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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-03-28
Do Els hes Recollact.

Mr.. Seth Green, all authority upon
the rearing Of fishes: kept in pond a
large number of trout that had been
caught by means of a fly and barbless
hook. The men were ordered to take
them quietly and gently, so that they
had plenty OF time to study the tackle
by which they had been captured. Mr..
Green believed that they never forgot
this experience of theirs. He used
sometimes to walk by the side of the
pond feeding the fishes, but carrying
behind his back a cane and fishing
rod. The trout would follow him for
bread, and when he suddenly waved
his cane over them, though startled
at the time. they soon returned for
the food. Presently he would raise
his fshing-rod, but the moment the
trout saw it they darted to the far end
of the pond, and remained in hiding
for the rest of the day.
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Possibilities in the Event OF Attack by
Hostile Force.
! Experiments at Shoeburyness have
shown that an Armstrong shell can
be thrown 9,176 yards-about five
and one-third miles-says u writer in
Temple Bar. 1t is therefore abso-
lutely clear that if all the fleet we're
temporarily absent. either On some
special mission or dispersed by a
storm, hostile ironclads taking up a
position within four miles of the east
ward of Europe point might with i'm
punity send shot and shell into the
outlying parts of the fortress and
cause much obstruction of life and
property. On the other hand,
the governor of the fortress
would not be idle, and the ex-
periences of the late civil war in
America have abundantly proved that
the cannon in fortresses, if they
| strike ship of war with their pro-
jectiles, even at long range, may do
considerable mischief; while, on the
other hand, many shot and shell may
strike fort and only do triGing dam
age. It is practically impossible to
throw shot or shell over the high part
of the rock, near Spain, and the
cannon ensconced in the unique rock
galleries, with their royal artillery
gun detachments, would be absolutely
safe. Even if the neutral ground be-
tween Gibraltar and Spain wore occu-
pied by d hostile foe, comparatively
little damage would be the result.
During the writer's stay at Gibraltar
it was considered desirable to try the
experiment of firing upward from the
plain on the Spanish side into the gal
leries, dummies being placed to repre-
sent the necessary gun detachments.
A regiment several hundred strong
was accordingly placed in position and
supplied with ball cartridges. The
range. however,, was unknown, and
the fire being directed upward it was
fully an hour before any of the dunn
mics were hit, after the expenditure
of much ammunition. In actual war
fare, of course, the British rifle sharp
shooters must have picked out their
foes by firing downward from the gal
leries. Bomb-proof barracks and hos.
pitfalls are potent factors against the
horrors of bombardment, and there is
little doubt that there is ample room
at Gibraltar for some amendment on
this head
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ted, and curved like a bent plow-

ted, and curved like a bent plow-
We were saved from sure destruc-
ton by the woman, sir, lying
there. .s.s .s.fts II !.
She lived in the village close handy,
and when the hard words were
said, .,> ~ .a#..- 4.
Back to the old home she FASTENED, in
sorrow to hide her head;
And, knowing the line was in danger,
she watched there in frost and
snow. .s.. .. .a,
Each night till Bills train was in
safety, pacing the road to and fro,
And it happened she'd seen how the
rock fell, and, finding our time
was close,
Had rushed back to where we found
her, hardly a second to lose.
So she saved us, and saved us nobly;
but there on the track she lay,
Pallid and weak and fainting, like a
figure of lifeless clay.
And some of the eager helpers, when
they heard of her loving care,
Fell on their knees by the metals, and
offered heartfelt prayer.
No! she was safe and sound, sir. Gods
hand had been surely lent
To shelter the guardian angel that
he from above had sent
Need tell you how those two met,
death;
How Bill kept close by his darling,
and hung on each trembling
breath?
You may guess how the story ended,
think, when tell you this:
That now, when his steps turn home
ward, he is met with wife's
fond kiss.
My leg? was clean forgetting. Why,
when Bill jumped off the car.
followed, but missed my footing-a
fall, sir, and there you are.
But Bill is as straight as die, now. I
don't mind, for know he's right.
In fact, you might like to know, sir,
he's driving you down tonight.
There's his whistle; so come, sir.
Smoking? You've hardly a minute
to spare.
There's the rug, the portmanteau
and hatbox, you'll find they are
all in there.
Goodnight, and one word ere you go,
sir-should your faith in a woman
e'er fail.
Just think of the tale have told you
how Bills wife saved the 6:15
mail
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FACTS ABOUT THE NATION

