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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
USEFUL GARDEN HINTS.

Too late for this seasons use per-
haps, but handy to tuck away in mem
DRY or the scrap book for next years
work, are the remarks of Frank Wells
in Michigan Farmer. He writes:
The possibilities of the garden are
not half understood. Many of the vege-
tables could be made much more SER
viceable than they are if their good
Qualities were better known. If the
string beans are kept picked off and
none allowed to ripen, then the tips
cut away, the roots will send up new
shoots which will bear crop in the
fall, not large one, but at that time
of the year a large crop will not be
desired The fact that the neighbors
will not have any may give
them a relish, as it often does.
The stems of Swiss chard
stripped off these midribs may be
cooked and served like asparagus, so
the plants usefulness is not limited
to greens" merely, though that is the
are first of all salad plants. Few peo-
pie think of them as pot herbs, yet
they are useful for this purpose. A
large bulk of them is needed for they
shrink in boiling Chicory is becoming
one of the Important winter salads.
Celery plants should be set by this
time and bleaching will soon begin.
Four-inch drain tile make good bleach
ers. Large growers object to them on
account of the Inconvenience in put
ting, them on, but in the home garden
they do very well. They should be
put on when the plants are half
grown. Another way of doing is to
wrap the stalks with paper before
banking up. This keeps the soil away
from the stalks and saves them from
rusting. Heavy brown paper is best,
but any kind may be used. It serves
the purpose better than boards, but
there is more work about using it,
Good celery can be raised on sandy
soil if it is made rich enough. The
flavor is superior to that grown on
muck. But an abundance of moisture
is required. To the lack of water is
chiefly due the failures with celery
on high land. In the irrigated dis
tricts of the west celery of fine quail
ty is produced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

them the victims thereof. He treats
them impulsively as they treat each
other But, by reason of this very
impulsiveness, which is, after all, but
a form of childlikeness, he penebrates
deeper into the child-consciousness
than he otherwise could. He does not
unbend toward his children, for he
is SO completely a child himself that
he does not need to unbend to find him
self on their level. He enters heart
lily into their whims, caprices, happy
pretenses and fantastic imaginings be-
cause they are so very like his own.
The French boy as he grows into
manhood enjoys a genuine comrade-
ship with his father, that would be
impossible if the latter were system
atically concealing the fact that he
is a frail and faulty human being
like himself
AS the Frenchman lavishes tender
ness on women, so he demands it
from them.
1t is because of this craving for
tenderness that he insists on an emf
nently feminine helpmeet. He cares
little what opinions his wife may hold
on literature, art and philosophy, OF
whether she holds any opinions at
all on these subjects, 50 that she pos
sesses the secret of the soothing
caress has a talent for tender minis
trations and a genius for loving. He
clings to his house like a cat. His
home life is far and away the most
important part of his existence. EV-
erything must give way before it. He
cannot admit long absences from
home on the part of his spouse. The
American fashion of sending a wife
away for the summer and of ship
ping her off for period of foreign
travel ranging all the way from two
months to two years, he would con-
slider monstrous.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
The nrin of the Rain.


the stars have curtained their light
In clouds
And the moon has slipped from sight;
And only the sound of the rain is
heard
Through the fragrant summer night.
Ever the sloping and moss-grown
caves,
9renching the lilies and sweet green
leaves,
Filling the night with its low refrain
Is heard the drip of the summer rain.
The darkness, soft as velvet robe,
Shuts the cares of the world away;
And the south wind blows the slant
ing rain
Into sheets of silver spray,
And up through the darkness, warm
and wet,
Comes the scent of pansies and
mignonette,
Bearing the message of hope again,
In this peaceful hour of rest and rain.
IT'S a gracious gift that the night be-
slows,
For the summer shower brings
The dreams of peace, and a breath
of balm
On the sweep of it's dusky wings.
And the hearts that sorrow forget to
weep,
On the shadowy border-lands of sleep;
And the voice of care and the sting
of pain
Are lost in the drip of the summer
rain.
Emma G. Weston in the Youths Com
panion
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
MAKING A COLD FRAME.

