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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
Apple Growing.

The Department of Agriculture of
ten receives communications from
farmers who are maintaining that the
practical agriculturist does not have
much faith in experiments conducted
at experiment stations, as they are
on such a small scale that great
weight cannot be attached to the re-
suits. The statement is made that
were these experiments made on a
large scale or under conditions such
as confront the farmer himself, they
might prove more valuable. Taking
this standpoint as rule to follow the
New York experiment station through
the Department of Agriculture has re-
ported the results of an examination
of 1913 apple orchards covering g.
642 acres in Wayne and Orleans
counties, New York. Both of these
counties are extensive apple growing
regions. In one township every or
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
Up-to-Date Weather Reports.

The latest work upon which the
United States Weather Bureau has en-
tered is a system of meteorological OBJ
servations from vessels at sea by wire
less telegraphy and the simultaneous
issuance of weather forecasts and
storm warnings to those vessels. The
Weather Bureau has prepared special
code by means of which exact informa-
ton as to date and hour, latitude and
longitude of the vessel, atmospheric
pressure, temperature, force and direc.
ton of the wind, and the character Of
the sky are all compressed into four
words. AS soon as any coast wireless
telegraph station receives such dis
patch from vessels, the message is to
be delivered at once to the Weather
Bureau at Washington. Should the
contents Of this message be of such
importance as to demand special storm
warnings, notices will be prepared and
dispatched by wireless telegraphy to
all vessels in the vicinity affected. The
value of such service might be cited
when the experience of the steamship
Campania is remembered. On October
IL last, this liner was caught in hur-
ricane. The storm was found to have
had no great area and it is stated by
the Weather Bureau that had the sys-
tenn proposed been in use at that time,
warning of its existence might have
enabled the Campania and other YES
sells to avoid its center of activity. An
other feature Of great value in this
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

From time to time the United State,
department Of Commerce and Labor
has received reports from its various
consuls In Germany giving accounts
OF meat famine in the Faderland
The scarcity of cattle in Germany Is
probably due primarily to the strict
laws OF that country forbidding impor.
tation Of live stock from countries In
which certain animal diseases are
known to exist. The elaborate and
complicated system of inspections and
prohibitions imposed upon the impor-
tat1on OF meats and domestic animals
by the new meat inspection law of
Germany, which went into effect a few
months ago, had the effect of increas-
Ing the prices of pork. beef, veal and
mutton by diminishing the available
supply. On account of a few cases of
Texas fever which existed among the
cattle coming from the southern and
Western part of the United States. live
stock from this country are excluded;
similarly because cases of foot and
mouth disease were known to exist in
Russia, Denmark and Sweden, cattle
from those countries are likewise de-
MED admission.
Soon after the new inspection law
was put into effect the imports of live
stock and meat supplies greatly de-
creased until the situation in Germany
was extremely grave. Prices asked for
dressed meat went quite beyond the
reach of many working people in the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
The Future Mikado i?

They can do things in Japan we
could never even dream Of doing. The
imperial family Of Japan dwells to
gether in harmony under circumstances
that would cause domestic discord, II
not absolute disruption, in an everyday
American family Her majesty the
Empress is several years older than
her illustrious spouse, the Mikado, and
though she is the only wife he has ever
had she is not the mother Of the five
children-the crown prince and four
nrinces-of whom the Emperor is the
father In case she should become the
mother of son, which, as she is nifty
six years old, is exceedingly improb-
able, the il1egitimate children OF the
Emperor would have to stand aside.
New they are accorded the full honors
due to members Of the imperial family.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
SECRETARY SHAW WAS LATE.
He Narrowly Escaped Call Down
by VQilant Watchman.

