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DAMAGED FREIGHT PROPOSITION
That to New the Question Uppermost
WRh Officials.
freight proposition is
with local freight
a Lincoln dispatch, aad the set-
tleaaeat of the trouble seems far ok,
they aver. Pecullatiy the heaviest
receipts of goods damaged la the
City nnd St. Louis floods nave
aad the question who shall
the loss has beea hraasht direct-
local agents aad patrons of the
Local freight ageats hare received
definite orders coaceralas these
Patrons are refusing to accept
i, or receipting for them as dam
ia transit Claims for damages
have heea lied with local ageats and
these will be takea up at headquar-
ters aad some dlsposltioa made of
them.
It Is pretty generally understood
that the roads disclaim all liability for
damages aastalned "by flood, holding
that floods are acts of providence for
which they are act responsible,
A car load of slack coal was re
ceived by a local dealer. It had been
hipped' from the mines before the
Kansas City flood and was la the Kan
as City yards when the water cov
ered the face of the earth in that vl
dalty. Orogiaally the car had lacked
about fonr laches of being flUed to
the top. It was filled to the top when
K. arrived here, however. The upper
art of the car load was a hard crust
of Missouri clay, however, and the
coal dealer held that it was not val
uable for fuel, so he refused to accept
the car. It Is now In the hands of the
railroads.
PLENTY OF MUSIC FOR FIREMEN
NEWSY STATE BRIEFS.
Six
Will So in Attendance at
the State Tournament.
NORFOLK. At least Ave bands
aad no doubt more will make music
for the lire fighters of Nebraska when
they meet in annual tournament at
Norfolk oa July 21. 22 and 23. Fre
Ktat will bring a big delegation in a
pedal train oa the initial day of the
racing, and their own band will come
along to liven their travel. It is said
that Frank Hollenbeck, dty treasurer,
who has been at every tournament for
years, will come again this season. On
the second day of the events Columbus
will ride into the dty on their own
train aad they, too, will bring a brass
band.
Crop Conditions at York.
YORK. Harvest has commenced
In this vicinity. The wheat crop is re
ported as light compared with last
year. A great deal of it is damaged
by rust, some destroyed by hall, and
the heads are reported as unusually
short, and the berry small. While
there Is a large acreage in the county,
the yldd will perhaps not be more
than two-thirds what it was last year.
Does Not Like Jail.
William M. Champion of Seward
county has applied to the supreme
court for a writ of habeas corpus in
the hope of securing release from im
prisonment pending final hearing of
a salt in which he was adjudged the
parent of Nellie M. Latimer's child.
He has arranged to bring the case to
the supreme court on appeal, but
Judge Good held that the only way to
supersede the judgment Is to file an
undertaking for support of the child.
OM Man Killed by Cars.
TABUS ROCK. Conrad Gdsfleld,
S5 yearn old, was on his way to Ster
ling. Neb., near which place, it is un
derstood, he resided, met with an ac
cident here which cost him his lite.
FARM HAND KILLS HIMSELF.
He
Unfor-
Was Despondent Over an
tunate Love Affair.
PLATTSMOUTH. After searching
for neaiiv twenty-four hours for
Thomas Spiers, a farm hand, the offi
cers found the lifeless body of the
in a cluster of weeds two miles
ith of this city. The theory ad-
vaaced is that Spiers concealed him
seir aad deliberately took a dose of
poison with suicidal intent.
No marks of violence were found
anon his person. Blood was oozing
from his mouth. This is supposed to
have been caused by tne drug. Spiers
is supposed to have been despondent
over an affair of the heart.
Recover Body sf Drowned Man.
FREMONT The body of William
Siebrasse of Hooper, who was drown
A three-lach rain visited the vidn
ity of Lexington on July 3d.
The people of Cook, Johnson coun
ty, are agitating for more school room
An ordinance limiting the speed ot
automobiles to eight miles per hour
and requiring them to carry lights at
night has been Introduced in the Fre
mont coundl.
During a strong gnat of .wind a
steeple, forty- feet in height, was
blown from the large Catholic church
now under construction at Touhy, In
Saunders county.
Thirteen young men of Bradsbaw
who are not at all afraid of the ho
doo number have organized a social
dub, which is called the Bachelors'
Hnh and have meetings every little
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while.
The program of the third annual
session of the David City Chautauqua
assembly is ready for distribution.
The program is one of the most com
plete ever gotten up by any assem
bly. Peddlers and representatives ot
business houses not established in
York who take orders and sell from
house to house are not coming to York
In the future unless they pay an oc
cupation tax.
M. Kennedy, an employe of the
Northwestern Railroad company at
Norfolk, was struck by the northbound
Bonesteel passenger train at the city
station and laid out flat on the plat
form aloagslde the moving cars. A
dislocated shoulder was the only serf,
ous result.
Work has been commenced on the
new Young Men's Christian associa
tion building at York. When com
pleted it wil be one of the finest and
best equipped Young Men's Christian
association buildings in the state. The
four-story York Times building is
nearing completion.
Mr. Conroy, for years a resident of
York county and recently a resident
of Geneva, has moved to York and
purchased property. Mr. Conroy has
brought with him $10,000 worth of
thoroughbred trotters and pacers and
Is training and tracking them on the
speed track south of York.
Miss Bessie Reynolds, while visit
ing at the home of her cousin in
Odessa, was accidentally shot Her
cousin. Clarence Nickerson, twenty
years old, was playing with a revol
ver, and pointing it at his cousin,
pulled the trigger, shooting her above
the right breast. Her condition is
critical.
