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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

some other form. but a dollar invested
In shocked corn win produce as much
beef as a dollar invested in some other
feed capable Of making greater gains
per pound This does not imply that
cattle can be fitted for show on this
feed Even though It does appear
wasteful to some and though It does
not conform to the standards OF a bal
anced ration. It Is for practical pur-
poses an excellent feed
Some feeders may say that such
methods are impractical and wasteful,
jet the fact remains that over 5000
cattle are fed in a single county In
Ohio every winter. and that this meth
Cd is followed IN nearly every instance.
Moreover. out Of their profits these
farmers are paying for land worth $50
an acre which. on account OF the great
amount Of manure that is returned to
It IS becoming even more valuable.
In every case hogs follow the cattle.
When the latter are put on feed a pig
weighing from 100 to $50 pounds is put /
behind each steer. Smaller pigs do not /
do 50 weIl as those Of this weight
When the cattle are weighed out the
hogs are usually ready for market
Often one is able to fatfen two droves
OF hogs with a single bunch OF steers.
Few kernels are missed. and in almost
every case every pound Of gain made
BY the hogs represents 80 much clear
profit to the feeder.
We have always been partial TO
short feeds OF from ninety to a hun
ired days. and for such feeding we
Usually aim to get cattle which weigh
! thousand pounds or more and which
an Be warmed up to an advantage.
TWO pounds & day Is an average gain.
bough there are many instances where
hree pounds have been made. Two ,
'ounds daily VIII put cattle Of this sort
q fair condition within the hundred
lay limit
II takes time to get bunch Of cattle
n full feed II any grass Is at hand
hey are put on It and given a light
alton each day. the amount being IN
reased until they are on full feed A
ionth Is often taken up before they I
zach this stage. but after we are feed c
lg them to the limit we do not cut /.
Own on the ration simply because
ley do not happen to clean up all that E
given them on some particular day. 7
he hogs are there to pick up what Is =
It. and It seldom pays to feed IN
ingy manner. Straw Is always rel 4
he'd at the noon hour and we aim 70 A
We them such feed at least three e,
mes a week Outside Of this It IS sell
m that anything other than shocked 9
IN Is fed With meat at the prevail
9 prices Of the past few years, It has
ways paid Us to feed clover hay
hen It can be secured for SO or less Il
ton. cottonseed meal helps to make
ina Sc
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

Rock Island. H.. Nov. 22.-The
executive council Of the Modern
Woodmen Of America at an adjourned
meeting at the head eficss here to-
morrow viii consider The course 10
be followed in dealing with the de-
cisiOu Of Circuit Judge Shirley, re-
straining the society from putting
into effect January 1. 1913. the rates
adopted BY the sociely's Legislative
body at Chicago last January.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28
SHOCKED CORN
FOR BEEF CATTLE.

In any kind OF stock feeding the
amount OF capital required to begin op-
erations. the amount Of time and feed
required. the resulting fertility and the
anal profit from the transaction ara
tour vital considerations. There are
other things 70 be considered. some IN
special cases and some IN certain spe-
cial lines Of work. but these four are
always present When considered from
this basis the shock corn method q
feeding cattle win compare favorably
with any. says @ A. Waugh In Country
Gentleman.
A pound OF corn fed as shocked corn
viii not produce 50 much gain under
some circumstances as a pound fed In
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

A movement is now on foot in a
number Of the leading cities to abol-
ISL the custom of giving presents al
Christmas time. Such a movement
may gain little notOriety for its
leaders, but viii hardly prove popu-
lar with the great mass of our peO-
pie who love their homes and fami-
lies above all other earthly posses
sions and who find the dear Yule
time the happiest of all the year
when the children-Old and young
gather round the Preside to enjoy
the things that Santa brought. Abol-
ISL Christmas presents7 The sordid
heartlessness Of even the prospect
makes one shudder.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

The United States transferred "a
Idaho yesterday $50 .532.7o, repre-.
seuting the proportion Of receipts to
which this state is entitled as rs
per cent Of all money received from
each national forest during the fiscal
year to be used for the benefit Of
public schools and public roads Of
the state. The money was sent 10
Governor Jamer H. HawIey and by
him deposited in behalf Of the state
With the state treasurer.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

