cmnArun nnoiti
Hanged to a Tree in a Califor
nia Logging Camp.
WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN INSANE
Attacked the Foremen's Wife and Little Girl
With a Butcher Knife, and Was Soon
Strung Up by Lumbermen.
Bakersfield, Cal., July 10.—Youpg
Fook, a Chinese cook employe at a
boarding house at Mount Brecken
ridge lumber mill, 35 miles east of
Bakersfield in the mountains, was
lynched yesterday afternoon by the
lumbermen. Shortly before the noon
hour the Chinaman attacked Mrs.
Kenny, wife of the foreman of the
mill, with a butcher knife, inflicting
a serious wound on her face. He also
struck Mrs. Kenney’s little daughter,
but the wound is slight. Thescreams
of the woman brought the lumbermen
to the scene. Mr. Kenney was the
first to reach the house. He was at
tacked by the Chinaman and sus
tained a severe cut on the wrist.
The lumbermen knocked the China
man down, placed a rope around his
neck and hanged him to a tree. It
is believed that the Chinaman was
insane.
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
Directors Appropriate $5,000,000 for Build
ings— Other Important Meetings.
St. Louis, July 11.—The commis
sion of architecture, under whose sup
ervision the buildings of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition will be erected,
met here today at the Planters’ hotel
for the first time. Two other import«
ant World’s Fair meetings were held
today. One was that of the executive
committee, of which President Fran
cis says: “The commission will en
deavor to prepare a definite report, to
be submitted to the directors, on the
scope of the fair. This matter is not
to be confused with the plan of the
exposition. The plan has nothing to
do with the arrangement of buildings,
etc.
The scope determines what
kind of exhibits will be made. It
■will be arranged to have exhibits from
all over the world, of course, but the
word scope includes the character of
those exhibits.”
Following this meeting was one of
the board of directors. The sum of
$5,000,000 was appropriated for the
purpose of constructing world’s fair
buildings. This action put the com
pany in a position to have official an
nouncement made by the government
to the nations of the world that th6
fair would be held in St. Louis in
1903.
WILL IGNORE THE PROPOSAL.
Metal Trades Association Refuses to Accept
O'Connell's Terms.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 11.—No at
tention will be paid to the proposition
for a settlement of the machinists’
strike made by Prîsident O’Connell,
of the machinists to the National
Metal Trades Association. This was
the statement of Edwin Reynolds,pres
ident of the Association, tonight.
During the day President Reynolds
received a communication from Sec
retary Devins, of the Association, in
which he detailed Mr. O’Connell’s
proposition for a settlement of the
strike.
Mr. Devins informed Mr.
Reynolds that the administrative
council of the trades association in
New York is unanimously opposed to
considering the proposition of Mr.
O’Connell.
“If the men come back to work,”
said Mr. Reynolds, “they will return
under the condtition of our declara
tion of principles. The proposition
of Mr. O’Connell is almost the same
as that which we offered at first, the
nine-hour day and the arbitration of
the wage question locally. By strik
ing the men have lost the nine-hour
day and the proposition of Mr. O’Con
nell has made no change whatever in
the situation.”
PASSENGER TRAIN DITCHED.
Two Persons were Killed end Several Injured
Near Cleveland.
Cleveland, July 11.—One of the
worst wrecks on the Lake Shore road
in years occurred at 2:30 o’clock this
morning in the center of Nottingham,
O. 10 miles east of Cleveland. The
southwestern limited on the Big Four,
from St. Louis, Cincinnati and other
western cities, and which goes onto
the Lake Shore tracks at Cleveland,
was ditched through collision with a
freight train.
The shock to the passenger coaches
was terriffic, and although the occu
pants were badly shaken up, no pas
sengers were killed. Five of the men
injured in the collision were brought
to the Cleveland general hospital early
today. One man, whose name is un
known, lies at ths hospital un
conscious.
MUST REMAIN PRISONERS.
TURKEY rAYS CLAIMS.
No Immediate Release for the Americans whe
Ninety-five Thoussnd Dollars Received by the
Fought with Boers.
New York, July 11.—Americans
who fight in the Boer armies and are
or have been made prisoners by the
British, will have to endure their cap
tivity until the close of the South
African war, says the Herald’s Wash
ington correeponen*
Great Britain has declined to com
ply with the request of this govern
ment to release an American now con
fined on the island of Ceylon, and this
refusal will probably prove a bar to
further representations by the state
department in behalf on Americans
captured as belligerents in South
Africa.
