I
I TALMAGE'S SERMOK
H THE HUNGER IN INDIAr LAST
M SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
B From the Following Text : "TIiU In Ahas-
H uems Which Itefgned from India ,
9j Even Unto Kthloplu" Ksthvr 1:1. A
Hj Land Plundered by Grcod.
H s f/M0NG / the 773,693
words which make
{ Jup \ the hlhle only
= " 11 once occurs the
| l\ \ word "India. " In
iMthis part of the
f scriptures , which
the Rabbis call
"Mcgillah Esther , "
or the volume of
Esther , a book
sometimes com-
11 plained against because the word
Ifl "God" is not even once mentioned in
B it , although one rightly disposed can
M see God in it from the first chapter to
the last , we have it set forth that Xer-
B , xes , or Ahasuerus , who invaded Greece
| H with two million men , but returned in
H a poor fisher's boat , had a vast domin-
H Ion , among other regions , India. In
IB my text India takes its place in bible
IH geography , and the interest in that
land has continued to increase until ,
IB with more and more enthusiasm , all
II around the world Bishop Heber's hymn
about "India's coral strand" is being
sung. Never will I forget the thrill of
anticipation that went through my
I body and mind and soul when , after
two weeks' tossing on the seas around
Ceylon and India for the winds did
BH I not , according to the old hymn , "blow
Bl soft o'er Ceylon's isle" our ship sailed
HI up one of the mouths of the Ganges ,
BC past James and Mary island , so named
BE because a royal ship of that name was
Bl wrecked there , and I stepped ashore at
Bl ft. Calcutta , amid the shrines and temples
Bl and sculptures of that "City of Pal-
Hl I aces , " the strange physiognomies of
Bj ] the living and the cremations of the
Bl dead. I had never expected to be
Bl there , because the sea and I long ago
Bl had a serious falling out ; but the facil-
B ities of travel are so increasing that
B you or your children will probably visit
B that land of boundless fascination. Its
B I configuration is such that no one but
B I God could have architected , and it
B seems as if a man who had no religion
B | r going there , would be obliged to ac-
B | knowledge a God as did the cowboy in
Bf , i Colorado. His companion , an atheist ,
liad about persuaded the cowboy that
there was no God , but coming amidst
some of that tremendous scenery of
high rocks and awful chasms , and
I depths dug under depths , and moun
tains piled on mountains , the cow boy
said to his atheistic companion , "Jack ,
if there is no God now , I guess from
the looks of things around here there
mW t must have been a God some time. " NeB
B one but the Omniscient could have
H planned India , and no one but the Om-
H nipotent could have built it It is a
j great triangle , its base the Himalayas.
H . a word meaning "the dwelling place of
H snows , " those mountains pouring out
M of their crystal cup the Indus , the
H Brahmaputra and the Ganges to slake
H the thirst of the vast populations of
M i India. That country is the home of
H , two hundred and forty million souls.
H . Whatever be one's taste going there ,
H his taste is gratified. Some go as
LW hunters of great game , and there is no
H ! end to their entertainment. Mighty
H fauna ; bison , buffalo , rhinoceros , ole-
LW phant , panther , lion , tiger this last
H to be the perpetual game for Ameri-
H , cans and Europeans , because he.comes
H up from the malarial swamps , where no
H human being dare enter ; the deer and
B antelope his accustomed food , but once
H having obtained the taste of , human ,
H blood , he wants nothing else , and is
B called "the man-eater. " You can not
H | see the tiger's natural ferocity after he
H has been humiliated by a voyage across
H I the sea. You need to hear his growl
H as he presses his iron paw against the
B | cage in Calcutta. Thirteen towns have
B ' been abandoned as residence because
B of the work of this cruel invader. In
M i India in the year 1877 eight hundred
B and nineteen people were slain by the
B tiger , and ten thousand cattle deB -
B stroyed. From the back of the elephant
B or from galleries built among the trees
B fifteen hundred tigers went down and
B ' eighteen thousand dollars of govern-
B J nient reward were paid the sportsmen.