If a cold frame is to be used dur
ing the winter it should be made
this month. To make it simply con-
struct a frame of boards the desired
size. and dig a hole SO that it can be
sunk into the ground about half the
height of boards. Choose the sunny
side of building or tight board
fence for the location of the cold
frame. A regulation hot-bed sash can
be used to cover it or covering or
unbleached muslin cloth can be used.
The muslin will answer very we'll if
tackled tightly to light frame.
Lettuce and spinach can be grown
during the winter and a frame OF
this kind will be found sufficient pro-
lection for various flowers If cover
ed at night, during the cold weather,
with a heavy mating.
1t is good plan to do the prelim'
mary WORK this month involved in
the construction of the hot-bed. The
pit should be dug in the fall and the
frame placed in position, as weather
conditions will not be at all favorable
for this sort of work at the season
when the hot-bed should be started.
indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
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THE DRY FEED PROBLEM.

Professor Rice of Cornell Agricul-
,Aral College has been experimenting
along the dry feed for poultry line,
and, while he seems to have confined
the experiment more especially to
whole grains his findings will be read
with interest and his conclusions at
the end of the twelve months expert
ment will be looked for by both large
and small holders of poultry. In the
course of his talk he says: We have
tried three pens of White Leghorns.
We knew the strains, and we divided
them equally among three pens. and
we fed them on the same kind OF
grain and the same amount of soft
feed. The soft ration was made up
Of wheat bran, corn meal and meat
scraps and wheat middlings, about
equal parts, and the grain ration was
for part of the time wheat and oats,
with a little corn and the rest of the
time equal parts. Whatever applies
to one pen applies to the other three.
The experiment has been running now
about nine months, and the result is
that the first pen, which was fed
whole grain in litter morning and
night with soft mash feed at noon
mixed UP with water, led the process
sion in egg production for the first
FIVE months right straight through.
My heart went down, because I
must tell you that although we were
after the truth, and did not care
where the lightning struck, yet had
personal feeling, and hoped that the
easier way of putting thesfeed out in
the hopper and just opening it up
once day or leaving it open all the
while would have the best results.
The second pen got their grain
morning and night just the same as
the first pen, but they got the soft
feed in the hopper in the afternoon
every hour or two, and in the third
pen we fed with the whole grain in
the morning and whole grain in the
hopper day and night right straight
through The pen that had the hop
per open all the while gave us better
results, but at the end of the FIVE
months the dry feed pens began to
pick up just about moulting time. The
hens that had soft mash did not moult
for four to six weeks, and then when
the cold weather struck it put them
nearly out of business, and the two
dry feed pens have been ahead ever
since.
What the result will BY at the end
of twelve months I do not know. l
think we can afford to take a few less
eggs, because it saves lot of labor,
and the only question is whether it
will keep up the vitality. We can
afford to sacrifice almost everything
before sacrificing that. Vitality is the
beginning and end of the whole bust
ness. If we once lose vitality it will
commence getting worse year after
year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
FIREARMS DON'T HURT ENOUGH.
Too Many Recoveries From Rifle
Wounds in War.

Modern firearms are too humane
and unless battles are vigorously fol-
lowed up, the retreating enemy is
merely stunned-not disabled If these
wounds had been more severe the
Russians would not have been able
to restore their ranks. The Japanese
themselves, were always too exhaust
ed after a battle to follow up their
advantage and were never able to
give fatal blow.
In other words, we are at the ridlcu-
lous paradox of possessing weapons
SO harmless that we cannot disable
the enemy. Battles, in spite of their
frightful loss of life-no greater
though than previously-are becoming
gigantic French duels. The code"
evaporates when it always results
fatally. Wars or national duels VIII
also end when they are too deadly
and too expensive.
Warfare demands a more deadly
weapon, for the present tendency Is
as absurd as arming soldiers with
boxing gloves. Already there is a
demand to return to the old 45-calibre
pistol because the SO does not wound
sufficiently. We may soon expect to
hear a demand for rifle so severe
that when an enemy is hit, he is per-
manently disabled from fighting, at
least during that war.-Americ
Medicine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
TRAINING DOG POLICE.
Breaking in of the Seine Patrol One
of the Sights of Paris.

