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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
REAL NJ
European Countries Can Teach Us
How TO Get the Most Out Of the Soil.

European Countries Can Teach Us
How TO Get the Most Out Of the Soil.
A nation which can count a harvest
by billions, 1t may be supposed. imag-
ines that 1t Is already practicing good
enough agricultural methods. But when
the average acre yield for each of our
products over the entire country is
compared with that in some of the
older countries, where good farming is
a science unto itself, we are quite sure
that we as a nation are ~prodigal and
wasteful in a thousand and one ways.
In the best years the United States
produces an average of only eighty
eight bushels of potatoes to the acre,
and the farmer who grows 300 bushels
by turning under alfalfa and irrigating
eight times is justified in boosting Of
his skill in agriculture. Crowded Eng
land often raises 1000 bushels to the
acre. and still more crowded Belgium,
with over 500 persons to the square
mile, can often show LOCO bushels to
the acre. What is said of potatoes is
equally and strikingly true of all other
land products. We are mighty poor
farmers even with irrigation, nor will
we feed the hungry and enrich the
opulent by doing so much talking about
Ii.
The principle upon which European
farmers work is that of paying due re-
gard to the cost of production. This is
all that intensive farm methods mean
getting the most possible put of an
acre Of land with the least expenditure
Of money. 1t is necessary to empha-
size the word money, for there Is a
system of farming which obtains In all
countries that consists in getting the
most possible out of an acre with the
least expenditure Of labor, time invest
ment or care. If this is farming at all
1t is not intensive farming. but the
most expensive kind Of agriculture.
The way to grow big crops in this
country is to manure heavily, pillow
deeply, use good seed, put 1t in right,
turn on the water at the proper time
and use a little horse sense by watch
ing them grow.-Denver Field and
Farm.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
POOR ST. VALENTINE.
Time Has Taken Liberties With His
Formerly Revered Name.

The paradoxical antics of Time were
never more quantity exempliied than
in the case of st. Valentine. Never
was insult more whimsically added to
injury than by the arbitrary associa-
ton of the stern and slaughtered saint
who fell martyred beneath the clubs
of the Emperor Claudius, somewhere
toward the end of the third century,
with the joyous and essentially pagan
festival which takes his name in vain
recorded as "a man of exceptional
chastity of character" to be associated
with Ophelia's beautiful, ribald, heart
breaking song,
And 1 a maid at your window
To be your valentine.
and to be grossly libeled by Charles
Lamb as "a rubicund priest of Hymen,
attended with thousands and tens Of
thousands of little Lowest"
The historical fact is that poor st.
Valentines reputation as a saint was
sacrificed to that astute policy of the
Christian church which, finding the
old pagan festivals too deeply rooted
in the popular sentiment, changed
their name to that of some Christian
saint and adopted them for its own.
Thus Valentines day was originally
a feast of Februata Juno. and on the
night before boys would draw the
names of girls in order to divine who
should be their sweethearts in the COM
ing year. The church frowned ON this
innocent game and substituted the
names of saints for sweethearts,
whereby, it may be supposed. the game
would somewhat languish. Yet, In
spite of the church. the old pagan man.
ner of playing the game has gone on
until this day, and country girls will
still pin five bay leaves to their pillows
on st. Valentines eve, hoping 10 dream
Of their young man" and by divers
other sorceries strive to wrest from
the future the secret naturally nearest
to the human heart-the face or name
of the beloyed-for the sternest of
saints cannot prevent the world from
keeping immortality young, and the
birds will go on mating on Feb. IA In
spite of all the DEGREES of the church
Richard lie Gallienne in Delineator.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Draw Out the Manure.

