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■ A p IIT^TTjjPyK* Abl>ucatioO»r| AND r i *♦ QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT. ♦ ♦ Ths Journal aaslres to increase the ueefulneee of Jte sericultural ♦ «. fares la every way possible. For this purpose, the department of ♦ ♦ Inquiries sad answers la to be greatly enlarged. Any information per- ♦ ♦ talnlng to agriculture, the proper tillage of the soil, the proper use of ♦ ♦ fertilisers, seeding for crops, stock and cattle breeding, poultry raising ♦ <. • -|—g tn fact, all subjects pertain lag to the farm upon which informs- ♦ ♦ tian may bo sought er practical suggestions offered, will be published ♦ ♦ ta these columns. * ♦ Wo request our readers to ate those pagee freely. Wo will ea- ♦ ■e- dearor to furnish information. if th • questions are asked, tetters ad- ♦ e- dressed to Sr. Andrew ML Boule, President State Agricultural College, ♦ ♦ a thaws, Oa.. will receive prompt attention, and the replies will bo pub- ♦ ♦ llshed la Tbs Semi-Weekly Journal. ♦ WILL HEAVY FERTILIZATION PAY? “How can I raise larger crops of corn and eotton?” is the subject of constant consideration on the part of the farmer, and it te well that it should be, for little progress is made in any direction unless the problem be approached from the standpoint of the student. Moreover, success is more likely to be attained when one sets up a standard or ideal much above the ordinary. At present the yield of corn and cotton are both very low. Probably M to 15 bushels of the former, and a third of a bale per acre of the latter. Let us set a standard for com at 30 bushels per acre and cotton at one bale per acre. Is It possible to attain these yields by methods which will leave the farmer a sufficient margin of profit on his labor? To cultivate an acre of land where the yield of cotton is one-third of a bale per acre entails practically as much outlay for labor and effort as where a bale is grown. Therefore, the cost of cultivation will not be materially in creased by the larger crop. There will of necessity have to be a larger outlay, how ever, for plant food. Two-thirds of a bale of cotton is worth 330 00 a 9 cents a pound. An additional expenditure of 35.00 to 810.00 per acre for commercial plant food would thus be justified by the in creased yield. Let us now consider what draft will be made on the land by a yield of thirty bushels of com with the stover. We find that 45 pounds of nitrogen, 15 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 46 pounds of potash would be removed from the soil. A third of a bale of cotton would remove from the land in the seed and lint between 9 and 10 pounds of nitrogen. 3 pounds of phosphoric acid, and about 4.3 pounds of potash. This is certainly a small amount of plant food, and one would naturally think the land would supply this food if no commercial fer tiliser were used. A bale of cotton, in cluding the seed, will remove from the soil about 28.3 pounds of nitrogen. 9.3 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 13 pounds of potash, amounts of plant food which would easily be applied by the farmer at a profit where he raises one bale per acre. Evidently from these figures it should be possible to supply the addi tional plant food needed to increase the yields to the standard sugested. and that it would be profiitable to do no one will question.' At the present time a fair average ap plication of plant food per acre is prob ably not over 300 pounds of a “2-8-2 fertiliser," or 4 pounds of nitrogen, 10 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 4 pounds till IIH t»»t tttttt ♦ QUERIES ANSWERED ♦ Reclaiming Worn Out LantK A. C. V., Houston. Tex., writes: I would like some information on the following subjects; Rye for soil improvement; recla mation of wornout Virginia lands; the best varieties of Canada peas and where to obtain them; Fenugreek; soy beans; rape, tangier peas, nematodes; cover crops; orchards in grass as compared With clean cultivation. Rye makes an excellent winter cover Wop for soils likely to wash and may be turned under early In the spring to add vegetable matter to the soil in time to permit of growing a crop of corn or cotton on the land that season. Rye should be turned under when comparatively young because of the rapid growth it makes early in the season by reason of which it is liable to pump too much watei out of the soil, and leave it in bad me chanical condition. This crop may be used for cover on any soil. The worn lands of Virginia as elsewhere may be reclaimed by crop rotation In which the legumes predominate. Os course, stock farming is ths most certain and economical method of building up thin lands, but stock farm ing can only be practiced to a limited extent without considerable capital, whereas, one may use the legume* in a crop rotation for soil building. The wri ter has ssed exha used soils in all sec tions of the south reclaimed in a perlox', of five years, and brought under profita ble cultivation by the use of a rotation ws "unit sum toiioj »-rwf EARLIEST Known variety i I We k «” confidence is tie firm- MYNrfoW en aad iaith is the aee4 and v« DIRECT trwa it by ob tenaa. tba Brigiaatot We g o n Ooto. 15th Time. •ftße Bast »_■—- Seed (biaped ia B't’'d«d Bags MwetM strain Trtb u lUMI iafcrm . • ttaa, iaraa, pnaaa aad Saaph lag Mv. Read ths Rmaawca; CITY BANK. T. J. Kino Seed Co., tfce direct from Originator Rlcfiaaad, • Olrgiitlm. •H S«|k Mi it Nt EXPENSE Tt ifCil. Finest Lot Cotton Seed in South Grown an own farm, ginned on own private gin; absolutely adu nd and pure. Broadwell Double-pointed. 