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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
FARCES.

DID you ever notice a little red ant
fussfng and Tuning and racing in an
aimless sort of way? We have. and
we could not help comparing the ant
to some people We know, who are al
ways going to dig the universe up by
the roots and transplant it, but who
never do anything worth mentioning.
very small per cent of the farces
are played on the stages in opera
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

This gubernatorial boom that has
been started for Railroad Commits
etoner Kanavel by his home paper, the
Eedgw1ck Paragraph, has its good
admits. Tho man who is regarded by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

So far Miss Ida NJ. Tarbell has alsS
refrained from expressing any opinion
about that 20 million dollar fine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
Wien Do We Dream?

There has been much discussion as
to whether one dreams only on falling
to sleep and during the act of waking
up or whether dreams take place at
any time during sleep. While not def
nitely determined as yet. the evidence
seems to be rather in favor of the view
that one may dream at any time dur
ing the night, or the whole night
through Dreaming is common to per-
fectly healthy persons. and in itself is
no evidence of disorder.-Dr. Fred
erick Peterson. in Harper's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

''Pittsburg," says an exchange, 'is
trying to make a new reputation for
itself" Well. 1t must be admitted that
Pittsburg needs 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

Perhaps one reason why we hear no
more of this scheme for burning ashes
instead of coal is that nobody needs
anything of that sort just now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

It is said that Governor Vardaman
lost his home county. But that doesn't
prove anything-therea are others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

What, by the way, has become of
that 100000 conspiracy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

One reform that has been overloo ok
ed is one reducing the tip of the Pull
man porter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news OF
ganiEatioE for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
REVEALS.

The assertion that Bishop Vincent
has declared against the old-fashioned
revival, is mistake. The thing the
bishop objects to is the new-fashioned
revival as carried on by some of the
sensational so-called eyangelists of the
present day. The oId-fashioned revi-
val produced by fervent touching,
spiritual sermons is what the good
Disnop contends for. We believe the
bishop Is right Some of the modern
revtvalists are. to the ministry about
what the yellow newspapers are to
1ournalism-Holton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
PAYING THE FIDDLER.

Ihe latest reports concerning the
oouole suicide of Laura Matthews, the
young dramatic student, and her ad-
1nlrer, Richard Rumbaugh, indicate
that the two had been having a par
ttcularly merry dance and accordingly
had a big bill to settle with the i'd
oIer' ana rather than face the results
they concluded to quit this earth.-Sa-
lima Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
Birds Fight Tiger.

midas tiger bird, so called because
he is the one thing the royal beast
fears, is no larger than the sparrow.
Yet so bold and combative Is he that
If the great cat is surprised by suf-
fcient number of the little creatures
far from the protecting shelter of the
jungle it will go hard with him. When
alone the bird viii not attack. Sup
ported by a flock of friends, however,
often numbering several thousand, the
bird will seek out his hereditary foe
and give battle.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
LUCKY sCHMITZ.

The Topeka State Journal observes
that former Mayor Schmitz of San
francisco has a hard time finding a
martyrs crown that will fit him.
Schmitz is mighty lucky to be wearing
his own crown.-Paola Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

The king of Sweden is asking why
his wandering children and grand
dren do not return from America. He
might ask the question of Governor
Johnson OF Minnesota. who is one of
them-and also one of the most prom
inent Democratic candidates for the
next presidential nomination.-The
Congregationalist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

But he is a man who doesn't seem to
have any depth"
Say, If you want to get over that Idea
invite him out to lunch some daylight
cago Record-Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

Skrappy-Darn this hot weather. I'd
about as soon be dead as live in such a
climate as this.
Mrs. Skrappy-You'd better leave well
enough alone.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

"McGrab got rich on a Capitol con-
tract"
What did he furnish?"
THE air that the building displaced
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

BY what means" shouted the preacher,
do our society ladies cross the river that
connects earth and hades?'
Bridget! answered the lean-faced man
whose wife had stayed home to figure up
saturdays losses, and who was still
ueSSing.-BrOoklyn Maya zine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

