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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15
Consult the Soil.

At present prices of cereals and the
low price often obtained for potatoes,
etc.. [ doubt whether it would pay to
purchase complete plant foods at full
commercial rates for the purpose Of
using them in the production of these
ordinary crops. 1t will usually pay to
purchase a. single substance of plant
food, such as phosphoric acid in super
phosphates or phOsphates, or potash in
potash salts, when such single plant
food is lacking in Il soil provided with
all others in sufficient quantities. Such
conditions are not unusual. We find
them where crops using one certain
kind Of plant food much faster THAI the
others are grown for many years to the
exclusion of other crops.
Wheat. oats, etc, for instance. use up
phosphoric acid faster than any other
plant food elements, and many fruit
crops. etc, live especially on potash.
Continued, one-sided cropping, there
fore, may result in exkausting the soil
Of single kind Of plant food, ard
when that is the case. the application of
just that kind Of plant food will be like
ly to help make the soil again product
i've. One of the first tasks of the prog
ressive farmer is to find ont, by Judging
from the antecedents of each piece Of
land, or from planting tests. the true
condition Of tho soil, and then to apply
the needed plant food.-Practical
Farmer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15
FlREPRooFlNo POSSIBLE.
But COmbustible Material Is Otter
T. Heed1&9sly Used In Buildings.


Scarcely 4 week goes by. says
writer in the Engineering Magazine,
that one or another OF the journals
devoted to architecture does not coli
tain some article by experienced and
able writer's bearing upon the fire
proofing Of buildings, and, without
doubt, there could be for1lnlaird from
these articles a system of principles
that would be thoroughly efficient to
meet the requirements. In the attempt
to discover right principles, the advice
and assistance of the now noted
ire prOOting companies should not be
Fnaglfcted. The demand was no sooner.
created fora science of fire-proofing
than 1t was immediat ely met by the
formation Of accompanies for the very
purpose Of supplying it. The new in
dustry. with experience as its teacher,
has developed year BY year until at.
the present moment there is not a
first-clasSs architect or engineer in the
country who will deny that an alb
solutely fire. proof building can be built,
and at q reasonable cost Yet fires Of
the most disastrous character are con-
stantly Occurring in buildings advertised
by their owners as fre-prOOf 1t is not
surprising. therefore, that a large ele-
ment, perhaps a vast majority, of the.
entire community doubt the possibility
Of constructing an absolutely fire-proof
building. 1T is an incontrovertible fact
that every fire which has taken place
in a sfre-proof7' building has been due
to the indiscriminate use of combl,stt-
bic material In Its construction: more.
over IT NAV he l1fn1nnstr0 ffail that
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15
IN A BAD BOX,
A PrOhibftfOnfSts Forced to Re-
nounce His Principles.

nounce His Principles.
Col. John Sobieski, the Prohibition
candidate for governor OF Missouri.
who was a delegate to the National
Prohibition Convention, had most
thrilling adventure with burglars on
his way to this city.
He had stopped to deliver several
lectures at Magnolia, il little village in
Illinois. He retired at his hotel the
Magnolia house, shortly before mid
night. He was aroused about 2:3O
o'clock in the morning by hearing the
sound Of voices III the hall. He listened
for moment and concluded that it
was the landlord calling some of the
other guests to catch Il tls,in With
that he rolled cvar AMI fell asleep
again. Shortly after that he was
startled from his slumbers by bang
ut his door, which fell in with a crash.
He leaped out of bed but was con-
fronted by a masked man pointing a
revolver at him. He held Il lantern in
his hand and commanded the colonel
head under the bedsheet.
Altogether they got about 500 and
five gold watches. The gang then
made its escape. threatening the VIC
tins with death in case of pusuit.
Col Sobieski says that when he had
his head under the sheet he asked the
burglar to kindly to point the pistol
out of the window. The burglar
laughed. and the colonel thought it
might be well to temporize with him,
and said: Now, that you have got my
watch and money, perhaps you will
cblige me by telling ME your politics.
Are you Prohibitions?
NO; and if thought you We're I'd
fill you with bullets" replied the
guard
''Oh, no." said the colonel. I'm no
ProhiDluonist. I'll have drink with
you if you'll get bottle somewhere"
Not now" said the burglar. Some
other time, when we are not so busy"
And with that the conversation ceased.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15

