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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
Union Dead Remembered

Preceded blythe cavalry band. the young
women and members of the Confederate
veterans Association, the United Sons of
Confederate Veterans. the Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Southern Relief
Society of the District of Columbia
marched to where the unknown Union
dead are buried and decorated the tomb.
AS the band played Rock Of Ages the
grave of Gen. Joseph E. Wheeler was
decorated with wreaths of laurel and bou-
quets Of spring blossoms.
Among those who occupied prominent
seats on the speakers stand were Justice
Seth Shepard of the District Supreme
Court; Corp. James Tanner, Mai. j.
Mcdowell Darlington, Mrs A. Young
Mrs. Thetus w. Sims, Mrs. Arthur E.
Johnson, Mrs. J. E. Mulcare, Mrs. An
thony Wayne. Miss Minnie Carroll and
Mrs Charles III. Fred.
There are buried in the Confederate sec
ton at Arlington numbers of soldiers from
practically all southern states. Governors
or those states sent expressions of their
genuine interest in the memorial exer-
cises here. The people of this city who
claim those states as their homes were
particularly interested in paying tribute to
the memory of the men who gave up
their lives for the Confederate cause
The committee In charge of arrange
ments for the memorial declared that the
government officials, and particularly the
quartermaster general, the superintendent
at Arlington, and Col. Hatfield, who COM
mands the post at Fort Myer, were cour-
teous in lending all possible assistance to
the committee. and contributed materially
toward the effective and successful ar
rangement of the exercises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
To BE TARGET FOR TORPEDO
IT. s. 8. FLORIDA WILL BE PUNC-
TuRED BELOW wATERLINE.
Demonstration Is to Decide Whether
Dependence Can Be Placed
on Bulkhead.

Sacrificed for the benefit of naval con.
struction, the monitor Florida. target
two weeks ago for the heaviest nava
gun, will Saturday. June ID, be pune
tured beneath her vvaterline armor by the
most powerful American Whitehead tor
pedo. The first demonstration was to
test the respective strength Of armor
plato and explosive shell, and also to
show the effectiveness Of a new design
OF fighting mast The torpedo is to be
sent into the Florida that it may be
definitely known whether a water-tight
bulkhead, specially constructed with her
designed with all the most modern ideas
Of construction. can be depended upon
to save a ship from destruction against
this dangerous method Of attack:
Secretary Metcalf has invited Secre-
tary Taft to be his guest. probably on
the Mayf1ower. to witness the demonstra-
ton The Florida is to be anchored over
a bar, probably near the jamestown Elk
position grounds in Hampton roads. Naval
by the torpedo, but will settle about
a foot The torpedo is to be guided by
means of a trolley to the precise spot
where the hole in the Florida's hull Is
to be made. This trolley will consist of
a wire, one end of which will be fastened
to the Florida. probably six or eight
feet under water. The torpedo will be
provided with two or more "eyelets.
through which the wire will pass The
other end of the wire will be made fast
to the torpedo boat Morris or the cruiser
Montgomery. now in use as a torpedo
training ship whichever is selected to do
the firing.
What Will Happen.
When the torpedo hits. according to Of
ficia! prediction, there will be splash
of water up the side of the Florida, an
explosion and the gradual settling down
of the monitor. What has actually hap
pened will not be knowns even to the
officers until the Florida is placed in
dry dock, which will be as soon as practi-
cable thereafter.
Should the unexpected happen and the
bulkhead prove too fragile to withstand
the high explosives, the Florida will sink
l. is with this contingency in mind that
place for the trial has been selected
where the water Is shallow and where
the monitor may be raised with the least
trouble and cost
The preparations for the trial have
been under way for some time The
test originally was set for June 10, but
not be exactly as wanted at the time
selected until Saturday next. and that day
has now been determined on.
Besides the Secretaries of War and Navy
many officers from both services will be
allowed to witness the demonstration.
and as in the firing test, the Florida
will be manned with officers and q Sc
lected crew of probably thirty men. The
experiments are under the direct super
vision of Rear Admiral Mason, chief OF
the bureau of ordnance, and Capt. Cham
bers assistant chief.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
Tha Vine BIiuht.