Friend-Can't you give me a tip on
stocks?
Broker-Yes; but in consideration of our
long friendship, 1 won't.-Town and Coun-
try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08
HUMOR or THE DAY

A stockbroker, whose mind was always
full of business, was asked a few days
ago how old his father was. Well said
he, abstractedly. hes quoted at eighty.
but there is every prospect that he Will
reach par and possibly be at a premium"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

His face was drawn" said the author
think you'd better change that" ad-
Vlsed the publisher We're going to fl
Washington Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-08

Doctor-Now, don't worry, whatever you
do. A man with heart disease can't af-
ford to worry. Avoid all company of any
kind, drink nothing whatsoever. and on
no account touch meat aud vegetables. By
the by, won't be able d call again till
Wednesday. as have - attend the fun
erals of three PATIENTS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26

800-Prineiples of Sociology. : vols
Herbert Spencer.
3oo-study OF ociology-Eerbert
Spencer.
a01-Phyaics ana Pouties-w. Boge-
301-Theory Of Human Progression
2. Fl. Dove.
301-The Social Element-C- r. Hend-
3of-social OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Kidd.
s01-Laws Of Imitation-E. c. Par
sons.
Gothic Rights Of 3Ian-Lyman All
bott
3o4-Democracy and Social Ethics
Jane Adams
3o4-Aristocracy and Evolutionary. II.
AIaIock
s04-Essays on Questions of the Day
G. Smith.
3o4-strenuous Life-Tbeodore Roose-
Welt
American Ideals-Taeoaore Roose-
Welt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
With a Real Octopus.

Here Is an octopus adventure. The
crew Of the Perle, a fishing boat hail
ing from Cancale, France, between St.
Malo and Mont St Michael were
about To pull IN q big net. when they
encountered d sudden resistance. The
net was simply crammed, not, how
ever, with good mackerel, but with
vast number OF octopl. each provided
with tentacles more than six feet in
length. The Shiny wretches swarmed
up one side of the craft giving the
fishers a frightful experience. The
men had at last TO cut the rope Of the
net, sacrificing it altogether. and then
TO free the side Of the boat from the
octopi which stuck TO It.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
DEFENSE TAKES THE FRONT
barrow Tells What He Expects TO
Prove for His Client.

barrow Tells What He Expects ito
Prove for His Client.
The defense came to the front soon
after Wells had testihed.an the first
thing was q motion to instruct the jury
to find for the defendant. The motion
was promptly overuled and an excep-
ton taken. Then Clarence S. barrow
began telling what he expected TO
prove, and most of It mad reference to
Adams being hunted by police officers
and sheriffs and being in jail. After fol
lowing his clients life to the killing
of Boule Darrow said that after the
trial and acquittal of Engstrum for
that muroer nothing more was heard
for q year, when an assassination took
place in Caldwell, and Adams was ar
rested Ivy a sheriff named Brown.
Drown said TO him." said barrow,
They do not think you are impli-
Gated in the Steunenberg matter: they
want You for q witness: if you will go
down there and help them corrOborate
their stories at Boise you will come
out all right and you viii never be
prosecuted Adams was taken straight
to Boise and without being committed
incarceratea there. Moore turned up
here and told him that if he failed to
comply with requests made he would
hang. but If he did corroborate them
he would got off without prosecution.
Moore stated that he had been given
500 by the governor Of Idaho to 60 to
the governor Of Colorado and get
| some assurances from him.
There viii be other things shown
/ here taken from the grave in which II
is claimed Tyler's body lay, and other
statements made which the state has
been careful not to bring to light"
The first witness called by the de-
tense was Alvin Mason. He testified
that Adams and Simpkins were stay
ing at his house at the time the Boule
murder was committed, Aug. 10. This
statement is a direct contradiction OF
! Adams confession.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26

Washington. Feb. 23-By a vote OF
20 10 10 the senate ratified the Santo
Domingo treaty. This was enc more
vote in the affirmative than was re-
ouired.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
Ranlits Bnsr in NIexico.

