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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
New Hog Record at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. IA new
hog record was established at the local
market here today when heavy hogs
brought the top price of $500 per
hundred pounds. One carload of hogs
from Kansas sold at this price. Sew
eral carloads sold at SS.S5. The short
age of hog shipments is given as the
cause for the high prices which have
steadily risen since the boycott on
meats a short time ago caused a mar
ket drop in meat prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
VETERAN HANGS HIMSELF
After Going Safely Through Twenty
Six Battles in the Civil War.

woburn, Mass, Feb. 1.-THE body of
Major Ambrose Bancroft, who fought
in 26 battles of the civil war. was found
hanging in his home in this city yes
terday. He had committed suicide.
For several years Major Bancroft had
been failing both mentally and physical
" He was rs years old. He leaves a
widow who is now visiting their son,
DR.. Irving r. Bancroft in Los Angeles.
and daughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

Journal president; J. l. Vincent, To-
peka Mail and Breeze. secretary.
Among those from the Topeka Ad-
vertising club who are planning to go
are Mr. and Mrs. MacLennan, J. c.
Emahizer, of Emahizer & Spielman,
Capital.
Special excursion rates to all Texas
points, with stopovers are available,
if the trim be started or the 18th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
PUBLIC PLACES CLOSED.
BrookieId. Mass, Has an Epidemic of
Smallpox.

North Brookfield. Mass, Feb. IA
Every person in North Brookfield,
Mass. may have to be vaccinated. The
smallpox epidemic which broke out
here several days ago is spreading and
the board of health is considering an
order for general vaccination All
churches public schools. libraries.
lodge rooms and other public gather
ing places have ben ordered closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
ToO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

REMODELING SALE-Beginning Tues
day, 18th, gold fish, canaries, globes,
cages, at big sacrifice. Forced sale Paint
ing injurious to stock; must sell all live
stock. 400 Kansas ave-
GOLD Fish, for loc; IL gal globe 4oc.
100 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
Jefries Closes His Tour.

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb I4-James J. lief
fries closed his theatrical tour last night
at Virginia, MINI. He will attend the
ski tournament today at Duluth and leave
at night for San Francisco where he will
go into training for his fight with Jack
Johnson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
SWITZERLAND

affords unique vacation opportunities
for all classes. Everyone can gol
1T IS A MISTAKE TO SUPPOSE
THAT ONLY THE WELI-TO-DO
CAN AFFORD A VISIT TO SWITZER-
LAND An enjoyable vacation costs
less than a stay at some American
Resorts. Whether for Spring or Sum
mer you should make your plans
NOW. Send for a copy of HOW TO
SEE SWITZERLAND and our Travel
Letter No. so. Our American Office
gives expert advice free
SWISS FEDERAL RAILROAD,
241 Fifth Ave, New York
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

under Mr.. Owens skilled plotting, finish
ed the run last year to Atlanta with a
perfect road and mechanical score, and
then challenged all the other perfect score
cars to the test of an expert mechanical
inspection. Since then the car has been
in daily use, covering 10000 miles in all
sorts of weather and over all kinds of
roads At present it is competing for
honors in a rugged reliability contest of
600 miles through Connecticut, against a
large field Of higher priced competitors.
Mr.. Owen is the vice president of the
REQ Motor Car company, of Lansing,
Mich. He is an active member of the
Automobile Club of America, the New
York Athletic club, and the Larchmont
Yacht club. In the two last named or
CARNATIONS he is famous as wing and
trap shot Few road drivers OF auto
mobiles are better known, and none is
better liked. He drove Reos to perfect
scores in the Glidden tours of 1905, 1907
and 1908, and An the last named year drove
to another perfect score in the two-days
mechanical efficiency tour around Long
Island, from Bay Ridge to Montauk
Point and return.
When he rendered his entry. Mr.. Over
said that he had so thoroughly enjoyed
the tour of 1909 down the national high
way, that nothing but serious illness
could deter him from having a part In
this years run. After the last autumn
event, Mr.. Owen was one of the many
experienced tourists and drivers VINO
pronounced the New York-to- Atlanta tour
the best managed within his extensive
knowledge He has since added that the
results from a trade and publicity point
of view had been equally satisfactory.
COLUMBIA PACEMAKER.
For the important post OF pacemaker,
the tour management have selected the
tried and true Columbia pathfinder which
has just completed it's successful run
from New York to Atlanta, and which
at o'clock this morning, without re-
pair or adjustment during it's Atlanta So
journ, started northward TO make an even
speedier return to New York. The car
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20
Full List Shows White Steam
er, REQ, Columbia, Maxwell
and Lozier-Steamer Will
Garry Managers of Tour
CNew York Herald Dispatch.

