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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-12-05
SUGAR CURED HAMS
Method of Sailing and snokfnn
Which Has Been Tried with
Success for Years.

AT recent meeting of farmers
institute the subject discussed was the.
best method of curing and keeping
hams. All members agreed that the
quality OF the meat depended in great
measure upon the kind of hogs and
the way they We're cared for. Much
better meat is obtained from the pure
pred than the common scrub. In
order to be perfectly healthy they need
plenty of range, with as great variety
OF feed as possible, and plenty of fresh
clear water. They should be killed in
cold frosty weather, and after scald-
ing and cleaning, hung up to cool over
hlght. Several methods of sailing
ana smoking were presented, but the
following, which was given by farmer
who, after years of experience, has
gained the reputation of having the
pest sugar-cured hams in the county.
was accepted as the most satisfac-
tory:
Cut the meat up in the morning and
shape the hams nicely. Salt lightly
to bring out the blood, aud allow it to-
remain day or two. Prepare brine,
using two pounds of salt, two ounces
OF saltpeter, two pounds of brown
sugar one ounce of red pepper and
hve gallons of water for each 100
pounds OF meat. Let this brine, which
should be strong enough to float nn
egg, stand until the ingredients have
olssolved, then place the hams in y
tight barrel and pour the brine over
them until they are covered. After
ten days pour the brine off and cover
with fresh brine prepared as the first
was. When they have been in the
prime month, take them out, wipe
them with a dry cloth, and while stiIl
damp sprinkle powdered borax over
them, using a tablespoonful to ten
pounds of meat. A large pepper box
is great help in applying it. Hang
them up and smoke with hickory chips
two or three weeks. Slip each ham
INTO flour sack, tie the ends securely,
and hang them up in cool dry place
until you wish to use them. The pre-
sefvatlve qualities of boraX are recog-
nlzed by all who have tried it, and ie
IS now used in all the large packing
houses. The best meat is made or
hogs weighing $50 to 200 pounds. u,
mas long been question among pro-
sresslve farmers as to whether it paid
10 produce hogs weighing over 300
pounds, and we are quite certain that
when the object is to obtain meat of
superior quality it does not.-Rurag
New Yorker.
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SENSIBLE FARM NOTES.

