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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

At noon the pope dlneS. ms occupdtlo
is performed every day on the hour, mathe-
matically precise. Leo, according to eti-
ouette, dned alone; the present pontiff al
ways invites one of the attendants most
near him. In the beginning the whole
length and breadth of the papal court was
stunned by this action. and again another
master of ceremonies attempted to call his
holiness attention to what he was doing.
But the pope, always patient and kind, re-
piled:
..Who was the pope that established the
custom that those holding the chalr or ST.
Peter should eat alone?
Urban XIII, your holiness" was the
reply. oo,,o,, ,,on t,a. o,s.or, 10
was in his right. But as mucn nave 10
discontinue it,
The pope Is economical but not stingy.
His meals consist OF most simple things,
and are no better than those he sat to not
as patriarch of Venice or bishop of Man.
tova but as curate at Salzano. While
seven cooks attend to his personal meals,
the pope never cares to taste or even to
have served the delicate dishes which make
and nutritive things. Generally, the menu
for noon consists Of some soup, boiled meat,
cheese and fruit Occasionally he asks for
some spaghetti with beans-a cheap, al
most vulgar, dish, affected only by the
poorest of countrymen-or cornmeal with
cuttlefish. The latter dish is one of his
predilected, and is usually served on FRI
days. Only one waiter carries the things
in from the kitchen, and places them upon
the table. Then the diners pass the dish
to one another as needed. The pope desires
to speak literally on all topics with those
sittine with him. and for that reason does
not like formal sentinels standing near him
to overhear what he may want to say. so
when he needs a domestic, he rings the
electric bell.
His holiness fingers at the table for half
an hour or so, or long enough to continue
any conversation started during the course
of the meal. Then he takes leave of his
other hour he passes by taking nap. This
over, he sees once more Cardinal Merry
del Val NOW, since the latter has been
changed to secretary of apostolic briefs, he
may see his successor), and will discuss
any important affairs left over to be con-
sidered; and this done, he summons his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28

AS an enlightened Chinese educator said
to me, Anybody can do whatever he wants
to China at present. Thus it came to pass
that the French treaty gave civil rank and
authority to French missionaries There
are ugly reports a1oat concerning the
means by which this provision was put into
the document; but these do not necessarily
concern the present discussion. The Ameri
can and British missionaries. who would be
entitled to the same rights by the most
favored nation clause, promptly disavowed
any intention of accepting them
Not so the French They have been
openly political agents, have also, in
some cases, the Germans. The French
bishops travel in the full regalia of vice.
roys. When he goes out in his chair a
bishop has outrunners, umbrellas, flags and
all the other fummery of Chinese gov
ernor He demands to be received always
in the state befitting his rank. Upon this
point Chinese officials, high and low, have
spoken to me with greatest bitterness; and
so also have men in the consular and diplo-
matte service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
ruth About Missionary In
reference in Chinese Courts
Why China Don't Want
Outsiders.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

Copyright 1907 by Joseph B. Bowles)
PEKING, Chna.-The most serious
charge made against missionaries in China
is that by their interference with civil law
they eXasperate the natives to the point
of uprsngs and massacres. This subject
deserves the fullest investigation and most
careful treatment; for 1t is no light thing
to accuse ministers of the gospel with be
ing responsible for riot and murder Yet
l regret to write that 1 find ground Tor
this widespread criticism.
A look at the setting of the facts is
first necessary. China has long been re-
garded as a huge, hulking, helpless in
competent among the nations of the earth.
She has never received the consideration
due to great country. Foreign powers
have never trusted the lives of their sub
jects in her keeping; wherever they 60,
there goes the law of eXtra-territoriality
An alien in China is not subject to China;
he knows no law but that of his own self
restraint of his country's consulate.
A foreigner can do pretty much as he
pleases in China. Instead of being, his
friends at home imagine him to be, a ter
ror-stricken mortal, momentarily afraid
that the Chinese ogre will demand his life,
he is more nearly ogre himself
Bitter experience with armies and navies
from over seas. and with the loss of ter
ritory seized a penalty for injury to
foreigners, has made Chinese officials fear
full of these strangers. Every magistrate
knows that he will lose his job if not his
head, should aught befal foreigner with
in his Jurisdiction Instead of being hooted
down the street as a foreign devil" the
foreign swaggers along, expecting all
other pedestrians, and jinrickshas and car
riages as well, to get out of his way. The
small urchin, less discreet than his elders,
sometimes cries foreign devil only at
the risk of feeling the foreigners stick.
The race question in the southern states
is not half so serious the question in
Asia. The white mans sense of superiority
to the yellow expresses itself in a harshness
that would shock America were 1t widely
known. If a ricksha man does not go fast
enough, beat him with your stick. A sec
rotary of the American legation at Picking
told me as joke that he broke his light
cane on coolies shoulders. If Chinese
gets in your way, shove him aside, kick him
or pull his queue. When 1 have seen the
way the Chinese are frequently abused by
white men l no longer marvel at the anti
foreign feeling which resides in most native
breasts. The wonder is that the Chinese
have endured much without reprisal.
For it does seem If the natives have no
rights which the foreigners are bound to
respect. The present cutlery against the
white man in China has manifold justifica-
ton
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-01
STARkvlLLE, MISS. JANUARY 1, 1907.

