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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

There has been some difference of
opinion among cattle-feeders as to the
relative merits of open shed feeding
and feeding in enclosed quarters.
Some of the leading experiment sta
tions of the country have recently
conducted experiments along this line
At the Missouri station steers fed in
barn made daily gain of II
pounds, while another lot Of the same
age and breed fed in an open shed
made daily gain of 19 pounds. The
same lots Of steers gained 5.2 pounds
daily for each bushel of corn when
fed in an open shed and only 49,
pounds when fed in the barn. The
steers fed in the open shed ate 1913
pounds of digestible matter per pound
of gain, while the barn-fed steers ate
11.3 pounds of digestible matter per
pound gain.
At the Pennsylvania station a com.
parison of barn and open shed feed
ing has been made Both lots OF
steers were fed shelled corn and corn
silage to the limit of their capacity.
The barn-fed lot made an average
daily gain for five months of 2.13
pounds, as compared with 2.36 pounds
for the lot fed in an open shed. The
cost of producing 100 pounds gain in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

growing points. Roots rarely spring
from the tubers themselves, but from
the base Of the new shoots. These
shoots may be removed and trans
planted, and new ones will arise
from the tuber. Three or four crops
of sprouts may be obtained from
the same tuber. This is the common
sweet potato. The tubers are placed
in the hotbed whole, or are cut once
the long way and placed in the soil
with the fiat side down. Shoots arise
from the skin of the tuber at almost
any point. Cuttings from the stems
Of tuber-producing plants will often
produce tubers instead of roots. These
tubers must then be planted to Sc
cure a new plant
All cuttings require a moist, warm
atmosphere and porous soil, which.
in some cases, must be warmer than
the air above it. The degree of heat
and the amount of moisture neces.
sary to induce root formation from
cuttings vary greatly for different
plants. Many hardwood dormant cut.
tings will grow readily out of doors,
but cuttings of most plants strike root
better if the air can be kept cool and
the soil warm, with plenty Of mois.
ture in both until the roots form.
Y. II. DAVIS,
College of Agriculture, Ohio State
University.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
|. and r. PERCENTAGES.

When the initiative and referendum
comes before the convention for final
action one Of the biggest fights will be
over the question of percentages. Per-
centages refer to the number of names
that will be required on petitions call
ing for initiative or referendum elec-
tons.
Progressives want low percentages
so the people can get quick action
as inst a crooked or stubborn legis-
lature. Reactionaries want the per-
centages as high as possible so the
people cannot take matterc irto thr ir
own hands so easily.
Delegate John Ulmer OF Lucas coun-
ty, who learned about the initiative in
Switzerland, his native land, made
this explanation of low percentages
before the l. and r. committee Low
percentages are like the hickory stick
in the school room. If the teacher
hangs the stick so high she can not
reach it when she needs it, the bad
boys of the shcool are going 20 run
things. Put let the teacher keep the
stick right out on her desk where she
can grab it whenever there is a COM
motion and she'll have a much better
school,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
But Mamma Didn't.

Little Mabel was always tumbling
down and getting hurt, but as soon as
her mother kissed the bumped fore
head, Mabel would believe 1t cured
and cease crying. One day she accom-
panied her mother to the Union depot.
and while they were seated in the
crowded waiting room an intoxicated
man entered the door. tripped over
suitcase, and fell sprawling on the
floor. The attention of every one was
attracted to the incident, and In the
sudden silence following the fall Ma
bel called out:
Don't cry, man MammaIl kiss
90, and 'en oo'l be all right. Lip
pincott's Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
COLOMBIA STILL VEXED
Secretary Knox Not Welcome
in the Little Republic
Minister in Note Thinks Visit Would
Be "inopportune" After Treat
ment Received BY His
Country.

