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The Washington times., 1907-07-11
JAPS ANXIOUS
FOR OUR TRADE,
AOKI DECLARES
Grants Interview Sound
ing Note of Peace
and Amity.

AS a note Of peace and anity amid all
the discordant talk Of war between
Japan and the United States. the Japan
ese ambassador, Viscouut Aoki IN an in
teryiew with a representative OF The
Times. just before his departure last
night for New York 10 meet Admiral
Yamamoto, made plain the nature OF
the mission Of Director Ishii 10 this
country. and at the same time praised
the wonderful progress OF America
The time of the visit had not yet been
made known TO him, he said, but IL was
undoubtedly being made on his own sug-
The Washington times., 1907-07-11

LA PLATA, Nd, July i1.-Cast-
ing woman's most precious jewel
into the scales of justice with the
hope of fitting them in favor Of her
mother and brother, charged with
Staying her traducer, ISIS" Bowie,
hugging her crying baby to her
breast, went on the stand today I'M
folded the story of her pathetic
life, and took the jury into the in
nermoSt recesses Of her scared and
broken heart.
Ton by struggling emotions, be-
coming hysterical and weeping until
the font of her tears was dry, the
unfortunate girl narrated all that
happened between her and the man
whose life her mother and brother
blasted ont
The Washington times., 1907-07-11
Story of Unrequited Leve.

otV4J V4 SI4S4u4tSu A09Ss
II was a story Of misplaced confidence,
unrequited love. and ruin OF a fair
Maryland girl. More than that-it was
a narrative fraught with instances OF
III treatment. nat refussls 10 atone for
one Of life's greatest wrongs, OF inde-
scribable mental agony and Of a young
girl being cast into a cesspool OF public
scorn BY the man 70 whom she had
yielded her all
CooIly, calmly. and unaffected Mrs
Mary Bowie and her son admitted on
the stand that they killed Huoert Posey
lest January. and that they told him
they would do It II he did not lead
sis" 10 the altar and give her expected
child a name in the world.
The Washington times., 1907-07-11
Servant Becomes Insane.
THE WEATHER REPORT.

A trough OF low pressure extending
from Texas northeast into the st. Law
renee valley, with well-deaned high
areas on either side. has resulted IN an
tntensifcation OF the showery conditions
east Of the Rocky Mountains. and thlIn-
derstorms were general over almost
this entire area In the far west the
weather continues fair.
temperatures are somewhat more
moderate west of the Mississippi river.
and also from the lake region eastward.
but continue high elsewhere-
tant.
The winds along the middle Atlantic
coast Will be light to fresh. nostl,,
soGtherly, possibly occasional thunder
squalls; on the south Atlantic coast
light to fresh southwesterly: on the cast
Gulf coast light to fresh southerlv. and
or the lower lakes light to fresh and
variable. occasional thunder SQUALLS.
Steamers departing today for Euro
pean ports will have light TO fresh
variable wirds, mostly southerly. with
showery weather 20 the Grand Banks.
The Washington times., 1907-07-11
Trial Progressed Rapidly.

Free from sentiment. sham, hypocTicy
or subterfuge. the trial has progressed
rapidly. Whatever may be the outcome
OF the trial the Bowie case will Cor many
a year hold the record for pure, unwar-
-anted unwritten law
Senator Posey and Congressman Mudd
have been open and above board IN
each and every action. and no surprises
are expected from either side The
three living principals in Maryland's
most pathetic tragedy have told their
stories. But little remains 10 be heard.
The defense viii close today. argument
will begin tomorrow, ard twenty-four
hours hence the world Will know
whether or not Maryland will punish the
slayers.
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Continued on Page Eleven1
The Washington times., 1907-07-11
Member of jury Talks.