umns, two for each paper. There were
pair OF OutrageOusly abusive leaders
for the Herald, a pair OF Outrageously
abusive leaders for the Spy, about a
dozen short paragraphs, bristling with
libels, several scathing commune lions
from Indignant CiIizen. Justice"
''Fax-Payer'' and Fair Play besides
two strings of satirical verses which i
CHANGED to hammer out.
Bid Haskins and Mckay. working
| first at one Office. then at the other, got
tbs precious stuff into tpye. and then,
with my assistance, made up the Her
aid and ran off the edition that night.
Next morning our United forces did the
same for the Spy.
Rowe, who was feeling much better,
read the two papers with great g1ee,
predicting burst Of excitement on the
part Of the public
He was right. All day men were
coming to see about the duel which all
supposed must be the result of such an
outpOuring of ferocious words. Fifteen
of them offered to be my seconds
eleven to administer my estate in case
anything happened ~
was offered the use of revolvers,
dOuble-barreled guns rifles. sword
canes and bOwie-knives sufficient to
massacre regiment and came near
being shot myself by an enthusiastic
supporter who accidentally discharged a
Derringer close by my left ear.
Rowe had a Somewhat similar expe
rience; but his illness enabled him to
stave off the encounter our respective
adherentS so much desired. Before he
was we'll again a terrific explosion in
the Muchacho mine diverted attention
from us @&
When we again occupied the minds
Of the community it was by consoli-
datiOn Of our papers under the name OF
the Spy-Herald, which nearly Occa
stoned our being mobbed by the disap-
pointed sensation-seekers. But we were
not mobbed. A few months later the
great discovery of coal in GringO
mountain, followed by the extension of
the San Paulo railroad. to Calabash
City, caused a wonderful change in our
prospects.
All this was ten years ago. Calabash
City is beginning to taunt Chicago with
the certainty of being second to her in
population, wealth and resources by
A. d. 1905 at latest. The Daily Spy
Herald is one Of the leading journals
Of the West.
Rowe and I might call ourselves rich
men-thOugh We never do. We have
always been the best of friends
"And always will be-" interrupts my
partner, who has been reading what 1
have written. eve wouldn't dare be
anything else after what we've said
eat each cther-eh. old falsifer?"
ever. old mendacity!' l reply
hs' Companion.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15
Protection Against Rats.

According to information promulgat-
ed by the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton, the surest safeguard of the silo
against rats is TO cover the bottom with
a layer of small stones or grout before
the cement is applied. When, it is said,
the cement is applied directly upon the
ground the action of the acids soon
softens it to such III extent as to per-
nit the rats to penetrate it without
difficulty. AS the holes made by these
animals in burrowing under the found
ations and up into the chamber admit
air into the sis5, and so cause great in
jury to the stored fodder, it is very de-
sirable that in some way they should
be prevented from effecting an en-
trance. The method described above
is one way Of accomplishing the de-
sired result.
Another and, perhaps. even better
way is this: 1t is not generally known
or at least not generally observed.
that rats in burroWing under founda-
ton wall always keep close to the wall.
and when they meet an obstacle they
do not work around it, but ascend to
the surface and begin again. Taking
advantage of this habit, it is only neCes-
sary to extend the lower course of
stone or brick a little distance beyond
the rest of the wall, and his ratship will
be effectually baff1ed in his efforts to
burroW under the foundation.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15