Do not let the anu remain in the
stables for any length Of time. Draw
out often and where possible spread
directly ON the fields where wanted. as
this will a V much work another
spring and is generally found to work
well. 1t becomes every farmer to make,
save and use to the best advantage the
largest possible amount of for
the benefit of the land and crops. and
this work needs special attention in
winter.-American Cultivator.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
The Robbers Booty;
Afloat In a DereliCt
By ]. MADISON o o



TATE were coming down the
NV White sea in the Liverpool
bark Silver Spray after land
ing a cargo at a Russian
port when we fell In with and boarded
a brig which had seemingly been aban-
doned for a week or more. The fore
castle and cabin were empty Of bed
ding, and not a single article of cloth
ing could be found. We searched in vain
for the logbook and the ships papers,
nor could we find a scrap of writing of
any sort. The flag locker was empty,
but we should have known the brig to
be a Russian without seeing her name.
Her clocks, chronometer Of she had
one), log line and officers instruments.
together with her charts and the com
pass from the pinnacle, had been re-
moved.
We thought that we might learn
something by a look at her cargo. but
when we got the main hatch off we
found she was only in ballast. We
made a discovery of importance in the
cabin, however. She had a shallow
lazaret reached by a trapdoor, and
from u of this recess we hauled four
large weather sacks Of silver plate.
About half of the lot was church plate,
while the rest had belonged to some
private Individual. Every piece was of
solid silver, but many of them had
been bent and hammered TO get them
into the sacks. These later recepta-
Giles were made of cowskin, with the
hair still on, and were laced up at the
seams. 1t took our united strength TO
haul the bags out and on deck. 1t was
little wonder, though, as there were
about 400 pounds of dead weight to a
sack.
Here was something worthy OF the
name of loot, and in the course of an
other hour we had the sacks aboard
of the bark and had left the derelict to
her fate.
AS to the silver, it seemed plain
enough hat it was the proceeds of a
robbery somewhere in Russia. 1t was
given out hat it would be taken home
with us and sold for the benefit of the
crew. and for two or three days we
were busy figuring out our respective
shares.
Then we encountered a Swedish mer-
chairman in distress and stood by for
a portion of the day to render assist
ance. He had come out of the White
sea and while conversing with our cap
tain incidentally inquired if in cruising
about we had ever got sight of a small
brig named the Grodno. That brought
out the story and solved the mystery,
and it also got our entire crew into a
peck of trouble.
The Grodno was owned at the port of
KEN, in the White sea. 1t appeared
that while she was waiting for a cargo
a band of eight robbers plundered a
church and also the residence of the
governor Of the province on the same,
night. In getting away from the latter
place they had a fight and killed two
of their p~ursuers. They had carts in
which to carry off their booty, but in
stead of proceeding inland they took
forcible possession of the brig. Only
her mate and a boy were aboard, but
two or three of the robbers were also
sailors. They compelled the mate to
put to sea, and. though pursued the
next day, they had the luck to get
clear off.
The idea was to get to England with
the booty, but after getting around on
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10

. PLAN FOR THE NEW SEASON. !

. Winter is not too early to begin
. planning farm work for the com
. ing season. There are the many
. stormy days, when outside work
. cannot be comfortably done,
. which can be most probably
. and indeed pleasantly spent in
. making plans for the new sea-
. son and thinking over the prob
. lens which the past years ex-
|. perience has brought home to US
. for solution.
1 heard a successful farmer re-
!. mark the other day that 1t re-
! quires a good deal Of thinking to
. conduct successfully even a
! small farm, but a good many
. farmers do not appear to recog-
!. nize this truth and simply follow
. the beaten path to which they
! have been accustomed from year
!. to year without expanding any
|. considerable amount of thought
. as to whether their regular rou-
. tine could not be improved upon
. and their business made more
. profitable by a little timely
/. thought and study. Examples
. are not uncommon In almost any
neighborhood to prove that such
. would be the case, but the hab-
its of a lifetime are hard to
/. break.
i. l think one great trouble with
. most of us is that we do not
. have sufficient faith in farming
. to make the necessary invest
. ment to reach the highest sue
!. cess. whether that investment be
!. In the capital or the effort that
. we put into our business.-Farm
. Progress.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
SADDLE HORSES.
Useful Hints on Training Them In
the Cats.
DON'T SHOUT AT ANIMAL.
Lessons Should Not Exceed Hour q
Day at First, and Two Periods OF
Half an Hour Each Are Better-Be
Careful In Your Motions.