II Paso. Tex, Feb. 28.-Banditg
raided the hacienda Of Jesus uranga
Salenza, in the state Of Durango, Mex.
After making prisoners Of Salenza and
his servants the bandits robbed MS
safe Of $1,000 in gold and gathered up
many thousands of dollars worth Of
jewellery and plate. destroying all they
coCld not carry off.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26

Charleston, s. c., Feb. 26--It is now
known that twenty negro passengers
were drowned or burned to death, and
a dqzen mere are missing as result
% the burning Of the steamer Ma
rion on Wardmalaw rive7 last Friday
morning. Owing to the inaccessibihfy
Of the place details are only just re-
ceiveG.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
Sociology.

9oo-Free America-Bolton Hail
soe-Dependent, Defective and Delin-
ouent Classes-c. H. Hender-
son.
soo-Prtnciples of western Civiliza-
tion-B. Kidd.
so0-Ethics Of Democracy-Lawis 81
Post.
soo-The social Contract-J J. Rous-
seau.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
Roses WIth Thorns.

Some people seem made to be al
ways getting thorns IN their fingers
CT their hearts. but they are usually
those who care enough TO pick roses
and run the risk-NaaTten Martens.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26

subscribe Tor The Lake County Tlmsa.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
Anti.Tinninc T3sIl Defeated.

Washington. Feb. 26. - The anti
tipping bill applicable TO the District
OF Columbia. was defeated il the
house without division
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-26
Made by Adams, the Alleged Muir
derer, Now on Trial al Wall
lace, Ida.
LAST STATE WITNESS IS HEARD
Buckley Wells, Ex-Attorney General
Of Colorado. the Nan.
Says the Prisoner Confessed Murder
10 Him, just Incidentally-De-
Tense Opens-Darow's
Statement.

Wallace, Ida, Feb. 26.-The state
closed its case against Steve Adams,
on trial for the murder Of Fred Ty-
Ter. saving for the last hours the testi-
mony of Bulkeley Wells, ex-adjutant
general of Colorado, who told of the
confession Adams made to him while
en- route from Boise to Colorado in
custody. General Wells denied that
any threat was made or indueement
offered to Adams to secure the confess
sion, and stated that he was the only
man who heard 1t.
How He Confessed a Murder.
adams had been talking to me
about the Independence explosion in
the Cripple Creek district" testified
General Wells Il asked him where
he mad gone after the explosion, and
he said he had gone up TO Idaho. He
went up into the northern part Of Ida
no in the ST Joe river district Simp-
/ no in the ST Joe river district and
helped Simpkins bump if two men
who had been giving Simpklns trouble
III N1A4A4E- A8OA - III A@&CAA l4AsApN ~Ae~~-7'
Saw simpkfns at a Meeting.
". B. Chandler, from Marble Creek,
was the first state witness. He testf-
fed that while in the Marble Creek
district he attended q meeting Of set
tiers at which the trouble with the
claim jumpers was discussed, and saw
Jack Simpkins at that meeting. simp-
kins, who is alleged to have been Ad-
ans partner in killing the claim jump
ers. and who is now a fugitive, was
described by Chandler as about six
feet tall, slightly stopped, weight about
100 pounds, aud having thin black hair
aud 3 queer eye which seems TO look
in the opposite direction from its mate
No effect was made 10 bring out testi-
mony az to what took place at this
meeting Of settlers.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27
Experiments With Fertilizers.

The Ohio Experiment Stations at
Wooster and Strongsvil1e have for a
number of years been experimenting
with the various forms of commercial
fertilizer and comparing results with
those obtained from barnyard manure.
The average increase at the Wooster
station has been greatest on plants re-
ceiving the largest applications of
commercial fertilizers and barnyard
manure. The most profitable results
at Strongsville were obtained from
plats where the nitrogen and potash
were reduced to the lowest quantity.
Phosphorus seems to be the dominant
element in producing an increase of
crop on that soil
In 1000 an experiment was begun at
the station to test the effect of lime
upon clover, on soil poor in clover
production. The average yield on
plats receiving 1000 pounds of lime
per acre, either alone or in combina-
ton with other fertilizers, was in
some instances one-half ton per acre
larger than on the corresponding un-
lined p1ats.
These results indicate that on soil
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27
The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the
Florida State Horticultural
Society.

