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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
St. Johns New Captain.

AS stated in yesterdays Capital,
Roy McCardeIl, of Hagerstown, has
been elected captain of the baseball
team of st. Johns College for next
season. McCardell is among the re-
markable athletes, being without a
left hand. lie plays well in the out
field, besides being a pitcher He also
plays tackle on the football team and
attends all drills of the cadet bat
talon
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
Reported For Duty.

Lieutenant Thomas I. Craven. u.
S. N. reported at the Naval Academy
today for duty there. Lieutenant
Craven is we'll known in Annapolis
having made large circle of friends
while here rs midshipInan and at
which time he was a football player
of note
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
Prepare for Winter.

Now is the time 10 look after yom
HEATERS & COOK STOVES. OLIVER s.
LEAGUE & SON, viii do u IA q satisfactory
manner orders left at the Book Store OF
George w. Jones, viii receive prompt ajleu-
ton. orders for Roofing and SpuulW- also
solicited.
"a OLIVER 5. LEAGUE * SON.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
A CARD.

Have taken Agency for the Eutaw
Beef Company in Annapolis, on Com
mission, will give the retail trade a
very low price on Smoked and Fresh
Meats.
o1O 81 q. r. CHHDS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
Battenberg Has Govt.

Prince Louis of Battenberg. who is
to visit Annapolis on November /, is
now suffering with the govt. He
has been hunting at New Brunswick,
N. S., and was recently attacked
with govt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
Rain Predicted.

After many bright, sunshiny days,
the Weather Bureau forecasts rain for
late tonight and tomorrow Rain is
badly needed. the roads being very
dusty.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
CarpenIeriDg and Repairing.
GEORGE SEHBLY & CO.,
IS Cathedral Stree

Are prepared TO do any kind OF carpenter
4Dg Work, Bricklaying, Plasteriu- and Re-
pairing generally at $ hort notice and on
re Asonable terms. Apply as above. asH
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
GEO. w. JONES'
Circulating Library

The following books were added 10
the Library week ending Oct. 9TH.
The Reckoning. by Robi ". Cham
berS.
Counsels of a Worldly Godmothcr
by Persia Mather.
Editorial Wild Oats, by Mark Twain.
The Bath Comedy, by Agnes y
Egerton Castle.
Lynette and the Congressman, by N.
+. Sanborn.
raby Bullet. by Lloyd OSbournc.
Reformation of Aunt Mary. by
Annie Warmer.
A Southern Girl OF 81, by Mrs. ID
G.. Wright
The Spectators Of John Steele. By,
Robt. Barr.
Law Gould Hartman with Mann.
Folks. by Geo. 5. kimbal
TERMS New Books &c. ucr tsv
Old Books lc per day
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-10
p o u l. t. Y
White Wyandottes and
BLACK MINORCAS.
The Two Leading Strains.

Young Stock for sale now. Egg orders
booked now fer coming season.
All persons interested in Standard Bred
Poultry are invited to visit my poultry yards,
Greenberry Farm, North Severn.
Phone 1854 OLE REMSEN,
slSw +. q. Box l76, Anna polls, Md.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19


a discussion recently arose among
the officers and statesmen Of the David
Bradley Mfg Co. as regards the dis
position Of corn stalks after the re-
moval of the corn and fodder--some
being under the Impression that ma
jority of the farmers burn their stalks,
while others claimed they we're plow'
ed under. Il was finally decided that
an inquiry be sent to the Agricultural
Department OF the Illinois University
at Urbana. III. We give below the
substance of the reply to the inquiry,
which will be of great interest to our
readers. especially those interested in
farming:
David Bradley Mfg. Co. Bradley, III:
Gentiemen-Your letter of June
18th regarding burning OF corn stalks
was referred to me. A reply has been
delayed because of my absence from
the university. | would say that as
general rule II is better to pillow corn
stalks under than to burn them. A
ton of corn stalks contains about l6
pounds of nitrogen. which is lost in
burning. and. of course. as the corn
decays In the ground they form a
large amount of humus, which is al
ready becoming more or less deficient
In most Illinois land. There are times
however. when 1t is probably better
TO sacrifice this nitrogen and humus
and burn the stalks. Thus. If one
has heavy growth of stalks on his
land which must be plowed late in
the spring in dry season, 1t would
undoubtedly be better to burn the
stalks, because this amount of decay
ed coarse organic matter would inter
fere with the capillary action and
cause the land TO dry out, and prob
ably produce greater injury to the
crop that season than would ever be
counterbalanced by subsequent bene-
fits due to the turning under of the
stalks. II, however. the stalks can
be plowed under late in the fall or
early spring or at any time in the
spring, II the season is fairly wet. and
the stalks are well broken or cut into
small pieces so that the ground settles
down and capillary action is not in
terfered with. then | would certainly
prefer blowing the stalks under. In
general farm practice when the humus
content of soils becomes somewhat
reduced. the practice of burning
stalks grows less and finally practic
ally ceases. Cyril G. Hopkins,
Professor of Soil Fertility.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19
Fostering the Wood Lot.

