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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-30

Seems to Be Wrong.
Observation-Disclosures Is is right.
Powell-But suppose a fellow soaks
you with his left?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-30

no YOUR CLOTHES LOOK YELLOW
If 30, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t will make
them white az snow. 2 OF. package 5 cents.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-30
CHINA MUST YIELD OR FIGHT
Russia Reuires Complete Acquissc.
ence to Demands in Note
Of February 16.

st. Petersburg.-China must either
accede at once to all Russia's demands
or fight. That is the purport of an
ultimatum issued to China by the
cars government.
Russia's ultimatum, which has been
presented TO the administration at Pc.
kin through the Russian minister. de-
clares that China must give a satisfac-
tory reply to the Russian note of Feb
ruary 16, setting forth in detail the
Russian claims.
Inc ultimatum was contained in a
telegram from NJ. Neratoff, the acting
minister OF foreign affairs, to M. Ko.
~rostovetz, the Russian minister at Pc
kin.
1t ends with the following declara.
ton:
"f an exhaustive and satisfactory
reply to all six points of the note of
FEBRUARY Is is not received by March
~ Russia reserves to itself freedom of
action and will make the Chinese gov.
eminent responsible for the obsti.
nancy displayed by it."
Pekin.-China is not prepared to an.
tagonize Russia completely, and as a
result of prolonged conferences the
Chinese foreign office assured the
Russian minister, NJ. Korostoxetz,
that China will acquiesce unreseryed.
ly to the demands made in the Rus.
sian ultimatum concerning the provi.
sions Of the treaty of 1881. Russia
insisted upon an answer before Tues,
day.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-30

Town criers were abolished when
women's clubs were organized.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-30

Lewis Single Binder, extra quality to.
bacco, costs more than other Sc cigars.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-03-30

He Was . Judge.
Geraldine am Just twenty-five.
Gerald-Verdict set aside.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
BORDEN IS REARING
ANNEXATION B0GY
TO SCARE CANADA
Head Of Conservatives in Canada Is
Waving Alarmist Flag With All
His Night in Effort To De-
feat Trade Plan.
Premier Laurier May Overcome OPP
position by Holding Voters To
Their Party Lines.
sylwM.,RocHE.

OTTAWA. Can. Aug 2s.-Ameri
cans considering the possibility oil
Cnpadians asserting to reciprocity
must not overlook some peculiarly
Canadian characteristics. The Cans
dian does not travel But he reads
Excessively, and he, Is pro-British.
He Is wellSversed in the history OF
bis country. He entertains a deep
and abiding distrust of the United
States His sfeeling is friendly enough
but IL nsverN goes the length OF cor
1ldsbee.
The American. to get an idea oil
the situation. should consider the
data that Is laid before the Canadian
Ia his schoo. days, through his news
papore and magazines. aot infreQuens-
" from the pulpit and constantly
from the political hastings.
He rs reminded Of the following IN
Ei.iants:
When thea american colonies revolt.
ID In 1776, they invited Canada 70
ioin them Canada refused. Then
an American army was sent into
Canada under Benedict Arnold and
& Montgomery. Montreal was taken
and partly burned. but the army was
beaten back from Quebec and Mont
eomery was killed.
During the war OF 1912, Canada
Uag invaded by American armies And
there were numerous bloody encoun-
tiers, each Of which left its heritage
OF hatred
when Canadians reyolted In 1897,
force of Fenians and Americans
sympafhizeFs came over from the
United States
Il was the United States that put
m end, IN 1865, to the reciprocity
pact OF 1854. and Canadian school his
tories teach that IL was done to force
nnnexatiOn through desire for better,
trade relations and that the American
congress invited annexation and OF.
Tered the Canadian provinces position
as individual states.
Again in 1867. Fenians and Ameri.
can sympathizefs invaded Canada and
Canadian miiitiamen we're killed.
Therefore the average Canadian, re-
lying on history and the traditions Of
BE country, Regards every move OF
The american government with
suspicion.
I.anfier may oyercome this feeling
BY holding Canadians 20 their party
lines. but the Conservatives are play
ing hard.
Ths Liberals resent the implication
Df disIhyaity and the country Is a
blaze OF Union Jacks, fioating out
from stores and residences every.
where and even streaming out from
the street cars In the big cities.
Everyone Is proclaiming his loyalty
20 the British empire and to Canada
as the coming nation OF the North
American continent, but n the Conf
BcrvutfEss unfy have time to play the
annexation warning long enough they
may possibly overcome the Liberal
majority.
=. IL Borden. oficial head of the
conservatives and leader of the sop
positiDn" In the house OF commons, Al
conducting the campaign against
reciprocity. His cohorts are scatter
ed over the dominion, waving the an
nexsfion dag with ell their might.
Borden and the Conservatives plead
& Tor the sClidity OF the British con-
nectipn" and warn the people that
reciprocity will speedily be followed
BY en- attempt on the part OF the
United States to annex Canada.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
this expedition by it's work In recon
noissance Of the traversable routes.
Financed BY Australia

