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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

good room" said Mr.. Thompkins.
hastily. Il will investigate"
And about Thursday afternoons
out" broke in the cook. DO ye
know how many had out last
months? Just one. Ye would send
word livery Thursday that you were
to bring a gang home to dinner, and
l jest didn't have it in me harrut to
go away and leave Missus Thomp
kins. She is nice lady II she IL
married to an old crank And as fer
what we git to eat. sure l would be
starvin' to death II it wasn't for Miss
us Thompkins. niver see such an
old omedon to eat in me life as you
are. Ye eat the steak, bones and all.
and not bite would we ever have II
we were to walt till we we're through,
which, thank heaven, we don't, for We
have our own meals siperate, but
that's all you liver knew about It,"
"Yes, yes" put in Mr.. Thompkins
feebly. But as was saying to you,
the servant class should cultivate
your minds, read"
Cultivate tn mind, is III" ejaculat.
ed the Thompkins' cook. Lots Of
time there is left for cultivating the
mind after working like galley slave
all day in the kitchen. Buy books,
suppose, out of our prineely wages!
Why, ] borrowed book the ither day
from the table in the dinin' room wild
out sayin nathin' to you, and when
ye found 1t out we roared like bear
wild sore head.
tits bosses like you what drive
girls from homework to the facthery.
In the facthery we don't begin work
till the whistle blows at o'clock. and
we quit when it blows at night. Here
I worruk all tn tonne an I'm niver
done. livery time plan to go out ye
butt in wild some crazy thing We want
to do, and knocks all my intentions
endwise. Ye're a plain fool, Mr..
Thompkins."
The cook looked as though she
didn't care what happened. Her face
was flushed and her eyes snapped as
she faced Thompkins. "Ye don't
know anything, and half the other
men up and down the street are just
like you. In place of an honest,
friendly grateing now an thin, ye
make some SHY crack about the 20
liceman on tn bate comm to see me
every evening, and askin' whether
Mike, the iceman, his Hoped wild mo
yit. I don't know the policeman on
this bate an don't care to, because he
is a German wild whiskers, but he
looks as though he had twice the
sense you have, Mr.. Thompkins.
81 know the iceman because he's q
neighbor of my sisters. He has .
wife and three children and Is too
busy to be flirting wild cooks old
enough to be his mother. The trouble
wild you. Mr.. Thompkins, is that you
get yer ideas of our life out Of the
comic newspapers. Ye go around pat
ting yerself on tn back and saying
cook and the maid at yer house have
a fine Job. and you wonder why ser
vints form unions, an ye want to
have 'em hung when they kick. Ye
take my Job here for week, Mr..
Thompkins, and II ye haint forming
unions the third day and a-plotting
against the whites, and a-raising
roughhouse ginerally I'll miss my
guess. Now, thin. ye old stupid"
But Mr.. Thompkins had beaten q
precipitate retreat, and the servant
problem is still unsolved.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15
LAND OF SCRIPTURE.
The Valley Of Elah Where David Trumphed Over the Giant
Goliath, Has Undergone Little Change Since That
Fateful Day.
Especial Correspondence.)

We were living in Jerusalem. It
was summer time and very warm in.
deed. For six long summer months
We have no rain in Palestine, and It
becomes exhausting, SO we generally
arrange to take q vacation and be
back in time to attend to the preser.
walton Of the fall rains. which, to.
gether with the spring showers, make
up our following summers supply of
water for all purposes.
This year we decided to 20 to
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15
AIsike Glover.

From Farmers Review: Possibly
some OF our readers who own low
lands may be interested in my experi
ence with alsike clover. Eight wears
ago | sewed alsike and timothy on %
acres OF rye on reclaimed marsh land
1t has been cut for hay each yea,
until last season. From one-quarte,
to one-third of the hay was alsike and
was well liked by all stock. horses
cattle and sheep. Last season we had
to pasture the field with cattle and
horses. The clover seemed thicke,
than any time before and was fine mas.
ture. This season have only 22 small
cattle in the field Of 6fty acres. part
wild grass. On the "a acres OF alsike
II is much heavier than ever before
being almost as thick as an average
red clover field, while there Is con.
siderable alsike. growing on other
parts of the field where none was ever
sown. 1t grows well On low land, even
where water stands on top for two or
three weeks at time.-Oscar Din.
widdie.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

