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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-12
Horrors Of the
Bull Fight
BY JUSTIN MCCARTHY.

form of dramatic which has long
with the Spanish -
bull fight in Spain, and shall
again expecting shocking spectacle but the reality
than anything previously pictured by imagination
Even if had Cst sypathies, think should be inclined
the accession the Spanish throne of sovereign who
solved to set his face against bull fighting
hasten to declare that Carist ypahes although
add that had the pleasure of spending
days English house where the of Don Carlos
the The ordinary observer street,
call him. might have considered somewhat curious company
he could have known and whereabouts The of
house English who understood
devoted believer the Suarts The
young Spanish prince the general of the Jesuit order and
then member of the Irish national parliamentary party
The lack of governor his tongue has been the
man mans downfall.
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In day there is strong temptation to selndugence.
hn OF the hard days before there cooking hes
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-12

The who allows disappoinments discourage him will
win place in the pages of history.
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Some of newspaper correspondents given the young
Spanish king credit objection SPANS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-12

need of the great majority of the people United
ability their livelihood because the duty Of
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-12

The lack of governor his tongue has been the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-07-12

God, because the first duty of every
man is to support himself by his
productive industry. EDUCA-
TIONAL PROV.I SION S
S H O y Id AL WAYS BE
ADAPTED TO PRESENT
CONDITIONS AND TO THE
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04


ton water alone for his crops and he
can sit down and figure out hsw much
water he needs and when best To ap-
ply 1t. But the man in the state where
rains are abundant, or even frequent
must figure also on the possibility OF
getting too much water. There is also
the question of soil to be taken into
consideration, for, on whether the soil
be sandy or clayey will depend the
whole result in some cases. Thus, II
the land be sandy, a surplus Of water
will do no harm even if heavy rains
come just after irrigating. But If the
land be heavy clay and receive
copious rains after irrigation the re-
suits are likely to be disastrous. Such
is illustrated by the experience at the
Wisconsin agricultural college A po-
tato field was placed under irrigation
tests, part being irrigated and part
not. As it happened one section OF the
held was composed of sandy soil and
The other of heavy clay soil 1t was
irrigated twice and the last irrigation
was followed by heavy rains Mark
the result. On the sandy portion the
increase of yield of potatoes due to ir-
rigation was at the rate of 81 bushels
per acre. On the heavy clay portion
the decrease of the yield of potatoes
due to irrigation was at the rate of 81
bushels per acre. 1t is believed that
had it not been for the rains coming
after the second irrigation the yield
on the irrigated clayey portion would
have shown a large increase over the
unirrigated portion. 1t will thus be
seen that the problem of irrigating
clay soils is much greater than the
problem of irrigating sandy soils.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
Reclamation of marsh Lands.

Within the last few years the recIa-.
nation of marsh lands has assumed
considerable Importance as a subject
Tor discussion in some parts of the
country. In European countries this
work began long ago, and to-day some
OF the most valuable land in those
countries is that once deemed worth
less. In England more than 100000
acres or fen land has been reclaimed
and rendered productive. In Holland,
as most OF our readers know, the
reclamation of the marshes was prac-
tlcaily complete many years ago, and
since that time the direction OF work
In this particular has been the dam
ming and pumping out of lakes of con-
siderable size. Just now the authori-
ties there are planning to dam and
pump out the zuider Zee Belgium.
Denmark and Germany have all done
much in the line of marsh reclamation.
In the United States up to this time
there has been such an abundance of
good land that could be had at low
price that the people have felt no ne
cessity for the recovery from a state
or nature of the millions of acres of
rich land lying along the courses of
rivers, about the borders of lakes and
on the rims of the oceans. The in
creasing price of land, however, has
brought the subject before the people.
and 1t is likely to remain there The
marsh lands are nearly always lands
that are both very rich and admirably
suited to cultivation, when the water
has once been removed from them.
The rich people are beginning to see
in the purchase and reclamation of
marsh lands good investment for
their money. Professor N. 8. Shaler
OF Harvard University, asserts that be-
tween New York and Portland. Maine.
the marsh lands along the Atlantic
seaboard amount to 100000 acres, and
that every acre of this land, if made
tillable, is worth 5000 in the market
making total value of $40 900 900.
The cost Of reclamation he puts at one
nth OF this sum. What is true of the
region mentioned is also true of the
rest of the country, but in a lesser de-
gree. Incidentally it may be men
toned that the elimination of the
marshes means the destruction of the
mosquito, an insect that is now known
to be the principal medium by which |
malarial fever, yellow fever and many !
other diseases are spread.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURISTs.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Guilt
walton of the Soil and Yields
Thereof-HorticuItur vIticultur@ and
Horticulture.

