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THE STATE IN A NUTSHELL.
riattsmouth workmen are planningj
for a big time labor day.
Near Wood River, Olie Scharley. 1C:
years old, was killed by the kick of a
mule.
Mrs. Jacob Macbital. residing in the
north part of Beatrice, was badly in
jured by being kicked in the face by
a colt she was trying to lariat.
Mrs. Sarah Riley fell down-stairs at
her home in Nebraska City and re
ceived a fracture of the skull, which
is thought by her physician will prove
fatal, owing to her advanced age.
At a meeting held in Newport the
Newport, Hammond & Southern Tele
phone company was formally organ
ized with a capital stock of $3,000
and. articles of incorporation were
adopted.
The Fremont Telephone company,
which has heretofore given its pat
rons free conversation with Hooper,
serves notice that after August IS it
will charge a toll of 15 cents for three
minute talks.
The home of O. M. and A. C. Gun
nison, two miles east of Hpwe. Nema
ha county, was struck by lightning
and totally destroyed by Are. The
loss was about $100. insured in an
Omaha company for $600.
The Omaha passenger train on the
Missouri Pacific railway, as it came
into Nebraska City struck a team of
horses belonging to Frank Lawrence,
a grocer, and killed them on a cross
ing. The driver was slightly injured.
During a storm a barn belonging to
John R. Heed, living six miles west
of Milford. was struck by lightning
and burned. It contained twenty-five
tons of new hay. 200 bushels of oats,
a new harness, a new hay fork and
other tools.
Dr. C. I... Pickett preached his fare
well sermon to the members of the
Christian church in Tccumseh last
Sunday. He leaves for Minneapolis
and early in September he sails for
the Philippine islands, where he goes
as a missionary.
An effort to organize a building and
loan association in Sarpy county is
being made at Papillion. C. B. Tower,
who is booming the matter, has met
with much encouragement. Most all
of the prominont business men are in
favor of it and will subscribe for
stock.
Ten leases, covering 1.200 acres of
land in the vicinity of Louisville,
were filed in the county recorder's of
fice by the Omaha Petroleum, Gas
and Coal companj. In addition to this
land the company has other leases
on about a thousand acres of property
in that part of the county.
A lad from Rock Island, 111., who
Is visiting relatives just south of Cal
laway and who had never seen a
larl-wire.fence, was introduced to one
In a manner which he will never for
get. While playing around the place,
he ran into the wire, cutting his throat
in a very serious manner. He will re
cover. During an electrical storm the barn
on Mrs. Ellen Murphy's farm, seven
miles west of Tecumseh, was struck
by lightning. A farm hand was in the
barn unharnessing his team and both
horses were struck and killed. The
man was rendered unconscious but
not injured. The barn and contents
were burned.
Herman Winkler of Norfolk report
ed to the police of Council Bluffs early
Sunday morning that he had been
dnigged and robbed of f 285 and a gold
watch by unknown men at take Mana
wa the night previous.
Charles Griess. a prominent farmer
living three miles north of Tecumseh.
undertook to stop a ninaway team.
He caught hold of the bridle with one
hand and was thrown or drawn under
the horses and the wagon also run
over him. He had three ribs broken
and was otherwise badly mangled. His
Injuries are thought to be fatal.
While crossing a bridge a few days
ago two miles north of Barada the
structure gave way and the occupants
of a buggy. Samuel Van Osdel, Geoy;
Savior and William Awe. togethfft
with horses anfl buggy, and bridge,
were landed in the water sixteen feet
below. Mr. Van Osdel was the most
unfortunate, sustaining a broken leg
and dislocated wrist. The horses were
saved.
Arrangements are about made for
a match race between the running
hose teams of the York and Seward
fire departments, which will be run at
Seward sometime the latter part of
the month. A purse of 950 has been
made up for the winning team.
' William Schultz has brought an
action against the Fremont brewery
for $5,000 damages on account of in
juries sustained by the alleged negli
gence of the defendant in the con
struction and operation of a machine
for running a steam scoop.
As the result of a drunken spree
and a quarrel Charles Balliet is dead
and Alex Blair, his stepson, is in the
Hartington jail, by his own confession
charged with the crime. The murder
occurred three miles northwest of St.
Helena, at the home of the murdered
man. The man was killed by a blow
from the fist
Thomas Zimmerman, a prominent
German fanner residing In Hanover
township. Gage county, sold forty
head of hogs whk-h averaged 400
pounds.
The $2,500 damage suit of Mrs. Cal
Vandevere against the village of
tSIla has finally been settled out of
court for a consideration jbf $375,
which has been paid the injured party.
Some time ago the board offered to
settle by paying $300, but Mrs. Van
devere's lawyers held out for $400 and
finally a compromise was effected.
The 7-year-old son of a fanner
named Hille, living near Hadar, died
from lockjaw. The convulsions were
caused by stepping upon a stubbla in
tha 114 twelve days ago.
I Matters in Nebraska.
