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The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
MARKETING E0oS,

From Farmers Review: In answer
to the question, "What method Of pack.
ing is best. when eggs are to be carried
to market in the farm wagon?" would
say, when only a few eggs are to be
marketed at a time. we have found
the small pasteboard box. holding two
dozen and fitted with sections. to be
tie most convenient, especially 50 in
supplying private trade. Two dozen
eggs per week being the usual order
for a private family. A great many
grocers are using them for their retail
trade, and find them economical. for
breakage is reduced to q minimum.
Ask your grocer to order q half dozen
for you. They are not expensive and
q few eggs saved this winter pay for
them. The farmer who has q nice
flock of laying hens this winter will
be strictly in the swim. A prominent
neighbor of ours remarked the other
day, that he would rather have 500
hens this winter than two carloads Of
feeding steers.-JOhn Coolidge. Knox
County, Ill.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Do Many Trees Die at the Roots,

In a discussion on hardy stocks at
an Illinois convention, H. Augustine
declared that few trees died at tho
roots. J. L. Hartwell replied as fol-
lows: My impression is that Mr.. Au.
gustine does not understand this case.
from the fact that he does not know
the conditions that Mr.. Thompson in
northern Illinois has to combat. I had
5000 apple gratis In the ground, rang.
ing from year old to three. in that
hard winter. The following spring I
did not have a single live root. Not
one. suppose that my scions came
from stocks-came from seed which
came from France. l do not know. I
bought them in Iowa from a seeding
grower; apparently there was not q
dead top to those trees. When the
frost came out of the ground in the
spring every one Of the tops begau to
grow, without single exception. Now,
I had hardy varieties of tops: the trou.
BILE with them was that the roots were
killed under Conditions that the tons
would not have been IL the roots had
been correspondingly as hardy as the
top.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
a Crisis Met Half MAY.

There were strict orders in the Phil.
ippines regarding looting. and one day
. lieutenant's suspicious were aroused
by a private whom he saw peering
eagerly under the piazza of q house on
the outskirts of Manila. writes Dixie
Wolcott In Harper's Magazine.
What are you doing there?" he de.
manded. In his gruffest tones.
Why. sir" said the soldier. salut-
ing. I'm only trying to catch a chick.
en- which I've just bought"
Lieut.. X. stopped and caught sight
Of a fine pair of fowls.
There are two chickens under
there" he exclaimed. excitedly: Il
bought the other one. Catch 'em
both"
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Experiment . Success.

A contemporary tells a story of a
dinner given by a philanthropist to
reformed criminals, to which he in.
vited a number of other persons. In
the middle Of dinner q visitor com
planned that he had missed his watch
Immediately the host ordered all the
lights to be turned out. Then he an.
n0unced that unless the person who
had the watch which did not belong to
him placed II In the middle of the
room before he counted a hundred the
police would be called in. When the
lights were turned up there were thir-
ty-th.ee watches in TIE middle of the
-nom.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
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On practically all American farms
the permanent pasture is neglected.
This Is more true of the west even
than OF the east It is rather surpris-
ing to find 1t true in all Of our dairy
regions. where We might expect to see
the permanent pasture fully appreci-
ated. Where an effort IL made to keep
them up 1t too often stops at putting
on . little manure and some clover
and timothy seed or turning the sod
over and sowing to blue grass. Tim
othy can hardly be considered q very
good grass for pastures. unless the
pasture is to be used largely for
horses. and the clover generally dies
out In q few years. The blue grass
proves good pasturage only under
favorable conditions and with proper
handling. Generally it does not prove
to be iirst-class pasture through the
whole year. 1t is desired to have a
pasture that natures its grass at DIFF
ferent seasons. Our great mistake
seems to have been In sowing too few
varieties of grasses. This mistake is
accentuated when We SOW two or three
varieties Of grasses that mature at the
same time. These begin to grow at
the same time and during the flush"
OF the season the animals revel in q
superabundance Of good things. But
when the grasses have reached their
maturity they begin to decline at
once. No new varieties are coming on
to take the place of the varieties that
are in decadence. and the stock at pas
turage begin to feel the difference.
The farmer then must begin feeding
or he will have to face a shrinkage in
flesh of his fat cattle and q shrinkage
Of milk in his dairy cattle. The prop
er way would be to select grasses that
mature at different times and that have
their growth in different seasons and
at different times. This can be done
by sowing some very early and some
very late grasses Among the grasses
that 1t will be we'll to SOW for the early
growing We mention the fescues. or
chard grass and timothy. For those
that have q late growing season we
name crested dog tail. alsike clover.
red clover and meadow foxtail. To
these may be added other valuable
grasses that have been found to be
good in different localities
Review.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Profit In larQe Floci<s.

