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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15
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THE MERcENARY SPIRIT AND sTMPLle
BY CHARLES WAGNER.
(1ranslaed from the French by Mary Louise Hendee)

passing
will in plant firm foot here persuaded many truths
possible OF
legislators ills have hitherto achieved has been
able to dispense with
representative of the
well wish with written language to do away with money
this question circulating medium troublesome 1t
r or9na,on Of oaer n have carried goa to a rank 50 eminent
atributng
side that shall attack the problem
merchandise II there
there
chandse will be e under what form The of
idea of things which
The idea of
justly considered
reasonable that wheat potatoes Wine fabrics
natural that labor
procure r M ISIS i 20 @ ,h @ ht h aav M the he analogy ceases to be
whose value represents @ @ mem m no. m mere y t b m @ 9s @ ~ @ sack 20 %
things which wise be bought sleep
He who offers them for
coin such the they sell what does not belong them and
heir dnn nav dcious values verab coin So too there are dealers
pleasure
the title of merchant honorable when represents man selling that
the of religion of country
Almost all agreed that to barter with ones sentiments his honor
% @ % NO. @ Contradiction m as @ theory and which thus stated seems rather
The etab
much is that going bring in
of nfamy impossible to describe
is
its limits and dominates
daily
me in this labor have only the desire to get the pay nohg @ e @ DE @ %
retrench pains
he
in
doctor in
desire
that you should suffer Longer ne is capable OF your ma @ h
of fortyng your strensh hhe instructor Of Ien VINO mo @ cares % ms ms
his teaching Indifferent still OF what value is the mer-
in
makes this labor void
and eorrupts IT. There are h s - 70 a, @ @ f m n @ uf % h'S
wage that every man who desoes ms energies Tor M s @ NE @ %
But greater social
the sole motive OF action The best we put into our
by strength of muscle warmth Of heart CON
precisely that for which no Nothing
Win M same forces and the same movements produce totally different re-
divergence of their
spirit the has singleness of
but the labor the one barren the other
like
through all eternity the others work like the
1h b secret which explains why many people while
1ong the very processes by which others
produce their kind and mercenary labor yields no fruit. . ~
becomes imperative combine
He of these crying necess
or an nomnen and runs the risk of sooner or later asking
those at whose pamony he has sneerea Ana yet wn @ m become &
end
Did mothers look
caring for us What would become ha p we asked
it 70 lowing n parents?
TRUTH Msundersandings sometimes
wounds
do good? ANNOYANCE nsraud even resentment
make
of
do
they met
No due certain
do note
generally little
gold
wherein the narrator regretted
folly
to is
pearls sole
go on increasin
characterized
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
SWEET CLOVER.

We believe that the sweet clover
which grows so very thriftily and luxu-
riantly all along the railway rights of
way through the west and which seems
perfectly at home on sterile gravel
knoll or cinder heap or flood deposit of
sand has use not as yet given to 1t
in an agricultural way. From the very
manner and type of its growth under
unfavoring conditions it is very plain
that as legume 1t is great gatherer
and storer of nitrogen in the soil equal
II not superior to any one of this nu-
merous family. 1t seems to be in no
sense an intruder or soil brigand, as
are most of our weeds, and is very
easily confined to the odd places where
1t seems indigenous, never, so far as
we have noticed, spreading into field or
pasture. We believe that this clover
might be sown to advantage ON run
down soils, the crop to be pastured
when 1t is young and tender, at which
time stock will eat it, and later be al
lowed to make big growth, as it will,
and be then plowed under for fertili-
zer, thereby greatly enriching the soil
We would like to see an experiment
carried out with this plant ON the lines
indicated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

Science has made wonderful prog
ross during the past half century, and
has given to the world some truly re-
markable Inventions. Perhaps in no
hne has this been more noticeable
than in that OF transportation, as the
benefits accruiny from these are not
monopolized by a few. but are en-
joyed by every citizen Of the onion.
From the slow-going stage coach to
the fast mail train Of today has been
but space of fifty years, and villages
which only few years ago were so
Isolated that the news of the world
reached them only at rare intervals are
now placed in hourly communication
with the busy city by the interurban
railways; and with the present sys-
tenn Of rural delivery Of the mails,
the country resident receives his mail
as regularly as his city brethren.
The changes that have taken place
are indeed remarkable, but those In
contemplation are even more so. The
one absorbing study Of the scientist
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
THE FARM HOME.

