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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
TRAINS CROSS SALT LAKE.
New Cutoff Saves over One Hours
Time and $500 a Day Expense.

Without ceremonies of any kind the
great Ogden Lucin cutoff of the Harrl-
man system, running across the north
ern arm of Great Salt lake, was open
ed last Sunday for passenger triffic.
1t is now an actual part of the over
land system, and henceforth all trains
will be run over the tracks of the cut
off, which stretches for miles in an
absolutely straight line over piling and
filings through the water of Salt like.
The new time schedules contemplate
ed for the overland traffic will effect
an actual lessening of more than two
hours in the running time between
Chicago and San Francisco, besides
cutting out the operating expenses of
43 miles of the most difficult and cost
ly railroading in the country, the track
age over Promontory hill on the north
shoR of Great Salt lake. The elimin-
alton of this part of the system from
overland traffic will, it is estimated,
save about $500 a day in operating
expense"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
MANY vENoMous REPTILES DEAF
Mankind Often Escapes Danger of At
tack Owing to This Circumstance.

plaHh1nu OIten Escapes OanSeT Oh ~
tack Owing to This Circumstance.
1t is a little known fact-it has, in
deed, but recently been discovered by
naturalists-that a majority of the
venomous reptiles with which the
world is infested are wholly or par
TALLY deaf, while their sight is often
defective. To this is probably due the
immunity of man from the attack or
these creatures, for men hear and see
the serpents before they are heard or
seen and are enabled either to escape
from their proximity or to make ade-
quate preparations for defense.
A German naturalist, NJ. Werner OF
Vienna, has recently reported the re-
suit of observations that he has been
making for some time on the senses of
inferior vertebrates.
On certain points the conclusions of
NJ Werner are surprising, and in all
they are worthy of notice. NJ Wer-
ner has observed 1876 individuals. of
which one-third were at liberty, and
he took all precautions possible not to
watched. One general fact is evident,
that reptiles and amphibians are
strongly attracted by water. They go
straight for it, even when they are at
a distance so great that they could not
divine its presence by any Of the
senses known to us. 1t seems really
that sense OF which we have no
knowledge informs them of the direc-
ton in which water may be found.
There seems to be a sort of chemical
attraction, says NJ. Werner. But how
does this act and on what part of the
creature? This remains a mystery.
Reptiles also seek the light, but in
dependently of heat; they are positive
ly heliotropic and in winter they often
leave comfortab BILE and warm retreat
ally good with them. 1t is probably
the finest sense they possess, but 1t
would still appear to be limited
The caymans and the crocodiles can
not distinguish a man at distances of
more than six times their length, ac-
cording to NJ. Werner. In the water
fishes see only at very close range
about half their own length. This will
seem, perhaps, unlikely to anglers, al
though some of them can cite in
stances showing that fish cannot see
far. Snakes seem to have a mediocre
sense of sight. The boa, for instance,
does not see at more than quarter
and third of It's own length; different
species are limited to fifth or one
eighth of their length.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
SINKS JUNKs OFF PORT ARTHUR
Japs Roughly Handle Crews of Block.
ade Runners.


ade Runners.
Chinese, Russians and Japanese at
ChefOo all agree that the Japanese
blockading Port Arthur are paying par
ticular attention to junks, which for
months past have been trying to snug
gle dispatches and supplies into the
fortress, and that when caught the
crews are roughly treated The junks
generally are sunk and the men on
board taken into Port Dalny. By
mistake the Japanese sunk a junk
which was carryink delicacies to Gen
of the cargo was recovered. General
Nogi commands the Japanese besieg-
ers. The Japanese are employing Sc
we're measures in this respect, with the
idea of intimidating blockade runners
Russian civilians who have reached
Chefoo from Port Arthur say that can
ned corn beef is plentiful there, and
that the fresh meat supply consists OF
II horses slaughtered daily.
Life in the town, when no lombard
ment is going on, proceeds much as il
did in times of peace. Church services
are held as usual in the dismantled
church, and the band follows the usual
custom of playing in public twice a
week.
All Russians there agree that the
Japanese do not occupy any fort in
the inner line of defenses. The forts
which were damaged have been repair,
ed almost as good as new during the
quiet of the last Is days. These Rus
will succeed in taking the fortress.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
THE PAST WEEK OF WAR.
Russians Fortify Tie Pass-Japs Re-
cuperate.