The board of public lands and build
ings has entered into contract with
the American Bank Protection com
pany of Minneapolis to put in a $900
automatic double electrical lining for
the protection of the vault from burg
lars' depredations. Under the con
tract the vault Is to be lined with
steel calculated to withstand the op
erations of the cracksmen.
David Mills, a farmer residing about
three miles east of Wahoo, took a
large dose of carbolic acid by mis
take from a .bottle occupying the
same shelf with some medicines and
was in a very serious condition for
several hours. A physician was call
ed and by the use of a stomach pump
the patient was relieved and placed
on the road to recovery.
Application has been made before
Governor Mickey to authorize the ex
tradition of O. D. Wolf of Butler coun
ty to Summit county, Utah, where
he is charged by the Utah Construc
tion company of Ogden with obtain
ing money under false pretenses. An
other complaint lodged against Wolf
is that of removing mortgaged prop
erty from Utah without first satisfy
ing the debt hanging over it.
Ira Sexton, city clerk of Ashland,
was kicked by a horse over his heart
and rendered unconscious. He was
close to the animal and did not re
ceive the full force of the blow. He
is badly injured.
Sixty-eight of the ninety counties
in the state have reported to State
Auditor Weston the total assessments
as disclosed by the assessors' books.
All but ten of these show an in
crease in the valuation compared with
last year, the gain amounting to $5,
468,000. The net decrease in the ten
counties in which there was a falling
off was $529,000. Estimating the re
maining twenty-two counties as show
ing the same net ratio as the sixty
eight that have already reported, the
total assessment of the state will
stand at $185,000,000.
George Eisenbach, a German-Russian
car repairer, was crushed to
death between two freight cars in the
Burlington yards at Lincoln. Eisen
bach was taking a short cut through
togs.
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To Kill Chinch
The Maine Station fa sending ad-,
vice as to the fall and winter treat-
Bent of the chinch bugs. It reconv
aeads three methods: .
1. Burning. Where there is consld
srable dover mixed with the bun
gurUp or timothy the hugs are very
akely to winter over beneath the do
ver which borders for a few feet or
cards fmmedlatdy upon the spot
where they have stopped injuring the
grass. If such a strip be mowed close
ly by hand and allowed to dry for a
!ew days It may be burned over and
luantities of the bags will be killed.
!f this burning be done after the
ground has frozen, little, If any. Injury
win bo done to the crop. All rubbish
such as dried grass and weeds along
!he edges of fields, brush heaps, dead
leaves, bark and chins, dumps of wild
grasses, sedge grasses, etc, In nearby
fields should be burned as completely
is possible.
2. Spraying. Chinch bugs are
inickly killed by kerosene or kerosene
emulsion, but it is essential that It be
thoroughly applied. The bugs are so
protected by the clover and grass that
it is almost Impossible to reach them
by ordinary spraying. Sprinkling
f reel over the Infested snots will usu
ally be effectual, but will probably Mil
the grass also. Clumps of sedge or
wild grass In which careful examina
tion shows the bugs to be abundant
might be sprinkled thoroughly with
kerosene and then burned, thus kill
ing bugs which had crowded deep
down among the bases of the plants,
where the flames alone might not
reach them.
3. Plowing. Where bugs are found
in considerable numbers at the edges
of spots which they have eaten over,
they may be destroyed by plowing un
der the strip in which they are hiding.
Deep plowing, however. Is necessary,
followed by dragging and rolling in
order to completely cover under all
vegetation and close up all holes or
passages through which the bugs
might make their way to the surface.
If used promptly and thoroughly,
these methods are also applicable
when the bugs are found to be work
ing during early summer and are ait
the more effective because the bugs
do not scatter over the whole field,
but stay together in comparatively
small areas or strips, and if they are
promptly killed over such patches
further Injury for the season will bo
very much lessened.
Demand for Mohair.
' At the last national live stock con
vention, W. C. Bailey said: It the
Angora has come to stay, one naturally
wishes to know what is the source of
Income from an Investment in the in
dustry. In coming to this meeting
many of yon rode in cars upholstered
with fine plush. Yon did not question
the fact that it was fine and durame.
nor did you think that it waa made of
mohair, the product of the Angora
goat The fleece of the-Angora, then,
is one of the valuable products of this
animal. It has been only n few years
since an energetic English manufac
turer found a few bags of a new lus
trous, silky fiber in a London market.
The dealers considered this fiber al
most worthless, as no one wished to
purchase it Sir Titus Salt Bart, saw
that something could be done with this
new material, and he not only bought
all that he could find in London, bat
also learned where these lota had come
from. It was not long before all of
the Asia Minor clip, amounting annu
ally to about 10 million pounds, waa
coming to Bradford, England, for man
ufacture. The demand for raw ma
terial grew so rapidly that the En
glish sought to increase the supply by
lntrodudng the Angora into South Af
rica. To-day South Africa produces
as much mohair as Asia Minor, and
England and America compete for this
raw material Last year we produced
over 1 million pounds of mohair, which
sold for from twenty to forty-five cents
per pound, and our American .mills
consumed over 5 million pounds. It
will take some years to produce
enough mohair for home consumption,
but It must be understood that home
consumption is Increasing as rapidly
as home production. It has only been
a few years since our mohair mills
were established; now they are mak
ing dress goods, braids, linings and in
numerable other things for which mo
hair Is particularly adapted on account
of its luster and durability, and as the
production of raw material increases
new mills are being started.
