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A rough box supposed to ceatata
the rciln of a child was toad
barfed oa top of a grave is the Be
atrice cemetery.
M. C- Bberateln. former proprietor
of the Merchants hotel at Exeter, has
gone to Tobias, where he will engage
fa the hotel business.
T. F. Cooaey. the Northwestern
hishrimsn who was severely iajnred
by MIIh la front of the pilot of an
at Hooper, died from blood poi
v The work of constructing the new
20,000-bushel capacity elevator oa the
Kllpatrick ranch west of Beatrice is
aoc- ia progress aad it is the iaten
ttoe of the builders to have the struc
ture lafsaed before cold weather.
Daa Riser, a wealthy farmer, re
siding aear Murray, Cass couaty. says
he has sold over 600 bushels of
peaches this year, and could have dis
posed of as many more. Some he sold
for $1.50 per bushel, but the best
brought $2 per bushel.
The 5-year-old son of Fred Wegner
at Oekdale Is dead as the result of an
attempt made by two of bis playmates
to make him eat sand. They dislo
cated his neck and a quantity of sand
was found in the boy's stomach. The
offenders are known and will be ar
rested as soon as the coroner's jury
makes Its report.
The corner's jury at Plattsmouth,
sitting on the body of Charles M. Mass
hart, a brakemaa on the local freight
train which runs between Pacific Junc
tion and Lincoln, who was run down
aad killed at Cedar Creek, brought in
a verdict that he came to his death
while making a flying switch, and
blaming the company.
The aew German church at Crete
was dedicated last Sunday. The
church was erected at a cost of about
$4.00 aad was dedicated practically
free of debL The edifice is a hand
some aad commodious one. It is fur
nished with a beautiful altar and pul
pit and is equipped with electric lights
aad other modern conveniences.
Sheriff McBride of Cass county re
turned from Murdock, bringing with
him Arthur Craner, an 18-year-old boy,
against whom a complaint of insanity
had been filed by one of the neigh
bors. The boy has for some time been
acting very queerty and several times;
it is said, has threatened to take the
lives of people residing in the neigh
borhood. He was ordered to the asy
lum. The Law and Order league which
was organized in Papillion a few
weeks ago for the purpose of compel
ling the saloons to abide by the Slo
cumb law, has began active work. A
delegation called upon County Attor
ney Patrick with the request that he
order all saloons to be closed tight on
Sundays. This was done immediately
and Papillion will be dry hereafter on
Sunday.
The Woman's Synodical Missionary
society of Nebraska closed a most suc
cessful meeting at Gibbon. The pro
gram was replete with interest, among
the-speakers being Mrs. D. B. Wells
of Chicago, fleld secretary of the
Board of the Northwest: Miss Thei
esa Stalker of Utica. N. Y.; Miss Car
oline R. Clark of India and Miss Lucy
laaey of xtaines Normal and Indus
trial school of Augusta. Ga., an insti
tution for colored people.
Ably & Son's elevator at Deright
destroyed by fire, contained 20,000
bushels of oats.
Fifteen hundred head of young
steers were shipped to Beatrice by KM
Patrick Bros, lrom Imperial. Chase
county, to be fed on the Kilpatrick
ranch west of Beatrice.
Bryson Baine, n man well known it;
Tecamseh. suffered a fatal fall at
Simpson's livery barn. He went into
the hay loft to sleep and some time
during the night he got up and start
ed to come down. He fell down the
stairway hole and his leg was badly
broken in two places and he suffered
internal injury from which he died.
At the recent session of the county
board Hazlett & Jack of Beatrice were
employed as extra counsel to assist
the 'county attorney in the damage
suits of Harry Vertress and Mrs. Mary
FoMea. now pending against the coun
ty by reason of the collapse of a bridge
west of town. In which the Iatter's hus
band was killed while' crossing the
structure with a thrsehiag machine
aad the former injured.
Work has begun on the Young Men's
Christian association building at Tork.
The contract has been let for $15,000,
complete, with exception of heating,
pfambiag and lighting. Those who
have examined the plans agree in say
tag'that it is the neatest, most mod
ern mid most economical Young Men's
Christian association building yet de
signed. .The Cutoff Fishing association has
Just been organized at Table Rock and
is to be incorporated under the laws
of Nebraska.
One of the trio of ex-convicts sus
pected of having; been' connected with
the Mickey kidnaping case has been
located by the Lincoln police, aad an
emcer states that' Ms suspect, who is
betas; kept under surveillance, was re
apaasible for the presence of the rig
ta the vicinity of the gubernatorial
maawJoa. Acting under the express
orders of Chief Roatxaha, the police
will not say, what eveidence they
have against 8imon, but freely admit
that he is wanted ia connection with
this case.
A resident of Portal was iB Papil
lion and stated that according to ev
ery indication, oil had been discovered
ta that town. The water ia several
wells cam hardly be used oa account of
its oily nature, and especially is this
neticeable ia the wen of Mr. Bryant,
the Missouri Facile section foreman.
At McCook Ire and water damged
W. T. Osieman's stare aad hardware
tack to the exteat of about $3.e0. the
lass beta about equally divided be
tween building aad stock. The loss is
well covered by insurance.
