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THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Brsuiohw of
the Twenty ffchth GenermJ
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HOUSE. ,
Thu house catered upon bills on third
- reading on convening on the 3d and pass
ed these measures: H. R. 37. by Wilson'
of Pawnee, relating to the wanner ef
distributing dead bodies In the possession
of public officers or institutions. H. R.
4U. by If ockett of Lancaster, raising the
levy for school taxes In Lincoln so as to
bring; the aggregate receipts up to MM.
te a year. 8. F. 317. by Anderson. fix
Ins; the salary of the deputy state treas
urer at ftSOO. falling to oass with the
emergency clause: this official had no
by Anderson, raisins; the salary ef the
fixed salary under the eld law. 8. F. Sit.
secretary to the governor from $1,509 to
M4M. .which he has generally drawn, fail
ing to pass with the emergency clause.
8. F. M. by Brown, to nenalt the organ
isation of burglary, title and credit in
surance companies. At the afternoon ses
sion the committee on railroads reported
back H. R. 421. by Kennedy, authorising j
the attorney general to proceed with the"
action against violators of the maximum
freight rates law. and H. R. 451. creating
a board composed of the governor, state
treasurer and public land commissioner,
to have power of enforcing the provi
sions of this, which itnwer under the pres
ent law is vested In the defunct board of
transportaton. In the three hours at night
the house broke the record, disposing of
twenty-six bHIs in committee of the
whole. They were all recommended for
passage. Among them was the bill to
empower the fire and police commission
to' be created under the new charter In
South Omaha, to Issue taloon licenses.
Another was H. R. $. by Bacon of Daw
son. In which Currie -and other -western
members have been actively Interested,
to appropriate $50,060 for the sinking of
eight wells to locate petroleum, gas or
oIL One of these wells is to be' located
ear Omaha, the rest scattered out over
the state.
As soon as the house convened on the
3rd Kennedy of Douglas moved that his
bills. H. R. 421 and H. R. 451. providing
respectively for the prosecution by the
attorney general of violations of the
maximum freight rates law and -the en
forcement of this law be advanced to the
head of tne strung committee's file. The
motion preclptlated a fight. 8peaker
Sfockett. after Kennedy had spoken for
several minutes, suggested that he was
not talking on the notion, and Thompson
f Merrick moved to table the Kennedy
motion, raising the point of order, in the
first place that-the tusionist from'Doug
las was not confining himself to the ques
tion at issue. A roll call was taken on
the" Thompson motion and resulted in the
defeat or the motion by to 47.. The fol
lowing bills were passed: "H. R. 414. by
Rouse, providing for the removal of con
victed felons to the penitentiary within
five days of sentence; H. R. 493, by Mors
ssan. to permit fishing and seining in the
waters or the Missouri river all the year
round. Emergency clause: H. R. 59. by
Belden. to define the duties of county
Judges in certain cases: H. R. 349. by
Sears, to reimburse lieutenant Governor
McOllton In the sum of $81. paid for his
official bond: H. R. 358. by Sears, provid
ing for the appointment by the governor
of 8outh Dakota boundary commission of
thtee members: H. R. 413. by Nelson, to
require oaths, acknowledgments and af
firmations heretofore taken before com
missioners of deeds: H. R. 198. by McClay.
the Lincoln charter bill, providing for the
election of seven counHlmen at large,
and abolishing the office of tax commis
sioner after 1983;- H. R. 439. by RouSe. to
provide for the payment of taxes on gifts,
legacies ard 'inheritances into the- gen
eral fund of the state; H. R. 488. by Mc
Clay. relating to the paving of streets
abutting on the capitol snare; H. H. 449.
by Sears, providing for an Iowa-Nebraska
boundary commission: H. R. 45. by
. Jones of Richardson, providing for a Nebraska-Missouri
boundary ..utamtmton:
If. R. M. by Deles-Dernier, to legalise
tax titles based on premature foreclos
ures, where tax certificates were not '-first
btalned. Failed to 'pass with emergency
clause by a vote of -fifty-five to twenty
six. Passed without .emergency clause
by a vote of 55 to 24: H. R. 294. by Deles
Dernier, to allow Nebraska mutual city
and village insurance companies to do
business outside the state; H. R. 347. by
Cropsey. to permit cities of 5.6we popula
tion to Install a kewerage systea.
The Bears dower right bill. H. R. 174.
passed the house n the 4th after a de
termined fight and several roll calls. The
.measure provides that the husband and
wife shall have equal rights in the Joint
estate, providing that either shall have
absolute title to one-half thereof in the
event of the other's death. The present
law gives the wife only one-third dower
Interest. The bill further provides that if
It is the second husband or wife surviv
ing and children of the first be living, that
the absolute title shall be but one-third
of the estate. These bills were passed: H.
R. 388. by Roberts, providing for a state
architect at an annual salary of $z,99.
H. R. 388. by Shelley, vesting in the fire
and police board or South Omaha the
granting of liquor licenses as provided
.in the charter bill -for that city Just
passed. H. R. 353. by Barton, making as
sault with intent to do great badily In
Jury punishable by a penitentiary sen
tence of from one to five years. H. R.
48?. by Sadler, at the governor's request.
for the sale or lots and lands for taxes
and assessments delinquent for five years
or more and the execution of deeds ror
same. H. R. 'l76. by Persy, compelling at
tendance or witnesses In cases transferred
from one county to another on change
of venue. H. R. 293. by Smith, striking
out double damage clause from lawful
fence act under head of railroads. H. R.
389. H. R. 281 and H. R. 282. by Ribble.
prohibiting the unlawful making, selling
or using of railroad tickets, coupons or
passes. H. R. 106. by Bacon of Dawson,
appropriating $50,080 to sink eight wells
for the location of oil or gas. the places
being Lexington. Chadron. Culbertson.
Columbus. Ponca and Omaha. 8. F. H.
' by Hall, providing for six commissioners
of the supreme corut and their stenog
raphers to serve for two years. H. R.