Washington.-Secretary Of State
Philander c. Knox is persona non
grata in Colombia and the state de-
partment has been informed that it
might be inopportune for the Ameri-
can diplomat to visit that country on
his trip to South American republics.
The gentle hint was handed to Act
ing Secretary of State Huntington
Wilson by Senor Pedro Mel Ospina,
the Colombian minister, with the idea
that he spread the news to his su-
perior.
A grave diplomatic situation has
been precipitated by the publication
of the letter.
The Colombian minister, Lrst draw
ing attention to the fact tha the views
are his own and not ofiicia iy those of
his government, seriously criticiZes
the United States for not submitting
to arbitration the differences with Co
lombia growing out of this govern
ment's acquisition of the Panama Ca
nal zone.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Big Oil Blaze.

Philadelphia, Pa.--The most spec
tacular and one of the most dangerous
blazes that the Philadelphia firemen
have had to fight in a long time licked
up a million gallons of petroleum of
various sorts at the Point Breeze re-
flnery of the Atlantic Refining Co. and
kept "a engine companies on the job
for II hours.
The fire began shortly after l o'clock
in the still house of the big plant and
was not under control until long after
noon.
All the Gremen could do was to pro-
tect outlying tanks and buildings, and
in doing this several fire fighters were
hurt, Assistant Foreman George
Schaeffer of Engine So, the most seri-
ously The property loss will approach
$500,OOO.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
LOCKED IN ICE BOX
BY Two Hiahwaymen While Many Per
sons Are Passing the Store.

Pittsburg, 'Pa.-Chris Schmidt, a
butcher, whose place is In a well-light-
ed, busy section ON the North Side,
has been in a ncrve-wrecked condition
as a result Of an experience with two
highwaymen. He had retired with his
wife to their apartments above the
shop when he was called downstairs
to wait on two supposed customers.
Admitting the two men he stepped
behind the counter, and when he turn
ed to face them he looked into two re-
volvers.
They opened the ice box and showed
him inside. Before doing this they
took from his pockets what money he
had and his watch, and afterward
cleaned out the till. Altogether they
got about $500.
Schmidt was about "all in" when
Mrs. Schmidt, one hour later, went
downstairs to learn what had become
of her husband, and located him in the
ice box.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
CINCINNATI MARKETS

Wheat-No. 2 red $10101.02, No. 3
red 9Sc0$1, No 4 red 84098c.
Corn-No. 2 white 68M69c, No.
white 67h@69c, No. white 65067c,
No. 2 yellow 68669c, No. 3 yellow 67@
CSC, No. 4 yellow 63666Ac, No. 9 mix
ed 67@68c, No. mixed 65@66c, No. 4
mixed 64@66c, white ear 64@66c, yell
low ear 65@67c, mixed ear 64@66hc.
Oats-No. 2 white sec, stand
ard white 551A @56c, No. 3 white $50
551sc, No. white 53@54c, No. 2 mix
ed 55@551ac, No. 3 mixed SAY @55c,
No. mixed 52654c.
Hay-No. l timothy $24.50, No. 2
timothy $23, No. timothy $2O.50@
215O, No. l clover mixed $22.50@23,
No. 2 clover mixed $21Q21.50, No. /
clover $23, No. 9 clover $21.50@22.
Cattle-Steady at yesterdays prices.
Shippers $5.50@6.55, choice to extra
$6S5@7, butcher steers, extra $1,000
$50, good to choice $5.2506, common
to fair $4.25@5; heifers, extra $3.50
@6, good to choice $4.50G5.35, COM
on to fair $3@425; COWS, extra
S4.6O05, good to choice $404.5O, com
mon to fair $1.7563.75; Gamers, $3.50
G275.
Bulls-Steady. Bologna $4.2564.S5,
extra $490@5, fat bulls $4.75@5.25.
Calves-Steady at yesterdays clos
ing prices. Extra $S.25, fair to good
$608, common and large $3.50@7.50,
Hogs-Steady at yesterdays prices
Selected heavy shippers $6.40G CAS-
good to choice packers and butchers
$6.4OG6.45, mixed packers S6.30M6.4
stays 1905, common to choice heavy
fat sows $4.2504.S5, light shippers
$5.750625, pigs 010 lbs and less)
$42565.65.
Sheep-Steady. Extra $3.65@3.75,
good to choice $3.25@3.6O, common to
fair $12503.
Enthusiastically Extra $6.6506.75
good to choice $6D6.50, common to
fair $4.25G5.90, yearlings $45O@5.25
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Roosevelt to Address Convention.

