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Since the discovery of the Isthmus
of Panama, or Darien, as it was at
first called, tnere is hardly a spot on
earth that has attracted so much at-
tention. Balboa, the Spanish naviga-
tor, was the first to cross the divide
and saw the Pacific on September 25,
1513. Its history during the nearly
400 years that have since elapsed is
filled w'ith stories of bloodshed and
cruelty. The Spaniards slaughtered
the Indians as they did the inoffensive
Caribs. The buccaneers under such
them to relief and safety. Worn out
by incessant toil, Polanco and Kettle-
well gave out, the latter begging to
be left behind. The men did not take
care of their rations, the Grenadians
had thrown away theirs and there was
but one day’s supply remaining. The
officers had some food left, and this
was divided among the party. Once
more the march was resumed, the
men struggling wearily through the
hills and dense forests.
Reluctantly Strain gave the order to
nadtaii was left alone. Later It was
discovered that he had crawled back
to his compatriot’s grave and died
upon it. nis remains were later found j
in that position by Lieutenant Strain. |
The following day Lomoard asked to j
be left behind, as it was clear he could 1
go no farther. They shared their
remnants of food with him and left
| him to his fate. What this may have
been was never discovered. At his
earnest request his boatswain’s whis-
I tie was left with him. The next day
a terrapin somewhat revived the thir-
teen miserable men. Miller became
delirious and Harwood the weakest,
where all were weak. So dragged on
the weary days and night3 until March
22, when Mr. Boggs agreed that ne
should be abandoned, although he still
hoped for succor. Mr. Truxton be-
came very ill and the emaciated band
was forced to halt. It was evident
that four or five men would have to
be abandoned the next day and that
not more than two or three could hope
| to reach Caledonia bay, if any one
ever did.
Knew Fate Was Sealed.
Truxton, Boggs and Harwood, all
young men, knew that their fate was
sealed. Hunger and toil had reduced
them to mere bundles of rags and
bones. Harrison and Vermilyea were
little better; that evening Maury stood
by the gloomy river. All were wrapped
in the darkest despair. Suddenly
SOME OBSERVATIONS AS TO THE
PLANTING OF CORN
What Prof. C. P. Hartley, of the Department of Agrlcul*
Cure, and Others Have Discovered*
The growing season Is a good time
for study and observation of crops,
and a noting of points which will
prove valuable another season. The
manner of planting a crop has much
to do with its subsequent develop-
ment, and this is especially true of
corn.
Prof. C. P. Hartley, of the United
States agricultural department, has
the march was resumed. The Gre-
nadians rejoined the next day; they
had built a small craft, but It was Maury shouted, ••Truxton, I hear a
monsters as Hawkins and Morgan j return to the river he had left and
committed crimes against the Span- I there the first and last council of the
lards that appear almost incredible. ] party was held. The conclusion was
The sack of the old City of Panama : reached that they were on the Igle-
ls one of the darkest pages in the his- j sias, set down by Gisborne as a branch
tory of nations. It is a relief to turn j of the Savana. There was no trail
from these subjects to a history of through the wilderness; three of the
suffering supported by the dictates of j men and one of the Grenadians were
duty and patriotism as enrolled in the J utterly worn out. A few plantains
archives of the United States naval j were found and divided. Eight birds
department at Washington.
From Tehuantepec to New Granada
every effort had been made fifty years
ago to find a suitable route for a ship
soon wrecked. The day after Strain
took three men to push their way
rapidly down the river and secure aid
for tha, rest of the party, leaving Mr.
Truxton in command. Avery, a vol-
unteer, and Golden and Wilson of the
Cyanne, volunteered to accompany
him.
After many parting councils Strain
sadly left the main body on February
13. Occasionally a bird or an iguana
was shot and furnished a modicum of
food for the famished men. Lombard.
Harrison and Castilla failed entirely
on the twenty-eighth day. Holmes,
who had lost his boot, had a wounded
foot that was becoming gangrenous.
Some buzzards, a turkey and a pec-
cary were shot, but there was no
marching until the thirty-seventh day
and then only for half a mile.