The test case was that of a natural
ized American named Morgan, who
claims residence in Virginia. Lord
Milner, the British high commission
er in South Africa, disproves of the
release of foreigners who fought with
the Boers. He has announced that a
jierson who serves aB a belligerent with
the Boer forces loses his nationality
and must be treated as an enemy.
This view is concurred in by the legal
officers of the state department. The
department is satisfied from investiga
tions made by American consuls and
the British authorities that all reports
that the British are ill-teating their
prisoners are without foundation.
The only hardship that Americans
captured in South Africa will have to
undergo will be that of confinement
until hostilities cease.
THE MACHINISTS’ STRIKE.
President James O'Connell Offers Terms of
Settlement.
New York, July 11.—Members of
the National Trades Association, in
this city, announce that they have
receiver! the following proposition
from ' James O’Connell, president of
the International Association of Ma
chinists, for a settlement of the strike:
“The question of wages to be arbi
trated by all districts; all machinists
on strike to be reinstated without pre
judice to their former positions, pend
ing settiement by arbitration; the
hours of labor shall be 54 hours ]>er
week, which is not submitted to arbi
trations, the award of the aribtration
board to date back to the time the
men return to work; articles of agree
ment shall be signed by both sides,
agreeing to the above basis of arbitra
tion ; the above basis for a settlement
of the present strike shall not apply
to firms members of the National
Metal Trades Association and others
which have made setlements. ”
It is believed that an agreement
will be reached in a few days.
PLAGUE AT AMOY.
Appeared Earlier than Usual, and is Spreading
with Rapidity.
Washington,
July 11.—Consul
General Johnson, at Amoy, China,
reports the appearance of the plague
at that place two weeks earlier than
usual this year.
His statement is
dated May 14. He says he has re
fused to permit Chinese seteerage pas
sengers to depart for Manila and the
United States.
The spread of the
plague during the past the 10 days has
been rapid and the fatalities most ap
palling. “It is my opinion, ” he says,
“based on the most reliable data from
various sources, that during the week
just closed there were as many as
100 deaths per day in Amoy and
suburbs.
The same condition of
affairs exists in surrounding cities
within 30 miles of Amoy.”
The representative of the marine
hospital service at Hong Kong also
reports the earlier appearance of
the disease in that city, and a more
rapid spread than usual. He says
that several Eurojieans have been at
tacked.
A West Indian Storm.
State Department
Big Strike Is Practically Ended
In Cincinnati.
STRIKE BENEFIT FUND WAS EXHAUSTED
About Seven Thousand Men Will Return to
Work—San Francisco Men Will Also
Proceed to a Settlement
Cincinnati, July 15.—The macliin-
ists’strike, which was organied Muy
20,and which involved from 5,000 to
7,000 employes in this city, has prac
tically been declared off.
A secret
mass meeting of strikers was held to
day, at which a formal report was
made that it had been found to be im
possible to secure assistance in money
from the headquarters in Washing
ton, as the strike lienefit fund is ex
hausted, and the strikers were advised
to return to work. Already about 600
have applied for reinstatement, and
many more will do so in the next two
days. No official statement has l>een
made by the leaders of the strikers,
and they all refuse to be quoted, say
ing that they do not care to do any
thing that might affect the injunc
tion proceedings against them, set
for hearing July 16. It is said that
the decision to return to work was not
unanimous, and that some men will
still hold out.
Situation at San Francisco-
San Francisco, July 15.—The Iron
Trades council has received favorable
reports from the nine affiliated unions
on the question of giving the council
authority to effect a settlement of the
machinists’ strike in the city inde
pendent of what is done in the East.
The council has therefore appointed a
committe of five, with full power to
act, to meet the employers should
they agree to confer.
The strike of
metal polishers has been declared off.
MORE FIGHTING IN COREA.
Trouble Between
Catholic
Missionaries
and
Pupils.
Berlin July 13.—The Cologne Ga
zette published a dispatch from Seoul,
Corea saying that bloody conflicts
extending over a period of 10 days
have occurred on the Island of Quel
part between Roman Catholic mis
sionaries and their pupils and the
pupils are reported to have lieen killed
during the encounters. The gover
nor of Quelpart, according to the dis
patch, says the trouble was the fault
of the pupils, and arose from their
support of the tax collectors in levy
ing illegal taxes upon the natives.
Upon hearing that two French mis
sionaries had been killed upon the
island a French warship proceeded
to Quelpart. Upon finding the mis
sionaries alive, the warship Returned.
The Corean government has com
missioned Huan Junan and an
American court official to investigate
the matter, and is sending a company
of Corean infantry with them to
Quelpart. Quelpart is in the Yellow
sea, 60 miles south of Corea, to
which country it is subordinate. It
is a penal colony.
CORN CROP PARCHED.
Kansas and Missouri Farmers
Have
Already
Lost $50,000,000.
Chicago, July 15.—Todays’ advices
to the board of trade and grain com-
misison firms are that the heat and
drought in the Southwest are un
broken. It is said that the damage
outside of Kansas and Missouri is
comparatively slight, but that unless
there is relief within the next 10 days
the corn crop situation will approach
a calamity.
A message from Topeka, Kansas,
says the prospects are for a crop of
but 50,000, IKK) bushels of corn,
although last year’s crop was 163,-
000,000, and that of the previous year
237,000,000 bushels. The loss of hay
.«nd potatoes is also great, second only
to the loss of corn.
It is estimated
that the farmers of Kansas and Mis
souri have already lost $50,000,000 by
the torridity and drought.
Port au Prince, Hayti, July 11.—
Owing to the non-arrival of the regu
lar French mail steamer here today
from Jacmel, Les Cayes and Santo
Domingo, exact details of the havoc
wrought by the storm, which for four
days past has swept Hayti and Santo
Domingo, are still lacking. Fears
are entertained for the safety of the
French steamer. Telegraphic com
munication through the country has
not yet been established, and travel
Oil Found in Oklahoma.
over the roadways is still impossible.
Guthrie, O. T., July 15.—The peo
The entire loss of the banana and
corn crop is reported from the south ple of Granite, O. T., are wild with
ern part of Hayti. The destruction excitement over the discovery of oil
at Byterre included the loss of a wharf. near that town. The oil was found
at a depth of 107 feet, and spouted to
Cuban Postal Revenue Increasing.
the surfacre in great quantities. The
Washington. July 10.—A statement company that sunk the well will go
of the postal revenue in the island of deeper in the hojies of developing a
Cuba for the nine months ended gusher.
March 31, 1901, as compared with the
some period of 1900, shows that the
Posse of Sixty-Five.
total postal revenues for the 1901
Chinook, Mont., July 15.—Sheriff
period amounted to $382.271, and Benner, of Great Falls, and his jiosse
for the same period of 1900 to $163.- of 11 men left here this afternoon
515.
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for the Bear 1’aw Pool ranch, 16 miles
away, where horses will be furnished.
Roads for Waterville Wheat Belt.
Spokane, July 11.—It is stated here The Great Falls posse will be joined
that Seattle persons are planning a by the possees from other counties,
The party
new system of railroads to tap the making in all 65 men.
famous wheat belt around Waterville, will be equipped with good horses
in Douglas county. It is not yet cer and a plentiful supply of provision.
tain whether the proposed lines will Sheriff Griffith apparently is absolute
connect with the Great Northern or ly confident that he has the Great
Northern robbers surounded on Peo
Northern Pacific.
ple s creek, 75 miles distant.
The Outlaw« art Cornered.
Living on Camel Mut
Great Falls, Mont., July 11.—In a
deep canyon about 60 miles south of
Malta and five miles north of the Mis
souri river. Sheriff Griffith has at
last cornered the Great Northern train
robbers. The canyon is a veritable
fortress and is full of caves where the
robbers can hide and hold at bay an
army if need be. This news left the
camp of the posse at an early hour
yesterday morning.
London, July 11.—The Times pub
lishes the following, dated June 28,
from Gerloguby, in the Somali coun
try: “The Abyssinian army cam
paigning against the Mad Mullah has
failed to find him. Provisions have
been exhausted and the troops are
now eating the camels and other
transport animals. Unless food is
procured in a few days many must
starve to detah. ”
Central
American
Storm.
San Francisco, July 15.—The Pa
cific Mail company’s steamer Newport
from Panama and way ports reporta
severe storms on the Central Ameri
can coast.
At both Champerico and
Ocos she was caught in a hurricane
and had to put to sea on each occa
sion. Her anchor and 30 fathoms of
chain were loot.
