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THE NEBRASKA
A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both
the Twenty-Eighth GeneraJ
Assembly.
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HOUSE.
The house on. the 20th, In committee
'of the whole resumed consideration ot
H. R. 174. the salaries appropriation MIL
It adopted an amendment reducing the
salary of the superintendent of the Girls
Industrial home of Geneva from $1,500 to
S1.2M. The committee on public lands and
buildings recommended a matron for this
Institution at 1600 a year. This commit
tee argued the necessity of this func
. Uonary. but the finance, ways an means
committee and others denied It and held
that the superintendent needed no such
assistant. It was claimed that the reduc
tion of the superintendent's salary and
the effort to appoint a matron was spite
work against the superintendent. The
amendment was lost. During the pro
ceedings Kelson of Pierce remarked that
this was the most expensive Institution
In the state, the cost of maintenance a
year being SSS per capita. An amend
ment was adopted reducing the salaries
of the two family managers from 9W
to 9939. The salary of the engineer at
the Industrial home at llllford was rais
ed from $880 to 9999 en an amendment
by Gilbert of Douglas. The committee
had recommended a cut to 9G03. The farm
manager at the Grand Island Soldiers
heme was placed at $489 instead of $400.
H. R. 70. the Ramsey elevator bill, was
taken up as a special order on Its third
reading. The bill passed unanimously.
The measure provides that railroads shall
accord equal terminal and transfer fa
cilities to all patles operating grain ele
vators, and that farmers' elevators shall
cost at least $2,000. H. R. 314. the reve
nue bill, was read for the third time.
Douglas of Rock moved that the bill be
returned to the engrossing committee to
be properly engrossed. It being discov
ered that the personal property tax
schedule was not stricken from the bill
as ordered by the committee of the whole.
The bill was then re-read and placed on
Its final passage. It passed by a vote of
70 to 21. Three fuslonists voted in the
affirmative and two republicans In the
' negative. Fourteen members sent up ex
planations with their votes. A number
voted differently than they bid talked.
The bill went to the senate and was given
its first reading.
In the house on the 23d these bills were
passed: H. It. 42. by Thompson of Mer
rick, allowing county boards to make re
pairs to bridges less than $300 in cost
without advertising for bids in cases of
emergency. H. R. 102. by Cropsey of Jef
ferson, appropriating $100,000 for an agri
cultural college at Lincoln. II. R. 207, by
McClay of Lancaster, to improve sani
tary conditions of city jails, providing for
a physician and matron. After voting to
make the three remaining appropriation
bills a special order when the house was
In committee of the whole, the house
went into committee of the whole and
took up H. R. 471. the 'deficiency bill.
Items aggregating $128.45 were stricken
out and $1,944.66 added. This made the
final total $129,075.57. The bill was recom
mended for passage. The claims bill was
then taken up. One of the prominent
Items was $4,002.60. to reimburse ex-State
Treasurer J. E. Hill for defending suits
brought against him upon the failure of
the Capitol National bank, in which Hill
had deposited state funds. The commit
tee concluded that these suits were un
warranted. 'Another was $40,000 for as
many wolf scalps as a deficiency claim.
The original total amount of the bill was
$63,400. approximately, and this apparent
ly will undergo no material changes, as
few claims are now to be determined on.
The house on the 2tth passed these bills:
H. It 398. by Gilbert of Douglas, to vali
date the Omaha paving taxes; S. F. 69.
by Brown of Dawson, providing for the
extermination of prairie dogs, paying $3
a. day to road overseers for superintend
ing the work. The house then went into
committee of the whole and resumed
consideration of the claims bill. This
amendment to the bill was adopted: Al
lowing $105 to each of the following for
printing constitutional amendments in
1S96: Fremont Tribune. Pawnee Republi
can, the Chappell Register. Charles E.
West. H. L. Merriam. P. J. Erickson, E.
Andrews: to II. H. Campbell. $70; Hast
ings Tribune. $242.67. and D. A. Campbell.
$545.S0. Sears, chairman of the claims
committee, then moved to incorporate H.
R. 433. the bill appropriating $40,727.53. to
reimburse the Norfolk and Oxnard Beet
Sugar companies for monies pad out by
them under the beet sugar bounty law
ot 1895. He made a strong speech in sup
port of his motion, pleading the justice
of the sugar bounty claim. He said the
motion was to secure expeditious action.
The motion did not prevail. This report
regarding the Mil ford t-.ome. making
startling disclosures by the committee on
asylums, of which Robbins of Gage is
chairman, was submitted and unanimous
ly adopted: "Tour committee finds that
45 per cent of the inmates are girls who
have been betrayed through a promise of
marriage. Twenty-five per cent are wait
ers in hotels and boarding houses and 10
per cent are morally bad. To realize the
good that Is being done at this inrtitu
tion it is necessary to sec it with one's
own eyes. We believe that the home ie
a step in the right direction, yet we be
lieve that the home should be so sur
rounded by the law that the real party
to the crime might receive the punish
ment, and we believe that it would lessen
the number of the state's charges. In
other words, we believe that the home
should be made a menace to crime."
The house on the 25th. by a vote of 55
to 18. defeated H. R. 338. by Weborg.
The bill provided for the extension of
boundaries of all cities, villages, school
districts and other municipal corporations
bordering upon navigable streams which
constitute state boundaries, for judicial,
police and revenue purpose.. 8. F. 344
was passed. It is a bill by Warner ot
Dakota. Introduced at the request of the
governor, providing for the payment of
fees to the commissioner of public lands
and buildings, correcting the defect in
the former bill of this nature that was
vetoed because of unconstitutionality.
Consideration of the current expense bill
was had. An amendment by Suoexy was
adopted, cutting the appropriation t'er
"maintenance for the biennium" for the
penlteniary from $87,600 to $50,O. An
amendment by Wilson was adopted to
strike out the clause requiring the war
den to deposit all moneys earned by con
victs with the state treasurer. On mo
tion of Ten Eyck the National Guard
appropriation was raised from $8,000 to
933J69. The provisions of H. R. 41S were
incorporated into thistbilL It carried an
appropriation of $5,060 for lighting and
water supply at the blind asylum. The
appropriation for repairs on the fish
commission car was raised from $200 to
$1,509. The labor fund In the same de
partment was raised from $1,060 to $2,000.
The State Historical society's appropri
ation was cut from 919.499 to $&C00. The
State board's expense fund was increased
from $200 to $503 and the emergency fund
was decreased from $4,060 to $2,000. The
total amount of the appropriation for law
Journals, under miscellaneous items.
was raised from $20,080 to $20,980. An
amendment adopted by Douglas increas
ing the fund for compiled statutes from
91.919 to $tS0X The sum of $16,000 was
tacked ea by Warner for farmer insti
tutes, to be expended under the State
Board ot Regents. The re-apportionment
f school lands gets 915.9M instead ot
9U9t, Good of Nemaha secured the
adoption of an amendment restoring the
State Historical society's fund to $10,009.
The action ef the committee of the whole
In redeemer the peatitenttary maintenance
tune' te CMN was revised and the
restores to 997,999. rtve then-
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LEGISLATURE
Branches off
sand dollars was appropriated for a
power house and water plant at the Mil
ford Soldiers home. The fire protection
fund for this home was cut to $2,500. The
$7,000 for walks on the capitol grounds
was stricken out. One thousand dollars
was Included for an ammunition ware
house for the state. The bill then was
recommended for passage, as was also
H. R. 262. appropriating $15,000 tor state
fair ground Improvements.
Senate.
The senate on Insane hospitals reported
on the 20th and recommended that $150,000
be appropriated for the rebuilding of the
Norfolk Asylum for the Insane. The
committee said that $100,000 worth of prop
erty had been sent to other asylums and
$34,000 In salvage had been saved out of
the wreck of the fire. The following bills
were read a third time and passed: 8. F.
60, allowing cemetery associations to re
ceive money and act as trustee for dec
oration and Improvements of cemeteries.
H. F. .. providing when pupils or. one
school district may attend school In an
other, a. F. 57. comnelllnc railroads to
provide suitable waiting rooms and to
stop trains for the accommodation of
passengers. 8. F. 67. providing for the
perfection of pleadings. 8. F. 17. chang
ing name of deaf and mute Institute at
Omaha and blind asvlum at Nebraska
City. 8 .F. 222. providing for the wind
up of the affairs of installment compan
ies and placing them under the control
of the state banking board. 8. F. 117. a
joint resolution memorializing congress to
oppose the Dietrich lard-leasing bill: fav
oring the allowanco of 640 -re of land
to each settler. Senate went Into com
mmlttee of the whole and reported as fol
lows on these bUls: 8. F. 243. limiting
county commissioners to $3 per day: or
dere engrossed. This bill affects counties
having 60.000 Inhabitants and less. 8. F.
240. regarding cultivated lands on high
ways; ordered engrossed. 8. F. 145. pro
viding for the formation of drainage dis
tricts, for the reclamation of swamp
lands and to prescribe course of proced
ure to be followed to accomplish such
subject: was passed. 8. F. 240. providing
that cultivated lands shall include forest
trees, fruit trees and hedge rows planted
on such land all land surrounded by a
plowed strip not less than one rod In
width at least once a year: was passed.
8. F. 124. for the relief of D. L. Johnson;
ordered engrossed. H. R. 323. relief of R.
I. Loomis; engrossed; 8. F. 108. finding of
fact on appeal to supreme court; ordered
engrossed; 8. F. 169. providing for the
formation of new school districts; ordered
engrossed. 8. F. 295, extending the open
season for fish fifteen days; ordered en
grossed. 8. F. 74. providing for bonds to
be furnished by officials; ordered en
grossed. The Senate on the 21th passed the fol
lowing bills:
H. R. 100. for the establishment of jun
ior normal schools; S. F. 10S. finding of
fact on appeal; 8. F. 16. road tax; 8. F.
176. extending boundaries of cities and
villages to the state line S. F. 187. re
lating to guardians; S. F. 1S8. how to
pay road tax and how the money is to
be applied. The senate' went into com
mittee of the whole, with Harrison in the
chair, and made the following report on
bills on general file: 8. F. 82, providing
for food commission, salary of deputy
and powers, and regulating the manufac
ture of food; ordered engrossed. 8. F.
83. providing against the adulteration of
food; ordered engrossed. 8. F. 279. in
creasing the oil test to 212 degrees; or
dered engrossed. H. R. 271. reducing the
number of school directors In South Om
aha to five; ordered engrossed. S. F. 236.
relating to physicians certificates and
providing when they should not be grant
ed; ordered engrossed. S. F. 347. relating
to the disposition of the bodies of pau
pers; ordered engrossed. . F. 105. pro
viding that Insurance companies shall file
semi-annual statements with audtor; the
latter shall publish an abstract of said
report In one paper of the capital, to be
paid for by the company, and providing
for the legal reserve of the company;
ordered engrossed. 8. F. 213. providing
for the renewal of mortgages: ordered en
grossed. S. F. 214. relating to the order
of attachment; ordered engrossed. The
committee on railroads reported the Ram
sey elevator bill for general file, with the
$2,000 which elevators should cost before
a site is granted to the builders, raised
to $1,000.
The following bills were passed by the
senate on the 23d: H. R. 323, by Hathern.
appropriating $2,000 for the relief of Rus
sell F. IXMmis. S. F. 124. by Harrison.
authorizing the board of educational lands
and funds to Issue a certificate of pur
chase to Daniel F. Johnson of Omaha for
school land held by him. 8. F. 170. by
Sheldon, imitlng the number of officers
and employes of the senate and house
to forty-five and fifty-five respectively. S.
F. 293. by Way. fixing the open season
for trout not less than eight inches long.
June 1 to October 31. and for all other
fish. April 1 to November 15. A resolu
tion by Senator Sheldon, expressing a
wish for the speedy recovery of Senator
Dean of Phelps county, was adopted by
a rising vote. The senate then went into
committee of the whole on the sifting
committee file. S. F. 206 to 210. inclusive,
by Senator Hall of Douglas, to abolish
appraisement of property under process
of foreclosure, and extending for three
months the time allowed for redemption,
were opposed by Senator Hasty as calcu
lated to work an injustice to the poor
man. Senator Pemberton also opposed
the bills, declaring that the right of ap
praisement is a valuable right, and has
worked no hardship to either mortgagee
or mortgagor. On motion of Senator
Hasty the bills were recommended for in
definite postponement. Senator Warner
moved the appointment of a committee
of three to confer with a like committee
from the house to agree on a time for
final adjournment. The motion prevailed,
and the president named as such com
mittee Senators Pemberton, Alden and
Hall of Burt.
The senate on the 25th passed the fol
lowing bills: S. F. ISO. providing that a
police magistrate be elected at the next
general election In November. 1303. 8.
F. 74. providing for signing of bonds for
officials by surety companies. S. F. 169,
providing for the formation of new school
districts. H. R. 271. providing that the
South Omaha school board shall consist
of five members and providing for the
salary of the members. S. F. 279. in
creasing the oil test to 112 degrees. S. F.
105. providing for the filing of semi-annual
statements by fire insurance com
panies. S. F. 172. providing for the for
mation of cemetery associations. S. F.
214. providing for order of attachment.
8. F. 247. for the distribution of bodies
of unidentified dead to medical colleges.
Discussion of the revenue bin continued.
The committee amendment was adopted
changing dates when taxes upon per
sonal property shall be a lien to Novem
ber instead of October. An amendment
was carried Increasing the salary ot as
sessors in counties having 50.009 to 190.989
to 9US9 from $1,080. 8heUon moved to
strike out word "credit" in list of per
sonal property taxable: motion lost. How
ell moved to amend section 59 by putting
accident insurance under same classifi
cation with fire Insurance companies or
ganised In other states; motion lost.
Sheldon moved to strike out section 96.
This provides that every person, com
pany or corporation engaged in the bus
iness of buying and selling grain tor prof
It shall be held to be a grain broker
and -Shan at the time required by this
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act. determine under oath the average
amount of capital Invested in such bus
iness, exclusive of real estate or ether
tangible property, assessed separately,
for the preceding year, and taxes shall
be charged upon such average capital
the same as on other property. For the
purpose of determining the average cap
ital of such grain broker the county as
sessor and deputy assessor shall have
the right to Inspect all books of account
and the check books of such grain broker
and shall determine and fix the amount
of such capital by such inspection. The
motion was lost.
GENEROSITY OF THE HOUSE.
Generosity unprecedented marked the
session of the house on the Mth. The
pace set In the conslderafon of the sal
aries bill, the deficiency bill and the
claims Mil. was followed with even a
more rapid gait on the appropriation of
current expenses of the government. This
bill was considered in part and when
a little more than half way through the
total showed an Increase of $51200 ever
the bill as Introduced bthe committee
on finance ways and mwans. This re
markable showing has not been witnessed
In the house for many years. The con
sideration of this bill Is generally the
signal for a concerted attack all along
the line but no representative with the
exception of Sweezy of Webster made an
objection and the bill went along with
flying colors.
The principal Increase was on account
ef the Grand Island soldier's home. Items
being Incorporated in accordance with the
recommendations of Governor Mickey.
The report of the committee on soldiers'
homes showed the institution at Grand
Island to be in a bad state of repair.
Large appropriations were Incorporated
in the bill to make these repairs and an
Item of $20,000 was added for a hospital.
The governor recommended that this new
building be erected at Mtlford but the
house passed the Mllford Institution by
and placed the money in the Platte river
town. A strong effort will be made be
fore the bill is disposed of to secure sim
ilar recognition for Mllford.
THE REVENUE BILL.
LINCOLN. The revenue bill which
passed the house Friday and was read
for the first time in the senate Friday
night, passed the second reading In the
upper branch af the legislature Saturday
morning. At this session the Ramsey el
evator bill, compelling railroads to grant
full terminal and transfer facilities to
farmers elevators, and Imposing upon
the farmers the requirement of construct
ing their elevators at a cost not less
than $2,000, was also read for the second
time.
Opposition to the revenue bill subsded
when the fight In the house was ended.
That measure will glide swiftly throurh
the senate, passing that body about
Thursday, so that before the end of an
other week it is more than likely to have
become a law. No formidable obstruc
t.on will be placed In Its way In the sen
ate. Governor Mickey will affix his offi
cial signature to the bill without hesi
tancy. He has commuted himself in favor
of this measure. Of it .he said:
"I am glad to see this bill passed. I
believe It will afford us relief that we so
much need. We ought, and I believe will,
derive through it a total assessment of
$500,000,000. This state is In a bad condi
tion with this debt of over $2,000,000 hang
ing over it and we cannot hope for the
greatest substantial progress unless we
efface that debt."
PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNOR.
Governor Mickey signed H. R. 236 on
the 25th. He was waited on by the Doug
las county delegation in the legislature,
in the Interest of the bill. He had been
waited on repeatedly for several days
past by this delegation, in fact, and
others actively engaged in politics from
Omaha, urging him to sign the bill, while
other representative citizens from repub
lican and democratic parties had urged
him to wthhold his sgnature. Speaking
of the bill, which is said to be the weap
on of the faction that pushed it through
with which It Intends to club its political
enemies, the governor said:
"I gave the measure the most careful
consideration and submitted it to the at
torney general and was advised by him
and his assistant. Norris Brown, that it
was all right trom a constitutional
standpoint. They informed me that the
old law on which this bill was based, or
in other words, which It amended, was
not sound, so I signed the measure."
8IGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Governor Mickey has signed H. R. 236.
the Gilbert primary election bill; H. R.
167. Weborg's bill calling on congress for
a constitutional amendment for the di
rect election of United States senators;
H. R. 132. by Rouse of Hail, to appropri
ate to the State university the agricul
tural experiment station fund and the
Morrill fund, and 8. F. 147. by Sheldon
of Cass, compelling counties to keep
open roads leading from river bridges
dividing counties to connect with the
most accessible road. The governor ve
toed H. R. 46. by Friedrich of Cass, to
compel publication of notices of school
board meetings, at which the question
of changing school sites is to be acted
on. The governor accompanied his veto
with a long explanation, saying the
amendment in the bill was not germane
to that section to be changed.
PROTEST ON GILBERT BILL.
Former Deputy County Attorney Lysle
Abbott was in Lincoln and incidentally
called upon Governor Mickey to protest
against H. R. 236, the Gilbert primary
election bill, which has passed both
houses and is now in the hands of the
governor. Mr. Abbott said the bill 'was
a dangerous Instrument and should nev
er become a law. "It strikes at the se
crecy of the ballot." h? sard, "and wilt
prevent that independent vart of a party
which hoUls the party in line to nomi
nate good men. from participating in the
primary. The next step will be to com
pel a voter to swear who he haj voted
for at the last election. Any law that
tends to do away with the secrecy of
the ballot Is a bad law." President Pro
Tern Harrison of the senate has signed
the bill.
APPROPRIATION FOR EXPOSITION.
The legislature has not yet acted on the
bill calling for a $75,999 appropriation for
the St. Louis World's fair, nor is it
likely to recommend that amount. This
is a poor time for any appropriation bill
to come up to this legislature and the
chances are not altogether assuring that
any outlay will be made for this purpose.
Two representatives of the St. Louis fair.
W. H. Moore of St. Louis and Colonel
Harvey P. Salmno of Clinton. Mo., in
company with W. J. Bryan, who pre
sented them, called on Governor Mickey
and urged him to use his Influence with
the legislature to make an appropriation.
The governor told them that there was
a bill providing for $75,000 and that he
was of the opinion that probably the leg
islature would grant $69,000, but doubted
It the bill would get through in its orig
inal form.
SHUT OUT TAXPAYERS.
The standing committee on revenue in
the senate met In secret session anc re
fused to allow Tax Commissioner Flem
ing and others to appear before It and
make certain arguments. Senator Brown,
chairman of the committee, said no de
cisive action was taken on the bill. Mr.
Fleming desired to suggest the wisdom
of fixing November 1 as the time for
placing the revenue biU In effect instead
of September 1. as is provided, if it
passes. He makes his assessment Septem
ber 15. and It the bill should take effect
on the first he would be unable to ascer
tain what the state board assessment
would be. the result working a serious
hardship. Mr. Fleming was advised by
Senator Hall to come to Lincoln and ap
pear before the committee, but he found
the committee's doors closed to him and
was informed that neither he nor any
other person, save a senator.. could here
after appear before the committee. -
William H. Bradley, a prominent
capitalist of Dubuque. la., is dead. He
was O years of age.
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Somebody's Darling.
Here is an old favorite, which we
republish by request:
In a ward of whitewashed walls.
Where the dead and dying lay.
Wounded by bayonets', shells and balls
Somebody's darling was borne one day.
Somebody's darling, so young and so
fair.
Bearing yet on hk pale, sweet face.
Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave.
The lingering light of his boyhood's
days.
Matted and damn are the curls of gold
Kissing the snow of that fair young
brow.
Pale are the lips' of delicate mould.
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Back from the beautiful blue-veined
brow
Brush all the wandering 'waves of
gold.
Cross his hands on his bosom now.
Somebody's darling is stiff and cold.
Kiss him once for somebody's sake.
Murmur a prayer soft and low;
One bright curl from its fair mates take.
They were somebody's pride, you know.
Somebody's band has rested there.
Was it a mother's, soft and white?
And have the lips of a sister fab
Been baptized in their waves of light?
God knows best. He was somebody's
love.
Somebody's heart enshrined him there;
Somebody wafted his name above.
Night and morn on the wings of pray
er. Somebody wept when he marched away.
Looking so handsome, brave and
grand;
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay.
Somebody clung to his parting hand.
Somebody's waiting and watching for
him.
Teaming to press him again to her
heart.
And there he lies, with his blue eyes
dim.
And the smiling, child-like lips apart
Tenderly bury the fair young dead.
Pausing to drop In his grave a tear.
Carve on the wooden slab at his head.
Somebody's darling slumbers here.
The Bridge at Antietam,
Describing visit recently made to
the battlefield of Antietam, a writer
In the Boston Journal says:
"The visitor will find the Burnside
bridge in practically the same condi
tion as at the time of the battle. Near
the bridge on the eastern side of the
Antietam some of the large willow
trees have rotted away, but the
bridge a substantial stone structure,
flanked at either end with monuments
commemorating the heroism of those
who fell in that hopeless attempt to
hold the bridge while the bluffs at
the western end were held by the
enemy's batteries, from which an
enfilading fire could be directed
across the ranks of blue the bridge
was built for time, not for a day, and
will seem as natural to the visitor as
It did forty years ago.
"The Antietam creek has not
changed in its course, nor in the vol
ume of water that flows in Its chan
nel. Standing on the eastern shore
and looking at the high bluffs nat
urally adapted for the location of ar
tillery, and gazing at the bridge and
noting that the water in the creek is
shallow, and always so in September,
one cannot help asking the reason
why the commanding officer of the
Union forces did not attempt to cap
ture the batteries by fording the
stream Instead of attempting the
greater risk of exposing thousands of
brave men to certain death in the at
tempt to capture the batteries by
crossing the stream by the bridge."
To Indana Soldiers.
On the battlefield of Cbickamauga
the Twenty-ninth Indiana infantry is
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To the Seventy-ninth Indiana,
memorialized where it was engaged
September 20. Lieut-Col. David M.
Dunn commanding.
The Gen. Lee Statue.
The proposition to erect a statue of
the great Confederate reader on the
field of Gettysburg has started a
warm controversy. In a letter to the
Chicago Chronicle a correspondent
signing himself "Union Veteran"
says:
"The haste and apparent unanimity
with which many of our O. A. R. posts
are opposing the placing of a statue
of Lee on the field of Gettysburg Is
not Joined in by all old soldiers. The
majority of those who served through
out the war are more liberal and will
indorse the project But with some
the war is not and never will be over.
They did not get enough of it when
the real fighting was going on.
"The battlefield of Gettysburg as It
now stands is a beautiful, one-sided
picture. There is not a monument or
inscription to show that an army,
equal in numbers and valor to our
own, struggled fiercely for three days
to destroy it As well write of Water
loo without mention of Napoleon as
of Gettysburg without Lee. By all
that is Christian, charitable and pa
triotic let us dismiss the fiction that
Lee and his men were traitors In the
ordinary definition of the term. Men
took sides In that conflict according
to their education and environment
The South believed in state sovereign
ty, the North in the federation of the
states into one compact supreme
union, and in the gigantic conflict
wnich took place state sovereignty
was burled so deep that nothing can
ever waken it Lee and the Confed
erates fought the bravest fight ever
known in history. The boys of the
Spanish-American war have told me
that their chief regret was that they
had only Spaniards to fight while the
veterans of the Union fought men who
were Americans through and through'
and as brave as themselves. Is that
not a pretty tribute to those who wore
the blue in the '60's?
"Lee was the first by precept and
example to accept the decision of the
war. He led all others by appeal
and exhortation to the South to lay
down its arms and return to the fold.
If for nothing else his statue should
appear at Gettysburg."
Where Ha Was Wounded.
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meeting, held at "the WaMprf-Astoria,
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exchanging recollections in one cor
ner of the room before the speeches.
Cue of the group, a man connected
with a New York bank, was asked by
a comrade where he was wounded, for
the banker has a noticeable limp.
"My lameness is the result of a
forgery." he replied.
"Bank episode, eh?" asked one.
"No," was the reply. "Not exactly.'
I reckon I may as well satisfy your
cariosity.
"About six months after my enlist
ment under Gen. Sterling Price of Mis
souri I was sent to the hospital for re
pairs. War was hell to me right In
the beginning. I was left In a farm
house, and aa the Yanks were hot on
our trail I had to be moved.
"I resolved to get back home, and
by various stratagems I succeeded. It
was quite a journey from Arkansas
to the northwest corner of Missouri,
where my people lived. I got home
by night travel.
"I found the old town In possession
of the Federals. Old Col. Bob Smith
with his Sixteenth Illinois infantry
was holding the place, and every road
and hog path leading to the town was
guarded. I had to run the pickets to
get inside.
"Things were getting very warm in
the old town. It was under martial
law. An order was issued that no
man or woman should be permitted
to leave the town without a pass,
signed by the provost marshal and the
officer of the day. I obtained a pass
and got on the train, where I encoun
tered an officer.
"I left my seat cautiously and went
out on the rear platform. The train
was running about ten miies an hour.
There was no brakeman about I
caught the iron handle of the platform
and jumped from the train.
"I thought I should never touch bot
tom. When I tried to pick myself up
I found I had broken a leg. In that
condition, drenched to the skin, in
the most excruciating pain, crawled
back to my father's house. I think if
I had had a pistol I would have killed
myself.
"I must have crawled six or seven
miles maybe more. I reached home
just before daylight My father's old
family doctor was called, and he was
sworn to secrecy, of course. I shall
never forget how my old father told
him he would kill him if he betrayed
us. But of course, he never would
have done that An operation was
necessary to save my life. I have been
lame from the effects of it ever since."
The Field of Anteitam.
The battle of Anteitam was fought a
little more than forty years ago. Sta
tisticians will remember it as the most
destructive battle which lasted but a
day of all the battles of the civil war.
Those who participated in this terrible
conflict will remember that the forces
were so evenly matched in this great
battle that victory was dearly bought
and that the defeat was not so over
whelming as to convince the conquer
ors that the battle would not be re
sumed on the following day.
The village of Sharpsburg, Md., and
the surrounding country has changed
but little since that memorable day of
the battle, the 17th of September, 1862,
for Sharpsburg is by no means a mod
ern town. Several years ago it cele
brated its centennial. It was finished
long before the battle of 1862, and be
ing finished so many years ago it has
changed but little since.
It may be worth while to state that
this quiet Maryland town at one time
aspired to being the location of the na
tional capital, for its situation is with
in the territory in which the commis
sioners selected to choose a site for
the seat of government were directed
to fix the location of the new capital
of the United States, and strange to
say, so sanguine were some of the
property holders of the ultimate suc
cess of this competing town for the
site of the capital that the streets were
laid out in an elaborate plan for that
period of our country's history, and all
of the land placed under a system of
"ground rents." which has continued
unti! the present time. The rents are
small, to be sure, but they have been
collected faithfully lor more than a
hundred years.
Dare-Devil Combination.
Champ Clark's first glimpse of an
army was at Mackville, Ky., near his
boyhood home. He was telling a
caller recently about it Some one
had charged him to take a bunch of
fine horses to a neighboring thicket
for purposes of concealment.
"I was astride a sorrel," said Mr.
Clark, "when I happened to turn ray
head to the west. There I saw some
thing that surprised me. It was
Morgan and his men riding down the
hill at afuriou8 pace and up another
hill of the gravel road. I didn't pro
pose to miss a chance of seeing that
army, if it cost every one of our
horses. So I waited to see what was
going to happen. Suddenly out rode
seven horsemen, who began firing,
within pistol shot, at that advancing
column. It was as reckless a thing
as I ever witnessed. When the smoke
had cleared away I saw six of the
seven horsemen riding off. They had
killed one of 'Morgan's army.
"Years afterward, when I was
teaching school, the children of
George Gibson, who was one of those
seven horsemen, were among my
pupils. I asked him how they had
ever dared to attack such a superior
force in broad daylight where every
chance was against them.
"Well, said he. 'we were mad and
full of whisky.' "Washington Post.
A Soldier's Obituary.
"Raiding," said the captain, "de
veloped the dare-devil instincts in
men. and not Infrequently the worst
men In our company were at the
front acting like highwaymen. Such
men had no friends in the country
raided and none among their own
comrades. We lost one of these fel
lows in a skirmish and most of the
boys were not sorry. When we came
to bury him. not a word was said.
An old German, who had seen service
abroad, insisted that some one
should say something good of the
dead man. The boys shook their
heads and advised him to try It him
self. Old Jacob stepped forward, em
barrassed, but determined. As he'
stood at the grave, with his hands in
his pockets, his right hand touched
his pipe. This gave him a pointer.
Straightening himself up and holding
his pipe in his hand, he said: "Veil
boys, Ms vas a good schmoker.' "
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The. faculty of Columbia university
has added a course in automobile
mechanics to the curriculum. j
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Where Macaroni Wheat Can Be
Grown.
The macaroni wheats are pecaliai
fa this, that they can be grown in
a regioa of small rainfall and where
the conditions are too-severe to make
srdlnary wheat growing profitable.
More than this, the macaroni wheats
must be grown In such a region it
they are to retain their characteristics:
Conditions of heat And drouth, rich
ness of soil and alkalinity, exactl)
similar to -those that prevail in east
Russia, exist In the more arid regions
3f the great plains, including western
Kansas, except that In the Russian
regions these conditions are a little
more extreme, as a role. In the part
3f Russia where macaroni wheats are
grown the average rainfall is never
more than 17 inches, and the average
in the macaroni region is 15.9 inches a
year. F. D. Coburn says: "The nor
mal yearly rainfall of .the great plains,
at the 100th meridian, where wheat
growing is at present non-existent on
account of the lack of drouth resist
ing varieties, is nearly three inches
greater (about 18 inches) than that
for the entire semlarid Volga region,
which is one of the principal wheat
regions of Russia, and which produces
the finest macaroni wheat in the
world. The black prairie soil of
western Kansas is almost a counter
part of the Russian soil, both In depth
and richness.
On this page Is shown a map. which
will give some idea of the regions in
the United States suited to the grow
ing of macaroni wheats. The heavy
shading shows the land where these
varieties of wheat will grow to great
est perfection. One hundred to 200
miles east of this belt macaroni
wheats may give good yields and
prove hardy, but the quality of the
grain will not be what it should be.
In al! wheat area west of this belt
the gluten content of the grain will
not be so good because of the lack of
nitrogen in the soil.
In the map will be seen lightly
shaded portions, some of them in Cali
fornia. Oregon and Washington. These
are regions in which the macaroni
wheats may be grown, but the quality
of the grain will not be so good as
when grown vin the region more heav
ily shaded.
News from the Stations and Colleges.
At the Colorado station and college
a new building, to be a central heating
plant and also to contain rooms for
the department of electrical engineer
ing, is being constructed. The state)
legislature is to be asked for an ap
propriation of $75,000 for a building
for the offices of the experiment sta
tion. At the Kentucky station $20,000 la
to be expended at once in the erection
of a new building for the station
offices. A lot has teen purchased
for it at a cost of $4,000.
The South Carolina station Is taking
steps to encourage the live stock and
dairy interests. A new barn has re
cently been completed, and some good
representatives of the beef and dairy
breeds have been purchased.
The School of Agriculture, formerly
situated at Brlarcliff, New York, has
been removed to Poughkeeepsie. It
will henceforth be known as "School
of Practical Agrlctulture at Pough
keepsie." No buildings have been
erected as yet. but two houses in the
city have be?n rented and for the
present the school will be quartered Is
these.
Some Agricultural Statistics.
The last official national census.
1900,8hows the great Importance or ag
riculture in the United States. At that
time 5,739,057 farms were being oper
ated. These were valued at $16,673,
694,247, of which amount 13,560,198.191
or over 21 per cent represented the
value of lands and improvements oth
er than buildings. The value of Jive
stock for that year is placed at $3,
078,050,041, and farm machinery and
implements at $761,261,550, making
a total value of farm property amount
ing to $20,514,001,848. Farms aver
aged 146 acres in size and 49 per cent
of the farm land is reported as im
proved. The total acreage for the
entire country was 841,201,546.
The Sow at Farrowing Time.
The sow should .have nothing to
eat for the first twenty-four hours
after farrowing; but should be allowed
plenty of fresh water. The second
day a little slop and a little oats may
be given in the morning and evening.
After that the feed should be gradu
ally increased until she is on full
feed. Care should be taken that she
does not get any feed that will be too
rich for her or that will act as purge,
as the little pigs will be subjected to
the same condition. Her feed should
be such that a large flow of milk will
result A good ration to produce a
good flow of milk Is a slop composed
of equal parts of middlings and gluten
feed with a little oil and bone meal
added and in addition all the corn
she will eat up clean. As soon as
possible after farrowing the oats
should be used very sparingly, as it
tends to dry up the milk supply; but
should the sow become constipated,
causing a like condition in the pigs,
a liberal feed of oats will relieve
them, but should, she be the reverse
good dry corn and plenty of good
water will stop it By carefully watch
ing the condition of the sow and by
providing warm, dry quarters there is
very little danger of the little pigs
scouring. R. C. Hoffman.
Phosphate Rock and Barnyard
Manure.
The Ohio station has just completed
some experiments along the line of
utilizing barnyard manure to the
greatest possible extent. Opea yard
and stall manure were used on corn,
oats, wheat, clover and timothy. The
manure from the open yard had been
allowed to undergo the conditions that
exist on most Ohio farms. It was
dried by the wind, leached by the rain
and dried by the sun. This means
losses to the fertility originally in it.
In a second test manure was also
taken from open yards, but it bad
previously been mixed with ground
acid phosphate rock to assist it to re
tain its fertilizing qualities. The re
sults showed that the stall manure
was very greatly superior to tie oth
er, which bad been exposed to the
elements. The treatment with ground
phospbatic rock showed that the open
yard manure had to a very consider
able extent retained its ammonia. The
experimenters suggest that it would
be well to use the acid phosphate rock
ground fine as an absorbent in the
stables, so that it may be mixed with
the manure in its fresh state.
It has been demonstrated that al
falfa can be successfully grown in
nearly all the northern states. -
Gapes
C. K. Matteson: W have a disease)
called "gapes," which Is usually
brought Into our flocks by the impor
tation of some affected bird. Aa to
the exact cause we are somewhat at
sea, but it Is claimed by the best au
thorities that the earth-worms con
taining the embryo are eaten by the
chicks; the embryos are) liberated
from the earth-worms in the digestive
organs and find their way to the lungs
and thence to the windpipe, where
they fasten themselves and multiply
very rapidly. The faster they multi
ply the more difficult the breathing,
and If this is allowed to go on the
bird will soon choke to death. I
recommend only two treatments.
First to catch all the affected chicks,
take a few at a time and place them in'
a barrel where yon have already';
placed some air-slacked lime. Cover,
with a cloth and cause the chicks to'
flutter slightly. By doing this they'
Inhale a great deal of this lime dust.,
and in this way the worms are not
only killed but coughed up by the
chickens,
Another treatment Is to take a pri
mary feather from the wing of the
fowl, strip it smooth nearly to the tip.,
insert this quickly into the windpipe,
give it a quick twist and draw out
In this way in a majority of cases you
will remove a whole bunch ot gape
worms. When chicks are affected with
this malady they should be removed
to fresh grounds quite frequently.
Evidently Roup.
A. M. D. writes the Farmers' Re
view as follows: "What is the mat
ter with my fowls and what shall 1
do for them? They have froth in their
eyes and their eyes get sore and swell
shut They have sores all over their
heads. (2) Is cayenne pepper health
ful for fowls and how shall I give it?"
(1) It is evident that the inquirer
haa a bad case of roup among his
fowls. The best thing to do is to
separate the birds and keep them sep
arated. This should not be done by
taking the sick fowls away from the
weU ones, but by taking the well ones
away from the sick. Probably the
house and yards are contaminated,
though this is perhaps not a settled
point as to roup. We have little or no
faith in medicines for roup and hence
shall recommend none. The writer
has tried many kinds of medicines, but.
has never found any that seemed to
do good. Try separating the fowls
and keeping them in a dry clean place.
See that there are no drafts to make
trouble. Let us hear from you later.
(2) As to cayenne pepper little need
be said. It is of little value to well
fowls. It would do no harm to feed
some to sick fowls. It might stimu
late their digestive organs. There is
no settled rule for feeding it nor can
those who have fed it tell just how
much to feed at a time. Care should
be taken not to feed too much.
Feed for Incubator Chicks.
We have found that sifting the)
cracked corn, scraps, and cracked
wheat through, sieves, so as to remove
both the meal and larger pieces, gives
favorable results. Millet seeds, brok
en rice, rolled oats, and other things
of this character were greedily eaten,
and well digested. For meat for the
youngest chickens we have given the
sterile eggs boiled hard and ground
through a sausage machine. ' While it
is preferable, if one has time, to chop
the egg fine and mix it with bran, or
even feed it a little at a time to the
chickens, we found it satisfactory to
mix it with the bran until it was
crumbly, and feed it in bulk, a suffi
cient quantity being given for the
number of chickens in the brooder.
Mixing the eggs with cracker did not
succeed with us as well for very young
chicks, although it is fed by others
apparently without harm. As the
chickens grew older meat scraps were
substituted. These were usually
sifted, added to the grain ration, and
strewn upon the floor of the brooder.
Boiled liver and animal meal were also
used, but there was very little differ
ence in the gain of the different chick
ens when fed upon the animal meal,
meat scraps, or egg. R. I. Experiment
Station.
A Poultry Course at Columbia.
The Missouri Agricultural College,
located at Columbia, Missouri, an
nounces a two weeks' course in poul
try farming beginning March 2nd and
closing March 14th, 1903. This work
will be given by Mr. T. E. Orr of
Beaver, Pennsylvania, one of the best
poultry experts in America and secre
tary of the American Poultry Associa
tion. The work will embrace thorough
instruction in the breeding, feeding,
judging and general management of
poultry for profit and pleasure. Spe
cial instruction in handling of incu
bators and brooders and other mod
ern poultry appliances will be given.
The number of students admitted to
this course will be limited to one hun
dred. Those who are planning to take
this work should register their names
at the earliest possible moment Full
Information may be had by address
ing Dean H. J. Waters. Columbia, Mis
souri. Study the Matter of Weodlots.
Farmers that have woodlots should
made a study of them to a point where
they will know how to best handle the
various kinds of trees that compose
them. In the prairie states this ques
tion is less acute than it is in the
billy states, for the reason that the
proportion of land good only for wood
growing is much smaller in the prairie
states than it Is in the hilly states.
But the greater scarcity of wood
makes Its care all the more necessary-
There are many localities in
the East where wood will be a cheap
forest trees and so keep the land in a
fuel for a generation yet. Not so in
the prairie states. It will in many
cases pay the farmer to learn some
thing about growing forest trees from
seeds, including the handling and
transplanting of the seedlings. There
is much land on some of our farms
that is neither wood land nor arable
land. It should be so treated that it
will be one thing or the other. Now
it is growing weeds, alders, and
shrubs of no account to the woodman.
Moreover, these weeds and shrubs
prevent the growing of the seeds of
condition of uselessness. If the land
be wet, yet there are varieties of trees
that will grow in such a place and it
is better to have them than to have
nothing.. There are other places on
the farm that are being gullied to
death, so far as the plow is concerned.
They too can be put into forest, if
only on a small scale. We have
hardly yet touched this great matter
in this country, as coal and wood have
been hitherto abundant But the time
is here when' toe matter must and will
receive attention.
First Sprayineja of the Apple.
The practice ef spraying trees and
shrubs when they are dormant la be
coming widespread. It has been rec
ognized that in this way many ot
the spores ot fungi are killed before
they can do harm by reproducing
themselves in the fruit leavee or the;
tree. Jast what efficacy there m la.
winter spraying we do not yet knew,;
but it is believed that much good re-'
suits. Winter spraying Is inclusive
of that done at any time before the'
beds open, even late la March wall
the buds are swelling. Eves many
people that are In doubt about the
necessity of spraying trees when dor
mant, yet follow the practice, to be
on the safe side. It is certain that
if, as some have supposed, the spores.
of the apple scab fungus Uvea over ln
the bark of the tree or on rubbish on
the ground, sprayiag will do good.
The man that is prepared to spray
late in the winter is in a position to
be prompt with the same work later;;
and it is promptness that la neces
sary. Some men do not spray till a
few days after they should have com
pleted the work, and the pests for
which they sprayed get the upper
hand and keep It The flrst spraying
of the apple should be while the tree
is dormant This la likely to check
the apple scab. It this spraying ta
omitted, the flrst one should be given
when the leaf buds are open and be
fore the flower buds expand. This
spraying should be with Bordeaux
mixture, for the scab. If the bud
worm has been prevalent in the
neighborhood, spray with Paris
green as soon as the leaf tips appear
in the buds. This treatment will also
check the case-bearer. If the apple
trees are affected by San Jose scale,
then spray with whale oil soap two
pounds to a gallon of water, when
trees are dormant or uso crude pe
troleum nt the rate of 25 per cent, or
kerosene in the proportion of one to
five of water. Apply the soap or pe
troleum before the buds start
Packages for Fruit
From Farmers Review: The
question ot relative desirability of
barrels and bushel boxes, or relative
cost ot the two, for the shipment ot
apples and pears, depends very much
whether the handier is catering to the
wholesale or retail trade. If the lat
ter then the box ta the most desirable
package. Its contents is more nearly
what a family will need at one time:
is more easily and cheaply coaveyed
to the consumer's home than a barrel.
A barrel holds more than an average
family can consume and a part must
need go to decay. It boxes are bought
one can be taken from cold storage
at a time as needed. The temperature
of the home cellar is too warm for
the storing of fruit. When buying
in smaller quantities than a barrel the
tastes of different members of the
family can be consulted and several
varieties kept oa hand which would
not be practical it a whole barrel had
to be bought for each member of
the family.
Then again the smaller the quan
tity of fruit bought the relatively
higher the price paid. On the other
hand If the grower or packer is sup
plying the wholesale trade the barrel
is for some reasons the best The cost
of a three-bushel barrel, would be
considerably less than three-bushel
boxes. While the freight it shipped
in car lots of 30,000 pounds, would of
course be the same if actually weighed
into the car, the cartage would be
greatly in favor of the barrel. As the
cartage, especially if done in small
lots, would be as much on a bust el
box as on a three bushel barrel. The
contents of a barrel are safer from
accident and theft than a box. T. 11
Goodrich, Union County. Illinois.
The Value ef Spraying.
Senator H. M. Dunlap, of Savoy, Il
linois, Is a great believer In spray
ing, and he consistently practices
what he advocates. But now and
then he leaves a few trees unspray
ed jost to see what will happen to
them. In this way he gets some very
impressive object lessons. In the ac
companying cut is shown one of these
unsprayed apple trees. The man in
the picture is Senator Dunlap. The
tree In front of him is one that has
been left unsprayed. The leaves have
been stripped from the tree by in
sects or lungous disease, and the de
velopment of the fruit uas been
checked midway. The yield from this
tree was one-half bushel of apples,
while trees near-by that had been
sprayed yielded 15 bushels per tree.
So much for the value of spraying.
Reason for Selling Half Fat Cattle.
From Farmers Reviews One of
the reasons for the rushing of half-fat
cattle- to market is this. In the year
1901 crops failed. Farmers had not
figured on that and some of them had
borrowed money to buy feed, depend
ing on the resulting crop to help them
out The crops failed and the farm
ers sold all the salable stock on the
place, keeping the young stock be
cause It was not salable. They suc
ceeded by careful feeding and little
feeding in keeping their stock till
they were sure of another crop. Then
when the stock was anywhere near
good enough to sell they let it go.
They could not buy feed, as they were
tnn far behind on their bills, and it
took all the money they could raise
to keep the sheriff off. Borrowed
money bad to be paid back, grocery
bills bad to be cancelled, the doctor
and the blacksmith refused to wait
longer, and each man wanted every
cent coming to him. So the half-fat
cattle bad to go as soon as possible.
I cannot see any ether reason. I know
that was the case here with our men.
R. M. Roberts. Osage County, Kan
sas. Feeding Soft Corn.
From Farmers Review: We have
been buying some corn that contains
more than the usual amount of water
and possibly it might be classed as
"soft corn." However the season is a
little later in Kansas than it is In
some of the northern states and I
presume that the so-called "soft corn"
is not so markedly soft in Kansas as
further north. We have been feeding
the corn to 100 head of steers and
have been obtaining excellent results
with it. The corn that we have fed
this year seems to give as good re
sults as any we have ever fed and we
have heard no reports of trouble re
sulting from feeding this year's corn.
'ou ask, "how dees this corn com
pare with soaked corn?" To my mind
there is no comparison whatever as
the corn that we have used resembles
ordinary corn very much more closely
than does soaked corn. D. H. Otis.
Kansas Agricultural College.
Some English authorities advise,
that drains be laid not less than four
feet below the surface.
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