of the Sights of Paris.
The training of the young New
foundlands that M. Lepine periodical
ly adds to his staff is one of the
sights of Paris. 1t takes place in the
headquarters of the agents plongeurs,
small building on the quay-side not
far from the Cathedral of Notre
Dame Dogs and men enter into the
exercise with zest, and there is usual
ly crowd of onlookers. Only dummy
figures are used, but the rescue" IS,
nevertheless, a very realistic affalr.
The big dogs know perfectly well
what the exercise means, and they
wait with comic enthusiasm until the
dummy is thrown into the water ana
an agent plongeur rushes out on near
ing the splash and the cutlery of spec
tators. While the men are busy with
lines and life-buoys, the dog plunges
into the water, swims to the dummy;
watches with rare intelligence for an
opportunity to get an advantageous
hold, and then it either swims ashore
or waits for its master who brings 10
the rescue long poles, cork belts and
the like The more experienced dogs,
however, will easily effect a rescue
from first to last without human as
sistance; and it is an inspiring sight
to watch them looking for a foot-
hold on the slippery sides of the rlV-
erbank, and pulling the heavy dummy
into a place of safety.
It takes about four months to tram
the dogs efficiently. They are also
charged with the protection of their
masters when attacked by the desper-
ate rufians who sleep under the
arches of the bridge in summer Thus
in Paris also the police dogs are
proved success.-From William u.
Fitz-Gerald's The New Police OF Eu-
ropean Cities" in The Century.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

suit in diminished crops, especially II
followed by a period of drouth. The
loosening of the soil to great depth
admits air and facilitates the loss
of soil moisture. 1t breaks off capilari-
ty and the moisture from lower depths
is not readily drawn upon. Consequent
". in a dry summer, there will not
be enough moisture to support good
crop. The advantage in blowing, parti-
cularly loamy soils, in the spring,
when the land is still moist, is not
merely that the ploughshare slips
easily through the soil but rather that
the furrow-slice, as it dries, falls
down of itself and forms loose earth.
It is evident that fall blowing can
not be recommended for all soils and
all localities. The pillow does not grind
the soil to powder, but merely
throws it up into little ridges, or fur
rows, and while in this condition III
the winter and through the action of
the frost the particles of earth are
loosened and torn apart. This is
especially true of fine clay soils
which run together and of those that
pack easily. Loosened soils admit air
more readily and thereby increase
chemical action upon vegetable and
mineral matter MANFRED sod or cover
ed crop lands turned under in the
fall will have some time to decom-
pose and render plant food available
for the crop of the following spring.
indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
NEW FERTILIZER HAS NEW
VALUE

Every gardener likes to use a stimu-
lating fertilizer to hurry the crops
along. For this purpose nitrate of soda
and sulphate of ammonia are most
frequently employed. Nitrogen is the
element chiefly sought and all known
means of obtaining it cheaply have
been tested. Lately much interest
has been shown in lime nitrogen or
calcium cyanamid. The results OF re-
cent experiments with this FERTILIZER
indicate a high value for it. In some
tests it has shown only 80 per cent
of the effectiveness of nitrate of soda
while in other tests it proved superb
Or
Lime nitrogen seems to be harm
full if placed in direct contract with
the seeds or roots of plants. 1t should
preferably be mixed with the soil and
applied from eight to fourteen days
before seeding. 1t will then greatly
hasten the growth and maturity OF
garden plants. Some gardeners have
found that it is best to mix the lime
nitrogen with the soil five to ten inches
below the surface. The best re-
suits have been obtained by mixing
the FERTILIZER with twice it's weight
of dry sell before applying. Lime nit
rogen should not be applied at great
err rate than 1876 to 270 pounds per
acre.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
KEEP THE SWINE HEALTHY.

