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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

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day. Conditions in the interior dis.
tricts are greatly improved.
Adolphus Busch of St. Louis re.
turned from Carlsbad a few days ago
to his villa in LANCE Schwalbach. He
has a severe cold and has been or.
dered to stay in bed. but his condition
does not give occasion TO: serious enx.
iety.
General Won Einem. the Prussian
of war, retired from Office. He
will at once take up his new duties
as commander of the Seventh army
corps.
The labor strike at Stockholm.
Sweden, is showing signs, of a col
lapse.
Reports are current in yachting cir
cles that King Alfonso of Spain is a
possible challenger for the American
cup.
General Charles Louis Tremeau has
been appointed commander in chief
of the Fernch army in succession to
General de la Croix.
The Duke of the AbruZzi has estab-
lished another record in mountain
climbing. He assembled Mount Good
win-Austen to a height of 24.600 feet.
Perfect weather was enjoyed during
the ascent All the members of the
party have arrived at Bandipur in ex-
cellent health.
The rumor emanating from London
that Count Zeppelin, the inventor of
the dirigible balloon which bears his
name. had died is without foundation.
He is not only living but he is quickly
recovering from the effects of the min
or operation for an abscess on his
neck.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27

one end to project over the edge Of
the plate. When night came I took
this plate and my books into the rude
log kitchen. studied by this dim
light until late hour at night. II II
was cold weather I drew around me a
quilt to keep me partially warm, for
entire physical comfort was impossi-
BILE and not to be expected.
Under these difficulties I prepared
myself for college, using mostly bor-
rowed books, my mother being unable
to buy books for me. To study an
cient history used the copies Of Gold
smiths Greece and Rome, borrowed
from the Sunday school library, and
these I studied at home without a
teacher to guide me. How true It Is
that where there is a will there is a
way"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
FARM DEMONSTRATION.
Or. Knapp Pleased With South Caro-
lima ard Determined to Do More.

Tina ard Determined to Do More.
1t will be gratifying news to farm
crs and others throughout the state
to learn that an increased appropria-
tion has been made by the general
education board for farm demonstra-
tion work in South Carolina.
This, aside from the advantage 1t
will prove to the state, is a At recog-
milton Of the excellent work already
done by the state department of ag-
riculture in conjunction with the ma
tional department.
DR.. Knapp Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture has express
ed himself as much pleased with the
earnest support given him by the
state department of South Carolina,
and Of the people Of the state them
selves.
So pronounced has this support
been that he has insisted on the
broadest expansion of agricultural
work in this state possible.
The result being that, notwith-
standing no state aid has been given
1t as in other states, this appropria-
ton has been made.
Several new counties have been
added to the list of those that have
heretofore received the benefits Of
the work.
The counties which are to receive
extension of this work another year
are Abbeville, Bamberg, Barnwell,
Edgefield, Florence, Greenville, Ma
rion, Spartanburg and Saluda.
The work that has beef done by
Prof. Knapp and his assistants In
Anderson county has been Of untold
benefit. They have made many far
mers demonstrate to the satisfaction
of themselves and others, what can
be done on the farms in Anderson
county. We already had many sue
cessful farmers. but now we have
many more.
The farm demonstration work is a
great thing. We are glad 1t Is to be
extended into the other counties Of
the state.-Anderson Daily Mail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
pgRILous WORK.
Dangers Of Railroad Surveying In
Mountainous Regions.

