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The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Warmth Of Drained Soil.-It used al
WAYS to be thought that sandy soil wac
best for gardens, because it warmed up
SO early in the spring. But this is main
" due to the fact that the sandy land
is naturally underdrained, as water cas-
lily and quickly sinks through it. Bu:
this very fact insures that the sandy
soil shall never be very retentive OF
vegetable matter. So soon as it Is ma
nured. either witt stable manure or
green vegetable matter. the air with
which sandy soil is filled from early
spring until fall burns out all the car
bon and leaves pure sand. A naturally
re;entive soil. which means some clay
in its composition, retains vegetable
mould much better and makes really
better garden ground than does the
sand. But II it is wet in spring. it must
he underdrained. Then such soil freezes
deeply. which expands 1t. causing 1t to
hold more air and warm up more
quickly. Such drained soils will stand
drought much better than sandy soils.
and drought in late summer Is the
gardeners most dreaded evil. As un-
derdrainiag becomes more general. the
heavy drained soil will increase in ia
yor for gardens.-Am. Cultivator.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

MILK TcstsnS Associations.
Milk testing has. within a few years,
greatly changed the conditions Of dai-
ryfng among progressive dairymen and
progressive farmers. The men that
hare purchased Babcock testers and
regulated their business, as far as nos
sible. by them, have been the gamers.
But the great mass of farmers are still
unreached. Doubtless there are many
that have become interested in this
matter. but because Of obstacles have
not yet made a move in the direction
Of purchasing a machine or of finding
out the real merits Of their cows. To
Mr.. J. Fl. Monrad belongs the credit OF
beginning the agitation in this coun-
try. In Denmark there are associa-
tions in active operation for the test
ing Of the milk of thIA,rds. As we
understand II, a cons. .rable number
Of farmers combine and form a testing
association. Each member Of the as
sociation generally has q fairly good
business in dairying. enough at least
to permit him to keep good sized herd
Ct cows. The association employs
man to do the testing. He provides
his own machine and goes from farm
to farm. staying not more than one
day In one place, but repeating his WIS.,
Its as often as necessary. sIe is USUALLY
q student from some dairy school or
agricultural college. and can therefore
afford TO do this work at a nominal
salary. The work Of the tester on
each farm is to thoroughly test the
milk Of each cow. As this is repeated
from time to time the farmer comes IN
certainly know the exact value of hi.
animals and gives him the Information
necessary to enable him to intellipent.
ly sell of his poor animals and replace
them with better ones.
Such associations will certain,v
spring up In this country, for their
value is obvious. Though any farmer
esa learn bow to accurately test his
COWS. yet the work requires care and
some experience to do it successfullv
The handling Of acids also is a thing
that requires . careful hand, and can
i,e much easier done by an experienced
student accustomed to handle chemi.
Gals than by a novice who knows COM
raratively nothing about them. The
testing Of milk Is really q science hv
itself and Is becoming more 80 evev
year. There are new factors being dis
covered all the time. and these need IN
be taken into consideration by the ex-
perimenter. While It is true that anv
man can test milk, It il
also true that an inexperienced man
can not test milk rs accurately as the
man that has had long line of ex-
persence. We would be pleased to
have some Of the readers of the Farm.
ers Review take up the matter and
discuss it in our columns.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

A test of the smOOth-bOre guns on
the old monitors show them to be
verv troublesome customers. Twas
ever thus with smooth bOres.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Far0ers operate Thu
Department Of the Farm-A Fev
Hlats - to the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Teacher-'What became of the chill
dren of Agamemnon? Pupil latter
mature deliberation)-"Ithi they're
dead by this time. Harlem Life.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

In Turkey the use of electricity is
prohibited by an trade of the sultan.
and in accordance Herewith patents
for electrical inventions are refused.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The fellows who hold bonds or
other evidences of Cu6a's half a bill
lion debit may he excused fo: perspir-
ing quite cOpiOusly these days.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The average duration Of human life
in European countries is greatest in
Sweden and Norway. and the lowest
in Italy and Austria.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Anest the Chicago MIX Trade.
At the annual meeting Of the Milk
Shippers Union. held in Chicago last
week, charges were made that retail
dealers are tampering with the CITY
milk supply on Z Wholesale scale. The
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

