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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17
WILL HAVE PROPER "FIZZ.
water From NinnchHhR Fails VIII
lie tsrd by Rose SchalI-r to
Christrn the Vessel.

ST Paul. MINI, March II Water
from Minnchaha Falls will be used In
christening the battlcship Minnesota.
Gov johnson has 80 announced,
Miss Rose Marie Schallcr. the univer.
sity student who Is to christen the bat
tleship. called on the governor and
discussed the subject. Both had re-
ceivcd numerous letters from temper.
ancc advocates. urging that water in
st ,ad of wine he used for the christen-
ing.
The water probably will be carbonat-
ed so as 10 give the proper "izz' when
the hottie Is broken.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17

Richmond, Mo, March ll.-Bail has
been again refused re-. Emma Perdue.
who is charged with the murder Uf her
husband. DR.. Emmett Pcrdue.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17

Berlin. March ll.-Emppror William.
addressing the naval recruits at VIII
helmshayen. Thursday. held up the
Japanese soldiers as luminous exam.
pie Of patriotism and soldierly fidelity
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17
Tobacco Trust Earnings,

New York, March l0.-The report OF
the tobacco trust treasurer for 1904, at
Its stockholders meeting, showed
earnings above all charges Of s22,304,-
CsG.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17

Thirty. five thousand men will
march in the parade in st. Louis
on st. Patrick's Day.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17
THE VICTORIOUS
Japanese ARMY
After the Capture OF Mukden,
Continues the Pursuit OF
Russians.
LOSSES OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY
HAVE BEEN VERY HEAVY.

LarEs Part of the Jupnncsr Army
Is Ia Pursuit OF the shattered
Near Guard Ot the Fleeing Mus
goNItrs, who Are MnkinE for the
Muuntains, Throwing Awny
ArmS aud Clothing aud Every
thiuE That Inprdr- ThrIr Flight
War Party trgrs tsnr tu Head
Grrat Army In the Far East.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17
TERRORIST killed
BY HIS OWN BOMB
An Explosion in a ST. Petersburg
Hotel Shakes the En-
tire City.
the OWNER AND PROBABLE MAKER
BLOWN INTO SMALL PIECES

Investigation Proves Bryond Ques-
Tcrrorist Lcnder-Bomb Same
Power na Those which ktiied
ton PleSr and DuLc sergius.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1905-03-17

After the fall OF NuEdrn th" Rus
sian army retreated to the uurrhward,
toward Tie pass. The LOSSES have been
tremendous The rear guard OF the
Russian army fought desperately to
protect the main body Whether the
RUSSIAN army can defend itself against
the Japanese until the arrival ui fresh
men and supplies from Russia Is u
problem ST Peters5urgh dispatches
say /, ia the intention of the govern
mrut To continue the war. hoping to
exhaust Japan financially
Washington, March ii.-Ih" Jap
Hursr legation received III" follow
Ing Telegram from 1"I,i".
"uur troops occupied MuLdrn AZ
10 II. ~. Friday. oar ""N"I"pinE
me, "m"nts under way Tor several
dnSs proved successful, aud the
bIoudIru battle of the war - NOW
proceeding In various places ncHE
MuLd"n, chiefly TO til" north"
Toxic. March IL Mukdrn feel. before
.hr Japanese assault at 10 u'cIu.h Fri.
LAY morning. and the victor,ou, army
Jl the Mikado marched in'u tho an
.icur city
Thousands OF Russian prisoners
many OF them wounded and in the
hospitals. and others cut on from all
avenues Of retreat, were taken togeth
.r with vast stores Of army supplies
Nhlch Kuropatkin had no time 70 de.
atroy
Nearly all OF the Russian armys
Siege guns and heavy artillery we're
,ukru by Oyamas men.
London March l3. -OmciaI st
P,tcr.hprr declares another army viii
De- mubllrd and the war prosecuted to
.hr bIttrr ,ud. Admiral Roiestyrnsky
,7 to be- ordered to proceed to the far
east aud try conclusion, with Togo.
G,u Oyama estimate the Russian
us4rs in the Shakho district At l3U,
ENoHMoI RUSSIAN LOSSES.
Esti"nt-d Th"t rhry hnNr bee"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16

