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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
RETURN OF THE CORN BELT
(Boston Transcript


When We speak of the great corn
belt as being in the Mississippi Valley,
as We have habitually done for several
decades, it does not Danish the posi-
ility Of the corn belt moving eastward
l. not in bulk of production, then az
least in the ratio of productivity per
acre This curious process has, in
fact begun. The New Englander mi
grated to the Middle West and applied
himself to the business of corn-raising.
Now the business of contrasting is
migrating back to New England
This gradual and significant increase
in New England's yield per acre of
corn is the more curious to watch, in
asmuch as we have been so long ac-
'customed to think of corn in terms of
the Middle West. Yet the Government
crop reports of recent years show with
all the precision of geometrical the
oem the increased and increasing yield
within our own region until as long
ago as 1910 the average yield per acre
in New England States was 46 bushels,
as against 80 bushels per acre in Il1i-
nois and SO bushels per acre in Iowa,
long reputed to be the two leading
states of the Middle West in the pr1-
duction of corn
What is more, the yield per acre in
New England is steadily increasing;
which brings us to the economic STRAIT
egies Of fertilizer. For when these rich
Middle Western farms were new and
needed no fertilizer the leaner land of
our New England farms, which requir-
ed dressing, could not compete. Within
the last five years, however, Illinois
has begun to use fertilizer lin common
with other Mississippi States), which
means that the farms of New England
are once more on a competitive foot
ing. They are more They are close
to the big Eastern markets, and they
are on the cis-Alpine side of the ex-
pensive freight haul over the Berk-
shire range. AS lately as three years
ago the average worth to a Maine
farmer of an acre of corn was S32, as
against $1307 in Iowa. A large part Of
this difference lay in freight, some of it
was to be accounted for by surplus
of production in Iowa and a part by
Names proximity to the markets; but
the tendency is fact, and a signifi-
cant one
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
THE RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS
From The Worlds Work.


The four principal railroad brother
hoods are made up OF the engineers,
the firemen, the conductors and the
trainmen, with a total membership OF
100000, or IS per cent. OF the crews OF
the nations $4,000 locomotives and q
100000 cars. The greatest, riches:
most powerful and most respected OF
these four big brothers is the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers-the
model for all brotherhoods The
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
which has lately been most largely in
the public eye because of the demands
for wage increase on all the Allan
tic roads learned much Of its meth
DDS from the engineers order.
All four big brothers are the teach
ers Of all the little brothers, including
telegraphers, clerks, carmen, track
men, switchmen and the organized
shop craftsmen The big and little
brothers together comprise the great
majority Of the country's 1,700,O0)
railway employees.
The millions paid into the brother
hood treasures are used to maintain
the greatest system of beneyolence
known to the labor world The en-
gineers, who organized 80 years ago,
have insurance policies in force, am
ounting to Sl30,000,000; they have
paid out $24,000,0O0 to injured mem
bers and heirs. The fremen disburse
100000 year in injury benefits and
have $87,000,000 in beneficiary certifi-
Gates in force. The conductors union
has underwritten $l00,00O,000 Of in
surance and has disbursed $4,000, 900
in benefits; it has paid $1,5OO,OO0 IN
monthly payments to aged and dis
abled members and has a reserve re-
lief fund of nearly $2,0O0,OOO The
trainmen pay an average insurance Ct
$2,350,000 year and have disbursed
$23,00O,OO0 in benefits.
These organizations as whole have
underwritten half a billion dollars i
insurance They have paid out alto
gether $l00,OO0,O0O in benefits at an
administrative cost of from / IA to
! IL per cent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
UNCLE SAM AS MONEY MAKER
Notes Printed Every Year Would
Reach Twice Around the Globe
(Harper's Weekly.l
il body.


