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A SHOCK BINDING DEVICE.

70 turn freely when inserted. Round
off the inner corner at both ends and
bore an inch hole diagonally through
the felly at each end. Plane the felly
smooth and round off all sharp corners
to avoid wearing the rope. Procure II
to Is feet of half inch rope and tie
knot in one end and wrap the other
with soft wire.
Bore small hole through the round
stick about three inches from the crank
and put light iron ring about two inch
es in diameter on your rope. Double
piece of strong soft wire and insert it
in the hole through the round piece.
Put the rope through the loop in the
wire, drawing the knot up to the loop.
Then wrap the rope half way round
the stick and fasten with the wire,
leaving the ring between the two fas-
| Jennings.
| Now tie ring about an inch in diam
eter on one end of short piece Of
strong cord and tie the other end
through the hole in the felly that comes
is in USE This cord should be just long
enough to reach the end Of the crank
handle, as it's use is to prevent the
crank from unwinding while the Irvine
! is being adjusted around the shock.
Drive a small wire nail short dis
lance into the upper side of the felly
near the left hand end and bend the
| top so as to form a hook. Your ma
chin is now complete.
| ell tho go o1v
with the concave side from you, thread
the rope through the hole in right
hand end and thrust the sharp end
through the shock at the height you
wish the band. Take hold of the rope,
walk round the shock with it, thread
through the hole in the left hand end,
and through the ring fastened to the
round stick draw up all slack and tie
with bowknot.
4 Now turn the crank until you have
squeezed the shock as tightly as you
wish and slip the small ring attached
to the cord over the end of the crank
handle to prevent unwinding. Tie a
loop in the end Of your binding Irvine,
catch 1t on the hook on top of the felly
piece and walk around the shock, tax
ing care to keep the Irvine close to and
above the rope. When you have found
the length required, cut the Irvine, slip
the end through the loop, draw taut
!. and tie.
This may seem a little complicated,
About a few hours practice will enable
any one to do the work rapidly.
The correspondent who originally de-
scribed this device, substantially as
here repeated, in The Farm, Field and
Fireside says its principal advantage
lies in the quality Of the work per.
formed. Drawing equally from both
sides, it makes very compact shock,
which keeps out rain and snow. II
makes the shock stand up and saves
tMine.
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A HOMEMADE SEED eERM1NAroR.

HOMEMADE SEED GERMINATOR-
buyer. as shown in homemade ger
minator Illustrated in a circular of the
department of agriculture.
A piece of moist flannel Is laid upon
a plate, and certain number of seeds
are counted out and laid upon the fan
mel, second fold of which Is placed
over them. Then another plate Is in
yerted over the whole. The seeds are
removed and counted as fast as they
terminate. Good crimson clover will
sprout so to 80 per cent of the seed
within three days.
East Of the Allegheny mountains the
hay crop is decidedly short in almost all
districts, and while weather conditions
In New England favored moderately
heavy growth for the second cutting
the whole yield is much the small
est for number of years, according to
rue American Agriculturist.
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FERTILIzING WHEAT.
Complete Fertilizer Versus Acid
Phosphate and Glover.