Lombard, Parks and Johnson left
the camp and hid. In their terrible
sufferings they had matured a plan to
hide until Holmes died, exhume the
were shot, among them an owl and a
w'oodpecker, and some small fish were
caught by Mr. Truxton. An iguana
was shot and, in vainly trying to re-
canal through the Cordilleras. An j cover it from the river, Holmes lost
Irish romancer wrote a book describ- j his boot, which later on caused his j body and subsist upon the flesh until
ing such a route, and English capital- I d'eath. | 'heY reached the Atlantic coast. On
ists sent out an engineer named Gis- I On the thirteenth day the New Gren- 1 thirty-eighth day Holmes breathed
borne to make a survey. He returned j adians gave up in despair, although ^|s *ast an<* emaciated body, with
with maps und figures and wrote a i the work had all been done by the ^is mus^et alongside, was laid to rost
book describing an alleged practicable j Americans. Lombard, the boatswain on the banks of the river in a grave
route. All were false and it is doubt- j of the party, became very 111. The | hollowed out with knives and an ax.
ful if he ever penetrated the.isthmus clothes and boots of the men were ! Decided to Go Back,
at all. On his statement that there | torn to shreds and at night nothing j Lieutenant Strain was now twenty-
was a gap of only 150 feet in height was heard but agonized groans. Boils i one days gone, and it was evident that
above sea level, a company was began to appear on the men and each | the sixteen survivors would not live
gun; I see white men; 1 see Strain.
No words can describe the delirious
excitement that brought the despair-
ing, dying men to their feet as de-
liverance appeared at hand.
Day after day the lion-hearted
Strain and his comrades had pushed
their way through fearful obstacles,
much of the path being cut by himself.
Reduced to skeletons, they at last
reached the village of Yavisa, to find
natives as venal as cowardly. He
managed to reach the ranch of an
Irishman named Bennet, on the Sa-
vana, who gave to him the warmest
aid. The Virago returned from Pan-
ama and boats laden with provisions
were soon on their way up Chuquana-
qua river and the rescued men were
brought back. They found Parks still
alive, but covered with wood ticks,
and he died a little later. Polanco’s
body was found, as described, on Cas-
tilla's grave. ’ Through all McGlnness
had clung to the American llag,
wrapped around his body. Later It war
wrapped around the coffin of Vermll- |
yea, who died at Yavisa. The others
reached Panama, where Mr. Boggs |
dfed. The survivors crossed the isth- \
mus to Aspinwall, all that were left
of the twenty-seven stalwart young
men who started up the Caledonia
river on January 17, 1854. One-third
of the entire expeditionary party per-
ished from hunger, or its effects, and
planter be arranged to drop accurate*
ly the number of kernels desired.
“A second means of controlling the
uniformity of distribution is found in
tho custom of removing the butt and
tip kernels of the seed ears, it has
been determined experimentally that
if all tile kernels of an ear are shelled
together, a good planter will not drop
over 70 to 75 per cent., with the prop-
er number per hill, but when the ir-
regular kernels from butt and tip are
removed, the samo planter will drop
as high as 90 to 95 per cent, with the
desired number. It is, therefore, al-
ways necessary that butts and tips
be removed from ears before shell
ing."
After the uniformity of dropping the
seed comes the proper amount of seed
to he dropped in a hill. There is no
rule that definitely fixes the proper
number, but some experimenters have
fixed on two or three while others
| prefer three and four. Not infrequent-
| ly a corn grower favors two kernels,
| believing that he gets a better ear.
For silage corn, four and five are fre-
quently advocated. While he does not
mention the number to the hill, a
writer in Coburn's "Corn Book” drops
j a Hint that may he useful to our read-
ers:
"Where soil hns been growing corn
j for a number of years in succession.
