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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

make an average Of thirty bushels
per acre. Notice in the right back
ground, field Of Turkey wheat in the
shock, which will yield between
thirty five and forty bushels per acre.
Plate Ill, shows a field Of Turkey
wheat on The same farm, which will
yield between thirty-hve and forty
bushels per acre Most o the shocks
contain eighteen to twenty-five bun.
dies and are placed very close to each
other. Plate ", shows a field Of
durum wheat on the farm of +. B.
Springer, near Garden City, which
yielded thirty FIVE bushels per acre.
This field Of wheat averaged over 1
feet in height.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

troduced into this country, and CLASH.
fed botanically, Triticum durum.
These whests are usually tall, with
broad light colored smooth leaves.
The boards are usually five to six in
ches in length and give the heads the
appearance Of barley. The heads are
large, though often rather short, and
vary in color from light yellow to al
most black, according to the variety,
The kernels are large, very hard and
filnty, and contain more protein than
the common wheats.
Prof. M. A. Carleton, cerealist of
the United States Department of
Agriculture, is largely responsible for
the introduction of this class of
wheats into this country, and recon-.
mends them very highly for that por-
ton of the Great Plains which is not
well adopted to the growing of The
hard winter, or other spring wheats,
because of insufficient raiuf all.
In the Old World the localities best
suited to the growing of the durum
wheats are southern Russia and
northern Africa, the varieties import
ed from the former country have
generally done the best here. Durum
wheat has produced good crops in
certain sections OF Russia which have
mean annual rainfall of less than
ten inches, several inches less than a
large part of the Great Plains, where
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27
Scholarship for Sale.

We have for sale two scholarships
in the Nickerson Normal School, one
Of the best institutions in the state
for any kind Of course you wish to
take. Persons desiring to attend an
institution Of learning during the
coming season, ale requested 10 call
at this Office.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27
DURUM OR
MACARONI WHEAT.
its Addptabillty to Western Kansas.
Fully Explained
BY PROF. Y. NJ. SHOESMITH.

The durum wheats, more commonly
known in this country as macaroni
wheats, since the best quality of
macaroni is made from them, CON-
prise group of wheats recently in
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

FOR SALE-Good second hand
peanut and popcorn rooster.
Write or call on Joe Troillet
Great Bend, Kans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1906-07-27

Old World would develop hardness
which would make them more pro-
ductlve under similar conditions.
wherever the locality, than other
sorts developed under more humid
conditions.
Variety tests of wheat at this station
indicate that the durum sorts are con.
siderably better than other spring va
rieties, but not nearly as good as the
hard winter wheats. Eastern Kan.
sas, however, is not we'll adapted 10
the growing of spring wheats. In
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
TWO FAMOUS PRISONS TO co.
Careers Of La Petite Roquette and
Saint Lazare Ended.

Those famous Partisan prisons
which have furnished SO much mate
rial for romantic novelists, La Petite
Roauette and sain Lazare, are shortly
to be demolished and rebuilt IN
Paris suburh-sueh is the decision Of
the council general Of the Seine.
Saint Lazare was built in 1882, be-
ing destined for the missions founded
BY st. Vincent de Paul. The p1gilan-
thropist's reom still exists, being now
transformed into . chapel. The mis-
sion house was raided by the revolu-
tionaries in July. 1883, was shortly
afterward a barracks, and was finally
transformed into a prison, when An
DIRE Chenier was detained there. In
1911 it was set apart especially for
female prisoners and the detention OF
women Of loose morals.
La Petite Roauette only dates from
1880. when it was erected for the pur-
nose of housing juvenile prisoners to
the number Of some 400; II is 50 ar
-aneed that the chief keeper and the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
A DEAF MUTE LAWYER.
William S. Abrams Will Look After
Legal Rights Of FeIlownaan.

