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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18

Lokal Anzeiger from Riga, dated Dec.
Is, via ship to Reval, thence by mes
senger to st. Petersburg and thence
by courier to Eydtkuhnen. East Prus-
sia, says:
Lithuanian workmen today attempt
cd to force their way into an electric
light powerhouse, which was occupied
by troops. A volley was fired into the
crowd, killing twelve men. The rest
ded.
The Lithuanian revolutionists hold
all the approaches to the town, seize
all vehicles and slaughter the horses.
Many minor disorders and plunderings
have occurred.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18
ARMY HALF MUTINoUs.

Serious Condition Of Affairs Exists In
Manchuria.
New York, Dec. 1S.-A cable dis.
patch to the World dated St. Peters.
burg, Dec. IA, via Helsingfors. Fin.
land, Dec. Is, says:
II cannot combat the growth and
spread of the revolutionary movement
In the army. already more than half
mutinous," General Linevitch tele-
graphs from Manchuria. "The reserves
demand to be sent home Immediately
and refuse to take paper money. Tele.
graph instructions. Urgent"
The greatest secrecy is thrown over
the governments answer to Ltnevitch,
which was sent via VladivostOk.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18
American College Destroyed.

Constantinople. Dec. 1S.--Barton
Hall, the American college for girls in
the suburb Of Scutari. was partially
destroyed by fire during the night.
The students. including a number Of
boarders. were in bed when the flames
we're discovered. All the inmates
were rescued.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18
HYDE DENIES STORY.
Has No Intention Of Going Abroad "a
Reside.

New York. Dec. 18.-Regarddng the
published report that he was going
abroad to live James Hazen Hyde
said:
"The statement Is absolutely untrue.
While it Is fact that have contem.
plated trip to Europe In the near
future for the purpose of securing a
change and rest, which my physicians
say need, have not the slightest
intention of making any place in Eu-
rope my permanent home and It Is not
fact that my house In this city is for
SALE"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18
Affects Tw.lxe THOUSAND Men.

New York, Dec. 1S.-After confer
ences lasting over two months the
Brotherhood of Carpenters has made
an agreement with the Master Car
penters' association affecting 10000
men, by which wages will be increased
from $3.50 to $3.50 day on July 1.
The brotherhood demanded an increase
az 50 cents q day on July !.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18
RUSSIAN PEOPLE ADVISED TO RE.
FUSE TO PAY TAXES OF ANY
DESCRIPTION.
Aurl.sovsarusnr MANIFESTO ISSUED
REvoLUTioNARiEs DEFY Off
GALS IN BITTERLY WoRDED
DOCUMENT.

st. Petersburg, Dec. is. via Eydt.
kuhnen, East Prussia. Dec. 18.-The
proletariat organizations. through the
Invisible government" threw a bomb
shell into the camp of the official gov.
eminent during the night by issuing
q manifesto. following the form Of q
regular imperial document. declaring
the bankruptcy Of the treasury. order.
ing the proletariat army everywhere
to refuse to pay taxes Of any descrip'
tion, to insist on the payment OF wages
in gold or silver and to withdraw all
their deposits from the savings banks
In gold.
The manifesto Is q terrible tndict'
ment OF the manner In which the bu.
reaucracy has brought the country to
financial ruin. asserting that the gov
ernment has squandered not only the
eountry's income but the proceeds OF
the foreign loans on railroads, the
army and the feet. leaving the people
without schools or roads. yet. 1t Is de.
clared, there Is no money to feed the
soldiers and everywhere there are IN.
surrections OF the beggared and
starved troops and sailors.
The manifesto even charges the gov.
eminent with using the deposits In
the government savings banks to spec
ulate on the bourse and with cover
ing up Its chronic deficits IN the
interest on the immense Debt
by the proceeds Of the foreign loans.
which are at last exhausted. The rich,
Il L. further declared. have already
taken warning and are converting
their property into securities and gold
and are sending them abroad. The
only salvation for the country, accord
ting to the manifesto, II the overthrow
Of the autocracy by constttuens as
sembly and the sooner the govern
ment falls the better. Therefore the
last source OF the existence Of the old
regime-its financial revenue must
be stopped"
The document Is signed by the mem
bers OF the workmen's council. the
committee OF the Pan-Russian union
and the central committees OF the 50.
cial Democrats, Social Reyolutionists
and Socialists OF Poland.
This great step Of the revolution
aries, which throws down the gauge
OF battle to the government. was pre-
pared with such secrecy that the ~.
thorities were taken on their guard
and did not even attempt to prevent
its publication In the newspapers. The
revolutionary leaders expect It Will be
followed BY reprisals and arrests, but
al this has been foreseen. The lead
ers laid their plans deeply before =
suing the manifesto. Nsw committees
Of the various organizations have been
elected IN the third and fourth degree.
II one set Of committees is put behind
the bars another win take IT. placs
and carry on the work.
TWELVE MoRkMGN KILLED.
MOI Attsmpts to gRtss Dulldlno and
Trooeo Fjros
nsritn. nao. 11lr4G GGnlfeb - ~
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18
Sensational Stories Denied.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 1S.-The official
telegraph agency is authorized to state
that the reports published abroad to
the effect that Irkutsk, Siberia, has
been in flames; that fighting has oc-
eurred between loyal and mutinous
troops at Harbin, Manchuria: that an
other mutiny has occurred at Vladi-
sostok and that Kharkoff and Eliza
bethgrad are ablaze are pure inven-
tOnS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-18

1t is difficult to cure cough or free
yourself from the discomforts OF a cold
unless you move the bowels. Bees ak
ative Honey and Tar acts on the bow
els and drives all cold out Of the sys.
tenn. For Group, whooping cough, colds.
and all Lung and Bronchial affections,
no remedy is equal to the original Bees 8
Laxative Honey and Tar. A Liquid
Cold Cure.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
How I Made Asparagus Paw

Eight years ago | set ont oo.
Conover Colossal and 1000 P Paln,vyN 1,vN
two-year-old roots. The gronnd ilf''G e
been previously well mannraJ lad LAD
sowed to peas. After peas Wara y" and
ran off rows 125 feet long and ~ tba, GU,
feet apart. Then threw ont tbo sute9
to depth of twelve inches iii1;pS? Hin s?D
trench with well-rotted comnoat IL
with about six inches of the ton ~ w 70
this / set the roots, spreading tbou vi
out evenly as possible, and flline Iua tIn
trench level. and allowed it to rema;; s!s
so until spring, when the m;dJaa l
were plowed out, forming beds ss vnrs
much like those made for cottoS ls
planting.
I cut very sparingly that sprn,
and kept the rows free from oras,
and weeds. In the fall [ gave tbo
ground a heavy coat of manure and
The next spring l narrowed the patcb
both ways and plowed the midT~a
and had the top of beds good and
loose. That year | sold about s35
worth of asparagus on the local mar.
ket. Every other year since | give
a good coat of manure in the fan
and in the following spring, lust af,
ter working for last time, SOW broai
cast 200 pounds of some good fer
tilizer, and every third year 300
pounds of salt.
| commence cutting about March
18th, every other day, until the LIST
of June. when other vegetables come
in. / gather it late in the evening,
have it punched and trimmed. and
send it to the grocerymen early ncH
morning.
The first cutting in the spring al
ways bring a good price-20 to 2j
cents per bunch. As it comes in at
a time when there is nothing else on
the market in the shape of "garden
sass" it never has gone below 10
cents per bunch with me, and at that
price there is a fair profit i'll it. |
think my patch of less than one half
an acre pays at the ratc Of 800 per
acre.
After your bed is established It
can be kept up with very little cost
not over Sc per acre yearl y-and
with proper care and attention, bed
should be good for a lifetime.
UNCLE 10.
Mecklenburg Co., n. G.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

Messrs. Editors: As the straw
berry has become one of the impor-
tant money crops of the great truck
ing belt of Eastern North Carolina,
it may be interesting to some OF your
readers to know something of its
habits and the mode of culture by
an old grower. l know of but one
man who is meaner than the farmer
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
SUCCESSFUL STRAWBERRY GROWING.
Varieties yar With SoSurace
is Best-The BestW Cultivate ETC.