NEW YORK, n. Y, May lS-With two
weeks yet to elapse before the closing
of the entry lists, the entrants for the
good roads tour from Atlanta to New
York, including the five cars designated
for official use, now number 36. There
are q different makes of automobiles
represented in this highly classy aggrc-
cation, which includes the best types
from the great six-cylinder touring cars
10 the miniature baby runabouts.
In the character alike of the cars and
OF the individuals enlisted in the second
annual tour under the management Of
the Herald and the Atlanta Journal, il
is a showing which may we'll court COM
parison with that of the most notable
long distance tours ever held either in
America or abroad. And the end is not
yet Every mail brings inquiries with
promising limitations OF additional en-
trants to come.
WHITE STEAM PRESS CAR.
The White company. OF New York and
Cleveland. Ohio. always pioneer in the
crusade for good roads, is to be repre-
scented in the person of r. H. Johnston,
its advertising and publicity director He
is the author and compiler of the we'll
known White route books, and is famous
among tourists under the pen name of
Pathfinder" II was Mr.. Johnston who
held the wheel throughout the original
scout trips and pathfinding tours which
resulted in locating the national highway
along the Piedmont route. II was his
skill and experience which made the road
directions which were compiled in the Of
fetal route book for the 1909 dedicatory
tour over the thousand miles Of high
way between Whitehall, Atlanta, and Her.
aid Square. New York.
In the coming tour, Mr.. Johnston will
drive the same handsome steamer which
in the early scouting enterprises a year
ago did such fine service. The car,
which is his personal property, will be
used as the official car of the tour man
agement, carrying as passengers Maj.
John s. Cohen. of The Atlanta Journal;
Hamilton Peltz, of the Herald, and N
Lazarnick. the official photographer.
William Cyphers will accompany the big
steamer as mechanician, and thus the
original scout party which left New
York on the first experimental trip to
the south will be complete.
REQ CHECKERS CAR.
Another notable recruit in the official
class of non-contestants is the REQ Chal-
lenger '4-30," which is to be driven by
Ray NJ. Owen, head of the firm of r. NJ.
Owen and company, OF New York, and
is to act as a flying scout, carrying the
official checkers in advance even of the
pace maker.
This is the same staunch REQ which,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

will be handled during the tour next
June by Henry Rolfe, the same efficient
driver who has piloted it and the scouts
during the present pathfinding trip TO
Atlanta. He will carry the flag of the
official pacemaker of the tour and the
referee will be a passenger in his car.
For its use both as pacemaker and path
finder the management of the tour is in
debted TO the courtesy of the Columbia
Motor Car company.
Two Maxwell cars were dispatched,
south from the Tarrytown plants of the
Maxwell Briscoe Motor company yester-
day, and both will return to New York
as participants in the good roads tour.
One of the cars has been entered by
the Maxwell-Brisc Southern company,
of Atlanta, Ga, while the other will
bear the standard of the home Office In
New York. The Atlanta entry will COM
pete in the baby class, while the rae
toVF entrant is a Maxwell touring car
Of che same general type as the Max
WELL the use Of which for a press car
has been rendered by L. NJ. Bradley, gen.
eral advertising manager of the United
States Motor company.
Horace DeIisser, president of the Unit
ed States Motor company. said yester-
day that he was hourly expecting word
from Detroit concerning the entry OF a
Brush runabout as a factory representa-
tive in the tour.
r. s. Ireland, of the Ajax-Grieb Rub
Der company, will drive the handsome
Lozier, which will be used in the coming
tour as a tire car. He drove the same
car last week as the pacemaker in the
reliability contest through New Jersey
to Atlantic City and return. 1t is also
the same Lozier which competed as the
-E Nk1N
vannah road races of last November, a
new body having been placed on the old
reliable chassis. Mr.. Ireland was an en-
trant in the 1909 run over the national
highway. With one of the most compe-
tent cars in the running this year. he
expects to be very much in the event
from start to finish.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