Dangers Of Railroad Surveying In
Mountainous Regions.
Sometimes the work Of noun
tain railroad surveying parties be-
comes intense and dramatic. The
chief" lowered into q deep and
rocky river canyon, is making rough
notes and sketches. following the
character Of the rock formation,
and dreaming-dreamin the great
dreams that all great engineers, great
architects, great creators, must dream
perforce. He is dreaming of the day
when year or two hence, the rail-
roads paths all have crowded them
selves into this impasse and when the
folk who dine luxuriously In the
snowy cars will fret because Of the
curve that spills their soup and never
know Of the man who was slipped
down over a 600 foot cliff so that the
railroad might find It's way.
It is then that the work Of the sur
veying party begins TO have it's
thrills. Perhaps to put that line
through the canyon the party will
have to descend the river In canoes.
II the river be too rough, then there
is the alternative Of being lowered
over the cliff sides. Talk Of your
dangers Of Alpine climbing! The en-
gineers who plan and build railroads
through any mountainous country
miss not a single one of them. Every
where the line must find foothold.
That is the problem that must be
solved. Sometimes the men who fol-
low the "chief" In the deep river can
yons. the men with heavy instruments
to carry and to operate-transits, lev
els and the like-must have lines Of
logs strung together Tor their precar-
ious foothold as they work. Some
times that foothold is lost, the rope
that lowers the engineer down over
the cliff snaps. The folk riding months
later in the cheerful dining cars do
not know Of the graves that are dug
beside the railroads path.
1t is all new and wonderful, blaz-
ing this path for civilization; some
times 1t is even accidental. An engi-
neer, baff1ed to find crossing over
the Rockies for a transcontinental
route, saw an eagle disappear through
q cleft in the hills that his eyes had
not before detected. He followed the
course Of the eagle, and today the
rails Of the transcontinental reach
that cleft and the time table
shows 1t as Eagle Pass.-Edward
in Outing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
LOST CALHOUN STATUE.
Disappeared During Civil War and
Never has Been Found.

Il
! What has become Of the handsome
marble statue Of John c. Calhoun,
which was brought to Charleston from
Italy in 1854 or 1855 and placed In the
city hall here? That is question
which several members Of q generation
which Is able to recall events Of half
century ago have been asking each
other recently. The statue, which
was very much admired by all who
saw 1t. has not been seen since the
war, and has been practically forgot
ten, 1t appears, by all except q hand
full Of people, none Of whom knows
certainly Its fate.
The statute was made In Rome by
the American sculptor Powers. It
represented Calhoun standing, wear
ing a Roman senator's toga. In his
left hand, which was uplifted, was
scroll, representing Truth, Justice
and the Constitution" the right hand
Of the figure was pointing toward the
scroll. The statue cost It Ii stated,
$4,000.
The statue was shipped from Rome
to New York. In transit, when the
ship foundered, 1t Is said, one Of the
arms was broken just below the shoul-
der, and, under the direction Of Mr..
Powers, 1t was repaired In this city
by a stonecutter whose name was
Walker. =
One story has 1t that the statue was
placed In the city hall and remained
there until the civil war; that 1t was
then packed and shipped to Columbia
for safe keeping; that upon reaching
Columbia the boxed statue was placed
in the court house, but that when Co
lumbia was burned the statue perish
ed In the flames.
There ara other accounts given as
to the last chapter of the statues his
tory. Some hold that the statue was
never sent to Columbia, but that It
was buried in the lot around the city
hall here; others claim that the statue
was shipped to Columbia, but that 1t
was not burned. They are Of the opin-
lon that 1t was taken from Columbia
court house by northern soldiers, and
may still be In existence, however that
may be, the facts connected with the
statues history are as dificult to OBJ
tain as they would appear to be in
teresting. News and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
ALAsKA's POSSIBILITIES.
The Country 10 Today Supplying 20
Per Cont of Its Vegetables.

