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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1896)
c p if' A AGRICULTURALHINTS. STEEL-TRACKED ROADS. A TKItlllllLE EX- amim:. A l'rotiiUltiK Idea Advocated ly Krnitcrn Political I.uuderii. In the vruck of matter and the crush of worlds, coronations, conventions, bont races and tilings, it is just na well not to forget that the farmer feeds ns nil, when the mud doesn't prevent his hauling HtuiT to market. F.armer O'Donncll, of New York stnt distinctly understood that he, and not I (inner Uudd, of New Jersey, or any other person, is the suggestor of the steel tracked roadway, perhaps the most promising of the new good roads ideas. Farmers O'Donnell, Uudd and others pro pose, in brief, to lay wide, shallow steel raits in the public highways, with turnouts at intervals. Wagon wheels would run easily on flat rails eight or ten Inches wide, with flanges on either side to pre vent the wheels slipping olT. Except upon main traveled roads the cost might be pretty heavy, but there would be al most no limit to the loads that could be drawn upon such n track. Bicyclists could easily use it. The appearance might not quite equal that of a good, well-crowned macadam road, but the idea is worth considering, especially in regions where macadam stone is scarce. One beauty of the steel track is that wagons with narrow tires could safely use it. Macadam necessitates a broad tire law, which causes soim; opposition. How true it is that there's nothing new under the sun! Here we arc again back nt the old plank road idea. A steel plank running lengthwise instead of a wooden one crosswise; that's all the dif ference. And in the west, the last few years have seen the reappearance of the prai rie schooner and the freight wagon. Owkn Lanouon. THE CONVICT PROBLEM. A GOOD INVESTMENT. It Can Ho Solved by Kmplnylng I'rlHoncrs in ICoud CoiiBtructlon. The convict labor question is a very knotty problem that is still waiting for solution. It knocks at the door of nearly every state capital, during each session of the legislature, but is usually turned away with a promise of more consideration t some future time. The good roads problem is also a ques tion of importance in the land. In some localities one of these problems is per mitted to solve the other. Two birds ore killed with one stone. That the present mode of employing convicts is very unsatisfactory is proved by the unsettled condition of the ques tion in nearly every state where it is done. The following is from a recent issue of the Dayton (0.) Herald: The Ohio penitentiary scorns to suffer from the Reneral business depression. The annual report of tho board of manaBcvu shows that In 1SD3 tho surplus of earnings over expenses was $31,079; In ISO), the de ficit of earnings was $9,137, and In 1SP5 tho deficit of earnings was $55,4G1.22. Tho board uscrlbes several reasons for this cluunjo of about JSG.OOO, among them tho passage of a law requiring tho branding of all prison-made goods, und the passage of the .Llewellyn law, restricting tho number of laborers engaged In making any one kind of goods In tho penal and reformatory In stitutions of tho state to ten per cent, of the free labor employed in making llko goods In tho state. These have led, as tho board claims, to u demoralization of tin contract system. It recommends tho re peal of the last-named law, the llrst hav ing been declared unconstitutional; or If this cannot be done, then that the limit llxed by the Llewellyn law bo raised to at least 25 per cent. Tho situation Is ono of great Interest, and will probably lead to lurther agitation of the difficult ciuestiou.s of employment of convict labor. In this connection it may be said that whether or not the penitentiaries are fcclf-supporting has nothing to do with the case. The more money the convicts make for the state under the Ohio system, the more free labor is deprived of. Thriv ing penitentiaries are not the most hopeful of signs. it would bo even better to tax free labor to support idle convicts than to have the convicts rob free labor of its means of support. At the present time the work of mak ing magnificent systems of highways appears to oiler the best means of em ploying many of the convicts. They should not be permitted to compete with free lnbor in the manufactures. IJoads should be made better. When, oh, when, will the immemorial moss-gatherers known as