control of no power other than that OF
our God and the general government OF
the congress. To the maintenance OF
which Independence we solemnly pledge
to each other our mutual cooperation.
our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred
honor"
At the time of this declaration Charlotte
was the center of the culture OF that
part of the province. The meeting was
called together at the instance of Thorn
as Polk. the commander of the militia OF
the country and two gentlemen from each
company we're selected as representa-
tive committee.
The authorized account of this docu-
ment is that it was adopted at CLOCK
in the morning of May 90 and that the
papers of John NJ. Alexander, the seere-
tary of the convention, were accidentally
burned in April. 1900. Alexander John
ston. in his American Political History,
says:
THE declaration is historically suspi-
ciC Us from its use of phrases used IN the
Declaration of July 4. 1T76; and from the
facts that Williamson and the eontsmpo-
rary writer's of this and neighborns
states show no knowledge of it. and that
II was entirely ignored in and out or
congress at a time when resolutions
coming far short of Independence were
teralded by every newspaper in the coun-
try. Nevertheless Bancroft accepts It
without hesitation; but the probability ~
that resolutions of the kind which were
common at the time were passed. that
the copies Of 1878 (Which were produced
and printed in Raleigh, n. CT were from
recollection, with strong traces or the
declaration of July 4. 1776, and the Meek
Ienburg declaration was not of it's pur-
ported date, or essentially of its purport-
ed nature"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

Although the Declaration of Independ-
ence as drafted. in Philadelphia by Thorn
as Jefferson and others, in 1776. is rec
ognized as the document that gave en-
phatic voice to the sentiment of the
colonies, previous to the writing of this,
the greatest state paper in our history
practically the same declaration was made
at different other sections of the coun-
try by the enthusiastic patriots.
Some Is months before the signing of
the great declaration there was drawn
up a document in Mecklenburg county,
n. c., that was almost a model in word
ing and sentiment of the great charter of
American liberty. There are different &C
counts of the matter, but the most reli-
able is this:
At a public meeting of the residents
of Mecklenburg county, in the state OF
North Carolina, held at Charlotte on
May 90 1775. 1t was
Resolved, That whoever directly or in
directly abetted. or in any way, form,
or manner countenanced, the unchartered
and dangerous invasion of our rights, as
claimed by Great Britain. is an enemy
of this county-to America-and to the
inherent and inalienable rights of man.
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
Mecklenburg county do hereby dis
solve the political bands which have
connected us to the mother country, and
hereby absolve ourselves from all ale
glance to the British crown and abJure
all political connection, contract or asso-
citation with that nation. and have wan
tonly trampled on our rights and liberties
and inhumanly shed the blood of Ameri-
can patriots at Lexington.
Resolved. That we do hereby declare
ourselves a free and independent people.
are and of right ought to be a sovereign
and self-governing association, under the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20
EATS LAST MEAL FOR
PERIOD OF THREE WEEKS