11.50 bushel; Cook's Improved. 31. BO; Cleveland's Big 8011, 81. BO; King's Early. 1100; Mort gage Lifter. Bl.OB: Tatums Big 8011. SI.OO (fine); Schley. 85c; Culpepper. 85c; Peterttin. 85c; Texas Burr, 85e. Write for special prices large lots. B- D. TATUM, Pairview Pana, Palmetto, Qa. EVERY MAN t interested in ve hicles stxwild obtain oar catalog. It is Intereat tag aud instructive. Ask your dealer for one er Write us direct. White Hickory Wagon Mfg- Ca.. Atlanta. Ge. of potash. Compared with the demands made on the soil by a crop of cotton yielding one bale it Is apparent that one-seventh of "the nitrogen and one third of the potash needed has been applied to the soil. It is also generally recognised by experienced farmers that a surplus of plant food beyond the actual needs of the crop must be sup plied, especially to soils markedly de ficient in vegetable matter, and which have been exhausted through continuous culture without proper regard to crop rotation. Since the same kind of fer tiliser is frequently used on corn and cotton it is easy to see that large yields can only be brought about by more thorough and systematic cultivation of the soil, and a greatly Increased use of commercial plant food. Mr. J. S. Fowler, of South Carolina, nas made a notable success of growing cotton, he used 300 to 500 pounds of high grade fertiliser at planting time and side applications once or twice later on to the extent of 400 pounds more per acre. This makes the total application 900 pounds per acre and he figures that irom his side applications coating him 35 per acre he gets a net profit of 320. Mr. C. J. Drake, of South Carolina, who grew 254 bushels of oom on an acre of land, used 1,000 bushels of sta ble manure, 690 bushels of cottonseed, Mt pounds of kalnlt, 200 pounds of cot tonseed meal. 160 pounds of mixed fer tiliser, 200 pounds of animal bone, and 400 pounds of nitrate of soda. Hun dreds of Instances might be quoted to show that Increased yields will follow the Intelligent use of commercial fer tiliser in ever-increasing amounts. True there is a maximum beyond which one cannot profitably go. Experience will quickly indicate this point to the farmer. In the meantime we should realise that to succeed with fertilizer the soil must De supplied with vegetable matter In the form of composts, farm yard manure and green leguminous crops plowed under. Then liberal applications of phosphates and potash must be made, as our soils are notably deficient in these mineral elements. Try this year on your com and cot ton crop an application of 1,000 pounds of fertiliser containing at least 3 per cent of nitrogen, 8 per eent of phos phoric acid and 6 per cent of potash. If your land has been properly pre pared you will reap a handsome return from the use of this high gflade ma terial in the amounts indicated. system and commercial fertilizers. Canada peas have never proven a great success in the south. Wherever you at tempt to use them you had best seed in the fall of the year, say about the Ist of December, or even latet in your latitude. You can seldom seed them early enough in the spring to secure the best results. When grown with winter oats they make a very good quality of green feed for soiling or pasture in the spring, particu larly by hogs. The hay is also of excellent quality. You can obtain Canada pea set? from any leading seedsman. You are seeking such a variety of in formation that it would be imposible to give it all to you in the form of a let ter. We are sending you under separate cover a part of the publications which we are issuing, and which we believe wiil be of service to you. We would advise you to write to the office of experiment sta tions, Washington. D. C., and askd them for a list of Farmers’ Bulletins that they have for free distribution. From this list you can see which publications you wish and on application to the proper authori ties, they will be sent to you free of cost. Raw Cotton Seed Vs. Cotton Seed Meal L. J.. Altus. Okl., writes: I am In terested in demonstrating to our farmers the folly of feeding raw cotton seed when they can exchange a ton of It at our mill for 600 pounds of cotton seed meal and 2,300 pounds of hulls. You may perhaps have determined the comparative feeding values of raw cotton seed and meal and hulls, and If so, I would be glad to have any Information you can give mo on this line. Cotton seed meal and hulls when they can b? bought at the right prices form an admirable ration for both beef and dairy cattle. 