Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1904 — Page 5

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HINTS FOR FARMERS

Should deed PoMsm Bo Cut* The almost universal practice of potato growers in this country is to cut seed potatoes down to two or three eyes, thus decreasing the cost of planting, which is always heavy in growing potatoes unless you do os some people have been known to do, attempt to grow a small patch from the potato peelings. Potato growers in Europe who have made this matter of special study apparently all avoid this method. They plant what they caU big seed, usually from 1,500 to 2/100 pounds per acre. This seems extravagant, yet all the large growers with whom we have conversed follow this method. In fact, on a special patch we have seen as much as thirty-two hundredweight, or sixty bushels, per acne used for seed. According to the report of Consul General Mason the same method is adopted in Germany. Many of the most highly educated and progressive fanners plant as much as 1,5)00 pounds, or thirty-six bushels of sixty pounds, per acre. While few of our readers would care to risk such heavy planting on the whole field it would certainly be advisable to try It on a part of It or in a few rows. We believe there Is sound philosophy underlying this practice. The expense need not be considered provided it pays. Everything depends on that, which can be ascertained only by experiment. We do not think there Is anything in the abjection that the seeding would be too thick. The main strength of the potato would go to one or two shoots, and the rest would either not start or drop off. The dry matter of the potato is mostly starch. The idea of nature is to give the young plant a good strong start until it can establish a root system. The more starch, or, in other words, the larger the potato, the better start, and the greater chances for a full crop.—Dormers’ Advocate.

The Mrawtwrrr Bed. The strawberry neato no cultivation the spring that it fmlts. The all Important thing te to kaep It clear of weeds. If the weeds are very thick a light scraping with a hoe will be necessary. If there are not too many pull them out by hand. A field or bed If much given to weeds will, even after being scraped oot, need more or leas band weeding. If too thick they should be thinned to stand not lees than sis inches apaxt. A garden trowel can tie need to thin a small bed.- Where it has to be dons on a large scale a hoe will have to be called in. And the .man who has to do much of it will repent of not having avoided it ail by not heaping the runners chopped last summer. Wood ashes and stable manure make a perfect fertHlaer lor strawberries. No kind of fertOlaer should be sown on plants when wet with rain, frost or dew or after growth starts. If it has been neglected sow around and between plants. Some kind of mulch should be applied to keep the berries clean. When .ft is to be had, ptfee straw Is an ideal mulch. If pine straw is not to be had. any other kind of grass or straw cun be used.—O. W. BJacknell in American Agriculturist

Whether the farmer should spread ottt and term on a laager scale or ■train oat and boll down his operations depends scsnofVfcast on the man and on his ago, ocaxStJktjs and capital. Bat the majority err an the side of trying to do too much. A sound basis Is better than large cgeratlons. It was lately remarked by a.djsnd observer that his experience move and more convinced him that one of the chief causes of failure was to ran Into debt for a large farm and reserving too tittle capital to make a anooesa An established farmer who bought more land before providing decent Block and equipment for what lend he already had would be sneered at by his neighbors, yet that la practically the position of the man who goes deep Into debt for a big farm without money to carry on the business as it should be done. The man seldom tells who carefully marks out a task no bigger »han he can safely and reasonably expect to accomplish.—. American Cultivator.

ImporUan at Seed Meettoa. lowa as one of theJeadlag com producing states devotes (USOOyOOO acres to corn each year, the average yield being thirty-two bushels per am It Is believed that ten bushels pa acre could be added to this average were accurate and scientific methods of selecting and testing the seed adopted and corresponding care exercised in planting. While this is not jl large matter tor

any one farmer, it nSfibte into the enormous total at £G*OftQfOOO bushels for the whole state, aßiw in iSliqj a aaab value of about $£0)000(000.

(stung BaaptMnj mane There are two Mndfe afcaad raspberry plants, the dormant plants dug and kept in storage and Q» green sucker plants dog in May or Jam » ors the year they are set There is-a difference of opinion among planter as to which kind is best, says an eatenstve berry grower of Oewego county, X. Y. He has had the best results' when planting green sucker plants of either rad or black raspberries. He dtgs them up In May o* early June, cuts back and sets oni at onoe.