legislators awake to the needs of the hour? L. A. W. Bulletin. The Cost of llogiiH lluttnr. We have often buen asked what prof its the dealers realized on the sale of oleomargarine, but no definite or posi tive reply could be given for the very reason that it has been difficult to get at the facts from the manufacturers. Dairy Commissioner Van Valkenburg, of New York, lias been looking into this matter, an. I he gives the following formula, together with cost: Twenty four pounds of leaf lard, "7 pounds of oleo oil, 12 pounds, of cottonseed oil, D pounds of salt, IS pounds of milk. This will make 100 pounds of oleo, which costs $5.91, and wholesales at from 10 to iiO cents per pound. Farm er's Voice. Kxperleneo of u Gorman Town Blum Tliut Improved Honda l'aj. B. J2. Fernow, in an article in the In dependent, to show that permanently good roads arc nn important clement in any rational system of forestry, cites the example of the little city of Goslar, in the Harz mountains of Germany. This old town owns' u forest of 7,500 acres, which the citizens trciuniro as ono of their best investment), because it not only furnishes them outing grounds and good sport in the way of hunting, but with a sure and continu ously increasing revenue. Under con servative management the annual cut is .150,000 cubic feet of wood, and tho net income from the sale is, in round numbers, .$25,000 a year, or $11.50 an acre a year, which is aood return from soil unlit for agriculture. Formerly the district was without good roads, but in 1875 the forcfit manager per suaded the city fathers to appropriate enough money to construct a tlrst-class road system, wJiioh was gradually com pleted. In 1891 $25,000 had been spent on roads, and 141 miles of these roads were in good order. The manager kept an account of the influence of this im provement, on the profits and cost of his forestry operations, and he was able to show that the annual cost of log ging had been reduced by $2,-150, the cost of hnullng by $2,520, and the result of the sales duu to the fact that much formerly unsalable material could now be disposed of and all could be trans ported more conveniently was increased by $.1,255, being a net increase of $8,255, or nearly 33 pel cent, of the amount in ested in road improvements. On one road which Was macadamized and main tained for a year at a cost of $7,4-10 an instructive comparison was made be tween the cost of hauling 470,000 cubic feet of wood over the old and over the new roads. On the old road 4,273 loads were required of 110 cubic feet each, and costing $3.G0, or amounting in to tal to $15,2S2.S0. On the new road the same quantity was moved in 2,052 loads of 177 cubic feet each, and the cost, at the same price n load, was $9,547.20, which means that the saving in haulage alone was $5,735, or 75 per cent, of the cost of the rond in one yew. PLANT PROTECTOR. It Holds Drooping Ifriinclio.s of Plants Up from the Ground. A tile plant protector is just the thing for holding the drooping branches of some of the small fruits up from the ground, especially the gooseberry, whose habit, of growth is low and straggling. The special advantage claimed for this method is that it keeps 0. h .& wm3Evyu8yj r fij r -illl W-'-' .ilffl!vfi.:. . the fruit and branches from the ground and also gives a better chance to hoe up the weeds and stir the soil uudtr the branches. It will also hold the moist ure about the roots of the bush to some extent, and will make easier picking of the fruit than when the branches lie near the ground. American Agriculturist. HORTICULTURAL NOTES. Some growers advocate mulching with strong manure pear and peach trees, the mulch to extend out as fur as the limbs extend. To keep oil' the mice and rabbits rub on axle grease lightly for iwo feet from the ground. Keep all loose bark rubbed oil' the trees, for under tlieo scales is where insects like to hide. As we approach the northern limits of the apple belt, the number of varie ties that can endure the climate rapidly diminishes. Obviously then, the num ber of varieties of first quality thatniav be grown on the northern confines of the apple region must be comparatively very small. The apple leaf crumplcr is an orchard insect of peculiar economic importance, because it winters on the tree not more than half grown and attacks the young leaves as fast u,i they put forth in spring. It thus does vastly greater mischief than it could a little later in the season. Farmers' Voice. IneeiltUo for Good KoudH. The pleasure drivers of a township in Huntington county have made it u rule for the past two years to present u gold watch and chain to the road super visors of tli-j townships for keeping the roads in good repair. A Mr. Allison und his successor, TliaddetisH. Jackson, have each been the recipient of gold watches and chains, This is a new tiling for public road supervicoiv, butu ery common thing for railroad section supervisors to receive a prize every year for the best sections of road beds in each division of the IVnusylvania railroad. This action on the part of tho oflieials make it an incentive for .nod work and good roads bedii. .Mediu (l'u.) Ledger. CAPTURED A SHARK. And Found In It Mitir n I'upor Addrrmud to Illiimnlf. "Ono afternoon, when wo woro in the Indian ocean," said tho captain, "I noticed u shark swimming round tho ship, and I didn't like it n bit. You know tho superstition to tho effect that a following shark presages the death of ono of tho ship's company. He sailed round us all tho next day, and the next after that, and I deter mined to catcli him, and quoll my un easiness. Wo baited a hook, ond after a short time, captured and killed him. Then we cut him up. Do you know what we found in that shark's inside? No? Well, n nowspaper, unopened; nnd it will surprlso you, as it did me, when I toll you that it was addressed to me." A shout of great laughter wont up from tho captain's audience, who winked nt each other unblushingly. lie, however, took all the bantering in good part, and when the jeers were ended ho said: "Now, gentleman, I'll tell you how it happened. I found that my children had been skylarking tho day before in tho cabin. They found among tho mass of rending they hud brought aboard somo unopened newspapers addressed to me. They had been throwing these nowspapcrs nt each other, nnd ono of them went out of tho porthole. The shark miw it, of course, and gobbled it down; and that was how it happened. Now, gentleman, judgo for yourselves tlio truth of 1113' story." London Answers. How'a Tlili? Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollars Rownrtl for any caso of Catarrh that can not Iks cured by Hall's Catarrh Ctiro. F. J. Chunky & Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wo, tho undersigned, lrnvo known V. J. Cheney for tho last 1ft years, mid beltovo him perfectly honorablo in all business transactions and lluaucially nblo to carry out any obligations miulo by their firm. Wkst & Tiiuax, Wholcsalo Druggists, To ledo, O. Wamhno, Kixkan & Maiivin', Wholcsalo Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Curo la taken internally, acting directly upon tho blbod and mucous surfaces of tho system, l'rlco 75c. per bot tle Sold by all Druggists. Testliuonialc free. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. Wnitn it not bettor for n man in a fair room to set up 0110 great light, or branch ing candlestick of lights, than to go nbotit with a rushlight into every dark corner. Bacon. m 1 coui.n not got along without Piso's Curo for Consumption. It always cures. Mits. K. C. MoULTON, Ntiedlium, Muss., Oct. 22, 94. Tuonan plunged in ills nml exercised in care, yet never let tho noble mind "despair. Phillips. A Dosn in Time Saves Nino of Hale's Honey of Horehound und Tar for Coughs. Pike's Toothucho Drops Cureia ono minute. m Gum your hearts with oilcnt fortitude, suffering yet hopiug all things. Mrs. lio inans. THE GENERAL MARKET" Kansas City, Ma. April 6. CATTLE -Host beeves 1 3 30 & 4 10 Stookers 3 40 7 3 8J Nutlvo cows 2 ID 3 CO HOGS Choice to heavy 3 10 ;vi 3 71 WIIEAT-No. a red 71 71 , No. 'J hard C rii, 0: COIt?; No. 2 mixed i.3; 6 13JJ OATS No. t! mixed 10 (& 1" ItYE-No. 2 33 (ft 31 FLOUIt Patent, per sack 1 00 fij 2 10 Fancy 1 7:1 t M HAY Choice timothy II 0J 611 f,0 Fancy prairie ON) fit 7 60 BRAN (Sacked) A 4i HUTTElt Cholcocrcumory.... SO ho 22 CHEESE-Full cream KJiiffl 12JJ EGGS Chotco btf&o 0 POTATOES i Q 23 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Native und snipping 3 2'i 1 23 Texans 2 7i jj 3 8" HOGS Heavy 3 M So 3 W SHEEP Fair to choice 3 40 513 80 FLOUH-Choico 2 70 Gt, 3 Hi WHEAT No. 2 red (1 S9 4 COKN No. 2mlxcd 2fl(s zfX OATS No. 2 mixed IBitio 18,'f KYE No.2 Hi Co 30 HUTTEK-Crcatnery Id 22 LAKU-Western steam 4 liWfl ft Mi POKIC 8 12Jii8 uvt CHICAGO. CATTLE Common to prime. . 3 00 (Tr. 4 -10 HOGS Packing and shipping. 