Goodness me-" said Mrs. Thomp-
kins as she came into the libra,y
where Mr.. Thompkins was reading
the evening papers. The cook must
be going to have a party or sooae-
thing. The kitchen is full Of cooks
and maids of various kinds from ali
around the neighborhood. wouli
like to ask her why she has invited
Ia such crowd without saying a
word to me-"
my dear" said Mr.. Thompklns,
grandly, that is not the cooks party
In the kitchen. II is mine"
"Yours2" said Mrs. Thompkins In
astonishment.
Eyes, mine. l am going to settle
this absurd servant proposition once
and for ALL This talk about giving
the girls more afternoons out and
permitting them to use the piano and
get as much wages as the cashier OF
q bank Is all tommyrot. They have
too many highfaluting notions. am
going to give them good, simple,
straight talk. asked our cook to In.
vite In all the other cooks and maids
In the neighborhood."
MS. Thompkins endeavored to re-
strain her liege, but he refused to be
held and marched grimly into the
kitchen.
The assembled cooks and maids
were sitting in defiant attitudes, with
arms folded. Mr.. Thompkins bowed
politely and after a comprehensive
glance said:
Girls"
"Loidies, If you please, sur" inter
rupted Mr.. Thompkins' cook.
II said girls" repeated Mr.. Thomp-
kins. will amend, If you wish, and
say women Now, then, women"
"Loidies," repeated the Thompkins
cook. "Loidies, or give warnin' an
leave the house to oncet."
"Oh, well, ladies'" resumed Mr..
Thompkins. "The problem of how to
get and retain capable servants would
be solved quickly and readily did your
employers know better how you
should be handled. Your employers,
however. do not acquaint themselves
with the duties you have to perform,
and 81 when they are executed III an
ignorant way no one can take you to
task and instruct you.
you are too prone to imagine you
are abused and downtrodden, when,
instead. you lead an existence more
nearly ideal than falls to the lot OF
any other woman obliged to work for
a living. You have pleasant rooms In
which to sleep. the best Of meals, be-
cause you eat what your employer
docs, and wages larger than factory
hands receive. You have an after
noon O week all to yourself and many
other privileges. Yet you are always
grumbling."
Did ye liver happen to see tn nne
little kennel ye made me sleep in un-
der pretinse It was a bedroom?"
asked Mr.. Thompkins' cook.
why. I. oh, ali, you have good
room. have you not, cook?"
Sure" the cook replied. II did
have once. TIL room Missus Thomp-
kins guy me was all right but you
hoomped me out because We wanted
1t fer gimnasioom where We did q
lot of crazy stoonts wild clubs and
punchin' bags, and whin ye got tired
of that we made it into some sort of
boogalorium."
"Oh. well, supposed you had a
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

seems to be made Of baked mud; wo-
men were grinding the corn to make
bread for the return Of their husbands
from the fields. others we're rocking
their babies as they sang to them
about Jacob; and others were merely
sitting in groups on the ground out.
side their huts, Eossiping and sewing
their long. simple blue garments: and
all much interested and curious about
these foreigners"
Passing through the village. We
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15
Valuable Fruit Lists.

Many mistakes are made in the
planting Of fruit trees because the
planters do not take advantage Of the
opportunities1 .hey have for the Sc
curing Of reliable information on va
rieties. Our state experiment stations
and state horticultural societies have
at great expense /and after years Of
labor prepared lists of the fruits that
are reasonably certain to do well on
the soils of the state. One of the
states, Indiana, has prepared this list
according to counties, and this Ia a
very great help when the farmer is
preparing to set out an orchard of any
kind of fruit. The lists are of course
not complete, as 1t Is manifestly i'm
possible to include varieties that will
do well In part of the state, but are
not certain to do well In ALL Except
where lists are fitted to suit counties
instead Of states, the varieties recon-
mended are such as will give good
results within the limits of the state
for which they are made. In a state
like Illinois, nearly 400 miles in
length. the variation of soil and eli
mate Is very great. This has led the
Illinois State Horticultural Society to
divide the state into three portions
known as the northern, the central
and the southern parts. For each of
these three sections there is a differ.
ent list. The tree planter has q very
difficult problem to handle when he
tries to choose between varieties. He
needs to make careful and continued
inquiry. Especially must he study the
varieties that are grown in his neigh.
borhood. IL there are any such.
The states differ enormously in their
fruit lists. Thus east of Indiana the
Baldwin is found among the number
OF recommended varieties. OF It the
Ohio list says: "One of the best win
ter apples for the northern part OF
the state, but is fall apple in south
ern counties. Very prolific, bears ev.
cry other year, not seriously affected
by apple scab." 1t would be a great
mistake for a Wisconsin grower to
take this as suitable for his state. II
he planted an orchard of Baldwin
ticSS hc WOulu uOuDtleSS nave cause
to regret it. His orchard would be
killed out by some of the dry winters
and he would pronounce apple grow
ing a failure. But the fault would
be with himself in not having select
ed the proper variety or varieties. This
is especially true of plums. The Ohio
list puts Abundance "a Japanese va.
riety) at the head Of recommended
plums. This might do for any To-
cality south Of Chicago and north of
Tennessee, but 1t would be m!slead-
ing II applied in Wisconsin or Mime.
sofa.
Incidentally It may be remarked that
some Of our states are behind In this
work and some that have completed
lists have admitted varieties that are
In dispute as to their adaptability.
Thus we notice some Of the Japanese
plums In the Wisconsin list, while
some of the leading plum growers in
that state declare that Japanese plums
there succeed only in very favorable
locations and do not do well as q
general thing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

