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The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

DARK NESTS: A. REAR VIEW: b.
FRONT VIEW.
-(Pouitry Craft.)
ment Of partitions between the three
nests. When this board II on, the
nests are light enough for the fowls
to ind them. but too dark for them
to see the eggs very distinctly. At A
IL seen the ear Of the nest box, which
has . cover that can be raised mp
when the eggs 3 to be gathered or
the nests renewed. Such nest boxes
should not be nailed to the floor or
partition wall, but should be hooked
fast, 30 that they may from time to
time be removed and thoroughly dis
infected.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

One Pearl Nnlet Plant Ten Feet Hlgh.
at different prices. Of these the
United States Department OF Agricul-
ture has collected . list ID follows:
African cane. African millet, Bajree
millet, Black millet, Brazilian mille:.
Bulrush millet, Cat-tail millet, East
Indian millet, East Indian pearl mil
let, Indian millet, Egyptian millet.
Horse millet, Japan millet. Nand'S
wonder forage plant, and Pencilaria.
IN Germany. Spain, Africa and India
numerous other names r in use.
Its origin is not known. but IN sup
posed to have been Africa, from which
locality It was brought to this con-
tinent by the Spaniards at . very ear.
" date. It was described by writer's
more than 200 years ago. It has col.
tainly been grown In our Southern
states since about 1875. but how much
longer than that Is not known. In
1873 the United States Department Of
sent seeds of this plant
to various parts Of the country for
trial. The plant was found valuable
for green forage. Within
the last few years different firms have
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
The Loving Young Wife

the beautiful girl. "Of course, II may
he that the stones are not precisely
what q would term gems Of the first
water. Yet to me the pin seems Q
genuine bargain"
The Croesus smiled rel1ectiyely.
Would you mind telling me. my dear.
the reaso Of this sudden economy On
your part: 1t would appear that my
little wife is grown wonderfully pru-
dent in her expenditures"
I am afraid you give me too much
credit on that score" said the young
wife. The fact is. the pin Is guAran-
teed for five years. and"
"And?"
Well. to speak plainly" returned
the young woman. as il struck N
that 1t is likely to wear quite q long
rs you are likely to live. Il would b
the height Of extravaSanee to purchase
a more expensive rin!"
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

the TOlferin0. It's pretty handy FOX
you. But the prices are steep. What
do you think our check was? We
had jalienne soup and chops-juse
plain lamb chops-nothing fancy
about 'em-and-"
What was this business you want
ed to see me about, keppler?"
We'll. I was just going to tell you.
To begin with IN tell you. may
be I'd better look In some other time.
II isn't really . matter Of any great
importance and you may be too busy
to listen"
Co ahead. I'm busy. but IL there's
anything I 81 do for you"
That's just what I told Ton. We
were talking about one thing and ar
other over our cigars. Do you smoke.
Simpson,"
NO. What did you want to ask me
about"
Well, Ill tell you. Honestly, I
think you're busy now and Id like to
talk this y at leisure with you
some time. No. I won't bother about
1t now"
The business man sighed. We'll IL
you WON'T" he said. turning to his
desk.
Tom Dempsey" began the visit
tor.
Say. you'll have to excuse me now"
said the business man, looking at his
watch. I've got some work here to
finish in . hurry. GOOd-by. Call
again."
oh. goOd-by." said the visitor.
rather stinly. Il didn't mean to take
your valuable time"
He walked out Of the ONCE with an
air Of offended dignity and q 500 as
he had gone the business man took
down the sign that he had prOpped up
against the bill file and threw il into
the waste basket.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

What The Trap te6es ohoWod.
Trap nest boxes hive been used
during the season, to limited extent:
ana there II no Doubt - to the value
Of these nests when one % desirouS Of
building mp . Aock Of good layers. -
II clearly shows the drones - veil as
the heavy producers. It 10 equally
valuable In breeding exhibition stock,
which requires sur and accurate pedi.
gree breeding. II Il quite true that
these boxes require Considerable at.
tention: but the results Tar more than
repay the time taken In recording the
number OF eggs laid. BY the use Of
these nests. We found that one hen
in the pen did not hy . single eGg.
although always bright and Vigorous:
another did not lay more than seven
eggs before becoming broody: while
still another never showed the least
inclination to eft. This last hen laid
$50 eggs during the nine months in
which the box was in the pen.-On-
tari0 Report.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
0irue for the Old Year.