Half an Hour Each Are Better-6e
Careful In Your Motions.
After a horse is broken to the sad
die the best way to teach him to sad
die gaits is TO work with him every
day. When training begins the les
sons must be short and simple, and he
must not be held too long at any par
ticular gait, says the Country Gentle
man. Two lessons a day of half an
hour each are better than one lesson
of an hour, but the schooling should
not exceed an hour a day until the
horse becomes fairly handy and en-
joys the work. The rider a tell
when the animal enjoys it and when
he is SOU by the feel of the mouth
and the way the horse moves under
him. School lessons are severer on a
horse than road work, and some ami
mails cannot go through the discipline
of a saddle education. Do not hurry,
do not speak harshly, do not use whip
or spur during the first few lessons
and do not fondle the horse unneces-
sarily. Speak in an even voice IL it is
ever necessary to talk, but give all
your commands for change of gait by
your legs and hands.
II you are working with wild horses
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Do You Know That

Kerosene was introduced for light
ing in 1926?
Bridges were first built with an arch
by the Romans?
Branding for crimes was abolished
in England in 1922?
The city of Rio Jane.ro cannot boast
Of n single modern bakery?
There is a steady decrease In the Gull
tiyated area OF Great Britain2
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10

His Objection.

Wears Daughter-rm sorry you
don't like the wears sermons, William.
What is the matter with them? Are
they too long?
WiIliam-Yes, miss. Yon t curate,
e says, I'm conclusion" and e do con
clude. But t vicar. e says, Lastly"
and e do last-Watchdog.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Taking Pity on Insxperienee.

"Why didn't you get a younger tur-
keyl' demanded the husband.
Il told the dealer l was rather
green" faltered the young wife, 80 he
advised me TO take an old. experienced
bird."-Kansas City Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Good Management of Geese.

respond better to good treatment or
furnish more profitable results than
geese. They will mature just as rap
idly away from streams as near them.
A generous supply of pure water for
drinking purposes is all that is re-
auired.-American Cultivator.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10

Plan to give sprouted oats a trial
this winter. They help egg production
ard prove a strong factor in securing
good health to the flock.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Thrust Upon Her.

The Man at the Door-AIadam, I'm
the piano tuner.
The Woman-I didn't send for a
piano tuner.
The Mani know it. lady; the neigh
bors did.-Chicago News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Goina the ROUNDS.

Maybelle-See the beautiful engage
ment ring Jack gave me last night.
EstellelGracious, Has that just got
around to you?-TUledo Blade.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
Doinq Nothinq.

Hokus-Brownsmith was after a po-
litical job for a long time. What's he
doing now?
Pokus-Nothing. He got it.-Life.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
SAFE.

SAFE.
A valentine is just the thing
To tell a girl you love her.
In pretty verse your love you sing
True as the stars above her."
For bashful lovers tits g boon
There's nothing here to queer
you
And so much easier to spoon
When none is near to hear you.
And if her heart does not incline
Toward yours 1t need not feaze
you.
She'll lay 1t to st. Valentine,
And not a jest will Craze you.
-Lurana W. Sheldon in New York
Times.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
FARM POINTERS.

Wood Ashes For Grape Vines.
Common wood ashes, with a few
poultry droppings. are a cheap and
most approved fertilizer for grape
vines.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-10
A Pet Name Discarded.

= NdfIC bFSCdTu GU.
You don't cali your wife 'Toots' any
more"
NO: it reminds her hat she wants
a motorcar. Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
Missouri Pacific Transfers Hos
pital Funds and Property.
Cash Turned Over to Men
Amounts to Nearly 100000.
IT is THIRTY YEARS OLD
Hospital Service Built Up on
Small Savings of Employees.
Other Items of Interest in the
Traffic World.