N4CAlBCA VI yAAJ @eAASs
It is barely possible that lex non
scripta will be dealt solar plexus blow
here. This morning 1t developed that
member of the jury remarked last
evening:
7 am darned II amt tired OF this
unwritten law business
He voiced the opinion that the mother
and son woults have had a better chance
FOR acquittal II they had not waited
until the stork was lowering over the
\ Bowie homestead before avenging the
ruin Of Priscilla The juror further
stated that Maryland won't get the
newspaper roasts that Virginia got for
that Loving trial, II I can help it."
is generally believed that this lone
! Juror will vote for conviction on a minor
degree of homicide on the first ballot.
but Will fall into line for acquittai II
all the others do. Although there is
mo marked degree OF sentiment In favor
1 o. the accused mother and son, there is
a total absence Of feeling against them.
Every one is sympathetically inclined
| toward sis Bowie. and all believe
the appearance OF the girl and tot on
the stand will be more than the prose
cution can overcome
Mrs. Bowie on Stand.
When court convened the jury was
called and the defendants took seats be-
hind their counsel Priscilla Bowie re-
manned in the juryroom, waiting to be
called as a witness. For half an hour
after court opened the lusty yelis Of the
little baby. around which the whole
trial centers, could be heard
l fla is n r1rr
ceed,' said Judge Briscoe-
call your first Witnesses"
call Ms Bowie" said Senator Posey.
Mrs Bowie walked 70 the stand and
! was sworn.
did you know the late Hubert
! PoSey?"
Yes sir"
You know where he is now?''
! Hes dead replied the witness in q
strong. clear voice. looking her ques-
CONTINUED On Second Page)
The Washington times., 1907-07-11
Expense Of legal Fight.

Irrespective of what Mr. Ronaparte
says,T shall continue 10 do my duty a.
I see Il. until I am shown that am in
the wrong The talk about suits and
counter suits and appeals does not
frighten re. OF course. il these appeals
are made. the town Of Glen Echo will
fight them. to the last ditch The city
fathers will stand BY mo and VIII nav
the expenses OF the fight II necessary.
even TO the courts Of last resort In the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
THE LIFE OF A FARM GIRL.

I believe there is less discomfort
among farmers daughters than girls
of the towns and cities. The farm
girl is brought up to respect the dig
nifty of honest toll and takes pride in
being able to do the work of the
household we'll and to be as competent
as her girl companions in the neigh
borhood. To be able to cook and sew
and do her full share of the work for
which her mother is responsible is an
accomplishment in her eyes. She does
not shirk or lie in bed while her
mother does the work, as many city
girls do She does not spend her time
idling through the shops of the town
spending more money on her dress
than her parents can afford. She is
more Independent in the true sense
of independence than the city girl, be-
cause she has the kno ledge that she
is useful to her parents and is equip
| ped to make her own home happy
when she gets one. Her life on the
soil-provided always that ller parents
are sympathetic and helpfnl-makes
for good health and breeds gentlenes:
and certain refinement of spirit tina
makes her lovable and fits her for {
4 life Of happiness and usefulness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05

Canterbury bells, the hardy double and
single pinks the polyaathus, the hardy
primroses and the English cowslips
all will help to make our hardy flower
bed a thing of beauty and JOY
forever"
The earth for a perennial border
should be light and porous Never try
to raise flowers in soggy, wet soil AS
soon as the plants are well rooted,
have a forkful of well-decayed stable
manure spaded in we'll around each
plant unless they are very small
plants, then use your own good judg-
ment.
Just before freezing weather
mulch two or three inches deep OF
stable manure should be spread over
the bed a little heavier about each
plant, and if the plants have any
srooky branches they should all be
trimmed back quite close.-Julie
Adams Powell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
GROWING WINTER OATS.

Winter oats are not recommended
where spring oats can be successfully
grown, and can be depended upon as
a reliable crop, but there Is a large
area where spring oats are not a very
sure crop, and where winter oats will
prove much surer crop If properly
managed.
They have proved much surer crop
than spring oats in many parts Of the
South. They are almost sure to make
good crop when, sown during the
latter part of August or early in Sep
TENDER, but If the sowing is left off
until October there is much more
danger of the oats winter killing and
hooving out with freezing and thaw-
ing Of the ground. Sometimes how
ever, the October sowing will do all
right.
Last fall, I sowed three acres Of
winter oats on the first and second
days of October, the winter proved
favorable, and do not think that any
Of the oats froze out. They are now
nearly filed. June rs, are from four tc
five feet high and are, much better
than any spring oats near here.
My farm is near the 39th parallel o.
N. Latitude and the elevation of the
field is about 1900 feet above sea level
The oats will be ripe in week or ter
days, We have grown them for nearl.
twenty years and have never known
them to fail to fill reasonably we'll +
I grow the Virginia gray or tur
oats. The husk on the grains is yer.
thin and the oats usually weight from
thirty-eiglt to forty pounds per meas
ured bushel.-A. j. Legg, Albion w
Va.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
CAGE FOR A SAFE BONFIRE.

