The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 14, 1903, Image 6
Washington Letter.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.)
On August 8, General Nelson A.
Miles, commanding general of the
army, retired from that position,
having reached the age limit of (34
years. In bidding iarewell to the
army General Miles issued an doquent
and patriotic valedictory, but
it was noteworthy that no word of
congratulation or commendation
camo from the President or Secretary
of War, a distinct contrast fi\m the
procedure which atterulel the retirement
of General Sehofield, eight
years ago, when President Cleveland
addressed to the retiring general a
letter of congratulation on his long
and Euccessful career. It was the
one unfortunate incident f Miles'
career that he was never able to adjust
himself to the peculiarities of his
position as '"general commanding the
army" nor to realize that his position
as such was largely titular. Few
men have a finer military record
than General Miles and it is piob
able that no European general has
seen as much actual warfare. It was
not on the field of battle, but in the
bureaus of the War Department, that
General Miles failed to obtain glory.
Nor is this surprising, lor, it Mill be
remembered that his predtcessors
Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan, ah
though holding the command of the
army under less trying circumstances
had grave difficulties in getting along
with their contemporary secretaries
of war: so much, in fact that General
Sherman moved the headquarters
of the army to Sr. Louis with a view
to getting as far from the War Dc
partment as practicible.
Among well ported persons it is
not charged to any weakness of
General Miles that differences between
himself and the Secretary of
War aroae. In fact, it is probable
that the historian of the future will
be quick to recognize that such d.ffieulties
as occurred, were due to a
faulty system rather than to the
character of the man in command.
The fault was that the general e ui
manding had no it fluencc over the
ten heads of staff departments who
had generally long reigned supreme
and whose self will contributed no
little to the fricton which appears to
have been inevitable. To Elihu
Root, the present Secretarv of W?r
ft # ? J " > I
attaches the credit of discovering the
serious daw in the system and devis
ing 5nd securiiig the adoption by
Congress cf the lemedy. It js
therefore a matter of congratulation
that on August Id. the position of
general commanding will go cut of
existence and the command of the army
will fall to a general stafl' and the
ranking general, as chief of staff,
may find it possible to work in har
mony with the ten staff officers who
perform so important a part in tindirection
of militaiy affairs.
General S. B. M. Young has been
appointed to the command of the
army, vice Miles, but will become
chief of staff on August Id. 11c
will fill that position only six months
as he retires on January <>, 1004
It is believed that General Adna 11.
Chaffee will succeed General Young.
General Chaffee will have two ycirs
to serve when he will probably be
succeeded by General Ilenry C,
Corbin and it is the expectation that
he will be succedcd by General Arthur
McArthur and he in turn byGeneral
Leonard Wood who will ?im.
ceed by right of seniority wi'h a
prospective service of twelve years
before be reaches the age of retire
ment.
The last general order issued by
General Miles aside from bis valedictory,
prohibited the docking or
mutilation of any horse in the artnv,
There has been a disposition on the
part of certain officers, mostly of the
younger set and who buy and pay
tor their own horses to have them
docked but General Mile's order will
prevent this practice in the future,
and will doubtless have a tendency
to abolish the custom among wuuhl
be society swells.
Grave apprehension is fult hy
President Boosevelt and the officers
of the administration at the news
which comes from Bogota reganling
the Panama canal treaty. The lat
est reports arc to the effect that the
treaty will be ratified only Rafter be
ing amended and that means'that
the entire fight must be renewed in
the United States Senate, Senator
Morgan is still hopeful of securing
the adoption of the Nicaraguan route
and has been spending a part of the
summer fortifying himself with new
arguments against the Panama route,
while the transcontinental railway
lobby is grea tly encouraged at the
prospect, so much so that manv r?f
the lobbyist who had been retained
in Bogota have been ptrinitfed to return
in the belief that they have accomplished
their purpose, the defeat
of the treaty in its present form. In
connection it ahould be said,
tb*t' cable oommunition
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with Bogota is seriously interrupted
ami all reports arc received with
more or less credulity.