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was
three minutes late in reaching the Treas
ury Department the other morning and
narrowly ESCAPED being held UP by the
vigilant Waterman at the door
1t was raining when he arrived, and
he hurried through one of the seldom
used entrances to the building.
It is one of the regulations of his de-
partment that all employees arriving late
shall register the time of their arrival
at desk near the entrance
Mr.. Shaw did not consider himself
amenable to this regulation and hurried
to the elevator to go to his office, on the
second floor. The Waterman noticed his
apparent carelessness in not registering
and, not recognizing him, hurried after
the Secretary to remind him of his neg
lect.
When the Waterman reached the ele-
vator, however, he heard the conductor
address his passenger as "Mr. Secre-
tary"
The watchman's activity ceased inme-
diatek.
Secretary Shaw remarked later in the
day that he was sorry he did act sc
back and register, as all good eMeleyei
are required to do.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

! Injurious in the orchard pasturing, the
orchard with neither sheep or hogs re
suited In better yields than those moi
pastured. The fortified orchards
yield an average increase of SIS bush.
els per acre over those TO which no
FERTILIZER had been applied. Data was
collected OF the value of spraying ap-
pies and it was shown that while 8,43O
bushels of sprayed apples brought an
average of $2.02 per bushel, 6,365 bush
els OF unsprayed apples brought but
$3.50 per bushel.
The effect of distance between trees
planted before 1880 was studied in it's
relation to yield. Taking figures from
an average Of four years it was found
that trees planted 80 by 30 feet apart
yield 1856 bushels per acre; trees 81 by
81, to 35 by 35 feet apart, 222 bushels
per acre. and trees SO by SO to 40 by 40
feet apart yield 229 bushels per acre a
year. Observations in the counties
showed that while the site is not a
very important factor the best site is
doubtless one that is sufficiently ele
waited to give good opportunity for air
and for water drainage and not so high
as to be especially exposed TO the wind
This survey of the New York section
covering, as it does, the actual prac.
tees of farmers in two of the most i'm.
portant fruit-growing counties of New
York, and giving the actual results in
yields and income by different meth
DDS of treatment In hundreds of or.
chards, is on sufficiently large scale
to make the results obtained of more
than usual value and interest. 1t is
exceedingly gratifying to find that the
cultural methods long recommended
by experiment stations as a result of
trials on a small scale hold true when
applied to orcharding on commercial
scale.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
DOnbIe= YOIked Eggs.

Squire Meadows, who lived down al
Four Corners, was classed as "mean
old son-of-a-gun." He didn't mind
buying new farm implements every
year and allowing them to rust and
ruin out in the winter rains and SHOWS
but he would not buy his wife a sew
ing machine or a dish-washing ma
chine to lessen the labors of house,
work. She was never allowed SPEND
ing money, and whenever anything
necessary was wanted for the house
the Squire always went himself to the
village store and made trade of some
farm stuff for the article desired.
One day the good wife wanted n
package of darning needles, and told
her husband So
"Now, Abigail" he said, "what's
Their use of gettin' so 'stravagant?
Winters coming on, an thar's that
fodder cutter ter buy; can't yer get
along somehow with lessY
The argument ended by a reduction
to a single needle. Squire Meadows
took a fresh laid egg down to the coun-
keeper whether he would trade a
udTulHg Heeule TOT an egg. Inc owner
was willing and the trade was made.
Now it seems that this store, in adj
dition to being a grocery, dry goods
establishment and post office, was
also one where liquid refreshments
were dispensed. The owner was
known as man of great cordially
to his customers. often inviting them
to "treat on him." e
The Squire, having made the trade,
looked around at the array of bot1eS
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
MEATS IN GERMANY.
Almost Famine. = improved Methods off
Slaughterna.
oUY elliott MITCHELL.

OOI ELltOl
ways is very complete. Ample clean,
ing facilities are constantly employed
and these in conjunction with power.
full ventilating fans keep the estab
lishment clean and odorless.
Every animal that enters the Berlin
abattoir is inspected to see whether
1t is fit to kill. After animals are put
to death those whose flesh is consid-
cred absolutely dangerous are de-
stroyed. Owing to the prevalence of
poverty the German authorities are I'M
willing to waste anything that can be
saved. Animals killed are divided into
four cl- The first class consists
OF meat which is thoroughly sound;
this Is allowed to go to general mar.
kets. The second class consists Of
animals having some small local dis
ease which does not faint the bulk of
the meat The affected parts only are
destroyed and the rest is sold directly
TO poor consumers in Quantities not
exceeding six pounds. The third cIass
is that which is of a quality so dis
eased that it cannot be safely sold in
raw state. However, it may be eaten
without detrimental results If thor
oughly sterilized. 1t is accordingly sinh.
Jected to temperature of from 220 ia
230 degrees in a steam boiler and the,
soId TO the poor, like the rest. The
fourth class animals are those which
are SO diseased as to merit total de-
struction. While 1t may appear loath-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