To Cure constipation Eoleser.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic Iac or &c
G. {. {. fall to cure. druggists refund money
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The Delaware Iron Works at New
castle, Pa, have been put In opera
tiOn. giving employment to about SO!
hands. These works had been idle TO,
several months.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

IL you sec one man laughing at the
ancient jokes of another the other
has pretty sister.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been .
God send to mc.-Wm. B. Mcclellan, Ches'
ter, Fla, Sept. IL, 1895.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The bolt ard nut department at th7
plant OF the Oliver Iron and Steel com
pany at Pi;tsbIrs, Pa, is in full on.
Grafton.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

To quit tobacco ssi!y and forever. BE- mag
neiic full Of life. nt rve. and vigor. take No-To-
Bac the woEder-w rlser. that makes weak men
strong. Ali druggists. 5Oc or e.. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

To Make Caramel Custard.-For six
ordinary-sized custards melt six table
spoonfuls of sugar, stirring carefully
to prevent burning. Pour into the bot
tom Of the custard cups, give each a
sort of whirl that the sugar may also
line the sides. Beat three eggs with
ou. separating; add three tablespoon
fuls of sugar. half teaspoonful OF van
lila. and a cup and half Of milk. Stir
until the sugar is dissolved: pour the
mixture into the cups on top Of the
caramel. Stand in baking-pan half
filed with water. and cook in the oven
fifteen minutes. Turn while hot from
the cups. Serve cold.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The changed location of the enc
my's country" appears to have cooled
the ardOr of the sc invader.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Why does a man show his wife more
courtesies abroad than at home?-Cki-
cago Daily News.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The average engaged girl has no idea
how embarrassing it is to be embarass-
ed.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

The cattle raiser who does not read
an agricultural paper is placed at a
great disadvantage. He is unable to
foresee the great movements Of stock
and prices. Only when the conditions
are upon him can he begin to arm him
self against them.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Alfred Nobel.-Aifrcd Nobel. the in
ventor of dynamite. who recently died.
has been honored by beautiful monu-
ment to his memory at Hamburg.
erected by his friend. Max A. Philip
1t represents the final triumph OF the
humane, enlightening idea of peace
over the rough and bes:iai impulses Of
the world. 1t was Nobel's greatest sor-
row that the dynamite which he in
vented and devoted to works O; utility
was so commonly applied to the cruei
purposes of war and anarchy.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18
The Time for Lice.

Lice and such parasites multiply
greatly in the spring, and this is the
time of year to make war on them.
Later on, when the air is warmer, they
will have more 'vigor, more liveliness
and will be able to get around with
such rapidity that it will be more Diff
fcult to destroy them. Overhaul the
hen-house and overhaul the hens.
When the young chicks come grease
their wings as soon as they can stand
it. In this way much loss and worry
may be saved. The dust bath must be
kept ready for the use of hens at all
times. A good brand of road dust is
one of the best insect powders and has
the advantage that it does not contain
poison.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

NO-rO-Eac for Fifty Cents.
GuaraEI I'D tobacco habit cure, makes veal
men strOn,-, blood pure. 6oc. 81. All druggists
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

In selecting strawberry plants take
only those that have been well tried.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Educate Your bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic cure constipation forever
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

About half the men get married be-
cause they're able to support wife
and half because they're not.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

S.,w some lettuce for the hens, IN.
less they have the run Of the farm.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18
lseauty h Hood Doep.