CT.
Will. we are writing, we want
To speas OF another crop that far
TOO few Southern farmers grow.
We refer 10 winter turf oats and
hairy vctch. The vetch. Mr..
Editor. as you know, Is winter
growing pea. and will continue
&c grow when the temperature
in above freezing. We have a
plat near the house sown 10 oats
aud veich for winter pasture for
our poultry and calves; and we
have fields also sown for our
sheep. goats. pigs, and other
calves. Up to this date we have
no, fed our sheep or goats u par.
tic!c OF grain since they ate on,
the soy beans; and they are do.
ing fine on the oats and vctch.
and will continue 10 thrive IA
long ~ the weather remains
open. II il pleasure to see the
Barred Plymouth Rocks graxc
on the rich. succulcnt food and
TO gather up the rich brown
eggs. Besides the winter feed
it furnishes, il yields Il paying
crop OF hay or grain when har.
vested next year.
When the oats and yctch are
for seed, the vcsch will
the land. as sufficient
seed will shattcr out to do this.
Vctch and oats make one OF the
best hays we have ever used.
We expect to harvest part OF our
growing crop for hay and part
for seed. We greatly enjoy
reading the Gazette, aud learn
m uch thercirom.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-01

II. E.. Davidson. uss>as. Tenn.
We wish 10 corrobora,c
what DR.. W. w. Boyd. OF Os-
h'rn, Miss, said in your issue
-. Zee. Is re'ativc TO the SOY
hcan. Thcy arc certainly one
OF the most profitable plants one
can raise. We have been grow
log them for a number OF years.
aud find them fine feed for all
kinds of stock. We have !.
acre orchard ia which we have
grown the SOY bean for ! years
past. Our poultry house is in
said orchard, and the beans
make an ideal poultry food.
We have now in our cattle barn
soy bean, pea. red clover. and
herds grass hay: aud we find
our cattle eat the soy bean hay
with seemingly more relish than
any OF the other kinds OF hay.
We had this year ono acre
sown to SOY beans that we turned
hogs and sheep on about the
middle of October. and we find
a, this writing, Dec. Il, many OF
the beans on the ground, that
the hogs have failed 10 find. per-
fectly sound. When found they
will be eaten greedily by swine
or fowls. This bean will lie on
the ground all winter and come
up in the spring if not eaten.
They not only put fine gloss on
the feathers OF our Barred
Plymouth Rocks, but they do
the same thing for the coat OF
the hogs, cows. horses, sheep.
or goats that feed on them. We
think the soy bean should be
grown by every Southern farm
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-01
Tile Drainage

