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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-03

to $40 per acre and the land so reclaimed is selling
at $3.50 per acre now.
Referring to the reclamation work in Illinois
and speaking of 1t generally. S. NJ. Woodward in
a pamphlet prepared for the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, says:
an Illinois and adjacent states, the bottom
lands which have been reclaimed by pumping are
in the heart of the corn belt and possesses heavy
rich black soil, mixed in places with varying
amount of sand. They are adjacent to thicky
populated lands, the best of which is worth $3.50
per acre. and In some cases lies within few miles
of large centers of population.
Tile Drainage is Necessary.
Experience shows that TO put bottom land into
perfect agricultural condition some tile drainage is
usually necessary. Where this has once been dem
onstrated the landowner. who has already been put
to considerable expense for the main drainage OF
the district is not content to have his land in any
thing but the most fertile condition, and hence is
usually quite willing to go to the comparatively
small additional expense involved in the necessary
thing Parallsl lines OF 5inch or 6-inch tile are
laid at such distances apart as the elevation SLOPE
and nature of the soil require. Where the lines are
long, larger sizes are used in the lower portions
The distances between parallel lines found neCes-
sary by trial is usually between ten and thirty
should not be less than thirty inches"
Discussing reclamation and the possibilities OF
further improvement, a speaker at a meeting OF
the Illinois association which is headed by Mr.. Lowe
said, according to the report in the booklet pub
lshed by the association:
Follow up the great valleys like the Missouri.
the upper Mississippi. the Ohio and the other trunk
streams and you win raise the limit (of rich aluyal
lands subject to reclamaton) to $4,000 square
miles.
Add 10 this the valleys along nayigable trbu-
taries, and streams capable Of improvement for
navigation and you will reach a total of about
$4,000 square miles or 50.OOO.O0O acres within the
Mississippi valley. ....
Now consider this in comparison with the
semi-arid regions Some years since had occasion
to make an investigation Of the economic resources
of the United States and Canada with respect to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-03

freight producing capacity and ability to carry
population in relation to the great lakes considered
as the arms of the sea. | will not go into that
further than to say that we have 100000 square
miles OF semi-srd territory, 100000 acres OF
which lies south OF the boundary. The reclamation
service estimates that the water that can be con-
served in this region will irrlgae $4,000, 900
acres or about rs 900 square miles, say per cent
of the whole There $4,000, 900 acres 10 be re-
claimed by simple drainage alone. Higher estimates
have been made, but these involve scientific use
of the waters such is not likely to obtain under
our system OF government and with our human
natures.
Consider the value OF the lands that can be
worked by dry culture. the wood lands and the
grazing and the aggregate rises to 10000 square
miles or about threeeighths, measured in terms
of normal human territory We have 10000
miles OF absolute desert that does not produce
enough heritage to carry steer to the square mile.
= Divide the United States into two equal parts
along the semiarid line in the vicinity Of the Tooth
meridian, and the aggregate value of the western
half will be $4,000 square miles. or 46 per cent.
of the eastern half The eastern half of the United
States is much lower in altitude; it is humid; it
contains the alluyium and great upland soil re-
sources.
81 wish to call your attention to the fact that
the alluvium OF our valleys along navigabe water
courses equals the of all lands that to be
reclaimed by irrigation. and that such lands are
far greater in value and have superior claim in
any policy Of conservation. The lands are as rich
as lands can be- they lie along water courses which
are to be developed as highways; they are near
to the great markets; they are at the lowest ati-
tude and adapted TO the greatest variety OF products
and their reclamation contributes enormously to
the sanitary welfare"
On December I, 1911, the National Drainage as
ISOLATION was formed in Chicago. as result of
split between the drainage" and the Irrigation"
interests at the National Irrigation congress held
In Chicago. The first meeting Of the National as
ISOLATION will take place in New Orleans this month.
at which time the National association viii be per
feetsd.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-03

and boys. few years ago impossible. have become
the finest kind Of agricultural plots. *
While Nebraska and other states have done
much in the way of draining, thing and permanent
reclamation, Illinois is leading all other common
wealths, probably because the opportunity was
greater, as the possible area to be reclaimed was
very large at the beginning. At the head OF the
work in that state is the former Omaha boy. Jesse
Lowe, who has his headquarters at Beardstown.
He is walking encyclopedia of information on this
subject which he is dispensing freely to all inter-
ested parties. He admits that. so far as the work
has progressed in this state. it been well done
and gives promise of wonderful results.
Authorities have endorsed without reserve the
reclamation work of Illinois and other parts OF
the United States In Nebraska It has been costing
only from 81 to $40 per acre to reclaim the sub
mefged lands, but Illinois has expended from $40
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-03

