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The Detroit times., 1909-01-18
Cu,C,co GRAIN.

CHICAGO. ian. - The market was
steady aud q little higher on higher
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

coat tails swung hack toward the
open port with IN air of decision, and
the japanese admiral knew that this
was no time for the practice of decep-
ton and evasion. The man above was
not one to be trifled with, and could
be depended upon to keep his word
; unfalteringly. even though it might
cost the lives of every prisoner taken.
He fastened to relinquish his last hold
upon his vessels and men.
wait a minute. ADMIRAL" he
fastened to call. you can ut least
give me time to ask them their
wishes?"
You are not to ask them!" was the
sharp reply from above. You are to
tell them that they can save their
lives by giving their parole. There is
no alternative. I'm not asking favors,
but simply giving you q chance"
But"
That's all! My country doesn't
have to beg favors from all nations
combined. You have seen damned
good evidence of that. It's no favor
to me if you give your parole You
can have 20 minutes"
The port above changed shut. and
Kamigawa. his cup of bitterness filled
to the brim. reluctantly signaled the
other members of the fleet, who
seemed less bent than he upon delay.
As the darkness settled more closely
round them and Joined the blanket of
shadows below, there f1oated from
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

last honor upon the dying. he gave a
tug, and the flag of Japan was flung
to the breeze. The YakumO should
not pass to death unhonOred. and was
destined to be the only warrior to go
down with colOrs flying A wild cheer
of short duration burst from the van
pushed as the officer remOunted his
ladder and closed his port.
Then, released and liberated. she
fell, the brilliant rays following her
to the end. Down. down, down. falling
at first on an even keel. she plunged.
her flag fiuttering wildly in the de-
scent. Gradually she turned bow on
as IL preparing for the dive to death
With terrific force she returned to
the waves of the Pacific, and entered
them, throwing up in that mighty i'm.
pact tremendous cascade of foaming
waters. which dashed themselves i1to
the air in mad wraiths of ghostly
white, surged back in angry pillows.
and resumed their quietude. The va
kumO had gone to the graveyard of the
valiant. and the searchlights showed
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
He Was Born Nineteen Years Ago, But
Refuses to Think Of Dying.

Jack, a mongrel terrier. but a breed
worth while, has been SO used to fight
ing all his life that he will not die.
Not he: he refuses to think Of it, says
the Boston Globe
His father was a cross between an
Irish terrier and a skye terrier and his
mother a smooth-haired fox terrier.
Glorious combination, a terrier of the
terriers. He was born in Newton Low
er Falls in March, 1889.
Bought for S.. his owner. to keep
the peace in the family OF Noah A.
Plympton Of Wellesley Hills. said that
be had brought him home for the baby.
On those terms ard on those alone
was he. admitted to the household.
which he has ruled since 70 such an
extent that the members are grateful
that he does not know about the dis
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

every captive ship the plain white flag
betokening complete surrender The
sun banner-the emblem of Japan
had disappeared from the seas. She
was no longer a naval power, and her
brief encroachment, advancement, and
season o: turbulence was at an end.
As the last cloth of white fluttered
out. the port above the Ito again
opened, and q voice called down:
Thank yo.," and then continued:
TIA s,rry so7 you. Kamigawa. but it
can't be helped. It's the fortune of
war. Nov We are going to bring your
cruiser YakumO alongside you and the
Kashima, and We want you to have all
those aboard transfer at once We
can't carry her any more"
He did not explain to tie enemy
that radioplane Seventeen, which had
been struck by shell. feared that the
heavy burden Of transporting the va
kumo would prove too much for a
higher rate of speed.
Steadily and without apparent effort
the three radioplanes came together,
until the cruiser rubbed sides with the
two battleships. Here were no rolling
swells and turbulent waves to prevent
such a maneuvey. In the quietude of
that aerial tryst. rufned only by the
breeze of the night, the ponderous
masses Of steel were brought into con.
tact as gently as II held by giant
hands. Grouped around them were
other dread machines, which suddenly,
to facilitate the transfer, threw the
brilliant beams of a score of search
lights upon the decks of the doomed
Yakumo. their rays Illuminating and
overlooking the upper works of the
Ito and the Kashima, between which
she was held motionlessly.
The great guns of the three war YES
sells stared open mouthed at each 9TH
er. Their turrets loomed darkly, and
cut OF the farther rays of light, and
In the white glare the faces of the
men standing upon the decks took on
a CHASTITY hue. With muttered CONVEX
sation and alert obedience to orders
the men of the Yakumo stepped from
their own deck to those beside them,
dividing themselves into equal parts.
1t was hard to realize in that spot of
light, surrounded by the black shad-
ows of the night. where all was still
and stationary. that they were three
miles above the surface of q tossing
sea- and that to step out into the
gloom would be to step out of life. 1t
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
s @ p &@S A@8 or
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JACK THE OLDEST DOG ALIVE

cussion which SO nearly kept him from
the place where he belonged.
Faithful. affectionate. good to look
AZ. with his expressive eyes and shay
sy hair. intelligent to a degree. good
tempered. though quick to resent an
insult like the accident Of having
moved ones foot anywhere near him.
Jack has been cheering companion
and devoted friend.
And Jack has had the unique honor
OF being present at a Wellesley col
lese function. to which no man ever
has been admitted He came home
decked out with ribbons.
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was q ghostly interchange In q world
Of unreality. Reluctantly and sor-
rowfully they took their places ON the
battle ships and turned to bid farewell
to the beautiful cruiser which had
been their home for 30 many nights.
They were all clear now, and not a
living thing was left upon her.
Once more the dynamos Of the radio
planes increased their speed. Slowly
they drew apart. the one clasping the
cruiser alone remaining mOtionless.
The searchlights. like steady eyes Of
the night. still. stared at the cruiser
whose every gun and every bolt was
brought out clear and distinct in the
radiance. During the day her crew
had cast OF her broken top hamper.
which in any event would have been
useless. and now. swept clean by the
wind. she seemed illumined for her
death. With the parting rub Of her
armored sides against the Ito and the
Kashima she had babe last good.by,
to her sister ships. and now seemed
the center Of Q tragedy Of the night.
waiting for her execution. From the
deck Of every surrendered ship silent
and sorrowing men looked upon her
~ II fascinated. and something of pity
crept into the eyes which watched her
from the ports of that conquering
fleet Of the air. They. too. were sail
OrS.
She was held thus for q moment,
and the sOftened hearts of the con-
Querors gave to her a last honor. The
port Of Seventeen opened. a rope lad
der fell from its metal doorstep, and
down it passed a gray-haired man. who
had once commanded and loved such a
cruiser as was she. 1t was BrocktOn
The captives on the decks of the captive
ships strained forward. wondering what
it could mean. The blue-clad figure
walked the length of the YakumO,
reached out a hand to a short halyard.
and pulled down the flag Of surrender.
He rolled it into bundle and tossed
1t out into the wall of darkness, and
from beneath his coat withdrew a bun
die which he unfOlded and affixed to
the loops. Suddenly, as il bestowing a
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
To Relieve 4 Cold.

For cold in the head try inhaling
indicated steam. procured by adding
half teaspoonful of friars balsam to
a iusful of boiling water. Fold .
towel round the mouth of the jug.
leaving small aperture in the CEN
ter to allow the steam to escape, and
take long, deep breaths Of it into the
lungs.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
All VITO
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessing, must n.
derstand. quite clearly, that il involves IL
question Of right living with al tho tam
implies. With proper knowledge Of what
Is best, each hour Of recreation, Of enjoy.
ment. Of contemplation and Of effort may
Be made 70 contribute TO- living azighe
Then the use Of medicines may Be dis
pensed With TO advantage, but under q.
binary conditions in many instances .
simple. wholesome remedy nay be invala-
abe If taken at the proper time and tn
California Fig Syrup Co. hold that il =
alike important to present He subject
truthfully and to supply the oue perfect
laxative to those desiring it, sT
Consequently. the Companys Syrup a
Fig and Elixir Of SIENNA give genesal
satisfaction. To get it, beneficial e6eets
buy the genuine, manufactured By ths
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for als
BY Ill leading druggists
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

from the loft. He ducked and diyed
until one tub of rope was gone. and
he did the same with another. He
was making for the. nearest foe and
when he reached 1t he spit lot of
water into the air and took a deep
Give. The edge of the ice cut the rope
like knife and he was OF for good,
with 1000 feet Of the Thrasher's line
and good harpoon with him."-San
Francisco Chronicle
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
Tulips in the Cornfield.

There are more than 20 varieties OF
tulips to be found growing wild in the
country about Florence, the earliest of
these. tall scarlet one with very
handsome flowers. being generally
found among the corn: later on there
is dainty. small. striped red and
white one and various lovely yellows.
in shades varying from pale lemon to
a deep orange tint. with reflex petals.
In a Tuscan Garden"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
FEW cAREssEs IN HER LIFE
Infinite Pathos In Remark made ~
Little Philadelphia Child 81
the Slumo.

DR.. Herman L. During. superintend-
emit of the Philadelphia City mission,
has for many years devoted his life
to the poor. DR.. During is the in
ventor of the pretzel test for street
beggars. When . street beggar pleads
starvation. you buy him a big German
pretzel at the nearest stand. II he
eats the pretzel. he is honest: II he
refuses 1t, he Is a fraud
DR.. During in his work among the
poor has learned many odd. Quain:
things that he relates superbly, for he
3 born stOry-teller In an address
at Bala. aprOpOs of the hard. rough
lives of the children of the poor. he
related a dialogue between two little
girls in Rum alley.
Maggie. WIZ We ever kissed?' said
the first tot
"'On'y wunst in me life wot I kin
remember said the second. When I
WIZ in de Honnyman hospital wild q
broken arm one y de lady muses.
kissed me, an blushed like .
child"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory il the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric Is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
bic can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
What Kind Of an "ofsiee."

Once upon a time child who was
asked on an examination paper to de-
fine a mountain range. replied: "A
large-sized cook stove" The same
method of reasoning seems 20 go with
older growth. A recent examination
paper at the Sheffield Scientific school
at Yale contained the question. What
is the Office of the gastric juice" And
the answer on one paper read: The
stomach. "-EverybOdy's Magazine.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
A True Sport.

Small Boy ito his paie-faced aunt
in feld)-What, auntie. afraid of that
cow? All you have to do is to act the
way they do in bur fight. Just wave
your red parasol at him. and when he
cashes up jump lightly aside. rs
dead easy.-Lifs.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

''What made my lovely complexion? I Do
not like to tell for it was medicine, but
the incest a woman ever took 1t was
Lanes Family Medicine that did it," This
is a pleasant herb tea which acts favor
the blood and cleansing the skin like magic
1t cures headache and backache Druggists
and dealers sell it, 25c
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
Curious Lantern Fly.

Among the curious insects of the
Malay peninsula is one called the Ian
tern fly. which is remarkable for IFS
sudden leaps. made without the aid Of
its wings.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
Woman Rules.

This is the woman's century" says
a suffrasette. As every century has
been since the appearance of Eve.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

Lewis Single Binder straight sc cigar.
Made of extra quality tobacco. Your
dealer CT Lewis Factory, Peoria. Ill.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

Husband-"You must marry again.
dearest. when am gone, and that will
be very SOON" Wife-"No. Edward.
No one will marry an old woman like
me. You ought to have died ten years
ago for that"-Penny Pictorial.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

1t Is a point of wisdom to be at
peace with men and at war with
vices.-H. c. Chapman.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19
on THE LOOKOUT FOR WHALE
Crew Of Steamer Thrasher Has Set.
tlenent to Make with Giant Of
the Deep.

Up among the torn bergs OF the
Arctic a monster whale is cruising
about with a harpOon embedded in
his thick back and something less
than half mile of stout hempen cord
trailing after him.
The crew Of the steam whaler
Thrasher. which has returned from an
eight months cruise in the icy north.
declare that MT. Whale got all that
was coming TO him"
He got away from u.s." muttered
the mate. splitting viciously into the
scuppers. but We will get him next
season. II was good rope We used
ana he'll get tangled up on something
Sc se will be one whale TO the good
when We get back there.
lie was a tad one, though. You
see Silva, the boat steerer. slung the
hook into him when We were On open
water between two big bergs. on he
goes with the stick in his back. and
the rope went out like a man trmbling
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-05-19

When the calf kicks. tits time to
thrash the COW.
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Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot-eass.

Il tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
~, and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my cOrns. and the hot, burn
ing and itching sensation i'm my feet which,
was almost unbearable. and i would not
be without IL nOw.-Mrs. w. ]. Walker.
Camden, y. j." Sold by all Druggists, &c.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Our Inferior Farming

The monumental report of the ma
tional convention Commission, rend-
cred last January, developed the fact
that the average yield of wheat in
this country is less than fourteen
bushel where it is twenty-eight in Ger
many and thirty-two in England.
Our other cereals ,ell a similar
story. We get thirty-fve bushels of
oats per acre, England forty five,
Germany forty-seven. We let our
farms run down in other ways. We
lose s23S,0O0,0OO year in direct
damages from floods. Soil wash
carries every year 780,000,O0O tons
of good earth into the rivers or the
sea, reduces from 10 to 20 per cent
the productive of our upland acres,
causes an annual loss to the farmer
of at least s5OO,OOO,OOO Add to this
the timber destroyed by fires or IN
scientific numbering, the water
power that runs waste, or creates
swampy areas, and that should be
used to drive wheels and for irriga-
ton. and our annual preveutable
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
A Case Of misunderstanding
Farmers and City Folks Do Not Understand Each Other
Farmers Institutes Are Bringing Them Together
.-Their Interests Really In Common

The Farmers Institute meetings
are near to the people; all citizens
may attend, take part. and vote.
without formality dues or assess
ments. .........., ....... ...-. ....
The law that created the North
Dakota Farmers Institute number
of years ago placed upon it the re-
sponsibility and the authority for dis
seminating useful and practical scien-
Itific information in all lines leading
to the development of the agricultur-
lal and commercial resources of the
state. The legislature appropriates
money for a comfortable meeting
place, incidental expenses, and to
provide some scientific instruction for
|every county institute. The Institute
act is farther removed from "class
Legislation" perhaps than any other,
because the board y. of directors are
chosen by the people from their own
ranks. No political or other intlu-
ence foreign to the institute idea can
govern. Thus representative men are
selected from every congressional
district.
Nothing has been a greater draw
back to the farmers progress than
the feeling that there is something
in his vocation that separated him
as a class from the people of other
callings The business and profession
al men should attend the farmers in
stitutes because anything that as
sists agriculture will pe benefit to
their specialties, and the farmer
should want them to attend and as.
sist. Great good comes from the in
tercourse of ideas and the discussion
of topics of Importance.
In our cities are found wrong
notions of the farmers and on the
farms wrong notions about the city
people; these notions are often I'M
complimentary and as a result the
farmer has an unkind feeling to-
ward-not the city people he knows
but the city people as a class; and
it is unfortunate that he may be in
different to some things that affect
the welfare of the city people. And
it is especially unfortunate that city
people. because of wrong notions of
the farmers they do not know, are
Indifferent and often hostile to the
interest of rural communities. The
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20
Inside History OF Alaska Wheat
How the Report of the Yield Orgnated-Ths
Really an Old Wheat.and Not New:.Discovery

Alaska wheat" the Wonder-Work
ing cereal, that burst upon an aston
ished world about year ago and pro-
missed to revolutionize all agricul-
ture, has received it's death blow.
Frank H. Hitchcock, postmaster gen
eral, issued fraud order against the
Alaska Wheat Seed Grain company of
Juliette, Idaho, with branch at Min
neapolis and St. Paul.
Abraham Adams, of Juliette, Ida
no, was the man who discovered Al
aska wheat, and The Saturday Even
ng Post discovered the discoverer
An article in that publication, the err
roneous character Of which The Post
subsequently admitted, told in graph
ic form the story of the discovery, in
remote Alaska, by Abraham Adams,
of variety of wheat with a product
i've capacity that ranged up as high
as 227 bushels to thu acre.
Article Widely Copied.
Actual experiment made by Adams
at the Idaho farm had, it was said,
shown such results. The article was
widely copied; England was stirred;
Australia and Argentine heard about
t. 1t was to be seen that the days
of worlds production of about g.
100000 bushels were passed that
the farmers had only to sow and
cultivate the Alaska variety for a
number of seasons and the worlds
production would go bounding up into
billions and billions In Minneapolis
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

Most of the wheat seeding has al
ready been finished and the farmers
will be busy next week and perhaps
the week following putting in their
oats, barley, speltz, etc. Flax seed
ing will commence in a few days, in
fact some has already been done:
Flax can be sown safely to the 10th
of June, tho there have been known
where flax sown as late as the 4th of
July, matured and made six or eight
bushels per acre. The farmers say
the soil was never in better shape. 1t
is moist and can be worked up just
like a garden. Some of the farmers
in their hurry to get their crops in
the ground, are really not giving the
fields enough work. Nels Saugstad
who farms down the valley, says that
he has about $50 acres sown, but he
has put more work on the land this
year than he ever did before. He will
find that the extra work will pay him
we'll. Suppose you farmers do not
get every acre of your land sown to
crop this season. There is really
not much danger of that, but sup
pose that this should be the case.
Just reason the matter out. Would
it not be far better to sow but three
fourths of your land, and do it just
right, than to SOW the whole farm
and do it but three-fourths as we'll
as you should have? You can sum-
mer fallow the other one-fourth, you
save on seed, and at the same time,
you are getting your soil in better
condition. 1t doesn't take a very
wise head to figure this out. We
heard of farmer who sdescing up
his stubble land, and sowing right
in on top of the land, without plow-
ing it at all. He will raise mix
ture of fax, oats, wheat, and weeds
perhaps mostly weeds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

Baled hay is SIG ton in Minot,
about the highest ever known. Had
one bought a hundred tons of this
hay three months ago, he could have
disposed of it now at a profit of $500.
If one could bale several tons in the
fall and hold for spring, having a
good place to store it, considerable
could be made in this way,
one year with another.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-05-20

truth is that the interests of the
men in the city and the men on the
farm are closely interviewer; that
which Injuries the city hurts the
farm; that which benefits the farm
helps the city. .A@.s .~ao.
Reading our daily papers, that
justly expose and denounce the
corruption, vice and crime that per-
meates our municipalities, the lax.
administration of law; the made
quate punishment of crime, and be-
ing deeply impressed by the SEEM
ing short hours of labor and the
supposed easy life of the city, the
farmer is not to be blamed If he is
a little inclined to believe that
"Hold-up men" are more numerous
than they really are, and that life in
the city is altogether a softer snap"
than it really is.
On the other hand, city people
reading the alleged wit and seeing
the very funny pictures of the be-
whiskered farmer in many papers
and periodicals, conclude that the
farmer never speaks dramatically,
and that he knows nothing Of his
tory or science; that he spends much
of his time signing fake contracts,
and all of his money in buying plug
tobacco. In the city newspaper stor-
les, the farmer is made to speak a
dialect that can not be heard among
any farmers of this country
The Farmers Institute is bringing
splendid business men, whose educa-
ton has been sadly neglected in
agricultural matters, in touch with
the scientific Investigator, and in
structors, with the men who are
practicing their teachings on the
farm, in the workshops, at the
desks and in the shcools. It is en-
couraging hundreds of young men
and women to attend the college of
agriculture that they may get hold
Of the fundamental principles of tho
business which they expect to make
their life work. The Institute
wishes them to know how to do
things and why they do them.