davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
THE ALGECIRAS Il A
state Department Fears That the Senate
VIII Adjourn without Ratifying 1t.

WASHINGTON, June 2S,-The State De-
partment fears that Congress will adjourn
without the Senate taking action or the
convention which resulted from the con-
ference at Algeoiras, Spain. on the affairs
of Morocco. It is asserted that it will be
very embarrassing to the Government IL
the Senate does not ratify the treaty, as the
whole world will look askance and will want
to know why the United States does not give
its approval to the general act signed by the
American delegates. 1t Is commended that
there is nothing In the convention. which
should not be ratified, or which would even
be a subject for argument or debate.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
Dinner at the French Embassy.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The French
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand enter
tanned at dinner this evening in the En-
bassy in honor of the newly arrived Naval
Attache of the Embassy, Lieut.. de Vasseau
Abin de Blaupre and Nine. Blaupre, and M.
Presentation of the French School Of Mines,
who is a guest here. The Ambassador
and Nine. Jusserand will leave Washing.
ton tomorrow for New York n will sail
on Wednesday for Franco for the summer.
They will be accompanied by Capt. Fourier
and will be joined in New York by Com
mander de Faramonde, who will sail on
the same vessel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
Congress Has No Power to Regulate In.
surance In the States.

WASHINGTON, June rs. -Congress has no
power to regulate insurance outside the
District of Columbia, the Te~rritor ies and
the insular possessions, is the unanimous
opinion of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A report to this effect was made to the Sem
ate to-day by Mr.. Spooner, in response to
a resolution asking the judgment of the
committee 81 ia whether, under the power
conferred on Congress by the Constitution,
1t had Jurisdiction over insurance as inter-
state commerce. The committee will later
make a written report on the subject, set
ting forth its reasons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
The Weather,

The weather was unsettled over the greater
part Of the country yesterday, without any storm
movement. There were many scattered showers
and thunderstorms In the Central States, the upper
Mississippi and the Arkansas valleys. and In South
Carolina. The high and low pressures were without
any definite movement, and In consequence the
temperature changes were slight and unimportant.
In this city the day was fair, with slight change OF
temperature, winds light and variable; average
humidity, IS per cent; barometer, corrected 70 reao
10 sea level at 8 A.. NJ, S.o2: 3P, NJ, 2s.e7.
The temperature yesterday, as recorded by the
orncial thermometer, Is shown in the annexed table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
SUPERINTENDENT OF LOCKS.
Joseph W. Ripley Appointed by the Panama
Canal Commission.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-TheP Panama Canal
Commission to-day announced the appoint
ment OF Joseph W. Ripley as general super.
intendent of locks in Panama. Mr.. Ripley
will engage in the work of designing and
constructing the locks. He was in confer
ence with Chief Engineer Stevens to-day.
The selection of Ernest Howe of the
Geological Survey as geological engineer
in Panama was also announced. MIR.
Ripley will sail from New York next Thurs
day for Panama with the members Of the
Panama Canal Commission. Chairman
Shonts has already gone to New York to
directors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
New Assistant Secretary to the President.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Maurice G. Latta
Of Oklahoma, confidential stenographer
to President Roosevelt, was to-day ap-
pointed assistant secretary to the Presi.
dent in place of Benjamin F. Barnes, Jr.
appointed postmaster at Washington. Mr.,
Latta has been an executive clerk at the
White House for several years, He has
accompanied the President OIL nearly all his
trips about the country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26

HIghePG ttmperHFuru' "'
WARRINGTON FORECAST FOR TO DAY AND TO MORROW
For eastern Men York. eastern Pennsylvania,
Nelo jersey and DeldTdre. generally fafr today and
10 -rnorrop: tdrtablt ufnds.
ForNew England. fair TO day and cooler In south
east portion; fair tomorrow; light to fresh north
10 northeast winds.
For western Pennsylvania and western New
York. partly. cloudy to-day: showers and cooler
tomorrow: light 70 fresh northeast 10 east winds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
Senate Passes Resolution Asking for Facts
About Trust Suits.

