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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09
WANT ELEVATOR OPENED

North Dakota Men and Great Northern
- Officials In Conference.
J. L. Cashel, president, and W. c. Nc
Fadden, secretary North Dakota Bank
ers' association, are in St. Paul today for
a conference with Great Northern off,
Gals. They demand that the company
elevator at Superior be opened. The
conference was arranged by Mr. Cashel
and President Hill several days ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09

A Word to the Wise. p.
Business mems lunch from 1870 ia
2 CLOCK, 35c. Hotel Majestic Cafe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09
SHOTGUN ENDS LIFE
John Carlson Commits Suicide on Min
l1etonka Farm.

neGOnka Farm.
John Carlson, 81 years old, commit.
ted suicide Wednesday on Oscar Wa.
denstein 8 farm, near Lake Minneton-
ka. Carlson had been in poor health
for some time, and loading an old shot.
gun, he placed the muzzle to his heart
and pulled the trigger, diving instantly
He had no relatives in this part. of the
country and last year was an inmate
of the county poorfarm. He had
worked for Wadenstein for several
months, .....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09

The Plymouth Rogers-Peet-C Clothing,
Knox Hats, sHanan Shoes. For men
who value correct dress.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09
HELLsTRoM SINGS TO SICK

HELLsTRoM SINGS TO SICK,
Nine. Hellstrom visited the Swedish hospital
yesterday and sang five selections for the bene-
TT Of the patients. who greatlys. appreciated
the courtesy. Following the music an in
formal reception was given the singer in the
reception room, followed by the serving of
light refreshments in the dining hail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09
WARS ON BILLBOARDS.

The st. Paul East Side Commercial club
has decided to make campaign against bill
boards. 1t will begin. by insisting that the
law be enforced compelling the boards to be
certain height
For Sore Throat and Cold in Chest use Omega
Oil. Trial bottle Zoe. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09

MONDAY Lunch, 35 Cents.
Hotel Majestic Cafe, 18th and Hem.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-09

- Hotel Majestic Cafe.
9TH and Hem. MONDAY lunch, 35c.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
Bneeding StnrdY Lettucc.

Through the process of forcing"
owners of Greenhouses are able TO
produce crops, weeks and months
before they could arrive at maturity
through natural courses. In addition
the crop is made to develop far more
rapidly and to attain proportions
such as nature could not accomplish.
From $2,5OO,OO0 to 100000 worth
Of lettuce alone is forced" in the
United States each winter. Green
house gardeners in an endeavor to
"get rich quick" have failed to note
that this forcing was weakening
their stock until now the weak let
tuce often becomes 50 diseased in the
dollhouse that it is by no means rare
for a gardener to lose an entire crop
Of greenhouse lettuce by a disease to
which these overstrained plants are
particularly liable.
DR.. B. I. Galloway, chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry, in order to
correct this evil, has been working for
two seasons on this subject and has
at last succeeded in obtaining a crop
Of winter lettuce plants immune to
the lettuce disease. At the same time
the plants are of large size and capa-
bic of developing as early as the most
specialized of winter lettuce. This
work has involved much time and the
sarifce of thousands of plants. Seed
of healthy winter lettuce was planted,
and at the proper time
the plants were crossed with
wild lettuce-a species free from
disease. Millions of seeds of these
cross-bred plants were sown in beds
a thousand in each-and out of each
thousand two or three of the largest
and best were taken, while the rest !
were destroyed. From these extra |
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
MOOSE In NATIVE WILDS.
AYTLERED KING OF AMERICAN
FOREST ABOUNDS IN REMOTE
NORTHWEST REGIONS.

