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The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
VISIT ARKANSAS CAPITOL
Missouri Commissioners TO Get Ideas
On State Buildings,

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
The State Capitol Commission Of
Missouri appointed for the purpose
of inspecting the state capitols OF va
rious states, to make report upon
the best plans for a new capitol for
Missouri, arrived in Little Rock and
inspected the Arkansas state capitol,
The commission is composed of E. w.
stephens, chairman, a publisher Of
Columbia; A. A, Speer, vice chairman,
OF Chamois, ex.speaker Of the house
OF representatives; j, A. c. Hitler Of
Glencoe, formerly labor commissioner;
Theodore LaCaff a builder and con.
tractor Of Nevada; J. X. Centralia,
secretary OF the commission, and l..
b. Pcndleton of st. Louis, advisory
architect.
The Missouri state capitol ives de.
stroyed by fire about a year ago, and
the people of the state have voted 49,.
5000 for new capitol Three mil
lion OF this sum will be used in con.
structng the building, 100000 in
furnishing and 100000 in the pur-
chase of additional grounds The CAPT.
tol commission was appointed under
the law to investigate other state
capitols and render a report
This is the first capitol to be visited
by the commission, From here II
will 30 to Mississippi Kentucky and
Indiana, and will later visit the capi,
tolls Of Minnesota, Wisconsin and
others,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
By r. C. wEATHERsToNE1

Carrots should be raised in quanti-
ties whenever possible as they are a
very valuable addition to the feed in
making it palatable They require
light, sandy soil and with little cult
vation produce large crops.
Linseed meal in small quantities
once or twice a week keeps horses in
fine condition
Last winter we saw a bunch OF So
steers being fed on farm near
Aurora, Ill. These cattle stood in
large lot on the side of hill In mud
up to their knees. The barn and all
its surroundings were as filthy as
could be imagined and We were not
surprised when the owner, looking
gloomily over his cattle, remarked: Il
never seemed to hit off steer feeding
to any great advantage"
Heavily timbered land does not
make good feeding ground for cattle
because the sun cannot dry out the
ground as quickly as an open lot.
The best feeding shed for cattle is
one that is wind-tight on the north
east and west and entirely open on
the south.
OF course a paved feed lot is an
expensive proposition at the start, but
we believe that on a reasonable cost
the profit will more than justify the
expense. Even II a man cannot afford
to pave his feed lot he can drain 1t
with tiling and by the addition Of
gravel, and small, smooth stones i'm
prove It's condition at very small cost
Oats make an ideal feed for the
lamb during the winter, but he needs
about only a pound a day to keep in
fine condition In addition he must
have clover hay or alfalfa or corn fod-
der and turnips and other roots at
least three times week,
very handy wheelbarrow for the
feed lot can be made of either wood
or iron. The frame should be very
strong, but not heavy. Iron makes a
strong frame and very light. 1t can
be made in four sections and bolted
together. The iron hoop should be
made of one-eighth inch iron and is
OF a size to admit a common -four
barrel up to the second row Of hoops
The barrel can easily be put in and
taken out. The wheel should be made
of wood with a very broad tire, not
less than three inches, and four inches
would be better If the frame Is made
OF iron, the handles can be made Of
wood and bolted on. Wood is better
for this purpose
Do you know that some OF the
smaller packing houses which cater
to first class trade at home and
abroad will not buy swill-fed hogs at
any cost? They want animals that are
fed on clean corn, roughage. roots and
water
We do not think much Of the skim
milk that comes from the creameries
for feeding hogs In many Of these
creameries, washing powders are used
for cleaning the machinery, and this
Is very injurious to hogs
Skim milk that is separated on the
farm cannot be beaten for feeding
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
CHILDREN A RECENT FIND
Were They TruthfulIy Portrayed
In Literature.