Hereford cattle are unexcellsd IN
beef type They have plenty OF
scale. good bone. a biocky confor-
nation. short faces. are wide be-
tween the eyes. have roomy mid
dies. good ribs. heavy quarters. wide
backs. thick lolns and. 10 fact. are
IDEAL beef animals Hereford cat
tie have the best natural protection
because they have the heaviest
hides and mossiest coats A heavy
hide protects an animal against
both heat and cold In winter feed
ing more OF the feed goes 10 make
beef and less goes 70 keep I'D bodily
heat The Hereford bull shown was
grand champion at the Kansas City
Royal show
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28
Lswis COunly Duggists Dsserre Pr.i.e.

DeMcude & Son, druggists, Nez-
perez, and z. L. Mueller; druggist,
Kamiah, deserve praise from Lewis
county people for introducing here
the simple buckthorn bark and glyc-
crime mixture, known as Adler-i-ka.
This simple German remedy first be-
came famous BY curing appendicitis
and It has now been discovered that
A SINGLE DOSE relieves sour
stomach, gas on the stomach and
constipation INSTANTLY.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28
Sehrank Insane.

John Schrank, who shot Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt on the night Of
October IA in Milwaukee, is insane,
and was committed on last Friday by
Municipal Judge Backus to the
Northern hospital for the insane near
Oshkosh until cured.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

crease

~AtA11s
Springfield. III Nov. % Hold.
ing the new rates Of the Modern
Woodmen to be burdensome to the
members and excessive and unneces-
sary, Judge Shirley of the Sangamon
circuit court today granted a perpet-
ual1niunction restraining the head
camp from putting the rates into sf-
feet.
As the organization is an illinois
the injunction is effective
all over the United States and Can
ada.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

The best people are looking up
residence locations in Nezperce. See
P. M. Harding and get good at bot
tom prices on easy terms.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

When you have bad cold you want the
best medicine obtainable 80 ~ 70 cure Il with
81 little delay as possible. Here i q drug
eisfs opinion. Il have sold Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for fifteen years, says Enos
Iollar Of Sarutoga, Ind, "and consider II the
best o. the market" For sale by ell dealers
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

Your horses feet are a good place
to save money. Billie. the horse
sheer, saves the foot and the horse.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

LUcas coUsIn -.
PRANK ). CBEHEf makes oath that h 4 nnnfor
partner o. me nfm o. r. !. CHENHT a CO.. doina
cuisines n tne CITY Of Toledo. County and STATE
1lol114d. and nat MD firm ulI pay ne sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS f0r each and every
case q cAIhnnn that cannet be cured BIZ lhs ~ u
PRANK J. CHENEY.
9Nou % before me and subscribed b NJ prdsanoa.
nn stn day or December, A. D.. 1880.
! 49, Avn GLEASON
- Eo1AnY PUBLIC
Hai1 catarlh Cure b taken Internally and aeis
atecuy upon ne blood and mucous surfaces II 10
system. Send OR testimonials free
y. = CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o
Take Halls Family Phh or constipation.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

See Dr. Booth al The Booth
JeweIry Store, II your eyes are
Doshering you.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

BLOW outs and other auto trouble.
hxsd quick al Heslon s. Repair
supplies on hand,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28

M W. OF A.-NEzPEROE OAMf
4sAs No. 7408, meets the 6rst
and third Monday nights Of eacb
month in Odd Fellows Hall. visit
ing neighbors cordially invited.
E L KILEN, V. G.
c. w PALMER, Clerk.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-11-28
SPecIaI Eventa

~Df<~<H@AH A<NGf1G8
Grand Street Parade Of livestock with frontier and ,t
tures date to be announced. ~ o'Hsf 'sa'
Tuesday, Dee. 10, portland Day. exeursion n Peal,
izens -Au CIT
Wednesday Dec H. Spokane Day excursion Of SDok,,.
Chamber Of Commerce. = SPOKANE
THURSDAY, Dec z, Idaho Washington DEVELOPMENT ess,.
Day Annual meeting Of league. CATHERINE II So, ~
zens and representatives. Of the eight counties eob~5
IN the league Banquet Of soekmen visitors and e,s.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