479. by Douglas, providing ror the ap
pointment or county attorneys in coun
ties of 2.080 or less population. H. R. 73.
by Fries, a constitutional amendment,
permitting the investment of the per
manent school fund in registered securi
ties of counties, towns, cities, villages and
school districts. H. R. 311. by McAllis
ter, defining method of procedure In dis-
continuation of Irrigation districts. H. R.
17. by Douglas, amending game law so
as to make open season on chickens J
September 1 to November M; extends pro
tection for .quail two years longer; pro
hibits killing of swans: open season for
turn April 1 to November 1; carp all year;
penults spearing of fish.
The following bills were passed la the
house on the Cth. 8. F. t, by Marshall
providing for the election of county com-.
wrtsslsaers at large and their 'nomination
by districts, was passed. M to 33. S. F.
38t.by Sheldon., relating to the manner of
coBecting and disbursing road taxes. 8.
T. 328. by Jennings, relating to forfeiture
of school lands whan payment of later
out is defaulted. 8., F. 55. by Grimn.
allowing cities of leas .than M99 popula
tion to -vote bonds to the extent of 20 per
cent at their total assessment instead of
M par east, to eoneladeithetr water works
system. 8. F. Srby Marshall, empower
ing cities of leas' than; S.4S to own aad
operate their electric Mffcts plants. S. F.
MS; by Harrison. caTatJve act relating to
raajmtrsrJon laws ra eltiea of lass than
85JM population. S..F. 9S. by Saundera.
te prevent horse tail docking. S. F. 337.
SheMea. relating to the construction of
wages Bridges over streams 'that consti
tuts county boundaries. S. F." 332. by'
Harrison; to place tontine Insurance com
panies under supervision of state bank
ing board and permit them to wind up
their affairs. At the evening session
Reuse of Hall brought up the matter
of the bill to raise the general tax levy
from 5 to 7 mills for the current year.
The biU was tost In the "shuffle" and as
it had to be read a third time It was
neccessary to extend the time of final
adjournment, formerly set for tomorrow.
Thompson. Stetson and Rouse were
named to confer with a like senate com
mittee on this question. The Joint com
mittee recommended Wednesday. April
8, at 1 o'clock a. ra.. as the time, and the
house and senste adopted the report. H.
R. 437. raising the tax levy, then was
passed.
These bills were passed in the house on
the 7th: 8.- F. 81. by Saunders, relating
to Insurance company fees. 8. F. 38. by
Hall of Douglas, to prevent Ill-treatment
and cruelty to children, defining con
ditions .of child dependency. 8. F. 143.
by 0Neil of Lancaster, providing for the
appointment of a state surveyor and
draughtsman in the office of the com
missioner of public lands and buildings.
8. F. 150. by Way of Platte, providing
for drainage canals. S. F. 128. by Warner,
fixing the" qualifications of attorneys. 8.
F. 105. by Howell, compelling insurance
cc-mpanles to file semi-annual statements
with the state auditor. 8. F. 20. by
O'Neill, to regulate the organization and
operation of life insurance companies on
the mutual level premium, mutual reserve
fund. 8. F. 254. by Saunders, to enable
domestic mutual benefit associations and
life insurance companies doing business
on the mutual premium or stipulated pre
mium plan to reinsure their risks in other
mutual or joint stock legal reserve life
companies. 8. F. 181. by Harrison, pro
viding for registration of voters in the of
fice of the city clerks in cities of less
than 25.080. 8. F. 243. by Harrison, fix
ing maximum compensation of county
commissioners and supervisors. The
house concurred in the senate amend
ment to H. R. Z77. raising the appropri
ation of an experiment station from
33.600 to $15,000. The evening session be
gan at 9:30. Wednesday's session began
at 13:05 a. m. The conference commit
tee's report on the claims bill was not
adopted as the house members refused to
agree to the striking out of the $40,000
wolf bounty claim as Insisted by the
was carried that the conference commit
tee be again instructed to meet with
the senate committee and that it not
recede to .the senate amendment. The
matter was temporarily tabled.
The Tuesday session of the house, ad
journed at 1:30 Wednesday morning, was
resumed at 9 a. m. of that day. "Pande
monium broke loose" early in the pro
ceedings when Sweczy moved to indefi
nitely postpone all bills on the general
file except S. F. 108 and 8. F. 42. regulat
ing supreme court practice and the width
of public roads. It was an amendment
to a motion by Morsman to proceed with
all bills on general file. The confusion
that arose was irrepressible for many
minutes. The speaker's loud and con
tinued rapping with his gavel was lost
in the din and tumult that roared on the
floor. After a vain attempt to settle the
matter by a standing vote to the roll call
was taken and 8weexy's amendment car
ried by 48 to 28 votes. Another motion by
Sweezy carried placing these two bills
on third reading. These bills then were
passed: 8. F. 201. by Sheldon, repealing
the lew requiring land owners to destroy
weeds to the middle of the public roads.
S. F. 87. by Norris. permitting creditors
to levy on 20 per cent or a debtor's wages
when such wages exceeded $35 a month
and exempting all the wages when they
were less than $35 a month. The vote was
54 to 19. 8. F. 96. by O'Neill, legalizing
the office ot state insurance deputy. S.
F. 279. by Beghtol. to raise the standard
or illuminating oil to 112 degrees farhren
helt. 8. F. 185. by O'Neill, to nermit the
Nebraska Relief commission to turn into
the state treasury a balance or $396.96. S.
F. 63. by Fries, granting additional pow
ers to fraternal beneficiary societies or
associations organized under the laws of
Nebraska. 8. F. 275. by Cox. vesting in
the board or public lands and buildings
the purchasing or legislative supplies. 8.
F 139. by Giffin. providing for construc
tion or irrigation canals and acquiring
or water rights. 8. F. 33. by Hall, cura
tlev act. regarding three days' notice to
be given to tenants before a vacation or
premises. 8. F. 108.. by Brown, providing
a uniform procedure or appeal from the
district court to supreme court. S. F. 243.
by Fries, regulating the organization or
Irrigation districts defining their powers
and rights. S." F. 138. by Giffin. compell
ing irrigation ditches to be in order by
April 15 and providing for necessary out
lets. 8. F. 276. by Cox. to make the
beard or public lands and buildings the
custodians or the legislative halls and
supplies. It was 11 o'clock when the
house took a "five minute" recess, until
9"oclock Thursday morning.