Conawfiug Skatertw*. Modstnre must be hekFtn the surface soli by Intelligent cnltnv. Quick culture after rain or Irrigation cannot be too much stressed. To make it more effectual partially cultivate each row to going over the first time. One furrow will usualfy cover seven-eighths of tho surface to a field. The remainder can be reached to tbe return trip to complete the work. —Farm and Ranch.

(•methlns About Birds. Birds have very short fives, but they enjoy them more than we do. They live faster, so to speak, and know more of exuberance the pure joy of living, than wo can imagine. Did you ever think, too, how warmly they are clothed? Feathers are wanner than fur. When we human beings want to protect ourselves from the cold of winter we send hunters up into the froaen north to bring down to us the breasts of the eider dock. Think of that down? One side of it has lain against the warm breast and the*other against the lee floes, and when we have it made up into quilts or garments we find that it keeps us warmer than anything else possibly eoukl.

It is also wonderful to think how light in weight these feathers are which give such warmth. You see, they have to be. A bird eoukl not carry much weight as it cleaves tbe air any more than you eoukl when swimming. How exactly tbe need of the little creature was met when it was clothed to feathers!

Very I llrly. The other day a new baby came to Mr. and Mrs. Jones. A day or two after the baby's arrival little Margaret. aged five, was ashed by Iwt neighbors if her parents bad named the new tittle brother yet “Xo'm,’' was the small miss' answer, “bat they named the vest of us children Jones, so I s*pose they’ll call him Jones too."—Philadelphia Ledger.

ia bMUaut inihntl Sticklebacks, perch, bass and catfish ate among the most easily tamed fish, and the story to tokl of an okl fisherman who day otter day led a large horse mackerel in the open sea with places at the fish be cleaned. It gradually got into the habik-oi coming nearer and nearer to whose the boat was moored until, finally eonvinred that it would not be harmed, it consented to take its daily meal directly from the fisherman’s hand.

When Onuk’m* Bate* the Plea. When gran'roa bake* the pies, you know,’Fm Uokied “e I can be— ■ She’s never made a good thing yet ■ •p-r--ArT not remembered me. She bakes twelve big ones, moss os less An’ then she says: "Oh, my! I do beUsve my hoy mute have A little saucer pie."

Ans when she takes ■an' frills tbs edge Just like her cup cake tin. An’ fills U full o’ pumpkin soup (For I don't like ’em tLin), An’ bakes U Just a golden BrownGee whia, but It smells nice When gran'ma sets U opt to cook Ail atonamon an' sploa But when she hakes the apple pie— Turnovers are the thing. She saro. to make a little man As happy as a king. An’, oh. such tender, puffje crost, With apples In between. An’ so much sugar an* alteptse fm sure was never seen.?

One time she said; “When mothes dear, Wfes just a tiny child She bggged for apple pie. one day Until her ma was wild. There Is no sugar an no frott Except the green grapes yon. But ypu may make a pat of dbQgh Your pie to put upon*'"

Ajaf so she roiled her risen dough Her ma took from the bread An’ went an’ put her grten (rapes tn— It must have been Uhe todBut soil she imagined It a treat Because she named ft pfct She lived a hundred yeare-ego. rm glad U wasn’t II

The United States is thirty-two times as big as Great Britain and Ireland; Australia twenty-six tftneei

BIG VICTORY FOR THE JAPS

Russians Swept Back in the First Battk on Land.

FIGHTING COES ON FOR A WEEK Ending with a SplendW Charge May I of the Little Prgfrrters.

RUSSIANS SAKE TVO STANDS But the Modem Ssmoal Are Too Much for Them and Ate Day Closes on an Rombfed Russ.

