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tabor Commissioner Bush win lane a
report today givlnc the total acre
ef all crops rained In Nebraska, by
the number of Read of live
the acreages of timber and of
'TegctaMes. The entire report Is by coun
ties and has been compiled after careful
w rah on the part of Mr. Bush and
Ms assistant. Chief Clerk Don Despaln.
The two ssen hare personaHy Inspected
the STOwlas crops and have coaipUed
(heir acreages from the reports of this
precinct aad township assessors made to
the eBBty clerks as provided by statute.
Aa Isapsitaat feature of the report Is the
penwwtaai of condition with 100 as per
fect. Advance sheets of the report have
aeea prepared for publication. In a resume
eC the, conditions of the principal crops
the report says:
WHEAT.
"Conditions early In the season were
each as to warrant the expectation of
the greatest wheat crop In the history of
Nebraska. Hail and wind have visited
the state so frequently as to destroy these
S
St
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COUNT?.
'Adams v
Antelope .....
Banner ......
Blaine
Boone
Box Butte...
Boyd
Brown .......
Buffalo
Burt ... ....
Butler
Cedar
Chase
Cherry .......
Cheyenne ....
Clay
Colfax
Cuming
juvcer
Dakota
AJssW'PS
Dawson
Deuel ...
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Dundy
Fillmore
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Garfield
Gosper
Grant ........
Greeley
Hamilton ....
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock ...
Holt .........
Hooker
Howard ......
Jefferson . .
Johnson ......
Kearney .....
Keith
Keys Paha...
Kimball
Knox .
Iancaster ...
Lincoln
Logan .
Loud ..
Madison
McPherson ..
Mel 1 1 k ......
"Nance ..
Nemaha
Nuckolls .....
Prr-klns
aTnifMi
PtercG .
Platte
Polk
Red Willow...
Richardson . .
76.128 1.147
1.984 14.665
151 2.355
11 63
15.721 9.006
47 1.549
1.067 9.536
872 5.8S8
56.857 2.956
506 16.716
60.275 35S
15.527 3.889
461 10.815
995 C.043
155 4.087
97261 526
9.115 9.271
666 33.311
23.383 23.812
14 14.897
1.679 4.176
59.051 1.422
631 1.349
145 16.382
11.455 7.727
464 1.568
569 2.371
77.000 22
60.766 37
47.368 15.063
81.968 4.317
67.959 110
706 632
43.790 2.594
8.390 2.3S0
34.233 148
66.958 2.374
1.791 2.505
16.092 7.736
1.222 4.637
21857 " 6.369
38.260 25
25.527 16
75.138 4.711
952 1.241
13fi 4.921
213 691
758 13.32
28.556 7
9.421 4.45
2M) 1.450
2.041 2.017
2.342 16.222
-7.484 6
15.304 320
25.457 4
48.564 37
34.217 396
16.036
3S9
84.154 1.430
791 12.588
27.768 9.479
35.1041 233
53.488) 13.932
23.8131
541 562
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Saline
60.5001
720
20.91RI
953)
49.5941
388
16.2181
35
955
f.fi?i
8541
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13.729
8.218!
954
Sarpy
Asunder
Scott's Bluff.
Seward
Sheridan ....
Sherman .
DlOUX .......
Stanton .....
Thayer
Thomas .....
Thurston . .
ValWr
Washington
"Wayne
'Webster ....
Wheeler
Totk
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35
1.4151
10.751
46.277
"""226
11.7391
2.70C
1.063
4.918
1.444!
81.393!
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10.S2
8.7181
18.8451
19.369!
271
1.0441
20!
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Totals
.766
439.6121
tavetl by Presence of Mine.
TECUMSEH. Roy Pickering, who
lives la the northern part of this
coHBty, came very near being killed.
He was threshing; for N. O. Blner and
was sitting on tne separator with his
feet close to the fast revolving rod
which operates the self-feeder. The
rod caught his pants legs and began
to pell him into the -machine. With
rare presence of talnd Mr. Pickering
rolleff over and caught hold of some
timbers oh the machine and held with
tenactons grip while his trousers,
shoes, and stockings were stripped
from him and hurled through the
cylinders and into the straw stack.
Preminent Citizen Dead.
WEEPING WATER. 43eorge W.
Adams dropped dead while sitting in
the shade here. He had been in poor
health for two years.
Ne Trace ef Dennell.
YORK Every effort has been made
to ascertain the whereabouts of Mr.
J. E. Doanell. a business man who
departed suddenly from York ten days
ago. Mr. Donnell is a member of
several societies, who have appointed
committees .to ascertain his where
aboats. but so far no word has been
received from him nor any. clew as
to his present place of residence. The
last time he was seen was on Satur
day evening at Liawood.
HeM fer Stealing H
OGALLALA Oliver Richards and
Frank Reason, former residents of
this county, have been apprehended
and are bow ia jail at Grant in Per
kins county. They are accused of
stealing the car of horses that was
shipped from Wray. "olo., to South
Omaha, afterwards shipped to Ne
ligh. Neb., where they were replevined
by the owner. Richards and Henson
kad their preliminary hearing and
were bound over to district court
Cewa Making Big Meney.
' ' YORK Over five thousand dollars
m paid out every month to farmers
te. the vicinity of York for cream.
which to sold to the creamery here.
aad hundreds of pounds are shipped
te CTeameries ia Omaha aad other
pafats. From one to Ive separators
are sali each week to farmers, who
at realizing that, a separator la-
their income from their caws
S per ceat over the old process
4j Irkaajigg the milk.
