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The Princeton union., 1896-05-21

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ERRORS IN SUMMER FALLoW1NG.
One uthority Who Claims 1t is Not
a Benefit to the Soil

a BENEFIT to the Soil.
8 ~ is generally believed that the soil
Is kept in a afertile condition by sim
pie summer fallow. differ from a
large ma jority Of farmers on this sub
ject, and claim that summer fallowing
as generally prac cticed is not a benefit
to the soil. It will give more bushels
pera acre for few years, but in a short
time the soil will fail to respond to
the treatment. A large percentage Of
Western farmers have an idea that
prairie soil, If summer fallowed every
few years, can never be exhausted.
This is a fallacy which ought to be
corrected, and the sooner the better;
for It could be said with equal pro-
priety that a lake would never become
dry were it's waters continuously
drawn out, there being no stream or
spring to replace that which was re-
moved. Every crop that is harvested
has taken a portion Of the fertility
from the land, and to keep this up
something must be returned 1t is a
well known fact that there is a con-
tinuous wasting in a mans body, and
that nourishing food is required daily
to supply this waste. The harder he
WORKS the greater must be the supply
OF food. Our present method Of sum-
mer fallowing is too much like feeding
laboring man with cruel and bran.
There is a method of summer fallow-
Ing, however, which will enrich the soil
and produce good crops for an indef-
mite length OF time If: there is any
manure available, spread it on the land
to be summer fallowed and plow it .un-
der. Some object to this because no
benefit is derived from the fertilizer
until the following year. It is Of more
use, however, when ploWed under in
this manner than if permitted to lie
about the barn and yards. II no ma
nure,is available, sow buckwheat, GA ts,
OF rye as early in spring as possible,
and after it has made considerable
growth plow it under. This requires
considerable labor, but if one expects
to farm without doing much hard work
he had better quit. One of the best
plans of keeping up and restoring fer
tility is to seed to clover. The roots
penetrate deep into the subsoil and
form innumerable channels, which per
mits the dissolved salts in the ground
water to be carried to the surface, and
there deposited as plant food. The
6ubsoil contains a large amount Of fer
tilizing material, which has been wash.
ed down into it, and the clover roots
act as a subsoil plow, to loosen up the
soil and bring back it's richness to the
plant roots. One of the most import
ant elements in all vegetable and ami
NAL life is nitrogen, and clover takes
this from the air and deposits it in the
soil. The three mineral essentials tc
plant life are potash, phosphoric acid
and nitrogen. If these are exhausted
from the SOIL and the few weeds anl
old stubble that we plow under in sum
mer following do not contain .suthcien
Of these to keep up the fertility, l cal
see no lasting benefit from this prac
tice. We will find it to our advantage
to keep more stock, cultivate fewel
acres and apply all the manure avail
able.-L. B. Smith in, Orange judo
| Farmer.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
Wire Netting supports.

American Gardening furnishes
sketch which shows how wire poultry
netting of thrce-inch mesh can be
used to advantage among tomato
plants. ~
The supports across which the net
ting is stretched are bent so as to in-
cline the netting towar,l the sun. II
arranged so that the growing plants
will reach the meshes about third
of the way from the lower edge Of the
netting, a fine, sunny support will be
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
. DoNT'S FOR RIDERs,
ne F Suggestions Dropped
Chm m MON Zim m erInan {.


