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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
FOES OF THE RATTLESNAKE
THE CHAPARRAL COCK THE
 WORST. ,
Many are Slain by Road-runners, Deer,
 Badgers and Eagles.

In America the most numerous and probably the most dangerous ''var- mint Is the rattlesnake, yet even this scourge of the middle west is never in safety from enemies which dog it's eve " movement. The rattler is found from coast to coast, but Colorado, New Mexico and the northern parts of Tex as and Arizona seem specially cursed with them as to numbers and size. It is from observations in these territories that the following remarks on snake killers are drawn and the first in order, the most persistent of these extermina- tors Is bird called road-runner, or, in Texas, a chaparral cock. In appear ance the road-ruriner Is decidedly elon- gated, having a long bill, a long neck, long body and tail made up of a few long feathers. In color he is a uniform dark brown, dappled with white specks, and the head is slightly crested. As the Texas name would imply, the birds are often to be found in punches of scrub timber and, although they de- pend chiefly on their legs for locomo- ton, they can fly from a running start if compelled to do so by any pursuer that travels faster than they can run Tas, for instance, a man on horseback. They can run so swiftly that they often deceive the eye as to their identity, and, while running in this rapid man. ner, they will as suddenly stop, without any apparent slowing up. To do this the long tail appears to be used as 8 balance and the bird will away back ward and forward on it's strong limbs until its equilibrium is established.
 Road-runners in a state of nature seem to prefer the meat of the rattle- snake to any other edible, but they are known to prove the range of their tastes by at times dining on the most hiieous hairy spiders of the tarantula type, and the same meal may include a centipede, which, while being held in the long bill, is beaten upon the ground until Nfe Is extinct. When the road runner is about to kill a snake the at. tentlon of the observer, be he prospec- tor, cowboy or tourist, will probably be first attracted by seeing the bird walk ing sideWa ys as he drags on the ground a limb of one of the thousand species of cacti to be found in the mid de west. This limb will have fallen from the parent bush and la i'd on the ground until the myriad of stickers with which it is armed have become hard and seasoned.
 These deliberate movements of the bird are so contradictory to his ordina- " flashes that curiosity is at once
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02
SCHOOL GARDENS IN EUROPE.

SCHOOL GARDENS IN EUROPE. 4 special consular report on School Gardens in Europe" tells us that Leip- sic, in Germany, in 1888. at the instiga- tion of the principals of it's schools, do- mated four hundred square. meters i ll78.4 square yards) of ground to each new school for botanical purposes, a plot of ground, whose area is twelve thousand square yards, which is sur rounded by forests. exposed to the sun, and Watered by the river Pleisse, and conveniently located" The garden is open daily, with the exception of Sun days and holidays, from morning until eyening. The teacher has sufficient op- portunity to take his classes to the gar den, to acquaint the pupils with the fio- "a and impress upon their minds the natural growth of every useful and poi sonous plant. The teachers have a fright to take from the garden such ma terial as they may want for. demonstra- tion in the elass-rooms.
 It is possible for any one interested in the study of botany to obtain. free of charge, specimens from the school gar l HI OANtI AV NAcAlo lu lAAC garden, the school board distributes a circular about every two weeks, con- taining list of such plants as are in bloom, or have some interesting feature to be observed. There is, head gar dener and eleven assistants. Most of the assistant gardeners are women. A teacher has charge of the pedagogic | side of the work" E
 Even in Russia. not to speak of other countries in Europe. no school can re- ceive state funds unless it has garden connected with it. There are to-day more than one hundred thousand school gardens in Europe. according to Hem enway. We Americans are accused of thinking only of the almighty dollar-of being intensely utilitarian. If that be true, then why do we permit our chill dren to grow up in ignorance of plant life, when sixty-t1ve per cent of our ex- ports are farm products Gustave straubenmuller in School Work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-02

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
Blake Johnston Reappears.
Editors Progressive Farmer:


I have been lying back picking my flint. Every
time I went to fire good writer would take
up my subject and handle it so well l felt like
there was room for
hear them say that clodhoppers have no busi-
ness to meddle with legislation, but it seems to
me that it is time to put stop to some things
that are going in the country. know men
that call themselves farmers that make dive for
town six days in the week-start they
get their breakfast and stay until night and leave
little boys at home wrestling with corn and cotton
planters all day long. Now, if it is wrong for
children under twelve years olds to work in mills,
is it not wrong for these little farm children to
work to keep up leafng fathers? fellow came
by where was at work Tuesday evening and said
that he was going to town to get plug Of to-
bacco Why he did not get it when he was there
Saturday evening don't know
I saw a fellow plowing a piece of ground the
other day that had been in cotton every year for
ten years. and his plow making fuss like
coal burner. And [ told him if he would rotate
and SOW peas that his ground would stop freezing
in August.
Chickens ten cents pound; eggs seventeen
and one-half cents; meal eighty cents; peas one
dollar and twenty-five cents; pea-vlne hay one
dollar a hundred-retail prices
oo""- 9" BLAKE JOHNSTON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
DIR. FREEMAN'S TALKS.
v.-How to Keep the Land from Washing.
Edit Progressive Farmer:


