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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1909)
! £THAtf ALLE/i TOWS#-* There is probably no feature of the coming observance of the tercentenary of the discovery of Lake Champlain which appeals more strongly to his toric lnt< rest than does the restoration oi old Fort Tieonderoga. Into the warp and woof of American history the name Tieonderoga has been indelibly worked through years of bitter war fare. and the feet that this historic old fortification, fast falling to decay, Is to he saved to succeeding generations ; through the intervention of a woman, coupled with the fact that the work of restoration has now progressed so far that wob possible to entertain on Tuesday, July tf. the president of the United States in the very building in which on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen made his famous demand for the sur render of the fortification, ' In the name of the great Jehovah and the continental congress,” gives to the celebration a place in the hearts of the people of the United States which may not he disputed. It is at the direction of Mrs. S. H. P. Pell of New York that Fort Ticon deroga is being restored. Mrs. Pell, who is the daughter of Col. Robert Thompson of New York, is the wife of Stephen II P. Pell, a prominent N**w York banker. Moth her husband and father are interested in seeing her project carried through to a success ful conclusion and are aiding it in every way possible. Members of the New York l^ake Champlain tercen tennry commission are also deeply in terested in Mrs. Poll's plan to restore the old fort, and have accorded her representatives every possible consid eration with regard to the arrange ment of the celebration exercises as regards Tieonderoga. Allred C. nos-1 som of New York city, who is the j architect in charge of the work for Mrs. Pell, v stimates that the work of completely restoring the fort, will oc cupy a period of ten years and the estimated cost has been placed at $500,000. After a conference with the members of the New York Lake Cham plain tercentenary commission it was decided that it would be best to con centrate the work of restoration upon that building known as the “west bar racks,” and this has been done. To insure absolute accuracy in the restoration of the fort. Mr. Ilossoni spent a considerable period of time in personal examination of old records and prints in the possession of the French and English governments, and now has representatives in those coun tries carefully going over each minor detail of construction. Thus far, how ever, the architect and his workers have found the fort itself as thorough ly a reliable guide to its reconstruc tion as could he wished, for when the debris is cleared away from the line of a wall the old-fashioned door hangers, locks and knobs are found where they dropped to the ground as the place gradually fell to decay. Many of these old articles are used as mod els for the construction of new and strong replicas at the hands of skilled artisans. Probnblv one of the most interesting finds was a roll of home spun cloth in a fairly good state of preservation despite Its long inter ment Peneath the old Pell mansion, which is situated on the lake shore just below the site of the fort, and which is also being restored to its former grandeur, an interesting old bull's-eye watch was found soon after the work --1 _ rORT T/CO//0EROGA iYHE/f FULL Y RESTORED j was started last November. On the i site of the fort enough pieces of pot I »ery have been found to make a com plete service, and duplicates of these I are being made ut great cost, for the ! interesting old pattern is very hard to j reproduce. The most of these pieces ; were found’ directly below the old j messroom. One pottery punch bowl which has been found in a tine state j of preservation bears upon the bot j tom the inscription: “Success to Gen Amherst,” and has been identified as a punch bowl given him by friends in New York before his campaign in the Lake Champlain country. Any quan tity of old-fashioned knives and lorks have beigi found, a perfect old-fash ioned bottle and many bar-shot, can- . nister shot, mortar shells, cannon balls and pieces of guns. Officials of the war departments of bqtli England and France, as well as of the British museum, have given much valuable assistance in the mat ter of restoring the old fort on his torically correct lines. The records show that Fort Tieonderoga was a star” fort, and the excavations now going forward bear out the records in this respect. On the tip of the tongue of land which Fort Tieonderoga was built to command