Lincoln County leader., June 21, 1912, Image 5

CANNIBALS ARE POETIC
,
MISSIONARY THINKS AFRICANS
ARE SUPERIOR TO WHITES.
Ten to Twenty Vlcltme Die Every Day
In Katanga, Africa, but the Peo
ple Are Lett Materialistic
Than Londoners.
London. The Rev. Dr. Crawford,
a central African missionary of the
Plymouth Brethren, has returned to
England after 23 years' life amongst
all the horrors of cannibalism in the
Katanga country. He Is convinced
that the. black man Is In many re
spects superior to the white man.
At the Aldersgate street Young
Men's Christian association the other
day Mr. Crawford drew some remark
able contrasts between life In London
and life in cannibal land. "London
ers," he said, "live in a double fog
mental and atmospheric. Tou are, I
think, becoming too materialistic; the
fight for bread is getting too hard;
) there is no God In anything. But In
Africa they never argue about that.
No cannibal would dream of denying
the existence of the Everlasting."
Mr. Crawford is a champion of the
native of his art, his poetry of ex
pression and his delightful imagery.
On the other hand, he Is the sworn
enemy of the white civilization ad
vancing from the south, pioneered, he
says, by the "riff-raft of the universe"
and "the scum of our race."
Illustrating the poetic mind of the
black cannibal of darkest Africa, Mr.
Crawford said that he had been ad
dressing a meeting, and ended with
the phrase, "Heaven is beyond the
stars." He added:
"It was a weak little phrase not
beyond the capabilities of the ordinary
Sunday school teacher but when next
I heard it, woven into the wonderful
poetry of the native mind, they ren
dered it: 'Those stars are the lights
he has left burning along the dark
road that leads up to his city.'"
Native mothers have perhaps a
much greater dread of their daugh
ters marrying into a Bohemian family
than have the 6ternest British ma
trons. Mr. Crawford quoted a famous
proverb among native mothers which
reads: "Don't be married with musi
cians!" the Inference being thatwhere
there is sweet music there Is a lack
of home comforts.
"They have a nightingale In central
Africa," Mr. Crawford said, "which
easily excels the English nightingale
in the charm and beauty of its song.
Its nest, however, is merely two leaves
tied together. 'Listen to him say the
natives, 'gushing, gushing, with all that
beautiful talk but he lives In a gar
ret!'" When Mr. Crawford left his camp
on the lakes of central Africa to go
south to rail-head In Rhodesia and so
home, he left a land of poetry for the
"coarse materialism of the white
man's civilization."
"At rail head," he said, "I found the
typical Rhodesian,' close packed, gal
vanized iron town with 65 bars and a
population of some of the vilest white
men. These prospectors are a curse to
the natives. They destroy their faith
with a vulgar Ingersoll Joke and teach
them brutal oaths."
Mr. Crawford Is known among the
natives as "the man with the note
book and' the walking stick. He
walks from village to village endeav
oring to open Bible schools.
A little boy who broke his leg and
learned to read as an invalid, spends
his time reading the Bible to some
aged cannibals, who will never be able
to read themselves. "The boy," said
Mr. Crawford, "hates it. He yawns,
and would gladly never read again;
but those old cannibals make him go
on, and they listen to the Gospels over
and over again until some phrase
sticks with them and becomes part of
their life."
CHAUFFEUR SHOWS HIS SPEED
Meets, Wooes and Wins a Widow All
In 30 Minutes Marriage 1
Follows.
Los Angeles, Cat. Charles Llnsen
bord. chauffeur, stopped for a moment
ou South Spring street to see what
was the matter with his machine. As
be tried to start It the crank ol the
machine kicked back and Llnsen
bord's hand was severely hurt Along
came Mrs. Sadie Ball, a widow.
She tied the arm up for him and
spoke pleasantly the while.
"Gee, I wish I had a wife," said Lin
senbord. "Well, it Is leap year," said the wid
ow, coyly. . "Why not marry met" ,
"Do you mean it?" he asked quickly!
She assured him that she did.