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0z Nebraska Crops
prospects and have made appearances
very deceiving by injuring the wheat In
such a way as to prevent perfect filling
of the heads. The south central portion
has received the greatest damage. In
this particular district Harlan county
seems to have fared worst. It having
sixty-six sections almost totally de
stroyed. Throughout the south central
portion the average yield has been de
creased from 10 to 15 bushels per acre.
"The north central portion has excellent
prospects. Custer county especially will
yield an immense crop of all grains to
gether with alfalfa and hay.
"The standing of tho southern part of
the state Is 90. i.ic central 94 and the
northern 91. The average estimated yield
of wheat by counties appears in the 'sum
mary by counties.'
ESTIMATE OF WHEAT.
"After close Inspection and observation
by officials of the department, supple
mented by conservative opinions of ex
perienced producers in all sections of the
state, the department supplemented by
conservative opinions of experienced pro
O
p
ff
s:
58.929
85.749
3.235
4.013
367
859
101
3.881
64.460
1.459
730
696
4.82
86
3.442
99.980
48.976
1.783
14.845
806
826
927
449
771
2.354
365
46
10.626
300
84
578
2.125
2.220
7.407
897
2.819
2.618
979
3.540
810
604
845
85
1.996
6.008!
1.3
40.708
1.965
14.349
27.836
8.35!
119.601
S8.924
32.552
63.5C2
1.183
2.473
970
629
1.305
295
92.556
125.028
153.982
108.974
32.420
67.265
570
3.070
25.71
19.229
2.159
3.155
1.036
34.170
121
99.743
25.184
82.765
108.464
3.143
50.593
41.175
224.752
43.550
4.865
95.687
9.232
9.62
2.483
28.131
17.761
4.249
8.506
462
231
88.191
106.154
75.185
28.431
122.006
70.036
87.659
70.948
202.134
9.495
51.292
14
60.250
78.864
33.954
42.726
18.696
83S
511
477
193
1.113
39.4U1
1.671
11.798
67
21.073
4.289
674
11.04
2.248
53.790
1.208
8401
3.
80
2.7
195
152
408
9.375
3.906
15
20.724
'"S.4G
7.204
1.254
36.335
487
1.504
104.615
33.050
8.666
71.302
39.932
23.880
87.163
6.74
3.169
3.115
280
170
32.407
""20.134
417
5.901
13.187
7.853
649
63l
6
10.825
559
81
74.74
97.805
119.799
18.815
20.058
29
123
152
533
205
1.317
637
72.687
79.803
7.737
24.053
610
8R.897
403
90S
6.541
051
45
9.121
44
2.9S6
2.513
49
2.810
"227
487
14
16
71
6
186
278
8.505
8.326
453
1.507
199
154
97
62
111
4
183
120
873
273
2.637
56
"i. 853
1.057
838
7.872
42
144
930
320
94
49.058
44.846
2.054
6991
164.979
14.897
1.978
52.40SI
3.04
61
10.074
574
7.68
2.319
65.710
3.629!
99.023
"7.556
3.824
'63.027
21.192
15.996
14.043
14 191
44.986
19.748!
1551
89.859
26
72.671
106.331
143.50
91.208
12.977
75.714
79.155
122.453
72.804
55.775
99.938
2.149
718
142
7921
7.501
3.431
14.991
49.5361
67.7821
29.560
722
7.663!
2.103
15.701
1.382
22.60S
958
14.236!
3.692
1.3311
119.452
54.394
176.422
3.214
40.054
17.327
56.655
2.240
459!
3.8191
69
1.025'
120.383!
43)558
6.648
10.294
13.132
67.471
2.264
S0.157
721
15.749
941
36.700
1.0031
2.9621
1.9871
110
109
.694
1.0071
839!
1.8711
114.719
30.156
2.506
56.167
1
15.943
20.695
40.003
47.234
13.301
78.9921
17.8591
103.16!
81.177
12.693
123.899
1.717
1.729
6.1611
41.533
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1
343.0671 5.964.048
1.958.721! 113.717
NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD.
Adjutant General Issues Orders for
Reorganization.
LINCOLN Adjutant General Cul
ver has just issued orders for reor
ganization of the Nebraska National
Guard along the lines laid down by
the Dick bill and instructions giveii
in general orders of the regular army.
The reorganizatldn will give the guard
several new officers, chief among
them being two majors, one for each
battalion of the regiment. Hereto
fore each regiment has had but two
majors, one battalion being command
ed by the lieutenant colonel. An elec
tion will be called at once to supply
these newly created offices.
Besides these the governor and ad
jutant may appoint a regimental com
missary and quartermaster, each of
whom will rank as captains and re
ceive the same pay. They will have
charge of the subsistence and ord
nance stores.
Strange Robbery at Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND. While Miss
Emily Blunk and sister were at church
and the other members of the family
were away, someone entered their
residence and took from a pocketbook,
lying on a piano, $20 in bills, leaving
the silver change in the book. Noth
ing else was disturbed. The residence
is in a well settled portion of the
community. A negro was seen by a
neighbor loitering about the place.
Harvesting in Progress.
FREMONT Harvesting is pro
gressing rapidly in spite of the heavy
rains prevailing this week and last.