Children were only found yesterday
Before the nineteenth century the
child mind and the child heart wee
not supposed to have enough in them
to interest the majestic adult. 1t is
true that you find a delightful baby in
Homer; that in Virgil there is the
prettiest glimpse Of little girl, and up
and down In the classics you may
meet half dozen other pleasant
shadows OF children. But they are
only shadows, only at the most charm
ing pictures. They give you much
as If they were painting or sculpture
for in children's bodies art has always
had interest enough-only what a
child looks like, the pretty weakness,
the instinct tor play, the naive gee
ture and movement. Not till the re
turn to nature" not till the spirit OF
romance moved on the waters at the
end of the eighteenth century, do you
find poets beginning to tell OF the
thought and faith in child's mind,
the mysteries OF the child's heart, the
fancies that are dreams and the fan
cies that are visions. You may think
that they have gone too far, that they
read into childhood the laborious phil
osophizing and sometimes the labored
sentimentality OF the adult. But no
one who loves children will deny that
the best of the children In nineteenth
century books have far richer real
ity, far fuller life than any that were
born In early works. And some Of
the best are in Dickens,-London Tel
egraph.
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
POINTERS FOR
SWINE BREEDER
Good, Strong and Vigorous Ant.
mais May be Bred When
Only Eight teen
MonthB Old.
NRY W. NJ. KELLEYD

Actual experience Is the best guide
for breeder to follow as TO the time
that his animals will reach maturity
for breeding purposes,
Some assert that breeding animals
cannot bo brought TO maturity nt
eighteen months OF age and have
good muscle bone and yigor; but ]
believe that II is possible to breed
good, strong and vigorous animals
and to have them matured at that
age
The animal will not be soft, but
will be well developed IN bone and
muscle II n proper systom OF feeding
Ia maintained,
Tho idea that pigs must be two or
three years old 70 have good bone and
muscle is along the same limos as to
the idea that they must be fed half
ratlons for months IN order that they
viii have an opportunity TO develop
stamina and be In shape 20 finish on
full rations
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
CITY GETS PACKING PLANT
Chamber Of Commerce Accepts i
Proposition for New Industry.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock-The boani of govern
ors Of the Chamber Of Commerce
/ have closed contract for Little
| Rocks first packing plant, and the
work of construction will begin at
once The company will be capitaliz'
ed at 100000, will erect a plant cost.
| ing 100000 and begin business with
a weekly slaughter Of 1000 hogs and
| 500 cattle. which will be gradually in
creased. In connection with the plant
will be a public stockyard, which will
give Little Rock an adequate stock
market for the first time. and is eX-
pected to mark lac beginning of a
center of live stock industry.
The owners and operators of the
new packing house are Ben We'll and
his two sons of Evansville, Ind, prac-
teal packers who have a large branch
house in Birmingham.
They will file their articles Of in
corporation and will at once secure
the services OF a Chicago packing
house architect to prepare the plans.
Actual work Of construction will be
gin by May l. and the plant will be
in operation about November !. The
Wells will move their families to Lit
tie Rock and make this their future
home. Their plant will include sev.
eral buildings, and the first work
will be to send out literature in the
effort to encourage the growing of
live stock for the market in order to
secure enough stock for killing pur-
poses to keep their plants in operation
all the year round. They state that
farmers are now assured of market
for all the stock they care to raise,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
NEWS AND NOTES
Of THE CAPITOL
State Asks Dismissal of Suits
Now Pending Against
Corporations.
NO EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE
Missouri Commission Visits State
House Locking for Ideas for
Building.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Little Rock.-The two suits brought
by the state of Arkansas in the sec
ond division of the circuit court
against the Great Atlantic and Pa
cifc Tea Company, for the collection
of penalties, aggregating 1891 900, for
alleged failure to comply with the
statutes requiring foreign corporations
to pay certain fees in order to en-.
able them to do business on Arkan-
sas, were dismissed on motion Of the
state.
1t was explained to the court by f.
l.. McHaney, who made the motion
for the state, that no evidence could
be secured to show that the tea com
pany had violated the law on the
contrary, the proof. was conclusive
that the Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company had never established
a business in Arkansas but by con
tract had permitted George l.. Hand
ford TO use the company's name, and
in return for this privilege Hanford
purchased most of his goods from the
company at regular wholesale prices.
All the accounts of the tea company
in Little Rock were in Hanford's name
as were all bank deposits.
Mr. McHaney stated that both At
torney General Norwood and Prose
cutting Attorney Rogers were thor
oughly satisfied that they were unable
TO make a case against the company
before its dismissal was ordered,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
Charter for Railroad Granted