pan 10 inches in diameter, the sides OF
the pan being full of holes to allow
free circulation of heat. Over this is
placed a table feet inches square
with legs Az inches high. Around the
sides of this table is tackled a curtain
of old felt cut from top to bottom at
intervals of five or six inches to allow
the chicks to pass in and out at will,
the whole being surrounded by boards
inches high and inches long nailed
together at the corners and resting on
the floor of the brooder When the
chicks are ten DAYS old one of these
boards may be taken away and the
bridge used so that the chicks may run
from the hover to the floor of the
room. The description of the brooder
can be found in Farmers Bulletin No.
2S7, which can be had upon application
to members of Congress or to the Sec
Rotary Of Agriculture.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

When you buy. Wing Piano. you buy atwhoe-
sale. You pay the actual cost Of making II with
1 only our wholesale profit added When you buy
4 a plano, as many still do-at retail-you pay the
retail dealers store rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and the commission or salary
of the agents or statesmen he empoys-all these
on top Of what the dealer himself has 10 pay to
the manufacturer. The retail profit on piano
( is from SIS to 5000. Isn't this worth saviDg1
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
4 Rrooder nra Dollar.

The Department Of Agriculture has
recently published a method Of con-
.structing a chicken brooder, the total
cost OF which might come well within
$100. Such a brooder has been given
careful trial by the Connecticut expert
ment station, and has given excellent
results when used in a shed or colony
house. The lower section of the brood
er which contains the lamp for heating
is box #. square made of 10 inch
boards and covered with tin or gal
vanized iron. About this cover, around
the edges Of the lamp box. one inch
strips are nailed. Two one inch holes
are bored through these strips on each
side of the box for the purpose Of ven
tilation. A floor of matched boards is
laid on the strips. A hole inches in
diameter is cut in the center Of this
floor and over it is turned an old tin
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

great busy cities. While It was report
ed that the butchers and meat mer.
chants were taking advantage of the
situation and charging double prices,
investigation showed that they were
in reality in serious difficulties, for in.
stead of increased profits they were
making less money than before the
law went into effect. A number OF
them announced to the municipal au-
thorities their intention to relinquish
their business. Mass meetings have
been held by citizens and meat dealers
with an endeavor to induce the au-
thorities to make the meat inspection
laws less stringent, but so far without
result
The model abattoir and cattle mar
kets of Europe at the present time are
to be found in Germany. There are
extensive and well equipped establish
ments in several large cities. but those
which are the newest with the latest
improvements and regarded as the best
of all are at the old university town
of Halle and at Mannheim on the
Rhine These are almost duplicate
plants.
N early as 1878 there were city
abattoirs at Mannheim, one for Jews
and one for Christians. In 1890 1t was
decided to construct a single new abat-
toir in connection with the new mar
ket. This was completed in May, 1900.
This latter abattoir is model of per-
lection, ample provision being made
for receiving animals and shipping
dressed carcasses. The visitor does
not receive suggestions of slaughter
ing through any appearance of blood
on surrounding walls, nor does he
smell It in the air, as in many of the
American slaughter houses. Build
ings are of brick, stone iron and glass,
of good appearance, substantially and
admirably adapted to their respective
purposes. All are supplied with hot
and cold water, live steam, electric
lights and either steam or electric
power These operate a great wn~'ety
of mechanical lahor-saving appliances.
The hosting apparatus is handled so
that manual lifting is almost wholly
avoided, and by suspended tramways,
carcasses and other heavy parts may
be moved in all directions in the kill
ing halls. Artificial ventilation is also
provided SO that every apartment may
be supplied with currents of fresh air,
dry, and either cold or warm as de-
sired. The rooms for slaughter are
large, light and airy. Instead of little
pens as is the usual case in France,
the arrangements at Mannheim are for
a separate hall for every kind OF ami
NAL and regular corps Of licensed
butchers is employed by the establish.
ment
Butchering is. comparatively speak.
ing. humanely done The large ami
mails are killed by a percussion gun
attached to the head with a mask. and
the smaller ones are stunned by q
blow on the head and then bled. OF
course, the Jewish butchering Is ac-
complished by a different method and
according to the rites prescribed bv
that religion. INSPECTORS are present
TO supervise the slaughter and every
quarter passed and approved for mar
ket Is properly branded.
The system Of general drainage. sub
terranean conduits and service tram
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02
PACKING APPLES FOR SHIPMENT.