Wheat still continues to disappoint
the farmers, the heads not being well
filled out and it is doubtful if the
yield will run fifteen bushels to the
acre. Corn is growing fast and the
crop will be much better than antici
pated. Pastures, on account of the
rains, are in fine condition, and stock
is doing correspondingly well.
Grass Cattle Ccme to Market.
OGALLALA Grass cattle have
commenced to so to market from this
point Twenty loads went out in one
train. The cattle are in fine condition
for market.
Bey Drewnetl While Bathing.
8UTTON George Haitian
drowned while bathing in a deep hole
at the mouth of 8chool creek, where
it empties into the. Blue. Another
drowains occurred here years ago.
ducers In all sections of the state, the de
partment feels able to estimate the aver
age yield of winter wheat In the state at
eighteen bushels per acre and the total
yield atM.200.000 bushels.
"The average yield of spring wheat Is
estimated at twelve bushels per acre and
total yield of 5.490.000 bushels.
CORN.
"The general condition of the corn crop
over the state Is far below normal, not
ranking over 78. With a frost at the nor
mal period, about the 16th of September,
there should be 75 per cent of a corn
crop. This will be increased or dimin
ished according to the date of the frost
and freeze following. Corn Is now look
ing much better than a fortnight ago and
the prospects for a crop are correspond-
Ingiy brighter.
"The corn crop has made wonderful
progress In view of the handicap caused
by late seeding. ols will seriously af
fect the yield In spite of a late frost,
because when the corn begins to ear It
will net have had Its growth and Instead
of all the vitality going to the ear. a large
Acreages by Coun
ties of Alfalfa
and Millet i?03
Number of Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Horses.
i
and Mules in Nebraska, July 1. 1903.
9
o
i?
886
2.269
709!
2.252
13.330
37.619
17.497
27.660
196
573
23.909
387
10.437
4.144
23.124
34.867
26,843
24.145
29.347
2.741
L269
" 20833
459
109
2.457
472
358
981
6.005
7.620
342
1.991
2.538
24.428
22.084
2.56
13.566
16.562
422
15.126
2.370
2.719
32.685
25.195
24.706
1.799
1.329
709
1.240
1.30
311
603
1.593
23.781
38.702
18.069
88.736
374
2.974
1.880
1.596
"V.828
"iVis
1.459J
77
979
3.449
10.508
21.893
24.260
41.915
42.549
16.209
834
23.07
1.678
24.475
34.632
12.275
8.459
17.611
17.799
16.716
19.303
27.710
2.061
11.902
22
10.575
22.124
31.906
12.102
4.603
2.638
19.150
116
19.523
29.370
20.667
17.311
958
5.692
27
32.681
27.755
7,057
2.004
1.817
29.684
55
16.169
17.139
18.267
1.135
37.434
78.956
12.824
22.960
34.725
41.027
7.339
229
2.304
2.640
22.907
1.939
1.592
1.009
3.058
1.27
808
803
850
25.315
2.237
30.081
2.739
744
659
16.358
15.865
LOT
3.453
8.458
1.359
18.168
771
25.086
24.614
1.970
15.861
72
25.197
3.094
233
1.598
3,146
28.371
5.243
232
896
16.712
30.501
14.491
29.355
26.558
19.942
574
2
1.670
2.073
772
12.780
1.227
10.134
212
1.148
1.316
662
509
13.498
784
1.184
12.602
2.331
68.541
R
125
8.898
1.69S
1.734
23.565!
2.338
2.209
1.500
437
24.95
1.352
16.643
20.566
4.740
1.991
1.051
25.026
275
2.800
226
26.013
21.523
963
683
1.997
3.943
2.117
37.200
35.816
1.446
1.359
40.487
7.872
1.634
30.644
30.000
36.233
23.673
8.623
44
242
972
Y.638.
2.643
1.649
8.579
642
905
131
140
3.349
"556!
3.209)
499j
2.66
22.698
30.714
24.466
22.086
1.379
2.386
33.106 275
28.652 8S6
1.433 20.317
18.954 18
23.227 75
38.394 20.275
21.906 335
10.813 1.484
38.774 2.335
1.856 1.268
22.522 735
8.716 97
34.930 506
1.015 13.743
24.914 4.0J1
4.474 15.033
12.877 580
276 12.650
19.819 1.680
31.967 ISO
530 1.765
8.566 - 1.617
20.516 321
29.463 378
29.552 244
20.570 709
6.884 629
29.107 256
1.482.264 218.7111
1.133
16.6
4.435
371
4.234
699
1.073
3.228
220
733
24.388
23.427
34.109
20.449
18.610
30.379
1.26
7.795
3.155
606
445
387
21.513
1.885
915
798
1.687
1.171
891
50
763
1.911
2.407
221
1.941
1.478
20.435
8.645
33.582
7.217
17.635
1.330
1.666
2.59G
25.388
35.089
23.040
541
37.255
1.799
4.530
46
27.193
24.959
ISO
2.478
10
8.524
6.338!
23.233
2.093
422
9.387
971
4.297
25.680!
30.429
28.021
12.742
27.900!
238.401 137.245) 2.161.773
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Deputy Auditor Anthcs placed the
seal of his disapproval upon a batch
of claims for wolf bounty .thirty-three
in all, and aggregating $300. Several
of the claims dated back for a score
of years.
Barry Gilbert, a prominent young at
torney of Cedar Rapids, has been ap
pointed by the board of regents of
phone, two lines having been com
pleted by the Bell Telephone company,
which run northeast of Beatrice.
