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Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
JOURNALISM IN CHINA.
Dialect Newspapers Increase Gulf
Between Provinces.

United States Consul Anderson, at
Annoy, has made report on journal
ism among the Chinese. He says:
1T is rather surprising, in view OF
the comparatively small population
OF foreigners in China, how many
large publications there are in foreign
languages. The prices they obtain for
their publications and their work
probably explain the situation.
Shanghai has five daily newspapers,
three morning and two evening pa
pers; one is French. 1t has six for
eign weeklies, one German. 1t also
has four Chinese dailies and large
number of Chinese weeklies.
Practically all of the foreign pa
pers sell for AZ cents gold per copy.
The subscription price is about SIS
gold per annum, postage extra. The
Chinese dailies sell for about u cent
gold per copy. In addition to these
publications there are many religious
papers, mostly in Chinese, published
by the mission authorities.
'In the south Hong Kong domi-
mates the publication business, and
as it is a British colony, English publ
cations might reasonably be expected
to lead, but on the face of the record
the Chinese predominant. There are
four English dailies, the Post, the
Press, both morning papers, and the
Telegraph and the Mail, both evening
papers.
There are six Chinese dailies, and,
as in the case Of Shanghai, there are
a large number of publications de-
signed to fill various wants in South
China, a Portuguese weekly and the
Government Gazette being among
them. In nearly every port of i'm
portance in China there is an English
publication of some sort.
"The publication houses, as a rule,
both newspaper concerns and con-
Germs for general printing only, are
fairly well equipped for their work.
Some of them attempt work in the
| line of high grade magazine and book
| publishing, and while it is not always
an unmiXed success from technical
| typographical standpoint, it demon
strates that the Chinese workmen,
| who do most of the work under for
eign supervision, will in time ac-
quire considerable merit in this line
of effort.
at is rather interesting to note
| that China at present seems to be
passing through much the same pro-
cess with its newspapers and other
publications that many parts of the
United States have passed through.
All over the empire native newspap-
ers are being started in the COLO
quail dialects, and are more or less
local in character.
ut is unfortunate in many re-
spects that the publication of news
papers in the several local dialects
has developed so generally. While
such publications will afford means
of educating the people of the en-
pire in some lines, they also furnish
the means for deepening the CULTS,
dividing the several provinces which
differ in dialects. Each newspaper
| center, if it performs it's natural mis-
sion, will develope its own language
in its own field to the exclusion of
language which might in time be-
| come common to all China"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
Better Now Than Not at All.

termination tests should be made
five or six weeks before planting time
but even if it is necessary to stop the
plow in the field, it is far more prof
table to have good stand of corn on
10 acres than it is to have poor stand
on 20 acres, thereby saving the time
and labor necessary to prepare the
ground and to plant and cultivate the
additional acre. Yet many farmers are
every year planting and cultivating 8
or acres in every 90, for which they
receive comparatively no returns
In making the tests it is essential
that each ear tested should be given a
number and all kernels taken there
from given a corresponding number
so that after the tests the faulty ears
may be thrown out.
Many kinds of terminating boxes
and methods for testing seed corn have
been described in various publications,
but the Department of Agriculture has
designed q simple box which is be-
lieved to combine most Of the advan-
tages, and give good results in the
hands of almost any operator. The box
would be about ~ or 2 inches deep
inside and the length and width such
IS to suit the needs of the individual
farmer, but it should not be made wa
tor-tight. Instead Of filing the box with
!, soil, or sawdust, as is commonly
commended, the seed bed is made
of heavy canton flannel or similar ma
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
To Test Each Corn Ear.