The past week was one of inactivity
at the scene of war, so far as actual
engagements were concerned. Kuro-
patkin was at Mukden, and a large
part of mis- force was at work on the
Notifications of Tie pass. The main
army of Oyama remained in the vicin-
ity of Yentai, recuperatirg after the
severe work around Liaoyang and, de-
spite Russian surmises, evidently get
ting in form for another advance
movement. The Baltic fleet was re-
ported to have sailed from Cronstadt,
arrived at San Francisco.
On Monday Kuroki was reported to
have fallen back to join the main army
at Yentai, while on Tuesday it was
said that Japanese force was within
"a miles of Mukden, but not moving
north. Preparations by the Russians
for a resistance at Mukden continued,
and work on the Tie pass Notifications
was pushed vigorously.
Kuropatkins official report of the
battle of Liaoyang was maze public
Wednesday, and the Russian comman-
der said that his losses were below
1900, OF which $500 were killed. The
Japanese remained stationary, but
were reported to have taken over the
local administration of the Manchu-
rian districts occupied by them.
Late in the week work of dismantl-
ing the Russian cruiser began at San
Francisco, and on Friday the Japanese
were reported as concentrating at
Bensiaputze, about 20 miles southeast
of Mukden. The larger part of the
army, however, was still at Yentai.
With the close of the week it was
evident that another Japanese advance
had begun, an early report from Muk-
den yesterday announcing that the for
ward movement of Oyama was from
the east, southeast and southwest. Out
posts were closely engaged and there
was almost constant skirmishing All
the indications point to another battle
this week, either at Mukden itself or
at the strong positions to the north,
which the Russians have fortified since
their retreat from Liaoyang.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Plenty of Excitement.

The man from New England allowed
his glance to wander over the native
of Dakota as they both stood on the
narrow platform of the Gritty Plains
station.
"See a good many queer-looking
folks round here, don't you" the man
from New England inquired, jerking
his thumb toward the landscape be-
hind the station.
The native of Dakota had presum-
ably not seen the jerk, as his eyes
were bent on the ground.
II reckon we do" he said, with great
elaboration. "You take a place like
this, where there's two trains a day
from the East, and we can get our
moneys worth O. fun whenever we've
got time to stand gaping round"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

sod This the swine will root down
and 1t will act as an absorbent of the
manure particularly the liquid por-
tons. If the floor Is made quite slant
ing most of this sod, etc, will be root
ed down to the lower end by the hogs.
While the artist has not shown the
floor slantlng as 1t should be, in the IL
austration otherwise the cut will show
just how the pen should be built. In
the lower part of the illustration figure
shows the end of the plank floor,
with a strong timber supporting the
edge, and heavy piece of plank IN
derneath, forming the edge support
Figure B, the end section. shows ex-
act mode of construction. the upper
piece (O) floor, and X the method Of
spikfng together to support. This rath-
er complicated finish is to prevent the
hogs from roofing under the f1oor.-In-
dianapolis News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Farm Notes.


Too heavy loads make balky horses.
With all stock discomfort always
costs in extra feed.
Milking should always be done In n
2lean, airy place. free from all bad
odors.
Flowing for wheat should begin Just
as soon as possible after the harvest
work is finished up.
The cow, to do her best and continue
it for the longest period, must have at
least one-fifth of her food of some kind
OF nitrogen.
Good hickory ashes are said to be
excellent for expelling worms from
the bowels OF young horses. Give a
couple OF tablespoonfuls twice a week
in their feed.
Dairy stock can not be improved II
a promiscuous trying OF all breeds Is
permitted to go on
Cream should have a uniform con.
Eistency as well as being OF uniform
ripeness before churning.
1t takes longer and costs more t.
make up a pound of loss than II doe,
TO add five pounds of gain under favor
able conditions.
In feeding fattening hogs the foo,
should always be given in a clean
1 noiesome condition and never al
towed TO become sour.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Exhibiting Crops.