IkMntoa May 5.—A dfryteh to the Central News from SL Mrterebrurg «nyß a rumor fcs current thaw that a second battle has been foogt* at KtoLlairCbeng. in which the Ruslan loss was 7,000, the Japanese Jan 10,000 men and resulted tD the JApoueee Doing driven back fin tfisoritoi. The dispatch adds that no oonfixmdttm of this report is obtainable.

Rome, May 5.—A telegram roceJvad here from Tokio asserts that the latest Japanese attempt to block the channel to Port Arthur harbor was successful. Two vessels, the telegrams says, now lie in the heritor entrance.

London, May 5. —The Tbfirio oorree'ponde'rrts of both Tbe Dally Telegraph and The Dalfcy Chronick> assert that Port Arthur is effectually *teork«L”

St. Petersburg. May A —Vtee Admiral Togo made another attempt to block Port Arthur Monday night. Viceroy Alexieff reported officially that the Japanese sent eight firesiitj* to block the entrance to the harbor, but they were all sunk by the' Ituaßtan torpedoboats and the fire of the tod batteries, leaving the channel dear. The viceroy also reported that tlie Russians sank two Japanese torpedoboats.

St. Petersburg. May 3. Wiki reports are current here. One of them Is that the Russian csisnaltJes on the Yalu number 2JDOO. Should this be true it can be accepted as a certainty that tbe Russian plan of operations never contemplated soab a sacrifice.

Tokio, May Z. 11 a. m.—The Russian* were forced to abandon Antnng yesterday. They burned tine town and Tetreated to Peng Huan Cheng. The Japanese now control the estuary of the Yalu.

London. May 2.—Following Is tb« latest news from the Far Hast:

Tokio. May 1. 2p. n>. —ft* Japanese today captured Chio-Tten-CLeng.

RUSSN INFANTNY AT CD[?] U[?]

ten miles north of Aatnn&wdUfeh to regarded as the key to the BQiatan position on the right bank of the Tata rteer. It is expected dot (Be RusShms will retreat to which Is cm the road to Lkso Yang. Tofctqo, May L 7 p. oa—After dee days of fighting, larvQy wttb arOUery, the first Japanese assay meter General Kuaoki, has forced a vnafid oof the Yata river, and toitey wtfh a gallant Infantry charge covering a tentage of four miles a drove (be Bogdans Cram Chitt-TTen-Cbeag and the htigbts an the right bank of (he Iho as ddfia rives, which enters the Yaln from the North almost opposite WTJtk Tin Japanese turned the left fiaoft of the Htetoan position, and In the battle <tf today they swept away the nor Cmp interposed by the Russians to check Orate onward movement * The present position of the Japanese is a dominating aoa aid Otey may Coroe the abandonment of the defeases sracted by the Russians to Aotnng and other points lower down the river. General Knrokl began the movement on Tuesday by ordering a detachment of the Imperial guard* dJvtaJon to seize the Island of Karito, which 6 In the Tain above 'Vlja, end a detachment of the second division to seise the island

of Klntelto, which Is situated below Wlju. Movement Is a Success. The detachment of the imperial guards met with some resistance, hat It succeeded in clearing the enemy out and occupied Kurt to island. The Russians abandoned the island of Kinteito when attacked by the detachment of the second division.

GRAND ASSAULT BY JAPS BEGINS

Russians Driven from Their Position mt the Point of Crossing. After describing numerous preliminary actions fiom Tuesday to Saturday the account proceeds as follow*: **Tho Twelfth division of the Japanese army was chosen to make tbe first crossing of the Yalu. It began Itß preparations on Friday by driving the Russians from their position on the honk of the river opposite Bulkoafcdn, wihleh is eight nrtlee above Wlju, god the point selected for the crossing. This (IK talon oonstnirtsd a pontoon hrdsge over this rtvwr, and at 3 d'CkxA Saturday mornthg began croaatng. The entire division passed imr the river during the day, and by 6 o’dock Saturday evening ft was to tit position assigned to It tor the battle of Sunday. Hhe movement of the Twelfth Japanese (Hvteion was covered by the Second regiment of field artillery and another artillery regiment of heavy guns. At KL4O a. m. Saturday the Russian artillery posted to the north and east of Chiu-Tlen-Cbeng began shelling the patrols of Japanese Infantry which had been dispatched from Klntelto island to Cbnkodni. another island north of Klntelto, and on-