Senses Developed to Remarkable
Degree-Feed Partly Under Water
in Summer-Many Bulls Killed in
FratracidaI Battles.
Few people have any conception of
the astuteness Of the moose, said a sue
cessful hunter who is exceptionally
well acquainted with the habits of this
splendid game animal, in speaking Of
a recent trip. They possess keenness
of scent and hearing that is almost be-
yond belief, and an intelligence that is
seldom credited to them by any one
except those who have devoted consid-
cradle time to studying them and
their ways.
In the section of the country where
we were the larger part of our stay
moose were exceedingly plentiful, and
we had the finest opportunity to OBJ
serve their actions. We followed them
from one place to another. endeavor-
ing not to brighten them and all the
while noticing them very closely.
In the mating season, which com
mences around September 20 and ends
about the middle of October, the bulls
are exceedingly vicious, while the cows
are timid and seek the deepest forests,
being easily frightened. 1t is my
opinion that the males kill many of
their mates at this time.
The cows soon betake themselves to
some island, in order that they may not
be disturbed by wolves or other wild
The moose calves are about |
as homely and unsightly as anything
| have ever seen. Their heads are
nearly as long as their bodies. and
when they are three or four weeks old
they weigh about 100 pounds.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

death cup. The former has been used
in Europe for hundreds of years as a
fly poison, and in Asia it was formerly
used as an intoxicant. Cattle are pois-
oned by this species as well as men,
and it is supposed that the flesh of live
stock so poisoned is rendered unwhole-
some. The death cup is not quite so
large as the fly amanita and is not so
attractive in appearance to the mex
perienced and experimenting epicure.
A large number of cases of poisoning
have been attributed to this fungus; in
most of them it was supposed to be edi-
BILE, and in a few instances the mere
handling of the plant caused serious
trouble.
The bulletin above mentioned goes
on to describe the common poisonous
weeds and plants of the country, some
of which are thriving in abundance in
the East, West, North and South, and
it is believed covers the weeds which
bring harm to the farmer of every sec
ton. The following is the list of
plants described in the bulletin
Fly amanita mushroom, death cup
mushroom, false hellebore, pokeweed,
corn cookie, dwarf larkspur Wyoming
larkspur, purple larkspur, choke cherry,
wolly loco weed, stemless loco weed, rat
tlebox, caper spurge snow on the noun
tain, poison ivy, poison oak, poison SUI
mac red buckeye, water hemlock, Oregon
water hemlock, poison hemlock, broad
leaf laurel, narrow-leaf laurel, great
laurel staggerbush, branch ivy, jimson
weed, black nightshade, bittersweet,
sneezeweed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

The calf and its mother remain to
gether for about nine months, the
mother, of course, providing food anC
shelter for the younger animal. Bu
after that length of time has elapsed
she will try to get away. In order t
do this she will often travel miles up
stream, so as to leave no scent, and
as rule, she succeeds in accomplish.
ing her purpose.
The bulls have a peculiar granting
sound by which they call to the COWS
A man can initiate the call after Ions
practice, but not so perfectly as to de
ceive them. The only way in which this
ruse can be successfully carried out
is to make your call at the same time
that the moose make their noise. In
this manner | have called them under
the branches of the tree in which |
have been sitting from distances as
great as a mile or more.
The males also have an odd habit of
striking their antlers against trees,
making a sound that rings clear as a
bell, after which they below long and
loud. On quiet night they can be
heard miles away. This appears to be
bACAA AAOdG VI dCA0hSC anu
challenging rival to contest.
AntIers No Handicap.
It is astonishing to see them go
through the woods while bearing their
immense branching antlers. They cal
culate the distance between two trees
to nicely and hardly ever strike
branch. But perhaps the strangest
part of this performance is that this
does not seem to retard their speed
in the slightest.
In the summer they seek the water,
where they will not be pestered by
flies, and stay there during most of the
warm weather. AS they are not built
to reach the grass with their Jaws, be
ing very high in the forequarters, they
feed on lily pads, roots, watercress and
moose maple during the summer. The
watercress grows chiefly In deep
water, and to reach it the moose dive
in water from ten to fifteen feet in
depth, leaving only their heels visible
They stay under from a minute to a
and half, and usually do their
diving at night When they have filed
their large jaws they proceed to sort
out such parts as they want and eat
them leisurely.
When autumn approaches they take
to the rocks and high places, where
they live on yellow birch and white
willow tops. They stand on their hind
legs to reach the top of birch tree
fifteen feet above the ground, snap it
off, and then pull off the young shoots.
In the winter they sustain themselves
on lichens, ground hemlock and white
cedar.
When the snow becomes deep and
the temperature is far below zero, they
herd together in some dense cedar
swamp and trample down the snow
Often as many as sixty gather at one
time In this way.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
TronfcaI Fruits.

