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The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
What Hurt the RritiSher.

"Among the stories told at the re-
ceptiOn to General John c. Bates by
the Society of the Army of Santiago
the other night said the Major, was
one of Captain Reeves of the Third
Unite! States infantry. While at
West POin, Reeves was asked to show
two officers one British, the other
Prussian. about the grounds and build
ings. In the museum the Prussian
officers found much to interest him.
but the British officer was inclined to
be cOntemptuous or patronizing
This British officer, by the way, be
lonSed TO the Seventeenth hussars.
:.e was particularly annoyed al the
display Of oldfashioned kettle drums
which had been captured from the
British IN the revolutionary war Di
vining that the subject would not be
a pleasant one to his guest, Reeves
said nothing. and the British officer
proceeded to enlarge upon the inutil-
ity Of the kettle-drum display. The
Prussian officer dissertcd from this
view and explained that he was not
able to understand why the British
officer was SO prejudiced against ket-
tie drums ThereupOn. he took up one
OF the drums and, turning it over,
found an inscription TO the effect that
i. had been captured from the Seven
teenth hussars in the revolutionary
war. No one made any further re-
mark. Inter Ocean.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
An Apology Of War Iime.

The story of the old brick church.
in Fairfield county. South Carolina.
where in 1903. the Associate Reformed
Synod of the CarOlinas was organized,
has found it's way into Northern pa
pers. The object of this paragraph is
mainly to set forth the fact indicated
in the first sentence and to refer to
facing. This inscription. as those
familiar with the old church know,
runs about as follows:
Citizens of this Community: Please
excuse us for defacing your house Of
worship so much. 1t was absolutely
necessary to effect a crossing over the
creek. as the Re5s destroyed the
bridge" ..
This legend was signed simply. "A
Yankee" The occasion for II was
found in the fact that pews. flooring
and sIeepers had been brought into
requisitiOn to construct a bridge by
which the Federal troops might be
enabled to cross Little river, the Con-
federate5. as stated. having there de-
strOyed what is known as Kincaids
bridge. The legend and the delicate
feeling which prompted it's inscription
have in them lesson of particular
and appropriate interest these days.
since they reveal. as the New York
Times puts IL. ''the existence. even in
the worst of the other days. Of feel
ings that led naturally to recOncilia-
ton .'-GastOnia IN. c. Gazette.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
The lono Hco,

A Canadian writer On swine cays.
Some of US seem to think wien We
see a pig stretching out and growing.
and not getting fat, that it is an ex-
pensive feeder. But this is not neceS
sarily the case. 1t does not neces-
sarily cost cent more to produce a
pound of gain in pig of the right
bacon type than 1t does in any other
type. have tried to prove it, but l
could rot demonstrate that the bacon
type Of hog is expensive to feed. l
find it is an economical producer of
bacon. There is no prccf that it costs
more to produce the bacon hog. II
you get the right type and have a
healthy, growthy, thrifty pig. that will
stretch out instead Of getting fat and
Jurnpy, you will have hos Tia. will
feed economically. TEe.e may be
some difference in regard to their
suitability fer pen feeding and gra-
zing. 1 think some Of the best sSa-
zers are the American breeds. and
possibly the Berkshircs. That Is my
experience SO far cs We have gCa,.
but we have rot followed 1t up very
thoroughly yet
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
"Cid Ninth" in Reunion.

The recent reunion and dinner Of
the veterans of the "Old Ninth"
Eighty-third New York volunteers,
which was held at New York recent
ly. the occasion being the forty-secOnd
anniversary of the departure Of the
regiment to the seat of war In 1861.
was one of the most pleasant and sue
cessful of these entertainments. The
"Old Ninth" is one of the very few
militia regiments that went into the
service of :he United States as a unit.
served three years during the war. and
when il was mustered out of the Unit
ed States service was able to keep up
its organization and resume it's place
in the National Guard of the state.
That it was enabled to do so was due
70 the efforts Of it's friends and men,
bers. who had for various reasons
left the service before the expiration
of the full term. The Ninth regiment.
National Guard. New York. to-day car
ries on its COlOrs the names of the
various actions in which the "Old
Ninth" participated.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29