stands all that remains of the grenadier battery, as it is known locally about Fort Tieonderoga, though there seems to be no real reason for its being given this name. In 1756 the French began the erection of a fort on the present site of Fort. Tieon deroga, which they named Fort Carillon, a name meaning “a chime of bolls” and referring to the music of a nearby waterfall. In strength this fortress was second only to Quebec, but in 1759 the English had gained so in numbers and the French had been weakened so by their campaign in Canada that the English, under com mand of Gen. Amherst, were able to | drive them from the stronghold and i force them from the Champlain val ley. The year before Abercrombie, commanding 15,000 troops, had made an assault upon the stronghold which [ was successfully repulsed by Mont calm, commanding 4,000 troops. Gen Amherst, following the evacuation of the fort by the French, repaired and rebuilt it, for before leaving they had destroye d as much as possible of the fortification. The rebuilt fort was christened Tieonderoga and was held by the English until its capture on May 10, 1775. by Ethan Allen and bis little company of Green mountain boys. History throughout a 1 < these years has credited Allen with demanding the surrender of the fort in the name of the'Great Jehovah and the conti nental congress." and in this connec tion the investigations of Mrs. Poll’s representatives must prove a severe shock, for according to them Allen did not use the choice language with which history has credited him. Ac cording to Alfred C. Bossom, the architect, who has personally exam ined many records of the surrender and has talked with descendants of men who were with Allen on the night of that memorable May 10, the "Robin Hood of New England," as Allen has sometimes hern styled sailed across the lake from Larrabee’s point in the dead of the night, land ing with his small command of 83 men at Willow point, on the west shore of the lake about a half mile north of where the old Pell mansion now stands. Crossing what is now the garden of the old mansion he went down a flight of stone steps and along an underground passage admitting tc a rear entrance on tin* oast side of the fort. Through a sally-port he made 1 his way into the fort proper. In tin parade ground Allen divided his small command into two parts, lining one up at the east and the other at the west end. Ho then climbed the stain to the second story of the west bar racks and walked along the bn Icon} to the last door at the southern end Before this door lie made his demanc for the surrender of the fort.—Louis E. Shat tuck. Hale’s Preaching and Practice Senator Carter tells the Baltimore Sun a story of which Senator Hale of Maine is the hero. “Hale wanted everybody here in these evening sessions that have b u n abandoned.’* said Senator Carter, ‘ and urged all the new men to be diligent. A senator who had come over from service in the house, begged a dinner engagement one night and told Sena tor Hale he couldn’t break it. Senator Hale spent ten minutes in impressing the necessity of attendance upon the new man. who yielded and declined his invitation at the last moment. “Late that night after adjournment the new senator made his weary way to his room and found his wife just back from the dinner. “‘Have a good time?’ he inquired politely. , “ •Delightful.’ same the answer. ‘It was a lovely dinner.' “ ‘Who took you in?’ casually asked the husband. “ ‘Senator Hale.' replied the wife, brightly. And then she lay awake half the night wondering why a man who had just attained the height o! his political ambition could be so uu pleasant." Menacing the Race. Xow it is the defective teeth of civ illzed races which, ne -circling to dental authority, imperil their future. Shall the savage race s of Africa and the An tipodes, with their gleaming "ivories,” yet survey the ruins of Anglo-Saxon civilization? The wonder grows as to how the fathc rs of the republic who lived in the primitive days of dentistry were enabled to transmit their heri tage to posterity.