Toll, toll. toll.
Where the winter winds are signing:
Toll, toll, toll.
where the scmber clouds are hying;
Toll. toll. tot.
A Deeper. sadder knoll
Than sounds for q passing soul
Should tell Of the Old Year. dying.
eplries OF beauty and light.
Goblins Of darkness and night,
From your sunny paths. In the azure ~:
From the 6tygtan shores. where tS
shadows lie. .
From your coral homes. in the ocea"
caves. $500
From the fsigid North. where the temp
est raves.
Come to the pale n dying.
Hsrk. to the falling Of phantom ieet
Beat. best. beat. beat.
Like tn solemn sounds, when n sufse"
meet.
On the shores Of q mighty river.
They are folding h dead in ms VIM
ing-sheet.
To q him away forever.
A rush of wings on the mionight "iho-
The fall of q shad0Ny portal ,.
And the rood Old Year % true ana kin0'
Passed 20 his rest. but left behind
The record Of deeds immortal.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

No advocate OF agricultural educa-
ton has eve maintained that mere
study, even Of books on agriculture,
will 1T . young man for farming. Far
from II. We are well aware that moth
ing can take the place of apprentice
ship In every department Of farm
work. and that no amount of theor-
etical, or even practical knowledge OF
the minutest details can attain suc
without good management and
constant exercise Of industry, pru-
dence and economy. What We do
maintain Is that neither theory nor
practice should stand alone. but that
they should 60 hand in hand, and the
farm apprentice receive instruction in
both; in fact, We are unable to see
how any one can doubt the statement
that the young man who has chosen
agriculture as his occupation will be
benefited by acQuaintinS himself with
the experience Of the most successful
farmers, by studying their practice
and discussing the principles and
maxiEs which guide them on their
way to successful. James Mills.
Ontario Agricultural Col
leSa.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

fear1 0lllee Heads: q. before blossom
ing: b. In blossom: c. in seed.
advertised 1t under new names. charg-
ing rs high rs $3.50 per pound for its
seed. At the same time other firms
were selling the same kind Of seed
under the name Of pearl millet at ~
low u II cents per pound. A Ger
man firm did even better than any
American firm and sold the seed at
the rate of ten for q cent under the
name of "Peruilaria." This brought
in about $50 per pound. 1t 10. how
ever, to the credit Of American seed
houses that only . few of them have
sold this seed for anything else than
pearl millet-
Pearl millet has considerable value
- q soiling crop. and for this purpose
our farmers can afford to grow 1t
quite extensively. especially those that
have dairy cows to carry through the
summer drouth. It grows best in rich
moist alluvial soils. and on such soils
very large yields are sometimes OBJ
tanned. It Is. however. . gross feeder
and takes . good zeal Of substance
from the soil. The ground should be
deeply plowed and well pulverized. to
give the roots an abundance of room
for feeding. Pearl millet is by ma
tire Q tropical and semttronical plant,
but has been gradually acelimated
further rorth. The seed must there
fore be planted in the ground after it
becomes warm. else it will never
sprout. The principal use of the mil
let in the north 10 for soiling, and for
this purpose it may be sown in drills
30 inches apart. It should be repeat.
edly cut for the cattle when 1t is three
or four feet high. The cutting should
not be closer to the ground than Eve
six inches. so that the plant will
start up again. The plant will grow
to . height Of ten feet or more II a.
lowed to do so. but ct that size {.
becomes woody and II ef little value
for soiling purpose: On poor soils
SIX to eight pounds IRE used per acre.
bot on rich soils the amount need not
exceed four pounds. Some follow the
practice Of sowing It broadcast for
the purpose Of making millet hay, in
which case about half . bushel Of seed
10 seeded. But little can Be said In
favor q this - . hay crop. for two
reasons: II Il b allowed to become
mature e d too large and coarse and
woody tor eDod hay: II cut for hay
When. Only three or four fest high Il
contaips- ahovt - per cent Of water
and - extremely hard TO cure. II Is
probable Tat II Il were made into
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
Ambushina Party Ambushed.

Il remember" said q veteran, AN
a%mbushing party on Cotton mountain.
An Austrian lieutenant in one Of the
companies OF the First Kentucky
called for volunteers to make . raid
to the rear of the rebel camp, sup
posed to he near the white house or on
Laurel creek. Two men volunteered
from each company, among them .
man named Clemens. from Company
c. The scouting party reached the
rear Of the rebel camp. and the mel
could not resist the temptation to
blaze away ut the oflcers and men
loungfng about unaware Of the pres
ence of an enemy. Our boys fired .
volley. regardless Of consequences.
from the high ground back Of the
white house, and created more Of .
commotion than they expected.
There happened to be at the
White House a rebel 0ficer of expert
ence, and, quietins the panic among
his men, he quickly organized IN At
tack on the attacking party. The
rebels fred from the White House At
short range at the Uni0nists. All Of
the latter freed except Clemens, who
stood in the open and fired his mus
ket two or three times. Then . rebel
with . rifle at Q rest fired ut Clemens.
the ball striking him squarely between
the eyes, and he fell dead with musket
in his hands. The lieutenant and his
squad retreated, and, although pur.
sued almost to the river. reached
camp"
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
Our Poultry.