A charter was granted by the state
board OF railway incorporation TO the
pine bluff and Southern railroad com.
pany for the building OF road, about
70 miles long, from Pine Bluff, through
star city and Monticello, to Hamburg
This proposed line Ia continuation
of the Pine Bluff and Northern rail,
road, which has already been char.
tered, The Pine Bluff aud Northern
M It has been projected, will run from
Pine Bluff north 10 Beafey,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
Useful In the Feed Lot.

pigs, calves and poultry. II is shame
to allow single gallon OF Il to es.
cape
An Illinois farmer writes TO know
II unthreshed wheat IL good feed for
hogs. We think not II wheat is to
be fed at all, better throsh and either
soak or boil It. But we do not be.
leye that wheat was ever intended for
hog feed
Cattle that are allowed to run on
green beet crops often scour 80 badly
that they are set back from two to
four weeks. They do not like the
dried and cured crops 30 well but will
eat them II forced to and they make
a fairly good ration,
English feeders raise large quan.
titles of turnps, mangles and other
roots. In the fail they dig enough for
the cattle and leave scattered through
out the field enough to keep the sheep
busy for weeks Some feeders allow
tho sheep to dig them out Of the
ground while others dig them for
them. Tho latter plan Ia the best.
Many cattle feeders who do not be.
lieyo that sllago Is a good feed will
continue TO stun their animals with
corn fodder or timothy hay, II
these men would take the pains to
conduct careful experiment thcy
would quickly discover that sIlage
even as feed would beat corn
fodder
silago fed alone IL not ideal for fat
tenng steers II contains large ex'
cess Of carbohydrates and some nitro
zen must be put into the feed to even
L np SOY honna. cloyor. nlInlln hay
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
PREDECESSORS OF CAPT. LUX
Colonel Saussier. General Zurlin5en
and Others Have Escaped From
Prisons in Germany.

About a dozen precedents for The
escape of Captain Lux from his Ger
man prison can be found in the his
tory of the FrancO-German war, and
a large proportion of the heroes Of
them lived to become famous.
A notable case was that of General
(then coloneD Saussier, ultimately
commander-in-chief of the French
army, who was detained at Grandens,
in the extreme east of Prussia. It is
said that he put his bolster to bed in
stead of himself, hid in an obscure
corner Of the fortress until nightfan
and then, having obtained dis
guise by the help of his orderly, was
allowed to walk out Of the main
prison gate.
He crossed the frontier to Poland
and returned to France by way Of
Austria and Italy,
General Zurlinden was another pris-
oner who got out of his prison at
Glogan in Silesia, on Christmas eve
He made his way in disguise through
Berlin, Frankfort and Karlsruhe to
Basel, feast which was not difficult
for him, as, being an Alsatian he
spoke German quite as well as his
jailers,
Thirdly, we may note the expert
ences of 1 Paul Deroulede, who es-
capped from Breslau, and it Is piquant
to recall that that vehement anti
Semitic did not disdain to disguise
himself as a Polish Jew. He was very
nearly betrayed by a peasant whom
he had bribed to guide him into Bo-
hemia; but he drew his knife with
ferocious gesture and the peasant
changed his mind, with the result
that NJ. Deroulede saw the final fights
OF the war as a sub-lieutenant OF Tur-
cos.
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
A Handy Feed Carrier.

are continued any length OF time her
milk-giving capacity for the approach
ing freshening period is materially de-
creased.
Good feeding does not mean the
COWS should be stuffed with high
priced grain feeds but coaxed to con-
sumo enough roughage and cheap
feeds to keep them in good, thrifty
condition at all times.
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
Some Shakespeare Statistics,

A Shakospearean enthusiast with
much leisure time on his hands and
n regular mania for statistics has dis
covered that the plays OF Shake
speare contain iOG0O7 lines and Sl4'
7s0 words. Hamlet" Is the longest
play, with 1880 lines, and the Com.
edy Of Errors" the shortest, with l,777
limos. Altogether the plays contains
1877 characters OF which 1877 are ie'
males
The longest part IL that Of Hamlet
who has ll6lO words to deliver, The
psrt with the longest word IN It IL
that of Coslard IN Loves Labors
Lost" who tells Moth that he Is mot
30 long by the head as honorI0cablll-
tudinlatibus
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
Armenian ls Arrested,

Hot SpruGs Charged with the ON
bczzlemcn, Of $500 In cash and the
theft Of Oriental rugs and carpets
valued IN the aggregate at $4,000
from the store OF Ohan X, Boyaiian,
dealer In these articles, IN Armenian
giving his name ~ Karoklon Is Kahl
gan, who was arrested In this city
by Lieutenant Of Police wiley IL
being held awaiting the arrival Of an
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
FEED LOT CONTRIBUTES MUCH
TOWARDS PROFIT IN CATTLE
There H No place Where Gains Can be Eaten UP
Oucker-ExceIIent Plan Is to Provide Shed That
Is Open to South and WindtiSht to
North, and East.

and cotton seed meal will do this to
perfection.
If you have plenty OF COW peas,
clover or alfalfa on the farm, not much
use to spend money on bran or cotton
seed meal. A little oil cake is good
at all times.
The best class OF dairy cows cannot
return a profit unless they have all
the clean and wholesome feed they
can possibly consume at all times
during the winter.
1t is a mistake to keep cows on
scant rations during the winter. The
COW that goes through the winter on
semi-starvation rations suffers shock
from which her system is very slow
in recovering, and If the half rations
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
lnsuourae Campaign OF Complaints

Little Rock The first Of u mum.
bcr Of bills Of complaint, asking for
n reduction In freight rates from va.
rIous points TO Little Rock has been
forwarded by the Chamber Of Com,
meree to the interstate commerce
commission The first complaint
deals with tho rates on cement The
next one that will be- filed attacks
the rOlca on coal to Little Rock This
complaint viii be forwarded to the
commission within a short time,
Others are 10 follow,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
Advice From Kindly Busy Dedy,

"Oh, my Your house has an odot
Of burning milk Don't you know how
to avoid that" asked the X, II, II.
~ didn't think II was no terrible.
I'm sure, Everybody has accidents OF
that kind" said the woman ehe was
visiting rather lrritably
Now It's all right, Of course, don't
mind It, my dear but next time jnH
sprinkle some salt on the stove o.
once after the milk Ia spilled and yop
viii avoid that unpleasant oder"
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
MANURING FOR
GOOD POTATOES
Massachusetts Specialist Differs
From Familiar Methods
In Fertilizer and
Preparation.

Dr. J. Fisher of Ftchburg, Mass, Is
very successful in growing large crops
Of potatoes, and he varies from our
familiar methods principally IN his fer.
tilizer formula, the preparation and
planting OF the seed Following is the
formula:
Two hundred and twenty-five pounds
OF sulphate ammonia; 750 pounds nj.
trate of soda; $50 pounds South Caro-
lima floats; $50 pounds acid phos-
phate; $50 pounds sulphate Of potash;
$50 pounds sulphate magnesia; 200
pounds air.slacked lime; 1915 pounds
costing about $40.
Two-thirds OF this formula will be
spread broadcast and will be narrowed
In before planting. The seed potatoes
are treated with the corrosive subli'
mate solution to prevent scab, then
spread in a greenhouse and allowed to
sprout several weeks. At planting time
the seed is cut and only one sprout
left on each piece, the surplus sprouts
DelHR puIpoeeIy piohch Oh' ~ ''oA
er considers potatoe the size OF a
marble which has been started In this
way and all but the best sprout
rubbed off as very good seed.
Frroving out Is done with horse
hoe and the seed is planted under a
line, giving perfectly straight rows
and exact distance between plants,
Each seed piece is set upright and
covered with about two inches OF
earth; the remaining third OF the fer
tilizer is now scattered In the drill
and covered by running the horse hoe
between the rows. The horse weeder
and cultlvator are used so frequently
and thoroughly as to avoid hand hoe
ing.
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
February 20, 1862.

The loss Of Forts Henry and Donnel-
son, and the strategic retirement Of
General Johnston TO point in the
rear Of Nashville, Tenn, caused alarm
among the Confederate sympathizers
throughout the state The state gov.
ernment was transferred from Nash.
vile to Memphis The transfer was
ordered by resolution of the assembly.
lsham G, Harris, governor Of Ten.
nessee, made complaint OF the din.
Guilty he had experienced in organizing
the militia for defense and asked for
n remodeling Of the militia system. A
monster defense meeting was held IN
Memphis to act on his suggestions.
The stores in the streets were closed,
business was suspended and the pop.
ulace turned out to see what might
be done, so imminent seemed the ap.
proach Of the Union troous
The United States steamer Stepping
stone, reconnoiterIng IN the Occoquan
creek, In Virginia In company with u
launch and boats crew from the
Yankee, were warmly handled by n
masked battery that opened on them
as they were descending the creek
The Are was hot on both sides until
the Union vessels passed out OF
range
Winlon, n, c. was burned by the
Federal forces under General Burn
side, Tho troops, with gunboats
ascondcd the Chowan river, where the
Confedorates opened Are on them
The national troops landed and de
stroyed the town In retaliation
A cavalry raid by troops under Cen
cral Mitchell In tho vicinity Of Rus
SEVILLE, KY nettod II Confederate
prisoners
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24

The board OF municipal Incorpora,
tlon has raised the Incorporated town
Of Osceola to u city of the second
class, A petition asking that such
action be taken was filed showing
that the population Of Osceola Is now
more than 1000,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24

Notarihl commissions to the average
Of 10 day have been issued since
the first Of the year according To G,
NJ. Moses, assistant private secretary
10 Gov. ponaghey, This Ia an income
20 the treasury Of $50 a day,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
Nearoes Have Tuberculosis,

The death certificates filed with
city CLERK Counts show the preya'
lencc of pneumonia and tuberculosis
among the negroes Of Little Rock.
Tho deaths reported were an negroes
and the cause Of death In most oasos
was pneumonia
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24

Governor Donaghcy has issued a
reausitIon upon the governor of Ken.
lucky for the return to hits state Of
Guy Branns who II wanted In pon.
sctt county on charge OF forgery
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
used 10 n,

wasn't your son Mortified at the
bloody mnssaceos he saw In the
eastY"
"0h, dear, mol lie was too much Of
a football player 10 mind t."
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
February q, 1852.

The RichmoHd Whlg dcplorcd the
proposition made by Governor Ictcher
Of Virginia TO call out for organlaa.
tion and drlll oil male inhabitants be,
tween the ages OF sixteen and sixty.
I'VE have a very great doubt wheDhor
such n mass would oroct more good
than michict" the paper said "To call
out the whole male population Of the
rural districts over sixteen and under
sixty Ave, or even between eighteen
and forty fve, would be d misehieyoua
and lneScusahle folly In tho irst
place We have no arms TO put IN their
hands, In the second place,
II would ruin the Industrial pursuits
OF the state and leave us without the
means Of prosecuting the wal beyond
the present session There viii be no
want Of men without any extraordinary
legislation II there should bo
deficiency II could easily bc sup.
piled by n draft , ."
In n battle that lasted from nine
o'clock IN the morning until sundown,
near valysrde, n NJ n Confederate
force under Colonel steele defeated
and drove In n Federal force under
Colonel Candy VNlycrdo was little
town on the Rio 0ande river, near
the boundary between New Mckee
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
CITY Collections Increase

The report Of city collector James
lawson for January shows an IN
crease over the same month last year
The total IN S52,S5A52,
The Van Buren press., 1912-02-24
G5fe
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
February 10, 1862.

February t8, 1862.
QuanTel and Parker. partisan Con
federate leaders, made a daring dash
on a body Of Ohio cavalry near In
dependence, No. The engagement,
which did not rise above a skirmish,
was exceedingly hot for a short time.
The Confederates got away neatly.
The constitutional convention for
the new state of Western Virginia,
which had been holding sessions in
Wheeling for SO days, adjourned. The
free state provision was defeated
I'm the convention Commissioners
were appointed having power to re
assemble the convention If the new
state is admitted into the Union by
congress
The tone of English speech regard
ing the United States was different
this day John Bright made a strong
speech in Parliament denouncing the
attitude of England in the Trent af-
fair. and Earl Russell explained the
case of Mr. Shaver, a British subject
in prison at Fort Warren, sustaining
the action Of the American govern
ment
Flag Officer Goldsborough and Briga-
der General Burnside issued a proc
lamation at Roanoke Island inviting
the inhabitants Of North Carolina to
separate themselves from the malign
influences Of the bad men in their
midst and to return to their alleg-
lance.
The first session of the congress OF
the permanent government of the Con-
federate states was opened at noon in
the capitol at Richmond, Va.