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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
TO wOULD-BE SETTLERS.

San Francisco Argonaut.

Dan FRANCISCO ArSOndut
On June Is. 1903, one million acres of land
In California was thrown open to entry.
This may be taken up either under the des-
ert land act or as homesteads In l60-acre
tracts, The strip stretches from Mojave TO
the Colorado river.
We wish to warn all intending settlers TO
let this land alone. There is good deal OF
tai S about Sn making the desert blossom as
this one Nobody will ever do more for this
desert than Mother Nature done. The
only blooming that nature has brought
about there is that its freckled bosom bios
SONS with large alkan pustules. or pim-
pies, punctuated with sagebrysh and cactus
This sums up the fora OF the new promised
horned toads, lizards, ella monsters and
ven0m0us snakes. The soil is coarse and
gravel. and on top of the coarse gravel there
is a fine alkali powder which. when the wind
blows-and the wind blows often-sweeps
this scorching and barren land like the
dreaded sandstorms OF the Sahara, which,
by the way. they much resemble. Even far
to the southwest, across the lofty mountain
ranges. these desert sandstorms sometimes
sweep, reaching the favored jewellers In
ange groves. Even this distant touch of the
desert winds causes trees to wither. grass 10
scorch, and men and animals to suffer keen
ly. Over this dreadful desert the sun moves
like ball of fire. across a sky of brass
Rarely does a cloud break the Intensity OF
its pitiless rays
Those credulous persons who may believe
CATION, may be turned into a garden are
doomed TO disappointment. There is water
on this deseW strip. The waters of the Colo
RADIO may be led on the lands of the Yuma
desert. but that is far lower I'm level than
are these. Much OF this Mojavc strip is at
an elevation of two or three thousand feet
AS for artesian water, the writer person.
ally knows of one well which was bored for
nearly two thousand feet, ending I'm igneous
rock. and producing nothing but profanity.
The last hope for the settler on this barren
land would be the discovery of the precious
metals. They may exist there. We do not
say they cannot be found. But we know
that the, land has been prospectcd by ex-
perienced miners for half a century. III a
tenderfcot can find gold mine where an old
California miner fails, he is a smart tender
foot But We doubt his success
We warn all Eastern people not to be de-
luded by false, even IL well-meanng repre-
sensations concerning this strip Of land be-
tween Mojave and the Colorado river. IL is
strewn with the skeletons of prospectors,
the bones Of animals. Ii Is a place OF skulls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
THE FARM Is 1T.
A Discovery the College Boys May
Make In the West.

st. Paul Dispatch.
Popular imagination has been decidedly
stimulated by the reported exodus of young
men from Eastern offices and colleges. IL
is the compensation which the present Of
fers the past. The stream of migration
once ran the other way; and the picture was
seed" in less complimentary and less
ancient vernacular, who went up 10 the city
TO ind his fortune, perhaps even to found
IL. The truth of the picture was the fear
existing behind il. The city had met the
country before. aud knew what IL might
become with its fresh vigor operating
against the tattered energy of the city.
And so revenge was taken In picture be-
cause it could not be obtained in fact.
Imagination is working the other way.
chair with striped pants and gay necktie
and the impertinent office nose, or the
emaciated college youth with spectacles aud
his per diadem" as a celebrated Minne-
sofa solon once said of the reward of less
arduous labors than those of the harvest
field. And the bucolic imagination of KAN
sas is making ambuscades for these effete
young men and planning to show them a
thing or two in the way of strenuous living.
But the facts are that the adjective EFF
fete'' has fallen into disrepute even for
Eastern young men, and there are no more
hayseeds in Kansas or any other part OF
the commercial West. College athletics
have changed that on the one hand and
bumper crops to pay college bills have
changed IT on the other: The Kansas
lies at TIE end of the transcontinental rain
bow railway. but he wiN pay better wage
than can be obtained In any other Held.
And the Eastern youth no longer expects
the impossible in the dinng-room OF the
West. There has come to be a mutual
understanding. College muscle does not all
run into cerebrum, and denim Is not the
only rustic wear.
The Eastern young man will find few
seven-day wonders in the West He win
find out that farm life, instead OF being the
dead grind il was in his grandfather's day.
is the easiest life that a man can live, and
the best life, if a man wants TO be him
self. Hard work Is tradition on the farm
lit is longer condition Machinery
has lifted the burden, until farming has be-
come h sedentary occupation. There are
machines which will cut the hay and dry IL
and rake 1t and stow il i'm the barn all i'm a
day, so that there need be no loss OF. crop.
Wheat is subjected to the same magic: In
deed. there seems to be no opportunity left
for the inventor of farm machinery but a
maker and rain-dissipator- The hired man.
who, once upon a time, worked nineteen
hours and MIXED cows the rest OF the time.
has found his occupation gone. The cows
do not yet milk themselves, but tomorrow
is coming, and the creamery has done what
ii could.
This interchange of amenities should
suit in opening the eyes Of the man Of the
East to farm possibilities-to the ease Of
gentleman farmer, who is quite as much a
farmer as he is gentlemtn, is just beyond
the turn of the lane. II Miss Daskams
Aurelia had found her Already in Kansas,
she would never have exclaimed 'N'Yorks
the place"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02