st. Louis. Mo-. oct. 25.-Thc Mis-
souri, Pacific-Iron Mountain has COM
pleted the formal transfer of its hos
pital funds and property to its en-
ployees and officials, who have con-
trIbuted small sums out of Their sal
aries each month toward the support
of the hospital service. The cash turn
ed over to the men by the company
amounts to nearly 100000, th5 ex-
act sum being $193,767.73. In addi-
ton, the railroad transferred to the
men all its hospital and real estate
and the furnishings and equipment of
the buildings, including the large hos
pital building in st. Louis and sur
rounding grounds, 3OOx274.64 feet
The value of cash, real estate and fur
nishings all told approximateS q quar-
ter of a million dollars. after allowing
for depreciation in the value of the
St. Louis building, erected a mum her OF
years ago.
The Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain
started its hospital service about 80
years ago. and the cash and property
now on hand have been accumulated
in that time by careful and judicious
handling. Probably 80 per cent. of
the holdings are the result of small
contributions received monthly out of
wages of employees now either dead
or out of the cOmpany'S service. 1t
being an impOSsibility to return the
property and cash to the original con-
1ributors. the claim was raised that
the railroad was entitled to retain
them, as the surplus was due to it's
careful management; and that the
present employees had no right to the
funds President B. F. Bush, how
ever, took the stand that the money
was paid in for hospital purposes and
that the entire fund, real estate,
buildings and all other property
should be turned over to the present
employees for such purposes. Through
his efforts, a resolution authorizing
this disposition was passed al 4 meet
ing of the board of directors in New
York and the transfer was complet
ed at the first meeting of the recent
" elected employees board of hOSpi-
tai service managers, just hel5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
COMMISSIONERS TO MEET.
National Association Goes to Wash
ington Next Month.


Washington. Oct. 5.-Arrangements
lave been completed for the twenty :
fourth annual convention of the National
Association of Railway Commissioners at
headquarters of the interstate commerce
commission. Tuesday. November ~ 1dSS
wears session, which was held in October
continued for four days and members are
urged to so arrange their business TINS
wear as to be able TO remain a sllIllclei't
length of time to thoroughly consider the
many important subjects which Will Z"
M for discussion.
of the Missouri railroad commission.
NIessrs. John A Knott and H r OSleSDN
this wear have been placed on the con-
stitufional committee of the association
Mr. Knott is member of the comm ttts
On shippers claims of which c l. Gas
gov of the Michigan commission Is chalr-
man. Mr.. Oglesby is a member Of the
committee on uniform classification ANA
sirnplification of tariffs, which is presided
over bv Edgar z. Clark, member of the
interstate commerce commission.
VIM. Fitzpatrick secretary of the IN
llois commission. is chairman of the com
lnittee on safety appliances. Bernard A
Fckert of the Illinois commission Is Il
member of the committee on car service
deunurrage and reciprocal demurraSe;
statistics of electrical railways, Orvilie
+. Berry. express service and express
rates.
railway service and accommodations, ana
W F Mcknight. q member of the COM
ulittee which is considering the powers,
duties and work of state railway COM
missions
of the Oklahoma commission J. T.
J.oe is a member of the committee on d.
lays attendant upon enforcing orders OF
ire railway commissions, and A P Wat
a report on telephone and telegraph
rates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
HE BROUGHT THOMAS BACK.
Joe Ross Returns From OIathe With
His Prisoner.

Part of the journey by automobile
was necessary in bringing c. H.
Thomas. wanted here for obtaining
money under false pretenses. to Topeka
from Olathe The automobile trip was
to avoid taking Thomas out of the
state.
IF you take me out of the state 1
shall refuse to be brought back, -
Thomas told Deputy Sheriff Josiah
Ross when the deputy put in an ap-
pearance at Olathe Thomas showed he
knew something about law, and would
have demanded requisition. Ross de-
cided it would be better to hire an auto
and drive to Ottawa, from which place
he could reach Topeka by way of En-
poria without going to Kansas City, a 8
he expected to do from Olathe.
The deputy and his prisoner reached
Topeka late last night. Thomas is
wanted for cashing a bogus check for
S12 on L. w Wilson, a local real es-
tate man. The Kansas State Bankers
associat ton is interested in the CO sc
1nasmuch as it is believed Thomas has
defrauded a number of men in the sta tie
by cashing bogus checks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25

This wonderful fruit laxative acts as
a liver and bowel cleanser-tonic-n
as in an irritant. Its action is natural
and gentle-no gripping. 1t is delicious
no dreading. 1t is positive ana
prompt-no waiting.
If your stomach is sour and filled
with vile gases, your head aches, or
YOU ar bilious, nervous, dizzy. half
sick, you rtongue coated, your thirty
feet of bowels clogged with waste not
properly carried off-don't wait Sure
~ take teaspoonful of delicious
Syrup of Figs tonight, and in the
morning all constipated waste, sour
bile. gases and poisons will move on
and out of the system, gently but thor
oughly-no griping-no nausea-no
weakness. In the old days people let
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25