What is the best wheat grown In
the spring wheat section?" / asked
Prof. w. M. Hays, assistant secretary
| of agriculture, acknowledged the best
! authority on wheat breeding In the
world.
"Minnerota No. 1853. Here is what
the wheat experts OF the St Louis ex-
position thought of it," n he handed
me a letter he had just received, being
an official notice that this wheat had
won a grand prize, and that he, as
originator of 1t, would receive a grand
prize medal. :.
This wheat is better han Others"
ne continued, because it has been
bred for two purposes. To n
high quality of flour, and big Yields or
grain. We test q new variety for both
qualities before sending II out.
This wheat was bred at the Min
nesota experiment station from care
fully selected stock. During the eighth
and ninth years we made extensive
the first seed, 800 lots Of four bushels
each.
This seed was sold at about double
\ the market value OF wheat, and only TO
those who agreed TO grow as much
grain as posSible for distribution as
seed.
THE results have been very fiatter-
Ah6s ASloG navy 0GOiA q W ANN
bushels more per acre from No. l69
than from the other varieties grown
alongside Of it. This spring at least
$780, 600 acres of il will be sown. AT a
conservative estimate this should give
the growers 1000, 000 bushels of in
crease over what they would get If
other varieties were sown. Next year
there will be 1880 900 acres of No. 169
wheat grown in tie northwest, and
by the following year il will be grown
generally all over The spring wheat
section, adding several million dollars
TO the gross income from this product.
This is what plant breeding has
lone. We were ten years producing
this variety. 1t took a vast amount OF
labor. Hundreds of thousands of wheat
plants were examined, and records
made on many Of them. But look at
the result. The increased value OF the
wheat crop this year will more than
pay for all the work we have done
in plant breeding, and we have not
confined our work 10 wheat alone.
I'VE hope to take this variety and
from ii develop something enough bet
ter to displace it. In fact we are work.
ing on that now, but it will be ten
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16
2Eggq9gSM HEWln
ISDH BY VERB 6ERX0Ef.
copyRSHZZHI A MRH9AR3T.
CHT./aV3 ~ M RHEHRS/.
IUITTLI/NN W.|F!I@H"'~|
GRSNT BRTHW ~R/GHZ5

The first time I met Mrs. Penthony
she was-very naturally and properly,
as II was only two months after Ter
RVS death-clad In deepest widows
weeds. My poor, dear husband" was
written large all over her, from the
orthodox Grape bonnet On her head TO
the dainty black-stockinged ankles re-
vealed as she stepped u OF the car
riage.
We had not been aware OF the ex-
istence OF Terry's wife until she an
nounced herself In a heart-broken let
ter 10 my father as Terry's widow, and
then my mother insisted on inviting
her at once TO Penthony Court.
We had all adored Terry-my father.
my mother Inc myself. In earliest
years ! had trotted after him, his de-
voted little slave, and, when asked my
name. had always responded, "Terry's
sister" instead OF the proper reply,
Diana Penthony."
Terry, however. had not turned out
quite as he ought to have done. and
after a somewhat lurid career he was
SEN abroad with a tutor, TO rusticate
in a quiet German village, from which
he sent my mother %repentant and af-
fectionate letters. II was a terrible
shock TO us all when we la a wire
from Mr.. Green, the tutor, announcing
our poor. dea boys sudden death, fol-
lowed by a letter telling us that the
authorities had insisted on the inter-
ment taking place within the next two
days.
My father was PROSTATE with grief
and HIS next heir and nearest male
relative, my cousin, Dare Penthony,
was in India, so poor Terrence was bu-
ried far away from US all without one
OF his kith and kin TO follow him to
the grave.
Six weeks later Mrs. Terrence Pen
thongs letter amazed us all. OF course
Terry, being "a, might quite easily
rave got married without seeking his
parents consent, but there seemed TO
be no motive for secrecy.
Katherine Penthony was, she told
us. the daughter OF an independent
gentleman, who had settled in the re-
mote German village for his health's.
sake. and she certainly wrote us in the
style and handwriting of a gentle
woman.
Poor. dear boy" sighed my mother,
ut seems strange he did not tell us
OF IT,"
1T seems her father died very sud-
denly" said my father, glancirg over
the letter again, "and Terry asked her
TO marry him at nee because she was
alone, and then the poor boys death
followed before he could announce the
marriage TO u.s."
Poor child. IL is very sad for her"
murmured my mother.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16