Many OF our farms have wood lots
on them that are being rapidly cut
over but which would, II rightly han
died, give firewood for the farm for
generations to come. There is one
mistake being made in the handling
of these wood lots to which attention
should be called That is permitting
the trees to grow too far apart The
result is that the trees branch largely
and branches are very difficult to
work into stove wood. II they are to
be sold they must generally be sold at
a discount because they do not pack
closely into the wagons The amount
of labor to work up such trees Is so
very great that there Is little profit
in the operation. What the farmer
wants in his wood lot is a straight
tree with numerous small branches.
Such tree works up easily into
stove wood of any length II packs
closely on the wagon and the large
trunks may be easily split by beetle
and wedges The farmer that has a
wood lot that is growing too sparsely
will do we'll to either plant seeds OF
the best kinds of fuel wood, or en-
courage the seedlings that have al.
ready started. The small trees should
be encouraged TO grow three or four
feet apart rather than rod apart
Albert Bates. Du Page Co. H.. in
Farmers Review
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19
The ROund.Headed Apple Tree sorer.

49, ''~N'NE''N'NNN FNbfiN 'iNN o0ftif
The scientific name of this insect
is Saperda Gambia. The first mention
we have of It was by Thomas Say in
1924. II is altogether probable, how
ever. that II was common in the apple
orchards in America from the hrst
advent of Europeans that planted
fruit trees. SO far as is known it is
a native Of America. without doubt
its chief stronghold was the wild crab
apple trees. which are everywhere
abundant in this country. and II is
possible also. that it attacked and
lived on other members OF the Rosa.
ceae family. The borer itself, that
is. the slug. is about one inch in
length and is yellowish white Il
has no feet. The head is small and
brown in color and the jaws are black
The round-headed borer is one of the
most destructive OF the borers Trees
are very seriously injured by It. and
frequently many are killed outright.
some trees attacked by the round
headed borer will blossom in the
spring. hut fail TO put forth leaves,
their supply of sap having been ex.
hausted through the holes made by
the borers. Here and there trees are
found entirely girdled by the borers.
In such a case the tree is doomed
There Is no question that any tree
where even one borer resides Is great
ly injured by this unwelcome guest.
But when a dozen are found in a
single tree, IL may well be concluded
that its usefulness is past. The chief
thing is to exclude the borer from
the trees. Wherever there has been
trouble from them the trees should be
wrapped with some kind of material
that will entirely exclude the borers.
Some orchardists use wrapping paper.
some manila paper, some tar paper
or fine wire screen. This, II properly
applied, will prevent the borers from
attacking the tree. The efficacy OF
these wrapping materials depends en-.
tirely upon the skill and care with
which they are put on. II is OF no use
TO try to do poor job in applying
these protectors. for in that case la
Dor and expense are thrown away
The eggs are not deposited above two
feet and a half from the ground
Therefore, II the wrapping material
covers the tree fos the lower two feet
Of the trunk 1t will be effective, pro-
vided 1t passes slightly under the
soil at the bottom. Perhaps tarred
paper or fine wire netting is the best.
as this will not only exclude the Dor
ers, but win also prevent the ravages
of mice, rabbits, and other small
/ gnawing animals. The material used
in fastening these wrappers should
be such as will break upon the grow
ing OF the tree. The use OF strong
wire, therefore. is excluded, as this
would cut into the tree and have the
effect OF girdling It. It is well to
examine the trees during the late
summer and early fall months for
eggs and young grubs. which can be
readily detected and destroyed with a
( knife.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19
Growing Alfalfa.