The real and personal property in
this country is assesse d at SIT, 139,-
9O3, 1876.
The farmers and stock raisers of
this country have live stock valued at
So, 2os, 767, 573.
The fishermen along our coasts and
in our waters catch SIS, 000,0 worth
of fish every year.
Our savings banks have $1,739, 0o6.
705 deposited with them as the sur
plus earnings of the people.
The total valuation of all the farm
products of every description was by
the last census So, AGO, 107, asa.
There are enrolled in the public
schools of the country 13,4s4, 572 pu-
pills, who are taught by 1920 teach
ers.
There were 11,4S3, 3ls houses in the
United States when the last census
was taken, and less than six people
to each house.
Between the year 1s4e, the date of
the discovery of gold in California
and the year 1894, the country pro-
duced S., o39, 300, 900 of gold.
+ There are in the country 142 the
illogical schools in which doctrines of
a greater or less degree of orthodoxy
are instilled in the minds of 1856
students. III.
There are floating about in the
pockets of the people or boarded in
banks, safety deposit vaults and old
stockings, 1861 200, 900 of gold and
1924 ,OOO 900 of silver. ~. ....f,s~
The youth of the country have 451
colleges from which to choose when
they need an education; in those in
situations there are 1G,447 teachers
and 140,O53 students.
There 4,712,6e2 people engaged in
manufacturing industries of various
kinds, receiving every year $685.
2l6,529 in wages and manufacturing
goods worth SO, 372, 437, 2s3.
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Intelligent Danish Farming.

G. A. Gigault, Assistant Commits
sioner of Agriculture for Canada, has
been Investigating farming abroad
Here is an account of his examina-
ton Of Danish agricultural methods:
The people Of Denmark are all etlu-
Gated, and the most intelligent meth
dds Of farming are followed. The
Danish farmers understand that dairy
ing is not only directly profitable, but
that it supplies them with abundance
OF manure, which enables them to full
I'LL the law eff restitution. In the
Danish farmyard the soil is imperme-
able. Round each heap trench is
dug. Into this the liquid manure runs
and is thence conveyed to the LIQUID
manure tank.
No farm in Denmark is without it's
liquid manure tank. MI. Gigault saw
one farm of six and a quarter acres so
provided. The yield of wheat in Den
mark is thirty to forty bushels per
acre. This is very large. The ex-
PLANTATION is given that, after Ireland
Denmark has the largest number of
head of cattle per square mile This
ENSURES plenty OF manure, which keeps
UP the fertility. Besides, the Danish
soil contains a large quantity of lime,
which is considered a very important
constituent. Many agricultursts hold
that COW, to give milk, must have,
tn the daddy allowance of water, two
ounces of phosphate of lime.
The dissemination of AGRICULTURAL
knowledge was the cause of the ex-
cellence of the Danish farming sys-
tenn. Another thing noticeable in
Denmark was the excellence of the
public roads, which provided the farm
er With very necessary means of
transport, enabling him to bring his
goods direct to THE large centers
where he could dispose of his produce
without having to employ an inter-
mediary. Mr.. Gdgault had NOT found
Belgium or France so far advanced in
agricultural methods as Denmark.
Mr.. Gigault pointed out how the
success Of the Danish agric1lltu rists
was In part due to their educational
system. In the Danish agricultural
school lessons Of patriotism were not
neglected AMI the students were
taught to love their country. Mr.. Gil
gault had once asked a Danish farm
er, who had complained to him Of the
DEAFNESS of land and other drawbacks.
why he would not come to Canada,
where lands were cheap The Dane
had replied that he loved his country
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THE WOMAN LYING THERE,

THE WOMAN LYING THERE.
And he stood, alert and ready, as I'd
often seen him stand,
Gazing ahead with the lever firm
grasp'd in his sinewy hand.
Do you know the line by Dawlish,
where the rugged rocks stand high
And the crowns of those dizzy sum-
mits seem to almost touch the sky?
Well, we'd heard how the ground was
breaking-how the masses of flint
and stone
BY some mighty force of nature from
those lofty heights were thrown.
God help the sleeping travellers; if a
piece should block the line,
There'd be many a poor heart broken,
and many household pine.
So our orders were, "Be careful, and
each sign and signal mark!''
And we kept up bright look out
there. as we entered the rock
gorge dark.
/ was peering out through the glass,
sir, when my arm felt vise-like
clasp.
And I heard Bill cry out wildly, in q
choking sort of gasp
"There's something white on the
track there, the brake, Jack-for
your life!
That was the voice I was hearing
good God, man, look!-'tis my
wife,
Too late, with roar and a rattle we
had passed by the fatal spot,
But the brake was acting bravely-
the locked wheels grew red and
hot,
Till we stopped by a disused siding
! and Bill-with face of fear,
AS he leapt from the tender-shouted,
''Look ahead! Why, the lines not
clear!' +.
Then saw the rails torn and twis-
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From the Poultry Yard.