Complete Fertilizer Versus Acid
Phosphate and Clover.
The marked effect on the growth Of
the wheat plant which is usually OBJ
served after the application of fertiliz-
ers carrying soluble phosphoric acid,
such as acid phosphate or dissolved
comeback, together with the low price
at which plain acid phosphates can be
bought, as compared with fertilizers
containing nitrogen and potash, have
led many farmers to the use Of this
material alone, believing that they can
supply sufficient nitrogen by growing
On these points the field tests of the
Ohio experiment station are beginning
to offer useful suggestions.
Since 1898 the station has conducted
two series of experiments on the light,
somewhat sandy clay soil of it's central
farm at Wooster. In these experiments
fertilizers of various composition have
been used on crops grown in rotation,
the rotation consisting in the one series
Of corn, oats and wheat one year each,
followed by clover and timothy two
years, and in the other Of potatoes,
wheat and clover one year each. Since
1886 both these tests have been dupli-
Gated on the heavy, white clay of the
northeastern substation in Cuyahoga
county. In every case the substitution
of tankage for part of the acid phos-
plate has produced a large gain in the
increase of the wheat crop. the average
being gain per acre of 3.7S bushels
for the complete fertilizer over the
acid phosphate alone.
At $15 per ton for acid phosphate.
$40 for tankage and 21a cents per
pound for murate of potash, these be-
ing the prices actually paid for the fer
tiliZers used in these experiments, in
Guiding freight, we have reaped in the
average .3.7S bushels increase of crop
for Go cents additional cost. This, how
ever, is only part of the gain, as the
corn and oats crops, preceding the
wheat, are showing large gain in IA
vor Of the complete fertilizer, as do
also the hay crops following.
1t appears therefore, that the clover
is not furnishing sufficient nitrogen to
meet the demands of full crop and
that it is more economical to use fer.
tilizer containing small percentage
of nitrogen (ammonia). even though the
cost be somewhat increased, than TIC
use one which carries only phosphorie
acid.
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GOODNESS until their antagonists were
ready for combat.
The irregulars were regular in one
sense-they We're always on the scout.
Tt was on one of these scouts which
really amounted to raid that Colonel
Butler won his honors by deeds of per-
sonal valor. His force was sent in adj
vance of General Evelyn Wood $ column
to clear the Inhlobane mountains of the
Swat tribe. headed by the noted chief
tain Umbelini. The mountain was
stormed in true style, the savages rout-
ed and their cattle driven off.
After delay of some hours to rest
the troops. as history records it, but
more likely to bring the roaming raid
ers into shape, Colonel Butler started to
rejoin the main column. On descending
the slope an enormous force of Zulus-
90, 600, some accounts declare-were dis
covered across his pathway of retreat.
There was nothing to do but to fight
for the right of way. The tactics were
those now systematized under the name
Of brushes" Colonel Butler was too
wise to throw his force headlong upon
the enemy, but by short spurts cleared
gap after gap and eventually brought
off his force, minus the battle casualties
only.
After several sallies the Zulus were
up to the game and made the pursuit
steady and hot Suddenly the horse Of
Captain Darcy of the Frontier Light
horse was killed under him. Colonel
Butler was large man then and quite
| load enough for his brindled, eve neck
ed cob Punch. but he promptly took the
dismounted captain up behind him and
carried him forward until he got an
other mount After few more rushes
the Zulus gained on the fleeing English,
and in skirmish with the foremost
savages Lieutenant Everett of the Light
horse lost his mount, and Colonel Bull
Ter took him up behind him as he had
done Captain Darcy and literally
snatched him from the assagais of the
/ savages.
The irregulars had been in saddle all
day, riding. fighting and destroying.
Men and horses alike were worn out,
and in almost the final squirt, when the
Zulus were within so yards of the rear
guard, with whom the fighting Butler
remained. the exhausted horse of COM
mon trooper fell and pitched his rider
in heap on the ground. Promptly, as
in the cases of the officers. Colonel Bull
Ter stopped and helped the man up to a
place on the back Of his sturdy little
warhorse and saved him from the awful
fate of death by the Zulu spears. For
these three rescues made in action and
with danger to himself Colonel Butler
now wears upon his left breast little
bronze Maltese cross, with the crowned
lion of Britannia above the inscription
f'For Valour. GEORGE L. KILMER.
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Horse and sBeddington's Horse and
'Ferreira's Horse and so on, each body
asserting certain distinctive indie
pendence.
"The volunteer officers, some jealous,
some cantanl,erous, were, as regarded
any knowledge of duty, for the most
part quite useless. In effect the force
which was reckoned in numerical
strength as q brigade was run by two
men-Redvers Butler and Bill Beres-
ford, Butler chief of staff. Butler was
silent, saturnine, bloodthirsty man,
as resolute fighter as ever drew breath,
born leader of men, who ruled his
heterogeneous command with a rod of
iron.
"These droll irregulars, 4" Forbes con-
tinues, "never took much pains about
parading. Neither smartness nor uni
formity was desideratum. These fell
lows dressed how they liked, or, rather,
perhaps how they could. Their only
weapon, besides the revolver. a Martini
Henri rife, each man carried as seemed
unto him BEST provided that he carried
it somehow, somewhere about himself
and pony. The only uniform accouter-
ment was the bandolier in which the
cartridges were carried. When they got
ready, they mounted. When he found
him reasonable number of mounted
men, the leader of the corps started.
His fellows filed in files, and the men
who were late overlook the detachment
at canter. No man skulked. The ma
jority were keen enough for fighting,
and the funkers, if there were any, had
to pretend to pe as Jealous as their COM
rades. "
The irregulars were just the fellows
for advance and rear guard work. The
Zulus lurked among the crags of the
Transvaal hills or in the ravines of the
lowlands and were not disturbed by
shells when they had cover. But a body
of fleet horsemen they knew could cut
them off, and the moment detachment
| of irregulars appeared, heading for
their lairs, bands Of them would spring
up from the ground. as it seemed, and
make off to the rear. If party of Zulus
was surrounded, it always ended in a
/ hand to hand fight.
Whenever the English appeared in
force large enough to sweep the country
the Zulus would retreat slowly, regulat-
ing their pace by the enemys. Often
the irregulars broke into gallop, and
Butler had a task to curb them Some
times the Zulus would run wildly from
the horsemen. but their fight was only
a ruse to draw the party into ambush.
At the proper time the whole plain
would be alive with armed savages who
had been lying PROSTATE in the grass.
At other times the Zulus would prac.
tice their sinuous maneuvers in plain
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| 1zaa7*|GHRE2 DEN
A CORN SHOCK BINDER.

