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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-08

The annual session of the Cotton Grow
ers' Convention will be held in the hall
OF the Agricultural Department on
Wednesday night, Janury 18th. 1t is an
important meeting, and a large attend
ance is expected. The executive commit
tee will meet on the night of the 18th,
arrange the programme. Maj. W. A.
Graham is chairman of the executive COM
mittee and Mr.. John P. Allison secretary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-01-08

Now being used by Government
at Washington Navy Yards, Wash
ington, D. c.. and Norfolk Navy
Yards, Norfolk, Va.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
SHREDDED CORN FODDER.
Its Value AZ a Dairy Ration and Beef
Producer Is Recognized by
Many AuthOrities.

Corn fodder is very unsatisfactory
material to handle in the stable unless
it has been thoroughly treated and re-
duced to fragments. Shredding obvi-
ates all the trouble and whatever
waste there is is excellent for bed
ding.
The shredded corn stalks for feeding
purposes should vary according to
Prof. Henry according to the char
acter of the fodder used and the ami
mails to which it is fed. At the Kansas
station the stover was cut in lengths
varying from one to two inches. In
stead of most of the cut fodder being
consumed by the cows there was an
average waste of 81 per cent. of all
the cut fodder, and the conclusion was
naturally reached that the great value
Of shredding fodder over the small,
sharp cut pieces is that there are no
sharp edges to cut the mouths of the
cattle eating it.
Prof. Henry, in his work in Wis
consin, found very satisfactory results
by the use of shredded fodder. In some
OF his trials the same amount of grain
or hay was fed to each lot of cows on
trial and he found saving of "a per
cent. of the corn forage by using it in
the shredded form. The same writer
also found that in rearing calves in
tended for beef production corn stover
should constitute part of the rough
ness, and he also found very satisfac-
tory gains were made in using stover
during the fattening period of steers.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
GOOD THING TO HAVE.
steamer That Can De Used for
Variety Of Purposes.

Have any Of your readers ever used
. scalding trough having boards for
sides, sheet iron for bottom and ends,
and found that it was great saver of
labor? I have one which made 20
years ago and am still using. cook
beans and potatoes or steam anything
l wish in it. Besides, it is used for
scalding hogs at butchering time. For
this purpose it is ahead of anything
ever used. The largest hog can be
scalded easily. To get the hogs out,
! use rope and roll them out as !
would roll log on sleigh. Two men
can easily scald 600-pound hog. This
trough is light, cheap and easy to make,
and can be set up wherever you wish to
use it.
For making, select two Pinch pine
boards (a) each feet long and feet
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Y FOR q: Anger LIVES.

In Heaven, they say, ts undisturbed and
perfect peace: and yet Il
Along our heart strings, even there, q
tremor Of regret
II Must sometimes wander into pain, II menu
0ry survives
y "A grief that In this good, great world We
lived no larger lives.
God moves our planet gloriously among
NJ the starry spheres.
And nobler movements for our souls,
through these our mortal years,
In widening orbits toward Himself eternaI-
" He planned.
4 We creep and rust in treadmill grooves-we
will not be made grand.
life part,
His breath. His being, each throb Of His
deep Father heart;
He shaped us in His image, suns to mood
His worlds with day.
Alas! we stife down His light and deaden
into clay.
Meant to be living fountains-not little
stagnant pools,
Stirred aimlessly from shallow depths,
walled round with petty rules.
Drying away to dust at last. to Him we
I And with the river Of His life in crystal
freshness blend.
To share His freedom-sons of God! there
i, is no higher aim
Can kindle any human hope to an immortal
flame!
It Is the keenest shame of these mean, fet-
tered lives we lead
We choose the weights that drag Ms down,
refusing to be freed.
Yet souls that win immortal heights I'M
clogged with self must move!
The only thing that we can take from earth
to Heaven is love!
To make us great like Thee, God! Thy
spirit with us stive!
Enlarge our lives to take Thee in! O give
US nobler lives!
Lucy Larcom. in Christian Work.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
LOCATION OF WELLS.
Of Either Surface or Under
Drainage.