—Xew York World. Courtroom Repartee. The lawyer for the defense was so severe upon the prosecutor that the latter rose and asked: “Does the learned counsel think me a fool?" The retort was prompt: "My friend wishes to know if I consider him a fool; and in reply to his question I can only say that I am not prepared to deny it,” j PEA SILAGE FEEDING OF LAMES IN WISCONSIN • I Green Feed Will Eventually Cut n Wide Swath In Heel'and Mutton Making As Result ot Experiment at Waukesha. _ Into the cavernous maw of n silo TO i feet in diameter and 1! feet in height a vast quantity of green feed can be tucked away. From such a silo a | Waukesha county (Wis.) firm market ed during the past winter 9,000 fat I western-bred lambs. As results in this case showed a profit of around $11,000 ! better testimony as to the value of I silage for lamb finishing purposes could not be desired. For the purpose of making comparisons the firm fed | during the winter a smaller band of the same kind of lambs on hay and corn, and that operation barely paid expenses. The Waukesha feeding was largely of an experimental nature and was revolutionary in that the grain ra tion was reduced to a minimum and silage forced on the stock. Results were so convincing that the ration of last winter, practically one pound of grain per Iamb per diem with an un lot. from the standpoint of economical production this experiment was satis iactory in every respect. The season's work may be summarised by the state ment that iambs fed on hay and a heavy corn ration lost money; fed on silage and a limited grain ration prof its Were handsome, (’ten used in this feeding cost f.O to G.'i cents; screenings were worth $l'i o IT per ton. Had last winter’s ration of screenings, thre* pounds per day. been used the cost per head for grain would have been 2»4 cents. Corn cost but little over one cent p< r day. The feeders demon strated, to their own satisfaction at least, that pea silage and corn const! tutes a well-balanced ration. Montana mountain-bred lambs were used, as the feeders consider them far superior to plains bred stock. Every lamb was bought on the Chicago mar ket and in dividing the two band* Wisconsin Pea Silage-Fed Lambs Ready for Market. limited quantity of silage, will be adopted by the firm as its standard. The feature of this feeding was the limited quantity of corn used. In the previous year’s work self feeders were used and the lambs given all the screenings they could consume. This resulted in only limited con sumption of silage, the lambs filling up on grain. Gains by this method were satisfactory, but cost was excessive and the feeders determined on a radi cal change. Hand-feeders were substi tuted and the stock practically forced to eat silage. A small quantity of corn Sheared and Ready to Kill. was fed twice daily, the grain ration from beginning to the end of a feeding period of 60 to 70 days never exceed- j ing pounds per day and not aver , aging a pound. It was a mixture of 1 corn and oiluieal, the proportion of the latter being limited to one-quarter pound per day. At the outset one- j quarter of a pound of corn p*r head j was used, tills bring gradually in-i creased to the maximum. The previ ous season, when allowed all the screenings they could eat. the average consumption of grain was three ! pounds per head. While heavier j gains have been made in the feed-j care was exercised to give each feed lot an equal chance. The first feed begun October ID and ended December 14. The average weight going into the feed-lot was 71 pounds; at the stock yards on selling day 85 pounds. The 3,000 lambs, costing $5'u5.25 when put in, sold in one lot at $7 after a 40-day feed on the silage and corn ration. The second feeding period was strung out during the winter, drafts being purchased at the Chicago market as opportunity offered. Investment prices ranged from $5.25 to $7 20 and sale prices of the finished stock from $7 to $8. They went in weighing 75 to 80 pounds. None weighed less than 90 pounds coming out and some reached 104 pounds. All of the second feeding were shorn and while the fat lambs were mainly disposed of before the spring rise in prices (otherwise fiuan eial results would have been greater) a booming wool market added materi ally to the profits. These lambs en joyed popularity in killing circles. '1 hey dressed well and were regarded by buyers as fully up to the standard of lambs fed on hay and grain. The grain delegation no better prices than tfu* siiagef'd contingent. The grain-fed band consumed more than twice ns much grain as the others. All this relates to pea. not corn silage, and U:e feed used in this in stance was cannery waste. The exper iment has determined the feeding value of pea silage in combination with a small corn ration, it indicates possibilities for a vast extension of cattle and sheep feeding in an area not regarded as within the corn belt proper, embracing Wisconsin. Michi gan and Minnesota, where the pea crop thrives. VALUE OF SHEEP AND GOATS Their Use in Clearing Brush Land for Cultivation. Much has been said, written and done of late years regarding the great value of goats clearing brush land for cultivation or for the growth of permanent