and spend an moins four thousand francs
a year. / must borrow; he would answer
for Ii that | had voice.
AT the end of twelve months the situation
was this: Health gone, economical money
gone. hope gone For while few good
foundation stones were well laid. they were
but part of an impossible structure.
though with a shudder of those saddest OF
ruins, the gaunt walls of mansions never
completed. Somebody's Folly they are
usually called. So l stood at last open eyed
/ saw that Paris-the whole Latin Quarter,
at least-was filled with such ruins.
/ met men from the atelers. and their
faces told that they, too, had found them
selves out. Girls working at conservatories,
the whole art-seeking student world showed
me fearful percentage of ignorant fresh
men, some reckless. some apathetic from
despair. We never admitted to one another
that We had lost hope, but it was daily
occurrence for some one TO drop out. Not
by any means always to go home Think.
If you can. of more tragic homecoming!
am prosperous now, as you know, but
that is because of chance and certain grit
1 have. Yet / stood my little five minutes
on the Pont Henri Quatre at night and
good to look Others looked and jumped.
Two whom / knew starved. OF course,
genius survives and achieves, but only one
in a thousand has genius. The other 999
should stay in America and take a practical
art educa ton.
L was to have been a Calve, and. in
stead, am thoroughly equipped teacher
of the most advanced French method of
sight reading of music. / represent a
French school, and have already secured
pupils enough to pay for my studio and to
make few luxuries possible for the
father and mother who have stinted for me,
grieved over my baffled ambitions. and
who are now content as / am content.
l left that bridge of signs in Paris four
years ago and faced my teacher. defed
his rage and renounced opera training
When L had convinced him he turned me
over to his brother, who taught Sofia"
i assisted him with his English and Ameri-
can pupils, and so earned a meager living
while L fitted myself for the practice of
my humble art And there you are.
There is no need for me to draw the
moral of this experience. Surely it is patent
enough, and / trust worth while.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
MUSICIANS BURIED HOPES.


New York Mail and Express.
Knowing something of her talents and
curious TO learn the reason for her APP
parently willful abandonment of its Guilt
walton abroad. / have asked of my friend
Miss NJ. and secured from her the fol-
lowing instructive statement. 1t seems
to me that the lesson il conveys is one that
should be sown broadcast throughout the
United States.
l left New York, she writes. five years
ago with my head i'm the clouds and my
family firmly convinced that L should re-
turn in two years time ready and able TO
eclipse all former stars of the vocal
world. L was typical of Thousands of girls
and young men who sift into New York
from the fields of our huge country. and
sail away bright with hope and rich with
the family savings-the thousands who fail,
with all of horror the world holds.
They fail, not because they have been
backward i'm doing their best. but because
they mistake the caliber of their best. and
are deceived-grossly deceived-until II Is
too late.
| wanted to be Calve, / had heard
her once when visiting New York I had
studied music at boarding school, sung in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
a snake I'm a street Car.