'There is no simpler way of making beef than through feeding meal and hulls, though probably this ration is not as economical as one consisting of meal and silage. Where silos are not available, however, and cheap hay can not be had. the hulls make an admirable form of roughness. For beef production probably the best combination Is one part of meal to five or six of hulls. The price will of course influence the ratio in which to feed these materials. Quick er gains will generally result from feed ing one pound of meal to three of hulls, but the cost is often increased thereby to such an extent as to make the use of the meal and hulls th the proportions first suggested the most profitable. Less than two pounds of hulls should never be fed to one pound of meal or indiges tion is likely to follow. For dairy cows we would suggest the feeding of meal and hulls in the propor tion of one to five. We think five to six pounds of cotton seed meal as much as ever should be fed to beef and dairy cat tle per head per day when the animals weigh approximately I.OiO pounds. Larger quantities can hardly be utilised advan tageously and are liable to produce indi gestion. Raw cotton seed is not regard ed as a very satisfactory food for either beef or dairy cattle, and can only be used advantageously for fattening during the cool part of the year. Moreover, they should not be fed for more than part of the fattening period under any circumstances as the excessive amount of oil in them seems to throw the ani mate off feed. A pound of cotton seed has not more than half as much feeding value as a pound of cotton seed meal. At the Mississippi station experiments with cows indicated that one pound of cotton seed is equal to 1.17 pounds of corn or com and cob meal or .68 of a pound of cotton seed meal. There is thus no ads vantage gained by the farmer from fetd- THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1909. Ing cotton seed to his cows, and if more than six pounds are fed per day the quality of the butter is likely to be in jured. Since the oil is objectionable in feeding for" more reasons than one and better results have been obtatned with both beef and dairy cattio from feeding the metil ftnd hulls, it is impossible to see wby the farmer should care to retain the weed on his farm If he can obtain a fair lymis of exchange. This we would consider to be from 1,300 to 1.600 pounds of meal when the seed are selling at 318 to 320 a ton and meal brings 323 to 325 a ton. The Value of Soil Analysis A subscriber, Athens. Ga., writes: I would like all the information you can give me concerning soil analysis. Where can I have my soil analysed and what amount would it require? How would you advise preparing the soil to be an alysed? I wish this information so I may know what fertiliser is suited to certain soils and crops, as I do not wish to pay for something that I would derive no benefit from. There is probably no place In the state where you could have your soil analysed at this time without paying for the same. There are, of course, professional an alysts who will do the work for a fee. Our finances have been in such condition that the board of trustees have felt it Impossible to appoint an agricultural chemist up to this time in connection with the State College of Agriculture. As soon as funds are available, this will be done, and we hope then to be in position to undertake a systematic soil survey on the state. ’. While analyses do not reveal the amount of plant food contained in the soil, furnish an excellent guide as to what the soil is most likely to be deficient in and how to proceed with a system, of crop rotations and in the purchase and use of commercial fertilisers to correct these deficiencies, and make the land more pro ductive. A sample for soil analysis should be taken as folows: One should remove the soil to a depth of say twelve inches by making a hole about one foot square. After one side of this hole has been carefully dressed, you should shave off a thin column of the soli from the top to a depth of six inches and put it In a bottle; and then another shaving should be taken from six Inches to a depth of one foot and put in a separte bottle. These bottles should be carefully labeled. Several holes should be dug in the field where the soil seems to be of uniform character and similar samples taken. When these are sent into the laboratory they should be thoroughly mixed and ground together, and what is called a composite sample taken from the mixture for an analysis. In this way you would get a fair average of the