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The Senate to.
day passed the resolution offered by Mr..
Long of Kansas calling on the Depart
ment Of Justice for information concerning
suits commenced under the Sherman anti
trust law, the interstate commerce law
and the Elkins law against rebates.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26

To give harmonious ex-
preston to the tastes Of the
owner. the building Of the
homo requires the technical
knowledge Of the architect,
builder, decorator and FUR
nisher, all working under a
single contract.
G BROTHERS
CONTRACTING DESIGNERS %
Residences, Ranks, CLUBS and Libraries
EAST ATTN STREET
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
Army and Navy Orders.

WASHINGTON. June 26.-These army orders were
issued TO day:
First Lieut.. Gordon Johnston, Signal Corps, 70
Washington Barracks Hospital. for treatment.
Capt. Frederick Nj. HartSook. Assistant surgeon,
from For Bliss TO the Army Transport Service at
Assistant Surgeon, ordered 10 Fort Hamilton.
Capt. Edgar Jadwin, Engineers, 10 New York
city for examination for promotion.
The retirement OF Col, Sedgwick Pratt. Artillery,
Is announced.
These navy orders were issued:
Lieutenant Commander c., II. Hayes, from the
Indiana TO the Navy Yard, New York.
Lieutenant Commander Z. T. Witherspoons from
the Rhode Island TO the Texas, as navigator.
Lieutenant Commander G, N. Hayward. TO duty
as navigator OF the Rhode Island.
Lieut.. IL. G. Dinger, from the Maryland 70 the In
diana as Senior Engineer.
Lieut.. T. D. Parker. from command OF the Stewart
TO command of the Whtpple,
Ensign @. F. Brilliant, from the Stewart 20 the
Ensign W. D. Puleston. from Naval Hospital.
Annapolis, TO the Nevada.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-26
%. Altntatt s. On.
SILK PETTICOATS.

SILK PETTICOATS.
SILK PETTICoATs, SUITABLE TO BE WORN WITH
TAILOR SUITS AND SHEER sUMMER DRESSES. AT
THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL PRICES: .
PETTICoATS OF TAFFETA SILK .. $500
pErrIcoATs OF TAFFETA OR CHINA SILK 900
CLOSING HOURS: S p NJ; SATURDAYS. I - NOON.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28

son? The main idea seems to be to
"get started, and fix things up after
wards" 1t is very we'll to put the
work through with a rush, but little
attention to the work collars will
help wonderfully to gain this end .
1t is seldom, if ever, that the neck
and shoulders of any two horses are
, exactly the same in size and form,
and the collar that fits horse earlv
in the spring when he is fat,hangs
loosely about harvest time.
Many farmers make the mistake of
interchanging horse collars, regard
less of the fact that it is the best
way to produce shoulder gals. Every
horse should have his own collar,
fitted up closely on the sides, top
and bottom. Loosely fitting collars
or carelessly adjusted names work
great mischief with horses shoulders.
Now it is about time for farmers to
begin active spring work. 1t would
be well for them to give their horse
collars personal attention, instead of
leaving this work entirely to the hired
help. AS collars are made over last
while in a thoroughly wet condition,
why would it not be well to fit them
to the horses necks' in the same way?
This can be done by selecting collar
nearest the size required and allowing
it to soak in water over night In the
morning it is put on and drawn up
closely with the hame strap. With
moderate working for a day or two
the collar becomes set" fitting the
neck and shoulders perfectly. This
should be done not only to the new
collars, but every spring the old ones
should be treated the same way, for
the collars that fitted at the end of
the fall season, when the horses were
thin, will be too tight in the spring.
Many farmers soak and fit their horse
collars in this fashion two or three
times throughout the season, keeping
them fitted to the horses as they be-
come worked down in flesh, with the
result that their shoulders are always
in good condition.
The proper adjustmen of the names
so as to distribute the draft, is of
great importance, and in each case
must be fixed according to the con-
formation of the horse When prop
erly arranged, there will be no weav-
ing back and forth of the tops of
the names as the horse walks. This
is an indication that the draft is too
near the shoulder points, and with
every motion the collar is kept twist
ing until the shoulders, or the top of
the neck, or both are injured. Badly
adjusted collars are often the cause of
ba1ky horses Without doubt, they
suffer unmerited ill-treatment, and
much of their abuse is traceable dir
ectly to this trouble. The horse is
mans best friend, and nothing short
of perfect fitting collar, such as he
Justly deserves should satisfy his own
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28
HORSE COLLAR.