When first commenced to
grow alfalfa 1t was hard
matter for me to get good stand.
tried to grow it on land undertake by
an impermeable subsoil, and soon
found that this would not pay. Alfalfa
does better in fields not to be passed
through, and to have good success in
cultivating 1t. the subsoil must be in
first-class condition. also find that
the fields should be well drained, as
It will not stand flooding of stagnant
water. II is better, | think, not to
pasture alfalfa, as the yield OF hay or
green fodder will be larger than that
which has been pastured.
When an alfalfa field is pastured
the stock tramps down the soil.
which binders its growth. And find
that when the stems are grazed the
stalks die down. and of course the
shoots come from the upper part of
the root, and this is one reason that
| do not believe alfalfa fields should
be pastured. The stems of many
other forage plants when cut branch
out above the ground, forming shoots
that grow up and take the place OF
the old stems, but with alfalfa the
vitality of the roots may be much i'm
paired II the young stems are grazed
as fast as they appear, because the
new growth comes from the roots.
Alfalfa requires clean ground, and
should not be sown on weedy fields,
as weeds can easily crowd 1t out. Al
falfa should be cut for hay when the
flowers appear, for II we wait many
days after. the stems become tough.
The yield of hay is not so large, but
the quality is a great deal better than
that not cut so early. On an average
make from three to three and
half tons Of hay per acre on some OF
the land which is adapted to its cult
walton. ! break the ground and fer
tilize it with lime, which holds the
land In curing alfalfa | make II up
in piles five or six feet high and atch
II carefully TO keep II from henting
and molding. | always cut the second
crop for seed II alfalfa hay is stack
ed in the field II should be covered
with a hay cap as it will not turn
water. My average yield of seed per
acre is from five to eight bushels. and
as there is always a good demand for
alfalfa seed all farmers should grow
III. S, Underwood, Johnson Co.
H. in Farmers Review
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19
RAISING or BUYING small EruIt.

We have always urged farmers TO
raise enough small fruit for their fam.
lily use. The proportion of farmers
that raise enough fruit for their fam.
lilies is increasing from year to year.
but yet there are many farmers that
do not raise any kind of small fruit.
Their stock argument is that il is
cheaper to buy the fruit than TO raise
IT, That may be so in some cases, but
even If II we're so in all cases, the fact
remains that most farmers do not buy
fruit for their families; and II they
do not raise it, their families do Aot
get it. Every man can afford to raise
all the fruit his family can use in a
year, and il his fruit raising opera
lions are properly conducted. they will
require but little time throughout the
Farmers Review
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19

Some owners of orchards have dis.
covered that bitter-rot is less preva.
lent on trees open to the light of the
sun. Experimenters have taken the hint
and will henceforth prune to secure
sunlight. as one means of controlling
the disease known as bitter-rot.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19

For more than two years the United
States Bureau of Forestry has been
cooperating with the American Tele.
phone and Telegraph Company, and
more recently with the Postal Tele.
graphCable Company, in an expert
mental study to increase the durabil-
ity Of telegraph and telephone poles.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19

The chemist can tell us what is in
a sample of soil; he cannot tell us
how large proportion OF the mineral
slements are available for plant food.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-19

FAN planting of trees is good in a
large part of the temperate zone.
There is a line, however, north of
which fan planting of most fruit trees
is not safe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08
Detectives of New-York City

so few that they may be stated briefly
Henry Truxton, building contractor, was found
dead in his office one Saturday afternoon by his
gang-boss who went to get money with which to pay
off two hundred men in the contractors employ
rent This office was IN a small building Murray
Hill east of Fifth-ave mere temporary structure,
a vacant lot but the center of several large
operations that TruXton conducting. Money
and jewelry were found upon the dead man, but
there was no trace of the twenty-seven hundred
and fifty dollars that he had obtained at his bank.
The office boy was absent; there no possible
way of learning his address. He appeared Monday
morning however and had not heard of his en-
ployers death. He had been allowed to go away
Saturday noon Nothing disarranged- A
pistol with two chambers exploded, lay the desk
in front of the dead
Death had been caused by pistol ball that had
penetrated the head of the contractor in front OF
the right ear. A careful examination of the wound
did not show any signs of powder; in addition
suicide after shooting himself in the head, would
not have been able to place the revolver upon the
desk before him scrutiny of the walls showed
that another shot had been fired, apparently from
the same weapon, accounting for the flrst OF the
empty shells in the pistol Assuming that the
pistol belonged the dead man, he must have shot
at somebody; then the weapon must have been
taken from his hand and used against himself. This
was a natural hypothesis 1t looked all right and
seemed to settle the question as to murder or
suicide.
in a check-book that indicated a draft Of three
thousand dollars from the Bank of North America
made payable to Henry Truxton drawn sometime
that day. The bank closed. The letter-books
did not show that this check had been mailed to
ANYBODY, and it became fair assumption that 1t
had been converted into cash to pay the men
through the gang boss Casey This man did not
bear good reputation. He had been arrested
several times The charges had been trivial but my
men Immediately suspected him. And why nott
Supposnp that he had known his employer was in
possession of a large of money, might he not
have decided to take his 1ife2 But personally did
not believe that Casey had any part in the murder;
though he the first man to discover the crime
and the who ought to have secured the missing
money.
Casey was kept under constant observation for
several DAYS He apparently going about his
work as usual, although we discovered that he was
spending money freely. The superintendent OF
police favored arresting the man at once; but | de-
INJURED preferring to keep him under surveillance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08

