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The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Back of the simple announcement
that the Twenty-third United Statee
infantry arrived at New York on De-
cember 1 on the United States trans
port Buford. there is . story which
constitutes one of the most picturesque
chapters in the history Of the Spanish
war. In the three and , half years
which have passed since 1t sailed from
San Francisco for Manila this regi-
ment has fought In nearly every island
Of the Philippine archipelago which
has been entered by the American n
my. 1t has taken part In moro than
fifty battles and innumerable skir-
mishes, and though fighting q half
savage enemy in an unknown country.
1t has never known defeat. For eigh-
teen months 1t has pursued the treach-
erous insurgents through strange H.
lands, t%hrashing them wherever 1t
found them, and it now comes home
with the distinction of being the only
regiment of the regular army Of the
United States that has yer circum-
navigated the globe.-Army and Navy
Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

0kinnllk . TIE Hog Rates..
At the Utah station some expert
ments made In feeding skim milk 70
hogs resulted In the following conclu-
sions being drawn:
Skim milk when fed In combination
with grain makes . very valuable food
for hogs 1t all periods Of their growth.
but particularly % during the earlier
periodA
Skim milk and grain In combination
make . much more economic ration for
hogs than either milk alone or grain
alone.
When fed In combination with grain.
skim milk has e3 per cent greater
feeding value than 1t has when fed
alone.
The hogs fed on tho milk and grain
ration made much moro rapid gains
than either those fed on milk alone
or grain alone.
When the skim milk and grain were
fed in the proportion Of three pounds
or less Of skim milk to q OF grain.
the return for the skim milk was
greater than when . larger proportion
wal fed.
Hogs fed on milk alone gained very
slowly and did not keep In good
health: In some cases they were OF
their feed 30 frequently that q change
of feed had to be made. The milk and
grain fed hogs, however, without ex-
ception, kept In good health.
Young hogs fed on grain alone did
not do well and appeared to make
poor use Of the food they ate.
Those hogs fed on milk alone or
grain alone when on pasture did much
better than hogs similarly fed In small
pens.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Wlne Output Of the World
In the supplement ISSUED vtkk III
Chamber of Commerce Journal C Nhi>
month there r given special reports
on the Paris international exhibition o.
last year. In the report on vine cul.
ture Sir James Blyth enumerates the
ascertained results of the wine indus.
try Of the world. The total production
Of wine in 1900 is put down ut $685..
zoo. 900 gallons. OF this total. 3.A03..
00O. 900 gallons were produced in Eu-
rope and 2O6. O00. 900 gallons in Ameri-
ca. while the British empire. with 3
vastly larger area than Europe and
embracing every variety of soil and eli.
mate. IL only represented by q produc.
ton Of some 5000. 900 gallons. or Q four.
hundredth part of the whole. France
with a yield of 1.4S2. 900. 900 gallons
stands easily first Is the leading wine
producer. Her contribution wa abou,
half the yield Of all Europe and con.
siderably more than a third Of that o;
the entire globe.-London Chronicle.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

From Farmers Review: In south
eastern Illinois u horses are steadily
improving in individuality and size.
yet the improvement Is not what It
should be. We should have ut least
half q dozen fine salable horses In ev-
cry locality. Here in this particular
locality fairly good to fine sires are to
be seen. all of them of such individual
ity and breeding ID to warrant the
expectation of good results in tbs d.
rection Of the material improvement
Of our horses. The greatest obstacle
to . moro rapid Improvement lies with
our farmer4 many Of whom persist In
breeding mares that possess neither
good blood, size, action nor conforms
ton. The result Of such breeding usu-
ally brings disappointment and loss
to such breeders. The demand in n
markets for good horses is stronger
than ~ before, especially for good
animals Of the roadsters, coach or
draft types. These are horses that
every farmer can produce. but not
from their poorly bred. under-sized.
misshapen mares. In order to pro-
duce tho sort Of animals our market
demands. farmers should secure good
Mares free from hereditary defects.
handsome, well bred and of kind dis
position. These should be bred to the
best sires obtainable. There is neither
profit nor credit In raising the kind Of
horses no man Wants.-John Landri-
gan, Edwards County, Illinois.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

E0 rent Of V00toG0
You say you were . guest at the
dinner party where this army oficer
Ii said to have exhibited marked indi-
cations Of in~t0xication?"
Yes, judge"
Did you e anything that would
lead you to believe that he was drunk
Yes, Judge. His legs looked very
unsteady. They seemed to waver at
times and knock together"
"Were you in position to form IN
accurate opinion regarding these sus.
picious indicati0ns:"
Yes, Judge. l was under the table
ut the time"
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