Financed by AUSTRALIA.
The venture IL largely In Australian
interests and largely financed with
Australian money, and the thirty bot
anists, zoologists, biologists. geolog-
lists, physicists, materologists, and
scientific men OF all kind who are TO
Join the Aurora at Hobart are chiefly
recruited from graduates OF the uni
versities OF Australia and New Tea
land.
The object IL to survey and explore
as much as possible OF the coast line
which stretches for 5000 miles round
the pole. and Is known only a little
here and there. The expedition Is the
first big attempt to undertake this gen
eral exploration, apart from dashes to
the pole.
The question of the sperm whale IL
an example. Sperm whales have be
come exceedingly rare In the southern
seas: there Is reason to believe thai
they are not becoming extinct, bu'
are simply flying for refuge from the
whalers to some unknown sea. The
only unknown sea is that which the
Aurora is to explore II II discovers
as Is possible, a large haunt Of whales
It will mean that the whaling industry
will experience a big revival, and thai
the unhappy whales will have TO SCOUT
the seas once more for a harbor Of
refuge.
On Lookout For Mines.
All commercial possibilities will be
closely watched. 1t Is expected thai
coal mines will be discovered, and
keen eyes will be open for mineral
deposits Of every sort. Three parties
will be landed on points about bOt
miles apart along the coast, TO make
their way inland on sledges. These
journeys will be accomplished by man
hauling, dog teams, and motor sledges
and siedging over sea Ice may be pos
sible in the early spring, with sea
meat and blubber collected en- route a
the unattractive daily menu.
One inland party will be dispatched
to the magnetic pole, approaching Il
from the opposite direction to tha
made by DR.. Mawson's party on thu
Shackleton expedition. BY this jour
ney II Is hoped 10 complete the mag
netic data yet wanting In the vicinity
OF the magnetic pole, Search viii also
be made for a favorable spot where
permanent wireless weather station
may be erected to warn Australia Of
coming weather.
But perhaps the most fascinating
possibility of the expedition lies In the
fact that II is expected that evidence
will be collected tending TO show thai
Australia was once united through the
antarctic continent with South Amer
lea. II II a theory which Is strongly
held by many scientific men, and proof
OF this union between the far western
continent and the far eastern would
be one OF the most remarkable or the
many romances of science.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
oNE-PoUND AERoPLANE GUN
TEST HIGHLY SATISFACTORY
Hits Accurately at Distance Of
Miles In Air-Three-Pounder
Can Carry z Miles.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s.-Ofncials
of the navy department today complet-
ed experiments on the new one-pound
aeroplane gdn, invented by Admiral
Twining, chief Of the bureau OF
ordnance.
The experiments were thoroughly
satisfactory. Fifty rounds of shot were
fred at the naval proving grounds at
Indian Head, Md. The gun win be
brought TO the gun factory here I'M
mediately and three-pounders will be
modelled along its lines.
Todays experiments proved that a
one-pound gun Of the Twining model
win strike with accuracy at distance
of three miles In the air. Naval ex'
perts expect the three-pounder gun 70
carry seven. miles in the air. =
II the three-pound gums prove salts
factory batteries OF that size will be
placed on all ships In the navy.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
CURED by FLASH
OF REVOLVER
Farmers HallueinatiOns Disappear
When Friend Kills Evil Spirit"
That Haunted Him.