nooSeVen 10 ADDRESS ConVentIons
Col. Theodore Roosevelt will be
in Columbus on Wednesday, February
q. to address the constitutional col
vehtion at 11:30. He will arrive n
the city at $3.50 in the morning and
leave at o'clock in the afternoon.
A letter announcing his acceptance
Of the conventions invitation was re-
1eived by Secretary Galbreath. In
his letter the former president says:
1.-THE outlook,
New York, Feb. 8, 1912.
&C. B. Galbreath, Esq, Secretary Ohio
Constitutional Convention, Colum-
bus, O.:
my Dear Sir--It gives me great
pleasure to accept your most courteous
invitation to address the Ohio consti-
turional convention. have been de-
ciining ali invitations to speak, but
this seems to me not so much an in
vitation to speak as a request that l
help the representatives of great
state, who are engaged in. doing the
greatest and most fundamental piece
of governmental work on behalf of the
citizens of that state; and under such
circumstances it is both a duty and a
pleasure to accept. l thank you for
the invitation. AS you ask me to fix
the day l shall come on Wednesday,
February 81, by the Pennsylvania
train that leaves New York at 6:S4 a.
M. on Tuesday, February 20, and ar
rives in Columbus the following morn
ing at $50
II shall have to leave Columbus at
o'clock the same afternoon by New
York Central train, so could address
the convention in the morning, say
about 1870 o'clock. With many
thanks, sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Colonel Roosevelt is an initiative
and referendum advocate, and, in view
of the fact that he may take occasion
to reply to Governor Harmon's opposi-
tion to that principle, voiced in the
governors speech last week, his views
are interesting at this time. The for
mer president voiced his sentiments
on the l. and r. in the Outlook just a
year ago as follows:
There has existed throughout our
national life, and now exists, form
OF local self-government much more
radical where 1t applies than even the
initiative and referendum. l refer to
the New England town meeting at
which all purely local matters are de-
ci4ed without appeal by the vote of
the townspeople in meeting assem-
bled. In no other part of the world,
save in two or three cantons of Swift
zerland, and perhaps in certain dis
tricts in Norway, is there any form of
so absolutely popular, as the New Eng
land town meeting. The initiative and
referendum represents merely the
next stage. The town meeting has
been proved to work admirably as re-
CARDS certain governmental units
where the citizens are of a certain
type. The initiative and referendum
have been shown to work we'll as re-
CARDS certain larger constituencies Of
different type. The men living in
states where the town meeting has
flourished for centuries should be the
last to feel that the initiative and
referendum are in and of themselves
revolutionary proposition"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Will Abolish Opium.

Washington, D. C.-China is assured
of an early abolition of the Indo-Chi-
nese opium traffic and the prohibition
of the importation Of morphine or CO.
caine, except for medical use, by the
terms Of the convention of the Powers
represented at the opium conference
at The Hague.
The United States, China, France,
Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy,
Japan, Persia, Russia and Siam have
signed the convention, and all other
civilized Powers not represented at
the conference will be urged to do so.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Anent Good Roads.

Discussion in the convention on the
question of allowing the general as
sembly to issue bonds in the estimat.
ed sum of $6O.OOO,OOO for good roads,
indicated that the convention is fairly
well agreed on the general question
but that there will be dissent from the
smaller counties, unless there is pro-
vision for equal or equitable" dis
tribution Of the proposed funds. The
smaller counties argue that each
county should get the same amount of
the funds. The larger counties main
tain that the distribution should, to a
large extent at least, be proportionate
to the size of the county duplicate, or
else that the large counties will prac.
tically build the roads of the smaller
ones.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
A Three-Quarters Verdict.