There have been no new devooplmcnta
in the p.tstoifioe investigation
during ttic past week, although there
is no lessening (f the vigor with
which the search for irregularities is
being prosecuted. The district at- |
torney and his assistant, worn out )
_:?i. .u ?-? - -* * '
wiui lueir i injurs in procuring meir
lust batch of indictments, are taking
a rest and the grand jury has adjourned
until the middle of this week
when it is hoped they will be ready
to report a number of indictments
now pending. II. II. Rinl, confidential
clerk to the Postmaster General,
has disappeared from the Department
and no information as to
his whereabouts is obtainable, although
lie continues to draw his salary.
Postmaster General Payne has
returned to Washington and, while
he at first appeared much benefitted
by his re3t and cruise, the heat and
anxiety arc now telling on him and
it is again rumored that he will be
unable, because of the impairment of
his health, to remain in the cibinet
much longer.
The legal division of the Fostoffice
Department is conducting the most
vigorous fight on persons making
fraudulent use of the mails that has
been known for many years and Assistant
Attorney General llobb is
earning exceptional credit by his
strenuous work in this direction.
Gleanings From Exchanges.
In Marseilles, France, Aug. 1). an
anarchist fired two shots at Premier
Combs. The shots went wide of the
ma i k.
There ore one million spindles, i
and seven thousand five hundred
operatives idle in the Fall Ilivcr '
Mills of Massachusetts.
K-ports from Glenn Springs j
bring* the information that the hotel i
and boarding houses arc crowded to t
their full capacity. Talk of cnlarg- |
I ing ihc hotel is heard in some quar- f
ttrs.
It has been reported that, owing |:
to a u^g pen on a stream that fed a [
one of the reservoirs of the Green- [
vide water supply, the city water of j.
that community was contaminated, i
The city board of health met on Aug. J
7, and declared that upon personal ;
inspection, they believed the water '
to be alright.
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Miss Helen Shcppard, daughter ,!
of Ex Gov. Shcppard, of Edgefield. r
narrowly escaped serious bodily J
harm last week. Miss Shcppard \
stepped into the open shaft of an 1'
elevator at the Alvion hotel, Au- f;
gusta, Ga. She fell ten or twelve ?
feet, and was severely bruised and "
shocked.
On August 7, a negro woman, |
Lizzie Aiken, living near Rantowels, \
a station on the Atlantic Coast Line \
railroad, killed two of her children 'f
by cutting off their heads with an
axe. One of the children was 5 ;;
years old; the other 3. An effort
was made to burn them after their ;l
heads bad been completely severed ;
from their bodies. The woman
seemed to be demented.
Georgia is stirred up over the :
snipping of Miss Mamie 1).christ, '
a joung woman convicted of stealing jj
diamonds, and imprisoned on the I
State penitentiary farm. Iler be- (!.
haviour, since the commission of the ?
crime, has been such as to cause (
many people to believe her insane, i
She was whipped because she was
sai<l to be guilty of impertinence to }
the wife of the keeper.
A civil service examination was r
held in Boston last week to supply i
teachers for the Philippines. Not j
an applicant presented himself. Let- >
ters written homo by teachers already ?
in the islands arc said to account for !
the failure. The s<juad which went f
over rejoicing some months ago, it \
is reported, "have had gloomy ex- 1
periences as neither salaries nor ae- i
commodations have come up to the
glittering inducements that led them
to take the long voyage."?News
antl Courier.
Columbia, Aug. 9.?Special to thrj,
News and Courier: The negro min- ,
isters on August 25, to discuss tb* \
race situation. From the present [
indications this Convention will be I
one of the largest ever held here,
as cvprw nnwrn fhnrpti in Sm ?K (- )
?^ J ?n ??? I
olina will be represented by one or ^
more delegates.