According to the census Of three
years ago, the United States has 233
million chickens, 6 million turkeys, 8
million geese and 4 million ducks. The
odd thousands are not given, as the
millions are lear enough. It win DO
seen that our common barnyard fowl
II . good ways in the lead. In the
matter Of chickens, the leading state
Is Iowa, which is credited with ID
millions. Illinois comes next with le
millions, and she Is closely followed
by Missouri with II millions. Ohio Is
also credited with II millions and
Texas has Is millions. Indiana, Kan.
sas and Pennsylvania have each over
10 millions. The smallest showing
was made by Alaska, which reported
only 176 chickens. In the total value
of poultry and eggs produced during
the census year Illinois led. and was
followed by Iowa and Missouri in the
order named. For the census year
the value Of all the eggs produced in
the United States ives IA millions
AID o. poultry products 12S millions.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

Pearl millet has been grown In thi9
country for about thirty years. ~
In that time has not excited very
much interest. Il has . few things
in favor Of Il, principally Its size ara
rapid growth. From time to time dn'
ferent seedsmen have taken hold Of Il
and have pushed It before the people
under new names, and in various
ways Q great deal OF seed has been
sold, sometimes 1t extravasant prices.
It thus happens that this plant has
now come to be known by numerous
names, and in the same seed catalogue
It viii sometimes appear under more
than one name and the seed quoted
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
Mans Friends and Enem,..l

n. MetchnikoR IN the discoverer OF
the phagocytes. those singular tenants
Of human bodies that fight on mans
side In the "~veritable battle that RACES
in the innermost recesses Of our be.
ings," and whose special function b
the destruction Of microbes. He SAYS
that at . given period In the life Of
the organism the phagocytes, pre.
sumably because the supply of mi
crobes 10 on the wane, literally turn
and devour the human bodies which
they inhabit-thcs the degeneration
Of specific tissue in old age II mainly
due to that tissue being invaded ana
devoured BY the larger phaeocytest
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

Watering horses.
A discussion Of the subject Of va
tering horses should take into account
the reasons Why water Is needed. the
amounts required. the proper time for
watering and related topics. says .
government bulletin. Horses, like
other animals. require water t. moist
en- their food 20 that the digestive
juices may permeate It readily. to d.
lutte the blood and other fluids Of the
body. and for other physiological uses.
1t may be assumed that under any
given normal condition the body con-
tains . definite amount Of water.
When any considerable amount Of Va
ter 10 lost from the body. . sensation
OF thirst Is experienced, showing that
more water IL needed to take it, place.
Practically all the water excreted
leaves the body In the feces. urine.
Precipitation, and breath. The amount
eliminated. in each. according to Wolf.
increases with the amount Of water
consumed, the largest amount being
excreted in the feces. In experiments
which he carried on. the total amount
Of water consumed ranged from 1865
kilograms to 34.272 kilograms (33.3
to 75.6 pounds). The feces contained
from 4O.3 to ATS per cent Of the total
amount excreted: the urine IRON IA
to 34.S per cent.
In addition to the water drunk by
horses. . considerable amount IL OBJ
tanned In the more or less ~succulent
food eaten. The amount Of water ~
quired is Influenced BY . number Of
factors. including the reason Of the
year, temperature Of the surrounding
air. character Of the feed. the individ-
ual peculiarities Of the horse. the
amount and character OF the work Der.
formed. and probably others. The
amount Of water needed increases
with the temperature and with the
amount Of work performed. since 1t
is very evident that both Of these fac.
tors increase the amount which ID
given Of from the body In the form
Of Precipitation. Muscular work also
increases the amount OF water vapor
excreted In the breath. According to
Grandeur and Leclerc. . horse used In
one Of their experiments. when at
rest. e~vaporated 6.4 pounds Of water
per day; when walking, Sc pounds;
when walking and drawing . load,
1877 pounds: when trottinG, 1874
pounds. and when trotting and draw
ing q load, FOG pounds. It IL evident
from these figures that the amount
of water excreted, and hence the
amount required, varies with the work
performed.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
WITH The
VE1EDAN

talked and swore about the situation
for IN hour, and then It clouded mp
again.
BY sheer force OF will power ~
marched toward where the sun came
up, but when the clouds obscured the
sun. I viii be hanged II the old impress
sion didn't turn our feet the other way
and, after blundering around In the
woods for some hours. We came to the
river We had left in the morning. A
farmer tried to explain to 10 that We
we're lost. but We booted at him. The
next morning. however, when the sun
came up again in the west, We went
to him in humble spirit and he guided
US to where our division was stuck In
the mud. The colonel was very gen.
er0us and In his o61cial report never
said . word about the w~anderings OF
his scouting battalion"
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