After ten years' receivership the af
fairs of the Capital National bank
have been brought to a close, and the
final dividend will be paid. National
Bank Examiner Griffith, John D. Mac
Farland, Kent K. Hayden and J. W.
McDonald have in turn been success
ively receivers of the wrecked bank.
Years of litigation have followed the
failure of the bank.
During an electrical storm at Oak
land the barn of R Suhr was struck
by lightning. The bolt set fire to the
structure, which was destroyed, to
gether with hay, oats, corn and a $40
set of harness. The horses were re
moved.
Regent Forrell and Prof. Bur
nett of the State university, accom
panied by Land Commissioner McAl
lister of the Union Pacific, were at
Sidney interviewing the citizens rela
tive to .the establishment of a state
experimental farm near that city.
The farm house of Mrs. Caroline
Farley, living five miles west of Nor
folk, was burned to the ground, with
nearly air of its contents. The blaze
started in the upstairs portion of the
house and no water protection was at
hand to save it
Glen Crawford, twelve years old. liv
ing three and a half miles east of
Ulysses, was kicked in the head by a
horse and very seriously injured. He
had gone to the pasture to bring the
hofses to the barn and was kicked
while alone.
Word reached Burwell that the
family of D. W. Ward, who keeps a
store at Ballagh. in the north part of
the county, has been poisoned by eat
ing canned sardines. Mr. Ward and
two of the children are dead' and an
other child is-in a critical condition
and cannot live.
The Fremont Telephone company
has served notice on the city that-unless
it is permitted to increase its
ratesto a reasonable extent it will
have to retire from business. The
cunacU teas so far been unrelenting.
1.422
2.699
1.930
3.325
1.585
428
356
part win enter the stalk to complete Its
growth, which win cause smaner-stsed
corn than If conditions had been normal.
The condition cf the southern counties Is
75. central counties 84. northern counties
80.
OATS.
"The oat crop Is an enigma, so far as
estimating Is concerned, because of the
Irregularity of the stand and prospects.
There Is no uniformity of .appearances.
Nevertheless there will be a normal yield
of oats and the condition found by obser
vation over the state Is 92. The central
and northern portions of the state will
yield better In oats than the southern.
The condition In the central portion is 94.
In the northern 92."
A summary of the .acreages not given
In the county tabulation Is as follows:
Sugar beets. 11.160 'acres; timothy. 238.
41 acres; sorghum cane. 428.698 acres;
Irish potatoes. 69.102 acres; broom corn;
2.373 acres; clover. 54.6SS acres; blue
grass. 172.8S1 acres; other tame grass.
298.515 acres; timber. 311.215 acres.
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88
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89
94
92
90
90
96
91
88
92
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92
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93
91
92
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91
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88
87
92
90
90
91
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90
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92
92
88
91
90
90
89
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91
92
89
92
92
94
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91
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18
3.434
199
1.513
855
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16
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19
22
20
20
22
432
6.404
3.491
4.825
3.520
10.979
7.240
8.754
9.679
9.466
3.010
10.723
77
6.637
433
78
80
82
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Spalding has voted bonds for a sys
tem of water works.
Mrs. Boydston, wife of W. T. Boyda
ton, a mail clerk running between Ore
and Grand Island, made an unsuccess
ful attempt at committing suicide at
their home in Ord. After taking
strychnine she informed her husband
of the fact and -medical assistance
was summoned immediately and aftei
several hours of treatment she was
considered out of danger.
The contractors who are to put
down the new artesian well at Lynch
arrived the first of last week. All
the machinery has been put in place
and the drilling will be commenced at
once.
During an electrical storm at Oak
land the barn of R. Suhr was struck.
by lightning. The bolt set fire to the;
structure, which was destroyed, to
gether with hay, oats, corn and a $40
set of harness. The horses were re
moved. State Engineer Dobson has received
a notice of the call for the National
Irrigation congress to be held from
September 15 to 18 in Ogden, Utah
Tho governor is asked to appoint
twenty state delegates to the con
gress and will probably do so within
a few days.
A number of farmers residing in
Midland and Logan townships. Gage
county, can now be reached by tele
phone, two lines having been com
pleted by the Bell Telephone company,
which run northeast of Beatrice.
State Architect Tyler has com
pleted plans for the further improve
ment of the state house grounds at
Lincoln, which contemplate extensive
changes. The steps approaching the
grounds will be changed and the
walks and driveways remodeled. At
the corner entrances to the grounds
the wooden steps will be replaced by
semi-circular stone stairs.
The Star Telephone company of
Milford, with, a capital stock of $10,
000, has filed articles of incorpora
tion with the secretary of state.
Word reached Burwell that the
family of D. W. Ward, who keeps a
store' at Ballagh, in the north part of
the county, has been poisoned by eat
ing canned sardines. Mr. Ward and
two of the children are dead and an
other child is in a critical condition
and cannot live.
' Deputy Auditor Antbes placed the
seal of his disapproval upon a 'batch ,
of claims for wolf bounty, thirty-three
in "all, and aggregating $300. Several
of .the claims dated back: for a score
of years. -
- MJ$LL,MsKJ P& -:' JfecgggS?'
Seng of the Mystic. -"I
walk down the Valley, of Silence
Down the dba, voiceless valler alone!
And I hear not the fall 'of a footstep
"Around me. save God's and my own;
and the hush of say heart Is as holy
As hovers where-angles have flown!