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Some Irrigation Profits.
The United States Department of
Agriculture reports a series of experi
ments for testing the effect of irriga
tion and fertilization on sandy soils,
such as are common in large sections
of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minneso
ta. These lands are poor In plant
food, and retain so little moisture that
all attempts to farm them have failed.
Ine experiments Induded the supply
ing of both manure and water. Ma
nure alone was of little use, as there
was not water enough to make the
plant food available. Water alone pro
duced good results, but the applica
tion of both gave the best results. The
cost of Irrigation was $6.70 per acre,
and the net gain from irrigation was
as follows: Potatoes, $30 per acre;
corn, $1 per acre; watermelons, $58
per acre; muskmekras, $45 per acre.
From these experiments it seems that
with special crops irrigation of the
sandy lands is profitable, but the in
crease in yield of corn is jiot enough
to justify the expense of securing a
water supply. In New Jersey water
has been used on small fruits and veg-1
etables, and the added returns due
to Irrigation vary a great deal with
the seasons. Some years no irrigation
is needed, in others all crops need it
but in most years some crops are
helped by it Professor Voorhees,who
has charge of this work, reports that
in his opinion irrigation where tried
has paid well. Pumping from streams
or wells Is the most common way of
getting water for fruit and garden Ir
rigation. Small plants furnishing wa
ter enough for from five to ten acres,
including pump and engine, t:ost from
$200 to $500.
Sheep Scab from Stock Yards.
The season is approaching when
some feeders will go to the stock
yards to purchase sheep for fall feed
ing. Those who will do so win not
hare had the benefit of previous ex
perience. Those having such experi
ence will as n rule have found the
venture unprofitable. One of the causes
of the unprofitable side is the danger
of introducing scab. This disease Is
parasitic and the stock yards are per
manently Infected. Sheep passing
through the yards, although free from
disease when entering, seldom escape
without Infection. The regulations of
the Bureau of Animal Industry seek
to control the danger by keeping sep
arate pens for affected sheep, and to
prevent the spread by requiring that
all diseased sheep intended for sale
for feeding purposes shall bo dipped
twice at an Interval of ten days, and
all other sheep not affected, but in
tended for feeding purposes, shall be
dipped once before shipment
This department has been making a
special effort to trace the origin of all
cases of scab reported from this state,
and from the findings, concludes that
these regulations are insufficient Of
the last 4,506 head, of scabby sheep
reported, it'has been found that 4,161
had previously come from the stock
yards or fed with sheep coming from
the yards. This leaves only 345 cases
of scab reported as coming from our
farms. The loss upon the 4461 head
was greater than the profits upon all
those purchased for feeding purposes
that did not develop disease. Besides,
this large number gives us the repu
tation of having scab, that Is not de
served. Greater security can be se
cured by dipping upon the farm, but
our advice is to let-the stock yards
sheep alone. R. A. Craig, Indiana Ex
periment Station.
?- Pollination of Apples.
The Farmers' Review has several
times called the attention ot apple
growers to the necessity tor providing
for cross-pollinatiou of apple trots.
Until within the last few years it was
never doubted that every variety of
apple tree was able to pollinate itself.
The discovery of, the partial oelf-stor-
Uity of pears led to the investigation
of other fruits, aad it was discovered
that even the apple was very largely
the fruit of cross-pollination. Investi
gations have been continued for sev
eral years both by private persons and
by officials paid' out of the public
treasury and a surprising amount of
information has been secured. Nature
seems to abhor self-fertilization of
any kind. In the case of apples some
of the pistils are so curved and elon
gated that seJf-fertillxation Is practi
cally impossible. Some of the varie
ties of apples appear to bo partially
self-fertile, and to differ In this re
gard to different localities. Thus, with
the Ben Davis, experiments made in
Vermont showed that the variety was
self-sterile, no fruit being produced
when Ben Davis was fertilized by Ben
Davis. In Kansas 100 blossoms of Ben
Davis fertilized with Ben Davis gave
2$ apples. But in many cases trees
of this variety are certain to prove
barren when fertilized with their own
pollen. If only 26 fruits could be set
under the best condition and with the
best care of the tree, what is likely
to happen In most orchards where con
ditions of existence are far harder.
Though 26 apples of the Ben Davis
variety set, they were inferior in hard
iness and there was a decided tend
ency to drop. Every year we recdve
reports of the extensive dropping of
apples. We believe this is due very
largely to self-fertilization. Each tree
has on it fruits produced from both
self-fertilized and cross-fertilized blos
soms. The tree so far as possible
drops its undesirable loads of fruit
from self-fertilization. The remedy
would seem to be to plant near to
gether different varieties, that a larger
per cent of the fruits may be the re
sult of cross-pollination. This should
result In a smaller per cent of the
fruits being dropped. Though some
varieties of apples seem to be to a
limited degree self-fertile, yet it is
a far safer plan to assume that aU
apples need cross-pollination and set
the trees accordingly. Farmes, Review.
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Improving town Butter.