The statement is made by officials of
the Department of Agriculture that
while corn breeders have achieved
marked success in the production of
improved types of corn during the last
decade, unless the farmers take better
care of their seed corn and test each
ear separately, preparatory to planting,
the chances are that the average yield
of corn per acre in the United States
will not be materially increased.
In our principal corn-growing States,
corn is planted in hills 3la feet apart
each way, giving 1856 hills per acre.
In most sections three stalks to the
hill is considered a perfect stand; in
some States, two. is the standard. Yet
If each hill would produce but one
medium sized ear, 6 or inches in
length and weighing a trife more than
8 ounces, the yield for each acre would
be 2SS bushels, the average yield per
acre in the United States in 1905.
A single ear of corn to the hill the
size shown as A in the illustration
would give an average of 2S.S bushels
to the acre; a single ear shown as b
would give 80 bushels per acre; an
ear such as G would produce 40
bushels per acre; an ear such
as ID would yield as bushels per acre:
while an ear like e, which weighs a
trifle less than a pound would yield so
bushels of shelled corn per acre, count
ing only one such ear for each of the
1856 hills. There are, however, very
few farmers who raise as much as so
bushels of shelled corn per acre. Yet
every corn grower can probably pro-
duce many ears which are larger than
that shown as r in the cut. Eliminat-
ing, however, both ears ID and f and
granting that every farmer could har-
vest from each hill two such ears as
the one shown as G, an ear which is
less than 81 inches long, and weighs
a2.6 ounces, the yield would be 80
bushels of shelled corn per acre. Are
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

cover the box with piece of glass, or
other tight material, to prevent the
evaporation of the water from the
cloths, and set the box aside for a
few days to await the results of the
test. Where only limited number of
ears are to be tested, a similar germ
mating apparatus may be made by
using cloth between two dinner plates.
Ten inch plates will give ample space
for the testing of Is or 20 ears at one
time. 1t is important that the ears
be numbered or arranged in the same
definite order as the corresponding
tests in the terminating box. One of
the most satisfactory methods is the
use of rack as is generally used for
drying seed corn. This is generally
a piece of 2 by 2 inch piece of pine
from which extend on all four sides
long nails, each of which is numbered.
After the kernels from the first ear
have been placed in square No. I
of the terminating box, the ear is
showed on nail No. Of the drying rack,
and so on. These racks can then be
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
KING CORN.

Corn planting time! The United
States this year will have over 10000
900 acres planted to this king of crops.
For this enormous acreage 15,OOO,OOO
bushels of seed will be required.
Probably but little thought is given
by the average farmer to the germin-
ating quality of the seed used, for he
has so long been accustomed to get
ting stand, under ordinarily favor
able conditions, varying from GO to 80
per cent, that many have come to
think more complete stand impos-
sible Yet experiments have shown
that barring unfavorable weather at
planting time, the work of grubs, wire
worms, and the like, there is no rea-
son why stand of corn should be less
than 50 per cent. OF recent years, how
ever, conditions have much improved,
and never before has there been such
a demand for seed corn of high vital
ity. Some of our best farmers are be-
ginning to realize that one of the great
est factors in profitable corn produc-
ton is the use of seed which will show
a high per centage of termination.
II each corn grower would give a lit
tie time during the early spring to the
testing of the seed, the vitality OF each
individual ear of corn intended for
planting could be readily determined.
The poor ears could then be discarded,
and the millions Of bushels of seed
corn which fail to grow each spring
could be very profitably converted in
to pork and beef OF the 10000
bushels Of seed corn which will be
planted this year, it is almost certain
that from two to three million bushels,
or nearly 20 per cent. of the corn first
planted, will fail to grow as a result
Of the low vitality of the seed. Thou
sands Of acres will have to be replant-
ed either in their entirety or in part,
and many thousands more will grow
to maturity with an imperfect stand.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

1t seems incredible of realization,
that the average yield of corn in the
United States in 1905, when the total
production was the largest in our his
tory, was only 2S.S bushels of shelled
corn per acre. 1t is still more sur
prising to know that the average pro-
duction per acre is practically the
same to-day as it was forty years ago.
In fact, the average yield per acre for
the ten years from 1866 to 1875 was
26.07 bushels as compared with 20
bushels for the ten years from 1896 to
1905. While there are several rea-
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

schools and at home that manual
labor is not honorable. There is no
reason why farm life should become
monOtonOus to any one residing with
in the boundaries of ordinary civiliza-
ton. The rural mail carries the daily
papers and magazines to the farm
door yard; telephones place the farmer
in direct communication with the out
side world; railroads open the channels
Of trade to every commercial port
yet there is a life of monotony on
many farms. The places are not i'm
proved, the owners follow the fashions
of their forefathers, they do not
adopt new methods in any line and
their children become discouraged.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
OLDEN DAYS OF WHALING