1t was often the case" said the
major, who was in reminiscent mood.
that the wound which seemed trif-
ling at the time proved more serious
than the wound that received the at
tentiOn OF surgeons. In one battle I
was shot through my sword arm. and
about the same time was struck on
the shoulder ty falling branch OF Q
tree. The wound in the arm healed
rapidly. but the shoulder is lame to
this day. A man in our company had
two fingers shot of and receives q pen
sion. but in a mountain fight at q later
date he sprained his ankle. The
wounded hand gives him no pain or
trouble. whereas the ankle that was
only sprained, and which received lit
tie attention at the time, has been for
forty years a seat Of discomfort and
pain.
AT the last reunion of our COM
pany a man shot through the body at
Shiloh was one Of the most active
OF all those present. A man who es-
capped all the flying bullets at Fort
DOnelsOn and caught cold the second
night was one of the most feeble One
Of the boys had a toe shot of at Cot
ton Hill was the best dancer. and the
best marcher Of the old days was as
stiff as a spawned horse. A man who
had been thrown twenty feet in the
air by a mine explosion was as lively
as a cricket. and the fellow burned
through putting his lighted pipe in
his pocket to escape the notice Of
the officer of the guard was a
cripple. Our colonel. wounded three
times In as many different
battles. was there in more robust
health than he ever had in the army.
carrying his 50 years as he carried his
% on the march to the sea. while our
captain. who had been struck by a
spent ball in front of Atlanta. counted
an invalid.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
CAMPFIRE
TILES

considered too undignifled for % i'm
pOrtant an occasion. and the song Was
rejected.
Not to be outdone. young Lambert
came from New Haven to his native
village with every member Of his
class to attend the reception given the
troops on their home coming. The
students had memorized Lambert's
new song. When Johnny Comes March
ing Home. They had set 1t to the mu-
sic of one of their rOllicking college
drinking songs. What the song lacked
In dignity and patriotic spirit II made
up In life and action.
As the soldiers were passing under
the triumphal arch the students
struck up the song. When Johnny
Comes Marching Home wasn't ON tho
program. but II made such an instan-
taneous hit that the multitude SOL
diers and all took up the joyous
strain and kept singing 1t to the ex-
clusiOn Of all the rest Of the fine
ceremony that had been arranged.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
was all they wanted. Louis Lambert.
the smart Yankee lad. had won his
point and was the biggest man In
New Britain.
News Of the episode spread rapidly
all over the country and requests for
the song commenced to pour in from
all parts of the north. II became one
OF the most popular Of all the war
time songs and is to-day frequently
sung and played.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
liQht 6rahmas,

The leading variety Of the Asiatic
class is tne light Brahma. This fowl
has q history that would fill pages
were It recorded. They are the fowls
which caused the hen fever of the
fifties, about which SO much has been
written in later years. Their early
history Is ; matter Of controversy, the
best authorities differing as to their
origin They were first known as the
"Erahra Poot-as.' Gray Shanghais,"
"Ctittagongs," Cochin Chinas," and
wh.t not. The early breeder named
them according to his fancy for high
eourtfng ard sensational names to
sell l1fs stock. Fabulous prices were
paid for them when the craze for fine
poultry vas at It's height in the early
Gays Of the list half Of the present
Gentry. The standard ct the present
8rchra fowl E.as Gzed IN 1869. ard
70 deviation from the type adopted
ti,ec has been made. It has stood
high IN popular favor since then With,
out abatement; the vast number of
breeders ELo are raising them fully
attest Iseir Gcrth as pr1cttcaI bird
to the lnGustsy-Geo- e Howard.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
A,uu a. r.. Potomac Reunion.

The Society of the Army of the Po-
tomac held its reunion az Boston June
25 ard &c The surviving general ofi-
GERS of the army of the Potomac. who
were the guests Of the state at the IN
yelling ard dedication Of the Hooker
monument Thursday. June %. were
present as guests Of the society
The reunion is the third 10 be held
il Boston. and the society this year by
express invitation not only of the
commonwealth and city but also By
invitation of the Grand Army of the
Republic, the Loyal Legion and the
Sons of Veterans. A delegation con
sis;ing of representatives Of the gov.
crnor and mayor and Of each of the
organizations named attended the ded-
ication of the Gen. Slccum equestrian
statue On the battlefield at Gettys-
burg last fall. and there presented to
the society the joint Invitation To ac-
.cpt the hospitality CT Boston this
summer.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Rahccck ard Ge-ser Tcsts.

In the United States and Cac.da,
and even ir Australia Gni Kew Zea-
land, the s,bcock test S considered
supreme is Z CeterUicc- c, the TT
in butter. BIT II Ho',end a,d Ce--
many, the cc-tsr tcst g The Gavc-;.c
It is also I'D TO "a EcEirg ccrc:Ge,-
ahle hea6--ay IN E-c,.c-1 T-cce thct
use It c;c-r t2cG II g -aore -cc--,tc
tkan the .scs,ccci test We don't il
this c.r re ai,b-tcoic.ci One Llny
IN faycr c: 4 gc-Lc5S : lcct il does
not recci-e iac C5c 81 cli1n-rsc 1c;d,
vr:ch scmc Gis lie % ,cro.c c. 20
,:ave aGocrc- Tic 3,!ocock ics.., hoy
ever, 1aS bess-d = he -Eyc-In-c cp;,-
io1 CT the .e,di-g Cci,y chemists O..
The wcrii- IS ieedr ri c.eIiTc
tegt It Is IrCS-oiy olcc-ic~ % coy-
.Ii.g n existence. cnt creeping .he
Gerber.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Manipulatino the udder.

D. w. Howie says: Some people are
opposed to so-called wet milking. I
can see no objection to this style. pro-
viding the mixer keeps his hands
clean. In fact, think that dry strip
ping is one of the causes of warts in
the teats. My plan is to milk dry and
strip wet. Manipulation of the udder
comes under the head of milking. A
Danish veterinarian has devised a Sc
ries of squeezing of the udder which
are to take place after the mixer
thinks he has finished. The manipu-
lations are supposed to be the means
OF extracting every last particle of
milk. this of course being the richest.
The operation takes two minutes and
the results gained are claimed to more
than pay for the extra time consumed.
This gentleman certainly cannot claim
to be the originator of manipulation
or the udder. You can all prove this
by bringing to your minds the num-
erous times you have watched a litter
of pigs taking their nourishment. 1t
Is there you see true manipulation.
The calf. and this is more to the point,
also knows how to manipulate. 1t
simply gives its mother a bunt that
jars he: to the backbone and in this
way secured creamy milk. 1t may be
all right in the old country, where
labor is only worth twenty dollars and
q suit of clothes per year, to spend
two minutes extra to the COW in get
ting this surplus milk, but in this
country do not think it will become
very popular. Especially as you can
accomplish the same results by sim
ply initiating the calf giving the sep
arate quarters of the udder several
chIgs with the hand when you are
stripping.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
pcnuiar Civil War Scros.

One Of the most popular of tie civil
war songs. When Johnny Comes
Marching Home. came near being
stified az its birth II was written by
Louis Lambert, a rI'iye Of Connect
cat. and a graduate Of Yale AZ the
outbreak Of the rebellion he offered
his services to the Governor of his
state, but was rejected on account of
his youth. So he remained at college.
His father and brother were in the
northern army-Jcbn Lambert. ST..
and John Lambert. j.. A great num-
ber CT the Connecticut troops were
coming home on furioush ard the peO-
p.e in the town where the Lamberts
lived were making great preparations
for giving the soldiers a ~elcOme
home" Louis was the poet If his
class at Yale and was asked to fur
rish a poem for the occasion. He
y--ote When Johnny Cones Marching
home with the reception committee
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
In Milk TESTING.

No test, whether the Babcock or
some other will run itself. 1t must be
handled by a man not only honest, but
also competent The test is acurate,
II everything connected with its max
Ing fs right. There are numerous
things that need to be looked after.
The milk, before the sample is taken.
must be thoroughly mixed. This can
not be done by merely stirring it
around. Such stirring may still leave
most of the cream in the upper part
It must be mixed by pouring the milk
back and forth from one pail to an
other. The temperature OF the milk
being tested should be the same for
each sample. The acid must be exact
in quantity and uniform in strength.
A failure at this point may give only
unreliable results. Then the speed of
the machine should be that given in
the directions for making the test. A
too low speed may give results below
the truth. When the bottles are taken
from the machine II is well to put
them into wafer at $50 degrees Fatr-
enheit, 60 that the tat will remain
liquid till read.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
CraeSncpper "Driftino."

The movements of grasshcppers are
OF considerable interest to farmers
that have fields likely to be devas-
sated By them. There seems to be q
difference as to causes in the East
and West determining direction. IN
the West It las been observed that
these insects advcrce against the
wind, when It is only light breeze.
The drifting is therefore in the cppo-
site direction from that taken ty q
boat driven ny the wind The grass
hopper evidently does cot care in
Ehct direction he jumps. Els !rmp
IS decided by his liberalization to
etend eidew.ys 70 the wind. Like a
weather vcne he presents his sharp
est ,,cint 10 the w:cd- When he
jumps 1t u in the same direction.
Strange 10 esy, In the Eas. MS came
custom Ncs &c, becc observed Tre
sncects 90 nc: seem - like tie wfmd,
and II they Ecd depressed c>ca Efil
cccumulc.e n i IN greet cvcr-s, de-
yCEriog cre-y edible Ereen tS:ag.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Anthrax an Old Disease.

Anthrax is the oldest contagious
disease of domestic animals of which
re have any record. In prcfane his
tory the disease is mere or less ac-
curately described before the Chris
tan era In sacred history it seems
to be identical With the dreadful Egyp-
tan scourge described as the Sixth
plague" Plutcrch mentions out
breaks Of anthrax IN Rome about 7x0
B. C. Another writer Of Italian his
tory says that the disease was ex-
treme.y fatal 10 live stock towards
the middle and last OF the sizteerth
century. A. d. UnscrupuIous meat
vendors at times sold such diseased
meat to their customers which result
ed in mEIy cases Of deIth :rcn an
thrax In man. On this account the
senate at Venice prohibited, Under
penalty Of capital punishment, the Of
ferirS for sale Of the neat ct cattle
Affected by an;hT1C.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Humus and Moisture.

Decayed vegetable matter is humus.
To have . good soil We must have .
supply Of vegetable matter In 1t. The
chief advantage Of this Is in enabling
the soil to hold water to q greater de-
gree than would be the case did 1t not
contain water. The eastern garden
ers have been surprised sometimes to
find that their soils would not respond
to commercial fertilizers and that the
land vas becoming apparently very
subject to drcuth. The trouble was
that the humus had been exhausted
by year after year growing crops upon
1t by the help of commercial fertil-
izers without putting on q particle OF
barnyard manure or turning under
green crops. At the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station tests were made on
soils with q good supply Of humus and
those with little. as to water content.
On one soil the humus was found to
be 3.35 per cent Of all. The water
content was 16.4S per cent. The
other soil contained 2.5 per cent OF
humus, and the water content was
1914 per cent Of the total. This dif-
ference has been figured out as about
q quart Of water per cubic foot of soil.
which would mean over 10000 gallons
to the acre. In a dry season this dif-
ference would be very great factor
in the maturing Of the crop.
Plants do not eat: they drink. All
food is taken In a liquid condition.
II the water is absent the plant
starves. The humus supply is there
fore of prime importance in the devel-
oping of our farm crops. There is
another great advantage In having q
soil rich in humus and that is that
the soil does not give OF its water so
rapidly as do soils where the humus
is wanting. The roots go after the
food and moisture ard get them, but
the water does not SO rapidly pass to
the surface of the ground. The hu-
mus acts as a sub-earth mulch, II
such a term be allowable. It hinders
the pumps Of the SUN and wind from
taking moisture out Of the soil. but
helps them to take the moisture from
the leaves of the plants, which meth
cd is serviceable to man.
At the station mentioned the two
soils were saturated with the same
amount of water and exposed to the
sun and wind for ten hours. At the
end of that time the soil with the
largest amount of humus contained
612 per cent of its water. while the
other soil contained only 3.94 per
cent.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Brown Leohorns as LAYERS.