From Farmers Review: believe
that meanness in q bull is hereditary
and would not breed to one. Several
years ago. when q boy. We bred to an
imported bull that got cross. and his
produce showed 1t N far a. the third
generation. but, Of course. only occa-
sionally. I have only had one young
bull get mean, and We sold him 1t
once for bologna I think that bulls are
often spoiled by teasing and also by
careless handling. and by one that II
afraid. They 10 o know when one IL
afraid Of them and they will then take
Of that fact.-Ira Getting
ham.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Brethren" said Rev. Mr.. Hipper
knit as he made IN attempt to zee how
much was in the contribution DO,
without attracting undue attention
the Lord loves . cheerful giver."
Yes" broke in . small boy from
the back of the church, but you hain't
one: ma says your wife gets 50 cents
a week to live on. and that's an you
ever give her"
Brother faster, lead Us In prayer
said Rev. Mr.. Hipperkrit, gl:ring IL
The direction Of the voice.
Aud the services proceeded.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Recent experiments made in Norway
have proved that snow ID q substance
which Offers . surprising resistance to
Deoetration BY . rife bullet. Its re-
sistance has been found to be far
greater than wood, though not, of
course. % great q earth. 1t was
shown that . wall Of snow four feet
thick. = absolutely proof against the
Norwegian army rife. which 10 IN arm
q great p~enetrative force. Volleys
Wero 1red 1t the snow breastvoris-
mt at . dlstance oe half q mile. and
thea gradually 1t decreasing distances.
until the range was only ifty yards.
and the white walls were not once
pe0strated- This suggests q q
means q field defense in winter cam
paigning. 0ow being much more eas-
~ hnADsa TN earth Or sand bass.
Ttoeoo intreaehing tAsmsslves in
GnoW boAls would b . novel and pic-
tRuQue GlgAt Il d Disputed whether
q ut An1rev Jackson nads use of
ceetsa bal0 in his defenses 1t the bat
u q lgev Orleans, though Ae got the
exonf 1sr hviag done %. Whistler
~ he vim have TO give place
n - natbsr Of novel breastworks to
II aplkal VITO shall inst NE Geld
lneti6ofions Of snow.-New York
SSo0
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

C6lll 0sy Come 4 Cr0Pper".
II Chill and the Argentine Republic
30 to var Chill. the staggering South
American bantam. Is likely to have her
wings clipped: for. on paper ut least,
the Argentine il the much more power
ful nation. says the New York Press.
Ever since Chilli whipped Peru she has
been insolent to all nations. especially
to the United States. a country which
the majoriy Of Chilanos believe she
could bring to terms with ease and
dispatch. Chill has q population Of
about 5000. OOO. while the Argentine
has Q population Of 1000, 600. In area
Chill 10 less than 800 900 square miles.
while the Argentine has an area of
nearly 10000 0O square miles. Chilrs
regular army consists Of 5000 men and
her reserve forces of $4,000 men, while
the Argentine has nearly 80. OO1 men
In her army and q reserve Of $50, 900,
nearly all Of whom have received mil
itary training. Every year this ma
tioaal guard il modified and receives
two months training In a camp OF in
struction. besides their drills during
the rest Of the year. The Argentine
navy consists Of four coast defense
monitors. Of which two are of the new
type. six armored cruisers. three Sec
Ond-class cruisers OF high speed. seven
smaller cruisers and gunboats Of mod
ern build and several Of old type:
three torpedo boat d~estroyers and
twelve iirst-class and ten second-class
torpedo boats. Five Of the armored
cruisers are Of nearly 1000 tons dis
placement ard Of modern build. They
are replete with every modern appli-
ance and designed for q speed of 20
knots N hour. Chilli IL boastful of
her navy. 1t consists Of 1--WE armored
cruisers. including the old Huascar
and the Almirante Cochran, built In
lS74: the Captain Prat, Esmeralda and
O1Hlgg1ne are the only armored cruis-
erS Ia her navy worth talking about.
Thea she has two second-class and
three third-class cruisers and eleven
Gunboats OF small account, the most
Of them. She has also four destroyers
and fifteen 1rst-class and four second
class torpedo boats.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

