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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-15
Market Gossip.

Furnished by the Wickham Commission
Co., 112 East Fifth ST., Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-15
RANGES of Prices on Stocks.
Stocks

Furnished by the Wickham Commiss
Co.. 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Ka
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
Scarlet flowers are said to withstand
ought better than those of other

Scarlet flowers are said to withstand
drought better than those Of other
colors.
Mimulus is very nice for the window
garden, and does not require great
amount of sunshine.
The apple is. all things considered,
the best fruit grown, and the winter
banana heads the list.
For small lawn there is no prettier
or more suitable tree than magnolia
acuminata. 1t is without disease and
insect pests do not attack it.
For winter blooming hyacinths Sc
lect only the strongest bulbs. This will
apply with equal force to all bulbs, but
to hyacinths in particular.
There is probably no better goose
berry for this country than the Column
bus. 1t is very prolific and is claimed
to be absolutely free from mildew.
1t is said that the odor of flowers
is antiseptic, and that during epidem-
les those who are employed where they
constantly breathe the perfume are
exempt.
Do not let the potatoes lie in the
ground undug after they are ripe. The
chances of loss from mice. pocket
gophers and rot are greater than most
people can afford.--American Grange
Rulletin
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
A REMARKABLE COLONEL.
He WINS Not Posted on the Military
Manual, But lie Was
Born Leader.

Gen. Bryant, of Madison, recently
told the following story of Gov.
Brough's organization in Ohio of
regiment at the time John Morgan
made his raid through the state: The
governor kept close track of the great
confederate raider. He found that
Morgan, with his large force, would
pass a given point at certain hour
the next day. So he had trainload OF
arms, equipments and ammunition
made ready. and himself, his adjutant
general and other members of the stan
prepared to make an extensive trip.
He telegraphed to various stations
along the line to have companies
raised, ready to get on to his train.
and go to point for regimental organ
isation.
when ten companies were ready
the train stopped, and the various COM
panies elected their officers, the gov
ernor promising that their commits
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

others at each seven-inch mark be-
tween them Gig. p. Drive pegs three
inches long into each of these six
holes, add a handle and the tool is
ready for use.
To operate, lay the tool across the
bed and press the pegs into the soil,
making holes l, 2, 3, etc. Gig. 81. Lift
and turn the tool at right angles to
the row of holes just made, put ting the
first peg into hole A and pressing, as
before, making holes b, c, d, etc. Lift
again, and with the first peg in hole B
make row B B parallel to row A A, and
so on. The writer has used this tool
in transplanting thousands of lettuce
plants and can testify to the neat
ness of the beds so laid off, as well as
to the speed with which it can be used
and the time sa' ed thereby.-M. G..
Kains, in Farm and Fireside.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
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ERlGfgzff|ff1lIlIEaz 81
W/Sl@
WOUNDED BY A SHELL.
Thrilling Experience on
GunbOat.

shall never forget my first awaken
ing to q full realization ofwhat war real
ly is, says veteran of the civil war.
Several of us were detailed to serve
upon an extemporized gunboat on the
Mississippi in the place of marines. We
were to patrol Island No. 10. That
meant TO paddle and puff ten miles
down the river in a broiling sun, and
then strain and snort and paddle ten
miles up, day after day, and night after
night, until the monotony OF it, in spite
of seven-up, and dominoes land troll
ing for catfish, ate into the souls of us.
If we had any internal resources, we
exhausted them in a week, and went
sullenly about, yawning and glowering
at each other, and wishing that some
body would blow us up.
After awhile the confederates got
some big guns masked along the shore,
and began to drop shells at us at long
range. That was relief. At first the
report, the scream, and the final ex-
plosion made every man strike an at
titude of suspense. We used to hold
our breath between the initial and the
concluding noise. But after awhile
this experience fell into a prosaic
phase Of it's own, with subject and
object and futile predicate, and when
we heard the scream in our sleep we
accepted the dull logic of the explosion
without thinking about it, and went
OIL sleeping.
was detailed as stewards assistant,
and one morning was leisurely
Strengthening up what we called, for
| regulations sake, "the ward-room,"
and wondering if certain little girl,
away off somewhere on the edge of
pastures green, was thinking of her
soldier boy, and If so, if she was not
thinking of him in cuirass and feath-
ers, with his conquering foot on the
neck of the dastardly foe, instead of
sweeping up cigarette ENDS in white
| apron-when, in a twinkling, the boat
blew up, and we were all hurled into
| eternity.
put it that way, because that is
the way my sensibllities instantly in
terpreted it, Such are the lightning
convictions that come of shock, shock
that is indescribable, and that, to the
Inconsistencies, ends everything.
Deaf, blinded, and partly paralyHed, it
| was minute before i realized mat
was still alive, and began to sea that
| was in the center of network OF
enormous splinters, twisted beams
and torn stanchions.
1t was in such experiences az these
that the senslbilities make summary
and sweeping deductions. My first con
clusion was that this ended the war
1t was impossible for me to conceive
of anything beyond'the present shock
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
LESSON FROM ABROAD.
ton Is Carried on Systemat-
icaIly In Germany.

