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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1910)
n THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER H. 1010. FICiiTS FOR mm ShAly Three Struggles Raging in South Da- kota Recall Tionesr Days. , HOTTEST CONTEST 13 IN TRUP 1 Nebraska Minister Answers an Argument LIFE SAYING CRS ARE OUT! "f w Tom ii i,l Inner on Railroad Two Miles Knglh nf Ijtmrtt (mtrr of Horm In Orion and llamlln ( nnnllra, HloirX KAI,IA a. 1.. No.-. 6.- (Special. I ' The n; !y county seat f ghtj In Kai.sas. Which were noted for tlieir li. ri .-ii vs. have ; counterparts In several of the county seat' flights which are raging In fouUi Dakota, and which will have their culmination In the election on Tuesday 01 ti.u coming week. One of the hottest and most intci e -t,ng i '"" ''or,a '" the experience of Harold Written In snm-cr to the proposition 1 1-. t modern rhurcti is a fraud and hnllt rn hvpocr sy. that whs advanced t.v larl1 i ' Wright in his --'i h" Culling of Dun j Matthews." a Nebraska, minister presents to the world -The Victory of .Man Rut- lodge." j The book of Harold Hell Wrlcht tells of jthe ert-rlnc; into the church of a nmi ni.in. I'un Matthew, and ha stnigcl-s i.j.in-i. tie. falsitv h; fnds there. Finally hi. withdraws in dlSKtiyt and go. s int.) other fields. proclaiming the true Christian ! and mill not ally himself with the evil force- t., found :n the church of today. The Interesting art of the hook la that it of these county neat contests iai,ing in Tripp county, wh.eh was formed tiuin tile coded porth n of the Rosebud lndt.ui reser vatlon. Wi.fn the county v. .is organized a few months r.jru the ne,v town o, Iiinro vtl selected ii.i the tempore -y county feat. It was exii'ited that a bianch of 1 1 ; riil i k Northwestern railroad would be extended fro-n Uregni y county, b .rdering Tripp county on the east, to Iumro, but i ccptlon wnen tno survey ior t iv new r.i,iro.i n Wilsrt. and ha written an answer th it tndo It tnhvd Umro 1.;, about two tulle!.. ,e fia w far . , fr Thla save an opening for a new town, and ,,, makln!. e of ,h(, trv stlie town of Winner. . Ituatrd on the now ,...,. , . . . . ., , ,, , , . , think. In hi book, al.io a novel with a love railroad 1 ne on y t.vo im es from l.arnro, ,... , , ,. ., , I "'. he shows the opposite of the case catno Into existence. .and it .. L ' town M inhabit. .1 by boon.ei T, . " ' " , ' I The book la xveat, the i.e. i n r jtni himself in the mlnistrv, nn.i Ilia . ;it.j . i. . . - ...n i ue ."rene is mm In ul HiiiK.i town or the west. Clarion. la, ana. from the usual aeenm of New York and the east, and la a tale of pnor people. It was a ioiulur book, hav.na- a circulation of over LHO.0"0. Hev. AI. .inder Corkty. a Tresbyterian nunlster of Wayne. Neb . took great c- to the prlnclplen advanced l.v ! S '., - V v t .. ::. i ! ; V ; . I'bli irinlnter. llev Josei.h Corkry, and l Scotch wife. Me atle'd..; M.i'.ee col 'e'c In I.ondundei r.v. and cH'iie t-i Amevlcn In Is9, n;U a colleae mi. Int. Me w.iw t'V en y.atx in hu.ne.'. in iv-tlaiaaio". .Wlih.. and later finished his theological di cation In McCormick seminary. Chlcag .vlnnlnpr a fellowship there and Kolns to .'ulnhurali university a jear. He besan the ministry in Malvein. lo.. in 1".'. ulso servlnn at Fairfield, and came to Nrhravka. to Ceilnr Hluffs. in l!Ko. tak- United States Bureau of Mines in Educational Campoijii. MINERS TO REAP THE BOEEIT Travrllna i huiil. to I I'irr Ml the Mlnlim Districts and Demonstrate lion life tan fte Sated 1 ulck etloti. emernrncy feature of a ceneral camoiiiun ! been possible to reach tlirre men viimn a ediirnlional work anionic the miners 1 few bonis their lives nilKht he been who v ill nol onlv be taught the use of savul. 1 he helmets prov e.i tueir worm in the r. sru apparatus, but also the proper : tt-.o Ill-fated t bet i v mine, when the res may to tske care of an Inlured mlnei , cuers succee.le.l In e. ttinn twenty turn out Tiieie mill also be lectures on many ; ahve nft. r they t -- . I been entombed seven I lines of the nilliln:; troblem look np to il.ivii. In n number of other Instances ward areater snf.t.v There mill be I'tll- mlnei s Pave been Mived fi terrible excuse for the min. r not b. netitin-- lilm- death" liy the prompt arrival of the bel s. If. for the mne icon, cars will o to meted rescuers. tar I nirr Mlnlnu fields. ;iik his prrsent church at Wav ne in the Tha new who have th true Kanras Hplrit. and It wua not Ions l-efore tl.ey decided that their town Biiojld make an eff irt to wrest inn couniv iirni rrom iiTiiro. t! iu' eui . hot county seat fiKht U t!i result. The wrnl Wayne last aprlns-. two towns a: not the out essentially of the middle aeene beins- In Cedar Uluffs. J Neb., where Mev. Corkev was before ho Nehrnskn eontestann, I arul Ioa characters figure prominently however, for another of the new towns, Co. lome, also hut entered the f ,iht for tno county capital. Doable Klebt Aaalnst Winner. Owing to the prominence n-liieh Winner aJredy has obtained, residents of both lAtnro and t'olomu l.ave practically united tn defeat the aspirations of Winner, making U virtually two towns .i.ul on.