Mr. Editor:
Dear Sir-nhe next meeting OF the
Florida State horticulture Society
will be held at St. Petersburg, Fla,
commencing Tuesday, May 14th, and
continuing Through the 10Th, 10th and
18th.
The membership of the FLORIDA
State Horticultural Society is some
thing less than 500 when it should
really have about 1000 members. There
are certainly 1000 wide awake agri-
culturists in the State of Florida who
would be benefited by being a member
OF the Florida State Horticultural
Society. In nearly every other State
the report of the Horticultural Society
is printed by the State, but IN our
State the Society depends entirely for
it's expenses on the membership fee
of $1.OO from the members. The an
nua1 report alone is worth many times
81 90 to anyone interested in Florida S
agriculture and horticulture.
Where members can attend the
annual meeting they get the benefit
of the reduced rates on the railroads
and at the hotels, and have the privi-
lege of ming1ing and getting acquaint-
ed with the very best people of Our
land. At nearly every meeting OF the
Society there are papers or addresses
by prominent people connected with
institutions in Our State or the De
partment of Agriculture, and it is ex-
pected there will be several addresses
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27

of this kind on the program for our
St. Petersburg meeting
I hope, Mr. Editor, you will urge
every ONE of your readers to become
a member of the Society, and he can
do so by remitting me $1.OO and on
receipt of same I will forward him
certificate of membership which will
entitIe him to all the special rates and
a copy of the annual report. The
life membership fee is $1,000, which
will entit1e to all the benefits OF special
rates and a copy of the annual pro-
ceedings for the balance of his natural
life.
Hoping that you will help us to
swell the membership roll of our next
meeting to 1000, I am,
Yours respectfully,
E. 0. Painter, Secretary
Florida State Horticultural Society.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27

table, however, everybody will want
the smaller and higher favored sorts.
AS regards FIBRE none of them have
enough to be noticed, the Mulgoba
can be eaten with a spoon and the
seed is practically smooth. AS all
varieties are shipped from Bombay to
London, there is no doubt about
their carrying qualities. The main
crop will mature before the northern
peach crop, and even in competition
with the peach crop, they would Sure
ly find their own place in the market,
with their beautiful orange color, and
carmine cheek
The Pathological Department at
Washington has been making great
strides of late years in importing trees
from India, and now many new va
rieties are in the hands of private
growers in Florida, some of which will
bear this season. I have one tree
known only by the Department num-
Der, which marched into a large
stump a year ago last June I did
not girdle it, but the one branch which
was chafed against a stake has come
out with fine cluster of bloom On
this I hope to mature few fruit for
a sample. The Sundershaw Zone OF
the Department importations) bore
fruit at the Miami Experimental Sta
tion last year. It was of good flavor
and appearance, but not quite free
from fibre. It was chiefly remarkable
for its size, specimens running from
1S to 30 ounces in weight Such fruit
is too large for general market pur-
poses, though there will always be a
certain demand for them for ornament
al purposes. have one tree which
has made one cluster OF bloom ON one
limb, but shows no signs of any more
It is about 9 feet high
John B. Beach.
West Palm Beach, Mar. 21, 1907.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27