In few moments l was scribbling
away Oh an improvised desk by the
bedside almost as fast as Bud was
setting the type below. Scratch,
Scratch-think an instant-scratch.
scratch again--think once more-and
so on until pile OF copy" had accumu-
lated. Then l was ready to read This
Was the beginning:
A FATAL FAI4SEHOOD!
Our by no means courteous and not
III the least esteemed contemporary, the
Spy. which is at once disgrace to
American journalism, a libel upon the
name OF newspaper and blot upon
the fair city in which it is as vet still
scornfully suffered to drag out an ex-
istence nOXious to others and of no
value to itself, etc. etc
Rowe listened without saying Il word.
At the end he quietly remarked:
That's 4 powerful article, Warren"
well. see how this one strikes you"
And I began reading again:
DESPICAbI4E DECEPTION!!!
We have hitherto supposed that the
utmost imaginable depths of reckless,
shameless. hOnOr1esS. constituencies
mendacity had long ago been reached
1y that sheet unknown to fame but in
dmately acquainted with infamy under
the name Of the Herald ...
Rowe bounced up in bed
What" he exclaimed whats
that?:'
. = = intimately acquainted with in
fanny under the name Of the Herald.'"
re-read, calmly. Its the answer to
my article. don't you see?''
DO you mean to say you're going to
abuse yourself like that?v said he
Il mean to say that such savage
article as mine has got to be replied to
little more savagely. if possible. - =
But to do it, yourself
<''Who will, it I don't? That's what
I'm here for. By the way, do you us,l-
ally, call me a 'falsifer or an ignoram-
us'?''
Rowe, by this time, had taken the
humor of the situation into his fevered
BRAIN He replied family:
Il think you'd better call yourself
'falsifier' first, and save up the 'ig-
nOramus for use later on Toward
the last you might work in some ref
erence to your general resemblance
to a donkey, if you don't mind . 81.
Mind? Why, it's the very point I
want. I'll say that the only thing in
which Idon't resemble a donkey is my
utter incapacity for any useful employ
ment. That'n be sure to please your
people. for good many of them have
told me so already
Suppose YOU attack me again., sllg-
gested Rowe, when the article was fin
ished There should be at least two
sharp leaders in each paper. You
might mention the probability Of my
being ridden out of town on 81 rail be-
cause the citizens can't stand my con-
tfnuI lying any longer-and for a tin-
ishing touch remark that is all I can
do. to pay my bills That last1L be true
enough. anyway he added smiling
ruefully.
It's the same with me, my boy. POOr
Bud hasn't had a cent Of wages for
three weeks. Vel, never mind. Let's
go on =
Aided by Rowes ssggestions, I wrote
until ] had matter enough for four col
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w,aA,rrHEMoNroaDocr

i ~ - . Z II -
The Declaration Opposing Foreign
Interference With Cisatlantic AZ
fairs.
Briefly and broadly stated, the Mon
roe doctrine is our national policy Of
opposing the interference of European
powers with the political affairs of es-
tablished popular governments in the
American hemisphere. It's origin, as
related by the New York Times, was
as follows: In 1922. at a congress of
European powers at Verona, Italy,
there was discussed a project of aid
ing Spain to recover her sway over
her revolted American colonies. This
aroused strong Indignation in the
United States and the sentiment,
America for Americans" became
popular cry. In the following year
1S2233-President Monroe, after careful
consultation with his secretary of state,
John Quincy Adams, and with Thomas
Jefferson, Incorporated in his annual
message the following declarations:
That we should consider any attempt
on their part to extend their system
to any portion of this hemisphere as
dangerous to our peace and Safety
and that we could not view any in
terposition for the purpose OF Cypress
ing independent American govern
ments) or controlling in any manner
their destiny by any European power
i'll any other light than a manifesto.
ton of an unfriendly disposition toward
the United States.'' These declara-
tons at once became known as the
Monroe doctrine. They received popu-
lar approval at the time and have al
ways been advocated since then. Dur
ing the late civil war Louis napoleon,
in contempt of the doctrine, sought to
establish the archdu]1e Macmillan as
ttular emperor of Mexico. Owing to
the occupation of the national forces
at home the effort then met with only
Il diplomatic protest, but in ordinary
times such a measure would rouse the
country to active opposition In in
ternational affairs Of to-day the doc
trine has its application in the way Of
lettering European intrigues or armed
interference with independent Ameri.
can governments.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15
WOMEN BORROWERS.

The Trouble Is They Never Return
Anything You Lend Them.
what! You remember to return my
pencil? Marvellous! Surely, you ought
to be set on pedestal as a model for
the rest Of your SEX ~
blonde creature had borrowed a Faber
No. 2, says the Philadelphia Times.
Well" she laughed, II don't know
whether / would have been any more
thoughtful than the rest of womankind
If had any place to put it,
"Ah! that accounts for it, then, for
l thought there must be some good rea-
son for the unusual honesty" went on
that horrid man BIZ.
When a woman borrows, whether it
is money or mucilage, / never expect
to see the loaned commodities again.
When she says, May I borrow so-and-
so| it is only polite way of asking
for it. and the man who thinks he will
eyer get it back knows nothing of femi-
nine human nature Umbrellas are
common property for all mankind, but
masculine rapacity stops right there.
Not SO with the members OF the fair
sex
They look on everything as borrow
able. which is SYNONYMOUS Of DOssessa-
BILE They don't think it wrong to ap-
propriate others property SO long as
they have prefaced its transferal1ca by
the polite May I borrow Books go
for q day and remain for Hfeifne
Money is never once mentioned after
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15
Items Of Interest.
Try high feeding with old Brindle.