KEEP THE SWINE HEALld Il.
The veterinarian of the Indiana ex'
pertinent station gives wholesome adj
vice as to cleanliness in the swine's
quarters. Doubling up on applying
whitewash-say giving two or three
applications during the year-would
be even better Some of the spraying
instruments will do the work nearly
as effectively as the slower hand
brush operations. The doctor says: In
no place on the farm are disinfect-
ants so necessary as in the hog houses
and the yards. Whitewash should be
used about the houses at least once
during the year. Every two OF
three weeks the houses, feeding
floor. troughs, etc., should be
SPRAYED with a disinfectant. The
tar disinfectants are the most con-
venient to use. These should be used
in not less than per cent, water sol
ution. An occasional spraying or dip
ping of the hogs in per cent,
water solution should be practiced.
Young hogs should not be given
crowded quarters. In order to keep
them in a healthy, growing condition,
a proper diet should be fed. Healthy
individuals possess certain amount
of power to resist disease, and this
plays no small part in preventing
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
ivino UNDERGROUND

In the village of Heston there is
man named Ives, known as THE Her
nit" who ives in large hole, the
result of his excavations on an allot-
ment ground which he has rented. He
descends to his curious abode by
means of a ladder, and at night he
protects himself with glass roof.
says Home Chat.
The place contains a small bed
stead, an. oil stove and a few pots
and kettles. The authoritiff are in
doubt as to whether he can he re-
moved, in view of the fact that Se
pays rent for the ground.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
BETTER THAN SPRING BREAK
ING

Farmers frequently make a mistake
oy not blowing more of their Guilt
waited fields in the fall than they do.
Some are constantly crowded with
work and "can not get around to ii"
others are somewhat negligent and
fail to realize that crops too often
give poorer yield from spring than
fall blowing.
Deep spring blowing is likely to re-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02
Paws Debt That Worried Him.

Edward Goyette. who lived in Mon
treal sixteen years ago, returned re-
Gently and paid the water department
1925 which he owned when he left.
He said that the debt had worried
him ever since he left and, having
made 100000 in New York, he de-
cided to come back and pay his score.
Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

Denatured alcohol is used in a hat
factory at Manchester, England. This
manufacturers use the psirit, recoV'
er it, and redistill the produce in their
own factory, and use it over again
until 1t Is used up.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

The indicted icemen throughout
the country are seeking delays. 1t will
take a vengeful jury, indeed, remarks
the Baltimore Sun, to send an ieeman
to TAIL In the middle of winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

The parrot appreciates music more
than any other of the lower crea-
lures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-11-02

The crown of Portugal is valued at
$6,500,00o, a worlds record for
crowns.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

In the seven months ending January Sl, Puget Sound exported more wheat than any other port iu the United States, New York standing second.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27
Frsh NJ at

The Frye-BrUhn Co., keep al kind of esh meat constantly on hand. tt.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

5 cents buys a dollars worth at HarriSon's
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

Earl X Wilson collars and cuffs at ClAyson's
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

James Mcfarland, of Denver, who is said to be the man who Usu the al- leged Steueuberg murdeCevs to earth, is the same who broke up the Molly Maguires iu Pennsylvania and secured the conviction and execution Of a score Of their number. Re says the opera Jions of the Maguirss were as child's play when compared to the conspiracy ot the Western Federation oi mine workers.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27
GIT IN LINE
Buy a GOod W tCh and Keep
 Up With Tim"s

This will be the busiest year iO ths history Of the development Of this c tiou of the country Mines-g-Id, sjl- yer, lead aDd Copner-wi'l be opened; smelters built, railroads extended. and everywhere there vii be activity.
 In all this progress everyone has his part, and it is up to you to get into line. There will be great profits auI benefits and you should share jn them. Be up-to-d,te. D. not be run over. Nc man c n be up-,o da-s, and ready to take the frts trick ualess he has a good time piece. A GOOD WATCH Is AN E ,SENTIAL. and essentials are what this strenuous age requires that one who would succeed in fife must give bis attention 10.
 We sell watches-good tjmepjaces. the very best made 'u these times when only the best wlO. We have all the standard makes, snd we Sel. them at PLICES WHICH ARE RIGHT. Buy one RIGHT NOW. You will al ways be glad if you do.
 Our repair work is the best; our op- ticaI goods and opJira, skill surrass all; our general stock of jew eIry, glass ware, Chiuaware, novelties and Alaska souvenirs is the most select.
 Just try us-that Is all we ask,
 J. IKUTA,
 Jeweler and OptiCjan.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