SENATE.
The senate spent the morning on the
deficiency claims bills and recommended
It for passage. In one Instance a dup
licate claim was cut out. The senate
cemmittee added $867.60 for bills that
came in after the house had acted on the
claims and reduced the deficiency appro
priation for the Boy's Industrial school at
Kearney .from $4,500 to $2,500. Otherwise
the bill was not changed.
The committee on finances, ways and
means reported the general appropria
tion bill. The senate committee made a
net reduction in appropriations or $107.
W.05 from the bill as it passed the
house. The total increase,, was $18,899.15
or general hind: university fund increase.
$125,962.80 general rund. The appropria
tion for connecting the dear and dumb
institute at Omaha with the city water
ttialn was not allowed. The condition
under which the university rund is in
creased $33,009 is that If the 1 mill levy
for the university rund should amount
to $350,000. then the $35.v00 may be taken
from the fund and used for the purchase
or real estate near the unlvornltv
.w is given for a fanners' institute.
Among changes are the following:
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Superintendent, care or capitol building
and grounds, from $7,000 to $5,090; em-
f-?yLZce"' S040 to ! Inciden
tals. $1689 to $1,580.
Board or Education Lands and Funds
Amount appropriated for bienniura. from
9.9W to $4,080.
mET? Li,brary Commission- Appropria
tion ror biennlum. from $4,000 to $8,090.
Uncoln Hospiui-Board. clothing, etc.
from $75,080 to $70,080.
eitS2,"y,Um-Bord- Nothing, etc.
from $341275 to $259,775; bedding, farm.
Aetc. increased $3,589 .
nS2'wit,e!lHo,ae' Genva-En-Jumut
TrV,f2B " t0 S: water
?' tnm t a.: repairs, im-
i!S?2B,S2l ? t0 : for fur
eiturc. etc. from $750 to $1,000
Institute for the Blind. Nebraska Citv
Musical instrument, from $ ? SI
nuiB' mi Beatrice Cold
$2JIB. struck out. -'
-Deaf aad Dumb . Institute.
-Water supply, from $8,500 to 38W
storage.
Omaha-
; State Penitentiary-Two hundred and
Tony sieei ecus, reoucea to lso. it $87..
380 from $80,090: repairing west win. froi
H2.6S0 to $6,080: painting walls, from 32.000
,to $1,880. Aa amendment was recommend
ed that a special labor fund be created
out ef money saade by convicts far
maintenance.
State Board of Charities and Corrections
-Increased from $4.4M to $..
State Fhu Commission Fainting and
repairing cars and buildings, from $1.M0
to $750; necessary labor, from $3,698 to
$1,568.
Food Commission Expenses, from $3,660
to$U80
Norfolk Hospital Wages for employes,
from $30,069 to $16,680; board, clothing, fuel
etc.. from $24,669 to $15,666.
The printing of revenue h sates, blank
books and abstracts was reduced from
$4,690 to $3,589. ' v ,
The Sollders and Sailors' home at
Grand Island appropriation for a hospi
tal building waa reduced from $19,086 to
$2,009. The committee amended this by
adding a sufficient amount to .reduce the
reduction to about $4,666.
Publishing reports of geological survey
ot Nebraska, from $1,260 to $3,090.
The senate passed the following eiUs on
the 4th: H. R. 417. appropriating $3.4636
for the relief of the famine stricken peo
ple of Sweden and Norway. H. R. 253.
providing for the disposition of fees re
ceived by county officers. H. R. 33. pro
viding that no expenditure shall be made
by the school board of Omaha to excess
of $3,000 without a recorded affirmative
vote of a majority of the board mem
bers. H. R. 96. providing that county
surveyor shall be ex-officlo county en
gineer and shall examine all work and
prepare plans and specifications for coun
ty work. The bill applies to Douglas
county only. Passed without the emer
gency clause. H. R. 2. appropriating $43.
000 for a chapel for the normal school
at Peru. A resolution was adopted to al
low the county of Lancaster to sue the
state for $5,000. The money was on de
posit by the county In the Capital Na
tional bank, a state depository, which
failed. The senate passed five constitu
tional amendments. These were: Salary
of state officers, four-year terms for leg
islators, compensation of supreme judges,
investment of educational funds, seven
supreme court Judges.
At the morning session on the 7th the
senate passed H. R. 71. the deficiency
bill. Harrison moved to pay employes
for three days' overtime. Giffin moved
to make It six days. This was lost. Wall
moved to make It four days and this
carried. These bills were passed: The
scavenger tax bill. H. R. 164. appropri
ating $3,000 for the surety bond of Wil
liam 8tuefer. Authorising the paving of
the streets around the capitol grounds..
Providing for the election of a county
attorney and his salary. To prevent cru-
elty to animals. Appropriating $81 to pay
for the surety bond or Lieutenant Gov
ernor McGilton. Compulsory school law.
Authorizing the governor to appoint a'
commission to act with a commission;
from South Dakota to agree on the!
boundary line. Providing for fees on
sheriffs and justices of the peace to be
allowed by the county board. To legal-1
ize oaths taken before register of deeds.
To prevent sale of tobacco to minors
under 18 years old. Providing that the
granting of liquor licenses shall be vest
ed in the board of fire and police com?'
missloners of South Omaha and provid-J
Ing the cost of license. Providing for the)
disorganization of an Irrigation district..
Defining the duties of the under assist
ant in irrigation districts. Establishing
a department of architecture. The senate
spent most of the night In committee or
the whole and at 12:30 o'clock Indefinite
ly postponed all bills not reported by
the sifting committee. H. R. 171. the wo
man's dower bill, was amended so that
the wire has a lifetime interest in one-;
half of the estate or the husband and
the bill recommended for passage. Upon
this bill most or the night was spent.
