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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

mrch fertility that it would not pay
for cultivating was it seeded down or
left to grow up with such heritage, both
weeds and grass, as nature provided.
The result is that most of the land now
in grass is by that very fact discredited
us being presumably fit for nothing
else. Yet there is in all grass land
constant tendency to increase In fertll-
tty. 1t is so even when the land Is lett
to grow up with weeds and bushes.
These shelter the surface, hold the
leaves that fall on the land from being
blown away. The decomposition OF
these leaves gradually builds up soil,
and to this must be added the excre-
ment from animals fed on the heritage
which the soil is still able to grow
Usually when the improvement OF
grass land is determined upon the sou
to be turned under and rot is regarded
as an important part of the soil assets.
Improving the land as meadow or pas
ture by manuring it and still keeping 1t
nnplowed is hardly ever thought or.
Yet as in most cases this grass land is,
even with manure, not quite rlcn
enough for profitable cropping, the ex-
pertinent is worth trying of applying
to it such manure as can be had and see
what the increased grass or hay prod
uct will be worth. This is done sue
cessfully in England. Why may 1t not
be also in the older parts of this coun-
try? The demand for hay is general
ly good in all eastern cities. Will 1t
pay to fertilize grass so as to make the
growing Of hay profitable? II 1t Will
not pay to maintain fertility in grass
Iand, the logical sequence is that all
lay or grass taken from it helps to re-
luce fertility so that the soil will be
worth nothing for the production OF
any kind Of crop. 1t is likely that in
the future, as in the past, most OF the
hay crop in this country will be pro-
duced in the years when the rotation
between cultivated crops and grass re-
ouires that the land be seeded. Our
climate is not moist like that OF Eng
land, Hence it cannot keep good sod
many years without blowing and re-
seeding. This also is so much the best
for cultivated land that there need be
no fear that the profits of cultivated
crops will so lessen the amount OF land
in grass that there will not be hay
enough to feed with grain and coarser
fodder, nor that 1t will fail to be sup
piled at reasonable prices.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Soil for Berries.

Gay soil must be we'll drained, is
more difficult to prepare, natures later
crops and not SO favorable for winter
protection. The ideal berry ground
would be, first, rich loan with clay
subsoil Second, dark loan or
gravelly loan mixed slightly with clay,
and clay subsoil, all having south
erly or eastern exposure. Any of these
mixed soils, will make good berry gar
dens by applying good barn yard ma
nure, which contains all the essential
elements required. When such ma
nure cannot be obtained then CONNER
cial fertilizers rich in nitrogen and pot
ash should be applied. Avoid low nat
land unless under drained, 1t is usually
cold, late and more subject to frosts.
Avoid steep hillsides as being more
subject to drouth and wash of soil by
severe rains. Very few farms are
without suitable soil and location for a
good berry garden and that farmer
who simply exists, year after year,
without good garden has not learned
the first principles OF living.
M. A. Thayer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
MISSING LINKS.