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FARMERS READY FOR BUSINESS
Elevator is Completed, Paid for and
Money to Run lt
MINDEN A large and enthusiastic
meeting of the Farmers' Grain and
Supply company of Minden was held
at the court house, and many matters
of interest were taken up and dis
cussed in connection with the comple
tion and operation of their new ele
vator. The membership numbers over
250, and many of them have taken
stock to the full limit New mem
bers were taken in and old ones in
creased their stock until $1,700 was
raised in about thirty minutes. Shares
enough have been already taken to
pay spot cash for the elevator and
have money left to begin business
with. It is a modern, up-to-date build
ing, equipped with machinery to
handle and clean grain to the very
best advantage, and John D. Jones,
one of the best grain men in this part
of the state, has been employed to at
tend to it. The house is built on
ground owned 'by the company on a
B. & M. side track, and nothing is
needed now except "the grain and cars
to ship it in.
FIND MISSrNG MONEY PACKAGE
Located Under Pile of Lumber, But No
Clue as to the Thief.
KEARNEY Tho $1,000 package
supposed to have been stolen from the
safe of the Union Pacific depot last
week has been recovered. Officers
were called in who were assisted in
their search by Pickering and Boyle,
the former on duty the night the
money disappeared and the latter hav
ing been laid off a couple of days be
fore. The money was found in Stick
les' lumber yard under a pile of lum
ber and was wrapped in a newspaper.
Superintendent Patterson had no
theory to advance regarding the mat
ter of loss or recovery and said that
no further steps would be taken to
apprehend the person or persons who
took the money.
War About Wires.
At Fremont a force of linemen for
the Nebraska Telephone company, un
der the direction of Manager Cumings
of the Fremont exchange cut the wires
connecting the Farmers' and the
Hooper telephone exchanges at a point
near the brick yards west of Hooper.
This action was taken by the Neb
raska company to enforce its contract
with the Farmers' system, which pro
hibits the latter from making connec
tions with any exchange except those
belonging to the Bell concern. Four
wires leading southwest from Hooper
were severed. In being thus cut off,
farmers having 'phones on the Farm
ers' line will henceforth have no com
munication with patrons of the Hooper
and Fremont Telephone companies, as
in the past. Before the Farmers' com
pany signed up its contract with the
Bell it entered into an agreement with
the Hooper company for a free ex
change of service. This contract has
now expired.
To a bad attack of the hives add a
little prickly heat, a few mosquitoes
and a graphaphone playing in the next
house and you Cave a sample of intol
erable misery.
Wahoo Gets New Court House.
WAHOO The people of Wahoo are
celebrating over the result of the spe
cial election to vote bonds to the
amount of $85,000 for the erection of
a new court house. The proposition
carried by a three-fourths majority.
"Doctor" a Cocaine Victim.
YORK Dr. R. E. Bassett. who was
taken from a train at York because
he acted so strangely that the passen
gers believed him to be of unsound
mind, was taken to his home at St.
Joseph. Mo., by the sheriff. The man
was suffering from the influence of
cocaine and morphine. He was rep
resenting an alleged "hospital com
pany" of St. Joseph.
Craig Plans Com Carnival.
CRAIG A corn carnival at Craig
is hilled for August 26 and 27. A. L.
Sutton of South Omaha will deliver
the address the first day. The sec
ond day will be Royal Achates day.
with an address in the interests of
that order.
Boy KHIed In Runaway.
WOOD RIVER Ollie Schooley, the
16-year-old son of Isaac Schooley, was
killed in a runaway accident here. He
was driving a spirited team of mules
and they, became frightened at a cow
which he was hauling in the wagon.
The boy was thrown from the wagon
and dragged a considerable distance.
When assistance reached him Tie was
unconscious and before medical aid
could arrive he was dead.
Big Price for Land.
COLUMBUS There seems to be no
limit to the price of land in this coun
ty. Twelve months ago $55 was the
high price for farm land and some
were inclined to the belief that that
figure would hold the record, but last
week Mrs. John Ahrens refused an of
fer of $75 cash for 160 acres of land
in Bismarck township which is unim
proved except that it is fenced.- The
offer was made by Frank Arni, who
owns 320 acres in the same section.
Fremont Bey Arrested in Portland.
PORTLAND, Ore. Arthur Lucas,
aged 14, whose home is Fremont.
Neb., was arrested late at night for
roaming the streets here. In court
Lucas declared he had run away from
home three months ago on account of
his father's cruelty. After hearing the
lad's story he was turned over to the
Boys' and Girls' Aid society. He will
be placed in a good family here and
sent to school, as he claims he ran
away partly to gat education.
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Cover Crops and Peach Tree.
The location of tho peach orchard
and the moisture supply of any one
year have much to do with the value
of a cover crop: The peach orchard
located on a level plain and the peach
orchard located on a hillside will be
have very differently under almost any
condition. The hill location is the de
sirable one; the plain location the un
desirable one, at least in the northern
states. There are many orchards in
both situations. In most years, espe
cially in dry years, the cover crop,
planted in midsummer will do more
good on the low land than on the high
land.
The main object of planting some
kind of a cover crop now, say of mil
let, Is to stop the further growth of
the trees and to force them to ripen
their wood. Young peach trees are
very much inclined to grow too long
In the summer and fall. This is due
to the fact that the peach is natur
ally a rather warm country tree and
requires a long season to get Its
growth and mature, which is also true
of some varieties of apples. A cover
ctop planted at this time will begin
in a few weeks to take up the surplus
moisture from the ground and to shut
off the amount that the peach tree
can get. This is a desirable thing
at this time of year, for the trees have
obtained all necessary growth by the
middle of July. If they are checked
at this time the rest of the season will
be spent hardening up their wood for
winter.