! In a moment he had grabbed her,
swung her to the seat on the auto
truck, turned it around and was Bla
ding on his way to the marriage li
cense bureau at the courthouse. . ,
Ten minutes later he was there with
Mrs. Ball, getting the license. Ten
more and. still in his shirt sleeves, he
was leading her to Justice Summer
field's courtroom and in Ave minutes
he was Mrs. Charles Llnsenbord.
KEEPING BOY ON THE FARM
et Him Interested In Care of Pig,
Calf or Some Chickens Do Not
Be Too Bossy.
(By H. M. M'LAUGHLIN.)
Boys on the farm, as well as else
where, are simply men in the process'
Df gowth and development No man
would stay 'long- on a farm without a
pecuniary Interest in it Why, then,
expect boys to be more unselfish and
disinterested than men?
Give the boy, as soon as he is Old
enough to take care of it a pig, a calf
or some chickens. Give him a piece
of ground to work and experiment on.
Do not be too bossing. Advise him
how to manage, and If be still wants
bis own way let him try it Do not be
forever "nagging" and finding fault
with him. Remember that his faults, as
well as his virtues, are inherited.
If he fails, after refusing your advice,
be will have a greater respect for
your opinion in the future.
Teach him by example, as well as
precept, that labor 1b' honorable and
laziness disgraceful. Give him a good
education, if possible, in an agricul
tural college. Have plenty of good
books and papers, and set the ex
ample by reading them yourself. Don't
be always grumbling about the hard
times farmers have. Make your farm
and home beautiful and attractive,
and love it with all your heart and
stay there yourself if you expect your
boy to do it
PROFIT IN MATING THE SOWS
Right Selection of Boar to Head Herd
Often Means Success or Failure
for Years.
A litter of eight pigs from a pure
Ired boar mated with a choice sow
will cost no more to grow than if she
Had been ill-mated, and when grown
are worth fifty pounds of meat for
each hog over scrubby ones that have
;onsumed the same amount of feed
and care. '
This makes 400 pounds of addi
tional meat, without any additional
expense aside from your one day's
work required to accomplish the re
mit. Twenty dollars at the least cal
lulatlon for the one day thus
tent Is a good Investment This will
apply to mating all animals on the
arm and is worthy of consideration.
In purchasing the boar to fcead
four herd of brood bows, the right
(election often means a success or
failure for a period of years. We
must remember the weak and strong
points of the sows that are to be his
mates.
When both the male and fenjale
have exceptionally strong points, such
as good formation hams, head and
feet they have a tendency to fix or
improve these strong points in their
offspring.
FERTILE EGGS FOR HATCHING
Those Laid by PulletsNot Fully Ma
tured and All That Vary In
Shape Should Be Rejected.
Care should be exercised in the se
lection of eggs for incubation. They
should weigh about 24 ounces to the
dozen. The shell should be smooth
and free from lumps and ridges.
-Generally speaking, the newer the
egg the better it is for hatching. Eggs
will often hatch when they are three
weeks old, but the chicks are never
as strong as those from fresh eggs.
Eggs Intended for hatching should be
kept In a cool place at a temperature
of about 50 degrees. They should be
turned dally until ready for the incw
bator or broody hen.
Over-lp.rge eggs seldom hatch, says
the Farm and Home. The small egg is
usually from a pullet that has not
fully matured, and should be rejected.
Thin-shelled eggs are unsafe to use,
since they are liable to be broken.
The pointed egg and the round egg
should go in the egg basket All eggs
that vary greatly from 'normal shape
should be rejected.
Forage for Hogs.
The time Is past when hogs are to
be fed in a close lot, with corn and
expensive concentrates. The ideal
place for hogs, as proved by the work
done at the Missouri experiment sta
tion, is on forage where they get ex
ercise and green feed. Cowpeas, rape
and other similar crops form the
basis of the best modern system. Al
falfa stands at the head, where It can
e grown.
Small Garden Plantings.
Make your garden plantings smallei
and plant more frequently every
week or ten days; this will produce
young vegetables that are more ten
der, juicy and sweet than where large
plantings are made and part of the
vegetables are allowed to become big-,
lough and strong flavored.
When Twin Lambs Arrive.