Hard, clayey soils should be turned
up to the air in the fall so that the
frost can have a chance to work ON
them during the winter
Drain tile should not be laid above.
the frost line, especially if it be un-
glazed tile. The hard frosts VIII pul-
verize it, Many ditch has had to
be redug on this account.
The 1902 cranberry crop of tho
United States is estimated by the SER
rotary of the American Cranberrx
Growers association to amount To-
$4,000 bushels, against 10000 buxb-
els in 1901.
1t is difficult to keep books on thc
farm, but it must be done if tho
farmer is to know where he stands
and whether or not he is 1nakius,
anything by his farm operations.
Farming must be conducted ON tho
same basis as any other business.
The sooner the farmers realize this
the sooner will some of them he
saved from going the downward roasa
to bankruptcy.-Far Review
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then frame of any good stout ma
terial is made, as shown in the illus
tration. The base piece is imbed-
ded IN the concrete, and the wall is
made two inches wider than the
wooden uprights, on each side of
them, and as the wall is carried up,
the uprights are inclosed in the con-
crete. The latter is made of lime
and sand, small stones, cheap, broken
bricks and pieces of hard wood. In
fact, any hard substance may be
worked into the wall. 1t is leveled
up and smoothed over by the lime
and sand mixture.
AT first the originator used ce-
ment in the latter mixture, but, find
ing the lime answered as well, and
cost less than one-third as much as
the cement, he abandoned the ce-
ment. When finished the walls are
smooth and white, will last life
time and harbor no vermin what
ever. In making the roof, Mr.. Geer
uses four-inch scantling placed on
edge. On top waterproof roof is
laid. Under the rafters tongued and
grooved ceiling is nailed and the
four-inch space is packed with forest
leaves or some other Inexpensive ma
terial. Double windows, with stout
shutters for the night, defy the frost.
In houses of this character, Mr..
Geer's fowls mate and lay all win
ter. February he took off an in
cubator hatch of 1872 chickens from a
total installment of 225 eggs tested
down to 1919 fertile ones. He attrib-
utes the high per cent of fertility OF
his eggs. in winter to the natural
warmth of his fowls in the concrete
houses, which is superior to the arti-
fetal warmth generated by furnace
or hot water pipes. In houses of this
kind the early-hatched pullets and
the early molted hens lay all win
ter, little chickens thrive and grow,
while the incubator is unaffected by
any change of temperature outside.
B. Gcer, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
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turned tail and ran sideways, after
him, raining blows upon his back, some
of which, am sure, took effect. Next
| heard the young wood lining one side
OF the road creak and rustic. The
panther had leaped into the thicket
and made off in a hurry"
Then the count jumped into the car
rlage, took the reins from his wife's
hands, and, giving her the lantern, told
her to wave it in order to keep off pos
sible other intruders of the sort lust
encountered. But the horses were
too frightened to move at once, and 1T
took lot of persuasion and no end of
whipping to make them 20. Once
coaNed to gallop, they flew along the
road at breakneck speed ''No troika
chased by wolves ever made better
tlme,' says the countess.
The viceroy is undecided as to what
circumstances he shall attribute their
marvellous delivery, and, courageous
man that he is, he hesitates about TAX
ing too much credit to himself. sThe
color OF the horses, my lantern. the
1act That the beast was crammed with
1ood-al worked together he said to
his military household upon reaching
home. That is probably true. but the
person with the rhinoceros whip, adj
vanclng upon 800 pound king of the
wilderness as if he was an unrulv house
dog, was evidently the decisive fipure
in the one sided battle.
But don't forget the countess +"
wrote Won Goetzen to Kaiser Wilhelm.
who but nervy American woman
could have managed those plunginr
horses at the crucial moment? Ninety.
nine out of hundred women Womb
have tainted, the hundredth wouldbavo
jumped out to seek salvation in f1iob+
or would have run me over to get away.
Not so her eNcellency. She held the
horses in firm grip, and at the SAM
time coaxed and encouraged them WITH
the best German at her comm,nd
Then, as we drove home, standing up-
right in the carriage TO keep the frenz-
led animals under control, the colmtess
leaned far out waving the lantern. once
as protection against other wild
beasts that might follow us and again
as signal for our servants"
Il really had no time to be afraid
except for that momentary twitchino
at the roots of the hair, but confess
it makes me shudder when / think of
the savage cry the panther uttered as
he leaped into the bushes" writes tho
countess.
THE danger that threatened the
first lady in the land and the way in
which she conducted herself on this
trying OCCASION" say the kaiser's re-
ports, 'have increased, if possible, the
respect in which her excellency is held
by natives and whites alike"
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HUSBAND SAVED HER
Deed of valor Performed by Count
Won Gotten.
Germany's African viceroy Takes
Good Care of His Wife, When
attacked by n Giant, Blood
thirsty Panther.
Especial Berlin Germany Letter.