From Farmers Review: II . man
can make a reasonable profit out Of
ten hens, and there can be no question
but what he can. there is no reason
why he can not make one hundred
times as much out of q thousand hens,
provided he gives them the same care
and attention. Few, however. are pre-
pared to do this, and 1t il for this
reason that SO many failures occur
with a greater number. With large
range, a few hens will take care of
themselves and make up for q good
deal Of neglect that would prove fatal
to success with q large number. That
there is money in poultry no one can
doubt. but to get the most out Of it
one must have experience and learning
sufficient to enable him to use feed,
labor and all to advantage.-O. p.
Bennett.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
No Fear Of Contagion.

Tho 'hOof and mouth" disease, s0
prevalent among cattle in the New
England states ard against which
many Of the states in the west have
ouarantined. need occasion no alarm
among cattle and stock men in Ne
braska. was the statement issued from
the state veterinary surgeon. While
some of the surrounding staoes nave
auarantined against the disease. Ne
braska will not do so. for the officials
do not believe there is any danger of
the disease reaching here I'VE see
no occasion for alarm, said Dr.
Thomas. land therefore vii! establish
no quarantine. 1t would interrupt
traffic and do no good.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Veterans Still in Serviee

There are now twenty-five generals
OF the line Of all three grades and
eleven staff generals in the permanent
military establishment OF the twenty.
two line generals seventeen served at
some period in the civil war. and sew.
eral of them, as has been shown,
almost from the beginning.
Five c2,y, NIL brigadiers. have NO
civil war record. They are Wood.
Grant. Bell. Funston and Carter, all
too young for service in lS6l-65.
OF the eleven star generals eight
served in some capacity in the civil
ear. either in the regular or volunteer
service. The three who did not are
Bates. paymaster general; Croxier,
:hief OF ordnance and Ainsworth Of
The Record and Pension ONCE.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Russell Verdict Affirmed.

The supreme court afr ed the de
cision OF the lower court In the case
of Charles Russell. senterced to TWEEN
ty years in the pcnitenia-y for the
murder of Altos +. S.aHdenmaier. The
latter was found dead about three
miles from his home in Sioux county
and ab,ut six miles from the home OF
Russell Il. was claimed by the state
that Russell had waylaid Slandenmaier
as ne was gong TO feed his cattle and
shO. him.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Has /: Corosc on His Hands.

BEAVER CITY.-The Burlington
agent here has a piece Of express On
hand which he would be glad to dis
pose of. 1t is the dead body Of James
Bisbee. formerly Of this county. who
died at the insane asylum in Lincoln.
His mother lives twelve miles south
of this place and the authorities
SHIPPED the body to her with C. o. d..
charges for the casket and transpocta-
ton, amounting to $G6. When the
family Of the dead man called for the
remains they were surprised by the
charges and were unable to raise the
money.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Love Triumphant.


1elen's lips are drifting dust:
flion IL consumed with rust:
All the galleons OF Greece
Drink the oceans dreamles~ 1eacs:
Lost was Solomon's purple show
Restless centuries ago;
Empires died and left no stain
Babylon. Barbary and Spain
Only one thing. undefaced.
Lasts. though all the worlds lie ~as'e'
And the heavens are overturned
Dear. how long ago We learned!
There's a sight that blinds the sun.
Sound that lives when sounds are oohe'
Music tha: rebukes the birds.
Language loveiier than words.
Hue and sceIt that shame the rose'
Wine no ear nly vineyard knows.
Ocean more divinely free
Than Pacific's drainless sea.
Silence stiller than the shore.
Swept by Charon's stealthy oar
Ye who love have learnt 1t true.
Dear. how long ago we knew!
Frederick Lawrence Knowles. In Ha1'
per's Magazine.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Utilizing the Smoke.