3 7.) lit I 1)1 SHEEP-Fair to choice 2 7 fy 3 8) FLOUK Winter wheat 3M (. 3 M) WHEAT No, 2 rod VSVb Ot) COllN No. 2 t'8ii !)P1 OATS No. 2 18K ft 16)i EYE 3iJt f. 3J HUTTEIt-Cronmery 10 a 20 LAUD f, 00 iafi(l7H POIJIC 8 3.') II SO NEW YOIUC CATTLE Natlvo Steors 4 05 Ct, t SO HOGS-Good to Cliolco 4 00 (!r. A 4) FLOUIt Good to choice 3 fti 3 0'i WHEAT No. 2 red 7V4 75V, COItN-No. 2 3; n 37U OATS-No 2 25 .r. L'5)4 UUTTEK-Crcamcry 17 22 POKIC Mess 0 f0 C.I0 fiO Tlio Modern Ilcauty Thrives on good food and sunohlno, with plenty of cxerelso In tho open idr. ller form glows with health ond her fate blooms with Its beauty. If her system needs tho cleansing notion of a laxative remedy, slio uses tho gentlo and pleasant Syrup of 'Figs. Miulo by tho California Fig Syrup Coinpuny. Gu)hy is lllto a circle in tlio wntcr, which novor eenseth to enlarge Itself, till by broad spreading it dispell to naught. Shakes peare. 1 1 Fits stopped frco by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Kestoror. No fits after llrst (lav's use. Marvelous cures. Trcatlso and f3 trial bot tle free. Dr. Kline, TOl Arch St., Phlla., Pa. Ajuttkii nnd perplexed "What shall I do?" is worso to mun than worst necessity. Coleridge. Fi.atti:iiy Is often a trnftlo of mutual inenuneHS, where, although parties intend deception, neither is deceived. Colton. CATAflftH LOCAL DISEASE nnd Is tho rosultot colds and sudden cllmatio changos. It can ho cared by n plcimnt remedy which la applied di rectly Into tho tiontrlK Ho lnc milckly Absorbed It gives roller at once Elv'sGreamBalm loncknowledr'cd to bo tlio moit thorough enro for Nasnl Catarrh, Cold In Head and liny 1-ovcr of all remedied. It open nnd clennica tlio nrwil pMaj;c, allays pain and Inflammation, hcalu tho eorc , pro tects tho memnrauo from coUlfl.rcHorcstlipncntcs of tasto nnd smell. rrlco60c.ntl)nici;l8tsorf)yma U ELY imOTUElta, 60 Warrcu btreot, New Votk. DDIHM ""I WHISKY "ftMlsrnrrd. Donksrnt Ur lURI niKK. ir. A. x. HooiXKr, iTum, u. J-NAMI THIS rAi-Kl tntj lla M Vltu. n Tho nervous system U weakened by tho IlvSa. CMrtl I Npsirft 0 d Tortiiri3 1S8 8 Every nerve Is strengthened In tho cure of It by IWsVw Jl H Mrfijfl & The coming; Artist who knows enough to paint a popular subject. S3 CVdTWJv SiH jL uu IPiraUCi You get 5 oz. of "Battle Ax? g for 10 cents. You only get 3 5 oz of other brands of no better quality for 10 cents In other words, if you buy "Battle Ax" you get 2 oz. more hjghgrade tobacco for the same money Can you afford to resist this fact? We say NO unless you have "Money to Burn' o Try Walter Baker & Co.'s Cocoa and Chocolate and you will understand why their business established in 1780 has flour ished ever since. Look out for imitations. Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. OO08OO8OQO8OOOOOOOOOOOO Qy&Q42J34&rfy&(&'G "In the springtime of the year I always take your Sursaparilln as I fiud the blood requires it, and as a blood imrlOer it i3 unequalled. Your pills arc the beat in the world. I used to be aunoyed with " tots Break Out vrTwvwvwwww'iTrww in tho springtime. And a groat many who aro not poots, pay tributo to tho $ season in tho samo way. Tho difforonco is that tho poet breaks out in about tho samo Gpot annually, f whilo moro prosaio pooplo break out in various parts $ of tho body. It'o natural. Spring ia tho broaking-out season. It i3 tho timo whon impuritioo of tho blood work to tho nurfaco. It io tho timo, therefore, to d tako tho purest and most powerful blood purifier, x Ayer's SarsapariHa. & This testimonial will he found in full In Ayer'r. "Curcbook," with a g) hundred others. 1'rce. Address: J. 0. Ajcr C: Co.. I.o-.ve'.l, Mass. CCIXiOQiB-OCCOOC COOOOCOO'C Z OOOOCC'CCd WE HAVE,nP..ents rtTCPra. but VFVPFm ' X X Ut -Wl Sok l0V4fw !l0 JK.VW flHUtt?nri "?v ilirlip? W. 1J. Piutt, Secy. foil direct to tlioconsntnor wjiuludalu prices. Hlita uny. a Hiruxuiiiuiauoii Lororo . Kvuryihlim wurmni.ii. too styles of Cnrriadcs. 90 style of Harness, .ji styles Riding Saddles. Willi, fnrraiuiostii'. ELKHART CARRIAGE ficMARNRSSfiRlCO. j:i,ii.uaj:t, ini. CTTOK TREE A. nT iCD TOTED 70 VKJRS kJXalcimtn and dub makers wautfJ for GOLD I'luin, rlr. StdrK.LnuhtaiM, Jlo. ,Uoi!; port, Ills. 1599 vx:i:. wHtria x advkktiskkh rtam: r.'nto that 7011 tan tho Advcrtlnoutciit In tills l.uccr. mm i-: viur.Ej lnrnr nil. wtnr ri n. r.i fjtS mat Couizh Hjrup. Vomos Ooou. Uao "0 V.x. Jaltnii. Sold by rtrurcoiolB. K.a