As the present time the qnestiot s
to be discussed are of vital interes1. 1
to both whiles and black. A few or
tho questions that will be taken up
aro given below:
1. Is lynching ever justifiable, or I
does it lessen the crime for which it. (
?? as^ ' gg
it is done?
2. What effect does lynching
have on thoso who participate in it
or witness it?
8. Is tho charge that negroes
refuse to assist in apprehending and
arresting criminals of their race true?
if so, why?
4. What are tho best remedies
for such criminal :i89aults of which
many men of our race sro accused?
5. An appeal to tho intelligent,
and humane white citizens of this
country for a more faithful enforce-1
inent ot ttio laws against mob violence.
0. How can kinder relations and
better feelings be established between
tho races of this country?
7. Docs the negro race desire
social relations with the white race?
The letters sent out are signed by
.11. J. Ilamsev, M. G. Johnson and
It. W. Baylor, three of tho most intelligent
and trustworthy ministers
i f the negro race in tho South.
S. S. Convention Program.
The following is a programme of
the 2Gth Annual Convention of the
ISouth Carolina Sunday School Convention
to be held in the Washington
Mreet Presbyterian Cnurcb, Greenville,
S. C., August 25, 2G, and 27,
1903:
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27.
8.30 p. m.?Song and prayer service.
8:45^. m.?Words of greeting by
Prof. E. L. Ilughcs. Response by
Itev. II. C. Buckholz, President.
9,00 p. m.?A review of the work
"by William E. Pellam, Chairman
Executive Committee.
0:15 p. m.?Tho Child We Tench,
by Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner, of
Illinois, fieldworkcr of the Informational
Convention.
WEDNESDAY MORNIMG, AUGUST 2G.
9 00 a. m>?Devotional exercises
conducted by Rev. Z. T. Cod}', D. D.
9.15 a. m.?Reports of oflicers.
\a)Thc President, Rev. II. C. Buckmo
/,. (b) The Secretary, Prof. B.
W. Gctsingcr. (c) The Treasurer,
Itcv. W. I. Herbert. (The Superintendent
of primary and junior work.
Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, (c) The Super-|
jntcndent ot Home Department,
Prof. J. A. Gam well.
10.30 a. m.?How I Prepars my
"Lesson, by Mrs. Mary Foster Brymer,
of Illinois, ficldworkcr.
11.00 a. m.?The International
Convention at Denver, by Rev. J.
^T. Shell and S. B. Ezell.
11.30 a nr?Appointment of
?:ominitteee. (*) Nomination.) f b]
Enrollment, [e] Resolutions.
WEDNESDAY AFTEUNOON.
3.30 p. m. Devotional Exercises,
ca iducted by Rev. C. B. Smith.
3.45 p. m.?Report ot Nominating
Co-nmitte.
4.00 p. m.?Some Usefal and
Ncecssary Helps, by George C.
Hodges.
4.30 p. m.?An Hour in the
.Modern Primary Department, by
!Mrs. Bryner, fieldworker.
WKDNDSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26.
8.30 p. m.?Devotional Exercises,
conducted by Rev. T. W. Sloan.
8-45 p. m ?Round Table, conducted
by Rev. T. II. Law, D. D.,
subject: Home Department of the
Sunday School. Open Discussion,
9.30 p. m.?Home Intluences in
Christian Training, by Mrs. Bryner,
International field worker.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27.
9.00 a. in,?Devotional Exercises,
conducted by Rev. A J. S. Thomas,
D. D.
9.15 a. m.?How to Teach the
Lesson, by Itev. It. P. Pell.
10.00 a. m.?Decision Day. by
Dev. 0. II. Itopcr.
10..05 a. m.?Mc hods of Primary
I'nion Work, by Mrs. Bryncr, of
Illinois, field worker.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
8.30 p. m.?Devotional Exercises
conducted by Rev. G. G. Mayes.
3 45 p. in.?Use of Blackboard in
Sunday School, bv Rev. W. B. Duncan.
