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The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
STANDARD SIZE OF CORN EARS

STANDARD SIZE OF CORN EARS
According to the accepted rules for
corn judging the proper length in
inches Of ears of seven of the leading
varieties is as follows: Reid's yellow
Dent, 10: Golden Eagle. 8: Riley's Fa-
vorite. 3: Leaning, 10; Boone County
White, 10: Silver Mine. 8; White Su
perior. 10. All Of these should be
seven inches in circumference except
Boone County White, which should be
rs. The proportion Of corn to the
whole ear should be. by weight. Reid't
Yellow Dent, SS; Golden Eagle. 30:
Riley's Fayorite. 80: Leaning, S8;
Boone County White. s6; Silver Mine
80; White Superior, SO. With these
figures our readers can do some ex
perimental work in their own corr
cribs II they wish to become familiar
with the standards set.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

Ilshtning Strikes School HOUSE.
NORFOI1K.|ightnlng struck the
high school building. entering the sev-
enth grade room where the teacher.
Miss Edith Morrow. was at work with
q gfaphaphone. giving her . severe
shock and destroying the instrument.
Several pupils were affected.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
L4Z104kZZE
Z4Z~

to 1oes afe these: At Tie Wilderness.
being woan1ed I'D oolnG - tAe Fsar.
I walked into The 1ela hea1Q1aTtsfs
of Gen. Lee. He and Ais seaR were
dismounted and rallyinG tAs disos.
dered TROOPS. A boy Wao passing BY
weeping. The ceonander D.aesd HIS
hand upoa Ais shoaloer and sald: Go
hack, ny soa. and help your coorades:
don't yoa hear then?
~ can't. can't: saw ny brother
ehOt dead BY NY slde.'
Go beck and aveage Ais blood
said Lee.
~ can't: my heart 10 broken
"'Then q to the rear. Yoa shan't
be harmed
The other Was at Appo0attox. Col.
lafayette Hobs0n, who went out -
lieutenant Of Company d. Fifth Ala
hama regiment. originally called the
Greensboro Light Artillery Guards.
was In command of Rhodes brigade
at the surrender. Posing his resf
ment In line - sgW Private I'd Hutch
inson. the oaly member present Of his
old company. ready for the 1sht DIS.
mounting he said: I'D. take ny horse
to the rear He wanted one Of his
brave boys left. H0bsoa u dead. the
soldier he loved II . worthy citizen Of
Greensboro.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
STRUCK ~ An ENGINE.


Rolls Into Fenee After Being Carried
q Siu0drod Wards.
TECUNSEH.|Ffan Shumef, q
German farmer who lives about nine
miles northwest Of Tecumseh,~ Wa
called to Ellis BY the very serious
condition Of his brother, Joseph Shu.
mer. who farms near thQt place. The
last named gentleman 1es struck BY
q Rock Island Inst freigAt train and
lifted onto the cowcatcher Of the 10
connective, carried fully 800 feet. when
he rolled OF the pilot and rolling
down the right Of way Was stopped
BY coming in contact With . wire
fence. Mr.. Shumef was driving q
horse and buggy in the storm. and
having the side curtains Of the buggy
up did not see the approaching train.
He was struck with the above result
He suffered q slight fracture 70 his
skull and was otherwise badly injured.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

TECUMSEH-The fre insurance
men Of Tecumseh have been very
active the past week. On the part Of
some Of them rates have been cut
and slashed and the war goes meErily
on. One representative says there 10
Q disposition On the part Of certain
insurance companies which are In the
''combine" to make the Independent
companies come into the fold and
write atacpmbine prices or 90 out Of
busineok.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

Nebraska Judge Seriously 90.
GREELEY, Colo.-Judge A. N. Rus
sell Of Weeping Water, Neb., who
has been for several days In the trial
Of Q case in the district court, was
taken suddenly i'll and is In . critical
coalition.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

PiAATTSMOUTH.-T horse which
was recently stolen from Joseph
Lynn, who resides near Union. was
found by Sheriff J. d. Mcbride In the
possession Of . farmer named Christ
ian. two miles south OF Ashland, and
has been returned to the owner.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

0ixe0 County Has New Treasurer.
PONCA.-Ex-SheriR H. H. Hart WAS
appointed by the county board OF su-
pervisors to 6l the vacancy caused
by the death Of Treasurer J. w.
Thompson.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

The saddle" Il the posterior part
Of the back. running 70 the tail In .
cock and answering to the cushion In
a hen.-cashion. however, being ne
stricted to .. very considerable dsvel-
opment, % In Cochins. while saddle"
nay be applied to any breed.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

