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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
RECITAL At ACADEMY.
Pupils Of Miss 1arham Entertain Rel
atives and Friends.

The music department under Miss
,Barham gave the usual monthly re-
cital at the Newport News Academy
last night. A creditalae program was
rendered and was enjoyed by quite a
large crowd Of relatives and friends
of the young musician.
The program follows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

Mrs. l.. II. Richardson, OF Cape
Charles, is the guest of her sister
Mrs. Hiram Soul. on TwentE'siN'i
street.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

Master Claude Richardson has r"
turned home after spending three
months with relatives in char'olics
VILE
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

Miss Nellie SOuthall Hill left yc:
terday evening tor Richmond I
spend few days with friends.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

Miss Marty Thompson. OF Isl" o
Wight county. left yesterday for he
home after a visit to Mrs. W.
Gregory. in this city
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

;, Mrs. F.. Hartstall and children lef
! last night for Washington. d. e
where they will make their home II
the future.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20

Mr. Sol Pnyscr, who has been II
for several weeks AT his home o.
West avenue. has rrrt N"r'd suftiriHn
" 10 be out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
Alone in Saw Mil at Midnight

People economic SO much on the
truth. It Is no wonder they have to
stretch 1t on some occasions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
John Cownie on Seed Corn.

Chairman John Cownie of the
state board of control, student of
corn growing, has been making tests
to determine the best seed corn crop,
and has found that corn picked be-
fore fully ripened is by far the best.
Corn fully glazed" he said, after
it has become too hard for roasting
ears, is in the best condition for
seed"
Mr.. Cownie's statements are based
on the test he made at the board Of
control Office at the state house with
corn picked early and before fully
ripened, and with corn picked fully
ripened, but gathered after the first
frost.
For the benefit of the farmers Mr..
Cownie gave out the following in
tervieW on seed corn:
"Those farmers who neglected
gathering and saving in a proper
manner the seed corn prior to the
frost in the first half Of October the
present year will find that much OF
the seed corn gathered since the
frost is worthless, Its terminating
qualities impaired and to plant it
means loss of a crop.
Realizing this condition I have
been testing corn the same as l do
every spring with the seed corn
saved at the state institutions un-
der the board of control.
THE test is simple and follows
natures method, cigar box being
filled to within an inch of the top
with earth, the kernels of corn then
evenly distributed in the box, and
it is then filled even full with earth,
watered when necessary, and kept In
a moderate temperature, as near as
possible to field planting conditions
in the spring of the year.
While visiting the state institu-
lions at Anamosa and Knoxville in
the later part of October, and the
early part of November, selected a
number of ears for testing with the
following result:
The Anamosa corn was taken
from load just husked and fairly
good for this year, having beer
planted about the middle Of May
and some of 1t was dry and sound
while some ears were quite soft
merely hard roasting ears. OF tht
soundest and best ears selected,
per cent terminated, but it came w
very unevenly, indicating impaired
vitality.
Strange as it may appear tt
those who have not made study O.
seed corn, the soft, green, immature
corn, gave somewhat better ger
mination, showing 9 per cent and ,
much more uniform growth than tn
ripper grain.
while at the Knoxville institu
ton in the early part of November.
selected a number of choice ears il
/ the field, the corn standing up an,
to all appearances we'll ripened. Thi
corn where the selection was mad
would easily yield sixty or more
bushels of good quality per acre, bu
of the two selections made, one onl
terminated "a per cent, and thu
other so per cent, the growth beinI
1 very uneven.
Passing a feed store in De
/ Moines the early part Of November
1 / selected from basket Of new corr
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