Attorney Says Child Desertion Law ie
Uncenetltatiewal.
DAVID CITY The preliminary
hearing of William E. Monk, charged
with deserting his wife and three
small children, was concluded before
County Judge Skiles. After the state
had introduced evidence aad rested
its ease counsel for the defendant filed
a motion asking the court to dismiss
the cause, for the reason that the law
as passed by the last legislature aad
under which Monk is prosecuted is
ambiguous and unconstitutional. The
entire day was consumed in the argu
ment of the motion and the citation
of authorities by the attorneys. Judge
Skiles overruled the motion and bela
the defendant to the next term of the
district court, which convenes Novem
ber 10, fixing the bond at $300, which
Mr. Monk was unable to give, and he
was remanded to the county jail. .
County Attorney Bvans is assisted
ia the prosecution of the case by Matt
Miller and C. H. Aldrlch. A. G. Waif-
enbarger of Lincoln and Senator Hast
ings of this city, are the attorneys for
the defendant.
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Prompt Payment of Taxes.
The reports received at the office
of the state treasurer from a majority
of the county treasurers of the state
are to the effect that fully 90 per cent
of all taxes were paid by the 1st of
June. This is due partially to the
prosperous condition of the people and
partly to 'the fact that it is cheaper
to borrow money and pay the taxes
than it is to pay the penalty. On real
property the taxes delinquent draw in
terest from May 1, and according to
the reports received there will be lit
tle interest paid in. The fact that 90
per cent of the taxes have been paid
is a wonderful showing, inasmuch as
it is not often that 90 per cent is ever
collected in one year.
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Abandons Omaha Cut-Off.
PLATTSMOUTH Since the Bur
lington completed reconstruction of
its bridge across the Missouri river
the company has commenced to re
place the old bridge which spans the
Platte between' Oreapolis and LaPlatte'
with a new heavy steel one. which';
will be as strong in every way as;
the one at Ashland. The company has
doubtless abandoned the idea of try
ing to shorten the line between this'
city and Omaha.
Offer to Tecumeeh Band.
TECUMSEH The Tecumseh Mill:
tary band has been tendered the poi
sition of the regimental band of the,
Second regiment by the adjutant gen
eral. It is not known whether the
band will find it possible to accept the
kind offer.
Hasting' New Federal Bull sing.
HASTINGS Plans and specifies:
tions have now been received for the
government building to be erected al
this place, and bids for the construe'
tkm of the same will be received untl'
November 2.
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Potato Crop is Short.
BEATRICE The potato crop is
short in Gage county this fall and ou?
merchants are now engaged in shipi
ping in potatoes from Colorado for
home consumption.
Second Regiment Band Disbands.
BEATRICE. The Second regimen;
band at a meeting disbanded as a regi;
mental organization and the National
Guard uniforms were sent to head
quarters at Lincoln. A new organilxa-
1 tioa was perfected by the election of
the following officers: B. W. Mani
ville. president: Ed Hackney, vice
president; K. C. Koons, secretary; Al
bert Milburn. treasurer; D. C. Jenkins,
director; J. W. Baumgardner, steward.
Guards Start the Seventeenth.
Adjutant General Culver is prepay
ing an order for the moving of the
8econd regiment and the signal corps,
to Fort Riley to participate in the
army maneuvers. The troops will
move the seventeenth and will be.
gathered up along the line of the
Union Pacific and mobilized at Beat
rice from which place the start will
be made on the morning of the seven-;
teenth in four special trains running
in sections.
Threatened the Dealers.
FREMONT A man who claimed to,
be the representative of some reform,
society was in the city and visited:
all the news stands to inform the pro-:
prietors that they must discontinue,
selling 5 and 10-cent novels of the
yellow back variety. He threatened toj
prosecute any dealer who should dis
pose of any more of this class of lit
erature. The dealers are uncertain as
to the law in the case and may con
clude to disregard the threat
Fied Hemes tor Children.
EDGAR Thirteen homeless chil
dren were brought here by the super
intendent of the New York home and
placed on exhibition in the opera,
house The superintendent explained
the object of bringing the children:
west which was to place them ia good,'
homes, where they would be properly!
reared and educated.' The children,
were all bright and smart aad ranged
in ages from 5 years to 12 years. Good
homes were readily secured for taem:
Railread Project Still Lives.'
BEATRICE J. E. 8mith of this
city, oae of the promoters of the Wy
andotte road, states that he is still in
correspondence with the parties who
made the survey of the extension;
from Virginia to this city, and that;
they assure him the railroad win b
built not only to Beatrice, bat to the
northwest. Mr. Smith accounts for
the delay by the fact that the money!
market has been very close, aad veryi
difficult to finance new enterprises.
Valley Forge.
Here Freedom's ragged heroes stood
And braved the tyrant's might; '-
Here Columbia's patriots died
For home, for truth, for right.
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Here, fearlessly and. splendidly
As Freedom's soldiers should.
Beyond the price of purchase
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The embattled farmers .stood.
Hera every rod Is hallowed ground! ,
Here, through the snow and sleet.