There is much needed warning in
the following from the Southern Plan
ter. During our long summers many
horses get sore shoulders from a bad
ly fitting collar There is no need of
it when a little care would remove the
cause of the trouble.
How many farmers give more than
a passing thought to their horse col
lars at the opening of the spring sea
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28
TO STOP LOSS OF MILK

remember seeing where someone
in yyour paper asked for receipt for
stopping a cow wasting her milk I
nave one whleh n1' l. stopped by dipping
after milking, with collodion An
ounce, costing ten cents will last six
months
eve found this item in the South
ern Ruralist But the idea is not a
new one or original with the writer,
as we have seen it, at intervals for
years. in various agricultural papers,
We have no doubt that it would be
entirely effective, and we recommend
it for trial to any one who needs such
a remedy. Ed
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28
To Prevent Fraud.

Agricultural communities are awak-
ening to the fact that manufacturers
are engaged in such close competi-
ton that in many cases they are meet
ing low prices by cheapening the
quality. often at the expense of purity.
in fact they are adulterating their
products to an enormous extent The
only remedy is to pass laws to pre-
vent this. The Rural New Yorker
says:
North Dakota has a law to prevent
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28

adulteration and deception in the sale
of paint This is the first State law
of the kind and it is a good one, for
farmers have lost thousands of dol
lars in trying poor paint, thinking
they were receiving a hrst-class lead
and oil mixture. Of course if a man
wants to buy superior form of
whitewash it is his privilege to do so,
but if he wants good paint he should
have chance to know what he is
doing. Under the North Dakota law
the experiment station is to inves-
tigate and enforce. No money was
given for enforcement, but the chem
lists of the station are prepared. Such
law naturally follows a fertilizer
law in principal. 1t is necessary first
to know what a paint ought to be,
what the adulterantS are, and then to
compel manufacturers to print guar
antee on each package. A standard
A U * 10. 49,. -.--- - -.
paint of the best quality is composed
of pure linseed oil, turpentine and
white lead or zinc. For purposes of
adulteration barium, chalk, or whit
ing, plaster, clay and silica are often
used Such adulteration is profitable,
since white lead costs seven cents a
pound, while whiting can be bought
for less than one cent. Inferior oils
are sometimes used in place of pure
1inseed-in fact the paint business
seems to offer even greater chances
for fraud than the fertilizer trade did
before laws were made to hold it
down. Specimens of so-called white
lead" were analyzed in North Dakota
which really contained less than five
per cent of that substance! One paint
supposed to be pure lead contained "a
per cent. of chalk, another so per cent.
of chalk and plaster, with others near
ly as bad. The oil was also adulter-
ated in many cases. The North Dako-
ia law will compel manufacturers to
print the analysis of the paint on the
outside of the package, as is now done
on the fertilizer bag. The station will
then buy paint at random, analyze it
and print the analysis. Then if a man
guarantees "pure lead and oil' and
his paint shows chalk and sand he
can be spotted and held up where all
can see him. This seems to us like
good lava step in the right dir
ection and other states ought to fol-
low.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28
A Valuable Impliment in the Home
Garden
Garden