-. If tha workers In the Intcrc-aa o.' l.anuo can not Induce a voter to support the perma nent county seat auplrutions of that town, they endeavor to Induce, the voter to sup port Colonic, nd vice vxrsu, doliiK every thing; In their power to p.event Winner capturing the permanent county seat of the county. The principal argument made In behalf of Winner by the nupporters of that town la that Winner Is Hituuted near the ciniter of the county and U on the new railroad line, being within ea-y iiecesu from all parts of the new county. Tripp county has number of mixed-blood Ploux Indian vot- among them being W. J. Hryan. A Wahoo A I.KXAN lil-l It COKKUV, I . I . auctioneer, just as he In In life, Is also placed In the book. As Air. Corkey himself expressed It, the book is a reul story of the real middle meat. Alexander Corkey mas born In Ireland n 171 nesr Londonderry, the eon of an I'LANf MOW Hi Sll MULATLb Results of Experiments on Electricity as a Fertilizer. SURPRISING EFFECTS ARE NOTED Tvata Conducted on I. on Island Com pared with I.Ike KiperlairaU In England, France and ticrman j . A great doal of experimentation has been fc-oinir on during tha last few years as to the results of electricity ns a stimulant of ers. and they are making an cnei Ki'-.lc fight i Want Krowth, but it remained for Ex-Judge In behalf of their fuvoritt s in the county ' Thomas It. Williams of Brooklyn, to ivc leat race. Many ot them have becoma so interested In the flfcht that It would not re qulie much effort to Induce them to at tempt to settle the county scat controversy by forca -jt arms. Ilecently the struggle ninong the three ' tom-ns wmcn aspire to oecomo 100 .eiu- j . , ... i .i , nent county seal reacuou inn iiiiuinimn his the new theory a practical test on iarin at East Northport, 1. I. of course, it nas boen proven In labora tory tests that electricity will stimulate plant growth else this elaborate teat nuver mould have been planned. It Is expected that the growth of ull common vegetables. fruits nnd flowers will be greatly Increased stage, when an effort was made In the ( If not doubled by the mysterious stimulant. state circuit court to havo only the name j Thu people interested in this new farming P'eaici a day when we will bo raising twice the amount per acre as a result of of Winner appear on the official ballots as a contestant for permanent county seat honors. If election day passes off without a bloody clash between the more enthu siastic partisans of the opposing towns It will be a surprise to many of tha more peaceful residents of Tripp county. Straarsjle in Corson County. Another bitter county seat fight Is being carried on In the new county of Corson, which, until a few months ago, was em braced In the Standing Hock and CTieyenne Riven Indian reservations, the county be ing organised following the ceding of the Indians of the vast area which now Is In cluded In the open portion of the county. The rival towns for county seat honors are Morrlstown and Mcintosh, the temporary county capital at present being at the last named town. Preliminary to the settlement of the permanent county seat question, the partisans of Mcintosh secured a tem porary Injunction having for Its purpose the submission to the voters of the county of the question of dividing the county. The residents ot Morrlstown opposed this movement, and recently Judge Hottum, of the state circuit court, dissolved the In junction and ordered that the question of county division be submitted to the voters of the county. The residents of Morrlstown hope to be able to ultimately capture the permanent county seat for their town. Feeling between the residents of the two new towns runs high and It would not re quire much to bring on a sensational clash. Hot Flcht for Manilla. Hamlin county, one of the staid old counties of the state, situated In the older settled portkin north of Sioux Falls, also la the scene of a hot county seat fight. The county seat for many years past and at present Is vt Castlewood. The present fight mas precipitated by the residents of llaytl, a new town which sprung Into ex istence a year or two ago when the South rakota Central railroad was extended from Sioux Falls to Watertown, llaytl being situated on the new railroad Une. The claim Is made In behalf of llaytl that It Is situated near the geographical