"Long ago, I was weary of voices
Whose music my heart could not win;
Long ago, I was weary of noises
That fretted my soul with their din; '
Long ago. I was weary of places
"Yhere I met but the human and sin.
"In the hush of the Valley of Silence
I dream all the songs that I sing:
And the music floats down the dim valley.
Till each finds a word for a wing.
That to hearts like the Dove of the Deluge.
A message of peace they may bring..
"Do you ask me the place of the valley.
Ye hearts that are harrowed by-care?
It lieth afar between mountains.
And God and his angels are there;
And one is the dark Mount of Sorrow.
And one the bright Mountain of Prayer!"
Fr. Thomas Ryan.
Gave Orders to the Enemy.
After the battle with Fremont at
Cross 'Keys, Va., and the complete
routing of Gen. Shields' army at Port
Republic the morning following, we
rested for a' few days in Brown's
Cove. From thence we proceeded
to Staunton, Va., where we had been
promised a few days' rest by oen.
Stonewall Jackson.
We arrived there on Saturday, and
were happily arranging for our com
fort when we received orders to pro
ceed to the re-inforcement of Lee at
Richmond, as quietly and rapidly as
possible.
Our guns (of the Baltimore Battery,
Maryland, line) were placed . on
freight cars and our men mounted on
horses, proceeded in the direction of
Richmond, as directed. We finally
arrived near Richmond, on the Me
chanicsville road, in the rear of Mc
Clcllan's army.
It was there I witnessed a council
of war between five of our generals,
all mounted, with maps on the pom
mels of their saddles, namely. Gens.
Lee, Jackson, Longstreet, Magruder
and Pickett About dusk we ap
proached so close to the enemy's line
that we fired four-second shells in
their midst Darkness coming on, we
ceased firing, and lay about our guns
all night
The next morning early wc took a
detour to the left, and about 9 o'clock
we planted our battery in a skirt of
woods whore we had plain view of the
Federal forces. Gen. Bradley T.
Johnson, commander of the "Mary
land Line," with the Maryland regi
ment of infantry, were in our rear as
support
We were soon ordered to open fire.
While seated on my horse taking note
of the premature explosion of some
of our shells (caused by the inferior
quality of iron they were made of,
which allowed the flash from the gun
to penetrate them), a soldier mounted
on a magnificent horse rode up to me
and exclaimed, "Stop this firing!" I
looked at him and replied: "I guess
not" Our horses were rubbing their
heads together, and I stroked tho
beautiful horse's mane.
The rider was in his shirt sleeves.
So was I. His shirt was flannel, like
my own. His trappings were Federal.
So were mine, from the horse out
For that reason I had suspicion of
who he was. When the guns had
"fired another volley he yelled out at
me.: "I tell you to stop firing. You
are firing at our own men!" I re
plied: "If you have any orders to
give, there's Gen. Johnson below
there; give them to him!" He im
mediately rode over to the general,
his fino horse stretching himself out
as his rider and the general con
versed. While observing them and expect
ing orders I heard the general ex
claim: "Well, who are you anyhow?"
With that the soldier wheeled around,
struck spurs to his horse and simply
flew across the fields to the Federal
lines.
The remarkable part of this inci
dent was that no one on the general's
staff or in the regiment or myself
had the presence of mind to shoot at
him. It was a Federal officer, and
probably the first to convey the new3
to his army of "Jackson In the rear."
It was a remarkable escape on his
part He could not have done such a
thing premeditatedly, knowing that
he was within the enemy's lines. His
innocent ignorance is what saved
him, so there seems to be Providence
that controls under such conditions.
I would certainly like to meet him,
if he is living, and break a bottle
with him, as he had my forced con
gratulations then, and has had my
heartfelt congratulations since.
That engagement was the opening
of the "seven-days' fight below Rich
mond." Southern Loyalty.
At tho banquet in Boston over the
unveiling of the monument to Gen.
Hooker, Gen. Rosser, of Virginia, a
valiant soldier of the Confederate
army, said:
"In a peaceful way f never before
faced so many Yankees In my -life. It
is good for the southern man to in
dulge In this privilege in order to
show bow complete is the restoration
of good feeling between once warring
brothers who forevermore, they and
their children and children's children,
are to vie in loyalty to the old flag.
"What man is not proud that he is
a citizen of the United States? What
greater privilege can be granted him?
How can an Astor basely betray his
country by swearing allegiance to an
other? No southern man blessed with
riches gained from his fellow man
would be as ungrateful and as unpa
triotic as that!
"I thank God often that I am an
American. I know no section or creed
or party but love of country. To-day
the south rejoices because victory
perched on your banner. Here and
there in southland a man will say
that the Confederates should have tri
umphed. Put that man down as ' a
fool or a hypocrite I thank God the
south did not win and so does every
sensible southern man and woman.
"Gen. Robert R. .Lee told me that
the Army of the Potomac was the
greatest ever marshaled under the
sun. This may not be admitted now
but history will so record it. In In
telligence, in esprit du corps, in
equipment,' In dash and bravery, in
personnel, there never was its equal.
"I think I am fully reconstructed,
for I believe I am the .only rebel who
ever rode In a procession where a
statue was going to be unveiled to a
Union generaL"' .'
Where Arc the Cripples?