s. yme ~ Suggestions Droppc6 brr
Cha nmpion Zimmerman
Arthur Zimmerman, in his capacity
rs a cycling editor, has framed the fol
lowing Don't, . some of which may be-
found interesting.
Don't expect to accomplish every
thing in a day. III
Don't attempt to run down cable or
trolley cars.
Don't he afraid to ride a diamond
frame wheel.
Don't go into a century run without
training for it, ri
Don't forget that the race is won in
The last sprint.
Don't begin to ride for at least an
hour after meals.
Don't occupy more than your own
share Of the road.
Don't drink cold fluids when over
heated from riding.
Don't lack confidence in yourself
when learning to ride
Don't lose sight of the fact that
you We're once a novice
Don't lose sight Of the fact that you,
must pedal straight.
Don't race until you have prepared
| yourself for the strain.
Don't think Of doing any road-riding-
! on your racing machine.
Don't pass Wheelman in distress
without offering assistance.
Don't ride so long that you return.
| home thoroughly exhausted
Don't pull all the forces of your ped
aling in the downward push.
Don't wait until you become tired
before turning about for home.
Don't rush out on the road before
| YOU know how to ride properly.
Don't blame the other fellow for
every collision you happen to be in.
Don't forget that others have as
much right to the road as yourself :,
Don't ride more than mile at a.
| time, il a greater distance tires you.
Don't try to do too much at the
start, particularly if you are a woman
Don't allow your leg to get perfectly
straight at any time while riding.
Don't have your saddle SO far to the
rear that your position is not easy.
Don't jump off your wheel and
1 throw yourself down on the damp
grass. .,.:t~.s s4
Don't forget there are instructors
! WHO will make a competent rider OF
I YOU. .'~' '... -ts..
| Don't think that you are entitled to
any more OF the road than any other
| rider. -.
Don't go out on long run without
being prepared for accidents to the,
| Wheel.
DON'T think You can get a high-grade
wheel for anything but high-grade
price. p; ,.'t"
Don't forget that in collision be-
tween a wheel and a wagon, the wag-,
on never suffers.
Don't drink the common drinking
water in the different towns you pass:
through.
Don't drink cold water Gargle the
throat and rinse the mouth With it
when thirsty.
| Don't lose sight of the fact that the
bicycle is Il great developer of physical
beauty. 5.=
| Don't permit the feeling of nervous:
apprehension to affect you when learn
ing to ride.
Don't deyiate from a regular mode
Of living. This applies to the track
man, particularly. r.;
Don't be afraid of the man who pulls.
out ahead Of you at the beginning OF
the:raCe. *1=
Don't make any sacrifice to secure
lightness of the wheel. Lightness
means less rigidity.
Don't fail to remember that those
ahead of you can't hear you coming
unless you ring your bell.
Don't imagine you are an expert
until you can manage the wheel with
out putting your hands on the bars
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
Farm Notes.


Keep the farm work well up and give
the boys Saturday afternoon for recre-
alton 81.
The great secret Of easy cultivation
of corn is TO have ground mellow, and
to get the start of the weeds.
Dor. .tsalloW the plant food to be lock-
ed up in the clods. Make it available
by having the ground finely pulverzed.
The troublesome ants easily succumb
to the effects produced by pouring
small quantity Of fuma bisulphide Of
carbon into their mounds.
The alfalfa growers Of the Arkansas
valley are going to observe more sys-
TEN in their business hereafter and
will produce hay and seed by dividing
their fields, thlls making success
doubly sure
Kaffir corn is believed by Director
Morrow Of the OF Oklahoma experiment.
station to be the most promising grain
yet introduced. for regions with warm
summers and a light rainfall. He does
not believe it proven that 1T is equally
;yalua bic with Indian corn in regions
where the latter can be relied On TO
produce fair crops,
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21


was done VIII have upon future crops
The method BY which the subsollinf
was affected was as follows: "a fur
row ten inches deep was first turned
with q fourteeninch walking ploW
and following in the furrow the sub
ssoiler ran five inches deeper, king
the depth of the subsol ploWing ff.
teen inches on the land side of the
ploW, while the loose soil was eighteen
inches deep. nvestigation after one
Of the heavy summer rains last year
showed that the subsoiled ground was
wet from six inches to foot deeper
than that which had been merely
ploWed.
@3z a Corn Cutter
This is the latest idea IN corn cut
tiers, invented by a Wisconsin man.
OF it he says: Don't kick when using
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21

roundings adapting themselves so adj
mirably to each other, that l was
almost up to him before 1 was aware
OF his proximity. However, he was
wide awake enough, and the instant
he knew l had seen him he started
up and bounded away, giving me no
time, in my nervous condition to get
a good shot. l fired, certainly, but as
soon as touched the trigger / knew
had missed-perhaps it was all the
better for ME that l did so-and the
next moment he was out Of sight
among the rocks. Walking a little fur
ther, I came upon the half-consumed
carcass of hartebeest, evidently
killed the night before, the trail by
which the lion had dragged it point
ing toward the veldt Here then was
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
A Cheap Gate Spring,

chinery; heat the ends in a stove, II
not near a blacksmith shop. Bend
about three inches of one end back to
go into the post, and bend the other
end into the form OF hook. Fasten a
rope or small, chain to the gate about
six inches from the back side-or far
ther away if a stronger spring is need
ed-and attach it to the hook on the
spring. If at any time you wish to
have the gate remain open, unhook
the rope from the spring
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21

Enough.
tongue and was working deeper and
deeper all the time. The torture the
poor animal endured must have been
awful and don't imagine it could
have survived No dead 'Porky' ap-
peared to be around. SO thanking him.
in his absence, / took the, beautiful
skin of the leopard.
On the following day was laid up
with aI attack of fever. which Kept
me idle for some time. My two boys,
however, attended assiduously to my
needs, aud in due course got about.
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
DiHiculty with Forage Plants.


