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In plot No. 5 was buried a wire network con-
nected to the terminal of 110-vot direct current
The positive terminal attached to a small
sprinkling can with a carbon electrode in its Gen.
ter. The can being filled, the water was sub
1ected to electrolyss for several minutes The
plot was then sprinkled from the can the theory
being that the current might flow from the can,
through the streams Of water to the soil.
Plots Nos. and subdivided into four
individual boxes, two feet square, separated by
porcelain insulators and arranged with carbon
electrodes at each end. To these electrodes were
applied both direct and alternating currents
After radish and lettuce seed had been planted
and termination had begun, the various methods
OF electrifcation were tried with extreme care.
The result of the experiments showed that the
plants in plot No. / grew in every instance far
more rapidly than those in the other beds and
more than double the normal growth as shown in
the unelectrifed bed.
From this the experimenters became convinced
that eectrfcation Of the ground by highfrequen-
cy currents stimulated plant life to an extent that
warranted more complete investigation. So
they selected two acres of fat rich ground.
First network of sprinkling pipes was built
Is feet above ground. The pipes ran east and
west a distance Of 200 feet and were spaced at
50-foot intervals. In the northeast corner of the
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the nation in a single season would De 'remsn
dous. a..
In his formal report to the association Manas
said that many questions had yet to De answers
before the use of electricity for the genera sum-
lation of plant life could be considered sev
nomically possible He declared, ho"eVel, ~. -.
many of these questions are being "orAe' W.
in greenhouses over the country
Just as these American experimenters po''u
the importance of electrifcation to plant nls.
group of English experimenters proved m m
portance to animal life They took TWO ~ss
brooders, filled with newly Matched chickens
the same breeds. One of them was suo,ec'su
the influence Of highfrequency currents anu ~,
other was not Those in the former were lo.as
to grow much more rapidly than those III W.
other.
Following is tabulation of the results Of a.V
trical stimulation Of vegetables. 1t Will DC w
served that in every particular the pan's " 1s
first plot, where the high-frequency curren. aIs
Tesla coil were used. excelled those in plot NO. '
where natural conditions prevailed;
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09
CAMERA MEN IN DANGER

Amateur photographers at the seaside or even
In London and other big cities must be more
careful than ever how they take snapshots during
wartime, for thoughtless use Of their cameras
may easily cause them to find themselves in
prison for few days, to say the least, Pearsons
Weekly remarks
In the early days Of the war, for instance, a
perfectly innocent Hull ship chandler, on a holi-
day in London, with his wife, was arrested by
the police for taking photographs of Battersea
bridge. After being detained the best part Of
the day, during which inquiries were made the
authorities were satisfied that he was merely a
harmless snapshotter, but nevertheless they
warned him to keep his camera out of use until
the war Is over!
There are probably many thousands of anna
teur photographers who. wishing to snap scenes
in the neighborhood Of barracks, or other mill.
tary or naval places, find themselves arrested as
II they were spies. II they must take photo
graphs in these war days let them resort to the
woods and country lanes. as far from military
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scenes as they can get,