"I have often wondered," said the
Major, "what became of the men se-,' James's company, to whom Beaure
verely wocuded fn battle. Nearly ' gard cent the order to fire on Major
7,000 officers and enlisted men came Anderson. President (Cleveland ap
st of the Uoiofc service minus an arm pointed him po?-nater of Columbia.
or a leg. V-aere are they now? Of
the 400,000 men wounded la battle.
36,000 died in hospital and' 35.000
went home disabled. How have the
latter 'fared in life's struggle? To
what extent did the wounds limit
their activity In business, aad la what
degree were their lives shortened by
the wounds that gave them so much
anxiety forty years ago.
"There are comparatively few one
legged or one-armed men prominent
in public life. I have in mind Gen.
Henderson of Iowa, who manages his
artificial leg so well that few ever
think of his disability. Congressman
Castle of Wisconsin has only- one arm
and Gen. Rice of the census depart
ment lost an arm and a leg, but in
some way you forget that such active
men -must have been counted at one
time among the seriously wounded.
There are Beaver of Pennsylvania,
Gen. Sickles, and Gen. O. O. Howard,
representatives of men who were not
put at any great disadvantage by the
loss of a leg or an arm. There must
be two or three thousand others who
suffered amputation, and I ' wonder
where they are?" Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Sharing the Hole.
At one of the reunions of the Fifth
Wisconsin. T. C. Ryan, of Company G,
told a story to illustrate the character
of tthe private soldier. On a night
march just before the evacuation of,
Yorktown, the darkness was almost
impenetrable, and the mud was, in
places, knee deep. The men splashed
along the road covered with water.
Stewart J. Fay was marching at the
side cf Ryan when the man in front
of him stepped in a hole 'and fell
down. Fay fell forward on top of him
and the man began to swear, calling
Fay all sorts of names for his care
lessness. Instead 'of getting angry,
Fay" replied, "You blamed hog. you
don't want all of the hole yourself, do
you?"
Veterans Adopt Resolutions.
The annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic of the
Department of Kansas adopted
strong resolutions calling v for more
liberality in the administration of
the pension laws, and that "all tech
nical, medical sophistries and per
versions to prevent allowances of
claims be stopped."
-This was the standard carried in
tha Mexican War by Gen.. "Joe"
Hooker's old regiment.
First John Brown Song.
The origin of the song "John
Brown." as given by James Howard
Jenkins, is questioned by EL R. Reed,
a private in company H. Second Wis
consin infantry, who says he sang a
"John Brown" song in 1S59 and 1860.
He says:
"There was a song of 'John Brown
which was sung quite extensively
among the abolitionists, but, owing
to the abolition sentiment which it
breathed, never became generally
popular. I sang it myself a great
deal and still retain in my memory
two verses of it Those two verses
ran like this:
John Brown's body lies molderlns in the
grave.
While weep ye sons of bondage whom h
ventured all to save:
And though he lost his life in striving
for the slave.
Vet his sonl is marching on.
Ho captured Harper's Kerry with his
mlchty men so few:
He frightened old Virginia till she trem
bled through and through:
They hung him for a traitor, themselves
, a traitor crew:
But his soul is marching on.
"The rest of the song I have forgot
ten, but these verses and some oth
ers I sang a great many times is '59
and '60, and to the same music as
they are now sung, and Mr. Jenkins
did not have to go "searching for a
fitting tune." The samples he gives
are only corruptions similar to thaso
every regiment had.
The Coming Encampment
The Thirty-seventh National En
campment will assemble in San Fran
cisco during the week beginning Mon
day, August 17. Headquartero will
he established temporarily at the
Palace Hotel, where the Executive
Committee of the National Council
of Administration will meet. The pa
rade will take place on Wednesday,
August 19. The Committee on Cre
dentials is made up as follows: Chair
man, John W. Scball. Adjutant Gen
eral: John H. Thacher, Assistant Ad
jutant General, Department of Con
necticut; F. A. Walsh. Inspector Gen
eraf; Thomas B. Rodgers. Assistant
Adjutant General, Department of
Missouri, and Peter B. Ayars, Assist
ant Adjutant General, Department of
Delaware.
Friend Was Surprised,
"Not long" ago I attended a sol
diers' reunion," says a veteran, "and
was surprised to see a prominent
business man come in on crutches.
I had met him scores of times with
out realizing that he had only one
leg. 1 knew that he limped a little,
but- not more than a dozen of my
friends who are troubled with rheu
matism. I had seen him go up stairs
and down and walk about his little
office, but I never would have known
that he had left a leg at Chickamauga
tad I not gone to the reunion, where,
to please his soldier friends, be ap
peared "without his cork leg."
Said to Have Begun Civil War.
A heavy responsibility rested upon
Major W.H. Gibbes,who died June 12
at his home in Columbia, S. C. It
was claimed for him that he fired the
first shot at Fcrt Sumter. He wa3
then a gunner, in Capt. George
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Milk Powders.
For a generation or more inventors
have been trying to and some way to
reduce milk to a powder Ilka loar, la
which state it could be kept, like Hoar,
'or an indefinite period, and changed at
will to milk by the addition of water.
Now and then we hear of some bhui
that has succeeded, aad we are led to
expect the early adveat of the drying
process on the marxet But always
the Inventor has failed to realize Bis
expectations. The Invention of a per
fect process would revolutionise the
milk trade, as It would make It possi
ble to produce milk thousands of miles
from where it is consumed and trans
port, it at a rate far below tnat now
charged. Such a powder, transmuta
ble'to milk would become second only
to wheat flour as an article of diet
Some day, doabtless, the recret of
how to do this will be discovered. We
can In the meantime only watch the
men laboring on the problem aad re
port their progress from time to time.