"The right of trial by jury shall be
inviolate, but the general assembly
may authorize that in civil cases a
verdict may be rendered by the con-
currence of not less than three-fourths
of a jury"
This is one of the propositions to be
submitted to the voters of Ohio as the
result of the work of the constitu-
tional convention. 1t is the first
change the convention has agreed to
and is claimed by the progressives to
be a great victory for the people
against special interest.
II approved by the people it win
take the place of section 5, article 1,
of the present constitution, which
says:
"The right of trial by jury shall
be inviolate."
The courts have construed this
clause to mean that the jury shall
lave IL men and that all shall concur
in order to reach verdict.
Inc dluSuuASliII NAlSu was lnIIO'
duced by Delegate Eson of Athens,
was considered by the convention in
committee of the whole and approved
by vote of SO yeas and II nays. Nine
of the II opponents are lawyers.
Efforts were made by Delegates
Woods Of Medina, Rocket of Clark
and Jones of Fayette to have the Ell
son amendment apply to criminal
cases, but amendments along this line
were voted down.
The debate became really an attack
on the judicial system of the state and
the long delay in concluding litiga
tion. The influence of the corpora
t!ors on juries was also brought for
ward by several delegates.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Part With Hoarded Gold

No one has ever known the extent
of the boarded wealth of the late en-
press dowager. though all kinds OF
rumors have been current as to the
accumulation of colossal sums. Now
that by reason of the present dis
turbed condition of the country the
meeting OF the interest charge on the
debt must impose considerable strain
it would certainly not be surprising II
sales we're effected of some of this
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
nnuaI suffraas to be Rsported.

Equal Suffrage to be Reported.
The woman suffrage committee is
going to report out a proposal to
provide votes for women. w. B.
Fitzpatrick from Trumbull county,
chairman of the committee, stated
that the proposal had nearly all Of the
votes in the committee and there was
assurance that the small minority in
opposition would make no report.
Il don't believe that the proposal
will meet a very stubborn opposition
in the convention" said Fitzpatrick,
In fact, have every reason to think
that a majority of the delegates are
now in favor of the proposition, and
those who were elected on progressive
platforms would hardly dare oppose
this measure"
The equal suffrage and elective sran'
chise committee will begin considera-
tioL of the compulsory voting PROPOSE
ton submitted by Walter f. Brown of
Lucas county, when it has reported on
the wOman's suffrage proposal.
Delegates here stated as their belief
that this proposition would bring out
one of the strongest debates of the
convention. The proposal will have
tho support of some of the ablest ora
tors in the convention. Secretary G..
B. Galbreath declared that he believ-
ed the measure would do more to-
ward cleansing politics and placing
the electorate on higher plane than
any other proposal before the conven
tion.
The Brown proposal provided thst
the elector shall be charged with the
duty of voting at all elections, and
that the general assembly shall pro-
vide by penalty or otherwise for the
performance of that duty.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

boarded gold If only with the object
Of facilitating the prompt payment of
the coupons on the foreign debt, a
matter concerning which the Chinese
government has always displayed
scrupulous care.
At present the only amount definite
ly known to have left China in the
shape Of gold is e150,O00. but there
We're reports in London recently that
something like another half million
had been dispatched, though there
seems to be some doubt as to whether
the destination is Berlin or London.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Tax Questions.

Division of opinion on tax questions
and the flood of proposals on this
question in the taxation committee of
the convention may prevent any con-
siderable change in the taxation laws
OF Ohio by the convention. This was
the opinion expressed by David Cum
ningham OF Harrison county, a mem
ber of the taxation committee.
The new organic law of Ohio, if
adopted by the electors, will authorize
tax upon coal, iron, ore and pc
troleum oil produced in the state, the
revenues to be turned into fund for
the support of the public schools of
the state. This was assured by mem.
bers of the committee on education.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Brutal SIaV.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-The police took
into custody Stanley Vehenas, Slav
living at Port Dowkley, charged with
brutal crime,
According to his five-year-old son
and neighbors the husband attempted
to kill his wife by driving nails into
her spine He is said to have secure
ly tied the woman and then drove
nails into her flesh. The womans
screams of agony aroused the neigh
borhood and help was soon at hand.
She was removed to a hospital here.
She is not expected to live.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

Man" didactically began Professor
Twiggs during a recent session of the
Soc Et Tu I'm club. lis creature os
habit"
"Eh-yah!" grunted Old Codgel.
'Tennyrate, my nephew. Canute J.
Babson, seems to be. He has been
run over by the same automobile
twice But then Canute always comes
home down the same lane about the
same hour in the evening. after he
has partaken of about the same
amount of hard cider"-Puck.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Chanues bal JurY System.