at the door number of kernels
that we're also tested, with 10 per
cent termination, but there was al
most week from the time when
the first stalk made it's appearance
above ground, until the last one
made its appearance indicating
very low vitality.
In striking contrast with these
samples of seed corn gathered after
the October frost, was a test made
Of some corn brought to the Office
of the board of control by the su-
perintendent of state institutions at
the September conference. This corn
had been picked about the middle of
September when quite green and
had lain In our Office since then,
few ears having become moldy on ac-
count of lying too close together.
"Of this corn fifty grains were Sc
lected, some of them from the moldy
ears that / would have rejected for
seed in the spring time, but notwith-
standing this condition, forty-nine
kernels, or ninety-eight per cent
terminated and made their appear
| ance above ground at nearly the
same time, showing strong vitality
and vigor that would stand cold
| wet, weather in an inclement season
and grow, what none of the other
samples tested would do.
There is a lesson to be learned
from this test and that is that seed
corn should be gathered early, the
last half Of September being the
proper time in any and all seasons
Corn fully glazed, in fact, after it
has become too hard for roasting
ears, Is in the best condition for
seed. Ano not only corn. but all
farm seeds have much more vitality
when saved for seed before being
fully ripe.
1T should not be placed in an
outbuilding, driveway, under a porch
roof, or on wire stretched between
trees. as is often done, for in such
places during wet weather the corn
will absorb moisture and drying
before the advent of cold weather
which is imperative, is prevented.
Artificial heat is absolutely nee
essary and well ventilated, dry
basement. with heat, Is ideal for
saving seed corn.
AN attic in dwelling house
with heat. ventilation and a dry at.
mosphere at all times Is another
u 6OSO pAoAO LII oSOl 1u6 uut
it must be hung up"
Alone In Saw Mill at Midnight
unmindful of dampness, drafts
storms or cold, w. j. Atkins worked
as night Waterman, at Banne,
Springs, Tenn. Such exposure gave
him severe cold that settled on his
lungs. At last he had to give VI
work. He tried many remedies bu1
all failed till he used DR.. Kings New
Discovery. after using one bottle,
he writes, II went back to work a.
well as ever" Severe colds, stub
born coughs, infiamed throat and
sore lungs, hemorrhages. Group ant
whoeping cough get quick relief ant
prompt cure from this glorious med
icine. SOC and $1.00. Trial bottl,
free. guaranteed by L. P. Van Wer
den.
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japanese Could Not Understand Thei,
Desire for Privacy While In
the Bath.

An interesting article in the Wide
World Magazine Is entitled Two Girls
in Japan" by Irene Lyon. Here Is Miss
Lyons account:
The bath itself-which looked like q
large box-was a wooden structure
built into a corner. and all round the
inside ran a convenient ledge for sit
ting on. The water being little short
Of boiling, our movements were de-
cidedly cautious, and, curling ourselves
up on the ledge, we tried to grow ac-
customed to the temperature by de-
srees before plunging right In. When,
thinking to remove the traces of our
Journey by a vigorous application OF
soap, we began to scrub ourselves, 1t
suddenly occurred to us that such n
proceeding was not etiquette" out OF
consideration to the other bathers. So
we stepped out, soaped ourselves
well, and rinsed our bodies with the
wooden ladies' supplied for the pur-
pose, before getting back into the wa
ter again.
We were sitting on the ledge. chat