There is something fascinating in the
development of tropical fruits, those
| things which we can not grow in the
\ emperate and colder climates, where
Jack Frost is sure to reap his annual
harvest. There is the mango, for in
stance, which the Department of Ag-
riculture is growing in Porto Rico, and
the alligator pear, a most delicious
tropical vegetable-fruit, the pepino, and
a score of others which will stand little
or no frost. To most persons there is
a glamor and a fascination about the
tropics and its products. We have in
the United States no tropical section.
Frosts or chills of atmosphere are
likely to visit us at all points. In
Porto Rico and the Philippines, how
ever, are found the genuine tropical
conditions where nothing worse occurs
than the hurricane which sweeps away
every vestige of vegetation, house and
occupants; but there is no frost.
While we have taken control of
Porto Rico and the Philippines, never
theless, 1t is the constant endeavor of
the home government to cross and hy-
bridize tropical with hardy fruits so
that they will stand the cold and
frost of northern climes. The alrih-
cial evolution of the hardy orange is
an example of this.
by selection and cross breeding,
plants can become wonderfully weii
acclimated and as result the northern
and species are gradually in
vading the southern fields, while the
northern orchards are constantly being
augmented by new species hitherto
exclusively southern in temperament.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

of the business. When a hen moults
she stops laying eggs and no amount of
persuasion can induce her to again
commence doing business until she is
ready. The California Experiment
Station has been making tests with the
object of shortening the moulting sea-
son of laying fowls. Hens usually
commence moultIng in the early fall
and the plan of the California station
Is to hasten this time into carly sum-
ner. This is accomplished by method
of light feeding, followed with heavy
feeding. The egg-laying is stopped
and moulting is brought on by a one
half reduction of the supply of nitro
genous food, meat, middlings, and the
like. The hens, under this plan, stop
egg-laying and go to moulting. In
about month, it is claimed, the moult-
ing process is all finished AID then the
ordinary feeding is resumed; the hen
then begins to lay eggs early in the
fall. The experiments of the station
have not been concluded, so that it is
still unsafe to say whether or not the
new method will prove practically sue
cessful.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
To Keen Egg Records.

The Maine Experiment Station has
published description of nest box
which is claimed to be simple and in
expensive, and certain in it's action,
for use where it is desired to keep a
record of how hens are laying, in order
to weed out the poor ones of the flock.
The station has used these nests in ex-
periments undertaken to establish
breeds of hens that shall excel as egg
producers. A description of this box,
and how to make it can be found in
farmers bulletin No. ia, of the De.
partment of Agriculture.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

department; the first, lasting several
months, Is a period of hallucination
with defective eyesight. during which
the animal may cut all sorts of capers.
Once acquiring a taste for the loco
plant the stock refuse every other kind
of food until the second stage is ush-
cred in. This second stage is a linger-
ing period of emaciation characterized
by sunken eye-balls, lusterless hair and
feeble movements. The animal dies,
as If from starvation in periods rang
ing from few months to one or two
years.
Various States have attempted to
adopt measures for the eradication of
the loco weed, but so far these at
tempts have not met with much sue
cess. Colorado, a number of years
ago, offered a reward of so much per
ton for quantities of the loco weed
brought in for determination. The
Mexican greasers, with great thrift,
started in to farm and raise loco
weeds. One of the prime reasons for
failure to eradicate this weed ty State
action has been the inability to prop
erly identify the loco plant. In some
States it has been one weed which
has caused the poison, and in others
an entirely different species has re-
suited in live stock destruction.
Experiments in Poisoning.
However, the Department Of Agricul-
ture is now making experiments with
various poisonous plants of the West,
injecting the subtle poisons into sheep,
cattle and guinea pigs, and studying
every symptom, until it is hoped that
some measures may be adopted by
stockmen to prevent loss through eat
ing of the loco.
But it is not only the West that is
complaining to the Department of Agri-
culture on account of the presence of
poisonous plants, for there is no Sec
ton of the country which does not
abound with some form of plant life
which is either of an irritant or poison
GUS character. New Jersey recently
reported a few cases where children
we're poisoned by water hemlock. Ore
gon loses cattle every year through one
species of cicuta. Familiar to us all
is the action of poison ivy. While 1t is
irritable to human beings, it has no
apparent effect upon animals, horses,
mules and goats eating its leaves with
impunity. A number OF people are i'm
mune to its action, but some lose their
resistant power in middle life; others
have been known to attain immunity
only through considerable exposure to
the poison ivy.
Deadly Mushrooms.
The meadows and pastures of many
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
Secretary Bonaparte, Farmer.