It Makes Straight, Compact Shock
/ and Saves Irvine.
Take round hard wood stick-hick-
ory or ash is best-11a inches in diam
eter and AZ feet long and with draw
ing knife sharpen one end to tapering
point.
On the other end fasten stout hard
wood crank. Exactly in the center Of
a piece of wagon felly bore hole just
large enough to permit the round stick
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scum Of South African towns. of stolid
Afrikanders, of Beers whom the Zulus
had driven from their farms. Almost
every nationality was represented.
There were few Americans, some
good. some bad; a Greaser, Chilean,
several Australians and a couple of
Canadian voyagers from somewhere in
the arctic regions.
"There were Frenchmen who could
not speak a word of English and Chan
mel islanders whose patois neither Eng
lishmen nor Frenchmen could under
stand. One and all were volunteers, re-
cruited for the campaign at the pay Of
shillings a day. What added to the
complication was that the force COM
prised dozen or more subcommands,
each originally and still to some extent
separate and distinct unit. There
were Bakers Horse and 'D'Arcy's
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A HERO TO THE FRONT
GENERAL BUTLER, BRITISH LEADER IN
THE BoER WAR.
He Won the Badge "For valour''
Fighting Zulus In South Africa.
Noted For Personal Courage and Is
ga Right Good General Too"
Icopyright. 1ses. hy G. .. Kilmer.l

LMOST invari-
ably the first
commander sent
to cope with a
difficult military
problem is a mis-
fit. If he lie a
strategist, TIL e
hour calls for a
hammerer, or if
he is a hard hit
ter the situation
demands a scien-
fist in war. In
General Sir Red
vers Butler, VIC,
ENGLAND haa a
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dred miles at a
stretch. The COM
nand which he
led, chiefly on TO-
rays against the
Zulu kraals and
"Reminiscences,
was, according to
Forbes, the stran-
gest congeries
imaginable. SIT
consisted, !" he
says. "of broken
gentlemen, of
runagate sailors,
of fugitives from
inafica Of the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-07

view of the Eng
fish. If battle
was offered, they
waited with pa
thence until the
English formed
squares; t h g n
t h ely attacked
across the field
swept by artil-
lery fire with the
ardor of t h Q
stanchest veter-
ans. If the Eng
fish had a river
to cross, the Zu-
lus would not
d i s t u r b the
march, but look
on with cynical
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A BARREL PRESS.

patterned very much after those in use
in localities where apples are extern
siyely grown, packed and shipped.
Fig. A shows it's construction and B
a barrel with the head pressed in ready
for driving the hoops down.
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Te.tinc crimson clover Seed.

Testing Crimson clover Seed.
The termination of crimson clover
seed even when the seed is comparative-
ly pure often leaves much to be de-
sired. The seed deteriorates rapidly
with age. There is, however. a simple
quality test within the reach of any
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09