BENTON HARBoR, Mich, Aug. %.
Fictitious murder in the dead OF
night served to free Ludwig Berg, q
Benton township farmer. from a hal
lucination that might have caused his
commitment TO the insane asylum.
Berg's case presents an interesting
study in PSYCHOLOGY. Believing AZ
enemy was pursuing him, a friend
resorted TO novel means to kill the
farmers nemesis and shen throw the
body" into the rivsr. His mind free
from the. strain, Berg is now recover
ing.
Berg lives on farm east of the
city. An interurban line passes his
door, and until late at night the
sound OF passing cars Is always
heard HARD work and worry began
TO affect Bergs mind and he con.
ceiyed the idea that the whistltng OF
the midnight interurban was some
evil spirit calling to him. He be-
camC deathly afraid OF signals and
told his family OF an enemy" that
was seeking his life. His case be-
came serious and his friends feared
the worst, the farmer having taken
to his barn, nights where he would
hide insthe ihayioft, armed with re-
vniver.
p. NJ. JKing.Sof Chicago. q friend of
Berg's. heard of his illness and de-
cided TO effectfa cure. II such q thing
was possible. He visited Berg and
the latter told him the story OF his
oppression. Then King volunteered
to spend the night with Berg and
kill thesenemy.
Toward midnight. King took a
stand In front OF the Berg residence.
Berg was with him. The last in
terurban, approaching a crossing.
whis1led for the right of way and as
the sound reached Berg, he all but
collapsed.
There he,comes," he cried to King
and turned and fed to the fields. With
a roar that fairly shook the house the
car flashed by. Then King raised his
gun and shot twice.
.T killed. him. 1 killed him." he cried
TO Berg. Stay here" he continued,
and I'll throw the body into the
river" King vanished and In a short
time returned to the farmer and In
formed him that 'the job was done.
Thank. God" cried Berg. sinking
m. his knees. The farmer became Ill
AZ, the reaction set in, but he gradu-
AIN recovered and II is believed that
he win now'be free from further nal
lucinatfurs. s -. - -'.s - -
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
JACKSON CONVICT sURRENDERs.

LIMA. o.. Aug. 2s-'Tt's no use,
boys: every mans hand II against
me- said q man who entered the DO
lice station saying he wanted 70 sur.
render himself. He gave the name OF
James Arthurs and declared he had
heen a convict IN the penitentiary az
Jackson. Mich, until three months
ago when he violated his parole -
a trusty and escaped. He was locked
up awaiting information from Micni-
gan.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
ArHELrE REscUEs TWO.

SAGINAW, Mich. Aug. 2s.--Arthur
cornwell. center on the University of
Michigan football team In 1910. res
cued two boys. one Is and. one Is
years cid. from heath In Mulle.t lake
yesterday. The two were out In a
canoe when II oapsixed. Cornwell. who
owns q fast launch. was on shore.
Jumping into the boat. he headed II
at full speed for the place where the
boys went down and succeeded In
reaching them just az they were CIV
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
WEDDING sEcRET REVEALED.

ANN ARBoR, Mich, Aug. zs.-Mrs.
Clarissa Harmon completely sur
prised everyone here when she an
nounced the marriage of her dapgh-
ter Ora to Burleigh Jacobs, 1912 engin-
eer, from Milwaukee, wis. The we'd
ding took place several months ago,
but the fact was known only to the
contracting parties and Mrs. Harmon.
Mrs. Jacobs 10 q teacher OF mathema-
tics In the eighth grade.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
NEW CORPORATIONS.

LANSING, Mich, Aug. 2s.-The
following companies have fled articles
of incorporation with the secretary OF
state: Motor Times company, De
troit, $4,000, principal stockholders,
George A. Munich, Arthur N. Long, N.
Munich: Iron Development company,
Iron River, $4,000; Valley City Desk
company, Grand Rapids, increase from
SIC, 900 to $4,000; Farmers Trading
company, Kenten, $4,000; National
Antiseptic company. Detroit, $4,000:
Schratz. Scott F. Hodge, Peter N.
Leur
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
KILLED BY THIRD RAIL.
Six Year-old Boy Takes Fatal Fall
While Hurrylna Home.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Aug. 2s.-
Falling across the third rail on the
Michigan United's tracks east of the
City early last evening. Walter Coop
or, aged s, was instantly killed. The
boy was hurrying home after fishing
and thought he heard car approach.
ing. Hurrying across the tracks, he
stumbled and fell, his neck on III q
third rail end his legs on one Of the
other rails. Death was instantane-
Gus.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
THIEVES LOOT STORE.