About Is miles from Baltimore is
the farm of Secretary Charles j. Bona
parte of the Navy. Before he became
the. head of the Navy Departments Sec
rotary Bonaparte used to spend six
months of the year on his farm. He
arose daily at $50 and always took a
look over the place before breakfast.
After breakfast he would drive into
the city, arriving usually about the
time people were getting out of bed.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
Came as a Shock.

Flossie-"Mamma were you at home
when l was born?"
Mamma-"No. dear, was ar grand
mas, in the country"
Flossie-"Wasn't you awfully sur
prised when you heard about it?
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
%NNb9&ydSE@ POISONOUS PLANTS OF sAX8y|Yl#
YSNI@Ylzs THE UNITED STATES. 3S4NaIkSs%
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POISONOUS PLANTS or
THE UNITED STATES
Guy ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

Farmers from time to time send in
bmplaints to the Department of Agri-
culture that not only their stock, but
even farm hands, have been sickened
and killed through the presence
of some poisonous plant on their farms.
So frequently have these complaints
arrived at the department that Off
cials of the Bureau of Plant Industry.
under the direction of Mr. Frederick ".
Coville, the chief botanist, are now
making extensive experiments to as
certain the exact elements causing this
damage.
In order to aid farmers in the detec-
ton of the most common plants found
on their farms, the department has is
sued a farmers bulletin, No. SO, en-
titled Thirty Poisonous Plants of the
United States" This gives in detail
full descriptions of the plants, the
symptoms of the poisoning, and in
many cases antidotes for the relief Of
men or animals taking in the poison.
It would be well for all agriculturists
10 keep copy of this pamphlet among
their ready reference books. The Off
Gals of the Bureau of Plant Industry
are only too glad to furnish this most
may apply.
Destructive to Live Stock.
Probably the most destructive pois-
onous weed in the United States is the
loco; the damage is so extensive that
during the period between 1881 and
1885 the State of Colorado paid out
over 100000 in an endeavor to exter-
inmate the weed.
The foliage of the loco weed is not
the agent which imparts the poison to
live stock grazing upon land impreg-
mated with it. it is the roots and stalk
which contain the poison. Animals
under the influence of the stimulant go
through antics as though they were in
toxicated, their eyes become CLASSY,
they sprawl around in maudlin fashion
until, with sheer exhaustion they fall
to the ground in a stupor. The effect
of the poison is not acute, but in it's
slow progress Stimulates diseases
caused by bacteria, worms or other
parasites. The stages of locoed ami
NAL are recognized by officials of the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
To Shorten WOuIIing.

The various state experiment sta
tons have been devoting considerable
time and attention to one feature of
poultry raising, which has been a
stumbling block in the way of obtain
ing the greatest amount of profit out
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

"My ancestors came over In the
Mayflower," boasted Blueblood, "but
it isn't generally known"
That's all right old man." said his
friend. I'll never tell. You can't help
what your ancestors didg'
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
The NezU Lettuce
Gr0soS Kery Rank.

large early and fine heads another
crop was raised, and it is from these
that seed will be furnished to the
greenhousemen of the great cities. 1t
is believed that through this work
will be saved from ruin the winter
lettuce industry, which for the last
three years has been threatened with
extinction.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

Why is a ragged boy like a minister
near the end of his sermon? He's
tore'd his close.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
PENSIONS.

