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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
Mro Die In the Last Ditch"

The earliest use of the expression
''To die in the last ditch" was made
by William Of Orange, the stadt-
holder Of the Dutch republic. While
he was carrying on his apparently
hopeless struggle against Louis
XIV, Buckingham, who was urging
him to yield, asked him whether he
did not see the utter ruin of his
country that was impending.
"There is one certain means, re,
piled William, "by which ! can be
sure never to see my country's ruin
Il will die IN the last d;.oh y
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23

well, provided these lower grades De APP
piled in heavier quantities.
So 1t has been found that corn. sugar
cane, sorghum, grasses alhi other crops
belonging to the grass fam!ly respond
best to a fertilizer that shall contain 10
parts OF phosphoric acid, parts Of nitro
gen and parts of potash or 10-5-2
fertilizer. The following formulas are
In precisely the same proportions, only
they are Of lower grade, and would give
practically the same results only when a
correspondingly larger application shall
be made per acre-viz., S-4.50-1.S0; or
S--4.00-1.60; or 7-350-1.40, and so on. OF
course, these lower grades can be sold
at lower prices than the high grades;
but, as a rule, the farmer will find 1t
more economical to buy the high grades,
both on account of their cheaper price
per unit" and also the saving of freight
the latter being precisely the same, per
ton. for both high and low grades.
APPLYING FERTILIZER WHEN
PLANTING.
While it is certainly true, in our ex-
perience, that the greater part of the fer
tilizer should De applied about two weeks
before the crop is to be planted, well
mixed in the soil of the bedding furrow
and bedded on, there are circumstances
that would justify farmer in making
one or more intcrcultural applications,
including one at the actual date Of plant
ing. The following are such circumstan-
ceS:
% When a farmer has not been able
to secure the whole amount of his fer
tilizers before planting time.
(0 When he concludes, after his crop
has been planted and is growing that
he did not buy and apply as much as he
should have done before planting.
go When the yellowish green color and
want of vigor in the appearance of the
plants indicate that more nitrogen IS
needed by the crop.
we believe it may be safely accepted
as a general rule that a small portion
of Virginia Carolina Fertilizer should be
applied with, or near the seed, at the
time of planting. The effect Of this small
application is to supply the young plants
with available food during the first stage
Of their growth, inducing prompt and
vigorous development For this purpose
40 to so pounds per acre may be applied
of the same fertilizer that had been bed.
ded on two weeks before planting.
A second application of high grade fer
tilizers may be made at the second or
third blowing of cotton, or at six or eight
inches height Of the plants up to Is inch
es, or the middle to last of May, and the
middle to last of June.
The intercultural applications may be
made in the siding furrow, or the fer
tilizer may be strewn along in the middles
ahead of the plow or cpltivator. There
is no need to fear that the plants will
not get the benefit of a high-grade fer
tilizer If put anyhere, on or between the
rows. June 26th Is the latest date at
which the writer has ever applied fer
tiliZer in this way to either corn or cot
ton, although there Is little reason to
doubt that even later applications would
benefit the crop; but nrobably not enough
to pay the cost Of the fertilizer
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
Boys Four Seasons.

"Spring, summer, autumn and
winter, these are the four seasons
as the man sees them," said a
schoolteacher a few days ago. "The
boy has another way Of dividing the
year, however, and when he does
not watch the seasons Of his year on
a calendar above his desk he never
forgets them. His division is mar
bles, ball, shinney and skating. Mar
bies come in place OF spring, base
ball in summer, shinney in the fall
and skating in the winter. You can
tell what Season it is by watching
a group of boys at play just as well
as by an almanac. kansas City
Star.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
Faris Has No Wash Day.

Paris sends all her washing out
IN the country-that is, the bonton
Partisan. The city laundries that do
up the linen of the foreigners from
England, Asia and America wash by
machine and dry by steam heat I'M
der the pavement or near the sewer
arteries. 1t is against the law to
hang out wash. If tenant put a
pocket handkerchief or towel IN
the window to dry the concierge
would have fit, and if he couldn't
persuade her to remove the nuisance
the gendarmc would. Large and
small concerns send delivery wagons
about for work, which is expressed
to the country and returned IN a
week or ten days. The work IS ex-
quisite and prices are reasonable,
but the strain on the garments IS
treble the wear.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
IN MEMORY OF OUR MOTHER.