Trave;er-Who governs here Sou'a
American Inhabitant-Oh! we taAs
turns.-Puck.
An opera singer has been arres's'
In Venezuela because she would not "
spond to an encore.
Eighteen tons of steel disappear dal'
on the London & Northwestern rail"1
through wear and rust.
1t is said that people who drink :
great deal of water have rheuma''s~
less than the non-water drinher.
Four daily papers of Fargo N y.
have died during the year, the la''
being the Commonwealth (Populls''
1t is said that carp are so plenlIa'
in the st. Joseph river, near MIC
Mich. that they can be caught wiz
bare hooks.
The prison population OF Ensian,,
has fallen OFF in late years, W. |"
l13 prisons, fifty-seven have been ai'''
gether closed. :,
AS early as the time of Alexanaef : !.
Of Scotland. a man who let Weeu' : !.
to seed on a farm were declared !" :
the kings enemy. :.
Have you heard from uncle ' Wv
went to Africa as a missionary w.
yes! A friend sent me the menu
FIiorendo Rloottor
1t costs Great Britain $15,Ooo .~
to maintain the Queens pack Oh NC, 81,
hounds. The people are peti'i0''''
her to give them up.
OF 276 members of the Connec..,
legislature which will convene ~,
month. one hundred are farmers
lawyers number only twenty-tnfee'
Would you please help me!
the poor beggar to the pedestrian.
have a wife Ind five children al w. Is.
and an installment to pay on my ~
Gle o-morrowv'--Yonk Statesm'
ION the right" said hlnS
guide to a party of tourists, yer
a cascade called The Maidens n.
and ON the left a cascade caiiea
Widows Tears cause 1t dried W
quickest"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The sacred privilege Of minister and
magistrate who marry people to kiss
the bride was rudely interfered with at
Shelbyville, Ind. last week. Charles
Comlin and Daisy Johnson were made
one by Squire Thomas Kenton and the
Justice saluted Mrs. Comlin in the good.
old Hoosier fashion. Then Comlin gave
the squire biff In the eye and refused
to pay for the services Just rendered
So Squire Kenton is out doctor bill
and a IS note.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The snow still fell; the keen wind.
raw and fierce, cut to the bone. 1t was
Gods worst weather in Gods forlorn-
est, bleakest spot of ground that
Christmas day of 62 on the Rappahan-
mock. a half-mile below the town OF
Fredericksburg, says a contributor to
Harper's Weekly. But come, pick up
your PROSTATE pluck, you shivering
private. Surely there is enough damp
ness around without adding to 1t your
tears.
Lets laugh, boys"
Hello. Johnny"
Hello yourself, Yank"
Merry Christmas, Johnny"
Same to you, Yank!"
Say, Johnny, got anything to
trader"
"Parched corn and tobacco-the size
OF our Christmas, Yank."
"All right: you shall have some OF
our coffee and sugar and pork. Boys,
find the boats"
Such boats! see the children sail
Ing them on the small lakes in our
Central park. Some Yankees, desper-
ately hungry for tobacco, invented
them for trading with the Johnnies.
They were hid away under the banks
Of the river for successive relays OF
pickets.
We got out the boats. An old hand
kerchief answered for sail. We load.
ed them with coffee. sugar, pork and
set the sail, and watched them slowly
creep to the other shore. And the
Johnnies? To see them crowd the
bank and push and scramble to be
first to seize the boats, going into the
water and stretching out their long
arms! Then when they pulled the
boats ashore and stood in group owe,
the cargo, and to hear their exclama-
tons: "Hurrah for hogs" Say, that's
not roasted rye, but genuine coffee.
Smell it, you ALL" And sugar, too"
Then they divided the consignment.
They laughed and shouted: Reckon
you all been good to us this Christmas
day. Yanks." Then they put parched
corn. tobacco, ripe persimmons, in the
boats and sent them back to us. And
We chewed the parched corn, smoked
real Virginia leaf. ate persimmons,
which. II they weren't very filing, at
least contracted our stomachs to the
size OF our Christmas dinner. And so
the day passed. We shouted: Merry
Christmas. Johnny" They shouted:
Same to you. Yank." And we forgo,
those men over there were our enc.
mics. whom 1t might be our duty to
shoot before evening.
We had bridged the river-spanned
the bloody chasm. We were brothers
not foes. waving salutations of good
will in the name Of the Babe of Beth.
lehem, on Christmas day, in '62. At the
very front Of the opposing armies the
Christ Child struck truce for us
broke down the wall of partition, be.
came our peace. We exchanged gifts,
We shouted greetings back and forth.
We kept Christmas, and our hearts
were lighter for it and our shiverins
bodies were not quite so cold.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The freedmen of the Cherokee nation
will soon be paid their share of the
strip money. There are 4,47O of them.
They are building pay house at
which they are to receive their por-
lions. They are also building q hotel
to entertain the visitors and sight,
seers. 1t will be one OF the most no.
table gatherings ever held in the ter
ritOry.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The talk about putting inventors on
the governments paper money has
been bad for Inventor Mccormick, in
that it has brought out an assertion
that he did not invent his reaper.
Many an inventor Is in oblivion while
some richer man Is getting the game
that belongs to him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