NEW YORK, May 17.-Gustave A. Cay
er, a doctor of philosophy, after break
fast today. announced that it would be
his last meal for three weeks and posi-
bly, four. He weighs 2S5 pounds.
Dr. Geyer is to be examined every
day by physicians. If they tell him he =
becoming dangerously weakened he VIII
break his fast. Otherwise he expects to
fulfill the time he has allotted himself.
taking his usual amount of exercise and
doing his usual work. Az. Frf
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

son clover, burr clover and the legumes-
such as cowpeas and soy oeanss mors
satisfactory for soil Improvement ana
nav and grazing in your section OF the
state than alfalfa We - not wish you
to infer that we are os7seed to srevtns
alfalfa, but it is not as certain as many
crops which the farmers can raise to ao-
vantage, and you had best therefore ex-
pertinent with il on a small scale unt1
you have learned it's peculiarities ana
needs When attempting to grow alfalfa
you will find ii necessary to lime the lak
literally using at least one ton OF 6
tic lime per acre or five tons Of finely
ground burned lime.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

prices which have been quoted by various
persons will furnish nitrogen considerably
cheaper than lowgrade cotton seed meal,
and this is a very excellent form of ma
terial to use as the source of nitrogen.
APPLYING FERTILIZER TO THE
CORN CROP.
]. P. W., Canon, Ca, writes: 1 have
an acre of land on which l wish to raise
corn 1 have prepared the land WELL and
want to know if / have started right. /
have used the following formula 1900
pounds 10 per cent acid, 800 pounds cot
ton-seed meal and 200 pounds muriate of
potash. | have planted putting in about
$50 to 300 pounds in the drill. What will
this mixture analyze? l want to put as
much as you suggest to the acre, and
wish to know when and how to apply
it.
More than half of the success in the
production of a crop of corn will depend
on the thorough preparation of the seed
bed before planting. Corn is very deep
feeding plant and it's roots range through
all parts of the soil in search of food
and moisture. The deeper and more
therefore, the better chance the roots
have to gather a plentiful supply of nutri-
ton for the needs of the crop. The fer
tiizer you have used under your corn
will analyze about 15 per cent of nitro
gen, IL per cent of phosphoric acid and
SO per cent of potash. Used at the rate
Of 300 pounds per acre it will not supply
the needs of a large crop of corn This
formula is DarticularIv low in nitrogen.
Not less than to per cent should be
used under corn except on land which
is already supplied with vegetable mat
ter, or on which cowpeas or other
legumes have been plowed under the pre-
vious year. OF course, II you have used
five tons of farmyard manure, II will
take the place of a part of the nitrogen
needed by the crop. We would suggest
that in addition to what you have used
you make second application within the
next ten days of not less than 300 pounds
of the formula already used, and then
apply $50 to 200 pounds Of the nitrate of
soda as a top dressing about June IS
to July 1. depending on the development
of your crop. We would prefer TO apply
this nitrogen just about the time the
corn is shooting into tassel or a little
before. We judge that your corn will
hardly be tasseled before that date. as
we gather from your letter that you have
planted your corn rather recently. We
advocate the use of a second application
rather early so that the cron may have
time to assimilate the phosphoric acid
and potash it contains. The application
Of nitrate of soda will make up for any
deficiency in nitrogen to stimulate the
growth at a time when the corn is silk
ing and tasseling. This is critical pc
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

four months old, and the cow seems to
be perfectly healthy otherwise. Please
tell me the cause OF the trouble and what
to do for 1t.
Your COW is suffering from ergotism.
This trouble is due to smut or mold In
the food. The remedy is to change the
food so that no nodded or smutted grain
or roughage is fed. Medicinal treatment
should consist of iodide of potassium
given in one drachm dose once day.
LUNG WORM IN HOGS AND ITS
TREATMENT.
subscriber, Laurens, s. c., writes:
would like some information in regard
to hogs having a cough. What causes it
and what should do to cure It?
A cough which persists for any length
of time with hogs is in all probability
due TO lung worms. The treatment con-
sists of a teaspoonful Of the following
mixture given In a little cotton seed or
linseed oil once a day to each hog. Oil
of turpentine ounces, and spirits Of
camphor ounces. Mix together and give
as directed.
II you have many hogs, the following
treatment is better on account of the ease
of administering and the greater thor
oughness of the application: Take little
sulphur flour, mix with a little alco-
hol and burn it in a tight room into which
the hogs can be driven. man should
stay in the room with the hogs during
the burning of the sulphur to see that
the fumes do not get too strong. II
the hogs begin to sneeze or cough. open
the door or window and allow free cir
culation of air. The smoking should be
a week; then after a weeks rest give an
other course of smoking.
THE CHEAPEST SOURCE OF NITRO
GEN.
o. T. H, Statesboro, Ga, writes: Which
is the cheapest source of nitrogen, nj
trate of soda at s42 ton or cotton seed
meal at present prices which makes a
pound of nitrogen in the nitrate cost II
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20