]. W. Day. Crystal spr1ngs. aiss.
l doubt seriously If there is an
acre of land in the state OF Mis-
sissippi but would be benefited
by system of tile drainage
either TO hold or discharge the
surplus water ~ the needs may
require. In the absence OF
regular drain tile. | have been
bu ilding what term blind
di,chcs through my low land. |
have been at this several years
and now have something over n
mile of such bitches. and find a
great bcnch, is derived from
them.
My plan is this: Dug bitches
where most needed. say. -
fec, deep and = feet wide. leav.
ing the dirt removed a. near
the ditch a. possible 80 as not to
roll back in. Place two poles or
old rails 10 the bottom OF ditch
the entire length. Across these
poles lay shor, stout heart pine
or oak sticks every ! feet. They
should be "a long as the ditch ls
wide. On top Of them lay old
plank. slabs. old rails or poles.
Cover about all the bottom with
them, then on this throw some
weeds, briars or stalks Or rub
bish. Then with a turn plow
throw back enough earth to fill
the ditch a little flush, as it will
settle some. BE sure TO have
the outlet lower than the land to
be drained. 1t should empty in
to large ditch or creek. Such
ditches as this can be built
cheap and will show good effects
for 10 years. In the absence of
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-01
RNAL FOR FARMERS.
Nd THEIR FAMILIES.
so CENTS a YEAR.

other material. ) poles make
very fair ditch, ! ia the bottom
and two on top Of the ! to break
the joint works fairly we'll
Editorial comment: Mr.. Day
has touched on matter that
needs attention on almost every
farm. The only trouble ii, tie
drainage is 80 far ahead Of the
methods OF a large proportion of
cotton farmers that they are in
clincd to think il il either all
moonshine or all hard work. It
is far from being moonshine;
and. while considerable work is
required TO make good bitches
with tile or the material men,
toned ia the foregoing. 50 much
work il saved for years after
wards, that such bitches are La
bor savers. Any man who will
drain his garden we'll will be
telling his friends he has an car
lier garden than ever before,
larger crops. land that stands
drouth better than ever before,
land that is injured less than
ever before by wet weather.
land that is better every way to
work than ever before: and the
lesson he will learn from a
garden so drained will soon
cause bitches to be put in else
where about the farm. The gar
den is so small and produces so
much when we'll worked that one
can we'll afford to drain it, and
there is yet time to do it this
In most cases it re-
quires only 4 little energy, work.
The excuse of expense can
hardly be raised.
q
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-01-01
Dc>l 'hlc Crops

II. E.. Davidson. ub1..as. Tenn.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
THE DAIRY FARM.

An old dairyman tells me he does
not care a rap about dairy conforma-
ton. He, takes the milk pail test as
his guide in setting value upon cows.
That is all very good, but the man
who sets out to buy cows for his dairy
does not always have the opportunity
of seeing just what they will do. And
even If cows are bought after a few
days milk trial, there is not much GER
talnty o h matter, because cows
are usually sold when they are at their
best. So it is safest to learn all you
can about dairy form. OF course there
are many cows, having so-called dairy
form, that are poor producers, but that
probably is the result Of neglect and
improper feeding. When studying form,
look at both ends of the COW. Select.
the COW with clear, bold eyes, active
and vigorous, in preference to the
quiet, dull and listless animal. These
points are as important as great veins
and other points found in the rear end
of the cow.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
pAiRYINe WITH BRAINS.

The splendid work done now by those
dairymen who are making money from
the business is the result of exact
knowledge of the details OF the bIsi-
ness. Chance success has given away
to exact methods, which has made good
work and profitable results possible.
Many rushed into dairying without
knowing one OF the essentials which
counted for success with the result
that they learned by costly experience.
OF course there + some who never
profit from any experience and they 20
laundering along year after year, un-
til they are finally driven from the
work. Among h first things to learn
in dairying is that the COW Is our plant
for converting food into milk. and the
more thoroughly hat plant is equipped
for long and steady service the surer
end better will be our output. An
other thing, the quality of milk OBJ
tanned, or the per cent. OF butter fat
depends upon the COW entirely. For
COWS which turn rich food into rich
milk. We must get over that old no
ton that any cow will produce rich
milk, providing she is given the rirbt
kind OF food. Too much feed has been
squandered on these poor cows I'm the
attempt to get them to produce re-
suits. Dairying is real serious bust
ness and the man who VIII not take the
time to study each detail OF the
work had better hire some one To do
his thinking for him, or else get ont OF
the business. The man and cow Is a
good partnership, providing the one Ia
a good dairyman and the other q good
dairy CON-,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
LIGHT OATS FOR e e