The patrlot.fathers went to death
With bare and bleeding feet.
-W. Covington Hall in New Orleans
Picayune.
Tribute tp the G. Av R.
During the recent encampment of
the G. A. R. in San Francisco a Los
Angeles newspaper published the fol
lowing 'splendid tribute to the "boys
in blue:" ' ' ' ;
Speaking of the fighting business, J
don't presume that the nation. appre
ciates what a, magnificent reserve of
seasoned troops it still has in you
savage old fighters wno won out m
the biggest war that ever deluged the
earth with the blood of the sons of
mea. Why, say. old fellows. I reckon
that if there were to.be trouble, inter
nal or external, there is about 1,000.
000 of you vets of the sixties who
couldn't be kept out of the ranks with
a regiment of HotchMss rifles.'
And, say, boys, I would love to see
you fight again. Not for the sake of
killing, but just to note with what
ease and celerity you are still fit for
business. I know that there are
mighty big gaps in the old lines that
swung around the points at Missionary
Ridge, that raised Ned at Port Hud
son and that- ripped the living day
lights out of the esteemed enemy on
manv another bloody fleld. but for
all that this bird of the broad and
sweeping wing would stake his last
pin feather on your prowess and
audacity in the face of any old enemy
that ever marched down a pike or
took a side cut through the woods.
You remember the way it was done,
boys skirmish lines out along the
flanks skulking through the brush,
and the bullets from the guns of the
Johnnies zipping around, careless and
free, in the trees overhead. Pretty
soon there was the boom of a six
pounder, and a shot came sailing, lazy
like over the marching column and
giving a fellow goose pimples all
over him. Then it was halt and lie
down and hear the guns begin to thun
der as if hell had broken loose and
pitch enough hot to roast all creation.
Next thing an orderly riding-like a
tornado down your way, a sudden
command to get out of that and move
by the left flank to position on the
left of the 'Steenth Minnesota, the
Eleventh Michigan, or some other old
regiment And there you are all
standing up to be shot at and nothing
doing by you fellows. That was the
job that standing still that made a
fellow yearn for home and, mother, as
many of you old chaps who are out
here in California in this good old
summertime can swear to.
But no regiment was ever left under
fire for more than a week without be
ing given some sort of an order, al
though it may have seemed like a
month of Sundays at the time, but
when you did go it was with a whoop
and a rush and a yell that set the
wild echoes flying, if you hear me
scream.
Charge! You know what that meant,
boys. A rush, double-quick over ths
fences and through the corn.
Charge! A swirl of blue and a glit
ter and clash of guns.
Charge! A dash down the slope.
through the ravine, up the slope and
over the ridge, and there they are
those Johnnies, peppering awa- in the
face of you as' If they were merely pot
ting at rabbits.
Then here' comes Bouton's, or some
other old battery, making the darndest
clatter that ever murdered sleep.
Horses on the dead ran; caissons and
guns jumping ten feet high at every
jump; gunners hanging on and gritting
their teeth; the men on the mounts
laying on the whip and shouting lan
guage at the skurrying steed-, that
wasn't learned from prayer books;
swords flashing; musketry firing on
the right and getting hotter every min
ute; and halt!
The guns are whirled into position
on the top of the ridge, unlimbered
quicker than I can tell it. and then,
Lordy, how they do begin to sing! Do
you remember the tunes those old
guns sang, boys, when the fight was
just lively enough and not too lively?
Course you do-the mad music of the f
fight, the rip-roaring chorus of caf-
nage, the Wagnerian orchestra of ar
tillerythat 'was great and glorious
music, I don't care what they may say
about the deplorableness of war.
But its all over now, old lads.. -The
guns are cooled off and the gunners
in their jackets branded with red have
gone to sleep by the tens of thousands
under the pathetic little mounds like
those out yonder in Rosedale. Some of
them were laid away not far from
where the guns belched fire that day.
Some of them went to the hospitals
and then went home and limped
through fifteen or twenty years of life
only to go into permanent quarters at
last in the barracks that have no win
dows. And there are a few of you still left
glory be. It is you that the Eagle again
salutes before you go away over the
far mountains that are purple in the
twilight that is setting about you all.
The mad old fighting days are over,
but the memory of your splendid deeds
Is. a mighty blessed memory to this old
bird, who sat above the colors when
the' fight was hot which his name
tt Is THE EAGLE.
Was a Praying Soldier.'
"Yes," said- the sergeant - "I was
a praying man in the army. At, least.
I prayed once under very distressing,
circumstances,, and my prayer was
answered. . After the surrender of
Vicksbrirg aad after the army was or
dered forward in the new campaign 1
was detached for hospital duty, and
was put In charge of sixteen sick men
of the Ninety-fourth Illinois.' It wan
extremely difficulty to obtain the hare
necessities of life, and my poor sick
comrades, unable to help themselves,
looked to me for food and care. ' '
"The army was Intent on"1 the new
move. All the quartermasters' and
commissaries wore looking to sup
plies for the troops ordered to , ad
vance. No one paid any attention .to
me or my pleas for sick men. Every
body from highest to lowest seemed
to have forgotten us.. Thoroughly dis
couraged. I went outside the hospital
ramp, crept into' the bushes, knelt
iewa. aad prayed. The mad was lift
ed from my spirits. I returned to camp
to find ilWt we had not bats forjgot-
I ten.' Supplies soon came, and with
them orders to transfer my sick mea
to Illinois.