For the same reason cultivation of
peach orchards should not be contin
ued after this time. Clean cultivation
is a great conseri'cr of moisture, and
such conservation has the effect of
stimulating the continued growth of
tho peach tree. Many an orchard has
been ruined by this treatment. It is
not desirable to let an orchard go to
grass, but on the other hand it is not
desirable to carry the stimulation in
duced by clean culture too far.
It has been found that on high land
the effects of cultivation are less gen
erally than on low land. The trees
will frequently stop growing anyway
at about this time, whether cultivated
or not later, and will begin to mature
their wood. Possibly in a very wet
year this would not be the case, and
growth would continue too lato here
as well as elsewhere. It is therefore
safe to use a cover crop even on high
situations, as wet summers and fall
are always possible. Moreover the
cover crop acts as a protector to the
roots of the trees during the cold ol
winter, and prevents the frequent
freezing and thawing of the ground.
In case of a very wet season inducing
growth, there is this much gained
anyway.
Several stations are carrying on ex
periments with cover crops, and their
results are being published from time
to time. Their work will be carefully
watched, as it is certain that cover
crops have a great bearing on the
success or failure of peach orchards
toward the northern limit of their pos
sible growth.
Spraying is Necessary.
In an address on spraying. Prof. F.
M. Webster said: The canker worm,
the tent caterpillar, leafrollers and
other native leaf-eating insects, find
instead of an occasional wild cherry
tree, wild crabapple tree or wild plum
tree, whole acres of improved varie
ties of these, acres upon acres of
raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and
grape. Grass feeding insects find
hundreds and thousands of acres of
grassy plants more tender and juicy
than the natural grasses. Is it any
wonder that native insects, before
confined to a less number of less
fruitful trees, with an occasional year
that permitted almost no fruit at all
to grow, thus almost exterminating
them, should, under such favorable
conditions as are offered by our pres
ent system of fruit, vegetable and
grain culture, thrive and increase in
numbers far beyond what they would
under less artificial and less favor
able surroundings? We first create
an environment, unnatural and vast
ly more favorable than the original
for the development of insect ene
mies of our crops, and bring about the
very conditions that these insects are
intended to prevent, and then wonder
why it is that they do what is the
mo6t natural things in the world for
them feed and breed in the midst of
plenty. It has always seemed to me
that the fruit grower who planted out
his orchards, vineyards and berry
fields, and gave them no protection
from their natural enemies, was do
ing about what a commanding general
would do if he were to send a divi
sion of his army into the enemy's
country and not support it with other
troops. It is as plain as can possibly
be that the fruit-grower must use arti
ficial measures to fight the enemies
of his crops, if he expects to succeed.
The present conditions are now what
they are. and we cannot now change
them. This being true, it is mani
festly the proper course to pursue, in
seeking by artificial means to coun
teract, so far as possible, the adverse
effects of these present conditions.
Thus, the spraying of plants with in
secticides and fungicides becomes im
perative. The Partridge Cochin.
The Partridge Cochin is a beautiful
yet difficult fowl to breed, and in
plumage is much after the pattern of
the Dark Brahma, the color being red
and brown, instead of the steel-grey
effect of tne latter. The head of male
in color is bright red hackle, bright
red or orange red, with a distinct
black stripe down the center of each
feather; saddle feathers same as
hackle; Lreast and body rich deep
black; wing bows, red; primaries,
black on the inside web. with a bay
edging on the outside web; secondaries
black on tne inside web and rich bay
on the outside web. terminating with
greenish-black at the end of each
feather; wing coverts, greenish-black,
forming a well-defined bar of that
color across the wing when folded;
tail, black.
The female is the prettier of the
two. Her head is 'small and of a rich
brown plumage, with a stout, well
curved beak, yellow in color. Her
eyes are bay and mild in expression.
The head is ornamented with a small
single comb, set perfectly straight
upon the head and bright red in color.
The wattles are small, well rounded
and fine in texture; the earlobes are
well developed and are also fine in
texture.
Advocate the silo, and if you have
will thus benefit both the public and
not one yourself, construct one. You
yourself.
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The Calf and. the Cow.
The dairy calf, to be raised econom
ically and with the greatest chance of
developing into a valuable dairy cow,
must be raised by band, says Jt H.
Grisdale. True, considerable skill and
careful attention are necessary to suc
ceed along this line, but careful ob
servance of four or five principles Will
insure success: First, regularity of
feeding; second, uniformity in quan
tity of food; third, uniformity in qual
ity of food; fourth, Uniformity in tem
perature of food; fifth, cleanliness.
