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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30

necessary marketing. The cuisine is
in the hands Of one OF Abdul's old
cooks. who was specially brought for
the purpose from Yildiz.
The dethroned monarch's favorite
delicacy is shrimps. which Just now
are In season In Salonika. He is now
being accorded the greatest liberty.
with pens and paper being supplied
him. and he Is allowed. II he SO de-
sires. to walk in the garden at will.
He has, however. up to the present.
taken no advantage OF this extension
of liberty. preferring to remain cooped
I'D in his little ante-chamber
He sleeps badly and often paces :he
floor of his bedroom the whole night
through For this reason every after
noon he retires for a brief siesta. He
takes little pleasure in the society Of
his wives and seldom sees them, with
the exception Of the mother of his son
Hamil Effendi. who is In almost con
stant attendance upon him. His sole
recreation lies in the newspapers.
which are literally supplied. and are
read to him by his favorite wife. He
takes the greatest possible interest in
passing events. both at home and
abroad. but outside Of this he has no
occupation and passes the day with
the utmost monotony. or late, how
ever, he has had n desire to employ
himself with amateur carpentering,
and in accordance with this idea =
full set of joiner's tools has been or
dered from a Paris factory.
Various interesting conversation
have been the outcome of Abdul lla
mid's newspaper reading. When b,
had been read the account of the III
vestiture of his brother as sultan ami
the acclamations of the populace. he
was considerably agitated.
why is it," he demanded. that th'
people like my brother when they
hate me?"
because" he was told. the people
do not like what you like. and like
what you do not"
a grunt of disapproval was the ex-
sultan's only response.
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Bournemouth is Of necessity popu.
lar: but none the less is she eloquent
In her special appeal to the cultured
and the refined. 1t is to Bournemouth
the lover OF Nature repairs for solace
and for rest 1t Is to Bournemouth
the wearied brain.worker HES for a
brief respite from daily toll. to clear
his brow OF .the frown OF over-think.
ing" 1t is to Bournemouth that all
who seek repose repair to find health.
giving breezes and to solace the spirit
by listlessly watching in n half-dream
". The crisped ripples on the
beach
And tender curving lines OF creamy
spray"
1t suffices here to say that Bourne
mouth holds out manifold inducements
to rich and poor alike. There are
beautiful drives beneath a continuous.
leafy canopy Of pines: there are walks
by clir and sea: there are perfect
roads for pedestrian and for cyclist:
there Is human society in Its many
places Of public amusement. and
There is society where none intrudes
By the deep sea and music In Its
roar"
There is an earthly paradise in Eng
land. and that paradise is Bourne
mouth.
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Enemies Of Tomato Plants.

Young tomato plants have one On
emy that II left to do its work un
checked will soon sap all the vitality
from the plant. This is a tiny black
beetle often wrongly called fly. II
does not trouble the plants while they
are in the house but as soon as set
out of Goors, even while they are in
boxes before being transplanted 4,
the open ground. the beetles appear
in great numbers. and in n few day.
will work great havoc. Bug death is
simple but sure remedy. II should
be sprinkled literally upon the leaves
The plants should be carefully
watched. for sometimes a second or
third application may be necessary
The potato beetle is another enemy
that will probably appear If the to
matoes are set near a potato field
FOR that reason care should be taken
in selecting n location for them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
How to Pack Flowers.