surface for this crop, but the sub
soil should be we'll pulverized with a
subsoil rlow simply to retain mois-
ture. Vital strawberry roots are
never found more than three inches
under the surface and most of them
are less than two.
Any one buying plants from the
Continental Plant Company, of Kit
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

fat land as it chemically corrects
certain acids and hberates valuable
nroperties in the soil which are dor
mant in their natural condlt1on;
oxygen let in by drainage and cultl-
walton accomplishes this, but less
rapidly.
Fertilizers for the strawberry crop
should be left as near the surface
as possible, else you get the potash
and phosphoric acid below and en-
tirely out of reach of the vital roots'
unlike ammonia they never rise TO
the surface, but work downward IN
the soil. It is best to work the fer
tilizer lightly into the soil before
setting out plants, or lightly around
them after they take root.
Cultivating the Crop
The cultivation should be shallow;
if they are Flowed with turn plow
to cover grass or to put in fertlll-
ger, as I have seen in September or
even later, the farmer is always late
in shipping his crop. A turn plow
should never go into a strawberry
field after the first of September nor
then if not in the hands of a most
skilful plowman. And just here l
will say there are very few men who
know how to plow.
Don't PIow After September.
No plow of any kind should ever
go into a strawberry field after the
first of October if you want to lead
your neighbors in early shipments.
If you tear up and destroy the. roots
at this season you direct the ener-
lies of the plant from maturing
fruit buds which are to remain dor
mant until spring, and force it to
repair the damage done to it's roots
by the plow. When the strawberry
plant is properly cared for it often
has twice as many well-developed
berries as it has leaves. Deep, late
blowing gives heavy foliage, but late
fruit.
Ny first shipment this season was
two crates on the 9th of April. [
hope l have made myself sufficiently
plain to be understood by my farm
er friends.
E. PORTER.
Rocky Point. n. G.
L Il
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

who knows a good thing and will not
tell his neighbor; he is the fellow
who is not good to his wife.
Get the Right Variety.
We are often asked about the best
variety, the soil best Suited. the best
manures, when and how to set the
plants, how to cultivate, etc, etc.
Answering, will say the strawberry
is like other fruit: there Is 20 one
variety suited to every section of
country or to every soil. Some of
the varieties that do well in the
Northern States or as near as Vir-
ginia are failures in Eastern North
Carolina. Certain apples do we'll in
our eastern country, but are failures
in the western part of our own State,
and / will say no variety of berries
do their best every year.
The Strawberry Hard to Defeat.
Like peaches and apples, they have
their off years, but they never fail
to make some crops as they are in
domitable. The frost may kill the
early bloom, but they come again. /
have seen a patch burned after the
berries were mulched and nearly
ready to pick, destroying the last
vestige of foliage, yet they came out
and produced a crop of fine fruit,
though too late for market.
The only thing that can defeat the
strawberry is the beetle, which cuts
the bloom and with its characteTis-
tic energy stays and works during the
blooming season. We are looking
to our Agricultural Department at
its experimental farm recently
bought in Pender County to tell us
what to do with this bug.
The Best Type of SofI.
The best varieties can only be de-
termined by experimenting in differ
ent sections or locations. Any soil
that will produce a crop of cotton
will grow strawberries, but the allu-
vial sandy piney land of our eastern
counties with clay subsoil which re-
spends readily to fertilizers. when
well drained, seem to be especially
suited to this crop, which is a sur
face feeder and needs no depth of
soil. The surface soil is always the
richest and should be kept on the
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

rell, n. c., will get ample instruc-
tions; and if you do not buy their
plants, write them for directions.
The time to plant is any time when
you have the soil sufficiently moist
and the weather is not cold enough
to freeze them out.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

That club of three-we are wait
ing for it.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25
Surface Fertilizing is Best.