which has become acid through ex-
haustive cultivation and the use Of in
complete fertilizers, and on which c1o
yer refuses to grow, the addition of
lime may restore the conditions es-
sential to clover production
The following conclusions are ap-
p1icab1e to the kind of soil on which
the experiments are being made, which
is thin sheet of glacial drift, lying
upon and largely modified by shales
and sand-stones of the Waverly for
nation.
For the soils under test in these ex
periments phosphorus is the controll-
ing element in producing increase of
cereal crops, and neither nitrogen nor
potassium will produce profitable
Increase except when used in associ-
alton with phosphorus.
Except on soils which have been de-
pleted by exhaustive cropping, the
quantity Of phosphorus in the fertili-
zer, as compared with nitrogen and
phosphorus, should be much greater
than that found in barnyard manure.
While the effect of nitrogen in the
fertilizer is secondary to that of phos-
phorus on these crops grown in rota-
ton with clover the considerably
larger increase produced by fertilizers
containing nitrogen especially in the
wheat crop on the worn soil at Woos-
ter is evidence that this element can
not be entirely omitted from fertil-
izer for such soils without loss OF
possible increase.
Potassium apparently occupies the
third place in a fertilizer for these
soils, yet it is evident that some car
rier of this element is esseitia1 to the
highest effectiveness of the fertilizer,
Apparently crops Immediately succeed
ing clover or other fertilizer than
those more remote, while the ratio be-
tween the phosphorus and potassium
needed is probably chiefly determined
by the geological history of the SOIL
Co1eman's Rural World
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27
Growing Celery for Northern Mar
ketS.

A correspondent of the American
Agriculturist has visited the celery
fields near Sanford and tells about it
as follows:
Celery growers of Florida have
been doubly fortunate this year. The
weather has been favorable and the
prices for the bulk of the crop salts
factory. The results have been good
yields and fair returns per acre While
I was ait Sanford recently, I had
pointed out to me a small piece of
ground back of one of the stores in
the town from which 200 cases Of
celery were cut I measured the land
and found it contained about one
fifth acre. The price received was a
little more than So net per case for
this crop.
The agent of the fruit growers ex-
press stated that more than 300 car
loads of celery would be the output
from this section this season. A car
holds about 900 cases H. H. Chap
pell showed ME piece of land con-
tanning III acres that was half cut
and sold at the time of my visit, about
the middle Of April He said that
the. piece would bring him about
$1,000. Mr.. 'Chappel1 picks out all his
celery plants about a month before
they are set. None of his stock went
to seed this year.
I also saw Col Robbins, one of the
pioneer celery growers in this section
He had a very fine crop and was cut
ting and packing. With knife in
his hand, he was right in the midst
of the harvest himself He had a
little rust in his field this season, but
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-03-27
otherwise, the crop was unusually

otherwise, the crop was unusually
fine.
After the weeds had made a good
growth he plowed the field and spread
broadcast one ton each of wood ashes
and high grade vegetable fertilizer.
This he p1owed under about 3 inches
deep He said he wanted the fertilizer
down where the roots could reach it
soon. He had no damping off and
none of the crop went to seed. He
set his celery on the same ground,
using dried blood and later a top
dressing of nitrate Of soda to push
it along. From indications at the
time of my visit, it lookzs as though
he would get at least $1,000 from his
celery crop from this same land.
The place of R. L. Wynne was also
visited. He has been one Of the most
successful celery growers in this sec
ton. He had a beautiful crop this
year and was shipping cabbage and
lettuce at the time of my visit. He
cut his celery the last week in April.
He has several beds of celery set out
in what he calls close culture. Prof.
Rolls of the experiment station speaks
favorab1y of this method and will
try a small patch this fall. Some of
Mr. Wynne's best celery is on land
that is not tiled. The land is low and
the season was wet, yet he had a
splendid stand.
No two men fertilize and care for
their celery crops the same way in
this section. 1t is rare that one man
follows the same methods year after
year. All agree, however, that stable
manure should be used as literally as
possible. Some broadcast it, while
others put it in the furrow and cover
with two burrows, smoothing down
the bed and settling the plants on it.
One successful grower sets his lettuce
on bed filled with stable manure.
His rows are I-2 feet apart.
About I6 or 20 days before he sets
celery, he spreads heavy application
of cottonseed meal between the rows
and works it carefully into the soil.
He then sets the celery plants be-
tween the lettuce rows. When the
lettuce is cut the roots of the celery
reach out and feed on the stable ma
nure His lettuce crop is always a
success. He grows very quickly and
usually he puts it on the market in
20 davS.