B ' The Baptist missionary , Carey , who
B . did infinite good to India.had two great
B passions first , a passion for souls , and
B next , a passion for flowers , and he
B adorned his Asiatic home and the Am-
B - erican homes of his friends , and mu-
B seums on either side the sea , with the
R results of his floral expeditions in In-
B dia. To prepare himself for morning
m prayers , he was accustomed towalk
H J amid the flowers and trees. It is the
B heaven of the magnolia and abelmosk ,
B and palm tree. The ethnologist , going
B there , will find endless entertainment
B in the study of the races now living
B there and the races of whose blood they
B are a commingling. The historian , goB -
B ing there , will find his theory of War-
B ren Hastings' government in India the
m reverse from that which Edmund
B Burke gave him in the most famous
m ' address ever made in a court room ,
H its two characteristics matchless elo-
m quence and one sidedness of statement.
L\ The archaeologist will be thrown into
1 a frenzy of delight as he visits Delhi
m of India and digs down and finds seven
m dead cities underneath the now living
B city. All success to the hunters and
B the botanists and the ethnologists and
H the historians and the archaeologists
B who visit India , each one on his or her
B erraud ! But we today visit India rs
B Christian women and men to hear the
B I ' full meaning of a groan of hunger that
B I i • • " has traveled fourteen thousand miles ,
B • : yet gets louder and- more agonizing as
B- . , , . , - .the days go by. But why have any in-
B . v-ter.est in .people so far away that it is
B evening there when it is.morning here.
B their complexion darker , their language
B ; to us a jargon , their attire unlike that
B found in any American wardrobe , their
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memory and their ambition unlike anything - '
thing that we recall or hope for ? With
more emphasis than you put into the
interrogatory "Why , " I answer , First :
Because our Christ was an Asiatic.
Egypt gave to us its monuments , Rome
gave to us its law , Germany gave to us
its philosophy , but Asia gave to us its
Christ. His mother an Asiatic ; the
mountains that looked down upon him ,
Asiatic ; the lakes on whose pebbly
banks 'he rested and on whose chopped
waves he walked , Asiatic ; the apostles
whom he first commissioned , Asiatic ;
the audiences he whelmed with his il
lustrations drawn from blooming lilies
and salt crystals , and great rain-falls ,
and bellowing tempests , and hypocrites
long faces , and croaking ravens all
those audiences Asiatic. Christ during
his earthly stay was never outside of
Asia. When he had sixteen or eighteen
years to spare from his active work ,
instead of spending that time in Eu
rope , I think he goes farther toward
the heart of Asia , namely , India. The
Bible says nothing of Christ from
twelve years of age until thirty , but
there are records in India and tradi
tions in India which represent a
strange , wonderful , most excellent , and
supernatural being as staying in India
about that time. I think Christ was
there much of the time between his
twelfth and his thirtieth year , but how
ever that may be , Christ was born in
Asia , suffered in Asia , died in Asia , as
cended from Asia , and all that makes
me turn my ear more attentively toward
that continent as I hear its cry of dis
tress. * * *
Most interesting are the people of In
dia. At Calcutta , I said to one of their
leaders , who spoke English well :
"Have these idols which I see any
power of themselves to help or de
stroy ? "
He said : "No ; they only represent
God. There is but one God. "
"When people die , where do they go
to ? "
"That depends upon what they have
been doing ; if they .have been doing
good , to heaven , and if they have been
doing evil , to hell. "
"But do you not believe in the trans
migration of souls , and that after death
we go. into birds or animals of some
sort ? "
"Yes ; the last creature a man is
thinking of while dying is the one into
which he will go. If he is thinking of
a bird , he will go into a bird ; if he is
thinking of a beast , he will go into a
beast. "
"I thought you said that at death the
soul goes to heaven or hell ? "
"He goes there by a gradual process.