New York-This city is soon to
have a deaf and dumb lawyer This
seemingly ineongruous person is VIII
liam S. Abrams, who is studying law
in the Office of George B. Hayes, at
No. 81 Nassau street, and expects to
be admitted to the bar in the fall. His
practice will be confined mainly to
cases in which deaf and dumb people
are concerned, and his work will nee
essarily be almost entirely in the Of
fee, the pleadings and motions being
turned over to his coadjutors.
When he does appear in court it
will be in the capacity of Interpreter,
or, more properly speaking, thought
reader. There are many deaf mutes
whose knowledge of business is limit
ed owing to their infirmity and who
lack the power to properly express
their ideas even in the sign language.
It often happens, in fact, that in the
Interpretation the very opposite of
their wishes is expressed. This Mr.
Abrams purposes to correct by getting
thoroughly in touch with the mental
understanding Of the clients and giving
proper expression to their ideas. Law
yers with practice among deaf mutes
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Reading, Pa.-Jacoh Gehring, of
HummelstoWn. farmer, came to
Reading and secured job as 1ahorer
the aeronaut, began his preparations
Iehring took up a position near the
zig gas bag. With head in the air
and hands in his pockets. Gehrfng
stood gaping without noticing that his
feet We're among a coil Of ropes. The
word was given and the balloon. with
La Rue performing upon a trapeze,
shot slzyWard.
With it went a Shrek of horror
from the crowd. for before the eyes
OF thousands was man dangling
from the end of an anchor. rope that
had turned about his feet. La Rue
shouted to his involuntary passenger
to swing himself upward and catch
the rope above his feet with his
hands. This Gehring succeeded in
doing after several unsuccessful at
tempts, during which it seemed that
any moment he might be dashed to
death from rapidly increasing
hesgnt. Just as Gehring caught the
rope with his hands a gust of wind
caught the balloon and he was swung
way out. At the terrifying sight
women in the crowd below tainted.
while all was still as hundreds prayed
for the safety of the man. The bal
loon was whipped from side to side
by the gale in which it had been
caught.
Finally, when a height Of 1000 feet
above the fair grounds had been
reached, Gehring, breathless and
bleeding from torn hands, dragged
himself to the side of La Rue, who
was sitting on the cannon suspended
from the balloon. a shout that went
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
It Moved Convention of Journalists
at Denver.

Denver.-To the eloquence Of an
eight-year-o1d girl Birmingham, Ala
owes the fact that the International
League Of Press Clubs will hold it's
next annual convention there. She is
little Miss Selene Rountree. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Rountree, of
Birmingham.
It was near the close of the conven-
ton of press clubs in Denver that the
little girl made herself famous, at
least among the newspaper fraternity
of the country. Birmingham and
Omaha were pitted against each 9th
er for the convention. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rountree and their two children, Sc
lene and boy IL years old, were the
sole representatives of their city.
When time for the vote came Mr..
Rountree was not in the convention
hall and could not be found.
Us there no one here who can speak
for Mr.. Rountree?" inquired the pres
ident.
There was no answer. Some one
suggested that Mr.. Rountree's son
take his fathers place, but the boy
was too timid. The little girl, realiz-
ing that Birmingham was about to
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
ESTATE or A MILLION ACRES.
Santa Gertrudes Ranch in Texas Now
Boasts This Area.

BY the recent acquisition Of q tract
Of 10000 acres Santa Gertrudes
Ranch, in southwest Texas, already
reputed to be the largest estate IN the
world owned by a private individual.
was increased to the immense proper
tons Of 1000 square miles, or 1880
900 acres. says Harperss Weekly. As
an aid to the comprehension Of these
dimensions some comparisons may be
found useful. The area of Rhode Is
land, exclusive Of the waters OF Mar
ragansett bay. comprises 67a.920
acres. OF Just a trifie more than one
hair the area of Santa Gertrudes
ranch. The area Of Delaware. exc1u-
siva III water, is 1,254,000 acres, or
D, 500 acres smaller than Santa Ger
trudes. Texas constitutes one-eley-
enth. Of the area Of the United States;
yet II the Lone Star state were to be
cut up into ranches the size Of Santa
Gemrudes, there would only be land
enough To make l52
santa GeFtrades ranch was found
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
A WOMAN EXPERT WHO HAS AN
ENvlABLE RECORD.
IS a Product Of the Bureau of Stats
tics at Washington-she Is Now
Connected with New York
Cotton Market.