The days of the old-time whaling
fleets when more than two hundred
full-rigged ships sailed out of New
Bedford harbor on three and four
year voyages to the most distant and
dangerous seas, were over more than
half a century ago. The right of
with his mouth full of whalebone and
his cousin. the sperm whale of tropi-
cal waters, bearing in its head the
precious spermaceti, were practically
exterminated by those all-daring, iron
nerved, keen-eyed Yankee shippers.
Their splendid ships, the Annie B.,
the Mary Jane, the Blue-Eyed Susan
great lovers of their wives and sweet
hearts, were this race of gentlemen adj
venturers-rotted at the wharves or
were degraded to service as coastwise
and with them vanished a world of
romance and adventure. No men, in
no time, more truly than they, went
down to the sea in ships.
But when the pennant Of the last
old-time whaling ship was hauled down
forever, there still proudly swan
the oceans the vast rorqual or racer
whale, greatest of all his mighty kin.
To the sailing fleet Of the old days, the
rorqual was an almost impossible prize
because of its tremendous speed. 1t
was practically unmolested, and null
tiplied exceedingly in both North At
lantic and Pacific waters.
1t was the abundance of this levi
athan, measuring ninety feet in length
and weighing almost as many tons
bulking larger than a whole herd of ell
ephants-which was the inspiration of
the modern whaling industry.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
WHAT MAKES THE CORN AVERAGE LOW.

suspended in some suitable place and
there need be no fear of the ears be-
ing mixed while the termination test
is in progress.
The kernels in the testing box
should begin to terminate freely a.
bout the third or fourth day, but the
counting should not be done until the
sixth or seventh day, or until most OF
the shoots or stems are from 1 to 11a
inches long. This part Of the testing
must be done with considerable care
and requires good judgment, as ker-
nels will be found in all stages of de-
velopment If the six kernels in any
one square in the terminating box
show six good healthy sprouts, the ear
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

there any corn growers who can not
produce the equivalent of at least two
such ears to every hill? How many
grow so bushels of shelled corn per
acre?
The time required to test individual
ears for vitality is very small when it
is considered that IL or Is ears will
furnish enough seed to plant one acre.
Experiments have shown that If few
kernels preferably six are taken
from different parts of an ear of corn
and all are found to terminate we'll
that is, to produce good healthy sprouts
practically all of the kernels on that
ear will likewise show strong vitality
On the other hand, if the part of all of
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

which they represent should be taken
for seed. There will also be cases in
which all six kernels have germinated
but will be lacking in vigor. While
these kernels might produce a good
ear of corn, the chances are that they
will never develop, or else will produce
but barren stalk. 1t is only necessary
to remember that all ears showing
dead kernels or weak and poorly devel-
oped sprouts must be discarded and
only those used for seed in which
every kernel tested has given a good
healthy sprout. The ears which have
shown a perfect termination are now
ready to be butted and tipped and
shelled for planting In order to in
sure further uniformity in planting it
is advisable to sort the ears before
planting into two or three grades, ac-
cording to the size Of the kernels
This grading may also be done by
screening, if more convenient.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

per cent, while the average germina-
ton of both the good and the poor
ears, the seeds of which would ordin-
arily have been used for planting, had
not these tests been made, was 500
per cent, showing that 1877 per cent
was gained by discarding ears of low
vitality Granting, however, that the
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

samples tested are representative of
the present supply of seed corn, the
testing of every ear and the subsequent
rejection Of poor ears will increase the
stand 1877 per cent. This increased
stand would mean an increased yield
of 29S, 140,695 bushels, with a value of
$100,739, 912.91 calculated on the basis
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
Remarkable Results of Government
Tests.