4 00 p. ui.?Next Sunday'a Lesson
Taught to Piintary Class, by
.Mrs. Bryncr, of Illinois fieldworker
THURSDAY KVKNIKO.
8.30 p. nr?Devotional Exercises,
by Rev. S. R. Preston, 1). D.
8.45 p. m?What is the Chjrch,
Accomplishing as a Teacher of the
Word of God, by Rev. II. R. Mur
cbison.
9.30 p- in.? An Approved Work
man. by Mrs. Bryner, of Illinois,
fieldworker.
Entertainment provided for !'
delegates. Write to Prof. E. L.
Ilughes, Greenville, S. C. of your
purpose to attend.
Cholera Infantum.
This disease lias lost its terrors since
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy came into general use.
The uniform success which attends the
use of this remedy in all eases of bowel
complaints in children lias made It a
favorite wherever its value has liecomo
known. For sale by F. C. Duke.
Birds Thnt Exercise liiffcnalty.
Birds building ou high trees are not
bo war#* about the concealment of their
nests as hedge builders and those that
seek the springing corn or grass land
for the shelter of their homes, trusting
to the loftiness of situation for security.
A nest placed upon the ground
is in constant danger of exposure. A
browsing animal might destroy It.
Then the scythe with one sweep occasionally
lays bare one or mora nests,
thereby endangering the eggs or callow
nestlings. This renders the parent
birds very wary and causes them to
practice great ingenuity In their efforts
to protect the young birds.
The skylark has been known to carry
Its egg or offspring to a place of safety '
after an exposure of the nest, and It 1
has been said its long hind claw?the
use of which has puzzled many naturalists?Is
specially adapted by nature
for more easily grasping and transporting
Its treasures from the source of
danger. When the young birds aro
too bulky to be thus removed the parent
bird carries them on Its bnck,
though this mode of removal Is a somewhat
difficult one.?London Tit-Bits.
, Jefferson and the Patent Office.
The first patron of our patent system
was Thomas Jefferson, who during
three years gave his personal attention
to every application for a patent. lie
used to call the secretary of war and
the attorney general to examine and
scrutinize with him, and they did It so
thoroughly that In one year?the first?
they granted only three patents. The
very first patent of ail was given to !
Samuel Hopkins in 171)0 for pearl ash
os. Mr. Jefferson held that the patent
system was not one for creating revenue,
hut for encouraging a production (
of that which is to be of benefit to the
whole people. In the first twelve years
n single clerk in the state department
and a few pigeonholes were all that
the business of the office required.
Then a Dr. Thornton took charge of it
and devoted himself to it as to a hobby.
Spiders Mice Mimic.
A violinist says spiders are notoriously
and historically fond of music.
At one of his performances the concert
hall wun made disagreeable by a sudden
invasion of spiders, which were
drawn by his violin out from the
cracks and crannies of the ancient
building. They crawled about the floor
Olid on to the stage, and he could see ]
the annoyed audience stamping on the ,
Insects. The writer adds that lie has
known a small garden snake to be attracted
by piano playing and a young
calf to whisk his tail and prance about
most gleefully at the first notes of a
French horn. Ills neck would curve
about proudly, his hoofs tread lightly ,
and his ears wag Joyously when tho j
tooting began, and he never quieted ]
down till the music ceased. (
I.Htllcn Who Wore Knives. I
In early English days knives were
worn by Englishwomen in imitation of
the anelace, a dagger carried at the
girdle. Chaucer speaks of them in the J
prologue to his "Canterbury Tales:"
Illr knives wcro y-chaped not with brass.
But all with silver wrought, full clean and
well. (
In Boss church, Herefordshire, is a 1
monument to a lady of the Ruddle family,
temp. Ilenry VIII., who wears a *
purse and a knife. Hrnnd tells us that
knives were formerly part of the no- f
eoiiterments of a bride. In a play, '
temp. "Edword III.," occurs the pas- 1
sage:
Here by my side do hang my wedding
knives.