Eastern and Western Fruit Growing.
Professor L. H. Bailey-In the val
leys of California we see the best til
lage there is on the American CONT
hent. This is necessary for the preser-
walton OF moisture during the summer
months. Rain is not wanted there dur
ing the summer from May to Septem-
Der. While l was there l heard men
express fear lest it should rain, which
would do great damage, interfering
with the gathering and drying Of fruits.
80 they want the drouth and have to
prepare for It. BY careful cultivation
In the spring and summer they con-
serve their winter and spring rainfall
and hold enough moisture through the
summer to meet all necessities of the
plants. The large fruits grown
in California are not the best ones they
have. by any means, though they like
to show them.
1t is an inspiration to go to the Pa
cific coast The farmers there have
accomplished more in a generation
than we Of the East have in two CEN
turtles. They have met great obstacles
and have overcome them, and
have developed horticulture that
Is the wonder of the world. / believe,
however, that for the fruit grower " lth
small capital there is more opportunity
In the East than in California, where a
man has to have large capital and do
things on large scale to succeed. On
the Pacific coast there are many fruit
growers that grow each only single
kind of fruit and concentrate their at
tention on that alone. People are doing
well in both sections of country. Fruit
growing is not so much a matter of
climate, of soil or Of geography as of
the man.
Californians are better cultivators
than are we, and they are no less sue
cessful in the disposing of their fruit.
They have formed cooperative asso-
cations for the disposal of their fruit,
and these associations have been very
successful. The Californians seem to
be less suspicious of each other than
are the people east of the Rocky Noun
tains. They have been forced to CO.
operate by circumstances. Their local
market is Insignificant and the bulk Of
the fruit must be disposed of in places
or even thousands of miles
away. 1t is, therefore, necessary to
ship in carload lots, and they have to
combine with others to make up large
consignments. The individuals can
not afford to seek the distant markets
and are, therefore, forced to unite their
efforts.
Where special fruits are grown for
special markets. as in the New Eng
land states, cooperation will not /
to anything; but where fruit
growing is not thus specialized, but
where large quantities of a few kinds !
are produced, cooperation in selling
Will be effective AS yet the greater
part of California is undeveloped and
Is sure to become in the future a great
region.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
BASEBALL ENGLISH.
Contribution to Literature That Ought
to Live Long.

Contribution to Literature That Ought
to Live Long.
A neater article of the national had
never been put up on the home
grounds, says the Yale Record and
when the visitors picked up the stick
In the final with the tally standing at
z to 2 everybody from the oldest fan
to the youngest paper seller was stand
Ing on his seat and yelling to the local
slab artist to serve up his choicest
assortment of round-house benders
and keep whatever guy was handling
the ash pivoting at delusions. The
tW1rIer was up to business and laid
EN- over so fast that the receiving end
OF the battery, who wears bird cage
and liver protector, looked as if he
were Smelling peas. The first two vic
tins only tore rents in the atmosphere
out the third guy connected and laid
OH naming eraser, which would have
made projectile from a thirteen-inch
gun look like bean bag tossed from
one baby to another. The man on the
dl1ncult corner was right there, though.
and tagged the horsehide pill with his
sinister talon, assisting it over to the
initial hassock in such short order
That some one yelled, derisively: "That
fellow runs like an Orange street auto
mobile" The home aggregation came
to the bat. Every one was confident
that they were going to pound the
sphere around the lot, but the oppos-
ing team ran in a new guy with a slow
south wing, and before they had ex-
pected there were two men down and
two strikes on the next guy. But, oh,
Phoebe! On the next delivery he be-
came the father of bouncing swat,
which landed in the last row of pota-
toes in the outer garden and enabled |
him to pass down three buttons and
scratch the rubber. did the crowd |
go wild? Say, did you ever see game
of ball?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
The Frightened Friar Of pI.a.