ing there from 1749 to 1850. Mr.. Harms
worth had already purchased the ad-
Joining structure for the protection Of
the old house; and the removal Of shed
on the site Of the garden "as big as
he'd quilt was recommended. On the
general subject Of the use to be made of
the venerable relic there was long
evenings talk.
The suggestion that the johnson Club
and other literary societies should be
permanently housed in Cough Square
was not seriously considered. The mem
bers and their guests had explored the
k-balustraded house" from the steep
central staircase, admired the oak pan
eIing of the drawing room and dining
room, peeped into the bedrooms on the
second and third floors and made the
circuit OF the large attic where DR..
johnson worked with his apprentices.
1t was evident that the rooms were not
suitably arranged for use by literary So
cieties, and that the Johnson Club itself
would not welcome permanent accommo-
dation there, inspiring as the associa.
tions might be. Mr. Clement Shorter,
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
His Movement North to Join Grant Ended in the
Surrender of Johnston in Little Cabin
Near Durham, North Carolina,
on April 26, 1865.

him with horse and equipment and later
made use of him as a bearer Of dispatches
TO Washington. He preserved the song In
his Memoirs" evidently preferring 1t TO
Marching Through Georgia." which he
heard so frequently wherever he went that
he used TO attempt to escape whenever he
decently could.
That evening, while lying bed where
he had dropped his weary frame, he noticed
a light on the wall 1t grew brighter ana
brighter. Calling a member OF his stan'
he inquired the meaning.
There seems TO he house on fire down
IN the neighborhood Of the market house,
was the reply. Fearing the consequences.
owing 10 the high wind. he asked his aid
10 go in person and investigate. The re-
port was that the block of buildings oppo-
site the cotton which had been seen burn
ing earlier in the day was on fire and the fire
was spreading. This was believed to be the
origin of the much discussed confagration.
When the sun rose the following morning,
bright and clear, it shone upon the frag-
ments Of walls and chimneys representing
more than half OF the attractive city OF
Columbia. The capital Of the Palmetto
state the centre of the secession move
ment, had without lntenllOH upon the pe'
of any one paid high price. Here and
there groups OF the inhabitants stood about
small heaps of furniture. representing all
they had been able to save. The inhabi-
tants of that pretty little city we're ready
TO agree with Sherman about the charac-
ter of war;
Doing what he could for the comfort OF
the homeless, and leaving with the Mayor
five hundred beef cattle and one hundred
muskets with which to arm guard to
maintain order after he left, General Sher-
man marched away toward Cheraw and
Fayetteville.
The Confederates had been concentrating
such available troops as they had to the
northeastward. The garrison OF Charles
ton. under Hardee, had abandoned that city
and was cooperating with Wheeler, wade
Hampton and corps Of Hoods old army
under General Beauregard. Sherman made
as if he would so toward Charlotte, with
no intention of going there. Rumors began
to reach him that Charleston had been
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
GOLDSMITH, BOSWELL AND JOHN.
SON DINING.

I each was 70 occur Half dozen amanu-
! erenq transcribed the passages on sepa =
! rate slips of raper and arranged them
| aI7habeticallv. and finally Johnson sup
! nlied definitions and etymolosies, using
! Skinner and other authorities, Ihs
ricketv writing desks and chairs are ~
r,,le account. but library made up OF
the volumes, 10 which he frequently re-
! farred. with Bailey. skinner and hNe or
six Creek folios or a conspicuous shelf
would render the famous attic intensely
interesting.
Turing his residence IN Cough Square
.Trhnron not only compiled and pun
lished tho Dictionary. but also wrote
"Rasselas" and a portion of the Lives
of tho Poets" began the Rambler and
the "Idler" and finished some Of his hes;
, roems and essays. It was his best
3 roriod Of literary production and could
no illustrated by editions Of his works
and by portraits OF his famous friends
His elderly wife died in 1852, and he
wrote in the study tho sincere and sol
emn tribute TO ner virtues, "nlCn Il
country parsoa declined to repeat over
her coffin because II seemed to him un-
duIv Mandatory. He was arrested for a
raltry debt white he lived there and was
rescued by Richardson from prison.
whether No. II Golsh Square he a
catch penny museum or a tasteful dig
nlhed residence ccnsccratCd 10 the mem
Dry Of n great man, It VIII have without
doubt Il large measure OF American pa
tronage whenever II is opened TO the
public. II viii be matter OF indilrer-
enCe TO the transatlantic tourist that the
champion of Torylsm denounced the
fathers OF the Revolution as rascals,
robbers and pirates and declared in Bos-
wells hearing: II am willing to love all
marknd except an American" NO
American visitor viii care to remember
that Johnson, after defining pension in
his Dictionary as pay given TO state
hireling for treason TO his country ac-
certcd 1900 year from George Ill soon
after leaving the hGuge in Cough Square,
and that he wrote, IN 1913, Taxation
No Tyranny with such bitter denuncia-
ton OF the rebel colonies that ministers
lwere forced to reyi-e it. l. \. F.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

