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Evening journal., 1907-02-26
FAVOR THE GRAB
Some New Castle Farmers Want Leg
isIaturs to Spend s5oo,oOo on Road.
Special TO The Evening Journal

Special to The Evening Journal.
DOVER Feb. 26.-The half million dollar
loan bill for New Castle county, for a
permanent Improvement of the public
roads, found some champions to-day. A
large and influential delegation came here
from that county TO favor the bill, inolud-
ing Former Speaker Theodore +. Clark.
George w. Kerr, Former Marshal James
w. Clark, J. Atwood Weldin. J. wilkins
Cooch, Thomas +. Weidin, Delaware
Clark. Philip Pierson. State Master Her
vey Walker, Of the Patrons OF Husbandry;
Former Levy Court President Charles
Niegginson, Isaac s. Talley. John T. Tai
ley. William Peach. and other prominent
farmers.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26
Peoples Column

Anonymous communications for the
peoples column will not be printed
Names Of contributors TO the column
will not be printed, but must be fur
nished The Evening Journal as an evil
dence Of good faith on the part Of the
contributor.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26
Personal and Pertinent

Another official who has gone into the business Of
fancy chicken breeding Deputy Collector of John
Titus. finds time in the evening his duties
the Customs House TO give attention to his stock
Of fowls and has location in Brandywine mum
dred in which carry on the business.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26
RId. for struetural stesI.

It is intended by the government to
install some new structural steel work
at Fort dupont and bids were asked
The lowest bid presented 10 Uunted
states Engineer Flagler on Saturday
Evening journal., 1907-02-26

Diamond state partake OF the golden
fruit on that day and while celebrat
ing the day add to our health as well.
Respectfully,
p. p. c.
Wilmington, February 26.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26
Church Lecture.

c. H. Comphers will lecture in First NJ.
p. Church on Friday night on the subject,
Swallowing Mosnulto~s.' The lecture s
spoken OF as being most interesting.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26

We are pleased to learn that Governor Lea
denies that he was in any way mixed up in the
half million dollars loan scheme. That the
Governors name was used by his friends and
advisers in the Senate to force the bill through
that body is a fact. That unwarranted action is
another evidence of the improper motives and
untrustworthy influences that behind the
100000 loan bill.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26

This newspaper on sale at Broad street ana Lwehty
fourth Chestnut street railroad stations fhaosl
phia, and the Broadway Theatre news stand Ne"
York
Evening journal., 1907-02-26

The Senate Strangers arc busy now and will
continue to be until the end of the session of the
Legislature. The corporations have ordered
them to do a lot of dirty work.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26

"onIy mint can maks money without Advertising
Gladstone
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80 attention paid to unsigned communications
Advertising rates on application.
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NOTICE no THE PUBLIC.

Any reflection upon the character s -st.S
reputation of any person firm corporation Wlen
may appear IN these columns win be gladly eorfec'eu
REQUEST.
Evening journal., 1907-02-26

ALL THE NEWS FROM EvERYwHERE
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-06-01
the Great Scandal Grows WOrS6|

bic workings of the slow and uncer-
tain judicial machine, there is moth
ing doing. AID inintum.
Expense, annoyance, the capital of
a good case for the prosecution being
frittered away, levity gradually TAX
ing the place of gravity in the public
mind until the criminal by the force
of such reversed evolution becomes
martyr and his accusers lot of
anarchic persecutors-is it not a
pretty kettle of fish for a civilized and
enlightened community?
All of this time, where does Sheets
stand? Where has he allowed him
self to be placed? Let the matter be
put plainly for his sake, as well as
other peoples. He stands accused OF
one of the gravest official and per-
sonal crimes which man in his po-
sition was ever accused of. 1t is,
no matter what course the court pro-
ceedings may take, dark cloud
above him and shadow across his
pathway wherever he may go. Is he
content with such meretricious ada
vantages as come from official mis-
takes and which give him at the best
but temporary advantages, while the
damnng fact remains that he saw,
participated in and ratified a part of
the infamy by which strangers with
in our gates were robbed, stripped
of their substance, deprived of the
protection which he of all men should
have seen was extended to them in
the fullest measure? If the crcum-
stances amounted to a dilemma only,
II they were a coincidence explaina-
bic, upon basis of facts showing in
nocence-if, in a word, his knowledge
OF and participation in the transaction
complained of were not guilty knowl-
edge or criminal participation-why
does he not only not invite the inter-
vention of technicalities but sternly
and positively refuse to allow them
to be used in his behalf? OF course,
he is within his rights in allowing all
the forms and fctions which the
practice of law permits to be brought
forth i'll his behalf; but so are the
people within their rights when thew
say, considering his official relations
to them, that he has no other or
better means of defense to rely on.
At the Crimea, when Marshal Pelis-
sier rode up to where point Of OBJ
servation was afforded him and he
saw what was left of the light bri
gade melting away like snow in the
grasp of a swiring flood, he made
the memorable observation, "C'est
magnifique, mails ce nest pas la
guerre'-it is magnificent, but it is
not war. Some of the proceedings to-
which the goodly citizens of this
part of the great State of Utah are
being subjected and for which they
must pay and keep on paying, are in
like manner regular as regularity
goes, but what outra peouslv exnen-
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-06-01

