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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24

characteristic is its adhesiyeness
when il a damp state. 1t can be
worked until it looks and feels like
putty, but when dried out it lies a
compact mass that holds well any fer
tilizer that may be used on it. :
1.-The Newcastle people think that
this is the greatest rose producing soil
in the world" said Hasselman- today
as he handled some of the cay that
was being unloaded in the green.
houses, but | am not prepared to
say whether that is true or not. At
all events it has given the best re-
suits in rose growing of any soil found
in Indiana ard has also given New.
castle national reputation as PRO
dacer of roses that cannot be sur
passed. Newcastle roses have taken
sweepstakes and other prizes in ma.
tional shows. We are shipping It t0
indianapolis because it is the best
soil that we have available, and mas
much as we can get it from the streets
that are being improved in Newcastle
it is about as cheap earth as we could
get even if we sent teams. out into
the country here and found passably
good clay. We have found place
north of Broad Ripple that seems to
have good rose growing soil. but we
have not made sufficient experiments
yet to be certain that It will produce
the results that Newcastle soil will
produce.
Newcastle has ,Gilt up wonder
full rose growing industry. Chicago
is still the rose centre of the West,
as Madison, N j., is in the East, but
|, Newcastle is looming up in the list
of our national rose. centres.
"The Newcastle florists are cutting
and shipping between 100000 and
100000 roses year now, and they
go everywhere. What is it in the soil
that makes the roses grow and
bloom SO wonderfully? l don't know,
but it is there. We have very good
rose soil around Indianapolis, and it
produces a superior flower, but still
l cannot say that it equals the soil
of Newcastle:
"All of Indiana is the best carna
ton growing region in this country,
and possibly in the world. I don't
know why the carnation likes Indiana
SO well, but perhaps it is because In
diana likes the carnation equally well.
Indiana has produced more good. high
standard commercial carnations than
any other part and more new species
of the flower. The State is well to
the fore in flower raising of al kinds"
Hasselman has developed several
carnations, one of which, brilliant
red one, is as pretty a flower as can
be found in the carnation family. He
is working on several other new spe.
cies and has them in the third year
of their development stage.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
BULLETS NOT LAYING.

If pullet goes on the nest to lay.
and comes off without depositing an
agg within the nest, it is sure indi'
cation that she is too fat Overfeed.
ing is usually the cause of the pullets
being backward in laying, and this
happens mostly when they are con-
fined in the poultry house. AS soon
as they can have an opportunity to
forage and exercise, their allowance
of food should be reduced to half its
quantity, and they will soon begin
to lay and you will have good results.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
BLESSING IN DISGUISE.

Customer-But that umbrella looks
SO awfully cheap and common tho
price you ask for it is preposterous.
Dealer-My dear sir, that's the
beauty of that umbrella. It's really
the very best quality, but it's made tc
appear cheap and common so that nc
one would think it worth stealing
Philadelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
A CAUTIOUS YOUTH.

Bobby, your father wants to seq
you"
The boy looked dubious.
"Do want to see him?" he asked
How should l know"
"You ought 10 be able to tell by
the look in his eye."-Chicago Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
SETTING WILLIE STRAIGHT.

"Was papa in circus with tights
on long time ago?"
mo, Willie. your papa never was in
a circus with tights on But your
papa made a show of himself with
tights on when he was young man."
Baltimore World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
FRIGHTENING THE PAPER.

Bangs-Wonder what there was in
the paper to-day about Masterson?
Grimes-Didn't know there was
anything.
Bangs-Oh, there must have been
He was saying to me that to-day's is
sue was unusually interesting.-Bos
ton Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
UNcoMPLAINING SUFFERER.

Little Tildy-Dont you get awful
tired doin' nothin', Mister?
Languid Lannigan-Turrible, Sissy,
but | never complains. Everybody
has dere troubies.-Puck
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
A ROMANCER.

81 see Jones is going to write
novel"
Il never thought he had imagina
ton enough for that"
THE deuce he hasn't! He's been
making out expense accounts for
nearly eleven years. New Orleans
Times-Democrat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
OUT OF HER LINE.

"So you were at Mrs. Marrable's
dinner yesterday, Flossie. What was
the menu like?"
81 really can't tell you, for l didn't
take any It's a thing l very seldom
touch"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
AMONG THE LADIES.