For packing shallow boxes should
be used, as the flowers will travel
much better II packed in single layers.
The boxes should be Just long enough
to comfortably accommodate the flow
ers and should be lined with some soft
non-absorbent material. Wood wool
is the best material to use. but fresh
moss will also answer the purpose.
Over this place layer Of white tissue
paper and then lay the flowers in pO-
sition, packing them as closely as pos
sible. Cover with another layer OF
tissue paper and fill in II necessary
with a little more packing material
and when the lid is placed in position
the contents Of the box are quite firm
and unable to shift.-From the Gar.
den.
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of any individual OF a variety. II is
quickly recombined with different
characters in other individuals. As
these changes take place with some
frequency. what we call CONNER
cial variety is actually set of
hybrids between individuals possess.
ing various characters. The real ef.
feet OF selection Is gradually to iso-
late n strain having characters that
we desire. In SO far as such charac-
ters have already been produced by
nature. There Is no question OF our
originating anything by this selection.
II there are plants having undesirable
characters we can reject them. pro-
vided there are plants that are with
out these characters. but that is as far
as we can go. In this mixture of types.
the commercial variety. there are
some strains that produce greater
variety than others. II Is the aim of
the line breeder to take out these
types and discard those having less
efficiency. For these reasons We can
see how great is the importance of
our original breeding plot. II the type
desired has been included among the
original plants II can be selected out
and established as variety, IL IL
has been left out we can only wait
for nature to produce such n type And
as nature is not prodigal in her new
productions our chances are relative.
ly small.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
REAL BASIS FOR
IMPROVING CORN PLANT
There Three Ways In Which Advancement Can be
md Ur8ed.-By
NJ.

can probably be made. although some
biologists are beginning to lose faith
in it because the results scarcely pay
for the trouble. This is the selec-
tion of fluctuations. Fluctuations are
the variations that are not due to
structural changes in the reproductive
cells, but simply to nutrition. They
are. therefore-strictly speaking-not
inherited, but simply give temporary
aid in the development of the next
generation. For example. let us imag-
inc two corn plants having exactly the
same characters; one of these plants
has grown on good soil and Is well
developed, while the other has grown
on poorer soil and is weakly devel-
oped. The seed of the well-nurtured
plant has more nutriment stored up
in it. and the young Seeding that it
produces has better start in life
than has Seeding from the poorly
nurtured plant. The actual charac-
ters inherited by the two plants are
poorly nurtured plant are handi-
capped. and are not so well able to
utilize their food supply and produce
normal well-dcveloped plant. This
is also true of poorly-nourished ami
mails.
Let us apply these principles to
corn breeding. Corn is wind,pOl.
linated plant. therefore when n change
takes place in the reproductive cells
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
COMES TO DEFENSE OF WOLF
Naturalist Calls Attention to Good
Points In Animal That Hereto
fore Has Had Few Friends.

Three times within a week I have
heard evil men compared with wolves.
to the great scandal of the latter. For
years l have spent my winter vaca.
tions in studying the wolf packs OF the
far north and I find nothing to war.
rant our comparing them with men
who oppress their fellows. On the
contrary. wolves do not steal from
one another: they never kill one an
other. either quickly. like Turks, or
by slow starvation. like the food spec
ulators: neither do they kill weaker
creatures indiscriminately. like our
mighty hunters. And they never. even
when hungry, attempt to corner the
food supply for themselves.
II n wolf. having killed deer.
which was more than he could eat.
should attempt to claim the whole
carcass for himself. or to prevent 9TH
er hungry wolves from feeding freely.
there would be never a word or a
growl uttered In protest: but his
selfish claim for more than he needed
would last Just long enough for the
nearest wolf to reach his throat-a
short shrift since the spring OF a wolf
Is like a CLINT of light in Its speed and
certainty. In a word. wolves do not
compcte-they cooperate with one an
other; and their sociology. such as 1t
is. is in many respects better than
our own. since 1t rests upon natural
and wholesome instincts.
The wolf. like all other purely nat
ural animals. hunts only for food.
takes the first thing which satisfies
his hunger. and then let's all other
animals severely alone. One day last
March l followed the trail of eight
wolves for a distance of at least ten
miles. They had gone through swamps
where rabbits. their natural food. were
plentiful: they had passed through
three deer yards. one of which con-
tanned a dozen animals, and had
Jumped two deer so close that they
must have heard or smelled them: but
they had not chased or hunted a sin
gle animal And the explanation lay
at the other end OF the trail. They
had killed n buck that morning. had
eaten what they wanted and were now
minding their own business. as all 9TH
er wild animals do.-W. J. Long, In
New York Independent
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
Filling bitches and GuIIies.

