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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-10-30
ALL FAVOR IT.
Every Democratic Senator and Con :
gresham Endorse Rate Legislation

gresham Endorse Rate Legislation
New Orleans. Oct. 3O.-The Picayune
has begun a canvass Of southern Demo-
cratic members OF congress on Press-
dent Roosevelt's plan to give the Inter-
state commerce commission authority
to fix rates on freight and in response
TO Geographic Inquiries a number 81
representatives. and senators have ex-
pressed their views So far every mem :
Der Of congress heard from has de-
clared In favor Of the Legislation recent
mended by the president.
Among those who expressed them
selves in favor Of railroad rate legisId-
ton are Senator CulbersOn OF Texaf
Representatives J. T. Watkins and =
NJ. Robertson 81 Louisiana. and John
Sharpe Williams OF Mississippi.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-10-30

Lisbon. oct. 30.-President I.oubet
arrived here from Spain and met with
an enthusiastic reception. King Charles
and the princes met the president al
the railroad station and an imposing
cortege traversed the city. escoTting VI
Loubet TO the Adjuda palace.
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HOSTS SUGGESTION.
Recommends Life Insurance compa.
mics Make Annual Surplus Divide.

Chicago. Oct. 2s.--Insurance Com
missioner Host of Wisconsin. says a
dispatch to the Tribune from Madison.
in his annual report recommend the
enactment Of state laws to compel life
Insurance companies make a yearly
distribution OF their surplus among
policy holders.
He also recommends law requir-
ing companies 10 furnish with their an
nual statements a gain or loss exhibit.
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AWFUL PLIGHT.
Moscow In Darkness and Troops Sur.
round Government Buildings.

are closed and streets deserted save for
troops and workmen. Several meetings
of strikers were dispersed by Cossacks.
Banks. the treasury. postoffice and gov
eminent offices are surrounded by
troops. The utmost alarm prevailed
owing to rumors Of workmen marching
on the town from the factory districts.
At meeting OF delegates represent
ing different political parties 1t was de-
cided to unite in the establishment OF a
government and act Independently OF
imperial authorities.
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GIGANTIC TASK.
Moving Contents of Chicago Postoffics
Into New Quarters Renins-

Chicago. Oct. SO.-Th- gigantic
though delicate task OF moving the
Chicago postofiice into new quarters Ia
the recently completed $4,000 600 Fed
eral building without delaying or dis
turbinig the handling OF approximately
27.000.0OO pieces OF mail which tho
Icffice handles daily. began Saturday.
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DIR. F. l.. Davis is now extracting
teeth with the use OF cocaine by In
making safe and painless
operation. Offices over Palestine Hdw.
Co.. Main Etraet 26-tf
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NOT TO HANG.
Mrs. Catherine DAM Goes to the Pcni-
Tertiary for Life.

Harrisburg. Pa, oct. Ex-Governor
Pennypacker has committed to life i'm
prisonment the death sentence OF Mrs.
Catharine Danz, the Philadelphia wo-
man alleged to have poisoned her nus
band with powders procured from G..
p. Hossey. a "voodoo" doctor" who IS
under sentence OF death for a similar
offense.
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I'M HORRIBLE AGONY.
w. @. Wilt Swallowed a Large Dose Of
Carboic Acid and Dies.

Fort Worth. Oct. sO-Brooding over
family troubles. W. G. Wilt killed him
self on the front porch of his wife's
home on West Belknap street. He
swallowed a large dose Of carbolic acid
and died in horrible agony. Several
days ago District Judge Smith granted
an injunction restraining wilt from
molesting his wife. This citation was
found in a pocket of the dead man. He
had attempted to kin himself several
times. Last spring he shot off his left
arm in an effort to take his life. He
was member of the woOdmen and
Redmen.
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NOT A CASE.
First Time In Sixteen Hours Of Such
Gratifying Fact.

New orleans. oct. 3O.-For the first
time since the yellow fever appeared
here The noon bulletin Of Saturday Gov
'ering sixteen hours preceding showed
tlint there were no new cases and no
deaths
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Thos. Goggan & Bro, the Plano,
Organ and Music House OF Texas
Galveston, Houston, Dallas, San An
tonic, Waco and Austin. 4, X. Mana
han, agent Palestine. 7l9 II
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RIOTS AT RevAL.
City Was AbIaze and Spirit Shops
Were Burning Saturday.

Reval, Russia, oct. S0.-Serlous riots
occurred at this place Friday night.
Saturday morning theaters and spirit
shops were burning and the city ablaze.
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FOUR DEATHS.
Two New Yellow Fever Cases Were
Also Reported Friday.

New orleans. oct. 3O-Up to o'clock
Friday evening there were two new
cases or yellow fever and four deaths.
Pensacola reports nine new cases and
two hpaILs -
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Connection Severed.

Stockholm. oct. 3O.-King oscar has
definitely and formally declined to offer
The Norwegian throne 10 a prince Of
abe house OF Bernadotte. and tn n lot
ter TO the president Of the storthing
finally severes the connection with
Norway.
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West Virginia Spoken.

Pensacola, Fla. Oct. 3O.-The cruiser
EST Virginia. with President Roose-
welt on board. was spoken Friday b.
wireless telegraph. the ship at the time
IS,ns@O miles off.
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SEVENTEEN POISONED.
Three Of the Unfortunate Girls Died
Within a Few Hours.

Burlington. Vi. oct 3O.-Seventeeu
girls. whose ages ranged from to 6
years. were taken suddenly III at St
ioseBh's orphan asylum and three Of
them died within three hours. The
girls were poisoned. but the cause has
not been ascertained.
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Tiiis, Caucasus, Oct. 3O.-There Is a
general strike of all classes here. Bus
mess is at stsndstlll and populace
nervous
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BOTH SEXES FIGHT.
Nearly One Hundred Students Wound
ed, Including Seventeen Girls.

London. Oct. 3O.-A dispatch TO
news agency from Odessa says serl-
GUS conflict occurred Saturday between
students OF both sexes and Cossacks
Nearly 100 students were injured. ana
one killed. Seventeen young girls. It H.
announced. are among the victims.
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All Schools CIosed.

Baku. Russia. oct. sO.-An schools
are closed here.
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BOMB THROWN.
Carriage Wrecked and CT lief Of Police
and Two Cossacks Hurt.

Gomel. Russia, oct. 3O.-A bomb was
thrown at the carriage OF the chief OF
police Saturday. The vehicle was
wrecked. The chief and two Cossaclss
esCorting him were badly Injured.
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School tablets and composition
books at the Avenue Drug Store.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12

can be used with a generous hand
Heavy fertilization is one Of tho
best safeguards against the wheat
freezing out, as the increased growth
and vitality render it better able 70
resist sudden changes of tempera.
ture and to keep a firm hold on the
soil. They also give it more rower
to resist or to recover from the in
juries of insects and diseases. Then
too, any excess of phosphoric acid or
potash will not be lost from the soil
but will be held for the use of sue
ceeding crops. This is not true
of nitrogen, however, and that elo-
ment should be used only in such
quantities as the crop demands.
, The most common method of ap-
plying fertilizers for wheat is
through the drill when the wheat is
sown, and the convenience and econ
omy of this practice makes it likely
that it will be continued.
A better understanding, and a
more rational use of fertilizers, with
close attention to the details of soil
preparation and seed selection, would
undoubtedly increase not only the
average yield of wheat, but also the
wheat growers profit.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12
Plea for Small Farms.

The Warrenton Record believes
that now is a time for small farms
and makes the following sensible
editorial observation
with us the day of big farms,
where hundreds of acres are in cul-
tiyation, is past, and this is the day
of small farms. Here and there
farms will be run on large scale,
but the tendency is toward the small
farm of from one to two horses, cul-
tivating from ten to fifty acres. The
small farm means intensive farm
ing. The aim of the small farmer
is to improve his land so that one
acre will produce more than three or
four would under the old system.
This will mean larger profits at less
expense and less labor
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12

Some practical experiments have
been made by the Government as to
the proper construction OF poultry
houses, how much space should be al
lowed to a given number of fowls,
etc. At the Experiment Station IN
Maine it was found that the best
possible results were obtained by
allowing from eight to ten feet OF
floor space for each hen. After
scientifically ascertaining the num-
Der of respirations a minute OF
fowl, the poultryman says, that III
wooden poultry house with ventlIa-
ton at the top, the air apparently
changes about four times an hour.
Each bird must, therefore, have at
least the amount of space mentloneo
above allotted to it. Over-croWding
is said to diminish egg production
and encourage Group, tubercuioSl'
and other diseases. The air III a
house with the bottom out IS Salo
to be twice as good as one with the
bottom in, the air changing twice
as quickly, probably accompanied
by>a draft.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12

Raleigh News and Observer, Ac- 1
cording to the Christian World lne
negroes of the South, but genera 5
ton removed from slavery, are TO-DAY
the owners of 1900 farms vaIueo l'tI
at $3.50, 100000; 10000 homes out IT.
side the farm ownership. valued ousr "a,
s2e5,oOo,ooO, and personal al property !26;t'.
valued at s165,OOO,O0O. The Wni,o tbo
progress and success Of its nsgrg Sgrg
population. Southern white men n@5o %bo
ever been ready to assist those TI1o Tbo
are industrious and thrifty Tho r
negro is doing well here-those tuades mpS
stick to the farms and to the 'Ibor bore
they have learned, and 1t IS IS bern ns
their highest development ;t h"4 bore
reached, and here lies their pest D''
for the future.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12
$50 PRIZE ESSAY ON WHEAT GROWING.
Progressive Farmer
The Most Forth

+
best essay on wheat growing. The
committee has awarded the prize to
the paper written by E. E. Miller,
of Morristown, Tenn, an occasional
correspondent of The Progressive
Farmer, and we take pleasure in Civ
ing Mr.. Miller's paper herewith for
the benefit of our readers:
Wheat may be grown successfully
on a great variety of soils, but is
best adapted to fertile, clayey loans.
Very light soils are not, as a rule,
so suitable as there is danger of the
wheat freezing out during the win
ter; neither are tough clay soils
best, as it is hard to get them In
proper condition. Yet with the
necessary care good crops may be
grown on all of these soils. Very
rich alluvial lands often pay better
In other crops, but fair degree of
fertility is @absolutely necessary for
a good yield of wheat. Another
thing that is necessary is good drain
age. Wheat is sure to be a failure
on water logged land, no matter how
fertile Plenty of sunshine is also
required and much shade is certain
to reduce the yield.
On lands adapted to its growth
wheat is often sown several years in
succession. This method invariably
results in steady decrease in the
yield; and to it the rapidly dimin
ishing yields per acre of the wheat
lands of the Northwest are to be at
tributed.
Like practically all other crops,
wheat should be part of a well con-
sidered and steadily followed rota-
tion. In such rotation, which. of
course, differ with different condi-
tions, it may follow clover or grass,
corn or other hold crops, or itself.
Where wheat is the leading crop
the common plan is to follow clover
or grass with wheat for two or three
years, then seed back to grass. More
often the clover is followed by corn
and other cultivated crops and these
by wheat for one or two years. In
the South wheat may follow cowpeas
or other leguminous crops. Pota-
toes and other trucking crops are
also excellent to precede wheat.
Whatever crop the wheat may fol-
low the preparation of the soil is a
matter of prime Importance, and
one that should under no circum-
stances be neglected. The ideal to
be kept in view during this prepara-
ration is the securing of very
fine loose seed-bed two or three
inches deep with the soil beneath
fine but thoroughly frmed. This
permits of even seeding, gives the
young wheat plant the best posi-
BILE feeding ground, retains the
soil moisture and anchors the young
wheat firmly against the winter
freezes and thaws.
When the land is plowed it
should be done as early as practi-
cable, so as to allow time for set
Ting of the soil, as we'll as for
working it down. Early blowing
is especially important when vege-
table mater of any kind is turned
under.
To plow under a growing crop,
or large amount of dry grass or
weeds just before seding is to in
vite failure. In all such cases, in
fact whenever any considerable
ouantitv of vegetable mater is
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12

X X
Where the land is plowed early
it is a good plan to go over it every
week until seeding time. This may
seem to be. lot of trouble, but re-
peated experiments have shown
that it pays handsomely, and with
a good harrow several acres can be
gone over in day. The tining of
the soil at once gives the young
roots of the wheat a fine field for
development, and renders more
available the plant food locked up
in the soil. It may be laid down as
a general rule that for any crop the
more cultivation the better when it
is judicially done, and this prepara-
ton before sowing is the only cul-
tivation the wheat will receive.
The implements to be used in
this work are those the farmer has,
as any of the ones in common use
can be made to do the work, if used
often enough. Still there are GER
tain tools adapted to certain soils.
On sod land the disk harrow~is one
of the best, for breaking clods a
good plank drag, or a heavy drag
harrow will be found to be useful,
while on light and sandy soils a
roller should be used frequently.
After some crops, such as corn.
COW peas and potatoes, the desired
condition of the soil can be best
obtained without plowing.
Often, indeed, when a corn crop is
taken off it is necessary to get the
wheat in with as little delay as POS
sible. In such cases all that is neces
sary is to work the top of the soil
into a dust with disk or other har
row and finish by smoothing it
down with a drag or roller. The
blowing for and cultivation of the
corn crop will, if properly done,
have left the soil in splendid shape.
The stubble and trash on the land
will also serve to protect the wheat
during the winter, while if turned
under they would only be disad-
vantage.
Of equal Importance with prepa-
ration of the soil is the selection of
the seed. The question of varieties
is, of course, an important one, but
it is impossible la an article of a
general nature to give any advice
on this point. Each farmer must
choose for himself some variety
that is known to succeed in his own
locality. New kinds should certain
ly be tried on a small scale, but the
main dependence should be placed
on those that have proved best suit
ed to local conditions.
There is often more lost than
gained by bringing ! seed wheat
from a distance, and a variety can
be grown year after year on the
same land and kept up, or even i'm
proved by careful seed selection.
In selecting wheat for seed many
experiments have shown that it pays
to have all small and imperfect
| grains removed by the fan or grad
er. In some cases the yield from
seed so selected has been 25 per cent
greater than that from ungraded
seed. No one can afford to SOW
shrivelled, immature or diseased
seed, if good, plump healthy grain
can be obtained at all. It should go
without saying that the wheat sown
should be free from cheat, cookie
and other weeds.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12


of the country, and is yearly becom-
ing more general. This is sufficient
evidence that fertilizers pay, yet it
is evident that the large sums an
nually spent for them are not ex-
pended to the best advantage. loo
many farmers use fertilizers without
any regard to the special needs of
their soils, often buying the cheap
est grades, using very small quaint
tiles, and using these impartially on
lands of different types. That such
uncientifc use of fertilizers has
proved profitable is some indication
of what they would do for wheat
growers if used more carefully and
intelligently.
To use them intelligently it is
necessary for the farmer to know
something of the nature and needs
of his soil, something of the de-
mands made upon it by the various
crops, and something of the compo-
sition of the fertilizers he uses.
Practically all fertilizers are used
to supply one Or more of the three
elements of plant food in which soils
are most commonly deficient, phos-
phoric acid, nitrogen and potash.
Of these the prosphoric acid pro-
notes the growth and development
of the grain and hastens maturity !;
nitrogen, or ammonia, increases the
growth of leaves and stalk, and pot
ash gives strength to the stalk and
assists in the development of the
grain. 1t will thus be seen that each
has a necessary function to perform,
and that a deficiency of either will
inevitably reduce the yield. The
crop is limited not by the most abun-
dant, but by the scarcest element Of
plant food, and no excess of one ele-
ment can remedy the lack of anoth-
er A good supply of each must be
maintained if good crops are Sc
cured. AS twenty bushels of wheat
take from the soil approximately
fourteen pounds of phosphoric acid,
thirty-fve pounds of nitrogen and
fourteen pounds (18 per cent? of
potash, the necessity of using fer
tilizers of some kind is obvious.
Green and stable manures can some
times be proftably used on wheat,
but they are usually poorly balanced
and on some soils. those very rich in
nitrogen for example, would be posi-
lively injurious. Commercial ferti-
lizers, on the contrary, can be adapt
ed in composition and quantity to
almost any soil.
Perhaps the most commonly used
fertilizers are those containing 8 or
10. per cent phosphoric acid, 2 or
per cent nitrogen and to 4 per cent
potash, and ON some soils, particu-
larly some clays, these furnish well
balanced ration for wheat. On some
clays and most sandy lands, however,
fully twice this per cent Of potash
should be used, while many soils need
more nitrogen. On rich alluvial lands
and where wheat follows a legumin-
Gus crop, less nitrogen, often none
at all, should be used. The only way
for any farmer to learn just what
fertilizers will pay him best, is to
make comparative tests with differ
ent grades on similar soils. These
! tests should, of course, be on a small
scale, and if carefully made, will
soon show what kinds and amounts
| of fertilizer will be most profitable
on his land. AS to the amOunt to
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-12

Along with seed selection and soil
preparation comes the question of
fertilization. The use of CONNER
cial fertilizers on the wheat crop
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OUR GUARANTEE,

We assure every purchaser abso-
Lutte satisfaction. We guarantee every
garment, price and statement made
here, and will take back, exchange or
refund money on any purchase un.
satisfactory for any reason Whatever
Every article and garment in the
house marked in plain figures. One
price to all.
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CORSETS.

Easy graceful and form-fitting Cor
sets, in all the celebrated makes, in
military and straight front;
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PANTS.

Any pair Of pants in the house at
actual cost pr:ca
Ladies' hish-erade Walking Skirts:
corded plated and tucked, all lengths
and colors prices s1O9. s14S. s2.9S.
s2.4S. S39S and $3.50.
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EXetra quality Ladies' Black Hose 81
Best quality Calico, all eolors yd. 4c
Sc seller Unbleached Muslin 4 12r
Extra sced quality Huck Towels 81
Braid Dress Trimming ...c1-2r
Al sizes best quality Pearl B'tons 4c
Yard wide Light Percale...7 12r
Children's Hose, all sizes 7c
Hooks and Eyes, card ..........1c
Pillow Case Lace. inches wide 1c
Pillow Case Lace. 3 IA inches
wide ........,.....".2 lac
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M EMS SUITS.

Mems Fine Suits in Cheviots and
Scotch plaids, nicely made in single
and doubIe-breasted styles. Italian
lining, positively worth $3.50; sale
price Observation-Disclosures. ,S5
Mems elegant business and dress
Suits, cut in the very latest styles,
hand-padded shoulders. lined with 3
serge, double warped. sold for and
worth $40; sale price $3.50
For $3.50 you are free to choose any
suit in the house worth up to $1S for
the price or ................ T7 90
Anything you may need for one year
to come in Gents furnishings at ac-
tGal cost Underwear worth 50, sale
price ..,......=...,... CT 30
per suit. You can save the money.
Why not?
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
SHOES
Almost Given Away-An Enormous
Stock Of Fine Shoes at the Mercy
Of the Public

OF the Pubic.
Mems Single and double solo Lace ana
congress Shoes. London can. exten-
sion soies: every pair positively guar
anteed for good wear: worth STE:
Sale price only ................. $50
Youths Shoes Of the same -. S9f
Mems Shoes for business wear that.
mean service and comfort all newest
shapes, worth $3.50 sale
price AZ
Mems Fine Dress Shoes. made from
select box calf and yiei kid. best work
nanship and finish, Mckay sawed
every pair guaranteed and actually
worth So: sale price ....S1 .NS
We offer the best Shoe ~ tba mar
ket for the price, rtainy equal t.
ally So and 81 make latest toes and
STYLES in all the latest feathers. These
shoes compare with the most expen.
sive shoes made: all go in the big
sale Tor ...'............ $3.50
LADIES' SHOES.
Over 1000 pairs of the very finest
of the seasons goods. hand sewed
lace or button, all weights of soles,
French kid. patent leather. Russia
calf etc They are far the best shoe
brought to this market. and they come
in all sizes and all widths, worth from
$3.50 to $500: come and pick them
cut for from $3.50 down to -. $50
Ladies' fine Wei Kid Shoes, button
and lace Paris toes and patent tip,
worth So: for ...............%1. 4S
Baby Shoes. sizes to 5 worth soc:
Baby Shoes, sizes 1 to 5, worth SOC:
sale price Observation-Disclosures. :I9E
Misses Shoes, sizes II IL to 2.
worth up to s1.25 sale price 800
LACE CURTAINS.
Lace Nottingham Curtains. 3 -
yards long, floral and scroll designs,
tapped all around, pair $50
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Hundreds of Ladies' Shirt waists in
2 desira BILE pattern, were considered
excellent values at 75c; sale price
On them NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $40
A choice selection of stylish Shirt
made-values up to So; sale price on
these .........,.... 800