The test of dairy butter being
ducted by Prof. O. L. McKay of
Iowa Experiment Station, is
much to improve the quality of
butter being produced by the
eries of that state. Arrangement has
been made with a largo number of
creameries by which their butter la
tested, The contest is to last twelve
months. The blank that Is filled by
each man that sends in n sample of
butter ia very complete 'and requires
the answering of questions that wiU
shed a great deal of light on the
practices followed In Iowa. Among
the questions asked are, date of mak
ing the butter,, whether from hand
separator cream or from whole milk,
condition of milk or cream at time of
making the sample, manner of heating
the milk previous to skimming, per
centage of fat In cream after starter
waa aaded, quantity of starter nsea,
kind of starter, ripening temperature,
degree of acidity, churning tempera
ture, amount of salt used. In scoring
the butter, 45 points are allowed for
flavor, 25 for body, 15 for color, 10
for salt and 5 for style. The butter
as soon as received Is scored by Pro
fessor McKay. After being kept for
some days It Is shipped to New York
and there scored by Mr. Healy.'aa
expert Judge of butter. The chemist
then analyzes the butter, and it Is
often surprising how his work carries
out the opinions of the judges, ine
chemist settles the questions as to
fat, moisture, curd, wait and ash.
These judglngs and the analyses
show many things about each sample
of butter, and indicate where the
maker could improve his work. A full
report is sent to the maker of the
sample and the best course to improve
his product pdnted out Sometimes,
when the case seems to demand it
the inspector Is sent to the creamery
and the buttermaker shown how to
overcome the obstacles In the way of
making first-class butter. This is
good work, but It is done with a
handicap, as Iowa has but a single
lnspedor. Canada has 32 inspectors
for the butter and cheese factories,
and Minnesota has six. Nevertheless,
we are confident ttat good work is
being done, and that Iowa butter win
continue to improve.
Claire pledges af a fruitful I Tree.
Why do you fall so rant?
Your date la not so past.
Bat you may atayyet here a wane.
To blush and gently amtla,
Aad go at laat
What wera Tosnarne tohe
An hour or nalfa deltaM.
And so to Md good night?
Twaa nine Katui areusht yee fortn
Merely to anew your worth.
Aad los yon aU.
But yoo are lovely Leaves, waera wa
May read now aooa thins have
Their end. thoach ae'er ao tj!-
Aad after they have shown their prwe.
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lato the grave. Hemca.
ed la the Elkbora about two weeks
ago while tryiag to recover the re-1 the yards and did not notice that the
awl of a little child of a neighbor. I strina of cars between which he
waa fouad Tuesday by a farm hand
earned Jones in the river not far from
Nickerson. It was removed from the
river without much difficulty and tak
en to Hooper for burial. The body
was badly decomposed, but was iden
tified by several acqualataaces.
Delay Laws.
T4m Sedwick of York, who is losing
$10 a day because he did not deliver
the session laws aa per his contract
with the state, says it will be ten days
before he can deliver the goods. He
Insists that he would have them done
on time had It not been for the floods,
one carload of paper having been de
layed twelve days by high water. Even
now he dafma greater promptness
two years ago, when the laws
three months tote.
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LINCOLN. Leon Gardener, n night
porter at the Linddl hotel, wasfatally
rrnshsd in the freight elevator shaft
of the hotel. This man died shortly
after he was taken from the shaft
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BCATRJCE. The United States ro
tation which has been in
of Sergeant Hall and Corporal
here for the past month, has
sought to walk was hitched to a switch
engine.
A collision between n freight and a
mall train on the B. & M. seven miles
south of Geneva ditched one engine
and several freight cars. Several
persons were hurt, but no one fatally.
The following is the mortgage rec
ord for Dodge county for the month
of June: Chattel mortgages filed 65,
amount $14,533.78; released 26.
amount $17,963.03. Farm mortgages
recorded 7. amount $11,820.50; releas
ed 14. amount $15,471. Town and city
mortgages recorded 12. amount $16,
860.74; released 8, amount $6,400.
The State bank of Valley has voted
to increase its capital from $10,000 to
$20.0000. A 5 per cent dividend has
just been dedared, and the bank is in
an exceedingly prosperous condition.
Two more fish nets have been lo
cated in the Northfork river just be
low Norfolk, by Deputy Game War
den J. A. Rainey. They were at the
farm of August Krager and contain
ed fish. Krager was placed under ar
rest and will be tried later.
The Fletcher family of Ashland has
jnst learned that coal ia paying quan
tities has been discovered on land be
longing to B. F. Fletcher and his sons
at Felix, Wyo. B. F. Fletcher has
gone to 'Wyoming to look after his in
terests. .
Raising Bronze Turkeys.
From Farmers' Review: Among
the many things learned in my expe
rience with the bronze turkeys, I will
name briefly a few. In the success
ful breeding of a stock of turkeys
the most essential point is vigor, then
size and then fine markings of
plumage. The fancier must consider
size, because nine out of every ten
want size. I have had the best suc
cess with pullets of from 16 to 20
pounds, and old hens, 18 to 23 pounds.
They lay eggs of more fertility than
larger hens. They are more active
and healthy and make better moth
ers. The extremely large and over
fat hens generally lay odd-shaped
eggs and but few of them and often
break them. The torn has more in
fluence on shape and color of off
spring than does the female. He
should be as near perfection in typi
cal carriage and color of plumage as
is possible to get, and of medium
size and plenty of vigor. I like a
torn of the pit game nature, as they
are sure to get good healthy pullets.
A good vigorous torn will mate with
18 or 20 hens. Turkey hens should
be very carefully fed, if fed at all
during laying season. Turkeys that
have free range do not need much
feed, as they can pick up nearly all
they need, unless it is a large flock.