I am glad to see SO many farmers doing some
thing in some way to save their lands from wash
ing away. 1t is only of late years in this section
that farmers have made any effort along this line
This is one of the very best things do
keep the land from washing. On my fathers
farm the ditch with slight fall was tried for
many years, but it did but little good.
There is but system, and only one that
will do. That is to terrace your land. The ter
race must be on a perfect level at all points
These terraces must be three feet apart grade
of three feet from one terrace to the other. The
rows then must be run the level, begin
ming at the lower terrace and running the
with it until you get half up to the other terrace
Then begin at the upper and run back so as
to finish up the short rows between the terraces
With this system and deep plowing, you
save your land.
The thing to do is to hold the water on the
land just where it falls. Terracing and deep
blowing will do this, and no other plan can, The
water must not get together, but be taken up
by the soil where it falls. If it it carries
plant food with it,
What you want is to save your land and liquid
plant foot. Then keep the particles of water
from getting together and hold it where it falls
until the soil has taken it up. Terracing and
deep plowing will do this and nothing else. There
are very few rains that will go a terrace ten
inches high.
This plan have found to be a perfect success
in saving the land from washing and rapidly i'm
proving it, This plan has done wonders for Geor-
gia farmers. III. +. FREEMAN.
Wilson Co. N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
FERTILIZER FOR PEANUTS.

preaching. The peanut belongs to the class of
plants which able to obtain portion of their
nitrogen from the air by the aid of the bacteria
which live in the nodules their roots. In
nearly all, if not all peanut soils, in regions where
this plant grows the nodules enlargements are
found on its roots. Where the soils acid, or
sour, or where peanuts have not been grown be-
fore, the nodules containing the bacteria may not
develop, though soils that are sufficiently sour to
prevent this are not usually used for growing
this crop. An examination of the roots of the
plants will determine this. The nodules of en-
largements are nearly all located the tap root
below the lateral roots which bear the peanuts.
This tap root is usually almost entirely covered
with the small nodues and it is in these enlarge
ments that the bacteria are found and which OBJ
tain the nitrogen from the air.
In considering fertilizers for this crop it is
essary to take into account this power of the
peanut to obtain portion, at least, of the most
costly part of fertilizers from the air. As
sequence on soils in fair and high state of culti
vation no nitrogen, or ammonia, is needed in the
fertilizer applied to the peanuts. On every poor
soils, where the growth of the vine is small and
not sufficient to bear good crop of nuts, some
nitrogen-furnishing material is desirable to aid
the plant especially in its first stage of growth,
that sufficient top may be produced to carry
enough roots to bear good crop of nuts. Except
on the poorer kinds of land referred to- nitrogen
furnishing materials in the fertilizer will go
largely to the production of vine, without cor
responding increase in the nuts, the main consid-
Grafton for which the crop is grown. On land in
fair to high state of cultivation the following
mixture is suggested:
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
JloO Field Gun
Sinks japanese
Barge.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 24-Of1-
cial dispatches regarding the fighting
south of the River Pomakua, reported
last Friday, in which Russian de-
tachment lost three men killed and two
officers and thirteen men wounded,
say that japanese troop-laden barge
and other boats emerged from the
mouth of the Pomakua and attempted
to cut off the Russian retreat The
barge was sunk by the Russian guns.
Further details concerning the skir-
nish say that in following UP the gen.
eral plan7to harass and impede the
Japanese crossing the. Yalu. the Rus
sian outposts on the river sent a de-
tachment of volunteers in boats on the
night of April 81 forNthe purpose of set
ting fire to the Japanese pontoons and
other bridge materials. The boats
grounded on a sandbank near the ko-
rean side and drew the fire of the Jap
anese outpost. There was sharp fusil-
lade at close range The position OF
the boats was highly critical owing 10
the appearance of a number of light
barges filled with Japanese coming
from a small tributary stream called
the Pomakua, which is unmarked even
on the maps of the Russian general
staff.
The intention of the barges was to
cut off the retreat of the Russians. This
was noticed from the other bank two
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
MIDAIR FIGHT
WITH LUNATIC
Police and Firemen Have
Desperate Struggle With
Maniac on Window Sill
Special Dispatch to The Call