For several years the clover maggot
has destroyed the clover in Montcalm
county, and the excessive drouth Of
the past season destroyed all new seed
ing, so there is no prospect for clover
crop this year. Many farmers cut
green rye for hay last summer and re-
port favorable results. When cut too
late it is not satisfa ctory, because of
the boards injuring the mouths of the
animals During the past few years
rye has been given a prominent place
upon many farms as a forage, grain,
hay and green manuring plant. The
result Of blowing under rye has ap-
parently upset the teachings Of agricul-
trral chemists that this crop is not a
fertilizer and adds nothing new to the
soil. In my experience it adds a con-
siderable benefit to the succeeding
crops for several years and causes me
to believe there are yet processes in
Gods laboratory for man to discover
II. e. Taylor, Montcalm county, Mich
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
A Gate Spring.

Numbered with other handy contriv-
ances illustrated and described by
Rural New Yorker, is a gate spring
which has given entire satisfaction.
10 make a similar one, take an old
horse-rake tooth, or new one may be
procured from dealer in farm ma
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
For Pnl1inc Stumn.

A Maine correspondent Of Rural
New Yorker, who has actually pulled
a great. many stumps in clearing a
farm of fifty years from the dense for
est, writes: -s
"A really practical thing is simply a
The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
No Cause before,

BroWnI'm going to challenge thai,
man who ran off with my wife
Jones ny, that was six months
ago.
RroWn-I know it, but he has sen&
her backN4w York World.
The herald., 1896-03-08

place, was too much. And so the in
truder was placed under arrest,
marched into court, and declared in
sane, and sent to an asylum.
Such Q precedent cannot fail to have
a depressing effect upon street clean
ing movements wherever the incident
becomes known. II cleaning up public
streets is conclusive evidence of insan-
ity in the case Of one man, and he a
private citizen, all citizens and public
officials who directly or indirectly en-
gage in or encourage such a misde-
meanor are liable at any time to find
themselves confined within the walls
of an asylum, surrounded by other al
legged maniacs.'
Possibly the fear Of punishment, in
one way or another, is what deters the
authorities I Los Angeles from hav-
ing all the streets cleaned oftener than
semi-annually. And perhaps the same
thing may be what ails Chicago, which
now wears the champion belt for the
fllthiest streets known in modern
times.
At ell events the Santa Cruz court
has established very bad precedent,
and the case should be speedily taken
before higher tribunal and there re-
versed. Let us have clean streets at
all hazards.
The herald., 1896-03-08
A COWARDLY CONGRESS
organs.

The Republican congress is a cow
ardly humbug. 1t came in roaring like
lion, but it is now as meek as a sick
lamb. 1t has lodged every response
bility, and shutt1ed with every exlgency
before it.
The senste's method of dealing with
the Cuban question is in keeping with
all the previous acts of this incompe-
tent body. After clustering for several
days, the senators adopted a resolu-
tion, which mems anything or nothing
as person may choose to construe it.
and leaves the whole matter at the dis
cresion OF the president, where it orig
iEslly belonged. If the senate desired
that Independence or belligerent rights
be accorded the Cuoans, why did II
not say %, and instruct or rec.
ommsnd to the president to recog-
nizs the Cuban government or
grant 1t belligersnt rights. No! That
The herald., 1896-03-08
An Ideal American