JTTING water on the dry land and TAX
ing water off the wet land are two
Of the most popular and surest ways
OF creating wealth that the west
knows. In both directions it is put
ting its knowledge to excellent use.
On some Douglas county and Dodge
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01
NEGROES IN PUBLIC SERVICE
THERE ARE 22,4OO IN THE en-
PLOY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Some Have Big Plums, and One
Draws $4,000 Year. Average
Waco Is &557 a Year.


Quite interesting figures are found
in Taft republican campaign doc
ument issued for distribution among
the negroes of the East, North and
West"
In this connection, by the way,
the statement has recently been
made that no Georgia flee of pres
idential appointment is held by a
negro.
However, as the pamphlet points
out, during the three and half
years of the Taft administration
there has been an increase of so per
cent in the number of negroes hold
ing places under the government,
and that the annual aggregate pay
negroes in government employ re-
ceive has, during Mr.. Taft's time,
increased from sS,000,000 to $12,-
100000. The total number of ne
groes in government employ on sep
TENDER /, 1912. was 22, 400.
1t would appear that Mr.. Tatts
negro appointments have been prin-
cipaIly for service out of the South
that is, the offices tl-ey were to
hold were not located in the South.
1t also appears that tie average
wage paid by the government to its
negro employees is 1857 a year, or
about 5000 a week. However, ne
groes have some big plnms-minis-
ter to Hayti $4,000 and number
of places of from $1,000 to $4,000.
In high places are the names OF
twenty-seven negroes, headed by
William H. Lewis of Boston, assist
ant attorney general of the United
Staes, 1.-The highest ap. ointive office
ever held by one of the race" In
the list are only four postmasters,
including one-a woman-in the
negro town of Mound Bayou, Miss,
and one at Tuskegee Institute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01
Torture Was Mild Word to Apply to
Ducking Stool, Iron Bride and
Stool of Repentance.

1t should be a matter of congratu-
lation to many that the curious little
customs of punishment used by our
ancestors gradually have been aban-
dOned The pleasing prospect OF oa-
kers caught cheating, of butchers
who sell bad meat or poultry, of fish
mongers who vend doubtful sea bass,
all parading in the direction of the
public piIlory with their tainted
foods hung around their necks and
indignant housewives pelting them
with rotten apples may be cheering
to think of. But it is we'll to remem-
Der that women have stood IN the
pillory; also that there was such a
variety of stools of repentance, eX-
pressly designed for their sex,s use
that torture was mild word Win
which to describe them.
The good old days are very much
better dead, especially for woman
sake. Women have cause to oher
prayers of thankfulness that their
lives are laid in the goth century In
stead of the 18th.
The Iron Bride.
The most familiar feminine pun
ishment of the olden times was the
branks; and when any woman nova
days is told that she had better Drl-
die her tongue the expression comes
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01
PUNISHMENTS OF WOMEN
IN THE "GOOD OLD DAYS -

pretty close to the reality thew used to
put or her in England, about the
time the Mayfower immigrants were
getting organized over here. In the
middle of the 18th century Ralph
Gardner of Chirton, Gent, dedicated
his book on evils in the coal trade
to Cromwell, as lord protector; and
he printed the deposition of John
Willis of Ipswich, who,
Upon his oath said, that ne, and
this deponant, was in Newcastle SIX
months ago, and there he saw one
Ann Bridlestone drove through the
street by an officer of the same cor
poration, holding a rope in his hand,
the other end fastened to an engine
called the branks, which is like a
crown, it being of iron, which was
musled over the head and face, with
a great gag or tongue of iron, forced
into her mouth, which forced out the
blood; and that is the punishment
which the magistrates do infict upon
Gliding or scolding women; and ne
hath often seen the like done to 9TH
ers."
The Pilgrim fathers, while they
brought over many other such harsh
punishments, and applied them as
harshly, left the branks at home.
They used a cleft stick for their com
mon scolds; and that, clipped on the
tongue, silenced them as effectua!ly
although there is no record of the
stick being much more merciful.
The drunkard's cloak, an open bar
rel, reversed to let the culprit walk
freely, and with apertures above for
head and arms, was last used in the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01
TYPHON DOES GREA7 DAMAGE
MANY Thousand Persons Left With
out Homes in Japan. Prop
crty Damage $40, 200, 900.