We believe that far too many farm
ers and stock-raisers pay but little
attention to the supply of water, both
for house use and for the farm stock,
and do not fully realize the impor-
tance of an abundant and convenient
supply of pure water at all times
upon the farm. The shallow well dug
in low places about the farm or feed
lots and carelessly covered or stoned
or bricked up is the catch basin for
nearly all the refuse that flows from
the stock yards. and If the water is
not kept very low by constant usage
it is liable to become impure. 1t is
through sheer thoughtlessness that
wells are ever located in the low
places of feed-lots. They should al
ways be dug upon the higher ground
where there is no danger of the
drainage from the barn lots or feed
lots flowing into them, and then if
they are well walled up and a close
cover put on them there is not much
danger of contamination. If it is not
possible to have the wells located con-
veniently and where there is no dam
ger of contamination from the drain
age from the barn lots we would rec
ommend a changing of the location
of the barn and feed-lots, and in no
wise compromise by placing a well
where there is the least danger. We
remember one large feeding barn es-
pecially, in western Iowa, upon which
four large wells were located and wa
ter was pumped for stock by huge
windmills. One of these wells was
located probably distance of $50 feet
from the barns and at least Is feet
below the level of the barns. This
we'll, of course. received every bit of
the drainage and surface water from
the barn lots. The other wells were
located at convenient places about
the feeding lots. but invariably at the
lowest places in the lots. There was
no reason for these locations of the
wells at all except that the farmer
did not have to dig SO deep in making
them. They were expensive affairs
at best. The wells were large and
well bricked up and the windmills
were expensive, and if the four had
been placed on suitable grounds where
the water could have been kept pure
they would have been of almost in
calculable value. AS it was within
three years time every well had to
be abandoned. We can give no better
advice in the location of wells than
to put them where there is no danger
of either surface or under drainage
Prairie Farmer
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
A Lirhtninr Rod story.

The lightning rod agent is no re-
specter of persons or colors. A cor
respondent of the Texas Farm and
Ranch tells this story of little log
house: "a Negroes family occupy. it.
At one time this negro's note was
good for as much as $50. About that
time lightning rod agent came
through the county. He ascertained
that said Negroes note was good for
100 feet of rod and he sold it to him,
charging him $50. taking his note in
payment. The negro paid the note
and has never since had that much
money. It's rather an incongruous
sight to see a $50 lightning rod on a
seven-dollar house; still it furnishes
another instance of how much some
people love to humbug and others to
be humbugged."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Geddes Goes to England.

DR.. T. A. Geddes, chief of the mis-
cellaneous division of the bureau of
animal industry of the United States
department of agriculture, has been de-
tailed as special inspector and or
dered to Great Britain to inspect cattle
intended for importation into the
United States. DR.. Geddes will make
his headquarters in London, and will
go to such parts of the United King
dom as may be required for examina-
ton of animals before shipment. The
increasing prevalence of contagious
diseases, and particularly of tuberculo-
sis. has made this action necessary for
the protection of the animal industry
in this country.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
'4Out with II, mani" I said, .impa-
tiently. Il cant stand people who
leave sentence unfinished"

& @Out with II, mani" I said, impa-
tiently. Il cant stand people who
leave q sentence unfinished"
Bryant smiled broadly.
I" All right" he said, "I'll go straight
% the point. I love Miss O'Connor,
your niece and ward. am poor
man; although . small estate at Dor
chester belongs to me, it has been
let for years. and I haven't enough
to keep a wife, even supposing that !
might venture to try and win Miss
O'Connor. am getting to care for
her more deeply every day, and I'm
going away because can't stand it,"
"Bless my soul!" said, "you had
better tell her that"
Bryant took step forward, his eyes
very bright.
do you mean to tell me that you
would sanction" he began, eagerly,
then checked himself hastily; "but no"
he said, sit is impossible, I've hardly
any money"
"But I've enough for two" said a
soft voice at my elbow, and, turning
round, I found Maureen'besidem me.
1T seems to me-" I said to Bryant,
shat this is matter to settle be-
tween You. If Maureen wants to mar
~ you, she will marry you, whether
l approve or not. I'mnot sure whether
she wouldn't marry you whether you
approved or not. Anyhow, I am of
to the farm; you can fight it out be-
tween yourselves
! met my wife. in the passage. Her
face was simply note Of inte1roga-
ton. #
TITS all right" said, laconica.ly.
bryant and Maureen are in there"
'Then he has fallen in love with her."
she said. joyfully.
1T looks like it." remarked.
But she paid no attention and
went on:
"And he will marry her?''
Il shouldn't be surprised" I said,
but Of one thing am certain-she
will marry him."
And she did.-N. Y. Weekly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
DEATH TO HopPERs.
ers How to Spread Disease
Among the Insects.