Ex-Congressman Hartcr was the grand.
son of General Robert Moore, who repre-
sented Western Pennsylvania in congress
early in the century, and was the son of
Isaac Harter of Canton, o., who founded
the well-known banking house of Isaac
harter & Sons. He was born April g.,
1916, at Canton, o., the home of Major
Mckinley, but lived at Mansfield, the
home of Senator Sherman, the greater
part of his life. lie was a member of the
Lutheran church. In 1869 he married
Miss Mary Brown, and leaves, besides a
widow, four children-three boys and one
girl.
Being asked recently to tell something
of his career, he wrote: "Here is about
what is fair to say of me. l am plain,
everyday kind OF a man in looks, dress,
manner of life, ETC.. and in Independent
circumstances, and live in comfort and
modesty. I devote my time to my bust.
ness. that of banking, and very largely to
the education of my children. / am a
member of the Reform club, New York,
and of the Golden CLUB of london.
Wells, r. r. Bowker, Roger Z. Mills, j.
Sterling Morton, John Quincy Smith,
William Lloyd Garrison, William NJ.
Singerly, William l.. Wilson, c. r. Breck.
inridge, William M. Springer, and that
general class of thinkers. l am ono of the
original Cleveland men of the party.
IL belong to that class of men whose
ideas of government are the precise re-
verse of those of the Federalists, Wing and
Republican. believing that the government
is best which governs least. During the
gresnback craze / was hard-money man."
Mr.. Harter was the manager of the Alt.
man & Taylor company at Mansfield Dur
ing the campaign when he was a candidate
for congress he issued a circular to his en-
ployes, in which the following statement
was made: "The object of this notice is to
say to you that, while it would be very
gratifying to me to have your unanimous
vote, yet wish now, when / am q candi-
date for office. to denounce the practice so
often pursued of using intimidation or un-
due influence by saying to you that no
mans wages or employment in any estab-
lishment in which have any voice or con-
troll shall depend upon how he YoIea.',
The herald., 1896-03-08
Write the Truth as you SEQ its
Fight the Wrong as you find it: Pub.
11sh all tho News, and Trust tho
0vent to the Judgment of the People
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1906.
FACING THE WRONG WAY

The town trustees OF Long Beach
seem to have forgotten, il they ever
knew, that this is an age of progress,
and that thinking people all over the
country are moving in the direction of
tax reform. They are trying to dis
cover the most effective means OF rid
ding themselves Of needless and there
fore unjust taxation burdens which
ignorance and stupidity have fastened
on their backs.
The Long Beach trustees have taken
. step in the opposite direction. They
have passed an ordinance levying a
town poll tax on every male citizen be-
tween q and 60 years of age. This
raises the question as to how far. under
our state constitution and laws, the
poll tax outrage can be pushed. Scarcely
any other state in the union has as
many varieties of poll tsxes ss has
California. The HERALD has hereto
fore called attention to the fact that,
besides the regulation state tax on
mems heads, several counties, includ-
Ing Los Angeles, levy a similar tax,
which is called road poll tax" Both
Of those taxes are unwise. unjust, and
will not much longer be tolerated.
But now Long Beach goes the
state and county one better -
or, one worse. It is to have a
nice little poll tax on its own hook;
for the five statesmen composing the
board of trustees have so decreed.
Hereafter every male resident of that
charming seaside to wn, who is within the
age limits mentioned, will be invited
to pay fine of two dollars for having
q head on his shoulders. This, with
his state and county poll taxes, makes
total of six dollars q year, which the
unfortunate Long Beacher must pay as
q punishment for the crime of being g
on earth.
II is not at all likely that the Long
Beach poll tax ordinance would stand
the test of judicial scrutiny, and we
hope it will be thus tested and buried
out of sight. If we have reached a
point where every municipality, follow
ing the example of certain counties,
can saddle poll tax on to innocent
victims, there is no reason why in
every city there may not be, in addi-
tion to general municipal cinch OF
that kind, school poll tax, police
poll tax, a sewer poll tax, park poll
tax, and as many other such taxes as q
collection Of unprincipled legislators
may see f1t to levy.
It is time to call halt on all schemes
Of so-called taxation which outrage
Justice, discourage enterprise and har-
rsss the lives Of innocent citizens. But
voters themselves must put an end to
such legislation-by selecting public
officials who have reasonable supply
Of intelligence and honesty.
The herald., 1896-03-08

The brilliancy of General Weyler as
q photographic manipulation is only ex-
ceeded by Col. Otis of California. The
Spanish commander has almost COM
plete censorship over the telegraph in
Cuba. Now, not having this kind OF a
bulge over the wires, the flushed vice.
presidential aspirant-ss anyone can
readily see-was obliged to maneuver
and torture facts under more painful
and touching circumstances while on
his eastern campaign.
The herald., 1896-03-08

The Times grows quite perfunctory
in it's solicitations of subscriptions
for the Newsboys' Home project. 1t is
manifestly anxious to cling to that
contingent $1,000 as long as possible.
When TIE HERALD determined to aid
the free kindergarten it gave absolutely
the net proceeds of its Thanksgiving
number, amounting to over $500; and
when it lent its columns to invite sub
scriptions to assist the Orphans Homo
$4,000 we're Forthcoming in a very few
days. But, then, THE HERALD is popu-
lar and not Hoodoo.
The herald., 1896-03-08
NOVEL PROOF OF INSANITY