A correspondent of the Chicago Rec
ord tells about the way trees are
guarded in Germany. The German
government tries 10 keep about IS per
cent. of the land in trees. and this re-
suits in beautiful park-like forests, es-
pecially along the hills and mountains
and other rough lands that could not
be agriculturally cultivated.
There is a minister of forests in the
cabinet, and the whole empire is d.
vided into districts. each one presided
over by director, who ranks the same
as a colonel in the army. This man
must be graduate of one of the four
established schools of forestry in the
empire and must hold degree from
university. Each of these districts is
again divided into smaller areas, over
which is an inspector, who ranks as a
captain. his rule extending over sew
eral townships, in each of which is a
head forester with several assistants,
all of whom must be men educated for
this service.
These officers have charge of all the
forest growth of the country. public
and private. Parks. gardens, pleasure
grounds, streets and boulevards are
all under their jurisdiction, and not a
tree in the empire but is subject TO
their dictum. They see that all public
grounds are kept in order, direct what
trees may or shall be cut, and if any
man fells tree without being given
permission to do so he is subject to a
heavy penalty.
Every land owner must keep a Ger.
tain proportion of his land in trees,
which must be planted and cared for
under the supervision of the head for.
ester. Fruit trees on public or pri-
vate grounds are subject to the same
close supervision.
1t might be well If some such super.
vision were possible in this country
but our only hope for forest preserva-
ton is in making il popular by con
tinued agitation and higher education
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
/ WAS STILL ALIVE.

1t was a finality, ana a curious con-
seriousness came over me than now, If
we could get ashore, there would be no
more patrolling or anything else, in
fact, but universal peace and brother
hood. Two or my front teeth were
knocked out, sharp pain began to
assert itself in my arm, one eye was
closed, and l saw with the other my
own blood dripping from rent girder
in front OF me. How l freed myself
and got to the companionway l do
not know. but it was with the distinct
impression that events had reached
the ultimate crisis.
You can but mperfectly understand
the revelation that war made of itself
as I emerged upon the deck and heard
the regular heave and throb of the
high-pressure engine, and saw that we
were still patrolling; that the officer
of the deck was looking calmly
through glass al the shore, and herd
him say: Take that man for'ard and
pull the splinters out of him, and pipe
all hands to repair damages" In one
brief minute it came upon me that war
paid no sort of Difference TO my feel
ings; that twas our business to patrol
until we were sunk, and when we were
sunk some other boat would take our
place. After all, it was only a shell
that had exploded in the wardroom,
and just as likely as not the next would
explode in the boiler-room. What did
you expect?" asked an OLD salt. as he
pulled splinter out of me; "they amt
firing peach dumplings." - Atlanta
Constitution.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