who have read French detective
stories or who are familiar with the French proceed
ure will understand its scope and its method. 1t
IS never employed unless direct evidence is lack
ing. 1t is vital necessity to the Police Depart
1nent IN the detection of crime. But it involves
peculiarly many questions as to the rights OF the
individual and is often denounced by the press and
criticized by the public in way which serves only
to show prevailing ignorance of its necessity and
its character.
Personally I believe in it. because I believe in
the conviction of the guilty And yet, l would
prefer that countless guilty people should escape
rather than innocent person should suffer.
Whatever may be said about the inhexibe laws
of Justice and the Overriding Providence that
brings the guilty to punishment, experience shows
that the must be made by the Police De
I1art1nent The regulations of a score Of great
criminal LAWYERS have been made IN the district
attorneys Office by patient, thoughtful and per-
sistentlv unrecognized work by members OF the
detective staff at the central Office And in order
that all unnecessary romance and prejudice shall
be removed from considering the " Third Degree
It seems desirable that the public should under
stand exactly what it IS and what 1t IS not.
The Third Degree" may be defined any
method by which you reach mans mind
through his imagination Each case that comes
before the chief of the detective bureau requires
treatment different from any other In nearly all
cases however the first proceeding might be called
THE Sympathetic Talk 1t consists in making
friend of the prisoner; getting him to talk freely
with YOU other subjects than the crime; getting
him to lay bare his real nature and, as happens in
nearly all cases, uncover many facts, to him un
important which may be of the greatest value in
establishing his guilt or innocence.
Even in cases wherein 1t fails to elicit the exact
information desired, some feature of the crime
ALWAYS Is learned from this mental play. !
greatly helped the search for truth by such talks
with prisoners. My first step generally was to
arouse their syrnpathies and to awaken their con-
sciences to a sense of guilt The most hardened
criminal always has remnants of a conscience
left the lack of use causes 1t to reawaken all the
stronger when once 1t IS invoked.
Often the prisoner would lay bare his whole
crime before he realized what he had done. He was
generally brought directly to me upon his arrest,
and we sat down alone to talk over his case. |
always manifested such interest his trouble that
the prisoner thought exceptional condescension
on my part. l treated the offense lightly, some
thing that might happen to anybody, l avoided
any censure or accusation To come out and
accuse man, before you have any evidence, IS to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08

put the prisoner at a decided advantage He will
brace himself for defense; he will deny, and steel
himself to support the denial | rarely gave him
such an opportunity We talked about all manner
of subjects; and the would chatter away,
rather glad to feel that he treated Familiarity;
but he was always at a grave disadvantage because
he was thinking solely of his crimes and wondering
why l did Lot come to the point As the talk went
on, the character OF the arrested man developed,
especially all his weak points Presently the fellow
became putty in the hands OF adroit examiner.
One of the last experiences of my career at head
quarters will illustrate this first step in the Third
Degree" A stolid German, under arrest for
the murder of janitor and felow-countryman
who had taken pity his poverty and given him
shelter, brought to the office. He had been
caught pawning of the trinkets of the muir
dered man, and his presence in the janitors apart
1nent on the night of the murder had been estab-
lshed; but that was not enough The crime was
one of the coarsest brutality and l had no more
sympathy for the scoundrel who committed 1t than
for snake but the important question to decide
was whether the murderer the under
arrest. 1t just as important to establish his
innocence, his partial innocence, as his guilt If
guilty as l believed him, he knew that fact and
would think of nothing else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08

So, led his mind back to Germany where he was
born, back to his schoolates and his sweethearts,
back to his old mother in the kitchen and the old
father by the freside with his porcelain-bow pipe.
The young fellow was soon in agony at finding
himself so far from the crime that uppermost
in his mind. But over there in Germany he had to
stay and think and recollect, and call up mental
pictures of the scenery and the and the gardens
and companions that had once been so dear to him
but were now separated by the unfathomable gulf
of a loathsome crime. His heart began to melt
and his sympathies swelled under the glow of the
kindly interest that he assumed me to feel. Not
reference had been made to the crime for which he
was in custody, remember. He had not been made
acquainted with the charge against him.
When the magic moment came, l laid my hand
his shoulder and said But, old fellow, you
are IN bad plight now
Still no reference to the crime; but, piable and
melted like wax, he told every horrid detail of the
murder, as a child might confess some petty fault
to his parent.
1t will thus be seen that the Third Degree" is
always duel mental fencing match between the
criminal and the detective And the best ex-
PLANTATION of any abstruse problem is by example,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-08

THE so-called Third Degree, "
the system of inquiry which
4 detectives employ in order
to establish the guilt or innocence
OF a person suspected of crime,
had its origin in France All
who have read French detective
Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-11

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