Be00ty ID blood Doep.
Ceea blood means clean skin. No boonty
without Il. Cascareis, Candy Cathartic
cleans your blood and Keeps IL clean. by stir
ring up the lazy liver and driving all impu.
rifles f:"m the body. Begin today TO baniSh
pimpiex. hollis. bloichcs. b sckheads. and that
6Ickly bilious complexion by taking Casca-
fciS-beauiy for ten cents. All dru. .EiStS.
satisfaction guaranteed. l0c. &c. jOc.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

early in
the summer
OF 1897 l pro-
ured 6v .
boxes Of them
and before
finishing the
second box ],
began to i'm
prove and by
tbetimel had
taken the I've
boxes / v as
able to go
q bout my
,,Su~l -nrH
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

C0e'3 COagh 0alsaO
Il the Oldest and hest Il Ill break up cod quicker
than anythin: else. lt Is always reliable. Try Il
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

II is hard for bad motives to drive
good bargains.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Discretion is not cOwardice. neithe
Is it blatently volubility courage.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

Every farmer knows what It is to
have to repair pasture fences in the
spring. when those fences are made IN
the old-fashioned way and of old-.ash
ioned material. This is a good time TO
suggest that the sooner the farmer puts
on his farm some kind OF a wire fence
the better.
The Columbus journal., 1898-05-18

ANnAse Ds11c are the hest after dinner
bbVS = sstS pills. aid digestion. sc.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28

A tragedy of peculiar sadness Is re-
ported from Greenville. Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. c.. Williams went yesterday to Wis
it the family of Lucius Tate on their
honeymoon trip. The bride was nine
teen years old and very pretty girl
and popular in Greenville. This
morning while IN bed In the guest
chamber there was a noise of some
thing falling on the floor and almost
simultaneously the report of a pistol.
Mrs. Williams uttered cry, and on
her husband taking her in his arms,
exclaimed, Darling, am killed." and
died. The young man is almost Graz
ed, and may not be able to endure the
shock.
Mrs. Tate explains the tragedy by
saying there was pistol in the room,
and to keep 1t out of the children 8
way, she put 1t between the headboard
and the mattress. In some way 1t
was dislodged. fell to the floor, and
was discharged. The bullet struck
Mrs. Williams in the back of the neck
and ranged Washington
Post.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28
A Disgusting Habit.

What should be wholesome lesson
to those women who are afflicted with
the disgusting habit of kissing their
pet dogs Is reported from France. A
young woman living in Paris, whose
custom 1t was to show her affection
for her pet terrier in this manner, re-
Gently died from hydrophobia, after
suffering the most terrible agony. Be-
fore she died she said that the dog had
never bitten her. but told the special
list who attended her of her osculatory
practice with the beast. The doctor
said that the slightest touch of the
tongue Of a mad dog to the mucous
membrane is sufficient to cause hydro
phobia, and that there was no doubt
that this was the manner in which the
unfortunate woman had acquired the
disease.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28
NOVEL SLEEP WOOER.
brr. wingleby Best Soothed by tho Plan
ing Mill Hum.

Ing Mill Hum.
More than once had counted my
self to Sleep" said Mr. Wingleby, "be-
gining at 1 and counting deliberately
OH, mentally pronouncing each number
plainly, and counting on and on up
into the hundreds and the thousands.
Sometimes the cares which had beset
me and kept me awake, and which |
was now trying to drive out of my
mind, would rush In and get all mixed
up with the figures, but would keep
on resolutely, counting 'seven-thirty-
seven-seven-thirty-eight -seven-thir-
ty-nine - seven-forty seven-forty-
one, and so on. in regular unbroken
succession, to drive the cares away and
leave no chink by which they could
creep in again; and usually the count
ing would work; but not always. The
only uniformly efficacious cure for in
somnia in my case is the planning mill
cure; but, owing to force of circum-
stances, / am unfortunately unable to
employ.
1T Is familiar fact that the faint
est scratching of mouse might wake
us up out Of sound sleep, while a
sustained and a steady roar would only
conduce to slumber. There is some
thing about the hum of planing-mill
that is to me particularly soothing.
could always go to sleep in planning
MILL and the odor of the freshly cut
wood is delightful; and when l found
that the counting cure was losing its
power | made up my mind to put into
my house small planning mill plant,
for l must have sleep, and l thought
that / could plane lumber enough, too.
to make the plant pay for it's keep.
Il set the machine up and got in
little lot of selected pine boards, and
fixed them so that they would feed in
to the machine automatically after Z
had started it, and then l went to bed
ard settled down comfortably and
pulled the rope.
"Br-r-um-m -m-m,, delightful, sooth-
ing sound, but just as l was falling
asleep, the door bell rang, and there
was very little sleep for me that night,
after that.
mot to burden you with the details,
the whole neighborhood objected to the
planning machine, and had to give it
up and fall back once more Oh old
time methods"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28
A Redheadcd Dinner.

There is no doubt that college girls
have their share Of fun. Twenty red
haired undergraduates recently gave
'red-headed dinner" The red-haired
damsels, all strawberry blondes" OF
course, wore white dresses with red
sashes, flowers and badges; the table
decorations were red roses and red sat
in ribbons, with red candles and shades
to match; the menu cards were red,
each one bearing the design OF a white
horse. The soup was a puree OF to-
mato; the fish. salmon and the dishes
all followed the color as far as pos
sibls. The affair was a grest success,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28

The Hackensack, N. J., Republican
says: ut may be that railroads in
New Jersey do not receive too much
favor from juries, but there begins to
be strong suspicion, in view of very
recent decisions, that these corpora
tions are getting quite all the favor
they are entitled to from the judges in
this State"
Commenting upon this the Newark,
NJ j., Call says: "If defenders of our
courts object to this criticism, they
must, at least, concede that the pref
udice has some excuse. 1t is observed
by the people that railroad managers
exert great influence in appointments
made by all Governors and that while
railroad counsel arc sometimes made
judges, those who appear prominently
in opposition to railroads are careful
ly overlooked. They read the de-
cisions Of the court, in which the rail-
roads somehow seem to get the best
of the citizens, probably because they
hire better lawyers; they see the judg-
es riding to and fro on free passes;
they find the courts, without authority
in law, reducing verdicts rendered for
damages, and they observe the con-
tinued progress of railroad power in
the State, and have noticed that the
courts often check other attempts at
aggrandizement. This may all be
popular prejudice, we repeat, but it is
not unnatural"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28
HEAVY OLD SHAKER.
Weighs 800 Pounds, is Seventy Years Old
and Breaks Horses.

and Breaks Horses.
Logan county boasts of one of the
unique characters in Kentucky in the
person Of Lorenzo Pearcefield, who
since childhood has been an honored
member OF the Shaker community at
South Union. Mr.. Pearcefield is now
close on to seventy years of age, and
weighs about 300 pounds.
There Is not another man in Logan
or any other county, so far as is
known, who is seventy years old and
weighs 300 pounds, who is noted as
the mcst successful horse breaker in
his section. Yet this is true of the
colossal old Shaker The secret of
his success in this direction seems to
lie in his great strength and courage.
He is absolutely fearless and almost
as strong as an ordinary horse. He
has a system all his own, which con-
sists in first demonstrating to the per-
feet satisfaction of the horse that he
Is master of the situation. To do this
1t is sometimes necessary to throw
the horse down and sit upon its head,
which Mr.. Pearcifield does in the most
approved style. After 300 pounds has
sat upon his horseship's head for a
little while he is satisfied. Mr.. Pear
cifield then bitches him to his little
cart and drives about and looks at the
country So great is his fame as a
tanner Of wild horses that the farmers
for miles around bring him unman-
ageable horses to break, and none has
baffied his skill and strength.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28
MISS PECK'S FEAT.
CLIMBED NINE WHITE MOUNTAIN
PEAKS IN ONE DAY.

4 Merry Exploit which Places Her in the
Front Rank of Experts with the Aipon-
stocis-she Has Made Other Remarkable
Asccnts.
Miss Annie S. Peck Is young Amer
lean woman who distinguished herself
in 1926, by climbing the Matterhorn,
and last April performed the even moro
dilTlcult feat of climbing Mount Uriz-
aba, in Mexico. At present Miss Peck
Is living in a New York apartment
house, but she manages to keep in pret-
ty good training. One can do consider
able climbing, even in New York, IL one
lives, as Miss Peck does, on the top
floor of city house.
This plucky young woman's exper-
ience on the Matterhorn and Orizaba
have been talked of among all noun
tain climbers. This season, however,
she performed a feat which can be ap-
preciated more readily by hundreds Of
persons who have never seen either
Switzerland or Mexico. Any one who
has visited the White Mountains, and
particularly the energetic persons who
have climbed few of the peaks, will
be able to form some idea of Miss
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28