A novel method Of getting rid OF
turning 1t to practical use is now be.
ing adopted in some Belgian factories.
The smoke is driven by fans into a
porous receptacle over which flows q
stream Of petroleum or similar liqs-r.
The smoke is thus caught and turned
into q gas that gives great heat. and
can be used for running gas engines.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
TeoSinte.

Bulletin 102 Of the Kansas station
says: This is native Of Mexico. and
thought by many botanists to be the
original of our Indian corn. 1t is an
annual plant. resembling corn or sor-
ghum in general appearance. but, in
stead Of producing an ear. there are
in the leaf-axils several slender joint.
ed spikes which are separate from
each other instead of being united into
an ear. However. in the United States
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Earnings Of Iowa Railroads.

According to the reports of the rail-
road companies for the year ended
June 30 last, as made to the railroad
commissioners in accordance with
law, there has been a rapid increase
in the earnings the first half Of the
year. The aggregate Of earnings on
Iowa business as shown by the reports
for the year ended June 30 last was
So, 900 900 more than the aggregate for
the year ended January I last. as re-
ported at that time to the state. The
mileage reported in Iowa for the year
ended June 80 last was 9.614, the gross
receipts $50, log. 1914. the expenses
$39. .S3Y, ,79493. leaving as net earnings
$19,6SS.39s.5
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Potatoes That Rot.

II the potatoes in the cellar begin
to rot 1t is well to dispose of them as
soon as possible. None of them should
be kept over for the coming spring, as
they will then carry into the next crop
the mycellium that has been the cause
Of the rot this year. Potato rot begins
in the form of blight in the field. Later
1t shows itself in the tubers stored in
the cellar. Ignorance regarding this
has kept many q farm infected from
year to year. as the farmer has carried
over infected seed from one year to an
other. When rot has appeared there
fore the only thing to do is to get rid
Of the potatoes before they have be-
gun to show the disease. II the rot is
very bad. 1t will pay better to feed
the smallest Of the tubers to stock
rather than run the risk of having
them all rot in the bins. In the or
binary cellar it is rather dificult to
keep potatoes Of any kind. much less
those with the rot mycellium conceal
ed within. In cold storage where the
temperature is kept at near the freez-
ing point there is less danger in try.
ing to hold them for some months. In
the ordinary cellar the temperature
frequently goes up to near the sew
enties on warm winter days, and this
Is especially SO now that many farm
houses are heated by furnaces.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
po,tr,;, Of cr.oo Presented.

Philip NJ. Crapo Of Burlington was
in Des Moines and presented the state
historical department at the request
Of Curator Aldrich with a handsome
oi, portrait of himself Mr.. Crapo is
one of the prominent men OF the
Grand Army of the Republic in the
state and conspicuous in business and
politics.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
G1andecs and farcv.

Glanders and farcy are practically
incurable and all diseased animals
should be destroyed and burned OF
buried deeply. In doubtful cases the
disease can be recognized by injecting
mallein q chemical product Of the
glanders germ). II the horse has the
disease there will be a rise of tenn.
psrature Of two degrees or more with
. well-defined swelling at the point of
injection. All suspected animals should
be carefully isolated from others and
watered and fed from separate re.
ceptacles. Infected quarters should be
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected by
removing and burning all litter and
similar material. Stalls. managers and
feed boxes, neck yokes. etc. should be
cleaned and scrubbed with a per
cent solution Of carbolic acid in va.
ter and when dried should be white
washed or painted. Equipment that
cannot be burned can be disinfected by
boiling for one hour. Persons caring
for glandered horses should be careful
not to contract the disease.-N. s.
Mayo.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
TEOSINTRA

the plant seldom flowers. and never
produces seed except in south Florida
or near the gulf coast 1t is cultivated
In the southern states. where 1t is con-
stdered a valuable forage plant. and
under favorable conditions produces
Al immense amount Of forage. For ex-
ample. 1t is reported to have produced
In Louisiana over fifty tons of green
forage per acre. 1t requires a long
season and considerable moisture. for
which reason it is not well suited to
Kansas conditions. 1t gives q fair
amount of fodder in Kansas. but there
Is nothing to recommend it above corn.
sorghum or Kafir corn for the same
purpose.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
For Memorial aridae.

