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Though I had known George Martin
a long timet he had only lately initiated
me into, the mysteries of his life. I
knew well that he had been guilty of
many kinds of excesses and indiscre
m - lions in his youtb.aievertiieless, I was
not a little astonished to hear that he
had .once sunk so low as burglary.
. Without further remark here I relate
-the chief episode out of the remarkable
career of this strange man: t
"Yes,'" said he, "I had a hard time
of it in those days, and finally I became
a burglar. When Robert Schmiedlein
"proposed to me that we should break
into the somewhat retired house of two
doctors, Dr. Engler and Dr. Langner,
I thoughtlessly agreed. Both doctors
were well known on account of their
scientific researches, and one of them
a especially for his eccentric manner.
'" "Well, the night fixed for the carry
s ing out of our design arrived, and we
went to work with the greatest confi-
dence, for all the circumstances were
favorable, for a burglary. It was pitch
dark, neither moon nor stars visible,
'- and in addition a strong west wind was
-blowing, which was very welcome to
us, "as it promised to drown every
.sound, however slight.
"It was toward 2 in the morning as
we, assuming all was safe, began by
filing through a chain which fastened
a ladder to the walL The ladder we
placed under a window in the first
: story on the left side of the house. In
! - less than five minutes we had opened
" the window, and hearing nothing,
." Schmiedlein climbed through it and I
.. followed him. After carefully reclos-
' ..Ing the Venetians we ventured to light
.7a lantern, and then discovered we were
, "in.a kind of lumber room, the door of
. which was locked.
"" "After picking the lock we deter-
.. mined first to explore the rooms on the
; ground floor, thinking we should thus
run less risk of waking the inhabitants
of the house.
; "To our no little astonishment we
perceived, as we crept down stairs, a
- .light shining under the door of one of
. the rooms at the back of the building.
"At first we were both for beating a
. hasty retreat. Schmiedlein soon re-covered
himself and proposed we
. ' should force our way into the room,
-bind and gag every occupant and tnen
obtain by threats all desirable informa
tion. . "I agreeing, we approached the door.
While carefully throwing the light
round, I noticed, seven feet from the
floor, a wire which appeared to pass
through the door we were approach
ing, and on pointing it out to my com
panion, he thought it would be con
nected with some bell.
"I replied in a whisper that we
should try and avoid any alarm by cut
ting the wire, and as I could just reach
it with my hands I would hold it firm
whilst Schmiedlein cut it between my
hands, and thus prevent it jerking back
and ringing the bell.
"Setting the lantern oa the floor, I
seized the wire, whilst Schmiedlein
drew a pair of pincers out of his
pocket. But the moment I touched it
I felt a frightful shock, which quivered
through and through me, so that I fell
all of a heap, tearing the wire down
with inc. I remember hearing the loud
' ringing of abell, whilst Schmiedlein
whom, moreover, I hare never seen
since disappeared like lightning into
the darkness and escaped, very likely
by the way we had come.
"On falling down I struck my head
violently against the opposite wall and
became unconscious, whilst the elec
ric bell at that time a novelty rang
unceasingly.
"Begaining my senses, I found my
self bound and helpless, which, after
all, did not surprise me, as I concluded
I had been caught where I fell. It
soon struck me, however, that there
were some peculiar circumstances con
nected with my captivity.
"I was nearly undressed, and lay on
a cold slab of slate which was about
the height of a table from the ground,
and only a piece of linen protected my
body frem the immediate contact with
the stone. Straight above hung a
large lamp, whose polished reflector
spread a bright light far around, and
when I, as far as possible, looked
round, I perceived several shelves with
bottles, flasks and chemical apparatus of
all kinds upon them. In one corner of the
room stood a complete human skeleton,
and various odds and ends of human
bodies hung here and there upon the
walls. I then knew I was lying on the
operating or dissecting table of a
doctor, a discovery which naturally
troubled me greatly: at the same time
I perceived that my mouth also was
firmly gagged.
"What did it mean? Had some acci
dent befallen me, so that a surgical
operation was necessary for ajy re
covery? But I remembered nothing of
the kind, and also felt no pain; never
thelessTiere I lay, stripped and helpless,
. on this terrible table . . . gagged
and bound, which indicated something
extraordinary.
"It astonished me not a little that
there should be such an opera
tion room in such a house, until
I remembered that Dr. Langner, as the
district physician, had to carry out the
post mortem examinations for the cir
cuit, and that in the small provincial
town no other room was available for
such a purpose. I felt too miserable,
however, to think anything more about
it But I soon noticed, after another
"rain effort' to free myself, that I was
aot alone in the room, for I heard the
rattling of paper, and then some one
aid in ouiet, measured tones:
v'Yes, Langner, I rm quite convinced
that this man is particularly suited for
the "carrying out of my highly impor
taat experiment. IIow long have I been
wishing to make the attempt at last,
to-aight, I shall be able to produce the
the proof of j my theory.'
That would indeed be a high tri
umph of human skill," I heard a second
voice reply; 'but consider, dear doctor,
if that maa were to expire under our
hands what then?'
" 'Impossible'! was the quick reply.
'It is bomwi to succeed, and even if it
did Bot,'h!e will die a glorious death in
the iatsrosto of science; while, if we
were to lethim go, he would sooner or
later Jail' into the hands of thehang-
iI cami not even see the two men,
yet their conversation was, doubtless;'
mhoafase; and, hearing it, I shuddered
head to foot. Theyware, -pro-
fsroaa operatiea on
aot for ay beat, hut in the in-
of aMaical science!
-""AtaJTate, I thought, they won't
t thing without my
what, after all, was
It mast be something
terrible, for they had already men
tioned the possibility of my succumb
ing. I should soon know the fearful
truth, for, after a short pause, they
continued:
" 'It has long been acknowledged
that the true source of life lies in the
blood. What I wish to prove, dear
Langner, is this. Nobody need die from
pure loss of blood.and yet such cases oc
cur only too often, while we must all the
time be in possession of means to re
new this hignly important ssp of life,
and thus avoid a fatal result. We read
of a few, but only a few, cases of a
man who for some reason or other has
lost so much blood that his death ap
peared inevitable, if some other noble
hearted man had not offered his own
blood, in order to let it flow from his
veins into the veins of the dying man. j
As you are aware this proceeding has ,
always had the desired effect, l con
siderit, however, a great mistake to de
prive a fellow being of necessary
blood, for the one thereby only gains
life and strength at the cost of another,
who offers himself for an always dan
irerous sacrifice.'
"'Yes, I do not think that right
either,' replied Dr. Langner. 'And,
morover, how seldom is a man found at
the critical moment, ready to submit
himself at once to such a dangerous
loss of blood.'
'"That is very natural; no one
lightly undertakes such a thing,' con
tinued the other. 'So much greater
will be our. triumph, if the operation
succeeds. I hope to show you, dear
colleague, that although we are think
ing of taking'that man's blood, even to
the last drop, in a few hours we shall
set him on his feet again.'
'"Just so! I do not see why we
should not succeed. At any rate, in
the interests of science we should prove
in a practical manner the correctness of
our theory.'
" 'And this proof, dear friend, we
will undertake without delay. Let me
just repeat my instructions, for we can
not go to work too carefully to pre
serve the life of this man. I will open
a vein in his thigh and measure ex
actly the quantity of blood which flows
out, at the same time watching the
beating of the heart. Under ordinary
circumstances nothing could possibly
save him; but just before the extinction
of the last spark of life, we will insert
the warm blood of a living rabbit into
his veins, as we have already arranged.
If my theory is right, the pulsation of
the heart will then gradually
increase in strength and rapidity.
At the same time, it is
important to protect his limbs from :
cold and stiffness, which will naturally i
take place with the loss of all arterial
blood.'
"The conversation of the two doctors
overwhelmed me with deadly terror.
I could scarcely believe I was really
awake and not the victim of some
cruel nightmare.
"The fact remained, however, that I
lay helpless on the dissecting table,
that a threatening skeleton stood in
"I FELL ALL IS A HEAP."
the corner of the. room, and, above all,
that terrible conversation which I had
to listen to in silence filled me with
a fear such as I had never before ex
perienced. Involuntarily the thought
forced itself upon me that I was at the
mercy of two infatuated doctors, to
whose mad theory I should here fall
the victim.
"I said to myself that no doctor with
a sound mind would propose such a
frightful and murderous experiment
upon a living man.
"The two doctors now approached
the dissecting table and looked calmly
into my face; then, smiling, took off
their coats and tucked up their sleeves.
I struggled to get free, as only a des
perate man under such extraordinary
circumstances could have struggled.
In vain. Their long acquired experi
ence knew how to render me completely
helpless, and to their satifsaction, I
could not even make a sound."
"Dr. Engler now turned to a side
table, and I saw him open a chest of
surgical instruments and take out a
lancet, with which he returned to me.
He at once removed the covering from
my right thigh, and although I lay
bound to the table in such a way that
I could not see my limbs, I was able to
watch the doctor busied with his
preparations.
"Directly after removing the cloth I
felt a prick in the side of my leg and
at once felt the warm blood rush forth
and trickle down my leg. The convic
tion that he had opened the principal
vein in the thigh would have sufficed
to shake the strongest nerves.
" 'There is no danger,' said Dr. Eng
ler, looking into my staring, protruding
eyes with terrible calmness. 'You will
not die, my good man. I have only
opened an artery in your thigh, and
you will experience all the sensations
of bleeding to death. You will get
weaker and weaker, and finally, per
haps, lose all consciousness, but we
shall not let you die. No! no! You
must live, and astonish the scientific
world through my great discovery!'
"I naturally could say nothing
in reply, and no words can ade
quately express
at that moment
what I felt
I could, in one
implored, cursed
breath, have wept.
and raved.
"Meanwhhile I felt my life's blood
flowing, and could hear it drop into a
vessel standing under the end of the
table. Every moment the doctor laid
his hand on my heart, at the same
time making remarks which only in
creased my horror.
"After he had put his hand on me for
at least the twentieth time, and felt
the beating of the heart, he said to his
assistant:
" 'Are you ready with your prepara
tions, Langner? He has now lost an
enormous quantity of blood, and the
pulsation is getting weaker and weaker.
See. he is already losing consciousness,'
and with these words he took the gag
out of my mouth.
"A feeling of deadly weakness, . as
well as of infinite misery, laid hold of
me when the physician uttered these
words, and on my attempting to speak
I found that scarcely a whispering
murmur passed my lips. Shadowy
phantoms and strange colors flitted.be
fore my eye, and I believed mvself to
be already in a state past all human
aid.
"What happened in the next few
minutes I do not know, for I had
fainted. When I reopened my eyes I
noticed I no longer lay on the dissect
ing table, but was sitting in an arm
chair in a comfortable room, near which
stood the two doctors looking at me.
i "Near me was a flask of wise. severaL
smelling salts, a ,few, basins of cold
water, some sponges and a falvaaie
battery. It was bow bright daylight
and the two doctors smiled as ihmy
looked at.me.
i "When I remembered the terrible
experiment, I shuddered with horror,
and tried to rise. I felt too weak, how
ever, and sank back helpless into the
chair. Tiien the circuit physician, in
a friendly, but firm voice, addressed me:
'"Compose yourself, young man.
You imagined yon were slowly bleed
ing to death; nevertheless, be assured
that you have not lost a
single drop of blood. Yon have
undergone no operation whatever,
but have simply Jbeen the victim
of your own imagination. We knew
very well you heard every word of our
conversation, a conversation which was
only intended to deceive yon as much
as possible. What I maintained was,
that a man's body will always com
pletely lie under the influence of what
he himself firmly believes, whilst my
colleague, on the other band, held the
opinion that the body can never be
! hurt by anything which only exists in
the imagination. This has long been
an open question between us, which,
after your capture, we at once deter-
J mined to decide. So we surrounded
you with objects of a nature to influ
ence your imagination, aided further
by our conversation; and, finally, your
conviction, that we would really carry
out the operation of which you heard
ns speak, completed the deception.
" 'You have now the satisfaction of
knowing that you are as safe and sound
as ever you were. At the same time
we assure you that you really showed
all the symptoms of a man bleeding to
death, a proof that the body can some
times suffer from the most absurd un
reality that the mind can imagine.'
"Astonish ment, joy and donbt at
finding myself neither dead nor dying
struggled within me, and then rage at
having been 'subjected tosuchanawful
and heartless experiment by the two
doctors, overcame ine. I was quickly
interrupted by Dr. Engler, however, on
trying to give free scope to my indigna
tion. " 'We had not exactly any right to
undertake such an experiment with
you,' he said; 'but we thought you
would pardon us if we delivered you
from certain punishment, instead of
having to undergo a painful trial and
a long imprisonment for burglary.
You are certainly at liberty to com
plain about us; but consider, my good
fellow, if such a step is in your in
terests. I do not think so. On the
other hand, we are quite willing to
make you a fitting compensation for all
the agony you have suffered.'
"Under the circumstances." con
tinued George Martin. "I considered it
wise to accept their proposal, although
I have not to this day forgiven the two
men for so treating me.
"The doctors kept their promise.
They made me a very handsome pres
ent and troubled themselves about me
in other ways, so that since that -time
I have been a more fortunate, and, I
hope, a better man. Still I have never
forgotten the hour when I lay on the
dissecting table the unexpected vic
tim of a terrible experiment in the in
terests of science, as Dr. Engler ex
plained." Such was the strange story of my
friend. His death, which recently
took place, released me from the
promise of secrecy given to him about
an event, which he could never recall,
even after a lapse of thirty years, with
out a feeling of unabated horror.
Strand Magazine.
ROSS WINANS' SHIPS.
THE
LEGITIMATE PARENT OF
THE WHALEBACK.
Two Views or the Ship that V Stop
pod on Account of the Civil Vjr
Success of the Whalehurk Klchts
Mr. Winans.
Just now the whaleback steamship is
promising to revolutionize the world's
way of carrying ocean freight, but the
idea is not new in its general princi
ple. Success has, however, been ob
tained by a practical modification of
the cigar-shaped idea on which Ross
ESD VIRW OPTHK WISASS BOAT.
Winans, the great Baltimore engineer,
wasted much money, time and ingenu
ity. Harper's Weekly of Oct 23, 1858,
gives space to an elaborate exposition
of the hopes that rested on Mr. Winans'
efforts to make a fast vessel.
The Winans boat was a queer object
It had no masts, no keel, no deck. It
was literarally cigar-shaped, the ends
tapering to a point and the whole de
sign being simply that of a metallic
cylinder. If this cylinder had been
equipped with a pair of
screw propellers it might have
been truly a pioneer whaleback in
its general aspect Instead, however,
Mr. Winans rejected both paddle
wheels and screw and sought to se
cure propulsive power by combining,
both principles.
Around the middle of his cigaf Mr.
Winans ran a huge contrivance that
can only be described as a propeller
ring. This ring was fitted with pad
dle blades set at an angle in the frame.
These were relied upon to secure swift
propulsion. The vessel Was sixteen
feet in circumference and 180 feetloBg,
with spade-like rudders at either end.
The steersman was ensconsed in a sort
of prompter's box midway between the
center and the bow. It was not a suc
cess, and the coming on of the war
stopped" further expei imenting.
Mr Winans' ideas were in line with
those of the whalebacken. Speak
ing of what he was trying to accom
plish, he said:
"Experience has shown that steam
power oa sea-going, vessels when used
in aid of sails insures to a great ex
tent dispatch, certainty of action and
uniformity in the time of their voyr.
ages. Now we believe that by discard-"
ing sails entirely :aad all their
sary appendages, aad building the
sel of iron, having rcfereace to the
use of steam alone, these desirable
eada may he even more fully obtained.
"The vessel we are ikw constructing
bo keeL ao cat water, no bleat
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bow standing .up above the water-line'
to receive blows from, the heavfag sea,
bo flat deck to hold or balwark to re
tain the water that a rough sea may
cast upon the vessel; neither mast,
spars, nor rigging. The absence, of
sails not only renders the parts thus
abandoned by ns useless, but their
abandonment 1b a Teasel such as ours
will, we believe, most materially
promote safety, easy move
ment or diminished strain of
vessels in rough .water, will save dead
or non-paying weight, insure simplicity
and economy of construction and will
give speed in smooth water, less
diminution in speed in rough water, as
WISASS CIQAH STKAU8HIP.
well as diminished resistance to moving
power at all speeds in all water, and
result in shortening the average time
of making sea voyages."
Mr. Winans further believed in
the great profit that comes with
shorter voyages, both from freight and
passengers. His prophetic views have
long been proven true by t e whale
back making the success he expected
witn his metallic cigar.
COLUMBUS'S LOST ANCHOR.
The Oldest Belle la KxUtence of the
Great Xavlrator.
On the night of the 2d of August,
149S, the little fleet of Christopher Co
lumbus, the discoverer of America, he
being then upon his third voyage, lay
at anchor just off the southwest poin
of the Island of Trinidad, off the main
land of South America, which he had
seen that day for the first time.
"Beiug on board of his ship," says
Washington Irving in his history of
the great navigator, "late at n'ght
kept awake by paiuful illness and an
anxious and watchful spirit, he heard
at errible roaring from the south, and
beheld the sea heaped up. as it were,
by a great ridge or hill, the height of
the ship, covered with foam and rolling
toward him with a tremendous uproar.
As this furious surge approached, ren
dered more terrible in appearance by
the obscurity of night, lie trembled for
the tBfety of his e sols His own
ship was suddenly lilted up to suiMi a
height that he dreaded lest it should
be overturned or cast upon the rooks,
while another of the ships was torn
violently from her anchorage, leaving
her anchor behind her. The cre.vs
were for a time in great consternation,
fearing they should be swallowed up,
but the mountainous surge passed oa,
and gradually subsided, after a violent
contest with the counter-current of the
strait This sudden rush of water, it
is supposed, was caused by the swell
ing of one of the riveis which flow into
the Gulf of Para, and which were as yet
unknown to Columbus."
The anchor thus lost on the night of
August 2, 1498, nearly 400 years ago,
from one of the ships of Columbus, off
the southwest extremity of the Island
of Trinidad (Point Arenal, as Columbus
named the spot, vide Irving) has re
cently been recovered by Senor Argos
tino, the gentleman who now owns the
point of land in question. It has the
rare merit of being the oldest relic ex
tant of the great navigator and of the
discovery of America.
As would be expected from the age
of this relic, it is an anchor in the
simplest form of expression. The shaft
is round and 8 feet ! inches in length.
At the head of the shaft is a round ring
nearly a foot in diameter to which the
cable was fastened. The flukes have
a spread of about 5 feet The total
weight is 1,100 pounds.
This anchor was dug up by Senor
Argostino in his garden from a depth
of six feet at the distance of 327 feet
from the nearest beach of the sea. II :s
first supposition was that be had
stumbled upon a relic of the Phoeni
cians or of some other of the ancient
nations who have been supposed by
many to have visited the coasts of
America thousands of years ago.
But an examination of local facts
and authorities soon convinced him
that a portion of his garden now occu
pies the very post at which the ships
ff Columbus lay at anchor on the night
of August -, nus. me land is con
stantly rising from the sea along the
entire coast as has been shown by
Humboldt, Findlay and scores of others
who have written upon the subject,
and the rate of this rising is known to
have been quite sufficient to turn in
400 years the anchorage of the great
fleet into the garden of a private citi
zen. There is not a particle of doubt,
therefore, at the end of the rigid in
quiry that has been made that the an
chor recently found by Senor Argos
tino is really and truly the lost anchor
of Columbus.
CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLIES.
For the accomomdation of these de
siring to visit the different Chautauqua
assemblies the following exceeding low
excursion rates are offered by the Union
Pacific :
C3ETE, NEB., JULY 6TH TO 16TII.
One Fare for the Bound Trip as follows:
1st. From all points in Nebraska,
July 5th and 6th, good for return .until
and including Jnly 17th, 1892.
2nd From all points in Nebraska
and Kansas within 150 miles of Crete,
July 5th to lfith, inclusive, good for
return until and including July 17th,
1892.
FBEMOST, NEB., JULY 1ST TO 1;TH.
One Fare for the Hound Trip plus 35
els. admission to the grounds.
1st. From all points in Nebraska,
June 3Cth and July 1st, good for return
until and including July 16th, 1892.
2nd. From all points in Nebraska
within 150 miles of Fremont, June 30th
to July 14th, inclusive, good for return
until and including July 16th, 1892.
J. R Meagher, Agent Union Pacific
System, Columbus. 75-9-5t
The Iroa Hone la Ulto.
India, with an area of 3,600,000 square
kilometers and a population according
to the census of 1891, of 275,000,000,
possesses but 21,000 kilometers of rail
roads. The greater part of the mate
rials for the roads came from England,
only the cast-iron sleepers and
wrought-iron fastenings have been in
great part produced in India. India
imported in 1890 iron and steel, chiefly
railroad materials, to the value of SI 3,
120,000. '
A German lias 'invented aa incandes
cent lamp apparatus for showing the
iaterior of boilers while under steam.
. Waterproof cellulose paper, of oae
aadtwa colors, is being iatrodaeed by
a German Arm for UMeelathe. hoohr
er reef, afe
POINTS CON
THE SILO.
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Py? Fta .BUft-kt te the Pwr
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sad Hum HfatU. '
The SUe.
A number of questions concerning
the silo were answered as follows
through the Ohio Farmer:
"Can a silo bo built small enough
for three head of stock?" Yes. but
there would be such a small amount
in it that there would not be weight
enough of itself to make it settle,
and weighting would have to be re
sorted to. One six feet square and
ten feot deep would be quite sizable,
and with two tons of stone on a good
cover, there would not be any
particular risk.
What lengths do you prefer in cut
ting?" The -inch cut is. in my opin
ion, the best length. It packs tho
best handles easily and tho gum of
thocaule are never cut by the silage.
Then if the silage is judiciously fed,
there will be no unconsumed stalks.
Have you changed your mind
about wilting the corn 'be:oro it goes
mi i ti.c a lo " No. but tho better.
way 1 m.nk is to let the corn stand
and mature to n point that is rep
resented by the wilted fodder and
then "take it standing" for the silo.
Wilted fodder does not handle as
nicely aa the fresh cut does not go
through the cutter as well and in the
silo it is mora likely to mold by over
dryness or have -bunches" or places
where the silage has not kept quite
as well Silage to keep in the most
perfect manner needs to have at least
70 per cent of moisture when gut up,
and wilted fodder is often below this
point
Can an animal be wholly wintered
on silage alone?" Yes. 1 think so
from some little experience of my
own. and from what I have seen."
Silage from well matured corn would
carry younp stock through in fair
shape. Of course the ration would
be one quite deficient of nitrogen, but
the food boinjj in a succulent state,
the animal would have less difficulty
in nppropriat ng it than if in a dry
conditioa if we are to believe so emi
nent an authority as Dr. Manly Miles.
One horse in our barn has had a
bushel of silage a day all winter and
ahows no sign that it otherwise than
agrees with him.
What are the best varieties to
plant?" That depends upon the lo
cality. The idea is to get corn that
will fully mature before the frosts
come. The Pride of the North is well
6poken o . Tne larger kinds of Hints,
red cob goured-seed and the B. and
W. are the kinds that are most spoken
of for silage, in some sections the
large flints are in demand as they
produce fairly well and have an
abundance of grain. The real ques
tion is. shall we raise the smaller
kind that produces the largest amount
of grain to the stalk, or grow a larger
kind that while it has as much grain.
yields twice the fodder, and supplies
some grain to make the two average?
This is a matter that the silo men
might discuss with profit
What is the best machinery to cut
the fodder in tte field?" There are
only two harvesters in the market
and neither of them only to a limited
extent Tho usual machine used in
Ohio is a corn knife, in tho hands of
a good stout man. In very light corn
the reaper will do quite good work,
but as soon as the corn gets to be of
good size, it tangles it up so that the
cost of picking it up is more than for
hand cutting and layiug it in good
gravels of proper ska Then they
can be easily loaded upon the wagon,
and as easily taken off. and placed
upon the cutter table.
Does Ileliornlnc Pay?
What good is there in dehorning
any way? 1 speak from experience,
and theso mulies are pleasant to
handle and aro not dangerous. 1
have a registered Jersey bull that
attempted to butt one of my little
chaps the other evening; now if ho
had had his horns, away would havo
gone ray little b;ibo.
Dehorned when little, all my family
go among my red mulies. and de
horned Jerseys without any risk. I
feed my mulies. hogs and horses, green
or dry feed in an open lot, and all eat
together: even tne young mules eat
too. and none of them bother the
other bulls. Anyone can't do horned
cattle that way. Safoty first of all
worth hundreds of dollars.
Feed under shelter in large trough
12 feet long; when there is a parti
tioned hou o 12x20 feet, 1 have seen
as high as eighteen head eating on
some cold days at one time. Saves
feed; saves room; saves time; can
feed the eighteen nearly as quick as
four if you had to scatter the feed out
in a lot see?
Milking, oh how pleasant it is for
wife, daughter and baby to all go in
the milk stall with safety. Besides
they "fatten so much faster when not
gored and trampled about When
you go to ship three more to the
car three freight free; get them to
destination in much better fix. not
bruised and hurt like horned cattle.
Saving; well yes. 1 should say so.
Is tnafall? Well. no. We are told
that they do not shrink like the ones
that are gored and bruised so bad,
hence a dollar more per head, or $24
per car. Boys and children can
handle the bulls with safety; while if
horned many times it is dangerous
for men.
If I had hundreds I would dehorn
until 1 could breed them off. No. se
cret in it; any man can do it; if grown
or horned cattle, take a fine tooth
saw. throw down and hold and saw
off just as close as you can; keep off
the flies. That is all there is of it
Better still; dehorn tho Calves when
6mall one, two or three months aid.
How? Take a sharp jack knife, cut
the little horn off just as close as you
can then burn or singe with red hot
iron and the work is done, a good job
and no tools. We are told that caus
tic will not do it that I havo not
tried and cannot say.
But the others I have done time
and again, and seen veterinaries do
it and I see no difference in them
and myself, only they had a handle
to the name and I did not If I could
be called Colonel then my plan would
take, because it is cheap and practi
cal; but such is life. Take, notice
money saved is money made. Who
wants money? Let dehorning get on
a regular boom. Anna Saul, in the
Texas Stockman.
The Rata.
The purchasing and the use of first
class rams cannot bo too highly rec
ommended. Many flockmasters make
a small income on wool when they
might have made a much larger one
had they beea more particular and
liberal in purchaslag good rams. The
difference in the use of good or poor
rama a wool-grower declares, makes
wool-growing either a losing or a
prettable buaias; for it takes, bo
tokfaffctp that will shear
PARTICULAR
CERNINQ
eve pounds of wool than one that
omij shears few poaada and if' it
barely pays to grow the four-peuaa
.fleece you have ' throe .pounds clear
prolt oa-the seven-pound fleece.
Too many farmers use rams that
would not have made good wethers;
and besides they use the same ram
year after year, never changing until
the old ram dies of old age. or some
stray dog happens to mercifully re
lieve the owner of him. Then one of
his scalawag lambs is saved to take
his place in the breeding season, thus
breeding in and in until the flock is
bred out Sheep owners must learn
that their flocks cannot stand too close
inbreeding without deteriorating, and
that they must introduce new and
non-related blood from' time to time.
Farmers' Voice.
Sheep She ir 1b ;.
Steeped mullen leaves are good
for
scours.
Sheep are often seriously injured
by dogs chasing them.
Radical changes of treatment are
never desirable with any class of
stock.
When sheep are to be sold at pub
lic sale grade them up into even lota
Sheep on rich prairie or low wet
pasture should havo their feet kept
well trimmed.
The fact must not be overlooked
that in order to make the sheep' most
profitable good care is 'necessary.
Allowing dead sheep to lay around
is one way of oducating dogs to catch
and eat sheep; better bury or burn.
There is no doubt that farmers could
help the mutton business considerably
by using mo.e mutton themselves.
General good health and thrift and
diseased feet are incompatible with
sheep; prompt attention is necessary.
In order to make the most profit
from fat wethers it i necessary to
have them ready for market at the
right time.
It is estimated that not more than
one-fourth of the sheep are as fat as
they should be for good mutton when
sent to market
While if sheep have the run of a
good pasture they do not need any
great amount of attention, still they
must be looked after.
Wool often sells for a less price than
it would had it been properly packed
and graded; a little work in this line
often pays a good profit
If desired to mark the sheep after
shearing wait until there Is two or
three weeks growth of wool; the
marks will stay on better.
Early maturity is just as advantage
ous to the breeder and foeder of sheep
as to any other stockman in the world,
and many sheep men are realizing
this fact.
Home Hiats.
A few cloves on the pantry shelf, it
is said, will effectually drive away
anta.
Keep a small box filled with lime
in your pantry and cellar; it will keop
the air dry and puro.
Soda is the best thing for cleaning
tin-ware; apply it with a damp cloth
and rub well then wipe dry.
Prick potatoes before baking, so
that the air can escape; this will pre
vent their bursting in the oven.
Borax should be used to remove
finger marks from a hardwood door.
Ammonia will take off' the varnish or
stain.
Keep the lid olT when boiling cab
bage, turnips, peas or beans. Cook
the two first-named vegetables fast in
salted water for half an hour.
A stove that has become rusted
from disuse will be restored by rub
biug it thoroughly with lard. Stove
pipe may also be preserved the same
way.
When you buy raisin? for cooking
purposes seed them, wash them and
thoroughly dry them and put in a
glass jar with tight lids. Currants
also.
Mucilage has been found to be an
excellent remedy for burns. Apply it
to the burn and lay on any soft blank
paper. The mucilage soothes the
pain, while the paper excludes the
air.
A remedy for roaches can be
obtained by mixing gum camphor and
powdered borax in equal parts and
scattering it around freely, but in
mall quantities, which must not be
swept up unless replaced, until all
have disappeared.
Never put away food in tin plates.
Fully one-half the cases of poison
from the use oi canned goods is be
cause the article was left or put back
into the can after using. China,
earthenware or glass is the only safe
receptacle for left-overs."
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
By is tho only line running solid vest
ibuled, electric lighted ano steam heated
trains between the Missouri river and
Chicago, consisting of new palace sleep
ing cars, elegant free reclining chair
cars, luxurious coaches and the finest
dining cars in the world. The berth
reading lamp in its palace sleeping cars
is patented and cannot be used by any
other railway company. It is the great
improvement of the age. Try it and be
convinced. Close connection in union
depot at Omaha with all trains to and
from the west. For further particulars
apply to your ticket agent, or
F. A. Nash, Gen'l Agt
W. S. Howeli
Traveling Fr't and Pass. Agt.,
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Bamed April 16, 1909.
While Edgar Bates, a geologist of
Angola, was prospecting in Jackson
county. Mich., he discovered in a
stream a peculiarly marked stone,
rudely cut by a blnnt instrument With
the aid of a microscope he was able to
decipher an inscription Tunning to this
effect: "Samuel Bernet; I was takes
by the Indians near Sandusky, and I
expect never to reach that place. If
my friends I am to be burned. April
16. 1609."
Leaer Savlac MaclUSMrjr.
Flogging is so Indispensable in
Bussia that some inventor has per
fected a machine whicn saves the hu
man arm the infamous labor of blows.
Under the flagellation o! the machine
taxes and arrears are to become
speedily collectable. v
8ehls T St. Petersburg;.
In the scholastic year 1890-91 St
Petersburg had 259 primary schools,
with 12,760 pupils. Last year the
number of schools was 267 and the
number of attending pupils 13.042.
This includes 120 female schools,
with an attendance of 5,704-
, 'KaselM Welf BTo4s.
The stockmen of South Dakota have
reccatly imported from Tennessee a
amber of Russian wolf Hounds to help
1b theextermiaatioB of wolves, which
havo of late bee killing numbers of
ealvoa aad colt.
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