T. R WYNN
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27
A Favor.t, Remedy for Babies

Us pleasant taste snd prompt cures havc made Cbsmberlsiu'S Cough Re medy tavorjte with the mothers Of small children It quickly cures their SOut hs aud colds and prevents any of pneumonia or other serious It not only cures CrOup, but when given as soon as the croupy couch appears will prevut the attack,
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The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27
Prs.bT erian Ladic. to NJ ot

The Ladies Aid Society of the Pres byteriau church will meet tomorrow afternoon st the home Of Mrs. W. c, Blanchard, st Eleventh avenue and Broadway. The ladies are requested to bring their own sewing.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON


 news that is coming from Washington just now, the Juneau Record-Niner, among other things, says:
 'It all these things that are thus portrayed were reliable and verihable facts it all might be we'll, but when it is more or less known that much of what is given the public is the merest speculation of ambitious and coueeited reporters, then we b. cone so bewildsred as to feel the re- signs Of disgust while today they spread before us certain alleged facts and tomorrow will give different story"
 It is pot strange that lsymen should carry ou like this Juneau paper, once in a while, but to read such matter in the editorial columns oi newspaper is somewhat shocking to members Of the Fourth Estate.
 Asa matter Of fact, newspaper men know that Washington news is not made by notoriety-hunting, "conceited reporters" The facts are quite to 'he contrary. Newspapers, real newspa- pers, were never at such pains to get truth for their columns ss they are now. Every instruction card that IS issued by managing editors urges, above all else, that reporters give the news as 1t is. GOo3 reporters under stand that iu following that precept there is promotion it all else is well. Also, the correspondents and reporters sent to Washington are always among the best and most reliable ou uewspa- per staFs. They must be men who can gain and hold the confidence of men ot affairs They are men, to be guests Of whom. statesmen are proud to receive invitations. Instead of writing wild and woody stories, maDuiact- ured of whole cloth, by wholesale, they keep to themselves many Uni gs that would make mighty interesting read ing, because they get them iu such ways that they could not use them vtthou, be,rayjuz condolences, and to do that is to violate the first and last commandments Of the newspaper mak- CTS creed.
 Newspaper men send out many stories that have DO foundation iu tacs from Washington, as they dc from all caPi- tals. They are sent out, however, only after they have withstood every Posst- ble effort to secure the facts in the case. If they are based on uncou6rmed ru- nor. they are usually so labeled, When the facts prove them false they are promptly rectifed.
 There is one other point. Many sto- ries that come from Washington about things done or to be done, that are at erwsrds centralized, are as true as gospel vixen written. The publicity given them by the papers awakens a storm of protest from the people, and the perpetrators, actual or prospect i've. deny that they had done the things stated, or ever contemplated doing them. The correspondents play the denial up. into news and keep still, unless the case is too fragrant.
 When one considers how prolific is any capital ,iu its deals. trades, combi- nations and schemes of all kinds, and rumors of such, the wOOder is that so few stories eminating from Washing ton are successfully denied.
 These words have to do mostly, ot course, with those stories that appear almost simultaneously in many papers or, a, least, in one or more responsible publications.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

To those Italians who kicked young Vanderbilt for running over a child with his devil machine most Ameri- cans will say more power to the Dago wnnEen shoa.M
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

J, Milton Turner, 8 noted eolored man of St Louis, formerly American to Liberia, is urging that col ored citizens ot the United States be employed in digging the Panama canal.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27

Did it ever occur to yOI that the wise man who knows more about how others should conduct their business than they know themselves is one who never pat ronizes or does business with those Of whom he complains? It is so. It is also true that nine times out of ten the man, who accusss the newspaper of hay ing been bought up because iJ does not write up the faults of everybody in rown but himself is pot a subscriber.
The daily Alaskan., 1906-02-27
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