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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19


The toad is very valuable friend to
the gardener. EToads live for several
years and by preference remain on the
same feeding grounds from year to year.
about 90 per cent of the toad's food con-
sists of animal matter. -
Among the forms regularly eaten are
angle. worms. snails, sowbugs, thousand
legged worms, spiders, ants. grasshop-
pers. crickets, cutworms, beetles and va
rious caterpiIlars. From SO TO so per cent
of injurious insects and small per cent
of beneficial insects go in with its Gus
tolnary ration
The stomach is filed and emptied
about four times in each "A hours. Upon
the basis of stomach examinations. it
has been estimated that during the 30
day period extending over May, June and
July, a grown toad will consume 216O cut
worms, 800 acknowledged worms.
216O sowbugs. 2.240 ants. $50 weeyils and
$50 ground beetles, the last being benefi-
THE GARDEN TOAD.
cial insects. The total sum. therefore, for
the 80 days is $50 beneficial insects and
972O Injurious ones destroyed
English and French gardeners appre-
ciate the value of toads, and as high as
$50 per hundred is said to be often paid
for them. ~
owing to the dislike of the creatures
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19
4 FRIEND OF THE GARDENER

FOR new and unfamiliar surroundings, II
is advisable in many cases to provide
breeding pool for them, in order that
the Young may establish themselves
where they are wanted. A shallow pool
IF cement. having a small but constant
water supply. is SUFFICIENT. Sts.gnant
wafer fs better than running water Tom
the standpoint of the toad raiser.
The young toads will leave the water
by midsummer or before mosquitoes be-
come abundant. and the pool should
then be drained to prevent mosquito
breeding. A small indoor aquarium. pro-
tected from mosquitoes by screens may
prove more satisfactory than an outdoor
pool. Supply with fresh water plants
and CLAIMS, and feed the toads with bits
of dog biscuit or chopped fresh meat as
needed. DO not feed more OF any food
than the toads and tadpoles viii con-
sumo. or the water win become con-
tamfnated The outdoor pool cen be
screened against mosquitoes, II desired,
provided the toads are fed. For garden
shelters, make shallow holes In the
ground and cover with fat stones or
boards. The toads will retire into these
in the daytime and come forth at dusk
for their nightly forays. 'ses
Toads are especially valuable TO green
house men. keeping down slugs. snails.
SOW bugs. plant lice and such destruc-
tive insects.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19
Dr. Waey,s Fighting Record
Literary Digest.

DIR. Harvey Washington Wiley. prime
,xAiEure in fthe food and drink controvcr-
sizes now being waged at Washington,
began his interesting career as instruc-
tor of dead languages in the little town
of Purdue, Ind From the teaching of
Latin and Greek, this young, earnest
fellow soon shifted to that Of science,
and became in due time a professor OF
chemistry in Purdue university. lie
was then promoted from Purdue in 1858
to take charge OF. the chemistry depar.-
ment at Washington, where he has been
quite busy ever since, ass-his enemies
are aware Bat II there is one thing
in the wide world which does not worry
the doctor says the New York Evening
Post. 1t is good out-and-out, shoulder
o-shoulder scrap. All his life he has
been subject to attacks. Of some sort or
otherthe first of which. we are inform
ed took pisa while engaged in his pedS
agogical occupation at Purdue. The
trustees of that institution did not re-
gard him as sufficiently pious to guide
the youth of Indiana. and. a most Sc
rious mix-up occurred The doctor 5
side of the case IS. here told py him:
1t was charged before the trustees
that negIect@d TO attend morning pray
er. that rode a bicycle. that was the
pitcher on the student baseball team,
uniform while so engaged. In short I
was irreligious. frivolous. and undigni-
fled. e go I'll r.
I admitted that every accusation
aganst me was absolutely true. Il
have attended morning prayer SO Oft
en-" / told the trustees, that know II
by heart. Yis the same old prayer
day after day and has become so CONF
mon and mechanical that it does me no
good Let me repeat It," INsaid,- inul-
eating that / was about to begin. ~
Hold on" shouted the trustee who
had called me a monkey on cart-wheeL
I'VE have heard the prayer" SD
Very welL''cI replied, II shall de-
sist. The other matters said of me-.
l continued, fare here confessed. / ride
bicycle. not TO be wicked or raktslE
but that may get around easily and
comfortably. Sometimes ] go long dis
tances, and I have no horse. L play
baseball with the students because 1
like the game and need exercise out OF
doors. There is no occasion" saio,
to prolong this hearing. IL shall enc
the embarrassment of the honorable
trustees. all of whom 1 hold in high es-
TEEN. by resigning."
Whereupon / put my withdrawal from
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Some of the failures of silos have
been due to carelessness in filling, but
more. often to faulty construction OF
the stlo.
Fofmeriy many silos were made by
sheathfns one offs the bays in the barn.
With these. silos and other forms or
wooden Banare silos a lining must be
built across the corners and the silage
well tramped $ down along the edges
or there will ebe. considerable loss of
what woBld otherwise be yalua hle stock
feed This style of silo, however, has
become less common, and but few
square silos of any kind are built at the
present sttITres Even when ssilos are
built inside of a barn they gre. often
circular. The octagon silo is an i'm
provement over the square form, but as
rule the walls of this form of silo
have not been made rigid enough,
Too often, the walls of silos are not
made air-tfght Unless the walls OF
wooden siIos are made air-tight. with
! tar paper, felt pads, or clay worked
| into the points, much silage will be
wasted. Ninety per cent OF stave slioS
are not airftight at the foundation.
The shrinkage and swelling OF slaves
breaks the cement, which must be ire
ouently mended. Some losses have oc-
| CURED because the ends of the slaves
have been decayed.
The iron bands of a stave silo must
be examined frequently, or they VIII
| fall down as thest ayes shrink. some
times the iron spices rust Unless a
stave silo is well anchored it may De
moved from it's foundations or even
i blown down.
The walls of a silo must be rigid or
/ they cannot stand the pressure Wnen
| the sides begin to bulge, air can ger
between the silage and the walls.
n Brick silos without reinforcement
/ have been failures because of the pres
! sure from the inside.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19
FAILURES OF SILOS