ting peacefully, when a sudden premo-
milton OF danger made me look up, and
the spectacle which greeted my eyes
caused me to utter one agonized gasp.
and then sink rapidly out of sight. The
pains we had taken to block up the
gap Mt the entrance had all been In
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angry. She had run into some long
grass, and had charged out towards
his men, when they were going up to
light 1t. He was very unwell with
fever at the time, and although he
had two or three shots, he was SO
shaky he could not hit her. and at
last felt SO i'll he had to give her up.
His shikari told me the lioness was
very much beat from being badgered
about in the sun and he was sure We
could find her. 1 owed her one for
frightening Hassan, SO VIE started at
once. Hassan not coming. but sending
a relation of his on the same pony.
After a short ride We got to the place
and found the tracks going into a
long strip of high feathery grass. We
cast all around and could find no
tracks coming out, SO decided to burn
the patch. 1t was about 200 yards
long and perhaps 80 broad. could
not command the whole of II, SO I
told the men to light 1t at the top
and along one side. and Abdulla and
l took up our station halfway down
the other side. about 80 yards out
from the edge. At the bottom end I
put the warrior on the pony to see
II the lioness broke that way. Al.
most directly the grass was lit big
spotted hyena blundered out and came
within a few yards of US. but the
great part of the patch was burnt be-
fore there was any sign Of the lioness.
Then I caught sight Of her sinking
along through the thin grass at the
edge Of the strip going towards the
we were rather behind her and stand
ing quite still.
When shot she seemed to stumble
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forward, but recovering herself
caught sight Of the man on the pony.
and before l could shoot again she
was half way towards him. going like
fash. He had not seen her when
I shot, as she was hidden by the
grass, and by the time he got his pony
turned around and started she was
close to him. He salloped straight
away from me. and l dare not IRE at
the lioness for fear OF hitting him.
For nearly 200 yards it looked any
money on the lfoness. She got right
under the pony's tail. but did not seem
to know how to strike. and at length.
to my great relief, the pony began
to gain on her. She at once pulled up.
and turned into bush where she lay
down stretched out at full length,
painting. Running up. I shot her be-
fore she could prepare for another ef-
fort. My first bullet had gone through
the muscles OF the forearm just below
the shoulder. and being solid had only
drilled quite a small hole. The ma
tives said that the reason she could
not catch the pony was because lion
could not spring before a momentary
halt to crouch. II this is SO. a pony
could always get away from a lion
galloping straight behind 1t, unless the
pony was such bad one that the lion
could come alongside. On two or
three occasions I have been chased
myself in the open grass plain. but
have always got a fair start. and my
pony has had no difficulty In keeping
out of the lions way. A pony boy Of
mine was very nearly caught one day
in the open. He was trying to round
up . lion, and got rather too close
to Il on a tired pony. He only just
got away. This same lion afterwards
chased me and two or three Of my
men for quite a long time. Unless
pony falls down. am sure there Is
nothing to be feared from a lion In
tie open. II one gives him q pretty
wide berth. SO as to get start when
he charges. As a rule the lion Will
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-14
Opposes BIeached Flour.