From FArmers' Review: The old
rail and board fences r disappearing
In this locality and being replaced by
wire. For several years past barbeG
wire has been used, but Of late woven
wire and . combination Of woven wire
built on the ground and q barbed wire
on top. Cedar posts cost here from 4
to s cents apiece. In most Of the
fences here the posts are put In ten
feet apart The old rails are cut into
Irewood-S. ]. Shannon. Brown Coun-
tv. Wisconsin.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

oO 90
One of the gold field papers in west
ern Australia has been bewailing the
uncultured accent" adopted by 'edu-
Gated children in the "Westralian"
state schools. In proof of this such
examples are given as "ee-yuh" for
here" "patickler" for particular"
''bin," for 'been," and seen" TO-.
saw" 1t is pointed out. however,
that in other parts Of the Australian
continent . more Objectionable form
Of language, the D Of slang. predomi-
mates. A head Is q "top-piece" or q
"napper." eyes lamps" or "ogles." an
ear is q lug" or q ''paddlebox," a
mouth is q ''kisser" or "mush," q face
is . dial" or q "phiz," and legs are
"dutches." an abbreviation of Dutch
pegsL"-London Daily Chronicle.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

In 1900 there was about one boiler
explosion daily, on the average in the
United States. and there were 7SS vic.
Tins Of explosions during the year
In Great Britain during the same yea,
there were only twenty-four persona
killed by boiler explosions and only
sixty-fve wounded-eighty-nin VIC
Tins.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

After q service Of twenty-one years
in the United States navy and q long
period Of honorable retirement Lieut..
Horace F. Prick died recently at Phil
adelphia. The last cruise of Lieut..
Frick was on the Nipsic, which was
attached to the United States squadron
at Apia, on the Island UpOlu, Samoa
group, at the time of the destructive
hurricane Of March, 1899, when several
warships were sunk and many Liver
were lost.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.

all the Fflipinos, and when Gen. Kobbe
wants information about people or
conditions he calls upon his kofro
friends for 1t. During the past year
Gen. Kobbe asked his MORO friends
to arrest a Filipino criminal for him.
Several OF the n~eet-footed Morros BE-
ean the hunt, and they were terrffy-
ing, for they dress always IN bright
scarlet. They. were absent several
days, and they came into Gen. Aobbe's
headquarters carrying . basket. The
general turned to them and asked:
well, did you bring back your mani"
They shook their heads and looked
ashamed. Then one of them removed
the cover from the basket and out
rolled the head of the culprit. I'VE
regret exceedingly. your excellency,"
said they with much Spanish cere-
mony, and bowling to the earth. but
this IL all OF him We could fetch back
with u.s." The general accepted their
apology.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

The principle embodied in the re-
cent decision Of the United States Su-
preme Court, that the Philippines are
q part of the United States, was re-
Gently applied in . novel way by the
secretary Of the navy. He was called
upon to rule in the case Of an enlisted
man who deserted from the navy in
the Philippines nearly three years ago:
and who claimed immunity from pun
ishment under the regulation which
provides that a deserter who remains
within the boundaries Of the United
States for two years cannot be prose
cuted after the expiration of that Pc
Rod. The secretary decided that rs
the Philippines are American territory
the plea was good, and the complaint
therefore dismissed.-Army anG
Navy Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05
AN lNcoMPARAB:E system.

@ That Of Transportation In tho Unlted
One of the important factors in the
strength of our industrial position is
the unquestioned superiority Of our
transportation system. says Frank A.
Vanderl:p in Scribner's Magazine. II
one has fresh in mind the picture of
our luxurious trains, mammoth en-
gines. and, more important still, our
standard fifty-ton freight cars, it
makes the Europeans seem like anna
teurs in the science of transportation
when we see their toy cars, small 10
comotives, and generally slow-going
administration. II one looked into the
matter with the eye of Al expert,
studying the unit of cost, the ffeight
charges per ton per mile, or the mil
cage rate for passenger service. and
made comparative statistics Of the ton
mage of freight trains and the cost Of
moving them, he would discover a
startling lack Of efficiency, both in
Great Britain and on the continent.
Perhaps It Is not quite fair to make
comparisons Of the average cost of
freight trafic per ton per mile in
America and in Europe. because the
average haul is much shorter there, and
terminal expenses Of a haul are prac-
tically the same whatever its length.
The average charge per ton per mile
on all American railroads for all class
es of freight is now less than 4 of a
cent. II We take the statistics of the
eastern trunk lines alone, that figure
would be cut to about u cent per ton
per mile. It compares with "a in
Great Britain, 20 in France, 1.6 in
Germany, and "a in Russia. One Of
the most remarkable illustrations of
the failure of European managers. of
industries to keep pace with the times
is found in a comparison of the ef-
ficiency of their railroads with ours.
English railroads charge three times
as much to move . ton of freight as
it can be moved for in America. Eng
lish railroad managers have failed to
grasp the economies that are made
possible by heavy traffic, by the IS of
engines Of enormous capacity and
freight cars that will carry fifty tons.
But IL the English railroads have
failed to keep lace with ours, what
can be said of the continental roads?
Short trains, with pigmy freight cars,
each car holding only about eight tons.
make clear to any layman the handi-
cap which high transportation charges
have laid on industry all over Europe.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