GENERAL HUROKI.

der Chiu-TicD-Cheng. The Japanese batteries peplkd to this shelling and silenced the Russian fire. “Later eight Russian guns posted on a bill to the east of the village of Makao opened upon the imperial guards. To this shelling the Japanese artillery to the east of Wtju responded. and tl»e Russians ceased firing. Then lioth the CbiiNTSen-Obcng and the Makao batteries reopened, and this fires brought a vigorous response from the claim of Japanese batteries on tho Korean side of tbe river. The Russian guns fired for two hours before they were silenced. In his report General Kuroki expresses the belief that his shelling was very effective against the Russians. >

KUROKI KEEPS BIS PROMISE

Japs Charge Across the Stream and Sweep tin' Huasians Back. “A bridge across the main stream of the Yaln Just above Wiju was completed at 8 p. m. Saturday, and the second Japanese division and the imperial gtsuds immediately begun crossing. They advanced and oosupted the hills back of Kosan, faring the Russian position on the right bank of Che rives. All through Saturday night regiment after regiment of Japanese sodliere poured across the bridge, and at a late hour General Kur»ld telegraphed to the general staff of the army: *1 will attack the enemy on May 1 at dfcwn.’ "Triie to his promise General Kurokl at daylight today centered all bis artillery on the. Russian pewit ion lietwwen Chin-Tien-Oheug and Yoshoko. To this fire the Russians made reply with all their batteries. At 7 a. m. the Russian battery at Yocboko woe sOonoed, and half an hoar later General Ktrrakl ordered his line, stretching for four miles, to attack. The apanese infantry, on the word of commend, charged across the Ibo, wadffig that stream bseast deep, and began storming the heights at 8:15 a. m. At 9 a. m. they had swept the Russian line back across the plateau. "The Russians made two stands. The enemy's strength included all at the Third division, two regiments of the Sixth division, one cavalry brigade, about forty qtdeie firing gups and eight machine gtfns. We have taken twenty-eight quick-firing guns, many rifles, much ammunition, move than twenty officers and many noncommissioned officers and men as prisoners “I am informed that Major Kaahtalinsky. commander of the third Siberian rifles brigade, and Lieutenant Genera] Saseulltch, commander of the tnond Siberian army corps, were wounded. Our casualties number about 700 and the Russian loss is more than 800 men.’’

RUSSIA VS LOSK OVtB 8,000 SIX Avoordtes to the OfflrUl Battmuto of tho Bam Oommudti In the H(M. St Petersburg, May 5, 3:47 a. nra— Tt*p Russian losses at the battle of Kin-Lien- Cheng were 2,000 men end forty officers —far greater than previous reports Indicated. This is tba official estimate of Major General

Kashtaltosky, who directly commanded the division that suffered the brunt of the attack, and whose report was received' yesterday by the emperor. Many are inclined to pluce the Russian losses even higher. General Kasbtaiinsky mentions also that more than 700 wounded had arrived at Feng-Weng-Cheng. and these may not be Included in his calculations. He made no attenjpt) to estimate the Japanese losses, merely stating that they must have betm colossal. The magnitude of the Russian losses had an almost stunning effect on the authorities, and aroused general grief, mitigated only by satisfaction at the bravery displayed by tin* Russian troops. Not for a moment was there any intention to pay such a terrible price for delaying the enemy’s crossing of Che Yalu. This fact was known throughout the City and gave rise to renewed reports. attributed to official source*, that General Kuropotkin had officially censured Lieutenant General ZassaUtxrh. if this was so General liuroputkin’s telegraphed criticism of Zasaafitdh was carefully cut out of the dtapatebee which have been publishes!, end the general impresstn now heid b that he will remain to Manchuria.