The stonemasons' union Of Wash.
ington City has made the first don..
ton to the memorial bridge which the
government il to construct across the
Potomac. 1t is q very large stone. ia
be made the cornerstone, and IL hand.
somely carved. 1t was accepted dur.
ing the week Of the national encamn.
ment. with appropriate ceremonies. bs
the Grand Army in that city.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
WANTS A BOND REGISTERED.
Auditor Refuses Because He AlleQes
II 10 Not Legally Issued.

LlNCOLN.-J. Y. Niles has filed q
suit in the supreme court for writ
of peremptOry mandamus to compel
Charles Weston, state auditor, to re-
cord bond for 1000 issued by Doug
las county in 1877. Weston refused to
record the bond because. he claimed.
the law under which the bonds were
issued was unconstitutional. The
bonds were issued to the Omaha &
Northwestern Railroad company.
bearing 8 per cent interest. In 1887
the county refunded the bonds and
issued others bearing per cent. These
were issued under the law of 1855.
which the supreme court has declared
unconstitutional This year the bonds
were again refunded and others issued
bearing 81. per cent. The state bOlds
$l76,OO9 worth of the bonds.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Prison oPpulation.

The number of prisoners in the state
penitentiaries at the first OF the month
as reported by the State Board OF
Control by the wardens was 500. There
was a decrease of six at Fort Madison
and an increase Of five at Anamosa
during the month.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Told Of Gen. wheele.

Representative Champ Clark tells
this one on Gen. Joe" Wheeler:
"Wnen the Spanish war was brewing
Gen. Wheeler was anxious to get into
the fight. If there was to be one. An
exConfederate met him on the ave
nue. and said: General, why are you
SO anxious for scrap with Spain?
Sir. replied the general. its my
trade-my trade His daughter said
to the general that surely he had had
enough Of fighting to satisfy any rea.
sonable man from 1861 to 1865, and he
should stay at home and let the young
men do the fighting. Now, daughter
said the general, If a fish had been
out Of the water thirty odd years and
came in sight of q nice looking lake
he would wiggle a little. at any rate
wouldn't he?' And the old warrior
did wiggle into the thickest of the
fight"
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Paroles Were Not Revoked.

Daniel r. GoOdloe, for many years
distinguished resident Of Washington,
and chairman Of the commission 20
free the slaves Of the district, once
told this story:
"One morning soon after the sur.
render Mt Appomattox l was one Of a
group of gentlemen standing on Penn
sylvania avenue. discussing the mo-
mentOus questions Of the day. As We
talked Gen. Grant rode toward us.
smoking his usual cigar. Recognizing
several of US, he dismounted and
joined US.
What's the newsT he asked.
Il answered.: We are discussing q
piece Of news which comes to US di.
rectly from the White House, and
which gives ME no little concern
"'What is it, asked the general.
"! understand that President An
drew johnson intends to revoke the
parole of Gen. Lee and other generals
of the late Southern Confederacy.'
WHO was your Informant asked
Gen. Grant.
Il gave him the name of the gen.
tleman who had given the informa.
tion.
Gen. Grant quietly said, Thank
you. gentlemen remounted his horse.
and rode rapidly away toward the
White House.
I'VE leisurely turned our steps in
the same direction, and as We entered
the portico We saw Grant comir.S down
the steps looking more excited than I
had ever seen him before. I went M
stairs and met friend who had been
in conference that morning with Mr.
johnson on the subject above men.
toned. He said to me: II you hare
any request to make OF the President
this morning. keep il until some other
time. He is angrier than I have ever
seen him. A moment ago Gen. Grant
strode into his presence and peremp.
torily demanded: do you intend to
revoke the parole of Gen. Robert E.
Lee and other officers of the late Con.
federacy?"
"I am considering the subject"
Johnson replied. You need not con.
slider it. Those paroles were signed
by me as general commanding the ar.
my Of the United States. NY promise
to them shall be kept in good faith II
1t takes the army of the United States,
plus the army of the late Confederacy,
to enforce it,"
Saying this. Grant retired and
left johnson white with rage
We never heard any more Of the
revocation Of the pdroles"-Indianap-
Oils Sentinel
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Aneedote Of Gen. sioel.

A New York newspaper writer. VINO
was an intimate friend OF Gen. Franz
Sigel. lately deceased, tells an anec-
dote which illustrates that little war
rior's pugnacity and daring. says the
Washington Post.
Broadway knew Sigel fairly well.
says this scribe, "and Park Row knew
him better. Many a newspaper man
has stood for hours leaning against the
sOiled rail of the very much soiled bar
at the saloon near the bridge while
Sigel slipped his beer and told his
stories. So fraii was he that the
stronger men in the party would form
a sort of Gordon about him. that the
rough wOrkingmen, constantly crowd
Ing into the place would not knock the
tiny old soldier of his feet. They did
not know him, and would not have
cared. anyway, perhaps. What was .
hero OF the German revolution and
general of the civil war. that he should
stand in the way OF thirsty artisan
IT, search Of his beer?
But the martial spirit was In Stgel
to the very last, ] fancy. 1t was there
three years ago certainly. l had met
the general walking slowly up Broad
way about dinner time. and suggested
dining at a certain well known Ger
man restaurant on Forty street.
near Broadway. He was agreeable.
During the meal he told q few-just q
few-war "reminiscences. in that de-
lightful dialect which lent to them .
keen zest because you must need hear
every word to understand the nara
tive. l chanced to recall that q re-
yiyaf OF Shenandoah was being given
at the American theater. two blocks
away.
"Why not go?" I asked.
"'Yes.' he exclaimed, with enthusi-
asm, we will CO.
Had Bronson Howard been present
to have seen the laughter and tears.
the anger. the JOY of that little Ger
man soldier as the story Of love and
war was unfolded it might have In.
spired him to another drama equally
worthy.
LAS we were leaving the theater. the
little general. bubbling over with en-
thusiasm, q big. raw-bOned man, half
intoxicated. said:
"'All that rot about Phil Sheridan!
He was a pOltroOn! A coward!'
"Sigel heard him and sprang imme-
d!ately forward. Shaking his fists in
the big mans face. he shouted:
"'Dumkopf! Schaafskopf! Komm
heraus. lch schlag dir den kopf alb!
But the big man did not accept the
invitation! The fighting terrier of
seventy-four years had cOwed the St.
Bernard!
Il rather guess that was Franz Sigel
all through life!"
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Gave Up His Pension.


Recently q Kansas soldier sent the
following letter to the Pension Depart
ment:
Topeka. Oct. 3, 1902.
ITO the Honorable Pension Commits
sioner:
Having become converted to the
belief commonly known as Christian
Science, I herewith voluntarily sur
render all claim to the pension have
been drawing for the last twelve years
My pension was allowed on account O,
alleged rheumatism and alleged stom
ach trouble. contracted during my ser
vice in the civil war. and the mortal
error which made me think had them
also made the doctors who examined
me think the same. But am now con.
vinced that there is no such thing as
rheumatism or stomach trouble; that,
by the blessing of God. I am free from
error. and that have no right to take
money from the government on &C.
count Of . cause which does not ex.
ist."
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17

With the Increasing price for land II
will pay to tile much Of the land that
has hitherto lain waste on account Of
being too wet to work.
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Cheap Plants.

From Farmers Review: As q rule
buy cheap and you get cheap. This
same principle. think. holds true in
the nursery business. We often see
strawberry plants quoted at a very low
figure, and IL purchased from these
parties are generally Of q low grade.
l prefer sending direct to q specialist
In the growing Of strawberry plants
and pairing a good price than to the
cne whose quotations are way below
the average. Plants that are true to
name. strong. healthy. well-rooted.
carefully dug. trimmed and well-pack-
and be profitable to the gre cr.-J. L.
herbSt Wisconsin
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17

HOPK!NS.-Mrs. John Schmidt.
living near here. committed suicide by
taking strychnine. She was 35 years
of age
The Columbus journal., 1902-12-17
Wamen in Aaedie.l pnos...,..

Women in Medical Profession.
Medicine as profession for womer
is constantly growing in popularity in
London Women now holding medic1:
degrees IN Great Britain number mol3
than 500.