One of the most delightful farm
homes and at the same time one of
the best and most proftably conduct
ed farms of the west Is owned and per-
sonally conducted by college grad
uate, while the owners wife has been
a club and society woman and is also
graduate of an eastern college. The
home is a model of culture and refine
ment, while the farm work Is done
under business system and manage
ment which would do credit to any
large manufacturing establishment
Perhaps the curious thing in this case
is that both the husband and wife are
greatly In love with their work and
tell US that under no circumstances
would they exchange the freedom and
independence which they enjoy for
any kind Of city environment. The
most beautiful homes In old England
are found in the country. and Eng
lands best people live In them. 1t will
be that same way in this country some
day. Perhaps the greatest barrier in
the way of country life today is the
difficulty of obtaining reliable help.
the working classes preferring city
life even II they cannot make as much
money.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
Annnr sltnEr.


We have several inquiries as to the
sheep business, how to get started,
best breed to get and where to buy. IL
Ia not good time now to go into the
business on anything like large
scale, for the sheep and Its products
are high priced, and, then, any man
not used TO keeping sheep should go
slow In starting with big flock. No
one animal on the farm varies more in
price than sheep. One year they may
be worth S5 head and the next
dollar and a half. The time to buy
them is when every man who has
them wants to get rid of them. Again,
not all farms are adapted to sheep.
Level and wet farms are not suited to
them. They like the hills and the roll
ing land. They must be specially
fenced against or be hcrded under a
shepherd, and they cannot be success
fully pasturcd with other stock. For
a large part of the prairie country
there Is no better way than for three
or four farmers to cooperate and buy
flock of sheep and keep them under
the care of "A shepherd all through the
grazing season. In this. way each man
gets the benefit derived from the sheep
as weed extermlnator and land fer
tilizer, and they Gun be run anywhere
where there Is good feed for them.
This plan saves all bother about fenc-
ing and prevents many losses which
occur when they are not under the
constant eye of shepherd. Thousands
Of sheep could be kept all over the
northwest and kept very largely on
grass roughage and weeds which with
out them would be an entirely waste
product.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
SCREENINGS.

A few years ago the grain buyers of
the northwest used to make great
roar and dockage In grain bought be-
cause Of the wild mustard which 1t
might contain. While they dock just as
heavily as formerly, they do not kick,
for they are able to sell the mustard
seed for good deal more than the
wheat, oats or flax, the mustard later
appearing at 40 cents n pound ON the
table Of the man who raised 1t. The
screenings and weed seed which are
furnished by the mills of the north
west to feed and fatten hundreds of
thousands Of sheep every winter are
a pure gift by the farmer for this pur-
pose, the dockage demanded by the
mills making 1t cost them nothing. The
moral Of this is that 1t does not pay
the farmer to raise weeds and mus
tard, though lots of them do, and, do
ing 1t, 1t would pay them to clean their
grain and feed the screenings to sheep
at home
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
READY FOR AN ASCENSION.


of today, who Is interested In trans
portation, is the conquest of the air,
and while the people are inclined to
scoff at the idea Of aerial navigation,
such was the case at the birth OF all
our really great inventions, and little
credence was given to tho claims Of
the inventors. Recent developments.
however. prove that this question has
been solved. and it remained for an
Ohio boy to grasp the honor Of sailing
the first airship.
Captain Roy Knabenshue, the dar-
ing Toledo navigator, who recently
astounded the world by his successful
aerial flights, Is a young man 2S years
of age, and early in life showed that
nature had endowed him with a ven
turesome disposition, as his hazardous
feats when still schoolboy aston
ished his playmates.
He has always shown a keen inter
sst in aeronautics. and it was while
exhibiting a captive balloon on the
worlds fair grounds at st. Louis that
he formed the acquaintance Of Cap
tain Baldwin, inventor Of the Cali.
tornia Arrow" an airship in which the
inventor had implicit confidence in its
ability to navigate the air. but who
had been unable to find a man Of
sufficient courage and, daring to at
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
THAT FIELD of ALFALFA.

The following suggestion with refer
ence to securing field of alfalfa for
the territory of Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin may be of value: Take a
piece OF land from which crop OF
barley. oats or winter wheat has been
removed, fertilize 1t with about ten or
twelve two horse loads Of manure.
plow, disk and harrow thoroughly to
get as fine seed bed as possible and
then sow during the first ten days of
August twenty pounds Of alfalfa seed
to the acre. With favorable weather
the alfalfa will make growth this
fall of nearly one foot, which should
be allowed to remain on the ground
during the winter. Next year 1t will
give three crops. BY this method two
things are .secured-the alfalfa has no
fight with the weeds, and there Is no
loss of year in the use of the land.
This plan is we'll worth trying by any
one desiring to get field Of this most
valuable legume. Try two acres for
hog pasture IL for nothing else.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
GRAIN AND LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO Cattle: Good to prime
steers, IS 26@s 90; poor to medium, SO so
1E 90; stockers and feeders, 81 1904 25;
cows, ~ 1904 25; heifers, 3. 20@4 80;
Gamers, 81 2663 10; bulls. 81 00Q3 rs;
Texas fed steers, So 5o@4 90: western
steers. So 5o@4 60. Sheep and Lambs
Good TO choice wethers, 81 zoos 90; fair
to choice mixed. - o004 so; native
lambs SIS S5@7 O0 Calves-s3 O0G6 so,
.Hogs-Mixed and butchers. SIS 1905 %;
good to choice heavy, Sc OOQ6 25; rough
heavy IS S5@5 IS; light, IS 9O@6 80.
EAST BuFFALo-Cattle: Export, good
to choice. 81 9O@5 so; shipping steers,
81 1904 rs; butchers cattle, 81 1904 IS;
cows, 81 2504 90: bulls, 81 25@S rs; milk
ers and springers. 500 0O65o 90. Sheep
and Lambs Good to choice yearlngs,
IS 50D6 90; wethers. IS 00@5 40; mixed.
, "a 50Q5 So; ewes, 81 25@4 60; spring
lambs, s5 5O@7 so. Calves-Best. Sc 00@
b6 75. Hogs-Heayies, So 1906 45; medi-
4. ums, Sc 1906, so; Workers.. So 1905 so:
pigs. S. 4O@6 so; roughs. IS 25@5 So;
stays. "a 0094 50.
LEvELAND-Cattle: Choice fat dry
fed steers: SO 5Og5 so; coarse ana rough,
!. 50, 75@+ 25: heifers. SO 5Oq4 SO; cows.
= 81 50p3 so; bulls 81 0093 25: mixers
And spningers. sl2 OO@45 90. Sheep and
Lambs - Good TO choice lambs, Sc 5O@
:. g rs; cuils. 81 1905 %; wethers 81 5OQ
.6- 90; mixed sheep, 81 0064 so; ewes,
50 5000 90. Calves-Se so down. Hogs
Mixed weights, IS $500 40; pigs. Sc 25
Q6 s5; medium heavy. SO SO96 35; York
ers, s6 40@6 IS; stays and roughs. SO rs
Q5 25.
PlTTSBURG - Cattle: Choice. IS 500
e5; prime. sB SOQ6 so: tidy butchers
- OO@+ 5s; heifers. 81 6O@4 40; COWS,
bulls and stags. 81 50QS 65; fresh COWS,
500 O0Q45 90. Sheep and Lambs-Prims
wethers. SIS 25@5 40: good mixed. 81 500
. o 10; lambs. 81 5O47 90. Caives-s6 500
Z 90, Hogs-Prime heavy. s6 30@6 35 ;
mediums. SO 1905 so; heavy Workers
80 5000 So; light Yorkers. Sc 5546 so
Digs se 2596 40; roughs, - 5OQ5 40.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: No. 2 red, $50
slc: Corn-No. mixed, SEC. Oats-No 2
mixed, &c Rys-No. 2, sec Lard-S7 90.
Bulk Ineats-ss co. Bacon--I9 rs. Hogs
IS 00U6 26 CAttle-t2 004t rs. Sheep
" bOQ4 So. Lambs-St S0@7 so.
NEW YoRk-Wheat: No. 2 red. S7Ac.
Gorn-No, ., 62c. oats-Mixed, rs to SO
as. s0Q31e.
ToLgpo-Yheat. SAKE: corn. 5shc;
sats. s7o; rye. S9he; eitssefsosd. u 10.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
THE sILo.

We are sometimes up against the
A B G Of some propositions which, II
is supposed, the masses of the people
are well Informed on. Now, here is a
reader wanting to know what the silo
Is, what 1t is for, what it will do, and
all that, and, If it good thing, why
there are not more sllos In use For
the benefit of this correspondent and
possibly for some others we will say
tine silo is an air tight receptacle, as
nearly as may be constructed, prefera-
bly, circular in shape and with height
not less than twice it's diameter. 1t is
intended for the preservation of green
forage of any sort, common field corn
cut when just hard being the best.
This forage is run through n cutter
and cut into two or three inch lengths
and solidly packed in the silo, where 1t
undergoes a slight fermentation and
keeps sweet an indefinite length of
time. The product is termed silage,
and 1t furnishes "A nutritious and sue.
culent food for all kinds of stock
through the season when there Is no
green food. 1t is extremely palatable
and is relished by all kinds of stock
and IL especially valued as a ration for
the dairy COW. More good food can
be obtained by this method and at a
very small cost than by any other
method known as there is practically
no waste whatever, and the silo may
be filled regardless of the weather
The cost of the silo Is, for the cheaper
sort made Of slaves, about 81 per ton
for Its holding capacity. 1t Is also built
of metal, of cement, Of brick and
stones. If one is contemplating build
ing one, the best thing to do is to visit
some man who is using one successful
ly and then decide on plan to suit the
need. 1t may be said that all through
the corn section Of the west the silo
will, II used, greatly increase the stock
carrying capacity of the farm and will
put to good use what Is now wasted
in the shape Of unused corn fodder In
the fields. There is probably no one
thing which would produce such u
marked improvement on the average
farm of the west as the building of
silo. In the east no up to date farmer
thinks of farming without one.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
EAT MORE CORN.

1t would be well for their pocket
Books and better for their general
health IL the American people would
use more corn. We are slaves to edi-
bles made Of refined flour Of wheat.
That more corn Is not used is not so
much that the people do not like the
many delicate and savory dishes which
may be prepared from 1t as that so
few cooks know anything about the
preparation of corn foods. There are
immense possibilities in we'll cooked
Johnnycake, In loaf of injun bread,
In corn cakes, in corn mush eaten with
milk and cream, 'alf and 'alf; in corn
dodgers and pOneakes, in an injun pud-
ding stuffed with fat raisins, In fried
mnsh. samp and homlny. Better d.
gestion, better teeth, more vim and en-
ergy would ceme with more Of corn
diet, and then, withal, 1t Ia ever so
much cheaper. Then, II one must
smoke, 1t is said that there Is nothing
better than an old corncob pipe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

grounds. where he had erected an
aerodome for housing the airship. The
first attempt was unsuccessful. owing
to a breakage of one of the propoS ers,
but It only strengthened the determi-
nation of the young man to fulfill his
promise to his home people, and on
the morning Of June 80, the Htizens
Of Toledo were startled by the appear
ance of a queer craft in the heavens,
sailing majestically towards the busi-
ness center of the city. Soon the
news spread that 1t was Knabenshue's
airship, and that he would alight upon
the Splitter building. Immediately
thereafter business of all kinds was
suspended, and the streets in the i'm.
mediate vicinity Of the point of alight-
ing became living sea Of excited
humanity, and as the daring navigator
triumphantly alighted on the designat-
ed building he was greeted with
mighty cheer from the thousands Of
enthusiastic spectators Captain Kna-
benshue held brief reception on the
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
WHY DOES HE WANT TO MAKE
MORE MONEY!

We do not know. 1t would seem as
though he had enough-far more than
he can possibly use or enjoy--but he
Is just as fierce and eager to rake In
some more dollars ns though he had
mortgage coming due on his home and
not enough money to pay 1t. He can't
wear any more or better clothes; he
can't eat any more or better food;
more money will not give him any
better reputation In his community
than he now has--he has come to the
point where money ean do nothing at
all for him save to crafty his lust
for 1t and crafty that brutal sense of
power over others which money gives.
He might, Of course, want more for
the sake of using 1t for the benefit of
other people, but he long since got
himself divorced from any such fool
lsh notions and now wants more Just
because the getting OF 1t has become
as much Of a disease with him as a
cancer or the consumption would be.
He has so denied himself in years
gone by in order to make money that
all power Of enjoying it is now gone.
He will keep on just In the old way,
and some day there will be funeral,
some probate proceedings. an obituary
notice, and he will be forgotten Just
as so many Of his kind have been be-
fore. You know him?
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
REyERsroN.

The different breeds of domestic anil
mails which are generally known under
the name of thoroughbreds are the re-
suit OF many years work, of careful
selection and breeding to a type often
very far removed from that of the
original ancestry-are, in way, purely
artificial breeds and can only be main
tanned in their excellence by continued
careful breeding and infusion Of the
best strains of like blood. Left alone,
the law of reversion to original types
soon gets In its work, and very few
generations take them back to the
original scrub type. This applies not
only to domestic animals, but to poul-
try and to quite an extent to grains
and fruits. The best of type is hard
to create and still harder to maintain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24


roof of the building, modestly receiv-
ing the congratulations of score or
more OF Toledo's most prominent citi-
zens. and then gently ascended and
returned to the fair grounds. ALI To-
ledo was bewildered. and its enthusi-
asm was unbounded when 1t was real
lied that the dream of ages was now
q reality.
The managers of the Ohio, State
Fair, always foremost in promoting and
bringing before the people the latest
achievements along scientific lines,
recognizing that thousands of Ohio
people were deeply interested In the
subject Of aerial navigation, immedi-
ately contracted with Captain Knaben-
shue for an exhibition and practical
demonstration of his airship, to be
given each day of the coming fair,
September 4, 5, 9, and 8.
The exhibitions will give the people
Of Ohio opportunity of judging of the
feasibility Of navigating the air, as
Captain Knabenshue will make daily
ascensions, cruising to various points
Of the ground, at both high and low
attitudes, and as a final test, will con-
clude each days performance with a
flight around the race course, most
daring. thrilling and awe.inspirtng ex-
hibition. During the time Captain
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
SOARING HIGH IN THE AIR.

tempt an ascension. Roy Knaben.
Shue eagerly grasped the opportunity
to navigate the airship. and his sue.
cess was instantaneous.
Later he repeated his successes In
California, and he then decided to
build ship after his own ideas. He
formed an alliance with Charles J.
strobel of Toledo. and they quietly
act about constructing an airship. To
ledo citizens were incliaed TO ridicuie
young Knabenshue when he an.
pounced that he had completed his
craft and would make flight around
the city. alighting on ten-story once
building. and then retura to the fair
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
THE FARMERS FOES.

The farmer has always and ever
three things to contend wlth-weeds,
insects and the freakishness of eli
mate, Weeds, like original sin. are
sure to crop out on his land and usurp
Its fertility If not fought and subdued,
the plague Of insect life lies in walt
In some form or other for every crop
which he may plant. while June and
early September frosts. foods and
droughts, cyclones and hallstorms, too
much or too little heat. nieke up a
combination which he is Utterly pow
eriess to control or even eyade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24
my FAnM,Na.

'Dry farming" Is u method OF work
ing the soil which Is being applied
with much success In the seminrld re-
gions of Wyoming and Colorado. This
is perhaps one of the most significant
and far reuchlng things connected with
agriculture at tic present time. There
are millions of acres of fertile land in
the regions referred 10 which are not
irrigable either for want OF water
supply or because the topography of
the country will not admit OF 1t. This
new method is an outgrowtb Of what
is known as the Campbell system.
The plan Is to plow the soil very deep
In the fall or late summer, making
II a receptive aud retentive bed for
what small amount of moisture falls.
giving a light surface cultivation fol,
lowing each rain to prevent evapora-
tion. In the spring the crop Is sown
or planted as elsewhere. followed by
surface cultivation OF such crop to as
great degree as possible. The results
are really remarkable, as much as
thirty-five bushels of the finest wheat
In the world being secured from land
which was not long ago dedicated to
the prairie dog and such scant grass
growth that each "crtter" was given
twenty-five acres to browse. 1t Is
found that the best results are OBJ
tained when the land is cropped only
every other year. the interim being de-
voted to such treatment Of the soil, as
Indicated above, as will store up the
largest amount of moisture possible.
1t looks as though the great American
desert was to be reclaimed after all.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-08-24

knabenshus is not engaged In giving
practical demonstrations with the air
ship. he will be found in the aerodome
whore the machine will be on sxhibi.
tion for pubic Sinspection. and the
mechanism OF this wonderful aerial
craft will be explained by the daring
young navigator.
The railways. both steam and inter.
urban. have granted exceedingly low
rates for the entire week. and the
people shosld take this opportunity to
view. study and admire the varied
products Of Ohio. and TO witness a
practical test 0f the latest scientific
anvention.