The young calf should be fed at least
three times a day for two or three
weeks, and preferably four times. The
ration the first week or ten days
should consist of whole milk fed at a
temperature of about 100 degrees
Fahr. This ration may be gradually
changed to skim milk by introducing
a small amount into the whole milk
ration and gradually increasing the
proportion, being careful to feed al
ways at the same temperature. The
place of the fat removed in the cream
may be taken by oatmeal or flaxseed
meal boiled, being careful to make
but a very slight addition in the usual
amount at any one time. Most ills
that calves are heir to arise from a vio
lation of some one of the principles I
have mentioned or from a lack of
cleanliness. Almost every case of
scours or indigestion may be traced
to some sudden change in the time of
feeding, the quantity or temperature
of food fed. "The boy is father of
the man" is a trite saying, but even
more surely the calf is mother of
the cow. The ill-fed, dyspeptic, un
thrifty calf can never hope to develop
anything but a commonplace cow, and
two or three successive generations of
calves so treatel arc surely enough
to chill the aspirations of the most
sanguine dairy man. The calf once
past the age of three months is usual
ly safe, the danger from that time on
lying in the risk of getting too much
food and taking on fat rather than
growing. It is usually best to breed
when about 15 months old and when
four or five months advanced in preg
nancy, or even sooner, a heavier ration
of a kind fitted for milking cows
should be fed. As parturition ap
proaches she should be fed as much as
she can stand of foods suited for
cows in full milk, even though she get
fat and develop an abnormal udder.
Much of her future usefulness depends
upon her treatment during the first
period of her lactation. A ration must
be found that will induce milk produc
tion, but such as will not encourage
the laying on of fat She must be
treated kindly, well fed and milked
for twelve months or longer. Habits
formed during the milking period stick
to the cow as long as she lasts. So
let these habits be good ones. In
conclusion to the prospective dairy
man I say as was once said to me:
"Breed, weed, feed and hustle" but
of these the greatest is feed.
Danish Dairy Cattle.
We may very properly inquire
whether there are cattle in other
countries which would improve our
dairy herds or be a valuable acquisi
tion to the variety we now possess.
Although others may hold different
views, it is the belief of the writer
that the only countries to which any
attention can profitably be given in
this connection are Denmark, France,
and Switzerland. The first named
furnishes the best example in the
world of dairying as a national spec
ialty, of rapid development, and of
present high average production and
excellence. Here we find the Red
Danish cattle to be the standard stock,
and very satisfactory business cows
they are, of a pronounced dairy type.
But they lack uniformity except in
color, particularly in udder develop
ment and other dairy points, and in
the show ring the very best of them
could not hopefully compete with the
best of any one of the four leading
dairy breeds of this country- As dairy
performers they are good, but not re
markable; the best yearly records the
writer has seen show an average pro
duction of 8,000 to 8,800 pounds of
milk per cow, in herds of 11 to 19
animals of all ages, with an average
fat content of about 3 per cent, an
equivalent of 290 to 325 pounds of
butter per year. A very celebrated
herd of 70 cows averaged 7,150 pounds
of milk a year. In Jutland there is a
distinctively dairy race of sharply de
fined black and white markings in ap
pearance reminding one of Holland
cattle, and still more of Brittanies, al
though between these two races in
size. They are very attractive cows,
of rather less than medium size, and
excellent milkers. Both these races
of Danish cattle may be credited with
being economical producers; yet none
of them are wanted here, for super
lative excellence seems to be lacking
on the one hand, while on the other
they appear predisposed to tubercu
losis and very generally tainted with
this insidious and dread disease.
Henry E. Alvord in Year Book.
Profits in Sheep.
In the management of sheep, how to
produce the greatest profit from the
flock is the first consideration; not
how to produce the greatest number
of lambs, as is usually the case with
the young shepherd, but to produce an
animal that will give the greatest
profit for the labor and expense in
volved. We will suppose that the
shepherd has secured his flock of ewes
in the fall. What breed? Well, that
is a matter of fancy; any of the good
breeds will do, so long as they have
been judiciously selected. The next
and greatest consideration would be
the selection of a ram. He should
be big, strong and rugged, and, above
all things, typical of his breed and
full of quality. The ewe influences
only her own progeny, the ram the
whole flock, and on him depends its
improvement or retrogression. A
strong shearling or older ram Is ca
pable of serving from 50 to 70 ewes,
or more, according to treatment. If
he has only 50 ewes, he may be al
lowed to run with the flock, and fed
night and morning. If from 50 to 100
he will require to be kept inside and
only allowed one service of each ewe,
night and morning, as they come in
season. It is a good plan to mark the
ram's breast v ith lamp black mixed
with oil, and in ten or fifteen days
change the color. The ewe's rump is
thus marked, and according to the
color the time of lambing is calcu
lated. A. D. Gamley.
Seeds do not always- germinate soon
after they are sown, but may lie dor
mant for several years, covered per
haps by too great depth of soil. When
favorable conditions arise they burst
forth in abundance.
The effects of barnyard manure
have, been seen in a soil twenty years
after its application.
Chinese Incubators.
The Chinese have been using incubators-
Tor centuries, how many no
man can telL Hatching chicks by this
meanfe is a trade there, and Certain
Chinamen do nothing else, at least
during the four months of the hatch
ing scasom We illustrate herewith a
Chinese incubator seen from the out
side, and show also a cross section
of the same. Such an incubator will
hold from 1,200 to 1,350 eggs. The in
cubator is three feet high and three
feet in diameter. About 20 to 30 of
CHINESE INCUBATOR,
these are kept in a single room, and
this room is heated by a fire of char
coal. No thermometer Is used, but
the heat of the eggs is ascertained by
touching one or two to his eyeball.
"Nothing is done by rule; but the man
that takes charge of the incubator
plant becomes very expert in the mat
ter of temperatures and has little
trouble in keping the heat about right.