scenes as they can get.
At the outset Of the war the military authori.
ties issued an order that no aeroplanes or air
ships must be photographed at a distance of
less than forty yards, or Of an air station at ALL
without the permission Of the authorities
Germany has always been the most dangerous
country for the amateur photographer. and more
than one tourist has found himself roughly han.
died by the German police for innocently taking
photographs. A special bill was passed a few
years ago threatening tourists with fine of ESQ
or two months imprisonment who took photo
graphs without permission
The French officials in the towns ON the Fran.
co-derman frontier have always objected to any.
one taking snapshots and. indeed, many a tour.
LIST has had his camera temporarily confscated.
10 nnd afterward that his plates have all been
rendered useless.
Italy not only bars people taking photographs
near rortihcations. but forbids the use of
camera In most Of the picture galleries and mu.
seums.
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make correct diagnoses and prescribe the nroner
treatment ff
Hiectrihcation for plant growth has arrived And
"hen the canny American farmer learns that he
can double or even treble the outnut Of b;s so,d
Oy tne use OF electricity somebody will have IN
nnu way Tor him to electricity and mako .
good profit out OF his crops
A lew weeks ago there was convention Of nrac
.ioai electricians IN Philadelphia Among the adj.
dresses one virtually escaped the attention of tho
corps OF reporters. Yet of all the addresses 49,
was more pregnant of great possibilities
IL was really part of the report of the oorro,
uons committee of progress and was read nv H.
committee chairman T. c. Martin of New York
an autnority on things electrical He gave facts
and nsures to show that plants electrically troot
grew much more rapidly than those GROWING -
normal conditions Why this was So he did ~.
assume to say. He simply gave the resuIts 80
experiments. '' vi
The work was started on Moraine farm IN o..
ier'ie lainl river valley, four miles south of Dav
ton, Ohlo. DR.. Herbert G. Dorsey an exnert h,
charge of the experiments which were fostoroS
by the efforts of F. M. TAFT. former president
OF the National Electric Light association.
In preliminary tests, according to Martins re
port, small plots were marked off for exposura
to different kinds of Identification To insure
that the soil of one plot not better than that
OF another, top earth was collected. mixed and
s11ted and then was laid to the uniform depth of
seven inches over the entire area
In the soil Of plot No. 1 was buried a wire
screen over the plot a network If wire
stretched about fifteen inches from the ground
Connecting the network above the ground and
the screen below were several wire antennae
The screen was connected to one terminal of a
Tesla coil and the network to the other trans.
former stepped 110volt alternating current nm
to 5000 volts charging a condenser of tinfoi and
glass plates which discharged through a primary
OF the coil. About one hundred and thirty watts
were operated for an hour each morning and
evening.
Plot No. was Illuminated by 1OO-watt tune.
stem lamp with a ruby bulb. The light was
turned on for three hours daily beginning AZ sun.
down. Plot No. 3 was Illuminated the same wav.
except that mercury vapor lamp was used No
had no artificial stimulation of any kind being
intended as comparison between electrically
excited plant growth and that of natural condi.
lions.
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northern focal point. Even the ad-
ministration at Washington was
brought into the transportation mat
ter, and mails were sent from Balti-
more, Washington, Alexandria, Ha-
gersto n and Cumberland by the
Wheeling route. and actually arrived
at Pittsburgh by the western carrier"
In December, 1918, It was boosted in
the little Wheeling prints: Poor
Pittsburgh, your day is over; the
scepter Of influence and wealth is to
travel to US; the Cumberland road has
done the business" and chapters more
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

OF merchandise lying along our
snores Great pressure had been
brought to bear in favor Of turnpikes
which would better Baltimore, Cum
oerland and Wheeling rather than
Pennsylvania towns. and Pittsburgh
was made a target for antagonism
which had southern feeling for some
thing OF its inspiration, one Of the
bases of 1t being the long standing dis
-pute in regard to the boundary be-
tween Virginia and Pennsylvania
which at one time almost led to a min
iature war, with Pittsburgh for its
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yield 10000 volts. \ choke coil and Tess w.,
were used. The whole thing was connected nm ="
that by means of antennae current from the who
network was sent TO the network of sprnklng n,,n.
which, of course. furnished proper connecteD ,i,h
the ground.
BY the latter part of last July the system va, 4,
readiness and the currents were tested Al tb,,
time pressure of 10000 volts was obtained ana ~"
frequency of the oscllatory currents was estimated
to be about thirty thousand cycles second Birds
aghting the wires were stunned, and thrown
the ground but none was killed
The ground was planted to radishes lettuce bee,s
cabbages, cucumbers, turnips. muskmelons, water.
melons, tomatoes. parsnips, beans, peas corn ana
tobacco. All were planted in rows running east ana
west, so that One-half of each row was electrified
and the other half was not
AS a result it was found that practically all the
plants in the electrified area grew much more ran
idly than those out of it. In almost every case the
electrified vegetables were ripe two weeks earlier
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09
PITTSBURGH'S YOUNG DAYS
December 8, 1918, 10 a Date That 10 q
Factor In History Of Famous
City.