There is little doubt that broodar
chicks may be forced to a more rapid
growth and development than chicks
raised IN the natural way. Consat
quently they make the most profita-
BILE brOilerS, but their owner must
realize at the outset that he has talk
en- an orphan asylum on his shoul-
derS, and must beSir himself accord
ingly.
The experience of the best breeders
OF every age and country shows that
AL fowls, as q general rule. breed
better in their second and third years
than at any other time For this real
son difference of age between cock
and hen is always desirable. Of
course there are exceptions to this
rule, as some of the finest specimens
of breeds have been bred from birds
one year old. 1t is the general op:n-
ion Of close observers that a cock is
in his greatest vigor at from eighteen
to thirty months of age.
The king of artificial poultry grow
erS predicts that the time will come
when artificial poultry growing will
gradually supersede many of the reg1-
lar farm crops on the sterile soil of
New England. Referring to his own
success he says that he has been pro-
fitably turning $4,000 to $4,000 worth
Of chicks and eggs, and proposes to-
continue so long as the outlook is as
favorable as at present. This would
indicate a profit of SO cents on each
chicken.
Hens that lay double-yeNked eggs
show a diseased or stimulated
condition Of the ovary. Soft eggs In
dictate some disorder Of the egg or
gans, such as inhaanma tion of the egg
passage suppression of the TISSUES
through which ooze the shell mat rial
or the absence of she'll meatter Such
cases are best treated by giving lime
in the drinking water, non stimulat-
ing feed, reducing, the daily ration,
and a pill Of one g1uin Of caloanel
and quarter grMn of opium once
day. If one suspects Inflammation OF
the egg passage. add one-twelfth OF
grain Of TARTAR emetic to the pill, and
continue until the hen stops laying.
Ohio Poultry journal.
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Terractllg the land in hilly sections
OF the country to. prevent washing
from heavy storms Is the best system
yet found applicable in this country.
Not only in the south and west, but
in the New England states, a good
system of terracing has been found
to lessen the evil very greatly. All
hillsides are the hardest to convert
into profitable fields because of tine
washing caused by rain storms, either
on the surface or below. Even when
the crops are found that will thrive
on the hills the action of the RAINING
water carries away so much Of the
richest part OF the soil that one must
make a great outlay every season for
Fertilizers.
A simple system Of teIracing Is now
in use by a number of farmers in this
country, and the effectiveness of the
system, as we'll as it's very cheap and
simple work would recommend the
wood or even poles should be nailed
together in the shape of large A to
to lay off the terraces with a stride
at the base of about fourteen feet.
Stand the frame upright on perfectly
level floor, and tack a string in the
apex Of the letter-shaped frame and
tie pound weight to it.
Let the string and weight get per-
feotly still, and then raise one end
Of the base exactly one and one-half
inches. Wshen the weight gets quiet
again dn this position mark on the
frame exactly where it swings This
implement is Invaluable for terracing
a field properly and it will enable the
farmer to do the work scientifically
and rapidly. BY applying this terrac-
Ing machine ito the field fall of one
and a half inches In every fourteen
feet will be obtained, and this is just
what science has taught Us to be right.
Beginning at the highest point of
the field lay off with this frame q SER
les of terraces throughout the whole
hillside. The land should have the
slope marked by the implement until
a ditch or some large hollow is reach
ed which will carry the water off free
~ Sometimes they are natural here
and there, and it will not be necessary
to do anything more, but wherever
the slope is not sufficient 1T should be
made so according to the rule adopt
ed.
AS the land is terraced off with the
homemade implement plenty of stakes
should be ready to drive in the ground
80 as to mark the course and depth
It the terraces. Beginning at the line
Af the stakes then a tWo-horse p.ow
should throw the soil from either sid
UP toward the stakes. This leaves the
stakes ON the top Of the terrace. and
the soil is thrown up around them,
while the running water from the hill
side will then follow the grooves on
either side.
If the plow cannot throw the soil
up deep enough other implements must
be used, but generally the pillow will
answer. Thereafter every spring the
plow should be rum through these
same burrows, throwing the sold UP on
the terraces, and in this way they will
become permanent fixtures of the
field, heavily matted together with
grass roots. In planttng ON such ter
| raced hill let the rows run crossswise
| instead OF up and down hill. The wa
| ter will then pass off slowly, and
cause very little damage Chicago
| Journal.
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too much to leave 1t, even. where he
might Improve his material condition.
Toronto Globe w.. "
Preventing Smut in Grain.