We all know that mulching saves
moisture and keeps down the weeds.
The idea of mulching apple trees is a
new one. and the profit of 1t is told by
N. I. Cox, a well-known Ohio orchard
lst. He says:
Last June ! muIched $50 apple trees
ut a cost OF 80 cents per tree. Part
OF the orchard was left unmuIched as
q test. Some OF these trees were large
enough to bear four or FIVE bushels
each, n others were young trees, not
yielding one barrel. The total Weld
from the ESQ trees was 400 barrels, and
the cost OF mulching per barrel about
Is cents.
I'm October Prof. w. ]. Green. of
the Ohio experiment station, visited
the orchard and picked apples from
average trees In various parts OF the
orchard. He found that from the
Teilched trees 489 apples made a bar
rel. From the unmulched trees $40 an
pies were needed for a barrel. The
gain In number of barrels was about
IL per cent.
trees. rs per cent. were first grade
and rs per cent. second grade apples.
OF those from unmulched trees only
81 per cent. were first grade size. The
color OF h fruit from mulched trees
was much higher thar that from un-
mulched. They were valued at 25
cents per barrel more on this count.
The results showed that the gain
from increased number OF barrels, size
of fruit and It's high color was s23s
or h ESQ mulched trees. The cost
was SIS. Further, the straw remained
on the ground n will be worth fully
~ much Tor next years crop as was
secured this year"
The late summer and fan was favor
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16
BUYING FEED CONTAINING Pr
TEtN.

In some sections of the country hon
grown oats were selling at 40 cents a BUSH
ell and some dairymen were converting
them into stock food in preference to sell
ing at this price. That might be consid-
cred good policy unless one stopped 10 con-
slider that the oats contained little protein
as compared with gluten meal for ex-
ample. At the rate OF 40 cents a bushel a
ton OF grounds oats would cost sos, while q
ton OF gluten meal, ranging In price rom
SIS to SIS according to locality. conta ned
more than double the quantity OF ps3 Elm
than the oats. Hence we see IL wluld
have been profitable to have sold the oats,
even at the low price named, and 10 have
bought the gluten meal. The same s.tuN-
ton obtains with many other things w
raise and buy and no better service can be,
done farmers than to advise them to as
certain the relative feeding values Of the
crop they have to sell and the one they
think OF buying before deciding just what
to DO. Better still. teach yourself and your
soil to raise alfalfa and protein will be
obtained at the cheapest possible expense
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16
Training the Faculties.

Baltimore Herald: Nikola Tesla was
talking a5o his student days ar
Prague.
II remember well at Prague" he
said. IAN old professor OF great orig
inaiity and cumen This professor in
sisted on the value of a free use of
perceptive faculties, and he was al
way pointing out the need for this
use In strange ways
"One day. on arising to lecture. he
began:
"sGentlemen. you do not use your
faculties OF observation as you should
He laid on the table before him q
pot filled with some vile smelling
chemical compounded thick. brown
stun.
when / was a student. he went
on, I did M fear to use my sense of
taste
"He dipped his finger deep n the
pot, and then stuck the finger In his
mouth.
Taste II, gentlemen. Taste IT. he
said. smiling grimly.
The evil pot passed around the
class, and one after another we dipped
our fingers in II and then sucked them
compound was horrible. We made wry
faces and ~spluttered. The professor
watched US with a grim smile.
When the pot was finally returned
to him his thin lips parted and he gave
a dry chuckle.
~ u repeat. gentlemen he said
that o do not use yoIr faculties OF
observation. II you had looked more
closely ait me you would have observed
that the singer / put In my mouth was
not the q ! dipped into the pot.'r
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16
ARRaNeED VERY Soon.
PED HFFAlRo >A1!ln ps

