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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-28


Congress from the Third district impressed with his
uoD obn smas oo distinguished services to his constituency and
~ ~ n, " ~ ~ to a large He given great
~ study and research concerning the
of North Carolina this rendered the entire
years studied the
and Virginia and has peeny before Congress the needs of liberal
their development February End he able
speech Congress the and harbor BILL which he
strongly
her especially for what known NorfoBeaufort Inlet
Waterway AS outlined Mr. Small this extends from Nor
folk the southern branch Of the Elizabeth River thence by the Abe
marie and Chesapeake Canal through what known
by River Abemarle Sound
Sound Pam Sound Neue River thence by Adams Creek
thereof miles the head of Core Creek
by Newport Beaufort
Mr. Small had concluded his remarks Speaker announced that his
the he allowed finish his
speech Small closed his speech with the following emphatic
Now Mr. Chairman be asked if this waterway is Of
necessity local project if will result largely
promotion of trade and if such advantage
recognized by the River and
Committee of this House. which initiates legislation and
ns appropriation for such This mysteries
explain which des the minds the dstn-
gue chairman and the members thereof that the latter have
the trouble study the subject speak from of duty
this project has not been treated fairly by the committee
by pending bill being framed only
subcommittee which the of the full
also chairman The chairman Of the subcommittee decn
the his approval and this deverance taken bind
has not been considered all by the full
the chairman declined grant that privilege So far
concerned has been excluded from this bill
deeed This deliberate legislation but
legislative tyranny and ought not be tolerated Neither
member of the committee will de-
its merits challenge discussion here else
criticism because of criticism will recognition
its Carolina whom have the honor in
colleagues from that State the Representatives
from directly interested this waterway have right
recognition and construction Appause This much
NAV say modes humble place this
House. speak for the right long
these other the States directly affected
Congress- advocating will remain live until
ultimately receive of the committee and be enacted
into law IAppause Chairman opportunity
this much upon this seriously feel that the
that there warrant for the
test have made prevail and before
shall demand of deater Virginia and North Caroa
trade Will be
raconized lv the committee Congress- [Applaue
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-02-28
Is There Too Much Pressure
on Children?

WHILE te North Carolina Legislature and the
States have been giving much thought the reduction
, the disasters in railroad wrecks have
~ " 49, ~ tnued to multiply. The record in this country
Dec railroad
with hundred and killed. hundred and fifty
injured and thousands thousands Of property lost We still be-
eve that with such monthly records the travelling world would
they have been doing they could better
the railroads. With
benefit the who able travel and safety enhanced
make travelling who
would be fully much benefited by reduction
and these other left
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
NEW BISMARCK MONUMENT.
Kaisers Tribute to the Chancellor in
Berlin Memorial Chapel.

9Cill MCuiOt SbdNS's
The monument to Bismarck, the
Iron Chancellor, ordered by the Kais-
err for the memorial chapel of the
Berlin Cathedral, where the dead Ho-
henzollern princes now rest, has just
been finished. 1t is the work of Prof
Reinhold Begas, who also executed
the national monument to Bismarck in
Berlin, and his colleague, Albert Ger
itz.
In general style the monument har-
monies with the building, which is
of the Renaissance school. 1t is de-
scribed as resembling in it's general
conception the monuments of Michael
ANGLER; but as nevertheless display
ing originality of thought and execu-
ton.
Two tapering pilasters frame it m
either side. The main work consists
of base, rounded toward the specta.
tor, bearing the single word Bis.
marck,' and supporting the life sized,
seated statue of the Chancellor.
In accordance with a suggestion of
the Kaiser's, the Champion of Ger
man Unity is portrayed in the armor
of an old time German knight, which
is partially yelled by the folds of a
cloak. He is bare headed and rests
his hand on his hip; his eyes seem
to gaze into the distance, his head be.
ing turned slightly toward the right.
On either side of the statue and in
the rear stand statues of History,
female figure porting over scroll, and
Fame, a youth with trumpet set to his
lips and pointing slightly upward as
IL proclaiming Bismarck's deeds to
the world.
With his right hand the figure of
Fame draws back veil from the de-
sign carved in relief which covers the
wall space behind the statue. This
represents the unihcation of Ger
many. Germany sits enthroned
with the Genius of Peace behind her,
holding the palm above her head. The
German princes approach her in pro-
cession.
First comes page bearing the i'm
perial crown upon a cushion. Next
is King Ludwig H., of Bavaria, King
Albert, of Saxony, and the Grand Duke
OF Baden, all wearing regal crowns
and ermine robes. Then another page
bears the sceptre and orb and behind
extends line Of minor princes, who
are finally lost behind the partially
| lifted veil.
The work is in Italian marble. 1t
stands about fifteen feet high. All
around 1t in the chapel stand the mon
lments to the princes and princesses
of the House Of ACKNOWLEDGMENT
| York Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
MAKE MORE BEEF.