lNpeCldl Berlin (Germany) Letter.J
T.HE vast German possessions in
4 Africa are ruled by governor
general, who exercises auto
cratic functions over natives and set
tiers alike. The present viceroy is
Count Won Goetzen, the husband of
charming American woman, who was
Mrs. William Matthew Lay, of Wash
ing'on, and before that May Lowney,
OF Baltimore. Her position in Ger
man Africa is frequently ikened to
that of the wife of the viceroy of India,
Lady Curzon, nee Letter, of Chicago;
but, as matter of cold fact, it is even
more consequential. The countess is
queen of half a million more subjects
than the regent of Bavaria, and the
kings of Wuerttemberg and Saxony
combined reign over fewer people than
her ladyship. When she rides to
parade ten regiments of well-trained
troops lower their colors before her
Count Won Goetzen has been trav-
eler all his lifs, and his bravery has
earned for him many medals, both at
home and abroad. His latest feat of
courage was saving his wife from the
fate OF being eaten alive by a giant
panther.
His was deed of prodigious valor-
having no firearms, he drove off the
maneater with whip of rhinocerous
skin that CHANGED to be in his carriage.
Count ven Goetzen is the abs lute
ruler of territory embracing 1,47O413
square miles and 6,55o,opO of blacks.
The adventure here told occurred
about month ago, in the evening, on
the Pugu road, about one mile outside
of Dar-es-Salam, capital of the Ger
man African empire, as the count and
countess were returning from visit
to friends living on plantation near
the edge of the virgin forest, an hour
or SO further in the interior.
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the speaker, but under their rules
those representatives were obliged
to petition their creature, the speak
er, and pray for permission to legis-
late as majority desired to repre-
sent. And what came of it? Speaker
Reed said that he would give it con-
sideration." He was as good as his
word. He did give the matter con-
sideration until the close of the con-
gress, but he did not permit the ma
jority to rule. He never allowed the
bill to come before the house at all.
Now it does not require a consti-
tutional lawyer to explain that tho
constitution of this republic of the
people never intended that one man
should throttle the Representatives
of the people, and prevent them
from legislating. That IS the stand
which is taken by Col. Hepburn and
a majority of the house; and that
is the reason that it is easy to fore
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middle of the street, causing the
horses to halt and rear.
''At the same moment" said, the
countess afterwards, II felt painful
twitching at the roots of my hair
yes, l was frightened, what woman
would not be under the circum-
stances? While the count threw the
reins to me and told lue to hold on
Cor dear life, l perceived two faint
yellow glimmers piercing the dark
ness. My first thought was: "A lion
the natives had often told me of the
unbearable brightness of the lions
eyes, of the tXity of his metallic
glance. 1t made me shudder, but
nevertheless | looked at the object of
my terror with keen air, sinking my
eyes in his. | had cad once that it
is not impossible to hypnotic wild
animal that way"
The count says the animal was no
more than five feet from his horses
deads when they stopped and refused
10 ga furtheri there the brute stood
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They drove in an open phaeton, the
box of which had been lowered to
allow the count to handle the reins
from his accustomed place. Their
team was pair of grays, light in
color, and quite recently imported.
Having heard that wild animals will
rarely attack persons clad in white,
the kaiser sent the countess two white
carriage horses, with a graceful note
saying he hoped she would be liable to
drive them herself, as they were gem
tie and proof against surprises by deni-
zens of the African forest"
The imperial surmise was quite cor
rect, as will be seen presently.
The countess had just remarked that
after the next turn in the road they
would see the lights of their palace,
outside the city, when something dark
bounded from the bushes into the
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-12-05
How IA Traveller Got Eggs

An English traveller who has visited
every nation in the world is authority
for the statement that one food is uni
versal throughout all countries
There is not part of the world" " he
says, where you cannot get an egg"
While in western China. however. he
OF first had some difficulty in getting
even eggs. The natives could not u.s-
derstand him, and refused to recos.-
nlze the pictures he drew of eggs.
he way | got out of the difficusty,s'
he adds, was that squatted down ON.
my launches, tapped nay wings and
Observation-Disclosures until the entsra
nation grasped what l wanted, and I
was simply provided with hundreuse3
eggs"
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stockstih, regarding the trottera with
ewes like fire halls

stockstin, regarding the trottera with
eyes like fire balls.
The viceroy continues: "The rear.
ing mares had smashed the lantern in
front and l was obliged to go to the
rear of the carriage to get the one
fastened there. 1t was of the Ameri-
can, electrical kind, giving out hig,
white light. When, lantern in hand, l
again passed by my wife, she handed
me heavy whip of rhinoceros, hich,
on that day. 1 had confscated en- one
of the outlying plantations, IS it is
against the law to use this terrible
instrument of punishment, that, at
one time, no native chief or slave
holder could do without.
'The whip weighs about fifteen
pounds and many a poor black devils
back has been broken with one of its
kind. To reassure my wife l said, in
advancing: IF it's dog he won't hold
up the viceroy's carriage second time
after / get through with him. But l
knew all the time that it wasn't dog
and was upbraiding myself for having
gone without pistols. A kingdom for
a Mauser revolver! such as I had at
home.
"Such and similar thoughts passed
through my mind as jumped forward,
whip in right, lantern in left. Then l
suddenly remembered the paragraph
from the emperor's letter, accompany
ing the gift of horses. I must not OBJ
struct the view of the animals con-
cluded hastily, they may, after all,
prove an element of protection
1.-The light of the lantern now fell
full upon the object in the road. First
1 saw only the head of the beast. 1t
was as big as lioness's, but 1 recog-
nized at once the panther's outlines.
AS I approached nearer the beast
raised his tail, a powerful appendage,
round like stick, and towering two or
three feet above his head. The animal
himself appeared to be some three feet
high by three and half feet to four
feet long.
81 struck him terrible blow with
the rhinoceros whip across the face,
following it up with another and yet
another across the shoulders. There
upon, to my surprise, the panther
turned tail without offering any VIC.
lence, though as the whip first de-
scended he showed formidable array
of teeth and his pointed tongue. He
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-12-05
WORK FOR THE CHILDREN.
Give Them N Few Hens and Let
Them Raise Poultry for Their
Own Enjoyment.

