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The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

sorv notes. now and hereafter given,
should be extended for ten years from
face OF note.
That the law should be SO amended
that instead Of districts Immediately
a,cne railroads getting the entire bene-
fit Of the school tax accruing from said
railroads, that said tax should be dis
tr;buted equally among all districts in
the county voting bonds. inasnuch as
al, districts must assist in the payment
os the bonds.
l. l.. CORNELIUS.
AND OTHERS.
These bills were passed: No. is. by
Davis OF Buffalo. to permit township to
buy land for cemetery purposes: No. "a
by Jones Of Richardson. to make the
town clerk, treasurer and justice OF the
peace constitute the town board: No. s.
by Perry Of Furnas requiring all app'f-
cants for attorneys certificates to have
an education aside from that in law
equivalent to a three-year high school
course before admission: No. g. by
Jones of Otoe, fixing fees for notarial
service: No. IS. by Koetter of Douglas.
providing for school districts In metro
politan cities paying the cost of the
bond furnished by the treasurer Of such
districts: No. Is. by Perry OF Furnas. re-
lating to sureties and stays Of execu-
ton. making no material changes in the
present law: No. 81. by Loomis Of Dodge.
recurring school teachers to be at least
1! years of age and otherwise fixing the
qualifications Of teachers.
Douglas OF Rock. as chairman OF the
house special revenue committee, re-
ported that the joint committee had
failed to complete its work Of drafting
a revenue bill and could not submi- such
a bill for a few days.
New bills were introduced as follows:
Relating to regulations of the Soldiers
Hcme at Grand Island by abolishing
visiting and examining board. To regu-
late the purchase Of books by the state
library, the university library and the
Nebraska Historical library. Relating
| to hail insurance companies. prohibiting
the retention of more than three-fourths
Of the premium for expenses OF the COM
pany To establish an experimental sta
ton west Of the Tooth meridian. in the
state Of Nebraska. fixing the control and
MANAGEMENT OF the same with the board
Of regents and making an appropriation
Of S. 600 therefor.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
Wagner Royalties

Accounts are published In Germany
showing the amount of royalties earn
ern in 1902 by the compositions OF
Richard Wagner, says the Westmin
ster Gazette. The most lucrative OF
the operas was "Lohengrin," which
was played 997 times in Germany. 42O
times in France. Holland and Italy,
and 31S times in England and the Uni
ted States. and brought in f13.6O0.
Next in popularity came "Tannhaeu-
SER" played 26s times in Germany:
and 21O times elsewhere. at . profit OF
s7.O65. The Flying Dutchman" earn
ed E2.55O, Die Meistersinger. ES.-
coo. Tristan and Isolde" e7O0. while
the "Walkuere," "Rheingold." 'Sieg-
fried and "Gotterdamerung" brought
in s4.4OO among them. The total
royalties of the year were 100000.
and this figure does not include the
Bayreuth receipts.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

L.
A committee of attorneys from Omaha
appeared before the joint judiciary COM
mittee and urged for the retention Of
the supreme court commission. The
committee represented the State Bar
association. also the Omaha Bar asso-
ciation. Three bills making different
provisions for the retention of the COM
mission are pending before the legisla-
ture The committee championed none
of these in particular. but argued that
the multiplicity Of cases demanding at
tention of the supreme court made es-
sential the continuance Of the commits
sion.
I'm my judgment 1t will require at
least a month for this committee to
complete its work in proper shape" said
a member Of the joint revenue commit
tee in reference to the task confronting
a subcommittee appointed to codify all
the revisions Of the revenue law made
by the committee at large. This COM
mittee consists of these members: Sen
ators Brown and Pemberton. Represent
atives Thompson. Sears, Loomis and
Sweexy. Its work is to whip into shape
all the fragments Of revision thus far
produced by the main committee. whose
work is incomplete. Then the main COM
mittee Is to resume operations and play
for the goal by means of the codifica-
ton of tho subcommittee. Under the
circumstances, therefore, the introduc-
ton of a revenue bill is a very indifinite
proposition. Certainly there is good rea-
| son for the general opinion that no such
| bill will be ready this week and prob
| ably not for a month. as the member
quoted intimates. This member does not
! look for any sort Of complete revenue
bill. but merely a few amendments. By
| this same gentleman the substitution OF
| the Kansas bill for the Nebraska Law
last week was explained. -Four Of the
committee were absent" he said. land
that left ten at the meeting: six Of these
voted to repudiate the committees for.
mer action in taking the Nebraska Law
and substituting therefor the Kansas
bill. Four opposed it"
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

that tells of the deeds her sons have
accomplished with the sword. The
State Legislature appropriated $25.OO0
for the ptfpose of erecting this monu-
ment three years ago. and since that
time Mr.. Beck, the sculptor, has been
working on clay models of the figure.
The statue will rest on solid granite
pedestal twenty-three feet high.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
HOUSE.

Speaker Nockett called the house to
order at ll:ao on the sth. after 4 weeks
adjournment. Belden Of Richardson in
troduced this resolution. which vas re-
Ierred to the committee on revenue:
Your petitioners. residents and taxpay-
ers OF said state. present the following
resolutions:
That Ne think It unjust that In case
property b mortgaged the property ana
mortgage should both be taxed.
Thet the law Of fluaitatiou On promis.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
New Monument for Shiloh.

The bronze figure that is to COM
plete the monument to be dedicated
to the Illinois soldiers who fell In the
battle of Shiloh has been shipped from
Chicago to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
The statue was cast by the American
Bronze Foundry company, from q
model made by r. w. Book, Chi
cago sculptor; it weighs 1000 pounds.
The figure is thirteen feet high, with
a seven-foot square base, and repre-
sents the Mother of Illinois" in SIT
ting posture. On her head she wears
a diadem filled with jewels, typifying
her sons. In one hand she holds a
sword, while with a finger of the other
hand she marks the page in history
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

American conditions change import
ed dairy breeds. 1t has been fire.
auently remarked that the descend
ants of Channel Island cattle imported
to this country Increase In size in q
few generations. and that the Amer
ican Jersey COW is larger than the
Jersey COW on her native island.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

Evaporation from Land and Water.
Water in invisible form is always
going up from the visible surfaces Of
our lakes, rivers and seas. This is
regulated and controlled by the heat
of the sun and the amount Of water
in the air. There is also . great
evaporation going mp from the land.
even when not covered with verdure.
Just how much this evaporation is we
do not as yet know, and probably
never will know very approximately,
as soils differ immensely in their
porosity. There is another factor that
now comes in, and that is the height
Of the water table in the soil. thing
that Is seldom taken into considera-
ton when estimating the loss of soil
water. It now appears that the higher
the water in the soil the greater the
evaporation. Some recent tests were
made at the Wyoming station to dem
onstrate this point. The evaporation
from an open tank was taken as q
basis for comparison. When the wa
ter table was kept at only six inches
below the surface, the evaporation
was IS per cent Of what 1t was in the
open tank, showing that the six
inches Ct soil over the water table
had very little effect in checking evap-
oration. When the water table was
lowered to II inches below. the evapo-
ration sank to 20 per cent. At Is
inches the evaporation was IS per
cent and at % inches below the
evaporation was IS per cent. Alkali
in the soil was also found to retard
evaporation somewhat
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

The United States has 10000 miles
of railways, upon which there are 54S
employees for each 100 miles. The cost
of operating these roads with steam
power is $5O2, SOC, 900 a year; but to
carry on the same amount OF work
with men and horses would cost the
country $11,9O8 ,5OO, O,000.-Exchange.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
Ohio's War Governor.

"John BrOugh," said an old soldier
recently, was one of the strongest
characters in Western politics. His
best friends never excused many
things that he did. but they stood by
him. He was honest beyond question.
and courageous to a fault. He was
aggressive and merciless in his aggres-
siveness, but SO was Stanton, and, by
the way, I remember that In 1865.
when Brough declined to be q candi-
date for reelection. 1t was understood
among the public men in Ohio that the
governor who had done SO much for
Lincoln, who had been the strong arm
of the war department. was to sue
ceed Mr.. Stanton as secretary OF war.
But events that were epoch-making in
their influence followed one another
rapidly. Lincoln was assassinated.
Brough sickened and died, and Stanton
remained secretary of war.
Il remember the first week In April.
1865, when all Columbus was excited
over Grants pursuit Of Lee. On Sun
day, April 3. four or I've Of US went
over to the state house hoping to hear
news Of Lees army. All the omces
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

life. be placed at full mast for today a
q token Of respect to the memory q u
lamented saviour of our country.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18


Among the many not-to-be-expected
products of Arkansas are pomegran-
ates, says the Little Rock (Ark.) Ga
:ette. The Agricultural Burea at the
.apital, has received a specimen Of
ais fruit that weighs one pound two
ounces and was larger than a grape
'ruit of average size. 1t was grown at
Hope by Col. G. w. Virgins, who has
several pomegranate trees in his yard.
Ill of which bear fruit. Arkansas pro-
iuces many novelties along with her
agricultural staples.
Possibly the people CT the frozen
lorth would think that Strawberries
N Christmas day are no more Of
,ovelty than football on New Years.
let Arkansas can beast of both
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
Present Play by Oscar Wilde.

"Salome." by the late Oscar Wilde.
was given in Berlin the other after
noon at q matinee before an invited
audience, a public representation hav-
ing been forbidden by the police. It
was a tremendous success.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
Subsidies cs Various Powers

France gives the largest subsidy to
shipping of any power. The total
amount. including postal subsidies. n
So. SOC. 900 a year Japan comes next
with about $3.000.OOO and then Ger.
many and Russia.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

Good fortune never gets to walking
right in without knocking untn q man
can have private" printed on his Of
fee door.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
HOUSE.

Immediately after convening on the 10th
the house passed house roll 80. by GregS
Of Wayne, requiring notices Of district
school board meetings: also No. 100. by
Hanna Of Cherry. providing for the es-
tablishment of not less than three or
more than five junior normal schools in
western Nebraska: also No. lcl. by Kittle
OF Sherman. raising the tax levy in town.
ships for road purposes from to mills.
Bills on first reading included: To pro-
vide for the location of grain elevators
on the side-track and right-of-way of any
railroad. corporation or company In the
state Of Nebraska by any person. firm.
corporation or association Of persons by
making application to the managing Of
ficers Of said railroad for an elevator site.
To authorize and require counties. pre-
circts. townships or towns. cities. villages
and school districts to compromise their
Indebtedness and issue bonds in pay
ment thereof. Regulating the organiza-
ton and operation OF corporations. asso-
Citations and societies to transact upon
the assessment plan. the business OF acci-
dent or sickness insurance. To provide
for the state ownership. control. con-
struction and repair of all bridges OF five
hundred feet or more in length, within
the state on public roads. To prevent
fraud in railroad tickets. This is an ef-
fort against scalping in unscrupulous
manner. An act making 1t unlawful for
any person to make, engrave. possess.
keep or have any engraving implement
for forging. counterfeiting. falsely alter
ing. stamping or dating any railroad
| ticket. To provide for a lien on grain and
seeds for threShing.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

It is an illwind that does not blow
q drivers dust in the eyes OF . man
who Is trying to beat him.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

The number of passengers carried
by boats on the great lakes is from q
quarter to . third Of q million each
season.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
The Bob-Tailed Nag.

ITO hear all these bands playing.
see these flags flying and watch the
horses prancing around" said a Con-
necticut veteran. reminds me that In
the spring of 1864, when Gen. Banks
was in command at New Orleans.
three brigades were encamped at Ba'
ton Rogue. A review was ordered and
Admiral Farragut was to be the guest
of the occasion. With SO distinguished
a visitor, the bandmaster of each regi.
ment strove to have a better pro-
gramme than would be given by any
other. Besides the regular stock mu-
sic, "Star Spangled Banner" Red
White and Blue" Yankee Doodle
and Dixie" the band of the Twenty.
fourth Connecticut had a dozen of the
catchy airs of the day. believe they
are known as rag time
For the occasion, Gen. Banks and
his staff were handsomely dressed and
superbly mounted. The uniforms OF
Admiral Farragut and his staff were
resplendent, but their mounts were
such as could be secured on short no
tice, and were not only poor in flesh
but also lacked drill. A large white
horse was furnished to the naval chief'
1t was bony and minus a large part
of its tail, the remainder of which was
kept nervously in constant motion.
The bugle sounded, and the column
passed, marching in splendid form to
the music of the various bands, each
doing its best. OF course, the march
ing men could not see what kind OF
hcrses that had been provided fer the
guests, and as the Twenty-fOurth Con
necticut approached. the bandmastel
gave a peculiar sign and the band
struck merrily into I bet my money on
the bob-tail nag, duda, duda. day.
Gems. Banks and Grover were chag
rined and were about to order q
change of music when they observed
that the admiral was laughing heartily
and, with hat in hand, was bowling low
to the men from the Nutmeg state
He appeared to take it as a compli
ment from the regiment to him on his
recent passage of New Orleans, prob
ably as a prophecy of his future
achievements. and was enjoying II
thoroughly.
'The generals were relieved. and
what at first seemed to be an awk
ward predicament proved to be one Of
the funniest and most enjoyable Incl
dents of the day.-Washington Star.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

