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The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
Why Milk Should ee Aer.ted


It may be said In passing that, a.
though Il II very dimcult to demon
strate, It is probably true that the
presence of q considerable amount Of
carbon diOxide In the milk influences
the character Of the fermentation, says
q professor Of dairying. It seems to
be an established fact that where only
traces of oxygen exist poisons are
more likely to be formed in food sub
stances. It Is noteworthy in connec-
tion with milk that there are several
cases of poisoning on record where the
milk had not been aerated, had been
shut up in can. the air excluded. the
temperature high. and all those CON-
ditions present which are usually re-
garded as unfavorable. To illustrate
this more thoroughly you shut up .
ten gallon can Of milk. leaving only q
small air space at the top, 1t will be
found that soon all the oxygen in that
air space IS rapidly consumed and car
bon dioxide given off. 1t follows. un-
der such conditions, that we have e.
tablished the most favorable environ
ment for the development of IN aero
bic bacteria, which would not grow
rapidly II they were transferred to an
abundant supply of oxygen lower tenn
peratures. and other circumstances
which We usually find where milk is
properly handled.
We may claim. therefore. for aera-
tion considerable Of practical import.
1t fosters the desirable fermentations
by creating larger supply of oxygen
and by reducing the amount of carbon
dioxide. 1t eliminates those gases
which are not considered desirable and
which are frequently mentioned as AMI
NAL odors, taints. etc. 1t is quite likely
that 1t checks the development of
those microorganisms which produce
poisons.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
Friend was Surprised.

Mot long ago I attended q sol
diers' reunion" says veteran. "and
was surprised to see a prominent
business man come in on crutches
l had met him scores of times with
out realizing that he had only one
leg. knew that he limped little.
but not more than a dozen of my
friends who are troubled with rheu-
matism. had seen him go up stairs
and down ard walk about his little
ofiice, but l never would have known
that he had left a leg at Chickamauga
had not gone to the reunion. where.
to please his soldier friends. he ap
reared without his cork leg"
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12

When Corn b Too Expensive.
Bulletin 81. Montana Experiment
Station: Il may appear to those from
the corn belt that the inability to
grow corn in most parts Of Montana
10 strong arsument against the busi-
ness Of swine-faisinG. In peas, how
ever. We have IN excellent substitute
for corn. Bulletins - Of the Utah
Station By Mills. and 3S OF the South
Dakota Station By Chilcott. both re-
port peas superior to corn for fatten-
Ing swine. Barley II reported BY the
famous Danish pork producers to be
the best single grain for the produc-
tion Of high-srade bacon. Director
Henry Of the Wisconsin Station gives
the following comparison between
corn and barley as pork producers.
viz:
471 pounds Of barley meal produced
100 pounds Of gain.
As pounds Of corn meal produced
100 pounds Of gaA.
Wheat-Thc results Of several sta
ttons show wheat and corn to be
nearly equal in pork producing value.
with . very slight advantage In favor
Of corn.
Oats-Accordins to Henry's Feeds
and Feeding" ne Massachusetts, Sta
ton reports that 20 per cent more oat
feed than corn meal was required to
produce 100 pounds Of gain. Oats are
moro valuable as an adjunct to tighten
heavier rations than when used alone.
Rye-The results Of comparative
work show rye and barley to have
about equal feeding values. These
facts tend to prove that our grain
foods are exceptionally well adapted
to pork making. and at the same time
the use Of these II greatly facilitated
BY the possibility Of q continuous sup
ply Of nitrogenous forage crops during
. long growing season, and by root
crops In the winter.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
AGE No Barrier.