military Schools Get . Notics.
Adjutant General Phisterer Of the
New York National Guard has dis
covered an old law ~forbidding the imi-
tation Of chevrons and soldier straps
used by the militia, and has notified
the various military schools of the
state that they must abandon the prac-
tice.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Woald Not Flew Hay Naeshsa
From the Farmers Review: When,
more than fifty years ago, my father
went from Western New York. to look
over Southern and Central Michigan,
he returned saying that about one
third Of the country was waste land,
owing to the many marshes. large and
small. Now for about thirty years I
have been having active experience in
handling this land. and have now
moro than one hundred acres Of differ.
emit kinds Of marsh and swamp land.
In this time I have paid not less than
I'VE hundred dollars tax for township
bitches. and have spent as much more
in retaining some Of this land. As
. result I have dried out . good many
small cat holes" n We. call them
here. and I'M nov in full use for crop-
ping purposes OF . few tracts con-
tanning one to three acres. once bogEy.
worthless swamp land.
It should be said that in this coun.
try We have three distinct kinds Of
muck land: One kind IL springy and
Is always soft and miry. summer and
winter. This land II productive when
once dried out, but most efforts to
drain 1t have proved dismal failures.
Within two miles Of my home are sev.
eral tracts Of two to ten acres. which
have been ditched With great expense.
and have produced . few crops Of 20
tatoes. cabbages. onions and celery.
but the cost Of keeping the bitches In
working order Was too great, and some
wet . has "swamped" them, %
that nov, their last condition 10 worss
than the first; they are covered with
boys and the coarsest. most worthless
grass.
The third kind Of soil Is found in
nj "marshes." which are generally
cut for hay. Many efforts to plow
these and seed to tame grasses have
been made. but with poor success.
Timothy and red-top soon run out and
the tendency is for q poorer. coarser
quality Of grass to take their place.
believe the best way to use this land
is to SOW at times seed Of tame grasses
and harrow the sod over. % that q
better quality OF hay can be cut on
these natural meadows; but I think
the original sod should not b de-
stroyed BY the plow. I prise the hay
from this land very much for some
uses. q I have written you before. All
my attempts to reclaim the springy
land inst mentioned. have been fail
ures. l I'm well acquainted with the
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

DooRoaslA9 00DUav q me- Vooes
United States Coasal Atwell. located
1t Roabaix, France. Quotss Hsary Pa
pin - to the Increasing demand 1o1
Ane woods and the decreasing supply
- follows:
Nov. more than ever. the ane =
drawn between the two kinds. % dif-
ferent IN their origin, In mode q man
u~1acture. and final . The dom
inant note in the history Of wool has
been the using demand. during . per-
iod Of three consecutive years. for me
grades. In fAce Of steadily decreasing
production. The reasons for this d.
have long been known. Aftsr
the low prices paid In 1894 and 1S)t.
stock growers limited their production
Of fine grades. and gave attention 70
common breed4 which were more r.
munerative. Cheviots at that date b.
ing In a great demand - merinos.
they found greater advantage In rails
ing breeds that served - food. Wore
more hardy and moro prolific. Since
then, II the 1ocks did not increase In
numbers, the yield in Ane wool neces-
sarily became leos. - the Aerino
sheep gives birth to but one lamb
yearly. while the cross-breeds produce
two during the same period. This sx-
plains the dearth Of fine woods to-day;
the taste for nne grades seems 20 hrm-
" established that only the best cross
bred woods and q market. Il n not
likely that there will be q great in
crease in Aerino sheep In the near fu-
ture. - at least eight years Of crossing
the breed are necessary to re-establish
the Merino type.
Under existing conditions and with
present prospects there r not many
ways out Of the dimculty. The dying
out Of Merino sheep without any at
tempt to replace them. and the con-
seQuent decrease In nne woods viii
necessarily increase the demands for
high grades until impossible prices
will turn popular attention to COM
mon grades. for which there II no
call at present
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05
Army OrIanisatS00.