An exchange states that France has
lately been flooded with foreign copper
coins, especially those Of Greece and
the Argentine Republic. This has
brought about an acute crisis. leading
60 riots and fights in Lyons and Mar
settles. The matter has been laid be-
fore the chamber. but the government,
although taking prohibitive measures
against the circulation Of foreign copper
coins. refused to be held responsible.
The municipal council OF Bordeaux has
Just passed resolution calling upon
the government to withdraw the money
from circulation by paying Il 1t par.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

A New York man called on a magis-
trate the other day and asked for a
writ to compel his wife to support
him. When the request was refused
he volunteered the statement that he
might just as well not be married at
all II there Is no way to compel wom-
an to do her duty" Is this the new
MANI"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
back at home,

Each in the thought that woman
cared.
Murmured prayer to God.
Lifting his gaze to the blue sky above.
There Oh the battle sod.
Each in the joy of woman's love
Smiled through the pain of death,
Murmured the sound a woman's name,
Though with his parting breath.
Pale grew the dying lips of each,
Then, as the sun went down,
One kissed lock of thin gray hair,
And one kissed lock OF brown
-Waldron W. Anderson.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

Wild Hog, a Sioux brave, has left
the reservation and gone to New York
ito study civilization" He had likely
heard the boys reading about the See
ley dinner.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

A monkey farm has been established
In Florida. This explains why the Gu
ban war news from that state has
been SO unreliable.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Tie Difference,

One British writer spent 81 900 in ac.
vertising his book, and never sold
copy. Another spent $50 in calling at
tention to a little one-dollar book, and
sold $4,000 copies within year.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

It Is believed a good many suicide
clubs will be formed when the mini
mum amount of capital required by q
national bank Is fixed at $4,000.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
SIX Feet Nine.

The tallest man In Hardin County,
Ca, Is Alex Davis. who is 6 feet and D
inches. II no were straight. from hi
appearance. he would be full Z feet
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
The Raspberry.


w. G. Freeman, at Missouri Hor-
ticultural convention. told how to grow
the raspberry. A deep. rich alluvial
loan the best. II this Is not to be
had, the ground must be enriched by
well-rotted manure.
Location.-A northern slope pre-
ferred, deep blowing best.
Planting.-For Reds, set In fall or
early spring in rows three to four feet
apart, and cultivate thoroughly as long
as weeds appear. Allow no fruit to set
the first year. Cut back the canes to
about one foot the first year. Tender
varieties should be cut back near the
ground. Remove all the old and dead
wood. The nearer the ground the buds
appear, the better.
Black Caps.-Set three to seven feet
apart, treat much the same as the Red
Caps. Setting in the fall preferred,
but may be set In the spring, II great
care Is used. Cultivate and hoe first
year as late as October. Crops be-
tween the rows a hindrance Only
thorough work will pay. Top the
plants eight or ten inches high, and II
. large number of canes is wanted, top
the canes.
Pruning.-First year cut back to foot
or eighteen inches. according to
strength Of plant. For weak plants
cut back to ground. Top the young
shoots twelve or fourteen inches high
until laterals all out the rows.
Picking.-Prepare in advance crates
made and filled with boxes. Secure the
pickers. one-third more than you will
need. assign them to certain rows and
see that they work only there.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The most hopeless bankrupts are
those who have failed in trying to
borrow brains enough to run their
business,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

1t pays better to tell the truth and
lose temporarily than to state false
hood and lose permanently.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

or all ordinary things, the worst is
. stingy pie that is long on crust and
short on filling.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
VETERANS CORNER.
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES FOR OUR
OLD SOLDIER READERS,

AZ the Sun Went DOwn"-ScenS In
Camp ON tho Kappa hammock In De-
cember. 1862-The Death Of Sedg-
wick-In An Explosion.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The right kind OF man gains
strength from failure, and does not let
success breed inertness.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

People are apt to imagine that man
who is good-natured does not work.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
Importance of Water.