It may take him years and years. "
"Can any one become a Hindoo ?
Could I become a Hindoo ? "
"Yes , you could. "
"How could I become a Hindoo ? "
"By doing as the Hindoos do. "
From the walls of one of their mu
seums at Jeyporc I had translated for
me these beautiful sentiments :
The wise make failure equal to suc
cess.
cess.Like threads of silver seen through
crystal beads , let love through good
deeds show.
Do not to others that which if done
to thee would cause thee pain. And
this is the sum of duty.
A man obtains a proper rule of action
by looking on his neighbor as himself.
From that continent of interesting
folk , from that continent that gave
the Christ , from that continent which
has been endeared by so many mis
sionary heroics , there comes a groan
of eighty million people in hunger.
More people are in danger of starving
'to death in India to-day than the en
tire population of the United States/
In the famine in India in the year 1877
about six million people starved to
death. That is more than all the people
ple of Washington , of New York , of
Philadelphia , of Chicago , put together.
But that famine was not a tenth part
as awful as the one there now raging.
Twenty thousand are dying there of
famine every day. Whole villages and
towns have died every man , woman
and child ; none left to bury the dead.
The vultures and the jackals are the
only pallbearers. Though some help
has been sent , before full relief can
reach them I suppose there will be
at least ten million dead. Starvation ,
even for one person , is an awful pro
cess. No food , the vitals gnaw upon
themselves and faintness and languor
and pangs from head to foot , and horror
ror and despair and insanity take full
possession. One handful of wheat or
corn or rice per day would keep life
going , but they cannot get a handful.
The crops failed and the millions are
dying. Oh , it is hard to be hungry in
a world where there is enough grain ,
and fruit , and meat , to fill all the hun
gry mouths on the planet ; but alas !
' that the sufferer and the supply cannot
be brought together. There stands In
dia to-day ! Look at her ! Her face
dusky from the suns of many centur
ies ; under her turban such achings of
brow as only a dying nation feels ; her
eyes hollow with unutterable woe ; the
tears rolling down her sunken cheek ;
her back bent with more agonies than
she knows how to carry ; her ovens
containing nothing but ashes. Gaunt ,
ghastly , wasted , the dew of death upon
her forehead and a pallor such as the
last hour brings , she stretches forth
her trembling hand towards us and
with hoarse whisper she says : "I am
dying ! Give me bread ! That is what
I want ! Bread ! Give it to me quick !
Give it to me now bread ! bread !
bread ! " America has heard the cry.
Many thousands of dollars have al
ready been contributed. One ship la
den with breadstuffs has sailed from
San Francisco for India. Our senate
and house of representatives in a bill
signed by our sympathetic president
have authorized the secretary of the
navy to charter a vessel to carry food
to the famine sufferers , and you may
help to fill that ship. We want to send
at least six hundred thousand bushels
of corn. That will save the lives of at
*
least six hundred thousand people.
.Many will respond In contributions of
money , and the barns and corn-cribs
of the entire United States will pour
forth their treasures of food. When
that ship is laden till it'eaa carry no
more , wo will ask Him wiio holds the
winds in his fist and plants his trium
phant fopt on stormy waves to let noth
ing but good happen to the ship till It
anchors in Bengal or Arabian waters.
They who help by contributions of
money or breadstuffs toward filling
that relief ship will flavor their own
food for their lifetime with appetizing
qualities , and insure their own welfare
through the promise of him who said ,
"Blessed is he that considereth the
poor ; the Lord will deliver him in time
of trouble. " * * *
And now I bethink myself of some
thing' I never thought of before. I had
noticed that the circle is God's favor
ite figure , and upon that subject I ad
dressed you some time ago , but it did
not occur to me until now that the Gos
pel seems to be moving in a circle. It
started in Asia , Bethlehem , an Asiatic
village ; Jordan , an Asiatic river ; Cal
vary , an Asiatic mountain. Then this
Gospel moved on to Europe ; witness
the chapels and churches and cathed
rals and Christian universities of that
continent. Then it crossed to Amer
ica. It has prayed and preached and
sung its way across our continent. It
has crossed to Asia , taking the Sand
wich Islands in its way , and now in all
the great cities on the coast of China
people are singing "Rock of Ages" and
"There Is a Fountain Filled with
Blood ; " for you must know that not
only have the Scriptures been trans
lated into these Asiatic tongues , but
also the evangelical hymns. My mis
sionary brother , John , translated some
of them into Chinese , and Mr. Glad
stone gave me a copy of the hymn ,
"Jesus. Lover of My Soul" which he
himself had translated into Greek. The
Christ who it seems spent sixteen or
eighteen years of his life in India Is
there now in spirit , converting and
saving the people by hundreds of thou
sands , and the Gospel will move right
on through Asia until the story of the
Saviour's birth will anew be made
known in Bethlehem , and the story of a
Saviour's sacrifice be told anew on and
around Calvary , and the story of a Sav
iour's Ascension be told anew on the
shoulder of Mt. Olivet. And then do
you not see the circle will be complete ?
The glorious circle , the circle of the
earth ? This old planet , gashed with
earthquake and scorched with confla
gration and torn v/ith revolutions , will
be girdled with churches , with schools ,
with universities , with millennial fes
tivities. How cheering and how inspir
ing the thought that we are , whether
giving temporal or spiritual relief ,
working on the segment of such a
circle. And that the Christly mission
which started in Asia will keep on its
way until it goes clear around to the
place where it started ! Then the earth
will have demonstrated that for which
it was created , and as soon as a world
has completed its mission it dies. Part
of the heavens is a cemetery of dead
worlds. Our world built to demon
strate to the worlds which have been
loyal to God the awful results of dis
loyalty , so that none of them may ever
attempt it I say our world , having
finished its mission , may them go out
of existence. The central fires of the
world which are burning out rapidly
toward the crust , may have reached
the surface by that time and the Bible
prophecy be fulfilled , which declares
that the earth and all things that are
therein shall be burned up.
May the 10th , 1869 , was a memorable
day , for then was laid the last tie
which connected the two rail tracks
whiclL united the Atlantic dnd Pacific
Oceans. The Central Pacific Railroad
was built from California eastward.
The Union Pacific Railroad was built
westward. They were within arm's
reach of meeting , only one more piece
of the rail track to put down. A great
audience assembled , mid-continent , to
see the last tie laid. The locomotives
of the Eastern and Western trains
stood panting on the tracks close by.
Oration explained the occasion , and
prayer solemnized it and music
enchanted it. The tie was made
of polished laurel wood , bound
with silver bands , and three
spikes were used a gold spike ,
presented by California ; a sil
ver spike , presented by Nevada , and
an iron spike , presented by Arizona.
When , all heads uncovered and all
hearts thrilling with emotion , the ham
mer struck the last spike into its place ,
the cannon boomed it amid the re
sounding mountain echoes and the tele
graphic instruments clicked to all na
tions that the deed was done. My
friends , if the laying of the last tie that
bound the East and the West of one
continent together was such a resound
ing occasion , what will it be when the
last tie of the track of Gospel influ
ences , reaching clear around the world ,
stiall be laid amid the anthems of all
nations ? The spikes will be the gold
en and silver spikes fashioned out of
the Christian generosity of the hemis
pheres. The last hammer stroke that
completes the work will be heard by all
the raptured and piled-up galleries of
the universe , and the mountains of
earth will shout to the thrones of hea
ven , "Hallelujah ! For the Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth. Hallelujah ! For
the kingdoms of this world have be
come the kingdoms of our Lord Jesu3
Christ ! "
Old Soldiers and Religion.