But the snakes with which 1 have gen.
orally associated have mostly been the little
chaps, such as the lively two-foot garter
snake that L had in Kansas City street
car one day. / had picked him up in the
suburbs of the city, and before taking the
car back to The business section of the town
/ buttonec him in the inside pocket of my
coat. Now, anybody who has ridden over
the streets of Kansas City knows that in
places IL seems as though the cars were
climbing up the roof of a barn. When
graf strap in order to stand up. Presently
a seat became vacant beside me, and i sat
down. AS / did so glanced up, and there
was my poor little snake hanging to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02
a Bird Garden.
New York Tribune.


A bird garden is rather a novel idea, but
one which Is faithfully exploited Will prove
as real delight as any garden OF blossoms.
An enthusiast on the subject has set apart
a spot perhaps an acres extent as forbid
den ground for cats and small boys. and the
birds have become very tame. Bermuda
grass. whose matted tangles are a harbor
for bugs worms, covers the ground.
HydraHts are left dripping where the many
kinds OF feathered folk that this garden has
attracted my drink and battle 10 their
hearts content. There Is an abundance or
seeds and fruit. which mature at different
seasons, and old logs under which con-
gregate the fat grubs that are a bird q
delight. IL these natural stores seem 10 run
short at any time. sunfiower seed and crisp
lettuce hearts are spread on a stand called
the birds banquet board that none may
want. Strings threads and any cotton are
strewn about for nesting time, and as many
as twenty different species have been
counted building or rearing their young at
one time. Thrty-four varieties frequent
this Garden of Eden. and their sweet notes
and bright piumage make AZ charmtng
as any conservatory OF rare blossoms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02

strap ! had just left Various other peo-
pie noticed him at the same time, and the
ensuing exhibition would have enabled any
person in the car TO secure job as circus
acrobat at a handsome salary. After they
had escaped / put the snake back in my
pocket The conductor was a hero. and
stuck TO his post, but he put me or the car
and kept my nickel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-02

Senator Koyne--No. sir. Rather than let
my good right hand sign this bill, I'd cut
ii off,
/. Lawyer wright--well, senator. can't We
fix this up some way?
Senator Koyne-Certainly. I'm left
handed.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
Chamberlain Year.

Each year when the time for the
making of wine comes round, the own
ers of vineyards on the Moselle, in
pursuance of very ancient custom,
christen the vintage with the name
OF some important person who has
been especially prominent during the
previous year. Thus Garibaldi and
Bismarck have both figured as spon,
sors of certain moselles, as well as
Emperor William. This year the sea-
son has been cold and wet, and the
wine will be poor, so the vineyard
owners of the Moselle, having a pref
ty wit for Anglophobes, have chris.
tened their wine after Mr.. Chamber
lain. London Express.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Italy devotes 100000 a year to the
support of Italian schools in foreign
countries.
The total number of students in ii e
woman's college at Baltimore is show n
by the register to be 355.
The navy department has opened at
Washington school at which The
young doctors who enter the navy
may be instructed in certain branches
not to be found in medical courses of
civilian schools. These include ship
hygiene, signaling. sword practice,
naval law and kindred subjects.
DR.. George c. Houghton. rector of
the famous little church around the
corner" in New York. announces that
in future he will refuse to marry per.
sons unknown to him unless they have
reliable vouchers and acceptable Wit.
nesses. "This parish is widely knc WI
for its charitable disposition, says the
doctor, "but there is limit to the in
depreciation of charity, and l limit
secret marriages and marriages i'm
supported by family recognition
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17

A new and important use for refined
paraffine wax seems to have been dis
covered by n man living near Lam
caster, o. He had two trees which
were badly damaged by storm, one
being maple and the other an apple
tree. In each case, large limb was
broken down from the trunk, but still
attachedto it. The limbs were propped
up and fastened securely with straps,
very much as a broken leg might be
fastened with splints, and then melted
refined wax was poured into and over
all the cracks. The Surgical opera
ton was entirely successful. The
paratfine prevented the escape of the
sap, kept out the moisture which
would have rotted the trees, and pre-
vented the depredations of Insects
SucpeSS
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17