New York.-Wall street has another
lady statistician.' Her name is Mrs.
Bertha ]. Burch, and her speciality is
cotton. She has entered into her new
field after a thorough course Of train
ing in the bureau Of statistics at Wash
tngton, where she was for several
years the confidential secretary and
assistant Of John Hyde, who, whatever
else may be said Of him, is to-day con-
sidered the ablest statistician the bu-
reau ever had.
Wall street at first was inclined to
make light of lady statisticlans, as it
sneeringly called them. Miss Kate M.
Giles lahored under the handicap of
sex when she first began to give out
figures on the condition Of the cotton
crop and estimates of the size of the
yield. Finally it daWned on the mas
culine cotton experts that they had
better look to their own 1aurels, and
since then Miss Giles has been per-
mitted to pursue her work undis-
turbed
Mrs. Burch in many respects is the
best trained cotton statistician who
has ever been connected with the New
York cotton market. When she re-
signed from the bureau Of statistics
last year Secretary Wilson said of
her: She is a very able woman and
probably capable of issuing as good a
report as Hyde himself"
She became associated with the b11-
reau Of statistics about ten years ago,
when Henry A. Robinson was its chief.
She occupied subordinate position
at the time, but rapidly worked her
way upward. When John Hyde became
chief of the bureau Mrs. Burch was
appointed his secretary, as she was
familiar with statistical work and was
an excellent stenographer.
During the Hyde regime Mrs. Burch
became acquainted with the methods
of her superior. She learned how the
reports were made up and how the re-
plies from the different classes of cor
respondents were weighed. She soon
learned that it was wise to add a grain
Of salt TO the tale of damage related
by some crop killer as well as to
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17


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oult - ofls lhal eAp1oles' os1aisiieM way
= spleu 2 peuaieI Nohlan stana1hs
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tomatoes fsaus y holst IN nsf oaca
anu proceed " hel way. hue tue paii
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otsss - sosaA 1870
1-1en UPON ene seene tile1es eaieeAeo
one u tue piue. palfot= Wagons choeh
Iuil o. brave policenieH. ohe y thoss
pollcemen was poised there win .
rope all CURED around MS arm ana
MS eye Keen % me peru q tne SIT
hatloh.
LOOK there. shouted the multi
tuae as 1hls policel1an huFlea that
STOUT rope anu caught the Dun oy
hlnd leg. mere was dash py the
animal q sudden pulling up ana q
glare az inc ponce.
Ohe emu oI the lasso was nfnly
grasped by all the puHns policemen
10 Inc wagon. me eshef END, as IS
known, was fastened 70 the mind leg
OF the Dull.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
BULL ON PROMENADE CAUSES
TERROR NEAR PACKINGTOWN
Homeless Fugitive from Chicago Stock Yards Leads an
Exciting Chase While on Hunt for
Experiences
sEs.GDeTIeT2c

Chicago.-A fugitive bull went a.
promenading on the West side the
other day. Before it had concluded
its morning stroll it had caused a
tempestuous chase through many
streets and alleys, had engaged in a
tug of war with patrol wagon and
had brought more or less humorous
shocks to a number of innocent by
ISLANDERS and others, here and there.
indoors and out. 1t was hornless
bull, something like a toothless mad
dog, that created these morning
scenes of panic, and for three hours
it kept several miles Of residents in
sobs and smiles-chieffy smiles.
This escaped prisoner from the
stoekyards turned up on plot OF nice
green grass at West Twelfth and
Wood streets at six a. N. small
boy got into action at that hour and
a stone was thrown. This bull didn't
care much to have a placid breakfast
disturbed by missile in that way
and it proceeded to vent it's indigna-
ton on the youngster, or, rather, to-
ward the youngster. The little chap
ran for all he was worth AID shouted
the alarm. Small boys can always
gather in scores at any time of the
dav or night when there is anything
dong. and this was no exception.
Mad bull! mad bull!,' went up the
crv in the neighborhood. Soon the
patrol wagons were turning into the
community and the people We're rush
ing out into the streets from their
homes and then back again. There
was much subdued preparation on the
mart of the police, as some OF them
got ready their lassos and stood up
in their blue wagons with much pos
ing and stretching OF shoulders, while
others fondled ferocious looking re-
volyers. ready at the right moment
10 sent a bullet tearing through the
amaddened beast
after the bull got its blood warmed
up, which took half an hour or SO,
the scenes of approximate terror be-
gan. MODS formed in all streets with
in a radius of half mile and pre-
pared to do battle with the invader.
The animal put to flight crowds that
gathered dangerously close and went
galloping down toward West Polk
street
For the next hour the bull amused
itself by scamperalg around the cor
ners where people were awaiting
street cars and delaying their plans
by guiding stampedes into number
less stores and other points OF refuge.
About eight a IN. the bull found itself
| in Winchester avenue, near West Haf-
rison street. and conceived the idea
| that its frolic was moving along IN
| too I1umdrum a sort Of way.
$40 something unique shouted a
| faeetious pedestrian, who reads the
newspapers. Kick hole in the
| sky
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

of the cotton crop made by Mrs. Burch
last year stands out clearly as the
best issued. While some 'guessess
as to the total OF the yield came
somewhat nearer the mark, they were
hapIazard shots that sometimes make
a bulls eye. Taking it state by state
for the whole belt. the lady statisti-
clan" made the best balanced estimate
of the thousands that were issued.
Although everybody thought the crop
could not possibly exceed 10,300,000,
and many placed it below 100000,
Mrs. Burch placed it at 100000. The
bureau of statistics made an estimate
of 10. 167 900. The actual yield is now
admittedly little more than 11,000,-
O00 So Mrs. Burch came closer to the
production than her old friends in the
bureau of statistics.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

ed in 1858 BY Capt. Richard King,
a former Mississippi river pilot, who,
with his friend, Capt Mifffin Kennedy,
had charge Of the transport service
on the Rio Grande which supplied
Gen, Taylor's army during the Mex
lean war. Capt. Kings ambition was
to possess the largest and best con
Quoted ranch in Texas; but he died
| 90 years ago, after accumu1ating 500
900 acres. The property was left to
his widow, Mrs. H. NJ. King, who
turned the entire management over to
her son-in-law, r. J. Kleberg, a law
yer. who was born and brought M
within $50 miles Of the ranch. Under
| Mr.. Kiebergts management the acre
age has been increased more than SO
per cent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

English experts say that nine-tenths
of the serious crimes in Great Britain
are committed by old hands who have
been often imprisoned, whom they
class as ineorrigible and recommend
should be put in a class by them
selves. They would have the courts
clothed with power, after certain
number Of offenses. to pronounce a
man as ineorrigible and TO pass sen
tence on him putting him permanent
" in prison, where he can no longer
make war on society. The same Db-
ject would be effective by deportation
and they believe It would bring about
q very great reduction in crime. II
we could remove the small population
IN Guam elsewhere and send every
incor9igible there for life there would
be no possibility of their escaping.
and the effect here would be greatly
beneficial.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17
FIGURES ON COTTON CROP.

take with allowance the optimistic re-
port sent in by some correspondent
who undoubtedly was short of the
market In every department of the
science of statistics she served her
apprenticeship. She also became ac-
quainted with the better classes of
correspondents and learned those in
whom to place reliance.
Soon after the departure of Hyde
for Europe a firm of New York brokers
sent a representative to Washington
and asked Mrs. Bureh to take charge
of their crop reporting. The estimate
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Lightning Kills Hen, Hatches Chick
Winchester, Va.-At the home Of
Greenville Chapman a hen was sitting
on eggs which were in a box leaning
against cherry tree, when d bolt 81
lightning passed down the tree, split
ting the box, killing the hen ard all
the chickens in the eggs, with one
exception. This one little chick,
which was literally stripped Of its
shell BY the lightning, is living and
healthy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Charles Gibson, Of Eufaula, Greek
citizen who has intimate knowledge
of tribal customs, asserts that the
Creek Indian medicine man with MS
remedies can stop instantly the flow
OF blood and that no physician can
excel him in curing gunshot wound.
Gibson says that these medicine men
never fail to cure a snake bite, the
bite OF mad dog and the sting OF q
centipede or a tarantula.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