'"I-went Into the battle of Spring
field. .Mo.,rin 18S2, with a prayer oa
my lips. I came out with sevea bul
let holes through my clothes and
without a cap, the latter having been,
shot off my head. And yet there was
not a scratch on my body, and I was
never, in the hottest 4ghts. disabled
by a wound. -Here I am long past the
fifty-year milestone, hale and hearty,
.preserved. I- verily; believe, by the
grace of an all-wise Providence. Yes.
I was a praying man, and I believe my
prayers were answered."
. Anecdotes of Gen. Ttirchin.
"Gen: Turchin," said -the captain,
'twas one .of the courtliest of; the
general officers .of the Union army,
and at the same time one of the most
unconventional. I will never forget
the stately military-bow with which
he was wont to greet his fellow offi
cers, but I smile whenever I think of
It, because it comes up in memory as
sociated with quaint remarks of a de.
cjdedly unmilitary character.
"Turchin was one of the best drill
masters In the service. He delighted
In brigade drill and maneuver,' and
at such times was the very personifi
cation of dignity and precision. On
one occasion when he was intent on
an order to have the brigade change
front, a rabbit jumped from the grass
in front of the line and ran across the
field in plain sight of every man.-Not
a man, with the eyes of the general
upon him, dared look up'. Imagine,
then, how surprised they were to hear
the precise old general stop with his
order half given to ejaculate: 'Hell,
dere goes a rappit!'
"On another, occasion our regiment,
the Eleventh Ohio, was marching, in
battle order, when, coming to "a
slough in the road, each wing marched
by the flank on either side of the
road. This was the second night after
Missionary Ridge, and was very dark.
and the left wing lost direction. When,
aayugnt came .the boys saw they
were not marching with the right
wing of their own regiment, but with
troops of another division.
"As our company commander was
changing the direction of the march
toward where he supposed the right
wing to be, Gen. Turchin spied us,
and, alert on the instant, asked. 'What
troops are those?' One of the officers
replied, 'Part of the Eleventh Ohio,
general,' and Turchin said, explosive
ly, 'You tern stragglers, what do you
here? You not have any fire for six
weeks.' To this some one -replied:
'We never straggle when there is a
fight on hand, you know that, general.'
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xnsieaa or resenting mis rurcnin iota
the boys how to find the other bat
talion, and as he rode away said: 'Dat
tarn Eleventh beats the devil in fight
ing, and talking, too.' "
. At Cedar Creek.
"While in Virginia," says a veteran.
"I met frequently Gen. Early, and once
when he seemed in a talkative mood
asked him how he accounted' for the
sudden turning of the tables at 'Cedar
creek. He explained that he had the
Union army whipped when his men
came upon the thanksgiving supplies
in the Union camps. They fell to eat
int; and drinking, and many of them
could not be 'forced to return to the
ranks. Meantime the Union army ral
lied, and. reforming its lines, charged
the Confederates before they compre
hended the change in the situation.
"In describing . Sheridan's advance
Early used a figure of speech new to
me, but very striking. He said the
Union army came forward like a man
strong of body, with long arms out
stretched and in-drawing. The infan
try, was the-body, pressing steadily for
ward, while the arms were the caval
ry on either flank, stretching out be
yond his own flanks and bending in
ward, .so as to crush his army against
the 'body of infantry. 'His 'own men
caught the meaning of the situation,
and breaking-irt wild 'panic, got across
Cedar creek as best they could."
' Extending the Order.
With the opening of the month of
September the regular encampments
of the various posts' of the Grand
Army of the Republic were resumed.
The officers and comrades who went
to San Francisco to attend the Na
tional Encampment have almost all
turned, and all are ready to take up
the fall and winter work with re
newed vigor. A strong effort will be
made to continue the work so well
begun last year under vigorous ad
ministration of Commander-in-Chief
Stewart of bringing into the order the
many worthy veterans" " who have
never yet joined the organization and
to bring back to active membership
the many who have fallen out either
through misfortune or carelessness.
Election Oct 13 and 14.
The Congressional Medal of Honor
Legion of.the United States will hold
its annual encampment for the elec
tion of officers at Gettysburg, Pa., on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct 13 and
14. The members of the legion will
attend the unveiling of Gen. W. T.
I Sherman's-monument at Washington,
and also attend a dinner with the
Army, of the Tennessee. President
Roosevelt and his cabinet have prom
ised to be present at the meeting of
the Medal of Honor Legion. Gen. Nel
son A. Miles, with a large number of
army officers, also will be present'
New Monument at Antietam.
, The survivors of the Thirteenth regiment-.
New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,
dedicated their monument on the bat
tlefield of Antietom. Sept. 17. The
survivors, with their escort "of the
new Jersey National Guard, left Jer
sey City at7:20 a.m.. Sept. 15. Gov
ernor Murphy of New Jersey, who was
a private soldier in this command, ac
companied the party and delivered the
address.