II Is not a good plan to plow bare
soil in bitches and gullies which are
not wanted in fields. First fill them
with brush. briars. straw, corn stalks
and any kind Of rubbish AID then
plow in the soil. The rubbish will
not only catch and hold the soil
plowed in. but 1t will catch and hold
soil washed into the field from other
sources. When the trash decays and
the gullies become filled. these places
will become level and the deepest and
richest spots in the fields.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30

Ever since plant breeding has been
brought to the front as a means of in
creasing yields and producing new
qualities. distinct from the mere feed
ing of crops by means OF fertilizers.
we have been taught that by selection
we could accomplish anything.
Take the character length of ear as
East in Rural New Yorker. Varia-
tions in length are seen in every field
Of corn, no matter what the variety.
II we select the longest ears in sue
cessive seaons we are taught that we
shall continually improve the strain
in this character. Even the teaa@ers
have always had an inward con-
seriousness that there must be a limit
to tiae progress that could be made
in this way, but the thought has teen
indefinite, and has been designedly
kept in allegiance. The man who has
been SO indiscreet as to ask where the
limit of his improvement is to be has
been judiciously steered into other
lines Of thought. Some questions are
hard to answer, and 1t was more in
teresting to let him dream of the time
he could fill an order for a bushel of
corn with one lone ear.
Likewise we have been taught that
by hybridizing two strains we could
obtain any desired new character or
quality II we only continued on the
lob for a sufficient length of time. We
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nave only mhue u Desihhih6 III oieSo-
ing as a science. and II will be
many years before we can predict with
the accuracy OF chemical reaction
what will take place on crossing two
individuals; but even now we know
enough OF the laws OF variation and
heredity to show us that this point
of view is all wrong. The quail
ity OF the grist depends upon
the grain in the hopper. There
are three and only three ways in
which plants can be improved. and
a careful consideration of them shows
the errors in both OF the above teach
ings.
1. Every plant is composed OF a
large number of characters. each OF
which is inherited as unit. The
basis and the plan by which these
characters develop are held in the fer
tilized egg from which the seed and
finally the plant results. From the
structure within this egg cell. each
character and through these charac-
ters, the entire organization is finally
self-constructed by the utilization Of
food materials from the soil and from
ours in a plant unless II occurs first
in the structure OF these reproductive
cells. Such variations are. therefore.
the only foundation for plant improve
ment, and the sole function of selec-
ton is to pick out the most desirable
of them for propagation. Cnfortu-
nately for the ease of the task. varia-
tions due to nutrition and other
causes. variations that affect the plant
and not the reproductive cells are,
therefore, not inherited. often obscure
the rarer, inherited variations. and
thereby cause much unnecessary and
unavailing selective work.
2. The object of hybridization is to
shuttle and recombine the unit charac-
ters of the parent plant. If we knew
what all the results would be when
these characters combine we could
predict the percentage of the progeny
of a cross that would contain certain
definite combinations OF characters.
But we do not know enough concern.
ing the Inheritance of these characters
to make predictions. We simply know
that we can only expect to combine
tne characters aCluaIiy IossesStu Ds
the parent. For example. resistance
to the disease called watermelon wilt
was found to be single unit charac-
ter possessed by the first cousin OF
the watermelon. the citron. This quail
ity was therefore combined with other
desirable qualities possessed by the
watermelon by hybridization. Here
was definite basis upon which to work
and by which tangible results could be
obtained. But supposing no wilt-re-
sistant melon had been known. 1t
would have been utterly futile to have
tried to breed this character into the
watermelon by selection. The water
melon reproductive cell does not pos
sess this character, and on this &C
count there is no basis upon which
to select. The kind of selectionist
against whom we are speaking would
begin by going into field and TAX
ing seed from those plants that were
the least affected by the disease, yet
he would never obtain results because
he would be selecting non'affected
plants instead of resistant plants.
3. There is n third method by which
q slight and temporary improvement
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
Special Round Trip Homeseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado & Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to n great many points in New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stopover privii-
egcs. For detailed information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent, or address T. f. Fisher. General
Passenger agent. Denver. Colorado.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
Cultivate Potatoes FreouentIv

Potatoes are n quick growing crop.
hence they require frequent cultiva.
ton for best growth and maturity.
Three or four civilizations will keep
the weeds down in potato patch. but
II requires six or eight civilizations to
produce a good potato crop. Every
cultivation pays probably larger than
for any other cultivated crop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
Not Exactly a Dodo.