JAPS RECOUNT THEIR CAPTURES

In Offieen, Men and Onna—Official Casualty Report. Toklo. May 4.—Later reports from Seoul of the Russian reverse on toe Yalu are to tbe effect that the Japanese captured twenty-eight small rap-id-fire guns, borides twenty field guns. They also captured thirty Russian officers and over 500 men, many of whom were found hiding hi the underbrush by Japanese searching parties. Cnesadk officers who were captured place the number of Russians killed, and wounded at SOO, but It is thought that this understates the Russian loss, which is believed to be very much greater. The Japanese army is resting, burying Its dead, and caring for Its wounded. A supplemental report has been received here from God. Kuroki. dated ydsterdoy, which says that on Monday the Russians offered a stubborn resistance against pursuit adding about 800 to the Jap casualties; but they finally hoisted tbe wbate flag. Kuroki says he hears from Russian prisoners that General Kashtalinsky was killed. Of the Japanese casualties General Kuroki says: "A preliminary report from the chief surgeon of the First Japanese army shows that we had 70S men killed and wounded. These casualties are divided as follows: Tbe imperial gaurd, 132: seoond division, 350; third division. 310.” Capture of New Chwang Not Credited. New York, May s.—The special telegram to tbe London Chronicle, dated Chefoo, asserting that the Japanese had token New Chwang is obviously false. New Chwang. which Is on a river, and about thirty miles from the sea. could not posribly be token except as the result of an attack of at least two or three clays’ duration. The Associated Press has American correspondents at Chefoo, Shan-llai-Kwan. New Chwang and Yin Kow, any one of whom would certainly have reported an attack ui>on New Chwang. - Shells Thrown tnlo Tort Arthur. London. May 5.—A Tokio disjmtch to the Central News states that after the steamers had been eunk at the entrance to Port Arthur harbor the Japanese fleet bambajded the forts and town on May 3. The bombardment was conttotMd on the morning of May A.

BANKS ABE PRIVILEGED

Not to th« Some Clas* as Other Creditor* in Certain Caret. Save a United States Judge. Chicago, May 4,—The suit brought by the trustee of the George H. Phillips company to recover from the Rank of Montreal $200,000 which the members of the firm had <h? posited shortly before the collapse of the corn corner in 1902, came to an abrupt ending in the United States circuit court Judge Seaman took the ease from the jury and announeed a derision in favor of the bank. The court held that a bank was not tn the same class as other creditors of a b&nkiept Judge Seaman's decision pmctto&Ry means that the small creditors of the Rbtmps company will receive but a alight percentage on claims, while the banking institution comes out almost entirely whole.

Sam Parles Doen in Prmon.

Ossining, N. Y., May s,— Sam Parks, the New York labor lender, who was sent to Sing Sing prison some months ago, after his eonvlction on a charge of extortion, died In the prison Wednesday. Ike hod consumption at the time of his convtefion, and had failed rapidly since he was sent to prison. Only the hospital attendants ajid one or two prison officials were at his bedside when be expired.

Will Dramatize Pilgrim's

London, May k-—Charles Ftrolunon has arranged for the dramatization of "Pilgrims Progvw," vrthich will be produced next season tn New York and Landau. There will be nineteen scenes and over 200 persons tn the cast Mr. Frohm&n says it will be one of the most elaborate spectatsdhr plhys ever presented by him.

Chtes Joseph Going to the Show.

St P@nl, April 80*—Chief Joseph, the famous Nes Perce Indian, reached St Paul with a band of thirteen blanket Indiana who are going to the SI Louis fair too a month.

United States Takas Canal Rente.

Panama, May tv— The United Status tonal commission Wednesday took tortool possession of the canal route and of the proparty of the Panama Caaal company. .

GAS "LAID FOR” HIM

While He Worked It Hid Close to the Ground and Awaited the Match.

WHOLE FAMILY SEVERELY HURT Circus Horse Charges the Spectators —Jury Surprises Kveu tho Defendan t—N otcs.