In many localities It is the practice
OF the merchants buying butter to pay
the same price for all butter, good and
bad. This Is one OF the hardest Gus.
ttoms with which the progressive dairy.
man has to deal. The custom is bad
one, as 1t discrimlnates In favor of bad
butter and against good.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

the principal trees in the valley be-
came changed.
From Belt Netif we rode across the
valley to Shochoh, and from thence
we looked back on the site of the Is
raelite encampment at Belt Netif IN
the distance. At Shochoh there were
few Insignificant ruins, but nothing
In those barren hills could tell us a
word about the wonderful things that
once had occurred in that valley. II
only those hills could have spoken
to usi
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15
Geology and Agriculture.

geology and Agriculture.
The realm of agricultural knowledge
is broadening. The farmer of to-day
KNOWS more than the farmer Of the
past, and the farmer Of the future
must be still more widely informed.
New facts are entering into our agri-
cultural problems. Geology even is
taking Its place in the curriculum of
the learning farmer. Who would have
suspected that learning about geologi-
cal formations would. help increase
the crops on a certain farm! Yet such
knowledge Is proving both valuable
and gratifying to the farmer. To IL
lustiate:
The soil survey in Illinois has shown
a few general types of soil, which have
the same characteristics wherever
they are found. This soil has been an.
alyzed and tested by pot culture and
its deficiencies noted. The farmer on
such soil has only to know that he
is on such soil to know also how to
treat 1t to get the best results. Among
the classes Of soils SO examined anu
analysed We note the ''unglaciated.'
This soil wherever found has been
formed from the original rock masses
without the assistance of glaciers
There is large area of this soil in
southern Illinois. comprised largely in
the counties Of Massac, Pulaski.
Union, Alexander, Johnson, Pope ano
hardin, and parts Of adjoining coun.
ties. The county Of Calhoun in the
western part of the state and 10 Da.
viess county In the northwest part OF
the state also escaped glacial action.
to their own detriment. These urgla.
ciated soils have been found to con.
tain an undesirable amount of acid;
that Is, they are very sour. They are
all exceedingly deficient in nitrogen
and this nitrogen lack cannot be sup
piled through plants while the soil Is
sour, as the nodule bacteria will moi
live in acid soil.
But 1t is an easy matter to cure
this acidity by the addition of lime in
quantities of 500 to 1000 pounds pei
acre, II the soil is plowed to a depth OF
six inches only. AS it is necessary
to grow leguminous crops in order to
put the nitrogen into the soil. the soil
must be lined. Had this been know
years ago, these soils would have
been treated as indicated and would
have been yielding profitable harvests
In fact many of these lands that sell
for $25 per acre are declared by Pro
lessor Cyril G. Hopkins to be as valu
able as the lands worth 800 per acre
after they have been treated with lime
and devoted for a few years to the
growing of legumes. 1t is thus thai
the geologist and the chemist ar.
placing within our reach knowledge
that rs to double the value Of millions
of acres Of our farm lands.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15
kaHir Corn.


There are two varieties that Kansas
farmers have found most desirable for
forage-the black hulled white and
the red Kafiir, says a bulletin Of the
Kansas station. The black hulled
white has a short stocky stalk, witt
short joints and quite numerous leaves
OF medium large size. The Red KafIi,
Is from seven to ten days earlier than
the white variety, but grows taller
has a smaller per cent of foliage and
grows a reduced yield of grain. Karfi,
corn can be sowed broadcast or drilled
In rows. tt latter method seems to
have proven most satisfactory. II ca,
be drilled in rows the same distance
apart as corn-three to three and n
half feet apart. The kernels shoulC
be drilled In, one In place few inche.
apart In the row. 1t can be plante,
with grain drill, one horse corr,
drill or two horse corn planter will
drill attachment. II the grain drill
Is used 1t is best to stop I'D all bu,
two holes. The amount Of seed tn,
Kansas station finds best is one bushe
to five acres, seed weighing Sc pound,
per bushel. The seed should be mn
In about as deep as wheat. l.
should be cultivated same as corn
but care need be taken not to cultiyat,
too deep as the roots early in tn,
plants growth reach from row I,
row. If the crop be desired for botl
grain and fodder It should be cut witt
corn binder, when the seed is rim,
and put into shocks. The Kansas sta
ton reports the average yield for I,
years as 46 bushels, while corn TO,
same period averaged 34h bushels ne,
acre. Stock soon tire of kaffir corr
when fed alone. The feed lacks fat
Is deficient in protein and has an ex
cess OF starch. Fed alone 1t is const
pating to all farm animals. 1t has I,
be fed with laxative feeds to Obtain
the best results.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-15

mentioned was in accordance with
custom.
Then we took round in the village
to see the sights. The sheik led us
through the quaint little village. with
Its huge ovens all around, and It's
strange houses, which every passer-by
can see into, for the open door is their
only possibility of light and ventila.
ton.
AS we locked inside, we could see
life in primitive form, almost bur
not quite savage. All they possess
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-26
SUMMARY OF THE ST. LOUIS MARKETS.


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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-26
THE REPUBLIC: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2e. 1903.
EASIER TONE AND LOWER
PRICES IN GRAIN MARKETS.
WHEAT CLOSES BARELY
STEADY AT DECLINE.
Improved Crop Reports Bring Out
Long Corn and Armour Is
Liberal Buyer.

Chicago. Aug. 25.-An easier feeling and
lower prices ruled in all the pits to-day.
Wheat closed barely steady at decline Of
&c for Sept. and Dec. Corn was down 129
&c for Sept. and &c for Dec. Oats showed
a decline of 7G1sc and Ac for the same
months. while provisions were down 21zc to
2shc.
WHEAT.
The wheat market was rather dull and
quiet with little outside trading. There was
a fairly steady opening on the early
weather reports from the Northwest and a
falling off of receipts in the same quarter
The early weakness in corn. however.
came out, with a paucity of buying orders.
Sept; opened a shade lower to 1sGNc higher
at ssos@sOSe sold At sossc ,o and .o declins ned
close was barely steady at a loss of 1aI%c
at 79Bc. Dec. closed ss@tc lower at $685.
having sold down from si?ssaS1isc. the open
Ing figure. Clearances of wheat and f1ouc
Were equal to 361 200 blu. Minneapolis and
Duluth reported receipts of ia cars. which,
with local receipts of 16S cars-34 OF contract
S42 cars. against $40 last week and 1853 cars a
year ago.
Improved crop reports and a continuance
of good, growing weather brought out long
corn. Armour bought freely at the decline
and a short-lived rally followed Offerings
were free throughout the session, the SELL
ing being general, with pit traders offering
the only other support. Sept. closed 1aGssc
lower at 50LaG50Ac. Dec. down 1ac, ranging
between 5U!9M5Ossc and 5l7sc. Local receipts
were 4s2 cars. with IS of contract grade.
OATS.
There was an easier feeling in oats, due
to continued selling by commission houses
in sympathy with corn. Local tra.1ars took
b,,k <I,a
kct up. Late liquidation by longs added to
the weakness. and Sept. closed Solo lower
at Sfsq34Ac. after. ranging between that
figure and 34ssc, the opening price. Dec.
was down Nc at 35ssc, the bottom price.
after starting at 361sc. Local receipts were
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-26
MARKETS by TELEGRAPH.