increase in size, chiefly, perhaps,
owing to the width that the unde-
niably lovely fur stoles give to the
shoulders.
Innumerable offerings of silk, laid
closely together, form the substance
of some of the newest winter toques.
The fur toques are wider and
trimmed far more extensively with
fur tails or lace, ETC., than they were
last year.
Certain makes of tartan are very
fashionable for street costumes, of
which the boS-plaited skirt is made
of the tartar, but the short basque
coat is composed generally of black
velvet with revers, and undersleeves
of tartan to match the skirt.
Coarse wool embroidery Is styl.
ish trimming for cloths OF hairy
surface, and is very effective looking.
Jet is also being revived in fringes,
and is seen in knobs and buckles used
in millinery.
Drop ornaments of every descrip
ton trim dresses, mantles and mil
linery. ELLEN DsMoNDE.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
HUMOROUS.

II hear you are going to marry old
Broa6acres." "Yes." For lands
sake!" "Yes"-Baltimore American.
Their -Muggins-"My cook
left because we refused to treat her
as one of the family" Buggins-
"Humph! My cook expects to be treat
ed as company. '-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Compens ation.-Hibbs-"I feel bad
this morning and there is no occasion
for it," Nibbs-"That's what hurts
One can afford to feel bad after an oc-
casion. indianapolis News.
Bunkoed Again.-'I don't think
much of this museum" said Jinks;
why, they amt got no skull of Ma
poleon Bonaparte, and the one l was
in, up to New York. has two" -Balti-
more American.
Customer-"That dog bought last
week has turned out very savage. He's
already bitten little girl and police
man, and" Dealer-"Lor! How e's
changed, mum! He wasn't at all par
ticular what he ate ere! Punch.
Author-"My book, sir, will be in eX-
istence long after you are forgotten"
Critic-"Yes, | should say that it is
likely to escape the wear and tear of
excessive reading. Boston Tran
script.
DE Ranter may not be elevating the
stage, but he has ideas that are up to
date and worth money. Why. that
man is now coming money playing
Hamlet il the one-night stands"
"What!" Sure; in the mad scene, he.
has Ophelia to sing In the Good Old
Summer instead Of those bum verses
of Shakespeare baltimore Her
aid.
Higbee-"Our friend Ranck is in Eu-
rope now, isn't hep" Jigbee-"Yes,
and he must be travelling under the
name of 'Stromboli.' >" Higbee-"What
makes you think 500" Jigbee-"A dis
patch from Italy the other day said
'Stromboli began to smoke yesterday.
and the people of the neighborhood
at once packed up and moved away"
Philadelphia Press.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
The DraIninr of HoIIoy,.

Hollows in grass land are of fire.
quent occurrence and often contain
the richest soil in the field, because
they have long received the wash
of the surrounding surface. If. neg
lected, however, these hollows will be
Improbable and may even become
nuisance. If water stands and
freezes on them in winter, it is apt
to kill the grass roots. If it stands
on them in summer, they soon be-
come filled with coarse grasses,
weeds and sedges. Often the soil
becomes soured by the stagnant wa
ter; but this may soon be remedied
by blowing it deep and turning it up
to the sun. Undoubtedly the most
practical remedy for the drainage Of
these hollows is the tile drain. In
cases where tilling is not practical
surface drain can be cut quickly
and cheaply, and it will prove valu-
able enough to pay well for the time
Npended.-Prairie Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
"sPEAKING A PIECE"
Son Had Hard Job on His HaA Is,
But He WAS Unexpectedly
Helped Out.