sions would be forwarded little later.
That done he said: Whom will you
have for colonel of this regiment"
Somebody called out that John
Farmer would be the best man to COM
mand the regiment The governor
had John Farmer brought to him, and
said: Mr.. Farmer. want you to take
command Of this regiment and lead
il down 10 the place where Morgan
will appear, and help to head off the
gentleman
"'But, governor, don't know any
thing about this military business
"'Weli, your friends say you are the
best man to be colonel, and | want you
to take the position. There is no time
to LOSE
"All right; If they think I will an
swer I'll do the best / can
'The governor promised to send his
commission the following week.
"'Now, Col. Farmer, get your troops
together and we will issue arms and
ammunition said the governor.
"Wher that was done Col. Farmer
proceeded to get his regiment into mo-
ton in this manner:
"'Get into two strings in the road
here, all looking the same way, and
when we start out | want you to walk
right c,us together, and stick to yer
gait until we get where we're going to,
and when the battle begins want you
to come right up in Il bunch and stay
there, ard load and fire until old John
Morgan turns and runs
Sat this point somebody called for
Three cheers for Col. Farmer They
were given, and then the colonel gave
the command: Grab guns, powder,
shot and the other fixin's, and we'll go
after Morgan
"Col. Farmer wasn't much of mill
tary man. and his troops were not
dress-parade soldiers, but they got
into bunch in time to give John Nor
gan some struggling volleys that did
him and his crowd a heap of harm.
They were called the minute men, and
were mustered out soon after Nor
gan's raiders we're captured or driven
out of the state."-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

bottom of the cup. The top of this
short tube is on a level with the bot
tom of the long one. By partially
filling the cup with any kind of an in
secticide and blowing into the long
tube fine spray can be created. The
little device is not patented and any
tinsmith can make one. With kero-
sene a small herd of cattle can be
sprayed for lice or to keep off flies in
a very short time. For house plants
it is especially adapted and con-
venient. Pure kerosene must be used
very sparingly on either plants or
animals.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24

=
ruined me?
The cavalier replied, tranquility:
"My friend, you are angry with me;
you say have done you great deal
of harm. Come with me to the king;
he is just. You will make your COM
plant, and will explain my conduct.
The king will judge which of us is in
the right"
The shoemaker consented, and they
both went before the king. The shoe
maker spoke first, and said:
'Sire, this gentleman stopped before
my shop this morning and, without
saying word, cut my shoes in pieces.
He had no reason for so doing, as |
have never done him any HARM"
The king said: "My poor man, you
are right; this man is very cruel. Sir,
why were you SO unkind to this poor
man? Defend yourself"
"Sire," responded the man, twill you
permit me to ask the shoemaker few
questions"
The king signified his assent, and the
cavalier said:
Shoemaker, what were you doing
when / stopped at your door,"
Il was making pair of shoes for
a neighbor."
"What else were you doing?"
81 was singing. 1t is my habit when
work. The birds sing. do not sing
as well as the birds, but / sing well
enough to amuse myself, and that is
sufficient"
THAT is not sufficient for me. What
song were you singing?"
81 was singing The Silence in the
Forest"
Every we'll; it was who composed
the words and the music of that bal
lad. l stopped because you were sing
ing my song so loud that everyone in
the street could hear you. But when
l heard how bad you sang it became
angry. You did not sing one note cor
rectly. You have completely spoiled
my song. If you had sung it inside
your house | would not have said a
word, but you sang 1t in the street
and in singing it so incorrectly you
have lessened my fame. Now, as you
have marred my music, thought /
had the right to cut up your shoes,
for that song was my work just as well
as the shoes were yours"
On hearing these words the king
began to laugh with all his heart, and
said:
MY friends, you are both right. but
as it is not fair that the poor shoe
tslakeg should lose the price of his
shoes, will pay for them. Neither
SIS. It right that the reputation of a
musician should suffer, so invite you
TO sing your song at court this even
ing, and promise you that everyone
wei be there to hear how beautiful
il is"
stThe Judgment of the king pleased
both of the men, and all the courtiers
declared that their king was as wise
as Solomon. and that his Judgment was
Just as remarkable.-Contes eft Leg
sndes.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
A FIGHTING CHAPLAIN.
How Archbishop Ireland Furnished
the Soldiers with Cartridges
In Battle.