That age is no barrier to scholastic
attainEents Is frequently demon
strated. 1t often happens that men
who enter q university at the age when
most students graduate. make better
records than their fellows. Perhaps
it is due to ripened intellectual pow.
ers. perhaps to the fact that they work
harder and more earnestly and waste
less time. Such a case was that of
DR.. Phillip Arthur Reppert. who was
recently awarded the Benjamin Rush
medal for the highest scholarship dur.
ing the last four years at Rush Medi.
cal College. He was selected for the
honor from a class of 227. Two years
ago Mr.. 2eppert won the Freer medal.
II is the first time in the history Of the
Institution that one student has WOE
bota medals. DR.. Reppert was form
erly q railroad man. For ten years
he was train dispatcher on :he Bur.
lingt0n road. afterwards becoming q
dispatcher and trainmaster on the
Union Pacific. When five years ago.
at the age of 80. he sought entrance
to Rush Medical College. the dean
feared he would not be able to keep
up with the classes and advised kim
to take q years preparatory course
The potato has become the most
cultivated and valuable
Of esculent tnbers. both in this and
countries. although when first
as an article Of food it
was regarded with disfavor or in
difference BY the majority. and won
It's way gradually into popular esteem.
In many localities Il Is the practice
of the merchants buying butter to pay
the same price for all butter. good and
bad. This II one Of the hardest Gus.
.oms with which the progressive dairy
nan has to deal. The custom n q bad
,ne. ~ II discriminates In favor Of bad
butter and against good.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
Dow prowned vvh,le eath;na.

SUTTON - George Hallian was
drowned while bathing in Q deep hole
at the mouth Of School creek, where
It empties into the Blue. Another
drowning occurred here years ago.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
THE Coming Encampment.

The Thirty-seventh National En-
campment will assemble in San Fran
cisco during the week beginning Mon
day, August II. Headquarters will
he established temporarily at the
Palace Hotel, where the Executive
Committee Of the National Council
Of Administration will meet. The pa
rade will take place on Wednesday.
August 10. The Committee on Gre
dentials is made up as follows: Chair
man. John w. Schall. Adjutant Gen.
eral; John H. Thacher, Assistant Ad-
jutant General, Department of Con-
necticut; F. A. Walsh, Inspector Gen
eral; Thomas B. Rodgers, Assistant
Adjutant General. Department of
Missouri, and Peter B. Ayars, Assist
ant Adjutant General. Department Of
Delaware.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
Said to Have Begun Civ

Said to Have Begun Civil War.
A heavy responsibility rested upon
Major W. H. Gibbes who died June IL
at his home in Columbia, 8. C.. 1t
was claimed for him that he fired the
first shot at Fcrt Sumter. He was
then . gunner in Capt. George
James's company. to whom Beaure-
gard cent the order to fire on Major
Anderson. President cleveland ap-
pointed him postmaster Of Columbia.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12

Prominent Citizen Dead.
WEEPING WATER--George w.
Adams dropped dead while sitting in
the shade here. He had been In poor
health for two years.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
Where Are the cripeses,

II have often wondered" said the
Major. what became Of the men Sc
verely voUuded In battle. Nearly
1000 officers and enlisted men came
cut Of the Upioh service minus an arm
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12

OS1BS V1tSte VcSue % WdfKet.
OGAL4LALA-Grass cattle have
commenced to go to market from this
point. Twenty loads went out in one
train. The cattle are in fine condition
for market.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12


It is well known that peanuts pro-
duce soft lard. says q bulletin of the
Alabama Experiment Station. When
the feeding of peanuts was continued
uninterruptedly up to the date Of
slaughter the resulting lard melted
at the low temperature OF TAG degrees
Fahrenheit, or at the temperature OF
an ordinary living room in spring. 1t
has been claimed that by feeding en-
tirely on corn for few weeks before
the date Of butchering the flesh and
lard can be brought to the :ormal de
gree Of hardness. This was not the
case in this experiment. BY discon-
tinuing the peanuts five weeks before
the hogs we're killed and feeding
thenceforward exclusively on corn
meal we succeeded in raising the
melting point to 80.7 degrees Fahren-
heit, an increase Of 81 degrees Fab
renEe!t. This lard, however. was still
much softer than that from hogs never
fed on peanuts In a similar expert
ment in 1897-9S the feeding Of corn
during the four weeks Immediately
preceding the time OF butchering ef
fected . considerably greater increase
in the melting point OF lard from the
pigs previously fed on peanuts. but in
that test as IN the present one the
feeding Of corn during short period
did not make the resulting lard equal
in hrmness to that made by continued
feeding Of corn.
In this cxpeSment the lard pro-
duced by feeding chufas was prac-
tically as soft as that obtained from
peanut-fed pigs.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12

Scientists and practical orchardists
are generally agreed ON the great value
Of WellrOtted barnyard manure as
the best for IN apple orchard. says q
government bulletin. Il not only sup
plies humus. but IL contains Q large
per cent Of other necessary nutritive
elements for maintaining health, vigor
and fruitfulness Of tree and develop
ment Of qualities for q fine fruit prod
uct. But ~ the stock of this sort of
manure II not always sufficient for the
general demand. other agents have
to be resorted to, and next in value
and in . concentrated form are un-
1eached wood ashes, which win supply
to q great extent the necessary ele-
ment Of plant growth. II IL maintained
by some authorities that one ton of
unleached wood ashes contains as
much plant nutriment rs i've tons of
ordinary barn manure. and whenever
Obtainable ashes should be used In
preference to any other fertilizer.
There are many kinds of manufac-
tured fertilizers. some Of which are
valuable for special soils. but to de-
termine just which brand to use Is q
little dimcult to decide without know.
ing what elements are lacking in tho
SOIL The three elements most com
monty deficient In soil are nitrogen.
potash and phosphoric acid. and chem
ical fertilizers that contain the largest
per cent Of these substances will lie
the most economical and beneficial.
A fertilizer containing one and q half
to two per cent Of nitrogen. one to
nine per cent Of available phosphoric
acid. ten to twelve per cent of potash.
will give excellent results when ap-
piled to orchard land in quantities
ranging from 400 to 600 pounds per
acre.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-12
Southern Loyalty.

At the banquet in Boston over the
unveiling of the monument to Gen.
Hooker. Gen. Rosser, of Virginia. .
valient soldier of the Confederate
army. said:
I'm a peaceful way I never before
faced SO many Yankees In my life. II
is good for the southern man to in
dulge in this privilege in order to
show how complete is the restoration
of good feeling between once warning
brothers who forevermore, they and
their children and children's children.
are to vie in loyalty to the old flag.
What man is not proud that he is
a citizen of the United States? What
greater privilege can be granted him?
How can an Astor basely betray his
country by swearing allegiance to an
other? No southern man blessed with
riches gained from his fellow man
would be rs ungrateful and as unpa-
triotic as that!
Il thank God often that am an
American. I know no section or creed
or party but love Of country. To-day
the south rejoices because victory
perched ON your banner. Here and
there in southland a man will say
that the Confederates should have tri-
umphed. Put that man down as a
fool or . hypocrite. I thank God the
south did not win and SO does every
sensible southern man and woman.
Gen. Robert K. Lee told me that
the Army of the Potomac was the
greatest ever marshaled under the
sun. This may not be admitted now
but history will so record 1t. In in
telligence. in esprit du corps. in
equipment. in dash and bravery, in
personnel. there never was its equal.
II think I am fully reconstructed.
for I believe I am the only rebel who
ever rode In . procession where q
statue was going to be unveiled to .
Union general"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03

latest estimate was an incidental feature Of
paper read by T. B. Walker of al nneap-
oils. at the recent meeting of the American
Forestry Association, from which the Ms
sissippi Valley Lumberman takes figures for
interesting comparisons. Mr.. Walker finds
that the country stil has a lumber supply
amounting to something over I 900 600 co.,
900 of feet.
Figuring a % per cent annual in
crease in the cut, he concludes that the
1,Oo3,o0,OOOOOO in the country at large will
last twenty-five years, but he makes no al
lowance for the growth of timber in that
length of time. and at the end of the quar-
ter century statiSticianS doubtless will still
be figuring on the rapidly approaching end.
But the end is coming. nevertheless. and
in a time exceedingly short in compa rison
with the probable life of the nation. Each
succeeding estimate takes into account
smaller timber than was measured in the
last and every tree large enough to make n
scantl!ng is now included That is the ex-
plantation of the level maintained in
the supply. shown by estimates many
years apart Mr.. Walkers estimate for the
northwestern states includes, in fact is
necessarily almost exclusively made up of,
trees which estimators of thirty years ago
considered worthless. His dat tie for the end
may have to be set back a few years, but
not a great many.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03
LICENSE RETURNED.
District Has No Further Use for
Ground Described.