It Is a good plan to feed meat once
a week, as It hss a tendency to make
tne eggs more fertile. In the rearing
of young turkeys, never let the young
ones get wet The slightest damp
ness is fatal. Nine-tenths of young
turkeys die from lice. Dust them
with Insect powder three times n
week. Also tna mother. Feed on
rolled oats, corn pone, millet seed and
euros. Ground bone and fine gravel
should be provided. I have had best
results by fendng ot large -parks
with poultry netting and keeping my
flocks of turkeys in them during the
breeding season. This saves the
watching and long walks for the eggs.
It confined, the turkeys must be fed
a balanced ration. Successful turkey
raising, like all other occupations,
comes from putting good common
sense into practice and watching the
details. Elmer Gimlin, Christian
County, Illinois.
Cutting Fodder for Horses.
It Is perhaps the general opinion
that when horses have ample time for
chewing and digesting their feed there
is no necessity for chaffing or cutting
hay and straw. When the time for
feeding is limited chaffing and cutting
coarse fodder is regarded as advan
tageous. This is an item of special
importance with hard-worked horses
kept in the stable only at night Fur
thermore, chaffed feed occupies less
space for storage than uncut hay or
straw, and can be readily handled.
Shredding corn fodder Is regarded as
an economical practice, but apparent
ly few experiments on the comparative
merits of shredded and whole corn fod
der for horses have yet been reported.
No marked variation was observed In
the weights of two lots of horses fed
whole and cut timothy or whole and
cut alfalfa and clover hay mixed, in
a test carried on at the Utah Station.
At the Maryland Station, in studies
of the digestibility of a number of
whole and ground feeds. It was found
that grinding corn shlves that is,
cornstalks from which the blades,
husks and pith are removed until the
material resembled coarse bran, did
not destroy Its value as a coarse fod
der, and that the finely-ground mate
rial supplied the necessary bulk to the
ration as well as the same material
nnground. It was further claimed
that the finely-ground coarse fodder
possessed an advantage over the nn
ground material in that it could be
mixed with grain to form a well-balanced
ration and fed to horses on.shlp
board, or under similar conditions,
more readily than nnground fodder
and grain. Government Bulletin.
Pure Water for Stock.
From Farmers' Review: I am so
situated that I have running water
at both ends of my place and pumped
water at the barn, so my stock has
good fresh water at an times. I do
not believe in the pond system, or
stagnant pools. -1 do not think cattle
enjoy It cr do so well as If they have
it pumped. I do not like it myself
and do not see why they should. Our
milk products are tempered to a
great extent by what cows consume,
and I think the water would add to or
take from in accordance with con
dition of it Howard Cook, Mahoning
County, Ohio.
Missouri Fruit Prospects.
We are very sure that the apple
crop is gone on all low lands and In
some Instances well up on the hill
sides. On the high lands the apples
are injured the least
We cannot count on more than 50
per cent of an apple crop, on an av
erage over the state. One-half a crop
means many apples, and we still hope
for the best of It Injury by the can
ker worm has been bad In many In
stances also. From all reports in the
East we find that the Baldwins have
, failed to bloom, and that is the same
as if we should lose our Ben Davis.
The prospect is therefore good for a
strong demand for our apples again.
The peach crop Is virtually gone all
over southern Missouri in all the large
orchards. Some orchards in central
and northern Missouri, in protected
localities, will have peaches, and also
some of the older well-protected or
chards in southern Missouri will have
a few peaches up to, in some instances,
40 per cent, but the great crop is gone.
Pears will be about 20 per cent, trees
blighting badly. Plums vary from 50
per cent to full crop in some very spe
cial locations. Cherries on all high
land show up well, much better than
could be expected after the severe
freeze of May 1st Grapes suffered
tho worst, nearly all the young growth
being killed; but as grapes have sec
ondary buds which will come out and
bloom and bear when the first ones
are killed, so we may still expect a
fair crop of grapes, and the only dif
ference wiU be that they will ripen
later. Raspberries and blackberries
were not injured much, and we can
still feel sure of a full crop of both
these berries. Strawberries, have al
ways a lot of Indeterminate buds at
the crown that never amount to any
thing unless Injury happens to the
first blossoms; so we shall here, also,
have a good crop of strawberries. L.
A. Goodman, State Horticultural Soci
ety. Kansas City. Mo.
Finds Dairying Profitable,
From Farmers' Review: I am In
the dairy business and retail milk in
the city at four and five cents per
quart Four cents in gallon quanti
ties at one place, and five for less
amount I have twenty-eight cows,
mostly Durhams and the rest Jerseys.
I feed corn fodder, hay, bran and
sugar beets. The corn fodder is not
husked but fed grain and all together.
Have no sUo, but think I could do
better if I had one. Have found dairy
business a profitable one. Geo.
Winter, Mecosta County, Michigan.
SoMier Taken tor a Girl.
id imb nt Salem. Va..
who came to the U. C. V. reunion as
delegate from Hop Dyde Camp, telle
an interesting story uiustruuTe i
belief of Union soldiers that many
women disguised themselves aa men
and fought in the Confederate army
Mr. Logan was only seventeen years
old when he was taken prisoner In aa
attack on Fort Cannon. He was very
slender, but deep-chested, and very
girlish In his appearance, being fair,
with hiah color and wearing his long.
light-brown hair brushed straight
back and unparted. Taken to Point
Lookout and later to City Point, he
attracted the attention of an officer of
the escort. The Federal officer treat
ed the youthful prisoner with as
much courtesy aa drcumstances per
mitted, frequently conversing with
him.