WIN W vo8SAa6tSss
All newcomers Of Alaska exclaim
at the luxuriant vegetation, the abun-
dance and variety Of Towering plants,
and the thriftiness Of the gardens.
There seems to be a general impress
sion that when Puget sound Is left
behind the barren grounds are close
at hand. Yet Alaska is today supply
ing probably twenty per cent Of its
own vegetation, besides considerable
hay and forage plants
Even those fairly familiar with
Alaska can often see no possibilities
of agriculture. They naturally COM
pare 1t with such rich land and favor
able climates as those Of California
or Illinois, forgetting the sturdy race
Of farmers bred on the stony hill
slopes Of New England, or the agri-
culture Of northern Europe. They
forget, to, that our rich lands are be-
ing rapidly taken up, and that almost
no extensive areas remain unoccupi-
ed In the states except as hey be de-
veloped by irrigation or nsw methods
Of dry land farming. Year by year
the northern limit Of grain ripening
Is pushed farther toward the pole, SO
that lands which would have been
considered valueless for farming a
generation ago now support thriving
agricultural population.
That the harder grains, vegetables
and fruits can be ripened In much Of
Alaska lying south Of the Yukon there
Is now no doubt. Equally we'll known
is the fact that the territory contains
very extensive areas Of magnificent
grass lands. Horses have frequently
wintered without any attention In the
sheltered valleys of the island regions.
These animals paved away the COM
paratively light fall Of snow and sub
sisted on the self-cured grass under
meath. 1t Is not to be implied that
this method of wintering stock Is rec
commended, but serves to show that
stock raising Is not impossible. Such
an industry would probably require
the cutting and curing Of the hay and
the housing Of animals during the
coolest months.-Review Of Reviews.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
FATE OF THE BRAKE.
A Treasure Ship that Lies Buried of
Cane HenIopen,
CONGRESS AND SCENE OF

Cape Henlopen.
Somewhere in deep water off Cape
Henlopen lies over half a million in
British gold, and how much more In
gold and silver bars and plate and 9TH
er treasures can only be guessed at.
In 1898 the British privateer Brake
sailed for the west Atlantic, bearing
enough gold to pay off all the English
troops stationed in various parts Of the
new world. AS the soldiers had not
been paid in many months the sum
was large one.
Whether the captain Of the Brake
decided to turn pirate or whether he
merely was showing excessive zeal in
making war on all the enemies Of
England that he met on the high seas
and intended to turn over his loot to
the crown on his return will never be
known, but the fact that the Brake
took no prisoners and sank every prize
goes long way toward proving the
piracy theory. The Brake captured
la Spanish merchantmen coming up
from South American ports laden with
rich tribute from the Spanish colonies
there, transferred the precious cargo
to her own hold and burned the vessel.
Another Spanish ship bringing
church service Of richly jeweled gold
plate to new world cathedral en-
countered the privateer and suffered
the same fate. The next to fall vic
tim to the Brakes rapacity was a
Frenchman carrying silks, spices,
brandy and bars Of silver. That, too,
was sent to the bottom after 1t was
despoiled.
The Brake was overtaken by hur-
ricane when nearing the American
coast, was blown far out Of her course
and sank off Cape Henlopen. Several
of the crew escaped in small boat
and reached land. Their tales Of the
treasure on the sunken ship caused
several expeditions to be fitted out :hs
following year, but nothing was
brought up save pieces Of the anchor
chains and cannon or two. During
the last hundred years every effort to
raise any part Of the treasure has
failed.
The last attempt was made by Cap
tain Charles Adams, who fitted out
ship under the auspices Of the navy
department, but was unable to locate
the wreck, which is probably by this
time deeply submerged in the ooze and
mud Of the ocean bed.-New York
Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
CHAPTER XVII.
Nothing But Action Now.

The Governor was walking slowly
up and down the room, with an oc-
casional glance at the rose, when Ma
jor Reynolds card was brought in.
His step had come hard upon the floor
of the portico. and the negro's eyes
were wide with apprehension. "Show
him in." said the Governor, with
another glance at the rose, resuming
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
Never. EaiIina SupplY.-Th

a NeVer-FaiIIn9 SuPpIy.-The fond
husband was seeing his wife off with
the CHILDREN for their vacation in the
country AS she got into the train he
said. But. my dear. won't you take
some fiction to read?"
"Oh. no." she responded sweetly.
Il shall depend upon your letters from
home."-London Tatlev.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-27
CHAPTER XVIII.
The WhippOorwill's Call.