''Why does teacher make everybody
in school speak piece" complained a
Harlem youngster one evening around
the library lamp, looking up from the
piece de resistance" he was wrestling
with, says the New York Herald Il
think some fellows wasn't made To
speak p;eces-just as the minister sal
some folks never could spell. | never
can get this thing learned never!"
Benny" said his father, with be-
coming parental sternness, you must
learn whatever your teachers tell you
to. In my young days | always mind
ed my teachers, und-um- um-'' as
he caught an amused glance from his
wife's eyes-a .ock of smiling recol-
lection-''well, er-that is | always
tried to-you may go to bed now, and
try your piece in the morning. Good
night, my SON"
You nearly forgot that time in the
old district school, didn't you, dear?"
she queried, as the door closed on the
boy. MY sympathy is with Benny
now, just as it was with yon that long
ago day. Why will teachers persist in
trying to turn every pupil into the
same mold, like gelatine? Now, you.
never could or would speak piece in
your life, YOU know. What scene
you did make that day when the trus-
tees came for their Friday visit to the
school?
'And how my heart did tlutter when
ha tar - -,
whip and counted off the minutes he
gave you to make up your mind as to
whether you'd speak for the visitors or
take tlogging before them. Those
We're awful minutes to me-"
Yes, l saw you with your pretty
eyes full of tears, and that made me
decide to speal for no fellow wants
to get licked before his best girl.
Wasn't it a corker, though, that
speech:."
81 remember every word. expected
the lightning to strike you. He had
said he didn't care what you spoke,
but say something you must, and you
did. IN never forget you as you slow
ly rose up-just as Old Bones snapped
his watch, too-and you said, sol
emily:
Ion Lord of love
Look DOWN from above
Upon oEr poor trustees;
They've hired fool
TO teach our school
Beneath these v lloN trees"
"Ha. hal" and they both lauyhe,,
heartily with the memory, and 'ua!
ha!" echoed a boyish treble from the
stairway. They looked up, startled to
see Benny's grinning face above them.
That was dandy speech, dad good
'nough for me to use to-morrow."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
Germs in Farm Lands.

Under the direction of the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington,
Prof. F. NJ. Webster has been making
thorough examination of the farm
lands of Indiana and Illinois, in nm
effort to discover and destroy the
rusts and germs which are working
havoc among the crops. His exam
ination OF the extreme southern part
of Illinois, which is just completed,
has been very thorough and cx-
haustive, and the result is very graft
flying to the farmers of that section.
Prof. Webster claims that scarcely
any sections yet examined are more
free from destructive germs than
southern Illinois; and he attributes
this fact to the great diversity of
crops and to the rotation OF grains
prevalent in that section. A bulle'
will soon be issued, giving t.
ports and results of his lar
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
Don't Neglect Small rhIuss

If you do not give thought and at
tention to the poultry, do not be sur
prised at the small returns. 1t is one
of the largest interests in the world.
and you might as we'll gain from
their possession as others. An equal
value of hens will bring more dol
lars than the COW. If we could only
give this our thought and thoroughly
learn OF the true value of the hen
when properly handled, more people
would be in better condition finan-
cially. Despise not the day of small
things; one egg is small item, but
IN one year the total value of the
realty of some states is equaled by
the value of the eggs consumed in
our country alone.-Commerc ial
Poultry.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
The Selection Of pnl,.s.

When culling the stock and select
ing the young pullets thai are to
make the foundation of next sea-
sons breeders, bear in mind that if
there is any lack of vigor in them
then they will not be hardy when
fully matured. Hardness is every
thing in flock, for if any of the old
or young stock cannot pass through
the warm season of the year with
freedom from disease, they will not
prove profitable as layers or breed
ers. The getting of eggs from the
hens during cold weather depends on
the selection and management of the
pullets IN the summeY and fall
Poultry Keeper.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-17
FLOOR PLAN OF HENHoUsE.

ting, but the dust box is separated
from walk by doors made of matched
boards or sheathing and is practically
dust tight.
The second part, or scratching house,
is 1SNl2 feet. with AZ. feet posts, and
has one-half of the roof CT glass, also
the side down two feet, and one-half
of the end. Running along the glass
side the entire length, and level with
bottom of glass, is box three feet
wide and six inches deep, containing
soil in which lettuce, raGishes, etc.
are planted. This is shut off from the
chicken and protected by u door
which is made of poultry netting. Here
the hens live mostly in the daytime |
keep the floor covered four or five
inches deep with straw, leaves or
sawdust, and scatter the corn, oats or
wheat in this and make them work
for it. The entire house is undermined
with brick extending 2h feet below
the surface of ground and six inches
above. Both houses have ventilators.
My yard fence is built of posts 10
feet long, made out of old one-inch
iron pipe, sharpened out at one end
so they can be easily stuck down into
the ground. Fivefoot poultry net
ting and a bottom board II inches
wide was put on. The fence is easily
and quickly put in place and can be as
easily moved to pillow, etc.-Orange
Judd Farmer.