Inc experts OF the agricultural de-
partment at Washington have discov-
cred contagious disease which can
be disseminated by insects with dead
ly effect to the pests, but without
danger of spreading an epidemic
among members of the human race,
By close observation it has been dis
covered that many annoying insects
have distemper, some of highly con.
tagious character. BY propagating
these disease germs and spreading
them, so that the insects will be af-
fected, contagion is spread and havoc
follows. Farmers will be especially
interested in the announcement that
disease among grasshoppers similar
to leprosy has been discovered and
that experiments conducted in Mis-
sissippi, Nebraska and Minnesota dem.
onstrate that it is possible to dis
tribute the germs in walls through the
mail, with instructions to farmers as
to the method of using the contents
so as to produce the best results.
The farmer becomes in short time
the manufacturer of his own grass
hopper poison. The germs are placed
in tumbler of water, number of
healthy specimens of grasshoppers Sc
lected, immersed and afterward fed
upon greens that have been dipped in
the water. The disease rapidly de-
velops, the grasshoppers are given
their liberty and are permitted to
spread the contagion. The scientists
believe that the method of extermina-
ton will not only be efficacious in
freeing the farmers of the harmful
grasshoppers, but that the principle
can be adopted with equal success in
driving out other insects.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03

6CALO1NI IhOOGt1 In HOo141ON.
wide. Round the lower corners of
each as shown in cut, so as to form a
circle / foot in diameter. Place
boards on edge, round corners up.
Place piece of sheet iron 10 feet long
and % inches wide on the boards, and
commence mailing in the middle, nail
ing both sides along evenly, so that
the iron will not be wavy. When done
mailing the sheet iron will extend past
edge of plank. Do not cut this off, but
place trough side up and bend the
sheet iron over top of plank and nail
securely. I drove nails every inch, not
in row, but zigzag. I used No. 6, ex-
cept the last few, where the iron was
turned back. There I used No. 8.
To set up the trough, dig ditch
or Sfeet long, 6 inches wide and inches
deep at pipe end, and tajering little
toward the end where the fire will be.
Enlarge to 1s or 20 inches wide for fire
box. Place the soil from ditch along
the side of trough so that it will when
leveled prevent any fire coming near
edge where wooden sides are. Put on
elbow and few lengths of stovepipe
at one end (b), and fire at the other.
The water in the trough will soon be
heated scalding hot and but little wood
will be required to do it. With tight
cover on, you can soon boil 100 gallons
of water. My trough holds nearly 200
gallons. by adding an extra bottom,
some use this trough for their hog
feed. The extra bottom keeps the feed
from burning. A damper (d) before
fire to force draft under fire is great
help to make it heat better.-J. A. Nc
Pherson, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
New variety Of Alfalfa.

Oasis alfalfa is a variety with which
experiments are being made at sew
eral points and considerable promise
is given of its superior qualities. The
seed comes from Tunis, and the plant
appears to be quite drought resist
ant. 1t has the faculty of reviving
upon being wet after having previous
ly dried up and apparently died.
What is needed in many sections is a
good forage plant which will stand
still or dormant but yet retain its
vigor during drought and then put
forth rapid growth as soon As wa
tered.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Longing for Praise.