NEW YORK, April 24.-Robert Hynd-
man, suffering from ear trouble, sud-
denly became a raving maniac at the
Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital last
night at midnight. He crashed the
panes OF a sixth floor window, mounted
the sill in full view of those in the
street and proceeded to execute crazy
war dances on the narrow ledge,
screaming like an Indian and defying
all to try and dislodge him. Pacific
measures failed.
Police were called, but they were
fearful the madman would jump into
the street if they approached from the
inside.
The fire department was then called
out and an extension ladder was raised
until its top rung barely reached the
sixth fiooi. Captain Clark said he
would go up with such men as cared
TO follow him. Two firemen stepped
forward, and Clark stealthily made his
way up the ladder with them beside
him.
A sudden shout from inside uttered
at the right moment made Hnydman
turn his head just as Clark gained the
ledge. Instantly the fire captain flung
his left arm about the insane mans
neck and tried to choke him. In spite
of Clsrk's strength, however. he had
an adversary equally as powerful.
Hyndmsn's grip never relaxed, and he
threw Clark about as a terrier would
q rat.
Desperately the midair battle was
fought, while powerless spectators
looked on, expecting that every step
would send both men headlong to the
earth. On the top rungs Of the ladder
Scanlon and Kimler were reaching out
their arms toward the combatants, and
eventually they caught hold of Hynd-
mans legs. Even then the efforts of
the firemen were almost as nothing to
the maniacal strength of the man they
were trying to subdue.
In a moment. however, Scanlon and
Kimler had pushed their way onto the
ledge and fell in a heap on the fighting
men. Then through the window the po-
licemen reached out and dragged the
four men over the ledge and into the
room, where they fell struggling on the
floor.
Hyndman was subdued with difficult
ty. and fought until he was taken to
the Bellevue Hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
FEAR KILLS
THE VICTIM
OF .JOKERS
sp.ci.l pispatch to nae cam.

HAMBURG, Iowa, April 24-John G.
Goodlow, an honest old negro. was the
victim of f1endish practical joke per-
petrated by number of young bloods
few nights ago. All of the partici-
pants maintained a discreet silence
about the affair, and the victim was
buried with a certificate from the Cor
oner's jury that death was due to
natural causes
1t has leaked out that Goodlow came
TO his death as a result Of tortures and
torments at the hands of the whites
In an orgie, for which one at least of
the participants has come to regret the
part he played in it.
The affair was intended as a joke.
Goodlow was accused of some imag-
mary crime. and the jokers proceeded
to mete out to him the punishment
which they pretended he so richly de-
served. After tieing him with ropes
and mailing his feet to board he was
covered with wood and shavings and a
kerosene rag placed near his nose so
that he would get the smell. A bucket
of water, which the victim was in
formed was coal oil, was thrown upon
him and preparations were made to ap-
ply the torch when the old man ceased
his outcries.
Then the jesting ceased. The jokers
realized their fun had been carried too
far They removed the debris and be-
gan to unite the negro. When it was
discovered that he was dead he was
carried quietly away and dumped into
a corncrib, where the body was found
the next day.
The tragedy was enacted across the
Missouri line, near what is known as
the State Line saloon, the proprietor
of which has disappeared from the
neighborhood.
Goodlow was 81 years of age. He
had lived< here twenty-six years and
had always provided well for his fam
lily.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
LOUBET'S VISIT
A ROMAN FETE
Arrival of French President
in Italy Is Made an
Event of Much Import