One dsy the officer asked to be told
the truth regarding the belief among
vjni anMforx that many women
were serving in the Confederate
army, some of them being types of
the best of southern womanhood. Mr.
Logan said It was not true, but he had
heard, In common with others, that
a few women had so served.
"I believe this was so," said Mr.
Logan yesterday, "but I do not think
t.AVA n ntnre than a dosen such
Instances, and I have no positive
knowledge of nny.w
The Federal officer was thoughtful
for n while after the conversation re
ferred to, and then urged the prisoner
to forswear, the Confederacy and go
to the officer's Pennsylvania home. I
can arrange it without trouble." said
the officer, "and my people will re
ceive you and treat you like one of
the family." A dozen times or more
the officer urged the point.
- -I subsequently learned." said Mr.
Logan, "that he beUeved I was a girl
and that It was for that reason that
he wanted me to go to Pennsylvania.
He never intimated such n reasoa to
me, but my information came ia a
way that seemed to be reliable, and
then it was that I understood why. be
fore our conversation about women,
he had offered to procure me a bath
ing suit if I wished to go swimming at
any time." New Orlcana Times-Democrat
who constituted thomodves verttaMo
fountains of good humor, whose soarRa
glowed and sparkled In nil sRnatleno.
whether in the camp, on tho march, or
ander Are. Tho special row of this
one waa to entertain his comrades
with song, and as Hooker's men were
atraggltng np tho nMea of Lookout
nKmntnin, climbing over tho huge
rocks, and being niched off of them
by the Confederate sharpshooters,
this frolicsome soldier amused and
amazed his comradea by steangv hi
stentorian tones, hm ludicrous camp
song, the refrain of which waa "Big
pig. little pig. root hog or die.- Tho
singer is now Dr. H. 8. Cooper of Col
orado.
WfnVfl "drvtwo nPJflJITfnwwal '
"During the month of October.
1864," saya John N. Morton of Hamil
ton. Mot, "Hood's raid cut oa? an sup
plies of forage for Atlanta. The) mules
of the pontoon train. Army of the Ten
Lessee, st the Chattahoochee river
east of Atlanta, subsisted for weeks
on weeds, brash aad the bark gnawed
from trees. When Sherman marched
from November 15, from Atlanta, tho
pontoon train waa drawn by skeleton
mules. After crossing the first stream
and tho wet pontoons were loaded.
It was impossible for the emaciated
mules to draw them. A great uproar
followed when the next stream was
reached, and the pontoon bridge mules
In the rear. An order was Issued by
Gen. Howard that Gen. Osterhans de
tach teams from n division ordnance
train to bring up the bridge. A friend
of mine who was dispatched with the
order says as Gen. Osterhans read the
order he braced himself up majesti
cally to hla full hlght and exclaimed.
'VeU. I pe tarn. Do Cheneral Howart
dink I poot my hand In my bocket and
pull out mulesr but the sturdy mules
of the ordnance train had the bridge
on hand hi good time. The boys ot
the pontoon train were not many days
In recruiting some of the best mules
in Georgia, aad the hoys went singing
to the sea." National Tribune.
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Creamery Buttermakera,
From Fanners' Review: The
ecutive committee earnestly
auests bcttermakers and others
terested in the welfare of the National
Creamery Buttermakers' Association
to send in suggestions regarding the
next annual convention and subjects
they think need discussion at the
sessions. The committee Is desirous
of preparing a program that will be
both Interesting and instructive, and
invites the co-operation of all. Address
communications to E. Sudendorf, Sec
retary, N. C. B. Association, Elgin,
Illinois.
In the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington Is an ear of corn found
with a mummy In a grave in Peru,
it must have been placed there hun
dreds of. years before the discovery
rjf this country by- white men. The
kernels are arranged on the cob in
thirteen rows.
Success comes when a man has
1 something to do and then doss it
Water From Creamerles.
A number of dairy and creamery
journals have been discussing the
question of using the waste water
from creameries for the purpose of
irrigation. The water is applied with
in a short distance of the creameries
to vegetables and flower gardens.
Such use of the waste water ia certain
ly a commendable one, and would be
especially sensible in the states where
thero is a deficiency in the rainfall.
Using the water in this way both getn
rid of the water and gets a profit' out
cfit
Government Crop Statistics.
Preliminary statistics compiled by
the statlstican of the Department of
Agriculture Indicate that the spring
wheat acreage of the United States
for 1003 Is 2.1 per cent less than the
acreage of last year, the decrease
being chiefly in Minnesota, South
Dakota and Iowa. The average of
condition June 1, was 95.9 per cent
Iowa and Washington reporting the
lowest average. The average condi
tion of winter wheat on the same date
is computed at 82.2 against a ten-year
average of 79.1. The area sown to
oats is said to bo 27,732,000 acres or
3.2 per cent less than last year, and
the average condition June 1, was 855
against a ten-year average or 90.
Figures on the barley acreage Indicate
"an Increase of 7.1 per cent over last
years area,' and the average of condi
tion is given as 01.5 against 88.7, the
ten-year average. The rye acreage on
the contrary is said to have decreased
3.6 per cent the average of condition
being 90.6 against a ten-year average
of 89. The principal dover states also
report a decrease in the acreage de
voted to that crop, tho decrease rang
ing from 1 per cent in Pennsylvania,
Michigan and Illinois, to 8 per cent in
Iowa and Kansas.