The importance Of water to the grow
ing plant can only be understood when
we apprehend and appreciate how large
a part of it's structure is composed of
water, and that even this large percent
age of its composition is but fraction
of the total amount used in its develop
ment. The quantity of water entering
into the structure of plants varies from
60 to as high as SO per cent OF their
total weight. During the entire period
of growth there is constant giving
of of moisture by the foliage, and it
must be made good by that which is
taken up by the roots. BY experiments
conducted at the Wisconsin Experiment
Station, it has been found that in rails
ing oats, for every ton Of dry matter
produced there were required 522.4 tons
of water; for every ton of dry matter
of flint corn there were required 1913. 9
tons of water: for dent corn, 300. O8
tons of water for every ton of dry mat
ter. On plots at this station Is tons
Of dry matter Of oats per acre repre-
scented an expenditure of 940.32 tons of
water. Potatoes used 422.7 tons of wa
ter per ton Of dry matter. The yield Of
potatoes on the experiment plots of $50
bushels per acre during the dry sea-
son Of 1896 represented an amount Of
water equal to 1.3l0.37 tons.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

The element OF uncertainty Is the
main charm of life.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02
FARM, AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRlCULTURiSTS
Some Cp-tO-date Hints About Cultiva-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
-Horticulture, viticulture and Flori-
culture.

HE desire to culti-
vate as much land
as possible in order
to get the most
possible from it has
led to general neg
lect of meadow and
pasture lands, says
American Cultiva-
tor. Only when it
was found that the
soil had lost so
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

All dairymen should be united for
the extension Of dairy education.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-02

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also more or less nutritious. It has
been clearly demonstrated that the ap-
pie Is superior to the potato in the
principles that 60 to increase the mus
Gle and brain Of man, and in fattening
qualities it is nearly equal to any other
food. Ripe grapes have cured epidemic
dysentery. Families where fruits are
most plentifully used are most free
from disease of all kinds, especially
from fevers and bowel complaints
Most fruits aid digestion, some directly
and some indirectly, and their free use
lessons the desire for alcohol or other
stimulants. The juicy ones act as dim
ents. and all as diuretics, the free acids
neutralizing the earthly matters in tho
blood. l could multiply authorities
but it is sufficient to say that all agree
as to the healthfulness of fruit.-Ey
Keep the Glover Hay.-Farmers are
learning that clover hay for the COW
is worth more than any other kind
The wise farmer sells his timothy hav
and keeps his clover. How often in NV
young days have l seen people buvinp
timothy hay for cattle, thinking that
because 1T cost the most it must there
fore be worth most for cattle. When
l was boy we used to raise all of orr
own hay, and timothy was the standard
variety. We began in the fall to feed
1t out to the cows and We kent at ~
till the mows were empty. We have
learned better since. Feed the timothv
to the horses and the clover IN 49,.
cattle and sheep.-Nelson Smith.
A Tree an 1nvesrmen.--It takes time
labor and money to grow a tree. which
means that the tree is an Investment
and should be as carefully guarded for
what 1t is worth, as any other i,vast-
ment. 1t should not be oyerworled
II portion Of the fruit ia removoa
either by pruning or thinning. the vi
tally of the tree is retained, the oua,itv
OF the natural food improved. and the
chances less of the tree asking for -
LAY of" four years out of five The
successful apple grower of the futuro
will be the specialist, the man with a
hobby" who believes in the future Of
apple growing; he will have the corr-
age Of his convictions.-Ex.
A rain storm in the Colorado desert
Is stranger thing than many Of Tho
curious tales which for ages gave Hero.
dotus a unique reputation amonv h;s-
torians for mendacity. During a rain
storm In the Colorado desert not a Gin
gle drop Of water touches the earth
The rain can be seen falling from the
clouds high above the desert, but when
the water reaches the strata of hot drv
air beneath the clouds It is entirelv
absorbed before falling half the d,s,
lance to the ground.
Small Trees.-Small trees will roo,
better than those that are larger ond
the young trees will start of in srevth
sooner and make better trees than the
larger ones. There is really no time
saved in attempting to use large trees
They are liable to meet with soma
drawback, which requires a wear ~
more for recovery. while some of them
may not thrive at all.-Ex.
All dairymen should be united for
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
SCHOOL CAsEIN COURT.
Allegations in the Brief to be Sub
mitted by Senator Palmer