A number of
barges and lighters were driven
ashore and other damage done at both
places, but no lives were lost.
Washington, July 12.—The state [
department has received the amount
of the American indemnity for the
claims against Turkey, $95,000,
through the American legation at
Constantinople. The money was 1
paid by the Turkish government to i
Mr. l.eishman, our minister at Con- |
stantinople, and was by him placed [
The Old Kail Fenc«.
in the Ottoman Imperial Bank and
drafts remitted for the amount. In the merry days ot buyhood when wo
never knew a care
These drafts have just reached Wash
ington. As is always the case, the Greater than the muuips or measles or
cut of hair,
claims in the aggregate considerably When a a mother's
sore toe was a treasure and a
exceed the amount of the indemnity
stone bruise on the heel
actually paid, but our government Filled the other boys with envy which
has expressed itself satisfied with the
they tried not to conceal.
payment. It assumes full responsi There were many treasured objects on
the farm we held most dear,
bility for the distribution, the Turk
ish government paying down a lump Orchard, fields, the creek we swam in,
and the old spring cold and clear;
sum of $95,000 and leaving it to the
there the woods of hick’ry and of
state department to distribute it Over dak
deep and dense.
among the claimants at its discretion Looming up so behind
the outlines of the
and after its own fashion. It is stated
old
that as soon as the department offi
rail
fence.
cials can prepare their list they will
communicate directly with the claim
On its rails the quail would whistle in
ants.
the early summer morn.
These claims are principally based
on losses suffered by the American Calling to their hiding fellows in the field
of waving corn.
missionary and educational institu
tions in Turkey, notably those at And the meadow larks and robins on the
stakes would sit and sing
Harpoot and Marasch, but there are Till the
forest shades behind them with
a number of individual claims. The
their melody would ring.
state department officials feel the There the catbird and the jaybird sat
greatest satisfaction at the settlement
and called each other names.
of these claims. Secretary Hay had And the squirrels and the chipmunks
played
the
chase-and-catch-me
been told by diplomats skilled in the
games,
way of Oriental diplomacy and ex
perienced in the poliitcal conditions And the garter snake was often in un
pleasant evidence
of Southern Europe that he would
of the
never be able tocollect them. Among In the grasses in the corners
old
other difficulties the state department
rail
had to contend with was the jealousy
fence.
of the great European powers, most
of whom had claims against Turkey As we grew to early manhood when we
vastly larger in amount than ours,
thought the country girls
and whose total was beyond the abil In the diadem of beauty were the very
fairest pearls
ity of the Turkish government to
meet. For more than a decade the Oft from spellin’ school or meetin' or the
shuckin' bee
American claims have been pending. Down jolly
the old lane we would wander
Minister Terrell initiated them; Dr.
with a merry little "she.”
Angell went over to collect them, On the plea of being tired (just the coun
expecting to be so engaged only a
try lover lie!.
short time, but he returned unsuc On a grassy seat we'd linger in the
cessful after several years in Constan
moonlight, she and I,
tinople. Then Minister Strauss took And we'd plant a future picture touched
with colors most intense
them up, and when he resigned he
passed them along to young Mr. As we sat there in the corner of the
old
Griscom. The latter only recently
rail
committed his heavy charge to Mr.
fence.
Leishman, and, while to the latter be —Denver Post.
longs the credit of actually collecting
the money, it is said at the state de
Question of loo Much Land.
partment that every one of the officers There are lota of land owners In ev
named has contributed valuable ser ery section of the country who are
vices toward the final settlement.
land poor. They own and control more
CONDUCTOR WAS CARELESS.
Terrible Head-on Cotillion on the Chicago &
Alton In Missouri.
Kansas City, July 12.—The Chi
cago <fc Alton’s vestibuled limited
passenger train, bound from Chicago
to Kansas City, collided with a fast
livestock train between Marshall and
Norton, Mo., shortly after 7 :30 o’clock
this morning. Sixteen persons were
killed and 30 are in Kansas City hos
pitals. The trains collided head-on.
Thé engines were pushed to either side
of the track, the baggage and chair
cars were piled on top of the engines,
the dining car was tipped over and
the forward cars of the train tele
scoped.