The government of the United States
last year made money at the rate Of
S4,812,734 a day, the total of bills
printed amounting to the neat little
sum of 81 3,820,320. There were
/ just 48,129,172 separate bills, ranging
from the lowly 81 to the mighty $10,-
900 note, few, however, of the latter -
perhaps a couple of dray-loads. If
these notes were laid end to end they
would reach nearly twice around the
globe or should the government
choose to spread them on the ground,
they would cover an area of 81 $50
acres But should stacking be prefer
red, the last note, when placed, would
be something like q miles from the
earth. The cubic contents of the pile
of notes printed in a year are abou,
1900 cubic feet. 1t costs the govern
lment 1926 thousand to print these
notes, the cost for the yearly issue
being s3,690.OOO.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
.Reynolos IN Portland oresonran.

the general criticism that, so far as
procedure is concerned, it gives the
defendant an unnecessary and undue
advantage. | believe We shall see IN
time changes designed to correct this
fault, which will be much more radi-
cal than any of those which We have
been discussing.
In enforcing the rule that the de-
PENDANT in a criminal case cannot be
compelled to testify, and that his ON
ission to do so shall not authorize an
interference against him the state vol
UNFAIRLY surrenders the most obvious
means of getting at the real facts of
the case under investigation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
A SENATORIAL INNOVATION

Throughout the entire country the
settlement Of the matter OF the election
of senators by the placing OF the
choice OF these public servants in the
hands OF the people seems to har :
m"t with popular approval. II requir-
Ell constitutional amendment %
make this radical change in the selee-
ton of senators. The fact that thu
constitution has been changed in this
particular is sufficient proof of pop
ular interest in the change.
Prompt action on the part of the re-
quisite number OF states in ratifying
the amendment is another proof OF the
sentiment Of the people, as the atlanta
journal has pointed out:
United States senators win hence,
forth be chosen directly by the people
instead of being named, as heretofore,
| by State legislatures. This important
change in the countrys electoral sys-
tenn became virtually effective yestc~-
day when Connecticut ratified a
Constitutional amendment to that ef
feet, thus making up the thirty-siS
favorable votes, or three-fourths ma
jority required.
1t is an interesting and significant
circumstance that this amendment has
been adopted within less than a year
from the time it was actually submit
ted to the various States for legisld-
tive consideration. In June, 1911, the
Senate agreed to the principle at issue
but it was not until May, 1912, that
the verbal details Of the resolution
were finally determined SO that IL
might be distributed among the states
For more than sixty years there have
been proposals that the voters of eacn
state be permitted to choose their rep
rcsentatiyes in the national Senate di-
rectly at the polls and within recent
decades this demand has become ma
tion-wide and insistent. Naturally,
therefore, when popular sentinel:
was given a free path to exert itself
upon the Legislatures through local
pressure, the proposed change was
! speedily wrought into effect
With the underlying purpose of this
measure, the people Of the South have
always warmly sympathized. Indeed,
most OF the Southern States long ago
put this principle into practice through
tie machinery OF the Democratic prin-
AIRY. In Georgia, for instance, the
Legislature has in effect simply certi-
Gsd the choice OF senators expressed
by the voters themselves in a senator
ial primary. We opposed in the pres
ent amendment an extraneous feature
which gave the federal government
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
SPECIAL BARGAINS.

Just received consignment OF Gem
inc Panama Hats; must be sold al q
sacrifice in TWO weeks.
Y Alpine Shape, worth $500, at 1886
Y Nobby Shape. forth $500 at 1896
Y Telescope shape, worth $500. II
1896.
Come quick, or you will miss bar
gain. ". J. JOSEY,
9-Zw Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Anything that a woman cannot fix
with hairpin she can with bottle Of
glue-if she hasn't the glue she will
even put in a window pane with chew
ing gum.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