The Department of Agriculture re-
Gently made tests of seed corn fur
nished by farmers in the corn produc-
ing States, and of the 1922 ears tested,
1,906, or the startling percentage Of
more than one-half, were unfit for seed.
These samples were taken from ears
picked for seed by good, careful far
mers, and are evidently much above
the average. The average termination
of the 1906 poor ears was only III
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
A SIMPLE TERMINATING BOX.

terial, using two or three thicknesses
Of cloth in the bottom of the box and
one or two thicknesses Of cloth for
covering the kernels after the frame
has been filled. The cloth at the bot
tom should be marked off into squares
inches each way, and numbered, each
one of which is to be filled with kerr
nels from ears which are given num-
Der corresponding to the square used.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

the kernels tested fail to terminate or
show only weak sprouts, the proper
ton will be the same for all of the kerr
nels on such ears. And the experienced
corn grower will be not little sur
prised to find many fine looking ear
of corn among his selected seed, the
kernels of which will not sprout at all.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

tom of the terminating box. The kerr
nels from ear No. l are then placed,
germ side up, in square No. 1 and so
on. When all of the squares have been
filed, fold the other end of the cloth
carefully over the kernels. If during
the sampling the cloths have become
dry, sprinkle them well with water
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
A Very Simple Test.

For use, first wet the cloth thorough
ly by soaking in water, and then place
the half cloth, double thickness, which
has been marked in squares, in the bot
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

At least one American has sue
ceeded in London Journalism. Ralph
d. Blumenfeld, late Of Milwaukee. is
the editor of the London Express.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05
COMMON DINNER PLATE FOR SEED
TESTERS

of the average yield and price for the
last ten years.
A full description of how to make
tests is found in Farmers Bulletin No.
253, by j. w. T. Duvel, which can be
had from Members of Congress or the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

New Zealand exports annually $685.
100000 worth Of kauri gum. 1t Is
used In the manufacture OF varnish.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

Artificial pumice stone is now made
from q mixture of sand and clay.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

About one billion feet Of timber in
the Black Hill forest reserve has been
killed by the Black Hills beetle.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-05

sons for this, the principal reason is
probably carelessness in the use of
seed of low vitality.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02

pa school, a cult. In addition to it's i'm
Poftant position IN modern music it is
inherently one Of the most certainly
inspired works Of recent years.
Cesar Franck is the father of modern
french music. "The Beatitudes'' is a
musical setting of the familiar utter
ances OF Christ in his Sermon on the
caught the lofty sweetness, the eternal
verify, the cosmic Wilderness and beauty
OF those famous passages, beginning
with Blessed are. the poor in spirit:
Tor theirs is the kingdom of heaven -
The poetical paraphrase and interpre-
tatlon of the beatitudes by Nine. Col
omb was the medium selected &by
tranck for his oratorie, which carries
ms music thru the heights of celestial
sonance OF the: under world. Each
beatltude is a separate cantata, that
can be reproduced singly, yet all merge
into one continuous composition Of con-
sequent eloquence and significance. -
Laura Combs, the eastern soprano
who, within the last year has achieved
a place in the front ranks Of oratorio
SINGERS, will be, the AZ chief soloist in
The Beatitudes' Her Triumphant.
success in Handel's Judas Maccae%
beus'' with the New York Oratorio So
ciety under Frank Damrosch about a
year ago marked the beginning Of her
career as a singer Of sacred roles.
Since that time she has appeared with
Increasing success with the Baltimore
Oratorio society, the Washington
Choral society, the Pittsburg Choral
club and other important = organiza-
lions. Her voice is of beautiful quail
ity,, and in temperament she is pecu-
harly suited to the Interpretation of
sacred music. -. - =.
Edward Johnson, the celebrated
tenor, needs no Introduction to Mime
apolitans who have followed the work
Of the Philharmonic club. He has
sung with them twice before with dis:
tinction, once in "Elijah" in the Swe-.
dish tabernacle and once in the concert
performance of. Verdi's t.'Aida,'' given
at the musical festival at the time Of
the opening Of the Auditorium. !.
Mrs: T.. Marchand Park, one of the,
favorite contraltos of the local musical
colony, will sing in "The Beatitudes,D
while to U. S. Kerr, whose fine voice is
equaled by his intelligent artistry, is
assigned the basso role. H. E. Phillips,
the St. Paul baritone, and J. Austin
Williams, the capable local tenor, will
complete the strong list.
1.-THE Beatitudes'' will begin
promptly at 8:15 O'Clock.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02
THE PHILHARMONIC CONCERT
Great Work Of Modern Master to Be
Given Tuesday Evening. ..>.

With 400 musicians on the big stage
of the Auditorium, the curtain which
rises Tuesday evening on the first Of
the seasons concerts by the Philhar-
monte club, will reveal the largest num-
Der ever assembled there It is with
this great assembly of singers, orches-
trail musicians, and soloists that the
club will present "The Beatitudes,'
the masterpiece of, the modern French
master, Cesar F'ranck.
For the first time in the history of
the Philharmonic club, the orchestra
will be placed on the stage instead of
in the orchestra pit. This is, of course,
the rational position for an orchestra
IN it's work with a chorus, but il is
especially, desirable in rendering "The
Beatltudes,' in which the orchestra
and vocal scores are so closely asso-
ciated that, they are equally component
parts of the composition. The ORGAN.
which is also used in the oratario. will
be played by Miss Eulalie Cheneyert.
the accompanies Of the club.
Franck's exquisite and noble setting
of The Beatitudes :. is ai.work, which
Mr. Oberhoffer has long had in mind.
The Philharmonic clubs study and rem
dition of Sir Edward Cigars "Dream
of Gerontius' last year resulted in
arousing the interest of the. club and
public in, modern sacred music, and in
selecting EThe Beatitudes,,''' Mr.. Ober-
hotter has gone bach to the compost si
ton upon which, in q sense, all modern
sacred music rests. THE Beatitudes !,
is fundamental in that it established
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02

n PERHAPS no current musical news
has occasioned greater satisfac-
tion than the announcement
of last Friday that the Minneapolis
Symphony orchestra is to give a series
Of popular fortnightly concerts These
concerts, thanks to the committee of
managers, will be given in the Audi
torium, that great hall which was de-
signed especially for the enjoyment of
music by the people, the common peo-
else appreciate high-class music.
That hall is not an auditorium; it
is a music hall, designed from bottom
to top for the enjoyment by popular
crowds of the best the world affords
in the way of music. There is not a
poor seat among the $500 in it, and
there is not spot where the faintest
note, the most delicate thrill, the most
technical arrangement of siXty-fourths
cannot be heard clearcut and enjoyed.
Besides, there is that great organ
which many Minneapolis people have
never heard. The music of that in
strument alone should be compensation
enough for the effort of, arranging
these Sunday afternoon concerts.
The Minneapolis Symphony orches-
ira is adequately appreciated by the
hundreds Of people who have attended
the concerts for the last three years,
and who have seen it grow to it's pres
emit prominence as a musical OrganlZa-
ton. They need not be told that it
is among the best in the land. But
there is that other element of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-02
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
Tschaikowsky's Famous Trio to Be
Rendered Here for First Time. 80

1eOASAS1Cu I1SIS lUI 1TSE I1m6.
The Ladies' Thursday Musical an
nounces a chamber music concert of
more than usual Importance for the
evening of Friday, Dec. 7, in First
Unitarian church. Now that Mime
apolis has advanced to the musical
level Of the five large eastern cities
possessing symphony orchestras, viz,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Pitts
burg and Cincinnati, it is fitting and
natural that it should also occupy the
same position in chamber music and
to help attain this end, the Ladies'
Thursday has provided musical treat
equal to the best heard in the east.
The program will be given by Miss
Ella Richards, pianist; Carl Venth,
.violinist, and Carlo Fischer, cellist, as,
sisted, by Mrs. Alma Porteous, con:
tralto. .55ls &$Hs5ss e 4ss@rs<
Mr.. Venth has lately come to st.
Paul as concertmeister of the St. Paul
Symphony orchestra, and this will be
his first appearance in q Minneapolis.
On the occasion of his several appear
ances before a st. Paul audience he has
more than fulfilled the & expectations
created by the. splendid reputation, as
ylolnlst, composer and musician, which
had preceded him from New York. ff,gs
The feature Of the program will be
the presentation of Tsehaik 8
trio for piano, violin and cello, a COM
position, symphonic in it's grandeur and
made more great and interesting by
reason OF Its being the only trio he