"She doesn't seem to know that
Terry came into 10000 on his mar
rage" my father went On.
did he really?f asked Dare. who
mad come back from India, on receiv-
Ing my fathers
His godfather left him 100000, to
be paid over TO him on his marriage
day. not before. and 10 pass TO his
widow, IL she survived him. Ii was
rather q queer idea, wasn't it?"
Rather" said Dare. But you are
not going to accept this woman's UNI
supported statement that she Is Terry's
widow, are your"
Ny mother fired up at the idea OF
doubling the poor girls word. and my
father picked up another letter with
the samc postmark, and opened IL.
"As X happens, my dear Dare" he
said quietly, I'VE are not required tc
accept Katherfffe's unsupported testi-
mony. This letter is from Green
Uerry's tutor. you know-giving a full
er and more detailed account of the
marriage than the poor, broken-heart-
ed child has been able to do II seems
that they fell In love with each other
at first sight. but hat the fathers
sudden death precipitated matters
Terry's own death occurred but two
days Ire his marriage, before he had
time TO write US. Read for yourself
He handed the letter to Dare. who
glanced yer 1t and then passed II on
to my mother.
An invitation was sent TO my sister
in-law by return OF post. with the re-
suit that. within three weeks, she ar
rived In the deepest possible mourning
and with a face expressive Of the
acutest grief.
But she was very beautiful. I had
been In the habit demonstrating myself
rather a pretty little person, but
faded into insignihcance beside Kath-
crime. What was my round, rosy face
compared. with that faultless wal OF
.-.-,How commonplace were my
gray eyes beside her large. velvety
black otbs. Ny nut-brown curls
seemed unworthy OF admiration. seer
near the heavy, rich black locks tina
crowned her small. graceful head. And
how short and stumpy l looked besids
her tall, slim. exquisitely graceful fig-
ure.
She took us all. by storm. Her man,
ner was perfect, sweet, gentle. mourn
fuI. pathetic. NY father and mother
adored her, ana wished her TO make
her home entirely with us. but. TO ms
secret joy. she refused. She would
spend every summer with us. she
promised. but there was an old uncle
~ KyahwinkeEthe Gyecian town
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16

where she had met Terry-with whom
she wished to make her home while he
lived. 1t might not be long, for he
was over so, but, while he lived, her
duty, she thought, was TO him.
Sc 1t was agreed that she should
remain with us until arrangements
could lie made for paying over TO her
the 6 10000, due her as Terry's widow,
and then she should be free to return
to Krahwinkel until next summer
when h should come again TO Pen
thony Court,
/ secretly hoped thai affairs would
be arranged very cor so that she
might GO, for however. much / might
have liked her had she not been such
a general favorite, Ii was really more
than an ordinary, 1esh-and- blood girl
could stand TO see her winning the
affections of both father and mother,
whom / had set my own heart, and
whom / fondly imagined to be my W
lover.
He had certainly been very tender
to me In my first grief at my brothers
death, and we had got upon very af-
fectionate terms before the arrival OF
the disconsolate widow. Was she so
very disconsolate though? Were my
Jealous eyes mistaken when i saw
glances cast at Dare-glances which
no ~disconsolate widow ought to throw
to another man, much less a mar who
was rightfully another woman's prop
erty?
Quite three months had passed be-
fore the lawyers had everything in or
der, and were ready TO hand over the
10000 to Terry's widow. The money
was, by her request, to be paid into
the hands OF a banker in London, there
to await a suitable investment.
1t was a lovely evening in mid-Sep-
tember, a glorious harvest moor shone
down on the flower beds on the lawn
at Penthony Court, lighting them up
with it's pale but distant beams. and
leaving the terrace and house in the
shadow.
/ had been at the piano ever since
dinner, playing favorite bits Of music
to my parents, but my attention vas
chiefly occupied In wondering with all
my jealous, wounded heart, what had
become of Dare and Katherine. An
hour ago they had gone out of the
low French window on the terrace to
look at the o. and apparently they
were still looking at ii.
stole q glance at the other occu-
pants Of the room. My father had
dropped asleep over his paper, my
mother was absorbed in a difficulty
she had encountered in her lace work.
They would not notice if l slipped out
after the missing couple. Go l must;
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16