First Lateral Roots from Planting three kernels per hill Is, if anything
Seed One Inch Deep. a little thick. We realize that the
j planting of three kernels per hill does
Investigated corn conditions in near- ; no^ always mean that there will be
ly every state In the union and lias three stalks found standing when the
thus been able to familiarize himself j corn husked out, as a certain
on every feature pertaining to the amount of the crop will always meet
planting of corn, and concerning the With grief; nevertheless, where it is
check-rower he has this to say: J known that the soil is impoverished,
"Perhaps more corn Is now planted wo believe that there will be more
by means of a check-rower than by well-developed corn if it is planted
any other device. This Implement is ^ so ag to make a good average of two
adjustable, so that the spacing of the J kernels per hill.
rows and the distance between the ! »We would consider It a great mis-
plants or hills in the row can be reg- jake to adjust the planter in advance
formed with a capital of $75,000,0Pb
to construct a canal. Gisborne's
falsehoods were speedily discovered,
but an English party sent up the
Savana river in 1853, after penetrating
a few miles, returned in despair,
minus four men killed by the U’hu-
quanaqua Indians, a fierce tribe of the
interior. _
Sought Through Route.
The idea at the time was to discover
a route from Caledonia bay, on the At-
lantic, to Darien harbor, on the Pa-
cific. To this cmd the United States
steamship Cyanne was sent with an
exploring party to Caledonia bay, I
while a British ship, the Virago, went j
to Darien harbor to give assistance if
needed. The Cyanne's party consisted !
of Lieutenant Isaac C. Strain, in com- |
mand; Passed Midshipmen Charles
Latimer and William T. Truxton, First
Assistant Engineer J. M. Maury, Mid-
shipman H. M. Garland, a volunteer
from the Cyanne; A. T. Boggs, S. H.
Kettlewell, J. Sterritt Hollins, who
were assistant engineers, and Dr. J.
C. Bird, surgeon. Mr. Maury was as-
tronomer and secretary. Senors Cas- j
tilia and Polanco went along as repre-
sentatives of New Granada, in which
state the proposed route lay. The bal-
ance of the party of twenty-seven con-
sisted of tried seamen of the navy.
Misled by Gisborne's maps and
statements, the party took only ten
days’ provisions, but was amply sup-
plied with arms and ammunition. Of
that party of twenty-seven men that
left the Cyanne, on January 17, 1854,
only eighteen ever saw the ship again,
the other third having perished miser-
ably in the depths of the tropical for-
es, or after the rescue of the party.
Advancing up the bed of the Cale-
donia river, they were soon forced to
take to the land, where progress could
only be made by hewing a path
through the dense foliage. The Indians
fled before them, first burning their
tents and canoes. The explorers were
speedily Immersed in the appaling
difficulties of a tropical country, ag-
gravated by steep precipices and deep
canons. Holcomb, Winthrop, Hollins,
Dr. Bird and Roscoe strayed from the
column on January 20 and were never
heard of again. Deeply as Strain felt
for them, he was obliged to push on
after firing repeated signals for them
to return. They found an Indian guide,
who appeared to be honest at that
time and said he would guide them to
the Savana, one and a half days'
march. He later encountered a band
of Chuquanaqua Indians and aban-
doned the explorers. They finally
reached the Sucutetl river, a tribu-
tary to the Chuquanaqua, which runs
into the Tutyra, and the latter into
Darien harbor by a most circuitous
route. Chuquanaqua is said to be the
most tortuous stream known to geo-
graphers, as the unfortunate explorers
were soon destined to learn. It is said
to take a course double its own direct
length.
On Wearisome Journey.
The party struggled along the rock-
atrewn bed of the Sucutetl, believing
It U> be the Saruna, which would lead
?ag.fo,?nd toco°tal? » °[ ** \ fJor.Jhl8_rJet.ur“:. T!1,ey.bfii!Vei^!.W“ I G m te h an' u ° th e * A11 atitl c ^a n d ended
at the Pacific ocean.
woods,” some of them an inch in
length. On the sixteenth day an acid
nut was discovered, but it destroyed
dead and a council of the officers de-
cided to countermarch and try to re- I
gain Caledonia bay. It cost a severe j
the enamel of the teeth and the diges- struggle to peach this conclusion, but
tive powers as well. Some turkeys
were shot and the stage was reached
where even the buzzards and cranes j
were welcomed as food.