A very important item in planting
eds is to see that the soil is prop
erly hrmed over them after they are
covered Probably the man who did
more than any other to popularIze
market gardening, was the Peter Hen
derson. In writing on the subject of
planting seeds, before seed drills be-
came common, he said that his men
had orders after a row was planted
to turn back and tramp the whole
length with their feet, this was in
order to insure the necessary firming
of the soil We had a strong object
lesson on the importance of this firm
ing, many years ago. While garden
ing, at the North, we planted bed
of celery seed. The soil was much
heavier than the average of Florida
sand, it was worked up very fine
and loose and the seed sown. A few
nights later a large dog came on the
place and crossed the seed bed. The
only celery plants that came up were
in the tracks of that dog, where the
soil had been pressed down solid.
This was lesson that we did not
forget The Savannah Weekly News
gives an idea for a garden roller
that is cheap and practical.
Buy a common railroad wheelbar-
row, the cheapest of all barrows. Take
it to the blacksmith shop and have the
smith take off the narrow tire and in
its place put on a tire made out of the
thinnest iron or steel, but a foot wide.
When this is done you have bar
row roller. For rolling in small seeds
sown in rows it is as good a roller as
you need have. With rock or other
material it can be made as heavy as
may be desired for pulverizing the soil
through1y and pressing it firmly to
the small seeds
1t is the best barrow to run on wet
soil, as it will not sink into the soil.
For a small garden it is a proper
roller for any sort of seeds-even for
potatoes.
When young crops are narrowed or
raked or lightly hoed in dry weather,
it is very helpful to run this roller
close beside the young plants, thus
pulverizing and rehrming the soil,
which. as you know, greatly promotes
the benefits to be desired from dew
fall. 1t is we'll worth its cost.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28

The object of this article is only
to call attention to the causes of this
disease so that owners will be more
careful to provide their animals with
pure food and drinking water.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28
FORAGE POISONING

Writing to the Southern Ruralist,
Professor c. F. Dawson, Station Vet
erinarian, Florida Experiment Station,
Lake City, says:
Forage Poisoning, otherwise known
under the names cerelro-spinal men
ingetis, grass-staggers, or blind-stag-
gers is a disease which occurs not
only in Florida every summer but
also over a large portion of the Cen
trail and eastern parts of the United
States In Florida, it seems to occur
oftenest along the East Coast. AS
the name indicates, it is caused by
poisonous plants, or more strictly
speaking, by diseased forage, such as
fermenting grains and hay, or by
grasses which have matted together
near the ground and become mouldy.
Sour or mouldy silage has also pro-
duced the disease, as has also stag
nant pond-water in which vegetation
is decomposing. Mouldy or worm-eat-
en- corn has also come in for its share
of blame as cause. 1t affects horses
and mules of all ages alike.
The symptoms are as variable as
the causes, and according to their
nature we recognize three types of
the disease. In the first type, the
most rapidly fatal, there occurs
weak staggering gait, partial or COM
p1ete paralysis of the throat, blind
ness in the eye There is no pain or
no fever as a rule The animal soon
goes down, becomes delirious and goes
through the movements of walking,
trotting or running while on its side.
This stage is soon succeeded by deep
coma, and the animal quietly expires
in few hours from the onset of the
disease. The second type is first man
ifested by slowness in chewing, par
tial inability to swallow, and weak
ness in the tail. There is no pain or
fever The breathing and pulse are
about normal, and a slight constipa-
ton exists In two or three days TIE
animal RECEIVERS, or all the foregoing
symptoms are increased in severity.
The throat paralysis is complete, the
gait uncertain, coma or sleepiness ap-
pears, the pulse is weak and slow,
the breathing is labored. Delirium
now develops, the animal goes down,
the spine becomes rigid and there is
cramping of the neck and jaws Death
occurs in about week or ten days in
these cases.
In the third or mild type, the con-
troll of the limbs and tail is only
slightly affected, and the ability to
swallow is not lost There is no
fever, pain, or unconscious move
ments, and the animal shows improve
ment in four or five days. ultimately
recovering
In some cases of the disease, spinal
paralysis is the most prominent sym
ptoms, while in others it NAV be diff
Guilty in swallowing that attracts most
attention. In all cases, if sleepiness
or coma remains absent for a week.
the animal will likely recover; but
some form of paralysis may show for
while
According to the symptoms do we
find departures from the normal con-
dItIon in the brain and spinal cord.
In mild cases, there are no notable
changes III the nervous system In
Others, we note considerable liquid in
the brain and spinal cord cavities.
and distention of the blood vessels.
In the severest cases, the brain and
spinal cord will appear softened, and
even Assesses may be found
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-28
Neptune, Fla, June Is, 190s