Edith King Swain, who has assembled
more famous heights than any other
woman in the world, perhaps, tells a
most amusing incident in an article
about Some Famous Accents / Have
Made" in The Ladies' Home Journal.
She was far up in the famous Leaning
Tower at Pisa, and bending over a bal
cony she let fall a toy torpedo, to test
her ability to estimate the exact
height of the structure by Gallileo's
method. Choosing a time when |
was alone on the tower" she writes.
"and no one was in sight below, I
dropped the torpedo, watch in hand.
At this instant a friar came hurrying
around corner, and, by direst chance,
his shaver crown passed directly be-
low me just in time to be struck by
the falling torpedo, which exploded
with appalling effect. 1 do not know
what the poor man neutrality-suspicious.
that is was the crack of doom. He
was fearfully upset, and so was l. The
torpedo was TOO small to do more than
frighten him, but his amazement on
looking up and seeing me peering
down at him in open mouthed horror,
like a gargoyle come to life, was ex-
cruciatingly ludicrous. | forgot to
time the report"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
aa7sssssssssssssssssss -
THE SEARCH FOR THE POLE
SSeeessssesesesseees eeseeeessesseeGg

The knowledge of the regions around
the North Pole has, during the bygone
century constantly advanced by great
err or less degrees; and the closing
years of the period have witnessed the
approximate solution, at any rate, Of
several of the most important prob
lens, writes DR.. hansen in the Pail
Mall magazine. The English Arctic
expeditions, especially those of the
middle years of the century, explored
and mapped the coasts of the North
American Arctic Archipelago, and de-
termined in broad outline its extension
towards the north. American expedi-
lions, and the English expedition of
1856, explored the northern coasts
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
Horrors of Industrial warfare

but" urged the spokesman of the
delegation of beet sugar growers who
had ventured to call on the eminent
statesman with the story of their
grievances, suppose the sugar trust
cuts prices down to a figure below the
cost of production. What them" TN
that case, gentlemen" replied the emf
nent statesman, st can only counsel
patience, perseverance, and faith in the
country. Be true to yourselves and
the people will beet root to YOU" And
they gave him leather medal for
that.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

The experiences of the Fran expedi-
ton render it probable, moreover, that
large portions of the as yet unknown
Polar area are occupied by similar
sea, over which the Polar ice drifts
In similar way. By finding a deep
sea to the north of Franz-Josef Land,
the Fran Expedition further disprov-
ed the original theory which saw in it
only the south coast of considerable
exranse of land or continent We
were able, indeed, to ascertain that
Franz-Josef Land was comparatively
small group of islands, whose extern
sion towards the northeast we settled.
The extension of the group toward the
west was accurately determined and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Italian expedition. under the Duke OF
Abruzzi, determined the northern ex.
tension Of the Franz-Josef Land group
Captain Cagni's magnificent dash TO-
wards the 'farthest north" having
proved that neither "Sherard Osborne
Island "Petermann Land" nor "Kins
oscars Land" exists at all. Cape
Fllegely, on Grown Prince Rudolf
Land, which was found to lie in about
81 degrees minutes, thus forms the
northernmost point of this group of
Islands, and at the same time the
rarthest north land as yet known
on this side of the Pole.
The many Swedish expeditions to
Spitzbergen and the North Siberian
waters have contributed greatly. by
means of their admirable scientific in
vestigations, to our general knowledge
OF the physical conditions of the Arctic
area.
How far have we progressed then,
at the present moment? On almost
all sides we have left the coasts be-
hind us, and have penetrated far over
the ice-covered Polar sea, right up to
80 degrees 33 minutes N.-reached on
April "a, 1900, by Captain Cagni.
AS before stated, there is only one
point where the northern limit of
hitherto known land has not yet been
reached, and that is Greenland, where
the Fran is at present.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