From Farmers Review: In my
opinion Brown Leghorns are the best
layers of all the hens and lay a large
egg, as they are bred to-day larger
than Plymouth Rock hens. of
course breed in my pullet line the
large sized S. c. Brown Leghorns and
not the small kind. as they did for
years back. They are easy to breed
and hatch well, and l can get about
as many chicks from IS Brown Leg
horn eggs as can from 100 Plymouth
Rocks, and Brown Leghorn lays well
for many years, while a Plymouth
Rock lessons it the second and third
year. l feed well cooked grain and
vegetables but this food does not fat
ten them, while the larger breeds get
fat and fat hen will not lay. My
experience is tha' ! can make more
money in raising eggs for market than
I can in raising poultry. To raise early
chicks for spring market is very ex-
pensive, and in the fall prices are toe
low for any profit. The S. c. Brown
Legaorn is a very stylish bird. 1t
pays to produce eggs for market and
tie Leghorrs will do the job. They
are called the egg machines, and so
they are.-H. N. Meyer. Berkes Coun.
ty, Pennsylvania.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Shade In Pastures.

From Farmers Review: My pas
tures are t,-se and il both Ct them
there Us aIe--y of shcae, ccd when the
suc is hot the cadIe, hc-5cs Snt
ehecp Un keep close II Ile c1ade- /
do rot believe hat II L Vas oot good
fcr them they would keep II ihc shade
hut would lie in the SUI. WceE the
veziher is very Ect hey keep close
uncer The shade, zrd xsea It gets
cooler they come fc.rn God Craze =
nv pastures had I'd ehaSe rcrN
erect posts and cover Eieh tcc-ls 10
keep them from the auHTS cEA-
J. IL Beine. Fond du Lac Cot:lty.
Wisconsin.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
FccHIrQ Breed Sosss.

Ec- brood eou fc Cs-ter md very
c..lv sprtng, /. Is atwayE cAv,scb!e to
Sfxe then access % = piece Ct carly
coEE Cte1t @ cEc. md % see tk4m
..eve limited amount OF nicely curex
clover, cl.:::a G. cow-@. .zy ~ Esy
Gf serietv Ct ceeS- Sorghum stalks
grow. es s custonc-y ic@ .ke p-rfec~
lion " cy.up- II ItEi.ed ca<,.tty,
Inskc N cxceiler, aSeftica % SNe "a
tsck rke Esi: tsssg 70 be evctGe6
sa carrying hcs. q ikis set .i.pcxh
tne vL1tkS. s q ftrstSnt cce2 G1et.
The gTs1fer the variety Ct cheap ma
tcrfHis Hke 0ae tte better the COWS
vfu G0-G. ". Waters.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
To Dig for Coal.

LINCOLN.-The Dunbar Mining
company Of Dunbar. NeO.. has filed
articles 0f incorporation with the Sec
retary Of state. The company is cap-
italized at $4,000 and incorporated by
]. B. Lichtenwaller. Thomas Murray.
H. W. Kruse. J. c. Walker. J. A. and
T. Fl. Dunbar. F. r. Rose. c. ]. Mullis.
A. G. Hamilton. H. p. Anderson, G. F.
Collins and F. Haschenburger. all local
promoters of the company. Mr.. Mur-
ray. who came to Lincoln for the DUR
pose Of fling the articles. states they
had 24-foot vein Of coal in sight and
that active preparation for developing
what they think te be a rich field
will be begun at once.
The Columbus journal., 1903-07-29
Raising Chicks in Breeders.

From Farmers Review: In our
management of brooders in raising
our young Orpington stock after We
have gotten the young chicks from
our incubatOrs and hens to our brood
ers, we run them at uniform heat of
IS degrees, keeping it thus for the
first two or three days, gradually low
ering it degree a day until 80 de-
grees is reached, and then keeping
heat so the chicks will not crowd.
We feed nothing for first seventy-two
hours, then we feed Chamberlain S
chick feed-fed exclusively every two
hours for the first week, then four
times daily until a month old, and
after that three times a day. After
the first few days we vary the feed
by giving rolled oats, cracked corn,
wheat and green ground bone, keep
ing cut clover to scratch in. Fresh
water is always before them. We get
an early growth of lettuce for the
little fellows. and, as soon as possible,
let them out of doors, keeping them
scratching and moving continually
We dust them frequently with lice
powder. 1t goes without saying we
clean our brooders daily. At two
months of age We place our young.
sters in colony houses and leave them
free to run on the range, feeding
morning and night cracked corn
varied by wheat and oats.-J. w.
Eastes, Knox County, Illinois.