Ready for Next Encampment
At its last regular encampment Ran
kin Post No. 10. G. A. R., passed s
resolution' that the post .would attend
the next annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, to be
held at Boston,- Mass., in the lattet
part of August 1904. In a body. Ran
kin Post Is the first in the entire or
der to take thic action.
Has John' Burns' OW- Rifle.
John W. Bates, of Weymouth, 'Mass
cvnis the old flint lock rifle -TOed. by
John L. Burse at Gettysburg, to whom
a monnmest has recently been dedi
cated on the battlefield.
A krlBGOH HtM6e
The plgeon'hqusd should be built oa
a well-drained site. The following sug
gestioM aato' ooastractioa are made
by a government .bulletin: No house
should be built. for more than 250
pairs, nor should more than 50 pairs
be kept in each section. In our first
Illustration we show a house that is
very serviceable.- This shows a gea-
Cut t' Pigeon House, and Fly.
rear, with the yard (called the "fly").
The house Is 40 feet long. 12 feet wide
and 9 feet high -to peak of roof. Along
the north side a passageway three feet
wide runs.' the full length. .This la
shown in our second illustration. The
rest of the space is divided by four
partitions into five pens of equal size.
The pens are separated from the
passageway by wire netting reaching
from the floor to the roof, with a door
into each pen. If the pigeon raiser
has but one house he should either
use one of these compartments as a
room for storing feed and other sup
plies, picking squabs, etc., or add tea
feet to the length of the building for
such purposes.
Each gable near the peak has s
Cut 2. Interior of Pigeon House,
four-light window. Each section of
the poultryhouse has a six-light win
dow on the south side. All the win
dows slide and are covered with wire
netting on the outside.
The partitions between the sections
are made of Inch boards running to
the roof. All inside doors are of
wire netting and are hung with spring
hinges, so as to be self-closing to pre
vent the poss!ble escape of the birds.
Each pen has one of these doors, and
likewise each end of the "building.
Both inside and outside doors should
be kept securely locked.
Poor Birds at High Prices.
Recently a man that knows told the
writer that it is the practice of some
poultry raisers to sell much stock not
of their own raising. This is not a
fair method of dealing, though it can
not be checked b'y law. Thus one man
has a good establishment and has
built up an enviable reputation. He
raises some hundreds of fine birds a
year, being careful, to have them of
good stock and highly bred. But he
receives orders not for hundreds but
for thousands of birds. He should de
cline to fiir the orders for his stock
after his supply is exhausted, but he
does not He sends his wagons out
Into the country to pick up everything
he. can find of the breeds he is
handling. He purchases the fowls at
say 50 cents' each. He resells them at
several dolars each, for his customers
are willing to. pay a good price for
first-class stock. How many of the
customers of this man would accept
the stock sent to them if they knew
it was gathered from the arms at ran
dom? On the average farm no particular
care is taken to keep the poultry stock
absolutely pure. Generally pure breds
and grades run together. The result
of their crossing is not always easily
discernible by people not experts in
the judging of fowls. A few feathers
off color or a few points missing on
the comb would not be noticed. Hence
the ease with which such stock' is
sold.
lhc poultryman that does this kind
of business is quife sure to be found
out in the end. and his fine reputation
and trade will disappear together.
More than one man has come to this
end in the poultry business. The
breeding of pure blood fowls should
be surrounded with' every safeguard
to insure their freedom from out
crosses. Moreover the trusting buyer
naturally supposes that his purchases
have been bred and reared under ideal
conditions, that they have been ex
posed to neither lice nor disease
Birds collected from everywhere are
likely to bring both lice and disease.
The above mentioned -practice can
hardly be too severely condemned. It
is getting money under, false pre
tenses. Every honest dealer should
do what he can to make this practice
impossible.
Good Cows Needed.
In a communication to the Farmers'
.Review, Joseph Newman says: Most
of our dairies have too many cow
boarders who consume more than
their milk sells for.' We must not get
discouraged, but by continuing the
education of our dairymen to use the
scales and Babcock test to determine
which cows to keep; to build and fill
silos, grow alfalfa, and feed a 'bal
anced ration, the -unprofitable board
ers will disappear, and America will
be looked to as the home of the best
dairy cattle.
Margarine in Australia.
An item is going the round of the
press to the effect that after Septem
er '1, 1903, all margarine, butterine
jr similar substances, sold in Aus--.ralia
must be tinted red by tne use
if alkaana. This probably applies to
me or niore of the political divisions
)f Australia rather than to the whole.
;t will be Interesting to note how the
ed oleomargarine will be received by
the people. . .
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that is the test of the moral pie!"
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Sheep Matters in Indiana.
From Farmers' . Review: i The cat
tle feeders are in the valley of dcares-
Large numbers have turned to
sheep feeding; aad -1904 may record
some disappointments la this lima.
The American farmers resemble sheer
la, this particular. When oa jumps
the fence they all go "like a flock of
sheep. No business Is characterised
by such a range of vicissitudes as the
sheep busiaees. If we could only
laarm to "stick to the hash." like the
boy nicking berries, it would be bet
ter all around, Ia the writer's ax
perieaca of maay years with sheep
and never without them, there has
never, been a time, when sheep were
not-handled with profit" 'Sometimes
meager, to be sure, bit "neverthelese-
a profit Prices were rather bearish
on wool until the entire -clip-was out
of the farmers' hands then up she
weat like a liberated "teeter-board."
The Indiana Wool Growers' Assochv'
tioa proposes to look into this matter
to some exteat aad see if there be aay
remedy. There are numerous flocks
of sheep ia this territory; hut much
of the land that Is of most value for
sheep raising Is still without any of
these woolly Inhabitants. "I would
go a mile to kick a sheep" was the ex
pression of a man who confessed that
he never learned to care for sheep
and they always lost him money. I
would recommend that he haadl6
mulesr-more nearly akin to him. The
kicking might go the other way.
Flocks are looking well. The aver
age farmer of Indiana is learning a
thing or two about sheep' and the
flock have made a corresponding Im
provement in the last few years.
There is considerable inquiry for
small flocks, and sheep business will
be likely to show marked increase.
Howard H. Kelm, Secretary Indiana
.Wool Growers' Association.
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Lumpy Jaw.
A communication from the Indiaaa
station says: This disease more often
affects cattle than other animals. It
is due to a fungus sometimes called
the ray fungus or actinomycosis. The
fungus occurs upon grass and other
vegetation and it is only when it be
comes Introduced into the tissues that
it causes trouble. The disease comet
from eating and outside sources and
Is not contagious ia the usual 'seese
of the word. Several animate may be
come affected while on the same pas
ture, but this is due to all .being ex
posed alike. Some years the number
of cases is greater, than others, owing
to the' greater development of this
fungus. The disease affects the jaw
more often than other parts, due to
the fact that the tissues are some
times broken In the act of chewing
and thus permitting infection. Anj
part of the body may be attacked'.
The disease is comparatively easy
to treat A drachm of iodide of pot
ash is given twice a day. for twe
weeks to twenty days. For cattle
weighing twelve hundred pounds oi
more the dose Is somewhat increasec
and lessened for calves. If pus bt
present in the lump it should be le-'
out by incision. In a few refractor
cases a second period of treatmen.
may be required after resting for. tei
days. About eighty per cent of recov
erieS may be expected. Affected ani
mate should be kept away from the
healthy and off the pasture fleld. It'
the case of milch cows the milk sboulc
not be used. This state does not pas
for such animals when it is found
necessary to destroy them. A. W
Bitting, Veterinarian.
Pure-Bred Angoras.
The body should be long, md the
rounder the better; the back straight
with shoulders and hips equally ,higb
from the ground; shoulders and
quarters heavy and fleshy; chest
broad, Indicating' good constitution;
the iegs should be short and strong;
the head is in shape like that ol
a common goat, but less coarse and
cleaner cut; the horns are heavy,
with an upward twist, inclining back
ward and to the outside. ' Except just
he face and legs, from the' hocks and
knees down, the entire animal should
be densely covered with-mohair, and
neither the belly nor the throat not
even the lower part of the jaws
should be bare, but should have 'a
good cover of fine, silky mohair, and
with the finest specimens the mohair
tuft on the forehead should be well
developed. The mohair should hang
in long, curly ringlets. However, not
every Angora goat which shows these I
norfprtlv enrlv rinrlPt, of rh .
hair must necessarily be considered ,
a thoroughbred; whilst, on the other
hand, there are quite a number ot
really handsome and valuable thor
oughbreds whose hair has not that
much-desired shape, owing entirely to
climatic and nutrimental Influences,
as well as to advancing age. G. A.
Hoerle.
Side Shews at-Fairs.
Within a few years the most objec
tionable features of the side shows at
state and county fairs have been elim
inated. It was not so long ago that
some of these shows were so indecent
as to draw upon the fair managers
strong condemnation and energetic
protests.- From year to year we have
noted a steady improvement, till in
most cases the really objectionable
leatures have' disappeared The prin
cipal criticism now made is that these
shows are mostly worthless. They
neither instruct nor entertain. The
crowd is assured that inside the tent
It will hear the "real Georgia min
strels." The crowd enters, expecting
to hear some good singing. The whole
thing proves to be a farce, as aay one
among the audience could sing as well
as the people on the platform. So it
is with the Indian war dance. One
aborigine pounds a drum, while an
other limps around singing "How, how,
how!" Eut people don't object; they
expect that sort of thing at the fair.
As the side show cannot be eliminated
it should be improved. It can be made
both entertaining and instructive.
Pure Milk Plants.
There is being made a steady ad
vance in the matter of producing pure
milk. This advance is largely stimu
lated by the business men of the
cities, who are here and there estab
lishing plants for the reception of milk
from the country, its pasteurization,
and its putting up in the most popular
form. We hear of pure milk plants
being established in different cities.
The city handler of milk is becoming
every year more exacting in his de
mands of the producers of milk.