In Fitzgerald , Georgia's soldier col
ony , thirty-six different religious be
liefs are represented , the Methodists
being in the majority.
A Kansas City woman sued her hus
band for divorce recently , alleging
"harsh.barbarous and unbearable treat
ment. " The specific charge was that he
came home mad one day and cast her
sealskin into the furnace.
TACKLING THE BdOKS
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
NOW READY FOR WORK.
TJi Deck * tHer.nrd for Action and Ex.
IH-rtH AsRignrd to Their ICrupcctivo
TmkH Will Go Hack on the Ke-
turiiK for .Many Years.
InreMticatlon of State Accounts.
A Lincoln dispatch to the Omaha
lke say the investigating1 committee is
now fully euqipped witli help and is
ready for business. The official an
nouncement is made of the appoint
ment of the following experts : Otto
W. Hilbig , of Chjcufjo , R. M. Taylor of
Omaha , and Fred Jewell of Platte Cen
ter. Otto \V. Helbig' , whose work will
be to examine the books in the state
treasurer's ofllce , is a young' man
highly esteemed as an expert account
ant , having' overhauled the books of
the Swift Packing company and other
large establishments in Chicago. The
chairman of the committee states that
Mr. Helbig is veiy reticent about poli-
ticsvbut they have asserted that he is
a republican , and supported McKinley
last fall. R. M. Taylor of Omaha will
take up the books in the auditor ' s
ofllce. He has had experience in the
auditing department of the JJ. fc M. ,
and also in the Jand department of the
Unipn Pacific. He is a silver demo
crat in politics. Fred Jewell of Platte
Center is said to have more than a
local imputation as an expert account
ant. He straightened out the books
and affairs of the Farmers' and Mer
chants' bank at Platte Center , and has
done work of that kind for a number
of years. He is a populist. His work
will be to go through the books in the
office of the commissioner of public
lands and buildings.
The secretary of the committee is
Win. N. Silver of Wahoo , who is also
said to be a good accountant. IJis
work will be to take care of the cor
respondence of the committee and aid
the other experts in their work.
The plan of operation , as outlined by
the committee , is to commence on the
books at January , 1803 , and examine
them up to date. Then go back to
lSS'J and bring them up to 1893.and if
the appropriation holds out another
iour years'period will be overhauled.
The announcement is made that while
the experts are at work the committee
will go thi'ough the books of some of
the state institutions , but the chair-
declines to say which ones are to be
investigated. The experts are required
to give a bond in the sum of § . " > ,000
each.
Investigating ; the Auditor's Accounts.
The legislative investigating com
mittee , in order to ascertain if all the
money paid into the auditor ' s office has
been reported , is sending out letters
to all insurance companies doing busi
ness in the state , asking for a state
ment of the amount of fees paid by
them. The letter is as follows :
'J'lu- legislative invL'sti alicj : committee of
Xcbrnsky. which is no- exporting the books
of tip * auditor's oliicc. desires to make a com-
] jiiralivo atutoinent a : o fees collected aitd
accre'ditcd by the various insurance com
panies doinz business In this state. Boliev-
fiiir iliat .lie companies and the state are
alike itiicsrosted in this matter , we ask you
to kln.ily make ami forward to us a state
ment slioirimr I he amount paid by your
company to the statu auditor of Nebraska ,
forcliarterfec examination cortliicatcs. etc. ,
lor the years 1S8D to 1Mb , inclusive.
There are about 'J00 companies do-
iny business in the state. The ma
jority of them are required to pay a
§ 20 fee for the annual statement and
S3 each for agents. ' certificates. It has
been ascertained that the manner of
hookkeepiag in the office lias been such
that the treasurer would have had no
means of knowing- the exact amounts
paid into the auditor ' s office without
making a searchinginvestigation. . It
has also developed that' the " same
method of reporting the fees is pursued
by the present officials in that depart
ment.
