filing in order to properly
size the holes in the planter plates.
There are those who ridicule the idea
of frittering away so much time out of
the field. and while we acknowledge
that time is valuable during the corn
planting season. yet time spent in adj
justing the plates to suit the seed will
be found to be profitable BY actual
test we have seen cases where it was
possible to increase the percentage Of
uniform drop from 65 to 95 per cent by
grading the grain and sizing the plates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-06

| the Iowa Falls Citizen, but a marked
| copy of that paper is on our toble
which contains the proceedings of the
Hardin county republican, conyen-
ton held in Eldora, Tuesday of last
week. Also marked article in which
the ''standlaa tiers are scored so a
finish, as the writer evidently thinks
From 1t We learn that the resaiu-
TONS We're prepared by three anti
Blythe men and that therefore the
fariH rippers had their own way in
the convention. We believe ii, ana
Why? Al! the stalwart counties have
endorsed the senators. the governor
and Mr., Blythe for the delegates 10 the
national convention, but in Hardin
silence reigned on this important mat
ter.
This IS not all the paper says. The
tariff plank. 1t says. was written by
the governor and sent up to E,ldora
for adoption and the writer claims
that he has the original copy in his
possession. in the. governors hand
writing" That settles it. 1t is con-
elusive proof that all the Register has
said is true. If the tariff rippers
could have had their way the senator's
and Mr.. Blythe would have been left
off the delega tion.
Thanks. awfuliy." to the editor for
sending us the paper with the mark
ed" article.
LOOKING BACKWARD.
fBurren III Washington Times.l
The morning after reached Oberlin.
that thawy February Saturday. and
took before breakfast Sunday walk,
in the balmy air, over the old haunts,
l felt more actutely than ever that
was born so years too early. For
For Oberlin has become A beautiful
place, almost equal to a New England
village. When l lived there first, two to
three years as a boy. and again as a
student in the late SOS and early SOS.
it was clay mud hole, without one re-
deerning merit on the aesthetic side
The college buildings were shabby,
rickety. bed-buggy, and there was
hardly vestige of taste or refinement
in the place. An air of Puritanism,
gone to seed, rested on the town. Now |
and then woman had "posy'' bed or |
taught morning glory to climb string !
,n a porch. There was not a single /
pretty mousse nor, IL i except Professor |
Pecks home, solitary attempt at |
landscape gardening in the grounds. |
The village was as homely as snub-
losed, freckled face, big-footed, dow
iy-clothed girl with red hair and
lnobby knuckles that would crack If /
pulled. The unlovliest of all places, no
beauty but the alleged beauty of holi- |
less, the houses unpainted, the clay |
Dads quagmires and hog wallows, On
he rainy season, and hogs weltered |
II the sloughs like hippopotami in the 1
eedy margins of the Nile, and prac-
iced the first rude art, frescoing the
of the deacons' fences with
Fellow ochres. Strange to say, the
leacons did not resent these attempts
If the shoats to be gay and aesthetic.
~ language stronger than "gol dunn
t." The catechism and bylaws of
he village allowed them to use no
touter expressions inside the corpora
ion. If the municipality had winked
L the use of the United States Ian
,uage more volcanic than that, the
harter would have been revoked. and
he fathers of, the place would have
brown series of fits very unpleasant
l
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10 w A NE w S..
) PAPERS = 4 =
WILLING TO CALL THEM.

jim Cole has quit being landlord OF
Hotel Long. but this story on him is
too good to keep. A short time ago a
deaf and dumb couole sought lodging
at .Jim's hosiery. They did all their
talking among themselves with their
hands and all their conversation with
the landlord and the waitress was with
pencil and paper. When the time came
for them to retire Mr.. Cole escorted
them to their room and was about to
leave them. when he, thought of some-
thing he had forgotten. He seized a
pencil and paper and quickly wrote
this question: when do you wish me
to call you?"