How strangely men act. They will
not praise those who are living at the
same time, and living with them
selves; but to be themselves praised
by posterity, by those whom they
have never seen. nor ever will see,
this they set much value on. This is
shouldst be grieved because those who
have lived before thee did not praise
thee. If a thing is difficult to be ac-
complished by thyself, do not think
that it is impossible for man. But if
anything is possible for man, and con-
formable to his nature, think that
this can be attained by myself too
Marcus Aurelius Antonius.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
why Bishop. Wear caters.

Why does bishop wear CATERS and
a shovel hat? The bishop of VIM
chester, at a luncheon at Bourne.
mouth, asked if that question suggest
ed itself to those people who INDUCED
in a feeling of merriment as he passed
down the street. Did they think he
liked the garments and thought they
were becoming and comfortable? Not
in the least. The reason was, he said,
that he was preserving, and he alone
among men, that which was common
to our countrymen not so very long
ago. He was trying to induce rever-
ence for the past, and without CONF
junction. He therefore hoped people
would look with somewhat different
eyes upon the garments when they
considered what they were intended
to convey.-London Mail.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
FOR HOME MECHANICS.
How to Build . Movable Fence for
Farms Where Stock Il Paxtured
ON Green Crops.

The fence shown in the illustration
is very satisfactory for placing around
straw stacks or using for pasturing
calves, sheep or hogs on green crops,
such as rape, artichokes, clover and
the like. The panels may be IL feet
long and the pickets four feet high.
The support for the panels has no
brace on the inside. If this brace is
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
WHALE IN HIS BACK YARD.
A Memorial Of the Great Upheaval at
Los Angeles Million
Years Ago.

~ Is uOG every one VINO can point
with pride to a whale 80 feet long in
his back yard. This privilege belongs
to an East Los Angeles man, reports
local exchange. Some time ago, while
walking over his property, he noticed
a peculiar white streak which had
weathered out. It looked like chalk, or
as if whitewash had been sprinkled
along the ground and had soaked in.
The owner of the land began to in
vestigate the matter with pick and
shovel. To his amazement he found
that the streak was made by enormous
bones, which, one by one, were dug out.
They were huge round masses, each
lift for two men. The bones were
in regular lines and were traced for
80 feet. They were not identified until
9 scientific man came along one day,
and, after inspecting them, informed
the owner that they were the verte-
brae Of whale.
This is the sixth or seventh whale dis
covered in the corporate limits of Los
Angeles and there are doubtless many
others still unearthed, and it is evident
that at one time large school of
whales was trapped on the California
coast. Los Angeles is about II miles
from the ocean and 5000 feet above
high-water mark; and from the top of
the hills it can be readily seen how the
cetaceans were entrapped. Perhaps
million years ago, more or less, the
Pacific flowed over the present site of
the town. Here countless whales must
have gathered and paraded up and
down the coast, as they do to-day.
They wandered far inland, in all prob
ability over the present Mojave and
Arizona deserts. Finally, without
warning, one of the greatest cata.
clysmsin the history of the world came.
The entire coast was lifted into the
air; mountains assumed shape, and
the dripping kelp-lined rocks, reeking
with the life of the sea, were lifted with
titanic force. The great inland bays
and estuaries became dry land in an in
slant. Myriads of animals, huge
whales and fishes of all kinds became
lodged in the mud banks, where they
are found to-day, monuments of the
great upheaval which saw the forma-
ton of the coast range of the Pacific.
From Tia Juana to Santa Barbara
there are evidences which tell the same
story. Now on the slopes Of noun
tains, high above the crater, is the old
beach, with its shells, bones and
sharks teeth; and everywhere whale
bones have been found, showing that
scores of these were trapped in the up.
heaval. In the San Luis range great
whale skeleton was found in relief sew.
eral years ago. In excavating tun.
mel in the very heart of Los Angeles an
other whale was discovered away be.
meath the houses
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03