A correspondent writes me that his
grain dealer advises the sowing of
light seed, but he bases his suppose
ton that they will grow on the VOL
unteer growth of seed in the chaff piles
and the growth over the fields where
these a were harvested. There is
no contention that light oats, those
having a shriveled berry, will not grow,
but whether they have the VigOr to
produce a good straw and a we'll filled
head, is another matter. The trouble
with much of our light oats this sea-
son is that the glumes are not filed
at all, and of course there Is nothing
TO sprout. 1t is contrary TO the habit
of plant growth to presume that light,
shrunken or undeveloped seed grains
will produce as well as plump, well
matured seed. To show how this at
fects the crop, the Minnesota station
graded a common variety of pats un-
til there was a difference of sixteen
pounds per bushel in the two lots.
The heavy seed weighed thirty-seven
pounds per bushel, while the light
seed weighed only twenty-one pounds.
There was a difference of ten bushels
per acre in the yield. 1t should be borne
in mind that these oats were well filled
and h lightest seed was made UP
of the smaller berries and shrunken
berries. But we have a different con-
dition in oats this year, In that
much of the grain is not filled. II
one will take a handful OF these light
oats and examine it. grain by grain,
he viii see hat many have nothing
but thick hulls.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
A STORY OF

The words brought Drysdale up
right.
Perhaps not" he retorted hotIy;
but neither have l those OF a black
guard. l had the good fortune to over
hear the Infamous threats you made to
Miss Croydon"
Tremaine laughed q laugh that was
insulting than any words.
$50 you're an e~avesdropper, q lis
at doors? That confirms the
statement I have already made. You
Will make me an apology Or"
Or what2" demanded Drysdale
hercely. rising from his chair with
muscles tense.
Tremaine rose. too. deliberately, and
faced him with a look so terrible that
despite himself he shivered.
"Or take the consequences" said
Trernalne. In a tone all the more
threatening because it was very calm.
Drysdale laughed--it cost him some
thing but he achieved II.
Very fell" he said contemptuously,
'Tu lake the consequences" and he
turned his back upon Tremaine and
walked away with" aiif indifference he
was very far from feeling.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
CHAPTER VI.
THE MYSTERY OF THE PIER.

THE MYSTERY OF THE PIER.
For a moment, no one spoke. Only
the boys larored breathing broke the
stiffness; he was shivering conclusive
ly. clutching at the hatrack for sup
port.
ut a the lightning, I suppose" said
Tremaine, al last, in a suppressed voice.
II knew that bolt struck somwhere
near, The cier would naturally be a
dangerous place"
II told him not to stay there" broke
in Delroy angrily. There was no ems
I'm II. Was 1t the lightning?" he de-
manded, wheeling on the boy.
NO" he g&sped. ITS murder
What" cried Delroy InCredulously.
"Lightnin' dor't cave a mans head
In, does it, asl'ed tt, boy sdoggedly.
Delroy grabbed a rain-coat' from the
rack and Tremaine caught up another.
Across the lawn they sped, under the
trees, down to the waterfront. with
young Graham stumbling blindly along
behind them. The little white bath
house CLEANED vivid in the glare of the
lightning. They entered and paused
uncertainty in the gloom.
Where is he?" asked Delroy.
out there on tn pier" answered
Graham b~roKenly. "Out there where
they struck him down"
Continued Next Week)
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
Mo Cover for This Machine.

She hailed from a little out-of-the-
way village where an automobile was
called such. without any OF the Quips
and quirks whereby the long term is
avoided, and where a honk invariably
brought the entire population to the
front door
She went to visit in a larger COM
munity, and heard one feminine bridge
play say TO another:
when do o go away?"
Not until ! make a cover for my
machine answered the owner OF a
new flyer.
The visitors eyes widened. You are
better to your machine than / am to
mine," she said. amiably. II have new
er made a cover for mine"
what make is you machine" asked
someone, politely.
"A New Home" responded the Wis
itor. whats yours?"
But the answer was drowned in a
shout Of laughter.
Behold me In the dust at your feet
pleaded the ardent wooer, dropping on
his knees.
A panied look came over the widows
face. IT van you to understand, sir.
that I do my own housework."
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28