On December 8, 1918, and for sew
eral days preceding and succeeding,
Pittsburgh was peculiarly agitated in
regard to transportation by river and
turnpike. This might almost have
been written that "our rivers are SO
low that navigation is very difficult.
and there is probably a million worth
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09
n, General Principles.

"rm afraid ! overdid my enois
be popular" said the member ~
gress.
How" rind d
n,o rU and against every
a. tar that anybody proposed
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to similar effect; all OF which y
a matter of course immensely Az. ~.
ing in contemplating these ann. .1a
sapies discussion piling on discuss
os = Thousand matters of this kina
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than those outside the
zone.
The electrified end
of the tobacco crop was
cut and it was found
that each plant weighed
1857 grams. II was two
weeks before the un-'
treated tobacco could
be cut and then Il
W Gig h e d only 1862
grams to the plant
Taking into cOnsiders-
ton that the most rapid
growth of the tobacco
plant is in its last two
weeks before ripenins,
the experimenters est
mated that the actual
increase in weight Of
the plants in the elec
trifed zone was 20 per
cent greater than that
in the unelectrihed
zone. II this could be
followed out on a grand
scale, it is apparent
that the effect OF cleo
trifcation on the an
nual tobacco output d
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

the farm machinery
will be run. He will
have 10 be up on the
chemistry of electric
ity. He will have not
only to know the use
of violet rays in purify
ing the drinking water,
but will also have to
know whether ground
wires are better for
beets, ruby lights for
radishes, mercury va
por for tobacco and
electric sprinkling for
something else.
He will have to be
something of a plant
neurologist, too. When
the corn in the south
forty is getting
nerves." or when the
oats in the new ground
is becoming too som.
nolent, he will have to
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

OW that scientists have discovered
that high frequency electrical cur
rents are powerful stimulants both
of plant and animal life. the farm
hand of the future may have to be
a duly qualified electrical engineer
before he can get a job.
1t will not be enough for him to
know how to manipulate the mo-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09
THEIR DESCENT.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. told me his fanny
very old one They were one OF the III"
come across. 49,,
Rhodes-The grocer told me YESTERDAY
now thew are the last to come across-Judge
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09
SUITS HERSELF.

"My wife is always asking me what !
like to eat"
That's kind OF her" ,vs
"Oh I don't know. When tell nei
The idea,' and orders something else"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

tract seven copper wira0 u..
stretched north and south, each
being 200 feet long and an int
val OF 10 feet separating them
The wires We're elevated .mS
c'cn''y tor the soil to be ploVed,
with horses The ends q, \
wires were attached to insulato.
on top Of gas pipes set in CON
crete.
At the eastern edge o, tba
house the eXperimenters hn,,, \
small transformer house and in.
stalled machinery ub;oL
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

10 the tune Of "Tipperary," the
marching song Of the allies. played by
cooi girl pianist 200 persons
marched in perfect order from a
smoke-filled moving picture house at
Detroit. Mich.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

tors and
transmits
sion gear
by which
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Justice Lamar Of the supreme court
granted an appeal from the refusal of
the federal district court for northern
Georgia to release on habeas corpus
proceedings Leo NJ. Frank, under
death sentence for the murder of
Mary Phagan, a 15-year-old factory
girl of Atlanta Ca
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Brig. Gen. Frank Mcintyre, chief Of
the bureau of insular affairs of the
war department, cabled to Gov. Harri.
son at Manila to inquire as to the
truth Of the reported discovery of a
plot for a Filipino uprising.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

To promote the foreign commerce
OF the United States the government
Will go into the newspaper business
Jan. 2 next, when the first issue of
the Daily Commercial Report is to be
turned out by the department OF com.
merce.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