In tlic "Arehnoologla" Mr. Douce, the '
antiquary, wrote g paper on this prac- '
Uce of wearing knives liy European I
ladies in tlie sixteenth century, and an 1
engraving shows n specimen of a ense i
of these wedding knives, dated 1010, '
which are described as having amber 1
handles and cases of purple velvet em- 1
broidcred with gold.
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Some l'xni)' Animal*.
A species of dwarf elephant used to <
live on the island of Malta and in various
parts of Italy. Judging from the i
bones which remain, these animals,
about the size of a large sheep, were
somewhat numerous. A dwarf elephant
is a rarity now and no longer forms a
distinct species, but is considered ratli- 1
er a freak. 1
A very beautiful species of pygmy
deer is found on the Sunda islands. 1
These little creatures are not much lar- 1
gcr than n eat, but have ail the points '
of a "well bred" deer. '
Among horses Shetland ponies aro
the pygmies. The ordinary musk of
central Africa Is a pygmy, or dwarf, of '
only al>out twenty inches in height at
the shoulder and three feet in length.
Mnklnar Sure at Him.
- i mime, saui tnc thoughtful moth- 1
or, "flint you ought to object to young
Brown paying ho much attention to
our (laughter."
"Why?" demanded tho thoughtless
father. "lie ImpresseH me very favorably."
"That's Just It," returned the thoughtful
mother. "We must do something to
make his ambitious mother think we
regard ourselves a little above them socially
If we are to mnke sure of him."
A Hint to Go.
"I have something to tell you before
I go," he dually said.
"Is It a long story?" she hastily ]
asked.
"No; it is a very short one."
"Then I think you will Just have
time," she sweetly said.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Her Reference*.
"I don't, like these references," said
the housewife. i
"Well, mum," returned tho applicant j
for a position, "I didn't write 'em, so it i
ain't my fault. If you don't like 'em i
Jest you go to the people as gave 'em to j
me au* toll #o."?Chicago Poet.
?cm??m- ??> ?? ?
The lumberman, the sheep end tLc
forest fire will utterly ruin the remaining
forest growth of the country on- Vhs
less prevented. '
California shipped 1,580 cars of eeleiy
to the east the past season. This
business has grown from a shipment
of only lltly cars ten years ago."
Soft water cisterns in the south are# v> , *
, nearly nil made of galvanised steel
niul placed above ground nt the rear of
the house, thus making warm soft waj
ter always on tap.
HEROIC SELF SACRIFICE."
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~onrnire WI?H Which a YonnR N?r?l
Ofllccr Greeted Death.
"Speaking of heroism," said a navy
>fllcer at his flab a few evenings ago,
'it is rare that sueli an example Is seen
is that of Uynson. who was a passed
nidshlpnian at Vera Cruz in 1N4G. It
,vas really more tlian a bit of heroism;
it was fortitude, passive courage, that
onfrontod a peculiar danger, a self
acrlflce, that was most conspleuous.
"Our fleet was off the linrlior on
blockade duty when one day a Sptyiish
merchant vessel managed te slip in
ivithout being discovered. Uynson connived
tlie idea of enpturln?^the vessel
?y a nlglit attack, and he succeeded in
loing so. Hut as lie could nq4 tnke the
vessel out of harbor, for the reason
that she was under the close range
>f the enemy's guns, Uynson set Are
to the vessel. In doing so he burned
jotli his arms so badly that he carried
'hem In slings for several days. While
11 this disabled condition a terrific
'quail, came up and played havoc with
joveral of our little vessels, and tlie one
>n which Uynson was serving was capsized.
Uynson nnd one of tlie other ofIcers
managed to get hold of a floating
'par, but as It was not sufficient to
keep them both afloat Uynson let go
tils hold and In a few moments sank to
tils death."?New York Tribune.