.Unless a man is looking for short
comings In his make-up, he will re
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Germicidal CoaetMusnts ef
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Intimately-associated with the germ
.-uawui m buik are law gvrasiviwu
ronstltsents. for one depends upon the
ther for its manifestations, says Pro
fessor Chas. E. Marshall of Michigaa.
Considerable study and atteatkm have
oeea given to these substances as they
;x!st in nearly all the body tissues aad
xdy secretions of Jate years. Inas
much as they are associated with sus
ceptibility to aad. immaalty agaiast
lisease. It is therefore natural that
are should And these agents existing
:n the milk and attribute to them their
oroper significance. That they exist
:an be easily shown by simply ascer
taiaiag the number of bacteria la the
milk at the time of milking aad. each
fhour' afterward for about twelve
hours. It will,be found that the aum
ber we find at first will be gradually
dlmjaished for a few hours, whea
there will be a gradual Increase uatll
a certain point is reached at which the
increase becomes exceedingly rapid.
It may, perhaps, appear peculiar
that we should find bacteria ia the
milk while these germicidal constitu
ents are present It should be under
stood that germicidal constituents la
the secretions of the body or la the
body tissues do not necessarily act la
the same way upoa all kinds of bac
teria. It might be. therefore, that the
small number of 'bacteria which exist
In the udder are not necessarily at
tacked by these germicidal constitu
ents or that the bacteria do aot in
crease and are only held ia check, or
it may be possible that the germicidal
constltutehts are, maay times so small
in quantity that there is no appreci
able action upon the bacteria. It is
true that these germicidal agents vary
in their intensities.
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Chicago Milk Trade.
A report of the United States De
partment of Agriculture says that
Chicago uses dally 169,465 gallons of
milk. There are 4,629 firms engaged
In selling milk. Over '115.000 quarts of
bottled milk come into the city each
day. but only two companies fill all
of their bottles ia the country. There
are 30 dairy herds inside the city lim
its, which have an aggregate of 420
cows. There are 1,830 cows kept pri
vately. These city cows produce dally
4,500 gallons of milk. There are 4,000
dairy farms outside of Chicago that
send milk to the city, aad most of the
milk goes in over 16' railroads. "The
railroad charge is from 8 to 22 cents
per can. The largest haul is 142 miles,
but ' most of the milk comes from
territory within 100 miles of the city.
This milk producing territory includes
Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois
and Northern Indiana. There Is no
uniform charge among the railroads
for hauling milk, but each road has a
tariff of its own.
The "Drying-up" Milker.
It Is one of the oldest traditions oa
our farms that when a cow is to be
dried up she should be placed' la the
hands of some person just learning to
milk. That person wfil milk so slow
ly and imperfectly that the cow will
dry up in a few weeks unless she have
the perpetual milking propensity.
Every farmer knows that there are
persons that never can become good
milkers, no matter. how long they may
be in the business! They' are and al
ways will be slow milkers. Perhaps
it would be best if these persons could
"be relieved of the work of milking al
together and given other work. They
are rather "drying-up milkers" at best.
. But generally the farmer or dairyman
is in such great need of milkers that
ie will take anything, that can pull
a'teat The quick, clean, gentle milker
Is always at a premium.
Sesame Oil and Margarine.
!t Is declared that when less than
ten per cent of margarine is mixed
with butter it is Impossible to detect
1 its presence. : Several foreign govern
ments have therefore passed laws
compelling the manufacturers of mar
garine to mix with their product a
very small quantity of sesame oil.
which can be readily detected on an
alysis,, but which does not affect the
flavor of the margarine. So far Ger
many. Austria and Belgium have
made this rule. Now the French min
ister of agriculture has introduced a
bill into the national assembly mak
ing the use of sesame oil compulsory.
The bill provides in addition that
henceforth no oleomargarine can be
lmnorted .lnto taat country that does
not have some sort of ingredient in It
that wi" m,Ac its character easy of
detection.
Oleo in Denmark.
Danish farmers and dairymen con
sume large quantities of oleo mar
garine, selling the butter it displaces.
Reports show that the consumption of
this article last year was about 45,
000,000 pounds, most of which was
made in Denmark. In fact only about
6.000,000 pounds was imported. None
of the product is exported, the Danes
being very careful that none goes
abroad to hurt the reputation of their
butter.
College and Station Notes.
W. L. Carlisle, professor of Animal
Husbandry in the University of Wis
consin, has resigned to accept the po
sition of agriculturist at the Colorado
station.
The appropriation by the Florida
legislature for agricultural buildings
it the University of Florida has been
Jeclared unconstitutional in the way
in which it was passed, aad the erec
tion of the buildings will have to be
delayed till after other session of the
legislature. Co-education at the uai
versl.y has been abolished.
F. !t Marshall, assistant In animal
tusbandry at the Iowa Station has
-esigned. The vacancy has been filled
y the appoiatmeat of W. J. Ruther
ford, of Guelph, Canada.
Prof. H. J. Waters, dean and direc
cor of the Missouri college and station,
bas been appointed superintendent of
agriculture for the Missouri exhibit at
the St Louis Exposition, aad has been
granted a leave of absence to take
cp the work.' F. B. Mumfbrd has been
appointed acting dean and director In
bis absence.