The frst electrical railway vas that
" Siemens Of Berlin in 1879.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

Every year farmers lose heavily
through the insects and fungus that
attack their plants. RaapbeEIies and
other small fruits suffer ~ well - the
.arger economic plants. Spraying vim
save the crops that are now permitted
to be taken from the hard-lab0gins
ausbandman. The eurrants and other
bushes need to Be looked after II they
are to b expected to yield . crop at
all commensurate with the amount OF
labor and money that has been ex'
pended on them. At this time OF year
u the proper season for preparing the
outfits to be used later. The man
with . small garden to protect will
not need the large apparatus Of the
man that has an orchard, but In either
case some apparatus II essential Ev-
cry kind OF fruit bearing plant needs
different treatment from every other.
and this u Q natter that should be
studied now. A soon as spring opens
the fruit grower or the vegetable
grower should be fully equipped for
the work Of spraying the plants he u
trying to grow. The great danger ID
that the Wellintending fruit grower
viii defer making his purchases OF ap-
paratus and materials tin 1t u too late
to get ready for the Arst and most nee
essaIy sprayings. II his product Is At
tackled BY insects or fungus later. sub
seQuent sprayings viii not repair the
injury, for Il must be remembered that
spraying n . preventive and not . cur
alive. Spraying ~ an adjunct to the
other operations Of horticultural ef-
fort has been well proven to be valua-
BILE. There is still some prejudice
against 1t in many quarters, but the
preponderance Of testimony Is over
whelmingly in favor Of the practice.
Year after year the writer has noted
In his vicinity the rose bushes
bleached BY the attacks Of insects that
could have been easily kept Oh BY the
use of . small hand sprayer. Ger
tainly the things that We labor to grow
are worth spending little more on to
nroRorvA
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

A small voice in q man often has TIE
same effect as z hole ic a nickel.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

The farmers of this country own
about 100000 900 acres of woodland.
ten times the acreage of all the fed
eral forest reserves. Most OF 1t con-
sists of small woodlots from which
the owners derive their timber sup
plies for farm purposes. IL was to
help the farmer in caring for his tim
berland that the Bureau Of Forestry
several years ago undertook to fur
nish him, without cost. with the serv-
ices of its foresters. The offer proved
popular. and applications for assist
ance have far exceeded the ability
of the bureau, with its limited num-
ber of trained foresters. to answer
them. During the season just passed
the bureau has accomplished more
than ever before in putting small
wo0dlots under forest management
and in teaching the farmer how prop
erly to treat his timber. Two experts
nave been employed in the North and
South who have examined and have
put under management several thou
sand acres of woodland. A great
deal of wood Is consumed every year
on the farm for fuel. posts. poles. and
other uses. Ordinarily, the farmer
cuts what he needs without thought
as to whether he is lessening the
power of his forest constantly to
yield its supplies. The result is that
the forest becomes poorer every year
and less able to furnish the wood its
owner needs. The skill the farmer
exercises in the management OF his
crops is not of the kind that enables
lin to manage properly his timber.
He needs the services Of a forester.
Usually, only one visit to the farm by
the bureaus expert is necessary, and
this service is given without cost to
the owner When. as occasionally
happens, a second visit is needed, the
owner is required TO pay the travel
ing and living expenses OF the expert
while employed at the work.
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18
HOUSE.

-
Kearney. moved that the house go into
committee of the whole to consider H. r.
ll2. bill introduced by Deles Dernier of
Cass to authorize and empower boards OF
county commissioners or supervisors to
make contracts for the construction and
repair of bridges. to buy material and
employ the necessary help to construct
or repair the bridges. The matter was
discussed at much length, but definite
action was not taken. Bills were intro
duced: To amend section SSa. article 1.
chapter xviii. Compiled Statutes. by re-
curing clerks of district courts to file
notice Of foreclosure or payment Of mort
cages with both county treasurer and
clerk. Emergency clause. To authorize
county commissioners to appropriate un-
expended balances credited to any pre-
cinct to such precinct. To permit the
payment Of money arising from the sale
or purchase of irrigation bands or cou-
pons at county treasurers' offices as well
as state. H. r. :ol. by Rouse. relating to
district court fees. A joint resolution re-
lating to the unexpended balance I'm the
hands of the Nebraska State Relief COM
mission, created by an act Of the legisla-
ture at its twenty-fourth session. and to
provide for converting said balance Of
$se6e6 into the state treasury.
The house on the 18th concurred in the
senate's amendments to H. r. 60. reduc-
ing the appropriation for legislators ex-
penses from $4,000 to $2SO00. 1t was
shown by a report by the house deficiency
committee that the reduction was war
r:nted. as last session thousands of dol
cra.ions. which are not required this
year. These bills were read the third time
and passed: HI. r. S, by Shelly of Doug
las. to prevent and punish the desecra-
ton of the federal flag: H. r. lsS. by Kit
tel Of Sherman. repeating the wolf bounty
law: HI. r. LIS. by Burgess of Lancaster,
known as the anti-printing trust bill. was
recommended for passage. New bills in
trcduced were: To establish an expert
mental station at or near Crawford, Neb..
fixing the control and management Of the
same and making an appropriation Of $1S.-
6oO therefor. Providing for holidays to be
known as Lincoln and Mckinley anni-
versaries and Flag day. February Il,
January = and June II. respectively. To
amend an act to give an award for the
discovery OF coal. iron ore. gas and crude
oil. and to provide an appropriation Of
$4,000 to pay the award. To provide for
the abandonment Of operations by irriga-
| ton districts and for their disorganiza-
| tion. To provide for full width Of public
| roads OF sixty-six feet and to keep them
| unmolested.
This resolution by Cropsey Of Jefferson
was adopted:
Whereas, This. the 18th day Of Febru-
| ary. being the anniversary Of the birth
o. Abraham Lincoln: and.
Whereas. His memory Is revered by all
people. his ability and loyalty acknowl.
edged and admired. his unbounded love
for humanity and devotion to principle
marks him as an honorable example fol
eenesations to come: therefore. be It
Resolved. That the nag Of our country
for which he gave his services and hi,
The Columbus journal., 1903-02-18

Points in Cata1pa Growing.
VIM. L. Hall: With close planting
and cutting back two years afterward.
thinning will become necessary with
in eight or ten years from the time
Of planting. Some Of the trees will
be large enough for fence posts. and
II the work Is judiciously done good
returns may be secured from this
first cutting. When the first growth
is bushy and undesirable, . better
growth can usually be secured by cut
ting the stand clean and reproducing
1t by sprouts. A clean-cut stand
should be protected by occasional
strips Of timber left uncut for the
protection of the succeeding crop OF
sprouts. This is especially necessary
on the prairies where heavy winds
prevail, for the young sprouts are
very tender and easily broken on
during the first year or two Of their
growth. The protective strips are
best run east and west. as the most
damaging winds are from the south.
The best growth of Catalpa Is not
obtained in pure plantations. This
statement is contrary to general
practice and belief. for almost all
Catalpa plantations throughout the
country are pure planted. The advan-
tage of q suitable associate tree Is
that by shading the ground, 1t will
keep out weeds and grasses and kill on
the lateral branches Of the Catalpa.
thus giving the tree a straight. clean
bole to the height Of Is to 20 feet.
The best trees for planting with
Catalpa in the Middle West are
Usage Orange and Russian Mulberry.
Growers need not hesitate to force
the growth of their Catalpas. as the
wood is apparently just as good when
grown fast as slow. The rate OF
growth makes no difference in the
sale of the product. Only shape and
size count. DR.. Won Schrenk finds
that Catalpa wood, IL cut from the
living tree, is one of the most dura-
BILE tinbers known. No fungus has
yet been found that will grow In the
dead wood. The wood Of living trees
is attacked by two fungi. one caus''
ing q soft rot. the other q brown rot