=
> THE GREEN IN COMING OUT =
= = = y = , y =
Frank l.. Stanton, in the Atlanta Con
stttnInnl
You notice Mister Jzybird
Is a-probekin' zboutz
The green's a-eomin' out. boys.
The green's a-e0min' OUT
That's the brightest message
That's borne Us on the breeze.
For you hear the sap a-tinglin'
An trickin, through the treesl
Out there In the bright sunshine.
At the gardez gate:
tJohnny, git yer fishin' line
An go to diggiR bait.1
Mister Squirrel, In the treetOp,
Is hayin' lots OF fun:
The old crow sees bis shadow.
And it makes Br'er Rabbit rum
There's Joy for this old country.
And it's youra. without a doubt,
For the green's z-comiH' out, boys,
The green's a-comfn' QUIT
Ont there, in the bright sunshine.
That's the pEzce 70 waIls
tjohnny, gin yer in line
An 20 TO diggin' bzitlD
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
. USE ALIENS F00T-EASE.

The Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes
~ you want rest and comfort for tired, aching,
heyes corns and bunions Of all pain and prevents
6lsters, core AAd caous spots. Just the thing for
Dancing Parties, Patent Leather Shoes, and for
Breaking In New Shoes. II 10 the greatest comfort
discovery OF lineage. Tryit to-day Sold everywhere
70 cts. DON'T accept any substitute. For FREE trial
package, address Allen 8. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

The dfyorce Of a girl named Dirt
and man named Mudd, which occurr-
ed I'm Missouri eonrt, is proof posi-
tive that they didnT get properly stuck.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

II IS evident thar n there are /
Taw more presidents IRE Woodrow
wfTeon, the quadrenHFaY hike OF ONO =
seekers TO Washington viii dwind e
Il 70 n gnnera1 procession.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Now that the maj or leagues haze
opened. the soHzuier season will 90
along better
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

If President WILSON has an "opeq
r,ind," II is doubtless hard for some
office-seekevs to get their ideas into II.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Professor Tan viii never be able -
look more HE a washwoman than
when he gets ON hts gown as a pro.
lessor az Yale.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Our neie hbor SmithviIfe will have NJ
more fires If prohibiting gasoline
pressing Clubs viii prevent them
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Rust or no rust, Sumter county
with good crop Of oats
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Surely the paper that spoke Of Am
bassador Page as zn ethical demo-
crat" should make an explanation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. 1t stops the
Cough and Headache and works of the Cold.
Druggists refund money II it fails TO cure.
Z. W. GROVES signature on each box. 2Sc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

The fans are getting their lungs in
10 good shape for tue opening game.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

Some men are candid enough TO
admit that hey owe everything to their
wives-and their creditors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12

There can be no great achievement
exhaustion of minds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-12
OFFICIAL ORGAN

AmsTisusy Ga- AprH II, 1913
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
Uses of Tungsten.

Tungsten, the metal so much to the fore in the manufacture of in candescent lamps, has very interest ing properties. It is as heavy as gold and will easily scratch glass. It mclts only in the heat of the clec- tric arc-a fact which explains how the filament supports, without fl- sion, the intense heat necessary to incandescencc. .Alloyed with iron it communicates its hardness, making the SO called "sclf hardening" steels. Tools of tungsten steel may be brought to redness and reforged without losing their temper. Mag nets of the same alloy retain their magnetism without loss and for this reason are extensively used in the manufacture of speedomcters. Me tallic tungsten is prepared by re- duction in the electric furnace.-- Wall Street Journal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
Sauce For Goose and Gander.

In Queen Nictorias $ time it Was the graceful custom after "com- mand" performance for her private secretary to send d letter of thanks next morning to the entertainers. The late Sir Henry Ponsonby, upon whom this duty devolvcd. was the very soul of politeness and never made any nice distinctions as to the recipients of her majcsty's gratl- tudc. Accordingly the same form of letter was sent to all alike, and on one occasion the proprietor of a troupe of performing geese, which had entertained the royal children at Windsor garden party, received the following communication from Sir Henry: "Sir-l am instructed by the queen to thank you for your visit of yesterday and to express the hope that the ladies and gentlemen of your company have returned safely to London and in good health. ."-London Chronicle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
Simple Clements.

One of the simplest hard ccments is the well known mixture of lith- arge and glyccrin made to stiff paste. It sets hard as rock and Is oil proof. A solution of water glass mixed with powdered calcium carbonate serves the same purpose. A mixture of boiled linsecd oil and fire clay resists acid better than most ccments, though ulphur melt ed with glass powder is also very resistant to chemicals in general. A
 good stone cement is made by mix ing two parts of magnesium oxide, one part of magnesium chloride, powdered stone to suit as q filler and water to make stiff paste. Basic magnesium chloride is formed.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
He Recognized 1t.

One evening at social function. where Sarasate was among the guests, d young violinist had the bad taste to play one of Sarasatc's com positions with variations of his own creation. The latter were inappro- priate and inartistic and jared upon the ears of all. The perform CT ended his work and made his way to Sarasate, doubtless expecting d word of recognition or praise. Sar- asate said nothing, and the player finally asked:
 'l hope you recognize that piecc?"
 Certainly" Sarasate promptly replied. ''lt was a piece of impu- dence"'
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11

If you want all the news all thu time read the Daily Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
CITATION TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre-
 cinct, Third Judicial Division,
 Territory of Alaska.
 In the matter of the estate of l. b. Flynn, deceas ed.---Citation to Show Cause.
 To Mabel M. Flynn and all other heirs unknown, and to all persons interested in the above entitled estate, greeting:
 You and each of you are here- by cited and required to appear before the judge of this court, at the court room thereof, in the Town of Valdez Alaska, on Tues day, the 23rd day of December, 1913, at ten o'clock in the fore noon of said day, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why w. T. Scott, the admins trator of said estate, should not be authorized by an order of this court to sell at public sale all the property belonging to said es- tate, the same consisting of sum- dry personal effects and a one- sthird interest in and to lot 1-2, ID block ', of the Town of Valdez, Alaska. ... s And it is ordered that this ci- tation he served upon you by publication thereof in the Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published at Valdez, Alaska, for a period of at least four success siVe weeks.
 Witness the Honorable Geo. J. Love, pnlted nil d;a Ststss Spn1a GSmmissi9no 49no in and for Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska, with the seal of said court affixed, this Fist day of Oc, tober, i9i3.
 s (Sea0 .,~ GEO. J. LOVE, .U. s. Commissioner and ex Of- E, flcio Probate Judge. ! First pub, Oct. 2t. 1913.
 Last pib. Nov. IS, 1913.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE.
Result of Telling a Lie to Relieve a
 Mothers Anxiety.

motneTS An@ioSys
 Whether to tell patient or the members of his family just what is the matter with him is one of the most puxzling problems the young medical practitioner has to face.
 Very often he has to lie about it, says the New York Times. Some times he does not get found out.
 When l began the practice of medicine 1 was located in the heart of old Greenwich village, and the diphtheria antitoxin had not been discovered" said one physician. "Parents as well as physicians were much exercised when child
 had an attack of diphtheria. In the immediate neighborhood when
 the news got about that child was stricken with the disease there was almost a panic. 1 was called on a case one night and found the child
 well advanced in the disease. The mother was very young, it was her l ul.SI Culltt, ttlllt Sllc W dS oo "ol lSN
 over the condition of the little one
 that in order to calm her l assured her it was not case of diphtheria,
 only an aggravated form of tonsl- litic sore throat. That so relieved
 her that l was not sorry had lied
 to her. The case yielded to treat
 mcnt so readily that when l called
 ill early the next day the child was well on the way to recovery.
 "My lie would never have been
 discovered and no harm would have
 been done had it not been for an
 intermeddling old grandmother,
 who put in an appearance about an
 hour after had left the house. She
 was sure there had been diphtheria
 and hustled off to her family phy- sician. He had no scruples about telling the truth about the case. He tried to calm the mother by tell
 ing her that no one could have done
 better with the case and that 1 had
 probably saved the child's life. "When 1 called at the house in the afternoon there was d storm, o[ which l was the center. was not allowed to see the baby. But l did sec the mother, and what she said was good and plenty. pleaded } in cxtenuation of my prcvarication that 1 had saved the child's life, had done no injury to any one and had } spared her a lot of needless worry and anxiety. That availed nothing She discharged me after paying me my fee. 1.-Two months later 1 was sorry l had lied about the case. That moth
 CT told all the neighbors in the . block, and they told all the rest of Greenwich village that I didn't
 know case of diphthcria when saw one.'
 "'rhat settled me. lost every patient 1 had in the vicinity. So moved away uptown and started in all over again and for ten wears | lived in fear that the lie and its effects would follow me to my new ! location. But it never caught uI with me.
 ''Sincc that experience l have al. ways cvadcd direct replies as to the
 nature of d disease l was called upol /. to diagnose unless 1 had to deal with strong, hard headed man. { tell such q one the truth as nearl\ ,
 as I can. He can tell the members of his family whatever he likcs.'
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
Which?

A preacher married a couple and said,to the groom, ''1,his is the end of your tronbles." .as
 After a year or two, the man came to the preacher and said, "You told mo my marriage was the end of all,my troubles; why, my troubles have. just begun" vi.
 "Well," said the preacher, q did not say which end"
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
HEAVIER THAN WATER.
Cork and Wood Will Float Only While
 They Contain Air.

They Contain AIT.
 A cork near the surface of the water is so buoyant that it will pop up with startling rapidity, and it is difficult at first to realize that the substance of cork is heavier than the water. The same. is true of wood, but this appeals much more readily to the mind, for there are some forms of wood-such as iron wood-which will sink in water even after they are kiln dried. It is evident that if some wood will float and some wood will sink, and that if both are made of the same sort of tibers, there must be another cause for their difference in floating powers than the substance of which they are made. They must, as it were, hold something which is light CT than water and which keeps them at the surface or brings them to the surface if they have been plung- ed under. The imprisoned lighter substance is air.
 It is frequently remarked as strange that dead fish are rarely seen on the surface of the sea, al though if dynamite blast be set off hundreds of stunned fish will be seen floating on the surface. The reason is precisely the same-the living fish holds imprisoned tiny Sometimes largc) bubbles of air; the dead fish do not. At the same time it is remembered that there have been hundreds of thousands of wooden ships and vessels with cargocs of timber wrecked at sea. If wood foated simply because it Was lighter than water there would be timbcrs floating on the top of every wave. But the only reason that wood floats is because of the air bubbles it contains, and when 1t has been submerged long enough for the water to get into the crcvlce and crack and cell and drive out the air the timber becomes watcrloggcd and sinks.
 Exactly the same thing occurs if piece of wood or cork be carried down beneath the surface of the ocean sufficiently far. As the weight of the water increases with the depth it is easy to see that great pressure is put upon any substance which has been sunk to d great depth. This pressure. little by lit tic, Squeczcs the particles of the cork or the wood together, releasing the air, so that d cork which was an inch in diameter at the surface will be compressed almost to the size of d lead pencil at a depth of 6.ooo feet and will sink rapidly. At great depths a float. has to be made in such way that it will resist trc- mcndous pressure. This increasing pressure of the water keeps the sea free from any debris by hurrying to the bottom anything that has, how ever gradually. sunk through the upper strata of he ocean.-Ncw York American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-11-11
canInibai snails.

A species of Mexican snail of the family of glandinidae has acquired such reputation for cannibalism that it is actually being considered as an importation to France to abate the plague of common snails with which the French farmer is afflict- ed. An adult glandina is said, to have eaten ten snails in twenty-four hours.