The Lancet ULondon) agrees FULLY
with the action Of the bureau Of chem
is,ry of the department of agriculture
In this country in ruling against the
bleaching of wheat flour. "The public.
says the Lancet, would be well ad-
vised to abandon the fallacious notion
that the whiteness Of bread is q mark
OF quality. On the contrary, 1t nearly
always means an insipid, unpalatable
bread, and an attractive flavor is fac
tor of considerable Importance in con-
nection with the digestibility of food.
The destruction of the natural color OF
flour by bleaching agents synchronizes
with the destruction OF its attractive
favor. Such tampering with the stan
of life should be made Illegal"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-14

had left 1t, in very bad way, but
Immediately proceeding to kill and cut
open the camels, he took the water out
Of their stomachs and gave 1t to the
pony, which revived sufficiently to
struggle to the wells. After a few
days rest 1t completely recovered.
Hassan added that he could very soon
get some more camels. and that he
would rather have cut the throats Of
a hundred than have lost his pony.
This story shows n great deal OF re-
source in a native. but the life a So
mali leads makes him wonderfully
quick at finding a way out OF fix OF
this kind. It was very lucky the pony
was not killed by lions or hyenas
while Hassan was away.
Just before Hassan's pony was near
ly caught by the lioness We had pony
killed by lions. the man on his back
escaping rather cleverly. At that time
we had two separate camps, six or
seven miles apart, each Of them on the
edge of the Marar Prairie, on ban
or open grass plain many miles in ex-
tent. This was the best place for
uOuB II mas ever Uttu NY iuSh ~ So'AAS
across. Hardly day passed that
lions were not seen by one or the other
of us, very often right out In the open,
miles from any bush. 1t was cool.
cloudy weather while We were there,
and the lions seemed to do most OF
their hunting in the daytime. There
were SO many. and they were SO bold,
that the Somalis were quite nervous
about walking through the bush in the
daytime. Between us we shot "a
lions in this place in n little over
fortnight. Besides lions there was
more game than I have ever seen any
where else. Large herds OF hart
beeste. oryx. and Sommering's gazelle
were to be seen feeding in every direc-
ton. Besides this. In the open there
were q good many ostriches and few
hunting cheetahs. In the bush at the
back Of our camps were Walters ga
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give up the chase after 100 yards or
so. This pony of Hassan's was about
the best l ever saw in Somaliland.
He would not put a price on 1t, be-
cause he said he could make quite a
respectable income by making looting
expeditions on its back. as it was SO
fast nobody could catch it.
Killing Camels to Save a Pony.
A year after this met Hassan
again. and asked him how his pony
was. He said it was very we'll. but
that he had very nearly lost 1t short
time before. He had been down In
the waterless plain on a looting ex-
pedition with some other Eidegalla
warriors. After a successful raid they
split up to avoid pursuit, and Hassan
was on his way home driving some OF
the looted camels In front of him. It
was a very dry year. and although 1t
was the rainy season, he had been
unable to find any water In pools to
give his pony. The result was that
having been ridden hard for two or
three days with little or no water to
drink. the pony got beat. and at last
lay down. about 20 miles from the
wells they were making for. No
amount of stick would get 1t on Its
legs again, and Hassan was in de-
spair. He knew there were no vii
lagos at the wells where he could get
vessels in which to carry water back
to the pony. and 1t seemed as II moth.
ng could be done to save It. At last
he thought of a plan. Driving the
camels at top speed to the wells. he
gave them as much water as they
could drink. and hurried them back
again. He found the pony where he
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them. but they were much too quick
for him with his broken shoulder, and
were at him again directly he re-
treated to the bush. The little Mid
gan and one OF my men were close
by, yelling with excitement. As l
walked up to try to get a shot with
out hitting one of the pack, the lion
took no more notice of the dogs. but
kept his eyes fixed on me. l never
saw lion look nastier. but I suppose
his broken shoulder had sickened him.
and shot him without difficulty. The
Midgan, after calling his dogs, had
run on after US, and had come on the
wounded lion. We skinned this beast,
and the little Midgan rather amused
US, as he got SO very much annoyed
because his dogs would not eat some
great chunks OF raw lion-fiesh he cut
of and offered them. We were on
our way to skin the other lion when
we met Hassan looking rather sorry
for himself. He said that the lioness
had trotted quite quietly at first, and
he had brought her round in circle
towards the place where he had left
US, riding alongside Of her, and shout.
ing to let US know where ne was.
Unluckily she crossed the track OF
the wounded lion, and after smelling
at the blood she became perfectly un.
manageable, making on at q gallop
and charging him whenever he got
in front to try to turn her. At last
she had gone into the thick bush on
some hills. where he had lost her.
When we had skinned the other lion
we made a cast to trr to pick up tho
fourth, but could make nothing OF
him-I never got this lion. although
he killed one Of our donkeys the next
day.
Badgering an Angry Lioness.
We had not been back In camp very
long when my companion came In. say.
ing he had run across a lioness In
the hills, which he was sure was the
one We had seen. a. she was very
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RUDE SHOCK FOR THE GIRLS

vain. for the various garments which
we had used for the purpose lay scat
tered on tho floor. and the opening was
occupied by a line of little heads. one
above the other. while ten cleaning
eyes were interestedly fixed upon US!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-14
Horses MAY Be Insured.

The Saxon government has sane
toned a horse insurance. All horses,
asses and their crossbrccds. over SIX
months old, may now be insured.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-14
,r,IhciaI SILK Made in France.

France has nve great mills and
number OF smaller ones at which artl
ficial silk Is made. There are three
kinds of It.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-14
Shooting Lions with Poisoned
Arrows,