Smut grows from minute fungous
spores clinging to the seed grains, so
that If there are no live smut germs
upon the grain sown, no fungous
threads will grow into the plant tbs.
sues Of the crop, and no smut spores
Will be fruited upon the resulting
grains OF wheat or oats, according to
J. H. Panton of the Ontario station
Is. r. '04). BY stirring the seed grain
In cold waiter for half an hour, many
OF the sullutty grains will float out
and may be SKINNED off. The best
remedy is to soak the seed grain
in hot water ait 1872 degrees f, which
not only destroys the smut spores,
but hastens the sprowting, and inn
proves the vigOr Of the resulting crop.
A basket or bag through which the
hot water passes to the seed is lifted
up and down in a barrel or tank Of
waiter which must be kept at from
100 degrees T. to 1875 degrees + for
fifteen minutes, when the grain is
dipped into cold water to cool, and
then spread out to dry. Solutions Of
chemicals may injure the terminating
power of the grain, but they have
long been successfully used for the
bunt smut of wheat, and the loose
smut of otuts Where a grain drill is
to be used, washing for short time
in strong solution is preferable to
long soaking in a weake. fluid.
One pound copper sulpllate (blue vi
troD dissolved in OTIS to gals Of
water makes strong solutions for
thoroughly wetting 10 to Is bushels
grain which is then dried by mixing
well with QibIe land plaster or
slaked lime. On using 20 gals water,
soak for II hours, wash in strong
HmeWater for 10 minutes. and dry.
One pound potassium sulphide diver
Of sulphur) dissolved in 10 gals We
ter will soak out the smut in -
hours if the grain is stirred OCCASION
ally; or using 20 gals water "a hours
soaking will be needed before drying
the grain.
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The Latest Excuse.

She-Before you were married you
said that my slightest wish Should not
wait a moment for fulfllmant, and
now 1 have to talk an hour before
can get you to bring a bod of coal.
Aren't you ashamed of yourself?
He--Not bit. You know man
is not responsible for promises made
when he was hypnotized.
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garrison Of less chan 100 Ave years
after the close CT the civil war, and
me dread fortress Is now marked in
me reports of the secretary of the
war with the asterisk, which means
mot garrisoned." Doubtless, as in a
good many other such fortresses Of
the United States. q corporal without
ms traditional guard constitutes the
sole representative of the government
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-03-28
LeEhornn the Most Profitable.

The most profitable breed Of hens
for farmers, who live away from the
city markets, is the Leghorn. They
more than make up in eggs for what
they Lack as flesh producers. Poultry
raisers OF our northern states have to
send their dressed poultry to market
at time when prices are low. Fan
cy prices are obtained just before cool
weather, but there is risk in sending
dressed poultry 200 or 300 miles by
express in hot weather. Legs1o1ns are
easier to raise and the pullelts ma
ture at least a month earlier than the
heavy breeds. Pullets Matched in
May make winter layers They are
active and not likely to accumulate
fat during the fail and winter, which
are likely to freeze; but all hens, to
be profitable must have houses warm
enough to prevent such Injury. White
Leghorns lay fully as we'll and are
more inclined to slit than those of the
brown variety, besides having no COL
ored pinfeaIthers, which makes them
look better dressed.-J. II. Denis,
Iona Co., Mich.
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Manifestly Unfair.
Foul" cried the trainer.
"FOul." eXpOstulated the hOtt1a

"Foul," expostulated the bottle
holder.
"Foul," protested the pugilist.
The referee assumed an attitude of
attention.
THAT man. continued the princi-
pal. with emotion, lis fighting in
double-leaded minion type, when the
article called for solid nonpareil.''
And the literary trainer and the ink
bottle-holder lifted up their voices
and demanded justice.-Detroit Trib.
une.
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Barn um's Grandfather.