Ne0t1o0o 10y wins bS000t.
Paul Harrington OF Wayne showed
the Missouri boys down at Wentworth
Military academy at Lexington. Mo-.
by carrying OF first hon0rs in science
and military tactics. Adjutant Gen
eral Culver received . letter from
Captain Davis. the regular army ON.
Ger detailed to that academy, stating
that Harrington had carried on the
honors and that he had recommended
the young man to the secretary Of
var for q commission.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

0SvOV0 OUO SSsV0V wv VIE
One of these furious leaders at the
South declared that II We would %
cede from the Union there would bS
no war, and II there should be war.
We could whip the Yankees with
children's popguns." When. after
the war, this same gentleman was ad
dressing an audience. he was asket
by an old. MANNED soldier: "S9y
Judge, amt you the same man that
told us before the war that we could
whip the Yankees with p0pguns?"
YES" replied the witty speaker
"and we could. but. confound 'em
they wouldn't fight us that way
from My First Command s1d the
Outbreak of the War;" by Gen. Johr
b. Gordon. in the May Scribner's.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
Retort courteous.

Hee0ee COURTEOUS
Husband (during the spat)-I would
mt be a fool II were you.
Wife (calmly)-My dear. can read
lily understand that II you were me
you wouldn't be q fool.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
Given eenitentiasy Sentence.

Given Po0otentsosy So0ee0ee.
SEWARD.-Fred Lee, one Of the
three young men charged With break.
ing into the once of Mr.. Lfnvil ai
Tamora o. the night Of April 20. VA
sentenced to the penitentiary for fif
teen months. Robert Chandler and
Hariand White. the other two charged
with the same ofIense. were acquitted
but the sheriff is holding them fol
the officers at Palmyra, where 1t ID
alleged they committed burglary.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

OSCEOLA.-N. v. Byers. assistant
state veterinarian. has been ordered
10 10 to Rushville. in the nogthvestern
part q the state. where . large num-
ber of diseased horses and cattle are
Quarantined.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
Bar 20 Pensions Removed.

The interior department has decided
that the bar to allowance Of pension
TO soldiers who served In the UniOr
army during the civil war and who hae
previously served In the Confederate
army is removed by section I of the
Joint resolution Of July I. 1902. relat
ing to the pensionable status Of sucl
soldiers, and II Is held to be unneces
sary for such claimants to hle . nev
application for pension subsequent
July /. 1902.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

AUBURN. Neb.-Aueust Heitxig. q
proo1Aent fsfher of this county. WAS
aEoWnod fn he boags branch. . nfle
vsst g this citx The body vas 10
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

OOSe6SS5s9 OG1eS SSSusU9C&
The state board Of public lands and
buildings will meet soon to select q
state architect, as provided for by
the late legislature The architect
will receive . salary Of $500 per year
and his assistant 81 200 annually. The
board has been laboring under the
impression that the architect WAS moi
to be appointed until July. but re.
Gently the attention Of the board mem
hers was called to the fact that the
bill creating the once passed the leg
islature with the emergency clause at
tached.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

The National encampment. at q:
last meeting In Washington. adopted .
resolution providing that wherever .
DEPARTMENT saw NJ to do 30 it Nigh
sdmit post commanders and past pcs
commanders in good standing rs dele
gates. or. In other words. they cou,s
make them ex-oneio members OF tn
eucampment.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

~Secondaries" are the Quill feathers
OF the wings. which are visible when
the wings are folded.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
Ve.na F.ru,er neea,c.d lesewe.

veon9 fasupor 0oelaeod 0aoo0e.
ANSWORTH.-The insanity board
met here and Ind broaght before II
Robert Fergusoa, . young farmer liv-
ing near this place. He Was pro
N0uncod Insane.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
Broke up Card Plsvina.