COLUMBUS, o.. June ESPECIAL 1.-The
home team captured the opening game
of the Columbus series. The Saints play
Ell better ball TO-DAY than ir the series
at Buffalo. but inability to find one Rube
Waddell proved too much for the hard
hitting hirelings OF Comisl1ey and after
the second inning there was never time
when the game was in danger OF being
lost by the home team Rube " addell
was simply unsoIvabIe, and eleven of the
visitors famed the atmosphere in wild
attempts to get against his shoots Dan
Lally alone was the fortunate man to es-
cape the nine innings without striking
out
On the other hand Chauncey Fisher,
woo was put ON the slap today in place
of Fricken, because Commy had prom
ised lin vacation at his home in An
derson, Ind, was found safely in all but
two innings, and nearly every drive was
of the cleanest sort.
The trouble started In the first inning
when Gillen fumbled Geier's grounder and
Glenalvin singled. but a perfect throw
from center field cut Geier off at third
and Lally was an easy out at first. Then,
nothing daunted, they started out In the
next IsbeH famed, but Hoffmeister was
good for clean two-bagger to right. and
then Shugart scol ed Jesse on single
He tried to steal second and was caught
and Spies struck out.
Two passes to first and batter hit was
the best the visitors could do in the next
four innings, but in the seventh they
made a bid to get up A single. base on
balls, a foul iy and two errors scored
two runs, but there they stopped.
The Senators scored in the first on two
singles and a sacrifice. III the third an
other came on Shugart's low throw TO
first and Tebeau-s two-base drive. Three
singles and a wild throw by Glenalvin
allowed two runs i'll the fifth and single
a double and Shugart's second low throw
cost two more. The final run came in
the eighth on three successive singles.
Fricken will De used tomorrow against
Bumpus Jones Attendance, 600. Score:
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New Mexico streams impossible
caused the horseback party to seek the
nearest railway station and hasten back
to- Dallas. Mr.. Stuart said:
. Il pick Fitzsimmons to win against
Jeffries IN the fight at Coney Island next
Friday night. L. don't, see that Fitz has
deteriorated any since..he. defeated Cor
bett and fail to see what reason there
Is to put superla tive faith in Jeffries. At
any rate, my convistiees have today led
me to bet l.O0c against 5000 with J. h
Nadigan, tho well-lsJpYn bookmaker.
of course take FitzsimEons. and Madi-
gan thinks. he has a. good, short end in
Jeffries at the oddsg II will probably get
down. some more coAnoQp fFitz before the
gloves are put on. 1,raceived the follow
ing message from "a ,reliable friend in
New York: ,,.. ,sssl 49,. xgt,..
Very little betting. Feeling among
sports rather apprehensive. Both men
fit Tommy Ryan says Jeffries has good
fighting chance. Fitz told Siler today he
expects to win in tWpe rounds
Stuart still has confidence in kid Nc
Coy. He believes if he swill take care Of
(, himself for a year, or SO. take on more
flesh and generally deYelop as he should
he will be a strong bidder for heavy
weight championship. donors.
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GO HEAR THE, FIGHT.
Athletic Club Has Special Wire and
Feature Programme.

Feature Programme.
Local interest in the Jeffries- F'ftzsim-
mons fight has become keen during the
last few days, and while few Of the Twin.
City sporting men have gone East to
see the battle it is probable that a good
many will take advantage Of the chance
to hear the returns from the battle read
at the st. Paul Athletic club rooms, on
Sixth street, tonight. It will be the only
place in either city where there will be
an opportunity to enjoy a preliminary
programme of three or four set-tos
while waiting for the main event of the
evening to come on. It is not expected
that the report of the fight proper will
begin to come before 10 o'clock, or even
later, although some Of the details may
be sent before that time. The ST. Paul
Athletic club will have its arena filled
with chairs, and an effort will be made
to furnish a good, clean, legitimate even
ing's entertainment. McGinn. Of Osh-
kosh. at present in Minneapolis, a clever
sparrer, and Morris Self will go four
rounds. McStay and Ebbs will follow in
four-round bout. Billy Mcdonald and
Eddie Schoenberg will wind up after Nc
Donough and Williams have shown what
they can do. This programme will be
condensed If time calls for it.
Jack Skelly, who is now travelling for
an Eastern silk house, ana few years
ago the champion amateur 1eathefWe1gnt
of the United States, will referee the
bouts. Sicily is the man who left the
amateur class to fight George Dixon for
the featl1erweight championship of the
world at New Orleans and lost in eight
rounds.
There has not been much betting on
the big event in ST. Paul, but it is likely
that some Of the men with money and
opposite opinions will get together at the
athletic club tonight There is under
stood to be considerable Jeffrfes money
at South st. Paul that will find its way
to the athletic c1ub;s and there are plen-
ty OF men who are willing to take the
Fitzsimmons end Of it,
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THESE BE EXPERTS.
Men Whose Fight Opinions Are Con-
sidered Gilt-Edge