Try high feeding with old Brindle.
There have been some remarkable
yields made by very common cows.
A good horse can no more stand on
bad feet than a good house can stand
on bad foundation.
Perhaps your old Brindle has never
had full ration in her life. Not that
she has been half fed, but that she has
not been experimental with to find out
how much she could eat
In feeding COW we must 20 about
it cautiously; not stuff her with all she
can eat the first week, but train her
appetite and digestion by gradually
increasing the amount fed.
If you have COW that always excels
the others in yield breed her to a pure
bred dairy bull, and if she has heifer
calf treat that calf better than you
ever treated calf before
There are some very prepotent good
cows among the scrubs; they transmit
their good qualities to their calves in
spite of the scrub bull by which they
are served. These COWS should be
tested by high feeding.
In all road making, the first matter OF
importance is to procure good drainage.
All attempts at permanent Improve
ment will be futile unless this is OBJ
served at the start. From what we
have seen in some of our journeyings
we are afraid that some road masters
do not give sufficient attention to this.
81 a writer In the English Rrepdara,
Gazette says that on the continent the
battle Of short, thick, heavy shouldered
and fat jowled pigs versus the long,
jowled pigs is being vigorously fought;
and he adds the opinion that the Vic
tory IN favor OF the latter style Of pig
Is more pronounced than at any pre-
yious period
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-03-15