card playing" said the Major.
was with many soldiers . passion.
and in that form was rs dimcult to
handle as anything in the army. In
the first year of the war poker was
q demOralizer. because 0mcers and
men gave themselves mp to II and BE-
cause there were in nearly very regi-
ment sharpers and gamblers Who
took advantage Of the unsophisticated
or of those who played as . relief
from the tedium Of army life. The
sharpers as a rule fell out Of the ser
vice when the serious business OF war
opened. but the men who were car
ried of their feet by poker were num-
bered by the hundreds in every bri-
gade.
1T was almost impossible to en-
force discipline In the matter OF card
playing. because II the Colonel OF .
regiment was . poker player he sym
pathized with the men who were
poker players, and the latter knew 1t.
So 1t happened that men evaded camp
regulations and played on picket and
even in the resting intervals of fight
ing on the skirmish line. Generals
like Rosecrahs had small patience
with this condition Of affairs and did
much to remedy the evil. In our regi-
ment, however, an incident Of no
great moment did more to bring
about effective reform than all the
generals efforts and orders.
''One day it SO happened that half
a dozen poker players were thrown
together on an advanced post guard
ing a road through the woods In our
division front. The boys knew the
enemy was abroad and alert, but 1t
was very quiet there in the woods.
and the next picket post was not a
hundred yards away. Four of the men
decided ON q quiet game. leaving two
men on watch. The game soon be-
came very interesting. and the men
on guard drew nearer and nearer to
watch the play. They. as well as the
men playing. soon were so absorbed
that they lost sight Of their surround
ings, and when the rebels rushed the
post all were made prisoners without
firing a shot
For Q few minutes there was con-
sternatiOn, almost a panic along the
line. but the post was reclaimed and
the gap closed before the enemy could
take advantage of 1t. The Lieuten-
ant in immediate command. knowing
the men, knew how they had been
captured. The Captain knew also.
% did the Colonel. and all the poker
players of the command wore very
serious faces. Six good men had
been sacrificed, and the regiment had
been put in q very awkward position.
That night five of the captured men
sneaked inside our lines. They re-
ported that Buffer. the instigator OF
the game on the picket post. had in
veigled his captOrs into a game. and
when fairly started had given his fel-
low prisoners a slow mOtiOned win3Z.
which they quickly interpreted. and
broke guard. running toward our
lines. Buffer himself remained a
prisoner for six months, and when
he returned found a regiment that
played poker only when II was safe
to play."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

COLUMBU8.|Emfl Hoehn, . young
man whose home has alWays been at
this place ID under arrest here On
the serious charge q desesting from
the United States navy.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
1wo Brave Deeds.

J. LAWYER Darby. Confederate vet
eran. said:
The two most touching. and real
manly things that I recall from 1861
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

A good man isn't necessarily desir.
sble reighbor.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
A Notable Company Of Generals.

A Notable Company of Generals.
The forty-second anniversary of the
organization Of the First Pennsylvania
regiment, which was celebrated on
Saturday, April Is, was marked by
street parade and . banquet In the
Union League. The banquet was
given by the members Of the Veteran
Corps Of the regiment. OF which Col.
Theodore e. Wiedersheim Is comman.
der. Among the guests were Gen. Net
son A. Miles. Gen. A. r. Cha6ee. Gen
John r. Brooke, Gov. Pennypacker
and Mayor John Weaver. Gen. James
w. Latta and Col. r. Dale Benson.
with Col. Weidersheim. who formerly
commanded the regiment attended
the banquet. The street parade was
reviewed from the Union League b!
Gen. Miles.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

Grease viii cause the rubber IN =
automobile tire to crumble.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

Deaths From Storms and Fioods.
lne deaths from storms and flood
in 1902 were 1900.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

A member of the Twenty-fifth lndi-
ana tells this good one:
'Our regiment. having re-enlisted
after enjoying veteran furlough ut
home, was ordered to Decatur. Ala.
where we were joined by the detach-
ment of boys who did not re-enlist.
and who were distinguished from the
veterans by the name Of FOUNDERS. One
of the men was brought before the
colonel for some misdemeanor. The
colonel was noted for his ready means
of dispOsing Of such cases and asked
him IL he was . rOunder. The Of
fender answered in the negative.
Then said the colonel. IN make you
one. Just walk around that stump
about six hours II is needless to say
the fellow walked" Washington Post.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

TREATMENT OF THE sow.
Young sows should be literally fed
on flesh and bone-producing foods.
such as ground oats and wheat bran.
In summer they should have . run on
clover, and in winter comfortable quar-.
ters. with access to the yard. 1t should
never. be forgotten that exercise is
essential for breeding sows. Sows
should not be mated before they are
nine months old. At all times they
should be kindly treated. A good
brood SOW is worth caring for, as she
is more profitable than . brood mare.
Her progeny mature more quickly. do
not require such expensive stabling.
are exposed to less risks, and ready
market is always obtainable for them.
In winter q ration of grain roots and
clover hay, with access to . yard for
exercise, is an economical and suit.
able way Of caring for brood sows.
The farrowing Pen should be roomy
and warm, with just . sulhciency Of
litter. In very cold weather 1t IL .
good plan to heat q couple Of bricks
and put them in basket, cover with
chaff, and then put the young pigs
on this until all are farrowed, when
they may be placed near the teats.
For the first twenty-four hours after
farrowing give the SOW nothing but
perhaps q drink Of warm water, a:
food or slops may kill her. The act Of
a SOW In eating her young Is often the
fault Of the owner In feeding heat-pro-
ducing food prior to farrowing. and
giving little. or no exercise.-Prof w.
]. Fraser.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
PRACTICAL VALUE OF 1U0ER
- CuIlN.

VOGUWs
While the use Of tuberculin rs q
diagnostic Of tuberculosis Of cattle
has been undoubtedly abused in many
instances where forcible entry was
made. into private stables BY unpro-
fessional. uneducated employees Of
state onlcials. the fact remains that Il
Is. properly used. . reliable and valu-
able agent In detecting the presence
of the disease. There need be nothing
hidden in the use Of tuberculin. Any
intelligent farmer may use It success.
fully himself with q little instruction.
We have given such instruction many
times and results following the first
use OF the agent have been mere than
successful. This being the. case we
have always advised that tuberculin
should be employed when there is rea-
s0nable suspicion In the mind of an
owner that one of his cattle may be
amicted with tuberculosis and more
especially when the udder is the seat
Of the trouble.
We 6nd that It II . common thing
for . milch COW to show the following
symptoms: The udder becomes caked
(gargetty) now and then and RECEIVERS
without treatment. There IN no good
reason for the attack. The COW suf.
fers no chill or fever. She eats well
and appears healthy. The milk from
the affected teat or quarter is changed
In quality for but . few days. then be.
comes normal again. Tuberculosis is
never suspected by the owner. but In
these cases We always suspect It and
consider 1t by far the mcst danger
0us form Of the disease 20 far as users
Of milk are concerned.
Quite recently . cattle breeder sent
% the following report OF COW owned
by him: "A four-yearold COW dropped
her first calf, carried full time. Inir.
teen months ago. and has. not stood to
service yet. She was . very poor
milkef and the calf was taken from
her when three OF four months old aSd
the COW dried OF. In . short time 1t
WAS noticed that one Of her rear teats
was larger than normal. a though It
might have been caked . little in dry
ing her up II has gradually Increased
In size until now that quarter Of the
udder is about i've inches aeroes, hard
and hot. What shall I do for It? The
COW seems In first rate general health
with the exception Of one eye which
became irritated while On pasture last
Summer and seems blind now. She
has had no grain for sevefsl months.
as I thought II possible she would be
more apt to breed II reduced IN Aesh.
An eumination shows the mouth Of
the womb % tightly closed that I
! have been unable to introduce hard
rubber dilatoe about 4 inch in d.
ameter. What do you think OF the
case!"
The owner was advised b, us taat
ne suspected tuberculosis and gwen
, fun instructions - to the making Of .
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
the AMERICAN ROYAL STOCK
SHOW.


From the Farmers' Review: Kansas
City. No.-Breeders and importers o.
DRAFT and coach horses are taking .
lively interest in the coming Amerf
can Royal Live Stock Show. to be held
in this city October 1924. and the In
dications are that the exhibit Of horses
will be large one. and one OF excel
lent quality. Nessrs. Wolcott. Beers
Z Co. Of Kansas City have offered
$500 in cash prizes for the horse de-
partment Of the show. Mclaughlin
Bros. Of Columbus, O., and Kansas
City, have Just announced that they
will contribute $500 to the fund for
prizes, and that they win exhibit 30
to 20 Of their best animals. Crouch
4 Son Of lafayette. Ind, and J.. w.
Robson. have also signifed their In.
tenti0n to enter large numbers OF AMI
mails. It 10 expected that the Perch
eron association will offer q. liberal
sum in prizes. The success OF the
sheep department, one OF the new de-
partments to be added to the show
this year, is assured. Dwight Lincoln
Of Milford Center. O., secretary Of the
American Rambouillet Sheep Breed
ers' Association. and r. w. Harding
OF Waukesha, Wis.,, breeders Of Short
horn cattle and Rambouillet sheep.
are working enthusiastically to get .
large representation of their favorite
breed. They have raised 500 by
individual subscriptions to be added
to the amount offered by the Kansas
City Stock Yards Company for prizes.
The stock yards company offers 500
In cash to each Of the breeds Of sheep
exhibited. Leading breeders OF Cots
void. Shropshire, Southdowns and Ok
ford Downs have signined their inten'
ton Of taking part In the sheep ex'
hibit. The erection of q new barn
to be used for the sheep, goat and
swine exhibit, has just begun. This
will take the place Of the tent used
last year for the swine and goat ex
hibits.-Jn0. NJ. Hazelton.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10

Tribute % 9e0et1oh 60e00o.
Hearts and hands Of wives and
widows Of American soldiers who par
tieipated In the war Of the rebellion
have reached across the Atlantic ocean
in . greeting OF love to the half score
Of ex-union soldiers who are residing
In their native land-Sc5tland. On IN
esst-bOund express train which left
Chicago recently there reposed . com
mon wooden box. In that box h .
large American nag. II BY 20 feet. and
. bronze tablet. Is by q inches. The
two are the tribute Of love and honor
to the Standardization soldiers who
fell on American battleAelds lighting
for the preservation Of the union and
are presented by the members OF
Abraham Lincoln Post No. 1O8 OF the
WOmen's Relief corps Of Cook county.
IL is the Intention Of the members
of the corps to have the 6ag draped
about the monument erected to Lin
COINS memory. representing "Emanct
patton by the Scottish people at E1in-
burgh. The tablet was placed on the
base Of the monument on Memorial
day.
The Columbus journal., 1903-06-10
lsoo.rd. ussd Do 3.,n Cannon.

eo0o1roo O0o0 % tSom C10n00.
A rival has risen to the great
American mule a IN adjunct to
military compaign. You might guess
q long time. but never think that the
beautifully spotted leopard has proved
the equal Of the prize American kick
er in hauling howitzers. army wagons
or other vehicles. The leOpards were
first introduced for this work In UpO-
gOfo, in German East Africa. and now
II is not IN unusual sight to see the
Jungle beauties chained to the wheel
of labor
The leoparls must be caught when
young and carefully trained. They
rapidly become dOcile and will work
the best part Of the day with one
meal. A substitute must now be
found for that time worn saying
about the leopard's spots. as appar-
emily the African savage has changed
the beasts treacherOus nature into
one of domestic content.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-03
WARMER AND
DRIER THAN AVERAGE

The month of March just closed
was warmer and drier than the aver
age by a good margin. 1t was Il meek
and lamb-like March, all the way
through There was one bit of a
snowstorm, but considering that
there were u days out of the 81 with
at least a trace of rainfall, it was
wonderfully well-behaved and decent
month.
March Is we got the mercury up to
which means about so
degrees down on earth, where the
rest of us live. The coolest tempera-
ture registered was Is degrees ON
March l. The mean temperature of
the month of March for the past %
years has been 80 degrees. The past
month showed mean of 43 degrees.
March of 1894 was equally warm. but
there has been only one other March
in the past ID years that has touched
that high mark, and that was the
month of March, 1878. Then the aV-
erage for the month was 4S degrees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-03
Sealed ProuosaIs.
ordinance.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the Office of Leonard NJ. Drack. arch
itect, until l o'clock. April 20. 1908,
for the erection of a three-story
county infirmary building. Plans and
specifications may be seen at the Of
flee of the architect. Each contract
or is to accompany his bid with a
certified check of two (2) per cent
of the amount of his bid. the same
to be made payable to the board of
supervisors. Should the successful
bidder fail or refuse to execute for
NAL bond for the full amount of the
contract within one week after the
same is sent to him. his certified
check may be declared forfeited, and
the letter of acceptance of his pro-
poSal may be revoked. and all obliga-
tions on the part of all persons act
ing for and in behalf of the county of
Rock Island in connection Herewith
will be released and annulled.
The board of supervisors reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Rock Island. H.. April I, 1903
LEONARD NJ. DRACK.
Architect.
r. II. LEAS.
p. y. MERRIMAN.
WILLIAM FILBERT,
Building Committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-04-03
Severe Attack of Grip Cured by One Bottle
of ChamberIain's Cough Remedy.

Severe Attack of Grip Cured by One Bottle
of ChamberIain's Cough Remedy.
"When 1 had an attack of the grip
last winter (the second one) l actual
ly cured myself with one bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy" says
Frank w. Perry, editor of the Enter
prise, Shortsville, n. Y. This is the
honest truth. l at times kept from
coughing myself to pieces by taking
teaspoonful of this remedy, and
when the coughing spell would come
on at night / would take a dose and
it seemed that in the briefest inter-
val the cough would pass off and l
would go to sleep perfectly free from
cough and its accompanying pains.
To say that the remedy acted as a
most agreeable surprise is putting it
very mildly. l had no idea that it
would or could knock out the grip,
simply because had never tried it
for such purpose, but it did, and it
seemed with the second attack of
coughing the remedy caused it to not
only be of less duration, but the pains
were far less severe, and L had not
used the contents of one bottle before
Mr.. Grip had bid me adieu,'" For sale
by all druggists.