bounded up the stairs. wen, that
beats met"
He was stir. staring, when Tremaine
appeared at the landing and came
down. a packet OF letters in his hand.
II van to put these In the bag he
said, so they'll get of by the early
mall"
IT'S on the rack out there" Delroy
replied. and the other went past him
into the outer hall. He was back in q
moment.
That's a good evenings work." he
said. with a sigh OF satisfaction. But
what's the nI.ttter2 You look as though
you'd seer. q ghost" ...
"Drysdale came in just now looking
as though he'd seen one. all nerves and
raw fiesh-aEd stalked upstairs as mad
as a hornet about something"
"Ah." said Tremaine, with just the
flicker of an eyelash, a m yet n
would have thought that a walk
through the silence of the night would
calm his nerves. There comes the
rain!"
There was a hiss, q flash, and q great
crash OF thunder split the armament
apart and shook the house to its foun-
dations. They could hear the rain dash
Ing I'm sheets against the windows.
That's a storm To- sure: listen to
the wind. Drysdale got in just in time.
But I never saw him like that before;
something extraordinary must a
happened to him. He's been out OF
humor for a day or two. / wonder,
now, If he was caught in that steel
crash? BY Jove. I did hear him say
that he'd bought a block OF stock on
marginl"
A CLEAN OF triumph indescribable
flashed into Tremaine's eyes. .
THAT may explain It," he said, with
studied carelessness.
"Yes-but ii doesn't excuse IT, II a
man can't keep his temper when he
loses, he hasn't any business to specu-
late. Hello, who's that?"
Someone was pc :nding at the outer
door. DelrOy strobe to it nj threw
back the tolt. II flew open and young
Graham staggered rather than walked
into h hall, hutless, coatless. soaked
with rain, his eyes staring, his face
rigid with horror.
Good God, man; what is it," cried
Delroy.
He opened his mouth; but only a low
rumbling came from his throat.
"Come!" cried Delroy sharply. BE a
man.! What is it?"
BY a mighty effort, Graham pulled
himself together.
Fathers killed." he whispered
hoarsely.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
DRAINAGE.

The agricultural and general papers
Of the central west and beyond consider
the subject of irrigation greater than
that of drainage and where the latter
is considered 1t is mainly in considera-
ton of small areas. 1t is a fact that
drainage Of extensive swamps may be
one of the greatest OF agricultural pos
sibilitieS of the United States today.
This subject needs only to be men
toned to any n who is q general
lreader or at all familiar with the coun-
try and the work that has been accom-
plished In Holland and other European
countries TO open up q wide field for
energetic operations that will lead TO
great business possibilities.
Drainage OF swamp lands ear be ac-
complished for about, one-fifth the. cost
of irrigation according to engineers
estimates. Land OF this sort is very
fertile and much of IL situated in
healthful climates, or those which need
only the removal of the surplus water.
Holland is below sea level for the most
part and the contemplated building or
another large sea wall and the pump
ing dry Of the Zuyder Zea is only an
additional enlargement of their terri
tory.
The traveller through Iowa is amazed
with the amount OF land in many parts
or the state that are not producing any
$500 "Su IhS pSoSlDAC CIOp UGCHuSG OF
sloughs and shallow little lakes. Many
OF these can be drained without trouble
by the natural fall, but IL necessary.
when a becomes more valuable. they
will be drained even If more extensive
bitches have to be cut than are, ISaWl
thought needful. The use of tile on the
farms OF our level parts of country was
especially q plain this year. Filling
helps lands that need draining whether
the season be wet or dry as paradox
cal as the statement seems.~
But it is the larger drainage or
swamp lands that is attracting atten-
ton from many and the subject Ia
worthy of consideration along with fr-
rigation schemes and public waterways
of an artificial nature. Many of the
southern and eastern states, near large
centers of population have large
swamps that could be drained to the
advantages of h capital employed and
to the advantage of the people who NAV
occupy the ands when prepared fDr
cultivation as well as OF the country i'm
general.
Sections of country that are aIled
with ponds seem to be the dryest dur
ing periods of drouttT ana even the pond
beds are the dryest of all. Good drain
age by loosening up the soil, ALLOWING.
he air to pentrate. helps to make n
moEe retentive of the water needed To
grow crops, Thorough cultivation tn
n sufficient depth aids in drouth rasiat,
ing qualities of the soil. "