His wife must be the worst house
keeper % the world"
"W.y so?"
"Why. her husband stated publicly
that there wasn't a day in the year
when he wasn't perfectly comfortable
at home,"-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
THE POLITE BUTCHER.

Boy Gin butchers shop)-My moth.
er sent me back to let you see what
a big bone there was in the pound OF
beef she bought last night, and she
wants another pound without bones
Butcher-Tell your mother the
next time l kill a COW without bones
I'll send her leg for nothing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
If .

tf.
+ If all the skies were sunshine,
/ Our faces would be fain
Z To feel once more upon then
The cooling splash Of rain.
If all the world were music,
Our hearts would often long
For one sweet strain Of silence,
To break the endless song.
If life were always merry,
Our souls would seek relief,
And rest from weary laughter
In the quiet arms of grief.
Henry Vandyke.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY.

ROxley-I want TO put personal"
in the paper to recover a horse and
buggy l lost.
Cierk-Ah, you mean an ad for the
sLost and Found" column?
Roxley-No. want TO say, ''If thu
man who stole my horse and buggy
TO alope with my daughter will return
said horse and buggy suitable reward
Will he ald."-Paiadelph Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
HIS FAyoRITE SUBJECT.

Doesn't your father ever talk to
you about his Maker?" asked the
Sunday school teacher.
81 guess he does" replied little Al
bert. PA claims he's self-made
man."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
MIGHT HAVE RETORTED.

Mrs. Burker-Sarah Miller had the
assurance to look me right in the face
and tell me I was looking horrid!
Mrs. Slyder-You ought to have
told her you didn't mind such refiec
tons as that.-Boston Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
collie IN HORSES.

Use sifted ashes burned from green
hickory wood mixed with salt Gone
fourth ashes and three fourths salD
Keep in the Manager where horses can
help themselves every day in the
year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
EXPLAINED.

Rvoter-You know the old saying
Care will kJl cat" Now, do you
know what Sat means?
Naybor-It probably means if you
don't take care when you're doing
that sort of think you'll get yourself
in trouble with your neighbors,
Philadelphia Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
PROBABLY NOTHING.

A man tried to get pink fuchsia
To grow in st. Petersburg, Ruch5ia,
But always in vain,
Til ne cried, in much pain.
"V1ill nothing, o fuchsia, induchsia?-,
Puck.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24

Treasure hunters are now digging
for gold and other valuabies among
tne ruins caused by the eruption Of
Molt Peiee
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24

For three hundred years the Chi.
nesa hava made waterproof paper
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24
NOT AT HOME.

Mr.. Borem-Could l see Miss Ar
cher?
Maid-Faith, thot's what she wuz
wonderin' as We come acrost the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24

Mr.. Borem-Ah, Then she's in?
Maid-Oh, no, she's out.-Philadel-
phia Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-06-24