The speaker and Mrs. Clark an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter Genevieve to James NJ.
Thomson Of New Orleans. The wed.
ding Is to take place at Bowling
Green. Mo-. next spring or early sum.
mer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Forty-six men were arrested al
Terre Haute. Ind. by United States
marshals on indictments returned BY
the federal grand jury in Indianap-
oils charging election frauds. All the
men were released on $500 bonds
each.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Capt. Oman, commanding the
armored cruiser North Carolina at
Beirut, Syria, informed the navy de-
partment that 1t was a Russian
cruiser and not an American vessel
which threatened TO lombard Tripoli.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Gov. Blease Of South Carolina
signed pardons for A penitentiary and
chain gang prisoners, bringing the to-
tai number Of cases of legislative
clemency during his two terms to
1,4SS.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Instructions have been sent to the
Italian cruiser Caiabria, now at Bel.
rut Syria, to assist the United States
cruiser North Carolina II the ne
cessity should arise as the result OF
further demonstrations against the
departure Of Europeans from Turkish
territory.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Capt Franks is in Jail at Benton
Vile. Ark. He was captured at Bon
ham. Tex, by Deputy Sheriff sgd
jackson on a charge Of having killed
Fred Croker. near Sulphur Springs,
10 years ago.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

EneIand's insistence on the right of
search as applied to American and
vessels Of other neutral nations has at
last got on the nerves of the admins
tration and they are demanding prac-
tice be stopped and fixed rules be es-
tablished.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Most Rev. Patrick William Riordan,
archbishop of the diocese of San
Francisco of the Catholic church, is
dead
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09

Eight westbound transcontinental
trains marooned in southern Arizona
by the floods of last week left Phoenix
with 500 passengers, some of whom
had been stalled since Christmas.
The evening world., 1915-01-27
COURT OF CLAIMS BILL
HALTS IN The SENATE
Opposition in the Assembly, to
Amendments to Measure
InterfereS With Plans

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. T.-The
knight bill, intended to abolish the
Board Of Claims, was held UP In the
Senate to-day and. owing to the fact
that In its amended form 1t faced
opposition in the Assembly, there was
a possibility that 1t would not pass
before tomorrow. Arguments over
amended Senate rules delayed con-
sideration Of the bill. The measure
had been reported out of committee
and passage in the upper house prom
ised to be quick when 1t finally was
reached.
Senate amendments. to which Ma
tority Leader Hinman promised to
oppose on the return Of the bill to
the Assembly. would provide that the
life Of the present board be extended
from sixty to ninety days, and that
all of the five members of the pro-
posed new court sit together In hear
Ing new cases. 1t was the original
intention to have three members hear
current matters and the two addi-
tional members provided for In the
bill clear up the old calendar.
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THAW CASE REMEDY \
IN ASSEMBLY BIZ.

ALBANY. Jan. fiat the REQUEST
OF the State Bar Association a bill
bearing on the Thaw case was intro.
duced In the Assembly to-day by
Chairman Thorn of the Judicisry
Committee. The bill. a. drafted b.
the association, relates to app,ica- >
tions on behalf Of insane persons for
writs OF habeas corpus or of cert-
orari.
Where there have been previous
similar applications the subssqt,snt
application shall be made only upon
written verified petition accompan-
led by a certificate signed by two
qualified medical examiners in lun.
acy, stating that the examiners have
made q careful examination of the
person In custody and OF official rec
ords at the hospital Of his case, and
that In their opinion the person in
custody has recovered his sanity"
Hospital authorities are given the
right to oppose the application. These
preliminary requirements are designed
to prevent repeated applications on
Thaw's behalf based merely on tech-
nicalities Of law.
The evening world., 1915-01-27
|lUT- STOMACH IN
FINE CONDITION
o1vs Indigestion Results
from an Excess Of Hy-
drochloric Acid.

& Ue4onseea led delayed iu ths stou.
- 1leayp. - rather. isrmsnts the ssnS
- ~ IN u tn open ais. says : nolsI
aI1essiey. Hs slso tslls " hat Indi.
oga5ca b cauesd BY Hyper-scidity,
06Anine thsss u a. excsss a hydro.
chlefis 80 u ths stomach, which prr.
yeoes se1pases dlgestios aad starts food
oSsDsetaeiea. Thu everythins eaten
ooom - shsAteascA, msch like ssrbsss
oe1Ds - 60. ferains susid NsIds ssd
0oqnA whieh iullats ths stomach IKE . toy
6Do6a. Thsa ~ fesl heavy. Iumpy
.mannaY h IL chest. Ne bslch up saa. Us
1gUG1a1e ssss eood a. hsvs hesrtburn.
)n1zteaes. wstss-brssh o. nausea.
!. = feoe ~ % lay ssids I'll, digestive
- and ias>sal Get fron say pharmacy
oGg eensps q lad 6alts and taks q
lo1l1lpeen11 b . tsss 4 vstsr before
o1h4 81 drink q whlls L y effer.
VDodEG and fusthsrnose, 20 continue
~ ~ vssk WILL sslisi follows ths
y - y b inpostalt 70 neutrsiise
- eGI1ey. spmove tks sss-snskius
- slast ~ lives, stimulate ths Nd
noCs en4 ~ Vgboets . fsss lev Il
- tloeg1iys julasa. "A ~
~ os11 = Issspsasivs aad b made
- egk4 e4 er1p6p 's1a leuoa juice,
- - 49, as1 ss&lnm pbos-
- ~ hqn11ess sales y used BY
& - - essls - eloeeA 4ssukie
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oeaLlM CONFIRMS
aEP0Dr DrED cAlPPLlM0
OF cNulSEh 0AZElLE.

DuaiAN Svsa wss1.sss 70 sayviiis.
= ~. Jan. ~ fUhltsA .Prsssl.-rhs
Was offIcs te.6Ay esa(irmsd Copsn.
oaosa rsperts sthas the, 0srman cruiser
Qnoocp ha1 bssn torpsApsd off the
oG1Da1 = Rssgsn. hSt 1scArs1 the vessel
U14ho1 pogt SttAeat assistance.
xA1s attalk SAvo scsasioe for bscu.
49, - - vhsthsr uHs1ish or Rus
- subaasiess were ssspsesibls." said
- oseos bGreau 1T has been re-
oyoo1 lor sssns time that the Ensiish
hGNe Int suhassrines 10 the Baltic. but
- tsa1sacy " 10 believe that II was
- 0neelsa sUbmsrlns that attacked the
Z 44la. q tsis Y true NO Significance
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GERMAN EXPORTS ~,
TO y. s. DECREASED
$31,662,106 IN 1914.

BERLIN tvia London. Jan. 81. Associ-.
atsd Prsss).--rxports from Germany to
the unitsl States In the year 1914. ~.
cerdins to statistics complied By Julius
q Lay. Amsrican Consul General here.
amounted 10 eis.sos,iss. This shows .
failing Oft Of esi.sss.ies. ~ compared
with the previous year. :,..
That this decrease fails entirely within
the period Of the war. 70 proved hv Q
oowpalieoa Of the last M months Of
1918 with the last six months q 1914.
Ihis sasass. psrhsps, Y not % much
the prohibitions On sxport of arttciss of
military value. -..
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WILSON sends BIRTHDAY
GREETING 70 KAISER
ON NATIONS BEHALF.

WASHINGTON. Jan. .27.-Presi.
dent Wilson. to-day cent . message
10 Emperor William Of Germany
couSratulatins him on his hfty.
sixth birthday. His message ives
20 follows:
"In behalf Of the Government
and people Of the United States
have the pleasure to extend 10
-FOUR Majesty cordial Fluctuations
on this anniversary Of your birth.
- we'll - NJ own good wishes for
your welfare. (eigned)
WOODROW WILSON,"
On bis. own birthday. aanivsr.
sary recently President Wilson 70
csivsA sAd Acknowledged greet.
iuss fron Emperor william. King
0sorgs. President PoiaesRs snd-
other rulsrs Of EUROPE isl'r VS.