Quick, intelligent attention will oft
en save a lamb, or a pair of them or
the ewe as well. In case of twins one
Is always weaker than the other, and
would die If not assisted to nourish
ment A tablespoonful of oatmeal a
day to each ewe, given regularly, la a
sensible addition to the ration...
HAD RATS IN TRUNK
, i
THE OPENING OF WHICH WAS
' CAUSE OF 8CRAMBLE. '
After Making Voyage Across Atlantic
In Packing Case Owned by Family
of Germans, Over Score of
Rodents Are Killed.
Baltimore. Customs Inspectors ai
least some of the old-timers like Will
iam H. Richardson, Charles H. Bran
nan, Lewin J. Heathcote and others
expect to run across things that are
strange and sometimes dutiable in
the baggage of steamship passengers
from the other side. Even the young
er members of the force are on the
lookout for experiences that are out of
the ordinary; but inhe more than a
quarter of a century of service under
Uncle Sam Inspector Richardson the
other day encountered something new
under the sun, as far as the United
States customs regulations are con
cerned. Examination of baggage, especially
that of Immigrants, is not the most
Pleasant occupation in the world. Ask
any customs inspector about this. But
to open a box of personal belongings
and then to Jam one's hand Into a
nest of rats or rather three of them
is Just a little bit more than even a
blase inspector cares to go through.
And because of this there hangs a
j tale or, to be more exact, nearly two
dozen tails and the following is the
yarn:
The Breslau, with 1,163 passengers
from Bremen, docked at pier 8, Locust
Point, the other afternoon, where the
cabin passengers were landed that
night and the steerage kept aboard
until the next morning, i There were
1.105 in the steerage, the majority of
whom were men, but there were a
number of women and several fami
lies among the immigrants. One of
the families was that of Helnrich
Popken, a thrifty German, who had
with hint a splendid family of seven
full-grown children, in addition to his
wife six handsome daughters and
one son each of them well dressed,
apparently well educated, and, need
less to say, the cause of considerable
comment The family had numerous
packages containing household goods
and personal belongings. Inspector
Richardson opened the first box and
found nothing1 dutiable. While he was
taking out the belongings of the Pop
kens, a second case had been opened.
As soon as the lid was lifted the In
spector saw that nothing but ruin lay
before him.
"Rats!" he titled. 'Se what rats
have done."
With the cry the casev was sur
rounded by customs officers, railroad
men and immigrants. And it was a
sorrowful Bight to the Popkens. The
case had been filled with clothing; but
not even a ragman would have taken
the articles as they lay.
Inspector Richardson took charge of
the situation and there began a search
for the marauders. They were soon
uncovered. First one and then an
other of the rodents was unceremoni
ously chased out of his comfortable
quarters. The cry spread among the
Immigrants, and in a few seconds the
whole pier was in an uproar. The cry
of "Rats!" In half a dozen languages
rang through the building. Here and
there scurried the rats. After them
sped former Cossacks, Austrlans, Rou
manians, Bulgarians, Germans, Poles
and Hungarians. Not one rat man
aged to escape, and when the carnage
was over there were 23 of them
stretched lifeless on the hard, cold
floor.
MAKES MISCOUNT; KILLS SELF
llch Cattleman Thought He Wat
Pulling the Trigger on Revolver's
Empty Chamber.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Gen. Frank
Canton of the Oklahoma National
Guard, has returned from Benjamin,
Texas, where he attended the funeral
of his nephew, Roy Burnett, a rich
young cattleman of New Mexico.
"The cattlemen of the range coun
try," says General Canton, "place only
Ave cartridges in their six-shooters
and keep the vacant chamber under
the trigger, to lessen the chance of
accident at discharge. But Roy had
a habit of playing with his revolver
by slowly pulling the trigger, so as to
turn the cylinder without firing, and
counting the chambers as they passed
before the trigger place. After count
ing five he would give the trigger a
bard pull and snap the weapon on
the vacant chamber, scaring some
friend the while by pointing the re
volver at him.