renter 'of the county and Is more easily reached from any part of the county than Castlewoodl As an Inducement for the voters of the county to give llaytl the county seat, the residents of that place have erected a sub stantial building, 411x80 feet In ilie. which they mill lease to the county, free of charge, for as long as the county wishes to use it for county purposes If Haytl Is selected as the county seat. The residents of Castlemood have been fighting to retain the county beat, and apparently are con fident ot defeating the aspirations of the rival town. On two former occasions Castlewood has successfully defended Its pomeusloii of the county seat. If It re tains It as the result of the present county aet.t fight, It Is probable that a substantial county building mill be erected mithln the next year or two and that no further ef forts mill be niadj In the future to dis possess It of the county seat. More Tow as wit si Anibltloas. Harding county, which mas funned a couple of years ao In the extreme north western part of -the state. Is the scene of a county feat flcht. the ci ntesting towns be ing liuffalo, the present county seaCsnd Camp Crook, a rival town near the STon tana boundary line. As lluffalo Is situated V electrical fortiltzer. On the Williams farm a plot of two acres favorably located has been set aside for the experiments. The methods em ployed are closely copied from the electrlo farms of Germany, where surprising re sults have been obtained. As the success of the new method Is proved the farm wiU be enlarged. New York's eleotrlo farm will present a curious appearance to the layman in such matters. The ground used for the tests Is planted with Iron poles twelve feet In height, arranged in regular rows. The tops ot the poles are connected by a series of wires running crisscross fashion. Their height above the ground will be great enough to permit the workers or even the farm wagons to pass beneath. The current used combines a high am perago with low voltage. It may be sup plied at a comparatively light expense, and with the aid ot certain Improvements upon the German method, which Judga Williams Is Inaugurating it Is believed that the now stimulant may be made a practically commercial possibility. Hon- Klectrlo Fluids Work. Interesting tests have been made to prove exactly how the electrlo fluids work upon plant life. A capillary tube when placed In mater charged with electricity shows just how the stimulus ot electricity Is felt. When the circuit Is turned on water Is forced up to the tube until It forms several drops at the top. The quantity of water which Is thus raised is found to be In dlroct ratio to tho strength of the ourronl applied. What happens to the Isolated capillary tubo under the microscope Is, of course, repeated In millions of the capillary tubes of the vegetation under electrlo culture. The current serves to force the sap of the plant upward Just as It raises the drop ot water. The circulation of the little tube la thus quickened, the sap Is carried fur ther, and the plant Is made to grow faster. When the current Is turned on In the electric farm the Invisible fluid lesps the distance from the cross wires above the polos to the earth, thus passing through the plants which are In circuit. If the, current be made strong enough a long spark will be formed between the wires and the ground. In damp weather the passage of the electricity through the air often produces a glow which Is visible for a considerable distance. -The stimulating effect of the electricity Is greater than that of powerful nitrates. The current acts separately, however, nnd may thus bo used to further stimulate th? action of the nitrates. If tho growth of a" crop, for Instance, be Increased DO per cent by using a powerful nitrate, the addition of the electrical treatment will still further Increase the growth and produce remark able results. Old World Tests. Electrical farming has been carried on with great success near London by 81r Oliver Lodge, as well as in Uerma-iy, Bel gium, Russia, France and Switzerland. The results obtained vary considerably In dif ferent countries. The general average would seem to I nd lea to that an Increase of from 50 to TO per cent may be obtained in the slie of ordinary farm crops, and from electric current, carrots 37 per cent and potatoes 0 per cent. The peas, on the other hand, showed a decrease of 7 per cent. Here Is a contradictory fact which must be tested by future experiments. One of the secrets of electric farming Is to have the plants well watered. The in creased humidity seems to assist the ac tion of the electricity. It has been found again that the strong sunlight In the nilddie of the day In some cases reverses the effect of the