Knll Under the Wheel * .
Urakeman Wm. Wood , on the north-
going freight from Table Rock to Lin
coln , was the victim of an accident
which hefel him while switching in
the rurdi at Elk Creek , and which cost
him his life. He made a coupling be
tween the engine and a box car and
when he went to stop from between
them and while the engine was still
backing up lie lost his footiujr in some
manner , fell on the track and one
wheel or" the tender ran onto and
nearly over his lower limbs. His fall
was discovered by the 8remai at this
time and the engine suddenly stopped ,
leaving th wheel standing on Wood's
legs. Fireman Ftimur jumped from
the engine and as the engineer backed
the wheels off Wood's body he ejected
him from between the wheels. Con
ductor Kclley immediately run the
train to Tccumsch with Wood , and the
unfortunate man was taken to the
Brad'ey ' house , where the company ' s
surgeon gave such attention as was
called for. He , however , lived but a
short time.
New Arms for Nebraska Ulllllia.
The governor is in receipt of a letter
from the chief of ordnance at Washing
ton. notif3'ing him that in accordance
with tile act of congi'csr. authorizing
the exchange of rifles other than 45
caliber for those of the latest pattern ,
he is ; now ready to irsue to the state
737 new rifles in place of that nr.inber
of the old f 0 calibre arms now is use
in Nebraska. Most of these old rifles
are in the hands of Grand Army of the
Republic posts and Sons of Veterans
camps , and the adjutant general is
sending out notices to have them ship
ped to Lincoln. When they are all
collected they will he shipped to the
United States arsenal at Ilock Island.
The governor has requested the new
rifles to be shipped to Lincoln for dis
tribution.
Two Farmers Go In ane.
The sheriff of Cuming countj' came
in with Herman Figgener and Henry
Lammers. well-to-do farmers living
twelve milss northwest of West Point ,
on a charge of insanity. They were
brought before the commissioners of
insanity and both adjudged insane.
Figgcn er ' s insanity was caused by
financial trouble , while that of Lam
mers is due to the death of his wife ,
since which event he has been subject
to hallucinations and delusions.
The City Hotel. Newman Grove , closed - j
ed for some time , is about to be re-
opened. I
A NEBRASKA INTEREST. •
Folnts on Growing Stignr Heels andThch
Conversion Into Sugar.
A vast amount of information con
cerning the culture of sugar beets auc
the manufacture of beet sugar is contained -
tained in a bulletin just issued by the
department of agriculture. The
author is Prof. II.V. . Wiley , formerly
director of the department sugar beet
experiment station in Nebraska. He-
ing thoroughly acquainted with the in
ception and growth of the industry in
this state , givesa distinct local interest
to the statistics and deductions coii'
tained in the bulletin.
One of the remarkable facts shown
by the statistical tables in 'the bulletin
is found in the information they con
tain showing that the sugar beet hat
been able on demand to supply the re
markable deficiency in the world's
sugar crop produced by the Cuban war.
In three years the supply of sugar fur
nished by that island has fallen from
1,000,000.000 to about 100,00Q tons , and
yet there has been no appreciable de-
licit noticed in the total sugar produc
tion of the world.
The theoretical beet sugar belt is
illustrated with a map showing a zig
zag isothermal line crossing the states
of New York , Ohio , Indiana and
Illinois. It reaches the highest point
at St. Paul , Minn. Thence it extends
in a southwesterly direction until it
enters the state of South Dakota ,
where it turns again northwest and
reaches its highest point in Dakota
just above the fifty-fifth parallel of
latitude , where it crosses the Missouri
river. The isothermal line then turns
almost due south , turns westward
through Nebraska , Wyoming , Utah
and California. "Extending a distance
of 100 miles on each side of this
isothermal line , " says the bulletin , "is
a belt which , for the present , may bo
regarded as the theoretical beet sugar
area of the United States. There are
doubtless many localities lying outside
of this belt , both north and south , in
which the sugar beet will be found to
thrive ; but this will be due to some cx'
ceptional qualities of the climate or
soil and not to any favorable influence
of a higher or lower temperature. A
mean temperature of 70 degrees F. in
the summer , however , must not be re
garded as the only element of temper
ature which is to be taken into consid
eration. In those localities where the
winters come early and are of unusual
severity will be found greater difficul
ties in the production of sugar from
the sugar beet than in those localities
where the Avinters are light and mild ,
although the mean summer tempera
ture of both localities may be repre
sented by 70 degrees F. As an illustra
tion of this difficulty may be cited
northern Nebraska and South Dakota ,
where the winters are of great- sever
ity , and southern California , where
there is scarcely any winter at all.
"Although conditions of temperature
must be taken into consideration in
selecting sites for beet sugar factories ,
yet in addition to the thermal condi
tions must also be studied those of
rainfall. The sugar beet requires a
certain amount of moisture in order to
produce its normal crop. The moisture
must be derived either from precipita
tion in the usual way. by irrigation , or
else the soil must be of that particular
quality which will allow subterranean
moisture to reach the rootlets of the
plants. Soil of this latter kind ap
pears to exist in many localities in
California , where beets are grown
almost without rain. The porus and
sandy soils adjacent to many of the
western rivers , such as the Platte
river in Nebraska and the Arkansas
river in Kansas , also appear to furnish
a sufficient amount of subterranean
moisture to probuce a good crop in con
nection with the rainfall , of which ,
however , but little is expected in
those localities during the sum
mer months. Where there is little
subterranean moisture , and where irri
gation is not practicable , the endeavor
should be made to secure localities
for the growth of the sugar beet where
an average summer percipitation cf
from two to four inches per month
may be expected. There are many
conditions of agriculture , however , un
der whjch the beet becomes quite independent -
dependent of extremes of preeipita-
tion. The beet may thrive with very
little rainfall or with a great deal , if
properly cultivated in a suitable soil.
"The sugar beet does not require a
particular kind of soil for its proper
production. In general , soils are des
cribed for practical purposes , as clayey ,
sandy , loamy or alluvial soils ; all of
these soils will produce beets. The
black prairie soils also have been
found , with proper cultivation , to produce -
duce excellent beets. Generally , the
least favorable soils for the sugar beet
are a stiff clay , which is cultivated
vith difficulty and readily packs under
the influence of hard rains or hot suns ,
and virgin soils or those especially
rich in organic matter or alkaline
salts. Perhaps the best soil may be
described as a sandy loam ; a soil con
taining a happy equilibrium l > etween
organic matters , cla\ ' and sand.
"In general it may be said that any
soil which will produce a good crop of
Indian corn , wheat or potatoes will ,
under proper cultivation , produce a
good crop of sugar beets. The soil on
which sugar beets are grown , however ,
should be reasonably level , and , this
being the case , it should be well
drained. Natural drainage on level
soil being somewhat deficient , it is ad
vantageous that tile drainage be
practiced. It would be difficult tc
Krow sugar beets on level land with
out good drainage , especially in arainv
season. "
District court will convene in John
son county May 10. The session is
awaited with unusual interest. Hon.
D. F. Osgood , the Lincoln attorney ,
will have his trial on the charge of ac
cessory to the crime of arson , and Mike
Yorty , the firebug , will be given trial.
Xebraska Sheep Industry.
Dodge county sheep feeders made
large profits the past winter feeding
10-eent corn toeent sheep. Thev
have already purchased increased
flocks for feeding next winter. Thev
are satisfied they have a good thino
and are pushing it along. Thev have
found sheep uniformly profitable
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luring the past ten years
Farmers say that fall wheat will be
nearly a total failure in the vicinity of
Howe. Nemaha county. Nine-tenths ol
the ground sown with fall wheat will
be plowed up and planted to corn.
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