Col. John Biddle, Engineer Commissioner,
has recommended that revocable license
granted last July by the Secretary of war
to the District Commissioners, giving them
permission to occupy portion OF Potomac
Park as a property yard. be returned to
the Secretary, with the information that
the District has no further use for the
ground.
Commissioner Biddle states that when
the Commissioners asked for authority to
make use of the plot of ground for the
storage of material, 1t was expected that
this material would come to Washington
by water. the lowest bidder for furnishing
1t having specified that method of delivery,
and by accepting this bid the sum of $1,000
would be saved to the District.
The lowest bidder, it is stated. afterward
withdrew his bid, FORGETTING his deposit.
and the present contractor will furnish the
material by rail, SO that the Commissioners
have no further use for the ground. The
Commissioners, however, extend their
thanks to the Secretary of War for his
courtesy in the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
Acoustic Properties Too Difficult for the
Best Orator

From the New York Mail and Express.
Dowie did not find Madison Square Gar
den pre-empted for the political rallies of
the campaign when he came here to con-
vert scofiing city. When he thinks it all
over afterward he may find IN this fact
partial clew to his failure. Wise men keep
away from the Garden if they have a mes
sage to deliver. The prophets first night
there was prophetic of what came after. He
could not hold the crowd. After he had
spoken few minutes men got UP and went
out. Other and better orators have had the
same humiliation Dowies first battle was
with the Garden itself, and the huge
pitheater simply put another score to its
long and fatal record. No man has ever
held crowd there; perhaps none ever Will.
New Workers know this; visitors have to
learn it. The democratic national commit
tee learned 1T in 1892 when 1T notified CleVe-
land and Stevenson of their nominations.
Both candidates went through dumb
show; it was not a very edifying spectacle.
Poor Bryan with the laures of his crown
of thorns' speech still green upon him,
learned 1t to his cost In 1886; he addressed
a dissolving show. The initial effect of his
descent upon the enemy's country" was
lost in an unavailng struggle against an
acoustic proposition too big for him, too
big for any. man. Singers fare little bet
ter; PATHS marvellous voice noated all over
the house when she appeared there in 1892.
But grand opera avoids 1t, and every light
summer opera that is anything more than
a succession of spectacles has had disas-
trous collisions with its stubborn proper
ties, when 1t has essayed them.
The Garden is place for band concerts,
saengerfests, elephant quadrilles. hippo
dromes, animal shows-inciudIng balets, IL
you please. Under the ribs of it's huge
rafters voice of gold rings as hollow and
harsh as brass alloy. None of the modula-
tons and nuances of delightful speech are
possible to the orator; he must organize his
delivery on a frankly megaphone plan, and
one megaphone sounds very like another.
With Daniel O'Connell dead, there may
never be a man who could really master
the Garden. Mccarthy has said: las the
orator of a monster meeting he probably
never had an equal in these countries" HIS
was a herculean frame, a voice almost
unequaled for strength and sweetness"
From the Hill of Tara he is said to have
addressed a quarter of a million of Irish
men. Lord Lytton thought mo clarion
could have sent it's sound even to the GEN.
ter Of that crowd But Lytton adds:
And I thought rose the sonorous swell
As from some church tower swings the silvery bell;
Aloft md clear from airy tide to tide,
1t glided easy bird may glide
To the last verge Of that vast audience sent.
1t played with each wild passion as IL went.
Then did learn to seize the sudden clew
To the grand troublous life antfque-to View
Under the rock stand OF Demosthenes
Unstable Athens heave her noisy seas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03

From Journal American Medical Association.
Every little while some misguided philan-
thropist comes out with proposition to
shorten the period of suffering of hopeless
irvalids by gently putting them out OF tho
way. The latest is from New York clergy
man in an address before medical body
Ii is said that about one-third of the audi
ence applauded him, but the applause, we
take 1t, was not shown for this particular
sentiment, but for the orator or the ora
tory. There is only one point Of view the
medical man can take on this subject, viz,
that he has no right to trife with human
life or shorten it by second. Surely no
thinking person can take any other stand.
II it should be considered right to assist
people out of the world on the pretense OF
saving them from suffering. the possibilities
of using this plea by INSCRIPTIONS persons
would become appalling. There are enough
ways to relieve suffering without compro-
missing life, and only such are legitimate
It is true that some people seem to live too
long and that, on a purely utilitarian basis
bid people past their productive period
could be easily disposed of, but this Is not
the tendency of modern civilization. Any
civilization that adopted such course
would be taking long step backward to-
ward savagery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03
PLEASED WITH THE COURSE.
]. E. Madden Discusses the Conditions
at Benning