Several inquiries from New England were recently received at the depart ment of agriculture asking for reme- dies to prevent or cure the blight that destroys cucumber. melon and squash vines and referring to the we'll known disease very prevalent in America of late years and which causes appar- ently vigorous vines to suddenly with CT and die within few days from the beginning of the attack.
 According to Dr. B. T. Galloway of the bureau of plant industry. the blight is prevalent all along the Pacific coast. The germs of the blight are carried by m insect He recommends that the vines should make steady rather thnu n rapid growth and should be planted on ground containing n large amount of organic matter. adding also nitrogen in the form ct nitrate of soda. Spray ing the plants with paris green and bordeaux mixture such as is used for potatoes kills the insect which carries the blight and prevents its punctur1ng the leaves and admitting the fungus of the disease. AS a means of proven ton it is recommended that the crops be grown on fresh ground each year.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
An Expert Farmer.


 An exchange says young man aslra. . What would you advise a young man raised on a farm who cannot stand the dust of having and thrashing and is most too light to do heavy farm work to dor
 Gardening. Horticulture. poultry rais- ing. civil engineering-all are good. If he Is built for an expert. there are land scape gardening. inside decorating and a number of other good occupations open to him. .@
 The young man who is built for an expert-that is, one who is naturally bright, careful and painstaking-will succeed in any of the above or in al- most any other occupation. He will have to learn the business he selects.
 He cannot learn any of them from a correspondence school" He needs a practical instructor who can show him. and the way to become an expert is to begin at the bottom and work up. thor oughly learning all the details as one goes along. The expert Is always in demand, and he commands the top wages. .-.
 Whatever vocation young man goes into. he should be thorough as he goes along. always Keeping his eyes open for better ways of doing the work he has in hand. All vacations are crowd cd with ordinary workers. but there's still lots of room in the upper ranks.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26

country. however. lies in broader val ieys or along the coast, where there are many wide plains which were once be- heath the water. If one looks down on these from a slight elevation they appear like some elaborately designed mathematical figure or as though a cloth had been spread over the earth with mosaic patterns In gold and green. Each little field Is as nearly rectangu. lar as circumstances will allow. Many of them, therefore. are perfect rectnn- gles, for where the plain is broad 1t is easy to fit into 1t small fields of twen- " or thirty feet in length. Many of the plats are even less than this. Some barley fields are only six feet by q dozen or so.
 The pattern of this mosaic is vivldly marked out by the coloring of the vari- ous crops. Today the barley is ripe and stands golden in the sunshine. The ricefields. however. are but bare ex- panses of mud or water. for the rice is not yet planted out. but is growing in small, oblong fields by itself. which show a vivid emerald green growth of little plants only three or four inches high. At the end of May some of the farmers are beginning to reap their ripe barley and wheat, and when this Is finished they will be free to plant out what is to them the much more important crop. the rice. Reaping and planting of grain together one may see in the same acre.
 There Is no broadcast sowing of graip here. Each seed grain has an Individuality and Is separately tended. The barley Is planted in rows. perhaps three feet or six feet long. and each row Is a foot or eighteen inches from the next. so that q worker can pass between the rows to tend and weed and finally to reap each individual plant. In many cases each row grows on a little semicircular ridge four or Eve feet horizontally and about foot high. so that the barley Is we'll drain cd. though the next little field may lie under several inches of water. Tn the whole district of Okuna there was the wind. and that was one of the lar ger-nearly thirty feet across. It is not to be inferred from this that the Iapa- nese farmers do not have to contend with heavy winds and pitiless. beating rains. Japan is a particularly windy country, and this year has been very bad season. for even in April there was heavy snow-snow so thick that It entirely disorganized the telegraphic ~0{ ntrot ttnra for fn days. The wheat and barley are all sown in the autumn. so that they get the benefit of the winter sunshine. which Is clear and brilliant and very hot. This. of course. is the chief cause
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
Let Us Tell You More About Ii
LEGAL NOTICES
question,

DISTRICT OF CORNWALL ss. Pro- It bate Court, Nov. 18th, 1908.
 Estate of Lucinda c. Lane late of Corn wall in said district, deceased
 The Executor having exhibited his administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it is
 ORDERED-That the 28th, day of Novem- Der A. D. 1908 at o'clock in the afternoon, at the Probate Office in Cornwall be and the same Is assigned for a hearing on the allowance of said administration account and this Court directs the ESecutor to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place, by pub fishing this order In some newspapsr published in Litchfield County and hay ing a circulation in said district, and hy posting copy on the public sign post in the Town of Cornwall where the drceased last dwelt. .#.EE
 CHARLES T.. GOLD, Judge
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
@z- @s @ PLANT LICE.
A Prize Formula For Freeing Vegsta-
 ton of the Pests.