TOKIO.-Damage exceeding $29--
600. 900 was caused by the typhoo1
which swept Japan from end to end
last Sunday. The toll OF human life
was heavy. Tens of thousands are
HON 3leo3.
Crops suffered severely every
where, but the greatest damage was
done in the neighborhood of Nagoya,
Nara and Osaka, on the island OF
Hondo, and Gifu. At Nogoya every
house was damaged. A tidal wave
demolished the harbor and sank
three steamers. Several others went
ashore. At Gifu 262 persons were
killed and 2S3 injured.
At Osaka 10000 houses were
ruined. At Naru the thousand year
old Kasuara shrine collapsed into a
heap of ruins.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01
TRY PELLAGRA ON MONKEYS.
GOVERNMENT SENDS SIMIANS TO,
SAVANNAH FOR EXPERIMENT.
No Monkey, Mans Closest Relative,
Has Ever Been Known to Have
the Dreaded Disease

SAVANNAH, Ga.-With the idea
of utilizing monkeys in the search
into the mysteries which have here
tofore bafled investigators in pella-
gra the surgeons at the United States
Marine Hospital here bave collected
"a colony of simians, which numbers
Ssome twenty-five, and which have
been given comfortable quarters at
the hospital pending the time when
the Investigators are ready to begin
the experiments on them.
The monkeys we're collected by
the gevernmnt health authorities at
Washington from all parts of the
world, and are of varied species and
ancestry. Just now they are taking
life easy until the arrival of DR..
Lavinder, who has charge of the pei
lagra Investigations at the hosplta &,
and who is the best known and high
est esteemed investigator of this dis
ease in the United States. DR.. Law
inder is now in Washington, where
he has besn detained serving on va
rious boards under orders from the
surgeons general.
To Diet Monkeys.
Pending his return those at the
hospital are not fully sure as to the
exact use to which the monkeys win
be put in the Investigations, but it
is presumed they will be on various
diets and efforts made to give them
pellagra in order that the effects on
them and the effect of various treat
ments can be determined. The con-
siderable similarity between the
makeup of human beings and mon
keys, il is believed, will make the
simians valuable mediums for expe-
riments for the physicians studying
the disease, which has so far pre-
scented many battling points.
So far as known no monkey has
ever had pellagra. 1t is related that
one distinguished surgeon once
thought he had discovered the symp-
toms of the disease in monkey, and
was considerably elated over the
chance it presented of studying the
disease in the animal. His further
investigations, however, showed him
that the symptoms were those of a
Mdlduy COl1ulU1 " Ll4C MUMMY lhlil-
lily.
The surgeons at the marine hOspi-
tai hope to have considerable sue
cess with the colony they have gath
cred, and the progress of the expert
ments will be watched with inter
est, not only in Savannah, but in
medical circles the world over, TAX
ing place as they do at Savannah,
where the government, under the
supervision of DR.. Lavinder, is max
ing special efforts to gain a more
definite knowledge of the disease.
A portion of the monkeys are de-
tanned in the upper story of the
hospital and others have quarters in
the basement They are apparently
making the most of their new resi-
dence without any forebodings of
the use to which they are to be
put.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01