amount of plant food contained in a field where the soil was of quite uniform character. If dis tinctly different soils were found In the field, it would be necessary to analyze the several samples separately. The work of taking soil samples must be done with great care or else Inaccuracies will result therefrom that would prove mis leading. For this reason a good chemist generally wishes to go out and Investi gate the soil areas for himself and take the samples that he may be familiar with the conditions and be certain to get sam ples of soil that will represent the area under examination. Since we are not in position to make soil analyses, you may conclude that nothing can be done which will help you at this time. We would suggest, how ever, that you take some plants of ground of small size or an acre In area, and make certain tests this year. We would suggest, for Instance, that you use a 2-8-2 fertilizer on one section, a 8-10-3 on another, and a 3-8-4 on another, and then use these same fertilizers in differ ent amounts, say at the rate of 300, 500 and 1,000 pounds per acre. In this way you will get a line on the plant food re quirements of your soil. If you are mak ing plenty of stalk at the present time, you may be quite certain that you do not need nitrogen. If your plants are not f 'uitlng as well as you think they should, it Is a pretty good Indication of the need of phosphates and potash. By making some simple tests, such as I have suggested, you will be surprised how much information you will obtain that will b eof real service to you in ascertaining the plant food requirements of your soli. MIBSISSIPPI TOWNS SWEPT BY CYCLONE BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 6.—lt is re ported here that a cyclone has struck Booth, this morning, killing six people and destroying much property. TWO KILLED; OTHERS HURT BY ARKANSAS CYCLONE LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 6.—A special from Brinkley to the Arkansas Democrat says: Two persons were killed and a third fatally injured in a tornado which struck Stuttgart early today. The dead: Mrs. Garfield and a child of Will Shorey. Fatally Injured: Mrs. Will Shorey. The tornado carried away one residence and five barns, besides doing considerable damage to property in the surrounding country. The residence destroyed was that of Will Shorey. his wife and child being crushed by the falling timbers. The child was killed and Mrs. Bhorey taken from the ruins unconscious. Her Injuries are thought to be fatal. The storm did ex tensive damage to the rice fields. FOUR ARE KILLED IN ROLLING FORK JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 6.—A long dis tance telephone message received here this afternoon states that a tornado had struck the town of Rolling Fork, Sharkey county, today and that foilr persons had been killed. Up to this hour it has been Impossible to secure details of the disaster. The report received states that there has been a heavy property loss in addition to the loss of life, which may be increased by later reports. Rolling Fork is a town of about 1,200 in habitants and the county seat of Sharkey county. NEW CURRENT FOUND FOR INSULATION WORK NEW YORK. Feb. Dr. L. H. Baeke land announced last night at a meeting of the American Chemical society, that he had discovered a new chemical substance, which he says is valuable to electrical in sulation where a high voltage current is used. It is a coal tar product, with the com bined properties of amber, celluloid and carbon and Is less expensive than the substances named, or hard rubber. For the sake of euphony. Dr. Baekeland calls the substance Bakelite, although from a scientific view point, it would be known as oxybensyl-methylenglicolanhy dride. HOUSTON MASONS SCORED IN DISPUTE OVER TAFT CINCINNATI, Feb. 6.-W. B. Melish, past grand master of the grand lodge of Masons, said that the adoption of the resolution by the Masonic chapter at Wortham. Texas, condemning the action of the grand master of Ohio in granting a special dispensation in the case of Pres ident-elect Taft, permitting him to be come a Mason “at sight,** is unpreceden ted and inexcusable. He declared that the action of the grand master of Ohio was absolutely regular and Masonic in every respect, and in ac cordance with Masonic precedent. W MURDERS *> RUEr MORGUE, BY £DGARALLANPaE"" , "" , ''"" ,, ' — f —'l ✓ The sailor had recovered his presence of mind in a great measure while Dupln utered these words, but his original boldness of bearing was all gone. “So help me, God,” said he, after a brief pause, “I will tell you all I know about this affair—but I do not expect you to believe one-half I say—l would be a fool indeed if I did. Still I am innocent, and I will make a clean breast if I die for it.” What he stated was in substance this: He had lately made a voyage to the In dian archipelago. He had landed at Bor neo and had