Teacher-Bessie, name one bird
that Is now extinct.
Little Bessie-Dick.
Tcacher-Dick? What sort of a bird
is that?
Little Bessic-Our canary. The cat
eXtincted him.-The Presbyterian.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30
Halted the Bottle,

An officer, at a state camp. decided
to see for himself how his sentries
were doing their duty. He was some
what surprised at overhearing tho
following:
Halt, Who goes there"
"t'riend-with Il bottle
Pass. friend. Halt, bOttlc."-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
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The Money Safe.

Needy Client-If lose my case,
don't see how You are to be paid"
Lawyer-Oh. don't worry about that,
my dear sir. 'The lawyer on the other
side is my partner.-New York Week
ly
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-07-30

Some people try to make the most
of themselves, and some others take
antifat.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
"FIDoLIN BOB" CAN'T PLAY
tennessee Senator, However, Said to
Be Great Impersonator of Grand
Opera Stars.

Wash1ngton.-A year ago an article
was written in which Senator Taylor
or tennessee was called "Fiddlin'
Bob" and the name stuck.
Il have known Senator TAYLOR ever
since we were boys together" said
Mr.. McCord. land l tell you that he
never could play the fiddle. He can
saw out tune, in a way, but as to
really playing, he can't do it. I have
been where 10000 people were de-
manding tune from his fiddle, and
never yet knew him to respond. The
only reason was that he could not
play no other. His brother, Alf, ex-
member of Congress, is fiddler that
is worth while, now. He is not vio-
linist, understand, but he is as fine a
hddler as one could wish to hear. He
has Ole Bull beat to a finish. He
doesn't know as much as the senator
about technic and notes and all that,
but he can fiddle and the senator can
not.
However, the senator could have
made his mark as an opera singer, If
he had chosen that instead of the lee
ture platform and politics. He is the
finest impersonator of famous grand
opera stars l ever heard. This is
something he can do, and no one ever
hears of it, while he bears 4 national
reputation as fiddler, and he can't
fiddle.
"Apropos of music, there is a good
joke which Senator Taylor perpetrat-
ed upon himself at the Nashville cen
tennial. AS is usual at such affairs,
there were different days and, natu-
rally, Senator Taylor made the ad-
dresses of welcome on these days.
This series of addresses of welcome
was fairly wonderful On the day set
aside as music day, he made one of
the best speeches he ever made and
he held his audience spellbound by
his eloquence. OF course there were
several composers and many great
professors of music, men of world
wide renown, no doubt, who dwelt
upon his words with rapt attention,
until he came to the mention of the
famous composers. He spoke of the
priceless gift of music given to the
world through the medium OF such
perfect masters as Wagner. Mendels-
sohn. Beethoven, Rubinstein, Tam
hauser and several others. Well,
when he mentioned the opera Tam
hauser, as member OF the immortal
band, l saw smile pass over the
faces of the distinguished musicians
and their kind, but, luckily, Senator
Taylor did not notice it.
Afterwards, when 1 told him of it.
he said, Say, Laps, did 1 do such
thing as that?' The addresses were
later published in book form, but the
quoted composer did not appear in
the illustrious list"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
GO TO SEE BIG SHAFT FALL
Capital Folk Flock to See Washington
Monument Tumble, but 1t Still
Is 555 Feet High.

Washington.-The Washington mon.
ument became an object of interest
to Washington's Oldest inhabitants
the other day. For several days per-
sons have been picking up small
pieces of marble and cement, Identical
with the material used in the monu-
ment.
This started story that the monu-
ment was cracking and in danger OF
falling. Many who heard the story
took advantage of the Sunday holiday
to visit the monument to see it fall.
The monument watchmen say it Is
not uncommon for pieces of marble
to drop from the shaft from time to
time, but they attach no significance
to 1t. Stone masons say that these
pieces falling from the seams eventu-
ally may necessitate the expenditure
of money in patching
The monument is 555 feet high.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
Power of the Senator.

Speaker Cannon at the recent Grid
iron club dinner in Washington, stood
up for the senate.
You'd think the way the senate is
blamed for everything" he said, that
it had supernatural powers.
"A crowd of farmers were knock
ing the senate one market day last
month, when an old fellow of only
one-horse power brain hustled into
their midst.
'''Well. byes.' said he, what's the
senate up to now?'
why, amt ye heard, Zachary? p
said young farmer, winking at the
others. The Senate's went and passed
bill addin' two extry months to win
ter
Zachary struck his forward with
his red-mittened fist.
do tell!' he groaned. Gosh durn
the luck! An here I'm clean out O.
fodder"
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
Washington Short of Chicken.

Owing to the enforcement of the
new health regulations requiring the
maintenance of sanitary conditions in
chicken coops and barn yards and be-
cause of the fire regulations governing
the proximity of hencoops to dwell
ings. owners of egg producers within
the city limits of Washington have
found it more profitable to kill their
fowls than to meet the new require
ments. AS a result chicken dinners
have become fad with the residents
of the national capital
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
An Appropriate Name.

There's bright girl at the capital,
of the oldest and hluest regime-she
comes of senatorial and supreme
bench and antediluvian stoek-has a
fiance-or at least he was her fiance;
the other day he turned into her hus-
band-named Wood. Mr.. Wooi, as
behooves the conventional lover, pro-
sented his innamorata with an ex-
quisite little French poodle. Now, the
lady is passionately fond of flowers.
Her friends naturally assumed the
dainty little canine would be chris
tened florally. what are you going
to call your dog?" the lovely fiancee
was asked, that Mr.. Wood gave you"
"Call him? Why, Dog-Wood, of
course" the poodle's mistress re-
turned, opening wide blue eyes of sur
prise at the unnecessary question.
And "Dogwood" the infinitesimal pup
remains.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09
FROM THE CAPITAL
STORIES BY TWO OF UNCLE SANS
ASSISTANTS.
Assistant Secretary Adee Finds Char
lemagne Has 100000 Descendants
Treasury Official is Booming
New custom-House Model.

Washington.-Second Assistant Sec
retary of State Adee, who is as ire
The Colorado statesman., 1909-10-09

movable from his
job as Secretary
of A gri culture
Wilson, gets as
much fun out of
life as anybody.
There never has
been a man in the
state department
who knew so
much o f. h a n d
about titles, pre-
cedents and all
the little angular
tiles that on t0
The Washington herald., 1909-06-04
ROW AT CONFINEMENT.

Frenchman shouts ''Lfnr-, when
France Is Called Decadent Nation.
Philadelphia, June 3.-Criticism Of
France by David Starr Jordan. president
Of Leland Stanford University, at the
graduating exercises at Bryn Mawr Col
lege. led 10 an interruption in the exer-
cises. as the result OF which Prof Foulet.
of the French department Of the college,
angrily left the platform on which he was
seated with the rest Of the faculty, after
having branded the weu-known peda-
gogue as a fabricator.
DR.. Jordans subject was War and
Mankind" He dwelt at length upon the
effect Of war upon Spain. Italy. and
France. and came TO a dramatic climax
when he declared that France was admit
tedly confessed TO be a decadent nation
by Frenchmen themselves. as the result
of the numerous wars which It has under
gone
I Prof. Foulet appeared at the front of
! the stage with his face scarlet
He raised his hand and screamed:
THAT is a lie, II is not so, France is
not decadent
+ Then the professor bowed low 70 Presi-
/ dent Jordan and left the stage The
/ president continued his argument