our working world very large. Many OF
are hard workers. Our laboring classes
are found in herds and hordes in the
"hives of industry" What is all this work
for? In most cases it is for daily bread.
in many for maintenance of others. Great
numbers also work to acquire wealth.
Some for great commercial prominence.
Some to preserve intact a splendid inheri-
lance. Necessity, generosity and ambition
are the inspiration of all classes of indus
try, and the object of every one falls to the
ground when ill-health attacks him.
Maintaining health is the most vital
thing in the world for workers of every
class, and the usefulness of DR.. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy, as q
strengthened of the constitutional and
vital powers, is beyond all question. This
great remedy enters into partnership
with Nature and helps human beings do
their work without giving up to prema-
ture decay. The strain of work is on the
minds Of some, on the bodies Of others,
but the nourishing of either, or both, is
in the nerves and blood. Nervura acts
directly on the fountains of health and
its strengthening power is wonderful.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
ne Cens.. 81 1900.

u booklet giving the population Of III
over according to the census Of isoo, has
just been issued by the passenger depart
ment Of the Chicago, Milwaukee u st. Paul
Railway, and copy of it may be obtained
by sending your address, with two-cent
stamp to pay postage, to the General Passen.
ger Agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway, Chicago, Ill
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
All There.

She-How many pictures have you
painted since you first began?
He-Oh, I haven't any idea.
She-Some day am coming around
to your studio and count them.-Ds.
troit Free PresA
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
DETAILS OF MOVABLE FENCE.

present, the animals get under it and
displace the fence. The notches are
large enough to admit ends of two
panels. Some farmers consider three
feet high enough for sheep fence
and the height may be reduced one
foot if thought best.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Excursion Sleeper, va III. X.

Excursion sleepers via NJ, X. e T. Ry.
Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave st. Louis
via Katy Flyer IN. X. 4 T. Ry.) every Tues
day at SIG p. m. for San Antonio, Los An.
ge1es and San Francisco.
Weekly Excursion Sleepers leave Kansas
at 9:05 p. m. for San Antonio, Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Rather Unusual.

Bowers-Here's an account of strange
happenings child almost choked to death
by pin.
sowers-What is there strange about it?
Because it was safety-pin. Judge.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03

The highest type Of military invention,
yet devised is the war -Elliott's
Magazine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03

A man who is slow pay nearly always dis
putes his account.-Atchison Globe.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
On the Retur,

Jack-How long were you in Paris?
BILL wasn't long; was short. Syracuse
Herald,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
Labor saver. !.

Labor Saver.
Biggs Old man Miggs is lazy.
Jiggs- is he?
!, eyes, indeed. Why he rented parrot for
the summer just to have it swear at the heat
for him."-Baltimore American.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03
WOES Of WORKERS.

industrious Our leisure class small
leading citizens Of wealth
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-01-03

K
would have waved me aside with an
airy: Zone is at liberty to change ones
mind" So I, metaphorically. took a
back seat, and waited to see what would
happen next.
What did happen was a refreshing
novelty. Tom took to Bryant at once;
he also took to his books, and worked
like beaver, morning, noon and
night-except now and again, when
he and Bryant took holiday and went
fishing. OF this art Bryant was found
to be a past master, and Toms respect
for him increased accordingly.
The other noticeable fact since his
arrival was still more extraordinary.
Maureen became strangely quiet
oddly shy-anew loneliness had touched
her face, and even I knew that it was
something which could not be account
ed for by any physical cause. 1t was
almost the difference of an "Undine''
before she had a soul and after she
possessed one, or at least the difference
between child and woman.
Maureen had crossed the dividing
line, and. consciously or unconscious
y, somebody had won her heart.
Things went on much as usual
otherwise, but, about six months after
Bryant's arrival, he asked to see me
in the library ION business
My heart sank. He was going to
throw up the place-of course. knew
that. He did throw up the place. y
as / had expected; but he said to me.
when he had done so: II think it's
only fair to tell you that it's not be-
cause of any trouble I have had with
Tom that I am leaving. We get on
capitaly. The boy has brains and grit
enough for two. He'll make his mark
by and by" he paused.