J. E. Madden, the horseman. arrived AT
Benning this morning to remain throughout
the fall meeting. which will be 1naugurated
Monday, November 16. This is Mr.. Mad
denis first visit to the local track, and to
saw that he was surprised at the conditions
found here but half expresses his own
views
Mr. Madden is so much pleased with the
new tracks and the accommodations at
Bennng that he has decided to winter a
number of his horses here, and next Febru-
airy will bring up the remainder OF has
string from Kentucky to race at the spring
meeting of the Washington Jockey Club
and to be put in preparation for the metro
poltan racing season.
II had heard a number Of favorable opin-
ions concerning the Benning course by men
who have raced here in the past" declared
Mr. Madden this morning, but I must say
1 am surprised at what l see Bennlng
is place of beauty and is crowdlng upon
the heels of the plants of the principal
racing associations around New York. The
old track seems to have been put IN ideal
condition for racing In the rail- ana early
spring, while the new Columbia course pre-
sents about as fine stretch of racing ter
ritory as l have ever seen. am stat
wart Benning enthusiast henceforth
A number of Mr.. Madden's horses rea zen.
ed here from Kentucky last week. MS
New York string is expected in during the
next few days Mr.. Madden declares that
he will have a horse in nearly every race
every dav Many of the Madden horses VIII
he new to the racing public. for the Ken
lucky contingent is to make It's DEBUT
here having been shipped direct from liam
burg Place. There will be about twenty
four horses in the stable
Charles Hughes, trainer for Mr.. H. M
Ziegler, who formerly owned and devel-
oped the great Hernis. arrived this morn
ing from Kentucky, bringing a number OF
horses with him.
Many of the horses quartered at Benning
were shown to some pretty fast work this
morning. In the Drake string High Chan-
cellor Bobadil Jocund and Runnels Ill
turned three-quarters breezing in LIS. Lady
Lavish breezed fve-eighths in 100. Mr..
Burch galloped a big string, the best work
being done by Tepee and Greencrest, who
negotiated the three-quarters in 1.2O.
The best workout of the morning, now
ever was Jack Adkins Lord of the Valley,
recently purchased from Mr. August Bel
mont Lord of the Valley is a full brother
of Lord of the Vale, who ran second IN
the Futurity last fall at Sheepshead Bay
for two-year- Odds here at Benning. Lord
of the Valley is an eligible for the Con-
ISOLATION of this year, and may be saved
for that event.
He has royal chance, and there are
many who are anxious to see him win Tor
the sentiment of the thing. The Grand
Consolation was established only last year,
and for full brothers to win the event twice
in succession would be an interesting event.
Lord of the Valley was sent the three
quarters this morning on the main track IN
III fiat being well in hand all the way
His trainer was delighted with the work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-03
REGARDED AS UNFAIR.
Herman Baumgarten Objects to Meth
DDS at District Building.

DDS at DISTRICT BuAld1uS
Herman Baumgarten of Ala 10th street
northwest has written to the District Com
nissioners calling attention to the system
employed at the District building in open
ing bids for exigency supplies which he al
leges is loose and unfair to prompt bidders.
He asks the Commissioners to consider the
matter with a view to correcting the same.
Mr.. Baumgarten states in his letter ina.
he has received quite & number OF requests
to bid and has always filed his proposals
before the appointed time set for opening
the bids ITO my surprise, continues the
writer, II am informed that not all blds are
received and opened at the time set for
opening the same, and some bidders are
allowed twenty-four hours or more grace.
1t is customary In all departments that pro
posais are opened in the presence of the
bidders at the appointed time, and bids re-
ceived after the hour set for opening the
same are thrown out and not considered
I therefore take the liberty to suggest that
you will take tbs matter under cons!dera-
ton with a view to correcting an existing
evil so that all bidders be placed on an
equal footing"
In his report on the subject Mr.. F. o.
Beckett, property clerk of the District,
stdtesi
Il do not intend to receive bids for sup
plies after the hour set but sometimes bids
are wrongly directed and do not get to me
until day or so after the date on which
they are to be opened. l have had two bids
wrongly directed to the White House, and
forwarded to me. In no case have l con-
sidered them. Whenever any bidder wishes
to know the result of the bids, he Is in
formed. but the amounts are usually too
small for the bidders to care about being
present when the bids are opened
Commissioner West has recommended
that Mr.. Baumgarten be informed with re-
gard to the matter in accordance with the
report of the property clerk.