Two hours is scant time to prepare
for death but Governor Crance found
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
BALANCED RATION FOR WHEAT

1t has long been an established fact
that what are known as balanced
rations are essential for the success
full feeding of animals. By balanced
ration is meant one in which the nu-
tritive materials, protein, fat and car
bohydrates bear a certain ratio to
one another, called the 'nutritive
ratio This has been accurately es-
tablished by experiment. What this
"nutritive ratio" should be varies with
the object sought in feeding, whether
it be for milk, for work, or for beef
production.
The question naturally arises:
Should not the same principle apply
to the feeding of plants? Undoubted-
ly the same principle does apply, but
the difficulties met with in establish
ing these ratios for plants are far
greater than with animals.
In feeding animals, the feeder can
vary his ration by the choice of many
kinds of feeding materials whose COM
position is accurately known. The
planter, on the other hand, has of
necessity to use the soil for at least
a part of his feeding material, and
soils vary widely in their content of
plant foods. Also, this plant food is
present in two forms, the available
and unavailable. While it is possible
to estimate with great accuracy the
total amount of plant food present in
the soil, there is no known laboratory
method of finding with any degree of
certainty the amount that is available,
and this, of course, is the information
most desired by the planter.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
Some very reliable r

Some very reliable results may,
however, be obtained by actual ex-
periments carried on in the field, and
much of this work has been done by
the different experiment stations,
which will well repay careful study.
In an extensive experiment carried
on by the Ohio Experiment Station, it
has been shown that with cereals the
greatest increase from fertilizing was
obtained when the plant foods-pot-
ash, nitrogen and phosphoric acid
were applied in approximately the
same ratio as they are present in the
plant.
A siX-year average of yields of wheat
grown continuously shows the largest
increase in yield with the application
of $50 lbs. superphosphate, 100 lbs. mu-
riate of potash, and 800 lbs. of nitrate
of soda and dried blood per acre. This,
when figured to actual quantities Of
plant food, amounts to 25 lbs. phos-
phoric acid, SO lbs. potash and so lbs.
nitrogen, which is a ratio of 1 of phos-
phoric acid to 2 of potash to of nitro
gen. Now, taking an average COM
position of the wheat plant and cal
culating the quantities of plant food
taken up each year by these expert
ments, we find approximately IA lbs.
phosphoric acid, 25 lbs. potash and 80
lbs. nitrogen, which is very nearly the
ratio of 1 to to 2.
These experiments would then seem
to show that there is a certain opti-
mum ratio of plant foods for each
plant, or at least, for each class Of
plants, and that this ratio is fairly
we'll indicated by the composition OF
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
DnCd;


the plant. However, it cannot be
claimed that the use of the fertilizer
mentioned would be the best in all
cases, since much depends on the
amounts of available plant food con-
tanned in the soil, which varies very
materially for different types of soil.
For instance, a soil may stand high
in it's content of one of these constitu-
ents and consequently the amount to
be applied can be leSSened
The lesson to be drawn from these
experiments is that those available
plant foods already present in the
soil should be supplemented by the
addition of commercial fertilizers I'M
til the proper "nutritive ratio" so to
speak, has been established, when the
maximum yield may be expected. The
difficulty in the matter, as stated be-
fore, is, of course, the determination
of this available plant food. While it
is to be regretted there is no short
method for obtaining this result, very
reliable information along this line
can be obtained by small plot expert
ments made in the field.
In making these tests soil represen-
tative of as large an area as possible
should be selected, and extreme care
should be taken that all plots receive
the same treatment, excepting as to
fertilizer applied. If every farmer
would carry out some such expert
ments as these, with the idea of es-
tablishing the best fertilizer to use
for his soil, he would find himself
amply repaid in the saving on the
cost of his fertilizers and the increased
yield obtained. +. Il.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
LIVE STOCK AT SPOKANE FAIR

From present promises the 1909
Spokane Interstate Fair, which will be
held September 20 to %, will have one
of the biggest and best exhibits of
live stock in the history of the North
west. Besides larger exhibits from
the stockmen of the Inland Empire,
there will be live stock from Iowa
and Minnesota and from Colorado
Manager Robert H. COsgrove has re-
ceived assurance from the Colorado
Fair that all exhibitors DESTROYS OF
taking their stock to the Northwest
for the Spokane and Seattle live stock
shows, will be granted releasements
of their exhibits Friday, September H..
AS the Colorado Fair does not close
until September IS and the Spokane
Fair opens two days later, without
this reasement it would be impossible
for exhibitors to get their live stock
here in time.
From the Minnesota State Fair will
come three train loads of prize Win
ing stock, which will stop for the
week at Spokane before going on to
The A.-Y.-P. stock show. G. e. Clarke,
of St. Cloud, Minnesota, is the first
to enter his live stock exhibit at the
Spokane Interstate Fair. He will send
~ head of Galloways from the Mea-
dow Lawn stock farm.
Judging of beef and dairy cattle
will be held on Tuesday, September
81; Judging draft and standard bred
horses, Wednesday; judging cattle
and horse sweepstakes, Thursday;
judging sheep and hogs, Friday; and
exhibits of prize-winning animals in
all classes will be held Saturday.
The stock judging contest for young
men and students will be held Tues
day, for 500 cash prize. On Friday
will be held the parade of prize-win-
ming stock, one of the most interest
ing and spectacular features of the
Interstate Fair
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01
HILL OFFERS CASH Prizes

James J. Hill, chairman of the board
of the Great Northern, has offered
$4,000 in gold as prizes to be awarded
for the best grains and grasses grown
in the territory along his lines, to be
exhibited at the National Corn EX-
position in Omaha, December to IS.
The money is to be divided into 200
prizes by Professor G. P. Bull, of the
Minnesota Agricultural College, and
Professor Thos. Shaw, of the Dakota
Farmer.
There will be about 40 first prizes
for wheat oats, barley, corn, clover
timothy and alfalfa hay, as we'll as
prizes for speltz and field peas. In
addition to offering the prizes, Mr.
Hill will arrange to assist the farmers
in getting their exhibits to Omaha.
Details of the contest will be sup
piled by the Exposition at Omaha
within a few days, and farmers in
tending to win some of the Hill money
should save samples of small grains
in bundles as we'll as the peck samples
of grain.
The contest is an unusual one, be-
cause the farmers will not have to
compete with those in the old agri-
cultural states, but simply among
themselves, as the contest for Mr..
Hills prizes will be open only to
those living along the Great Northern
lines. Besides, the prizes are to be
offered by states, so Washington, for
instance, will not have to compete
with the highly developed farms of
South Dakota and Minnesota.
Besides the Hill money, the EXPOSE
ton offers $4,000 in prizes, and while
competing for the Hill prizes, the ex-
hibitors may also win some of the
regular prizes.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01

Any woman in Georgia who rides
astride will become felon, If a bill
introduced in the house by Mr.. Wright
of Stewart county becomes law. He
never saw a woman riding astride I'M
til he came to Atlanta. He was shock
ed at the sight of a pretty girl in
divided skirts on the back of horse,
and proceeded to make his ignorance
conspicuous.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01

spread by hand but not saving
anything doing It's mehonored practice but waste
full
minutes spread lot by hand
which H c. spreader will spread in from to minutes
The machine all the You simply drive the team
So much for time and labor saving.
But the saving in the an H. C. spreader pull
spreads evenly the rains wash 1t all
the soil. throwing off in piles Jumps
spreading twice the surface.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01

drying eeching washing away.
made and over manure spread
an H. c. spreader will twice far with half the labor and
spread by hand Will
produce ought of these valuable machines
produced your farm 1t
keep the producing power OF your
after
fertilizers International local agent aboutt He Will
promptly with catalogue. Or write to nearest
branch house for any further information desire.
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