after reciting the history Of the house
recommended it's conversion into mu-
scum. with Johnson. Reynolds. Boswell
and Garrick rooms and with miscel-
laneous assortment of prints, portraits,
furniture, books and souvenirs. Mr..
Augustine Birrel and other members
supported this suggestion with oppor-
tune references to the Shakespeare
birth house, the Carlyle house in Chel-
sea, the Burns, Bunyan and Words
worth cottages and the treasured homes
Of other famous men. The members
heard in anticipation the rattling OF
American sixpences or shillings in the
till. and Mr. T. p. OConnor, having dis
covered that Johnson was a sympathetic
friend Of Ireland, promised continuous
procession of visitors from the ever
faithful isle.
From Mr.. Joseph Pennell suddenly
came a vigorous protest against the mu.
scum project, and a clearly expressed
preference for the plan Of converting
the house into genuine Johnson resi-
dence. without prints on the walls and
furniture and bric-a -brac OF the period.
but with such things as were in it when
the great man lived there. He referred
to the Plantin- Moretus house in Ant
werp as a suitable model, since the tap
estries, Portraits. antique furniture and
other objects reproduced the effect Of
the sixteenth century mansion and
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

c,,s,.-,oId with the 2Oth Corps, fordeo
1hor,nson's Creek and at the top Oh th'
hin bevond found q road branching 10 ,"e
.Iaht u ? c,rresponded with one indicator
on his map as leading TO Chera"' Hee'o
was standing by the roadside.
..yvhot road Is this?" he asked, refining
IN bis handsome and prancing horse
"IIiu lead TO Cheraw, massa, repIeu
,bo rogro his eyes resting on Sherman
horse restiveIy picking up and settihs
down his feet ~,
.Is II O good road, and how far!
"A rerv good road, and eight or zen
miles"
ANY guerrillss?' a
"ob NO. massa. Dey Is gone two days
sgo You could have played CARDS on ue''
cCattails. dey was in sich hurry
s,uported by such convincing evidence oi
a.. froedor of the country from enemies,
ca,orol sherman decided to STRIKE OF
across country with no other escort tna',
,ts stafs. he signalled 10 his aids ana
turned down the road
soon afterward General Barry asked tnc
saroa negro for information regarding the
reads lion,
"Dey say Massa Sherman VIII De d'0"s
soon." replied the negro.
"Whv." said General Barry that was
General sherman you were talking to. :,
Instantly the negro fell into an attituoe
which suggested that he was about 70 pray.
/ DE great Godr' he exclaimed MS eyes
! following the antics OF sherman H0' 60
Just look at his horse!
! Running after the Union commander ne
trotted along by his side for niiie' IN
parting all the information he possessed
hut seeming to admire the horse more than
! its rider.
A drilling rain was falling when sher'
man entered Cheraw, couple OF houi'
later. and went TO the house occupied os
General Blair. General Blair invited MN
n luncheon. as his headquarters wagons
bad not come UP. An excellent meal was
found on the table In the basement VI
tho sideboard stood some dusty bottles ol
wine.
"Will YOU have some wine?' asked Gen
cral Blair ....o,r
4 hottie was opened. 1t was SO extraor'
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
OCCUPATION OF COLUMBIA.