The forestry school at Cornell Uni
versity has been discontinued.
H. C. Price, recently horticulturist
rt-the Iowa Agricultural College, has
been elected deaa of the Ohio Agri
cultural College.
At its recent session the legislature
af the state of Pennsylvania appro
oriated for the agricultural college a
tttal of 1250.805.55. '
So popular and widely appreciated
have American dried fruits become In
Germany they may be said to now
control the markets.
For four years past tho Oklahoma
station has bees experimeatiag with
the seediag of wiater wheat to get
the beat yields. The ptea has been
to make oae seediag: ia the middle
of September, another ia the middle
of October, aad a third km the middle
of November. The experimenter says:
"Red Russian wheat has been ased
Is this experiment aad seeded oa all
plots at the rate of 1 bushels per
acre. The crop ef 1902-03 was of the
very finest quality. The yield aad
quality of the graia from the Septem
ber aad October seedings usually dif
fers but little. The September seed
las; usually affords more pasture aad
during some seasoas oa rich soils suf
fers If it le not pastured. The Octo
ber seediag Is less likely to ha hart
la the fall by such insects as grass
hoppers, chlach bugs, aad Hessian
fly. The November seeding Is usually
very uacertala aad backward aad the
crop is always more affected by rust
which oftea makes the quality very
poor."
The heavy rains of la.t fall kept the
ground so wet' that the November
seediag. of 1902 had to be omitted.
Averages for the previous three years
give only 20.49 bushels from November
seeded ground. The average for four
years of the September seeded tend
was 31.82 bushels, aad for the Octo
ber seeded lead' 31.06 bushels, show
ing that good results may be obtaiaed
by seeding from September 15 to Oc
tober 15. This Is a point of value for
farmers residing in Oklahoma and lo
calities where conditions are similar.-
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Herewith we Illustrate poison su
mac, kaowa also under the appela
tions swamp sumac, dogwood, poison
dogwood, posoa elder, poison ash.
poisoa tree, poison wood aad thunder
wood. It Is a' tree-like shrub 6 to 30
feet high, with long primate leaves,
having from 7 to 13 leaflets, without
margiaal teeth. The wood 'has a
faint sulphurous odor, which, togethei
with ths leaf scars, which are very
prominent enables one to distinguish
the plant from other shrubbery in
winter. It grows in swamps and damp
woods from Florida to Canada. The
juice affects the skin the same way as
poison Ivy.
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Good Yields ef Wheat
From Farmers Review: Thresh
ing has' been in progress on the Fort
Hays Branch Experiment Station, and
some of the yields are very gratify
ing. There has been grown here this
year 220 varieties of small grain. 165
being fall wheat The seed grains of
these were furnished by the Bureau o!
Plant Introduction of the Department
of Agriculture, and were known to be
promising. The surplus seed from
these varieties is being sold to wheat
growers all over the western part of
the state, so that the benefit of the
station will be felt Immediately.
The following is a list of the va
rieties and yields that are consider
ably above the average:
Kansas No. 4 Kharkov, a Russian
winter wheat (bearded). 40.90 bushels
per acre.
Kansas No. 5 Beloglina. a Russian
winter wheat (bearded), 28.24 bushels
per acre.
Kansas No. 6 Ulta. a Russian winter
wheat (bearded), 36.C3 bushels per
acre.
Kansas No. 7 Crimean, a Russian
winter wheat (bearded), 40.61 bushels
per acre.
Kansas No. 8 Chirka. a Russian
winter wheat (bald), 35.68 bushels per
acre.
Kansas No. 3 imported Turkey
(bearded), 35.62 bushels per acre.
Kansas No. 33 Kharkov (bearded),
35.28 bushels per acre.
Kansas No. 35 Crimean importation
(bearded), 36.94 bushels per acre.
Kansas No. 37 Theiss (bearded).
40.97 bushels per acre. Fort Hays
Branch Experiment Station. Hays.
Kan.
Bad Milk and Child Mortality.
When cows' milk is fed to infante
it should be made as nearly like the
milk of the human as possible. Cows'
milk is a poor substitute for human
milk for the child at best What can
be thought then of cows' milk that
has been exposed to all kinds of de
teriorating conditions, dirt in the
barns, dirt in the cans, dirt in the milk
wagons that has finally to be kept
from souring by the use of formalin?
No wonder that in all nations such
milk is found to be a great destroyer
of infant life. A foreign doctor made
some investigations as to this and
found that of 1,000 children nursed by
their mothers only seven and a half
died in a month, while of those receiv
ing animal milk 43 died, or six times
as many.
Peas for Hogs.
Peas have for a long time been
known to be a most excellent food for
hogs. The great drawback is that
good yields of peas are hard to ob
tain, as to seed. It takes skillful han
dling of the pea crop to get a yield
of 25 bushels per acre. We thiak, how
ever, that peas could easily be grown
for pig pasturage If the lots were
small. The pigs could be turned in
when the pea pods were well filled
and they would do the harvestisf. V.'e
would like to have the experfsacc-r of
our readers la this matter.
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