Lions are occasionally killed by
Mldgans, but the poison on the arrows
cannot be very strong. as frequently,
Dlter being sick two or three times,
Ihe lion seems to recover and get
1n nay. Captain Swayne gives an &C.
count OF the way In which these Mid
Hans hunt the oryx with their dogs.
But to get on with my story. The
little Midgan carried a bow nearly as
long as himself, and was followed by
about a dozen small native dogs with
curly sterns and prick ears. These
little ours were wonderfully broken.
The man trotted of In front OF US,
and when he got near the place where
ho had seen the lions he simply put
out his hand. and all the dogs lay
down in q bunch and never attempted
to follow on after US. Then We stalked
carefully towards big thorn tree ris-
ing above the bush. This was where
the lions were said to be. The bush
was very open, and when we came in
sight Of the tree the lions were Just
Ascamping. There we're four of them.
not five-an old lioness and three
Hons, perhaps not quite full grown,
and with very little name. Hassan
had followed close behind on his pony.
% I shouted to him to try and keep
his eye on the lioness, and ran on my
self with Abduila after one Of the
lions. This one did not seem much
Inclined to run. and after short
burst I managed to get bullet into
him somewhere Just as he disappeared
into some thick bushes.
At that moment we caught sight OF
another lion trotting along parallel to
- about 200 yards of. The wounded
one was keeping up n continuous low
growing in the bushes. SO. thinking
he would not get far away. We ran to
cut OF the other. He turned on when
he caught sight of us, and We had .
lqny. stern chase after him. as q re-
sdit of which I was SO blown / could
not hit him. although he was lobbing
along not more than 100 yards ahead.
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At last I did get a bullet into his
flank. He at once turned, and, growl-
ing fiercely, came bounding a few
yards towards us, as II trying to make
UP his mind to charge. Whether he
would have done 80 or not l do not
know. as my second barrel caught him
on the point of the shoulder. bringing
him on to his nose. and before he
could recover himself I put in another
bullet from my second rifle and fin
ished him.
1t is more than likely he would not
have charged. as I have several times
seen a lion make this kind of demon
stration when slightly hit, more.
think, to try to frighten his assailant
than anything else. A lion that really
means charging up comes quite silent
ly, galloping very fast along the
ground like a dog.
A Wounded Lion at Bay.
While this was going on we could
hear Hassan shouting in the distance.
SO now we ran on towards the sound.
When we started the shouts seemed
to be almost stationary. but as we ran
they got further and further on till
at last we could hear nothing. We
then turned to go back for the wound.
ed lion. AS We got near the place
where we had left him. we could hear
a tremendous row going on, men
shouting. dogs barking. and the unmis.
taxable grunts Of an angry lion. Run.
ming up. We found the lion. with his
shoulder broken, standing in a bush
surrounded at a respectful distance
by the little dogs. They kept up an
incessant yapping. and every now and
then the lion would make drive at
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srs, have always had one man, Alb
duna Ashur. as head shikari. Besides
being an agreeable companion. he Is
far aad away the best finder Of game
have ever seen In the country.
His pluck is undeniable. and the
only dimculty have had with
him is to prevent him going
where I did not care to go myself.
This may sound exaggerated praise Of
- native. but among other things he
oTapDled lion which had knocked me
down. being severely mauled before
he got the brute on. SO that I natur.
ally entertain a very high opinion OF
him. Owing to his skill in tracking
! have only lost one wounded lion out
Of many that were hit. and that was
not his fault. as the blood stopped al
most directly and the ground was
nothing but stones for miles. This
speaks for itself. as any one who has
ahot Hons knows how difficult It II to
eover Q wounded beast without dogs.
I only once had the help Of dogs
aftsr wounded lions. We were carnped
Down In the Haud among the Eidegall
villages under Sultan Deria. One day
! went out to try to get some meat
for the natives. accompanied by war.
Yior called Hassan and his pony.
had just shot an oryx. and we were
cutting It up. whom the smallest So
mali I have ever seen came running
up to say he had just observed i've
lions asleep under q tree close by.
This man belonged to the low-caste
tribe OF Midgans-people who do not
live together In one tribe. but arc
scattered all over Somaliland in differ
ent villages. where they are chiefly
engaged In killing antelope for meat,
other Somalis. as rule. thinking 1t
below their dignity to do anything but
60 out occasionally on looting expedi-
tons. Midgans are armed with bows
and poisoned arrows. and each OF
than carries a knife. Until quite
lately NO other Somali would use q
bow. but now It is quite a common
thing to meet a native belonging to
another tribe who has discarded his
spears for a bow and CULVER Of
poieoned arrows
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the
SpOOr of
the King
of Beasts
By Lord DeI0mere

} get good sport in
Somaliland the first
thing is to get a
good shikari. There
are excellent men to
be found with care
and good luck. but q
great many who are
absolutely worthless.
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Baduering an Angry Lioness.

We had not been back In camp very
long when my companion came in. say.
ing he had run across a lioness In
the hills. which he was sure was the
one We had seen, a. she was very
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