ALPENA, Mich. Aug. 2s.--Strauss'
department store lost $500 by q bold
robbery last night The thieves got
jewelry, watches and shoes and fitted
themselves out with new clothes. They
entered by breaking a rear window,
loosening the iron bars.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
lEANpER CHURCH DEAD.

FLINT, Mich, Aug. 2s.--Leander
Church, aged rs. head bookkeeper for
the city water works, and a resident
OF Flint since 1850, Is dead here from
an illness which was brought on by
the excessive heat I'm July.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
WOMAN Will GO FREE.
Police Won't Prosecute Her Fe'
shootino Invader Of Home.

CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 2s.-Mrs
Rose Winkic. who. Saturday night
fired a bullet into the chest OF Louis
Simon. former sutton, a. he was
crawling through q window OF her
bedroom. will be exonerated,- the 20
lice prosecutors says, when her cast
comes mp for hearing on Sept. o
Simon IL dying In Lakeside hospital
In police court yesterday the case
was continued. and Mrs, Wrinkle was
released on personal bail.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
KILLS THREE AND SELF.
Oxford Graduate Had Grieved Owe
Death of hls Wife.

Oxford uGranuate Hdu NS
Death of Hls Wife.
SOUTH -THoMASToN, Maine,
AuR. 2e.--Grief over the death OF his
wife lied Edward Bennett, an English
MAJ, and \ graduate of Oxford uni
yersity, England. who had been .
resilient OF this town for the past six
years. to slay his three children and
fhen take his own life, yesterday
two of the children We're killed by
the use of chloroform and the third
hy cyanide OF potassium and chloro.
form To make his own death Ger
rain the man went TO the waters edge
and there took a dose OF cyanide OF
potassium and Jumped In. His body
was found when the tide receded last
night
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
ne,roIter,. Brother kIIlss.

The police received a telegram
Tuesday morning. saying that George
willet was accidentally killed In Fond
Du Lac, Wis. Tuesday morning. His
brother Edward Willet, is supposed to
be In Detroit -
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29

BUFFALO-Rev. N. s. Goodwin, go
Jumped in front OF a train to save his
little granddaughter. The child was
pushed from, the track but the aged
man was run down and killed.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29
BLAMES "BAD BEER.
washlnqton Physician 70 Found Dead
: - Mysteriousty, -

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-Leavins
note in which he declared that
BAD beer caused his illness and his
desire to commit suicide. DR.. J. b.
Ruebsam, died here today. When
found the man was unconscious on
the bed In his home. A revolver lay
beside him, but physicians were un-
abe TO find a bullet wound, despite
the suicide notes.
The Detroit times., 1911-08-29

ing up the struggle to keep on the
surface.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

ly restricted to the eastern coast line, for the
banana is one Of the thirstiest OF plants, and
cannot be expected TO produce it's maximum
amount Of fruit i'm districts where there are
less than 100 inches of annual rainfall. I'm
fortunately for humanity, grsat areas of the
land lying within this belt are high, dry and
sterile, while others are sandy or rocky, so
only a small fraction is so located that banana
growing can be made profitable The altitude
must not invite danger of frost and high tenn
perature is necessary for the growth. The
southern coast of the Mexican gulf the Puerto
Barros section Of Guatemala, the Puerto
Cortes district of Honduras the Puerto Limon
district of Costa Rica, the Bluefelds district OF
Nicaragua, the Bocas del Torro region OF Pan
anna, the Colombian province OF Santa Marta,
and certain portions of Cuba, Jamaica, the Do
mnican Republic, Haiti and Dutch Guiana. all
combine the favored elements Of soil and eli
mate.
The plant has two natural enemies-the
gopher and the wind storm-but against al
most all other tropical conditions its hardi
hood is remarkable.
Il is n matter OF common observation that
the banana Is absolutely seedless, cultivation
through innumerable generations having led
to vegetable method OF propagation. Some
OF the primitive seed.bearing varieties are
still said to exist in isolated regions Of the far
east.
The first step toward cultivation is the clear
ing OF the land. Into the tangle of shrubs and
vines and the thick snarl OF tropical vegeta
tion the laborer comes with an ak and
"machete" and cuts low everything but the
giant trees. when all OF the small timber and
brush has been feled planting is commenced.
Young shoots are obtained from a planta-
tion already in bearing and these are placed in
rows about IL feet apart. When the planting
is finished, the only labor necessary is to keep
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