8's5E10R
PROBABLY NOTHING.
A man tried to get pink fuchsia
To grow in st. Petersburg, Ruch5ia,
But always in vain,
Til ne cried, in much pain.
"Vlill nothing, o fuchsia, induchsia?T
Puck.
HIS FAvoRITE SUBJECT.
Doesn't your father ever talk to
you about his Maker?' asked the
Sunday school teacher.
81 guess he Does" replied little Al
bert. PA claims he's self-mads
man. Chicago RecordHerald.
MIGHT HAVE RETORTED.
Mrs. Burker-Sarah Miller had the
assurance to look me right in the face
and tell me 1 was looking horrid!
Mrs. Slyder-You ought to have
told her you didn't mind such re1ec
tons as that.-Boston Transcript
UNCOMPLAINING SUFFERER.
Little Tildy-Don't you get awful
tired dom nothin', Mister?
Languid Lannigan-Turrible, Sissy,
but | never complains. Everybody
has dere troubies.-Puek.
A ROMANCER.
81 see Jones is going to write
novel"
81 never thought he had imagina
ton. enough for that"
THE deuce he hasn't! He's been
making out expense accounts for
nearly eleven years. New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
OUT OF HER LINE.
"'So you were at Mrs. Marrable's
dinner yesterday, Flossie What was,
the menu like?"
II really can't tell you, for didn't
take any. It's thing l very seldom
touch"
THE POLITE BUTCHER.
Boy Gin butchers shop)-My moth.
er sent me back to let you see what
a big bone there was in the pound OF
beef she bought last night, and she
wants another pound without bones
Butcher-Tell your mother the
next time 1 kill COW without bones
I'll send her a leg for nothing.
NOT AT HOME.
Mr.. Borem-Could l see Miss Ar
cher?
Maid-Faith, thot's what she wuz
wonderin' as We come acrost the
street.
Mr.. Borem-Ah! Then she's in?
Maid-Oh, no, she's out.-Philadel-
phia Press.
FRIGHTENING THE PAPER.
Bangs-Wonder what there was in
the paper to-day about Masterson?
Grimes-Didn't know there was
Bangs-Oh, there must have been
He was saying to me that ieo-day's is
sue was unusually interesting.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
A CAUTIOUS YOUTH.
Bobby. your father wants to seq
you"
The boy looked dubious.
ado want to see him?" he asked
How should l know"
"You ought 10 be able to tell by
the look in his eye."-Chicago Post.
SETTING WILLIE STRAIGHT.
"Was papa in a circus with tights
On long time ago."
mo, Willie. your papa never was in
a circus with tights on. But your
papa made a show of himself with
tights on when he was young man."
Baltimore World.
BLESSING IN DlOGUiSE.
Customer-But that umbrella looks
SO awfully cheap and common tho
price you ask for it is preposterous.
Dealer-My dear sir, that's the
beauty of that umbrella. It's really
he very best quality, but it's made tc
appear cheap and common so that nc
,ne would think it worth stealing
Press.
AMONG THE LADIES.
His wife must be the worst house
keeper % the world"
"W.y so?"
"Why, her husband stated publicly
hat there wasn't day in the year
when he wasn't perfectly comfortable.
t home,"-New Orleans Times-Demo-
rat.
EXPLAINED.
Rvoter-You know the old saying
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07
GAY YOUTH WAS slLENcED.
How Archbishop Farley Nads Short
Work Of Chap Who Had Moro
lip Than Brains. 4

Archbishop Farley dedicated last
month at New Rochelle 4 handsome
church that Adrian Iselin had built and
given to the town.
During the dedicatory ceremony Z
friend Of the archbishop said: !,
when he was private chamberlain
to Pope Leo some 20 years ago Mgr.
Farley, as he was then called, had oc-
casion to meet all classes OF people.
Wits of the world tried their hands
against him now and again, but in these
encounters the wits met with defeat al
ways, for a keener, reader mind than
the archbishop's does not exist on the
globe.
They say that Mgr. Farley was
crossing one day from New Haven to
Dieppe when a young Frenchman at
tempted to take him in hand. This
young man scotted at religion and at
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07
PORTO RICANS GLAD.
PLEASED WITH ACTION SEATING
pEGETAU AS DELEGATE.
Rank and File Of People Feel That
They Now Have Part in shap-
ing Legislation Needed for
- the Island.

Every member of the house Of repre-
sentatives in Washington who voted for
the resolution to seat Hon. FREDERICK
Degetau, resident commissioner j., of
Porto Rico, as territorial delegate
would feel the consciousness Of good
deed well, done II he could mingle just
now with the natives and Americans in
the island and hear the favorable COM
ments. In fact, there are no opinions
adverse to the propriety or justice of the
action, which is looked upon as thor
oughly American in spirit.
Just at this time some such express
sion of interest by congress was needed
to allay native fears and offset anti-ad-
ministration TRADES to the effect that
the Washington politicians never give
a thought to the needs of Porto Rico or
encourage the island to move in the d.
rection Of territorial rights and ultimate
statehood. Now there is rejoicing
throughout the island and native hopes
for bright future have been revived.
In brief. the political effect Of seating
MIR. Degetau and his successors has been
immediate, beneficial and far-reaching.
Gov. Hunt, who voices the sentiment
of all the administration leaders Of Porto
Rico, said: Il am very much gratified
by the action Of the house Of represent
tatives. The interests Of the million
souls within the island of Porto Rico can
be much more directly presented to con-
gress by commissioner with power to
introduce bills and speak than by one
whose voice could only be heard in COM
mittees.
1.-THE island is entitled to federal con-
sideration. Its harbors need dredging
its postal facilities need extension, it's
agricultural experiment stations need
special consideration, it's Notifications
need repair and its educational require
ments ought to have congressional aid
If possible. Having no insular bureau
charged with the special duty of look
ing after these and like things in WASH
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07
FIRE ORDINANCES OF 1915.
Those in Force Nearly 1 Century Ago
Were Quite Stringent and Cow
cred Many Points.

Fire ordinances are by no means mod
ern or even complicated, at least in pro-
portion to the new inventions and uses,
electric lights and other elaborate and
inflammable fixtures, and to the vari-
GUS inventions and methods of preven-
ton. Nearly a hundred years ago there
were ordinances as numerous and as
long for the prevention and extinction
Of fires, In 1915 Detroit had an elabo-
rate fire ordinance. 1t ordered every
householder to provide a pair of water
buckets and a wooden vessel holding 20
or 25>gallons, with two loops strongly
attached thereto" which were always
to be kept full of water in place where
it could not be frozen and to have i
lever or pole Of ;suflcientsweight and
strengthtto sustain said vessel. To each
chimneyao of his house he must attach Z
substantial ladder, to be fastened to the
roof, and another ladder long enough to
communicate with the first. !
az Every male person capable of giving
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07

trees. From the bottom of the lakes
grow tall grasses that present beau
tiful appearance when viewed from a
distance.
THE word swamp as generally under
stood has no application to the Ever
glades, for they abound in pure water
which is constantly moving in one d.
rection or another, depending upon the
topography of the country. The air is
wholesome, pure, and free from disease
germs, and government statistics show
that fevers and epidemic diseases are
almost unknown. There are not even
mosquitoes in the Everglades, for no
stagnant pools exist in which the larvae
can thrive.
"The grass is the greatest impeachment
to progress through the Everglades,
three kinds of it being encountered.
There is the matted, half floating grass,
which is found where the water is shall
low. The canoeist has some trouble in
pushing through it at times, but ordi-
narily it is not noticed. Another kind
is the round grass, which is abundant
on the eastern edge, and, lastly, there
is the saw grass, which is the terror OF
all who attempt to penetrate these tracts.
"The few Seminole Indians who peo-
pie the Everglades avoid intercourse
with the white man as much as possible
They have shown their wisdom by refus-
ing to act as guides for parties Of tour
lists anxious to penetrate the glades, for
should they do so their secret trails
would become known, and the quiet
lives they live in these Businesses would
be liable to interruption. ia white man
gets lost in the glades an Indian may
consent to guide him out, but never in.
They have trails through the glades
which they follow as unerringly as a
New Yorker walks from the Battery to
Central park.
"The only kind of craft that can be
used with any success in the Everglades
is an Indian canoe. These are followed
out of cypress logs and weigh 200 OF: 300
pounds. They are narrow for their
length, sharp on the waterline forward,
but above they flare out suddenly into
blunt bow. They are also narrow at
the stern, where they finish in an over
hang, upon which is built a platform
or slight elevation, where the canoeist
stands and poles the craft along. Pad
dies are unknown in the Everglades, the
canoes being sent through the water by
means of long poles"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07
RAYNER FOR SENATE
FAMOUS BALTIMORE LAWYER TO
SUCCEED LOUIS E. M'CoMAs.
Gained National Fame by His Mag
nidcent Defense of Admiral
Schley-Condensed Sketch
Of His Career, ,%.

The career of Mr.. 1sidor Rayner-
scholar, statesman, orator and lawyer,
delegate, state senator, congressman, at
torney genera! and United States sena-
tor-has been a notably brilliant one
from boyhood: .st'. 81
He was born in Baltimore April H.,
1850. His father was a learned gentle
man, distinguished for business sagacity
and success, as we'll as for his generous
philanthropy and public spirit. His
mother WIS woman. of excellent discre-
ton, generally beloved for the sterling
virtues of her character and the kind
ness and benevolence of her life.
His early education was probably re-
ceived atsthe hands of his father. Tn
til he was Is years of age he attended a
private school. He was devoted to lit
efature and defamation.
At Is years of age Isid0r Rayner en-
tered the University of Virginia. There
he promptly distinguished himself in
his studies and was popular with the
faculty. and students. His interest in
letters and oratory increased, and he
became leading figure in the Jeffer-
son society, the membership of which
embraced Senat tor John W. Daniel, of
Virginia; John S. Wise, now of New
York; the late Henry w. Grady, of Geor-
gia, and Former United States Senator
Charles J. Faulkner, of West Virginia
From among men of this sort the bril-
liant Baltimorean was chosen, in 1868,
rs anniversary orator of the Jefferson
society. The subject of his Grafton
upon this occasion showed the bent of
his sympathies. 1t was Civil and Reli-
gious Liberty"
After pursuing his academic and legal
studies at the university, he returned to
Baltimore and sought admission to its
bar. He continued his legal studies for
a brief period in the law Office of Brown
& Bruno, and in due course was admit
ted to practice.
Mr. Rayner is thorough and finished
student of his profession. He is deeply
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07
ALONE WITH NATURE
NORTHERN MANS IMPRESSIONS
OF FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
Striking characteristics Of This Great
Stretch Of Land and Water
Inhabited by Few Sem
mole Indians. *@.@

mile after mile of wavy green grass
through which can be seen the CLINT of
clear water, stretching east, west, north
and south until bounded by the horizon;
here and there in the wide expanse .
bunch of trees or foliage rising island
like out Of the, emerald sea, waterways
Of varying widths and depths penetrat-
ing in every direction; silence UNI
broken save by the hum of insects, the
rush of some wild animal through the
grass or the stealthy approach OF an
Indian in his canoe-thus are the Flor
ida Everglades, through some parts Of
which white man has never passed"
In such graphic words, says the New
York Tribune, Nelson Morris, Plain
field IN. j. man, who spent two weeks
this winter in this wilderness of Amer
ica," visiting~a friend owning truck
farm just within the Everglades, de-
scribed this tract of land and water COW
ering the greater part Of the peninsula.
These thousands of acres have lain
dormant from time immemorial, and for
the most part are given over to wild AMI
mails and wild men," he continued.
There are few settlements on the edges,
but much Of the tract has been deemed
impenetrable, owing to the character of
the morass and the impossible holes
and sinks that break the surface, and is
as much unknown to civilization as the
heart of Africa. Settlers along the east
ern edge know absolutely nothing about
what lies ten miles inland, and will not
until the time comes when these useless
acres will be needed by American farm
ers, and the task of draining the marsh
land will be begun in earnest.
"The Everglades consist Of great
shallow lakes of pure, sweet water, vary
ing in depth from one to six feet. Sew
eral good sized streams drain the tract.
and scattered through the glades are
many islands, some only few yards
square, others extending over hundreds
of acres and covered with a dense growth
of pines, palmettoes, vines and tropical
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-04-07

ington, it should be helpful to feel that
they can be laid before congress by~a
representative elected by Porto Ricans
themselves"
Hon. Frederic Degetau, who has held
the office of resident commissioner in
Washington from Porto Rico to the
United States, belongs to the local re-
publican party. He is paid $4,000 year
from insl,lar funds, and is serving his
second biennial term, which will ex-
pire on December 81 next. His success
sor will be elected by popular vote in the
island next November, and, unless all
present signs fail, will be republican.
He was born at Ponce, Porto Rico, and
was graduated as bachelor of science
and arts at Barcelona, Spain, and as
a bachelor of laws at Madrid. He was
one of the four commissioners sent by
Porto Rico to ask Spain for autonomy,
and the district of Ponce elected him a
deputy to the Spanish cortes of 1898.
Upon American occupation Gen. Henry
appointed him seceratary of the Interior
of the first American cabinet formed in
Porto Rico. Later he was member Of
the insular board of charities, first vice
president of the municipal council Of
San Juan and president of the board Of
education of the capital. He was first
elected resident commissioner ON No
vember 8, 1900, by 5S,515 votes against
but 148 cast for his federal opponent,
the federals having generally refused to
vote. In November, 1902, Mr.. Degetau
was reelected by more than 10000 ma
jority, carrying five of the seven cleo
ton districts of the island. He was ad-
mitted to practice in the supreme court
of the United States on April 30, 1901,
and is an able lawyer.
The local republican party is, OF
course, highly elated by the seating of
Mr.. Degetau. DR.. Jose Brioso and Mayor
Robert r. Todd, of San Juan, who re-
Gently returned to Porto Rico otter con-
ferring with President Roosevelt, Sena-
tors Hanna and Foraker and others
concerning the admission of six dele
gates of the party to the republican ma
tional convention, declares confidence
that the delegates will be admitted. II
they are they will all vote for Roose-
velt's nomination.