Stock Helps the Farm.
From Farmers' Review: We now
have on hand 18 yearlings, 6 mincers,
and 26 cows and heifers that are rais
ing calves. The calves from the milk
ers we raise by hand. The farm can
not be kept np without the raising of
some stock. What rest you give the
land from the plow is clear gain, as
you wiU not have enough manure to
fertilize It all. in the raising oi cat
tle you do not have to build so much
fence as in the raising of hogs and
sheep. With' cattle you need only
three or four wires and a post every
16 feet With cattle we get much val
uable manure, and can turn off a good
carload of steers every two years and
have some hogs to sell in addition.
Then you can turn over a field of clo
ver in the fall, and will get a corn
crop the next year averaging 75 or 80
bushels per acre. C. H. Townsend,
Bureau County, Illinois.
Government inspectors passed upon
59,158.649. live animals Jast year, at
a cost of a little more than one cent
each.
An Experiment With Oats.
The Ohio Station has been for sev
eral years conducting experiments
with oats, one of the objects being to
ascertain the amount of seed most
profitable to. use on an acre. In a for
mer test running over five years, six
pecks were found to give a better
yield than either more or less seed.
These tests were conducted on the
"warm, gravelly soils," except one
year. The second series of tests be
gan In 1898 and lasted five years, and
the amounts of seed varied from four
to eleven pecks per acre. The varie
ties of oats used were the Seizure and
the Wideawake. Taking into consid
eration the five-year average, the Seiz
ure variety gives its highest yield oi
grain from eleven pecks, exceeding,
however, the yield from nine pecks
by less than one bushel. The weight
per measured bushel is highest from
the ten-peck seeding. The yield of
straw is largest from five pecks. With
the Wideawake variety the highest
yield of grain is from the ten-peck
rate, the heaviest grain from nine
pecks and the largest yield of straw
from four pecks. This seems to in
dicate that nine or ten pecks of seed
is as satisfactory as more, and rather
better than less than this amount
This for Wayne county, Ohio, and sim
ilar soils.
Horse Loved His Master.
"One of the strangest Incidents of
animal devotion of which I ever heard
was that of the favorite horse of my
brother. Maj. rTeaenca w. www.
said Mre. Clara M. Doollttle. a tene
ment Inspector, the other day. "Dur
ing the civil war, alter my brother
reached Corinth, Miss., as a major la
the Illinois Yates sharpshooters, he
was stricken with fever and soon
died.
"During my brother's Illness his
favorite horse. Sahib, was tethered a
mile away from the wilderness of
tents in a small cleared Inclosure.
One morning the groom, who visited
the horse daily, was unable to find it,
and after searching for hours came to
report the loss to my brother. Imag
ine his surprise to find the animal
contentedly standing in the teat with
his head touching my sick brother's
breast.
The horse had broken away from
where It had been tied and found Its
way to the tent alone. It persisted In
staying near the tent, and the sol
diers, moved by its devotion, did not
attempt to drive it away. A few days
later Sahib, without a bridle, followed
the ambulance, which carried the
body of his master. For three days
after my brother's death the horse re
fused to touch food and was inconsol
able.' Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Honor Confederate Dead.
For the first time a memorial ser
vice waa held Memorial day in Arling
ton National Cemetery. Washington.
In honor of the memory of the Confed
erate soldiers who are buried there.
The services were conducted by Asso
ciations of Confederate Veterans snd
Sons of Confederate Veterans and
auxiliary societies.
Soon after Arlington was establish
ed as a National cemetery many un
ldentlfled Confederates were buried
there, and thdr graves have ever
been kept green by tho Federal au
thorities. Recently by the autaonty .
of Congress, the remains of a consid
erable number of Confederate sol- -diers
who had been buried at different
plates In the North were removed to
Arlington aad Interred in n section of
that cemetery. It has been the cus
tom annually for friends of the Con
federate dead buried at Arlington to
place flowers on their graves, select-
ing a day following the National holi
day. This year simple exercises in
connection with the scattering ot
flowers were held.
Tho little burying ground out near
Fort Stever.s, where lie hurled 187 of
Jubal Early's troopers, who lost their
lives when the famous attack on
Washington was made in 1864, war
ateo decorated.
Foreign Corn Varieties.
W. H. Oiin, of the-lowa Agricultural
college, has begun some very interest
ing experiments with corn. He con
ceived the idea of getting corn from
all parts of the world where corn is
grown, and attempting to grow it in
Iowa. Some of the varieties that re
quire a longer season than that found
in Iowa he will start in pots in the
house and afterward transplant to the
open ground, in the hope of getting
the seed matured before frost Mr.
Oiin has been quite successful In se
curing new and interesting varieties.
Some of these differ from our own
enormously. The kernels of some va
rieties are very pretty, bearing little
resemblance to the varieties usually
grown In this country. Among the
countries from which he has received
seed are Mexico, Peru, Chile, Brazil
and Russia. He is expecting consign
ments from several oiner countries.
The Introduction of these varieties
may result in very valuable discov
eries. These varieties differ so great
ly from our own that It is only rea
sonable to suppose that they have
been grown under very different con
ditions from our own as to soil, cli
mate and moisture supply. So they
may be able to do well in locations
where our American varieties fail.
Big Tax on Oleo.