H. R. 437. the scavenger tax Mil. and H.
R. 79. providing for the length or school
terms, were passed. At 1 o'clock the
clock was stopped and the senate begar
to pass bills.
In the senate on the Sth (the session
being a continuation of that of Tuesday
Senator Wall moved a reconsideration of
8. FJ 78. appropriating $10,000 for a Lin
coln monument on the state house'
grounds. The bill was placed on the sift
ing file and afterward advanced to third!
reading. The following bills were read
the third time and passed: H. R. 290, to
prevent fraud in railroad tickets; H. R.'
281. to prevent fraud In railroad tickets?
II. R. 317. providing for the establishment
of a system of sewerage in cities having
a population of less than 5.000; H. R. 282.'
to prevent fraud in railroad tickets; H.
R. 79. providing requirements to be ful-'
filled by school districts to enable them'
to draw their state apportionment; H. R.'
SS. to prevent the desecration of the flag
of the United States; H. R. 273. regulat-!
Ing hail insurance companies; H. R. 103.'
to prohibit the use of live birds as tar-;
gets: H. R. 133. providing library fonds
shall be kept separate from other funds
by cities; H. R. 329. defining the crime of
abandonment of wife or child and provid
ing penalty therefor; H. R 165. to provide'
for the use or the Hospital for the In
sane at Hastings and appropriating $15,000
for the purpose: H. R. 333., providing pun
ishment for persons guilty or assault: H.
R. 28. to legalize foreclosure or tax liens!
H. R. 78. providing for the erection of
a monument to Abraham Lincoln on the
state house grounds, appropriating $10,000;
H. R. 446. the general appropriation bill:
H. R. 306. to give an award for the dis
covery or coal. Iron, ore." gas or crude
oil; H. R. 386. to prohibit the sale or to
bacco to any person under 18 years of
age: H. R. 489. to provide for the sale
or lots and land for taxes delinquent for
five years or more: H. R. 450. for the ap
pointment or a commission to define the
boundary line between Nebraska and
Missouri: H. R. 44?. same as 450. but ap
plies to Iowa: H. R. 124. to regulate mu
tual insurance companies; H. R. 262. pro
viding for a public comfort building on
state fair grounds, appropriating $3,000;
H. R. 2S7. providing for appeals from the
district to the supreme court: H. R. 294.
providing that mutual insurance com
panies may do business outside or the
state. This bill was amended to limit the
liability or the policy-holder to one anl
one-hair times the board rate. H. R. 31.
providing school warrants or the city of
Omaha shall draw interest at the rate
of 5 per cent. The conference committee
appointed to consider H. R. 448. the gen
eral appropriation bill, reported that the
joint committee had arried at an agree
ment. The total net Increases recom
mended amount to $28,300. The total net
decrease to $9,599. This makes the net
Increase $17,701. The largest change made
was in the appropriation for the peniten
tiary. The number of steel cells to be
built was increased from 160 to 240. Thi
change simply restores the original num
ber provided for in the bill as passed by
the house. The Increase in the appro
priation for this purpose was $12,500.
If the Burlington carries out its
present plan of building a cut-off from
its main line at Ashland, Neb., north
ward to connect with the Great North
ern at Sioux City, there will be pre
cipitated a big western railroad build
ing war so it is figured by easterr
railroad men.
Rev. Dr. L K. Funk of the firm ol
Funk Wagnalls. one, of the leading
religious publication Jiouses of the
country, admitted in New York thai
he had received what he believed tc
be a genuine message from the spirit
of Henry Ward Beecher, in life his
warm friend.
About 1.700 instances of drunken
ness were punished in the Sixth corns,
numbering 25.0C0 men, last year.
Tombstone epitaphs should be
classed as grave literaturs r j
emsasss7-smV ammmsf
A Little While. "
Dh! for the peace that floweth as a river.
Making life's desert-places bloom and
smile
Dhl for a 'faith to grasp Heaven's bright
"forever."
Amid the shadows or earth's "little
while."
"A little while" to wear the robe ot sad-
ness.
To toil with weary step through erring
ways;
Then to pour forth the fragrant oil ot
gladness.
"And clasp the "-girdle of the robe of
praise.
"A little while" for winning souls to
Jesus.
Ere yet we see his beauty face to face.
"A little while" for wlennlng soul-diseases.
By telling others of a Savior's grace.
"A little while" to tell the Joyful story
Of him who made our guilt and curse
his own;
"A little while" ere we behold the glory.
To gain fresh jewels for our heavenly
crown. c
"A little while" for patient vigil-keeping.
To race the storm, to wrestle with the
strong: . ,A.
"A little while" to sow the seeds with
weeping.
Then bind the sheaves and sing the
harvest song.
Tis but "a little while": the way Is
dreary; ,
The night is dark-but we are nearing
land:
Oh! for the rest of Heaven, for we are
weary, ,
And long to mingle with the deathless
band!
Civil War Heroine Dead.
Mrs. Sarah Landis Maher of Wil
mette, 111., heroine of the civil war,
died recently at the age of 73. Mr.
and Mrs. Maher helped to make his
tory at the time of the civil war, for
their efforts saved Kanawha county.
West Virginia, to the .Union. They
were living at the time at Mill Creek,
where Mr. Maher had charge of coal
oil works. The sentiment was run
ning strongly to the side of the seces
sionists, when Mrs. Maher urged that,
as there was not a Union flag in the
district, her husband ride to Charles
ton, ten miles away, and procure silk
materials so that she could manufac
ture one. The question of secession
from the Union or from the eastern
part of the state was to be voted on
drs sanati l mahep
two days after Mrs. Maher received
her silk, and she was compelled to
work all day Sunday and all Sunday
night to get the flag finished in time.
The next morning, when..the men of
the district went to the polling place,
they found floating above it a beauti
ful banner, Mr. Maher on a block
ready to address them, and his, wife
by his side pointing to the flag as its
folds flapped from the staff. Mr.'
Maher made an impassioned speech,
and with the tears streaming down
his cheeks, begged his neighbors to
remain true to the Union. The appeal
was not made in vain, and a large
majority was given against secession.