Any farmer who will religiously fol-
low his county fairs from year to year
will observe the opportunities there to
make reputation If he can grow one
particular crop better than another.
AS every one knows, one soil worker
Is an expert potato grower, another
raises prize swine another understands
corn better than other crops, and so
on.
Let each one take specimen of
that which he can grow best to the
county fair and exhibit, advises the
indianapolis News. Possibly he may
not win prize, but he will have a
chance to see what others are doing
and thus ascertain his own shortcom-
ings. Again, his exhibit may attract
the attention of some one who wants
just the product he produces and a
profitable business Is worked up.
The educational advantages of the
county fair ought not to be overlooked
and the family should be taken to
every one that can be reached at a
moderate cost. Get out into the world
and see what other farmers are doing;
one will find them willing to talk and
one may get enough good ideas at a
single fair to pay for the expense of
attendance twenty times over. Bear
this Item In mind as the fairs begin
now and in September,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
TENNESSEE MILK SICKNESS.
Disease, Peculiar to State, Kills Man
and Beast.

ana Beast
From time to time in the last five
decades Tennesseeans have been stir.
red to profound sense of interest in
the States mysterious malady, milk
Sickness" as its deadly temperance
in certain sections of the State has
been followed by fatal results to hu.
man beings and to stock. No one has
ever discovered the cause of the NAL
ady from which death relieves the vic
tim. after such physical agony as al
most deprives the human species Of the
power of speech and dumb brutes ex-
press their sufferings by frenzied
search for water to cool the thirst
which consumes them. Once by a
stream, they plunge or fall into it, and
quickly drink themselves TO death.
The fatal sickness is known to a linn
tied extent in several sections of the
State, but exists principally near Spar
ia, in White county. 1t is contracted
through drinking the milk of cows
that have eaten a certain weed, known
as the "milk-sick weed" which looks
somewhat like clover, and grows thick
ly on the infected land. But what
constitutes the poison in the weed is
no more determined to-day than it was
when first located by the keen witted,
nature-wise mountaineers, who have
been its chief victims. 1t has been aa-
cribed at various times to minerals,
whose poison Is absorbed in the roots
OF the "mllksick" plant; to a vapo;
from some fungus growth, and to the
action Of the dew. producing, in con,
nection with the life of the plant, a
certain poisonous acid. But all of these
theories have failed under tests ap-
| piled by practical science. On the larg.
est infected section known to exist in
the limits of the State, "Milksick
Mountain" in White county, no min
eral whatsoever exists; cattle which
ate the "milk-sick weed" after the dew
had dried died in agony, just as those
which ate it when the dew was fresh
and sparkling, and the strictest search
failed to find any fungous growth
whatever.-Louisyille Courier-Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
A Steady Sawhorae.

When saving wood 1t Is a matter OF
considerable work to get out the
pieces, mortise and fit them together
to make an ordinary sawhorse. The
one shown in the cut from New En-
gland Homestead can be built In TWEEN
ty minutes If one has some strips Of
hardwood board at hand of the proper
width. The crosspieces are firmly
nailed together. and six strips of the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
ENckE's COMET NOW vIe,a, :
Famous Fiery Phenomena m.
Be Seen, wow

De seen. y"
hnche famous comet is now
proaching perihelion and is visiS, ap-
inland Empire people with to,a e 70
This comet is famous in that = a
the shortest period of recur" nas
ABOUT three and on-fourth years =.
named for Johann Franz Encko y Is
man astronomer, who discovono YET
remarkable shortness of its n no .ue
put the comet was really first obso."N,'
by Pons, the famous French astro. eu
mer in Marseilles in 1918. II no'
peared with great brilliancy ON sep ~,
occasions, Astronomers say tbat - :.
VIII again describe the long fiery q"
resembling that of fish thar bas ~ u
acterlzed its former appearances :.
is gradually getting nearer and noe
the sun, and the general belief io ths.
1t Will one day fall into that hoaS
and be consumed.
The comet at the present timo 10 !.
the southern part of the constoI,os,iI
Cetus, rising above the soutbeastova
horizon at about 7:45 in the evenina
so that 1t is in good position for oh
servation about $3.50 p. M, but is NOT
visible without the aid of telescopa
1t is slowly moving in a southwestern
direction and will reach perihelion Or
make its nearest approach to the SIM
January 3, 1905. 1t is noted as being
nearest the sun of all known comets
as having the shortest period of ra.
currence (3.3O3 years., and as having
its period shortened from two hours tn
two and one-half hours with each re.
turn to pehihelion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Good Summer Hog Pen.