On the eighteenth day they had a !
great misfortune. Truxton only was
intrusted with tlae sole fishhook. He
gave it to Castilla, who turned it over
to one of the men, who broke it.
Strain said nothing beyond pointing
out the probable result. It cost many
lives, as the Chuquanaqua, when
VIENNA'S RICH CHOIR COMING.
it seemed the only hope. Truxton, i
seated by Holmes’ grave, sadly penned
a letter of explanation to Strain, j
should the latter ever regain the j
place, and in it he begged him to push
on after the party. Then Parks was
missing and on March 6 a start was
made on the march to Caledonia bay,
the former being abandoned to his
fate. Both Grenadians w’ere very ill,
but some of the seamen threw away
their arms to assist them along. All
Chorus of Wealthy Men to Sing for
American Charities.
New York.—New York next spring
is to hear for the first time the Vienna
Male Chorus society, composed of
well-to-do or wealthy men, who are
coming all the way from Europe at
their own expense to give here two
or more concerts for charitable insti-
tutions.
The chorus consists of 300 voices,
and the members are prominent in the
social life of the Austrian capital. On
their American tour they will pay
their own expenses, said Felix Kramer.
Mr. Kramer is here to make arrange-
ments for the concerts and to confer
with the leaders of various musical
organizations. The society gave sev-
eral concerts abcut six weeks ago In
London and sung before King Ed-
ward in Buckingham palace. On their
visit to New York next April they will
be accompanied by several of the lead-
ing soloists of the Royal opera house
in Vienna, by special permission of
the emperor.
ulated to suit the requirements of the
soil. By means of the wire chain
stretched across a field, one man and
a team can plant in straight rows In
both directions across the field, 12 or
15 acres per day, thus admitting of
crosB-cultlvation. Corn planted in
this way can be kept free of weeds
and well cultivated without costly hoe-
ing or the cutting of weeds. A sum-
mary of numerous tests made by vari-
ous state experiment, stations shows
that there is practically no difference
In the yield of corn planted In hills
of several stalks each or drilled so
that the stalks stand separately In
the rows, provided there is the same
number of stalks per acre in each
case.
“Uniformity in planting seed corn
Is Important. If a man wants to plant
three kernels in a hill, he wants three
kernels every time. In other words,
he does not want many hills with
four and five and as many more with
one and two. While a machine can
be regulated with considerable ac- j
curacy, It is impossible to get results ;
unless the seed is uniform. Given
this character of seed, and the plant- j
er can be set to distribute the seed i
in the hills with great accuracy. The
farmer must not blame his planter !
for failing to distribute evenly unless ;
and use the same plates over the en-
tire area mentioned. It will be wise
practice to change the plates after
tho poorer land is planted and use
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reached, was full of fish, but there ;
were no means of catching any.
Small Craft Soon Wrecked.
On the twentieth day the Grena-
dians asked permission to return and
take a man with them. This was
granted and they were furnished with
good arms. Their idea was to reach
some New Grenadian settlement and
procure aid there. The party was
now reduced to nineteen persoas and
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BARS GAUZY BATHING SUITS.
Filmy Clinging Material Will Not Be
Allowed on Beaches at Cleveland.
Cleveland. O.—Joe Goldsoll, chief of
the park police, has drawn the line on
peek-a-boo bathing suits, as well as
, those constructed of gauzy, clinging
stuff and white muslin.
Open work surf costumes don’t go
with him. Diaphanous duds for the
depths make no strike with him, and
he will not allow them at the public
bathing beaches. The chief recently
issued notice to this effect upon the
bathing public.
“No gauzy, clinging stuff for bath-
ing suits will go at the public beaches,”
he said with firmness. "It is indecent.
White muslin is no good for bathing
suits, and neither is this thin bril-
liantine. Those suits have to be sub-
stantial, with some thickness to
them.”
Goldsoll added that he would make
daily trips of inspection to the beaches
in autoboat and otherwise, and with
field glasses in search for infraction
of his rule.