If the eggs become too hot, he airs
CROSS SECTION OF CIIIN-.3E INCU
BATOR. them; if they become too cool he cov
ers them with warm blankets. The
per cent of hatches usually runs from
60 to 70. This is very good when it is
understood that it includes the infer
tile eggs, which are taken out and
sold after a few days of incubation.
Chicks are hatched out by the thou
sands and retailed to the villagers at
from 1 to 1 cents each. The prac
tice of heating the whole room instead
of the incubator only is one that has
been followed to a small extent in this
country.
The Guinea Hen.
From the Farmers' Review: The
Guinea hen is one of the most inter
esting fowls on the farm. She is al
ways wide awake and lively, always
.on the lookout for any enemy that may
appear, and when seen she is not slow
to give the alarm, which oftimes is a
great protection to the other fowls.
Then she is a great layer; will com
mence soon as it is warm in spring
and will be a regular contributor to
the egg basket till fall, if not allowed
to sit They can be raised as easily
as chickens and when they are raised
with chickens they will be as gentle
as chickens. The white Guineas are
finer table fowls than the colored ones,
as their flesh is of a lighter color, and
their skin more yellow. I don't think
any one could tell the difference be
tween young guinea fried and a young
prairie chicken, and an old one is as
an old prairie chicken. When hatched
with chicken hens they have to be
shut up with a hen four or five days
until they get used to the ben's cluck,
then they can be turned out and fed
the same as chickens. They are
great foragers, always on the go, and
catch a great many insects. If they
want to go into the garden, let them
go for they will not scratch up any
thing, and are not likely to eat any
thing but insects and worms. A. Z.
Copcland, Vermilion County, Illinois.
Breeding Young Cows.
An experienced stockman says:
Very thin and very fat heifers are
alike undesirable for breeding pur
poses; what is desired is good condi
tion without running to either ex
treme. In regard to the age at which
the heifer should be bred, much de
pends on the development of the ani
'mal. If the heifer is small or backward
in any way, it is advantageous to de
lay breeding two or three months, but
it will rarely be found advisable to
delay breeding later than twenty-four
months, as a longer delay may make
it difficult to get some heifers in calf.
Great caution should be observed in
using a heavy bull upon young heifers
for fear of serious injury to the heifer.
When once safe in calf all that is re
quired Is good feed and care till near
calving time, which brings us back to
our starting point Everything should
be done to develop the milking qual
ities of the heifer by feeding food
suitable for milk production and giv
ing an abundance of clear, wholesome
water to drink. Invariably the best
breeders are the best milkers, and it
behooves the breeder of Shorthorn
cattle, so long famous for their milk
ing qualities, to see' that this is not
neglected.
The Kitchen Garden.
While gardening is steadily on the
increase, yet it is a deplorable fact
that many farmers have little or no
garden and by this means deprive
themselves of a privilege that should
be taken advantage of by every one.
Nothing is more healthful or more
easily produced for the use of the
family than a good supply of garden
vegetables of all kinds. Thus it is
that nearly the entire living of the
family can be secured from such a
garden for several months in the year,
and that living is the most healthful
and palatable of anything that can be
furnished, especially when iruits are
added. We would not advise farmers
who are not within easy reach of a
good market or canning establish
ment to attempt to raise much more
than enough for their own use, be
cause in a great many places the busi
ness is overdone and prices are kept
at a low figure. This, coupled with
the prevailing scarcity of help, ma
terially interferes' with the looked for
success, when carried on on a large
scale. John Vanloon.
Dr. Livingstone's Compass.
The Royal Geographical Society has
recently acquired the boat's compass
used by Dr. Livingstone on his first
journey down the Zambesi valley ia
1655.
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Poll Evil and Fistula.
We have recently received inquiries
as to treatment of these two trouble
some diseases and will deal with them
jointly, as they are much alike. Poll
evil is the term commonly applied
to a swelling forming back of the
ears, due to bruise on stable door or
roof or elsewhere, and finally forming
pus, which runs from openings con
necting with ramifying pipes or sin
uses. Fistula of the withers, often
termed "thisUlo." is a similar en
largement and condition of the with
ers, due to bruising from collar, roll
ing, blows, bites of other horses, etc.
The first principle of successful treat
ment is to see that pus has free out
let from the first. If it is allowed
to remain in the abscess and merely
leak out of a small opening, it bur
rows deeply and forms pipes wuich
run in different, directions, and so ag
gravate the condition that it is later
very difficult to cure. In poll evil and
fistula the enlargement may, if taken
in time, sometimes be scattered by
repeated blistering. For this purpose
mix together two drachms each of
powdered cantharides and biniodideof
mercury In two ounces of lard; clip
hair from part; rub the blister in for
15 minutes; wash it off In three days,
then apply lard daily. It is also well
to smear lard under the blistered part
so that sound skin may not be in
jured. Repeat blistering every two
weeks unless skin is too sore. This
blistering is also to be done in the
treatment of abscesses of the poll and
withers, which have been opened and
are seen to be healing nicely. If the
blister on the unopened abscess does
not scatter It it will have the effect
of bringing It "to a head" so that
when the enlargement becomes soft
It may be freely opened for the evacu
ation of pus. The opening may be
fearlessly made in the abscess of the
withers, but in the poll evil the seat
of the abscess is a dangerous one
and the knife must be carefully used.