There died at Vienna the other day
woman who claimed to be the cham
pion man-hater of the world. This
was her boast during her lifetime, and
as yet her title stands undisputed. She
decreed in her will that no male per-
sons should have anything to do with
her burying She must be laid out.
preached over, and carried to the
cemetery by women. woman must
shovel earth on the box other women
mad nailed her up in. and her grave
stone must be chiseled by woman's
hand. During the funeral procession.
however, hard wind made it impos
sipie for one of the flagbearers to hold
ner burden, and man was called for
help.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Il confess to a peculiar and even pa
thetic interest in this old college foot
ball ground" said the middle-aged
man, who was revisiting his alma ma
ter after the lapse of many years. ut
seems a part of yourself, l presume, -
observed the other man. YES, that is
what invests it with the peculiar inter
est" he rejoined. When l played my
last game on these grounds 1 left a
finger joint and part of an ear some
where about here."-Chicago Tribune.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

James Farrell of Barboursville, w
Va, recently celebrated the 1O5th an
niversary of his birth. He is now pos
sibly the Oldest man in the United
States. Mr.. Farrell served in the war
OF 1872 and later was in Mexico under
Jefferson Davis. When the war be-
tween the states broke out he enlisted
although no longer a young man, and
saw four years Of service. He was
probably the oldest veteran to offer his
services to the government when the
Spanish war broke out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

II the present plans of the board of
appraisers appointed by the Probate
Court Of Canton, Ohio, to estimate the
value OF the Mckinley estate are car
ried out, Mrs. Mckinley will be grant
ed an allowance of $4,000 annually to
pay her living expenses. The estimat-
ed value of the estate submitted by
the administrators is $4,000, of which
sum $4,000 is in real estate and $14O,-
600 in personal property.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

The cousins of Memo shaul, of Her
kimer, N. Y, are coming into existence
with the fecundity of rabbits all over
the country He died recently leaving
szl'OoO to be divided among his third
cousins, meaning, as he expressed It.
the children of those persons related
to me as cousins" There are alread,
$40 persons, from various parts of the
United States, who have sent in their
claims to the estate,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Covington, Ca, has furnished a new
boy preacher, Metz Joiner, 8 years of
age, who lately held one of the largest
congregations ever seen in the town
enraptured for thirty minutes. After
he had finished his sermon, several la
dies ran up to kiss him. but he told
them not to worship him, but the one
OF whom he was preaching.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Some Of the dwellings in Honolulu
have lights on the outside as well as
In the rooms. Electric lamps are set
In the masonry of the walls, thereby
throwing reflection on the lawns
where the residents spend most of
their nights.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

The Alaska Indians have violin
closely resembling in form the print
tive instrument of the same kind used
among the Persians and Turks. 1t
has two strings and is played with a
small bow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

The best-lighted street in the world
IS the famous thoroughfare of Berlin,
unter-den-L Linden. 1t is illuminated
by three lines of electric lights, which
are separated by two lines of linden
trees.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

tions of Greenland and other Arctic
lands.
The most important geographical
problems yet remaining to be solved
upon the Greenland-American side of
the Polar area are the determination
OF the northern limits of Greenland
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

An eccentric Ohio man made his own
coffin five years ago, and when he died
the other day it took considerable
muscular persuasion to get his in
creased girth into the box. 1t was
done, however, and two men sat on
the coffin lid on the way to the grave
at the expressed wish of the dead man.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Red-headed Indians are very rare
One OF them, belonging to the Passa-
maquoddy tribes reservation at Pleas
ant Point, near Eastport, Me-, recently
died there, aged SO. His name was
Sopiel Haney, and all through his life
he was Stunned by the other members
OF his tribe because of his bright red
hair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