Springfield, Ill, Oct. 22.-It was ex-
pected that Senator Palmer would yes
terday file a petition with the court,
asking that the Alton school board
be compelled to admit the colored chill
dren of that city to the white schools,
but the senator had not completed his
papers.
The petition is a lengthy one, but the
main allegation is that after the adop-
tiOn of the new charter, which cOnsoi-
dated the city school districts into one
and placed it under the control of the
board of education, a resolution was
adopted the object of which was to dis
criminate against the cOIOred children.
1t is charged that the two school
houses to which the cOlOred children
have been assigned are remote from the
homes of many of the pupils, who, to
reach them, must pass by other school
houses more convenient to their homes
and it is also alleged that the teachers
in these schools are not as efficient as
in the others. as the teachers are com
PEELED to teach double the number Of
grades that are taught in the white
schools The relators in the case are
James Brock, Scott Bib and Robert
White
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
LIVELY FUNERAL MUSIC.
Band Played a Quickstep on the Way
to the Csnetarv.

Decatur. Ill. Oct. 22-AIrs Louisa
Busher wife of ". E. Busher. a retired
merchant. was buried today with unusual
musical services.
In her lifetime Mrs. Busher agreed with
her husband that the one to die first
should have a band at the head of the
cortege and that lively music should be
played on the way to the cemetery and
solemn music on the return. She wanted
things lively while she was above ground.
The Episcopal minister officiated at the
services. and when the cortege was form
ed Goodman's band on the way to the
grave played Stars and Stripes and a
handicap quiekstep. On the return to
the city the band played Nearer, My
Cod. to Thee" and Departed Braves
Mrs Busher was president of the Anna
B. NIilhken Home for Dependent Old Wo-
men and Children
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
OLD CLOTHES FAMINE.
St. Louis Provident Association Can
not Get a Sufficient Supply


st. Louis, Oct 22.-Dr T. NJ. Finney,
general manager of the Provident As
sociation, is worried because the supply
of secondhand clothes on hand in the
stores of the association is sadly def
cient both in quantity and quality.
The sewing room of the PrOVident as
sociatiOn gives work to over 200 women
during the fall and winter season, and
all the secondhand clothing which has
been collected during the previous
spring and summer passes through the
hands of these women, who clean it,
repair the rents or transform the gar
ments into smaller ones that will fit
the children.
1t has always been customary to
make this collection of clothing in
spring, when people generally lay aside
hats and hitherto there has been a
rather generous supply of these articles
with which to begin the fall work of
the sewing women. Last fall the asso-
citation had II, Geo garments on hand,
but thus far less than 800 have been
obtained for the season of 1897 90.
Dr. Finney is anxious that this sup
ply should be increased Immediately 1t
is one of the most effective resources of
the association and take the charitable
public less severely than the cOntribu-
ton of money or food. He attributes
the paUcity OF the donations thus far to
the fact that the great demand for
second hand clothing which followed
the severe season of last winter, has
stripped the usual source whence these
donations come OF its supply of old
cIOtbPs
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
TEXAS FARMERS COMBINE.
Association Forming to Protect Cot
ton Growers -BoYcotted q City.

Houston, Tex, Oct. .22-The farmers of
Texas are organizing trusts and COM
bines-
Hardly a day passes the press does
not record the organization of farmers
under various titles, but all with the
same object-to get all they can for as
little as possible.
One of the most recently organized is
the Texas Farmers Cotton association,
OF which George Anderson is president
at Georgetown The objects as given
out are to hold cotton until a suitable
price is bid by the buyers and then it
takes an order from the president. .cOun-
tersigned by the secretary, to turn loose
a bale belonging to a member;to force
landlords to accept prescribed share
of the crops raised instead of demand
ing money; to hold down the price to
be paid for picking cotton, an agree
ment being entered into not to pay over
10 cents per 100 pounds.
Farmers of Navarro, Ellis and VIII
hanson counties organized the first few
of these combines. but they are spread
ing rapidly Dallas had to bow to terms
III order to remove boycott by the
farmers of that county on the city. They
carried out the boycott and the city
had to yield