Where swine are to be kept In a
somewhat small enclosure and fed In
the house 1t is not always easy to keep
the floor of the house clean. The plan
here suggested will accomplish this
and give the hogs something to keep
them busy besides. The hoghouse is
built with a slanting floor and In the
end at the high part is cut a trough
the entire width of the house, into
which is thrown leaf mold or broken
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

The walk Is the foundation of all
the other gaits, and without beginning
at the foundation all future develop
ments will be unsatisfactory.
AS soon as the tops of the onions
are dead they should be pulled, thrown
in rows, allowed to cure few days
and then be stored away.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Sulphate for Blight.

While the recognized formula for
Bordeaux mixture yill remain a favor
lite for potato blight applications, there
are some objections to its use, one of
the most formidable ones being the
clogging Of the nozzle of the sprayer
by the lime used in the making of the
mixture. Experiments have been made.
on small scale, with the soda-copper
mixture which are exceedingly prom
Using. The ordinary washing soda Is
used-four pounds of sulphate of cop
per, five pounds of washing soda and
fifty gallons of water as a basis, and
increasing the quantity of sulphate
and soda slightly If it was necessary.
Dissolve the soda in a barrel and
then pour it into the copper sulphate,
mixing thoroughly and using with the
spray pump in precisely the same man
ner in which Bordeaux mixture Is
used, and at the same intervals. While
1t is not advised that this new mixture
be substituted for the Bordeaux mix
ture, 1t Is well worth experimenting
with on a small scale.-Exchange.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Spokane Retail Markets.

Vegetables-Potaties, 2@2hc lb.
turnips, 3@5c bunch; rutabagas. &c
Id; dry onions, 4@5c ID; cabbage. 40
sc Id; celery, punches sc; parsley
3@5c bunch; cucumbers, 50Sc each.
green onions, 10@15c doz; radisheS
sc bunch; rhubarb, 205c ID; green
peas, 405c lb new beets, punches
10c; watercress, sc bunch, string
beans, S@10c lb; fresh carrots two
lunches SC; mint, sc bunch; tomatoes
3Q6c lb; parsnips, punches SC; can.
teloups, 3@5c each; caulihower, 100
15c bunch; green peppers, 35@4Oc ID;
watermelons, 25@40c each summer
squash, 5@10c each; crooked neck
squash, 5@10c each; green corn, 1870
Csc doz; egg plant, 10@15c ca; sweet
potatoes, &C Id; dewberries, 1Oc box;
garlic, 15c.
Fruits-Lemons, 25@30c doz; bana
mas, 15@25c doz; oranges, 15@50c d.;
pineapples, 30@35c EACH plums, 3@5c
Id; grapes, 5@10c Id; pears, 6@10c Id;
peaches, 3@6c lb; new apples, 4@5c
Id; blackberries, 10c box; peach plumS
10@15c basket.
Poultry-Dressed chickens, young
chickens, 1Sc lb; hens, 1Sc Id; old
roosters, 14@16c Id; spring ducks, 80
@70c each; goslings, zoe Id; spring
chickens, 40@50c.
Dairy Products-Butter, best cream
cry, 30@35c lb; common creamery,
20@25c lb best country, zoe Id: COM
mon country, 12k@15c lb; imported
Swiss cheese, Acc lb; American Swiss
cheese, 25c Id; cream brick cheese IL
@25c lb; New York cheese, zoe ID
Wisconsin cheese, 15c h.
Eggs-New laid eggs, 25@3Oc do7
eastern eggs, 20@25c doz.
Grain and Feed-Timothy, 9O@sG
cwt; alfalfa, $4,000 cwt; oats, sl'4o
cwt; grain hay, $4,000 cwt; BRAN %
@90c cwt; bran and shorts, 95cgsi
cwt; shorts, $1.25 cwt; wheat sl'V
cwt; chopped barley, $130@1.S5 cW.'
oil meal, 21sc lb; seed oats, $l.5O c~I
Wholesale Produce Prices.
New potatoes, $1.25 cwt; summer
squash, 81 box; blackberries, $2Wz'1s
crate peaches, 5O@75c box; grapes
S5c@125 crate; tomatoes, 4O@6Oc OA,
cucumbers, 60 box 20 lbs; onions sl'S
cwt; cabbage. 81 cwt; apples, O0cV
124 box; plums, 5O@60c crate; pep
pers, Csc box; pears, $1Qlzs QUA
crabapples, 81 box; Rocky Fora Con
taloups, $1.25 crate.
Wholesale Feed Prices
Bran, SIC ton; bran and shorts ~
ton; oats, $1.35 cwt; wheat. $l.zV CIV"
chopped corn, SLIGO cwt; whole cO,I'
$3.50 cwt; timothy hay, SIG ton'
falfa hay $13 ton.
Prices Paid to Producers
Vegetables and Fruits-Carro's on
beets, 1c lb; string beans, DC To- pU
toes, 81 cwt; plums, Acc crate; app, n.
50@65c box; pears, 75cQ$l DoA,
ions, $1.25 cwt; cabbage, $1.25 cW1
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, iOO
ers, 10c lb; hens, 12@13c ID i've .avs
young chickens, $3@4.50 doz; tu,n ,oS.
dressed, 10000 ID; geese ana W.
12014c lb; eggs, $5.75@6.5O case, ,t
Live Stock-Steers, $2.5OgS s' ,s
wethers, SO cwt; hogs, Sc cwt; Fe''
@6 cwt. "a. slS
Hay-Timothy, SIS ton; alfaiiA'
ton: oats, s1.1O@1.20 cwt. ...n9
Creamery Products, I. o. D. ~, per
EYrrt nradn creamery butter lei
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