A three-wheeled cab has made its
appearance in London. The third
wheel runs in front of the passenger
and is to save him from accident
should the horse fall.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

AS rule, the men whom men draw
and the women whom women depict
are nearer the truth, for it is blessed
law OF nature that men and women
shall view one another through the
eyes Of the imagination.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
Wheat
Beggar Weed (pe.modIum Tortuo,um

Beggar Weed (DesmodIum Tortuosum).
This is an erect, leguminous annual,
with a woody stalk. 1t grows three
to ten feet high and has an abundance
of leaves above. When in flower it is
tipped with a much branched, erect
panicle, the lower branches of which
are eight to ten inches long. The seeds
are borne in pods that are many-ioint-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

"reat Producers OF Corn and Wheat
ms table, compiled by F. D. Co
burn, the secretary of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture, from the Govern
ment Year Books, gives by states, &C
cordlng to their rank, the total com
pined value of wheat and corn raised
IN each of the leading fifteen states, in
tne fve-year period beginning with
1896 and ending with 1900:
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04
An Irrigation Problem.

The problems that confront the irri-
gator In the humid states differ from
the problems that confront the irriga-
tor in the arid states. The farmer in
the arid states must depend on irriga-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Budapest Hungary, has fifty
churches in which divine sefyice is
conducted in twelve different Ian.
guages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Russian engineers are experiment.
Ing with military kite which will, it
is hoped, prove useful for recommend
ing accommodating purposes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

The metric system of weights and
measures was adopted by France in
1870, by Holland in 1916, by Belgium
In 1920, and by Sweden in 1889.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

of Grinnell Land
and the north
west coast of
Greenland. Peary
and his compan-
o n, A S t r u p,
pushed their way
right across the
northern portion
of Greenland to
a point - indie
pendence Bay
On the northern
coast. A Norwe-
gian expedition
traversed t h e
southern portion
of G r e e n ] a nd
from coast to
coast. Numerous
Danish expedi-
lions have great
ly added to our
knowledge Of the
physical condi-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

A farmer in Addison, Me-, has a
sheep which this year yielded two
neeces, one black as ink, and the other
as white as snow.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

ed and prickly. These break apart Al
maturity and the seeds are distributed
by sticking to the bodies of animals or
the clothing of people. The plant is
hairy throughout and has tripoliate
leaves, the obliquely rhomboid Leaflets
being two to four inches long. If il
a sub-tropical species, native OF the
West Indies and possibly of southern
Florida. 1t is adapted to cultivation
either as forage or for soil renovation
in sub-tropical regions. It has provad
to be of liutle value as far north 90
Dakota, though some experiments have
been made with it at the South no-
kota Experiment Station. The follow
ing analysis shows that it possesses .
high nutritive value: Air-drv sinh
stance: water, 5.t6 ash, 720. ether
extract, 1.63; crude fibre, SS.77. crndo
protein, 1886; nitrogen-free extroot'
S4.SS. Total nitrogen, 2.O1. AIbnroi
mold nitrogen, 1.77.-Farmers' Revian,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Hasty judgment of the actions OF
others is dangerous and often unjust
we measure too much by some super
ncial appearance, and condemn has
lily, when, IL we knew all and under
stood the motives and reasons VIC
should warmly approve.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

Mrs. Laura A. Alderman of Hurley
South Dakota, owns and cares 81
of the largest apple orchards ~ une
state. 1t contains 100 acres ana ina, snat
5000 to 10000 bushels are aat, rom
each year Her father was clossi uered
lated to Colonel Ethan Allan y re-
mont. VI YER
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-02-04

The United States leads the VOL,
in copper production with 7s wo RIA
tons followed by Chile. Bolivia anI
Peru, with 1,S7O,7OO, and sr, ia ana
Portugal next, with 1.lSs zoo ''" ana