Neptune, TIA, JUNE To, ISOo.
E. o. Painter Fertilizer Co.,
1 may send box of grape fruit to N. Z.
Wambolt My fruit is grown fat-woods
land where most people here told me I could
not grow anything in the CITRUS LINE
The fine quality of fruit is due entirely to
Simon Pure.
T. Thomas Ziegler
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-10-06
Expectations Surpassed.

We learn through the management
Of the Tyler Commercial College of
Tyler, Texas, that they have been very
agreeably surprised at the enormous
enrolment they have enjoyed during
the month of September. More than
100 new students were added to their
already large attendance. We also
understand that their correspondence
indicates even a larger enrolment this
month than last; they are expecting
to enroll more than 1900 students
this year, which we understand, is
more than double the number ever
enrolled by any other Southern Com
mercial College. We are fortunate
in having located so near to us the
most extensively patronized, the most
widely known business and commercial
college In the entire South, and one
of the largest in the United States.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-10-06
OPELOUSAS La. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 6 1906
The BOIL WEEVIL is MORE
THAN A PASSING DANGER.

Baton Rouge, Sept. ga number
Of press dispatches during the pres
ent summer have given the impress
sion that the boil weevil will not be
a dangerous pest in Louisiana for
more than two or three years, and
that it will then pass on eastward to
the other cotton-groWing States.
This impression seems to be we'll es-
tablished, especially in Mississippi, ac-
cording to the newspaper reports
from that State.
That the weeyil will not be less
dangerous in years to come than it
is now, and that it will forever re-
main in the cotton field of Louisiana
after once gaining enhance and be-
coming established, has been reitera-
ted time and again by Entomologist
Wilmon Newell of the State Crop
Pest Commission.
Mr.. Newell has recently received a.
letter from DR.. w. D. Hunter, in
charge of the government boil weevil
Investigations in Texas, in which this
same subject is discussed thoroughly.
DR.. Hunter says:
1t is unfortunate that many of
the Louisiana and Mississippi planters
have the idea that the boil weevil
will die out after few years. It is
true that in South Texas the damage
from year to year is far from uniform.
Occasionally, as in 1900, in that sec
tion of the State good crops have
been produced. As you are probably
aware, the explanation is found in
the climatic conditions in that part
of Texas. Very dry years alternate
with wet ones. When one
dry year follow another and is sue
ceeded by one favorable for the crop
the result is always large yield Of |
cotton. It is needless to state that |
in Louisiana where there is uniformity |
in the weather conditions year after
year there will be a regularity Of the
damage by the boil weevil quite un-
ike the irregularities in South Texas"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1906-10-06
This IS the South.

The Manufactures Record, the
greatest industrial paper in the
world, gives a picture of our South
land which sWells the heart in pride
and should make everyone of us work
with doubled vim in recognition and
thankfuluess for this great boon of
nature.
Give free rein to your imagination
and let it picture the future of a
section which has one-half Of the
ron ore of the United States, nearly
three times as much coal as Great
Britain, Germany and Pennsylvania
combined, which holds world mon
opoly on cotton production and is
rapidly becoming a great cotton
manufacturing center, which DOM
mates the phosphate rock and sur
phur trade Of the world, which has
much of the richest oil territory
known, which has one-half of the
standing timber Of the country, which
produces all the sugar, all the rice,
most of the tobacco and adds to
these 800,00o,O0O bushels of grain,
and then think of its water powers,
its splendid rivers, it's great seacoast,
its expanding commerce, and remem-
ber that its cotton crop alone an
nually exceeds the total gold and
silver production of the world, and
that every dollar Of gold annually
mined on earth IS not enough to pay
the south's bill against Europe for
cotton, and you will get just a faint
conception of the future.