Mrs. Maher then took the flag and,
aided by a large body of men, planted
it on a hill overlooking the whole val
ley, where it stayed till it fell Into
tatters.
Has Toothache in the Foot
"Did you ever have the jumping
toothache in the foot of you?" asked
Fat Flanigan of tne Major. "It -xzs
like this," said Pat. "I carried, at
Stone River, the cleanest and bright
est rifle in the company. And all the
boys knew it. When the rebs shot
that rifle out of my hands I couldn't
budge on account of. being stunned
and boiling over mad. Right at my
side was Mike Higgins, with as dirty
a rifle as ever a good soldier carried
and he was firing as fast as he could
load and pull the trigger, and he was
yelling at me why in the devil didn't
I shoot, when I decided to slap him
once for luck. Just then something
slapped me on the side of my right
foot, and slapped both feet from un
der me. Mike lifted me up and said
whatever it was that slapped me never
touched me. Then he shouldered me
off toward the rear.
''It was a case of must, Mike said. I
had to use my legs or be captured. At
first my feet were like wooden blocks,
but the further I walked the better
they felt, and finding a bright, clean
rifle on the field I became interested
in the shooting and forgot all about
slapping Mike or being slapped by
sometnlng that Mike said never touch
ed me. That night I found two bul
let holes In my hat, three in my
overcoat, two flesh wounds on one leg
and three scratches on the other, and
I never thought of my foot. My right
boot was full ofbiood. but Mike said
it came from a. wound just above my
knee and I let . go at that.
"But that blood came frcm my foot
and from that day to this I have had
the jumping toothache in that foot,
wuenever a storm is brewing. Rheu
matism? No, sir. I can stand in the
water or in-the snow all day and have
no pain. But three or four hours be
fore a heavy rain or snow storm is
due, there is a jumping, thumping
toothachey pain in that foot and no
questions asked. That continues un
til the rain or snow comes, and then
the foot is as easy and comfortable as
any foot in this world. Mike told me
later that the thing uiat struck me
seemed to fly up from the ground, but
the air was so full of flying things
that he thought I was lucky to escape
with a bruise, when a dozen of the
boys were shot through and through.
This was the view I took of the mat
ter then, and I never counted my lame
foot as a wounded foot, and yet it
gives me more trouble than all my
other wounds put together." Chicago
Intsr Ocean.
.Battlefield Comrades Meet.'
Two soldiers who were wounded at
the battle of the Wilderness met for
the first time since then at the rail-
Z.7 station at Falconer Thursday last,
aayr the New York World.
One of them.' John Curtis, who now
resides at FettonvUle"; was " badly
funded in the hand. While en route
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soldier who was shot Is the -leg.
"I'm bleexlstg to death and- most
burned up," said the man.
Curtis had Inals pick a roll of ban
dages which he "was unable to use be
cause of the injury- to his hand.
"Look here," said he, "you've got
hands and I legs, and between us we
ought to- help ourselves. Bind up your
wound flrst, it is the worst, and then
bind up mine."
These directions Were obeyed, and
the mas soon' had his leg inclosed in
a tourniquet, and Mr. Curtis had his
own wound satisfactorily bandaged.
Both feeling better, they drank some
coffee and enjoyed a smoke. During
all this time it never occurred to
either of the soldiers to ask the oth
er's name, and they addressed each
other as "Hands" and "Legs."
Curtis Anally got help, and both
reached the field hospital, where they
separated upon their recovery.
That was thirty-eight years ago, and
trom that time until-the present date
Curtis never tired of, telling the story.
While waiting in the Falconer station
he encountered another grizzled Grand
Army man. He commenced his story
after the usual salutations. He had
not progressed very far before the
stranger eyed him sharply and ejacu
lated in surprise:
"Then you are Legs!"
"And you are Hands?" queried Cur
tis, much astonished.
"You bet lam, and. thanks to you,
I saved both my hands and legs."
Unmindful of the bystanders, the
two old comrades, talked until train
time. Curtis accompanied his friend
to the cars and waved him a good-by
as he departed.
"Yes," said he when he returned to
the station, "that is 'Hands,' all right,
but he has changed considerably in
thirty-eight years. What is bis name,
and where does he live? Great Scott!
I forgot to ask him. But it makes no
difference, for I will probably never
see him again; but if I do I'll know
him by the name of 'Hands,' anyhow."
Two Battle Experiences.
"At the battle of Fredericksburg,"
said a veteran, "our regiment was on
the skirmish line for eighteen hours',
and hard at It all the time. When the
assault was ordered we were directed
to lie down that the advancing line
might run over us. Then we were
to rally on the reserve, eighty rods to
the rear. To reach the-reserve we
had to cross an open field over which
bullets were flying like hail. Even
in that crisis I hesitated to run the
eighty rods, fearing that after facing
the enemy for eighteen hours I would
get a bullet in my back. So I side
stepped that eighty rods and was
laughed at by the boys who made a
quick run.
"We had in our regiment one of the
old-style bullies, who made a good
deal of noise in battle. He was al
ways urging our boys to give 'em hell
and shouting threats to the enemy.
Most of the younger men in the regi
ment thought the Ioua talker was a
great fighter, but at Fredericksburg
he received a slight flesh wound in
the leg which took all the conceit out
of him. He blubbered like a whipped
boy under his trifling wound, while
dozens of men with serious wounds
stood grim and silent, flghtiiig to the
last. We never could get our bully
Into another fight, and came to the
conclusion that he was brave through
ignorance, and that when he learned
from experience that bullets would
hurt he lost his nerve."
Off Fire Island.
The wind Is cold and cutting that howls
on the frozen sand:
The seas that rave when the vessels
stave are abreak on every hand.
God grant that the men who huddle
along their trembling decks
May keep alive till the boats arrive by
the side of the crumbling wrecks.
'Twas dark where the frozen bushes
were skirting the frothing deep.
When the coast guard heard o'er the sea
waves' curd the rocket's skyward
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And the men asleep In the station were
tumbling out of bed
Ere the song had told of the wrecks two
fold, and the bands where rolled the
dead.
They lie too far to seaward for the frail
and threadlike line.