Railroads tell you about the Won
ders of Nature along their lines; hotels
describe their modern accOmmoda-
tons: but they never fail to ring IN
their cuisine unexcelled.' The wise
traveller knows he is taking pot luck
when he leaves home, hence a box of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is quite as
1g requisites"
Thus commented a philosophical
caveling man. speaking of hotel life,
sstaurants, grills and junction lunch
ounters THE agitatiOns in this
5orld." he continued, ARE the result
one set of men trying to compel
ne other set to think and act against
heir own inclinations. 1t is the same
IL religion litics, and eats. 1 have
they serve; to forget the food experts,
read the currents news and jokes and
leave the stomach to the best expert
in the world-Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's
And Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act
ually do the work assigned them They
relieve weak and overburdened stom-
action Their component parts assist
the digestive fluids and secretions Of
the stomach and they simply take up
the grind and carry on the work just
the same as good, strong, healthy
stomach would do it.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for
sale by all druggists. at so cents
box. and they are the one article that
the druggist does not try to sell some
thing in the place of it that's Just as
good" Their unqualified merit and
success and the universal demand for
them has placed them within the
reach of eryone.-AdV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
UGH! NOT CALOMEL. OIL OR SALTS,
BUT DELICIOUS ''SYRUP OF FIGS''
Give your stomach thorough
cleansing without grips Ends headache
biliousness indigestion and constipation.

these matters run until they needed a
large dose of physic, then they took
something severe. like castor oil, salts
or cathartics. that meant abuse to the
bowels. These are the days of the
gentle and natural-the days of Syrup
of Figs. This way you are not drug
ging yourself. Syrup of Figs being
composed entirely of luscious figs.
SIENNA and aromatics can not cause
injury.
Ask your druggist for Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna,'' and look
for the name, California Fig Syrup
Company on the label. This is the
genuine-old relia BILE. Any other So
called Fig Syrup is an imitation often
meant to deceive you. Refuse such
with contempt-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
SCHUMACHER HEADS E.P. & s. w.
Former Vice President of Rio Grande
PheIps-DOdge Official.

New York, oct. 25.-Thomas NJ.
Schumacher, formerly a well known
railroad man of st. Louis. later vice
president in charge of traffic of the
Denver & Rio Grande and the West
ern Pacific. and more recently traffic
manager and a director in the Ameri-
can Smelling & Refining company. has
resigned to accept the vice presidency
of the FL Paso & Southwestern sys-
tenn, controlled by Phelps-Dodge &
CO. He viii make his new headquar-
tiers at 90 John street, this city and
will have entire charge of all depart
ments of the Ell Paso e Southwestern
His work in the smelling company will
be taken over by Vice President s. w
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
PENNsY WATCHES SANTA FE.
Officials of Eastern Road on Inspec-
ton Tour in West

st. Louis. Mo. Oct. 25.-Vice President
D. T. McCabe of the Pennsylvania lines
arrived in the city from Pittsburg. and
left over the Missouri Pacific for Kansas
City. He said that he expected to meet
President McCrea and the PENNSYLVANIA
officials at Kansas City, and they would
return east via Chicago. They are max
ing the annual inspection trip over 6-e
western properties, and as the Penns. J.
vania is largely interested in the Santl
Fe, it is presumed the officials are look
in ginto its physical conditions between
Kansas City and Chicago.
The Pennsylvania lines proper have no
rails west of the Mississippi river adher-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-25
Atchison Woman Hit by Train.

Atchison Kan, Oct. 5.-Caught on a
grade crossing by a Santa Fe passenger
train, Mrs Joseph Boatright was struck
by. the engine pilot and received injuries
which may result fatally. Both her arms
and one leg were broken and her body is
a mass of bruises She also received a
deep scalp wound. Her siSter-in-laW.
Mrs. Bell Wells, was with her when they
walked on the track but received only
slight injuries as only the side of tii.
engine struck her as she rushed from tie
track. The train was running twenty
miles an hour, Witnesses say.