my heart was on fire with jealousy,
anger and pain.
Two figures, both dark, were at the
end of the terrace, where the steps led
down &c the lawn, and the moon was
shining full on them. They were lean
ing against the ~banlustrade, so alb
sorbed in each others society that they
did not notice my approach. ! did not
mean to become an e~avesdropper, but
there was a big lump in my throat as
i saw their loving attitude, which quite
prevented speech, and before i could
swallow il down and call attention to
my presence, Dare had bent forward
and kissed the glowing cheek SO near
his own. and / stood frozen TO the spot.
My worst fears were realized; the man
4 loved was h lover Of my brothers
| widow.
rate, Daring, ne was saying, when,
TO a certain degree. ] came TO myself,
you do o me. don't your. It's too
early to talk OF a second marriage as
yet, ] know. but give me a word Of
hope"
Don't be ridiculous" Hates sweet
voice replied. you know you love Dr.
ana"
Il thought I did," Dare answered
slowly. Yes. Kate, you are right; 1
thought ! loved Di; she is q sweet.
dear little girl. but you-Kate. you are
a goddess. My beautiful. my glorious
love, kiss me-"
With a faint cry / drew back. and
fled In the other direction, down n
| the park. How could / bear IT.? My
grief for my brothers death had been
hard to bear, but what had that been
| compared with the pain that his widow
had brought upon me? AS ] ran Sob
bing through the park ! suddenly heard
a mans step approaching me-. n be-
lfore could stop myself / ran head
long into the arms Of some one coming
/ from the West Lodge.
"Di. my little d." said a familiar
voice Ia my ears. and dear. well known
lips pressed mine. We'll, little sister,
is 1T your?
Terry, Terry. Terry" I cried. "Oh,
how a it be you? You are dead"
Dead"
He released me In his surprise. and
faced me in amazed silence. The
| showered its beams full on his as
tonished face. and showed ii to me as
| clearly as IL II had been daylight. II
certainly was my brother Terrence;
my brother whom we all believed 70
be buried IN q little German village.
and whose widow WAS now on the ter
rare with the man loved.
Dead" he repeated. almost In =
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-06-16
BEST WHEAT EVER RAISED.

years before we can expect any defn,,.
results. III
I'VE expect 10 take up another un1X
of work. Next August there win "
planted at the Minnesota station SCI
eral varieties of winter wheat. Shou
any plants prove hardy enough to en-, +
dure the winter we would have four a
dalton stock for a variety of wints.
wheat that could be grown In n.
northwest. Winter wheat produess
say six bushels per acre more whea,
than spring varieties. Here would \ 4
another boost for the northwest. w. /.
may not be able TO do this. but I bs.
lieve there is a good chance for it," I
ITO what extent would farmers "a
into plant breeding ?" "
~ do not believe the average farno-
err should be a plant breeder at An.
That takes lots of time, skill and pa
tience, and is properly the work OF
the experiment stations. The farmer
should be a grower OF pure bred seeds.
The stations should furnish him the
improved varieties.
There are some farmers who NAV
go into plant breeding. They are the
careful! investigating sort. But they
should go in TO win, expecting TO spend
several years OF patient labor before
realizing results, 1t is useless for auy
man TO undertake the work unless he
is prepared to do this"
1T is the intention Of the departs
ment 10 take up the work of produc. i
ing improved varieties of grains %
Yes, but in cooperation with the
state experiment stations. This de.
partment cannot sell seeds. The ex.
pertinent stations can. Hence, when
we produce a promising new variety
we shall turn il over to the state sta.
ton for further testing and allow them
TO distribute the seed by selling il to-
enterprising farmers at a high price
IF you give away seeds, no matter
how valuable, they never receive
proper attention and are often thrown
away. IL you sell the same man theA
same seed at a high price, he take
pains TO see that it las a good change. }
mot that alone. He becomes !
farme: of a higher class. He tills his
soil better. He saves the grain from
this new variety and sells it for seed
at a high price. He sees the impor-
tance of getting more pure bred seed.
he soon wants pure bred live
stock. So you see that by selling him
our seed instead of giving il to him,
we help make a pure bred farmer Of
him."