captured the ourang-outang. After great trouble, occasioned by the intractable ferocity of his captive, he at length succeeded in landing it safely In Paris, where he kept it carefully seclu ded until such time as it should recover from a wound in the foot received from a splinter on board ship. His ultimate de sign was to sell it. Returning home on the night, or ratner in the morning of the murder, he found the beast occupying his own bedroom, in to which it had broken from a closet ad joining, where it had been, as was thought, securely confined. Razor in hand and fully lathered, it was sitting before a looking glass attempting the operation of shaving, in which it had previously watched Its master. Terrlfiea at the sight of so dangerous weapon in the possession of an animal so ferocious and so well able to use it, the man, for pome moments, was at a loss what to do. He had been accustomed, however, to quiet the creature, even in its fiercest moods, by the use of a whip, and to this he now resorted. Upon sight of it, the ourang-outang sprang at once through the door of the chamber, down the stairs, and thence into the street. The sailor followed in despair; the ape, razor still in hand, made off. The chase continued for a long time. The streets w’ere profoundly quiet, as it was neadly 3 o’clock in the morning. In passing down an alley in the rear of the Rue Morgue, the ape’s attention was arrested by a light gleaming from the open win dow of Mme. L’Espe.naye's chamber, in the fourth story of her house. Rushing to the building, it perceived the lightning rod. cfambered up with inconceivable agility, grasped the shutter, which was throws fully back against the wall, and. by its Means, swung Itself directly upon the headboard of the bed. The shutter was kicked open again by the ourang outang as It entered the room. The sailor, in the meantime, was both rejoiced and perplexed. He had strong hopes of now recapturing the brute, as it could scarcely escape from the trap Into which It had ventured except by the rod, where It might be intercepted as it came down. On the other hand, there was much cause for anxiety as to what it might do in the house. This latter re flection urged the man to still follow the fugitive. A lightning rod is ascended without difficulty, especially by a sailor, but when he had arrived as high as the window, which lay far to his left, his career was stopped; the most that he could accomplish was to reach over so as to obtain a glimpse of the interior of the room. At this glimpse he nearly fell from his hold through excess of horror. Now it was that those hideous shrieks PITTSBURG POLICE RUSH IN MOTOR CAR PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 5.-Shortly af ter noon today it was reported to police headquarters by telephone that a negro had assaulted a white girl on Ridge ave nue, Herron Hill. A large force of officers was rushed to the scene from the different stations in automobiles. When they arrived they found the dis trict in an uproar over the alleged as sault, but an Investigation failed to lo cate any young woman who had been at tacked. The police are now searching for the person who sent the message. Early today two negroes attempted to assault Miss Blanche Smith, daughter of a justice of the peace, and Miss Rose CORNER IN EGGS IS EFFECTED IN A TLANTA A chronic bachelor, who has a western exposure room in the Bachelors’ Domain, makes it one of his principles of life to have a nip of eggnog when he rises in the morning. But Friday when he looked into the little box he keeps over next to the washstand, he found it empty and bare. “Dere ain’t er egg on de place, boss,’* the negro bell be” explained. So he took it t;vw, and went down the stairs feeling that he had made one of the first serious mis-steps of his life. He is as firmly addicted to ham and eggs for breakfast as to eggnog for a morning bracer. “Ham and eggs,” he said at the lunch counter where he has eaten ham and eggs regularly every morning for the last twenty years. The girl looked confused and went away with a guilty expression. She returned with a platter of ham, but no eggs. “Eggs all out,” she said. He toyed with his ham for awhile, then got up and walked away with a dazed look. He felt as though something had happened to life and changed it sadly. Mechanically he went towards a barber shop. Since time immemorial l;e has had an egg shampoo every Friday. As he clambered into a chair, the bar ber coughed embarrassedly. ‘‘Shave?’’ "Shampoo,” he said. “Not an egg in the shop,” the barber replied. He walked blindly by the manicure girl without even smiling, and totally ignored the morning paper. Down the street he went, round the block and into a grocery store. “Have you any eggs?" he demanded. The clerk shook his head. "All out. You might as well hunt for pearls in this town today as for eggs. A fellow shipped away the last one yester day.” Coner in Eggs Owing to conditions existing in the east, an effort has been made to corner the Atlanta egg market. Harry Well, of Bir mingham, reached here the first of the week and has since been buying every n 0 If J - - ‘/di liljjii | = Mi 1 “With inconceivable agility itgrapsed the shutter and swung itaelf directly upon the headboard of the bed.’’ arose which startled from slumber the inmates of the Rue Morgue. Mme. L’Espanaye and her daughter, habited in their night clothes, had apparently been occupied in arranging some papers in the iron chest, which had been wheeled into the middle of the room. It was open and its contents lay beside it on the floor. The victims must have been sitting with their backs toward the window, and from the time elapsing between the ingress of the beast and the screams it seems prob able that it was not immediately per ceived. The flapping to of the shutter would naturally have been attributed to the wind. As the sailor looked in, the gigantic animal had seized Mme. L’Espanaye by the hair (which was loose, as she had been combing it), and was flourishing the razor about her face in imitation of the motions of a barber. The daughter lay prostrate and motionless! She sad swoon ed. The screams and struggles of the old lady (during which the hair was torn from her head) had the effect of chang ing the probably pacific purposes of the ourang-outang into those of wrath. With one determined sweep of its muscular arm it nearly severed her head from her body. The sight of blood inflamed its anger into frenzy. Gnashing its teeth and flashing fire from its eyes, it flew upon the body of the girl and imbedded its fearful talons in her throat, retaining its grasp until she expired. Its wild glances fell at this moment upon the head of the bed. over which the face of its master, rigid with horor, was just discernible. The fury of the beast, which no iloubt bore still in mind the dreaded whip, was instantly converted into fear. Conscious of hiving deserved punishment, it seemed desirous of concealing its bloody deeds, and skipped about the chamber in an agony of nervous agitation, throwing down and Sesock, residing in a nearby suburb. The screams of the girls frightened the negroes and they escaped. Several hours later two negroes were arrested on sus picion and sent to the workhouse, almost immediately, for three months. In many sections of the city racial animosity is gradually becoming acute. Serious trouble, growing out of the police crusade against negroes, who have terrorized the Herron Hill district by frequently assaulting white girls, was narrowly averted last night when John Moulton, a negro, 39 years old, was arrested In the east end district on a charge that he had annoyed a witlte girl and had accosted her with “Good evening, sweetheart; alnt you going to kiss me?” The negro was quickly located by a squad of officers. While being taken to a police station a brother of the girl egg in sight. Thursday afternoon he shipped away 2 1-2 car loads, which is equivalent to 13,860 dozens, or 166,320 eggs. It is probable that such an amount of eggs was never before bought here. The price they brought was between |3,000 and 34.000. And now Atlanta stands eggless. Every egg purchasable has been bought, and the market is fairly stripped. The commission merchants are dependent on shipments and the supply of the retail dealers is small. There has been an egg famine in Cin cinnati, Chicago and other western cities, and speculators have bought all the eggs obtainable in Atlanta to secure the high prices existing elsewhere. Monday and Tuesday eggs sold in Cincinnati at 10 and 15 cents apiece, and were scarce at that price. In Chi cago the famine was just as keen and was felt just as heavily. As soon as news of these conditions orifted south an effort to corner the entire southern egg market was begun. Eggs were bought right and left, the markets were stripped, not a one was left. Monday operations, were started against Atlanta’s egg supply. The last crate that the commission merchants possessed was taken, even the retail market was invaded, and Atlanta stands today in a more eggless condition than it has been for years. Ships Off 166,320 By Thursday Mr. Well had bought every egg to be secured, and he shipped away his total purchase—two and one half carloads, or 166,320 eggs. The number was great enough to have sup plied every resident of Atlanta with at ‘least one egg apiece. As a result of the enormous number bought, the wholesale price of eggs has advanced six cents since the first of the week. Before the effort at cornering the market was begun, eggs were selling at about 22 cents wholesale; now they are bringing about 28 cents. The retail price is over 35 cents. Most of the eggs shipped from here went to Chicago or Cleveland, but a number were also sent to Philadelphia. breaking the furniture as it moved and