After the oleomargarine law went
Into effect last year, one Chicago
manufacturer continued to manufac
ture the yellow brand, using an oil
for that purpose. He claimed to be
complying with the law. The revenue
officers thought differently and. took
the nutter into court The decision
was against the manufacturer, and the
latter now has an accumulated tax c!
$30.0C0 to pay. Meanwhile aH at
tempts of the oleomargarine interests
to have the law declared unconstitu
tional have failed.
A Scriptural Injunction.
"At the second battle of Bull Run,"
remarked a member of one of the
New York posts, "the famous Thirty
fifth regiment from Jefferson county.
New orfc. suffered terribly, and ef
forts were Immediately made by the
friends at home to fill Us thinned
ranks. Among the first to spring to
its rescue was one Augustus Btiel.
who was famous as a bunter in John
Brown's trad, and distinguished for
being a capital fellow and an excel
lent marksman. His uncle, Deacon
Wetherby. met Gus a day or two after
he bad enlisted and said:
"Well, Augustus, I understand you
have enlisted in the Thirty-flfthr
"Yes, uncle, I have,' was the re
ply, 'and I am to start for the regi
ment to-morrow morning.
"That's right, my boy, that's right.'
continued the deacon. 'I am very
glad you have enlisted, and you have
my prayers and blessings. And, now,
Augustus, boy, let me give you a
little advice: When you go Into bat
tle have your gun well charged and In
good order. When the order !s given
to advance on the rebels, I want you.
my dear boy, to remember the scrip
tural Injunrtlon, "It is more blessed
to cive than to receive." "Washing
ton Star.
Hooker at Lookout
Gen. Hooker, "Fighting Joe,' as he
was proudly called by his devoted
foHowers, and whom it was my pless
ure to meet and to know well after
the war. was one of the brilliant sol
diers of the Union army, says Gen.
John B. Gordon in Scrlbner's. He bad
already been hailed as the hero of the
"battle of the clouds" at Lookout
mountain, and whatever may be said
of the small force which he met in the
fight upon that mountain's side and
top. the conception was a bold one.
It Is most improbable that Gen. Hook
er was Informed as to the number of
Confederates he was to meet In the
effort to capture the high and nigged
point Lookout which commanded a
perfect view of the city of Chattaaoo
ga and the entire field of operations
around it His movement through
the dense underbrush up the rocky
steeps and over the limestone cliffs
was executed with a celerity and
dash which reflected high credit' upon
both tho commander aad his men.
Among these men. by the way, was
one of those merry-makers those dis
pensers of good cheer found in both
the Confederate and Union armies.
Mountaineers Ardent Unionists.
"Ail the Kentuckians and cast Ten
nesseeans in the commands ot Nelson.
Thomas and Garfield had a consuming
desire to drive the rebels out of east
ern Kentucky and east Tennessee,"
said a veteran recently. "The cry.
On to East Tennessee,' was as persist
ent in Kentucky as wss the cry, 'On
to Richmond' In the East, aad Nelson.
Carter and Garfield were in sympathy
with it. When, In November. 1861.
SchoepTs division, moving toward
east Teauesseee, was ordered back
from London, the mountain men wero
ready to mutiny, and they were abet
ted in this by Andrew Johnson and
other Tennessee Unionists who were
with the command. Many Kentuck
ians and east Tennesseeans threw
down their muskets and left camp.
They returned, however, in a few
days, and many of them went to Knox
ville with Burnside."
Found In n Hollow Tree.
Charles A. Boynton of the Associa
ted Press has a sword, order for rail
road transportation nnd n quantity of
Confederate money which were found
in the hollow of an old tree in Mad
ison county. Ga., a few years ago. and
sent to him by n representative of the
service. It Is supposed that the sword
and other articles were placed In the
hollow of the tree by some Confeder
ate soldier during the wnr, nnd there
remained until the tree was cut down.
An effort was made by Gen. Boyn
ton Mr. Boynton's brother, to locate
the' soldier by the ticket, or order for
transportation, but he was not success
ful. The man who sent Mr. Boynton
the relics wrote there was an old
leather pocketbood in the hollow of
the tree, but nothing was in it which
would lead to the Identification of th?
soldier. Washington Star.
Confederate Flag for S2S.
One of the most interesting articles. -considered
historically, that were put
up at yesterday's sale of the Crim col
lection at the Fourth Regiment Ar
mory, according to the Baltimore
American, was an old Confederate flag
of the "Montgomery" design, showing
the seven stars of the original Confed
erate states. As the old baaaer. torn
by bullets, faded and bedlmmed by
age was brought to the auctioneer's
stand and unfurled a wave, of enthu
siasm spread through the hall. In
putting It up Auctioneer v. a. mra
land said that the flag was captured
by Capt Farber of the United States
Navy prior to 1864. while In the block
ade service. The first big. $25. which
was offered, was not contested, and
the flag was knocked down to the
Smithsonian Institute for that sum.
Secures Imposing Monument
H. P- Patterson of Aurora. Ind.. a
veteran of the civil war, recently,
while on a visit to Gettysburg, suc
ceeded In locating a large bowlder be
hind which he sought shelter during
the furious attacks of the confederate
troops on the exposed position of the
union flank. Mr. Patterson was so'
well pleased with his find that not
withstanding the fact that the rock
weighed eight tons, he bought it from
the Culp estate and had it shipped to
his western home, where he intends
to have it used as a monument to
mark his grave after his death. ;
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