When YOU want to burn an accumu-
latior of papers and other small rub
bish and not be troubled with bits of
flying burning paper, or the fear of
starting fire, take large wire bas-
ket formed from a piece of chicken
wire netting five feet long and about
four feet wide so rolled as to make a
hollow cylinder.
An old tin pan fastened to the bot
tom for holding the contents makes
it into portable affair that can be
taken anywhere about the farm, clear
ing out dried weeds, leaves. litter of
all sorts, with perfect safety.
Any old tin pail cover makes lid
If one is needed.
This is of use about a hennery in
burning refuse of hens nests. destroy
ing myr.. Ids of insects easily.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
GRANGE MEETING.

The forty-first annual session Of the
National Grange Patrons of Hus-
bandry will be held at Hartford, Conn.,,
beginning November IL, and .continu-
ing ten days. This body is composed
of the Masters of the various state
oranges and their wives but all Pa
irons Of Husbandry may attend the
sessions and participate in the discus
sions If the, SO desire, but cannot vote.
This is the right and privilege alone
OF the state Masters and Matrons.
There was a proposition at the last
session Of the National Grange held at
Denver, Colo, by the Master of Wash
ington tate Grange, changing the
basis of representation in the National
Grange so as to include, in addition to
the present vote Of two members from
each state, a second vote to be known
as the representative vote, based on
the number of oranges in good stand
| ing in each state. But the resolution
did not prevail.
: is expected that the attendance
on the next National meeting will ex-
coed all previous records and, that the
seventh degree class will consist of
| 900 members, requiring two sessions
for comforting this. the highest degree
| III the Order At the Portland Ma,
session some years ago, 1900 persons
were initiated into the mysteries of
| this beautiful degree. AS a matter OF
! information, may say that there are
seven degrees in the Order of Patrons
of Husbandry. the first being conferred
in the subordinate local oranges. the
! fifth in the Pomona or county oranges
the sixth in the State grange. and the
seventh in the National grange.
The total grange membership in the
United States is estimated at about
$780, 0O,. at the head Of which is Ma
| tionalSNaster Hon. N. J. Bachelor, OF
New Hampshire, former Governor
of that state. In the direction of the
4 valuable assistance of an Executive
Committee composed Of the following
named gentlemen: Hon. e. B. Norris
4 Past Master. of New York State
4 Grange; Ex-Gov. c.. j. Bell, of Yer
mont, also a Past Master, and Hon
F. A. Derthick, Master of the Ohio
State Grange.
i At the forthcoming session the bi
/ ennial election Of officers will occu
and business of more than ordinar.
Importance will come up for consider
alton. In view of the growing influ
ence of the grange. its action on tn
great questions that bear directly, o
even indirectly, on the farmers wei
: fare, will be. watched with marked in
, terest the country over. Among tn
questions that will demand attentio
: will be the Parcels Post, Extension Q
Rural Mail Delivery, Postal Rate.
Taxation. Transportation, Agriculture
: Education, Good Roads, Forestr.
. Grange Life Insurance, and man
others.-J. w. barrow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
A PERENNIAL FLOWER BED.

Suppose we have border from 20
to 40 feet in length and from 6 to 15
feet in depth or width. Or to fit our
estates" our border can be made
much larger or very much smaller.
"A border planted by a woman
should not be over 20xs feet in size,
for If she did all the work. excepting
the heavy digging, it might not be
the right and necessary care.
Such a border should run North and
South, and If possible face the East.
For the background, hollyhocks. both
single and double. golden glow, the
single tiger lily, the ever-blooming
flame flower, the tall meadow rue, and
tall meadow sweet, set out alternately
Then In front of these and at least
two feet from them we will set out
the Pearl achillia, some of the column
bines the choice of which are cana
densis, chrysantha. chrysantha abs
carulia hybrida, skinneri, and cali.
fornica hybrida.
In the center of this row hydrangs
panculata grandiflora would be very
pretty, and to continue the row hard.
pompone. chrysanthemums, the sew
eral blue varieties of larkspurs, moor
penny daisies, Shasta daisies, fox
gloves. sweet William, coreopsis. Ian
ceolata grandif1ora and an alnos
double variety. callia the "goldel
fleece"
Then we will have the hardy gail
lardia, gypsophila paniculata, or baby
breath, lavender, Lychnis, rose cam
pion, rnonarda didynna splenderts, ais
called the bee balm and robin runa
way. the Chinese bell flower, the hard
perennial peoples and the garde
heliotrope.
Nicotine aff1nis can be TAINTED i
this row early next spring and fror
year to year it will sow it's own see
and will come up so close to wher
the old plants grew that it will nc
often need transplanting.
/ A double border we will make c
two heights of plants, settin;; the tai
Ter ones little back of the very To-
ones. The snap dragon. the doubl
anenone, the mullen pink, the sc
pink, English daisies, the harebel
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
PUSH THE Pigs ALWAYS
Feed Wasted When Young Animals
Are Barely Kept From Being
Hungry.
(By Milton Kelley.)
T<HE food required to keep an ami
NAL up to its natural condition


NAL up to its natural condition
is called the food OF mainten-
ance, while that assimilated above
that amount is the food Of production.
When we consider that two-thirds
of the full ration is used merely for
support, without adding anything to
the weight of the pig, the common
practice Of keeping pigs without con-
slant and unremitting growth seems
absolutely indefensible. Every week
that pig is not kept on the gain the
feed is worse than thrown away, be-
cause it takes q long time and large
amount Of feed to overcome the IN
thrifty habit and all food is lost until
growth begins again. ~
1t is thus evident that a skil1ful
feeder must feed for unremitting
growth. Foods are numerous and
may be fed In many forms. but from
our experience we think that the best
and most economical maintenance
food consists Of clover, alfalfa and
blue grass pasture.
| The experiments made at many of
the experimental farms has proved to
us that 40 per cent more gains can be
made when feeding grain In connec-
ton with grass than when feeding 1t
alone. Further, that pigs fed grass
are at all times ready for their feed,
while those fed grain alone were at all
times off their feed and in an I'm
thrifty condition.
Blue grass Is preferable for early
spring pasture and is also good for
late fall pasture, alfalfa and clover
for early and late summer pasture
!. AID rye or wheat for winter pasture
] Cowpeas, rape and cane may be util.
ICED to good advantage in many 10.
calities. but where we can raise gooe
clover. alfalfa and blue grass we dc
not depend on short rotations excep
, Iaround close to the pens and feeding
yards to- prevent soil washing and K
hold the fertility that would otherwise
go to waste, thus by changing thu
; feeding places and moving the house
we add an acre or twice that amour
!, to our corn land every year. Ri
, The feeders motto should be q
starchy growth from birth to matur
. we make or ruin pig. 1t require
pig feeder.
~ we lluSL HOl po 6uluCu Wy III
theory, but study to improve upo
. what other men have done. Success
]. will only come to those who waite
!, all the details of the business and TT
2 and improve upon the methods of tn
:, common feeders.
= The large gains that should be mad
- :. in the fall when the pigs are put ont
. ], Icorn depend on developing the feedin
: capacity with a liberal supply of gras
: during the summer months If / wer
= naming the kinds of feed I woul
: add "the food Of preparation and ca
- 1t grass. for there is, nothing that wi
: put a pigs digestive apparatus in BET
= ter shape quicker than grass Th
:, time is past when farmers can affor
:. to feed grain alone to hogs and max
:. any profit out of business.
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will not rust and spoil the contents
by contact Of the acid of the cream
with exposed iron.
If can is found to be OF inferior
material. discard 1t and get a substt-
tute which is up to the standard.
Keep the cream can in room or cell
lar where there is no odor to con-
taminate, and be sure that the tenn
perature is low enough so that when
the can is filed ready for shipment
the cream will be slightly less acid
/, than that which is to be churned at
home.
On the way to the creamery 1t Is
exposed to a higher temperature and
bacteria develop fast, so fast that I'M
less the cream is in the condition
named, it will become too sour to
make f1rst-class butter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
MILK STOOL REFLECTIONS.