dragging the bed from the bedstead. In conclusion, it seized first the corpse of the daughter and thrust it up the chim ney, as it was found; then that of the old lady, which It immediately hurled through the window headlong. As the ape approached the casement with Its mutilated burden the sailor shrank aghast to the rod. and, rather sliding than clambering down It, hurried at once home, dreading the consequences of the butchery and gladly abandoning, in his terror, all solicitude about the fate of the ourang-outang. The words heard by the party upon the staircase were the Frenchman’s exclamations of horror and affright, commingled with the fiendish jabberings of the brute. I have scarcely anything to add. The ourang-outang must have escaped from the chamber by the rod just before the breaking of the door. It must have closed the window as it passed through it. It was subsequently caught by the owner himself, who obtained for it a very largo sum at the zoo. Lebon was instantly released upon our narration of the circumstances (with some comments from Dupln) at the police headquarters. The ch Ilf, however, could not altogether conceal his chagrin and was fain to indulge’in a sarcasm or two about the propriety of every person mind ing his own business. “Let him talk,” said Dupln. "Let him discourse; it will ease his conscience. I am satisfied with having defeated him in his own castle. Nevertheless, that he failed in the solutions of this mystery is by no means that matter for wonder which he supposes it, for. in truth, he is somewhat too cunning to be profound. His wisdom is all head and shoulders, like a codfish. But he is a good creature after all.” (The End.) attempted to get him away from thq officers. The young man struck at the negro and threatened to shoot him. A large crowd gathered and for a time it was believed the negro would receive rough treatment. Two officers took charge of the prison er, and while a number of officers kept the crowd in check, he was rushed to the police station. After the negro had been locked in a cell the crowd kept up a demonstration in the street. Moulton was given a hearing today before a police magistrate, who sen tenced him to six months in the work house without a fine. Before imposing sentence the magistrate said: “There is no evidence that you at tempted to assault the girl, or I would hold you for court. Under the circum stancea, however, I will impose the maximum sentence, to show othera, black or white, that women must be protected.” ROOSEVELT HOPES TO KILL ALIEN LAW WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The action of the California legislature yesterday with reference to the Japanese has not created the excitement in Washington that might be supposed, although the president was surprised and the Japanese ambassador disconcerted at the news. The latter made no secret of his attitude but his excitement was due to the fact that he had advised his government that the Cal ifornia legislature would do the very thing they did not do. His misrepresent ations to his home office were based upon what he considered reliable information from California. The ambassador still has confidence in the president's ability to bring about a satisfactory adjustment of the question and the two have a per fect understanding. Mr. Roosevelt still has three cards up his sleeve, and he believes confidently that he will check the radical action of the legislature without exhausting the last card. He counts, first on considera tion of this action by the assembly; sec ond, he looks to the state senate to de feat the bill unless the lower body recon siders. Failing in both of these, the pres ident is sure that the governor will veto the legislation and that all will end well. VETO ON CENSUS BILL IS FINALLY REFERRED WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The first busi ness of importance to claim the atten tion of the house of representatives to day was the president’s message, vetoing tbe census bill. Mr. Crumpacker moved the reference of the bill and message to the census committee. Such action was objected to by Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, who declared that, inasmuch as the bill could not be amended, there was no reason for reference. Mr. Crumpacker met this contention with the statement that there were nu merous precedent for referring veto mes sages. The alternative, he said, was of fred, either to report the bill back, with a recommendation that it pass, the presi dent’s veto to the contrary notwithstand ing, or with a recommendation that it do not pass. The bill and message were referred. ATTENTION! 