1t matters little what you call the
fertilizer used; ammonia, phosphoric
acid, and potash is all you need and
all you get in any commercial fertil-
izer that is worth having. Lime is
not manure, but is valuable on most
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-25

who knows a good thing and will not
tell his neighbor; he is the fellow
who is not good to his wife.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30

ordinary tourists track that few ven.
ture there who are not on business
bent, owing to the difficulty of transit
in Burma.
Fair promise of gain will tempt
men to go anywhere in search of It.
Some go to burning South Africa for
diamonds, and others to frozen Alaska
for gold. Even so men go to Burma
for rubies. For the ruby ranks next
to the diamond among precious
stones, and holds premiership all
its own among the colored gems with
which men and women love to bedeck
themselves.
1t is not strange, therefore, that
many should search for stone that
is a brother to the amethyst, the sap.
phire and the topaz, and which not in.
frequently outranks the diamond In
value, being. in fact, the gem of gems
OF the east. A fawless five-carat
ruby will bring twice as much as a
diamond of equal weight, while ten.
carat ruby will bring three times as
much and cannot be bought for much
less than $4,000"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30
J New Electric Engine

A black iron monster, with re.
versible front and corridor extend.
ing from end to end and communicat.
ing with the cars 1t draws-such Is
the general appearance OF the famous
electric locomotive.
In nontechnical language, says a
writer In the Review OF Reviews, II
consists of ninety-five-ton engine on
four driving axles. the motive power
being produced directly without inter
mediate gearing, from powerful cleo.
trio motor. developing a capacity OF
1000 horsepower, which can be In.
creased to 5000. The method is by
the third rail, section Of six miles
In the open country west OF Schen.
ectady having been equipped espe.
sally for this trial by the General
Electric company. which also furn.
ished the power for the tests. The
third rail was protected by a wooden
hood, so that no one could reach II
unless he tried.
At crossings or other places where
the third rail was interrupted the
motive power was supplied by con-
nection with an overhead wire, a troll.
ley from the locomotive meeting at
these points by means of a pneu.
matte device controlled by the engi-
neer. The frame OF the locomotive
is OF steel. which acts also as part
OF the magnetic circuit for the motors.
In the test at Schenectady the center
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30
OYSTER ExcELs AS A FOOD.
Easily Digestible and Highly Bene-
fetal to the Nerves.


fetal to the Nerves.
Recent experiments show the great
digestibility of the oyster When
the oyster was crushed and placed
in cold water about half of the solid
matter was Dissolved. When the oys-
ter was placed uncrushed in the same
medium one-fourth of its solid mat
ter was dissolved. 1t is believed that
IL the oyster be chewed more than
half of it is dissolved in the mouth
Cold water appears to be the best
thing to drink with oysters. But chab-
lis Is good, dissolving 38 per cent of
the solid matter of the oyster.
What are the solids of the oyster?
They are the proteids corresponding
to the lean of meat or the white of an
egg, fat, starchy matters and glyco-
gen. This last means the substance
which the liver manufactures for
future use. 1t is very like sugar, and
when wanted for use is changed into
sugar. 1t is the substance which
makes the oyster sweet in the mouth.
But there are other valuable con
stituents of the oyster-what are call
ed the glycero-phosphoric compounds.
Medical men prescribe these for i'm
proving the nervous system, so that
diet of oysters is unquestionably
good for the nerves. They also con-
tain common salt, little copper and
several phosphates. And taking the
whole contents of the oyster shell,
one finds almost everything necessary
for the food of the body.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30

o'clock, heralded by the sound OF
many brass instruments the priests
leave the church, preceded by troop
of cavalry. With them are borne
numbers of religious emblems and
banners. The priests chant as they
march to the quay, where they go
through the special form of blessing
the waters of the country No matter
now severe the weather no word of
the long service is omitted. The wa
ter is distributed among the people,
who treasure the few drops which fall
to their share as an antidote against
the evil eye and other fearsome ills.
The straw is eagerly grabbed up after
the ceremony to perform the same Of
fee for horses and cattle. Until few
years ago it was the custom to cut
hole in the ice of a stream, and into
this hole cross was cast. The Rou.
manian men dived for this and the
fortunate man could carry it for three
days and collect Montreal
Herald
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30