published rules Of cause and effect.
The late utterances of Prof. Henry
will do much to- make the dairyman
think that it will be the best thing that
he can do to dehorn the cows, and es-
pecially the bulls, as the professors
evidence is favorable, though rather.
on the side of the question that, as it
does not seem to do any injury, it can.
not be said that it is otherwise than
OF some benefit. The matter Is some
thing like this, it one wants to bunch a
lot OF cattle, and economic space, and
render them docile, the argument is
on the side Of dehorning. That it is
decidedly cruel is hardly to be sus-
tanned, as in our opinion the fright OF
making them secure so that the saw
can be made to do quick work, is the
most serious thing. That not one dairy
In ten shrinks much, If any, in milk,
following the operation, is quite an
argument in it's favor. The looks of the
COWS before and after taking the saw,
Is for the owner to decide about. The
Whole matter is summed up in this:
Will the cows be more quiet, better
disposed toward each other, and be
less liable to cause injury to persons
and things, and if all this is to be an
o"SACN y GO, AACA lAC 30" WILL ACCp OA
in the way that its advocates insist
that is the only humane course, drop
ping of useless member that has in
this later day no place in the stable or
farm, and cause a cessation of much IN
jury that would not otherwise be but
for the wicked horns. This is patent
where a man owns a herd, part of
them dehorned, and part not. He will
soon be forced to dehorn all, as a.
means Of safety to the rest, which,
in fact, gives the whole argument to
the advocates of dehorning. AS to the
dehorning of breeding stock, especial
ly bulls, and it's effects on the offspring,
is a matter too deep for the farmer to
master, and is better left in the hands
of the savants, who are paid by the
year for looking such things up, and be
guided by their reports.
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.lfn had q barge filed with salt which
had broken loose and drjfted down the
river in an ice gorge. He hired me to
go with him in Il skiff to look for the
barge and sec if we could land it. He
was afraid it would be ground to pieces
in the gorge. We left Aurora about :
O'Clock in the afternoon, and about )
O'Clock. after making our way through
tOlerable clear water, we We're suddenly
caught in an immense jam of ice.
There was one cake which covered a
space of half an acre at least. We
pulled our little boat up on this big
iceberg and prepared to make a night
Of it AS best we could. 1t was bitterly
cold, and, though we were warmly
clothed, we had to keep running and
jumping about on the ice to keep from
freezing. 10 add to our misery we
had nothing to eat.
''We slowly moved along about
o'clock in the morning. when our ice
cake stuck fast. For three hours we
did not move a foot Then we began
to move again and foated all that day.
About 6 o'clock in the evening we came
SO close to the wharf at Madison. Ind,
that Il rope was thrown to us into the
river. 1t was a terrible thing the way
it rocked and cracked all night long
When we pulled ashore at Madison we
were weak form hunger and stiff and
sore from our siXty-mile ride = ~.
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comiurtless frontier cabin. WITH only
the help of a rough, ignorant msin and
the sympathy Of nobody.
In addition, Rowe would fret about
the paper, which ought to come out
next day!
I'm going out for a few minutes,
Bud" called to Hasl1ins.
Coin far ?" he asked, eying me with
an exceedingly penetrat ting scrutiny.
Oh, no; just up street Il bit" an
swered, embarrassed.
My reception at the Spy office was
chilling. AS I entered the dingy, pine
boarded room, Mckay, a big, stupid
looking man, stared, and then sided
toward a mallet on the composing
stone. 8 Z<tsi,. +. =,
/. /: Il want to see Mr.. Rowe said l.
He's in bed up stairs!'' growled Nc
Kay, lifting the mallet. He's too sick
to: fight today .zs@tisy.Es ,:= .g...@s
.. Nobody wants to fight, said laugh
ing. Il came to see if Iscould do any
thing for him." s.. -. 49,
you don't want to fight him?"
'No." So -
j: Don't want to fight me?'' H.
Not bit Of it, q -.~5, -.
McKay's establishment took away his
power of speech. He motioned toward
the stairs, and stood gazing after me
without any expression, rubbing the
side of his head with the mallet. as if
to stimulate the parlyzed brain.
On camp bed in the attic lay Rowe,
flushed, breathing with difficulty, and
rolling his head irritably about the
coarse pillow He seemed Il combative
person. It took some little time to con-
vince him that nay intentions were
friendly, but when he became assured
of this, he met me with the manifest
frankness.
you're good fellow. Warren he
exclaimed, Selling my hand I've been
Il fool
No more than t.
well, then. we've been pair of
fools. If ever come out of this, We'll
be Il pair of friends instead--but--'' He
broke off with a sroan
Come, conner said I. ''You aren't
going to die. You'll be we'll in a week
or two"
''.'1 know that, out the paper-the
paper! =" [ can't do Il solitary thing-and
Mckay alone won't get the matter up
in a week. Then there should be two
columns of editorial at least. after the
HERALD" He again broke off in con-
fusion. I finished his sentence.
"After the Herald comes out. Right
enough. Now, let's see how we can ar
range it. [ can do your part of the CON-
position to-day, and finish up my own
tonight. II we're both Il day late it
won't make much difference. I'll begin
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The Medium Hog.

At the recent meeting Of the Indiana
Swine Breeders association John W.
Wilson made the following points in
favor Of the medium hog: First, he is
just the hog the packers and butchers
want. Second, his early maturity en-
ables him to be marketed between two
winters. saving an expense that
amounts to ut least ten bushels OF corn
per head. When we practiced winter
ing our hogs we estimated that it would
take ten bushels of corn per head to
winter snOats that We're narrowed in
March or April, and thought we were
doing well if we had a gain or growth
of 50 pounds, which, with corn worth
40 to so cents per bushel, would be
very profitable pork. Third. I believe
them to be more prolific and their act
i've, Spry disposition makes them more
careful and better mothers, which is
an item of great profit In raising nogs
some sows are fed the entire year to
raise half. the brood, OF in other words
you are compelled to feed twelve or
fifteen sows the entire year to produce
fifty pigs, when seven or eight sows
would have produced the entire num-
Der required; besides it requires much
less feed to winter sows of medium
size. Again the medium hog is the best
grazer. I have often noticed the active,
spry medium hog feeding about over
the grass fields, making pounds Of
cheap pork to add to the profits, while
the larger, rough dull, sluggish fellow lies
in the fence corner. under some shrub
or beside some stack, allowing the flies
to eat him mp. Que other thing that
makes the larger hog not so profitable
is the size he is required to make be-
fore he is ready for market. According
to our best authorities, the experiment
stations, there is an increase of cost in
producing the second hundred pounds
as compared with the first Hundred
pounds, also the third to the second