on the shelf, and, smacking his lips
said:
why, say, look we're Perkins, they
say yer treat yer customers pretty
well at times ter somethin' stronger'n
water?"
Sure" responded the storekeeper
"What'll yer heVT'
"Oh. guess mine'll be sherry'n
egg"
Perkins went over to the shelf
brought out the egg just traded in by
the Squire, broke it into the glass and
was prepared to pour in the liquor,
when Meadows yelled out:
"Say, look yere, Perkins, hat thar
egg l brung yer is double elker;
don't yer owe me another darnin'
needle?"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

chard as large as an acre in extent
was visited. Observations were made
on such factors as location, site, as
pect, soil, management, distance be
tween trees, pruning, present condition
OF the orchard, orchard troubles, etc
The agent of the New York station
found that for orchards titled FIVE
years or more there was an increased
yield Of about 80 per cent. over or
chards which had been five years OF
more In sod. This greater yield in the
titled orchards was found not to be
due entirely to cultivation, as the mar
who tills his orchard usually gives II
better care as regards fertilizers
spraying. pruning, etc.
Figures were compiled of orchards
in sod which were used as pasturagt
for live stock. While it was found
that hogs were least and cattle mos
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-02-02

some to American people to have a
housewife buy meat from diseased an
finals, yet under such a system as is
adopted in Germany, when one goes to
the market house to buy piece of
sound meat he is assured of getting it.
He at least does not buy bad or dis
eased meat, thinking it is first rate.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-16
A CLEVER BOY IN NEBRASKA.
He Thinks His Abilities as a Dyna.
mite Thrower Entltle Him to Be-
-. come a Naval Officer.

Washington, d. C.-Secretary Bona
parte wrote a letter Thursday to
an embryo Nebraska inventor which
was designed to interrupt some in
teresting experiments in throwing
explosives.
John Sweeney, a 17-year-old boy Of
Ericsson, Neb., wrote to the secretary
asking for full statement Of the re-
quirements for admission to the naval
academy and outliling some expert
ments he is conducting In throwing
dynamite, preparatory to becoming a
useful officer Of the navy.
At present the young inventor says
he Is able to throw .064 Of an ounce of
dynamite $50 yards with Winchester
rifle Of A calibre, range 800 yards
With large siege gun he says he be-
lieves he could throw 400 pounds Of
dynamite six miles and asks II his
achievements will not assist him In
gaining admission to the Annapolis
academy.
Secretary Bonaparte replied to the
woung man that his experiments were
better adapted TO taking him to q
cemetery than to the naval academy
and suggested that he abandon them
ind adopt some other means of pre-
pairing himself for naval career.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-16
Herring IS ARRESTED.
Cashier Of the stensland Bank In Chi.
cago Is Not Allowed to Give Ball.