Prof. Holden, the western corn ex-
pert who has been attending some of
the New England and New York farm
meetings, speaking of selling grains
and grass grown on the farm; thinks
a better way is to grow more stock
on the crops and sell the beef. He
figures this way:
Every time a farmer sells a ton of
wheat he sells Sligo in fertility; in
q ton of clover hay he sells $S.62 in
fertility; in a ton of alfalfa hay he
sells 1871 in fertility, and in a ton of
corn he sells SCAT in fertility. If
these products be fed on the farm I'M
der proper conditions, and the result
ing manure be returned to the soil,
there is very slight loss of fertility,
for the following finished products
may be sold instead:
In selling ton of finished beef on
the hoof, the farmer sells but $5.S7 in
fertility; in ton of live hogs he sells
but 1870 in fertility; in a ton of milk
he sells but $14S in fertility; in ton
of cheese he sells but sixty-nine cents
in fertility, and in ton of butter he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

sells twenty-seven cents in fertility.
The best policy for the farmer to
adopt is that system of corn and crop
rotation which will embrace not only
the growing of grain, but the breed
ing and feeding of stock, either for
sale in the form of beef or pork, or for
the production, whether for milk,
cheese and butter.
The professor advocates growing
the cattle feeds on the farm, and in
sists that Eastern farmers will grow
more dent corn, and that alfalfa will
soon be considerably grown here
if farmers will thoroughly drain the
soil to a sufficient depth to make the
soil sweet, thoroughly pulverize it,
and make a firm, solid seeded, SOW
ing the seed early in August. He be-
lieves corn is king and says the farm
er who is raising twenty-five bushels
to the acre instead of fifty or seventy
five is damaging his neighbours farm
as we'll as his own. Asked as to the
products of corn the professor said
there were $50 or more of them, and
he ratified off a hundred at random
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
FEEDING LONDON eULLs.
FIocks of Birds Along the Thames
Sprats Sold by Hawkers.

Sprats Sold by Hawkers.
There is man to whom the sight
of the coming of the seagulls on the
Thames has suggested possibilities of
trade, and for several hours every day
he promenades the Embankment with
tray, on which are set out small
paper bags full of sprats.
"They sell like hot cakes" he told
a reporter People will always spend
a penny on bagful to feed the g1lls
with. They like to see them dart on
the fish and catch them before they
reach the water.
I'm just hawker, and make my
living this way. It's brisk trade
while it lasts, which is most of the
winter, and I'm not denying it pays
pretty well. Even giving ten for a
penny I'm able to make living pro-
fit out of them"
1t may be added that he provides
considerable amount of amusement
for those who patroniZe the Embark
ment during the luncheon hour also.
The feeding of the gulls is now a
LCCOSA1LSQ PuobAAAAOJ anu OAO "AASA~
attracts a large number of visitors.
The birds fly around the buttresses OF
the bridge in focks, emitting a con-
| tinuous chorus of hoarse cries. By
Blackfriars Pier they perch on the
railing of the deserted gangway, not
single spies, but in battalions, all fac
ing upstream, all keenly awake to
| the chance passing of morsel OF
| bread or a sprat.
| The fast ebbing tide carries the
floating birds down with it. They
| shoot, passive and uninterested in
| their fate, through the arches by doz-
| ems, but once below the bridge they
rise on the water, their wide wings
spread out and up they swoop over
the mass of cabs and buses, drays
and trolleys that stream across the
bridge, away to the edge of the EN-
| bankment again, where newcomer
has just opened bag of sprats.
A fish is thrown up into the air,
three birds dart simultaneously from
different sides in its direction. A
collision seems inevitable, yet appar-
emily by mutual consent two of the
birds turn aside with sharp flick OF
the wing, and the third catches his
prey with a downward flash. His
gray back shimmers in the sunshine
moment and he is lost to sight
again, indistinguishable in the swirl
| ing mass.
Some of the birds are tame enough
to stand upon the parapet on the EN-
bankment and pick up crumbs while
men stand by and watch. But the
weather is not yet severe enough to
have taught them all fearlessness. For
the present they wait until the food
is thrown out to them, over the dane,
ing water, with which at least they
are thoroughly familiar. = London
Daily News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
A Strike Over So.

A report comes from Troy, N. Y, OF
a strike, closing up certain mills, over
a question involving an outlay of 50
a week only. Each mill is allowed
to employ two boys, known as board
ers," from the peculiar work which
they do. The borders of one mill
asked for a change from piece to
a weekly basis, which meant differ
ence of so cents a week in the wages
of each. The employers refused to
grant it, and so all the employees went
out on strike The report adds that
the weather was warm, making it for
tunate for the employees, and also that
the manufacturers have long been
wanting an opportunity to make some
repairs in their mills, conditions which
go far to explain how so trihing a
matter should be allowed to occasion
a shutdown at time when the knit
ing business was never more prosper
oas. Often an inclination to stop
work on either side, or both, has quite
as much to do with fomenting discord
as the activities of a labor agitator.
The Boston Transcript.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
CULL1NG OLD FOWL.

1t is a little provoking when eggs
are selling at top prices to have
flock of fresh-looking birds standing
about with utter Indifference to the
caretaker's profits, especially when he
Is giving them excellent attention. One
cause of this trouble every winter
season is that the average small
owners-that is the persons who do
not make specially Of the business
are not particular enough about hatch
ing their chickens with the view OF
getting eggs when the stock is moult-
ing and recuperating. They are hatch
ed too early or too late, as the case
may be. If too early and we'll cared
for they begin laying before old ones
are shortening their product; if too
late, they loiter around until early
spring when eggs are always abund-
ant The "happy medium" fits in right
here, and may be reached with reason
able accuracy if one studies the habits
of different breeds as to their age
for becoming self supporting-fve
months or more Then it is mistake
not to mark each seasons pullets so
that their profitable age may steadily
be kept track Of Opinions differ on
this point, but if three year limit
is decided upon it will not be far out
of the way. Eggs from mature hens
are larger than those of the pullet,
but they grow less in number after
the second year. The writer got bad
ly mixed on this matter by not keeping
tally of ages and he finally took the
bull by the horns,' as the saying goes,
cut out some fifty hit or miss, being
careful not to include pullets, and the
whole bunch left the place. The
young stock at once began to assert
themselves and after few days be-
gan laying increasing from day to
day until fully fifty per cent. 5e"e
doing duty, regardless of the extreme
weather that has dropped in two or
three times this winter. A small pen
of white Plymouths has made the
best average, on several days each
one laying, and the eggs are of good
size. A distinguishing mark of each
seasons additions will simplify mat.
tiers, and the old stock can readily
be cut out.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
THE COOLING MOTH.

The codling moth, an old and dan.
gerous enemy to fruit growers, has
recently received further attention
from the Ohio agricultural experiment
station, at Wooster. Spraying with
Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of
leadS or arsenate of soda), has been
found the most practical and effective
way of controlling the pest. 1t has
been conclusively demonstrated that
IF the apple be coated with a thin
layer of poison at the point where the
young worm cuts its way in, enough
will be consumed to cause the death
of the insect" The elaborate. expert
ments reported showed that 81 per
cent. of the fruit from sprayed plots
was free from injury; whereas of that
from unsprayed plots only 81 per cent.
could be so classed. Arsenate of lead
was found to be superior in killing
power to arsenate of soda.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
ADDING HIJMJJS.

Prof. C. D. Smith tells Country
Gentlemen" readers that of the two
principal ways of adding humus to the
soil the first is by blowing under
barnyard manure, and second by
growing green crops and blowing
them under. 1t is apparent at once
that if the greatest amount of humus
possible is to be made from barn
yard manure, it should be hauled to
the fields without rotting and plowed
under SO that the rotting may take
place in the soil itself. From this
point of view, therefore, the manure
should be hauled to the field as fast
as made. 1t should be plowed under,
also, not to too great depth, but far
enough to insure the continuous pres
ence of moisture throughout the sea.
son.
Experiments and observations made
at the Michigan college have shown
that where the manure was hauled on
the snow, when the thaws came, did
not carry away the plant food from
the manure, except in the very small.
est degree. The losses from this
source were small. 1t was shown also
that, as far as immediate efforts on
the next crop were concerned, the
earlier in the winter the manure was
applied the better. AS far as the hi,
mus in the soil is concerned also, it is
wasteful process to pile manure in
the yards or elsewhere and allow it to
rot. 1t is wise to follow that method
when, for any special reason, rotted
manure is needed, but it is destructive
of the humus.
The importance of humus in pre-
venting the drying out of soils can
not be too strongly impressed"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22
a Memory.

Bear, It was a simple touch
0f your hand in clasping mine;
Haedlessly, in like caress,
Gain falls on the stunted pine. =
With tender sympathy,
Dear, you smiled at me one day,
As the sun might gild fern
Passing by it's shaded way.
Great your life, and mine for what!
Fate spins not with you and me,
Yet you linger in my thoughts
For your sweet humanity:
And / like to dream my love
Speaks your mind a gentle ease,
As the little west wind stirs,
Reverently, the forest trees.
Edith Livingston Smith, in Harper'
Bazaar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

"Oh, you are a silly!" she cried.
understood that remark as an ac-
ceptance in full, and Mildred evident
ly intended it in that way
Half an hour later l said: II don't
think we had better trouble about a
long engagement. The sooner your
husband pays those bills the better!"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

Telephone service for residences
costs $40 a year in Vienna
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

A st. Louis woman who desired to
commit suicide paid a druggist for an
ounce of carbolic acid and received a
bottle of glycerin favored with acid.
Things have come to a pretty pass.
remarks the Courier-Journal, when
even our cold poison is rectified!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

After fourteen troubled years the
only American State which ever UNI
dertook the saloon business on its own
account gives it up as bad job, OBJ
serves the New York World. The
enactment by the South Carolina Leg
islature of a localoption law means
the end of the State dispensary sys,
TEN.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

You have only got to make peo'
pie think thing is stolen and you can
sell anything in Birmingham" said a
prisoner named Leng at the Birming'
ham, Alabama, Police Court. He had
been doing a big business in bottles
of burnt sugar and water, which he
said was whiskey-stolen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

The Utica Press declares that: "Sev'
eral States have good child labor laws
now and other States have poor ones
or none at all. The manufacturers
whose matters are properly regulated
must come into competition with those
where there is no restriction, and
hence where goods may be made and
sold more cheaply.''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

The newspapers have been so much
occupied with that $32,0O0,O00 gift to
education that they have hardly no.
ticed that naphtha and gasoline have
been put up.a cent gallon, observes
the Atlanta Journal Many a cent
makes $32,000,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

A Kentucky Congressman says the
Wall street man is bull today, a
bear tomorrow, but always hog.
That man will not be called to fill
the chair of high finance zoology in q
tainted-money college, prophesies the
New York American
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

If the Legislatures can contrive by
law to force men who are too vain,
too selfish or too cold to wish to
marry, to do so against their wills,
suggests the Richmond News-Leader,
they will make a great many unhappy
women and add largely to the prac'
tice in the divorce courts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

There is an idea abroad among NOR
al people that they should make their
neighbors good, declared Robert Louis
Stevenson. One person have to
make good, myself. But my duty to
my neighbor is much more nearly ex-
pressed by saying that have to make
him happy-if 1 may.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

The roundest and rosiest of Ohio
mayors has warm admirer in Con
gresham Champ Clark, of Missouri.
IF Tom Johnson never does anything
else,' said Champ Clark in the House
of Representatives, "he deserves a
monument as high as the Washington
monument for what he has done to.
ward establishing three-cent street
car fares in Cleveland"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-22

The Christian Register recalls re-
mark made by Professor Benjamin
Pierce in his old age. Il have studied
the stars at long range" he said. and
there are questions which cannot
answer, problems which l cannot
solve; but have no doubt that some
day l shall study the stars at short
range and be able to see what now
cannot discover"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-17
IN GRASP OF GREAT { STORM i
Southern Europe swept ny Winds mn,
DcluEcd by IIcnyy Rains.


DcluEcd by Mefyy Rnins.
PARIS. October Is.--The whole of
Southern Europe issIn the grasp Of a
storm, accompanlLd,;byt torrcntial rains.
This. coming on the heels OF the un-
unprecedented rainfalls and succession
of floods of the past three weeks, ~
causing very great distress.
The storm area extends from Mo-
rocco northward over Portugal. Spain
and Southern France. War-ships on
the African coast and the Spanish Pc
ninsula have been obliged to seek
shelter The French torpedo boat Cas-
SIM lost her propeller While making
port during the gale. u
The village of Olet, near Barcelona,
Spain. was literally washed away by
"a cloudburst, and the river Lobregat.
just south OF Barcelona. is described
as being a raging torrent and as con-
stantly claiming new victims.
The city OF st. Sebastian. in the
North OF Spain. has been ravag.- by
violent lubricant. which tore up
trees and telegraph poles. blocked the
railroad tracks and stalled many trains.
In the department. OF Savoie. great
,overhanging cliff of 100000 cubic
metres is reported tosbe moving and iii
imminent danger OF topping over and
crushing the village OF Tornery, 1850
feet below.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-17
FEMALE BURGLAR FAlNTs
Mrs. toms ., i" WOMAN Rafglics,v Cnn-
mot Give Bond And IL jailed.

MrN. UOmQ0k0 ~ "W0m0M NamlcR,V Cnn.
mot Give Bonh and IL jailed.
4 CHICAGO I'LL, october 1s.--wher
Mrs Evelyn Roinadka. woman
Raffies." learned Ii court that her
bondsman refused to continue as her
surety and that she must go to jail
pending hearing of her case, which
was postponed one week, she swooned
with a cry. and hdd to be supported
on her way to "a cell In the Harrison
Street annex. AS she was led from
the courtroom she stumbied twice and
fell.
When Albert Jones, negro. her al
legged accompltcc, WAS brought in no
grinned at Mrs. Romadka and sat down
only two seats away. c. j. Romadka.
the husband. and Clement Romadka,
the brother-i law failed to appear
1t was said that Mrs. Rornadka ais father
and sister were In the city, but they
failed to attend. The bond OF $4,000
signed by Albert J..;yyarde. was with
drawn. The Womans attorney asserted
that this action meant that Mr.. Wardc
was afraid Mrs. Romadka would dis.
I'm spite OF the Sjpoks Of the case...
stay BY his wife and fight the case
Two additional warrants charging
burglary were filed gatnst Mrs. Ro-
lmadka In Judge Sadlers Court. Detec-
Ing the home Sf Mrs. Clarence t nc nj snsek, &c
Eo.5540 South Park Avenue, and steal
Ing $4,000 worth iof sjewelry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-17
MEN TORN BY WILDCAT
Two Hare Hunters Have Fierce Fight
&. With Enrs9ed EIenst.

ipHILADELPH1A. October ls.--At-
tackled by three Wildcats in Boilers
Woods. In Lower Merton township. yes-
terday two men. residents Of Mana
yunk, ltnd an exciting battle with the
bcasts before they killed one OF them
and drove the other two off. The men
had their hands and backs torn by the
sharp claws OF the cats and a dog
which they had with them was SO bad
iiy wounded that 1t had to be shot.
. Michael Warren. OF $3.50 uHhria
street. and William McAntec. OF Ash
man Heights. decided to go hunting
Tor rabbits yesterday. and. armed with
guns and accompanied BY two dogs.
they went to Boilers Woods. One OF
the dogs caught a trail, and the men
followed the animal into the thicket
and the encounter with the wildcats
was the result.
Warren wax the more seriously In
Jured. his coat having been torn on his
back by the animals. who sank their
claws into the flesh. McAntee had
both his hands severely lacerated Both
men had their injuries dressed by a
physician at Ashman Heights,