intervals during the growing season, in
stead of being put in the ground before
the crop is planted?
Only relative values can be assigned to
the availability Of nitrogen in various
compounds used for fertilizing purposes.
but in a general way when nitrate is rat
ed at 100 per cent, blood and cotton seed
meal would be represented by about 20
per cent, dried fish and hoof meal at 65,
bone and tankage at about 60. Sulphate
of ammonia would come next probably
to nitrate of soda. Where one uses a
mixed fertilizer containing, say 400
pounds of cotton seed meal and 100 pounds
of blood and tankage. 100 to 200 pounds
of nitrate of soda may be added per ton
with comparative safety, even when the
material is to be put into the ground
at the time of planting. We would
prefer to keep the nitrate down to 100
pounds. In the formula used on the COL
lege farm last year nitrogen was derived
from nitrate of soda, tankage and cot
ton seed meal. This gives a very quick
ly available nitrogen, and some, rela-
lively speaking, slowly available nitrogen.
or nitrogen in a mineral and organic
form as well. This explanation is made
to indicate that some nitrate of soda
may be used in the SOIL but 1t should be
limited in quantity, and applied directly
to the SOIL it is very desirable that vege-
table matter be used along with it, as
there is less liability of its being leach
ed out of the soil owing to the reten-
tiveness which vegetable matter gives to
the land. Two hundred pounds of nitrate
of soda may be used as a top dressing
on corn and cotton; 1t should, however.
be applied only to the growing crop and
the applications had best not exceed 100
pounds. For cotton you may put the
first application on when the plants are
six inches to one foot high. and the sec
ond application from the 1st to the 18th
of June, though the time of ap-
plying will vary somewhat with the sea-
son and condition of the crop.
We would suggest, therefore. that you
can use nitrate to considerable advan-
tage and with safety to an amount which
will supply more pounds of nitrogen than
are ordinarily applied to our farm crops.
We believe, however, that you can Sc
cure nitrogen probably as cheap in sui
phate of ammonia as in nitrate of soda,
and the nitrogen in the sulphate of am
monia is more slowly available than in
the nitrate, and is not so likely to be
lost from the soil by teaching as it is
matter and other compounds in the soil.
Sulphate of ammonia contains about 20
per cent of available nitrogen, and it will
probably pay you to look into the cost
OF this material. High-grads blood at
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20
Delicious Gingerbread.

Children are great lovers of ginger
bread, and grown folks, too, if it is of
the rich "melt-in-the-mouth" kind. The
following recipe by the famous Mrs.
Mary J. Lincoln, is commended to those
who delight in this delicacy:
Mix two cups -four, one-half level
teaspoon salt, one level teaspoon soda,
one level tablespoon ginger; stir in one
cup molasses, two tablespoons softened
Cottolene and one-half cup boiling
water. Bake in shallow pan. II for des-
sert, bake in layers. Fill with whipped
cream, favored with lemon.
The little ones can eat this freely
Lard is indigestible, but Cottolene, the
perfect shortening, makes food that
agrees with the most delicate stomachs,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20
CHINESE ARE FESTIVE
FOREIGNERS ALARMED

HONG KONG. May 17.-Reports from
Marking, the capital of the province OF
Kiang Su. tell Of serious evidences OF un-
rest among the Chinese. The ratives
are cutting off their queues. Anti-foreign
feeling is said to be spreading.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-20
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