A Prize Formula For Freeing Veasta-
 ton Of tho Pests.
 A government report states that the Practical Counselor For Fruit and Gar den Culture of Frankfort recently of fered a prize for the best method of destroying plant lice, for which fifty eight persons competed. The prize was awarded to the author Of the follow ing preparation: ouassia wood, two and one-half pounds, to be soaked over night in ten quarts of water and well hoiled. then strained through a cloth and placed. with 100 quarts of water, in a petroleum barrel. with five pounds of soft Soap. The mixture Is then ready for snr!nkling on plants infested with lice. Leaves, even those of peach trees, will not be Injured in the least by the solution, which can be kept covered In the barrel from spring to fall without deterioration. As soon as lice appear the leaves should be. sprinkled with the solution. If this Is repeated several times the pests will disappear.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
Culture of Tobacco.

The application of shade and semi shade to tobacco plants has worked considerable of n revolution In this important crop. Tn Connecticut by the use of expensive shading methods it has been possible to greatly change the character of the crop, while in other sections by simpler methods of natural shading important notifications in type are attained. The department of agriculture reports a simple corn-to- bacco planting experiment at the Ken lucky experiment station, covering a period of three years, where the tobac- co was planted between rows of corn The tobacco was of finer texture and brought higher price. Most soils which have been cropped to tobacco for any length of time are deficient In vegetable matter. At the same time commercial fertilizers are necessary in the production Of such a highly spe- cialized crop as tobacco, but 1t is only
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26

either comes to the office or writes us to "Take out that adv" These little an- nouncsmsnts do the business and do it quickly. Try one if you have anything to sell or rent. if you want help or want a job, if you have lost anything or found something or if you have any other reason for adver tisinR.
 Railroad Rumbles
 Superintendent Lang of the c. N. E. railroad was in town Tuesday.
 William H. Seeley, general passenger and freight of the Central New England Railroad. denies a rumor which had gained some currency to the effect that the general offices of the company would be removed to New Haven within a few weeks. MT. Seeley said that there is no truth in the story and that no change will be made. The only change in the relation of the Central New England road to the New York, New Haven G Hartford is that the latter has arranged a lease of section of the Central New England's main line, the part being that between Campbell Hall and Hopewell, the western end of the line. The larger company, MT. Seeley said, had similar arrangement in 1904 and 1905 and made 1t then as now for convenience in hand ling a part of it's western freight busi- ness. The change does not effect the Hartford terminal and the Central New England road will handle It's own busi. ness as usual over the section of road in question.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26

by the incorporation with the soil year sitter year of considerable amount Of vegetable matter that it's proper phys ical condition can be maintained and improved. An ideal tobacco soil will produce heavy yields of almost any crop. Such soil k stated by George T. McNeiss, tobacco expert of the de- partment of agriculture. as one "or good depth, mellowness and water holding capacity, md Tn order to pos sess these soil must contain a con siderable quantity of decayed vege- table natter" Without these basic conditions 1t is not to be expected that full benefit to tobacco or any other crop can be derived In this way.
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
CANAAN

Mrs. Frances F. Clemens spent Thanksgiving with Brooklyn friends.
 Miss Main of Oolebrook River is guest of her sister, Mrs. Victor Coe.
 A family gathering occurred Thurs day at the home of MT. and Mrs. George L. Parsons.
 Mrs. Considine of Hillsdale. N. Y, has been visiting her daughter, Miss Ella Considine.
 The majority of the business places will be closed during the entire day to- day.
 MT. and Mrs George Marvin went to New Haven to witness the Yale Harvard football game Saturday.
 Mrs. McClinton. who has been spend ing several weeks with relatives iIl town, has returned to her home in Pittsburg. Pa.
 , Samuel Reel was awarded first and second on Buff Cochin bantams at the poultry show in South Manchester, CAun. last week.
 ! Garrett DeHart is taking vacation of few weeks inasmuch as the plant Of the Ashley Falls Marble Company is shut down because of lack of orders. : Edwin Hagadorn, formerly night tele- graph operator hero but now of East hampton, Mass, has been spending a few days with Canaan friends.
 The first rehearsal for the drama "In : Old New England" which is to be pre- sented under the combined auspices ot the Board of Trade and the Odd Fellows was held last week.
 ! The Hartford Post is authority for the statement that there is every probability that J. Henry Roraback of this place will be appointed member of the staff of Governor Lllley.
 "The Great Burlington correspondent of the Eagle says: "The Reliable Knit. I ting mill has recently received sufficient orders to keep it running full time for the next five months. Manager Roberts was in New York this week and reports business in the hosiery and underwear trade as very brisk"
 Received a War ming
 George $. Fuller received warning Monday from the police at Stamford, Conn. to be on the lookout for men who are going about the state burglarizing hardware and sporting goods stores. The police suggest that dealers i'll these goods in all parts of the state be on the watch for the men.
 Lime Plant Closed
 The New England Lime Go. have pulled out their pump at the quarry at Brookfeld and dismantled the quarry Lime has been burned in Brookfisld for 125 years. In 1909 O. E. Vroman, who had operated the quarry for 90 years, sold out to the New England Lime Co.,, and since that date has operated 1t as superintendent for the New England Lime Co.-Newtown Bee.
 Those Little Advs.
 1t seems just impossible to keep those Cent-a- Word advertisements running in THE NEWS. One of them no moro than appears before, Presto, the thing is sold, or rented or found, or obtained; ..the de- mand is satisfied and the advertiser
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
T arm ana
 Garden
JAPANESE INTENSIVE FARMING

The Way the Little Brown Folks Till
 Their Small Estates.
 With very few exceptions the whole If the land under grain of any kind is absolutely fiat. If 1t is not so by nu- lure the Japanese farmer levels and banks it up till it is horizontal. In the narrow valleys there are elaborate series of terraces running up the slope of the hills till the fields become 80 small as to accommodate but double row of plants. The more typical grain
Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26

of the ear:y ripening of the grain. for from the aime 1t Is sown till the time it Is reaped it never has spell of dull weather that lasts more than a few days.
 Japanese men and women cut their rows of grain by holding each plants stalks together in one hand and cut ting them off with a sharp. bent knife at the end of straight handle n foot or more in length. The handful is l6iI tidily on the ridge where 1t has grown, and its neighbor Is placed beside I. I'll the small field is covered hy thr st""ws To thrash. the heads arc c"' If the stalks and then poundad wit. :; heavy soo,-en l1;!iet.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11
There are Money Saving and Money Making Inducements Here
Skinner PARTY LEAVES.

The personnel Of yesterday afternoon s
Shriner special train over the u. & X.
O.. included the following;
j. Nj. Marriott. II. &. Schramm and
$. ID. Evans. representatives OF the lfn-
pcrial council S. w. Badcon, Leon
Sweet wife and child Frank Is. PIN
kerton and wife; Il. G. Blacknan and
wife. Y. E. McCarty and Wife, w. y.
Starr and wife. A. II. Hixon. William
j. Lynch and wife, II. l.. Coniey, c. o.
King and Wife, II, NJ. Gushing, j $.
stiles, wife and three children, f. II.
Carr, w. r. Jackson, G. II Fisher.
Fred c. Dern. c. f. Kutnewsky. l.. II,
Harding II, $. Conner. II. II. Cornforth.
w. H. Tawney. DR.. G. T.. Plnkcrtou.
Henry Simon and wife, T. Breckou.
J.. A Mehesc, a. r. Lewis, DR.. " NJ.
Rowe and wife, Miss Dalrymple, G. A..
Conner. Arthur Rnben, Or. j Jessup
and wife, Boise: James Stephenson.
Boise, and these members OF the Arab
patrol Henry Simons, captain; w. I.
Jackson, w. II. Tawney; II. S. Conner.
u # Pinkerton, Henry L. A. Mehese
c. O. King, j \. Breckon. Arthur Ru-
ben. X. J.. conely. j. A. Houghton, G.
II. Fisher. l.. II. Harding. w. ]. Lynch,
j. s. stiles. +. G. Dern Henry Corn
forth and c. F. Kptnewsky.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11

bors he was beloved by all who knew
him The following extracts from the
Druid, Welsh paper published in
Scranton, Pa, testify to the esteem
in which he was held In the conInun-
ity in which he lived so many years
"Esdras Howell died Tuesday at the
| family home on Washington street
| and Sumner avenue. and with him
| passes another of the strong charac-
ters of the community. more dis
tnct individuality. and one whose
absence viii be keenly felt, has never
lived in this city He was typical of
the early Welsh settlers here, like
"Bengy'' Hughes. only he filed his
own field. as the big mine superintend-
ent and others of that sturdy old stock
filled theirs.
"Esdras Howell was sunshine. He
was small physically. and the older
folk. therefore. called him Little
Howell They called him so Affection
ately When he ran for city controller
cause of that sweet, even-tempered
disposition of his. He was not poll
tiCian. however: he was too fine for
that He was just a smiling, CHEEKY
friend, a friend not only to those who
knew him by name, but 10 the whole
world-Little Howell
Mr., Howell was born In Wales in
1892, where he spent the early years
of his bovhood At the age of Is he
sailed with his parents to America and
made his home at Carbondale. which
was then one of the biggest towns in
northeastern Pennsylvania. Here he
entered the employ of his brother,
John Howell, who conducted a general
store.
an. the large strike of 1877 Mr.
Howell lost practically all he possess
ed, or rather gave II away. AS long
as there was anything in his store his
customers were not denied 1t,
After several years, he came to this
city and took IN his residence in
West Scranton"
The descendants of his brother Will
liam. who baptized him into the gos-
pel all live in Utah, and consist OF his
nephews, Reese Howell, OF Ogden. and
Congressman Joseph Howell of Lo-
gan, and his sister Mrs, Ann Burt of
Brigham City. and their children.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11
DRY FARM CROPS WILL
REACH A BIG TOTAL

AT the headquarters of the Consolid-
ated Wagon g. Machine company Of,
State street representative Of the
"News' was informed today that all
reports Indicate that the dry farm
crops win show an Increase I'm pre-
duction averaging 20 per cent over
that of last year. The harvesting VIII
be IN fun blast next week. The BON
neville ranch In Davis county expects
TO double its production, ana the first
cutting NJ lucoin was not so much OF
"a disappointment AZ had been expected
The harvesting machinery sales are
equal 20 those Of last year. and are
ahead NJ 1906 The McCormick line
OF mowers, binders, headers and rakes
are in tho usual heavy demand. Sew
eral big sales are reported recently
NJ the Case steam blowing and thresh-
ing OUTFITS.
Tho automobile trade continues To
boom, ana the company expects big
results from the Good Roads meeting
The Buick and Franklin ears continue
70 SO out at a rate that shows theli
und0ubted popularity,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11
FIRE DEPARTMENT BUSY.
Apparatus Called Out Four Times
Within One Hour.

The fire department had busy time
of II last night answering four alarms
within less than an hour.
The most serious blaze was that
(Which practically destroyed the barn "
Quaylr Cannon ON Eighth West and
Ninth South street. The ilre was start
ed, II Is believed, by tramp who was
sleeping there. The blaze got good
start before it WAS discovered and an
alarm sent In. The run rs about four
miles and consequently the department
did not reach the scene IN time to save
the barn. The building was valued at
$4,000 and the contents at $500, The
building was insured for $1,000 ana the
contents for $500.
Another alarm came from $40 wost
North Temple street, tine home Of Mrs.
'1Iolliday. The blaze was started by a
.celluloid comb becoming ignited Ma
damage was done, The apparatus an
swered false alarm from Fourth East
between Third aud Fourth South streets
and Immediately after this there was n
call from the residence of r. r. Keen.
on Tenth East between THIRD and
Fourth South streets where a shed was
on fllc. The damage was nominal
DO II today. take bath at saltalr.