union army in 1862, when it served
as punishment for delinquent SOL
diers. In all English history it was
regarded as mans punishment, but
originally, in Holland, it appeared in
the form of a butter churn, and 1t
was applied publicly to women VINO
preferred to have two husbands IN
stead of one. Considering the de.
cline of the oldfashioned way OF
making butter it might be hard to
find enough churns to go around, II
all the female bigamists were so pun
ished nowadays.
The Ducking Stool.
While the ducking stool was the
penalty for scolding women it was
pre-eminently the punishment LOT
those whose reputation offended de-
cency. Unless managed with the Ut
most care these duckings by mercl-
less mob were liable to mean death,
instead of mere discomfort and pub
lie disgrace. Nowadays the lady
simply gets divorce, several COL
umns in the papers, star engage
ment on the stage and rlch nus
band. Times have vastly improved
The American colOnists were strong
on ducking stools. They used to pass
resolutions every week demanding
the cree ton of stools, plain and ran
CIV. They regarded them as town
ornaments. But when they got them
if was rarely indeed that any com
munity had the hardihood to use
them, at least among the Pur-
itan communities. Further south,
in Pennsylvania and Virginia, duck
ing went on rig1t rlerrily, and when
there wasn't any stool handy they
towed the sinners through the water
from the stern of a boat.
Stubborn Betsy Tucker.
In a letter of 1884, still preserved
in the archives of Massachusetts, II
is related that one Betsy TucKer
would not yield until she mao al
lowed herself to be ducked several
times. At length she cried plteously,
LET me go! Let me go! BY Goa s
help I'll sin no more" Then they
drew back We machine, Untitled ye
ropes and let her walk home in her
wetted clothes a hopefully penltent
woman"
The Stool of Repentance.
The stool of repentance is no mere
figure of speech, but the real name OF
a very much dreaded punishment,
used in Scotland as late as 1876. Inc
churches had their 'cuttystools, Tor
public penitence, and men and wo-
men who were guilty OF improper
conduct were often compelled 10 slt
there during divine service, objects
of reproach by the entire congrega-
ton. and to stand on the stools at
the close of the service to be SOL
EMMY rebuked by the minister
The Whipping Post for Lovers.
But what will strike moderns as
the most unirst punishment OF al
was the practice OF logging al tge
whipping post lovers VINO wooed falr
maids without the consent OF the pa
rents or employer. The plymouth
laws OF 1888 were specific and pretty
comprehensive as to the punishment
FOR 1.-THE inVeagling of mems daugh-
ters and maids under guardians,
but afterword it was found necessary
to he more clear as to the definition
of 'inveagling. So a later law
itemized the arts of love forbidden
az ''speech, writing, message, COM
pany- keeping, unnecessary famlliar-
itv. sinful dalliance, gifts or IN any
other way"
A woman certainly can be glad
she's alive now in this day when
she dares even to be militant suf-
fragette.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01

]. w. Copeland of Dayton, Ohio,
purchased a bottle of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for his boy who had
a cold, and before the bottle was
ali used the boys cold was gone. Is
that not better than to pay a i've
dollar doctors bill? For sale by
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-10-01

The first frost is soon due. It al
ways comes about six weeks after
the first bale.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
] Mrs. EsteIla Gillispie
ONE CASE OUT OF MANY
TO PROVE OUR CLAIMS.

st. Anne, Ill.-"I was passing
through the change of life and 1
was a perfect wreck from female
troubles. l had displacement
and bearing down pains, weak
fainting spells, dizziness, then
numb and cold feelings. Some
times my feet and limbs were
swollen. I was irregular and had
so much backache and headache,
was nervous, irritable and was
Respondent. Sometimes my APP
petite was good but more often it
was not. Ny kidneys troubled
me at times and could walk
only short distance.
Il saw your advertisement ina
paper and took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
l was helped from the first. At
the end of two months the swell
ling had gone down, l was re-
lieved of pain, and could walk
with ease. I continued with the
medicine and now I do almost all
my homework. / know your
medicine has saved me from the
grave and I am willing for you to
publish anything / write to you,
for the good of others. Mrs.
EsTELLA GILLESPIE, RID. No. 4,
Box "a, st. Anne, Illinois.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
ASSASSIN HELD FOR TRIAL;
FEAR POISONED BULLET
Milwaukee JurIst Arranass John
schrank Shall Go Before Grand
Jury on Attempted Murder.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 16.-John
schrank. who attempted to kill Theo.
dore Roosevelt. was arraigned before
Judge w. B. Neelen in district court
and held for attempted murder, his
bail being fixed at $1,000. He VIZ
then returned to the central station
In the custody of a detective. His
arraignment caused little excitement
At the city hall. where Judge Neelen's
courtroom Is located AS result his
appearance at the city hall in charge
Of half dozen detectives was not
noted, except by newspaper men, un.
til his case was called. Then Schrank.
between two detectives. who lowered
. foot above his head, was brought
TO one side Of Judge Neelen's bench.
District Attorney label stood at the
opposite side Of the Judge The dis
trict attorney read the formal charge
Of attempted murder based on war.
rant for Schrank, which he had
caused to be issued this morning.
do you understand the charge
which the district attorney has Just
read here?" said Judge Neelen to
Schrank.
"Yes," replied Schrank, as he gazed
steadily and quietly at the judge, who
peered at him rather curiously over
the tops of his eyeglasses.
"All right" remarked Judge Neelen,
II think this disposes Of the matter 50
far as we can 60 this morning. !
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18