"Roy and his wife and two young
men of New York who were visiting
them had been to a party a few miles
from the ranch the evening of March
12. When Roy and his wife retired to
their room Roy said he would like to
give her a pistol exhibition. He did
the usual counting of chambers, or
thought he did, and then placed the
muzzle to his temple on what he
thought was the vacant chamber and
pulled the trigger. The chamber had
a cartridge in It and .he was shot
SEED OF INFERIOR QUALITY
Average Germination Tests as Made
by Department of Agriculture
Low as 81 Per Cent
Owing to the poor corn crop of the
country last year, the poorest for sev
eral years, it is announced, the supply
of seed corn for planting is generally
of inferior quality. This has led the
Department of Agriculture to make ex
tensive tests of the germinating qual
ity of the seed corn available this
year, and the result has been to send
out a warning to the farmers of the
country.
The bureau of plant industry, under
Dr. B. T. Galloway, has tested 2.000
seed com samples. The average of
germination is low, 81 per cent where
it should be 90 per cent This would
mean,, under the same conditions as
were met by the last crop, a reduction
of ten per cent in the corn crop of
the country. When it is considered
that the corn crop Is the great crop of
the country, reaching half a billion
bushels in a good year, it Is seen that
this would mean a serious loss.
The tests were the more important
because they showed the lowest aver
age of germination in the biggest of
the corn-producing states. VirglHla,
Kentucky and Maryland were between
87 and 90 per cent, which was not
such a bad showing, but states like
Indiana, Illinois and Ohio were below
80 per cent and North Dakota made
the minimum showing, with 66 per
cent '
The circular -sent to the farmers
urges them to get the best seed they
can find for planting. Ear corn Is
recommended and it is urged that
there should be a careful germination
test made of each ear, and all in
ferior ears discarded. When the
farmer has to use shelled corn that
has not been previously tested for
germination he is urged to test a sam
ple double the usual size, and then on
the basis of the germination test to
plant plenty of corn to give a full
stand.
VALUE OF POULTRY MANURE
Massachusetts . Experiment Station
Gives New Version Concerning
Worth of Hen Droppings.
r-of..W. D. Hurd of the Massachu
setts experiment station has given a
new version concerning the value of
hen droppings. It follows:
Air-dried poultry manure contains
water 7.44, nitrogen 1.S2, potash 1.11.
phosphoric acid 2.21. This is worth
from 6 to 9 a ton, compared with
$2.60 for common barnyard manure.
But its value depends upon the feed,
that from fattening fowls is better
than that from egg producers. Each
hen produces a bushel of manure a
year.
One thousand hens should produce
fifteen tons of manure a year, worth
$100; something well worth saving. It
loses its value by bleaching. This
may be prevented by mixing it with a
sawdust or dirt, and by the ubo of
chemical preservatives. It should be
stored under cover in covered barrels
and packed tightly together to keep
it from the air. It should not be used
Tor top dressing, but mixed with the
soil and applied principally to garden
crops.
Purpose of Tarring Corn.
Tarring corn is' done to protect the
seed from crows, ground squirrels,
field mice and moles. In some places
these pests do so much damage to the
seed that the prospect for a crop is
cut off before the seeds have a chance
to germinate.
The seed is put in a box or vessel
of some convenient size, and a thin
coating of tar is spread over it Plant
ing Is done in' the same manner as if
no tar was on the seeds. The odor
of the tar will keep injurious pests
away even after the seed has sprout-
Keeping Trees In Shape. '
If the trees are carefully looked
over about three times during the
growing season, Snd the ends of those
shoots that are growing too long are
pinched off, the tree may be kept to
the desired shape. But where a shoot
has been overlooked It Is better to cut
It out when found than wait until
winter. Negligence during the grow
ing season is about the only logical
reason for severe winter pruning.
Danger of Damp Quarters.
Damp quarters are a bane to suc
cessful poultry work. Fresh air and
sunshine are necessary in order to
keep your birds in good health. Let
the air and sun work for the purifying
of the house.' Birds that are kept In
houses where the sun never gets a
chance to shine in will be out of con
dition, no matter how well they are
cared for In other ways.
Chickens With Free Run
According to Professor Kempster ot
the poultry department at the Univer
sity of Missouri the orchard or the
cornfield Is the Ideal place for poultry
raising. The hens get plenty of exer
cise and plenty of animal food in the
form of grubs and Insects. - Close con
finement is never so good for hens as
wide rare. ,
QLD WILD WEST
CRIMINAL8 HAVE PEOPLE IN A
STATE OF CONSTERNATION.