ROME April 24-President Loubet,
accompanied by Foreign Minister Del
cssse and a distinguished party Of
French officials, arrived in Rome to-
CAY to repay the visit OF King Victor
Emmanuel TO Paris in October last.
They were met at the station by the
king. who went in state, accompanied
by the Duke Of Genoa, the Count Of
Turin and other court dignitaries. At
the station also were the members of
the Italian Cabinet. representatives Of
the Senate. Chamber of Deputies and
an the high officers Of state.
AS the President stepped from the
train the Prince Of ColOnna, Mayor OF
Rome, formally welcomed him on be-
half of the city. The King and the
President embraced each other, while
The 'Marsellaise' was played by sew
ersl bands.
The drive TO the Quirinsl was then
taken up and il had all the appearance
of tTiumphal march, eliminating in
an ovation At the palace, where Presi-
dent Doubet. King Victor Emmanuel,
Queen Helena and the Princes were
obliged TO appear on the balcony three
times
Fmbassador Never, Charlemagne
Tower. United States ambassador to
Germany. and Andrew .. White, the
FORMER I'm DdSSd0or 10 Germany, VII
ressed the passage Of the procession
from the garden of the American
Church, in which tribune has been
erected. On this tribune were also
many members of the diplomatic corps
present and several Americans. includ-
ing Bishop Leonard Of Ohio and @. B.
Thomas of Philadelphia. Along the
route were nnassed more than 100000
persons. including many from the prov
inces and abroad.
Immediately after she had welcomed
President Loubet, Queen Helena sent a
cordial telegram TO Nine. Loubet, say
ing that the rejoicing to-day only
lacked the presence of her, whose
aunis bility had won her affections
while in Paris.
All Rome was magnifcently illumi-
rated tonight. A torchlight process
.sion in which Il. 900 persons psrticipat-
cd produccd a fantastic effect The
PROCESSION crossed the town TO the
Ouirinal. where IL made an imposing
demonstration and was witnessed by
100 0GO persons. President Loubet, the
King and Queen and the Princes saw
the forchlight procession from the bal
conv II the Quirinal. on which they
remained for twenty minutes, being
s.onsts ntly acclaimed.
From an official source il is learned
that Italy desires 10 prove that, while
loval 10 the Triple Alliance, she is quite
free 10 maintain friendly relations with
other powers. having for her object the
unafntens nee Of peace
President Loubet dined with the King
and Queen al the Quirinal
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
ICEBOUND ON AN ISLAND
SINCE EARLY DECEMBER
Four Men and a Woman Isolated
on Lake Superior Nearly Five
Months

HANCOCK, Mich, April 24.-As COM
pletely cut off from civilization as If
they were inha bitants of some undis-
covered land, four men and one woman
have spent 146 days on Isle Royale.
Keweenaw County. Lake Superior.
There has been no communication with
the icebound islanders since Decen Der
s, when a steamship left Isle Royais
for Duluth. taking with it all of the
residents except the five who have
spent the winter there.
The winter has been an unusually
long one and the closed season of navs-
CATION is beyond precedent. but there
are no fears that the islanders have
wanted for the necessaries of life
Ample supplies of food. cards, maga-
zines and books were left at the island
when the lighthouse keepers took their
departure, and fish and poultry no
doubt have proved welcome diversions
to the regular fare. 1t is considered
that all are alive and we6-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
RUSSIA BUYING wARsHIPs.

LONDON. April 25.-The Daily
Telegra aph's Brussels correspondent
saws that agents of the Russian Gov
ernment have signed agreements to
purchase three large men-of-war con-
sstl.tcted at Genoa for the Argentine
Republic At a price of $4,000, ,000- One
of The ships. the Gsribaldi, is a vessel
Of 10000 tons.
BERLIN, April 24.-It is stated
that the Hamburg-American line
steamships Columbia, Bengalia and
Belgia have been sold 10 the Russian
Government.
KRONSTADT. April 24.-The new
bsttleship Alexander III has gone into
commission and is the first vessel of
the Baltic feet TO hoist a pennant this
year.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
SAYS THE EMIGRATION
BILL is RESTRICTIVE
Emperor Francis Joseph Declares
That the Hungarian Act Is
Not Understood.

VIENNA, April 24.-Emperor Francis
Joseph has expressed great surprise at
the opposition evoked, both in Hun
gary and in the United States, against
Hungarian emigration bill His Maj
esty attributes this opposition to q
misapprehension of the real tenor Of
the measure. The Emperor has fur
ther declared his conviction that when
the terms of the law are fully under
stood the opposition to it will disap-
pear. The Foreign Office has assured
the American embassy that the law 10
designed rather to restrict than encour-
age emigration.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
'GENDARMES
FIRE UPON
SOCIALISTS

BUDAPEST, April 24.-A serious riot
is reported to have taken place at the
market town of Elesd near Grosswar-
dein, resulting from a collision between
meetings of the socialist and indepen-
dent parties.
While order was being restored by
the gendarmes g, socialist fired a re-
volver killing the commander. The
gendarmes thereupon fired a volley,
killing twenty three of the rioters and
severely wounding forty. The military
was summoned from Grosswardein.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-25
PASSENGERS BOARD
FAST GOING TRAINS
mating Delays Due to Stopping
at Stations.

BERLIN, April 24.-Engineer Mare.
who has been seeking to find a way
to enable passengers to enter and
leave express trains travelling at full
speed, thus avoiding the delays of
stopping, has constructed an electric
carriage, which stands on a siding
when the express goes by at full speed
on the main line. When the, express
passes Mares carriage starts in pur-
suit, and, as it runs at higher speed,
it soon catches the express. Graphing
irons are then thrown out and the
passengers are transferred.
Experiments have shown that a
train can be caught, twenty passen-
gers transferred and the electric car
be back at the station again discharg-
ing the passengers within eight min
utes.