Under a recent date, the United
States consul at Coburg reported as
follows: "A German inventor, it is
reported, has discovered method and
constructed an apparatus which ob
viates the drawbackb irmerly encoun
tered in tho preparation of milk pow
der. The apparatus evaporates milk
to a complete dryness at a tempera
ture not exceeding 40 degrees centi
grade, and without the application of
a vacuum. The powder obtained. It
is claimed, has the Oneness of flour.
Neither the taste nor the odor of the
milk is altered. Heated with water to
from 60 degrees to 70 degrees to a
temperature exceeding the melting
point of butter-fat milk Is reproduced,
which, on cooling, differs in no way
from ordinary milk.- By a special
treatment, the inventor says, he has
succeeded in preventing the powder
from turning sour. It withstands bac
teria, mold, dampness, and changes
of temperature. About one pound of
powder is said to be obtained from tea
pounds of milk. The apparatus Is
easily manipulated aad Is capable of
treating at least 2,600 gallons of milk
per day. A sample of the powder ob
tained from skim milk, it is said, was
found to contain 30 per cent albumin
ous matter, 49 per cent lactic sugar.
1 per cent fat, 7ft per cent salts, and
G& per cent moisture."
Why Milk Should Be Aerated.
It may be said in passing that al
though it la very diflkmlt to demon
strate, it is probably true that the
presence of a considerable amount of
carbon dioxide in the milk influences
the character of the fermentation, says
a professor of dairying. It seems to
be an established fact that where only
traces of oxygen exist poisons are
more likely to be formed In food sub
stances. It Is noteworthy in connec
tion with milk that there are several
cases of poisoning on record where the
milk had not been aerated, had been
shut up in can, the air excluded, the
temperature high, and all those con
ditions present which are usually re
garded as unfavorable. To illustrate
this more thoroughly you shut up a
ten gallon can of milk, leaving only a
small air space at the top, it will be
found that soon all the oxygen in that
air space is rapidly consumed and car
bon dioxide given off. It follows, un
der such conditions, that we have es
tablished the most favorable environ
ment for the development of an aero
bic bacteria, which would not grow
rapidly if they were transferred to an
abundant supply of oxygen lower tem
peratures, and other circumstances
which we usually find where milk is
properly handled.
We may claim, therefore, for aera
tion considerable of practical import
It fosters the desirable fermentations
by creating a larger supply of oxygen
and by reducing the amount of carbon
dioxide. It eliminates those gases
which are not considered desirable and
which are frequently mentioned as ani
mal odors, taints, etc. It is quite likely
that It checks the development of
those micro-organisms which produce
poisons.
Clean or Dirty Milk.
Some dairymen think if they do r.ot
get a good price for their milk at the
creamery that the fault lies with the
creamery; but the patrons produce the
butter, the creamery only separates it.
Patrons, should not forget that the In
terests of the creamery and their own
are the same. Dairy education has
benefited creamery operators more
than it has the patrons. The state
ment was recently made by one of our
best informed dairy and creamery men
that "Milk does not come ,to the
creamery in so clean a condition to
day as it did twenty years ago." Be
fore the day of the separator, milk was
not accepted unless It reached the
creamery in fairly good condition.
Now, if it is not sour enough to clog
the separator, it is received at the
welghcan of many creameries. When
every man made his own butter on the
farm and sold it himself, be came into
closer touch with the trade and was
more particular about the cleanly
methods of its production. Since the
creamery has come la between the
milk producer and the butter market
there is a tendency to become more
careless in the production of milk.
When milk Is delivered in poor con
dition at-a creamery or cheese factory,
no butter .or cheese maker howevei
skilled can make the best product
from it. If all of the patrons but one
bring milk that is cVan and in good
condition, the man bringing dirty milk
spoils the whole. Prof. Wilbur J
Fraser, Bulletin 84, University of 111!
nois.
Samples for Testing.
The increasing use of the farm sepa
rator has brought a new problem to
many In regard tc cream testing, says
Professor Eckles. of the Missouri sta
tion. I believe this is the most diffi
cult problem' In testing that the cream
cry manager has on hand to-uay, and
of course the patron is just as much
concerned and eVen more. To get a
fair accurate sample of cream under
all conditions and to make a correct
test of that sample, I assure you is no
job for a careless man. fn sampling
the cream the same methods are used
as for milk, except even greater care
is necessary to get a fair sample, as
cream is often difficult to get into a
uniform mixture. Before taking a sam
ple from a bottle for testing it is gen
erally advisable to warm the cream
to near 100 degrees, as it will then
more easily mix into a uniform con
dition. Pouring from one jar to an
other is the best method of mixing.
If the cream certains more fat than
can be read on the scale on one cream
bottle, a pipetteful may be divided
about equally between the two bottles.
A pipetteful of water Is also divided in
the same manner
When jCorn Is Too Expansive.