grass. It. is true that goats are groat* browsers on brushy land and that they will soon clear such land of undesirable growth. How ever, they are to be recommended for this use only when all the brush and trees on the land are to be removed. If some of the trees are to remain for shade or timber purposes, the goats will bark many of them, causing the meither to die or to become de formed and almost unfit for use. The writer lias just visited a large •■state in the hill land of Missouri, where the estate is being partially cleared for permanent blue grass pas ture. Undesirable trees are cut out and the best trees of best timber value are left stumling. Among the good trees on this land which are preserved for growth and future utility are the black locusts, which art widely known as an excellent timber for fence posts, telephone poles and railroad ties. The goats are not content to browse on the ten der sprouts alone hut they persist in chewing the bark from the black lo cust trees and a number of other val uable trees so as to permanently in jure them. Sheep will keep down sprouts and weeds in cleared land almost as ef fectively as will goats, and they do not have the pernicious habit of try ing to eat the large trees which may be left in the field. Ii the trees and other undesirable growth are cut out, the sheep will eat off the young sprouts and the foliage, causing the sprouts and the roots of the original stumps to die. allowing intervening spaces among trees to catch in blue grass or other pasture grass. They will not eat the bark from standing trees of any considerable size. Mending rJoofs. A roof covered with paper or felt ing can be quickly mended with coal tar. Paint over thickly with warm tar, then lay on a piece of fresh roofing paper, which should be fas tened at the edges with roofing brads; then paint some more tar over the patch and over the edges, making a neat waterproof patch which will last as long as the rest of the roof. NUBB1NC OF FARM NEWS. J.. C. Evans of Harlem, Kan., has a j fine orchard of 200 persimmon trees. The fruit is about as large as a Cali fornia plum and he finds a ready mar ket for his product at Kansas City. The 200 trees yield an average Income of about one dollar each year. The largest pumpkin grown in the state of California was raised in Santa Clara county a number of years ago. It weighed 264 pounds. It is better to raise onions which yield on an average 100 to 125 bushels per acre, even it the price is 50 cents a bushel, than to raise ten-cent cot ton. Nearly one-tliird of the coal mined in the United States, speaking in round numbers, is burned, not in homes or factories, but by the locomotives. It is estimated that through lax and improper methods in the handling of milk and cream a loss of over $5,000, 000 results annually. This Yountry consumed 115.000.000 pounds rt.,tea kmt year and Japan im ported 14 ner cent, less than ten years ago. A <1 Raising Asparagus Seedlings. I have found it advisable in grow* ine new plants of aspmagus to plant an extra quick growing variety of rad ish in the rows with the asparagus says a writer in the Baltimore Ameri can. The radish plants appear in less than a week, and cultivation may begin at once, because the exact posi tion of the rows can he seen. Aspara gus seedlings can scarcely be seen until they are a month old. and if they are neglected they may not be seen at all. The radishes should lx pulled ns soon as they are big enough to eat. At no time should they be closer titan two inches, and three or four would answer as well. This same plan works well with onions raised from seed and with carrots, and other crops that are small when they first appear. Beets and Carrots. Beets and carrots for the winter supply should be sown, according to locality, from June 10 to July I. and in some localities even a little later, and the culture is es ntiaily the same for parsnips, etc. L To Make Tea Cloth Design in Outilne in Old Blue on Gray Linen, with Fashionable Darned Background. AFTERNOON tea on the porch la | one of the most pleasant features j possible on a summer day. and it j Is essential that the appointments of the tea table should be in keeping j with the shady coolness of the porch. I For this cloth, simple designs and 1 materials of a rather rustic texture are the most effective, such as home spun linen, linen huckabuck ami crash. Among the most attractive of the tea cloths are those with the design outlined and the background filled in with darning stitch. Such a one is shown in the sketch. The water lily design is outlined with dark grten fioss, and the background filled in with a lighter shade