days or more earlier than the Large
Purple, the fruit Is large and the
plants are remarkably healthy, a char
acteristic which will be greatly appre.
ciated. The illustration gives an idea
OF the perfect form of the sort.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

proved Large Pur-
pie, which has
been the one va
riety up to the in
PRODUCTION of the
b ! a C k Beauty
which could be re-
lied upon.
The Early Bla elk
Bea uty Is entirely
SDinelpSG ia feD
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
japan After Capital

There is evidence of a S'iO aror Of
litical movement in Japan IN l' ~ the
the abolition of all restriction' and o.
tenure of real estate by aliens Cor tbe
remodeling the mortgage law .ocles il
purpose of removing the obsta srn cap
the way of introduction OF iO''
ital.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
American to See Peter Crowned.

Belgrade, Servia.-John B. Jackson,
American minister to Greece, Rouma-
MIA and Seryia, has arrived here from
Athens to attend the coronation OF
King Peter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Improving the Meadow.

There are many meadows yearly
turned into pastures which might be
saved for hay yields several years
longer with little care at the right
time One of the best ways of doing
this at small expense Is to pillow the
meadow early in August after manur-
Ing 1t well, and here is a way of util-
izing manute one is storing under the
shed, and which is going to waste, and
sow rye in early September at the rate
OF two bushels an acre.
In April or as early as possible, plow
under the rye, smooth and SOW with
grass seed, using the mixture best suit
ed to your section or using a mixture
OF timothy, red top and clover, which
is excellent in most sections, and will
not contain enough clover to injure 1t
for sale as prime mixed hay.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
New Egg Plant.

Those who have a market for egg
plant will find the Early Black Beauty
a decided improvement on the i'm.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24
Hardy Quail.

1t Is proposed TO import la-"e num-
Der Of the mountain quail of Califor-
MIA to be bred and turned loose in
various parts Of New England They
are claimed to be hardy birds, well
able to stand the severe winters of
this section, and larger than the COM
mon quail. Some of the imported birds
will be turned loose at once, but others
will be kept in pens for a time.
Vitality once broken is repaired at
loss, and Is liable 70 break again
! under strain.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

1t is easier to domesticate a hum
ming bird than a canary.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

same board put on to strengthen and
hold the ends in place. Such horse
will prove very rigid and serviceab BILE.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-09-24

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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1904-05-19
Illinois Republicans,

Springfield, ILL.,, May 11.-Develop-
ments clearly foreshadow the organ
ization OF the Republican state con.
vention, which convenes here Thurs
day, by the combined forces Of Cover
nor Yates. Colonel Frank o. Lowden
and Congressman Vespasian Warner.
The existence Of the combination
came to light when the state central
committee met to hear the contested
cases for the purpose of determining
which of the contesting delegates
shall sit in thetemporary organization
The proceedings of the committee
confirmed the story that Yates and
Lowden, through their friends on the
committee, had agreed upon division
of the contested delegates.