Wclfflit of a GroirlnR Child.
The weight of a growing ehild is tlie
most important Index to its general
health. The standard of -weight for
growing children, that usually given
by authorities in the matter, Is that at
live years of age a child should weigh
about as many i>ounds as Jt Is Inches
high. As a rule, this will not be much
aver or under forty pounds. Children
who come of large parents should
weigh something more than that. The
rate of Increase should 1m? alsmt two
pounds for every Inch of growth, with
a tendency for tlie weight to exceed
tills standard proportionately rather
than to fall below it. When a child is
rather heavier In proportion to its
height than this standard it is a sign
of gwsl health, if tlie child Is growing
rapidly it should not be allowed to fall
much below it without l>cing made to
rest more than has been the custom before.
A deficiency of weight in proportion
to height Is always an unfavornblo
sign. Any interruption in the progress
of increase of weight,' especially during
the continuance of growth, must
he a danger signal that should not he
neglected by those interested lu the patient.
Why He Only Ate the Yolk*.
An American woriian traveling In
England stopped one day at a little
country house. Chatting with the visitor,
the woman of the house told of
ler difficulty In getting along and of an
experience she had had with a boarder.
"The first morning this man stopped
iere," she said, "he began to eat boiled
*ggs very greedily. Egg after egg he
ute?three, four, five, six?and it was
inly the yolk of them that ho swnlowed;
the white be didn't bother with
it all.
"When he dug his spoon Into the seventh
egg my temper got the better of
ue, and I said in n severe tone:
" 'Don't you ever eat the white of the
'gg, sir?'
"'Surely not, .my woman,' he nniwered.
'The yolk is the bird; the white
s the feathers. Would you bnve me
nake a bolster of myself?' "
Where It Always Italna.
There is a group of islnnds to the
south of New Zealand called the Sisters,
or Seven Sisters, which are reputed
to be subjected to a practically
constant rainfall. The same may be
said of the islands and mainland of Tierra
del Fuego, save for the difference
that the rain often takes the form
of sleet and snow. On a line running
round the world from 4 degrees to 8 pr
0 degrees there are patches over which
rain seldom censes to fall. This is
called the "zone of constant precipitation,"
but at the same time there nrc
Bcvernl localities along with it with
very little rainfall.
Lang's Mtrrnrr Ontpnt.
Andrew Lang held at one tlrae what
must have been very nearly a world's
record In literary output. His regular
weekly work was bIx leaders for a
looming newspaper, two humorous
sketches for an evening Journal, two
long articles, two book reviews and a
contribution to a weekly illustrated paper.
In addition to this he devoted
four hours every day to what may be
called pure literature. lie turned out
books at the rate of three a year or
even more. In 1800. for instance, thdte
appeared from his pen the "Red Fairy
Tale Book." "Life, Letters and Dlariea
of Sir Stafford Nortbcote," "How to
Fall In Literature" and "Old Friends."
For weeks together his work would
average 25,000 words a week.
Lifkt.
Now Stella goes to church and kneels
In attitude devotional;
The scene Indeed would stir the heart
Of one who Is emotional.
She steals a glance at Bella's gown?
Oh, Lord, forgive the sin of it!?
Then promptly faints, poor girl, because
She wears ths very twin of It
?New Tork Herald.
With the Persians the writing of
poetry and beautiful and witty sayings
Is described as the "threading of
pearls."
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Her Aartlrnee.
"How are you getting on with yoni
music, my dear?" Inquired a lady ot
her niece.
"Well, of course," replied the nlecc
diffidently, "It wouldn't bo proper ot
me to compliment myself, but some ot
the neighbors have told me they have
stayed awake at night for hours listening
to iny playing."
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Some scientist lins made the discovery
that there nre 8,000,000 microbes In
I n box of strawberries. If this be tnie
1 we have no hesltnncj* In disposing of
24,000,000 microbes at our supper table.