Early
Lateral Roots from Planting
Seed Two Inches Deep.
his seed is uniform. For instance,
some time since Miller, of Missouri,
illustrated three ears of corn common
Early Lateral Roots from Planting
Seed Three Inches Deep.
something that will drop just a little
more corn on clover sod. Not only
will the richer soil sustain more
plants, but we have found that corn
on sod ground is apt to meet with
more opposition In the way of ene-
mies than even an old land, and in
planting we generally like to allow a
little for this.”
In the accompanying Illustration we
show graphically some of the results
by which George T. Pettit, of Mamaha
county, Kan., determined upon two
inches as the best depth at which corn
should be planted. It wijl be noted
that he paid particular attention to
the first two sets of roots. After de-
scribing his work and the object that
lie had in mind, he concludes:
To further test the matter, a cor-
respondent of the Prairie Farmer re-
cently experimented by planting a
largo number of grains at depths of
one, two and three Inches. As the
object of this test was not to follow
the roots in their ramifications, but
merely to note the depths at which,
the first two sets of roots—about
which we hear so much—would start
under different depths of covering,
the plants were allowed to attain a
height of about six Inches, when the
In most fields; one had broad, round- first ring of lateral surface roots was
ed kernels, another, deep, pointed ker- well started, and they were taken up
nels; and the third with a shape dif- ! and examined. A fair average plant
fering from either of the others. No representing each of the three depth#
planter can distribute such corn satis- j of planting was sketched from life,
factorily when they are all mixed in Fig. 1 represents the one-inch plant-
the same batch ‘of seed, but either ing, with first set of lateral roots start-
one alone might be handled satisfac- ing directly above the seed grain and
torily. Here is what this writer says: scarcely more than half an inch below
"A planter may be adjusted to plant the surface. Fig. 2 shows the early
kernels from either of these ears results of twro-inch planting, the lat-
qulte uniformly, when they are plant- j erals about midway between the seed
ed separately, but not when the three and surface. Fig. 3 illustrates the
are shelled together. It has been three-inch planting, laterals practical-
the work was now being done by the
officers. The following day Castilla
lay down to rise no more and his body
was Interred by the river. 'The party
strayed from the dark stream and was
soon lost in the jungle. Despair set-
tled upon all. Polanco could go no
farther, and. with streaming tears,
the ragged, torn, starving men w?ere
forced to abandon him to his fate. He
screamed in anguish, but there was
no resource and the unfortunate Ure-
Favorites.
"You say that Mr. Boodles Is a mu-
sician?”
"Yes,” answered the man who
makes puns.
"What are his favorite instru-
ments?”
“The loot and the lyre.”
One Advantage.
City Man (carpingly)—Whew, but
it's hot! I am told that the mercury
frequently stands at 110 in the shade
here.
Farmer Summerboard (cheerlngly)
—Wall, you don’t hafter stay in the
shade, ye know.—Puck.
! found, for Instance, that after shell-
ing the butts and tips, if the kernels
from a single oar are placed In a
planter box and the plate properly
ly same distance from surface as In
two-inch planting, the connecting
stem below these being necessarily
much longer. The fact that the lat>
adjusted, a good planter will drop, \ erals In Figs. 2 and 3 started deeper
than in Fig. 1 shows that up to a cer-
tain limit the depth of planting does
not affect the depth at which the
laterals start. But as Fig. 3 shows
no advantage in this regard over Fig.
2, we may safely opine that a medi-
um depth of planting will cause the
laterals to start as "deep down" a#
i say, three kernels in a hill 95 times
in 100; but when corn from ears of
such widely differing kernels are
mixed, no adjustment of the plates
will allow the planter to drop over
75 to 80 of the required number of
kernels. The Importance of selecting
seed ears which have as nearly as
possible the same shape and size of j deep planting, and Is, therefore, ad-
| kernels Is thus omphasized. What- visable.
i over type of ear one prefers, there-
fore, let that type alone be selected i
| for planting, and let tho plates of the 1
Persistency is a good trail, unuless
a man is persistently lazy.
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