1t is indicative of the progressive
sentiment of the people of Ohio that
80 delegates. out of 104 voting, should
declare for a change in the present
jury system so that nine jurors may
return a verdict in civil cases. AS ex.
planned by many progressive dele
gates, nine-juror verdict will prac.
tically put an end to compromise"
verdicts. which usually give a man
less damages than he is entitled to,
merely because the defendant, most
often a powerful corporation, has one
friend" on the jury who is able to
dictate terms to all the rest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Predicts Pension Defeat.

Columbus.-Because people seem to
hold the view that teachers are well
paid, Pres. S. D. Fess of Anioch col
lege and vice president of the consti-
tutional convention. declared in a
speech delivered before the fifteenth
annual meeting Of the Ohio State
School association that the convention
will, in all probability, defeat his
proposal providing pensions for aged
school teachers.
Advocating more state funds for the
maintenance of the common schools,
DR.. Fess declared that a school com.
missioner or state superintendent
should be appointed by the governor.
or by a commission appointed by the
governor, and that he should be al
lowed to retain his Office until he
could outline and enforce a certain
definite policy. DR.. Fess also urged
that more instruction in morals be
given to pupils in the state.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
SIeepira With Children,

When it is necessary for an adult
TO sleep in the same bed with young
child. the following method will be
found quite satisfactory, and insure
comfort to the adult at least. Make
the bed with three sheets instead OF
two; then have the child sleep be-
tween the middle and lower sheets,
and the adult between the middle and
upper sheets. This prevents the child
from rolling around and also holds
the sheet tightly about its shouEiets.-,
Good Housekeeping.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

At Emmanuel church, Nottingham,
England, considerable excitement was
caused among the congregation one
Sunday by two bullocks entering while
the vicar was preach & his sermon.
The animals had strayed from their
quarters, and, finding the door open,
walked in. They went into the bap-
tistry, but the verger. attracted by the
commotion, got in front of the animals,
and by gentle aSd tactful persuasion
drove them out wEkout any damage
being done or panic caused.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

Chairman Fitzpatrick of the equal
suffrage committee declares that as
soon as the woman suffrage proposal
has been voted upon the committee
will take up for consideration the
various proposals on compulsory vot-
ing.
There are delegates who want the
counties and not the state to super
wise the spending of moueT on the
reads.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Copies of all State Constitutions.

The Municipal association of Cleve-
land has presented to the convention
collection of the constitutions of
the various states. These are bound
in alphabetical arrangement and con-
tain not only the text of the latest
printed constitutions but also the
amendments to date. Some OF the
latter are difficult to obtain.
This series IS the basis of a iai re
work-a digest of the constitu, ons
OF the different states. prepared by
the municipal association and turned
over to the state for publication some
time ago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Eminent Personages in China Are
Said to Be Loosenlng Their
Pursestrinas.

Sales Of gold have undoubtedly been
made by the Chinese authorities and
from cables which are now coming to
hand from China It would seem that
there is some prospect of the move
ment assuming rather large proper
tiols.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
STYLES in Ailments.

well, here l am" announced the
fashionable physician In his breezy
way. "And now what do you think
is the matter with you?"
Doctor, hardly know" replied the
fashionable patient What is new7"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

There is no stock on the farm that
yield a higher rate of interest on the
investment than poultry. although
many farmers consider it OF but little
value.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

For most soils 1t is best to practice
deep tillage in the preparation of the
seed bed and shallow cultivation after
the crop is planted.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
Hobo Orator.

HOBO OratoT.
H. III. Woodward, known as the
Hobo Orator" and national organizer
of the unemployed arrived to take ad-
vantage of the conventions invita-
tion to address the Law revisers. He
came from the hobo convention in
Cincinnati
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22
A. &ha anok

Your husband has stSpped payment
on your alimony check.
II know II: he no longer loves ms." ("
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-02-22

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small sugarcoated.
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation.