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The sun., 1909-06-14
FOR THEFT AT THE GATE.
Syrian's Clutch on Dollar Leads TO Hi
Deportation.


Obannes Kassabian, Syrian who
landed at Ellis Island on Saturday. made
friends on the trip from the Mediter-
ranesn with an Italian boy bound for
Canada. Kassabian. who had been here
before. volunteered to get the boy g money
changed for him at the island. In return
ing the money Kassabian was dollar
short. A Spanish immigrant woman
who happened to be near noted that
Kassabian had hid a silver dollar in his
shoe. The boy apparently had figured
out just the value Of his Italian coin in
American money and insisted on having
dollar more. Kassabian told the boy
that the money changer was responsible
for the mistake and advised the boy to
protest. He did and Kassabian was ques-
toned The Spanish woman told her
story also. Result. silver dollar found
in the shoe OF Kassabian. who was ordered
deported as a thief.
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EARLY,S COTTAGE GUARDED.
Precautions Against Any Attempt Z,
Bring Alleged Leper TO This City.

WASH INGToN. June l3.--In order to
guard against a possible attempt to take
John s. Early, the alleged Washington
leper, out OF Washington. where he is
held prisoner in cottage furnished by
the District Government. the health
authorities have placed an additional
guard around the cottage. Provision has
been made in New York for Early's treat
ment il he is released hefe, but the health
authorities will not release him until
they have positive assurances that if
allowed to leave here there will be no
complications arising out OF State au-
thorites between here and New York
making trouble. Early wants to go in an
automobile, and If an opportunity was
offered the health authorities believe
that he and his wife would make a dash
in an automobile. hence the additional
guard,
The sun., 1909-06-14
ALBANIAN WAR RUMOR.

10000 Tribesmen Said To Have Had
Fierce Battle With TurI<ish Troops.
Special Cable DApatch 10 THE SUN.
= LONDON, June lS.-It is reported. with
out confirmation, from Vienna and
Athens that there has been fierce fight
at Djakovitch, northern Albania, between
10000 Albanians and twelve battalions
of Turkish troops under Sabir Pasha.
The Albanians were repulsed owing
to the deadly fire Of the Turkish artillery.
The Ottoman Government is hurrying
twelve more battalions to Djakovitch.
Nothing to confirm the foregoing has
been received from either Constanati-
nople or Salonica.
The sun., 1909-06-14
ANTONIO LOPEZ IN PORT.
Came or the LonG Island Sands Yester.
day Afternoon,

Z uTHt VII IfIt I<OtIB IbIaINI SuHtS SkItTs
day Afternoon.
The Spanisb Line steamship Antonio
Lopez. which grounded of Point O. Woods
life saving station on Wednesday night
while bound in, was hauled OF by steamers
Of the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Com
pany at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
She passed Fire Island fifty minutes later
in tow Of the steamer Relief, getting up
steam in her main boilers to make haven
unassisted. The life savers reported that
the ship was In good shape.
The Lopez anchored in Quarantine.
Capt, Mir reports that she suffered no
material damage.
The sun., 1909-06-14
FEARS HORST FOR BENNETT
L. :. Consul nj Naples Gables TO Young
BOsl on Mans Father.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June ls.-Josiah Q.
Bennett. father Of Holland Bennett. the
young Boston lawyer who disappeared
from the steamship Berlin between Genoa
and Naples last Thursday night. received
to-day the following cable despatch from
United States Consul Caspar S. Crownin-
shield at Naples:
Mrs. Holland Bennett remains on
Berlin, No news Of Bennett. Fear
worst. CRowNINsHIELD.'
The sun., 1909-06-14
MASSACRED 5000 PERSONS.
Raiders Create Havoc In AzerbaiJan.
Persia--Russia Asked for Help.

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE Sun.
ST. PETERSBURG. June l3.-A despatch
to the Nopoe Vremya from Aetara. Trans
caucasia. reports that 5000 persons have
been massacred by raiders in the ArdebiI
district, Province OF Azerbaijan. Persia.
The leading inhabitants have asked
the Russian Consul to protect the people.
The consulate is full Of refugees
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THE MEDITATIONS
OF A MARRIED MAN
BY CLARENCE l.. CULLEN.

stead of the hashed newspaper. Al
ways try to make yourself believe that
Providence means these little things
for your moral good and mental up
lift.
When her militant, sranite-faced,
suffragette aunt, visiting" you, tells
YOU that all mel are hrimps, obscene
taGroles, barbarous cave jewellers and
sons of galley cooks generally, OBJ
serve to your wife, mildly, al bedtime.
that that aunt Of hers is a mighty su-
perior and brainy and that you
only wish there were more like her.
Thus the aunt will be on her way pref
ty
When she complains bitterly of the
occasional humping noises made by
the children overhead and then spends
an hour every evening gallumping all
over the apartment in a frOlic with
the fox terrier pup, don't invite her
attention to the inconsistency of her
position. She doesn't like invites Of
this character.
When she eats a pound or sc of
varihued candy at bedtime and then
wakes up in the middle of the night
with a violent headache. hustle
| around and get the cam ohor bottle
and smelling salts and things, and
then tell her, soothingly, that the pho
nograph music she listened to before
turning in must have been too exciting
for her tired, overwrousht erves
They cant help hating bedrock rea-
sons. and they love to he told that
they possess overweight nerve
When she tells o from day to day
that the eight or ten chaps whom she
could easily have married out of hand
now are multimillionaires. all of EN-,
| don't sigh heavily and look respondent
over 1t. Otherwise she might imagine
that you're sorry she didn't marry one
of them, not for her own sake, but for
yours, and there's no good in starting
these imaginings.
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the conservatory, the smaller being
more fitted for the side table or In q
fancy stand or similar receptacle
This is somewhat drastic treatment
but II the plants are carefully staked
with a light stick or bamboo cane and
tied up with rafia for a week or two
they will speedily recover II kept from
bright sunlight, the tying up OF the
leaves being necessary to prevent
their weight levering the roots out OF
position. The final proceeding is to
give the contents Of the pots several
copious waterings, In order to wash
the soil well round the roots, but be
sure the water gets away.
Sometimes 1t will be found that old
plants make no progress. This is
usually due to the fact that fresh soil
entirely is required, the old having
become sour from overwhelming or
other causes. immense the whole OF
the pot and contents in a pail of water
for one hour, remove the pot, washing
away the old soil altogether, then re.
pot with new pot and soil. AS to
watering. the aspidistra requires to be
freely watered in summer and spar.
ingly in winter. 1t is preferred by
some, instead of giving several water.
ings, to stand the plant in a pail of
water for some little time, allowing
the pot to be wholly covered, thus at
fording a lasting drink, and this meth.
cd is all very well when the watering
Of a plant is understood. 1t is q com.
mon practice to place the pots in
fancy vases or jardinieres; this is
detrimental to any plant, as it hinders
the air getting to the pot, which is
porous. If, however, this course is
adopted the outer vessel should be con.
siderably larger than that containing
the plant itself, to allow a certain
amount of air to circulate between the
two; also it should not be forgotten
that water must not accumulate at the
bottom of the vase, as this rapidly be.
comes stagnant and sour. and is very
injurious to the plant.
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ing. don't tell her that you're too busy
for that. Otherwise she'll vow and
yum that you want to hurry her along
s. that you'll be able to take your
stenographer out to luncheon later.
Always enfold her In your arms
when, being tightly cornered in an ar
gument, she begins to cry. This serve
to strengthen her in fairness, eason
ableness, logic and such items.
Don't pop back uddenly when
you've stormed out OF the apartment
after she's begun to cry. Otherwise
you might And her engaged in calmly
p~owdering her nose and her tears all
gone, which would be disconcerting to
her and disillusioning to you.
When she messes your newspaper
into a hopeless tangle, before you've
even glanced at it. in order to cut out
the embroidery pattern on the wom-
ans page, look pleasant and read
Buckles History of Civilization in
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lANk ENGLISH N
How Measurements o. Americana and
=. Of Enolteh Differ. .

How Measurements Of Americans and
.. Of English Differ.
The searching glare Of the law
courts has beer brought to bear upon
the subject of the English woman's
figure, says a writer In the Gentle
woman. During the progress Of a case
between q wholesale costumer and a
draper expert opinion was called to
compare the figures OF English
women to those of the American and
French.
1t was discovered that Americans
lack the English woman's height,
though their shoulders are broader
and waists larger; the stock shoulder
size for ladies across the Atlantic is
six inches, while madam on this side
Of the water a boast but four and
three-quarters.
But the length from neck to waist
for the average woman in America
is only fourteen and a half inches,
while in England it is sixteen and a
half. -,,.. . ..,
The deduction to be drawn from the
most vigorous legal Investigations on
the subject, in which all the witnesses
appear to have been OF the sterner
sex, is that the average or stock size
English woman of to-day is with due
apologies to Words worth) "a noble
woman thinly planned
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THE ASPlDISTRA OR
"PARLOR PALM" PLANT
Variety OF Decorative House Plant Which Responds Gener
ously to Good Care.

n aspldlstra. or parlor palm. de-
rives it's name from aspidiscon, a lit.
tie round shield. probably from the
shape OF its flower, which, though
somewhat insignificant, is peculiar
from its being borne upon the sur
face CT the soil. There are two forms,
green and variegated. The aspidistra
is perhaps the Nest valuable of all
plants for room embellishments, as well
as for effect in the greenhouse, whilst,
being evergreen. it is especially valu-
able Tor decorative purposes all the
year round: in fact, its stately and
bold appearance causes it to rank
among he best of all plants for in
doors, in draughts and badly lighted
rooms, and with reasonable care it
succeeds with but little attention. It
Will also be found. too, more profit
able than many expensive plants pur-
chased from time to time to place upon
the table or in the window, these
usually having to be replaced quick
ly. SO little are they adapted to a pro-
lonSed soJourn in an uncertain en-
perature with unnatural surroundings.
one OF the advantages of the aspidis-
ira is that gas affects it but little in
comparison with other plants. One
cannot help but notice in many cases
its neglect as regards cultivation, the
plants, as it We're. being left to take
care of themselves. A good plant
should be purchased from a nursery
man, and if this is given due atten.
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of the left hand between the stems O
the leaves on the surface OF the soil
turning the plant completely upsid.
down; then with a gentle tap of The
edge Of the pot, upon the greenhous,
staging or similar firm substance the
pot may be easily removed, as in Fig
2. The mass of soil and root can 1he1
be divided into three or as many parts
as may be decided upon (see Fig. 81
this operation being carried out by
the aid of a sharp knife, cuttins
through the rhizome, or rootstock
carefully and clearly, separating the
roots with as little damage as posi-
BILE. To make each division shapely
it may be necessary to detach sew
eral single leaves, with rootlets, these
being laid on n side for later atten
ton. The spare space in the POI
should be filled with the compost above
described, care being taken that am
pie drainage is afforded, with a few
pieces Of crooks (broken fiower-pots)
Firm potting is desirable, this beins
attained by giving the base of the
pots several decided taps upon the
bench in order to settle the contents
firmly and the soil about the roots.
The single leaves require potting il
the same way in five-inch pots, arran
ging the tall leaves in one pot, the
small in another. This is an excel
lent plan to obtain plants for differ
ent positions. the taller giving a bet
ter appearance on a hall table or il
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When she unfairly IL you, in
restaurant, theater or elsewhere, or
flirting with a cross-eyed old woman
in a Paisley shawl, don't fly Oft the
handle and vow to her hat you'll new
er take her out again. No use in
heaping up VOWS that You'll have to
eat. You'll take her out again all
the same 100000 business again, too
When she appears with another peck
Or so Of near-hair puffs and asks you
how you like her hair that way, tell
her that she reminds YOU of a Rey-
nolds o a Romney portrait. Thus
You know. privately, what grisly jokes
Reynolds and Romney portraits re,
but she thinks they're jus, grand.
Her version Of bear and forbear" is
that she continually for5ears and
you're a bear.
When she gets hold of all of your
letters from the elevator boy and
reads them at the breakfast table be-
fore passing them over to you, don't
worry. Permit her to go right on i'm
agining that the letters YOU get at
home are the important, real ones.
When she drops in upon you at your
office at the loon hour and demands
that you take her to n of those ia
hour and three-quar1ers to serve moth
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nor cN1ZM%

And now is the curb clothing mar
ket come to New York to add color
and. incidentally, warmth to those OF
the curb mart for stocks not listed in
the big exchange or even the little
brother.
So far the curb clothing mart has
but q member, who answers to the
name Of Joe" Brown, and for the last
week he has been busy trying to per-
suade traders on the curb. messen-
gers, reporters and mere lockers on
that all they need to protect them
selves from pneumonia when the win
try blasts are deep is one of his
sweaters.
And all for so cents!
Winter Is not q cheerful thought to
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those who trade on the curb, and they
postpone it as far as possible, but
Brown brought 1t home to them when
he made his appearance with HE
sweaters. Then, as one man, they ad.
mitted that the chill days were al
last come. and some rewarded Brown
for reminding them Of their need BY
purchasing his wares.
However,. Brown is not the only
dealer of clothing in the financial dis.
trict. There are others. among them
J. N. Ford. He does business in the
corridor OF the exchange. and from
that vantage point looks down upon
the less digniaed trade OF Brown. His
line embraces fur coats and other
things.
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one part leaf mold and one part sand
should be made up for the potting, as
this is found to be the compost in
which the aspidistra best succeeds.
After about two years growth the
leaves will have increased to such an
extent that they are apt to crowd one
another, as in Fig. l, and as small,
misshapen specimens result, reporting
and division is then necessary. To
commence operations place the fingers
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l. Grade line; 2. Pick. 3. L~ong-handled
shovel; 4 and Z. Grading scoops; 5. Mar
row spade; s. Tile litter; S. Grade stakes.
at all and a large crop. For it must
be kept in mind in connection with
wet land that its productiveness after
drainage is, as a rule, directly pro-
portional to its wetness before drain
age. So that the drained swamps are
usually the most productive soils for
many kinds of crops. And very often
these are special crops of large mar.
ket value, such as celery, onions, cab
bage, and some other truck crops NOT
to mention many general farm crops
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ton there is no reason why, after soy
eral years, the grower may not be
able to fill the rooms or greenhouse
with q considerable number OF hand
some specimens owing to the easiness
with which it is p~ropagated, as shown
In the accompanying illustrations.
Propagation by division is best car
ried out early In March, and a sup
ply of soil composed Of two parts loan,
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TO those Who have a eXpeflenCe m
tile draining.
4. Drainage promotes the ~aeration
Of the soil, that is, the exchange be-
air. A supply of oxygen is necessary
to the proper growth of the living or
ganisms in the soil. Such a supply
is largely, If not entirely, excluded
from q saturated soil. The removal
of the water makeS
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Z. Drainage en-
ables the plant to
make a better use
of the food and
moisture supply in
the soil. The o
OF most farm
crops will not de-
velop into a satur-
ated soil, If the
water table is at
or near the sur
a g. the roots
spread out later
ally instead of pen
ctrating deeply.
s. Drainage gres
jury to winter crt
~''heaving' or the
of water
process raises the
soil, carrying all sh
with it. and if so
happen to be taste
these may be broke
are 0 noticeab
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The most COM the moisture re-
mon method Of tanning capacity,
ioinino q lateral the temperature,
to main line Of the aeratlon and
tile. the CROWN OF soil
bacteria. The ad-
mission of air acts directly on the
minerals as an oxidizing agent, there
BY rendering some of them more solu-
Bile. The increased temperature in
creases the solution processes and
both the seration and higher tempera-
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Because Of the fundamental char
acter of the process of drainage, its
effects are numerous and far reaching.
Ten of the most important ones may
be given as follows:
|. Drainage removes the excess of
water from the surface and from the
pores in the soil. thereby rendering it
more firm.
Poorly drained soil has the two-fold
disadvantage of lack of stability and
tirmness and great susceptibility to
physical notifications injurious to
most farm crops. Such injury may be
caused by any tillage operations, by
tramping and by the natural drying OF
the soil.
=. Drainage is directly operative to
change an u~nfavorable physical con
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-16

The Dirty Barnyard - The dirty
barnyard is unnecessary on any farm.
and where it exists it can b. taken
for granted that the milk is dirty.
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The Good Farmer-The good farm
er is a man of character. He 70 one
who stands for something, is some
thing and does something. He thor
oughly loves his work, has supreme
faith in farming and is perfectly CON-
tented only when his feet are On the.
soil.
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ply Of air increas-
es the food available by its direct &C
ton on the minerals in the soil and
by promoting the growth OF desirable
bacteria. 1t also binders or prevents
the growth of many undesirable bac-
terra.
5. Drainage permits the soil to
maintain a higher average tempera-
lure than is possible on wet soil.
Parkes found in the peat boys in Lam
,ashire, England, that at a depth Of
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Peach Orchard. Many Trees Missing.
plants, such as the clovers, but. 1t 10
almost as injurious to the grass and
grain crops. Nor Is the injury Of
heaving confined to small plants. 1t
extends to trees and ever to fence
posts, the latter being lifted out of the
soil by successive freezes.
3. Drainage reduces or prevents ero-
sion. Erosion is the washing of the
soil as the drainage water flows down
the slope. A saturated soil is in the
right condition for erosion to be most
serious. On the other hand. thorough
drainage permits part of this excess
to be drawn of beneath the surface
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ture promote the larger growth of
soil bacteria, which are vitality related
to the plant food supply.
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and to retain a
larger proportion
Of it than would
otherwise be pos
sible, against the
time of dry wealth
er. Second. the
wider and deeper
distribution of the
plant roots in
drained h a in
wet soil puts them
in reach of a much
larger reservoir of
moisture. h eff.
feet is we'll known
IN fhOco u,hn have
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A neglected out
let in bad condi-
ton as a result of
caving in Of bank.
Probably acceIer-
t e by tramping
Of stock.
.tly reduces the in
'ps resulting from
freezing of large
in h soil. This
upper layers of
allow rooted plants
me of their roots
ned in the subsoil.
. off. Such effects
e on ~tap-rooted
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difference is that
between a
full crop and a fail
ure.
6. Drainage in
a the avail
able food supply
in the soil. This re-
suits from the ef-
feet of drainage on
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oSNSH lIlCHtS Tie
drained soil was
l5o warmer than
the undrained soil
and at a depth of
81 c h e s h e
drained soil was
still 1.70 warmer.
John h n S t o
W in 1858:
Such fields Gun
drained) u gen
orally be left late
IN tho cprip0-npr-
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hapS too late to
work favorably-and in the autumn
the frost will infict an injury"
These observations emphasize one
other very important effect of drain
age in this connection. 1t lengthens
the growing season by permitting the
land to be cultivated and seeded ear
lier in the spring and by keeping up
the temperature in the fall. In the
southern part of the state on the high
hills where 1t is difficult to mature
corn even in the favorable seasons
it may be readily seen how important
to the farmer this extension of the
growing season. In many cases the
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"a place for air and
the ~granulation or
l~oosening-up pro-
cess which occurs
tao a t e S the
movement of the
air into and out of
the soil. The sup
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Correct Form of
Union of Two
Lines Of Tile.

the change from a puddled 10 a granu-
lar soil. Such physical changes are
most pronounced in fine textur ed soil.
The change is produced primarily by
the alternate wetting and drying to
which well-drained soil is subject.
Poorly drained soil is usually in a
bad physical condition. 1t is compact
and impervious. 1t is well known
that the filth of a soil rapidly i'm
proves as a result Of drainage
3. Contrary 10 a frequent belief,
drainage increases the amount of
moisture available to crops. This is
the result of two factors. First, when
the soil is graduated to the condition
of good filth. the total capillary ca
pacity is increased. The soil is then
able to both readily absorb the rainfall
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In channels pro-
vided for 1t and
which are not sub
ject to such in
jury. Further, ON
clay soil where the
injury is liable to
be the result Of
the water flowing
away because 1t
cannot re a dffy
penetrate the sur
face soil, this ef.
feet 10 reduced
by the changes I'm
of the
ON ~drainage-aS
80 that much more
bsorbed and there
use of plants.
eases the yield Of
course. III obvious
as applied to ag-
of the two funda-
drainage, the 9th
healthfulness. The
h the original con
On acknowledged
as is included in
|rainage conditions.
at between no crop
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Sirable one. as
well as to reduce
the tendency to a
bad physical u
ditiOn of the soil.
II NAV hiring about