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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1905)
. . : TOl.l ) ooIT tl E1o , -1) . ' VLTLRM.S' : , - - - - - t Nobility. i ! True worth Is In being , not r"mlnt : In doing , ouch day that goes by. , Sdmc little gool-IOl ! In thc dreaming Of great things to .10 by and by. I For whatever men say In lJlInenel'l ! , Am spite of the fancies of youth . , , .I'lIl're's nothing so kin ( ' ly liS kindness , Itlnll'IY i 1 And nothing so royal us tluth I We get bad our mete aq we measure ; \\'c can not do wrong und feel right : Nor cnn we give pain and galll IIlcasul'c. For justice \'lllgl'S each HUght _ . . The air for the hint of the sparrow , , . The hush for the lohln OJ' wren nut always thc path that IH narrow And straight fur the chlldlcn of men. . 'Ye can not make bargains for busses , Nor catch thell1 like IIshl'S In nets , And sometimes the thing our life misses - helps more than thc thing which It gets _ " For good lIl'th nol In IJUrsuln Nor gaining of great nor tlf small ; . But just In the doing-ami doing t As we would lJe done by , Is all 5" $ Through envy , through malice , through ' lusting . . Against th" world early and ! late , 1..0 ' of ' ' ' . .fot' our courage abating Our part IH to wOII k and to walt. And slight Is tile sting of his tronllle Whm winnings ate less than his Won th : For he who Is honest Is nolJl ( ! , \\'hate'cl' his : fortunes 01' hh'tl1 -Alice Cary. Lights and Shadows of War. The grim visage of War In l\lanchu , ria has been turned to the public so long that people had come to believe there were to ho no lights to offset a single shadow in the terrific conflict. It appears , however , that the grim fighters on both sides are simply ordinary - dinary human beings ! , given , like the sturdy fighters of our civil war , to I . . -w' , frolic and fun even at inopportune , times. On Jun I , 18G3 , two veteran armies were In lLne of battle at Stone ' ' . . HiveI' There had been twenty hours , of the hardest fighting of the war and each army was watching the other . or In expectation of a renewal of the struggle. The sullen quiet of the waiting lines was broken by an uproar on the left A _ score or more of hogs startled by the cavalry on the flank , scurried along the Union front. At first a dozen , then fifty , and then a hundred men joined in a chase to capture thcm. The onslaught turned the hogs toward the Confederate lInes and the . _ Unionists pursued ( until they mn over r the pickets in gray and were warned good - Inunoredly to keep on their own , ground. Then the Confederates joined \ In the chase and turned the hogs again toward the Union lines. The men In blue had learned a lesson hy this time and opened a way for the frightened hogs to run into the Union lines , where they were caught and l\1lled. Meantime there was much shouting I and frolicking on hoth sides , the Con- t federates insisting that the Yankees should "play fall' and give them an- t other chance , and some asking to he remembered when the "Yanls hutch- ered. . " The generals In command tool a serious view of the incident hut - : - nothing came of it. The men who frolicked one hour and fought 1I1cc demons the next were , of the same race and country and spoke the same language and had grown up under the same tradition of home 1ife. But the other day at 1\1ulcdon hogs ran down the lines as . - ! ( . they did at Stone River rort ' -one years ago. Russians and Japanese-of antag- onlstlc races speaking different languages - \ guages , and differing widely as to home traditions and customs-joined in the chase , as did the Unionists and Confederates of Hosccmns' and Braggs' armies. At the bottom then She soldiers of Kouropat1in and O 'a- ma are not very different from other soldiers. After the defeat of Rosecrans at Chickamauga anti I his retirement to " Chattanooga , Bragg closed In on the ) Union army and t cult his piclwts down from Missionary Ridge Into the plain under the very noses 'Jf the Union V ' 1Ielwls. For several lays , there was' + ' constant uproar of ride fire on the plclwt lIne 'fhen by ttrrangolllent of the pick - its lhemseh es there was quiet , allli inter exchange of palters and a swapping \ - ping of tobacco for coffee , the \'odeUes on one side taking a friendly Interest In the comfort and conveniences of the watchers In the othor. A similar unto of nifairs has prevailed along the fortified lines on the Shalhe , with limitations imposed ( on lie pickets by IIffol'oncC' in language. In the Atlanta Cllll1ll1\lgn Gon. Slmeu'- man was cOllllucUng operations against an ofllcor who hall been his friend before the war and for whom ho entertained the highest resIICct. In thc l\lull1en campaign Gen. Kouropat- Idn is matched against .Japanese 0111. eel'S who less han I two roars ago honored . ored him as frlenl1. - - - - Grant'G Suggestion Ignored. According to the ideas of l1urmoll W. Brown , war secretary of the great COllll1HtllIler , if Oeu. Grallt's suggestions ' tlons to Lincoln and the secretary of war in the earlier days of the war had 'heen adopted , the battle of Chickamauga - amauga , the second battle of Corinth , the siege of Vlclci'hllrg and perhaps many other" engagements need never have taken Jllnce. After the battle of Corinth , Gen. ln'cl ) ) left Grant in C01l11l1aml of 125,000 t men with which the latter de- sired to march through the Confederacy - omcy to some point on thc gulf , Mobile ' bile being his favorite ! . as his would have destroyed the railroad communications - cations and perhaps have opened up the Mississippi rlvCl' , ' Gon. Hallccl refused Grant permission - sian to de this and scattered this great army In every direction. The same thing happened after Vicksburg , says Private Brown , when Gl'allt's army ntlluhorcd. HiOOO. Grant again asked permission to take this large force through the Confederacy and as IJCfore the request was rofused. Everyone , says Brown , knows the result : now , and after It was all over Grant was again ordered to Washington . ton and told to go ahead on his own plans. The result of his campaign is history. Old G. A. R. Emblem. w e ' , 24' = oATIONALENCA1Pr1iHT ; \ty tW5TONAUlIiST.IE90. : . , t Asa d " , , Badge & : for 1890. Of Interest to Shiloh Veter : lns. The Association of the Battle ot ! Shiloh Survivors , which was organized I ' Col. . about two ' at Denver . years ago , desires to hear dom all survivors of that battle with a view to' entertaining - ing them in DonvOlI during the Na- tional Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic next fall. The officers of the associati IQ n . are : President - dent , S. K. Hooper , Twontythird Indiana diana ; first vice president , George II. Rupee , Thirteenth Iowa ; second vice president L. D. Powers , Third Iowa ; secretary and treasurer , S. M. French , Twelft low ; corresponding secretary , B. P. Duroll , Twenty- eighth Illinois ; Executive Committee , S. M. French , Twelfth Iowa ; George 11. Rupee , 'J'hlrteent I Iowa ; J. W. Pl'ttC'o , Flft ' - \'C'ntn Illinois { } ; E. : 1.1. Hobart , Twenty.eigh'h Illinois ! ; "hns , S. Cooper , Eighth l111r.ois. . , Dwarf Tomatoes Years ago my with and I thought that lie dwarf tomato was nol as ' ' ' the bushy , productive 01' profitable as i sprawling Idnds. Later experience has given us several reasons to re verse our opinion. \Vo do nol now grow any of the bushy varieties thai go so much to vine. Storms of wind and rain will twist about lie vines and expose the fruit to sun.sculll and rot from contact . tact with the soil In the hush hinds , where the dwarf varieties are not at all affected. heavily mlUlUl'ed or excessively - cessively rich land cannot ho success- fully cropped to lie large growing plants , lie tendency being n rank growth of vine and light setting of fruit or at least that ripening of fruit Is prevented by dense foliage excluding the snD's rays , necessary 10 perfect and mature rilloning. The Dwarf Champion , 01' others of that type , mar , on the contrarr , ho planted - ed in a compost heap without such troubles. 1 now plant these dwarfs on very fertile soil and makes a liberal applt- cutlon of rich fertilizer directly 10 the hill where plant Is set. Our experience has been that the richer we had the soil the stronger and larger the maIn stal : : grew which is true also of laterals . erals null ! follago 'rho fruit yield we laud Is increased In proportion to the supply of available plant food ; as well , also , the size , quality and coloring . Ing of the fruit. Wo set lie plants In rows 3t to < 1 feet apart and the plants 2 to 27J ! feet In the row. The host cultivation . tivatlon has always paid well ; horse tools that loosen the earth deeply when plants are first set , a heavy hhill- Ing up when fruit has fully set and then a dust mulch to destroy weeds find retain moisture , afterwar As with all other garden seeds get the very best stock to ho had , even III a higher price than the ordh\arl-1 ! ' ' hundred fold at liar- will repay you a vest time. Plant lie seed in cigar or other shallow boxes about tine middle of February and place In southorn. sunny window In a room constantly warm. Set them outside in the sun I . to harden off when weather pormlls.- Henry E. Randolph , Miami Co" , Ohio The General Use of Wind Mills Although there will always necessarIly - sarIly be more or less hand pumps III use for various purposes , the age of pumping the country water supply hy hand Is passing ; has passed , ati surely as has the day of Ue cradle and the scythe In the harvest fields. It Is 111 the line of reason and the advancement of the times that this should be so. Why should farmers burn up the vital energies ot their I bodies , that can so advantageously he economized for other manual labor , when the wind Is ready to pump \ the water fOI' stock and hOllies , and at uo exponse. A good , serviceable wind mill can bo purchased and put up so cheaply nowadays that It seems not so much a matter as to whether or not farmers can afford to have one , or more , on their farms , as to whether or not they cu economically afford to do without thom. 't'his eapecially when wo consider that merely as time savers they will very soon repay their original costs. The prairies arc studded with these musclo-sa vlng water elevators ; guide posts they are to woli.equlpped and prosperous farmsteads , and , judging from appearances , the majority are In this class. Not only on the plains , but from coast to coast over all the states they are In evidence , menu ments of a wise economy However. lie useful work of pumping water fs not , by any means , the only work these engines of the wind are made - to Il0rlorm. Doth east and west you may find thom sawing wood , grinding , feed , churning , running cutting boxes , root cutters , washing machines , grindstones antI various other light machinery about the farm. ' } , 'he writer recalls one farm of moderato size In Ohio on which were In operation . tlon nine wind mills , lllilcell to lOst vantage for provldhll water for nIl lie buildings anti for the tock In the yards mill in the pasture nehls Nor was thin u farm run by wind , either , ; but by an Intelligence , directing timid moving along modern , scientific , approved ' proved lines hint made It success - ful , profitable business proposition. Not all farms , us Il multer of courlo'O , aced nearly so many wind mills , but every farm needs at least one , and every farmer who does not have ono does both hlmsolf and his hired holll an Injustice. Encourage the Country Boy. 'Vhon sonic boy breaks a record at some game or feat of athletics n clieer lug cry goes up , there Is a WuVlllg or flags Il flare or trumpets and glowing . Ing eulogies are Ilronoullced , while the click of time telegraph carries the gillli news to the press of the world's end , anti It Is printed under great , bold - - , headlines. So much for the medal' bedecked , ducl'sultoll youth of the col- lege football team , and the held or sports. But what of those other boys , those manly lads with the clear eye , willowy muscles , hut lilee Iron withal , morals as clean as the air of u country mornIng - tug , thought.frofl timid unafraid ; those hardy , robust , sturdy fellows with the blue overalls , cotton jumper , cow-hillo boots , with u slouch hat over Il smil- ing taco , these , the developing blood and sinew , the mainstay and guard of our nation , lie fal'l11ors' sons-what of them ? These wide , energetic farmOl's' boys are \ every day doing something ot notable merit , of worth , of vnJuo III every calling \ , something that ( will multo fOI' the general good and betterment of the world at large ; but of them and his work the typists do not tell , nor the world proclaim his roward. With the stamina horn or health , 110)le ) and happy homo life , anll the der termination that scorns defeat ho \'wrls along with no thought of n higher reward than a clean , whole- omo : ; and happy lIfo. It Is to just , such lads as thooo that lie nation Is indebted for the host , the highest anti the greatest that site Cllll Ilrotlllly boast of In her history ; stulesnwn , IlhllosophOl's and honest men. 'l'ho re. ward pf the aggressive country boy mar ho slow to COIIIO , hut If his life and training are worked along the right lines It Is sure amid suhstantlal. Hogs Together. Hogs , more than other animals , need lo he kept In small herds , emi account or the very contarlolllilless of the thrz o diseases that go under the COlli- mon name of hog cholera. If several hundred hogs are being raised , it will bo neCOHSal'y to have several separate houses for lhem. One breeder says that not more than fifty hogs should ( he kept ) In one house , amid less than that number would ho sufor. Ecomi omy In building hllluces many a man to huddle a large nUlllher of hogs into ono house , anti then dlReaso comes along and takes from him ten limes as much money as ho saved 1.Jy his economy. Washing Cream. The practice of washing cream Is not a common one , lot It 13 one that Is not now. Cl'oam that bars lCon sub- jected to had odors Is sometimes highly diluted with water , which washes it out , and lie regathering of time cream on the surface of time water leave'.l it much purer than before the treatment. At a few creameries wo hear of cream being washed m t with ldmmlll" , hut as a usual thing the cl'eamory that Is dellClllllng on gathered . ered cream does not have enough sldl11ml11 for this JtlrpOfJe. Lay plans for the spring work be- fore the spring cOllies.