current, and the plants treated at this time are retarded. Method of Operation. The electric farm of Sir Oliver Lodge. Just outside of London, where very satis factory results have been obtained, has been Increased from ten to twenty-five acres. The wires in this case are strung at a height of seventeen feet above the Lground, which Is rather more than In most of these stations. This height allows the convenient passage of the largest farm wagons and machinery and does not seem to Interfere with the action of the elec tric current. In a recent test crop on the English experimental farm, the current mas applied regularly on ninety days. In all It mas al lowed to act for 322 hours. The best re sults were obtained by turning It on in the summer only In the early morning hours. In the spring and on very dull days the current was kept on all day long. The best results were noticed In the case of very young plants. The seedlings reared under the stimulating- effects of electricity were more deeply colored than in the case of ordinary plants. The stalks were found to be from 10 to SO per cent higher. When the flowering began the current was turned off. The grains began to seed about the same time. The electrically treated crops were ready for harvest ing four days before the regular crop. The gain in time was not Important, but the Increase In the yield well repaid the electric farmer for his trouble. The electric crop of wheat was S9 per cent greater than that of the wheat grown nearby under normal conditions. A strawberry bed which bad been systematic ally treated by an electrlo current for 115 days, or for 1,014 hours, showed an In crease of 36 per cent over the regular crops nearby. Excellent results mere also obtained with tomatoes and raspberries. I ndergroand Experiments. In Italy an entirely different system ot plying the electric current has been em ployed, with very Interesting results. In stead of stringing the electrlo wires above the ground, plates of sine, copper and Iron are sunk at regular Intervals In the ground and connected with wires leading to thu dynamo. The tests have been made with a variety ot plants, but the best results have been obtained with very young plants before germination. The heat generated by the network of wires and the resistance offered by the ground directly affects the roots. By ap plying the electricity for 2.000 horse-power hours an Increase ot from 90 to 40 per cent In the size of the crop has been obtained. The cost of Installing such a system of electro-culture is high, but the cost of maintenance Is very low. It Is mote costly, therefore, to set up than the overhead system, but cheaper to operate. Still another system oi electro-culture consists In suspending powerful electric lamps above the beds and allowing the rays from the lamps to play upon the crop. This test has been carried out in glass houses with gratifying results. Some 200 plants, comprising various kinds of palms, grasses, tomatoes, etc., were tlius forced with the light. -piing of lHl'l. He tells how fie Idea of wrltiiiK his views of the church life first came to him on a hint from Henry Kicser. manaper of t lie book department of Hen-i nett's store In Omaha. The "Victory of : Alun itutle.lge" Is not his first book, a , sh rt history of the conditions of life In j Ireland huvlni; been put out by him j short time ago. "My next book. If this one Is successful, ! as It appears to bo from the reports of the critics, mill be on tho race question. I I consider that one of the vital questions j of the day and one that Is llfle under- stood. ' I "My tdea Is that the negro should be educated as highly as possible, when he will not wish to mix with the white man In marriage, but will be a self-respec'.lnn citizen and a credit to this country. Have the good white men of tho country com bine with the good colored men and work ing against these bad influneces of the two races mhlch we see at present they mill In the course of time settle the o,ups tlon. The negro does not mant to amal gamate with the white man, but he mants a square deal from him." Speaking on the liquor question, Rev Corkey said, "It Is the business of the church to create public sentiment about such a thing and not to try to form laws on it. The time for argument on the sub ject and Its good and bad points Is past The thing for the church to do Is to cteate the proper sentiment against It and the lams mill follow." WASHINGTON. ! '. C. Nov. 7. - V saving service .'or ti e rescue of Miner' lif. ! time of disaster Is now belli i.riusontted the miner In hlr own town or camp Unch car has been niven a specified territory and It Is expected that every mining com munity of any Importance mill be visited A mining enRlneer and a surgeon of