gone through, so you see was going
to make long speech. The bullet is
in me now, so that l cannot make q
very long speech. But l will try my
lest.
And now, friends, want to take
advantage Of this incident to say az
solemn word Of warning as knew
how to my fellow Americans. First
OF all want to say this about myself
l have altogether too many import
ant things to think Of to pay any heed
or feel any concern over my OWE
death. Now, l would not speak to
you insincerely within five minutes Of
being shot. am telling you the liter
al truth when say that my concern
is for many other things. 1t is not
in the least for my own life.
Ahead Of the Game, Anyway.
Il want you to understand that
am ahead of the game, anyway. Nc
man has had a happier life than have
had, happier life in every way.
have been able to do certain things
that I greatly wished to do and l am
interested in doing other things.
can tell you with absolute truthful
ness that l am very much uninter
ested in whether am shot or not. II
was Just as when was colonel Of my
regiment, l always felt that a private
was to be excused for feeling at times
some pangs of anxiety about his per
sonal safety, but cannot understand
a man fit to be colonel who can pay
any heed to his personal safety. when
he is occupied, as he ought to be &C.
cupied, with the absorbing desire to
do his duty.
In II With Whole Heart.
II am in this cause with my whole
heart and soul; l believe in the pro
gressive movements movement for
the betterment of mankind, the move.
ment for making life a little easier
for all our people, movement to try
to take the burdens off the man and
especially the woman in this country,
who is most oppressed. am absorb
ed In the success Of that movement
I feel uncommonly proud in belonging
:
to that movement. Friends. I ask you
now this evening to accept what am
saying as absolute truth when I tell
you 1 am not thinking Of my life OF
Of anything connected with me per
sonally."
After Colonel Roosevelt had finish.
ed that portion Of his speech in which
he referred to his injury, he turned
to the issues Of the campaign. and
spoke as though he were making one
Of the addresses which are matter
Of daily routine with him. After he
had been speaking for some time he
turned to DR.. Terrell and said: How
long have l been speaking?"
"Three-quarters Of an hour" said
the doctor, glancing at his watch
WELL said the colonel, with .
smile, "I'll talk for a quartS of an
hour more"
The crowd laughed and then broke
into a cheer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
Sterilization 10 Ordered.
Mr.. C. K. Slonneper.

The world seems dark and life not
worth living to the person who suffers
from indigestion and stomach trouble
year in and year out, in spite of his
efforts to be cured. But it is all a
question of being fortunate enough to
strike the right medicine. c. K. Sion
meyer, Liberty, Ind, says the right
medicine for Indigestion and stomach
trouble is DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
which cured him. 1t is absolutely guar
anteed to do what is claimed, and if
you want to try it before buying, send
you address for free sample bottle
to Pepsin Syrup Co.. 1I9 Caldwell Bldg.
Monticello, ILL., 1t is sold by all drug
gists at sec and 81 a bottle,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-18
TAFT WIRES "HE IS SHOCKED"
President and Woodrow Wilson TeIs.
graph Roosevelt - Are Glad
Wound 10 Not Serious.

Chicago, Oct. 16.-Theodore Roose-
velt received the following telegram
from President Taft
Il am greatly shocked to hear Of
The outrageous and deplorable assault
made upon you. earnestly hope and
pray that your recovery will be
speedy and without suffering.
WILLIAM H. TAFT"
Trenton, N. j., Oct. 16.-Governor
Wilson sent the following telegram to
Colonel Roosevelt:
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Pro
yressive Headquarters, Chicago:
Please accept my warmest sympathy
md my heartiest congratulations that
he wound Is not serious.
WOODROW WILSON,"