Merely open through the skin at the
softest place, then introduce the
cleansed finger and with it break
down the tissues underlying the skin
until all parts of the abscess have
been explored and to provide free
drainage then cut the skin further
so as to make a free opening. If the
skin alone be cut in this way im
portant arteries are not likely to be
cut and dangerous bleeding will not
take place. The openings should be
made as low as possible, so that the
pus may find free vent, and it is usu
ally necessary to open on both sides
of the neck or withers, as the pipes
run from one side to another. Hav
ing made the first openings, then lo
cate the end of each pipe and pocket
and open at such ends, so that pus
may drain out This cutting done
in both cases, the next step Is to keep
the cavities free from pus, and we
have found that this is best done by
free washing with a large quantity of
hot antiseptic solution. We prefer two
gallons of hot 2 per cent solution of
permanganate of potash, introduced
by means of a nozzle attached to a
long, half-inch hose fitted onto a tin
spout let into the rim at bottom of
a large, clean pail, to be hoisted high
above horse's back. Use this once
daily to flush out the cavities, and
when done pack the cavities in fis
tula of the withers with oakum, to be
saturated in a mixture of equal parts
of turpentine and raw linseed oil, and
in poll evil syringe out cavities with
a solution of an ounce of chloride of
zinc, two ounces of sulphate of zinc
and a drachm of hydrochloric acid in
a pint of water. Smear lard under
the openings to prevent skin from
being excoriated, and each day probe
openings with finger to make sure
that no new pockets have formed, and
if such are found, open them freely
as before. It will require from two
to six months to cure a had case of
fistula of either location, but the
above plan will be found effective, for
it has been practiced for many years.
In starting to treat a chronic, bad
case of fistula of either trouble, we
also advocate the internal use of
iodide of potash in drachm doses
twice daily, except for pregnant mares,
as it is likely to cause abortion. It
is useless to be constantly changing
the treatment and doing what every
neighbor advises. Stick to one plan
and follow it out patiently until tne
cure is obtained, and this necessitates
cleanliness such as we have sug
gested. Farmers' Review.
Dairy Utensils.
From Farmers' Review: The uten
sils used by dairymen are often simply
rinsed, the milk remaining in the
seams and corners and more or less
over the whole surface. When in
such condition if they are allowed to
stand in a warm place bacteria will
develop in them very rapidly, so that
by the time of the next milking a
good crop will be ready to take pos
session of the new milk. Often when
utensils are washed they are not prop
erly rinsed and the water together
with the cloths used in washing and
wiping are heavily loaded with bac
teria so that after the utensils are to
all appearances clean they may even
yet be covered with a layer of bac
teria. They should be rinsed first
with cold or luke warm water, not hot
as this coagulates the albumen of the
milk, causing it to adhere to the ves
sel. After rinsing they should be
washed in hot water using some clean
ing substance as soap or salsoda, again
rinsed and sterilized thoroughly either
by means of steam or boiling water
and placed in the sun where dust can
not blow on them. Fresh milk is easily
removed but if allowed to become dry
or sour it is difficult to get off. If the
utensils cannot be cleaned imme
diately after using, fill them with
water to prevent drying. Utensils
should be heavily tinned and should
be discarded as soon as the tin is
worn off; the fewer seams the better,
and what there are should be flllea
with solder, leaving no place for dirt
to collect. Wooden pails cannot be
properly cleaned. Cans in which milk
is hauled to the .factory should be
washed and sterilized at the factory
and the skim milk returned in other
vessels. Milk cans should not be tight
ly closed when put away, for the free
circulation of the air will keep them
dry and prevent the growth of germs.
W. J. Fraser, University of Illinois.
Seems Useless, Under the Conditions.
"Black Tom" of Snake Hill, N. J.,
who has just died, at the age of 102,
attributed his longevity to the fact
that he drank whisky and smoked to
bacco all his life. He also spent his
whole life in New Jersey, which may
help to account for it.
Hoeing destroys many weeds. This
is the best way to clear out most of
those with tap roots, which should be
cut below the crown.
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The Good Days.
lh. do you minl the old days. when Ufe
was in Its spring.
.Yhert every hour had promise, and hope
wan strong of wing.
The drifting on the river, the singing
on the shore,
n the good old days, the old c:ys. the
days that come no more?
I'ho sunrise lights have faded a?jd hearts
grown grave since then.
nd we have worked and wetrleu In a
world of busy men.
tct still the magic lingers that wakes
the smile and sigh
'or the good days, the glad days, the
days that nave gone oy.
?o let us live that these days, in looking
back, may prove
s rich with happy memories, ns bright
with constant love.
That we may call them also, when our
heads are white as snow.
The good days, the dear days, the days
or long ago"
The Congregationalism
Militia Saved Gettysburg.
There is one factor in the opera
:iofls of the two armies in the Gettys
oitrg campaign, says Abraham B.