Over enc Million Dollars
allowed our clients during the last
six years.
Over one Thousand
claims allowed through US dur
ing the last six months. Dis.
ability Age and In
CT @ a . g pensions obtained
in the shortest possible time.
Widows claims a speciality.
Usually granted within 90
days if placed with us immedi-
ately on soldiers death. Fees
fixed b. law and payable out of
allowed pension. A successful
experience of rs years and benefit
of daily calls at Pension Bureau
are at your service. Highest ref
erences furnished. Local Magis-
trates pc C VI N i a rily
benefited by sending us
claims.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

homesteads TEEN with mushroom
growths, some of them edible and 9TH
ers deadly poison. Among the latter
class the farmer has to contend with
two species, the fly amanita, or, as
some call it, the fly killer. and the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

Smile, sign Of happiness; miss, the
cause of much happiness. Hence the
expression, a miss is as good as smile.
The temperature in the Sahara Des-
ert often rises to $50 degrees in the
daytime and sinks below freezing
point at night.
"A little learning Is a dangerous
thing.
Drink deep, or taste not of the Pierian
Spring
"And he that does one fault at first
And lies to hide, makes two"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

Eight Weeks Growth
From Seed of NezU
Hy6rid and Stand
ard Tarfefy.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12

The meadows and pastures of many
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-15
(Signed)
"CHAS. f. MACON,
provisional Governor.
October 13, 1906.
Offer for Famous Ruins.

ondon Dispatch in New York Times.
+ It Is announced that the famous
ruins Of the abbey at Glastonbury,
Somerset are in the market, and that
an offer for them has been received
from the United States.
The ruins Of the abbey, founded In
tie sixth century, constitute the chief
interest Of Glastonbury for visitors.
The first English Christian church is
said to have been built by that town.
According to legend, 1t was founded
by Joseph Of Arimathca. who stopped
TO rest at Glastonbury and placed his
STAFF in the ground. 1t took root, and
from 1t sprang the famous Glaston.
bury thorn which, according to pop.
ular superstitution. blossomed every
Christmas Day. The original thorn
vas destroyed by the Puritans. but
gratis from It exist.
OF the once magnificent abbey.
which covered sixty acres, the only
remains are parts Of the abbey church,
with the roofless chapels OF ST. 10.
seph and ST. Mary, and the abbots
kitChen. These buildings were begun
in the reign Of Henry II, and were fin.
ished about century after his death,
They are fine specimens OF early and
transitional architecture.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-15
Mrs. Knox Has Clocks Galore.

From the New York Press.
Collections of clocks generally prove
a source OF worry to their owners, for
though they may be set at noon every
day from standard time. they disagree
on short notice in the most mysteri-
Gus way. Friends who call on the
clock owner, and whose watches have
been set carefully, won't find any Of
the clocks with the true time-that is,
time exactly like that given by any of
the watches. OF course, the watches
are at SKIES and sevens, too. but it
is no use trying to convince their
owners that any OF the clocks are
right Mrs. Philander c. Knox, wife
of the Pennsylvania Senator, is brave
enough to face four hours at once;
so she has a remarkable collection OF
clocks. Besides modern timepieces,
she has forty or fifty of antique make.
If all struck at once. the clangor-but
they don't. They make any particu'
lar sixtieth minute last about a quar-.
ter.hour One of the recent additions
to the Knox collection came from
Paris. 1t is a huge bronze affair, in.
tended for the library mantal. and the
clock face is a bell Of blue enamel.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-15
State Charters
RAGING AND FAIR ASSOCIATION
COMPOSED OF FAIRMoNT
MEN is INCORPORATED. =

CHARLESTON, Oct. 11.-The fol
lowing charters have been issued by
the Secretary of State: The Randolph
Lumber Company, Of Benlah, capital
lied at $4,000 with its chic. works in
TRY Fork district. The interpretations
are: J. H. Powell. ]. ]. L'ndorman.
4 r. Asst, of Canisto. N. Y: c. VII
lard, Of Allegheny: ". W. Kirby. ct
Elkins. I,
The Marion Agricultural Industrial
Society, of Fulrmont, capitalized at
10000 for maintaining and carrying
On racing park near that city. The,
i,corporators are: S. L. Watson, NJ!
l.. Hutchinson. A. D. Simon, Levi Harr.
]. A. Clark. all OF Falrmont.