The single comb Black Minorca fowls
hold the world's record under tho government
test both for number and
weight of eggs, one hen laying 292
eggs in twelve months, weighing six
to the pound.
It Is said tlint strnwberrles refine tho
complexion when eaten liberally. Bo
that ns It may, we know they will put
a feather edge on a fellow's digestive
machinery, and he will have a mighty
good time doing it.
The Dorset sheep will bring the moat
lambs, the Cotswofd are the best mutton
sheep, the Merino produces tho
finest wool and the Shropshire* are the
best all round sheep for a farm where
from fifty to a hundred sheep are kept.
If you are l>orn lossy and Jnst want to
make a living in the easiest wny possible,
keep 200 laying hens. Yon can buy
the feetl for the fowls, hire a kid to
gather the eggs and still have enough
left to keep your lar.y body and soul together.
India has a very plentiful wheat harvest
this year, one of the greatest
crops which the country has ever
raised, but a bad feature Is that the superstitions
of the people prevent them
from so hoarding this surplus as to prevent
their periodical famines.
The old orchard which has grown
i gnarly and unproductive may be renovated
by removing all dead and decaying
growth from the trees, deeply
plowing and continual cultivation of
the ground for two years and an application
of forty loads of good barnyard
fertiliser to each acre.
In the timbered sections of north
Texas we noticed not long since men
girdling sections of tine native forest
and planting cotton on the ground ao
trented. The old fashioned rail fence
Is also much used there, and we saw
' lots of fence rails In some of the clearings
which had been cut the past winter.
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Unless more than 800 cows can be
secured to support a creamery It la all
foolishness to put more than $3,000 Into
a creamery to care for their product.
If all the money worse than wasted
throughout the country ou unnecessary
creamery plants and outfits could
be lumped in a pile it would aatonlsl)
the natives.
We know of one community where
the Introduction of a registered Shorthorn
hull did the people more lasting
good than did the work of a traveling
evangelist. As soon as tbe people began
to raise better stock they built better
houses, took more papers and magazines,
raised the wages of the schoolteacher,
started a Sunday school, set
out trees and paid their debts.
A Maine dalryman'fenys that It coats
him from $4.*? to $f>0 to keep a cow a
year and that he makes a profit of $25
on each cow. In many of the dairy
sections of the west the cost of keeping
1 the cow floes not exceed 926, and this
net profits arc not as large as with the
1 Maine farmer, this because he la foittd
i to keep a well bred dairy animal, and
the western farmer won't bare that
sort around.
The nation's stomach Is fast being
segregated at Battle Creek, and when
the time comes that all our food Is
predigested there wo should like to
know what will become of the liver pill
and dyspepsia cure fellows. In tbe
Ilnwaiian Islands the natives chew up
the tnro root and then throw their
cuds Into a pot to ferment, when they
have pol, the great national delicacy,
and It looks as though we were coming
to something of that sort before long.
( The condition of many a stock yard
t was fearful this spring, n ten Inch
deep lake of liquid filth, and on many
of the farms wliero these yards were
might have been sent the ash pile of a
stack of good straw burned last fall
to get rid of It. Tho straw pile and
the filthy yard should be got together
for the comfort of the stock and the
uimii wuu juts 10 care tor it, ror um increased
amount of valuable fertiliser
thus to bo obtained and because that
way in good farming and the first one
> is not.
Our friend, n farmer who had been
through the sweat and fret Incident to
the paying off of a big mortgage on his
farm, found lilmrelf a year ago with
the farm paid for nnd $500 In the local
bank which no eredltor was clamoring A
for. We think that he made a very sensihle
use of the $500, for he took his
wife and son and went to southern
- California and spent the winter, all
three delighted to get rid of hard work.
; l cold weather and have the pleasure of
1 seeing tho many beautiful and wonder'
j ful things of tho Pacific const. lie
1 mi?lit lmve taught mtore land, of*?^
course, but he and his family got what
was worth far more than land.