Chicago, Ill.-Henry w. Herring,
cashier OF the Milwaukee Avenue
state bank, which closed its doors four
days ago, was arrested In Chicago
Thursday. He will be refused bail
until his connection with the disap-
pearance OF nearly s1,0O0,OO0 of the
banks funds is cleared up. Paul o.
Stensland, president of the defunct in
stitution, is still fugitive and, al
though nearly 100 detectives are
searching for the missing president,
his whereabouts is a mystery.
Herring was arrested In the after
noon. two hours later than the time
he had announced for giving himself
up. He was taken at once to the Of
flee Of Chief of Police Collins and put
through thorough examination as to
his knowledge OF Stensland's alleged
mismanagement OF the institution.
Herring declared he did not know
where Stensland was.
Herring strenuously denied any re-
sponsibility for the failure OF the
bank. Herring maintained that II he
was guilty of breaking the banking
laws Of Illinois, President Stensland
was responsible.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-16
Order Issued by Treas
uY Department.
CAME AS SURPRISE
For the First Time in 13 Years the
Government Will Buy White
Metal for Coinage.

Washington. d. C.-For the first
time in 13 years the government an
nounced Thursday its purpose to pur-
chase silver for coinage purposes.
Tenders are invited at the Office of
the director of the mint in this city on
the 18th inst. up to 1 o'clock p. m.
and every Wednesday thereafter until
further notice. These tenders are to
be for delivery at the Philadelphia,
New Orleans or Denver mints, settle
ment to be on the New York basis Of
bullion guaranteed 999 fine, The
treasury reserves the right to reject
all tenders or accept such part of any
tender as may suit its convenience.
1t is understood that, anticipating
that its temperance as a purchaser
might temporarily disturb the market
unduly, the treasury has obtained con-
troll of considerable amounts for flu
ture delivery, so that it is in position
to drop out of the market for several
quirements of the treasury through
out the year will probably not exceed
100000 ounces per week.
From the resumption of specie pay
ments in 1879 down to the year 1900
the constant increase in the stock Of
subsidiary coin required by the grow
ing population and trade of the coun.
try was supplied by the recoinage of
old and uncurrent subsidiary coins
which accumulated in the treasury
under the resumption act. In 1900, as
this stock was running low, authority
was granted in the monetary act of
March IA to the secretary Of the
treasury to divert bullion, purchased
under the act Of July IA, 1890, for the
coinage of silver dollars, to the coin
age of subsidiary pieces. Under this
authority about s33,O00.OO0 has been
coined since 1900.
The stock of bullion in the treasury
was exhausted more than a year ago
and since then no bullion has been
available for the subsidiary use
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-08-16
ASCENE CREATED m the CHURCH
BY "Wiss EsAc," WHO TRIED TO
REACH THE PRESIDENT.
Woman Says She Was to Be Married
On Same Day Miss Roosevelt
Became a Bride.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 13.-In at
tempting to see President Roosevelt
Miss Ash L. Esac created stormy
scene during the service In Christ
Church. Before the service she was
forcibly elected from the pew just be.
hind the one the president occupies,
and during the service she made IL
attempts to get past the secret service
men and reach the president. BY Sec.
retary Loeb's order she was not ar.
rested. Immediately after the service
she applied to Justice Franklin for a
warrant for the arest of James DuffN
a church usher, whom she charges
with violently attacking her.
Miss Esac has been haunting the
regions of Sycamore Hill for the past
month, determined upon seeing either
the president or Mrs. Roosevelt. For
weeks she kept her mission secret, and
carried mysterious handbag which
never left her sight.
Had Been Wronged.
During the past few days, however,
she has confided to some of the vii.
layers that she had ben greatly wrong.
cd by some one in President Roose.
velt's cabinet, and that she wanted TO
seek the presidents aid in righting this
wrong. She declared that she was to
have been married on the day that
the Longworth wedding took place, but
at the last moment she learned she
had been betrayed by the government
official to whom she was to have been
married.
The handbag which she carries con.
tains batch of letters, which she de.
clares will prove her charges to the
president.
This woman has been attending
church with the president every Sun.
day since her arrival in Oyster Bay.
Never before has she made any at.
tempt to speak to him. The secret
service men believe that she picked
out to-day because of the presence of
Mr.. and Mrs. Longworth, hoping that
1t would aid her cause