But the boats are out and the men are
stout that battle with the brine.
What's that you say? Have reached
them? The life line's carried aboard?
While the foam's a-roll on the sandbar
shoal, and the shore the combers
goad.
The last man's over the gunwale: his
feet grate on the sand.
While ready hands take off the bands
that bore him to the land.
The wrecks roll under the surges. With
a groan they're breaking: in.
While the sea roars on in the night for
lorn, and we tremble at Its din.
A Remarkable Verdict.
John Ward tells this story of an in
cident that happened in Barton county
just after the civil war:
"A man named Harrington had
stolen a sawmill down on one of the
creeks. A sawmill is a rather un
usual thing for a man to steal, but the
defendant in this case had deliberate
ly taken his team and hauled the mill
away. After hearing the evidence, the
jury retired and in a short time they
came in, the 'foreman handing to the
court a verdict which read something
like this: 'We, the jury, believe from
the evidence that the defendant, Har
rington, took the sawmill, but since
it appears that be took it from a lot of
damned Rebels, we acquit him.' Judge
Ward is said to have the exact written
words of the verdict in bis possession.
Lamar (Mo.) Democrat.
Fought Duel on Bicycles.
A duel on bicycles was recently
fought in Paris. The two combatants
were placed fifty yards apart and then
ordered to charge. They rode at one
another at a furious pace, but over
shot the mark and failed to meet.
Wheeling quickly round, they returned
to the charge, and this time came to
gether with., terrific shock. Both
were thrown, while the seconds, who
were following behind, also on bicy
cles, fell in their turn, and both were
injured. Neither of the combatants
touched tbVother with his sword, but
in falling one ran his weapon into him
self and hiA opponent injured his leg.
Honored by Maine Veterans.
Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain has
been elected department commander
of the Maine G. A. R.
Sizing Him Up.
Aekitt What is your private opinion
cf that man Uppson?
Knoltt He reminds me of an agg.
Askitt Oh. a bad egg, eh?
Knoitt Not necessarily; but he's
too full of himself to hold anything
else.
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Unskillful Orcharding.
R. Morrill: Oae of the weakaessei
of the average orchardlst appears to
me to ba a lack of plan at the begin
ning. It Is sosaetimes a sudden thought
that seta a sua Into growing an or
chard. Ha kas not informed himself
as to what the requirements are or
bow nearly he comes to filling the bill,
so far as the man Is concerned or the
soil of the orchard. In our own state
there are a- good many meadows and
corn fields spoiled with peach orchards
ft very fatal mistake, because a man
can blow money Into an unproductive
orchard about as fast as anything I
know of, and take about as little out
of it, and that Is often determined by
its location, and often a, man's troubles
begin right there. The next trouble Is
getting the best out of each and every
tree in an orchard. When a man sets
an orchard and finds a tree does not
start well, he should understand that
that particular tree has some inherent
difficulty, which almost invariably will
'remain to the end. The life of aa
orchard la determined by its surround
ings and the amount of fruit we are
talking about a peach orchard it may
be ten or twenty years; with an apple
orchard It may be fifty years under
good management; and still men will
occupy the ground and expect to work
around a treo which starts out a weak
ling, and expects to work all that time,
with only one life to live, when with
the expenditure of a few cents at the
end of the year he may throw oat that
tree and put in a good one.
Valuable Horticultural Information.
The 31th volume of the transactions
of the Illinois State Horticultural So
ciety, containing the proceedings of
the state society, ot the northern,
central and southern district societies
as well as various local societies Is
already published and is upon our
table. It is a substantially bound
book of nearly 650 pages, and con
tains 8 full page illustrations. Parti
cular attention has been paid in the
proceedings of the various societies to
papers and discussions practical and
scientific on fruit culture. Valuable
features of this book are lists of fruits
recommended for the different dis
tricts of the state accompanied by
descriptions of the various varieties,
formulas for the preparing of spray
ing mixtures and directions for apply
ing the same, reports of the experi
ment stations, reports of experiments
in building cold storage rooms and
in keeping fruits, etc. This is a valu
able book to all fruit growers and
horticulturists generally. It Is sent
to all members free and to public and
school libraries on receipt of 15c
to cover postage. Annual membership
in the state society are $1. Life mem
berships $5. Address the secretary, L.
R. Bryant, Princeton. 111.
First Spraying for Apple Scab.
From Farmers Review: I note in
recent issue of your valuable paper
that you advise spraying the apple
tree while buds are dormant to pro
tect against apple scab fungus. My
experience has been that this Is un
necessary and useless. The spores
start to grow later and If flrst spray
ing with Bordeaux and arsenical mix
tures is made when the flower buds
first open, the treatment will be early
enough and of great value. When I
say "flower buds first open" I mean
the original bud which contains the
five, or more, separate blossoms and
do not refer to individual blossoms.
Let those who do not understand this
observe carefully the opening and de
velopment of the buds. There are
many things in nature that can be
studied with pleasure and profit if we
will but give a little time to it The
flower in the desert is not the only
one that was "born to blush unseen,"
for few see the beauty of the spring
blossoms as they should. Henry M.
Dunlap.
To Fight Apple Scab.
A Nebraska reader of the Farmers'
Review asks how to fight the apple
scab. In answer will say that the
successful fighting of the apple scab
fungus Is not an easy matter. Spray
ing Is practiced, but it is not uni
formly successful. Some orchardists
follow the practice of giving a winter
treatment with copper sulphate before
the buds swell. This spraying solu
tion is made by the use of three to
four pounds of copper sulphate to 50
gallons of water. This strength is
safe only when the buds are dormant
For use on foliage the proportion
should be one pound of copper sul
phate to 250 gallons of water. The
Bordeaux mixture is, however, the
spray that will be found most effec
tive. It is used generally on the un
folding leaves before the blossoms
open, and again after the petals fall.
If the season be wet, the second spray
ing should be followed by a third in
about ten days.
Oats for Fowls.