Sale of Pistols and Other Arms In
creased Flfteenfold of Late A
Well-Known Author Gives , '
Advice Against Bandits.
Paris. The sale of plstolB in Parii
has Increased flfteenfold since the lat
est exploits of the ruthless automobile
bandits. This fact ascertained by
your correspondent is only one phase
I of the excitement which is sweeping
over the nation as the result of a se
ries of daring crimes in which bandits
have shot down all comers at sight
Many are urging the adoption of the
long-delayed law regulating the carry
ing of weapons; others argue that
since criminals are still able to arm
themselves, buying guns in Belgium if
necessary, it is incumbent upon all
citizens to be alert and armed for self
defense. This thought prevails wide
ly, hence there are probably more
armed men In France today than In
any other civilized country. The idea
of carrying a revolver appeals to the
Latin imagination and the Chamber
of Deputies is likely to debate long
before passing a law making it dlffl
cult for citizens to' protect themselves
by carrying firearms.
The newspapers devote whole pages
laily to the alleged movements ot
the phantom bandits, and clnemato
rraph shows are advertising pictures
Jf the automobile crimes. Men, wom
en and children are talking on the
lubject and mothers are hushing
their babies by terrifying them with
the names of Bonnot Garnler and
Carrouy. Some writers compare life
In Paris to life in California in the
lays described by Bret Harte. while
athers assume that it Is like life in the
United States today, as almost the
inly news transmitted from America
:o Paris concerns lynching and train
robberies.
Jean Renaud, author and a member
t the Paris police, offers the public
idvlce as to how to evade the attacks
5f the murderous robbers known here
ay the name of "Apaches."
"Do not allov yourself to be ap
proached on any pretext," he writes
"Beware of the well-dressed Individual
who advances with exquisite polite
ness, hat in hand, to ask for Informa
tion, for suddenly, without waiting for
an answer, he will strike you a violent
blow in the face with the hat and trip
rou as his accomplices spring for
ward. Never approach curiously a
group surrounding a man supposed to
be injured, nor individuals who ap
pear to be fighting, nor those feigning
to send in a fire alarm. An excellent
Jefense consists In taking flight If
rou aro a good runner do not hesi
tate. Do not pride yourself on a hero-'
Ism which under such circumstances
Is ridiculous." "
CAT TESTS COINS AND RINGS
rheosophlst Holds That "Tabby" May
Possibly Represent the Reincar
nation of a Miser.
Jersey City, N. J. A cat which bites
:o!ns and rings them on a counter to
'.est them is . the property of Steven
Dliver and his wife Mary, who keeps '
i small fruit stand at the intersection
)f Newark avenue and Montgomery
(treet, was studied the other day by
i theosophist who holds that "Tabby"
nay possibly represent the reincarna
tion of a miser.
frtot some time after Tabby came to
ake up her abode with the Olivers,
t was noticed that frequently when
i customer left a coin on the counter
tor a few seconds it mysteriously
ilsappeared. The Olivers Anally saw
the cat in the act of stealing to a cor
ner with a dime and depositing the
coin in a hole. Mrs. Oliver discov
ered 38 pieces of money dimes, nick
els and pennies where Tabby had
placed them.
The Olivers at once set about to
levelop her remarkable traits, finally
placing her In charge ot the cashier's
leak.
When a customer enters the shop
now the cat pounces forward and the
moment that he lays a piece of mon
ey on the counter she eagerly picks
It up In her mouth and tests its worth
by the old-fashioned method of biting.
She will then drop It on the counter
to see If it rings true.
If any one doubts her ability to test
a coin let him give her a bad piece.
She will throw it on the counter and
back away, refusing to touch it But
If the ring of the piece of money sat
isfies her she takes it in her mouth,
leaps over to her little box in the cor
ner, where she drops it, and sits on
ruard until another customer appears.
Of late she has taken to receiving
paper money when it is offered, al
though at first she paid no attention
to this form of exchange. It Is not
thought that Tabby can yet dlscrim
Jnate between a bad and a good bilL
Neither has she learned to make
ahanae.