The fact of the matter is there is
conspiracy to defeat the ends of JUS
tice. The originators and the mana
gers of the conspiracy are bold and
They rely on the apathy and gulla-
bility of the public which has carried
them through many a stormy and
dangerous pass in times gone by.
There is evidence enough to convict
those charged with the crimes for
which an appearance is being made
to try them, overwhelming evidence.
That evidence has been procured by
the sheriff and his aids and laid at the
feet of the prosecuting officers and
the court, but by trickery, chicanery
and arrant incompetence the facts
and the evidence is rejected and ig-
nored.
If the case against Mr. Sheets and
lis co-conspirators was properly and
fairly presented in court conviction
could not fail. That is why such a
strenuous effort is being made to
keep it out of court. It's a scandal
to the judiciary, an outrage on the
community and brings the law into
contempt.
The chief of police and a good
many members of the police force
have been and still are in league with
thugs thieves and bunco steerers who
prey on the community The police
get share of the plumber and grant
protection to the thieves. No mans
life or property is safe. These facts
are notorious. The evidence proving
them is overwhelming, but the ma
chinery of the law is incompetent
and worse. Owing to this the Of
tenders cannot be reached. 1t is a
most scandalous condition of affairs,
condition that demands determined
action to remedy A Folk or
Hughes is needed here right now.
1t is the duty of the Governor Of
this State to see that its citizens
are protected from varlets and
thieves. If the prosecuting Of
fcers and the courts in this dis
trict will not or can not do their duty,
the path is plain for the Governor to
take hand. Dismiss all the prescott
ton from the case, appoint others,
get judge from some other judicial
district, let there be fair and open
trial, so that the innocent may go
free and the guilty be punished.
The people are getting pretty sick
of the trickery and chicanery which
has been used to protect known
criminals, and they won't patiently
submit to it much longer.
A special grand jury should also
lie called to investigate the police
and other scandals which exist in
this city at the present time and have
existed ever since the Amerikearns
party assumed the reins of govern
mcnt. A thorough probing of the
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-06-01

iefused to allow the peoples legal
ton against the chief Of police of
this city for reasons which, being
given at the time, speak for them
selves. AS to whether they are prop
erly based and rrectly conceived,
of newspaper discussion, the remedy
if any lying elsewhere.
1iHe case 10 wncn Judge Arm
stronS ruling relates might at TINS
time DC described as hydra headed
one OF its acepnalous appendages
Is no sooner Topped off than another
appears, to meet the same fate as it's
predecessors, the thing thus assum-
ing somewhat the characteristics of
continuous performance; and as
familiarity breeds contempt, and too
much OF serious conditions has
tendency to evaporation of the SER
iousness, why should not the Sheets
proceedings be called continuous
vaudeville entertainment?
Let us get down to the bedrock
OF common sense III this matter.
re number OF arrests and prosecu-
tons to which that man Sheets has
been subjected and is still threatened
with Is an outrage one way or the
other, perhaps both. To cause an
innocent man to be thus harried,
impeached, maligned and placed in
repeated jeopardy is something so
foreign to American institutions and
every sense of justice that its contin-
uance is not only the maintenance
but growth of tendency to tyranny,
If not barbarism. We have no right
to do it, and in saying this we merely
voice a conclusion which the over
whelming majority of the people will
uphold and if necessary enforce. On
''N o''Ni manu-, DIE
rights to be measured and individual
protection guaged by the forms rather
than the substance OF the statutes?
Suppose a man is taken red-handed
in the commission of heinous crime;
there is and can be no doubt as to
his guilt, but notwithstanding all this
the alleged forms of law must be OBJ
served, all the procedure must be
had, and the handling of this mechan-
ism is left to those whose duty it is
to do it right But everybody's I'M
derstanding of rules may not be alike,
and by reason thereof a departure
from what is upheld as standard
methods is made, whereby the law
for a time l. 20 relax its hold upon
the culprit-aocs that effectuate his
innocence of the charge? Of course
not. He is brought up again with the
previous defects presumably obviated,
but Others appear and again is the
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-06-01

gencies fully warrant the calling of a
grand jury. No matter about the ex-
pensc. 1t would be money well spent
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-06-01
T r U T II S

One of the most contemplate pro-
ceedings of the Tribune in a small,
mean, pettifogging way, is its effort
to make the public believe that there
is a tremendous row between the
Grand Army of the Republic veterans
and the county commissioners of Salt
Lake county, all over some fifty dol
lars and no question of principle
about it. The attitude of the county
commissioners and the attitude of the
q. A. X. people have been purposely
maliciously and wilfully distorted
There is no occasion for any friction
between the G.. A. r. and the county
commissioners and as a matter of
fact there is none, except that at
tempted to be created by one or two
hangers-on to the skirts of the G.. A.
X, who arc i'll the pay of the Trib-
unc. If the genuine c. A. r. soldiers
would cut off lot of the "tin" SOL
cles who are preyng upon them,-
getting them into trouble and monop-
olizing the glory and honor of the
institution, they would be doing good
service to both God and man. 1t is
patent fact that the men who did
the real fighting in the great war,
have, as rule, very little to do with
the G.. A. r. and reap but a small
percentage of the honors and emol-
uments to which the genuine. true
old soldiers are entitled A gang,
which did most of the fighting with
their mouths, monopolize both hon
ors and emoluments.
The Young Mems Republican club
is waking up. President Jake
Greenewald is putting things in mo-
ton. The club rooms in the Atlas
block will be opened in a few days
and will be open daily from 8 4. m.
to II p. m. The club is arranging for
an outing to Saltair on June Goth and
it will be a big affair. Speakers are
being arranged for, among whom will
be United States Senator Clark of
Wyoming, Reed Smoot and George
Sutherland of Utah The committee
on excursion is composed of Presi-
dent Greenewald, Vice-president II.
5. Joseph, Secretary Farley Jensen,
treasurer w. H. Farnsworth. Presi-
dent Greenewald appointed the fol-
lowing club committees: Executive.
Julian Riley John A. Ekman, Al Cal
lister, John A. Houghton, A. H.
Nash; House: Bert Margetts, C. R.
Nipus Row X aioh,
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23

some money. Just now, when wild
game is becoming scarce, and it is
almost impossible to get the large
birds at hotels and restaurants, where
few years ago they were common
and comparatively cheap, the guinea
ought to have it's inning. 1t is an ex-
cellent substitute for grouse, quail,
prairie chickens, woodcock, sn1pe and
other priced varieties because, as
stated above, it is itself game bird
with the peculiar excellence OF flavor,
close-knit flesh, small bones and juci-
ness which we associate with the
word game"
Our advice, therefore, to Our enter
prising breeders who raise poultry
for market is to take on a guinea
annex. Farmers, too, ought to keep
flock on the farm as bug-chasers,
frighteners of birds of prey and to pre-
vent lonesOmeness, to say nothing OF
their value for the table. They will
average about 100 eggs a year, but
this figure can doubtless be increased
by the same processes of selecting
and forcing pursued with hens. They
are as easy, or easier, to raise than
CulCkCIS dlIu IIuClI CdSlCI lIIdlI ICl-
keys, and need only enough feeding
to keep them reasonably tame. There
should be three or four hens to one
male, for if the proportion Of females
is too great there is tendency to the
production of infertile egs. Other
wise they are almost all fertile as in
the case of wild birds. They fatten
readily but should not be marketed in
an over-fat condition. They are US
ually marketed undrawn and unplucked,
or with only the breast feathers remov-
ed. AS their p1umage is handsome and
they attract more attention and COM
mand better prices unplucked, this
method is favored. The English de-
mand is SO good that it pays to ship
from the United States to London in
cold storage.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23
POULTRY DEPARTMENT

cryin'. Big tears was rollin' down
her furrered cheeks an I tried to tell
her that she was all right, that twas
some Of Willum's horse-play, but she
jest sighed kinder human like an
walked slowly off. Th' next day she
didn't lay, but moped round tn yard
sad an homesick like. Well, it went
on fer a week an still nary an aig.
''Then I noticed she was quittin' tn
feed l was givin' her, an tryin' ter
peck up livin, She had a conscience,
ye see, an wouldn't eat boughten food
less she could repay me in the right
kind of aigs.
"She knowed she want looked to ter
lay hard-boiled aigs as she thought
she'd DONE Father says Willum one
day, I guess we're goin' ter lose that
hen. She's thinkin' up something des-
perate. I just caught her 'xamln' a
sythe out back of tn barn
"Well, we tried Our best ter cheer
her up, but 'twan't no USE One day
| found her in the tool house, dead.
She had dragged her neck across a
scythe cuttin' her throat.
"Over in one corner was a a1g jest
left ter show me that she intended ter
do what's right. But if ever [ seed
clear case Of suicide, her death was
one, yes sir. Killed herself out Of re-
morse So [ says some hens has
feelin's jest as does a human bein, an
therefore [ low they has souls
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23
One Way to Set a Hen.

Almost every one who keeps chick
ems has his or her own notions as to
the best way to set hens, that is If they
use them at all.
A correspondent of the Poultry Tri-
bune gives his method as follows:
Take an empty -four barrel, saw
hole about eight inches square be-
tween the middle and lower hoops,
put the barrel in position where you
wish the hen to sit, cut large sod
with plenty Of dirt on it, put it in the
bottom Of the barrel with the grass
side down; on the dirt put some hay
or straw for the nest and have it in
proper shape to hold the eggs, then
if it is out Of doors cover the top OF
the barrel with oilcloth or something
that will shed rain; put your eggs IN
the nest and bring on your hen, she
will soon be satisfied she is in the
proper place and you have only to
stand a board in front of the barrel to
keep out the rats or other intruders
and the game is on. OF course you will
set the hen in the evening as that is
the proper time The next evening
half an hour bfore darkness comes,
put a dish of corn and a dish Of water
near the barrel, gently lift biddy off
the nest and put her down by the feed );
she will eat and drink what She wants,
dust herself if she has a chance and go
back on the nest in about twenty min
utes. You may have to put her on The
nest a few times but she soon learns
where to go and gives no further
trouble I have hatChed II chicks from
IS eggs several times when hen was
set this way, and you may be sure every
fertile egg will hatch.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23
October Hatches.

The following, from the Inland
Farmer, is especially applicable to this
state:
The farmer who has not raised chick
ems enough to suit him for the season
can easily raise some more this year if
he will take a little extra trouble in
looking after them not that they must
have more feed than the early ones,
but that they must have the chance to
eat it undisturbed by the older chick
ems and have a good warm place to
sleep
If a person lives where there is any
sort Of a sidehi1l where they may have
a "dugout" then it is a simple task
to do something extra for these late
broods
Have a little "dug-out" made with
the open face to the south, only do
not have it entirely open. You do not
need to put in glass; you can use either
fine mesh wire netting or even cloth
for the front, if you put some boards
at the bottom SO that there will be
betteh protection than the cloth or wire
would afford
You can hatch an incubator full of
Cn1CkenS II you run maCn1ne ana
then give the chicks to a couple of
hens, and in such house as this, every
chick should be raised Do not let
them out at all when the weather is
bad and always keep them up till it has
gotten warm in the morning.
The writer has heard of hot-beds be-
ing utilized for winter chicks to an ex-
cel1ent advantage. 1t is surprising how
fast such chicks will grow.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23
A Supersensitive Fowl.

We have heard and read fish stories
and snake stories without number, but
we do not remember any which SUR
passed the following hen story, from
Poultry:
"Yas," declared new man on the
country court jury, to his companions
the other noon, "I maintain that hens
has souls jest as does human bein's.
Mabbe no all on 'em, but now an
then you strike a bird that has rea-
sonin' faculties an feelin' motions
jest as you an me. They has their
joys an their sorrers. So, I says, they
has souls. Now, here's proof
Il had fine Plymouth Rock what
was master layer. When tn other
hens was takin' vacation she was
'tendin' ter business an layin' aigs.
Well, one day she come out a-cacklin'
and went in ter git tn a1g.
1T pears that while she was tellin'
me about it, my boy, Willum, took tn
aig an put a hard-boiled one in its
place. Did it fer a Joke on me, ye
know. [ noticed the aig looked kinder
queer an cracked her open Well, if
ever ye see hen look dumfounded!
She thought she'd laved it.
II thought nothin' bout it till I
looked down, an hanged if she wasn't
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23

AS the subject of tobacco raising in
California has attracted some attention
of late, Mr.. H. E. Owen of Burbank,
writes the Cultivator as follows:
Il have successfully grown, within
II miles Of Los Angeles, about 900
tobacco plants which [ have just har-
vested. They are now in process OF
curing. The plants are as nice as you
would care to see, and have the real
Southern smell and flavor.
They were grown about one mile
west of Burbank in the San Fernando
valley. If [ am successful in curing
this tobacco we will all have smoke
of pure unadulterated Havana. I have
two varletles Havana and White Bur
1ey."- "-California Cu1tivator.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23
The Cause of Failure.

"A COlI IGSpOllQCllI VI NO1C1l1dL ANIAA al
World says:
Last week | wanted to buy some
chickens. Went to a ne1ghbors who
had been running a 24o-egg incubator
all season and a broOder supposed to
care for the chickens that the machine
would hatch Said they had no chick
ems to sell, as they had bad luck in
raising their chicks. I wrote another
party who operates a Ioo-egg incubator,
who also has brooder to care for the
chicks, and received no reply. Both
are farmers and fanciers, or rather they
are trying to raise thoroughbred pouI-
try. Strange isn't it? What do you
suppose is the cause of their failure in
not having chicks by the hundreds to
sell? It was certainly not the fault Of
the incubators, for most incubators
made nowadays will hatch chicks. My
experience with the artificial way of
rearing chicks leads me to believe that
the fault with these people lies in the
management of the brooder, and the
neglect of looking after the details OF
the business. They "got busy at other
duties, and 'lost OUT with the chicks,
or in other words, they crowded too
many chicks into small space, neg
lected to keep their quarters clean,
probably overheated at times and failed
to look after vermin on the chicks.
Living in close, filthy quarters, too
many in numbers, overfeeding, little
exercise, and vermin ''done the whole
business up" just tell you right now,
II good old hens and a rooster would
have raised more good, healthy chicks
for these farmers wives than they did
with the artificial plan. Not that I
condemn incubators and brooders, for
as business of it's own there can be
a success made, but it won't do to dab
Bile in it without proper attention.
OverstOcking the yard is the great
stumbling block. Chicks so kept eating
too fast, and they eat too much at one
time. Natures way is to eat little at
a time, eat often and exercise all day
long.
In order to successfully manage the
brooder chicks one should be we'll fixed
for the business, have yard and
house for each rs chicks They thrive
better in small numbers; do not crawl
and scramble for their food; do not
chase the attendant all over the prem
ises; they do not become filthy and
dirty looking; neither are they so sub
ject to vermin and disease
Of course it takes more time to care
for 200 chicks in eight pens than if
they were all in one lot, but there
would certainly be more profit IN it.
Rearing a lot of chicks on the same
ground year after year without cultiva-
ton of the land is about the same as
seeding the same land to wheat for a
generation.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23
An Egg Record.

| have Rhode Island Red pullet,
Matched the latter part of July, 1906,
that commenced to lay Dec 1st, 1906
and laid steadily all winter, till March
7, 1907, when she went broody and was
set. She cared for her brood and on
April 27, began to lay again and laid
80 eggs in 80 consecutive days and
cared for her brood all this time. At
the end of 33 days, she left her chick
ems and became broody and is now sit
ting again. The following is my egg
record for IS Rhode Island Red pull
lets, December, 90 eggs; January, 1874;
February, 2Io; March, 224. Two of
them were sitting the forepart OF
March.-Poultry Tribune.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-10-23

Beware of the irresponsible tree sell
ler. Stick to the nursery firms that
are known to be honest and have a
reputation to sustain.--Ca1ifornia Guilt
vatOr.