CJreen in the New York Herald, that
is entirely eliminated by most histor
ians and by Gen. John B. Gordon and
Daniel E. Sickles, and that Is the
militia troops of New York and Penn
sylvania who defended Harrisburg and
the line of Susquehanna. Gen. Gordon
states that he was leading the advance
of Elwell's corps and was ready to
cross the river at Wrightsville and
march on Pniladelphia. but was pre
vented by the burning of the bridge:
but he omits to state, as do other
writers, that it was the militia who
burned the bridge and who were
ready on the opposite bank of the
river to dispute his crossing and to
defend Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Gen. Gordon thinks that if he had not
been withdrawn from his attack on
the Union right on the first day the
Confederates might have won the vic
tory. But what would have resulted
if the New York militia, 13,000 strong,
had not been on hand to check this
march on Harrisburg? It is all very
well to say forty years after the bat
tic that Elwell was recalled from his
attack on Harrisburg by I.ee, when the
fact is that he was foiled In his at
tempt to cross the river and was
checked by the determined stand tak
en by the militia troops on the other
side.
The war department issued an order
(General Order No. 195. June 29, 1863)
promising a medal of honor for the
services of these troops services
which Gen. George W. Wingate de
scribes as "a forlorn hope" but it
has never been issued. The regiments
from New York were the Eighth. Seventy-first.
Thirteenth. Twenty-third,
Twenty-eighth. Fifty-second. Fifty
sixth, Eleventh, Twenty-second and
Thirty-seventh, and were composed of
such soldiers as Woodward, Aspin
wall. Everdell, Bokee, John Q. Adams.
Varian. Dakin. Asa Bird Gardiner.
Wingate, James B. Bache, Ludlam and
many other men well known since in
military and business circles. Several
bills have been introduced in congress
to approprite money for these medals,
but they have all failed to pass. The
only survivor of the militia at Gettys
burg who has received a medal is CoL
Asa Bird Gardiner.
Battle of Fort Wagner.
Members of the Robert G. Shaw
veteran association met last night at
their headquarters. 5 Aiden street, and
held exercises commemorative of the
fortieth anniversary of the battle of
Fort Wagner. The principal speakers
were Judge Charles Cowley of Lowell.
Maj. J. Wesley Furlong, commander
of the corps, who was present at that
battle and near Col. Robert G. Shaw
when he fell leading his black sol
diers of the Fifty-fourth Massachu
setts Volunteers.
" Judge Cowley said In part: "Forty
years ago to-day your regiment won a
high place in the history of the civil
war. Col. Shaw, in the battle's van,
laid down his life for the noblest of
causes.
"What Massachusetts regiment has
been honored as the Fifty-fourth has
been honored, in the Shaw memorial
at the Common? What Massachusetts
regiment has a better regimental his
tory than that which Capt. Emilio has
given us of the Fifty-fourth?
"Not long since. I was gratified to
learn from Col. Solon A. Carter, the
state treasurer of New Hampshire,
who was attached to the staff of Gen.
Charles J. Payne of Boston, the par
ticulars of the restoration of Col.
Shaw's sword to his father by Col.
Carter. On the night of Shaw's death
that sword fell into the hands of an
officer of the Thirty-first North Caro
lina regiment, who. meeting Col. Car
ter afterward in Virginia, delivered
the sword to him to be forwarded to
Col. Shaw's father in New York.
"It was so forwarded, and was iden
tified by Mr. Shaw by the initials 'R.
G. S.' etched upon the blade. To the
father of your colonel, as long as he
lived, that sword was more precious
tnan gold. He has long since crossed
the river and joined his son. During
the past year Col. Shaw's mother has
followed him. Unless the widow or
the sisters desire to retain it this as
sociation might be instrumental in se
curing that sword for Memorial Hall
in the state house. There it should be.
with the flag under which he fell."
Boston Globe.
The "Bloody Angle."
"Some of us." said the captain,
"have been looking for twenty year
for men who played a very unusual
part In the fight at the bloody angle
at Spottsylvania on the 12th of May,
1S64. After Hancock's corps had cap
tured the first line of Lee's works at
the salient, and after the Sixth corps
under Wright had plunged Into the
fight, there were several pieces of ar
tillery left near the angle, which were
put in action again by infantrymen
from different regiments. Up to May
15. we of the Army of the Potomac
had not been able to locate more than
one of these men.
"Eight or ten gi.r.s were captured
by Hancock's men in the first charge
arl? on the morning of May 12. When
the rebels attempted to recapture the
works at the angle, some of these guns
were drawn out and turned on the
charging enemy. Later, two guns of
battery C. Fifth United States Artil
lery, were ordered close up 10 the an
gle by Gen. Wright himself. The guns
went as ordered, but the staff officer
cuiding them was shot before they
cached the designated position, and in
a few minutes all the horses had been
shot, seven of the twenty-three men
hart been killed and sixteen wounded.
Then, of course, the guns were
abandoned. Ten years ago the only
survivors of that squad were Lieut.
Metcalf and Sergt. William E. Lines.
To show the character of the rifle fire
poured on the men manning the guns
it may he said that in the time given
to firing nine rounds, twenty-seven bul-
lets passed through the lid of the lim
ber chest and thirty-nine ballets
through the spoage bucket of the right
gun. In spite of the fact that ao men
could live ia such a Are, officers of a
Vermont regiment and of the Nicety
Fifth Pennsylvania raa to tho assis
tance of Lieut. Metcalf aad Sergt.
Lines, but these fell before the guns
were abandoned.