or the cab was taken up by a set OF
recording instruments showing speed,
voltage, consumption of current, how
curves are taken and various other
qualities of the locomotive. When In
use hauling trains, however, this
space will be occupied by a heating
apparatus.
According to law, there must be two
men on the locomotive-the master
engineer and helper, who will take
the place Of the old.time fireman. In
designing the locomotive the general
features of the steam engine have been
kept In mind and valves, whistles,
controllers, bells and other devices
are within easy reach OF the engineer
II was the aim OF the designers to sc.
cure In this machine the best mechani.
cal features Of the high-speed steam
locomotive, combined with the enor.
nous power and simplicity in control
made possible by the use of the cleo.
trio drive.
The elimination OF gear and bearing
losses permits OF a very high efficiency
and 1t Is claimed for the new machine
that 1t will pound and roll much less
than the steam locomotive, and thus
reduce the expense of maintaining the
rails and road-bed. BY the use of the
Sprague General Electric multiple.
unit system OF control two or more
locomotives can be coupled together
and operated from the leading cables
as single unit.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30
READS THE BOOK.
1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" Pointed the
WAY.

1.-THE Road to MELVILLE" Pointed the
Way.
Down at Hot Springs, Ark, the Wis.,
itors have all sorts of complaints, but
1t is subject of remark that the great
majority of them have some trouble
with stomach and bowels. This may
be partly attributed to the heavy med
icines.
Naturally, under the conditions, the
question of food is very prominent.
A young man states that he had suf-
fered for nine years from stomach
and bowel trouble, had two operations
which did not cure. and was at last
threatened with appendicitis.
He went to Hot Springs for rheu-
matism and his stomach trouble got
worse, One day at breakfast the
waiter, knowing his condition, sug-
gested he try Grape-Nuts and cream.
which he did, and found the food
agreed with him perfectly.
After the second day he began to
sleep peacefully at night, different
than he had tor years. The perfect d.
gestion of the food quieted his nery-
GUS system and made sleep possible.
He says: THE next morning was
astonished TO find my condition Of con-
stipation had disappeared. l could not
believe it true after suffering for SO
many years; then | took more interest
in the food, read the little book The
Road to Wellville. and started follow
ing the simple directions.
81 have met with such results that
in the last FIVE weeks | have gained
eight pounds in spite Of hot baths
which take away the flesh from any
one.
"a friend of mine has been entirely
cured of bad case Of indigestion and
stomach trouble by using Grape-Nuts
Food and cream alone for breakfast.
There is one thing in particular
have noticed a great change in my
mental condition. Formerly ] could
hardly remember anything. and now
the mind seems unusually acute and
retsntive. can memorize practically
anything desire" Name given BY
Postum Co., BATTLE Greek, Mich.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30
In Common ThInus.

Seek not afar for beauty. Lol 1t glows
In dew-wet grasses all about thy feet;
In birds, in sunshine, childish faces
sweet,
In stars, and mountain submits topped
with SHOWS.
Go not abroad for happiness For, see!
1t Is a flower that blossoms by thy
door.
Bring love and justice home; and then
no more
Thou'lt wonder in what dwelling joy may
be.
Dream not of noble service elsewhere
wrought;
The simple duty that awaits thy hand
Is Gods voice uttering divine com
Iifes common deeds build all that saints
have thought.
In wonder workings, or some bush aafime
Men look for God, and fancy Him CON
cealed
But in earth's common things He
stands revealed
While grass and flowers and stars spell
out His name.
The paradise men seek, the city bright
That CLEANS beyond the stars for long
ing eyes,
Is only human goodness in the skies.
Earth's deeds, well done. glow into heav-
emily light.
-Minot J. Savage.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1905-03-30
City Built Upon Rubies

Mogok. city In the northern Shan
states OF Burmah, is literally
built upon rubies," says a writer in
the Booklovers Magazine. The earth
in the streets and Enclosures is of a
crystalline limestone formation, con-
tanning numerous veins OF gem-bear-
ing gravel The numerous houses and
pagodas represent SO many rubies
converted into cash.
The houses Of Mogok are practic-
ally the dwelling places only of ruby
miners and merchants and their fami-
lies and each pagoda is a votive offer
Ing to the gods for luck. 1t is said
that a king would be ruling at Man
dalay to-day IL 1t had not been for
rubies and Mogok would still have
been an obscure village with a few
core Inhabitants had there been no
rubies in the vicinity, whereas now
there are about 10000 people of
every color and hue-the English.
man, American. the Frenchman and
German, the Armenian, pure native
and Jew"
Mogok is so far removed from the