45-Caliber Springfield Rifle, with Bayonet Only M These Guns have all been BMh in the U. S. government 1H service,'but they are as good as new; and as ev- _ B2q| eryone knows, at the TQ I above price it is like giv- qsy II ing them away. The act ual cost of making these B guns runs from 315 to 318 IKS each. They have the lat- ' est wind gauge sight, gwl adapted for long or short SagM range shooting. ■H|| This price we of course could not make unless the government had sac- jlran rificed them, which ena- bles us to sell them at Mlbh $2.45 Each M This rifle can also be Bulgr used as a shot gun, as Mala 8 we keep the cartridges HBF loaded with a heavy MHI charge of shot. Price of shot cartridges per box 75c, price of ball cart- ridges per box 70c. We HhcT carry this ammunition in KM stock at all times. This is the opportunity of jßaKji your life time, for get ting a perfectly efficient firearm for home protec- ■"wßrP** tlon or for hunting pur poses Send your order JMgff w today and remit by post office or express money order. As to our respon siblllty we refer you to any bank in Atlanta or to The Atlanta Journal. Anderson Hardware A Company A 33-35 Peachtree StTMt. m Ss i CONES FEB. 22 MEETINGS ABE NOW BEING AR RANGED IN EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE—RURAL CARRIERS ! ARE INTERESTED. The Good Roads club of Georgia is ar ranging for a meeting in every county in , the state on Washington's birthday. The , plan is to have that a good roads day, ,; February 22 was selected as the date be cause it Is a iegai holiday and al! thu 3 rural free delivery carriers can attend that day. There are more than 1,500 car- | rlers in Georgia and they are all deeply interested in the improvement of the roads. They travel 35,000-milea a day. ] and the condition of the roads is a very vital question with them ak well as with their patrons. A few carriers in Georgia are now using motor cycles and they cover their routes ■ in one-third the time , required for a horse. This enables them to make earlier deliveries of mail and to get back with the letters which they have collected In time to catch mid-day trains. President Fred of the Good | Roads club, suggests that the county ' commissioners, the rural carirers, tha i newspapers, merchants and others inter ested in each county, meet at their re spective county seats on February 22, organize county clubs and appoint com mitteemen for the various districts and adopt resolutions supporting their com- > missioners in their plans for road im provement. AUST BIAN (OLNCILS ENDS IN FREE FIGHT VIENNA, Feb. s.—The present session of the Austrian parliament came to an end this morning after a scene of turbu lence extraordinary even for an assembly where violent outbreaks are comparative ly common. The trouble, which arose from the old racial feeling between the Germans and the Czechs, broke out during the debate on a government bill to reconcile these ' differences. The radical Czechs obetruc- | tlonists, who have been hindering the de bate on this measure for several dajia | with a continuous din from drums and tin whistles, so exasperated the Germans g this morning that the opposing deputies came to close quarters and a fierce scrlxn- a mage ensued. One of the radical Czech deputies,'a man named Speczek. who has been particular- j ly violent in his obstruction, was captur ed and whipped until he howled for mer- | cy. Another Czech was bitten by a Ger- S man on the cheek and sustained an ugly ’ wound. Black eyes and sore heads were numerous. The premier, Baron von Biernetb, seeing A the uselessness of attempting to pass leg islation, closed the session and sent the* deputies home. The departure of the ministers was followed by another free fight, in which tile opposing factions rushed upon one another to the strains g of revolutionary songs, and wild ccnfusion reigned for half an hour. The deputies finally became exhausted and the battlefield was gradually deserted. ■ -3 The sudden closing of the session and j the political import of the disorder have had no adverse effect on the bourse. japs inTmerica DEMAND EQUALITY DENVER. Col., Feb. 6.-Equality with 1 other foreign nationalities in the United J States, or a good and sufficient reason *4 why not, is the demand of the Japanese M in America, according to Takeo Sagora, I secretary of the Japanese association' of Colorado. “We consider ourserece superior as a race to the Chinese. Koreans and o&ex* ® Asiatics, and we do not want to be class- ’* ed with them and will demand our rights granted the Japanese by treaty and un der the constitution of the United States, 4 to be treated in equal terms with the | French, German or American of any otl> * er nation.’’ said the secretary “Thb Asiatic scare of the Pacific coast amounts to little.” he continued. "The number of Japanese in the United States is decreas- - ing and will probably continue to do so. ’ There are about 4.000 Japanese in Color*- do and 500 in Denver.’* The statement that there are only 500 Japanese in Denver, is denied by Chief | of Police Armstrong, who says a conserv- 1 ative estimate shows between 3,)u0 and 1 4,000 in this city. . . . 1 5