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:, .nsu as bs,na ohaanan "a rors
% 80 90 IONS ~
p" nv -, -, LII, !. $50 - o,.,,,
4,,.,n ~, W. go IN LII. go $50 20,
"a. IL 1870 - -. ~ rar,,s 20
a. .,. y =. iisN $3.50 p,,s,
.uDe. Sul.s 60 CO. -. .,.,.s .a.,,-
sepal a.ot anu Ae7p liz sAitttt.Ae1 -
4 -,
ie 10. nc. ~ ~.
l.s tst "a ' . .,rs. 90 an
~ 49,, = a.s,s. $3.50
mon Il nc lururv MANY farm
homes use cheese snarinely and onlv
as Inquiry 70 he brought out On
snecia1 occasions when it should he
IN article If dailv use
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
SMALL NUBB1Ns OF NEWS.

John r. Murphy, rich cattleman OF
Montana, has been indicted for the
unlawful fencing Of nearly 10000 acres
of public land He was arrested and
gave BAIL
Daniel H. Dornan, a veterinary sur
geon of New York state, recently died
from an attack of CHAMBERS contracted
from a horse which he had been treat
ing.
| It is estimated that 1000 college
students of the East spent their sum-
mer vacations on the ranges and in
the irrigation districts of the West.
The experience of President Roosevelt
while student in making his annual
western trips has set the pace for
many sons of rich men who begin early
In June to direct their course to the
western plains.
The sheep commissioners OF Wyo-
ming have appealed to the Govern
ment to assist them in investigating
and stamping out an epidemic which
is killing thousands Of sheep and
threatening the entire industry of the
state.
]. w. Frank, of Webster City. Iowa.
who died recently at the age of eighty
!. FIVE, had been married for sixty-foul
years and resided on the same farm
fifty-four years.
Prof. Fritz Knorr Of the Colorado
Z Agricultural College has found tobacco
. growing wild in great profusion in the
{ Montezuma valley of Colorado. 1t l.
!. believed that tobacco was raised ex
' tensively in this valley ages ago by tn,
t cliff dwellers.
i A turkey famine is reported from
t Iowa, the cold wet spring having killet
most of the youngsters.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
DEATH in THE !
If Lightly Covered VIII
terra That Will Cause
and Death.
"A fILK drawn under
M ditions and strained
49, caIc parfactly cIoap

A. LK drawn under
M ditions and strained
sells perfectly clean
be rendered unfit for use by
away in crooks or pans and
while still warm with tight-flt,
Of wood or other material.
This covering is intended t,
the milk clean, but it has 9th
distinctly injurious effects, I,
aeration of the milk is prevent,
unpleasant f1avors are developed
to say anything Of the ptomaine
is terminated by thus excluding
air.
Although very fond of milk.
writer could never be brought to
take Of 1t In homes where such CO
ings were in vogue, for not only Il
the milk "off'' in taste. but fear
the Ill effects of taking even a SIN
/ quantity of poison into the system "
sufficient reason for abstaining frt
| its use.
It is not alone the milk that suff,
by this way of covering before
animal heat has passed off. but
butter also has an unpleasant fa'
which is easily detected by tn
whose taste is discriminating.
/ This unpleasant flavor is also
parent in butter made from separ'
cream, If the warm cream fresh IF
the machine is added to a quantity
warmer cream on hand and Is chur
lat once.
! For this reason so much stres.
placed on the cooling of the ere
from each milking before 1t is adj
to that already on hand.
i Nothing more need be said in
l gard to further care, except to see
a. utensils used in making butter
as clean as hot and cold water
chemicals can make them.
If one makes butter on the ia
, either for sale or home use, or IT
cream is to be sold, see that the c
are made Of tin of good quality VIII
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-05
WALL STREET AND THE FARMER.

Time was when Wall Street i'm
agined that it controlled the destinies
of the country. That is no longer so
and the financial commissions that
daily take place in that money center
do not affect in any marked degree
the solid industries of the country.
Least of all does 1t affect the farmer.
I E. II. Hartman, the great railroad
stock juggler, was forced to admit last
week, after long trip throughout the
West, that the country was too big for
Wall Street, and that the farmers,
manufacturers and business men out
side of New York paid very little at
tention to what is going on there.