From Farmers' Review: I consid
er oats one of the best feeds we have
for poultry of all kinds and ages. I
buy oat screenings of the oat meal
milts and moisten it with milk for my
small chicks and nothing could make
them grow faster or develop into bet
ter fowls. If farmers would only try
this feed in place of the corn meal that
they use they would soon learn that it
is not only cheaper but that it is
much better for the chicks. When
they get a little older I pour boiling
water on whole oats and when cold
feed this to the chicks. I always feed
oats mixed with corn and wheat to my
adult fowls and could not do without
them. For this purpose the heavy
white oats are the best When feed
ing whole oats to either fowls or
chicks one must keep plenty of grit
before them in order to avoid crop
troubles. If fanners would get away
from the corn they feed their fowls
and give more of a variety, including
oats and wheat, they would Increase
their egg yield and have healthier and
better chickens. Simply because they
do not raise anything but corn is no
excuse for feeding it. for they could
sell some of the corn they feed an ft In
vest in a few bushels of wheat with
profit to themselves. O. P. Bennett,
Grundy County, III.
The Hessian fly is so called because
it is supposed to have been introduced
-into this country from Germany by
the Hessian troops in their straw dur
ing the year 1776, when large rein
forcements of these troops joined the
British army at Staten -Island.
No fanner can manage his affairs
on strictly business principles who
does not keep an account of his re
ceipts and expenditures and take an
occasional inventory to see bow he
stands financially.
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Castration. ..
From Farmers' Review: ' The ob
jects of castration are to prevent re
production, to increase the tendency
to lay oa flesh, to better the quality
of the meat and to secure docility.
Almost every farmer considers him
self competent to do this work, aad
although the loss Is not very great it
could easily be reduced at least one
half by using proper care aad better
Judgment The heaviest loss from cas
tration Is due to the extremes ot heat
or cold aad to the attacks of flea.
Should the weather he extremely eoM
whea the operation is ' performed
the wounded parts are apt to
become frosted. If performed la very
hot weather complications may set la
causing great Inflammation and death
of the animal.
The very young animal withstands
the shock better than older ones aad
Is little checked in Its growth by it
The work, however. Is much more
easily performed on older animals.
The age, then, should be such as to
eliminate the tedious work with the
very young animal and the injurious
effect upon an animal well advanced
toward maturity. When an animal Is
castrated It should be In good health,
free from constipation or any fevered
condition and should have a good ap
petite. The animals should be lightly
fed both before and after the opera
tion, at least for one or two days. In
fact the work should be done on aa
empty stomach. If possible, after
castration turn the animal oa grass.
This with the pleasant days is the
advantage of doing the work la the
spring of the year.
t With pigs, lambs and calves It Is a
good practice to castrate midway be
tween birth and weaning time. With
the ram Iamb Intended for market It
is not worth while for the small flock
master to run the risk of losing In
dividuals by castration. If well cared
for these lambs may be fattened and
placed on the market early enough to
prevent any inconvenience or any
deleterious effects to the meat product
by not castrating them. Docking the
lambs tails when the animals are
young will have but little effect In re
tarding growth. The ram lambs
should not have their tails docked at
the time of castration. Where the two
operations are performed together
there Is greater risk of losing an ani
mal. A lamb's tail may be cut off
when the lamb is but one to three
days old. Pigs freshly castrated
should not be allowed to wallow. The
introduction of mud alone into the
open gashes lengthens the period of
healing. Again inoculation of disease
germs may occur In these fresh
wounds causing the death of the ani
mal. If calves are castrated at the proper
age and in good weather, little atten
tion need be given them afterward.
They seem to have the strength to
overcome the shock with slight de
rangement of the system. However,
local complications may set in and
should be checked before the animal
has become weakened. Calves not
castrated from eight to ten months
after birth often show the stag head
which Is so objectionable and which
often reduces the price of the animal
when sold either as a feeder or when
fattened for the butcher's market
Early maturity demands the castra
tion of the calves when very youus
Thls makes the steer take on the ap
pearance of the heifer and the devel
opment will henceforth be more uni
form. Colts are an exception to the general
rule of castrating before the weaning
period. A high-spirited animal with a
large, well arched neck Is very much
desired and the breeder attempts to
secure these features by aUowisg the
colt to run stud until two or three
years old. It is gradually becoming
a practice among horse breeders to
castrate their male colts when year
lings. The animal is much more easily
handled at that age and the great in
convenience of caring for the colt and
separating it from the other animals
is dispensed with. There is also less
risk of death Incurred. W. B. Ander
son. Western Demand for Pork.
Prof. R- S. Shaw of the Montana
I Experiment Station says: The indus
try of pork production is in great need
of encouragement throughout the arid
west, which supplies but a small per
centage of the pork required for home
consumption. Western towns and
cities are in large measure supplied
with cured pork from the great pack
ing houses of the east, with a product
from the corn producing regions.
There is a great demand for large
quantities of cured pork in Montana.
The occupations and conditions sur
rounding the poople are such that
large quantities of cured meat must
be used of which pork is the chief.
Ranchmen, stockmen, railroad and
canal builders, miners, prospectors
and campers living in places remote
from the large centers can neither
obtain nor handle fresh meats to
good advantage. In many instances
our farmers still continue to purchase
cured bacon and ham. bearing packing
house brands, from local merchants
instead of producing them on the farm.
Because of these practices our west
ern farmers ar- failing to obtain a
large revenue which they could so
easily secure. Pork cannot be pro
duced more cheaply or of better qual
ity than in the irrigated regions of the
arid west Hog raising has been
made possible by the opening up of
agricultural lands which are made to
produce enormous quantities of ce
reals and legumes by means of irri
gation. White Indian Games.
The Indian Game has many fine
qualities to recommend it to the breed
er,' and for many years past has been
one of the most popular of fowls. In
plumage the male Is green-black with
out penciling: the wings, chestnut,
with bay and metall.'c black wing bar;
the feathers of the neck hackle are
short and hard, green-black, with del
icate crimson-brown shafts. The plu
mage of hen is very difficult to ob
tain and should be a combination of
nut-brown and green-black through
out; green predominating. Along the
breastbone of both male and female
the feathers part and allow the skin
to show just at or above the upper
point of the keel-bone. This is a dis
tinctive feature of the breed and
shows from the time the chicks shed
the down.
Eleven villages in Russian Turkes
tan are said to be in ruins as a result
of the recent earthquake and fifilv
6.000 houses have been destroyed. The
government will be obliged to sup!?
the wants nf the working people at
Andijan until spring.
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Breeding Pigeons,
From Farmers' Review: la the
breeding of pigeons oae mast .flrst
choose the vsrlety he thinks will salt
him best. There are many varieties
that are aaable to feed their own
yousg oa accouat of shape ef beak,
and for this reason most fanciers pre
fer a breed of pigeons that can rear
their own young without keeping what
are called feeders. Pigeon breeding is
like every other fancy or business,
there being plenty of room at the top.
and. if oae expects to be successful
with pigeons, he must in the first
place have a fancy for them aad then
be willing to pay a fair price for good
birds, for. as a rule, so called cheap
birds are aot worth feeding. My ad
vice to a beginner would be to pur
chase but oae pair of birds, but let
that pair be first class. If not show
birds themselves, they must come
from good stock to be good breeders
or to breed show birds. Birds can't
transmit what they have not la them
selves. Purchase your pigeons of a
breeder with a reputation for honest
dealing and from one that has demon
strated that he' knows how to breed
winners. Good birds in any variety
suitable to start a loft with are worth
from 110 to $25 a pair. This price
may to some at first sight look exorbi
tant, but I know from long experience
that if one wishes to become a fancier
and be successful he must start right
and it can't be done with cheap birds.
I could write much on this subject,
but hope these few lines will influence
some amateur fancier to start right, so
that he will find it a pleasure and a
profit to continue In the fancy. Dr.
W. A. Gibson, Jackson County, Mich.
Raising Turkeys.
The raising of turkeys is easy and
very profitable. A few people how
ever carry the idea that they are so
delicate that It requires an expert in
the business to successfully rear them.
This is not our experience and there
is scarcely a farmer in any locality
but what has a flock of turkeys ready
every fall for the winter markets,
which Is convincing evidence that tur
keys are easily raised. It Is very im
portant that good breeding stock
should be selected, males not akin to
females. Do not keep more than 1
torn with 12 to 15 hens. Turkeys
should have, plenty of room, if possi
ble the full range of the farm. When
allowed full liberty, they require but
little feed during the summer months,
as they roam the fields In search ot
bugn, waste grain, etc. Turkeys can
not be overfed and are not considered
heavy eaters. During the cold winter
months it is well to provide some sort
of shelter, though they seem to enjoy
themselves much better by choosing
their own roosting place. They should
have various foods, such as all kinds
of grain. Turkeys usually lay 15 or
16 eggs to the litter and will lay 5
or 6 litters in a season, provided the
eggs are taken from the nest each
time. Many keep their turkey hens
laying in this manner, setting the eggs
under chicken hens. When the laying
season begins the hens sometimes hide
their nests, usually in straw stacks,
fence corners, brush heaps, etc. It
requires 2S days of Incubation to bring
out young turkeys. They should be
fed nothing for about 24 hours. Place
them in a clean roomy coop, feed for
the first few weeks with bread soaked
in milk. Cottage cbeese in connection
with the bread is excellent. Oatmeal
and cooked rice are also considered
good. Food for young turkeys should
be very slightly salted. After two or
three weeks they must be left to run
at large and fed on wheat screenings,
corn meal, etc., and they will readily
learn to practically hunt their own liv
ing. Keep young turkeys, if possible,
in coops during the night and until
the dew is off the grass In the morn
ing. J. R. Brabazon.
Environment of the Egg.
Oliver Gibbs: The elder Agsssiz
spent the last and best years of his
life in trying to fathom the mystery
of the egg. He peeled it down and
dug down and down and examined all
Its parts with his microscopes, and
kept on peeling and digging down
into the germ and into what was sup
posed to be the protoplasm till he
found himself baffled by something
which seemed to be beyond the reach
of human observation a little dot
only perceivable with his glass of
highest power and there he rested,
not knowing whether be was any
where near the archaen rock of the
subject or not; and when he quit he
was still at work on the environment
of the egg; for environment is not
that alone which surrounds the ex
ternal form, but everything surround
ing any part of the form and furnish
ing its life conditions.
The Kansas "Branch Station."
The "branch station" of the Kansas
experiment station is now in full oper
ation. It is situated on a part of the
old Fort Hays reservation and is to
be known as the "Fort Hays branch."
This past season a number of Import
ant crops were grown there, among
them being corghum and Kafir corn,
sown alone and mixed, barley, maca
roni wheat, millet, corn, soy beans,
cow peas, bromus inermis, alfalfa.
Kansas stock melons, peanuts and
gavansas, potatoes, several lAnds of
grasses, and some trees and shrubs.
The chief objects of the Fort Hays
branch are the testing of plants and
methods of culture with special refer
ence to the regions having deficient
rainfall. In large part these experi
ments are expected to be upon a rath
er extensive scale, but performed with
careful attention to all details, so as
to yield results of scientific accuracy.
Illinois Farmers' Institute.
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Illinois Farmers' In
stitute. H. G. Easterly of Carboadale
was elected president; B. F. Wymaa
of Sycamore, vice president; A. B.
Hostetter of Springfield, secretary; A.
P. Grout of Winchester, treasurer, and
Frank H. Hall of Aurora, superinten
dent of institutes. The salary of the
secretary was made $2,000 per year.
The salary of the superintendent Is
to be $1,000 per year, his work to
cover the actual institute season. We
think this arrangement will meet the
approval of farmers throughout the
state.
Practical Knowledge.
A Scripture examination was being
held recently in an English school,
where the lesson was Elijah offering
sacrifice on Mt Carmel. As the chil
dren, looked like good scholars, ib
inspector gave them a question:
"Now. you have told me that Elijah
put the bullock on the altar. Wy
did he put water around the altar?' -
The children looked amazed except
one little boy, who stood up and said:
"Please, sir, to make tha gravy."
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