The modern -silo is structure with
air-tight walls and a height usually
twice it's diameter, and is.strong enough
to withstand the natural pressure of its
contents when full. This pressure is
greatest from two to six days after
hlling. The isiIage at this time begins
to heat and settle. and. if the wallis are
not sufhcientfy rigid to prevent any
bullying. considerable loss of silage
will result. The walls should be as
nearly perpendicular as possible. and
the diameter should be the same. from
the bottom to the top.
A mistake sometimes made was in
Buia6ing-vtl1e ssiIo of, too large 8 dame
ter for. the size of the herd so that
the silage spoiled by too long exposure
of the surface. In one case man with
a ssnlaH~ herd built -silo in his barn Is
feet square and Is feet high. After two
years trial he gave up the use Of the
silo in disgust because his silage did
not keep.
= A year or SO later he sold his farm
to more progressive man, who built
partitions across the same silo, making
four small silos out Of the laret one,
and had no difficulty in obtaining good
gilage for his stock The silo should be
deep. The deeper the silo the. better the
The diameter should conform to the
size of the herd, and If inches Of
silage are fed each day there VIII be
no loss from surface exposure.
1t is desirable to prevent silage from
freezing The double wall concrete silo
and those built of rectangular building
tile accomplish this object as well as
any. stone silos prevent freezing. but
many owners of stone silos do net like
them because moisture collects on the
inside of the walls and rots silage along
the edge. A roof helps to keep olt the
frost, snow and rain.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

the faculty in writing andleft, the room
The next morning received a letter
from the secretary informing me that
the trustees had declined. by a unanf-
nous vote. to accept my resignation.
had taught for nine years at Purdue
university.
meetings two papers which were heard
by George B. Loring, of Massachusetts.
commissioner of agriculture under Pres.
Chester A. Arthur. At Mr.. Loring's
request, / became chief of the bureau
of Chemistry.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19
BUSINESS AND THE PoSToFHcE.

In commenting that the Western Union Telegraph
company found its cheaper service patrons by of the
day profitable wei revenues the Bal
timore remarks:
accordance with we'll settled economic principle as applied to
business make profitable from
the
ranro in many
rendered the income greater
this applies the United States postofice it is
department also for the general public
that the administration will not and apply this
sound business theory
The the Western Union due to the
succeeded attracting patronage That what
every we'll administered business institution is continually striving
o
YET United postofc conducted is
tinually repelling business.
policies such that the business infinitely prefers
the telegraph telephone both for expedition and reliability
part of country, of the post
become inefficient that it is considered
a send important communications by mail
There hopes for cheaper postage any real redu
ton postal deficit long this regime continues
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

he Label ussd for addressing ycae
raper Shows the time your subscription
expires. By renewing nt least i've
weeks before tire date %. ths Label. yoa
insure regular ervica
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Somehow the coast-to-coas. : flight
ant as exciting as the one ffSm ST.
louis 20 New York was. but probably
ne whole country sympathized with a
nan who was flying from St Louis
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

= President Taft In defending DR.. Wiley.
rust take into consideration the fact
hat he has lowered himself in the esti-
nation Of Senator Lorimer and Uncle
fce Cannon
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Some authority says that college men
rink Maybe some Of them do. So do
some who have never been 10 college.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

The Marquis OF oueensberry says the
,eople OF Chicago don't walk as rap
diy as those OF London. Whether he
means TO compliment the city on its
growing civilization, or TO knock IL,
xnst apparent.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

II you haven't yet had your summer
sacation.s postpone it until after the
:harter election
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Why try to stop the Johnson-Weils
light IN England? Won't Jack. accord
ns 70 expert opinion. stop IT quick
snough HIMSELF
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

We haven't had that cold wave yet.
suf there is, a forerunner of 1t in the
earning against further wearing of
straw hats
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Nov they say that Upton Sinclair
:hewed prune % minutes The seri-
susness OF the charge depends entirely
N the prune IN question
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

! Il isn't probable that anybody is going
o move 20 Maine because of the recent
ADVERTISING she got through her liquor
sfeeSion.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

The stag who broke into shop window
ut west and incidentally into q bar
gain day rush. wasn't exactly In his
lement
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Wouldn't Il be irony. though. II Jack
johnson quit the fight game just as some
white hope developed sufficiently TO whip
AIM
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

The aviator who wins the cross-coun-
~ hight prize of $4,000 VIII have re-
.elved liberal mileage for his trouble.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Nat Goodwin's- latest rumored matri-
nonial adventure doesn't attract the at
lention that Astor's did. II Is the differ
nee between art and money
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

The fact that Rudysrd Kipling is
aEainst reciprocity may be big help to
re cause
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Stiii. there are a good many people
n Maine who have kept track OF rum
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Mr. Taft viii have 20 overcome the
fleet Of Mr.. Bryan's chautauqua utter
tnces all through the west.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

sad to relate, but true. that Governor
Haskell must contiue TO be Oklahoma's
dol. The white hope Is no more
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Latest returns indicate that drug
tore win continue TO flourish in the
azte or Maine
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Maybe Colonel and Nrs. Aston will get
zen with everybody By living happily
yer after
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Farmer Wiley's farm products ought
70 be pure. especially now that the adj
ninistrafion has given him such signal
Encouragement to do his duty as he sees
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

VIII the coal dealers please not crush
,ur hopes with the announcement that
he price OF coal is going Up. too.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

. IN Russia they continue to have those
kentucky feuds-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Hand II 70 the man nervy enough still
o wear his straw hat IN the face of
niblie opposition
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

We want TO sc cotton so high that a
.otton garment win have as much Dig
1ity as q wool one.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Sometimes you hear OF a mans good
ooks standing IN the way OF his sue
sess. bu. never OF -oman.s-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Poet Kemp's opinions. now that il is
III over. IS that his friend. Upton Sin
lair. handed him a rejection slip.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Occasionally President Taft surprises
rou with his backbone.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

The main benefit OF vacation is in get
ing the tsker thereof into shape 10 work
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

We shan't stay up for Brooks comet.
T there Is anything in IL. the moving
sicture shows win show IL.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Dispatches hint that Nat Goodwin is
narried again. and yet we hear no storm
4. protest. k
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

In Georgia these days life is just one
pod road after another.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

The charter rally at the Grand this
.venine will show how the people OF this
.ity stand on real reform issues.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

why should Canada be In fear OF an
lexafione The Democrats win be in full
rover after 1872.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

President Taft has decided that con
ign punishment" whatever that is. is
rot for DR.. Wiley.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

DR.. Wiley may continue to investigate
ur beer and our breakfast food at
iii.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-19

Carl Morris. Of okIanOma. is the white
lopeless.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-20
GRANGER FOLK HAVE
THEIR FIRST STRIKE

GRANGER, Sept. 1S.-There is a
labor strike on in Granger. Employ
es of the O.. w. R. & N. railway went
out today and some of them stayed
out. The difficulty was over the old
topic of hours and wages. An adjust
ment was made which was satisfac-
tory to some of the strikers but not
to all of them. The disgruntled ones
were allowed to go and other men
will be sent in here to take their
places.
The o. w. r. & N. here has pile
foundation driven for it's new Grang-
er depot building. This foundation is
in the center of block of land owned
by the railway company. AS the
railway tracks through the city are
above grade, it is necessary to make a
fill where the station is to be. 1t is
the plan of the company to fill in the
entire block and terrace it SO that ac-
cess to the street may be easy.
Train Crew i'm Trouble
working train with a crew to do
the "filr' work was to have begun
operations here today but some ques-
ton of wages and hours arose and
the crew went on strike. The mat
ter was soon adjusted, as above init
mated, but a days delay in the work
was occasioned. Assistant Lancaster
to the general manager. and Superin-
tendent Kamm came here at noon
and looked into the situation.
Granger has laid claim to being the
railway and labor town of the lower
valley but had no expectation that ii
would cinch its title by having a
strike of laboring men. That is a
new experience for the community
and adds another to the things which
Granger can date from. 1t shows
growth. 1t shows other things as
well, but the citizens here are look
ing on the best side of the situation
and while they want their depot, and
are we'll disposed toward the railroad
company, still way down underneath
there is some small feeling of pride
that their town has arrived at the
dignity of a strike.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-20