"Later men of the Fifth Wisconsin
and other regiments manned theso
guns and some of those captured that
morning."
Hew a Lie Saved the Capital.
On July 9. 1864. at the battle of
Monocacy. Md.. a member ef the One
Hundred and Sixth New York. First
Brigade. Third Division. Sixth Corps,
was captured early in the fight. Ho
was taken before Gen. Early's Provost-Marshal-General,
and questioned
as follows:
"Yank, what troops are those over
there?"
The answer came promptly, "The
Sixth Corps."
This statement was met with the
assertion: "You are a liar." -
'You are no gentleman." said tho
prisoner. "I am an unarmed prisoner
of war; if I were not there would be
trouble here and now. I never allow
a man to call me a liar without creat
ing a disturbance; but now I am
helpless."
Southern politeness replied: "Ex
cuse me; I was too hasty; I did not
mean that. But is the whole Sixth
Corps over there?"
"Yes. sir."
"I can not believe yon. and this is
why: About a month ago we left
Cold Harbor, and the Sixth Corps
was In our front; we have been
marching ever since, and now you
say the same corps is before us. How
did you get there?"
"We came up the river on boats.
The old man (Grant) knew where
you were going, so he sent the Sixth
Corps to escort you to Washington.
Now. if you do not believe tiiat the
Sixth Corps Is over there, go over
and you will find out."
This information was conveyed to
Gen. Early, and he knew what it was
to meet the Sixth Corps; he had met
it before, and always got licked. Tho
lie told by the prisoner was this: In
stead of the whole corps being at
Monocacy. only portions of tho First
and Second brigades of the Third
Division were there, with a detach
ment of the Eighth Corps.
I claim that If Gen. Lew Wallace
and Gen. J. B. Ricketts, with the men
under their command, had not fought
so gallantly on that hot July day for.
several hours. Early would have cap
tured our capital. If he had. England
and France might have recognized;
the Confederacy, and it might have
been the end of the United States.
Who can tell what good that lie did?
On July 12. 1864, when Early's forces
were before Washington. gold
reached Its highest point. It was a
critical point in affairs. Walter C.
Strickler, in National Tribune.
A Freak of War.
George I. Klllmer. of Connecticut,
relates the following, which he says
was one of the freaks of war:
"Grant's army reached the North
Anna River May 23. on its flank march
to Richmond. The enemy arose Into
view across the stream. Warren's
corps crossed at Jericho Ford with
slight opposition. The lead was given
to Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett's brigade.
Bartlett's men plunged into the water
with their accouterments on and wad
ed waist deep to the opposite bank.
Using the bluff as a rampart, they
kept down the enemy's fire until a
bridge was laid and the artillery had
crossed.
"The guns and infantry supports had
barely got into position covering the
ford when Col. Brown's South Caro
lina brigade charged and doubled up
Warren's right flank. Bartlett's brig
ade hurried to the rescue at double
quick, and in the maneuver occurred
cne of those odd encounters which
give to war a touch of romance. One
of Bartlett's regiments was the Eighty
third Pennsylvania, a veteran rest
ment. Brown's command included th:
Firi.t South Carolina. These two regi
ments ran into each other, but ihp
Pennsylvanians got in the first fire.
One of them seized Col. Brown and
made him prisoner, and another shot
down the colonel of the First faro
lina. This was the second moetinc of
these regiments, the first having Un
at Gaines's Mill, two ypars before.
Both had fought on every flel.I of hat
tic from 1862 to 1864. and their losses
in killed and wounded wen- about
equal throughout the war. The First
lost 281 men killed in battle, and the
Eighty-third 2S2 killed. The loss of
the Carolinians was next to the high
est in any southern regiment, and that
or the Pennsylvanians next to the
highest among the northern reglments-
"In many other respects these two
regiments had parallel records. Th3
First South Carolina was formed of an
cid militia regiment, composed of Men
ican veterans: it volunteered for a
short term in 1861. and then re-enlisted
for the war. Its first colonel was ;i
hero of the Mexican war. Col. Maxey
Gregg. The Eighty-third Pennsylvania
also grew out of an old militia com
mand, and first entered the service for
three months. Its colonel. John W.
McLane, was a Mexican veteran."
Washington Star.
The National Encampment.
The usual midsummer quiet prevails
among the posts or the Grand Army
of the Republic The only topic of In
terest is the coming National Encamp
ment at San Francisco. Cal., in August
Mrs. Lodusky Taylor, national presi
dent of the Woman's Relief Corps, ha?
issued her general orders for the Na
tional Convention. The order is ir
part as follows:
"The twenty-first national conven
tion of the Women's Relief Corps
Auxiliary to the Grand Army of th
Republic, will he held in San Francis
co. Cal.. August 20 and 21. 1D03.
"Convention will be called to order
promptly at 9:30 a. m.. August 20, at
Golden Gate Hall. 625 Sutter street
The parlors of this hall will he open
to visiting W. R. C. members frorr
Wednesday morning. August 19. unti;
the close of the convention.
"Headquarters will be establishes
at the Palace Hotel. Monday morning
August 17. where all members of tht.
Grand Army of the Republic member;
of the Women's Relief Corps. Sons o:
Veterans and allied orders will b
cordially welcomed. Each delegate
must receive the national password
from her own corps president."
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