do not FIRE any more into the town,
said Sherman You may burst a few
shells near the depot 10 scare away the
negroes and fire three shots at the State
House" These shots were fred, and Sher-
man has declared that this was all the
basis there was for the much discussed and
Investigated charges Of firing upon the
town. The following morning he crossed
the river on a bridge built by General How
ards engineers and entered the city.
boisterous wind was blowing and fakes
Of cotton were drifting along through the
air like fakes of snow. Near the market
square he passed some of his men working
an old fire engine I'm an effort 10 put out
the fire in pile of bales of cotton, which,
he was told, had been started by the Con-
federate cavalry. Turning his horse on the
sidewalk In order TO get past the flaming
cotton. he entered the market square, where
were collected many whites and negroes.
They pressed around him. DIR. Goodwin, the
elderly Mayor OF the place, was extremely
anxious about the protection Of the private
property Of the citizens, and was Teas-
sured in this regard. Several men forced
their way 10 the side of his horse and eX-
plained that they we're Union officers,
who had been prisoners at Columbia and
had escaped from the prison. One of them
handed the general a paper which he thrust
into his breast pocket, the request accom-
panylng II being that he read it at his
leisure.
lie finally reached the house which Dr.
Goodwin had placed at his disposal Fol-
lowing his custom he went through his
pockets for the various papers and memo
randa which were likely 10 accumulate
there and found the paper which had been
handed 10 him in the square. 1t proved 10
be song entitled "Shermsns March to the
Sea" which had been composed by Ad-
jutsnt Byers, of the 9Th Iowa Infantry.
The composer and his fellow prisoners had
sung it while shut up in the Columbia asy-
lIm. General Sherman considered IL 30
good that he Immediately sent for the poet
soldier, attached him to his STAFF, provided
New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

~ HERMANS march TO the sea was
picnic compared with his march nortn
~ from the Carolinas on his way to
junction with Grants army in Virginia
There is not 50 mucn romance CON
nected with marches for miles through
swamps and through water waist deep
as there Is with a jaunt through
clean and Saluhrous country ahoundlns
in chickens. turkey gohblcrs and young
pigs. Not that there were no turkeys ana
Juicy porkers Of tender DAYS in the caro-
llnas, There were too many other features
Of a less agreeable nature, Is a mirage oil
an oasis more tantalizine TO a thirsty traN-
eIler in the desert than clear stream puri-
ing along by tho roadside. laden with dis
case germs to q dry-throated trooper trudg-
Ing along on tho highway? It may he that
many persons are devotees Of the form OF
physical exercise which George Washing
ton. w. =. Gladstone and Theodore Roose-
welt have exalted so highly. but when Nir-
tue becomes a necessity TO the extent Of
corduroving scores Of miles of road, some
Of the stretches not once, but twice, the cX-
ercise becomes less ENJOYABLE, regardless OF
its invigoratiug qualities.
Sherman, according 10 common report
are other diabolical features than those
connected with the Staying Of human be-
ings. They are pillaged and burned homes
Sherman and his generals were humane
and tried 10 protect property. but-acci-
dentally or otherwise, no one viii ever
positively know which-the wake Of their
army through the Carolinas was marked
by the ruins of more than one large town
The civil administration Of Savannah, one
Of the fruits Of his march through Georgia,
did not interest sherman nearly so much
as guiding an army through unknown coun-
Try. So, as soon as he could get his army
IN condition for the proposed five hundred
mile march north 10 Virginia-and this was
rapidly accomplished-he and his sixty
thousand men started for their Northern
goal. Between lay great pine forests,
swamps Of broad extent and deep rivers.
one with as many as seventeen channels
10 be bridged II was in the opening days
of February. 1876, that, provided with am
Die stores and ammunition, he set forth.
General o. o. Howard. the kind courteous
gentleman, commanded the right wing, con-
sisting OF the Fifteenth and Seventeenth
Corps under John a. Logan, dark, almost
bronzed. of fiery, commanding eye, the
dashing general, and Frank ?. Blair,
strongly marked in feature and talented
ana energetic. The left wing was under
the direction Of General Henry w Slocum,
who spent his later years in New York as
q lawyer and whose name was given TO an
nl-fated steamer plying the waters of the
harbor. His command was made up Of the
Fourteenth Corps. under General jeff
c. Davis. who had been a lieutenant at
Sumter when it was fred upon in 1851
and y. s Williams, native of Connect
cut The cavalry was led by the active
hilpatrlCk