sidered Giit-Edge.
NEW YORK.. June s.-Oplniens from
some of the local sportsmsn as to tho
light tomorrow are:
Tom O'Rourke-I think Jeffries will win
and that 1t will be a great fight ,
Sam Austin-Jeffries will, surely beat
Fitzsimmons. His youth and strength
will be Responsible for his victory.
Jack Adler-No one but Fitzsimmons.
He should win In a few rounds
Mike Observation-Disclosures ought to
win in two rounds. I intend to bet en-
Pat Powers-Tt will surely b. a gre at
fight with Ftsz immons the victor.
AL Smith, think Jeffries will be the
winner and that the fight will not last
fifteen rounds.
Connie McVey-I can't see how Jeffries
can lose He will surely give lanky Bob
his quietus in less than fifteen rounds.
mons win quickly say eight rounds.
Jim Corbett-Jeffries will surely win
and do the job inside of fifteen rounds.
Martin Downright Jeffries doesn't win
1 will be greatly disappointed man. He
should beat Fitz in less than fourteen
rounds.
Billy Brady-Jeffiies Will win surrey I
look for him to be the next champion
Honest John" Kelly-I think Jeffries
has an excellent chance with Fitzsim-
mons.
George Considine-I think Jeffries will
defeat the champion in hurry. Nothing
would please me more than to see the
Californian win inside three or four
rounds rs} =
Jack Observation-Disclosures will beat that
Australian in jig time The fight will not
last ten rounds.
Jimmy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 7 think
will get the decision. Jeffries will give
him great fight, nevertheless
Billy Delaney-It is Jeffries in a walk.
There will be only one. in it and it won't
be FitZ.
Dave NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will be an
easy winner. He isb fighter
Charlie NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will WIN
He will carry my money when he enters
the ring.
Dan Observation-Disclosures Is one of the
most consistent performers in the rng
and can be relied upon to defeat Jeffrfes.
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WHITE BEAR YACHTsMEN.
Crew of the Yankee at Montreal
Given n Warm Welcome

Crew of the Yankee at Montreal
Given a Warm Welcome.
MONTREAL, Que. June s-The crew
of the Yankee. and several of their
friends and officers of the White Bear
club, arrived in the city this morning,
and, after breakfast at the Windsor ho-
tel, Immediately drove out to the Royal
st. Lawrence Yacht club, at DorvaIe.
The party consisted of Messrs. e. M.
Douglas, H. T. Davis, L. P. Ordway, T.
L. Wann, ]. w. Taylor, o. L. Taylor. w.
J. Murray, w s. Morton and c. P.
Stohr.
On their arrival they found the Yankee
almost entirely rugged. but their first
move was to go to- the shed where the
Dominion is being overhauled, and make
a thorough inspection ofthe double-hull-
ed boat bong
They greatly admired the ingenuity Of
the design, and were oquite convinced
that the Dugan boat ewas a goer.
Capt. ordway and. hts party expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with the
country they had seen. the people they
had met and the Quarters of the rival
club. ,,tf.,ae
They met several); OF the Royal st.
Lawrence Yacht club members in an in
formal way, but no effort at an official
reception was made. r0m- the other hand,
everything in the club. was put at their
disposal. io1psl
They oyerhauled the Yankee a bit and
then decided upon the tefew and the re-
spective positions ofithe members Mr.
Ordway will handle the tiller, Mr.. Rama
ley the sheet, Mr.. Douglas the jib, and
Mr.. Drake will be in the cockpit These
positions may of course be changed be-
fore the races.
This afternoon Mr.. Dugan will take out
the Spectator, one Of last years boats,
and will show the Western sailors the
road to and over the course. Several en-
tertainments are on the tapis, one of
which will be dinner rendered to the
club by the visitors Saturday evening
next.
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PHILADELPHIA, June S.-Rain stop
ped todays game at the end of the sixth
inning. In the fifth inning the Phillics
had lead Of two runs and in the sixth
st. Louis. with two singles. a double and
a triple. secured one run to the good It
was raining briskly at this time. and
Capt. Cooley wanted Umpire Burns TO
call the game. He was ridiculed by Te-
beau and OConnor. and called 'quit-
ter Thomas and Delehanty went out
in order and Childs raped out a single
Five more hits followed, one Of them a
three-bagger. and tho Phillies scored FIVE
runs When the third man was out Tim
pire Burns stopped the game Tebeau
went under the grand stand on the Phil
lies side and began abusing Burns, who
finally called policeman. Tebeau plead
ed not to be put into the street in his
uniform, and on his promising TO ''be
good was allowed to take his seat on
the bench. The rain continuing. the
game was called. Attendance, LAS
Score: