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floor. lie felt that he had been pushed
over by a heavy current OF air. For a
couple OF minutes after the explosion
he was unable to hear anything.
Fireman william sythes was cleaning
harness In frsnt of the house OF Hook
and Ladder No. 2. diagonally opposite
the power house. lie had Just stretched
a trace for a hook in order to get a
good rubbing position when a sheet OF
glass came hurting through the air and
cut the leather In half. The freman's
hand was cut.
Firemcn Hoffman and Sammett Of
Hook and Ladder No. 9, working over
the wrecked Lexington avenue car found
a woman who was caught by the folds
of her long black hair so that she could
not be lifted out. She had tainted.
Fireman HOFFMAN had a pen-knife and
while Fireman Sammett tried to hold
the hair so that It would cause the
woman the least pain, Hoffman sawed
II on. The long coil OF hair is at the
fire house awaiting Its owner, who was
taken to a hospital slightly injured.
Clocks IN the ~neighborhood OF the ex-
ploslon stopped at various times. Most
OF them stopped within a minute or two
after sis o'clock. The stilled hands of
others point to SO and later. One or
two stand at $40. This diversity Is
partly due to their being fast or slow
and partly TO the fact that not all of
them were disarranged enough to stop
them Immediately.
William Poetschke. whose name ar.
peared In the earlier lists of dead. is in
position to repeat Mark Twain's IA
NOUS remark that the report is greatly
exaggerated" william Poetschke Is
very much alive.
Ills brother. Paul. happened to be in
the vicinity OF the East ~Fifty-frst street
station after the explosion and looked
over the bodies there. He identified
one n. that of william. who was work
ing. he said, at the Grand Central sta
tlon. The identification went on the
official records.
After getting to his office Paul vas
not so sure about his Identification. Tie
concluded to call up the New York Elec-
trical Company, the concern by which
his brother is employed, and William
answered the phone.
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ANOTHER TERM FOR Y0UNGS.
Root See TAFT Ia Interest of
R~ooseNclts Friend.

WASHINGTON, Dec, Ex-senator Root
and Representative Cocks OF tho oyster
Bay district in Congress. saw President
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floor. lie felt that he had been pushed
over by a heavy current OF air. For a
couple OF minutes after the explosion
he was unable to hear anything.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-04-21
AUT0M0BOLlSTS
READY TO TOUR
ol0-TlMER AND NOVICE ALIKE
WELCOME ADVENT OF
SPRING.
DEALERS ENJOY INCREASED
BUSINESS AND OUTLOOK
MOST BRIGHT.

:
This Is tha season of the year when
the automobilist begins to tinker with
his car, or sends it to Il repair shop
for oveihauhng. The first summery
day i, Tor the city man. an invitation
70 the oounry. Two or three warm
DAYS in succession arouse an ire
sistsble longing for run through the
awakS mig world OF nature. Spring is
here. more welcome ssaa ever to the
man who has car and he wants TO
place it in running shape at the first
opportunity.
Putting a car away for the winter
is not as common a practice in these
lays as formerly. Not few owners
have kept their machines in commls.
sion practically throughout the VIM
ter and have benefited by their jaunts
through the clear, bracing air OF the
cold months. But winter use differs
from the absolute Joy of spring tour
ing. Instead OF the twenty mile whiri
OF last week the average owner Is
thinking now OF the all day or two or
three DAYS. run that will mark his In
production TO the new touring seas on.
The old-t.msr has his first run laid
cut IN his mind He knows what lies
a al directions away from the city
and where the roads should be good
lust now. In fancy he has enjoyed
that first run many times while wait
ms ior winter to loosen its grip. Even
the man who started in only last year
has fixed on tie direction that he
viii take today or next Sunday. or
whenever the initial opportunity OF.
tiers for an extended jaunt.
But the real pleasures of anticipa.
ton arc enjoyed by the new owner.
the man to whom the world outside
has bsen seen only from The window
OF the railroad train. TO him all
roads must be good roads, every vii.
lage a place who're feast may be OBJ.
tanned. The city is full Of new own.
ers this spring, moe so than ever be.
fore. Each ones car is the best. In
All things relating to the machine and
Its use he is an optimist oil thu first
water
For the novice, of course, there are
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han. Duchess Fameuse, Patten Green
ing, Wolf River, etc. II the trees
are skilifully handled from the be-
ginning as to pruning it is llKely
that the first named kinds can be
grown without loss By crowding, for
20 years at least, if set 2ox20 #. or
los trees to the acre, Most kinds.
however. will require at least Xxx i
ft Cherries and plums should Ue
planted 20x20 feet.
Pruning at Planting. When growta
begins every healthy bud will push
out and call on the roots for water
to feed its newborn leaves. The lln-
tied supply that the reduced root sss-
tenn can pump will be distributed
equally. and as result none may
nave enough to develop its leaves.
and without leaves the tree must
perish. Therefore, reduce the mum
Der OF these water pumps by rernov-
ing one-fourth to one half the buds.
An illustration Of the method of do
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Jimely Information Respecting
planting Of fru,t Jrees and Vines


Planting days are about here, there
fore with much timeliness comes a
bulletin from the State Horticultural
society. through its secretary. Fred
eric Cranfield, relating To orchard
practice iii Wisconsin. Respecting ap-
pie trees we are told that the most
desirable site for the orchard is an
elevated. we'll drained piece of land
having a clay or clay loan soil with
limestone foundation. Soil drainage
is of the utmost Importance, as ap-
pie trees cannot stand wet feet. Air
drainage also is highly important ana,
while a windbreak may occasionally
be helpful, orchards should not be
surrounded by forests or heavy wind
breaks or pocketed by neigaboring
hillsides. a tree circulation Of air
Is second only in Importance to thor
nugh soil drainage, hence an elevated
site.
Other conditions being equal, level
and is to be preferred to any slope.
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ing it is shown in figure /.
The drier the ground and the
weather the more we should cut, The
manner in which the cutting is none
will depend to great extent upon
the kind of tree or bush, Remove
crowding, crossing and interfering
branches. Aim to leave the main
branches spiraily about the stem
rather than opposite. These direc.
tions apply as well to cherries and
plums, except that these fruits are
less exacting in regard to soil con-
ditions.
After planting. ITO plant fruit trees
in sod and crop the land either for
hay or pasture is to invite failure.
Fruit trees are very troublesome in
a hay field and should never be set
there. Halfway methods such as
mulching the trees will usually give
only halfway results. A national
method Of tillage does not necessar-
lily imply clean cultivation of the.en-
tire orchard area the entire season.
There are at least two recognized
methods, either OF which will pro-
duce good, profitable trees at the
end of ten or twelve years. One may
be called the Catch crop plan and
consists in planting two thirds to
threefourths OF the space between
the tree rows to some crop requir-
ing cultivation as corn, potatoes.
beans, ETC., leaving a space 4 to y
feet on each side of the tree rows
to some crop requiring cultivation
as corn, potatoes, beans. etc. leaving
a space to feet on each side OF
the tree rows which Is cultivated
without cropping Following tn S
plan tae orchard should be MANFRED
each season as in the case of other
cultivated farm land BY this method
an orchard can be brought to profit
able bearing entirely without expense
aside from the cost OF the trees and
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be it north, east, south or west, on
account OF ease and economy IN cuI-
tivation and freedom from erosion. Ii
sioIing land only is available choose,
first the north slope, next the east.
A western slope win answer fairly
we'll while the southern exposure is
poorest of all. All Of this refers to
steep hi II sides. On gently rolling
land but little heed need be given
to the contour The soil should be
deeply plowed and leveled. Pulver-
ling by narrowing or disking is not
as necessary as for farm crops ex-
cept in the case of sod. Trees may
be set on spring-ployed sod land it
he sod is we'll worked down with a
lisk Do not plant fruit trees among
the stumps and brush of cutover
timber lands and expect good results.
The apple is a product of centuries
of culture and demands the environ
ments Of civilization
Unpack at once on receipt, spread
the roots and cover carefully with
moist earth or wet straw, preferably
the former. These trees are living
things and should be treated as such.
Exposing bundles of trees to the sun
and wind for two or three days is
not fair either to trees or nursery
men If fol, any issason the plant
ing must be delayed for several days
the trees should be heeled IN.
Planting is simple operation. Dig
hoes 'arge enough to accommodate
the roots after these have been cut
back TO sound wood. Fit the noles
to the ROOFS, not the roots to- the
hoes. Trim broken and crushed
roots back to sound wood. Do moi
cut off more. Don't worry about the
fine fbrous roots about which SO
much has been written. These are
dead anyway If the tree has been
out OF the ground more than an hour.
Take care Of the larger roots Tor it
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Sionsl cost The second method VIII
srolve considerable outlay each
scar ae cultivation, pruning, seed
and psa.stiss Of cover crops, rsplac-
rs fres sisa other pgobable ex-
Isenss IL connection with 40 acre
apple orchard by this plan has been
estimated at $1,000 for the FIRST six
wears or SS.SS per acre, per year.
Cultivation of bearing orchards.
Naen the trees have attained approx
imateIs their full dimensions the
problem Is changed somewhat. No
catch crops car be grown between
&c trees and perhaps even the tenn.
pa aiy trees, or fllers, in double.
planted orchards have to be removed.
possibly the trees shade the grounc
so completely that no weeds can
|srow. although that will hardly be
the case in any well.managed planta-
ton. Under such circumstances the
fruit grower is apt 10 feel that cult
walton is harry necessary any longer
Resume.
The following hints for the COM
mon fruits, may prove helpful to the
amateur:
Soil: clayey loan. permeable clay
subsoil.
Site: North slope preferable.
Distance apart-20 to "a feet.
Age of trees to set: Three wears
preferable.
Protec ion: Spray with bordeaux
mixture and lead arseaate as buds
appear and after blossoms have fallen
and again waen fruit is set. Protect
trunks with wrappers. Keep ground
cean, rubbish harbors borers.
Pruning: In March cut out inter
fering branches. Keep center Of tree
open. Head tree low when planting
--2l 10 so inches.
Plunns.
Soil: Any well drained native plums
are adapted to q wider range OF soil
than other tree fruits. MANY varie-
ties thrive on sandy soil.
Size: Not as exacting as apples.
Distance: is to 20 feet.
Age: 2 to 8 years.
Culture: Same as apples.
Protection: Same as apples. m
addition j-r for .curculio and gouger.
Pruning: Cut back annually. IN
spring, the strongest shoots. REQUIRE
close pruning.
Cherries.
Sell: Light, well drained: win not
thrive on heavy moist land.
Distance. 20 feet.
Age of trees: 3 years.
Culture: Same as plums.
H'ackberrles and Raspberries.
Soil: Light loan, cav subsoil
Brsmble f1asi i thrive best when
reefs NAV pene rate cool subsoil
Site: Level
Distance 4xS feet.
Culture: Shallow cultivation
throughout the season. After first
year provide post and wire trellys
about Two feet in leigh Sore low
growing yarieti do not require rsp
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members were initiated, and eight APP
plications were received.
FLAG SOLD AT. ENGLisH AUG.
TIoN.

EA0 SOLB Al 6NGIlS6 AQO-
TON.
There was recently put up for auc-
ton at Convent Garden, England, the
first American flag ever manufacture.
in the United States OF America
made of bunting, to which an inter
esting history attaches. 1t may not
be generally known that until the act
Of congress, passed in 1866, empower
ing the secretaries OF war, navy and
treasury to enter into contracts FOL
bunting of american manufacture,
the national flags had been manufac
tnred III foreign countries and from
foreign wool IN that year the late
owner Of the flag, while on a visit to
General BENJAMIN Butler. undertook
the manufacture 81 bunting ii Amer
lea, With the result that mil at
lowell, Mass, was placed at his dis
posal- His efforts were successful
He was then introduced to President
Lincoln, the interview taking place
three days before the president was
assassinated a specimen OF the
mats rial was submitted to the presi.
dent, approved and ultimately result
ed in the contract being obtained. The
fTst flag made ii America IS from
the speciment of bunting submitted
to the president, every star and stripe
being sewed BY hand, and It was sent
g the late owner b. General Butler.
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port. NJ REQUIRE winter protection.
Bend pise-.s u --es,...s. and cover
wi h two 10 four inches of earth.
Pruning: Remove. and burn all the
truiting canes as soon as crop is
picked Leave four to six new shoots
Grapes.
Soil: ANY we'll drained thrive bet,
ter on light loan or sandy soil.
Site: South slope preferred.
Distance SxS feet.
age: year.
Culture Clean culture; provide
six, DOT post and wire trellis for sup
port after first year. Prune in Octo-
Ser and protect BY covering with
aarth.
Protection Spray with bordeaux
once before. leaves appear and again
when leaves are expanded
Theory Of pruning Fruit is borne
en- wood OF the present season, which
arises from wood of the previous
season. Renew bearing canes every
three Of four years.
Strawberries.
Soil: Any well enriched and well
drained
sic: Immaterial.
Distance: FL feet.
Plants: Only new runner plants
fcirsere seasons growth should be
used
Culture: Plant in spring; use only
sostcd manure Tor enrichlng. Fali
2 owife preferable Keep free from
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June 20, 1903, and they entered at
once upon the performance Of their
duties, and in due time had mon
ument or marker erected to mark the
position of every Wisconsin organlza-
ton taking part in the siege.
State Monument.
The legislature of 1907 passed a
bill the first two sections of VIII oh
were as follows:
Nv econsin Soldiers vicksburg Me-
mortal. Section 1. In testimony OF
the important part performed, and in
remembrance of the heroic services,
unselfishs devotion, exalted patriot SIN
and valor of the Wisconsin soldiers
who were engaged in the campaign
and siege of Vicksbnrg in the late
war, there shall be erected in the
Vicksburg national military park.
pursuant to the invitation of the
United States government, Wiscon-
sin state monument, collonade or
such other permanent structure as
the commission having charge there
of shall determine Also, such adj
ditioral markers and tablets as tnfs
commission and the national com
mission n charge Of the natioEa
military park at Vicksburg shall mu-
tua J., determine to be required.
ncommissi- n. Section 2. The com-
mission created by section i of chap
ter 20f, avs Of 1903, is authorized
and rcqu red to select a design for
such monument or structure, and
procure the construction and cree.
ton in said park Of such monument
or structure, markers and tablets
Said commission is hereby continued
in Office until the said monument OF
structure, markers and tablets are
con pieted and dedicated. This com
miSs on is to be known and desig.
mated as the Vicksburg ma
tional military park commission, who
shall caoose one member thereof as
president, one as vice president and
one as secretary. The governor shall.
in case of the death, resignation or
failure to act of any member of this
commission, appoint successor to
take his place and discharge his
duty"
One hundred thousand dollars was
set apart to pay for this monument,
also $4,000 to ray for all expenses
of the commission for travel, etc.,
fer selecting design and for all other
work in connection with it outs de
the contract price for the erection of
the monument.
Changes in Commission. In the
meantime Colonel Bryant had died,
February 16. 1907, and his place on
the commission was filled by the APP
pointment. May %, 1907, of Senator
H. r. Bird of Marinette county, who
was, in the Vicksburg campaign, a.
lieutenant of Company G, 18th Wis
consin regiment He was wounded
during the siege. On the 23d day
VI Au6uol, IOUo, AO'OHCl Villas uiGu,
and on the 10Th of January, 1909,
Comrade o. j. Burnnam of Richland
Center. who was, in the Vicksburg
campaign. member of the 9Th Wis
consin battery, was appointed to fill
the vacancy thus caused. The mem
bers of the commission were earnest
and faithful in their work from the
beginning A large number of de-
signs were presented to them for
their consideration, some Of them
very appropriate. It was not easy
Cor them to make Their decision, and
they took some time to do so. Alter
making their choice they had certain
changes made in order that it might
the better suit them. They thought
first of having it made OF Vermont
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Nc -. these Tesii1s.l -llts we're II
the fcrtificaticns IN the rear o. Viczs-
burg during the siege There were
only two battalions of the Second
cavalry there. They were stationed at
Snyder's bluff and did scouting in
the country roundabout. The Six
teenth infantry was stationed at Lake
Providence during the siege, yet they
had their part in the general cam
paign against Vicksburg. The 9Th.
18th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 23d and 18th
regiments were in the assaults npcn
the works in the rear of the city on
the 18th and 22d of May; and the
1st, 9Th and 18th batteries were also
there to do their part IN those fear
full struggles. | cannot with suati
cient degree of accuracy, tell how
many men these regiments lost but
can say that the loss was. in some
of them, very great. An he names
that are being put in bronze tablets
on the monument are preserved N
duplicate here, three copies Of them
having been made.
Grant, The Man of Mystery.
The siege of Vicksburg has taken
it's place in history as one of the
most brilliant military enterprises
ever undertaken General Grants
boldness of conception, judgment and
persistence in execution, and almost
certainty of success in all his great
campaigns have put him among the
greatest military men of the world
He has come to be called "The Man
of Mystery" 1t is well worth while
for everybody who can do so, to go
on this trip to the scene, of the great
siege.
Three Military Parks.
Vscksburg is one of the three great
military parks established by the gov
ernment The other two are at Get
tysburg and Chickamauga. Within
the Vicksburg park there is also a
national cemetery. The Confederates
have the same interests and privi-
leges in the park that our union so
diers do The Confederates have
many monuments there Alongside our
own. So far as possible, the old
earthworks and forts are kept in the
condition Of war times.
1t may be Of interest to some to
know that there are 70 government
or national cemeteries.
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the land may even be source 90
revenue as the income rom the crops
grown between the trees for the first
SIX to eight years will more tEsa:s
pay for al labor on TIE orchard
The second method involves clean
cultivation until midsummer when
cover crop IS planted, as oats, Fetcn
CT clover This crop must be turned
.ssrder the following spring olsow
ing this system no catch crop can
be grown and consequent ! there VII
be no returns whatever from the.
lard until he trees begin 10 bear
CT the ot1er hand no manure should
ae required Growth and vigor OF
the trees will fully repay the addi-
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bound to be disillusionments. While
there Is peculiar delight in the feel
ing that all that lies beyond is new
and mysterious, he loses something in
comparison with the experienced
tourist. who can select the best roads
and the most satisfying places TO
stop. Especially will this be the case
while the highways are throwing or
the effects Of winter. Some roads are
good roads all the time; most roads
are good part of the time. The vet.
eran autonobilist Is more fortunate
at this time in knowing where the
best conditions exist-and the worst.
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is from them that growth starts.
Protect roots from the sun and wind
every moment from the time the
bundle is opened until tree is set.
When in the field throw 4 wet bur.
zap or grain sack over the roots.
The hole should be deep enough To-
admit setting THE tree about two
inches deeper than it stood in the
nursery Sift fine earth sbout the
roots and rack firmly. at tirst wifn
the fingers and when the roots an
out Of sight get up and tramp : MY.
Distance apart to set trees
Wealthy, Tetcfskg. Yellow Transpar-
ent. Longfeld. Malinda and Windsor
may be planted closer sllan McMa-
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granite, but later decided upon a
gray granite at Wynnesboro, South
Carolina It will be monument OF
which We may well be proud when
we go to the relocation.
Names TO Go On The Monuments.
The committee decided to have tne
name Of every Wisconsin man vno
was in the campaign and the siege
OF V.cksburg put upon this nlonu-
ment in bronze tablets It was NO
small task To get these names from
the cd records made IN the field
during the progress Of the campaign.
Though the reports in possession of
the department Of the adjutant gen
eral Of the state are preserved with
all care, almost amounting to patri-
otic reverence, there are still many
reports lacking, while others were
made out hurriedly and carelessiy.
Some Of the writing has faded in
the years since the war SO that it
is almost unreliable. Much of II
was Poorly written, and some names
are spelled IN hall dozen digsrs1
ways II De men wh5se busnes III
was 10 keep those records had ,uldev
stood CT how much importance
they would be considered fifty years
later. they would have taken greater
pains with their work.
But much care had been taken t
make he list of names to 81 81
this w sconsin memorial as nsari
correct as practicable. The nurahe
is divided among the different wis
consin organizations as follows.
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humorous

Not All Sentiment.
They say tbs far more blessed
To give then to receive;
And that it's more expensive
| have reason to believe.