+. IN SESSION
First Meeting of New Municipal
Government Held Monday
Morning and Evening

The first commissioners elected
under the commission form of gov
eminent met at o'clock Monday in
the office of the city clerk hardly
waiting for the room to clear from
the smoke of battle between the at
torneys of Clerk BROKER and Com
missioner Croker. They took their
seats inside the railing and the first
business was the adoption of resolu-
tions, designating William II. Red
man as superintendent of the depart
ment of streets and public improve
ments and Wilbur Croker superin-
tendent of the department of finance
and accounting,
At 9:45 a. m, the members of the
commission proceeded to seal the bal
lot boxes and made a record to the
effect that it had been done in their
presence at that time. After this had
been done and several minor matters
discussed. the commission took re-
cess until o'clock in the afternoon.
when they began the discussion OF an
Ordinance prescribing the functions
and duties of the city council. This
was quite lengthy, covering every
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-20
LOWER VALLEY
IS BEAUTIFUL
District Between North Yakima
and Southern End of County
Cannot Be Excelled

The man with an automobile who
has not yet taken a trip through the
lower valley as far as Sunnyside, has
a keen pleasure still before him. While
1t is journey which does not pre-
tend to the scenic grandeur of the
proposed highway across the Cas-
cades, it traverses a country with
beauty as distinctive as it is remark
able. Miles upon miles of hay fields
and orchards, bordered on all sides
with the low blue hills with Adams
and Rainier-Tacoma rearing their
snow covered shoulders to the west
and two smaller white tips showing to
the north make up a panorama of
surprising lovellness. The results OF
irrigation in the peculiar green of the
alfalfa and the red of the apples on
the trees in the foreground, and the
big ice boulders which feed the
streams whose water is brought down
to the desert are both in the picture
illustrating cause and effect most con
yincingly.
H. c. Davis, who lives on a hum
dred acre hay and dairy cattle ranch
about mile out of Granger, is con-
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-20
Russian Premier Succumbed to
Wounds Made by Assassins
Who Shot Him at Theater
CONSCIOUS TILL LAST
REALIZED DEATH NEAR
All Hope Abandoned for Rccov-
cry When Peritonitis Appeared.
Authorities Feared Death Cause
Anti-Jewish Riots

KIEV. Russia. Sept. 1S.-The Rus
sian premier. Peter A. Stolypin. died
tonight from wounds caused by the
bullets of assassin during the gala
performance at Municipal Theatre
Thursday night. The official time OF
his death was announced at 10::12
p. n.
Almost until the last he was cor-
scious. Toward the end Stolypin suf-
fered greatly. Finally his heart ac-
ton became weaker and his body
grew cold.
Realized Death Was Near
The premier realized that death had
overtaken him. In lucid intervals the
priest administered the extreme unc-
ton, Metropolitan Flavian blessed and
consoled him in his last moment&
Frequently the dying premier called:
give the letters. Take it away
Give me red pencil" His last words
were: Lift me. Light up" He died
peacefully, surrounded by several rel
atives and state officials.
All hope for the premier's recov-
cry was abandoned this morning.
Saturday night indications of periton-
tits were noticed which became ag-
gravated Sunday. A bulletin issued
by the attending physicians early this
evening declared the patients condi-
ton was hopeless
Feared Anti-Jcwish Riots
The authorities at first decided to
conceal the news of the premler's
death until morning, fearing anti
Jewish outbreak. This was found ina
possible and after announcement was
made all attention of the authorities
was fcentered IN the protection Of
Jews. The Jewish population WAS
panic-stricken and begged protection
and thirty thousand troops we've
poured into kiev to prevent riotinS
The city Is depressed but calm
c. M. Kokovsoff. minister of finance
who was appointed acting premier al
ter Stolypin was shot. has sent per-
ememptory circulars to various COVER
nors on maintenance of order. 1t is
believed Kolovsoff will be appointed
premier.