New York, Aug s.-F1our-Receipts a. 5H: ex-
ports 1o.471: dull and nominaliy unchanged. Rye
flour dull. Cornmeal steady. Rye quiet; No.
Western exc 4, 20. b. afloat. Wheat-Spot dull;
No. 2 red Sic elevator and sSSc (. o. b. afoat:
No. / Northern Duluth s4iic (. %. b. afoat: No.
hard Manitoba s3lsc f. o. b. anont: options, after
steady opening. due to higher Paris cables and
were quite weak under increased winter wheat
receipts and bearlsh weekly crop report. con-
SEPT ss$ass tmslsc, Closed Sc: Dec. ssNsssac
SIS; spot easy: No ssas elssssor and ss.se l.
Spon sk 10 d.s seT sSsay No rh
and Iaaidatlen, closing Nets net 1 lover May
r.. s7Aas7hs, closed siAs: ostsaRsceiDs. g.
e. exports S 5 spot s Easy standard S,t. white
No ) white s Is: trH. whts ioassc. Cut meats
sSs clears ss1a s Isssd m ssssay .'saa
low steady Cotton;ssed oil dull; prime yellow
1innesp ss isae.A Aug 0asses oao:
sSSss S Ssr ssssss No.ts
ond patents s!ssstS 4Iss clears S,,r
ern ssSsee: No Northern ssqs!e: new Sept.
ls 1 No. Ois e sa@pe 45Ss7c 's9't' Salles
Peoria, Aug. S..ccrn steady; Nc , 9 soAc; No
ssts ass' s WhiaEs On on he basis y SIS Tor
No "a sss;asiHe. Som.No,,. ssAc; Ne, :
siisS55Ness Kye-NS: 6lSSsste RnIley .Ess
feeding 4s0e t sa15 to eso'ce %SnE
grade, sos nominal; Proy.ionss-Mess Perl,
OSLO; short RIBS sides doosel N.s71'k@7 .s2,sc:
dry-salted. shoulders H1d3 sS6sc: short clear
Duluth. Mimi: Aug. ,2s..wheat-New. to ar
rive. No. hard s2Nc: No. / Northern s1kc: No.
Northern 7s4c: new No. Northern in store or
Macaroni-No. COO: No. 2 55c. Oats. to arrive
and on trk.. s:Ac .s w,,. 60. ~, . rod
Western winter new firm at 6 ID: No Nerth RI,
Is Cd; Oct IS Sid: Dec. IS SID. Corn-spot
American mixed steady at Is I'd. Futures quiet;
Kansas CITY. Nc; Aug; snMhest At ssSc:
No. red 7slt6s7sc: No; &c. Corn.sept Sac;
Dec; !sK@4aEe; cash Ee; mixed lsg45sc; M, No.
4Oe; No mixed ssG4Ss, o Rysa,Mo; 2 st Sc Hay
ceipts-wheat 81. 800 bl; corn 1900: cats 10 600
Shipments-wheat $500 bu.: corn q, Loo; oats
A
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The Republic quotations are for lots in frst
bands bands unless yshsswiss specified Small lots on
.PEACHESMfchigan i-5-bu. baskets at o0ooc;
fsis okisS snlsaa Is ass ns' 0u 'a'
ii fiE sSa ii-bu basket: Bartlett and How.
,a. Il 81 .s,s sseas per ss 6.
!scgsl for small and green. u.2Gl.75 for choice
PiNEaP ;ii rs smooth Cayenne 40
&C cRaB aP APP sou. basket sse4oc.
ORANGES-On trk: Mediterranean sweets s.;
Valencia 50 ;5e94 On orders. 2515oc box higher:
5ue; Da sn.s 5ogsoc or 21sasc per H.: German
p pna SssS faSes bT 9 sesan 49,
.GRAPEsG Home l grown -1 'Hsbu. basket soaNo:
i 5asse sses Slas basket lSe; Delaware
ss6ss ,1S Ma on trk on basis g
Virdeil jobbing s4q4 50 per box
COSOANuTSmooPer Loco. E. trk-. IS: tobains
Wy cAf Lie Ks pEc1puous FRu1rs-At aue-
ton: bartlett pears $50 for poor to sis for
; %sss ssxss sr
McDeritt s5c@:L Prunes-Gloss escGsl =: Ger
sweetMaser seassec thomson seediess s1isaI s:
Tokay , e 90 Cross ss prunes sSoaL.s Kelsey a.
GANTAIoGpEssal sSszsc per basket. -. !.
from sissss 10 sinEIss ssss.s lSs . sod . W
o S. sss e 1S1f per %
loose. 50755c for bottom stock to $4,000 for blu6
NEW ONlONS-Ieiiow e0tfUc; red 6s0SSc Tor
medium TO 709soc for choice. -3s
NEW CABBAGE-Per 100 loose. 20925c. On or
ders, 81 per crate.
CUCUMBERs-Home-Ero grown 5o97oc per bu. bon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 40G5oc per bu- loose.
Orders higher.
BEETsGHome-grown 1s9asc per bu- loose. -
LETpTGEIHome- crown lSg2se per !, 6u boz.
TURNIPs.,Home- Brown soa7sc per By. box
gSn. special cases, 7sSsoc: faf soasoc.
EQGPIAANT-Home- grown 50Qs0c per doz.
PEPPERS - Homegrown 3084oc per h-b1
basket.
wax 25140c per bu- loose.
! SQJASH-Home- grown e5e75oc per blu. box loose
i GREEN CORN-Home-grown sugar s8l5c per
doc
blu. loose.
SPINACH-Per bu., loose. &c.
sAUERKRAUT-New. per Ai-bbi. u.7oon.M