Immediately after the collision
some of the cars caught fire and the
wreck was a blazing mass. The steam
and scalding water escaped from the
engines, burning many of the passen
gers frightfully and enveloping the
awful scene in a cloud that made the
rescue work difficult.
Freight cars
were piled on top of the engines and
several of them were burned. The
mad bellowing of the cattle was min
gled with the shrieks of men and
women. Many of the passengers were
imprisoned in the cars while scalding
steam poured in on them. They
prayed aloud and pleaded with the
rescuers to lend a helping hand.
They were taken out as rapidly as
possible, but there were not enough
helpers to prevent the awful burnings
which many were subjected to.
The wreck occurred about two miles
west of Norton.
Near the tracks
there stands a small clump of trees.
Under the shade of these trees the
dead bodies and the injured passen
gers were placed, but the shade gave
little relief.
The heat from the
burning train was added to by the
terrific heat of the atmosphere, which
was blown across parched meadows
and fields of curling corn into the
faces of those who were in pain and
gasped for fresh air.
For a space of
several square rods the ground was j
covered with pallets made of quilts,
coats and garments of every descrip- |
tion. As many of the bed clothes as I
could lie secured from the sleeping j
cars were used for 'this purpose. |
After spending hours under the trees,
in the almost unbearable heat, it was |
necessary for the injured to undergo
a trip to Kansas City-
Battle in Trantvaal.
London, July 12.—Severe fighting,
according to a dispatch to the Daily
Express from Ixnirenco Marques, has
taken place between Machadodorp
and Lydenburg, the Boers lieing de
feated with at least 50 killed.
New Boxer Movement
Shanghai, July 12.—A new Boxer
movement is being started, according
to Chinese intelligence from Singan.
Pu Chun, the heir apparent, with
other members of Prince Tuan'a fam
ily, has gone to join Prince Tuan on
the borders of Mongolia, and there
are strong indications that Prince
Tuan is preparing to march against
the foreigners with the tacit approval
of the dowager empress.
land than they can work to advantage.
They hang on to It like grim death
until the sheriff comes to their relief
or they are fortunate enough to find
some man who has a sum of money
large enough to pay one-third down
and a bank account good enough to
take the risk of getting the balance to
gether in one and two years. There
are plenty of large farms throughout
the country which could be made to
pay for themselves within a few years
if divided up properly and placed In
the hands of ambitious men who would
appreciate an opportunity to secure and
pay for a home of their own.
Another benefit would aerrue from a
change of this kind. Tbe condition of
society would be much benefited. As a
rule, either In city or country, the best
communities are those In which the
people own their own homes. It pre
vents that floating element from pre
dominating—people who have but lit
tle Interest In their surroundings, as
they are here one year and somewhere
else another. It Is a fact that values
are higher, the moral tone better and
the people more happy and prosperous
In communities where there are small
farms which are owned by their occu
pants.—Stockman and Farmer.
In 1900 this had reached $4.000.000 by
the middle of June. In some farms in
Marylund 80 per cent or more of the
crop was destroyed. Vigorous efforts
are making to control Its spread and
the official bulletin gives a detailed de
scription and means of fighting it.
Fruit Notet.
Handle fruit as if you were handling
eggs.
It is the duty of every farmer to plant
fruit trees.
Cut out from the pear tree all limb*
which show blight.
Most fruit growers say that clay soli
is the best for the pear.
Blackberries are a profitable berry to
raise for the market.
The best sol! for the raspberry is *
rich, well-drained, deep soil.
Tlie number of known species of
plums runs up into the hundreds.
I-and that will produce grain and
vegetables will grow blackberries.
l’lums should be thinned to abont
six Inches apart after the June drop.
l’laut different kinds of fruit trees, so
as to be sure of a crop of some kind.
Pears and plums are just as hardy as
apples and just as valuable to raise.
Strawberries will grow In every State
in the Union. Have you a lied of them?
Fruit trees require to be cultivated
and pruned, but they will repay all
care and attention.
Training raspberries and blackberriea
on trellises is recommended by some
growers.
When fruit has been thoroughly
thinned It attains the largest size, great
est beauty and dellclouaness of flavor.
For Unloading a Hayrack.
An easy way to unload a hayrack
without lifting It off Is to set four posts
in such a manner as to be far enough
apart one way to miss the running
gears of the wagon and far enough
rKAMI POH TH» HAYRACK.
apart the other to hold a lfi-foot rack.
Top boards are nailed to tbe posts.