Peck's endurance and pluck when he or
she reads what she did up there one
September day.
Everybody knows the Presidential
range. A good many persons have
climbed one or more of it's peaks. A
few have lost their lives in similar at
tempts. But Miss Peck is the first
woman who ever went over the
range" as it is called, climbing every
one Of the nine peaks, in single day.
A few men have performed the feat.
Mr.. Cook and DR., Sargent went from
the Rayine House, at the foot of Mount
Madison, over the range to the Craw-
ford House. and then around the noun
tains back to the Rayine House, reach
ing there at between i and 2 A. M.
This is the biggest thing on record in
the White Mountains.
Miss Peck did not do this. She
stopped at the Crawford House instead
of following the road around through
the valleys to the Raviue House again
But Miss Peck is a slender woman, not
a stalwart man. Furthermore, she
made the entire trip alone, and when
she was recovering from a slight ILL
ness
Il had started the Friday before"
she said in telling about it, but the
day was SO unfavorable that l had to
give it up. Mr.. Watson called me at 4
o'clock and, though the mountains
were in the clouds | got up and made
the start. l felt quite sure it was not
the day for the range, but l thought
l might as well walk up Madison since
/ had started"
Miss Peck doesn't talk of climbing"
the White Mountains. She climbed"
the Matterhorn, but she just walked
up" Mount Madison, a trining little
mountain over 5000 feet high! She
was up in the fog and clouds most of
the time, but nevertheless took the op-
portunity of trying a new route back
from the summit The new route ex-
listed principally in the imagination of
the man who had told her to try it, so,
Of course, she lost her way. However,
she had a compass, and she regained
the old path without any mishap
Miss Peck has the advantage of
height being 3 feet, 61a inches tall.
She is slender and does not look par
ticularly strong, but she certainly is
an defatigable climber. She says that
climbing the Matterhorn was more
dangerous. but that climbing Mount
Orizaba was more difficult. Three men
made the latter attempt with Miss
Peck, but only one OF them reached
the summit. Naturally she was con-
siderably elated at her own success.
0rizaba is 1S,600 feet in height, but the
Matterhorn is but $4,000.
Climbing in the torrid zone" said
Miss Peck, sis not so easy or inspiring.
Then, too, after you get above $1,000
feet, it is much more exhausting. Be-
low that it is just fun. / have said
would never again climb mountain
in the torrid zone, but l own that now
pine to go up one of the mountains in
Peru. l can't remember its name, but
it is $4,000 feet high and has never
been climbed. Last summer Fitzger-
aid, the English mountain climber, at
tempted to go up Aconcagua, a Chilli
mountain, about "a 900 feet high. He
did not reach the summit, but his
Swiss guide did"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28

Even the most uncompromising en-
emies of Tammany have a high re-
gard for Mayor-elect Van Wyck, of
Greater New York What, therefore,
may be the mental comment of that
gentleman when he reads this extract
from a public address in London by
the very Reverend Doctor Hale, Dean
OF Rochester?
New York has the most perfect ar
rangement in the world for secular ed
ucation, but it has too little regard for
the immortal souls of the children.
am quite certain that but for the want
of moral conviction and practical
Christianity among the inhabitants Of
that great city, such a disgraceful
election as that Of a Tammany Mayor
would never have occurred"
Unless the meaning of "enchant-
ment Is either an open question or q
question adjar, it may be doubted If 1t
is always the fact that distance lends
enchantment to the view.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28

and the following morning. by permls-
sion OF the faculty, the red heads"
marched into the chapel in a body,
and sat In the front seats, and after
prayers saluted the president, and
marched out again in solemn process
eli
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-01-28

Minute diamond ornaments take the
form OF donkeys. birds lowering over
nests of eggs, horses racing, dogs
leashed together and other odd de-
vices Huge diamond birds form
aigrettes and the smallest watches ever
L de are worn as studsl