An incident of recent occurrence In
Santa Cruz will sadden the hearts of
many who hear of it. Street cleaning
In most of our modern cities already
comes near point where it might prop
erly be classed among the lost arts.
The incident at Santa Cruz now under
consideration is calculated to discour-
age the few townspeople who really
appreciate and desire clean streets,
and are willing to pay for them, or pay
their proportion of the cost thereof. It
may not be wise thing for the news
papers to give the incident general
publicity; but The HERALD will take
the chances.
The brief facts are these: A man in
Santa Cruz insisted on personally
cleaning the streets Of that little city.
For a whole month he went through
the public thoroughfares, day and
night, cleaning them up as
best he could, without assist
snce from others, asking and receiving
no compensation beyond the bare ne
cessities OF little food and place to
sleep. When this innovation had con-
tinued about thirty days the Santa
Cruzans arose in their might and de-
cided that they would no longer be i'm
posed upon by the volunteer street
cleaner. Physically they are q hardy
lot of people, and are also quite amia-
BILE, but they can't stand everything
For man to go around through their
town and persistently remove from the
public thoroughfares all the tin cans,
waste papers, chips, orange peelings
ashes, old shoes, ETC., with which the
industry Of the people had adorned the
The herald., 1896-03-08

A CORRESPONDENT asks the Times to in
form him "wno the United states minister
to Mexico is, and of what place he is re-
sident in the United States?' The Ameri-
can minister to Mexico is Matt W. Ran
som of Massachusetts.-The Times.
The foregoing is accurate with an ac-
curacy peculiar to the Hoodoo. The
residence in tue United States of Hon.
Matt w. Rsnsom is far away from the
state Of Massachusetts. 1t is ia North
Carolina, which commonwealth he
represented for some time in the Uni
ted States senate.
The herald., 1896-03-08

The readiness with which strangers
have offered to pay the expenses of a
respectable interment Of the remains
Of the unfortunate young woman who
recently suicided testities eloquently
to the fact that the human heart ia not
as calloused as some cynics claim.
The herald., 1896-03-08

The exciting scenes in the Kentucky
legislature yesterday over the sena-
torial contest, where Republicans
voted for Democrat and Democrats
seemed ready to support political op-
ponent rather than Carlisle, suggests
the possibility Of considerable break
ing up of party lines next fall on the
money question.
The herald., 1896-03-08

That comet reported as making a
bee line for the earth with rapidity
which threatened to make things in
teresting has changed it's mind and
started for more inviting neighbor-
hood. 1t seems that it somehow got
wind of the announcement that Anna
Shaw was about to start out on another
lecture tour.
The herald., 1896-03-08

TINE in its general move on brings
about remarkable changes. Today the
difference between a United States
senator and pugilisti is that the speech
OF the fiery senator is mostly made up
of violent and incessant shaking of
the fists, while the match of the slug
ger is altogether composed of countless
oratorical contests in four thousand
mile ring.
The herald., 1896-03-08

NANsEN may have discovered the
north pole. but he would find it quite
impossible to discover two newspaper
cuts of himself that resembled each
other.
The herald., 1896-03-08

WHEN We stop to consider that had
the United States and England decided
to settle the Venezuelan affair by the
arbitrament Of the sword, the inevita-
BILE result would have been to invoke
war lyrics from Frederick Austin, poet
laureate, We awake to q realization of
what the horrors of war would really
The herald., 1896-03-08

JOE SIBLEY must have filled his presi-
dental boom with too much "gas" and
thus caused it to go up. There is no
parachute to the burned thing, either.
The herald., 1896-03-08
Good Citizenship Movement

One man sneered at the good-citizenship
movement in Pasadena as having ''no head
nor tail" He'll find it has a good able
body, however. 1t don't need any bosses
or the sort of caudle extremity they brought
into Saturday nights meeting.-Pasadena
News
The herald., 1896-03-08
Building Oa Herald Lots

Two small residences were put up on
The HERALD lots in Lancaster in the last
week. All are glad to see this, and hope
many more purchasers will come and re-
side with us in this upper and better region
and live lopg.--Lancaster Gazette.
The herald., 1896-03-08
lOf One Mind Eor nnI,

Col. Otis of the Los Angeles Times de-
nies that he wants to be vice-president.
For once the people of southern California
heartily agree with Col. Ohs.--Santa Ana
Blade.