army ND6BosoW
N regard to army organization We
have learned some lessons. For In
stance. It is known that our commits
sary and transport systems In China
were excelled by those Of no other M
ton except possibly Japan. The Ger
mans, whom Mr.. POultney Bigelow
holds nd - our model. were notori-
ously badly Oh, and 1t Is said that our
Quartesmaster department actually
provided them with overcOats. 1t must
b rsmembered that any system. even
the best, IL likely to 60 to pieces In
actual VA. The Germans have not
been tested for thirty years. Further.
Il car not be too strongly insisted that
Ne do not want any such system as
that Of the Germans. Our theory is
totally different We think 1t better
and cheaper to take some chances. and
TO meet emergencies rs they arise.
War is not our business. and We can
not make our people believe that 1t is.
OF course, We were not ready for the
Spanish war. Yet We got ready for 1t.
and fought 1t through to victory-cOn-
Quoting operations on opposite sides OF
the giobe-in less than four months.
Il was . great scramble. yet We doubt
whether even Germany could beat that
record. Yet there should be reform in
many particulars. Our regular army
should Be the best in the world, armed
throughout with modern weapons.
thoroughly equipped and drilled. and
organized on the best possible lines.
The relations between 1t and the Ma
tional Guard should be much closer
than they IRE. The whole staff depart
Dent should be organized for eficien-
q. and should be regarded as one OF
The most important branches OF the
service. Men who are chosen to COM
mand other men in war must b. ch0s-
En- solely for their ntness.-Indianap-
oils News.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Merchant-Have you had any ex-
perience in chinaware? Applicant
Years Of 1t. sir. MerSaant-W What do
you do when you break q valuable
piece? App.icant-Well-er-I usually
put it together again, and place 1t
where some customer will knock It
over. Merchant-YouU do.-Tit-BitaL
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05
n. o,ly rn,,e n. D,a..t c...

IT. 0aly Thiog He DSaa't Get.
well. my little man." said the
preacher. the day after. did you get
everything you expected to on Christ
mas?" Nope. I didn't get one thing
ma told me I wa going to get" In
deed And what was that" The
stummick ache"
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

C0olI0X CU0tb0OD NC1S
1t is limited at the Navy Department
that plans are being formulated for
the requirement Of coaling stations for
the use of our warships which will de-
fend the istkmian canal. Now that the
treaty is signed and England has sub
mitted to our demand that We defend
the canal according to our wishes. 1t
has become incumbent upon our Navy
Department to make such preparations
rs are necessary for the maintenance
Of q feet in the vicinity of the pro-
posed canal. The stations will be es-
tablished at Almirante Bay, the Chi
riqui Lagoon, Colombia; the Gulf Of
Duice. Costa Rica, the Danish West
Indies and the Galapagos Island. Oh
the coast and belonging to Ecuador.
Admiral Dewey says the canal can be
defended only by the navy. Rear Ad-
miral Bradford, chief OF tho Bureau
of Equipment, and q member Of the
Naval War Board. says the defense Of
the canal will lie the guns Of the Am
erican feet, and in order that the feet
may operate from nearby bases 1t is
necessary that they be established
without delay.-Army and Navy Jour-
nal.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

Vood EAtea - Sheep and Cattle.
1t is sometimes asserted that cattle
and sheep require the same amount Of
feed per thousand pounds Of live
weight. This statement seems not to
be well founded. In some experiments
at the Iowa station the cattle consumed
1876 pounds of dry matter per thousand
pounds Of live weight, against an Nv.
erage of 29.07 by the sheep. Both
sheep and cattle were on full feed. The
sheep made daily gain Of 3.73 pounds
Per thousand pounds Of live weight.
and the cattle 2.14. In summing up
this comparison. We find that while
the sheep ate 4S per cent more than
the cattle. they also gained nearly Is
DER cent more.-Prof. C. +. Curtiss.
The Columbus journal., 1902-02-05

o. a t. o0cegs stationed at the
p-aGsn tn the following Story about
a. Eohhe vhile 10 VA wafring In
~ Hhfirutnss. says the San Francis
n Nuv1-Iether. The Aorros are
Msm0y . tie United States govern
1900 taeir ehiefs and tie oocefs
- trooes e1eAange eivfhttes often.
~Meerm are tie most intelligent Of