Farewell, mother, dear
Mother, dear, it won't be long
Until we meet you in the beautiful home
Where you have gone.
We are lonely, mother, dear,
No one can ill your place here;
But we know our loss is your gain,
We will not long here remain.
But with you soon
Will be in that beautiful place
That you did see,
And gone to dwell for all eternity,
Those beautiful flowers you did see,
Were blooming for you in that bright
eternity;
The golden street now you walk,
With God and loved ones you talk.
But some sweet day, it won't be long,
We will meet you in that vale OF song,
And walk in peace with God
Through all eternity.
With joy and gladness we will meet
together,
We will walk the golden street;
Our troubles all will be done,
Wnen we greet you, our darling one.
Mother, your work on earth is done
You, your crown have won;
With hands did we try,
Your suffering to relieve.
Thou art gone, mother, dear:
Our home is SO sad and lonely here
Your sweet face we'll see on earth no
more,
But we will meet you on that shining
shore,
To dwell with angels forever more.
Dear, loving mother, how we miss you
No one can tell
We know that with Christ
And the angels you dwell.
With bowed heads and aching hearts
We pass under the rod,
For we, realize
1t is the will of God
10 take you from this world of care,
TO that home so bright and fair.
In that home no suffering can come,
Oh, such sweet relief,
10 dwell with God in peace,
ADDIE MARTIN.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
A Verbal Puzzle.

lieutenant colonel is probably
the worst verbal puzzle that con-
fronts the child" says a writer.
"Our pronunciation is heritage
from the sixteenth century spelling
'coronel,' which represented the
Spanish form, wherein the change
of p to r. was linguistically nat
ural, though popular etymology
wrongly connected the word with
corona a crown. 1t is really from
the Italian 'colonna,' a column, the
'compagnia colonella' having been
the first company of an infantry
regiment, the little column which
the colonel led. In the seven
teenth century colonel had three
syllables, as in Millions line captain
or colonel, or knight in arms but
in Johnson's time the common pro-
nunciation was 'col'nel.' ,"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23
DON'T WHINE.

Don't be whining about having
a falrer chance. Throw O sensible
man out Of the window, and he'll
fall on his feet and ask the nearest
way to his work. The mere Won
have to begin with the less You
will have in the end. Money you
earn yourself is much brighter
than that you get out of dead
mems bags. A scant breakfast in
the morning whets the appetite for
feast later IN the day. He who
has tasted sour apple will have
the more relish for sweet one.
Your present want will make fu-
ture prosperity all the sweeter.
Eighteen pence has set up many
peddler in business, and he has
kept his carriage. AS for the place
you are cast in, don't find fault
with that; you need not be horse
because you was born IN stable.
If a bull tossed man of metal
sky high, he would drop down into
q good place. A hard working
man with his wits about him will
make money while others will do
nothing but lose it.
Who loves his work, and knows
how to spare,
May live and flourish anywhere.
AS to the little troubles, who ex-
poets to find cherries without
stones or roses without thorns?
Who would win must learn to bear.
ldleness lies in a bed sick Of the
mul!igrubs, while industry finds
health and wealth. The dog in
the kennel barks at heas, and the
hunting dog does not even know
that they are there. Laziness
waits till the river is dry, and
never gets to market. "Try"
swim 1t and make all the trades.
Cant DO it" would not eat the
bread cut for him, but "try" made
meat out of mushrooms.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23

Some people must get awfully
tired listening to their own talk.
Make the most of the present
if you are unable to exchange it.
When he has nothing to growl
about the pessimist has bad day.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-05-23

1t doesn't take hard heart to
have name engraved upon it.
The man who laughs at his trou-
bles soon laughs over them.
Living in itself is the great les
son IN making a life.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
SURVIVORS SUFFER-