Archbishop Ireland is perhaps the
He went cut with the Fifth Minnesota,
and the first thing he did after the regi-
inent took the field, and before the
first battle, was to substitute chess for
chuck-a-luck among the soldiers. This
was in 1862. In October of that year
the young chaplain had chance to
show the stuff that was in him. At a
critical point in battle the Fifth Min
nesota was called upon to fill gap
through which the enemy had pressed,
capturing, as they surged into our
lines, one of our batteries. The Fifth
went in with yell, and poured volley
after volley almost point blank into
the faces of the confederates. This
was not the first appearance OF the
Fifth in the days fight, and it was not
long before the cyy went down the
line: Were out of ammunitiou."
The men stopped over and took the
cartridges from the boxes of their dead
comrades, and tried to hold their
kGOuHu. ~ was wv DC-
fore stout, smooth-faced young man
appearel with a box on his shoulders,
and called out:
Here's cartridges for you, boys!"
He passed quickly in along the rear of
the ranks, throwing the cartridges
into the soldiers haversacks--a more
convenient receptacle than the cart
ridge box, with its separate compart-
ments.
Bully for you, father" you're the
stuff" and similar expressions were
heard, and the men turned to their
work with redoubled vigor.
That night when the battle was over
and the fragments of the regiment h
been gathered together, Chaplain
land was missing. After long and al
ious search he was found on the YER
tront,i in animprovised hospital close 10,
| the cnemy's pickets.-Detroit Journal
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
Rich Mans Wise Rules.

Baron Rothschild, the head of what
is reputed to be the most powerful
family in European financial circles,
is said to have posted in his bank in
London the following list of rules for
the guidance of his clerks: "Shun
liquor; dare to go forward; never be
discouraged; be polite to every body;
employ your time well; never tell bust
ness lies; pay your debts promptly; be
prompt in everything; bear all troubles
patiently; do not reckon upon chance;
make no useless acquaintances; be
brave in the struggle of life; maintain
your integrity as sacred thing; never
appear something more than you are;
take time to consider, then decide posi-
lively; carefully examine into every
detail of your business"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
Mistaken Generosity.

Because It is easier to milk when
the cows bag is full and full stream
will flow. and also because the saliva
in the calf's mouth makes milking IN
pleasant for the mixer, II is the habi
Of many farmers to draw what milk
they want for the house and let the
calf take what is left. This is mis-
taken generosity on the part Of the
farmer, and tends TO ruin the COW, as
by the time the calf gets to the strip
pings it is tired of sucking, and will
never drain cut The last drop, as the
good mixer always does.-Dnkois
Field and Farm.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
JACK AND THE EEANSTALK.

Jack was an orphan. poor, but true;
A wondrous bean he found;
And ere he slept, for safety's sake.
He hid 1t in the ground
One morn he rose to see vine
Above his hidden treasure,
That Ger palace near him grew,
Whose height he could not measure.
And soon vision moved the boy
To thrust his Ratchet strong
Within the vine, and upward rise
Singing this merry song:
''Fll hitch my Ratchet and up I'll go;
The higher climb the more III know.
He mastered all one room could teach,
Then climbed a story higher;
For love and knowledge all his soul
Burned with a pure desire.
"Pll hitch my Ratchet and up III go
The higher / climb the more I'll know. y
And so he rose by sure degrees,
From alphabet to college;
For the vast palace he explored
The temple was of knowledge.
MARY Whitney Morrison, in Youths
Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
WAYS OYSTERS HAVE.
A Pleasant Chat About an Old Friend
Which should Interest Our
Boys and Girls.

When ii comes to keeping his mouth
shut MIR. Oyster, who returned the
other day, can give points to the man
who eats him. When once a social or
domestic secret is his it's his forever.
1t never goes any further, so far as he
is concerned. The proverbial wild
horses could not drag it from him.
But great as is the oysters wisdom
in this respect; in other ways his in
tellect is decidedly inferior to that OF
his consumer. For instance, he hasn't
learned the art of making up" in or
der to conceal his age. Anyone who
wishes to do so can find out how old an
oyster is. You don't have to go to the
trouble of looking at his teeth to find
out, either. The lines in the groove
of the hinge of the shell tell the whole
story, and very accurately, too. These
lines are a true index to the number
of layers composing the shell, being,
in fact, nothing else than their at
tenuated tails, and as the number of
layers all depends upon the age of the
oyster the problem becomes as sira-
pie as the familiar "if equals aDc
equals b, then X must be equal to
b" proposition. One of these layers
grows each year, and no matter how
hard the oyster may try to keep it
from showing it is bound to overlap its
predecessor and leave a ridge which
is just as disturbing to Mr.. or Mrs.
Oyster as an annual wrinkle would be
to the. human race. Up to the time
of an oysters maturity these layers
are arranged with regularity, but aft
err that they are fairly piled over each
other just as if the little animals
birthdays had crowded upon each
other SO rapidly that he didn't have
time to spread out one new plate be-
fore another was right at his heels.
An oyster comes of age when he
is four years old. Coming of age in
the oyster kingdom means that he is
old enough to vote, take care of a
family and-go to market. Going to
market is disastrous undertaking
and is generally the last of him, for a
four-year-old oyster is particularly
palatable, and people do not hesitate
to pay pretty liberal price for pint
or quart of him. BY this it must
not be supposed that after an oyster has
passed the four-layer period and has
! five, six or even ten wrinkles on his
she'll that he is back number and fit
for nothing but to keep on acumulat-
| ing wrinkles until he dies from old age,
Indeed, there are records of oysters
being eaten just after celebrating
their thirtieth birthday, and in most
cases they formed quite delicious
meal. This is an unusual age for IN
| oyster to attain, because few of them
are given an opportunity to live SO
long If left to enjoy life in his own
way, it is quite probable that the
oyster would become an octogenarian
or even enarian.-Chicago Rec.
| ord.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
Packing and Shipping Fruit.

Those who ship fruit to market may
not be familiar with the methods of
handling fruit by the carriers and mer-
chants. Fruit started from the farm
may be apparently well and properly
packed and yet arrive in the market in
poor condition. The packing of fruit
for market requires judgment and ex-
perience. There is always something
TO learn, and every grower should give
some attention to securing informa-
ton in that direction. One of the most
important points is to have the fruit
uniform and of the same quality at the
bottom of the basket or box as at the
top. Buyers always making close ex-
amination.-Dakota Field and Farm.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
CROPS IN ORCHARDS.
Don't Plant Any That Mature Their
Seeds During the Growing
Season of the Trees.

What crop can we grow in a young
orchard without injury to the trees?
was asked in an exchange and was an
swered thus by A. B. Wood: If you
have plenty of other ground on which
to grow cultivated crops, don't grow
anything but your trees and care for
them just the same as though they
were corn crop instead. Many are
not SO situated that they can devote
the entire land 10 trees, but must grow
something TO pay for the use of the
ground till the trees yield fruit. Then
comes the question again: What can
| grow, then, which will not be in
furious to growth of my trees? In
one-half of my first peach orchard
set strawberries the first year, and on
the other half grew beans and sweet
corn. The trees on the first half near
~ died, though | cultivated and fer
tilted thoroughly, using unleached
ashes and rotted stable manure lib
orally; the other half grew nearly
double the size of the former in the
first two years, besides the trees were
much healthier.
This taught me not to grow any
crop which matured its seed during
the growing season of the trees. See
ing my mistake, though too late, | i'm
mediately plowed under the berry
vines and devoted the ground entirely
tothe trees. The result was surprising,
for the trees seemed to take new life
and made more growth the next sea-
son than in both the former ones,
though they have never been able to
catch up with those where the beans
and corn grew.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-11-24
Texas Is a Great State.

A great many people want to know
how large Texas is in area. They look
in quite a number of alleged statistical
abstracts and never find the same fig
ures in two of them. The official fig
ureh of Texas area arc 252,696 square
miles-equal to about SO per cent. of
the centre area of the United States and
territories. Texas is six times larger
than New York, seven times as large as
Ohio, and 100000 square miles larger
than all the eastern and middle states,
including Delaware and Maryland
Compared with the countries of Eu-
rope. she has 81. 600 square miles more
than the Austrian empire, 62,0OO more
than the German empire, and nearly
10000 square miles more than France