There is no vocation which we, from
could recommend more highly to boys
or girls on the farm than the rearing
OF tine poultry. 1t is not only intensely
interesting, but healthful and profit
able. The fact is to be regretted that
more attention is not paid to this in
dustry by those who reside on large
farms. Young folks generally take
readily to the work and become very
much absorbed in it. They should
OF course. commence in a moderate
way. We commenced with one bird
"a rooster-and we found that he was
worthless without mate, so we OBJ
tanned hen.
Any child who is old enough to feed
his fowls regularly is old enough to
start in the poultry business. Attend
some good poultry show and see what
breed you fancy. If this variety is
suitable to vnnr market and surround
lngs, purchase either fowls or eggs of
reliable breeder and commence work.
Prepare comfortable house for them
with yards and 4 few bird coops. and
you will be fixed all right for the first
year.
Read your poultry journal closely.
This is the style of our world at pre-.
sent, and we must keep up with the
times II we wish to be successful. In
SO short an article ii is impossible to
go INTO details. for there is a great
deal to be learned. The short course
in poultry raising is this: Commence
right; go slow; work and read, and
stick to it-Fanciers' Journal
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corning the man who enforces them.
Tom Reed not only ruled the house,
but rudely ruled it, at times. But
his majority was slender, and he had
to be big boss, or NO boss at all.
Whoever shall be chosen for the
speakership when the new congress
"hail have convened on the first Mon
day of December, 1908, will in all
probability be allowed the power of
the appointment of the committees
and committee chairmen; and that
will be power enough for one man to
WELD over his fellow representatives
But he will not be allowed to com
mand all legislation through the
committee on rules. There is where
the representatives will check the
one-man power of which so many
have complained during the past six
years
1t is well remembered that Speak
err Reed blandly smiled when Pc
tition signed by majority of the
house of representative was pre-
scented to him, praying for consider
alton of the bill for the Nicaraguan
canal. Remember, majority of the
members of the national house of
Representatives. of it! That
majority had elected. had created
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Q!fyK!>. r;t,:d';(SSulll;H5&
CONCRETE HENHoUSEs.
They Solve the Problem of Egga in
Winter and Sound, Unfroxted
Combs in the Spring.