the American Red Cross will accompany each car and deliver Illustrated lectures on the Hie of explosive, electrical equipment, fire I prevention, sanitation and first aid surgi ' cl treatment. These lectures mill be given j In the cars mherever a suitable meeting ! place cannot be procured. The cars will by the I'nited State bureau of mines St specially constructed cars, fully manned remain long enough at each place so thnt miners may go throtifth the training in rescue work, which will be in chari'.e of tho foreman of the car. a practical miner. Every effort will be made to encourage tho niiiiers to form rescue corps at the mines where they are employed anil to havo the operators equip them with rescue apparatus. Fqnlpment Is Complete. The cars will each contain eight so-called oxygen helmets, a supply of oxygen In by corps of miners trained n rescue work and equipped with the latest rescue apparatus and first aid to tle Injured ap pliances, are to be located in the midst of thj :ireat coal districts In different parts of the country. These cars mill bo ready nt a moment's notice to proceed to the scene of a disaster, where the rescue corps, 'n co-operation with th state min ing officials, will do everything possible to save entombed miners. This Is the first Important step talien by f tankg pna doxi-n safety lamps, one field I the new bureau of mines In Its efforts to I telephone with 2.000 feet of wire, lesuscl ! mince the appalling loss of life In Amor- tiltnir outfits and a iimall outfit for use can coal mines. j demonstration. One end of the cars will I Ihirlng the year ln. 2.412 m iiers were i, fitted up as an alr-ttght room to he used I killed In the coal mines nnd 7.f71 Injured. In the coal and the metal mines It Is esti mated thHt 3.0-Hl men mere killed nnd 10.OX1 were Injured in 190.1. For every l.CiO men employed, from three to five men are killed each year In the mines of the I'nited States. In foreign countries from on to two are killed In each 1.000 employed. Tn those European countries where Ihe deaths are least per thousand men employed, res cue apparatus has been In use for some time, and It Is mith the hope that Euro pean conditions can be approached that the rescue apparatus Is being Introduced here. To Conserve Hainan l.lfe. The saving of human life mill be the In training the men in the use of the so called oxygen helmets. This room will be filled with noxious fumes, and the miners, wearing the helmets, mill remain Inside for two hours In an atmosphere that would kill without the helmets. These are the helmets that permit one to enter a mine Immediately following an explosion, while it is still ft Hi cl with poisonous gases and breathe artificially. Tho abnence of the helmets at great catastrophes in the I'nited Stntes has. It is believed, resulted in a greater loss of life than necessary. Fre quently miners who have not suffered phys ical injury by an explosion have been en tombed In the mine to die slowly from the Inhalation of the poisonous gases. Had It Car No. 1. In charge of Charles Knxlan. mining engineer, left lilisburg the morn ing of October SI. for Monongahela City, I'll., where the first demonstration of res cue apparatus and lecture mas given. This car will cover the eastern field. Car No. 2 stilted Its work St Kurrail of Mines Ite-cne station at I'rbann, 111., where It was fully equipped with rescue and other npaintus uml placed In charge of 1: . Williams, milling engineer, as lecturer and J. M. Webb, as trainer In mine rescue woik. There mill be with It i lntnir skilled in hospital corps work and first aid to the Injured. From 1'rbamt this car proceeded lo I'anvlhe. 111., Torre Haute, lnd , and on iliriMigh southern Indiana to Kv ansville. The car mill stop a few days or a meek at eac h mining town, where miners mill le tialned without cost In rescue woi k. The men who take the full course of In struction In mliio rescue and first aid work will be given certificates of compe tency. A record mill bokept of these men ns being available for emergency calls in the event of a disaster. Four other cats sliutlmiy equipped will make their headquarters at Rock RprinR.-. Wyo.. Hillings, Mont.. Salt Ike City. Utah ami Knoxxllle. Tenn. These rars will travel through the mining territory I" their districts, the mining engineers giving lectures on greater safety in mining, the Red Cross representatives giving demon strations In first aid to ths injured, and the Rescue corps men training the miners In the use of the ox.vgen helmets. Reflections. "Silence Is gohlen" is the motto of the blackmailer. . Nothing pleasvps the average man more, than to find a button off mhen his wife hasn't time to sew It on. Art Is long and time Is fleeting, es pecially when a man's time Is more val uable than bis art. Hi -v rm rn sc- . r.jShs . jt , m - , - m n e. .A V r-s r?VTv -Jrr. i"NfT .1 rvCT I W IE Style. Quality, Taste and araln Values Kufoel. Good Style and Good Taste cost no more than poor style and bad taste in home furnishings. The correct thing is cheaper than the wrong thing, and the out-of-date and shoddy is dear at any price. It all depends on where you purchase and the class of goods kept. The Rubel Store makes a specialty of keeping up-to-date home furnish ings of style and quality. Every article is marked on the one-price, plain-figure plan. You will always find Better Choice. Better Quality. Better Value and receive Better Treatment at Rubel s than elsewhere. No matter what you want to fit up, it will pay you We IMe a Specialty of Home Outfits. Pedestal Extension Tables, $8.95 A solid oak pedestal Extension Table, excep tionally strong, 6 feet In length, fitted with pat ent non-warping slides. Golden or early English finish. Sideboards, $9.65 A large solid oak Sideboard, beautifully hand carved ornamentations, lined drawer for silver, shaped French bevel plate mlror. Brussels Rugs, $11.25 A largo room Blzed Brussels Rug. Closely woven; fast colors and latest pattern. Iron Beds, $1.55 Made of heavy seamless tubing, all steel rails, four coats of enamel baked on; all colors and sizes. Buffets, $14.25 These Buffets are made of selected quarter sawed oak throughout. Fitted with large, bevel plate mirror, either In Golden or early English finish. Cast Iron Ranges, $16.65 A large size cast Iron range. The new colonial smooth casting; beautifully nickel trimmed. Price Includes tea shelves. Extension Tables, $4.35 Made of selected quarter-sawed oak; have five legs, a 6-foot extension top, 42 Inches wide. Iron Folding Beds, $2.85 Serviceable folding Iron Beds with comfortable and strong supported lion springs; can he made Into a three-quarter or full-sized bed. Dining Chairs, $2.65 A genuine leather upholstered 1 lining Chair, made of selected quartered oak, full box seats, finished In Golden oak or early English. v Blankets, $1.25 A large 11-4 Blanket, easily a $3 value; heavy, in gray only. extra Dinner Sets, $4.15 A complete 00-plece Dinner Set, either In plain white or decorated, all new shapes and patterns. A Lace Curtains flflt? $1'75 Jf Jv. Lare curtain values stiyivX from $3.60 to SB. 00, odd fltf jHLI pairs and half pairs to lr&JcdFfJ close at the above price. Rubel's Steel Range Special The grandest range on the market at the price. Has every new feature. It has large six-hole top, extra large oven and high closet, exactly as shown. All beautifully nickel trimmed. The range is made of heavy guage blue stoel. requiring no black ing. Every range guaranteed. Rubel's Prfcia!.!ale. $22.50 Comforts, $1.55 A well made, serviceable, full size comfort, winter weight, a $3.00 value at the above price. near the center of the county and Camp I to 60 per cent in seeds and fruits. Crook nearer the western boundary line, the residents of Buffalo are said to be not losing any sleep over the fear that the county seat mill be moved from their town. l'lajits have been compared growing under natural conditions and with the stimulant of the electric treatment, so that !i szact measurement might be made. It Stanley and Lyman counties, both of I has been found that after M hours of the V: - .I which are situated west of the Missouri river, la western South Dakota, are the scene of proposed county division move ments. Both counties are as large as some ot the eastern states. The voters of Stanley county at the election on Tuesday, November t, will have submitted to them the proposition of dividing their county Into three parts, m hlle the voters of Lyman county will vote upon the proposition of vldliig their county Into tmo counties. V The residents of the counties do not ap pear to be unanimous In regard to the proposition in either county. It is charged that towns which aspire to become the county seals of the proposed new counties are responsible for having Inaugurated the nioveuie-ite tor ouunty dlvlatua electrlo current marked results were ob tained. The tobacco plant Increased i per cent faster under tho electric treatment. beets Increased 11 per cent faster, lima beans XI per cent and carrots t per cent tester. In the next test great care was taken to determine the exact fertility of the various plots of ground. It was found that a con stant current Is far more effective than a variable one, even though the time the two act Is exactly the same. Under more care ful application It was found that the germ lnatlon of wheat and rye used In teats was very much more prompt. At the end of the second test It was .found that the barley had grown a per cent faster because of the aUumlus of the Oldest People In the World. One of the most Interesting expositions of the year is the Japanese-British expo sition being held st Shepherd's Bush, near 1 .onion. Japanese landscape gardeners have turned large tracts Into flower gardens dotted mith quaint Japanese houses, and I there Is a magnificent exhibit of the arts. . crafts and Industries ot Japan. A parly of Alnus, the people often called the oldest Ieople in the world, who live In the north ern part of Japan, Is attracting much at tention. There are but few of them lett. though at one time they doubtless held a great part of Japan. It is thought thst they will soon be extinct. It will be noticed that their faces bear but little resemblance to those of the Japanese. The Alnus are sometimes compared with the American Indians, both having held full sway over a country for centuries, only to be driven Into a small part of their former territory by stronger and progressive race. The stronger and victorious races have often been unjust, oppressive and murderous in aisrit and action, as the white man was against the red man here. Strange to say the short glues of almost all lands, when they are crowded back by the stronger arm. die almost as rapidly from civilization as from the bullet, like mild animals that ptne and die mhen confined mithln pens. Christian Herald. The upe-clals we offer for this) week are too numerous to penult of the llhcral use of display cuts. Each and every article mentioned is a distinct bargain. Air Tight Heaters $2.15 A serviceable air-tight heater, made of heavy gauged cold rolled steel, caat iron legs. Mission Lamps, $2.55 Mission Lamps, an exception ally attractive and well made l(anip, fitted for gas or eKiCtrlclty. Library Tables, $6.75 A large solid oak Library Table In pure mission style, fitted with drawer and shelf. Couches, $12.75 These Couches are upholstered In the best grade of Chase leather. They are closely tufted, have full steel construction. The frames are of solid ouk. Axminster Rugs, $21.50 These Rugs are made, by one of the best manufacturers In the country. Large room sued, latest effects In colorings. 3-Pc. Parlor Suites $14.50 The frames are strong and mell constructed. They ure upholst ered In the. best grade of Im ported French verono. Full spring seats. OAK HEATER& A heavy, serviceable Oak Heater at an unbeatable price. This Oak Heater is made of 'heavy gauge cold rolled steel. The castings are heavy and mell fitted. The stove has full nickel trimmings Includ ing nickel rim, foot-rest, screw drafts, swing ton and urn; Is fitted with draw grate, screw check, draft and ash pan. Kuhel i special sale price. Leather Rockers, $7.75 Large, well made Rockers, up holstered In genuine leather. The frames are made of selected quarter-sawed oak. Golden or early English finish. Brass Beds, $10.75 Heavy i-lnch mell made Brass Beds, either In satin or polished finish, extra heavy fillers. Sev eral styles to select from. 3 Dressers, $9.25 Solid oak Dresser, made and fin ished In a flrsi-olas manner with large French bevel plate, mirror. .$6.15 Davenports; $19.75 The frames are made of selected solid oak. They are nphoaltied In genuine French velour, over full steel spring construction. In all colors. Chiffoniers, $6.75 A large sized, roomy chiffonier, containing five drawers; made of solid oak througnout; havo cast brass trimmings. "UNIVERSAL" HEATERS Tills Fnlvental beater Is one of the State hair samples. It is made of the best selected gray Iron castings. It Is exceptionally beautiful In appearance, liuvlng more nickel t riin.iiiugs than any other btov murie at any thing near the price. It is tilted mith duplex grates; large fender. It Is of the double flue construction! has swing top and automatic cover. A thoroughly modern, up-to-date, well-known heater at less than others usk for che-ap I'lrute makes. Rubel's COfl Cl Special Sale Price ipSiU. a flower Philosophy. There is nothing quite so ugly as a naked man. Men who have married wives with money say they are hard to mrnage. lMd you ever know two men friends to write to each other oftener than once a year? it must be nice to be a baby and howl mhen things go wrong, rsgardlesa ot ap- I pea ranees. I Tills Is going the rounds: The woman who keeps on going to the doctor will be ' operated on at last. , "The trouble with women." a grouch I says. 'Is that they mould rather have dla- : inonds and silks than bablea." i What would satisfy the people In the way of "good times.''' Nothing to do for any- j body, and all the money everybody wants, ' might do It. Atchison G.obe. Be a Booster, and boost In The Bee. Through Its columns your boost amounts to something. Try It- Advertise. ' 1513-1515 Howard Street m wadiv v 1 ., 1 la ' s aN;