banana leaves the fruit is safely brought to the
railroads.
Bananas grown for the market are planted.
as a rule on the border of navigable waters
Plantations divided into sections or zones
OF about ten to twenty miles in length, and the
zones are cut" in rotation, thereby cleaning up
the available supply of fruit in one or several
sections while it is maturing in others.
In Costa Rica the system which has been
evolved for handling the fruit from the time it
is cut from the plant until it is placed on the
dealers little stand in the far interior cities OF
the United States is indeed marvellous.
When a steamer starts from United States
port to secure its cargo a cable is sent advising
OF the departure, that preparations can be
made for cutting the crop. The carrying ca
pacity of the vessel is known almost to a bunch.
Each plantation manager furnishes at the be-
ginning of the week an estimate of the amount
OF fruit he cut and one, two, or three Sec
tions may be called upon, according to the size
OF the ship and the quantity Of fruit available
in each section. About thirty-sx hours previ-
Gus TO the expected arrival of the steamship or.
ders are sent TO the plantations, notifying
them to cut fruit for delivery a specific date.
The day before the steamer is due trains are
made up and sent out TO pick up the fruit, these
trains being so timed that steamers will not be
delayed waiting for cargo.
On the morning Of the cutting, the plantation
is all astir. First out are the cutters" who
go up and down the long avenues of banana
plants, closely inspecting each hanging bunch.
In cutting the fruit long lances are used, palm
poles armed with broad steel blades. The stalk
OF the tall plant is half severed at a point about
eight feet above the ground. The weight of the
fruit causes the top of the plant TO bend slowly
TO the earth, where the bunch Is cut from the
stem by a stroke OF the machete. Following
the cutters come the picking-up gangs, who de-
liver the fruit at the receiving platforms along
the railroad track An inspector watches the
fruit as IL is passed into the He counts
and grades each bunch, rejecting those that
show signs OF ripenng and those that are un-
dersized bruised.
After cargoes are discharged In the United
States solid trains OF banana cars run "spe-
csls" every day In the week from New York,
Baltimore and New Orleans 10 all OF the large
cities OF the country. Carloads are even shipped
to Calgary. Canada, over 1000 miles from New
Orleans.
The front ventilators OF the forward cars OF
these trains. and the rear ventilators OF the
last cars, are connected by means OF canvas
tubes run into a main trunk chute. A powerful
exhaust draws of the heat thrown out by the
fruit I'm fits ripening process, and the fans cir.
culate cold air through every car in the train.
During the winter months the operation is re
yersed. and fruit In transit during very cold
weather is warmed while proceeding to its
destination
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

develops rapidly continually bending more anu
more until in a short time II mas turheu cum
plCtely upon itself, so that the bananas slo"
end up or in q position the reverse oi WHICH,
they are usually hung From seven 10 t"elNe
months after the blossom appears the trult
is ready for the gatherer Al irregular lnte'
walls along the entire stalk, and only extending
part of the way round at any one place, the
bracts break forth tiny ridges of howers-
which are almost Immediately replaced by
nine TO twelve embryo bananas. These are
the future hands" of the bunch, so called on
account OF their resemblance to those mem
bers when held In certain position.
The banana has a curious and prodlgal meth
cd of propagation. for before the parent stalk
and fruit have matured new ones spring up.
These are offshoots that grow from the root OF
the original planting. resembling sprouts from
the eyes" OF a potato and each in turn be-
comes parent stalk with its fruit IL follows
that unless most OF the continually appearing
new plants are cut out (Which is the practice)
the first stalk I'm few years will become the
center of a miniature jungle. The plants grow
TO height Of from fifteen to thirty-hve feet,
spreading in all directions. until the soil is
overburdened with an enormous mass OF stalk
and leaf growth and stunted fruit is produced.
In planting for the market about 200 hills are
allowed TO the acre. Sometimes the number
can be safely increased 10 225, in which case
there will be 500 stalks. However. after one
year all Of these stalks do not produce a mar
ketable bunch Of bananas and the average
yield is not over 800 full punches TO the acre
per annum.
Perry. the well-known authority on bananas.
estimates that grower can produce a bunch
for from ten to fifteen cents. which win have
a market value OF 80 cents. The cost Of pro-
ducing after the first crop is confined 20 Guilt
waiting and harvesting which may be done for
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-08-25

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