That there is still available a great
deal Of land not actually needed Tor Ins
support Of human life is attested Dy
the fact that tract Of more than l.
roo 600 acres In New Brunswick, Cana
da. has been leased by a company in
Montreal, an organization including
many Americans in its membership.
The area will be reserved exclusively
for hunting and fishing purposes, and
sportsmen expect to fad It paradise
for their purpose.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

The first anniversary Of the signing
OF the treaty Of peace between Russia
and Japan was appropriately observed
at Portsmouth, N. H., when tablet
commemorative OF the momentous
event was unveiled and dedicated. The
tablet, suitably designed, sets forth
that in the building. at the invitation
OF Theodore Roosevelt, president OF
the United States" was held the con
ference which eliminated in the peace
agreement signed at SAT p. m. Sep
TENDER 5, 1905, which ended the war
between the countries.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Gehsing, however, found the cord and
opening the valve. began to descend
slowly toward the river. An hour
later he alighted When he returned
he was greeted as hero and COM
Portable purse compensated him for
all the alarm he had experienced.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

The report of the geological survey
showing that the United States last
year produced about 100000 tons
of coal places this country far in the
lead, and emphasizes the situation
when 1t appears that the increase here
over 1904 was actually greater than
the entire production in France or of
any other large nation, with the ex.
ceptions Of Great Britain, Germany
and Austria. Especial impetus was
given to mining in the United States
by apprehensions concerning a coal
strike last spring.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

A chemical analysis Of the so-called
headache powders sold in London
proves them to be dangerous. The in
gradients OF ten packets, which sell
for Is cents each, cost the manufac-
turar about one-quarter OF a cent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

London critics are indignant be-
cause a manager wants them to wait
q week before reviewing a new pro-
duetion. In the case of the average
performance 1t would be favor to
the critic to let him wait a year.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Some Austrian ladies' have this year
organized beauty camps living for
a month in tents in the open air, par
taking of plain food and rising and re-
firing early. The campers do nearly
all their own work, and the result Is
summarized as robust health, clear
complexion, and 20 pounds added TO
ones weight"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

warder can, from the central court
yard, see everything that takes place
all over the prison. The cellular sys-
tenn is vigorously maintained; the
prisoners work alone. and occasionally
are exercised in the yard in patches Of
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

A young American finished FIRST ~
the long-distance balloon race at
Paris, but the most remarkable tact
connected with the contest was tnat
all the 16 big gas bags descended
without d fatality or even serious &C.
cident
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Most persons evince a greater IN
terest In the description of new pfi-
yate car or a perfected airship than
in the report Of case Of chronic dys-
DeDsia cured by walking.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

The car of Russia is reported to pc
hiding in Denmark. # he has sue
eeeded in getting there safely We
would advise him to lose no time IN
sending home for the furniture.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

A Michigan Indian has married 3
eonper-colored belle Of the name OF
Mary Kick-a-H ole-in-the-sk No. she
was not a footIight favorite.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

The Escanaba Indian who IS to
marry Kick-a-Hole-in-the-sky 8nd IS
to acquire Afraid-of-No-Man as a
mother-in-law will probably admit ms
own name Dennis.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Raisuli breaks into every public oc-
casion with the air Of man who con-
sfders himself the most Important
parsonage in Morocco. And the sui
tan, apparently, does not dare to re-
sent it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

An American has won the internar
fional balloon race. How would Sir
Thomas Upton like to challenge as
for 9he aerial cup?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-17

Aberdeen university has conferred
the degree Of LII. D. on Andrew Car
negie. When did Andrew give Aber-
deem a library?