These are pointed at one end and by
driving through between the two pan
els the rack Is lifted from the wagon,
being gradually raised as tbe wagon
pusses along.—Exchange.
Quatity of Potato*».
The demand for quality is by no
means confined to fruit, as many farm
ers think. One might say the consumer
has no means of knowing if a certain
variety of potato Is likely to cook up
mealy or be soggy, and that is true so
far as tbe appearance of the tuber goes,
but here Is the way the consumer treats
tha matter: He gets a small supply of
potatoes from the grocer and finds
them soggy and tasteless. The next
time he goes to tbe grocer he tells him
in unmistakable terms that no more
potatoes like tbe last are wanted. Tbe
grocer In turn lays down tbe law to the
commission man from whom he buys,
who In turn looks up the source of sup
ply, and either writes the grower that
no more of the variety should be sent
or says nothing and sells them to whom
he can at any price he can. Thus the
producer puys the penalty for not tak
ing quality Into consideration In potato
growing. Test varieties In the »oil you
intend to use, and know what you are
doing. If the soil is SHndy or gravelly
loam and the plot has tbe proper care,
there is no trouble in producing qual
ity.
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Rnrshtuu a* Forage Crop.
If sorghum Is wanted for fodder, says
Orange Judd Farmer, sow June 10 or
after and let it remnln In the field
until the lower blades have dried up
and the seed has Just passed the dough
stage. Cut with a mower when the
«lew Is not on and put Into shocks at
once. Build shocks eight feet high and
Golden Caahaw Pumpkin.
The Golden Cashaw pumpkin Is one eight feet In diameter and leave In the
of the best of the newer sorts, Itoth for field until want«*«]. Sorghum put up in
ple-inaking and for stock-feeding. this wny will make excellent feed un
When the pumpkin Is matured the skin til warm weather next spring. After
is golden orange In color. The flesh thut the juice lieglns to sour and It
must not be used. Some feeders con
sider one acre of sorghum worth two
acres of ordinary field corn. If an or
dinary wheat drill is used for sowing
sorghum seed, stop three of the holes
an«l leave three open. The crop can be
cultivated once. When cutting time
comes go Into the field with a self-
binder and cut as oats or millet Tbe
objection to this method Is that in most
of the humid States there Is danger of
sorghum spoiling under the band. In
N'ebraskn and Kansas and further west,
where the air Is dry, this objection does
not hold. The crop Is easier handled
in bundles.
Paatiirlnir in Sprared O-chards.
The statement was recently made In
an agricultural paper that several cases
OOI.DRN CASHAW rUMl'KIN.
of swlne-kllllng by pasturing In spray-
Is fine grained, rich yellow In color, <^1 orchards were on record. There la
sweet and rich in flavor. This variety certainly some mistake about this, for
Is one of tbe sorts it would pay to grow tbe matter has been repeatedly tested,
alone, that Is, not In the corn field, and It has been found that It would re
by anyone who had a large herd of cat quire the consumption of nearly half a
tle to feed. Grown alone the yield Is ton of pasture by an aulinal for It to
materially Increased. — Indianapolis obtain sufficient poison from under
New».
sprayed trees to Injure It. Moreover,
swine of all animals are the least af
Green Pea Lauaa.
fected by poisons of any pasturing ani
The Department of Agriculture ha»
mals in orchards that have been spray-
Issued a report on the ravages of the
( m 1, provided only spraying has lieen
green pea louse, giving warning that
done, and there has been no large quan
this Insect, one of the most Important tity spilled over a small area. In the
of those which have ravaged the crops latter case animals would l>e likely to
of tbe country during the last two sea be made quite sick.—Exchange.
sons, will widen Its range geographi
Vanquishing the Murdock.
cally and Increase the amount of de
One man claims to have freed his
struction.
Blnce Its first appearance in May, premises front burdock burrs by keep
1899. at Bridges, Va„ Its devastation ing them mowed and cut off all sum
has steadily Increased and It has now mer, never permitting them to form
become the cause of great loss In the leaves. It ended them. Another said
principal pea growing regions of the ! he put a very little gasoline on each
United State». The estimated loss It plant by tbe use of a small oil can, and
caused along tbe Atlantic coast States ' every plant to which the oil wai ap-
J
Ln 1899 la estimated at $3,000,000 and i plied went the way of all tbs earth.