The first real estate entry of rec ,rd
in Kanawha county, West Virginia: was
made January 2, 1895, and is of $780,
600 acres of land to Phlneas Taylor,
OF Waterbury, Conn.,, who was the
grandfather of Phineas I. Barnum,
the great Snowman. The property
has been in litigation almost ever
since.
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f1ey@z R gRe6 /! MB8
{ lR8$S{2S &SS lE@
SWENS HE mail for the
West you're want
ing - there you

ing - there you
are, sir, on the
right;
She's rounding the corner now, sir,
and just coming into sight.
You're due out at 6:15, sir, so there;
quite half an hour to wait
Lor' bless you, sir. don't be anxiou u.s.
our flyer" is never late
Can l come into the bar for ''tooth-
full" just to keep out the fog and
.. cold?
Well, thanking you kindly-yes, sir,
that is, if I'm not making bold
Have seen any life on the line, sir?
should rather think had;
Near eighteen years I was firing, but
now, you know, times are bad.
Now Pm only IN outside porter; even
there I'm not much good,
For you'll see, if you watch me walk
ing, this left leg of mine is wood.
And I'll tell you how lost it; that is,
if you think you'd care
To hear the tale-it's short one-and
you've plenty of time to spare.
1t was just three years ago, sir-three
years this Christmas eve
When, down in this very station, fell
the signal for us to leave.
There was me and Bill, the driver,
running this sclf-same train,
When the fog hung thick around US,
with drizzling, misty rain;
And each lamp we passed on the plat
form threw a dim and misty glare
AS the train drew out and we thuns
dered OF into the murky air.
We were clear on the road to Swim.
don, and were running fair and
free.
When I saw by the light of the fur
mace Bills eyes were bent on me:
I'd noticed him strange and silent
he had not word to say,
But my work had kept me going. and
ia let him have his way;
But above the throb of the engine his
tones rang on my ear,
did you aear that voice, Jack, call
ing--calling so sweet and clear?'
All! but ELL had been bad one-he
had left his wife and child
All through a breath of slander-with
rage and passion wild,
A girl from some Western village,
they had only been wed a year,
And she was as pure and spotless as
ever an angels tear.
But he gave no ear to reasou-so she
took the BARN and fled,
And passed from his life as sure, sir,
as if she were cold and dead.
He had often been queerish lately
and the word had got about
That, off duty, he'd plunge in madly
to many a drinking bout.
Yet something seemed to tell me that
this was no drunkard's freak;
So 1 laughed, and tried to calm him
with jest at his nerves so weak,
But he turned away in anger, with q
curse at my feeble joke.
''Jack, tell YOU" shouted, 1. it was
Armies voice that spolze.'
Then he seemed to pluck up courage,
and his face grew firm and set.
While the raindrops fell unheeded in
shower of binding wet,
And over the spreading moorlands,
with their gathering mists of grey,
The train with its living burden swep,
on its dreary way,
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SOME FARM 4 TOPICS.
INTERESTING MATTER FOR TIL
LERSt OF THE SOIL. --,.

A Good Way to Prevent WashinEs
From Storms-Preve.nting Smut In
Grain-Renewing the ViEOr of
Standardization the Poultry,
Yard.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-02
JAPAN Vs. RUSSIA.

The japanese are still on the alert
to show the outside world their power,
and even Russia, with her large feet
of modern battle ships, hesitates be-
fore aggravating her little neighbor,
realizing that Japan is a power in
diplomatic affairs as we'll as the COM
mercial world.
At the "New Republic" building,
on King street, can be found anything
from the smallest and most delicate
of bric-a-brac, consisting of vases,
porcelain and tortoise shell ware from
Japan to the most delicately-worked
shades OF silks from China; a line Of
helmets of various styles, which have
always been 1.-the thing" for tropical
countries, and an assortment of ladies'
crepe waists formerly costing you $3.50
to So. so, which sell you at $3.50.
Elk City of Peking-I have received
a varied assortment of FOur-in-hand
Neckties, which will be sold for 20
cents apiece or 1925 dozen.
make a speciality of taking orders
for mating ranging from plain solid
to others with colors so blended as to be
almost too pretty to use. Crepes will
be made in any design imaginable.
Do not fail to visit the store, ex-
anime my stock and samples. 1t costs
A. BARNES.