A western poultry keeper, E. W.
Geer, of st. Francois county, Mo-,
has solved the problem of eggs in
winter, and sound, unfrosted combs
in the spring. He has done it in a
very simple and inexpensive way.
AT the same time he has insured fer
tile eggs i'll mid~inter, something or
dinarily very hard to obtain. He has
accomplished this by means of con-
crete poultry houses that are free
from damrsess in the most rainy sea
sons, and as warm inside in the cold
est days sts a cellar.
In constructing the house, an ele-
walton is thrown up foot or more
above The surface. In this elevation
the stone base for the walls is laid,
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&C A ND now, in accordance with
~ the constitutional duty de-
volved upon me, l declare
this house adjourped without day."
Exactly at noon on March 4, 1908,
those words will be pronounced by
Speaker Henderson, the heavy gavel
will resound and the Fifty-seventh
congress will come to close Speak
er Henderson, who retires to private
life, will be the last presiding Off
Ger of the national house of repre-
sentatives who shall WELD imperial
powers ovtr his colleagues.
TheNrules of the house of repre-
senta tives, which have been known as
the Reed rules, ever since they were
promulgated in December, 1899, have
given autocratic power to the speak
er. Time and again efforts have been
made to change those rules, but to
no purpose. The republicans have al
ways pointed with pride to the great
advance made in national legislation
while Reed was speaker; and both
parties have agreed that Reed was
right in declaring that "a visible
quorum was the constitutional quo
rum which could proceed ito do
business
But majority of the house of rep
resentatiyes has been in favor of
changing the rules, in some particu-
lars, for at least six years. Con-
gresham Hepburn, of Iowa, has
been the leader in the attack upon
the Reed rules, and he will continue
to be the leader in the fight. 1t is
we'll known that Col. Hepburn had
majority of the republicans in eau
Gus assembled, in December, 1899,
and he could have then forced i'm
Portant changes in the rules, but he
forbore. His colleague and friend,
Col Henderson, had just been select
ed for the speakership, and it would
have seemed exceedingly ungracious
in member from his own state to
have insisted on curtailing his pow
ers before he was indicted into his
high office. If any other than Col.
Henderson had been selected for the
speakership in December, $780, the
rules would have been surely
changed.
There is great deal of speculation
already concerning the speakership
of the next congress, but one thing
may as we'll be regarded as settled,
and that is, no matter who secures
the prize of that exalted position, he
will be simply presiding officer, as
the constitution intended him to be,
and not ruler of representatives Sc
lected by sovereign constituencies
precisely as he was himself selected
The rules will be carefully amend
ed, the main point to be observed be-
iIg that each representative shall
really be representative - one
whose voice and vote shall command
attention and respect.
Speaker Reed was autocratic.
Speaker Henderson has not been. No |
more conservative speaker ever oc-
cUpied the chair than Mr. Crisp, of
Georgia, for he was not autocratic.
There is no complaint concerning the
man who may have been, or who
may be, speaker of the house of rep
resentatives. Criticism exists con
corning the rules rather than con-
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FARM TOOL BOX.

inches deep in the top part to keep.
saws, squares and planes; make =.
deep door, hinged at top instead at the,
bottom; make eight partition drawers
6 inches wide and inches deep to keen,
different sizes of rivets, buckles, nails.
screw taps, bolts, ETC.; then make two.
drawers, IL inches deep, to keen,
names, Ratchet, chisels ana auger hits.
Perry A[cClain, in Epit omist-
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COMPLETE TOOL BOX.
NO Farmer Who Believes in Keeping
Up House or Barn Can DO
Without One.

Here is sketch OF a handy tool boz
that ought to be on every farm: Take
box AZ feet long, feet wide and IS
inches deep; knock one side out and
stand on end; make shelf about Is
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The Meinht af 1,o

The following are the ayera ga
weights of the most common feeds
one quart being the bulk quantity in
every case:
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Increase in Wage.

Within so years the wages Of
American factory workers hays
doubled.
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REED RULES DOOMED
Congressman Are Tired of Being
Bossed by the Speaker.
Col. Hend Lessons Successor Will BE
Simply n Presiding officer and
Not the Autocrat of
Congress.
Especial Washington Letter.1

&C n ND now, in accordance with
N the constitutional duty de-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-04
Albion Items.

Rev. 1. r. Hugely is very low
with typhoid fever.
A watch-night meeting was held
at the United Brethren Church on
New Years eve.
New sidewalks are being con-
structed to the Christian Church by
the Christian ladies aid society.
Students have returned from their
vacation, and school opened Tues
day. There is an enrolment of
about a hundred.
The last social event of the sea-
son was given at the home of James
Patterson, a prominent farmer of
this community, last Monday night
About forty young people attended,
and a pleasant evening was enjoyed.
A party Of young folks, consist
ing of Lena Stephens, Lora Hurl-
bert, Ortha Downs and Jas. Bachus,
walked out to the ranch of Peter
Peterson, near this place, and spent
a pleasant afternoon last Sunday.
Mr.. Peterson is one of the Palouse
country's most successful farmers,
and has one of the best-equipped
dairy farms in the county.