Marion, Ind., May (>. —A natural gan explosion at 7 a. in. wrecked the dwelling of Janies B. McDaniels, of Jonesboro, six miles from this city, and seriously injured four members of the family. McDaniels was making repairs to a gas pipe In the foundation of tine house. After finishing his work he .lighted a match to ascertain if there wae a leak at the point where ho madle the repairs. lie was standing in the yard at the side of tlie building. The match ignited the gas that had accumulated under the floor of tho bouse. An explosion followed which sent the floor and roof of the house upward and the walls outward.

Did Not Ignite, by Good Luck. Mrs. McDaniels was stand Ini' at thß side of her hufUiand, and both were caught by falling walls and piiinfully Injured. Tlieir daughter Ethel, 10 years old, and a son, Edgar, IT years old. were eating breakfast in the dintag room. They were lifted witli the floor and tossed! against the ceiling and botli painfully injured. The dintag table was broken into splinters. The debris dkl not ignite after the explosion, or the family would have been burned to death, as all were pinned beneath tin- wreckage. Neighbors removed the timbers, and it wais found that none of the family was fatally Injured.

One Child Is Ha<l!y Hurt. Mrs. McDaniels was overcome by the shock. It is feared that tin daughter may be internally injured, as she complains of Intense pain in the lungs. Edgar McDaniels received painful bruts els al>out the head, but was not seriously injured. McDaniels suffered crushed feet, both being pinned down by heavy timbers. The loss- on the building will amount to .$2,000 and on the household goods, SI,OOO.

Horse Breaks Loose in a Circus. Marion, Ind., May 6. —A panic was narrowly averted at a circus performance here when the trick horse became uncontrollable and carried its rider out into the crowd, tramping on Bertha Williamson, 14 years old, and seriously injuring h<r. Several worfifen fainted, and others in their efforts to escape trampled on those beneath them. The rider, who was a woman, clung to the reins, and by her pluck got the animal back into the ring.

DEFENDANT HIMSELF SURPRISED

Jury Said to Uave Been Very Merciful la a Murder Cane—An Indeterminate Sentence. Petersburg, Ind., May (5. —Huntingburg people are surprised by the leniency of the Pike county jury, which found Howard Tate guilty of manslaughter for killing John Hodges, and recommended that be be committed under the indeterminate-sentence act, instead, of returning the death penalty or at least imprisonment for murder. The defendant is also said to have been surprised, and thanked the jurors individually because of their clemency. He requested that there should be no delay in sentencing him, as he wanted to enter immediately upon the expiation of his crime.

Indians Weather Bulletin. Indianapolis, May o.—The Indiana weather and eropbulletin for last week says: “Rain with unseasonably low temperature during the first part of the week retarded the germination of seed planted and the growth of crops already up. These weather conditions also delayed, and in many localities, caused an entire suspension of farm work. On Thursday and during the balance of the week the weather was more favorable.” Block Coal Trouble About Settled. Brazil. Ind, May ♦!. —At the meeting of the joint settle committee of the operators and miners of the block coal district the mimere accepted the operators’ proposition after a spirited discussion. One concession which placed the firemen on the same scale as the. “top men” by increasing theft- wages from $1.82 to $1.91*4 a day was the only concession made by the operators. toward Guilty of Manslaughter. Danville, Ind., May (5. —After deliberating for thirty-two hours, during which fifty-three ballots were taken and new instructions asked, the jury rendi-red a verdict of guilty of manslaughter against Henry M. Seward for the alleged killing of his wife oo May 16, 1903. Terrel Tpken to an Asyloin. Bluff ton, Ind., May 6. John W. Terrel, who killed his son-in-law, baa been taken from the Bluffton jail to the Richmond insane hospital, in charge of Sheriff Johnson, his son and and Elias Paffenberger, who had taken care of Terrel since his insanity. Both Should Get ft Hard. Madison, Ind., May 6. Walter Kahn and Charles Gale met on the street here and exchanged revolver shota Neither was hit, but one of the bullets struck Miss Lulu Harris the bullet glancing from a corset steal. Both young men were arrested. ,