Bulletin $7, Montana Experlmeat
Station: It may appear to those from
the corn belt that the Inability to
grow cora la most -parts of Montana
Is a stroBs;. argument against the busl
aess of swiae-ralslng. Ia peas, how
over, we have aa excellent substitute
for cora. Bulletins 34 of the Utah
Station by Mills, and 38 of the South
Dakota Station by CUIcott both re
port peas superior to corn for fatten
ing swine. Barley to reported by the
famous Daaish pork producers to be
the best single grata for the produc
tioa of high-grade bacon. Director
Henry of tho Wisconsin Station gives
the following comparison between
cora aad barley as pork producers,
viz.:
471 pounds of barley meal produced
100 pounds of gala.
435 pounds of com meal produced
100 pounds of gam.
Wheat The results of several sta
tions show wheat and corn to be
nearly equal la pork producing value.
with a very slight advantage ia favor
of cora.
Oats According to Heary's "Feeds
and Feeding," She Massachusetts Sta
tkm reports that 20 per cent more oat
feed than corn meal was required to
produce 100 pounds of gain. Oats are
more valuable as aa adjunct to lighten
heavier rations than when used alone.
Ryo The results of comparative
work show rye and barley to have
about equal feeding values. These
facts tend to prove that our grain
foods are exceptionally well adapted
to pork making, and at the same time
the use of these is greatly facilitated
by the possibility of a continuous sup
ply of nitrogenous forage crops during
a long growing season, and by root
crops In the winter.
Fertilizers for Orchards.
Scientists aad practical orcbardlsts
are generally agreed on the great value
of well-rotteu barnyard manure as
tho host for aa apple orchard, says a
government bulletin. It not only sup
plies humus, but it contains a Urge
per cent of other necessary nutritive
elements-for maintaining health, vigor
aad fruitfulaess of tree and develop
ment of qualities for a fine fruit prod
uct But as the stock of this sort of
manure Is not always sufficient for the
general demand, other agents have
to be resorted to, and next in value
and in a concentrated form are un
leashed wood ashes, which will supply
to a great extent the necessary ele
ment of plant growth. It Is maintained
by some authorities that one ton of
unleached wood ashes contains as
much plant nutriment as five tons of
ordinary barn manure, and whenever
obtainable ashes should be used lu
preference to any other fertilizer.
There are many kinds of manufac
tured fertilizers, some of which are
valuable for special soils, but to de
termine just which brand to use is a
little difficult to decide without know
ing what elements are lacking In tho
soil. The three elements most com
monly deficient in soil are nitrogen,
potash aad phosphoric acid, and chem
ical fertilizers that contain the largest
per cent of these substances will Le
the most economical and beneficial.
A fertilizer containing one and a half
to two per cent of nitrogen., one to
nine per ceat of available phosphoric
acid, ten to twelve per cent of potash,
will give excellent results when -applied
to orchard land in quantities
ranging from 400 to 600 pounds per
acre.
Peanuts Produce Soft Lard.
It is well known that peanuts pro
duce soft lard, says a bulletin of the
Alabama Experiment Station. When
the feeding of peanuts was continued
uninterruptedly up to the date of
slaughter the resulting lard melted
at the low temperature of 74.6 degrees
Fahrenheit, or at the temperature of
an ordinary living room in spring. It
has been claimed that by feeding en
tirely on corn for a few weeks before
the date of butchering the flesh and
lard can be brought to the normal de
gree of hardness. This was not the
case in this experiment. By discon
tinuing the peanuts five weeks before
the hogs were killed and feeding
thenceforward exclusively on corn
meal we succeeded in raising tho
melting point to 80.7 degrees Fahren
heit, an Increase of i.l degrees Fah
renheit. This lard, however, was still
much softer than that from hogs never
fed on peanuts. In a similar experi
ment In 1897-98 the feeding of corn
during the four weeks Immediately
preceding the time of butchering ef
fected a considerably greater increase
in the melting point of lard from tho
pigs previously fed on peanuts, but in
that test as !n the present one the
feeding of corn during a short period
did not make the resulting lard equal
in firmness to that made by continued
feeding of corn.
In this c.xpemcnt the lard pro
duced by feeding chufas was prac
tically as soft as that obtained from
peanut-fed pigs.
Age No Barrier.
That age is no barrier to scholastic
attainments is frequently demon
strated. It often happens that men
who enter a university at the age when
most students graduate, make better
records than their fellows. Perhaps
it is due to ripened intellectual pow
ers, perhaps to the fact that they work
harder and more earnestly and waste
less time. Such a case was that of
Dr. Phillip Arthur Reppert. who was
recently awarded the Benjamin Rush
medal for the highest scholarship dur
ing the last four years at Rush Medi
cal College. He was selected for the
honor frcm a class of 227. Two years
ago Mr. Iteppcrt won the Freer medal.
It is the first time in the history of the
institution that one student has woe
both medals. Dr. Reppert was form
erly a railroad man. For ten years
he was train- dispatcher on the Bur
lington road, afterwards becoming a
dispatcher and trainmaster on the
Union Pacific. When five years ago,
at the age of 38, he sought entrance
to Rush Medical College, the dean
feared he would not be able to keep
up withtthe classes aad 'advised klm
to take a -year's preparatory course.
The potato has become the most
extensively cultivated and valuable
of esculent tubers, both in this and
foreign countries, although when first
introduced as an article of food it
was regarded with disfavor or in
difference by the majority, and won
Its way gradually into popular esteem.
In many localities It Is the practice
of the merchants buying butter to pay
the same price for all butter, good and
bad. This is one of the hardest cus
toms with which the progressive dairy
man has to deal. The custom is a bad
one. as it discriminates In favor of had
batter and against good.
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