Where egg eating Is Q habit among
fowls. dark nests will be found very
serviceable; rs It becomes practically
for . fowl to strike On egg
hard enough to break 1t when It 10
In . semilight. In the arrangement
shown here the hens enter the nest
at b, from which the lower board has
been removed to show the arrange
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
TINE IS MONEY.
DON'T TAKE NINE UNLESS YOU,
!: CAN GIVE VALUE RECEIVED.


The business man propped this up
c0nspicu0usly against q bill fle and
then said YEARLY to the o-1ce boy:
Show him in"
A large, florid man entered.
How are you. Simpson," he said,
cordially. Are you busy?"
Busy pretty much all the time"
Il calculated you would be. but
there was . little matter I wanted to
see you about. I don't suppose I'd
have thought Of 1t hardly but Tom
Dempsey BY the way, did you
know Tom was married? Yes; he
married some southern girl-a Miss
Avery. got . bid to the wedding but
I didn't 90. LAmpson went and he
says she's about Is pretty q girl rs he
ever met. Comes of one Of those
high-toned old families. you know.
They only got back from their honey.
moon trip about three weeks ago.
But I guess you didn't know him very
we'll"
What was this little matter he re-
minded you of"
BLESS your heart, he didn't remind
me Of it! That's . pretty good Joke.
Ha. Ia! No. l was going to say that
Tom Dempsey and I had been to lunch
together at the TolferinO ard As II
was SO close by I thought I'd come up
Snd see you. l had 1t On my mind
some time"
What did you have on your mind?"
This matter I'm talking about. I
thought possible I might see you at
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
Milk Supply Statistics.

Jul SOepSy OS0NUOSUC0s
The United States Department Of
Agriculture has recently made q most
exhaustive investigation a. to the
milk supply Of some Of our largest
cities. The daily milk supply for each
OF these averages in gallons about a.
follows: New York. 2ss.so0: Chicago.
1s1y ZOO: Philadelphia, $500: st.
Louis, $500: Boston, $500: Balti.
more. $4,000; Cleveland. 5000: But.
falo. $1,000: San Francisco. 1900;
Cincinnati $4,000: Pittsburg, $4,000:
New Orleans. $500: Detroit, $4,000:
Milwaukee, 24.700: Washington, 1900.
According to the reports of per capita
consumption. Boston ses far more
milk than any other city, It being LII
pints per person per day. The people
Of New York city use ON IN average
about ~two-thirds Of . pint Of milk per
person per day. The Chicago people
8 ~threeiourths Of . pint. The least
milk is used In New Orleans, where
the people consume on an average
only about one!fourth Of . pint per
day. There is q great difference in
the way In which this milk II brought
to the cities. Chicago brings more Of
her milk by rail than any other city
in the country. only three per
cent coming in on wagons. The per-
centage of milk brought in on trains
for the different cities is ~ follows:
New York, IS; Chicago. 81. Philadel
phia. 80: st. Louis, q; Boston, so:
Baltimore, IS; Cleveland, "a: Buffalo.
IS; San Francisco. IS: Cincinnati, Is:
Pittsburg, 80: New Orleans. II; De-
troit, 50: Milwaukee. .; Washington.
81. It will thus be seer that In New
Orleans sc per cent OF all the milk Is
brought into the city by means Of wag.
ons. and that In Milwaukee and Gin
cinnati IS per cent IL brought In in
that way.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

Refuses Franchise to Women.
By . unanimous vote the PaSljameat
Of Norway has rejected . proposal 10
confer the franchise on women.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

sflaeo at this point Of growth tie
resultant stlage would - entiFoly 10
acid. q II the case with corn VIXEN
cut too green. II hay u to b Dade
Of Il, Il should b cut jusk - tAo
heads are appearing. We believe.
however. that Il viii best serve The
purposes Of our farmers - . summer
soiling crop.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
pA[' $b8G3#{s

mans desk. On 1t was printed in
large black type:
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27

Col. Samuel Wilson. Who bore the
reputation OF being one q the beav-
est men In the Union Army during the
Civil War. died at WllliA0spoet, Pa.
IN his I'D year. He VA . member oe
the Eighth Peansylvania Cavalry. and
Tor bravery was coWmiss8o0ed q Col.
onel BY President Lincoln. He served
through the entire var.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
Life Twice Saved BY Bible.