of green—a de lightfully leafy, silvery shade like June foliage. The material is natural color crash, ami the Cluriy lace edge is dyed to match the darker green in tiie embroidery. Another equally pretty color scheme is grayish linen with outline stitch In dark old blue, darning in lighter biue, and the lace matching the darker shade. One motif for the border and one half of tiie corner ar.e given, to he traced on the linen by means of car bon paper and a hard lead pencil. A plain, two-inch hem is put in, with a row of outline stitch five inches above it, and another row five Inches from this, which forms the top of the bor der. Then the motifs are placed be tween the two rows, outlined, and the background filled in. The cloth when completed should be one yard square, with a two-inch edge of l.ace for a finish. It is advisable to use a good grade of floss, so that It w ill not fade, and in washing it is well to put a good handful of table salt In the water to set the color. The cloth is quickly and easily made, and the result sure to be pleasing. BLUE SERGE COSTUME. Blue serge is very useful for cos tumes of this description. The skirt is quite plain, and is finished at the foot by a single row of stitching. White cloth is used for the collar and cuffs of the semi-fitting coat, which fastens down center of trout by three large smoke-pearl buttons. Hat of straw, trimmed with a wreath of Powers and two quills. Materials required: Six yards serge 4S inches wide, one-fourth yard wide cloth, three buttons, four yards lin ing for coat. IN COARSE. UNDRESSED LINEN Serviceable Summer Suits That Arc Especially Good for Street or Train Wear. The shops have fortunately gotten far away from the cheap, glazed linen suit of some seasons ago. The us. ful ness of the coarse, undressed linen that does not crack and wrinkle has been fouiul out. This material will take the highest place for the ordinary coat suits and one-piece frocks of the day. The new colors are quite enchanting in it. The fashionable ones are purple, mulberry, Copenhagen blue, bronze and dull green. These make serviceable suits and s. rve Iwtter than one-piece frocks for street and train wear. They give the chance to renew and freshen one’s blouses, which cannot be done in a one-piece frock. The styles in these dull linen suits are quite simple. When they become ornate the' In • their eftVi tivem - They should ho severely plain anti tailored with t tven-gored or circular ; NOVELTY IN HOME AQUARIUM : One That Is Made with a Picture Frame Front and Intended to Hang on the Wall. j A novelty in balanced or self-sus* ; taining home aquairiuras is made to | hung up on the wall like a picture ; The tank is oblong, narrow at the bot I tom, but wider at the top. The side ti I uo against the wall is vertical, while the front slopes up outward, as a pic ture hangs, and this outer side is in la; t surrounded with a picture frame The back and ends of this aquarium are inclosed in a metallic holder, with kooks at the top by which it may bt hung, and at the back between this metallic holder and the back wall o! the glass tank is inserted a picture, a landscape having at the bottom in the foregiound a brook. The bottom ot' the tank is covered with gravel, and set In the water is ; suitable vegetation sufficient to please the eye and to keep the water aerated, and then of course there are the fishes, and when you have it thus stocked you hung this aquarium up on the wall to have the effect of a picture with fishes swimming around in it. Water. Are you forgetting to drink the proper amount of water every day? Do you drink two glasses before breakfast? You should. But by all that is hygienic do not take your water until your mouth lias been rinsed with nn antiseptic and your teeth thoroughly cleansed. People who know tell us that an acid forms during the night in the mouth and around the teeth. This acid I will decay the teeth, therefore com | mon sense tells us it is not good for the stomach; it certainly should not he washed down there deliberately a nyway. But a cold bath for the average stomach is a tonic just as it is for the body. Try it. Pastel Gloves. Bale toned gloves are being worn in Baris more than white ones for smart j afternoon dress. skirt. The tight-fitting yoke cut round or in points may be used if one's fig are can stand it The coat is cut to the knees or half way between knees , and hips, is single breasted, fastened j with colon d bone buttons and has Hat pockets on each side. Linen Pongee. The linen weaves in pom, nv ' Shantung so chv< !y i sernble the gen nine silks of these names that at j i short distance it is difficult to distin gulsh the differ nee it : e| too, that they are actually cooler that the silks. A linen Shantung specially recommended for tailor or outinj | suits, or, in fact, any hard wear, h I HO cents p. yard, 27 Inches wide. A linen pongee Is the same price hut is finer in weave than the Shan tung. This comes In stripes as wnl .is in plain colors. A linen and cottni mixed pongee ai 25 cents is very sof and pretty for children’s frocks oi small boys' suits. To wear with the pong e suits ther* ure hags of the sumo material, in j ! pretty shape, with old gold clasp am I chain of old gold. QuicK Relief is necessary in cases of Cramps, Colic, Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantum and Diarrhea. Dr. D. Jayne’s Carminative Balsam is the quickest acting and most reliable remedy known for these affect ions. It stops pain im mediately, and in almost cv£ry case brings about a speedy recovery. Keep it handy for the children's cake. Sold by all druggists— per bottle, 35c, Dr. 1). Jayne's Tonic Ver mifuge is on excellent tonic to overcome the exhaustion consequent upon a severe attack of Dysentery. WELL DEFINED. He Quiz—What’s your idea of tha difference between optimism and pes simism? De Whiz—O! the optimist says it is spring when it isn't and the pessimist says it isn't when it is. Time to (Change Subject. The Courier-Journal tells of this embarrassing statement made by a well-known Louisville woman who is known as “saying things without thinking." Her daughter was enter taining a young man on the front porch and the mother was standing at the fence talking to the neighbors next door. In the yard of the latter was a baby a little over a year old, and it was trying to walk. "You shouldn't let it walk so young," ad vised the thoughtless matron. 'Wait until it's a little older. I let my daughter walk when she was about that age, and it made her bow legged." The young man began to talk ener getically about the weather. Had to Hear Evidence. Some ladies were visiting at Blanche’s home one day. During the conversation, while the visitors were there, one of the ladies was describ ing how the blowflies laid eggs and they batched out as maggots. Four year-old Blanche did not seem to be interested in the conversation nor pay any attention to what they had beer talking about. After the visitors had gone. Blanche said: “Mamma, 1 don't believe fiies lay eggs." “Why?" asked the surprised mother “Because 1 never heard one cackle,’ explained the doubting Blanche. Hospitals a Benefit to Property. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis has recently concluded an investiga tion. which shows that 67.5 per cent of the tuberculosis sanatoria and hos pitats of the United States have beei a benefit to the property and health of the communities in which they art located. In the case oi more than 65 per cent, of the sanatoria the presence of the institutions has helped to in crease the assessed value of surround ing property. ORIGIN Of a Famous Human Food. The story of the great discoveries or inventions is always of interest. An active brain worker who found himself hampered by lack of bodily strength and vigor and could not carry out the plans and enterprises he knew how to conduct, was led to study va rious foods and their effects upon the human system. In other words, be tore he could carry out his plans he had to find a food that would carry him along and renew his physical and mental strength. He knew that a food which was a brain and nerve buildei (rather than a mere fat maker) was universally needed. He knew that meat with the average man does not accomplish the desired results. He knew that the soft gray substance in brain and nerve centers is made from Albumen and Phosphate of Potash obtained from food. Then he started to solve the problem. Carolul and extensive experiments evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famous food, it contains the brain and nerve building rood elements in condition ior easy digestion. The result of eating Grape Nuts daily is easily seen in a marked sturdi ness and marked activity of the brain a el nervous system, making it a pleasure for one to carry on the daily duties without, fatigue or exhaustion Grape-Nuts food is In no sense a stimulant hut is simply food which renews and replaces the daily waste of brain and nerves, its flavour is charming and being fully and thoroughly cooked at the factory It is served instantly with cream. The signature of the brain worke spoken of, G. W. Post. Is to ho seen on encli genuine package of Grape-Nuts Hook in pkg.- for the famous little book. The Road to Wellville." "There's a reason."