ROME Oct. 2s.--A correspondent has
succeeded in reaching Feryazano. IA
found the town mass of ruins. scsrcsIy
d single house standing. The ruined
houses have been converted into tomb,
occupied BY the dead and the living. a
majority ~ the survivors have fed
Those remaining are hoping against hope
they will be able to rescue buried rela-
tivea.
The inhabitants are semi-nude, most
of them wearing the night clothes they
hid On when tie earthquake came. They
are drenched through and through, hay:
ing no shelter from the steadily falling
rain. Mute desperation and terror ars
depicted ii their faces many Of their
weeping silently.
The parish priest i making 4 round
of the ruined houses, reciting prayers fol-
the dead and administering extreme
unction to. the dying.
Squads of soldiers are engaged in
salyaging bodies. The majority Of IN.
jured inhabitants are sheltered il mill
tary tents. Doctors are kept busy at-
tending them. A long row Of bodies y
awaiting Identification and the scenes
witnessed are heartrending.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29

windows saw the robbers making OH
with several packages u greenbacks. a
tramp Who vas riding on the train "
aid ID have heard one of ths robbers
say, We'll, this looks pretty good To me.
Il guess this makes thk job werth while,i'
as be held up one Of the packages. This
tramp was taken back tc Rexfcrd,
Mont. by the authorities, to b held y
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
WILL ELEcTRIFY SYSTEM.

Pocatele, Oct. Is. a special to the
Tribune from Spokane says: A special
dispatch from Washington to the
Spokesman-Reyiew conveys news Of
what is considered to be the beginning
Of plan to electrify the entire Har-
riman system. The Washington dis
patch says that the forest service has
issued a permit TO the Southern Pacific
for a power site and conduits IN the
Cascade national forests Information Is
given out that work on developing
hydro-eIectric power At the site selected
wall begin at once.
An identification Of the Hartman
lines in the northwestern states win re-
suit in q prompt solution Of the problem
Of annually recurring coal famines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
Child Compelled 70 Sleep In the
Cellar.
MOTHER ABUSES DAUGHTER
Forced to Sleep With Dogs, Abused and
Neglected Little Martha Mohr is 4
Pitiable Example Of Mothers Un-
natural Conduct.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2S.--The case Of
Mrs. Annie Mohr, Of Corona, I. I charg.
81 with compelling her seven year old
daughter to sleep in the basement with
anmongrcl house dog and with otherwise
illtreating the child is attracting at
tention to the unnatural treatment OF d
mother Of her own child. Her family y
Ia comfortable circumstances and there
are two other children, both Of whom
are kept and well clothed. Martha the
Iabused child IL the second Of the three
children in the family. Both the elder
ana younger sister were IN court when
the mother was arranged happy and
smiling.
Peter Mohr, the father. in testifying
said his wife took a strange unaccount-
able dislike to Martha and all efforts to
overcome IL were unavailing. They final
" gave the child out for adoption, but
that Its foster-mother soon died and
they were compelled to take Martha
back home again,
Mo amount Of persuasion could induce
Mrs Mohr to accept the little one
as her own, and since then the child has
simply lived like an outcast. When she
appeared in court her body was covered
with bruises, the marks Of repeated
beatings while she covered in fear
every time an unexpected move was
made, In noticeable contrast to her two
sisters Martha's clothing was coarse and
ragged.
The case Is still pending in court, but
meantime childrens' society Is caring
for Martha. n
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29

SPOKANE, oct. 49, Charles MacDcn.
ald and "a Smith. arrested for ire Great
Northern hod-np II Rondo Mont. were
taken To Montana last night secretly IN
irons. The sl4.so5 recovered WAS also
sent 70 Montana. Ths men win be tried
At KAlispslL Smith has BEEN positively
identified ~ George r. Haussr, ssntsnc-
"a to "A, years il the Montana peniten.
tiary for burglary and released On pa
role last January.
The letters n. NJ tattoed on Mae
Donaldss arm are believed t0 b his true
Initials. Both men decline to discuss
The hold-up.
The auspects were captured In . diner
attached to the Great Northern Limited
at Hillyard. near Spokane, last Friday
evening by detectives from the Pinker-
ton agency At this place and local OIL
GERS. Telegraphic information from Bon
ners Ferry gave the officers the clew
which led to the arrest. Several nights
ago they were seen at Bonner's Ferry
spending money with lavish hand, and
as they were roughly dressed they *.
cited the suspicion Of dancehall keeper
and liyeryman at that place, who in.
formed the officers here.
The crime for which the pair are being
held was the holding up Of the Oriental
Limited. on the Great Northern Railway,
At Rondo siding, six miles west of Rex
ford. Mont. and about 200 miles east OF
Spokane, at 2;S5 a. my September IL.
Two masked men, who had been riding
the blind baggage, climbed onto the ten
der and dropping into the cab covered
the enginemen with their revolvers and
commanded them to bring the train to a
stop. The train slowed down between
the narrow deiiles Of rock cut. the
kootenai river on one side and the noun
tains on the ether.
The safe In an extra baggage and ex-
press car was blown open and $4,000
In bank notes secured, after the engineer
and express messenger had been ordered
to the rear by one Of the highwaymen,
who kept his revolver trained On them.
One of the men kept up fusillade Of
shots along the side Of the cars to ter.
rify the passengers, who were not
molested.
Passengers who peered through the
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29

technical tho popular aide 81 aerial
navigation Will have fnll representation
ii addresses by tho majority of the men
who sailed across half the United states
last week. This congress Il 4 reassembl-
inS of men Who "A years ago, during tii6
Chicago Worlds Fair. met Ia the interest
of the then lIttle.known 1cience. Scores
Of new members will also attend, includ-
Ing the celebrated foreign and American
aercnauts from the cup race, through 70.
gether Ii this country. II VA originally
intended To hold thia congress At the
Jamestown Exposition, but for several
reasorts New York has bssn made The
meeting place. willis a. Moore, chief Of
the weather bureau, 4 president cf the
congress-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
STEAL AND FIRE

BERKELEY, Cal, Oct. 2s. Burglary
was committed and arson attempted on
the College Barber Shop on Center
street, at an early hour this morning.
The thieves gained entrance BY means
Of a broken window IN the rear Of the
shop. A broken board in the high fence
which separated the lot from that Of the
Commercial school, on Allston Way
plainly showed the way they entered the
place, and cigarette butt found on the
window sill was thought To have been
left By the midnight visitors,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
BANKS WILL RESUME.


T0N0PAH. New. Oct. 2S.---Thers il
no excitement in Tonopah today. The
Wingfeh & Nixon bank had deficits ex-
ceeding four times its Withdrawals up
TO II d. m. The Nevada First National
Bank had $4,000 deposits in excess of
its Withdrawals. Frank Golden. the head
Of the Nye & Orlnsby Bank is expected
here tonight. when the matter Of the rel
sumption of that Institution win BE-
taken up. Cashier Cushman. Of the
State Bank b Trust Company says adj
Wees from headquarters at Carson City
are that the bank will resume in a short
time.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29

=
SAN ANTONIO. TEX. OCT. RIA
dispatch from Mexico says on account
Of the magnificent manner IN which
Secretary Root w entertained hsre,
exaggerated reports 81 ths expense cf
this entertainment have been ssnt out.
Although tho government has made no
statement of expense and probably win
not, II y aid that ths sxpsnss viii not
exceed s2o0.oOO Naxioan Of course the
entertainment for private pssoas viii
bring tho entertainment higher. The
expense TO the government has been
greatly exaggerated.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
Raymond Hitchcock, Actor, Az
rested ii New York.
KNOWN on THIS CoAsT


NEW YORK. oct. Is. Raymond
Hitchcock, actor, who i starring in =
musical production, on Broadway. was
arrested today charged with criminal
assault. The arrest was made following
i visit to the district attorneys Office 81
two young girls, who were eloseted with
hin for more than two hours. Hitch
cock refused to make any statement COM
cerning the matter.
Concerning the charge against him. be
recently caused the arrest On charge
Of blaekmail Of d brother Of one Of The
girls who made the charge against him
today. He said the man demanded $500
to prevent publication Of the story IN
the newspapers. Hitchcock i held ID
$4,000 bail for the hearing On Thursday.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED.

1 ST. PETERSBURG, Dot. 2s.--IA young
woman who has not been identified. pre-
sented herself at the weekly reception Of
General Maximoffsky, and remained
quietly in the crowded ante-room until
II was her turn to enter the generals
private Office When in his presence the
woman drew q revolver and fred seven
shots point blank into the generals
body.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
AERoNAUTIc CONGRESS-.

NEW YORK, oct. 2s. -Aeronautic
whose practicabilitg and amazing adj
vance thrilled most Of the world last
week, through the performance Of the
scntestants In the international cup race,
win make a new era in It's history with
The meeting today and tomorrow q The
international aeronautic congress in the
Ao.axs oi lie automobile club Of America,
d IS city. Twenty papers prepared by
neu foremost in the science Of
Vigatipg the air will be presented and
|@hIle they will be for the most part
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
NATE Rolf DEAD.

RENO, NEvy OFT. rs. Nate Rolf.
state auditor of Nevada, supreme repre-
sentative Of the knights Of Pythias and
d prominent man III Nevada, died last
night st his home as the result of in-
ternal injuries received in runaway
accident ten days ago.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
REOPEN OFFICES.

CHICAGO, Octs 2S.-The Western
Union for the first time since the strike
Of the telegraphers re-opened number
oi branch Offices in this city within the
last two days 20 operators have return
ed to work in this city and 90 ia st.
Louis
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
STEAMERS COLLIDE.

DOVER Eng. Oct. 2ss-Ths Red Star
steamer Finland from New York. Octo-
Der 10, for Dover and Antwerp, collided
this evening with TIE Southern Break
water % this port and = supposed 70
ba badly managed a. she u firing rockets
for NE boats to come "A hsr assistance.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29

NEW YORK. Oct. %. Prominent
baaksrs and aasrcnnts u statements
and interviews mads public todyagrss
thst tAs AnsnclAl 4isia ~ passed anil
al Iook for constant improvement from
now On.
William A. Mash, president Of tho
Corn Exchange Ba K who d acting chair.
man of the clearinghouse committee.
ana closely In touch with the situation
last week, saidi
I'VE should recover rapidly from the
present trouble. and things In banking
matters win 90 on . stronger basis than
ever before. / feel optimistic and happy
Iii view of the present aspect 81 this
crisis, which / have felt for long time
was bound to come. We are paasing
from an era Of bad banking TO one Of
good banking"
Andres Mills of thu DRY Dock Ssyipgs
Bank, dean of the corps u the savings
bank presidents 81 The city, said.
ssrhere can be no ,Ioubt that the An
mncial hssteria through which We have
just passed win bs Of lasting benefit,
mot alone 10 this city. but 10 the country
at larce. Confidence II being rapidly
restored and know II i generally con-
ceded that the banking institutions Of
New York are perfectly sound
''The use Of clearing g.hcuse certificates
cannot be avoided In any exigency until
The present session Of Congress- gives
us some wholesome legislation on the
currency centers issuing clearing house
certificates, II would seem TO provide o
sufficient object Lesson to induce reform
III the currency laws In the next session
Of Congress-
G,istave Schwab, an exporter, said:
In my opinion We have seen the worst
OF the crisis. look iorwarl to speedy
,xeajustment In which Il win be found
nhrt everything Is oil right"
hn Arbuckie, coffee and sugar mer-
I'M said,
a III seems to me that business general
" Is 20 good that the situation in the
financial field must improve. From what
/ have seen and heard Of existing con.
llitions, have formed the impression
that instead Of saying the worst y yet
10 come as Is 50 frequently said, when
new conditions arise, the best 10 to
come.
Robert G. Hogiet. silk merchant, said;
"Selch q disturbance a. the financial
world has Just passed through Is like q
cyclone. II does al Its damage in q
hurry. / think the financial cyclone has
spent its force. From this time look
for improvements"
Cornelis N. Bliss said:
aThere b little doubt the danger is
,ovsf.1
James p. Nichols Of Austin Nichols
a Co., said:
Il believe the situation Il well In hand
and the action Of the clearinghouse and
banks will establish credit ~ soon as
The hystoria 81 diminished. Merchantile
business everywhere In the country Is
excellent"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-29
FINANCIAL CRISIS
| SURELY PASSED S &
Constant Improvement Looked
/ FOR AII Over ihe United
/ States.
BANKERS ARE NOW CHEERFUL

Asssrt Tiurry Which Has Just Passed
win Have 1 Lasting Bsnsht On Baak-
inr--C CopAdsnos Bsing Rapidly r.
atosd- Conditions win Improve.