To the fact that he carried out The
expressed wishes of his aunt during
his career Is q soldier In the war OF
the rebellion does Walter G. Jones
of McDooough. n. j.. owe his life. Al
the outbreak of the civil war Jones
enlisted I'm Company c. Eighth New
York Cavalry, as a high private. When
he left for the front his aunt present
ed him with a pocket edition OF the
New Testament with the request that
he wear 1t over his heart in m espe.
cially improvised pocket, which he
promised to do.
Il was not until Oct. ~. 1864. that
Jones had aus to congratulate him.
self upon having followed his aunt's
advice. At the battle OF Cedar Greek.
made famous by the memorable ride
OF Phil Sheridan, . confederate mimic
hall struck Jones with such force rs
TO knock him nat upon his back.
Stunned for some moments he finally
recovered his senses and arose to his
feet. Then he discovered that the
bullet intended for his heart had
struck his little Testament about IN
inch from the top and imbedded itself
therein, from whence 1t Wal distracted
and placed safely away In Jones' hav.
ersack as q souvenir of the memor-
able occasion.
Six months later Jones again had
cause Tor thankfulness In carrying out
the wishes Of his aunt. and c0ngratu.
lated himself upon having his blessed
Testament in the little pocket over
his heart. During the battle of Ap.
pomattox, where Lee finally surren.
Aered, Q second ball crashed into
Jones' Testament. striking II about the
center. and spending its force before
It had penetrated the thickness OF the
precious book. This ball was also
found between the pages and slowed
away with the nrst In Jones' haver.
sack.
At the recent q. A. r. encampment
1t San Francisco Jones was an inter
ested attendant. where he exhibited
his well-worn and bullet riddled
Testament to thousands Of his former
comrades in arms.
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
Didn't Need Teeth.

When Gen. Butler was in command
At City Point, one of the newly enlist.
ed large Bounty MenD was on his
way to join the Third New York Light
Artillery. 1t was reported that he had
enlisted several times and got out on
account of his having false teeth. both
uppers and lowers. As he was get,
ting too near the front to be agree
able, he called ut Gen. Buffers head
quarters to see il his old trick would
work. On being ushered in, the gen.
eral, looking up with that cock eye Of
his. said: We'll, sir. what do you
want?"
General. I have false teeth. and
they say l cannot serve"
What did you enlist in" the gen.
eral asked.
Light Artillery" came the re-
Spouse.
As quick as a fash came the reply:
You won't need teeth to bite of
the end OF q percussion shell. You
will do"
The Columbus journal., 1904-01-27
SaW SUN Rise in West.

1eB. SalO ne captain, Il saw Inc
rise In the west, and I was never
worse ratified in my life. We started
On the TullahOma campaign with good
weather, and oar battalion. scouting
in advance, changed directions q GOOD
many times. However. We could see
the sun In the daytime. and the stars
at night, and We generally knew where
We we're. After two or three days II
rained steadily Gay and night, and re
found We didn't know much about the
country when 1t was vet.
One morning We received definite
instructions to march south 20 many
miles and then due East on q a
road to . river. which We were tn
cross and take position on the east
side. 30 n to protect the ford. II
Tained all day and most Of the night
and IT vas after dark when We reached
the river. The officers decided to let
the men rest and cross over To the
east bank 1t daylight the next morn
Ing. It rained steadily until after mid.
night. and then the clouds broke avay.
- O0 0W01u ASOm = % q. Wy Il
kept my eyes open for the frst siGns
Of day acr0ss the river to the east. The
dariDess seemed to thin out q little.
bat there Was no light In the east
There was. however. q growing lieht
n tbe west. and I called the attention
Of the o0cer Of the guard to II. He
thoaght T. wa the moon, but Il wa
not When daylight zane an the men
were avake and all were looking IN.
ward the west With troubled faces.
At the appointed time the sun came
~ to the west. o. what seemed to
- 10 b the west The impression
was % stEoag on minds that the
river Wa east Of - that We could NOT
reason our way out II the river VA
mt 10 on east. U the sun hadn't come
Up - Tie west. We weFe not where Ne
0agAt 70 be. We were not On the right
river, and not . man had the re-
mCtAst idea where We were We